ESCUELA TECNOLOGICA INSTITUTO TECNICO CENTRAL

VICERRECTORIA ACADÉMICA
FIRST EXAM – LEVEL 4
2020-I

This is a test booklet. Do not write on it. Write your answers on the answer sheet.

PART 1 – GRAMMAR IN USE (10 marks)

A. Read the sentence or question and choose the correct option.

1. What are you doing? c. They play in the park.

a. I am cooking lasagna. d. They played in the park.
b. I am cook lasagna.
c. I cook lasagna. 4. Are you feeling ok?
d. I cooked lasagna. a. Am I.
b. So do I.
2. What is he doing? c. You are welcome.
a. He is playing the drums. d. Yes, I am fine, thanks.
b. He plays the drums.
c. He is play the drums. 5. What’s Paul doing?
d. He played the drums. a. He’s Reading a newspaper.
b. He is reads.
3. Where are the children? c. He reads.
a. They are play in the park. d. He’s read.
b. They are playing in the park.

B. Read the paragraph and choose the correct option.

I’m a shop assistant in a big electrical shop. My day starts at half past six (6), I get up and wash. Then I have
breakfast at quarter past seven (7) and I leave home at quarter to eight (8). The shop opens at half past eight and
I start work. I work in the home electrical part of the shop and I sell TV’s, videos and DVDs. I like my job, it is
interesting, and I talk to a lot of people. I have lunch at half past twelve (9), then my work finishes at half past
four. I usually play football with friends for about an hour. I have dinner at six o’clock (10) and I watch TV in the
evening. I go to bed at eleven o’clock

6. a. 6:30 b. 5:45 c. 6:15 d. 5:30

7. a. 7:04 b. 7:15 c. 6:45 d. 4:07
8. a. 7:45 b. 8:15 c. 7:55 d. 7:04
9. a. 12:30 b. 12:15 c. 11:45 d. 1:12
10. a. 6:30 b. 6:15 c. 6:00 d. 8:00.

PART 2 – LANGUAGE USE – VOCABULARY (10 marks)

A. Read the paragraph and complete it with the corresponding word from the box.
There are two extra words you don’t need to use.

mean - to - have – war - on - how- down

Hello everyone! Please sit (11)___DOWN___ and open your students books. Today we are going to learn a lot.
Please go (12)__ON____ page 78. -Hello teacher, I’m sorry to arrive late, but It’s nice to see you (13)____TO__
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Monday! – Don’t worry and sit down. -Tamara do you have a question? - Yes teacher (14)_HOW_____ do you
say “car” in Spanish? You say “carro” in Spanish. – Ok guys this is all for today, see you soon and
(15)____HAVE__ a good weekend!

B. Match the two columns. There are two options you do not need to use. (5 marks)

16. He_____ four languages A. lives.

17. Bernadette_____ In an apartment in Paris B. goes.
18. She’s a pilot. She_____ all over the world C. plays.
19. Peter_____ two children D. studies.
20. My daughter _____ French and Spanish at the University E. has.
F. Flies.
G. speaks.

Part 3 – READING (10 marks)

MARY’S FAMILY

Mary is ten years old. She is from Dorset. Her hair is long and brown. She has got brown eyes.
She has got a cat and a dog. Their names are Pat and Fluffy. Pat, the dog has got a small house in
the garden. Mary’s cat, Flutty is 3 years old. Mary’s mother is Jane. She is a teacher. She’s thirty-
six years old. Her husband is Nick. He is thirty-eight. He’s a bus driver. He has got brown hair
and blue eyes. Jane’s hair is blonde, and her eyes are brown. They have got three children: Mary,
Sean and Peter.
Sean is six and Peter is twelve years old. The children are pupils. Sean’s hair is blonde, Peter’s
hair is brown. The boys have got blue eyes. Jane hasn’t got a pet. She has a friend. Her name is
Laura. Nick has got a horse. Its name is Lightning. Nick’s friends are bus drivers. They are Tom,
Charles and John. Peter’s pet is a hamster. Its name is Tiny. She is so small. Sean has got a
goldfish. Its name’s Goldie. Peter and Sean have got four friends. Peter’s friends are James and
Doug. Brian and Adam are Sean’s friends. Mary’s friends are Maggie and April.

A. Read the article carefully and choose the best option. (5 marks)

21. How many pets has the family got?

a) five.
b) six.
c) three.
d) one.

22. Where is the family from?

a) Dorset.
b) England.
c) EE.UU.
d) Denmark.

23. Who is the daughter in the family?

a) Jane.
b) Sean.
c) Mary.
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d) Maggie.

24. How many Friends has the family got?

a) six.
b) Ten.
c) eight.
d) seven.

25. How many friends does Mary have?

a) 2.
b) 3.
c) 4.
d) none.

B. Read the article again and write true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM). (5 marks)

26. The family has got a garden. ______

27. Nick is a bus driver. ______
28. Peter and Sean are brothers______
29. Peter is the youngest in the family. _____
30. Peter and Sean are twins. _____

Part 4 – LISTENING (10 marks)

A. Listen to the teacher giving advices for exams and write true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM). (5 marks)

31. The teacher understands that repeating things can be difficult. ______
32. Students can do past exam papers in the library only. ______
33. The teacher recommends a break of five minutes every hour ______
34. It is important to eat regularly. _____
35. The teacher is sure that the students will do their best. _____

B. Listen again to the conversation and choose the best option. (5 marks)

36. The teacher wants the students to…

a) Take notes after she has finished speaking.
b) Take notes while she is speaking.
c) Forget about taking notes.

37. The teacher suggests eating…

a) Sugary snacks.
b) only apples.
c) fruit and cereals.

38. The teacher suggests finding a study place with a lot of…
a) Light.
b) space.
c) books.
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39. If students feel stressed they should …

a) Go to bed.
b) go out for a walk.
c) drink some water.

40. Students are advised to...

a) select the important things to learn.
b) read through everything once.
c) make notes about every topic.

Part 5 – WRITING (10 marks)

 Write a paragraph about your family members, describe them using physical description. Use the vocabulary
learned in class. Be careful with punctuation, grammar and spelling. Be careful with punctuation, grammar,
spelling and capitalization (100-150 words).

Hello good afternoon

Then I will introduce my beautiful family, I will start by talking about me, my name is Erwin Hernandez

Parra, I study at the Technological School of the Central Technical Institute, my wife is called Lorena

Pico Gonzalez, she is a Chief Nurse and works as a contractor in the new EPS, We have two children

in the united neighborhoods, they have brown eyes, white skin, black hair and one is, samuel is a

little taller than Dilan they are studying elementary school, they are very beautiful and they like soccer

too much.

On weekends we go to the park to ride a bicycle and of course we play soccer.

That is my big family.

ANSWER KEY

LANGUAGE USE READING LISTENING

(20 marks) (1 mark each) (10 marks) (10 marks)
1 A 11 DOWN 21 A 31 T
2 A 12 ON 22 A 32 F
3 C 13 TO 23 C 33 T
4 D 14 HOW 24 B 34 T
5 A 15 HAVE 25 A 35 T
6 A 16 D 26 T 36 A
7 B 17 A 27 T 37 C
8 A 18 C 28 T 38 C
9 A 19 E 29 F 39 B
10 C 20 G 30 T 40 C
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Item Descriptor Mark

Writing Total words written Words spelled correctly; Correct writing sequence. 3
fluency

Content Is well organized, with clear overall meaning Is fully developed, with pertinent idea according to the instruction; 4
Is appropriate in style and tone for the reader.

Conventions Displays appropriate use of grammar, syntax, vocabulary and punctuation. 3

TOTAL 10

SPEAKING RUBRICS
MARKS

Topic of the Stays on topic all the Addresses most of the Addresses some of the Attempts to address the 10
activity- Task time and completes the prompts (follow prompts (follow prompt but response is off-
task set by the instructions about the instructions about the topic.
instructor. topic) and the response topic) and the
is generally on topic. response is somewhat
on topic.

Language Used the BEST Presenter used correct Presenter used some Presenter used incorrect 10
Usage sentence sentence correct sentence sentence structure/syntax that
(grammar and structure/syntax that structure/syntax that structure/syntax. was not appropriate for the
syntax) supported the topic. topic, or didn't use any
was appropriate structure at all.
supporting the topic.

Vocabulary Uses the BEST Uses vocabulary The vocabulary is Few vocabulary or lack of it. 10
vocabulary for the appropriately. somewhat
audience. appropriate.

Pronunciation Speaks clearly all the Speaks clearly and Mispronounces a lot Mispronounces several 10
+ Enunciation time, and distinctly not all the of words and affects words and there is no
mispronounces a few time and has more understanding. understanding at all.
words. mispronounced words.

Delivery The student is VERY The student was well The student was The student was clearly 10
WELL prepared and prepared and delivered somewhat prepared, unprepared to carry out the
delivers ideas with a ideas depended strongly on task. There were long silence
few mistakes. notes and there was periods.
frequent hesitation.