MOCK EXAMS (1º ESO)

Here are some exercises from old exams for you to do.

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1.- Substitute the words underlined for a personal pronoun :

 1) Sonia's a doctor.  ______________________

 2) Sonia's husband is American.  _____________________

 3) John and I are brothers.  _____________________

 4) Mary and Joe's parents are very old. ________________________

 5) You and your sister are American.  _________________________

 6) John is very slim.  ______________________

2.- Fill in the blanks with the verbs TO BE & TO HAVE either in    the affirmative or  the  negative. Write the contracted forms    in brackets if possible :

  1) You __________ short,but you __________ fat.

  2) __________ the cat here? No,it isn't.

  3) We __________ hungry; __________ you got any food?

  4) I __________ got some food in the fridge.

  5) She __________ hungry too,but she __________ got any food.

  6) Arthur __________ a teacher,he __________ a student.

  7) We __________ students.

  8) They __________ got a book.

  9) __________ it got any milk?

  10) _______ she a doctor? No,she ________;she ________ a nurse.

3.- Write short answers for these questions :

  1) Is there any milk? Yes, ____________________

 2) Have you got a book? No, ___________________

 3) Is Mary your sister? Yes, __________________

 4) Has John got a new car? Yes, _________________

 5) Are you and Mary sisters? No, __________________

 6) Are there two boys in the classroom? Yes, ___________________

4.- Put these sentences in the correct order :

 1) not  good‑looking  they  very  are.  _______________________________

2) Arthur  is the  in  library  ?  ____________________________________

3) thin  Mrs  is  isn't  a  and  she  woman  not  Harrison young.  

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4) these  small too  are  glasses  green.   ______________________________

5) new  the  near  library  a  restaurant  is  there.   ______________________

6) hasn't  tonight  any  Arthur  got  money.  _________________________

5.- Translate into English :

 1) ¿Cómo es la señora Harrison? Es gorda y fea.

  ___________________________________________________________

 2) Tengo mucha sed.   ___________________________________

 3) Aquellos vasos están en la estantería,¿dónde está el vino?

  __________________________________________________________

 4) Hay carne en el plato,pero no hay leche en el vaso.

  _________________________________________________________

 5) ¿Tienes buen vino? Sí,tenemos un vino muy bueno.

  __________________________________________________________

6.- Tell me what THERE IS/ARE in your fridge (five things,at least):

7.- Translate the following questions and then answer them in two different ways  (saying the country they are from and their nationality) :

1. ¿De dónde es Kobe Bryant? ___________________________?

        a) __________________________  b) ________________________

2. ¿De dónde son Wayne Rooney y Stephen Gerrard?

        _______________________________________________ ?

        a) __________________________  b) _________________________

3. ¿De dónde es Vettel? ___________________________ ?

        a) __________________________  b) _________________________

4. ¿De dónde son Sharapova y Putin?

        __________________________________ ?

        a) __________________________  b) _________________________

5. ¿De dónde eres tú?  __________________________ ?

        a) __________________________  b) _________________________

8.- Write these numbers :

a. 28 _____________   b. 15 ____________   c. 18 ____________  d. 34 _____________   e. 100 _____________

9.- Ask politely for ...

     1. _________________________ a hamburger?

     2. _________________________ an orange drink?

10.- Write the full forms of 'S :

     1. Peter's an engineer.  ______        2. Peter's got a new car.  ______     3. Peter's car's new.  ______  ______

11.- Answer the following questions and then make a sentence with the adjective :

1. What's the opposite of old ?  __________  ,           ____________________________________________

2. What's the opposite of fair ?  __________   ,           ____________________________________________

3. What's the opposite of fat ?  __________   ,    ___________________________________________

12.- Rewrite these sentences without abbreviations :

1. Arthur's wallet's full of money. __________________________

2. I've got a car,it's next to Bruce's. ______________________

3. You aren't hungry.Your sandwich's on the table.

  _________________________________________________

4. She's got Bruce's photo.She's Bruce's girlfriend.

  ___________________________________________________

13. Complete the dialogue with the following words and expressions:

    sister   -  Britain  -  Excuse me   -   It’s great to be here  -  Yes, I am  -  Hi, Emily!           

Luke: _______________ . Are you Daniel Cresson ?

Daniel: ______________ .

Luke: Hi, I’m Luke, Luke Freeman. Welcome to ____________ .

Daniel: Thanks. ________________________________ .

Luke: This is my ____________ .

Emily: Hello. My name’s Emily.

Daniel: ______________________ .                                               

14. Complete the sentences below with the verb TO BE :

1.      She _______ my mother.  2. ________ they students?  3. Where ______ Emily?

4. I ______ from Molvízar. 5. We ______ not from Lobres.  6. Peter _____ ill today.       

15. Translate these sentences:

1.      ¿Qué es esto? Esto es una pizarra.   _____________________________

2.      ¿Qué es eso? Eso es un lápiz.  _________________________________

3.      ¿Qué es aquello? Aquello es una manzana.  _________________________

16. Read this penfriend advertisement and write a magazine advertisement of you:

Hello! My name’s Inma. I’m from Ávila in Spain. I’m 12. I like Brad Pitt – he’s my favourite film star – and my number one film of all time is Leyends of Passion. What about you?

Write to: Inma González, Box 218.

17. Write these numbers in letters:

8  ,   13  ,   4  ,  25 ,   52   ,  60  ,   33  ,   100

18. Answer the questions about yourself :

1.      What’s your name ? ____    2.      Are you a student ?  _____   3.      How old are you ?

19. TENSES. Put in the verbs into their correct tenses.

"I (write) ______ a book about voodoo," she (say) ________. "Everyone here (talk) ________ about you. They all (say) ______ you (be) ________ the best houngan in Haiti. They (say) _____ you (be) ______ a very strong and good houngan, and that you always (help) ________ people." he (say) ________. "(come) ______ into the house, Dr Jackson. Let me get you a drink and we can talk."

20. Put the following sentences in the correct order to make a paragraph.

1- and got out of bed. He brushed his teeth.

2- he began to feel much better.

3- He was very tired after his bad night.

4- RRRRING!!! It was seven o'clock. Conway looked at his clock

5- But he washed his face with cold water, and

6. He soon forgot about his dreams of Kee and the graveyard. 

21. Fill in the dotted blanks with the words given (houses, quietly, said, few, think, build) and the others with appropriate words.

"All right," ....... Kee. "You can have those things."

"That's very kind _ _ you," said Conway, laughing. "Now I've _ _ _ to do."

But Kee sat ..... on his chair and smiled. "I can see that you do not believe me," he said. "You .... I'm just an old man who doesn't want _ _ see new shops and ....  . Just wait for a ..... days and we will see. I'll give you everything that you want. But you must not .... shops and hotels in the graveyard. _ _ you understand?"

22. LANGUAGE IN USE. Complete these conversational exchanges.

"See you at about two o'clock"  ______________________________

"I don't want to go out tonight."  ______________________________

__________________________ ? "I'm an English student."

23. Say what these people "saben" or "no saben hacer".

1. Lebron James _______________ basketball very well, but he ___________ sing.

2. Vinicius jr ____________ Portuguese, but he _____________ Chinese.

3. I ______________________ , but I _____________________   

24. Put the adjectives in brackets into the COMPARATIVE or SUPERLATIVE form.

1. My sister's much (tall) ____________ than me.

2. She's (intelligent) ______________ person in our family.

3. English is (easy) ___________ than German.

4. He's (slim) _________________ person in the class, he only weighs 30 kg. 

25. Write sentences with "el mismo" or "diferente".

(your nationality and your parents' nationality)  ______________________________

(your parents' house and President Trump's house)  ______________________________

26. Fill in the gaps with "look(s)", "look(s) like" or "like".

1. Alice ___________ her mother, but he isn't at all _________ her in personality.

2. Your cousin ___________ very happy.

3. What's your job _________ ? Boring.

27. Rewrite these sentences in their right order.

1. does Wagner work where Mrs?  ______________________________

2. fast does George like cars? ________________________

3. eating girl that what is? ____________________

4. for does what wife breakfast have your usually?  ______________________________

28. Tell a friend what the members of your family "están haciendo" now and what they "van a hacer" this afternoon.

______________________________

______________________________

29. TENSES. Fill in the gaps with the PAST form of the verbs in brackets:

1. Penny (play) ____________ the guitar a lot when she (be) ___________ young.

2. Last summer we (take) _____________ lots of photos.

3. We (watch) ____________ a very interesting  programme last night.

4. William Shakespeare (write)  ____________ many famous plays.

30. TENSES. Fill in the gaps with the PAST form of the verbs in brackets either in the negative or affirmative:

1. Beethoven ______________ drama; he ____________ music. (WRITE)

2. We ___________ fire; we only ___________ some smoke. (SEE)

3. Greek philosopher Socrates ____________ in Rome; he _________ in Athens.   (LIVE)

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31.TENSES. Fill in the questions with the right Simple Past form of the verbs given:

1. A/ When __________________?   B/ I think Chaplin died in 1977.

2.  A/ Where __________________?   B/ I bought it in Portobello Road.

3.  A/ What time __________ to work yesterday?    B/  We got there at about half past eight.

32. MEDIATION. Find your job. Here you've got four advertisements. Read them and thell me which job you "sabes" do better using sentences in the affirmative, in the negative and the connectors  AND/BUT/BECAUSE/SO.

Ad 1.- Help us with our children and travel around the world. If you can play the guitar or another instrument, cook and drive, phone Whitfield at 6896328.

Ad 2.- Typist required, excellent pay, one week nights, two weeks days. Musician appreciated. Write to Box 635, Oxford OX6 82J.

Ad 3.- Travelling companion/driver required for American writer; speaking English, other languages. Chess player appreciated. Excellent pay. Write to Box 492, Newton Tribune.

Ad 4.- Take 2 Italian boys, 8 and 10, on holiday in June. Some cooking, but no cleaning. Swimming, tennis, windsurfing. Very good pay. Phone Guidotti 2783440 evenings.

_____________________________________________________________________

33. Make questions with what you are given in brackets:

1. I study three hours every day. (your brother?)  ______________________________

2. My teacher can speak English very well.  (French?) ___________________________

3. You have got a very good Chinese dictionary.   (How many words?) __________________

34. Finish these questions and then answer them.

1. What sort of ______________ ? ________________________________

2. How much ________________ ? ______________________________

3. How many _______________ ? ____________________________

35. MEDIATION. Look at the chart below with the marks given to each car regarding certain features, and then compare them filling in the gaps.

                             cheap - economical  - reliable - easy to drive - comfortable - spacious - fast  - good-looking    

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Audi   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>  3    -       5            -    5          -        4           -      3             -      2       -     3   -       1

Renault  >>>>>>>>>>>   4   -       4             -     4        -        2           -      1             -      0       -     3   -       3

Kia   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   3   -       2             -      2       -       5           -      5             -      4       -     3   -       4

Skoda   >>>>>>>>>>>>   5   -       3              -     4       -       2           -      4             -      3       -     1   -       3

BMW   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   1   -       0               -     3      -       4           -      4             -      4       -     5   -       5

Mercedes  >>>>>>>>>   2  -      3                -      4     -      3           -      4             -      5       -     4   -       4

1. Renault is _______________ Kia, but Skoda is _______________ car in the market. (CHEAP)

2. Skoda is ______________ Renault, but Audi is ______________ car in the market. (ECONOMICAL)

3. Renault is ______________ Skoda. (RELIABLE)

4. Kia  is ____________ Mercedes, and it's actually _________ car _____  in the market. (EASY TO DRIVE)

5. Audi isn't ___________ BMW, but BMW isn't ____________ car in the market.  (COMFORTABLE)

 Write 3 sentences for the other 3 categories using 3 different structures. (Try to use connectors such as:  AND & BUT)

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What do you think it is "el mejor coche" and "el peor coche"?

______________________________________

36. Write the COMPARATIVE and SUPERLATIVE forms of the following adjectives.

cold  __________  __________   

hot _________  __________  

thirsty _________ __________

rude ________ ____________

terrible __________ _____________

37. Write sentences with the clues given using "the same as", "different from" and "similar to".

1. your language / Italian / Chinese  ________________________________________   

2. the colour of your eyes / the colour of your mother's eyes ______________________ 

3. your nationality / Lamine Yamal / Mbappe  ______________________________

4. Calahonda / Salobreña / Madrid _______________________________ 

38. APPEARANCES. Fill in the blanks with suitable words.

1. Japanese   ________________  Chinese.

2. What's the book ________? It's very interesting.

3. You ____________ ill today.

4. I __________ my father, but I'm not __________ in personality.  

39. Put in a/an, the or - (= no article) in the gaps.

1. What __________  time is it?

2. My father is __________ office worker.

3. She lives in _________  small flat on __________ fifth floor of ________ old house.

4. Do you know that potatoes are £2 _________ kilo?

5.  I'd like half __________ kilo of sugar.

40. MEDIATION. First tell me the opposites of the adjectives given and then discuss about what you think your English teacher is like (useful words you can use: "estar de acuerdo, creer, parecer...).

1. calm  __________  ___________________________________________________   

2. patient _________  ___________________________________________________

3. talkative ___________   _______________________________________________

4. shy  _________   _________________________________________________  

41. MEDIATION. Translate the following sentences in English to an Australian friend of yours.

1. ¿Te gusta la cerveza? No me gusta mucho, pero me encantan los refrescos.

2. Mi hermano sabe hablar alemán mejor que yo, pero yo soy mejor en matemáticas que él.

3. ¿Cuánto mide la pirámide de alto? Creo que mide 120 metros.

4. Tú eres casi tan viejo como yo, pero no lo aparentas.

5. ¿Puedo hablar con tu hermana? Me temo que no está en casa.

6. No importa. Nos vemos el sábado.

7. Cuando era más joven no sabía cocinar en absoluto, pero ahora sé cocinar bastante bien.

8. ¿Cómo iban los niños a la escuela hace 50 años? Iban andando.

9. ¿Cuántas personas hay en el supermercado? No hay demasiadas.

10. ¿Cómo es tu profesor de historia? Se parece bastante al tío de Indiana Jones.