The document is a formative test containing questions about a passage of text describing a boy named Gary and his family and interests. It asks the test-taker to answer questions about details in the passage, identify prepositions, write sentences using ability words, and fill out a table with information about themselves.

1. FORMATIVE TEST
NAME _________________________________ NUMBER _______ CLASS _____
My name is Gary and I’m eleven years old. I have got blue eyes and blond hair.
My sister Tina is six years old. She has got long hair.
We are from South Africa. My father is a vet and my mother is a teacher. We all love animals. At
home we have got one hamster and two fish.
In my apartment there are three bedrooms, a bathroom, a living room and a kitchen. There isn´t a
garden but there are some plants in the balcony (varanda).
I can ride a bike. Look at these photos: I can dance hip hop, but I can’t jump very high (alto). My
sister can dance ballet and Paul, my best friend, can swim very well.
A - Answer the questions about the text.
1. What’s her name? __________________________________________________________
2. What colour is his hair? ______________________________________________________
3. Are his eyes green? _________________________________________________________
4. Where are they from? ________________________________________________________
5. How many fish have they got? _________________________________________________
6. Are there three bedrooms in his house? _________________________________________
7. Is there a garden? __________________________________________________________
8. Where are the plants? _______________________________________________________
9. Can Gary jump high? ________________________________________________________
10.Can his best friend swim well? _________________________________________________
B. Circle the correct option: in or on.
1. In / On Tuesday I have dance classes.
2. My birthday is in / on March.
3. John can play football in / on Wednesday.
4. His birthday party is in / on 25th
May.
5. In / On the morning we have classes.
C. Look at the table and write sentences about Rachel and John with can or can’t. Use “but”
and “or”.
e.g. Rachel can ride a bike or dance but she can’t swim.
ride a bike swim dance surf
e.g. Rachel  X  X
1 John   X X
2 Sally X  X 
3 My parents X   X

2. 1. _________________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________________
D. Write sentences.
1. run fast / Carol / can’t /.
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2. he / play / can / football / ?
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3. can’t / you / play / basketball /.
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4. cook / can / they / ?
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5. can / I / jump /.
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E. Fill in the table and write a text about yourself.
ABOUT
ME
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Name
Age
Nationality
Favourite
colour
Can
Can’t

3. ___________________________________
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