THE TIME

ACTIVITY

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SIMPLE PAST OF BE

ACTIVITY

A. Complete the sentences with was or were and write in all forms.

1. I _____   happy.

2. You _____  angry.

3. She  _____ in London last week.

4. He_____   on holiday.

5. It ____  cold.

6. We ____  at school.

7. You  ____ at the cinema.

8. They _____  at home.

9. The cat _____  on the roof.

10. The children _____  in the garden.

B. Select the correct option and change to other forms

1. They ______ thirsty this morning.

a. was

b. were

2. We ______ thirsty yesterday.

a. was

b. were

3. I ______ hungry and wanted a hamburger.a. was

a. was

b. were

4. Yesterday I ______ hungry. I ate two hamburgers.

a. was

b. were

5. Caroline ______ in a car accident last week.

a. was

b. were

6. Where ______ Caroline last night?

a. was

b. were

7. Where was your computer? It ______ on the table.

a. was

b. were

8. Karl ______ on the train last week.

a. was

b. were

THE TIME

ACTIVITY

Write the hours

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FREQUENCY ADVERBS

ACTIVITY

A. Select the best option

1. Andrea lives next door so we _____ see her.

 never
 often
 rarely

2. Nancy and I [30%] _____ go out for coffee together.

 never
 frequently
 occasionally

3. We meet _____ at the Annual General Meeting.

 never
 every day
 yearly

4. My doctor __________ .

 yearly checks my health
 checks yearly my health
 checks my health yearly

5. It [0%] _____ rains here in the summer.

 never
 sometimes
 rarely

6. _____ we take the dog off his leash at the beach.

 Sometimes
 Never
 Rarely

7. My sister __________ two days of school in a row.

 often has missed
 has missed often
 has often missed

8. My boyfriend and I take vacations together quite _____ .

 never
 hardly
 frequently

9. Andy [10%] __________ gets to visit with his cousins.

 very frequently
 very rarely
 very often

10. I don't earn much because I __________ .

 never went to college
 went never to college
 went to college never

B. Organize the sentences 

1. always on swimming goes Fridays Sofia

2.   their homework The do students usually

3.   father My watches hardly ever TV

4.   Olympic win rarely athletes British medals

5.   often is ill My mother

6.   never is John class late for

7.   John school gets early to usually

8.   We very often go out don't

ACTIVITY COMPARATIVES AND SUPERLATIVES

ACTIVITY

A. COMPLETE THE ADJECTIVES USING THE COMPARATIVE FORM

1. It ́s too noisy here. Can we go to a ___________ [quieter/more quiet] (quiet) place?

2. The hotel was __________ [more big/biger/bigger/] (big) than that in which we stayed last
year.

3. Your work is __________ [gooder/better/beter/] (good) than mine.

4. The accident could have been ________ [bader/worse/more bad/badder] (bad) than it was.

5. I was ________________ [nervouser/more nervous] (nervous) in my exam yesterday than
Mark.

6. I ́d like to have a __________ [faster/more fast] (fast) car. The one I have now is really old.

7. Last week it was really hot. Today is __________ [more cold/colder] (cold) than then.

B. WHICH IS CORRECT?

1. We have an ________ [older/more old] brother who lives in Miami.

2. Her illness is ________________ [more serious/most serious] than what the doctors expected.

3. I like warm weather. If the weather is __________ [more cold/colder] , I will get sick.

4. This dress is __________________ [most beautiful/more beautiful] than that one.

5. He is __________ [more rich/richer] than Arthur.
6. This road is ___________ [farther/more far/] than the motorway.
7. Was the TV programme ________ [worse/more bad/] than the film?

C. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING THE SUPERLATIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVES

1. It ́s a very nice house. It ́s ______________ [the most nice/the nicest/] house in the street.

2. This is a cheap restaurant. It ́s ________________ [the cheapest/the most cheap/] I ́ve ever
been.

3. It was a very valuable painting. I ́m sure it was _____________________ [the most valuable/the
valuablest] painting in the gallery.

4. She ́s a very good tennis player. Her trainer says she is ____________ [the most good/the
best/the goodest] .

5. He ́s a very dangerous criminal. The police says he is ______________________ [the most
dangerous/the dangerousest/] in the country.

6. We should buy him a beautiful present. Last year we gave him ______________________ [the
most beautiful/the beautifulest/] gift of all in his birthday.

D. WRITE THE COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE FORM OF THE ADJECTIVES IN THESE

SENTENCES

1. She was a very intelligent student. She was ________________________ [more intelligent
than/the most intelligent] girl in her class.

2. It ́s a very old castle. Experts argued it is ______________ [the oldest/older than/] in Britain.

3. I ́m going to sleep on the sofa. The floor is ______________________ [more uncomfortable/the
most uncomfortable/] (uncomfortable) than it.

4. This new job is __________________ [the most important/more important] (important) for me
than the last I had.

5. Living in the countryside is _____________ [healthier/the healthiest/] (healthy) than leaving in
town.

6. These instructions were ______________________ [the most difficult/more difficult than]
(difficult) ones I have ever read.