ENGLISH PRACTICE

Name_________________________ Date:_______________

I. Match the words in the list with the photos. Name the people who do them. (10x 2 = 20
p)

Sport Picture Person who does it

0. athletics K athlete
1. Sailing ....... ..................
2. diving ....... ..................
3. golf ....... ..................
4. gymnastics ....... ..................
5. rock-climbing ....... ..................
6. rugby ....... ..................
7. snowboarding ....... ..................
8. skiing ....... ..................
9. volleyball ....... ..................
10. windsurfing ....... ..................

A B C D E

F G H I J

K
II. Fill in the gaps with the Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets. (5 x 2 = 10 p)
1. While I ________________________(cross) the street, a car had a puncture.
2. The teacher________________________ (not/talk) when John arrived.
3. The pupils ________________________ (play) when the bell rang.
4. Lucy ________________________ (study) when someone knocked at the door.
5. ___________ one of the students ___________ (cheat) when the teacher looked at her.

III.Fill in the gaps with the Simple Past of the verbs in brackets. (5 x 2 = 10 p)
1. The Titanic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (sink) after hitting an iceber in 1912.
2. Javier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (run) in a race last Thursday.
3. Andy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (not/have) a birthday party last year.
4. The baby girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (cry) all night.
5. The criminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (escape) from the police last day.

IV. Past Simple or Continuous? (5 x 4 = 20 p)

1. She . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (tidy) up her room while her mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . (clean) the kitchen.
2. My grandfather . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (fall asleep) while he . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. (watch) Tv.
3. It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (rain) when we . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (leave) school.
4. I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (go) to the cinema when you . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (see)
me.
5. All the children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (shout) when the teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . (open) the door.

V. Read the following email.

Hello,

Great to hear from you! Let me tell you about sports at school in Canada.

At school we play a lot of team sports like soccer, baseball and basketball. My favourite
team sport is basketball. I’m good at it because I’m very tall. I play basketball two days a
week on Wednesdays and Fridays. I also go swimming at school, but I don’t really like
swimming. It’s boring!

We do lots of sports after school in Canada. I live in Calgary and it’s very cold in winter, so
we do lots of winter sports like ice hockey, snowboarding and skiing. It always snows a lot
in winter and I go skiing every weekend. It’s great fun! I play ice hockey for my town, in the
under 14s team. Last week I scored a goal!

Write soon and tell me about sports in your country.

Brett
Write a reply to Brett in which you tell him about sports in Romania. Write between
100-120 words in an appropriate style. (30 p)

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