Preparation For The Test

ESCOLA SECUNDÁRIA DE ODIVELAS PREPARATION FOR THE TEST 7TH FORM

PART I VOCABULARY SKILLS 1. What time is it? a)

b)

c)

d)

2. This is Mr. John Smith. He’s a teacher. Write sentences to describe his DAILY ROUTINE.

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ESCOLA SECUNDÁRIA DE ODIVELAS PREPARATION FOR THE TEST 7TH FORM

PART II READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS

Read the following text carefully.

is 39 and her birthday is on July 24th, She was born in the Bronx, New York, USA. Her parents are Puerto Rican. She comes from a musical family – her sister, Lyndia, is a DJ and her other sister, Leslie, is a music teacher. She loves singing and dancing. She also has got great success as an actress, dancer and singer. Her day at the studio starts at nine. She gets up at 7 o’clock and takes a shower. After this, she has a light breakfast and she goes to the studio; she is busy all day. At one o’clock, she has a light meal. She arrives home at 8 in the evening. After a tiring day, Jennifer likes going home for a relaxing bath and then she prepares for a dinner out with her friends or she stays home and listens to good music. When there is a good TV programme, she watches it. Now she is at home: she is doing gymnastics, just to relax. She says: ‘My job is hard, but I don’t see myself doing something else.’

1. Mark the sentences True or False. Correct the false ones and quote from the text to justify the true ones. a. b. c. d. e.

Jennifer Lopez is Canadian. She is of Italian origin. She has got two sisters. Jennifer is an actress too. At lunch she always goes to a good restaurant and eats a lot.

2. Match column A with B according to the text. A

B

1. Jennifer gets up at







a) at breakfast

2. She doesn’t eat very much







b) with her friends

3. After work, Jennifer goes







c) doing gymnastics.

4. She usually goes out







d) her job.

5. Now, she is







e) home

6. She loves







f) seven a.m.

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ESCOLA SECUNDÁRIA DE ODIVELAS PREPARATION FOR THE TEST 7TH FORM

3. Answer the following questions: a) When is Jennifer’s birthday? b) Where is she from? c) Does she like breakfast? d) What time does she start working? e) What does she like doing to relax?

PART III LANGUAGE SKILLS

1. Complete the following sentences using the verbs in the Simple Present. a. Sarah ______________ (think) her friends _______________ (be) very important. b. She _______________ (like) sports, music and fashion, but she _______________ (prefer) computer games. c. Dorothy ______________ (love) Britney Spears’ music, but she _______________ (not/ like) Eminem. d. Dorothy ______________ (to go) to the cinema on Saturdays. e. Alan _______________ (to play) football and tennis, but he _______________ (not/ like). f. Sarah, Dorothy and Alan _______________ (to like) the same things. 2. Choose the right preposition of time to complete the sentence. th

2.1. Her birthday is_______August 8 . a) in; b) on; c) at. 2.2. He likes to go to the beach________summer. a) in; b) at; c) on. 2.3. We can see the stars______night. a) on; b) in; c) at. 2.4. We decorate our houses_______Christmas time. a) at; b) in; c) on. 2.5. She does her homework_____the afternoon. a) on; b) in; c)at.

3. Complete the text with the missing prepositions of time. a) b) c) d) e) f)

She was born______1995. The meeting is______eight o’clock. They arrived there_______1987. th She moved to Manchester______October 14 . _______Easter, we usually travel to the Alps. What do you do_______the evening?

4. Choose the adequate FREQUENCY ADVERB and put it in the right place. a) Why does Jennifer get up at 7 o’clock? (seldom/always) b) Jennifer has breakfast after her shower. (always/never) c) She has nothing to do. (never/often) d) Sometimes the agent is late, so Jennifer stays in the studio until 10 pm. (sometimes/usually) e) Jennifer doesn’t play football. (usually/never) f)

After dinner, Jennifer (sometimes/never) watches TV.

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