ERICN CMBRIDGE ENGLISH Level 1 - Stage 1 Stage Test based on English in Mind Starters
Name: Class: Date: 1. GRMMR Match the questions with the answers. B 0 Is Kaka a footballer? Yes, you are. 1 re you British? No, it isn t. 2 m I a student? No, I m not. 3 Is it 6 o clock now? Yes, she is. 4 Is ngelina Jolie an actress? No, he isn t. 5 Is Rafael Nadal an actor? 0 Yes, he is. 1
B Complete the sentences with a suitable pronoun. it I like this pizza. Do you like? 1 These are my friends, Jo and Karen. I like very much. 2 Julia Roberts is my favourite actress. Do you like? 3 You aren t my friend and I don t like! 4 We re in a great band! Do you like? 5 Eminem is a good musician but I don t like very much. 2
C Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box. live go work finish study know live We in a nice house. 1 My brother English and French at school. 2 Where your father? 3 This lesson at three o clock. 4 I m sorry, I the answer to this question. 5 My sister shopping every weekend! 3
D Complete the sentences with suitable possessive adjectives. your You live with grandparents, don t you? 1 I m Paul and this is sister, Sally. 2 Jack doesn t like new school. 3 We love new dog, Jelly. 4 I like that cat. What s name? 5 Claudia and Ellie don t like brothers! 4
E Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb to be. is Yes, Mr Smith my new English teacher. 1 Tim s from the US. He ustralian. 2 We teachers. We re students. 3 I was born in London. I French. 4 this your classroom? 5 Emma and Hannah from Toronto in Canada. 5
F Write the questions based on the answers. Where s your sister? : B: My sister s at school. 1 : B: Yes, I do. I like Rafael Nadal very much. 2 : B: My brother s twenty. 3 : B: My name s Sandra. 4 : B: No, I don t. I don t like classical music at all. 5 : B: My favourite footballer is Kaka. 6
2. VOCBULRY Underline the correct answer. I love Paris. It s a wonderful / terrible city. 1 My brother is an terrible / awful singer! 2 This is great / terrible coffee. I don t like it. 3 I like tennis. It s a great / terrible sport. 4 That film is awful / fantastic. I love Val Kilmer. 5 Ben is a wonderful / awful brother. 7
B Write the names of the places. library 8
3. EVERYDY ENGLISH Fill in the gaps. Use the words in the box. Each word/phrase may be used more than once. Cool Of course I m sorry I know : Do you want to go to the concert? Of course B:. When is it? 1 : Hi I m Chuck, lead singer of the Targets. B:! I love your music. 2 : Hi Lisa, this is Carl. B:. Hi Carl, how are you? 3 : When s the next Manchester United match? B:, I don t like football. 4 : Look there s Rafael Nadal! B:! He s a great tennis player. 5 : Do you want to meet my friends? B:. Where are they? 9
B Underline the correct words. : Do you want to go to the concert on Saturday? B: I m sorry, / I know, I don t like classical music. 1 : My favourite band s Tokio Hotel. B: Of course! / Cool! They re fantastic! 2 : Do you like animals? B: Of course. / I know, I ve got two dogs and two cats. 3 : My favourite actor is George Clooney. He s from merica. B: I know, / I m sorry, and he has a home in Italy. 4 : Marcelo is in our class. I like him. B: Cool! / I m sorry, I don t like him. He isn t very nice. 5 : Peter s from Russia. B: I know, / I m sorry, he lives in Moscow. 10
C Fill in the gaps. Use the words in the box. Each word/phrase may be used more than once. Really Wait a minute I have no idea ctually : Where s the post office? I have no idea B: I m sorry,. 1 : My father s a famous actor. B:? Who is he? 2 : Is there a bank near here? B: there are two. 3 : I don t have my mobile phone with me. B: Oh come on. Hurry up. 4 : I don t like Paris. B:? I think it s beautiful. 5 : What does Robert study? B: 11
D Match the sentences in with the sentences in B. B 0 Come on. Let s go. Really? I only have one sister. 1 Mary has five brothers! ctually, there s one at the end of the road. 2 Is Mark Jane s brother? ctually, there are four. 3 Oh no! There isn t a supermarket near here. I have no idea. Sorry. 4 Let s go to the park. 0 Wait a minute. I don t have my bag. 5 There are three buses every hour to London. Wait a minute. Where s my football? 12
4. REDING Read this tourist brochure and underline the correct answers. Beautiful Salisbury! Come to Salisbury, a beautiful old city one and a half hours from the centre of London. There are two trains every hour, so catch a train from Waterloo railway station and visit us. There s so much to see here. Walk round the world-famous Salisbury Cathedral. Sit there for a few minutes and listen to the singers as they practise every morning. Walk along the river into the town centre and have tea in a traditional old tea room. You know how the English love their tea! fter tea, visit the market square. There s a big market there on Tuesdays and Saturdays and there are also lots of interesting shops. There s a department store, a big library, bookshops, a post office and four banks so change your money and go shopping. Go to the bus station and take a bus to Stonehenge, a very old monument 15 kilometres from the city centre. Walk round the stones and take photographs to show your friends and family at home. In the evening go to one of the international restaurants or cafés and enjoy a delicious meal Italian, French, Thai, Chinese, Indian. There are many different places to go to and of course you must try our traditional English fish and chips! Salisbury is a beautiful old city. 1 Salisbury is very big. 13
2 Salisbury is in London. 3 Visitors go to Salisbury from London by bus. 4 There s a river in Salisbury. 5 There are traditional cafés in Salisbury. 6 There s a market in town every day. 7 There s a park in the town centre. 8 Stonehenge is in Salisbury. 9 There aren t a lot of restaurants and cafés. 10 Fish and chips is a famous English meal. /10 marks 14
5. LISTENING Listen to Maria. Fill in the gaps with one word. Switzerland Maria s from. 1 Maria s years old. 2 Her favourite is Coldplay. 3 Her best s name is Natalie. 4 Natalie is from. 5 Natalie s favourite is Justin Timberlake. Now listen to Tom. What does he like? Tick the pictures. /10 marks 15
6. WRITING Read about Stephen s family on his web page. Now write about your family. Use Stephen s web page to help you. Hi, my name s Stephen Jackson. I m sixteen and I live in Brighton. I love it it s a fantastic city. I have a sister and a brother. My sister, Louise, is OK but we don t go out together because she s only fourteen. I play football with my friends at the weekend and she goes shopping with her friends. My brother, Luke, doesn t live at home because he s married. My father, Ben, is a teacher and my mother, nne, is a teacher too. They teach at my school but they don t teach me! My aunt and uncle, Jane and Peter, live near us in Brighton. They re great and they often come to our house. 16
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 GRMMR B C D VOCBULRY B C EVERYDY ENGLISH B REDING B LISTENING WRITING SPEKING /10 marks /10 marks /10 marks /15 marks /10 marks Total /100 marks 18