The table below contains a list of nouns and some adjectives. Use as many adjectives as you can to describe each noun. You might come up with some funny descriptions!
| Noun | Adjective |
| elephant |
circular, striped, enormous, multicoloured, round, cheerful, wild, blue, red, chubby, large, medium- sized, cold |
| face | |
| building | |
| water |
Find these phrasal verbs in the story.
| burn out | light up | look on | run out | keep out |
Write down the sentences in which they occur, consult a dictionary and write down the meaning that you think matches the meaning of the phrasal verb in the sentence.
Underline the verbs and arrange them in two columns, Past and Earlier past.
(a) My friends set out to see the caves in the next town, but I stayed at home, because I had seen them already.
(b) When they arrived at the station, their train had left. They came back home, but by that time I had gone out to see a movie!
(c) So they sat outside and ate the lunch I had packed for them.
(d) By the time I returned, they had fallen asleep!
| Past | Earlier past |
Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
My little sister is very naughty. When she........(come) back from school yesterday, she had........... (tear) her dress. We......... (ask) her how it had........... (happen). She.......... (say) she........... (have, quarrel) with a boy. She........... (have, beat) him in a race and he.......... (have, try) to push her. She...........(have, tell) the teacher and so he..........(have, chase) her, and she.......... (have, fall) down and.......... (have, tear) her dress
(ii) Fill in the blanks using the correct form of the verbs in brackets
Read the passage below and underline the verbs in the past tense.
A man got on the train and sat down. The compartment was empty except for one lady. She took her gloves off. A few hours later the police arrested the man. They held him for 24 hours and then freed him.