Exercises to practice for the exam

For First/ Zero conditionals: http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=10753

http://www.macmillaninspiration.com/new/files/2010/12/Grammar-EXTRA_NI_4_Unit_4_First-conditional-with-if-and-unless.pdf

https://inglesaway.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/grammar-zero-and-first-conditional-sentences/

Sergio M's text on Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital of France and the Ile de France region. Is incorporated in the only unidepartamental commune in the country.

The city of Paris within its administrative limits with a population of 2,243,833 inhabitants. However, during the twentieth century, the Paris metropolitan area expanded beyond the limits of the municipality of Paris, and is today the fifth largest city in Europe and the second metropolitan area with a population of 12,223,100 inhabitants  

The Paris region is, along with London, one of the most important economic centers of Europe. With 607 billion euros (845 billion dollars), produced more than a quarter of the gross domestic product of France in 2011.La Défense is the main business district in Europe .It houses the headquarters of almost half of major French companies, as well as the headquarters of twenty of the 100 largest in the world. 

The city is the most popular tourist destination in the world with over 42 million foreign visitors per year. It features many of the most famous and admired monuments of the world: the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Avenue of the Champs Elysees, Arc de Triomphe, the Sacré Cœur, the former Hospital of the Invalides, the Pantheon, the Arch of Defense, the Opera Garnier and Montmartre, among others. It also hosts world-renowned institutions: the Louvre , the Orsay Museum and the National Museum of Natural History France, as well as an extensive system of higher education of international standing.

TRUE OR FALSE

a)Paris is the capital of the Ille de France region.

b)Paris region is the most important economic centers of Europe.

ANSWER THE FOLLOWIN QUESTIONS

a)How many visitors has Paris harbor per year?

b)How many Euros has Paris produced in 2011?

SYNONYMS

a) Famed/Paragraph 4

b)Bounds/Paragraph 2

c)Together/Paragraph 3

d)Outlandish/Paragraph 4

Sergio G's Text on Vines

Vine is a short-form video sharing service. Founded in June 2012, it was acquired by microblogging website Twitter in October 2012, just prior to its official launch. The service allows users to record and edit five to six-second long looping video clips, and to "revine", or share others' posts with followers. Some Vines are revined automatically based on what is popular. The videos can then be published through Vine's social network and shared on other services such as Facebook and Twitter. Vine's app can also be used to browse through videos posted by other users, along with groups of videos by theme, and trending videos.

Vine was founded by Dom Hofmann, Rus Yusupov, and Colin Kroll in June 2012. The company was acquired by Twitter in October 2012 for a reported $30 million.

Vine officially launched on January 24, 2013 as a free app for iOS devices. On June 2, 2013, an Android version was released.

On October 14, 2014, an Xbox One version was released allowing Xbox Live members to watch the looping videos.

In a couple of months, Vine became the most used video sharing application in the market.

1.       TRUE OR FALSE .

-          - Vine is a long –form video sharing service.

-          - In 5 months , vine became the most used video sharing application in the market .

-          - Some vines are vined automatically .

-          - Vine was founded by Dom Hofmann , Rus Yusopov and Collin Kroll .

2.OPEN QUESTIONS .

- When was It found ?

- When was it launched ?

3. SYNONIMS.

- giving/ exchanging (paragraph 1)

- published (paragraph 4 )

- set up ( paragraph 2 )

- reached ( paragraph 1 )