Unit 4 OUR PAST test 1

Write these sentences, putting one verb into the correct form ofE.g.: I smoke, but I give it up last year.. / used to smoke, but I gave it up last year.. I'm surprised that they join the

unit 4 OUR PAST

TEST 1

I Fill in each gap with missing letters to make meaningful words, based

on the definitions on the right.

1 C— U —L - Showing a desire to cause pain and

suffering

2 G -Z — - to eat growing grass

3 F — L — T -E - a story passed on in spoken form from

one generation to the next.

4. — T R - - the cut and dried stems of grain plants.

5. T - - to fasten sth with rope or string, etc.

II Odd one out.

3 a stopped b desired c washed d watched

4 a wanted b listened c played d grazed

5 a wished b stopped c needed d laughed

III Use the cues to answer these questions.

E.g.: Where did you go this weekend?

/ went to a party (to a party)

1. Who did you meet at the party? (someone very interesting)

2. What time did you and Eva get home? (a little after 1:00)

3. How did you and Bob like the art exhibition? (a lot)

5. Where did Jeff and Joyce go on vacation? (to the country)

IV Write these sentences, putting one verb into the correct form of

E.g.: I (smoke), but I (give it up) last year

/ used to smoke, but I gave it up last year.

1. He (live) in London before he (go) abroad

2. I (earn) a lot of money, but then I (lose) my job

3. I'm surprised that they (join) the tennis club They (not like) tennis

4. (you travel) a lot before you (get) this job?

6. That old radio (work) before I (drop) it.

7. We (see) them every week, but then we (have) an argument.

8. She (play) tennis a lot before she (break) her leg.

9. She (drive) a lot before she (have) the accident.

10 We (have) a garden, but then we (move) to a different house.

V Read the following story and put the verbs into the correct forms.

A grasshopper 0 spent the summer singing and dancing in the sun

hot

"I'm collecting food for the winter," (say) 2 the ant and (gc>

3 on her way

She (join) 4 all the other ants carrying food to their store

6 on dancing

When winter came and there (be) 7 snow on the gronn the grasshopper (have) 8 nothing to eat He (be) " very hungry, so he (go) 10 and (ask) 11 t h e a n t l"

give him some food "We (work) 12 all summer to collect our

food What 13 you (do)?" said one of ants

"I was busy singing and dancing," (reply) 14 the

grasshopper

"Well, if you sing and dance all summer and do no work," said the ant

"then you must starve in the winter."

1. I usually go swimming on Tuesday.

2. I got up 7 o'clock this morning.

3. Jim came round the afternoon.

4. The children get too many presents Christmas

5. We usually take our holiday September.

6. She was born in Australia 1952.

7. We left school 20 years

8.1 couldn't sleep night.

9 We moved here 20th October.

10 We all came to Ann's birthday party Sunday.

VII Rewrite the following sentences without changing the meaning.

1.1 gave up smoking 10 years ago

-.(used)

- John often went

- He used 4.1 walked to school in 20 minutes

- It took

5 During dinner, the phone rang.

- While I

VIII How have you changed in the last five years? Write your answers

to these questions.

1 What hobbies did you use to have five years ago? What hobbies do

you have now?

-Now,

2 What kind of music did you use to like then? Who were your favorite

singers?

What kind of music do you like now?