UNIVERSIDAD POLITECNICA DEL GOLFO DE MEXICO

EVIDENCIA DE CONOCIMIENTO 1
APLICACIN DE EVALUACION
FECHA 26 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2008

NAME__________________________________________________ GROUP___________

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I.- PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT FORM (PAST PROGRESSIVE).
GRAMMAR (10 POINTS)

1.- When I phoned my friends, they (play) ______________________________monopoly.

2.- Yesterday at six I (prepare) _______________________________dinner.

3.- The kids (play) _________________________in the garden when it suddenly began to rain.

4.- I (practise) _____________________________the guitar when he came home.

5.- We (not / cycle) _________________________________all day.

6.- While Aaron (work) __________________in his room, his friends (swim) _______________in
the pool.

7.- I tried to tell them the truth but they (listen / not)____________________________.

8.- What (you / do) _______________________________________yesterday?

9.- Most of the time we (think) _____________________________in the English exam.

10.- The teacher (apply) ____________________________several techniques in the

classroom.

II.- COMPLETE THE SENTENCES BELOW WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE ADJECTIVE.
(COMPARATIVE AND SUPERLATIVE FORM) GRAMMAR (10 POINTS)

1.- Jeremy is 10 years old. Julie is 8 years old. Jeremy is (old)__________________Julie

2.- The Alps are very high. They are (high) ____________________ mountains in Europe.
3.- An ocean is (large) _____________________ a sea.
4.- A Rolls Royce costs a lot of money. A Twingo costs less money.
A Rolls Royce is (expensive) ________________________ a Twingo.
5.- John's results were bad. Fred's results were very poor. Fred's results were (bad)
_______________ John's.
6.- This exercise is not difficult. It's (easy) _____________________ I expected.
7.- The weather is not good today - it's raining. I hope the weather will be (good) _______________
next week.
8. People are not friendly in big cities. They are usually (friendly) ____________________ in small
towns.
9.- In the government of a country, the President is (important) _____________________ person.
10. People say that Chinese is (difficult) ____________________to learn than English.
III.- LISTEN CAREFULLY AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES LISTENING (15 POINTS)

1) Tomorrow it _______________________ in the north-west.

2) My friend ______________________ 12 next Monday.

3) Hey John! Wait a minute. I _____________________ a word with you.

4) She _______________________ her boss tomorrow, he is not in the city today.

5) I think you _______________________ the job.

6) They _____________________ at about 6 pm. They _____________________ later.

7) The teacher ____________________ this exercise.

8) He _______________________ the bottle of water.

9) Lots of accidents ______________________ in that weather.

10) She ____________________ if you do not show her the spider.

IV.- WRITE AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES AND CHANGE THEM INTO QUESTIONS USE (BE GOING TO
FUTURE). GRAMMAR (10 POINTS)

1.- (he / cook dinner / tonight)

_________________________________________ _______________________________________

2.- (you / run / in the race)

_________________________________________ _______________________________________

3.- (they / climb / that mountain)

_________________________________________ _______________________________________

4.- (she / exercise / at the gym / in the afternoon)

_________________________________________ _______________________________________

5.-(you / carry / that heavy box)

_________________________________________ _______________________________________

6.-(computer / crash)
_________________________________________ _______________________________________

7.-(we / eat / fish / tonight)

_________________________________________ _______________________________________

8.-(he / play football / tomorrow)

_________________________________________ _______________________________________

9.-(Lucy / call / a taxi)

_________________________________________ _______________________________________

10.- (you / sing / a song / for us)

_________________________________________ _______________________________________
 BLACKOUT

V.- READ AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING
READING (10 POINTS)
1.- Where was the blackout?
_______________________________________________
2.- When did the electricity go out?
_______________________________________________
3.- what were the commuters doing when the blackout happened? the stove, and TV viewers didnt
_______________________________________________
4.-were the traffic lights working well?
_______________________________________________
5.- Were many people staying at home during thanksgiving eve? and people had time to cook their
_________________________________________________
6.- what were many people watching on tv?
_________________________________________________
7.- when did the electricity come back?
_________________________________________________
8.- what is a blackout?
_________________________________________________
Last night there was a blackout in
the town of Springville. The
blackout caused major problems.
The electricity went out during rush
hour on Thanksgiving eve when
commuters were returning home
from work. The traffic lights werent
working, and there were major
traffic problems. Because it was
Thanksgiving eve, many people
were travelling out of town, but the
trains werent running, planes
werent flying, and hundreds of
people were waiting at the stations
and airports for hours. In many
houses, dinner was cooking, and
people were watching last episode
of cry no tears. The meals stayed on
find out the ending of the soap
opera. Fortunately, the electricity
came back on Thursday morning
Thanksgiving dinners.

VI. WRITTEN/ PAST SIMPLE AND PAST CONTINUOUS USE WRITING (15 POINTS)

Write a short paragraph describing an important day in your life. Make notes
in the past simple on the most important events that occurred. Then add a
description of what was happening at some of the specific moments: use
the past continuous). USE AT LEAST 15 DIFFERENT VERBS