1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of There was or There were. (5 marks) 1 a café in my town 100 years ago. ()
2 any sports centres. ()
3 some shops. ()
4 a supermarket. ()
5 any skateparks. ()
2 Complete the sentences using the past simple form of the verbs. (5 marks)
1 I to music last night. (listen)
2 They in a very big house. (not live )
3 We the comedy film. (prefer)
4 The boys football. (not play)
5 The bus outside my house. (not stop)
3 Read the text. Then match headings a–f on the right with paragraphs 1–5. There is one heading that you do not need. (5 marks)
BIG NAME, SMALL VILLAGE!
1 Many British places have got unusual names. In England, you can visit Dog Village in the south and World’s End in the north! The name of one village in Scotland has only got two letters: Ae!
2 But one village in Wales has got a really difficult name: - antysiliogogogoch. This is longer than all the other place names in Europe.
3 This Welsh village is very old – Romans lived there about 2,000 years ago.
4 In the 1850s, the name of the village was Llanfair, and it was a very quiet place. People in the village wanted more visitors, so they changed the name. They invented a more interesting new name, with 58 letters!
5 Today, 3,000 people live in the village, but thousands tourists visit every year. It’s famous!
a What is the village like today?
b Places with interesting names
c Early history of the village
d Why did they change the name?
e Popular place names
f Why is one Welsh village unusual?
