ESCUELA TECNOLOGICA INSTITUTO TECNICO CENTRAL

VICERRECTORIA ACADÉMICA
ENGLISH 2 – DM2A – SECOND EXAM

Language in Use

PART 1 – GRAMMAR IN USE (10 marks)

A. Read the sentence or question and choose the correct option.

1. We were members of the club.

a. Excellent, when did you register?

b. Nice news! let’s go, ask for a lend in the bank.
c. Sorry but I can’t hear you.
d. In the afternoon are the club meeting

2. They were good friends for many years.

a. when did you start your relationship?

b. that sound great, let me know about your correlatives
c. its all, finish today.
d. I wanted a teddy bear to celebrate.

3. You worked very hard last week

a. I was working to get money.

b yes, playing is heathy.
c. amazing, we are going to be.
d. I woke up late, sorry.

4. He worked in his garden yesterday.

a. maybe he was fire off.

b. that garden is always beautiful.
c. is difficult to understand, what are you saying?
d. he enjoys rides his horse.

5. She waited almost an hour for you.

a. But when we met she was happy

b. That is terrible, I always use my watch to wake up and got early at work
c. My mom says that I am a clueless guy
d. Its hard! the weather is terrible.
 B. Read the paragraph and choose the correct option.

I 0. woke up around 8:30 am in the morning yesterday.

When I 6. __________ at the clock I said “Oh, I am getting
late for the Yoga class and my teacher is going to punish me
for this”. It 7. _________ the first time for me to be late for
the class and my teacher would get angry with me just
because of the same reason: coming late to the class.
Anyway, I 8. __________ my teeth and put on my clothes
immediately and went to catch my bus. As soon I reached
there I was shocked to see that the bus had already left taking
all the passengers from the bus stop. I 9. __________ on the
bench and I was very worried. I had been waiting there for
the next bus for an hour, but there was no sign of it. I 10.
__________ so frustrated and disappointed, and I didn’t
know what to do. Just then one car stopped near me and my
friend Charlie called my name. I was very excited to see him,
because we hadn’t seen each other for the long time.

Example: 0 woke

6. a. looked b. was looking c. was looked d. look

7. a. wasn’t b. did not c. was d. did

8. a. was brushing b. brushed c. was brushed d. brush

9. a. sat b. was sitting c. was sat d. sit

10. a. felt b. was felting c. were felt d. fell

PART 2 – LANGUAGE USE – VOCABULARY (10 marks)

A. Read the paragraph and complete it with the corresponding word from the box. There are two extra words
you don’t need to use.
Anna's holiday 0. Was great last summer. She stayed in a college in England for two weeks. She 11.
Had classes in the mornings and in the afternoons, she did some sports like 12 swimmimg or tennis.
Was
In the evenings she often went dancing or 13. watching films with her new friends. At weekends they
swimmimg
drove to some interesting places. Once they visited Markwell Zoo where they 14. saw some beautiful
animals. Anna didn’t like the food at the college but that wasn´t a problem. She 15. met a lot of had
people and learnt some English. All the students in her class were sorry to go home. They all met
promised to come back next summer. theatre
watching
saw
audience

B. Match the two columns. There are two options you do not need to use. (5 marks)

16. __F___ where did you go last week? A. three blocks to north are a quiet place.
17. __E__ what did you were yesterday? B. I ate with my girlfriend.
18. __D__ Did you do anything interesting last week? C. I left at half past five.
19. __C___what time did you leave? D. I tried bungee jumping.
20. __B___ who did you eat with yesterday? E. I only wore a hat, Why?
F. I visited my aunt.
G. sometimes the life is too hard.
PART 2 – READING (10 marks)
Martins’ vacations

Martin had a terrible day yesterday. it was the day of his

vacation to Spain, but it was a nightmare. He left the house at
10 o’clock in the morning and caught a taxi to the airport.
Martin went to check in with his luggage. when the man who
worked for the airline asked for his passport. martin became
very upset. Where was his passport? Martin realized he did not
have his passport with him. What disaster.
He jumped back into the taxi and told the driver to take him
home. The driver drove quickly, and Martin arrived back at his
house in twenty minutes.
He ran into the house and went into his bedroom. he found his
passport on bedside table and left the hose again, but the taxi
was not there! Where was the taxi!
Martin jumped up and down angrily. “I don’t believe it. The
taxy eft. He shouted. He ran down the street and looked for
another taxi.
After a few minutes, Martin found another taxi and told the
driver to take him to the airport as quickly as possible. The
traffic on the roads was very bad and, unfortunately, Martin´s
taxi arrived at the airport late. His plane left for Spain at 11:30
and Martin missed it. He was very sad and went to speak to the
airline. They promised to get him a seat on an evening flight and
Martin went home o another taxi to wait.
 Select true or false.

21. Martin wanted to travel to Spain T F

22. Martin took his passport with him T F

23. Martin had to come back home T F

24. Martin lost his taxi, after he back home T F

Answer the questions.

25. How did Martin get to the airport the second time?

Martin taken another taxi.

26. Why did he arrived late to the airport?

Because there was how much traffic.

27. When did he realize that he didn’t have his passport?

When the man who worked for the airline asked for his passport.

28. What time did he leave his house?

He left the house at 10 o’clock in the morning

29. Where was Martin going on vacation?

He was going to Spain.

30. How long did it take to go back to his house in the taxi?

Martin arrived back at his house in twenty minutes.

 ESCUELA TECNOLOGICA INSTITUTO TECNICO CENTRAL
VICERRECTORIA ACADÉMICA
ENGLISH 2– SECOND EXAM

ANSWER KEY

LANGUAGE USE (20 marks) (1 mark each) READING (10 marks) LISTENING (10 marks)
1 A 11 had 21 T 31
2 A 12 Swimmimg 22 F 32
3 A 13 Watching 23 T 33
4 B 14 Saw 24 T 34
5 B 15 met 25 35
6 B 16 F 26 36
7 A 17 E 27 37
8 C 18 D 28 38
9 C 19 C 29 39
10 B 20 B 30 40

WRITING (10 marks)

Write about the best vacation time you enjoyed the most.
Example. In June 2009 I went to Cartagena and there I swam in the …..

In December 2008 I went on vacation to Santa Marta, it was the first time I saw the sea, it
was a very beautiful experience, it is something that cannot be bought with anything, seeing
how immense it is something indescribable, plus we met with me family many beautiful
places like beaches, monuments and the aquarium.
We were also able to eat very delicious and typical dishes of the region, it was a trip that I
remember a lot even though it was a long time ago.