Extra Grammar Practice

A) Choose the correct option.

1. I didn’t like the film because it was/wasn’t boring.

2. The students had an exam and they wasn’t/weren’t happy.
3. Was/Were you tired last night?’ ‘Yes, I was.’
4. The queen wasn’t/weren’t in the castle with the king.
5. ‘Were your parents at the concert last night?’ ‘No, they were/weren’t.’

B) Complete the text with was, wasn’t, were or weren’t.

Kala, 12
Last weekend, my parents and I __________ in London. Unfortunately, the weather __________ very good,
but it __________ a good weekend. Our hotel __________ in the centre of the city. It was quiet inside because
there __________ many people at the hotel, but there __________ a lot of traffic in the street.

C) Use the prompts to make sentences in the Past Simple.

1. John / not have / coffee / for breakfast.

2. you / visit / the museum / last month?
3. Sylvia and Kemi / come / to your house / yesterday?
4. I / not see / the documentary / on TV / last night/
5. we / do / judo / at school / last Monday

D) Choose the correct option.

8. There ________ 100,000 tigers in the world 100 years ago. Today only about 3900 remain in the wild.

a. are b. were c. was

9. I ________ at the cinema with my friends last Friday.

a. were b. weren’t c. was

10. ________ there many pets at the pet shop?

a. Was b. Were c. Wasn’t

11. Were the kids bored at the zoo? No, they ________.

a. were b. was c. weren’t

12. I ________ a bearded dragon as a pet last Sunday.

 a. get b. not get c. got

13. My sister ________ to the animal rescue centre to help as a volunteer.

a. went b. go c. not go

14. When did you last ________ the dog?

a. fed b. feeds c. feed

E) Complete the sentences with the correct Past Simple form of the verbs below. There is one
extra verb.

escape - go - happen - leave - look - play - write

1. A man _________ Rex at the animal rescue centre.

2. Mateo _________ a list of things for Lena to do.
3. Lena _________ with Rex in the morning.
4. Lena _________ to the kitchen to get Rex’s food.
5. Rex suddenly _________ from his cage.
6. Lena _________ for Rex everywhere.

F) Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the verbs in brackets.

1. My dad __________________ (use/work) in London, but now he works at home.

2. My mum __________________ (use/be) a teacher, but now she works in an office.
3. I __________________ (not use/like) heavy metal, but now I love it.
4. My sister __________________ (not use/work) very hard, but now she’s the best student in her class.
5. ‘ __________________ (you/use/go) out with Melanie?’ ‘Yes, but we broke up.’

G) Choose the correct option.

1. People used/used to ride horses when they didn’t have cars.

2. Our grandparents didn’t use/not used to have smartphones when they were young.
3. How did you used/use to have fun in your childhood, grandma?
4. Did students use/used to search the internet 100 years ago?

H) Choose the correct option.

1. What do you like do/doing at the weekend?

2. I’d like to become/becoming an app designer one day.

3. My brother loves check/checking his social media.

4. Tell Jordan to stop to send/sending me these stupid pictures.

5. Chrissie needs to pick/picking some flowers for her science project.

I) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1. Hasan loves ____________ (play) rugby and volleyball.

2. Grandma agreed ____________ (pay) for my summer trip.
3. We decided ____________ (watch) a different film.
4. Cindy doesn’t mind ____________ (go) cycling.
5. I don’t enjoy ____________ (do) the dishes.

J) Choose the correct option.

1. My mum can’t stand to use/using social media. She prefers face-to-face communication.
2. Stop watching/to watch videos on YouTube, go and play outside.
3. Grandma learned using/to use the internet. Now she finds recipes online.
4. My phone is dead. I need to charge/charging it.

K) Choose the correct option.

8. Granny, how did you ________ communicate when you were young?

a. used to b. used c. use to

9. People ________ have mobile phones one hundred years ago.

a. use to b. used to c. didn’t use to

10. A: Did you use to send paper postcards for Christmas fifty years ago? B: Yes, we ________.

a. did b. used c. didn’t

11. We decided ________ as volunteers at the local animal rescue centre.

a. help b. to help c. helping

12. Remember ________ millions of people at 8:30 pm on Saturday and switch off the lights for the Earth
Hour.

a. join b. to join c. joining

13. I would love to be an IT specialist when I grow up. I like ________ digital devices.

a. to fix b. fix c. fixing

14. I often communicate with my friends in social networks, but I still prefer ________ face to face.

a. talking b. to talk c. talk

L) Choose the correct option.

1. This is a film who/which I really want to see.

2. Merida is the Disney Princess where/who I’d like to be!

3. It’s a TV series about two men who/which find aliens.

4. I like books which/that teach me something new.

5. I went to the café where/which they serve the best cheesecake in town.

M) Choose the correct option.

1. This is the room that/where I study.

2. The thing which/who I like most about my room is a poster of my favourite group on the wall.
3. This is the architect which/who designed our house.
4. This is the chair that/who our cat usually sleeps on.

N) Choose the correct option.

1. I never do the cooking because I can’t cook good/well.

2. My brother tidied his bedroom very fast/fastly because he wanted to go out with his friends later.

3. Please wash the dishes slow/slowly. You don’t want to break my new plates.

4. My mum vacuums the floor herself because she says that we do it bad/badly.

5. Don’t put on the dishwasher at night. It runs so noisily/noisy.

O) Choose the correct option.

1. You ________ follow some rules when you visit Mia’s gran’s house.
 a. can b. have to c. mustn’t

2. You ________ use your mobile phone near Mia’s gran. She doesn’t like it.

a. can’t b. don’t have to c. can

3. You ________ stay in the bathroom as long as you want.

a. don’t have to b. can c. can’t

4. Girls can’t wear jeans at dinner. They ________ wear a nice dress.

a. have to b. don’t have to c. mustn’t

5. You ________ forget to say 'please' and 'thank you'.

a. have to b. don’t have to c. mustn’t

6. You ________ be good at singing but you can’t refuse.

a. have to b. mustn’t c. don’t have to

P) Choose the correct option.

8. An American engineer Percy Spencer is the man ________ invented the microwave.

a. who b. which c. where

9. I joined the campaign to clean up the local park because we must take care of the place ________ we
live.

a. that b. which c. where

10. Doing the shopping is the housework ________ I really like.

a. that b. where c. who

11. This is a reusable bag ________ I use when I do the shopping.

a. where b. which c. who

12. I don’t ________ vacuum the floor. My sister does it.

a. have to b. can c. must

13. You ________ forget to say 'please' and 'thank you' when you speak to people.

a. must b. have to c. mustn’t

14. I left my pen at home. ________ I borrow one of yours?

a. Must b. Can c. Can't