Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form of the verbs in bold.

1 Today I am on holiday, but yesterday I (a)   at home

2 I'd like to try a different pizza. I (a)   the 'quattro stagioni' last time.

4 Dave usually sleeps for eight hours, but last night he only (a)   for seven hours.

5

Don't stay at that hotel. We there last summer and it was dirty.

(a)  

Complete Poppy's diary with the positive or negative Past Simple forms of the verbs.

Dear Diary,

Harry is back from his holidays, so we went (go) on a trip to London. It (a)   (be) fun! I loved it.

But Emma (a)   (not be) there! She was ill at home. :(

We (a)   (explore) the area near the River Thames

and we (a)   (eat) at a nice restaurant there.

I (a)   (try) fish pie for the first time.

It was tasty, but Harry (a)   (not like) it – he said it was terrible!

Then we (a)   (go) on a boat trip on the river

we (a)   (be) really excited,

but Harry's grandma (a)   (not want) to go on the boat trip because she's scared of the water.

READING SECTION

1 Tommy went on holiday with his (a)  

2 In June it wasn't (a)   at 10 p.m.

3 (a)   was their first activity.

4 They saw some rabbits and a fox when they went (a)  

5 Tommy and his mum didn't (a)   by car for the winter holiday.

VOCABULARY

Exercise 1

Complete the dialogues with one word in each gap. Separate your words with a space.

1 A: I'd like some hot milk.

B: Put a mug of milk in the m______o_________.

(a)  

2 A: My hair is wet.

B: You need a h________d________.

(a)  

3 A: Let's watch TV.

B: OK. Where's the r_________c________ ?

(a)  

4 A: Can I make a smoothie?

B: Yes. You have to plug in the b (a)   first.

5 A: I bought a new film.

B: Cool, let's watch it! Put it in the D______p_______

.

(a)  

GRAMMAR Exercise 3

Complete the dialogues with the Past Continuous form of the verbs in the box. There is one short answer. Separate the answers that are double with a space or a (-) .

do/listen/play/not tidy/watch

1 A: Where's Fred? He ________ his homework an hour ago. B: His friends _______football in the park an hour ago and he wanted to play too.

(a)  

Complete the dialogues with the Past Continuous form of the verbs in the box. There is one short answer. Separate the answers that are double with a space or a (-) .

do/listen/play/not tidy/watch

2 A: Sally and Tina _______their room at six o'clock because

they weren't at home. Where were they?

B: Don't worry. They did it at five o'clock. I think they ______

TV at Jane's house.

(a)  

Complete the dialogues with the Past Continuous form of the verbs in the box. There is one short answer. Separate the answers that are double with a space or a (-) .

do/listen/play/not tidy/watch

3 A: I phoned you at ten, but you didn't answer.

__________you_________to your music?

B: Yes, ________ ! I didn't hear the phone.

(a)  

Exercise 4

Complete the text with the Past Simple and the Past Continous forms of the verbs.Separate your answers with a space or a (-)

Pet blog by Sam

Rex, the dog, didn't have a home. This is his good luck story.

I (a)   (walk) home when I (see) Uncle George in his car.

Complete the text with the Past Simple and the Past Continous forms of the verbs.Separate your answers with a space or a (-)

He____________ (turn) right when a tired hungry dog________ (run) into the road.

(a)  

Complete the text with the Past Simple and the Past Continous forms of the verbs.Separate your answers with a space or a (-)

Luckily, Uncle George__________ (drive) slowly when the dog ________ (go) in front of his car and he stopped. Now Rex lives with Uncle George! Uncle George loves Rex and Rex loves Uncle George.

(a)