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Test Unit 4: What the papers say

NAME: CLASS: 4
SUBJECT: English CLASS No.: ... …../60
TEACHER : Libot S. DATE: …/01/2020
Study Tips & Tricks – Vocabulary and grammar
0 Study the course material after each class 0 Ask for explanation when you don’t understand something..
0 Revise difficult topics regularly. 0 Carefully read the question before answering.
0 Participate in class. 0 Answer in correct English.
0 Pay more attention in class. 0 Correct your mistakes.

Self Assessment I think I will get …/60 for this test.

I have studied ………(min) for this test. I had enough time. O yes O no
I took note of the test in my class journal. O yes O no I was focused in class. O yes O no
I understood the topic. O yes O no I had problems planning. O yes O no

1 Read the following newspaper article. Fill in the past simple or the past perfect simple tense.
Professor stopped on motorway in wheelchair /8
An 'absent-minded' professor was stopped by police as he ... ……………………………………………… (1 to try) to
drive 110 miles down a German motorway in his wheelchair. Hain ... ……………………………………………… (2 to
tell) them he was going home to Vechta, more than 110 miles away, after visiting family nearby, and
………………………………………………(3 to say) he .………………………………………………. (4 already – to put) five miles
behind him. The retired astronomy professor ... ……………………………………………… (5 to say) that when he..
……………………………………………… (6 to pass)
his driving test almost 50 years ago any vehicle had been allowed to drive on the motorway and
he .………………………………………………. (7 not realise) this .. ………………………………………………. (8 to change).
2 Choose between the simple past and past continuous. /8
1. A: What (you, do) ……………………………………………… when the accident occurred? 
B: I (try)  ……………………………………………… to change a light bulb that had burnt out. 
2. After I (find)  ……………………………………………… the wallet full of money,
I (go, immediately)  ……………………………………………… to the police and (turn)  ………………………………………………
it in. 
3. The doctor (say)  ……………………………………………… that Tom (be)  ……………………………………………… too sick to
go to work and that he (need)  ……………………………………………… to stay at home for a couple of days. 
3 Choose between simple past and present perfect. /10
Since computers were first introduced to the public in the early 1980's, technology
(change)  ……………………………………………… a great deal. The first computers
(be)  ……………………………………………… simple machines designed for basic tasks. They (have,
not)  ……………………………………………… much memory and they (be, not)  ……………………………………………… very
powerful. Early computers were often quite expensive and customers often

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(pay)  ……………………………………………… thousands of dollars for machines which actually
(do)  ……………………………………………… very little. Most computers (be)  ………………………………………………
separate, individual machines used mostly as expensive typewriters or for playing games. 
Times (change)  ……………………………………………… . Computers (become)  ………………………………………………
powerful machines with very practical applications. Programmers (create)  ……………………………………………… a
large selection of useful programs which do everything from teaching foreign languages to bookkeeping
4 Fill in the past simple tense or the past perfect continuous tense. /8

Hannah ..………………………………………………. (to work) at that company for five years when she
……………………………………………… (to get) fired.
Jennifer……………………………………………… (to study) at the University for more than a year before
he……………………………………………… (to leave) for Russia.
Fred……………………………………………… (to be) tired because he………………………………………………. (to exercise) all
morning.
My uncle .. ………………………………………………. (to cook) at his famous restaurant for many years before
he……………………………………………….. (to move) to London.
5 Present Perfect / Past Perfect/Present Perfect Continuous / Past Perfect Continuous  /10
Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses.

1. It is already 9:30 PM and I (wait)  ………………………here for over an hour. If John does not get here in the
next five minutes, I am going to leave. 
2. I was really angry at John yesterday. By the time he finally arrived, I (wait)  ………………………for over an
hour. I almost left without him. 
3. Did you hear that Ben was fired last month? He (work)  ………………………for that import company for more
than ten years and he (work)  ………………………in almost every department. Nobody knew the company like
he did. 
4. I (see)  ………………………many pictures of the pyramids before I went to Egypt. Pictures of the monuments
are very misleading. The pyramids are actually quite small. 
5. Sarah (climb)  ………………………the Matterhorn, (sail)  ………………………around the world and
(go)  ………………………on safari in Kenya by the time she turned twenty-five. She
(experience)  ………………………more by that age than most people do in their entire lives. 
6. When Melanie came into the office yesterday, her eyes were red and watery. I think she
(cry) ………………………

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6 Newspaper sections/columns. /12
In which section of the paper would you find these pictures? Use it in a correct sentence.

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5 Fill in the crossword. (......../7)

1 line at the top of a page / title:

2 person who plans and directs the publication of a newspaper: an
3 stall for the sale of papers:
4 piece of news obtained and published by one newspaper before its competitors: a
5 paparazzi or ….
6 strips of humorous drawings: a
7 idle, not to be trusted talk about the affairs of other people:

1 2

4 5 6

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