MODULE 02-2023

DIRECCIÓN DE POSGRADOS Y
EDUCACIÓN CONTINUA WRITTEN EXAM
ENGLISH ACADEMY UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGOGICA DE EL Score:
SALVADOR
Level: Intermediate 5, Adults
Teacher: Licda. Celia Olmedo
Student´s name: _____________________________________________________________________
Date:_________________

Instructions. Match the items on the right to the items on the left
Instructions. Choose the correct narrative tense to complete the
sentences below

1. This happened about ten years ago. I _______________ with a

college friend, Sarah, in the country.
a) was staying
b) stayed
c) had stayed
d) have been staying
2. They ____________ an old country house a few miles from
Cambridge
a) recently bought
b) have recently bought
c) had recently bought
d) had been buying
3. and she ______________me down to see it.
a) had invited
b) invited
c) had been inviting
d) was inviting
4. Anyway, it was a dark, winter afternoon and we _____________ in
the sitting room.
a) have been chatting
b) were chatting
c) chatted
d) had chatted
5. Sarah's mum ____________________ a little while earlier, so we
were alone in the house.
a) went shopping
b) had been shopping
c) had gone shopping
d) had been going shopping
6. Then, to our surprise we ____________ someone walking around in
the room above.
a) have heard
b) had heard
c) heard
d) had been hearing
7. But Sarah said, 'Oh I expect Mum _________________ something -
she always does.'
a) has forgotten
b) had forgotten
c) forgot
d) was forgetting
8. So we took no notice and ___________________ talking.
a) had carried on
b) were carrying on
c) have been carrying on
d) carried on
9. Imagine our surprise when five minutes later we looked out the
window and _________Sarah's mum in her car driving up to the
house!
a) had seen
b) saw
c) had been seeing
d) seen
10. So who...or what...______________ around upstairs?
a) had walked
b) walked
c) had been walking
d) was walking
Instructions. Answer the following question; please give me your best
advice.

1. I want to quit smoking. What should I do?

2. I won 100,000 dollars and I don't know how to spend it. What should I do?
3. I gained a lot of weight in last few years. I want to lose at least 10kg. What
should I do?
4. I have just lost my job. I haven't told my husband/wife yet. How should I tell
him/her?
5. My son doesn't want to go to school. He says that his teacher and all other
students hate him. What should I do?
6. My child wakes up very often in the middle of the night. He sleeps usually
during the day. I haven't had any good sleep for weeks. What should I do?
7. I have a headache. What should I do?
8. I hate working. What should I do?
9. I feel sad. What should I do?
10. I want to protect the environment but I don't know how. What should I do?