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CERTIFICACIN DE NIVEL A1
APELLIDOS:__________________________________________
NOMBRE:____________________________________________
D.N.I.:_______________________________________________
FECHA:______________________________________________

QUESTION 1: READING COMPREHENSION

You will read some information. Answer the questions about each piece of information. Write
in complete sentences. There are two pieces of information.
Part 1

Open every day of the year

9 am 6.00 pm
Elephants, lions, bears and much more
Adults 12
Children 6
2 kilometres from town centre

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1. What is the name of the zoo?_________________________________

2. How much is a childs ticket?___________________________________
3. What animals can you see at the zoo?___________________________
4. When is the zoo open?________________________________________

Part 2

HORSE FOR SALE

500 to a good home

Six years old

Brown with white face
5. What colour is the horse?_____________________________________
6. How much does the horse cost?________________________________
7. How old is the horse?________________________________________
8. How can you contact Garden Farm?_____________________________

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QUESTION 2: USE OF ENGLISH

Part 1
Put the words below into the correct sentence. Use each word only once.
arent
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Are you

Im

you

Youre

Im not

Hello! __________________ Peter.

Excuse me. ___________________________ Susan?
Hello Marco. Nice to meet _____________________.
_____________________ Maria, Im Belinda.
Sorry, am I late? No, you ________________.
Hello, Frank. ______________________ very late!

Part 2
Rearrange the words below to make sentences. There is an example at the
beginning.
Example

is / brothers / What / your / name?

What is your brothers name?

1. Sarah. / my / is / Tom. / brother, / This / Im

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2. your / is / house? / mothers / Where
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3. fantastic! / car / Jamies / is
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4. My / Amelia. / wife / is / brothers
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5. names? / their / What / are
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6. dog. / and / husband / our / my / This / is / thats
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7. sisters / friends. / my / They / are
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8. Where / our / are / bags?
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Part 3
Read Renata and Claudias email. Underline the correct verb form to make true
sentences. There is an example at the beginning.
Message:
To: Rachel & Max
From: Renata & Claudia
Subject: Hello!

Hi Rachel & Max,

How are you? Were here IN ENGLAND!!! Were at the Europa school in Oxford.
The schools fantastic the teachers are very good and the other students are nice.
Theyre from all over the world Japan, Poland, Russia, Italy... everywhere! Were
really happy here, but we arent very happy with our rooms theyre expensive and
they arent very big. The weathers good, but the food is AWFUL!!
See you soon,
Love Renata and Claudia xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Example

Our school is / isnt very good.

1. The food is / isnt very nice.

2. The other students are / arent very nice.
3. Our rooms are / arent very big.
4. We are / arent very happy here.
5. We are / arent very happy with our rooms.
Part 4
SPOT THE MISTAKE: put a line through the extra word. There is one correct
sentence.
Example

What is the your name?

1. How do you to spell it?

2. I have a one reservation.
3. Im from the Brazil.

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4. John, close the door please.

5. You look at the board please.
6. Go to the page 33.
Part 5
Draw the times in the clocks. There is an example at the beginning.
0

____ half past ten ______

1. Five past ten

4. Ten to five

2. Twenty past ten

5. Twenty-five to five

3. Ten past five

6. Five to ten

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Part 6
Underline the correct word to complete the text. There is an example at the beginning.

My names Niall Kelly, and I (0) was / were born in 1946, in a village called Mallahyde,
in Ireland. My father Donald (1) was / were an engineer, and Maeve, my mother, (2)
was / were a nurse. There (3) was / were six people in my family; my parents, my three
sisters and me. My sisters (4) was / were usually noisy, but I (5) was / were a quiet
child.
I (6) wasnt / werent happy at my first school.
I (7) wasnt / werent good at maths or English, but I (8) was / were good at sport,
especially football.
I remember my best friends (9) was / were two brothers called Jim and Adam, and they
(10) was / were always very naughty in class! I also remember my favourite food it
(11) was / were hot bread!
Part 7
Write sentences about the future using the words below. There is an example at the
beginning.
Example

You / pass the exam / if you study

___ You will pass the exam if you study ___

1.

He / not / have lunch with his sister.

2.

They / see the Taj Mahal next week.

3.

Chris / not / buy a mobile phone.

4.

We / see a film this evening.

5.

I / visit my friend Mark in hospital.

6.

Claire and Vanessa / not / buy any clothes next weekend.

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QUESTION 3: WRITING
Read the paragraph about Corina, a teacher from Rumania who is using a website
called Netfriends to look for English speakers from around the world to practice her
English with.
1. Complete the text with phrases from the box.
My names

write to me

I can

in my free time

I usually

I love

I live in

I also study

Netfriends: Making friends around the world

(0)__ My names __ Corina Balcesu, and Im 26 years old. (1)
________________ Bucharest, the capital of Romania, and Im a history
teacher.(2) _______________ English for two evenings a week, and I want
to write to people from different countries. (3) __________________ I go
to the cinema, and I also like cooking for friends.
At the weekends (4) ___________________ go to a restaurant with my
family, and I sometimes go to the mountains (there are lots of beautiful
mountains in Rumania).
(5) __________________ play the guitar quite well, and (6)
__________________ classical music. Oh, and I hate football! Please (7)
_______________________ at corinabelascu@netfriends.com . Thanks a
lot!

2. Write a paragraph about you for Netfriends. Use the phrases in the box in 1.
To write about these things:
- Personal information (name, age, job...)
- Things you like / dont like / love / hate
- Things you do in your free time / at the weekends
- Things you can do well
- Any other information

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QUESTION 4: LISTENING
Part 1
You will hear pairs of words. Match them below.

1.

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2.

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3.

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4.

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5.

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6.

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Part 2
Look at the numbers below. Write the next three numbers. Listen and check. There is
an example at the beginning.
EXAMPLE

21: __ twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four__

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

35: _________________________________________________
43: _________________________________________________
56: _________________________________________________
66: __________________________________________________
74: __________________________________________________
81: __________________________________________________
97: __________________________________________________

Part 3
Listen to the days of the week and write them in the correct order. The first one has
been done for you.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)

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