ACPLE-135 Gramática del Inglés II

L.L.I Manuel Jesús Carrillo Ek.

PROGRESS TEST 3

STUDENT´S NAME ________________________________________________ DATE: 3/12/18

1. USE PASSIVE VOICE TO COMPLETE THE TEXT

Customs officers crack 11 million pounds mobile VAT fraud
A joint operation between British and German customs officers (1)
_______________________ (to disrupt) a 11 million pounds carousel fraud this week.
Carousel fraud works when small, high-value goods such as mobile phones (2)
____________________ (to import) VAT free into an EU country. Then they (3)
____________________ (to sell) with the VAT added but the tax never (4)
________________________ (to hand) to the government. They then (5)
___________________________(to reexport) and the VAT, which never (6)
____________________________(to pay) at the beginning of the chain,
(7)___________________(to reclaim). To disrupt the scam, British customs officers (8)
_______________________(to work) with their German counterparts on the Swiss-German
border. They (9)____________________________ (to stop) trucks and
(10)__________________ (to scan) mobile phones. They (11) ___________________ (to
track) phones by their serial numbers to spot cross-border fraud. Since the cross-border
operation (12)________________ (to be) under way, officers (13)
___________________(to operate) at Frankfurt airport intercepting air shipments. The
serial numbers (14) ____________________(to scan, record and compare) with others to
pick up evidence of fraud. Officers (15) ___________________ (to alert) when the same
phones (16) __________________________ (to detect) twice in a single week crossing in
the same direction. Investigators across Europe (17)
________________________________(step up) their operations against VAT fraud in the
past year as the European Commission (18) ______________________ (to establish) the
fraud could cost the EU governments 50 billion Euros a year.
2. CHOOSE A PREPOSITION TO FORM A PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE.
LIVING A LONG TIME
It is often said that Japanese people, (19) ___________ average, live much longer that
Europeans. (20) ________ a large extent this must be due to the food most Japanese people
eat since (21) _________ the point of view of lifestyle, life (22) _______ modern Japan is no
less stressful than ours (23)_________ the West. The Japanese live (24)__________ a diet
largely made up (25) ________ fish and rice. __________(26) lunch time a typical Japanese
family will consume (27) _________ least twice as many vegetables as we do in Europe.
(28)______ comparison with Europeans, the Japanese eat far less meat and fewer potatoes;
(29) ___________ the same time, they eat seven times more fresh fish than we do which
makes their diet much healthier (30) __________ far. It would be fair to say that, (31)
___________ general, the Japanese consume far less sugar than Europeans, though the
modern Japanese-frequent visitors (32)_________ Europe (33)_________ business or (34)
________ pleasure are discovering the pleasures and dangers of western-style eating
habits.
3. Fill in the correct conjunctions and linking words from the list. There may be more than
one possibility.
as well as during because either ….. or neither …. nor when although unless which so that
then so despite while such as however
1. __________________ Dad comes home from work he lies down on the sofa
__________________ he is tired.
2. Max had a headache yesterday, __________________ he didn’t come to basketball
practice.
3. This is Toby’s new mountain bike, __________________ he got from his parents. He
locks it up every evening, __________________ nobody can take it.
4. __________________ Samantha was very tired, she watched TV until well after
midnight.
5. First, cut out the pictures, __________________ glue them into your album.
6. I would like to learn Japanese, __________________ , I don’t know anyone who can
teach me.
7. __________________ we were driving through the countryside we saw many nice
villages.
8. The Hemingways are our neighbours __________________ our friends.
9. You can have __________________ tea __________________ coffee for breakfast.
10. __________________ being a well-known politician, John Smith can also play the piano
very well.
11. __________________ his injury, the boy desperately wanted to play for his team in the
finals.
12. __________________ the hike up the mountains we saw a lot of deer.
13. __________________ you finish that essay you won’t get anything to eat.
14. __________________ my mother __________________ my father will be able to
attend the meeting.
15. He likes all kinds of sports, __________________ skiing, hockey and volleyball.

4. TENSES
Sir Guy Loonaby-Smith, the famous explorer, is being interviewed on TV about his
exciting life. Complete the dialogue and fill in the correct tenses!

Interviewer: Sir Guy, you _____________________ (spend) the last sixty years exploring
the world. When __________________________ (you first become) interested in
travelling?
Sir Guy: Well, I can tell you the exact day. I ________________(be) eleven years old and I
_____________________ (sit) in the school library and I _____________________ (read)a
book about South Africa. Suddenly I _____________________ (see) a picture of Lake
Victoria and at that moment I _____________________ (decide) to become an explorer.
Interviewer: When ___________________________ (you, first, go) to Lake Victoria?
Sir Guy: Well, after I _____________________ (leave) school at the age of 15, I
_____________________ (live) with my uncle for two years. He _____________________
(be) an old man then, but he _______________(be) a sailor all his life. He
_____________________ (find) me a job on a ship and at the age of 17 I
_____________________ (arrive) in Africa!
Interviewer: You _____________________ (travel) to the most interesting countries in the
world. ____________________________ (you, ever, have) any frightening experiences?
Sir Guy Oh yes, lot’s of them
Interviewer: Which _____________________ (be) your most frightening?
Sir Guy: Perhaps it __________________(be) one night in India in 1942. Something really
frightening _____________________ (happen). It ______________(be) about ten o’clock
and I ________________(be) in bed. I _____________________ (hunt) all day and so I
_____________________ (feel) very tired. I _____________________ (just blow) out my
candle when I _____________________ (feel) something heavy sitting on my feet. When I
_____________________ (light) my candle, I _____________________ (can) hardly believe
my eyes: a tiger _____________________ (sit) on my bed!
Interviewer: My goodness! Is that story really true, Sir Guy?
Sir Guy: How dare you ask me that! I _____________________ (never tell) a lie in my life.