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FINAL TEST - STAGE 5

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FIRST PART - GRAMMAR (50 points)
Exercise 1
Make sentences using the Past Simple in the affirmative, interrogative or negative.
Follow the example: (10 points)
Ex: I / aff. - to go / to the movies / with my girlfriend / last night
I went to the movies with my girlfriend last night.
1) I / aff. - to be / an engineer / at an American electronics factory
(I was an engineer at an American electronics factory.)
2) neg. - there to be / many things / for me / to do / at work / last week
(There weren't many things for me to do at work last week. / There were not many things for
me to do at work last weekend.)
3) their baby / int. - to be born / last weekend
(Was their baby born last weekend?)
4) Martha and Fred / aff. - to spend / Christmas / with us / last year
(Martha and Fred spent Christmas with us last year.)
5) we / aff. - to get / to the rock concert / by taxi / last month
(We got to the rock concert by taxi last month.)
6) I / aff. - to enjoy / the film / I / aff. - to see / last night / on cable TV
(I enjoyed the film I saw last night on cable TV.)
7) what time / it / int. - to rain / yesterday
(What time did it rain yesterday?)
8) Philip / int. - to leave / his keys / at the club / last Monday
(Did Philip leave his keys at the club last Monday?)
9) we / neg. - to wash / all our clothes / two days ago
(We didn't wash all our clothes two days ago. / We did not wash all our clothes two days
ago.)

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10) they / neg. - to know / aff. - there to be / something wrong with / their car
(They didn't know there was something wrong with their car.)

Exercise 2
a) Complete the sentences with the appropriate modal verbs. (7 points)
can / could / may / might / must (2X) / should
1) When Mike was a teenager, he (could) play basketball very well.
2) Students (must) arrive in time for classes.
3) I (can) swim very well nowadays because I had swimming classes when I was a kid.
4) In my opinion, your brother (should) do more physical exercises and eat less candy. Don't
you think he's a bit overweight?
5) Amanda eats a lot of candy, but maybe she (might) become thin till the end of the year.
6) (May) I serve dinner now, Mrs. Chesterfield?
7) My neighbor, Mr. Morris, was born in Canada, and lived there till he was 15. So, I guess he
(must) speak English and French.
b) Rewrite sentences 1-3 using their corresponding phrase for the modal verbs in the
sentences. (3 points)
1) (When Mike was a teenager, he was able to play basketball very well.)
2) (Students have to arrive in time for classes.)
3) (I'm able to swim very well nowadays because I had swimming classes when I was a kid.)

Exercise 3
Make the sentences in the Simple Present. Choose the appropriate adverb and use it
in one of the positions with an ( * ). Follow the example: (20 points)
Ex: ago, such, slowly I / aff. - to do / things / * / when / I / aff. - to be / much too tired / *
I do things slowly when I am much too tired.
1) there, too, calmly * / Sylvia / aff. - must / to be / somewhere / over / * / next to the hall
(Sylvia must be somewhere over there next to the hall.)
2) always, hard, very * Daniel / aff. - to study / * / every day
(Daniel studies hard every day) because he wants to enter a good university.
3) twice, hardly, here I / * / aff. - can / * / to think / of a solution to our company's production
problem
(I can hardly think of a solution to our company's production problem) with so much pressure
from the directors.
4) seriously, luckily, so we / aff. - to need / * / to talk / * / about this problem
(We need to talk seriously about this problem.)

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5) quickly, possibly, sometimes * / these employees / aff. - to work / very / * / fast

(Sometimes these employees work very fast.)
6) specially, never, everywhere your cake / aff. - to be / * / good / today / *
(Your cake is specially good today.)
7) deeply, such a, tomorrow your daughter Gina / aff. - to be / * / lovely girl / *
(Your daughter Gina is such a lovely girl.)
8) tonight, still, terribly David / aff. - to prefer / * / to fly / to Belo Horizonte / *
(David prefers flying to Belo Horizonte tonight.)
9) seldom. easily, almost * Jason / aff. can / to learn / foreign languages / very / *
(Jason can learn foreign languages very easily.)
10) probably, daily, enough my parents / * / neg. - to be / rich / *
(My parents aren't rich enough) to travel to the US every summer.
Exercise 4
Match these sentence halves. Follow the example: (10 points)
1) If there's no gas in your car tank, ( F )
2) If I werent in bed and feeling so sick tonight, (E)
3) If my neighbor's dog didn't bark every night all night long, (B)
4) If my husband's boss comes to our barbecue party this Sunday, (A)
5) If you don't drink enough water every day, (D)
6) If Susan's mother finds out that Susan has a secret boyfriend, (C)
a) we'll serve him the best meat we can.
b) I'd surely sleep better.
c) she'll not allow her to go out for some time.
d) you become dehydrated.
e) I'd go to work tomorrow.
f) your car simply doesn't start.
7) The Thompsons wouldn't ask Millie to take care of their children so often (H)
8) I'll give you a call (K)
9) Richard will only come to our birthday party (J)
10) It is very hard to separate water from alcohol (I)
11) Id study more (G)
g) if I didn't have to work so hard.
h) if they stayed home every night.
i) if you mix them well in a container.
j) if we also invite some of his friends.
k) if I need anything from the supermarket.

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SECOND PART - VOCABULARY (30 points)

Exercise 1
Complete the sentences below with the words from the box. (5 points)
court // beat (v) // coach // cup // referee // scored (v) // tie
1) Palmeiras (beat) Paran yesterday. It (scored) two goals right at the beginning of the
match.
2) Do you know who the new (coach) of your team is from next week on?
3) There are two (referees), one on each side of the (court), in a basketball game.
4) Do you know what team won last year's football World (Cup)?
5) As the game ended in a (tie), the teams had to decide it with a penalty shoot-out.

Exercise 2
Underline the odd (= estranha, diferente, que no faz parte de) word/expression in
each group. (5 points)
1) passport

interview

papers

visa

2) check-in counter

scale

conveyor belt

consulate

3) aisle

boarding area

baggage claim

customs

4) airline representative

terrorist

flight attendant

immigration officer

5) to sit down

to fasten the seat belt

to land

to have a meal

1) As outras palavras ("passport", "papers" and "visa") referem-se a documentos.

2) "check-in counter", "scale" e "conveyor belt" so coisas encontradas em aeroportos.
3) "boarding area", "baggage claim" e "customs" so lugares ou sees em aeroportos.
4) "airline representative", "flight attendant" e "immigration officer" so profissionais regulares
que trabalham em aeroportos ou avies.
5) "to sit down", "to fasten the seat belt" e "to have a meal" so coisas que os passageiros
fazem a bordo de avies.

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Exercise 3
Translate these sentences into English. (5 points)
1) A Susan tem um rosto redondo com espinhas. E, infelizmente, ela est acima do peso
porque come muito chocolate.
(Susan has a round pimply face. And, unfortunately, she is overweight because she eats too
much chocolate.)
2) O Sr.Anderson tem barba e bigode. E ele tem cabelo curto e encaracolado tambm.
(Mr. Anderson has a beard and a mustache. And he has short wavy hair too.)
3) A Paula tem um rosto com sardas, olhos azuis claros e sobrancelhas finas.
(Paula has a freckled face, light blue eyes and thin eyebrows.)
4) O Jack tem cabelo curto e liso e olhos verdes escuros. E ele bem alto e magro.
(Jack has short straight hair and dark green eyes. And he's very tall and slim.)
5) O Sr. Rodriguez tem sobrancelhas grossas e nariz adunco/aquilino. E ele baixo e gordo.
(Mr. Rodriguez has bushy eyebrows and a hooked nose. And he's short and heavy / fat.)

Exercise 4
Write the corresponding word to: (5 points)
Follow the example:
Ex:: 1 cent = (penny)
5 cents = (nickel)
10 cents = (dime)
25 cents = (quarter)
1 dollar = (buck)
1 thousand dollars = (grand)

Exercise 5
Underline the option that most appropriately completes each sentence. (5 points)
1) There were no available at that beach. So, we had to bring our own chair and umbrella.
a) rentals
b) coolers
c) beach towels
2) Children usually love building sandcastles with their
a) seashells.
b) hat.
c) pail and shovel.

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3) People should apply the before going to beach to help protect their skin against the sun.
a) sunglasses
b) sunscreen
c) flip-flops
4) It's harder to in the sea when the waters aren't still.
a) cool off or go snorkeling
b) ride a jet ski
c) to play paddleball
5) When it's a hot day, the sun is shining bright, and lots of people go to the beach,
a) the breeze blows hard all day long.
b) lifeguards don't rescue or bring anyone back to the shoreline.
c) there's never enough room on a crowded shore.

Exercise 6
Which group do the words in the box belong to? Write the words after their
corresponding group. (5 points)
browser // CAD (computer-aided design) // hard disk (HD) // motherboard // operational
system // optical disk drive // power supply unit (PSU) // random access memory (RAM) //
spreadsheet // word processor
Software: (browser, CAD (computer-aided design), operational system, spreadsheet, word
processor)
Hardware: (hard disk (HD), motherboard, optical disk drive, power supply unit (PSU),
random access memory (RAM))