Instituto Politcnico Nacional

Escuela Superior de Cmputo

CELEX-ESCOM
GUA DE ESTUDIO

INTERMEDIATE 5 - MIDTERM
Teacher: Alfredo Salinas

TRAVELLER B1+
UNIDADES 1-2a
SOBRE ESTE NIVEL

COMPETENCIA MODULAR:
.

Hablar sobre relaciones personales, familiares, amigos y de trabajo.

Expresar estados de nimo y sentimientos. Planear eventos importantes
como bodas, despedidas, y salidas. Entender las diferencias entre los
diferentes tipos de viajes que se pueden tener y planear vacaciones en
diferentes lugares.
GRAMMAR
VOCABULARY
FUNCTIONS
Present Simple
Adjectives describing
Express about feelings and
Present Progressive
feelings.
relationships: job, friends,
Stative verbs
People
family, personal, love, etc.
Comparisons
Relationships and
Countable and
Phrasal verbs
Talk about events such as
uncountable nouns
Verbs related to speaking weddings, parties, etc.
Past simple
Word building: nouns
Past progressive
from adjectives, ending
Talk about free time activities
Past perfect simple
with ed and -ing
Past perfect progressive

1. VOCABULARY
A. Choose the correct option a, b, c or d to complete the sentences.
1. Julie is very quiet tonight. She had a(n)
time at school today.
a. independent
b. creative
c. rough
2. My father has married for a second time and my
a. stepmother

d. related
is from Portugal.

b. mother-in-law c. ex-mother d. ex-wife

3. Did you remember to pack your

? Your grandmother wont let you wear shoes

inside her house.

a. socks
b. sandals
c. boots
4. Joe lives in the suburbs and spends a lot of time as a
a. passenger
5. My friend
a. communicated

b. volunteer

c. participant

d. slippers
on buses.
d. benefactor

me that he would not be late again.

b. divided

c. ignored

d. assured

6. Is Terry

to become a doctor, in your opinion?

a. probably
7. Chris has been
noisy.

b. equally
c. likely
d. possible
to move because the neighbourhood has become very

a. quarrelled

b. resolved

c. forced

d. graduated

8. Are you

with this computer program?

a. awkward b. tender
c. familiar
d. typical

B. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs in the box.
get on with
freeze up

hang out
come along

break up
hand down

dig up
hear from

1. Kerry, we are going to the supermarket. Why dont you

2. When Sean saw Alice for the first time, he

and didnt know what to say.

3. The antique desk has been

4. The workmen will have to

with us?

through my mothers side of the family.

the road carefully. There may be an

ancient wall below it.

5. How are you

the people at work nowadays?

6. It is sad that George and Sally have

7. Do you expect to

after three years together.

Jack this weekend? If you do, please say hi to him

from me.
8. Ill be home at about 10 oclock, Mum. I am going to

then.

with the guys until

C. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals.
1. A flash of
struck the wing of the plane.
2. Critics say that there is a lack of

in her latest novel.

3. I am looking forward to a
4. The

LIGHT
CREATIVE

holiday in Bali.

CARE

bodyguard saved the Presidents life.

5. Desert

COURAGE

use the moon and the stars to find their way.

6. The Williams family are famous for their

7. The citys

WANDER
HOSPITABLE

plans include a new leisure centre.

8. Clive has been given a pay rise and

at work.

DEVELOP
PROMOTE

D. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words/phrases in the box.
stressed out
acquaintance

inhabitant
flatmate

1. We bought a couple of

gossip
webcam

patience
fairly

so we can see each other when

we chat online.
2. The celebrity said that she never listened to
3. Two

of the village were reported missing after the fire.

4. Are you sure that the decision was made

5. Sue feels lonely and has decided to look for a(n)

6. Nursery school teachers must have a lot of

7. I am worried about Rob as he looks very

8. All of my parents friends and

were invited to the wedding

2 . G R AM M AR
A. Complete the sentences below using the verbs in brackets in the correct
Present tense.
1. Robin
2. Jane

(take) his break at the moment.

(eat) fruit for breakfast every day, but today she

(have) plain coffee.

3. The bus

(come) late every morning.

4. Laura

(work) in Milan this week.

5. Lyn

(have) a flamenco class on Mondays.

I____________________(not understand) why I never

7. Excuse me,
(you / use) this chair?

(get) enough sleep.

6.

8. Can you see if Debbie

(play) in the back garden?

(you / think) we can meet earlier? My sister

9.

(come)

tonight

E. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first, using
the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five
words, including the word given.
1. Germany is not as hot as Italy during August.
much
Italy

Germany during August.

2. The Bristol Hotel is cheaper than the Intercontinental.

not

The Intercontinental is

the Bristol

Hotel.
3. There is no one better than Geoff at chess in the class.

Geoff

best
in the class at chess.

4. When the weather becomes hotter, we should drink more water.

The

the

more water we should drink.

5. I thought my sister would do better in the race.

My sister didnt

well
in the race as I had

thought.
6. Christina is not taller than her sister Joanna.

Christina is

as
her sister Joanna.

7. As I continue studying, I am more confident about the exam.

The

study
confident I become about the

exam.
8. The cottage was cheaper than we had expected.

The cottage was

_____________________________we had expected

G. Choose the correct option

less

1. Do you still drink

a. any

milk every day?

b. a lot of

2. If you use the tube, it will save you a lot of

a. time

getting to the airport.

b. times

3. My doctor advised me against drinking

at night.

a. so many coffees b. so much coffee

4. I am sorry I wont be able to have dinner with you. I have a lot of

a. works

b. work

5. I dont think I can make five sandwiches. We have very

a. little

.
bread.

b. a few

6. The hotel had

many guests that there was not a single

room available.
a. too

b. so

7. Jean grew up on a farm and had to feed the

a. chicken

b. chickens

8. The police

a. was

at the scene of the crime in seconds.

b. were

9. There are a lot of things I

a. dislike

about him.
b. am disliking

10. This weekend I

a. am visiting

every day.

some friends.
b. visit