Starter Mid-course test
Listening Grammar
1 Recording 9 Listen and tick () the correct 3 Underline the correct answer, a) or b).
answer, a), b) or c).
1 a you from Spain?
1 How much is the brown clock? a) Are b) Do
£22.20 £22.50 £25.50 2 hungry. I don’t know why.
a) I’m always b) Always I’m
a) b) c) 3 Who’s man over there?
a) this b) that
4 What those?
2 What’s Paul’s nationality? a) ’s b) are
5 We eat steak, but not very often.
Chinese English American a) sometimes b) usually
a) b) c) 6 Are they books?
a) Maria’s b) Marias
3 What’s the student’s first name? 7 is my sister.
a) These b) This
Candy Kandi Kandy
8 Does he _____ coffee?
a) b) c) a) drink b) drinks
4 When does Neil do sport? 7
every day never on Saturdays
4 Complete the sentences with the correct
a) b) c)
positive (+) or negative (-) present simple form
of the verbs in brackets.
5 The hat is …
Alice’s Sandra’s 1 He always phones me on Sunday. (+)
Pedro’s
(phone)
a) b) c) 2 That isn’t true. (-) (be)
3 Jacob his homework in the
6 Henry is … evening. (-) (do)
4 George Spanish. (+) (study)
tired cold bored
5 She meat. (-) (eat)
a) b) c) 6 They in the classroom. (+) (be)
7 I cheese. (-) (like)
5 8 She TV every evening. (+)
(watch)
9 Ken a motorbike. (+) (have)
2 Recording 10 Listen and write true (T) or false
10 My shoes black. (-) (be)
(F).
1 Martha and Dan are at a café. T 8
2 Their food and drink is €12.60. __
3 The café closes at 4.30. __
5 Write present simple questions from the
4 Dan is very cold.
prompts.
5 Dan and Martha go inside.
6 The waiter brings them two colas. 1 what / your / name?
7 The cake is for Dan. What’s your name?
8 Martha sometimes eats chocolate cake. 2 what time / she / get up?
9 Martha likes cheese and bread.
10 Dan and Martha are on holiday. 3 where / they / from?
11 The pen is Martha’s.
4 you / a doctor?
10
5 you / live / with your parents?
6 this / Marina’s / chair?
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Vocabulary Function
6 Cross out the wrong word in each group. 9 Underline the best response.
1 Russia China English Argentina 1 What’s the problem?
2 computer singer engineer taxi driver a) I’m hot.
3 black green brown read b) Wonderful.
4 bored eighty cold thirsty 2 I’m hungry. Let’s eat something.
5 shop university house coffee a) Good idea.
6 pens sweater jacket shirt b) That’s €10.
7 live work drive hot 3 Can I have a mineral water, please?
8 sister father waiter brother a) Still or sparkling?
9 café bread steak cheese b) No, thank you.
10 gym gift shop lunch restaurant 4 A ticket to Bristol, please.
11 train motorbike keys plane a) The bus is from gate sixteen.
b) Single or return?
10 5 Anything else?
a) No, thank you.
b) That’s six euros.
7 Add the missing letters.
6 What time’s the train to Eindhoven?
1 Samantha and Timothy have two sons and one a) There’s one at half past six.
d a u g h t e r. b) OK. That’s six fifty.
2 What’s your favourite colour? My favourite colour
is w e. 5
3 A: How old is she?
B: She’s n y - f e.
10 Complete the conversations with the words
4 A: What’s ‘SingFest’?
and phrases in the box.
B: It’s a music f l. The bands are
really good this year. as in Excuse help you How much
5 James usually studies in the morning and does his like Sorry Thanks time is it
homework in the a n. time does When wonderful
6 He always eats fish and v s
for dinner. 1 Waiter: Can I 1 help you ?
Man: Yes, I’d 2 a coffee,
5 please.
2 Woman: What’s your first name?
Man: Gerry.
8 Complete the sentences with the words in the
Woman: Is that J-e-r-r-y?
box.
Man: No, it’s G, 3 ‘get’. G-e-
actor dinner Germany r-r-y.
4
guided tired Wednesdays 3 Man: me.
Woman: Yes?
1 I often have chicken and rice for dinner. Man: What 5 the play start?
2 A: What’s his job? Is he a businessman? Woman: Quarter past nine.
6
B: No, he’s an . Man: ? When?
3 I work on and Thursdays. Woman: Quarter past nine.
4 A: Are you OK? Man: Quarter past nine. OK,
7
B: No, I’m not. I’m very . .
5 A: Are they from ? 4 Woman: 8 does the swimming
B: Yes, they are. He’s from Berlin and she’s pool open?
from Frankfurt. Man: At half past eight.
6 The tour of the city centre begins Woman: What 9 now?
at 2p.m. Man: It’s eight o’clock.
Woman: OK, thanks. 10 does it
5 cost?
Man: It’s free.
Woman: Free? Oh, that’s 11 .
10
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Reading 13 Read the signs and underline the correct
answer, a) or b).
11 Read the article and match headings 1–5 to
paragraphs A–E.
Famous families Free English lessons
Tuesdays evenings
A
7p.m.–9p.m.
Brothers Joel and Ethan Cohen are film-makers
from the USA. Joel’s wife, Frances McDormand, is
an actor. She is also from the USA. Joel and Frances
Music festival
have an adopted son, Pedro. He comes from
Paraguay. City park
B this Saturday
Patrick Tse is a Chinese actor from Hong Kong.
Patrick’s son, Nicholas, is an actor, a singer and a 11a.m.–11.30p.m
songwriter. Nicholas is married to actor and singer
Cecilia Cheung. They have two sons, Lucas and Today’s specials
Quintus. Nicholas has dual nationality – he is Chicken & vegetable pasta 5.95
Canadian and Chinese. He and his family live in Steak & chips 8.99
Hong Kong. Fish & chips 7.50
C Egg sandwich 3.75
Stellan Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. Three of his Fruit cake 2.75
children, Gustaf, Bill and Alexander, are actors too.
The brothers often appear together in Swedish films.
D Guitar teacher
Musician Ravi Shankar comes from India. He has I’m Martín and I’m from
two daughters, Norah Jones and Anoushka. They are Mexico. I teach Spanish
both singers, and Ravi often gives concerts with guitar to all ages.
Anoushka. Tel: 899260
E Email:
[email protected]The Coppolas are a famous American family in the
film industry. Francis Ford Coppola is a film
1 When are the English lessons?
director and his wife Eleanor is an artist. Their
a) Tuesday afternoons
daughter, Sofia, and son, Roman, are film directors.
b) Tuesday evenings
Sofia is also a singer and actor.
2 When is the festival?
a) This Sunday
1 A family of actors and singers B
b) This Saturday
2 Musical father and daughters
3 What time does the music festival start?
3 American brothers in film
a) 11 o’clock
4 Father and sons – all actors
b) half past eleven
5 A film-making family
4 How much do the fish and chips cost?
a) seven fifty
4
b) eight ninety-nine
5 What costs two seventy-five?
12 Read the article again. Underline True (T) or a) Fruit cake
False (F). b) Steak and chips
6 What does Martín teach?
1 Joel Cohen and his wife are American. T/F a) Spanish guitar
2 Joel Cohen’s child is from Paraguay. T/F b) Mexican guitar
3 Nicholas Tse’s father is a singer. T/F 7 What’s Martín’s phone number?
4 You never see any of the Skarsgård a) 899620
brothers in the same film. T/F b) 899260
5 Anoushka often sings at concerts with
her father. T/F 6
6 Sofia Coppola’s mother is an artist. T/F
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Writing
14 Add the missing linkers to the blog entry.
because but Finally First that then
It’s Friday evening and I’m tired! I’m tired
1
because I work from Monday to Friday. I
like my job 2 it’s very difficult.
So, what do I do at the start of the weekend? 10
3
, I go to the shops and I buy my
favourite food and drink – meat, vegetables, cola, Total: 100
cake. After 4 , I make and eat a big
dinner. I play music and watch TV,
5
I phone my friends and talk about what to do on
Saturday and Sunday. 6 , I go to
bed.
15 Write a blog entry about your weekend.
What do you usually do? What do you eat?
Write 60–90 words.
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