Basic Exams

Choose the correct word in italics.

Example: Jennifer is American but her/his mother is from Korea.
1. Maria is thirteen and her/your sister is eleven.
2. We are Irish. Our/their parents are from Dublin.
3. The boys are my students and his/their parents are in the school.
4. I am Maureen, and this is your/my brother Adam.
5. John is a lawyer, and his/your wife is a doctor.
Write a or an
1. ____ doctor
2. ____ book
3. ____ apple
4. ____ Italian car
5. ____ German bakery
Please write sentences in the present simple using the following verbs and phrases:
Verbs: eat finish
Phrases: breakfast

go
read listen look at
work to school a magazine

a book

to music

Example: John looks at a magazine.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

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Write four sentences about the activities you and your friends do together. Choose from

the list. Use adverbs of frequency.

eat in restaurants
go shopping go to concerts
go to nightclubs go to the
cinema
go to the gym
listen to music
play computer games
play sports
watch TV
go hiking do yoga
occasionally

always

sometimes

often

never

Example: We occasionally go shopping.

1.
2.
3.
4.

Write a sentence with can AND can't about the things below. Choose from the list.
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music
swim

drive
ride a bike play computer games
check emails think sleep in late
cook

Example: My mother can drive but she can't ride a bike.

1. Cats
2. Teachers
3. Computers
4. A chef

Choose the correct word in italics.

Example: How much/many bananas do you want?
1. My mother eats so much/many apples every day!
2. I drink three glasses of milk/milks before lunch.
3. How much/many cups of coffee does she drink at breakfast?

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4. Please give me this much/many carrots in my salad.

5. How much/many sugar is in this cake?

Jessica phones her husband, but he doesn't answer. Complete her message with a,
some, or any.
'Hello Tim. Please listen to this message. Can you go to the market and buy some
things for dinner? We need ________ eggs, and _______ fish. I know that we have
_______ potatoes, but I don't think we have ______ milk. Oh, and please buy ______
garlic, and _______ bag of coffee. Thanks so much!

Replace the underlined words with the correct pronouns and rewrite the sentences.
I You He She It We They
Me You Him Her It Us Them
Example: James and I took my brother to school today.
We took him to school today.
1. My mother always takes Jimmy and Steve to the markets on Sunday.
2. Tom and Maureen went to the park with Susana after class.
3. Adam takes the bus to visit his mother.
4. My brother and I have lunch with Joseph on Tuesdays.

Write four sentences about the image using there is/isn't or there are/aren't.
Example: There is a phone in the kitchen.

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2.
3.
4.
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Complete the text with the correct Past Simple form of the verbs in (parenthesis).
Emily Bronson is a 29 year old student from Milan. Last month, she went (go) to Peru
for the first time in her life. Emily _____ (plan) to stay there for two weeks. She ______
(be) most excited to see Macchu Picchu. Also, she _______ (visit) Cusco for a few days.
There, she ______ (meet) a famous writer and ______ (learn) all about the history of
Peru. She ______ (have) fun walking around Saqsaywaman. In Cusco, she _____ (eat)
Lomo Saltado and other delicious Peruvian foods. After two weeks in Peru, she ______
(fly) home to Los Angeles.

Read the conversation. Find words you can change to one or ones.
Example: A: I need to go to the market, what market should I go to? one
B I am going to buy some apples, which apples do you want? ones
A. I want to visit Inca ruins, what ruins are your favorite?
B. I like the ruin near Ollantaytambo.
A. My favorite ruins are near Chinchero.
B Yes, but the best ruins are Sacsaywanan.
A: Or Macchu Picchu, that is the most famous ruin.
Complete the sentences with ordinal numbers. The numbers below are clues.
5

25

12

Example: Thursday is the fifth day in the week.

1. December is the _________ month in the year.

2. Christmas Day is on the _______ of December.
3. New Years Day is on the ______ day of January.
Complete the paragraph with the correct version of the verbs in the Present Continuous.
Hi Maria,
We are visiting Peru next month! I ________ (think) of staying in Lima for a few days.
We __________ (wait) to know if our friends will be meeting us there. Next, we
__________ (plan) to go to Arequipa, and maybe we can hike up the volcano Misti.
After that, we will go to Puno and meet our friend Jose Luis. He _________ (work) as a
tour guide around Lake Titicaca. Then, my husband and I want to go to Cusco, because
we __________ (read) about the Inca. How many days do you think we should be in
Cusco? I hope you __________ (come) to Macchu Picchu!

Complete the table with the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives.
Adjective
Comparative
1. fat
fatter
2. thin
3. beautiful
4. busy
5. good

Superlative
the fattest

Make present perfect sentences.

Example: John / walk / across the desert
John has walked across the desert.
1. I / bike / to Yucay.
2. Maria and Sophia / visit / Macchu Picchu
3. Thomas / not run / in a marathon.
4. You / write / many emails.
5. We / be / to Australia.

Complete the sentences with wh- question words.

Example: What did you do last night?
1. ______ did you go last weekend?
2. ______ do you want to go shopping? On Tuesday or Thursday?
3. ______ is the chef at your restaurant?
4. ______ did you go on your holidays?
5. ______ did it cost?

Find the mistakes and correct them.

Megan is going to running in a marathon next year. run
1. John are going to go home after school.
2. I am go to do my homework after dinner.
3. The dogs is going to be sick if they eat chocolate.
4. The tour guide is going to showing us around Ollantaytambo.
5. Is you going to walk home after work?