17. Open the brackets. Put the verbs into the Past Indefinite. 1. Her little niece (not to go) to bed at nine o’clock yesterday. 2. Our grandmother (to watch) TV yesterday morning. 3. My parents (to go) shopping the day before yesterday. 4. My grandfather (to help) his wife about the house yesterday. 5. We (to have) soup for dinner yesterday. 6. My brother (to write) a letter to his friend yesterday. 7. They (to go) to the country last summer. 8. Our friends (not to go) to London last month.

Перевод задания: Раскройте скобки. Поставьте глаголы в прошедшее неопределённое время (Past Indefinite).

1. Her little niece did not go to bed at nine o’clock yesterday. (Её маленькая племянница вчера не легла спать в девять часов.)
2. Our grandmother watched TV yesterday morning. (Наша бабушка смотрела телевизор вчера утром.)
3. My parents went shopping the day before yesterday. (Мои родители ходили за покупками позавчера.)
4. My grandfather helped his wife about the house yesterday. (Мой дедушка вчера помогал жене по дому.)
5. We had soup for dinner yesterday. (Вчера на ужин мы ели суп.)
6. My brother wrote a letter to his friend yesterday. (Мой брат вчера написал письмо своему другу.)
7. They went to the country last summer. (Прошлым летом они ездили за город.)
8. Our friends did not go to London last month. (В прошлом месяце наши друзья не ездили в Лондон.)

В отрицании используется did not и начальная форма глагола. В утвердительных предложениях правильные глаголы получают окончание -ed, а неправильные употребляются во второй форме: go — went, have — had, write — wrote.