IES S’AGULLA Mark

Language
English Department
Grammar Exam accuracy*
Teacher: Ms Susan
Hernandez Term 2 FINAL MARK
SURNAME, NAME YEAR TIME DATE
50 minutes

*Be careful with presentation, ideas’ coherence, vocabulary and spelling. The teacher may reduce the final mark.

Vocabulary
1 Write answers to the questions. (2 points each ____ /10)
1 What is the job title of the person who decides what goes in a newspaper?
________________
2 What do you call an exciting, exclusive news story that one newspaper
publishes before any other newspapers do? ________________
3 What is a general word for newspapers and news magazines?
________________
4 What do you call a sensationalist newspaper with lots of pictures in it?
________________
5 What do you call TV coverage of an event happening right now?
________________

2 Write verbs and adjectives for the definitions. (2 points each ____ /10)
1 anxious or worried __________
2 happy and elated __________
3 to really hate__________
4 to wish you hadn’t done something__________
5 shy about yourself __________ - __________

3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. Add a
suffix and a prefix to each word. (2 points each ____ /10)
1 He was so rude. His behaviour was ________________ . (accept)
2 I don’t think it was so shocking. People ________________ a bit. (react)
3 What she said was ________________ . It made no sense. (logic)
4 They ran a very ________________ political campaign, and won very few
votes. (success)
 5 He’s one of the most ________________ people I know. He often upsets
people. (sense)

4 Complete the sentences with phrasal verbs in the correct form. Use the verbs
and particles in the box. (1 point each ____ /5)
go out get back fall ask split up with (2) for out

1 Sally __________ __________Tim the moment she saw him. He was so good-
looking.
2 Have you heard? Paul is __________ __________ __________ Kerry. They’ve
had three dates already.
3 Dan and Julie have __________ __________ together again. They love each
other after all!
4 Josie has __________ __________ __________ her boyfriend William
because she didn’t like him anymore.
5 Ben is nervous because he’s going to __________ Susie __________ . He
really hopes she wants to go to the disco with him.

5 Complete the sentences using too or enough and the adjectives in the box.
(1 point each ____ /4)
dry tight late hard well old

1 Q Why aren’t you wearing that new dress?

A It’s size 8 and I’m size 10, so, unfortunately, it
__________________________________________________________ .
2 Q Why didn’t you play tennis?
A Because it had been raining, and the grass
__________________________________________________________ .
3 Q Why didn’t you take the bus home?
A It was 10 and the last bus was at 9, so, unfortunately, we
__________________________________________________________ .
4 Q Why didn’t you go to the night club?
A Well, I’m only fifteen, so I
__________________________________________________________ .
Grammar
6 Rewrite the statements and questions in reported speech. (2 points each ____ /
8)
1 ‘Why do you think the press are here today?’ she asked.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
2 ‘I didn’t meet my friends yesterday evening,’ he told me.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
3 ‘Did he go sailing in Croatia two weeks ago?’ she wondered.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
4 ‘I must phone Patricia later this evening,’ said Don.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

7 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech using the verbs in the box. (2 points
each ____ /8)
apologize agree warn offer

1Joe: ‘Don’t come round until eight because there won’t be anyone here.’

_____________________________________________________________
2 Shelley: ‘I’m sorry I’ve not been as helpful as I should have been.’
_____________________________________________________________
3 ‘You can borrow my mobile tomorrow if you need it.’
_____________________________________________________________
4 Paul and Simon: ‘OK, we’ll work late next Friday.’
_____________________________________________________________

8 Join each pair of sentences with the correct relative pronoun. Add commas
where necessary. (1 points each ____ /5)
1 I like watching movies. The movies have really good plots.
_____________________________________________________________
 _____________________________________________________________
2 The old coffee shop is about to close down. We often go to the coffee shop for
coffee and a cake at the weekend.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
3 My best friend is working with a guy. This guy used to live next door to us.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
4 That was the summer holiday. I broke my ankle on that summer holiday.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
5 Those people at the back are ruining the film. The people are making a lot of
noise.
_____________________________________________________________
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Total score _______/60