Corpus tasks
UNIT 1 Present simple and continuous
Circle the correct words in each sentence.
1 People usually are dancing / dance traditional
dances and there is live music.
2 I also wear often / often wear a T-shirt with a light
jacket over it.
3 There is a shop which have / has a lot of beautiful
clothes. I go always / always go there.
4 When we are together we always playing / play
computer games or speaking / speak to each other
and having / have lots of fun.
5 We do a lot of things together. We’re going / We go
out on Saturdays.
6 I talked to her and she meet / is meeting me next
Saturday.
UNIT 2 Past simple
Underline the correct words in each sentence.
1 I lost it while I was spending an evening with my
friends, but I realised that I had not / didn’t have the
ring the following morning.
2 She never / did not buy the suitcase.
3 It was good that you buy / bought some new clothes.
4 I have decided which DVD to buy. I choosed / chose
it because I like it a lot!
5 I tried the dress on and my friend said that it really
suits / suited me.
6 The weather was very nice and we did play / played
a lot of games outside.
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UNIT 3 Comparatives and superlatives
Cross out the wrong words in bold. Write the
correct words.
1 I didn’t want to wait more longer and I opened
the envelope. There was a letter inside.
2 It was good but this old bike weren’t so fast as I
want.
3 I have other friends too but this five friends are the
mosts closer friends.
4 But the city is not as quieter as the countryside.
5 The shops in the town are the most better so you
can buy things you cannot find in the countryside.
6 In the future, the Internet will be more fast.
UNIT 4 Past continuous and simple
Underline the correct words in each sentence.
1 I saw a programme about wildlife. It was very
interesting. It was speaking about / was about tigers
and lions.
2 They went to my school because it held / was
holding a football tournament.
3 Last week I went to the new club for the first time.
I rode / was riding horses when my mum arrived.
4 I was really surprised when I read the email. It was
from my best friend Pablo. He invited / was inviting
me to go to the stadium.
5 When she called my name I spoke / was speaking to
another girl.
6 I knew this club was / is going to be great.