NAME: _______________________________________________ March 5th, 2021

GRAMMAR AND USE OF ENGLISH

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb to be.
a. Peter Parker ____ from USA.
b. The Avengers ___ his friends.
c. I ___ not a superhero.
d. The Lizard and Dr. Octopus ___ his enemies.
e. Peter´s surname ___ Spiderman.

2. Change the sentences of 1 to negative and interrogative form.

NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE
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3. Write questions for the answers given.

a. _____________________________? I am from New Jersey.
b. _____________________________? He is 43 years old.
c. _____________________________? Yes, they are doctors.
d. _____________________________? She is Jacques Dubochet.

4. Replace the personal pronouns by possessive adjectives.

a. Where is (I) ____ book?
b. She is (we) ____ teacher.
c. She goes to school with (she) ____ brother.
d. (They) ____ father works in a car factory.
e. (You) ____ laptop is very expensive.
f. (He) ____ favorite hobby is tennis.
g. (I) ____ husband and I want to go to Paris.
h. We want to see (it) ____ historical monuments.
i. (It) ____ name is Bobby.

5. Write P (for possessive) or is (for the verb to be).

a. That´s my new red car. _____ c. Her brother´s wife is nice. _____

b. Johanna´s family is awesome! _____ d. Oscar´s a good scientist. _____

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 6. Rewrite the phrases using ´s and possessive adjectives.

a. The car of Mary is beautiful.

Mary´s car is beautiful. Her car´s beautiful.

b. The hair of Tara is long and black.

__________________________________ ______________________________

c. The house of my parents is big.

__________________________________ ______________________________

d. The toys of Kenia and Karen are funny.

__________________________________ ______________________________

e. The father of Larissa is a doctor.

__________________________________ ______________________________

f. The aunt of the children is an accountant.

__________________________________ ______________________________

7. Match each word with its opposite.

A Healthy Father
B Old Boy
C Sister Uncle
D Woman Negative
E Mother Brother
F Tall Sick
G Aunt Slow
H Positive Young
I Girl Man
J Rapid short

READING

1. Read the descriptions. Underline the main topic for each description.

a. This is my brother Kenneth. His nickname is Ken. He´s at school, but he isn´t a student.
He´s a teacher now. My school / My brother

b. This is Ines Arellano. She´s from Spain. She´s in my English class. She is very nice.
And she´s a great student. My friend / My English class

c. I’m Dr Patel. I’m your new professor. I’m from London, in the United Kingdom. My office
is 12B. Come and say hello! A new professor / London
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CELEX ESCUELA NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS BIOLÓGICAS
MIDTERM EXAM
BASIC 1

Teacher: YAHAD SALAZAR