Exercise/bachilleratopractice tests/test5 TEST 5

TESTS PARA PRACTICAR PARA EL EXAMEN FINAL DE BACHILLERATO (1º Y 2º)

A)varios ejercicios de gramática:

1.- Pasiva: What time are they going to deliver the bread on Christmas Day?

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2.- Estilo Indirecto. The captain said, “Ladies and gentlemen, fasten your seat-belts please.
There is a little turbulence and the aeroplane is going to move more than normal. But don’t
worry, everything will be fine when we pass these storm clouds.”

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3.- Causative HAVE / GET. The author of that novel has asked the translating agency to translate the book into
ten languages. They are going to start next month.

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4.- Conditional: Don’t worry If I …………………. (NOT CALL) you tonight. I……………
(PHONE) you tomorrow at lunchtime, unless I ………… (HAVE) a meeting with the boss.

5.- Tenses of the verb. How long …………………..(THEY / WORK) in this factory?
- They ………………… (WORK) here until they ……………. (RETIRE) in 2004.

6.- Modal verbs. I advise you to give up smoking. I am sure it’s bad for your health.

YOU ………………………….. IT …………………………………………………

7.- ENOUGH / TOO My brother is too short to be a fireman. (rewrite using ENOUGH)
MY BROTHER …………………………………………………………………

8.- ED / ING adjectives. This book is very EXCITING / EXCITED. I an very EXCITING /
EXCITED at the thought of meeting the author in El Corte Inglés..

9.- Relative pronouns. Join the two sentences.

I know nothing about the crime. You are accusing me of the crime.
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10. CORRECT VERSIONS.

a) I have been being a teacher for many years b) I’ve been a teacher for many years.
b) Look! The bird’s feeding its young b) Look! The bird feeds its young
c) Travelling abroad is stressful b) To travel abroad is stressful
d) Did you ever had a summer job? B) Have you ever had a summer job?
e) I have this car since 2001 b) I’ve had this car since 2001
f) When he arrives, we’ll take him to Madrid b) When he will arrive, we take him to Madrid
g) Last week we should have received the letter b) We should receive the latter last week
h) He isn’t enough rich to buy a car b) He’s too poor to buy a car
i) I wanted going to swim b) I wanted to go swimming

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TEXT Animal Astronauts.

Space scientists will soon be choosing two cosmonauts to spend six months in space. The aim of the
experiment is to measure the effect of weightlessness, or zero gravity, on bones, muscles and
nerves. With a bit of luck