English Language II (Practicas Discursivas en Ingles II). English Teaching Training Career. IES Aguilares.

LANGUAGE AND GRAMMAR: FAKE TEST

Prepositions of time: in, on, at

in on at

days of the
week: onThursday, on Fri
years: in 1998, in 2012 day the time: at 7.30, at 8 o'clock

religious
dates: on 28 June, on 25 festivals: atEaster, at Christ
months: in January, inFebruary October mas

parts of a
named day: onMonday points in time: at the
parts of the day: in the morning, in the morning, onThursday beginning, at the end of the
afternoon,in the evening, BUT at night evening, on Friday night week

seasons: in spring, insummer, in autumn, inw

inter

Prepositions of place: in, on, at

in on at

in contact with a surface:

inside an area or space: on the wall, on the table, onthe close to:
in the city, in the sky, in bed floor at the table, at the bus stop

forms of transport:
on a bike, on a bus, on a
forms of transport: train, on the metro, on a
in a car, in a taxi, in a helicopter plane, on a ship

before nouns referring to a place

or position:
at the top, at the bottom, atthe
front, at the back, at the
beginning, at the end, BUTin the
middle

arrive in a city, country: arrive at a small place:

arrive in London, arrive at the station, at the
arrive inFrance meeting, at the office

to express 'towards':
look at something,
point atsomething,
smile atsomeone
i) USE OF ENGLISH: OPEN CLOZE. Complete the following texts with the most appropriate
word.
A. Gap Year.
By now you've arrived at school and I hope (1) ________ you're feeling comfortable in your new
surroundings. I remember (2) ________ excited I was when I went abroad for the first time. I don't
know (3) ________ your experience will be like mine but I did think that you (4) ________ being a
little optimistic when you predicted that you (5) ________ n't be homesick at all. I imagine (6)
________ you may start to feel a little lonely in the next few weeks. Just (7) ________ case, I'm
attaching a leaflet on "culture shock”. It explains (8) ________ you might have certain feelings and
tells you (9) ________ to do about them.
Anyway, I'm sure that you'll have a great time in England - but always remember (10) ________
you can rely on me if you need anything.

B. Moving home.
I think one of (1) ________ most difficult things to do is to move house, especially when you have
(2) ________ somewhere all your life. As well as leaving your home, you also have the problem of
packing everything into boxes. You don't realise how (3) ________ you have until you have to pack
it all up! We (4) ________ moving house in about two weeks' time so I know what I'm talking about!
My father (5) ________ found a new job in another village about a hundred kilometres from here.
He has (6) ________ looking for an opportunity like this (7) ________ a long time so the whole
family agreed that we should move. Our house is (8) ________ sold, and my parents have (9)
________ found a new one. It is much bigger than the one we live in (10) ________ the moment.
My sister and I will have our own rooms, (11) ________ I’m glad about because she has been
annoying me lately. She is (12) ________ borrowing my clothes without asking me. She isn't very
glad about moving, but I' quite excited about it, and I don't (13) ________ I'll mind about living in
a new town.

II) VERB FORMS. Circle the correct verb forms.

III) PREFIXES. Write the correct missing prefix. Some of them are used more than once.

IV) GIVING OPINIONS, AGREEING AND DISAGREEING. Put each phrase a-h in the
correct place to complete the conversation.
V) VOCABULARY

1 Complete the sentences with the words from the box.

boring challenging exciting flexible glamorous repetitive rewarding stressful
0 My work is very _repetitive. I put the tops on toothpaste tubes.

1 Because I work at home my hours are very __________.

2 Being a model is a very __________ job. You get to wear all those lovely clothes!

3 I hate being an interviewer. It’s so __________. People always say the same things.

4 Dealing with difficult patients is very __________!

5 I want a __________ job. A job that keeps me working hard.

6 Working with sharks is very __________ but very dangerous.

7 Nobody notices what I do and the money isn’t very good. My job isn’t very __________.

2 Add the word that goes in each sentence. Pay special attention to the preposition.
0 I want to gain _fluency__ in six languages.

1 I have no __________ of working in a bank but I can learn fast.

2 Your chances of promotion will __________ on how hard you work.

3 As the new Marketing Manager, I will be __________ for the whole marketing department.

4 Do you have any __________ of accountancy? If not, we’ll need to send you on a course.

5 What do you __________ for in an ideal candidate?

6 From next week you will __________ to Sarah Smart in Room 412.

VI) VERB TENSES. Write the correct form of the Past Simple or Present Perfect. Use each verb once.

Arrive go have hear do read tell invite come explain buy visit take look at
UNIT TEST 3A KEY
1 1 flexible / 2 glamorous / 3 boring / 4 stressful / 5 challenging / 6 exciting / 7 rewarding

2 1 experience / 2 depend / 3 responsible / 4 knowledge / 5 look / 6 report

3 1c / 2e / 3a / 4f / 5d

4 1 have known / 2 have arrived / 3 hasn’t been / 4 have been seeing / 5 Have (you) been looking / 6 has been
investigating / 7 hasn’t finished / 8 has been losing / 9 has (your dog) not been eating

5 1 glad you / 2 knowing/finding out/hearing / 3 going into / 4 on / 5 That’s / 6 (now) about / 7 think about / 8 to
know / 9 hadn’t/haven’t / 10 wondering / 11 might ask/would ask/’d ask / 12 more / 13 ’m sorry/’m afraid