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PART I POST-TEST
ENGLISH LAB
9th grade
Ms. Diaz
Total Points: 70
Points Obtained:
Grade:
Instructions: Listen to the following conversation carefully and complete it with the words
you hear. 11 points.
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Empire Publishers proudly welcomes its newest editor-in-chief, Ramona Gibbons. Ms. Gibbons
grew up in Baltimore and (1) ____________ her editing career there in 1981. After she had worked
as a leisure columnist at the Baltimore Daily for a few years, she moved to Los Angeles in 1984. In
1985, she (2)_______________ popularity from a series of articles she (3) earlier about gifted
children and how L.A. schools (4) _______________ them.
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She was working in Berlin when the wall (5) _______________ in 1989. In fact, she had been living
there for five years, so she (6) _______________ about the event from direct experience. In 1990,
she was honored with the Gretta Eisner Award for articles she (7) t_______________ the previous
year about the fall of the Iron Curtain.
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Ms. Gibbons had been serving as president of the Editing Standards Association for three years
when she agreed to join Empire Publishers. She strives for excellence in editing and has been
writing essays on the topics of standards and quality for the past 10 years. She has edited 22
books.
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Ms. Gibbons (8) _______________ in England, and she (9) to work from home. She (10)
_______________ one son, Anthony, who also (11) _______________ in publishing. Together,
they are working on a book. Please join me now in welcoming Ramona Gibbons.
Instructions: Listen carefully to the text. Mark each sentence as either “True” or “False”
according to the information you heard. 8 points.
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1. At first, Ms. Gibbons wrote about leisure.
TRUE
FALSE
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2. She won an award for her series on an educational problem. TRUE
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3. First she moved to Berlin, then the wall fell.
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4. She became the president of the Editing Standards association. TRUE
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5. This year she will being editing books. TRUE
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6. She lives in the United States. TRUE
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7. She recently started writing about quality. STRUE
FALSE
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8. She is currently writing a book.
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
FALSE
FALSE
TRUE
FALSE
FALSE
Instructions: Read the following incomplete story carefully and the options that follow in
the next slide. Complete the story by writing one of the options on the lines provided
from the options in the next slide. 18 points.
It was 2001, and I had been working in New York City for a few years. I met my husband,
Shigeo, while he 1) ______________________ medicine at Columbia University. A friend 2)
______________________ we go out, so we did. When I 3) ______________________ Shigeo,
I liked him instantly. First we were friends, then we began dating, We
4)______________________ road trips together and had great conversations. We
5)______________________ each other for a year when he asked me to marry him. He
6)______________________ during one of our trips. By the time we got married, Shigeo
7)______________________ medical school. He 8)______________________ a job at a
hospital in California in 2003. Our daughter, Ericka, was born a few months after he
9)______________________ the job. We 10)______________________ in California for about
two years when our son, Austin, was born.
Now I 11)______________________ a daycare business in our home. I
12)______________________ working form home. I also 13)______________________ poetry
when I have time. Now Austin 14)______________________ to walk, and Ericka
15)______________________ a lot. Shigeo and I 16)______________________ the children to
the park every Saturday. We 17)______________________ to buy a bigger house next year
because we 18)______________________ about having another baby!
Choose one option from each to complete the text from the previous slide.
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1) studies, was studying, is studying, had studied
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2) was suggesting, had suggested, suggested, suggests
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3) had been meeting, have met, met, was meeting
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4) took, are taking, had taken, take
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5) had been seeing, have been seeing, saw, have seen
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6) had been proposing, had proposed, proposed, was proposing
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7) is completing, has been completed, completes, had completed
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8) is getting, has gotten, got, gets
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9) has started, had started, starts, was starting
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10) had been living, was living, lived, lives
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11) begin, was beginning, had begun, have begun
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12) had been enjoying, enjoyed, enjoy, had enjoyed
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13) had written, was writing, write, wrote
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14) has begun, had begun, begins, began
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15) had been singing, had sung, is singing, was singing,
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16) took, take, had taken, taken
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17) is hoping, have hoped, had hoped, hope
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18) thought, had been thinking, thinks, have been thinking
Instructions: Complete the conversation with the words in parentheses. Use the simple
present, present progressive, simple past, past progressive, present perfect, present perfect
progressive, past perfect and past perfect progressive forms of the verbs. Use contractions
where possible. 12 points.
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ALEX: John! Do you want a ride?
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JOHN: Oh sure! Thanks. I (1) ___________________________ (just/walk) to class.
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ALEX: I'm heading that way too. (2) ___________________________(you/usually/not/ride) a
motorcycle?
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JOHN: I do, but it's in the shop right now. I (3) ___________________________ (take) it in
yesterday. It (4) ___________________________ (make) some weird noises. It (5)
___________________________ (break) down last month, and I (6)
___________________________(struggle) to find the money to fix it. I almost (7)
___________________________(decide) to sell it at that point. Since then I (8)
___________________________ (debate) whether or not to sell the bike because I (9)
___________________________ (save) any money since I got it. Plus, I (10)
___________________________(try) to fix it myself, but I just wasted a lot of time.
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ALEX: Sorry to hear that. I (11) ___________________________ (have) a bicycle you can use if
you (12) ___________________________ (want) it.
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JOHN: Thanks. Maybe I'll borrow it for a while.
Instructions: Complete the conversation with the words in parentheses. Use the simple
present, present progressive, simple past, past progressive, present perfect, present perfect
progressive, past perfect and past perfect progressive forms of the given verbs. Use
contractions where possible. 12 points.
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TINA: Have you ever been in a band before?
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JEN: I (1)_____________________ (play) in a couple of pop bands. First, I (2)
_____________________ (help) a band called Gypsy Girls four years ago. We (3)
_____________________ (start) touring after we (4) _____________________(release) an
album. The last band I was in was called Swirl System, and we (5) _____________________
(travel) and played in Europe twice, but we (6) _____________________ (sell) many albums. I
left when I found out that our manager (7) _____________________ (take) our money for a
long time.
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TINA: Why (8) _____________________ (you / want) to play with us?
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JEN: I (9) _____________________ (read) your band's ad in the paper, and I saw your concert
last night. I (10) _____________________ (like) what I heard.
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TINA: Well, we (11) _____________________ (need) an experienced guitarist, and we (12)
_____________________ (do) several shows a week. Let's hear you play something and see
how you sound.
Instructions: Correct nine errors in the paragraph. 9 points.
The first album by the band Spinal Column has been rising to the top of
the charts. Their funky sound (1) had broken the rules of contemporary
pop music, and their distinctive style is quickly (2) makes Spinal Column
a household name. The new album (3) is going on sale last month, and it
(4) had selling poorly in the first two weeks until the band appeared on
The Nightly Show. Their appearance (5) had been changed the course of
the band's success. It (6) happen quickly: A talent scout from The Nightly
Show (7) shopping downtown when he (8) hears music from the new
album coming from one of the shops. Before the end of the day, he (9)
had book Spinal Column for their appearance on the show.