ESL – Grade 7A – Practice worksheet Name: _____________________________

Week 11 Class: _____________________________

I. Content
1.1 Grammar
1.1.1 Form
To be Infinitive Verb
S (I/She/He/It) + was … S + V (P1)
Positive
S (You/We/They) + were …
S (I/She/He/It) + was not (wasn’t) … S + did not (didn’t) + V-inf
Negative
S (You/We/They) + were (weren’t) …
Yes / No Was/Were + S …? Did + S + V-inf …?
Short answer:
Question
Yes/No, S + was/were.
Wh- Wh- + was/were + S …? Wh- + did + S + V-inf …?

1.1.2 Spelling
1.1.2.1 Regular verb
Regular past simple forms are formed by adding -ed to the infinitive of the verb.
Rule Verb-inf Verb (P1)
Agree Agreed
Rule 1: If a verb ends in -e, you add -d.
Like Liked
Nếu động từ kết thúc bằng -e thì chỉ cần thêm -d
Escape Escaped
Rule 2: If a verb ends in a consonant, a vowel, and a consonant
(CVC), the consonant is usually doubled before -ed. Stop Stopped
Nếu động từ kết thúc bằng phụ âm + nguyên âm + phụ âm, thì ta Plan Planned
gấp đôi phụ âm cuối rồi mới thêm ed
Rule 3: If a verb ends in consonant and -y, you take off the y and
add -ied. Try Tried
Nếu động từ kết thúc bằng phụ âm + y thì ta đổi y thành i rồi thêm Carry Carried
ed
- Pronunciation
Verbs that end in an unvoiced
Verbs that end in a voiced sound
/voiceless sound (your throat
(your throat vibrates when you
doesn’t vibrate when you make the
Verbs that end in a /t/ or make the sound) = + /d/ sound.
sound) = + /t/ sound.
/d/ sounds = add an extra syllable
with /ɪd/.
Voiced sound: /b/, /d/, /g/, /v/, /ð/,
Voiceless sound: /p/, /t/, /t/, /f/, /ɵ/,
/z/, /ʒ/, /dʒ/, /m/, /n/, /ŋ/, /l/, /r/.
/s/, /ʃ/, /tʃ/
All vowel sounds are voiced
Wanted /ˈwɒntɪd/ Liked /laɪkt/ Travelled /ˈtrævld/

Visited /ˈvɪzɪtɪd/ Cooked /kʊkt/ Arrived /əˈraɪvd/

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 Decided /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/ Danced /dɑːnst/ Lived /lɪvd/

Studied /ˈstʌdid/ Watched /wɒtʃt/ Played /pleɪd/

1.1.2.2 Irregular Verb

There are a lot of irregular past tense forms in English. Here are the most common irregular verbs in
English, with their past tense forms:
Base form Past tense Base form Past tense
be was/were
let let
begin began
lie lay
break broke
lose lost
bring brought
make made
buy bought
mean meant
build built
meet met
choose chose
pay paid
come came
put put
cost cost
run ran
cut cut
say said
do did
sell sold
draw drew
send sent
drive drove
set set
eat ate
sit sat
feel felt
speak spoke
find found
spend spent
get got
stand stood
give gave
take took
go went
teach taught
have had
tell told
hear heard
think thought
hold held
understand understood
keep kept
wear wore
know knew
win won
leave left
write wrote
lead led

1.1.3 Use
Past Simple
1. To talk about completed or finished actions in the I met my wife in 1983.
past We went to Spain for our holidays.
They got home very late last night.
2. To describe states or feelings from a specific time
I wanted to visit the Eiffel Tower. I really liked it.
in the past.
They always enjoyed visiting their friends.
3. Often used with past time expressions (which Last year, I travelled to Paris.
refer to specific times). I met my wife a long time ago.
- Yesterday … (Yesterday morning, evening …)
- Last … (last night, last year, …)
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 - In … (In 1999)
- … ago (three years ago …)

1.2 Vocabulary
Topic: School things
There are some collocations related to the topic above:
- Get a good mark
- Have/ do homework/ an exam
- Learn a language/ Chinese
- Wear a school uniform / a football shirt
- Write on the board/ in your notebook

II. Practice:
2.1 Listening
You will hear a teacher telling students about a school trip. For Listening audios
each question, write the correct answer in the gap. Write one
word or a number or a date or a time.

bit.ly/pbtctt11mp3

2.2 Grammar and vocabulary

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

uniforms boarding library classmates

equipment excited international creative

1. Vy and Phong are_______________ about their first day at secondary school.

2. Phong and Duy are in the same class at school. They are _______________.
3. Most schools require children to wear school _______________.
4. My sister is very _______________. She is very good at painting pictures _______________.
5. A _______________ school is a school where students study and live during the school year.
6. AIS is an _______________ school in Vietnam. It provides American education.
7. The school gym has lots of new, modern _______________.
8. In the _______________, you can read books and papers or borrow them to read at home.

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Exercise 2: Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.
1. The children are excited________ the school trip.
2. Dorothy put ________ her coat and went out.
3. We have English, maths and science ________ Tuesday.
4. What do you usually do ________ break time?
5. ________ the afternoon, I play football _________ the playground.
6. I go home ________ 4 o’clock every day.
7. Vy is doing her homework ________ the library.
8. Many boarders go home ________ weekends.

Exercise 3: Fill in the sentences with the correct form (past simple) of the verbs in brackets.
1. I ____________ (see) the film last night but I ____________ (not like) it.
2. ____________ (Marco/ win) the golf competition?
3. They ____________ (not play) very well yesterday. They ____________ (lose) the match.
4. How many goals _________________ (your team/ score) in the first half?
5. I ____________ (be) very tired, so I ____________ (go) to bed early last night.
6. ____________ (you/ go) swimming this morning?
7. The children ____________, (not be) hungry, so they ____________ (not eat) anything.
8. Susan and her friends ____________ (come) to Japan three months ago.
9. I ____________ (have) a wonderful holiday with my family last July.
10. Jane ________ (not be) at the party last Sunday, so she ________ (not know) what happened.

Exercise 4: Complete the dialogue using the affirmative, negative and question past simple forms of the
verbs in brackets.
A: I’m doing a survey about video games. Do you play them?
B: Yeah, I play them. Go on then.
A: (1) ___________________ (you/ spend) any time playing video games last week?
B: Yeah, I did. I (2) ______________ (get) a new game last Saturday. It’s called Need for Speed
Underground.
A: Oh yes, I know it. Is it good?
B: Yes, it’s great.
A: (3) ___________________ (you/ buy) it?
B: No, I (4) ___________________ (download) it from the Internet.
A: (5) ___________________ (you/ play) with it yesterday?
B: No, not yesterday. I (6) ___________________ (have) football training.
A: Okay, so (7) ___________________ (you/ have) time for your homework?
B: Yeah, we (8) _________________ (not have) much. I (9) _________________ (finish) it on the bus on
the way home.
A: Do you think playing games affect your schoolwork?
B: No, I don’t think so.

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2.3 Reading
Exercise 1: Fill in each gap with a word from the box.

Middle
big grades elementary scared school school
teachers Second still
middle
school because it’s in the middle of your (2) ____________ years. Elementary school is behind you. High
school (3) ____________ awaits you.
For a kid, going to middle school is often a (4) ____________ change: First, it usually means
moving to a new building, which takes some time to adjust to. (5) ____________, it may mean taking a
different bus, with different students. Third, the friends you made in (6) ____________ school may end
up going to different middle schools. And other things that probably will be different are the (7)
____________ and the work. All of that can make you feel a bit (8) ____________ on the first day of
school.

Exercise 2: Read the chart about the qualities of a good classmate and decide whether the statements are
true (T) or false (F).

1. A good classmate always tries his/ her best to help and support you.
2. A good classmate will never say “thank you” if you help him/ her.
3. A good classmate will ask you about your health if he/ she sees you after a long time.
4. A good classmate plays with you at break time.
5. A good classmate bullies you sometimes.

2.4 Writing
Exercise 1: Put the words in order to make a sentence.
1. secondary/ first/ your/ at/ school/ is/ how/ week?
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2. lessons/ many/ have/ on/ how/ you/ do/ Friday?

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3. art/ creative/ are/ drawings/ students/ the/ some/ doing/ in/ club
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4. school/ at/ English/ we/ have/ classes/ don’t/ today
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5. homework/ you/ doing/ maths/ are/ your?
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6. children/ first/ on/ most/ school/ excited/ are/ day/ of/ the
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