LICEO BICENTENARIO POLITECNICO “CESÁREO AGUIRRE

GOYENECHEA”
CALAMA - CHILE

FIRST ENGLISH TEST 4th

UNIT: “DISCOVERIES AND CREATIONS”.
E mail:laguirre.b9@comdeseduca.cl
NAME : MARK:
GRADE :4th DATE : 5 TH

October .
IDEAL SCORE : 30 Points YOUR SCORE :

INSTRUCCIONES:
* La guía consta de 2 partes con ejercicios diversos en la primera parte Grammar Review
acerca de la voz pasiva y Reading Comprehension en unidad de Cuarto Medio
“DISCOVERIES AND CREATIONS”
* En la primera parte Grammar Review los estudiantes cambias las oraciones escritas en
voz activas a voz pasiva.
En la segunda parte: READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES
 En el ítem 1; los estudiantes leen el texto y lo completan con los verbso en voz
pasiva dados en erl el recuadro.
 En el ítem 2; leen el texto cuidadosamente y extraen información para referirse a los
numeros dados.
 El ítem 3: ejercicio de verdadero y falso donde deben justificar las falsas.
 Puedes usar el diccionario en línea: www.wordreference.com

Learning Aim: To read and identify main ideas and supporting information in an article
about “Inventions” to demonstrate comprehension by making connection s with the text.
To Identify and use the passive voice in it is three basic forms in present and past tense.
EXERCISES:
Change these sentences into passive present voice.
1.- People produce cars in this factory.

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2.- The farmer grows carrots in his field.

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3.- Mrs. Rojas milks her cow twice a day.

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4.- Alexander plays golf every Sunday morning.

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5.- Marcos takes a lot of nature phots at weekends.

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6.- Everyone in this class loves and respect Diana.

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7.- Lukas and Luciano reads story books every day.

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8.- Peter and Megan eat ice-cream three times a week.

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9.- The Hamilton cook turkey on special days.

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10.- Mr. Oven cleans our street every morning.

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11.- A mechanic repairs your car in his garage.

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12.- Mr. Ward sells fresh meat in his shop.

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13.- Most women watch TV series at home.

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14.- Eva’s mother brushes her hair every morning.

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15.- People cut down more and more trees every day.

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16.- Policemen catch and arrest thieves an robbers.

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READING COMPREHENSION ACTIVITIES:
I.- Complete the text with this verbs
THE INVENTION OF GLASS.

is made - was invented (x2) – is used (x2)

Glass ____________________ in the Middle East more than four thousand years ago.
It ___________________by heating together sand and various chemicals. The mixture
gets harder as it becomes cold, but it never becomes completely solid. In some ways, glass
is like a very thick liquid. Old windows are thicker at the bottom than of the top, because
the glass slowly runs down over the years.
Glass can be made into many different shapes. Centuries ago, the ancient Egyptians
discovered how to shape glass around a core to make bottles. Then, in 100 BC, the
blowpipe _____________________. It is still used today for blowing glass into beautiful
shapes.

Nowadays, we use glass for many different things. It _______________ for windows, and
it also polished and shape to make eye-glasses, telescopes, cameras and microscopes.
Glass _________________to make windows because it is transparent. But if we want to
see through it clearly, it must have a very smooth surface. A British scientist, Alastair
Pilkington, invented a new process to produce large sheets of smooth glass in 1956.
Glass is not only transparent, but also brittle- it breaks into sharp pieces very easily . For
example in cars, we need special safety glass. It’s got a lot of layers so that it doesn’t break
into pieces.

1. Read the article. What do these numbers refer to?

a) 4,000: _____________________________________________________________.

b) 100: ______________________________________________________________.

c) 1956: _____________________________________________________________.

2.- Read the article again. Are the sentences true or false. Justifying the false ones.

a) Glass is made of sand: _________________

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b) Glass isn’t really solid: _________________

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c) The ancient Egyptians made glass bottles: ____________________

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d) In 100 BC, people could see clearly through glass windows. ________________

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e) Glass was invented by Alastair Pilkington:_____________________

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f) Car windows break into very dangerous piece:___________________

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THE STORY OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY.

The statue of Liberty Enlightening the world was a gift of friendship from the people of
France to the people of the United States and is a universal symbol of freedom and
democracy.
The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886, designed as a National
Monument in 1924 and restored for her centennial on July 4, 1986.

Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned in 1876.

When Bartholdi got back to Paris, he made a small model.
Statue was a woman, It was called Liberty.
It was declared as a symbol of freedom in the new world.
The statue skeleton was constructed from strong steel.
The Statue’s steel framework was made by the French engineer Gustave Eiffel, better
known as the man behind the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
Many people worked together, some of them on Liberty Head and Crown.
Other worked on the right hand and the torch.
The arm holding the torch was sent to Philadelphia.
The Liberty head was shown at the world fir in Paris.
Visitors were able to climb inside . In this way money was raised to pay the statue.
The Statue of liberty was constructed in Paris France.
It took nine years before it was completed in 1884.
The Statue was reduced to 350 individual pieces and it was packed in 214
Crates.
The crates were carried by train and then put on a ship to America.
The Statue was reassembled on her new pedestal in four months time.
On October 28th , 1886, the declaration of the Statue of Liberty took place in front of
thousands of spectators. She was a centennial gift ten years late.