Revision activities for Thursday's test.

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2. Write pairs of sentences. Use the past simple negative and affirmative.
Columbus / not go / to China (America) Columbus didn’t go to China. He went to America.

1) Picasso / not paint / La Gioconda (Guernica)
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2) I / not visit / Porto (Lisbon)
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3) Magellan / not die / 1921 (1521)
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4) I / not study / maths last night (English)
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5) We / not play / golf (volleyball)
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3. Complete the past simple questions.

1) A When __________ Cervantes __________?
B He died on 23rd April 1616.
2) A Where __________ Dalí __________?
B He lived in Catalunya.
3) A How __________ you __________ to Paris?
B I travelled by train.
4) A Where __________ Beckham __________ football?
B He played in Manchester.
5) A When __________ your cousin __________ to Spain?
B He came last summer.

4.Complete the conversation. Use the past simple affirmative, negative and interrogative

Sue What (1) ___________ you ___________ (do) last weekend?
Mel I (2) ___________ (go) to Toledo.
Sue Really? Who (3) ___________ you _____________(go) with?
Mel With my parents. We (4) ___________ (catch) the train.
Sue (5) ___________ you _____________ (visit) all the museums?
Mel Well, we (6) ___________ (see) El Greco’s paintings, but we (7) ___________ (not go) to the Museum of Abstract Art.
Sue (8) ___________ you _____________(buy) anything?
Mel No, I didn’t. I (9) ___________ (not have) much money. But I (10) ___________ (take) a lot of photos!



5 Complete the sentences. Use the past continuous form of the verbs in the box.

Swim - listen – sleep – chat – not wear - watch - dance - play – do - live

1 Last night at nine o’clock, I _________________TV in the living room.
2 My sister _________________ her homework in her bedroom.
3 Mum and Dad _________________ tennis with their friends.
4 My brother and his friends _________________ to music in his bedroom.
5 Grandma _________________ on the sofa in the living room.
6 _______ your friend __________________?
7 He ______________________ jeans and a t-shirt.
8 They ______________________ in the river.
9 ________ she ____________ in Paris?
10 I ______________________ with my friends on the phone.

4 Write sentences. Use the past simple.

Shakespeare / live / in Stratford-on-Avon
Shakespeare lived in Stratford-on-Avon.

1 Charlie Chaplin / die / in 1977
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2 Picasso / study / in La Coruña
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3 Dalí / move / to the USA in 1940
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4 My grandma / work / in a hospital
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5 School / start / at nine o’clock
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6 I / worry / about the test last night
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5. Write the past simple form of the verbs.

1) become _________ 5) make _________
2) go _________ 6) write _________
3) find _________ 7) leave _________
4) win _________ 8) meet _________






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

see meet have go come

1 Yesterday I ___________ my friends in town.
2 We ___________ shopping for clothes.
3 Then we ___________ a film at the cinema.
4 We ___________ a great time together.
5 We ___________ home very late!


7. Complete the text. Use the past simple form of the verbs in the box.

win have find go buy

Madonna

Madonna was born in 1958. She started dancing when she was eight, and she also (1) _________________ piano lessons. She (2) _________________ to the University of Michigan, but she (3) _________________ a job in New York, and started acting and singing. She recorded Like a Virgin in 1984, and acted in the film Desperately Seeking Susan. In 1996 she stared in Evita, and (4) _________________ a Golden Globe for best actress. She (5) _________________ a house in London in 2000.

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