Language Focus Unit 3

Past simple be Past simple

1 Complete the dialogue with was, were, wasn’t or 3 Write the past simple forms of the verbs in the
weren’t. correct place in the table.
Arthur Hi Anna. Where were you last week? arrive buy carry dance finish
Anna I (1) _____________ on holiday with my hurry leave plan play stop
mum and dad.
Arthur Really? Where (2) _____________ you? -ed -d remove y,
Anna We (3) _____________ in Brighton, in add -ied
England. ___________ arrived ___________
Arthur Wow! (4) _____________ it good? ___________ ____________ ___________
Anna No, it (5) _____________ . The weather
double irregular
(6) _____________ horrible and the sea
consonant
(7) _____________ cold. + -ed
Arthur Where did you stay?
_____________ ___________
Anna In a hotel.
_____________ ___________
Arthur (8) _____________ there a swimming pool?
Anna No, there (9) _____________
4 Complete the sentences using the affirmative or
Arthur (10) _____________ the rooms nice? negative past simple form of the verbs.
Anna No, they (11) _____________ .
He met (meet) some friends in the park at the
Arthur Oh dear!
weekend and they watched (watch) a football
Anna It (12) _____________ a terrible holiday! match.
1 It _____________ (not snow) here last winter so
there was, there were we _____________ (go) skiing in Italy instead.
2 We _____________ (have) dinner at my aunt’s
2 Choose the correct words.
house and we _____________ (eat) cake.
3 We _____________ (not arrive) until five o’clock
and we _____________ (leave) at six o’clock.
4 She _____________ (have) a lovely party. She
_____________ (open) her presents and then
everybody _____________ (sing) ‘Happy
Birthday’ to her.

5 Write questions for the answers. Use the

question words in the box.
what what time when where who
Last year in my classroom there wasn’t / was Where did she go?
one whiteboard. There were two. She went to the shopping centre.
1 There were / was two doors. 1 _____________________________________ ?
2 There was / were one window. She went last Saturday.
3 There weren’t / wasn’t fifteen desks. There 2 _____________________________________ ?
were sixteen. She arrived at eleven o’clock.
4 There weren’t / wasn’t a computer. 3 _____________________________________ ?
5 There was / were three cupboards. She bought a computer game.
6 There was / were a bookcase. 4 _____________________________________ ?
She met a school friend.

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Vocabulary Unit 3
Adjectives: opinions Common verbs

1 Choose the correct words. 4 Complete the email with six of the words in the
box.
No one liked them. They were very popular /
unpopular / kind. gave go left met saw travelled
looked stayed took visited
1 The food at the café was brilliant / kind / cruel.
2 They tried to be brave / relaxing / exciting
when they saw the lion.
3 When someone is not nice or kind, they are Hi Jack,
exciting / cruel / brilliant. I wanted to tell you about my holiday.
4 He didn’t have much money when he was a boy. My parents and I went to Venice. We
(1) _____________ there by train and we
He was awful / poor / popular.
(2) _____________ in a nice hotel near
5 She helped her friend with his maths homework. the main square. We explored the city and
She was very kind / cruel / relaxing. (3) _____________ lots of amazing
6 I like taking a bath because it’s really kind / things. We even (4) _____________ the
relaxing / terrible. famous Basilica di San Marco.
7 The rollercoaster was really cruel / kind / I (5) _____________ lots of photos! I was
exciting! very sad when we (6) _____________ .
8 My mum doesn’t like that shop. She says the
service there is unpopular / awful / brilliant. Where did you go on holiday?

2 Match the parts of words to make adjectives. Will

ing iant
ry ny
lar ible
mous ch

boring 4 popu_________
1 brill_________ 5 ri_________
2 enor_________ 6 sca_________
3 horr_________ 7 ti_________

3 Complete the sentences with the words in 5 Choose the correct words.
exercise 2.
I came / gave / finished home very late.
He’d got lots of friends at school. He’s really
1 She had / ate / felt bad about not visiting her
popular.
grandmother last week.
1 I loved the school trip. It was _____________ !
2 They stayed / went / found a small cat in the
2 Their house has six bedrooms. The house is
garden.
_____________ !
3 We looked / watched / gave the cat some food.
3 They’ve got lots of money. They’re
4 Did you made / have / leave a good time at the
_____________ .
party?
4 The food wasn’t very good. It was
5 Jess looked / watched / saw at her watch and
_____________ !
then she left.
5 I don’t want to read this book. It isn’t interesting.
6 We played / came / gave games and then we
It’s _____________ .
went / watched / started TV.
6 Tales of Halloween is a _____________ horror
7 We didn’t watch / see / look our friends after
film.
school.
7 It wasn’t big; it was _____________ !