Escuela de Administración Pública Name: Paula Andrea Morales Garzón

Pregrado Date: 23 September 2021_____

Núcleo de Lenguas Student ID number:_1016067113 ___
English I. First –mind term
Tests. Form A

Vocabulary Section
I. Read the sentences about parking and transport in the city of Sydney, Australia. For
questions 1-5, choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space. (5 marks)

1 Many motorists pay for parking with they´re_ mobile phones.

A. theirs B. they’re C. their

2 Bicycle lanes are_ very popular in the city.

A. IS B. are C. am

3 Sydney has_ got a big network of bus services.

A. has B. are C. have

4 People buy monorail tickets in__ every station.

A. at B. on C. in

5 Walking is an_ important mode of travel.

A. the B. a C. an

II.

II. Match the adjectives with their opposites. Write opposite adjective on the line provided. (5
marks)

1. Big. ___________SMALL_________ 6. Ugly ___BEATIFUL________

2. Short ___________LONG________ 7. Young ___OLDER_______
3. Fast ___________SLOW__________ 8. Expensive. _CHEAP______
4. Old ___________YOUNG__________ 9.Good. _BAD____________
5. Right ___________WRONG________ 10. Happy. __SAD_______

III. Match the questions with the corresponding answers. (5 marks)

A.On the coffee table...I think.

B Yes, OK.

C No, I’m not.

D It’s cheap.

E It starts at 8:00 p.m.

F Yes, he is.

G They’re fine.

H No, she hasn’t.

Grammar Section
I. Peter is at the City car Hire office. Read the conversation and complete the
woman’s question. You can give the answers. (10 marks)
Woman: Hello, 1. ________What is your name?
Peter. Peter.
W: 2. ___what is your last name?
P: Matheson
W: 3. Can you spell it____?
M-A-T-H-E-S-O-N
W: 4. __what is your profession?
P: I’m a doctor
W: 5. He is married_?
P: Yes, I am. I’m married
W: 6. ____Where are you from_?
16 New Road, Oxford.
W: 7. _what is your phone number_?
P: My mobile number? Its 07947 336621
W: Sorry, could you 8. Repeat it, please?
P: 07947336621
W: 9.____what is your e-mail?
It’s pmatheson@webmail.com
W: __Thank you____________________.

II. Read the following text and fill in the gaps with an appropriate word. (5 marks)

Dear Sir / Madam,

I stayed 1.___HOSTED______ the Grand Hotel last week 2.__THE DAYS___ Tuesday to
Thursday. I think I left a gold ring 3._IN my hotel room. I in room 309. It 4.____THINK_be in the
cupboard next 5._NEXT TO_the bed. Please you look for it? 6. ___IF you find it, can you send it to
me
Thank you very much,

Celia Hicks.

Dear Ms Hicks,
I’m pleased to tell you 7.___IF___ we found your ring. It was 8.__IN_____ the bathroom
9._ABOVE___a towel. I’m 10.________ it to you with this letter.
We hope you enjoyed your stay at the Grand Hotel. We look forward to seeing you here again
soon.

Yours sincerely,
Helen Dunn
Receptionist

IV. Read the following paragraph and fill in the gaps with the appropriate word.
( I, you, etc) or ( my, your, etc) ( 5 marks)

1.__My_____name’s Ute Kuhlman. I’m a student at the Greenwood school of English. My friend Heike is
also a student here. She is very kind. 2 .__HIS LAST__surmane’s Schmidt and 3.____SHE ___I’s from
Germany. Pierre and Elizabeth are students here too. 4.________THEY ____A’re from Paris and
5.___THEIR___children at the school in London. We’re in an elementary class. 6.____HIS___________
teacher’s name is Alan and he is from America.

Reading section
I. Read the compositions and then answer the questions. (10 marks)

Seumas McSporran is a very busy man. He is 60 years old and he has 13 jobs. He is a postman, a
fireman,a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman in the morning and in the afternoon he is an
ambulance man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, a barman, and an undertaker. Also, he and his wife
Margaret, have a shop and a small hotel.
 Seumas lives and works on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 120 people live there
but in summer 150 tourists come by boat every day.

Seumas and Margaret have a son his name is George, he is 25 years old, he is tall, thin and very
handsome, his telephone number is (051) 876-902, he is a journalist for the island’s newspaper and
he is also a mechanic. He is single but with a girlfriend. She is Loretta.

1) How old is Seumas?

_____HE IS 60 YEARS OLD_______________________________
2) What do Margaret and Seumas have?
_______________________________________________________________________
3) How many activities does Seumas do?
______________________________________________________________________

4) What is the name and location of the island?

______________________________________________________________________
5) How old is George?
______________________________________________________________________

II. According to the reading, say if the following statements are True (T) or False
(F).

1) Seumas is a very busy man ( V)

2) He is an architect ( F)
3) 150 people live in the island ( F)
4) Gigha is in the west of Ireland ( V)
5) George is married ( F)