1. Grammar unit 1
1 Complete the texts. Use the past simple, past
perfect and used to form of the verbs in each text.
3 Complete the text with the past simple, past
continuous or past perfect form of the verbs.
In music history, Stuart Sutcliffe is known as
1 (belong / buy / live)
My mum and dad _________________ in this
the fifth Beatle. In 1960, when the Beatles
street. They _________________ a house here
(1)_______________ (play) in Hamburg, Germany,
which _________________ to a 50s rock star.
Stuart (2)_______________ (be) the bass guitarist.
He (3)_______________ (be) also in love. He
2 (buy / use / write)
Our dad ______________________ his first
(4)_______________ (meet) a girl called Astrid
computer in 1980. It cost €300. Before that, he
Kirchherr. The Beatles (5)_______________
______________________ an old typewriter. He
(return) to Britain at the end of the year without
______________________ letters on it.
Stuart because he (6)_______________ (decide)
to stay in Germany to study art. But things went
3 (be / change / not have)
Jessica ____________________ blonde hair.
wrong when he (7)_______________ (start) to
Before she ___________________ her hair colour,
have terrible headaches. The doctors
it ___________________ brown.
(8)_______________ (not know) what was wrong
with him. One day, while he (9)_______________
4 (go / meet / not have)
Grandad ______________________ Gran in the
(study) in an art class, he (10)_______________
1950s. They ______________________ to the
(become) very ill. When the Beatles
cinema a lot. Before that, Grandad
(11)_______________ (return) to Germany in
______________________ a girlfriend.
1962, Astrid (12)_______________ (wait) for
2 Look at the diagram. Then write sentences. Use
the past simple, past continuous or past perfect
form of the verbs.
them with some terrible news. Stuart
(13)_______________ (die).
4 Write past simple or past continuous questions
for these answers. Use the prompts in the box.
why / Jason / library
what / shoes / your mum / 1980s
what / hairstyle / your gran / 1960s
where / 8 p.m. yesterday evening
1
1 when / Alice / wake up / it / rain
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2 when / she / go / downstairs / her / mother /
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I was sitting in a café with some friends.
2
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make breakfast
She had a beehive.
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3
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3 while / they / eat / breakfast / the radio / play / music
He was doing his homework.
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4 when / they / finish / breakfast / it / stop / raining
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4
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She wore platform boots.
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2. Vocabulary unit 1
1 What is the difference between these pairs of
words? Match them to the correct definition
a or b.
1 look
fashion
a a popular style of clothes, hair, etc.
3 Complete the dialogue with the words in the
box.
a detention a job a shock home married
on with presents the impression
Tom
b a particular combination of clothes, hairstyle
and make-up
2 invention
sixteenth birthday, Grandad?
Grandad
innovation
maths homework and I’d got
introduced
(1)_______________ from the teacher.
b an object that has been made or designed for
But when I got (2)_______________,
the first time
my parents had arranged a party
obsession
for me. I got some fantastic
a when lots of people are very excited about
(3)_______________ from people.
something for a short time
I still have the watch my father gave me.
b when a person can only think about one thing
4 discovery
Of course I do! It was a funny
day, because I had forgotten my
a when new ideas or ways of doing things are
3 craze
Do you remember much about your
Tom
Was Gran there?
Grandad
exploration
Yes, she was. We’d known each other
a when you travel through a place to learn
for a few months. But her parents
about it
weren’t very happy about it. I never got
b when you learn about something for the first
(4)_______________ them. I got
time
(5)_______________ that they didn’t like
2 Complete the text with the singular or plural
form of the words in exercise 1.
me very much.
Tom
How did they react when you
The world has changed since the Second World
and Grandma decided to get
War. Through space (1)_____________, we know
(6)_______________?
more about the planets in our solar system.
Grandad
They got (7)_______________ at first
Buildings look different, food is more exotic and
but they were happier when I left school
there has been a lot of (2)_____________ in the way
and got (8)_______________.
we treat our environment. Medicines are improving.
Scientists are making new (3)_____________ all the
time and we can treat more diseases. With
television and the internet, pop stars and actors
quickly become icons. Their faces are everywhere
and they influence many people’s lives. But fans’
behaviour has also changed. It’s normal to hear
about a fan’s (4)_____________ with a celebrity
which has got out of control. But while things have
changed in many ways, some (5)_____________ are
moving backwards. Some (6)_____________ from
the 60s and 70s are popular again and music from
that time is very popular, too!
4 Complete the sentences for you.
1 The last time I (or a friend) got a detention ____
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2 I got some fantastic presents ________________
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3 I get the impression that _____________________
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4 I got a terrible shock when ___________________
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5 I get on really well with ______________________
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6 The last time I (or a friend) got upset was ______
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