FORMATIVE TEST
READING COMPREHENSION
1. Read the text carefully and complete it with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
Last summer holidays Rui Silva and his family ____________ ( travel) to Britain. They ____________ (stay) in London for three days.
On the first day they ____________ (enjoy) a full English breakfast at the hotel. Then they toured (tour) London on a red double-decker bus. They ____________ (love) the ride. In the afternoon they ____________ (visit) the Tower of London. They ____________ (wait) for a long time in a queue, but when they ____________ (enter), a real Beefeater greeted (greet) them. Rui and his sister Sara ____________ (pose) for a photo with him.
On the second day they ____________ (watch) the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace and they ____________ (pray) in Westminster Abbey. They ____________ (cross) Westminster Bridge and ____________ (look) at the famous Big Ben. At lunch they ____________ (try) fish and chips and they ____________ (like) it. In the afternoon the family ____________ (walk) down Oxford Street and Regent Street and ____________ (stop) in Trafalgar Square. They ____________ (rest) for a while in St. Jamess Park and ____________ (listen) To an open-air concert.
On the third day they ____________ (travel) to Madame Tussauds Museum by underground, buy first they ____________ (study) the map of the Tube. They queued (queue) up for one hour. Once inside the Museum they ____________ (look) around absolutely amazed. All their favourite stars ____________ (be) there. And Mr. Silva ____________ (photograph) his whole family with the Royal Family!
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2. True or False? Correct the false ones.
| 1. The Silva family travelled to Britain. | ____________________________________________________ | |
| 2. They stayed in a motel. | ____________________________________________________ | |
| 3. Rui toured through York. | ____________________________________________________ | |
| 4. The family visited some museums. | ____________________________________________________ | |
| 5. They didnt like fish and chips. | ____________________________________________________ | |
| 6. Mr. Silva photographed the Royal Family. | ____________________________________________________ |
Answer the following questions.
3.1 Where did the Silvas family go to for their holidays?
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3.2 When did they go?
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3.3 Did they like fish and chips?
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3.4 What did they visit on the third day?
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3.5 What did the Silvas family see in there?
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Match the pairs.
| 1. get 2. have 3. drink 4. eat 5. make 6. give | ate gave got had made drank |
| 7. go 8. buy 9. do 10. lay 11. watch 12. brush | did laid watched bought brushed went | ||
Complete the table with the correct form of the verb in the past simple (regular).
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Past Simple
