FIRST TERM EXAM – ENGLISH 3

NAME: _____________________ DATE: _______ GROUP: ______ TEACHER: ___________________ VA

VOCABULARY SPELLING GRAMMAR READING WRITTEN FINAL GRADE

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VOCABULARY SECTION (15 POINTS)

Objective: the student identifies and uses correctly the vocabulary learned in class.
Instruction: Please fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in the box. Don’t forget to conjugate
verbs where necessary. (15POINTS)

HUNGRY / FORTUNATELY / JEALOUS / ACT IN A PLAY / GO CAMPING/ CHALLENGE / BUSY / ANGRY /

EMBARRASSED/ LONELY / LOSE MY PHONE / BE ON TV/ TRY AN EXTREME SPORT /
CONFUSE /UNFORTUNATELY
1. I always feel ____ HUNGRY _______when I wake up. So I have breakfast first.
2. Providing energy to the poor without destroying the planet any further is this century's biggest  ____
CHALLENGE ___.
3. I feel _____ EMBARRASSED ________________ when I meet somebody for the first time.
4. Yesterday I saw a big car accident on Autopista. _______ FORTUNATELY __________, none of the
passengers were badly hurt in the crush.
5. Anna says she feels____ JEALOUS _______________ every time another woman looks at her
boyfriend.
6. Someone who is ___ LONELY _______ is unhappy because they are alone or do not have anyone
they can talk to.
7. If Julian's girlfriend knew he was here now, and not with her, she'd be very _____ ANGRY ________. 
8. Have you ever _____ ACTED IN A PLAY ____? You look like you could be good at it.
9. Yesterday on my way to school I ______ LOST MY PHONE ____________. I tried looking for it but
___________ UNFORTUNATELY______ I never found it.
10. It’s so exciting! My sister is going to-_ BE ON TV _____ tomorrow. It’s a new show.
11. Last week I was really _______ BUSY _________: I had so much homework, quizzes and I didn’t sleep
well at all.
12. The weekend is coming and we decided to ______ GO CAMPING _____ to Guatavita with my friends,
there are some beautiful fields there.
13. My friend has been feeling bored lately so I advised him to __ TRY AN EXTREME SPORT _______,
maybe rafting.
14. What is the most __ CONFUSING_____ thing about the English language for you?

SPELLING (5 points)
Objective: the student is able to spell the verbs learned in class correctly.
Instruction: Please fill in the blanks with the correct letters to complete the words.

1. S TRANGELY
2. FRIGHTEN
3. NERVOUS
4. SURPRISINGLY
5. SEASICK
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GRAMMAR (20 POINTS)

Objective: the students identify and use correctly the grammar structures learned in class.

A. Instruction: Complete the following sentences with the appropriate participial adjective using
the verbs from the box. Add “ED” or “ING” according to the case. (5 points, 1 each)

confuse / excite / frighten / disgust/ interest

1. I find horror films really ____FRIGHTENED_____ and not at all fun to watch.
2. The program was really ______INTERESTING_____. It talked about “how to manage your time”
3. I don´t like Cesar´s jokes. They aren´t funny at all. It was _DISGUSTING_
4. Last week, the students didn´t understand “Passive Voice”. They were so _CONFUSED__.
5. When I was a child, I got ____EXCITING____ when I heard my grandfather stories.

C. Instruction: complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the verb; use past simple or past
continuous according to the case. (5 points)

1. Alan WAS LOOKING (look) out of the window when he SAW (see) a UFO.
2. We TOOK (take) a tour while our friends WERE DRINKING (drink) beers in a bar.
3. While I WAS DRIVING (drive), I SAW (see) my best friend walking down the Street.  
4. Last night Marvin WAS COMING (come) home, and (check) CHECKED  his emails before dinner.
5. Kate WAS HAVING (have) dinner and then she DID (do) her homework.

D. Instruction: complete the following SENTENCES WITH THE COMPARATIVE OR SUPERLATIVE FORM (5
points)
1. Her dress is (pretty)__________________________________ than mine.
2. Cheetahs are (fast) __________________________________ animals we can find.
3. Eating fruit and vegetables is (healthy) __________________________________ than eating hot dogs.
4. I like milk (good) __________________________________ than coffee.
5. China has (many) __________________________________ people than any other country in the world.
6. The blue whale is (heavy) __________________________________ animal in the world.
7. Which is (big) __________________________________ Portugal or Spain?
8. Travelling by plane is (comfortable) __________________________________ than travelling by car.
9. He is (busy) __________________________________ person in class.
10 Buying things from plastic is (bad) __________________________________than buying things from
recycled paper.

READING COMPREHENSION AND WRITING (10 POINTS)

Objectives: The student reads and understands the text and can answer reading comprehension
questions.
Objective: The student writes coherent sentences following the guidelines established.
Instruction: Please read the stories and answer the questions in complete sentences following each
instruction. Use your own words in your answers, you are not allowed to copy text from the story. (10
POINTS. 1 POINT FOR READING COMPREHENSION AND 1 POINT FOR GRAMMAR)

Peter’s story
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I went to camp in Arizona when I was about ten years old, and I was starting to "go out" with this other
girl who was apparently a model somewhere. Anyway I had to go to the bathroom urgently, so I told her
I had to leave and went to talk to my counselor. I asked him where the latrine (toilet) was and he didn’t
know, so instead of asking quietly, he shouts across the whole camp "hey, [my name] needs to use the
latrine, do you know where it is?" to some other counselor. Of course they have to discuss it for a while,
meanwhile this girl heard it and was looking very embarrassed. Anyway, they finally told me where it
was (we are out camping so the latrine was a hole near some trees), and I started running nervously
towards it. Apparently, it was far from the camp along a road, so I started walking down the road
looking for it. I found the toilet paper, which is a sign of whether or not the latrine was occupied. I
continue walking looking for it and I couldn't find it for about five minutes (did I mention it was night
time?), so it was really dark, I really needed to go but I couldn’t see it. All I found was a fire place, made
of rocks in a circle, so I was using this fireplace when suddenly flash lights came on everywhere and I saw
lights in the distance coming towards me, I stood up quickly and ran all the way back to the camp with
my pants down. I'll never forget that day.

Julia’s Story 2

I was at an underage dance club with all my friends. I had a new short, short mini skirt with a belly shirt
and I thought, I looked so hot in it, a guy asked me to dance, I thought, I was sooooo cool. After the
dance I was walking over to my friends who were at the bar drinking sodas. I walked over towards my
friends thinking I was soo cool because I just got back from dancing with the cutest guy in there. I turned
around to look at him and saw him and his friends were all watching me, I thought to myself, I must look
so hot tonight. I was wearing a really short skirt so when I approached to my friends I carefully went to a
stool (seat) to sit at the bar, but instead of sitting on a stool I sat in a great big trashcan, I fell in the trash
and only my arms and legs were out of the trash can.
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1. What was Peter doing when he went camping? (Write 1 sentence using simple past and Past
continuous)
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2. What happened when he asked for the latrine? (Write 1 sentence using simple past
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3. What did Peter see while he was looking for the latrine? (Write 1 sentence using simple past and past
continuous)
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4. What happened to Julia and how do you think she felt? (Write 2 sentence, one using simple past and
the other, using participial adjectives)
a. ___________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________
b. ___________________________________________________________________________________
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Yo, _________________________________________________________, estudiante del programa de

________________________________________ de la Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito,
me comprometo con mi Institución y conmigo mismo a presentar esta prueba a consciencia siguiendo los
valores institucionales de la honestidad y de la integridad.

Con mi firma declaro que no he realizado ningún tipo de fraude en la presentación de esta prueba.

Firma ______________________________________________________

Firma _________________________________________________________