Complete the sentences with the simple past or past progressive:

 Dad ………… (clean) the window when he …………(fall) off the ladder.
 When I ………….. (arrive) home my parents ………….. (wait) for me.
 We ………….. (have) lunch in the garden when it ………….. (start) to rain.
 He ………….. (drive) too fast when the car ……………. (crash).
 When I ………… (jump) into the water I ………….. (wear) a life jacket.

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple, the Present Perfect or the Past Simple

1. Tom is my best friend. I __________________ (know) him for two years now.
2. Both my grandparents died about ten years ago. They _______________ (love) each other very
much.
3. I _________________ (hate) cats since I was a child.
4. She can’t help you now, she ______________(have) other things to do.
5. He _______________ (do) some sightseeing in Chile for two weeks, then he flew to Peru.

Complete these conditional sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.

1. If they ___________ (eat) less, they wouldn’t be so fat.

2. If you walk ten miles with me, you ________________ (feel) tired.
3. If she ____________________ (not want) to be my friend, I would be angry at her.
4. If you __________________ (not like) this one, I’ll bring you another.
5. If I ________________ (to be sent) to prison, would you visit me?

Put the following sentences in active or passive

1. Most people opposed this. __________________________________________________________

2. The houses were guarded by the police. _______________________________________________
3. Students do a lot of the work. _______________________________________________________
4. Evening dresses are worn by all the guests. ____________________________________________
5. This door was replaced last week. ___________________________________________________

Explain or write synonyms of these words:

Emergency _______________________________________________
Procession _______________________________________________
Barrel ___________________________________________________
Hacker __________________________________________________
Cave ____________________________________________________

Listen to two people who meet in the street and answer the following questions:

1. What are their names? ___________________________________________________________

2. What nationality is the man? ______________________________________________________
3. When did they first meet? ________________________________________________________
4. Why did he have to leave so quickly? _______________________________________________
5. How does the man end the conversation in the street? __________________________________