Present Tenses and Past Simple

Unit 10 /
Recupero

Grammar

Present tenses and Past simple

1 Leggi le frasi e scrivi N (now), R (regularly) e P (past).

We’ve got fish for lunch. N

1 We got a detention last week.

2 Kim handed his homework in late.

3 We have to wear white coats in Chemistry.

4 Tim left school in June.

5 I’m just finishing my homework.

6 Are you revising a lot?

7 History lessons are always interesting.

2 Completa il testo con i verbi dati nel tempo corretto.

behave say sound not be
talk be (x2) not think get

My mum isn’t happy. Yesterday my brother’s class 1 a detention and now she 2 to him in the next room. The detention 3 for all the class but my brother 4 only two people 5 badly. I 6 that’s fair, but I can hear my mum’s voice. She 7 angry. I 8 happy I’m not him.

Talking about ability

3 Scegli l’alternativa corretta: a, b o c.

I’m quite good at skiing, but I sometimes fall over.

a brilliant b quite good c rubbish

1 Ted is at scoring points in basketball. He never makes a basket.

a good b really c rubbish

2 You’re at drawing. That cat is so realistic!

a brilliant b useless c not very good

3 Our class are at doing Physics experiments. They always go wrong.

a brilliant b great c useless

4 My dad’s at cooking. He makes great pancakes!

a really good b hopeless c rubbish

5 They’re at singing. They can hit really high notes!

a hopeless b OK c good

Past continuous

4 Riordina le parole per formare frasi.

arrived teacher singing class when the were the

The class were singing when the teacher arrived.

1 went coffee was lights out making when I the

2 rain we when started to in the garden were it revising

3 homework her the while computer was Lynn did working

4 lost shopping while was his Matt bag he

5 fell was for bus when I over running the I

Past simple vs Past continuous

5 Completa l’email con la forma corretta dei verbi dati.

have talk not be ring want work
push choose come put listen hear

I was working at my dad’s shop yesterday when two men 1 in. They 2 to buy some cakes. They 3 six cakes and I 4 the cakes into a box when one of the men’s phones 5. I could 6 their conversation. They 7 to someone called George about a film he was in. I 8 with so much attention that by mistake I 9 the cakes on the floor. They were the last ones we 10 left. The two men 11 very happy.

6 Scrivi domande usando il Past continuous e il Past simple.

Where/you/go/when/you/have/the accident?

Where were you going when you had the accident?

1 What/you/do/at 7 p.m. yesterday?

2 Where/Milly/stay?

3 Who/you/talk to/when/I/come/in?

4 be/it/rain/when/you/go/out for a run?

5 What/she/wear/at the party?

6 What/you/do/while/you/wait/for me?

7 Leggi le informazioni e scrivi frasi usando il Past simple e il Past continuous.

My mum works from 8.30 to 5.30. At 1.45, the school phoned to say I was ill.

While my mum was working, the school phoned to say I was ill.

1 I have breakfast from 7.45 to 8.00. Yesterday, the phone rang at 7.50.

2 Roy plays basketball between 5 and 6 p.m. Yesterday, he fell over at 5.30.

3 Jade walks the dog between 4.30 and 5.15. Yesterday, she saw an accident at 4.45.

4 We watch TV from 7.30 to 9.30. Yesterday, my mum made sandwiches at 8 p.m.

5 Simon cycles to school between 8.30 and 9 a.m. Yesterday, the police stopped him at 8.45.

6 Tina and Mia do their homework from 4.30 to 6 p.m. Yesterday, Joel phoned them at 5 p.m.

Subject and object questions

8 Completa le domande per queste risposte.

What did the dog do ?

The dog made a lot of noise.

1 What ?

Paula was wearing a long, black dress.

2 Who ?

Dan and Fred made sandwiches for the party.

3 What ?

Nell cheated in the Physics exam.

4 What ?

My sister broke my bike!

5 Who ?

Our Maths teacher is very strict.

Vocabulary

Education: school

9 Scrivi il nome della lezione.

The study of the structure of matter and its relation with energy. Physics

1 You learn about the world and its places.

2 The study of religions.

3 The study of important events in the past.

4 You learn how to draw and paint.

5 This lesson is all about numbers.

6 You usually have to play team games.

7 This study of substances and how they interact.

8 This science looks at animals and plants.

10 Indica se l’azione è buona (ü), cattiva (û) o neutrale (N).

û get expelled

1 leave school

2 get detention

3 bully someone

4 do your homework

5 revise for an exam

6 get good marks

7 cheat

11 Completa le espressioni nelle frasi.

Most people at our school are nice. There aren’t many bullies.

1 Jerry hit a new boy so the school e ______him.

2 The Maths teacher is angry because three students in the class c ______in our last exam.

3 I’m not good at Art.
I always get b _ _ _a _ _ _.

4 We’ve got exams next week,
so I’m r _ _ _ s_ _ _ .

5 When Simone l _ _ _ _ s s_ _ _ _l she wants to be an engineer.

6 We h_ _ _ _ _ i _ our projects this morning.

7 We got a d______n because we were talking in class.

Clothes

12 Scrivi le parole per l’abbigliamento nella colonna corretta.

shorts boots coat gloves hoodie jacket dress socks trainers tights hat high heels top jumper

feet + legs / head + hands / body
shorts