INGLES 1

OPEN MIND 1 CHECKPOINT 1

UNITS 1 -3
Grammar A

1. Circle the correct words.

A: (1) Am / Are / Is Ana from Colombia?
B: Yes, (2) I am / she is / she isn't. (3) He's / I'm / She's a teacher.
A: (4) How old / What / When is her birthday?
B: (5) I'm / It isn't / It's today!

2. Circle the correct words.

A: (1) Am / Are / Is you a music student?
B: No, (2) I am / I'm not / you're not. (3) I'm / I'm not / You're a teacher.
A: (4) What's / When is / Where is your last name?
B: Flaubert. (5) We're / We aren't / We is from France.

Grammar B

3. Write the correct forms of be.

A: (1) ____________ you and Martha university students?
B: No, we (2) ____________. I (3) ____________ a Spanish teacher and she (4) ____________ a French
teacher.
A: Where (5) ____________ she from?
B: France.

4. Write the correct forms of be.

A: What (1) ____________ his first name?
B: Paul. He (2) ____________ a student.
A: (3) ____________ he from California?
B: No, he (4) ____________. Paul and his brother (5) ____________ from Texas.

Vocabulary A

5. Complete the sentences with the following words.

please, repeat, spell, twenty, twentieth
A: How do you (1) ____________ your last name?
B: U-N-D-E-R-W-O-O-D.
A: Can you (2) ____________ that, (3) ____________?
B: U-N-D-E-R-W-O-O-D.
A: How old are you?
B: I'm (4) ____________.
A: When is your birthday?
B: May (5) ____________.

6. Complete the sentences with the following words.

birthday, twenty-eighth, help, speak, thirtieth
A: Can you (1) ____________ me? What day is it?
B: Today is the (2) ____________ (28th). Friday is the last day of April.
A: Can you (3) ___________ more slowly, please?
B: Yes. Next Friday is (4) ____________ (30th). It's my (5) ____________.
Vocabulary B

7. Circle the correct words.

A: Can you (1) help / repeat / spell me? When is your birthday?
B: It's next Friday. December (2) three / thirteenth / thirty.
A: Can you (3) repeat / say / speak more slowly, (4) please / thanks / thank you?
B: It's next Friday.
A: How old are you?
B: I'm (5) fifth / fifteen / fifteenth.

8. Circle the correct words.

A: How old are you?
B: I'm (1) twelfth / twentieth / twenty.
A: When is your birthday?
B: January (2) twenty-eight / twentieth / twenty-eighth.
A: Can you (3) repeat / say / speak that, (4) please / thanks / thank you?
B: January 28th.
A: (5) Excuse me / Thanks / You're welcome.

Reading

9. Read the text and complete the answers with the correct words.
My name is Thomas Jones. I'm an English student at the National University. I study medicine. I have a part-
time job at a hospital. My interests are math and basketball. My best friend is Bob Earl. We are in the same
math class. Our teacher is Mr. Kent.
basketball, English, hospital, medicine, university
A type of sport: (1) _________________________
A language: (2) ____________________________
A school: (3) ______________________________
An academic subject: (4) _____________________
A place: (5) _______________________________

10. Read the text and circle the correct words.

My name is Robert Oliver. I'm a medical student at Harvard University. I study all day. My favorite subject is
anatomy. I have a part-time job at a hospital. My interests are art and volleyball. My best friend is Matt Jamison.
We are in the same science class. Our teacher is Dr. Paulson.
This is a place: (1) art / hospital / science
This is a sport: (2) anatomy / friend / volleyball
This is an academic subject: (3) anatomy / class / job
This is a school: (4) class / student / university
This is a group of students: (5) class / interests / job
Listening
13. Listen and complete the information. [CD Track 01, oM1_1.mp3]

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From: Carla
Message: Her (1) ____________ is August (2) ____________. Her (3) ____________ is at the Clinton (4)
____________ at (5) ____________ o'clock.

Grammar A

1. Circle the correct words.

X = no word necessary
Mark, Jim, and Peter are brothers. They're (1) a / an / X lawyers. (2) Peter / Peter's / Peters' car is new. My (3)
brother / brother's / brothers' houses are new. (4) Jim / Jim's / Jims' wife is (5) a / an / X doctor.

2. Circle the correct words.

X = no word necessary
My two (1) son / son's / sons' jobs are very interesting. Bob is (2) a / an / X firefighter and Larry is (3) a / an / X
actor. My (4) daughter / daughter's / daughters' job is also good. She's (5) a / an / X teacher.

Grammar B

3. Write sentences.
My sister / job / interesting. _____________________________________________
She / doctor. _____________________________________________
My brothers / jobs / great. _____________________________________________
My parents / lawyers. _____________________________________________
My grandfather / is / not / engineer. _____________________________________________

4. Write sentences.
My father / job / interesting. _____________________________________________
He / actor. _____________________________________________
My sisters / doctors. _____________________________________________
My mother / job / fantastic. _____________________________________________
She / singer. _____________________________________________

Vocabulary A

5. Complete the sentences with the following words.

actor, doctor, son, wife, writer
Mr. Hendricks is 60. He's a (1) ____________. His (2) ____________ is also 60. She's a (3) ____________ at
the clinic. Their (4) ____________, Joshua, is a movie (5) ____________.
6. Complete the sentences with the following words.
brothers, doctors, parents, police officers, sisters,
My name is Angie. My two (1) ____________ are Alan and Ricky. My (2) ____________ are Amy and Ann.
We're all (3) ____________. Our (4) ____________ are (5) ____________ at the local hospital.

Vocabulary B

7. Circle the correct words.

Alice is from Australia. She's a police (1) driver / officer / writer. Her (2) brothers' / parents' / sisters' names are
Olivia and Amy. Olivia is a (3) doctor / firefighter / writer at a clinic and Amy is an (4) actor / artist / engineer
in the theater. Alice's (5) brothers / brother's / brothers' are students.

8. Circle the correct words.

Jaime is from Chile. He's a taxi (1) driver / officer / writer. His (2) brothers' / parents' / sisters' names are Pedro
and Carlos. Pedro is a (3) actor / doctor / writer at the hospital and Carlos is a (4) firefighter / lawyer / teacher
at a language school. Jaime's (5) children / brothers / sisters' are students.

Reading

9. Read the text and answer the questions.

Humanitarian Star in Hollywood
Angelina Jolie is an actor from Los Angeles. She comes from an acting family. Her father is a famous actor (Jon
Voight) and her brother is also an actor (James Haven). Angelina is famous all over the world. She doesn't have
many acting awards, but she has an Oscar nomination for the movie The Changeling.
(1) Where is Angelina Jolie from? ____________________
(2) What does her father do? ____________________
(3) What's her brother's name? ____________________
(4) Does she have many acting awards? ____________________
(5) What movie has an Oscar nomination? ____________________

10. Read the text and circle the correct words.

Puerto Rican Star in Hollywood
Benardo del Toro is an actor from Puerto Rico. He lives in the United States. He isn't from an acting family. His
parents (Gustavo and Fausta) are lawyers. His brother Gustavo is also a lawyer. He is famous in the English-
speaking world. He has many awards, including an Oscar for the movie Traffic.
Benardo del Toro is from (1) Puerto Rico / the United States. His family (2) are / aren't all actors. His father is
(3) a lawyer / an actor. His brother's name is (4) Fausto / Gustavo. He has (5) one Oscar / two Oscars for the
movie Traffic.

Listening
13. Listen and circle the answers. [CD Track 02, oM1_2.mp3]

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The woman is a (1) firefighter / lawyer. Her job is (2) dangerous / new. It's (3) great / interesting. Her brother is
a (4) firefighter/ lawyer. It's (5) one / eleven o'clock
Grammar A

1. Write the correct verb forms.

A: What (1) ____________ Bob ____________ (do) in his free time?
B: He (2) ____________ (like) to listen to music and he (3) ____________ (play) tennis.
A: (4) ____________ he ____________ (work) out?
B: No, he (5) ____________ (not go) to the gym.

2. Write the correct verb forms.

A: What TV shows (1) ____________ you ____________ (watch) every day?
B: I (2) ____________ (like) detective shows. I (3) ____________ (not like) comedies.
A: My parents (4) ____________ (not watch) TV. My mother (5) ____________ (go) to the gym with my father
every evening.

Grammar B

3. Write sentences.
(1) you / buy many CDs? _____________________________________________
(2) no, I / not have much money. _____________________________________________
(3) my brother / have a lot of CDs. _____________________________________________
(4) you / listen to his CDs? _____________________________________________
(5) yes, I / listen to music every day. __________________________________________

4. Write sentences.
(1) when / Tom play video games? _____________________________________________
(2) he / plays every night. _____________________________________________
(3) he / play with his friends. _____________________________________________
(4) no, he / play online. _____________________________________________
(5) his friends / not like video games. __________________________________________

Vocabulary A

5. Complete the sentences with the following words.

listen, parties, popular, sees, sociable
Madeleine is very (1) ____________. She loves (2) ____________. She's a very (3) ____________ student. She
has hundreds of friends. She (4) ____________ her friends every day. They (5) ____________ to music
together.

6. Complete the sentences with the following words.

goes, loyal, plays, shy, watch
Peter is very (1) ____________. He doesn't like people. He (2) ____________ online every afternoon and he (3)
____________ video games at home. He only has two close friends and he's very (4) ____________ to them.
They (5) ____________ TV together on weekends.

Vocabulary B

7. Circle the correct words.

I (1) like / listen / play to music in my room every night. I also (2) go / like / meet online to talk to my friends.
I'm very (3) considerate / shy / sociable. I don't have many friends, but I'm very (4) confident / loyal / popular
to the friends I have. I don't (5) go / see / work my friends very much. They don't live here.
8. Circle the correct words.
Mary and Jane are friends. Every weekend they (1) go / see / watch bowling and then they (2) go / listen / play
to music. Mary is very (3) confident / popular / shy. She has lots of friends. Jane is (4) loyal / shy / sociable. She
doesn't have many friends. When she isn't with Mary, she watches (5) friends / music / TV alone.

Reading

9. Read the text and match the columns.

Many celebrities have interesting hobbies. For example, Angela Jolie likes getting tattoos and watching people.
Brett Pitt isn't interested in tattoos. He likes architecture. Another celebrity who likes tattoos is David Bingham,
but he also likes shopping. Maybe he could go shopping with Beyonda. She likes shopping and swimming.
Another singer who likes swimming is Celine Dean.

(1) Angela Jolie ________ a. architecture

(2) Brett Pitt ________ b. shopping and tattoos

(3) David Bingham ________ c. only swimming

(4) Beyonda ________ d. tattoos and watching people

(5) Celine Dean ________ e. shopping and swimming

10. Read the text and answer the questions.

Many famous people have strange hobbies. For example, Brett Pitt's hobby is architecture. Do you think Angela
Jolie likes visiting old buildings with him? Angela and soccer star David Bingham like getting tattoos. Another
soccer star, Ronald Don, likes singing. He loves karaoke. And Tim Cruise's hobby is flying. He has his own
airplane.
(1) Who likes getting tattoos? ____________________
(2) Who likes singing? ____________________
(3) Who likes looking at buildings? ____________________
(4) Who plays soccer? ____________________
(5) Who has an airplane? ____________________

Listening
13. Listen and answer the questions. [CD Track 03, oM1_3.mp3]

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(1) What games does Angelica like? ____________________

(2) What games does Victor prefer? ____________________
(3) Who likes driving games? ____________________
(4) What is Automania? ____________________
(5) Who thinks the story is boring? ____________________