2 Poli

NAME: ______________________ 2 YEAR

POLIMODAL

A) Read the text below and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F). Justify. Venus and Serena Willams are the world’s number one women tennis players and in 2001 they made history when they were the first sisters to play together in the US Open in 100 years. Their success wasn’t easy. The sisters started by hitting old tennis balls against a wall in Los Angeles when they were four years old. The Williams family wasn’t rich and they didn’t buy expensive tennis equipment or lessons. While the girls were training, their father (who was their coach) learned about tennis from books. When Venus was nine and Serena was eight, they played in their first tennis tournament. Both girls were in the final and Venus beat her younger sister. Soon after that their father took Venus and Serena out of the junior competitions so they had more time for their school work. When the girls were teenagers they went back to international tennis. They are both great athletes and play very strong tennis so they quickly climbed to the top of the game. The sisters are now winning all the big competitions admitting is not unusual to see them playing against each other in the final of Wimbledon, the US or French Open. 12345-

They were the first sisters to play in the US Open. The sisters had all the best equipment. Mr. Williams coach his daughters The Williams sisters aren’t healthy. They never play against each other.

B) Complete the sentences with Present Simple or Present Continuous. 1) I usually (manage) ___________________________________________ my time very well. 2) Mark (not / like) _____________________________________________ heavy metal music. 3) Right now, Oliver (download) _______________________________ a film.

4) Simon and Kathy (stay) _________________________________ with his father at the moment. 5) Lisa (go) ____________________________________ to work by train every day.

C) Complete the sentences using comparative or superlative form. 1) Leonardo da Vinci is (famous) __________________________________________ than Liliana Fontana. 2) The weather in December is (good) ________________________________ than the weather in July. 3) The whale is (big) _____________________________________________ animal in the world. 4) The Artic isn’t as (sunny) __________________________________________ as the jungle. 5) __________________________________________ (popular) group of all times is The Beatles. D) Write down topics you remember and topics you don´t. D) Write a paragraph about: (choose one) a) What you and your family usually do at the weekend. b) Imagine you were on holidays at the time of a tornado. What were you and your family doing when the tornado hit the town?

Read and choose the correct option: At soccer sign-ups, I noticed this kid in line ahead of me. He was a few inches taller than I am. It seems as if everyone had grown at least a foot since last year, except me!!. Anyway, I had never seen this kid before. He had curly hair, freckles and a gap between his front teeth. “Hi, I´m Taylor Burns,” I said. “Are you new here?”

He looked down at me. “You guess correctly. My family and I recently moved here”, he said. “I applaud your deductive skills” “Huh?” “Permit me to introduce myself. My name is Eric Fulton” He caught me off guard when he stuck out his hand. This kid spoke and acted like somebody´s father. I shook his hand, anyway. Just to be polite, I asked how he liked it here. “I must confess, at first I was forlorn at the loss of my old playground. However, I have ceased to dwell on my former home. I choose to forget the past, and live in the present instead” Forlorn?? Why didn´t he say, “I´m sad”? Ceased to dwell?? Why didn´t he just say that he had stopped thinking about his old home? What planet was this guy from?? Suddenly Eric Fulton asked me to save his place in line. At least, that´s what I assume he asked me to do. Taylor was signing up to play…………………….. a) soccer b) rugby c) tennis d) handball The new kid was…………………………. a) behind Taylor b) next to Taylor c) in front of Taylor d) opposite Taylor Taylor was………………………………. a) taller than Eric b) shorter than Eric c) as tall as Eric d) as short as Eric “You a) b) c) d)

guess correctly” means………….. you are OK you must correct it you are new you are right

Dwell a) b) c)

means………………… live think enjoy

d) move