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 = ECONOMICS
b) fækltɪ = FACULTY
2. FALSE FRIENDS (sottolineare quello giusto)
E.g.: Actually = realmente o attualmente
a) Eventual = eventuale o possibile
b) Eventually = eventualmente o finalmente
3. IRREGULARS VERBS
E.g.: To go = I go/he goes – went – gone
a) To eat = I eat/he eats – ate - eaten
b) To drink = Idrink/he drinks – drank - drunk
c) To pay = I pay/he pays – paid - paid
d) To come = I come/he comes – came - come
e) To be = I am/he is – was/were - been
4. AFFIRMATIVE/NEGATIVE/QUESTION FORMS OF VERBS
E.g.: He lives here (AFF.)
He doesn’t live here (NEG.)
Does he live here? (QUEST.)
a) They saw the film (AFF.)
They didn’t see the film (NEG.)
Did they see the film? (QUEST.)
b) Giangiacomo studies a lot. (AFF.)
Giangiacomo does not study a lot. (NEG.)
Does Giangiacomo study a lot? (QUEST.)
c) She has done the exam. (AFF.)
She has not done the exam. (NEG.)
Has she done the exam? (QUEST.)
5. WHAT IS THE ENGLISH FOR?
a. Chi? Who? b. Perche? Why? c. Quanto? How much?
d. Dove? Where? e. Quando? When? f. Come? How?
6. QUESTION TAGS:
E.g.: We don’t speak finnish, do we?
a) I have already told them, haven’t I?
b) He cannot drive, can he?
c) They went to Rome last week, didn’t they?
d) John won’t eat all that, will he?
7. TRANSLATE THESE (!) SENTENCES.
a) Questa macchina è la mia.
This care is mine.
b) Quei cani sono i loro.
Those dogs are theirs.
c) Quella casa era la sua (Anna).
That house was hers/Anna’s.
d) Questi uomini saranno qui domani.
These men will be here tomorrow.
8. INDEFINITE, DEFINITE ARTICLE OR NESSUN ARTICOLO:
a) __-__ Italians like __-__ football.
b) A friend of Paul’s is automatically a friend of mine!
c) The best wine is usually also the most expensive wine.
d) We listen to the radio in __-__ bed.
9. SOME, ANY, NO, MUCH, MANY, LITTLE, A LITTLE, FEW, A FEW. COMPLETE THESE SENTENCES USING ONE OF THE ABOVE WORDS:
a) We have no time today, sorry!
b) He has little ( a little/little) money but he is always happy.
c) Can I have some more, please?
d) Unfortunately, there are not any books here wich interest me.
e) Let’s wait for them a few (few, a few) more minutes!
10. PREPOSITIONS IN EVERYDAY SITUATIONS
a) He put his hand into his pocket and took out some money.
b) They study at the university in the faculty of economics.
c) She fell down and broke her glasses.
d) The cat escaped; it jumped over the wall onto the pavement and the ran across the road to the park opposite.
11. NUMBERS; DATES; TELLING THE TIME; MONTHS; DAYS OF THE WEEK; SEASONS. TRANSLATE THESE PHRASES:
a) Ventotto Twenty-eight
b) Tremilanocentotrenta Three thousand nine hundred and thirty
c) Il 4 novembre (non in cifre!) 1915. 4TH November nineteen fifteen.
d) Sono le 17 e 10. It’s ten past five / It’s five-ten.
e) Sono le 4 meno un quarto. It is a quarter to four / It is fifteen minutes to four.
f) Maggio, luglio, gennaio. May, July, January.
g) È arrivato martedì. He arrived on Tuesday.
h) Nella primavera. In the spring.
12. THE “SAXON” GENITIVE : TO USE OR NOT TO USE …
a) In two hours/hour’s time.
b) The children’s school/childrens school.
c) The school children’s/school children .
13. PRESENT SIMPLE OR PRESENT CONTINOUS:
a) The boys often play (to play) on Sundays.
b) At the moment she is studying (to study) for her thesis.
c) I am enjoying (to enjoy) this book.
d) Although we are living (to live) in Cagliari because of the university, we like live (to like) to go home every weekend.
14. PAST CONTINOUS, PRESENT PERFECT OR SIMPLE PAST:
a) Brutus and Cassius killed (to kill) Julius Cæsar.
b) Have you gone (to go) to the seaside recently?
c) When you were (to be) on holiday last year did you go (to go) to the seaside?
d) Wile the chef was preparing (to prepare) dinner and listening (to listening) to some music, the police suddenly arrived (to arrive).
15. TRANSFORM THESE SENTENCES INTO THE PASSIVE OR ACTIVE VOICES:
a) She slapped him.
He was slapped by her.
b) The programme is always introduced by Bruno Vespino.
Bruno V. always introduces the programme.
c) I had been seen by the police…
The police had seen me…
d) They hope they will win the match.
They hope the match will be won (by them).
16. THE “DOUBLE OBJECT”. WHICH OF THESE PAIRS OF SENTENCES IS CORRECT?
a) i. His uncle gave him some money.
b) ii. He wrote a thank-you letter to his uncle.
17. TO MAKE OR TO DO?
a) A mistake. To make
b) The bed. To make
c) My homework. To do
d) The housework. To do
e) Time to have a rest. To make
18. 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 again afterwards.
b) I have still not had a reply to my question.
c) Do you still like chocolate?
d) They haven’t finished the exam yet (ma quasi!)
19. CONDITIONALS
a) If princess Diana had not died in 1997, would (to marry) prince Charles have married Camilla?
b) We always get tired (to get tired, stancarsi) if we don’t sleep enough.
c) If they wanted to go, they could/would be able to (to be able to).
d) I will give him your message, if he telephones (to telephone) me later.