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Vocabulary 1 (Life History)
Vocabulary 2 (Life Events)
Grammar 1 (Was / Were)
Grammar 2 (Simple Past)
SURPRISE!
100

Complete the sentence.

Albert Einstein was ______ in Germany.

Answer: born

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What usually happens first?

a) Get married
b) Finish college

Answer: Finish college

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Complete.

I _____ at home yesterday.

Answer: was

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Past of go

Answer: went

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Complete.

My mother _____ born in 1985.

Answer: was

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Choose the correct word.

My grandfather ______ in 2010.

a) lived
b) died
c) born

Answer: died

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Complete.

After university, many people ______.

Answer: get a job

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Complete.

They _____ at work yesterday.

Answer: were

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Complete.

Last weekend I ______ dinner with my family.

a) cook
b) cooked
c) cooking

Answer: cooked

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Choose the correct sentence.

A.
I was born in 1998.

B.
I were born in 1998.

Answer: A

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Complete.

I lived in Monterrey ______ five years.

Answer: for

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Choose the correct answer.

You usually buy this after you save money.

a) children
b) a house
c) college

Answer: a house

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Make the question.

She was tired.

Answer:
Was she tired?

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Change to the negative.

She visited her grandmother.

Answer:
She didn't visit her grandmother.

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Complete the conversation.

A: When _____ you born?

B: I _____ born in 1999.

Answer:
were / was

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Complete.

She is ______ Mexico.

Answer: from

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Put these life events in order.

  • Get married
  • Have children
  • Finish college

Answer:
Finish college → Get married → Have children

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Correct the mistake.

Were he at school yesterday?

Answer:
Was he at school yesterday?

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Make a yes/no question.

They bought a new car.

Answer:
Did they buy a new car?

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Tell the story using these words.

  • was born
  • finished college
  • got a job
  • got married

Possible answer:
I was born in 1998. I finished college in 2020. Then I got a job and got married.

(Any logical sequence.)

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Unscramble the sentence.

ago / ten / I / graduated / years

Answer:
I graduated ten years ago.

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Name THREE possible life events after finishing college.

Possible answers:

  • Get a job
  • Start a business
  • Live in another country
  • Buy a house
  • Get married
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Answer the question in a complete sentence.

Where were you last weekend?

Possible answer:
I was at my parents' house.

(Any logical answer.)

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Correct ALL the mistakes.

Yesterday she go to work and buyed a computer.

Answer:
Yesterday she went to work and bought a computer.

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Find 4 mistakes.

Maria were born in Mexico. She finish college ten years ago. Then she buy a house and get married last year.


Answer:

Maria was born in Mexico.

She finished college ten years ago.

Then she bought a house.

She got married last year.