Do the crossword puzzle.
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1. Mark was _ . He didn’t know what to do.
2. Mary feels _ when she takes an exam.
3. This was my worst holiday ever. I was so _ .
Across
4. When we heard the strange noise we got so _ .
5. Bill looks _ . What’s wrong with him?
6. Penny got very _ when she got the bad news.
7. He worked so hard last week that he feels very _ now.
a) Look at the list of irregular verbs and put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.
Colin’s dinner Disaster
Last Friday it 1) _ (be) my birthday. I usually go out to celebrate, but this year I decided to cook dinner for my friends at home. What a mistake!
As soon as I finished work I 2) _ (go) straight home to start cooking because the invitations were for 8 o’clock. First of all, I 3) _ (put) the chicken in the oven, then I prepared the vegetables.
When I finished peeling, dicing and stirring, it was 6:45 pm. I 4) _ (set) the table quickly and went upstairs to get dressed. Meanwhile the smell of cooking filled the house. I was downstairs again by 7:30 pm.
I 5) _ (take) the chicken out of the oven and arranged all the food nicely on the table. When I finished everything, I 6) _ (have) just enough time to go and get some flowers. I rushed out of the house and quickly walked towards the shops. I 7) _ (buy) some beautiful roses and was back outside my front door ten minutes later. Suddenly, I realized I 8) _ (not/have) my keys! I 9) _ (run) round the house checking windows and doors. No luck!
Finally my friends arrived. At 8:00 pm, everything was ready and everybody was there. The only problem was that we 10) _ (be) outside the dining the room window, flowers in hand, watching the perfect birthday meal go cold.
b) Read the text above and underline all the verbs in past simple form. Write the past simple of the verbs below.
1. spend
2. leave
3. write
4. read
5. see
6. make
7. eat
8. find
9. give
10. say