Capital letters and punctuation – A1 English Writing Test

1   Reading

a   Dmitri is on an English course in Cambridge. Read his fact file on the language school website and tick (✓) the correct answers.

1   Which country is Dmitri from?

      a   Poland

      b   Turkey

      c   Greece

      d   Russia

2   Which town is Dmitri from?

      a   Cambridge

      b   Moscow

      c   St Petersburg

      d   Lomonosov

FACT FILE

Name: Dmitri Bolshov

Age: 20

Nationality: Russian

Lives in: Moscow

Hometown: St Petersburg

Job/Occupation: Student, Lomonosov Moscow State University

Likes: languages, music, running

Personal profile

This is Dmitri Bolshov. He’s 20 years old and he’s Russian. He’s from St Petersburg, but he studies at Lomonosov Moscow State University. It’s his first time in the UK and he’s on an English course in Cambridge with a big group of friends from Moscow. He’s very happy to be in Cambridge. He likes languages, music and running.

b   Read Dmitri’s personal profile. Are the sentences true or false?

1   Dmitri’s 20 years old.

2   Dmitri studies in St Petersburg.

3   Dmitri’s in Britain with friends from Moscow.

4   Dmitri’s on a computer course in Cambridge.

5   Dmitri likes listening to music.

2   Writing Skills - Capital letters and punctuation

Correct the personal profile about Carlos. Add capital letters and punctuation (. , ’).

Personal profile

This is 15 carlos ferreira hes 35 years old and hes portuguese hes from porto but he studies languages at the university of lisbon hes on a spanish course in madrid this isnt his first time in spain hes very happy to be in madrid he likes languages the cinema and jazz

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3   Writing

a   Complete the fact file with information about someone you know. He/She can be a friend or someone famous.

FACT FILE

Name:

Age:

Nationality:

Lives in:

Hometown:

Job/Occupation:

Likes:

b   Use the information in the fact file to write a personal profile about this person. Remember to use capital letters and punctuation in the correct places.

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He/She likes ………………………………………….

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