GRAMMARzonePast simple

for an action that started and finished in the pastPeter played in the match.

They studied hard for the exam.

for one completed action after anotherThe lesson finished and the children left the

classroom.

for an action that happened regularly in the pastI stayed with my grandparents every summer.I played in the park every afternoon.

form the past simple of regular verbs by adding -ed Sarah stayed after school.

The team practised in the sports hall.

be careful of spelling changes travel – travelledstop – stopped

plan – planned

some irregular verbs do not form the past simple with -ed Annie saw her friend at the match.

Our school won the match.

We went home at four o’clock.

He bought some books.

did/didn’t + infinitive to make negative sentences in the past simpleHelen didn’t think that basketball was interesting.

Talking about the past

Peter played in the match.

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Complete the table with the correct past simple form of these verbs.

arrive ask carry decide join listen

practise stop study travel try

Add -ed Add -d Change -y to -i and add -ed

Double consonant and add -ed

joined

Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs.1 Tim decided (decide) to go on the

Geography trip.

2 We (try) to fi nish our homework

before the lesson.

3 The teacher (stop) the lesson fi ve

minutes early.

4 I (carry) my teacher’s books.

5 They (study) hard for their exam.

6 Robert and Phillip (join) the

football club.

7 The class (travel) by coach to the

theatre.

8 He (listen) to his teacher.

9 I (ask) my teacher about the trip.

Complete the table with the correct form of the verbs.

Infi nitive Past simple

win 1) won

2) came

have 3)

4) was/were

drink 5)

6) caught

tell 7)

8) heard

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2

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Asking questions about the past

Email

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Hi,

I 1) had my fi rst day at my new school today.

I 2) a bit nervous in the morning, but

everything went well. All the teachers 3)

nice and friendly. My fi rst lesson 4)

Maths. I’m not very good at Maths, but the lesson

5) hard. We 6) much

homework, which was good! And the other subjects

7) too diffi cult so I was happy.

I 8) lunch in the school canteen, but I

didn’t like the food very much!

I hope your fi rst day at school 9) OK too.

Paul

GRAMMARzonePast simple questions

past simple of be to ask questions about the pastWere you tired last night?

was/were or wasn’t/weren’t for short answersWas he pleased? Yes, he was./No, he wasn’t.Were they here yesterday? Yes, they were./

No, they weren’t.

did + infinitive with other verbs to ask questions in the past simpleDid he go to football practice?

Did you study French?

Did we have any homework?

some past simple questions use time phrases like last week, two hours agoDid he arrive here yesterday?

Did they study History last year?

Interviewer: 1) enjoy / you / school? / Did

Did you enjoy school?

Kate: Yes, I liked studying and, of course,

spending time with my friends!

Interviewer: 2) was / What / best subject? / your

Kate: I love painting so I loved my Art lessons.

Interviewer: 3) you / Did / always do / your homework?

Kate: Yes, of course! Well, maybe not always!

Interviewer: 4) a favourite teacher? / Did / have / you

Kate: No, not really. I liked all my teachers.

Interviewer: 5) good at / you / sports? / Were

Kate: Terrible! I was never in any sports teams.

Interviewer: 6) make / Did / any good friends at

school? / you

Kate: Yes, I met most of my good friends

at school.

Choose the correct verbs.1 We didn’t go/went to the concert last night.

2 She didn’t play/played tennis with me.

3 I didn’t forgot/forget my books.

4 They didn’t liked/like the fi lm.

5 He didn’t have/had any lunch.

6 It didn’t rained/rain yesterday.

7 You didn’t tell/told me about the homework.

8 We didn’t fi nished/fi nish the exercise.

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Put the words in the correct order to complete the questions.

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Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs.1 Our teacher gave (give) us a lot of

homework yesterday.

2 We (have) a break after Maths.

3 Sarah (eat) in the school canteen

at lunchtime.

4 School (fi nish) early yesterday

because there was a lot of snow.

5 I (see) Tom and Mark in the

playground.

6 I really (enjoy) our History lesson

this morning.

7 We (go) on a school trip to a museum

last year.

8 The football team (practise) every

afternoon last week.

Complete the email with was/wasn’t, were/weren’t or had/didn’t have.

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My favourite part is Biology.

I love drawing and painting.

I really enjoy football and hockey.

I practised this language on holiday last year.

I’m really interested in learning about different countries.

I think all the stories about kings and queens are fascinating!

This is my best subject. My teacher says I’m really good with numbers.

I really enjoy writing stories in this lesson.

I enjoy using the Internet because there’s so much information!

Compound nouns are usually made from

two words.

The first noun usually gives us information

about the second noun.

A shop that sells clothes is a clothes shop.

A brush for your hair is a hairbrush.

We write some compound nouns as

one word.

weekend, sunglasses, newspaper

We write some compound

nouns as two words.

post office, computer game,

telephone call

WORDzone

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Vocabulary | What’s cool in school? 3

School Match the sentences with these school subjects.

Art Computer Studies English French

Geography History Maths PE Science

1

Science

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

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Complete the sentences with a word from each box.2

note

bus

mountain

sun

book

bike

shop

glasses

stop

book

1 She cycles to school on her mountain bike .

2 I write all my homework in my .

3 He needs to buy a dictionary from the

.

4 I always wear in the summer.

5 Meet me at the after school.

Match these words with the clues.

bin match primary school secretary

secondary uniform

1 This is a school for teenagers. secondary

2 Many children in the UK wear one to school.

3 This is a sports competition.

4 This is the place where you put your rubbish.

5 This is a school for very young children.

6 This person works in the school offi ce.

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Complete the table with these words.

blazer jacket jeans jumper shirt

shoes skirt sweatshirt tie

trainers trousers T-shirt

Casual Smart

jacket blazer

4 Complete the blog with words from Exercise 4.5

Every summer I 1) go/make to a study camp. I 2) make/do lots of different courses,

for example, Art and Music. We 3) have/go lessons in the mornings and in the

afternoons we usually 4) do/make sport. We don’t study subjects like Maths or

Science – it’s more fun than school! We sometimes 5) take/do a project, for

example, last year I did one on rap music. We don’t 6) write/have any big exams,

but we sometimes 7) have/make a small test at the end of a course. We don’t

8) have/write homework either, so it’s very relaxing. We 9) have/go lunch in the

canteen – the food is always great!

Choose the correct verbs.6

Are uniforms a good idea?

Hi!

My name is Jake. I go to school in the UK and my cousin goes to school in Australia.

In my school the uniform is really smart. The boys wear grey 1) t r o u s e r s and girls wear a grey 2) _ _ _ _ _ . At my cousin’s school the boys and girls can wear 3) _ _ _ _ _ – that’s so cool! In my school everyone wears a white 4) _ _ _ _ _ and a 5) _ _ _ , and they are so uncomfortable to wear around your neck! My cousin can wear a 6) _ - _ _ _ _ _ , and this is a good idea because it’s really warm there. When it’s cold my cousin wears a 7) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and a 8) _ _ _ _ _ _ over the top. In the winter we wear a 9) _ _ _ _ _ _ when we go out and a 10) _ _ _ _ _ _ underneath!

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Exam practice Complete the words. Use the clues to help you. 1

1 This is the place where we eat lunch. c a n t e e n

2 This place is outside and is where we meet our friends in school. p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

3 These are the clothes we have to wear to school. u _ _ _ _ _ _

4 This is usually the largest room in the school. h _ _ _

5 This shows you what lesson you have next. t _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

6 We have one of these in the middle of the morning. b _ _ _ _

Choose the correct letter (A–H) to complete the conversation. You do not need all the letters.

Louis: Where did you go for your school trip?

Marc: 1) G

Louis: Was it good? The last museum I went to was really boring!

Marc: 2)

Louis: So what did you do there?

Marc: 3)

Louis: That sounds cool! I love dinosaurs.

Marc: 4)

Louis: What else did you do?

Marc: 5)

Louis: Did you win?

Marc: 6)

Louis: Bad luck!

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A No, I didn’t get all the answers right.

B Me too! The dinosaur room was my

favourite part.

C The winner got a T-shirt from the museum.

D We also did a quiz about the museum, and the

winner got a prize.

E Yes, it was really interesting. You should go.

F We went to the dinosaur room fi rst.

G We went to the Natural History Museum

in London.

H Yes, we did. We learnt lots of things

about dinosaurs.

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Exam practice | What’s cool in school? 3

Complete the article with the best answer, A, B or C.3

School days

I went 1) school in

Ghana, West Africa. I went to school

thirty years ago. I remember my first

teacher. He was 2)

Mr Boateng. He was a really good

teacher and a very funny man. My

classroom was really big and very

colourful – there were 3)

on all the walls. There were about

thirty children 4) my

class and my best friend was a very

pretty girl called Agnes. At school,

Maths was 5) favourite

subject. I wasn’t very good at English

6) I never enjoyed that

subject. Our school was in a great

place because it was 7)

to a big park. My friends and I

always 8) in the park at

break and after school.

I loved my school!

M Y D I A R Y

Hi, my name is Liam. I go to Greenside Secondary School. Yesterday we had our school sports day. We 1) had our normal lessons in the morning and then we had lunch as usual. We didn’t have any of our afternoon lessons 2) it was sports day. I missed Maths and English! I was so happy because we always get lots of 3) for those subjects! We had lots of different races in the afternoon. I was in the 200-metres race and I won! I couldn’t believe it! Our teachers all 4) in a race – that was really funny to watch. Mrs Stewart, the Art teacher, won the teachers’ race. Our Science teacher, Mr Fox, fell 5) and hurt his leg, but he’s OK now. All the 6) fi nished at 3.30 p.m. It was a really hot day so afterwards we all had an ice cream down by the river. It was a great day!

MYBLOG

1 A at B to C for

2 A called B name C calling

3 A books B pictures C desks

4 A in B with C on

5 A the B a C my

6 A so B but C also

7 A opposite B next C by

8 A playing B play C played

Complete the text with these words. You do not need all the words.

because closed had homework over

races ran so winning worked

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