1. 3RD
BIMESTER ENGLISH EXAM GUIDE
1. VOCABULARY: MEMORY
Choose the correct answer:
a) Hidden talent
b) Out of sight, out of mind
c) Photographic memory
d) Learn something by heart
e) Short memory
____ To remember the exact details of something you have seen
____ Something special you can do
____ To forget thing quickly
____ If you don’t see something, you forget about it
____ To remember all of something, usually after practice.
2. SIMPLE PAST
Match the sentences.
1. JFK Keneddy
2. Kennedy
3. Kennedy
4. The streets
5. Suddenly there
6. The president Kennedy
7. The president Kenney
_____ died in the hospital
_____ was hurt by 2 shoots
_____ was USA President
_____ visited Dallas Texas
_____ lined with hundreds of people
_____ were three shoots
_____ went by car with Jackie Kennedy

2. 3. SIMPLE PAST
Yesterday evening I (be) at home, sleeping in front of the television,
when I (hear) a strange noise .
I (wake) up and (run) to the window.
Can you guess what I (see) in the garden? A flying-saucer!
I (think) I was dreaming so I (go) to the bathroom where I
(have) a shower
and (forget) about the flying-saucer. Suddenly something
(strike) the front door.
A bit afraid, I (take) a baseball bat , walked towards
the door and opened it.
Two aliens were there, smiling and jumping. They
(say): 'Could we have a cup of tea, please?'
I (burst) into laughter and asked them to come into the

3. house.
I (put) some water on the stove and (give) them some biscuits.
4. PAST PERFECT
I. Before we arrived at school the classes (start) .
2. I felt exhausted because I (run) ten miles.
3. He (study) that book before he arrived in Pakistan.
4. He (sell) all the copies of the thesaurus before we got
there.
5. We went to his place for dinner but to our great surprise he
(have) his dinner.
6. When I got up , rather late, the sun (rise)
7. Before we got there they (begin) the show.
8. He (finish) his work before I began mine.
9. It (begin) to rain when I stepped out of the house.
10. Soon after they (complete) their homework they ran out
to play with the dog.
5. Past tenses. Complete the chart with the correct past tense.
To Express a past action at
specific time.
Last Friday I ate hambuger.
To Express an experience
Have + verb past participle
To Express 2 actions in the
past
Had + verb past participle

4. 6. USED TO
The way we were
Molly Hornby was a young girl in the 1960s. Read what she says about it.
“I was a young girl in the 1960s. My friends and I used to do a lot of things
which shocked our parents. We used to do things our mothers never did. We
cut our hair, we wore short skirts, we smoked, and went dancing. We danced
to the music of Elvis Presley and the Beatles. We also got the chance to see
the Beatles live at a concert once. It was amazing. My father went fishing once
a week. He always wished that I would accompany him, but fishing was not
my cup of tea. Instead my friends and I went for picnics in the surrounding
area quite often. My boyfriend had a car, a 1960 Ford Falcon, so he always
picked us up and we often drove to Brighton. We went to the pictures twice a
week and I loved to watch films with Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor ,
especially the ‘Reflections in a Golden Eye’ starring both of them. I still love
to watch this film. It’s my favourite. I can remember it all so clearly.”

5. RIGHT or WRONG
Read and answer what Molly Hornby used to do when she was young.
Molly Hornby …
…used to do a lot of things which shocked her parents.
…used to cut our hair.
…used to wear long skirts
…used to sing Elvis Presley songs.
…went to a Beatles’ concert once.
…used to go fishing with her father.
…used to go for picnics in the surrounding area quite often.
…used to drive to Brighton with her friends and boyfriend.
…used to go to the pictures twice a week.
…used to watch films with Marlon Brando and Elizabeth Taylor.