EXTRA GRAMMAR A2

EXTENSION UNITS 7 & 8

Unit 7: Was/were; ago Unit 8: Past simple negative
1 Read these sentences from Nasim’s diary 1 Complete the conversation with the past
for Monday. Rewrite the present simple simple negative form of the verbs in brackets.
sentences in the past simple. Correct the Joel: Hi Mike. I (1) (see) you at the
mistakes in bold. talk about Class B’s trip to Stonehenge. Where
were you?
Monday Mike: Oh, I (2) (can) find the room.
Where was it?
1 I were very busy today. I am at school from Joel: It was in Room 3, past the science block.
8am to 8pm. Mike: Ah, I (3) (go) that way. I went
across the playground to Room 4.
2 There is extra football training before school, Joel: Well, Class B (4) (have) a
and then there was lessons. good trip!
Mike: What happened?
Joel: The coach driver (5) (know)
3 There was three tests! One test is in maths, the way to Stonehenge, so they were very late.
and two tests are in English. Mike: Oh no!
Joel: And the weather (6) (be)
good. They (7) (can) see
4 The maths test is really difficult. The last Stonehenge at all because it was so foggy.
time there was a maths test was three ago Mike: I’m glad I (8) (go) to the talk
months. … or on that trip to Stonehenge.

5 After the lessons there is a football match. I Unit 8: Past simple questions and short
were in goal – again! answers
2 a Match the sentence halves to complete the
6 The result were 10 to 0 … to the other team! questions.
Today is a bad day. 1 Where did you a did you stay?
2 How did b the weather like?
3 How long c go on holiday last year?
4 Did you have d sightseeing?
5 What was e a good time?
Unit 7: Past simple positive 6 Did you sleep f you get there?
2 Complete the talk with the past simple form of 7 Did you go g in a tent?
the verbs in the box. 8 Could you go on h a boat trip?

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come die get grow leave live move work b Read the questions 1–8 in Exercise 1a and
write answers that are true for you.
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“My talk is about my great grandfather. He 2
was born in 1916, and he (1) 3
up in Cardiff in Wales. When he was a 4
teenager, he (2) home 5
and (3) to London. He 6
(4) a job in the kitchen 7
of a big hotel and he (5) 8
there for the next 60 years. In the end,
he was the manager of the hotel, and he
(6) in a flat on the top floor.
When he (7) , there was a
big party at the hotel. It was a celebration

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of his life and lots of famous people
(8) .”

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