GRAMMAR
1 Underline the correct answer.
a. Where did Sandra go yesterday?
(i) To the mall. (ii) From the mall. (iii) At the mall.
b. Who was Charlie Chaplin?
(i) He was comedian. (ii) They were a comedian. (iii) He was a comedian.
c. Where was John Kennedy from?
(i) He was American. (ii) They were American. (iii) He lives in America.
d. Did you like the movie last night?
(i) I don’t very much. (ii) I wasn’t very much. (iii) No, I didn’t.
e. Was George Washington American?
(i) Yes, he did. (ii) No, he didn’t. (iii) Yes, he was.
f. What did you have for breakfast?
(i) Toast and orange juice. (ii) At seven o’clock. (iii) In the morning.
g. How long were you in Los Angeles?
(i) Only a week. (ii) Yes, you were. (iii) No, I wasn’t.
h. When did Apollo 8 orbit the moon?
(i) Tomorrow. (ii) In 1968. (iii) For a long time.
i. Who did you dance with?
(i) A very handsome boy. (ii) No, I didn’t. (iii) Yesterday.
j. What did you do yesterday?
(i) To the park. (ii) I go to the park. (iii) I went to the park.
2 Complete the questions
a. When ________ Paula go to Miami? She went yesterday.
b. Where ________ your sister yesterday morning? She was at the park.
c. What did you ________ on TV last night? A soap opera.
d. __________ the spaceship explode? Yes, it did.
e. __________ your mother at the barbecue last week? No, she wasn’t.
f. When __________ your birthday? It was last week.
g. __________ you dance with Fred at the party last night? No, I hate dancing.
h. __________ the movie any good? No, it wasn’t.
3 Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs
be go die paint return not like
Paul Gaugin was a French impressionist painter. He __________ born in France in 1848. At first people __________ his paintings very much. In 1891, he __________ to Tahiti and __________ the native people. He __________ to France in 1893. Gaugin __________ in 1903.
4 Unscramble the sentences.
a. went/London/year/Pete/to/last ________________________________
b. with/family/British/stayed/he/a ________________________________
c. very/they/friendly/were ________________________________
d. a/had/time/he/great ________________________________
e. he/not/visit/did/Liverpool________________________________
f. not/did/go/to/he/a/British/school ________________________________
VOCABULARY
1 Match.
a. cross (i) on the moon
b. arrive (ii) the ocean
c. wash (iii) a moon rock
d. touch (iv) your clothes
e. land (v) in China
2 Unscramble the past forms and match them to the infinitives.

a. canded _________________ play
b. kerwod _________________ return
c. yelpad _________________ dance
d. rerunted __________________ work
e. dah ___________________ eat
f. eta ___________________ meet
g. tem ___________________ have
WRITING
1 Read the information and write a
paragraph about Christopher Columbus
Name: Christopher Columbus
Profession: Explorer
Born: 1451, Genoa, Italy
1491: King Ferdinand and
Queen Isabella of Spain gave
him men, money and three ships
August 1492: Sailed from Palos,
Spain
October 1492: Landed in the
Bahamas but thought he was in India
1504: Returned to Spain
1506: Died
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