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ERICAN CAMBRIDGE ENGLISH

Level 1 - Stage 1

Stage Test based on English in Mind Starters


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1. GRAMMAR

Name: ___________________________________ Class: ________________ Date: ________________

A Match the questions with the answers.

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Is Kaka a footballer? Yes, you are.

Are you British? No, it isn’t.

Am I a student? No, I’m not.

Is it 6 o’clock now? Yes, she is.

Is Angelina Jolie an actress? No, he isn’t.

Is Rafael Nadal an actor? Yes, he is.

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B Complete the sentences with a suitable pronoun.

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it I like this pizza. Do you like ___________________ ?

1 These are my friends, Jo and Karen. I like ___________________ very much.

2 Julia Roberts is my favourite actress. Do you like ___________________ ?

3 You aren’t my friend and I don’t like ___________________ !

4 We’re in a great band! Do you like ___________________ ?

5 Eminem is a good musician but I don’t like ___________________ very much.

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We ______________________ in a nice house.

1 My brother ______________________ English and French at school.

2 Where ______________________ your father ______________________ ?

3 This lesson ______________________ at three o’clock.

4 I’m sorry, I ______________________ the answer to this question.

5 My sister ______________________ shopping every weekend!

C Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.

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live go work finish study know


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D Complete the sentences with suitable possessive adjectives.

You live with _____________________ grandparents, don’t you?

1 I’m Paul and this is _____________________ sister, Sally.

2 Jack doesn’t like _____________________ new school.

3 We love _____________________ new dog, Jelly.

4 I like that cat. What’s _____________________ name?

5 Claudia and Ellie don’t like _____________________ brothers!

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E Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb ‘to be’.

Yes, Mr Smith _____________________ my new English teacher.

1 Tim’s from the USA. He _____________________ Australian.

2 We _____________________ teachers. We’re students.

3 I was born in London. I’ _____________________ French.

4 _____________________ this your classroom?

5 Emma and Hannah _____________________ from Toronto in Canada.

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F Write the questions based on the answers.

Where’s your sister? A: _______________________________________________________

B: My sister’s at school.

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B: Yes, I do. I like Rafael Nadal very much.

2 A: _______________________________________________________

B: My brother’s twenty.

3 A: _______________________________________________________

B: My name’s Sandra.

4 A: _______________________________________________________

B: No, I don’t. I don’t like classical music at all.

5 A: _______________________________________________________

B: My favourite footballer is Kaka.

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2. VOCABULARY

A Underline the correct answer.

I love Paris. It’s a wonderful / terrible city.

1 My brother is an terrible / awful singer!

2 This is great / terrible coffee. I don’t like it.

3 I like tennis. It’s a great / terrible sport.

4 Thatfilmisawful / fantastic. I love Val Kilmer.

5 Ben is a wonderful / awful brother.

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B Write the names of the places.

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A Fill in the gaps. Use the words in the box. Each word/phrase may be used more than once.

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3. EVERYDAY ENGLISH

A: Do you want to go to the concert?

B: ____________________________. When is it?

1 A: Hi I’m Chuck, lead singer of the Targets.

B: ____________________________ ! I love your music.

2 A: Hi Lisa, this is Carl.

B: ____________________________ . Hi Carl, how are you?

3 A: When’s the next Manchester United match?

B: ____________________________ , I don’t like football.

4 A: Look – there’s Rafael Nadal!

B: ____________________________! He’s a great tennis player.

5 A: Do you want to meet my friends?

B: ____________________________. Where are they?

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B Underline the correct words.

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e.g. A: Do you want to go to the concert on Saturday?

B: I’m sorry, / I know, I don’t like classical music.

1 A: My favourite band’s Tokio Hotel.

B: Of course! / Cool! They’re fantastic!

2 A: Do you like animals?

B: Of course. / I know, I’ve got two dogs and two cats.

3 A: My favourite actor is George Clooney. He’s from America.

B: I know, / I’m sorry, and he has a home in Italy.

4 A: Marcelo is in our class. I like him.

B: Cool! / I’m sorry, I don’t like him. He isn’t very nice.

5 A: Peter’s from Russia.

B: I know, / I’m sorry, he lives in Moscow.


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C Fill in the gaps. Use the words in the box. Each word/phrase may be used more than once.

A:Where’sthepostoffice?

B: I’m sorry, ________________________.

1 A: My father’s a famous actor.

B: ________________________? Who is he?

2 A: Is there a bank near here?

B: ________________________ there are two.

3 A: ________________________ I don’t have my mobile phone with me.

B: Oh come on. Hurry up.

4 A: I don’t like Paris.

B: ________________________? I think it’s beautiful.

5 A: What does Robert study?

B: ________________________

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I have no idea

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D Match the sentences in A with the sentences in B.

Come on. Let’s go.

Maryhasfivebrothers!

Is Mark Jane’s brother?

Oh no! There isn’t a supermarket near here.

Really? I only have one sister.

Actually, there’s one at the end of the road.

I have no idea. Sorry.

Actually, there are four.

Wait a minute. I don’t have my bag.

Wait a minute. Where’s my football?

Let’s go to the park.

There are three buses every hour to London.

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A Read this tourist brochure and underline the correct answers.

4. READING

Come to Salisbury, a beautiful old city one and a half hours from the centre of London. There are two trains every hour, so catch a train from Waterloo railway station and visit us. There’s so much to see here.

Walk round the world-famous Salisbury Cathedral. Sit there for a few minutes and listen to the singers as they practise every morning. Walk along the river into the town centre and have tea in a traditional old tea room. You know how the English love their tea!

After tea, visit the market square. There’s a big market there on Tuesdays and Saturdays and there are also lots of

Beautiful Salisbury!interesting shops. There’s a department store, a big library, bookshops, a post office and four banks so change yourmoney and go shopping.

Go to the bus station and take a bus to Stonehenge, a very old monument 15 kilometres from the city centre. Walk round the stones and take photographs to show your friends and family at home.

In the evening go to one of the international restaurants or cafés and enjoy a delicious meal – Italian, French, Thai, Chinese, Indian. There are many different places to go to and of course you must try our traditionalEnglishfishandchips!

Salisbury is a beautiful old city.

a) Right b) Wrong c) Doesn’t say

1 Salisbury is very big.


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2 Salisbury is in London.


3 Visitors go to Salisbury from London by bus.


4 There’s a river in Salisbury.


5 There are traditional cafés in Salisbury.


6 There’s a market in town every day.


7 There’s a park in the town centre.


8 Stonehenge is in Salisbury.


9 There aren’t a lot of restaurants and cafés.


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A Listen to Maria. Fill in the gaps with one word.

5. LISTENING

Maria’s from ________________________________ .

1 Maria’s ________________________________ years old.

2 Her favourite ________________________________ is Coldplay.

3 Her best ________________________________ ’s name is Natalie.

4 Natalie is from ________________________________ .

5 Natalie’s favourite ________________________________ is Justin Timberlake.

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e.g. Switzerland

Now listen to Tom. What does he like? Tick the pictures.


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A Read about Stephen’s family on his web page. Now write about your family. Use Stephen’s web page to help you.

6. WRITING

Hi, my name’s Stephen Jackson. I’m sixteen and I live in Brighton. I love it – it’s a fantastic city. I have a sister and a brother. My sister, Louise, is OK but we don’t go out together because she’s only fourteen. I play football with my friends at the weekend and she goes shopping with her friends. My brother, Luke, doesn’t live at home because he’s married.

My father, Ben, is a teacher and my mother, Anne, is a teacher too. They teach at my school but they don’t teach me!

My aunt and uncle, Jane and Peter, live near us in Brighton. They’re great and they often come to our house.

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GRAMMAR

A _______ /5 marks

B _______ /5 marks

C _______ /5 marks

D _______ /5 marks

VOCABULARY

A _______ /5 marks

B _______ /5 marks

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EVERYDAY ENGLISH

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READING

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LISTENING

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WRITING

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SPEAKING

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