Unit 1
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EXTENSION
Past tenses review: Past simple
v past continuous
1 Use the prompts to write sentences in the past
simple or the past continuous.
1 as Ben / run for a bus / fall into the road
2 Mum / burn the dinner / because / talk on the
phone
3 Lena / sit in the garden / when / wasp sting her
4 lights / go out / as I / come downstairs
5 while she / wash the glasses / two of them break
6 he / carry my bags / when / drop one on my foot
2 Match the beginnings to the endings of the
sentences, putting each verb into the correct
form.
1   Amanda .................. (have) a wonderful dream
2   The taxi ............................ (wait) for us
3   I ............. (read) the book you ............ (lend) me
4   When the girls ........................ (open) their eyes
5   Rita ......................... (cycle) home
6   Dad .......................... (make) our lunch
a when I ................................ (find) £20 in it.
b when she ................................ (feel) the earthquake.
c they ................................ (have) a lovely surprise.
d when his phone ................................ (ring).
e when she ................................ (wake up).
f when we ................................ (arrive) at the station.
Past simple v present perfect
3 Complete the gaps with the past simple
or the present perfect of the verbs in brackets.
1 I ................................ (be) on a photo safari.
In 2010 I ............................ (go) to Namibia and
I .............................. (enjoy) it very much.
2 A friend of mine ................................ (move) to New
York. Two months ago an American company
................................ (offer) her a very good job.
3 A .................................................... (you / ever / take)
a high-speed train?
B No, I ..................................................... (never / try).
4 A ...................... your Australian relatives
...................... (write) to you?
B Yes, they .............................. (send) us an email
yesterday.
5 Mum ................................ (go) to bed. She
................................ (feel) rather tired.
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CLASS _________________________
DATE _________________________
4 Find the mistakes in the sentences and correct
them.
1 Did you ever fly in a helicopter?
2 Have your Irish relatives visit you yet?
3 I didn’t never eat insects when I was in Thailand.
4 We haven’t done the shopping yesterday.
5 Haven’t you yet finished your homework?
6 Kate has just came home and she’s watching TV
now.
Past simple v past perfect
5 Complete the sentences using the past simple
or the past perfect.
1 Sheila get dressed – go out
After ............................ , Sheila .................................... .
2 Tom already wait 40 minutes – go home
Tom ................................ before he ............................ .
3 John – drink a coffee – start work
After he ............................ , John ................................ .
4 Bob – fail the exam twice – decide to give up
Bob ............................ before he ................................. .
5 Mary – put on some weight – stop going to the
gym
Mary ............................ because ................................. .
6 Jacob – write three books – get a publisher
Jacob ............................ before .................................. .
6 Complete the gaps. Use the past simple,
past continuous, present perfect
or past perfect of the verbs in brackets.
1 He ............................... (give) the film back to me
after he ............................... (watch) it.
2 This is Sheila, I ............................... (know) her since
we ............................... (be) children.
3 They ............................... (not / hear) from Paul
while he ............................... (teach) in Paris.
4 She ............................... (begin) in that school in
2012 and within two years she ...............................
(become) the principal.
5 I ............................... (want) to get some postcards
earlier but I ............................... (leave) my cash
at home.
6 We ........................................... (wait) on the platform
when we .................... (hear) they ...............................
(cancel) our train.
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