This document contains an English school worksheet with various grammar and vocabulary exercises, including: - Lists of verbs to conjugate into past tense forms - A short story about the activities of the Bell family last week - Identifying famous historical figures from brief biographies - Correcting false statements about the figures - Finding and unscrambling words in word searches and conversations - Completing sentences using verbs in past tense forms - Writing questions to match given answers - Stating what people in a chart did or didn't do yesterday based on checks - Describing activities people in pictures did or didn't do yesterday

1. ESCOLA BÁSICA 2º E 3º CICLOS BARTOLOMEU PERESTRELO
SCHOOL YEAR 2006/2007
A. Make lists.
To love To hate To tidy To fill To bury To plan To study
To help To walk To use To arrive To want To dance To clap
To stop To pull To carry To drop Smile To dry Like
To try To wash To look To hurry To shop To cry To empty
-d - ed - ied - double consonant + ed
 loved____________  helped____________ ___________________ ___________________
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B. Write what the Bells did last week.
 mend the fence Mr. Bell
Mr. Bell mended the fence.
1. oil his bicycle Nick 6. Dust the rooms Jenny
_______________________________________ _______________________________________
2. wash the car Mrs. Bell 7. paint the bathroom Mrs. Bell
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3. study for the Maths test Jenny 8. cook an omelette Jenny
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4. clean the windows Mr. Bell 9. empty the rubbish bins Nick
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5. bury a smelly bone Chip 10. help in the garden Trig
_______________________________________ _______________________________________
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2. C. Who was it? Write in the correct names from the list.
 Grace Kelly lived in America and Monaco. She acted in films.
She married a prince. She died in 1982
1. _______________ lived in England and America. He composed many
famous songs. He died in 1980.
2. _______________ lived in England and America.
He acted in funny movies. He died in 1977.
3. _______________ lived in America. He created Mickey Mouse.
He died in 1966.
4. _______________ lived in Italy. He painted the ‘Mona Lisa’.
He died in 1519.
5. _______________ lived in Russia. She danced in ballets.
She died in 1931.
6. _______________ lived in Egypt. She ruled the Egyptians.
She died 2,000 years ago.
Cleopatra Anna Pavlova
Grace Kelly Walt Disney
John Lennon Leonardo da Vinci
Charlie Chaplin
D. Now correct these wrong statements.
 Walt Disney lived in England.
He didn’t live in England. He lived in America.
 Anna Pavlova acted in films.
She didn’t act in films. She danced in ballets.
1. Cleopatra lived in France.
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2. John Lennon died in 1970.
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3. Walt Disney created Asterix.
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4. Grace Kelly danced in ballets.
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5. Charlie Chaplin painted the ‘Mona Lisa’.
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6. Leonardo da Vinci created Mickey Mouse.
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3. E. Find these words.
Washed D E C I D E D X B R
Started F W A S H E D L H K
Finished I B N H K M T I C X
Lived N H S B R U P V R W
Helped I B W H E L P E D O
Answered S G E L I K E D C E
Liked H L R T K P I X W Y
Decided E N E S T A R T E D
D T D S Y P Q R U K
F. Unscramble the conversation.
No, I didn’t. I wanted to visit her but I stayed at home.
Hi, Bill. Did you play football yesterday?
Yes, I did. I finished my Maths homework.
Yes, I did. Did you visit your friend?
Did you finish your homework?
Hi, Bill . Did you play football yesterday?
David: ____________________ ______________________________________________________
Bill: ______________________ ______________________________________________________
David: ____________________ ______________________________________________________
Bill: ______________________________________________________________
David: ____________________ ______________________________________________________
G. Fill in the gaps with these words.
decide / decided visit / visited play / played
1. A: Did you ______________ Scotland last year? B: Yes, I did. And I ______________ Loch Ness.
2. A: Did you ______________ tennis yesterday? B: No, I didn’t. I ______________ baseball.
3. A: Did you ______________ to go home? B: Yes, I ______________ to do my homework.
H. Write the questions.
1. _____________________________________________________________________________
Yes, I did. I played football yesterday.
2. _____________________________________________________________________________
Yes, they did. They visited the teacher yesterday.
3. _____________________________________________________________________________
Yes, she did. She worked yesterday.
4. _____________________________________________________________________________
Yes, he did. He watched TV yesterday.
5. _____________________________________________________________________________
Yes, I did. I answered their question yesterday.
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4. I. Look at the chart. Write affirmative and negative sentences.
Steve Laura Bill
Watch TV    1. Steve watched TV.
Visit friends    Steve didn’t visit friends.
Clean the house    Steve didn’t clean the house.
2. __________________________________ 3. __________________________________
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J. Look at the pictures. Write what they did and didn’t do yesterday.
play tennis  watch TV 
watch TV  listen to music 
visit Nicole  play baseball 
1. Anna and Paulo played tennis. 2. ______________________________
They didn’t watch TV. ______________________________
They didn’t visit Nicole. ______________________________
clean the car  Work on their maths project 
watch TV  watch a film 
clean the house  play a video game 
3. ______________________________ 4. ______________________________
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