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Exercises

$2.1 Complete the past tense and past participle of these verbs.

Infinitive Past tense Past participle

burn
break
drop
spill
trip

lose
leave

$2.2 Match the sentence beginnings on the left with the correct ending on the right.
1 I dropped the radio on the floor a when I lit that cigarette.
2 The batteries have run out b and had to wait ages for another.
3 I’m afraid I left c and it made a mess on the carpet.
4 I spilt the drink d to bring my money.
5 I missed the bus e my money at home.
6 I burnt myself f and now I can’t get it to work.
7 I forgot g solcan’t listen to my walkman.

52.3 This is what happened when Paul had a party at his house. Write a description of the
damage.

52.4 Write logical answers for each of these questions, using vocabulary from the opposite page.
CNNNA I’m cold. What’s wrong with the central heating?
KR How did you break that glass?
WN Why can’t we watch TV?
How did you cut your knee like that?

What happened to the money I gave you?
Where’s your homework?
What’s wrong with this radio?
Why can’t you use the public phone in the station?
52.5 Answer these questions using often / occasionally / hardly ever / never.
How often do you:
drop things? break things? burn things?
spill things? lose things? forget things?
trip over things? leave things behind? run out of things?
What sort of things do you drop, burn, run out of, etc.?
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