Grammar
1 Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to 2 Complete the email with one word in each gap.
complete the text.
Today, children in Great Britain (1) ……………………… work. Hi Tom,
They go to school and (2) ……………………… to learn things The holidays (1) ……………………… arrived again! I’m not
which they can use when they are older. Sometimes they sure what I’m (2) ……………………… to do this year. Last
have a part-time job in (3) ……………………… they deliver year I did a summer job. I (3) ……………………… helping
newspapers or wash cars but this is (4) ……………………… out my dad in his office and he asked me if
‘pocket money’, which they spend on clothes or hobbies. (4) ……………………… wanted to get paid for it! It was
However, in other parts of the world, children only two mornings a week, but it gave me
(5) ……………………… as five are expected to work. The (5) ……………………… extra money to spend.
majority of (6) ……………………… work on farms How about you? Have (6) ……………………… decided to
(7) ……………………… they look after the animals or pick fruit go away anywhere this summer? One reason I
and vegetables. Other children have to work in factories (7) ……………………… writing to you is to ask if you would
and the conditions can be very difficult. like to come and stay for a weekend. If you come at
In Britain it (8) ……………………… be like this. For example, my the end of August, we can go to the music festival in
grandfather started working when he was fourteen. But (8) ……………………… park. I’m not sure if Taylor Swift
things changed. People thought that if children (9) ……………………… be there this year, though.
(9) ……………………… work, they could go to school to learn. Tell me soon because there aren’t (10) ………………………
Isn’t this something that all children (10) ……………………… be tickets left!
able to do? Love,
Olga
1 A have to B don’t have to
C mustn’t D must
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2 A expected B are expected
C were expected D is expected Total / 20
3 A who B that
C which D where
4 A for to earn B to earn
C earning D earn
5 A as young B younger
C young D youngest
6 A they B them
C their D theirs
7 A when B who
C which D where
8 A didn’t use B didn’t use to
C use to D used to
9 A didn’t have to B won’t have to
C don’t have to D wouldn’t have to
10 A would B will
C should D can
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Vocabulary 5 Complete the text with the correct form of the
words given.
3 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the
text. Hi Sofia,
How are you? I feel a bit (1) ……………………… (alone) at the
We’ve just done a project on New Zealand at school and it
moment. It was lovely when you were here, but now
was really (1) scary/informative. I didn’t know much about
you’ve gone the house seems very quiet. Last night I
the country before except that it is made up of two
watched an (2) ……………………… (interest) programme on
(2) islands/ice caps in the Pacific Ocean. Now I know that it
TV. It was a (3) ……………………… (discuss) about the
also has some very high (3) beaches/mountains and even
environment. They talked about how a lot of the effects of
some volcanoes. If you've seen the (4) documentary
global warming are (4) ……………………… (visible). Because
/fantasy film, The Hobbit, you must have seen them! The
of that people don’t take it seriously, which is quite
fictional land of Middle Earth in the film is really New
(5) ……………………… (disappoint). I think you would agree
Zealand!
with everything the speakers said.
I worked with two (5) neighbours/classmates and we got
Write soon!
most of our information for the project from
Love,
(6) manuals/encyclopaedias . We used
Georgina
(7) guidebooks/dictionaries to look up the place names in
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the Internet really useful because it was easy to
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(8) turn over/look up useful information. For example, I
(9) turn up/found out that New Zealand is one of the safest
countries in the world. The number of people
(10) charged/suspected with crimes is going down all the
Use of English
time. 6 Complete the second sentence so that it means
the same as the first. Use no more than three
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words.
4 Complete the text with one preposition in each 1 We’ve only got a little time left before the train leaves.
gap. There isn’t ……………………… before the train leaves.
2 They’ve found the stolen car.
I came (1) ……………………… a magazine article the other day
The stolen car ……………………… found.
which was about learning languages. It said that there are
3 There’s not enough space for five of you in this car.
different types of language learners. Some people like to
There are ……………………… of you for this car.
learn about the language, for example, by looking
4 I want to go to India, but I haven’t got enough money.
(2) ……………………… new words and trying to work
If I had enough money, I ……………………… to India.
(3) ……………………… grammar problems. Other people like to
5 It isn’t necessary to give in the homework before Friday.
learn by using the language. They prefer to hang
We don’t ……………………… in the homework before Friday.
(4) ……………………… with native speakers or learn new words
6 ‘I’ll read out the answers when you finish,’ said Mr
by flicking (5) ……………………… magazines.
Williams.
/5 Mr Williams said he ……………………… the answers when
we had finished.
7 Kate and I learnt to play the violin at that school.
That school ……………………… Kate and I learnt to play the
violin.
8 Henry bought his guitar in 2007.
Henry ……………………… his guitar since 2007.
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Reading
7 Read the article about a sea rescue. Seven sentences are missing from the article. Choose from the
sentences A–G the one which fits each gap.
Long distance rescue
Most people have heard of the Titanic. It was the largest passenger ship in the world and was launched in 1912, but on its
very first voyage it hit an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Most of the 1,517 people on the ship died in the freezing
water. (1) ……………………… It is a very strange tale, but luckily it had a better ending than the story of the original Titanic.
Alex Evans works on a lifeboat in Wales and he spends a lot of his time rescuing people from the sea. They are usually
swimmers or fishermen who are stuck on rocks when the sea comes in. These rescues are usually simple and don’t require
aeroplanes or international search-and-rescue operations. (2) ………………………
On Monday Alex was shopping with his mother when his mobile phone rang. He was surprised to get a signal and answered
it. He was even more surprised to hear the voice of his friend Mark Corbett, who was on a motorboat in the Caribbean over
4,000 miles away. (3) ……………………… He told Alex that the boat was sinking and they needed help! At first, Alex thought
that it was a joke. (4) ……………………… Then he heard the panic in Mark’s voice and realised that it was a real emergency.
Mark said that there was a lot of water in the boat and they had lost power. (5) ……………………… He was using the satellite
phone and the only number he could remember was Alex’s!
Alex stayed calm and wrote down the information about where the boat was. (6) ……………………… They sent out planes and
three hours later they found Mark’s boat and rescued them. (7) ……………………… Maybe boat owners should avoid calling
their boats Titanic in the future!
A Then he contacted an international rescue centre. F Imagine someone phoning you and saying that they are
B Mark was with some other men, taking a boat to on the Titanic and it’s sinking!
Grenada. G Now another boat with the same name, The Titanic,
C Luckily everyone was OK because of the actions of a has been in the news because it got into trouble at sea.
good friend 4,000 miles away!
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D They couldn’t use the long-range radio.
E However this week he was part of a sea rescue that
was a little different!
8 Read the article again. Are these statements True (T) or False (F)?
1 The article is about the original Titanic. T/F 4 Mark’s boat was in trouble in the Caribbean. T/F
2 Alex Evans doesn’t rescue people very often. T/F 5 The writer thinks it’s a good idea to call
3 Alex didn’t expect to get a phone call from your boat Titanic. T/F
Mark. T/F
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Listening
9 Listen to five short recordings. Choose the best answers, A, B or C.
1 What has the boy bought? 4 Who rescued the children?
A something to wear A their dog
B something for his computer B a dog walker
C something to read C emergency workers
2 Why is Martin phoning Angela? 5 Why is the man complaining?
A to apologise A because a programme was on earlier than
B to complain advertised
C to give an invitation B because there was a change in the programme
3 Why did the boy get bad marks in the test? C because the camera work wasn’t very good
A because he has a bad memory
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B because he was ill
C because he didn’t revise enough
10 Listen again and complete the notes with one word in each gap.
Recording 1
The boy didn’t buy the software because it was ……………………… .
Recording 2
They have cancelled the tennis match because of the ……………………… .
Recording 3
The boy thinks his dad will be ……………………… .
Recording 4
The children had an accident on the lake and fell through the ……………………… .
Recording 5
The man is upset because a ……………………… match was on instead of motor racing.
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Writing
11 Read part of an email from your English friend, and write a reply. Remember to answer all the questions.
I want to learn a language. I know you’re learning English so perhaps you can tell me about your experience.
How do you learn English? Why did you start learning English? What do you want to use it for in the future?
In your email you should:
• say what activities you do to learn English
• give your reasons for learning English
• say how you will use English in the future
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Write 125–150 words.
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Speaking
12 Your teacher has asked you to give a presentation with the title ‘What I would do if I could change the
world’.
In your presentation you should include:
• a beginning – what you would do
• some arguments – why you would do that
• an ending – why your idea is important
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