PREPARE SECOND EDITION LEVEL 4 UNIT 2 GRAMMAR: PLUS

1 Complete the table with the past simple form

of the verbs in the box.
5 Write past simple questions.
1 you / go / cinema / last night
buy  decide  do  go  hear   like Did you go to the cinema last night?
text  understand  watch  wear 2 where / you / find / necklace I / lose

Regular Irregular 3 Jenny and Lena / be / at / concert
liked
4 how / you / go / school / this morning

5 Robbie / listen / his / brand new / rap CD

6 Complete the conversation with the correct form of

the verbs in the box in the past simple.

2 Complete the sentences with the past simple positive

form of the verbs in the box.
be (x3)  (not) do  know  (not) like  
perform   play   sing (x2)  (not) be  write

be  buy  get  listen  read  study Anna: 1 Did you know that my dad

was a musician in his youth?
1 Tom was really well-dressed at the party. Harry: No way?! That’s so cool!
2 We ten out of ten for effort. Anna: I know! He 2 the drums in
3 Jake to music on his MP3 player. a rock band.
4 She the book quickly. Harry: 3 they famous?
5 Zoe hard for the exams. Anna: Not really. They 4 in local bars
6 You a trendy pair of boots in the sale. and clubs in our town, but they 5 big
concerts or anything like that.
3 Rewrite the sentences with the negative past simple
form of the verbs.
Harry: It’s still cool though! 6 your dad
in the band, too?
1 My dad was a teenager in the 1970s. Anna: No, my uncle Joe, Dad’s brother, 7
the lead singer.
My dad wasn’t a teenager in the 1970s.
Harry: And 8 the band
2 The youth in the 1980s wore smart suits.
their own lyrics?

Anna: I think they mainly 9 cover songs
3 Adele and Rihanna were famous in the 1960s. of famous bands from the 1960s and 1970s.
Harry: My parents 10 rock music, they
4 The older generation understood punk music. 11
more into classical music!
Anna: Oh, my dad 12 into that kind of
5 My mum listened to boy bands as a teenager. music at all!

6 Singers in the rock ‘n’roll era had long hair.

4 Underline the mistakes and write the correct words.

1 My friend tried on the second-hand dress and I said

that it really suits her. suited
2 She never buy the skinny jeans.
3 I choosed this CD because I like his music.

4 I lost my brand new watch last night.
I realised I had not it this morning.
5 Did you bought some new clothes
in the sale?

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PREPARE SECOND EDITION LEVEL 4 UNIT 2 GRAMMAR: PLUS ANSWER KEY

1 6
1 Did, know
Regular Irregular
2 played
liked decided bought did heard
texted watched understood went 3 Were
wore 4 performed
5 didn’t do
2 6 Did, sing
1 was 7 was
2 got 8 did, write
3 listened 9 sang
4 read 10 didn’t like
5 studied 11 were
6 bought 12 wasn’t

3
1 My dad wasn’t a teenager in the 1970s.
2 The youth in the 1980s didn’t wear smart suits.
3 Adele and Rihanna weren’t famous in the 1960s.
4 The older generation didn’t understand punk
music.
5 My mum didn’t listen to boy bands as a teenager.
6 Singers in the rock ‘n’roll era didn’t have long hair.

4
1 suits, suited
2 buy, didn’t buy
3 choosed, chose
4 had not, didn’t have
5 bought, buy

5
1 Did you go to the cinema last night?
2 Where did you find the necklace I lost?
3 Were Jenny and Lena at the concert?
4 How did you go to school this morning?
5 Did Robbie listen to his brand new rap CD?

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