COLEGIO BILINGE TOLEDO

ENGLISH-GRAMMAR

SEMESTRAL EXAM

ADVANCED LEARNERS

MISS. MARIBEL MENDIETA

NAME:___________________________________________ SCORE: _________

I. CHOOSE THE CORRECT HOMOGRAPH FROM THE BOX AND WRITE IT IN THE
BLANKS, THEN UNDERLINE THE CORRECT MEANING FOR THE HOMOGRAPH.

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match clear change back can

1. Joshua says that he _________ go on the field trip next week.

a. To have permission b. To preserve in a sealed container

2. We had to ___________ the car into the driveway so we could unload the trunk.

a. The rear part of the human body b. To cause to move backwards

3. My mother allowed me to keep the ___________ we got when we paid at the store.

a. To transform or convert something b. Money given back when paying for

goods or services

4. The skies look blue and _________, so it probably is not going to rain.

a. Free from darkness or cloudiness b. Easily seen or understood

5. Grandpa Henderson lit a __________ to start the campfire.

a. A slender piece of wood tipped with b. To fit together, as two things

flammable chemicals

6. Stevens father had to __________ the car before he could get out.

a. An area of land used for rest and b. To place or leave a vehicle in a

recreation certain location for a time

7. The teacher asked us to identify the __________ as igneous, metamorphic, or
sedimentary.

a. A stone made of mineral matter b. To move or sway from side to side

8. On the final exam, we had to __________ information we learned during the whole
school year.

a. To bring back into memory b. to revoke or remove from public use

or office

9. He was so angry that he began to ________ up the papers he received in the mail.

a. To pull apart by force b. A drop of water coming from the eye

10. There were so many dirty dishes in the ________ I thought I would never finish
washing them!

a. To move down lower, especially b. A basin connected to a water supply

under water.

II. WRITE 10 HOMOGRAPH WORDS WITH THEIR PART OF SPEECH AND

MEANING (20 POINTS)

HOMOGRAPH PART OF SPEECH MEANING

III. READ EACH SENTENCE. WRITE WHETHER IT HAS A RESTRICTIVE OR

NONRESTRICTIVE RELATIVE CLAUSE.

40. My mother is the artist who made this beautiful painting. ______________

50. I rode the bike, which is green, all the way to town. ______________

51. George was late again, which means his mother will be angry. __________

52. I met the explorer who made it all the way to the North Pole. ___________

53. Mrs. Henderson, who used to be my teacher, lives in Florida. ___________

IV. COMPLETE EACH OF THE SENTENCES BELOW WITH A RESTRICTIVE OR

NONRESTRICTIVE RELATIVE CLAUSE.

54. (who) A good teacher, ____________________________________.

55. (whose) I am the person ___________________________________.

56. (which) I want to live in New York, __________________________.

57. (who) I know a lot of people _______________________________.

58. (that) I know a shop ______________________________________.

V. ORDER THE WORDS TO WRITE A SENTENCE USING THE CORRECT ORDER

OF ADJECTIVES.

59. rubber/black/ugly boots

________________________________________________________________.

60. new/green/tiny leaves

________________________________________________________________.

61. huge/brick/red building

________________________________________________________________.

62. clear/plastic/large bottle

________________________________________________________________.

63. old/long/yellow raincoat

________________________________________________________________.
VI. READ THE DRAFT OF AN E-MAIL LETTER BELOW. LOOK FOR MISTAKES IN
PUCTUATION AND GRAMMAR. MARK YOUR CORRECTIONS BETWEEN THE
LINED. (10 POINTS)

To the members of the Computer Club:

We will be having a special speeker for our next meeting. Wouldnt it would be
great to have a good turnout for her. Heres the information:

Speakers bio

Jackie Demas is a video game programer with ten years experience in the field.
She now has her own business Demas and Associates. She has been speeking
about careers in the programming field for five years and is considered an
entertaining and informative speaker.

Meeting time and place

The meeting will be in Room 143 at 3:00 on wednesday, march 3.

Refreshments

Jaime is in charge of the sandwiches and Paolo is bringing the juice. Gina will bring
a fruit and vegetable platter for people.

I hope yo see you all there,

Karen

VII. COMPLETE THE CHART BY WRITING AN ANTONYM FOR EACH WORD.

(10 POINTS)

WORD ANTONYM
shiny
worthless
heartless
delayed
light
weak
intelligent
gloomy
cold
inside

VIII. USE EACH ANTONYM FROM LAST CHART TO WRITE A SENTENCE.

84. ________________________________________________________________.

85. ______________________________________________________________.

86. ______________________________________________________________.
87. ______________________________________________________________.

88. ________________________________________________________________.

89. ________________________________________________________________.

90. ________________________________________________________________.

91. ________________________________________________________________.

92. ________________________________________________________________.

93. ________________________________________________________________.

IX. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE CORRECT TIME EXPRESSION

FROM THE RIGHT COLUMN.

94. ____________ you travel, take your passport. before

95. I wont speak to you again __________ tomorrow. since

96. ___________ we were talking, our friends were studying. after

97.I played soccer ___________ school while

98.I have been emailing her ____________ Tuesday until

99.___________ you leave for school, make sure you have your books. wheneve
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X. WRITE SENTENCES WITH IMAGERY TO DESCRIBE THE SETTINGS IN

PARENTHESES.

100. (the beach)

___________________________________________________________________.

101. (a desert)

___________________________________________________________________.

102. (a forest)

____________________________________________________________________.

103. (the sun)

____________________________________________________________________.

XI. UNDERLINE THE CORRECT OPTION TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES.

104. The Amazon in Brazil is ---- longest river in ---- South America.

the / -

- / the

-/-

the / the

a / the

105. Last summer we went on ---- cruise in the Caribbean. Among ---- Islands we
visited were Bermuda and the Bahamas.

- / the

a / the

the / an

the / -

-/-

106. We could barely get any information at the airport. ---- people seemed to have ----
idea about the flights.

Many / any

A lot of / any

Only a few / some

Few / no

Any / no

107. ---- teachers prefer a class that is fairly consistent in having pupils of the same
level.

Each

Every

Neither
 Whole

Most

108. ---- of what he said was very sensible.

Many

Much

A few

Few

Every

109. ---- drawings is different.

Each one of the

Very few

Every

All of

None

110. The report concludes sadly that ---- students have ---- knowledge of nuclear
physics.

some / a lot of

both / whole

none / any

every / no

very few / some

111. ---- his friends speaks any English.

Both of

Some

All

Many

Neither of