Test 3.

1
1. Write the comparative of fast:

Student Response 1. faster

Value Correct Answer 100% Equals faster (100%)

General One-syllable adjectives and adverbs form their comparative by addition Feedback: of the suffix -er. Revise Unit 3.1.A. Score: 2. Write the superlative of actively: 2/2

Student Response 1. activeliest

Value Correct Answer 0% Equals most actively (100%)

General Three- and more-syllable adjectives form their superlative adding the Feedback: word more before them. Revise Unit 3.1.A. Score: 3. Write the superlative of funny: 0/2

Student Response 1. funniest

Value Correct Answer 100% Equals funniest (100%)

General Two-syllable adjectives and adverbs ending in y and er usually Feedback: function like one-syllable forms. Revise Unit 3.1.A. Score: 4. Mark the right expression(s): 2/2

Student Value Correct Response Answer -50% A. In the future there will be less desktop computers. B. That calculator is fewer fast than your new PC.

Feedback WRONG: the correct expression is fewer desktop computers, since desktop computers is a countable noun. Thus it must be modified by fewer.

C. The

Student Value Correct Response Answer recentlylaunched laptop computers are thinner than ever. D. For many 50% people, laser printers are better than ink-jet printers. General Go to Unit 3.1. Feedback: Score: 5. 0/2

Feedback

RIGHT: remember the spelling of better, with double t. It is the comparative of good (and of well, although not in this case).

Match each expression in the left column with its corresponding superlative expression in the right column:

late little bad much

last most least worst

Statement late little bad much

Response last least worst least

Value 25.0% 25.0% 25.0%

Correct Match last least worst

-25.0% most

General Remember that there are irregular comparatives and superlatives. Feedback: Score: 1/2

Test 3.1B
1. Write the missing word: Macintosh computers are more difficult to find _____ PC computers.

Student Response 1. than General

Value 100%

Correct Answer Equals than (100%)

Remember that in English we do not use that but than in comparisons.

Feedback: Score: 2. Write the missing word: Laptop computers are becoming less ____ less expensive. 2/2

Student Response 1. and

Value 100%

Correct Answer Equals and (100%)

General This expression is used to show a gradual decrease. Feedback: Score: 3. Write the missing word: The use of a web browser is ____ difficult as using a mobile phone. 2/2

Student Response 1. more

Value 0%

Correct Answer Equals so (100%) Equals as (100%)

General Remember that when we want to express similarities in qualities we can use both Feedback: so ... as and as ... as. Score: 4. Mark the right expression(s): 0/2

Student Value Correct Response Answer A. This program is most interesting. -50% B. USB modems are more expensive that built-in ones. -50% C. The external keyboard in a laptop computer is not so important than the external mouse.

Feedback

WRONG: than, NOT that.

WRONG: not so important as.

Student Value Correct Response Answer

Feedback

D. Press the touchpad most softly if you want to have it working for a long time. Score: 5. Match each expression in the left column with its complementary expression in the right column: -2/2

1. The more you spend on RAM, 2. Computer games are more

a. and more interesting as a way of killing time. b. well as him.

3. Last years computers are now much less 4. She knows how to change the processor speed as

c. the more programs you can run simultaneously. d. expensive than they were.

Statement 1 2 3 4 Score: 2/2

Response c a d b

Value 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 25.0%

Correct Match c a d b

Test 4.1 A
1. Write the missing word -which must include an affix- so that the second sentence means the same as the first one: The electric system received too much charge. The system was ________.

Student Response 1. recharged General Revise Unit 4.1.A. Feedback: Score: 2. 0/2

Value Correct Answer 0% Equals overcharged (100%)

Write the missing word -which must include an affix: ________ cables are those which go under water.

Student Response 1. watered General Revise Unit 4.1.A. Feedback: Score: 3. 0/2

Value Correct Answer 0% Equals Submarine (100%) Equals Underwater (100%)

Write the missing word -which must include an affix-, so that the second sentence means the same as the first one: The power plant was short of personnel. The power plant was __________.

Student Response 1. unpersonnel

Value Correct Answer 0% Equals undermanned (100%)

General Build your own vocabulary list. Feedback: Score: 4. Mark the right expression(s): 0/2

Student Response A. The energy plant is in a subpopulated village.

Value Correct Answer -50%

Feedback WRONG: "an underpopulated".

-50% B. That is a desmagnetised field C. The date of the exam was predetermined. D. Realign the wheels as soon as possible. General Go to Unit 4.1. Feedback: Score: 5. -2/2

WRONG: "demagnetised".

Match each prefix in the left column with its corresponding expression in the right column:

un in mal il

legal practice audible acceptable

Statement un in mal il

Response practice audible acceptable legal

Value

Correct Match

-25.0% acceptable 25.0% audible

-25.0% practice 25.0% legal

General Remember that, depending on the language used (English, Spanish), Feedback: different prefixes may be used for words which are very close in spelling, i.e. for words that usually come from the same Latin expression. Score: 0/2

Test 4.1B
1. Write the missing word, which at least includes one affix, so that the second sentence means the same as the first one: She solved the electrical problem with no effort. She solved the electrical problem ___________.

Student Response 1. effortless

Value Correct Answer 0% Equals effortlessly (100%)

General Remember that it is possible to find more than one suffix in the same Feedback: word. Score: 2. Write the missing word, which at least includes one affix, so that the second sentence means the same as the first one: The origin of the fault cannot be traced. The origin of the fault is not _________. 0/2

Student Response 1. traceded Score: 0/2 3.

Value Correct Answer 0% Equals traceable (100%)

Write the missing word, which at least includes one affix, so that the second sentence means the same as the first one: You need a relay to protect the power system. You need a _______ relay in the power system.

Student Response 1. protected

Value Correct Answer 0% Equals protective (100%)

General Remember that the choice of affixes is not alway the same in English as Feedback: in Spanish. Score: 4. Mark the right expression(s): 0/2

Student Response A. We found many disturbations in the new adaptor. B. Any electric device needs regular maintenance.

Value Correct Answer

Feedback

100%

RIGHT.

C. The power plant -100% was in a beautifull place. -100% D. They did not follow the principle of electromagnetic atraction in the new relay. Score: -2/2 5.

WRONG: "beautiful", with only one "t".

WRONG: "attraction", with double "t".

Match each expression in the left column with its complementary expression in the right column:

align absorb attend refer

tion ment ance ee

Statement align absorb attend

Response ee tion ment

Value

Correct Match

-25.0% ment 25.0% tion

-25.0% ance

Statement refer Score: -1/2

Response ance

Value

Correct Match

-25.0% ee

Test 5
Put the verb in brackets in the correct form: _________(apply) a force of 5 kN to the gear level.

Student Value Correct Answer Response 1. aply 0% Equals Apply (100%)

General Feedback: Revise 0/2 Unit 5.1.A.Sco re:

2. Write the missing word so that the second sentence means the same as the first one: Take the engine to the garage. You ______ take the engine to the garage.

Student Response 1. must

Value Correct Answer 100% Equals must (100%) Equals should (100%)

General Revise Unit 5.1.A. Feedback: Score: 3. Write the missing word, so that the second sentence ends up being very informal: Do not exceed the elastic limit. _____ do not exceed the elastic limit. 2/2

Student Response 1. you

Value Correct Answer 100% Equals You (100%)

General Remember that the second expression is Feedback: very colloquial and can only be used with people you know very well. Score: 2/2

4. Mark the right expression(s):

Student Response

Value Correct Feedback Answer WRONG: "You must FOLLOW ...".

-100% A. You must following the instructions. B. Care should been taken when examining the steering wheel. C. Increase the force that you are applying. D. The wheels -100% must being realigned as soon as possible.

WRONG: "... must BE realigned ...".

General Take care when using the passive. Feedback: Score: 5. Match each prefix in the left column with its corresponding expression in the right column. The answer will be right only if you are right in all the matches: -4/2

Turn You should You remove Cool

the engine off. the engine from the garage. (very informal) the device. do as indicated.

Statement Response Turn the engine off.

Value

Correct Match

Correct the engine off.

You should do as indicated. Correct do as indicated. You remove the engine from Correct the engine the garage. from the (very informal) garage. (very

Statement Response

Value

Correct Match informal)

Cool Score: 2/2

the device.

Correct the device.

Test5.1.b
. Write the word that can be used instead of "as" in the second sentence: As the stress was near the limit, do not apply a similar force again. ________ the stress was near the limit, do not apply a similar force again.

Student Response 1. like

Value Correct Answer 0% Equals Since (100%)

General Remember that it is possible to find more than one suffix in the same Feedback: word. Score: 2. Write the missing words: Due to our analysis of the situation, you must measure the whole mechanism again. You must measure the whole mechanism again _____________ our analysis of the situation. 0/2

Student Response 1. as General Revise Unit 5.1.B. Feedback: Score: 3. 0/2

Value Correct Answer 0% Equals because of (100%) Equals due to (100%)

Write the words missing in the second sentence so that the instruction given in the first sentence is turned into a description: Turn the steering wheel clockwise; as a result the wheels turn right. __________ the steering wheel clockwise, the wheels turn right.

Student Response 1. At General Go to Unit 5.1.B. Feedback: Score: 4. 0/2

Value Correct Answer 0% Equals By turning (100%)

Mark the right expression(s):

Student Response A. You must obey the police because of you may be fined. B. Turn right here because my telling you to do so.

Value Correct Answer

Feedback

100% C. You must inspect the air conditioning of the vehicle because summer is near. D. As a result the car stops; depress the footbrake. Score: 2/2 5.

RIGHT.

Match each expression in the left column with its corresponding expression in the right column. The answer will be right only if you are right in all the matches:

1. As it is snowing, 2. You must stop the car now because 3. You must stop the car now because of 4. Drive more carefully;

a. as a result the passengers will feel more comfortable. b. you must drive much more carefully. c. the traffic light is red. d. the red light.

Statement 1 2 3 4

Response b c d a

Value

Correct Match

Correct b Correct c Correct d Correct a

Score: 2/2

Test6
1. Write the missing word: The head of the laboratory is the person ____ must approve the acquisition of every apparatus.

Student Response 1. who

Value Correct Answer 100% Equals that (100%) Equals who (100%)

General Remember that which cannot be used to refer to people in relative Feedback: clauses. Score: 2. Write ONLY the word(s) that has or have been omitted in the following sentence: The beaker is one of the instruments (____) most widely used in laboratories nowadays. 2/2

Student Response 1. which

Value Correct Answer 0% Equals Equals Equals Equals that is (100%) which is (100%) that are (100%) which are (100%)

General The antecedent of "which/that" can be "one" or "the instruments". Feedback: Score: 3. Write the missing word of the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one: The researcher who wants to obtain a grant has to work very hard. The researcher ____ to obtain a grant has to work very hard. 0/2

Student Response 1. who

Value Correct Answer 0% Equals wanting (100%) Equals in order (50%)

General Revise Unit 6.1.A. It is also possible: "The researcher, in order to obtain Feedback: a grant, has to work very hard." Notice the commas, better than without them. Score: 4. Mark the right expression(s): 0/2

Student Response A. She is the chemist whom

Value Correct Answer

Feedback

Student Response prepared that solution. B. He is the director which everybody obeys in this laboratory.

Value Correct Answer

Feedback

50% C. The test tube is the apparatus that was wrongly used in that experiment. D. That is the best condenser we have ever had. 50%

RIGHT

RIGHT: remember that it is quite common to omit the relative pronoun when we use a superlative.

General Go to Unit 6.1.A. Feedback: Score: 5. Match each expression in the left column with its corresponding expression in the right column: 2/2

The director is the person A test tube is an apparatus Mice are animals Laboratories are places

on which experiments are carried out. which contain a lot of instruments. which is long in shape. who leads a research project.

Statement The director is the person A test tube is an apparatus Mice are animals

Response who leads a research project. which is long in shape.

Value

Correct Match

25.0% who leads a research project. 25.0% which is long in shape.

on which experiments are 25.0% on which experiments are carried out. carried out. which contain a lot of instruments. 25.0% which contain a lot of instruments.

Laboratories are places Score: 2/2