Revision

Exercise 1. Write down the missing letters of the following past forms of the verbs. Some of them are regular, some are irregular.




Exercise 2. a) Read the story. Circle all the verbs in the Past Simple. How many of them can you find?

Yesterday afternoon Lionel and Frankie were at the zoo. First, they went to see the elephants. The elephants had very big ears and they made strange noises with their long noses. Lionel said that elephants ran very fast, Frankie thought that it was impossible. “They’re too big to run fast”, he said.

Then Lionel took Frankie to see the dolphins. The dolphins swam in their pool and did tricks. Frankie gave the dolphins some fish. They ate the fish very quickly. Frankie was hungry but he didn’t think that the fish were good to eat so they went to the shop at the zoo.

Lionel and Frankie bought two very big chocolate and strawberry ice creams. Then they stood and ate them next to the monkey’s cage.


b) Now answer the questions.

1. Where were Lionel and Frankie yesterday?

2. Which animals did they see first?

3. Did the elephants have small ears?

4. What did Lionel say about the elephants?

5. Did Frankie believe Lionel?

6. Where did Lionel take Frankie next?

7. What did the dolphins do?

8. What did Frankie give the dolphins?

9. Frankie was hungry. Where did they go next?

10. What did Lionel and Frankie buy at the shop?

11. Where did Lionel and Frankie stand?


Exercise 3. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1) She (work/works) in the bookshop.

2) He (get/got) home at twenty minutes to seven in the evening, (switch/switched) on the light, (close/closed) the door and (go/went/gone) to the bathroom.

3) The old lady (go/went/gone) to bed but she (hear/heard) something from the street and (wake up/woke up). She (come/came) to the window, (open/opened) it, but she (see/saw/seen) nothing.

4) My young sister (am/is/are) a modern girl. She (wear/wears) fashionable clothes which our parents (buy/buys) for us in foreign countries.

5) He (think/thinks) that he (know/knows) everything.

6) This man (was/were) very hard-working. He (do/does/did) his work very well.

7) Mother (give/gave/given) her daughter a present for the birthday.


Tongue-twisters. To read and remember

1. Swan swam over the sea.

Swim, swan, swim!

Swan swam back again.

Well swam, swan!


2. One-One was a racehorse;

Two-Two was one, too.

When One-One won one race,

Two-Two won one, too.