1ESO Revision Unit 8 (Past simple)

Past simple: regular and irregular verbs

1  Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs.

   They named (name) the dog Bikolo.

1  I ________________ (find) the bag under
the desk.

2  He ________________ (go) there on holiday.

3  We ________________ (visit) the museum.

4  She ________________ (have) pizza for dinner.

Past simple: questions

2 Complete the questions with the words in the boxes.

did (x3) finish invent watch

Did you watch TV last night?

1  ___________ Alexander Bell ___________ the telephone?

2  ___________ she ___________ her homework last night?

did (x2) eat meet

3 Where ___________ they ___________ Alice?

4  What ___________ you ___________ at the restaurant?

did (x2) buy visit

5  ___________ you ___________ the museum?

6  Where ___________ they ___________ those CDs?

Past simple: regular and irregular verbs

3 Complete the table.

	Past simple affirmative	Past simple negative
	asked	didn’t ask
(1)	bought	________________
(2)	________________	didn’t change
(3)	ate	________________
(4)	________________	didn’t have
(5)	made	________________
(6)	________________	didn’t stay
(7)	travelled	________________
(8)	________________	didn’t win
(9)	lost	________________
(10)	________________	didn’t visit

4 Look at the information about Lucia’s week. Then write affirmative and negative sentences.

	Monday	watch TV meet friends
(1)	Tuesday	visit her aunt have dinner at home
(2)	Wednesday	make a big breakfast eat lunch
(3)	Thursday	lose her bag in town buy anything
(4)	Friday	go to a lot of shops find her bag

   On Monday, she watched TV.

   She didn’t meet friends.

1  On Tuesday, she _____________________________ .

   She __________________________________________ .

2  On Wednesday, she ___________________________

   ________________________________________________ .

   She __________________________________________ .

3  On Thursday, she ____________________________ .

   She __________________________________________ .

4  On Friday, she ________________________________

   ________________________________________________ .

   She __________________________________________ .

Past simple: questions

5 Complete the questions. Use the past simple of the words in the box.

what / sport / he / play • where / you / go what time / it / start • they / win • she / help

Where did you go on holiday? France.

1  _______________________________________________ him? Yes, she did.

2  _______________________________________________ ? Football.

3  _______________________________________________ the match?No, they didn’t.

4  _______________________________________________ ? 8.00 p.m.

6 Write questions for the answers.

   What did he invent?

   He invented the telephone.

   Did they go to the beach?

   Yes, they went to the beach.

1  What ________________________________________ ?

   I bought some magazines.

2_ ______________________________________________ ?

   Yes, I made dinner.

3  Where _______________________________________ ?

   We met at the library.

4_ ______________________________________________ ?

   Yes, we travelled by bus.

5_ Who _________________________________________ ?

   I saw Sara.

 Irregular verbs

7 Complete the sentences with the past simple of   the verbs in the box.

become buy eat find go lose

1  The rich, famous stars _______________ a lot of clothes at the shops.

2  We didn’t win the football match. We _______________ it!

3  She was very good at singing, and she _______________ a famous musician.

4  I love fruit. I _______________ an apple and a banana after my sandwich.

5  We _______________ to the beach yesterday.

6  I _______________ my mobile. It was in my bag!

Describing people

8 Complete the table. Use words from the summary.

Colour of eyes or hair	Height
_____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________	________________ average _________ ________________
	Weight
	________________ average _________ ________________

9 Complete the descriptions of Jon and Lola with the words in the box.

             Jon                       Lola 

             

          

                1m 75 cm                1m 55 cm

                110 kg                    57 kg

	average height beard dark fair glasses heavy moustache short slim

Jon
Height	(1) He is _______________________.
Weight	(2) He is _________________.
Face	(3) He has got short,    _________________ hair. (4) He has got a _________________ and a _________________.
Lola
Height	(5) She is quite _________________.
Weight	(6) She is _________________.
Face	(7) She has got long,    _________________, curly hair. (8) She has got _________________.

Describing people

10 Complete the sentences with the words in
the box.

blue curly glasses height moustache

   He’s average height and average build.

1  He has got ________________ eyes.

2  He’s wearing ________________.

3  He has got short, ________________ hair.

4  He has got a beard and a ________________.

11 Find the word that doesn’t match.

   blue green brown average

1  short slim tall average height

2  pink ginger blonde fair

3  average build short slim heavy

4  short height long curly

Answers

Exercise 1

1  found         3  visited
2  went         4  had

Exercise 2                   

1  Did … invent            4  did … eat
2  Did … finish             5  Did … visit
3  did … meet              6  Did … buy

Exercise 3               

    1  didn’t buy               6  stayed
2  changed                  7  didn’t travel
3  didn’t eat               8  won
4  had                      9  didn’t lose
5  didn’t make            10  visited

Exercise 4

   1  On Tuesday, she visited her aunt.
   She didn’t have dinner at home.
2  On Wednesday, she made a big breakfast.
   She didn’t eat lunch.
3  On Thursday, she lost her bag in town.
   She didn’t buy anything.
4  On Friday, she went to a lot of shops.
   She didn’t find her bag.

Exercise 5

   1  Did she help him?
2  What sport did he play?
3  Did they win the match?
4  What time did it start?

Exercise 6                   

   1 What did you buy?
2  Did you make dinner?
3  Where did you meet?
4  Did you travel by bus?
5  Who did you see?

Exercise 7       

    1  bought       3  became      5  went
2  lost           4  ate         6  found

Exercise 8                   

   1  blonde, blue, brown, dark, fair, ginger, green
2  average height, (quite) short, (quite) tall
3  average build, slim, heavy

Exercise 9

   1  average height
2  heavy
3  fair
4  beard … moustache (in any order)
5  short
6  slim
7  dark
8  glasses

Exercise 10       

    1  blue          3  curly
2  glasses        4  moustache

Exercise 11       

    1  slim           3  short
2  pink          4  height