Network 1 Unit 5
Network 1 Unit 5
Network 1 Unit 5
A celebrity is talking about his life. Complete the dialogue with the correct form of was or were.
(3 points)
Interviewer: 1.
..................................... you a happy child?
Celebrity: No, I 2. ..................................... . My brother and I 3. ..................................... very young when
our mother died. I 4. ..................................... only three! After that, we went to live with
our aunt and uncle.
Interviewer: Where 5. ..................................... your father?
Celebrity: Our father 6. ..................................... at home much because he worked very hard.
8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of there was or there were. (5 points)
1 ................................................... any rain last year.
2 ................................................... some people in the house. We tried to save them.
3 ................................................... a flood two years ago?
4 ................................................... any trees after the fire.
5 How many avalanches ................................................... last year?
10 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple affirmative. (4 points)
1 The earthquake ..................................... (change) our lives.
2 The disaster ..................................... (happen) six years ago.
3 My uncle ..................................... (invent) an unusual clock.
4 I ..................................... (find) an old note under the sofa.
5 Last year, we ..................................... (study) geography.
6 My brother ..................................... (save) a man’s life.
7 Many people ..................................... (bring) food and water.
8 John ..................................... (become) a famous scientist.
12 Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple affirmative or negative. (8 points)
In the 1970s, a British and a French company 1. ................................................... (make) the first
supersonic commercial aeroplane – Concorde. Concorde 2. ................................................... (have)
100 seats. It 3. ................................................... (begin) flying in 1976. These aeroplanes
4.
................................................... (fly) 2,179 kilometres an hour. They 5. ...................................................
(not travel) across the Atlantic Ocean in eight hours, like ordinary commercial aeroplanes.
The journey from London to New York was only 3.5 hours!
In 2000, there was a terrible accident. A Concorde plane 6. ................................................... (not arrive)
at its destination. It 7. ................................................... (crash) in France and all the people on the
plane died. After that, people 8. ................................................... (not want) to fly on Concorde any more
and the supersonic flights stopped. The planes are in museums in Britain and France.