End-of-course Test
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation A
GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences. Tick (✓) A, B, or C.
   Example:      Where ________ Jasmine from?
                 A am  B are  C is        ✓
   1   A Hello. Are you Michael?
       B No, I________.
       A ’m not  B isn’t  C not 
   2   A What nationality are Veronique and Lysiane?
       B They ________.
       A ’re France  B French  C ’re French 
   3   ________ you speak Spanish?
       A Are  B Do  C Does 
   4   Are ________ your sunglasses?
       A this  B that  C these 
   5   A What’s your mother’s name?
       B ________ name’s Isabella.
       A Her  B Our  C She’s 
   6   This is ________.
       A a tablet expensive  B a expensive tablet  C an expensive tablet 
   7   Does your father ________ in an office?
       A work  B works  C working 
   8   ________ late on Friday night.
       A Go out we never  B Never we go out  C We never go out 
   9   Where’s Luca? I need to talk to ________.
       A he  B him  C his 
 10    I’m sorry. You ________ use your mobile phone here.
       A aren’t  B can’t  C don’t 
 11    I really hate ________ for clothes.
       A shop  B shoping  C shopping 
 12    A Hi. What’s Emily doing at the moment?
       B She’s in her bedroom ________ music.
       A listen to  B listening to  C listens to 
 13    Are there ________ pillows on the bed?
       A a  B any  C some 
 14     Where ________ on holiday last year?
       A did you go  B you did go  C did you went 
 15    I ________ an amazing football match last night.
       A see  B seed  C saw 
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2 Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
  Use the present simple or the past simple tense.
   Antonia Bianchi is Italian. She lives (live) in a small flat in the centre of Milan. She
   1
     _______________ (not be) married, but she 2 _______________ (have) a boyfriend. His
   name is Marco and he 3 _________________ (work) in a factory. Antonia lives with her
   friend Melanie.
   Melanie 4 _________________ (move) to Milan in 2010. Before then she
   5
     ______________ (be) a student and she 6 ____________ (study) in the USA. When she
   7
     _________________ (finish) university she 8 _________________ (not get) a job. She
   9
     ______________ (go) to Australia and 10 ________ (travel) around the country for a
   year.
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3 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences or questions.
   Example: usually to you time bed go what do
            What time do you usually go to bed?
   1 up weekend at do get when the you
     __________________________________________________?
   2 wearing Tina a red is dress beautiful
     __________________________________________________.
   3 Samantha housework always Saturday does on the
     __________________________________________________.
   4 there a restaurant is here Japanese near
     __________________________________________________?
   5 you did do night what last
     __________________________________________________?
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                                                                      Grammar total       30
VOCABULARY
4 Complete the sentences. Write ONE word in each gap.
   Example:    Pedro is a waiter. He works in a Spanish restaurant.
   Family
   1 My sister has two children. A son and a d___________.
   2 Yvonne is married. Her h__________ is Brazilian.
   Food and drink
   3 I always have milk and sugar in my c__________.
   4 In Japan you can eat a lot of r__________ and noodles.
   5 What time do you usually have br__________ in the morning?
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   Common verb phrases
   6 Danielle st___________ economics at university.
   7 Would you like to pl___________ tennis this Saturday?
   8 How much is this mug? I want to b__________ a present for my brother.
  Clothes
  9 When it’s cold I usually wear a coat or j___________.
 10 I wear a suit, a tie and a sh___________ at work every day.
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5 Complete the sentences. Tick (✓) A, B, or C.
   Example:    What time did you ________ to the cinema?
               A do  B go     ✓ C have 
  1 I’m very _______. I need some water.
    A hungry  B thirsty  C tired 
  2 When it rains you need ________.
    A a camera  B an ID card  C an umbrella 
  3 Hiro is 75 years old. He doesn’t work now. He’s ________.
    A at home  B a factory worker  C retired 
  4 A Is your new car fast?
    B No, it isn’t. It’s very ________.
    A big  B dirty  C slow 
  5 What ________ is her dress?
    A clean  B colour  C green 
  6 Would you like some orange ________?
    A beer  B juice  C milk 
  7 My daughter ________ a lot of tea in the morning.
    A does  B drinks  C eats 
  8 What time did you ________ your house this morning?
    A arrive  B go  C leave 
  9 I’m not ________ a taxi. It’s very expensive!
    A getting  B staying  C waiting 
 10 Emanuel always has a ________ in the morning.
    A breakfast  B gym  C shower 
 11 We sometimes go ________ for our holidays.
    A camping  B flying  C staying 
 12 I miss my family so I ________ home a lot.
    A wait  B phone  C work 
 13 Yesterday at 3 p.m. Sandra was ________ her car.
    A at  B in  C on 
 14 Does the hotel have a swimming ________?
    A gym  B lift  C pool 
 15 Ben ________ his girlfriend some chocolates.
    A decided  B had  C sent 
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6 Write the missing word.
   Example:     one – first, two – second
  1   man – men, person – ____________
  2   Poland – Polish, Brazil – ____________
  3   big – small, beautiful – ____________
  4   teacher – school, nurse – ____________
  5   September – October, November – ____________
  6   pack – suitcase, book – ____________
  7   Monday – Tuesday, Wednesday – ____________
  8   cheap – expensive, easy – ____________
  9   three – third, four – ____________
 10   TV – watch, radio – ____________,
 11   car – park, gift – ____________
 12   great – amazing, terrible – ____________
 13   brother – sister, husband – ____________
 14   buy – presents, rent – ____________
 15   football – scarf, key – ____________
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                                                              Vocabulary total        40
PRONUNCIATION
7 Underline the stressed syllable.
   Example:     cam|er|a
  1   cup|board
  2   Bra|zil|i|an
  3   tra|vel|ling
  4   u|ni|ver|sity
  5   u|sual|ly
  6   De|cem|ber
  7   thir|ti|eth
  8   af|ter|noon
  9   ce|re|al
 10   co|me|dy
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8 Match the words with the same sounds.
   how    eight    coffee              four      blue        watch
   you    draw     there               great     town        wear
   Example: out town how
   1   name      ______________        ______________
   2   airport   ______________        ______________
   3   stop      ______________        ______________
   4   horse     ______________        ______________
   5   too       ______________        ______________
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                                                                 Pronunciation total        20
PRACTICAL ENGLISH
9 Match answers b−k to questions 1−10.
   Example: How do you spell your surname?                    a__
   1 How can I help you?                                    _____
   2 Can I have a coke, please?                             _____
   3 How much is it?                                        _____
   4 Excuse me. What time is it?                            _____
   5 Sorry, am I late?                                      _____
   6 When’s Steffi’s birthday?                              _____
   7 Would you like a pizza?                                _____
   8 Is there a phone shop near here?                       _____
   9 Would you like to go to the cinema tonight?            _____
   10 Excuse me. Where’s the station?                       _____
   a   It’s L-O-P-E-Z.
   b   Yes. I’d love to.
   c   I have a reservation for eight o’clock.
   d   Yes, but don’t worry.
   e   Yes, there’s one on King’s Road next to the hotel.
   f   It’s a quarter past nine.
   g   Sorry, I’m not sure. I don’t live near here.
   h   Ice and lemon?
   i   It’s on the sixteenth of March.
   j   No, thanks. I’m not very hungry.
   k   That’s £6.75, please.
                                                              Practical English total       10
                    Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation and Practical English total         100
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