Essentials 1 – Revision For The Written and Oral Test

Essentials 1 - Final Test!

Study Units 5, 6, 7 and 8. (Pages 58 to 103)

Activity Book Pages 173 to 188
Grammar Tips: Pages 117 to 127
Date:
Final Written test: ___________________

Final Oral test: ______________________

(*Web Lessons 100% - Until Unit 8)

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UNIT
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Let’s practice!
1. What’s your neighborhood like? Describe your neighborhood.
Example  I live in “Recanto dos Pássaros” neighborhood. It is calm, clean
and quiet. There is a small market and a clinic, but there isn’t a square.

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2. Is your neighborhood busy or quiet? _______________________________

3. Is your neighborhood safe or dangerous? ___________________________

4. Is your neighborhood clean or polluted? ___________________________

5. Is your neighborhood rich or poor? ________________________________

6. Is your neighborhood exciting or boring? ___________________________

 7. What do you think about these places?

BIG SMALL CLEAN BEAUTIFUL FANTASTIC MODERN HOT

OLD POLLUTED COLD DANGEROUS SAFE BUSY QUIET

A: What is Rio de Janeiro in Brazil like?

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B: I think it’s big and interesting.

A: What is New York in The USA like?

B)
B: ___________________________________________

A: What is Tokyo in Japan like?

C)
B: ___________________________________________

A: What is Lisbon in Portugal like?

D)
B: ___________________________________________

A: What is Paris in France like?

E)
B: ___________________________________________

A: What is Moscow in Russia like?

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B: ___________________________________________

A: What is Sydney in Australia like?

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 8. What’s there in your neighborhood? Answer using:

SINGULAR: Yes, there is. OR No, there isn’t.

A) A: Is there a coffee shop in your neighborhood? B: ____________________

B) A: Is there a hospital in your neighborhood? B: ____________________

C) A: Is there a park in your neighborhood? B: ____________________

D) A: Is there a bakery in your neighborhood? B: ____________________

E) A: Is there a skate park in your neighborhood? B: ____________________

PLURAL: Yes, there are. OR No, there aren’t.

A) A: Are there bike lanes in your neighborhood? B: ____________________

A: Are there green areas in your
B) B: ____________________
neighborhood?
C) A: Are there restaurants in your neighborhood? B: ____________________

D) A: Are there drugstores in your neighborhood? B: ____________________

E) A: Are there bus routes in your neighborhood? B: ____________________

9. What is there in your neighborhood?

Example  I live in “Jardim das Violetas” neighborhood. It is a calm, clean

and safe place. There is a park, a supermarket, a hospital, a skate park and
a mall. There are restaurants, drugstores and ice cream parlors. There isn’t
a bus stop and there aren’t many green areas.

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 10. Name the places in town.

SCHOOL CAFÉ MALL ZOO POLICE STATION DRUGSTORE MUSEUM

PARK HOSPITAL BANK GYM GAS STATION AIRPORT LIBRARY
BAKERY CHURCH SUBWAY STATION MOVIE THEATER BUS STOP

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 11. Is your house near a school? _____________________________________

12. Is your house near or far from CNA? _______________________________

13. Is your house close to a park? ____________________________________

14. Is your house near a bus stop? ____________________________________

15. Name the free time activities below. (*See page 69)

go to the movies relax at home watch tv listen to music

go to the mall go to friend’s houses eat out do volunteer work
relax in the park go cycling play cards read a book

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16. What do you do on weekends? ___________________________________

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17. Write the ordinal numbers. (*Page 75)

Sunday Monday Tuesday

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Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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________ FOURTH ________ SIXTH SEVENTH
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8 9 10 11 12 13 14
THIRTEENT FOURTEENT
EIGHTH NINTH TENTH ELEVENTH _________
H H

15 16 17 18 19 20 21
__________ SEVENTEENT __________ NINETEENT TWENTY-
SIXTEENTH TWENTIETH
_ H _ H FIRST
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22 23 24 25 __________ 27 28
TWENTY- TWENTY- TWENTY- TWENTY- _ TWENTY- TWENTY-
________ ________ ________ FIFTH __________ SEVENTH ________
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29 30 31
TWENTY- THIRTY-
THIRTIETH
NINTH ___________

18. What are the months of the year? (*See page 75.)

1. January 2. 3. 4.

5. 6. 7. 8.

9. 10. 11. 12.

19. When is your birthday? Example: My birthday is in March.

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20. When is your birthday?
Example: My birthday is on March first. or It’s on March 1.

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 21. How old are you now?
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22. Name the activities below:

download music sing read in a foreign language ski

take pictures act swim paint cook surf drive
skateboard dance play soccer play sports ride a bike

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 23. Now, answer using:

Yes, I can. OR No, I can’t.

A) A: Can you download music? B: _________________________________

B) A: Can you sing? B: _________________________________

C) A: Can you read in a foreign language? B: _________________________________

D) A: Can you paint? B: _________________________________

E) A: Can you cook? B: _________________________________

F) A: Can you swim? B: _________________________________

G) A: Can you play soccer? B: _________________________________

H) A: Can you drive? B: _________________________________

I) A: Can you ski? B: _________________________________

J) A: Can you surf? B: _________________________________

24. Name these objects.

a cookbook a karaoke machine a camera a tablet

cooking utensils paints and brushes a swimsuit

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25. What can we give them? Suggest a gift based on their abilities.

Hi! My name is Samuel. I am 12 years old.

My birthday is on May first. I love sports and playing soccer.
A) What can we give him?

_______We can give him a soccer ball, because he can play soccer. _________
Hi! My name is Joan. I am 35 years old. My birthday is on June twelfth.
I love my kitchen and watching cooking shows.
What can we give her?
B)
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Hi! My name is Marty. I am 28 years old. My birthday is on March twenty-first.

I love video games and electronic devices.
C) What can we give him?

26. Circle the right pronoun.

1. I / me like London.
2. The children are as hungry as we / us.
3. All the students passed except I / me.
4. A: Who's there? B: I / Me!
5. They / them love vegan food.
6. We / us all like cake except she / her.
7. He / him has a new phone.
8. What can we give he / him?
9. Is that chocolate for I / me?
10. She / her is watching TV.
11. We / us love Rio de Janeiro.
12. They / them are celebrating Mike’s birthday tomorrow.
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27. Look at the Simpson’s family tree and complete.

uncle brother grandfather daughter son aunt

husband siblings grandmother cousin parents wife

a) Lisa is Homer’s _____________________.

b) Bart is Lisa’s ________________________.
c) Marge is Homer’s ________________________.
d) Homer is Marge’s ______________________.
e) Mona is Maggie’s ___________________________.
f) Selma is Bart’s ___________________________.
g) Herb is Maggie’s ___________________________.
h) Bart, Lisa and Maggie are ______________________.
i) Abraham is Lisa’s ________________________.
j) Ling is Lisa’s ________________________.
k) Mona and Abraham are Homer’s _______________________.
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28. Let’s talk about your family.

A) What’s your mother’s name? (*Example: Her name is Joan.)

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B) What’s your father’s name? (*Example: His name is Markus.)

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C) Do you have any brothers or sisters? What are their names?

(*Example: Yes, I do. I have one brother and one sister.)
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D) Who are your grandparents from your mother’s side?

(*Example: Their names are Paulo and Maria.)
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E) Who are your grandparents from your father’s side?

(*Example: Their names are Francisco and Helena.)
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F) Who do you live with?

(*Example: I live with my family. My wife Sarah and my two children.)
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G) Is your family big or small? (*Example: My family is _________.)

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29. Name the holidays and celebrations below.

New Year’s Eve Vacation Easter Father’s Day

Mother’s Day Christmas Thanksgiving My birthday

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30. Name the actions and activities accordingly.

exchange gifts sing and dance eat out go to the church

have a barbecue have a picnic pray visit relatives
play games go to the beach talk travel

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31. Let’s practice!

A) What do you usually do in a birthday party?
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B) What do you usually do at New Year’s Eve?

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C) What do you usually do in Christmas?

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D) What do you usually do on Mother’s Day?

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32. What are they doing?

A: What is he doing?
A)
B: ________________________________________________.
COOK

A: What is he doing?
B)
B: ________________________________________________.
WATCH TV

A: What are they doing?

C)
B: ________________________________________________.
PLAY SOCCER

A: What is she doing?

D)
B: ________________________________________________.
STUDY

A: _________________________________________________
E)
B: _________________________________________________
DANCE

A: _________________________________________________
F)
B: _________________________________________________
TALK

A: _________________________________________________
G)
B: _________________________________________________
SWIM
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H)
B: _________________________________________________
LISTEN TO

33. Read the e-mail below. Then, write your own replacing the words in
blue.

Hello, folks! I am Kevin. Let me tell you about me. I am from San
Francisco a city in California, the USA. I am American and a
photographer. I am thirty-two years old. My birthday is on July third. I can
do many things. I can play soccer, cook and read in foreign languages.
I live in Inner Mission, a neighborhood in California. It is a quiet,
clean and safe place. There are bike lanes, subway stations and lots of
green areas. There is a hospital, a school, a big supermarket and there
many cafés and restaurants to eat out.
I live with my family. My wife Nora, my two kids Luke and Sally and
my brother John.
I love weekends. On weekends, we usually go to the park or play
games. My favorite special occasion is Christmas. On this day, we usually
exchange gifts and have a barbecue here in my house.

Yours,
Kevin.

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