6. Make questions. Begin the questions using the word(s) in brackets.

1. Felix watches birds. (How often?)

2. I write to my parents. (How often?)

3. I have dinner in the evening. (What time/usually?)

4. She works. (Where?)

5. I go to the Zoo. (How often?)

6. People do stupid thing. (Why?)

7. The motor breaks down. (How often?)

8. I get up at 7 o’clock. (What time?)

9. The bank opens at 9 o’clock. (When?)

10. My farther drives the Volkswagen Beetle. (What sort?)

7. Put the verb into the correct form.

1. Jane ……… (not/drink) tea very often.

2. ‘What time ……… (the banks/close) in Britain?’

3. ‘Where ……… (Martin/come) from?’ ‘He’s Scottish.’

4. ‘What ……… (you/do)/’ ‘I’m an electrical engineer.’

5. ‘What ……… (take) me an hour to get to work. How long ……… (it/take) you?

6. I ……… (play) the piano but I ……… (not/play) very well.

7. I don’t understand this sentence. What ……… (this word/mean)?

8.’Would you like a cigarette?’ ‘No, thanks. I ……… (not/smoke).

9. How often……… (you/go) to the dentist?

10. Ann ……… (not/drink) tea very often.

8. Put the words in the correct order to make questions.

1. People, how, learn, do, new, words?

2. Why, get, you, do, nervous, so?

3. What, mean, does, ‘miserable’?

4. Your, does, sister, English, study, too?

5. Our, depend on, lives, do, computers?

6. Control, our money, our exam results, computers, do, transport?

7. You, play, often, do, tennis, how?

8. Read, do, newspaper, you, which?

9. The, to, often, do, cinema, how, you, go?

10. Is, brother’s, your, job, what?

Past Simple

1. Write in the Past Simple of the following verbs.

How is the regular past tense formed? How is the past tense formed when the verb ends in ‘e’?

A) Start, jump, happen, pass, watch, pick, survive, open, listen, whisper, join, work, visit, attract, cook, clean, finish, paint, plan, stop; save, close, move, breathe, base, use, smile, dance, confuse change.

How is the past tense formed when the verb ends in a consonant + y?

B) Carry, study, marry, bury, try, hurry, apply,

C) Be, buy, come, do, fall, fell, find, fly, give, go, hit, know, make, ring, say, send, swim, throw, see, begin, drink, feel, meet, have, catch, put, lead, sit, win.

2. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple.

1. I (walk) home after the party last night.

2. Ann (watch) television a lot when she was ill last year.

3. I work in a travel agency now. Before that I (work) in a shop.

4. We (invite) them to our party but they (decide) not to come.

5. The police (stop) me on my way home last night.

6. She (pass) her examination because she (study) very hard.

7. We (see) Rose in town a few days ago.

8. I (go) to the cinema three times last week.

9. It was cold, so I (shut) the window.

10. I (have) time to write the letter.

3. Put one of these verbs in each sentence:

buy, catch, cost, drink, fall, hurt, sell, spend, teach, throw, win, write, , .

1. Mozart ……… more than 600 pieces of music.

2. ‘How did you learn to drive?’ ‘My father ……… me.’

3. We couldn’t afford to keep our car, so we ……… it

4. I was very thirsty. I ……… the water very quickly.

5. Ann and I played tennis yesterday. He’s much better than me, so he …easily.

6. Don ……… down the stairs this morning and ……… his leg.

7. Jim ……… the ball to Sue, who ……… it.

8. Kate ……… a lot of money yesterday. She ……… a dress which ……£100.