4 Question Bank Unit 4
Vocabulary
3 Complete the natural disasters.
1 Unscramble the words and write six 1 h_rr_c_n_ 5 bl_zz_rd
natural disasters.
2 fl__d 6 dr__ght
1 canirurhe ________________________ 3 t_rn_d_ 7 f_r_st f_r_
2 dootnar ________________________ 4 ts_n_m_ 8 __rthq__k_
3 grutdoh ________________________
1 point for each correct answer. Total 8 points
4 drazzibl ________________________
5 streof reif ________________________
4 Look at the pictures. Fill in the
6 stumnai ________________________
blanks with the adverbs below.
1 point for each correct answer. Total 6 points
quickly hard loudly well badly
2 Find and write seven natural
disasters.
w f u r e p b y e
v a l t d s l k a
j d p o r f i j r
r g f r o a z s t
o l v n u d z q h
a r b a g q a s q
z q m d h v r d u
m p t o t o d w a
j i s i o p e p k
h u r r i c a n e
n t s u n a m i b
1 __________________________________
2 __________________________________
3 __________________________________
4 __________________________________
5 __________________________________ 1 Martha sings ______________. It sounds
6 __________________________________ terrible!
7 __________________________________ 2 Please don’t talk so ______________!
1 point for each correct answer. Total 7 points
3 Jorge drives too ______________.
4 Lara plays the piano very
______________.
5 Cecilia works very ______________.
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1 point for each correct answer. Total 5 points Grammar
1 Circle the correct words.
5 Write the adverbs in the chart.
Last night I dreamed I (1) walked / was
adjective adverb
walking in the forest when I (2) saw /
loud (1) was seeing a bear! I was very scared,
so I (3) ran / was running to the river. I
quick (2)
(4) looked / was looking around when
careful (3) the bear (5) started / was starting to
bad (4) chase me! I was scared, but I
(6) didn’t scream / was not
happy (5)
screaming. I quickly (7) climbed / was
good (6) climbing to the top of a tree. I could see
hard (7) the bear below. Then, luckily, I (8) woke
up / was waking up!
nice (8)
1 point for each correct answer. Total 8 points.
1 point for each correct answer. Total 8 points.
2 Look at the pictures. Complete the
6 Four of these adverbs are incorrect. sentences with the words below in
Write them correctly. the simple past form.
1 bad / badly _________________
drop her coffee see an accident
2 loud / loudily _________________
give her some money
3 nice / nicely _________________
4 hard / hardly _________________
5 good / goodly _________________
6 quick / quickily _________________
7 careful / carefully _________________
8 happy / happily _________________
1 point for each correct answer. Total 4 points
1 I was walking home when I
__________________________________.
2 She was working when her boss
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__________________________________.
3 She was daydreaming about her
vacation when she
__________________________.
1 point for each correct answer. Total 3 points.
1 Maria was lying on the beach when it
3 Circle the correct words. _________________________________.
2 Paulo was waiting for the bus when
Yesterday I dreamed I (1) rode / was
his
riding my bike by the river when I (2)
_________________________________.
saw / was seeing a large dog! Some
3 They were playing baseball when Leo
time later, I
_________________________________.
(3) looked / was looking around and
the dog 2 points for each correct answer. Total 6 points.
(4) followed / was following me! I was
scared, but I (5) didn’t scream / was 5 Fill in the blanks. Use the past
not screaming. I (6) stopped / was progressive or simple past form of
the verbs below.
stopping my bike and quickly (7)
climbed / was climbing a tree. I could not go meet not know watch
see the dog below. Then, luckily, I (8) not send make
woke up / was waking up.
1 point for each correct answer. Total 8 points. 1 We _________________________ a pizza
for lunch when my cell phone rang.
4 Complete the sentences. Use the 2 They _________________________ to the
simple past form of the words party last night.
below. 3 I _________________________ my friends
start to rain drop the bat downtown on Saturday.
cell phone ring 4 She _________________________ how to
make good coffee.
5 He _________________________ a movie
on TV when his mother came home.
6 You _________________________ me a
text message last night.
1 point for each correct answer. Total 6 points.
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6 Fill in the blanks with the past
progressive or simple past form of 8 Complete the sentences. Use the
the verbs in parentheses. adverb form of the words below.
1 We _________________________ (play) patient quiet angry brave bad
soccer when it ______________________ hungry slow loud
(start) to rain. 1 The soldiers fought __________________.
2 I _________________________ (watch) TV 2 The teacher taught the students
when the doorbell _________________ ___________________.
(ring). 3 The dog ate its food
3 Marco _________________________ (talk) ___________________.
on his cell phone when he 4 The dog barked and the man shouted
_________________________ (see) me. at it ___________________.
4 I _________________________ (run) in the 5 I was tired so I walked
park when I ______________________ ___________________.
(break) my ankle. 6 She played __________________ and lost
5 Giancarlo _________________________ the tennis game.
(climb) the mountain when it 7 We were in church so we were
______________________ (start) to snow. speaking ____________________.
2 points for each correct answer. Total 10 points. 8 My brother was playing his music
____________________.
7 Complete the sentences. Use the 1 point for each correct answer. Total 8 points
adverb form of the words in
parentheses.
1 Suzi plays tennis really
___________________ (good).
2 Please can you talk
____________________ (quiet)?
3 Seb rides his bike too
____________________ (fast).
4 Tom plays the piano
____________________ (beautiful).
5 I cook really ___________________ (bad).
6 Cecilia doesn’t work very
____________________ (hard).
7 Please stop talking so
____________________ (loud).
8 It is taking a long time but please wait
____________________ (patient).
1 point for each correct answer. Total 8 points
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9 Complete the sentences. Use the
adverb form of the words in 10 Write sentences. Use adverbs and
parentheses. the simple past.
1 Paolo / kick the ball / beautiful
__________________________________
__________________________________
2 The man / shout / angry
__________________________________
__________________________________
3 Estela / sing / good
__________________________________
__________________________________
4 I / answer the question / quick
__________________________________
__________________________________
5 Ron / pass the test / easy
__________________________________
__________________________________
6 The children / play / happy
1 She’s running ______________________ __________________________________
(fast). __________________________________
2 He’s playing the piano _______________ 7 The teacher / talk to the students /
(good). slow
3 He’s working _______________________ __________________________________
(hard). __________________________________
4 They’re winning _____________________ 8 We / wait for the bus / patient
(easy). __________________________________
5 She’s playing _______________________ __________________________________
(happy). 9 Alvaro / drive the car / careful
6 He’s sleeping _______________________ __________________________________
(quiet). __________________________________
1 point for each correct answer. Total 6 points. 1 point for each correct answer. Total 9 points.
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Question Bank 4
Reading a the hotel b the trees
1 point for each correct answer. Total 8 points
I was there!
On Monday, December 27, 2004 a huge tsunami 2 Read Beth’s account again and
swept across south and east Asia. Beth Turner, from answer the questions.
east Jersey, was in south-west Sri Lanka and
1 Where was Beth when the tsunami
remembers it clearly.
hit?
“We were having a late breakfast in our hotel. We
__________________________________
were sitting about 50 meters from the beach when
people sitting near the windows started to shout __________________________________
loudly. We ran to the windows. The ocean was 2 What was Beth doing when the
coming really fast up the beach. Two or three tsunami hit?
minutes later the waves were smashing into the __________________________________
hotel, breaking the windows, and hitting the tables.
__________________________________
It was terrible. Then, suddenly, the bay emptied of
water. People started to run to their rooms. But 3 What happened when the waves hit
soon the sea started to change again and the waves the hotel?
crashed up the beach again. For the next two or __________________________________
three hours, big waves hit the hotel every 45 __________________________________
minutes. The walls of the hotel were shaking
4 For how long were waves hitting the
dangerously and we were very scared. Everyone
was screaming and shouting loudly. We didn’t hotel?
know what to do. Finally, when the waves stopped, __________________________________
we ran outside. There was water all around us and __________________________________
half the beach wasn’t there. A lot of people were
5 Why was everyone screaming and
missing. It was terrible.”
shouting?
__________________________________
1 Read Beth’s account of a tsunami
__________________________________
and circle a or b.
6 What did they do when the waves
1 Beth was having breakfast…
stopped?
a on the beach b in the hotel
2 People started… __________________________________
a shouting b arguing __________________________________
3 Beth saw the sea coming up the 1 point for each correct answer. Total 6 points
beach…
a slowly b fast
4 The waves smashed into the hotel
and…
a broke windows b broke chairs
5 Every 45 minutes huge waves…
a hit the trees b hit the hotel
6 The walls of the hotel…
a were shaking b were shouting
7 People
a were arguing b were shouting…
8 There was water all around…
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