Englishtest

ENGLISH WORKSHEET
NAME: _________________________ GRADE: 3rd DATE: ____________________

Objective: Understand the main idea and details from a writing text; apply your knowledgeabout past tenses.

I. Read carefully and underline all past tenses that you find in the text.

McDonald’s boss dies suddenly

The Chiefexecutive of McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food chain, has died from a
suspected heart attack. Jim Cantalupo, 60, was taken ill during a meeting of franchise owners in Orlando, Florida,the company said. His death is a severe blow to McDonald’s at a time when the chain is trying to shed its image as a supplier of high-fat, high-salt and high-sugar food. In his 16 months atthe helm, Mr Cantalupo turned the company’s fortunes round. As well as slowing its breakneck expansion programme and closing hundreds of under-performing outlets, he tried to addresscriticisms that McDonald’s was contributing to the obesity epidemic in the US and Europe. When Mr Cantalupo became chairman and chief executive in January last year after a management shake-up,Mc Donald’s was in the doldrums.Changing tastes, the mad cow disease scare and the perception that its menu was tired had hit sales, particularly in Europe and Asia. In December 2002,McDonald’s went into the red for the first time in its 48-year history. Mr Cantalupo, a former vice-chairman and president, who had retired a year earlier, was brought back as the new boss.QUESTIONS
1. Answer the following questions using your own words (2 points)


a. What impression do people have about McDonald’s food?__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


b. What did Mr Cantalupo achieve in the 16 months he was in charge of McDonald’s?...