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PLACEMENT TEST 2014
1- Complete with the suitable tense.
Dear Jane,
I--------------------- already (get) your e-mail. It´s nice to know that you are coming for Christmas.
Anyway, I --------------------------(finish) with the last final exams now . Tomorrow,
I--------------------------(sit) for American History. It´s really hard and the teacher is very strict. So,
wish me luck. I ---------------------(be) really freak out!. What about you?
--------------------you--------------------(do) all the exams yet?
In July, my uncle and I -----------------------(go) Paris during the Summer holidays. We really
----------------------------(have) good time. While, we --------------------------------------------------(play)
in the sea, it ----------------------------(start) raining and we --------------------------(hide) under the
tent and the tent almost --------------------------(blow) away because of the wind.
My uncle------------------------------------(buy) a lot of chocolates for the family. And guess what?.
We have some for you.
Well , I have to go now. See you in two weeks.
Love,
Mark
2. Put the sentences in the passive voice.
a. The dog eat the cookie.
_________________________________.
b. My father bought a brand new Honda.
_________________________________.
c. We answered the questions in pencil.
_________________________________.
d. The curator sold a lot of famous paintings.
_________________________________.
e. The girls use Netbooks at school.
_________________________________.
f. People buy stamps at the postoffice
_________________________________.
g. They painted the school last month.
_________________________________.
h. Shakespeare wrote “Romeo and Juliet”
_________________________________.
3- Rewrite these sentences into reported speech:
a. “I don’t like doing the housework.”
Susan said ________________________________________________________
b. “Peter didn’t buy the food I asked him.”
Mary told me______________________________________________________
c. The weather will be better next week.”
Tom told me ______________________________________________________
d. “My dad can’t take me to school tomorrow.”
Charles said________________________________________________________
e. “I’m going to the park with my sister.”
Alice said__________________________________________________________
f. “The Smiths are going to buy a new house next year.”
My father said______________________________________________________
g. “The bus is late, Tim, so I’m going to miss my first lesson.”
Lucy told Tim ______________________________________________________
h. “I’m going to marry Candy next June.”
Terry told them ____________________________________________________
i. “I have lost my keys this morning.”
Grandma said ______________________________________________________
j. “Your appointment for the dentist is tomorrow.”
My mother told her _________________________________________________
4- You are planning a surprise party for your little sister with your family. Write five different
alternatives depending on the weather.
a. If it rains, ------------------------------------------------------------------------.
b. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
c.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
d.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
e.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
5- Complete the second part using the second conditional.
a- If I were rich ___________________________________________.
b- What would you do ______________________________________?
c- She would be happier_____________________________________.
d- If we had more time_______________________________________.
e- If I lived by the sea _______________________________________.
6. Complete the dialogues with must, can’t, or may/might
1 ‘You’re getting married? You ________ be serious!’ ‘You’re right. I’m just joking.’
2 ‘I thought you ________ like to borrow this book.’ ‘Oh great, thanks. I was thinking about
buying it.’
3 ‘I’ve just run 20km. I’m training for a marathon.’ ‘Really? You ________ feel exhausted.’
4 ‘Marilyn and Bob are on holiday in Sicily this week.’ ‘They ________ be. I’ve just seen Marilyn
in town.’
5 ‘I passed my driving test!’ ‘Congratulations! You ________ be very happy.’
6 ‘Look, Jane left her bag here.’ ‘It ________ be Jane’s– her bag is black.’
7 ‘Where’s Steven?’ ‘I don’t know. He ________ be in a meeting. Shall I
look in his dairy’
7. Complete using Question Tags.
1- It is a lovely day.-------------------------------------------------?
2. They didn´t go to the party. -------------------------------------?
3- I´m going to the beach.--------------------------------------?
4. He will come back.---------------------------------?
5. They don´t like pizza. ----------------------------------?
6- They aren´t sad. _______________________?
7- We went to the cinema. ______________________?
8- She isn´t going to the party. _____________?
9- She won´t tell you. ____________________?
10- He doesn´t study much. ____________________________?
NAME:
READING COMPRENSION - PLACEMENT TEST 2014
Your Amazing Brain
You carry around a three-pound mass of wrinkly material in your head that controls
every single thing you will ever do. From enabling you to think, learn,
create, and feel emotions to controlling every blink, breath, and heartbeat – this fantastic
control center is your brain. It is a structure so amazing that a famous scientist once
called it "the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe."
Your brain is faster and more powerful than a supercomputer.
Your kitten is on the kitchen counter. She's about to step onto a hot stove. You have only
seconds to act. Accessing the signals coming from your eyes, your brain quickly
calculates when, where, and at what speed you will need to dive to intercept her. Then it
orders your muscles to do so. Your timing is perfect and she's safe. No computer can
come close to your brain's awesome ability to download, process, and react to the flood of
information coming from your eyes, ears, and other sensory organs.
Your brain generates enough electricity to power a light bulb.
Your brain contains about 100 billion microscopic cells called neurons - so many it would
take you over 3,000 years to count them all. Whenever you dream, laugh, think, see, or
move, it’s because tiny chemical and electrical signals are racing between these neurons
along billions of tiny neuron highways. Believe it or not, the activity in your brain never
stops. Countless messages zip around inside it every second like a supercharged pinball
machine. Your neurons create and send more messages than all the phones in the entire
world.
Neurons send information to your brain at more than 150 miles per hour.
A bee lands on your bare foot. Sensory neurons in your skin relay this information to
your spinal cord and brain at a speed of more than 150 miles per hour. Your brain then
uses motor neurons to transmit the message back through your spinal cord to your foot
to shake the bee off quickly. Motor neurons can relay this information at more than 200
miles per hour.
When you learn, you change the structure of your brain.
Riding a bike seems impossible at first. But soon you master it. How? As you practice,
your brain sends "bike riding" messages along certain pathways of neurons over and
over, forming new connections. In fact, the structure of your brain changes every time
you learn, as well as whenever you have a new thought or memory.
Exercise helps make you smarter.
It is well known that any exercise that makes your heart beat faster, like running or
playing basketball, is great for your body and can even help improve your mood. But
scientists have recently learned that for a period of time after you've exercised, your
body produces a chemical that makes your brain more receptive to learning. So if you're
stuck on a homework problem, go out and play a game of soccer, then try the problem
again. You just might discover that you're able to solve it.
By: Douglas A. Richards
Read the story. Use the information in the story to answer the questions below.
1. Your brain has the ability to download, process, and react to information coming from
A. The basic movements part of the brain
B. A supercomputer
C. Your eyes, ears, and other sensory organs
D. Microscopic cells
2. ________________ are microscopic cells that create and send information to your
brain.
A. Brains
B. Brain cells
C. Neutrons
D. Neurons
3. The sensory neurons in your skin relay information to ______ on the way to the brain?
A. The spinal cord
B. The brain
C. The foot
D. The head
4. What happens every time you learn something new or have a new thought or memory?
A. It gets harder to remember
B. The emotion part of the brain is triggered
C. You will always forget it
D. The structure of your brain changes
5. What should you do if you are having a hard time learning?
A. Get up and exercise
B. Give up
C. Raise your hand
D. Don’t worry about it
NAME:
CREATIVE WRITING- PLACEMENT TEST 2014
You are at a summer camp in Cape Code. Write an e-mail to your family telling them
about your experience there.
•
•
•
•
Include present simple, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, past
continuous, future tense.
Use as many adjectives and adverbs as you can.
Use question tags.
Divide in paragraphs.
•
Remember that you expect an answer from your family. Ask them something
PLACEMENT TEST 2014
1- Complete with the suitable tense.
Dear Jane,
I--------------------- already (get) your e-mail. It´s nice to know that you are coming for Christmas.
Anyway, I --------------------------(finish) with the last final exams now . Tomorrow,
I--------------------------(sit) for American History. It´s really hard and the teacher is very strict. So,
wish me luck. I ---------------------(be) really freak out!. What about you?
--------------------you--------------------(do) all the exams yet?
In July, my uncle and I -----------------------(go) Paris during the Summer holidays. We really
----------------------------(have) good time. While, we --------------------------------------------------(play)
in the sea, it ----------------------------(start) raining and we --------------------------(hide) under the
tent and the tent almost --------------------------(blow) away because of the wind.
My uncle------------------------------------(buy) a lot of chocolates for the family. And guess what?.
We have some for you.
Well , I have to go now. See you in two weeks.
Love,
Mark
2. Put the sentences in the passive voice.
a. The dog eat the cookie.
_________________________________.
b. My father bought a brand new Honda.
_________________________________.
c. We answered the questions in pencil.
_________________________________.
d. The curator sold a lot of famous paintings.
_________________________________.
e. The girls use Netbooks at school.
_________________________________.
f. People buy stamps at the postoffice
_________________________________.
g. They painted the school last month.
_________________________________.
h. Shakespeare wrote “Romeo and Juliet”
_________________________________.
3- Rewrite these sentences into reported speech:
a. “I don’t like doing the housework.”
Susan said ________________________________________________________
b. “Peter didn’t buy the food I asked him.”
Mary told me______________________________________________________
c. The weather will be better next week.”
Tom told me ______________________________________________________
d. “My dad can’t take me to school tomorrow.”
Charles said________________________________________________________
e. “I’m going to the park with my sister.”
Alice said__________________________________________________________
f. “The Smiths are going to buy a new house next year.”
My father said______________________________________________________
g. “The bus is late, Tim, so I’m going to miss my first lesson.”
Lucy told Tim ______________________________________________________
h. “I’m going to marry Candy next June.”
Terry told them ____________________________________________________
i. “I have lost my keys this morning.”
Grandma said ______________________________________________________
j. “Your appointment for the dentist is tomorrow.”
My mother told her _________________________________________________
4- You are planning a surprise party for your little sister with your family. Write five different
alternatives depending on the weather.
a. If it rains, ------------------------------------------------------------------------.
b. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
c.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
d.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
e.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
5- Complete the second part using the second conditional.
a- If I were rich ___________________________________________.
b- What would you do ______________________________________?
c- She would be happier_____________________________________.
d- If we had more time_______________________________________.
e- If I lived by the sea _______________________________________.
6. Complete the dialogues with must, can’t, or may/might
1 ‘You’re getting married? You ________ be serious!’ ‘You’re right. I’m just joking.’
2 ‘I thought you ________ like to borrow this book.’ ‘Oh great, thanks. I was thinking about
buying it.’
3 ‘I’ve just run 20km. I’m training for a marathon.’ ‘Really? You ________ feel exhausted.’
4 ‘Marilyn and Bob are on holiday in Sicily this week.’ ‘They ________ be. I’ve just seen Marilyn
in town.’
5 ‘I passed my driving test!’ ‘Congratulations! You ________ be very happy.’
6 ‘Look, Jane left her bag here.’ ‘It ________ be Jane’s– her bag is black.’
7 ‘Where’s Steven?’ ‘I don’t know. He ________ be in a meeting. Shall I
look in his dairy’
7. Complete using Question Tags.
1- It is a lovely day.-------------------------------------------------?
2. They didn´t go to the party. -------------------------------------?
3- I´m going to the beach.--------------------------------------?
4. He will come back.---------------------------------?
5. They don´t like pizza. ----------------------------------?
6- They aren´t sad. _______________________?
7- We went to the cinema. ______________________?
8- She isn´t going to the party. _____________?
9- She won´t tell you. ____________________?
10- He doesn´t study much. ____________________________?
NAME:
READING COMPRENSION - PLACEMENT TEST 2014
Your Amazing Brain
You carry around a three-pound mass of wrinkly material in your head that controls
every single thing you will ever do. From enabling you to think, learn,
create, and feel emotions to controlling every blink, breath, and heartbeat – this fantastic
control center is your brain. It is a structure so amazing that a famous scientist once
called it "the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe."
Your brain is faster and more powerful than a supercomputer.
Your kitten is on the kitchen counter. She's about to step onto a hot stove. You have only
seconds to act. Accessing the signals coming from your eyes, your brain quickly
calculates when, where, and at what speed you will need to dive to intercept her. Then it
orders your muscles to do so. Your timing is perfect and she's safe. No computer can
come close to your brain's awesome ability to download, process, and react to the flood of
information coming from your eyes, ears, and other sensory organs.
Your brain generates enough electricity to power a light bulb.
Your brain contains about 100 billion microscopic cells called neurons - so many it would
take you over 3,000 years to count them all. Whenever you dream, laugh, think, see, or
move, it’s because tiny chemical and electrical signals are racing between these neurons
along billions of tiny neuron highways. Believe it or not, the activity in your brain never
stops. Countless messages zip around inside it every second like a supercharged pinball
machine. Your neurons create and send more messages than all the phones in the entire
world.
Neurons send information to your brain at more than 150 miles per hour.
A bee lands on your bare foot. Sensory neurons in your skin relay this information to
your spinal cord and brain at a speed of more than 150 miles per hour. Your brain then
uses motor neurons to transmit the message back through your spinal cord to your foot
to shake the bee off quickly. Motor neurons can relay this information at more than 200
miles per hour.
When you learn, you change the structure of your brain.
Riding a bike seems impossible at first. But soon you master it. How? As you practice,
your brain sends "bike riding" messages along certain pathways of neurons over and
over, forming new connections. In fact, the structure of your brain changes every time
you learn, as well as whenever you have a new thought or memory.
Exercise helps make you smarter.
It is well known that any exercise that makes your heart beat faster, like running or
playing basketball, is great for your body and can even help improve your mood. But
scientists have recently learned that for a period of time after you've exercised, your
body produces a chemical that makes your brain more receptive to learning. So if you're
stuck on a homework problem, go out and play a game of soccer, then try the problem
again. You just might discover that you're able to solve it.
By: Douglas A. Richards
Read the story. Use the information in the story to answer the questions below.
1. Your brain has the ability to download, process, and react to information coming from
A. The basic movements part of the brain
B. A supercomputer
C. Your eyes, ears, and other sensory organs
D. Microscopic cells
2. ________________ are microscopic cells that create and send information to your
brain.
A. Brains
B. Brain cells
C. Neutrons
D. Neurons
3. The sensory neurons in your skin relay information to ______ on the way to the brain?
A. The spinal cord
B. The brain
C. The foot
D. The head
4. What happens every time you learn something new or have a new thought or memory?
A. It gets harder to remember
B. The emotion part of the brain is triggered
C. You will always forget it
D. The structure of your brain changes
5. What should you do if you are having a hard time learning?
A. Get up and exercise
B. Give up
C. Raise your hand
D. Don’t worry about it
NAME:
CREATIVE WRITING- PLACEMENT TEST 2014
You are at a summer camp in Cape Code. Write an e-mail to your family telling them
about your experience there.
•
•
•
•
Include present simple, present continuous, present perfect, simple past, past
continuous, future tense.
Use as many adjectives and adverbs as you can.
Use question tags.
Divide in paragraphs.
•
Remember that you expect an answer from your family. Ask them something
