1B – WT4 REVIEW

ENGLISH FILE ELEMENTARY (FOURTH EDITION)

FILES 7A AND 7B
A Read the short text about Beethoven and give complete answers to the questions.

Ludwig Van Beethoven was a great German composer. He was born in 1770. He composed his
first piece of music when he was 12. When he was 17, he went to Vienna to study. He soon
became famous and composed a lot of symphonies and an opera. In 1820, Beethoven became
deaf but for many years he still composed wonderful music.
He died in 1827.

0 When was Beethoven born?

___He was born in 1770.________________________________________________________
1 Where was he born?
________________________________________________________________________________________
2 How old was he when he composed his first piece of music?
________________________________________________________________________________________
3 What did he compose?
________________________________________________________________________________________
4 When did he die?
________________________________________________________________________________________

B Complete the sentences with PROFESSIONS.

0 Michael Jackson was a very famous pop singer.
1 He composes music. He’s a c______________________________.
2 My favourite a______________________________ is George Clooney. I love his films.
3 A n______________________________ writes novels.
4 He studied politics because he wanted to be a p______________________________.
5 Einstein was a very important s______________________________.
6 Van Gogh is considered one of the best p____________________ in the world because of his paintings.

C Number the events from 0(recent) to 5 (very distant in time), according to the sequence in time.
( ) Jack cooked last night.
( ) We stayed in bed until late yesterday afternoon.
( 0 ) Sally was here ten minutes ago.
( ) Tim and Sally moved to London two years ago.
( ) Mandy phoned me the day before yesterday.
( ) We didn’t travel last winter.
D Underline the right option.

0 Where was / were Jack this morning?

1 Yesterday was / were Friday.
2 I wasn’t / weren’t at work today.
3 Did / Were the kids at home yesterday?
4 Where were / did you walk last night?
5 The shops wasn’t / weren’t open today.

E Complete the dialogue. Use the PAST SIMPLE form of the verbs in brackets.

0 I _______studied_______ (study) for three hours last night.

1 When __________________________________ (the party / finish) last night?
2 She __________________________________ (not / like) the food in the restaurant.
3 __________________________________ (you / watch) that film last night?
4 My grandparents __________________________________ (live) in Australia. Now they live in
Poland.
5 We __________________________________ (not / smoke) because it was a non-smoking
restaurant.
6 What time __________________________________ (they / arrive) yesterday?
7 The two friends __________________________________ (chat) all night long.

F Answer the questions about yourself.

1 Where were you last night? Did you do chat online?
________________________________________________________________________________
2 When were you born?
________________________________________________________________________________
3 When was the last time you played sports?
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