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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Marina and John​ (a)   at the cinema.​

Choose from the below words
are
is
be
was
2.

My father and I ​ (a)   both very busy today.

Choose from the below words
are
is
be
were
3.

 Is Mary ​ (a)   at the mall?

Choose from the below words
_
is
are
were
4.

Why ​ (a)   the books on the floor?

Choose from the below words
are
is
be
was
5.

When I was younger I used to go to school. I used to play football and tennis, I loved sports. I also used to read a lot of books. Now, I don’t like reading books and I never play sport. I’m too tired after work!

What did he use to do?

a)

He used to read a lot of books.

b)

He use to read a lot of books.

c)

He usually read a lot of books.

6.

When I was younger I used to live in Spain, that’s where I was born. Now I live in Ireland, near Dublin. I used to have problems speaking English but now I understand everything people say to me.

What did Paola use to find diffucult?

a)

She usually has problems speaking English.

b)

She used to have problems speaking English.

c)

She uses have problems speaking English.

7.

When I was young I used to be a pilot and I loved my job because it was interesting. I used to live in London. Now I’m retired and live in Scotland. 


What did he use to be?

a)

He used to be a pilot.

b)

He uses to be a pilot.

c)

He use to be a pilot.

8.

Why does the sun move across the sky? How ____ the mountains and the oceans formed? How ____ men and women created?

(a)  

9.

However, before the development of scientific knowledge, the world (a)   a mystery. Early men and women told stories, or myths, in an attempt to answer these great questions.

10.

One question that our ancestors asked was how human beings received the gift of fire. Fire (a)   especially important to early humans because it provided heat and light, but, at the same time, it could also be wild and destructive.

11.

In ancient Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus (a)   a friend to mankind.

12.

He stole fire from Zeus, the most powerful god, and gave it to humans. For this crime, he (a)   punished with eternal pain.

13.

Match the following

a)

Ancient Greek mythology

1.

Titan Prometheus

b)

Native American myth

2.

Coyote

c)

Myth from the Fiji Islands

3.

A terrible fire-breathing giant

d)

Myths

4.

An attempt to answer great questions

14.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following

Charlie's granddad is very old and can't do those things.

Charlie has his own son. He and his son go to the park every Saturday

he used to go to the park with his granddad every Saturday.

Charlie's granddad used to push him on the swings and play football with him.

Charlie's granddad used to buy him an ice cream on the way home and tell stories.

He and his son go to the park every Saturday.

Present
Past
15.

Organize these options into the right categories

Categorize the following
WERE
IS
ARE
WAS
16.

Was is the plural past of the verb “are”.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

17.


  1. I used to live in Switzerland.

  2. It ____ __ __ cold in the winter. (be)



(a)  

18.

Reorder the following

a)

We used

b)

to leave

c)

the house to

d)

go shopping.

1)
2)
3)
4)
19.

Organize these sentences into the right categories.

Categorize the following

Now, we play online games.

Now, we go online shopping.

Now, we do not need to leave our houses to buy things.

Now, some of us are not healthy.

We used to go shopping.
We used to play outside.
20.

Now I enjoy life. I ______ a very boring life.

a)

used to had

b)

used to have

c)

used to has

d)

usually having