1- WRITE IN ENGLISH

a) Periódico _________________________
b) Revista ___________________________
c) Novela ___________________________
d) Leyenda __________________________
e) Ciencia ficción _____________________
f) Intriga ____________________________
g) Fantasía __________________________
h) Romance _________________________
i) Cuento de hadas ___________________
j) Humor ___________________________

2- COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT WORD

k) This book is about a woman who travels through space in a strange ship
_____________________________
l) It’s really funny. Every page made me laugh ____________
m) It’s a story about a princess. She is imprisoned, but in the end a prince
rescues her. _______________________
n) It’s about a family who buys an old house. The house is built on a cemetery.
It’s really frightening.__________________
o) Sandra falls in love with a beautiful man. They get married
_____________________________________

3-COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH USED TO DIDN’T USE TO

Bill used to be a rock star but now he’s an English teacher.

a) He _________________ get up early.

b) He _________________ play the guitar and sing.
c) He _________________ work with boys.
d) He _________________ work in the morning.
e) He _________________ stay in hotels every week.
f) He _________________ record CDs.
g) He _________________ work at school.
h) He _________________ go on tour.
i) He _________________ teach English.
j) He _________________ give homework.

4-COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE PAST SIMPLE

a) What __________________ (you do) at the weekend?

a) I ____________ (go) to a concert.
b) __________________ (you have) a good time?
c) At the beginning it____________ (be) a disaster.
d) I _____________ (arrive) late and my friends ___________(not be) at the
door.
e) I _____________ (start) to dance and I ______________ (fall) over.

5-COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE PAST CONTINUOUS

a) Jessica ____________________ (sleep) under the tree.

b) They _____________________ (run).
c) Oliver ____________________ (not eat) an ice cream.
d) ______________________ (she read) a magazine?
e) Daniel _________________ (not listen) to music.
f) _________________________ (they play) football?
6-COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE PAST SIMPLE OR PAST CONTINUOUS

a) When I _____________ (get up), it _______________ (rain) outside.

b) He ___________________ (have a shower) when his friend
________________(call)
c) The police__________________(arrest) when he ____________________(steal)
the car.
d) When my sister ___________________(come) home, I
_____________________(sleep) on the sofa.
e) Pamela ________________(not work) when she _____________(break) her arm.
f) Manuel ________________________(wear) a coat when I __________ (see) him

7-COMPLETE THIS TEXT WITH THE CORRECT TENSES OF THE VERBS

Last night I_______________ (go) out with my friends to the disco. When I
_________________ (arrive), lots of people __________________ (dance). I
___________________ (have) a great time, when my brother ________________ (phone)
me. He said there was a problem at home. He _______________ (not tell) about the
problem. I was very worried, but when I ______________ (get) home there was a party. My
brother and sister ________________ (sing). My father _______________ (say) we were
rich. Last week my mother ____________________ (buy) a lottery ticket and she
_____________ (win) five million Euros!

8-READING

Two university students went skiing for the weekend. They were having a great time and
they decided not to do their exam on Monday. They phoned their teacher on Monday
morning and told her that they had a flat tyre. The teacher said they could do the exam on
Tuesday morning. They went to the exam and the teacher put them in separate rooms. The
two students started the exam. The questions on the first page were easy. They were only
10% of the exam. When they turned to the second page, there was only a question. It was
90% of the exam. It said, “Which tyre?”

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

a) Where did the students go for the weekend?

_______________________________________
b) What did they tell their teacher? _______________________________________
c) What did the teacher tell them? _______________________________________
d) Where did they do the exam? _______________________________________
e) Were the first questions difficult? _______________________________________

TRUE OR FALSE

a) They did the exam on Monday. ___________

b) They did the exam in the same room.______________
c) The second question was the most important part of the exam.___________
d) They told their teacher they had a problem with their car. ________.