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English Quiz 4th Year

Name:______________________ Date:__________________
1- Fill in the blanks with the PAST form of the verbs:
Benjamin Franklin was born .. (be born) in Boston in 1706. He (be)
the fifteenth of the seventeen children of a poor candlemaker. He (go ) to school only one year. He
(begin) to work when he was twelve. At the age of fourteen he (decide) to be a writer. He
.(copy) the great stories of famous writers and later he (become) the best known writer in his
time. When he .. (be) seventeen, he (leave) Boston and (arrive) in Philadelphia
with only a few pennies in his pocket. He (get) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and . (retire)
from business as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he . (spend) the next forty years for his government. He
. (play) an important role in the founding of the USA. Franklin (be) also an important scientist and
inventor. He . (draw) electricity from a cloud on a kite string. He (write) one of the first text books on
electricity. He (invent) a simple lightning rod and many other practical tools. He (make) a study
of water and .(discover) many principles of hydrodynamics. He even (invent) bifocal glasses
when he was seventy-eight and (need) them himself. Franklin (do) all these things and many more
because he .(believe) he (can).
2- Write what Jean DID or DIDNT do yesterday:
go shopping ( - )

Jean didnt go shopping yesterday. .

clean the house ( + )

feed the cat ( + )

telephone Mary ( - )

watch a film on TV ( - )

visit her grandparents ( + )

take them a cake ( + )

3- Fill in the blanks with a verb from the box in the SIMPLE PAST:
She .. a cake an hour ago.
She .. a hat last week.
The boy .. a letter yesterday.
They . in the sea for an hour.
They .. a lot of Coke last night.
She her arm last week.
He . all his money last week.
She a bath two minutes ago.
He . his wallet last night.
She .. on the old chair a minute ago.
She .. the clothes yesterday.
4- Write a suitable sentence using the PRESENT PERFECT TENSE :
a. Anns hair was dirty. Now its clean. (wash) ... Ann has washed her hair
b. Tom was 80 kg. Now hes 70. (lose weight) ..
c. Bill played football yesterday. Now he cant walk; his leg is in plaster. (break)
d. My sister is looking for her pen. (lose)
e. 5.
Mary is on holiday in France. (go) ..
f. Mr. Hill was in Canada last week. Hes back in London now. (be) .
g. Look! Mrs. Smith has got a lot of packages. (buy) .
h. I cant eat anything now. (eat too much) .

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Nivel Medio I116 - Centro Comunitario Rural Evanglica Villa Pehuenia Neuqun ARGENTINA

i. Mrs. Jenkins is very tired. (clean / house)

j. Tony needs a holiday. (work / hard / this year)
5- Use PRESENT PERFECT TENSE after BECAUSE:
Example: She cant go to the party. (catch a cold)
She cant go to the party because she has caught a cold.
a. He cant walk very fast. (hurt / leg)
b. I cant get in. (lose / key)
c. I know this story very well. (see the film)
d. I cant post the letter. (not put / stamp / on it)
e. He cant stand up. (eat too much)
f. They cant go on holiday. (not save / money)
g. I know him. (meet him before)
h. We dont know how he is. (not hear from him)
i. He wont take a cigarette. (give up smoking)
j. She cant get in. (he / lock the door)
6-

Put these verbs into the chart in the correct column complete the other.
Found been gone left write run - woke steal- sold met -