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WORKSHEET # 1
UNIT 6 – It’s the little things
NAME: ___________________________ CLASS:_______________ DATE: ________________

VOCABULARY (10 pts).

1. All the words below are past tense verbs. Can you finish the crossword? (5 pts.)

Across

1 The weather was great! The sun ***** all day!

3 I *** $10,000 in the Jumbo Lottery!
4 I *** breakfast very early today.
5 My new suit **** $300.
7 When I was a kid, I often ****** with my brother.
8 I **** British Airways to America last year.
11 Susie *** up very late last weekend.
12 I *********** the question.
 16 Tom **** four books last month
17 Andrew **** in the sea yesterday.
18 I dropped my Walkman, and it *****.

Down

1 I ***** to an American for the first time.

2 Jill threw the ball, and I ******* it.
3 My mother **** shopping yesterday.
6 I ****** some fruit at the supermarket.
9 James **** up at 9:00.
10 I ***** ten Pounds in the street.
13 He ***** to work in his new car.
14 I *** a good movie last weekend.
15 My boss ***** too much at the office party.

Grammar: Defining and non-defining relative clauses (15 pts.)

2. Combine the sentences. Make the second sentence a non-defining relative clause with who,
which, where, or whose.

1. My bike is 10 years old. It’s blue.

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2. My sister is in a rock band. She plays the guitar.
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3. That new restaurant has great pizza. I had my birthday party there.
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4. My favorite actor is in a new movie. She’s from Brazil.
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5. Bradley scored the winning goal for our team. His father is a famous soccer player.
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3. Decide if the following sentences are Defining or Non- Defining. Complete with a suitable
relative pronoun.
1. A person ……………….… job is acting is an actor.
2. A video shop is a place ………………... You can rent some films.
3. Dan’s sister, …………………….. lives in Hollywood, is an actress.
4. My father’s car, …………………… he bought in 1991, is still working.
5. Frankestein (or, The Modern Prometheus), ………………. is a horror book, was written by Mary
Shelley.
6. Stephenie Meyer is the author ……………… books were made into film adaptations, Twilight saga.
7. The most popular animation films are from The Walt Disney Pictures ………………….. main character
is Mickey Mouse.
8. Birdman, …………………… director is Mexican, won the Oscar for the best film.
9. This is the year ………………….. the las part of the Hunger Games will be released.
10. Eddie Redmayne, …….................. won an Oscar for the vest actor, is the protagonist of The Theory of
Everything.