Direco Regional de Educao de Lisboa

Name ____________________________________________________________

I READ THE TEXT CAREFULLY.

13th May
Dear diary,
Yesterday it was my birthday party. It was fantastic! All my friends
were there and we had lots of fun. I was born in 1992, in London.
My birthday cake was wonderful. Granny is a great cook! Everybody was
very busy. Everybody wanted to help Mum. She was very busy preparing
the party. She is so sweet!
I had a lot of presents, but you, dear diary, were my favourite present.
I was wearing a red T-shirt, blue jeans and tennis shoes.
It was a nice day and it was fun meeting you, diary...
See you tomorrow.

Rose

II NOW MATCH THE QUESTIONS TO THE ANSWERS.

a) When was Roses birthday party?

1. Her birthday cake was wonderful.

b) Were Roses friends in her birthday

2. Her birthday party was on 12th May.

party?

3. Her favourite present was a diary.

c) When and where was she born?

4. Yes, they were.

d) What was her birthday cake like?

5. She was born in 1992, in London.

e) What was her favourite present?

6. She was wearing a red T-shirt, blue

f) What was she wearing?

jeans and tennis shoes.

III ONE OF THE BOOKS ROSE HAD, WAS ABOUT KING ARTHUR. FILL IN THE
BLANKS WITH:

was

were

there was

there were.

King Arthur ______________ a king who lived in Camelot a long time ago.
Lancelot and the other knights ______________ in his court. Every knight
had a horse, a sword and a squire to defend the king. In those times,

_______________ many wild animals in the woods around the castle.

______________ also a magician who protected the king. His name
______________ Merlin. He and Arthur _____________ good friends.

IV WRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IN THE PAST.

a) I am very happy today. ______________________________________
b) Rose is not at home. ________________________________________
c) Rose and her mother are very excited. ___________________________

V LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE AND PUT THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES IN THE

NEGATIVE AND INTERROGATIVE FORMS.
Ex.: Her birthday cake was wonderful.
Neg.: Her birthday cake wasnt wonderful.
Int.: Was her birthday cake wonderful?
a) They were very happy.
Neg.: _____________________________________________________
Int.: _____________________________________________________?
b) There were lots of cakes.
Neg.: _____________________________________________________
Int.: _____________________________________________________?
c) She was very beautiful.
Neg.: _____________________________________________________
Int.: _____________________________________________________?

VI COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE WITH THE SIMPLE PAST OF THE

VERB to be.
Yesterday I __________ very nervous because I had an English test. All my
classmates _________ nervous too. There _________ no reason to be nervous
because it __________ not difficult at all!

VII LOOK AT THE CHART BELOW AND FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE:

A ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

EX.

Who was Louis Armstrong? He was a jazz trumpeter.

When was he born? He was born in 1900.
Where was he born? He was born in America.

a) Who was Anna Pavlova? ___________________________________________

b) When was she born? _____________________________________________
c) Where was she born? ____________________________________________
d) Who were Indira Gandhi and John Kennedy? ____________________________
e) When were they born? ___________________________________________
f) Where were J. Kennedy and Louis Armstrong born? ______________________
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VIII WRITE THESE WORDS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER. BEGIN WITH:

ten minutes ago

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IX LOOK AT THE PICTURES ABOVE AND WRITE ABOUT THE CHANGES.

a) post office / supermarket

There

was

post

office

in

South

Street.______________________________
Now

there

is

supermarket._____________________________________
b) houses / office building
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c) farm / car park
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d) houses / department store
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