SKILLS MARKS

Reading
Grammar
Writing
FIFTH YEAR Listening
Speaking
FINAL EXAM DECEMBER 2022 Final Mark
Time Allowed: 2 Hs.
TEACHER: _______________________

STUDENT: _______________________

ID: __________________

Reading
 Grammar

1) ___ A) CAN CREATE B) CAN BE CREATED C) CREATES D) CREATING

2) ___ A) AT B) IN C) OVER D) TO
3) ___ A) NOR B) OR C) BUT D) SO
4) ___ A) UNLESS B) ONCE C) IF D) AS LONG
5) ___ A) WHOSE B) WHEN C) THAT D) WHERE
6) ___ A) HOWEVER B) BESIDES C) DESPITE D) IN SPITE OF
7) ___ A) THAN B) MORE C) LESS D) AS
8) ___ A) OUGHT B) OUGHTN´T C) WON´T D) WILL
9) ___ A) TOO MANY B) TOO FEW C) TOO LITTLE D) TOO MUCH
10) ___ A) MORE EXCITED B) LESS EXCITED C) MORE EXCITINGLY D) MORE EXCITING

II) PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN THE CORRECT FORM. USE MODALS IF NECESSARY.

LEARN TO PLAY THE VIOLIN

“ The best age to start playing the violin is between three and six”, says Margaret Porter, a violinist and
music teacher. “It´s the time when you 1)_____________ (learn) about the world”. Margaret, who lives
in London, 2)_____________ (prefer) to take pupils at three or four, although she has made lots of
exceptions for keen five-year-olds. When she started 3) ______________ (teach) the violin in 1972, her
first class 4) _____________ (consist) of her children´s five-year-old school friends.

Margaret´s pupils have group lessons. Each group 5) ______________ (have) about a dozen pupils and
each lesson lasts an hour, once a fortnight. In addition, each pupil has one individual lesson a week with
her. Parents also have 6) _____________ (attend) the classes. It is important that the parents take an
active interest in the lessons.

From the earliest lessons pupils learn to play by ear. They 7)_____________ ( not try) to read music until
they 8)______________ ( play) for several years, and for a long time there is a big difference between
their playing and reading of music. Margaret says that her method 9) _____________ (not suppose) to
produce great violinists, and always suggests that pupils who perform particularly well 10)
_____________ (leave) and study the violin using more traditional methods.
 6) I find it difficult to work long hours in the summer. USED

I__________________________________________________________________long hours in the summer.

7) “Ok, mum, I won´t use the attic this summer”. PROMISED

I_________________________________________________________________the attic this summer.

8) “Who does this book belong to?” The teacher asked WANTS

The teacher_____________________________________________________________________________.

9) The book was so interesting that I finished it in one day. SUCH

It__________________________________________________________________that I finished it in one day.

10 ) It started raining at seven o´clock this morning and it´s still raining. BEEN

It_________________________________________________________________seven o ´clock this morning.

Writing

Listening

2 Listen to an interview with an expert about UNICEF. Mark the statements T (true) or F (false).
1 UNICEF’s ambassadors include photographers. T
2 A Goodwill Ambassador’s commitment begins when s/he starts working for UNICEF.
3 Youssou N’Dour became an ambassador in 1987.
4 Shakira had already worked in the area of children’s education.
5 The two important things about ambassadors are: they get attention and they make decisions.
6 UNICEF wants children to have health, education, equality and protection.