English homework
Pag 76
2ª 1_“walked” she was in africa
2_“dancing” they were at Merry Garden Ballroom, Chicago
3_“played tennis” they were in Clifton, New Jersey, USA
4_”talked” he was in Zimbabwe
2b D_Man talks for six days
B_Dance marathon
C_Non-stop tennis match
A_Woman walks round world
2c He laughed. Mike Ritof
2 She moved twenty-four times. Ffyona Campbell
3 He played tennis with Daniel. Carlo Santelli
4 People listened to him. Errol Muzawazi
5 She cried. Edith Boudreaux
2d dancing: 5,512 hours and 44 minutes
they danced for 5152 hours and 48 minutes
walking: 32,000 metres
she walked 32,000 kilometres
talking: 212 hours
he talked about democracy for 121 hours
playing tennis: 32 hours, 12 minutes, 6 seconds
they played tennis for 38 hours, 2 minutes and 9 seconds
Pag 77
3A start started 5 laugh laughed 9 talk talked
2 dance danced 6 walk walked 10 listen listened
3 move moved 7 arrive arrived 11 wait waited
4 cry cried 8 stop stopped 12 play played
3B
Rule: to make the past simple with regular verbs:
I spelling examples
most verbs add “ed” started, laughed
verbs ending in -e add “d” danced, moved
verbs ending in
consonant + -y change to “ied” cried
most verbs
ending in double the final
consonant letter, then add
+ vowel + consonant add the last consonant + ed stopped
5a
He lived (live) here when he was a boy, but then he
moved (move) to the countryside.
2 We waited (wait) for hours, but the bus did not arrive (not arrive).
3 My friend cooked (cook) dinner last night and I really liked (like) it.
4 I usually drive, but yesterday I walked (walk) because they closed (close) the road.
5 The teacher asked (ask) me a question, but i didn’t undestand it(not understand).
6 I watched (watch) a very sad film last night and I cried (cry) the whole time.
Pag 84
1C Underline the mistake in each sentence. Try to remember the correct information from the
text.
The bridge was in Northern Scotland.
The bridge was in Northern Ireland.
2 Cynthia and Anne were on the bridge for an hour.
Cynthia and Anne were on the bridge for half an hour.
3 The taxi driver worked in London.
The taxi driver worked in New York City.
4 Darnell worked at a shop.
Darnell worked at a club.
5 Jon was in a train accident.
Jon was in a car accident
6 Jon was in hospital for a month.
Jon was in hospital for a week.
7 Someone took Alison's passport.
Someone took Alison's money
8 The waitress said, 'Do you need money?'
The waitress said, 'Do you need help?'
2A Write the past forms of the verbs. Use the text in Exercise 18 to help. Check the meaning of
any new words.
1 meet met 6 break broke
2 come came 7 go went
3 take took 8 have had
4 think thought 9 sit sat
6 become became 10 say said
pag 85
3A Read the stories. Who are the people?
1 Darnell
In the 1990s, 11 was (be) a singer at a club in
New York. The first night there I finished (finish)
work at 4a.m. and I didn’t want (not want) to walk
home so I stopped (stop) Oliver's taxi and he
drove (drive) me home. I thought (think) he
was a great guy and later we became (become)
good friends.
2 Claudia
In 2008, I worked (work) as a waitress at a cafe.
One day I was at work and I saw (see) a
woman alone and very unhappy. I went (go)
over to her and said (say), 'Hi, do you need
help?' She didn’t have (not have) any money and
she didn’t know (not know) anyone in the city. I
gave (give) her some money and food. Now
she's one of my best friends.
4A Underline the correct alternative.
We were on a bridge.
2 We met in New York.
3 I was at work.
5A Complete the sentences with in, on or at.
I I met my best friend at university.
2 I met one of my Friends in the internet.
3 I went holiday with a friend at last year.
4 I met a great friend in my English class last month.
5 I was in a friend 's party on Saturday.
6 I had lunch with a friend in the city centre yesterday.
