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Hi everyone! Im home in London now, but last week, I was at a friends house in
Illinois, USA. Theres an amazing building in the area a big, gold pyramid. Thats
something you rarely see in the USA! The pyramid is really a house. It was the idea of
a man called Jim Onan. Onans pyramid isnt as big as some of the pyramids in Egypt,
but its real gold. Onan loves Egyptian antiques, and the pyramid house is full of old
Egyptian paintings, furniture and statues. There are three living rooms, a dining room,
five bedrooms and a kitchen. The rooms arent cold and dark like the real pyramids
because there are some windows for light. There are three small pyramids in the
garden for the familys cars, and theres a tall statue of the ancient Egyptian king,
Ramses. Theres also a model of King Tutankhamuns tomb. A few years ago, the
house was open to the public. The rooms were often full of people and there was a
shop with ancient Egyptian art and models. The pyramid house is rarely open to the
public now, but you can see it from the street. You can also see satellite pictures of the
pyramids and statues on the Internet. Theyre amazing
1. Answer the questions.
When was Guy in Illinois?
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W hat colour is the pyramid?
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How many bedrooms are there?
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Where can the family put their cars?
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What items were there in the shop?
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Writing

2. Write about a place you visited last year. What was it like? What was
there?
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Vocabulary

3. Write each sport in the correct column

Basketball

Skiing

Gymnastics

Volleyball

Rugby

Football

Table tennis

Judo

Cycling

Swimming

Horse riding

Do

go

play

4. Translate the following words.

Casarse

Morir

Regular (dar)

Nacer

Conocer

Rescatar

Viajar

Escribir

5. Transform these adjectives into adverbs.

Beautiful

Good

Direct

Bad

Grammar
6.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
i)
j)

Put the verb in brackets into the correct form of the past simple.
My grandfather ___________ (teach) me how to paint.
Where ___________ you ___________ (grow up)?
We ___________ (meet) in Ireland last year.
At first we _________ (not be) very good friends.
I ___________ (leave) school and I ___________ (get) a job in an office.
I ___________ (live) in the USA.
___________ you ___________ (enjoy) the concert last night?
They ___________ (not have) children.
My sister ___________ (finish) her homework an hour ago.
She ___________ (study) Russian.

7. Complete with the correct form with the verbs in the box.
Go

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)

stay

see

cook

go

spend

I ___________ my best friend three months ago.

I ___________ to a summer camp last August.
I ___________ up all night.
I ___________ on holiday last month.
I ___________ a meal for some friends last night.
I ___________ the day with my sister on Monday.

8. Fill in the blanks with the Past simple for of the verbs in brackets.
Christine and her friends ___________ (have) a very busy day yesterday. Then they
___________ (go) to the library and ___________ (look) at magazines. They
___________ (try) to decide which magazines ___________ (be) the best. They
___________ (speak) to their teacher about ideas for the magazine. They
___________ (stop) working at 4.30 and ___________ (walk) to the ice-cream shop.

9. Look at Tinas timetable from last Monday. Write questions using the past
simple and the words in braquets. Then answer with short answers.

Monday
24th

9.00 Math test

12.00 School newspaper meeting
4.00 Football game

6.00
8.00

dance class
Pats party

(play/tennis)

(have/ math test)

(go/ Mikes party)

(play/basketball)

(have/dance class)

10. Correct the mistakes.

He did came to the party.
Did he won the race?
He did score a goal.
They didnt bought a new house.
Did they played hockey yesterday?
We sawed the championship game.