ENGLISH IN COMMON 4 – TEST 1 (UNITS 1-5)
Name: Date:
1. Complete the questions using the prepositions.
About for in to at
1.1 What activities and hobbies are you good ______?
1.2 What do you use internet _______?
1.3 What do you spend most of your money_________?
1.4 What do you worry__________?
1.5 What clubs do you belong_______?
2. Complete the paragraph using the following verbs.
has learned has gone hasn´t married has always wanted met
has spent has had hasn´t taught have always admire flew
I______________________(1)my sister. She is younger than me and________________(2)
or had children. She________________(3) her life traveling and living in different countries.
She______________________(4) a lot of different jobs, and she __________________(5)
to speak five different languages. Now she____________________(6)to Thailand.
She_________________(7)to go there. She_________________(8) to Bangkok last month
and__________________(9) a man who offered her a job in his school.
She___________________(10) children before, but she is looking forward to it. It is another new
experience.
3. Present perfect continuous. Write 10 examples please.
Ex: You have been working the last three days.
She has been drinking during the last 4 days
We have been training since February
She has been smoking since the school
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4. Change the following sentences from active voice to passive voice.
Ex. -Adolf Hitler dictated 30 laws against the Jews in 1943
-30 laws against the Jews were dictated by Adolf Hitler
4.1 Walt Disney designed 5 different versions of Goofy during 1934
4.2 Jaime Saenz wrote several poems and novels based on La Paz city and its characters.
4.3 Microsoft and Apple developed 100 antivirus programs last year.
4.4 The Police arrested 34 teenagers drinking alcoholic beverages at Avaroa Square.
4.5 My wife bought three new pair of shoes the last month!.
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5. Complete these sentences from the articles using the following relative pronouns
Who when where that which
5.1 Mr. Ingram became one of the lucky people ____________won the prize
5.2 He nervously looked around the studio ____________he was being filmed
5.3 Mr. Whittock suffered from allergy _____________was making him cough
5.4 The moment _____________ he heard the correct answer, he cough.
5.5 During the game___________ Mr. Ingram won, viewers heard someone coughing regularly.
6. Complete the simple past and the present perfect tense for the next verbs.
Verb Simple past Present Perfect
6.1 Begin__________________________________________________________________
6.2 Break__________________________________________________________________
6.3 Do_____________________________________________________________________
6.4 bring___________________________________________________________________
6.5 buy____________________________________________________________________
6.6 fall_____________________________________________________________________
6.7 build____________________________________________________________________
6.8 catch___________________________________________________________________
6.9 be (is/are)________________________________________________________________
6.10 choose__________________________________________________________________
7. Write question tags
Ex: They are my friends, aren´t they?
7.1 You are singer, _____________?
7.2 You lived in Lima, _____________?
7.3 He is a very interesting person, ______________?
7.4 They didn´t buy the car,__________________?
7.5 She hasn´t met Leornardo Di Caprio, _______________?
7.6 He doesn´t work for IBM,____________?
7.7 She loves mojitos,_____________?
7.8 They haven´t bought the software yet, ______________?
7.9 We would like to have the Pepperoni Pizza,_______________?
7.10 I am not doing anything wrong, ______________?
8. Factual conditional with: If, when, unless, as soon as. Write 10 examples please.
Ex: If you study hard, you will pass the test
If he doesn´t come, he will miss the train
If they show their documents, they won´t have any problems.
If we don´t get the permission, we won´t be in the festival.
When your parents come, you will tell me your version of the events.
Unless you finish your test, you will not leave the class
As soon as the car arrives, you will drive it
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9. Past perfect. Write 10 sentences please.
Ex: By 1989, Michael Jackson had recorded 10 albums
When he cooked that pizza, he had cooked pizza for 3 years
In February 2017, they had played 3 tournaments.
When they broke up, they had broken up 4 times in the past
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10. Reading. Read the following paragraphs and answer the questions.
Nero, the mad Emperor.
Nero was born in 37 A.D., the nephew of the emperor. After his father’s death, his mother married his great
uncle, Claudius, and persuaded him to name Nero his successor. Nero took the throne at 17, rebuffed his
mother’s attempts to control him, and had her killed. He spent lavishly and behaved inappropriately. He began
executing opponents and Christians. In 68, he committed suicide when the empire revolted.
Nero’s Reign. Until the year 59, Nero was described as a generous and reasonable leader. He eliminated
capital punishment, lowered taxes and allowed slaves to bring complaints against their masters. He supported
the arts and athletics above gladiator entertainment and gave aid to other cities in crisis. Although he was
known for his nighttime frolicking, his actions were good-natured, if irresponsible and self-indulgent. But after
Agrippina’s murder, Nero descended into a hedonic lifestyle that was marked not just by lavish self-indulgence
but also tyranny. He spent exorbitant amounts of money on artistic pursuits and around 59 A.D., began to give
public performances as a poet and lyre player, a significant breach of etiquette for a member of the ruling
class. When Burrus died and Seneca retired in the year 62, Nero divorced Octavia and had her killed, then
married Poppaea. Around this time accusations of treason against Nero and the Senate began to surface, and
Nero began to react harshly to any form of perceived disloyalty or criticism. One army commander was
executed for badmouthing him at a party; another politician was exiled for writing a book that made negative
remarks about the Senate. Other rivals were executed in the ensuing years, allowing Nero to reduce opposition
and consolidate his power.
The Great Fire. By 64, the scandalous nature of Nero’s artistic antics may have begun to cause controversy,
but the public’s attention was diverted by the Great Fire. The blaze began in stores at the southeastern end of
the Circus Maximus and ravaged Rome for 10 days, decimating 75 percent of the city. Although accidental
fires were common at the time, many Romans believed Nero started the fire to make room for his planned villa,
the Domus Aurea. Whether or not Nero started the fire, he determined that a guilty party must be found, and
he pointed the finger at the Christians, still a new and underground religion. With this accusation, persecution
and torture of the Christians began in Rome.
1. When Nero was born?
2. Until 59 d.c., why was he generous?
3. What percent from the city was burned?
4. Who pointed Nero to be the authors of the big fire to?
5. How did he die?
