Student Name

EMPOWER 2nd Edition

A1 PROGRESS TEST

Test 2

Time 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
Do not open this question paper until you are told to do so.
Read the instructions for each part of the paper carefully.
Answer all the questions. Write your answers on the question paper.

INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS

There are five parts to the test.
Part 1 is a listening part.
All questions carry one mark.
There are 30 questions.

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 Part 1

Questions 1 – 6

You will hear six short sentences. For each one, choose the best reply.
You will hear each sentence twice.

1 A Can you spell that?

B Is it a big city?
C Are they British?

2 A I’m fine, thanks.

B It’s 6, New Street.
C He’s wrong.

3 A It’s my number, thanks.

B It’s 12, High Street.
C It’s 07844 012145.

4 A I’m British.
B Nice to meet you.
C It’s Jackson.

5 A 15, Station Street.

B sarahbrown@friend.com.
C I’m fine, thank you.

6 A taylor@busy.com
B T-A-Y-L-O-R
C 07355 687091

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Questions 7 – 12

Read the sentences about people, things and places. What are the missing words?
The first letter is already there. There is one space for each other letter in the word.

For questions 7 – 12, write the words.

7 Your friend isn’t sad – she’s h _ _ _ _ !

8 This isn’t the right phone number for Jack – it’s the w _ _ _ _ number.

9 Is English an e _ _ _ language or is it difficult?

10 It’s a n _ _ umbrella, not an old one.

11 My home is in a big city, but your home is in a s _ _ _ _ village.

12 His newspaper isn’t boring – it’s i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

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Questions 13 – 18

Choose the word to match the number.

For questions 13 – 18, write the correct word, A – G.

13 ………… A twelve

B thirty

C eleven
14 …………

D sixty

E fifty

15 …………
F sixteen

G nineteen

16 …………

17 …………

18 …………

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Questions 19 – 24

Read the conversation in a student café between Luke and Gabi.

Choose the correct answer (A, B or C) for each space.

Nice to meet you

Luke Hello, I’m Luke.

Gabi Nice to meet you, Luke. I’m Gabi.
Luke Where are you from?
Gabi From Italy.
Luke The (19) ………… in Italy are beautiful.
Gabi Yes. (20) ………… old and interesting. My home is in Ravello. That’s where I live.
Luke Great! I have an Italian friend at school. He’s from Ravello too! (21) ………… name’s
Marco. What’s your address?
Gabi I have two (22) ………… ! One address is with my parents. (23) ………… house is in a
beautiful part of Ravello.
Luke And do you have an address in the UK?
Gabi Yes, in Harlow. It’s a small town near London.
Luke Oh, yes. The (24) ………… there are big.
Gabi Yes. I have four rooms. My friend, Anna, and her two boys have two of the rooms.
Where’s your home, Luke? Is it in London?
Luke No, in Harlow!
Gabi Oh!

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19 A cities B city C city’s

20 A He’s B They’re C Are they

21 A His B Her C Our

22 A address B addresses C addresses’

23 A Her B Your C Their

24 A house B houses C house’s

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Questions 25 – 30

Read the sentences about things and places.

Choose the best answer (A, B or C) for each space.

25 The old books ............ boring – they’re good.

A isn’t B aren’t C are they

26 My parents are from Mexico City and this is a picture of ............ flat.

A his B your C their

27 ............ a new hotel?

A It is B Are they C Is it

28 Do you have three ............ for our water?

A glasses B glasses’ C glass

29 Where are our ............ to Barcelona?

A ticket B tickets C ticket’s

30 My friends are from different ............ : Spain, Brazil and China.

A countries B country’s C country