Practice Test English 1

1. INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS Y TECNOLÓGICOS No. 11
WILFRIDO MASSIEU PÉREZ
Name: ____________________________ Class: __________ Date: _________
PRACTICE TEST 1
I Circle the letter that best completes each sentence.
1. Yoko and Carol ___________ at the park.
A is B are C am.
2.The teacher __________ Mr. Smith.
A Is B are C am
3.___________ you American ?
A are B is C am
4.I __________ a new student here.
A are B is C am
5.___________ aren´t from Colombia.
A we B he C I
6.Tania and I ____________ in the same school.
A are B am C is
II The following sentences are incorrect, circle the mistake and write the correction on the line.
7.Mr Smith is the new teacher, She is a good woman. _____________.
8.My friends father is Mrs. Johnson. ______________.
9.That boy is in my class, she is the best student. _____________.
10.Karla is from Chicago, but he is bilingual. _____________.
11.You and I are very tall, They are in the basket ball team. _____________.

2. Complete the following ideas with words from the box.
Friday September Sunday third Wednesday December
May eleventh seventh
12.The ____________ month of the year is November.
13.___________ is the fourth day of the week.
14.The ninth month of the year is ____________.
15.The fifth month of the year is _____________.
16._____________ is the sixth day of the week.
17._____________ is the first day of the week.
18-22 NON EXISTENT.
III Match the following questions and answers.
a.She is Italian.
22.What is her name?__________
b.She is 26 years old.
23.How old is She?________
c.She is at school now.
24.What nationality is She?________
d.Sofi.
25.Where is She from?________
e.She is fine
26.Where is she?________
f.Rome
IV Directions: Complete the sentences with the correct possessive form.
27. I have two brothers. ________________ names are Tom and Jerry.
28. This is Lucy and _____________ eyes are beautiful.
29. We are lucky! ______________ classroom is large.
30. Megan and her sister are twins. _____________ eyes are the same color.
31. Jerry is a chef. ______________ dishes are delicious.

3. 32-46 NON EXISTENT.
VI Change the following sentences to interrogative form.
47.Tina lives in a big house.
Where ___________________________________________________?
48. I wake up at 6 everyday.
What time ________________________________________________?
49. Juney drinks tea for breakfast everyday.
What ____________________________________________________?
50. The Smiths have two children.
How many ________________________________________________?
51. Mr Thompson is a mechanic.
What _____________________________________________________?
VII Unscramble the following sentences.
52. Usually work I Saturdays on
___________________________________________________________________________.
53. Take the exam students an every normally month
____________________________________________________________________________.
54. A take often shower you do how ?
______________________________________________________________________________.
55. Go the rarely cinema go on to Mondays I
_______________________________________________________________________________.
56. Father ever drinks my hardly liquor
_______________________________________________________________________________.

4. IV Directions: Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb.
1. We always __________ (walk) home from school.
2. She never __________ (drink) diet sodas.
3. Do you __________ (like) to watch T.V.?
4. I __________ (play) tennis every Saturday.
5. He doesn’t __________ (dance) very well.
6. My neighbor __________ (work) at the hospital.
7. When do you __________ (eat) dinner?
8. The students always _________ (study) for their tests.
9. Does he __________ (live) in California?
10. The store usually __________ (close) at 10 p.m.
V Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb given:
Robert Ballard is 28 years old. He _______________(live) in Germany. Robert
___________________ (love) sport, and he ___________________(have) a dangerous hobby; he
___________________ (climb) waterfalls! How is that possible? The answer is easy. He
____________________ (not)(climb) in the summer, but in the winter, when everything is frozen.
At the moment, Kevin is _________________ (make) plans for his next climb. He is
_____________________ (plan) to go to the Canadian rockies next January. He wants
_________________ (climb) a big waterfall there. Many people ________________ (think) Robert
is crazy. “Maybe I am”, he says. “But I just _______________ (love) it”
VOCABULARY
I Fill in the blanks with the missing country or nationality.
1. __________________ Japanese
2. The USA _________________
3. Brazil _________________
4. China _________________
5. __________________ German
6. __________________ English
7. Italy ________________
8. Spain ________________
9. Scotland ________________
10. __________________ Polish

5. II Write the verbs:
__
_________
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
__ __
________ _________
___________ ___________ ___________
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________
___________ ___________ ___________ ___________ ___________

6. III Write the opposite words for the following adjectives:
Bad ______________ beautiful _______________ big _______________
dirty ______________ empty _______________ easy _______________
expensive __________ fast _______________ old _______________
wet ______________ rich _______________ fat _______________
IV Complete the numbers and words.
1st ______________________ 11th ______________________
2nd______________________ 12th ______________________
3rd______________________ _______ thirteenth
_________ fouth _______ fourteenth
_________ fifth 15th _____________________
6th______________________ 21st ______________________
7th______________________ 22nd ______________________
________ eighth ______ thirty fifth
9th ______________________ ______ forty third
_______ tenth 100th _____________________
PRACTICE TEST 2.
I Change the following ideas to interrogative form.
1. Lina lives in an apartment. __________________________________________________.
2. Tom is a good student. _____________________________________________________.
3. The students are taking an exam now. _________________________________________.
4. My parents work 10 hours a day. _____________________________________________.

7. 5. I take a shower every morning. ______________________________________________.
6. Susy drives a nice car. ______________________________________________________.
II Mr. Cabrera is talking about himself. Complete the paragraph, use the correct form of the verb.
I am a systems engineer in a transnational company. I normally _____________ (work)(7) from
Monday to Friday. I ______________ (like)(8) my job very much, I really _____________ (enjoy)
(9)being with my friends at the office. I almost always _______________ (arrive) (10)early and I
______________ (take)(11) some time to have a cup of coffee with them. We _____________ (go)
(12)out to lunch at around 2 p.m. and I usually ______________ (go) (13)to a small restaurant
near my office. I _________________ (be)(14) married and I ___________ (have)(15) 2 kids, They
both _____________ (go) (16)to elementary school. Danny and Sandy _______________ (be)
(17)twins, and I_________ (love) (18)them very much.
My wife ______________ (be)(19) a Spanish teacher. She______________ ( work)(20) in a public
school downtown. Our kids ______________ (go)(21) to a different school. She________________
(give) (22)classes in the morning and she _________________ (leave) (23)school early to pick up
the girls. She _________________ (get)(24) home at around 2.30 in the afternoon. She sometimes
______________ (take)(25) time to go to the supermarket to buy some food and groceries. She
_______________ (like)(26) to work with the girls to check their homework. They normally
________________ (do)(27) homework alone but my wife likes to help them.
I believe we are all happy. The most important thing for everyone is to be together like a real
family.
III Complete the following ideas in a logical way, use the right question word.
28. A: _____________ do you live? B: In New York.
29. A: ________________ do you have? B: I don´t have brothers only a sister.
30. A: ___________________ do you get up? B: At 6 a.m.
31. A:___________________ do you live with? B: I live alone
32. A: __________________ do you need the money? B: Because I want to buy a car.
IV Unscramble the following sentences.
33. English/ my/ speaks/ sister/ well/ very._________________________________________.
34. modern/likes/ the/ girl/little/music_________________________________________.
35. man/ from/ that/ is/Europe_____________________________________________.
36. p.m./arrives/ father/normally/my/home/9/before

8. ______________________________________________________________.
37. a/today/day/is/cold _________________________________________.
V Correct the following ideas. Write the right form.
48. Mr Wilson take a bus to work everyday. ________________________________________.
49. The boys are play soccer every weekend ________________________________________.
50. I speaks English very well. ____________________________________________________.
51. Do you are from Mexico? ____________________________________________________.
52. What time you live school? __________________________________________________.
53. Is your friend lives in France? ________________________________________________.
54. How old you are? __________________________________________________________.
55. Her name is Ricardo. _______________________________________________________.
56. Their names are Susana. ____________________________________________________.
VII Change the following sentences to negative form.
57. The Taylors come from Ireland. _____________________________________.
58. The Taylors are nice people. _____________________________________.
59. Mr. Taylor works in a big company ___________________________________.
60. Lucy Taylor is my friend. _____________________________________.