The Best Generation Primary School

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Level: 5 primary school

Revision and Exam Practice

EXERCISE ONE: Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets into the correct
tense Past Simple or Past Continuous.

1.- It _____________ (snow) when I _________ (leave) home this morning.

2.- It was a sunny afternoon and people __________ (sit) on the grass in the park. Then suddenly it
__________ (start) to rain.
3.- A: I tried to explain my problem to her. B: ____________________ (she/listen)?
4.- My brother ______________ (talk) on the phone when I arrived, but when he ____________ (see) me, he
___________ (finish) the call. Perhaps he thought that I ____________ (listen) to his conversation.
5.- I nearly had an accident today. A car ____________ (come) towards me, but I moved quickly out of the way
and fortunately nothing ____________ (happen).
6.- A: Which hotel ______________ (you/stay) in when you lost your passport? B: I don’t remember. I
____________ (visit) many places during my European tour and I ____________ (stay) in many different
hotels.
7.- I ____________ (move) to Hastings in 1999. I ____________ (live) there when I met them. 8.-
________________(many people / wait) for the 9:15 bus last night?
9.- I ______________ (dance) with my girlfriend when the disc jockey played our favourite song.
10.- I ____________ (study) grammar when I ___________ (fall) asleep.
11.- The scientists ___________ (work) in their laboratory when they___________ (discover) the new drug.
12.- We ___________ (climb) the wall when the gardener ___________ (see) us.
13.-Vicky ___________ (have) a beautiful dream when the alarm clock __________ (ring)
14.- As he ____________ (run) for the bus he ___________ (collide) with a street lamp.
15.- When he __________ (carry) a suitcase, he __________ (drop) it on his foot.
16..- ___________ (you / do) your homework on the bus while you ____________ (come) to school?
17.- The students ____________ (read) the article when the last class ___________ (finish).
18.- When I ____________ (arrive) at the cinema, my friends __________ (wait) for me.
19.- ____________ (you / listen) to the teacher when she ___________ (explain) this exercise? 20.- Susan
__________ (play) the piano while Mary ___________ (sing).

EXERCISE Two: Match the words with their definitions. Write the correct letter in the blank.
A. bone 1. the abilities to see, hear, smell, taste, and touch
B. brick 2. the way or position that something or someone moves or faces
C. disaster 3. hard, white material that forms the skeleton of humans and animals
D. senses 4. a small, rectangular block of baked clay used for building walls and
houses
E.
direction 5. a sudden event that causes great damage or suffering

EXERCISE Three: Complete the comparative forms of the adjectives.

Comparative Superlative
heavy
intelligent
rich
funny
pleasant
clever

EXERCISE Four: put each word in the right column

Cats- friends- cups- invitations- lamps- baskets- cakes- cards

/s/ /z/

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EXERCISE five: Put the words into the correct columns. Look at the examples first. ( =
stress on first syllable,  = stress on second syllable)
autumn advice alone annoy attack cartoon climate complains couple crazy
Egypt employ exam females final habit mirror police rarely repair report
revise useful witness
Column 1 Column 2
 
autumn advice

EXERCISE Four: Put each word in a box under the word it rhymes with
Sweet- take- air- right- seat- meet- bite –bore- pair- fight- break- feet- cheat- bear- care- bake- flake- heat- light-
bright- wear- neat- wake- night- make- kite- lake- share.
Hair might eat cake

EXERCISE seven: Some sense verbs can also be nouns. Choose the correct nouns
for these sentences.
1 I like the smell / sound of fresh bread. It reminds me of home.
2 I hate the taste / sound of motorbikes. They’re so noisy.
3 I really like the look / taste of honey. It’s sweet.
 4 I don’t like the look / smell of this homework. It’s really difficult.

Writing: Think of a time when you had to solve a problem at home or school. Describe the
situation and how you handled it. Answer the following questions in your paragraph:
1- What was the problem you faced?..............................................................................................
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2- When and where did it happen? ...................................................................................................
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3- What did you do to solve the problem?.............................................................................................
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4- How did you feel after resolving the issue?..................................................................................
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