Grammar unit 1
1 Complete the texts. Use the past simple, past
perfect and used to form of the verbs in each text.
1 (belong / buy / live)
My mum and dad _________________ in this
street. They _________________ a house here
which _________________ to a 50s rock star.
2 (buy / use / write)
Our dad ______________________ his first
computer in 1980. It cost 300. Before that, he
______________________ an old typewriter. He
______________________ letters on it.
3 (be / change / not have)
Jessica ____________________ blonde hair.
Before she ___________________ her hair colour,
it ___________________ brown.
4 (go / meet / not have)
Grandad ______________________ Gran in the
1950s. They ______________________ to the
cinema a lot. Before that, Grandad
______________________ a girlfriend.
2 Look at the diagram. Then write sentences. Use
the past simple, past continuous or past perfect
form of the verbs.
1 when / Alice / wake up / it / rain
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2 when / she / go / downstairs / her / mother /
make breakfast
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3 while / they / eat / breakfast / the radio / play / music
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4 when / they / finish / breakfast / it / stop / raining
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3 Complete the text with the past simple, past
continuous or past perfect form of the verbs.
In music history, Stuart Sutcliffe is known as
the fifth Beatle. In 1960, when the Beatles
(1)_______________ (play) in Hamburg, Germany,
Stuart (2)_______________ (be) the bass guitarist.
He (3)_______________ (be) also in love. He
(4)_______________ (meet) a girl called Astrid
Kirchherr. The Beatles (5)_______________
(return) to Britain at the end of the year without
Stuart because he (6)_______________ (decide)
to stay in Germany to study art. But things went
wrong when he (7)_______________ (start) to
have terrible headaches. The doctors
(8)_______________ (not know) what was wrong
with him. One day, while he (9)_______________
(study) in an art class, he (10)_______________
(become) very ill. When the Beatles
(11)_______________ (return) to Germany in
1962, Astrid (12)_______________ (wait) for
them with some terrible news. Stuart
(13)_______________ (die).
4 Write past simple or past continuous questions
for these answers. Use the prompts in the box.
why / Jason / library
what / shoes / your mum / 1980s
what / hairstyle / your gran / 1960s
where / 8 p.m. yesterday evening
1 __________________________________________
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I was sitting in a caf with some friends.
2 _________________________________________ ?
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She had a beehive.
3 _________________________________________ ?
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He was doing his homework.
4 _________________________________________ ?
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She wore platform boots.
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Vocabulary unit 1
1 What is the difference between these pairs of 3 Complete the dialogue with the words in the
words? Match them to the correct definition box.
a or b.
a detention a job a shock home married
1 look fashion on with presents the impression
a a popular style of clothes, hair, etc.
Tom Do you remember much about your
b a particular combination of clothes, hairstyle
sixteenth birthday, Grandad?
and make-up
Grandad Of course I do! It was a funny
2 invention innovation
day, because I had forgotten my
a when new ideas or ways of doing things are
maths homework and Id got
introduced
(1)_______________ from the teacher.
b an object that has been made or designed for
But when I got (2)_______________,
the first time
my parents had arranged a party
3 craze obsession
for me. I got some fantastic
a when lots of people are very excited about
(3)_______________ from people.
something for a short time
I still have the watch my father gave me.
b when a person can only think about one thing
Tom Was Gran there?
4 discovery exploration
Grandad Yes, she was. Wed known each other
a when you travel through a place to learn
for a few months. But her parents
about it
werent very happy about it. I never got
b when you learn about something for the first
(4)_______________ them. I got
time
(5)_______________ that they didnt like
2 Complete the text with the singular or plural me very much.
form of the words in exercise 1. Tom How did they react when you
The world has changed since the Second World and Grandma decided to get
War. Through space (1)_____________, we know (6)_______________?
more about the planets in our solar system. Grandad They got (7)_______________ at first
Buildings look different, food is more exotic and but they were happier when I left school
there has been a lot of (2)_____________ in the way and got (8)_______________.
we treat our environment. Medicines are improving.
4 Complete the sentences for you.
Scientists are making new (3)_____________ all the
1 The last time I (or a friend) got a detention ____
time and we can treat more diseases. With
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television and the internet, pop stars and actors
2 I got some fantastic presents ________________
quickly become icons. Their faces are everywhere
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and they influence many peoples lives. But fans
3 I get the impression that _____________________
behaviour has also changed. Its normal to hear
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about a fans (4)_____________ with a celebrity
4 I got a terrible shock when ___________________
which has got out of control. But while things have
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changed in many ways, some (5)_____________ are
5 I get on really well with ______________________
moving backwards. Some (6)_____________ from
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the 60s and 70s are popular again and music from
6 The last time I (or a friend) got upset was ______
that time is very popular, too!
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