Date:

Student:

1_ Order the words to make questions. Then match the questions 1-5 with some of the answers
a-i.

1_ do / play / with / How often / you / friends / your / football / ?

2_ you / usually / play / weekends / do / games / What / at / ?

3_ when / play / you / Do / you / cheat / chess / ?

4_ your / beat / often / you / brother / tennis / Does / at / ?

5_ like / playing / games / friends / group / Do / your / ?

a_ Yes, they do. In general we play different group games at school and at parties.

b_ I usually play once a week.

c_ He goes to the sports centre twice a week.

d_ No, he doesn't. He plays tennis in the morning.

e_ No, we don't. Cheating is not nice!

f_ My sister often gives up.

g_ Yes, he usually does. He is excellent at tennis and I'm not very good.

h_ We usually play computer games. League of Legends is our favourite.

i_ Yes, I do. I always count from 1 to 10.

2_ Write the sentences choosing the correct form of the verb.

a_ Have you seen/Did you see the new Bruce Willis film yet?

b_ Which film did you see/have you seen last night?

c_ Did you ever ride/Have you ever ridden a mountain bike?

d_ When have you been/did you go to the USA?

e_ I didn't have/haven't had a holiday this year yet.

3_ Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verb in brackets, past simple or past
continuous.

a_ It ____________ (start) to rain while we ____________ (have) a picnic.

b_ I ____________ (not answer) the phone because I ____________ (have) dinner.

c_ ____________ (you/see) anything strange while you ____________ (walk) by the river?

d_ I ____________ (wake) you up because you ____________ (talk) in your sleep.

e_ What ____________ (Laura/wear) when you ____________ (see) her yesterday?

f_ She ____________ (not/hear) the bell because she ____________ (listen) to very loud music.

g_ While she ____________ (write) an email, the computer ____________ (stop) working.

4_ Read the following text about Vincent Van Gogh:

Nobody has ever painted cornfields or sunflowers like Van Gogh. His paintings are full of colour and
sunlight. Today his paintings are worth millions of pounds but in his lifetime he only sold one.

Van Gogh was born in Holland in 1853. He did not start painting until he was twenty-seven, ten
years before he died. Before becoming a painter, he was a teacher, an art dealer and a church
preacher.

In 1886 he left Holland and joined his younger brother, Theo, who was working in Paris at the time.
After living there for two years, he moved to the warmer climate of Arles in the south of France.
Here he painted some of his most famous pictures.

However, Van Gogh was mentally ill. During one of his fits of madness he attacked his friend, the
artist Paul Gauguin. In another fit of madness, Van Gogh cut off part of his own ear. Eventually he
went into a mental hospital but did not get any better.

Finally, on Sunday 27th July 1890, in the small village of Auvers, north of Paris, Vincent took a gun,
went into a cornfield and shot himself. When his brother Theo arrived, he said: "I hope I did it
properly". Thirty-six hours later Van Gogh died in his brother's arms. His last words were: "La
tristesse durera". (The sadness will continue).

4.1_ Answer the questions:

a_ How many paintings did he sell in his lifetime?

b_ How old was he when he started painting?

c_ Where did he paint his most famous pictures?

d_ What was wrong with him?

e_ How did he die?

4.2_ Make questions for these answers:

a_

Millions of pounds.

b_

In Holland.

c_

In 1886.

d_

To a place called Arles in the south of France.

e_

On Sunday 27th July 1890.

5_ Complete with do/does/was/were or did.

a_ ______you at home last weekend? I phoned you three times and nobody answered.

b_ Where ______ the chess tournament final?

c_ ______ your friends usually meet for an online game after school?

d_ My best friend ______ not enjoy playing board games.

e_ When ______ you last play online?

6_ Choose the correct verb tense.

a_ By the time I got to the café, it closed/had closed.

b_ I was very hungry because I haven't eaten/hadn't eaten any breakfast.

c_ When I opened/had opened the door, the cat ran out/had run out.

d_ When she saw/had seen her present, she started to cry.

e_ She ran downstairs to open the door but it was too late. The postman went/had gone.

7_ Write a text answering the following questions: What are you good at? What would you like
to be good at in the future?