TEST 1

NAME:
DATE:

1. Complete the sentences with my, your, his, her, its, our, or their.

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1 Im an actor. __My_ job is very interesting.

2 We have a dog. ______ name is Blackie.
3 We live in a small village. ______ house is small and very pretty.
4 My sister works in a theatre. She loves ______ job.
5 Youre a doctor. Do you like ______ work?
6 My friends dont have much money. ______ lives are quite difficult.
7 My friend is married to a Brazilian man. ______ name
2. Complete the text. Choose eight words from the box.

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from

language

hospital

live

have

are

want

like

country

doctor

in

IS

My names Margarita Sanchez and Im a (1)__________ . I (2)__________ 35. Im married and I

(3)__________ three children. They (4) __________ five, seven, and ten years old. I (5)__________
in a flat (6)__________ Santander in the north of Spain. I (7)__________ to learn English because its
an international (8)__________ .
3. Match the opposites.
big
difficult
1:
2:
3:

hot

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easy

cold

old
old

lovely
horrible
small

new
young

4:
5:
6:

4. Read the information about James. Are the statements true (3) or
false (7)?
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My brothers name is James. Hes thirty-four and hes married. His wifes name is
Liz. Shes thirty-two and shes an engineer. James is a dentist. They have two
children. Their daughter, Helen, is seven and
their son, Sam, is four.
1 James is married. ___
2 Liz is Jamess wife. ___
3 Liz is thirty-four. ___
4 James and Liz have two daughters. ___

5 Helens brother is four. ___

5. Complete the text with in, with, at, on, or of.
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I live (1) ____ London. My house is (2) ____ the centre (3) ____ the city. I work for an international
firm. Im (4) ____ work now. My husband, Dave, is a teacher. Our children go to his school. Hes
(5)___ school now (6) ____ our children. They are (7) ____ class five but Dave isnt their teacher.
My parents are (8) ____ holiday (9) ____ Paris now. We have a photo (10) ____ the Eiffel Tower
from them. They like Paris very much.
6. Complete the sentences with the names of the jobs from the box.
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barman
postman
receptionist
interpreter
accountant shopkeeper nurse
architect

pilot
journalist

1 A ____________ delivers letters.

2 A ____________ sells things.
3 An ___________ looks after money.
4 A ____________ serves drinks.
5 A ____________ gives people information.
6 An ___________ designs buildings.
7 A ____________ flies to different countries.
8 A ____________ looks after people in hospital.
9 A ____________ writes for a newspaper.
10 An ___________ translates from one language to another.
7. Circle the correct word in each sentence.
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1 My mother looks after / with old people.
2 Simon likes living at / in a big city.
3 She goes walking at / in summer.
4 My wife likes going for / to walks.
5 My sister is married to / with an actor.
6 My brother goes to France on / by boat.

8. Write the words or the numbers.

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1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

6.00
7.15

Its six oclock.

Its quarter to eight.
Its ten past eleven.

4.25
3.30
9.40
Its twelve oclock.

7 Does he work in / for an office?

8 My friend lives on / in an island.
9 We have supper on / in the evening.
10 My Dad plays golf for / in his free time.
10 He delivers beer to / at the pub.

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9. Write a paragraph about Alejandro Schwartz. Use the information

in the table to help you. Write 4050 words.
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Name
Job
Place of work
Comes from
Lives in
Languages
Family

Alejandro Schwartz
a lawyer
an office and court
England
London
English, Spanish, and
German
mother Spanish, father
German

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10. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs.
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1 like She __l_ik_e_s__ (like) coffee.
She ______________ (not like) tea.
_______ she _______ (like) playing football?
2 fly Pamela _______ (fly) to help people.
_______ Istvan _______ (fly) to work?

Iman ______________ (not fly) to work.

3 live It _______ (live) with my sister.

_______ it _______ (live) in the house?

It ______________ (not live) with me.

4 have
She _______ (have) two sons.
daughter.
_______ she _______ (have) a sister?

She ______________ (not have) a

11. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the box.
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get up
not go out

go
relax visit

go out
walk

have
work

live
live

love

I (1) ___live____ in a small town in Scotland and I (2) __________ in an architects office
in Edinburgh. I (3) __________ at 6.00 every morning and I (4) __________ to the
swimming pool before work.
In the evenings, I usually (5) __________ friends or (6) __________ for dinner.
My brother and his wife (7) __________ in Edinburgh, so we sometimes (8) __________
lunch in the centre. They (9) __________ visiting me at weekends. In the summer, my
brother (10) __________ in the mountains and his wife and I (11) __________ in the
garden. In winter, we (12) __________ because its very cold.

12. Underline the correct words in the conversation.

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A (1) This / That / These is the kitchen, and (2) this / these / those is our living room.
B Its very nice. Are (3) this / that / these your children in the photographs?
A (4) This / These / Those boy is my son and (5) those / that / this boys are his
friends.
B (6) Those / That / This plants are beautiful. A Thanks. (7) That / These / This flowers
are from the
garden, too.
B You have a lot of books.
A Yes, we like reading. (8) That / Those / This books on the table are from the
bookshop next to the bank.
Look on (9) that / these / those bookshelf you can have (10) these / that / those
book its very good.
B Thank you!

13. Complete the gapped words.

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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

I dont like cooking but I have an expensive cooker .

The cat always sleeps on the r _ _ in front of the fireplace.
There are some CDs and DVDs on the s_ _ _ in the living room.
There is some cold mineral water in the f _ _ _ _ _ .
We always eat breakfast in the k_ _ _ _ _ _ .
The children like playing football in the g _ _ _ _ _ .
Are these your clothes in the w_ _ _ _ _ _ m_ _ _ _ _ _ ?
The cups and plates are in that c_ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
There arent any photos or mirrors on the w_ _ _ .

14. Introduce yourself. Write as much information as you can.

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