NAME

CLASS
American
End-of-course Test ENGLISH FILE
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   B
A Starter

GRAMMAR
1 Underline the correct form. 3 Complete the text with the correct form of the
verb in parentheses. Use the simple present or
Example: There were / ’s / was 20,000 people at the
simple past.
football match.
Today, Caroline James lives (live) in a big house in the
1 She don’t / ’s not / amn’t cold. countryside. She 1 ________ (have) a husband, two
2 He’s short man / a short man / a man short. children, and a cat, and she 2 ________ (work) at home.
3 Where is Wayne / Wayne’s / Waynes sister? She 3 ________ (not like) her job, but the money is good.
4 Can you / You can / Do you can ski? Twenty years ago, when she 4 ________ (be) a student,
she 5 ________ (not be) rich and she
5 A Like you / You do like / Do you like Italian
6 ________ (not have) a job. She 7 ________ (study)
food?
Spanish in college, and she 8 ________ (live) with three
B No, I don’t.
other students in an apartment in a big city.
6 I like to playing / playing / play soccer.
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7 I finish work usually / finish usually work /
usually finish work at eight o’clock. Grammar total 30
8 Graham made we / us made / made us a nice
dinner.

2 Complete the sentences with one word.

Example: A Are you Simon?
B Yes, I am.
1 A Were you late?
B No, I __________.
2 A Are they from Brazil?
B Yes, they __________. They’re Brazilian.
3 I’m sorry, but you __________ smoke here.
4 This is my sister. ________ name is Maria.
5 A ________ he speak Chinese?
B She’s from Beijing. So yes – sure!
6 A Where ________ Mia and Pedro from?
B They’re from the United States.
7 What are we ________ to do this weekend?
8 Last week Mike had a cold, so he ________ go to
school.
9 Anne and Jerry ________ live here in New York
– they live in New Jersey.
10 A Do you know Rachel and Lawrence?
B Yes. I met ________ yesterday. They’re really nice.
11 There ________ any people here at the moment.
12 Are you going ________ travel this summer?
13 ________ there a computer in your house when you
were a child?
14 Do you like my new bag? I bought ________ last
Saturday.
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 NAME CLASS
American
End-of-course Test ENGLISH FILE
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   B Starter

VOCABULARY
4 Check (✓) the words that go with the verb. 6 Write the missing word.
Example: go Example:  Hi – Hello, Bye –  Goodbye
A  to the movies   ■ ✓   B shopping ■
✓ 1 Mexico – Mexican, United States –  ________
C  the radio  ■  
2 seven – seventh, twelve –   ________
1 wear A  shoes  ■  B cell phones ■   3 brother – sister, husband –  ________
C jeans ■  
4 teacher – school, nurse –   ________
2 rent A  a house  ■  B a friend ■  
5 easy – difficult, tall –   ________
C  an apartment  ■  
6 fast – slow, expensive –   ________
3 do A  housework  ■  B shower ■  
C homework ■   7 full – empty, old –  ________
4 listen to A  a photo  ■  B the radio ■   8 woman – women, child –   ________
C music ■   9 Monday – Tuesday, Saturday –   ________
5 make A  chess  ■  B dinner ■   10 inside – outside, upstairs –  ________
C mistakes ■   11 make – made, come –  ________
6 stay A  at home  ■  B at a hotel ■   12 a bus – a bus station, a plane –  ________
C  a movie  ■   13 listen to CDs –  ________ DVDs
7 have A  lunch  ■  B children ■   14 January – February, August –   ________
C basketball ■  
15 know – knew, take –  ________
8 play A  soccer  ■  B the piano ■  
16 spring – fall, summer –  ________
C  a book  ■  
17 tonight – today, last night –   ________
9 take A  a photo  ■  B an umbrella ■  
C  an email  ■   18 cold – hot, dark –  ________
10 drive A  a bus   ■  B a plane ■  C a car ■ 
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Vocabulary total 40
5 Complete the sentences with one word.

have  get  went  last  at  to  on  
in  first  on  listen  on

Example: Sit down, please.

1 Can you come to dinner ________ Saturday?
2 I often ________ to music on Sunday mornings.
3 Joan is ________ the bathroom.
4 January is the ________ month of the year, and
February is the second.
5 Is Sarah ________ work?
6 What time do you go ________ work?
7 Write your name ________ the board.
8 I ________ to the museum with Jill yesterday.
9 We always ________ toast and orange juice for
breakfast.
10 Did you watch the game ________ night?
11 They live ________ the second floor.
12 I usually ________ up at about 8:30.
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 NAME CLASS
American
End-of-course Test ENGLISH FILE
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   B Starter

PRONUNCIATION PRACTICAL ENGLISH

7 Underline the stressed syllable. 9 Check (✓) the correct response.
Example: vo|ca|bu|la|ry Example:  What time is it?
A  It’s six thirty.  ■ ✓   B twenty minutes ■  
1 po|lice|man
C  It’s in the morning.  ■  
2 dan|ge|rous
1 What do you think of it?
3 eigh|teenth
A  It’s OK.  ■  B I don’t think. ■  
4 a|ddress C  I like him.  ■  
5 ex|er|cise 2 How do you spell that?.
6 tra|di|tio|nal A J-A-S-M-I-N-A ■  B I’m Jasmina. ■  
7 chil|dren C  I’m Martinez.  ■  
8 po|ta|toes 3 What’s the date tomorrow?
9 a|ssis|tant A  It’s today.  ■  B It’s August
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re|lax fourteenth.  ■  C It’s in May. ■  
4 Is there a hotel near here?
10 A  No, it isn’t here.  ■  
B  Yes, there’s one on Main Street.  ■  
8 Match the words with the same sounds. C  Yes, you can change money.  ■  
5 How much is that?
be  heard  score  wait  weather  know  
A  thirty miles  ■  B thirty minutes ■  
leave  straight  word  slow  bread  board
C  thirty dollars  ■  
Example: left  weather  bread 6 What kind of coffee is that?
A  It’s a capuccino.  ■  B It’s three fifty. ■  
four 1 _________ 2 _________
C  It’s very hot.  ■  
go 3 _________ 4 _________
7 What time do you get up during the week?
third 5 _________ 6 _________
A  I never do it.  ■  B Usually at six-thirty. ■  
three 7 _________ 8 _________ C  Sometimes I sleep.  ■  
late 9 _________ 10 _________ 8 Have a nice day
A  You too.  ■  B You’re welcome. ■  
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C  Yes, please.  ■  
Pronunciation total 20 9 Did you bring your passport?
A  No, I don’t.  ■  B He is here. ■  
C  Yes, here it is.  ■  
10 What are you going to do after class?
A  I’m going to have lunch.  ■  
B  It’s next to the supermarket.  ■  
C  It’s on the left.  ■  

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Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, and Practical English total 100

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 NAME CLASS
American
End-of-course Test ENGLISH FILE
Reading and Writing   B Starter

READING
1 Read the text and check (✓) Yes or No. 6 Does Jill work in a store now? Yes  ■  No ■
7 Does Emily live with
Teenagers then and now her boyfriend? Yes  ■  No ■
8 Does Emily sometimes
Jill Davies is an accountant. She’s 43, she’s married, she has
two children, and she lives in a small town in the
watch movies?Yes  ■  No ■
northeastern United States. But 25 years ago she was an
9 Does Emily like languages? Yes  ■  No ■
18-year-old teenager. It was the 1980s, and she lived in Los
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Angeles, California.
“I hated being a teenager,” says Jill. “Now, I look back, and I 2 Read the text again and complete the sentences
think, ‘Wow, what a fantastic time!’ but then it was terrible. I below with one word from the text.
didn’t like my hair or my clothes. I thought my dad was great,
but I didn’t like my mom. She told me what to do all the time,
Example:  Today, Jill lives in a town.
but I never listened! I wanted to be cool, but I wasn’t. I didn’t 1 Jill works as an ________ now.
have a boyfriend, and my clothes were terrible. I wore short
2 Jill didn’t have a ________ when she was a teenager.
skirts and tight jeans and a lot of make-up. I listened to New
Romantic pop music – Duran Duran and Boy George were my 3 There weren’t any good ________ when Jill was
favorites – and on the weekend I went out to clubs and didn’t young.
come home until two or three in the morning.” 4 Emily ________ in Modesto, California.
“Today, everybody goes to college when they finish high 5 Emily wears ________.
school, but when I was young, this wasn’t true. My friends 6 Emily downloads ________ from the Internet.
and I finished school at 18, and there weren’t any good jobs. I
worked in a store for three years. I was 21 when I went to
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college and studied to be an accountant.”
Emily Johnson is a student, and she’s going to be 18 next Reading total 15
week. She lives in Modesto, a town near San Francisco,
California, with some friends. Her parents and her younger WRITING
brother live in a house nearby.
Answer the questions and write about your life.
“I like being a teenager,” says Emily. “I have good friends and
MY LIFE
a really nice boyfriend. I don’t go out very often, but I text my
friends all the time or we chat online. On weekdays, I meet • How old are you? If you are a teenager, describe your
my friends in a café near my junior college, or I watch DVDs life now. Where do you live and who with? What do
at my boyfriend’s house. Sometimes we go to a movie you like doing? What do you do on weekends? What
theater on Saturday night. I usually wear comfortable are you going to do next?
clothes – T-shirts and jeans, and I download a lot of music • If you aren’t a teenager, describe your life when you
from the Internet. I love listening to Adele and Coldplay. were 18. Where did you live and who did you live
They’re really cool.” with? What did you like doing? What did you do on
weekends?
“I study Spanish in college, but I’m going to take Chinese
next year. I love languages, and I want to work in different
countries.” Writing total 10

Reading and Writing total 25

Example:  Is Jill married?  Yes  ■
✓   No ■  
1 Does Jill live in a small town now? Yes  ■  No ■
2 Did Jill live in Los Angeles in
the 1980s? Yes  ■  No ■
3 Did Jill like her hair and clothes
when she was 18?  Yes  ■  No ■
4 Did Jill like her mother? Yes  ■  No ■
5 Did Jill listen to music? Yes  ■  No ■

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End-of-course Test ENGLISH FILE
Listening and Speaking   B Starter

LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen to Anna telling Carl about her weekend. Student B
Check (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
1 Ask your partner these questions.
1 Last weekend, Anna …
1 What do you usually do on Saturday evening?
A  stayed home.  ■  
B  went to her friends’ house.  ■ 2 What did you do last Friday?
C  went to a rock festival.  ■   3 What are you going to do next Sunday?
2 Anna's children… 4 What do you like doing in the winter?
A  stayed with her parents.  ■  B stayed with her 5 Where did you go on vacation last summer?
friends.  ■   C  went to a festival.  ■  
3 Anna… 2 Now answer your partner’s questions.
A  likes camping.  ■  B doesn't like camping. ■  
C  stays two nights.  ■   3 Complete the information about your weekends.
4 Anna saw a… Write three activities that you do on a normal
weekend at home. Then write where you went and
A  an Australian band.  ■  
what you did last weekend, and where you’re going
B  A really good African band.  ■  
to go, and what you’re going to do next weekend.
C  a British and Australian band.  ■  
Then answer your partner’s questions about your
5 Anna didn't see… weekends.
A  an American band.  ■  B a British band. ■
C  an African band.  ■   Place Activities

a normal weekend home

5 at home
________
2 Listen to five conversations. Check (✓) A , B, or C
last weekend
to complete the sentences.

1 The man’s last name is spelled…
A G-O-U-D. ■  B G-O-U-L-D. ■   next weekend
C G-O-L-D. ■  
2 Sam bought…

A  a new car.  ■  B a train ticket. ■  

C  a bus ticket.  ■   4 Now ask your partner about his/her weekends.
3 At the party, June didn’t meet…
A  David’s mother.  ■  B David’s father. ■   Speaking total 15

C  Jack's girlfriend.  ■  

Listening and Speaking total 25
4 Rachel works really hard…
A  on the weekends.  ■  
B  from Monday to Friday.  ■  
C  at exercise classes.  ■  
5 There is a room …
A  … with an ocean view.  ■  
B … with a view of the mountains.  ■  
C  … with a shower.  ■
5

Listening total 10

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