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 2. Underline the correct forms.
WAS-WERE 1. My parents wasn’t / weren’t at home last weekend.
1. Choose the correct answer. 2. All my friends was / were on holiday.
3. Katie wasn’t / weren’t at the sports centre on Saturday.
1. My friends _____ at school all last week.
A. ☐ was 4. The weather was / were bad every day last week.
B. ☐ wasn't 5. Tom and I wasn’t / weren’t here last night.
C. ☐ weren't 6. Alice was / were ill last night.
2. We _____ at the theme park on Saturday.
A. ☐ was EXTRA ACTIVITY WAS or WERE?
B. ☐ were
C. ☐ weren't

3. My mum _____ away last weekend.

A. ☐ was
B. ☐ were
C. ☐ weren't

4. Some of the students in my class _____ ill yesterday.

A. ☐ was
B. ☐ were
C. ☐ wasn't

5. I _____ on the beach yesterday.

A. ☐ were
B. ☐ weren't
C. ☐ was

6. Our neighbours _____ in the garden last night.

A. ☐ were
B. ☐ was
C. ☐ wasn't

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1. Underline the correct verb:
1. They was/were in the Natural History Museum yesterday.
2. Nick was/were taken to the hospital early in the morning yesterday.
3. My parents was/were very tired after their trip to Newcastle.
4. Helen was/were on a ferry boat going to Sweden yesterday.
5. The article in the local newspaper was/were very interesting.
6. Those houses was/were built two hundred years ago.
7. Last winter was/were the coldest winter in our region.
8. Tom was/were absent-minded because he had left the keys at school.
9. I was/were on a long trip to the USA two years ago.
10. Your e-mail address was/were very difficult to remember.
11. My brother’s letters was/were rather long and interesting.
12. Pamela was/were an excellent ski jumper three years ago.

2. Fill in was or were:

1. Who _____ the best football player in Great Britain last year?
2. They _____ very happy after their trip to London last month.
3. Andrew _____ the best student in our class last year.
4. The film _____ not interesting and I switched off the TV.
5. The mathematics test _____ very difficult and we _____ disappointed.
6. The boys _____ very noisy at the lesson yesterday.
7. Who _____ the best sportsman in your class last month?
8. Martha _____ in Cambridge with her parents two years ago.
9. The girls _____ in the disco club two weeks ago.
10. I _____ responsible for the classroom flowers last year.
11. There _____ many flowers in the flowerbeds around the school.
12. Five birds _____ sitting on the branches of the tree near the house.

3. Rewrite the sentences using was or were:

1. I am happy to see you. 7. Nora is on holidays in Italy.
……………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………
2. This is my favourite book. 8. The dogs are under the table.
………………………………………………………... ……………………………………………………………..
3. Mary is not at school. 9. My mobile is broken.
………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………….
4. It is a very interesting film. 10. They are good students.
………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………….
5. We are good sportsmen. 11. This dog is very friendly.
…………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………
6. Tom is my best friend. 12. I am at the shopping centre.
………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………..

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___________________________
8. They aren’t sad.

To Be _____________________________
9. Where is he?
A- Complete with the past simple of
the verb to be. _____________________________
10.Isn’t he at home?
1. How old ______ Allen last year?
______ he ten or eleven? _____________________________
2. When ______ Shirley’s baby 11.It isn’t important.
born?
3. In what season ______ they _____________________________
born? 12.Is the lesson difficult?
4. They ______(not) born in spring.
I’m sure. _____________________________
5. Uncle Richard ______(not) at 13.Who are they?
home yesterday evening. ___________________________
6. Sam ______ at the beach with 14.Are the windows open?
his friends. They ______ all very ___________________________
happy.
7. Where ______ you at 11 o’clock. D- Ask questions for the answers.
8. Peter ______ (not) happy
yesterday. 1. __________________________?
Dick was at the bank yesterday.
B- Complete with was or were. 2. __________________________?
We were at the movies
1. Where ______ Mary last yesterday.
Saturday? 3. __________________________?
2. She ______ at the stadium. They were at the hotel yesterday.
3. ______ you there, too? 4. __________________________?
4. No, I ______ at home and you? I was at the station yesterday.
5. My brothers, my sisters and I 5. __________________________?
______ at the exhibition. My aunt Lucy was at the club
By the way, where ______ your yesterday.
brothers that day?
6. I don’t know where my brother E- Complete the statements. Follow
Jim ______. the example.
7. He ______ at home with me but
the others ______. Example: I was at school
yesterday, but you weren’t.
C- Change into the past.
1. He was at church yesterday, but
1. He is a good student. we ______________.
___________________________ 2. She was at the supermarket
2. They are here. yesterday morning, but I
___________________________ ______________.
3. It’s all right. 3. I was at the hospital yesterday
___________________________ afternoon, but they
4. We are busy. _____________.
___________________________ 4. We were downtown yesterday
5. She is happy. night, but he ____________.
___________________________ 5. They were at the post-office
6. They are at school. yesterday evening, but you
___________________________ _______________.

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PAST SIMPLE: REGULAR VERBS
1. Use the words to write sentences. Use the past simple.
6. evening / watched / every / we / TV
1. we / try / to find / a campsite

3. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple of the verbs in

brackets.
2. I / pack / my suitcase / last night
1. I ___________ the label on my suitcase. [check]

3. they / not stay / in a hotel 2. We ___________ from the station to the hotel. [walk]

3. I ___________ to phone Mum, but she didn’t answer. [try]

4. Joey / arrive / at five o’clock
4. We ___________ around Scotland last year. [travel]

5. my sister / not check / the label / on the suitcase

5. The bus ___________ at Terminal 1. [stop]

6. My brother ___________ beach volleyball on holiday. [play]

6. our dog / not travel / with us

4. Write the past tense of the verbs.

2. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. 1. travel _______________
1. every / wanted / my sister / eat / day / ice-cream / to
2. stop _______________

2. the hotel / Tom / suitcase / at / unpacked / his 3. want _______________

4. play _______________
3. museums / they / a lot of / visited
5. land _______________

4. airport / my / at / the / changed / I / ticket 6. try _______________

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Infinitive Past Simple Infinitive Past Simple
be was-were let let
become became lose lost
begin began make made
bite bit mean meant
blow blew meet met
break broke pay paid
bring brought put put
build built read read
burn burnt ride rode
buy bought ring rang
catch caught run ran
choose chose say said
come came see saw
cost cost sell sold
cut cut send sent
do did set set
draw drew shine shone
drink drank show showed
drive drove shut shut
eat ate sing sang
fall fell sit sat
feed fed sleep slept
feel felt smell smelt
fight fought speak spoke
find found spell spelt
fly flew spend spent
forget forgot spin spun
forgive forgave spread spread
get got stand stood
give gave steal stole
go went swim swam
grow grew take took
have had teach taught
hear heard tell told
hit hit think thought
hold held throw threw
hurt hurt understand understood
keep kept wake woke
know knew wear wore
learn learnt win won
leave left write wrote

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PAST SIMPLE: IRREGULAR VERBS
1. Write the past tense of the verbs.

1. take _______________

2. have _______________

3. forget _______________

4. get _______________

5. lose _______________

6. break _______________

7. remember _______________

8. become _______________

9. eat _______________

10. drink _______________

11. sing _______________

12. teach _______________

13. go _______________

14. understand _______________

15. be _______________

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PAST SIMPLE: NEGATIVE 4. we / not find / some sunglasses / on the beach

2. Rewrite the sentences in the negative.

5. they / not have / a picnic / in the garden
1. We stayed in a caravan.

6. I / not want / to stay / in bed

2. I watched TV all evening.

4. One of the sentences is incorrect. Identify the incorrect

3. My dog played on the beach. sentence and write it correctly.

1. A I buyed a new bike last weekend.

B We went camping in August.
4. Dad cleaned the car. C They weren’t late this morning.

5. They changed their money at the airport. 2. A I didn’t know anyone at the party.
B We didn’t had a good time.
C My sister was very unhappy.

6. The man looked at my passport.

3. A Mary forgot her passport.

B He wasn’t at school last week.
3. Use the words to write sentences. Use the past simple. C I leaved my bag on the train.

1. Sarah / not go / the theme park / yesterday

4. A Sarah had an accident.

B He didn’t felled over.
2. the dog / not lose / its bone / in the park C I broke my finger.

3. my dad / not go / on holiday / in July

5. A My friend weren’t at home on Saturday.
B You were late for school yesterday.
C They ran very fast.

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LET’S SEE…

3. What was Tom do last weekend?

4. Were John at home yesterday?

5. You did play football on the beach?

6. Did they liked Spain?

6. Put the words in the correct order to make questions.

1. his / enjoy / did / holiday / he / ?

2. they / where / stay / did / ?

3. their / take / they / did / dog / ?

4. have / the beach / a picnic / you / on / did / ?

PAST SIMPLE: QUESTIONS
5. Circle the mistakes in the sentences. Write the sentences
correctly. 5. the food / she / like / did / ?

1. How travelled you to Paris?

6. Rome / when / arrive / did / he / in / ?

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7. Match the questions 1–6 with the answers A–F. 9. Complete the short answers.
1. Who did Sharon go A. She travelled by coach. 1. Did you and your friend have a good time?
with? B. She went to Greece.
Yes, _________.
2. When did she arrive C. She arrived back
home? yesterday.
2. Did your brother feel seasick?
3. What did she do? D. Because the weather is
No, _________.
4. Why did she go to nice there.
Greece? E. She swam in the sea.
3. Did your sister have an accident?
5. How did she travel? F. She went with her cousin.
6. Where did Sharon go on Yes, _________.
holiday?
4. Did the students travel by coach?
8. Use the words to write questions. Use the past simple. No, _________.

1. the students / do / their homework / last night? 5. Did the dog bite you?
Yes, _________.
2. you / phone / your grandma yesterday?
6. Did your parents go on holiday last year?
No, _________.
3. the weather / be / bad / last weekend?

4. your parents / go / to work / yesterday?

5. Peter / visit / the theme park / at the weekend?

6. you / enjoy / your holiday / in Italy?

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Past simple Question words + past

1 Choose the correct words. simple
I went / didn’t went to school by bus last week. 4 Write questions using the past simple. Then
1 She phoned / phone Lucy ten times yesterday match the questions to the answers.
morning, but she wasn’t at home. where / you / go?
2 Joe go / went to the cinema with Tom on Saturday. Where did you go ? e
3 You didn’t play / plays tennis yesterday. 1 who / he / see?
4 We got up / didn’t got up late this morning. ?
5 They make / made a chocolate cake last night. 2 when / she / finish school?
?
2 Rewrite the sentences in the negative form.
3 what / they / buy?
I saw Dora last night.
?
I didn’t see Dora last night.
4 why / you / stay / at home?
1 We arrived on time.
?

2 Sam spent all his money. a He saw Joe.

b Because I was tired.
3 They won the game. c They bought a pair of jeans.
d She finished at 2 p.m.
4 I got up early this morning. e I went to Florida.

5 She wore jeans to the party.

5 Rewrite the sentences in the affirmative (+),
negative (–), or interrogative (?) form.
I didn’t like that horror film. (+)
6 I watched that programme.
I liked that horror film.
1 He wrote an email. (?)
3 Write questions in the past simple. Then write
the short answers. 2 She ate a pizza with her friends on Saturday. (–)
Bob / play tennis / yesterday? (✓)
Did Bob play tennis yesterday? 3 I saw Ian yesterday. (?)
Yes, he did.
1 the students / finish / their test? (✗) 4 Carol went to John’s house to study maths. (–)

5 They didn’t leave early. (+)

2 Kate / meet / Megan / at the cinema? (✗)

6 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Two

sentences are correct.
3 Lucy / arrive / late? (✓)
Did you ate all the cake? eat
1 I don’t talk to Miles yesterday.
2 The train didn’t arrived on time.
4 you / enjoy / the film? (✗)
3 They enjoy the party last night?
4 We didn’t go shopping.
5 Why you left early?
6 It didn’t took very long.
7 Did you meet Maria in town?

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 4 Grammar help

Past simple 4 Write the questions in the correct order.

you / watch / a film / did / last night
1 Complete the table with the affirmative, negative Did you watch a film last night
and interrogative forms of the ?
past simple. 1 your / team / did / the / match / win
?
Affirmative Negative Interrogative 2 your / mum / did / last / year / a / new / car / buy
I didn’t see Did you see ?
I saw Robert.
Robert. Robert? 3 Jack / and / Amy / travel / to / Paris / did / by /
train
1
He didn’t play Did he play
?
tennis. tennis?
4 go / to / Tom’s / you / party / did / last / weekend
2 3
Did she go to ?
the party?
They visited 4 5 5 Use the prompts to write past simple questions.
Paris. Then write the correct short answers.
Mary and Peter / go on holiday / last
6 7
Did they win
February? (✓)
the game?
Did Mary and Peter go on holiday last
February? Yes, they did.
2 Underline the past simple verb and rewrite the 1 you / study / for your English test? (✓)
sentences in the negative form.
She got up early this morning. 2 Mark / buy / a new computer? (✓)
She didn’t get up early this morning.
1 Dad watched the football match on TV. 3 Laura / come to / school on Friday? (✗)

2 Eddie went to the cinema last night. 4 we / get / an invitation to Samantha’s party / last
Sunday? (✓)
3 Fred and Matt met their friends yesterday
afternoon. 5 Sara and Molly / enjoy / the show? (✗)

4 Emily left home at eight o’clock this morning.

Question words + past

3 Use the words to write negative sentences. Use
the words in brackets to correct the sentences. simple
The Pilgrim Fathers / go to / America / in 6 Complete the questions to the answers. Use the
1720 (1620) past simple.
The Pilgrim Fathers didn’t go to America What did she listen to ?
in 1720. They went in 1620. She listened to her new CD.
1 Columbus / discover / Australia (the Americas) 1 When ?
I bought my new bike on Saturday.
2 Where ?
2 Charles Dickens / write / songs (books) He went to Madrid last summer.
3 Why ?
They went to the cinema because it was raining.
3 John Logie Baird / invent / the radio (television) 4 Who ?
She phoned her sister.
5 How ?
4 Pelé / play / tennis (football) I travelled to London by train.

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4 Reading and writing

Reading
1 Read the text. Which of the sentences below
is correct?
1 The Motorcycle Diaries is an action film about men
on motorbikes.
2 The film is about a journey across South
America.
3 The two men made the trip because they were
interested in politics.

2 Read the text again. Write T (true) or F (false) next

to the sentences. Correct the false sentences.
Che Guevara was a doctor when he went on the
journey.
False. Che Guevara was a medical student
Martin What’s your favourite film of all time? when he went on the journey.
Dylan It’s The Motorcycle Diaries. 1 Che Guevara went on the trip with his brother.
Martin Is it an action film?
Dylan No, it isn’t. It’s a biography of Che
Guevara, the Cuban leader. But it’s also
2 They didn’t cross any mountains on their journey.
a road movie.
Martin What’s a road movie?
Dylan Well, it’s a film that describes a journey. In
this case it’s a trip that Che Guevara made 3 Some of the people they met were very poor.
across South America in 1952 before
he finished university. He left Buenos
Aires with his friend Alberto Granado on 4 Che Guevara’s opinions didn’t change during the trip.
a motorbike and they travelled over the
Andes Mountains to Chile, Peru, Colombia
and Venezuela. 5 At the end of the film you can’t see a difference in
Martin Why did they make the trip? Che Guevara.
Dylan They wanted to have fun. They were
young men in their twenties, and at that
time Che Guevara didn’t have the strong
6 A road movie often describes a journey and how a
political beliefs he became famous for.
person changes during that journey.
But on their journey they saw such a
difference between rich and poor people
that the journey changed Che Guevara’s
view of South America forever. After that
trip he wanted to make a difference to
people’s lives.
Writing
Martin So the film also shows how he changed 3 Write a short text about a film you know. You can
as a person? write about a road movie or choose a different
Dylan Exactly. At the beginning he was a medical type of film. Answer the following questions.
student from a good family in Argentina. What kind of film was it?
But by the end of the film you can see a Where did the story take place?
difference in Che, and you can see that one Who acted in the film?
day he will become a political leader. What happened in the film?
Martin So a road movie is two things really, isn’t it? How did the characters change in the film?
Dylan Yes, it is. It shows you an actual journey.
But it also shows the changes inside
people, too.

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Food and drink

1 Match the letters to make five more food and drink words.
ap ch ic pe ma ola

re po oes ple te am

to ec oc tat as to

apple
1
2
3
4
5

2 Choose the incorrect word in each group.

fruit and vegetables: carrot, banana, ham
1 dairy products: milk, cola, cheese
2 meat and fish: egg, chicken, ham
3 bread and cereal: cereal, toast, tea
4 drinks: yoghurt, orange juice, water
5 sweet things: chips, sweets, biscuits

3 Find 10 more food and drink words and write them below.
P C U Y T G C C S T
O H D A T F M O W I
T O A S T I A L E C
A C H E E S E A E E
T O J L B M K Z T C
O L R G A J D Y N R
E A G H N J S W V E
S T O M A T O R M A
P E F E N H B H A M
T E D Q A P P L E C

potatoes
1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10

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