Vocabulary
Complete the sentence with the correct word (everyday objects):
We can’t play a board game. We haven’t got any _________ .
a. key
b. dice
c. paper
b. dice
What are the past simple forms of the verbs: come, buy, and swim?
a. come, bought, and swum
b. came, bought, and swum
c. came, bought, and swam
c. came, bought, and swam
Choose the correct past continuous form to complete the sentence:
e.g. They _____________a school uniform on Sunday.
a. wasn't wearing
b. didn't wear
c. weren't wearing
c. weren't wearing
Which action is a long action? Which is a short action?
They were practising with their robot when it broke.
Correct answer:
Long action - were practising
Short action - broke
Choose the correct option:
e.g. Twenty years ago, _____________ a train station in our town.
a. their was
b. there was
c. there were
Correct answer:
b. there was
Complete the question with the correct word (everyday objects):
Do you always wear a __________________ when you ride your motorbike?
Helmet
Choose the correct option:
At school, she was good at sport and science, but she __________________ (not make) many friends.
a. wasn't make
b. didn't make
c. doesn't make
b. didn't make
Make the negative and question forms of the following affirmative sentence:
e.g. Jodi was sitting in her usual place yesterday.
Correct answer:
Negative:
Jodi wasn't sitting in her usual place yesterday.
Question:
Was Jodi sitting in her usual place yesterday?
Which tense do we use for the long action? Which do we use for the short action?
e.g. While the girls were waiting, they tried to invent a robot.
Correct answer:
Past Continuous - for the long action
Past Simple - for the short action
Make affirmative, negative and question forms using could to talk about ability in the past.
e.g. All children could go to school. (affirmative)
e.g. My cousin couldn't speak when she was three. (negative)
e.g. Could you read when you were five? (question)
Choose the correct option:
Most people __________ school between the ages of four and six.
a. go
b. start
c. get
b. start
Make the negative and question forms of the following affirmative sentence:
e.g. She bought her first plane in 1921.
Negative:
She didn't buy her first plane in 1921.
Question:
Did she buy her first plane in 1921?
Complete the past continuous question.
_________________________ (your mum and dad/ watch) the match?
Correct answer:
Were your mum and dad watching the match?
Write a question using both the past simple and past continuous:
What / you / do / while / you / wait / for the bus ?
Correct answer:
What did you do while you were waiting for the bus?
Make affirmative, negative and question forms using used to.
e.g. I used to do yoga. (affirmative)
e.g. I didn't use to like eggs when I was little. (negative)
e.g. Did you use to go swimming? (question)
Complete the sentences with the correct word.
You can _________ a big difference to someone’s life when you help them.
Make
Name five past time expressions that are commonly used with the past simple tense.
These are some time expressions we use with the past simple: yesterday, last night/week/month/year, a week /month/ year ago, in June/2015/the morning/the 20th century …
Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.
e.g. While Sara walked/was walking home, she lost/was losing her purse.
Correct answer:
was walking, lost
Complete the sentence with the past simple or past continuous.
My parents (…) (meet) while they (…) (work) in a shop.
Correct answer:
met, were working
Make a question using the past continuous and give a short answer to it.
Question: Were you doing your homework?
Short Answer: Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
Name five expressions that describe success and achievement. (Unit 3)
1. Win a race/a prize/a competition,
2. get fit/a good job/good grades,
3. learn something new/a language/to surf,
4. be popular/rich/famous,
5. make friends/a difference/money,
6. feel part of a team/proud/happy
How do we form the affirmative, negative and question forms of the past simple? Give examples for each form.
The simple past tense of regular verbs is formed by adding -ed to the infinitive form of a verb (e.g., walk becomes walked).
e.g. We walked to school yesterday. (affirmative)
We use didn't (did not) to make negatives with the past simple:
e.g. They didn't go to Spain this year.
We use did to make questions with the past simple:
e.g. Did she play tennis when she was younger?
Complete the sentence with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
The train ___________(leave) while I ____________ (buy) my ticket.
Correct answer:
left, was buying
How do we use the past simple and past continuous in the same sentence? Give an example.
We often use the past simple and past continuous together in the same sentence.
We use the past continuous to talk about a long action and the past simple to talk about a short action that happened during that time.
e.g. I was having a shower when you called.
e.g. It started to rain while we were playing football.
When do we use "when" and "while"? Give examples.
Correct answer:
We often use while before the past continuous.
e.g. It started to rain while we were playing football.
We often use when before the past simple.
e.g. We were playing football when it started to rain.