SCORE = _______ / 3

Student’s name: ________________________________________________________

Task 4.

E1. Complete the paragraph below by choosing one of the three options in each of
the parentheses. (0.1 points each answer)
Karen and Daisy are (is / are / were) two sisters. The last year they ____________ (are
/ was / were) my best two students.
Karen and Daisy really ____________ (work / worked / don’t work) hard the last year
when they ____________ (start / started / didn’t start) school. Karen and Daisy are
Colombian immigrants and they ____________ (didn’t come / come / came) from
Bogota with their parents three years ago. The first time I ____________ (see / saw /
didn’t see) them, they ____________ (say / said / didn’t say) to me that they will learn
how ____________ (to speak / spoke / didn’t speak) and write English perfectly. They
were always early to class. They ____________ (learn / learned / to learn) a lot, and at
the end of the year, they were ready for the next level.
I ____________ (remember / remembered / didn’t remember) that they spoke English
every day. They ____________ (watch / watched / to watch) TV and series in English to
talk to people in English. They ____________ (practice / practiced / to practice) all the
time with other students and wrote in English. They listened to my instructions carefully,
and always ____________ (help / helped / didn’t help) other students. I hope to be
their teacher again because I liked to teach them.

E2. Find out the facts and answer the questions according to the example. Include
date facts in each parenthesis. (0.2 points each answer)

1. Who invented the telephone? (1876)

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876.
2. Who painted The Mona Lisa? (16th century)
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3. Who started Microsoft? (1975)
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 4. Who killed John Lennon? (1980)
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E3. Put the sentences that are in present when they happened. Rewrite the
sentences in the past form considering the present year 2023. Look at the sample
below. (0.2 points each sentence)
1. Mike Tyson wins the championship (1986)
Mike Tyson won the championship 36 years ago.

2. Two planes crash into the world trade center (2001)

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3. Hitler becomes the chancellor of Germany (1933)

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4. Leonardo Di Caprio wins the Oscar for best actor (2016)

________________________________________________________.

5. The World War II starts (1939)

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6. The first McDonald’s restaurant opens (1953)

________________________________________________________.

7. The Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg (1912)

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