Review 1A

Lessons 1-10

Vocabulary

1 Cross out the wrong word in each column and write it in the correct column.

music		money		film		places	school
album		pence		camera		director	essay
bank		pound		price		bookshop	science
saxophone		homework		movie		club	flute
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2 Match the words.

0 make (a) on the computer

1 change (b) the bus

2 post (c) your clothes

3 catch (d) a friend

4 play (e) a letter

5 give (f) some money

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3 Match the questions with the correct answers.

0 Where do you live? (a) At half past eleven.

1 Where are you staying? (b) To the beach.

2 What time is your granddad coming? (c) 45 Station Road.

3 Where are you going on holiday? (d) On a campsite.

4 Where are you meeting Mark? (e) At the weekend.

5 When are you going to the concert? (f) In the Italian café.

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4 Circle the word that is different.

0 tennis accent football swimming

1 through over across half

2 lake bridge trip island

3 drums tunnel violin trumpet

4 disco coffee post office bank

5 funny orchestra crazy strange

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Grammar

5 Complete the sentences using the Past Simple form of a verb from the box. There are three extra verbs.

go / sing / give / cry / fly / find / take / run / drive

0 We _went_ to a restaurant for Mum's birthday.

1 Last year I __________ in a plane for the first time.

2 He __________ straight down the road past the café.

3 Her aunt and uncle __________ her to the theatre.

4 My little brother __________ in the school concert.

5 My mum __________ in a marathon last month.

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6 Choose the correct answers.

0 Where ___are______ you _staying_____ in Rome?

(a) are ….. stay (b) are ….. staying (c) are ….. going to

1 Sam _______________ a shower at the moment.

(a) has (b) is having (c) is going to have

2 Tom's family _______________ on holiday this year.

(a) don't go (b) aren't going (c) doesn't go

3 Debbie _______________ to talk to you!

(a) wants (b) is wanting (c) is going to want

4 Oh no! It _______________ later tonight. I don't want to go out now.

(a) rains (b) is raining (c) is going to rain

5 Diana didn't do any work this year. She _______________ her exams.

(a) doesn't pass (b) isn't passing (c) isn't going to pass

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7 Complete the conversation using verbs from the box. Use the Past Simple. There is one extra word.

be / play / have / buy / say / go / think

Chris: Hi. How ⁰ _____was_____ your weekend?

Rick: Good, thanks. I ¹ _______________ to the shopping centre.

Chris: ² _______________ you _______________ anything interesting?

Rick: No, but I saw a cool computer game. I ³ _______________ it five times and won.

Chris: Why didn't you buy it?

Rick: I ⁴ _______________ enough money.

Chris: Never mind. You can get it with your birthday money.

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Rick: That's what my dad ⁵ _______________.

8 Read the sentences and complete them. Use words from the box. There are three extra words.

Could / couldn't / used / could / did / didn't / use / couldn't / use

0 A: __Could______ Jamie read when he was four?

B: Yes, he loved reading books.

1 A: Did Mum wear glasses when she was a child?

B: No, she didn't _______________ to wear them.

2 A: What was the play like?

B: I _______________ see very well - the man in front of me was very tall.

3 A: Did you _______________ to listen to CDs when you were young, Dad?

B: No. We listened to the radio.

4 A: When I was younger I _______________ use to like coffee.

B: I still don't like coffee now!

5 A: Could you understand the teacher?

B: Yes, I _______________ She spoke really slowly.

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9 Read and circle the correct answer.

Fifty years ago people ⁰ _didn't use to watch_ videos or DVDs at home. They ¹ _______________ to the cinema to see the latest film. Cinemas ² _______________ only one screen and they showed the same film for a week so you ³ _______________ two different films in the same weekend. The first multiplex cinema, which had more than one screen, ⁴ _______________ in America in 1963. Cinemas still show adverts before the film but fifty years ago there ⁵ _______________ adverts asking people to turn off their mobile phones!

0 (a) didn't use to watch (b) weren't watching (c) didn't to watch

1 (a) didn't use to go (b) went (c) were going

2 (a) had (b) didn't have (c) did have

3 (a) couldn't see (b) couldn't to see (c) not seeing

4 (a) used to open (b) were opening (c) opened

5 (a) didn't use to be (b) didn't have (c) didn't use

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10 Read and complete the story using the verbs in the brackets. Use the Past Simple, used to, could or the Past Continuous.

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My dad's grandmother __was_______ called Lizzie. When she was a girl she ¹ _______________ (go) to school. She had four brothers and one sister and the girls ² _______________ . (have to) stay at home and help with the work in the house. But Great Grandma Lizzie ³ _______________ (not like) doing housework so she used to hide under the table so her mother ⁴ _______________ (not find) her! She used to wait until it was quiet and then go and play in the fields. But one day when she ⁵ _______________ (climb) a tree her father saw her. She got into so much trouble that day.

Vocabulary		20
Grammar		30
Total		50

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