FINAL EXAM 1

USE OF GRAMMAR

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Conjugate the verb in ().

___ (you/to sleep) well before the test?

DID YOU SLEEP well before the test?

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Is the following sentence correct or incorrect? Why?

WHEN I WAS 2, I WAS USED TO WEAR DIAPERS.

WRONG

When I was 2, I was used to WEARING diapers.

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Complete the idea with a relative clause.

I don't remember...

I don't remember WHO CALLED YOU.

I don't remember WHERE I LEFT MY KEYS.

I don't remember WHOSE BOOK THIS IS.

etc

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Is the following sentence correct or incorrect? Why?

The Raven which is a poem was written by Edgar Alan Poe.

WRONG

The Raven, which is a poem, was written by Edgar Alan Poe.

We need a non-defining relative clause

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Conjugate the verb in ()

The band ___ (to play) in the background when I declared my love to the love of my life.

The band WAS PLAYING in the background when I declared my love to the love of my life.

VOCABULARY

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Tell us a sentence using the expression:

TO DO YOUR FAIR SHARE

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Which one is your favorite CHORE? Why?

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Give an example of something you would like to PASS DOWN and to whom.

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Act WRESTLING

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Explain the meaning of PRAISE

LITERATURE

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"Kisses are the flowers of affection."

Is this a metaphor, a simile or a symbol? Why?

METAPHOR

It establishes an equivalence between kisses and flowers.

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In THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM, who is the protagonist? Why?

The prisoner because the story is about his torture and escape from the Inquisition.

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Name one theme in William Wilson.

Good and evil

Psychological problems

Conscience

Self knowledge

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Name a symbol in The Phantom of the Opera and explain it.

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What is the mood of A Tale of Two Cities? Give two arguments

SKILLS (R/W/S)

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SPEAKING. You have 15 seconds to prepare and 30 seconds to speak.

Some people think that the vaccine for covid is not working, others think it is the only option to erradicate the disease. Which idea do you agree with and why?

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READING: What is the purpose of the following add?

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LISTENING:

You hear someone talking about an art exhibition.

What is being exhibited?

1 Cartoons about people’s lifestyles

2 Marine and Landscape paintings

3 Historical paintings of a town 

 

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WRITING: Which are the three kinds of paragraphs?

NARRATIVE, DESCRIPTIVE AND ARGUMENTATIVE

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SPEAKING. You have 15 seconds to prepare and 30 seconds to speak.

What would you recommend a tourist to visit in your country? Why?

ADVANCED GRAMMAR

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REPORT THE FOLLOWING:

I have never been so happy.

She said that she had never been so happy.

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Is this ACTIVE or PASSIVE VOICE? Change it to the opposite.

By the time we finish the exam, we will have answered several questions.

ACTIVE VOICE

By the time the exam is finished, several questions will have been answered.

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Is this ACTIVE or PASSIVE VOICE? Change it to the opposite.

Before we arrived to the mall, a person had been kidnapped.

PASSIVE VOICE

Before we arrived to the mall, someone had kidnapped a person.

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REPORT THE FOLLOWING:

Horror movies make it impossible for me to sleep.

She said that horror movies made it impossible for her to sleep.

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Is this ACTIVE or PASSIVE VOICE? Change it to the opposite.

It is well known that global warming is one of the causes of skin cancer.

PASSIVE VOICE

People know that global warming is one of the causes of skin cancer.