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Read the text carefully, then do the activities.

My Grandfather's Notebook

My grandfather, Hocine, was born in 1950 in a small village near Tizi Ouzou. When he was a boy, he used to wake up at five o'clock every morning to take the goats to the hills. There was no electricity in the village, so in the evenings the family used to sit around an oil lamp and listen to his grandmother's stories. He walked six kilometres to school every day and he never missed a lesson. One winter morning, while he was crossing a river, he lost his only notebook in the water. He was very sad, but his teacher, Mr Amrane, gave him a new one and said, "Knowledge is the best treasure." Hocine studied hard and became an engineer in 1975. He built many bridges in the region. Today he is retired, but he still tells his grandchildren the same stories. He says, "Life was hard, but it was beautiful, too."

A. Are the following statements true or false? Justify your answer with a phrase from the text. (2 pts)

1. Hocine was born in a big city.
2. There was no electricity in the village.
3. Hocine sometimes missed his lessons.
4. Mr Amrane was angry when Hocine lost his notebook.

B. Answer the following questions. (3 pts)

1. When was Hocine born?
2. What did he use to do every morning when he was a boy?
3. Why did the family sit around an oil lamp in the evenings?
4. What happened while Hocine was crossing the river?
5. What do you think of Mr Amrane's attitude? Give your opinion in one sentence.

C. Find in the text words that mean the same as: (1 pt)

1. area → ...
2. unhappy → ...

D. Who or what do the underlined words refer to? (1 pt)

1. "he lost his only notebook" → ...
2. "gave him a new one" → ...

A. Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous. (2 pts)

1. While Karim (play) ......... football in the yard, he (fall) ......... down.
2. My mother (cook) ......... dinner when the lights (go) ......... out.

B. Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets. (2 pts)

1. When I was a child, I played in the street every afternoon. (I used to ...)
2. My grandparents didn't have a television in the 1960s. (My grandparents didn't use to ...)

C. Complete the sentences with: because – but – then – finally. (2 pts)

1. Nadia was tired, ......... she finished her homework.
2. First, he opened the door. ......... , he switched on the light.
3. They stayed at home ......... it was raining heavily.
4. They walked for hours and ......... arrived at the village.

D. Classify the following verbs according to the pronunciation of the -ed ending: walked – studied – wanted – stopped. (1 pt)

Your school English club is preparing a class magazine called "Our Grandparents' Memories". You want to write about an older member of your family (a grandfather, a grandmother, an uncle, an aunt...).

Write a paragraph of 8 to 10 lines in which you:

• say who he/she is and when/where he/she was born;
• describe what he/she used to do when he/she was young;
• tell about one important event in his/her life, using when or while;
• say what he/she became or what he/she does today.

Use the past simple, the past continuous, used to and linking words (first, then, after that, finally, because, but, so).