NAME CLASS

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

GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences with one word. 3 Complete the text with the correct form of the
verb in parentheses. Use the simple present or
Example: A Are you Simon?
simple past.
B Yes, I am.
Today, Caroline James lives (live) in a big house in the
1 A Where __________ Sally from? countryside. She 1 ________ (have) a husband,and, two
B She’s from Korea. children, and a cat, and she 2 ________ (work)k) at home.
hom
2 A Are they Spanish? She 3 ________ (not like) her job, but
ut the money
ey is goo
good.

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B No, they __________. They’re Mexican. Twenty years ago, when she 4 ________
_______
__ (be) a student,
3 This is my brother. __________ name is Paul. she 5 ________ (not be) rich and she
6 ________ (not have) a job.
b. She 7 ________ (study)
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4 Jerry __________ live here in New York – he lives in
New Jersey. d she 8 ________ (live) w
Spanish in college, and with th
three
other students in an rtment in a big city.
n apartment
5 A __________ she speak Spanish?
B She's from Argentina. So yes – sure! 8

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6 I’m sorry, but you __________ park here.
7 A Were they late? Grammar total 30
B No, they __________.
8 What are you __________ to do tomorrow?
9 Last week Sandra had a cold, so she __________ go
to school.
10 There __________ any people here at the moment.
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11 __________ there a TV in your bedroom when you
were a child?
12 A Do you know Rachel?
B Yes. I met __________ yesterday. She’s nice.
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13 Do you like my new shoes? I bought

ght __________
________ last
Saturday.
14 Are you going ___________ travel
el alone?
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2 Underline the correct

orrect form.
form
Example: There
here were
ere / ’s / was 20
20,000 p
people at the
football
ball mat
match.
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1 I don’t / ’m not / amn’t

amn hot.
2 Where
re is Sophie’s / Sophie sister?
i Sophies / Sophi
3 She gi / a girl tall.
She’s tall girl / a tall girl
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4 A Like you / You d

Like yo do like / Do you like fast food?
B No, I don’t.
do
5 I st art work usually / start usually work /
start
tar
usually start
us s work at eight o’clock.
6 Can y
you / You can / Do you can ski?
7 Graham told we / us told / told us that he had a
new job.
8 I like to playing / playing / play the piano.

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

VOCABULARY
4 Write the missing word. 9 listen to A a photo ■ B the radio ■
C music ■
Example: Hi – Hello, Bye – Goodbye
10 drive A a bus ■ B a plane ■ C a car ■
1 seven – seventh, twelve – ________
10
2 Mexico – Mexican, United States – ________
3 brother – sister, husband – ________
6 Complete the sentences with one
ne word.

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4 fast – slow, expensive – ________
5 easy – difficult, tall – ________ went to in last on third
ird
6 woman – women, child – ________ on at to read has get

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7 full – empty, old – ________
Example: Sit down, please..
8 teacher – school, nurse – ________
1 Go ________
_ page 12, please.
9 Monday – Tuesday, Saturday – ________
2 John is ________
__ bed.
_______ bed.
10 listen to CDs – ________ DVDs

en
3 March the year, and April
h is the ________ month of th
11 inside – outside, upstairs – ________
is the
he fourth.
urth
12 cold – hot, dark – ________
4 Is Maryy ________ work?
wor
13 spring – fall, summer – ________
often ________ the newspaper
5 I often new on Sunday
14 a bus – a bus station, a plane – ________
15 January – February, August – ________
16 make – made, come – ________
ec mornings
mornings.
6 I ________
_______ to the gym with Dave yesterday.
7 Jack always
al ________ toast and orange juice for
__
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17 know – knew, take – ________ break
breakfast.
18 tonight – today, last night – ________ Whatt time
8 Wha t do you go ________ bed?

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9 Can
Ca you come to dinner ________ Sunday?
10 She lives ________ the second floor.
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5 Check (✓) the words that go with the verb.

ver 11 I usually ________ up at about 6:30.
12 Did you watch the game ________ night?
Example: go
es ■
A to the movies shoppin ■
✓ B shopping ✓ 12
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o ■
C the radio
Vocabulary total 40
1 do A housework
usework
rk ■ B shower
show ■
C homework ■
2 take ph to ■ B an
A a photo a umbrella
umbr ■
emaill ■
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C an
n emai
3 make chess ■ B dinner
A chess din ■
mist ak ■
C mistakes
istakes
4 have
have A lunch
lu ■ B children ■
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basketball
C bask
ba etb ■
5 rent
rent house ■ B a friend
A a ho ■
a apartment ■
C an
6 play
plaa A soccer ■ B the piano ■
C a book ■
7 wear A shoes ■ B cell phones ■
C jeans ■
8 stay A at home ■ B at a hotel ■
C a movie ■

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 NAME CLASS
American
End-of-course Test
ENGLISH FILE
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation A 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 chil|dren
C It’s in the morning. ■
2 dan|ge|rous
1 Have a nice day.
3 a|ddress
A You too. ■ B You’re welcome.
ome. ■

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4 tra|di|tio|nal C Yes, please. ■
5 po|ta|toes 2 What’s the date today?
6 eigh|teenth A It’s tomorrow. ■ B It’s ’s August

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7 a|ssis|tant fourteenth. ■ C It’ss in May. ■
8 po|lice|man 3 What kind of coffee
ffee iss that?
9 ex|er|cise A It’s a double e. ■ B It’s three
ble latte. th fifty.
fif ■
10 re|lax ry hot. ■
C It’s very

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4 How much is that?
10 ty miles. ■ B Thirty minutes.
A Thirt
Thirty ■
rtyy dollars. ■
C Thirty
Thirt
8 Match the words with the same sounds. What time do you
5 What yo get up during the week?
be heard score wait weather know
leave straight word slow bread board ec never do it. ■ B Usually at eight. ■
A I never
C Sometimes
Somet
6 How do
do you
I sleep.
sle
spell that?.
y sp
■
L- -P-E ■ B It’s Maria. ■
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Example: left weather bread A L-O-P-E-S
L-O
Lopes. ■
C I’m L
four 1 _________ 2 _________
7 Did you bring your passport?
go 3 _________ 4 _________
A No, I don’t. ■ B He is here. ■
third 5 _________ 6 _________
___
C It’s in my bag. ■
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three 7 _________ 8 _________

______
8 What do you think of it?
late 9 _________ 10 _________
____ A It’s awful. ■ B I don’t think. ■
C I like him. ■
10
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9 Is there a bank near here?

Pronunciation total
Pronunciat 20 A No, it isn’t here. ■
B Yes, there’s one on Hope Street. ■
C Yes, you can change money. ■
10 What are you going to do tomorrow?
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A It depends on the weather. ■

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
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ENGLISH FILE
Reading and Writing A Starter

READING
1 Read the text and check (✓) Yes or No. 8 Does Emily often go out on weekends?
Yes ■ No ■
9 Is she in college now?
Teenagers then and now Yes ■ No ■
Jill Davies is an accountant. She’s 43, she’s married, she has 9
two children, and she lives in a small town in the
northeastern United States. But 25 years ago she was an

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18-year-old teenager. It was the 1980s, and she lived in Los 2 Read the text again and complete
lete the
he sentences

e.i
Angeles, California. below with one word from the text.
xt.
“I hated being a teenager,” says Jill. “Now, I look back, and I Example: Today, Jill livess in a town.
town
own.
think, ‘Wow, what a fantastic time!’ but then it was terrible. I
didn’t like my hair or my clothes. I thought my dad was great, 1 Jill never listened to her ________
________.

ntr
but I didn’t like my mom. She told me what to do all the time, 2 Jill often went to ________
______ on weekends.
weeke
but I never listened! I wanted to be cool, but I wasn’t. I didn’t 3 Jill’s ________
____ finished
shed school when
wh ththey were 18.
have a boyfriend, and my clothes were terrible. I wore short
4 Jill started udying accounting
rted studying accountin in ________
_ when
skirts and tight jeans and a lot of make-up. I listened to New
she was 21.1

ce
Romantic pop music – Duran Duran and Boy George were my
favorites – and on the weekend I went out to clubs and didn’t 5 Emily o
often
ften watches D
DVDs w
with her ________.
come home until two or three in the morning.” 6 Emily wants
wants to study
s ________ in college.
___
“Today, everybody goes to college when they finish high 6
school, but when I was young, this wasn’t true. My friends
ge
and I finished school at 18, and there weren’t any good jobs. I Reading total 15
worked in a store for three years. I was 21 when I went to
college and studied to be an accountant.”
WRITING
ua
Emily Johnson is a student, and she’s going to be 18 next
o,
week. She lives in Modesto, a town near San Francisco, Answe the questions and write about your life.
Answer
er younger
California, with some friends. Her parents and her MY LIFE
brother live in a house nearby.
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ry often, but I text my
a really nice boyfriend. I don’t go out very you like doing? What do you do on weekends? What
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friends all the time or we chat online.
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metimes we go to a movie
at my boyfriend’s house. Sometimes were 18. Where did you live and who did you live
ght. I usually wear c
theater on Saturday night. comfortable with? What did you like doing? What did you do on
eans, and I download
clothes – T-shirts and jeans, dow a lot of music weekends?
from the Internet. I love listening to Adele and Coldplay.
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Writing total 10
They’re really cool.”
panish in college, b
“I study Spanish but I’m going to take Chinese Reading and Writing total 25
language and I want to work in different
next year. I love languages,
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ntries.”
countries.”

married? Yes ■
Example Is Jill m
Example: ✓ No ■
1 Does
Do Jill
Jill have any children? Yes ■ No ■
2 Does
oes Jill live in Los Angeles now? Yes ■ No ■
3 Was Jill happy when she was 18? Yes ■ No ■
4 Did Jill like her father? Yes ■ No ■
5 Did Jill have a boyfriend? Yes ■ No ■
6 Did Jill go to college? Yes ■ No ■
7 Does Emily live with her parents? Yes ■ No ■
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American
End-of-course Test
ENGLISH FILE
Listening and Speaking A Starter

LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen to Anna telling Carl about her weekend. Student A
Check (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
1 Ask your partner these questions.
1 On weekends, Anna usually…
1 What do you usually do on Saturday evening?
A goes to festivals. ■
B goes to her parents’ house. ■ 2 What did you do last Friday?
C stays at home. ■ 3 What are you going to do next Sunday?
2 Anna went to the rock festival with… inter?
4 What do you like doing in the winter?

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A her husband. ■ B her friends. ■ 5 Where did you go on vacation
on lastt summ
summer?
C her parents. ■
2 Now answer your partner’s
tner’s
er’s questions.
question

tre
3 On Sunday…
A the bands were great. ■ B Anna was tired. ■
C it was hot and sunny. ■ 3 Complete the information ation about your
formation yo weekends.
week
4 Anna was at the festival from… Write three activities
ctivities normal
es that you do on a no
weekend att home.
me. Then write wh where you
y went and
A …Friday evening to Sunday afternoon. ■

en
what you u did last
ast weekend, and where you’re going
an whe
B …Saturday morning to Sunday evening. ■
to go, and what you’re going
goin to do
d next weekend.
C …Saturday afternoon to Sunday morning. ■
Then
hen answer
swer your part
partner’s qquestions about your
5 Anna saw… weekends. s.
A an American band. ■ B an Australian band. ■
ec
C an African band. ■

5
a normal weekend
at home
eek
Place

home
Activities

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2 Listen to five conversations. Check (✓) A , B, or C
last
ast weekend
week
to complete the sentences.
1 The man’s name is…
A Brian Goud. ■ B Bryan Gould.
uld. ■
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next weekend
C Bryn Gold. ■
2 Sam is going to get to the airport
port by…
A car. ■ B train. ■ C bus. ■
3 At the party, June met…
t… 4 Now ask your partner about his/her weekends.
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A David’s mother. r. ■ B David’s fa

father. ■
friend. ■
C David’s girlfriend. Speaking total 15

4 On weekends,
ds, Rachel
achel likes… Listening and Speaking total 25
A goingg out. ■ B cooking.
okin ■
oing exercise. ■
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C doing
5 There
here aree no rooms …
A … with an ocean vi ew. ■
view.
off the mountains.
B … with a vview o ■
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C … with a TV.

Listening total 10

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