The simple past

 

A dream teacher

 

Complete this text. Use the verbs from the box in the simple past.

 

 

answer    wait    say    be    go    ask    start    laugh    talk    look

 

 

It ________ my first day in form 8 in a new school. I _________ to school on the bus. In the classroom I _________ at the other pupils. They _________ very loud. We all _________ for the teacher. He _________ late. The English lesson _________ at 9.30. My new English teacher _________ Mr Bean. Fantastic! Mr Bean _________ funny and we __________ a lot. He _________ about his holiday by the sea. "Who __________ in England in the summer?" Mr Bean __________. "I _________ in York," I _________ ...

"Get up!" my dad __________ to me. "Itīs time for school!" Oh no! Mr Bean ___________ our teacher. It __________ just a dream ...

 

English G 2000 6, Workbook, Unit 1, Cornelsen Verlag Berlin, 1998, page 6