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Preliminary (A1)
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Primary Level 9 – 20
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Preliminary Level 21 – 35
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1. There is a dog.
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1. There is an apple.
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e.g. What’s your name? 4 1 I’m eight years old.
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A. Where is Jane? 2 It is red.
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B. What colour is the bus? 3 There are five fish.
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D. How many fish are there? 5 Yes, I do.
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E. How old are you? 6 She is at home.
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C. Where is John? 4 My name’s Simon.
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D. What colour is the car? 5 He is nineteen years old.
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e.g. How many children are there? 6 1 I’m nine years old.
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(1) _____________ Sarah,
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I (2) ____________ on holiday in Florida. The hotel is very
(3) ____________. It is (4) ____________ the beach.
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Simon (5) ____________ I go swimming in the sea
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(6) ____________ morning. The hotel has (7) ____________
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nice restaurant. We sometimes (8) ____________
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(1) _____________ Julia,
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(3) ____________ having a party. At (4) ____________ moment,
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We (6) ____________ cooking food for the party. Mum is
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making (example) a big birthday cake for me. The cake
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is very (7) ____________! It has chocolate flowers on it. I am
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(1) _____________ Beth,
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(3) ____________ my friends. It is (4) ____________ today and
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food (6) ____________ drinks here. The café is
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(example) near the beach. We can see (7) ____________ It has chocolate flowers
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big boat on the sea. We come here (8) ____________
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Saturday. In the winter, we usually (9) ____________ coffee!
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(1) _____________ Jess,
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I (2) ____________ staying with my Grandma (3) ____________
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(5) ____________ but the garden is big. There is a river
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(6) ____________ the house. I go to the river
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(7) ____________ day. I love swimming there. At
(8) ____________ moment, I am fishing (example)
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(1) _____________ Sarah,
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(3) ____________ Martin. We (4) ____________ having a good
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bedrooms! It also has (6) ____________ nice swimming pool.
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I go swimming (7) ____________ morning before breakfast. At
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the (example) moment , I am on the bus. I’m going to
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(1) _____________ Amy,
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I am in the park with Toby (2) ____________ Anne. It is sunny
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(5) ____________ a tree. We are (6) ____________ ice creams.
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At (7) ____________ moment, Toby is reading (8) ____________
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magazine and I (9) ____________ writing this postcard. Anne
Mr and Mrs Vincent have three children, two boys and one girl. They live on an old
farm. The farm is very big. Mr Vincent is a farmer. He has 300 apple trees, 100 cows
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and 12 big fields. He has two tractors. The big tractor is orange. The small tractor is
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black. Every morning, he gets up at 5.00. He goes home for breakfast at 6.00. He
always has a cup of coffee and a cheese sandwich for breakfast. Mrs Vincent and the
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children wake up at 7.00. They have bread and eggs in the morning.
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How many children do Mr and Mrs Vincent have?
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A 300 B 100 C 12
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Tim Pender lives in Appleford Village. He has four pets - three cats and one dog. He
lives in a little house with his brother. The house is old but very pretty. Tim has a big
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garden. He grows potatoes, carrots and cabbages. Tim has a small shop. His sister,
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Emma, works with him. In the shop, you can buy vegetables from Tim’s garden. You
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can also buy eggs and flowers. Emma has 40 chickens in her garden. Usually, in the
morning, there are 25 eggs or 30 eggs in the chicken house. Emma also has beautiful
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flowers in her garden. They are white and pink. Emma doesn’t like orange or yellow
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flowers.
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How many dogs does Tim have?
A one B three
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Mr Fry is a businessman. He works in a big city but he lives in a small village. Every
morning, he gets up at 5.30. He has a cup of coffee and a banana for breakfast at
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6.00. He makes a sandwich for his lunch. At 6.30, he drives to his office. He has a
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new car. It is small and it is blue. This is his favourite colour. Mr Fry always wears a
blue tie with his grey jacket at the office. Mr Fry never works at the weekend. On
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Saturday, he usually watches football on TV. On Sunday, he always goes fishing with
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his brother.
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Where does Mr Fry work?
A in a city
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B in a village C in the countryside
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3. Mr Fry’s car is
Sam loves sport. He plays football and baseball but the sport he likes best is tennis.
Every day, he gets up at 5.45. His mother makes breakfast for him at 6.00. He has an
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omelette for breakfast and a glass of milk. He never drinks tea or coffee. At 6.30, he
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plays tennis for two hours. He plays tennis with his father. Then Sam goes to school
with his brother. School starts at 9.00 and finishes at 4.30. Then he goes to the park
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with his friends. They play football and then they go home.
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What is Sam’s favourite sport?
A football B tennis
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Mr and Mrs Capello have a new restaurant. Capello’s Restaurant is small but the food
is the best in town. Every day, Mr and Mrs Capello get up at 7.00. At 8.00, they read
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the newspapers and have coffee and fruit for breakfast. At 9.00, they go shopping to
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buy bread, eggs and other food for the restaurant. At the restaurant, Mrs Capello
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makes Italian coffee cakes. Mr Capello makes pizzas. He makes 60 every day. He also
makes ice cream for 70 people every day. He makes strawberry and chocolate ice
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cream. He also makes peach ice cream. That is his favourite. Everyone in the
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restaurant loves his ice cream.
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Capello’s Restaurant is
A big. B old.
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Mrs Winters is a teacher at Merton School. She has 29 students in her class. There are
21 girls and 8 boys. She teaches Class Five. The children are nine years old. Mrs
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Winters is very short and she is young. She is always happy and she wears pretty
dresses. She never wears trousers or jeans. Mrs Winters has four class pets in her
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class. There are two goldfish, a rabbit and a mouse. Every morning, Mrs Winters goes
to school at 8.00. She gives the pets food and she cleans them. The children go to
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school at 8.45 and classes start at 9.10. All the children love Mrs Winters.
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How many girls does Mrs Winters have in her class?
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Last Friday, was Kerry’s birthday. She had lots of presents. Her mother and father gave
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her a camera. She got a new tennis racket from her sister. Her grandma bought her a
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bracelet. In the evening, she went to an Italian restaurant with her family. In the
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restaurant, Kerry ate pasta. Her sister ate a big pizza. Her mum and dad had chicken and
salad. On Saturday, she had a party at her house. She invited 15 friends from her class.
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Everyone came. They played games and listened to music. They also went swimming in
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the pool and ate ice cream. They had a great time.
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When was Kerry’s birthday?
A Thursday B Friday
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Last Friday, was the end of school and the summer holidays began. On Saturday morning,
Jim went camping with his cousin, Jack. His sister and parents don’t like sleeping in tents.
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They stayed at home. Jim and Jack like fishing and swimming. They chose a campsite near
a wonderful, sandy beach. There were no houses or shops there. On Sunday, it was warm
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and sunny so the boys swam in the sea. Then they had lunch. In the afternoon, they went
fishing. The two boys sat by the river for three hours. They caught a big fish and they ate
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it for dinner. After dinner, they played football on the beach.
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When did the school holidays begin?
A Wednesday B Thursday Sa
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Last week, the circus came to town. On Thursday, twenty circus lorries drove through the
town to the park. There were ten white horses. There were five clowns; they wore orange
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trousers, big purple shoes and funny pink hats. On Saturday, 100 people bought tickets
for the circus. The circus tent was big. It was orange and there were lots of yellow
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balloons. Everyone loved the clowns. One of the clowns was called Tommy. He had a very
small motorbike. He rode it fast around the circus tent. There was funny music. The other
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clowns ran after Tommy and tried to catch him. They threw water and everyone laughed.
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When did the circus arrive in town?
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Kate usually goes on holiday in June or July, but last year she went in February. She likes
summer holidays in Italy or France, but last year she chose a skiing holiday in Canada. She
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went with her cousin, Kim, from America. Kate’s husband stayed at home with their
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children. Kate and Kim stayed in a nice, new hotel. It was big and expensive. On Saturday
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morning, they went shopping. It was sunny but very cold. In the afternoon, it was cloudy
and it started snowing. Kim went skiing, but Kate tried snowboarding. They fell over a lot
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but they had a great time.
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When did Kate go on holiday last year?
A February B June Sa C July D August
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Juliana loves football and basketball. She is in the school teams and often plays in the
park. She doesn’t play tennis often, but last weekend Juliana played in a tennis
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competition. She woke up at quarter past seven on Saturday morning and walked to the
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tennis club. She arrived at half past eight and the competition started at quarter to ten.
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There were 24 young players in the competition – 14 boys and 10 girls. The youngest was
11 years old and the oldest was 13. Juliana won her first match and was very happy. Then
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she played another match but she fell and hurt her leg.
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What sport did Juliana play last weekend?
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Last Thursday was Oliver’s birthday. He went to school and had fun with his friends. On
Saturday, he went to Westbury Zoo with his parents and his sister. The zoo is old but it is
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nice and clean. It is not a big zoo and the animals are happy. Oliver loves animals. The
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zoo has giraffes, elephants, monkeys and penguins. Oliver likes the monkeys best, and his
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sister likes the penguins. Oliver watched the monkeys have their lunch. The zookeeper
gave them cherries and grapes. They ate the grapes but they threw the cherries at the
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zookeeper! Oliver ate his cheese sandwich and laughed. Oliver was at the zoo for five
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hours. He finally went home at 4 o’clock.
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When did Oliver visit the zoo?
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Section W4 (5 marks) 2.
Write five sentences about My house.
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WIN A HOLIDAY
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Last Saturday, I had a sleep-over party. Five friends (3) ______________ (come) to my
house for the night. We were very excited. We (4) ______________ (sit) in my bedroom.
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We listened to music and (5) ______________ (sing) songs. Then we
(6) ______________ (watch) a DVD about a dance school in America. It was very funny. We
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(7) ______________ (eat) popcorn and sweets. In the morning, Mum
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(8) ______________ (make) pancakes for breakfast. They were great pancakes! After
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breakfast, we (9) ______________ (play) in the garden. My friends
(10) ______________ (leave) at 11 o’clock. I was very tired!
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(1) ______________ (meet) on the first day. In the mornings, we (2) ______________ (swim)
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in the sea and in the afternoons we (3) ______________ (watch) the boats. We
(4) ______________ (try) to count them. We (5) ______________ (sit) on the beach and
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(6) ______________ (build) sandcastles with my little brother. Our holidays finished and
we (7) ______________ (go) home. I (8) ______________ (feel) really sad at the end of the
holiday.
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Now we write emails or phone every week. My friend sometimes (9) ______________ (send)
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me funny cards and letters. I always (10) ______________ (write) back the next day.
Every month, my class (example) goes (go) on a school trip. Often we visit a farm near
our school and the farmer usually (1) ______________ (tell) us about the different animals.
Sometimes, we (2) ______________ (ride) on the tractor and he drives around the farm.
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Last week, our school trip was different. Our teacher (3) ______________ (take) us to a
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forest. When we (4) ______________ (get) to the forest, the teacher
(5) ______________ (give) us a list of things to find. We (6) ______________ (look) for
different types of leaves from the trees. We (7) ______________ (find) ten different
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leaves. Then we (8) ______________ (put) them in a bag. We (9) ______________ (run)
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through the woods, laughing and playing. We (10) ______________ (have) a great time last
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week!
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Last month, we (example) went (go) to a water park. We arrived at 10 o’clock and
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stairs. It was very high. We (4) ______________ (come) down the slide really fast. Then we
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(5) ______________ (see) a bigger slide. On the way down the slide, I
(6) ______________ (feel) very scared. Mum (7) ______________ (watch) us all the time.
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One of the photos is very funny. It is on the wall in the kitchen. Every morning at breakfast
time, we (9) ______________ (look) at the photo. My mum (10) ______________ (laugh)
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Last week, it was a chocolate cake. It was sunny on Friday and we (3) ______________ (eat)
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the cake in the garden with a glass of lemonade. I (4) ______________ (see) a beautiful
butterfly. It (5) ______________ (have) big, blue wings. We (6) ______________ (watch) it
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fly from flower to flower. Then it (7) ______________ (fly) away. We
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(8) ______________ (try) to follow it, but it was very quick. Grandma
(9) ______________ (give) me some coloured pencils, so I could draw the butterfly. Before
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we went home, I (10) ______________ (show) my grandma my picture. She loved it!
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Section R5 (10 marks) 6.
Read the following passage. Put the verb in brackets into the past tense OR the present
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Dad (example) works (work) at the cinema in our town. He is a manager there and
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every week he (1) ______________ (get) free tickets. My best friend usually
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(2) ______________ (come) with me because she (3) ______________ (love) going to the
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cinema.
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exciting film but sometimes it was scary. I (9) ______________ (scream) very loudly at the
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end. I really (10) ______________ (enjoy) our visit to the cinema last week. It was the best
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film ever!