NAME__SARA BATA_______

1. Read the text below and mark the statements TRUE (T) or FALSE (F). 

Reading part
WILLOW WIFE
Heitaro was a poor Japanese man who lived in a little house near a very beautiful, tall, willow tree. Heitaro loved
the willow more than anything else in his life. Every day he used to sit under its long comforting branches. One
night, when he was reading a book under the tree, a beautiful young woman appeared. She looked as if she
wanted to speak with him but was too shy.
'Honourable lady, I see you are waiting for someone. I will leave'.
She spoke softly. 'There is no need. No one will come.'
'Does he not love you enough?', asked Heitaro.'He will not come because he is already here.' With these words
she smiled and disappeared.
After this the woman appeared every evening. One evening Heitaro asked her to marry him. She agreed and in
time they had a child. Heitaro was happier than he could ever have imagined.
Years passed and then it was announced that the Emperor needed fine wood to build a temple. The villagers
decided to offer the wood of the willow because it was the best tree they could find anywhere. Heitaro said to his
wife, 'Before I met you I could not have lived without the tree, but now I have you and the child'.
The villagers arrived and started to cut down the tree. Immediately the wife cried out in pain. Suddenly the willow
fell with a loud noise. Willow wife fell at the same time and died. 

1. Heitaro didn't like the willow tree near his house. (F)
2. He saw a beautiful young woman reading a book under the willow tree. (F)
3. Heitaro thought the beautiful woman wanted to speak to him so he started a conversation.  (T)
4. The beautiful lady wanted Heitaro to leave. (F)
5. Heitaro cut down the tree because he wanted to build a new house for his family. (F)
6. When the villagers cut down the willow tree, Heitaro's wife died. (T)

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form using simple past.
started

Josh Hayes has been a singer for ten years now. He (start) singing when he was at University. He
didnt go

formed a band with three friends. His friends (not / go) into pop music, but Dennis still (meet)
met saw came

them sometimes. He (see) them last month. They (come) to see him while he
gave had

(give) a concert in Birmingham. They are all working in offices now. Josh (have) a busy
married

private life. He (marry) three times, and has five children.

3. Read the follow text and choose the best option.

It was my wife’s birthday last month and I bought her an exotic plant for a present. She loved it and we put it in the
living room. Later that evening I was in the bedroom and I heard a scream. It was my wife. I ran into the living room
and saw her on the coffee table. “There´s a snake under the sofa” she shouted. “It came out of the plant”

I got down on the floor and looked under the sofa. At that moment, my dog, Spot, came near me and touched my leg. I
thought it was the snake and fainted. My wife panicked and called an ambulance.

Twenty minutes later, the paramedics arrived and put me onto a stretcher. Suddenly, one of the paramedics saw the
snake and dropped the stretcher and broke my arm! Exotic plants? Never again

1. What did Steve buy for his wife?

_____An exotic plant for present__________________________
2. Why did Steve´s wife scream?
______Because there was a snake under the sofa____________________
3. Why did Steve faint?
______Because his dog touched his leg and, he thought was the snake____
4. What did Steve´s wife do then?
______She called the ambulance_______________________
5. Why did one of the paramedics drop the stretcher?
________Because he saw the snake._____________