Reading comprehension exercises Nathaly Arguello

A nice weekend
(Past Simple: regular and irregular verbs)
1. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple.
Ann and Kate ____had___ (to have) nice weekends! On Friday evening they ____were__ (to
be) at the playground. They ____played___ (to play) with a ball. On Saturday Kate
____helped____ (to help) her mother. The girl ____cleaned__ (to clean) the floor and
__washed______ (to wash) the dishes. Then she ____played_____ (to play) computer games.
On Saturday evening Kate __went_____ (to go) to the zoo with her parents. She
___watched____ (to watch) lions and monkeys there. Ann ___walked____ (to be) at the cinema
on Saturday. She ____watched____ (to watch) an interesting cartoon. In the evening Ann
___walked_____ (to walk) her dog in the park. On Sunday Ann and Kate ____were____ (to be)
at the beach. They ____swam___ (to swim) in the river. The girls ___had___ (to have) a lovely
time! In the evening they ___came_____ (to come) home and ____did___ (to do) their
homework. Ann and Kate ___went____ (to go) to bed early because they __had_____ (to have)
to go to school on Monday.

2. Write if the sentence is true or false.

1. Ann and Kate didn’t have nice weekends. ___false_____
2. On Friday evening Ann and Kate played at the playground. ___true_____
3. On Saturday Ann cleaned the floor and washed the dishes. ___false_____
4. Kate watched tigers and elephants at the zoo. ___false____
5. Ann didn’t swim in the river. __false____
6. On Sunday evening the girls did their homework. __true____

3. Find the proper sentences in the text to 4. Answer the questions.

describe the pictures. Use Past Simple. 1. Where did Ann and Kate play with a ball?
They played a ball at the playground.
2. How did Kate help her mother?
She cleaned the floor and washed the dishes.
3. Where did Kate go with her parents on
A) B)
Saturday evening?
Kate and her parents went to the zoo.
4. Where was Ann on Saturday?
She was at the cinema on Saturday.
5. Where did Ann walk her dog?
C) D) She walked her dog in the park.
6. What did Kate and Ann do at the beach?
A) Ann watched and interesting cartoon at Kate and Ann swam in the river.
the cinema on Saturday. 7. Why did the girls go to bed early?
B) Kate went to the zoo with her parents and Because they had to go to school on Monday.
watched lions and monkeys there. 8. Did Ann and Kate have a lovely time at the
C) Kate played computer games on Saturday. beach?
D) In the evening Ann walked her dog in the Yes, they did
park.

5. What did you do at your last weekend? Write about your weekend activities.
The last weekend I went to the house of my uncle and aunt to visit my family because my cousin was on her
birthday, we did a lot of things but my prefer thing we did was a pooltime and I don´t know how to swim by
the way I love it and definitely appreciated that moment because when we started the classes I felt so tired,
I had nothing to do in my vacations but now I have so much homerworks but this is the life I decided to have.
 Nathaly Arguello Read the following text:

Last summer, Joel and Sara travelled to England for two weeks. They
travelled in August and stayed in a college with other students in Brighton,
the South of England. It was really fantastic because they talked to a lot of
students of different nationalities and learned a lot about other cultures and
customs. Of course, they learned a lot of English too because they practiced
it every day. In the morning they studied a little, they asked the teacher to
speak slowly when necessary and answered her questions. In the afternoon
they visited different places or played different sports at the college. It was
Write the past simple of these verbs. Pay
so much fun. They often walked down to the beach with their new friends
attention to the spelling rules:
and played or chatted. In the evening they were tired so they sometimes
Travel – ________travelled________________.
watched videos or played board games.
Copy-_______________copied_______.
The best days were Saturday and Sunday because they travelled to London.
Count-____________________counted____.
The city is very big and they visited all the monuments like Big Ben, The
Play-_________________played_______.
London Eye and Buckingham Palace. They wanted to see the Queen but they
Close-__________________closed______.
didn’t see her, only her guards!
Open-____________________opened____.
They liked everything in the city but their favourite thing was the museums,
Dance-__________________danced______.
especially Madam Tussards. There were lots of realistic figures of famous
Drop-______________dropped__________.
people there.
Cook-______________cooked__________.
At the end of the two weeks, they were sad to return home. The holidays
Live-___________________lived_____.
were fun and different from usual. They cried a little when they waved
Look-___________________looked_____.
goodbye to their new friends and promised to write or send emails when
Cry-
they arrived home.

Answer the following questions.

What did Joel and Sara do in the afternoon?
Joe and Sara visited different places or played
True or false? Correct the false ones.
different sports at the college.
Joel and Sara travelled to England for three weeks. Did they learn a lot of new things?
Joel and Sara travelled to England for two weeks__. Yes, they learn a lot of English, other cultures and
They stayed in a college. customs.
___________________________________________. What did they like the best?
Brighton is in the North of England. They really likes everything but their favorite things
Brighton is in the South of England____. was the museums, especially Madam Tussards.
They asked the teacher to speak fast. What did they visit in the capital?
They asked the teacher to speak slowly_________. They visit the Big Ben, the London eye and
They sometimes walked to the beach. Buckingham Palace.
They often walked to the beach_______. Did they like the museums?
Yes, they really likes that place.
What museum did they like the best?
They favorite museums is Madam Tussards___.
Did they see the Queen?
Write the following in the negative and
No, they didn´t see the Queen_______.
Interrogative.
Were they happy at the end of the holidays?
There were many people on the beach.
Explain.
Neg: __They weren´t many people on the beach__.
No, they didn´t happy at the end of the holidays
Int: ___Were they many people on the beach?__.
He enjoyed the trip. because they were so sad to return their home.
Neg: ___He didn´t enoy the trip_____. What did they promise to do when they arrived
Int: ___did he enjoy the trip?_______. home?
She was in London. They promised to write or send emails when they
Neg: _____she wasn´t in London__________. arrived at home.
Int: ___where were is she?________________.
They stayed in a college.
Neg: ___they didn´t stay in a college_____.
Int: _______did they stay in a college?____.