Reading

1 Read the text quickly. Then check () the correct word(s) to complete the sentence. ____ / 0.2 point

The text presents ________________ about Barack Obama. ( ) facts ( ) people’s opinions

2 Read the article again. Then match the numbers and dates on the left with the information on the right. ____ / 1 point

a. 44th ( ) the year Barack Obama married Michelle Obamab. August 4th, 1961 ( ) the year Obama was reelected as presidentc. 1991 ( ) percentage of the votes Obama received in his election as senatord. 1992 ( ) the year Obama and Michelle’s first daughter was borne. 1996 ( ) Obama’s position in the sequence of American presidentsf. 1998 ( ) Obama’s date of birthg. 2004 ( ) the year Obama graduated from Harvardh. 52 ( ) the year Obama was elected as president of the United Statesi. 2008 ( ) the year Obama was elected to the U.S. Senatej. 2012 ( ) the year Obama entered politics

was from Kenya, but he lived with his grandparents for most of his childhood and teen life. At high school, there were only two other African-American students, and he soon became aware of racism. He studied political science at Columbia University, in New York, and then graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991, with the help of scholarships.

After graduating as a lawyer, he moved to Chicago to work with civil rights and teach at the University of Chicago Law School. Working as a lawyer, he met his wife, Michelle. They married in 1992 and had two daughters, Malia (born in 1998) and Sasha (born in 2001).

Obama first entered politics in 1996, when he was elected for the State Senate in Illinois. Then, in 2004, he ran for the U.S. Senate position and was elected with 52% of the votes.

Barack Hussein Obama II was the 44th president of the United States and the first African-American to be elected to this position. He served as president in two terms, being first elected in 2008 and then in 2012.

Obama was born on August 4th, 1961, in Hawaii. His mother is American and his father

3 Are the statements right () or wrong ()? Rewrite the incorrect statements. ____ / 1.2 points

a. Americans elected Barack Obama as president in 2008 and 2012. ( )___________________________________________________________________b. He lived with his grandparents when he was a kid. ( )___________________________________________________________________c. There were few African-American students at his high school. ( )___________________________________________________________________d. He got a degree in law from Columbia University. ( )___________________________________________________________________e. He studied at the University of Chicago. ( )___________________________________________________________________ f. Sasha was 9 years old when her father was elected president. ( )___________________________________________________________________

Vocabulary4 Circle the correct preposition to complete the sentences. ____ / 0.6

point

a. My mother was born in / on 1982.b. We have English classes in / on Tuesdays and Thursdays.c. Marla usually visits her aunt in / on the weekend.d. The United States abolished slavery in / on the 19th century.e. Kaitlyn was born in / on March 5th.f. The stadium opened in / on 2007.

5 Read the information about Aidan. Then answer the questions.____ / 0.8 point

a. What day and month was Aidan born?

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b. What year was he born?

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c. When does he have guitar lessons?

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d. When does he play soccer?

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Grammar6 Complete the crossword puzzle with the past form of the verbs.

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7 Complete the chart with the past forms from Act. 6. ____ / 0.8 point

8 Complete the sentences with the simple past form of the verbs in brackets. ___ / 1 point

a. Abbie ____________________ (get – neg.) a good grade on her history test.b. Bill and Eric ____________________ (ask – neg.) the teacher to help them.c. Ethan and I ____________________ (be) at the park last Saturday.d. I ____________________ (be – neg.) born in Brazil.

Across Down

1. have 1. happen

3. become 2. spend

4. work 4. want5. go6. are

e. My brothers ____________________ (eat) spaghetti at lunch yesterday.f. My team ____________________ (win – neg.) the game last Friday.g. Neil ____________________ (want – neg.) to run for the student council.h. The old school ____________________ (have) a fire alarm.

9 Rewrite the sentences as questions. ____ / 0.8 point

a. Barack Obama lived in Indonesia for some time.______________________________________________________________b. The accident happened on the main road.______________________________________________________________c. The lawyers worked hard yesterday.______________________________________________________________d. Zumbi dos Palmares died in the 17th century.______________________________________________________________

10 Use the prompts to write sentences in the past. ____ / 1 point

a. Barack Obama had two daughters, but __________________________________ (a son). b. I rarely get presents from my grandparents, but ______________________________________________

(a jacket / last Christmas).c. Katie never goes to the movies, but ________________________________________________________

(with Jake / last Sunday).d. My mom goes to the club on Tuesdays, but _________________________________________________

(last Tuesday).e. The school opens on weekends, but ________________________________________ (last Saturday).

Listening11 Listen to a

short autobiography of Maya Angelou, a famous African-American woman. Then check () the correct words to complete the sentences. ____ / 1 point

a. Besides being a poet and a writer, Maya Angelou was ___________________.( ) an actress and a singer ( ) a teacher and a chef

b. She was born on ___________________, 1928.( ) April 4th ( ) May 28th

c. She lived with her ___________________ in Arkansas.

( ) mother and father ( ) grandmother and older brotherd. She moved to San Francisco to study ___________________ during World War II.

( ) law and civil rights ( ) dance and dramae. She lived in ___________________ in the 1960s.

( ) the United States ( ) other countriesf. She published her first ___________________ in 1969.

( ) book ( ) poemg. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is ___________________.

( ) an autobiography ( ) a historical novelh. Maya Angelou became famous worldwide because of her ___________________.

( ) acting ( ) first booki. Martin Luther King Jr. and Maya Angelou were ___________________.

( ) friends ( ) cousinsj. Maya Angelou died in ___________________, in 2014.

( ) a hospital ( ) her home

Writing12 Write a

short biography of a person you admire. ____ / 1 point

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