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)

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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.

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 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.
___________________________________________

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.

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 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!

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.

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 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. ____

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!

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 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.
___________________________________________

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.

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 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 ____

12 Complete the table with information about Marie.

Family name First name Age City Hobby Family Pet
Perdu Marie

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 13 Read the text again. Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
1 Marie has three sisters.

A Right B Wrong  C Doesn’t say

2 She often plays computer games in her bedroom.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

3 She doesn’t like school.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

4 She works in different shops in Paris.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

5 Marie’s Dad is a great cook.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

6 Marie doesn’t feel nervous when she cooks.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

14 Complete the sentences about Marie. Use these words.

14 years old cooking goes shopping with her friends her dad and two brothers
Paris watches TV
1 Marie is from Paris.

2 She is _______________________ .

3 She lives with _______________________.

4 She likes _______________________.

5 She often _______________________.

6 She never _______________________.

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 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 _______________________

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? ______________________

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 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?

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Total: 100

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