Vocabulary Exam 2
Name ………………………………………… Lin 1101 D Unit 5-8
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I. TRANSLATE THE EXPRESSIONS IN THE BOX, THEN COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THEM.
1. science fiction …ciencia ficción…. a. Robots were something from …..science fiction…. , but now they are real.
2. look for ……………………..……….. b. In the future people will have electricity from ………………………………
because fossil fuels will be more expensive and insufficient.
3. of course ………………………..……..
c. In the past people could not travel very fast. …………………………….. we can
4. smart TV ………………………..…….. go to the other side of the world in a few hours.
5. instead of ………………………..…….. d. More robots will work in factories …………………………….. people in the
6. fixed timetables ……………………..….. future and this will cause serious unemployment problems.
7. sun power ………………………..…….. e. ………….……………….. and flared trousers were the characteristic of the
hippies in the 1960s.
8. for instance ……………………….….…..
f. Young professionals have problems when they …………………….. a good job.
9. however ………………………..…….. g. Big cities have big problems too, ………………………………… Mexico DF and
10.nowadays ………………………..…….. Santiago have pollution problems because there are too many vehicles.
11.general knowledge …………….……… h. Entertainment will change a lot in the future. For example, …………………..
will show images in three dimensions.
12.keep fit ……………………….….…..
i Policemen must train everyday so they can ………………………………… and stay
13.long hair ……………………….….…..
healthy.
II. Choose the correct answers
1. The news……………….. not very good yesterday.
are
were
was
2. Could you ………………………me the information?
find
wear
give
3. A great influence for him………….…………..Mathatma Gandhi.
became
was
perfomed
4. Did William Shakespeare………………………Romeo and Juliet?
writes
wrote
write
5. Her friends went to a rock concert two days………………………..
the morning
last weekend
ago
III. USING THE PAST SIMPLE TENSE. Complete the sentences below with the past tense of the verbs in
brackets.
1. Yesterday I ….took…… (take) a taxi to work because I ….was….. (be) very late.
2. Picasso …………..……….. (learn) to draw when he …………………. (be) three years old.
3. Andrew …………………. (lose) his keys this morning. He thinks he ………………….. (leave) them in
the bus.
4. Jennifer …………..…….. (win) a scholarship, so she ……………………… (begin) to study Japanese
two months ago.
5. We ……………..……………….. (not, understand) the question so we ………………. (ask) the teacher
to explain it again.
6. Paul and I …………………. (write) some postcards to our friends in Italy and we ……..………
(send) them by airmail.
IV. ODD ONE OUT. In each set of words below, one word is the “odd one” or different from the others. Find
this word and circle it, then explain in Spanish why you circled it.
Example: Sunday Wednesday February Saturday Monday
(Febrero es un mes del año y no un día como los demás.)
1 car ship bus plane travel
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2 desk computer table shelf cupboard
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3 French Spain Mexico Italy Brazil
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4 teacher job engineer electrician mechanic
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5 book magazine library newspaper dictionary
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6. football game basketball golf tennis
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