TEST

I. Read the story.

Last night Mr. and Mrs. Rojas stayed home. It was cold and rainy and they didn’t want to go out in the bad
weather. Mrs. Rojas made some popcorn and ice tea. At 8:00, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas went into the living room, sat on
the sofa and began the movie and ate and drank. At 8:15, Mr. and Mrs. Rojas realized they already watched the
movie last year and they didn’t want to watch it again.
“Now what?” asked Mr. Rojas. “Let’s play cards!” answered Mrs. Rojas. At 8:30 Mr. and Mrs. Rojas started to play
cards. They were playing for about 10 minutes when Mr. Rojas looked out the window. The rain changed to snow
and the trees were covered in beautiful white snowflakes. “I’m happy we stayed home tonight. It looks beautiful
outside but this weather is very dangerous to drive in.” said Mr. Rojas. “You’re right,” said Mrs. Rojas, “but I’m
bored. Let’s play some music and dance.”
Mr. Rojas was surprised. “Dance? But I really don’t ….”
“Oh come on!” Mrs. Rojas insisted. She put on a romantic CD and they both started to dance. They were dancing
for about 1 minute when suddenly the music stopped and the lights went out. Mrs. Rojas laughed. “We’re just not
very lucky tonight, are we?” she said. Mr. Rojas said, “Of course we’re lucky! We are together!”

Answer the questions:

1. Why did Mr. and Mrs. Rojas stay home last night?
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2. What did Mrs. Rojas make?
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3. What were Mr. and Mrs. Rojas doing when it started to snow?
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4. Why was Mr. Rojas happy they stayed home?
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5. What were Mr. and Mrs. Rojas doing when the lights went out?
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II. Complete the charts with verbs from the text.

Irregular past tense verbs Regular past tense verbs

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

4. 4.

5. 5.
III. Complete the table.

PRESENT
PRESENT PAST PAST CONTINUOUS
PROGRESSIVE
They are eating. 1. 2. 3.

4. 5. They didn’t work. 6.

7. Does she dance? 8. 9.

10. 11. 12. Were they playing?

IV. Fill in the blanks.

1. They were watching T.V. ____________ (when/while) they were eating popcorn.
2. We were cooking ____________(when/while) the phone rang.
4. ________________________ (when/while) she called me, I was driving.
5. I __________________ (watch TV) TV right now. I (watch) ___________________ TV at this exact same time
yesterday.
6. While Sandy was watching a horror movie, the lights (go) _________________________ out.
7. While Maggie was cooking dinner, Amy (do) _____________________ her homework.
8. Joe opened the box, he (find) _______________________________ a surprise.
9. Alice lives in Milan, but he ____________________________ (not speak) Italian.
10. Chen usually ____________________ (read) a book before going to bed.
11. Last weekend, my family and I (drive) _____________________ to New York.
12. We (have) ________________ a great time there. We (be) ______________very happy. However, we
(not get) ___________________ the chance to see the Statue of Liberty. The time was really short.