AREA DE LENGUAS EXTRANJERAS - SEDE BUGA
ENGLISH FOR GENERAL AND ACADEMIC PURPOSES II
MIDTERM EVALUATION
Name JORGE ANDRES GONZALEZ VALENCIA Code 1955540
I. Read the interview and match the questions with the paragraphs
MANAGING A SMALL BUSINESS
1. And what are your plans for the future? E
2. Do you recommend starting a business? D
3. Did you need to borrow form the bank? B
4. What kind of business is it? A
5. What are your major costs? C
A. Well, we started The Tower Street Pantry four years ago as a sandwich bar.
We were bored with the fact that so much food is pre-packed, in plastic
triangles, or from designer cafés, and we wanted to do something fresh,
freshly made. That´s what people like.
B. No, nothing. At the beginning, of course, we went to the bank with a
business plan and they offered to lend us money. Then a member of our
family also offered us the money – interest free – so we borrowed it from
them. And we earned enough to pay it back in the first year, which was
great.
C. It was staff, but now I think it’s fresh fruit and vegetables. It sounds crazy but
when the bad weather comes you have to pay a lot for fresh vegetables,
and we only use fresh vegetables, so it’s expensive.
D. Well, business is getting stronger and stronger. Turnover is increasing all
the time. And last year profits doubled. But we plan to do lunches for
companies soon, that kind of thing. It’s very interesting because the margin
is a lot higher. And we like making money!
E. Oh, yes. I love having a business because what we do is very people-
orientated. It’s a service really, more than just a shop. People need us. But
you have problems, of course. The biggest is staff! You can’t get good staff.
This means sometimes we have to do everything. So, believe me, managing
a business can be really, really hard work.
Read the text again and answer the following questions
1. When did Jackie and her husband start The Tower Street Pantry?
FOUR YEARS AGO
2. When did Jackie and her husband get the finance to start the business?
FOUR YEARS AGO
3. What is the biggest cost for Jackie’s business now?
THE BUGGEST COST IS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
4. How much did profits increase last year?
THEP ROFITS INCREASE DOUBLED THE LAST YEAR.
5. Why does Jackie want to expand into company lunches?
BECAUSE THE MARGIN IS A LOT HIGHER
Identify two sentences in the text in simple present tense 3rd person
singular.
It sounds crazy but when the bad weather comes you have to pay a lot for fresh
vegetables, and we only use fresh vegetables, so it’s expensive.
Do you recommend starting a business?
Identify three sentences with uncountable nouns
we like making money
We were bored with the fact that so much food is pre-packed
we went to the bank with a business plan and they offered to lend us money
Identify three sentences with countable nouns
It’s very interesting because the margin is a lot higher
Then a member of our family also offered us the money
I love having a business because what we do is very people- orientated
Complete with How much or How many
HOW MANY brothers and sisters do you have?
HOW MUCH money do you earn?
HOW MANY people are there at the party?
HOW MUCH is breakfast? It`s included
HOW MANY types of cheese are there in France?
There is / there are: positive, negative or question
ARE THERE twenty cigarettes in a packet?
THERE ARE twenty students in the class.
THERE ARE three dogs in the garden.
IS THERE an Internet café in the town?
Complete the sentences with is, are, some, any, much or many.
a. How much sugar is there?
b. I would like much water, please.
c. IS there any bread?
d. How MANY people did you see?
e. There are MANY letters for you.
f. Have you got much money?
ᵜ Write the sentences in present progressive
a. (when / we / arrive?) WHEN ARE WE ARRIVING ?
b. (where / they / stay?) WHERE ARE THEY STAYING ?
c. (it / rain) IT IS RAINING
d. (she / come at six) SHE IS COMMING AT SIX
e. (he / watch a film at the moment) HE IS WHATCHING A FILM AT THE
MOMENT
f. (we / not / sleep) WE AREN´T SLEEPING
ᵜ Complete the sentences with Be going to or will
a. Look! It WIL be a lovely day!
b. I BE GOING TO help you tomorrow, if you like.
c. WILL Bill BE GOING TO see Daniel tonight?
d. The sun BE GOING TO rise tomorrow.
e. I BE GOING TO study this weekend.
f. Be careful! You BE GOING TO fall.
g. I think the Conservatives BE GOING TO win the next election.
h. WILL you BEGOING TO cook dinner tonight?
i. There's no milk. Really? In that case, I BE GOING TO go and get some.
ᵜ Rewrite the previous sentences using present progressive for future
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
h.
i.
Write can / can’t / could / couldn’t where it corresponds.
1. CAN you swim when you were 10?
2. We COULDN´T get to the meeting on time yesterday because the
train was delayed by one hour.
3. He COULD arrive at the party on time, even after missing the
train, so he was very pleased.
4. He’s amazing, he CAN speak 5 languages including Chinese.
5. I CAN´T drive a car until I was 34, then I moved to the countryside
so I had to learn.
LISTENING
a. The wallet’s material is..............?
ᵜ genuine leather ᵜ a perfect present ᵜ very elegant
b. What do the students have to do after they finish the exam?
ᵜ Put it on the teacher’s desk and leave the classroom
ᵜ Put it on the teacher’s desk and wait for the bell to ring
ᵜ Put it on the teacher’s desk and ring the bell
c. Who wears the traditional woolen hats at present?
ᵜ Mesoamerican indigenous people ᵜ people from Costarica
ᵜ people from different countries
d. What is the ad selling?
ᵜ toothpaste ᵜ soap ᵜ shampoo
e. When does the car begin to move forward?
ᵜ When the man turns the ignition on ᵜ When the man releases the
clutch ᵜ When the man puts it into first gear
