ENGLISH II

First Term
(Time: 50 minutes)
Student name:_____________________________________________________________ Number of list: ________
Teacher: Rocío Elizabeth Vera Rodríguez. Date: _______________________________________

INSTRUCCIONES: Lee con atención y contesta con tinta negra. No olvides anotar nombre completo y número de lista.
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I. Put in order the words for complete the story

The Three Little Pigs

made tried ate built were lived fell blew was used came

Once upon a time there 1___________ three little pigs. One 2_________ a house with straw, one
3_________ a house with wood and the other 4_________ bricks. One day a big bad wolf 5_________
and 6_________ to destroy the houses. He 7________ on each house. The houses of straw and wood
8_________ down and he 9______ the pigs. The house of bricks 10________ very strong so the final pig
11_______ a long and happy life.

II. Now complete the tables with the past simple verbs from the stories:

Present simple Past simple

12 be ……………………..
13 eat ……………………..
14. make ……………………..
15. build ……………………..
16. use ……………………..
17. blow ……………………..
18. try ……………………..
19. fall ……………………..

III. Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the adjectives in brackets. (follow the next rules)

RULES FOR SINGULAR RULES FOR PLURAL

COMPARATIVES adjective + -er + than more + adjective+ than

SUPERLATIVES the + adjective + -est the most + adjective

20. Brad is the _________________________ (attractive) boy in town.

21. My friends arrived _______________________ (early) than we expected.
22 My dad is the _________________________(hard-working) person that I know.
23. Who is the ______________________ (rich) man in the world?
24.Travelling by plane is ___________________ (fast) than travel by train.
25. His mother is _______________________ (old) than my mother.
IV. Complete the following passage with either the gerund or the infinitive form of the verbs in
brackets. (15 marks)

Dennis was in his first year at university, studying History. He was rather a lazy student and he tended to avoid (26)

________________ (work) whenever he could. In the middle of the term, his history professor gave out an

assignment to be handed in within two weeks. The assignment was quite a difficult one, so his professor advised

them (27) ________________ (start) earlier. Dennis intended (28)________________ (do) the assignment, but he

postponed (29) _________________ (write) it for a week. He had a bad habit of (30) _______________ (delay)

things. The following week, he forgot (31) ________________ (do) it totally.

The night before the assignment was due, he suddenly remembered it and rushed to the library to find the books

he needed. He tried (32) ________________ (read) as much as possible on the topic, but there wasn't enough time.

Dennis considered (33) ________________ (ask) for more time to do his paper, but his History professor was

known to be very tough on students, so he finally decided (34) ________________ (cheat) and copy his paper

from somewhere else. He found an old article on the same topic and quickly typed it out. The next day, he

submitted the paper.

The following week, he was alarmed (35) _______________ (see) his professor approaching him, looking angry.

"Is this your own work, or did you copy it?" asked the professor. Dennis denied (36) ________________ (copy) the

paper. The professor was angry with Dennis for not (37) _________________ (tell) the truth. "If you expect me

(38) ________________ (believe) that, you must be very stupid," said the professor. "Every word is taken from an

article I wrote myself five years ago. Did you really think I would forget (39) _________________ (write) it?"

Dennis couldn’t help (40) _______________ (feel) sorry for telling such a lie.