INSTITUTO LA SALLE FLORIDA

NAME: ……………………………. COURSE: 3rd CAD JUNIOR GRAMMAR

DATE: February 20th, 2008 TEACHER: CESAR RUIZ DE AZUA

DECEMBER FINAL EXAM

In this test you will be asked:

 To read, understand and carry out the instructions provided
 To use the different tenses, and conditional forms appropriately
 To use passive voice and relative pronouns appropriately
 To understand a text and make good questions about it
 To write good sentences to form a paragraph
 To be neat and write clearly

A.- COMPLETE THE PARAGRAPH WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB IN BRACKETS.
+ A woman from La Mesa, California, WENT (go) to Tijuana, Mexico, to do some shopping.
Everybody KNOWS (know) that there ARE (be) a lot of dogs in the streets near the shopping areas.
The woman TOOK (take) pity on a little one and OFFERED (offer) it a few bites of her lunch, after
which it FOLLOWED (follow) her around for the rest of the afternoon. When it WAS (be) time to
return home, the woman HAD BECOME (become) so attached to her little friend that she couldn’t
bear to leave him behind. Knowing that it was illegal to bring a dog across the international border, she
HID (hide) him among some packages on the seat of her car and MANAGED (manage) to pass
through the border checkpoint without incident. After arriving home, she GAVE (give) the dog a bath,
BRUSHED (brush) his fur, then RETIRED (retire) for the night with her newfound pet curled up at
the foot of her bed. When she WOKE (wake) up the next morning, the woman NOTICED (notice)
that there WAS (be) some mucus around the dog's eyes and some foaming at the mouth. Afraid that
the dog might be sick, she rushed him to a nearby veterinarian and returned home to await word on her
pet's condition. His reply WAS (be) brief and to the point. "First of all, it ISN’T (be/not) a dog – it IS
(be) a Mexican sewer rat. And second, it IS DYING (die)."

B.- COMPLETE THE PARAGRPAH WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERB, ACTIVE OR
PASSIVE.
+ When the Airbus 380 landed at the airport, many jobs WERE DONE (do) before it TOOK (take) off again.
The cabin WAS CLEANED (clean) and the damaged seats WERE REPAIRED (repair). A bus BROUGHT
(bring) the passengers to the plane.
+ Sometimes children DON’T TRAVEL (not travel) with an adult but on their own, and they ARE LOOKED
(look) after by a stewardess.
+ At this restaurant, tomorrow, all main courses WILL BE SERVED (serve) with vegetables or salad.
+ The new ship will sail from Buenos Aires to Montevideo next week, as it WAS PLANNED (plan).

C.- READ THE TEXT AND MAKE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. THE UNDERLINED WORDS ARE
THE ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS.
Mark Twain is one of the most famous writers in American literature. He started working in 1847 when his
father died.
Mark Twain was born on November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. He was the fifth surviving child of John
and Jane Lampton Clemens.
Halley's comet was visible at the time of his birth. Mark Twain died on April 21, 1910, in Redding,
Connecticut of angina pectoris. President Taft said: “He has made an enduring part of American literature."
Mark Twain married Miss Olivia L. Langdon from Elmira, New York in 1870. Olivia died on June 7, 1904.

1º WHEN DID HE START WORKING?

2º WHERE WAS MARK TWAIN/HE BORN?
3º WHAT WAS VISIBLE AT THE TIME OF HIS BIRTH?
4º WHY DID HE DIE/ WHAT DID HE DIE OF?
5º WHAT HAS MARK TWAIN/HE MADE?
6º WHO DID HE MARRY?

D.- COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT CONDITIONAL.

1. If Harrison and Smith hadn’t lost their passports, …OWN STUDENT’S IDEAS.
2. If Julian bought a house in Egypt, …………………OWN STUDENT’S IDEAS…..
3. If you leave ice-cream in the sun, ………………… OWN STUDENT’S IDEAS…..
4. If I win the lottery ………………………………… OWN STUDENT’S IDEAS…...
5. If he passes all his exams in February, …………… OWN STUDENT’S IDEAS.…..

E.- COMPLETE WITH THE CORRECT RELATIVE PRONOUN:

WHO, WHICH, WHEN OR WHERE.
1. Jack Nicholson, WHO has already won two Oscars, will never work on a new film.
2. Films WHICH are not made in Hollywood usually have open endings.
3. This is the bar WHERE people have a drink every day.
4. 1987 was the year WHEN I was very fat.
5. People WHO are vegetarian don’t eat meat.

F.- INVENT: WRITE ABOUT YOUR LAST EXPERIENCE IN EGYPT.

WRITE ABOUT 5 OR 6 LINES. BE CREATIVE.
OWN STUDENT’S IDEAS ...……………………………………………………………….................................
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