Bits and bobs - period 1

Spot the mistake and play the teacher

100

A: It's cold and Mark is working outside today. He should drinks something hot to keep warm.

He should DRINK something hot to keep warm. (modal verbs like SHOULD are always followed by an infinitive verb)

200

A: Have you got plans for tonight?

B: Not really. I going to stay home and study.

I AM going to stay home and study. (The form of BE is missing.)

300

A: What your mum do for a living?

B: She's a doctor.

What DOES your mum do for a living? (The AUXILIARY is missing.)

400

A: The teacher is explaining a new topic?

B: No, she's dictating sentences.

IS THE TEACHER EXPLAINING a new topic? (There is no INVERSION OF SUBJECT AND VERB)

500

I was standing at the bus stop while a car splashed water into my dress.

I was standing at the bus stop WHEN a car ... (connector WHEN is always followed by a verb in the past simple)

Make a sentence with the verb in the past simple

100

EAT

ATE

200

FALL

FELL

300

FIND

FOUND

400

SELL

SOLD

500

WEAR

WORE

Vocabulary

100

It is good practice to .... the key ideas in a text when you are studying.

HIGHLIGHT

200

A film with a lot of suspense that makes you feel nervous and excited.

a THRILLER

300

A TV programme where people show their skills, for example singing and dancing, and complete.

A TALENT SHOW

400

A person interested in expeditions is ................ person.

AN ADVENTUROUS

500

You can trust a ................................ person to do what they say they are going to do.

RELIABLE

Past simple vs past continuous

100

What ____ (you/do) when I _____ (call) you last night?

What were you doing when I called last night?

200

When I _____ (leave) the house, it _____ (snow).

When I left the house, it was snowing.

300

Susie _____ (watch) a film when she ____ (hear) the noise.

Susie was watching a film when she heard the noise.

400

I ____ (sit) in the garden when the dog ____ (bring) a dead bird and ________ (put) it next to my foot.

I was sitting in the garden when the dog brought a dead bird and put it next to my foot.

500

It ___ (be) a day last September. The sun ____ (shine) and the birds ____ (sing). I _____(walk) along the street when I ___ (meet) an old friend.

It was a day last September. The sun was shining and the birds were singing. I was walking along the street when I met an old friend.

Spot the mistake again

100

Do you enjoy go to the beach in the summer?

Do you enjoy GOING to the beach in the summer?

200

I didn't do nothing interesting last weekend.

I didn't do anything interesting last weekend.

300

My dad runs more faster than me.

My dad runs FASTER than me.

400

I didn't saw you standing there.

I didn't SEE you standing there.

500

A: You went on holiday last summer?

B: Yes!

DID YOU GO on holiday last summer?