EMPOWER A2

UNIT 6B 2021-2022
ANSWER KEY
A. Write the correct (regular or irregular) past simple forms of the verbs below.

arrive __arrived____ show __showed__ tell ___told__

go ____went___ finish ___finished__ fly __flew___
watch ___watched__ break ___broke__ forget ___forgot__
enjoy _enjoyed___ build ___built__ help ___helped___
have ___had___ work ___worked__ become __became___
save __saved____ win ___won__ like ____liked___
play ___played___ write ____wrote__ come ____came___
cook __cooked__ buy __bought__ get ____got____
spend __spent__ cook ___cooked___ grow ___grew____
cry __cried__ try ___tried___ hear ___heard___
plan __planned___ drive ____drove__ make ____made___
die ___died__ find __found___ meet ____met___
live __lived____ eat ___ate___ read ___read_____
wake ___woke___ see ____saw___ sit ____sat____

B. Write the sentences below using the past simple tense.

Ex. for ten hours/ my daughter/ last night/ sleep
My daughter slept for ten hours last night.
1. the bus/ their uncle/ miss/ yesterday morning.
Their uncle missed the bus yesterday morning.
2. my cousin / her room/ tidy / last night.
My cousin tidied her room last night.
3. the school/ have /four years ago/ two canteens and a garden.
The school had two canteens and a garden four years ago.
4. she/ naughty/ be / young/ when /be /she
She was naughty when she was young.
5. last year/ pass / the university entrance exams/ his grandchildren.
His grandchildren passed the university entrance exams.

Adapted from Speakout /New English File/Oxford Practice Grammar

C. Complete the life story of Anita Roddick. Use the past simple form of the verbs in the box. (You
can find a list of the irregular verbs in your Empower book page 176.)

grow up leave open (x2) die meet travel sell

come have go work get study

Anita Roddick started The Body Shop, the first 'green'

cosmetics company. She was born Anita Perelli in the UK in
1942 and grew up in Littlehampton in the south of England.
Her parents __came__ from Italy and she __had___ three
brothers and sisters. After she _left_ school, Anita __went_
to Bath College and _studied__ to become a teacher. After
college, she _travelled__ all around the world. Then she
_met__ Gordon Roddick and they _got_ married in 1970. Anita and Gordon __opened__ a restaurant
and then a hotel. At the same time Anita __worked___ for the United Nations. She _opened____ the
first Body Shop in Brighton, England, in 1976. The shop __sold__ only fifteen items with only natural
ingredients. It now sells over 300 items to 77 million customers and in 2004 it was the twenty-eighth
top name in the world of business. Anita Roddick __died___ in 2007. She left behind a husband and
two daughters.

D. Write (T) true or (F) false next to the each statement about Anita Roddick. Correct the
statement with the information from the text above.

1. _F_ Anita lived in Italy. ___England________________________________

2. _T_ She went to Bath College __________________________________________

3. _F_ She became a teacher. ___She opened a restaurant then a hotel.________

4. _F_ After college she stayed at home. ___She travelled around the world._____________

5. _F_ She and her husband started a cafe.___A restaurant and a hotel__________________

6. _F_ She had a son. ____Two daughters_________________________

Adapted from Speakout /New English File/Oxford Practice Grammar

E. Rewrite the sentences in the positive, negative or yes/no question forms of the past simple
tense.

Ex. My grandfather bought me a nice present for my birthday last year. (-)

My grandfather didn’t buy me a nice present for my birthday last year.

1. Her mother made dinner yesterday. (?)

Did her mother make dinner yesterday?
She saw a man yesterday. (?)
Did she see a man yesterday?
2. They met their friends after work. (-)
They didn’t meet their friends after work.
3. The football players waited for the plane for two hours. (?)
Did the football players wait for the plane for two hours?
4. Her sister didn’t arrive at work on time last week. (+)
Her sister arrived at work on time last week.
5. There were some good films in the cinema last weekend. (-)
There weren’t any good films in the cinema last weekend.
6. I was a repairman ten years ago. (?)
Were you a repairman ten years ago?
7. Her brother didn’t break the vase yesterday. (+)
Her brother broke the vase yesterday.

F. Write the questions for the words in bold.

Ex. A: Where did you go on holiday last summer?

B: We went to Japan.
1. A: _When did you go to Japan____?
B: We went in August.
2. A: __Who did you travel__ with?
B: I travelled with my friend Ramon.
3. A: __What did you see___ ?
B: We saw Mount Fuji and Kyoto, the old capital.
4. A: __What did you eat___?

Adapted from Speakout /New English File/Oxford Practice Grammar

 B: We ate a lot of interesting food.
5. A: __What did you drink___?
B: We drank tea. A lot of tea!

G. Write the questions in the simple past.

Ex. it / be / your first time / Japan?

Was it your first time in Japan?
1. you / go / Hiroshima?
__Did you go to Hiroshima______?
2. you / meet / local people?
__Did you meet local people_____?
3. you / speak / Japanese?
___Did you speak Japanese______?
4. you / have / good time?
___Did you have a good time_____?
5. be / weather / good?
___Was the weather good______?

H. First, match answers a)-f) with questions 1-5. Then complete the short answers.

a) No, it wasn’t. I was there in 2004. ex

b) Yes, __I did__. It was the best time of my life. _4__
c) No, __I didn’t_____. It's very difficult, and I didn't study it! _3__
d) Yes, __it was__. It was hot and sunny. _5__
e) Yes, __I did___. They were very friendly. _2__
f) No, __I didn’t__. There wasn't time. _1__

Adapted from Speakout /New English File/Oxford Practice Grammar

Vocabulary

What kind of words are these? (e.g. nouns, verbs, adjectives etc.)
adopt win become know
begin visitor bring gift
real call close secret
advertise come send catch
cry spend dream cut
story decide tell simple
find think lose chance
both cost

1. the price, how much money you need to pay cost

2. special information, not many people know it secret
3. the same as ‘say’ tell
4. the opposite of ‘fake’ real
5. easy to understand simple
6. ____________ money / time on something spend
7. People give it to each other on special days gift
8. The possibility that something will happen chance
9. someone who visits a person or place visitor
10. tell people about a product/service to sell it advertise

Adapted from Speakout /New English File/Oxford Practice Grammar