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1st POLIMODAL

TEST OF ENGLISH JULY 2011 1. READ the text and WRITE YES or NO .

Paper
Paper has many uses. People draw on paper. People paint on paper. People write on paper. People clean with paper. People make boxes out of paper. People blow their noses on paper. Books are made of paper. Magazines are made of paper. Some money is printed on paper. Sandpaper is made of paper. Wallpaper is made of paper. Some paper is made from plants. Some paper is made from cotton. Some paper is made from bamboo. Some paper is made from wheat. Most paper is made from trees. 95% of paper is made from trees. Some paper is made from pine trees. Some paper is made from oak trees. Some paper is made from maple trees. Some paper is recycled. When paper is recycled, new paper is made from old paper. Some people say they work in paper-free offices. Some people think computers will take away the need for paper. But people will always need to blow their noses. People will want to sand surfaces with sandpaper. People will want to paint or draw on paper. People will want to put things in paper boxes. So, people will probably need to use paper for many more years.

1. YOU CAN DO MANY THINGS WITH PAPER. _____________ 2. PAPER IS ONLY MADE FROM TREES. _____________ 3. PAPER CAN BE RECYCLED. _____________ 4. PAPER WON T BE USED IN THE FUTURE. _____________ 5. COMPUTERS WILL REPLACE PAPER. _____________

* GRAMMAR. 2. ORDER the words to make FULL sentences.

1. TO / HE/ SCHOOL/ AT 7:30/ GOES. 2. UP/ WHAT/ DO/ GET/ YOU/ TIME/ ? 3. DOES/ STUDY / HARD/ NOT/ HE. 4. ?/ YOU/ HOMEWORK/ DO/ DO/ YOUR/ AT NIGHT/ 5. WAS / MY MOTHER/ IN 1964/ BORN. 6. I / NOT/ GO/ DID/ ON HOLIDAYS/ THIS YEAR. 7. ?/ HE/ WATCH/ DID/ TV / IN THE MORNING / 8. ? / IS/ NOW /PLAYING/ YOUR BROTHER/ TENNIS? 9. NOT/ YOU / LISTENING/ ARE/ TO ME. 10. AN EXAM/ AM / I / DOING _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________

3. CHOOSE the best alternative. (A, B or C)

1. He 2. I TV everynight. .. reading an interesting book. a) watch a) am b) watchs b) is c) watches c) amn t

3. 4. Jack 5. He didn t 6. You and I are 7. My family

he go to school yesterday? .. innocent. those things. these exercises. to Salta in July. . in the school team. . a lot for this test. he have lunch?

a) was a) wasnot a) buy a) do a) go a) play a) studying a) did

b) does b)wasn t b) bought b) doing b) going b) playing b) studied b) was

c) did c) were c) buys c) does c) went c) plays c) studied c) does

8. Teresa and Mike 9. I 10. What time

4. COMPLETE these sentences and WRITE their PRESENT and PAST forms.
1.* PRESENT SIMPLE: PRESENT CONTINUOUS: PAST SIMPLE: I . (WORK) in a school. at the moment . last year.

2. PRESENT SIMPLE: PRESENT CONTINUOUS: PAST SIMPLE:

What

.. you

. (DO)? now? yesterday?

3. PRESENT SIMPLE: PRESENT CONTINUOUS: PAST SIMPLE:

He

NOT

.. (RUN) in the morning. this morning. in the previous marathon.

4. PRESENT SIMPLE: PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

John

. (WASH) the cups and plates in his house. ...... now. 2 days ago.

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PAST SIMPLE: .............................................................................................................................