English Core Grade 7

Part1: Multiple Choice

1. Most students ______ the exam, but a few _________ the exam.
a. past / not pass
c. past / didnt past
b. passed / did not pass
d. passed / pass
2. In the 1950s people __________ a lot of television.
a. watch
c. did not watched
b. didnt watch
d. was watch
3. Did you have fun at the party? Yes, ___________.
a. I did.
c. I did fun.
b. I didnt.
d. I does.
4. _____ you _____ to the football game?
a. Are / go
b. Does / went

c. Did / go
d. Did / went

5. ______ they ______ all the pizza? Yes, they did!

a. Have / eat
c. Did / eat
b. Do / eat
d. Do / ate
6. ______ Song ______ the boxing on TV last night? No, he ________.
a. Does / watch / doesnt
c. Did / watched / didnt
b. Does / watched / didnt
d. Did / watch / didnt
7. Hiroshi: Did you enjoy your holiday?
Yoki:
No, ________. It ________ every day. I ________ anything!
a. you didnt / rained / didnt done
b. I didnt / rained / didnt do

c. I not / rains / not do

d. he didnt / raining / dont do

8. While we __________ Ploys homework, the teacher __________ an e-mail.

a. copy / sent
c. were copying / sends
b. were copying / sent
d. copied / sending
9. Plai and Dang __________ on the same bus, so they __________ together.
a. was / sit
c. were being / sat
b. are / were sitting
d. were / sat
10. They __________ our bags while we _________ in line. Then we ________ the airplane.
a. were checking / waited / boarded
b. checked / waiting / boarded
c. checked / were waiting / were boarding
d. checked / were waiting / boarded
Part2 : Short Answer
Please answer each of the following questions based on the guidelines provided below. Answers need not be more
than two or three sentences long. (Answers are to be written on the short answer section of the test sheet) (3.5 points
each)

11. Using the simple past twice and the simple present twice, compare this school year with last school year.
You may write about any aspect of school, be it social or academic.
12. Using the simple past twice and the past progressive twice, please describe a trip that you went on and
some activities that you did or some sights that you visited.
Part3: Complete the paragraph
Read the paragraph and write the correct form of the verb provided. (use the simple past or past progressive).
(No.23-30) (1 point each)
Example: The students were studying (study) Science at 2:00 yesterday. Karah taught (teach) them about
the Solar System.
Tuesday was a very bad day. I _____(13)_______ (shop) when I lost my cell phone. While I
______(14)______ (look) at the fruit, a woman accidentally ______(15)______ (bump) into me. I
_____(16)______ (drop) my bag, everything fell out. The phone _____(17)______ (fall) under the
counter. Someone found it and made a lot of expensive phone calls. When I _____(18)_______ (go) to
the phone company to cancel it, they _____(19)______ (tell) me the bill was $500. I went to the bank to
take out some money, but the machine _____(20)_______ (eat) my ATM card.