EXAMEN RECUPERACIÓN INGLÉS 3 EVALUACIÓN

NAME: ________________________________________________________________

3 ESO ____ DATE:___________________

GRAMMAR _____/ 31

1. Complete the sentences with the PRESENT SIMPLE, PRESENT CONTINUOUS OR PRESENT

PERFECT FORM of the verbs in brackets (8).

My cousin 1 ______________ (want) to be a famous opera singer since he was a baby. He’s actually really

good and we all 2 ______________ (believe) that he’ll get there one day, but right now he 3 ______________

(recognise) that it’ll be difficult. At the moment he 4 ______________ (study) in a music school in New

York.

Next week, he 5 ______________ (take) part in a concert at the Metropolitan Opera House, which 6

______________ (hold) 3,800 people. A singer’s life isn’t easy. My cousin often 7 ______________ (have)

to practise for weeks before an event. He says he 8 ______________ (not have) a real break for two years.

2. Join the two sentences to make sentences with DEFINING OR NON-DEFINING RELATIVE
CLAUSES. (3)

 The Nile runs through several countries. It is the longest river in Africa.

 Gandhi was born in 1869. He became India’s nationalist leader.

 I sent an email to my brother. My brother lives in Australia

3. Put the following sentences into REPORTED SPEECH (4)

 “Why didn’t you feed the cats yesterday?, my mother asked me.

 “The castle will be closed to visitors tomorrow”, the guide said.

 Sally asked me:”Does your dog stick his head in cupboards?

 “They’ll play much better with a new manager” Anna argued.

4. Put the following sentences into the PASSIVE VOICE: (3)

1. David is going to give me a bunch of flowers tomorrow morning.

2. They had already offered me an increase of salary.

3. This man should read better the directions of use of the medicine.
5. Complete the sentences with the verbs from the list in the correct form. Use the CONDITIONALS. (8)

BE---- DO----- HAVE -----FREEZE -----NOT BE ------NOT HAVE----- NOT GO ------RISE

1. I ____________________ near that dog if I were you!

2. If you’d been in that situation, what ____________________ you ____________________?

3. Every year, when the temperature drops below zero, the lake ____________________ over.

4. Be a bit more careful next time or you ____________________ sorry!

5. If I ____________________ more time, I’d take up a musical instrument.

6. If we’d booked a hotel in advance, we ____________________ any problems finding accommodation

yesterday.

7. I ____________________ surprised if people stopped visiting the town centre.

8. When the sun ____________________, these nocturnal animals all disappear.

6. Rewrite the sentences using have/get something done. (5)

1. Central heating is going to be installed in our house next month.

2. Sam’s burglar alarm was fitted last week.

3. My car is being repaired at the moment.

4. The band’s new single has just been recorded.

5. Our new furniture is going to be delivered tomorrow.

 6. Complete the story with the past simple, past continuous, past perfect form or used to form of the
verbs in brackets (8).

When I was younger, we 1 ________________ (go) to the same hotel every summer. One day I 2
_________________ (walk) back to the room when I realised that I 3 _______________________ (leave) my
key inside the room. I 4 __________________________ (know) my sister was in there. First I 5
________________________ (try) knocking gently on the door but soon I 6 ________________________
(kick) the door to try and get my sister’s attention After about two minutes, an angry woman 7
________________________ (open) the door. I 8 __________________________ (make) a mistake – it was
the wrong room!