ENGLISH MINI TEST

NAME:__________________________________________ NO:___________ CLASS:_________

DATE: _________________________________________________________

PART I

Complete the text with the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

Dear Sam,

Thanks for your letter. It is really great to hear from you now that the weather is rainy and I
can't go out that much. Hope your life is a lot more exciting than mine.

You (ask) me to write about my life. Well, there is really nothing special going on. Last

Saturday, for example, my family and I (visit) my grandparents. My mother (help)

my grandmother with the housework. My father (clean) the windows outside.

My sister and I (watch) cartoons on television and later we (play) outside in

the garden. We (climb) the old oak-tree in the garden to our tree-house. We (stay)

there all afternoon. Then our mother (call) us because it (be) time to go

home. Our grandparents (kiss) us goodbye and we (return) home. We (arrive)

home at 9 o'clock. Father (look) for the key, (open) the front door, and

we all (walk) inside.

That's it about the way I spent last weekend. How about you? What did you do last Saturday?

Write back and tell me how you're doing.

Love,

Julie

A- Are these sentences True or False? Correct the false ones.

1. Julie is happy to hear from Sam. _______

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2. The weather is fine. _______

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 3. Julie and her family can do lots of outdoor activities. _______
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4. Sam asked Julie to tell him about school. _______

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B- Answer the questions about the text.

1. What is Julie writing about?

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2. What did she and her family do last Saturday?

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3. What did she and her sister watch?

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4. Where did they stay all afternoon?

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5. Why did their mother call them?

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6. What time did they arrive home?

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7. Who looked for the key?

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 PART II

A- Fill in the gaps with: was, were, wasn’t, weren’t.

1- Rose’s dog_____________ very smart.

2- Our books_____________ on the table but our pens_____________.
3- _____________ your friends at home? Yes, they_____________.
4- _____________his father a farmer? No, he_____________.

B- Fill in the gaps with the verb There To Be.

1- Yesterday,__________________ a nice party in my best friend’s house.

2- ____________________ any interesting films on TV, last week? Yes,
________________.
3- ________________ some flowers in the garden but _________________
any trees.
4- ________________ a game, before yesterday? No, __________________.

C- Complete the sentences with the Past Simple.

1- Yesterday, I ____________(arrive) late to school.

2- He ______________(wash) the dishes, after lunch.
3- They _____________(travel) to England, last weekend.
4- Mary _____________ (study) a lot for the test.
5- The boys ___________ (play) football during the weekend.
6- Yesterday, we ___________ (walk) to school.
7- She ______________(look) for the cat, all morning.

D- Put the sentences 1, 2 and 3 from exercise C into the negative and the
interrogative forms.

1- Negative form:_________________________________________________
Interrogative form: _____________________________________________

2- Negative form:_________________________________________________
Interrogative form: _____________________________________________

3- Negative form:_________________________________________________
Interrogative form: _____________________________________________
GOOD WORK!