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Final Exam Level Pre-intermediate

STUDENTS’ NAMES: _______________________________ COURSE NUMBER: _______________DATE:
_____________

LISTENING: _____ READING:_____ WRITING: _____ LANGUAGE: _____FINAL SCORE: __________

LISTENING SECTION (8 marks, 1 each)

The purpose of this section is to evaluate your abilities to listen and understand spoken English in a
given situation. You will hear each recording twice.
A girl is answering questions in an interview about her last vacation; you will listen 3 times carefully and
answer the question bellow. (8 marks, 1 for each)
1. How much money did she spend there? _____________________________________________
2. Where was she? _____________________________________________________
3. Who did she meet? _______________________________________________________________
4. What did she eat? _______________________________________________________________
5. What did she do there? ___________________________________________________________
6. How long did she stay there? _______________________________________________________
7. How does she describe the place? ____________________________________________________
Who did she go with? ______________________________________________________________
8.

READING SECTION (10 marks, 1 each)

The purpose of this section is to evaluate your abilities to understand written reports and texts in
English
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK

Once upon a time there was a boy called Jack. He lived with his mother .They were very poor .All they had was a
cow. One morning, Jack’s mother told him to take the cow to the market and sell her. On the way Jack met a man.
He gave Jack some magic beans for the cow. Jack took the beans and went back home. When Jack’s mother saw the
beans she was very angry. She threw the beans out of the window. The next morning, Jack looked out of the
window. There was a giant beanstalk .He went outside and started to climb the beanstalk. He climbed up to the sky
through the clouds. Jack saw a beautiful castle. He went inside. Jack heard a voice “Fee,fi,fo,fum!” and ran into a
cupboard. An enormous giant came into the room and sat down. On the table there was a hen and a golden
harp.”Lay” said the giant. The hen laid an egg-it was made of gold.”Sing” said the giant. The harp began to sing.
Soon the giant was asleep. Jack jumped out of the cupboard. He took the hen and the harp. Suddenly the harp sang
“Help,master!”. The giant shouted, “Fee,fi,fo,fum!”.Jack ran and started to climb down the beanstalk.The giant came
down after him. Jack shouted “Mother, help!”. Jack’s mother took an axe and chopped down the beanstalk. The

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giant fell and crashed to the ground. Nobody ever saw him again. With the golden eggs and the magic harp Jack and
his mother lived happily ever after.

NOW, READ THE SENTENCES BELOW AND WRITE “TRUE” or “FALSE” for the FALSE sentences write
the correct answer.

1. Jack’s mother told him to take the cow for a walk. ( ……… )
2. Jack met a man on the way to the market and sold the cow to him. ( …… )
3. Jack sold the cow for a hen and a magic harp. ( ……… )
4. When his mother saw the beans, she cooked the dinner with them. ( ……… )
5. He hid under the table when he heard the voice of giant. ( ……… )
6. The giant had a hen that laid golden eggs. ( ……… )

NOW, READ THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER THEM.

7. What happened to the beans?

8. What did Jack see when he looked out of the window?
9. What did Jack do when he saw the giant plant?
10. Where did he go? And what did he see there?

WRITING SECTION (17 marks)

The purpose of this section is to evaluate your abilities to communicate ideas by writing a specific text.
The main criteria are organization, word choice, syntax, spelling and agreement between parts of
speech.
TASK: Your son can’t sleep, so you decide to tell him a story about a trip you once had. Do not forget to describe
the full situation: How did it happen? Where did it happen? What did you do? Which interesting places did you
know? Do not forget to conjugate irregular and regular verbs correctly and use simple or past continuous
appropriately. Write at least 7 lines.

 Narrate the whole trip in order to make it interesting.

 describe (people, weather, buildings, constructions, etc)
 Try to connect sentences and create a logic narration.
 Remember this is a story you tell your son, so be creative and feel free to make up some things.

In July, I went to Santander with some Spanish friends. I stayed at my friend’s house in the
center of Santander, and had a great time. For me, the most exciting part was that my
friend’s mother made frijoles, one of my favorite foods. We also did some nice walks in the
towns around Santander. I got a bit sunburned at the beach, but otherwise enjoyed the cool
weather, the food and the beautiful landscapes.

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LANGUAGE STRUCTURE (15 marks)

The purpose of this section is to evaluate your abilities and knowledge about grammar, syntax, lexicon and
pragmatics.
Text
Fill in the correct form of the verb
I (be)__________ deported after being Illegally in the USA for over fifty years and receiving social security. They
(take)_________ my S.S. away. I (be )___________ 69 years old and have not visited my country in all that time.
My sons (be)______________ all U.S. Citizens and my mother too. I (not/know)___________ anyone in my
country. It’s been a nightmare. I was hoping the plane would crash. That’s how depressed I (feel)_____________. I
think it (be)________________ an injustice to take my only source of income. I (think)____________ this was a just
country.
Luis Eugenio Dominican Republic

I (come)___________ to the US on the Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program. I have been here since July, 23,
2014 and my visa (be)___________ for 1 month. Right in the middle of the fun I (have) ________________around
the US with 35 Iraqi students and 10 Americans, my family (call) ___________me and told me that they have left
home and they are refugees. Now my village was taken over by ISIS and they are killing people for their religious
beliefs and thousands of the young girls are now taken as sex slaves. So I (apply) _________________for asylum in
US before my visa expired and I (do)_______ my interview 2 months ago. Now I’m just waiting for the letter to
come and if they say yes then I __________(be) safe here. If not then I might have to go back and I could be killed
there.
Azswan Portland, OR

SOURCES:

LISTENING: Retrieved from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v5AlmrqEug

Format: Retrieved from LANGUAGE: http://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/past-simple-tense-
find-all-mistakes
Format: Retrieved from: ( READING COMPREHENSIONhttp://www.englishwsheets.com/irregular-
verbs-1.html

Adapted by Alcides Paternina Zuñiga