Extra

Extra grammar
grammar practice
practice: revision
reinforcement Unit 8
Past simple – negative; Past simple 4 ‘Did you tell/Did you told the truth in your job
interview?’ ‘Yes, I did./I told them I was a judo
– questions and short answers,
champion, but I’m not.’
Wh- questions 5 ‘Where did your grandmother worked/Where did
your grandmother work?’ ‘No, she didn’t./She
1 Complete the sentences with the past simple
worked in a hospital.’
negative form of the verbs given.
6 ‘Did the company win/What did the company win
1 The two weeks I did volunteer work I any prizes?’ ‘Yes, it did./No, it didn’t. It won the
(go) to school. “Green Company of the Year” prize.’
2 Fiona applied for a part-time job in the record shop,
but they (give) her an interview. 5 Choose the best answer to complete this text.
3 They (let) the student work in that
company because he had no experience.
Teenage billionaires
4 He (change) his mind about becoming ‘Today’s programme is about teenage billionaires
a cook, and now he’s a famous chef. around the world. Let’s start with Nick D’Aloisio. How
(1) his money?’
5 My grandfather (finish) school and
started to work as a builder at 15. ‘He sold his apps to big companies.’
6 My classmates said they (enjoy) their ‘When (2) ?’
work experience. ‘He started when he was only 12 years old. Then at 15, he
developed an app called Trimit.’
2 Complete the sentences with the past simple ‘How (3) ?’
negative form of the verbs in the box. ‘Trimit cut long articles and made them into short
summaries. Then Nick wanted to make it better, but he
apply • ​do • ​feel • ​get • ​have • ​know • ​like • ​meet • ​ (4) the money.’
pass • ​prepare
‘And (5) it?’
1 My brother the job because he ‘Yes, (6) . A Chinese businessman gave Nick
any work experience. $300,000 to work on it. The new app he developed was
2 We our friends were in town, so we called Summly and was very, very successful.’
them. ‘Do you know any teenage billionaires who
3 He his homework because he (7) rich very long and lost their money?’
very well. ‘Of course. Andrew Fashion is an example. He made a
4 Rose for the exam, and she lot of money on web advertising, over $2.5 million in
it. two years, but then he lost it.’
5 Tom for that job because he ‘(8) How it?’
the idea of working in a bank. ‘He spent more than he had. But that (9) him. Now
he has another company.’
3 Put the words in the correct order to make
questions.
1 A did he make B he made C made he
1 have/she/attitude/job/positive/Did/the/to/a/?
2 A did he started B did he start C he started
2 meal/cost/did/How/much/the/?
3 A does it work B did it work C worked it
3 Where/did/do/you/work/your/experience/?
4 A haven’t B doesn’t have C didn’t have
4 his/company/your/start/did/own/When/dad/?
5 successful/did/Bill/Gates/businessman/a/become/ 5 A did he find B did he found C found he
How/? 6 A he did B he found C he finds
6 assistants/their/did/all/lose/jobs/Why/the/shop/? 7 A not stay B not stayed C didn’t stay
8 A he lost B did he lose C didn’t lose
4 Circle the correct alternative.
9 A didn’t stopped B not stopped C didn’t stop
1 ‘Did you write/Who did you write your CV?’ ‘No, I
didn’t./Yes, I did. My dad wrote it for me.’
2 ‘What did the students learn/What the students did
learn in their job shadows?’ ‘No, they didn’t./They
learnt what it’s like to have a job.’
3 ‘Did your teachers give/Did your teachers gave you
good advice?’ ‘Yes, they did./They gave us lots of
useful tips.’

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