EXAM 1º BACH (UNIT 3)

Vocabulary

1. Use the correct phrasal verb to fill the gaps. Pay attention to the words in bold.
(1,5 points)
A: catch / drop / get / go / make / put
B: off / on with / out / over / up for / on
a) The meeting has been ………. till next month. (postpone or do later)

b) I can’t talk to you now because I must ……………….. my essay. (continue doing
something)

c) Before you submit your thesis, I think we should …………. it together. (revise or
check)

d) I don’t eat breakfast but I ………………. it at lunch. (compensate for)

e) After only one year, too many students have decided to …………... their studies.
(leave a course without finishing it)

f) That guy is the most intelligent, he is very quick to …………….. to things.

(understand how to do something)

2. Complete the passage by adding a suitable suffix to words in brackets. (1,5

points)

Private Schools

The ……………. (education) curriculum in many private schools is ……….. (impress).

These schools offer ……….. (create) courses that are ……….. (suit) for students who
are ………… (determine) to excel. However, people, are becoming ………….
(concern) that ………….. (attend) at these schools is only for those who have a lot of
money. The feel that children who are capable of ……………(achieve) the same
…………….. (accomplish) are not being given the chance if they don’t come from a
good …………….. (finance) backgroup. Many people are no insisting on equality in
education, but it’s ……………. (delight) if they will happen everywhere.
3. Complete the sentences with the words bellow. Make the necessary changes. (1
point)
degree / revise / accomplishment / income / support / curriculum / attend
a) Maths is an important part of the school ………………..
b) She has a …………….. in physics from the University of Edinburgh.
c) I have to …………….. because I have an exam tomorrow.
d) Gwen and Harry have two …………….., because both of them are working in a
enterprise.
e) Schools believes that students should want to go to school and their
…………….. shouldn’t only be measured according to a mark.
f) Fortunately, I can depend on my parents to …………….. my decisions.
g) The government don’t approve students …………….. to classes voluntary.

Grammar

4. Complete the sentences with the correct relative pronouns. (1 point)

a) Chistine, …………….. is a chemist, finds her job very interesting.

b) Fast-food restaurants are places …………. you might find a part-time job.
c) The trainee …………… my boss assigned to me is very hard-working.
d) The morning is the part of the day ………….. I get my best work done.
e) Ted didn’t understand the instructions ……….. came in the video game box.
f) The man ……….. son won the marathon is also his coach.

5. Combine the sentences using relative clauses. Make any changes. Omit the
relative pronoun where possible. (3 points)

1. The factory is opening a course. Workers can learn new skills there.

2. Being fluent in a foreign language is a skill. Manu managerial positions require

it.

3. That man is a famous pianist. His concert was sold out in two days.
 4. The package has just been delivered. You were expecting it.

5. Last year was a difficult time. I had to work at two jobs then.

6. My uncle has changed careers several times. He studied education at university.

7. I found a job at a big company. It has a supportive environment.

8. The city buses aren’t very reliable. Many people complain about them.

6. Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use all tenses. (2 points)

a) I _______________ a great film yesterday. (see)

b) _____________________ a new car? (you ever buy)
c) He always _____________________ to the supermarket alone, but today he
_____________________ his son with him. (go, take)
d) He _____________________ in Oxford for two years and when his mother died
he moved to London. (live)
e) When I got up I _____________________ out of the window and
_____________________ that it _____________________ . (look, see, rain)
f) Look at those grey clouds!. It _________________________(snow).
g) He kept looking at her, wondering where he _____________________ her
before. (see)
h) After Harry _____________________ his work he _____________________
Jude from the office. (finish, call)
i) Jack usually _____________________ but he _____________________ when
his father comes. (smoke, not smoke)
j) You _____________________ your homework for two hours. Haven’t you
finished yet? (do)
k) The concert ______________________(start) before I got to the hall.
l) I _______________________(finish) this book by tomorrow evening.
m) I ________________(not play) football since I ______________(be) fifteen
years old.
n) What ________________________(he/do) at 5 p.m. yesterday?