EXTERNATO MARISTA DE LISBOA

WRITING TEST – GRAMMAR AND WRITTEN PRODUCTION

OCTOBER 2022 – 10.1C – CORRECTION VERSION 1a: “When schools and colleges…”

1. Complete the sentences with the phrasal verbs. Use one word from List A and one from
List B. Mind the correct form of the verb. Write only the answer in your answer sheet.
List A   break | get | hand| note | stay | try
List B   behind | down | in | in | out | up

a. Break up
b. Get in
c. Hand in
d. Note down
e. Staying behind/to stay behind
f. Trying them out

2. There is a mistake in every of the following sentences. Spot it and write only the correct
version of the word in your answer sheet.
a. everyday
b. lives
c. useful
d. writing

3. Correct the mistake in each question. Write the whole sentence in your answer sheet.
a. Did they stay at that hotel?/ Have they stayed?
b. Have they ever thought about changing their mindsets?
c. How much did/does a Ferrari cost?
d. She doesn’t wear peculiar clothes, she merely thinks outside the box.

4. Make object or subject questions as indicated. Write only the answer in your answer
sheet. As stressed in class you had to respect the tense originally given.
a. Who visits Burma every year? (subject question)
b. What does Teresa visit every year? (object question)
c. Who has adopted a growth mindse? (subject question)
d. What has Sean adopted? (object questions)
e. What was deemed as complicated? (subject question)
f. How was the story?/What was the story deemed as? (object question)
5. Complete the sentences with the singular or plural NOUN form of the verbs given in
capitals. Write only the answer in your answer sheet.
a. MOTIVATION
b. EXPLANATIONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
c. CONNECTION/PREPARATION
d. SELECTION/CONCENTRATION
e. RECOMMENDATIONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

6. Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets in the -ing form or the to-infinitive.
Write only the answer in your answer sheet.
a. To save
b. using
c. traveling
d. drinking
e. to look

WRITTEN PRODUCTION

When given instructions you have to follow them through and thoroughly.
You had to define the mindset you have in a meaningful way, not lightly, like
saying that people with a fixed mindset are always sad or don’t have many friends…
You were asked your PERSONAL opinion and arguments to support YOUR
experience and not what happens to PEOPLE, OR THEM, OR THEY, OR YOU. “I”
should be the focus.
If given a limit of words you can’t afford to repeat the sentence given: it is
completely unnecessary.
Don’t use exclamation marks, this is not a rally, and neither are you shouting.
 EXTERNATO MARISTA DE LISBOA
WRITING TEST – GRAMMAR AND WRITTEN PRODUCTION
OCTOBER 2022 – 10.1C – CORRECTION VERSION 1a: “Some students enjoy…”

1. Complete the sentences with the phrasal verbs. Use one word from List A and one from
List B. Mind the correct form of the verb. Write only the answer in your answer sheet.
List A   break | get | hand| note | stay | try
List B   behind | down | in | in | out | up

a. Staying behind/to stay behind

b. Trying them out
c. Note down
d. Hand in
e. Break up
f. Get in

2. There is a mistake in every of the following sentences. Spot it and write only the correct
version of the word in your answer sheet.
a. writing
b. everyday
c. useful
d. lives

3. Correct the mistake in each question. Write the whole sentence in your answer sheet.
a. She doesn’t wear peculiar clothes, she merely thinks outside the box.
b. Did they stay at that hotel?/ Have they stayed?
c. How much did/does a Ferrari cost?
d. Have they ever thought about changing their mindsets?

4. Make object or subject questions as indicated. Write only the answer in your answer
sheet. As stressed in class you had to respect the tense originally given.
a. What was deemed as complicated? (subject question)
b. How was the story?/What was the story deemed as? (object question)
c. Who has adopted a growth mindse? (subject question)
d. What has Sean adopted? (object questions)
e. Who visits Burma every year? (subject question)
f. What does Teresa visit every year? (object question)
5. Complete the sentences with the singular or plural NOUN form of the verbs given in
capitals. Write only the answer in your answer sheet.
a. EXPECTATION
b. JUSTIFICATIONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
c. INTERACTION/PREPARATION
d. EXPLANATIONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS/ CONCENTRATION
e. RECOMMENDATIONSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

6. Complete the sentences using the verbs in brackets in the -ing form or the to-infinitive.
Write only the answer in your answer sheet.
a. drinking
b. to look
c. to save
d. traveling
e. using

WRITTEN PRODUCTION

When given instructions you have to follow them through and thoroughly.
You had to define the mindset you have in a meaningful way, not lightly, like
saying that people with a fixed mindset are always sad or don’t have many friends…
You were asked your PERSONAL opinion and arguments to support YOUR
experience and not what happens to PEOPLE, OR THEM, OR THEY, OR YOU. “I”
should be the focus.
If given a limit of words you can’t afford to repeat the sentence given: it is
completely unnecessary.
Don’t use exclamation marks, this is not a rally, and neither are you shouting.