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NAME: ___________________________________________________GRADE: _______

1. Complete with THERE WAS/ THERE WERE in the affirmative, interrogative or

negative:

a) _____________________ a new student in your class last week? Yes,

_____________________
b) _____________________ any students in the library at 3 o'clock yesterday.
c) I think _____________________ a boy waiting for you yesterday.
d) _____________________ any chicken left when I arrived home at lunchtime.
e) _____________________ any water in the fridge last night? I don't think so.
f) _____________________ any people at the museum?

2.
Choose the right answer

A. ________ a terrible earthquake in

Japan in 2005. C. _________ any apples left when I
came back home yesterday.
There was
There weren't
Was
There wasn't
There were
There were
B. The cake _________on the table when
I arrived home. D. How many children __________ at the
party?
were
there were
wasn't
was there
there wasn't
were there

E. _________ any water in the bottle?

No, _________ any!
Was there / wasn't there
Was there / there wasn't
Were there / there weren't
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Complete the sentences with the correct time preposition:

1. What do you usually do ______ the weekend?

IN 2. My father doesn’t work ______ Saturdays.

3. The film starts ______ 11.00 p.m. and finishes ______ midnight.
4. ______ spring, my garden is full of flowers.
5. William Shakespeare was born ______ 1564.
6. My mum’s birthday is ______ the 5th of May.
7. Our office is closed ______ August.
ON 8. There are a lot of stars in the sky ______ night.
9. ______ Christmas Day children usually receive a lot of presents.
10. I never go home ______ lunchtime
11. My best friend always phones me ______ the evening.
12. ______ my birthday I always have a big party.
AT 13. My family sometimes goes skiing for a week ______ Christmas.
14. I love reading in bed ______ Sunday mornings.

4. Answer the following question by your own

a. What did you do yesterday

_________________________________________________________
b. What time did you go to bed last night?

_________________________________________________________
c. What time did you get up this morning?

_________________________________________________________
d. What did you have for breakfast this morning?

_________________________________________________________

5. order the following story according to the pictures, then underline all the verbs in
past simple
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1. T h e o ld ma n a n d t h e yo u n g b o y t a lke d f o r a lo n g t ime .
2. T h e b o y o f f e r e d a n d t h e o ld ma n h is b r e a d a n d so u p.
3. Wh e n h e a r r ive d h ome in t h e e ve n in g, t h e yo u ng b o y lo o ke d in t h e p o c ke t o f h is
t r o u se r s a n d d isc o ve r e d a b e a u t if u l lit t le b a g.
4. T h e r e wa s a yo u n g b o y n e xt t o t h e r o a d . H e wa t c h e d t h e o ld ma n f o r a mo me n t .
5. O n c e u p o n a t ime , t h e r e wa s a ve r y o ld ma n wh o live d in t h e mo u nt a ins a b o ve a sma ll
villa ge .
6. T h e o ld ma n smile d a nd t h a n ke d h im.
7. O n e d a y, t h e o ld ma n d e c id e d t o wa lk d o wn in t o t h e villa ge .
8. H e o p e ne d t h e b a g. It c o n t a ine d f o u r , la r ge go ld c o in s. T h e b o y wa s ve r y su r p r ise d .
9. It wa s a ve r y h o t d a y a n d t h e ma n wa s ve r y t h in a n d h u n gr y. H e ne e d e d t o sit d o wn.
10 . T h e n t h e b o y h e lp e d t h e o ld ma n t o wa lk b a c k t o h is h o u se in t h e mo u nt a ins.

6. Complete the table with the missing forms of the verbs.

Infinitive Past Simple Past Participle
ride
grew
written
was / were
drive
spoken
done
had
see
took

7. Match the sentences to make short dialogues.

1 Have you read Tom’s new article? _____
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She has won a holiday to Spain. _____

3 Is he ready for the trip to Greece? _____
4 Are your friends in the USA now? _____
5 Have you ever been to Paris? _____

a) Oh, what a great prize!

b) Yes, they’ve just gone there.
c) Yes, I’ve been there three times.
d) No, not yet. I haven’t had time.
e) Yes, he has already got his passport.

8. Complete the sentences with the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

1. _______ you _______ the new Twilight film? (see)

2. Hector _________ his injection. (have/just)
3. I __________ the dog yet. (not/brush)
4. My father ______ jeans. (never/wear)
5. Kate and Sarah ________ their clothes for the school trip yet. ( not/choose)
6. ______ your brother _________ Chinese food? (ever/eat)
7. They ______________ to Japan. (never/be)
8. Mum isn’t ready. She _________ her things yet. (not/pack)

9. Choose: been or gone.

1 Where’s Mum? She’s _______ to the dentists.
2 Dad’s ______ shopping: the fridge is full.
3 Tom’s _______ to live in Spain.
4 I haven’t _______ to the library for weeks.
5 Have you ever _______ to Italy?
6 Joe’s _______ swimming. He’ll be back at 5.00.

10. Answer the questions about you. Use ‘for’ or ‘since’ in your answers.

1. How long have you studied English? (for)

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______________________________________________________________________

2. How long have you known your best friend? (since)

______________________________________________________________________

3. How long have you been alive? (for)

______________________________________________________________________

4. How long have you lived in your house or apartment? (since)

______________________________________________________________________

5. How long have you had a cell phone? (for)

______________________________________________________________________

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