English Evaluation - 1° Trimester

Level Baccalaureate
School Year 2023 – 2024 Grade:

Name: ____________Last Name: ____________________________ Date: ____________

Subject: English Course: 2º BGU Level: Elementary
Teacher: Miss Ileana Reinoso Reyes.

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Use a blue or black ink pen.
2. Do not scratch nor use liquid paper. If you made a mistake, circle the incorrect answer
and write below it “ERROR”, then continue writing the answer.
3. Do not copy other classmates or your test will be invalidated immediately.

VOCABULARY SECTION

1 Read the sentences carefully and choose the correct option to complete each sentence. (1 pt. Each
one / 6 pts.)
1. She was _____ of her sister’s beauty. 4. A few people were ________ off the bridge.
a. Envious. a. Mountain Biking.
b. Excited. b. Quad Biking.
c. Cross. c. Bungee Jumping.
2. I felt incredibly ______ of myself for getting 5.During the day, the temperature in the
so angry. Sahara _____ can reach 50°C, but at night it
a. Embarrassed. sometimes falls to below 0°C.

b. Ashamed. a. Cave.

c. Confused. b. River.

3. Before riding a motorcycle, you must wear a c. Desert.

_________. 6.You can collect seashells from the ______ in
a. Helmet. the Maldives, but you can’t take coral pieces.

b. Rope. a. Shore.

c. Life Jacket. b. Cliff.

c. Shallow.
2 Look at the pictures and match with the correct word from the box below. There is one extra word.
(1 pt. Each one / 4 pts.)

Shallow Rocky Dinghy Rucksack Steep

GRAMMAR SECTION

1 Put the verbs into the correct form. (Past Simple). (1 pt. Each one / 3 pts.)

1. We ___________ (be) very lucky with the weather.

2. Where ____________ (you/spend) your last holiday?
3. I ______________ (not do) my math homework yesterday

2 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in brackets. (1 pt.
Each one / 4 pts.)

1. He __________________ (drive) very fast when the police ____________________ (stop) him.

2. It ____________________ (rain) when we _____________________ (leave) home.

3. What ________ you ________ (do) when I ________________ (call) you last night?

4. I _______________________ (try) to sleep when the doorbell _______________________

(ring).

3 Circle the correct option to complete the sentences with a verb or noun. (1 pt. Each one / 3 pts.)

1. These tips are great for the develop / developer / development of personal skills.
2. Companies will want to employ / employment / employee them.
3. Most people watch TV for entertain / entertainment / entertation and not to learn anything.
LISTENING SECTION

Listen to two friends chatting about a television series Then, complete the following exercises.
1 Match the characters (1–5) with what the speakers say about them (a–e). (1 point each one /5 pts.)
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/b1-listening/chatting-about-series

Characters What the speakers say about them

1. …… The dragon a. did something that wasn’t very surprising.
2. …… Jaime b. looked impressive.
3. …… Bronn c. is not the woman’s favorite character any
more.
4. …… Tyrion
d. never does anything we expect.
5. …… Cersei
e. almost died.

2 Listen again and circle the best answer for each question. (1 pt. Each one / 5 pts.)
How often does the woman watch the show? What does the man think of the story?
a. always a. It’s very well written.
b. sometimes b. Too many characters died.
c. We don’t know. c. He can’t remember much about it.

How has the woman’s opinion of the show What is the one negative thing about the show
changed over time? for the man?
a. It’s become more positive. a. They spent too much money on the special
effects.
b. It’s become less positive.
b. The episodes were too short.
c. It hasn’t changed.
c. There weren’t enough episodes.

Why does the man think the writers have

fewer ideas for stories now?
a. Because they’re saving their ideas to make a
Hollywood film.
b. Because they aren’t copying the books.
c. Because they’re copying the books.
READING SECTION
Read the text and complete the following exercises.

Reading text: The legend of fairies

(1) Fairies today are the stuff of children’s stories, little magical people with wings, often
shining with light. Typically, pretty and female, like Tinkerbell in Peter Pan, they usually use
their magic to do small things and are mostly friendly to humans.
(2) We owe many of our modern ideas about fairies to Shakespeare and stories from the 18th
and 19th centuries. Although we can see the origins of fairies as far back as the Ancient Greeks,
we can see similar creatures in many cultures. The earliest fairy-like creatures can be found in
the Greek idea that trees and rivers had spirits called dryads and nymphs. Some people think
these creatures were originally the gods of earlier, pagan religions that worshipped nature.
They were replaced by the Greek and Roman gods, and then later by the Christian God, and
became smaller, less powerful figures as they lost importance.
(3) Another explanation suggests the origin of fairies is a memory of real people, not spirits. So,
for example, when tribes with metal weapons invaded land where people only used stone
weapons, some of the people escaped and hid in forests and caves. Further support for this
idea is that fairies were thought to be afraid of iron and could not touch it. Living outside of
society, the hiding people probably stole food and attacked villages. This might explain why
fairies were often described as playing tricks on humans. Hundreds of years ago, people
actually believed that fairies stole new babies and replaced them with a ‘changeling’ – a fairy
baby – or that they took new mothers and made them feed fairy babies with their milk.
(4) While most people no longer believe in fairies, only a hundred years ago some people were
very willing to think they might exist. In 1917, 16-year-old Elsie Wright took two photos of her
cousin, nine-year-old Frances Griffiths, sitting with fairies. Some photography experts thought
they were fake, while others weren’t sure. But Arthur Conan Doyle, the writer of the Sherlock
Holmes detective stories, believed they were real. He published the original pictures, and three
more the girls took for him, in a magazine called The Strand, in 1920. The girls only admitted
the photos were fake years later in 1983, created using pictures of dancers that Elsie copied
from a book.
1 Are the sentences true or false or is the information not given? Circle the correct answer. (1 point
each one / 5 pts. )
a. Fairies are not usually male.
True False Not given
b. Newer religions changed how people thought of fairies.
True False Not given
c. People used iron to protect themselves from fairies.
True False Not given
d. People thought very good babies were presents from the fairies.
True False Not given
e. Arthur Conan Doyle created some fake photos.
True False Not given

2 Circle the best answer for each question. (1 point each one / 5 pts. )
1. In paragraph 1, the word they refers to … 3. In paragraph 2, the word They refers to …
a. fairies. a. pagan gods.
b. children. b. pagan religions.
c. stories. c. Greek and Roman gods.

2. In paragraph 2, the words these
creatures refer to …
a. tree and rivers.
b. the spirits of trees and rivers.
c. the Ancient Greek people.
4. In paragraph 3, the words this idea refer
to …
a. the idea that fairies were based on
people.
b. the idea that fairies used metal weapons.
c. the idea that fairies used stone tools.

5. In paragraph 3, the word This refers to …

a. the fact that fairies were thought to be
afraid of iron.
b. stolen food.
c. the possibility that hiding people stole
food and attacked villages
SPEAKING SECTION (10 pts. )

Describe the picture above. Grammar: ___ / 2

• Say who? what? where? Vocabulary: ___ / 2
• You must use phrases for speculation. Pronunciation: ___ / 2
Fluency: ___ / 2
Interactive Vocab:___ / 2

While describing try to use linking words such as, whereas, however, while, despite, nevertheless,
etc.

After describing, answer the following questions.

• Would you like to try this activity? Why / Why not?

• Can you tell me about the last time you did an outdoor activity?
WRITING SECTION (10 points)

1 Write an email invitation to a friend, asking them to come on a camping weekend with you and a
few other friends. Remember to include.
• The date, time and place of the weekend.
• Suggestions for things to do.
• A request for your friend to bring something (e.g. tent, sleeping bag, cooking equipment)

Write at least 140 words. Use linking words such as, whereas, however, while, despite, nevertheless,
etc.

Grammar: ___ / 2
Punctuation: ___ / 2
Coherence: ___ / 2
Spelling_ ___ / 2
Word order: ___ / 2

MISS ILEANA REINOSO LCDA. LAURA MARTÍNEZ

ENGLISH TEACHER ENGLISH COORDINATOR