Unit 1 : Home life : Test 1

1.  Choose and fill in the gaps with a suitable verb in its past form.

break,  buy,    teach, sell,     perform,         spend,            revise,             make

1.      I was very hungry, so I          bought        a cake in the shop to eat.

2.      My father                             me how to use the washing machine a week ago.

3.    Jack fell off his bike and                             his arm.

4.    We needed some money, so we                             our TV set.

5.    The Browns                             a lot of money traveling last summer.

6.    The circus                             very well last night. The audience cheered them noisily.

7.    My students                             their lessons well for the exam.

8.    The chairman                              a nice speech at the meeting last night.

Choose and fill in the gaps with a suitable verb in its past form.

like,    work ,look, take,        earn,   buy,      stay,  move,  spend,     retire,        live,     clean

Ms. White was a very poor and nice woman. She .......... from 5.30 in the morning to 9.30 at night. She usually ............ all the rooms in the house before breakfast. She............$3,500 a year. In 1990, she ................to another family. She........... her job very much because she ..................after the children. There were five children. She..................great care of them. She ....................with that family for twenty years. Ms. White never married. She just ...................on her own. She ................when she was 60 years old. She ................a house and   ..................the rest of her life there.

1.    This is the first time I have eaten such good soup.

→This  is  the  best .............................................................................

→I have ................................................................................................

→Never before....................................................................................................

2.    My parents are busy. They try to spend as much time with us as possible.

→Although .................................................................................................

→Busy  as  .........................................................................................................

→However  ...................................................................................................

→In  spite of....................................................................................................

3.    The last time I met you was four years ago

→I haven’t...........................................................................................................

→I last.................................................................................................................It’s  been /  It is ...........................................................................................

4.    She got up early. She wanted to prepare the breakfast for her children.

→In   order..........................................................................................................

→She got up early so that ................................................................................