A. Conjugation/Writing (past tenses)
Did you notice the verbs in the past tense in the article ‘Now News’ on pages 10-11 of
English Now
No 74? The article has regular and irregular verbs. Try these exercises to test your grammar.
1. It is fashionable not to eat meat
Type the infinitive form of the past tense verb in parenthesis.
The first vegan food festival took (to
) place in Toronto, Canada, on June 11th.
Vegans spoke (to
) about why they don’t eat meat.
Visitors could (
) try new vegan recipes.
Before opening two vegan restaurants in Montreal, Canadian Georges Laraque was (to
) a professional hockey player.
I invited (to
) my girlfriend to dinner at a vegan restaurant.
2. Eating yoghurt helps to fight diabetes
Type the past form of the present tense verb in parenthesis.
Scientists from Cambridge University record (
) the eating habits of 4,255 people.
They ask (
) people what they eat (
) and drink (
).
Scientists find (
) a relationship between diet and diabetes.
People who like (
) yoghurt and low-fat cheese reduce (
) their risk of developing diabetes by eating them often.
Scientists say (
) that people should eat less fat and sugar.
3. California – the Golden State
Choose the correct verb in parenthesis. Then, fill in the blanks with the past form of this verb.
My sister
(go/be) to California last year.
The Californian sunshine
(pause/cause) problems.
It
(be/do) very hot yesterday.
It
(rain/reign) only one day last month.
Californian politicians
(ask/say) people to save water.
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