Universidad Pedaggica Experimental Libertador MIDTERM Name:____________________________________

Instituto Pedaggico de Caracas MODULES 7 to 12

Date: _____________________________________
Departamento de Idiomas Modernos New Opportunities
PRE-INTERMEDIATE Class:______________ Score:______________/30 pts
Asignatura: Ingls IV (2016-II)

A. The following pieces of information are incomplete. Complete each of them with the most appropriate word or
VOCABULARY ( 5 PTS)
AMAZED
AMAZING
BORROW
CASH
CHECK
DO
EARTHQUAKE
FLOODS
GIVE
LEND
MAKE
OUT
RELAXED
RELAXING
SAVE UP
TSUNAMIS
UP
expression from the list. (0.5 each...5 pts)
1. I dont _______________ any money - I spend all I get from my parents each month.
2. When Mount Erebus erupted many people were killed and thousands more lost their houses in the _______________ that followed
the eruption.

3. Richards grandmother is very generous; she always gives _______________ some money to a charity.

4. This year there is a high risk of _______________ in Caracas due to the concurrent heavy rains.
5. Could you _______________ me 100, please? I will give it back to you at the end of the month.
6. Can I _______________ a suggestion? I think we should write this letter again.
7. I think watching TV is only a _____________activity for Tom.

8. In most places we have to pay _____________for the tickets, because credit cards arent accepted.

9. Do you _______________ any sports?

10. It is _____________how my teacher can remember so many songs in English while in class.

GRAMMAR AND FUNCTIONS (17 PTS)

A. A student of English IV has written a text about the Eaton Hotel in London. Complete it using appropriate forms of the
verbs in parentheses (active or passive). (0.5 each 6 points)

The Eaton Hotel ___________________ (locate) in the very center of London, near Victoria Station. It ___________________ (build) in
1980, just before I ___________________ (visit) England for the second time. At first, the hotel ___________________ (have) only five
single rooms but later, in 1983, it ___________________ (change) by its owners into a bigger bed and breakfast place. It is now a very
modern and comfortable hotel. Breakfast ___________________ (serve) between 7 and 9 oclock and the food is always very tasty. The
rooms ___________________ (clean) every day and the chambermaids who work there ___________________ (change) the towels
every time you ask them. Apart from the excellent food and comfortable rooms the hotel ___________________ (offer) some other
services now. Very early in the morning or late at night visitors ___________________ (meet) at the airport by one of the hotel staff and
then they ___________________ (take) directly to the hotel. I ___________________ (stay) in the Eaton Hotel twice so far and each
time I ___________________ (spend) a wonderful time there. I think I can recommend the Eaton Hotel to visitors to London without any
reservations.

B. The following statements are examples of peoples situations. Combine each pair of sentences into an appropriate
conditional statement (zero, first, or second). (1 each 3 points)
(A prospective employer to an applicant)
You need to have an excellent command of English to get his job.
If you ______________________________________________________________________________________________ .
(Steve, explaining to his young son some factual information as part of a school assignment)
Water needs to reach 100C in order to boil.
Water ______________________________________________________________________________________________ .
(A classmate of yours talking about his friend Tom and his desire to date a cute girl he met)
Tom would love to ask her out but unfortunately he doesnt have her telephone number.
If Tom _____________________________________________________________________________________________ .

C. The sentences below are extracts from students assignments. Read each sentence and decide if it is right or wrong
. For every wrong sentence please underline the mistake and write the correct form. (0.5 each 5 points)

Sentence
Right Wrong Correct form

You are only nine years old. Youll certainly be taller when you
are 15.
Im learning Russian and my friend Yuri says I can speak quite
good.
I havent been feeling well late.
We have exams next week so we are working hardly.
Put both the sugar into a bowl with the flour.
Neither of the students in English IV at IPC came yesterday.
David Bowie had one brown eye but his second eye was blue.
I am usually quite happy but I have a few worries.
My parents neither like watching the baseball game on TV.
I wish I had some five minutes to finish the exam.

D. Here are some statements made by people who were interviewed for a TV news program. Who is speaking? Match the
comments with the descriptions of the people, by writing the appropriate letter (a, b, or c) on the lines provided at
the beginning of each comment. (0.5 each 3 points)

Peoples comments Descriptions (this person)

_____ I lived in Barcelona for many years. a. Moved from Barcelona to Caracas a few years ago.
b. Is living in Barcelona now.
c. Has lived in Barcelona since he/she was 15 years old.
_____ My kitchen was painted three weeks ago. a. Is still painting the kitchen.
b. Paid another person to paint the kitchen.
c. Finished painting the kitchen three weeks ago.
_____Ive been at this school for six years. a. Has just left the school.
 b. Was at the school for six years.
c. Is going to leave the school soon.
_____ We havent often visited our grandmother these days. a. Used to visit their grandmother often.
b. Visit their grandmother frequently.
c. Stopped visiting their grandmother altogether.
_____ Whenever a friend needs me, Ill help him. a. Is making an offer.
b. Is making a prediction.
c. Is making a promise.
_____ Im going to be more careful with my money. a. Is making a prediction.
b. Is making a promise.
c. Is expressing intention.

READING (8 POINTS)
You will read Michael Elliots article Why the Monarchy Must Go, an article in which the opening sentences of paragraphs
1, 2, 3 and 5 have been deleted. Read the article carefully and complete the tasks below.
1. Indicate the most appropriate opening sentence for each of the paragraphs from the article by writing
numbers (1, 2, 3, or 5). There is an extra opening sentence you wont need to use, for which you must write
N/A (Not Applicable). (0.75 each ... 3 points)

Opening sentence Paragraph number

Isnt there anything good that can be said for monarchy?
The simple, straightforward case against monarchy is that in a democracy it is inappropriate for the head of state to be
determined by heredity.
Despite recent bursts of anti-monarchical feeling, however, it is still hard to discover a strong movement toward a
republic in this country.
I was a teenager in suburban Liverpool when I decided I was a republican.
Because Britain is different.

2. Using the words in the box below, complete the definitions that follow by filling in the blanks with the most
suitable word. (0.25 each 1.5 points)
taste glare mirror coexist
case cohesion compelled

a) A close representation: __________________

b) Look or stare: __________________
c) A liking for something: __________________
d) Argument/fact that supports the claims of one side in a disagreement: __________________
e) Made to do something by force: __________________
f) quality involving harmonic relationships: __________________

3. What do the words below, taken from the text and which appear in a larger font, refer to?
(0.25 each 1 point)

a. it (paragraph 1): ___________________________________________

 b. that (paragraph 3): ___________________________________________
c. it (paragraph 4): _________________________________________
d. its (paragraph 6): __________________________________________

4. Answer these questions based on information in the text. (1.25 each ... 2.5 points)

a) Why is the British monarchy having awful l990s?

_____________________________________________________________________

b) What does the phrase to reign but not to rule mean?

_____________________________________________________________________

Version November 2016.

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