68277 New­ventures Pre Itermediate Teacher's Book testy Test 2 str 2

for	during there	there was it was
were	wasn’t died	destroyed

5 Tlck (✓) the correct sentence, a or b.

1    a There was a terrible flood three

years ago.

b There was a terrible flood ago three years.

2    a The lightning continued during

two hours.

b The lightning continued for two hours.

3    a During the blizzard, we waited in the car.

b Ago the blizzard, we waited in the car.

4    a The volcano erupted 100 years ago.

b The volcano erupted during 100 years.

5    a We couldn't sleep at home during a week.

b For a week, we couldn’t sleep at home.

6    a A lot of people died for the tsunami.

b A lot of people died during the tsunami.

i MARK FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER. TOTAL_/6

Write questions using the past continuous. Then write answers.

1 What / you / do at eight o’clock?

/ chat to friends.

Z Where / Jim / go at six o'clock?

He / drive home.

3 When / your friends / play football?

They / play / in the morning.

4 Who / Mum / talk to?

She / phone / your teacher.

7 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous of the verbs in the box.

fali / stop walk / start arrive / wait kill / drive drink / hear

1 We_home when the storm

2    Enormous hailstones_from

the sky, so we_at a cafe.

3    We_coffee when we

_the news on the radio.

4    The lightning_a man as he

_home.

5    When I_home, my mum

_for me.

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C Grammar consolidation

8 Complete the text. Use the words in the box.

In August 1999, (1)_a big

earthquake in a city called Izmit, in Turkey.

It happened (2)_the night, while

people were sleeping. It (3)_

a very powerful earthquake, and it

(4)_thousands of houses. The

rescue operation continued (5)_

days, but finally they stopped looking for survivors. MorÄ™ than 17,000 people

(6)--

This was Turkey’s worst earthquake, but it

(7) _the only one. While people

(8) _trying to build their houses

again, (9)_was another

earthquake. (10)_killed morÄ™

people, and it damaged a lot of buildings. The year 1999 was a terrible one for Turkey.

1 MARK FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER. TOTAL_/10

3 Where / you / hide?

/ look for something / in the attic.

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