INTERMEDIATE TEST (2)

Este es el segundo test de nivel intermedio que aquí publicamos. Para resolverlo, necesitará copiarlo y pegarlo en un archivo WORD o similar.

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I.- Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

1) All / None the students are having a break now.

2) Barcelona has a higher / the highest population than Valencia.

3) Both / All Susan and Peter are taking part in the competition.

4) Don't touch this body ! He's death / dead.

5) He isn't as big / the same big as his brother.

6) I find going to the cinema a lot more interesting / the most interesting than watching tv.

7) I haven't got much / many time to waste.

8) In my opinion, Scotland has more beautiful / the most beautiful countryside in the world.

9) Is the baby still / yet sleeping? No, he's just woken up.

10) Is there any / anything we can do for you?

11) Most of / Most my students speak two languages.

12) Our trip to Mallorca last year was one of the more enjoyable / most enjoyable holidays we've never / ever had.

13) Some / Any of my friends have a driving license.

14) The police nearly / near discovered the criminal.

15) There isn't somewhere / anywhere to park in this area.

16) There was a bank robbery / rob at 8 pm yesterday.

17) There were a lot / few of people at the party.

18) I've had an argument with my boyfriend. We're not speaking to ourselves / each other.

19) Your computer isn't so good / better as mine.

20) He's very good at / in painting.

21) All / Everyone I invited came to my party.

22) Both Frank and Paul has / have a lot of spare time.

II.- Fill in the gaps with the correct preposition.

1) Bats are animals that sleep ___ the day and fly ___ night.

2) He is such an adventurer ! He has travelled all ___ the world.

3) My brother has been ill ___ a week.

4) I always leave the key ___ the doormat when I leave home.

5) I have a cut ___ my knee and it really hurts.

6) I've just bought some apples but there isn't a good one ___ them.

7) Keep your shoes ___ the rug, please. I don't want it to get dirty.

8) My son keeps his toys ___ a big box ___ a corner of the room.

9) Take those papers ___ of the drawer and give them to me.

10) The alarm clock fell ___ the bedside table but it didn't break.

11) The car was driving ___ the station ___ the end of the street but it stopped in front of my restaurant.

12) Suddenly, a rabbit ran ___ the road in front of the car.

III.- Put the following words in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.

1) behind / The / in / was / angrily / man / the / shouting / car

2) She / home / as / she / walked / back / quickly / could / as

3) like / that / looks / and / house / Peter / Fiona's

4) curly / She's / wears / got / long / hair / glasses / and

5) river / is / deep / This / swim / enough / to / not / in

6) the / whole / He / asleep / film / was / during

IV.- Fill in the gaps with one of the following words.

a, all, another, both, every (x2), few, her, neither, none, other, the (x2), their

When Michelle got to ___ bus stop, there was ___ woman there too. After a ___ minutes they started chatting and get on the same bus to the city centre. Soon, they realised they were ___ going to the same place. The ___ woman was also on ___ way to Millicent Computers for ___ job interview. ___ of them knew much about the company or the position offered. They had seen it advertised in ___ Sunday papers. They both bought the papers ___ Sunday to look for work, but ___ of the job ads were very interesting. In the case of this job, it seemed you had to work ___ weekends and almost ___ night. As they were getting to ___ stop, they saw a long queue of people waiting at the entrance door to Millicent Computers.

FIRST CERTIFICATE

El FIRST CERTIFICATE es uno de los certificados más importantes y más solicitados por personas que necesitan acreditar su nivel de Inglés por diversos motivos. Uno de ellos está relacionado con el Curriculum Vitae.
En ésta ocasión aplicaremos algunos "trucos" o "estrategias" para obtener el FIRST CERTIFICATE.

NOTA: Este apartado solo es de ayuda para una mejor comprensión de la gramática. El alumno
             deberá además estudiar todos y cada uno de los puntos indicados, por su cuenta o con la
             ayuda de un profesor.
             Algunos de los puntos ya han sido tratados en este mismo blog, por lo que sólo serán
             mencionados.
             Sólo trataremos una pequeña selección de temas gramaticales de todo lo que exige el
             FIRST CERTIFICATE.

1.- ADJECTIVES (leer articulo completo en este mismo blog)

2.- ARTICLES (leer articulo completo en este mismo blog)

3.- CONDITIONALS .- El CONDICIONAL se forma de la siguiente manera:
       
   a) Condicional de Probabilidad.- 

If you finish work early, we shall go to the theatre

NOTA: Este tipo de Condicional se usa para mencionar asuntos que son probables o
posibles de suceder.

b) Condicional de No Probabilidad.-

If I were rich, I would buy a fine house

NOTA.- Aqui se señalan las situaciones que son muy difíciles o imposibles de suceder.

c) Zero Conditional.- If I had saved my money, I would not be poor now

4.-ELECCIÓN.- Para elegir entre 2 o más opciones, utilizamos :

a) Either .... or .- Este se utiliza para elegir entre 2 opciones. Ejemplo:

We are going either to the theatre or to the cinema

b) Neither ... nor .- Es la forma negativa del primero. Ejemplo:

My father speaks neither Italian, nor French

5.- TIEMPOS VERBALES .- Es muy importante estar familiarizado con los tiempos verbales,
      porque constituyen una parte muy importante de todo idioma.

      a) SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE :- Se usa en acciones cotidianas y/o actuales.

I go to the university

He plays the guitar

TRUCO/ESTRATEGIA.- 1) Conocer la fórmula : S+VERBO PRAL+COMPLEMENTO

   2) Todos los verbos conjugados en la 3ª persona del singular
  llevan "S" o "ES". Ejemplo:

John plays the guitar
     
Mr. Brown teaches Maths.

3) En preguntas y negaciones, utilizamos DO - DOES.
(leer articulo completo en este mismo blog)

       b) PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE.- (leer articulo completo en este mismo blog)

       c) PRESENT PERFECT TENSE.- (leer articulo completo en este mismo blog)

       d) PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE.- (leer articulo completo en este mismo blog)

       e) SIMPLE PAST TENSE.- (leer articulo completo en este mismo blog)

       f) PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE.- (leer articulo completo en este mismo blog)

       g) PAST PERFECT TENSE.- Se utiliza para indicar lo sucedido en un cierto periodo de tiempo pasado.

We had finished our work, so we went home

Our guests had met before, so we didn't need to introduce them to one
each other

La fórmula es : S + HAD + Verbo Pral en Pasado + Complemento

TRUCO/ESTRATEGIA.- 1) "HAD" se mantiene siempre igual sea cual
sea el sujeto.

2) Atención especial al pretérito del verbo

h) PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE.- Para mencionar acciones que
se sucedian repetidamente
utilizamos este tiempo verbal.

I had been studying for months

We had been waiting for more than 30 minutes for a bus

TRUCO/ESTRATEGIA.- 1) "HAD" y "BEEN" no cambia de forma con el  sujeto

2) Podriamos traducir "Had+Been" como "Haber+Sido/Estado"

3) "For" equivaldría en este caso a "Durante"

i) FUTURE TENSE.- (leer articulo completo en este mismo blog)
6.-NOUNS.- Los SUSTANTIVOS pueden ser contables o no. Para estos casos utilizamos
"A" o "AN".
También existe el "Sustantivo Verbal", es decir el que utiliza un verbo como
base principal. Ejemplos:

He went to prison for stealing

A life of working without any play, becomes very dull

NOTA: Debemos prestar atención a la posición del sustantivo para no confundirlo con el verbo principal.

TRUCO/ESTRATEGIA.- Podemos traducir este tipo de sustantivo como un verbo en su
forma infinitiva.

7.- QUESTIONS.- (leer articulo completo en este mismo blog)

8.- RELATIVE PRONOUNS.- Los "Pronombres Relativos" tienen algo que ver con las "WH Questions".

WHO = Personas, tanto en singular como plural
WHOM = Traducido "A Quien" o "Con Quien"
WHICH = Se usa para objetos
THAT = Para personas y objetos tanto en singular como en plural
WHOSE = Posesivo utilizado en personas

Mary is the girl WHO married Peter's brother

Children WHOSE behaviour is bad, may be punished

I ordered a meal THAT didn't cost too much

NOTA : "THAT" se puede utilizar en casi todos los casos excepto cuando el pronombre relativo es WHOSE.

TRUCO/ESTRATEGIA.- Conocer el significado de las WH Questions nos ayudará a
utilizar los RELATIVE PRONOUNS

9.- PREPOSITIONS.- Las PREPOSICIONES se usan en muchas situaciones.Sería algo extenso
tratarlas una a una. Por ello, sólo nombraremos las principales.

a) TIME.- Este tipo de preposiciones se utilizan para nombrar un espacio de tiempo determinado.

IN = Para siglos(18th century), años(1988), meses(january), partes del dia(morning..)
y estaciones(Spring)
ON= Dias de la semana, fechas señaladas, fechas completas((May 12 1990)

AT= Horas (3 O'clock, etc), NIGHT y MIDNIGHT

b) PLACE.- Estas Preposiciones se refieren a la posición de algo/alguien en un espacio.

IN = Indica algo que está en el INTERIOR.

The cat is IN the box

ON = Esto denomina algo que está SOBRE.

The cup is ON the table

AT = Sirve para indicar un objeto/persona que se encuentra en un lugar abierto o
no concreto.

I am AT home

He is AT work

BY = Nos señala que el objeto/persona está muy cerca de algo

The dog is over there, by the window.

IN FRONT OF = No confundir con su traducción literal. Esto indica "delante".

My car is IN FRONT OF the Bank.

BEHIND = Su significado es "detrás"

Your keys are BEHIND the door

10.- VERBS.- (leer diversos posts acerca de los diversos tipos de verbos en este mismo blog)