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Test 5thgrade - Past Simple

Read the letter below and choose a, b or c.

Dear David,

Hello! My name is Kikona. I am ten years old and I live in Inquit, in the north of Canada. It is winter now

and the temperature is -oC. "here is snow everywhere and thi#k i#e on the river. My friends and I play

ho#key on the i#e. I#e ho#key is my favourite sport.

My favourite animals are white mi#e. I have three mi#e as pets at home, they are as white as snow.I like playin$ #omputer $ames and I like ridin$ on my dad%s snowmo&ile. 'ometimes we $o out on the

snowmo&ile and my father hunts a #ari&ou. My favourite food is #ari&ou steak and #hips.

"here are five people in my family. (e #an all understand )n$lish, &ut we speak Inuktitut at home.

Inuktitut is the lan$ua$e of the Inuit people. My )n$lish tea#her helped me with this letter.

*lease write to me a&out you and your home.

+est wishes,

Kikona

1. The letter is

a. from Kikona to David.

&. to a &oy in Canada.

#. rom David.

2. The weather is in winter.

a. #ool

&. #old

#. freein$ #old

3. The ice on the river

a. is very thin.

&. +reaks easily.

#. Is hard and stron$.

. The letter does not sa! an!thing abo"t

a. Kikona%s favourite thin$s.

&. Kikona%s s#hool.

#. Kikona%s home town.5. #i$ona li$es caribo".

a. eatin$

&. playin$ with

#. ridin$

%. #i$ona is bo!.

a. an )n$lish

&. not a Canadian

#. an Inuit

&. #i$ona wants a letter 'rom

a. his )n$lish tea#her.

&. +ritish $irl.

#. His pen friend David.

(. P"t the sentences into simple past.

/. (e open the door. 0 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

. 2ou write poems. 0 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

3. 4i#hard plays in the $arden. 0 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

5. Kerry does not speak )n$lish. 0 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

. Do you see the &ird6 0 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

). *se the prompts below to write sentences in simple past.

/. you 7 #ards 7 play 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

. I 7 a #ar 7 want 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

3. we 7 the $ame 7 lose 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

5. not 7 I 7 early 7 $et up 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111. not 7 8eff and 9inda 7 home 7 #y#le 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111

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+. as or ere/

/. I 1111111111111 hun$ry.

. 2ou 1111111111111 in ustralia last year.

3. 'he 1111111111111 not there.

5. Charly Chaplin 1111111111111 a famous a#tor.

. 9isa and 8ames 1111111111111 at home.

0. (s$ 'or the bold part o' the sentence.

/. +illy ate an apple. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

. "he #hildren played in the garden. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111

3. 9aura #ame home at si ocloc$. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111

5. The bo!read a &ook. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

. "he $irl wrote 'iveletters. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111

. +omplete each sentence. *se a word 'rom the bo.

a #hef a nurse a vet a me#hani# an a#tor a plum&er

a sailor a $ardener a musi#ian an ar#hite#t a dentist

: He repairs #ars in a $ara$e. He%s a mechanic.

/ He looks after people%s teeth. He%s 11111111111 .

He looks after si#k animals. He%s 11111111111 .

3 He plays parts in films and the theatre. He%s 11111111111 .

5 He prepares meals in a restaurant. He%s 11111111111 .

He travels the world in a ship. He%s 11111111111 .

; He looks after people in a hospital. He%s 11111111111 .

< He plays the sa=ophone in a >a &and. He%s 11111111111 .

? He #uts the $rass and looks after the flowers. He%s 11111111111 .

@ He desi$ns houses and flats. He%s 11111111111 .

/:. He repairs &roken taps and pipes. He%s 11111111111 .

4. Read the paragraph. +hoose the best answer 'or each space.

I don%t like 'tephen%s new flat. It%s too A:BB .He has one A/B 11111 and a small

AB 11111 .He hasn%t $ot a A3B 11111 so he has to sit in the kit#hen. A5B 11111 , there is a &athroom whi#h

he shares with three other people. "he AB 11111 are very small, so it%s always dark. However, there%s a

new A;B 11111 on the floor and the A