Civil Buildings Technology Program 1st period test

Name: JHONATAN ISAAC POTOSI REYES

I.- In the following sentences make the negative with ‘be’:

1. I‘m not cold.
2. She isn’t French.
3. You aren’t an accountant.
4. John isn’t my brother.
5. They aren’t from Berlin.
6. We aren’t late.
7. It isn’t warm outside.
8. I’m not hungry.
9. Ian and Jill aren’t on the bus.
10. She isn’t Spanish.
11. He isn’t in the bathroom.
12. We aren’t thirsty.
13. It isn’t sunny.
14. You aren’t a teacher.
15. They aren’t at school.
16. Lucy isn’t from Australia.
17. I’m not a nurse.
18. He isn’t sleepy.
19. We aren’t at home.
20. You aren’t from China.
II- In these following sentences put in am / is / are:
1. She is a teacher.
2. We are hungry.
3. Luke is late.
4. They are Spanish.
5. You are happy.
6. I am thirsty.
7. It is cold.
8. She is German.
9. He is early.
10. We are tired.
11. You are beautiful.
12. I am hot.
13. I am from London.
14. You am a doctor.
15. Emily is my sister.
16. He is in the garden.
17. They are on the bus.
18. We are friends.
19. I am 25 years old.
20. She is sick.
III.- Change the positive sentences into negatives.
I am a student.
This exercise is difficult.
This exercise is not difficult.
We're from Spain.
We are not from Spain.
My grandmother's name's Adelaide.
My grandmother´s name is not Adelaide.
The kids are in the garden.
The kids are not in the garden.
You're English.
You are not English.
My car is very expensive.
My car is not very expensive.
This is my student's notebook.
This is not my student´s notebook.
These photographs are very nice.
These photographs are not very nice.
Alex is twenty-five years old.
Alex is not 25 years old.
I'm fine.
I am not fine.
IV.- Reading comprehension
Civil engineering is the design and construction of public works,
such as dams, bridges and other large infrastructure projects. It is
one of the oldest branches of engineering, dating back to when
people first started living in permanent settlements and began
shaping their environments to suit their needs.
Early engineers-built walls, roads, bridges, dams and levees; they
dug wells, irrigation ditches and trenches. As larger groups of people
began living together in towns and cities, these populations needed
reliable sources of clean water, the means to dispose of waste, a
network of streets and roadways for commerce and trade, and a
way to defend themselves against hostile neighbors.
Ancient civil engineering projects include the roads of the Roman
Empire, the Great Wall of China, the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde
and Mayan ruins at Copan, Palenque and Tikal. Many early
civilizations-built monuments to their rulers or gods. These may
have been simple mounds or truly remarkable achievements, such
as the Pyramids of Giza and Stonehenge, whose construction by
pre-industrial societies remains mysterious. The names of the
engineers who designed these wonders are lost to antiquity.
Today, the public is more likely to remember the names of great civil
engineering projects than the names of the engineers who designed
and built them. These include the Brooklyn Bridge (designed by
John August Roebling and son Washington Roebling), the Hoover
Dam (John L. Savage), the Panama Canal (John Frank Stevens)
and the Golden Gate Bridge (Joseph Strauss and Charles Ellis).
One notable exception is the Eiffel Tower, named after Gustave
Eiffel, the French civil engineer whose company built it.
1.- After reading the article, mention some of the fundamental
problems the civil construction currently faces nowadays.
2.- According to the reading and the knowledge you have acquired
while studying civil construction make a reflexive 70 words
paragraphs about the problems and the potentialities the Colombian
pacific region faces today regard the .
3. – Choose 3 sentences form the paragraph where you can identify
the use of the verb to be in simple tense and 3 sentences where the
verb to be in the past tense is used.
1-The problem that exists now is that the engineers are not being
recognized for the hard work they are doing as they did before.
2- Currently, the peaceful region has a great problem that is the non-
compliance with terms, that is to say that they are not carrying out
the works that they propose to the people and that makes us not
progress as a city and we are always in the shadow of other cities.