WARM-UP VIDEO FOR PAST SIMPLE

Instructions. Watch the video, and catch expressions with verbs in Past Simple

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Exercise. Complete each gap with suitable words and expressions you hear from the video.

A breakaway sect of Buddhist warrior monks infiltrated by a blonde drug smuggler?! That never really (1) …………... A blonde drug smuggler who was exposed by an abbot with unusual powers of observation and deduction. Oh, what police inspector could have made THAT deduction?! Oh, thank you! You remember how Sherlock never (2) …………..the credit when (3………….. all of your cases? He (4) …………..all of my cases.- He's out there. He's hiding, but he can't stop himself from getting involved. [CHUCKLES] It's so obviously him, if you know how to spot the signs. Klein Brothers, the Towerhouse thing, the Kensington Ripper - (5) ………….. all those myself. Well, you got Towerhouse wrong. No, I didn't! ANDERSON: 'It had to be him.' There's no-one else it can be, do you not see? I see that (6) ………….. a good job fantasising about a dead man coming back to life. And I know why you want that to happen... Yeah, there's...there's something here, um... I wasn't sure whether I should have kept it in. You remember the video message (7) ………….. for your birthday? I had to practically threaten him. This is the uncut version. How could John be having a birthday dinner? All his friends hate him. You only have to look at their faces. (8) ………….. an essay on suppressed hatred in close proximity, based entirely on his friends. On reflection, it probably wasn'ta very good choice of gift. [SHARP INTAKE OF BREATH] What was my excuse again? LESTRADE: (9) ………….. you had a thing. Oh, right, yes, that's right, a thing. LESTRADE: You might want to elaborate.

Key: Look at the key and say aloud the script from the video to improve your English.

A breakaway sect of Buddhist warrior monks infiltrated by a blonde drug smuggler?! That never really (1) (happened) . A blonde drug smuggler who was exposed by an abbot with unusual powers of observation and deduction. Oh, what police inspector could have made THAT deduction?! Oh, thank you! You remember how Sherlock never (2) (took) the credit when (3) (he solved) all of your cases? He (4) (didn't solve) all of my cases.- He's out there. He's hiding, but he can't stop himself from getting involved. [CHUCKLES] It's so obviously him, if you know how to spot the signs. Klein Brothers, the Towerhouse thing, the Kensington Ripper - (5) (solved) all those myself. Well, you got Towerhouse wrong. No, I didn't! ANDERSON: 'It had to be him.' There's no-one else it can be, do you not see? I see that (6) (you lost) a good job fantasising about a dead man coming back to life. And I know why you want that to happen... Yeah, there's...there's something here, um... I wasn't sure whether I should have kept it in. You remember the video message (7) (he made) for your birthday? I had to practically threaten him. This is the uncut version. How could John be having a birthday dinner? All his friends hate him. You only have to look at their faces. (8) (I wrote) an essay on suppressed hatred in close proximity, based entirely on his friends. On reflection, it probably wasn'ta very good choice of gift. [SHARP INTAKE OF BREATH] What was my excuse again? LESTRADE: (9) (You said) you had a thing. Oh, right, yes, that's right, a thing. LESTRADE: You might want to elaborate.

Sources: 

Channel: BBC. Sherlock Mini-Episode: Many Happy Returns - Sherlock Series 3 Prequel - BBC One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwntNANJCOE

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