Wednesday, November 22, 2006

4a exam

1. Vocabulary
Wheelchair rental
Lost and found
ATM machina
First aid
Toilets
No smoking
Amazing
Amusement park
Carrusel
Electric trolley car
Fireworks
Scary
Scream

2 Read the text and check your answers
The amusement park industry started in medieval Europe with pleasure gardens.These Gardens were outside the big cities and had live entertaintment, dancing, games fireworks and few rides. These gardens were very popular until the 1700s, but the political difficulties of that time caused them to close.
In the late 1800s, the industry moved to America. At that time, people in many citues used electric trolley cars for transport.The trolley companies wanted more people to use their cars at the weekend, so they built amusement parks at the end of the lines. Even though they were simple parks with picnic areas, restaurants, games and only a few rides , people loved them.
Then in 1893, things changed. The World´s Fair opened in Chicago.The Fair introduced the Ferris Whee land other popular rides and was an amazing success.
From then on the amusement park industry grew. As the industry grew, there were more kind of rides. The became scarier an more daring! By 1919, there were over 1500 amusement parks in America. Today, millions of people all over the world enjoy amusement parks.
Answer:
1. What were pleasure gardens?





2. Why did the pleasure gardens eventually close?




3. Why did the trolley companies build amusement parks?






4. What happened at the World´ s Fair in Chicago?



5. What happened to the rides as amusement parks became popular?






3. Write the sentences in the correct tense.
I ( write)_________________ a letter at the moment
She (play) _____________tennis every monday
My brother (not cook) _______________dinner tonight
Your friend _(read)____________many books
The girls(buy)___________ new clothes right now
My mum (organise)_______________our school trip every year

5. Make questions of the previous sentences.
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6. Choose and place the correct time expression

We are going to the cinema (now/every night)

Jill can´t satnd loud music so she goes to rock concerts. ( always/never)

Do you work ? (Now/ every day)

Steve plays basketball (this week/ once a week)

I drink coffee in the mornings, but now I´m driking tea ( usually/seldom)









7. Error correction
My friend have a big house

My favourite singer are Ricky Martin

I like to go to the scary rides

Michael love fireworks

What are his favourite song?

Million of people do enjoy amusement parks

Does they life here ?

Peter never is happy.


8 Write 100 words about :
a) A day in the amusement park
b) The best day in your life, ( what you did)
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