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2ND YEAR PRE-FIRST CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

A) A.- PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN A SUITABLE PRESENT TENSE. (15)

Dear John,
First of all, sorry I ______________________(not write) for so long, but I was on holiday.
_______________you __________________ (get) your results yet?. I____________(be)
sure you ______________________________(pass) them all since you _____________
_____________________(always, study) so hard. I _______________________(wait) for
mine at the moment but this is the first time I __________________________(decide) not
to worry about them!
Well, I __________________________ (write) from my new flat. Yes, I _______________
(move) house! We (paint)_________________________ and _______________________
(clean) the place for the last five days to make it look nice. When we _________________
(finish) I’ll let you know. I ____________________________(have) a housewarming party
next month and, of course, you are invited!
I ________________________________(not see) for so long! I ______________________
(look) forward to meeting you
Love,
Mary

B) PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS IN A SUITABLE PAST TENSE . (17)

Last summer, some friends and I ____________________(arrange) to go camping. We

__________________________(look) forward to going for weeks when finally the date of
departure __________________________(arrive). We ________________________(load)
the car with our luggage and ____________________________(set) off early in the
morning. The weather was perfect, the sun _________________________ (shine) brightly
and the wind _______________________________(blow) gently. There _______________
(not Be) a cloud in the sky! Shortly afterwards, while we ___________________________
(travel) along the motorway, we ____________________________(notice) that the car
____________________________(make) a strange noise. Pete, who _________________
(drive) very fast, suddenly ______________________________(stop) the car. Everyone
______________________________(get) out and __________________________(go)
round to the back of the car. To our surprise the boot was wide open- whoever
___________________________(load) the luggage___________________________(not
close) it properly, and everything ___________________________(fall) out!

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C) Fill in the blanks using the right preposition if necessary . (30)
1) The young boy crashed _________ last Monday and the ambulance came _________
5.30 __________ the morning. The police took him to prison _________ Tuesday and he
was sued __________ June. He had already crashed _________ January 8, 2016.
2) People respected kings _________ the Middle Ages. They gave them some homemade
cakes __________ Christmas.
3) _________ the 20th century men landed on the Moon and _________ the 1950s the USA
suffered a terrible economic crisis.
4) They will be coming back home __________ dinner. I want to invite them
__________my birthday.
5) __________ summer plenty of people go to the beach and go dancing _________ night.
6) Stop shouting! The teaching will be coming back _________ a couple of minutes.

D) CHANGE THESE SENTENCES INTO REPORTED SPEECH. (30)

1- “Betty can’t come shopping with us because she’s got a driving lesson”, Mary said.
___________________________________________________________________.
2- “I saw Victoria at the supermarket yesterday, she didn’t look very well”, Alex told me.
______________________________________________________________________.
3- “Do you want me to take you home after school? My dad asked.
_____________________________________________________________________.
4- “Could I have your passport, please?”
The Customs officer_____________________________________________________.
5- “Come to dinner on Saturday but don’t bring anything!”
My friend Aron_________________________________________________________.
6- “ If you don’t cooperate, we’ll fail behind schedule”
The manager__________________________________________________________.
7- “ I got better marks in the test than you”, said my classmate
_____________________________________________________________________.
8- “Why were you in a hurry?”
The headmaster_______________________________________________________.
9- “Where did you spend your holidays last summer?”
The examiner_________________________________________________________.
10- “How long has Jane been working here?”
My boss_____________________________________________________________.

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E.-Read the following clues and write the correct phrasal verbs in the correct form. (42)
1) I found my teacher of Biology at the supermarket last week. ______________
2) Luckily, Mary has recovered from her touch of flu. ______________
3) We have no more sugar! Why don’t we ask our neighbour for a cup of it! _________
4) The restaurant was really expensive but the good desserts compensated the waiters’ bad
manners. ______________
5) The youth must respect the elderly. ____________
6) You shouldn’t feel superior to anyone. We are all equal! ______________
7) I can´t tolerate my next door neighbour since he loves gossiping. _____________
8) I´ll fetch you at half past seven. Let´s wait for me downstairs! ______________
9) After his dad died, my uncle inherited a lot of money. ______________
10) What is he suggesting? I can’t understand it. _____________
11) He has become too old to play with toy cars. ____________
12) She does martial arts as a hobby. ___________
13) My little sister is lock in her bedroom. What must she be doing? ______________
14) I finally found some time to finish writing my composition. _____________
15) I told mum I had a stomach ache to avoid laying the table. _____________
16) Please, stop talking and continue with your work! ________________
17) The doctor told mum to reduce the intake of sugar a day. _____________
18) We´ve found lots of difficulties while doing the project work. ______________
19) I must think of a good idea not to be punished! _____________
20) We visited our aunt on our way to the theatre. _____________
21) I don´t feel well enough to do gym today. _____________
22) I love my neighbours and we have an excellent relationship. ____________
23) Detective Dawson is investigating a new mysterious case. ______________
24) Can you take care of my fifteen cats while I´m away? _______________
25) My father and my elder brother look alike. ____________
26) Mr Mark Thompson is one of the candidates as Senator in the next elections. ______________
27) My elder sister is always bothering me. _____________
28) Where are you going after school? _______________

F.-Fill in the blanks using the right preposition. (9)

1) You can count _________ me to solve those Maths problems.
2) Let’s go _________ all the exercises again to see which one is wrong!
3) In some African countries black people cannot stand ______ _______ themselves.
4) I am looking ___________ ________ my next holidays so that I can spend some days on the
beach.
5) I must keep _______ _______ homework whenever I am absent.
6) We can’t do _________ our mobile phones today!
7) The teacher wants us to join _________ the class and participate actively!
8) He doesn’t work. He just lives _________ the money his parents give them monthly.
9) We must see __________ the date of the wedding.

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 F.-Vocabulary. Fill in the blanks using the right vocabulary seen in class. (45)
1) Last year my brother went through a very exciting experience. He spent 15 days with The
Hazda. They are a tribe that lives in Africa. They are not plump. They are L ___________. They
W_____________ the valleys hunting using B__________ and arrows. They set O___________
early in the morning. At night they G__________ around the fire. They don’t become
A_______________ to things and people. My brother was afraid of B_____________. He said
there were all kinds of insects. They don’t keep T____________ of time either: months and days
have no meaning to them. When it’s time to eat, they do not use plates; everyone D___________
in.
2) My best friend is in his __________ teens. She is 15. She is of A____________ height. She has
got a sister, who is a T____________. His name is Tom and he is learning to walk. She has
S______________-length hair. She has F____________ on both cheeks. Her nose is F___________
like the Greek people. She doesn’t eat much so she looks S____________, like some models.
3) My sister’s daughter is my N_______________ and my brother’s son is my N_____________.

G.-Read the clues and write down the words. (16)

CLUE WORD
ARROGANT; VAIN B
C
SOCIABLE E
RELIABLE T
SOMEONE WHO HAS BAD MANNERS R
SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T LIKE SPENDING MONEY S
SOMEONE WHO LIKES GIVING ORDERS B
SOMEONE WHO IS EASILY HURT S
SOMEONE WHO TAKES CAREFUL DECISIONS S