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ENGLISH TEST Name: …………………………………………………………………………………………. GRAMMAR PRACTICE Complete Ida’s post with past forms of the verbs. Ida Graham Greetings! We……………. (fly) here yesterday evening, and I …………… (sleep) the whole flight. I ……………. (need) that¡ We ……………… (take) a taxi from the airport to our hotel and ……………(find) a nice restaurant for a late dinner. Early this morning, we …………………. (swim) in the pool. For breakfast, we ……………. (have) some local dishes and ……………. (drink) some fantastic fruit juice. Then, before noon, we …………… (walk) along the beach. We ………………… (see) people selling coconuts right from the tres, but we ………………. (not/ try) any. When we …………………… (get) back to the hotel, we …………………. (eat) lunch. In the afternoon, we ………………… (go) shopping and ………………. (buy) some cool things. We …………… (do) a lot in this trip, and we ……………….. (had) a great time! So what ………………. (you/do) while I …………………. (be) on vacation?. Complete with Past Perfect and Past Continuous Simple: HAD + past participle An action occurred before another action in the past. ( had lived, had sung …). I lived in Miami, Florida. I had lived in New York City before. Continuous: HAD BEEN + V-ing An action started in the past and continued up until another time in the past ( had been living, had been singing …). Remember that horrible day: You eventually arrived. I had been waiting for you for two hours! 2. I (want / always) ________________to travel. That's why I was delighted to go abroad with them. 3. She was no stranger to him. They (be introduced) ___________________to each other a few days before. 5. I (stay / never) _________________in London before. How expensive hotels are! 6. Did I tell you that when I saw you, I realised that we (meet / already) _____________________? 7. James told me you (buy) ______________the old vicarage two years before your son'sbirth. Decide whether you have to use much or many.

1. Jane hasn't got ___________ time. 2. ¿Do you know ___________words in English? 3. He didn't eat ____________ meat.

4. There isn't _____________butter in the fridge. 5. How ____________ eggs did the hens lay?

READING University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world (after Oxford). It is situated in the town of Cambridge, England. According to legend, the university was founded in 1209 by scholars escaping from Oxford after a fight with locals there. Cambridge has produced more Nobel prize winners than any other university in the world, having 80 associated with it, about 70 of whom were students there. It regularly heads league tables ranking British universities, and a recent league table by the Times Higher Education Supplement rated it sixth in the world overall and first for science. The universities of Oxford and Cambridge, often referred to together as Oxbridge, compete to be seen as the strongest overall university in the UK. Historically, they have produced a significant proportion of Britain's prominent scientists, writers and politicians. 1. The University of Cambridge is the oldest university in England. True / False 2. The University of Cambridge was founded by scholars from Oxford. True / False 3. Many Nobel Prize winners were students at the University of Cambridge. True / False 4. Many scientists, writers and politicians were students at the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge. True / False WRITING Write a composition about why should people speak English? _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________