PVIII Gym English Handbook final review practice pages.
1 Use the correct form of the verb in brackets to
complete the sentences. Scroll down for answers.
1 Why _______________ (not be) you at the cinema last night?
2 Did you _______________ (arrive) by bus?
3 They _______________ (be)late for the match
last Saturday.
4 He _______________ (have) a bath in the
evening.
5 I _______________ (see) David Beckham in London last week.
6 Look! Harry _______________ (dance) with the
new girl.
7 Dave and Bill _______________ (start) school
at 7.30 yesterday.
8 I _______________ (watch) The X Files on TV last night.
9 Did you _______________ (buy) a mobile
phone?
10 Be quiet! I _______________ (watch) TV!
11 Giles and Lola _______________ (not be) going
to the cinema with us.
12 He _______________ (not be) a teacher.
13 Jane and Ruth _______________ (be) from Los Angeles .
14 My parents _______________ (have got) a
Japanese car.
15 The film _______________ (start) at 8.45.
16 There _______________ (be) a video camera in
the bank.
17 They _______________ (not have got) a computer.
18 Mrs. Smith_______________ (not want) us to
come to school early.
19 _______________ your sister _______________
(like) techno?
20 I _______________ (not like) geometry.
Look at these verbs. Write the infinitive or past tense.
VERB
|
PAST TENSE
|
leave
|
left
|
1 run
|
|
2
|
took
|
3 go
|
|
4 see
|
|
5
|
heard
|
6 sleep
|
|
7 think
|
|
8
|
gave
|
9
|
wore
|
10
|
put
|
3 Use the words and phrases in the box to complete the sentences.
There are two extra words.
tight / after /at / first
/ how often / in / hate / never / then / these / those / too / usually / what’s
/ on / them / which
Which_________ city is the most
populated?
1 We
_______________ dancing. We_______________ go to the disco just to hang out.
2 His birthday’s
_______________ June. It’s ______________ the 14th.
3 _______________
are my new shoes. Do you like ______________?
4 My sister’s
clothes are _______________ baggy. I prefer ______________ jeans.
5 I do my
homework and _______________ I watch TV.
6 I hate fried
potatoes. I _______________ eat them.
7 _______________
do you use the Internet?
8 I
_______________ surf the internet before I go to bed.
9 Can you see
_______________ girls in the red car? The short one is my cousin.
10 ______________I
have a shower _______________that I style my hair.
4 Read and
answer the questions.
Well, yesterday, summer came to parts of Britain at last. South-east England was the sunniest part of Britain yesterday, with seven hours of sun in Canterbury . This was the warmest part, too. We had 25 degrees Centigrade in some
places. The coldest part of Britain was the north of Scotland , with temperatures of only
7 degrees Centigrade.
The west of Britain
had some very wet weather. The rainiest
weather was in the west of Wales ,
where it rained for 24 hours. In the
east of England
there was no rain, but it was very windy.
Fog was a problem in the south of Scotland yesterday, and there were
some bad traffic accidents.
Now, a word about the weather abroad. If you are going to Florida , be careful! Yesterday, temperatures
were the hottest for fifty years, with a maximum temperature of 42 degrees
Centigrade near Miami !
a) Choose
the best title for the passage:
1 Yesterday’s weather
2 The weather
tomorrow
3 Britain ’s bad
weather
b) True or
false? Write T for true, write F for false.
1 The season is autumn in Britain . c
2 Yesterday,
England was warmer than Florida . c
3 The
east of England
was wet yesterday. c
4 Yesterday,
the west of Britain
was wetter than the south-east. c
1.
weren’t
2.
arrive
3.
were
4.
had
5.
saw
6.
is dancing
7.
started
8.
watched
9.
buy
10.
am watching
11.
aren’t going
12.
isn’t
13.
are
14.
have got
15.
starts
16.
is
17.
haven’t got
18.
doesn’t want
19.
Does like
20.
Don’t like
Verbs
1. ran
2. take
3. went
4. saw
5. hear
6. slept
7. thought
8. give
9. wear
10.
put
3.
1.
hate usually
2.
in on
3.
These them
4.
too tight
5.
then
6.
never
7.
How often
8.
usually
9.
those
10.
First after
4.
a)
1 Yesterday’s weather
b) 1.
F
2.
F
3.
F
4.
T