UNIT 0 – Welcome Back!

ENTRY TEST - LISTENING

Name: _________________________________________________________ No. _____ Class ______

Date _____ / _____ / _____ Evaluation _____________________ Teacher ___________________

My favourite hobbies listening.mp3

A. Listen and fill in the gaps.

Hi! I’m Peter Smith. I’m 1_________________
years old and I live in California, in the
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_________________, with my parents and my
two sisters, Susan and Kate.
I am very dynamic. In my free time I like jogging
and 3______________, but my favourite hobbies
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are _________________ and surfing.
I love water sports.
After dinner, I like playing computer games and 5_________________ mystery stories.
At the weekend I usually go to the beach or to the 6_________________.

B. Complete the sentences about Rachel.

1. Rachel is ____________________ years old.

2. Her friends say she is ____________________ and sincere.

3. Outdoors, she likes riding her bike and ____________________.

4. At the weekend she usually goes to the ____________________.

C. Listen to the CD again and mark the sentences true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.

1. Rachel is British. □
__________________________________________________________________

2. She has got two brothers. □

__________________________________________________________

3. Playing the piano and singing are her favourite hobbies. □ _______________________________
4. She likes music very much. □
________________________________________________________

5. She likes listening to the radio and surfing the net in the evening. □ _______________________

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Name: _________________________________________________________ No. ______ Class

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Date _____ / _____ / _____ Evaluation _____________________ Teacher ___________________

I – READING COMPREHENSION AND USE OF LANGUAGE

Read the text.

My name is Alicia Spencer. I’m twelve years old and

I live in New York, the city that never sleeps. My
birthday is on 6th November. I go to St Mark’s
School and I love English and History. I have a lot of
friends, but my best friends are Ann and Eric. We
are in Year 7.

When I have some free time, I like reading poetry,

watching TV, going to the cinema or listening to
music. I just love hip-hop. I also like going to the
park, playing tennis and swimming. My favourite
hobby, however, is collecting postcards.

My favourite colours are pink and blue and my favourite food is spaghetti.

I live with my family in a big house. My father is a policeman and my mother is a Maths
teacher. My sister, Rachel, is only six years old. She’s very nice and I like playing with her.
We get along very well. My parents are nice too, but they are very strict about homework. I
can’t watch TV or surf the net before I finish my homework!

A. Complete the table about Alicia in note form.

Age

Birthday

Favourite subjects

Best friends

Favourite food

Parents’ jobs

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B. Read and match.

1. Alicia is from □ a) in Year 7.

2. Her best friends are □ b) collecting postcards.

3. She likes □ c) friendly, but severe.

4. Her favourite hobby is □ d) before watching TV.

5. Her parents are □ e) listening to music.

6. She must finish her homework □ f) New York.

C. Answer these questions about the text.

1. Where is Alicia from?

___________________________________________________________________________________

2. What’s her nationality?

__________________________________________________________________________________

3. When is her birthday?

__________________________________________________________________________________

4. Does she have a good relationship with her younger sister? Quote from the text to justify your answer.
__________________________________________________________________________________

D. Find words in the text that mean the same as:

1. preferred __________________________ 3. kind, friendly __________________

2. things that you eat __________________ 4. severe _______________________

E. Use words/expressions from the text to label the pictures.

1. 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

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F. Complete the sentences with the right personal pronoun.

1. Alicia and I go to the cinema at the weekend. _______ love action films.

2. You and Ann have got lots of CDs. _______ are crazy about music.

3. Eric is tall and slim. _______ is very handsome.

G. Complete the gaps with the correct possessive determiners.

1. This is Ann. _______ favourite singer is Nelly Furtado.

2. Eric loves listening to music. _______ favourite band is Green Day.

3. We love hip-hop, but _______ friends prefer pop music.

H. Fill in the blanks with the verb to be or have got.

1. Alicia ______________ a new tennis racket, so she ______________ very happy.

2. They ______________ lots of friends because they ______________ very nice teens.

3. Ann and Eric ______________ thirteen years old.

4. Alicia ______________ tall and slim. She ______________ long hair.

I. Fill in the gaps. Use the present continuous.

1. Eric ____________________________________ (swim) in the sea.

2. ________________________________________ (Alicia / read) a book?

3. They ___________________________________ (not / watch) TV.

II – WRITING
Write a short paragraph about Eric.

Name: Eric Phillips ___________________________________________________

Age: 13
___________________________________________________
Home city: New York
Nationality: American ___________________________________________________
Occupation: student
___________________________________________________
Family life:
father – dentist, 40 ___________________________________________________
mother – cook, 35
sister – Jane, 8 ___________________________________________________

Favourite hobbies: playing ___________________________________________________

the guitar and surfing the net
___________________________________________________
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ENTRY TEST – FOCUS ON CULTURE

Name: _________________________________________________________ No. _____ Class ______

Date _____ / _____ / _____ Evaluation _____________________ Teacher ___________________

A. Circle the correct answer.

1. The British flag is called… 6. What is the big observation wheel in

London called?
a) The Stars and Stripes.
a) The London Eye.
b) The Union Jack.
b) The London Mouth.
c) God Save the Queen.
c) The London Circle.

2. Where can you see the Statue of Liberty?

7. What is the river that runs through
a) In New York City. London called?
b) In Washington DC. a) The Thames.
c) In London. b) The Avon.

c)The Mississippi.
3. The American unit of currency is the…

a) pound. 8. What’s the capital city of Scotland?

b) dollar. a) Cardiff.
c) euro. b) Belfast.

c) Edinburgh.
4. The most popular open-air, winter team
sport in the USA is…
9. Kilts are…
a) baseball.
a) traditional Scottish clothes.
b) soccer.
b) traditional Irish clothes.
c) American football.
c) musical instruments.

5. Where does the British Prime Minister

live? 10. Canberra is the capital city of…

a) Number 10 Oxford Street. a) South Africa

b) Number 10 Downing Street. b) Canada

c) Number 10 Baker Street. c) Australia

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LISTENING TEST 0 SCRIPT
2. a
My favourie hobbies 3. e
4. b
A. Hi! I’m Peter Smith. I’m twelve years old and I live in 5. c
California, in the USA, with my parents and my two
6. d
sisters, Susan and Kate.
I am very dynamic. In my free time I like jogging and
C. 1. She is from New York.
skateboarding, but my favourite hobbies are
swimming and surfing. I love water sports. 2. She is American.
After dinner, I like playing computer games and 3. Her birthday is on 6th November.
reading mystery stories. 4. Yes, she does. “…I like playing with her; we get
At the weekend I usually go to the beach or to the along very well.”
park.
D. 1. favourite
B. My name’s Rachel Brown. I’m eleven years old and I 2. food
live in Liverpool, England, with my parents, my 3. nice
grandmother and my brother, William. My friends say
4. strict
I’m a sociable and sincere person.
In my free time I like getting outdoors and riding my
E. 1. playing tennis
bike and camping, but my favourite hobbies are
playing the guitar and singing. I am crazy about 2. collecting postcards
music. 3. watching TV
In the evening, I like listening to the radio and surfing 4. swimming
the net.
5. reading poetry
At the weekend I usually go to the cinema.
6. going to the park
7. going to the cinema
ANSWER KEY
8. listening to music
LISTENING TEST 0
F. 1. We
2. You
A. 1. twelve 3. He
2. USA
3. skateboarding G. 1. Her
4. swimming 2. His
5. reading 3. our
6. park
H. 1. has got; is
B. 1. eleven 2. have got; are
2. sociable 3. are
3. camping 4. is; has got
4. cinema
I. 1. is swimming
C. 1. T 2. Is Alicia reading
2. F. She has got one brother, William. 3. aren’t watching
3. F. She loves playing the guitar and singing.
4. T
5. T II
His name is Eric Phillips.
He is thirteen years old and he is a student.
ENTRY TEST
He is from New York, so he is American.
He lives with his parents and his sister, Jane. She is eight.
I His father is a dentist. He’s forty.His mother is a cook and
she’s thirty-five.
A. Age – 12
His favourite hobbies are playing the guitar and surfing the
Birthday – 6th November net.
Favourite subjects – English and History
Best friends – Ann and Eric ENTRY TEST – FOCUS ON COLTURE
Favourite food – Spaghetti
Parents’ jobs – Father – Policeman / Mother – 1. b); 2. a); 3. b); 4. c); 5. b); 6. a); 7. a); 8. c); 9. a); 10. c)
Maths teacher
B. 1. f