MISSION 1
Listening
Listen to a museum adventure and complete 10 missing gaps.
HELLO, LOLO!
Your training plan
Complete the three missions in any order. Check each activity, learn from the corrections and try again until you feel confident.
MISSION 2
Reading
Practise matching, missing sentences and multiple-choice gaps.
MISSION 3
Grammar
Train was/were, negative past forms and actions in progress.
QUICK REMINDER
Past Simple or Past Continuous?
A finished action
Subject + past verb
The lights went out.
They didn't panic.
An action in progress
was / were + verb-ing
Mia was reading.
They were waiting.
A short action happens during a longer one
While + continuous, simple
While I was studying, my friend called.
I was studying when my friend called.
MISSION 1 · LISTENING
A Rainy Museum Adventure
Listen carefully and complete each gap with the exact word or phrase you hear.
Listening strategy
- Read the text first.
- Listen once without writing.
- Listen again and fill the gaps.
- Check spelling and verb endings.
AUDIO · ABOUT 30 SECONDS
10 gaps
Listen as many times as you need
Reading adaptation: show the complete transcript
This reveals all listening answers. Use it only when an audio alternative is helpful.
COMPLETE THE TRANSCRIPT
Write what you hear
Listening complete? Continue with reading comprehension.
MISSION 2 · READING
Reading Comprehension
Three exam-style activities with new stories and topics.
PART 2 · MATCHING
3 questions
Find the right club
Match each child to the best after-school club. Use every club once.
SCAN names and needs → UNDERLINE key details → MATCH all three clues.
PART 4 · GAPPED TEXT
3 questions
The Missing Puppy
Choose sentences A–D for gaps 1–3. There is one extra sentence.
READ before and after each gap → LOOK for pronouns and time clues → RE-READ the full story.
PART 5 · MULTIPLE CHOICE
5 questions
The Science Camp Surprise
Pick the word that fits each numbered gap.
SKIM the whole text → CHECK the words next to the gap → CROSS OUT impossible choices.
Great reading! Now train the grammar from the exam.
MISSION 3 · GRAMMAR
Past Tense Training
Use the colour clues and remember: after didn't, use the base form of most verbs.
was: I / he / she / it
were: you / we / they
negative of be: wasn't / weren't
other negatives: didn't + base verb
was / were + verb-ing
Longer action in progress
We were playing.
EXERCISE 1 · WAS OR WERE
8 gaps
Complete the short conversations
Use was, were, wasn't or weren't.
Example: Were you hungry? → Yes, I was a little hungry.
EXERCISE 2 · NEGATIVE PAST
6 gaps
Correct the false facts
Use didn't + base verb, then write the true information.
Example: World War II ended in 1944. → It didn't end in 1944. It ended in 1945.
EXERCISE 3 · SIMPLE VS CONTINUOUS
10 gaps
Choose the correct past tense
Use the Past Continuous for the action in progress and the Past Simple for the shorter event.
Useful tip: while often sits beside the longer action. when often introduces the shorter event.
All three missions done? See your results and what to practise next.
MISSION REPORT
My results
Your best checked score for every activity appears here.
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BEST ACCURACY SO FAR
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You can check each exercise as many times as you need.