Friday, August 2, 2019

Exam #1

1) Type in the verbs in the Simple Past.

1. William (visit) _______________ his grandparents last weekend.

2. Jane (arrive) _______________ an hour ago.
3. We (go) _______________to Bob's birthday party yesterday.
4. I (be) _______________ on holiday last week.
5. She (see) _______________ fire.

2) Complete the sentences in the negative form.

1. I phoned Lucy last night. → I _______________ Lucy last night.

2. You tidied up your room. → You _______________ up your room.
3. Olivia became an actress. → Olivia _______________ an actress.
4. We found the treasure. → We _______________ the treasure.
5. He spoke Spanish. → He _______________ Spanish.

3) Construct questions.

1. (you/dance) _______________ _______________at the party last night?

2. (she/do) ______________________________ her homework?
3. (Robert/work) ______________________________ at the post office?
4. (they/help) ____________________________you with the washing-up?
5. When (I/say) ______________________________ that?

3) Yesterday at nine o’clock, these people were right in the middle of doing

something. What were they doing?

Type in the verbs in the Past Progressive.

 1. Richard (work) _______________ on his computer at 9 o’clock
yesterday.
2. Lucy and Tom (have) _______________ dinner.
3. I (read) _______________ an article in the newspaper.
4. The children (watch) _______________ a film on TV at that time.
5. Paula (chat) _______________ on the phone with a friend.

4) Type in the verbs in the Past Progressive or Simple Past.

1. When I came into the living room, the cats (sit) _______________
_______________ on the table.
2. I could tell by his eyes that he (lie) ______________________________
to me.
3. We (play) ______________________________ Monopoly when our
neighbours ______________ (ring) at the door.
4. Helen (listen) ______________________________ to the radio when
she ____________ (hear) a strange noise in the garden.
5. I (prepare) ______________________________ dinner yesterday when
I noticed that the cooker _______________________ (work/not) .

5) Write questions in the Past Progressive.

1. (what/do/you) _________________________ yesterday at six?

2. (Jane/practise) _________________________ the piano when you
came home?

6) For each of the following sentences, identify the ADJECTIVE.

Sample: Mary has a gorgeous eyes.

1. Sarah has a beautiful cat. 2. We live in a big city.

3. Robert likes German cars. 4. Nancy has a lot of expensive clothes.

5. I have a pair of black shoes. 6. Jim is a funny guy.

7. Thomas has a young daughter. 8. George has long hair.

9. This is an interesting book. 10. That is a silly movie.

7) For each of the following sentences, write the ADVERB correctly.

a) The bus driver was _________________ injured. (serious)

b) Katherine is _________________ clever. (extreme)
c) This hamburger tastes _________________ . (awful)
d) Be _________________ with this glass of milk. It's hot. (careful)
e) Diego looks . What's the matter with him? (sad)
f) Jack is _________________ upset about losing his keys. (terrible)
g) This steak smells _________________ . (good)
h) Our basketball team played bad. _________________ last Friday. (bad)
i) Don't speak so _________________ . I can't understand you. (fast)
j) Edwary _________________ opened her present. (slow)

8) Rewrite the story in past tense:

Cinderella lives in a small village in the north of England. She has two sisters; they are
very ugly. She gets up every morning at six o'clock, then she makes breakfast for her
sisters, and afterwards she cleans the house. She works all day. Her two ugly sisters
are very lazy; they never do any work because Cinderella does everything. Cinderella is
very unhappy.
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