Prepare 2 Unit 5 Test plus

Shakira ________________ her first album in 1990.

Marie Curie ________________ the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1911.

Leonardo da Vinci ________________ the Mona Lisa in the 16th century.

Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay ________________ Mount Everest on 29th May 1953.

Laura Gallego Garcia ________________ her first book in 1999.

Michael Palin ________________ around the world in 79 days.

Rafael Nadal ________________ his first tennis match at Wimbledon in 2003.

Aristide Boucicaut ________________ his first department store in Paris in 1852.

Choose the correct answer, a, b or c.

London is a beautiful city full of many historical sites. There are over 50 ¹          [churches, palaces, castles]in the city of London, including St Paul’s ²           [cathedral, ceiling, building] which is the tallest religious building in the city. There are 259 ³        [floors, roofs, stairs] to climb to reach the dome in the ⁴        [roof, floor, square]. Another famous building is the very large house where the Queen lives which is called Buckingham ⁵           [Cathedral, Palace, Statue]. It has over 750 rooms, so that’s a lot of ⁶         [statues, ceiling, floors]
that need cleaning! The city also has a number of ⁷          [floors, squares, ceilings]with houses built around all four sides. Often you can find a ⁸        [roof, castle, statue] of a famous figure in the centre, such as that of Winston Churchill in Parliament Square.

Grammar

Complete the sentences with the verb in brackets. Use the past simple.

1. My dad        (work) in Los Angeles last year.

2. I        (join) the school orchestra in March.

3. My mum         (study) maths at university.

4. We         (start) school on 15th September.

5. They         (visit) London in 2015.

6. The Great Fire        (kill) rats in 1666.

7. We        (cook) pancakes on 19th February.

8. My grandmother        (phone) me last night.

Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple.

We went to Disneyland in California last year for our holidays. We ¹           (travel) by plane. Disneyland is very big and when we arrived, we ²         (plan) what we wanted to see. There were lots of places to visit and, for lunch, we ³         (stop) for half an hour at a restaurant in the park and had a hamburger. At the end of the day, I was very tired. I ⁴       (try) to walk to our hotel but my dad ⁵         (carry) me in the end! We ⁶        (stay) in California for two weeks and I really ⁷         (enjoy) it. I ⁸        (text) lots of pictures to my friends. Now they want to go too!

Pronunciation

Listen to the words and think about the -ed sounds. Choose the correct sound. /d/ answered /t/ finished /ɪd/ waited

climbed

Pronunciation

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crossed

Pronunciation

Listen to the words and think about the -ed sounds. Choose the correct sound. /d/ answered /t/ finished /ɪd/ waited

joined

Pronunciation

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opened

Pronunciation

Listen to the words and think about the -ed sounds. Choose the correct sound. /d/ answered /t/ finished /ɪd/ waited

painted

Pronunciation

Listen to the words and think about the -ed sounds. Choose the correct sound. /d/ answered /t/ finished /ɪd/ waited

recorded

Pronunciation

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played

Pronunciation

Listen to the words and think about the -ed sounds. Choose the correct sound. /d/ answered /t/ finished /ɪd/ waited

walked