Q1 LESSON 6 Student’s name: ......................................................... Class: 6A .................. Date: ................

A. GRAMMAR
I. Write the simple past
HOW TO MAKE REGULAR SIMPLE PAST FORMS
most verbs: + - ed work  worked help  helped rain  rained
after -e: +-d hope  hoped like  liked
walk …. walked….. arrive …………….. change …….…..… cook ……………… watch ……………..
hate ………………. live ………………. pass ……………… shave ……………..

II. Write the simple past

VERBS ENDING IN -Y
vowel (a, e, o) + y  -yed play  played enjoy  enjoyed
consonant (d, l, r … etc) + y  -ied try  tried reply  replied
stay ……………. study ………….….. cry ……………… annoy …………… carry ……………..
hurry ………….. pray ……………….

III. Write the simple past

DOUBLING (stopped, planned … etc)
one vowel + one consonant
 double consonant + - ed stop  stopped (NOT stoped) plan  planned
two vowels: don't double seem  seemed wait  waited (NOT waitted)
two consonants: don't double want  wanted (NOT wantted) help  helped
only double in STRESSED syllables preFER  preferred BUT WONder  wondered
shop ……………….. rain ………………. start ………….….. rob ……………….. slim …….………..
jump ……………….. shout …………….. slip ……………….. fit ……………..….. Turn ……………..
VIsit ……………….. reGRET …………. deVElop ……..….. GALlop ……..……
OPen……………….. ANswer ……..…... reFER ……….…..

IV. Add –ed to the verbs and put them in the correct column
land, look, watch, smile, correct, start, slip, smash, decorate, cook, offer, collect, dress, prepare, water,
iron, suggest, clean
/id/ /t/ /d/
After /t/, /d/ After /k/, /s/, /∫/, /t∫/, /p/ After other sounds
landed looked smiled

V. Give correct verb form, positive or negative

1. It was warm, so I …….took…….off my coat. (take)
2. The film wasn’t very good. I ……didn’t enjoy…….it much. (enjoy)
3. I knew Sarah was busy, so I …………………………………………….. her. (disturb)
4. We were very tired, so we ………………………….…………………..the party early. (leave)
5. The bed was very uncomfortable. I ……………………………………………..well. (sleep)
6. The window was open and a bird ……………………………………………..into the room. (fly)
7. The hotel wasn’t very expensive. It …………………………………………..much to stay there. (cost)
8. I was in a hurry, so I ……………………………..……………..time to phone you. (have)

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VI. Put simple past verbs into the story.
1-6: come hear open say not see stand
7-10: give hold not read take
11-15: run say not speak turn write
He (1) ………………… outside her door for a long time. Then he (2) ……………… her footsteps inside the house.
She (3) ………………… the door and (4) ………………… out. At first she (5) ………………… him, but then she (6)
………………… .’Oh hello. Harold.' He (7) ………………… a paper out of his pocket and (8) ………………… it to
her. She (9) …………………… it in one hard, but (10) …………………… it. ‘Listen,’ he (11) ……………………
She (12) …………………… . ‘I (13) …………………… you this letter because…’She (14) …………………… back
into the house. He (15) …………………… and walked slowly down the street.

VII. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.

A Lesley 1) ...bought... (buy) her house two months ago. It Is a beautiful cottage in the countryside.
However, when Lesley 2) …………………… (decide) to buy it, it 3) …………………… (need) a lot of work.
First, she 4) …………………… (decorate) all the rooms. Then, she 5) …………………… (plant) lots of
flowers in the garden.
After that, she 6) …………………… (make) new curtains for all the windows. When it was ready, she 7)
…………………… (move) in. That was last week. Now. Lesley is very happy.

B Claude Monet 1) ...was... (be) a famous artist. He 2) …………………… (paint) lots of beautiful pictures in his
lifetime. He often 3) …………………… (take) his paints and a canvas into the countryside. He 4)
…………………… (love) to paint trees and rivers during the different seasons of the year. Monet 5)
…………………… (create) a new kind of art called Impressionism. He
6) …………………… (die) in 1926. but many people still visit museums and galleries to look at his pictures.

B. VOCABULARY
I. Complete the crossword.

II. Write one word in each gap (phrasal verb)

24TH JUNE
We had our English exam today. It was a disaster! We all sat there nervously, waiting for Mrs. Jennings to say
we could start. Finally, she told us to turn our exam paper (1) ………………… Then she read

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 (2) ………………… the instructions to make sure we all understood. We had to write three essays in two
hours! We weren't allowed to look (3) ………………… any words in the dictionary, and we had to write in pen.
That meant we couldn't rub anything (4) ………………… if we made a mistake.
We had to cross it (5) ………………… neatly or just rip (6) ………………… the whole piece of paper and start
again. So, I read through the three questions very carefully and thought about what I was going to write. I’d
just written my name (7) ………………… at the top of the first piece of paper, and was about to start writing
the first essay, when Mrs. Jennings pointed (8) ………………… that there were only five minutes left. Oh
dear'.

III. Complete by changing the form of the word in capitals

1. Do you think you get a good ……………………….at your school? EDUCATE
2. I’m not an expert. I’m only a ……………………….! BEGIN
3. The police are going to give Tracy an award for ……………………….. . BRAVE
4. I’m writing in ……………………….to your advertisement for a guitar teacher. REFER
5. I want ……………………….at all times during the exam. SILENT
6. Rupert is an ……………………….at a local extreme sports center. INSTRUCT
7. I’m afraid that answer is ……………………….so you haven’t won today’s top prize. CORRECT
8. You don’t understand ……………………….? Look! Twelve divided by four is three! It’s easy! DIVIDE
9. This is really difficult to understand. Why don’t we ………………………. it a little? SIMPLE
10. Actors have to ……………………….a lot of words when they are in a play. MEMORY

C. READING - AUTHOR’S PURPOSE QUESTIONS

I. AUTHOR’S PURPOSE QUESTIONS
PAY ATTENTION TO THE AUTHOR’S LANGUAGE
HINT: Thinking about what kind of words the author uses will help you to understand the purpose.
Does the author try to convince somebody, explain something, or inform you about what he is writing?

Last week, an elephant was found in the halls of Lakeside Elementary School. This large animal probably
came to the school after it escaped from the zoo.
One student believes that the elephant followed her back to school from a field trip her class took to the
Lakeside Zoo two weeks ago. In an interview she said, "I felt like I really bonded with an elephant at the zoo. I
fed it lots of peanuts and candy. Right before we left, I looked in its eyes, and I knew that it would try to follow
me.”
No one is sure that this is the same elephant that was seen that day, but the fact that the elephant came to
Lakeside, of all places, has led many to believe the story.
The elephant was last seen using its trunk to drink water from the water fountain. It also made loud noises in
the halls that sounded like the school bell ringing. Principal Rodriguez and many teachers are confused and
unhappy with this situation. They do not know how to get this elephant to leave the school.
Lakeside Elementary School students very much like having an elephant around. Many students have offered
to take care of the elephant and it has been given the name “Lola.” A petition will probably be passed around,
asking that students sign if they want to keep Lola here instead of at the zoo.

Question
Why did the author write the article?
A. To talk about unhappy teachers C. To talk about Lola, the elephant
B. To complain about the elephant D. To explain why Lola should be sent back to the zoo

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 II. AUTHOR’S PURPOSE QUESTIONS
READ THE TOPIC SENTENCE.
HINT: If you pay attention to the topic sentence, you will be better able to pick the right answer to the
question about the author’s purpose. This sentence is connected to the rest of the passage and will help you
see the main purpose of the passage.

Oak trees are known for being very strong and are often seen as symbols of might and stability. There are six
hundred different types of oak trees that can be found all over the northern parts of the world. Because of this,
many countries have chosen the oak tree as their national tree. Germany, England, and France arc just three
of the countries that have chosen this tree to represent their country.
The oak tree is also special in many ancient myths and stories. A story originating from the Norse people has
the oak tree as a part of Thor’s legend. Thor is the Norse god of thunder and he may have been connected
with the oak tree because it is often struck by lightning.
In the Bible, the oak tree is mentioned several times. At one point, Jacob puts the statues of false gods
underneath an oak tree. In Celtic stories, the oak tree represents doors or gateways. The Celts believed that
you could find a way to move from our world to another at an oak tree. Oak trees were important and sacred
openings, not found anywhere else. The oak tree is also found in Baltic and Slavonic stories.

Question
The author’s main purpose is to ____________.
A. Explain the different types of oaks
B. Teach people how to use oak trees
C. Explain why the oak is the best kind of tree
D. Show how oaks are important to many cultures

III. Read the texts and answer the question.

The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most famous bridges in America. It spans the Golden Gate, which is
where San Francisco Bay meets the Pacific Ocean. The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge that
stretches for 1.7 miles. When it was completed in 1937, it was the biggest suspension bridge in the world.
The Golden Gate Bridge was built because the northern side of San Francisco could only be reached by boat.
This prevented the city from growing quickly, as imports from the North came in slowly.
People had thought about building a bridge like this for a long time, but it wasn’t until a young engineering
student proposed a relatively inexpensive idea that the idea for a bridge was taken seriously.
Joseph Strauss responded to an article that said a bridge would cost 100 million dollars to build, which was
very expensive for that time. Strauss came up with a new idea that would only cost 17 million dollars.
Strauss’s idea changed over time. His original idea wasn’t for a suspension bridge. In the end, the Golden
Gate Bridge cast more than 35 million dollars.
The bright orange-red color of the bridge was originally just a temporary paint, but people liked it. The bridge
has stayed this color ever since and is now an international symbol of the city of San Francisco.

Question
What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To give some history of the Golden Gate Bridge
B. To show some of the problems of San Francisco
C. To discuss how Joseph Strauss built the Golden Gate Bridge
D. To inform students about how the Golden Gate Bridge became red

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