NAME

CLASS
American
1  Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation, ENGLISH FILE
and Practical English   B Starter

GRAMMAR 4 Check (✓) the correct answer.

1 Complete the dialogues. Use contractions Example: four + five =
where possible. A  eight   ■  B nine ■
✓   C ten ■  
Example: A Are you Mrs. Jackson? 1 three + two =
B Yes, I am. A five ■  B six ■  C seven ■  
1 A Excuse me. Are you a teacher? 2 seven + three =
B No, I __________. I’m a student. A three ■  B nine ■  C ten ■  
2 A Is he American? 3 nine - seven =
B No, he __________. A two ■  B four ■  C seven ■  
3 A Are you in room number eight? 4 three + five =
B Yes, __________. A one ■  B six ■  C eight ■  
4 A Is she from Brazil? 4

B Yes. She __________.

Vocabulary total 10
5 A __________ I late?
B No, you’re not. PRONUNCIATION
5
5 Match the words with the same sound.
2 Complete the sentences. Use contractions Italy  coffee  Mexico  hello  meet  hi
where possible.
Example: I ’m a student. Example: not coffee

1 I __________ a student. I’m a teacher. 1 no ________

2 Hi. I __________ Diego Luzon. 2 six ________
3 Oh, good! You __________ in my class! 3 five ________
4 Oh, no! I __________ late! 4 ten ________
5 You __________ in room number three. 5 we ________
5 Pronunciation total 5

Grammar total 10

VOCABULARY
3 Write the days of the week in order, following
Sunday, the example.
Example: Sunday
1 M___day
2 _____esday
3 We______day
4 Thu______
5 F______
6 S__t___day
6

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 NAME CLASS
American
1  Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation, ENGLISH FILE
and Practical English   B Starter

PRACTICAL ENGLISH
6 Complete the dialogues with the words
and phrases.

Excuse me
How do you spell that?
page
How do you spell your last name
How do you say
Could you please repeat that

Example: A How do you say “libro” in English?

B Book.
1 A ____________, are you Paul Sutton?
B Yes, I am.
2 Please open your book to _______ 3.
3 A ______________________?
B S-M-I-T-H.
4 A How do you spell hotel?
B H-O-T-E-L.
A ______________________?
B H-O-T-E-L.
5 A My name’s Susannah.
B ______________________?
A S-U-S-A-N-N-A-H

Grammar, Vocabulary, Pronunciation, and Practical English total 30

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 NAME CLASS
American
ENGLISH FILE
1  Reading and Writing   B Starter

READING 3 Oscar is…

1 Read the emails and check (✓) A, B, or C.

A  on vacation  ■  B  in room nine  ■ 
C  in room ten  ■
4 Ana’s last name is…
www.friendsinternational.com Say hello to
A Valencia ■  B Gil ■  C García ■
international friends!
5 Katie’s last name is…
From: Friends International
A Foster ■  B Steel ■  C Gil ■
To: Katie
6 Katie is in…
Subject: New penfriend! A Mexico ■  B Madrid ■  C Chicago ■
Attachment: photo of Oscar 7 Jack is…
Hello Katie! This is your new penfriend in the photo. His first A  from Canada  ■  B  from Spain  ■ 
name is Oscar and his last name is Gil. Have a nice day! C  from the United States  ■
To: Oscar 8 Jack is in…
From: Katie A Chicago ■  B Madrid ■  C Mexico ■
Subject: Hello 9 Katie isn’t…
Attachment: photo of Jack and Katie A  in the United States  ■  B  in Chicago  ■ 
C  in Mexico  ■
Hi! My name’s Katie Steel. I’m from Chicago in the United
States. And this is my boyfriend Jack Foster in the photo. 9
Where are you from, Oscar?
To: Katie
2 Read the emails again and complete the ID cards.
From: Oscar
First name: 1 __________
Subject: Good evening Last name: Gil
Hello Katie! Good evening from Spain. My name’s Oscar Gil. From: 2 __________
I’m in Madrid but I’m not from Spain. I’m from Mexico. I’m
from Puebla and I’m on vacation now in Madrid. My friend in First name: Katie
Spain is Ana García. She’s from Valencia. Where are you? Are Last name: 3 ________
you home in Chicago? Is Jack from the United States?
From: the United States
To: Oscar
From: Katie First name: 4 ________
Subject: Hi again! Last name: García
Yes, I am in Chicago. I’m not on vacation!! And Jack isn’t from From: Spain
the United States. He’s from Canada. It’s late, Oscar. Nice
to meet you! Thank you for the email. Bye! First name: 5 ________
To: Katie Last name: Foster
From: Oscar
From: 6 ________

Subject: Bye! 6
Goodbye, Katie. Nice to meet you.
Reading total 15

Example: Katie is…

A  from Canada  ■  
B  from the United States   ■
✓ 
C  from Spain  ■
1 Oscar is from…
A Spain ■  B  the United States  ■ 
C Mexico ■
2 Ana is from…
A Mexico ■  B Spain ■  C Brazil ■

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 NAME CLASS
American
ENGLISH FILE
1  Reading and Writing   B Starter

WRITING 2 Answer the questions about Tom with

complete sentences.
1 Answer the questions about you with First name: Tom
complete sentences.
Last name: Johnson
Example: Are you from England?
Country: the United States
No, I am not.
1 What’s his first name?
1 Are you a student?
___________________.
___________________.
2 What’s his last name?
2 Are you ten years old?
___________________.
___________________.
3 Where is he from?
3 Are you in English class now?
___________________.
___________________.
4 Is he from Canada?
4 Are you Raymond?
___________________.
___________________.
5 Is he from the United States?
5 Are you in a classroom?
___________________.
___________________.
5
5
Writing total 10

Reading and Writing total 25

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 NAME CLASS
American
ENGLISH FILE
1  Listening and Speaking   B Starter

LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen to Dan and Jenny talking to the receptionist. 1 Answer your partner’s questions about you.
Check (✓) the correct information.
2 Now ask your partner these questions.
Name:
1 What’s your first name?
1 A Dan Hughes  ■   B Dan Howes  ■ 2 How do you spell it?
Country: 3 What’s your last name?
2 A Canada  ■   B the United States  ■ 4 How do you spell it?
Room: 5 Where are you from?
3 A four  ■   B five  ■
3 Your partner has information about a famous
Name: person. Ask your partner these questions.
4 A Jenny Kerr  ■   B Jenny Carr  ■  
What / his first name?
City:
5 A Chicago  ■   B New York  ■   What / his last name?

5
How / spell it?
Where / he from?
2 Listen to five conversations. Check (✓) the 4 Read the information about a different famous
correct answer. person and answer your partner’s questions.
1 Her name is… Adele Adkins
A Rachel Wells  ■   B Rachel Walls  ■   England
2 Paul is in room… Speaking total 15
A three  ■   B four  ■   Listening and Speaking total 25
3 Anna is from…
A Brazil  ■   B Spain  ■  
4 Carla is from…
A Seattle  ■   B Chicago  ■  
5 Go to page…
A eight  ■   B ten  ■  
5

Listening total 10

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