Exercise/bachilleratopractice tests/test4 TEST 4

TESTS PARA PRACTICAR PARA EL EXAMEN FINAL DE BACHILLERATO (1º Y 2º)

A)varios ejercicios de gramática:

1.- Pasiva a Activa: Those students are being taught English by a native.

………………………………………………………………………………………

2.- Estilo Indirecto. Joanne said, “I can’t send you the e mail today because my computer has broken.”

………………………………………………………………………………………

3.- Causative HAVE / GET. Helen asked the window cleaner to clean all the windows. He is doing it now.

………………………………………………………………………………

4.- Conditional: If it ………………. (NOT RAIN) in the next two months, there …………….
(BE) a serious drought in Spain.

5.- Tenses of the verb. After we ……………… (FINISH) supper, we …………….. (SIT) in the
living room to watch TV. But while we …………….. (WATCH) the film, a light bulb
…………….. (EXPLODE). Luckily, no-one………………. (BE) hurt.

6.- Modal verbs. Use these modal verbs to replace the expressions in capital letters in the
sentences below. It can’t have been I needn’t have gone I shouldn’t have gone
it might have been it must have been
1.- If my brother passed the exam, I AM SURE THAT IT WASN’T very difficult. In fact, I AM
SURE THAT IT WAS very easy.
2.- Which university did Ben go to? IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT WAS London. I can’t remember.
3.- While I was at university, I went to all the lectures although IT WASN’T NECESSARY FOR
ME TO GO – they weren’t compulsory.
4.- IT WAS WRONG OF ME TO GO to that party last night. I’m really tired this morning.

7.- Infinitive or gerund. Do you mind ……………. (OPEN) the window? It’s very
stuffy in here. In fact, it’s too stuffy …………. (BREATHE). Stuffy = mal ventilado, cargado, sofocante)

8.- Verbs: John ………………….. (NOT / HAVE TO) work last Thursday because it
…………(BE) a Bank Holiday. But next week he ……………….. (WORK) every day,
including Saturday and Sunday

9.- Relative pronouns. Join the two sentences.

María was staying with her boyfriend. He has a big house in Marchamalo.
………………………………………………………………………….

10. Word Building / Wish

Our last holidays in Asturias were really ……………………. (ENJOY).
I wish we ………………….. (CAN) go again soon.

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TEXT
The Dream That Wouldn’t Go away. (Select 4)
On the night of 15th May 1979, David Booth of Cincinnati, USA, suddenly woke up screaming. “It’s going to
crash!” He had just had a terrifyingly real nightmare. In it he saw an American Airlines jet with three engines trying to
land. The plane then suddenly rolled over on its back and crashed in flames.
“It was like I was standing there, watching the whole thing,” booth said later.
For the next seven nights, he had the same dream. Finally, on May 22nd, he decided to ring American Airlines.
They said they couldn’t justify grounding their whole fleet of aircraft simply because of one man’s recurring dream.
Booth couldn’t argue with that. Nevertheless, he rang Cincinnati Airport. There he was taken more seriously. An airport
official, Ray Pinkerton, said later, “ He certainly didn’t sound like some sort of crank so we asked him to come in and
describe his dream in more detail.”
On 24th may, Booth was interviewed by Pinkerton and his assistant Paul Williams for 45 minutes. The entire
interview was tape-recorded.
Williams later commented, “The plane he described was either a Boeing 727 or a Douglas DC10 belonging to
American Airlines. He then described exactly how it crashed. He became
Quite upset almost as if he’d seen people dying.”
Pinkerton and Williams were both impressed by Booth’s story and his obvious sincerity. But they agreed there
was nothing they could do, except keep the tape recording.
The very next day, 25th May, American Airlines flight 191, a three-engined DC 10, was given permission to
land and O’Hare Airport, Chicago. It was 300 feet off the ground when the plane suddenly turned sharply, rolled over
on its back, dived and then crashed in a mass of flames. 273 people were on board. There were no survivors.

QUESTIONS
1 Answer these questions in your own words. (4 marks)
1.- What did David Booth dream about?
2.- Why were the officials at American Airlines unable to do anything?
3.- How did Pinkerton prove that booth had predicted the crash?
4.- What happened the day after Booth’s discussion with Pinkerton and Williams?

2 Find words in the text that mean the same as these expressions. (1 mark)
1.- bad dream
2.- madman

3 Choose the correct alternative in these sentences. (2 marks)

1.- I think that a plane
a) is crashing soon
b) will crash soon
c) will be crash soon

2.- In ten years’ time

a) I will been to university
b) I will have been to university
c) I will have be to university

3.- People sometimes predict things in

a) dreams
b) his dreams
c) the dreams

4.- That dream

a) will probably not come true
b) will likely not come true
c) is bound not come true

4 Write one of these opinion essays in about 100 words. (3 marks)

a) “There is no truth in fortune-telling or astrology.” Do you agree?
b) “Everyone needs to know how to use a computer.” What do you think?
c) “Space research is a waste of money.” Do you agree?

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ANSWERS

1.- A native is teaching those students English

2.- Joanne said that she couldn’t send me the e mail that day because her computer had broken.
3.- Helen is having the windows cleaned
4.- If it doesn’t rain in the next two months, there will be a serious drought in Spain.
5.- After we had finished supper, we sat in the living room to watch TV. But while we were
watching the film, a light bulb exploded. Luckily, no-onewas hurt.

6.- Modal verbs. Use these modal verbs to replace the expressions in capital letters in the
sentences below I shouldn’t have gone

1.- If my brother passed the exam, It can’t have been very difficult. In fact, it must have been very
easy.
2.- Which university did Ben go to? it might have been London. I can’t remember.
3.- While I was at university, I went to all the lectures although I needn’t have gone – they weren’t
compulsory.
4.- I shouldn’t have gone to that party last night. I’m really tired this morning.

7.- Do you mind opening the window? It’s very

stuffy in here. In fact, it’s too stuffy to breathe). Stuffy = mal ventilado, cargado, sofocante)

8.- John didn’t have to work last Thursday because it was a Bank Holiday. But next week he is
working / is going to work every day, including Saturday and Sunday

9.- María was staying with her boyfriend, who has a big house in Marchamalo.
10. Our last holidays in Asturias were really enjoyable.
I wish we could go again soon.
TEXT
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1. He dreamt about a plane crash
2. Because it was impossible to ground all the planes.
3. Because he had taped /recorded the conversation he had with Mr Booth.
4. An American Airlines DC 10 crashed just in the same circumstances as in
Booth’s dream or nightmare.

2.-
1 nightmare 2 crank

3.- 1 B 2 B 3 A 4 A