“Educamosparaser,saber,saber hacer y saber convivir”
LICEO SANTA BERNARDITA
NAME: _____________________________________________ GRADE: ______ DATE: __________________________
1 Complete the sentences with compound nouns. The first letter of each word is given.
EX:
My dad works on a big d
esktop
c
omputer
in his office.
1
You use your k _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to type letters and words onto your screen.
2
I’ve forgotten my p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to get onto this site!
3
If you have a b _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ connection at home, you can use the Internet.
4
To find information online, just type a key word into a s _ _ _ _ e _ _ _ _ _ .
5
I often contact my friends through s _ _ _ _ _ n _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sites.
2. Choose the correct answer
1.
I heard a knock at the front door, so I (went / was going) to answer it.
2.
At this time yesterday, I (wrote / was writing) an essay.
3.
The football season (began / was beginning) a month ago.
4.
She (was graduating / graduated) from school in 2001.
5
. We entered the house quietly because everyone (was sleeping / had slept).
6.
By the time we (got / had got) to the cinema, the film had already started.
7.
The children (were playing / played) in the garden while their parents were watching them.
8.
They (had left / left) many hours before we arrived.
9.
My parents were at the concert when we (got/were getting) home
10
. Teacher asked us to complete the guide while he (copied/was coping)
3. Choose the sentence which is closer in meaning to the original.
1. I had already seen the film but I decided to watch it again last night.
a. I watched the film last night for the first time.
b. Last night wasn’t the first time that I had seen the film.
2. The boys were playing football while it was raining.
a. The boys were playing football until it started to rain.
b. The boys played football in the rain.
3. I was writing an e-mail when our computer broke down.
a. Our computer broke down before I wrote an e-mail.
b. I had started writing an e-mail and then our computer broke down.
4. My aunt bought me a lovely gift after she had spent the summer holiday with us.
a. When the summer holiday was over, my aunt bought me a lovely gift.
b. While my aunt was spending the summer holiday with us, she bought us a lovely gift.
4. Complete the text with the correct Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verb in parentheses.
It all started last Saturday. I 0
was sitting
(sit) on the bus when I 1
(see) a cell phone on the floor. I
2
(ask) the person near me if it was his, but he 3
(listen) to music and he 4
(not hear)
me. So I 5
(pick up) the phone and 6
(put) it in my pocket. When I 7
(get) home, I
8
(take) the phone out to have a look at it. I 9
(look) carefully at it to see who it belonged to
when my father got home. He called a number on the phone to find the owner. And sure enough, we found
her. She 10
(search) everywhere at home for her phone when we called, so she breathed a great sigh of
relief!