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1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
a The story starts on a Sunday.
b Sally has a brother.
c Sally goes to work by bus.
d Sally goes to the shops at lunchtime.
e Sally buys some new shoes.
f Paul phones Sallys mother.
g Paul and Sally meet after work.
h Paul and Sally meet in a Bar Bogart.
i Paul and Sally go to Blue Moon.
j Sally and Andrew go to Katharines party.
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2 Who says this?Who do they say it to? Claire, Andrew,
Paul, Sally, Sallys mother
a Wear your blue skirt. I like that skirt.
......................... says this to .........................
b Lets go out at lunchtime. ......................... says
this to .........................
c Its beutiful, but I never wear red.
......................... says this to .........................
d Im very sorry. Its the wrong number.
......................... says this to .........................
e Have you got a book in your hand?
......................... says this to .........................
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3 Match a word form A with a definition from B.
A
1 bar
2 button
3 party
4 press
5 ring
B
a to push with your finger
b a place where you can have a drink
c you push thing on your phone to make a call
d a meeting of friends to eat, drink, talk and
dance
e to make a noise like a bell
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4 Put these events in the story in order. Number them
1 to 10.
a Paul and Sally meet near the trees.
b Sally goes to work.
c Katharine phones Sally.
d Sally has breakfast.
e Paul and Sally go to the party.
f Sally goes shopping.
g Sally picks up Pauls phone in a caf.
h Paul phones Sally.
i Sally is in bed.
j Sally puts on her red skirt.
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5 Fill in the gaps using: phone, skirt, coffee, party,
change, rings, lunchtime, brother, drink, birthday
Sally wakes up in the morning when her phone
......................... . She has breakfast with her
mother and her ......................... , and then goes to
work by ......................... . At ......................... she
goes shopping and buys a new ......................... .
Then she goes to a caf and has a .........................
. But when she gets back to work she has Pauls
......................... and Paul has hers. Paul phones
her and they agree to ......................... phones in
the evening. They meet in Queens Square and
then they go for a ......................... . Its Pauls
sisters ......................... today and she is having a
......................... . Sally agrees to go with Paul.
20 marks
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Setting
Choose the best answer.
1 It is _____ morning.
a

Monday b

Tuesday c

Thursday
d

Saturday
2 Sally looks in her _____ for her phone.
a

skirt b

bag c

train d

car
3 Sally finds her phone behind the _____.
a

bed b

bag c

skirt d

door
4 _____ is Sallys boyfriend.
a

Paul b

Michael c

Andrew
d

Jack
5 He wants Sally to wear a _____ skirt.
a

blue b

red c

black d

white
6 _____ is Sallys brother.
a

James b

Jack c

John
d

Andrew
7 Sally has breakfast with her _____.
a

friend b

boss c

sister d

mother
8 There are a lot of _____ on the train.
a

cars b

people c

dogs d

trees
9 Sally is listening to _____ on the train.
a

John b

Mary c

Andrew
d

Graham
10 Sally is talking to her friends _____ at work.
a

Mark and Louise b

Claire and
Louise c

John and Graham d

Claire
and John
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Characters
Choose the best answer.
11 Andrew is _____ boyfriend.
a

Claires b

Louises c

Sallys
d

Katherines
12 _____ is Andrews new boss.
a

Sally b

Paul c

Louise
c

Michael
13 _____ wants a sandwich for breakfast.
a

Sally b

Jack c

Andrew d

Paul
14 Sally listens to _____ on the train.
a

Andrew b

Claire c

Paul
d

her mother
15 _____ and Louise have coffee with Sally at
work.
a

Paul b

Claire c

Michael
d

Katherine
16 At one oclock _____ is looking at skirts in the
shops.
a

Michael b

Katherine c

Sally
d

Jack
17 Sally phones her _____ in the caf.
a

mother b

brother c

friend
d

sister
18 _____ thinks Sally has a nice smile.
a

Paul b

Jack c

Andrew
d

Michael
19 _____ wants to say sorry to Sally.
a

Jack b

Michael c

Paul
d

Andrew
20 Katherine is Pauls _____.
a

mother b

sister c

brother
d

friend
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Dialogue
Who says this?
21 Dont forget, Sally were meeting Michael
tonight.
a

Paul b

Louise c

Jack
d

Andrew
22 Lets go out at lunchtime. We can find a new
skirt. You can wear it tonight.
a

Sally b

Claire c

Katherine
d

Paul
23 What colour is it?
a

Sally b

Sallys mother c

Louise
d

Claire
24 Paul? Paul who? Wheres Sally?
a

Michael b

Paul c

Jack
d

Andrew
25 Ive got a message for Paul but whos Paul?
a

Louise b

Sally c

Claire
d

Sallys mum
26 Mum, whats the number of my phone?
a

Jack b

Paul c

Michael
d

Louise
27 Lets meet in Queens Square at a quarter to
six.
a

Paul b

Andrew c

Sally
d

Katherine
28 Have you got a book in your hand?
a

Paul b

Andrew c

Sally
d

Katherine
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29 She says its her birthday today, and theres a
party at her house.
a

Andrew b

Sally c

Paul
d

Katherine
30 I dont want the message.
a

Sally b

Andrew c

Paul
d

Claire
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Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 a meeting of friends to eat, drink, talk, dance
etc.
a

lunchtime b

bar c

party
d

coffee
32 to stop something working
a

press b

turn off c

sell d

ring
33 to make a sound like a bell
a

message b

call c

phone d

ring
34 a hot drink
a

coffee b

birthday c

party
d

lunchtime
35 you speak and sing with it
a

message b

ring c

voice d

boss
36 a man or a boy that a girl likes and goes out
with
a

boyfriend b

office c

button
d

press
37 to push with your finger
a

turn off b

boss c

bar d

press
38 a place where people can buy and have drinks
a

button b

birthday c

boss d

bar
39 when people stop work to have something to eat
a

morning b

breakfast c

evening
d

lunchtime
40 the person that you work for
a

friend b

mother c

brother
d

boss
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Plot
Choose the best answer.
41 Paul sits next to Sally in the _____.
a

train b

office c

caf d

shop
42 Paul phones his _____ to ask for his phone
number.
a

mother b

sister c

father
d

brother
43 Paul has Sallys _____.
a

bag b

phone c

coffee d

skirt
44 Sally works in _____ Street.
a

London b

Oxford c

Cambridge
d

Manchester
45 Paul thinks Sally is _____.
a

beautiful b

old c

sorry d

quiet
46 Sally sees Paul near the _____.
a

cars b

party c

phones d

trees
47 Paul and Sally are at the _____.
a

Red Moon b

Green Moon
c

Blue Moon d

White Moon
48 Paul says _____ always has good parties.
a

Sally b

Katherine c

John
d

Andrew
49 Sally wants to go to the party with _____.
a

Claire b

Andrew c

Paul
d

Louise
50 Paul likes _____.
a

blue b

green c

black d

red
20 marks
Total marks
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