Solutions Pre-Intermediate Unit 1 Feelings

1. Complete the dialogue. Use the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Sue ¹_______            ________________ (you / go) to Jenny’s party last night?

Joe No, I ²____        ___________________ (stay) at home.

Sue I didn’t go either. My mum ³__________        _____________ (want) me to do my homework.

Joe Oh, I ⁴_        ______________________ (forget) to do mine! Was Jenny upset because we ⁵____________         ___________ (not be) there?

Sue I don’t think so. All her other friends ⁶_______      ________________ (go), so she had a great time.

Rewrite the sentences to make them negative. Use Past Simple

1. Ben could do all of his homework.                                   ________________________________________________

2. Dad came back from work late. _                                     _______________________________________________

3. We enjoyed the music at the party.                                        ________________________________________________

4. Our lessons were very interesting .                                       ________________________________________________

1. Complete the questions using the past simple form of the verbs below. There is one extra verb.

be call do go watch play pay

1. ‘What _             ______________________ last weekend?’

2. ‘Where ___              ____________________ football on Saturday?’

3. ‘Who ___            ____________________ shopping with last week?’

4. ‘What __     _____________________ the weather like yesterday?’

5. ‘How much ___             ____________________ for that computer?’

6. When ___              ______________________your grandmother?

How did the person feel in each situation? Fill in the adjectives with the situations.

1. My grandfather went out for a quick bike ride over three hours ago and he isn’t back yet. __________________

1. I really need a computer, and my brother just got one for his birthday. __________________

1. My friend gave me directions to her house, but the road names I see are different from the ones she gave me. I don’t understand! __________________

1. My parents told me that I‘m not having a birthday party, but I found lots of balloons in one of the cupboards. __________________

1. After speaking to the head teacher, I looked in a mirror and noticed that I had chocolate around my mouth. __________________

1. I won a competition to spend the day with my favourite band! __________________

1. My mum watched me win a singing contest on TV. __________________

1. It was dark and I was alone in the house when I heard a strange, loud noise downstairs. __________________

1. Choose the correct words to complete the note.

Hi Leila

I’ve got some bad news! Last night I ¹          [slipped, cut]on some ice outside my house, and I ²           [sprained, tripped] my ankle. Now I've got a big ³         [blood, bruise] on my leg, and I can’t walk on it for a few days − so I can't go with you and Anna to London tomorrow. My ankle doesn’t ⁴         [hurt, injure] too much, but I'm really ⁵                [disappointed, disappointing] that I can't come with you.

Jake

1. Complete the dialogue with the words below.

amazing cool envious frustrating how kidding nightmare relief shame that

Jess I’m going on a road trip around America next summer!

Ben Really? What a ¹__      __________ thing to do. I’m so ²_         ___________!

Jess And I’m going with my grandmother!

Ben You’re ³__         __________! Your grandmother? ⁴_      ___________ sounds like a ⁵__           __________!

Jess Not at all! She’s a famous photographer. She took photos of The Beatles when she was in her twenties. We’re going to write a blog about our trip and maybe even a book.

Ben That’s ⁶__         __________. Did you hear that I lost my phone last week with all of the photos from the school trip?

Jess Not the photos that we were going to upload to the school website? What a ⁷______       ______!

Ben Don’t worry, I found it eventually …

Jess Phew! What a ⁸___        _________! Where was it?

Ben It was on the train. But I had to spend about two hours on the phone to the company trying to find it.

Jess Two hours on the phone – how ⁹____             ________!

Ben Yeah, well it’s all ok now. Anyway good luck with your road trip. ¹⁰___     _________ exciting!