Worksheet Module 6: How embarrassing?

Name: ________________________________________ Date: _______________

Classroom: ____
SIMPLE PAST
A. Write the Past Simple of the verbs.
1.
2.
3.
4.

Come _____________
Call _____________
Have _____________
Close _____________

5.
6.
7.
8.

Do _____________
Enjoy _____________
Say _____________
Stop _____________

9. Eat _____________
10. Try _____________
11. Run _____________
12. Leave _____________

B. Complete the text with the Simple Past of the verbs in parenthesis.
Yesterday afternoon my friend, Bill, and I (1) _____________ (get) hungry and we (2)
_____________ (want) to make some sandwiches. We (3) _____________ (not/have)
any cheese so I (4) _____________ (go) to the supermarket to get some. Bill (5)
_____________ (not/ want) to come so he (6) _____________ (wait) for me at home. At
the supermarket, I (7) _____________ (see) some cherries. They (8) _____________
(look) really good so I (9) _____________ (decide) to buy a few and eat them on the
way home. When I (10) _____________ (walk) into the house, Bill (11) _____________
(start) laughing. I (12) _____________ (not/understand) why until I (13) _____________
(look) in the mirror. I (14) _____________ (have) a terrible rash all over my face.
C. What did Kelly and Mike do yesterday? Write sentences about them,
as in the example.

1. Kelly watched TV, but mike didnt watch TV.

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

D. Place the verbs into the correct column below. There are 5 answers
for each column.
Included, mixed, killed, ended, danced, missed, visited, repeated, watched,
cried, stopped, yawned, asked, decided, damaged.
Looked (t)

Started (d)

Loved (d)

E. Complete the dialogues with the Simple Past of the verbs in

parenthesis. Give short answers where possible.
1. Andy: _________ you _______________ (pass) your Geography exam?
Jack: No, I _____________. I _____________ (fail) it. And I also ___________ (pass) my
Physics
exam.
2. Mike: _________ you and Sheila _______________ (go) to the high school reunion
last week?
Olivia: Yes, we ____________.
Mike: ________ you _______________ (see) any old teachers?
Olivia: Yes. You missed out! We _______________ (speak) with Mr. Cosby.
Mike: I remember Mr. Cosby! He _______________ (teach) History.
F. Match.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Who is Mr. Adams? (___)

What classes did you take? (___)
Where did you go yesterday? (___)
When did you finish college? (___)
Did you pass your exams? (___)
Why didnt you come to the reunion? (___)

a. Because I had the flu.

b. To the movies.
c. My Chemistry teacher
d. Yes, I did.
e. Math, Physics and Biology.
f. In 2001.

Verb TO BE (WAS /WERE)

A. Complete the dialogues with was, were, wasnt, werent
1. Zoe: Where __________ you yesterday?
Andy: I _________ at the beach.
Zoe: _______ you with Angie?
Andy: No, I ___________. I __________ with Nancy.
2. Kathy: _________ you and Ben in Italy last week?
Sophia: No, we ____________. We ______________ in France.
Kathy: What ___________ the weather like?
Sophia: It ___________ sunny at all. It _____________ very cloudy.

CAN / COULD

A. Complete the dialogues with the correct form of can / could and the
words in parenthesis. Give short answers where possible.
1. Leo: _______________ (you/read) when you were five?
Sean: No, I ____________. What about you?
Leo: I _________________ (read) and write when I was five.
2. Evie: _______________ (Diane/Speak) French?
Anna: Yes, she ____________.
Evie: But she _________________ (not/speak) French two years ago.
Anna: She took a Modern Languages class in college and now she
_________________ (speak)
French and Italian.
Evie: Thats great! _________________ (she/speak) Spanish, too?
Anna: No, she ____________.
B. Write five sentences about what you could / couldnt do when you
were five years old.
1. _______________________________________________________________________________
2. _______________________________________________________________________________
3. _______________________________________________________________________________
4. _______________________________________________________________________________
5. _______________________________________________________________________________
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS
A. Form adverbs from adjectives give below. Then use some of the
adjectives and adverbs to complete the text.
1. Fast - _____________________

6. Easy - _____________________

2. Good - _____________________

7. Bad - _____________________

3. Happy - _____________________

8. Early - _____________________

4. Beautiful - _____________________

9. Polite - _____________________

5. late _____________________

10. Quiet - _____________________

Mary and Louise are sisters, but they are very different. Mary is very active. Shes
very (1) _______________ athlete, too. She runs very (2) _______________! Last year,
she ran in the marathon and she won. Mary goes jogging every day, but she can
only go jogging in the afternoons because she wakes up (3) _______________ to go
to work. She is a Gym teacher and she is (4) _______________ with her job. Louise
isnt very active. Shes still a college student and she wakes up (5)
_______________, at around 11 a.m. She also takes singing lessons and she sings (6)
_______________. She never goes jogging with her sister. She studies or watches
DVDs with her friends.

A STORY TO TELL
A. Complete with the words in the box.
steal

catch

memory

time

look

shocked

1. Kate called the police and they came in no _____________________________.

2. Unfortunately, the police didnt ____________________ the burglar.
3. Linda was ___________________ when she heard the news.
4. The burglar hit Jack on the head and he lost his ______________________.
5. ____________________ out! Theres water on the floor.
6. That man tried to __________________ my car, but the police caught him.
B. Complete the text with suddenly, luckily or unfortunately.
Yesterday Mary got home from work at six-thirty. She was very tired so she fell
asleep. (1) ___________________, the phone rang ad Mary woke up. She ran to pick
up the phone, but she fell and hit her head on the coffee table. (2)
___________________, her sister Lydia wasnt home to help her. After a few minutes,
her sister got home. Mary felt a little dizzy so Lydia took her to the hospital. The
doctor did some tests and (3) ___________________, Mary only had a bump on her
head.