A2 Practice time

PVIII Gym English Handbook final review practice pages.    

1 Use the correct form of the verb in brackets to complete the sentences. Scroll down for answers.

1    Why _______________ (not  be) you at the cinema last night?

2    Did you _______________ (arrive) by bus?

3    They _______________ (be)late for the match last Saturday.

4    He _______________ (have) a bath in the evening.

5    I _______________ (see) David Beckham in London last week.

6    Look! Harry _______________ (dance) with the new girl.

7    Dave and Bill _______________ (start) school at 7.30 yesterday.

8    I _______________ (watch) The X Files on TV last night.

9    Did you _______________ (buy) a mobile phone?

10 Be quiet! I _______________ (watch) TV!

11  Giles and Lola _______________ (not be) going to the cinema with us.

12  He _______________ (not be) a teacher.

13  Jane and Ruth _______________ (be) from Los Angeles.

14  My parents _______________ (have got) a Japanese car.

15  The film _______________ (start) at 8.45.

16  There _______________ (be) a video camera in the bank.

17  They _______________ (not have got) a computer.

18  Mrs. Smith_______________ (not want) us to come to school early.

19  _______________ your sister _______________ (like) techno?

20  I _______________ (not like) geometry.

 

 

Look at these verbs.  Write the infinitive or past tense.

VERB	PAST TENSE
leave	left
1  run
2	took
3  go
4  see
5	heard
6  sleep
7  think
8	gave
9	wore
10	put

3 Use the words and phrases in the box to complete the sentences. There are two extra words.   

tight / after /at / first / how often / in / hate / never / then / these / those / too / usually / what’s / on / them / which

       Which_________ city is the most populated?

1    We _______________ dancing. We_______________ go to the disco just to hang out.

2    His birthday’s _______________ June. It’s ______________ the 14^th.

3    _______________ are my new shoes. Do you like ______________?

4    My sister’s clothes are _______________ baggy. I prefer ______________ jeans.

5    I do my homework and _______________ I watch TV.

6    I hate fried potatoes. I _______________ eat them.

7    _______________ do you use the Internet?

8    I _______________ surf the internet before I go to bed.

9    Can you see _______________ girls in the red car? The short one is my cousin.

10   ______________I have a shower _______________that I style my hair.

4 Read and answer the questions.

Well, yesterday, summer came to parts of Britain at last.  South-east England was the sunniest part of Britain yesterday, with seven hours of sun in Canterbury.  This was the warmest part, too.  We had 25 degrees Centigrade in some places.  The coldest part of Britain was the north of Scotland, with temperatures of only 7 degrees Centigrade. 

The west of Britainhad some very wet weather.  The rainiest weather was in the west of Wales, where it rained for 24 hours.  In the east of Englandthere was no rain, but it was very windy.

Fog was a problem in the south of Scotland yesterday, and there were some bad traffic accidents.

Now, a word about the weather abroad.  If you are going to Florida, be careful! Yesterday, temperatures were the hottest for fifty years, with a maximum temperature of 42 degrees Centigrade near Miami!

a) Choose the best title for the passage:

1    Yesterday’s weather

2     The weather tomorrow

 

3     Britain’s bad weather

 

b) True or false? Write T for true, write F for false.

1     The season is autumn in Britain.                                                                       c

2    Yesterday, England was warmer than Florida.                                                   c

3    The east of Englandwas wet yesterday.                                                             c

4    Yesterday, the west of Britainwas wetter than the south-east.                           c

 

 

 

1.       weren’t

2.       arrive

3.       were

4.       had

5.       saw

6.       is dancing

7.       started

8.       watched

9.       buy

10.   am watching

11.   aren’t going

12.   isn’t

13.   are

14.   have got

15.   starts

16.   is

17.   haven’t got

18.   doesn’t want

19.   Does     like

20.   Don’t like

Verbs

1.       ran

2.       take

3.       went

4.       saw

5.       hear

6.       slept

7.       thought

8.       give

9.       wear

10.   put

 
3.

1.        hate      usually

2.        in           on

3.        These   them

4.        too        tight

5.       then

6.       never

7.       How often

8.       usually

9.       those

10.   First       after

 

4.

a)  1 Yesterday’s weather

b)            1. F

                2. F

                3. F

                4. T