A Write in the missing form of each of the irregular verbs below. Each verb can be used with the expressions on the right.

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Exercise 2

Irregular verbs

A Write in the missing form of each of the irregular verbs below. Each verb can be used with the expressions on the right.

Bare infinitive

Past tense

Expression

run

do

make

_________

write

_________

pay

_________

ran

_________

_________

went

_________

had

_________

sold

…a business, …out of something, …up a bill…

…a job well,…your best,…business(with)

…a profit, …a mistake, …a complaint

…abroad, …out for a meal, … bankrupt

…a letter, …a report, …out a cheque

…lunch, …a meeting, …problems

…by credit card, …cash, …in advance

…something at a profit, …at a loss, …out

B Choose a past tense form and one of the expressions above to complete the following sentences.

1. He made some calls from his hotel room and ran up a large phone bill.

2. We _________ with that company a few years ago, but then we stopped dealing with them.

3. The company lost money in its first year, but last year it ________ of $2,5m.

4. He couldn’t find a suitable job in his own country, so he ________to look for work.

5. When the consultants had finished their study they ________ for the directors, giving a list of recommendations.

6. The engineers ________ with the gearbox, so they made some modifications to it.

7. They didn’t want cash or a cheque, so I_________.

8. The product was very popular. We ________ on the first day and ordered more stock.

Exercise 3

Completed actions

Complete the following passage by putting the verbs into the past tense.

After the Second World War, Akio Morita, the co-founder of Sony, ⁽¹⁾ joined (join) forces with a friend, Masaru Ibuka. Both men ⁽²⁾ ________ (know) a great deal about telecommunications, so they ⁽³⁾ ________ (use) all their money, about $100, and ⁽⁴⁾ ______ (set) up a small engineering company, Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo. There ⁽⁵⁾ _________ (find) a small broken-down building to use as a laboratory in Tokyo.   

There ⁽⁶⁾ _________ (be) so many holes in the roof that when it ⁽⁷⁾ _________ (rain), they ⁽⁸⁾ ______ (have) to continue working under umbrellas.

Their first task ⁽⁹⁾ __________ (be) to decide what to make. They ⁽¹⁰⁾ _________ (not want) to make radios because of the competition from much larger companies. Instead, they ⁽¹¹⁾ _________ (decide) to create an entirely new product, a tape recorder. They ⁽¹²⁾ ______ (succeed) in making a machine, but unfortunately they ⁽¹³⁾ __________ (not have) any tape, and they ⁽¹⁴⁾ _________ (not know) how to produce it.

So they ⁽¹⁵⁾ _________ (start) to experiment, and ⁽¹⁶⁾ _________ (try) using a number of different materials. Finally, they ⁽¹⁷⁾ ___________ (make) a breakthrough. They ⁽¹⁸⁾ ____________ (cut) up strips of paper to make a reel, and ⁽¹⁹⁾ _________ (paint) them with a magnetic material that they ⁽²⁰⁾ _________ (heat) on a frying pan in their small room. It ⁽²¹⁾ _______ (work), and they gradually ⁽²²⁾ ________ (improve) the process. In 1950, they ⁽²³⁾ __________ (begin) trying to sell their evolutionally machine.

And the rest is history!

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