Solutions Pre-Intermediate Unit 1

Questions

100

Make the question, then answer it!

What/ you/do/last weekend?

What did you do last weekend?

200

Choose an answer and make a question for it.

No, I didn't.

Yes, we could

No, they weren't.

Possible questions:

Did you play football yesterday?

Could you read at the age of 5?

Were you tired after the match?

300

Make the question and then answer it!

When /you/ learn to ride a bike?

When did you learn to ride a bike.

400

Put the words in order to make a question and asnwer it.

homework- how- last- did- much- you-night-do?

How much homework did you do last night?

500

Put the words in order to make a question and asnwer it.

with- travel- did- to-school -you-who-today ?

Who did you travel to school with today?

Injuries

100

I've got a big black B _ _ _ _E wher I banged my arm.

bruise

200

Choose the correct verb and use the past simple.

I _________(bleed/burn) my hand while I was cooking.

burned

300

Choose the correct verb and use the past simple.

'Why is your arm in a bandage?'

I ______(trip/sprain) it while I was playing football.

sprained

400

Choose the correct verb and use the past simple.

'What are you doing on the floor?'

'I _______(slip/ trip) over on some spileed water)

slipped

500

Choose the correct verb and use the past simple.

'Your hand is all blue.'

I'i know. I ______(burn / hurt) it doing karate.

hurt

Feelings

100

Ted was very _____x_____ before his exams, but in the end he got excellent marks.

anxious

200

I'm so _____l______ to know that you're OK and that you didn't get hurt in the accident.

relieved

300

I work all summer, so I'm ___V_____ of people who can get the summer off.

envious

400

She was extremely ____________d when she forgot the words to the song in front of hundreds of people.

embarrassed

500

I'm sorry I was _________s with you. I had a very bad day.

cross

Reacting and Giving advice

100

React and give advice:

I failed my exam!

Possible answer:

That sounds like a nightmare!

'You should talk to your teacher and ask how to improve.

200

React and give advice:

I broke my best friend's laptop!

Possible answer:

Oh no! What a disaster!

'You should apologise to your friend and offer to pay for it.'

300

React and give advice

'I haven't got any money.'

Possible answer: 

How upsetting! 

You should get a part-time job.

400

React and give advice

'I want to do some exercise but I haven't got enough time.

Possible answer: 

You are kidding!

You should walk or cycle to school every day.

500

React and give advice:

My friend stopped talking to me.

Possible answer:
That's worrying!
I think you should speak to her or text her.

Turn to the past

100

Say the past simple form of these verbs:

look     buy    go    have

Choose ONE of the verbs and make a past simple sentence.

looked   bought    went    had

200

Say the past simple form of these verbs:

leave    move    begin    get

Choose ONE of the verbs and make a past simple sentence.

left     move    began    get

300

Say the past simple form of these verbs:

see    write   take    win    enjoy   say

Choose ONE of the verbs and make a past simple sentence.

saw    wrote    took  won     enjoyed   said

400

Say the past simple form of these verbs:

bring     teach     want     put      burn     hurt

Choose ONE of the verbs and make a past simple sentence.

brought    taught   wanted    put    burned    hurt

500

Make these sentences negative.

We found our cat: she was in the garden.

I could read when I was four and I loved books.

We didn't find our cat: it wasn't in the garden.

I couldn't read when I was four and I didn't love books.