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A Test On The Simple Past

This document appears to be an English test given to a student named Sarah. The test contains questions about a reading passage that describes Sarah's first day of school. The passage explains that Sarah was very excited for her first day of school and could barely sleep the night before. It describes her morning routine of getting ready with her family and walking to school with her brother, where she was looking forward to learning new things and making new friends. The test questions check comprehension of details from the passage and require the student to answer questions in full sentences. It also contains grammar exercises involving verbs in the past tense.

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A Test On The Simple Past

This document appears to be an English test given to a student named Sarah. The test contains questions about a reading passage that describes Sarah's first day of school. The passage explains that Sarah was very excited for her first day of school and could barely sleep the night before. It describes her morning routine of getting ready with her family and walking to school with her brother, where she was looking forward to learning new things and making new friends. The test questions check comprehension of details from the passage and require the student to answer questions in full sentences. It also contains grammar exercises involving verbs in the past tense.

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ENGLISH TEST

Name: ______________________ Number: ________ Class: _______


Teacher: __________________ Mark: _________________

Read the following text carefully:

My name is
Sarah
and
this was my first day at school. I was so excited that I could
barely
sleep
the
night
before.
I woke up very early and went straight to my parents bedroom.
Its time to go. Please, take me to school! I said.
I took a quick shower, I dressed myself and took my breakfast in a
hurry. I put my things together and yelled: Im ready!
My older brother, Tom laughed: Ok, little sis, just five more
minutes, ok?!
I could hardly wait. I knew my brother was going to protect me so
school wasnt something scary to me. I was
going
to
learn new things, I was going to make new
friendsuau!
Finally, time to go. We could walk to school
because it was just around the corner so I
took my brothers hand and there I was, ready
for the beginning of a new adventure in my
life

A. Are the following True or False. Quote from the text


to support your answer:
a) Sarah had a quiet night. _________________________
b) She was the first to wake up. _____________________

c) Her brother got angry at her. _____________________


d) They went to school by car. _______________________
e) Sarah was sad because she didnt want to study so much.
_____________________________________________
B. Answer the following questions, according to the text:
1. Why was that day so special for Sarah?
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
2. Was she scared about going to school? Account for your
answer.
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
3. Was the school far away from her house?
______________________________________________
______________________________________________
GRAMMAR
A. Complete the following table:
Infinitive

Past Simple
was /were
had

get up
woke up
take
go
drank
eat
knew
give

Translation

B. Rewrite the following sentences, as asked:


a) Sarah was very excited that day.
_________________________________________ (x)
_________________________________________ (?)
b) _________________________________________ (.)
Her parents didnt take them to school.
_________________________________________ (?)
c) _________________________________________ (.)
_________________________________________ (x)
Did Sarah wake up early?
d) _________________________________________ (.)
They didnt go to school by bus.
_________________________________________ (?)
e) Sarah and her brother had a very exciting day.
_________________________________________ (x)
_________________________________________ (?)
C. Complete with the Past Simple of the verbs in
brackets:
Yesterday Sarah ____________ (get up) at 7 oclock. First
she _____________ (go) to her parents room and then she
_______________
(take)
a
shower
and
________________ (have) breakfast. She and her brother
________________ (walk) to school, they _____________
(not/ catch) the bus.

At lunch time she ____________ (eat) in the school


canteen. She _____________ (love) lunch, pizza!
She ___________ (have) classes till 15:30. She
_____________
(meet)
new
people
and
she
even____________ (win) a special friend, Steel, a very nice
girl in her class. Then she _____________ (come) back
home, ____________ (do) her first homework and
_______________
(watch)
some
TV.
She
_______________ (speak) to her parents about her day and
she ______________ (go) to sleep at 21.30. It
______________ (be) a very exciting but also very tiring
day. She _____________ (sleep) like a baby and
_____________ (dream) about her new school.
D. Order the words. Then answer about you.
a) wake up / early / yesterday / you / did / ?
__________________________________________ ?
__________________________________________ .
b) breakfast / did / eat / you / for/ yesterday / what?
__________________________________________ ?
__________________________________________ .
c) to / school / how/ you/ did / go/ yesterday?
__________________________________________ ?
__________________________________________ .
d) your/ did / homework / do / you / week / last?
__________________________________________ ?
__________________________________________ .

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