SOLUTIONS PRE-INTER - GRAM 1B

SOLUTIONS - PRE-INTER - GRAM 1B

​read the examples and answer the questions

Multiple Choice

ex : Last weekend, somebody bought a lottery ticket, chose all the correct numbers and won millions.

Q : how many activities are there in the sentence?

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Multiple Choice

ex : In the 1970s, scientists at the University of Illinois studied lottery winners and compared their levels of happiness with other people.

Q : how many activities are there in the sentence?

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Multiple Choice

ex : The results were interesting.

Q : how many activities are there in the sentence?

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Multiple Select

ex : The results were interesting. / We were at home yesterday. / You were late.

Q : when do we use "were"?

• plural subject

• I

• we / they

• you

• singular subject

Multiple Choice

ex : The winners felt delighted for a short time, but after that, their happiness returned to normal levels.

Q : how many activities are there in the sentence?

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Multiple Choice

ex : A similar study by the University of California in 2008 gave the same results.

Q : how many activities are there in the sentence?

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Multiple Choice

ex : They looked at lottery winners six months after their win and found completely normal levels of happiness.

Q : how many activities are there in the sentence?

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Multiple Choice

ex : And for a few unlucky people, a huge lottery win was the start of major problems.

Q : how many activities are there in the sentence?

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Multiple Select

ex : And for a few unlucky people, a huge lottery win was the start of major problems. / She was at school few hours ago. / I was short when I was in primary school.

Q : when do we use "was"?

• plural subject

• I

• she/he

• it

• singular subject

Multiple Choice

ex : Alex Toth, for example, won $13 million in 1990.

Q : how many activities are there in the sentence?

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Multiple Choice

ex : He stopped working, spent the money quickly and had terrible arguments with his family and friends.

Q : how many activities are there in the sentence?

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PAST SIMPLE (affirmative)​

​function : Past Simple is used to talk about actions that started, happened and finished in the past -> a completed actions

PAST SIMPLE (affirmative)​

​function : Past Simple is used to talk about actions that started, happened and finished in the past -> a completed actions

​structure : Subject + Vpast (+O).

PAST SIMPLE (affirmative)​

​function : Past Simple is used to talk about actions that started, happened and finished in the past -> a completed actions

​structure : Subject + Vpast (+O).

​Vpast : irregular and regular form (V2/-ed)

​-irregular : new word

​ex : be -> was/were ; go -> went ; swim -> swam ; write -> wrote ; ...

PAST SIMPLE (affirmative)​

​function : Past Simple is used to talk about actions that started, happened and finished in the past -> a completed actions

​structure : Subject + Vpast (+O).

​Vpast : irregular and regular form (V2/-ed)

​-irregular : new word

​ex : be -> was/were ; go -> went ; swim -> swam ; write -> wrote ; ...

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​-regular : adding -ed (or -ied/-d)

​ex : talk -> talked ; move -> moved ; marry -> married ; stop -> stopped ; ...

​look at the end of your Workbook to find the irregular past form of the verbs

exercise 4 page 10​

​complete the sentences with the correct form of verbs

​(if the question has 2 (>2) blanks, please follow the structure

(answer1) - (answer2)

ex : swam - ran)

exercise 5 page 10​

PAST SIMPLE (affirmative)​

there are 3 ways to pronounce "-ed" in the regular verbs

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​-/-id/ : /-t/ , /-d/

​ex : want -> wanted ; need -> needed

PAST SIMPLE (affirmative)​

there are 3 ways to pronounce "-ed" in the regular verbs

​

​-/-id/ : /-t/ , /-d/

​ex : want -> wanted ; need -> needed

-/-d/ : final sounds have vibration

​ex : dream -> dreamed ; compare -> compared

PAST SIMPLE (affirmative)​

there are 3 ways to pronounce "-ed" in the regular verbs

​

​-/-id/ : /-t/ , /-d/

​ex : want -> wanted ; need -> needed

-/-d/ : final sounds have vibration

​ex : dream -> dreamed ; compare -> compared

​​-/-t/ : final sounds don't have vibration

​ex : stop -> stopped ; talk -> talked

choose the correct way to pronounce /-ed/​

Multiple Choice

dream -> dreamed

• /-id/

• /-t/

• /-d/

Multiple Choice

accept -> accepted

• /-id/

• /-t/

• /-d/

Multiple Choice

jump -> jumped

• /-id/

• /-t/

• /-d/

Multiple Choice

introduce -> introduced

• /-id/

• /-t/

• /-d/

Multiple Choice

listen -> listened

• /-id/

• /-t/

• /-d/

Multiple Choice

print -> printed

• /-id/

• /-t/

• /-d/

Multiple Choice

thank -> thanked

• /-id/

• /-t/

• /-d/

Multiple Choice

drop -> dropped

• /-id/

• /-t/

• /-d/

Multiple Choice

play -> played

• /-id/

• /-t/

• /-d/

Multiple Choice

look -> looked

• /-id/

• /-t/

• /-d/

Multiple Choice

plan -> planned

• /-id/

• /-t/

• /-d/

exercise 7 page 10​

​​complete the sentences with the correct form of verbs

​(if the question has 2 (>2) blanks, please follow the structure

(answer1) - (answer2)

ex : swam - ran)

​bored / delighted / disappointed / embarrassed / relieved / suspicious / upset

example

​1. Sandra Carroll --- (feel) --- when Michael --- (spend) all his money on parties.

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​bored / delighted / disappointed / embarrassed / relieved / suspicious / upset

example

​1. Sandra Carroll felt (feel) --- when Michael --- (spend) all his money on parties.

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​bored / delighted / disappointed / embarrassed / relieved / suspicious / upset

example

​1. Sandra Carroll felt (feel) upset when Michael --- (spend) all his money on parties.

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​bored / delighted / disappointed / embarrassed / relieved / suspicious / upset

example

​1. Sandra Carroll felt (feel) upset when Michael spent (spend) all his money on parties.

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​-> felt - upset - spent

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