Grammar: Past simple: irregular verbs p. 47

Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Mr Brice ________ (teach) the children how to make Christmas cards with recycled material.
2 A girl wearing a red and blue costume ________ (lead) the parade.
3 The tickets of the New Year's show ________ (cost) a fortune.
4 Some people ________ (steal) some jewellery during the Halloween party.
5 My father ________ (hurt) his arm while decorating the tree.
6 We ________ (shake) the wine bottle before opening it and it was a disaster!
7 All the relatives ________ (hang) their coats in the living room.
8 I ________ (spread) the jam on the toast for my brother.

Complete the dialogue with the verbs below. Use the contracted form where possible.

not see ● fly ● not be ● forget ● do ● take ● break ● make ● celebrate

Matt: Hey there, I ________ you last week.
Jade: It's because I ________ here, I ________ to LA to celebrate Thanksgiving with my family.
Matt: How ________ (you)? Anything special?
Jade: Well, same as usual in the USA. According to tradition, we ________ typical dishes like roast turkey and pumpkin pie for our lunch. Then my cousin and I pulled and ________ the turkey wishbone.
Matt: What ________ (you)?
Jade: It's a tradition, too. They say that, if two people pull and break the turkey wishbone, it brings good luck to the person who gets the bigger piece.
Matt: ________ a picture of you with your family?
Jade: No! I completely ________.

Complete the description of Mike's Christmas day. Is it similar to yours? Make any changes you need and use it for your oral production.

have ● hide ● eat ● not think ● give ● come ● finish ● spend ● get ● not wake up

Last Christmas I really ________ a great time. I ________ early, but it was fine! I ________ the presents for my little brother and sister in the stockings and placed them over the fireplace. Then I ________ a hand to my parents: they were in the kitchen preparing lunch. We ________ a lot of delicious dishes and ________ our meal with the traditional Christmas pudding. I ________ a lot of nice presents – a hoodie, a pair of cool sneakers and a pair of headphones. I ________ I could receive so much stuff. I'm a lucky boy! We ________ the rest of the day watching a film until my uncles, aunts and cousins ________ to visit us and wish us all a merry Christmas.