4th ESO Revision starter unit and unit 1

present simple or continuous? 
past tenses revision 

Exercise 1

Fill in the gaps with the past simple and the past perfect.

1. Our clothes ………………………….(be) wet because it …………………………..(rain).
2. The teacher ……………………(be) angry  because Kate ………………………..(not do) her homework.
3. After I …………………………….(tidy) my room, I …………………………(go) for a walk.
4. When I …………………………….(get) on the bus I discovered I ……………………………….(forget) my money.
5. The school …………………………..(be) quiet because all the students ………………………..(go) home.

Exercise 2

Fill in the gaps with the present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous or past perfect.

1. Where …………………………(Amelia Earhart/fly) when her plane ……………………………….(disappear ) in 1938?
2. Where ……………………………………(your cousins/live)?
3. Who …………………………………(she/talk) to? I don’t know.
4. After Josey ………………………………….(pass) her driving test, her dad ………………………………..(buy) her a car.
5. What ………………………………..(fall) on Sir Isaac Newton’s head while he ………………………………… (sit) under a tree?
6. Next week, we ………………………………….(travel) to London. I’m so excited.
7. By the time he …………………………..(be) ten, David ………………………………….(decide) that he wanted to be a doctor.
8. This time last year, we …………………………………….(walk) in London.
9. When Antoni Gaudí ……………………………………..(die), what ……………………………………..(he/build)?
10. ………………………………………(Matt/get up/usually) at 7?

Exercise 3
Write a subject or object question for the underlined information:

John watched an interesting documentary about Ireland last night.
Samuel and Susan are going to Australia next year.
Mary does pilates every Tuesday.

Thomas helped Mary with her maths homework.

Answers

Exercise 1

1. Were, had rained
2. Was, hadn’t done
3. Had tidied, went
4. Got, had forgotten
5. Was, had gone

Exercise 2

1. Was AE flying, disappeared
2. Do your cousins live
3. Is she talking to
4. Had passed, bought
5. Fell, was sitting
6. Are travelling
7. Was, had decided
8. Were walking
9. Died, was the building?
10. Does Matt usually get up 

Exercise 3

Who watched an interesting documentary about Ireland last night? John
When did John watch an interesting documentary about Ireland? last night
Who is going to Australia next year? Samuel and Susan
Where are Samuel and Susan going next year? Australia
Who does pilates every Tuesday? Mary
When does Mary do Pilates? every Tuesday
Who helped Mary with her maths homework? Thomas
Who did Thomas help with her maths homework? Mary