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
which they can use when they are older. Sometimes they The holidays (1) ……………………… arrived again! I’m not
have a part-time job in (3) ……………………… they deliver sure what I’m (2) ……………………… to do this year. Last
newspapers or wash cars but this is (4) ……………………… year I did a summer job. I (3) ……………………… helping
‘pocket money’, which they spend on clothes or hobbies. out my dad in his office and he asked me if
However, in other parts of the world, children (4) ……………………… wanted to get paid for it! It was
(5) ……………………… as five are expected to work. The only two mornings a week, but it gave me
majority of (6) ……………………… work on farms (5) ……………………… extra money to spend.
(7) ……………………… they look after the animals or pick fruit
and vegetables. Other children have to work in factories How about you? Have (6) ……………………… decided to go
and the conditions can be very difficult. away anywhere this summer? One reason I
In Britain it (8) ……………………… be like this. For example, my (7) ……………………… writing to you is to ask if you would
grandfather started working when he was fourteen. But like to come and stay for a weekend. If you come at
things changed. People thought that if children the end of August, we can go to the music festival in
(9) ……………………… work, they could go to school to learn. (8) ……………………… park. I’m not sure if Taylor Swift
Isn’t this something that all children (10) ……………………… be (9) ……………………… be there this year, though.
able to do?
Tell me soon because there aren’t (10) ………………………
1 A have to B don’t have to tickets left!
C mustn’t D must
2 A expected B are expected Love,
C were expected D is expected
3 A who B that Olga
C which D where
4 A for to earn B to earn
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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 We’ve just done a project on New Zealand at school and it

was really (1) scary/informative. I didn’t know much about
3 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the
the country before except that it is made up of two
text.
(2) islands/ice caps in the Pacific Ocean. Now I know that it

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 also has some very high (3) beaches/mountains and even 5 Complete the text with the correct form of the
some volcanoes. If you've seen the (4) documentary words given.
/fantasy film, The Hobbit, you must have seen them! The Hi Sofia,
fictional land of Middle Earth in the film is really New How are you? I feel a bit (1) ……………………… (alone) at the
Zealand! moment. It was lovely when you were here, but now
I worked with two (5) neighbours/classmates and we got you’ve gone the house seems very quiet. Last night I
most of our information for the project from watched an (2) ……………………… (interest) programme on
(6) manuals/encyclopaedias . We used TV. It was a (3) ……………………… (discuss) about the
(7) guidebooks/dictionaries to look up the place names in environment. They talked about how a lot of the effects of
the Maori language, which was really interesting. I found global warming are (4) ……………………… (visible). Because
the Internet really useful because it was easy to of that people don’t take it seriously, which is quite
(8) turn over/look up useful information. For example, I (5) ……………………… (disappoint). I think you would agree
(9) turn up/found out that New Zealand is one of the safest with everything the speakers said.
countries in the world. The number of people Write soon!
(10) charged/suspected with crimes is going down all the Love,
time. Georgina
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gap.
I came (1) ……………………… a magazine article the other day
which was about learning languages. It said that there are Use of English
different types of language learners. Some people like to 6 Complete the second sentence so that it means
learn about the language, for example, by looking the same as the first. Use no more than three
(2) ……………………… new words and trying to work words.
(3) ……………………… grammar problems. Other people like to 1 We’ve only got a little time left before the train leaves.
learn by using the language. They prefer to hang There isn’t ……………………… before the train leaves.
(4) ……………………… with native speakers or learn new words 2 They’ve found the stolen car.
by flicking (5) ……………………… magazines. The stolen car ……………………… found.
/5 3 There’s not enough space for five of you in this car.
There are ……………………… of you for this car.
4 I want to go to India, but I haven’t got enough money.
If I had enough money, I ……………………… to India.
5 It isn’t necessary to give in the homework before Friday.
We don’t ……………………… in the homework before Friday.
6 ‘I’ll read out the answers when you finish,’ said Mr
Williams.
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. E However this week he was part of a sea rescue that
B Mark was with some other men, taking a boat to was a little different!
Grenada. F Imagine someone phoning you and saying that they are
C Luckily everyone was OK because of the actions of a on the Titanic and it’s sinking!
good friend 4,000 miles away! G Now another boat with the same name, The Titanic,
D They couldn’t use the long-range radio. has been in the news because it got into trouble at sea.

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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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