Grammar unit 8

1 Complete the text about Natalie’s holiday. Use 4 Write questions for the answers. Use the
the past simple form of the verbs in the box. underlined verb and one of the question words.
Did you do your homework?
build buy eat go have
like see not stay not want No, I didn’t do my homework. (what / when / no
question word)
Last summer, I (1) __________________ a great
Who did you meet?
holiday! I (2) __________________ at home –
I met my friend. (who / what / no question word)
I (3) __________________ to Siena, in Italy! Siena
1 _____________________________________ ?
is a really pretty town, and I (4) _________________
No, he didn’t see Ela. (where / who / no question
lots of interesting old buildings. I really
word)
(5) __________________ the cathedral – that was
2 _____________________________________ ?
my favourite place. Architects and builders
I went on holiday in August. (when / where / no
(6) __________________ it between 1215 and
question word)
1348, so it’s very old! We spent a lot of time exploring
3 _____________________________________ ?
the city. We also visited a lot of shops, and I
I liked the red dress. (how / which / no question
(7) __________________ postcards, sweets and
word)
chocolate to give to my friends at home.
4 _____________________________________ ?
I (8) __________________ a lot of chocolate too, of
Yes, I bought the CD. (where / when / no
course – my favourite food! At the end of the holiday
question word)
I (9) __________________ to come home.
5 _____________________________________ ?
2 Write what the people didn’t do. Use the No, she didn’t have dinner. (what / how / no
prompts in the box.
question word)
find / it go / to France 6 _____________________________________ ?
have / dinner / at / home We stayed in a hotel. (who / where / no question
lose / the match meet / friends
word)
The team were happy.
5 Complete the sentences with the correct form
They didn’t lose the match. (adjective or adverb) of the words in the box.
1 He hated travelling.
beautiful cheap easy good
He ___________________________________ .
safe terrible
2 We went to a restaurant.
We __________________________________ . 1 It’s a dangerous town. You can’t walk

3 I stayed at home last night. ________________ through the streets at night.

I ____________________________________ . 2 My homework wasn’t difficult and I finished it

4 I looked for my bag. ________________.

But I _________________________________ . 3 The football match was ________________. We

lost 5–0.
3 Write one thing you did and one thing you didn’t 4 This is a really ________________ restaurant.
do last weekend.
You can eat lunch here for less than 5 euros.
(9) I _____________________________________
5 She sings ________________. She’s in the
_____________________________________ .
school choir.
(8) I _____________________________________
6 He isn’t very ________________ at maths
_____________________________________ .
because he never revises.

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Vocabulary unit 8
1 Complete the texts about games and hobbies with 2 Complete the table with the words in the box.
the past simple form of the verbs in the boxes.
attractive average build average height
become build find write average looking bald blonde curly dark
fair fat ginger heavy long scruffy
The Sims short (x2) shoulder length slim smart
straight tall thin ugly wavy
Last month I played the computer game The Sims.
It was great! One of the girls in the family Hair
(1) ________________ a famous writer, because
_________________ _________________
she (2) ________________ a really good book.
_________________ _________________
After this, the family had a lot of money, so I
_________________ _________________
(3) ________________ them a new house! But it _________________ _________________
wasn’t all good. On one day, the family’s dog ran _________________ _________________
away! Luckily, we (4) ________________ him – he _________________ _________________
was at a friend’s house. Height
go have run wear win _________________ _________________
Football _________________ _________________

Yesterday I played in a football match for the Weight

school. It was an exciting game. Our team _________________ _________________
(5) ________________ blue and the other team _________________ _________________
had red T-shirts. We (6) ________________ some _________________ _________________
really good players on our team, and everyone General appearance
(7) ________________ really fast. We
attractive _________________
(8) ________________ the match! Afterwards, we _________________ _________________
(9) ________________ out to a café to celebrate. _________________ _________________
buy choose lose read
3 Describe the man. Write four sentences.
Monopoly
Last Christmas I played Monopoly with my family.
We (10) ________________ the instructions first,
but it wasn’t difficult. At the start of the game, we all
(11) ________________ our pieces. I got the dog!
I (12) ________________ lots of places and hotels,
but I didn’t win. I (13) ________________!

drink eat meet tell sleep

Nintendogs
Last month my sister loved the game Nintendogs. She
________________________________________
played it for hours. The dog (14) ________________
________________________________________
a lot of food, and it (15) ________________ a lot of
________________________________________
water. At night, it (16) ________________ in a special
bed. But my sister doesn’t want to play this month. ________________________________________

Yesterday, she (17) ________________ a friend in ________________________________________

town and he (18) ________________ her about a ________________________________________
new game. It’s called Purr Pals, and it’s about cats! ________________________________________

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