FACOLTA’ DI ECONOMIA

TEST FINALE

PRE-CORSO LINGUA INGLESE a.a. 2005/2006

A cura del dott. Peter Gregory Jones

  1. PHONETICS

E.g.: dɪkʃənrɪ= dictionary

a)iknmiks = ______

b)fækltɪ = ______

  1. FALSE FRIENDS (sottolineare quello giusto)

E.g.: Actually = realmente o attualmente

a)Eventual = eventuale o possibile

b)Eventually = eventualmente o finalmente

  1. IRREGULARS VERBS

E.g.: To go = I go/he goes – went – gone

a)To eat = ______

b)To drink = ______

c)To pay = ______

d)To come = ______

e)To be = ______

  1. AFFIRMATIVE/NEGATIVE/QUESTION FORMS OF VERBS

E.g.: He lives here (AFF.)

He doesn’t live here (NEG.)

Does he live here? (QUEST.)

a)______(AFF.)

They didn’t see the film (NEG.)

______(QUEST.)

b)Giangiacomo studies a lot. (AFF.)

______(NEG.)

______(QUEST.)

c)______(AFF.)

______(NEG.)

Has she done the exam?______(QUEST.)

  1. WHAT IS THE ENGLISH FOR?

a. Chi? ______b. Perche? ______c. Quanto? ______

d. Dove? ______. e. Quando? ______f. Come? ______

  1. QUESTION TAGS:

E.g.: We don’t speak Finnish, do we?

a)I have already told them, ______?

b)He cannot drive, ______?

c)They went to Rome last week, ______?

d)John won’t eat all that, ______?

  1. TRANSLATE THESE (!) SENTENCES.

a)Questa macchina è la mia.

______

b)Quei cani sono i loro.

______

c)Quella casa era la sua (Anna)

______

d)Questi uomini saranno qui domani ______

  1. INDEFINITE, DEFINITE ARTICLE OR NO ARTICLE:

a)______Italians like ______football.

b)______friend of Paul’s is automatically _____ friend of mine!

c)______best wine is usually also ______most expensive wine.

d)We listen to ______radio in ______bed.

  1. SOME, ANY, NO, MUCH, MANY, LITTLE, A LITTLE, FEW, A FEW.

COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES USING ONE OF THE ABOVE WORDS:

a)We have______time today, sorry!

b)He has ______( a little/little) money but he is always happy.

c)Can I have ______more, please?

d)Unfortunately, there are not ______books here which interest me.

e)Let’s wait for them ______(few, a few) more minutes!

  1. PREPOSITIONS IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS

a)He put his hand ______his pocket and took ______some money.

b)They study ____the university ______the faculty of economics.

c)She fell ______and broke her glasses.

d)The cat escaped; it jumped ______the wall ______the pavement and the ran ______the road to the park opposite.

  1. NUMBERS; DATES; TELLING THE TIME; MONTHS; DAYS OF THE WEEK; SEASONS. TRANSLATE THESE PHRASES:

a)Ventotto ______

b)Tremilanocentotrenta ______

c)Il 4 novembre (non in cifre!) 1915. ______

d)Sono le 17 e 10. ______

e)Sono le 4 meno un quarto. ______

f)Maggio, luglio, gennaio. ______

g)È arrivato martedì. ______

h)Nella primavera ______

  1. THE “SAXON” GENITIVE : TO USE OR NOT TO USE …

a)In two hours/ in two hour’s time.

b)The children’s school/ the childrens school.

c)The school children’s/ The school children.

  1. PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINOUS:

a)The boys often ______(to play) on Sundays.

b)At the moment she ______(to study) for her thesis.

c)I ______(to enjoy) this book.

d)Although we ______(to live) in Cagliari because of the university, we ______(to like) to go home every weekend.

  1. PAST CONTINOUS, PRESENT PERFECT OR SIMPLE PAST:

a)Brutus and Cassius ______(to kill) Julius Cæsar.

b)______(to be) to the seaside recently?

c)When you ______(to be) on holiday last year ______(to go) to the seaside?

d)While the chef ______(to prepare) dinner and ______(to listening) to some music, the police suddenly ______(to arrive).

e)I ______(to know) him for many years.

  1. TRANSFORM THESE SENTENCES INTO THE PASSIVE OR ACTIVE VOICES:

a)She slapped him.

______

b)The programme is always introduced by Bruno Vespino.

______

c)I had been seen by the police…

______

d)They hope they will win the match.

______

  1. THE “DOUBLE OBJECT”. WHICH OF THESE PAIRS OF SENTENCES IS CORRECT?

a)i.His uncle gave him some money.

  1. His uncle gave to him some money.

b)i.He wrote to his uncle a thank-you letter.

  1. He wrote a thank-you letter to his uncle.
  1. TO MAKE OR TO DO?

a)A mistake. ______

b)The bed. ______

c)My homework. ______

d)The housework. ______

e)Time to have a rest. ______

  1. THE ITALIAN TERM “ANCÒRA” CAN BE TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH AS EITHER ‘YET’, ‘STILL’ OR ‘AGAIN’. CHOOSE THE CORRECT ONE IN THESE SENTENCES:

a)She watched TV before supper and then ______afterwards.

b)I have ______not had a reply to my question.

c)Do you ______like chocolate?

d)They haven’t finished the exam ______(ma quasi!)

  1. CONDITIONALS

a)If princess Diana had not died in 1997, ______(to marry) prince Charles ______Camilla?

b)We always ______(to get tired, stancarsi) if we don’t sleep enough.

c)If they wanted to go, they ______(to be able to).

d)I will give him your message, if he ______(to telephone) me later.