EXAM 5 (4º ESO)

1. Reading
Who are your friends?

Recent research has concluded that at any time we have around thirty friends, six of whom we think of as close. Over a lifetime we will make almost 400 friends, but we will keep in touch with fewer than 10% of them. Almost 60% of us claim that our friendships are more important to us than career, money or family. Other studies show that men have, in general, fewer close friends than women do, that middle-class men have more friends than working-class men, and that both men and women find their friendships with women more emotionally satisfying than those with men. Those findings hide huge variations. When I asked people how many close friends they had, the answers ranged from none to almost 100. But we need to play the game of friendship. Evidence shows that people with close friends live longer and are happier than those without.

a. True or false? Justify your answers.
1 We make around thirty friends in a lifetime.
2 Careers, money and family are also important to many people.
3 In general men have more friends than women.
4 Friendships with women are often more emotionally satisfying.
5 People live longer if they have close friends.

2. Vocabulary
a. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate words.
TRAFFIC JAM DOWN YOU'RE KIDDING UPSET
- She does not feel very happy. She feels really _______________.
- Please, phone Michael and tell him we're late. There is a ________________ on this road.
- ____________________! That can't be true!
- He does not want anyone to talk to his girlfriend. He is very ____________.
- My friend is really ___________ because I didn't invite him to the party.

3. Grammar
a. Complete with past perfect or past simple. #1 #2

1. The pupils talked about the film they ______________(watch).
2. I was late for work because I (miss) _____________the bus.
3. We lived in the house that my father (build) ________________.
4. We admired the picture that Lucy (paint) _______________.
5. They watered the trees that they (plant) _______________.

b. Transform into passive voice in present or past. #1 #2

1. He opens the door.
   →
2. We set the table.
   →
3. She paid a lot of money.
   →
4. I drew a picture.
   →
5. They wear blue shoes.
   →

c. Complete with the appropriate comparative or superlative form. #1 #2
1. Your results were ____________ (bad) than mine.
2. Phil is __________________ (shy) I've ever known.
3. This is ____________________ (quiet) pub in town.
4. I feel ____________ (nervous) now than when I take exams.
5. Tom seems ________________ (cheerful and good) than before.

d. Transform these sentences into reported speech. #1 #2

1. "I have a toothache." He said that..
2. "I will open the window." He said that...
3. "She has gone on holiday." He said that...
4. "We're going to the cinema." He said that ...
5. "I don't want to go with my friends." He said that ...

4. Translation.
1. Mi madre llegó cuando yo ya me había ido.
2. Este libro no es el libro más maravilloso del mundo.
3. John dijo que había hecho los deberes.
4. La primera Giralda fue construida por los musulmanes en Sevilla.

5. Listening.