1 Complete the sentences with the Simple Past form of the verbs in parentheses. 1 Where did you go (go) to college? 2 Einstein (publish) his theory of relativity about 100 years ago. 3 Yuri Gagarin (be) the first man in space. 4 ABBA (not have) many number 1 hits in the US. 5 people (listen) to CDs 20 years ago? 6 I (not bring) an umbrella. 7 How much allowance you (get) when you were a child? 8 We (not have) a washing machine when we were young! 9 you (enjoy) your vacation last month? 10 Our parents never (talk) on cell phones when they were children.
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2 Write the questions.
1 Who did you go with? I went with my friends. 2 The movie started at 9:30 p.m. 3 We went to the airport by bus. 4 I bought two shirts. 5 He paid $35. 6 No, she didn’t like it. 7 I didn’t come because I didn’t feel well.
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3 Read the passage below. Then check () the true sentences. Correct the wrong sentences.
Swim Girl, Swim!
On August 6th, 1926, Gertrude Ederle, a famous American swimmer, became the first woman to swim the English Channel. In 1924, Ederle won a gold medal in the Olympic Games when she was only 17 years old. She swam across the English Channel two years later.
She started in France at 7:05 on the morning of August 6th. The swim took 14 hours and 30 minutes. The weather was bad, with wind and rain. The first person to meet her on the English coast was an officer who asked for her passport!
When she got home, she became the star in a movie called Swim Girl, Swim, and she also met the President of the United States.
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Unfortunately, in 1933, she fell down the steps of her apartment building, and because of the accident, she couldn’t swim in competitions again. She never married and died on November 30, 2003, at the age of 98.
1 Gertrude Ederle was a famous swimmer from England.
Gertrude Ederle wasn’t from England. She was from the US. 2 Ederle was 19 years old when she swam across the English Channel.
3 She started the swim in England.
4 She left in the evening of August 6, 1926.
5 The weather wasn’t good when she swam across the Channel.
6 The officer in England gave Ederle a flag.
7 She married a movie star.
8 After 1933 she couldn’t swim in the Olympics again.
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4 Make notes about a famous first event that you know. Write a paragraph describing the person and the event. Write 60–90 words.
• Name? • Early life? • What did they do? • Life after the event?
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5 Choose the correct word to complete the conversations.
A (1) Did you invite / invited Maria and Jens to the party? B No, but I (2) asked / did asked Tomas and Celeste. A I (3) waked / woke up at 7 a.m. B But you didn’t (4) eat / ate breakfast until 9 o’clock! A Did you (5) meet / met Professor Ramirez at the airport?
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B No, Walter (6) does / did.
A How long did the flight (7) take / took? B It (8) did take / took about 90 minutes. A Did you (9) waved / wave when you saw them leave on the plane? B Yes, I waved, but they (10) didn’t see / saw me. A (11) Did / Do they sell many fireworks last year? B Yes, they (12) selled / sold a lot.
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6 Write the names of the special occasions.
1 In Italy, M o t h e r ’s D a y is in May. 2 V ’s D is on February14th. 3 It’s my w d today! I have a beautiful white dress! 4 T is a holiday in America and Canada. 5 H is at the end of October. 6 N Y ’ E is on December 31st.
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7 Write the correct preposition.
1 I got up at eight o’clock this morning – two hours ago. 2 She finished school July. 3 What did they do the weekend? 4 We usually have coffee and cereal the morning for breakfast. 5 What did you do New Year’s Eve in 1999? 6 June 21st, 1945 was a very important date the twentieth century.
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8 Rewrite the sentences with the adjective or the adverb form of the word in parentheses in the correct place.
1 She walks . (fast) She walks fast.
2 I write important letters. (careful) 3 Rafael often gets up. (late) 4 We worked before the test. (hard) 5 The cup fell, but it didn’t break. (fortunate) 6 Learning a foreign language is work. (hard) 7 Please talk, the baby’s sleeping. (quiet) 8 Matthew’s a driver. (bad) 9 Luigi speaks English. (fluent) 10 We called the police. (immediate)
