CENTRO INTERESCOLAR DE LÍNGUAS DE TAGUATINGA – CILT
E5 MIDTERM REVIEW
American English File 2 – Files 1A to 2B
Student’s name:___________________________ Class: _______________ Date: ____/_____/____
A PUT THE WORDS IN THE CORRECT ORDER TO MAKE QUESTIONS. REMEMBER TO USE DO, DOES, DID.
EXAMPLE
Doris / some minutes ago / who / call Who did Doris call some minutes ago?
1 like / you / English
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2 play / he / football
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3 they / read / yesterday / books
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4 go to school / when / the boys
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5 you / last class / cry / why
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6 check / homework / every class / the teacher
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7 you / milk / this morning / drink
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8 where / live / your best friend
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9 your mother / go shopping / when
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10 in England / it / rain / often
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B COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE PRESENT TENSE: SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS.
EXAMPLE
Every Monday my dad goes to work by train because my mom needs the car. (go, need)
1 Jeremy usually ______________ to school by bus but today his dad _________________ him. (go, drive)
2 How often ____________________ to the park for a picnic? (you go)
3 They normally _________________ TV on Sundays but today they _________________ a nap. (watch, take)
4 Dad _____________________ TV when he _________________ home from the office. (not usually watch, come)
5 Look to your right! Mary _________________ her little sister to school. How sweet! (bring)
6 Mom can't help you right now because she _________________ dinner. (prepare)
7 The neighbors’ boys always _________________ to school late. (come)
8 My parents never _________________ cigarettes in front of us. (smoke)
9 I can't understand him because I _________________ any French. (not know)
10 What _______________________? – I think they _________________ to be fed by the tourists. (the ducks do, wait)
C COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE PAST TENSE: SIMPLE OR CONTINUOUS.
EXAMPLE
I met the new Prime Minister while I was attending the press conference. (meet, attend)
1 She __________________ in France at the time she __________________ the bad news. (live, receive)
2 I __________________ on my report when the phone __________________. My wife ____________ to know when I
__________________ home. (work, ring, want, come)
3 He __________________ down the street when he __________________ his old schoolteacher on the other side.
(walk, see)
4 During the time I __________________ in South Africa I never __________________ a serious crime. (spend, see)
5 While they __________________ lunch at the new restaurant, a journalist __________________ up to them and
__________________ to ask a few questions. (have, come, want)
6 The farmer __________________ the whole neighborhood with fruit and vegetables. (supply)
7 The hairdresser __________________ up her shop, __________________ into the car and __________________
home. (lock, get, drive)
8 My brother __________________ to contact me at the office, but he __________________ me because I
__________________ lunch with a customer. (try, cannot reach, have)
9 Jack __________________ over the carpet because he __________________ attention to where he
__________________. (trip, not pay, go)
10 Where __________________ when I __________________ across you yesterday? (you go, come)
D COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS WITH ONE WORD. THEN ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ACCORDING TO YOU.
1 Where and when _______________ you born?
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2 What _______________ your favorite cartoon when you were a kid?
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3 _______________ you studying for your next English test now?
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4 What _______________ you doing last night?
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5 Who _______________ you usually talk to when you have a problem? Why?
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E DESCRIBE THE ACTOR IN THE PHOTO.
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F COMPLETE THE SENTENCES USING AN ADJECTIVE.
EXAMPLE
Nothing seems to make my grandfather sad. He’s a happy person.
1 A: Are you a lazy person? B: No, in fact, I’m very ___________.
2 My son Thomas is very ___________. He’s only five years old. Basically a baby!
3 He should play basketball because he is ___________. He’s not short.
4 My sister doesn’t like to meet new people because she is very ___________.
5 I went on a diet last year and lost five kilograms, so now I’m ___________.
6 Of course, I’m very ___________! I got an A+ on all of my exams!
7 My uncle loves to tell jokes to make us laugh. He’s ___________.
8 My classmate always smiles and has many friends. She’s ___________.
G ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.
1 What can you wear when it’s hot? _____________________________________________________________
2 What can you wear when it’s cold? _____________________________________________________________
3 What do people usually wear at work? _____________________________________________________________
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4 What do you usually wear at home?
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5 What do you never wear?
H COMPLETE THE TEXT USING THE WORDS FROM THE BOX.
summer take sunny go sightseeing
on go abroad spend at
booked bought unfriendly in
went stay at beautiful
Last vacation I decided to 1 go abroad because I have never visited a foreign country. I chose
to visit England since I’ve always thought London is a very 2_________________________ city, but
I was afraid because the British are known to be very 3_________________________ to foreigners.
I 4_________________________ my flight and decided to 5_________________________ a little bit
more money so that I could 6_________________________ in a hotel close to the city center. I
7_________________________ by plane, and I arrived 8_________________________ Heathrow
Airport 9_________________________ July 9 at 9am. The moment I arrived
10_________________________ London I couldn’t help noticing how 11_________________________
it was (it was 12_________________________!), and I was very happy because I could
13_________________________ and 14_________________________ many photos. I went out
15_________________________ night, I had a great time and I 16_________________________ lots of
souvenirs.