1st. Grade Advanced English Exam -1er.trim.
1st. Grade Advanced English Exam -1er.trim.
1st. Grade Advanced English Exam -1er.trim.
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Estado de Mexico Seglares
Secundaria La Salle Boulevares
INSTRUCTIONS: Please, carefully read the instructions before answering your exam. Write
clearly. Two answers in one question will cancel your answer. Stay focused. Raise your hand
for your professor assistance. Any attempt to copy will be punished.
I. Read Tessa’s postcard to Angela and write the verb using the correct form of Present
Simple or Present Continuous. Follow the example. (Points to achieve = 13)
Hi Angela ! We _are having_(have) a great time! Its beautiful and the sun
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_______________(shine). Yesterday I went water-skiing ! What _________________
2 you
3________________(think) of that?
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I ___________________(sit) at a table in our hotel room now and writing a few postcards. The
room is fine but we 5_________________ (not / like) the food very much. But it
6_______________(not / matter) because we go out to a restaurant every evening.
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We ____________(feel) very lazy at the moment. I usually ___________ (get up) quite late in the
morning, and Nigel 9_________(wake up) even later. You know of course how much Nigel’s work
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_____________(mean) to him and how he 11
__________ always 12
__________(talk) about it. Well,
the holiday is so good that he’s forgotten all about work. So it’s the perfect holiday. The only
problem is that it 13
___________ (costs) a lot of money. But we’ll worry about it later.
II. Put the following adverbs in the correct place in each sentence. (Points to achieve = 10)
always never occasionally often sometimes usually
usually
Example:
0. Members of a fan club can buy cheap tickets. (most of the time).
2. People don’t work full-time when they are studying. (most of the time).
III. Match actions 1-6 with results a-f, and write the Zero Conditional sentences with if or
when + it. Look at the example. (Points to achieve = 5)
0 look after a dog properly a die
1 put oil in water b put/head in the ground
2 a bee stings you c grow/a new one
3 crocodile loses a tooth d fall off
4 predator pulls a lizard’s tail e float
5 an ostrich is frightened f live/for about 12 years 0
IV.Complete the sentences with the correct alternatives and circle your answer. (Points to
achieve = 5)
Example:
0. People often _join_ a club to make new friends.
a. Are joining b. Joins c. join d. aren’t joining
V. Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Follow the
example. (Points to achieve = 13)
Kay What_do_you usually do (do) at the weekends?
Mark I 1____________ (belong) to the Scouts an I __________
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(spend) a lot of my
weekends camping.
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Kay ___________you__________(go) camping every weekend?
Mark No, not every weekend.
Kay What about this weekend?
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Mark I 5_____________(do) exams at the moment so I _________________(spend) this
weekend revising.
Kay Why 7______________you ______________(belong)
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to the Scouts?
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Mark I _____________(not like) watching TV, I ______________(prefer) outdoor
activities.
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Kay ____________ the organisation ___________ (grow) these days?
Mark Yes, it is. At the moment, I 13
______________ (organise) open days to attract new
members.
VI. Complete the sentences. Use a verb from the box in the correct Simple Past form.
(Points to achieve = 3)