ECLAM

ÉCOLE DE LANGUES MODERNES

FIRST PERIOD EXAM
ENGLISH B1.2

Teacher: LLM. Jesús Couoh Date: ___________________

Student: __________________________________ Grade: __________________

I. Write the Past Simple and Past Participle of the following verbs.

BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST BASE FORM PAST SIMPLE PAST
PARTICIPLE PARTICIPLE
Be Hit
Answer Ask
Become Hurt
Begin Know
Bite Pay
Talk Finish
Break Read
Build Use
Play Run
Buy Try
Catch Shake
Cut Get
Do Eat
Draw Forget
Drink Freeze
Drive Hear
Rain Sing
Look Repeat
Stop Point
Cut Dress
Plant Speak
Draw Stand
Drink Swim
Drive Teach
Fight Smoke
Fly Think
Go Wear
Have Write
Keep Ride
Learn Ring
Make Sing
Meet Wake
 II. Complete the following text by using Present Simple.

My Kind Neighbor

This is Mrs. Sullivan, my neighbor. She (1) ____________ (be) an old lady and she (2) ____________ (own) a very
beautiful house next to mine. She (3) ____________ (come) from Switzerland so she (4) ____________ (be) Swiss but
she (5) ____________ (speak) English very well. My neighbor (6) ____________ (not/live) alone. She (7) ____________
(have) two cats and a parrot. She (8) ____________ (like) animals and gardening. Her flowers (9) ____________ (be)
colorful and they (10) ____________ (smell) nice. She (11) ____________ (water) the plants every day in summer but
she (12) ____________ (not/cut) the grass in her garden. A 12 years old boy (13) ____________ (help) her with the
garden. She also (14) ____________ (grow) some vegetables in a little orchard behind her house. Mrs. Sullivan (15)
____________ (love) cooking. She (16) ____________ (bake) delicious biscuits and every Sunday she (17) ____________
(invite) us to some. She always (18) ____________ (ask) us: “(19) ____________ you ____________ (want) some?”.

III. Complete the last part of the story by using Present Continuous.

Right now, I (1) ________________________ (observe) Mrs. Sullivan from the window. She (2)
________________________ (get) ready and she (3) ________________________ (dress) because she (4)
________________________ (go) to the Opera tonight. At the moment I bet she (5) ________________________
(listen) to opera music. She (6) ________________________ (meet) her friends after the concert and they (7)
________________________ (go) to a reastaurant and they (8) ________________________ (drink) some wine because
they love it. If it (9) ________________________ (not/rain) at that time, they (10) ________________________ (go) to
Mrs. Sullivan’s house and they (11) ________________________ (watch) a movie there. Ups! It (12)
________________________ (rain) at the moment. I (13) ________________________ (think) she (14)
________________________ (go) to the Opera tonight. And you, what (15) ________________________ you
________________________ (do) right now?

IV. Complete the following sentences by using the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.

1. I _____________________ (be) in China two months ago.

2. She _____________________ (be) a high school teacher two years ago.
3. He _____________________ (begin) to study English last Spetember.
4. We _____________________ (not/break) the teacher’s laptop.
5. You _____________________ (not/buy) the new iPhone X.
6. They _____________________ (not/draw) the painting on the wall.
7. _____________________ you _____________________ (drive) for seven hours until here?
8. _____________________ he _____________________ (feel) hungry yesterday?
9. _____________________ they _____________________ (fly) to London yesterday?
10. She _____________________ (have) the best summer vacations ever.
11. They _____________________ (hit) the ball really high and made a home run.
12. We _____________________ (know) the answer of the exam.
13. She _____________________ (lose) her new iPad yesterday.
14. He _____________________ (pay) her movie tickets, he is in love with her.
15. I _____________________ (meet) your father yesterday when I _____________________ (go) to your house.
16. They _____________________ (be) at the movies last night.
17. We _____________________ (run) until we _____________________ (get) to school.
18. I _____________________ (not/sleep) all night yesterday because I _____________________ (study) all night.
 V. Complete the following text about Harry Potter by writing the verbs in the Simple Past.

Harry Potter (1) ____________ (be) a very special boy. He (2) ____________ (be) a young wizard. His hair (3)
____________ (be) black and his eyes (4) ____________ (be) green. He (5) ____________ (have) a scar on his forehead.
He (6) ____________ (live) with his aunt and his cousin. He (7) ____________ (not/be) happy living there because they
(8) ____________ (not/love) him.

He (9) ____________ (get) a letter from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He (10) ____________ (be) a new
student there! He (11) ____________ (buy) a new pet too, an owl. Its name (12) ____________ (be) Hedwig. But his
uncle (13) ____________ (not/want) to have a wizard in the family and (14) ____________ (take) Harry to a lonely
island.

Rubeus Hagrid (15) ____________ (rescue) Harry and (16) ____________ (go) to Diagon Alley with Harry. There he (17)
____________ (buy) his new clothes, books and his wand.

He (18) ____________ (go) to school for the first time by train in platform 9 ¼ . There he (19) ____________ (meet) his
new friends: Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. They (20) ____________ (talk) and (21) ____________ (eat) candies
and chocolates.

In school, Draco Malfoy (22) ____________ (not/like) Harry. He (23) ____________ (be) a member of Slytherin House
and always (24) ____________ (try) to beat Harry. What about you, (25) ____________ you ____________ (like) Harry
Potter?

VI. Write sentences by using the clues given and the correct time tense. Be careful.

Be going to Future Simple Present Perfect Past Perfect

You / write / a letter. (+) (+) (+) (+)

He / ride / the (-) (-) (-) (-)

coaster.

She / wake / at eight (+) (+) (+) (+)

o’clock.

They / keep / the (?) (?) (?) (?)

money.

We / learn / Italian. (+) (+) (+) (+)

He / begin / to study (?) (?) (?) (?)

German.
VII. With the following sequenced pictures, write a story using a minimum of 250 words.
VIII. Listen to the radio interview about theme parks and do the following exercises.

1. Do this exercise while you listen. Circle True or False for these sentences.

2. Do this exercise while you listen. Circle the best option to complete these sentences.