PART I (20%)

DIRECTIONS: Look at the picture. Complete each the sentence by choosing the best
answer from the box below. Question 1 has been done for you.

PART II (20%)

DIRECTIONS: As an ACE expert guide, you will be expected to describe where you live in
English.

1. Write 3 sentences which describe the position of your house using at least one of these
words in each sentence: next to, in front of, and behind.

2. Write 2 sentences which describe where your country or neighborhood is using the
word: near and between.

3. Write 2 sentences which describe your village or town. These sentences should include
the words: across from and on the corner of
 PART III (20%)

DIRECTIONS: Study the map of Southeast Asia, then complete each the sentence by
choosing the best answer from the box below. Question 1 has been done for you.

under next to between in above

A Map of Southeast Asia

1. Bangkok is _in_____ Thailand.

2. Laos is _______________ Thailand.

3. Thailand is _______________ Malaysia.

4. Thailand is _______________ Southeast Asia.

5. Cambodia is _______________ Thailand and

Vietnam.

6. Bangkok is _______________ the Gulf of Thailand.

7. Cambodia is _______________ Laos.

PART IV (20%)

DIRECTIONS: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in the past. Use
contractions where possible.

1. I______________(live) in Madrid last year.

2. We_____________(not play) football yesterday.

3. Did you ______________(watch) that film last night?

4. Where did you______________(study) English?

 5. I'm sorry. The bar_______________(close) half an hour ago.

6. They_____________________(not stay) in a hotel last year.

7. My mother_______________(cook) my favorite dish yesterday.

8. My brother__________________(arrive) late last night.

9. My teacher___________________(ask) me a very difficult question yesterday.

10. Maria and her boyfriend________________(listen) to romantic music last

night.

PART V (20%)

DIRECTIONS: complete the paragraph by using the verbs in brackets in the correct simple
past form.

“My grandfather”

My grandfather had a very exciting life. When he was young, he__________ (live) on a

farm in the country. His parents___________ (raise) cattle, and he___________ (look)

after the cows. When he was eighteen, he went to university, where he__________(study)

Philosophy. He also__________ (play) the trumpet in a jazz band. When the war started,

he_________(try) to join the Air Force, but he __________(end) up in the Navy. In the

Atlantic, a German torpedo___________(rip) a hole in the side of his ship, and the ship

sank. Only five men____________(escape). They_____________(sail) in a lifeboat back to

England. Then he met my grandmother, and they__________(marry) after only three

weeks. He says now that he_____________(want) to marry her very quickly in case

he___________(die) in the war.

GOOD LUCK!!!