2A GRAMMAR past simple: regular and irregular verbs

Complete the conversations with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

1 A Is this your first time in the UK, Anna?

B No, I 1had (have) a holiday in Scotland last year.
A Really? I love Scotland! Where 2 you
(stay)?
B We 3
(stay) in Edinburgh. We 4 (book)
a hotel online, but unfortunately when we 5 (arrive)
we 6
(not like) it. So we 7
(leave) that
hotel and 8
(rent) an apartment. It was great! What
about you? When 9
(be) you in Scotland?
A Oh, a long time ago. I 10 (start) a university course
there. I 11
(not finish) the course, but I
12
(love) Scotland!

2 A Hi, Oliver. Welcome home! How 13 (be) your flight?

B Hi, Mum. It 14 (not be) bad. I 15 (not sleep)
much, but I 16
(watch) some good films.
A And 17
you (like) New Zealand?
B Yes! It 18
(be) fantastic. I 19 (have) a great
time. It’s a really beautiful country and I 20 (meet)
some amazing people. I 21
(not want) to come home!
A 
22
you (take) many photos?
B Yes, I 23
(take) a lot. I can show you when we
get home.

3 A Ruth! You’re back! 24 you (have)

a good holiday?
B No. It 25 (be) awful.
A Why? What happened?
B We 26 (stay) in a horrible apartment, and Tom
27
(think) the city was dangerous at night, so
we 28
(not go) out much in the evening.
A What 29
you (do) during the day?
30
you (go) sightseeing?
B Yes, we 31 (visit) all the famous places. But we
32
(argue) a lot. Tom 33 (buy) very
expensive souvenirs for all his family! I 34
(not buy)
anything.

ACTIVATION

Test your memory. Cover the conversations and look at the pictures.
Try to remember what happened to Anna, Oliver, and Ruth and Tom.
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 2B GRAMMAR past continuous
a Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the
past simple and past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
1 2 3

4 5 6

1 I was sleeping when you sent me the 4 They for the bus when they
message. (sleep, send) the accident. (wait, see)
2 Susan around Italy when she 5 It to rain when they
her boyfriend. (travel, meet) to school. (start, cycle)
3 We some old photos when 6 A dog into the road when I
we the house. (find, clean) home. (run, drive)

b Complete the story with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

Last summer, I 1was living (live) in Hawaii. One Saturday

morning, I 2 (wake up) early, and it
3
(be) a beautiful day. The sun
4
(shine), and I 5
(feel) really happy. I 6 (not need) to
go to work that day, so I 7 (decide)
to go surfing. Most of my friends 8

(work) and my girlfriend 9 (visit) her

parents, so I 10
(go) to the beach
alone. When I 11 (arrive), the beach
12
(be) already crowded. A lot of people
13
(sunbathe), children
14
(play) games and people 15
(swim) in the sea. Everyone
16
(enjoy) the lovely summer day. I 17
(put) my things
down on the beach, and then I 18 (begin) walking to the sea with my surfboard.
Suddenly, a man 19 (shout), ‘Shark! Shark! Get out of the water!’ At first, I
20
(not can) see anything, but then I 21 (see) a big shark.
Luckily, it 22
(not attack) anyone and 23
(swim) away quickly.
I 24 (not stay) at the beach after that, and I 25 (go) home
without going surfing!

ACTIVATION

Test your memory. Cover the sentences in a and look at the pictures. Try to remember the sentences.
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 2C GRAMMAR time sequencers and connectors
a Match the sentence halves and circle the correct word: so, but, because, or although.
1 The weather was awful, g a so / but I invited her to dinner.
2 I didn’t give him my phone number b because / although it had a happy ending.
3 Paul came to work c but / so we couldn’t find the house.
4 It was her birthday, d because / although I didn’t want him to call me.
5 Jake is an intelligent student, e although / because he was ill.
6 I ran to the shop f so / but we had a wonderful evening.
7 They didn’t want to dance, g but / so we didn’t go out.
8 We didn’t go anywhere special, h although / because I was in a hurry.
9 It was a sad story i because / but he’s very lazy.
10 We drove along the street very slowly, j so / because they left the club early.

b Complete the story with the time sequencers and connectors from the list.

although (x2) ​because (x3) ​but (x2) ​the next day ​one evening so (x3) ​suddenly ​two minutes later ​when

Don’t always listen

to the satnav...
Oscar Peters never wanted a satnav 1because he
didn’t like technology. And 2 his
brother gave him one as a birthday present, it
directed him into a difficult situation.
‘My brother Jez loves gadgets and technology. on the left. I could see that there was a road which
Last year, he gave me a satnav for my birthday, went through the water to the other side of the
3
he knew I didn’t really want one. river. The satnav said ‘Turn left!’, 10
Jez uses his satnav all the time 4 he I followed the instruction and turned left into the
likes listening to instructions, 5
I water. The satnav said ‘Go straight on!’, but
prefer using a map. 11
my car was completely stuck in the
6
, a friend of a friend phoned. mud. I had my phone with me, 12 I
She needed my help, 7
I agreed to phoned my friend and she came to the river to help.
drive to her house. 8
I had a map I felt terrible 13 she got very cold and
in the car, I decided to use the satnav to find her wet in the water.
village. It was dark, and I wanted to get there as 14
a tractor pulled my car out of
quickly as possible. the river, 15
it was completely ruined
Everything was going fine. I was nearly there, but by the water. I can’t believe I made such a stupid –
then 9
I saw there was a small river and expensive – mistake!’

ACTIVATION

Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

Although Jack was very good looking,… We decided to eat out because…
The party was really boring, so… Louisa met her husband when…
I enjoyed the film, but… I was watching TV when suddenly…
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 2A COMMUNICATIVE Truth or lie?

A time when I lost my phone… A time when I sent an email or text

message to the wrong person…
• When?
• How did you lose it? • Who did you send it to?
• Did you find it? • Who did you want to send it to?
• What happened?
• When was this?

A time when I bought something and A time when I found something

then decided that I didn’t like it… in the street…

• When? • What did you find?

• What was it? • When?
• Where did you buy it? • Where?
• What did you do with it? • What did you do with it?

A time when I broke something A time when I won

really valuable… a prize / competition…

• How old were you? • What did you win?

• What did you break? • How did you win it?
• What happened? • What did you do with
what you won?

A time when I forgot an A time when I lent something to a

important date… friend and he / she didn’t give it back…

• When? • When?
• What date did you forget? • What was it?
• What happened? • Who did you lend it to?
• What happened in the end?

A time when I found a large A time when I ate something

insect in my house… really horrible…

• What was it? • When?

• How did you feel? • Where?
• What did you do? • What did you eat?
• Why did you eat it?

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 2C COMMUNICATIVE Sentence race

1 I’m a vegetarian, so…

2 I’m really happy today because…

3 My friend invited me to dinner, but…

4 Although my job isn’t very well paid,…

5 Nora felt really ill, so…

6 My brother doesn’t go to his English class very often, so…

7 Although her written English is excellent,…

8 Maria didn’t buy the jeans because…

9 Paul has a lot of money, but…

10 It was really sunny yesterday, so…

11 Jack is a bit overweight because…

12 Although Katie is very attractive,…

13 It’s a great restaurant although…

14 The match was really boring, so…

15 We enjoyed our holiday although…

16 They live together, but…

17 I can’t go to the party tonight because…

18 It isn’t a great film, but…

19 I live with my parents because…

20 I didn’t like David when I first met him, but…

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 2A VOCABULARY Holidays
Complete the texts with one word in each gap.

1 I love going 1 a for the

weekend with my friends. We usually
2
g by car to a town or
village and st 3
in a hotel.
We don’t have much money, so we always
4
b our hotel months
before, as sometimes it’s cheaper that way.
We never go 5 c because
we want to be comfortable, and we don’t
like sleeping in tents.

2 Last winter, my best friend and I decided

to go 1 sk in the
Alps. I didn’t have any skis, so I
2
h some when I got
there. We decided to 3 r
a small apartment near the ski slopes, and
we 4 h a very good time.
We’ll definitely go back there next year.

3 If you like the beach and big cities, go

to Barcelona! In the mornings, you can
go 1 s and see all
the museums and monuments.
In the afternoons, you can go
2
sw in the sea or
simply 3 s on the beach.
You don’t have to 4 sp
a lot of money as everything is very cheap.
Make sure you 5 t a lot
of photos!

ACTIVATION

Write a short text describing your last holiday.

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 2B VOCABULARY Prepositions at, in, on
Complete each sentence with the correct preposition. Write in the PREPOSITION column.

PREPOSITION

1 The children are playing the park.

2 I love sunbathing the garden.

3 He’s studying physics university.

4 Let’s meet the bus stop.

5 Look! That’s a Picasso the wall.

6 The course starts May.

7 My grandfather died 2012.

8 I was born 25th October.

9 We have lunch work.

10 Do you go skiing winter?

11 Will you be home tonight?

12 Do you have a big meal the evening?

13 My English classes are Tuesdays and Thursdays.

14 My son usually does his homework night.

15 The flight leaves 7.00 a.m.

16 They got married Valentine’s Day. How romantic!

17 We usually go away Christmas.

18 I think you left your bag the kitchen.

19 I’m always very busy the weekend.

20 I live the centre of London.

ACTIVATION

Test your memory. Cover the PREPOSITION column and say the sentences.
Can you remember the prepositions?
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