USE OF ENGLISH QUIZ 2 ● GROUP A

2 Read the text and choose the correct

Name: ______________________________
answer, A, B or C.
Class: ______________________________
Total: _________/15 Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace was born in London, in 1815. She

Linkers and time expressions was the first computer programmer more
1 Write the second sentence so that it has a
than 130 years 0_____
B modern computers
similar meaning to the first. Use the words in
CAPITALS. A she was young, her mother
arrived. 1_____
0 He spoke to us after his meeting. BEFORE wanted her to study mathematics. 2_____
C the
He didn’t speak to us before his meeting.
age of seventeen, she was an excellent
1 They said the name of the winner and we
mathematician. 3_____
C she was at a party, she
immediately cheered. AS
met Charles Babbage, whose invention was
We cheered _________________________
AS SOON AS THEY ANNOUNCE
the first simple computer. She became
______________ the name of the winner.
fascinated by the machine, which he called
2 In the lesson, I noticed that my friend was
the Analytical Engine. 4_____
C possible, she
sleeping. DURING
began to think of ways to use the engine to
I noticed that my friend was asleep
solve mathematical problems. This is why
During the lesson, I noticed my friend was asleep
__________________________________.
people say she was the first programmer. She
3 She travelled after she graduated from
continued to work with Babbage 5_____
A her
university. UNTIL
death at the age of thirty-seven.
She ______________________________
didn't trave before she graduated

she graduated from university. 0 A while B before C by

4 At ten o’clock, all the scientists were in the 1 A When B During C Until
lab. BY 2 A While B By C During
All the scientists were in the lab ________ 3 A When B Until C During
__________________________.
All the scientists were in the lab at ten'o clock 4 A After B Before C As soon as
5 We were at the dinner table when the 5 A until B during C before
phone rang. HAVING /5
The phone rang ______________________
while we were having a
_____________ dinner.

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