Dear Jane,
How are you doing? I feel miserable, I must admit.
Yesterday I (do) my homework, (tidy) my bedroom and decided to go out.
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The weather (be) perfect and so I (go) to the park.
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And do you know who I (see) there? Jason, my boyfriend.
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I (want) to say hello to him, but then I (stop).
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Why? Because I (can) see a girl coming to him. Guess what (happen).
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They (meet) in the middle of the road and he (kiss) her. My Jason!
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Jason and I (be) in the park three times and he never (try) to kiss me!
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I didn't know what to do. I just (run) away.
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When I (come) back home, I (cry). Just a little bit, you know.
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Then I (say) to myself: Forget about Jason. There are plenty more fish in the sea!
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What do you think of him? he worth it? (be) Please, write back soon.
Love,
Bea
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Exercise 2. Make the past simple negative with the verbs in brackets.
Blue Monday
To tell the truth, I (not have) a good day yesterday.
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I (cannot) stay in bed late, because it was Monday and I had to go to school again.
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Unfortunately, I (not get) up on time and I (not catch) the 8.30 bus.
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I wanted to take a taxi, but I (not be) lucky.
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There (not be) any taxis in our street and my mobile (not work).
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I (not want) to ask my dad to take me by car, because I thought it (not be) a very good idea.
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I went to school on foot and as I (not be) used to long walks, I was pretty tired.
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I (not listen) to our English teacher and when we wrote a revision test I (not pass) it.
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Believe me, my parents (not be) very happy about it.
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I (not tell) my dad about it, but my mum did.
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I (cannot) go out with my friends because I had to learn for school.
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I told my parents that it (not be) fair but they (not agree) with me at all. They stopped my pocket money instead.
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Exercise 3. Choose the correct past simple questions.
their English homework yesterday?
Yes, they did. They always do.
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Grandpa,
all day yesterday?
Of course, I did. And I was pretty tired in the evening.
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You went to the travel agency on Monday.
with you?
Nobody. I went there alone.
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Which jeans
best? The blue ones or the black ones?
I don't really know. They were awful, weren't they?
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Why
so unhappy when I met them in the afternoon?
Because they had had an argument before that.
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Samantha, why
the phone?
The phone? I'm sorry, I didn't hear it.
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at the hospital to visit their grandma on Sunday?
Not on Sunday. They went there on Saturday.
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Trevor,
a shower this morning?
Mum, I have a shower every morning.
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Sarah, guess who I saw at the swimming pool on Saturday.
Who
? A ghost?
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You didn't come to the party yesterday night. Where
?
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