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Grammar 3 Find and correct the mistakes in the

sentences. One sentence does not
have a mistake.
1 Complete the dialogue with the
correct form of the verbs given. 1 Romeo and Juliet is the play what we studied
last term, but I still don’t understand who killed
A: Hi Petra! What (1) __________ (you do) here? who and why!
School (2) __________ (finish) an hour ago.
B: Yes. I (3) __________ (wait) for Pete. He (4)
__________ (call) me while I (5) __________ 2 The man his house was burgled reported it to
(walk) home and we (6) __________ (arrange) to the police who came round immediately.
meet here. He (7) __________ (need) to buy a new
mobile phone and he (8) __________ (want) me to
help him choose! But he is late, as usual. 3 That’s the actress nearly won an Oscar last year.
A: Oh! I (9) __________ (see) him outside the
main entrance half an hour ago. He
(10) __________ (talk) to Brendan and Sam. 4 I really enjoyed the book you lent me last week.
B: I get very angry with him sometimes! I always Thanks.
(11) __________ (have) to wait for him. That’s it!
I (12) __________ (go) home!
5 I remember the day where you lost your laptop.
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2 Complete the sentences with these

words. Use each word only once. /5
the a the 0 (no article) a
Vocabulary
1 There’s _____ new student in our class today.
She’s _____ English and she comes from 4 Complete the sentences with the
London. Her dad’s working for _____ correct form of the words given.
government here for _____ year, so she’s
coming to our school. She’s in _____ cafeteria 1 I failed the test because most of my answers
at the moment. Come and meet her! were __________ (correct).
2 When you cycle, you must wear a helmet for
some any many few little __________ (protect).
2 I’m afraid I don’t speak much Spanish. _____ 3 My parents are looking for a good __________
schools in my country teach it, but not _____. I (build) to put a garage on our house.
can say a _____ words, but I can only 4 There were five __________ (burgle) in our
understand a _____. Have you got _____ easy road last month.
books in Spanish that I can read? 5 My grandmother is having a __________
(retire) party on Saturday after 40 years of
/10 work.
6 The police are very worried that __________
(vandal) in this area is increasing.

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5 Complete the sentences with the

correct words.
Reading
1 Some people don’t like being a(n) __________ 7 Read the article from which some
child because they miss not having a brother or sentences have been taken out.
sister to play with. Choose the correct sentences A–G to
2 My aunt is still __________ at 60. She never fill the gaps. There is one extra
married because she says she never met the sentence that you do not need.
right man.
3 A __________ hit the old man outside the shop
Say what you mean
and took all his money.
Are you a good speaker? I’m not talking about
4 How do you __________ this tense into
speaking a foreign language. (1) ___ Can you
English? I’ve got no idea.
express yourself well? Can you put your thoughts
5 When you’re a __________, you receive some into words clearly? Can you give a presentation
money from the government and don’t have to that other people can understand easily? (2) ___
work. Teachers at school concentrate on helping students
to write clearly, but some experts think that they
/5 need to give more time to speaking too.
Adults of every generation think that teenagers
6 Complete the sentences with the don’t express themselves well. (3) ___ The first
correct form of these verbs. idea is not true. (4) ___ It is always changing and
every generation of teenagers invents new
find work come take turn expressions that eventually become part of our
language. Sometimes, however, people use the
1 My dad __________ across a book I lost years
same phrases again and again because they don’t
ago while he was clearing out the garage.
practise speaking at school. Students learn new
2 I __________ out the cost of the holiday vocabulary and study grammar rules, but this is
yesterday and it’s at least £200 each. usually to help their writing skills. Today, teachers
3 How many exams did you __________ while want to give more lessons to teach students how to
you were training to be a doctor? give talks, how to summarise a situation and how
4 Pete and Lisa __________ up an hour late last to say things in different ways. (5) ___
night! As well as this, practising how to speak your
5 I must __________ out the price of the tickets own language well helps a lot when you learn
for the Lily Allen concert. another language. (6) ___ That has to be wrong!

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A Often teachers want students to do things in
a foreign language that they can’t do in their
own.
B Do you use a lot of different vocabulary
when you speak?
C All of these speaking skills will be useful for
students when they have a job in the future.
D Language doesn’t stand still.
E I’m talking about your own.
F Older people often don’t understand what
young people are saying.
G They often say that young people use too
many slang expressions and repeat simple
words again and again.

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Listening (Tests CD, Track 4) Use of English

8 You are going to hear two friends 9 Complete the second sentence so
talking about what they did last night. that it means the same as the first,
Listen and choose the best answers. using the word given. Do not change
the word given. Use between two and
1 What did the girl do last night? five words.
1 I didn’t speak for very long on the phone.
A She did her homework.
B She went to the cinema. MINUTES
C She watched television. I only ________________________on the
phone.
2 What sort of TV programme did they boy
watch? 2 I watched TV from 8:30 to 10:30.
O’CLOCK
A scientific At ten ________________________ TV.
B science fiction
3 My memory was better last year!
C crime
IS
My memory ______________________ worse!
3 Where is the series set?
4 It wasn’t me who ate the biscuits.
A America ANY
B Italy
I ________________________ biscuits.
C Russia
5 I met that girl at a party last weekend.
4 What does the boy think about the series? WHO
That’s ________________________ at a party
A It is confusing.
last weekend.
B It is educational.
C It is surprising.
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5 What does the boy want to be in the future?

A a detective
B a scientist
C a teacher

6 Which film did the others see at the cinema?

A a horror film
B a medical drama
C a crime film

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Writing
10 This is part of an email you received
from your English friend, Tracy.

How are you? Did you have a good weekend?

Write soon and tell me!

Write a reply to Tracy telling her

about your weekend. Write 50–80
words.

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