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Gold Experience A2 Progress test 1 Name Class Grammar 1 Complete the text with the present simple form of the verb in brackets. Maria: What 1) do you do in your free time? (do) Paulo: Well, I 2) __________ comics a lot. (read) My brother and I 3) __________ comics! (collect) We 4) __________ about two hundred in our bedroom. (have) Maria: Wow! That’s a lot of comics! What else 5) __________ you __________ ? (do) Paolo: Well, I 6) __________ (listen) to music and I 7) __________ football once a week. (play) My brother 8) __________ any sport though. (not/do) He 9) __________ it. (not/like) 10) What __________ you __________ in your free time? (do) Maria: 11) My friends and I __________ shopping every Saturday. (go) 10 2 Complete the sentences with much or many. 1 How many songs do you have on your iPod? 2 I don’t have __________ free time after school. 3 How __________ comics do you have in your collection? 4 I don’t have __________ games on my laptop. 5 Did you catch __________ fish yesterday? 6 I don’t often go to the cinema. It’s expensive and I don’t have __________ money. 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 1 3 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. 1 TV / usually / they / watch / don’t. They don’t usually watch TV. 2 cinema / we / go to / often / the. ___________________________________________ 3 what / in / you and your family / do / your free time / do? ___________________________________________ 4 like / you / do / music? ___________________________________________ 5 collect / comics / Fiona and Sam. ___________________________________________ 6 homework / never / he / his / does. ___________________________________________ 5 Vocabulary 4 What are these free-time activities? 1 I love going shopping with my friends – we like the clothes shops in our town! 2 Jim loves s__________ . He has a great voice! 3 Ella likes d__________ . She goes to ballet in her free time. 4 I love c__________ . I can make a very good spaghetti Bolognese. 5 Bobby likes p__________ . She is very good at art. 6 Jeanne loves r__________ all kinds of books. 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 2 5 Complete the sentences with the -ing form of these verbs. collect draw fish play sing watch 1 My brother loves playing computer games – it’s his favourite hobby! 2 In the evenings, I love ____________ TV with my family. 3 My sister has a beautiful voice and loves music. She’s great at ____________ . 4 My Dad’s hobby is ____________ . He sits for hours beside the river near our house. 5 I don’t like ____________ . I’m not very good at art. 6 My hobby is ____________ stamps. I have stamps from all over the world! 5 6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of these verbs. collect go listen play watch 1 I play football once a week. 2 She loves ____________ to music on the radio! 3 He ____________ to singing club after school. 4 Do you like ____________ TV? 5 I usually ____________ on a sleepover to my best friend’s house at the weekend. 6 He ____________ the guitar in his band. They’re called Eureka. 7 He never ____________ to the cinema – he prefers to watch DVDs at home. 8 My family and I often ____________ shopping together at the weekend. 9 Do you ____________ films on your laptop? 10 She has a lot of shoes. Does she ____________ them? 11 He doesn’t ____________ chess because he doesn’t like it. 10 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 3 Listening 7 Listen to Robert and Julie talking about their hobbies. Are the sentences (1–6) true (T) or false (F)? 1 Julie likes drawing. T 2 Julie’s very good at drawing. ____ 3 Julie usually takes photos of people. ____ 4 Julie goes to a camera club on Fridays after school. ____ 5 Julie loves playing football. ____ 6 Robert is very good at art. ____ 5 8 Listen to the conversation again and complete the sentences. 1 Do you like drawing, Julie? 2 What do you ____________ photos of? 3 I don’t ____________ take photos of animals or nature. 4 Wow! Your photos are ____________ ! 5 I don’t ____________ drawing very much and I’m not good at art. 6 I ____________ enjoy football at all! 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 4 Speaking 9 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. 1 listen / to / in the evenings / music / I / usually. I usually listen to music in the evenings. 2 good / at / not / I’m / painting. ___________________________________________ 3 drawing / brilliant at / people / I’m ___________________________________________ 4 photos / friends / of / my / like / taking / I. ___________________________________________ 5 usually / to / music / when / you / do / listen? ___________________________________________ 6 fishing / don’t / like / I. ___________________________________________ 5 10 Match the questions (1–6) with the correct answers (A–F). 1 What do you do in your free time? E A Jazz, mostly. 2 Are you good at it? ____ B Every day! 3 How often do you play it? ____ C At home. 4 Where do you usually play it? ____ D In the evenings. 5 What kind of music do you play? ____ E I like playing the piano. 6 When do you usually play it? ____ F Yes, I am. 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 5 Reading I love cooking! Marie Perdu is famous for her amazing cooking. She lives in Paris and works in great restaurants. You can often see her on YouTube, but Marie is fourteen years old! Marie looks like any other teenager. She has two brothers and a cat. She goes to school every day and always does her homework. She often goes shopping with her friends and she sometimes goes to the cinema with her dad. She never plays computer games or watches TV because she usually cooks in her free time. She always cooks a big meal for her friends at the weekend. Sometimes she cooks for forty or fifty people! Her brothers wash the dishes and help Marie to take the food to the table. Marie doesn’t feel nervous when she works in busy kitchens because she loves cooking so much. What is Marie’s dream? She wants to have her own restaurant with her own kitchen! 11 What does Marie do? Tick () the things that Marie does. Put a cross (X) beside the things she doesn’t do. 1 goes to the cinema  2 cooks ____ 3 does her homework ____ 4 goes shopping ____ 5 plays computer games ____ 6 watches TV ____ 5 12 Complete the table with information about Marie. Family name Perdu First name Age City Hobby Family Pet Marie 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 6 13 Read the text again. Choose the correct answer, A, B or C. 1 Marie has three sisters. A Right 2 B Wrong C Doesn’t say B Wrong C Doesn’t say Marie’s Dad is a great cook. A Right 6 C Doesn’t say She works in different shops in Paris. A Right 5 B Wrong She doesn’t like school. A Right 4 C Doesn’t say She often plays computer games in her bedroom. A Right 3 B Wrong  B Wrong C Doesn’t say Marie doesn’t feel nervous when she cooks. A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say 5 14 Complete the sentences about Marie. Use these words. 14 years old cooking goes shopping with her friends Paris her dad and two brothers watches TV 1 Marie is from Paris. 2 She is _______________________ . 3 She lives with _______________________. 4 She likes _______________________. 5 She often _______________________. 6 She never _______________________. 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 7 Writing 15 Read Molly’s blog. There are six mistakes with punctuation. Find the mistakes and correct them. My hobby is painting! I live in the south of france and I love painting the trees and mountains near my house I paint every day after school I also go to a painting club once a week on a thursday evening. It’s great fun! I love it because I can meet friends who also like painting. do you like painting and do you want to come with me. 1 france France 2 _______________________ 3 _______________________ 4 _______________________ 5 _______________________ 6 _______________________ 5 16 Read Molly’s blog again and answer the questions. 1 What is Molly’s hobby? painting 2 Where does she live? ______________________ 3 How often does she do her hobby? ______________________ 4 Why does she like it? ______________________ 5 Where does she like doing her hobby? ______________________ 6 Why does she love the club? ______________________ 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 8 17 Write an email to your friend. Think of a hobby you would like to do and invite your friend to a club to do it too. Write 25–35 words. Use these questions to help you. • What is the hobby you would like to do? • Why do you like it? • Where is the club? • How often will you go to the club? 10 Total: GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 100 9 Gold Experience A2 Progress test 2 Name Class Grammar 1 Complete the text with the present continuous form of these verbs. laugh look paint stand talk wear We are in our art class at the moment. It’s a big class and it’s quite busy in here! That’s our teacher. He is 1) standing by the blackboard. He’s 2) ___________ a shirt and jacket, and 3) ___________ to Peter – he doesn’t look very happy! Claire’s 4) ___________ a picture of some fruit, and Elena’s 5) ___________ at it – isn’t it beautiful? Mark is sitting beside David and they’re 6) ___________ at David’s painting – hmm, it’s not a great piece of work! 5 2 Complete the sentences with the correct present continuous form of these verbs. chat cook listen not/surf not text not/work study 1 I am studying tonight because we’re having an exam on Friday. 2 The students ______________ this week because their school is having a tech-free week. 3 My dad ______________ dinner tonight. 4 He can’t hear you! He ______________ to music on his iPod. 5 He ______________ the Internet because his laptop ______________ . 6 She ______________ online with her friend in Australia. 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 1 3 Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verb in brackets. 1 I’m having (have) a party after school today. Do you want to come? 2 She is on holiday at the moment. She ______________ (have) a great time. 3 She ______________ (go) to piano lessons every Saturday. 4 Sorry? I can’t hear you! I ______________ (wear) headphones! 5 I ______________ (use) my mobile phone every day. I love texting my friends! 6 She ______________ (have) lots of music on her laptop. 7 ‘Who’s Vanessa?’ ‘Oh, she’s in my class. She’s got blonde hair and she ______________ (wear) glasses.’ 8 ‘Can I use your laptop?’ ‘In a minute. I ______________ (use) it now.’ 9 I always ______________ (sit) beside my best friend in the English class. 10 ‘What ______________ (do) at the moment?’ ‘Nothing. I’m bored!’ 11 I ______________ (not/like) this music. It’s terrible! 10 Vocabulary 4 Complete the sentences with the correct gadgets. 1 You can have hundreds of books on an e-book reader. 2 You type on a computer k______________ . 3 You can listen to music through s______________ . 4 You can speak to family who live far away on a w______________ . 5 You wear h______________ when you are listening to music. 6 You make phone calls on your m______________ p______________ . 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 2 5 Write how we say these email addresses and websites in English. 1 [email protected] jim seventy five at hotmail dot com 2 [email protected] _______________________________________________________________ 3 07743 216 8878 _______________________________________________________________ 4 [email protected] _______________________________________________________________ 5 0841 323 697 _______________________________________________________________ 6 [email protected] _______________________________________________________________ 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 3 6 Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence. 1 Tom usually chats to friends _____________ . A online 2 C take B mouth to ear C face to face B do C make I don’t buy CDs. I usually _____________ music from the Internet. A download 7 B do Mum, is it okay if I _____________ on Facebook, now? A go 6 C the screen I can live without technology. I prefer to talk to friends_____________ . A head to head 5 B the Internet Do you like my camera? It can _____________ really great photos. A make 4 C Internet In David’s free time he loves to surf _____________ . A the computer 3 B phone B surf C watch The children of Southshore High School are taking part in an _____________ . Can they live without technology for a week? A experiment 8 C webcam B garden C headphones What a great _____________ ! It sells everything. A Internet 11 B mouse I love all technology, but this e-book is my favourite _____________ ! A gadget 10 C expensive My grandparents live far away. I use my _____________ to speak to them. A DVD player 9 B expectation B website C keyboard My new laptop has a really big _____________ , so I love watching films on it. A screen B headphones C speakers 10 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 4 Listening 7 Listen to the man on the radio talking about a competition at Seafield High School.Are the sentences (1–6) true (T) or false (F)? 1 The students are having an exam today. F 2 The students are not using their mobile phones. ____ 3 The students are texting their friends. ____ 4 The students are making films about a very bad day at school. ____ 5 The best film wins a prize – one hundred pounds. ____ 6 The students are enjoying making the film. ____ 5 8 Listen to the conversation again and complete the sentences. 1 The students aren’t in their classrooms. 2 Is school ________________________ ? 3 Why ________________________ you using your mobile phone then? 4 Today we’re ________________________ a competition at school! 5 What a ________________________ prize! 6 Are you ________________________ making the film? 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 5 Speaking 9 Match the questions (1–6) with the correct answers (A–F). 1 How many text messages do you send a day? B 2 How do you chat to your friends? ____ 3 What’s your favourite gadget? ____ 4 Why is it your favourite gadget? ____ 5 Can you live without technology? ____ 6 Do you like surfing the Net? ____ A No, because I spend all my free time on my computer. B Maybe about sixty. C I text them or we go on Facebook. D My phone! E Because it’s small and I use it every day. F Yes, I do. 5 10 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. 1 blue / dress / is / my / a / wearing / sister. My sister is wearing a blue dress. 2 my / sitting / is / beside / her / mum. ______________________________________________________ 3 window / beside / is / standing / dad / my / the. ______________________________________________________ 4 cat / my / sleeping / is / the / table / under. ______________________________________________________ 5 my / beside / sitting / brother / is / mum / my / little. ______________________________________________________ 6 I / wearing / glasses / am. ______________________________________________________ 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 6 Reading Jessica Bains is fourteen years old. She usually goes shopping with her friends on a Saturday morning, but she isn’t chatting with her friends today! She is sitting in a comfortable chair in a very big library with forty-nine other teenagers, and they are all reading their e-books. Jessica is taking part in a competition called ‘How many books can you read in a day?’ The winner gets a fantastic prize – a new e-book! Jessica says: ‘It’s World Book Day today. I love books and I like reading with lots of other teenagers. My e-book is great because I have 500 books on it. I don’t usually have much time to read, because I’m always texting my friends or surfing the Internet. Usually teenagers can’t live without Facebook or their mobile phones for a whole day. We all love World Book Day, though!’ How long is Jessica going to read for? She says: ‘At three o’clock we are all going to have a break. We’re going for pizza and we’re going to talk about our favourite books! Then we’re coming back to the library to read some more!’ 11 Match the bold words in the text with their meanings. 1 talking chatting 2 something you can sit on _______________ 3 to like something very much _______________ 4 something you get if you win _______________ 5 a time to relax and stop working _______________ 6 a place with lots of books inside it _______________ 5 12 Read the text again and answer the questions. 1 How old is Jessica? She is fourteen years old. 2 Why is Jessica reading today? ____________________________________________ 3 How many teenagers are taking part in the competition? ____________________________________________ 4 Where is the competition? ____________________________________________ 5 Is Jessica enjoying the competition? ____________________________________________ 6 What is Jessica doing at three o’clock? ____________________________________________ 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 7 13 Are the sentences (1–6) true (T) or false (F)? 1 Jessica usually goes shopping with her Mum on Saturday morning. F 2 Jessica is chatting with her friends in the library. ____ 3 The competition is called ‘How many films can you watch in a day?’ ____ 4 The winner gets a fantastic prize – an e-book. ____ 5 Jessica usually reads a lot. ____ 6 Jessica doesn’t like World Book Day. ____ 5 14 Complete the sentences with these words. e-book goes is isn’t library loves 1 Jessica usually goes shopping with her friends on a Saturday morning. 2 She __________ shopping with her friends today. 3 Jessica __________ taking part in a competition at the library. 4 She __________ books. 5 Jessica has 500 books on her __________ . 6 After pizza, Jessica is going back to the __________ . 5 Writing 15 Complete the sentences with but, because or and. 1 I love texting and I like surfing the Net. 2 My new iPad is really small __________ light. 3 I love it __________ it is my favourite colour. 4 I use it at home __________ I don’t take it to school. 5 I use it to send emails __________ to surf the Net. 6 My mum doesn’t like it __________ she says I am always using it! 5 GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 8 16 Read about Benny’s favourite gadget and answer the questions. My favourite gadget is my mobile phone. I use it every day! I like sending texts and taking photos with it. I sometimes make films with it, too! It’s blue and it isn’t very big. I like it because I am never bored when I have my mobile phone with me. I use it at home and on the bus, but I don’t use it at school. 1 What is Benny’ favourite gadget? his mobile phone 2 What colour is it? _______________________ 3 What size is it? _______________________ 4 Why does he like it? _______________________ 5 What does he do with it? _______________________ 6 Where does he like using it? _______________________ 5 17 Write about your own favourite gadget. Write 25–35 words. Use these questions to help you. • What is your favourite gadget? • What colour is it? • What size is it? • Why do you like it? • What do you do with it? • Where do you like using it? 10 Total: GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 100 9 Gold Experience A2 Progress test 3 Name Class Grammar 1 Complete the sentences with was/were or wasn’t/weren’t. 1 Were Maria and John at the party last night? 2 No, I __________ at school yesterday morning. I __________ at the doctor’s. 3 Was he at the cinema last night? No, he __________ . 4 Where __________ you yesterday? 5 Were you at home last weekend? Yes, I __________ . 6 I __________ at the playground this morning – it was fun! 5 2 Match the questions (1–6) with the correct answers (A–F). 1 Did you see the film? C A Yes, she did. 2 Was it good? ____ B Yes it was. 3 Where did you stay? ____ C Yes, I did. 4 What did you do after school yesterday? ____ D Yes, they were! 5 Were they excited about the project? ____ E At a great hotel. 6 Did she find her notebook? ____ F I went shopping. 5 3 Complete the conversation using these words. did did didn’t got Mark: had had listened played was was went What 1) did you do at school today, Amanda? Amanda: Oh, today 2) __________ great! We 3) __________ on a school trip to Warwick Castle! We had such a good time. We 4) __________ to lots of stories about history and we 5) __________ a picnic in front of the castle. 6) Then we __________ football! What about you? 7) __________ you have a good day? Mark: No! I 8) __________ have much fun today at all. We 9) __________ an exam. It 10) __________ really difficult and I 11) __________ a bad mark. 10 Vocabulary GOLD EXPERIENCE A2 PHOTOCOPIABLE © 2014 Pearson Education Ltd. 1