EBAU PRACTICE. 12 SENTENCES

 HERE YOU HAVE 12 SENTENCES TO FOCUS ON THE GRAMMAR QUESTION OF THE EBAU EXAM

1.-Reported speech, starting with “The scientist explained…”

Before the 1970s, the trees were vanishing in this area due to deforestation, which was disastrous for the environment.

Today, the argan oil industry provides employment for thousands of people in southern Morocco, many of whom are women.

2.-Change to present perfect interrogative:

Many customers are willing to pay higher prices for the superior, traditionally made oil produced by the women.

3.-Change to passive voice:

Moreover, their branches and leaves provide shade for smaller plants and their leaves provide food for the herds of goats kept by nomadic tribes in the area.

4.-Change to third conditional:

If there is less opposition to the idea of women becoming the breadwinners, more women will open their own business.

5.-Separate in two sentences:
Before the 1970s, the trees were vanishing due to deforestation, which was disastrous for the environment.

6.-Write a question about the underlined part of this sentence:
Today, the argan oil industry provides employment for thousands of people in southern Morocco

7.-Change to present perfect negative interrogative:

Donald Trump’s rethoric spreads racist ideas in all his speeches during his campaign.

8.-Split into two sentences:

Trump launched his 2016 presidential campaign with a speech in which he spoke about Mexican immigrants.

9.-Change these two sentences to active voice:

In 1973, Trump and his company Trump Management were sued by the Department of Justice for housing discrimination against African-American renters.

Trump's controversial statements have been condemned by many observers around the world, but excused by some of his supporters

10.--Change to third conditional:

If somebody doesn’t want to be in our country, they should leave.

11.-Change to the passive voice:

Trump was leading the already-debunked "Birtherism" conspiracy theory claiming president Barack Obama was not born in the United States.

12.-Change to the negative-interrogative conditional tense:

A lot of American citizens refused to vote Trump because of his racist ideology.

GRAMMAR FOR EBAU TEST

 

In the EBAU test you will have a grammar section with 6 sentences. You will have to choose 4 sentences.


1.-People can find these products in the new shop. (Transform to a passive sentence)

2.-If my friend told me her problem, I could help her. (Rephrase into the third conditional)

3.-Mary works with me. Her son is a plastic surgeon. (Join using a relative pronoun)

4.-"Let's organise a surprise party for my brother next weekend" Laura suggested. (1. reported speech starting with “Laura suggested”  2. reported speech starting with “Laura said”)



5.- Smith and Carlos were rushed from the stadium, suspended by the U.S. team, and kicked out of the Olympic Village for turning their medal ceremony into a political statement. (change to future simple negative interrogative)




6.- Already this year there have been anti-government protests in Tunisia and Egypt, where people have taken to the streets to voice their anger. (Split this relative sentence into two sentences)