Taller de Inglés Grado Octavo.

1. Unit 4 Vocabulary
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Verbs: Historic achievements
1 Complete the crossword. What is the hidden
verb?
1 _____ a dress
2 _____ a picture
3 _____ maths at university
4 _____ students in a school
5 _____ an idea
6 _____ a new machine
7 _____ a country
8 _____ a new place
The hidden verb is ____________ .
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2 Complete the sentences. Use appropriate past
simple verbs
1 Jesse Owens w____________ Olympic gold
medals for sprinting.
2 Elizabeth I r____________ Britain in the
sixteenth century.
3 Christopher Columbus d____________ America.
4 Pablo Picasso p____________ Guernica.
5 Konrad Zuse i____________ an early computer.
6 Socrates t____________ philosophy in
Ancient Greece.
7 Hernando Cortés e____________ Mexico.
8 The Wright brothers f____________ the first
aeroplanes.
Verbs: Life events
3 Correct the mistakes.
1 My parents felt in love when they were at school.
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2 Alicia and Paul get married last year.
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3 My uncle born in Africa.
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4 They became engaged on their fifth anniversary.
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5 Eric travelled to abroad when he retired.
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6 Katia was to school from 1998 to 2010.
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4 Complete the text. Use appropriate past simple
verbs.
Elsie, my great-grandmother, (1) _________ born in
1917. She only (2) _________ to school for eight
years. When she was fourteen, she (3) _________
school and she (4) _________ working in a local
factory. She met a boy called Albert there and they
(5) _________ in love. But six months later, his
family (6) _________ house. Elsie’s heart was
broken! When she was 28, she met a man called
Peter. They (7) _________ engaged, and six
months later, they (8) _________ married.
Together, they (9) _________ a house and
(10) _________ four children. After many happy
years, they (11) _________ grandparents – my
mum was born. Only a few months after Peter
(12) _________ from work, he died. Now she was
alone, Elsie (13) _________ to drive. On her first
lesson, she immediately knew her driving instructor
– it was Albert! On her 65
th
birthday, Elsie married
for the second time. On their honeymoon, they went
to France. It was the first time that she and Albert
(14) _________ abroad.

2. Unit 4 Grammar
2
Past simple affirmative
(regular verbs)
1 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple of
the verbs in the box.
1 My grandfather ___________ chocolate.
2 We always ___________ at that café for coffee.
3 They ___________ me to do my homework.
4 My parents ___________ their holiday.
5 We ___________ on the Internet every night.
6 We ___________ football in the park.
7 Javier ___________ DVDs all day.
8 I ___________ my homework at 5 p.m.
Past simple affirmative
(irregular verbs)
2 Correct the mistakes.
1 We was on the bus.
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2 Allie meeted her friends at the cinema.
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3 We were into town on Saturday night.
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4 Dan want to see the film yesterday.
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5 I were really hungry.
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6 I felt off my bike. It was so embarrassing!
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7 Sally writed an excellent story.
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8 Mr Harris teached me English last year.
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3 Write sentences. Use the past simple and add
any necessary words.
1 my cousin / engaged / 2009
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2 we / Disneyland / July
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3 I / some new jeans / the weekend
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4 Hayley’s daughter / born / 27
th
May
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4 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple of
appropriate irregular verbs.
1 Anna’s really good at crafts. She ___________
this bag for me!
2 Jim ___________ his leg on Saturday and he
can’t play football for two months.
3 We ___________ to that new Japanese
restaurant for dinner last night.
4 Ben ___________ some new trainers at the
shopping centre. They’re cool!
5 Jenny ___________ very tired last night.
6 I ___________ breakfast at 7:30 this morning.
7 My parents ___________ very angry with me.
8 I ___________ a really good film at the cinema.
could / couldn’t
5 Write sentences. Use could / couldn’t and add
any other necessary words.
1 Pete / ride a bike / when / six years old.
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2 She / speak / Italian / when / ten.
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3 They / see / the film / last night.
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4 We / swim / when we / young.
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5 Gino / read / when / four.
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6 Rewrite the sentences in exercise 5 as
questions. Then write short answers.
1 _______________________________________
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2 _______________________________________
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3 _______________________________________
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4 _______________________________________
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5 _______________________________________
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