A Complete the sentences with a regular verb in the past simple, first in the positive and then in the negative.
book call check invite like look play
me to the party, but they didn't invite
my sister last night, but
my
the film, but he
the
1 They invited
my partner.
21
parents.
3 My husband
book.
4 We
jackets.
5 Isabel
her emails.
6 We
7 They
basketball.
at shirts in Zara, but we
at
her text messages, but she
a hotel
flights, but we
rugby at school, but they

Am studying
2 does Tom speak
don't belong
4 is coming/ don't want
5 flows
6 is flowing
7 Does it ever snow
8 grow/ aren't growing
9 am learning/ is teaching
10 don't need
11 enjoy/ don't enjoy
12 don't believe
13 is staying/ stays
14live/ do your parents live
15 is staying
16 does your father do
17 do the banks close
18 does it mean
19 is getting better
20 is getting worse

a) 2
b) 2
c) 2
d) 2,2
e) 1
f) 1 
g) 1
h) 1
i) 2
j) 1
k) 2
l) 2,1

1 think
2 smell
3 understands
4 tastes
5 wants
6 hate
7 hear
8 belongs
9 believes
10 think, knows

1 knows/ is happening
2 understand, am listening
3 looks
4 am telling/ don't you believe
5 enjoy
6 look, are
7 hate 
8 am waiting / want
9 believes
10 think/ knows

In fact, according to the legends, Merlin himself would not have been so popular if not for King Arthur. So it turned out (if you believe the legends), their fates were closely merged, the newsbeek helped the newly elected king and became a significant person in his eyes. But the king would not have been so popular and known if the merlin had not helped him to ascertain the throne and strengthen the kingdom. And also historically it turned out that these two personalities were covered with legends with fairy tales and began to live in our memory in our time.