INSTITUTO SUPERIOR CULTURAL BRITANICO

Name: …………………………………………………… May 2023

THIRD YEAR TEST Mark:……….

1. A. Read about Emily-Fleur.

1. B Read the article again and write T (True) of F (False). _____ / 10

a) She didn´t care about her GCSEs results. ______

b) When she left school, she was indecisive about what to do later. ______
c) She asked her teachers if she could take some photos of their birthday parties. ______
d) Taking photos was an immediate success to Emily´s economy. _____
e) She believes that young university students are not prepared for the real world, as she is. _____

1.C. Answer the following questions with your own words. _______ / 4
a) How often do you take photos? Do you always post them on Instagram? Why/why not?
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b) When was the last time you took photos? Were you celebrating something?
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ACTIVITY 2. Emily has been interviewing photographers for her new project. Complete the
text about Jimmy, A Nat Geo photographer, with the corresponding form of the verbs in
brackets. _______ / 28

Hi Emi, how are U?

Every day, I _______________________1.(take) pictures of different

subjects. I love _______________________2. (capture) the beauty of
the world through my lens. Right now, I _____________________3.
(photograph) a beautiful sunset, and the colours are breath taking.

Last week, I _______________________ 4.(take) some stunning

portraits of a family. They were thrilled with the results, and it _______________________ 5.
(feel)amazing to see the joy on their faces. Since I ______________________6. (start) photography, I
_______________________7.(capture) many precious moments. From weddings to family gatherings, I
have been there to document those special occasions. I _______________________8.(be) grateful for
the opportunity to freeze those moments in time and create lasting memories.

Lately, I _______________________9. (practise) my skills by experimenting with new techniques. It's

important to keep learning and growing as a photographer. I've been trying out different lighting
setups, angles, and compositions. It _______________________10. (be) challenging, but also very
rewarding.

While I _______________________11. (take) pictures at the beach, a dolphin suddenly

_______________________12. (jump) out of the water. It _______________________13.(be) a magical
moment, and I was able to capture it on camera. Moments like these remind me why
I_______________________ 14.(love) photography so much.

ACTIVITY 3. Complete the following sentences with the words from the box. _______ /12

CAVE SIGHTS UP TASTY TONE-DEAFNESS

1. Ups! I need to climb __________ to here to get the perfect photo!

2. The ____________ is so dark that I need to take photos with flash.
3. Argentina has wonderful ______________ that should be photographed.
4. Look at that __________ hamburger ads! I`m really hungry!
5. She is ____________, but she can communicate with you in many different ways.

ACTIVITY 4. Answer the following questions______ / 14

A) What did you use to do when you were a child?

1) _______________________________________________________________________________________
2) _______________________________________________________________________________________

B) What didn`t you use to do when you were a child?

3) _______________________________________________________________________________________
4) _______________________________________________________________________________________

ACTIVITY 5. Choose the correct option. _______ /10

1) I bought a new camera, ___________ has excellent zoom.

A) who B) which C) where
2) He is the photographer ___________ is interested in wildlife photography.
A) who B) which C) where
3) I have been passionate about photography ___________ I was a child.

A) about B) for C) since

4) She has been taking photos with this old camera __________ six years.
A) for B) since C) when

5) We haven`t taken photos of the Obelisk _______. We need to go now!

A) yet B) already C) just

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ACTIVITY 6. WRITING SECTION _______ / 22 100-120 words

Choose one of the following topics and write about:

_____ Tell me the last time you got extremely furious with someone, the reason you were like this
and what happened that day.

_____ A day in your life that you will always remember.

_____ A time when you made a mistake and learned from it.

You need to use at least 5 of the following structures or phrases from the box:

WHEN FOR SINCE WHILE BECAUSE FIRSTLY SO BUT FINALLY

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