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Unit 1 - Generations - Grammar activities




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ALL ENGLISH TENSES (ACTIVE VOICE) - COMPLETE GRAMMAR-GUIDE IN A CHART FORMAT WITH FORM, USE, EXAMPLES AND TIME PHRASES (4 pages) FOR ALL LEVELS
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
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MULTIPLE CHOICE - FOUR TENSES 1
Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
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THE PAST PERFECT TENSE
Level: elementary
Age: 13-17
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TEST YOUR GRAMMAR. ALL THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE TENSES.
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
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FOUR TENSES REVIEW -PRESENT SIMPLE- PRESENT CONTINUOUS-PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS (B&W VERSION+ KEY INCLUDED)
Level: elementary
Age: 12-14
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Worksheet: Simple Present or Present Continuous?
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 3109

 

Unit 1

1   Complete the sentences with the verbs in the correct place. Use the past perfect and past simple form in each sentence.

_Example:  When my parents arrived home, the party hadn’t ended. (not end / arrive)

 

1_ After Josey her driving test, her dad her a car. (buy / pass)

2_ We in the café after our exams . (celebrate / finish)

3_ By the time he ten, David that he wanted to be a doctor. (be / decide)

4_ I the school where my dad a student. (be / see)

5_ Joe any of my friends before heto the picnic. (come / not meet)

6_ Jessie scared because she on a plane before. (not be / feel)

 

2   Choose the correct forms.

__ Our clothes had been / were wet because it had rained / rained.

 

1_ I England before I to Spain last year.

2_ The teacher angry because Kate her homework.

3_ When I on the bus, I discovered that I my money.

4_ The school quiet because all the students home.

 
 

3   Complete the sentences using the past simple or the past continuous of the verb in brackets.

1_ I was looking at his plate and I(feel) hungrier and hungrier.

2_ They were playing cards when someone (knock) at the door.

3_ He sent me an email and I (reply) the next day.

4_ I (buy) some crisps when my mum came into the shop.

5_ She was looking out of the window and it (get) darker and darker.

6_ We (see) him on TV and phoned his dad to tell him.

7_ What you (do) when the window broke?