Fill in the gaps with the past simple of the following verbs: GO - LIKE-BE-FEEL-RAIN-HAVE-TRY-CRY Last weekend Carmel___________to the

cinema to see "The Others". Carmela______________it because it___________about ghosts and she is afraid of them. When she__________home with her friend Lola, she___________________very strange. There___________a noise behind them, but they could not see anyone. It_____________a lot and there______________any taxis on the street, so they_____________to go home walking. The noise_____________still behind them and while they______________to see what or who it___________, the lights on the street___________out and they__________for five minutes. Do you know what happened next?

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate verbs:

1 We ___________a terror film when the door ______ 2 Suddenly the noise __________(start)

(watch/open)

3 The fire __________when I __________ an omelette (start/cook) 4 The little boy __________ because he __________ an ice cream (cry/want) 5 He __________ to the news while he __________home (listen to/drive) 6 What _____you_____when the fire started? (do) 7 ______your sister _______ at that time? (sleep) 8 ______you ______the film last night? (watch)

Fill in the gaps with the following verbs: WATCH-WAKE-BELIEVE-CALL-ARRIVE-FIND-BE-USE-CONFIRM-PUT-KILL

A 36-year-old woman who___________a late-night horror film about a killer scorpion_________up the next morning to find one in her bed. Police in Aachen, Germany,_________the panicking woman when she first_______________them for help. But when officers_________they_________there really________a scorpion in the bed and they________a jam jar to capture it. They__________that there was no indication that the animal___________there deliberately. The woman told police: "In the film, the woman____________by a scorpion in her bed. And when I_________up there was one in the bed with me."

Cinderella Once upon a time... there...............(live)an unhappy young girl. Unhappy she...............(be),for her mother...............(be)dead, her father had married another woman, a widow with two daughters, and her stepmother...............(not like)her one little bit. All the nice things, kind thoughts and loving touches............... (be)for her own daughters. And not just the kind thoughts and love, but also dresses, shoes, shawls, delicious food, comfy beds, as well as every home comfort. All this was laid on for her daughters. But, for the poor unhappy girl, there ...............(be) nothing at all. No dresses, only her stepsisters' hand-me-downs. No lovely dishes, nothing but scraps. No nice rests and comfort. For she ...............(have) to work hard all day, and only when evening ............... (come) was she allowed to sit for a while by the fire, near the cinders. That is how she ...............(get) her nickname, for everybody ...............(call) her Cinderella. Cinderella ...............(use) to spend long hours all alone talking to the cat. The cat ...............(say), "Miaow", which really meant, "Cheer up! You have something neither of your step sisters have and that is beauty." It ...............(be) quite true. Cinderella, even...............(dress)in rags with a dusty grey face from the cinders,...............(be)a lovely girl. While her stepsisters, no matter how splendid and elegant their clothes,...............(be)still clumsy, lumpy and ugly and always would be.