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Past Simple - Practice

Two people died in a fire in a house in Oldport yesterday morning. The fire started at 3:20 am and was seen by a neighbor, Mr. Aziz, who called the fire brigade. He also tried to rescue the couple but the heat was too great. The fire brigade arrived within five minutes and 20 firefighters fought the fire, bringing it under control. Two firefighters entered the burning building but found the couple dead.

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Past Simple - Practice

Two people died in a fire in a house in Oldport yesterday morning. The fire started at 3:20 am and was seen by a neighbor, Mr. Aziz, who called the fire brigade. He also tried to rescue the couple but the heat was too great. The fire brigade arrived within five minutes and 20 firefighters fought the fire, bringing it under control. Two firefighters entered the burning building but found the couple dead.

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Practice

A Positive forms (2)


What did Claire do on holiday last month? Look at her photos and use these words: go out
dancing, have a picnic, lie on the beach, play volleyball, swim in the sea
1 2 3 4

She lay on the beach


3
4

B Positive forms (2)


Complete the newspaper story about a fire. Put in the Past Simple forms of the verbs.

Two people () died..............(die) in a fire in Ellis Street, Oldport yesterday morning. They
(1)....................................................(be) Herbert and Molly Paynter, a couple in their seventies. The fire
(2)....................................................(start) at 3.20 a.m. A neighbour, Mr Aziz,
(3)....................................................(see) the flames and (4)........................................................(call) the fire
brigade. He also (5)......................................................(try) to get into the house and rescue his
neighbours, but the heat (6).......................................................(be) too great. The fire brigade
(7)....................................................(arrive) in five minutes. Twenty fire-fighters
(8)....................................................(fight) the fire and finally (9)........................................................(bring) it
under control. Two fire-fighters (10)........................................................(enter) the burning building but
(11).....................................................(find) the couple dead.

C Negatives and questions (3)


Complete the conversation. Put in the Past Simple negatives and questions.

Claire: (). Did you have........(you / have) a nice weekend in Paris?


Mark: Yes, thanks. It was good. We looked around and then we saw a show.
(1)....................................................(we/ not/try) to do too much.
Claire: What sights (2).....................................................(you / see)?
Mark: We had a look round the Louvre. (3)........................................................(I / not / know)
there was so much in there.
Claire: And what show (4)......................................................(you / go) to?
Mark: Oh, a musical. I forget the name. (5)........................................................(I / not / like) it.
Claire: Oh, dear. And (6).....................................................(Sarah / enjoy) it?
Mark: No, not really. But we enjoyed the weekend. Sarah did some shopping, too, but
(7)....................................................(I / not / want) to go shopping.

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