Grammar Unit 7

Past simple: be Past simple: regular verbs

1 Complete the sentences with was / were () or 4 Complete the sentences with the words in
wasn’t / weren’t (). brackets in the past simple.

Light blue denim was popular in the 1980s. () 1 Jenny _____________ (stay) at home yesterday.
1 Jeans __________ common among rich 2 George _____________ (study) a lot for the test.
people. () 3 My brother _____________ (practise) the piano
2 In the 1800s, young boys __________ happy to this morning.
wear dresses. () 4 Our dog _____________ (escape) from the
3 Short hair __________ popular with European house on Wednesday.
women until recently. () 5 They _____________ (travel) to America last
4 Chanel’s real name __________ Coco, it year.
__________ Gabrielle. () ()
5 Write the affirmative and negative form of the
verbs in the past simple.
2 Write questions from the prompts.
ask asked didn’t ask
the shoes / tight / ?
1 brush ___________ ___________
Were the shoes tight?
2 copy ___________ ___________
1 Carla / at school yesterday / ?
3 chat ___________ ___________
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4 mix ___________ ___________
2 Alice / at the show / ?
5 worry ___________ ___________
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6 score ___________ ___________
3 the tickets / expensive / ?
7 add ___________ ___________
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8 dance ___________ ___________
4 she your teacher / last year / ?
_______________________________________ 6 Write sentences using the past simple.
5 his parents / angry / with Tom / ?
she / not wash her hair
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She didn’t wash her hair.
6 it / hot / last weekend / ?
1 we / cook the dinner
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2 he / not stay at home
there was / there were _______________________________________
3 Complete sentences with the correct form of 3 they / open the door
there was / there were. _______________________________________
There weren’t many people to help us. () 4 I / try very hard yesterday
1 ________________ a café in the square. () _______________________________________
2 ________________ any toilets. () 5 the three men / not escape from the police
3 ________________ a place to leave our _______________________________________
bags. () 6 you / practise the violin at the weekend
4 ________________ some parking spaces. () _______________________________________
5 ________________ large crowds. () 7 the food / not look good
6 ________________ litter on the street. () _______________________________________
Vocabulary Unit 7
Clothes 3 Look at the pictures. Then complete the
descriptions with the words in the box.
1 Label the pictures with the words.
boots jacket leggings shirt
skirt socks trousers

socks beard big dress glasses jacket

long short tall

He is a tall man with (1) __________ , black

hair. He is wearing (2) __________, and he’s
1 ________________ 2 ________________ got a (3) __________ .
She has got (4) __________ , blond hair and
(5) __________ eyes. She is wearing a
(6) __________ and a (7) __________.

3 ________________ 4 ________________ Shop for shoes and clothes

4 Complete the dialogue with the words in
the box.
can course dress help like on
5 ________________ 6 ________________ size small try you

1 Assistant Can I _________ you?

General appearance 2 Customer Yes, please. I’d _________
a blue _________, please.
2 Write the words in the box under the correct 3 Assistant OK, what _________ are
heading.
_________?
big blond blue curly freckles ginger glasses 4 Customer I’m a _________ .
green moustache of average height short 5 Customer Can I _________ it _________?
straight tall wavy white 6 Assistant Of _________!
height eyes
__________ big
__________ __________
__________ __________

hairstyle special features

__________ __________
__________ __________
__________ __________

hair colour
__________
__________
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