Starter test

1 Complete the words. /4

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go on holiday s a a h m    p a i e h c e   

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c e n t e r v r w a c st m s

2 Complete with the correct past form of the verbs in the box. /4
go see take grow buy

Yesterday was a lovely day – the first day of spring. Ella and I 1 went to the park. We
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             some bread and cheese from the shop and 3              some fruit from the
kitchen. It’s great to see how the flowers and trees have 4              since last summer.
We 5              Jon and Steve and invited them to share our picnic.

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3 Write the past simple or past continuous form of the
verb in brackets.
1 Colin was riding (ride) down the road when he fell  (fall) off his bike.
2 We               (have) dinner when a ball               (come) through the window.
3 When I              (watch) TV, the phone              (ring).
4 When Karen and Charlie              (wait) for the bus, lots of people              (run)
past. They were in a race.
5 When I              (pay) in the shop, I              (drop) my money on the floor.
6 I              (look) in the shop window when I              (see) my friend Julia inside
the shop.
7 Paul and Jim              (ride) their bikes when a policeman              (stop) them.

4 Underline the correct words. /6

1 We travel / ’re travelling / ’re travel to school by bus every day.
2 I ’m helping / help / are helping Mum with the dinner at the moment.
3 Kate isn’t / doesn’t / don’t enjoy sports.
4 Do / Is / Does your school doing a play this year?
5 What are you learning / learn / learns in school at the moment?
6 My cousins speak / are speaking / speaks three languages.
7 Fred doesn’t have / not is having / isn’t having a shower right now.
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