HAVANA MEDICAL SCIENCES UNIVERSITY

CALIXTO GARCÍA MEDICINE FACULTY.

LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT.
COURSE 2023. First Period.
Medicine CAREER. First YEAR.
ENGLISH I Test

Professor staff:
Yasmany Rodríguez, Instructor Professor
Melissa Valdes, Training teacher
 Oral Part

Objective Content Possible Key

answer - Give 5 points if
the students …
To assess Be ready to be interviewed
the by an English professor The students Speak creatively
students concerning one of the should answer and coherently
oral skills following topics: the given with fully
through questions and appropriate
an A- My family present a brief cohesive
interview. B- I am a medical oral features, develop
student. presentation in the given topic
C- My country which they fully and properly,
comment using the
about one of vocabulary with
Questionnaire A the given full flexibility and
pictures, by precision, use a
1-Who do you live with? making use of full range of
2-Who is your favorite family the simple grammar
member? present, structures
What do you like to do with affirmative or properly keeping
him/her in your free time? negative a correct verbal
3- Do you have statements. tense
siblings/cousins? They must put consistency, and
4- How old are they/he /she? into practice a use a correct
5- What are/is his/her/their vocabulary range of
name(S)? related with connectives and
6- What can you comment holiday discourse
about the following picture? activities, markers.
things they like If all of the
and dislike , aspects
and descibing mentioned in the
places, family content are used
members. correctly.

If they have just 2

vocabulary errors
or up to 2
mistakes of
pronunciation.
And finally, if the
Questionnaire B dialogue is as
1- Who are you? long as it is
2-Do you work or study? required to
3- What do you like to do in develop the given
your free time? topics.
4- Which is your favorite
subject at school? Give 4 points if
5- Why do you want to be a the students…
doctor? speak creatively
6- What can you comment developing the
about the following picture? topic coherently,
use a wide
vocabulary
resource flexibly
to convey precise
meaning, use
correct
vocabulary
skillfully, with
ocassional
inaccuracies, use
Questionnaire C a wide range of
grammar
1- Where are you from? structures
2-Which is the capital of your flexibly, produce
country? a majority of
error- free ideas
3- What are your favorite with only very
places to go out in Havana? occasional
inappropriatenes
4- What do you think about s or basic/
your country? unsystematic
errors, speak at
5- Do you like Cuban length without
History? effort or loss of
coherence, use a
6- What can you comment range of
about the following picture? connectives and
discourse
markers with
some flexibility,
produce error-
free ideas,
though some
gramatical
mistakes persist.
Accept up to 4
mistakes which
are not
considered
serious for
communication.

Give 3 points if
the students΄…
Have more than 5
mistakes in
 grammar and
pronunciation or
the dialogue does
not provide clear
communication of
the information or
it is not long
enough to
develop the gigen
topic.

Give 2 points if
Students have
many mistakes in
grammar and the
dissertation is not
understandable.
Coherence and
cohesion are
misused.

Objective
Possible
 Content answers Key

Written test: I-Read the text

carefully
I-To assess the
students΄ My dear friend,
reading I am in Russia. I
comprehension really love this
abilities through country.
a true or false Moscow is its
activity. capital and it
looks clean and
beautiful. I have
the opportunity
of visiting
beautiful places
like the Bolshoi
theater. I really
love ballet and
here there are
some of the
best ballet
dancers all over
the world. The
Russian food is
delicious and
the
supermarkets
are quite
different from
those we have
in our country. It
is incredible the
quantity of fresh
fruits that we
can buy. I don’t
understand
Russian but
thanks god I
speak English. I
really love Resolución3 2015
walking in the
outstanding
 parks and _T I-The students will
visiting be evaluated as
museums. In _T following:
spite of the fact _F Excellent (5) if
that I am not a they have 6
religious _T correct answers.
person, I enjoy Fine (4) if they
_F
visiting have 5 correct
Orthodox _T answers.
churches. I Not bad (3) if they
have 4 correct
send you a big
answers.
hug. I see you Insufficient (2) if
soon. they have 3 or
less incorrect
1.1-dentify as answe
true or false the Resolución3 2015
following ideas:

_a) He is in a II-The students will be

foreign country. evaluated as
following:
II-to assess the _b) He likes
students’ ballet. Excellent (5) if they
listening have 6 correct
comprehension _c) He is a answers.
by completing religious Fine (4) if they have 5
ideas using the person. correct answers.
Not bad (3) if they
simple past.
_d) He is good Place have 4 correct
at speaking answers.
Friends Insufficient (2) if they
English.
have 3 or less
Great incorrect answers.
_e) He isn’t
comfortable Historical
inside orthodox
churches. Food

_f) He is very House

happy in
Russia.

II- Listen
carefully the
 paragraph
below, then
complete the
sentences with
the missing
information.

Greetings from
Trinidad! I really III-Give 5 points if the
love this students ….
_______. I am
here with my Write creatively and
_______ and coherently with fully
III- To assess we have a appropriate cohesive
the students _______ time.
features, develop the
writing skills This _______
city is topic given fully and
through a properly, using the
wonderful. I
paragraph. really like the vocabulary with full
_______ here. flexibility and precision,
We stay in a use a full range of
private grammar structures
_______.
properly keeping a
correct verbal tense
consistency, and use a
range of connectives
and discourse markers,

if all the aspects

mentioned in the content
are used correctly,

if they have just 2

misspellings or up to 2
mistakes of punctuation

and finally, if the writing

is as long as it is
required. (100 words
must be written)

Give 4 points if the

students ….

III-Write a Write creatively

paragraph in developing the topic
III- The
no less than coherently, use a wide
100 words students
vocabulary resource
should write a
 about one of paragraph in flexibly to convey precise
the following which they meaning, use specific
topics. develop one vocabulary skillfully, with
of the given occasional inaccuracies,
A-I am a
medical topics, by use a wide range of
student. making use of grammar structures
the simple flexibly, produce a
B-My family present ,affir majority of error-free
and I mative or sentences with only very
negative occasional
statements. inappropriateness or
They must basic/unsystematic
put into errors, write at length
. practice a without effort or loss of
vocabulary coherence, use a range
related with of connectives and
daily discourse markers with
activities, some flexibility, produce
things they error-free sentences,
like and don`t though some
like to do grammatical mistakes
(love, like, persist. Accept up to 4
hate), places mistakes which are not
in town or city considered serious for
(museum, communication.
restaurant,
cinema) and Give 3 points if the
frequency students …
adverbs. Have more than 5
mistakes in grammar
and spelling or the
writing does not provide
clear communication of
the information or it is
not long enough (100
words)

Give 2 points if

Students have many

mistakes in writing and
the dissertation is not
understandable.
Coherence and
cohesion are misused.
English Test

Full name: Br. Mark

Read carefully

My dear friend, I am in Russia. I really love this country. Moscow is its capital
and it looks clean and beautiful. I have the opportunity of visiting beautiful
places like the Bolshoi theater. I really love ballet and here there are some of
the best ballet dancers all over the world. The Russian food is delicious and the
supermarkets are quite different from those we have in our country. It is
incredible the quantity of fresh fruits that we can buy. I don’t understand
Russian but thanks god I speak English. I really love walking in the outstanding
parks and visiting museums. In spite of the fact that I am not a religious person,
I enjoy visiting Orthodox churches. I send you a big hug. I see you soon.

1.1-dentify as true or false the following ideas:

_a) He is in a foreign country.

_b) He likes ballet.

_c) He is a religious person.

_d) He is good at speaking English.

_e) He isn’t comfortable inside orthodox churches.

_f) He is very happy in Russia.

II- Listen carefully the paragraph below, then complete the sentences with the
missing information.

Greetings from Trinidad! I really love this _______. I am here with my _______
and we have a _______ time. This _______ city is wonderful. I really like the
_______ here. We stay in a private _______.
Oral Part

Be ready to be interviewed by an English professor concerning one of the

following topics:

D- My family
E- I am a medical student.
F- My country

Questionnaire A

1-Who do you live with?

2-Who is your favorite family member?
What do you like to do with him/her in your free time?
3- Do you have siblings/cousins?
4- How old are they/he /she?
5- What are/is his/her/their name(S)?
6- What can you comment about the following picture?

Questionnaire B
1- Who are you?
2-Do you work or study?
3- What do you like to do in your free time?
4- Which is your favorite subject at school?
5- Why do you want to be a doctor?
6- What can you comment about the following picture?

Questionnaire C

1- Where are you from?

2-Which is the capital of your country?

3- What are your favorite places to go out in Havana?

4- What do you think about your country?

5- Do you like Cuban History?

6- What can you comment about the following picture?

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