1. Fill in the blanks with Present Simple or Past Simple tenses.

Dear Peter,

Last summer I 1___________ (travel) to Edremit with my family. We

2______________(stay) in our friend’s house, because we 3____________(want) to
stay in a nice boutique hotel. I 4____________ (play) on the beach, 5_____________
(go) sightseeing, 6___________(swim) in the beautiful sea, and 7__________(write)
many postcards. This 8_________ (be) a different holiday for me. On holidays, I usually
9_________ (stay) in bed more and 10 __________ (sleep) more.

One day, we 11 ____________ (visit) a small island called Bozcaada. My father 12

____________ (warn) me before the trip not to leave them. He 13__________ (want)
me to stay with them during the whole trip. I usually 14___________ (listen) to my
father, but I 15 ___________ (listen) him on that trip. Because the island
16___________ (be) so beautiful and I couldn’t wait to see it with them. They
17___________(be) really slow. During the trip, I eventually 18___________ (lose)
them. Luckily, at the end of the trip, I 19___________ (find) them. They
20_____________ (be) angry with me. However, I 21__________ (have) a great time
without them.

Tell me, Peter, what 22___________ (be) your holiday like? What 23_______ you
_______ (do) last summer?

Ersin

2. Put the right form of the verb. Use either Simple present or Simple past.
• I __________ (to clean) my car yesterday.
• It ___________ (to rain) at the moment. Let’s ___________ (to
stay) inside today.
• Marry_________ (to be) at the zoo last week. She__________ (to
see) a monkey there.
• Tom ________ (to be) at the restaurant right now. Let’s go and
_________ (to meet) him.
• Susan________ (to come) yesterday, because she ________ (to
have) a car accident.
• Look! I ________ (to see) Johnny over there. I __________ (to
think) he _______ (to be) ill a few days ago.
• The weather ___________ (to look) good today, but remember
last week? It _______ (to be) raining the whole time.
• Last year, Conny ________ (to visit) the United Kingdom. She
_________ (to want) to go to France this year.
3. Complete Amelia’s review with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

How was your experience as an exchange student?

It ___was____ (be) an incredible experience. I ____________ (spend) four months

in a high school in Beijing. I ______________ (choose) China’s capital city because I
______________ (want) to go somewhere very different. Wellington, the capital of
New Zealand, has a population of 200.000, while Beijing has a population of over
20 million!
Before I _____________ (leave) home, I _________ (be) worried about the new
language and culture. I remember that I __________ (feel) very nervous when I
_____________ (say) goodbye to my family. My host family in China
_____________ (look after) me really well. I _____________ (eat) all kinds of new
food, I ____________ (see) some wonderful places and of course I ____________
(make) a lot of friends.

I would definitely recommend the experience of other students.

à “used to”
4. Rewrite sentences so that they mean the same as the original sentence. Use
the correct form of used to.

• I like hot weather now, but I didn’t in the past.

________________________________________
• My brother played football until he broke his leg.
________________________________________
• My hair was blond, now it’s brown.
________________________________________
• Did you go on holidays with friends when you were a child?
________________________________________
• When I was younger, I didn’t get up late.
________________________________________
5. Listening part 1. Read the questions and underline the key words.
6. Complete the questions with do, earn, have, make, spend or take.

In which school subject(s) ……

1. Can you ___have____ fun?
2. Can you ___________ friends?
 3. Do you need to ____________ a good memory?
4. Do you _____________ most of your time learning facts?
5. Does it _____________ a long time to do homework?
6. Do you often _______________ mistakes?

Which school subject(s) ….

7. Would you like to _______________ as a degree at university?
8. Can help you ______________money?

So do I & Neither/nor do I

7. Write replies to these sentences using: so do I or neither do I.

I spent a long time doing my homework yesterday.
____________________________

I didn’t understand the question.

____________________________

I like ice cream.

____________________________

I don’t like hot weather.

____________________________

I have two brothers.

____________________________

8. Complete the sentences with the words from the box. There are three extra
words you do not need.
1. When my mum was younger, she __________ to play basketball at school.
2. At primary school, I didn’t _____________ to have lunch at school.
3. When Mr. Marsden was our teacher, he used to _________ us a lot of
homework.
4. Before Eva bought an alarm clock, she __________ to be late for school.
5. My grandparents ___________ use to watch TV because they didn’t have one.

9. Underline and correct the mistakes.

A TV company __choosed__ my school to make a film because it is the oldest in the
city.
I think I lefted my school bag at your house last night.
The teacher was kind. She teached the students well.
I woke up very early because I was planning to go to the lake.
My dad only payed 75$ for his mobile phone.
While my sister was riding her bike, she felt and injured her leg.
When I was younger, I prefered to take the bus to go to school.

PART 3