Grammar Trainer 2

Grammar Trainer 2 is the second in a series of supplementary photocopiable materials designed for young teenage English language learners at Elementary Level.

Grammar Trainer 2 covers all the essential areas of grammar at this level (A2) and offers a wide variety of activity types which are ideal for revising and/or consolidating grammar.

The Grammar Trainer 2 worksheets are designed to be used either individually or in pairs and small groups. These self-contained easy to use worksheets are also suitable for self-study and can be given as homework assignments.

Grammar Trainer 2 includes:

58 Grammar Worksheets Grammar Tables Answer Key

Level: A2 Other titles in the series are: Grammar Trainer 1 Beginner to Elementary (A1-A2) Grammar Trainer 3 Elementary to Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)

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Grammar Trainer 2

by Lisa Kester-Dodgson

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CONTENTS WORKSHEET 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58

GRAMMAR ACTIVITY Present Continuous Adverbs of Manner Adverbs of Frequency Was / Were Was / Were Dates and Expressions of Time Past Simple Tense (regular verbs) Past Simple Tense (regular verbs) Past Simple Tense (regular verbs) Past Simple Tense (irregular verbs) Past Simple Tense (irregular verbs) Past Simple Tense (irregular verbs) How + Adjective Giving Directions Prepositions Comparatives Comparatives Comparatives Superlatives Superlatives Possessive Pronouns Past Continuous Past Continuous Past Continuous vs Past Simple Sequences Can / Can’t – Could / Couldn’t Can / Can’t – Could / Couldn’t Can / Can’t – Could / Couldn’t Indefinite Adverbs Get Verbs + -ing Future – Going to / Present Continuous Future – Going to / Present Continuous Future – Going to / Present Continuous Future with Will Going to vs Will Word Order (adjectives) Prepositions of place Whose…? and Possessive Pronouns Adverbs of Manner Indefinite Pronouns Past Continuous vs Past Simple Would like / Would rather Should / Shouldn’t Have to / Don’t have to Must / Mustn’t Don’t have to / Mustn’t / Must Have to (Present, Past and Future) Could (requests) Let / Make Expressing Agreement with So / Neither Past Participle Present Perfect (affirmative, negative and interrogative) Present Perfect (ever / never - already / just / yet) Present Perfect (been / gone) Present Perfect (How long...? + for / since) Present Perfect vs Past Simple Present Perfect vs Past Simple Grammar Tables Answer Key

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INTRODUCTION What is Grammar Trainer 2?

Grammar Trainer 2 is a rich photocopiable resource book consisting of 58 Grammar Worksheets with an Answer Key provided at the back of the book. It has been designed as supplementary material for young teenage English language learners at Elementary Level (A2).

What type of activities does Grammar Trainer 2 offer?

The activity types offered in Grammar Trainer 2 are the following: • Identifying The students have to identify the most suitable structure by choosing between several alternatives in multiple-choice, true/false activities.

• Matching These activities include matching the beginnings and ends of clauses to make sentences, identifying question and answer combinations and combining words or sentences with pictures.

• Completion activities Students have to reply on their knowledge of how the language is structured in order to complete tables, sentences and dialogues with the correct grammatical structure.

• Rephrasing The students are requested to rephrase sentences by modifying the grammatical structures therein.

• Sequencing These activities require the students to either reorder words to make sentences, rebuild dialogues by putting the sentences in the correct order and reconstruct narratives according to a sequence of pictures.

Which grammatical structures does Grammar Trainer 2 cover?

Grammar Trainer 2 aims to activate and improve all the essential areas of grammar at Elementary Level (A2) and covers the following areas: • Present tenses • Past tenses • Future tenses • Conditional tenses • Modal Verbs

How can the worksheets in Grammar Trainer 2 be used?

The worksheets in Grammar Trainer 2 are designed to be used in pairs or small groups in order to promote interactive classroom practice. They can also be used individually and are suitable for self-study or homework tasks.

The Grammar Trainer 2 worksheets are ideal for revising or consolidating grammar, are easy to use and do not require lengthy lesson preparation. They are self-contained and can be used in any order. The contents list on page 3 provides a list of the grammatical areas practised in each individual worksheet.

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2

A2

Complete the sentences with the affirmative form of the Present Continuous. is reading a new book.

Paul (read) __________ 1 Helen and John ____________________ (walk) to school this morning.

2 The dog ____________________ (sleep) under the table.

3 Laura ____________________ (dance) to her favourite music.

4 My sister and I ____________________ (help) our dad in the kitchen.

5 Fred ____________________ (speak) to Sam and Dave.

6 My cousin and I _________________ (do) our homework together.

7 Mrs Anderson _________________ (watch) a DVD. 8 Emma and Sara _________________ (run) in the park.

9 My father _________________ (make) us breakfast!

10 I _______________ (write) a letter to my friend.

Present Continuous 3

David

James

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Rebecca

Lucy Elizabeth

Louise

laugh

John

take

dance

eat

drink

talk

is laughing.

Elizabeth ___________ 1 Louise __________________ on her mobile phone.

2 Rebecca __________________ an orange juice.

3 John __________________ a big sandwich.

4 David _________________ a photo with his phone.

Write sentences with the words provided.

Ben / speak / German / bad Ben is speaking German badly.

Lorna / sing / beautiful _____________________________________ I / work / hard / because I like English _____________________________________ The dog / wag / its tail / happy _____________________________________ We / wait / patient / for the bus _____________________________________ The boys / ride / their bikes / dangerous _____________________________________ Helen and Jo / not watch TV / make cake ______________________________________ I / not surf the Net / chat to friends ______________________________________ What / Hannah do? ______________________________________ Mel and I / not study / send an SMS to David ______________________________________ What sport / Mark and James / play? ______________________________________

Look at the picture and complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

5 James and Lucy __________________.

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Circle the correct answer.

My mum is / are making tea for her friends.

1 I’m not / aren’t doing my homework.

2 Logan and Amelia are / is driving to London.

3 Nathan isn’t / aren’t working hard.

4 The children aren’t / isn’t sitting very quietly.

5 He’s / ‘re playing football in the garden.

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Answer the questions.

A Are you watching TV? B (✗) No, I’m not.

1 A Is Harry playing tennis?

B (✗) ________________ 2 A Are Heidi and Diana crying?

B (✓) ________________ 3 A Is your sister sitting on the sofa?

B (✓) ________________ 4 A Are you and Lisa studying French?

B (✗) ________________

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Adverbs of Manner 1

Match the two parts of the sentences.

C You speak English...

■ 1 ■ He’s driving...

2 ■ The children are playing...

3 ■ We are waiting...

4 ■ Who’s...

5 ■ My father works...

6 ■ The teacher is speaking...

7 ■ They’re sitting...

8 ■ I’m speaking quietly...

A ... patiently for the bus.

B ... very hard.

C ... very well.

D ... happily in the garden.

E ... really badly.

F ... very seriously.

G ... because the baby is sleeping.

H ... singing badly?

I ... comfortably in their chairs.

J ... very badly.

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Write the adverbs. careful carefully 1 tragic

______________

2 good

______________

3 happy

______________

4 comfortable

______________

5 hard

______________

6 comic

______________

7 loud

______________

8 clumsy

______________

9 quick

______________

10 sad

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Level

______________

Circle the correct adverb.

The baby is crying carefully / loudly .

1 Zoe and Paul are running loudly / quickly.

2

Reorder the words and write the sentences.

2 Is everyone sitting happily / comfortably?

doing / is / carefully / homework / she / her / ?

Is she doing her homework carefully?

3 The girls are acting very sadly / strangely today.

1 Oliver / slowly / walking / is / tired / because / he’s / .

4 Are you working hard / clumsily this

_____________________________________

afternoon?

2 to / carefully / drive / tonight / remember / .

5 Look! That woman is driving very prettily /

_____________________________________ 3 comfortably / you / sitting / are / ?

badly!

_____________________________________ 4 is / happily / Lara / smiling / . _____________________________________

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Write sentences with the words provided.

5 hard / we / working / are / . _____________________________________ 6 hard / Louis / because / studying / he’s / test / Maths / is / got / a _____________________________________ 7 thinking / you / problem / are / seriously / about / the / ?

1 2 3 4

_____________________________________ 8 loudly / they / talking / are _____________________________________

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I / walk / quick I’m walking quickly. she / drive / careful ________________________________ they / speak Chinese / good ________________________________ we / laugh / loud ________________________________ you / sit / comfortable / ? ________________________________ he / wag his tail / happy ________________________________

Level

1

A2

Rewrite the sentences with the adverbs in the correct place.

I / walk / to school in the morning (never)

I never walk to school in the morning.

1 Ben / go / to tennis lessons on Tuesday (usually) _____________________________________ 2 My dad / get up / late in the morning (never) _____________________________________

Adverbs of Frequency 2

Look at the table and write the sentences. always usually often sometimes never

Sue have breakfast

✓ ✓

be late

✓

get up early drive to work

✓ ✓

go to theatre

3 They / meet / for dinner in the week (often) _____________________________________ 4 We / visit / our grandfather on Sunday (always)

Sue always has breakfast.

1 _____________________________________________ 2 _____________________________________________

_____________________________________ 5 Tony / late / for work / be (sometimes)

3 _____________________________________________

_____________________________________

4 _____________________________________________

6 Rachel / work / in the evening (sometimes)

5 _____________________________________________

_____________________________________ 7 My cousin / early / for school / be (usually) _____________________________________

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Now complete the table for yourself and write the sentences.

Me

always usually often sometimes never

8 We / go / to the cinema in the afternoon (never) _____________________________________ 9 Alex / do / his homework well (always) _____________________________________ 10 They / meet / for tea (often) _____________________________________

eat pizza download music go to gym play the guitar

11 Sarah / be late for school (never) _____________________________________

see friends

12 I / go to the park with my friends (often) _____________________________________ 13 Liz and Janis / meet for coffee (sometimes) _____________________________________ 14 Dave and I / be on time for football (usually) _____________________________________ 15 you / do your homework at 10pm / ? (ever) _____________________________________

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Was / Were 1

Transform these sentences into the affirmative or negative form.

I was born in 1978. I wasn’t born in 1978.

1 She wasn’t at school yesterday. ______________________________________ 2 They weren’t at the meeting on Saturday. ______________________________________ 3 David was born in Australia. ______________________________________ 4 Lucy and I were very happy to go to the party. ______________________________________ 5 Orange was his favourite colour. ______________________________________ 6 Blue wasn’t her favourite colour. ______________________________________ 7 They weren’t at the shops on Saturday. ______________________________________ 8 My cousin and I weren’t at the party. ______________________________________ 9 Richard was born in New Zealand. ______________________________________ 10 She wasn’t at the cinema yesterday. ______________________________________

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Level

Complete the questions with was or were and write short answers as suggested.

A Was ____ John born in America?

B Yes, he was. (✓) B No, he wasn’t. (✗) 1 A ________ Mary at the park yesterday?

B ___________________ (✗) 2 A ________ Sarah born in 1992?

B ___________________ (✓) 3 A ________ they at the shops yesterday?

B ___________________ (✗) 4 A ________ it hot yesterday?

B ___________________ (✓) 5 A _______ you at the bowling alley last night?

B ___________________ (✓) 6 A ________ Anna at school yesterday?

B ___________________ (✗) 7 A ________ Luke born in 1997?

B ___________________ (✓) 8 A ________ they at the cinema yesterday?

B ___________________ (✓) 9 A ________ it cold yesterday?

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B ___________________ (✓)

Fill the gaps with the affirmative or negative form of the Past Simple of be to make true sentences about yourself.

10 A _______ you at the football match on Sunday?

B ___________________ (✗)

was / wasn’t at school yesterday.

I ____________ 1 I ______________ a baby ten years ago.

2 We ______________ on holiday last year.

3 It ______________ sunny five weeks ago.

4 It ______________ winter last month.

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Circle the correct alternative.

Where were / was you yesterday?

1 Was / Were your brother at the party, too?

5 It ______________ my birthday six days ago.

6 It _____________ my birthday two days ago.

7 It _____________ summer last week.

3 Tom wasn’t / weren’t at home last night.

8 It _____________ cold three weeks ago.

4 Sharon and Steve were / was both ill.

9 We _____________ on holiday last year.

10 I _____________ a baby nine years ago.

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5 I weren’t / wasn’t interested in the film.

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1

A2

Was / Were

Complete the sentences with the correct form of be. was really bored on Sunday.

I ____

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Simon / at school / 9 o’clock A Was Simon at school at 9 o’clock?

1 Melissa __________ at the party last night. She was at home.

B (✗) No, he wasn’t.

1 Helen and Lucy / at cinema / last night

2 Emily and I __________ born in New York. We’re American.

A ___________________________________ B (✓) ____________________

3 Henry VIII __________ German.

2 I / late / this morning

4 We __________ at school yesterday.

A ___________________________________

It was Sunday!

B (✗) ____________________

5 Leonardo da Vinci __________ Italian.

2

3 it / warm and sunny / yesterday

Complete the questions.

A ___________________________________ B (✓) ____________________

Were you at the cinema last night? ________

4 your dad / in Australia / last week

1 ________ Elizabeth from Manchester?

3

Write questions and short answers.

2 ________ you and your sister born in May?

A ___________________________________

3 ________ your friends at the shop yesterday?

B (✓) ____________________ 5 Mike’s grandparents / at home / last night

4 ________ Samuel in France last summer?

A ___________________________________

5 ________ the Beatles from Edinburgh?

B (✗) ____________________

Now write short answers for the questions in Ex 2. (✗) No, I wasn’t.

3(✓) ____________

1 (✗) ____________

4 (✓) ____________

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Complete the e-mail.

2 (✓) ____________ 5 (✗) ____________

4

Complete the sentences.

Grace was ____ at the party last night. (✓) 1 David and Jake ___________ very happy yesterday. (✗) 2 The twins ___________ born at 2a.m. (✓) 3 There ___________ a lot of people in the shop. (✓) 4 I ___________ in the park yesterday. (✗) 5 Mum and I ___________ really cold this morning. (✓)

Hi John, Last Saturday I wasn’t at home, because I 1______ at Robert’s birthday party.

It 2_____ great fun. There 3_____ many people but they 4______ all really interesting.

The music 5______ fantastic and there 6______ lots to eat and drink.

There 7______ lots of presents, too.

Where 8______ you on Saturday? Anywhere nice?

See you soon, Chris

6 Amy ___________ at school today. (✗)

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Dates and Expressions of Time 1

3

Complete the dates.

Travelcard Ticket type

Class

Price

TR code

April 29 1999

STO OFF-PY £4-50M BRSFRC22 Number

Valid on

31st july2002 & R687039*zones

1 the ______________ of July, ____________ ________________

2 April ______ twenty ______,

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■ 2001 ■ yesterday ■ this morning ■ last year ■ five minutes ago

Write the dates in words.

12/06/95

the twelfth of June, nineteen ninety-five

nineteen ______________

and ____________

Reorder the expressions of time from the oldest to the most recent.

■ last week 1 twelve years ago ■ ■ last month ■ five months ago ■ last night

13th June 1987 of June, nineteen eighty seven the thirteenth _________ __ ________ ______

Level

16/07/89 1 ______________________________________

7th January 2000

31/12/01

nov

1

2 ______________________________________

1978

3 ______ seventh __________________

4 November ______________,

January, __________

______________ seventy _______

_________________

29/09/07 3 ______________________________________ 01/04/09 4 ______________________________________ 05/02/74

______________

5 ______________________________________ 5 the ______________ ______________ of March, two thousand ______________

2

Order the expressions of time from the past to the present.

1945 this morning twelve years ago last month yesterday last year

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Write the dates in numbers. the thirteenth of July, nineteen ninety-five 13/07/95 1 the seventeenth of August, nineteen eighty-eight _____________________

2 the thirtieth of November, two thousand and two _____________________

Past

1945 1 ________________________ 2 ________________________

3 the twenty-first of October, two thousand and nine _____________________

4 the second of March, nineteen seventy-five 3 ________________________ 4 ________________________

Present

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5 the third of February, thirteen forty-two _____________________

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A2

Past Simple Tense (regular verbs)

Complete the blanks with the Past Simple of the verbs in the box.

study

ask

enjoy

call

decide

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Complete the questions and the short answers with the Past Simple.

Did you ______ watch TV last night?

A ____ I didn’t.

B No, _______

dance

1 A ______ Jack ______ to school yesterday?

Hi, Beatrice!

B Yes, ______________.

studied for my Yesterday was Saturday. I ________

2 A _____ the twins _____ pizza last weekend?

Science test all morning. Boring! In the

B Yes, ______________.

afternoon, Jack (1) ____________ me on my

3 A _____ you _____ on the phone last night?

mobile and he (2) ____________ me to go to

B No, ______________.

Lucy’s party in the evening! I (3) ____________ to

4 A ______ Julie ______ football last Sunday?

wear my new blue dress. We (4) ____________ all

B Yes, ______________.

night. It was great. I really (5) ____________ it!

5 A ______ Adam ______ Maths yesterday?

Bye, Emily

B No, ______________.

6 A _____ Mel and Al _____ a DVD yesterday?

B Yes, ______________.

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7 A ______ Aamar ______ cricket last night?

Transform these sentences into the negative form.

B No, ______________.

8 A _____ you and Si _____ French on Monday?

Matthew lived in Australia in 1999.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Matthew didn’t live in Australia in 1999.

Cristina studied French yesterday. ______________________________________ Lorna and Andrew surfed the Net last night. ______________________________________ Karen and I rented a DVD on Saturday. ______________________________________ Mrs Williams danced all night! ______________________________________ Simon and Jake enjoyed the party. ______________________________________ Sandra travelled to Newcastle by train. ______________________________________ Sonya and Kieran watched a film last night. ______________________________________ Melissa and I played tennis yesterday afternoon. ______________________________________ My father surfed the Net on Sunday. ______________________________________ Ben and Sam decided to go to the cinema. ______________________________________

B No, ______________.

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Read the prompts and write questions.

Sally / like the show last night?

Did Sally like the show last night?

1 What / you / watch on TV last night? _____________________________________ 2 Julian / study hard for his maths test last week? _____________________________________ 3 Why / they / ask / so many questions? _____________________________________ 4 you / enjoy the show on Saturday? _____________________________________ 5 anyone / call while I was out? _____________________________________ 6 Where / she / live when she was a child? _____________________________________ Grammar Trainer 2 (Elementary) - © ELI

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Past Simple Tense (regular verbs) 1

Write the Past Simple of these verbs. like

3

liked

1 stop

______________________

2 stay

______________________

3 study

______________________

4 enjoy

______________________

5 live

______________________

6 arrive

______________________

7 fit

______________________

8 prefer

______________________

Level

Look at the puzzle and write sentences with the negative form of the Past Simple.

John

A surf the Net

1 I

B play rugby

2 Lucy and Ben

C watch a DVD

3 Alexandra

D stop at the supermarket

4 Joseph

E live in New Zealand

5 My grandmother F tidy his bedroom

John didn’t tidy his bedroom.

1 _________________________________ 2 _________________________________ 3 _________________________________ 4 _________________________________

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5 _________________________________

Write the sentences in the Past Simple.

They / play / cards / last night

4

Complete the questions with the words in the box.

They played cards last night.

1 Alex / carry / my suitcase

play

_____________________________________

summer

2 Beth and Madeleine / travel / to Glasgow

travel

did

watch

mother yesterday

Paris talk

1 Did Martin and Lesley _________ a film

3 I / paint / a picture of Joe

last night?

_____________________________________

2 _________ you _________ by car?

4 My mother / dance / at the party

3 Did Jack visit _________ last _________?

_____________________________________

4 Did you and Graham _________ on the

5 Laura / smile / at Tom

telephone _________?

_____________________________________

5 Did your _________ enjoy the _________?

6 Sarah /arrive/ at the airport on time 7 Mark and Tina / enjoy / the show

holiday

Did Susie ____ play computer games yesterday? ____

_____________________________________

_____________________________________

did

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Now answer the questions in exercise 4. (✗)

No, she didn’t.

_____________________________________ 8 John / live / in Paris as a child _____________________________________ 9 Richard / study / medicine

1 (✗) _______________________________ 2 (✓) _______________________________ 3 (✓) _______________________________

_____________________________________ 10 Alex / play / the guitar _____________________________________

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A2

Past Simple Tense (regular verbs)

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box. like

study marry

chat open

live be

travel

3

stay

visit

Complete the questions with the verbs in the box and fill the gaps in the short answers. visit

Veronica _____ liked sweets when she was

have

go

like

visit Rome last year?

Sarah: Did Mary _____

a child.

Lucy: Yes, (1) ________ did.

1 Elizabeth and Simon __________ at home

Sarah: Did she (2) ________ it?

last night.

Lucy: No, she (3) ________!

Sarah: Did Dave and Andy (4) ________ to

2 I __________ to Dominic for two hours!

Spain?

3 Daniel __________ hard for his test.

Lucy: Yes, (5) ________ did.

4 Harry and I __________ to Bristol by train.

Sarah: Did they (6) ________ a good time?

5 Alex’s dog __________ in the garden.

Lucy: No, they didn’t!

6 The shop __________ at 9am every day.

7 Sally __________ Thomas in 1972.

8 Steven __________ the Science museum yesterday.

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Transform these sentences into the negative form.

Mark watched TV last night.

Mark didn’t watch TV last night.

1 Susie and James danced at the party. ______________________________________ 2 I stopped at the supermarket. ______________________________________ 3 Andrew and I played chess on Sunday. ______________________________________ 4 My mum lived in the countryside before. ______________________________________ 5 You and Mary visited Paris last year. ______________________________________ 6 School started at 9 o’clock yesterday. ______________________________________ 7 We stayed in a tent last summer. ______________________________________ 8 Lucy smiled all day. ______________________________________

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Complete the story with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.

Dick Whittington was a poor boy who lived (live) in the country. One day he (1) _________ (walk) to London to seek his fortune. Soon after he (2) ______________ (arrive) in London he (3) ________ (start) to work for a rich merchant. The merchant and his daughter, Alice were very kind but Dick (4) ___________ (stay) in a horrible room full of rats. Dick (5) __________ (decide) to get a cat to catch the rats, but then the merchant (6) _________ (want) to take his cat away on one of his trips to the Orient. Dick was very sad and he (7) _________ (try) to run away.

When the Merchant (8) _________ (return) he (9) _________ (explain) to Dick that because there were lots of rats in the King’s palace in China he (10) _________ (pay) the Merchant lots of money for his cat and so now Dick was a very rich man. Dick was so happy that he (11) __________ (ask) Alice to marry him and they (12) __________ (live) happily ever after.

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Past Simple Tense (irregular verbs) 1

Complete the sentences with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.

I _____ went (go) to Spain on holiday last summer.

1 Helen and I ______________ (fly) to Dublin on Saturday.

2 My father ______________ (have) salmon for dinner.

3 Julia ______________ (sleep) for 14 hours yesterday!

4 I ______________ (wear) my new red dress and black boots to the party.

5 Daniel ______________ (do) his homework quickly.

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Level

Reorder the words and write the questions using the interrogative form of the Past Simple. see / the beautiful sculpture / you / ?

Did you see the beautiful sculpture?

1 to school yesterday / Philip and Jake / go / ? ______________________________________ 2 Alice / forget / the sandwiches / ? ______________________________________ 3 the Queen / your grandmother / meet / ? ______________________________________ 4 her the secret / you / tell / ?

6 Lucy ______________ (meet) Adam at the railway station.

7 My sister ______________ (buy) a new T-shirt yesterday.

8 David and I ______________ (swim) in the swimming pool for three hours!

9 I ______________ (tell) Ella about my new job.

10 John and Frank ______________ (see) the Tokyo Hotel yesterday!

______________________________________ 5 last night / you and Davina / make a cake / ? ______________________________________ 6 at the weekend / go to London / you / ? ______________________________________ 7 at 7 o’clock / do her homework / Amy / ? ______________________________________ 8 to the Queen / Sam / write a letter / ?

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______________________________________

Transform these sentences into the negative form.

Amy made a cake yesterday.

Amy didn’t make a cake yesterday.

My brother bought a new car. ______________________________________ Alex and James swam in the sea on Friday. ______________________________________ My best friend told me about the film. ______________________________________ Anna and I met Louis last night. ______________________________________ I got up at 5 o’clock this morning! ______________________________________ My sister slept for 12 hours on Sunday. ______________________________________ Paul and Richard had a bike race yesterday. ______________________________________ I wore my new jeans to the party. ______________________________________

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Look at the ✗ and the ✓ and write the answers to the questions in exercise 3. ✗ ■

No, I didn’t see the beautiful sculpture.

✗ ____________________________________ 1■ ✓ ____________________________________ 2■ ✗ ____________________________________ 3■ ✗ ____________________________________ 4■ ✓ ____________________________________ 5■ ✓ ____________________________________ 6■ ✗ ____________________________________ 7■ ✓ ____________________________________ 8■