Grammar unit 8

Past simple: regular and irregular

verbs
1 Complete the table.

Past simple: questions

3 Complete the questions. Use the past simple of
the words in the box.

Past simple
affirmative

Past simple
negative

what / sport / he / play where / you / go

what time / it / start they / win she / help

asked

didnt ask

Where did you go on holiday? France.

(1)

bought

________________

_______________________ him? Yes, she did.

(2)

________________

didnt change

______________________________? Football.

(3)

ate

________________

(4)

________________

didnt have

_____________________________ the match?

No, they didnt.

(5)

made

________________

_____________________________ ? 8.00 p.m.

(6)

________________

didnt stay

(7)

travelled

________________

What did he invent?

(8)

________________

didnt win

He invented the telephone.

(9)

lost

________________

Did they go to the beach?

didnt visit

Yes, they went to the beach.

(10) ________________

4 Write questions for the answers.

1 What ________________________________ ?
2 Look at the information about Lucias week.
Then write affirmative and negative sentences.

I bought some magazines.

2

_____________________________________ ?

Monday

watch TV
meet friends

Tuesday

visit her aunt

have dinner at home

3 Where _______________________________ ?

Wednesday

make a big breakfast

eat lunch

(3)

Thursday

lose her bag in town

buy anything

5 Who _________________________________ ?

(4)

Friday

go to a lot of shops
find her bag

(1)
(2)

On Monday, she watched TV.

She didnt meet friends.
1 On Tuesday, she _______________________ .
She __________________________________ .

Yes, I made dinner.

We met at the library.
_____________________________________ ?
Yes, we travelled by bus.
I saw Sara.

Adverbs of manner
5 Complete the sentences with the adverb form of
the words in the box.
bad dangerous

easy good safe

2 On Wednesday, she ______________________

_____________________________________ .
She __________________________________ .
3 On Thursday, she _______________________ .
She __________________________________ .
4 On Friday, she __________________________
_____________________________________ .
She __________________________________ .

1 Its a nice town. You can walk _______________

through the streets at night.
2 The cat was very fast and it caught the mouse
_______________.
3 We played _______________ today. We lost 41.
4 The children are playing _______________ near
the road.
5 She plays the guitar _______________ because
she practises a lot.

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Vocabulary unit 8
Summary
Irregular verbs
become build buy eat find

have go

lose meet

make see win

Describing people
average build average height beard blonde blue brown curly dark fair
ginger glasses green heavy moustache slim (quite) short (quite) tall

Irregular verbs

Describing people

1 Complete the crossword with the past simple of

the verbs.

3 Complete the table. Use words from the

summary.

1
3
2

Colour of eyes or hair

Height

_____________________
_____________________

________________
average _________
________________

_____________________

Weight

_____________________

________________
average _________
________________

_____________________

_____________________
_____________________
7

10

4 Complete the descriptions of Jon and Lola with

the words in the box.
Jon
y 1m 75 cm
y 110 kg

11

Across

Down

4 lose

1 build

6 have

5 buy

2 find

7 meet

10 make

3 eat

8 see

11 go

5 become

9 win

2 Complete the sentences with the past simple of

the verbs in the box.
become buy eat find go lose
1 The rich, famous stars _______________ a lot
of clothes at the shops.

Lola
y 1m 55 cm
y 57 kg

average height beard dark fair glasses

heavy moustache short slim
Jon
Height

(1) He is _______________________.

Weight

(2) He is _________________.

Face

(3) He has got short,

_________________ hair.
(4) He has got a _________________
and a _________________.

2 We didnt win the football match. We

_______________ it!
3 She was very good at singing, and she
_______________ a famous musician.

Lola

4 I love fruit. I _______________ an apple and a

banana after my sandwich.

Height

(5) She is quite _________________.

Weight

(6) She is _________________.

Face

(7) She has got long,

_________________, curly hair.
(8) She has got _________________.

5 We _______________ to the beach yesterday.

6 I _______________ my mobile. It was in my bag!

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