Date:

Level: Pre-Intermediate

Duration: 90 min.

                                                FINAL EXAM

A.    Choose the right answer.( 2 pts. Each)

1.       A: “________ does he come from?” B: “Italy.”

a. What            b. Where              c. How        d. When

2.       A: “_________ do you do?” B: “I’m __________.”

a. Where/ happy      b. What/ angry            c. What/an interpreter      d. How/ A pilot

3.       A: “_________ is your birthday?” B: “My birthday is ___ the third of April.”

a. What/in         b. When/at           c. What/at            d. When/on

4.       A: “__________ is this pen?” B: “It is Jennifer’s.

a. Whose          b. Who             c. What                        d. Where

5.    A: “ What ________ is her hair?” B: “Brown”

       a. size                   b. long                          c. short                         d. colour

6.       How __________ languages do you speak?

a. much            b. many             c. far                 d. little

7.       The sun ______________ in the east.

a. arises           b. arouse              c. rises             d. sets

8.       I _________ eat meat because I don’t like it.

a. always          b. frequently          c. never             d. sometimes

9.       I usually _______  in the evenings, but I _____________in the afternoon today.

a. reading/am reading             b. reads/read      c. am reading/read      d. read/am reading

10.   What ______ your sister______? She is a _________.

a. do/do/journalist  b. is/doing/journalist      c. does/doing/journalist      d. does/do/journalist

11.   What _____ your sister________ now? She is _____ a magazine now.

a. is/doing/reading      b. are/doing/book        c. does/do/ reading      d. is/do/reading

12.   _______ you _____ a camera? Yes, I____.

a. Do/have/got      b. Have/got/have         c. Do/have/have          d. Do/got/have

13.   _____ you ______ a lot of CDs? Yes, I_____.

a. Have/got/do      b. Do/got/have       c. Do/have/do        d. Do/have/have

14.   I don’t travel by plane; ________ I’m afraid of flying.

a. but               b. then              c. however            d. because

15.   I watched TV, ________I went to bed.

a. so                b. then              c. because           d. when

16.   She can speak Italian ______ she can’t speak French.

a. but               b. because           c. while             d. and

17.   They_______ at home last night.

a. are               b. did                c. were             d. was

18.   Where do you go _____ holiday?

a. to                       b. at                 c. on                 d. in

19.   When I ________  home, the neighbors _________ tea.

a. arrive/ were drinking            b. arrived/ was drinking           

c. was arriving/drank                      d. arrived/ were drinking

20.   The telephone rang_________ I was having a bath.

a. when            b. during               c. for           d. while

21.   I ________ a friend while I __________ the shopping.

a. met/ was doing      b. was meeting/did      c. met/did      d. was meeting/was doing

22.   I’m looking ____my neighbor's cat while she is _____ holiday.

a. for/in             b. for/on                        c. after/in      d. after/on

23.   I ______round and _____ my father.

a. turning/saw      b. turned/was seeing      c. turned/ saw      d. was/seeing

24.   We had a picnic yesterday. We played football _____ two hours. ________ 

the match we enjoyed a lot. __________ we were playing, my mother and sister prepared a meal.

a. during/for/while b. for/while/during  c. for/during/while d. while/during/for

25.   What are you doing tonight? _____________ see a play at the theatre.

a. I’ll                 b. I’m going to            c. I went to         d. I’m go

26.   I bought _______ fruit, but they didn’t have __________ vegetables.

a. any/any       b. some/-              c. -/-           d. some/any

27.   The shop hasn’t got _______ washing powder. 

a. many      b. much            c. a lot of   d. a few

28.   My brother has got _____ car. ______ car is in the garage.

a. -/-                 b.-/a           c. the/a       d. a/the

29.   The students need ___________ information about the exams.

a. a                        b. some            c. an           d. a few

30.   My cousin’s son wants  ________ an engineer.

a. being            b. to be       c. been       d. be

31.   _____________ like birthday parties? I’m afraid I don’t. I think they are noisy,

and there are usually too many people.

a. Do you          b. Would you        c. Can you d. Did you

32.   China has ________ biggest population in _________ world.

a. the/-             b. -/the              c. the/the      d. a/the

33.   What is your nephew _____? He is handsome.

a. doing            b. the same                c. such       d. like

34.   Have you  _________ been abroad?

a. never            b. yet                c. ever        d. already

35.   I haven’t seen my aunt ________ five years.

a. since            b. for                 c. ago         d. ever

36.   They  have been married __________ 1990.

a. since            b. for                 c. yet          d. ago

37.   __________ of us has been to Italy; but two of us have been to Sweden.

a. Every            b. None             c. Everybody         d. All

38.   ___________ have you been in Istanbul? “Since my childhood.”

a. How long       b. When                        c. How often                 d. What time

39.   He gave her a watch _________ stopped after two days.

a. where           b. what             c. which                        d. who

40.   My mother has got flu. I think she _______ see her doctor.

a. has to           b. should              c. has got to               d. doesn’t

B. Read the following text and answer the questions about it.(2 pts. each)

Two Sisters

     My sister and I are very different, but we get on well together. She likes staying 

at home in the evening and watching television with her boyfriend, but I prefer going out

with my friends. We like to go to clubs or the cinema. Sometimes we just go to a cafe. 

I have exams soon, so I’m not going out very much at the moment. My sister is six years

older than me, and she works in a bank. She is trying to save some money because she

is going to get married this year. Her fiancé's name is Ferdinand, but we call him Freddy.

People say I look like my sister because we both have brown eyes and dark hair. However,

we are very different in character. She is very quiet, but I’m a lot more sociable.

Questions:

41.   Does her sister like going out with her friends?

_________________________.

42.   What does her sister like doing?

___________________________________________________.

43.   What are the things that they both like doing?

___________________________________________________.

44.   Why do people think that they look like each other?

___________________________________________________.

45.   What are the differences between them?

___________________________________________________.

C. Writing. Choose only one of the following topics. ( 10 pts.)

1. Imagine you have gone on holiday. Write a postcard to one of 

your friends in Istanbul. The following adjectives can help you while you are

writing your postcard. (Use as many as you can.)

Adjectives: lovely, terrible, comfortable, spectacular, old, young, long, good,

  wonderful, warm, beautiful, cheap, blue, awful, cold, delicious, excellent, expensive.

Verbs: meet, have, sleep, swim, dance, hurt, take, go, climb, stay, hope, have a nice time, etc.

2.Write a biography of a person you know well. Describe her/him by using 

the words given below to help you.

Outline to help:

Introduction: Where and when was s/he born?

Educational life/ Early career

Later career

Private life/ Fundamental features

Life now

Verbs to help: go, be born, meet, graduate, get married, decide, succeed

Adjectives to help:  successful, friendly, helpful, cheerful, happy/sad, beautiful/handsome,

tall/short, talkative, shy, etc. 

3. Compare and contrast the advantages and disadvantages of going abroad for 

education. The following words can give you an idea.

A better career, more interesting, more difficult, missing your home and friends, seeing different

places and having knowledge about different cultures and life styles, getting experienced, etc.

BONUS  *****( 15 pts.)

Drive -  go  -   dolar  -  tent  - distress  -  which  - have  -  years  -  historical  -  million -

 Kind  -  destination  -  than  - fares  -  atmosphere.

Complete the following extract by filling the blanks with the appropriate words given below.

American Holiday

The most common ______ of American holiday is simply to get into the car and ______ to a destination such as one of the many national parks, scenic trails, seashores or memorials.

 Outdoor recreation may be to ____ hiking and camping with a _____, or to drive into the wilderness with a “recreation vehicle”, to the _______ of those who like their wood quiet.

             Americans _______  always loved foreign travel, but in recent ______ currency exchange rates _______ are favorable to the American _____, and cheaper air ______, mean that more people than ever before can afford their dream of travel abroad.

            Europe is the favorite ____________  for American travelers. Americans enjoy the beautiful old towns, the __________ and the culture of European cities and the _________ buildings far older _______ any in the U.S.A.

            A record number of 5.6. _______ Americans came to Europe in 1984.