INSTITUTO DE EDUCACIÒN SUPERIOR Nº 1 - LA QUIACA-

GRAMATICA EN CONTEXTO 2 -LIBRES- 2020

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1) Complete the sentences using a modal in each gap. 20 POINTS

A. In the early years of motoring, drivers didn`t …………to take a driving test.
B. You ……….. sign the application form at the end of the page, or it will not be accepted.
C. Hurry up. We ………to get to the airport by 9.30.
D. I think we had …………….stop and ask someone the way.
E. This bus is going to take ages. We ………….have taken a taxi.
F. Important notice. All new arrivals …………… to report to the reception desk.
G. Thanks for coming. I`m glad you ……make it.
H. You look really tired. You ……take a few days off and have a holiday.
I. Sorry I`m a bit late. I ………..to pick up the children from school.
J. You ………….not decide immediately whether to join the class.

2) Read and complete the text with a suitable passive form of the verb in brackets. 26 POINTS

BLOCKED DRAINS SHUT GALLERY LINK

A multi-million pound underground tunnel connecting two of Edinburgh`s art galleries a. (close)
…….for two weeks so that blocked drains which have dogged the building from the outset can be
fixed. The repair work b. (estimate)…….. to cost around $ 100,000 but it is unclear who will foot the
bill. Major losses c. (expect) ….at the museum and at the gallery restaurant, which d. ( house) …. In
the link and e. (force) ….to shut whilst the work f. (carry out) ……… .The head of building said it
was likely that the fault had occurred while the tunnel g. (construct) …… . “It probably happened
while it h. (build) ………because we have had blockage problems since it opened. We i. (tell) ………
it will cost around $ 100,000 –who will pay for it will be the issue”. A spokeswoman for the National
Galleries said: “Everything j. (do) …….. to ensure minimal disruption to visitors. Many of the
educational workshops and events k. (accommodate) ……..elsewhere in the galleries. The National
Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy Building l. (not affect) …….. by the work, and
will open as normal throughout”. The work to the faulty drainage system at the Weston Link, which m.
(only complete) …….. in August 2004, will take eight weeks from mid-February until the start of
March.

3) Tenses contrasts. Complete the text with the appropriate form of the verb in brackets. 24
POINTS

POLICE SEEK MISSING SHED

A 32-year-old man a. (get)……home from work on Friday to find that someone b. (steal) …….
The shed from his back garden. Martin Graham, who c. (live) ………in Francis Road,
Darnely, d. (tell) ……. Us he couldn`t believe his eyes. “There was simply nothing there. I
thought I e. (go) ……. Into the wrong garden”. A neighbour who f. (notice) …… the men
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GRAMATICA EN CONTEXTO 2 -LIBRES- 2020

while they g. (disassemble)…….. the shed, h. (assume) ……..that Mr Graham i. (ask) …….
them to do it. The two men j. (drive off) ……. In a white van. Police k. (investigate) ……..
and l. (issue) ……..a description of the two men.

4) Rewrite the sentences as reported speech. 10 POINTS

a) “If you eat too much, you`ll feel ill” my mother told me.
b) “We`ll be writing to you later this week,” they told Maria.
c) “The prices won`t rise before the end of the year”, Mrs Devlin said.
d) “If the police had notices Jack`s car, they would have arrested him”, explained the lawyer.
e) “Emma hasn`t had her operation yet”, her brother told me.