El siguiente es el primer test de nivel ADVANCED que les presentamos.
Igual que en los anteriores, si quereis las respuestas, podéis solicitarlas por medio de un comentario o via email.
I.- Pronouns
Choose the right pronoun.
1) We're much stronger than (they/them) at football.
2) It's only (we/us), (I/me) and my girlfriend.
3) It is (she/her) that likes sugar in her tea, not (I/me).
4) Nobody could answer except (I/me).
5) It was (he/him) I was talking about.
II.- Present
a) Insert the correct form of the Simple Present or Present Continuous.
1) The sun (shine) now. Let's go out!
2) We always (travel) by plane.
3) John never (come) early.
4) This morning I (have) coffee although I generally (take) tea.
5) In summer, he often (lie) down in the afternoon. He (rest) now. Sometimes, he (fall) asleep.
b) Put in the Present Perfect Simple form of the verbs.
1) The firm (make) good profits this year.
2) Miss Brown (never see) a tv programme.
3) He (wear) a black suit ever since his wife died.
4) Peter (be) in hospital for almost six weeks.
5) The Cathedral (stand) on this spot since the fourteenth century.
c) Put the verb in brackets, in the Present Perfect Continuous.
1) He (play) the same tune for two hours.
2) Sargeant Black (serve) for nearly twenty years.
3) He (live) in this country for many years.
4) The new students (behave) very well so far.
5) Peter (sleep) for ten hours.
III.- Past
a) Supply the correct past forms of the verbs, Simple Past or Past Continuous.
1) Who ___ you (speak) to on the telephone when I (bring) your coffee?
2) I (hear) a sound. Perhaps my brother (talk) in his sleep.
3) What ___ she (want) when she (visit) you yesterday?
4) Where ___ you (live) this time last year?
5) When the ambulance (arrive) the patient (sleep) like a child.
b) Put the Past Perfect.
1) Mary (prepare) our meals on the previous day.
2) It (rain) all the previous week.
3) He lived quietly on a little money she (save) before his retirement.
4) We (finish) our work so we went home.
5) Peter (not arrive) by two o'clock, so I did not wait.
c) Supply the Past Perfect Continuous forms of the verbs.
1) We (try) to solve the mistery for weeks, but we hadn't succeeded.
2) Peter (ask) Mary to marry him for three years before they were engaged.
3) My mother (complain) of pains in her back.
4) The professor (teach) in the university for 40 years.
5) Shakespeare (write) for a number of years before he became really well-known.
IV.- Future
a) Rewrite the verbs in brackets in the Future Tense.
1) Faher (buy) a new car this year.
2) Peter told me that he (not pay) so much for that old hat.
3) I (not refuse) to drink to that toast.
4) Peter (ask) Mary to dance with him.
5) The boys (have) a whole day's holiday on Friday.
b) Put in the correct Future form.
1) Please don't telephone between 2 o'clock and 4 o'clock. I ___ (teach) then.
2) We can't meet before Saturday as I (work) overtime until then.
3) Yes, he ___ (work) late at the office, no doubt.
4) As soon as he arrives, conduct him to the library. A good fire ___ (burn) there soon.
5) If you need my help, please call me. I ___ (watch) TV in the lounge.
c) Insert the correct Future Perfect form.
1) You will find the key under the doormat. I (leave) it there on my way to work.
2) He gets a pension in 1998. He (work) for us for 30 years then.
3) We hope to go to England next year. We (learn) quite a lot of English before then.
4) By the time we come back, we (visit) most places of interest in London.
5) We can call on the manager about 2 o'clock. We (have) lunch by that time.
V.- DO vs. MAKE
1) Will you ___ a favour?
2) ___ up your mind to ___ what is right.
3) He ___ a big mistake in ___ business with such firm.
4) It ___ not ___ to ___ fun of our superiors.
5) That glass of wine has ___ me good.
VI.- Relatives
Add Relatives where necessary.
1) The best play ___ Shakespeare wrote, but ___ I haven't read, is probably "King Lear".
2) It was the Sargeant-Major ___ told me to fetch the rifle ___ I had been practising with.
3) He's the person ___ I meet at the club every day and ___ I've invited home to dinner tonight.
4) I'm just the same ___ I was the day ___ I first met you.
5) All the while ___ I'm working, it's you ___ I'm thinking of.
VII.- THERE IS vs. IT IS.
Add the correct form (Present, Past, Future) of THERE IS and IT IS.
1) ______ a lot of jobs to be done that morning.
2) ______ a time and place for everything.
3) ______ time for your medicine in half an hour.
4) "______ a murder, evidently", said the detective calmly.
5) ______ a fact that he's not at all well.
VIII.- Prepositions and Adverbial particles.
Fill in the blanks.
1) Fifteen punds are allotted ___ us ___ furniture, so we must lay it ___ carefully ___ the purchases we have ___ mind.
2) Poor fellow, he collided ___ a tram ___ his way home ___ work.
3) I am afraid he has fallen ___ love ___ a girl who, although not exactly devoid ___ intelligence, or even deficient __ common sense, is certanly a bit weak ___ the head.
4) I am apt ___ be impatient ___ the efforts ___ people making an attempt ___ something they are not really capable ___ doing.
5) There's no need ___ you to be uncivil ___ me just because you're disgusted ___ my work.
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domingo, 14 de septiembre de 2014
INTERMEDIATE TEST
El siguiente es un test para poner a prueba el nivel INTERMEDIO del lector. Para realizarlo, el lector deberá copiar el test y pegarlo en un archivo de WORD o similar.
NOTA.- Si lo desea, puede pedir la solución mediante un comentario o email.
I.- Say which of the following are COUNTABLE or UNCOUNTABLE.
1) Air
2) Book
3) Butter
4) Grass
5) Breath
6) Hair
7) Ink
8) News
9) Glass
10) Onion
II.- Insert the missing POSSESIVES :
1) This doesn't look like ___ book; it must be ___.
2) a.- Tell me, isn't that ___ girlfriend Maisie over there?
b.-Oh no, she was ___ last week, but ___ dog doesn't like me!
3) I see that he has lost ___ pencil; perhaps you can lend him ___.
4) You can take ___ and give me ___.
III.- Put the given ADVERBS in correct ORDER.
1) She went (to school / at 10 o'clock)
2) He was born (in the year 1923 / at 10 am / on June 14th)
3) They stayed (all day / quietly / there)
4) I like coffee (in the morning / very much)
5) He played (at the Town Hall / last night / beautifully / in the concert)
IV.- Choose the right PRONOUN.
1) a.- Who's there?
b.- It's only ___(I / me).
2) Let my boyfriend and (I / me) lay a duet.
3) What would you do if you were (he / him).
4) What's the name of (him / he), who came first?
V.- Insert SOME and ANY as required.
1) I want ___ new potatoes; have you ___?
2) I asked him for ___ ink, and he gave me ___:
3) Don't make ___ noise. He wants to get ___ sleep.
4) Have you had ___ tea? I can give you ___.
5) Are there ___ more books?
VI.- PRESENT TENSE
A) Supply the correct PRESENT TENSE.
1) Ships (travel) from Southampton to New York in four or five days.
2) It (be) very cold now.
3) The sun (warm) the air and (give) us light.
4) John (swim) very well, but he (not dive).
5) Wood (float) on water, but iron (not float).
B) Supply the correct PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE TENSE.
1) She (do) no homework this month.
2) Our students (progress) very well this term so far.
3) Mary (not buy) a new dress for years.
4) He (wear) a black suit ever since his wife died.
5) Peter (be) in hospital for almost 6 weeks.
C) Put SINCE os FOR.
1) I have been awake ___ three hours. ___ six o'cock.
2) The weather has been very cold ___ Christmas. ___ a month now.
3) We haven't had a swim ___ last summer. ___almost a year.
4) I've been standing here in the rain ___ half an hour. ___ half past four.
5) How long has John been learning English? ___ quite a long time, ___ last summer.
D) Put the verb in brackets in the PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS.
1) Turn the tv off. The children (watch) for too long time.
2) Mary is learning the piano. She (practise) since breakfast time.
3) John needs a holiday. He (work) too hard.
4) We (travel) for three days and we are still only half a way to London.
5) We (spend) far too much money lately.
VII.- PAST TIME
A) Supply the SIMPLE PAST form
1) John (buy) a second-hand car last week. He (pay) 1000 pounds for it.
2) For breakfast, last Tuesday my sister (make) coffee in a new kind of machine. It (taste) horrible and everyone (spit) it out.
3) They (have) more horses than cars when I (be) young.
4) The lesson (begin) at nine o'clock.
B) Complete the PAST CONTINUOUS form of the following.
1) He (sit) in the garden when the house fell down.
2) I (work) all day yesterday.
3) We (live) in France when the war began.
4) The bus started when I (get) on.
5) I took another cake when you (not look).
C) Put the PAST PERFECT.
1) Mary (prepare) our meals on the previous day.
2) We couldn't play football that Saturday as it (rain) all the previous week.
3) He lived quietly on little money he (save) before his retirement.
4) We (finish) our work, so we went home.
D) Supply the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS form.
1) It (rain) for days on end and everything was soaked.
2) She still couldn't sing although she (take) lessons for years.
3) They (lose) money for quite a long time.
4) We (wait) for more than an hour.
5) They said I (worry) about business too much and needed a rest.
VII.- Put SHALL or WILL.
1) I ___ help you tomorrow.
2) We ___ never leave our friends who need us.
3) They ___ receive the freedom of the city.
4) Mary ___ come to my wedding. I ___ invite her at once.
5) I ___ pay my account at the end of the month.
IX.- Complete the following sentences with DO or MAKE.
1) He ___ a lot of money last year.
2) I always ___ my best.
3) It has nothing to ___ with you.
4) He ___ a lot of business with us.
5) Have you ___ your homework?
X.- INTERROGATIVES
A) Add the queston word.
1) ___ pencil is this? Is it yours?
2) ___ are you doing tonight?
3) ___ is singing in the next room?
4) ___ room is the largest?
5) ___ is wrong?
B) Turn the following statements into questions.
1) My father has taken the newspaper.
2) Montblanc is the biggest mountain in the Alpes.
3) The boy learned many subjects at school.
4) They want to go out.
5) That house is mine.
C) Add the missing word
1) We don't know ___ she has gone.
2) Can you tell me ___ this box is so heavy?
3) I remember ___ you were a little girl.
4) Show me ___ this machine works.
5) Did anyone see ___ way Jane went?
XI.- Add the correct form of THERE IS o IT IS.
1) _____ no one at home when I called for him.
2) _____ no place like home.
3) _____ hard to decide what was the best thing to do.
4) _____ no time for tea if we don't hurry.
5) _____ so much work to get through this morning that I haven't had time think about the questions.
XII.- Put in suitable PREPOSITIONs.
1) Wait ___ me ___ the bus stop!
2) We had to go ___ the hill ___ a little house ___ the top.
3) Read ___ line 10 ___ line 20 ___ page.
4) Do you want to speak ___ me ___ anything?
5) You can cut the apple ___ two __ this knife.
NOTA.- Si lo desea, puede pedir la solución mediante un comentario o email.
I.- Say which of the following are COUNTABLE or UNCOUNTABLE.
1) Air
2) Book
3) Butter
4) Grass
5) Breath
6) Hair
7) Ink
8) News
9) Glass
10) Onion
II.- Insert the missing POSSESIVES :
1) This doesn't look like ___ book; it must be ___.
2) a.- Tell me, isn't that ___ girlfriend Maisie over there?
b.-Oh no, she was ___ last week, but ___ dog doesn't like me!
3) I see that he has lost ___ pencil; perhaps you can lend him ___.
4) You can take ___ and give me ___.
III.- Put the given ADVERBS in correct ORDER.
1) She went (to school / at 10 o'clock)
2) He was born (in the year 1923 / at 10 am / on June 14th)
3) They stayed (all day / quietly / there)
4) I like coffee (in the morning / very much)
5) He played (at the Town Hall / last night / beautifully / in the concert)
IV.- Choose the right PRONOUN.
1) a.- Who's there?
b.- It's only ___(I / me).
2) Let my boyfriend and (I / me) lay a duet.
3) What would you do if you were (he / him).
4) What's the name of (him / he), who came first?
V.- Insert SOME and ANY as required.
1) I want ___ new potatoes; have you ___?
2) I asked him for ___ ink, and he gave me ___:
3) Don't make ___ noise. He wants to get ___ sleep.
4) Have you had ___ tea? I can give you ___.
5) Are there ___ more books?
VI.- PRESENT TENSE
A) Supply the correct PRESENT TENSE.
1) Ships (travel) from Southampton to New York in four or five days.
2) It (be) very cold now.
3) The sun (warm) the air and (give) us light.
4) John (swim) very well, but he (not dive).
5) Wood (float) on water, but iron (not float).
B) Supply the correct PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE TENSE.
1) She (do) no homework this month.
2) Our students (progress) very well this term so far.
3) Mary (not buy) a new dress for years.
4) He (wear) a black suit ever since his wife died.
5) Peter (be) in hospital for almost 6 weeks.
C) Put SINCE os FOR.
1) I have been awake ___ three hours. ___ six o'cock.
2) The weather has been very cold ___ Christmas. ___ a month now.
3) We haven't had a swim ___ last summer. ___almost a year.
4) I've been standing here in the rain ___ half an hour. ___ half past four.
5) How long has John been learning English? ___ quite a long time, ___ last summer.
D) Put the verb in brackets in the PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS.
1) Turn the tv off. The children (watch) for too long time.
2) Mary is learning the piano. She (practise) since breakfast time.
3) John needs a holiday. He (work) too hard.
4) We (travel) for three days and we are still only half a way to London.
5) We (spend) far too much money lately.
VII.- PAST TIME
A) Supply the SIMPLE PAST form
1) John (buy) a second-hand car last week. He (pay) 1000 pounds for it.
2) For breakfast, last Tuesday my sister (make) coffee in a new kind of machine. It (taste) horrible and everyone (spit) it out.
3) They (have) more horses than cars when I (be) young.
4) The lesson (begin) at nine o'clock.
B) Complete the PAST CONTINUOUS form of the following.
1) He (sit) in the garden when the house fell down.
2) I (work) all day yesterday.
3) We (live) in France when the war began.
4) The bus started when I (get) on.
5) I took another cake when you (not look).
C) Put the PAST PERFECT.
1) Mary (prepare) our meals on the previous day.
2) We couldn't play football that Saturday as it (rain) all the previous week.
3) He lived quietly on little money he (save) before his retirement.
4) We (finish) our work, so we went home.
D) Supply the PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS form.
1) It (rain) for days on end and everything was soaked.
2) She still couldn't sing although she (take) lessons for years.
3) They (lose) money for quite a long time.
4) We (wait) for more than an hour.
5) They said I (worry) about business too much and needed a rest.
VII.- Put SHALL or WILL.
1) I ___ help you tomorrow.
2) We ___ never leave our friends who need us.
3) They ___ receive the freedom of the city.
4) Mary ___ come to my wedding. I ___ invite her at once.
5) I ___ pay my account at the end of the month.
IX.- Complete the following sentences with DO or MAKE.
1) He ___ a lot of money last year.
2) I always ___ my best.
3) It has nothing to ___ with you.
4) He ___ a lot of business with us.
5) Have you ___ your homework?
X.- INTERROGATIVES
A) Add the queston word.
1) ___ pencil is this? Is it yours?
2) ___ are you doing tonight?
3) ___ is singing in the next room?
4) ___ room is the largest?
5) ___ is wrong?
B) Turn the following statements into questions.
1) My father has taken the newspaper.
2) Montblanc is the biggest mountain in the Alpes.
3) The boy learned many subjects at school.
4) They want to go out.
5) That house is mine.
C) Add the missing word
1) We don't know ___ she has gone.
2) Can you tell me ___ this box is so heavy?
3) I remember ___ you were a little girl.
4) Show me ___ this machine works.
5) Did anyone see ___ way Jane went?
XI.- Add the correct form of THERE IS o IT IS.
1) _____ no one at home when I called for him.
2) _____ no place like home.
3) _____ hard to decide what was the best thing to do.
4) _____ no time for tea if we don't hurry.
5) _____ so much work to get through this morning that I haven't had time think about the questions.
XII.- Put in suitable PREPOSITIONs.
1) Wait ___ me ___ the bus stop!
2) We had to go ___ the hill ___ a little house ___ the top.
3) Read ___ line 10 ___ line 20 ___ page.
4) Do you want to speak ___ me ___ anything?
5) You can cut the apple ___ two __ this knife.
domingo, 27 de septiembre de 2009
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Antes de empezar con el tema del encabezado, debemos tener en cuenta lo siguiente.
A.- SOME - ANY : Significan : alguno, algunos, alguna, algunas. Se utilizan :
1.- SOME : en frases u oraciones afirmativas.
2.- ANY : en frases u oraciones negativas y en pregunta.
EJEMPLO :
a) Please, go and ask PETER for some paper. I don't have any paper on my desk.
(plis, góu and ask píter for sóm péiper. I dont jaf éni péiper on mai desk)
b) Are there any ink in the office?
(ar der éni ink in di ófis?)
B.- A - AN : Significan : uno, una. Se utilizan :
1.- A : en palabras en singular y que empiecen con consonante.
2.- AN : en palabras en singular y que empiecen con vocal o sonido de vocal.
EJEMPLO :
a) A chair is made of wood.
(a cher is méid of gud)
b) A fish swims in water.
(a fish suíms in wóder)
c) A horse is an animal.
(a jors is an ánimal)
THERE IS - THERE ARE : Ambos significan HAY y se utilizan :
1.- THERE IS : para indicar objetos y animales en singular.
2.- THERE ARE : para indicar objetos y animales en plural.
EJEMPLO :
a) THERE is a car on the corner.
(der is a kar on de córner)
b) THERE are children in the park.
(der ar chíldren in de park)
COUNTABLE and UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS : Son sustantivos que podemos o no podemos contar.
1.- COUNTABLE : personas, objetos, animales, personas, etc.
2.- UNCOUNTABLE : objetos que sean de masa o liquido o cosas abstractas.
EJEMPLO :
a) A noun is a word.
(a náun is a uórd)
b) We make butter and cheese from milk.
(uí méik báter an chis from mílk)
NOTA : En los objetos NO contables, SI podemos contar el recipiente o la medida(metros, kilos) que representan.
EJEMPLO :
a) A bunch of carrots.
(a bánch of kárrots)
b) A bottle of wine
(a bátel of uáin)
c) Two cups of coffee.
(tu kaps of cófi)
FORMACIÓN DEL PLURAL : Para formar el plural de las palabras en INGLÉS, debemos tener en cuenta las siguientes reglas :
1.- Se agrega una "S" en la mayoria de las palabras.
EJEMPLO: boy - boys, car - cars, boot - boots.
2.- A las palabras que terminan en S, Z, X, CH, SH, se les agrega ES al final.
EJEMPLO : tax - taxes, beach - beaches, wish - wishes
3.- Si una palabra termina en consonante + Y, ésta última cambia a I, + ES.
EJEMPLO : baby - babies, army - armies, buddy - buddies
4.- Para las palabras que acaban en F o en FE, se sustituye el final por VES.
EJEMPLO : knife - knives, half - halves.
A.- SOME - ANY : Significan : alguno, algunos, alguna, algunas. Se utilizan :
1.- SOME : en frases u oraciones afirmativas.
2.- ANY : en frases u oraciones negativas y en pregunta.
EJEMPLO :
a) Please, go and ask PETER for some paper. I don't have any paper on my desk.
(plis, góu and ask píter for sóm péiper. I dont jaf éni péiper on mai desk)
b) Are there any ink in the office?
(ar der éni ink in di ófis?)
B.- A - AN : Significan : uno, una. Se utilizan :
1.- A : en palabras en singular y que empiecen con consonante.
2.- AN : en palabras en singular y que empiecen con vocal o sonido de vocal.
EJEMPLO :
a) A chair is made of wood.
(a cher is méid of gud)
b) A fish swims in water.
(a fish suíms in wóder)
c) A horse is an animal.
(a jors is an ánimal)
THERE IS - THERE ARE : Ambos significan HAY y se utilizan :
1.- THERE IS : para indicar objetos y animales en singular.
2.- THERE ARE : para indicar objetos y animales en plural.
EJEMPLO :
a) THERE is a car on the corner.
(der is a kar on de córner)
b) THERE are children in the park.
(der ar chíldren in de park)
COUNTABLE and UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS : Son sustantivos que podemos o no podemos contar.
1.- COUNTABLE : personas, objetos, animales, personas, etc.
2.- UNCOUNTABLE : objetos que sean de masa o liquido o cosas abstractas.
EJEMPLO :
a) A noun is a word.
(a náun is a uórd)
b) We make butter and cheese from milk.
(uí méik báter an chis from mílk)
NOTA : En los objetos NO contables, SI podemos contar el recipiente o la medida(metros, kilos) que representan.
EJEMPLO :
a) A bunch of carrots.
(a bánch of kárrots)
b) A bottle of wine
(a bátel of uáin)
c) Two cups of coffee.
(tu kaps of cófi)
FORMACIÓN DEL PLURAL : Para formar el plural de las palabras en INGLÉS, debemos tener en cuenta las siguientes reglas :
1.- Se agrega una "S" en la mayoria de las palabras.
EJEMPLO: boy - boys, car - cars, boot - boots.
2.- A las palabras que terminan en S, Z, X, CH, SH, se les agrega ES al final.
EJEMPLO : tax - taxes, beach - beaches, wish - wishes
3.- Si una palabra termina en consonante + Y, ésta última cambia a I, + ES.
EJEMPLO : baby - babies, army - armies, buddy - buddies
4.- Para las palabras que acaban en F o en FE, se sustituye el final por VES.
EJEMPLO : knife - knives, half - halves.
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