Grammar Exam. Upper Intermediate Level. ESL

8/10/2019 Grammar Exam. Upper Intermediate Level. ESL

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Grammar

I.Write the questions to the following answers use past or present as needed.

1. _____________________________________________________________________

I live in the south zone of the city.

2. _____________________________________________________________________

Im listening some music.

3. _____________________________________________________________________

She went to Las Vegas with her in-laws.

4. _____________________________________________________________________

I was having a shower when the earthquake began.

5. _____________________________________________________________________

Before I moved to Boise, Idaho; I had been living in London for 10 years.

6. _____________________________________________________________________

I had never tried any other sport before I began training Karate.7. _____________________________________________________________________

Theyve been working for the UNAM since I was young.

8. _____________________________________________________________________

Ive read all four Twilight series books .

9. _____________________________________________________________________

Petrol prices have increased constantly for 6 years.

10. ____________________________________________________________________

Since I met her almost 5 years ago, weve been friends.

(10 marks)

II. Re write the following sentences using the words given so they have similar

meaning.

1. She loves it when the teacher praises her.

praised

She loves _______________________________________________________ teacher.

2. You are going to bring the corrected homework tomorrow, then Ill change your

grade.

When

Ill___________________________________________________________ tomorrow.3. Claudia got really depressed when she received that letter.

Letter

Claudia found___________________________________________________________

4. His health has been getting worse this last few weeks.

over

His health ____________________________________________________ few weeks.

5. It has been quite a lot of years since we got together.

not

We _________________________________________________for quite a lot of years.

(5 marks)


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III. Read the text and fill in the blanks with oneword which best completes the

sentence.

1. If you want something badly (0)___enough___, you can get it. At least that was the

case where Steven Crawford was concerned. Until (1)______________ recently,

Steven had a good job with a building company. Then times got hard and he and

twenty other men (2) ______________ their jobs. At first I felt very (3)

______________, said Steven, twenty five, which is not like me ecause normally Im

the sort of person who (4) ______________ a very positive outlook on life. Anyway,

after a few weeks of not being able to find a job, he decided to do something about it.

He was absolutely (5) ______________ to find a new job. I made a big sign in red

paint, which said Imhard-working, intelligent and looking for a new job. Can you

help? After (6) ______________ the sign I took it and stood by the side of a big red

local road. After a few hours it began raining and I (7) ______________ very wet.

Then a big blue Mercedes pulled (8) ______________ and a man leaned out of the

window and gave me his business card. Come and see me tomorrow at nine, hesaid.

Ron Jones was the man in the car. That day I was (9) ______________ along and I (10)

______________ this man in the rain with his sign and I thought, yeah, I like that and

I decided to give him a chance. I gave him a job the next day. Steven is now Assistant

Manager of Rons taxi firm. His advice to people out of work? Never give up. Decide

what you want and go for it!

(10 marks)

IV. Underline which answer A, B, C or D best fits in each space.

Dear Louise,

How are you all? I (1) ______________ to thank you for inviting me to me stay with

you while I was visiting Spain. I really (2) ______________ living with all of you.

Everythings great now. You remember I wanted to move to the countryside? Well,last

week I (3) ______________ through a little nearby town when I (4) ______________

an old woman who (5) ______________ for a tenant

1. A) write B) do write C) have written D) m writing

2. A) have enjoyed B)enjoyed C)had enjoyed D) enjoy3. A was walking B) walked C)d walked D)ve walked

4. A) met B) was meeting C)d met D) ve met

5. A) looked B) is looking C) was looking D)has been looking

(5 marks)

Reading Comprehension.

Read the first few paragraphs of Bram Stoker'sDraculaand then answer the

comprehension questions below. The introduction takes the form of a diary writtenby the character Jonathan Harker:


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3 May. Bistritz.--Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna early next

morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late. Buda-Pesth seems a

wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could

walk through the streets. I feared to go very far from the station, as we had arrived

late and would start as near the correct time as possible.

The impression I had was that we were leaving the West and entering the East; the

most western of splendid bridges over the Danube, which is here of noble width and

depth, took us among the traditions of Turkish rule.

We left in pretty good time, and came after nightfall to Klausenburgh. Here I stopped

for the night at the Hotel Royale. I had for dinner, or rather supper, a chicken done up

some way with red pepper, which was very good but thirsty. (Mem. get recipe for

Mina.) I asked the waiter, and he said it was called "paprika hendl," and that, as it was

a national dish, I should be able to get it anywhere along the Carpathians.

I found my smattering of German very useful here, indeed, I don't know how I should

be able to get on without it.

Having had some time at my disposal when in London, I had visited the BritishMuseum, and made search among the books and maps in the library regarding

Transylvania; it had struck me that some foreknowledge of the country could hardly

fail to have some importance in dealing with a nobleman of that country.

I find that the district he named is in the extreme east of the country, just on the

borders of three states, Transylvania, Moldavia, and Bukovina, in the midst of the

Carpathian mountains; one of the wildest and least known portions of Europe.

I was not able to light on any map or work giving the exact locality of the Castle

Dracula, as there are no maps of this country as yet to compare with our own Ordance

Survey Maps; but I found that Bistritz, the post town named by Count Dracula, is a

fairly well-known place. I shall enter here some of my notes, as they may refresh mymemory when I talk over my travels with Mina.

Underline the correct answer.

1. In 1st paragraph why was he nervous about going far from the station?

A) because it was late at night

B) because the streets were too little

C) because his train would leave soon

D) because of Dracula

2. Buda-Pesth is ____.

A) wide and deep

B) where east meets west

C) a bridge

D) in Turkey

3. How much German does he say he know?

A) a littleB) a good amount


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C) some

D) he is fluent

4. What does he think will help him do business with Transylvania people?

A) his knowledge of their food

B) his knowledge of the hotels

C) his German

D) his knowledge of the country

5. The district he is going to is ___ the mountains

A) in the middle of

B) next to

C) in front of

D) behind

6. The exact location of the Caste Dracula is ___.

A) is well known

B) on the map

C) in Bistritz

D) not known

7. In 1st paragraph why was he nervous about going far from the station?

A) because it was late at night

B) because the streets were too little

C) because his train would leave soon

D) because of Dracula

8. Buda-Pesth is ____.

A) wide and deep

B) where east meets west

C) a bridge

D) in Turkey

9. How much German does he say he know?

A) a little

B) a good amount

C) some

D) he is fluent


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10. What does he think will help him do business with Transylvania people?

A) his knowledge of their food

B) his knowledge of the hotels

C) his German

D) his knowledge of the country

(10 marks)

Writing

Narrate an important event of your past. In no less than 120 words but no more than

150. Include who was with you, where did it take place, why was this moment special.

How did it affect your life. What kind of things did you enjoy doing then.

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