UNIVERSITY OF PAMPLONA

FOREIGN LANGUAGES AND COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT

NAME: ___________________________________________ GROUP: AC

DATE: _____________________________________ ENGLISH TEST

1. Rewrite each sentence using the passive voice.

1.Someone invented potato chips in 1853.

2. They have designed some robots to help elderly people.

3. People are growing vegetables in community gardens.

4. Americans serve pancakes with syrup or jam.

5. They Will sell hot dogs at baseball games.

6. They covered the cakes with a sticky sauce.

2.Read the blog posts. Then check ( ) the correct answer to each question.

Daniel and
Who . . . ? Only Only
Megan
Daniel Megan
1. prepared for the event   
2. had to speak in a foreign   
language
3. spoke to a group   
4. was successful   
5. wouldn’t like to have the   
 experience again
3. Circle the correct word to complete each conversation.

1. A: I fell asleep in the middle of the movie.

B: Wow. You couldn’t / must have been really tired.
2. A: I called you last night, but you didn’t answer.
B: Oh, sorry. I could / must have turned off my phone.
3. A: Jim isn’t here yet. Did he call you?
B: No, but he couldn’t / might have missed his bus. He sometimes does.
4. A: Where’s Derek? He’s not at his desk.
B: He couldn’t / could have gone out for lunch. It’s too early.
5. A: I hear Jean drove to work today. Did she finally get a car?
B: No, but her father is traveling in Asia, so she couldn’t / might have borrowed his.
6. A: Why wasn’t Kelly at the meeting today?
B: I saw her write it in her calendar, so she couldn’t / might have forgotten.

4. Complete the paragraphs with the words in parentheses. Use the correct simple past or past
perfect form of the verbs.

Last Friday night, I _____________________ (go) to a concert, but when I got

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there, I realized I _____________________ (forget) my ticket! I was angry

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at myself, but I _____________________ (take) a taxi home to get the

ticket.
3

When I _____________________ (get) back to the theater, the concert

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_____________________ (already / start), and I had to wait for the second half
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to go inside.
As I was waiting in the lobby, I _____________________ (see) an old
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friend from college. I _____________________ (not / talk) to him for ten years!
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Amazingly, he _____________________ (not / change) at all. We talked and

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talked. It was great! So, in the end, missing half of a concert was a pretty good
experience.

G O O D L U C K !