A2 Test

NAME __________________________________ GRADE ______

Complete this text with WAS – WERE (17 points)
A TRIP TO NEW YORK. My name is Camila. Last summer I ____________ in the
United States. The voyage by plane ______ long and tiring and the plane ticket
_________ quite expensive. It took me 10 hours to get to the New York airport.

My friend Katie ________ waiting for me there. I __________ very surprised by the size
of the JFK airport. It _______ huge and there __________ lots of people. I _________
glad my friend __________ there, otherwise I would have been lost.

A few minutes later, we ________ in a cab. It _________ a typical NY cab – big and
yellow. We ________ in the car for an hour. There ________ poor and rich
neighborhoods on the way. The city center __________ fantastic. There ___________
huge skyscrapers and big roundabouts. The largest and busiest roundabout __________
the famous Columbus Circle. There ________ also an enormous traffic jam.

Complete the 10 blanks in this text with the 10 verb forms in the box. (10 points)

AM ENJOYING Let me introduce you to Pablo. He ________________ in the United

Kingdom, but he _____________________ in Spain. His parents
BEGAN
______________________ in the U.S., but they have lived in Spain
GAVE since his early childhood. He’s a student at Leeds University, where
ENJOYS he _____________________ International Law. ‘I
_____________________ the course a lot,’ he says, ‘because this is a
HAS
prestigious institution; besides, my major is really interesting and I
IS STUDYING have learned so much.’ After the course he is going to work for his
LIVES father’s consulting company.
He _________________ a motorbike and he _________________
WAS
riding it on the weekend. He __________________ riding when he
WAS BORN _______________ 18. His father __________________ him that bike
WERE BORN for his birthday.
Complete the blanks with the correct phrase from the choices. Pay attention to time
expressions. (5 points)
1. ‘Would you like a cigarette?’ ‘No, thanks. I ___________________.’
A. don’t smoke B. didn’t smoke C. am not smoking D. was not smoking
2. I ___________________ to the cinema last weekend. I preferred to stay home.
A. don’t go B. didn’t go C. am not going D. was not going
3. My weekend was boring. I ___________________ anything.
A. don’t do B. didn’t do C. am not doing D. was not doing
4. When you called me last night, I ___________________ dinner
A. make B. made C. am making D. was making
5. This is the end of the quiz. What do you think about it? _________ enjoy it?
A. do you B. did you C. are you D. were you
Use the Simple Past form of these verbs to complete the text below. The underlined
verbs are regular. (10 points)

NOT BE DECIDE NOT FINISH GET GO

GIVE HAVE LEARN MEET OPEN

BEN & JERRY

The friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield ________________ at school in New York
in 1963. They both__________________ the same hobby: food! After school, they
________________ to college, but Ben ___________________ his courses and he
__________________ a job selling ice cream.
In 1978, they both ________________ to do a course in making ice cream. The course
__________________ long or difficult and they _____________ everything they could
about it. A few months later they started their ice cream business with their first shop:
Ben & Jerry’s, in Vermont, USA. On the first anniversary of Ben & Jerry’s they
___________________ everyone free ice cream all day. Two years later, they
___________________ their second shop, also located in Vermont.