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Entry test

Exercise 1
1 B French
2 C cousin
3 A tidy
4 A brush
5 B trousers

Exercise 2
Possible answers :
1 French, German, Spanish, Turkish,
etc.
2 kitchen, dining room, toilet, family
room, etc.
3 fruit, vegetables, chicken, fish, etc.
4 bank, grocery, police station,
university, etc.
5 forest, wood, hill, beach, etc.

Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5

1 uncle 1 Good luck 1 C describing people
2 table 2 beard 2 A giving permission
3 coffee 3 go to work 3 D talking about future
4 rugby 4 station intentions
5 shoulder 5 library
4 A talking about past events
6 jacket
5 C explaining rules
7 windy
8 washing-up
Note :
9 nurse There is no answer key for
10 plane the open-ended questions or
questions with flexible answers.

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Grammar

Exercise 6
1 B There are
2 A Are you coming
3 C was born
4 B turn left
5 A it’s going

Exercise 7
1 nobody
2 finished
3 something
4 most
5 better

Exercise 8 Exercise 9
1 to 1 At
2 heard 2 to
3 was 3 in
4 saw 4 on
5 faster 5 for

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Sum up!
Exercise 1
Possible answers :
Physical description: tall, thin,
good-looking, handsome, dark, fair,
beautiful, etc.
Character: friendly, nice, helpful,
honest, clever, hard-working, etc.
Feelings: happy, sad, worried,
anxious, nervous, cheerful, etc.
Clothes: shirt, skirt, trousers, shorts,
jacket, pullover, etc.
Nationality: French, Italian, Greek,
German, Spanish, etc.
Language: French, Italian, Greek,
German, Spanish, etc.

Exercise 2
Possible answers :
My family: mum/mother, dad/
father, brother, sister, etc.
My house: bathroom, bedroom,
living room, kitchen, toilet, dining
room, etc.
My hobbies: stamp-collecting,
reading a book, watching a football
match, listening to music, etc.
My pets: dog, cat, budgie, hamster,
goldfish, etc.
My sports: football, tennis, rugby,
volleyball, skiing, swimming, etc.
My favourite things: wallet,
rollerblades, camera, smartphone,
tablet, etc.
My favourite dishes: eggs and
bacon, spaghetti, steak, soup, fish
and chips, etc.
hair and dark eyes, she’s slender. Exercise 5
My favourite places: home,
3 They are running in a park or Possible answers :
bedroom, the park, cafeteria, my
wood. The boy is wearing a blue Q Where did you go last summer?
friend’s house, etc.
T-shirt, a pair of jeans and black A I went to the seaside.
trainers. The girl is wearing a Q Where were you born?
Exercise 3 purple hoodie, short, blue leggings A I was born in Bangkok.
Possible answers : and black trainers. Q When did you meet your best friend?
1 There are two young kids in this
A I met her a year ago.
photograph, a boy and a girl.
Q What did you do last night?
2 The young boy is not very
A I watched TV.
tall, he’s slim, with short, curly
dark hair, dark eyes and a big
mouth. The girl is taller than
the boy, she’s got long, brown

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Exercise 6
Possible answers :
G What are you going to do
tonight?
T I’m staying at home to do my
homework.
G And what are you going to do
tomorrow night?
T I’m going to do a translation.
G Would you like to go out with
me on Saturday afternoon?
T I’m afraid I can’t. I’m having a
German class.
G Why are you studying German?
T Because I’m going to visit my
friends in Germany.
G When are you going?
T At Christmas.
G What’s the weather like in
winter there?
T It’s cold and snowy.
G Are you going to study German
at the university?
T Yes, I am. I love foreign
languages and I want to study
German at the university.
G What job are you going to do?
T I’m going to become a
translator and travel a lot!

Exercise 7
Possible answer :
BANK: You walk straight on this
street, go pass the hospital, keep
going, walk pass the cinema on
your right, keep straight on, turn
left into Green Street, walk pass the
school on your left, keep going till Exercise 9
you come to the bank, it’s on your 1 cheaper, the cheapest 2 did - because did is not a kind of wh-
left. You will see the library. 2 older, the oldest question, but is a irregular verb in past
3 nicer, the nicest tense of do.
Exercise 8 4 better, the best 3 her - because her can be both
Possible answers : 5 worse, the worst a possesive adjective and object
1 he, she, it, etc. 6 more beautiful, most beautiful/ pronoun, but the other three are
2 his, hers, mine, ours, etc. less beautiful, least beautiful subject pronouns.
3 always, never, often, rarely, etc. 7 more expensive, most expensive/ 4 work - because work is only a regular
4 him, her, them, etc. less beautiful, least expensive verb that differs from irregular verbs in
5 to, from, towards, across, along, the other three.
into, etc. Exercise 10
6 at, in, on, etc. his - because his is only a possessive
1 sell sold sold
7 will, going to, present adjective and not subject and verb to
continuous, etc.
ride rode ridden
be or has like the other three.
8 may, might, can, could, should, give gave given 9
would, must, etc.
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Sprint game
4 men
6 cousin
7 American
8 Possible answers : bedroom,
bathroom, kitchen
9 Possible answers : wallet,
smartphone, keys
11 Possible answers : biscuit
(countable noun), bread
(uncountable noun)
13 Possible answers : jacket, shirt,
skirt, scarf, trainers, jumper

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17 Cardiff
19 Possible answers : playing
volleyball, swimming
20 Possible answers : my birthday
is on January the first in 2000.
21 blue, white and red
22 Possible answers : baker, doctor,
hairdresser, nurse, waiter
23 Possible answers :
I watched an interesting film
yesterday.
While I was watching an
interesting film yesterday, the
bell rang.
24 Possible answers : the bus, the
car, the train, the underground
25 more beautiful, most beautiful
27 Possible answers :
I must tidy my room.
I mustn’t listen to loud music.
29 George Washington
30 Possible answers : no mobile
phones, no talking in the
library, no writing on your desk,
arrive on time, no vadalism,
be polite and courteous, no
smoking, no neckling

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Culture quiz
Exercise 1
1 A England, Wales, Scotland
and Northern Ireland.
2 A northern Europe.
3 B Edinburgh.
4 B Wales.
5 C England.
6 A public schools.
7 B 11.
8 A The Prime Minister
9 B the day after Christmas.
10 A Halloween.

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11 C before Easter.
12 A turkey
13 C a clock
14 B 50
15 A July 4th
16 C the 16th century.
17 C Shakespeare
18 A Washington, D.C.
19 B New Orleans
20 B Carnival.

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