II. Supply the correct verbs: Using the past simple tense.
1. Yesterday, I (go).............to the restaurant with a client.
2. We (drive)........... around the parking lot for 20 mins to find a parking space.
3. My client and I slowly (walk)......... back to the car.
4. When we (arrive).......... at the restaurant, the place (be) ........ full.
5. Then we (see) ........... a small grocery store.
6. That (be) ............ better than waiting for two hours.
7. I (not go) .............. to school last Sunday.
8. We (stop)............. in the grocery store and (buy) ............ some sandwiches.
9. I (love ).............. him but no more.
10. Yesterday, I (get)............ up at 6 and (have) ............... breakfast at 6.30
Complete the sentences. Use the verb in parentheses
1.Ann and I ( go) ______ to the bookstore yesterday. I ( buy) _______some stationery and a T - shirt .
2. I had to fo downtown yesterday.I (catch)________the bus in front of my apartment and ( ride)_______to Grand Avenue. Then I ( get off)__________the bus and night . I ( eat,not)________anything.I'm on a diet.
4.Maria ( ask)____the teacher a question in class yesterday.The teacher (think)_______about the question for a few minutes and then said , "I don't know"
5. I ( want)________(go)_________to the basketball game last night, but I (stay)_______ home because I have to study.
6. Last night I ( read)__________an article in the newspaper. It ( be)_______about the snowstorm in Moscow.
7. Yesterday Yoko ( teach ) ________us how to say "Thank you" in Japanese. Kim ( teach) _______ us how to say "I love you" in Korean.
8.When Ben and I ( go )_________to the department store yesterday, I ( buy)______ some new socks.Ben (buy,not)________anything.
9. Rita ( pass,not) _______ the test yesterday.She ( fail) _____it.
10. Last summer we ( drive)________ to Colorado for our vacation . We ( visit ) _____a national park, where we ( camp) in our tent for a week. We ( go )_____fishing one morning. I ( catch) _____ a very fish, but my husband ( catch,not)______anything. We(enjoy) _____cooking and eating the fish for dinner. It (be)_____delicous.I like fresh fish.
11.I almost (have) ________ an accident yesterday. A dog (run) ________into the street in front my car . I (slam) _____on my brakes and just (miss)____ the dog.
12. Yesterday I ( play) ______ball with my little boy.He (catch)______ the ball most of the time, but sometimes he ( drop) _____it.
Now that we can all buy music over the Internet and (1) ....... thunes when we want , you have to ask yourself (2) ....... is the point of the city music store ? Why would we (3) .......... shopping in a music store when we can get everything we need at (4) ............. home ? Music stores know this and have taken account of the need (5) ....... change . City music stores are now meeting places and somewhere you can listen to music (6) ............. at full volume in a way that would irritateyour neighbours ! Also , stores have managed to get solo artist and bands to come and make appearances at the store to sign CD or posters and meet their fans . The stores now appeal to teenagers as they are becoming cool places to hang out and meet their friends (7) ................. browseusic . Of course , the stores can't (8) ............ for these activities but they hope that by getting people into the store , they will buy their music the ols - fashioned way - and it seems to be working .
Ex2: Read the text, then answer the questions below:
Last May Day, my class went to the countryside by bus for our holiday. There was too much traffic on the road so we had to move very slowly. It took us about one hour to get out of the town. After some time, we came to a hill. It was green and beautiful. We thought this was a good place for a picnic, so we stopped and took the food, fruit and drinks out of the bus. We sat down and began to eat. Suddenly a strong wind blew and soon it started to rain. We had to run back to the bus and have our meal in the bus. Then we drove back home. What a sad trip!
1. Where did his class go last May Day?
2. What was the traffic like?
3. Did they go very fast?
4. Where did they stop to have the picnic?
5. Did they have a nice trip? Why?
Ex3: Make the question sentence with the underline words
1. Let us use this computer.
Why .................................................................................................................?
2. Lili likes the country life more than the city life.
Lili prefers ..........................................................................................................
3. Do you intend to fly to Ho Chi Minh city next Monday?
Are you going to .................................................................................................?
4. Would you mind not making noise in class?
I’d rather you didn’t ............................................................................................?
5. How about drawing the picture?
Would you like ....................................................................................................?
The simple past and the past continuous
25. I just ( write ) a cheque when i (remember) that i (have) nothing in the bank
26. I (find) this ring as i (dig) in the garden. It looks very old. I Wonder who it (belong) to?
27. When i last (see) her she (hurry) along the road to the station. I (ask) her where she (go) and she (say), london but i don't think she ( speak) the truth because there(not be) any train for london at that time
28. The tailor said you suit will be ready on monday. But when i(call) on monday he still(work) on it.
29. Thr Teacher (come) into the classroom unusually early and one of the boys, who(smoke) a cigarette, (have) no time to put it out. So he (throw) it into the desk and ( hope) for the best
30. A little later teacher (notice) that smoke (rise) from this desk. You (smoke) when i (come) in hin he(ask)
31. While i ( swim) someone (steal) my clothes and i (have to) walk home in min my swimsuit
32. The men (say) that they (work) on the road outside my house and that they (want) some water to make tea
33. He (say) that he(build) himself a house and that he (think) it would be ready in two years
34. At 3a.m. Mrs pitt (wake) her husband and (say) that she (think) that someone (try) to get into the house
35. Why you (lend) him that book? I still (read) it
I'm sorry. I (not know) that you still (read) it
36. I (come) in very late last night and unfortunately the dog (wake) up and( start) to bank. This (wake) my mother who (come) to the top of the stairs and(say), who is there ?
I (say). It is me. But she (not hear) me because the dog (bank) so loudly , so she ( go) back to her room and ( telephone) the police.
Complete each of the following sentences with a compound noun from the box.
low season; hand luggage jet lag; sleeping bag; stopover; boarding pass; package tours; check-in; take-offs; round trip;
1. We should arrive at __________ at least two hours before departure.
2. I like going on __________ because everything is organised for you and included in the price.
3. It is reported that night __________ and landings are banned at this airport.
4. You can keep a small bag with you and take it on the plane as __________.
5. Tom can’t get out of his __________ . The zipper is stuck.
6. They had a two-day __________ in Viet Nam on the way to Moscow.
7. Mr. Linh said that it was a 80-kilometre __________ to his home town.
8. You mist have a __________ to be allowed to get on an aircraft or a ship.
9. My grandmother is still suffering from __________ after her trip to Australia.
10. The __________ for travel to Europe is defined as the months from November to March.
In Canada and the United States, (1) of the most popular days in the year is Halloween. It's a day (2) some people dress up in strange of unsual costumes . For example, they may dress to look (1) an animal , a person from a book or film or a famous person from history.In some places, children go to school in (4) Halloween costumes . After dark, many young children (5) on their costumes and visit their neighbours . They knock on the (6) and shout "trick or treat''. Then the neighbours (7) them some candy,and the children go on to the (8) house .There (9) usuallHolloween parites in the evening and usually there is a prize for the best or (10) unsual costume.
I. Write one word from the box in each gap.
wild /local/ named/ located/ extinct /amazing
freezing /rescue/ mild /countryside /global /litter
31. If only we could go to the ...................................... to get some fresh air.
32. Many plants and animals are in danger of becoming ...................................... . If they do, we’ll never
see them again.
33. Zoos give us the opportunity to see ...................................... animals up close.
34. The weather is quite ...................................... here, even in the winter. It rarely snows.
35. The ...................................... weather forecast is usually much more accurate than the national one.
36. I wish you wouldn’t drop your ...................................... on the ground. Put it in the bin!
37. Scientists have ...................................... the new planet ‘Sedna’.
38. Looking down at the Earth from space must be an ...................................... experience.
39. It’s ...................................... in here! Let’s put the heating on.
40. The wildlife park is ...................................... 15 km outside the town.
41. If you get lost in the desert, there will be no one around to ...................................... you!
42. Climate change is a ...................................... problem. Every country in the world is affected.
spend ; from ; exercise ; fit ; ride ; for ; tired ; energy ; in ; calorie
we need calories or ................... to do the things every day. For example, when we walk or ................ a bike to school, we spend a certain a certain amount of .........and even when we sleep, we also use them. But now many calories should we ...............a day to stay in shape? It is difficult ............... us to calculae. If people want to keep ................., they should remember that every should have between 1600 and 2500 calories a day.
we get calories ........................... the food we eat. If we get too much food and don't take part .......................................any activities, we can get fat quickly. So besides stdying, we should do some ....................................., play sports ỏ do the ousework, such as cleaninf the floor, cooking etc, if we don't eat enough, we feel .............................and weak