The document is an English exam for an 8th grade student that includes reading comprehension questions about short texts describing two students, Andrew and Jane, and their summer holidays. It asks the student to fill in tables and complete sentences in the past simple tense about the two students and their summer activities based on the provided texts.

1. Bem Explicado
Centro de Explicações Lda.
Inglês 8º Ano – Teste Diagnóstico
Nome: _________________________________________________ Data: ___/___/___
READ THE FOLLOWING TEXTS:
Hello!
My name is Andrew. I am 15 years old and I study in New York.
Last Summer I went to France with my family. We visited Paris and all the monuments there. It was
wonderful! I had a great time!
Hi!
I’m Jane! I’m 14 years old and I come from Australia.
My last summer holidays were very exciting. I went camping with my friends to New Zealand. It was
brilliant! No parents! We could do all that we wanted!!
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TABLE ACCORDING TO THE TEXT:
NAME
PLACE HE/SHE WENT TO
PEOPLE HE/SHE WENT WITH
IMPRESSIONS ABOUT THE
HOLIDAYS
COMPLETE THIS INTERVIEW MADE TO ANDREW BY THE REPORTER FROM HIS SCHOOL NEWSPAPER:
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: My name is Andrew.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: I’m fifteen years old.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: My address is Long Square, 50 New York.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: My phone number is 976842105.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: I’m from New York City.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: I’m English.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: I’m a student.
REPORTER: _______________________________________________?
ANDREW: In my free time I play football and computer games.
COMPLETE THE SPACES WITH THE PRESENT SIMPLE OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS:
Mary ___________(be) a young and beautiful girl. Everyday she ____________ (get) up at 7 o’clock. But I
don’t! I only _____________ (get) up at 8 because I ______________ (go) to school by car and she goes on
foot!

2. COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT INTERROGATIVE PRONOUN: WHO / WHAT / WHEN / WHERE / WHY /
HOW:
____________ is her surname? Smith.
____________ is my new book? Over there on the table!
____________ are you going on holiday? Next Monday.
____________ are those? They are my friends from school.
____________ did you arrive so late? I lost the bus!
____________ are you? I’m fine thanks!
COMPLETE THE SPACES WITH THE PAST SIMPLE OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS:
Last weekend I ____________ (play) football with my friends at the beach. We ____________ (travel)
there by bus and we ____________(stay) there the whole day! At the end of the day we ______________
(be) all very tired, but happy! I _____________(arrive) home around 7 o’clock, ____________ (have)
dinner and ___________ (go) straight to bed! I ___________(be) beat up!
COMPLETE THE TABLE WITH THE MISSING FORMS OF THE VERBS:
TO DO
TO DRINK
WAS
RECEIVED
TO HAVE
SAID
SAW
TO MAKE
TO VISIT
ATE
ORDER THESE SENTENCES IN THE PAST SIMPLE:
JOHN / MARY / AND / PARIS / TO / GO / LAST MONTH
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YOU / DO / HOMEWORK / YOUR /?
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NOT HAVE / TIME / I
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WHERE / YOU / HOLIDAYS / SPEND / YOUR /?
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WRITE A TEXT DESCRIBING JANE!
NAME: JANE
AGE: 14
ADDRESS: ST. JOHN`S STREET, 50
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 61978204
ORIGIN: SYDNEY
NATIONALITY: AUSTRALIAN
JOB: STUDENT
FREETIME ACTIVITIES: VIDEO GAMES/HANDBALL
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3. DESCRIBE YOUR LAST SUMMER HOLIDAYS: WHERE DID YOU GO? WHAT DID YOU
VISIT? WHAT DID YOU DO? DID YOU LIKE YOUR HOLIDAYS? WHY?
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