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Prueba escrita de evaluación.

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Part 1 - Grammar.
Choose one of the following answers for each question.
There is only one correct answer.

 
A
B
C
D
EXAMPLE: I ..... a student.
(A) BE (B) IS (C) AM (D) ARE
1. ........ English?
(A) SHE IS (B) HE (C) IS (D) IS SHE
2. This is an office and ........ tables.
(A) THOSE ARE (B) THESE (C) THAT ARE (D) THAT IS
3. This is ........ girlfriend.
(A) HERS (B) OF HER (C) TO HIM (D) HIS
4. There are ........ people in the office.
(A) THE (B) A (C) SOME (D) ANY
5. ........ money on Maria´s table?.
(A) THERE IS SOME (B) IS IT SOME (C) THERE IS ANY (D) IS THERE ANY
6. “Where’s Joan? “She ........ in the office.
(A) IS SITTING (B) SIT (C) SITTING (D) SITS
7. María ........ Italian and German.
(A) SPOK (B) SPEAKS (C) SPEAKING (D) SPEAK
8. “What ........ ?” “She’s writing a letter”
(A) DOES SHE DO (B) IS SHE DOING (C) DOES SHE (D) SHE IS DOING
9. She ........ speak French.
(A) NO (B) NOT (C) DOESN’T (D) DON’T
10. “Are Peter and Maria still sitting in the office?” “No, ........”
(A) THEY DON’T SIT (B) THEY SIT (C) THEY STANDING (D) THEY AREN’T
11. What language..........................................?
(A) DO YOU SPEAK (B) ARE YOU SPEAKING (C) SPEAK YOU (D) ARE YOU SPEAK
12. “Are there any people in the bar?” “No, ........”
(A) ANY (B) THERE AREN’T (C) THERE ISN’T (D) ARE THERE
13. Mary´s only got ........ money.
(A) ANY (B) A LITTLE (C) NO (D) A FEW
14. “Do you want some tea?” “No, I don’t want ........ thank you”
(A) NOTHING (B) NONE (C) ANYTHING (D) SOMETHING
15. I’m sorry, but you ........ the test yet.
(A) DON’T FINISH (B) DIDN’T FINISH (C) HAVEN’T FINISHED (D) AREN’T FINISHED
16. ........ English before?
(A) DID YOU STUDIED (B) HAVE YOU STUDY (C) DO YOU STUDY (D) HAVE YOU STUDIED
17. Maria ........ to the bank on Monday.
(A) GO (B) GOING (C) GONE (D) WENT
18. Maria ........ hasn’t telephoned Peter.
(A) YET (B) STILL (C) ALWAYS (D) NEVER
19. Peter ........ in the living room when the phone rang.
(A) WAS SITTING (B) SAT (C) HAS BEEN SITTING (D) HAS SAT
20. “What ........” “She wanted to talk to him.”
(A) WANTED SHE (B) SHE WANTED (C) DID SHE WANT (D) HAS SHE WANTED
21. Mike can’t speak Portuguese........?
(A) ISN’T IT (B) CAN’T HE (C) DOES HE (D) CAN HE
22. No, but he ........ soon.
(A) GOES TO LEARN (B) IS GOING TO LEARN (C) LEARNS (D) IS LEARNING
23. He asked her to speak ........ on the telephone.
(A) MORE CLEARER (B) CLEARLIER (C) MORE CLEARLY (D) MORE CLEAR
24. “What ........ this evening?” Maria asked.
(A) YOU WILL DO (B) WILL YOU (C) DO YOU (D) ARE YOU DOING
25. She enjoys ........ to parties.
(A) TO GO (B) GOING (C) THAT THEY GO (D) GO
26. Maria ........ while he was still having a bath.
(A) WAS ARRIVING (B) ARRIVED (C) HAS ARRIVED (D) IS ARRIVING
27. “If we ...... quickly, we won’t be late for the party,” said Peter.
(A) DRIVE (B) DROVE (C) WILL DRIVE (D) WOULD DRIVE
28. She asked him where ........
(A) THE PARTY IS (B) WAS THE PARTY (C) THE PARTY WAS (D) IS THE PARTY
29. “If I ........ the way to the house, we wouldn’t be so late,” he replied.
(A) KNEW (B) WOULD KNOW (C) KNOW (D) HAD KNOWN
30. Peter wanted ........ a policeman.
(A) THAT MARY WOULD ASK (B) MARY SHOULD ASK (C) MARY ASKING (D) MARY TO ASK
31. Mary said she........ him driving fast, and asked him to slow down.
(A) ISN’T LIKING (B) DIDN’T LIKE (C) HASN’T LIKED (D) DOESN’T LIKE
32. When they finally arrived, they ....... the car and went in.
(A) HAD PARKED (B) PARKED (C) WERE PARKING (D) HAVE PARKED
33. They were ....... they didn’t get anything to eat.
(A) SUCH LATE (B) TOO LATE (C) SO LATE (D) VERY LATE
34. Nevertheless, Peter made Mary ....... all night.
(A) TO DANCE (B) DANCE (C) THAT SHE DANCE (D) DANCING
35. When you ........ him tomorrow, you’ll think he’s ten years older.
(A) SEE (B) WOULD SEE (C) WILL SEE (D) ARE GOING TO SEE
36. He’s promised Mary they ....... there earlier next time.
(A) WILL GET (B) SHALL GET (C) GET (D) WOULD GET
37. ........ Peter nor Mary was able to drive home.
(A) EITHER (B) NOT (C) NOR (D) NEITHER
38. Mary took a taxi and ....... Peter.
(A) ALSO (B) TOO DID (C) SO DID (D) SO
39. The milk ....... at 8 o’clock the following morning.
(A) WAS DELIVERING (B) WAS DELIVERED (C) DELIVERED (D) IS DELIVERED
40. “If Id known Id feel so ill, I ....... to the party.,” Peter moaned.
(A) WOULD GO (B) DIDN’T GO (C) WOULDN’T HAVE GONE (D) WOULD HAVE GONE
41. He heard on the morning news that a family of 6 ....... in an explosion.
(A) WERE BEING INJURED (B) HAVE INJURED (C) HAD INJURED (D) HAD BEEN INJURED
42. The family had just had a new gas cooker ....... in their kitchen.
(A) FITTED (B) FITTING (C) TO BE FITTED (D) FOR FIT
43. The man who fitted it must ....... a mistake with the connections.
(A) HAVE MADE (B) TO MADE (C) TO HAVE MADE (D) MADE
44. He ....... his job properly because a lot of gas escaped.
(A) SHOULDN’T DO (B) WASN’T ABLE TO DO (C) MUST HAVE DONE (D) CAN’T HAVE DONE
45. When Peter ....... his breakfast, he went to work.
(A) FINISHING (B) HAD FINISHED (C) WAS FINISHING (D) HAS FINISHED
46. He thought he ....... able to read about the explosion when he got home.
(A) WILL BE (B) IS (C) WOULD BE (D) WAS
47. “By the time I get home the story ....... in the evening paper.
(A) WILL BE (B) IS (C) WOULD BE (D) WAS
48. Peter ....... spending weekends alone.
(A) DIDN’T USE TO (B) HADN’T USED TO (C) WASN’T USED TO (D) USED NOT TO
49. He wished she ....... have to spend so much time away.
(A) DIDN’T (B) HADN’T (C DOESN’T (D) COULDN’T
50. He suggested ....... him on Tuesday evening.
(A) HER TO MEET (B) SHE MEETING (C) SHE SHOULD MEET (D) THAT HER MEET
51. You ....... have worried because the test wasn’t difficult, was it?
(A) COULD (B) MUST (C) NEEDN’T (D) WOULDN’T
52.”They towed my car away from the executive parking lot.” You .......... have parked there.
(A) MAY NOT (B) SHOULD NOT (C) MUST NOT (D) MIGHT NOT
53. “Why are you so late?” “I .......... my aunt to the airport. The traffic was terrible.”
(A) COULD TAKE (B) MUST HAVE TAKEN (C) SHOULD TAKE (D) HAD TO TAKE
54.I look forward ............. from you.
(A) TO HEAR (B) HEAR (C) HEARING (D) TO HEARING
55. Now its time ....... a short composition.
(A) YOU WRITE (B) FOR TO WRITE (C) YOU ARE WRITING (D) YOU WROTE

PART 2 - VOCABULARY
Choose one of the following answers for each question.
There is only one correct answer.

 
A
B
C
D
56. I don’t know how she ....... a living as an artist.
(A) DOES (B) EARNS (C) HAS (D) GETS
57. He’s a young man takes great ........ in his appearance.
(A) ATTENTION (B) PRIDE (C) TIDINESS (D) CARE
58. She had little in ............... with other writers of her generation
(A) COMMON (B) ORDINARY (C) NORMAL (D) EVERYDAY
59. Our ..... will probably rise next year
(A) SELLS (B) SELLING (C) SALES (D) SALE
60. The cost of .... has risen a great deal in the last 20 years
(A) life (B) LIVE (C) LIVING (D) LIVELIHOOD
61. The man who lives opposite us sometimes comes ...... for a cup of tea.
(A) ON (B) ROUND (C) OFF (D) TO
62. They made a ....... survey of the market, but decided it was too early to invest.
(A) THOROUGH (B) through (C) THOUGH (D) TOUGH
63. ................ TO THE ACCIDENT IN THE High Street, traffic is moving slowly.
(A) THROUGH (B) OWING (C) BECAUSE (D) SINCE
64. The President was ill so the meeting was ..... until the following week.
(A) CANCELLED (B) POSTPONED (C) BROUGHT FORWARD (D) SET
65. I can’t buy a new car because I’ve got some ....... problems.
(A) ECONOMY (B) ECONOMIC (C) FINANCIAL (D) ECONOMICAL
66. His business is growing so fast that he must ..... more workers.
(A) TAKE UP (B) TAKE ON (C) TAKE OVER (D) TAKE OUT
67. Don’t forget to ..... that you’ve put the paper in correctly.
(A) REMEMBER (B) REMIND (C) RECALL (D) RECOLLECT
68. She ............. in business as a hairdresser. (A) SET UP (B) SET OFF (C) SET OUT (D) SET DOWN
69. Nowadays, pay rises are often linked to ........
(A) PRODUCTS (B) PRODUCTIVITY (C) EFFICIENT (D) TECHNOLOGY
70. I could tell he was pleased ..... the expression on his face.
(A) AT (B) FOR (C) IN (D) BY
71. What was the film .....?
(A) CONCERNING (B) OF (C) ABOUT (D) DESCRIBING
72. Tourism provides nearly 10% of ....... domestic product in Spain.
(A) GROSS (B) NATIONAL (C) DEFERRED (D) TURNOVER
73. She ..... her overcoat, took it off, and laid it on the chair.
(A) UNCOVERED (B) UNBUTTONED (C) UNWRAPPED (D) UNTIED
74. All foreign goods that come into the country hace to go ..... customs clearance.
(A) ROUND (B) OVER (C) THROUGH (D) AT
75. You can get there ............ crossing the bridge.
(A) BY (B) FROM (C) WITH (D) ON

CHOOSE THE BEST TENSE OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS TO FILL IN THE GAP

A) Hello Jim. I (not/see) you for ages! What (you/do)?
B) I (work) abroad, actually. I (have) a 6 month contract with the British Council to teach English in China. I only (get) back two days ago.
A)China! How marvellous! Where (you/live)?
B Well, I (spend) four months in Beijing, and then I (go) to Shanghai and Xian.
A) And (you/manage) to see the Great Wall?
B) Oh yes, and I (climb) it too! I also (see) the Forbidden City, or the Palace Museum as it (call) nowadays. It´s fantastic!
A) And (you/take) many photographs?
B) Hundreds! Unfortunately some of them (not/come) out too well because the camera I (use) (not/have) a flash. I really wish I (take) better equipment.
A) Well, I hope you (show) them to me one day soon. If I (know) you (go) to China, I (ask) you to bring me some silk.
B) I (invite) to go at very short notice, in fact. I´m afraid I (not/have) time to let anyone know.
A) Don´t worry, I (only/joke)! Look, what (do/you) on Saturday evening?
B) This Saturday? My parents (come) in the afternoon but they (leave) at 6 o´clock.
A) Well, why (you/not/come) to supper in the evening? Then you (be able to) show me your photographs and tell me all about your trip.
B Thank you, I´d like to. I (even/bring) a bottle of Chinese wine with me to go with the meal!

Make all the changes and additions necessary to produce sentences which together make a complete letter, using the following sets of words and phrases.

Dear Mary,

I/delighted/receive/letter/arrive/this morning.


It be/so long/we/last met/I be sure/you/forget me.


I/hardly believe/you/marry/six years and/two children.


If/any photographs/family/I love/see them.


I/still single but/but good news/be/I/get married/February.


It/be/wonderful/you/come/wedding!


I/send/invitation/as soon as/know/date/place.


I/look forward/hear/you again.


                    Love Sue

 
 

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