SPEAKOUT starter Achievement Test 1 (Units 1-2) Second part

Reading
12 Read the article and underline the correct answer, a) or b).
Hotel Royale
Hotel Royale is only fifteen minutes from the business centre of the city. It’s a modern hotel – just ten years old. The rooms aren’t
beautiful but they are big.
The managers – husband and wife, Pierre and Lucille – are Canadian. They are both twenty-nine years old. Hotel Royale is a hotel and
a restaurant, too. Our cook is French and her food is fantastic!

The Park Hotel

The beautiful Park Hotel is seventy-five years old and it’s right in the city centre.
It’s a family business. Sixty-two-year-old manager Ferdinand says, ‘My daughter is the receptionist and her husband is the cook.’
The rooms at the Park Hotel aren’t big, but it’s the perfect place for a friendly stay.

1 It isn’t an old hotel.

a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale
2 The cook is French.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale
3 It’s a beautiful place.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale
4 It’s ten years old.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale
5 It’s in the city centre.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale
6 The managers are twenty-nine years old.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale

13 Read the article again. Underline True (T) or False (F).

1 The Hotel Royale is fifty minutes from
the centre for business in the city. T/F
2 The Hotel Royale doesn’t have very
big rooms. T/F
3 The Hotel Royale’s cook and
receptionist are husband and wife. T/F
4 The Park Hotel is sixty-two years old. T/F
5 Ferdinand is the manager of the
Park Hotel. T/F
6 The Park Hotel is a friendly place. T/F

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Writing
14 Rewrite the text message with capital letters and contractions (e.g. we’re, they’re).
hi, i am natasha. i am from russia.
Hi, I’m Natasha. I’m from Russia.

hi, pedro. we are in england. it is not hot here!

what is your address? yukiko
                                                                      
Hi, Pedro. We’re in England. It’s not hot here!
What’s your address? Yukiko                                               
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      

15 Write a personal introduction for a class blog. Write about your name, nationality, job, city, country and languages. Write
50-70 words.

    Hi, I’m Alan Lopez. I’m Argentinian and a music student at UADER University.

 I’m from Paraná, the capital city of Entre Rios, in Argentina.

Paraná is a small and nice city with a beautiful park and a big river.

Argentina is a very big and pretty country.

I speak Spanish and English. I love French but I don't speak.

                                                                    
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                     
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      
                                                                      

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