UNIT 1 Grammar practice

Past simple & past continuous Past simple, used to & would
1 Choose the correct options. 4 Order the words to form sentences.
The students did / were doing an exam at ten o’clock live / Mario / Lanzarote? / use / Did / to / in
yesterday morning. Did Mario use to live in Lanzarote?
1 This time last week, I walked / was walking along the 1 every / school / football / day. / after / We / play /
Great Wall of China! would
2 While we waited / were waiting for our bus in Delhi, ......................................................................................
we saw / were seeing three cows walking past us. ......................................................................................
3 Did Mark break / Was Mark breaking his arm while 2 a bakery. / work / in / Sandra / used / to
he skied / was skiing? ......................................................................................
4 My mobile phone rang / was ringing when we 3 guitar? / use / play / Did / to / you / the
watched / were watching the film. ......................................................................................
5 When I last spoke / was speaking to Lisa, she 4 iPads / 1990s. / didn’t / the / They / use / have / to / in
travelled / was travelling around Europe.
......................................................................................
6 I didn’t hear / wasn’t hearing the doorbell because I
......................................................................................
listened / was listening to loud music.
5 ten miles / walk / He / day. / would / to / every / school
......................................................................................
Past simple & present perfect simple ......................................................................................
2 Match 1–5 with A–F. 6 uncle. / with / used / Rafael Nadal / to / train / his
......................................................................................
Pedro started A Tom since last summer.
7 live / these / Did / caves? / people / use / in / to
1 Jason has started B your lunch yesterday?
......................................................................................
2 Have you eaten C Ella last Tuesday.
8 much / get / We / use / homework. / didn’t / to
3 Did you eat D his homework and he’ll
......................................................................................
4 I haven’t seen be finished soon.
5 I didn’t see E university in 2010.
F anything since breakfast? Past tense review
5 Choose A, B or C to complete the text.
Past simple & past perfect simple Earlier today, hiker Mary Owen B rescued from Mount
Hood in Oregon after she (1) ...... stranded on the
3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
mountain alone for six days. She (2) ...... to the top of the
bungee jumped had already left had been mountain when she (3) ...... lost and (4) ...... , injuring her
had checked hadn’t studied had overslept leg. She (5) ...... by eating cereal bars and drinking melted
Had you seen passed was went were snow. She is now recovering in hospital, and she (6) ......
woke up a lot of messages from people around the world.
A has been B was C had been
By the time we woke up, he had already left the house. 1 A has been B used to be C had been
1 Before he .............................................. off the bridge, 2 A was climbing B used to climb C would climb
Leo .............................................. the ropes were
3 A had got B has got C got
secure.
4 A slipped B was slipping C had been
2 He .............................................. late for school
slipping
because he .............................................. .
5 A survived B had been C used to
3 .............................................. the film before you
surviving survive
.............................................. to the cinema?
6 A had received B has received C had been
4 He .............................................. his exam even
receiving
though he .............................................. at all!
5 In 2010, a group of 33 Chilean miners
.............................................. underground for 69 days
before they .............................................. rescued.

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UNIT 1 Grammar practice
Past simple & past continuous Past tenses, used to & would
1 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the 4 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the
verbs in the box. Use the past simple or the past verbs in the box. Use suitable past tenses with used
continuous. to or would.

eat go have live travel

arrest arrive deliver drink eat listen
not rain ring try walk
I used to travel all the time, but now I stay at home.
1 When I was a child, I .................................................
I was drinking coffee when my friend arrived.
meat, but now I’m vegetarian.
1 While we ............................................ to music, the
2 Five years ago, Alex ................................................. in
phone ............................................ .
London, but now he’s in New York.
2 The postman ............................................ the package
3 In the 1970s, nobody ................................................. a
when we ............................................ our breakfast.
mobile phone, but now everybody has one.
3 The policeman ............................................ the
4 When he was younger, my father
suspect while he ............................................ to
................................................. hang-gliding.
escape.
4 It ............................................ when the actress
Consolidation
............................................ down the red carpet.
5 Write sentences. Use suitable past or present tenses.
Past simple & present perfect simple By the time / we / arrive / the dive centre /
the diving lesson / already / start
2 Write sentences. Use the past simple or the present By the time we arrived at the dive centre, the diving
perfect simple. lesson had already started.
I / never / go sailing / before. 1 I / wait for / my girlfriend / to call / now – she /
I’ve never been sailing before. phone / every day / 8 p.m.
1 he / go / China / last year. ...................................................................................
...................................................................................... 2 She / never / go snowboarding, / but / she /
2 she / finish / school / yet? go skiing / every year.
...................................................................................... ...................................................................................
3 you / ever / work for / a charity? 3 When / I / be / child, / I / sleep / with / my teddy bear.
...................................................................................... ...................................................................................
4 they / not go / backpacking / last summer. 4 While / he / wait / for / me / to arrive, / he / fall / asleep.
...................................................................................... ...................................................................................
5 we / not eat / breakfast / yet.
6 Complete the email with the correct forms of the verbs
......................................................................................
in brackets. Use suitable past or present tenses.
Sometimes there is more than one possible answer.
Past simple & past perfect simple
3 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the
verbs in bold. Use the past simple or the past perfect
simple. Hi Fran,
I’m emailing (email) you from Paris. I (1) ..........................
Before Chris came home from work, it had started to rain. (have) such a great holiday so far – I (2) ..........................
(come / start) (love) France! Yesterday, we (3) .......................... (go)
1 By the time the students ............................................. , to the Palace of Versailles and I (4) ..........................
(never / see) anything like it! My favourite room
the film ............................................. . (arrive / begin)
(5) .......................... (be) the Hall of Mirrors where King
2 ........................... Celia ever ........................... Chinese Louis XIV (6) .......................... (display) his royal power.
food before she ............................................. to We had a great day, but when I got back to the hotel, I
Shanghai? (try / move) (7) .......................... (realize) that I (8) ..........................
(leave) my phone on the train. I (9) .......................... (call)
3 Jan .......................................................... English my number and discovered that somebody
before he ............................................. high school. (10) .......................... (found) it and left it in the lost
(not study / start) property office at St Michel station! It was my lucky day!
4 I ............................................. that you See you soon,
............................................. India before. Pat
(not know / visit)

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UNIT 1 Grammar practice
Past simple & past continuous Past simple, used to & would
1 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar 4 Read the first text. Then complete the second text,
meaning to the first sentence. Use the past simple rewriting the bold verbs in the past simple. Use would
and the past continuous. if possible and used to if it is not possible.
At the moment, I’m working at the hospital.
This time last year, I was working at the hospital. Damion goes backpacking in New South Wales in
Australia every year. He (1) surfs along the coast
1 My mum watered the garden. Then it began to rain.
near Sydney and he (2) swims in the ocean. He
While my mum ........................................................... .
(3) goes diving too – he (4) explores underwater
2 At the moment, the students are doing their exam.
caves, and he (5) sees lots of fish and sharks. He
This time yesterday, the students
(6) goes rock climbing in the Blue Mountains, but he
.......................................................... .
(7) doesn’t go horse-riding because he (8) ’s afraid
3 We ate lunch. Then Sophia arrived. of horses!
While we ........................................................... .
4 I walked in Provence. Then I met my friend.
While I ........................................................... . When Damion was young, he used to go backpacking
in New South Wales in Australia every year. He
(1) .............................................. along the coast near
Past simple, present perfect simple & Sydney and he (2) .............................................. in the
past perfect simple ocean. He (3) .............................................. too –
he (4) .............................................. underwater
2 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. One sentence caves, and he (5) .............................................. lots of fish
is correct. and sharks. He (6) ..............................................
I didn’t eat anything since breakfast. haven’t eaten rock climbing in the Blue Mountains, but he
1 Nicole have been waiting for three hours. (7) .............................................. horse-riding because he
............................................ (8) .............................................. of horses!
2 William Shakespeare has written Romeo and Juliet
in the sixteenth century. ............................................ Consolidation
3 Lionel Messi didn’t join Barcelona last year.
5 Translate the sentences into your language.
............................................
4 Usain Bolt has won the gold medal in the 100 m in 1 Paul was hiking when he met his old teacher.
2012. ............................................ ...................................................................................
5 Did you ever go bungee jumping? 2 I’ve never been surfing or snowboarding.
............................................ ...................................................................................
3 At the moment, I’m waiting for my father to come home.
3 Complete the second sentence so that it has the
...................................................................................
same meaning as the first sentence. Use the past
4 The climber celebrated after he had reached the top of
simple and the past perfect simple.
the mountain.
I ate my dinner. Then I went to bed.
...................................................................................
After I had eaten my dinner, I went to bed.
1 I woke up late, so I didn’t catch my train. 6 Complete the second sentence so that it has the same
I .............................................. my train because I meaning as the first sentence. Use the words in bold.
.............................................. late. When I was younger, I used to ride my bicycle to school.
2 James visited Berlin. Then he decided to learn (would)
German. When I was younger, I would ride my bicycle to school.
After he .............................................. Berlin, James 1 First, I ate my breakfast, then I went to college. (had)
.............................................. to learn German. After I ......................................................................... .
3 The students finished their exams. Then they went out 2 The students arrived at school two minutes ago. (just)
to celebrate. The students .............................................................. .
The students .............................................. out to 3 This isn’t the first time Kim has seen this film. (already)
celebrate after they .............................................. their Kim ............................................................................ .
exams.
4 I had a job in Cyprus; I met Christo there. (working)
4 He shut all the windows. Then he left the house.
While I ........................................................................ .
He .............................................. all the windows
before he .............................................. the house.

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UNIT 1 Vocabulary practice
Get, go, make & do Phrasal verbs (go)
1 Match the activities in the box with the pictures. 3 Choose A, B or C to complete the sentences.
She went B a bad time after her climbing accident.
do homework do housework go camping A without B through C back
go climbing go hang-gliding go sailing
1 The trekker said that he wouldn’t go ...... into the
go trekking go windsurfing
jungle ever again.
A without B through C back
2 When you’ve gone ...... food for several days, you
start to feel very unwell.
A without B through C back
3 I heard a strange noise. What’s going ...... in there?
A without B through C on
4 The campers have been ...... some difficult times in
the last few days.
A without B through C back

Verbs & -ed / -ing adjectives

4 Choose the correct options.

Hi Peter,
I’m having such an interested / interesting holiday in
Cuba. I saw something really (1) surprised /
surprising yesterday. A French man called Alain
Robert climbed the outside of the hotel where I’m
staying, which is 27 storeys tall! It was very (2) excited
/ exciting to watch but I was (3) frightened /
frightening that he would fall because he wasn’t
wearing any safety equipment. It was (4) annoyed /
annoying because the batteries in my camera were
dead, so I couldn’t take any photos!
I hope you’re having a good week and you’re not too
(5) bored / boring without me! I’ll give you a call and
maybe we can meet up on Sunday if I’m not too
(6) exhausted / exhausting from the flight.
go hang-gliding 1 ......................................
Love, Sue
2 ...................................... 3 ......................................
4 ...................................... 5 ...................................... 5 Complete the adjectives with the suffixes -ed or -ing.
6 ...................................... 7 ...................................... He was very embarrassed because he forgot to pay the
bill in the restaurant.
2 Put the words in the box in the correct column.
1 Louis was depress........ when he found out that he’d
failed his exams.
a course a fortune a meal a tattoo a website
2 Riding a motorbike along the Pacific Coast Highway in
backpacking friends good grades married
the USA is a very excit........ experience.
on a date voluntary work
3 I always find it really relax........ when we go camping
in Italy.
get go make do 4 Jane thought that she would be too frighten........ to
bungee jump off the Macau Tower in China.
a tattoo
5 The students were very disappoint........ because they
didn’t get tickets for the final.
6 We went on a really interest........ tour of Buckingham
Palace.

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UNIT 1 Vocabulary practice
Get, go, make & do Phrasal verbs (go)
1 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of get, 4 Replace the underlined words with the correct forms
go, make or do. of the phrasal verbs in the box. Use each phrasal verb
twice.
At the moment, Carlo is doing a course in computer
science.
1 I really want to .......................... hang-gliding when I’m go back go on go through (×2) go without
older.
2 Maria .......................... a fortune in New York when She suffered a lot when she went trekking. went through
she was in her twenties. 1 We decided to not have any chocolate during Lent.
3 I’ve joined the gym so that I can .......................... fit ............................................
this year. 2 I’m very keen to return to my childhood home.
4 Oscar is planning to .......................... a meal for his ............................................
parents tomorrow. 3 They experienced some difficult times when they
5 He can’t .......................... trekking today because he were in France. ............................................
has to .......................... his homework. 4 What’s happening outside?
6 She’s working hard because she wants to ............................................
.......................... good grades in her exams – I’m sure 5 It’s hard to know what really took place there.
that she’ll .......................... well. ............................................
6 The climber got lost and didn’t have any water for two
2 Correct the underlined mistakes in the sentences.
days. ............................................
It’s always been my dream to get sailing. go
7 I promise that one day I will return to France.
1 Lionel and Rafaella have just made married. ............................................
....................................
2 When I start university, I want to get friends.
....................................
Verbs & -ed / -ing adjectives
3 Max started to think he was never going to go a 5 Complete the dialogue with the correct -ed or -ing
girlfriend. .................................... adjective forms of the verbs in brackets.
4 I wasn’t very good at playing the guitar last year, but
A: I had such an exciting (excite) weekend – I went to the
now I’m making better. ....................................
carnival in Cadiz.
5 The students are going to get climbing on Mt Rainier.
B: Oh, I’ve never been. That must have been really
....................................
(1) ...................................... (interest).
6 Jill is busy today making housework.
A: Yes, it was great. I was (2) .....................................
....................................
(surprise) to see how many people were there.
7 I’m doing a website for my best friend. There were a few moments where it was a bit (3)
.................................... ..................................... (frighten) because the narrow
streets were very crowded. But everyone was so
3 Translate the sentences into your language.
friendly and (4) ..................................... (relax) that it
1 He went sailing along the Atlantic coast last year. felt like a big party!
...................................................................................... B: Oh, I’m really (5) .................................... (annoy) that I
...................................................................................... couldn’t come. I just had a (6) .....................................
2 They’ve made a film about the history of Seville. (bore) weekend at home.
......................................................................................
6 Complete the sentences with your own ideas.
......................................................................................
3 She went camping last summer and is going I sometimes feel depressed when I watch the news.
windsurfing this summer. 1 I feel excited when ..................................................... .
...................................................................................... 2 It’s surprising that ....................................................... .
...................................................................................... 3 I felt embarrassed when ............................................. .
4 It’s time you got a job and made some money. 4 It’s worrying that ......................................................... .
...................................................................................... 5 I find ........................................................ really boring.
...................................................................................... 6 I’m frightened of ......................................................... .

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UNIT 1 Vocabulary practice
Get, go, make & do Verbs & -ed / -ing adjectives
1 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of 4 Complete the dialogue. Use -ed or -ing adjectives
suitable verbs. formed from the verbs in the box. Sometimes there is
Harry and Jonas are going backpacking around India next more than one possible answer.
summer.
annoy excite exhaust frighten
1 Jane ............................. hang-gliding to celebrate her
interest surprise worry
eighteenth birthday last week.
2 I’m planning to ............................. a tattoo of an eagle
A: Did you hear that interesting report about Sam
on my arm.
Woodhead, the British student who went for a run in
3 Samira ............................. some voluntary work at the
the Australian outback and got lost?
moment.
B: Yes, I did. He was found alive, wasn’t he?
4 Charlotte hopes to ............................. good grades in
A: Yes, after three days. That must have been such a
her exams this summer.
(1) ................................... time for his family – imagine
5 I wish that I could ............................. windsurfing in
how (2) ................................... they must have been.
Australia.
I was quite (3) ................................... when he was
6 You ............................. lots of friends when you start found alive after all that time.
university.
B: Was he badly injured?
7 She’s ............................. a course about modern art
A: No, apparently he was dehydrated, sunburnt and
this month.
(4) ................................... , but apart from that
8 My dad ............................. a meal for the whole family he was fine. He’s already planning his next
last night. (5) ................................... adventures – he’s going
2 Translate the sentences into your language. trekking in the Himalayas!
B: If I were his parents, I think I’d be quite
1 Michael got a job last month and he’s doing well.
(6) ................................... to hear that!
......................................................................................
......................................................................................
2 Tonight, I’m going to make a website for my friend.
Consolidation
5 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. One sentence
......................................................................................
is correct.
......................................................................................
I’ll make the bus home. get
3 Sam made a fortune when he started his own
1 Please excuse me for a minute while I do a call.
business.
............................................
......................................................................................
2 It’s a pleasure making business with you.
......................................................................................
............................................
4 Jasmine went on a date on her birthday.
3 The students have got climbing today.
...................................................................................... ............................................
...................................................................................... 4 Please don’t do excuses for your lateness.
............................................
Phrasal verbs (go) 5 He’s good at making friends.
............................................
3 Rewrite the sentences. Replace the underlined words 6 Those trousers don’t really make with your shoes.
with a phrasal verb with go. ............................................
John has suffered a lot over the last year.
6 Complete the second sentence so that it has the
John has been through a lot over the last year.
same meaning as the first sentence.
1 Rita couldn’t believe what was happening.
Adam was having a boring day.
......................................................................................
Adam was bored.
2 The students are returning to school early this year.
1 I was tempted to eat the chocolate cake.
......................................................................................
The chocolate cake looked ......................................... .
3 He didn’t have any food for three days because he
2 Claire found the noise very irritating.
was very ill.
Claire was ................................................................... .
......................................................................................
3 They found the news very depressing.
4 The climbers suffered a terrible time before they were
rescued. They were ............................... after watching the news.
...................................................................................... 4 The boys were exhausted after their long journey.
The boys’ long journey was ........................................ .

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