Questões de EFAF Inglês

The envelope

After the man had locked the door and closed the windows, he turned on the gas. Then he lay on his bed to wait for the effects. As he lay on the bed, his hand touched something. It was an envelope. He began to open it but his eyes closed and very soon he fell asleep.

And he had a dream. He dreamed that he had received an envelope containing a check for an amount enough to pay all his debts and still be a rich man. After that pleasant dream he slept peacefully all night.

Next morning the children in the street started making a loud noise, so he woke up. He evidently had not died yet. He felt his pulse. It was normal. He felt his heart. It was still beating! Then he saw the envelope. He remembered his dream and eagerly opened the envelope. There wasn’t any check inside. Instead he found a letter informing him that as he had not paid his gas bill, the company had cut off his gas!

(Adapted from Daily Life, Harold H. Binns)

Complete the lyrics with the simple past of the verbs

Yesterday,

all my troubles _____________ so far away

Now it looks as though they’re here to stay

Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly,

I’m not half the man I _____________ to be There’s a shadow hanging over me.

Oh, yesterday _____________ suddenly

(John Lennon)

Complete the sentences using the past tense of the verbs

Although no one knows for sure the exact origin of Valentine’s Day, it is believed that it ______ in the Roman Empire around 270AD under the ruling of Claudius II. During the time of war, Claudius __________ men to get married because he _________ it made them weak.

Complete the sentences using the past tense of the verbs:

Most of these immigrants _______________ formed by farmers, who _______________ to Brazil to work on the prosperous coffee farms from the western state of São Paulo. They _______________ hard and _______________ their own land years later.

Complete the sentences using the past tense of the verbs:

Japanese immigrants ___________________ Portuguese lessons onboard ship to Brazil. They _______________ a lot because they ____________________ about living a better life here