A1 English test questions and answers

Question Where is the lamp?

Sample answer It is on the table, next to the bed.

Question Where is the wardrobe?

Sample answer It is next to the bed.

Question Do you have your own bedroom?

Sample answer Yes, I do. It is small.

Question What is in your bedroom?

Sample answer There is a bed and a wardrobe.

Question (Candidate's turn) Ask the examiner a very simple question about a bedroom or a home.

Sample answer Do you have a big room?

Question What is on the table?

Sample answer There is a book, a phone, a key and a cup on the table.

Question Where is the bag?

Sample answer It is under the table.

Question What is in your bag?

Sample answer I have a phone and a book.

Question Do you have a phone?

Sample answer Yes, I do. It is black.

Question (Candidate's turn) Ask the examiner a very simple question about my bag or phone.

Sample answer Do you have a phone?

Question How many people are in the picture?

Sample answer There are four people.

Question What colour is the grandpa's top?

Sample answer It is green.

Question Do you have a grandmother?

Sample answer Yes, I do. She lives with my aunt.

Question Where does she live?

Sample answer She lives in Dhaka. It is in Bangladesh.

Question (Candidate's turn) Ask the examiner a very simple question about my grandparents.

Sample answer Where does your grandmother live?

Question Please spell your family name for me.

Sample answer My family name is Santos. S-A-N-T-O-S.

Question Where are you from?

Sample answer I am from Cebu, Philippines.

Question Do you like music?

Sample answer Yes. I like singing.

Question How many rooms are in your home?

Sample answer There are three rooms.

Question Is there a doctor near your home?

Sample answer Yes. The doctor is near the shops. It is five minutes.

Question How many people are waiting?

Sample answer Three people are waiting.

Question What colour is the bus?

Sample answer The bus is red.

Question What is on the sign?

Sample answer There is a bird on the sign.

Question What does the woman have?

Sample answer The woman has a yellow umbrella.

Question Talk about going to the doctor.

Sample answer My doctor is in the town centre. I go there by bus. It is twenty minutes. I go when I am ill. I see Dr Ahmed. He is very kind. He says, "Drink water and rest."

Question Do you go to the doctor often?

Sample answer No. I go one or two times a year.

Question Do you like going to the doctor?

Sample answer No, I do not like it. But the doctor is nice.

Question Talk about what you do in the evening.

Sample answer In the evening I cook dinner at six o'clock. We eat at seven. After dinner I wash the dishes. Then I watch TV with my husband. Sometimes I call my mother. I go to bed at ten o'clock. The evening is my favourite time.

Question Do you like the evening?

Sample answer Yes, I like it. It is quiet.

Question Do you go out in the evening?

Sample answer No, I stay at home.

Question What do you do in your free time?

Sample answer I watch TV and I cook.

Question Do you like football?

Sample answer Yes, I like football. I play on Sunday.

Question What do you do at the weekend?

Sample answer I go to the market with my wife.

Question Where do you go?

Sample answer I go to the park.

Question Do you have a best friend?

Sample answer Yes, I do. His name is Imran.

Question Where does your friend live?

Sample answer He lives in Bradford.

Question How often do you see your friend?

Sample answer I see him every weekend.

Question What is the weather like in your city?

Sample answer It is hot and dry.

Question What is it like in winter?

Sample answer It is cool. It is not cold.

Question Do you like the weather in the UK?

Sample answer No, I don't. It rains too much.

Question Is your home cold in winter?

Sample answer Yes, it is cold in the morning.

Question Is the heating expensive?

Sample answer Yes, it is very expensive.

Question What is best?

Sample answer I think a jumper and a hot drink.

Question Look at the picture and describe it in detail

Sample answer This is a bus stop. There is a red bus. Two people are on the bus. A woman waits at the stop. She has an orange bag.

Question Look at the picture and describe it in detail

Sample answer I see a red bus on the road. Two people sit in the bus. A woman stands next to the sign. She wears blue. Her bag is orange.

Question Look at the picture and describe it in detail

Sample answer This is a playground. A girl sits on a swing. She wears pink. There is an orange slide. A boy is at the top.

Question Look at the picture and describe it in detail

Sample answer I see children at the park. The girl plays on the swing. The slide is tall. The boy in blue wants to go down. The sun is hot.

Question Look at the picture and describe it in detail

Sample answer This is a post office. A woman works at the counter. A man in green waits. He has a brown parcel. There is a window.

Question Look at the picture and describe it in detail

Sample answer I see a post office. The man is a customer. His parcel is brown. The clerk wears blue. There is a red box on the wall.

Question Where are you from?

Sample answer I am from Pakistan. I live in a city called Lahore.

Question What food do you eat in your country?

Sample answer We eat rice, bread and chicken. I like biryani very much.

Question What are you doing now?

Sample answer I am answering questions on the computer.

Question What is your family doing now?

Sample answer My family is at home. My mother is cooking and my brother is watching television.

Question Tell a friend about your new flat.

Sample answer My new flat is near the park. It has three rooms. In the kitchen there is a fridge and a cooker. My favourite room is the living room. I live there with my husband.

Question You are going out. Talk to your neighbour.

Sample answer Hello, Mrs Brown. Can you take a parcel for me, please? I will be home at six o'clock. Thank you. Goodbye.