Chapter 8-Expressing Past Time, Part 1

Vocabulary Worksheets
by Rachel Spack Koch
Beginning Level
Azar Grammar Series: Basic English Grammar, 3rd edition

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Chapter 8Expressing Past Time, Part 1

1. Present and past time
2. Reading: Dinosaurs
3. Vocabulary review
4. Reading: The First Woman in Space
5. Nouns and irregular verbs
7. Housekeeping activities
8. Housekeeping activities
9. Verbs: past time
12. Which word belongs?
14. Verbs: Present and past
15. Verbs: present and past
18. Word search game
Answer Key
Word List
Basic English Grammar, 3rd Edition
Chapter 8: Expressing Past Time, part one
Worksheet 1. Present and past tense

Complete the sentences. Write a verb from Column A on the first line, and a phrase
from Column B on the second line. Use each word or phrase only once.
dinosaur
Column A
are
invented
is
landed
lived
sailed
was
were
sailing ship
astronaut
Column B
across the Atlantic Ocean
in South America
in the last century
very cold
millions of years ago
on the moon
the telephone
a president
1. Antarctica ______________
__________________________________.
2. Peru and Chile ______________
______________________________.
3. Dinosaurs ______________ ___________________________________.

4. Christopher Columbus ____________ ___________________________.
5. George Washington ______________ ___________________________.
6. Alexander Graham Bell _____________
7. 1998 and 1999 ______________
8. Astronauts ______________
_________________________.
______________________________.
__________________________________.
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Worksheet 2. Reading: Dinosaurs

Read the passage. Then decide whether the sentences below are True or False.
Circle the answer.
Dinosaurs
Millions of years ago, there werent any people. But there were dinosaurs.
Dinosaurs were reptiles, and most kinds came from eggs. There were many
kinds of dinosaurs. Dinosaurs lived on land. They didnt fly, and they didnt
live in the water.
Some dinosaurs ate only plants. Some dinosaurs ate only meat. Some
walked on two legs. Some walked on four.
Some ran fast, and some moved slowly.
Some had thick skin with bumps, and some had primitive feathers. Maybe
the dinosaurs with feathers were the ancestors of today's birds.
The dinosaurs dominated the earth for a long time, but they mysteriously
became extinct 65 million years ago.
1. There were people on earth 65 million years ago.
True / False
2. Dinosaurs were reptiles.
True / False
3. Most dinosaurs came from eggs.
True / False
4. Dinosaurs had wings, and they flew.
True / False
5. Dinosaurs swam.
True / False
6. Some dinosaurs ate plants.
True / False
7. All dinosaurs were slow.
True / False
8. All dinosaurs had feathers.
True / False
9. All the dinosaurs died many years ago.
True / False
10. In some ways, dinosaurs were like birds.
True / False
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Worksheet 3. Vocabulary review

Complete the sentences using the information in the passage about dinosaurs on
Worksheet 2. Write the letter of the correct answer in the blank space.
1.
a. insects
Snakes are _______.

b. reptiles
2. All the dinosaurs died. They _______ extinct.

a. came
b. became
3. The opposite of mysteriously is _______.
a. dirty
b. clearly
4. Dominated means _______.
a. ruled
b. walked
5. All the people in your family before you are your _______.
a. parents
b. ancestors
6. The opposite of thick is _______.
a. thin
b. small
7. Today I _______ a sandwich for lunch.
a. ate
b. eat
8. The opposite of nothing is _______.
a. everyone
b. everything
9. The opposite of primitive is _______.
a. basic
b. developed
10. The ball hit the man on the head. Now he has a big
_______ on his head.
a. hole
b. bump
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Worksheet 4. Reading: The First Woman in Space

Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.
The First Woman in Space

The first woman in space was a Soviet cosmonaut. (The
English word for cosmonaut is astronaut.) In June,
1963, Valentina Tereshkova went around the Earth in a
space capsule 48 times in three days. She became a
Hero of the Soviet Union and received many honors.
Valentina was a factory worker before she became an
astronaut. She also knew a lot about parachutes because her
hobby was parachute jumping.
She wanted to be an astronaut and wrote to her
government about this. Her government chose her to become an
astronaut. Then she received many years of training for the flight.
She married another astronaut, Andrian Nikalayev. He traveled in
space too. They have a daughter Elena, a doctor.
Valentina never flew in space again. After her flight, she studied
engineering and in 1976 received a degree in technical science.
Use the information in the passage about the first woman in space to complete the
sentences. Cross out the correct completion.
1.
2.
3.
4.
An astronaut is (a cosmonaut / a star).

A space capsule is like (a pill / an airplane)
Valentina (got / gave) many honors.
Before Valentina was an astronaut, she was (an engineer / a
factory worker).
5. You use a parachute when you jump (into / out of) an airplane.
6. Valentina wrote to her (company / government).
7. She (spent / waited) many years in training for the flight.
8. She married (an astronaut / an engineer).
9. She (often / never) traveled in space again.
10. She received a degree in (training / science).
Worksheet 5. Nouns and irregular verbs

Complete the sentences. Write the correct word from the word pool in the blank
space.
choose
chose
engineer
engineers
factories
factory
flew
fly
hero
heroes
hobbies
hobby
knew
know
write
wrote
1. Workers make automobiles in automobile _________________________.

2. Even when Bill was a child, he _________________________ a lot about
mechanical things.
3. Simon Bolivar is a _________________________ of five South American
countries. He led the fight for independence in those countries in the early
1800s.
4. William Shakespeare _________________________ many plays in the
1500s.
5. Dan _________________________ a dangerous career: police work.
6. Some _________________________ design bridges. Some design
Mechanical things. Some design electrical things.
7. In 1963, two American astronauts _________________________ to the
moon.
8. Many people enjoy _________________________: for example,
golf, sailing, hiking, painting, collecting stamps, racing cars, and
knitting.
1
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Circle the letter of the word or phrase that means the same as the word in bold.
1. Drive carefully here. This road has a lot of bumps.
a. water
c. raised areas
b. animals
d. ice
2. The campers lived in primitive conditions for a week.
a. comfortable
c. cold
b. very basic
d. hot
3. Their ancestors came from Germany.
a. cousins
c. cars
b. furniture
d. members of the family who lived in the past
4. There are pictures of heroes on the wall.
a. athletes
c. good and brave people
b. movie stars
d. people the police are looking for
5. The scientist received honors for her work.
a. a long vacation c. words and gifts of thanks
b. new job
d. a long vacation
6. A mysterious object appeared in the sky, and then disappeared.
a. large
c. bright
b. strange
d. dark
7. Tell me everything about your trip.
a. something
c. all
b. a little
d. nothing
8. The king dominated his country for fifty years.
a. controlled
c. helped
b. lived in
d. worked in
9. They traveled in space.
a. on long roads
c. the area of the stars
b. over the ocean d. the country
10. Doctors need many years of training.
a. work
c. travel
b. health
d. study and practice
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Worksheet 7. Housekeeping activities

Complete the sentences. Write the correct word from the word pool in the blank
space.
ceilings
floors
flowers
furniture
sinks
walls
windows
Last weekend the OMalley family moved into their new house. Everyone
helped to get the house ready.
1. Mary washed the _____________________________.
2. Larry mopped the ________________________.
3. Jane cleaned the ______________________________.
4. Fred watered the _________________________ .
5.
Peter painted the

_______________________________.
6. The movers moved the ___________________________

into the house.
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Worksheet 8. Housekeeping activities

Complete the sentences below the picture of the house. Circle the correct word in
the parentheses. Use the information in the picture.
roof
broom
trash can
attic
bedroom
bathroom
bathtub
bed
toilet
lamp
living room
hall
curtains
vacuum
pail
ladder
1. The roof is (over / under) the house. It is (outside / inside) the house.
2. In the attic, Sam is (painting / sweeping) the (floor / ceiling) with a
broom. The trash can is (open / closed).
3. In the bedroom, Paul is (washing / dusting) the lamp.
4. In the bathroom, Kathy is (cleaning / sweeping) the bathtub. She is
(standing / kneeling) at the side of the bathtub, and the toilet is (in
front of / behind) her.
5. In the hall, Carl is (standing / sitting) on a ladder. He is painting the
walls and the ceiling. He has a (mop / pail) in one hand.
6. In the living room, Susan is (vacuuming / painting) the floors. There
are curtains on the (door / window).
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Worksheet 9. Verbs: Past time

Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of one of the verbs in each word pool.
Write one word in each blank space.
1.
break
catch
fly
find
throw
Yesterday afternoon Jack and Cary played a game of catch in Jacks

backyard. Jack ________________________ the ball to Cary, but Cary
didnt catch it. Instead, the ball ___________________ past Cary and
________________________ a window in a neighbors house.
2.
begin
buy
finish
go
lose
Last Saturday morning, we ______________________ shopping at the

hardware store. We _________________________ paint and paint
brushes. We _________________________ to paint the kitchen on
Saturday afternoon, and we ________________________ that night.
3.
be
do
make
watch
sleep
Last night, my two roommates and I __________________

at home. Sandy ______________________ TV, I _____________________
my homework, and Pat ______________________ a chocolate cake.
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Complete the chart. Write the words from the word pool in the category where they
belong.
card players
cards
chess
mopping
dusting
scientist
Hobbies
chess player
engineer
fire fighter
stamp collecting
Occupations
stamp collector
knitting
sweeping
lawyer
vacuuming
Housework
rd

Check all the words or phrases that can complete the sentences logically.
1. Tom broke the _______.
window sink
toilet
engineer
2. Last weekend we went _______.
shopping downtown to the store dusting

3. Last night we ate _______.
paint
cake
meat
a sandwich
4. I cleaned the floor with a _______.
broom
mop
vacuum
ladder
pail
hardware store
5. Henry works in a _______.
factory
sink
6. Dinosaurs are _______.
alive
extinct
in the house on the moon
7. The car went over a _______ on the road.
rock
bump
house
factory
8. Maria studied science. She became _______.
an engineer a dinosaur
a reptile an insect
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Worksheet 12. Which word belongs?

Complete the word groups. For each item, write the correct word from the word
pool in the blank space.
doctor
dusted
fishing
roof
shower
window
1.
sailing, hiking, painting, ________________________.
2.
engineer, scientist, teacher, _____________________.
3.
ceiling, top, attic, _________________________.
4.
mopped, swept, washed, _______________________.
5.
sink, bathtub, toilet, _________________________.
6.
wall, door, floor, _________________________.
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Complete the conversations. Write the letter of the correct word or phrase in the
blank space.
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
a big bump
an honor to meet you
any space
extinct
kneeling
f. a million
g. swimming
h. the hardware store
i. the shoe store
j. water them
1. A: Mr. Brown, Id like to introduce Dr. Green.

B: Oh, how do you do, Dr. Green. Its _______ .
2. A: What happened? Did you hit something on the

road?
B: No. We just went over _______.
3. A: Heres the new computer. Ill put it on top of your desk.
B: Not on my desk. Look at all these papers! There isnt
_______!
4. A: Is San Antonio, Texas a big city?
B: Yes, it is. It has a population of _______.
5. A: We need paint and paint brushes.
B: OK. Lets go to _______.
6. A: These plants are almost dead.
B: We need to _______.
7. A: There arent many tigers in the world now.
B: Its terrible! They are becoming _______.
8. A: Whats that little girl doing?
B: Shes taking a picture. Shes _______.
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Worksheet 14. Verbs: Present and past

Put the verbs in the correct column. Write one word in each box.
ate
came
come
cook
cooked
did
do
eat
go
had
have
sleep
slept
stand
stood
walk
walked
went
write
wrote
every day
yesterday
eat
ate
1
rd

bought
bring
brought
buy
catch
caught
drank
drink
drive
drove
learn
learned
ran
run
taught
every week
teach
think
thought
watch
watched
last year
1
rd

break
broke
flew
fly
hear
heard
leave
left
like
liked
paid
pay
speak
spoke
take
on Tuesdays
took
wake
want
wanted
woke
last Tuesday
1
rd

began
begin
cried
cry
find
found
is
laugh
laughed
lose
lost
said
say
smile
smiled
tell
told
was
wear
wore
every year
last Saturday
begin
began
1
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Worksheet 18. Word search game

Circle the 8 irregular past-tense verbs in the puzzle. A word can be horizontal
(across), vertical (up and down), or diagonal (from side to side).
The clues under the puzzle will help you.
The gray shading shows the first letter of a word.
B R O K E A T V
E K O P S N T
P Y L H E T V E
S L
L W H E C R
A L D G X M S L
W J U L
F A T M
Q O H V
C K C
B G R D G K L L
CLUES:
1. I _______ the dish.
2. They _______ English.
3. We _______ dinner.
4. She _______ to a movie.
5.
6.
7.
8.
He _______ the accident.

I _______ a newspaper.
They _______ late.
He __________, Good morning.
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Chapter 8: Expressing past time, part one
Answer Key
Worksheet 1
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
is / very cold
are / in South America
lived / millions of years ago
sailed / across the Atlantic Ocean
was a president
invented / the telephone
were / in the last century
landed / on the moon
Worksheet 2
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
False
True
True
False
False
True
False
False
True
True
Worksheet 3
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
b. reptiles
b. became
b. clearly
a. ruled
b. ancestors
a. thin
a. ate
b. everything
b. developed
b. bump
Worksheet 4
1.
2.
3.
4.
star a cosmonaut
a pill an airplane
gave got
an engineer a factory worker
1

5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
into out of
company government
waited spent
an engineer an astronaut
often never
training science
Worksheet 5
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
factories
knew
hero
wrote
chose
engineers
flew
hobbies
Worksheet 6
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
c. raised areas
b. very basic
d. members of the family who lived in the past
c. good and brave people
c. words and gifts of thanks
b. strange
c. all
a. controlled
c. the area of the stars
d. study and practice
Worksheet 7
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
windows
floor
sinks
flowers
walls
furniture
2
Worksheet 8
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
over / outside
sweeping / floor / open
dusting
cleaning / kneeling / behind
standing / pail
vacuuming / window
Worksheet 9
1. threw / flew / broke
2. went / bought / began / finished
3. were / watched / did / made
Worksheet 10
Hobbies:
cards
chess
knitting
stamp collecting
Occupations
engineer
fire fighter
lawyer
scientist
Housework
dusting
mopping
sweeping
vacuuming
Worksheet 11
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
window / sink / toilet

shopping / downtown / to the store
cake / meat / a sandwich
broom / mop / vacuum
factory / hardware store
extinct
rock / bump
an engineer
3
Worksheet 12
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
fishing
doctor
roof
dusted
shower
window
Worksheet 13
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
b. an honor to meet you

a. a big bump
c. any space
f. a million
h. the hardware store
j. water them
d. extinct
e. kneeling
Worksheet 14
every day:
come
cook
do
eat
go
have
sleep
stand
walk
write
yesterday:
ate
came
cooked
did
had
slept
stood
walked
went
wrote
Worksheet 15
every week:
bring
buy
catch
drink
drive
last year:
bought
brought
caught
drank
drove
4
learn
run
teach
think
watch
learned
ran
taught
thought
watched
Worksheet 16
on Tuesdays:
break
fly
hear
leave
like
pay
speak
take
wake
want
last Tuesday:
broke
flew
heard
left
liked
paid
spoke
took
wanted
woke
Worksheet 17
every year:
begin
cry
find
is
laugh
lose
say
smile
tell
wear
last Tuesday:
began
cried
found
laughed
lost
said
smiled
told
was
wore
5
Worksheet 18
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
broke
spoke
ate.
went
saw
bought
came
said
G W
O W P
W R
6
rd
Word List
across
ago
airplane
all
ancestors
any
are
area
astronaut
ate.
Atlantic Ocean
basic
became
began
begin
behind
big
bought
brave
break
bring
broke
broom
brought
bump
buy
cake
came
cards
catch
caught
century
chess
chose
cleaning
clearly
come
company
controlled
cook
cooked
cosmonaut
cried
cry
develop
did
do
doctor
downtown
drank
drink
drive
drove
dusted
eat
engineer
every
everything
extinct
factory
factory worker
family
find
finished
fire fighter
fishing
flew
floor
flower
fly
found
furniture
gave
gift
go
good
got
government
had
hardware store
have
hear
heard
hero
hobbies
honor
housework
in
into
invent
is
kneeling
knew
knitting
land
last
last
laugh
laughed
lawyer
learn
learned
leave
left
like
live
lose
lost
made
meat
meet
member
million
moon
mop
never
occupation
of
often
on
open
out of
outside
over
paid
pail
past
pay
people
pill
practice
president
raised
ran
reptile
rock
roof
ruled
run
said
sail
sandwich
saw
say
science
scientist
shopping
shower
sink
sleep
slept
smile
South America
space
speak
spend
spoke
stamp collecting
stand
star
stood
store
strange
study
sweeping
take
taught
teach
telephone
tell
thanks
rd
them
thin
think
thought
threw
to
toilet
told
took
training
Tuesdays
vacuum
very
wait
wake
walk
wall
want
was
watch
water
wear
week
went
were
who
window
woke
word
wore
write
wrote
year
yesterday
you

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by Rachel Spack Koch

Azar Grammar Series: Basic English Grammar, 3rd edition

Chapter 8Expressing Past Time, Part 1

Chapter 8: Expressing Past Time, part one

Worksheet 1. Present and past tense

2. Peru and Chile ______________

3. Dinosaurs ______________ ___________________________________.

Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 8: Expressing Past Time, part one

Worksheet 2. Reading: Dinosaurs

2. Dinosaurs were reptiles.

3. Most dinosaurs came from eggs.

4. Dinosaurs had wings, and they flew.

6. Some dinosaurs ate plants.

7. All dinosaurs were slow.

8. All dinosaurs had feathers.

9. All the dinosaurs died many years ago.

10. In some ways, dinosaurs were like birds.

Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 8: Expressing Past Time, part one

Worksheet 3. Vocabulary review

Snakes are _______.

2. All the dinosaurs died. They _______ extinct.

Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 8: Expressing Past Time, part one

Worksheet 4. Reading: The First Woman in Space

The First Woman in Space

An astronaut is (a cosmonaut / a star).

Chapter 8: Expressing Past Time, part one

Worksheet 5. Nouns and irregular verbs

1. Workers make automobiles in automobile _________________________.

Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 8: Expressing Past Time, part one

Worksheet 6. Vocabulary review

Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 8: Expressing Past Time, part one

Worksheet 7. Housekeeping activities

2. Larry mopped the ________________________.

3. Jane cleaned the ______________________________.

4. Fred watered the _________________________ .

Peter painted the

6. The movers moved the ___________________________

Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 8: Expressing Past Time, part one

Worksheet 8. Housekeeping activities

Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 8: Expressing Past Time, part one

Worksheet 9. Verbs: Past time

Yesterday afternoon Jack and Cary played a game of catch in Jacks

Last Saturday morning, we ______________________ shopping at the

Last night, my two roommates and I __________________

Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 8: Expressing Past Time, part one

Worksheet 10. Vocabulary review

Basic English Grammar, 3 Edition

Chapter 8: Expressing Past Time, part one

Worksheet 11. Vocabulary review

2. Last weekend we went _______.

shopping downtown to the store dusting

4. I cleaned the floor with a _______.

5. Henry works in a _______.

6. Dinosaurs are _______.

3. Dinosaurs _____________________.