Name: …………………………..

Mark: …………

READING (20 points)

Read the text. Then tick ( ) T (true) or F (false). (5 x 4 = 20 points)

On Sunday, 8th October 1871, a small fire

started on a very windy night in Chicago, USA.
The small fire became a big, dangerous fire.
Chicago’s firefighters ran to the fire. People
saw the fire and left their homes. They were
terrified!
Then, something horrible happened. The
firefighters’ water stopped. There wasn’t any
water! The big fire was going from house to
house and street to street. It was burning
thousands of houses and the firefighters
couldn’t stop it. Finally, something lucky
happened – it started to rain! Rain fell on the
fire and the fire stopped.
People went back to their homes, but there
weren’t any houses there. About 90,000 people
lost their homes. The fire burned 18,000
houses, shops, theatres, churches, hotels and
other buildings, and 300 people died.

T F
1. The weather in Chicago on 8th October was windy.
2. People left their houses because they wanted to see the fire.
3. The firefighters stopped the fire.
4. Chicago was lucky because there was rain that night.
5. Many people in Chicago didn’t have homes after the fire.

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VOCABULARY (20 points)

1 Complete the chart with the words below. (10 x 1 = 10 points)

rainy • ambulance • winter • windy • firefighters

summer • spring • stormy • autumn • injury

Seasons Weather Emergency

2 Circle the correct answers. (5 x 1 = 5 points)

1. It’s cool / hot / warm today. Take your sweater.

2. It’s cold and wet / snowy / cloudy today. Let’s go skiing.
3. The injury / police / paramedics took the boy to hospital in an ambulance.
4. Mr Giles was in a car blood / accident / cut.
5. I hate this dry / sunny / foggy weather. I can’t see anything!

3 Complete the sentences with the words below. (5 x 1 = 5 points)

cold • police • wet • sunny • blood

1. Call the ……………………… ! There’s a strange man in the house.

2. Did you see the terrible accident? There was ……………………… everywhere.
3. Why is your hair ……………………… ? Did you wash it?
4. January is my favourite month because I love ……………………… weather.
5. We often go to the beach on hot, ……………………… days.

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GRAMMAR (30 points)

1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Continuous.
(6 x 2 = 12 points)

1. Mary ……………………………… (read) a book at 7 o’clock.

2. The boys ……………………………… (play) a game a few hours ago.
3. Bradley ……………………………… (not have) lunch at 2 o’clock.
4. At three o’clock, I ……………………………… (ride) my bike in the park.
5. The paramedics ……………………………… (not sit) in the ambulance at six o’clock.
6. The teenagers ……………………………… (not listen) to their iPods in the rain.

2 Write questions with the words below. Use the Past Continuous. (5 x 2 = 10 points)

1. John / talk / on his phone / during the storm

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2. the girls / chat / on the Internet / last night
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3. Alan and Jack / listen / to the news / at 8.00
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4. Andy / read / a book / an hour ago
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5. you / wait / for a bus / at 7.00
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3 Match the questions in A with the answers in B. (4 x 2 = 8 points)

A B
1. Why was the teacher shouting? …… a. To a restaurant.
2. Where were Tom and Pete going last night? …… b. My friend from France.
3. What were you doing at 8.00? …… c. Because there was a fire.
4. Who were you talking to this morning? …… d. Listening to music and doing homework.

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WRITING (10 points)

Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1. was walking / a girl / in the park

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2. weren’t making / the boys / a cake
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3. three firefighters / the fire / were fighting
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4. to the accident / an ambulance / came
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5. the baby / at three o’clock / wasn’t sleeping
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