Correction of the English tests

Topic: Advertising

English Test - A

1.
a) True
b)True
c)False
d) False (voluntary process - consumers have choices. They are not forced to buy things)

2.
a) Parents
b) environmentally-friendly products
c)vegetables and clothes
d) product

3.
a) unemployed
b) opportunities
c) durable
d) rewarding
e) ingredients
f)rubbish

4.
a)...people leave very well-paid jobs to live a healthier life, live a more exciting life abroad or spend money with their family.
b)... to consumption they are called conservers.
c)...people do not celebrate Christmas / people are not Christians

5.
a) The pros of buying only what is needed is that there will be more time left to spend with the family, people will have a healthier life and since there will be more working opportunities there will also be less unemployment.

b) Some people would rather buy products which are made by friends because they believe that those products are made by someone who enjoys making them and therefore their quality and design are better.

c) According to the text the technique used to make people buy products which are high in price but low in quality is the packaging which normally is quite eye-catching.

II
6.
a)5
b)3
c)7
d)8
e)1
f)4
g)2
h)6

7.
1. implicit
2. happiness
3. exploit
4. catchy jingles
5. bombard
6. brainwash
7. beneficial
8. informative

8.
a) Kate told me that she could lend me her DVD the next day/ the following day.
b) They told us that they had felt very shocked by the film they had seen the day before/ the previous day.
c) They said that they had a very large collection of DVDs.
d) She stated that technology was changing her lifestyle.
e) John asked me if advertising had great power over people.

9.
a)They have lived/have been living in Cambridge for ten years.
b) I have never met you before
c) When I was in England, I drank tea every day.

10.Relative Clause
a) Alternative forms of energy, which are expensive to develop, are not used much.
b)The public needs to know that our planet is being destroyed by pollution.

English Test - B

1.
a)False
b)False
c) True (just some people)
d) False (voluntary process. Consumers have choices.)

2. (igual Teste A)

3.
a) rewarding
b)ingredients
c) opportunities
d) unemployed
e) durable
f)rubbish

4./5. igual teste A

6.
a)7
b)1
c)5
d)8
e)3
f)6
g)2
h)4

7.
1. manufacturers
2. advertisng
3. power
4. marketers
5. trends
6.brand
7. fashion
8. researchers

8.
a)He said that technology was going to change his lifestyle.
b) Mr. Jones said that his biggest wish was to have enough money.
c) John told me that he would send me a message the next day/the following day.
d) Teresa stated that the day before/ the previous day she had bought a fashionable skirt.
e) She asked me what the main aim of the campaign "My Better is Better that Your Better" was.

9.
a) She apologized for any trouble she had caused.
b)They have been listenning to the news for three hours.
c) Mary has just passed the exam.

10. Relative clause
a) There are a lot of birds whose lives have been spoiled by water pollution.
b) The environment which is essential for our life, is something we should care about.

Oral Presentation

Choose a commercial or an ad campaign and bring it to class to be presented regarding the following topics:

- Reason of your choice

- How does viewing the commercial or looking at the advertisement make you feel or think? (You can talk about the colours used /the techniques/ music in case of a commercial)

- Type of information given about the product

- The target audience

- Whether the message is mainly conveyed by the slogan, the text or the image.

- What is your opinion about advertising? Are you influenced by it? Are you influenced by the ad that you are analysing? How?


Write three or four paragraphs answering the questions above.

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