INSTITUTO CAMBRIDGE de Cultura Inglesa – Noviembre-Diciembre 2020

NAME:
TEENS 2

1 TIME: 2 hours

A B FINAL MARK SET

PART A

CHOOSE THE CORRECT OPTION. 4 x 0.25=1 mark

1- I can see your mum has a great beard / smile / curls.

2- My favourite vegetables are peaches / pears / beans.

3- Peter comes from Greek / Spanish / Poland

4- My sister works with animals, she’s a vet / plumber / builder.

MATCH A LINE FROM “A” WITH A LINE FROM “B”. Write the corresponding
4 x 0.25=1 mark
number from B in the box. There is one extra phrase in column B.

A B B
a When you go to the pool 1 so he arrives home late.
b I don’t enjoy 2 Paul phoned me.
c My father has got two jobs 3 you must wear a swimming hat.
d While I was going to the club 4 staying at home at weekends.
5 see a monkey.

COMPLETE THE DIALOGUE WITH THE CORRECT EXPRESSIONS. There are

4 x 0.25=1 mark
two extra expressions.

Two brothers at home

Dan: I have a new project at school and my laptop is broken. • Sorry, it’s a bit difficult.
1) ___________________________ • Can I use yours?
Jack: 2) ___________________________ • Sure. No problem!

Two friends on the phone

Meg: Are you doing anything on Sunday? • Why don’t we have a barbecue?
Sue: No, why? • Good idea!
Meg: 3) ______________________________________ • I’m hungry.
Sue: 4) _________________. Let’s ask Silvia and Fred to come.
Meg: Sure.

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CIRCLE THE CORRECT OPTION a, b or c TO COMPLETE THE BLANKS 4 x 0.25=1 mark

1- Life is _____ in the country than in cities. a) quiet b) the quietest c) quieter
2- There is _____ juice in the bottle. a) many b) a c) some
3- I don’t _____ any sports. a) play b) make c) exercise
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4- My birthday is _____ May 25 . a) in b) at c) on

COMPLETE THE TEXT ABOUT AN ACCIDENT WITH THE CORRECT TENSE

OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS. Use the Present Simple or Continuous, the Past Simple or 10 x 0.2=2 marks
Continuous or the ‘Going to’ Future.

We 1) (stay) ______________ in Mar del Plata with my family this month. I 2) (love)__________ spending time
on the beach. Last Saturday we 3) (play) ___________ volleyball with no shoes on when I stepped on a piece of
glass. It hurt a lot and I 4) (be)_________ afraid. I 5) (sit) __________ down on the sand. Then, my friend Jude
6) (come) __________ to help me; she 7) (get) ____________ the piece of glass out of my foot and I 8) (feel)
____________ better.
Some time later, my cousin Sheila 9) (drive) ______________ me to hospital in her car. Now I know that I
10) (not play) __________________ volleyball without shoes again!

COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS USING THE WORDS IN BRACKETS. Use the

5 x 0.4 = 2 marks
Present Simple or Continuous, the Past Simple or Continuous or the ‘Going to’ Future.

1- Jim: I didn’t see you at the club yesterday afternoon.

Sue: (Wh/you/be) ____________________________?
Sue: I was at home.

2- Joe: Yesterday I was at Rick’s birthday party!

Meg: (you/have) __________________________ fun?
Joe: Yes, I did. It was great!

3- Max: Hi Gary!
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Gary: Hi! (Wh/you/go) _____________________________when we met yesterday?
Max: I was going to the dentist’s.

4- Liz: I’m reading The Adventures of Sean Ryanis.

Kate: (you/read) ______________________ a lot?
Liz: Yes I do. I love books

5- Paul: My grandpa will be 70 next Sunday.

Jean: (you/have)__________________________________ a party?
Paul: Yes, my mum is going to cook a special dinner.

READING. Read this text and circle T for true or F for false 5 x 0.4 = 2 marks

Some years ago Akira, a 19-year-old Japanese girl, began writing a novel about her life. She finished it in three
weeks, and she called it Dreams Come True. She wasn’t an experienced writer but when a paper book version of her
novel came out a few months later, a lot of people bought it. It was a great success and it sold over 200,000 copies.
As a result, Akira became famous in her country.
It's an incredible story. But the most amazing thing about it is that Akira wrote the novel on her mobile phone! She
posted the chapters on a website and readers downloaded it immediately. They liked the story and they wanted to
read more. Did she like writing her novel? Yes, she did. She wrote it in her free time!
In Japan, there is a generation of young novelists. Akira is one of them. These young writers write in simple style on
their mobile phones. They use abbreviations and emoticons. Many of the best-selling paper books in Japan were
originally mobile phone novels.

1. This text is about Akira’s popularity. T F

2. Akira wrote her novel very slowly. T F
3. Akira was a famous writer when she wrote her novel. T F
4. Mobile phone novelists write in long sentences. T F
5. Mobile phone novels are new in Japan. T F

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 PART B

WRITING 10 marks

Use 70 to 100 words to write an EMAIL to your best friend about the day you moved to a
new house. Use this plan.

Paragraph 1
• Say hi to your friend.
• Tell her /him when you moved.
• Mention something about the new neighbours and the new
area.

Paragraph 2
• Describe the new house.
• Compare the new house to the old house (big-comfortable
modern-warm, etc).
• Say something about your bedroom and its view.
.
Paragraph 3
• Invite your friend to come and visit the place.

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