EXTRA PRACTICE
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2
G1–2
1
Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
1
My mother leaved school when she was 14.
2
Did she started a new job last year?
3
When did you born?
4
Last weekend, my brother marryed his fiancée.
5
We did not had a lot of money last year.
6
‘Did they have a good holiday?’ ‘Yes, they had.’
7
We eated a lot of pasta last night.
8
She went to university at 2006.
2
Complete this dialogue with the past simple of
the verbs.
A:
What
1
(do) you think of the exhibition?
I
2
(think) it was pretty good.
B:
Really? I
3
(not/think) it was very good at all.
A:
So you
4
(not/like) the painting in the first
room?
B:
Oh, OK, yes I
5
(like) that one – that’s true.
But I
6
(lose) interest after that. But the artist
7
(have) a really interesting life.
A:
Yes, I admire her determination. She
8
(be)
quite a woman!
3
Match the two parts of the sentences.
1
Steve Ditko and Stan Lee created Spider-Man
about
b
2
I arrived in London last
3
We had an art class every week
4
The class went to the art exhibition on
5
We had dinner at a Mexican restaurant
6
I visited Paris
a
Wednesday. It was good.
b 50 years ago. It was a big hit.
c
last weekend. I had tacos.
d
three years ago. I loved the city.
e
at my high school. I didn’t enjoy it.
f
year. My English is a lot better now.
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4
Match three answers from a–i with each
question.
1
What’s your friend like?
2
What does your friend look like?
3
What does your friend like?
a
He’s short and he wears glasses.
b
He loves mountain biking.
c
She seems really shy, but she isn’t.
d
Just sitting around and watching TV.
e
He looks like my brother.
f
He’s very kind and patient.
g
He’s quite good-looking.
h
Well, she certainly isn’t stupid!
i
She likes cooking and eating good food.
V1, 3
5
Match the parts of the words in A and B to
make adjectives. (Two of the parts in B are used twice.)
A
1
creat
2
friend
3
hard
4
confi
5
determin
6
soci
7
talent
8
ordin
9
miser
10
cheer
B
able dent ful ary ed ive ly working
1
2
3
4
5
6
Use the adjectives from Exercise 5 to describe
these people.
1
She’s always at work very early and leaves late.
2
He likes designing and making things.
3
She plays the guitar and she’s very good at it.
4
He loves going to parties and being with people.
5
She works very hard every day because she really
wants to succeed.
6
He is often happy and makes people smile.
V2
7
Complete these sentences with your
experiences.
1
Last weekend, I
.
2
Three days ago, we
.
3
At the age of 16, I
.
4
When I was a child, we
.
V4
8
Choose the correct word or phrase.
I’m at university, in my second year, and
1
then /
at the moment
I’m doing film studies. I started it last year
and,
2
at first / until
, I hated it! I thought about changing
my course, but my tutor asked me to wait
3
afterwards /
until
the end of the first year. I decided to follow his
advice, so I waited, and
4
then / at the moment
in May,
I took the exams.
5
At first / Afterwards
, I looked back at
the year and decided it wasn’t really bad, so I decided to
continue with the course. Now I’m really enjoying it.
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9
10
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