Poziom B1 Lekcja 1 - Ćwiczenia

Exercise 1

Use the past simple forms to complete the sentences.

1. My brother ... (study) hard and that's why he passed the exam.
2. They ... (go) home by taxi after the party last night.
3. ... you ... (speak) any foreign languages when you were a child?
4. The Browns ... (live) in New York twenty years ago.
5. Mary ... (get up) at seven yesterday.
6. The plant was tall and ... (have) broad yellow leaves.
7. These students ... (take) their final exams in May two years ago.
8. Jim ... (work) really long hours last Friday.
9. Martin ... (read) a lot of books, but he ... (not / watch) TV last weekend.
10. ... your sister ... (play) computer games yesterday?

Exercise 2

Use the suitable prepositions: at, in, on to complete the sentences.

1. I don't exactly remember when it happened but I suppose it was ... 2008.
2. James went to New York ... August.
3. We spent a lot of time discussing serious matters ... weekends.
4. Nobody wanted to go out ... six o'clock ... the morning.
5. ... Sunday morning I woke up with a splitting headache.

Exercise 3

Unjumble the letters to make the names of some parts of a house.

1. batmenes - .........
2. catit - .........
3. nacloby - .........
4. ragend - .........
5. verid - .........
6. cenef - .........
7. rastis - .........
8. secataris - .........
9. ageagr - .........
10. foro - .........

Exercise 4

Read the text (Three days ago ...) and answer true (T) or false (F).

1. Three days ago the author and his daughter went to a garden party at the Humes.
2. The beautiful plant in the garden was quite tall and had broad green leaves.
3. Mr and Mrs Hume couldn't remember the name of the plant.
4. The author and his wife decided to have such a plant in their garden and bought one.
5. Now the professional gardener takes care of the plant.

Exercise 5

Translate the following sentences into English.

1. Państwo Hume podróżowali po całym świecie.
2. Nie wróciliśmy do domu taksówką.
3. Pomyślałam, że to byli moi dziadkowie, ale kiedy otworzyłam drzwi zobaczyłam wampira.
4. To był tylko kawał.
5. Czy on naprawdę zapomniał, że byłaś małym dzieckiem?