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A Unit 1
Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the correct present
simple affirmative form of the verbs in the box.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct verbs in
the present simple.
I 1g______ u______ every morning at 7.00 a.m.

love get up go study drive watch After breakfast I 2g______ to school. My mum
listen d______ me in the car. My brother, Tim, 4d______
3

go to school. He’s a baby. My mum 5s______ at

1 My friends _______ to school by bus.
home with Tim. She 6d______ g______ to work.
2 My dad _______ football on television every
Mark /6
Saturday.
3 My parents _______ at 7.30 a.m.
4 My mum _______ The Simpsons!
Vocabulary
5 I _______ to music after school every day. 4 Complete the sentences with the correct
answers.
6 Jenny _______ medicine at university.
7 My brother _______ a big car. 1 I have two _______, football and sailing.

Mark /7 A hobbys B hobbies C hobby’s

2 My _______ works in London. He’s very rich!
2 Complete the sentences with the correct present A aunt B grandmother C uncle
simple affirmative or negative form of the verbs
in brackets. 3 I go _______ every weekend.
A football B school C shopping
1 I like football but I _______ (like) basketball.
4 My friend’s _______ is two years old.
2 On Saturday I _______ (get up) early. I stay in
bed! A daughter B wife C father

3 I don’t go to school by bus. I _______ (walk). 5 This is my _______ bike.

4 My brother _______ (listen) to rock music. He A sisters B sister’s C sisters’

hates it. Mark /5
5 My sister _______ (like) sport. She thinks it’s
boring. 5 Complete the sentences with the correct words
in the box.
6 My classmates _______ (work) hard. The
teacher is very good. cook go clean do take

7 My cousin lives in France and he _______ 1 We _______ to the supermarket on Fridays.

(speak) French.
2 My parents _______ us to school after
Mark /7
breakfast.
3 My mum doesn’t _______ dinner at the
weekend. My dad does.
4 I _______ the washing on Sunday morning.
5 My brother doesn’t _______ his room.
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A Unit 1
Listening 8 Are the sentences true or false?

6 ≤1.01 Listen to the radio interview. Complete 1 Beth and Gemma have the same grandmother.
the sentences with the correct names in the box. ____
Barbara Petra Anna Dave Jack 2 Beth goes swimming before and after school.
____
1 _______ thinks the shops are expensive. 3 Gemma gets up early on Saturdays. ____
2 _______ likes the cafés. 4 Beth goes shopping with Gemma at the
3 _______ plays the piano. weekend. ____
4 _______ is related to one of the speakers. 5 Gemma has a young niece. ____
5 _______ uses the bus. Mark /10
Mark /10

Writing
Reading 9 Imagine you have moved with your family to a
7 Read the text. different town. Write a short letter to a friend at
your old school. Use the writing guide to help
you.
Best friends Paragraph 1: Ask how your friend is. Say where
Beth and Gemma are cousins and they’re the
you are.
same age. They are also best friends. They live
in the same town and they are in the same class Paragraph 2: Write something about your new
at school. But the girls are very, very different! town or city.
Beth loves sports and she swims every day. She
Paragraph 3: Say something about your days
gets up at 5.00 a.m. and goes swimming before
school. Then, after school she goes to the gym and your weekends.
and swims again! At the weekend she goes to Mark /10
different towns with her swimming team for
competitions. On Sundays she stays at home Total /60
and does her homework.
Gemma hates sports! She stays in bed every
morning until 8.30 a.m. and at the weekend she
stays in bed until 12.00! Gemma’s hobbies are
shopping and parties! She goes shopping in
town every Saturday afternoon with her friends
and goes to a party on Friday nights. She goes
to bed very late after the party! On Sundays she
visits her brother and his wife. They have a baby
and Gemma likes to play with her. Sometimes
Gemma doesn’t do her homework and Beth
helps her.
‘We’re very different and I don’t see Gemma
often out of school, but we’re still best friends!
We text and phone a lot,’ says Beth.
So, there is one thing they BOTH like to do. Talk!

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A Unit 2
Grammar 3 My boyfriend’s called Tim. I like _______ a lot.
4 Petra is good at maths. I’m not! She often
1 Make questions for these answers, using the
helps _______ in class.
words in brackets.
5 Jan and Brian are really good tennis players. I
1 I finish school at 3.30 p.m. (when)
play with _______ on Saturdays.
_________________________________ Mark /5
2 She goes to college by car. (how)
_________________________________ 4 Complete the sentences with the correct
imperative form of the verbs in the box.
3 We live near the town centre. (where)
wait tell come phone
_________________________________
4 I usually go shopping with Kathy. (who) 1 I want to go to bed early tonight so _______
_________________________________ me after 10.00 p.m.
5 My dad calls me every Friday. (how often) 2 _______ for us after school. Our class finishes
at 3.30 p.m.
_________________________________
3 _______ to my party on Saturday. It’s for my
6 We usually have toast for breakfast. (what)
birthday.
_________________________________
4 _______ me the answer! I think I know it.
Mark /6
Mark /4

2 Put the words into the correct order to make a

sentence. Vocabulary
1 nights early go bed Friday never on to I. 5 Complete the sentences with the correct words in
_________________________________ the box.
2 sometimes he school is for late. athletics chess jogging fashion
photography
_________________________________
3 the often together club dance we to go. 1 My sister goes _______ every morning before
_________________________________ breakfast.
4 am 10.30 p.m. in hardly I before bed ever. 2 I’m interested in _______ and I always look at
the new clothes in magazines.
_________________________________
3 I have a fantastic new camera and I learn to
5 in always Sundays on dad garden the is my.
use it at the _______ club on Wednesdays.
_________________________________
4 In the summer we do _______ but I hate
Mark /5
running!
5 My brother and I often play _______ in the
3 Complete the sentences with the correct object
pronouns. evenings.
Mark /5
1 Who’s that girl? I don’t know _______.
2 That’s a good magazine. I buy _______ every
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A Unit 2 Channel 8 and the first show is tonight at
6.30 p.m. On the programme Jane Sinden talks
6 Complete the sentences with the correct to lots of different people about clothes. She
answers. interviews people like you and me and she also
talks to famous people. Tonight she talks to a
1 He swims a lot and he has very big _______.
very famous singer. This singer is married to a
A eyes B shoulders C feet footballer and she has three beautiful children.
2 I work on my computer all day. My _______ are She always wears amazing clothes. Do you
very tired! know who she is? She tells Jane about her
favourite clothes for women, for men and for
A toes B knees C fingers
children! Also on the programme Jane goes to
3 Use your _______! It’s your brother, not Jack! a new clothes shop in London and a famous
A ears B mouth C eyes designer talks about fashion from the 1960s to
today. It’s an excellent programme.
4 I don’t eat beef burgers. They give me a bad
There’s also something on TV tonight for people
_______.
who love sports. There’s a new programme
A stomach B neck C head about different sports and where you can watch
5 Kirsty doesn’t like her _______. She thinks it’s them. It’s called Watching Sport. Where can you
very long! watch rollerblading or gymnastics competitions?
When are the national ice-skating competitions?
A back B nose C chest Don’t go out tonight! Stay in and watch Fashion
Mark /5 Today and Watching Sport. They’re amazing!

9 Are the sentences true or false?

Listening
1 There are two new programmes on TV tonight.
7 ≤1.02 Listen to the people talking about
____
their hobbies. Complete the sentences with the
correct names in the box. 2 On the fashion programme there is an
interview with a famous footballer. ____
Steve Jake Maria Julie Chris
3 On the fashion programme we can learn about
1 _______ doesn’t spend money on his/her a place where we can buy clothes. ____
hobby. 4 The sports programme tells us where we can
2 _______ likes competitions. learn new sports. ____
3 _______ learns about his/her hobby on 5 We can watch football matches on the sports
television. programme. ____
4 _______ reads about his/her hobby. Mark /10

5 _______ meets other people once a week who

have the same hobby. Writing
Mark /10
10 Imagine there is an English club at your school.
Write an announcement for the club. Include the
Reading following information:
• when it meets
8 Read the text.
• where it meets
• what it does
Tonight on TV • who to phone
• phone number
Are you interested in fashion or sport? Well,
• website
Fashion Today is a new TV programme on
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A Unit 3
Total /60 3 Make questions from these sentences with
have to.

Grammar 1 We have to buy our own books at school.

1 Complete the sentences with the correct words _________________________________

in the box. 2 He has to work until 7.30 p.m.
is are any a aren’t isn’t _________________________________
3 My friends have to go home before I do.
1 There _______ five English teachers at our
school. _________________________________

2 _______ there a computer in your classroom? 4 My sister has to study French at her school.

3 There _______ a DVD player in Room 2. Use _________________________________

Room 5. 5 I have to go shopping with my mum every
4 There _______ any students in the canteen. week.

5 Are there _______ English books in the library? _________________________________

6 There’s _______ dictionary on the shelf in the 6 We have to speak English in our English
classroom. classes.

Mark /6 _________________________________
7 My baby brother has to sleep every afternoon.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of _________________________________
have to.
Mark /7
1 I _______ do homework every day, only on
Mondays and Tuesdays.
Vocabulary
2 Our swimming coach is very hard! We _______
train for three hours every Saturday morning. 4 Complete the sentences with the correct words
in the box.
3 My brother _______ come home before
11.00 p.m. but I do! IT biology geography history P.E.
4 When they’re seventeen, English students only
1 In _______ we learn about the past.
_______ study three subjects. They’re lucky!
2 In _______ we learn about computers.
5 We haven’t got a car and my dad _______ go
to work by bus. 3 In _______ we learn different sports.

6 We _______ wear a uniform at our school. I 4 In _______ we learn about different countries.
usually wear a sweatshirt and jeans. 5 In _______ we learn about the human body.
7 I _______ clean my bedroom every Saturday! Mark /5

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A Unit 3
5 Complete the sentences with the correct Reading
answers.
7 Read the text.
1 There’s a poster about the new club _______
the noticeboard.
A in B on C under
Home school: a good
2 There’s your homework! It’s _______ the thing or a bad thing?
dictionary. Some children don’t go to school. Well, they
A between B opposite C under don’t learn in a classroom with a lot of other
children; they stay at home and study with their
3 Look at Miss Browne’s new car! It’s in the car mum or dad. They don’t learn at home because
park _______ Mr. Bank’s Toyota. they have to, but because some parents think
A under B next to C on their children don’t learn enough at normal
schools.
4 There’s a bus stop in our road. It’s _______
the shop. ‘School isn’t good for my son,’ says Miranda
Peeler, who teaches her son, Ben, at home. ‘Ben
A in front of B between C behind doesn’t work in class. He plays with his friends
5 There’s a park _______ our house. You can all the time and he doesn’t listen to the teacher.
walk there in five minutes. There are 30 children in his class, and it’s difficult
for the teacher to teach ALL of them. Now I
A next to B near C in front of
teach him at home. He learns all the important
Mark /5 subjects and he does a lot of work. He has to;
he’s the only one in the class! We study on
the computer too. At school there is only one
Listening computer for all the children in the class. Ben
6 ≤1.03 Listen to the interviews. Complete the likes home school. He’s a clever boy and he
sentences with the correct words in the box. wants to learn. Here he can do that.’

computers the canteen the teachers
the buildings the uniform
1 Speaker 1 talks about _______.
2 Speaker 2 talks about _______.
3 Speaker 3 talks about _______.
4 Speaker 4 talks about _______.
8 Choose the best answers.
5 Speaker 5 talks about _______.
Mark /10
Brenda Masters is a teacher. She doesn’t think
it’s a good idea. ‘Yes, children learn a lot at home
school. But they don’t play with their friends.
They don’t learn how to work in a group. Work
is important but play is important too. Friends
are important. Sport is important. School is
important!’
1 A lot of children study at home because
A their parents want to teach them at home.
B the teachers don’t want the children at
school.
2 Ben’s mother thinks
A Ben doesn’t study important subjects at
school.
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3 At Ben’s school
A there are some computers.
B the children don’t use computers.
4 Brenda thinks
A parents aren’t good teachers.
B children have to work and play.
5 Brenda thinks that home school is
A a good thing.
B a bad thing.
Mark /10

Writing
9 Imagine you are a student at your dream school.
Prepare a note for a new student at your school.
Include three of these points:
• lessons and lesson times
• breaks
• canteen and other facilities
• after-school activities
Mark /10

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A Unit 4
Grammar 3 Complete the sentences with can or can’t.

1 Make questions for these answers with the 1 I _______ play tennis very well but I’m a good
words in brackets. swimmer.

1 I’m reading a fashion magazine. (what) 2 _______ you cook Italian food?

_________________________________ 3 My grandad _______ use the Internet very

easily. It’s difficult for him.
2 He’s going to school. (where)
4 My friend _______ play the guitar but he’s not
_________________________________
very good!
3 She’s wearing my skirt! (what)
Mark /4
_________________________________
4 I’m smiling because I’m happy! (why) 4 Complete the sentences with the correct adverbs
from the adjectives in the box.
_________________________________
good quick bad slow
5 He’s sitting at a table with his friends. (where)
_________________________________ 1 We always walk home _______ because we
6 She’s talking to the new student. (who) chat a lot!
_________________________________ 2 I have to practise my English. I write it so
Mark /6 _______.
3 The teacher speaks very _______ and I can’t
2 Complete the sentences with the correct present always understand her.
continuous form of the verbs in brackets. 4 I don’t play chess very _______. I usually lose!
1 He’s busy. He _______ (work) on the computer Mark /4
at the moment.
2 He _______ (do) his homework. He’s out with Vocabulary
his friends.
5 Complete the sentences with the correct
3 It _______ (rain) again. I hate this weather.
answers.
4 Do you want the dictionary? I _______ (use) it.
1 I usually wear a _______ when it’s cold.
5 I _______ (go) to school today. I’m ill.
A jacket B t-shirt
6 _______ (you wait) for Jackie? She’s in the
canteen. 2 Bill doesn’t have to wear _______ to work.

Mark /6 A socks B a tie

3 My sister always wears the same pink _______
to parties. It’s horrible!
A dress B tracksuit
4 When it’s raining I wear long _______.
A trainers B boots
5 Mark’s got a lot of white _______.
A skirts B shirts
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A Unit 4
6 Complete the text with the correct words in the things. Some parents pay a party planner to
box. organise their child’s party. That is very expensive.
It is very popular today to have a special children’s
audience bands stage festival play show at the party. This is fun and the children love
it but it is also expensive. There is usually a lot of
The Harmer Arts 1_______ is always at the end food and drink at the party for the children AND
of June. And they usually have some excellent their parents. And the birthday child often gives
presents to all his/her friends when they go home.
2 _______. They 3_______ on a big 4_______ in A lot of money!
Downford Park. The people in the 5_______ Matt Kelsall and his wife are organising a party
often stay in the park overnight and sleep on the for their daughter, Katy. ‘It’s crazy,’ says Mark. ‘But
all her friends have big, expensive parties and we
grass! It’s a great weekend! have to organise a big party too! She’s only three
Mark /5 years old. What about when she’s a teenager?!’

9 Choose the best answer.

Listening
1 Today on their birthday children like
7 ≤1.04 Listen to the conversations about a
party. Complete the sentences with the correct A to go out with a lot of friends.
words. B to invite a lot of friends to a party.

1 Mike can’t go to the party early because he’s 2 Parents pay a party planner to
playing _______. A give a special show.
2 Mark is having a party because it’s his B organise the party.
_______. 3 At parties today
3 Pam can’t drive to the party because her A there are lots of children.
_______ is not going very well.
B there are lots of children and lots of parents.
4 Fran wants to wear her friend’s _______
4 Matt is organising a big party because
blouse to the party.
A all his daughter’s friends have big parties.
5 Sam has got Mark a _______ for his birthday.
B he wants to give his daughter a big party.
Mark /10
5 Matt’s daughter is
A a teenager.
Reading
B very young.
8 Read the text.
Mark /10

Children’s parties
Children’s parties are getting very expensive in
Writing
the UK today. Everyone likes a party, especially 10 Imagine you are organising a party for a club
when it’s a child’s birthday. A birthday is a very you go to. Write an invitation. Include this
important day in the year. Children love the information:
presents, the cards and the party. The problem
is… the money. • the time and place
• the type of party
It’s like a competition for the children and the
parents. The children want to invite ALL their • some extra information about food, clothes or
friends, not only one or two. They want a big activities
cake not a small one, new clothes and wonderful Mark /10
games. They want their party to be special. The
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A Unit 5
Grammar 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
like or would like.
1 Complete the sentences with the correct
comparative form of the adjectives in the box. 1 I really _______ your new dress. It’s a lovely
colour.
bad far cold important exciting
dangerous hot 2 The teacher ______ to see you in the
classroom now.
1 Football is _______ than chess! 3 _______ me to help you?
2 It’s _______ in the north of England than in 4 My parents _______ old films from the 1980s.
the south.
5 He _______ to come with us. Is that OK?
3 Which is _______? A shark or a giraffe?
6 _______ rap music? I love it.
4 It’s _______ to do your homework than to
Mark /6
watch TV.
5 Is your house _______ from the school than
Pete’s? Vocabulary
6 I’m not very happy. My exam results are 4 Complete the sentences with the correct
_______ than my sister’s! answers.
7 Let’s go to Italy. The weather’s _______ there 1 I have to walk up two big _______ when I go to
than in England. school.
Mark /7 A hills B mountains
2 Our hotel is near a beautiful white _______.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct
superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. A waterfall B beach

1 Who is the _______ student in the class? 3 You can easily swim across the _______ in ten
(intelligent) minutes.

2 Open the window please. I think it’s the A sea B river

_______ (hot) day of the year! 4 Asia is a very large _______.
3 That’s the _______ (expensive) hotel in the A country B continent
city! 5 He is sailing round the _______ in a small
4 Mike’s the _______ (fast) runner in the school. boat!
5 Jerry is the _______ (bad) dancer I know! A country B island
6 This is the _______ (dry) summer people can Mark /5
remember.
7 Which is the _______ (tall) building in the
world?
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A Unit 5
5 Complete the sentences with the correct words
in the box.
elephants snakes eagles sharks
mosquitoes
1 _______ sometimes attack people when they
are swimming.
2 _______ can give people malaria.
3 _______ have very big ears.
4 _______ can see small animals from high in
the sky.
5 Some _______ are dangerous but some aren’t.
Mark /5
Listening
6 ≤1.05 Listen to the radio interview. Complete
the sentences with the correct information.
1 In the Parkland Safari Park there are animals
from every _______.
2 Gina Cliff says that she loves the _______.
3 There’s a _______ in the centre of the park.
4 Children love the snake and _______ house.
5 Children can play with small animals in the
children’s _______.
Mark /10
Reading
7 Read the text.
Is it a dream?
Are you sitting at home at the moment? Is it
raining? Are you bored? Perhaps you would like
to be somewhere different, somewhere warmer,
more peaceful, more relaxing. Imagine a house
on the most beautiful white beach in the world.
The sun is shining and it is always hot. It never
rains. The sea and sky are always blue and you
can swim every day in clear, warm water. When
you swim, brightly coloured fish swim with
you. From your bedroom window you can see
green hills and forests. In the forests there are
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rivers and beautiful waterfalls. Look carefully
and you can see an eagle in the sky. Listen and
you can hear the sound of insects. You can’t
hear the sound of cars and you can’t see any
supermarkets or busy shops. It’s perfect.
Is this a dream? No. It’s real. A holiday on the
tropical island of Carunda is the prize in our
new competition. You can win a holiday in a
dream house on this dream island every year
for ten years! Visitors to Carunda say it has the
best beaches, the most beautiful scenery and the
nicest people in the world! You can see if they
are right! Write 250 words starting with ‘Choose
me for Carunda because …..’. Don’t wait! Do it
today! Enter now!
8 Are the sentences true or false?
1 The weather on the island is hot and dry. ____
2 The island is quite flat. ____
3 There is interesting wildlife on the island. ____
4 In the competition you can win a house. ____
5 For the competition you have to answer some
questions. ____
Mark /10
Writing
9 Imagine you are staying with a friend in another
country. Write a postcard to your parents.
Include the following information:
• what the place and the weather are like
• what the house and the family are like
• what you do every day
• what is different from your country
Mark /10
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Grammar
1 Complete the sentences with the correct past
form of the verb to be.
1 Is Anna ill? She _______ in class yesterday.
2 Why _______ you late home last night?
3 We _______ in Ireland on holiday last year.
4 Frankie _______ the best student at English
last term.
5 _______ your dad at the match on Sunday?
6 My eyes _______ very tired after all that
computer work yesterday.
7 There _______ any students in the school
before 8.30 a.m. yesterday morning.
Mark /7
2 Complete the sentences with the correct past
form of the verb in brackets.
1 The test _______ (be) very difficult yesterday.
I _______ (can) do it.
2 _______ (can) you understand the questions?
I think they _______ (be) very easy.
3 I _______ (can) swim when I _______ (be) a
baby.
4 Yesterday I _______ (can) find my homework.
It _______ (be) on the floor!
5 I _______ (can) hear the music. I _______ (be)
a long way from the stage.
Mark /5
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3 Complete the sentences with the correct past
form of the verbs in brackets.
1 They _______ (close) the shop at 7.30 p.m.
last night.
2 I _______ (watch) an interesting programme
on TV yesterday.
3 We all _______ (pass) the test easily.
4 I _______ (wait) for my friends at the bus stop
after school.
5 We _______ (study) at the same school three
years ago.
6 My parents _______ (decide) to order a pizza
for dinner last night.
7 My mum _______ (hurry) to work this morning
because she was late.
8 Tina _______ (stay) in bed all day yesterday.
She was very ill.
Mark /8
Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 There are two art _______ in our town.
2 The police _______ is opposite the
supermarket.
3 They’re opening a big department _______ in
the town centre soon.
4 You can get some information about festivals
at the tourist information _______.
5 Can you buy me some stamps at the _______
office, please?
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A Unit 6
5 Complete the sentences with the correct words
in the box.
parked explained ordered repaired
watched
1 The police officers _______ the situation.
2 She _______ a good programme on TV last
night.
3 We looked at the menu and then we _______
our meal.
4 The mechanic _______ the dent very quickly.
5 They _______ their car outside our house.
Mark /5
Listening
6 ≤1.06 Listen to the people talking about
city holidays. Complete the sentences with the
correct speakers, A, B, C or D.
1 Speaker _______ wasn’t in a quiet hotel.
2 Speaker _______ couldn’t use the buses.
3 Speaker _______ enjoyed good food on
holiday.
4 Speaker _______ didn’t spend a lot of time
with her father.
5 Speaker _______ really liked the hotel.
Mark /10
Reading
7 Read the text.
Two days in Paris
Paris. What a fantastic city! We arrived at the
railway station early on Saturday morning and
we walked to our hotel. It was quite a long way
but it was sunny and warm. The hotel owner
was happy to see us and showed us our room.
It was amazing. From our window we could see
the River Seine and the famous cathedral, Notre
Dame. We stayed at the hotel for one night and
ordered real French food in the restaurant!
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Later on Saturday morning we decided to take
a boat trip down the Seine and we passed our
hotel! Then we visited an art gallery and the
Musee D’Orsay, which was once a railway
station. There are a lot of Monet’s paintings
there. I love his work.
On Sunday we walked in the park by the Eiffel
Tower and, of course, we looked in some shops!
The clothes weren’t very expensive but you can
buy the same things at home, and anyway we
couldn’t put any more clothes in our bags!
In the afternoon we walked to the Sacre Coeur,
a beautiful white church on a hill. Nearby there
is a place with a lot of artists. One artist painted
a picture of Amy. It’s very good and it wasn’t
expensive. In the evening, sadly it was time to
come home. Paris was lovely and we have some
beautiful photos to remember it. Next time we
want to stay for a week!
8 Are the sentences true or false?
1 The writer travelled to Paris by car. ____
2 The weather was good when they arrived. ____
3 Their hotel was near the River Seine. ____
4 An artist painted a picture of the writer. ____
5 The writer stayed in Paris for three days. ____
Mark /10
Writing
9 Imagine someone from work phoned to speak to
your father. He’s out. Write a phone message for
your father. Include the following information:
• who phoned?
• what’s the message?
• what’s his/her number?
Mark /10
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Grammar 3 Complete the text with the correct past form of
the verbs in the box.
1 Complete the sentences with the correct past
form of the verbs in the box. visit be do not have give go

do win teach go read speak get Last Saturday 1_______ my birthday. I 2_______
a party but Anna and I 3_______ to London for
1 Last month I _______ an interesting book
about Martin Luther King. the weekend. We 4_______ some museums and

2 Janine _______ to New York for two weeks last Anna 5_______ some shopping. She 6_______
year. me an MP3 player for my birthday!
3 Miss Parker _______ us about some famous Mark /6
English writers last week.
4 My teacher _______ to my parents about my Vocabulary
schoolwork last night.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
5 I _______ some of my homework before
breakfast this morning. 1 A person from Japan is _______.
6 My cousin _______ a job at the new 2 A person from Australia is _______.
supermarket yesterday. 3 A person from France is _______.
7 Our team _______ the school basketball 4 A person from Britain is _______.
competition last Saturday. 5 A person from Sweden is _______.
Mark /7
Mark /5

2 Complete the sentences with the correct past
form of the verbs in brackets.
1 _______ (you write) an e-mail to James last
night?
2 I _______ (buy) the English-English dictionary
because it was very expensive.
5 Complete the text with the correct words.
My grandfather was 1_______ in 1935. He
_______ as a teacher when he was 22 and he
2
met my grandmother when he was 25. They got
_______ two years later. My grandfather taught
3

all his life until he 4_______ when he was 65.

3 _______ (Stuart see) Karen yesterday evening?
She wanted to speak to him. Sadly, he 5_______ in 2004.
4 We _______ (go) to the cinema last Friday. Mark /5

5 Mum _______ (cook) last night. We went to a

restaurant.
6 I don’t want lunch today because I _______
(have) a big breakfast this morning.
7 _______ (you go) to the film club last
Wednesday?
Mark /7

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A Unit 7
Listening Charles Dickens had ten children but his
marriage wasn’t very happy. He died in 1870
6 ≤1.07 Listen to the information about five and is buried in Westminster Abbey. Some
famous people. Are the sentences true or false? people say he was one of the greatest writers
in history. It is certainly true that his books are
1 Stephen King published his first book when he
as interesting today as they were when he first
was a teenager. _______
wrote them.
2 David Beckham married an actress. _______
3 Richard Branson started his first business after 8 Answer the questions.
university. _______
1 When and where was Charles Dickens born?
4 Ang Lee studied in Taiwan and New York.
_____________________________________
_______
2 Why was his childhood difficult?
5 Michael Schumacher is still a racing driver.
_______ _____________________________________

Mark /10 3 What was his first job?

_____________________________________

Reading 4 What are his books about?

_____________________________________
7 Read the text.
5 How old was he when he died?

Charles Dickens _____________________________________

Mark /10
Charles Dickens is one of England’s most
famous writers. He lived from 1812 to 1870
and he wrote fifteen major novels and lots Writing
of short stories. There are over 180 TV and
film adaptations of his books. Some of his 9 Write an e-mail to a friend about your week.
most famous books are Oliver Twist, Great Include the following information:
Expectations and David Copperfield. • what you did at school/college
Dickens was born in Portsmouth in the south • what you did after school and in the evenings
of England, but the family moved to London Mark /10
when he was ten years old. He had a difficult
childhood. His father spent a long time in prison Total /60
and Charles had to work in a factory from the
age of twelve. Later his family received money
from his father’s family and their life became
better. Charles studied law but he hated it and
became a journalist. This was when he started
writing his books.
Dickens’s books are wonderful pictures of life
in the big city of London at that time and are
full of amazing characters. These characters
are often very sad and very funny at the same
time. Dickens wrote a lot about poor people
and he wanted to show what life was like for
them, so his characters’ lives are not very happy.
But Dickens’s way of writing is very clever and
funny and the characters can make us laugh!

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Grammar 3 Complete the text with a, an, the or – (no
article).
1 Complete the sentences with some or any.
_______ new restaurant opened in 2_______
1

1 Is there _______ sugar in the bowl?

High Street last week. It’s called The Big Veggie
2 I haven’t got _______ books about South
and it serves 3_______ excellent vegetarian food.
America.
It has 4_______ interesting menu. 5_______
3 Do you want a pen? There are _______ in my
meals on the menu are delicious and not
bag.
expensive at all. In my opinion, it’s 6_______
4 There isn’t _______ water in the bottle.
best place to eat vegetarian food in town.
5 When you went to the zoo did you see _______
Mark /6
lions?
6 Please buy _______ apples when you go
shopping. Vocabulary
7 Are there _______ cafés near here? 4 Complete the sentences with the correct words
Mark /7 in the box.
bottle bowl glass slice cup
2 Complete the sentences with much or many.
1 I always have a _______ of coffee when I get
1 How _______ money did you spend on the
up in the morning.
new car?
2 Would you like a _______ of toast with your
2 How _______ people were there at the party?
breakfast?
3 How _______ time is there before dinner?
3 The waiter brought me a _______ of orange
4 How _______ TV programmes do you watch a juice with my meal.
week?
4 Can you get a _______ of milk when you go
5 How _______ milk do you have with your shopping please?
cereal?
5 It’s good for you to have a _______ of cereal
6 How _______ magazines do you buy every before you go to work.
week?
Mark /5
7 How _______ cups of tea does your mum drink
a day?
Mark /7

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5 Complete the sentences with the correct Reading
answers.
7 Read the text.
1 My favourite meal is baked _______ on toast.
A cabbage B onions C beans
The Kitchen
2 In the summer we often eat _______ and
cream in the garden.
Cupboard
Tania Francis is the owner of a new food store
A cheese B bread C strawberries
called The Kitchen Cupboard. Our reporter, Fran
3 At the Indian restaurant we had a delicious Peters, asked her about the business.
chicken _______.
Fran Your food store is very popular Tania.
A pastry B curry C yoghurt Why do you think this is?
4 Would you like some _______ potatoes with Tania Well, healthy food is big news these
your beef? days. Our store sells healthy food and we tell
you how to cook it!
A roast B eggs C carrots
Fran Do you tell every customer?
5 A cup of hot _______ helps you sleep well at
Tania We give recipes every time you buy
night.
something at our store.
A orange juice B curry C chocolate Fran And do you eat the food from your store?
Mark /5 Tania I certainly do! I try to stay healthy. I go to
the gym, I go jogging every day and I write the
recipes for the store. Of course, I have to cook
Listening them first!
6 ≤1.08 Listen to the people talking about their Fran Which is your favourite recipe?
favourite restaurants. Complete the sentences Tania That’s difficult. I really like the chicken
with the correct restaurants, A, B, C, D or E. and tomato burgers and, of course, the fish and
1 Restaurant _______ opened recently. cheese pie. That’s very popular.
Fran Do you think people really want to be
2 Restaurant _______ has a good view.
healthier these days?
3 Restaurant _______ is good for special Tania Yes. There are a lot of reports in the
occasions. newspapers and magazines about people who
4 Restaurant _______ is not expensive. are too heavy. It’s so dangerous. People are
learning to cook and eat healthier food. But
5 Restaurant _______ has a good choice.
healthy doesn’t mean boring! Come along to
Mark /10 The Kitchen Cupboard and see how many
delicious meals you can cook with healthy food.

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8 Choose the best answers.
1 At The Kitchen Cupboard you can
A have a cooking lesson.
B eat a good meal.
C buy healthy food.
2 Tania
A has a lot of cookery books.
B loves eating.
C does a lot of exercise.
3 One of her favourite recipes includes
A meat and vegetables.
B fish and vegetables.
C fruit and vegetables.
4 Tania thinks people want to be healthy
because
A they know it’s dangerous to be heavy.
B they like healthy food.
C they want to be in the newspapers.
5 Healthy food
A is usually boring.
B is often expensive.
C can be delicious.
Mark /10

Writing
9 Write a questionnaire with five questions about
people’s favourite places to eat. Ask questions
about these things:
• name
• type of restaurant
• example of a meal from the menu
• cost
• another reason you like it
Mark /10

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Grammar 4 but I’m sent yet haven’t sorry e-mail I the
_________________________________
1 Complete the sentences with the correct present
perfect form of the verbs in the box. 5 his packed already bags he’s
write finish hear lose buy drink _________________________________
read 6 heard the yet have results their students?
_________________________________
1 I _______ my work and now I can go out!
Mark /6
2 You _______ all the milk. Can you buy some
more?
3 I _______ that book. Have you got another? Vocabulary
4 I _______ that the café is closing. Is it true? 4 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
5 She _______ a letter to the newspaper. 1 _______ a taxi from the station to our house.
6 My friend _______ a new car. It’s very fast! 2 I always _______ by Underground when I’m in
7 We don’t have to take the exam today. The London.
school _______ the exam papers! 3 Can you _______ me a lift home, please?
Mark /7 4 You can still _______ the 12.30 p.m. bus. It’s
only 12.15 p.m.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct present
5 We _______ everywhere on foot because it’s
perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
good exercise!
1 _______ (you listen) to my new CD yet?
Mark /5
2 I _______ (open) my present yet. I’m waiting
for you to come round. 5 Complete the sentences with the correct
3 _______ (you see) Pete today? He’s not very answers.
well. 1 We couldn’t see because it was _______.
4 My sister _______ (pass) her driving test yet A sunny B windy C foggy
but she wants to buy a car.
2 It’s hard to walk when the path is _______.
5 I _______ (speak) to Jenny about the party yet.
A cold B rainy C icy
6 _______ (the theatre send) our tickets yet?
3 It was very _______ last night. There’s a tree
7 _______ (you have) lunch? We can go to the across the road.
caféteria for a sandwich.
A windy B cloudy C icy
Mark /7
4 Last night it was _______ in my room.
3 Put the words in the correct order to make a A snowy B freezing C stormy
sentence. 5 You can’t see the moon. It’s very _______.
1 you yet Carly money given the has? A cloudy B windy C freezing
_________________________________ Mark /5

2 just bus we the missed have

_________________________________
3 to Max the trip already spoken I about have
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Listening Pam drove and a few seconds later a tram
passed behind them. The red light was there
6 ≤1.09 Listen to the people talking about their to stop the cars when the trams passed. In the
worst journeys. Complete the sentences with the snow Pam stopped the car after the light and
she stopped ON the tram lines. Luckily, Steve
correct speakers, A, B, C, D or E. saw the tram and saved their lives!
1 Speaker ______ had two problems on the ‘There aren’t any trams in my town in England,’
journey. says Pam. ‘I didn’t know about the tram lines.
We nearly died. We were very lucky. Of course,
2 Speaker ______ has done lots of travelling. Steve drove for the rest of the holiday!’
3 Speaker ______ doesn’t like one means of
transport today. 8 Answer the questions.
4 Speaker ______ had three problems on the 1 Why were the children excited about the
journey. holiday?
5 Speaker ______ was ill on the journey. _________________________________
Mark /10 2 What was the weather like when they arrived
in Norway?

Reading _________________________________
3 Why was it difficult to drive?
7 Read the text.
_________________________________

A near accident 4 What did Pam see and what did she do?

Pam Tyler has just returned from a winter _________________________________

holiday and has a story to tell about a very near 5 Why did Steve shout ‘Drive!’?
accident.
Pam travelled with her husband, Steve, and _________________________________
her two children, Kev and Lucy. They were Mark /10
very happy when they started the journey. ‘The
children were so excited,’ says Pam. ‘Christmas
with lots of snow. It was the perfect holiday!’ Writing
The Tyler family went by car and took the car
ferry from England to Norway. ‘It was very cold,’ 9 Imagine you are on holiday in a big city. Write an
continues Pam. ‘And the children asked again e-mail to a friend. Write about these things:
and again, “Is it snowing in Norway?” When
the boat arrived it was amazing. The snow was • where you are
really heavy!’ • what the weather’s like
They arrived at 6.30 in the evening and they had • what you have already done
to drive for two hours to get to their holiday • what you haven’t done yet
home. But first they had to drive through the Mark /10
town – on the right hand side of the road! Pam
was the driver with Steve beside her and the
Total /60
children were in the back. At that time of the
evening it was dark and snowy and it was
difficult to see the road. Pam drove slowly.
Suddenly she saw a red light and stopped
quickly. She was just past the light.
Steve shouted, ‘Drive!’
‘But it’s red,’ said Pam.
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Grammar 3 Complete the sentences with should or
shouldn’t.
1 Complete the sentences with going to and the
correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1 You _______ study hard when you’re at school.

1 _________ (you watch) the new series on 2 You _______ stay up all night before an exam.
television this evening? 3 You _______ eat a big meal before swimming.
2 My friends and I _______ (travel) across 4 You _______ exercise a little every day.
Europe this summer. 5 You _______ drive when you’re tired.
3 He _______ (take) a holiday this year because 6 You _______ drink two litres of water every
he has to study for his exams. day.
4 My parents _______ (buy) me a car this year Mark /6
because I can’t drive yet.
5 _______ (your brother apply) for the job at the
new restaurant in the High Street?
Vocabulary
6 I _______ (stay) out late tonight. I’m tired. 4 Complete the sentences with the correct
answers.
7 Who _______ (you invite) to the party?
1 I’m going to be a _______ because I like to
Mark /7
repair cars.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct will A mechanic B builder C chef
form of the verbs in the box. 2 My cousin became a _______ last year and he
marry be get be pass win be works in different churches.
A teacher B scientist C priest
1 My dad _______ 45 on his next birthday!
3 I wouldn’t like to be a _______. They have to
2 I _______ late tomorrow. My mum’s going to make difficult decisions.
wake me up at 7.30 a.m.
A waiter B actor C politician
3 He _______ all his exams. He’s very clever.
4 I wanted to be a _______ when I was young
4 I _______ at home this evening. Come round and work with famous film stars.
at seven.
A hairdresser B farmer C factory worker
5 I’m sure that Ben _______ the job, not Sam.
5 My mum is a _______ and she helps lots of
6 She _______ Paul. She doesn’t love him. people. It’s a good job.
7 They _______ the competition. They haven’t A computer programmer B nurse C artist
trained this month.
Mark /5
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5 Complete the sentences with the correct words B: The hours are terrible. You have to get up
in the box. really early when it’s dark and go to bed early.
You have to go out when it’s cold and rainy and
centre site restaurant salon park you get very dirty too. I’m going to get a job
indoors.
1 A builder works on a building _______.
C: Oh – can you imagine? There are spiders and
2 You can get a good summer job in a theme horrible little things all round you, everywhere!
_______. Some of them are really dangerous too and you
3 My cousin opened her own hair _______ last have to feed them and touch them and clean out
year. their boxes! No thank you. I think I’ll work in an
office.
4 Jenny’s a secretary at the sports _______.
D: I’m sure the smell is awful. The food stays
5 They’re always looking for people to work in in the bags for days or even weeks and you
the fast-food _______. have to pick up the bags and carry them. Uggh!
Mark /5 Sometimes the bags break and you have to clean
up all the mess. I think the people who do this
job should earn lots and lots of money.
Listening E: I like watching plays and films but you’ll
6 ≤1.10 Listen to the people talking about never see me on a stage. It’s too frightening and
what’s important for them in a job. Match the I’m sure it’s very hard to learn all the words.
speakers with the topics in the box. Everyone’s looking at you and waiting for you
to make a mistake. But I admire people who can
money hours teamwork holidays do it.
customers
8 Match the jobs with the descriptions.
1 Speaker A talks about _______.
2 Speaker B talks about _______. 1 actor _______

3 Speaker C talks about _______. 2 high-rise window cleaner _______

4 Speaker D talks about _______. 3 rubbish collector _______

5 Speaker E talks about _______. 4 farmer _______

Mark /10 5 insect-house zoo keeper _______
Mark /10

Reading
7 Read the text.
Writing
9 Imagine you have seen an advertisement for a
The worst job baby sitter in a local newspaper. Write a letter to
apply for the job. Include information about:
We asked several young people, ‘What do you
• your experience
think is the worst job?’ Here are their answers.
• when you are free
Do you agree with them?
• the names of some people you have worked
A: This is probably the worst job in the world! I for before
feel sick when I think about it! You’re up so high
Mark /10
and there’s air all around you. Then they pull
you up and let you go down. Wow – I’m never
Total /60
going to do anything like that!

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