Oxford Holiday English 1 Level test 1 Units 1–8
Listening
1 Listen to a conversation between Jack, Kate
and Sam in a café. Complete the sentences.
(10 marks)
1 Sam is Jack's _____________________________ .
2 Sam is from_______________________________ .
3 Kate, Sam and Jack sit next to ______________ .
4 Kate wants to drink ________________________ .
5 They're all meeting later at the ______________ .
Vocabulary
2 Complete the sentences. (10 marks)
1 Our friend Florence is from Paris. She speaks
F__________ .
2 My favourite pop star has got short, black
h__________ and big, blue e________ .
3 The weather was good. It was hot and
s__________ .
4 Every weekend, my dad p__________ football
and my sister g__________ swimming.
5 I have m__________ or cream in my coffee.
6 You can see a lot of interesting old things at the
m__________ in our town.
7 My mum doesn't wear shoes in the winter. She
usually wears warm b_________ .
8 After school, we sit on the s__________ and
watch TV.
3 Complete the definitions. (10 marks)
1 A part of your body. You use it to hear. e _ _
2 The opposite of dry. w _ _
3 You do this in the snow. g _ s _ _ _ _ _
4 You put this food in sandwiches. It's yellow or
white. c _ _ _ _ _
5 You borrow books from this place. l _ _ _ _ _ _
6 There are often a lot of trains here. s _ _ _ _ _ _
7 You put these on your feet. They go inside your
shoes. s _ _ _ _
8 You wear these on your legs. t _ _ _ _ _ _ _
9 You go to sleep in this. b _ _
10 This is a place inside a house. You eat here.
d_____ r___
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Grammar
4 Complete the email. Use the present simple or
present continuous form of the verbs. (16 marks)
Hello Olivia
How are you today? I’m on holiday in Scotland.
We always (1) __________ (visit) the same town
every summer because my dad (2) __________
(love) it here! But I (3) __________ (not like) the
weather very much – it’s sometimes a bit cold
and windy.
It (4) __________ (rain) at the moment, so I
(5) __________ (not sit) on the beach! I’m in a
small café with my computer.
What (6) _____ you _____ (do) now?
This evening, I (7) __________ (go) to the cinema
with my family. We (8) __________ (see) the new
Johnny Depp film – I’m very excited!
See you soon
Jessica
5 Complete the sentences. Use the affirmative,
negative or interrogative form of there is / there
are or there was / there were. (10 marks)
1 Look! __________ a cat on top of that house!
2 I like this art gallery. __________ a lot of great
pictures here.
3 __________ any milk in the fridge? Can you have a
look for me?
4 Grandad, __________ a shopping centre in our
town fifty years ago?
5 It was stormy yesterday so __________ any people
in the sea.
6 Correct the sentences. (12 marks)
1 Be quiet, Adam. Not talk in class! __________
2 My friend don't can speak English. __________
3 Sorry. I haven't got some money. __________
4 Your dad can run very fastly. __________
5 I'm reading an fantastic book. __________
6 You mustn't to eat in here. __________
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7 Complete the sentences. Use the past simple Writing
form of the verbs. (12 marks)
9 Imagine you're on holiday at a summer camp in
see buy drink the mountains. Write a postcard to your family.
Use the ideas to help you. Write about 60 words.
love practise be
(10 marks)

1 I __________ a new MP3 player from the shop Paragraph 1

last weekend. Where are you on holiday? Is the weather good?
What are you wearing today?
2 She's got a piano exam, but she isn't nervous. She
Paragraph 2
__________ a lot last week.
What did you do yesterday? Where did you go?
3 That basketball match __________ very good
What did you eat?
yesterday.
Paragraph 3
4 My little brother really _________ that Harry
What are your plans for tomorrow?
Potter book. He read it for hours on holiday.
5 We __________ an interesting TV programme
about India last night.
6 He ____________ all the orange juice.
_________________________________________________

Reading _________________________________________________

8 Read the text. Are the sentences true or false?

_________________________________________________
Write T or F. (10 marks)

Summer job at Café Italy 
We're looking for a young person to sell ice  _________________________________________________
cream, coffee, pizzas and sandwiches at our 
popular Italian café in Burmouth this  _________________________________________________
summer.  
We want someone from 23rd June until 31st  _________________________________________________
August. The hours are Monday to Friday, 
9.00 to 4.30 with half an hour break for 
lunch. 
The café is about 15 minutes' walk from the 
train station, or you can take bus number  _________________________________________________
28. There's a bus stop opposite the café. 
_________________________________________________
You must be over sixteen, speak good 
English and understand some Italian. 
_________________________________________________
Interested? Phone Bernardo Guarnieri.

1 The café sells food and drink. ___

2 The new person must work at weekends. ___
3 The job is in the morning and the afternoon. ___
4 The café is near a bus stop. ___
5 Fifteen-year-olds can work at the café. ___

Total marks: Listening _______ / 10 Vocabulary _______ / 20 Grammar _______ / 50

Reading _______ / 10 Writing _______ / 10 TOTAL _______ / 100

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