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B1 Open World Grammar Unit 4

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    Past simple, continuous, perfect
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  • Put into past simple or past continuous // When I was young, I (WANT) to be a pilot.
    wanted
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  • Put into past simple or past continuous // Last night I (DROP) a plate when I (DO) the washing up. Fortunately it (NOT BREAK)
    dropped / was doing / didn't break.
  •  25
  • Choose the correct option // While I (WATCHED / WAS WATCHING) TV, my sister was doing her homework.
    was watching
  •  15
  • Choose the correct option // My friends often (PHONED (WERE OFTEN PHONING) me when my parents were out.
    phoned
  •  15
  • Choose the correct option // While I was talking to my friend, I (REALISED / WAS REALISING) that something was wrong.
    realised.
  •  15
  • Choose the correct option // It was a lovely day. The sun (SHONE / WAS SHINING) and the birds (SONG / WERE SINGING)
    was shining / were singing
  •  20
  • Choose the correct option // Lionel Messi (WON / WAS WINNING) a gold medal for Argentina in the Beijing Olympics.
    won
  •  15
  • Put into past simple or past perfect // It (RAIN) all night and although it (STOP) the ground (BE) still very wet.
    had rained / had stopped / was
  •  25
  • Put into past simple or past perfect // We (PLAN) to have a picnic, but then it started raining, so we (HAVE TO) think of something else to do.
    had planned / had to
  •  25
  • Put into past simple or past perfect // It (BE) sunny every day for two weeks, but then it (START) to snow.
    had been / started
  •  25
  • Put into past simple or past perfect // We (CANNOT) go for a walk in the forest yesterday because the snow and ice (MAKE) the paths too dangerous.
    couldn't / had made
  •  25
  • Put into past simple or past perfect // Yesterday, we (GO) to the cinema because there was a new film that none of us (SEE)
    went / had seen
  •  25
  • Town and Country vocabulary // What's a big building with flats in it?
    an apartment block
  •  10
  • Town and Country vocabulary // What's a small river called?
    a stream
  •  10
  • Town and Country vocabulary // What's a very tall building?
    a skyscraper
  •  10
  • Town and Country vocabulary // What's water that drops from high up?
    a waterfall
  •  10