SECONDARY SCHOOL

ENGLISH EXAM

FOURTH GRADE – THIRD BIMESTER

STUDENT’S NAME: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SCORE: ------------

I. Choose the correct answer. (Eliga la respuesta correcta.) 2 points

1. We ________________ you to take care of the children for us.
a. Meet b. Work c. Need
2. You ________________ as a waiter in an Italian restaurant.
a. Be b. Work c. Come
3. The electricity company __________________ to read our meter.
a. Meet b. Sail c. Come
4. I _____________________ an old friend yesterday in front of the library.
a. Come b. Meet c. Be
II. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the past simple. (Completa los
espacios en blanco con la forma correcta del pasado simple.) 3 points
1. I ______________________ (want) a small pony for my birthday party.
2. I really __________________ (like) the pink roses in grandmother's yard.
3. My neighbours ______________ (cook) a lot of delicious pancakes.
4. They _______________________(ski) all day long and became champions.
5. She ________________________(cry) for more than an hour.
6. He ________________________ (ask) a lot of questions before buying the
computer.
III. Make up negative sentences in the past simple. (Construya oraciones
negativas en el pasado simple.) 2 points
1. My family celebrated Thanksgiving Day last year.
__________________________________________________
2. We worked in our yard all day yesterday.
______________________________________
3. They lived in England many years.
__________________________________________
4. She always wanted to learn English.
________________________________________
IV. Make up interrogative sentences in the past simple. (Construya oraciones
interrogativas en el pasado simple.) 1point
 1. Cassandra didn’t come to see me at the hospital.
________________________________________
2. Shandon didn’t want to go to the college.
_____________________________________
V. Choose the correct answer. (Eliga la respuesta correcta.) 3 points
1. We ____________ tickets to the show.
a. didn’t get b. didn’t speak c. didn’t sing
2. What ______________ your girlfriend for her birthday last year?
a. did you drive b. did you give c. did you swim
3. Everyone _______________ cake at Harold’s birthday party on Saturday.
a. ate b. began c. read
4. When ________________ their house?
a. did they ride b. did they sell c. did they sold
5. You _____________ to take classes at this school last month.
a. chose b. choose
6. I _________ a really good book last year.
a. read b. am Reading c. reads
VI. Put the verbs into past continuous. (Coloca los verbos en el pasado
continuo) 6 points
1. We (not study) _______________ English yesterday at 4:00 pm.
2. I (consider) _______________studying in the U.S. next year, but I realized
that I needed to help my father with his new company first.
3. (work/ you) _______________ last night when I called?
4. Katie (cook) _______________ her speciality yesterday when the food
caught on fire.
5. I (not cheat) _______________ on the test but the professor thought that I
was.
6. Scott's students (do) _______________ some extensive reading when the
fire alarm rang.
VII. Order the sentences in past progressive. (Ordena las oraciones en el
pasado continuo.) 3 points
1. in her diary/ writing / My sister ________________________________
2. watch / not / My little brother and I/ a movie
___________________________
 3. suddenly/began/in the yard/ The kids /play/when it/to rain/
__________________

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