Secondary 1 - Grammar - Unit 1

Secondary 1 - Grammar - Unit 1
Past Simple

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Date ______________

1. Rewrite using the word in brackets to give the same meaning.
1. My father was the manager of the company. (managed)
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2. From 1967 to 1973, Dr El-Baz was part of the American Apollo space project. (work)
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3. When I was a student, I never slept late. (didn’t)
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4. When I was at school, I didn’t learn German at all. (never)
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5. Dr El-Baz advised the astronauts about how to collect rocks and soil on the moon. (tell)
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2. Correct the underlined mistakes.
Last year when I was in London, I met a talented and determined young woman who could speak many languages. Samantha (1) were born in Paris to an Italian mother and a Spanish father. As a result, she (2) learn to speak three languages — French, Italian and Spanish — before she started school. At the age of 18 she (3) begin to learn German and Japanese. After she (4) was finished college studies, she (5) travels and (6) works in more than one country. One of them was England, where I (7) meet her.

1. _________ 2. _________ 3. _________
4. _________ 5. _________ 6. _________
7. _________


3. Find the mistakes and correct them.
Isaac Newton was born in 1642 in England. His work on mathematics and physics provided the basis for modern science, and his ideas changed the world. He publishes his work in two books that contained his laws of motion and gravity. He also builds the first reflecting telescope in the world. He develops the mathematics we call calculus. He die in 1727.
(You will find four mistakes.)
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4. Match the phrases and rewrite each sentence below.
A B
1. Dr Farouk El-Baz worked on A. the femtosecond.
2. Naguib Mahfouz won B. women to succeed in education and work.
3. Dr Ahmed Zewail discovered C. the Nobel Prize for his writings.
4. Ramy Ashour was D. the American Apollo space project.
5. Nabawiya Musa helped E. born in Cairo in 1987.
F. advice to women.

1. ______________________________
2. ______________________________
3. ___________________________
4. ______________________________


5. Read the paragraph. Underline the correct word in parentheses.
Alfred Nobel (is - was - were) born in Sweden in 1833. He (studied – study – studies) chemistry in Paris and then (go – gone – went) on to work on explosives. He (works - work - worked) hard to produce safer explosives. This was especially important to him after the death of his brother. He (die – died - dyed) as a result of an explosion at a factory that Nobel (builded - build - built) for producing explosives. Nobel finally invented dynamite, an explosive that could safely be used in construction. Nobel (research - researched – researches) many other ideas and (became - become - becomed) very rich. Before he (die - dies - died), he created the Nobel Prize, which is given to people who help humanity in any field of life.


6. Read the paragraph. Join the underlined sentences using the words in parentheses.
Last year Samy and Hatem went to the Sinai Desert in Egypt. They rented a truck. They needed it in their journey to the desert. Samy knew how to drive, but Hatem did not. So Samy was in charge of driving them to the desert. It was a long trip. Samy became very tired and sleepy as he drove all night on their way to Sinai. Then, Samy fell asleep and lost control of the truck. It went quickly down a hill and crashed into a tree. They had an accident but no one was hurt. After that, Hatem decided to learn how to drive. He asked Samy to teach him so he can always be prepared to drive on occasions like this.

They rented a truck. They needed it in their journey to the desert. (because) _____________________________

Then, Samy fell asleep and lost control of the truck. It went quickly down a hill and crashed into a tree. (which)
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Secondary 1 - Grammar - Unit 1
Past Simple
ANSWERS
1.
1. My father managed the company.
2. From 1967 to 1973, Dr El-Baz worked on the American Apollo space project.
3. When I was a student, I didn’t sleep late. OR I didn’t sleep late when I was a student.
4. When I was at school, I never learnt German. OR I never learnt German when I was at school.
5. Dr El-Baz told the astronauts how to collect rocks and soil on the moon.


2.
1. was born 2. learnt 3. began 4. finished
5. travelled 6. worked 7. met


3.
Isaac Newton was born in 1642, in England. His work on mathematics and physics provided the basis for modern science, and his ideas changed the world. He published his work in two books that contained his laws of motion and gravity. He also built the first reflecting telescope in the world. He developed the mathematics we call calculus. He died in 1727.


4.
1.D Dr Farouk El-Baz worked on the American Apollo space project. 2.C Naguib Mahfouz won the Noble Prize for his writings.3.A Dr Ahmed Zewail discovered the femtosecond. 4.E Ramy Ashour was born in Cairo in 1987. 5.B Nabawiya Musa helped women to succeed in education and work.

5.
Alfred Nobel was born in Sweden in 1833. He studied chemistry in Paris and then went on to work on explosives. He worked hard to produce safer explosives. This was especially important to him after the death of his brother. He died as a result of an explosion at a factory that Nobel built for producing explosives. Nobel finally invented dynamite, an explosive that could safely be used in construction. Nobel researched many other ideas and became very rich. Before he died, he created the Nobel Prize, which is given to people who help humanity in any field of life.


6.
They rented a truck because they needed it in their journey to the desert.

Then, Samy fell asleep and lost control of the truck, which went quickly down a hill and crashed into a tree.