END-TERM WRITTEN TEST

A04853 Linh Nguyen

English File – Elementary

GRAMMAR
1/ Underline the correct word or phrase.
Example: How much tea does your dad drink? A lot / A lot of.
1 Bethany buys many / a lot of vegetables. She’s very healthy.
2 My wife doesn’t have much / many free time. She works very hard.
3 We weren’t hungry so we didn’t eat any / no breakfast.
4 How much / many spoons of sugar do you have in your coffee?
5 Can you buy some rice? There’s any / none in the cupboard.
Mark: ____ / 5

2/ Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjective in brackets.
Example: It’s colder (cold) in winter than in autumn.
1 She’s __more tired________ (tired) in her new job than in her old job.
2 It’s ______hotter_________ (hot) in Italy than in the UK.
3 Antonella’s a _______better________ (good) musician than her brother.
4 Her tablet is ______more expensive_________ (expensive) than mine.
5 Gerry’s a _______worse________ (bad) cook than Peter.
6 Fruit is _______healthier________ (healthy) than fast food.
7 I think cities are _____more interesting__________ (interesting) than villages.
8 Swimming in a pool is ___safer____________ (safe) than swimming in the sea.
Mark: ____ / 8
1 My cousin is _______________ (old) than me.
2 Swimming in a pool is _______________ (safe) than swimming in the sea.
3/ Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjective in brackets.

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 Example: Jason bought the most expensive (expensive) laptop in the shop.
1 Stephanie’s the _______worst________ (bad) singer in the choir.
2 Is Asia the ______biggest_________ (big) continent?
3 My friend’s grandmother is the _______oldest________ (old) person I know.
4 My brother’s the ______funniest_________ (funny) person in my family.
5 Winter’s the ______most dangerous_________ (dangerous) time of the year for drivers.
6 We all felt stressed but Josefina was the ______most tressed_________ (stressed).
7 Is Bondi Beach the ________best_______ (good) beach in Australia?
Mark: ____ / 7
5 The desert is _______________ (dry) than the mountains.
1 My cousin is4 His laptop was _______________ (expensive) than mine.
VOCABULARY
1/ Underline the correct word.
Example: a box / can of cereal
1 a jar / bottle of jam
2 a carton / can of fizzy drink
3 a packet / tin of crisps
4 a bottle / packet of fresh milk
5 a tin / carton of tuna
6 a carton / jar of pineapple juice
Mark: ____ / 6

2/ Tick () the correct places A, B, or C.

Example: You can buy stamps here.
A post office  B chemist’s  C museum 
1 You can leave your car here.
A car park  B museum  C square 
2 You can see a film here.
A cinema  B theatre  C museum 
3 You can get a train here.

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 A supermarket  B railway station  C town hall 
4 You can see famous paintings here.
A art gallery  B chemist’s  C bank 
5 You can talk to a doctor here.
A bridge  B hospital  C supermarket 

6 You can buy medicine here.

A station  B bank  C chemist’s 
7 You can go over a river here.
A village  B square  C bridge 
Mark: ____ / 7

3/ Write the numbers as words.

Example: 999 nine hundred and ninety-nine
1 200,000 __two hundred thousand______________
2 132 ____one hundred and thirty-two________________
3 7,450 ____seven thousand four hundred and fifty________________
4 21,000,000 _______twenty- one million____________
5 37,200 _________thirty-seven thousand two hundred___________
6 1,005 _____________one thousand five_______
7 8,094,032 ____________eight million ninety-four thousand thirty-two________

Mark: ____ / 7

PRONUNCIATION
1/ Put the words in the correct row.
centre sure cinema crisps delicious
shopping cereal rice information fresh
/s/ Centre, cinema, cereal, rice.
/ʃ/ Sure, crisps, delicious, shopping, information, fresh.
can ________
Mark: ____ / 5
10 can’t ________

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2/ Underline the stressed syllable.
Example: hun-dred
1 thou-sand
2 con-tai-ner
3 mi-llion
4 car-ton
5 po-ta-toes
Mark: ____ / 5
READING
1/ Read the text and choose A, B, or C.

Our class – the food we eat and when we eat it

The students in our English class are from three different countries: Italy, Japan and Brazil.
After talking about typical food and our daily routines at home, we found that we all have
breakfast, lunch and dinner. But we were surprised about how different these meals are!
Italy
A typical Italian breakfast, or pranzo, isn’t very big; just coffee and some kind of cake. Our
delicious cappuccino coffee is famous all over the world. Another Italian food that everybody
knows is pasta but this isn’t the main part of lunch. We have two dishes, the first is pasta
and then the second is meat or fish with vegetables. Lunch is usually from 1-3 p.m. and it’s
often bigger than dinner which starts at 7 or 8 p.m.
Japan
In Japan we really like rice and in the past everybody ate it for breakfast. Now, a lot of
Japanese people have European-style food instead when they get up. We are big fans of
fish and seafood and a lot of Japanese people prefer green tea to coffee. In general, our
meals are smaller than in Brazil or Italy and we think they’re healthier too. One popular thing
in Japan is bento. This is a kind of lunch box which you can make at home or buy at the
shop on the way to the office. It’s very beautiful and sometimes takes a long time for a chef
to make it.
Brazil
Like the Italians, Brazilian people eat a lot of food at lunchtime. A favourite place for lunch in
Brazil is called a churrascaria. In this kind of restaurant you can enjoy steak and other meat
but you need to be hungry! If you don’t like eating a large lunch, you can buy some street

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 food like pastel de queijo, which is a hot snack with cheese inside. We have dinner later
than the Italians at around 8.30 p.m. and it’s family time.

Example: All the students eat 3 meals a day at home.

A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
1 The Italians eat a lot of food for breakfast.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
2 They don’t usually eat pasta for dinner.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
3 Dinner is a smaller meal than lunch in Italy.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
4 Italian meals are healthier than Japanese meals.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
5 You can get a bento lunch box when you’re travelling to work.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
6 Brazilian and Italian people like small lunches.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
7 Pastel de queijo is expensive food.
A True  B False  C Doesn’t say 
Mark: ____ / 7

2/ Read the text again. Underline the correct answer.

Example: Breakfast, lunch and dinner are the same / different in the 3 countries.
1 People in Italy / all over the world know about Italian coffee and pasta.
2 Lunch in Italy usually finishes at 3pm / 7pm.
3 For breakfast, most Japanese people have food from their country / Europe.
4 Japanese meals are smaller than / the same as Brazilian meals.
5 Bento is something you have for dinner / lunch.
6 People get pastel de queijo in a restaurant / outside.
7 Brazilian people have dinner with their friends / family.
8 Dinner in Italy starts before / after dinner in Brazil. F
5 Mark: ____ / 8
lse True  False

3/ Read the travel blog and answer the questions.

South America
I hope my short blog helps you plan your travels around this great continent. Here are
four of the best places I visited, starting with Venezuela in September.
Canaima, Venezuela
I didn’t go to the capital, Caracas, as it isn’t the safest place to visit. I only went to
Canaima, which is the smallest place in this blog. It’s a quiet town in a beautiful
national park and people go there because it is the closest place to Angel Falls - the
world’s highest waterfall. I took a lot of photos but video is better because you can
remember the noise of all that water!
Cuzco, Peru
Next, I travelled through Colombia to Peru to see some of the oldest temples in the
world, built by the Incas. Cuzco, the nearest city, is very friendly to tourists and I bought
a lot of souvenirs. It also has a lot of lovely old buildings and you can learn more about
the history of the temples if you visit the museums. Be careful to choose the best time
to visit. The busiest months are June and July and Cuzco is full of visitors then. I went
in December and it wasn’t busy but it rained every day.
Valparaíso, Chile
Valparaíso was more interesting for me than the capital, Santiago. It’s a large city, full
of colourful houses and a lot of history. I especially wanted to visit the place where the
writer Pablo Neruda lived. It’s a house with five floors, on top of a hill and you can see
the whole city and the sea from up there. It was one of the most expensive tourist sites
I visited but I really loved it.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This busy city has views of the mountains and the most famous beaches in South
America. I was in Rio for the biggest, loudest party in the world. Of course I’m talking
about the Rio carnival. The date changes each year but it always takes place in late
February or early March. It’s amazing! Don’t miss it!

Enjoy your trip. You’re going to have a fantastic time.

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1 Why is a video of Angel falls better than a photo?
A video of Angel falls better than a photo because you can remember the noise of all that
water.
2 What did the writer buy in Cuzco?
_______ The writer bought a lot of souvenirs. ___________________
3 Does the writer think July is a good time to visit Cuzco?
__________________No, _the writer doesn’t think so. _______________________
4 What can you see from Pablo Neruda’s house?
_________You can see city and the sea from Pablo Neruda’s house. __________________
5 When is the Rio carnival?
_______Rio carnival always takes place in late February or early March.
Mark: ____ / 5