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COLEGIO HISPANOAMERICANO

ENGLISH EXAM

3RD

 GRADE 

Student’s name.___________________________________________________________

Score. ________________ Calcification. _________________

GRAMMAR

1 Complete the sentences with the correct present progressive or simple present

form of the verbs in parentheses.

1  Some people ____________ (believe) that spinach makes you strong – like Popeye!

2  Some famous chefs ____________ (cook) very simple food.

3  You ____________ (need) to do lots of shopping if you want to cook properly.

4  Nobody ____________ (eat) my delicious chicken. Is there something wrong with it?

5  He always ____________ (use) too much pepper. It makes me feel sick.

2 Complete the sentences with by, for , after, or before and the correct form of the verb in

parentheses.

1 You make omelettes ____________ (beat) eggs then cooking them in a pan.

2 You use knives ____________ (cut) things.

3 Some surgeons do surgery ____________ (use) acupuncture as

an anesthetic.

4 They say that one way to keep healthy is ____________ (avoid)

 junk food.

5   ____________ (cook) good food, the best thing to do is eat it.

GRAMMAR

4  Match the beginnings of the sentences in A to the endings in B.

 _____ / 10 points

B

a) ever since they saw it. ( )

b) before he was even born. ( )

c) before he broke up with his girlfriend last

month. ( )

d) since we were at school. ( )

e) since I was born. ( )

f) for three whole days now. ( )

g) when the train left. ( )

h) many times. ( )

i) only since breakfast. ( )

 j) until I went to Japan. ( )

A

1 This is my hometown. I have lived here all my life,

in fact

2 I’m much older than him. I had finished university 

3 I’m so fed up and tired. I’ve been writing this

essay non-stop

4 He had just started smoking

5 They have been trying to make up their minds

about buying it

6 I haven’t been on the computer that long – 

7 I’d never even heard of iPods 

8 He had only just got to the station

9 I’ve never met them, but I’ve heard their names 

10 We’ve known one another most of our lives, 

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3 Complete the text with have, had, or has.

Another storyteller 

Bill Bryson is a fantastic writer. Most of his books are about traveling. He (1) _____ written books

like The Lost Continent and Notes from a Small Island as well as many others. I have read a lot of

his books, and I (2) _____ always found myself crying, but crying with laughter – they are so funny.

Bryson was born in the U.S., and lived there all his childhood. He decided to go backpacking

around Europe after he (3) _________ graduated. He fell in love with the UK, and went to live and

work there after he (4) _____ met and married his English wife. Bryson and his family eventually

went back to the U.S. and stayed for 18 years, until returning to the UK in 1995. He (5) _____ 

already written a few books, and with his writing experience he soon found a job in journalism. He

stayed in the UK for eight years then went back to the States again. He and his wife returned to

the UK in 2003 and they (6) _____ lived there since then.

Bryson’s travel books are based on his own funny experiences as he wandered around new

countries, getting to know them and their people. But he (7) _____ not just written travel books.

He (8) _____ written books on the English language and on science too. In his science book, A

Short History of Nearly Everything, he manages to be scientific, accurate, and funny too – not easy!

Since 2005, Bryson (9) _____ been doing other things too: he’s been made the head of Durham

University, an old university in the North of England. Talent and laughter (10) _____ been good

friends to him throughout his life. He has made so many people laugh.