Grammar

Grammar:
I was ridding / wasn't ridding
You were ridding/ weren't riding
He was ridding/ wasn't ridding
She was ridding/ wasn't ridding
It was ridding/ wasn't ridding
We were ridding/ weren't ridding
They were ridding/ weren't ridding

Study Corner 3

Complete the words in the sentences.

1. My sister fell in love with my best friend.
2. When did she become famous?
3. My brother got married last week.
4. Three men robbed a bank in London yesterday.
5. On our holiday we had some real adventures.

Complete the sentences with prepositions.

1. I went to bed at eleven o'clock.
2. She went to the cinema on Saturday.
3. We have barbecues in the summer.
4. I go out with my friends at weekends.
5. I was born on the twenty-second of April.

Complete the dialogue with the Past Simple.

• A: Did you like primary school?
• B: Yes, I did but I didn't like school lunches - they were horrible!
• A: When did you start playing the guitar?
• B: When I was about eight.
• A: Did you enjoy doing sport at school?
• B: No I didn't I hated it!

Complete the biography put the verbs in the Past Simple.

Alexander was born in 356 BC and came from Macedonia. He learnt philosophy from Aristotle. Alexander became king when he was twenty. He rode a horse called Bucephalus. He always fought at the front of his army. He won an important battle against the Persians in 331. He had 40,000 men against the Persian army of 200,000. The Persian king ran away. Alexander went to Afghanistan and India. He never lost a battle.

Look at the painting and complete the description.

In the middle of the picture by Velásquez , you can see the young princess. She is looking at her parents, the king and queen of Spain. You can see their faces in a mirror at the back of the room. The artist is on the left and on the right you can see some of the princess's servants. There is a dog sitting at the front.