Starter Achievement test 1 (Units 1–2)

Listening Grammar
1 Recording 1 Listen to three conversations and 3 Underline the correct alternative.
underline the correct answer, a, b or c.
1 Hello, I B Sarah.
1 Carla is from b . a) ’re b) ’m
a) Austria 2 Where B Bill from?
b) Australia a) are b) is
c) Spain 3 Harry B English. He’s from the USA.
2 Carla and Jorge are B . a) aren’t b) isn’t
a) students 4 A: Are you an engineer?
b) from Sydney B: Yes, I B .
c) in Spain a) ’m from b) am
3 Jack is from A . 5 A: Are you from Argentina?
a) America B: No, I A .
b) Canada a) ’m not b) aren’t
c) the UK 6 B a good university?
4 Jack is B . a) Is it b) It is
a) at a conference 7 What B your name?
b) on holiday a) ’m b) ’s
c) at university 8 We B in Rome on holiday.
5 Lucia is from B . a) ’s b) ’re
a) Spain 9 We’re from Brazil. We B from Portugal.
b) Brazil a) ’m not b) aren’t
c) France 10 A: Is it OK?
6 Nick is A . B: Yes, it A .
a) an engineer a) is b) ’s
b) a student 11 A: Are Jan and Alex waiters?
c) a teacher B: Yes, B .
a) are b) they are
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2 Recording 2 Listen and write true (T) or false

(F). 4 Write the questions for the answers. Use the
prompts.
1 The photos are of Liz’s family. T
2 Jane is Liz’s sister. T 1 A: Are you happy?
3 Liz is twenty-eight. F (you / happy?)
4 The man in the photo is Liz’s husband. F B: Yes, I am.
5 Sasha is an actor. F
6 Sasha is Italian. F
7 Sasha isn’t from Moscow. T
8 Lucas and Toby are Liz’s sons. T 2 A: Is he a waiter?
9 Lucas is twenty-three. T (he / a waiter?)
10 Toby is a student at university. T
11 Lucas is a waiter in a hotel. F

10 B: Yes, he is.
3 A Are you teachers?
(you / teachers?)
B: No, we aren’t.
4 A: is it a big city?
(it / a big city?)
B: No, it isn’t.
5 A: where is she from?
(where / she from?)
B: She’s from Australia.
6 A: where are they from?
(where / they from?)

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B: They’re from Spain.

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5 Complete the sentences with the words in the 9 Correct the spelling mistakes.
box.
1 Itale Italy 4 ninty Ninety
Her Its my Our their your 2 twelfe Twuelve 5 Germen Germany
3 Bejing Baijing 6 Austrailia Australia
1 What’s your surname, please?
2 We’re brothers. Our mother is an engineer. 5
3 Helen and Marty are hotel managers and their
two sons are cooks.
4 Hello, My name’s Fran. Nice to meet you. Function
5 This is our hotel. Our rooms are very nice.
6 Amy is an actor. Her husband is a singer. 10 Complete the conversation with the words in
the box.
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as at dot first phone surname

A: Hello. I’m here for the dance class.

Vocabulary B: OK. What’s your 1 surname , please?
A: It’s Alton.
6 Add one word from the box to each group.
B: A-l-t-o-n?
actor Germany hungry A: Yes.
London son thirty B: And your 2 first name?
A: Karen.
1 Berlin Rome Moscow London B: Is it K-a-r-i-n?
2 father daughter sister Son A: No, it’s e-n, 3 ´n in ‘England’.
3 singer teacher waiter Actor B: OK. And what’s your 4-phone number, please?
4 eleven fifty nineteen Thirty A: 0348 92276.
5 bored tired hot Hungry B: And your email address?
6 Spain Poland China Germany A: It’s kalton 5 at (@) yahoo 6 dot (.) com.

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7 Cross out the wrong word in each group. 11 Complete the words in the conversations.
1 Beijing / Ankara / Korea / Berlin 1 A: I’m cold.
2 doctor / son / taxi driver / businesswoman B: OK. Let’s go 1i n s i d e for five minutes.
3 mother / daughter / wife / student A: Good 2idea!
4 sixteen / thirsty / thirty / twenty-two 2 A: I’m 3Hungry! Let’s 4eat something.
5 Brazil / Australia / Brasilia / Ireland B: Yeah, OK.
6 hot / forty / hungry / tired 3 A: 5Are you, OK?
B: No, I’m not!
5 A: What’s the 6Problem?
B: I’m hot.
A: Let’s 7stay for ten minutes.
8 Underline the correct alternative. B: Great!
1 I’m a teacher/waiter in a restaurant. 4 A: I’m tired.
2 A: Is Tom a doctor? B: Me 8Too
B: No, he’s a businesswoman/businessman. A: Let’s have a 9beer.
3 Diana and Emma aren’t sisters. They are mother B: Yes. Let’s go to a café.
and daughter/son. A: OK, 10where?
4 A: Where are you from? B: Erm … that Italian café?
B: I’m from USA/the USA. A: Yes, let’s 11Have a coffee.
5 100 is a hundred/hundred.
6 Will is Lin and Mia’s brother. Lin and Mia are 10
sisters/sons.

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Reading Writing
12 Read the article and underline the correct 14 Rewrite the text message with capital letters
answer, a) or b). and contractions (e.g. we’re, they’re).
Hotel Royale hi, i am natasha. i am from russia.
Hotel Royale is only fifteen minutes from the Hi, I’m Natasha. I’m from Russia.
business centre of the city. It’s a modern hotel – just
ten years old. The rooms aren’t beautiful but they hi, pedro. we are in england. it is not hot here!
are big. what is your address? yukiko
The managers – husband and wife, Pierre and Hi Pedro. We´re in from Russia
Lucille – are Canadian. They are both twenty-nine What´s your address?
years old. Hotel Royale is a hotel and a restaurant,
too. Our cook is French and her food is fantastic!
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The Park Hotel
The beautiful Park Hotel is seventy-five years old
15 Write a personal introduction for a class blog.
and it’s right in the city centre.
Write about your name, nationality, job, city,
It’s a family business. Sixty-two-year-old manager
country and languages. Write 50-70 words.
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 Hello, my name is Francisco Taborda, I am from
perfect place for a friendly stay.
Clombia, Ciénaga Magdalena, I am 41 years old, I
1 It isn’t an old hotel.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale am currently unemployed, but I study at the Sena as
2 The cook is French.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale a Technician in training in dance performance, as
3 It’s a beautiful place.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale well as I am training to be a professional in Public
4 It’s ten years old.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale Accounting, I have a relationship with Made Torres
5 It’s in the city centre.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale and I have a 6-year-old son named Geronimo, I love
6 The managers are twenty-nine years old.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale dancing and I love all the training processes of

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13 Read the article again. Underline True (T) or
False (F).
Total: 100
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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