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English Midterm Test
English Midterm Test
The Civil war 1. (wounded) Colonel John Pemberton. This made him 2. (addicted) to
morphine. So he 3. (began) a search for a substitute for the dangerous drug. Thus he 4. (found)
the Coca-Cola recipe, originally as a coca wine. Colonel Pemberton, a local pharmacist, 5.
(produced) the syrup for Coca-Cola, and 6. (carried) a jug of the new product down the street to
Jacobs' Pharmacy. The people at the pharmacy 7. (sampled) it, 8. (pronounced) it "excellent" and
9. (placed) it on sale. In 1885, Pemberton 10. (registered) his French Wine Coca nerve tonic.
In 1886, Atlanta 11. (passed) a prohibition legislation on alcohol. Pemberton 12.
(responded) by developing Coca-Cola, essentially a nonalcoholic version of French Wine Coca.
The first sales 13. (was) at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. It 14. (was)
initially 15. (sold) as a medicine for five cents a glass at soda fountains, which 16. (was) popular
in the United States at the time due to the belief that carbonated water 17. (was) good for the
health. Pemberton 18. (claimed) Coca-Cola 19. (cured) many diseases, including morphine
addiction, dyspepsia, neurasthenia, headache, etc. His partner and bookkeeper, Frank M.
Robinson 20. (thought) that “the two Cs would look well in advertising” and suggested the now
famous trademark "Coca-Cola".
2. Choose 10 sentences above and change into negative sentences.
Answer
1. The Civil war did not wound Colonel John Pemberton.
2. Thus he did not found the Coca-Cola recipe.
3. So he did not begin a search for a substitute for the dangerous drug.
4. Colonel Pemberton, a local pharmacist, did not produce the syrup for Coca-Cola.
5. The people at the pharmacy did not sample it.
6. In 1886, Atlanta did not pass a prohibition legislation on alcohol.
7. Pemberton did not respond by developing Coca-Cola.
8. Pemberton did not claim Coca-Cola cured many diseases.
9. His partner and bookkeeper, Frank M. Robinson did not think that “the two Cs would
look well in advertising” and suggested the now famous trademark "Coca-Cola".
10. This made him did not addict to morphine
3. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of Simple Present Tense from the given word.
1. John usually waked up (wake up) early in the morning.
2. He cathes (catch) the bus everyday.
3. He not went (not go) shopping after school.
4. Ann and Lizy rarely did laundry (do laundry).
5. Everybody brush (brush) the teeth in the morning.
6. We do not prepare (not prepare) the meals together.
7. At 8 a.m. I was (be) already at school and ready to study.
8. My sister (do) does house chores instead of me.
9. Being the oldest one meant (mean) having more responsibilities.
10. My sister always dries (dry) her hair in the morning, it drives me mad!