Simon: I (2) (a)   (talk) to someone in a chat room. Her name’s Kerry.

Paul: Really? And where (3) (a)   (she / live)?

Simon: She (4) (a)   (live) in Manchester.

Paul: Really? Are you going to visit her?

Simon: No. She (5) (a)   (come) to Liverpool next weekend.

Paul: (6) (a)   (she / often come) to Liverpool?

Simon: I (7) (a)   (not know). I’ll ask her.

Paul: So? What did she say?

Simon: Yes. She often (8) (a)   (come) here at the weekends.

Her brother (9) (a)   (study) at Liverpool University at the moment.

I (10) (a)   (meet) her and her brother at 8 p.m. next Saturday.

END OF ACTIVITY 1

2. Complete the text. Use the COMPARATIVE or SUPERLATIVE of the adjectives in brackets. (8p)

Landslides

In 1997, one of (1) (a)   (big) landslides in Australia killed eighteen people.

In Puerto Rico, there was a (2) (a)   (serious) landslide in 1985, which killed ninety-four people.

It was probably (3) (a)   (destructive) landslide in North American history.

(4) (a)   (bad) landslide in Britain happened in Wales in 1966.

It was (5) (a)   (dangerous) than the landslides in Australia and Puerto Rico, and it killed 144 people.

One of (6) (a)   (sad) things about the Welsh landslide was that it destroyed a primary school.

Sue was (7) (a)   (lucky) than the other students – she didn’t go to school that day.

However, landslides aren’t very common. Remember that it’s (8) (a)   (safe) to stay inside than to go near the landslide.

END OF ACTIVITY 2

3. Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of WAS / WERE or THERE WAS / WERE. (6p)

1. After the tornado, (a)   any electricity. The storms damaged the cables.

The earthquake didn’t destroy our house, and we (a)   safe.

(a)   a volcanic eruption in Washington in 1980?

The avalanche (a)   frightening. The snow was moving very fast.

(a)   your neighbours at home when the river flooded?

(a)   a big tsunami in Thailand in 2004.

END OF ACTIVITY 3

4. QUANTIFIERS. Complete the sentences with TOO, TOO MUCH, TOO MANY or ENOUGH. (7p)

1_ The exam was (a)   difficult.

TOO, TOO MUCH, TOO MANY or ENOUGH.

There were (a)   people at the concert. We couldn’t move.

TOO, TOO MUCH, TOO MANY or ENOUGH.

You gave me (a)   money. Here’s €5.

TOO, TOO MUCH, TOO MANY or ENOUGH.

I ate (a)   food yesterday. Then I had a stomach ache.

TOO, TOO MUCH, TOO MANY or ENOUGH.

We wore (a)   clothes and were hot.

TOO, TOO MUCH, TOO MANY or ENOUGH

He isn’t tall (a)   .

TOO, TOO MUCH, TOO MANY or ENOUGH

There isn’t (a)   milk for our coffee. We need to buy some more.

END OF ACTIVITY 4

5. Write the correct verb. Use the PAST SIMPLE form. (5p)

She (a)   (buy) a new pair of shoes yesterday.

He ___________ (have) a shower before he ________ (go) to bed.

(write the two anwers with a coma between)

(a)  

I (a)   (cook) dinner for my grandparents last weekend.

My brother (a)   (see) the new Star Wars film last night.

I (a)   (find) my lost bag yesterday.

END OF ACTIVITY 5

6. Complete the sentences using the PAST CONTINUOUS form of the verbs in the box. There are two extra verbs. (5p)

dance do eat listen play talk walk

He (a)   to the radio in the car.

dance do eat listen play talk walk

I (a)   my homework when my mobile rang.

dance do eat listen play talk walk

It began to rain as she (a)   to school.

dance do eat listen play talk walk

Dan and Robert (a)   football in the park.

dance do eat listen play talk walk

They (a)   breakfast when I arrived.

END OF ACTIVITY 6

7. Complete the sentences with the correct form of USED TO and the verbs in the box. (5p)

go hate like live wear

My dad didn’t (a)   glasses, but he does now.

go hate like live wear

I (a)   playing tennis, but I don’t enjoy it anymore.

go hate like live wear

She (a)   strawberries, but she loves them now.

go hate like live wear

Did you (a)   in the city?

go hate like live wear

They (a)   to the swimming pool every Thursday.

END OF ACTIVITY 7

8-Complete the sentences with the verb pairs. Use the PAST SIMPLE and the PAST CONTINUOUS in each sentence. (8p)

change / have get / watch  work / send  eat / wait

When I _____________________ home, Mum _____________________ TV.

Write the two answers with a coma between.

(a)  

change / have get / watch  work / send  eat / wait

I _____________________ my sandwich while I _____________________ for the bus.

Write the two answers with a coma between.

(a)  

change / have get / watch  work / send  eat / wait

He _____________________ channels while I _____________________ a shower.

Write the two answers with a coma between.

(a)  

change / have get / watch  work / send  eat / wait

Dad _____________________, when I _____________________ a few emails.

Write the two answers with a coma between.

END OF ACTIVITY 8

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