Elementary - Unit 6 Lesson 1

1 Match a line in A with a line in B. Put the verb in 3 A Does Max usually watch TV in the evenings?
A into the Present Simple and the verb in B into the B Yes, .
Past Simple.
A Did he yesterday evening?
A B No, .
1 I usually work (work) eight hours a day, but …
4 A Do Ann and Max usually go sailing at
2 Ann usually (drive) to work, but … weekends?
3 Max usually (watch) TV in the B .
evenings, but … A ?
4 Ann and Max usually (go) sailing at B .
weekends, but …
5 A Does it usually rain a lot in winter?
5 It usually (rain) a lot in winter, but …
B .
6 Max and I usually (go) camping in
A ?
August, but …
B .
B 6 A Do you and Max usually go camping in
a last summer we (stay) in a hotel. August?
b last weekend they (play) tennis. B Yes, we .
c yesterday I started (start) work at 9.00 a.m. and A ?
(finish) at 9.00 p.m. B .
d last year it (snow) for three months.
e yesterday she (walk). 3 Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
f yesterday evening he (listen) to music. 1 school / did / when / start / you / ?
When did you start school?
2 Write questions and answers about the people in 2 morning / you / time / get / up / what / this / did / ?
exercise 1.
1 A Do you usually work eight hours a day? 3 dinner / night / have / what / you / last / for / did / ?
B Yes, I do .
A Did you work eight hours yesterday ? 4 did / train / last / you / by / when / travel / ?
B No, I didn’t. I worked twelve hours .
2 A Does Ann usually drive to work? 5 do / what / weekend / you / last / did / ?
B Yes, .
A Did she yesterday? 6 holiday / did / summer / on / go / where / last / you / ?
B No, .
7 visit / you / museum / a / last / did / when / ?

NHE • U6 • L1 This worksheet is adapted from Headway Elementary Level © Oxford University Press 2017. For use by TeachCast with Oxford Students only. All rights reserved
4 Think about the pronunciation of -ed for these regular 5 Complete the conversation with do, does, did, didn’t,
Past Simple verbs. Write them in the correct column. was, were, or had.
worked cleaned decided received lived A Where were you at school?
watched talked moved wanted earned B I at school in Manchester.
opened stayed stopped finished walked
liked enjoyed travelled died started A you like it?
B Not really. I enjoy it very much.
/t/ /d/ /rd/
A it a good school?
worked cleaned decided
B Well, it a very good reputation,
but I like the teachers.
A Why not? they horrible?
B Not all of them but some of them.
A you enjoy the sixth form?
B Yes, I a good time in my last two years.
It was a bit better.
A What school your children go to?
B I only have one child – a daughter. She goes to the
local school.
A she like it?
B Yes, she’s very happy there. Thank goodness!

6 Read the text. Put the irregular verbs (in brackets) into the Past Simple.
   


Chinese girl makes pop song on her mobile phone

  
   
   
   
   
  
   
 In 2010 a clever young singer from China made (make) a song using only her mobile phone.
   
    Pixie Tea, a Chinese pop star, (write) the song with phone apps. The song is called ‘ABCD Said’.
   
    Pixie Tea’s real name is Zhang Xuanyan, and she comes from the Chinese city of Xi’an. It (take)
  


  
 
her three days to record the song. Then she (put) a video of it on YouTube. More than one million
   
    people (see) it online.
   
    ‘I (have) the idea in 2009,’ says PixieTea. ‘I (begin) with the bass line, and then added
   
   
   
drums.’
  
   She (send) the song to Apple to see if they wanted to use it in their advertisements.
   
   
‘Now I want to write more songs,’ she says.
   

This worksheet is adapted from Headway Elementary Level © Oxford University Press 2017. For use by TeachCast with Oxford Students only. All rights reserved NHE • U6 • L1