NAME: ______________________________________ CODE: _____________ DATE: __________

Grammar

I. Past Simple 5 _______ you ever _______ sushi?

III. questions
Write complete sentences using the prompts.
Complete the dialogues with question words or
What / you / buy / at the supermarket? phrases.
What did you buy at the supermarket?
A: When did you go to Canada?
1 We / not sell / our old car last year
__________________________________ . B: In 2005.

2 I / see / a good film yesterday 1 A: _______ did you become a doctor?

__________________________________ .
3 Sarah / teach / English / for twenty years
__________________________________ .
4 Paul / be / a good ice hockey player
__________________________________ .
5 When / you / leave / the US?
__________________________________ .
II. Present Perfect Simple: experience
Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs from the box.
do eat see not
be read hear
We’ve done a lot of grammar exercises this week.
1 _______ you ever _______ of a band called
Midlake? They’re really good.
2 I _______ to many countries because I don’t like
flying.
3 Jack _______ Mariah Carey in concert three
times.
4 I _______ all the Harry Potter books – I love
fantasy books.
B: I wanted to help people.
2 A: _______ did your iPhone cost?
B: $400.
3 A: _______ did the concert last?
B: Almost 3 hours.
4 A: _______ do you go swimming?
B: Once a week.
5 A: _______ were you born?
B: In Amsterdam
IV. How to …
refer to past times
Complete each sentence with one word.
I was born on 15 March 1975.
1 We moved to London _______ 1977.
2 I started working for a record company15 years
_______ .
3 I changed jobs _______ year.
4 _______ spending five years as a manager, I
decided to go travelling.
5 I got married _______ the late nineties.

Reading
 V. Read the magazine article. Then write the questions.

Sing!

Today a lot of singers and actors use their fame to raise money for charity. You only have to go on the internet
and you can see just how many things they do. A celebrity name at a charity event can raise thousands of dollars
and it is a good way for these people to give something back to the world that has made them rich and famous.

One such person is Scottish singer songwriter Annie Lennox. She was born on 25 December 1954 into a poor
family. She grew up and went to school in Aberdeen and when she was seventeen she moved to London and
went to the Royal Academy of Music where she studied the flute and classical music for three years.

A few years later she met Dave Stewart and between 1977 and 1980 they were in a group, The Tourists, where
she was the lead singer. When the band split up, Annie and Dave formed a new band: Eurythmics. Together
they recorded several albums. They sold more than 75 million albums worldwide, with over twenty
international hits. They didn’t officially separate but Annie started a solo career in the 1990s. Her first solo
album, Diva, was released in 1992 and sold around six million copies. Since then she has recorded several
albums.

However, Annie Lennox isn’t just a successful singer and musician. She is a dynamic charity fundraiser* and
over the years has achieved many great results. In 2007, she recorded a fundraising single called Sing with a 23-
member choir of female celebrities including Madonna, Shakira, kd lang, Dido and Celine Dion. The money
they raised went to Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), an organisation which works on the African continent.

Multi-award winning Annie Lennox has come a long way since the 1980s when she was the singer with
Eurythmics. Since then, she has become a successful solo artist and has raised money for many charities
including Amnesty International, Greenpeace and Nelson Mandela’s 46664 Foundation. She does a lot of her
charity work through the internet, which she calls ‘Laptop Activism’, and encourages everyone to do something
to make a difference.

*Fundraiser: someone who collects (or ‘raises’) money for charity by organising events

Write the questions.

What do a lot of singers and actors do? 3 _______________________________________

They use their fame to raise money for charity. _?
More than 75 million.
1 _______________________________________
_? 4 _______________________________________
She’s a singer songwriter. _?
Madonna, Shakira, kd lang, Dido and Celine
2 _______________________________________ Dion.
_?
On 25 December 1954. 5 _______________________________________
_?
Through the internet.