Starter Achievement test 1 (Units 1–2)

Listening a) ’m from b) am
5 A: Are you from Argentina?
1 Recording 1 Listen to three conversations and B: No, I a .
underline the correct answer, a, b or c. a) ’m not b) aren’t
1 Carla is from b . 6 a a good university?
a) Austria a) Is it b) It is
b) Australia 7 What b your name?
c) Spain a) ’m b) ’s
2 Carla and Jorge are c . 8 We b in Rome on holiday.
a) students a) ’s b) ’re
b) from Sydney 9 We’re from Brazil. We b from Portugal.
c) in Spain a) ’m not b) aren’t
3 Jack is from a . 10 A: Is it OK?
a) America B: Yes, it a .
b) Canada a) is b) ’s
c) the UK 11 A: Are Jan and Alex waiters?
4 Jack is b . B: Yes, b .
a) at a conference a) are b) they are
b) on holiday
c) at university 10
5 Lucia is from b .
a) Spain 4 Write the questions for the answers. Use the
b) Brazil prompts.
c) France
6 Nick is a . 1 A: Are you happy?
a) an engineer (you / happy?)
b) a student B: Yes, I am.
c) a teacher 2 A: Is he a
waiter?
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(he / a waiter?)
B: Yes, he is.
2 Recording 2 Listen and write true (T) or false 3 A: Are you
(F). teachers?
1 The photos are of Liz’s family. T (you / teachers?)
2 Jane is Liz’s sister. T B: No, we aren’t.
3 Liz is twenty-eight. F 4 A: Is it a big
4 The man in the photo is Liz’s husband. T city?
5 Sasha is an actor. F
6 Sasha is Italian. F (it / a big city?)
7 Sasha isn’t from Moscow. T B: No, it isn’t.
8 Lucas and Toby are Liz’s sons. F 5 A: Where is she
9 Lucas is twenty-three. T from?
10 Toby is a student at university. T
11 Lucas is a waiter in a hotel. T (where / she from?)
B: She’s from Australia.
10 6 A: Where are they
from?
Grammar
(where / they from?)
3 Underline the correct alternative.
B: They’re from Spain.
1 Hello, I b Sarah. 5
a) ’re b) ’m
5 Complete the sentences with the words in the
2 Where b Bill from?
box.
a) are b) is
3 Harry b English. He’s from the USA. Her Its my Our their your
a) aren’t b) isn’t
4 A: Are you an engineer? 1 What’s your surname, please?
B: Yes, I b .

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2 We’re brothers. Her mother is an engineer.
3 Helen and Marty are hotel managers and
their two sons are cooks. Function
4 Hello, my name’s Fran. Nice to meet you. 10 Complete the conversation with the words in
5 This is our hotel. rooms are very nice. the box.
6 Amy is an actor. husband is a singer.
as at dot first phone surname
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A: Hello. I’m here for the dance class.
B: OK. What’s your 1 surname , please?
Vocabulary A: It’s Alton.
B: A-l-t-o-n?
6 Add one word from the box to each group. A: Yes.
B: And your 2 name?
actor Germany hungry
A: Karen.
London son thirty
B: Is it K-a-r-i-n?
A: No, it’s e-n, 3 in ‘England’.
1 Berlin Rome Moscow London B: OK. And what’s your 4 number,
2 father daughter sister please?
3 singer teacher waiter A: 0348 92276.
4 eleven fifty nineteen B: And your email address?
5 bored tired hot A: It’s kalton 5 yahoo
6 Spain Poland China 6
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 2i !
4 sixteen / thirsty / thirty / twenty-two 2 A: I’m 3h ! Let’s 4e something.
5 Brazil / Australia / Brasilia / Ireland B: Yeah, OK.
6 hot / forty / hungry / tired 3 A: 5A you OK?
B: No, I’m not!
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A: What’s the 6p ?
B: I’m hot.
8 Underline the correct alternative. A: Let’s 7s for ten minutes.
B: Great!
1 I’m a teacher/waiter in a restaurant. 4 A: I’m tired.
2 A: Is Tom a doctor? B: Me 8t .
B: No, he’s a businesswoman/businessman. A: Let’s have a 9b .
3 Diana and Emma aren’t sisters. They are mother B: Yes. Let’s go to a café.
and daughter/son. A: OK, 10w ?
4 A: Where are you from? B: Erm … that Italian café?
B: I’m from USA/the USA. A: Yes, let’s 11h a coffee.
5 100 is a hundred/hundred.
6 Will is Lin and Mia’s brother. Lin and Mia are 10
sisters/sons.
Reading
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12 Read the article and underline the correct
9 Correct the spelling mistakes. answer, a) or b).
1 Itale Italy 4 ninty Hotel Royale
2 twelfe twelve 5 Germen Hotel Royale is only fifteen minutes from the
3 Bejing 6 Austrailia business centre of the city. It’s a modern hotel – just
ten years old. The rooms aren’t beautiful but they
are big.
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The managers – husband and wife, Pierre and
Lucille – are Canadian. They are both twenty-nine
years old. Hotel Royale is a hotel and a restaurant,
too. Our cook is French and her food is fantastic!

The Park Hotel

The beautiful Park Hotel is seventy-five years old
and it’s right in the city centre.
It’s a family business. Sixty-two-year-old manager
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
perfect place for a friendly stay.

1 It isn’t an old hotel.

a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale
2 The cook is French.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale 5
3 It’s a beautiful place.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale
4 It’s ten years old. 15 Write a personal introduction for a class blog.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale Write about your name, nationality, job, city,
5 It’s in the city centre. country and languages. Write 5070 words.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale
6 The managers are twenty-nine years old.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale

13 Read the article again. Underline True (T) or

False (F).
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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Writing
14 Rewrite the text message with capital letters
and contractions (e.g. we’re, they’re).
hi, i am natasha. i am from russia.
Hi, I’m Natasha. I’m from Russia.

hi, pedro. we are in england. it is not hot here!

what is your address? yukiko

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Total: 100

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