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past simple and extreme weather

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 52mins

Name
Class
Date
1-5.
1.

1

(a)  

2.

2

(a)  

3.

3

(a)  

4.

4

(a)  

5.

5

(a)  

6.

1     During the earthquake, the ground shook / fell and there was a loud noise.

a)

shook

b)

fell

7.

Heavy rain poured / rose down for two days.

a)

poured

b)

rose

8.

Because of the rain, the water levels in the river rose / poured.

a)

rose

b)

poured

9.

Water flowed / fell into the streets, and the flood damaged lots of houses.

a)

flowed

b)

fell

10.

Winds of 100 kilometres an hour poured / blew during the tornado.

a)

poured

b)

blew

11.

A lot of trees blew / fell yesterday because of the tornado, and they hit many cars.

a)

bleew

b)

fell

c)

fel

d)

blew

12-16.
12.

1

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

13.

2

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

14.

3

a)

C

b)

D

c)

E

d)

F

15.

4

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

16.

5

a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

17-25.

type the best options.

About 400 years ago, there was an earthquake near my home. It happened at sea. People could feel the ground 1 _____in towns 100 kilometres away. The sea water 2            very quickly, and there was a terrible 3                      . At the same time, there was a lot of heavy rain. The water 4   into farms, villages and people’s homes. A lot of people and animals 5     that day. Trees and houses

6                       . After the water went away, people tried to 7                        the damage, but they didn’t forget what had happened. They built a big wall, and now the sea can’t 8      ______

9 .                          .

1     A   blow                  B      shake

2     A   rose                  B      came

3     A   flood                 B      lightning

4     A   put                    B      flowed

5     A   disappeared      B      disagreed

6     A   fell off               B      fell down

7     A   clear up             B      put out

8     A   pour                  B      fall

9     A   any better         B      any more

17.

1

(a)  

18.

2

(a)  

19.

3

(a)  

20.

4

(a)  

21.

5

(a)  

22.

6

(a)  

23.

7

(a)  

24.

8

(a)  

25.

9

(a)  

26-32.
26.

1

(a)  

27.

2

(a)  

28.

3 (include "you" in your answer)

(a)  

29.

4

(a)  

30.

5

(a)  

31.

6

(a)  

32.

7

(a)  

33.

used to / didn’t use to

It                snow a lot. NEGATIVE

(a)  

34.

used to / didn’t use to / did... use to

I                      enjoy swimming in summer. POSITIVE

(a)  

35.

used to / didn’t use to / did... use to

(a)   My country                      have more extreme weather than now? QUESTION (include the subject)

36-42.

choose the correct words in each sentence.

Did you hear the thunderstorm last night? Wow, I 1 _____ up at 3 a.m. The rain was hitting
my window loudly and the lightning was illuminating the whole sky. I 3 _____completely terrified. I got out of bed and I 4 _____ on my knee. Ouch! I watched the storm for about half an hour, then it 5 _____ calmer and the rain stopped. I 6 _____ enjoy storms when I was little, but now they scare me. My baby brother was scared too. He 7 _____ his blanket off and 8 _____.

36.

1

a)

wake

b)

woke

c)

wok

d)

woken

37.

3

a)

am

b)

were

c)

was

d)

wos

38.

4

a)

fel

b)

fellt

c)

felt

d)

fell

39.

5

a)

became

b)

becamed

c)

become

d)

becomed

40.

6

a)

ussed to

b)

didn't used to

c)

used to

d)

use to

41.

7

a)

threw

b)

threwed

c)

thow

d)

thew

42.

8

a)

cry

b)

cried

c)

cryed

d)

criied

43-49.
43.

1

(a)  

44.

2

(a)  

45.

3

(a)  

46.

4

(a)  

47.

5

(a)  

48.

6

(a)  

49.

7

(a)