Read the phrases in the box and look at the pictures. Then finish the story so it's in the same order as the pictures. Use your imagination to add more detail.

• Last night, Ahmed stayed up late. He was playing a video game. Suddenly he realized it was 1.00. The next day, he went to school and he had an exam.
• When the teacher arrived, he gave the students the test papers. But Ahmed was very tired. He tried to answer the questions but he fell asleep.
• While he was sleeping he had a dream. He dreamed that he was playing football. Suddenly, the teacher shouted "Ahmed, Are you sleeping?"
• He woke up and he failed the exam.

Test

A. Read the story, then answer the questions below.

1. What did the class organize last Tuesday?

A birthday party for their English teacher.

2. How did the class know the date of the teacher's birthday?

Another teacher had told him.

3. When did Samer go to see the teacher?

Just before the class.

4. Why did he tell the teacher that there was a phone call?

To get him out of the room.

5. What did the class do after the teacher had left the room?

They took the sweet, lemonade and a birthday cardboard of the cupboard.

6. Why was the teacher surprised?

He didn't know about the party.

B. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past continous.

• Yasmine went (go) to the book shop yesterday. When she got there she saw (see) her friend Anwar.
• Anwar was buying (buy) books for her English class. Yasmine pointed (point) to a big book Anwar was holding (hold).
• You don't have to buy it. I'll lend it to you. "Thanks" said Anwar.
• Yasmine started (start) looking for the books she wanted.
• When she had (have) them all, she got in the queue, too. She was holding (hold) the big book.
• "Did you decide to buy it?" Yes," asked Yasmine. "Yes", said Anwar.
• My teacher told (tell) us it was a really good book. I think I'll probably want to read it again."

C. Match the beginnings and endings of the sentences.

D. Read the phrases in the box and look at the pictures. Then finish the story so it's in the same order as the pictures. Use your imagination to add more detail.

• Last night, Ahmed stayed up late. He was playing a video game. Suddenly he realized it was 1.00. The next day, he went to school and he had an exam.
• When the teacher arrived, he gave the students the test papers. But Ahmed was very tired. He tried to answer the questions but he fell asleep.
• While he was sleeping he had a dream. He dreamed that he was playing football. Suddenly, the teacher shouted "Ahmed, Are you sleeping?"
• He woke up and he failed the exam.

E. Match the words to make phrases. Then match each phrase with it's definition.

F. Complete the sentences with words from the box.

1. Actors need to rehearse for weeks before they make a film.
2. I can't sleep in the same room as my brother because he snores very loudly.
3. Can you lend me your book when you have finished it? I'll give it back to you next week.
4. I going to write a report on desert animals for my science class.
5. Do you want to borrow my umbrella? It's raining.
6. Can we use calculators in this exam or do we have to do the Maths in our heads?