ENGLISH TEST

I
Read this text very carefully.

The Beatles were one of the most popular and

successful pop groups in the world. Their songs are
over 40 years old but they are still played on radio
stations every day. Songs such as Yesterday, Love
Me Do, Yellow Submarine and When I’m 64 are just
some of the songs of the Beatles of the 1960s.
The Beatles were all born in Liverpool, a city in
the northwest of England. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo
Starr were the members of the band. In 1957, Lennon and McCartney formed a
band called The Quarrymen. In 1958, Harrison, who was only 15 years old, joined the
band and they changed the name to The Beatles. In 1962, Ringo Starr became the
band’s drummer.
In 1963, Please, Please Me was number 1 in the British charts. Their music
was completely different and young people liked it. The group became famous all
over the world.

A) Are these statements TRUE or FALSE? Correct the FALSE ones.

1. The Beatles were a famous American band.

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2. There were four members in the Beatles.
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3. Paul McCartney was the last member to join the group.
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4. George Harrison was fifty years old when he joined the Beatles.
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5. Please, Please Me wasn’t very popular in nineteen sixty-three.
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B) Answer the following questions.

1. What were the names of the members of the Beatles?

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2. Where were they from?
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3. Why did young people like the Beatles?
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4. How old is the song Please, Please Me?
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 II
A) Correct the information in these sentences. Use the countries below to help
you. Write a negative sentence and an affirmative sentence.

Britain Portugal France USA

1. Camões was a Brazilian poet. 2. The Backstreet Boys were Italian.

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3. The Lumière Brothers were Canadian. 4. Princess Diana was Spanish.

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B) Write the words in the correct order.

1. born / Pablo Picasso / was / where ?_________________________________

2. was / Napoleon / nationality / what ? ________________________________
3. from/grandparents/are/where/your? ________________________________
4. my/Portuguese/parents/are._______________________________________
5. friends/from/my/Madrid/are/Spanish. _______________________________

D) Label the parts of the house.

E) Answer these questions about you.

1. Where are you from? ____________________________________________

2. When were you born? ____________________________________________
3. What nationality are you? _________________________________________
4. How old are you? _______________________________________________
5. Do you live in a house or in a flat? ___________________________________