CHECK YOUR SKILLS

Progress Test CURSO 3

Programa de Adultos

Alay Camilo López Castaño

Name: ________________________________________________
July 22nd, 2021 Grade:
Date: _________________________________________________

This workshop is intended to revise your progress in different aspects of the language: Grammar &
vocabulary, listening and reading comprehension. Read instructions carefully and give answers to each
of the proposed activities. Points assigned are described for each component.

Vocabulary 2. Read the conversation. Use the prompts to

write appropriate questions on the lines
Answer the following questions using words. (0.25/each).
(0.1/each)
A- Hi, honey What/do/now
a. What is today’s date? What are you doing now
______________________________________?
Today is July the twenty second, twenty twenty one
______________________________________. B. Hi dear. I am sending an e-mail to my best
c. When were you born? friend. She is traveling in Europe.

I was born on November seventh, nineteen ninety five A. Oh, that’s true. Where/she/stay
_______________________________________.
Where is she staying
______________________________________?
d. When do you celebrate Independence day in your
country? B. She is staying at her sister’s house in Spain.
celebrate Independence day on July the twentyth A. That sounds nice. She/have/a good time
We_______________________________________.
Is she having a good time
______________________________________?
e. What is this date? 2/18/1998
B. She really is. She is visiting fantastic places.
February the eighteenth, nineteen ninety eight
_______________________________________.
A. I can imagine. She/take/photos
f. When do people celebrate New Year’s eve? Is she taking photos
______________________________________?
People celebrate New year's eve on December the thirty first B. Lots of them She shared some. Would you like
_______________________________________.
to see them?
Language Structure
A. Absolutely. You can show them to me when
I get home. Bye...
1. Complete the paragraph with the correct
form of Be in past: was /were/wasn’t/
weren’t (0.05/each correct word). 3. These sentences contain mistakes. Rewrite the
incorrect sentences on the lines (0.1 each).
1. We weren’t happy with the hotel. Our room
________
was very small, and it ________
wasn't clean. a. She was a good student in highschool?
wasn't
2. Mark ________ at work last week because he Was she a good student in highschool?
______________________________________.
_________
was sick. He’s better now.
was b. When were your birthday celebration?
3. Yesterday ________ a holiday, so the banks
were
_________ closed. They’re open today. When was your birthday celebration?
______________________________________.
4. “ Were Kate and Bill at the party?” “Kate was
there, but Bill_________
wasn't there .” c. Take your umbrella. It rains heavily now.

was
5. “Where is my pen?” “I don’t know. It _________ Take your umbrela. It is raining heavily now
______________________________________.
on the table, but it is not there now.”
d. I not working today. Let’s go to the movies!
weren't at home last night... Where
6. You_________
were you? I am not working today. Let's go to the movies!
______________________________________.
was
7. My pet _________ a little sick this morning, so
e. There was a lot of balloons at the party.
we visited the vet. Luckily, when we got there
it was better. There were a lot of balloons at the party
______________________________________.
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Workshop CURSO 3
Programa de Adultos

Listening
a. Where and when is the Flower Festival held?
Listen to three holiday descriptions. Cirlce the
The festival is in Medellín in the first week of August
______________________________________.
information that completes each sentence
accurately (0.1/each). b. Why do people look for a good spot in the
parade?
1. The day of the dead in Mexico is the 3rd / 1st Because the people want to see the silleteros
______________________________________.
of november.
2. People wear strange costumes and masks / d. Which is the first world flower producer?
hats. Is Netherlands
______________________________________.
3. It’s a very boring / happy day.
e. What is the place where people decorate stands
4. Americans became independent from Great
Britain in 1776 /1766. with artistic flower arrangements?
5. People go on parades / play charades on this The Botanic Garden
______________________________________.
day.
6. At night people light / watch fireworks. Writing
7. During Ramadan people eat / don’t eat during
the day time. Look at the picture and describe the scene using
8. At the end of Ramadan people wear old / nice prepositions of place (0.5 pts).
clothes.
9. People give each other serenades / presents.
10. The family eats a lot / a little for a whole day.
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Reading Comprehension

Read a ddescription of a famous festival held in

Medellin, Colombia. Answer the questions below
the reading (0.25/each).

Everyone is walking fast to get

a good spot among the crowd of
people. The flower parade in In this image we can see that from the door there
_____________________________________
Medellin is about to start. The
young and old silleteros are lining _____________________________________
are two people, a man and a woman, the woman
up, carrying flower arrangements
is giving a gift to the men. In the middle of the top
on their backs proudly. _____________________________________
The music starts and then the peasants who grow of the photo there are a couple of people dancing
_____________________________________
their flowers for a whole year, walk slowly and turn
around showing their precious flowers while people _____________________________________
and at the bottom of the photo too. On the right top
clap excitedly. Under the rain or on a sunny day, there is a woman playing the piano. In the middle
they parade on a -now world famous holiday called, _____________________________________
“The Flower Fair”, which is celebrated the first there are two people talking. Behind the door there
week of August every year in Medellin, Colombia. _____________________________________

Colombia is the second largest flower producer in _____________________________________

are people eating. in the right of the lower corner
the world after the Netherlands, and it has the there is a woman calling and finally in the left of the
largest number of orchids in the world, so when _____________________________________
this holiday comes, Antioqueños and tourists alike, lower corner there is a dog sleeping.
_____________________________________
attend the different events joyfully. The Botanical
Garden is filled with stands beautifully decorated _____________________________________
and becomes a place to enjoy nature and art
altogether for a whole week. _____________________________________
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