Grammar Unit 7

Past simple: be Past simple: regular verbs

1 Complete the sentences with was / were () or 4 Complete the table with the verbs.
wasn’t / weren’t (). arrest carry compare cry describe escape enter
Genoa was the home of the 'first jeans'. () jump plan practise rob stay stop tidy travel try
1 Jeans _____ common among rich people. ()
+ -d + -ed y + -ied double
2 In the 1920s, young boys _____ happy to wear
consonant
dresses. ()
+ -ed
3 Short hair on European women _____ popular
until recently. () ________ arrest ________ ________
4 Chanel’s real name _____ Coco, it _____ ________ ________ ________ ________
Gabrielle. () () ________ ________ ________ ________
________ ________ ________ ________
2 Write questions from the prompts.
the shoes / tight?
5 Write the affirmative and negative form of the
Were the shoes tight? verbs in the past simple.
1 Carla / at school yesterday?
ask asked didn't ask
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1 brush __________ __________
2 how many people / at the show?
2 carry __________ __________
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3 chat __________ __________
3 how much / the tickets?
4 rob __________ __________
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5 try __________ __________
4 she my teacher / in 2010?
6 escape __________ __________
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7 cry __________ __________
5 where / they yesterday evening?
8 compare __________ __________
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6 how / the weather last weekend? 6 Write negative sentences using the past simple.
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she / not wash her hair
She didn’t wash her hair.
there was / there were 1 we / not go to the shops
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3 Write sentences using There wasn’t or There
weren’t. 2 he / not stay the night
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(many people to help us)
3 they / not open the door
There weren’t many people to help us.
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1 (a place to eat sandwiches)
4 I / not try very hard yesterday
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2 (many toilets)
5 the three suspects / not escape from the police
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3 (a place to leave our bags)
6 you / not practise the violin at the weekend
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4 (any parking spaces)
7 the food / not taste good
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5 (big crowds)
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6 (a good roller coaster)
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Vocabulary Unit 7
Clothes 3 Look at the pictures. Then complete the
descriptions with the words.
1 Label the pictures with the words.
boots jacket leggings shirt
shoes skirt socks trousers

1 trousers 2 ________________
beard big blond dress fashionable glasses
black jacket long short slim small tall

He is a tall man with (1) __________, (2)

3 ________________ 4 ________________ ____________ hair and (3) __________ eyes. He is
wearing (4) __________ and he’s got a
(5) __________.
She is (6) __________ with (7) __________, (8)
__________ hair and (9) __________ eyes. She is
5 ________________ 6 ________________
wearing a (10) __________ and a (11) __________
and she looks (12) __________.

Extra vocabulary
7 ________________ 8 ________________
4 Complete the sentences.
General appearance We need to breathe air to stay alive.
1 G___________ keep our hands warm.
2 Write the words under the correct heading. 2 A h___________ protects your head.
big blond blue curly freckles ginger 3 When a plane comes back down to the ground, it
glasses green moustache slim straight tall l___________.
wavy well-built white 4 The Earth o___________ the Sun.
5 The police think Lee r___________ the bank; he
general appearance eyes
is a s___________. They a___________ him.
__________ big
6 The bank r___________ was wearing
__________ __________
b___________ jeans, a t___________ shirt with
__________ __________
long s___________ and a h___________ on his
head.
hair style special features
__________ __________
Shopping for clothes
__________ __________
__________ __________
5 Complete the conversation with the words.
can changing dress help looking on size
hair colour
Small try you
__________
__________ 1 Assistant Can I _____ you?
__________ 2 Customer Yes, please. I’m _____ for a _____.
3 Assistant Okay, what _____ are _____?
4 Customer I’m a _____.
5 Customer Can I _____ it _____?
6 Assistant Yes, the _____ rooms are just here.

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