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1 not tall enough
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Completing sentences 1
Sara Where’s my phone?
2
Luca There it is … on the table.
1 Paris
Sara That’s Mum’s phone. It’s just like
2 vote
mine.
3 articles and letters
Luca Oh sorry. Well, my phone’s in my bag.
4 demonstrations
Sara Perhaps it’s in the drawer.
5 voting rights
I sometimes put it there.
Luca No, it isn’t! Look! It’s next to you on
the sofa!
Sara Oh, thanks!

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Tom Have you got a games console,
Maria?
Maria Yes. And my brother has got one,
too. His console is on the floor in the
living room, next to the TV.
Tom Where’s yours?
Maria It’s in my bedroom.
Tom Is it on your desk?
Maria No, it isn’t. It’s on the shelf now
because it is broken.
Tom Oh no!
3 Speaker 2
Mum I can’t find my keys.
Dad They’re usually on the table in the hall
or in the door.
Mum I looked there, but I can’t see them.
Dad Look in the drawer of the table.
Mum You’re right! They’re here!
Dad Put them in your bag now, so you
don’t forget them.
Mum Good idea!
4 first time. We drove to the coast in
Emma Have you got a sofa in your living
room, Joe?
Joe Yes, there’s a sofa and there are two
big comfortable chairs.
Emma Is there any other furniture?
Joe Yes, there’s a small table next to the
sofa with a lamp and some books on
it.
Emma Is there a TV, too?
Joe Yes, there’s a big TV on the wall.
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LISTENING
Multiple-choice short texts
1 the country on it. I usually take my
Synonyms
2 amazing 3 awful 4 wonderful 5 relaxing
Possible antonyms
2 bad 3 incredible 4 horrible 5 stressful
3
1B 2C 3B 4C 5A
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Speaker 1
I’ve just been to Europe for the first
time. I went backpacking with my
friend Ian. We travelled around,
mostly by train, sometimes by bus and
once by scooter! We got scooters in
Greece and rode round the island of
Andros. It was fantastic, but a bit
dangerous at times!
We’ve just been to the USA to visit my
mum’s sister in Florida. The holiday
was amazing, but I hated the journey.
I went on a plane for the first time, and
I really didn’t like it. It was worse flying
back because I knew what to expect!
Speaker 3
I’ve been to Spain before, but this
year I travelled there by ship for the
England and put the car on the ship.
The journey to Santander took 20
hours. It was OK until we reached the
Bay of Biscay. Then I was really sick!
It was awful!
Speaker 4
In the summer holidays we usually go
to Italy to visit my dad’s family in Pisa.
We drive through France to get there.
It takes a couple of days, and I hate
the journey. But this year I went by
plane by myself! It was wonderful. I
felt so grown up.
Speaker 5
I’m not keen on travelling, except on
my motorbike. I’ve travelled all over
girlfriend and we go to concerts and
festivals. We take our tent and we
take our time getting there. It’s so
relaxing. It’s the only way to travel.
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LISTENING
Are you worried about the
environment?
Gap fill
Do you enjoy science? Then come
1 along to the Environmental Science
1 an activity Fair taking place from 6–9 March at
2 a location the Museum of Science and Industry.
3 an activity This is the second annual
4 day of the week / time Environmental Science Fair and we’re
expecting this year’s fair to be even
 AUDIO SCRIPT TRACK 3 better than the last. The latest
Girl What do you usually do on Saturdays, products will be on show, and many
Joe? companies will be doing experiments,
Boy Well, I hardly ever do my homework. I so it should be quite exciting.
usually do that on Sundays. On display we’ll also have the latest
Girl You’re in the football team, aren’t electric cars, and bikes made
you? Do you play football on completely from recycled products.
Saturdays? Renewable energy will be a big
Boy Yes, I always play football in the feature and scientists will explain how
morning. I play in the park with my they can turn rubbish into fuel. Many
friends. food companies are researching
Girl Cool. What do you do in the sustainable food, so you’ll have a
afternoon? chance to see how insects such as
Boy I usually watch television. ants and caterpillars are grown on
Girl Oh, OK. Do you listen to music? insect farms. There will be workshops,
Boy Yes, I sometimes listen to music. presentations, an IMAX 3D show and,
Girl What about Saturday evenings? What of course, competitions! This year’s
do you do then? Young Scientist of the Year prize will
Boy I go out with my friends. go to the student who can turn dirty
Girl Do you go dancing? water into clean water in the most
Boy No, I never go dancing. I hate economical way. Go to the H2O area
dancing. We go to the cinema, or we to see the entries. While you are
go for a pizza. there, you can take part in our Green
Science competition. Can you design
3 an experiment to find out how much
1 Museum energy a solar panel produces? The
2 experiments winner will get a pair of ecological
3 rubbish earphones, made entirely from natural
4 solar panels materials. Sounds great, doesn’t it?
55 So, what are you waiting for? You can
buy your tickets online, or inside the
museum on the day. The price for an
adult ticket is £5, but children under
sixteen enter for free. To find out
details about coming to the fair, see
our website at …

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LISTENING
Matching
1 1
1F
2A
3C
2 1C2B3C
1F
2H
3A
4D
5B
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Ben Have you been on holiday, Lucy?
Lucy Yes. I stayed with my grandad. He
lives in a little fishing village near
Malaga.
Ben I’ve been to Malaga a few times. My
aunt’s got a sailing school there. She
loves all sports, but sailing is her
favourite.
Lucy Really? My grandad isn’t keen on
watersports, he prefers climbing.
He’s very fit.
Ben What about your Dad?
Lucy Oh, he’s the opposite, he likes being
in the city.
Ben Oh, does he like sightseeing?
Lucy Not really. I do though! I love visiting
old buildings. My Dad likes going to
museums. He stays in them for hours.
But he doesn’t like shopping. None of
us do. Are you going on holiday, Ben?
Ben I don’t know. I haven’t got any money.
Lucy You should get a job. I’ve just got one,
working in the café at the swimming
pool and I think they need someone
else.
Ben Hmm. I’d love to go skiing again next
winter. I went last year and loved it.
Maybe I’ll phone the swimming pool,
then.
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LISTENING
Multiple choice
1B2B
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Question 1 talks about attitude and question
2 talks about opinion.
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PART I
Teacher Good morning, everyone. Today, I
would like to introduce you to Tulli,
who was a student here a few years
ago. He now works as a careers
adviser and has kindly agreed to
come back to talk to you about your
options when you leave school, and to
answer some questions.
Tulli Hi, everyone. Thanks for inviting me
here today, Mr Stevens. It’s exciting to
be back! Well, it doesn’t seem very
long ago that I was a student myself,
preparing to take exams and leave
secondary school. I remember quite
clearly that I felt nervous and a little
confused about what to do next. I’m
sure some of you feel the same way
now. At one point, I just wanted to
pass my exams, leave school and get
a job, but my parents weren’t happy –
they didn’t think that was a good
option.
PART II
Teacher Did you go to see a careers
adviser then?
Tulli Well, no, I didn’t. I thought about
taking a gap year. Then, just before I
left school, I decided that I wanted to
be a journalist. Unfortunately, I didn’t
get good enough results to get into
college.
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marks, even if at this stage they aren’t
planning to go to university?
LISTENING
Tulli Yes, absolutely. You might change
your mind later, like I did. Speaker-opinion identification
Teacher What are the options for students 1
who can’t go to university? 1 Liz 2 Ben 3 both
Tulli Err … They can become careers 2
advisers. If you don’t get into college, 1 Jake 2 both 3 Sally 4 Jake 5 both
you will either have to find a job, or do
an apprenticeship.  AUDIO SCRIPT TRACK 7
Teacher And what is the best way to go
Jake Have you entered the design
about this?
competition at school? I heard that the
Tulli In my opinion, the best thing to do is
first prize is a trip to a fashion show
talk to a careers adviser. They can
during London fashion week. What did
help you choose a career that’s right
you win last year?
for you. For example, they might ask
Sally Oh, the first prize was £50 to spend
you to do a job aptitude test. And they
on clothes. This year’s prize is much
will be able to tell you a lot about the
better, but I haven’t entered the
different types of jobs available. Did
competition yet.
you know you can earn money by
Jake Why not? You’re brilliant. Nobody’s
blogging? Or by playing computer
better than you!
games? Yes, companies are looking
Sally But I can’t think of anything this time.
for young people to test their products
Jake Really? You’ve got lots of designs.
and services, so there are a lot of
What about those T-shirts you sold
opportunities.
online last summer? They were
Teacher So, how did you become a careers
amazing. All the girls at school loved
adviser?
them. My sister bought three!
Tulli Well, I spent a lot of time looking for
Sally Well, yes, I know. I want to try to
jobs; attending careers fairs, reading
design something for this year, but I
websites, going to job interviews …
need to think of something new. All
and then I started writing a blog about
my designs are old now.
my experiences. People liked it, and it
Jake When’s the competition deadline?
quickly became popular. Then I
Sally It’s the 8th of July.
decided to enroll myself in a career
Jake So you’ve still got a few weeks.
guidance course … and I got a
Sally Yes, but I told you, I haven’t got any
qualification.
ideas! I spent yesterday looking at
Teacher Thanks, Tulli. Now, if anyone has
fashion magazines and websites,
questions, Tulli will be able to
trying to think of something. And I
answer …
spent last weekend in town looking at
all the best fashion stores. I just
couldn’t think of anything. I certainly
didn’t want to wear anything from
them myself!
Jake Right ... So ... Are you looking at
women’s clothes?

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 Sally Yeah. I’d like to design an evening
dress, or something like that.
Jake Well that’s OK, but why don’t you do
something different? How about
designing something for men?
Sally Such as?
Jake I don’t know ... jackets maybe, or how
about trainers?
Sally Hmm ... that’s a good idea. I’ve never
designed shoes before. OK, I’ll take a
look at some websites.
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LISTENING
Matching
1 tennis is really good and I think that I
1C 2A 3B 4F 5E 6D
2 Speaker 5 Claire
1D 2E 3G 4H 5A
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Speaker 1 Maria
I’m 18 on Saturday and I’m having a
party. I’m really looking forward to it.
It’s in a restaurant, and all my family
and friends are coming. We’re having
dinner first, then there’s a band, so we
can all dance! I’ve got a fantastic new
dress. It’s long and red. I feel very
grown up when I wear it.
Speaker 2 James
I’m going to a concert next month. It’s
my very first concert. I’ve got two
tickets to see my favourite band of all
time – Biffy Clyro. It’s in London. I’m
taking my best friend Alex. My dad’s
driving us there. Then we’re staying in
a hotel that night. I’m so excited. I
can’t wait.
Speaker 3 Saffy
My brother’s getting married and I’m
his bridesmaid. I have to wear a long
dress. I really don’t like dresses; I
prefer jeans. But I’m happy about the
wedding. It’s in a big hotel in the city.
It’s quite a big wedding party; 80
people are coming. My brother’s a bit
nervous, but I’m looking forward to it,
apart from the dress!
Speaker 4 Marcus
I’ve got an important tennis
tournament to play this weekend. And
I want to win it. It’s my last chance to
win the under-18s championship. I
compete every year but I never win it.
I’m always second! But this year my
can win it. I’m nervous, but excited,
too.
My sister Paula is having a baby next
month. Paula is very big now. She’s
feeling fine, but she can’t walk very
fast! We don’t know if it’s a boy or a
girl. Paula says she doesn’t mind, she
just wants it to be healthy. But I want it
to be a boy, because we haven’t got a
brother.
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1 nine
2 maths
3 laboratory
4 textbooks
5 project
6 concentrate
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Olivia
My name’s Olivia and I’m in Year Nine now.
An opinion essay
I’m studying ten different subjects. Today
I’ve got Science, Maths, ICT, PE and Students’ own answers
English. English is easy, but Maths is hard
for me. My Maths teacher’s called Mrs Exam Preparation 28 WRITING
Moore and she’s the best! She often helps
me at lunchtime. When I don’t understand
something, I just ask her. An essay
Students’ own answers
My favourite subject’s Science. I like
working in the laboratory. There are three of
them in our school and we do lots of Exam Preparation 29 WRITING
experiments there. Science classes are fun
because our teacher, Mr Deane, always A story
tells us funny jokes. The only problem is that
there are lots of big textbooks to carry! Students’ own answers

Our English teacher gives us a lot of

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homework, and that’s no fun. We’re reading
a book called Animal Farm now.
A review
And I think ICT’s easy. We don’t have
homework for this subject, but our teacher Students’ own answers
gives us a project to do every month.
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We have exams every year in May. At the
moment I’m studying for those. There’s a lot
to revise, so I do a little every evening after An informal letter
dinner. When I finish studying everything, I Students’ own answers
repeat it again and again. I always listen to
music when I’m doing my homework
because it helps me concentrate. I like pop Exam Preparation 32 WRITING
music most.
An article
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A short message Exam Preparation 33

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An email 1 a sports company want to launch a new
running shoe; need to discuss marketing
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ideas
2 one
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3 price important, in your opinion?
advertising
4 low, the consumer might think the
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Examiner In this section of the
examination, I’d like you to talk about
a topic together for a couple of
minutes. Imagine a company wants to
sell some new running shoes. Here
are some marketing ideas they could
use and a question for you to discuss.
Please take a moment to read the
question …
Jessica OK. So, how would these ideas
help the company?
Victoria Well, I think advertising is very
important. If you have an advert that
people remember, they’re more likely
to buy the shoes.
Jessica Yes, something really funny or
original. People always talk about
adverts they like, which means they
must think about it when they are
shopping. That could link to the idea
of using a celebrity, too.
Victoria You’re right. Lots of brands are
really successful when they use
celebrities like a singer or maybe a
sports person. I think that can be
really effective.
Jessica Yeah, I agree. And what about
the product name? That’s pretty
important too, isn't it?
Victoria Perhaps, but I’m not sure it
really matters. Personally, I don’t pay
attention to the name of my shoes.
And I definitely wouldn’t buy an ugly
pair just because it had a cool name.
So that’s —
Jessica Wait a minute... I'm afraid I
have to disagree with you there. I
think language can really influence
how you feel about a product.
Mmm, maybe. Let’s see…
What else can we talk about? Is the
Jessica I suppose so. If the price is too
shoes are poor quality. On the other
hand, they won’t buy them if they're a
rip-off.
Victoria That’s true. A high price can be
an advantage, too, though. The
product could be a kind of status
symbol for people who can afford it.
Jessica That’s a good point. And what
about —
Examiner Sorry to interrupt. I’ll stop you
there. Now, I’d like you to decide
together which marketing idea would
be most effective for this product.
Victoria Well, we didn’t really agree on
whether the name was important, so
maybe we can eliminate that one?
Jessica I guess so. We were both in
favour of the price though, weren’t
we?
Victoria Yes, but in the end I don’t think
it’s as important as advertising. What
do you think?
Jessica I totally agree.
Victoria OK, so we have a decision?
Jessica Yes!
Examiner Thanks, both of you.
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Individual Long Turn Introductory phase

Sample sentences Students’ own answers
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He looks as if is studying because he is
concentrating hard and there are books
in the background and next to him on the
desk.
He seems focused on what he is doing
because he is staring at the screen and
holding his head in his hands.
I get the impression that he is stressed or
that the work is difficult because he is
frowning.

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