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Class: Test paper

1.Decide if the sentences are R (right), W (wrong) or DS (doesn’t say): ( 5x0,2=1p)

Ludwig van Beethoven was a famous musician. He wasn’t just an amazing pianist and violinist, he was
also a great composer of classical music. He was born in 1770 in Bonn, Germany. Beethoven was very
talented at music from a young age. From the age of 21, he was in Vienna, Austria. He was very famous
there. His most famous works are the Eroica Symphony, the opera Fidelio, the Moonlight Sonata, and his
Fifth and Ninth Symphonies. Beethoven was an amazing composer until his death in 1827. Even today,
people still listen to his music, play his music and study his works.

1. Ludwig van Beethoven was from Germany.

2. He was in Bonn from the age of 21.

3. One of his most famous works is Fidelio.

4. He was in Vienna until his death in 1827.

5. His music isn’t very well-known.

2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past simple of the verb “to be” (5x0,2=1p)

1. Elizabeth I …………… Queen of England from 1558 to 1603. (✓)

2. …………….. Marie Tussaud from France?

3. Stan Laurel ………….… an American actor. (✗)

4. Abraham Lincoln and George Washington ……….… both Presidents of the United States. (✓)

5. ………………Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson famous singers?

3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of there was/there were. (5x0,2=1p)

1. …………………… any interesting books at the library?

2. ………………….. a lion at London Zoo! (✓)

3. ………………….. lots of dogs in the park. (✗)

4. ……………… three actors in the play. (✓)

5. ……………………. a cinema opposite the supermarket.

4. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past simple of the verb have got. (5x0,2=1p).

1. Milly ………..… a pet dog when she was younger. (✓)

2. My mother …………………….. a bike when she was a child. (✗)

3. ……… you …….. something nice for breakfast in the morning?

4. My grandfather ………. a big cottage in the countryside. (✓)

5. ………… they……………… lots of homework for today?

5. Write the biography of Albert Einstein. Use the information below to help you. (2p)

 Name: Albert Einstein (physicist)

 Birth: 1879, Ulm, Germany
 Death: 1955, New Jersey, USA
 Famous for: • father of modern physics • genius • author of the Theory of Relativity
 Early years & achievements: between the ages of 8 and 21 – student in Germany & Switzerland
 Switzerland 1902 – had a job at the Swiss Patent Office
 1908 – lecturer at the University of Bern
 1921 – winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics

Albert Einstein was a famous ......................