UNIVERSIDAD DE SUCRE

CENTRO DE LENGUAS EXTRANJERAS, CLEUS

ENGLISH MIDTERM EXAM – LEVEL II

STUDENT’S NAME: _______________________________________________ SCORE: __________

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1. Complete the paragraph. Use the words in the box.

Thousands of people ____________ the Sundance Film Festival every year. It takes ____________ in Park
City, Utah. This ____________ festival happens every January, and it’s the biggest ____________ of the
year in Park City. Directors show their work and ____________ to have the best film. Big, expensive parties
are a ____________ part of the festival where actors and actresses ____________ the success of their
films.
ATTEND – EVENT – COMPETE – TRADITIONAL – PLACE – ANNUAL – CELEBRATE

2. Match the things that go together.

The Olympics is an example. ______ a. Film festival
It shows movies. ______ b. Food festival
It has singers. ______ c. Sports festival
There are traditional meals there. ______ d. Music festival
3. Complete the questions with WHEN or HOW LONG.
a. ______________________ is your birthday? It’s on February 9th.
b. ______________________ is your vacation? Two weeks.
c. ______________________ do you go on vacation? I go at the end of August every year.
d. ______________________ is the movie? It’s about two and a half hours.
e. ______________________ do you work on Fridays? I work for six hours.
4. Complete the sentences with IN, ON, AT, FROM, TO, UNTIL, or FOR.
a. They play soccer ________________ two hours.
b. The movie starts ________________ 8:00
c. The party is ________________ 9:00 ________________ 12:00.
d. I don’t have classes ________________ Sunday, so I get up ________________ about ten.
e. School closes ________________ the summer.
f. I stay with my grandparents ________________ two weeks every summer.

CONVERSATION

5. Number the sentences in order to make a conversation.

______ it’s holiday in the United States.
______ Sounds interesting. Do people do anything special?
______ Really? When is it?
1__ Do you have plans for Memorial Day?
______ Yes. They usually have barbecues.
______ Memorial Day?
______ It’s the last Monday in May.

VOCABULARY

6. Complete each sentence with the correct form of the verbs DO and MAKE.
a. When we need food, I _______________ the grocery shopping with my mother.
b. Every morning I _______________ my bed.
c. Peter always _______________ his own laundry.
d. My cousin Anna usually _______________ a snack for herself after school.
e. Sometimes my sister _______________ her own breakfast.
f. My father often _______________ some chores on Saturday morning.
g. Sam and Luisa sometimes _______________ the dishes after dinner.
7. Unscramble the sentences.
a. sorry / about / I’m / that _____________________________
b. worry / it / don’t / about _____________________________
c. I’m / sorry / really _____________________________
d. all / right / that’s _____________________________
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

8. Look at the survey and write sentences. Follow the example.

MATT JAI TIM ANYA

Do you get up early? sometimes always often never
Do you eat breakfast? always never always usually
Are you late for class? sometimes hardly ever never sometimes
Do you drink coffee? often sometimes never never
Are you a good student? sometimes sometimes usually usually
Example: Anya / get up early: Anya never gets up early
a. Matt / drink / coffee ______________________________________
b. Matt and Tim / eat breakfast ______________________________________
c. Anya / good student ______________________________________
d. Tim and Anya / drink coffee ______________________________________
e. Jai / eat breakfast ______________________________________
f. Jai / late for class ______________________________________
9. Match the sentence parts. Write the correct answer on the line.
If you’ve never met the person before, ______ a. it is a perfect date.
If you stop dating someone, you ______ b. hang out.
If you are having a wonderful time, ______ c. break up.
If you are with the same person for a long time, ______ d. you ask him or her out.
If you spend time with someone, you ______ e. you are a couple.
If you ask someone to go on a date, ______ f. it is first date.
If you go out with a new person, ______ g. it is a blind date.
10. Listen to four cell phone conversations. Circle the correct answer to complete each sentence.
1. Judy is in front of the bank / library / school.
2. Tess is wearing a red / white / brown shirt.
3. Mike is eating pasta / pizza / tacos.
4. Tom is standing / talking to a waiter / sitting and drinking coffee.