ESERCIZI IN PREPARAZIONE ENTRY TEST PRIME

ESERCIZI IN PREPARAZIONE ENTRY TEST PRIME INGLESE
1) Read Gino’s answers. Complete the questions.
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Hello, (1) what’s your name ?
It’s Gino.
(2) ____________ come from?
I’m from Naples.
(3) ______________ now?
I live in Memphis now.
(4) ______________ to Memphis?
A year ago.
(5) ____________ do?
I’m a student. I’m studying music.
(6) ____________ married?
No, I’m not, but I’ve got a girlfriend.
2) Sostituisci le espressioni tra parentesi con
pronomi personali soggetto
Es: (Robert) is a doctor - He is a doctor
. (Paul) is a teacher
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. (Tim) is American
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. (Janet) is a girl
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. (Tim and Bill) are at school
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. (Roberto and I) are Italian
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. (Lucy and you) are good students _____
. (My cassette recorder) is new
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. (Paolo) is Italian
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3) Inserisci l'aggettivo possessivo appropriato.
1. Have you got ………….. (le mie) tennis shoes?
2. Maths is ………………..( la nostra) favourite subject.
3. This isn't ……………….. (il tuo) money!
4. When is ………………… (il vostro) test?
5. London is famous for ………….. (i suoi) theatres.
6. He hasn't got rare stamps. ……………. (i suoi) stamps are just a bit unusual.
7. Where are ……………… (i loro) cats?
4) Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the list.
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My name (1) is Natalia. I (2) ________ 19 years old and I (3) __________ from Málaga, in the
south of Spain. I (4) __________ a student at a language school in London. I (5) __________
English. I (6) __________ with an English family at the moment.
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The course is hard work and I (7) __________ it very much.
Tonight, my friend Junko from my class (8) __________ a party for her 21st birthday. All of the
people in our class (9) __________ . Next week, I (10) __________ home to Málaga and then, in
October, I (11) __________ a new job.
5) Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Isabel and I _______________ (live) in a room in the hotel where we _____________ (work).I
____________ (get up) at five o' clock and I _______________ (have) a shower. Isabel _____ (stay)
in bed I ______________ (start) work at six in the morning and Isabel ___________ (start) at six in
the evening. We __________________ (meet) at three o'clock in the afternoon when I ____________
(finish) work. I _____________ (go) back to our room and Isabel ____________ (make) lunch for us.
6) Complete the interview with Jack.
EX. What do you do? I'm a receptionist in a hotel
a. What ____________ your wife ___________ ? she works in the hotel bar.
b. Where __________ you ______________ ? At the Regent Hotel in London.
c. How many languages ________ you _____________ ? Four. English, French, German and
Spanish.
d. __________ you ____________ Japanese? No. I don't. But I want to learn it.
e. _________ your wife ___________ English? Yes, she does. She speaks it fluently.
f. What time ________ you ____________ ? At six o'clock in the morning.
g. Why ___________ you ______________ working in the hotel? Because we meet people of all
nationalities.
7) Choose the best option.
1 Sorry I can’t come tomorrow.
a Not important.
b Never mind.
2 Sorry I’m late.
a Don’t mention it.
b It doesn’t matter.
3 How do you do?
a How do you do?
b Fine, thank you.
4 Thank you very much.
a Not at all.
b Never mind.
5 Can I help you?
a Of course I can.
b No, thank you. I’m just looking.
6 Cheers!
a And you.
b Cheers!
7 Have a good weekend!
a Same to you.
b Same for you.
8 Excuse me!
a Yes. Can I help you?
b Of course you can.
9 See you tomorrow.
a Tomorrow.
b Yeah! 6 o’clock at my house.
10 Good morning!
a Good morning! Lovely day. b Good morning. Is lovely day.
11 Can you help me with my bag?
a Of course I can. No problem.b Of course I can. Not problem.
8) Choose the correct option.
1 We … two computers.
a has got
b ’ve got
2 She is sick so she … this week.
a isn’t working
b doesn’t work
3 It’s very hot today. Why … a coat?
a do you wear
b are you wearing
4 Lydia … with her mum and two sisters.
a lives
b live
5 In Latin America, the north … hotter than the south.
a be
b is being
6 Do you … a bicycle?
a have
b have got
7 Vegetarians … meat.
a are eating
b eats
8 Are you going home?
a Yes, I’m.
b Yes, I am.
9 Australia … a big population.
a have not
b doesn’t have
c don’t have got
c is working
c don’t you wear
c is living
c is
c ’ve
c don’t eat
c Yes, going.
c haven’t got
10 Does he smoke?
a No, he does.
b Yes, do.
11 He can’t come to the phone, he … a shower.
a has
b ’s having
c Yes, he does.
c hasn’t got
9) Choose the correct option.
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He has got / has coffee in the morning.
When do you have / have got your holiday?
Did you have got / have a nice teacher at school?
They have never got / never have wine with dinner.
They don’t have / no have lots of money.
She has / is having a new dictionary.
They’re coming in a minute. They have / are having dinner.
I haven’t /don’t have got any pets.
Where do you usually go / are you usually going skiing?
Where’s Gianni? He dances / ’s dancing with Rebecca.
I like / ’m liking my new job.
10) Join the pairs of sentences with but/however, so, or because.
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I like cars. I don’t like driving.
I like cars, but I don’t like driving.
She telephoned me. I went to see her. ___________________________________________
I went shopping. We didn’t have any food. ___________________________________________
He is moving to the USA. He is starting a new job.
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We can ski. We don’t like snow and cold weather!
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I am sociable. My brother is quiet. ___________________________________________
11) Put the verbs in the brackets into the Present Continuous.
Oh, no! It ___________________________ (rain). What a pity!
I _________________________________ (read) a very good book at the moment.
We _______________________________ (drink) champagne because it's our wedding anniversary.
I ___________________________________ (work) hard because we have exams next week.
What _______ Peter ___________ (do) on the floor? He ______________(look for) his glasses.
Why ______ you _______________ (run)? Because I ___________________ (go) to a party and I am
late.
The photocopier _____________________________ (not work). Phone the engineer.
I ___________________________________ (not do) any more work. I am tired.
12) Making questions
put the words in the correct order to make questions in the present continuous.
ex. you what are doing ? What are you doing?
1 cooking are you what ? ________________________________________________
2 tonight out you going are ? ____________________________________________
3 playing we time tennis are what ? _________________________________________
4 crying daughter is why your ? _____________________________________________
5 dinner are Ken and Helen for coming when?
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13) Ask for the underlined part. Write the complete English question into the gap.
ES. We are going to the cinema.
Where are you going?
1) John is writing a letter.
What _________________________________________________?
2) She walks home from school.
Who __________________________________________________?
3) The children are sitting in the garden.
Where _________________________________________________?
4) Peter runs with his dog on Sundays.
When _________________________________________________?
5) My rabbit has a cage in the garden.
What __________________________________________________?
6) They go to work by bus.
How ___________________________________________________?
7) David likes cats because they are nice.
Why __________________________________________________?
8) Jenny isn't sleeping late today.
Who ______________________________________________?
14) Put in the missing forms
Infinitive
1) catch
2) tell
3) understand
4) cut
5) ring
6) eat
7) wear
8) put
9) sell
10) think
11) drive
12) win
13) drink
14) break
15) fight
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15) Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form of the verbs in the list.
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1 The police ran after the thief.
2 My mum _____ my Christmas presents so that I couldn’t find them.
3 It _______ to rain just as I was leaving the house.
4 I went to bed because I _______ tired.
5 He _______ me that there was a ghost in the house.
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Somebody _______ my bicycle from outside my house.
It was a beautiful day and the sun _______ brightly.
I _________ softly upstairs because I didn’t want to wake the children.
I _________ to carry the table but it was too heavy for me.
He _________ the ball to me but I didn’t catch it.
The dog ______ the police to the place where the thief was hiding.
16) Put in the verbs in brackets into the gaps and form sentences. Use going to-future
1) He ____________________________________ hisfriend. (to phone)
2) We____________________________________ a new computer game. (to play)
3) My sister ______________________________ TV. (to watch)
4) You ___________________________________ a picnic next Tuesday. (to have)
5) Jane ___________________________________ to the office. (to go)
6) They _____________________________ to the bus stop this afternoon. (to walk)
7) His brother ___________________________ a letter to his uncle today. (to write)
8) She ____________________________________ her aunt. (to visit)
9) I ____________________________________ my homework after school. (to do)
10) Sophie and Nick __________________________ their friends. (to meet)