English Test – Basic 1 Review

1 - Each sentence has a mistake. Find it and correct it.

Example Martha is teacher. / Martha is a teacher.

1. Do you want dance?

2. You brother is very nice.

3. My wife no have a good job.

4. We have the lunch at 12:00.

5. On Sundays we go in church.

6. His father works is an engineer.

7. My sister watch TV in the morning.

8. Taxis in Rio de Janeiro are yellows.

9. São Caetano is a city very beautiful.

10. My childrens get up at 6 :00 everyday.

2 - Check (✓) the correct sentence.

Example:
Where do you from?
Where are you from?
Where do you are from?

1a. Why do you study English?

1b. Why are you study English?
1c. Why are you doing study English?

2a. What does you do?

2b. What do you do?
2c. What do you are doing?

3a. How old are you?

3b. How many years are you?
3c. How many years do you have?

4a. What today is day?

4b. What day is today?
4c. What’s day today is?
5a. What’s your name last?
5b. What’s your last name?
5c. Your last name what is it?

6a. What’s your address?

6b. Your address what are?
6c. What are your address?

7a. Where was you born?

7b. Where were you born?
7c. Were where you born?

8a. Do you has children?

8b. Do you have children?
8c. Do you have childrens?

9a. Do you has a nickname?

9b. Do you have a nickname?
9c. Does you have a nickname?

10a. What time do you get up?

10b. What time are you get up?
10c. What time are you doing get up?

3 - Complete the text with the following prepositions: about, after, at, by, for, in, on,
through, to, with.
Example They live in a large house.

Marcelo lives _____ Curitiba. He lives _____ his wife and two children. He is a safety
technician. He studied _____ Senai and graduated _____ 2004. His wife is a teacher.
She studied _____ Manoel Marinho Institute. They moved _____ Volta Redonda some
years ago. He works _____ Monday _____ Friday. She works every afternoon, _____ 1
_____ 5. He goes to work on foot, and she goes _____ car.

He studies English _____ Tuesday and Thursday, _____ 7 pm. She studies Italian _____
home. She practices her Italian _____ the Internet. _____ their free time, they are
volunteers _____ an Elementary School. They read stories _____ young children.

_____ the weekends, they visit their friends or their parents. Sometimes they stay
home and listen _____ music. They always go to church _____ Sunday morning.
4 - Complete the sentences with these verbs:
am/’m not is/isn’t are/aren’t does/doesn’t don’t
Example: I’m not working.

1. It ________ 15 to noon.
2. Where ________ you from?
3. Porto Alegre ________ in Brazil.
4. Our teacher ________ very funny!
5. What time ________ the bank open?
6. I ________on vacation. I’m not at work.
7. Where ____ you usually go on vacation?
8. Learning English ________ difficult... It’s very easy!
9. My brother ________ eat cheese because he ________ like it.
10. I ________ hungry. How much ________ a sandwich with fries?

5 - Write the statements as questions and negatives

Example He can play the piano.
1. She was born in 1949.
Can he play the piano?
2. He is from Pernambuco.
3. They have three children.
4. You want to learn English.
5. He is twenty-five years old.
6. My brother speaks very well.
7. You speak Spanish at school.
8. They play video game everyday.
9. His parents are studying French.
10. You like to drink coffee in the evening.

6 - Put the words in the correct order.

Example: do you where live ? / Where do you live?
1. is how much it ?
2. have trip a nice
3. turn please right
4. in cash I want to pay
5. wanna do you dance?
6. do you English speak
7. is when your birthday
8. have do you a girlfriend?
9. may talk I to the manager?
10. can slower please speak you?
7 – Read the text and answer the following questions:

Bitcoin is a digital token that can be sent electronically from one user to
another, anywhere in the world and it has emerged as a favorite tool for hackers
demanding a ransom for a simple reason: you can start accepting Bitcoin anywhere in
the world without having to reveal your identity. And to start accepting Bitcoin is even
easier: one needs only to create a Bitcoin address, which can be done anonymously by
anyone with internet access.
The price of Bitcoin fluctuates constantly and is determined by open)market
bidding on Bitcoin exchanges, similar to the way that stock and gold prices are
determined by bidding on exchanges.
All Bitcoin transactions are recorded on the network’s public ledger known as
the blockchain. Law enforcement or financial authorities can sometimes use the
blockchain to track transactions among criminals. But as long as the criminals do not
associate a real)world identity with their Bitcoin address, they are generally safe.
The price of Bitcoin has been rising, and recently hit a high above $2,000. Like
gold, the price of Bitcoin has always been driven by the scarcity of the digital tokens.
Technology investors have purchased coins and pushed up the price out of a
belief that the tokens and the system willbe a sort of global digital currency and
financial network for the future.

According to the text, Bitcoin is a currency…

a) used as a tool to make similar payments credit cards.

b) set up to facilitate commercial Internet.
c) intended for use in all countries and banking institutions.
d) used by hackers because it can be used without its identities are revealed.
e) developed to decentralize economic activities in Western societies.

According to the text, to carry out transactions using bitcoin it is necessary

a) make the first purchase to gain access to the negotiations currency.
b) create a Bitcoin address on the internet.
c) be connected to the currency control center.
d) to register * on the Bitcoin market, similar to the values.
e) be aware of the different digital currency markets

8 – Read the text and answer the following questions:

Paris has Vélib, London has Boris bikes...and China has ofo. The Beijing*based
company is the largest bike*sharing operator in China, with an estimated three million
daily riders across 34 cities. But, unlike its western rivals, ofo – formally known as the
Beijing Bikelock Technology Co – allows riders to pick up and leave bikes wherever they
like.
To use ofo, cyclists download its app to locate the nearest bike and release the
back*wheel lock with a code. Once a journey is complete, the bike can be parked
anywhere before the lock is scrambled to prevent the back wheel from moving.
 For a company that purports to encourage healthy living, ofo was born in an
unusual place: KFC. Dai and four Peking University classmates were enjoying a meal
there in 2014 while they bounced around ideas for a business. They spent the next year
considering starting a car*rental firm or conducting cycling tours before settling on
bike*sharing. “Eighteen months on, everything’s got better and better,” Dai says. With
plans to expand tomore than 200 Chinese cities and launch co*operative tie*ups with
other bike*sharing platforms, Dai believes ofo will break even in 2017.
Yet, wherever the company goes, Shangai*basedMobike isn’t far behind. In
China, the startups compete on many fronts:for riders’ attention; for market share; and
for investors (ofo has the support of Didi; Mobike is backed by internet firm Tencent).
Dai, however, dismisses any suggestion of a rivalry. “We have a different model to
theirs,” he says. “They work like Toyota or Tesla, to design and produce bikes. We’re
more like Uber – we connect bikes.”
Wired, UK edition, May 2017. Adaptado.

According to the text, the user of "ofo"

a) indicates in the application the bicycle yards in convenient for him, providing
personal data.
b) plan your course with the application offered, informing your point of arrival.
c) can cross the city quickly with the information obtained application.
d) download the application on the mobile phone, search a rental point next and
receives a code to release the bike.
e) have technical assistance if you have problems with the rented bicycle.

The adverb “yet”, na sentença “Yet, wherever the companygoes,...” (L. 21), could be
translated to Portuguese, without losing its meaning, as....¿
a) Ainda.
b) Já.
c) Logo.
d) Também.
e) Contudo.

The pronoun "theirs", used in the sentence "We have a different model to theirs"(L.
25), refers to the company
a) Toyota.
b) Tesla.
c) Didi.
d) Mobike.
e) Tencent.

• Write a review of your favourite film, play or book. Explain what type of work it is
(for example, a comedy film, a romantic novel, etc.) Say where and when the story
takes place, and briefly describe what happens. Describe the main characters, and say
whether you like or dislike each of them, and why. Try to explain why this work is your
favourite.