Centro Educativo ADONAI

Tercer Bimestre
Grado: Segundo Básico
Área: Ingles
Maestra: Clara Quiñonez
Nombre: ______________________________________________________
Fecha: _____________________________________ Punteo: __________

Grammar
1. Complete the sentences with was or were. (____/ 5 points)

was were
a Where ______________ you yesterday?
b I ______________ at the rock concert.
c ______________ it good?
d Yes, it ______________ great.
e The musicians ______________ fantastic.

2. Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs. (____/ 10 points)

Vincent van Gogh (a)_________________ (be) an Expressionist painter. He was

born in Holland in 1853, and he (b)_________________ (start) his career as an

artist when he was 27. At first people (c)_________________ (not like) his

paintings very much. However, he (d)_________________ (paint) more than 2,000

works during his life. Van Gogh (e)_________________ (die) in France in 1890.

3. Unscramble the sentences. (____/ 5 points)

a. was / our / really / vacation / short

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b. where / the / was / party
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c. trip / very / was / about / the / I / excited
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d. the / graduation / wasn’t / party / fun
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e. there / not / sports / a / was / at / grade / my / field / school
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Vocabulary
4. Match the opposites. (____/ 10 points)

a. Heavy small
b. Big hard
c. Easy terrible
d. Good light
e. Amazing bad
f. Beautiful boring
g. Boring short
h. Enormous ugly
i. Long expensive
j. Cheap tiny

Reading
5. Read the text and answer the questions. (____/ 10 points)

Neil Alden Armstrong was born on August 5, 1930, in Ohio, USA. He got a degree
in aeronautical engineering and a master’s degree in aerospace engineering.
Armstrong worked as a test pilot for several years, and then he became a member
of the astronaut corps. He went to space for the first time in March 1966 aboard the
Gemini. In July of 1969, Neil Armstrong was the commander of Apollo 11. On July
20, 1969, Commander Armstrong and his fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin touched
down on the lunar surface. Armstrong was the first person to touch the Moon's
surface. He spoke the unforgettable phrase: “That's one small step for man, one
giant leap for mankind.”

a Where was Armstrong born?

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b How old was Armstrong when he first went to space?
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c What two spaceships did he go to space on?
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d When did Armstrong and Aldrin land on the moon?
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e What did Armstrong say when he first walked on the lunar surface?
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