Ex. 47. Use Present Simple or Past Simple of the verbs in brackets. 1. A: (hear, you) … the thunder last night? B: No, I … . I (hear, not) … anything all night. I (be) … asleep. 2. A: Listen! (hear, you) … a siren in the distance? B: No, I (not) … . I (hear, not) … anything at all. 3. A: (build, you) … that bookshelf? B: No, I … . My uncle (build) … it for me. 4. A: (be, a fish) … slippery to hold? B: Yes, … . It can slip right out of your hand. A: How about frogs? (be, they) … slippery? B: Yes, … . A: What about snakes? B: I (know, not) … . I’ve never touched a snake. 5. A: I (want) … to go to the mall this afternoon and (look) … for a new bathing suit. (want, you) … to go with me? B: I can’t. I (have) … an appointment with my English teacher. Besides, I (buy) … a new bathing suit last year. I (need, not) … a new 25 one this year. 6. I (offer) … to help my older neighbor carry her groceries into her house every time I see her return from the store. She (be) … always very grateful. Yesterday, she (offer) … to pay me for helping her, but of course I (accept, not) … the offer. 7. Last Monday night, I (take) … my sister and her husband to my favorite restaurant for dinner and (find) … the doors locked. I (know, not) … it then, but my favorite restaurant (be, not open) … on Mondays. We (want, not) … to eat anywhere else, so we (go) … back to my house. I (make) … a salad and (heat) … some soup. Everyone (seem) … satisfied even though I (be, not) … a wonderful cook. 8. My daughter is twenty-one years old. She (like) … to travel. My wife and I (worry) … about her a little when she (be) … away from home, but we also (trust) … her judgement. Last year, after she (graduate) … from the college, she (go) … to Europe with two of her friends. They (travel, not) … by train or by car. Instead, they (rent) … motor scooters and slowly (ride) … through each country they visited. While she (be) … away, my wife and I (worry) … about her safety. We (be) … very happy when we (see) … her smiling face at the airport and (know) … that she was finally safe at home.