Starter Achievement test 1 (Units 1–2)
Listening
2 Recording 2 Listen and write true (T) or
1 Recording 1 Listen to three conversations
false (F).
and underline the correct answer, a, b or c.
1 The photos are of Liz’s family. T
1 Carla is from b .
2 Jane is Liz’s sister. T
a) Austria 3 Liz is twenty-eight. F
4 The man in the photo is Liz’s husband. T
b) Australia 5 Sasha is an actor. F
6 Sasha is Italian. F
c) Spain
7 Sasha isn’t from Moscow. T
2 Carla and Jorge are b . 8 Lucas and Toby are Liz’s sons. F
9 Lucas is twenty-three. T
a) students 10 Toby is a student at university. T
11 Lucas is a waiter in a hotel. F
b) from Sydney
c) in Spain
3 Jack is from a .
a) America
b) Canada
c) the UK
4 Jack is b .
a) at a conference
b) on holiday
c) at university
5 Lucia is from b .
a) Spain
b) Brazil
c) France
6 Nick is a .
a) an engineer
b) a student
c) a teacher
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Starter Achievement test 1 (Units 1–2)
Grammar
3 Underline the correct alternative.
4 Write the questions for the answers. Use
1 Hello, I ‘m Sarah. the prompts.
a) ’re b) ’m 1 A: Are you happy?
2 Where is Bill from? (you / happy?)
a) are b) is B: Yes, I am.
3 Harry isn’t English. He’s from the 2 A: Is he a
USA. waiter?
a) aren’t b) isn’t (he / a waiter?)
4 A: Are you an engineer? B: Yes, he is.
B: Yes, I am .
3 A: Are your a
a) ’m from b) am teachers ?
5 A: Are you from Argentina? (you / teachers?)
B: No, I ‘m not .
B: No, we aren’t.
a) ’m not b) aren’t
4 A: Is it a big
6 İs it a good university? city ?
a) Is it b) It is (it / a big city?)
7 What ‘s your name? B: No, it isn’t.
a) ’m b) ’s 5 A: Where is she from ?
8 We ‘re in Rome on holiday. (where / she from?)
a) ’s b) ’re B: She’s from Australia.
9 We’re from Brazil. We aren’t from 6 A: Where are they from ?
Portugal.
(where / they from?)
a) ’m not b) aren’t
B: They’re from Spain.
10 A: Is it OK?
B: Yes, it is .
a) is b) ’s
11 A: Are Jan and Alex waiters?
B: Yes, they are .
a) are b) they are
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5 Complete the sentences with the words in
the box. 7 Cross out the wrong word in each group.
Her Its my Our their your 1 Beijing / Ankara / Korea / Berlin
2 doctor / son / taxi driver / businesswoman
1 What’s your surname, please? 3 mother / daughter / wife / student
2 We’re brothers. Our mother is an 4 sixteen / thirsty / thirty / twenty-two
engineer.
5 Australia / Brasilia / Ireland
3 Helen and Marty are hotel managers and
their two sons are cooks. 6 hot / forty / hungry / tired
4 Hello, My name’s Fran. Nice to
meet you.
5 This is our hotel. Its rooms are very
nice.
8 Underline the correct alternative.
6 Amy is an actor. Her husband is a 1 I’m a teacher/waiter in a restaurant.
singer.
2 A: Is Tom a doctor?
B: No, he’s a businesswoman/businessman.
3 Diana and Emma aren’t sisters. They are
mother and daughter/son.
Vocabulary 4 A: Where are you from?
B: I’m from USA/the USA.
6 Add one word from the box to each group.
actor Germany hungry 5 100 is a hundred/hundred.
London son thirty
6 Will is Lin and Mia’s brother. Lin and Mia
are sisters/sons.
1 Berlin Rome Moscow London
2 father daughter sister son
3 singer teacher waiter actor
4 eleven fifty nineteen thirty
5 bored tired hot
hungry
6 Spain Poland China
Germany
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9 Correct the spelling mistakes.
1 Itale Italy 4 ninty
ninety
11 Complete the words in the conversations.
1 A: I’m cold.
2 twelfe twelve 5 Germen
German B: OK. Let’s go 1i n s i d e for five minutes.
A: Good 2i !
3 Bejing Beijing 6 Austrailia 2 A: I’m 3h u n g r y !
Australia
4
Let’s e a t something.
B: Yeah, OK.8
3 A: 5A r e you OK?
Function B: No, I’m not!
10 Complete the conversation with the A: What’s the 6p r o b l e m ?
words in the box.
B: I’m hot.
as at dot first phone surname
A: Let’s 7s t o p for ten minutes.
B: Great!
A: Hello. I’m here for the dance class.
4 A: I’m tired.
B: OK. What’s your 1 surname , please?
B: Me 8t oo .
A: It’s Alton.
A: Let’s have a 9b r e a k .
B: A-l-t-o-n?
B: Yes. Let’s go to a café.
A: Yes.
A: OK, 10w here ?
B: And your 2 first name?
B: Erm … that Italian café?
A: Karen.
A: Yes, let’s 11h o m e a coffee.
B: Is it K-a-r-i-n?
A: No, it’s e-n, 3 at in ‘England’.
B: OK. And what’s your 4 phone
number, please?
A: 0348 92276.
B: And your email address?
A: It’s kalton 5 as yahoo
6
dot com.
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Starter Achievement test 1 (Units 1–2)
Reading 6 The managers are twenty-nine years old.
12 Read the article and underline the correct a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale
answer, a) or b).
Hotel Royale
Hotel Royale is only fifteen minutes from the
business centre of the city. It’s a modern hotel –
just ten years old. The rooms aren’t beautiful 13 Read the article again. Underline True
but they are big. (T) or False (F).
The managers – husband and wife, Pierre and 1 The Hotel Royale is fifty minutes from
Lucille – are Canadian. They are both twenty- the centre for business in the city. T/F
nine years old. Hotel Royale is a hotel and a 2 The Hotel Royale doesn’t have very
restaurant, too. Our cook is French and her food big rooms. T/F
is fantastic!
3 The Hotel Royale’s cook and
receptionist are husband and wife. T/F
The Park Hotel 4 The Park Hotel is sixty-two years old. T/F
The beautiful Park Hotel is seventy-five years 5 Ferdinand is the manager of the
old and it’s right in the city centre. Park Hotel. T/F
It’s a family business. Sixty-two-year-old 6 The Park Hotel is a friendly place. T/F
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
3 It’s a beautiful place.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale
4 It’s ten years old.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale
5 It’s in the city centre.
a) The Park Hotel b) Hotel Royale
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Writing course. I’m work in a private clinic. I’ m single
and I live with my family. My mother , father
14 Rewrite the text message with capital
and brother.
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
Hi, Pedro. We’re in England. It isn’t
hot here ! What’s your address? Yukiko
15 Write a personal introduction for a class
blog. Write about your name, nationality,
job, city, country and languages. Write
50-70 words.
My name is Sona . I’m from Azerbaijan and
my nationally Azerbaijani. I’m living in Baku. I
study at Western Caspian University – 1 st
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