Past Simple. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Rachel What (you/do) _____________ last weekend, Sophie?
Sophie I (go) ___________ to Amsterdam with Neil.
Rachel Really? How long (you/stay) ________________?
Sophie Oh, I just for a long weekend. We (stay) ____________ in a hotel called the Prinsenhof.
Rachel (you/do) ______________ anything special?
Sophie Yes, we (meet) _____________ some old friends and we (see) _________ a
lot of art exhibitions. We (not/have) _____________ time to see Anne Frank’s house. Oh, and we (have) __________ a lot of Thai food.
Rachel (you/eat) _________________ Thai food in Holland?!
Sophie That’s right! There are a lot of Thai restaurants near the centre. (you/do)
________________ anything special, Rachel?
4. Fill in the gaps in the sentences with some, any:
1. I can't buy you a drink. I haven't got _________ money
2. I want to wash my hair. Is there ________ shampoo?
3. I'm going to the post office to get ________ stamps.
4. Can you speak ________ foreign languages?
5. I haven't got my camera, so I can't take ________ photographs.
6. Sorry, we're late. We had ________ problems with the car.
7. Everybody was standing because there weren't _______ chairs in the hall.
8. It’s hot in the office. I'm going out for _________ fresh air.
9. Why isn't the radio working? Are there __________ batteries in it?
10. Yesterday evening I went to a restaurant with __________ friends of mine.
11. Would you like __________ cheese? No, thank you. I'm not hungry any more.
12. Can I have __________ milk in my coffee, please?
5. Choose the correct words in italics in the conversation.
SAM Where will we go shopping this afternoon? Will we just go to the town center?
ALI I don’t know. There aren’t (1) much/many shops in the town center. I think the big shopping center is better. – There are (2) a lot of/much shops there.
SAM Mmm. But we haven’t got (3) much/many time really, and it takes half an hour to drive there.
ALI I know, but I need to buy (4) many/a lot of presents for my family, and I don’t have (5) much/many money. There are (6) many/a lot of cheap shops in the shopping center.
SAM Are there (7) many/much people in your family, then?
ALI Well, there aren’t (8) many/much adults, but I’ve got (9) much/a lot of younger brothers and sisters.
SAM Ok, let’s go to the shopping center. But can we go in your car? There isn’t (10) many/much petrol in mine.