San Pedro Apostol School English Language 3rd Year May 2012 Consolidation Test - Use of English

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GRAMMAR FINAL SCORE: __________/100 A. Complete the following sentences with the correct form of USED TO / BE/GET USED TO and the verb in brackets. Watch out negative forms!!!(1x10=10marks) 1. Tom__________________________ (take) the bus to go to work, now he walks. 2. We haven't seen Bob very often since he got a promotion. He's very busy. He _______________________(not be) so busy. 3. I've just got my first job. It's exciting but I'll have _______________________ (work) regular hours. 4. It is difficult for Tom to drive in England. He ______________________ (drive) on the left-hand side of the road. 5. People from India usually find our food tasteless. They ____________________________ (eat) spicy food. 6. Computers __________________________ (be) very expensive. Now the prices are more reasonable. 7. English has become international. Businessmen ___________________________ (speak) English at international meetings. 8. During my childhood, I ____________________________ (spend) a lot of time with my grandparents. 9. Maria _______________________ (think) that she would never ________________________ (live) in New York. B. MIXED VERB TENSES: put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense. (1x25=25marks)

a. Last summer I 1) .. (visit) the United states. I 2) ..... (look forward) to the trip for ages, and I 3) .. (enjoy) myself very much. On the 4th of July a friend 4) . (suggest) we go and watch the fireworks. I 5) .. (see) fireworks before, but I 6) .... (never/experience) anything like the spectacle we 7) . (witness) that night.

b. Sarah 8) . (leave) school two years ago and for the last year she 9) ..... (look) for a decent job. She 10) . .. (hope) to find work as a secretary but as she 11) ...... (never/do) a secretarial course before, I think she 12) (have) some difficulty in finding such a job.

c. A: Where 13) .. (you/be) lately? The last time I 14) .. (see) you 15) (be) two years ago. B: 16) . (move) to London 18 months ago I 17) .. (work) as a nurse there since then. A: Oh really! I How 18) . (it/go)? B: Great! I 19) .... (enjoy) it very much at the moment, although at first it 20) (be) very hard.

d. A: I 21) (have) a party tonight. Would you like to come? B: Id love to, but unfortunately I 22) .. (already/arrange) to go out for dinner. A: What 23) .. (you/do) tomorrow? B: Not much, I think a friend 24) ... (come) to visit me in the morning, but I 25) .. (not/have) any plans for later in the day.

C. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between TWO AND FIVE WORDS, including the word given. (2x10=20marks) 1. Emmas helping to produce the new software. involved Emma the new software.

2. Doctors now know why the disease spreads so quickly. figured Doctors ... why the disease spreads so quickly.

3. This screwdriver is too small for what Im trying to do. enough This screwdriver . .. for what Im trying to do.

4. The magician moved his hands too quickly for me to see what he was doing. so The magician moved his hands .. .. not see what he was doing.

5. We havent been able to solve the problem yet. found We havent the problem yet.

6. I wonder what theyre going to think of next. come I wonder what theyre going .. . next.

7. Ive been calling him all morning but the lines engaged. through I havent been able to .. all morning.

8. It is so far to my school that I cant possibly walk. such It is .. to my school that I cant possibly walk.

9. The computer was too expensive for me to buy it.

enough I money to buy the computer.

10.

Weve got so used to electrical appliances that we dont even think about them.

granted Weve got so used to electrical appliances that .. .

VOCABULARY D. For questions 1-15 read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space. Circle your answer.(1x15=15 marks) AN UNHAPPY HOLIDAY Julia and James had a church wedding in the early spring. For their honeymoon they went on a (1) . in the Greek islands. It was a very modern (2) and there was even a swimming pool on one of the (3) . . they had an enormous (4) with a bathroom and a bedroom. Julia was a bit (5) about travelling by ship because shed seen the film Titanic a few weeks before. She wanted to (6) that there were enough lifejackets and lifeboats before they left the port just in case anything (7) wrong. For some reasons James found this very (8) and they started to (9) the most terrible rows on the very first day. Julia could hardly believe that this was the same man she had (10) in love with a year before. He had never shown any sign of being so (11) when they were just going (12) together. She began to (13) ever having married him. To make matters even worse, James started to (14) with some of the other young women on board. He danced with one of these women all evening on the last night and that made Julia decide that the only solution was to split (15) with James and start her life all over again.

1. A voyage 2. A ferry

B cruise B tankers C liner

C travel D yacht

D journey

3. A decks 4. A compartment 5. A sensitive 6. A prove 7. A did 8. A irritation 9. A fight 10.A felt 11.A impatient 12.A away 13.A repent 14.A flit 15.A away

B docks B flat B nervous B confirm B made B irritated B do B fallen B unconscious B over B regret B flight B out C up

C storeys C room C fed up C secure C had C irritating C make C found C surprising C through C relieve C flirt

D floors D cabin D overcome D check D went D irritate D have D fault D thrilling D out D respect D float D apart

E. Fill in the gaps in the following text with the correct form of the words in CAPITALS. (1x10=10marks) I always wanted to be a great (1).. .I had these dreams of SCIENCE discovering a (2) new drug that would save the lives of REVOLUTION hundreds of people. Unfortunately, I was never very (3).. CREATE and I kept producing these horrible smells at school and the teacher used to get very cross with me. After a while, I decided I would become an (4) .. and design INVENT an amazing new (5) which would become a household PRODUCE name. My parents were quite encouraging, but in my school years, I didnt make a slight (6) . Some years later, I had a brilliant idea for a IMPROVE pen which would write upside down and would be a great (7) . ACHIEVE

I showed my pen to an important local company, and tried to convince them that it would be highly (8) .. to their sales figures. To my BENEFIT (9) .. the manager of the company pointed out that it DISAPPOINT was not a new (10) .., and showed me their DISCOVER top-selling pen!

F. Choose the correct word (phrasal verbs and prepositions? Plus vocabulary) (1x10=10marks) 1. Most large planes have four jet . A. gadgets B. engines C. machines D. powers

2. You cant always depend .. the trains arriving on time. A. in B. on C. by D. of

3. Ill have to get my before I can repair your bike. A. devices B. appliances C. gadgets D. tools

4. The company is currently a more powerful microchip. A. achieving B. developing C. discovering D. inventing

5. Have you applied the job you saw advertised last week? A. to B. with C. for D. about

6. This car is so . It can go hundreds of kilometers on one tank of petrol. A. resourceful B. capable C. efficient D. effective

7. Weve got an .. cooker, so we couldnt use it during the power cut. A. electric B. electronic C. electrical D. electrifying

8. We re into new ways of increasing our effectiveness. A. coming B. looking C. putting D. breaking

9. My stereo is . so we can take it to the beach with us. A. mobile 10. B. portable C. movable D. transporting

She . time and didnt finish the last question. B. ran out of C. ran out for D. ran out on

A. ran up of

G. Look at the ten words for feelings below. One goes with each situation (1-10). Decide which feeling describes in each situation. (1/2 x 10= 5 marks) annoyed - grateful - guilty - embarrassed - jealous - lonely miserable nervous - relieved - stressed

1. You are in the dentists waiting room. .............................. 2. You are at the bus stop. The bus is ten minutes late. .............................. 3. Your friend has a new mobile phone, and you want one like it. .............................. 4. You are on a course in another city. You dont know anybody. .............................. 5. You get the results for an exam. You have passed. .............................. 6. You have too much to do and not enough time to do it in. .............................. 7. You want a day off work or school. You phone and say you are ill. .............................. 8. You have a problem and your friend helps you. .............................. 9. Your friend is very unhappy because of family problems. .............................. 10. Someone trips you in the school hallway as a joke . H. Put one of the words below in each space. (1/2 x 10= 5 marks) cast - character - credits - critic - location - plot - script set - soundtrack - stunt 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Its ......................................... in the American West, but it was shot in Spain. The scenery is lovely, the acting is good, but the ........................................... is rubbish. Its got a great .............................................. Johnny Depp and Keira Knightley star in it. The dialogue was hilarious. Who wrote the ..............................................? Wait I have to see the ........................................... . I want to know who played the police chief. 6. Hes 35 but the .............................................. he plays is over 50, so he needs a lot of makeup. 7. The music was really great it won awards for the best ................................................ . 8. When he did the bungee-jump off a dam that was a great ............................................... . 9. Every ........................................... hated that film, but it made a lot of money at the boxoffice. 10. Well film the interior shots in the studio, and then were on ................................... in Romania. CONSOLIDATION TEST MAY 2012 3RD SPA KEY GRAMMAR A. PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THE APPROPRIATE FUTURE FORMS. (1X12=14MARKS) 6. are used to eating 1. used to take 7. used to be 2. didn't use to be 8. are used to speaking / have got used to speaking 3. to get used to working
4. isn't used to driving 5. used to ride 9. used to have 10. used to spend 11. used to think - get used to living

B. MIXED VERB TENSES: PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE. (1X25=25MARKS) a. 1. visited 2. had been looking forward 3. enjoyed 4. suggested 5. had seen 6. have/had never experienced

7. witnessed b. 8. left 9. has been looking 10. hopes 11. has never done 12. will have/is going to have

16. moved 17. have been working 18. is it going 19. am enjoying 20. was d. 21. am having 22. have already arranged

c. 13. have you been 14. saw 15. was

23. are you doing/are you going to do 24. is coming/will come 25. dont have

C. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. (2x10=20marks) 1. [is involved in][ producing] 2. [have][figured out] 3. [is not][ big enough] 4. [so quickly][ that I could] 5. [found the solution][to] 6. [to come up][with] VOCABULARY D. 1B, 2C, 3A, 4D, 5B, 6D, 7D, 8C, 9D, 10B, 11A, 12D, 13B, 14C, 15C E. Fill in the gaps in the following text with the correct form of the words in CAPITALS. (1x10=10marks) 1. SCIENTIST 2. REVOLUTIONARY 3. CREATIVE 4. INVENTOR 5. PRODUCT 6. IMPROVEMENT 7. ACHIEVEMENT 8. BENEFICIAL 9. DISAPPOINTMENT 10. DISCOVERY 7. [get through][to him] 8. [such a ][long way] 9. [we take them][for granted] 10. [did not][ have enough]

F. Choose the correct word (phrasal verbs and prepositions? Plus vocabulary) (1x15=15marks)

1. B 2. B 3. D

4. B 5. C 6. C

7. A 8. B 9. B

10. 11. 12.

C C B

13. 14. 15.

C D B

G. 1. nervous 2 annoyed 3 jealous 4 lonely 5 relieved 6 stressed 7 guilty 8 grateful 9 miserable 10 embarrassed H. 1 set 2 plot 3 cast 4 script 5 credits 6 character 7 soundtrack 8 stunt 9 critic 10 location