AHW3e - Level 01 - Unit Test 6b
AHW3e - Level 01 - Unit Test 6b
AHW3e - Level 01 - Unit Test 6b
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Unit test 6B
3 Complete the sentences with the Simple Past form of the verbs in parentheses.
1 My father studied (study) music in college.
2 My brother (catch) the bus this morning.
3 Where Michael Phelps (win) eight gold medals?
4 I (not start) school when I was four.
5 When (be) your parents born?
6 Who he (interview) yesterday?
7 Why you (want) a new TV?
8 Oprah’s parents (be) very poor.
Unit test 6B
5 Complete the text with the Simple Past form of the verbs in the box.
Bill Gates (1) was born in Seattle, Washington. Gates (2) his first computer
software program at school – a computer game.
In 1970, at the age of 15, Bill Gates and his school friend Paul developed a computer
program called “Traf-o-Data”, that (3) them $20,000. But Gates’ parents (4)
him to finish school and become a lawyer. So Gates (5) to Harvard University. But
he (6) after only one year. Then he (7) a new company with Paul in 1975.
They called this company Microsoft. Gates (8) one of the richest men in the world.
Gates met Melinda French in 1987. They (9) in 1994 in Hawaii and (10)
three children. They also (11) the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 1994,
giving billions of dollars for health and education projects all over the world.
We write: We say:
1 5/21/2003 May twenty-first, two thousand and three
2 July fourteenth, seventeen eighty nine
3 12/31/1900
4 4/3/1995
5 12/8/2010
6 September sixth, nineteen oh four
Unit test 6B
In the 1980s Jackson left the band and began singing on his own. He was very
successful and sold millions of records. But he had a lot of problems, too. People
were worried about his behavior, and he needed a lot of help from doctors. In 1988
he built a house called Neverland which cost $17 million. He closed the house in
2006 because he didn’t have enough money to keep it.
Jackson married twice and had three children – two with his second wife, Debbie
Rowe. He named them Michael Joseph Jr. (Prince), Paris-Michael, and Prince
Michael II (Blanket). The world-famous King of Pop died in 2009 at the age of 50.
President Obama sent Jackson’s family a letter saying Michael Jackson was a great
musician.
Unit test 6B
…was born in …