5TH YEAR

NAME AND SURNAME:

MY JOURNEY TO MANCHESTER
Task 1: Read the text and circle all the verbs you can recognise:

In May, I go to Manchester because my friend has a wedding

party. I speak to my friend about the journey and she gives me
the directi ons. She says that I can travel either by train or by
bus. I choose to go by train because I know that it is quicker and
more comfortable, even though I pay more money. I buy a
return ti cket and I take a train from the Stoke stati on. I spend
about an hour on the train but it is a nice journey. I sit by the
window and read an interesti ng book. The conductor is very
kind and tells me when it is ti me to get off . The train comes on
ti me and I get to Manchester four hours before the wedding. I
go shopping and fi nd a lovely present for my friend. I think it is
a very nice day.

Answer these questi ons: What verb form (tense) is used throughout the text? Is that the best choice? Why?
Task 2: Complete the table with the appropriate verb forms:
Present Past Present Past Options
buy know chose went
can pay said gave
choose read had spent
come say got could
find sit bought read
get speak was spoke
give spend sat knew
go take thought found
have tell came paid
is think told took
Task 3: Rewrite the text using the Past Simple forms of the verbs:

Task 4 present perfect: use for/since

a) She/ live in Brazil/ 1992 ……………………………………………………..

b) He/ be/ ill/ three days ……………………………………………………...
c) They/ not visit/ their parents/ last month …………………………………………………….
d) I/ be/ a policeman/ twenty years ……………………………………………………..
e) Karen/ not be/ home/ October ……………………………………………………..
f) He/ not travel/ by boat/ last summer ………………………………………………………
g) I/ not go/ to Paris/ six years …………………………………………………….
h) Jack/ work in Canada/ ten years ……………………………………………………..
i) She/ not fly abroad/ two years ……………………………………………………..
j) Jeff/ not call/ Monday

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