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NAME CLASS

End-of-course Test

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation

ENGLISH FILE

Elementary

3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of

the verbs in brackets.

Example: Mark and Emma have (have) a house in

Portugal.

1 I ________ (not be) to Egypt. Is it nice?
2 He________ (not ask) for a cappuccino – he asked

for a latte.

3 ________ she ________ (travel) to India next

summer?

4 Colin ________ (not be) at work yesterday.
5 I ________ (buy) a new car last week.
6 She ________ (not listen) to music at the moment.
7 I ________ (start) cooking classes next week.
8 Where ________ (be) he yesterday morning?
9 ________ you ever ________ (break) your leg?

10 ‘How often ________ you ________ (go) to the

theatre?’ ‘Every month.’

11 Emma ________ (write) him a letter two days ago.
12 Who ________ (be) the three greatest politicians of

the twentieth century?

13 He has an exam tomorrow, so he ________ (study)

now.

14 She ________ (not like) using lifts.

Grammar total

VOCABULARY

4 Complete the words in the sentences.

Example: We go to the

supermarket every Saturday

morning.

1 The cooker’s really

d________ . We need to clean it.

2 I think it’s going to rain. Let’s take an

u________.

3 I gave my brother a

w________ – he often loses his

money.

4 I read the

n________ every day.

5 The car park’s normally full but today it’s quite

e________.

6 I was late for work because the

b________ was late.

7 I usually have a

s________ for lunch. I love bread.

8 She’s listening to the news on the

r________.

9 I want to write something – can I borrow your

p________, please?

10 I read two

b________ when I was on holiday last

summer.

GRAMMAR

1 Complete the sentences.

Example: Are they from Switzerland?

1 I ________ sing, but I can play the guitar.
2 ‘How did your phone break?’ ‘________ fell on the

floor.’

3 We ________ British. We’re American.
4 There isn’t ________ milk in the fridge.
5 ‘What’s that?’ ‘It’s ________ identity card.’
6 ________ Holly have any children?
7 I’m taller ________ my brother.
8 ‘Would you like to fly a plane?’ ‘No, I ________.’
9 The art gallery is closed ________ Mondays.

10 ‘What’s the time?’ ‘It’s half ________ three.’
11 ________ aren’t many books on the shelf.
12 I spoke to him on the phone ten minutes ________.
13 We hardly ________ watch TV at the weekend.
14 They ________ like the film – they left after 10

minutes.

15 ‘How much coffee do you drink?’ ‘Quite a

________.’

16 They are ________ noisiest neighbours in the street.

2 Underline the correct form.

Example: My mother

work / works in a hospital.

1 We don’t have

some / any money.

2 My father’s

dentist / a dentist.

3 I have

a lot of / a lot brothers and sisters.

4 We had

an excellent meal / a meal excellent.

5 Please drive

careful / carefully. The weather’s bad.

6 Can we meet

on / in Monday evening?

7 I

have always / always have breakfast at home.

8 It’s raining.

Let’s go / We go inside.

9 I don’t like

get up / getting up early.

10 He’s hoping

to study / study law at university.

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4 I need to cut some paper. Do you have any

s________?

5 A

c________ is a place where you can buy medicine.

6 I don’t read books but I like reading

m________ and

newspapers.

7 Can I see your

i________ card, please?

8 Do you want to

c________ a taxi?

9 I didn’t

t________ off my phone and it rang in the

lesson!

10 She often

t________ by plane.

11 I usually

m________ dinner at 8.00.

12 I

d________ a Volkswagen.

13 I always

w________ up early.

14 Your son’s daughter is your

g________.

Vocabulary total

PRONUNCIATION

8 Match the words with the same sounds.

ow piece friend spell door breakfast

aid tissue spoke thought juice people

Example: r

ed friend said

eacher 1 ________

2 ________

all

3 ________

4 ________

oe 5 ________

6 ________

open 7 ________

8 ________

9 ________

10 ________

9 Underline the stressed syllable.

Example: co

ffee

1 o

ppo

site

6 to

toes

2 su

per

mar

ket

7 beau

ful

3 vege

bles

8 cho

colate

4 en

neer

9 be

hind

5 heal

thy

10 un

der

stand

Pronunciation total

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100

5 Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.

Example: We eat in the ________.

A bathroom

■

B bedroom

■

C dining room

■

✓

1 My mother’s brother is my ________.
A grandfather

■

B nephew

■

C uncle

■

2 My sister works in an office. She’s a ________.
A receptionist

■

B musician

■

C builder

■

3 I don’t see Pete very much, but we often ________at

weekends.

A download

■

B skype

■

C search

■

4 Can I pay by credit ____, please?
A ticket

■

B money

■

C card

■

5 I work with sick animals. I’m a ________.
A lawyer

■

B politician

■

C vet

■

6 I got your email but I couldn’t open the ________.
A wifi

■

B attachment

■

C internet

■

7 My father’s a ________. He flies all over the world.
A pilot

■

B builder

■

C nurse

■

8 I need some ________ for this letter, please.
A stamps

■

B keys

■

C coins

■

9 My brother’s daughter is my ________.
A granddaughter

■

B sister

■

C niece

■

10 You can buy food at a ________.

A bank

■

B market

■

C post office

■

6 What is the next word?

Example: one, two, three

1 Wednesday, Thursday, ________
2 twenty, thirty, ________
3 July, August, ________
4 summer, autumn, ________
5 third, fourth, ________
6 eight hundred, nine hundred, ________

7 Complete the words in the sentences.

Example: She

walks to work every day.

1 The opposite of tall is

s________.

2 If you break your leg you have to go to

h________.

3 Marc’s a

c________. He works in a French

restaurant.

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Elementary

End-of-course Test

Reading and Writing

4 There are some mountains between Vancouver and

the ocean.

A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

5 It often rains in summer in Vancouver.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

6 Jacob has a big garden.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

7 He lives an hour away from the nearest park.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

8 He never walks in the streets at night.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

9 Jacob can speak a lot of foreign languages.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

10 He has been to Italy on holiday.

A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

2 Now read the text again and answer the questions.

1 How often does the study happen?
___________________________________________
2 Where has Jacob travelled to for his work?
___________________________________________
3 What are the winters like in Vancouver?
___________________________________________
4 Are there many parks in Vancouver?
___________________________________________
5 What does Jacob like best about Vancouver?
___________________________________________

Reading total

WRITING

Answer the questions. Write 25–35 words for each

question.

1 What did you do last weekend?
2 What is there for tourists to do in your town or city?
3 Describe a good friend of yours.

Writing total

Reading and Writing total

READING

1 Read the text and tick (✓) A, B, or C.

The best place in the world

to live

Vancouver is the third biggest city in Canada. It’s in the
south west of the country and it has a population of 2.6
million. A recent study showed that it’s the best city in the
world to live. The study looked at areas like weather,
transport, education, healthcare, and safety. This study
happens every year and Vancouver is usually number one.

We asked Vancouver resident Jacob Meyers if he agrees.

I’ve lived in Vancouver all my life. I work for an engineering
company and I’ve travelled on business to many Canadian
cities. Two years ago another company offered me a very
good job in Montreal but I didn’t take it because I never want
to leave my city. Let me tell you why not:

Vancouver is situated between the mountains and the
Pacific Ocean. That means the summers aren’t too hot and
the winters aren’t too cold. It also rains a lot, in summer and
winter. Some people don’t like that but I do because our
gardens and parks are always green and fresh. Every day I
cycle or walk for an hour in a park and in Vancouver you’re
never more than a few minutes from one.

I don’t feel frightened when I walk in Vancouver’s streets at
night. Of course, Vancouver has a high population and
there’s crime in every big city, but compared to the USA, for
example, it’s quite safe.

But my favourite thing about Vancouver is its incredible mix
of nationalities. I’ve got friends here from all over the world.
And there’s an enormous variety of foreign food in the
restaurants and markets. I’ve eaten wonderful dishes from
China, India, Italy, Greece, and Japan and I haven’t been to
any of these places.

Example: Vancouver is bigger than all the other

Canadian cities.

A True

■

B False

■

✓

C Doesn’t say

■

1 Two thousand, six hundred people live in the south

west of Canada.

A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

2 A study says that Vancouver is the best place for a

city holiday.

A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

3 Jacob was born in Vancouver.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

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Elementary

End-of-course Test

Listening and Speaking

SPEAKING

1 Ask your partner these questions.

1 Where were you born?
2 What’s your job?
3 What do you like doing at the weekend?
4 Where did you go for your last holiday?
5 Can you drive a car?
6 Have you ever won a prize? What for?
7 How many foreign languages can you speak?
8 What are you going to have for dinner tonight?

Now answer your partner’s questions.

2 Read the information about a classical concert and

answer your partner’s questions.

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

at The Royal Theatre

Conductor: Leonardo López
The Liverpool Youth Orchestra

7.30 p.m. Saturday 10th September

£18 adults £12 students £5 children (under 12)

Tickets on the door or online at www.theroyaltheatre.org

3 Now ask your partner these questions about a

party.

• Whose/party?
• Why/have/party?
• Whattime/start?
• Where?
• What/emailaddress?

Speaking total

Listening and Speaking total

LISTENING

1 Listen to the conversation. Tick (✓) A, B, or C.

1 The man is _______.
A going to work

■

B going home

■

C going to see a friend

■

2 The time now is ________.
A 4.45

■

B 5.15

■

C 5.45

■

3 At the moment, the woman is doing a course in

________.

A teaching

■

B Japanese

■

C healthcare

■

4 The man has ________ Japan.
A lived in

■

B travelled to

■

C worked in

■

5 The man would like ________.
A a coffee and a snack

■

B a tea and a snack

■

C a snack only

■

2 Listen to five speakers. Match them with the

questions they are answering A–E.

Speaker 1

■

Speaker 2

■

Speaker 3

■

Speaker 4

■

Speaker 5

■

A What did you do at the weekend?
B What’s your favourite season?
C How do you usually travel to work?
D What’s the best book you’ve ever read?
E How much exercise do you do?

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3 Complete the sentences.

Example: I can sing, but I can’t play the piano.

1 The museum is closed ________ Sundays.
2 ________ Toby have a girlfriend?
3 They are ________ noisiest neighbours in the street.
4 ‘How did your laptop break?’ ‘_______ fell on the

floor.’

5 ‘Would you like to fly a plane?’ ‘No, I ________.’
6 I spoke to him on the phone 20 minutes ________.
7 There isn’t ________ butter on the table.
8 I’m taller ________ my father.
9 ________ your sunglasses new?

10 ‘What’s the time?’ ‘It’s half ________ five.’
11 ‘What’s that?’ ‘It’s ________ identity card.’
12 They ________ like the film – they left after 20

minutes.

13 I hardly ________ watch TV in the evening.
14 ________ aren’t many houses in the village.
15 We ________ Spanish. We’re Brazilian.
16 ‘How much tea do you drink?’ ‘Quite a ________.’

Grammar total

VOCABULARY

4 Complete the words in the sentences.

Example: Do you want to

call a taxi?

1 Sergio’s a

c________. He works in an Italian

restaurant.

2 A

c________ is a place where you can buy medicine.

3 She often

t________ by train.

4 The opposite of tall is

s________.

5 He didn’t

t________ off his phone and it rang in the

film!

6 I don’t read books but I like reading

m________ and

newspapers.

7 Can I see your

i________ card, please?

8 Your daughter’s daughter is your

g________.

9 I need to cut some paper. Do you have any

s________?

10 I

d________ a Honda.

11 I usually

m________ dinner at 8.00.

12 She

w________ to school every day.

13 If you break your leg you have to go to

h________.

14 I always

w________ up early.

GRAMMAR

1 Underline the correct form.

Example: My brother’s

dentist / a dentist.

1 This was

an exciting match / a match exciting.

2 She’s hoping

study / to study journalism at

university.

3 My father

works / work in an office.

4 The weather’s bad. Please drive

carefully / careful.

5 We

have always / always have lunch at a café.

6 He doesn’t have

some / any money.

7 Can we meet

in / on Friday morning?

8 I don’t like

getting up / get up late.

9 It’s a beautiful day.

We go / Let’s go to the beach.

10 I have

a lot / a lot of uncles and aunts.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of

the verb in brackets.

Example: Reggie wasn’t (be) at work on Thursday.

1 I ________ (not ask) for a latte – I asked for an

espresso.

2 Vincent ________ (write) me an email four days ago.
3 We________ (start) dance lessons next month.
4 I ________ (buy) a new book last weekend.
5 Who ________ (be) the three greatest artists of the

twentieth century?

6 He has an exam on Thursday so he ________ (study)

now.

7 I ________ (not be) to Spain. Is it nice?
8 They ________ (have) a house near the sea. It’s

beautiful.

9 ________ you ever ________ (break) your arm?

10 ________ Joshua ________ (work) in his parents’

shop next summer?

11 ‘How often ________ you ________ (travel) by

train?’ ‘Every day.’

12 Where ________ (be) he last Wednesday afternoon?
13 Karen ________ (not like) going to the theatre.
14 My brother ________ (not listen) to the radio at the

moment.

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7 Complete the words in the sentences.

Example: The cinema is

between the station and the

supermarket.

1 I read two

b________ when I was on holiday last

summer.

2 I need to clean my bike. It’s very

d________.

3 I usually have a

s________ for lunch. I love bread.

4 I want to write something – can I borrow your

p________, please?

5 I read the

n________ every day.

6 I gave my father a

w________ – he often loses his

money.

7 I thinks it’s going to rain. Let’s take an

u________.

8 The cinema’s usually full but last night it was quite

e________.

9 She’s listening to the news on the

r________.

10 I was late for work because the

b________ was late.

Vocabulary total

PRONUNCIATION

8 Underline the stressed syllable.

Example: co

ffee

1 cho

colate

6 un

der

stand

2 to

toes

7 beau

ful

3 heal

thy

8 vege

bles

4 su

per

mar

ket

9 en

neer

5 o

ppo

site

10 be

hind

9 Write the words in the correct place.

oor breakfast people juice said friend

ow piece spoke thought tissue spell

Example: r

ed breakfast said

oe 1 ________

2 ________

all

3 ________

4 ________

open 5 ________

6 ________

7 ________

8 ________

eacher 9 ________

10 ________

Pronunciation total

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total

100

5 What is the next word?

Example: ten, eleven, twelve

1 summer, autumn, ________
2 eight hundred, nine hundred, ________
3 third, fourth, ________
4 July, August, ________
5 Wednesday, Thursday, ________
6 twenty, thirty, ________

6 Tick (✓) A, B, or C to complete the sentences.

Example: You can buy food at a ________.

A bank

■

B market

■

✓

C post office

■

1 I need some ________ for this letter.
A keys

■

B stamps

■

C coins

■

2 He works with sick animals. He’s a ________.
A vet

■

B politician

■

C lawyer

■

3 We eat in the ________.
A bathroom

■

B bedroom

■

C dining room

■

4 My sister works in an office. She’s a ________.
A builder

■

B musician

■

C receptionist

■

5 I don’t see Nick very much but we often ________at

weekends.

A skype

■

B download

■

C search

■

6 My mother’s brother is my ________.
A uncle

■

B nephew

■

C grandfather

■

7 Can I pay by credit ________, please?
A ticket

■

B card

■

C money

■

8 I got your email but I couldn’t open the ________.
A wifi

■

B attachment

■

C Internet

■

9 My father’s a ________. He flies all over the world.
A builder

■

B pilot

■

C nurse

■

10 My brother’s daughter is my ________.

A niece

■

B sister

■

C granddaughter

■

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Reading and Writing

4 The temperatures in Vancouver are comfortable.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

5 There are a lot of parks in Vancouver.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

6 Jacob walks to work.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

7 He has a bike.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

8 He says that Vancouver is safer now than before.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

9 Jacob can speak a lot of foreign languages.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

10 You can eat food from many different countries in

Vancouver.

A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

2 Now read the text again and answer the questions.

1 What does Jacob do?
___________________________________________
2 What are the summers like in Vancouver?
___________________________________________
3 Why does Jacob like the rain in Vancouver?
___________________________________________
4 How often does Jacob go to a park?
___________________________________________
5 What does Jacob like best about Vancouver?
___________________________________________

Reading total

WRITING

Answer the questions. Write 25–35 words for each

question.

1 Describe a good friend of yours.
2 What did you do last weekend?
3 What is there for tourists to do in your town or city?

Writing total

Reading and Writing total

READING

1 Read the text and tick (✓) A, B, or C.

The best place in the world

to live

We asked Vancouver resident Jacob Meyers if he agrees.

Example: Vancouver is bigger than all the other

Canadian cities.

A True

■

B False

■

✓

C Doesn’t say

■

1 Two million, six hundred thousand people live in

Vancouver.

A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

2 Jacob moved to Vancouver when he was a young boy.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

3 He lived in Montreal for two years but didn’t like it.
A True

■

B False

■

C Doesn’t say

■

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Elementary

End-of-course Test

Listening and Speaking

SPEAKING

1 Answer your partner’s questions.
Now ask your partner these questions.

1 Where do you live?
2 When is your birthday?
3 Where do you work / study?
4 What did you do yesterday?
5 Have you ever been to a very cold country?
6 How many languages do you speak?
7 Do you like listening to classical music?
8 What do you usually have for breakfast?

2 Your partner has information about a classical

concert. Ask your partner these questions.

• Where/concert?
• What/name/orchestra?
• Whattime/concert/start?
• Howmuch/tickets?
• How/booktickets?

3 Now read this information about a party and

answer your partner’s questions.

LET’S PARTY!

Laura would like to invite you to her

birthday party

on Saturday 21

July

at 8pm – 12pm

at The Boat Club

3, Abington Road, Otley

RSVP by text on 09331 837262

Or email me laurap@gcollege.ac.uk

Speaking total

Listening and Speaking total

LISTENING

1 Listen to the conversation. Tick (✓) A, B, or C.

1 The man and woman are ________.
A sitting on a train

■

B standing on a train

■

C in a station

■

2 The woman is ________.
A going home

■

B going to meet a friend

■

C going to work

■

3 The woman wants to ________.
A live in a foreign country

■

B travel to Europe

■

C become a flight attendant

■

4 The man works ________.
A in an office

■

B in an aeroplane

■

C outside

■

5 The man got on the train ________.
A at four o’clock

■

B four hours ago

■

C a few minutes ago

■

2 Listen to five speakers. Match them with the

questions they are answering A–E.

Speaker 1

■

Speaker 2

■

Speaker 3

■

Speaker 4

■

Speaker 5

■

A How often do you do exercise?
B What’s your favourite book?
C Which season do you like best?
D How do you normally get to work?
E What did you do last weekend?

Listening total

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Elementary

VOCABULARY

1 dirty

2 umbrella

3 wallet

4 newspaper

5 empty

6 bus

7 sandwich

8 radio

9 pen

10 books

1 C

2 A

3 B

4 C

5 C

6 B

7 A

8 A

9 C

10 B

1 Friday

2 forty

3 September

4 winter

5 fifth

6 a / one thousand

1 short

2 hospital

3 chef / cook

4 scissors

5 chemist’s

6 magazines

7 identity

8 call

9 turn

10 travels

11 make

12 drive

13 wake

14 granddaughter

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation

GRAMMAR

1 can’t

2 It

3 aren’t

4 much / any

5 an

6 Does

7 than

8 wouldn’t

9 on

10 past

11 There

12 ago

13 ever

14 didn’t

15 lot

16 the

1 any

2 a dentist

3 a lot of

4 an excellent meal

5 carefully

6 on

7 I always have

8 Let’s go

9 getting up

10 to study

1 haven’t been / ’ve not been

2 didn’t ask

3 Is … going to travel

4 wasn’t

5 bought

6 isn’t listening

7 ’m going to start

8 was

9 Have … broken

10 do … go

11 wrote

12 were

13 ’s studying

14 doesn’t like

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Answer Key

ENGLISH FILE

Elementary

Listening and Speaking

LISTENING

1 C

2 B

3 A

4 B

5 C

1 B

2 E

3 A

4 C

5 D

SPEAKING
Interactive communication and oral production:

The student communicates effectively with his / her

partner, asking and answering simple questions, and

where necessary initiating conversation and responding.

The student uses appropriate strategies to complete the

task successfully. (5 marks)

Grammar and Vocabulary: The student uses

a sufficient range of vocabulary and structure to

communicate clearly. Minor occasional errors do not

impede communication. (5 marks)

Pronunciation: The student’s intonation, stress, and

articulation of sounds make the message clear and

comprehensible. (5 marks)

PRONUNCIATION

1 piece / people

2 people / piece

3 thought / door

4 door / thought

5 tissue / juice

6 juice / tissue

7 slow / spoke

8 spoke / slow

9 spell / breakfast

10 breakfast / spell

1 opposite

2 supermarket

3 vegetables

4 engineer

5 healthy

6 tomatoes

7 beautiful

8 chocolate

9 behind

10 understand

Reading and Writing

READING

1 B

2 B

3 A

4 B

5 A

6 C

7 B

8 B

9 C

10 B

1 Every year.

2 He has travelled to many Canadian cities.

3 They aren’t too cold.

4 Yes, there are.

5 There’s an incredible mix of nationalities.

WRITING
Student’s own answers.

Task completion: The task is fully completed and the

answer is easy to understand. (4 marks)

Grammar: The student uses appropriate structures

to achieve the task. Minor errors do not obscure the

meaning. (3 marks)

Vocabulary: The student uses a sufficient range of

words and phrases to communicate the message clearly.

(3 marks)

NAME CLASS

ENGLISH FILE

Elementary

End-of-course Test

Answer Key

VOCABULARY

1 chef / cook

2 chemist’s

3 travels

4 short

5 turn

6 magazines

7 identity

8 granddaughter

9 scissors

10 drive

11 make

12 walks

13 hospital

14 wake

1 winter

2 a / one thousand

3 fifth

4 September

5 Friday

6 forty

1 B

2 A

3 C

4 C

5 A

6 A

7 B

8 B

9 B

10 A

1 books

2 dirty

3 sandwich

4 pen

5 newspaper

6 wallet

7 umbrella

8 empty

9 radio

10 bus

Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation

GRAMMAR

1 an exciting match

2 to study

3 works

4 carefully

5 always have

6 any

7 on

8 getting up

9 Let’s go

10 a lot of

1 didn’t ask

2 wrote

3 are / ’re going to start

4 bought

5 were

6 is / ’s studying

7 haven’t been

8 have

9 Have … broken

10 Is … going to work

11 do … travel

12 was

13 doesn’t like

14 isn’t listening

1 on

2 Does

3 the

4 It

5 wouldn’t

6 ago

7 any / much

8 than

9 Are

10 past

11 an

12 didn’t

13 ever

14 There

15 aren’t

16 lot

NAME CLASS

ENGLISH FILE

Elementary

End-of-course Test

Answer Key

WRITING
Student’s own answers.

Task completion: The task is fully completed and the

answer is easy to understand. (4 marks)

Grammar: The student uses appropriate structures

to achieve the task. Minor errors do not obscure the

meaning. (3 marks)

Vocabulary: The student uses a sufficient range of

words and phrases to communicate the message clearly.

(3 marks)

Listening and Speaking

LISTENING

1 A

2 C

3 A

4 B

5 B

1 C

2 A

3 E

4 D

5 B

SPEAKING
Interactive communication and oral production:

The student communicates effectively with his / her

partner, asking and answering simple questions, and

where necessary initiating conversation and responding.

The student uses appropriate strategies to complete the

task successfully. (5 marks)

Grammar and Vocabulary: The student uses

a sufficient range of vocabulary and structure to

communicate clearly. Minor occasional errors do not

impede communication. (5 marks)

Pronunciation: The student’s intonation, stress, and

articulation of sounds make the message clear and

comprehensible. (5 marks)

PRONUNCIATION

1 chocolate

2 tomatoes

3 healthy

4 supermarket

5 opposite

6 understand

7 beautiful

8 vegetables

9 engineer

10 behind

1 juice / tissue

2 tissue / juice

3 door / thought

4 thought / door

5 slow / spoke

6 spoke / slow

7 friend / spell

8 spell / friend

9 people / piece

10 piece / people

Reading and Writing

READING

1 A

2 B

3 B

4 A

5 A

6 C

7 A

8 C

9 C

10 A

1 He’s an engineer.

2 They aren’t too hot and it rains a lot.

3 Because the gardens and parks are always green and

fresh.

4 Every day.

5 The incredible mix of nationalities.

Listening Scripts

ENGLISH FILE

Elementary

END-OF-COURSE TEST
Listening 2

1
Well, a lot of people like the summer months when it’s light in
the evenings. I do too, but I prefer autumn when it’s still quite
warm and the leaves are a beautiful red and yellow colour. It gets
dark earlier, but I love sitting in front of the fire in the living
room and reading a book.

2
I play football at the park every Sunday afternoon with friends,
which is fun. I cycle to and from work every day. I live about five
kilometres from work, so that’s a lot of cycling. And there’s a
gym at work, which is great and I use that once or twice a week.
So, I do quite a lot, really.

3
Not a lot. I got up quite late. I’m reading a great book at the
moment, so I read that in bed for a couple of hours before I got
up. In the afternoon, I took the bus into town and met some
friends for a coffee. The next day I did housework in the
morning and played tennis in the afternoon.

4
It depends. In the spring, summer and autumn, I cycle. It’s great,
because it’s cheap, it’s fast, and it’s really good exercise. But I
don’t like using my bike in winter when it’s very cold and windy,
so I usually get the bus then.

5
It’s called One Day In Winter. It’s about a murder in a haunted
house. A friend gave it to me for my birthday a few years ago. I’ve
read two or three novels by the same writer, but this one’s
definitely the most exciting.

END-OF-COURSE TEST
Listening 1

Joe

This train is so slow! I’m going to be late to meet my
friend.

Bess

Yes, it is slow, isn’t it? … Well, we’re lucky – we have
seats. A lot of people are standing.

Joe

Well, the trains are always busy at this time. People
are going home from work.

Bess

I’m

not. I’m travelling to work.

Joe

But it’s a quarter past five …

Bess

Yes … I’m a nurse. I sometimes work in the day, but
this week I’m working in the evenings.

Joe

Do you enjoy your work?

Bess

Yes, I do, but I’m going to change jobs in a few months
because I want to travel. I’m studying to become an
English teacher and then I hope to go to Japan for a
year and teach English.

Joe

Really? I’ve been to Japan lots of times. I’m a flight
attendant. I work for an American airline. When I do
long flights, I stay in the country for a couple of days
before I fly home again.

Bess

How wonderful! … Do they serve food on this train?

Joe

Just snacks, I think.

Bess

I’m going to get a coffee. Would you like one?

Joe

No, thanks, but I’d like a packet of crisps. I’m really
hungry. I got on this train four hours ago and I haven’t
eaten anything.

Bess Sure.

Joe

Thanks very much. That’s very kind.

Bess

That’s fine. I’ll be back in a few minutes.