quinta-feira, 29 de abril de 2010

Simple Past and Past Continuous Exercises

1) Coloque AE ( american english) ou BE ( british english)
( ) lorry ( ) home theater
( ) can ( ) home cinema
( ) cookies ( ) lift
( ) sick ( ) elevator
( ) cooker ( ) football
( ) sweet ( ) theatre

2) Passe as frases abaixo para forma NEGATIVA:
a) I was studying Math yesterday.
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b) You were cooking chicken last night.
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c) They were reading a good book yesterday.
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d) He was fixing his bike last afternoon.
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e) She was brushing her teeth last night.
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Assinale a alternativa que preenche corretamente as sentenças abaixo: (Simple Past or Past Continuous)
3). They TV when their mother them.
( to watch - to call )
a) watched – called
b) watched – was calling
c) were watched - called
d) was watching – was calling
e) were watched – calling

4). While John____his English lesson, his friend___.
( to take – to arrive )
a) was taking – was arriving
b) took – arrived
c) took – was arriving
d) was taking – arrived
e) were taking – were arriving

5). The boy to his mother about his grades. (to lie)
The children soccer during the break.(to play)
a) was lieying – were plaing
b) were liyng – was plaeing
c) was lying – were playing
d) were lieyng – was playeing
e) were leying – was playng

6). They in the restaurant , when I saw them.
(to eat)
He that bus very well . (to drive)
a) was eatting - was driveing
b) was eating - was drivveing
c) were eating - were driveng
d) were eating - was driving
e) was eating - were driving

7) Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
a) I (jog)________________ in the park, when two squirrels (cross)__________________ my way.
b) Robert (fall)______________off the ladder when he (pick)_________________cherries.
c) Archimedes (discover)______________the theory of buoyancy while he (take) ________________ a bath.
d) When we (travel) ________________around Ireland, we (meet)______________some very nice people.
e) While she (speak)______________on the phone, the milk (boil)___________________ over.
f) When I (leave)________________ the house this morning, the sun (shine) _________________.
f) Caroline (burn) ________________her hand when she (iron)__________________her clothes.

8) Qual é a alternativa que completa corretamente a
frase “I ____________ to Porto Seguro last
Summer” no Simple Past?
a) went.
b) to go.
c) gone.
d) goed.

9) Qual é a alternativa que completa corretamente afrase “__________ your mother __________ to Rio last week?” no Simple Past?
a) Does – travel.
b) Did – travel.
c) Did – traveled.
d) Do – traveled.

10) De acordo com o estudo dos verbos irregulares
no passado, marque a alternativa que tenha uma frase correta no Simple Past.
a) I haved a terrible headache an hour ago.
b) We done our homework last class.
c) They ated a hot dog.
d) She made a delicious cake yesterday.

11) Qual é a forma negativa da frase “He studied Biology at UnB”?
a) He not did study Biology at UnB.
b) He didn’t studied Biology at UnB.
c) He didn’t study Biology at UnB.
d) He not studied Biology at UnB.

12) Qual é a resposta correta para a pergunta: “Did they like it?”?
a) Yes, you did.
b) No, they like not.
c) No, I didn’t.
d) Yes, they did.

13) Observe as frases abaixo:
I – They arrived at the theater at 9 o’clock.
II – I saw him a year ago.
III – She is my best friend.
IV – Mary slept 12 hours yesterday.
Quantas frases estão no Simple Past?
a) uma.
b) duas.
c) três.
d) quatro.

14) Qual é o passado dos verbos: to take – to change – to carry – to write?
a) took – changed – carried – wrote.
b) taked – changed – carryed – writed.
c) taked – changeed – carried – written.
d) took – changeed – carryed – wrote.

15) Passe a frase “I think she drives madly and keeps having accidents” para o Simple Past. Qual é a alternativa correta?
a) I thought she drived madly and kept having accidents.
b) I thought she drove madly and kept having accidents.
c) I thinked she drived madly and keeped having accidents.
d) I thought she drove madly and keeped having accidents.

16) De acordo com o estudo do Simple Past, quantos verbos regulares estão destacados na frase “He stopped at the traffic lights, waited and began to
drive through the main road”?
a) nenhum.
b) um.
c) dois.
d) três.

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