Mid-Term Assessment 1 English III

Full Name :_Lisseth Abisail Barahona Aké. Date ……24/02/2024.

1. Complete the paragraph with correct words. There are extra words.

1. My family moved to Tokyo, Japan, when I was 17 because of my accept

frightenedfather’s job. I couldn’t speak any Japanese, so I was (1) adapt
2. Cope …frightened at first. And Tokyo was so huge and crowded. I had company
3.left complex
no idea how to (2) …cope…. with so many changes. I felt (3)
4.extrovert cope
….left… out of everything, even though I’m a(n) (4)
5.socialize
…extrovert…… . .But then I made some friends and started to (5) extrovert
6. time- frightened
consuming …socialize.. again. I also started learning Japanese, which was (6) left
7.complex …time-consuming. and (7) ……complex……., but learning a
resist
8.waste language is never a (n) (8) …waste…….of time. socialize
time-consuming
waste

2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses. (). Use comparative and
superlative forms when necessary. Use would and used to when possible. Sometimes there is more
than one correct answer.
1. hated A. When I was a kid, I (1) hated. (hate) vegetables. I (2)
2. wouldn’t eat.. …wouldn’t eat.. (not, eat) them but (3) …used to push……
3. used to push (push) them to the side of my plate. I (4)……always
4. always caused… caused…… (always, cause) trouble at meal times.

9. more athletic A. I’m the opposite. I’m (9) …more athletic… (athletic) now
10. used to spend than I was before. And what about spending habits? As a
child, I (10) ....used to spend..... (spend) all my money on
11. biggest comics and candy. Now, two of my (11) …biggest… (big)
expenses are electronics and my car.

12. is not useful enough to spend B. For me, a car (12) …is not useful enough to spend…. (not,
13. more important to see useful, enough, spend) money on. It’s (13) …more important
14. to drive to see.. (important, see) friends than (14) …to drive.. (drive) a
car.
3. Complete the conversation with correct expressions. There is one expression you won’t use.

A. Who’s he most important person in your life?

1. act as role B. There are so many important people in my life, for example, my
models for parents. They (1) …act as role models for . me and always (2) act as
2. steer me away …steer me away from. making bad decisions. That’s important. But constructive
from then there’s my older sister. When I do make a mistake, she’s the contributes
3. point out first to (3) … point out … what I did wrong. It makes me mad, but draws attention to
4. think through then she encourage me to (4) …think through.. the situation and keep an eye on
5. constructive learn from it. And she gives me (5) …constructive. advice panic
point out
regain control
A. That seems rational. steer me away from
strengths
6. Panic B. Yeah. When I have a problem, I tend to (6) …panic… .She think through
helps me calm down and (7) …regain control….. . turn to
7. Regain
weaknesses
control

8. acts as A. It sounds like she (8) …acts as….. your therapist!

9. contributes B. Yes, I guess she does in a way. Oh, and I can’t forget my friend
10. draws Dave. He (9) contributes… to my overall happiness. He always (10)
attention to …draws attention to… my (11) …strengths…., which makes me
11.strengths feel good. I can always (12) …turn to.. him to make me feel better.
12.turn to