Unit 1 GRAMMAR Basic

Past simple: regular and irregular Past simple: (there) was / were
verbs 4 Choose the correct verb forms.
1 Are these past simple verbs regular (R) or irregular (I)? 1 Our history lesson … interesting. I enjoyed it.
1 won R I  a wasn’t b was c weren’t
2 sold R I 2 Rafa is ill at home so he … at school today.
3 borrowed R I a weren’t b wasn’t c was
4 opened R I 3 My friend and I … born in the same month – May.
5 sent R I
a were b was c wasn’t
6 appeared R I
7 made R I 4 I didn’t like those videos. They … very good.
8 listened R I a was b wasn’t c weren’t
9 read R I 5 What … your great grandmother’s name?
10 travelled R I a was b were c weren’t
11 told R I 6 … you awake at seven o’clock this morning?
12 studied R I a Wasn’t b Was c Were
2 Choose the correct sentence. 5 Are the sentences correct (C) or incorrect (I)?
1 a This shopping centre opened last year. 1 The bus was late today. C  I
b This shopping centre opens last year. 2 There weren’t any cars in 1700. C I
2 a I bought a bag for my sister. 3 Were there a house here before? C I
b I buy a bag for my sister. 4 I was tired this morning. C I
5 How many students was in class? C I
3 a We not go to the park earlier.
6 There weren’t a match on Tuesday. C I
b We didn’t go to the park earlier.
4 a They didn’t watch the football match.
Past time expressions
b They not watch the football match.
5 a You like that new video game? 6 Choose the correct words.
b Did you like that new video game? 1 Did you go on holiday … week?
a past b last
6 a Did Pablo play basketball yesterday?
b Pablo did play basketball yesterday? 2 My brother sold some books … .
a yesterday b at yesterday
3 Complete the dialogues with the words below. 3 I went to the swimming pool … Sunday morning.
bought ​ Did ​did ​did ​did ​did ​didn’t ​
Did ​ a on b at
do ​go had have helped ​loved ​played ​ 4 We saw Rafa two days … .
speak ​went
a last b ago
1 ‘Hi Ava! Did you enjoy that movie?’ 5 Paula was born … the 1990s.
‘Yes, I did . I loved it!’ a in b over
2 ‘ you borrow that book from the library?’ 6 What did they do … the summer holidays?
‘No, I .I it from a shop.’ a on b over
3 ‘What you yesterday?’
‘I tennis with Julia, Elena and Rafa.’ 7 Complete the past time expressions with the words
below. If no word is needed, write –.
4 ‘Where you on holiday?’
‘We to Gran Canaria. It was fantastic.’ ago ​
in ​
last ​
over ​on
5 ‘What did you for dinner?’
‘We chicken and rice.’ 1 over the summer holidays
6 ‘Did you to Ms Wang about your maths 2 Thursday evening
homework?’ 3 the 1970s
‘Yes, I . She me with it.’ 4 month
5 three days
6 yesterday

For me, these exercises were … easy OK difficult

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Unit 1 GRAMMAR Standard

Past simple: regular and irregular Past simple: (there) was / were
verbs 4 Complete the sentences with was, wasn’t, were or
1 Write the past simple forms. weren’t using the information in the table.
1 spend spent Saturday Sunday
2 happen Adrian library theme park
3 make
Miguel and Jorge sports centre cinema
4 create
5 become Lina stadium museum
6 hide 1 Adrian wasn’t at the museum on Saturday.
7 exist He was at the library.
8 see 2 Miguel and Jorge at the library on
Saturday. They at the sports centre.
2 Complete the email with the past simple form of
the verbs in brackets. 3 Lina at the stadium on Saturday. She
at the cinema.
Arrow-circle-left Chevron-left    Chevron-right 4 Adrian at the sports centre on Sunday.
Hi Gemma He at the theme park.
5 Miguel and Jorge at the cinema on Sunday.
How is school? We 1 studied (study) the
They at the library.
1960s in our history class yesterday and the lives
of teenagers then. It was interesting because I 6 Lina at the stadium on Sunday.
2
(not know) much about young She at the museum.
people at that time.
5 Complete the sentences with the phrases below.
Later, I 3 (speak) to my
grandfather and he 4 (tell) me There was ​There wasn’t ​There were ​
about his life in the 1960s. There weren’t ​Was there ​Were there ​

He liked pop music, but he 5 (not 1 There were a lot of fans at the football match.
have) any money to buy records. So he 2 a good film on TV last night?
6
(go) to his best friend’s house
3 a new student in our class on
every weekend and they 7 (listen)
to the radio for hours and hours, then they Tuesday.
8
(try) to play some of the songs 4 many children in the park.
on an old guitar. Sounds fun! 5 any good books in the library?
See you next week, 6 a modern shopping centre in our
Alexia town in 1920.

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Past time expressions
3 Write questions using the past simple. 6 Correct the grammatical error in each sentence.
Write – if no word is needed.
1 computers / exist / in the 1960s
1 My grandmother came to this town on the 1980s.
Did computers exist in the 1960s ?
in
2 young people / have radios / at that time
2 I finished that history homework past week.
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3 your grandfather / play / a musical instrument
3 Did you see Tom at Monday evening?
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4 young people / have / a lot of money back then
4 What did you do across the summer holidays?
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5 what / you / learn / about teenagers in the past
5 Ava went to that new café two days past.
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6 how / teenagers / communicate / before mobile
6 They went to the big market on yesterday.
phones
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For me, these exercises were … easy OK difficult

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