giúp em vs sạ X. Complete the sentences with the past form of the verbs from the box. 1. The firemen the woman from the burning house. 2. My father Maths at university. 3. The programme was very funny, we a lot. 4. The teacher me lots of questions yesterday. 5. You're late! The lesson ten minutes ago. 6. It was very cold so we the window. 7. After the film, we home. 8. The cat up into the tree. 9. I to pick the bag up, but it was very heavy. 10. We were very tired so we walking. XI. Complete the funny story with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets. It (1. be) Sunday, the day of the big game. The players (2. arrive) early. They (3. be) excited. Everyone (4. want) to play. There (5. be) lots of people in the stadium. They (6. wave) and (7. cheer) when the players (8. walk) on to the ground. The referee (9. call) the captains to the middle. The referee (10. ask) . "Where is the ball?" Nobody (11. answer) . All the players (12. look) at the ground. There (13. be) no ball. The referee (14. cancel) the game. XII. Read about Fiona Campbell's journey. Fill in the gaps with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets. Fiona Campbell was the first woman to walk around the world. She (1. start) her journey in the UK in 1983 and then in 1985 she (2. walk) across the USA. In 1988 she (3. go) from Sydney to Perth in only 95 days. On April 2nd 1991, Fiona (4. leave) Cape Town in South Africa. She (5. arrive) in Morocco 29 months later - a journey of 10,000 miles. Then she (6. walk) across Europe and (7. finish) her journey in October 1994. She (8. travel) 19,586 miles and (9. raise) £120,000 for charity. Fiona also (10. write) a book about her journey called The Whole Story. XIII. Complete the text. Use the past simple of the verbs in brackets. Last year my family (1. go) to Greece on holiday. We (2. meet) a lot of new people and I (3. take) a lot of photographs. We (4. stay) in a good hotel near the sea, and there (5. be) a lot of things to do there. Unfortunately, on the first day I (6. have) some problems. I (7. hit) my head on the bathroom door and then I (8. cut) my finger, so for two days I (9. read) a lot of books and (10. play) games on my laptop. After that I (11. do) a lot of things - swimming, sailing, and so on. When we (12. leave) , I (13. be) really tired! I (14. tell) Dad that I needed another holiday! SPEAKING I. Complete the conversation with the words in the box. Pauline: You look tired. Owen: I am. I (1) football this morning. Pauline: What was the (2) ? Owen: 5-1 to (3) . Pauline: Oh (4) . Owen: It's not the (5) of the world. I (6) our goal. II. Match the questions and answers, and then write the answers in the blanks. 1. What's your favourite sport? a. No, not really. 2. Who's your favourite sportswoman? b. Three or four times a week. 3. How often do you go swimming? c. She's a skier - but I can't think of her name right now. 4. What's your favourite football team? d. Liverpool. 5. Do you like volleyball? e. Running III. Reorder the phrases to make a conversation. Conversation 1  Christina I'm spending the evening at school.  Michelle Really? A long evening.  Christina Yeah, we're having a video evening with our language teachers.  Michelle At school?  Christina Yeah, until midnight.  Michelle Cool. Can I come too?