INTEGRATED LANGUAGE

Name: MAKE UP TEST

Date:

1) Reading Comprehension: read carefully the following text.

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was English, but he was born in South Africa in 1892. Both his
parents died when he was a boy, so John went to live with an aunt in England. After he left school,
he went to Oxford University and studied English. Then he got a job as a teacher at the university.
Tolkien had four children and he often told them stories. They really enjoyed one story. It started:
“In a hole in the ground lived a hobbit…” This story became Tolkien´s first book, The Hobbit. He
later wrote The Lord of the Rings. Both books were fantastically popular, especially in the USA.
Tolkien became rich and famous, but he hated being well known.
Tolkien created an imaginary world called “Middle Earth” for his stories. He invented special
languages for Middle Earth, and he could speak and write these languages!
He died in 1973. Thirty years later, the New Zealand film director Peter Jackson made three films
of The Lord of the Rings. They were big hits all over the world.

a) Are these questions true or false?

1- John was born in England. T – F
2- He went to Oxford University and studied Science. T- F
3- Tolkien had three children and he told them stories. T - F
4- His first book was The Lord of the Rings. T - F

b) Answer the following questions:

1- Did Tolkien create an imaginary world for his stories? Which was the name of this world?
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2- Were his books popular?

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3- Did he like being well known?

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4- Did he invent something special for the Middle Earth?

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5- Who made three films of The Lord of the Rings?
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 2) Grammar: complete the text. Use the Present simple or the present continuous form of
the verbs.
Here we are in Pinamar for summer holidays. I´m ………….. (look) out the window and it´s raining

really heavily, we all ……. (be) inside the house. My mother ……… (like) reading and she

always……. (bring) a lot of books. My father ……… (hate) the beach but he ……… (enjoy) playing

chess. He is now ………… (play) with my brother. Our dog is………. (wait) behind the door to go

out and our cat is……………….(sleep) near the fireplace.

3) Grammar: Past continuous and past simple. Put the verbs into the past simple or the past

continuous.

a) When Lee……….. (arrive) at school, his friends …………….. (be+play) football outside.

b) When Ben………… (wake up), a nurse…………………(be+stand) by the bed.

c) My friend and I ………………….. (be+wait) for the bus when we………….. (see) Lee.

d) I…………….. (see) you when you………………… (be+drive) your car.

e) When we ……………….. (be+watch) a movie I …………… (get) scared.

f) My phone …………(ring) when I …………….. (be+take) a shower.

4) Answer the following questions. Use past continuous.

a) What were you doing at 8 o’clock last night?

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b) What was your mother doing last Sunday morning?

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c) What were you doing one hour ago?

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d) Was it raining yesterday?

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