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ACTIVITIES
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
1 Write two adjectives under each picture.
medium-height •
1.

a. b.

straight • light •
2.

a. b.

wide • narrow •
3.

a. b.

2 Complete the sentences with the words below.

small • beautiful • big • good-looking • old • young • ugly
1. Many girls like Enrique Iglesias. They think he’s a good singer and that he is very
.
2. Nabi Tajima of Japan is 117. She’s very .
3. My brother is very . He’s just a baby.
4. LeBron James is a man, but he isn’t fat.
5. Penélope Cruz is a woman. She is also a talented actress.
6. My dog is , but I love him.
7. You can’t see an atom because it’s very .
 3 Complete the descriptions of Jigi’s family. Use the affirmative or negative form of to
be or have got.

Dad
Grandpa

Mum Jigi

Zax Bo
Java
Hi,
My name 1. Jigi. I 2.
medium-height. My brothers, Zax and Bo, 3.
big. They 4. long
5. 6.
hair. Mum very tall. She
big eyes.
Dad and Grandpa 7. hair. Their eyes
8.

very small. Our pet, Java, 9. long

and narrow. He
10.
hair.

4 Write questions about the picture in Exercise 3 with the words below. Use to be or
have got.
1. Grandpa / tall .
2. Java / eyes .
3. Zax and Bo / similar .
4. Zax and Bo / dark hair .
5. Mum / hair .
6. Dad’s eyes / dark .

5 Complete the sentences with the routines below.

do homework • walk the dog • watch TV • have lunch • tidy my room
study with friends • make a snack • have dinner • go home
 1. Some students for a meal and others eat at school.
2. We twice a day. His name is Wolf.
3. I rarely , so it’s difficult for me to find things.
4. The girls at 8.00 pm. Their favourite programme is on then.
5. At 9.00 pm, I and eat it in my room.
6. I usually on Thursday evenings. We have a test every Friday.
7. Students after school to practise new material.
8. In the evening, I with my family. We usually have a hot meal.
9. Tom and his friends at 1.00 pm. They usually eat sandwiches.

6 Complete the sentences with the verbs below. Use the Present Simple affirmative.
watch • do • study • get up • go • have
1. My brother rarely TV.
2. I always breakfast. It’s my favourite meal.
3. Pam geography on Mondays.
4. The boys usually homework in the evenings.
5. We never early on Sundays.
6. Jason to school at 8.45 am.

7 Look at Lily’s profile and complete the sentences about her. Use the Present Simple
affirmative.

Lily Timms Profile

Home town: Sydney, Australia
Siblings: Robby and Liz Timms
School: Jarrod High
Class: 7B
Favourite school subjects: history, drama
Favourite TV series: The Vampire Diaries
Favourite activities: sport, dinner with friends at
Pizza Parlour
1. Lily and her family (live) in , Australia.
2. The students in Lily’s class (go) to School.
3. Lily (study) .
4. She (watch) .
5. She often (do) .
6. Lily and her friends sometimes (have) a meal at .
8 Fill in the missing letters. Then match the activities to the pictures.
1. r d m g z n s
2. m t fr nds
3. pl y c mp t r g m s
4. d sp rt
5. l st n t m s c
 6. s nd m ss g s
7. m k v d s
8. g sh pp

a 6 b 6 c 6

d 6 e 6 f 6

g 6 h 6

9 Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative form of the verbs in
brackets. Use the Present Simple.
1. Fernando Torres professional tennis. He football. (play)
2. People breakfast in the morning. They breakfast in the
evening. (have)
3. Justin Bieber computer games. He music videos.
(make)
4. People to a restaurant to watch films. They to a
cinema. (go)
5. Students sport in sports lessons. They sport in science
lessons. (do)

10 Complete the questions below with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple.
Then answer the questions about yourself.
1. What music you (like)?

2. the students in your class (tidy) the classroom?

3. your best friend often (send) you e-mails?

4. your mother (ride) a bike?

5. How often you (download) songs?

11 Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple.
Tina S is a famous teenager from France. Millions of
people 1. (watch) her videos on
 YouTube. What 2. she
(do) in the videos? She 3. (not sing) or
4.
act. She (play) the guitar. This keeps
5.
Tina very busy. So, she often
6.
(not watch) TV and she
often (not chat) online
like most teenagers her age. What 7.
Tina (plan) to do next? She 8.
(not like) talking about her plans for the
9.
future. She just (want) to have fun.

12 Complete the words.

1. an item to sleep in b
2. a room for cooking k
3. a room to sit with visitors l r
4. an item you put on the floor r
5. an item to keep food cold f
6. an item to sit in a
7. a place to keep a car g
8. a place with trees and flowers g

13 Complete the sentences with the words below.

bathroom • dining room • bedroom • chair • sink • toilets • rubbish bin • desk
1. There are dirty dishes in the .
2. I keep my clothes in my .
3. You can sit on that .
4. I do my homework at my .
5. In public places, there are usually separate for men and women.
6. We’re having a big meal in the .
7. Jake’s in the . He’s having a shower.
8. Please put the old bread in the .
14 Complete the sentences about a typical house. Use the affirmative or negative form
of there is or there are. Add a, an, some or any.
1. usually sink in the dining room.
2. sometimes armchair in the living room.
3. usually beds in the garden.
4. sometimes cold salads in the fridge.
5. usually chairs in the toilet.

15 Complete the text with the words and phrases below. Use each word or phrase
once.
any • there are • an • some • there aren’t • the • there is • a
In Hallam, Pennsylvania, there is 1.
house in the shape
 of a shoe. 2. a living room in the
house. It has got
3.
bedrooms and 4.
two bathrooms.
5.
any people living in the house, but
6.
house is sometimes open for tours.
Also, the building hasn’t got
7.
restaurants. But hungry visitors
can buy dessert at
8.
ice cream shop in the house.
Vb2npa

16 Complete the sentences with the places in the picture.

1. The is between the bookshop and the chemist’s.

2. The is opposite the bookshop.
3. The is next to the train station.
4. The is opposite the train station.
5. The is between the church and the café.

17 Complete the sentences with suitable places.

1. Doctors work in a .
2. There are many shops at the .
3. There’s a funny film on at the .
4. Most people buy food at the .
5. Last summer, we stayed at a lovely .
6. I want to put money in the .
7. There’s a dinosaur exhibition at the .
8. The boat is arriving at the .
9. We often eat at an Italian .
10. You take books from the without buying them.
18 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Continuous.
1. I (study) in my bedroom right now.
2. The library (close) now.
3. We (not listen) to music at the moment.
4. The boys (run) to church.
 5. Mark (not go) to the café now.
6. You (stand) in front of a museum.

19 Write questions with the words below. Use the Present Continuous.

1. Dan and his family / travel / in Europe

2. where / they / eat

3. what / the people in the restaurant / sit / on

4. the waiter / carry / the food / on / normal dishes

5. Dan / enjoy / the food

20 Choose the correct answer.

1. Emma Stone sings in the western / documentary / musical La La Land.
2. Game of Thrones is a fantasy / comedy / crime TV programme. It takes
place in an imaginary country.
3. Many action / animated / horror films, like Aladdin and The Lion King, are
creations of Disney.
4. People travel in space in Star Wars. It’s a series of romance / horror /
science-fiction films.
5. National Geographic has got many interesting dramas / documentaries /
comedies about unusual animals.

21 Complete the dialogue with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or
Present Continuous.
Dan: What 1. you (do)?
2.
Ken: I (watch) a comedy on TV, but I 3. (not think)
it’s very funny.
Dan: There’s a good action film on TV soon, but our TV 4. (not work)
at the moment.
5.
Ken: you (want) to come here?
Dan: I can’t. My parents aren’t here, so I 6. (stay) with my little brother.
7.
Ken: your brother (like) trains? He can come
and play with my old toy trains.
Dan: That’s a great idea. And we can watch the film!

22 Complete the text with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple or Present
Continuous.
It’s April 2016. Everyone in London 1.
(talk) about the latest
Star Wars film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
People 2. (love) seeing their own city in
films. So, this film is very popular in London at the
moment. In one scene, Galactic soldiers are at the
 Canary Wharf underground station in
East London. They 3. (not ride) on the
underground, but they
4.
(walk) through the station. They 5.
(wear) white uniforms and masks.
Thousands of people 6. (travel) through
the Canary Wharf station every day, but they 7.
(not usually meet) Galactic soldiers.
8.
This only (happen) in films.

23 Complete the sentences describing the pictures with the words below.
rain • clouds •

1. There are dark in the sky.

2. is hitting a tree.
3. The girl is .
4. is falling.

sun • dry •

5. The girl is very .

6. The is high in the sky.
7. There’s a strong .
8. There isn’t any water because the place is .

24 Complete the sentences with the words below.

ice • foggy • warm • wet • temperature
1. It’s 28°C today. It’s nice and .
2. We measure in Celsius.
3. Do you want some in your cola?
4. I can’t see anything because it’s .
5. There’s water in my phone! It’s .
 25 Complete the words in the sentences.
1. In the winter, the trees are white with s w.
2. I saw lightning, but I didn’t hear the t r.
3. Stay in the house. It’s s m outside.
4. It’s c l outside. It’s about 15°C.
26 Complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets.
1. Alaska is (snowy) California.
2. The Eiffel Tower is (tall) Big Ben.
3. The British Museum is (popular) the Manchester Museum.
4. Sweden is (big) Norway.
5. The Amazon River and the Nile are (long) the Yangtze.
6. In autumn, the trees are (beautiful) in winter.

27 Choose the correct answer.

1. Sheep / Elephants / Tigers usually live on farms.
2. I hear the birds / kangaroos / beetles singing every morning.
3. There are lions / turtles / mice on the beach. They’re returning to the ocean.
4. Bees / Crocodiles / Rabbits can fly.
5. We get milk from spiders / cows / flies.
6. Dolphins / Horses / Fish are intelligent mammals. They live in the water.

28 Complete the sentences with (not) as … as and the adjectives in brackets.

1. My room is (not small) my sister’s.
2. That spider is (big) your hand!
3. Giraffes are (not dangerous) tigers.
4. Our dog is (old) my brother.
5. I don’t think rabbits are (interesting) cats.
6. A cruise is (not exciting) a safari.

29 Write sentences comparing the dog and the cat. Use (not) as … as and the
adjectives below.
big • light • long • beautiful • ugly

1.
 2.
3.
4.
5.

30 Match the words to the geographical features in the picture.

f
g

1. sand dune 5. valley

2. beach 6. waterfall
3. island 7. hill
4. Volcano

31 Complete the sentences with the words below and the superlative form of the
adjectives.
big / lake • popular / cities • beautiful / islands
rainy / place • high / mountain • hot / desert
1. Paris and London are in Europe.
2. The temperature in Death Valley can go up to 50°C. It is in the
US.
3. Everest is in the world.
4. The Maldives have got some of in Asia. They’ve got amazing
beaches.
5. Great Bear has got 2,236 km3 of water. It is in Canada.
6. Mawsynram in India is in the world, with about 11,900 millimeters
of rain a year.
READING COMPREHENSION
READING 1
Have you got a dog? What does it look like? Is it big or small? Has it got long hair or short hair? There are
many different types, or breeds, of dogs in the world and some of them are quite strange. These are
three of our favourites:

The Hungarian Puli is famous for its funny long hair. Pulis don’t mind the rain, because their amazing
hair is resistant to water. Historically from Asia, the Hungarian Puli is over 1,000 years old. But people
believe other types of Pulis are over 6,000 years old. Pulis are clever and athletic dogs, and they love
playing.

The Xoloitzcuintli (show-low-eats-queent-lee), or Xolo, is a Mexican dog and it’s over 3,000 years old.
The Xolo is also called the Mexican Hairless Dog and it’s easy to see why – most Xolos haven’t got any
hair! Like humans, the sun is bad for them. Adult Xolos are clever and calm. They’re great pets.

This strange animal looks like a baby sheep, but it’s a dog! Named after the Town of Bedlington in
England, this terrier hasn’t got a very long history. It's about 230 years old. Bedlington Terriers have
got short curly hair. They’re friendly and clever, and they love people.

2. Answer the questions.

1. Why does the writer talk about Hungarian Pulis, Xoloitzcuintlis and Bedlington Terriers?

2. How is the Hungarian Puli’s long hair helpful?

3. Is the Hungarian Puli the first type of Puli? How do you know?

4. What problem has the Xolo got?

5. How did the Bedlington Terrier get its name?

READING 2
LONDON WITH A
DIFFERENCE
Are you planning a trip to London at the moment? Of course, you must see all of the usual places:
Big Ben, The Tower of London, Buckingham Palace … But you can also see some unusual places and
things.

Neal’s Yard Water Clock is a good place to start. Neal’s Yard Water Clock is above a shop in Covent
Garden. This clock runs on water and it’s quite precise. Every hour, figures on the clock start
moving. It’s great to watch, but be careful! One of the figures likes pouring water on the heads of
the people under him.

Another interesting place is the Thin House in Knightsbridge. This extraordinary house is thinner
than normal houses. On one side, it’s only about 1.67 metres from the front of the house to the
back! Luckily, the other side of the house is wider than that.
Do you think it’s hard to live in a house like the Thin House? Well, it’s easier than living at 23-24
Leinster Terrace in Bayswater. When you look at the front of the houses on Leinster Terrace, they
all look the same. But two of them are very different. They’re not real! Behind the houses, you can
see the truth. Numbers 23-24 are just front walls, like houses in a street scene from a Hollywood
film. Now that’s unusual!

1. Read the text.

2. Find the following information in the text.

1. The names of three famous places in London:
............................ , ............................. , .............................
2. The name of an unusual house in London:
3. The addresses of two houses in London:
4. The name of a famous place in the USA:

3. Complete the sentences.

1. The clock in Neal’s Yard is unusual because
2. It isn’t a good idea to stand under the clock because
3. The Thin House is different from
4. On one side, the distance between the front of the Thin House and the back is
5. You can’t live at 23-24 Leinster Terrace because
6. You can see houses like 23-24 Leinster Terrace in

WRITING EXPRESSION
Read the fact file and write a paragraph about the Affenpinscher.
 Breed:
Affenpinscher (also called Monkey Dog)

From:
Germany

Age of breed:
about 400 years old

Appearance:
short hair on its body, longer hair on its
face and shoulders, face like a monkey

Test 2: WRITING
1. Complete the chart about an interesting place in your area.

Name of place:
Where it is:
What it is:
Why it’s special:
Other
interesting
information:

2. Write a paragraph about the place in your chart in Exercise 1.

ORAL COMPREHENSION
Exercise 1

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/beginner-a1-listening/good-nights-
sleep
Exercise 2

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/beginner-a1-listening/band-
auditions

Exercise 3

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/beginner-a1-listening/describing-
people