Smart Planet 1 Unit 7 Extra Grammar

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1 Complete the following sentences with was 4 Complete the text with the past simple of the
or were. verbs in brackets.
1 Picasso was Spanish. My grandfather and his brothers 1 lived
2 The supermarket was open yesterday. (live) in Hong Kong when they were children. They
3 Chloe and Charlie were sad yesterday.
2 went (go) to school there. They
4 In the past, Pompeii was a busy town.
3 took (take) public transport to get
were to school.. They 4 travelled (travel) on the
5 They at the skate park yesterday.
Star Ferry every day across Victoria Harbour. My
2 Write sentences with the correct form of grandfather 5 watched (watch) the ferries
there was or there were. every morning and so he always 6 arrived
(arrive) late for school.
1 many people / at the cinema (-)
There weren’t many people at the cinema. 5 Read about Joe’s typical Saturday. Write
 what he did last Saturday.
2 any fruit / at the market (?) On Saturday I get up at eight o’clock and I have
Was there any fruit at the market? breakfast. I usually go to the shopping centre. I
 travel by bus. It takes 30 minutes so I read a book.
3 a supermarket / in the city centre (+) I meet my friends and we go shopping. We have a
There was a supermarket in the city centre. lovely time. I really like Saturdays!
Last Saturday, Joe got up at eight o’clock and had
4 any dinosaur skeletons / in the museum (?)
breakfast. He went to the shopping centre. He
travelled by bus. It took 30 minutes so he read a
Were there any dinosaur skeletons in the
book. He met his friends and they went shopping.
museum?
They had a lovely time. 
5 a train / at the station (+) 
There was a train at the station. 
 He really liked last Saturday!

3 Complete the table with the infinitive or the 6 Write sentences about you using ago.
simple past form. 1 start secondary school
infinitive past 
Students’ own answers
travel travelled
2 learn to speak English
shop shopped

come came

be was / were 3 start to play a sport
make made 

like liked
4 meet your best friend
arrive arrived

read read

watch watched
5 go on holiday
drink drank 

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