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English Contest Level 4 Collège Sainte Marie Saint Michel

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year was Roald Dahl born?

a)

1926

b)

2006

c)

1916

d)

1936

2.

Where is Roald Dahl from?

a)

The United States

b)

Kenya (Africa)

c)

Wales (Britain)

d)

California

3.

Roald Dahl was

a)

an elementary school teacher

b)

an author of children's books

c)

a war general

d)

an engineer

4.

How did some of the teachers act at the boarding school.

a)

They were strict and hit students with canes

b)

They threw rocks at them

c)

They were very sweet

d)

They never punished a single child

5.

What did Dahl do before he was an author?

a)

He was a teacher

b)

He was in the air force

c)

He was a firefighter

d)

He was always an author

6.

He became a professional pilot for

a)

The Royal Air Force

b)

The American Army

c)

The Navy

7.

He served as a pilot during

a)

WWI

b)

WWII

c)

WWIII

8.

Where did Dahl get his idea for his book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?

a)

He read a similar book

b)

The 'Cadbury" chocolate company asked him to write a book about their company

c)

He loved all kinds of candy but chocolate was his favorite and he wanted to write a book about it

d)

The 'Cadbury' chocolate company was sending his school boxes of chocolate to taste and it inspired him

9.

How many children did Dahl have?

a)

None

b)

1

c)

3

d)

5

10.

Check off all of the books that Roald Dahl wrote.

a)

The Witches

b)

Matilda

c)

Annie

d)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

e)

Peter Pan

11.

What are the past forms of the verb "to be"?

a)

Am, is, are

b)

Was, were

c)

Will

12.

Complete the sentences: "Roald Dahl ................................................ on 13th September, 1916."

a)

born

b)

is born

c)

were born

d)

was born

13.

Trouvez le verbe irrégulier au prétérit parmi les propositions. (Tous les verbes apparaissent dans la compréhension écrite.)

a)

died

b)

enjoy

c)

did

d)

caned

14.

Trouvez la faute dans cette phrase et choisissez la version CORRIGEE parmi les propositions : "He did not enjoyed school."

a)

He didn't enjoyed school.

b)

He doesn't enjoy school.

c)

He didn't enjoy school.

d)

He enjoyed school.

15.

Trouvez la faute dans cette phrase et choisissez la version CORRIGEE parmi les propositions : "They sended boxes of chocolates to the students to test."

a)

They sent boxes of chocolates to the students to test.

b)

They send boxes of chocolates to the students to test.

c)

They sented boxes of chocolates to the students to test.

d)

They were sending boxes of chocolates to the students to test.

16.

Trouvez la liste de verbes au prétérit qui sont tous REGULIERS. (Tous les verbes ci-présents apparaissent dans la compréhension écrite.)

a)

was, were, born, died, had, moved, sent, gave, joined, learned

b)

attended, died, caned, moved, enjoyed, started, joined, learned, remarried

c)

attended, gave, started, remarried, sent, enjoyed, caned, learned

d)

was born, were born, was sent

17.

Trouvez la liste de verbes au prétérit qui sont tous IRREGULIERS. (Tous les verbes ci-présents apparaissent dans la compréhension écrite.)

a)

was, were, did, sent, gave, met, had

b)

were born, was reading, enjoyed beating, started writing

c)

remarried, had, were, wrote, joined, enjoy, gave

18.

What is the simple past (preterit) of SEND?

(a)  

19.

What is the simple past (preterit) of GIVE?

(a)  

20.

What is the simple past (preterit) of MEET?

(a)  

21.

What is the simple past (preterit) of HAVE?

(a)  

22.

What is the simple past (preterit) of GET?

(a)  

23.

What is the simple past (preterit) of WRITE?

(a)  

24.

What is the simple past (preterit) of the verb GO?

a)

Goed

b)

Went

c)

Goes

d)

Going

25.

Dans la phrase "Roald Dahl was born on 13th September, 1916," la préposition ON est un marqueur de temps du passé car il permet d'indiquer un temps du passé, le 13 septembre 1916. Sélectionnez la / les phrase.s ci-dessous qui contient/contiennent un MARQUEUR DE TEMPS.

a)

Roald Dahl attended St. Peter's Preparatory School in Weston-super-Mare, England.

b)

Dahl started writing in the 1940s while based in the USA.

c)

In 1939, World War II started.

d)

When Dahl was thirteen, his family moved to Kent in England.

e)

Dahl remarried soon after.

26.

Trouvez le marqueur de temps dans la phrase. Si vous n'en trouvez pas, écrivez simplement : "none".

"In the 50's, he met his first wife, the actress Patricia Neal."

(a)  

27.

Trouvez le marqueur de temps dans la phrase. Si vous n'en trouvez pas, écrivez simplement : "none".

"They had five children together but got divorced in 1983."

(a)  

28.

Trouvez le marqueur de temps dans la phrase. Si vous n'en trouvez pas, écrivez simplement : "none".

"Dahl remarried soon after."

(a)  

29.

Trouvez le marqueur de temps dans la phrase. Si vous n'en trouvez pas, écrivez simplement : "none".

"The last years of his life were very happy."

(a)  

30.

Trouvez le marqueur de temps dans la phrase. Si vous n'en trouvez pas, écrivez simplement : "none".

"Roald Dahl died on 23rd November 1990 in Oxford, England."

(a)