Mid Exam 12

MIDTERM EXAM LEVEL 12
GRAMMAR
Complete the sentences with the -ing form or the infinitive (with or without to) of the verb in brackets.
Example: She left without saying (say) goodbye.
1 I can’t believe you forgot ___to post_____ (post) that letter!
2 You’re really good at __writing______ (write) stories.
3 Javier doesn’t seem ____to enjoy____ (enjoy) sport very much.
4 Would you mind ___turning_____ (turn) your music down? I can’t concentrate.
5 I love __ not having______ (not / have) to write essays anymore.
6 Do you feel like ___going_____ (go) out for pizza tonight?
7 I’ve given up __to try______ (try) to make Don smile – he’s so miserable!
8 She asked Bill to go to the shop ____to get____ (get) a newspaper.
9 I remember __meeting______ (meet) Jane for the first time many years ago.
10 My boss refuses ___to give_____ (give) me a pay rise. I’m going to resign.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Example: If we had had (have) more time, we’d have visited Anne and Dave.
1 I ____would never have managed____ (never / manage) to buy a house if my parents hadn’t helped me
financially.
2 You wouldn’t have done so well in life if you ___hadn´t went_____ (not / go) to university.
3 We ____would have gotten____ (get) completely lost if a stranger hadn’t shown us the way.
4 If you’d run faster, we might __not have missed______ (not / miss) the bus.
5 He wouldn’t have crashed the car if he ____hadn´t answered____ (not / answer) his phone.
6 She ___would have worried_____ (worry) about you if you hadn’t phoned to say you were OK.
7 We could ___have looked after_____ (look after) the children last night if you’d asked.
8 He would have resigned if he ___hadn´t been_____ (not / be) promoted.
9 ___Would you have knew_____ (you / know) that was John if I hadn’t told you?
10 You wouldn’t have been so cold if you ____had wear____ (wear) a jacket.
Underline the correct word(s).

Example: A lot of / Many of people cheered when they heard the news.
1 I often get headaches because I spend too much / many hours on my computer.
2 Excuse me, this shirt isn’t enough big / big enough. Do you have a larger size?
3 We have no / none time for arguments. Just hurry up and do it!
4 I don’t like living in the city – there’s too much / many traffic.
5 They don’t have plenty / much money, but they’re still very generous.
6 There are not / no enough seats for everyone.
7 Very little / few money is being invested in the public health system.
8 I was going to have a biscuit, but there aren’t none / any.
9 There are very few / very little modern buildings in this town.
10 There isn’t enough room / room enough in this car. I need a bigger one.
VOCABULARY
Complete the sentences with the + or – adjective or adverb form of the noun in brackets.
Example: The bride and groom smiled happily (happiness) for their wedding photos.
1 You can have some ice cream for waiting so ___patient_____ (patience).
2 Walk ____carefully____ (care) here – it’s very icy.
3 Anna was so ___unlucky_____ (luck) to lose her suitcase in the airport.
4 I hate going in David’s car. He drives really ___uncareful_____ (care) and so fast!
5 This old knife is ____unuseful____ (use) – it doesn’t cut anything!
6 He knocked the vase off the desk, but ___luckily_____ (luck) I caught it before it hit the floor.
7 Don’t be so ____inpatient____ (patience). Dinner will be ready in a minute!
8 We missed the flight, but ____fortunately____ (fortune) we managed to get seats on the next one.
9 She was so tired, and the armchair was so ___comfortable_____ (comfort) that she fell asleep.
10 It was very ___fortunately_____ (fortune) that someone heard his shouts for help.
Write the word(s).

Example: A small button you press up and down to turn on electricity switch
1 The glass surface of a computer where the information appears. __screen________
2 Something you use when a plug won’t fit into a socket in another country. __________
3 The set of keys on a computer. ____password______
4 A small portable object for storing computer data. ___USB_______
5 A part of an electronic device that the sound comes out of. _____earpod_____
6 An object to control something from a distance. ___control_______
Underline the correct phrase. If both phrases are correct, put a tick ().
Example: Turn the radio up / Turn up the radio, will you? I can’t hear it! 
1 The heating’s on too high. Could you turn it down / turn down it? ____
2 Could you plug the TV in / plug in the TV, please? ____
3 Don’t forget to switch your phone off / switch off your phone in the cinema. ____
4 Are you watching this TV or shall I turn off it / turn it off? ____
Underline the correct word(s).

Example: My current job is permanent / full-time / temporary. It’s a one-year contract.
1 Fantastic news! I’ve been retired / sacked / promoted!
2 My home-made clothes are selling well since I applied / set up / worked a website.
3 Jason’s sleeping late. He’s doing night shifts / hours / jobs at the factory this week.
4 I love being part-time / temporary / self-employed – I can work whenever I want to.
5 Sasha’s in charge / responsible / boss for the training department.
6 He doesn’t have regular / full-time / working hours. He often works in the evening.
7 Everyone will have to resign / be sacked / retire later in life in the future.
8 The problem is that I’m too unemployed / redundant / well qualified for many jobs
READING
1 Read the story and tick () A, B, or C.
Sylvie’s lucky mistake

When I left school, I went to England for the first time as an au pair in Newcastle-under-
Lyme, a market town about 150 miles north of London. I had booked a train ticket from
London to Newcastle online – it would take three hours and I would arrive in Newcastle
at 9.30 p.m. on the Sunday evening. The family who I would be working for would meet
me there.
When I was on the train, about halfway there, I asked a ticket inspector what time we
would arrive at Newcastle-under-Lyme. He looked at me and said ‘You’re going in the
wrong direction for Newcastle-under-Lyme. This train is going to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.’
I didn’t have very much English so it took a while for him to explain patiently that there
were two different towns, both called Newcastle, and the one I was going to was
unfortunately 200 miles further north than the one I needed to get to. As I was feeling
very anxious, I asked him what I should do. He told me there was no station in
Newcastle-under-Lyme, and that I would have to get off the train at York and take
another train to a town called Stoke-on-Trent. And then a bus.
When I got to York that evening, however, I discovered that there were no more trains
to Stoke-on-Trent until the next day. I was 17, from a small French village, and I had
never travelled on my own before. I also had very little money, not enough for even a
cheap hotel. I didn’t know what to do. I felt I was going to cry. Suddenly, a woman in her
40s, who had heard the conversation said, ‘Excuse me, but if you need somewhere to
stay in York, I live here with my family. We have a spare room and you’re welcome to
stay with us.’
I often think, if there had been a station at Newcastle-under-Lyme, or if I had known

more about English geography, or if I’d been less careless about my booking, I wouldn’t
have got on that train. So then I wouldn’t have met Jill, the lady from York. And if she
hadn’t been so kind, I wouldn’t have stayed with her. Oh, and obviously I wouldn’t
eventually have married Ben, her son!
Example: Sylvie first visited England when she was 18.

A True c B False c C Doesn’t say c
1 Sylvie bought a return ticket from Newcastle to London.
A True c B False c C Doesn’t say 
2 The English family was planning to meet her when she got to Newcastle.
A True  B False c C Doesn’t say c
3 When she spoke to the ticket inspector, she realized that she had travelled too far south.
A True c B False c C Doesn’t say 
4 The nearest train station to Newcastle-under-Lyme is Stoke-on-Trent.
5 The inspector advised her to get another train the next morning.
A True c B False  C Doesn’t say c
6 Sylvie wasn’t worried about where she could stay that night.
7 A woman offered her a bed in her spare room.
8 Sylvie feels that her life changed because she hadn’t booked her train carefully.
9 Jill kindly lent Sylvie some money.
10 Sylvie is now Jill’s mother-in-law.
LISTENING
1 Listen to a radio programme about saving energy. Complete the sentences with one or
two words. You may have to change the form of the words you hear.
1 Matthew decided to __change_______ the way he uses gas and electricity.
2 He says that not turning off the TV at the socket ___still wasting_____ energy.
3 He thinks another good idea is to ____turn down_a little time_____ the central heating.
4 Using a special plug for your ____energy bulb______ can control its energy use.
5 He is very ___proud_____ that he is helping to save the planet.
WRITING
Write a story about an interesting encounter with a stranger (or invent one) (140–180
words). Answer the questions.
• Set the scene: When was it? Where were you? What were you doing?
• Tell the story: Who did you meet? How? What happened?
• Conclude: Did it change your life in any way?
When I was on my first semester of University, I had few friends because it was a new school for
me, so my close friend those days was Diego, he continue being my friend now but he is a kind
of strange but funny people, so I remembered that one day, we didn´t have homework, so we
stay in the school all the afternoon and we got a little bit bored, so he had the idea to search
people that seems good and made their our friends.
After a time, we saw a girl that was alone on a table of the library and we decide to seat between
her and started talking with her, obviously she thought that we were strange but then, she started
smiling and at the end we made us friend. Her name is Karen and we called her “Karen
Negocios” because of her degree, and now she continues being our friend and all the time that
we see us in the campus, we say hello, very friendly. I think that you sometimes can meet some
people with different ways, but is it more different or strange, it would be a good way to know
that your friendship wouldn´t be easily to be forgotten.

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MIDTERM EXAM LEVEL 12

Underline the correct word(s).

Write the word(s).

Underline the correct word(s).

1 Read the story and tick () A, B, or C.

Sylvie’s lucky mistake

I often think, if there had been a station at Newcastle-under-Lyme, or if I had known

Example: Sylvie first visited England when she was 18.

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