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Date:
Test
I.
Complete the sentences with “when” or “while”: (20p)
1. …………I was a teenager, I was really awkward around girls.
2. ……….I was looking for my wallet in my room, I came across my old cap.
3. I was surfing on the net ……….. the electricity went off.
4. ………...my boss phoned me, I was driving home.
5. ………..I was going to school, I saw an old friend.
6. ………..we were shopping , my father was waiting in the car.
7. ………the music was playing, they were dancing.
8. ………I was five, we moved to Berlin.
9. ………. I was writing my Christmas cards, the children were decorating the tree.
10. Everybody screamed ……….the lights went out.
II.
Complete the gaps using Past Simple or Past Continuous and the verbs between
brackets: (30p)
When Harry Potter was very young, he 1.(live) _______ with his uncle, his aunt and his
cousin. They 2.(not / love) ______ him and he 3.(not / be) ____ happy in that house. One
day, Harry 3.(look) ______ out of the window when he 4.(see) ______ an owl that 4.(carry)
______ a letter in its beak. The letter 5.(be) _____ from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and
Wizardry. But Harry’s uncle 6.(not / want) ______ him to become a wizard, so he 7.(not /
give) ______ him the letter. Many other owls 8.(come) ______ and they 9.(bring) _______
hundreds of letters for Harry, so his uncle 10.(decide) ________ to go to a lonely island with
his family. That night on the island, while they 11.(celebrate) _______ Harry’s eleventh
birthday, Rubeus Hagrid 12.(appear) ______ and rescued him. Then Hagrid 13.(take) _____
Harry to Diagon Alley, where he 14.(buy) _____ an owl, a wand and his uniform. Then,
while Harry 15.(travel) _______ on the train to Hogwarts, he 16.(meet) _____ his new
friends Ron and Hermione. When they arrived at school, they 17.(have) _____ a big dinner.
While they 18.(have)____ dinner, The Sorting Hat selected a house for each student. Harry,
Ron and Hermione 19.(go) ____ to Gryffindor House. They 20.(be) ____ very happy to be
together!
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III.
Date:
Write a story that begins with this sentence: (40p)
“While my friend was looking for a torch, we heard a very loud noise.”
Write between 80 and 100 words.