ENGLISH EXAM – MESA DE PREVIAS JUNIO 2020

NAME: _________________________________

1) Read and choose the correct option.

“Nowadays, eating habits (1) are changing / changed all over the world. People (2) are eating / ate healthier. (3)
Some / Any people who work full-time (4) usually eat / eat usually junk food: French fries, pizzas or hamburgers.
These are also called “fast food” (5) because / but people eat them (6) quickier / quickly in short breaks. Other
people, who are more health conscious, (7) prefered / prefer to eat vegetables and fruit. In the past, when men
(8) went out / goes out to work, women stayed at home and (9) were cooking / cooked for the family. But now,
many women (10) worked / work out of the house, so more families (11) eat / eats fast food. Luckily, (12) special
days / days special bring back the old family cooking traditions. At home, for example, we (13) always / never eat
apple pie to celebrate our birthdays. It is the cake that my grandmother (14) made / is making to celebrate my
mum’s first birthday, and it is now a family tradition. I really (15) like / likes apple pie!” Magalí.

2) Correct the information about Magalí.

1. Magalí writes about gym habits. ____________________________________________________

2. Eating habits are changing in the USA. _______________________________________________

3. Hamburgers are healthy food. ______________________________________________________

4. In the past, women went out to work. ________________________________________________

5. Barbecue is a tradition in Magalí’s family. ____________________________________________

3) Match the opposites.

1. expensive a. relaxing
2. difficult b. loudly
3. well c. cheap
4. quietly d. badly
5. stressful e. easy

4) Read and choose the correct option.

Two years ago, Fred (1) couldn’t / can’t speak English very well. He (2) travelled / was travelling on an exchange
programme to New Zealand last year and (3) speak / spoke English all the time so now he (4) can / could
communicate very (5) good / well with English speakers. At first, he (6) could / couldn’t only understand when
people (7) were speaking / was speaking very slowly. At the moment, his English (8) is / was very (9) good / well.
He (10) chats / is chatting online with friends from all around the world.

5) a. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs using the past simple or past continuous.

When I ________ (wake) up this morning, my dog Marley __________ (wait) for me to go out. I ________ (be) too
hungry, so first I ________ (have) breakfast. I _______ (drink) a glass of milk and _______ (eat) a piece of toast.
Then I ________ (wash) my teeth and _______ (put) on a coat, because it ______ (be) really cold outside! Marley
and I _______ (go) out, and ________ (walk) to the park. He ______ (run), ________ (play) with a ball and
________ (jump). While Marley __________ (play) I __________ (listen) to music on my mobile phone. I
__________ (not realize) it ______ (be) over 9 a.m., so when Marley and I ___________ (walk) around the park,
my mobile ______ (ring). It ______ (be) my boss. He ______ (be) very angry because I ________ (not be) in my
office! I ________ (take) Marley and we (go) _______ home quickly. While we __________ (run) across the park, I
______ (fall) on the ground. I _____ (get) up and ________ (continue) my way. When we __________ (arrive) at
the door, I realized I _________ (not have) my keys with me! So I _______ (leave) Marley with my neighbor and
______ (go) to work!

b. Answer the questions in full sentences.

a. What was Marley doing when Ben woke up?

_______________________________________________________________________________________
b. Did Ben take a shower after he got up?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
c. What did Ben have for breakfast?
________________________________________________________________________________________
d. What did Marley do in the park?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
e. What was the weather like?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
f. Was Ben wearing a coat?
_______________________________________________________________________________________
g. What happened when Ben and Marley were walking across the park?
_______________________________________________________________________________________

6) Complete the text with the words from the box.

all over - and - because - bilingual - doesn’t mind - international - is going to upload - is printing - multilingual -
practices - research - speaks - was working - would like - years ago

Annabelle is a (1) ________________ secretary at an important company. She (2) ________________ English and
Spanish. Her boss is very strict, but she (3) ________________ working long hours (4) ________________ she
works online. She downloads documents (5) ________________ corrects them. At the moment, she (6)
________________ a questionnaire to do some (7) ________________ online. She (8) ________________ the
form when she finishes correcting it. She loves her work because she (9) ________________ her English. She
chats with people from (10) ________________ the world because English is an (11) ________________
language. Someday, she (12) ________________ to visit some of the countries. Two (13) ________________ ,
she started studying French because she wants to be a (14) ________________ secretary. The multilingual
secretary that (15) ________________ at the company retired last month. Now, she has her opportunity.