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QUICK PLACEMENT TEST

Section 1

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c or d) to fill each blank.

(1)       Roberta _____ from The United States.

            a)  are

            b)  is

            c)  am

            d)  be

(2)       What’s _____ name?

            a)  -

            b)  his

            c)  him

            d)  he

(3)       My friend _____ in London.

           a) living

                  b)  live

                  c)  lives

                  d)  is live

(4)       Where _____?

a)      works Tom           

b)      Tom works                       

c)      Tom does work                

d)      does Tom work

(5)       I ­_____ coffee.

a)      no like

b)      not like                 

c)      like don’t             

d)      don’t like

(6)       ‘_____ to Australia, Ginny?’  ‘Yes, two years ago.”

a)      Did you ever go               

b)      Do you ever go 

c)      Have you ever been         

d)      Are you ever going          

(7)       Tokyo is _____ city I’ve ever lived in.

a)      the most big                     

b)      the bigger 

c)      the biggest            

d)      the more big

(8)        A vegetarian is someone _____ doesn’t eat meat.

a)      who

b)      what                    

c)      which                                           

d)      whose

 (9)       _____ these days.

a)      I never a newspaper buy  

b)      I never buy a newspaper  

c)      I buy never a newspaper  

d)   Never I buy a newspaper 

(10)     I _____ watch TV tonight.

a)      am

b)      go to

c)      going to    

d)      am going to

(11)      I wish I _____ more money!

a)      have

b)      had

c)      would have           

d)      was having

(12)     _____ be famous one day?

a)      Would you like    

b)      Would you like to

c)      Do you like

d)      Do you like to                  

Section 2

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c, or d) to fill each blank.

(13)      It’s my birthday _____ Friday.

a)      on             

b)      in              

c)      at              

d)      by

(14)      I _____ eighteen years old.

a)      am            

b)      have          

c)      have got

a)      -

(15)     I _____ a headache.

a)      am

b)      do

c)      have                      

d)      got

(16)     Do you _____ a uniform at your school?

a)      carry                     

b)      wear         

c)      use

d)  hold

(17) ‘What time is it?’            ‘I have no _____.’

a)      idea          

b)      opinion     

c)      answer                  

d)      time          

(18)      The meal was very expensive. Look at the _____!

a)      ticket        

b)      receipt      

c)      invoice      

d)      bill

(19)     How many _____ of trousers have you got?

a)      items         

b)      pairs          

c)      sets           

d)      times

(20)     Joel came back from his holiday in Brazil looking really _____.

a)      tanned      

b)      sunned      

c)      coloured   

d)      darkened

 

 

Section 3

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c, or d) to fill each blank.

(21)      Harry can _____ English.

a)      to speak

b)      speaking   

c)      speak

d)   speaks

(22)      I’m not interested _____ sports.

a)   for

b)   about        

c)   in

d)      to

(23)      She likes _____ expensive clothes.

a)       wearing                

b)       to wearing            

c)       wear                     

d)       is wearing

(24)     Harry _____ his father’s car when the accident happened.

a)      was driving                      

b)      drove        

c)      had driven

d)      has been driving

(25)     I was wondering _____ tell me when the next plane from Chicago arrives?

a)      could you             

b)      can you     

c)      if you could                      

d)   if could you

(26)     If I _____ him, I would have spoken to him, wouldn’t I?

a)      saw                       

b)      had seen                           

c)      have seen  

d)   would have seen

(27)      I like your hair. Where _____?

a)      do you have cut

b)      have you cut it     

c)      do you have cut it

d)   do you have it cut

(28)      I think Joey must _____ late tonight. His office light is still on.

a)      have worked        

b)      work         

c)      be working                       

d)      to work

(29)     John tells me Jack’s going out with Helen, _____ I find hard to believe.

a)      which                   

b)      who                      

c)      whose                   

d)      that

(30)      What _____ this weekend, Lance?

a)      will you do                       

b)      are you doing       

c)      will you have done          

d)      do you do

(31)     The weather has been awful. We’ve had very _____ sunshine this summer.

a)      little                      

b)      a little       

c)      few                       

d)      a few

(32)     Did you hear what happened to Kate? She _____.

a)      is arrested 

b)      arrested    

c)      has been arrested 

d)      is being arrested

           

Section 4

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c, or d) to fill each blank.

(33)     I usually _____ up at about 7.30.

a)      go             

b)      be             

c)      do 

d)      get

(34)      I _____ football every week.

a)  play                       

b)  go              

c)  do  

d)  have

(35)      My sister _____ the cooking in our house.

a)      does                     

b)      makes                  

c)      cooks                   

d)      takes

(36)      Don’t forget to _____ the light when you leave the room.

a)      turn up      

b)      turn in                   

c)      turn off                 

d)      turn over

(37)      She was in _____ when she heard the tragic news.

a)      crying       

b)      tears                      

c)      cries                      

d)      tearful

(38)     He _____ that he hadn’t stolen the computer, but no one believed him.

a)      reassured  

b)      informed  

c)      insisted     

d)      persuaded

(39)     Could you _____ me that book for a couple of days, please?

a)      lend                      

b)      owe                      

c)      borrow      

d)      rent

(40)     Greg is _____ a lot of time at Yvonne’s house these days!

a)      taking       

b)      spending   

c)      having      

d)      doing

Section 5

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c, or d) to fill each blank.

(41)     Who _____ in that house?

a)      does live   

b)      lives          

c)      does he live          

d)      he lives

(42)     I’ll call you when I _____ home.

a)      get            

b)      ’ll get                    

c)      ’ll have got           

d)      ’m getting

(43)     If you _____ me, what would you do?

a)      was           

b)      would be  

c)      were         

d)      have been

(44)     I don’t know where _____ last night.

a)         did he go 

b)        he did go 

c)         went he    

d)        he went

(45)     John and Betty are coming to visit us tomorrow, but I wish _____.

a)      they won’t

b)      they hadn’t                       

c)      they didn’t           

d)      they weren’t

(46)     I’m so hungry! If only Bill _____ all the food in the fridge!

a)      wasn’t eating                    

b)      didn’t eat  

c)      hadn’t eaten                     

d)      hasn’t eaten

(47)     I regret _____ harder in school.

a)      not studying         

b)      not to study                      

c)      to not study               

d)      not have studied

(48)     Surely Sue _____ you if she was unhappy with your work.

a)      will tell     

b)      would have told   

c)      must have told                 

d)      had told

(49)     Our neighbours aren’t very polite, and _____ particularly quiet!

a)      neither they aren’t            

b)      either they aren’t  

c)      nor are they                                  

d)      neither did they be

(50)     We had expected that they _____ fluent English, but in fact, they didn’t.

a)      were speaking      

b)      would speak         

c)      had spoken                       

d)      spoke

(51)     I’d rather I _____ next weekend, but I do!

a)      don’t have to work           

b)      didn’t have to work          

c)      wouldn’t work                             

d)      wasn’t working

(52)     Harriet is so knowledgeable. She can talk about _____ subject that comes up.

a)      whatever  

b)      whenever  

c)      wherever  

d)      whoever

Section 6

Choose the best word or phrase (a, b, c, or d) to fill each blank.

(53)     I always _____ milk in my coffee.

a)      have          

b)      drink

c)      mix           

d)      make

(54)     I _____ TV every evening.

a)      watch                   

b)      look at                  

c)      see            

d)      hear

(55)     Can you give me a _____ with my bag?

a)      leg

b)      back

c)      hand                     

d)      head

(56)     Before you enter the triathlon, please bear in _____ that you’re not as young as you used to be!

a)      thought                 

b)      question                

c)      mind                     

d)      opinion

(57)     The breath test showed he had consumed more than three times the legal limit of alcohol, so the police arrested him for _____.

a)      trespassing            

b)      mugging               

c)      speeding   

d)      drunk driving

(58)      The meeting was _____ and not very interesting.

a)      time-wasting        

b)      time-consuming    

c)      time-using            

d)      out of time

(59)     After the movie was released, the main _____ point was its excessive use of violence.

a)      discussion             

b)      speaking               

c)      conversation         

d)      talking

(60)     There have been several big _____ against the use of GM foods recently.

a)      campaigns            

b)      issues        

c)      boycotts                           

d)      strikes

book 1 - page 88

a-  I have a vacation in December.

b-  I go to the beach in October. / I do not go to the beach.

c-   Christmas is on December 25^{th (twenty-fifth)}.

d- I receive presents for my birthday and Christmas.

e-  I meet my friends once a week.

f-   I go to school at 6:30 am.

g-  I go back home at 12:20 pm.

h- I take a bath at 11:00 pm.

i-  I go out with my friends every weekend /once a week / every Friday. I do not go out with my friends.

j-      I watch tv at 10:30 pm. I do not watch tv.

k-   I go to bed at 11:50 pm. midnight

l-    My birthday is on August 13^th.

m- Brazil Independence is on September 7^th.

n-  The USA Independence Day is on June 4^th.

o-   I go to the mall every weekend. / I sometimes go to the mall.

-My classmate’s address is x street/av, no. x, Jardim x.

-Yes, he/she lives with his/her parents.

-She works at Setimo Patelli Street, no. 100, center

-She lives at Rio de Janiero street, no. 209, Jardim Marsola. 

book 1 - unit 6 - homework

 

1-      Unscramble the words and find out sentences.

a-      My / this / English / is / teacher

b-      Let’s / lesson / start / number / now / two

c-      Come / please / in / good afternoon

      2-      Complete with ( a – an – x  )

a-      My sister works in ….. hospital.

b-      I want ….. apple.

c-      My brother is ….. actor.

d-      I have ….. old book.

e-      Those are ….. CDs.

f-       Ann is ….. English teacher.

g-      Paul and Allan are ….. engineers.

       3-      Talking about occupations. Write sentences about these professionals.

a-      Doctor

b-      Teacher

c-      Hairdresser

d-      Secretary

e-      Architect

f-       Writer

BOOK 1 – PAGE 59-60

Jorge Amado is an architect. (writer)

Jorge Amado is not an architect. He is a writer.

a-       Gilberto Gil is an actor. (singer)

b-      Pedro Bial and Gloria Maria are singers. (tv presenters)

c-       Oscar Niemeyer is a tennis player. (architect)

d-      Frenando Henrique Cardoso is an engineer. (sociologist)

e-      Regina Duarte is a veterinarian. (actress)

f-        Edson Celulari is an architect. (actor)

g-       Paulo Coelho is a singer. (writer)

h-      Neymar is an actor. (soccer player)

BOOK 1 - Unit 7 – page 70

Questions:

 a-   I always / usually/ sometimes / generally get up at … 5:40 am / 6:00 am/7:00 am/ 8:00 am every day.

b-  After I get up I have breakfast. / After I get up I take a shower. / After I get up I get dressed

c-     I have breakfast at ….6:15 am / 6:30 am / 6:45 am / I do not have breakfast.

d-  I often leave home at …. 6:30 / 6:40 / 6:45 / 6:50 / 6:55 in the morning. / I often leave home at midday.

e-    I often take the bus at 8:00 am once a week. /every day. / I never take the bus at 8:00 am. / I do not take the bus at 8:00 am.

f-     I often arrive late at school once a week / twice a week. / I do not arrive late at school. I never arrive late at school.

g-    Yes, I go to school in the morning. / No, I do not go to school in the morning.

h-   I have English classes on Wednesdays. / I have English classes on Wednesdays / Thursdays / Tuesdays / Mondays / Fridays

i-      I always have lunch at 12:00 pm. / I often have lunch at 12:00 pm five times a week. / I never have lunch at 12:00 pm. / I do not have lunch at 12:00 pm.

j-      I usually go back home at 12:00 pm / 12:30 pm / 12:45 pm / 1:00 pm / 7:00 pm. / 6:30 pm

k-   I often / usually / sometimes do my English homework at 4:00 pm / 8:00 pm.

l-      I often / usually / sometimes have dinner at 6:00 pm / 7:00 pm / 8:00 pm.

m-                       I often watch TV at 10:00 pm/in the evening /every day/ at midnight. / I never watch TV

TELL ME ABOUT YOU

        1-What is your name?

My first name is Sharon.

My last name is Angle.

2-How many brothers and sisters do you have?

I have one brother and no sister.

3- What does your father do?

My father is an engineer.

4- What does your mother do?

My mother is a teacher.

5- How old are you?

I am thirty-three years old.

6- Where do you live?

I live in Campo Limpo Paulista – Sao Paulo.

7- What is your phone number?

My phone number is 11-984072884.

8- What do you do?

I am an English teacher.

9- Where do you study?

I study in …. school.

10- What is your favorite subject at school?

My favorite subject is history.

11- What do you like to do?

I like to walk in the park.

12- What kind of books do you like to read?

I like to read novels.

13- What kind of films do you like to watch?

I like to watch action movies.

14- What do not you like to do?

I do not like to sleep early.

15- What kind of music do you like to listen to?

I like to listen to country and gospel music.

16- What tv show do you like to watch?

I like to watch “The Simpsons”.

17- What kind of food do you like to eat?

I like to eat Japanese food and BBQ.

18- What kind of drinks do you like to drink?

I like to drink natural juice.

19- Who are your best friends?

My best friends are Nairy from Australia, Raje from Turkey and Linda from Germany.

20- What kind of sports do you play?

I play badminton.

21- Which park do you like?

I like Disney Park.

22- What kind of shopping center do you like?

I like old fashion shopping center.

23- What is your hobby?

My hobby is watching movies.

24- What kind of activity place do you like?

My favorite activity place is the club.

25- What kind of gym do you like?

I like water gym.

26- What is your favorite color?

My favorite color is blue.

Subject pronouns and possessive adjectives.

 Exercises.

Replace the personal pronouns by possessive adjectives.

1. Where are (you) ______ friends now?
2. Here is a postcard from (I) ______ friend Dees.
3. She lives in England now with (she) ______ family.
4. (He) ______ wife works in Tilburg.
5. (He) ______ company builds websites.

Replace the personal pronouns by possessive adjectives.

1. Joanie is (John and Nancy) ______ daughter.
2. Our names are Kathy and Robin. This is (Kathy and Robin) ______ mother.
3. Jeremy and Valerie are (Tim and Carey) ______ parents.
4. Tony is (Mary) ______ grandson.
5. My name is Annie. This is (Annie) ______ father.
6. (Alex) ______ name is Alex.
7. Peggy and Martin are (Kelly) ______ children.
8. Your name is Greg. They are (Grey) ______ parents.

Use the correct possessive adjectives.

1. Is this _______ (you) house?
2. Robert, _______ (you) handwriting is difficult to read.
3. Michael is showing _______ (he) tortoise to _______ (he) friends.
4. My sister lost _______ (she) way in the city.
5. The lion is chasing _______ (it) prey.
6. The dentist asked _______ (he) patient to open _______ (she) mouth.

Use the correct possessive adjectives.
1. Is this Jane’s dog? Yes it is ______ dog.
2. The dog is chasing ______ own tail.
3. Peter, is ______ father at home?
4. I am going to ______ aunt’s house this evening.
5. Rudy is showing ______ stamps to Ali.
6. We always keep ______ classroom clean.
7. Children, have you all finished ______ homework?
8. The children are proud of ______ school.

Replace the subject pronouns by a possessive adjective.
1. My uncle’s name is Jack. ______ name is Jack.
2. Toby and Fran’s brother is in France. ______ brother is in France.
3. My mum’s car is a Seat. ______ car is a Seat.
4. My brother’s bicycle is blue. ______ bicycle is blue.
5. I’ve got my sister’s books. I’ve got ______ books.
6. Where are Paul and Nick’s books? Where are ______ books?

Use the correct possessive adjectives.
1. I give _______ (I) sandwich to John.
2. In this _______ (you) desk?
3. Alan crashes _______ (he) bike into a wall.
4. Rosa keeps _______ (she) house very clean
5. The dog was licking _______ (it) paws.
6. There’s a snake in _______ (we) garden.
7. Susan and Peter have invited me to _______ (they) party.

Choose the correct words.
1. My / I name is Louise.
2. Her / She sister is my English teacher.
3. We /Our parents are from London.
4. Your / You are my best friend.
5. Their / They live in Australia.
6. He / His is interested in computers.

Complete the text.
1. I’ve got a sister. _____ name is Hazel.
2. _____ ´s fifteen and _____ likes music.
3. I like music too. _____ favorite band is Coldplay.
4. I’ve also got two brothers. _____ names are Billy and Tom.
5. Billy likes football. _____ favorite team is Manchester United.
6. Tom doesn’t like sport. _____ prefers computer games.
7. _____ ´ve got a dog. She’s big and _____ name is Jane.

Use the correct possessive adjectives.
1. Pedro and Isabel are Spanish. ______ family is from Spain.
2. Juan is not at school. ______ father took him to the doctor.
3. Beatriz is married. She showed us ______ ring today.
4. Jorge has a car. ______ car is new.
5. There are many students at the school. ______ school as 500 children.
6. Jose and Maria are dancers. ______ older brother is a singer.
7. Pepe and I have an English class together. ______ teacher is Ms. Smith.
8. Juanma has a van. ______ van is very old.
9. Silvia is wearing a dress. ______ dress is yellow.
10. My family has a dog. ______ dog’s name is Lady.
11. The teacher told me not to bring ______ cell phone to school.
12. When I was in France last year I stayed at ______ father’s house.
13. Elizabeth has a skateboard. ______ skateboard is blue.
14. Peter is Dutch. ______ family is from Amsterdam.
15. I have one sister. ______ name is Debbie.
16. I have a pen. ______ pen is red.
17. Nacho forgot ______ book.
18. Luis and Miguel talk like ______ father.
19. Alex and I were late for ______ class.
20. Princess Leticia is wearing ______ new Chanel glasses.
21. Where are ______ keys? I can’t find them.
22. Where do you keep ______ money, in the bank?
23. Ana sees ______ mother every day.
24. The cat eats ______ food quickly.
25. We bring ______ books to class.

Use the correct possessive adjective.
1. Javi and Jesus are in ______ (they) car.
2. Mayte is washing ______ (she) clothes.
3. Paula is drinking ______ (she) drink.
4. Is this ______ (I) food?
5. I am working on ______ (I) website.
6. You can give the dog ______ (it) bone.

Use the correct subject pronoun.
1. Jesus is not English. _____ is Spanish.
2. Tony and Lisa are in love; _____ are going to get married.
3. This is my first job. _____ am very excited.
4. Have _____ seen my new car? No, I haven’t.
5. _____ am going home this weekend.
6. Will you look after our hamster, please? _____ will need food and water.

Use the correct possessive adjectives.
1. The clothes belong to Peter. It’s _______ (he) clothes.
2. They live on the other side of the street. That’s _______ (they) house, the yellow one.
3. This is _______ (I) new car. I bought it yesterday.
4. Cristina is married. _______ (she) husband is accountant.
5. Paqui is coming to the party _______ (she) boyfriend is staying at home.

Use the correct possessive adjectives.
1. She has got a flat. This is _____ (she) flat.
2. Children! Wash _____ (you) hands, they are very dirty.
3. I have seen Sandra’s house. _____ (she) house is beautiful.
4. Don’t put _____ (you) feet on the table!
5. I love to put _____ (I) arm on Ignacio’s shoulder.