Writing Semester I
Task 1. Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 I skated / skatted across the ice.
2 The lions stoped / stopped in the middle of the road.
3 My teacher helpped / helped me with my project.
4 We were there last summer / summer ago.
5 They were lost and couldn’t / could find the path.
6 He called last five minutes / five minutes ago.
7 I studyed / studied ten different subjects last year.
8 The safari park was / were very crowded.
9 We carryed / carried the books for the teacher.
10 Were / Was they in the school play?
Task 2 Circle the correct words to complete the sentences.
1 I’m going to stay at home this / last evening.
2 He ’ll / won’t forget your number – He wrote it down.
3 ‘Are you going to wear school uniform?’ ‘No, I ’m / ’m not.’
4 We’re going to doing / do judo next week.
5 The film won’t / will be very good – the story is very boring.
6 They’re going to give a presentation in / after a few days.
7 She ’ll / won’t hate surfing – she’s afraid of water!
8 I don’t think there will / won’t be enough drinking water in the future.
9 Is / Are you going to talk to your parents about it?
10 Will it / It will be expensive?
Task 3. Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs below.
1 My great-grandfather __________________ (fight) in the war.
2 He’s angry because you __________________ (break) his mobile phone.
3 I __________________ (make) some silly mistakes in my exam.
4 She __________________ (become) a famous writer.
5 James __________________ (fall) off his skateboard.
6 The Wright brothers __________________ (build) the first plane in 1905.
7 I __________________ (find) a wallet on the train.
8 It __________________ (begin) to rain when we left the house.
9 My uncle __________________ (teach) me how to ride a bike.
10 My mother __________________ (speak) to the teacher on the phone.
Task 4 Complete the email with the correct past simple form of the verbs below.
buy come do see take
Hi Rachel,
How are you? Last weekend my cousin Lewis 1__________________ to stay with us. It was
his first time in London. We 2__________________ him on a boat on the River Thames,
and we 3__________________ Buckingham Palace and the usual famous places.
We 4__________________ so much in only two days! He also 5__________________ a
cool T-shirt at Greenwich Market.
I want to visit him in Scotland now. Maybe you can come with me?
See you at school!
Love,
Julie