TEST 1 ELEMENTARY

READING

1) Read about train driver, Brian Law. Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences

Brian Law is a train driver for Eurostar. He drives high speed trains in England and in
Europe.

Brian works four days a week. Sometimes he's free at the weekend, but usually he works on Friday and Saturday. Friday
and Saturday are very busy days for Eurostar because everybody wants to go on holiday or go home for the weekend.
Eurostar runs every day (but it doesn't run on Christmas Day).
The first train to Paris leaves London at 5.25 in the morning, so Brian starts work at 4.30. In one day he does two or three
journeys between London and Paris. He finishes work at 12.00 noon. Sometimes he starts late - at 4.00 p.m. - and works
until 11 .30 at night. Sometimes he doesn't go home at the end of the day, he stays in Paris.

The journey
The journey takes 2 hours 15 minutes, and the train travels at 300 km/h. It doesn't go so fast in the tunnel - it only goes at
160 km/h when it travels through the tunnel. It carries 794 passengers.
When the train is in France, Brian speaks to his controllers in French. His French is very good. He has a lot of French
friends, and his son, Toby, goes to stay with them in Paris. Brian earns £45,000 a year. In his free time he likes going out
with his wife, Angela, and walking their dogs. Angela is a chef, so she works at weekends too. She has Monday free and
goes walking with Brian. He has 25 days of holiday a year. Where does he go on holiday? 'France, of course!' says Brian.

1 He works five days a week. ____

2 Sometimes he doesn't work at weekends. ____
3 Eurostar trains run 365 days a year. ____
4 The first train to Paris leaves before 5.00 a.m. ____
5 He does several journeys every day. ____
6 Brian starts work very early every day. ____
7 He always goes home in the evening. ____
8 Brian speaks good French. ____
9 He doesn't earn very much. ____
10 He goes to France on holiday ____
 LISTENING

2) Listen and complete the information about Brian's wife, Angela, and their son Toby (track unit 2
Wb)

* wage = salary

GRAMMAR

3) Look at the pictures of Annie's day. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the box.
4) Make questions about Annie’s day.

1) What time / she get up? _____________________________________

2) What have/ for breakfast? ___________________________________

3) Where / work? ____________________________________________
4) What time / start work? _____________________________________
5) Where / lunch? ____________________________________________
6) What / do in the evening? ____________________________________

5) Answer the questions in exercise 3.

1) __________________________________________________________
2) __________________________________________________________
3) __________________________________________________________
4) __________________________________________________________
5) __________________________________________________________
6) __________________________________________________________

6) Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective

7) Put the words in the correct order to make sentences

1 always / shower / morning / have / the / in / I / a

2 sometimes / go / cinema / to / I / the
3 often / France / on / we / holiday / go / to
4 never / coffee / morning / drink / I / in / the
5 usually /9.00/ work / I / start / at
8) Look at the advert for a holiday cottage. Complete the sentences
with there is/isn't or there are.

1 There ______ three bedrooms in the cottage.

2 There _____ a dining room.
3 _____ a big kitchen.
4 _____ an open fire in the living room.
S _____ two bathrooms.
6 _____ a big garden.
7 _____ a TV

9) Complete the questions and answers.

1 _______any restaurants in Lyme Regis?' 'Yes, ________

some great restaurants
2 _______ any cafes?' 'Yes, ________lots:
3 ________ a beach?' 'Yes, _________ a lovely beach
4 _______ any big shopping centres?' 'No, _________
 WRITING

Write a letter to your pen friend who lives in England. Tell him / her about:

- You and your family

- Your weekend activities
- Where you live and why you like living there.
- What you do in your free time.

Write between 120 – 180 words.