3. “URCUQUÍ “EDUCATION UNIT
ENGLISH AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE EXAM
FIRST TERM
“Education lead us to freedom, ignorance
to medieval era” Diego Luis Cordoba
Prized Students: The next document is going to test your skills acquired during the first quimester, for that read the
question carefully and write the information needed, you will be told when the test finishes, also it is not allowed the
students to stare at a classmate, to talk or to use other materials not asked, unless you want to stay out of the test
Only thing you need is a pen and a highlighter, you can’t use corrector pen or eraser.
Name:……………………………………. 3rd
Year of Baccalaureate parallel…………
SCORE ……../10Date:……………………………………..
GRAMMAR (2 points) Student uses basic coordinated conjunctions to form simple
sentences regarding to their personal educational and social background.
1. From the following sentences, choose the one showing the correct combination.
/She isn’t so much talented. She does her best. /
A. She isn’t so much talented, and she does her best.
B. She isn’t so much talented, but she does her best.
C. So, she isn’t so much talented, she does her best.
D. Because she does her best, she isn’t so much talented.
2. Read the following paragraphs. Select the option that completes the sentences with
the appropriate words.
____________she didn’t go out on time she didn’t get to the office, ____________her boss was
very upset, ____________she managed the situation by working hard ____________doing all
her responsibilities as soon as she could
A. Because/so/but/and
B. So/because/but/and
C. Because/and/so/but
D. And/so/but/because
Student uses the different forms of past taking into account the difference in the context
of the language.
3. Complete the next paragraph with the appropriate verb forms.
When I was a child I ____________rope jumping, once I remember I ____________in the
school when suddenly I fell down, so I ____________my head, then my friends
____________me to the infirmary in order for helping me.
A. Used to like/was playing/broke/took
B. Used to like/played/break/was taking
C. Liked/was playing/used to break/took
D. Was liking/ used to play/ break/took
4. What is the correct question for the underlined part in the following answer?
He bought a new cell phone after the new one broke out.
A. How often does he buy a new cell phone?
B. When does he buy a new cell phone?
C. When did he buy the new cell phone?
D. How long did he buy a cell phone?
4. 5. Which is the correct order to make a sentence?
1) 1the/2happened / 3accident/ 4highway./ 5the/ 6was/ 7driving/ 8I/9When /10on
A. 5,4,9,1,3,2,7,8,10,6
B. 1,3,9,6,2,7,10,4,5,8
C. 9,1,3,2,8,6,7,10,5,4
D. 9,5,4,6,3,7,10,1,8,2
2) 1skiing/ 2started /3snow./ 4While /5it / 6were /7they /8to
A. 4,7,6,1,5,2,8,3
B. 5,2,8,1,4,7,6,3
C. 5,4,7,6,2,1,8,3
D. 1,4,7.5,6,8,2,3
3) 1was/ 2phone/ 3spider. / 4She /5the /6the /7talking/ 8she /9saw/10when /11on /
A. 8,1,11,6,2,3,7,4,9,5,10
B. 5,2,1,11,6,3,10,4,9,8,7
C. 4,1,7,11,5,2,10,8,9,6,3
D. 4,1,7,6,3,2,9,8,10,11,5
4) 1the/ 2park./ 3hurt /7foot /8He /9was /10his /11while /4in /5he /6playing /
A. 8,3,10,7,11,5,9,6,4,1,2
B. 11,5,7,9,10,2,8,6,1,3,4
C. 5,7,3,11,10,2,9,6,1,4,8
D. 4,8,6,3,10,1,7,11,5,2,9
VOCABULARY
Student uses a range of vocabulary related with their personal, educational and social
background.
1 Circle the correct answer A,B,C or D.
a) What’s the _____ like? 1windy
b) It _____ a lot in Siberia in the winter. 2 foggy
c) It was very _____ last night. Some trees fell down. 3 weather
d) It is _____I can’t see nothing 4 snow
A. a2,b1,d4,c3
B. b4,c2,d1,a3
C. a3,b4,c1,d2
D. d2,c1,a2,b4
2. Fill in the blanks with words from the box.
Angry happy surprised nervous sad tired
1. She´s always smiling she’s a very ___happy___girl.
2. I feel ____sad________ because my dog died.
3. Please don’t be with _____angry_______ me. I didn’t mean to hurt you.
5. 4. She always feels ____happy________ before an important exam.
5. I’m so _____tired_______ I think I’ll go to bed now.
6. We were ____surprised________ to see him because we thought he was in Europe.
3. Order the conversation.
1 Sue Did you go by car? Anne No, we didn’t we went by taxi.
2 S What time did you get home? A We didn’t get home until twelve o’clock.
3 S What time did you leave the restaurant? A We left at nine o’clock.
4 S Where you did and Bob go yesterday? A We went to a restaurant.
A. 4,1,2,3,
B. 4,1,3,2
C. 4,2,1,3
D. 3,1,4,2
4. Match the words with the same sound.
1. –Id
2. -d
3. -t
a) Landed
b) booked
c) arrived
d) visited
e) walked
f) waited
g) changed
h) checked
i) showed
j) wanted
k) closed
A. 1afch 2ijb 3dek
B. 1adfj 2cgi 3behk
C. 1bgd 2cakh 3eijf
D. 1acb 2dge 3fhijk
Write a paragraph about a journey you really enjoyed. Answer these
questions (100–150 words):
Where did you go?
How did you travel?
Who did you talk to during the journey?
What did you see during the journey?