GRADE: 10th

IED NEW COLOMBIA SCHOOL -JM 1002

TEST OF PROFICIENCY - 2020
1003
TEACHER: MARTHA VERGEL
1004
GOALS:

 The students practice and develop their reading skills and acquire new vocabulary.
 The students make a review and practice Present Perfect Simple, Present Perfect Progressive and Past
Perfect Tense.
 The students make a review and practice Modal Verbs, First Conditional and Connectors.

I. READING COMPREHENSION

THE MISTERY OF THE SPHINX

Read the text and choose the best answer to replace the spaces with numbers. (Lea el texto y escoja la
palabra correcta para reemplazar cada número)

The sphinx, a statue of a lion body and a human head, is considered a symbol of (1). Aspects such as who
built it and when it was built are (2). The general (3) is that it must have been made by ancient Egyptians in
the 3rd millennium B.C., although there is some (4) that the Sphinx (5) by a civilization before the Egyptians.
The meaning of this strange figure (6) a mystery.

Egyptians may have wanted to represent the evolution from animal to man. According to mythological
tradition, the sphinx protected the entrance of a certain area. It posed a riddle that (7) travelers. If they
guessed the answer, they were allowed to enter the city. One of the most famous riddles is: Which creature
goes on four feet in the morning, on two at noon, and upon three in the evening? Oedipus solved the riddle
answering: Man who crawls on four feet as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and walks with a
cane in old age.

1. 2. 3. 4.
A. controversy A. misunderstood A. believed A. speculation
B. speculation B. unknown B. believe B. hoax
C. enigma C. unusual C. belief C. issue
D. theory D. uncovered D. believes D. mystery

5. 6. 7.
A. might built A. argues A. puzzled
B. might have built B. claims B. proved
C. might have been built C. remains C. claimed
D. might have been build D. proves D. believed
 II. PRESENT PERFECT TENSE
II.1 Write the verb in the correct form in present perfect tense and change to the negative and interrogative
form. (Escribe el verbo entre paréntesis en la forma correcta en presente perfecto y cambia la oración a
forma negativa e interrogativa)

8. I ________ _________ (read) your book several times.

___________________________________________ __________________________________________

9. She ________ _________ (wear) that skirt many times.

___________________________________________ __________________________________________

10. My family ________ _________ (visit) Brazil a few times.

___________________________________________ __________________________________________

11. Marta ________ __________ (finish not) her homework.

___________________________________________ __________________________________________

12. You _________ __________(break) the glass again.

___________________________________________ __________________________________________

II.2 Fill in the blanks with (since, for, already and yet) (Escribe en los espacios en blanco, since, for, alredy
y yet)

13. Have you read it ____?

14. They haven´t had holidays ______ last summer
15. Maria has lived in USA _____ three years
16. He has _______ arrived to the University
17. My brother has worked there _______he was young

III. PAST PERFECT TENSE

III.1 Fill in the blanks with the correct words in past perfect tense. (Llena los espacios con las palabras que
correspondan en pasado perfecto)
18. They _____ never _____ (see) a 3D movie before 2009 when they _____ (see) "Avatar" for the first time.
A. Have, saw, seen
B. Had, seen, saw
C. Had, sew, sew
D. Has, see, seed

19. They _____ never _____ (own) a house before they _____ (buy) the house next door.
A. Have, owned, buy
B. Had, owned, bought
C. Have, owned, bought
D. Has, ownet, buyed

20. _____ you ever _____ (be) to a big city before you _____ (go) to New York?
A. Have, were, gone
B. Had, owned, goes
C. Had, been, went
D. Have, was, gone
21. I ____ _____ (be) exhausted because I _____ (sleep, not) well.
A. Have, be, didn’t slep
B. Had, been, don’t sleep
C. Had, been, didn’t sleep
D. Has, was, not sleep

22. He __ _____ (be) healthy all his life before he _____ (have) the heart attack
A. Have, been, have
B. Had, been, have
C. Had, been, hasn’t
D. Had, been, had

IV. MODAL VERBS

Choose the Modal Verb that corresponds in each option. (Escoja el Verbo Modal que corresponda en cada
caso)

23. ____ you help me?

A. Can
B. May
C. Should
D. Must

24. They ____ practice more if they want to win the championship.

A. May
B. Might
C. Should
D. Would

25. You ____ not drink and drive.

A. May
B. Might
C. Would
D. Must

26. ____ you always be late?

A. May
B. Might
C. Would
D. Must

27. I ____ like to go to New York someday.

A. May
B. Will
C. Should
D. Would
 V. FIRST CONDITIONAL (Primer Condicional)
Choose the correct form of each verb to complete each clause in the correct form. (Escoja la forma correcta
de cada verbo para completar cada cláusula) Recuerda repasar El primer Condicional y su estructura
explicada en las guías anteriores.

28. If I ________ (Go) out tonight, I _____(Go) to the cinema.

______________________________________________________________

29. If you ______(Get) Back late, I _____(Be) hungry.

______________________________________________________________

30. If we _____(Go) on holiday this summer, We ______(Go) to Spain.

______________________________________________________________

31. They ______(Go) to the party if they ______(Be) invited.

______________________________________________________________

32. She _______(Stay) in London if she _____(Get) a job.

______________________________________________________________

33. I ______ (not/go) if you ______(not/come) with me.

______________________________________________________

34. If you _____(not/want) to go out, I _______(cook) dinner at home.

______________________________________________________

VI. PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE TENSE

VI.1 Make the correct conjugation of verbs in present perfect progressive with the verbs in
parentheses in affirmative form. (Conjuga correctamente los verbos entre paréntesis en presente
perfecto progresivo en forma afirmativa) Recuerda repasar las reglas para agregar –ING a los
verbos en los tiempos progresivos o continuos.

35. Claire (teach) _______ ________ ____________English since 2006.

__________________________________________________________

36. We (look) _______ _______ _________for that document all day.

__________________________________________________________

37. Mr. Smith (speak)______ _______ ________ on the phone for two hours.
__________________________________________________________

38. The students are exhausted because they ______ ________ ________(take) a difficult test.
__________________________________________________________

39. He ______ _______ __________(live)here since he was a child.

__________________________________________________________
VI.2 Scramble the sentences and make interrogative sentences in present perfect continuous and do the
answers like in the example. (Organiza las oraciones que están en desorden y formula oraciones
interrogativas en presente perfecto continuo y contesta las preguntas en forma larga y corta como el ejemplo)

(How long/we/wait/for) Ex: How long have you been waiting for?
 I have been waiting for three years – Yes, I have/ No, I haven’t

40. (How long/we/wait/for her)

________________________________________ _________________ __________________

41. (How long/she/learn/English)

________________________________________ _________________ __________________

42. (How long/they/go out with each other)

________________________________________ _________________ __________________

43. (How long/you/exercise)

________________________________________ _________________ __________________

44. (How long/he/sit/there)

________________________________________ _________________ __________________

45. (How long/we/study/French)

________________________________________ _________________ __________________

VI. CONNECTORS OR LINKING WORDS

Choose the best option with the right connector in each case. (Escoja el conector correcto para cada caso)
46. I’m not going to speak to her ________she begs me pardon.
A. But
B. Although
C. However
D. and

47. The ad was excellent, ___________ the product didn’t sell very well.
A. On the contrary
B. Despite
C. However
D. But

48. Women didn’t go to the coffee houses _________ they were much too dangerous.
A. Because
B. That
C. Or
D. With

49. In the USA, people have coffee made _________ a lot of milk and sugar.
A. Up
B. With
C. By
D. And

50. He wants to buy a new car ________ he hasn’t money.

A. On
B. Or
C. But
D. Because
 INSTRUCCIONES

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