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GRUPO LINGUSTICO

LENGUA EXTRANJERA : INGLS

(Total 40 puntos)
BLOCK I. TEXT AND READING COMPREHENSION (15 points: 5 per question)
Read the advert and answer the questions.

LIVERPOOL & MERSEYSIDE FESTIVALS & EVENTS 2005

For more details click:

www.visitliverpool.com
Or call the tourist information hotline on:

0906 680 6886

EUROPEAN

(Calls charged at 25p per minute). Note: Dates may be subject to change.

CAPITAL OF CULTURE

1. Which of the following statements is not true according to the advertisement above? Mark the wrong
answer with a cross
You can visit a web page to get more information about Liverpool and Merseyside events.
There is a free telephone number where you can obtain information about festivals in Liverpool.
If you want information about festivals you can either visit a website or call tourist information.
There is a special telephone line to obtain information about the 2005 events.
2. Look at the advert again carefully and say if the sentences below are true T or false F. Correct the
false ones.
The dates of the events are fixed.
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Liverpool will be the European capital of culture in 2008.
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The cost of a two-minute call is 60p.
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Liverpool is a World Heritage City.
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The events take place in 2006
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3. Match these words to their meanings:
1. Something that happens

Hotline

2. A special telephone line

Dates

3. Costing

Heritage

4. Days

Event

5. The unique history and traditions

Charged at

BLOCK II. LINGUISTIC KNOWLEDGE (15 points: 5 per question)

4. Complete the comparative sentences using the adjectives in brackets. Remember there are two types:
superiority and equality
(good) + superiority
These seat covers are .. the ones you bought.
(fast) = equality
British cars are ............. Italian ones.
(bad) + superiority
This advert wants us to think that other seat covers are Regency ones.
(not clever) = equality
This advert is not . others I have seen from the 1950s.
(expensive) + superiority
Cars today are . they were twenty years ago.
5. Write these sentences in the past tense negative:
The gardener had his lunch at home
The princess saw a beautiful red flower
You knew the name of the flower

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The rich man defended the gardener
She went to Berlin last year.
6. Write How much or How many in the following sentences:
a) ............................ does it cost? It costs 20 .
b) ............................ books are in this library?
c) ............................ traffic is there in your town?
d) ............................ brothers and sisters have you got?
e) ............................ money did you spend in CDs?
BLOCK III. WRITING (10 puntos)
7. Read the e-mail and put the missing words in the spaces (some prepositions are repeated):
at

before

except

on

in

for

About

Dear Ms Tully,
I saw the advertisement ............ dance classes............. the newspaper last night. I am
really interested ................ learning Irish dance as my boyfriend is Irish and loves dancing.
The problem is I have never danced...................... . Do you have classes ...................
complete beginners? If so, ..................... what time and ................... what days? I am free
every evening ................... Thursdays (I always go out with my friends ..................
Thursday evenings!).
I would be very grateful if you could send me more information ................... Irish dance. I
would like to start classes immediately.
Yours sincerely,
Alison Morley

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