Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and exercises for English for Competitive examination

Laura Pérez Vivas

Rieral Avenue n*48 2*1

17310 Lloret de Mar

Spain

03/04/2019

University of California

Berkeley, California 1384

UUEE

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing this letter to express my keen interest in attending the University of California, Berkeley. I believe it is the university of my dreams, and I would like to introduce myself and share my academic aspirations.

Firstly, I am a dedicated student who consistently strives for excellence. While I understand that your average admission marks are very high, I am committed to putting in the effort to achieve top scores in all subjects. I am determined to succeed, even if it requires extra study time. My goal is to pursue a degree in social work to help children without parents and provide them...

Mastering Second and Third Conditionals

Second Conditional Examples

They aren't going to offer him the job because he seems very shy. (If he … not seem)
If he didn't seem too shy, they would give him the job.

We're not booking that flight because there's a six-hour stopover. (If there wasn't / weren't)
If there wasn't a six-hour stopover, we would book it.

Sally can't go to the cinema because she has to work overtime today. (If Sally … not work)
If Sally didn't have to work overtime, she could go to the cinema.

I'm not taking the job because the salary isn't high enough. (If the salary was / were …)
If the salary were high enough, I would take the job.

We don't see you very often because you live so far away. (If you … not live)
If you didn't

Activities While Reading

Chapters 1 and 2: Initial Questions

Read Chapters 1 and 2, and then answer these questions.

• Why didn't Basil Hallward want to exhibit the portrait? Because the portrait held a lot of intimate feeling of himself, and Basil didn't want people to know that feeling.
• Why did Basil prefer not to be beautiful? Because Basil thinks that beauty only brings problems to people, and he prefers to have a good soul.
• Why did Basil now see art in a different way? Because since he met Dorian and fell in love, he began to draw pictures with love and feelings.
• Why didn't Basil want Lord Henry to meet Dorian? Because Lord Henry was a bad influence on Dorian.

Chapters 3 to 5: Dialogue Identification

Read Chapters 3 to 5. Who said this, and to whom?...

Navigating Teenage Social Influence

Everyone goes through a period of change in their early life. At that moment, you must make important decisions concerning your future. Young people are easily influenced by those around them, especially family and friends. There are two primary perspectives on this dynamic: some argue that family is more important than friends, while others prioritize peer relationships. While friends are significant, parents often provide a foundational support system. Let us examine both points of view.

The Role of Family in Adolescent Life

On the one hand, parents and the family environment significantly influence teenagers. While teenagers often worry about peer perception, it is clear that parents generally want the best...

1. Modal Verbs

Original: Smoking is forbidden in most restaurants.

Transformation: You mustn't smoke in most restaurants.

2. Passive Voice

Original: The shop assistant didn't give us the ticket.

Transformation: We weren't given the ticket by the shop assistant.

3. Comparatives

Original: Al swims faster than Peter.

Transformation 1: Peter swims slower than Al.

Transformation 2: Peter doesn't swim as fast as Al.

4. Verbal Tenses

Original: I saw Frank two months ago.

Transformation: I haven't seen Frank for two months.

5. Gerund/Infinitive

Original: He forgot to phone his wife yesterday.

Transformation: He didn't remember phoning his wife yesterday.

6. Have sth. Done

Original: They are servicing my new car next week.

Transformation: I am having my new car serviced...

Advertising, Consumption, and Recycling Impact

Without Advertisements, People Wouldn't Buy Products

Without advertisements, people wouldn't buy products.

It is well known that the use of advertisements has increased over the last few decades. Nowadays most companies use this method to attract buyers. However, some people think that advertisements are excessive.

Personally, I feel that it is the best way to sell all types of products. For example, every day we use mobile phones and, when we go on the internet, we can see a lot of advertisements. It's not the only method; other companies prefer traditional approaches using cars, buses, or posters to promote their products.

Furthermore, in my opinion, if advertisements didn't exist, sales of products...

Academic Publishing and Project Updates

Hi Scott,

Thanks for the email. It is always nice to hear from people, especially from you, Scott.

I have not received any reply, positive or negative, from Seibido yet. Let's wait and hope that it will eventually become a book.

Have you finished your paperwork for Kaken and writing your academic articles? If you have some free time in the near future, I want to meet you and explain our next project to you.

Why not go out for drinks in Hiroshima if we are accepted? We need to celebrate, don't we? Let's have a small end-of-the-year party!

Sincerely,
K. Nakagawa

Inquiry Regarding University Listening Tests

Dear Dennis,

Hope you are well.

I'm writing to you, yet again, in your capacity as the "Answer Man."

One of our...

Essential English Irregular Verbs

• Awake - awoke - awoken: despertarse
• Be (am, are, is) - was / were - been: ser, estar
• Bear - bore - born: nacer
• Beat - beat - beaten: golpear
• Become - became - become: llegar a ser
• Bite - bit - bitten: morder
• Bleed - bled - bled: sangrar
• Blow - blew - blown: soplar
• Break - broke - broken: romper
• Bring - brought - brought: traer
• Build - built - built: construir
• Burn - burnt - burnt: quemar
• Buy - bought - bought: comprar
• Catch - caught - caught: coger
• Come - came - come: venir
• Cut - cut - cut: cortar
• Choose - chose - chosen: escoger
• Do / does - did - done: hacer, preparar
• Draw - drew - drawn: pintar
• Dream - dreamt - dreamt: soñar
• Drink - drank - drunk: beber
• Drive - drove - driven: conducir
• Eat - ate - eaten: comer
• Feed - fed - fed:

Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence: A True Story

Australian author Doris Pilkington’s 1996 nonfiction work, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, chronicles the harrowing experiences of a native Australian family during the era of the Stolen Generation. This period was defined by the early 20th-century government practice of forcibly removing mixed-race children from their families and placing them in state-run compounds.

The Journey of Three Young Girls

The narrative centers on three young girls:

• Molly (Pilkington’s mother)
• Daisy (Molly’s sister)
• Gracie (their cousin)

After being abducted from their families, the girls escaped from a government settlement in 1931. They embarked on a perilous 1,000-mile journey home, navigating by following the rabbit-proof...

S13B

• a) shatter
• b) offspring
• c) carrier
• d) malodorous

Sentence Transformations

• a) Passengers will be given a “quiet zone” without any extra cost.
• b) If airlines suggest that they should be segregated from other passengers, parents will get angry.
• c) Is it necessary for adults to learn to live with child passengers?
• d) Children will be banned by Malaysian Airlines from the top deck of A380 aircraft.

X12A

• a) makes a living
• b) risk
• c) confiscating
• d) inconvenienced

Sentence Transformations

• a) Patrick Smith, who is a pilot, writes for the online magazine Salon.com.
• b) Some people asked if crews empty the contents of the toilet over people’s houses.
• c) If you concentrate on these irrelevant things, you are wasting time and resources.
• d) More attention is required