English test A1

Name: ________________________________
Daily Routine - Things We Do Often
We use the present simple tense to talk about things we do often.
What Christophe Does on Saturdays:
This is Christophe. Christophe is Spanish.
He is studying English at college.
Christophe gets the bus into town on Saturday morning.
He meets his friends in town.
In the morning, Christophe and his friends go shopping.
At noon, they have lunch together.
After lunch, Christophe plays football.
At three o'clock, he does his homework in the library.
At six o'clock, he cooks dinner for his family.
At eight o'clock, Christophe plays darts with his friends in the pub.
At ten o'clock, Christophe goes home and watches television.
He goes to bed at midnight.

Choose the best answer for each question.

1) When does Christophe play football on Saturdays?
A. at six o'clock

B. at three o'clock C. at lunchtime

2) What time does Christophe cook dinner on Saturdays?

A. at three o'clock

B. at six o'clock

C. at noon

3) What time does Christophe go to bed?

A. ten o'clock at night

B. eleven o'clock at night C. twelve o'clock at night

4) What does Christophe do at noon?

A. he plays darts

B. he plays football C. he eats lunch

5) When does Christophe play darts?

A. at noon B. in the afternoon C. in the evening
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6) When does Christophe go shopping?

A. in the afternoon B. in the morning C. at noon
7) Where does Christophe come from?
A. Spanish

B. Spain

C. England

8) Where does Christophe do his homework?

A. In the library

B. at home C. in the pub

9) What does Christophe do at noon on Saturdays?

A. he plays football B. he eats lunch

C. he plays darts

What Sara Does on Mondays

This is Sara. She comes from Italy.
Sara is studying English at college.
Sara drives to college on Monday morning.
She parks her car in the college car park.
Sara has an English lesson at nine o'clock.
After her lesson, she does her homework in the library.
She eats lunch in the college cafe at 12 noon.
After lunch, she goes home.
At two o'clock, she goes shopping.
At three o'clock, she does Yoga at the sports centre.
At four o'clock, she cleans the house.
She cooks dinner at six in the evening.
After dinner, she watches TV.
She goes to bed at eleven o'clock at night.

Choose the best answer for each question.

1) In the morning, Sara

to college.

2) At nine, o'clock, she

an English lesson.

3) At eleven o'clock she

4) At noon, she

(have / has)

to the library and

her homework. (go / goes) (do /does)

lunch in the college cafe. (eat/ eats)

5) In the afternoon, she

6) In the evening, she
7) After dinner, she
8) She

(drive / drives)

yoga. (do /does)

dinner. (cook /cooks)
TV. (watch / watches)

to bed at 11 o'clock. (go / goes)

Present Simple
1.

Every Friday, our teacher ________ us a test to see how much we have learnt.

2.

Every time I _________ to England, it is rainy and cold.

3.

Today, my teacher _________ a blue shirt and dark blue trousers.

4.

I can't go to the cinema this evening because I _______ a lot of homework to do.

5.

My father usually ____________ to bed after midnight

6.

She ___________ every morning in the park.

7.

I _________ difficult tests. Please can we have an easy test this week?

8.

Edna __________ next to John and Mary is next to Juan.

9.

Most days of the week, _________ your lunch in the students' room?

10.

The cat ________ fish and mice.

give

gives

run

runs

go

goes

don't like

am not like

wear

wears

sit

sits

have

having

eat you

do you eat

go

goes

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eat

eats

To Be
For each sentence, choose the best word or phrase to complete the gap from the choices below.
1. My name ________ James.
2. I ________ English but I live in Japan.
3. My father ________ a businessman.
4. The film starts at eight o'clock. We ________ late!
5. Hello, mum. I can hear you but it's a bad connection. Where ________ you?
6. There ________

nobody at home.

7. The weather today ________ fantastic.

8. What ________ your favourite colour?
9. I want to ________ a musician in a pop group.
10. English ________ easy.
11. Paul and Diana ________

my friends. We go to the same school.

12. What time ________ it, please?

1.

are

be

is

am

7.

is

am

are

be

2.

am

is

be

are

8.

am

is

be

are

3.

am

is

be

are

9.

am

is

be

are

4.

am

is

be

are

10.

am

is

be

are

5.

am

is

be

are

11.

am

is

be

are

6.

am

is

are

be

12.

am

is

be

are

Personal pronouns. Choose the correct personal pronoun.

1) _______ am sitting on the sofa.
2) _______ are watching TV.
3) Are _______ from England?
4) _______ is going home.
5) _______ are playing football.
6) _______ is a wonderful day today.
7) _______ are speaking English.
8) Is _______ Kevin's sister?
9) _______are swimming in the pool.
10) _______ they in the cinema?
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Possessive determiners
Hi Daniel,
______ name is John. This is ______ friend Jason. He's 12. _______ sister is nine. _______ pet
is a budgie. ______name is Dickens. Jason and I go to the same school. There are 450 boys
and girls in ______ school. Jason's form teacher is Mrs. Peterson. She has got a pet, too.
______ pet is a tortoise. Our form teacher is Mr. Smith. I like ______ lessons. He has two
dogs. The dogs love to play in ______garden. Now I have a question for you. What's ______
pet?
Yours,
John
Negative Sentences
1) My father makes breakfast. My father ______________ breakfast.
2) They are eleven. They _______________ eleven.
3) She writes a letter. She ______________ a letter.
4) I speak Italian. I __________ Italian.
5) Danny phones his father on Sundays. Danny ________ his father on Sundays.
Questions
1) you / to speak / English
2) when / he / to go / home
3) they / to clean / the bathroom
4) where / she / to ride / her bike
5) Billy / to work / in the supermarket
Questions in the Simple Present
Write Do or Does
1) _________ you drink mineral water?
2) _________ Sarah and Linda feed their pets?
3) _________ your teacher check your homework?
4) _________ they live in the old house?
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5) _________ the cat sit on the wall in the mornings?

6) _________ Nina play computer games?
7) _________ your parents watch TV in the afternoon?
8) _________ your grandmother answer the phone?
9) _________ Andy do the shopping?
10) ________ Garry and Ken have a cup of tea in the afternoon?
12) _______ Peter live with his father?
13) _______ you learn Spanish?
14) _______ Andrew and Martin ride their bikes to school?
15) _______ they play in the garden?
16) _______ Sandy's hamster live in a cage?
17) _______ the cats sit on the wall?
18) _______ we work in front of the computer?
19) _______ you play the drums?
20) _______ Steve wear pullovers?
21) ______ I clean the bathroom?
Present Simple
1)

We _________ our dog.

(call / calls)

2)

Emma _________ in the lessons. (dream / dreams)

3)

They ________ at birds. (look / looks)

4)

John _________ home from school. (come / comes)

5)

I ________ my friends. (meet / meets)

6)

He _________ the laptop. (repair /repairs)

7)

Walter and Frank ________ hello. (say /says)

8)

The cat ________ under the tree. (sit / sits)

9)

You _______ water. (drink / drinks)

10)

She _________ the lunchbox. (forget / forgets)

11)

I _______ a good mark. (get / gets)

12)

Rita ________ an exercise. (do /does)

13)

We ________ the table. (lay / lays)

14)

Tim and Pat ________ text messages. (send / sends)

15)

Oliver _________ fun. (have /has)

16)

Maria ________ their room. (clean / cleans)

17)

He ________ a new MP3 player. (buy / buys)

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18)

The dog _________ out of the house. (run / runs)

19)

You _________ your glasses. (need / needs)

20)

She ________ a snake. (touch / teaches)

Form of Affirmative Sentences

Put the verbs into the correct form.
1.

We sometimes ___________ books. (read / reads)

2.

Emily __________ to the disco. (go / goes)

3.

It often ___________ on Sundays. (rain / rains)

4.

Pete and his sister ___________ the family car. (wash / washes)

5.

I always __________ to the bus stop. (hurry / hurries)

6.

I __________ lemonade very much. (like / likes)

7.

The girls always __________ to pop music. (listen / listens)

8.

Janet never ___________ jeans. (wear / wears)

9.

Mr. Smith _____________ Spanish and French. (teach / teaches)

10.

You ____________ your homework after school. (do / does)

Simple present with 'have' and 'be'

Fill in the correct form of the verbs.
1.

We __________ a nice garden. (have / has)

2.

She _________ six years old. (is / are)

3.

Simon __________ two rabbits and five goldfish. (have /has)

4.

I ___________ from Vienna, Austria. (am / are)

5.

They __________ Sandy's parents. (are / have)

6.

Phillips _________________(fly) to Guayaquil in Spring.

7.

Bob _________________(like) to play hide and seek with her classmates.

8.

Paula _________________(row) on the lake on Sunday afternoons.

9.

Julio _________________(watch) videos in the evenings.

10.

The child _________________(climb) on the monkey bars in the park.

11.

He _________________(go) round and round on the merry-go-round.

12.

Mrs. Ramirez_________________(dress up) as a pirate every Halloween.

13.

Bastian _________________(wash) her hair every week.

14.

Martha _________________(have) a break at 11 oclock.

15.

Samantha _________________(roller-skate) in the park on Wednesday.

16.

Ceci_______________(attend) orchestra practice after institution..

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Listening
Youre going to listen to six people talking about their family. Aswer the following questions.
CHARACTERS:
1) Jeff, Canada 2) Arienne, Norway 3) Rebecca, Australia
4) Sabrina, Iran 5) Swinki, Kenya 6) Tini, China
QUESTIONS:
1) How many people are there in Jeffs family ?
2) Has he got any brothers and sisters ? (be precise in your answer)
3) Where does Jeffs family live?
Mainly in North America

Mostly in Canada

On four continents

4) Quote the countries he mentions:

5) Does Arienne have a pet? What is the problem?
6) Where does Ariennes family live?
In Oslo

Near oslo

All over Norway

She lives with them: yes no

7) What is true about Rebecca?

She is an older sister

She has an older sister

She has two dogs

She is a younger sister

She still lives with her family

she lives at the country

8) What does Sabrina say about her family?

She is the youngest She is the oldest
She sees them often

She would like to see them

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9) What does Swinki say about her family?

It is quite small

They often argue

They are very close

relations have changed in her family

10) She is an aunt: right wrong

11) There are six children in her family: right
12) They all live in Kenya: right

wrong

wrong

13) What is true about Tinis family ?

She has an older brother
She does not have a dog

Her family is very unusual

Possessive Pronouns
Replace the personal pronouns by possessive pronouns.

1. This book is (you)

yours

2. The ball is (I)

3. The blue car is (we)

4. The ring is (she)

5. We met Paul and Jane last night. This house is (they)

6. The luggage is (he)

7. The pictures are (she)

8. In our garden is a bird. The nest is (it)

9. This cat is (we)

10. This was not my fault. It was (you)

Possessive Adjectives
Replace the personal pronouns by possessive adjectives.
1. Where are (you)

friends now?

2. Here is a postcard from (I)

friend Peggy.

3. She lives in Australia now with (she)

4. (She)

family.

husband works in Newcastle.

5. (He)

company builds ships.

6. (They)

children go to school in Newcastle.

7. (I)

husband and I want to go to Australia, too.

Read the text and then answer the questions:

Her name is Emma. She is from Belfast in Northern Ireland. Emma has
got a big family. She lives with her grandmother, her parents and her brothers
and sisters. She has got two sisters and three brothers. Her brothers are Alex,
Peter and James. Her sisters are Annie and Joana. She is a nurse. She works in
Belfast Hospital.

A - Answer the questions:

1 What is her name?
________________________________________________________________________
2 Where is she from?
_________________________________________________________________________
3 What is her job?
_________________________________________________________________________
4 Where does she work?
_________________________________________________________________________

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B Say whether the sentences are True or False. CORRECT the false ones with information from
the text:
1 Emma hasnt got a big family.

TRUE

2 She has got two sisters.

TRUE

FALSE
FALSE

3 Her brothers are Alex, Peter and James.

TRUE

FALSE

4 She is a teacher.

TRUE

FALSE

Possessive Pronouns
Fill in the blanks with the correct possessive pronoun like his, her, my, yours, its.
1. I have got a new laptop. ________ laptop is white.
2. The rabbit is white. _______ cage is in the garden.
3. You are not English. ______ name is not an English name.
4. Sandra is my friend. _______ school is in Chester.
5. Scott has got a new car. _______ car is blue.
6. Emma has got a brother. _________ name is Paul.
7. Nick Baker has got a sister. ________ name is Debbie.
8. Is this Peters book? No, _____ book is in the schoolbag.
9. Mary, is this your bike? No, _____ bike is behind the house.
10. Peter helps ____ little brother.
11. The boy plays with _____ football.
12. Sylvie writes _____ homework.
13. Paul and Cathy eat _______ sandwiches.
14. Tom likes spaghetti. It is _____ favourite food.

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