PLACEMENT TEST

NAME: ___________________________________ FORM: _______ CLASS: ___________ No: _________

Topic: Personal identification

• Verb to be • Personal pronouns and possessive determiners
• Verb to have got • Nationalities

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A. Read the text.

Hello, my friends! My name is Pierre Gomes and I’m French but my

father is Portuguese. He is from Coimbra. My address is 105 Champs-
Elysées, Paris and my phone number is 08 00 0931 54. I’m 12 years old
and my birthday is on 23rd January.
I’m short and thin and I’ve got straight brown hair and brown eyes.
My favourite food is crêpes and my favourite drink is milkshake. I’ve
got a small pet. It’s a dog. Its name is Puffy. I like swimming and
skateboarding but I don’t like playing football.

B. Circle the correct option.

1. Pierre is a) Portuguese. b) French. c) English.
2. Pierre’s father is from a) Cambridge. b) Lisbon. c) Coimbra.
3. Pierre has got a) green eyes. b) straight hair. c) long hair.
4. His favourite food is a) crêpes. b) milkshake. c) soup.
5. He likes a) playing football. b) watching TV. c) swimming.

. Answer the questions about the text.

1. What’s his name? _________________________________________________________________________________
2. What nationality is he? ____________________________________________________________________________
3. Where is his father from? _________________________________________________________________________

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 4. Is his address 105 Champs-Elysées, Paris? __________________________________________________________
5. Has he got a cat? __________________________________________________________________________________

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 II.

A. Complete the questions with the wh-words in the box. Then, match them with the correct answer.

How (x2) When What (x3) Who Where

1. ______________________’s your first name? a. She has got long straight hair.

2. ______________________ old are you? b. I’m fine, thanks.

3. ______________________ is their birthday? c. His favourite food is pizza.

4. ______________________ is he? d. They’re from London.

5. ______________________ are you? e. My first name is Margaret.

6. ______________________ is she like? f. Their birthday is on 10 October.

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7. ______________________ is his favourite food? g. I am 11 years old.

8. ______________________ are they from? h. He is my brother.

B. Complete with the correct form of the verb to be or the verb to have got.
1. Jenny’s birthday ___________________________________ on 5th February.
a) are b) has got c) is

2. The children ___________________________________ big blue eyes.

a) have got b) are c) has got

3. You ___________________________________ 12 years old.

a) am not b) aren’t c) hasn’t got

4. I ___________________________________ from Newcastle.

a) have got b) am c) are

5. She ___________________________________ a brother and two sisters.

a) is b) are c) has got

6. What colour ___________________________________ his hair?

a) are b) has got c) is

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 C. Fill in with the correct personal pronoun.
1. _______________ is a boy. 4. _______________ are students.
2. Hello! _______________ am Elvira. 5. How old is Julia? _______________ is 12.
3. Daniel and Victor, how old are _______________?

D. Choose the correct possessive determiner to complete the sentences.

1. Larry: What’s _________________________ name?
Felicia: _________________________ name is Felicia. my

2. Felicia and Larry: _________________________ teacher is very good. their

3. This is the new student. your

_________________________ name is Paul. his
4. They are eleven today. her
_________________________ birthday party is on Saturday.
our
5. This is Monica. _________________________ surname is Taylor.

E. Find the names of the nationalities and write them in the columns.

Austral- Span- Japan- Swed- Germ- Ir-

-ish -an -ian -ese

III.

Write a short text about yourself. Don’t forget to mention: first name, surname, age, birthday, nationality,
address, phone number, favourite food, favourite drink, likes and dislikes.

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