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107 20. Read this piece of a student’s diary. Are the underlined verbs right or wrong? Correct the verbs that are wrong. We had an English lesson this morning on the Past Simple. right It didn’t was too difficult, we (1) read about some children wasn’t, … and how they spent their pocket money, and then (2) studied the grammar. My problem was the irregular verbs – … I (3) didn’t knew that there were so many of them, … and I just (4) didn’t remember all the past forms. … I (5) fell silly once or twice when I (6) was wrong. I also … (7) didn’t realise that you need to put a verb in the past … even when you say the time something happens, like “yesterday”. After the lesson I went shopping, and (8) bought … some clothes, which (9) costed more than I meant to spend! … I didn’t even have enough money left to catch the train … home, so I walked, and it (10) taked me nearly an hour. … 21. Complete the sentences with suitable words and word combinations. Use a dictionary if necessary. a) a bit of an old woman b) a wet blanket c) pain in the neck d) the life and the soul of the party e) a slowcoach f) a show-off g) bore h) a chatterbox i) a layabout j) a snob