INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa – Marzo 2020

NAME:
1st Year

1 TIME: 2 hours

A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

WRITE THE CATEGORY NUMBER IN THE BOXES. There are two extra words. 10 x 0.1 = 1 mark

PARTS OF THE VERBS ADVERBS

BODY   

slowly good leg

foot hand teach
big read badly
well

MATCH A LINE FROM “A” WITH A LINE FROM “B”. Write the corresponding
4 x 0.25 = 1 mark
number from B in the box. There is one extra phrase in column B.

A B B
a She likes 1 any parks in this town?
b Are there 2 the station?
c Can you 3 taking photos.
d Excuse me. Where’s 4 a hotel near your house?
5 use a computer?

COMPLETE THE DIALOGUES WITH THE CORRECT EXPRESSIONS. There is

4 x 0.25 = 1 mark
one extra expression in each box.

At a café
Tom: Excuse me. We only have one chair. 1) ___________________  Bless you!
Woman: Yes, of course.  You’re welcome.
Tom: Thanks very much.  Can I take this chair,
Woman: 2) ___________________________ please?

In a clothes shop
Shop assistant: Can I help you?  How much are they?
Katie: Yes, please. 3) _________________________________  I’ll take it.
Shop assistant: Yes. They’re over there near the door.  Do you have any blue
Katie: 4) _____________________________ jumpers?
Shop assistant: They’re $30 each.

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CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION a, b or c. TO COMPLETE THE BLANKS. 4 x 0.25 = 1 mark

1- She lives _____ West street. a) at b) on c) to

2- _____ people over there are my parents. a) That b) These c) Those
3- Vera’s sister is _____ engineer. a) a b) --- c) an
4- Lisa lives in Canada. _____ house is really old. a) His b) Her c) Your

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT KATE WITH THE CORRECT TENSE OF

10 x 0.2 =2 marks
THE VERBS IN BRACKETS. Use the Simple Present or the Simple Past

My neighbour’s name is Kate. She 1) (be)__________ an architect and she 2) (work) ________ in an office near
my house. She 3) (have)__________ two daughters. They’re ten years old and their names are Bella and
Jennifer. Kate 4) (not take)_________________ them to school every morning because she sometimes travels
for work. The girls 5) (love)__________ sports and they can play tennis very well. They can also paint very nice

pictures. Last year they 6) (go)__________ to Paris on holiday. They 7) (visit) __________ the Louvre Museum
and they 8) (see)__________ beautiful paintings, but they 9) (not see)_______________ the Mona Lisa. There
were a lot of people there! One evening, they were at a restaurant and they 10) (meet)__________ the famous
tennis player Rafael Nadal. They were really happy!

COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS IN THIS CONVERSATION. Use the Simple

5 x 0.4 = 2 marks
Present or the Simple Past

Pam and Julia are at work.

Pam: What 1) ____________________ last weekend? (you/do)
Julia: I was at Jimmy’s party.
Pam: 2) ____________________ good? (it/be)
Julia: Yes, great! We danced a lot.
Pam: 3) ____________________ too? (Carol/go)
Julia: No, she didn’t. She visited her parents last weekend.
Pam: Where 4) _______________________? (they/live)
Julia: They live in a small town near Bristol.
Pam: 5) _________________________ beautiful? (Bristol/be)
Julia: Yes, it’s very nice.

READING. Read this text and circle T for true or F for false 5 x 0.4 = 2 marks

It is seven oclock in the morning in Chennai, in the south of India. Lavindya always has her morning bath before
school. But she doesn’t have a bath at home. She has a bath in a small pool outside with her best friend, a baby
elephant! Lavindya lives at Arignar Anna Zoo with her parents, brothers and sisters. Her father is a ¨mahout¨- he
works at the zoo and he is a special keeper for the baby elephants. Lavindya is only six years old, but she can control
the elephants and she has a very special friendship with them. At eight o’clock in the morning, Lavindya goes to
school, but she doesn’t travel on a school bus. She rides an elephant to school. The elephant carries her backpack.
After school, Lavindya plays football with the elephants. In the evening, she goes to bed with them – friends together
in the day and friends together at night!

1. The text is about a boy from India. T F

2. Lavindya loves elephants. T F
3. Elephants play football at Arignar Anna Zoo. T F
4. Lavindya has a shower with her best friend every morning. T F
5. She doesn’t go to school by bus. T F

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 PART B

WRITING 10 marks

Use 50 to 80 words to write an ARTICLE about Caroline.

Paragraph 1 Name Caroline

Age 29
Job shop assistant / clothes shop
talk / people from different countries
Languages English / Spanish / French
Paragraph 2 Live small flat / centre / city
Transport to work bus
Work 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Paragraph 3 Evening have dinner / watch TV
Weekends play tennis / her neighbour
go out / friends

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CATEGORY: 1-foot, hand, leg 2-read, teach 3-slowly, well, badly EW: big, good
MATCH: a-3 b-1 c-5 d-2
DIALOGUES: 1-Can I take this chair, please? 2-You’re welcome. 3- Do you have any blue jumpers? 4- How much
are they?
CIRCLE:  1-b 2-c 3-c 4-b
TENSES: 1-is 2-works 3-has 4-doesn’t take 5-love 6-went 7-visited 8-saw 9-didn’t see 10-met
QUESTIONS: 1-did you do 2-Was it 3-Did Carol go 4-do they live 5-is Bristol
READING: 1-F 2-T 3-T 4-F 5-T

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