Lower Beginner Pre test exercises

1. Match these dialog entries writing the corresponding letter next to the number.
e.g.

_____ 1. How are you x) I’m fine, thank you.

1. __E___ Good evening. A. I love classical music.

2. ___D__ What’s your name? B. I’m from Nottingham.
3. __G___ My name is Charles. C. I’m twenty-two years old.
4. _F____ Glad to meet you. D. My name is Claire.
5. ___B__ Where are you from? E. Good evening.
6. _C____ How old are you? F. Nice to meet you too.
7. _A____ What’s your favourite music? G. How about you?

2. Write the appropriate WH Questions.

1. __What years________________________ are you?

I’m forty-five years old

2. ___Which_______________________ is your favourite sport?

I love tennis.

3.____Who______________________ is that girl?

She is Frank’s girlfriend

4. __Where_______________________ are you going?

We are going to the cinema.

5. ___Why______________________ didn’t you phone me?

Because I was very busy.

6. ____How____________________ are you going to get there?

I’m going to go by bus.

7. ______When____________________ is your birthday?

It’s on June 24th.
3. Draw the clock hands according to the time.
Use a red pencil for the minutes-hand and a blue pencil for the hour-hand.

It’s twenty five past nine. It’s a quarter to eleven. It’s half past two.

It’s six o’clock. It’s five to eight. It’s twenty to three.

4. Choose the correct alternative. Draw a circle around the letter.

I ____c________ happy.
a. have
b. has
c. am

He ____c______ very hungry a few minutes ago.

a. were
b. is
c. was

3. Jude and Joey _______c_____ the TV

a. is watching
b. watches
c. are watching

4. It _____a_______ last summer here in La Serena.

a. was sunny
b. is sunny
c. sunny

5. I have English lessons ______on_____ Thursdays _____at_______ half past five.

a. at / the
b. on / at
c. in / at

6. My brother ____c______ English, French and German.

a. speak
b. speaking
c. speaks

5. Write the appropriate possessive.

a) She is riding _her______ bike.
b) I am reading __my_____ favourite novel.
c) They are eating grapes from _______ vineyard.
d) Why don’t you use _______ car to go to Santiago? It’s so economic.
e) Mathew is carrying _______ luggage in an old cart.
f) Kitty my cat is sleeping in _her______ bed.
g) We are expecting to take __our_____ vacations in December.

6. Write affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences.

1. You/from the United Kingdom.

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2. Mary and Tim/ Chilean.

_Mary and Tom are Chilean._______________________________________________________________
__Mary and Tom aren!t Chilean.______________________________________________________________
__Are Mary and Tom Chilea?.______________________________________________________________

3. Andrew / playing the guitar.

_Andrew is playing the guitar_______________________________________________________________
_Andrew is not playing the guitar.______________________________________________________________
__Is Andrew playing the guitar?.______________________________________________________________

4. I / an architect.
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5. The lion / roaring.

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6. Boats / sailing northwards.

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7. Reading comprehension. Read about Jorge and Sara and then answer the questions below.

Hi everyone!
Our names are Jorge and Sara. We’re from Chile and we live in a small village in the
Elqui Valley. We have two children: a boy and a girl. They both go to University:
Leonardo studies Architecture at the Universidad de Chile in Santiago. He is twenty
years old; Marcia studies English in La Serena. She is nineteen years old.
We live in a farm at the country side. We spend most of our time together.
Nowadays, we are raising horses, cows and sheep. We also like reading novels a lot
but we don’t have much time to watch TV. Sarah likes jazz and I like folk music. We
know lots of people and they usually come to visit us.

1. What are their names?

__their_______________________________________________________________________________________
____

2. Where city do they live in?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Do they have children?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

4. How old are their children?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What do they study?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Do Jorge and Sara live in the centre of the city?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

7. What animals are they raising at their farm?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

8. What kind of music do they like listening to?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

9. Do they have many friends?

_____________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Writing. Write a short paragraph about your family.
9. Dialogue. Pair work. Ask and answer the following questions to a classmate.

1. What’s your name?

2. Can you spell your name?

3. Where are you from?

4. Where do you live?

5. What’s your address?

6. What’s your mobile number?

7. What do you do?

8. Are you married?

9. Do you have any children? How many?

10. What time is it?

11. What date is it?

12. How many languages do you speak?