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4th FORM PRACTICE TEST 2

1-Match.

MOUNTAIN

FOREST

VILLAGE

LAKE

ISLAND

FIELD

RIVER

PATH

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Could – couldn’t

http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7710

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/exercises/exercise-english-2/exercise-english-91443.php

http://www.esltower.com/GRAMMARQUIZ/modals/can,%20can't,%20couldn't,%20could%20-%20output/modal1.html ( a bit more difficult!)

2-Write.

Sue And this is me when I was four.

Mai 1. Could you swim when you were four?

Sue No, I 2.____________, but I 3._____________ now. And you?

Mai Yes, I 4._____________. I learnt to swim when I was two.

Sue 5._______________ you send emails when you were four?

Mai No, I 6._____________. But my brother showed me how to

send emails last year.

Sue And how many languages 7._______________ you speak when

you were four?

Mai Only one. But now I 8._______________ speak two!

could couldn't can

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3- Write.

When I was a baby, I 1. couldn't walk or talk. But I 2.______________

sleep and play every day.

Now I have to go to school every day, so I 3. _________________ play all

day anymore. But now I 4._________________ ride a bike, swim and

speak two languages.

4- Write about what people could and couldn't do 200 years ago.

could couldn't can can't

Nine years ago, I

was a happy baby...

use a computer write with a feather watch TV

go to school by horse and cart

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1. What could people do 200 years ago?

People could___________________________________________

_____________________________________________________.

2. What couldn't they do 200 years ago?

People couldn’t__________________________________________

_____________________________________________________.

Connectors

5 - Combine and write the sentences with and or but

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6 - Complete with:

1. Yesterday she ate sandwiches ___________ today she's eating pasta.

2. I usually go to the cinema ___________today I am going to the park.

3. Last week we bought a kitten ____________ we wanted one.

4. I always make cakes with my mum, __________ my mum is not home

today; _____________ my brother is helping me.

5. I love playing football __________ riding my bike.

7- Circle the correct word to complete the sentences.

1. I was tired last night because/so I went to bed early.

2. I like swimming and/but I like playing basketball.

3. Paul likes apples and/but he doesn't like bananas.

4. This book is boring and/so I stopped reading it.

5. I stopped reading this book because/so it's boring.

6. Don't play with the scissors so/because it's dangerous.

7. First I visited my cousin Bill and/because then I met my friends.

8. My mum made me a sandwich because/but I didn't eat it.

so and but(x3) because

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8- Complete the crossword puzzle

Provide the past forms of the verbs below.

Present Past

run

stand

write

jump

read

sit

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dance

sing

9- Simple past search. The past simple forms of the verbs on

the list below are hidden in the puzzle. Find them and write

them next to their present simple forms.

There is one more verb in the word square that is not on the

list. Can you find it? P_ _ _ _ _

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10- Listen and circle

1. Where did Stan go on holiday?

a. b.

2. What did Stan eat?

a.

b.

3. Did Stan buy a guitar?

a. YES b. NO

4. What did Stan drink?

a.

b.

5. Who did Stan meet?

a.

b.

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11- Look at the pictures and read the text below attentively.

Then choose the correct word.

One day the Smiths went to a 1.___________. The children played in the

2._____________. Mum and Dad put up the tent. They put the food up in a

3._____________ because animals 4.____________ get it there.

At 5.___________ o'clock they were tired 6._______________ they went

to bed. Mum woke up at twelve o'clock. She heard something outside the

tent. She looked out. She 7. __________see a big gorilla in the tree, next

to their 8._____________. She gave the gorilla some chocolate

9.____________ the gorilla took it 10. _____________ ran away.

1 A campsite B lake C mountain

2 A park B water C car

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3 A so B tree C bags

4 A can B could C couldn't

5 A eight B nine C ten

6 A because B so C but

7 A saw B couldn't C could

8 A food B tent C car

9 A so B because C and

10 A because B so C and

Read the sentences and write True or False.

1. The children didn't put up the tent. True

2. Mum and Dad thought animals couldn't get the food in the tree. _______

3. They weren't tired so they didn't go to bed early. ________

4. Dad woke up at twelve o'clock. _________

5. Mum could hear something outside the tent. _________

6. The gorilla got the chocolate and left. __________

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12- Writing: Write an email to your friend telling him/her about what you did last weekend in about 50-80 words.

Remember to use the Simple Past.

Send now Send later Save as draft Attachments Contacts

From:

Subject:

To:

Cc:

Hi______________!

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

_________________________________________________________________________

__________________

__________________(your name)

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4th FORM PRACTICE TEST 2 (key) (RESPUESTAS)

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Sue And this is me when I was four.

Mai 1. Could you swim when you were four?

Sue No, I 2. couldn’t, but I 3. can now. And you?

Mai Yes, I 4. could. I learnt to swim when I was two.

Sue 5. Could you send emails when you were four?

Mai No, I 6. couldn’t. But my brother showed me how to

send emails last year.

Sue And how many languages 7. could you speak when

you were four?

Mai Only one. But now I 8. can speak two!

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Exercise 3

When I was a baby, I 1. couldn't walk or talk. But I 2. could sleep and play

every day.

Now I have to go to school every day, so I 3. can’t play all day anymore.

But now I 4. can ride a bike, swim and speak two languages.

Exercise 4

1. People could write with a feather and could go to school by horse and cart.

2. People couldn’t use a computer or watch TV.

Exercise 5

1. Sarah likes music but she doesn’t like math.

2. Sarah is learning the flute and she is taking piano lessons.

3. Sarah doesn’t have a brother but she has a sister.

4. Sarah ate pizza for lunch and she drank some soda.

5. Sarah makes her bed in the morning but she doesn’t make breakfast.

Exercise 6

1. Yesterday she ate sandwiches but today she's eating pasta.

2. I usually go to the cinema but today I am going to the park.

3. Last week we bought a kitten because we wanted one.

4. I always make cakes with my mum, but my mum is not home today; so

my brother is helping me.

5. I love playing football and riding my bike.

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Exercise 7

1. I was tired last night because/so I went to bed early.

2. I like swimming and/but I like playing basketball.

3. Paul likes apples and/but he doesn't like bananas.

4. This book is boring and/so I stopped reading it.

5. I stopped reading this book because/so it's boring.

6. Don't play with the scissors so/because it's dangerous.

7. First I visited my cousin Bill and/because then I met my friends.

8. My mum made me a sandwich because/but I didn't eat it.

Exercise 8

Across

2. run 3. stand

6. write

Down

1. can 2. read

3. sit 4. dance 5. sing

Present Past

run ran

stand stood

write wrote

jump jumped

read read

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sit sat

dance danced

sing sang

Exercise 9

ASK/ASKED

EAT/ATE

DO/DID

FEED/FED

FIND/FOUND

GIVE/GAVE

HAVE/HAD

LISTEN/LISTENED

READ/READ

RIDE/RODE

TAKE/TOOK

WALK/WALKED

IS/WAS

WASH/WASHED

WATCH/WATCHED

GO/WENT

The verb that is not on the list is PLAYED

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Exercise 10

Exercise 11

1. A

2. C

3. B

4. C

5. B

6. B

7. C

8. A

9. A

10.C

2. True 3. False 4. False 5. True 6.True

Exercise 12

Open answer (respuesta abierta)