Vocabulary

Fossils :     petrified fossil    mold fossil      trace fossil      carbon-film fossil          preserved fossil        cast fossil

Materials:  mineral     amber      carbon     mud      sand       sediment    tar

Grammar

Write each verb in the PAST SIMPLE  form into the correct column.
turn - make -take -help-discover -find- go -replace -preserve-
have – arrive- do- return- think- see- give- work- meet
Regular Irregular
Complete with the PAST SIMPLE
1. Thomas was digging when he ……………………. ( find ) a bone.
2. I was having a bath when Sami …………………….(call) me.
3. I was tidying my bedroom when my friend ………………..(arrive).
4. The palaeontologist was digging when he ………………. (discover) a
fossil.
5. When the teacher ……………….. (come) in, the students were in the
 classroom.

Choose the right option

Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. Alice hurt herself while she ………………. (play) tennis.
2. I met my neighbour while I …………………. (walk) home from work.
3. We saw our friend while we ………………….. (ride) our bicycle.
1 I listened / was listening to the radio when I heard / was hearing this
fantastic song.
2 When the teacher said / was saying ‘Stop!’, I tried / was trying to finish the
last question.

4. Peter fell asleep while he ………………………… (study).
5. Tommy had a nightmare while he ………….. (sleep) at a friend’s house.
6. My dog found a bone while it ……………….. (dig) in my garden.
3 I feel really silly! While I danced / was dancing, I fell / was falling and broke /
was breaking my ankle.
4 Tim played / was playing a computer game when his mum called / was
calling him for lunch.

PAST SIMPLE - PAST CONTINUOUS:
1. They ……………….. (have) dinner when the police ………………. (arrive).
2. Tamara ……………..(meet) her husband while she ………………. (travel) to
New York.
5 Ron found / was finding a really interesting website about dance music while
he surfed / was surfing the internet.
6 I was cutting / cut myself while I cooked/ was cooking.
7 When you saw / were seeing me yesterday, I didn’t go / wasn’t going to
school, I went / was going to the doctor’s – I felt terrible

3. I found………………. money while I ……………… (dig) in the yard.

4. Michael …………………(watch) a horror film when he…………….. (hear) a

strange noise.

5. Sheila ……………… (look) at her car keys when her friend ……………..
(come) in.

6. Paleontelogists …………….. (work) in Autralia, when they ………… (find)

important fossils.
Vocabulary
1 p _tr _f _ed fossil Amphibian Fish Arthropod Bacteria Worms Dinosaur

Palaeontologist Mammal Reptile Early humans Insect

2 m _l_ fossil 

3 tr _ c_ fossil     

4 c_ r_ _ n - f_lm fossil         

5 pr_ s_ rv_d fossil       

6 c_ s _ fossil
Past Prefect
When we arrived, the show ………………….(start /already) . We went to a place where I …………………..( never / be)  before.

The teacher wanted to know whether we ………………….. (read)  the book. Yesterday I met a friend that I ………………….(not see)  for ages.

We ate cherries from the tree that my grandfather I ………………(call) her twice before she finally sent me a message.
………………. (plant)  many years before.

Before yesterday’s match, they……………. (not win) any of their matches. iIt was the first time he ……………..(hear) such beautiful music.
Past Perfect and Past Simple
1 By the time we arrived / had arrived, the film started / had started.
2 I got / ’d got dressed after I had / ’d had a shower.
3 I didn’t want / hadn’t wanted dinner because I ate / ’d eaten earlier.
4 Zara didn’t watch / hadn’t watched the film before I bought / ’d bought her the DVD.
5 He was / ’d been late for class because he missed / ’d missed his bus.

1. After Fred……………… (spend) his holiday in Italy he …………… (want) to learn Italian.

2. Jill ……………. (phone) Dad at work before she ……………. ( leave) for her trip.

3. When she ……… ( arrive) the match ………….already ………….. ( start).

4. After the man ………….. ( come) home he …………. ( feed) the cat.

5. Before he …………..  (sing) a song he …………… ( play) the guitar.

6. She ………….  ( watch) a video after the children …………… (go) to bed.

7. After Eric ……………. ( make) breakfast he ………….. (phone) his friend.

8. I ………….. ( be) very tired because I ……………. ( study) too much.

9. They ……………. (ride) their bikes before they …………… ( meet) their friends.

10. Samantha …………… (tell) me she …………….(practise) a lot before the exam.