VIII. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the Past Simple.
I. Study the list of the words.
achievement (n) – something good that you succeed in
live (adj) – broadcast, recorded, or seen while it is happening
journey (n) – if you go on a journey, you travel from one place to another
trip (n) – a journey in which you visit a place for a short time and come back again
to lift (v) – to put something or someone in a higher position; raise something in order to remove, carry, or move it to a different position
view (n) – the things that you can see from a place
to go wrong – to stop working correctly
to be in danger – to have the possibility to be injured, harmed or killed or to be damaged or destroyed
to float (v) – to move slowly on water or in the air
desert (n) [ˈdezət] – a large, hot, dry area of land with very few plants
to land (v) – to come down through the air onto the ground or another surface
to drop (v) – to let something you are carrying fall to the ground
to rise (rose; risen) (v) – to move up
to climb (v) – to go up something, or onto the top of something
to take off (took; taken) (v) – to leave the ground and begin to fly
scuba diver – someone who swims underwater using special breathing equipment
to set a world record – to do something well or better than someone else in the world
II. Choose the best word.
1. It's a two-hour train journey / trip / voyage from York to London.
2. The balloon dropped / rose / landed gently (up) into the air.
3. Somalia is mostly desert / plain / mountains.
4. Two hundred sky diver / mountaineers / scuba divers descended on the island to clean up the harbour.
5. It was the first interview I’d done in front of a life / alive / live audience.
6. An Olympic silver medal is a remarkable step / failure / achievement for one so young.
7. The bird landed / dropped / climbed gracefully on the water.
8. Fluffy white clouds were swimming / floating / running across the sky.
9. He drove so fast that I really felt my life was out of danger / in safe hands / in danger.
10. One in seven mobile phones goes wrong / crazy / missing within a year.
III. Complete the sentences with the words and expressions from ex.I.
1. She … the baby up and put him in his chair.
2. He … his cigarette and burnt a hole in his jacket.
3. This evening there will be a … broadcast of the debate.
4. They … up the hill to get a better view.
5. My watch keeps … … .
6. The helicopter slowly landed in the soft sand of a … in the middle of nowhere, Nevada.
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7. You've managed to complete the course - that in itself is an … .
8. The … will take an hour at the most.
9. He … the box carefully down from the shelf.
10. Temperatures … as high as 40 degrees.
11. There was a lovely … of the lake from the bedroom window.
12. Dead leaves were … on the surface of the water.
IV. Complete the sentences with the prepositions.
1. We should land … Madrid … 7 a.m.
2. She lifted the baby … … her chair.
3. Children’s lives are … danger every time they cross the road.
4. We take games for the children when we go … long journeys.
5. In science we learned about density, and why oil floats … water.
6. The view … the top of the mountain is magnificent.
7. There was a magnificent view … the sea.
8. Prices rose … 10 percent.
V. Ask questions to the underlined words.
1. The astronauts were wearing their space suits. (a question to the subject)
2. A large balloon took him up into space. (a general question)
3. In 1999, he set the world record for the highest jump from a building. (a special question)
4. He parachuted down towards the desert. (an alternative question)
5. He didn’t think about the breathtaking view. (a tag question)
6. The pilot floated down towards the desert in New Mexico. (a special question)
7. The skydiving team were worried he was in terrible danger, because the pilot was falling too fast. (a question to the subject; a special question)
8. It took him seven years to prepare for the space dive. (a special question)
VI. Complete the table of the irregular verbs.
| Infinitive | Past Simple | Past Participle |
| be | ||
| began | ||
| chosen | ||
| fly | ||
| leave | ||
| made | ||
| paid | ||
| saw | ||
| swim | ||
| understood | ||
| worn |
VII. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple.
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One night a girl and her boyfriend (a) … (to be) in the middle of a long phone conversation about their future. Suddenly the boy (b) … (to stop) talking. The girl (c) … (to become) very worried. She (d) … (to begin) to shout but he (e) … (not to reply). She (f) … (to think) that her boyfriend (g) … (to be) in some kind of danger. At first, the girl (h) … (not to know) what to do. But then she (i) … (to make) decision and (j) … (to call) the police. Officers (k) … (to run) to her boyfriend’s house in Nuremburg, Germany. They (l) … (to expect) to find a murderer or a burglar, but they (m) … (not to find) any criminals. They just (n) … (to find) the boyfriend sleeping next to the phone!
VIII. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the Past Simple.
1. What … … … (you / to do) last summer?
2. I … (to work) in a fast food restaurant.
3. What kind of work … … … (you / to do)?
4. I … (to take) orders from customers.
5. … … … (you / to earn) much money?
6. Yes, but I … (to spend) most of it.
7. What … … … (you / to spend) it on?
8. I … (to go) on holiday to the Greek islands.
9. … … … (you / to have) a good time?
10. Yes, it … (to be wonderful).
IX. Write Past Simple sentences. ( ✔ ) = affirmative, (?) = question, (X) = negative.
1. (that boy / to break) my window (?)
2. I (to drive) to work every day last year. ( ✔ )
3. (Laura / just to hit) that boy (?)
4. Mark (to keep) the book about the films. (X)
5. We (to meet) them last night. (X)
6. (why / you / to put) that there (?)
7. We always (to sit) at the same desks. ( ✔ )
8. An American (to win) Wimbledon last year. ( ✔ )
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