Day Chris Natalie
Monday Budapest Madrid
Tuesday Lisbon Rome
Wednesday Kraków Kraków
Thursday Zagreb Prague
Friday Istanbul Budapest
Saturday Dublin Dublin

1. Look at the calendar. Write sentences about Natalie and Chris. Use the past simple of be. (affirmative or negative). (0-3p)
1. Natalie / Madrid / Monday
___________________________________________.
2. Chris and Natalie / Kraków / Wednesday
___________________________________________.
3. Chris / Lisbon / Tuesday
____________________________________________.
4. Natalie / Dublin / Saturday
____________________________________________.
5. Chris and Natalie / Dublin / Friday
____________________________________________.
6. Natalie / Budapest / Monday
____________________________________________.

2. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of the werbs below. (0-3,5p)
[Chat, cry, dance, invite, start, study, wash]
1. I __________ twenty friends to my party.
2. I __________ to my friends at the cafe.
3. My dad __________ German at school.
4. Harriet __________ at the end of the sad film.
5. Sam ___________ with Emma at the night club.
6. George ____________ his hair this morning.
7. Our English lesson ___________ at 9:30.

3. Complete the time expressions with the words below. (0-3,5p)
[Afternoon, ago, before, last, month, years, yesterday]
1. Four years _
2. _________ night
3. Yesterday _____
4. Two ______ ago
5. ________ morning
6. Last ________
7. The day _______ yesterday

4. Complete the phrases with the words below. Each pair of phrases has a similar meaning. (0-4p)
[Message, news, phoned, pleased, shame, so much, sorry, thank]
1. Just a quick note to ______ you for...
Thank you _______ for...

2. I was really _______ to hear that...
It’s fantastic / great _________!

3. Harry ________ from the...
There’s a ________ from Jason.
4. It’s such a _________ that...
I was so __________ to hear that...

5. Match the words to make phrases you can use the messages. (0-4,5p)
1. What _
2. Get _
3. It’s a _
4. We’re very proud _
5. It’s _
6. We’re all _
7. Well _
8. Please phone him _
9. It _
a) fantastic achievement.
b) was really kind of you.
c) urgent.
d) done!
e) well soon.
f) a lovely surprise!
g) on his mobile.
h) thinking of you.
i) of you.

6. Match the sentences halves. (0-4p)
1. School starts _
2. Marco lives in Dublin, but he’s _
3. Summer starts _
4. My dad goes to work _
a) in June.
b) by car.
c) from Italy.
d) at eight o’clock.

7. Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of can, affirmative or negative, and the verbs below. (0-4p)
[Go, play, sleep, walk]
1. We _______________ tennis because the weather was bad.
2. David ________________ before his was one year old.
3. Tom ________________ to the cinema because was ill.
4. I was very tired, but I _____________________.

8. Complete the text. Use the past simple form of the verbs below. (0-6p)
[Chat, listen, phone, stay, tidy, watch]
Yesterday evening, I(1) __________ at home. I(2) _____________ TV and then I(3) ___________ to music on my MP3 player. After dinner, I(4) _____________ my friend Becky and we(5) _____________ for an hour. Then I(6) ____________ my bedroom.

9. Complete the time expressions. Use a, e and o. (0-3p)
1. Th _ d _ y b _ f _ r _ y _ st _ rd _ y
2. Thr _ _ m _ nths _ g _
3. L _ st w _ _ k

10. Complete the messages with sentences a-d. (0-4p)
a) I use it every day.
b) He’s got the book you wanted.
c) I hear that you all played really well.
d) I hope that you feel better soon.

Mum,
Mr Black from the library called. (1) ________________. You can get it tomorrow. His phone number is 578990.
Marion

Luke,
It’s great that your team were first in the football tournament. (2) ____________________. We’re very proud of you!
With love from Grandma

Dear Grandad,
I was sorry to hear that you aren’t well. (3) _____________________. I’ll come and see you tomorrow. Get well soon!
Love, Tom

Zoe,
Thank you so much for the MP3 player! It was really kind of you. (4) __________________. Hope to see you soon.
Love, Frances