JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

GRAMMAR EXAM 4th. BIMESTER

3RD GRADE
NAME: _________________________________________________ GROUP: ________
DATE: ___________________________ L.N. _____
Sandra Suárez total points: _____ of 60

Follow instructions carefully and use your best handwriting; double answers or difficult to read will be counted as
wrong! Be careful with your spelling and punctuation. Answer with pen.
Part 1. Use of English
I. Rewrite the following sentences so that they have a similar meaning to the ones given. (4 points)
1. I met Peter ten years ago.
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2. I have not seen a movie since January.
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3. Make sure you wear clothes that let you move freely.
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4. Ever since I was 6 years old, I have been afraid of spiders.
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II. Complete the texts with the right form of the verbs. (10 points)
Actress Halle Berry (1) ______________ (become) the first black woman to win an Oscar for her role in the film
Monster’s Ball. She (2)________________ (make) an emotional speech when she (3) ________________
(accept) the award in the 2002 Academy Awards ceremony. Berry (4)____________________(also/appear) in
many popular movies like Die Another Day and the X-Men saga. She (5) _______________________ (born) in
1966.

We (6)__________________ (see) movies in which the set is crowded with hundreds of people. These people
(7)___________________ (call) extras, and many hopeful actors (8) ____________________ (be able) to make
a living from this kind of work. However, directors (9) _____________________ (begin) to use virtual extras,
and the increased use of these (10) _________________________(make) film production much cheaper and
real actors obsolete.

III. Change the following sentences to passive or active voice. (4 points)

1. My grandfather built this house in 1950.
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2. An Internet questionnaire was completed by students.
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3. Romeo and Juliet was written by Shakespeare.
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4. A mouse ate the cheese!
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IV. Rewrite the following sentences using reported speech. In some sentences you have to use the
specific verb in ( ). (5points)
1. Tom said, “I am feeling ill”.
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2. Brigit said, “I am thinking of moving to Ireland”.
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3. “You should get more sleep”, the doctor told me. (advised)
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4. “I will not be able to finish the homework”, she said. (explained)
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5. Jim said, “Vic had an accident last week.”
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V. Complete the following sentences using said, told or talked. (5 points)

1. Betty ___________ me that she was enjoying her new job.
2. Kurt ___________ it was a nice restaurant but I did not like it much.
3. We ____________ about the consequences of cheating and now the situation is better.
4. Erin ___________ Brian that she was going away.
5. I wish I had not __________ that I was nervous about the presentation.
VI. Use the words from the box to complete the sentences. Use each word only once. (6 points)
Which whom where whose when who

1. Thomas A. Edison, __________ invented the electric light bulb, lived from 1847 to 1931.
2. This was a time ___________ many inventors were extremely active.
3. One inventor ____________ inventions are less known is Charles Hall, the inventor of aluminium.
4. He lived in Ohio _____________ Edison was born.
5. The person to ______________ Hall sold his patent made a fortune from it.
6. The company he founded, __________ is called Alcoa, is still in business today.

VII. Underline the correct alternative in the following sentences. (6 points)

1. Eva is not sure about going to the beach. She might / could have to take care of her baby brother.
2. They said that it was going to be cold and cloudy today and that it might / must rain later.
3. Look at this picture. That is Dad and that must /could be Uncle Richard next to him.
4. I do not where she is. She must / should be stuck in heavy traffic.
5. You might / ought to go to the doctor and have that cut checked.
6. It is getting cold in here, shall / must I close the windows?

VIII. Complete the text with the appropriate form of the word. The first one has been done as an example.
A Technological Nightmare
I had a really dreadful weekend last month. In 48 hours almost every (1) _________________ appliance in
the house broke down. The computer was first. A message appeared saying “Disk (2) _______________” and
I just had to switch it off and call the (3) _________________. Next was the washing machine. I heard a
terrible noise like an (4)________________ and when I went to check, the room was full of smoke. I was able
to (5)_________________ the machine just as it caught fire! (6) ___________________ as it may seem, the
refrigerator stopped working the same day. It started to (7)_______________ itself for no reason and there was
water all over the kitchen floor. By then I was very, very (8)______________, so I decided to lie down for a
while. I was just falling ____________ when the toothbrush started buzzing ___________. Somehow it had
switched itself on!
0 dread 1 electric 2 fail 3 technical 4 explode 5 plug
6 possible 7 frost 8 nerve 9 sleep 10 loud

CLUE: three words need a negative prefix, choose from de-, dis-, im-, mis-, un-

IX. Complete the following chart. (10 points)

Present Past Past Participle
To swim
took
drawn
To sell
shone
taught
To think
swept
been
To bring

Extra question: Write about the person you did the oral presentation on. (2 points)
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