Material Didactico

EXAMEN ESPECIAL
PART 1 USE OF ENGLISH
A. Circle the correct word. Then join the sentences using relative pronouns (who or that).
1.- I’d prefer a(n) temperamental / organized / egotistical boss. I can do my best for her.

2.- Patty is a(n) modest / intolerant / stingy person. She never brags about her grades.

3.- our coach can’t stand considerate / easygoing / egotistical players. Hecan’t talk to them easily.

4.- I don’t want to work with a difficult person. This person is sensitive / unreliable / sociable.

B. Complete the sentences using gerund phrases and the words below.
be + flight attendant work + architect
retire + age 50 write + gossip column
1.- He’d enjoy ____________________ because he loves traveling.
2.- ________________ seems exciting. I’vealways been interested in design.
3.- Cheryl wouldn’t like ________________ for the school paper. She doesn’t really care about campus policies or social activities.
4.- You’ve saved 25 percent of your salary all your life – now it’s time to have some fun! __________________ sounds fantastic. You deserve it!
C. Circle the correct response.
1.- An aerobics instructor probably earns ____________ atennis coach.
a.- better paid than b.- not as hard as c.- as much as

2.- A web designer has ________________ an international TV journalist.
a.- as well paid as b.- better hours than c.- more interesting than

3.- Psychiatrists are often _______________ politicians.
a.- better educated b.- as much work as c.- more college degrees than

4.- Working as acomedian is _______________ being a movie actor.
a.- worse hours than b.- as much as c.- less interesting than
D. Write requests using the information given.

1.- You want your friend to lend you her laptop for the weekend.
Could you ________________________________________________________?
2.- Your classmate has a cell phone. You want to use it to make a quick call.
Would it be OKif ___________________________________________________?
3.- You want to borrow a stranger’s newspaper when he’s finished it.
I was wondering if you’d mind _________________________________________?

That Akiko can’t come to class tomorrow?
Does Akiko come to class tomorrow?

Whether or not he wants to study together tonight?
If he wants studying together tonight?

Don’t late for classtomorrow?
Not to be late for class tomorrow?
That Akiko can’t come to class tomorrow?
Does Akiko come to class tomorrow?

Whether or not he wants to study together tonight?
If he wants studying together tonight?

Don’t late for class tomorrow?
Not to be late for class tomorrow?
E. Check the correct phrase to complete each request.
1.- Could you tell Matt

2.- Can you ask David

3.- Canyou tell Harriet

F. Complete the paragraphs. Use the simple past, the past continuous, or the past perfect.
1.- At their wedding, the bride and groom _________________ (get) into a terrible argument. The bride’s father ___________ just ______________ (move) when the groom __________________ (step) on the bride’s beautiful dress! As the cameraman ____________________ (videotape) the ceremony,he _______________ (catch) their argument on tape.
2.- While I ________________ (play) tennis yestareday afternoon, I realized that I _________________ (forget) something. What a predicament I _________ (be) in! I couldn’t call my wife to say I would be late for dinner because I ___________ (not put) my cell phone in my tennis bag. She was pretty hungry when I _____ (get) home.

G. Put thewords in order to make sentences about living abroad.
1.- would trying thing the one local is I food excited by the be

2.- about most be meeting the curious I my is thing people would age the

3.- about anxious language be I is not the something understanding would

H. Complete these sentences using another form of the boldface word.
1.-...