Motivate!

1 Progress Test Standard

Name: __________________________________________________ Result: __/100

Vocabulary

1 Look at the pictures and write the country and the nationality.

1 S______________ 2 C______________ 3 C______________ 4 t______________

S______________ C______________ C______________ B______________

5 A______________ 6 M______________ 7 t______________

A______________ M______________ A______________
Score __/7

2 Complete the sentences with the country or the nationality.

1 Thierry Henry is from France. He’s ______________ .

2 Tintin is from Belgium. He’s ______________ .
3 Shakira is from ______________ .She’s Colombian.
4 Quito is in Ecuador. It’s the ______________ capital city.
5 Javier Hernández is from Mexico. He’s ______________ .
6 Manga comics are from ______________ .They’re Japanese.
7 Bucharest is in ______________ .It’s the Romanian capital city.
Score __/7

3 Complete the table with family words.

female male both

mum 1 ______________ parents
2 ______________ granddad 3 ______________
aunt 4 ______________
5 ______________ brother
cousin 6 ______________
Score __/6

Grammar

4 Complete the sentences with the affirmative form of be.

1 You ______________ from Romania.

2 I ______________ from the French capital.
3 My uncle ______________ 37 years old.
4 We ______________ in the Scouts.
5 Asterix and Tintin ______________ cartoon characters.
6 It ______________ my brother’s comic book.
Score __/6

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5 Rewrite the sentences in the negative form.

1 He’s a character in a manga comic.

____________________________________________________________
2 You’re my favourite relative.
____________________________________________________________
3 We’re from the capital of Ecuador.
____________________________________________________________
4 I’m from Germany.
____________________________________________________________
5 She’s a heavy metal fan.
____________________________________________________________
6 They’re my best friends.
____________________________________________________________
Score __/6

6 Complete the sentences with the correct subject pronoun or possessive adjective.

1 I’m Lisa and ______________ favourite subject is English.

2 This is Diego. ______________’s 12.
3 Gina, what’s ______________ favourite comic?
4 We’re in class 5A and Miss Walker is ______________ teacher.
5 This is Monique. ______________’s from Belgium.
6 Ana and Lupe aren’t French. ______________’re from Spain.
Score __/6

7 Write questions with the present simple of be. Then complete the short answers.

1 you / 14 ?
____________________________________________________________ ?
Yes, ____________________ .
2 your uncle / a teacher ?
____________________________________________________________ ?
No, ____________________ .
3 your grandparents / from Cairo ?
____________________________________________________________ ?
Yes, ____________________ .
4 basketball / your favourite sport ?
____________________________________________________________ ?
No, ____________________ .
Score __/8

8 Complete the questions with question words.

1 __________ is Tangier? It’s in Morocco.

2 __________ do you spell your name? It’s U-R-O-Z.
3 __________ is Miss Clinton? She’s my teacher.
4 __________ is your birthday? It’s on 11th February.
Score __/4

Reading

9 Read the text and circle T (true) or F (false).

Hi. My name’s Spike. My birthday is 25th October and I’m 11. Spike isn’t my real
name. It’s my nickname. My real name is Harry. I’m from New York. It isn’t the capital
of the USA. Washington DC is the capital. My best friend’s name is Crockett. Crockett
isn’t a nickname. It’s his real name! It’s cool! We’re in the same class at school. Our

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 favourite sport is basketball and our favourite band is Metallica. It’s a heavy metal
band. My sister’s name is Josie. She’s 8. She isn’t a fan of Metallica. Josie’s favourite
singer is Selena Gomez. She’s also in a popular American TV series. Her name in
the TV programme is Alex Russo. This programme isn’t just popular in the USA. It’s
popular all over the world, but in my opinion it’s for girls. It isn’t for boys!

1 Spike is a baby. T/F

2 He’s from the capital city of the USA. T/F
3 Crockett isn’t one of Spike’s classmates. T/F
4 Josie isn’t a girl. T/F
5 Alex Russo isn’t Spike’s favourite character. T/F
Score __/10

10 Read the text again and answer the questions.

1 When is Spike’s birthday?

____________________________________________________________
2 Who is Crockett?
____________________________________________________________
3 What is Spike and Crockett’s favourite type of music?
____________________________________________________________
4 Who is Spike’s sister’s favourite singer?
____________________________________________________________
5 Where is the TV programme popular?
____________________________________________________________
Score __/10

Writing

11 Rewrite the personal profile using capital letters.

my name’s miranda and i’m from toronto in canada. my brother’s name is jack. our
birthday is 6th november and we’re 15. we’re twins! jack’s my favourite relative and
bart simpson is my favourite cartoon character. he’s from springfield in the usa. his dad
is homer and he’s very funny.

__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
Score __/10

Listening

12 Listen and circle the correct answers.

1 The dialogue is at a ____

a) swimming club. b) summer school.
2 Mr Andrews is a ____
a) classmate. b) teacher.
3 Mr Andrews is a fan of the girl’s ____
a) country. b) name.
4 Mr Andrews asks for the girl’s ____

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 a) age. b) favourite comic.
5 The girl is in ____
a) Class 9. b) Class 5.
Score __/5

13 Listen again and answer the questions.

1 What’s the girl’s first name?

____________________________________________________________
2 Where is she from?
____________________________________________________________
3 What’s the girl’s surname?
____________________________________________________________
4 How old is she?
____________________________________________________________
5 What’s her nickname?
____________________________________________________________
Score __/5

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Speaking

14 Ask and answer questions and give personal information.

STUDENT A

a) Ask Student B questions and complete the table below with his / her personal information.

Student B
Name
Age
Country

b) Now listen to Student B’s questions and answer him / her using the information in the table
below.

You
Name Ben / Sara
Age 12
Country Belgium

Score __/10

Vocabulary __/20
Grammar __/30
Reading __/20
Writing __/10
Listening __/10
Speaking __/10
TOTAL __/100

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Speaking

14 Ask and answer questions and give personal information.

STUDENT B

a) Listen to Student A’s questions and answer using the information in the table below.

You

Name Richard / Laura

Age 13

Country the USA

b) Now ask Student A questions and complete the table below with his / her personal information.

Student A

Name

Age

Country

Score __/10

Vocabulary __/20
Grammar __/30
Reading __/20
Writing __/10
Listening __/10
Speaking __/10
TOTAL __/100

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