BASIC 1 MIDTERM REVIEW & CHECK

BASIC 1 MIDTERM REVIEW & CHECK

Let's check some of the most challenging questions.

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VERB TO BE IN PAST:

You __________ very busy on Wednesday. (be)

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VERB TO BE IN PAST:

__________ your dad in Cali last month? (be)

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PAST SIMPLE:

Last year I ___________ on holiday because of the pandemic (go)

PAST SIMPLE (NEGATIVES)

Always use auxiliary did in negative form (didn't) + verb in infinitive:

didn't see

didn't teach

didn't practice

Multiple Choice

PAST SIMPLE

We/ not sell/ our old car/ last year.

• We not selled our old car last year.

• We didn't sell our old car last year.

• We didn't sold our old car last year.

• We no sold our car last year.

PAST SIMPLE (NEGATIVES)

Always use auxiliary did in negative form (didn't) + verb in infinitive:

didn't see

didn't teach

didn't practice

Multiple Choice

You/ see/ a good film/ yesterday?

• Do you see a good film yesterday?

• You saw a good film yesterday?

• Did you saw a good film yesterday?

• Did you see a good film yesterday?

PAST SIMPLE QUESTIONS

Use did+ verb in infinitive:

Did you study for the exam?

Where did they go last Sunday?

Did you understand the topic?

How did you prepare for class?

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Sarah/ teach English/ for 20 years.

Sarah _________ English for 20 years

PAST SIMPLE AFFIRMATIVE

Always use the verb in past.

Remember there are two kinds of verbs:

REGULAR:

Watch

Work

Decide

IRREGULAR:

Write

Grow

Swim

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LIKES/ DISLIKES:

I can't ____________ waiting for a long time in the traffic,

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LIKES/ DISLIKES:

I'm quite keen _______ going to the cinema.

Multiple Choice

LIKES/ DISLIKES:

Trish absolutely ________ cooking.

• love

• loves

• does love

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USED TO OR PAST SIMPLE?

I _____________ my right arm in a skiing accident when I was 21. (break)

USED TO OR PAST SIMPLE?

We use past simple for an action that happened in the past and it's complete.

Used to gives the idea that it was a past habit (An action repeated many times).

Multiple Choice

USED TO

What music _______________________ to like when you were a child? (like)

• did you used to like

• did you use to like

• you used to like

Multiple Choice

COMPARATIVES:

Peter is _______________ as Fred (not/ tall)

• not taller than

• not as tall than

• not as tall as

• not as taller than

COMPARATIVES (AS... AS)

When using the structure as... as, use the adjective not the comparative:

This question is as easy as the previous one.

My friend is as brilliant as you.

Multiple Choice

COMPARATIVES:

I disagree with him. He's ____________ (intelligent) than he says.

• less intelligenter

• not as intelligent

• less intelligent

Multiple Choice

COMPARATIVES:

You are ______________________(careful) than you should be

• less more careful

• not as careful

• less careful

COMPARISONS WITH LESS

Use less+ adjective+ than:

This is less complicated than I thought

He´s less talented than his brother