UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE INGENIERÍA

Dirección de Responsabilidad Social y Desarrollo Sostenible CEPS UNI

Pionner British Beginners Level: Basic 5 / Midterm Exam

Name: __Braulio Raul Orellana Livimoro___ Teacher: Livia Quispe Rodríguez

I. GRAMMAR

A. COMPLETE WITH COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLTIVE (4pts)

- I think the green jacket is __more modern__ (modern) than the blue jacket.
- Yesterday was my __worse___ (bad) day than today.
- Soccer is the ___most popular___ (popular) sport in my country.
- This TV show is ___more interesting____ (interesting)
- The elephants are the ___biggest___ (big) animals.
- Vegetables are __healthier___ (healthy) than candies.
- My Young brother is ___taller___ (tall) than my father.
- This the ___best___ (good) film that I saw.

B. READ THE SENTENCES AND WRITE: SO / BECAUSE (3pts)

- It´s a great restaurant ___because__ the food here is cheap and good.
- We didn’t go to their party ___because___ they didn’t invite us.
- The weather is hot __so___ the children are swimming.
- I’m staying in bed today __because__ I´m very tired.
- He was late __so___ he will have to take a taxi.
- I’m too busy __so__ I can’t go to the cinema.

II. VOCABULARY AND COMMUNICATION

C. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ALTERNATIVE (5pts)

Astronomy – endangered – safe – colourful – lonely – equipment – fur – result –
gliding – agree

- Betty is very ___lonely____. She hasn’t got any friends at school.

- Nowadays, many animals die because people kill them for their _fur_.
- I don’t ____agree_______ that you buy ____endangered_____ species.
- What kind of ____equipment___ do you need to go rock climbing?
- My sister likes this blouse. It’s very ___colourful___.
- As a __result____ we didn’t buy any Clothes.
- _____Astronomy____ is a very old science.
- Please, don’t go hang ____gliding_______. It isn’t a __safe__ sport.

D. READ AND ASSOCIATE (4pts)

- Excuse me, I need a smaller size. ( c ) a. Forty - five pounds and twenty pence
- How much are the sneakers? ( a ) b. Do you need a bigger size?
- I like these blue jeans. ( d ) c. Sorry, we’ve only got large.
- This isn’t fit me! ( b ) d. What size are they?

III. READING

E. READ AND WRITE: TRUE / FALSE (4PTS)

- Michael E. Brown gave Pluto its name. ( F )

- Pluto became the ninth planet in our solar system in 1930. ( T )
- Astronomers discovered Eris in 2005. ( T )
- Eris is smaller than Pluto. ( F )
- Pluto is closer to the Sun than Eris. ( T )
- Eris is a dwarf planet because it’s close to Pluto. ( F )
- Michael E. Brown’s book is about how Pluto got its name. ( F )
- There were nine planets in our solar system many years ago. ( T )