Examen de Inglés PAU Baleares 2022 · Extraordinaria

1. Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Explain WHY using your own words OR finding evidence in the text. NO marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE. [1 point]

a)

Emre Uzundag and Yonca Cubuk had both prior working experience as professional chefs before launching their food delivery app. [0.5]

TRUE

FALSE

b)

Andy Hayler believes French food is not suitable for delivery. [0.5]

TRUE

FALSE

2. In your own words and based on the ideas from the text, answer the following question. NO marks are given for personal opinions or responses copied directly from the text. [1 point]

What is the main difference between Woodspoon's business model and that of other popular food delivery apps?

3. Find in the text words or phrases which mean the same as the ones below. In the case of verbs, ONLY infinitive forms will be accepted [1 point]:

1)

Money that you earn from your work or that you receive from investments. [0.25]

2)

A place used as an office or for business or commercial purposes. [0.25]

3)

To decide to do something important or risky, especially after thinking about it for a long time. [0.25]

4)

Feeling sad and alone because you are far from home. [0.25]

4. Follow the instructions for each question and answer them (2 points):

4.1.

Fill the blanks in the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. (0.5)

At the restaurant.

Waiter: Good evening, sir!

you ready

(order)?

Customer: Yes, I'll have the French onion soup.

Waiter: And for your main course?

Customer: Hmm. I'm not sure.

Waiter:

I

(suggest) the lemon-roasted salmon?

Customer: Ok, that sounds fine. I'll have the salmon. Thanks!

4.2.

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. (0.5)

a) When they decided to start their own business they received lots of

(encourage) from family and friends.

b) The waiter spilt some red wine on my jacket. That was

(care) of him.

4.3.

Fill the blanks in the following two sentences with a phrasal verb that means the same as the verb in brackets. (0.5)

a) I thought I had lost my credit card but it

(appear, to be found) at my mum's home.

b) She was about to enter the restaurant but the strange smell coming from the kitchen

her

(discourage, make somebody not want it).

4.4.

Rewrite the following sentence in reported speech. (0.5)

'When would you like to have dinner ?', he asked us.

He asked

5. Look at the highlighted part of the words below. Three of the words in each line (A, B, C, D) contain the same sound. Circle the word which contains a different sound (1 point):

5.1.

5.2.

5.3.

5.4.

6. Write a composition of 120-150 words on the following topic. Answer ALL the questions (4 points):

Why do you think food delivery apps have become so popular? Do you prefer ordering food online or eating out in a restaurant? Why? Explain.

Assessment criteria:

Criteria

0

0.25

0.50

0.75

1

Task fulfilment:

0

0.25

0.50

0.75

1

Grammar:

0

0.25

0.50

0.75

1

Organisation:

0

0.25

0.50

0.75

1

Vocabulary:

0

0.25

0.50

0.75

1

Total:

OPCIÓ B

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions in English. USE YOUR OWN WORDS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.

Why a texted ‘yup’ feels so negative

“Thank you, great job”. Seeing this simple phrase in an email should make me happy – yet, without the warmth of an exclamation point, I feel a twinge of panic, even sadness. I understand different work and social cultures have different communication norms, yet part of my brain is working double-time to understand the meaning of that great job, minus punctuation. Did I do something wrong to deserve a frigid response? Was it frigid at all? Of course, I am not alone in applying microscopic scrutiny to words or phrases and their punctuation over email and chat. The way we use written language changes constantly. Not every phrase is loaded, yet we tend to be shocked when certain short words and phrases show up in our inbox or chat windows, unpunctuated: “sure”, “OK”, “fine”, “yup”, “no prob”, “gotcha”, or even “yes”, “no”, “thank you”, and “sorry”. What is it about these short, common words and phrases that lend themselves to such varied interpretation when written?

There is a big difference between dropping a casual, “OK” or “sure” in an in-person conversation versus sending the same word in text. This is because when we speak to others in person, we are using and interpreting countless subtle cues. “In a face-to-face or synchronous conversation, where we have our voices and our faces to use, something like ‘sure’ would be accompanied with a facial expression or a tone of voice to give extra context cues”, says Michelle McSweeney, US-based linguist. “We assume that our conversation partners know what we’re trying to say”, she adds. “Many of these words are actually designed to be ambiguous in the first place.” Naturally, this ambiguity lends itself to misinterpretation, particularly when we are communicating digitally with people we do not know well, explains McSweeney.

One way we try to deal with the challenges of digital communication is by using additional markers to clarify our short-form chats. “Punctuation signs (along with emojis) are a set of resources we use to try and inscribe subtle interpersonal meaning”, says Erika Darics, applied linguist at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The use of punctuation and emoji to infuse chats with emotion has become so normal we have come to expect it, which means we attach more weight to each little exclamation. And when it is absent, our brains rush to explain why.

Nevertheless, how we interpret certain words and types of punctuation often depends on our age and how we first used the internet. Everyone has grown up with a different relationship to the internet; some people saw the beginning, while others have not lived a moment of their lives without it. This has created different types of “Internet People”, according to internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch. A crucial difference among these types of Internet People is how they first used the internet, and subsequently learned its social etiquette. Each set of Internet People have different norms. Ultimately, it is all about differences in communication styles, and learning what constitutes politeness in any given digital room. Therefore, remember, you do not always have to overthink it.

Adapted from BBC News, December 2021

1. Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. Explain WHY using your own words OR finding evidence in the text. NO marks are given for only TRUE or FALSE. (1 point)

a)

People are usually surprised with unpunctuated short words and phrases that might appear in the texts they receive. (0.5)

TRUE

FALSE

b)

Most short, common written words and phrases are meant to have a very definite and clear meaning. (0.5)

TRUE

FALSE

OPCIÓ B

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions in English. USE YOUR OWN WORDS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.

Why a texted ‘yup’ feels so negative

“Thank you, great job”. Seeing this simple phrase in an email should make me happy – yet, without the warmth of an exclamation point, I feel a twinge of panic, even sadness. I understand different work and social cultures have different communication norms, yet part of my brain is working double-time to understand the meaning of that great job, minus punctuation. Did I do something wrong to deserve a frigid response? Was it frigid at all? Of course, I am not alone in applying microscopic scrutiny to words or phrases and their punctuation over email and chat. The way we use written language changes constantly. Not every phrase is loaded, yet we tend to be shocked when certain short words and phrases show up in our inbox or chat windows, unpunctuated: “sure”, “OK”, “fine”, “yup”, “no prob”, “gotcha”, or even “yes”, “no”, “thank you”, and “sorry”. What is it about these short, common words and phrases that lend themselves to such varied interpretation when written?

There is a big difference between dropping a casual, “OK” or “sure” in an in-person conversation versus sending the same word in text. This is because when we speak to others in person, we are using and interpreting countless subtle cues. “In a face-to-face or synchronous conversation, where we have our voices and our faces to use, something like ‘sure’ would be accompanied with a facial expression or a tone of voice to give extra context cues”, says Michelle McSweeney, US-based linguist. “We assume that our conversation partners know what we’re trying to say”, she adds. “Many of these words are actually designed to be ambiguous in the first place.” Naturally, this ambiguity lends itself to misinterpretation, particularly when we are communicating digitally with people we do not know well, explains McSweeney.

One way we try to deal with the challenges of digital communication is by using additional markers to clarify our short-form chats. “Punctuation signs (along with emojis) are a set of resources we use to try and inscribe subtle interpersonal meaning”, says Erika Darics, applied linguist at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The use of punctuation and emoji to infuse chats with emotion has become so normal we have come to expect it, which means we attach more weight to each little exclamation. And when it is absent, our brains rush to explain why.

Nevertheless, how we interpret certain words and types of punctuation often depends on our age and how we first used the internet. Everyone has grown up with a different relationship to the internet; some people saw the beginning, while others have not lived a moment of their lives without it. This has created different types of “Internet People”, according to internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch. A crucial difference among these types of Internet People is how they first used the internet, and subsequently learned its social etiquette. Each set of Internet People have different norms. Ultimately, it is all about differences in communication styles, and learning what constitutes politeness in any given digital room. Therefore, remember, you do not always have to overthink it.

Adapted from BBC News, December 2021

2. In your own words and based on the ideas from the text, answer the following question. NO marks are given for personal opinions or responses copied directly from the text. (1 point)

According to researchers, what is the main difference between using a short, common word in a face-to-face conversation and using it in a written text?

OPCIÓ B

Read the passage carefully and answer the questions in English. USE YOUR OWN WORDS AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.

Why a texted ‘yup’ feels so negative

“Thank you, great job”. Seeing this simple phrase in an email should make me happy – yet, without the warmth of an exclamation point, I feel a twinge of panic, even sadness. I understand different work and social cultures have different communication norms, yet part of my brain is working double-time to understand the meaning of that great job, minus punctuation. Did I do something wrong to deserve a frigid response? Was it frigid at all? Of course, I am not alone in applying microscopic scrutiny to words or phrases and their punctuation over email and chat. The way we use written language changes constantly. Not every phrase is loaded, yet we tend to be shocked when certain short words and phrases show up in our inbox or chat windows, unpunctuated: “sure”, “OK”, “fine”, “yup”, “no prob”, “gotcha”, or even “yes”, “no”, “thank you”, and “sorry”. What is it about these short, common words and phrases that lend themselves to such varied interpretation when written?

There is a big difference between dropping a casual, “OK” or “sure” in an in-person conversation versus sending the same word in text. This is because when we speak to others in person, we are using and interpreting countless subtle cues. “In a face-to-face or synchronous conversation, where we have our voices and our faces to use, something like ‘sure’ would be accompanied with a facial expression or a tone of voice to give extra context cues”, says Michelle McSweeney, US-based linguist. “We assume that our conversation partners know what we’re trying to say”, she adds. “Many of these words are actually designed to be ambiguous in the first place.” Naturally, this ambiguity lends itself to misinterpretation, particularly when we are communicating digitally with people we do not know well, explains McSweeney.

One way we try to deal with the challenges of digital communication is by using additional markers to clarify our short-form chats. “Punctuation signs (along with emojis) are a set of resources we use to try and inscribe subtle interpersonal meaning”, says Erika Darics, applied linguist at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. The use of punctuation and emoji to infuse chats with emotion has become so normal we have come to expect it, which means we attach more weight to each little exclamation. And when it is absent, our brains rush to explain why.

Nevertheless, how we interpret certain words and types of punctuation often depends on our age and how we first used the internet. Everyone has grown up with a different relationship to the internet; some people saw the beginning, while others have not lived a moment of their lives without it. This has created different types of “Internet People”, according to internet linguist Gretchen McCulloch. A crucial difference among these types of Internet People is how they first used the internet, and subsequently learned its social etiquette. Each set of Internet People have different norms. Ultimately, it is all about differences in communication styles, and learning what constitutes politeness in any given digital room. Therefore, remember, you do not always have to overthink it.

Adapted from BBC News, December 2021

3. Find in the text words or phrases which mean the same as the ones below. In the case of verbs, ONLY infinitive forms will be accepted (1 point):

1)

To hurry to do something. (0.25)

2)

Not obvious, and therefore difficult to notice. (0.25)

3)

Cold, unfriendly or hostile. (0.25)

4)

To think about something too much or in too much detail. (0.25)

4. Follow the instructions for each question and answer them (2 points):

4.1.

Fill the blanks in the following sentences with the correct form of the verb in brackets. (0.5)

A: Tom,

you

(reply) to Ann's e-mail?

B: No, not yet.

A: Well, you

(do) it as soon as possible. She wants to know what time we are arriving in London.

4.2.

Complete the following sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets. (0.5)

a) I think he's really

(annoy) at me for sending such an informal e-mail to our company partners in Japan.

b) Oh, no! We haven't received the parcel order yet. It's unbelievable! They are really

! (hope)

4.3.

Join the following two sentences with a relative pronoun. (0.5)

Pamela works in an advertising agency. She got the job two months ago.

Pamela

4.4.

Rewrite the following sentence using the 2nd conditional form. Do not change the meaning of the original sentence. (0.5)

'I won't be able to meet you tomorrow afternoon because I have lots of emails to answer'.

If I

5. Look at the highlighted part of the words below. Three of the words in each line (A, B, C, D) contain the same sound. Circle the word which contains a different sound (1 point):

6. Write a composition of 120-150 words on the following topic. Answer ALL the questions (4 points):

Do you think different generations of people use and interpret language in text messages differently? In your opinion, what kind of things people should never do or say in text messages? Explain.

Total number of words: ( words)

Assessment criteria:

Task fulfilment: · 0 · 0.25 · 0.50 · 0.75 · 1

Grammar: · 0 · 0.25 · 0.50 · 0.75 · 1

Organisation: · 0 · 0.25 · 0.50 · 0.75 · 1

Vocabulary: · 0 · 0.25 · 0.50 · 0.75 · 1

Total: