Unit 0 exam

As I told you in class here you are the first exam we did last week. Remember to send me the answers by mail if you want me to check them. Otherwise, try to compare your answers with a partner.

1. WRITE THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS.
A French industrial chemist says he 1 ……………….. (recently / discover) how the ancient Egyptians 2 ……………….. (build) the great pyramids of Giza with only primitive tools – they3 ……………….. (pour) their own synthetic stones one on top of another.
‘We 4 ……………….. (study) now the stones from a chemical and a microscopic point of view and we 5……………….. (think) they are synthetic,’ Dr Joseph Davidovits 6 ……………….. (tell) the Miami Herald in its last edition.
He said a piece of hair 7……………….. (give) him the clue to the puzzle that 8……………….. (worry) scholars for nearly 5,000 years.
Archaeologists9……………….. (long / wonder) how a society without sophisticated machinery 10……………….. (carry) millions of blocks of stone from valleys that11 ……………….. (be) miles away and then12 ………………..(carry) them up to 40 floors high.
However, these are not the last things to discover in the Egyptian pyramids. Archaelogists think they 13……………….. (discover) more mysterious facts from the study of its stones. In fact, they 14……………….. (now / study) the mixture which bounded the stones. ‘We think the mixture15 ……………….. (be) transported in baskets and 16 ……………….. (be) composed of a limestone fossil shell concrete’, said Davidovits when asked.

2. WRITE THE QUESTIONS TO THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES.

1. The clerk made him fill up a form.
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2. He stopped the train by pulling the communication cord.
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3. There are four hotels in the town.
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4. They left the lawnmower outside.
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5. Ann gave me duck and green peas for lunch.
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6. He buried the dog in the garden.
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3. FILL IN THE BLANKS WITH THE APPROPRIATE TENSE
1. As soon as they ……………….. (see) the river, the children ………………..(want) to bathe.
2. He’s asleep now, but I ……………….. (give) him the letter as soon as he ………………..(wake up).
3. When it ………………..(get) dark, we ………………..(have) to stop. We can’t work in the dark.
4. But there’s someone in the phone box! You can’t rush and grab the receiver. You ……………….. (have) to wait until he ……………….. (finish).
5. He said he ………………..(give) me a ring as soon as he ………………..(reach) Paris.

4. REWRITE THE SENTENCES KEEPING THE ORIGINAL MEANING.
1. She’s the cleverest person I’ve ever met.
I’ve ………………..………………..………………..………………..
2. It’s a month since I saw him.
I ………………..………………..………………..………………........
3. I have never written to them before.
It’s ………………..………………..………………..………………..…
4. The last time I went to Brussels was two years ago.
I ………………..………………..………………..……………….........
5. He hasn’t been to work for a week.
It’s a ………………..………………..………………..………………..

5. WRITE A SHORT COMPOSITION ABOUT AN IMAGINARY DISCOVERY YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE A CHILD AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT DISCOVERY. (80 – 100 words)