4B GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

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MODULE 4

1 Write the Past Simple of the verbs below. 4 Complete the dialogues with the correct form of the
verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect or the Past
0 do did 4 know Simple.
1 have 5 find
1 A:  Have you ever read (you / ever / read) a science-
2 say 6 make fiction story?
3 see 7 go B: Yes, I (have), and I (watch) Avatar
at the cinema last week. It (be not) really
/7 exciting. (you / see) it?
A: No, I (have not). I (go) to the
cinema last weekend to see a different film.
2 Write answers to the questions in the Past Continuous.
2 A:  (you / ever / be) on a date with Joe?
0 What were they doing at 5 a.m.? B: No, I (have not). He (ask) me to go
out last week but I (tell) him I (be)
They were sleeping. (sleep)
busy. (you / see) Jo this week?
1 What were you doing at 8 a.m.?
(go to school) /12
2 What were we doing at 10 a.m.?
(play tennis)
5 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
3 What were they doing at 11 a.m.?
(walk the dog) 0 I often go straight to my sister’s house after
school.
4 What was he doing at 1 p.m.?
1 When do you go on holiday?
(eat lunch)
2 My mum picked me from school today.
5 What was she doing at 7 p.m.?
3 Do you want me to come home in an hour?
(listen to music)
4 How did you get school this morning?
6 What were they doing at 9 p.m.?
(watch TV)
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6 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The
first letter of each word has been given.
3 Use the cues to write sentences in the Past Simple and
Past Continuous. 0 I thought the story was brilliant and read it twice.
1 It was a good c and we laughed a lot.
0 speak to a friend – accident happen
2 His last story was very i and had a great
I was speaking to a friend when the accident happened.
ending.
1 buy a drink – see an old friend
3 We’ve been e for ten months and are getting
married next month.
2 play tennis – a big bird fly past me 4 I’m not really interested i mathematics.
5 They don’t enjoy v films, they like romance and
3 watch TV – phone ring love stories.
6 Charles Dickens wrote many c . My favourite is
Great Expectations.
4 visit France – meet my boyfriend

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5 cook dinner – walk into the kitchen

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NAME SKILLS
MODULE 4 4B
Reading Listening
1 Read the text. Match each person (a–f) with the best 2 5 Listen to two friends talking about the holidays.
book description (1–7) for them. There is one extra Choose the best answer to the questions.
book description.
1 Where did Sally go for her last summer holiday?
a Hamet wants to be a policeman and enjoys crime a b c
stories.
b Tim loves reading thrillers.
c Joe likes reading about politics. He wants to learn more
about important people and events in the past.
d Olga is nine and loves reading fairy tales. She enjoys 2 Where does Ben stay every summer?
stories about princes and princesses. a b c

e Tammy is fifteen and likes reading about love and

romance. She doesn’t like books with sad endings.
f Jamie is thirteen and loves dangerous adventure
stories.
3 Where did they tell scary stories?
1 The Magic Orange Tree tells the story of Prince Javier.
He was sitting under an orange tree when an orange a b c

fell into his hand. After he eats the orange he goes to

magical places.
2 Down the Congo is about two teenage boys’
adventures on the River Congo. Full of exciting stories
of where they go, who they meet, and the dangers of 4 How did Ben spend the morning after the accident?
the river. a b c
3 Exciting meetings is about Rafat and Xena. The story
begins with the accident that brings them together and
they fall in love … , but their parents are worried.
4 It’s late and the Chicago streets are quiet. A man slowly
opens a window of the old house, takes a knife out
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of his pocket and goes inside. Then there is a terrible
scream. The horror of the night has started.
Communication
5 The latest in the Christy Agate series, A reason to kill.
The story starts with a murder. Will the detective find 3 Choose the correct words to complete the dialogue.
the murderer when so many people hate the victim?
Will the murderer kill again? A: Hi Debbie. How was your weekend?
6 Miss Astrid loves Claude. Her sister Florence loves B: 0Well/Suddenly, I went to a fancy-dress party.
Claude’s brother, Victor. But Claude loves Florence and A: 1Mm/Anyway …
Victor loves Astrid. My heart is yours is set in
eighteenth century France in the pretty village of B: 2And then/Anyway, I met your brother there.
Salers. A: 3Really/Oh no? He said he went to the cinema.
7 Leaders and their governments takes place in B: 4But then/Err … Well, he had a banana costume!
nineteenth century Europe. It follows the lives of some
A: 5Oh no!/Wow! Seriously? How funny!
European leaders. This amazing story tells of their
hopes, his dreams and successes. B: Yes! We danced 6anyway/and then talked. Then he got
a phone call and 7suddenly/err … well had to go.

/6 A: 8Really?/Wow! Where did he go?

B: 9Er … Well,/Wow! I don’t really know …
A: 10
Mm/But then perhaps he went to another party!

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