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HALF-TERM TEST GROUP A Name:______________________ Date:____________ Grade:_____________________ Total:_________/ 80

Grammar (40 points)

A Put the verbs in the brackets in the SIMPLE PAST TENSE.


We all __________________ (wake up) early. Mum and Dad _________________ (have) to go to work. I _________________ (want) to study for a test and my younger sister (neg. can) sleep. Dad _________________ ( e) still in the athroom when the phone (ring). My sister _________________ (take) the message. !he _________________ (write) it on a piece of paper and ________________ (put) it on the kitchen ta le. "ut she ________________ (forget) to tell Dad a out it. My parents ________________ (neg. see) the message and _________________(leave) home in a hurry. A few minutes later I _________________ (find) the message. It _______________ (say)# $%hange of plan. &he oss _________________ (go out) an hour ago. _______ ' ()

" Unscramble the questions first. Then use them to complete the
* * * * * did do you there what+ ack you did home when come+ weekend what you do at did the+ with you did who go+ weather was the like what+

ialo!ue belo".

________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________

A# ____________________________________________________________ "# I went to the seaside. A#_____________________________________________________________

"# With my family. A# ____________________________________________________________ "# It was awful. It rained all !aturday and it was cloudy on !unday. A# ____________________________________________________________ "# nothing much. We watched &,- read comics and slept. A# ____________________________________________________________ "# .n !unday evening. _______ ' (/

% Put the verbs in brackets in the Past #ontinuous.


A# What ___________________ you ___________________ (do) yesterday morning at around ten+ "# I ________________________ (sit) in the school canteen and _______________(talk) to 0im- my friend. A# _________________ he _________________ (wear) a lack 1acket+ "# I can2t remem er that we ____________________ (laugh) ecause the kids sitting at the ta le ne3t to ours ______________________ (sing) out of tune. A# What a out 0ane+ "# !he# ____________________________ (neg. laugh) ecause the kids were her neigh ours. _______ ' 4

D #ircle the ri!ht letter.


(. 5esterday evening while we 6. I was walking home when I a) had dinner ) were having we heard some strange noise.

a) met a friend. We a) talked ) was meeting ) were talking a out history when our history teacher a) appeared. !he a) didn2t see ) was appearing ) wasn2t seeing

us ecause she a) read ) was reading

the newspaper.

7. What were you doing when the twister a) started+ ) was starting+ 8. &he house was on fire. While the policeman was trying to save the a ythe other people a) tried to put out the fire. ) were trying _______ ' 9

LANGUAGE IN ACTION ( 0 points)

: Match the t"o parts of each conversation belo".


(.Why don2t we go to the cinema+ 6.I went out at the weekend. 7.<ow do you listen to music+ 8.What shall we do this evening+ ).>et2s do some e3ercise. __________ ;ull last. __________&here2s nothing interesting on. __________ =ot me. My shoulder hurts. __________ <ow was it+ __________ 0ust hang around. _______ ' )

; Put the lines of the


_____ _____ _____ _____ _____

ialo!ue belo" in or er.

<ow a out a pi??a place+ Where would you like to go+ ;ine. >et2s go out. Anywhere you like. _______ ' )

!o"a#$%ar& ('0 points)

$in pairs. (. If you roar with laughter 6. If you turn up _____ it means you suddenly appear somewhere. _____ it means you start to go somewhere.

7. If you do research 8. if you set off

_____ it means something is very- very funny to you. _____ it means you study something hard to find out some facts a out it. _______ ' 8

< #op% the "or


poachers thunder

s un er the ri!ht hea in!.

earthquake launch ;lying

storm aircraft =atural disaster

tsunami endangered Weather

Wildlife

_______ ' 9

I Use the "or

s from the bo& to complete the sentences belo".

underwear soaked

shelter touch

expert protect

embarrassed flood

(. I2m afraid this will turn into a storm. >et2s find some ____________ to get out of the rain. 6. I got __________ ecause it was raining heavily and I didn2t have an um rella. 7. When I moved to another school I promised to stay in ______ with my friends. 8. A _________ is one of the worst natural disasters that can hit an area. ). It was great at school yesterday. An _________ on wildlife gave a talk on mountain gorillas. A. I felt so __________ when I slipped on a anana skin in front of my school. 4. We need to ___________ animals that are in danger. 9. I was 1ust changing after the B.:. class when I heard the alarm. I ran out in my______________________. I didn2t car. _______ ' 9

REA(ING ( 0 points)

'ea the te&t belo"

)rian*s +orst m,mor& I have great memories of my childhood. I grew up i a large family with a father who wor!ed a d a mother who stayed home to ta!e care of us !ids. There are "t ma y u pleasa t memories. The worst of all is defi itely survivi g a earth#ua!e. The earth#ua!e happe ed i our home i our home i $alifor ia whe I was fiftee . I"ll ever forget whe the sha!i g %ega . I was readi g a test for a & glish test the e't day whe I heard a roari g sou d. (t first I thought a storm was comi g. The I loo!ed up a d saw the ceili g sha!i g. )um was calli g out our ames o e %y o e. The she started shouti g *+ut, +ut,- &arth#ua!es ofte happe i $alifor ia a d we all live with the idea. .owever/ othi g at all ca prepare you for somethi g that frighte i g. 0e rushed out of the house. The grou d %e eath our feet co ti ued to move for may%e two or three more mi utes. There was chaos i the streets. &very%ody was pa ic!i g. (ll that was importa t at that mome t was to see if we were all +1. 2uc!ily o%ody was i 3ured. ( d Dad4 .e was at wor!. I tried to fi d a telepho e that was wor!i g to call him. 5ut that was impossi%le. I ca remem%er how scared we were. )ost of the houses were destroyed or damaged. Nearly a thousa d people lost their

lives that day a d i the days that followed. 2uc!ily my father was "t o e of them. The earth#ua!e cha ged our lives. 0e moved away from $alifor ia %ecause I do "t thi ! we could go through a other o e.

a( Put the events in or er. _____ &hey moved to another state. _____ &he ground started to shake. _____ <e ran out. _____ <e checked if everyone was .C. _____ <e heard his mum calling out their names. _______ ' ) b( Are the follo"in! sentences true or false) (. "rian had an unhappy childhood. 6. <e was studying when the earthDuake started. 7. <e couldn2t phone his father. 8. Around a thousand people died on the first day. ). "rian and his family were not afraid of another earthDuake.

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