COLEGIO COMUNITARIO DISTRITAL VILLA DEL CARMEN

ENGLISH EXAM
STUDENT’S NAME: ________________________________ DATE: _________ GRADE: ____
1. Write the past tense of the following verbs and complete the text.

MALALA YOUSAFZAI – NOBEL PEACE PRIZE 2014

She a._______ born 12th July 1997 and she is a Pakistani activist for female
education who b.________ in Mingora during her childhood with her Muslim
family. Her parents are Ziauddin and Tor Peka and her younger brothers,
Khushal and Atal.
The Talibans occupying Pakistan banned girls from going to school; some
schools c. __________ and some were destroyed. As a consequence, at the age of
11 Malala d___________ a blog to express her feelings and fight for her rights.
An afternoon on 9th October 2012 the girl e. ________ the bus to school and she
was shot three times. Luckily she f. ___________recover from the attack and
became the most famous teenager in the world. She then g. ________ on fighting
for the access to education and other human rights.
Because of her activism Malala h. ________ the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. She was
the youngest person to win this prize.
WIN ______ - KEEP ______ - BE _______ - LIVE _______ - CLOSE _______ - TAKE _______ - CAN ______ - WRITE
________

2. Match the verbs with their meanings:

1. Volunteer (____) waste material; refuse or litter, garbage.
2. Disadvantaged (____) a person who freely offers to take part in an Enterprise.
3. Rubbish (____) the state of being extremely poor
4. Campaign (____) an unfavourable circumstance or condition.
5. Poverty (____) work in an organized and active way towards a goal.

3. Complete the sentences using the following verbs

Clean up increase browse share take care of raise
a. I always ____________________ information on internet.
b. Tom, you have to __________________________ this room inmediately. It is a complete disaster!
c. The concert will _______________________ money for local charities.
d. My mother was left with three children to _______________________.
e. The number of homeless people in Colombia, is ________________________.
f. I _________________________ a bedroom with my sister.
4. Put the words in the correct place in the table:

Local community poor raise awareness

volunteers vulnerable teenagers

support young people disadvantaged campaign

homeless lonely neighbourhood hungry

youths raise money adolescents

students helpers refugee

run workshops plant a tree

PLACES ADJECTIVES ACTIONS PEOPLE