Starter Unit Test

New Horizons 2 – Starter unit test Name: _______________________ 1 Complete the sentences. Use contractions where possible. Example: We ’re from Italy. 1 __________ he a student? 2 We __________ English. We’re Scottish. 3 ‘Is he in Class 4?’ ‘No, he __________.’ 4 ‘Is Marta Spanish?’ ‘Yes, __________ is.’ 5 This __________ Chinese food. It’s Japanese. 6 ‘Where __________ you from?’ ‘I’m from Poland.’ 7 ‘Are they teachers?’ ‘No, they __________.’ 8 ‘I __________ Russian. I’m from Moscow.’

2 Complete the sentences with the correct word. Example: I’m American. My family is from New York. My You’re their 1 They’re students. __________ names are James and Marta. His Her Their 2 Carlo is Italian, but __________ mother is British. His her she 3 It’s a school. __________ name is The English School. His Her Its 4 We are students. __________ teacher is American. Their Our Your 5 This is our director. __________ name is Mark. His Her He 6 Sally, please open __________ book. you your you’re

3 Complete the sentences. Use the verbs in brackets. Example: She lives (live) in a house. 1 They _______________ (not have) children. 2 I _______________ (work) in a school. 3 The pub _______________ (close) at 11.00 p.m. 4 She _______________ (not like) coffee.

New Horizons 2 – Starter unit test 5 We _______________ (speak) English and Italian. 6 You _______________ (study) at the university. 7 My mother _______________ (drive) a nice car. 8 Juan _______________ (not play) computer games

4 Underline the correct word or phrase. Example: He’s my teachers’ / teacher’s wife. 1 It’s the Ben’s / Ben’s brother. 2 These are my childrens’ / children’s sweets. 3 That’s my parent’s / parents’ dog. 4 I don’t like James’s / Jame’s sister. 5 This is my brothers’ / brother’s house. 6 I like the end of the book / book’s end.

4 Complete the sentences about the family tree.

Example: Helen is Jack’s wife. 1

David is Sam’s _______________.

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Helen is John’s _______________.

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Tom is Paul’s _______________.

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Mary is Tina’s _______________.

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Mike is Sally’s _______________.

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Sally is Jack’s _______________.

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New Horizons 2 – Starter unit test

6 Complete Susan’s e-mail with the verbs in the box. Use the ing form. be

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Hi Charles My name’s Susan and I’m a student. I like being a student, but I don’t like 1 __________. I do four hours work every evening. I live in a house with my friend, Laura. We like 2 __________ good food, but Laura hates 3 __________. She only makes pasta. We often go to fast food restaurants. It’s really unhealthy. Ilove 4 __________ home and eating my mum’s food. At the weekends, we like 5 __________ friends. We love and music and singing. What do you like 6 __________? Write soon Susan

7 Underline the correct words. Example: We was / were in Paris yesterday.

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New Horizons 2 – Starter unit test

1 Where was / were Jack this morning? 2 Yesterday was / were Friday. 3 I wasn’t / weren’t at work today. 4 Did / Were James and Sue at school yesterday? 5 Where were you / did you go last night? 6 The shops wasn’t / weren’t open today.

8 Complete the sentences. Example: Is there a TV in my hotel room? 1 There __________ any wine, but there’s some water. 2 There __________ a good film on TV last night. 3 Are there __________ guests at the hotel? 4 There __________ any famous people at the party last week! 5 ‘Were there any ghosts in your room?’ ‘No, there __________.’ 6 ‘__________ there a good restaurant?’ ‘Yes, there was.’

9 Complete the e-mail with the verbs in the present simple or the present continuous. Hi David How are you? At the moment, I’m listening (listen) to music. I usually 1 __________ (listen) to music in the mornings. On Saturdays, I sometimes 2 __________ (go) to the cinema with Mary, but she 3 __________ (study) now. She 4 __________ (have) a lot of work. My cousin 5 __________ (stay) with us at the moment and he 6 __________ (wait) for me downstairs. 7 I __________ (think) he wants to go to the park. See you soon John

New Horizons 2 – Starter unit test 10 Complete the sentences with a, an, some, or any. Example: We can’t have an omelette. There aren’t any eggs. 1 ‘Can I have a sandwich, please?’ ‘Sorry. There isn’t__________ bread.’ 2 ‘I’m hungry.’ ‘Do you want __________ apple?’ 3 ‘I can make __________ pasta this evening.’ 4 ‘Are there __________ bananas?’ ‘No. I had the lastone.’ 5 ‘I’m a vegetarian. I don’t want __________ meat.’ 6 ‘There’s __________ pineapple in the fridge.’

11 Underline the correct word or phrase in each sentence. Example: How much / many coffee do you drink? 1 We don’t eat much / many bananas in our house. 2 I didn’t eat no / any cake. I wasn’t hungry. 3 She eats much / a lot of biscuits. She loves them. 4 Mark buys many / a lot of fruit. He’s very healthy. 5 I don’t have much / many free time. I work very hard. 6 ‘How much chocolate do you eat?’ ‘A lot of / A lot.’

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