SCHOOL NAME…

Reviewing some Basic Grammar Points

1. Fill in the gaps with the Simple 2. Rewrite these sentences II was
was so
so lucky!
lucky!
Past or the Past Continuous of the in the negative form. My
My mom
mom helped
helped meme
with
with my
my homework.
homework.
verbs in brackets.
e.g.: I enjoyed the movie.
IItook
took good
good e.g.: Sue read (read) a
I didn’t enjoy the movie
chapter
care
care ofof her,
her, I was running.
didn’t
didn’t I?I? of the book yesterday. I wasn’t running.
Mary was reading a book a
while ago. 1. I was outside. I was scared.
_______________________________
It ____________ (be) the most
_______________________________________________
awful day in my life.__________
2. My cousins and my brothers were helping
_________ (there be) dark
inside the house. ______________________________
clouds in the sky. Suddenly a
_______________________________________________
terrible dry storm ______________ (begin)
3. My youngest brother was crying and my
with thunder and lightning. All the people
mother was praying. ___________________________
who _______________ (work) near our house
_______________________________________________
________________ (return) quickly to it to wait
for the storm to end. I _____________ (look) 4. They knew what to do. _____________________

out of the kitchen window when I _______________________________________________

________________ (see) thick clouds of smoke 5. Her mother saw the dark thick clouds going

going up from the fields. The trees and the up from the fields. _____________________________

bush _________________ (burn). After some _______________________________________________

time we ____________ (can) see the high 6. Her neighbours came to help. ________
flames in the distance. The hot wind ______________________________________________
_________________ (blow) very strongly and it 7. Her brother was looking out of the
_________________ (spread) the fire towards window. _______________________________________
our house. Everybody _______________ (be) _______________________________________________
busy. While the men ________________ (try) 8. The dogs were barking. _____________________
to stop the fire from coming nearer the ______________________________________________
house, my brothers and cousins ____________ 9. They realized the wind had changed.
(take) the sheep to a safer place and a _______________________________________________
group of women __________________ (water) ________________________________________________
the outside walls of the house. I 10. The child understood how serious the
______________ (be) too frightened to go situation was. _______________________________
outside. Suddenly, the wind _______________ ______________________________________________
(change) and the fire ______________________
(spread) to another direction. Our
house was saved!
3. Now ask questions for these
answers.
e.g.: Yes, I did. I liked it very much.
Did you like it?
Yes, I was. I was enjoying it very
much.
Were you enjoying it?
1. Yes, she was. She was looking out of the
window. _________________________________________
_____________________________________________
2. No, I wasn’t reading when the fire began.
_____________________________________________
___________________________________
3. When I saw the flames, I started
running. ____________________________________
_____________________________________________
4. Yes, I was frightened.
_____________________________________________
5. The women were watering the outside
walls of the house.
____________________________________________
6. No, we didn’t. We didn’t run away.
_____________________________________________
7. My father was trying to stop the fire.
_____________________________________________
8. The sheep went to the barn.
_____________________________________________
9. My brothers took them to the barn.
_____________________________________________
10. When the fire started he was watching TV.
_____________________________________________
____________________________________________
Hope
Hope you’ve
you’ve
enjoyed
enjoyed being
being
with
with me!
me! See
See you
you
ss
n!
n! ;)
;)
4. Write sentences in the II loved
loved
Simple Past or Past Continuous my
my
holidays!
holidays!
from these prompts .
e.g.: She/ watch TV/ while brother/
read book
She was watching TV while her
brother was reading a book.
1. My little brother/ cry/ when/ he/ knock at the
door.___________________________________________
________________________________________________
2. I/ swim/ pool/ when/ it / start/ rain.__________
________________________________________________
________________________________________________
3. The maid/ iron the clothes/ while/ my
mother/ vacuum the floor ______________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
4. I/ not understand/ why/ she/ be/ so upset
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
5. She/ do the dishes/ when/ she/ hear the news
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
6. What/ do/ you/ when/ the bell/ ring? _______
______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
7. She/ cross the street/ when/ car/ hit her
_______________________________________________
________________________________________________
8. Where/ be/ parents/ while/ you/ / try to stop
the fire? ______________________________________
_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
9. Yesterday at 10 o’clock/ they/ study/ for the
maths test.____________________________________
_________________________________________________
 SCHOOL NAME…
Reviewing some Basic Grammar Points

1. Fill in the gaps with the Simple 2. Rewrite these sentences II was
was so
so lucky!
lucky!
Past or the Past Continuous of the in the negative form. My
My mom
mom helped
helped meme
with
with my
my homework.
homework.
verbs in brackets.
e.g.: I enjoyed the movie.
IItook
took good
good e.g.: Sue read (read) a
I didn’t enjoy the movie
chapter
care
care ofof her,
her, I was running.
didn’t
didn’t I?I? of the book yesterday. I wasn’t running.
Mary was reading a book a
while ago. 1. I was outside. I was scared.
I wasn’t outside. I wasn’t scared.
It was (be) the most awful
2. My cousins and my brothers were helping
day in my life There were
inside the house. My cousins and my brothers
(there be) dark clouds in the
weren’t helping inside the house.
sky. Suddenly a
3. My youngest brother was crying and my
terrible dry storm began (begin) with
mother was praying. My youngest brother
thunder and lightning. All the people who
wasn’t crying and my mother wasn’t praying.
were working (work) near our house
4. They knew what to do. They didn’t know
returned (return) quickly to it to wait for
what to do.
the storm to end. I was looking (look) out
5. Her mother saw the dark thick clouds going
of the kitchen window when I saw (see)
up from the fields. Her mother didn’t see the
thick clouds of smoke going up from the
dark thick clouds...
fields. The trees and the bush were burning
6. Her neighbours came to help. Her
(burn). After some time we could (can) see
neighbours didn’t come to help.
the high flames in the distance. The hot
7. Her brother was looking out of the
wind was blowing (blow) very strongly and
window. Her brother wasn’t looking out of the
it was spreading (spread) the fire towards
window.
our house. Everybody was (be) busy. While
8. The dogs were barking. The dogs weren’t
the men were trying (try) to stop the fire
barking.
from coming nearer the house, my brothers
9. They realized the wind had changed. They
and cousins were taking (take) the sheep to
didn’t realize the wind had changed.
a safer place and a group of women were
10. The child understood how serious the
watering (water) the outside walls of the
situation was. The child didn’t understand
house. I was (be) too frightened to go
how serious the situation was.
outside. Suddenly, the wind changed
(change) and the fire spread
(spread) to another direction. Our
house was saved!
3. Now ask questions for these 4. Write sentences in the II loved
loved
answers. Simple Past or Past Continuous my
my
holidays!
holidays!
e.g.: Yes, I did. I liked it very much. from these prompts .
Did you like it?
Yes, I was. I was enjoying it very e.g.: She/ watch TV/ while brother/
much. read book
Were you enjoying it? She was watching TV while her
brother was reading a book.
1. Yes, she was. She was looking out of the

window. Was she looking out of the 1. My little brother/ cry/ when/ he/ knock at the

window? door My little brother was crying when he

2. No, I wasn’t reading when the fire knocked at the door.

began. 2. I/ swim/ pool/ when/ it / start/ rain I was

Were you reading when the fire began? swimming in the pool when it started to rain.
3. When I saw the flames, I started 3. The maid/ iron the clothes/ while/ my

running. What did you do when you saw mother/ vacuum the floor The maid was ironing

the flames? the clothes while my mother was vacuuming

4. Yes, I was frightened. the floor.
Were you frightened? 4. I/ not understand/ why/ she/ be/ so upset I
5. The women were watering the outside
walls of the house. didn’t understand why she was so upset.

What were the women doing? 5. She/ do the dishes/ when/ she/ hear the news

6. No, we didn’t. We didn’t run away. She was doing the dishes when she heard the

Did you run away? news.

7. My father was trying to stop the fire. 6. What/ do/ you/ when/ the bell/ ring? ~What

What was your father doing? were you doing when the bell rang?

8. The sheep went to the barn. 7. She/ cross the street/ when/ car/ hit her She

Where did the sheep go? was crossing the street when the car hit her.
9. My brothers took them to the barn. 8. Where/ be/ parents/ while/ you/ / try to stop

Who took them to the barn? the fire? Where were your parents while you
10. When the fire started he was watching TV. were trying to stop the fire?
What was he doing when the fire started? 9. Yesterday at 10 o’clock/ they/ study/ for the

maths test Yesterday at 10 o’clock they were

studying for the math test.

Hope
Hope you’ve
you’ve
enjoyed
enjoyed being
being
with
with me!
me! See
See you
you
ss
n!
n! ;)
;)

The text from the 1st exercise – The Big fire – was taken from You Too again.