Part 1: Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary (30 points)

B. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the simple past or the past continuous
(1 point each = 4 points)
1. While I .................................... (to read) my daughter a story, she ................................
(to fall) asleep.
2. When you ................................ (to call) me last night I .................................... (to cook).
C. Complete these sentences with the verb in the present perfect or simple past:
(1 point each = 7 points)
1. .............................................................. (ever / you / to try) to give up smoking?
2. I ............................................. ( not / to come) to school last week, because I ..............
.......................... (to have) a cold.
3. How long ............................................. (you / to be) out of work? I am not out of work
now. I ....................................................... ( just / to start) a new job.
4. I ........................................... (to begin) my homework at 5 o’clock but then there was a
good film on TV, but don’t worry I ........................................................ (already / to do)
half of it.
D. Choose a comparative or a superlative and write the correct form in the blank:
( 1 point for each blank = 6 points)
1. I think Annie is ..................................................... (intelligent) person in our class.
2. The blue pullover is ......................................... (cheap) of them all, but is it really
........................................... (good)?
3. Brazil is ....................................... (big) Venezuela.
4. It is much .......................... (hard) to find a job today ............ it was 10 years ago.
5. Wine is ............................................................. (expensive) beer.
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