1. Read the CV. Are sentences 1-6 true (T) or false (F)?

1. He started work in 2006._____________________F

2. He finished school in 2000.___________________T
3. He studied at university for two years.__________F
4. He started school in 1987.____________________T
5. He was born in 1982.________________________T
6. He joined an accountancy firm in 2005.__________T

2. Which are correct? Correct the spelling mistakes.

1. Studyed studied
2. Tried tried
3. Visitted visited
4. Played played
5. Graduated graduated
6. Stoped stopped
7. Traveled travelled
8. Qualifyed Qualified

3. Complete the sentences with the past simple of the verbs.

1. I ___________started _____this job four years ago.

2. They________ finished ____work at nine o’clock last night.
3. Richard______ graduated __from Oxford University last month.
4. We __________visited _____the Taj Mahal in India last year.
5. I ____________ worked ____for Microsoft for three years.
6. She __________ travelled ___home by taxi.
7. They _________ walked ____home yesterday.
8. Sally _________ stopped ____work at lunchtime yesterday.
9. My family _____ lived ______in Canada for two years.
10. We ___________ studied ___English for two hours this morning.
4. Read about Nicole and complete the text. Then listen and check.

I finished school in 1999 and I started university in the same year. After I graduated from
university with a degree in Spanish, I traveled around South America with a friend for
nearly a year. After that I studied for a certificate in teaching and qualified in 2005.Finally I
joined a private language school where I still teach Spanish today.