END OF PRE-CORSO (2006-7) TEST (Answers)

PART I - Communicating -

1. PUT THE FOLLOWING WORDS INTO AN INTELLIGIBLE ORDER

a. You have been studying English since October. b. The cold weather has finally arrived / Finally the cold weather has arrived. c. This test won’t be difficult IF you have been to lessons.

2. PUT THE FOLLOWING AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES INTO THE NEGATIVE, THE INTERROGATIVE, AND THE NEGATIVE-INTERROGATIVE FORM

a. Our Pre-Corso teacher is British.

NEG. 1 Our Pre-Corso teacher is not / isn’t British. INTER. 2 Is our Pre-Corso teacher British? NEG – INTER. 3 Isn’t our Pre-Corso teacher British? / Is our Pre-Corso teacher not British?

b. Simon has a flat at the seaside.

NEG. 1 Simon hasn’t (got) / doesn’t have a flat at the seaside. INTER. 2 Does Simon have / Has Simon (got) a flat at the seaside? NEG – INTER. 3 Doesn’t Simon have / Hasn’t Simon (got) a flat at the seaside?

3. COMPOSE A SUITABLE QUESTION FOR THE FOLLOWING ANSWERS

a. What did you do / Where did you go yesterday? b. Where does she come from? c. Does she come from Cagliari? d. Why did they go home? e. How much does this book cost?

4. SUPPLY A ‘SHORT ANSWER’ (e.g. “No, he isn’t”; “yes, they do”) FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS

a. Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t. b. Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t. 1 c. Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t. d. Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t. e. Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.

5. QUESTION ‘TAGS’ (e.g. They visited Australia last year, DIDN’T THEY?)

a. Carla loves trains, DOESN’T SHE? b. I’m in love with my wife, AREN’T I? c. He arrived last Tuesday, DIDN’T HE? d. Marco won’t pass the exam, WILL HE? e. We were drinking coffee when they telephoned, WERENT’ WE?

6. I. ‘TELLING THE TIME’, DATES, DAYS OF THE WEEK, MONTHS AND SEASONS; NUMBERS, ‘SUMS’. SUPPLY THE MISSING PREPOSITIONS

a. The train for Oristano leaves AT 4.20 p.m. b. Peer was born IN March ON the 12th IN 1952, IN the springtime. c. She goes to the gym ON Wednesdays. d. Richard was late arriving at the airport so he missed his plane which left ON time.

II. WRITE THE FOLLOWING IN WORDS INSTEAD OF NUMBERS (e.g. 2 + 2 = 4 : two plus two equals four)

a. FIVE TIMES / MULTIPLIED FIVE MINUS ONE EQUALS FOURTEEN b. EIGHT DIVIDED BY TWO EQUALS FOUR

PART II – Grammar and Syntax –

7. FILL IN THE SPACES IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES WITH EITHER the; a, an; niente!

a. This is AN English test. b. But your mother-tongue is Italian. c. Instead of going to church, he went to THE cinema. d. I have never been to THE U.S.A. . e. Veronique was born in France. f. “THE children are playing in THE garden, look!” g. Children start school in Italy when they are six years old. 2 h. A friend of ours is staying with us this weekend. i. THE quickest way to Rome is by plane. j. We must telephone their parents.

8. PREPOSITIONS. INSERT THE MOST SUITABLE PREPOSITION FROM THE BOX BELOW IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

out of – in – under – round – onto – into – from – to – with – along

a. He put his hand INTO his pocket and took OUT OF it some money. b. We travelled TO London WITH Ryan Air. c. Patrick’s parents come FROM Ireland, but they live IN Liverpool. d. While I was walking ALONG the street I walked UNDER a ladder and a bucket of water fell ONTO my head! e. We drove ROUND Assemini looking for the discoteque.

9. SOME, ANY, NO

a. “Would you like SOME more spaghetti?” b. “Sorry, there’s NO wine left, but there’s SOME beer in the fridge.” c. There aren’t ANY buses to Escalaplano after 6 p.m. d. There isn’t ANY news about those journalists. e. I have SOME good news for you.

10. MANY; MUCH; A LOT OF; LOTS OF; FEW; LITTLE; A FEW; A LITTLE CHOOSE WHICH OF THE ABOVE IS MOST APPROPRIATE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

a. When he was in New York he met so MANY people that he often forgot their names. b. Poor John! He has FEW friends and only LITTLE money. c. But his sister, Julia, has A LITTLE money of her own, and A FEW but very good friends. d. “God! They’re so incredibly rich: they’ve got A LOT / LOTS of money!” e. How MUCH does that cost?

11. THE SAXON GENITIVE.

3 TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES USING, WHERE APPROPRIATE, THE APOSTROPHE, OTHERWISE ‘OF’ OR NOTHING

a. Paolo’s / Paul’s parents are Italian. b. Miranda’s shop sells everything. c. The name of their road / street is Victoria Avenue. d. Rome’s monuments are famous.

12. PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINUOUS? WHICH IS MORE APPROPRIATE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES?

a. She comes from Iglesias where her family has lived for many years. b. “Come on, Mike, it’s late!” “O.K., I am coming”

13. SIMPLE PAST, PAST CONTINUOUS, or PRESENT PERFECT? CHOOSE THE MOST APPROPRIATE TENSE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

a. I have lived here since 1977. b. While she was cooking lunch, the postman arrived. c. They went to Paris last week. d. Visconti directed so many beautiful films.

13. FUTURES – WILL / SHALL OR ‘GOING TO’? CHOOSE WHICH OF THESE FORMS IS MOST APPROPRIATE IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

a. SHALL I telephone you later? Perhaps we could go to the cinema. b. I’ve bought our plane tickets. We ARE GOING TO leave next Saturday. c. Look at the sky! I think that it IS GOING TO rain soon. d. “WILL you help me carry my bag? It’s so heavy.

15. PASSIVES. PUT THE FOLLOWING ACTIVE SENTENCES INTO THE PASSIVE VOICE

a. A new car has just been produced by Ford Motors. b. Lots of types of pasta are made by Barilla. c. Bonaria was seen by Efisio yesterday. d. By the time the others had arrived, the whiskey had been finished (by then). 4 e. You could be helped by this new book.

16. TWO MODAL VERBS: to be able to; to have to. TRANSLATE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES

a. Unfortunately / Unluckily / Alas , I am not able to walk quickly. b. You mustn’t touch that switch! It’s dangerous. c. Mario can go tomorrow. d. You don’t have to / haven’t got to read that book today: the exam is the day after tomorrow.

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