Question

Помогите!!!!!! Ex. 47. Use Present Simple or Past Simple of the verbs in brackets. 1. A: (hear, you) … the thunder last night? B: No, I … . I (hear, not) … anything all night. I (be) … asleep. 2. A: Listen! (hear, you) … a siren in the distance? B: No, I (not) … . I (hear, not) … anything at all. 3. A: (build, you) … that bookshelf? B: No, I … . My uncle (build) … it for me. 4. A: (be, a fish) … slippery to hold? B: Yes, … . It can slip right out of your hand. A: How about frogs? (be, they) … slippery? B: Yes, … . A: What about snakes? B: I (know, not) … . I’ve never touched a snake. 5. A: I (want) … to go to the mall this afternoon and (look) … for a new bathing suit. (want, you) … to go with me? B: I can’t. I (have) … an appointment with my English teacher. Besides, I (buy) … a new bathing suit last year. I (need, not) … a new one this year. 6. I (offer) … to help my older neighbor carry her groceries into her house every time I see her return from the store. She (be) … always very grateful. Yesterday, she (offer) … to pay me for helping her, but of course I (accept, not) … the offer. 7. Last Monday night, I (take) … my sister and her husband to my favorite restaurant for dinner and (find) … the doors locked. I (know, not) … it then, but my favorite restaurant (be, not open) … on Mondays. We (want, not) … to eat anywhere else, so we (go) … back to my house. I (make) … a salad and (heat) … some soup. Everyone (seem) … satisfied even though I (be, not) … a wonderful cook. 8. My daughter is twenty-one years old. She (like) … to travel. My wife and I (worry) … about her a little when she (be) … away from home, but we also (trust) … her judgement. Last year, after she (graduate) … from the college, she (go) … to Europe with two of her friends. They (travel, not) … by train or by car. Instead, they (rent) … motor scooters and slowly (ride) … through each country they visited. While she (be) … away, my wife and I (worry) … about her safety. We (be) … very happy when we (see) … her smiling face at the airport and (know) … that she was finally safe at home.

Answer 1

1. A: (Did you hear) the thunder last night? B: No, I didn't. I (didn't hear) anything all night. I (was) asleep.
2. A: Listen! (Do you hear) a siren in the distance? B: No, I don't. I (don't hear) anything at all.
3. A: (Did you build) that bookshelf? B: No, I didn't. My uncle (built) it for me.
4. A: (Is a fish) slippery to hold? B: Yes, it is. It can slip right out of your hand. A: How about frogs? (Are they) slippery? B: Yes, they are. A: What about snakes? B: I (don't know). I’ve never touched a snake.
5. A: I (want) to go to the mall this afternoon and (to look) for a new bathing suit. (Do you want) to go with me? B: I can’t. I (have) an appointment with my English teacher. Besides, I (bought) a new bathing suit last year. I (don't need) a new one this year.
6. I (offer) to help my older neighbor carry her groceries into her house every time I see her return from the store. She (is) always very grateful. Yesterday, she (offered) to pay me for helping her, but of course I (didn't accept) the offer.
7. Last Monday night, I (took) my sister and her husband to my favorite restaurant for dinner and (found) the doors locked. I (didn't know) it then, but my favorite restaurant (isn't open) on Mondays. We (didn't want) to eat anywhere else, so we (went) back to my house. I (made) a salad and (heated) some soup. Everyone (seemed) satisfied even though I (am not) a wonderful cook.
8. My daughter is twenty-one years old. She (likes) to travel. My wife and I (worry) about her a little when she (is) away from home, but we also (trust) her judgment. Last year, after she (graduated) from the college, she (went) to Europe with two of her friends. They (didn't travel) by train or by car. Instead, they (rented) motor scooters and slowly (rode) through each country they visited. While she (was) away, my wife and I (worried) about her safety. We (were) very happy when we (saw) her smiling face at the airport and (knew) that she was finally safe at home.

Answer 2

Here are the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets:

1. A: Did you (hear) hear the thunder last night? B: No, I didn't. I (not hear) didn't hear anything all night. I (was) was asleep.

2. A: Listen! Can you (hear) hear a siren in the distance? B: No, I (didn't hear) didn't hear it. I (haven't heard) haven't heard anything at all.

3. A: Did you (build) build that bookshelf? B: No, I didn't. My uncle (built) built it for me.

4. A: Is a fish (slippery) slippery to hold? B: Yes, it is. It can slip right out of your hand. A: How about frogs? Are they (slippery) slippery? B: Yes, they are. A: What about snakes? B: I don't know. I've never touched a snake.

5. A: I (want) want to go to the mall this afternoon and (look) look for a new bathing suit. Do you (want) want to go with me? B: I can't. I (have) have an appointment with my English teacher. Besides, I (bought) bought a new bathing suit last year. I (don't need) don't need a new one this year.

6. I (offer) offer to help my older neighbor carry her groceries into her house every time I see her return from the store. She (is) is always very grateful. Yesterday, she (offered) offered to pay me for helping her, but of course, I (didn't accept) didn't accept the offer.

7. Last Monday night, I (took) took my sister and her husband to my favorite restaurant for dinner and (found) found the doors locked. I (didn't know) didn't know it then, but my favorite restaurant (is not open) is not open on Mondays. We (didn't want) didn't want to eat anywhere else, so we (went) went back to my house. I (made) made a salad and (heated) heated some soup. Everyone (seemed) seemed satisfied even though I (was not) was not a wonderful cook.

8. My daughter is twenty-one years old. She (likes) likes to travel. My wife and I (worry) worry about her a little when she (is) is away from home, but we also (trust) trust her judgment. Last year, after she (graduated) graduated from college, she (went) went to Europe with two of her friends. They (did not travel) didn't travel by train or by car. Instead, they (rented) rented motor scooters and slowly (rode) rode through each country they visited. While she (was) was away, my wife and I (worried) worried about her safety. We (were) were very happy when we (saw) saw her smiling face at the airport and (knew) knew that she was finally safe at home.