2 ESO FICHA 3

A Vocabulary
1 Complete the life events. Use the verbs in the box.

take get grow be go win leave get go learn

1 ___________ married
2 ___________ born
3 ___________ to drive
4 ___________ school
5 ___________ a prize
6 ___________ up
7 ___________ to school
8 ___________ an exam
9 ___________ a job
10 ___________ to university

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2 Write the correct job for each person.

1 I work in a hospital. d _ _ _ _ _
2 I play an instrument. m _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3 I work in a caf. w _ _ _ _ _
4 I studied law at university. l _ _ _ _ _
5 I teach maths. t _ _ _ _ _ _
6 I work in a clothes shop. s _ _ _ a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
7 I design clothes. f _ _ _ _ _ _ d _ _ _ _ _ _ _
8 I design buildings. a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9 I make films. f _ _ _ d _ _ _ _ _ _ _
10 I work in an office. s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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B Grammar
3 Look at the infinitives and past simple forms in the box. Complete the table with the verbs in
the box. Then complete the rest of the table.

leave arrive travelled go took study won got change opened write finished

infinitive past simple

___________ ___________
___________ ___________
___________ ___________
___________ ___________
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___________ ___________
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___________ ___________
___________ ___________
___________ ___________

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4 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of the verbs in the box.

meet start not work not grow up become not go

1 My grandfather ___________ in an office.

2 Pedro Duque ___________ an astronaut in 1992.
3 His parents ___________ when they were at university.
4 She ___________ in a city.
5 We ___________ to the beach last year.
6 My teacher ___________ working here in 2005.

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5 Complete the dialogue. Use was / were or wasnt / werent.

John You (1) ___________ at home last weekend. Where (2) ___________ you?
Amy I (3) ___________ in Paris with my parents!
John Really? Did you stay with your penfriends family?
Amy No, they (4) ___________ there so we stayed in a hotel.
John What (5) ___________ the weather like?
Amy Terrible! It (6) ___________ sunny and it rained every day. But we had fun!

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6 Write the questions in the correct order using the past simple. Then write answers.
1 last night / you / what / do / ?
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__________________________________ (go swimming)
2 today / you / what time / have breakfast / ?
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__________________________________ (seven oclock)
3 you / where / grow up / ?
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__________________________________ (in London)
4 meet / when / you / best friend / your / ?
__________________________________
__________________________________ (2002)

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7 Write sentences using the past simple affirmative () or negative ().

1 My sister / be born / ten years ago ()
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2 I / get dressed / two hours ago ()
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3 We / start this test / ten minutes ago ()
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4 We / have a maths class / an hour ago ()
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5 I / surf the Internet / two days ago ()
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6 My parents / go to the cinema / three weeks ago ()
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8 Complete the dialogue. Use the past simple affirmative or negative of the verbs in the box.

do come be go read go out do win

Liz How (1) ___________ your weekend?

Dave Great, thanks.
Liz What (2) ___________ you ___________ ?
Dave On Saturday, I (3) ___________ to a football match with my dad.
Liz (4) ___________ your team ___________ ?
Dave Yes, 31.
Liz Great! What about Sunday?
Dave I (5) ___________ on Sunday. I stayed in and (6) ___________ a great book. What about
you?
Liz Oh, I (7) ___________ anything special. My parents friends (8) ___________ to visit us.

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C Grammar consolidation
9 Complete the text with the correct words.
My dad
My dad was (1) ___________ in 1963. He has got two brothers and one sister, and they (2)
___________ up in a small town near Edinburgh. My grandparents (3) ___________ teachers at the
primary school. They (4) ___________ rich, but they were happy. When my dad (5) ___________
eighteen, he left school. He (6) ___________ go to university because he (7) ___________ a job in
a shop. Later, he became the manager. He (8) ___________ my mum nineteen years ago and they
got (9) ___________ two years later. Then they (10) ___________ three children. Thats me, my
brother and my sister!

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D Reading
10 Read the text. Then choose the correct answers.
An exciting experience
Last July, I went to Catalunya for a week to visit my penfriend, Josep. I started writing to Josep two
years ago and this was my first visit to his home. He lives in a small town called Terrassa with his
parents and two sisters. I wanted to go to school with Josep, but I couldnt because it was summer.
The most exciting day of the holiday was when we visited Barcelona.
We travelled by bus to the city centre and we visited a lot of interesting places. First we went to
Montjuc by cable car. It was a sunny day, so we could see the mountains, the beach and the city.
We had lunch in a lovely restaurant and ate typical Catalan food. Then we visited the cathedral and
saw some musicians outside. It was funny because when they played their music, people started to
dance in the street.
My favourite place in Barcelona was Park Gell. Its a beautiful park with ceramic mosaics and
strange houses. It was designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaud. Im very interested in
architecture, so I asked Josep about Gaud. He was born in 1852, and he grew up in Barcelona. He
designed a lot of interesting houses in the city, like the Casa Mil. Gaud also designed the Sagrada
Famlia church, but he couldnt finish it. He died in a traffic accident in 1926.
When I came home, I surfed the Internet and found some more information about Gaud. I thought
that his buildings were beautiful because theyre very different from English buildings.
Jack (aged 16)

1 Jack visited Josep last summer for the ____ time.

A first B second C third
2 Jack and Josep ____ the beach from Montjuc.
A could see B couldnt see C travelled
3 They listened to music ____ lunch.
 A before B during C after
4 When Gaud was young, he lived in ____ .
A Terrassa B Barcelona C Montjuc.
5 Gaud was ____ when he died.
A 26 B 52 C 74

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11 Read the text again. Then answer the questions. Write complete sentences.
1 How long did Jack stay with Josep?
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2 What did Jack want to do that wasnt possible? Why wasnt it possible?
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3 What unusual thing did they see some people do?
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4 Why isnt the Sagrada Famlia finished?
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5 Why did Jack want to learn more about Gaud when he got home?
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F Writing
12 Write three paragraphs about an exciting experience using 100150 words.

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