INSTITUCIÓN EDUCATIVA NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL
CARMEN
NIVELACIÓN TERCER PERÍODO DE 2015
GRADOS: 5 A, B Y C
PROFESORA:
MARLENE CERÓN B.
THERE WAS / THERE WERE
1. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THERE WAS / THERE WERE
a. __________________________ many
bottles of milk in the fridge.
b. __________________________ one book
on the table.
c. __________________________ some
pencils on the desk.
d. __________________________ an old
man in the street.
e. __________________________ eleven children
in the park.
SIMPLE PAST: Affirmative
Form
2. WRITE THE VERBS IN THE CORRECT FORM OF SIMPLE PAST
a. Susan __________________ (go) to
Camila’s house last Saturday.
b. My grandparents ________________ (eat)
vegetables for lunch yesterday.
c. Esteban _____________________ (have)
lunch with his family last week.
d. She ____________________ (feel)
tired after doing aerobics last weekend.
e. Gabriela _____________________
(write) a postcard to her parents from Europe last month.
SIMPLE PAST: Negative
Form
a. John and Tom ___________________________
(not / practice) tennis last weekend because they were sick.
b. My friends ______________________________
(not / buy) some fruits at the supermarket last Friday.
c. She __________________________________
(not / do) her homework after school yesterday.
d. Maurice __________________________
(not/ watch) a film with Sophie last night.
e. We ____________________________ (not
/ arrive) to class on time last Tuesday.
SIMPLE PAST: Interrogative
Form
a. ______________ Nikole __________________
(buy) new clothes at the mall this morning?
b. ______________ my mother
___________________ (prepare) breakfast for everybody last Monday?
c. ______________ Sara
_________________________ (learn) French last month?
d. ______________ Vanessa and Stephanie
__________________ (drink) orange juice for breakfast?
e. ______________ Katalina
__________________________ (clean) the kitchen last night?
PAST PROGRESSIVE: Affirmative
Form
3. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB TO BE (was/were) AND
THE VERBS IN BRACKETS.
a. They ___________________ (sleep) all
night long.
b. Sonia ___________________ (read) an
interesting book after lunch yesterday.
c. Daniela _________________ (help) her
mother in the kitchen last Saturday.
d. We ____________________ (wash) the
dishes when you called us.
e. You ____________________ (prepare) a
delicious cake while I _______________ (listen) to music in my bedroom.
PAST PROGRESSIVE: Negative
Form
a. Isabella ____________________ (not
/swim) ___________________ in the river last weekend.
b. He _________________ (not / play) __________________the
guitar in the living room when his father arrived.
c. Mariana __________________ (not /make)
____________________ her bed when her mother called her for breakfast.
d. My friends ____________________ (not
/ sing) ___________________ pop music last night.
e. Caroline ____________________ (not /
run) around the park this morning.
PAST PROGRESSIVE: Interrogative Form
a. _______________ you ___________________
(prepare) dinner yesterday?
b. ______________ the kids ___________________ (play) in the garden when
it began to rain?
c. ______________ Alan
_____________________ (work) in his room with his friends?
d. ________________ she
____________________ (buy) some fruits this morning?
e. ________________ the students
__________________ (take) their English test last Wednesday?
COULD / COLDN’T
4. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH COULD / COULDN’T
a. When Esteban was four months he ________________________ (could /
couldn’t) eat alone.
b. My grandparents were excellent
dancers. They ______________ (could / couldn’t) dance well when they were young.
c. The boy ____________________ (could
/couldn’t) sleep well because he has nightmares.
d. My brother ___________________
(could /couldn’t) go to school yesterday because he was sick.
e. My grandfather __________________
(could/ couldn’t) play basketball when he was young.
