A2 UNIT 5 Extra Grammar Practice Revision
A2 UNIT 5 Extra Grammar Practice Revision
A2 UNIT 5 Extra Grammar Practice Revision
Past simple negative; Past simple 5 Complete the sentences with the past continuous
form of the verbs given.
questions and short answers; Past
continuous 1 He wrote the bestseller while he
in Italy. (stay)
1 Re-write these sentences in the negative form.
2 They still loudly when
1 The teacher gave us lots of homework yesterday.
the lights came on. (clap)
2 My brother worked for a farmer last summer. 3 I the ballet when my phone
rang. I was so embarrassed. (watch)
3 They asked the mechanic to fix the car. 4 They literature at university
when they met the author. (study)
4 I wanted to be a cook when I was young. 5 She as an actress when she met
the director. (not work)
5 We helped in my parents’ restaurant over
the holidays. 6 Choose the best answers (A, B or C).
A: So, (1) the theatre last night?
2 Find and correct the mistakes in the past simple B: Yes, it was very good. The actress who (2) Lady
negative.
Macbeth was amazing.
1 She didn’t wanted to work in a hospital.
A: Great. Was it a traditional version of the play?
2 The journalist didn’t wrote the story in time.
3 The footballer didn’t to play very well. B: No, it wasn’t. The actors wore modern clothes,
4 The waiter not bring the drinks we ordered. which I (3) much, but the acting was excellent.
5 They didn’t to enjoy working outdoors. A: (4) before the show?
3 Put the words in order to make questions. B: No, (5) We ate after the show in a restaurant
1 last year / finish / degrees / they / their / did near the theatre. While we (6) we saw some
of the actors from the play. They came in to have
?
2 she / want / did / to become / actor / an dinner. They (7) and laughing.
A: Did you ask for a photo?
?
3 you / get / a / factory / job / in / the / did B: No, I didn’t want to interrupt them. They (8)
? after all. They were there to relax.
4 your / father / work / in a / did / busy office
? 1 A did you enjoy B did enjoy you C you enjoy
5 the chef / make / today / all this food / did 2 A didn’t play B was playing C played
3 A liked B didn’t like C
wasn’t liking
?
4 A Did you eat B Did we eat C Did you ate
4 Match the answers to the questions in 3 and 5 A we don’t B we did C we didn’t
complete the short answers. 6 A were eating B was eating C ate
7 A weren’t talking B was talking C
were talking
1 No, . He worked on his own. 8 A were working B was working C weren’t
2 Yes, . But I helped him. working
3 Yes, . I worked there in
the summer.
4 No, . Her ambition was to be
a writer.
5 Yes, . They are both
engineers now.