INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa – MARZO 2019

NAME:
TEENS 3
MOD
2 TIME: 2 hours

A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE WORDS IN THE BOX. There are three extra
5 x 0.2 = 1 mark
words

up argument lay on out up argue put

I’m fed 1)__________ with the situation at home. I’m the only one who does the household jobs. I make the beds, I
do the washing, the cooking and the shopping. Last Saturday I asked my sister to 2)__________ the table and she
refused. We had a big 3)_____________ and we fell 4)___________. I don’t know what to do. We have rented the
apartment together so that we can save some money. I feel we should make 5)__________. But she has to help, too.
If she doesn’t change her attitude, I’m going to move out.

CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION a, b or c TO COMPLETE THE BLANKS. 4 x 0.25 = 1 mark

1- I’ve been travelling _____ a week. a) since b) from c) for

2- They used _____ a uniform at school. a) to wear b) to wearing c) wear
3- This horror film sequel is much _____ than the first one. a) scary b) scarier c) scariest
4- Your tests _____ a week ago. a) were correcting b) were corrected c) corrected

MATCH A LINE FROM “A” WITH A LINE FROM “B”. Write the corresponding
4 x 0.25 = 1 mark
number from B in the box. There are two extra phrases in column B.

A B B
a That’s the woman 1 come to dinner tonight.
b If she were here, 2 to open my mouth.
c The children might 3 how old are you?
d The dentist asked me 4 who is interested in the job.
5 I would tell her I’m sorry.
6 I will speak to her.

EXCHANGES Match a line from A with a line from B to make short exchanges.
Write the corresponding number from B in the box. There are two extra phrases in B. 4 x 0.25 = 1 mark

A B B
a My grandma doesn’t like computers. 1 Are they? I’ll see if I can go.
b Would you like to go dancing? 2 Don’t worry. There’s no need.
c Could I speak to Jenny, please? 3 Sure. That would be great!
d They’re playing hockey next weekend. 4 Who’s calling, please?
5 Doesn’t she? Why not?
6 What’s the matter with you?

COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS. Use the Present Simple or Continuous, the Past Simple or
5 x 0.4 = 2 marks
Continuous, the Present or Past Perfect, the ‘Going to’ or the Simple Future.

1- John: ______________________________________your friend? (you/phone)

Diana: Because she was absent from school.

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 2- Sylvie: I’m hungry! _________________________________dinner yet? (you/cook)
David: Yes, it’s ready: fish and chips.

3- Cathy: _________________________________at 3 p.m. last Sunday? (you/do)

Jackie: I was talking on the phone.

4- Ted: _____________________________________in Buenos Aires? (you/live)

Ben: Since I was five.

5- John: _____________________________________to school every day? (you/go)

James: By car.

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT BIG CITIES WITH THE CORRECT TENSE OF
THE VERBS IN BRACKETS. Use the Present Simple or Continuous, the Past Simple or 10 x 0.2=2 marks
Continuous, the Present or Past Perfect, the ‘Going to’ or the Simple Future.

Big cities often 1) (have) ___________ a reputation for being unfriendly places for tourists. Last month Tim Moore,
a Sunday Times journalist, 2) (go) ____________ to four cities, London, Rome, Paris, and New York to find out if
this is true. He dressed as a foreign tourist and 3) (do) ___________ three tests to see which city 4) (have)
__________ the friendliest and most polite inhabitants. The result 5) (show) ____________ that London 6) (be)
__________ the friendliest city of all. He also 7) (find) ___________ that people from London always 8) (want)
____________to help him. Now Tim is planning to visit other cities around the world because at the moment he 9)
(write) _____________ a book about friendly cities. Next week he 10) (travel) ________________to Buenos Aires.
Is Buenos Aires friendly? Let's see.

READING. Read this text and do Task A and Task B 8 x 0.25=2 marks

Read the article about two sisters:

Something very strange happened to Tamara. She never knew she had a twin sister until she started university!
Tamara was born in Mexico. Her parents could not look after her so she went to live with a family in Manhattan,
USA. When Tamara was twenty years old, she started university in Long Island. She enjoyed her university life. But
one day she was walking home from class, and a student smiled at her. ‘Hello Adriana!’ said the student. ‘I’m not
Adriana’, said Tamara. This happened to Tamara again and again. People who Tamara didn’t know kept calling her
Adriana. It was very strange. One day, when a woman called her Adriana, Tamara asked ‘Why do you keep calling
me Adriana?’ The woman replied, ‘You look like my friend Adriana. You have the same face and the same hair. Is
Adriana your sister?’ Tamara said that she did not have a sister called Adriana. But she was interested in this girl
Adriana. Finally, she asked someone for Adriana’s email address. When Tamara wrote to Adriana, she found out
that they both had the same birthday, they looked the same and both of them were from Mexico. When Tamara went
to live with the family in Manhattan, Adriana moved to Long Island to live with a family there. It had to be true!
Adriana and Tamara were twin sisters!

Task A: Circle T for true or F for false

1- The text is about two girls who discovered they were twin sisters. T F
2- Tamara and her sister were born in USA. T F
3- Tamara’s parents moved from Mexico to USA. T F
4- People called Adriana ‘Tamara’. T F
5- Tamara found Adriana’s email address by accident. T F

Task B: Circle the correct letter a, b or c

6- Tamara went to university in the USA a) her parents were b) she lived with a c) her sister was there.
because there. family there.
7- People called her Adriana a) twice. b) once. c) many times.

8- Tamara wrote to Adriana because a) she did not want to b) she wanted to know c) she thought Adriana
phone Adriana. more about Adriana. was interested in her.

PART B

WRITING 10 marks
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 Your friend Tom invited you to spend your holidays in England last month. You are back in Buenos Aires
now. Use 90 to 120 words to write an EMAIL to Tom to thank him for his invitation. Use this plan.

Paragraph 1
 Greet Tom and ask about him and his family.
 Tell him why you are writing.

Paragraph 2
 Tell him three things you enjoyed about the trip and why you liked them.

Paragraph 3
 Invite Tom to spend his next holidays in Argentina.

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TEXT: 1-up 2-lay 3-argument 4-out 5-up
CIRCLE: 1-c 2-a 3-b 4-b
MATCH: a-4 b-5 c-1 d-2
EXCHANGES: a-5 b-3 c-4 d-1

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QUESTIONS: 1-Why did you phone 2-Have you cooked 3-What were you doing 4-How long have you lived/ been
living 5-How do you go
TENSES: 1-have 2-went 3-did 4-had 5-showed 6-is/was 7-found 8-wanted 9-is writing 10-is travelling/is going to
travel
READING: TASK A: 1-T 2-F 3-F 4-F 5-F TASK B: 6-b 7-c 8-b

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