Pre test Freshmen

I. Provide definitions for the following words.

1. Typewriter:

1. Biro:

2. Ink:

3. Traffic light:

4. Crisp:

5. Amazing:

6. Wig:

II.- Complete the sentences about the text “That’s an idea"

1.- It was 1933 and …………, was driving home along a dark road.

2.- ………. was angry, because one man didn’t like his fried potatoes.

3.- ………… was talking to a woman in his shop.

4.- In 1853, in a restaurant in ………………, people were having dinner.

5.- ………….. the telephone was an amazing invention.

6.- Percy Shaw was from………..

7.- …………wants to invent a machine but for the eye, not for the ear.

8.- Eugene Schueller was a ………

Complete the sentences, using Past Continuous

1.- My brother and sister……… (play)  tennis at 11am yesterday.

2.-   ………. (work/you) at 7pm last night?

3.- At 8.30am today I ……… (drive) to work.

4.- We……… sleeping at 11pm.

5.- Why ………. .. (he/have) lunch at 4pm?

6.-  A: What………. (you, do) when the accident occurred?
B: I………… (try) to change a light bulb that had burnt out.

7.- The doctor said that Tom …………(be) too sick to go to work.

8.-Sebastian arrived at Megan's house a little before 9:00 PM, but she ……………. (be, not) there. She ………….(study, at the library) for her final examination in French.

9.-Sandy ………. (be)  in the living room watching television. At this time yesterday, she ……………..(watch, also) television.

QUESTIONNAIRE

“That’s an idea”

1. What was Percy Shaw doing one rainy night?

2. Why was he worried?

3. Why couldn’t he see very well?

4. Why was the Young Hungarian reporter unhappy?

5. What was he doing?

6. Where was Percy Shaw from?

7. Who was Eugene schueller?

8. Why was he talking to a woman?

9. What was the man having for dinner?

10. Why did he call the cook?

11. What does John Logie Baird want to do?

12. What was he doing when he thought about that idea?