This document provides an English exam for a class taught by Lic. Carmen Cecilia Ramirez Camargo at Instituto Empresarial Gabriela Mistral. The exam covers several grammar topics in four sections: 1. Infinitives and gerunds after verbs with exercises to complete sentences using the correct form. 2. WH words and auxiliaries with exercises to form questions using interrogative words and auxiliaries. 3. Phrasal verbs with exercises to complete sentences using phrasal verbs like "look after" and "pick up". 4. Passive voice with exercises to rewrite sentences in the simple present passive voice.

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INSTITUTO EMPRESARIAL GABRIELA MISTRAL
PLAN DE MEJORAMIENTO
III PERIODO
IDIOMA EXTRANJERO INGLÉS 2017 10-01 A 10-04
ASIGNATURA AÑO CURSO
DOCENTE: LIC. CARMEN CECILIA RAMIREZ CAMARGO
FECHAS DE EVALUACIÓN:
10-01: SEPTIEMBRE19 DE 2017
10-02: SEPTIEMBRE 21 DE 2017
10-03: SEPTIEMBRE 20 DE 2017
10-04: SEPTIEMBRE 19 DE 2017
A. INFINITIVE AND GERUNDS AFTER VERBS
I. Escriba la forma correcta para completar cada frase:
1. Alan can’t stand _________ on trains. (riding/ to ride)
2. Mr. Harris enjoys _________ people out to dinner. (inviting / to invite)
3. In the old days, gentlemen challenged their rival’s _______. (fighting / to fight)
4. As the famous saying goes, there’s no use ______ over spilt milk. (crying / to cry)
5. Jim stopped _________ his shoelace. Wait for him. (tying / to tie)
6. My wife always volunteers ___________ cakes PTA meetings. (baking / to bake)
7. Don’t waste my time ___________ about your salary. (complaining/ to complain)
8. Eva is having trouble _________ on the exam. (concentrating / to concentrate)
9. Please allow me ____________ your Facebook page. (joining / to join)
10. You won’t forget _________milk on your way home, will you? (picking up /to pick up)
II. Complete las siguientes frases utilizando la forma adecuada del verbo:
1. I can’t afford _________ a new car. (Buy)
2. They decided ________ to Australia in May. (move)
3. He began __________ himself. (doubt)
4. I enjoy ___________ to music. (listen)
5. She hates __________ (study)
6. You love ___________. (dance)
7. He needed __________ class early because he had an appointment. (leave)
8. I tried ____________ English. (learn)
9. My mother could retire, but she keeps _________.(work)
10. I forgot ___________ that email. (write)
III.Responda las siguientes preguntas personales:
1. What do you plan to do in the future?
2. What did you love doing when you were a child?
3. What do you want to be when you are older?
4. Where do you imagine travelling?
5. What do you like doing in your free time?
6. What do you want to study at the university?
7. Where do you hope to work?

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B. WH WORDS AND AUXILIARIES
I. Elabore una lista de 15 palabras interrogativas con su correspondiente significado.
Example: what: qué – cuál
II. Complete las siguientes preguntas utilizando la palabra interrogativa y el auxiliar
correspondiente
1. __________ _____ they go last year? They went to San Andres Islands.
2. _____________ _______ the museum open? It opens at 9 a.m.
3. _____________ _____ he study English? He’ll study English for six months.
4. _________ ______ you enjoy doing? I enjoy surfing the web.
5. ___________ ______she when she began to practice chess? She was eight years old.
6. ________ _______ she feeling? She´s feeling bad.
7. _____________students ______ there in the classroom? There are forty-two students.
8. _______ ______ you do last Saturday? I saw a movie.
9. ________ ______ you born? I was born on September 12th 2005.
10._______________ friend’s _____ you have? I have a lot of friends.
11. ______________money ______ he have? He had fifty dollar.
12. ______ ________ his favorite sport? His favorite sport is soccer.
13. _______ ________ the program begin? It begins at 7:30 a.m.
14. _______ _______ they stay at the hotel? They’ll stay at the hotel for three days.
15. _______ __________you go to English class? I go to English class on Saturdays.
16. _______ _________ you hate doing? I hate reading.
17. ________ _________ she born? She was born in Bogota.
18. ________ ________ they so happy? Because they’re getting married!
C. PHRASAL VERBS
I. Complete las siguientes oraciones con la forma correcta de la frase verbal seleccionada.
Utilice las opciones:
*switch off *look after *throw away *clean off * help out *pick up * learn about
1. We will ___________you ____ at your house at 6.
2. Don’t _____________ that chair. I can repair it.
3. My parents are _______________ the children while we go to the movies.
4. Please ____________ the lights when you leave.
5. Yesterday, I ____________ the table after dinner.
D. PASSIVE VOICE (SIMPLE PRESENT)
I. Complete el siguiente texto utilizando la voz pasiva en presente simple.
THE LIFE STORY OF JEANS
A pair of jeans passes through a long process before it arrives at a clothes store. Let’s have a look.
Jeans ________38. (make) of denim, which starts life as cotton. Cotton _________39. (grew) in warm
countries. The cotton plant takes approximately 2 to 6 weeks to produce cotton fibre. When it is ready,
the cotton ________40. (pick) from the fields.
The cotton __________41. (process) to make thread. First, this thread _________42. (color) blue (or
sometimes black, white or other colors) using dye. It is then inserted into a machine and turned into
denim.
After that, the denim ________43. (cut) into pieces using patterns in order to create the shape of
jeans. These pieces are sewn together on machines to get a perfect pair of jeans. Next, the extra

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sections _________44. (add): buttons, pockets, zips and labels are sewn on, and the jeans
_________45. (finish)!
Finally, the jeans _____________46. (organize) into different styles, colors and sizes, and
_________47. (send) to the stores in trucks. They _________48. (sell) at high prices, because they
are the world’s most popular trousers.
II. Escoja la forma correcta para completar la voz pasiva en Presente Simple:
1. Active voice: People speak Porutguese in Brazil.
Passive voice: Portuguese __________ in Brazil.
A. are spoken B. is spoken C. spoke
2. Active voice: They clean all the hoterl rooms daily.
Passive voice: The hotel rooms __________ daily.
A. cleaned B. is cleaned C. are cleaned
3. Active voice: Colombia produces coffee.
Passive voice: Coffee _________ by Colombia.
A. is produced B. are produced C. produced
4. Active voice: They kill a lot of people every year.
Passive voice: A lot of people _________ every year.
A.is killed B. are killed C. kill
5. Active voice: The secretary sends an email.
Passive voice: An email ________ by her.
A. was sent B. were sent C. is sent
III. Cambie las siguientes frases de voz activa a voz pasiva:
1. Mr. Jones watches films.
2. The people speak English.
3. He reads comics.
4. We play volleyball.
5. They sing the song.
6. I take photos.
7. The policemen help the children.
8. He writes poems.
9. She does the housework.
10. My mother waters the flowers…