NAME

CLASS
American
End-of-course Test
Answer Key   A ENGLISH FILE  1

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation Vocabulary

GRAMMAR 4 1 dirty
2 umbrella
1 1 can’t 3 wallet
2 It 4 newspaper
3 aren’t 5 empty
4 much / any 6 bus
5 an 7 sandwich
6 Does 8 radio
7 than 9 pen
8 wouldn’t 10 books
9 on
10 thirty
5 1 C
11 There
2 A
12 ago
3 B
13 ever
4 C
14 didn’t
5 C
15 lot
6 B
16 the
7 A
8 A
2 1 any 9 C
2 a dentist 10 B
3 a lot of
4 an excellent meal
6 1 Friday
5 carefully
2 forty
6 on
3 September
7 I always have
4 winter
8 Let’s go
5 fifth
9 getting up
6 a / one thousand
10 to study
7 1 short
3 1 haven’t been / ’ve not been 2 hospital
2 didn’t ask
3 chef / cook
3 Is … going to travel
4 scissors
4 wasn’t
5 pharmacy
5 bought
6 magazines
6 isn’t listening
7 card
7 ’m going to start
8 call
8 was
9 turn
9 Have … broken
10 travels
10 do … go
11 make
11 wrote
12 drive
12 were
13 wake
13 ’s studying
14 granddaughter
14 doesn’t like

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 NAME CLASS
American
End-of-course Test
Answer Key   A ENGLISH FILE  1

Pronunciation Listening and Speaking

8 1 piece / people Listening
2 people / piece
3 thought / hot 1 1 C
4 hot / thought 2 B
5 tissue / juice 3 A
6 juice / tissue 4 B
7 slow / spoke 5 C
8 spoke / slow
9 spell / breakfast 2 1 B
10 breakfast / spell 2 E
3 A
9 1 opposite 4 C
2 supermarket 5 D
3 vegetables
4 engineer
5 healthy Speaking
6 tomatoes Interactive communication and oral production:
7 beautiful The student communicates effectively with his / her
8 chocolate partner, asking and answering simple questions, and
9 behind where necessary initiating conversation and responding.
10 understand The student uses appropriate strategies to complete the
task successfully. (5 points)
Grammar and Vocabulary: The student uses
Reading and Writing a sufficient range of vocabulary and structure to
communicate clearly. Minor occasional errors do not
Reading impede communication. (5 points)
1 1 B Pronunciation: The student’s intonation, stress, and
2 B articulation of sounds make the message clear and
3 A comprehensible. (5 points)
4 B
5 A
6 C
7 B
8 B
9 C
10 B

2 1 Every year.
2 He has traveled to many Canadian cities.
3 They aren’t too cold.
4 Yes, there are.
5 There’s an incredible mix of nationalities.

Writing
Student’s own answers.
Task completion: The task is fully completed and the
answer is easy to understand. (4 points)
Grammar: The student uses appropriate structures
to achieve the task. Minor errors do not obscure the
meaning. (3 points)
Vocabulary: The student uses a sufficient range of
words and phrases to communicate the message clearly.
(3 points)

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 NAME CLASS
American
End-of-course Test
Answer Key   B ENGLISH FILE  1

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation Vocabulary

Grammar 4 1 chef / cook

2 pharmacy
1 1 an exciting soccer game 3 travels
2 to study 4 short
3 works 5 turn
4 carefully 6 magazines
5 always have 7 card
6 any 8 granddaughter
7 on 9 scissors
8 getting up 10 drive
9 Let’s go 11 make
10 a lot of 12 walks
13 hospital
2 1 didn’t ask 14 wake
2 wrote
3 are / ’re going to start 5 1 winter
4 bought 2 a / one thousand
5 were 3 fifth
6 is / ’s studying 4 September
7 haven’t been 5 Friday
8 have 6 forty
9 Have … broken
10 Is … going to work
6 1 B
11 do … travel
2 A
12 was
3 C
13 doesn’t like
4 C
14 isn’t listening
5 A
6 A
3 1 on 7 B
2 Does 8 B
3 the 9 B
4 It 10 A
5 wouldn’t
6 ago
7 1 books
7 any / much
2 dirty
8 than
3 sandwich
9 Are
4 pen
10 past
5 newspaper
11 an
6 wallet
12 didn’t
7 umbrella
13 ever
8 empty
14 There
9 radio
15 aren’t
10 bus
16 lot

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American
End-of-course Test
Answer Key   B ENGLISH FILE  1

Pronunciation Writing
8 1 chocolate Student’s own answers.
2 tomatoes Task completion: The task is fully completed and the
3 healthy answer is easy to understand. (4 points)
4 supermarket Grammar: The student uses appropriate structures
5 opposite to achieve the task. Minor errors do not obscure the
6 understand meaning. (3 points)
7 beautiful Vocabulary: The student uses a sufficient range of
8 vegetables words and phrases to communicate the message clearly.
9 engineer (3 points)
10 behind

9 1 juice / tissue Listening and Speaking

2 tissue / juice
Listening
3 hot / thought
4 thought / hot 1 1 A
5 slow / spoke 2 C
6 spoke / slow 3 A
7 friend / spell 4 B
8 spell / friend 5 B
9 people / piece
10 piece / people 2 1 C
2 A
3 E
Reading and Writing 4 D
5 B
Reading
1 1 A
2 B Speaking
3 B Interactive communication and oral production:
4 A The student communicates effectively with his / her
5 A partner, asking and answering simple questions, and
6 C where necessary initiating conversation and responding.
7 A The student uses appropriate strategies to complete the
8 C task successfully. (5 points)
9 C Grammar and Vocabulary: The student uses
10 A a sufficient range of vocabulary and structure to
communicate clearly. Minor occasional errors do not
2 1 He’s an engineer. impede communication. (5 points)
2 They aren’t too hot and it rains a lot. Pronunciation: The student’s intonation, stress, and
3 Because the gardens and parks are always green and articulation of sounds make the message clear and
fresh. comprehensible. (5 points)
4 Every day.
5 The incredible mix of nationalities.

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