WAY TO ENGLISH 3 UNITS 0-1

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words below. Then tick (✓) the
sentences that are true for you.
on the way - make my way - on my own - survive - journey - dream come true

1.I don’t like staying at home …………………….

2.I’d like togo on an exciting …………………….
3.I really wanted to travel to the USA. This summer, my ……………………
4.I think I could……………………alone in the jungle for a number of weeks.
5.I stopped at the newsagent …………………… to school this morning.
6. Yesterday, I …………………… through a large crowd of people at the market in order to buy something.

2.- COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT WORD

- Grandma lives by herself, she sometimes _________________ _________________.
- I was very thirsty because I _____________ ___________ _______________.
- They really wanted to travel to China. Last spring they went there and their __________
________ ______.
- There was a train accident. Luckily all the passengers _____________________.
- Last year, we went to South Africa. We stopped in Kenya ______ ________ ____________-
- Bill is going to Italy on holiday. He _______ _______ for Rome at 6.30am.
- He didn’t have time to help so I did the project ______ _________ ______________.
- The captain of the trip had many difficulties, but he __________________ _______
_____________________.
- The ______________________ was long. They drove for ten hours without stopping.
- We hiked in the mountains for five days before we finally ________________ __________
_____________________.
- Last year, he travelled to Brazil to ______________________ the rainforest.

- They ______________ ______________ ______________ from the hotel to the museum on

foot.

3.- WRITE THE CORRECT ADJECTIVE

Jane was _____________________ when her friends invited her to go with them to New Zealand.
She loves travelling.
John didn’t use to have many friends and he rarely went out. He was quite
______________________.
We were ______________________________ to hear about the terrible accident.
I was _________________________ with Dani because he broke my tablet.
The children ran around the playground for hours. They are so _______________________.
4.- VOCABULARY
5.- Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple.

Today, I 1. …………………… (spend) the day in London. First of all, I 2. ……………………

(take) a bus tour of the city. Then, I 3. …………………… (go) on a tour of Buckingham Palace.
I 4.…………………… (love) the palace.
After that, I 5. …………………… (meet) my cousins at Hyde Park. It was raining, so we 6.
…………………… (not have) a picnic. Instead, we 7. …………………… (order) fish and chips
at a really nice restaurant in the park.
The rain 8. …………………… (not stop), so we 9. …………………… (visit) Madame Tussauds
Wax Museum after lunch. We 10. …………………… (see) statues of the Queen, David
Beckham, Lady Gaga and many other famous people.

6.- Complete the questions with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple.
Then answer the questions to make them true for you.
1 .…………………… you …………………… (drink) tea yesterday? ………………………
2 .…………………… your parents …………………… (go) to the cinema at the weekend? ……………………
3 What …………………… your best friend …………………… (give) you for your last birthday?
……………………………………………………
4 How …………………… you …………………… (get) to school this morning? ………………………………..
……………………………………………………………………
7.- Complete the sentences with the correct form of used to and the verbs below.
like - walk - play - cook -climb
1. When I lived near school, I …………………..…………………… to School every day.
2. I ………………………………………………………… avocado, but now I love it!
3. He ………………………………………………………. mountains before his accident.
4. …………………… your father …………………………………….. professional football?
5. I ……………………………………….. ,but now I enjoy preparing all kinds of food.

8.- Write sentences with the words below. Use the Past Continuous.
1. We / play / in the snow / yesterday / at noon / .
......................................................................................................
2. Your friends / wait / for you / at the cinema / ?
......................................................................................................
3. I / not talk / about you / !
......................................................................................................
4. Snow / fall / all night / .
......................................................................................................
5. Sharon /not cook / fish / at 3 o’clock in the morning / .
......................................................................................................
6. Why / Charlie / wear / strange sunglasses / ?
......................................................................................................
9.- Choose the correct answer.
1.Yesterday I were riding / was riding / rode my bike home when I saw my best friend.
2.Were they winning / They won / Did they win the game yesterday?
3.Jill was sailing to New Zealand while her friends were cycling / was cycling / cycled across
Australia.
4.What happened when you arrived / were arriving / was arriving at the airport?
5.While Joshua travelled / was travelling / were travelling to Alaska, he met some interesting
explorers.
6.What was doing / she was doing / she did while her parents were flying around the world?
10.- Complete the dialogue with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous.
Lily: Dad, who 1.…………………… (be) Mark Twain?
Dad: A famous American writer. He 2.…………………… (live) over 100 years ago.
Lily: What 3.…………………… he…………………… (write)?
Dad: He 4.…………………… (write) a lot of books, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
Lily: Oh, yes! We 5.…………………… (read) it at school two or three years ago, but I 6.……………………
(not remember) the author’s name.
Dad: You see, Mark Twain 7.…………………… (live) an exciting life – the life of an explorer. While he
8.…………………… (travel) around the USA, he 9.…………………… (have) a lot of adventures in some very
Exciting places. He 10. .…………………… (meet) interesting people and later, he 11.…………………… (describe)
them in his books.
Lily: Thanks for helping me complete my school project, Dad. While you 12.…………………… (talk), I
13.…………………… (type)everything on the computer.

11.- Fill in the blanks with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verb in brackets.
1 While I ............................ (swim) in the river, I ...................... (see) some frogs.
2 Jim ............................ (not pay) attention when he ...................... (drive) his car into a tree.
3 What ...................... you ...................... (do) while she ...................... (sleep)?
4 Everyone ............................ (sleep) when the robbers ...................... (break in).
5 ............................ your friend ...................... (stand) outside when you ...................... (come) home?
6 It ............................ (start) raining while we ............................ (play) tennis.
7 We ............................ (arrive) at the station just as the train ............................ (leave).
8 I’m sorry. I ............................ (not listen) while you ............................ (talk).

12.- WRITE WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF USED TO. AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE

feed the dog ✔ wash my hair

finish my art project✘ read the newspaper✔
visit Tim in hospital✔ go to the gym ✘
practise the piano✘ send an e-mail to Lisa ✔
tidy my room✔ write an essay✘
13.- Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the Present
Continuous or Present Simple. Pay attention to stative verbs.
1 We ...................... (buy) tickets for the concert now. I ...................... (hope) we have fun!
2 My little brother ...................... (drink) hot cocoa now, but I ...................... (not like) cocoa.
3 My friend ...................... (need) help with her work, so we ...................... (go) to her house now.
4 Jack ...................... (practise) very hard for the race at the moment. He ...................... (want) to win.
5 I ...................... (miss) my friend so I ...................... (write) a letter to him..
1 My mum and dad always ...................... (make) delicious food.
2 Tony always ...................... (finish) school at 4.30.
3 Listen! Lisa ...................... (sing) a beautiful song.
4 My sister ...................... (not play) on the computer in the evening.
5 Today my brother and I ...................... (not go) to school by bus.
6 I can’t leave now. We ...................... (have) dinner.
7 ...................... you often ...................... (send) e-mails?
8 That boy rarely ...................... (study).

14.- Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in
brackets.
1 I ...................................... (write) an e-mail to Tom when the postman ......................................
(deliver) his letter!
2 When I ...................................... (leave) home yesterday, some dogs ...................................... (sit)
near the front gate.
3 John ...................................... (not swim) at four o’clock. He ...................................... (play) football.
4 Bob ...................................... (lie) in the garden when it ...................................... (start) to rain.
5 As I ...................................... (put) the baby to bed, the phone ...................................... (ring).
6 What .................. you .................. (do) when Dan ...................................... (fall)?

15.- Complete the sentences with used to and the verbs in brackets.
1 When Grandma was a girl, she ...................................... (wear) long dresses.
2 Ron ...................................... (not like) swimming, but now he swims every day.
3 Before Steven’s accident, he ...................................... (work) in a factory.
4 Where ...................... you ...................... (go) to school when you were young?
5 What music ...................... teenagers ...................... (listen) to in the 1950s?
6 A hundred years ago, people ...................................... (not travel) in aeroplanes.

16.- Write questions for the sentences. Use the bold words to help you.
1 .................................................................................................................... I played basketball.
2 ..........................................................................................................We saw Big Ben last year.
3 ................................................................................................................Mary has lost her bag.
4 .......................................................................................................The baby drank all the milk.
5 ..........................................................................................................Saul bought the blue pen.
6 ........................................................................................................Tina has got a new bicycle.

17.- Put the words in the correct order.

1 ate / who / the / chocolate / ? ................................................................................
2 Jim / what / the / in / done / has / garden / ? ................................................................................
3 holiday / last year / on / went / who / ? ................................................................................
4 bought / they / have / what / ? ................................................................................
5 who / they / call / did / ? ................................................................................
6 Sue / yesterday / did / what / play / ? ................................................................................
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