Review for Exam 1

Units 1-2
Intermediate I

Regular Simple Past Tense Verbs

Complete each sentence with the simple past tense of the verb in parentheses.
1. (fasten) Marco _____fstened_____________ his seatbelt as soon as he got in the car.
2. (look) He _____looked_______________ both ways before crossing the street.
3. (relax) After he got home, he ______relaxed_______ while watching TV.
4. (serve) His wife ____served_____________ chicken for dinner.
5. (want) Marco ______wanted___________ flan for dessert.

Irregular Past Tense Verbs

See how many irregular verbs you already know. Complete each sentence with the simple past
tense form of the verb in parentheses.
1. (get) Jonathan ___got______ up early on Sunday.
2. (have) He ____had_________ a lot of things to do.
3. (put) He ______put_______ on his Liga T-shirt.
4. (catch) He _____caught___________ a bus to his mother’s house.
5. (take) He ______tooken___________ the bus to the Banco Central.
6. (go) At the Banco Central, he ______went_____ up the hill.
7. (buy) He ______bought________ a bag of oranges at the corner.
8. (eat) When he got to his mother’s house, he ___ate________ breakfast with her.
9. (read) He ____read______ El Comercio, looking at the classifieds.
10. (find) He __found_________ a job he wanted.
11. (feel) He ___felt________ optimistic.

Questions and Answers

Use DID, WAS, or WERE to complete the following YES / NO questions and respond with a short
answer and additional information, if possible.
Example: _____Did were_______ you nervous the day of the exam?
Student A: Were you nervous the day of the exam?
Student B: No, I wasn’t. I had studied a lot.
1. _Did you tired this morning?

2. __Did ________ the weather nice this weekend?

3. _Did _________ you get up early this morning?
4. _____Did___ you have a lot of things to do last week?
5. _Did_________ your teacher late to class today?
6. ___Did_______ any of your friends sad that their team lost the soccer game?

Questions with WHO

Use the following cues to ask question with WHO. Respond to each question with a short
answer.
Example: spend time with on Sunday?
Student A: Who did you spend time with on Sunday?
Student B: I spent the day with my Grandmother.
1. Who did you go out dancing with you?
2. I went dancing with my brother,
3. Who did you eat dinner with you on Friday?
I ate on Friday with my sisters.
4. Who did you wake you up on Sunday?
My mother woke up me on Sunday at 5am
 5. Who did you spend time with on Saturday?
I spent time with my family.
6. Who did you prepare your dinner on Sunday?
My sister prepared me dinner .

Used To
A. Use the information in the following statements to answer the questions. Your answer may be
“yes,” “no,” or “I don’t know.”
a. Michael used to work for a travel agency.
1. Does Michael have experience working at a travel agency?
2. Does Michael work at a travel agency now?
3. When did he work at a travel agency?
b. Carol didn’t use to like spinach.
1. Does Carol like spinach now?
2. Did she like spinach when she was younger?
3. When did she start to like spinach?
B. Respond to the following questions with complete sentences.
a. Is there any kind of food that you didn’t use to like? What? When did you begin to like
this food?
b. Think back to your childhood days. What did you use to do in your free time? What did
you use to be afraid of?
c. Clothing fashions change all the time. Think about fashions in your country when your
grandparents were your age. What did people use to wear in your country? What do
they wear now?
d. What do teenagers do for fun these days? What did teenagers use to do for fun?

Adverbs of Quantity with Count and Noncount Nouns

Complete the sentences with one of the given adverbs of quantity.
Example: On my street, there is _________ noise. (too many / too much)
1. The city should provide __________ public transportation. (more / fewer)
2. There are ____________ homeless people in the city. (too many / too much)
3. I wish there were ___________ cars in Quito. (fewer / less)
4. There is ___________ corruption in politics. (too many / too much)
5. There aren’t __________ police officers in Quito. (enough / more)

Write six sentences using the following adverbs of quantity.

1. (too many) There are too many cars in the center of Quito.
2. (too much) I love my pets too much
3. (fewer) I buy fewer books in August
4. (less) _I drink less coffee than everybody else in house.
5. (more) a tablet is more expensive than a cell phone
6. (not enough) reading is not enough to learn a language
Indirect Questions
Change each of the following sentences or questions to an indirect question.
Examples: Where is the bathroom?  Could you tell me where the bathroom is?
How often do the buses leave?  Do you know how often the buses leave?
1. Where is Henry Guy’s office?
2. How often does the Trole run?
3. What is the earliest class at CEC?
4. When did class start?
5. Where is the Teacher’s Lounge?
6. Where are the stairs?

You are a tourist. Ask for the following information using indirect questions.
1. (the bus station) _______________________________________________________________.
2. (the museum) _________________________________________________________________.
3. (the buses to Mitad del Mundo) ___________________________________________________.
4. (the nearest bank) ______________________________________________________________.