GRAMMAR GUIDE FOR 2ND BIMESTER.
BEFORE YOU ANSWER THIS GUIDE, STUDY MODULES 3
AND 4 FROM YOUR CHALLENGES STUDENTS BOOK.
PRINT IT AND SOLVE IT.
YOU WILL HAVE TO HAND IT IN BY DECEMBER 12, ON THIS
DAY WE WILL CHECK IT AT SCHOOL.
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES. READ THE EXAMPLES
CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU ANSWER.
I Complete the sentences with at, in or on.
He arrived __at__ six o’clock.
1 She was born __________ 1999.
2 What do you do __________ the weekend?
3 They robbed the bank __________ 7th May.
4 My parents usually watch TV __________ the evenings.
5 It often snows __________ the winter.
II Complete the sentences with the correct form of the Past Simple.
A: My great uncle Jack originally _____came _____ (come) from Poland. He
1 _______________ (live) in Manchester with his parents and his sister.
B: 2 _______________ (he / speak) Polish?
A: Yes. He 3 _______________ (speak) Polish and English. His parents 4
___________(learn) English, too.
B: What 5 _______________ ? (your great uncle Jack / do)
A: He was a farmer in Australia. When he was fifteen, he 6 _______________
(leave) Manchester and 7 _______________ (sail) to Australia. He 8
_______________ (have) a lot of adventures there.
B: 9 _______________ (you / meet) your great uncle Jack?
A: No, I 10 _______________ (not know) him, but my dad often tells us
stories about him.
III Order the words to make sentences.
I / the / football / match / to / watch / last / Saturday / decided
I decided to watch the football match last Saturday.
1 decided / at / home / we / last / night / to / stay
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2 why / did / go / abroad / last / summer / want / to / Anna?
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3 to / plan / we / started / our / holiday / last / night
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4 phone / us / tried / to / never / John
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5 your / project / did / you / when / to / do / start ?
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IV Answer the questions using the words in brackets. Write complete
sentences.
Why did her mum stay at home? (look after the children)
She stayed at home to look after the children.
1 Why did Tom wear three jumpers? (keep warm)
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2 Why did Sue go to the cinema? (see the new Nicole Kidman film)
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3 Why did you use my computer? (send an important e-mail)
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4 Why did they study in Paris? (learn French)
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5 Why did you phone Jim? (invite him to my party)
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V Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the Past
Simple and Past Continuous.
They ____saw___ (see) the ghost when they __were playing_ (play) in the
garden.
It was six o’clock and Mr Robinson 1 _______________ (drive) home from
work. It
2 _______________ (snow) and the road was icy. Suddenly, he 3
_______________ (see) a huge white creature near the road. It 4
_______________ (eat) an apple! Mr Robinson 5
_______________ (stop) the car and the creature 6 _______________ (run)
into the woods. Was it a polar bear?
My friend Sue 7 _______________ (phone) at 9.30 last night. I 8
_______________ (have) a shower so my mum 9 _______________
(answer) the phone. We had exams the next day and Sue 10
_______________ (get) nervous about her maths exam. They _saw_ (see)
the ghost when they _were playing_ (play) in the garden.
Last summer, we 1 __________ (swim) in the sea when we 2 __________
(see) a very strange fish. It 3 __________ (drink) a cola on the rocks near a
small boat. When my brother 4 __________ (shout) ‘Hello!’ it
suddenly 5 __________ (jump) into the sea. Do you think it was a mermaid?
Last Monday morning, my mum 6 __________ (listen) to the radio and I 7
__________ (have) breakfast when the postman 8 __________ (ring) the bell.
He was very wet because it 9 __________ (rain). He 10
__________ (have) about fifteen cards and a big box for my mum. It was her
birthday!
VI Complete the following table.
Infinitive Past Gerund
eat
slept
watching
drive
Came
Running
think
drunk
going
become