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TEST PAPER
I. Read the following text. 2p
Ebenezer Scrooge was an old money lender in London. He was rich, but he was a very greedy, stingy
and selfish man. He wasn´t friendly to people and he didn´t help anyone. His only friend and partner,
Jacob Marley, died many years ago.
His clerk, Bob Cratchit had to work in a cold room because Scrooge didn´t want to spend money on
coal to heat the room.
At Christmas Scrooge´s nephew Fred came to invite him to Christmas dinner at his home and to wish a
“Merry Christmas”.On Christmas Eve, Scrooge was sitting alone in his cold living room at home.
Suddenly the ghost of his dead partner, Jacob Marley appeared. He said to Scrooge, “Change your
life! You must become a better man. You must be kind to people, you must laugh with them. Three
ghosts will visit you this night.” Scrooge was terribly afraid. Then he went to bed.

Do these tasks:
A. Mark the sentences as True or False.

1. Scrooge wasn´t rich.

2. He didn´t like to spend money.
3. Jacob Marley was Scrooge´s friend.
4. Scrooge went to Fred to have dinner.
5. Marley´s ghost told Scrooge not to change his life.
6. Scrooge wasn´t afraid of ghosts.

B. Answer the following questions:

1.Where did Scrooge live?

2. What kind of man was Scrooge?
3. Who was Fred?
4. What was Scrooge doing on Christmas Eve?

II. Turn the sentences into negative and interrogative. 1,8 p

a. Clare played tennis this weekend.

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b. She got home at 4 p.m.

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c. He washed the car yesterday.

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III. Complete the sentences. Use the Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 1p
a. The plane ____________________(fly) to Paris when it crashed.
b. The students _________________(wait) for the bus when it started to rain.
c. We __________________(cross) the street when the traffic lights turned red.
d. The children ____________________(play) games when their mother called them.
e. Sue __________________(wash) the dishes when the phone rang.

IV. Circle the correct verb form in each of the following sentences. 2p

a. Mary prepared / was preparing lunch when they came / was coming.
b. Tom was very unlucky. It rained / was raining every day during his holidays.
c. Who was that nice girl you talked / were talking to when I walked / was walking by the
pub?
d. Last weekend Susan fell / was falling and broke/ was breaking her leg.
e. When I entered / was entering the cafeteria Mary had / was having lunch with Peter.
f. We drove/ were driving to Berlin in Robert´s new car.

V. Fill in the sentences with Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the given verbs.
2,2p

1.- My uncle ……………. (save) a lot of money to buy a new sports car two years ago.

2.- Bernardo …………… (walk) his dogs when he ……………. (see) your girlfriend with Sergio.

3.- Margaret …………….. (reply) all the letters she ………………. (receive) last week.

4.- While Julian ………………….. (repair) his motorbike, his grandfather …………… (read) a
magazine.

5.- Andrew ………………. (give) some money to his sister and she ………… (tell) him ‘thank you’.

6.-When Caroline ……………….. (get) off the bus it …………………….. (snow) a little.

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