Unit 1
Listening
1  Listen to the conversation and choose the
correct option. (2 marks)
1 Daniel ought to join a football academy / move
to London.
2 Melissa wants to be a games tester / travel
writer.
2  Listen again. Who says these sentences?
Write M (Melissa) or D (Daniel). (8 marks)
1 That sounds acceptable to me.
2 It’s a person who tests computer games.
3 That’s my ideal job!
4 You’re adventurous and creative.
Vocabulary
3 Write the opposites of the adjectives. (5 marks)
common dishonest strict unfair voluntary
1 easy-going
2 rare
3 fair
4 obligatory
5 honest
4 Choose the correct option. (5 marks)
1 Tim is very easy-going / sociable. He loves
going to parties and meeting new people.
2 Karen is very active / ambitious; she wants to
be a famous musician.
3 My English teacher is strict / common; we can’t
speak in Spanish during her class.
4 Explorers and mountain climbers are often
adventurous / logical people.
5 Luisa is so organized / curious; before she
goes on holiday she always makes a list of
everything she needs.
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5 Complete the sentences with the words.
(10 marks).
acceptable artistic obligatory
confident sociable
1 Elizabeth drew this picture; she is very
.
2 It is not to use your phone
during an exam.
3 Maths, English, Science and PE are
subjects at my school.
4 Natasha isn’t very _ ; she
prefers her own company and doesn’t have
many friends.
5 Tom is sure that he will get the job. He feels very
Grammar
6 Choose the correct option. (10 marks)
1 In our English lessons, we have / must to speak
in English, but we are allowed / allow to use
dictionaries.
2 When I was at school, I didn’t / don’t have to
wear a uniform, but I had to / must do a lot of
homework.
3 You m stn’t / don’t have to eat in the library,
but you can / are allowed use laptops.
4 We don’t need / mustn’t to buy milk – there are
two bottles in the fridge, but we need / don’t
need to buy bread, because there isn’t any.
5 You m st / mustn’t wear a helmet when you
ride your bike, and you should / could always
ride carefully.
7 Write the words in the correct order. (10 marks)
1 on / football / grass / you / the / mustn’t / play
2 trainers / don’t / we / to / have / sports hall / the /
in / wear
3 sick / you / go / shouldn’t / school / when / to /
are / you
4 can’t / James / French / well / speak
5 won’t / Sharon / go / be / to / able / year / Spain /
to / next
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8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the modals in brackets. (10 marks)
1 I sing well when I was young.
(can )
2 He wear glasses when he was
young. (need to )
3 You feed the animals at the
zoo. (must )
4 Jane buy a new mobile phone
next week, because she has to buy her friend a
birthday present. (be able to )
5 You get some work
experience in a shop. (ought to )

Practical English
9 Choose the correct option. (15 marks)
Kelly: I won the writing competition!
Jason: (1) It’s / That’s fantastic! (2) ow / What
exciting!
Kelly: I know! The awards ceremony was last
night.
Jason: (3) How / What was it like?
Kelly: It was fun. But I was a bit sad because my
mum wasn’t there. She had to visit my
grandmother in Italy.
Jason: (4) What / How a pity! How did you
(5) think / feel when you won?
Kelly: I felt great!

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Reading 11 Read the text again and answer the questions.
Write complete sentences. (12 marks)
10 Read the text. Complete the sentences with the 1 Why didn’t Gemma enjoy her first year?
correct name – Gemma, Auriane or Mark.
( marks)
2 Who does Gemma live with now?
likes living with new people.
is studying engineering.
is studying medicine.
3 Where is Auriane from?

Gemma North, 22, is at the University of Manchester.

4 What club did Auriane join?
I’m a third year medicine student. It’s very hard, but
I’m enjoying it. I’m very sociable and have made lots of
friends. I think the most difficult thing about university 5 Why does Mark say that you should join a club?
is that you have to live with people you don’t know. I
didn’t enjoy the first year much because I didn’t like
my
housemates. Now I live with three friend and it’s great. 6 Why does Mark have to work very hard?

Auriane Bourque, 19, is at University College London.

Living in London is very expensive for me because

I’m from a small town in France, but I like it here
because there are so many exciting things to do. I’m
easy-going and sociable, so living with new people is
great. I love drawing and I’m quite artistic, so I joined
the drawing
club. There are some very friendly people there.

Mark Roberts, 21, is at the University of Birmingham.

At university, you should join a club because it’s a great

way to meet people. There are clubs for every interest, so
it’s easy to find something that you like. I m studying
engineering. I have to work very hard because
engineering is a difficult subject.

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Writing
12 Write a profile of an English language summer
school for a website. Use the prompts to help
you. Remember to look at the order of
adjectives. Write about 100 words. (10 marks)

Paragraph 1 Introduce the school

This is … .
It’s in … .
It’s a (large, modern) school. The teachers are (very
friendly / experienced).
You must … . You mustn’t … . You have to … . You
don’t have to … .

Paragraph 2 Describe the school

There are classes in the morning from … to … .
There is a lunch break at … for … .
There are / aren’t classes in the afternoon.
We usually … at the weekend.
The courses are … weeks long.

Listening / 10 Reading _ / 15
Vocabulary / 20 Writing _ / 10
Gramm ar /3 0
Practical English / 15 TOTAL / 100

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