NAME

CLASS
American
2  Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   B ENGLISH FILE  1

GRAMMAR 3 Complete the sentences with the correct word or

phrase.
1 Underline the correct word or phrase.
Example: Listen to me.
Example: It’s a day nice / nice day. Listen you  Listen  You are listen
1 They have cheap / cheaps laptops. 1 __________ careful, children!
2 This is our new car / car new. Are You Be
3 Jean Reno is a France / French actor. 2 __________ my coffee!
4 Susan has eyes green / green eyes. Don’t drink  No drink  Drink not
5 Are they very good teachers / teachers very 3 __________ turn the TV on.
good? Let  Let’s  Let us to
6 These DVDs are expensives / expensive. 4 Please __________ your car here.
6 not to park  no park  don’t park
5 I’m hungry. __________ go to the café.
2 Check (✓) the correct sentence. Don’t Let’s We
Example: A It’s a English book.  ■ 6 __________ left here.
B It’s an English book.  ■
✓ Turn to  Turn we  Turn
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1 A Johnny Depp is an actor.  ■
B Johnny Depp is a actor.  ■ Grammar total 20
2 A They’re dictionarys.  ■
B They’re dictionaries.  ■ VOCABULARY
3 A Is that your headphones?  ■
4 Write the opposites.
B Are those your headphones?  ■
4 A Lyn and Paul are teachers.  ■ difficult clean  beautiful  expensive
B Lyn and Paul is teachers.  ■ near safe short weak
5 A It’s an house.  ■
Example: expensive  cheap
B It’s a house.  ■
6 A These is our classroom.  ■ 1 strong __________
B This is our classroom.  ■ 2 easy __________
7 A “What are these?” “They’re glasses.”  ■ 3 dirty __________
B “What are these?” “They’re a glasses.”  ■ 4 long __________
8 A Two boxes of pencils, please.  ■ 5 dangerous __________
B Two boxs of pencils, please.  ■ 6 ugly __________
8 7 far __________
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 NAME CLASS
American
2  Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation   B ENGLISH FILE  1

5 Complete the sentences with the correct word(s). PRONUNCIATION

Example: His job is difficult and he’s very stressed. 7 Underline the stressed syllable.
wrong happy stressed
Example: pen|cil
1 My brother has a __________ car.
1 um|bre|lla
far red short
2 beau|ti|ful
2 Harry’s __________ old. He’s 97 this year.
quite very near 3 a|ttrac|tive
3 Can you open the window? I’m __________. 4 sci|ssors
very cold  quite tired  really hot 5 ma|ga|zine
4 “What color are the taxis in your town?” “They’re 5
__________.”
black old expensive 8 Find the word with a different sound.
5 Sad is the opposite of __________. Example: black  park cat lamp
worried happy bored
1 look  you  new  blue
6 Where are my sandwiches? I’m __________.
2 bored  short  hot  tall
worried hot hungry
3 the  mother  thanks  this
7 I’m __________ bored.
really small big 4 slim  easy  cheap  piece
7 5 book  tissue  good  full
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6 Underline the correct word. Pronunciation total 10

Example: Read the newspaper / glasses.
Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50
1 Turn off the stamp / computer.
2 Write with a pencil / wallet.
3 This is a photo / tissue of my children.
4 That’s the key / umbrella for the door.
5 They’re the watches / headphones for my iPod.
6 She has coins in her purse / calendar.
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Vocabulary total 20

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 NAME CLASS
American
2  Reading and Writing   B ENGLISH FILE  1

READING 2 Read the text again and write Julio, Wayne, JK, or
Barack.
1 Read the text and check (✓) A, B, or C.
Example: Julio is a singer.

Famous People 1 ______________ has very short hair.

2 ______________ is a very rich writer.
Julio Iglesias (born 1943) is a singer. He’s very famous in
3 ______________ is a sportsman.
Europe and America. Julio is from Madrid, the capital of
Spain. He’s tall and very good-looking. He has short black 4 ______________ has blond hair.
hair and brown eyes. He has eight children. 5 ______________ has a really big family.
Wayne Rooney (born 1985) is a British soccer player. He’s 6 ______________ has two children.
from Liverpool in the north of England. He isn’t very tall and 7 ______________ is from the north of England.
he isn’t very slim, but he’s a good footballer and he’s rich!
His wife’s name is Coleen and they soccer player one child. 7
JK Rowling (born 1965) is English. Her full name is Joanne
Reading total 15
Kathleen Rowling. She’s famous because she writes the
Harry Potter books. She is also very rich. Joanne is slim, but
she isn’t tall. Her hair is long and blond. She has beautiful WRITING
blue eyes and she’s very pretty. Describe yourself. Answer these questions, then
Barack Obama (born 1961) is a politician. He’s the President write a text. (75–100 words)
of the USA and his home is the White House. He’s about 50. 1 What’s your name?
He is tall and attractive. He has very short black hair and his 2 Where are you from?
eyes are brown. His wife is Michelle Obama. They have two
3 What color is your hair?
children.
4 What color are your eyes?
5 Are you famous / slim / rich / tall / attractive …?
Example: Julio is a TV presenter. 6 Is your family big?
A  True ■ B False ■ ✓   C  Doesn’t say ■
1 Julio is American. My name’s … . I’m from … .
A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
2 Julio isn’t short.
A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
3 Wayne is really tall.
A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
4 Wayne has a big family.
A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
5 JK is a famous author.
A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
6 JK has two children.
A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
7 Barack is a very old politician.
A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  10
■ Writing total

8 Michelle is around 50 years old. Reading and Writing total 25

A True ■  B False ■  C  Doesn’t say  ■
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 NAME CLASS
American
2  Listening and Speaking   B ENGLISH FILE  1

LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen to Tim, Akiko, and Paul saying what they 1 Think about one of your friends. Complete the
have on their table or desk. Match the things with information card.
the people’s names.
1 a calendar __________ Name:
2 car keys __________ Age:
Nationality:
3 a photo __________
Big/small family?
4 a big lamp __________ Eye color:
5 magazines __________ Hair color:
5 Tall/short:

Other information: nice? attractive?

2 Listen to five conversations. Check (✓) A, B, or C. happy/sad/stressed? rich/poor?, etc.

1 The woman is worried about the __________.

A car ■  B road ■  C time ■
2 The girl is __________.
A hot ■  B cold ■  C angry ■ 2 Ask your partner these questions about his/her
3 Who is bored? friend.
A  the boy  ■  B  the girl  ■  C  their father  ■ 1 Is it a man or a woman?
4 Tom wants the __________. 2 What’s his / her name?
A iPod ■  B magazine ■  C radio ■ 3 How old is he / she?
4 Where is he / she from?
5 The sign says __________.
5 Is their family big or small?
A  Be careful  ■  B  Turn right  ■ 
C  No parking  ■ 6 What color are his / her eyes?
7 What color is his / her hair?
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8 Is the person tall/short/attractive, etc?
Listening total 10
3 Now answer your partner’s questions about your
friend.
Speaking total 15

Listening and Speaking total 25

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