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E N G L I S H TI2 (TR02)
MID-TERMEXAM
2012-1

Teacher:
Section:
Duraton:

Zachary Diamond
TI2
110 minutes.

NO DICTIONARIES A L L O W E D

A. Lstening - Mnimal Pairs

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Circle the word that you hear.

1. Sheep,

Ship

2. Fun

Fan

3. Cut

Cat

4. Tile

Toil

5. Bet

Bat

6. Where

Were

7. Seli

Seal

8. Meet

Met

B . Modals

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Circle the correct modal verb.

I f you ever go to Washington, D C , you (should / might) defnitely check out the monuments. You
(wouldn't /can) aiso go to the Smithsonian museums, which are free. ^ ^ o u go to the National Mal,
yo\i(^^iy

ought to) see lots o f tourists, but you (may /shouldn't)

let that distract you from all the

sights. You really (would/ qught tp) go in springtime, because, for two weeks, the famous Cherry
Blossom trees bloom, and you {can/won't)

attend the Cherry Blossom Festival. Or, you {could/

won't) go to the Folklife Festival in June. I f you're lucky, you {will/ might) even see the president
pass by in his motorcade*!
*A motorcade is a group ofseveral cars, one of which carries the president. People who see the motorcade don't know
which car the president is in.

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C . Possessive Pronouns and Adjectives

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FUI in the blank with the appropriate possessive pronoun or adjective.

Momea:

George, have you seen

George:

I saw a red and blue one in tlie living room, is that ^aya?

Monica:

No,

George:

Yeah, I don't know. Well, anyway, we should start doing

Monica:

Yeah. But where's Freddy? I hope he's done

he is now!

Freddy:

Hey guys. Hey, Monica, is that

Monica:

Is it green?

Freddy:

Yeah.

Monica:

Oh yeah! That's

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sweater? Tve been looking for it everywhere.

is green.

wonder

VAJ"^JCV\r you saw.

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homework.

U-^S-^^cor^ part of the assignment. Oh, here

sweater in the kitchen?

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! Thanks, Freddy!

D. Past Continuous

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1. Yesterday, when I

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oJjjcly^

(waik) to the store, I

(run) into an

od friend.

2.

The plice

Tcatch') him as he

3.

R o b e r t a ^
she
^ fo dAj / ty^

rov^y^' ^

(^un) awav from the bank.

(begin) her work as a consultant while

(-gt^dy-^ for bachelors deeree.

E . Comparisons/ C7U0 ~^ ^
Rewrite the two sent&ties-&s-m, using the correct comparative form of the adjective in parentheses
compare the two objects.
Example: My dog is three years od. Carla's dog is five years od. (od)

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Carla's dog is older than my dos is.

1. M y cell phone battery lasts 10 hours. Yours lasts 15 hours. (long)

2. He got to U P C in 10 minutes. She got to U P C in 30 minutes, (fast)

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3. John's bedroom is four meters squared, Rebecca's bedroom is 2.5 meters squared. (big)

4.

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Thisshirtcosts$25. Thatjacketcosts$60. (expensive)

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F. F u t u r c Situations

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FUI in the blanks with the correct form of the verb so that it indicates future action. Then, circle the
correct modal verb.

1. When I

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2. A f t e r s h e J A A g cMvsx^
3. I f we

y_Kc(.

4. Before Robert

(gradate), I ^w^ / can) become a translator

(have dinner), s h e ^ f ^ ^ V might) watch TV.
(like) the food, we (ought to

//lr^ go

back to the restaurant.

(get) home firom school, he (can / ^ a j ^ stop for some ice cream.

Capitalizing

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The fbllowingparagraph

contains no capital letters. Circle the letters that should be capitalized.

( ^ r u v i a n s are very proud of their food. ( ^ v i c h e is a famous dish, and it's defnitely pretty tasty.(^ere's
this c h e f ^ s t n , who has made really b r o u g h t ^ r u onto the worldwide gastronomy scene.^^e time,
some frjends and i went to one of his restaurants, la mar, and the ceviche was so deiicious that we
decided to go back every saturday.
H.

SubjectA'erb Agreement
The following

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sentences contain a Subject/Verb Agreement error. Rewrite the sentence

in the space provjtded.

1. Mariana go to U P C every moming to study.

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2. Nobqdy like having too much homework.

3. 70 percent of the students in the clas^7s)girls.

4. Either my sisters or my brother are coming to my graduation, but not both.

5. M y books and my laptop is what I valu most among all my possessions.

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correctly

I . Comraas

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The following sentences contain no commas. Inser commas in the appropriate places, OR indcate
NC (no comma) in the blank space next to the sentence if no comma is needed.
1. I have a ca^a dog and some fish.
2.

The coach ,who had been a soccer player in his youth^made the team train very hard. J_

3. Because^the sky is blu^ it makes me high.

4.

I always eat spaghetti after I exercise.

5.

They say it's winter in L i m a but it's still pretty hot.

6. I would defnitely study hard^ifl had a big exam coming up.

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J J Descriptive Writing

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Apply any of the techniques we've learned to expand these simple statements into descriptive sentences
that help the reader to visualize the event. If several sentences are provided, combine them
appropriately into one complete sentence.
Our techniques are:
Adjectives/adverbs

; Synonyms;

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Vivid verbs ; Simile ; Metaphor

Example: My book is big.

My book is like a brick.

1. The sun is making me really hot.

2.

She walked into the room.

3.

The sun went down. It got really cold. We went inside.

4.

I bought a toy truck for my son.

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f.

K Reading: Read the article below and then circle T (true) or F (false).

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Minners trapped underground in Chile

The story of the thirty-three miners trapped underground in Chile was in newspapers and on T V all over
theworid.
On August 5th 2011 , the miners were working about 700 meters underground in the San Jos mine,
about 800 kilometers north of the Chilean capital, Santiago, when part of the mine's roof collapsed. The
rocks fell down and the miners could not escape, but fortunately they had oxygen, some food and water.
The people on the surface decided to drill holes down through the rock. They wanted to contact the
miners. It was a very difificult job because the rock was so hard.
On August 22nd, a drill went down very cise to the miners. They heard and saw it, and used tape to put
a piece of paper on it with a message saying, in Spanish, "All thirty-three of us are fine in the
shelter.'The people on the surface saw the message, they were, of course, happy - the miners were alive!
The whole of Chile celebrated.
The next thing to do, of course, was to try to rescue the miners. Soon aer their families received the
miners' message, the people on the surface sent medicine down to them. A few days later, they sent the
miners their first hot mea!, but they sent the food in small cups because the drill hole was very small.
Relatives of the miners were camping near the mine and writing messages on pieces of paper. They just
expected to have them back.
http://www.macmillanenglish.com/InsideOut/html/NewJnsideout_elessons.htm

1.

The miners were having lunch when part of the mine's roof collapsed.

2.

The accident happened on August 5th, but the rescuers contacted the miners ten
days later.

3. People were worried when they found out that the miners were still alive.

4.

It was very difFicult to drill the holes because the rock was hard.

5.

To be in contact with the miners, the rescuers drilled a hole.

Total score: 90 points

Monterrico, May 8* 2012

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