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Task one: about me Vocabulary

1 Write the countries, nationalities and languages.

country nationality language

Morocco a) Arabic

Poland Polish b)

c)

Argentinian Spanish

China d)

Chinese

France French e)

f)

Australian English

2 Match the adjectives with their opposites.

a easy 1 horrible

b interesting 2 difficult

c nice 3 far

d right 4 boring

e near 5 wrong

3 Complete the table with family words.

male female

grandad a)

b) aunt

brother c)

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4 Look at the picture and circle the correct alternatives.

Toby’s (a) tall / short and slim. He’s got (b) long / short hair and his (c)

glasses / sunglasses are black. 5 Complete the activities with a verb from the box.

watch go read listen have play

a volleyball

b a DVD

c to an mp3 player

d a comic

e dinner

f to school

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Grammar 6 Make true sentences for you with the correct form of be. Use the affirmative

or negative.

a I 15 years old.

b My eyes

c My hair

brown.

long.

d My grandparents from Spain.

7 Circle the correct alternatives.

a My brother is a football fan. He’s / His favourite team is Villarreal.

b Fran and Nick are from Canada. They’re / Their Canadian.

c My English teacher’s / teachers’ name is Debbie.

d Our cousin’s / cousins’ names are Jo and Tim.

8 Complete the questions. Then match them to the answers below.

a is her name?

b are they from?

c old is he?

d ’s your birthday?

e are his best friends?

1 He’s 14.

2 Steve and Garry.

3 Her name’s Hannah.

4 It’s on 12th June.

5 They’re from Australia.

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9 Look at the picture and complete the text with the correct from of be or have

got. Use the affirmative or negative.

Fred and Stella (a) two children. Amanda (b) 13. She (c)

a brother, Jake. He (d) 15. His hair (e) short and his eyes (f)

brown. He (g) glasses. Amanda (h) long hair and glasses. Jake and

Amanda (i) a dog. They (j) five cats!

Score __/10

10 Write questions with have got. Then look at the picture in exercise 9 again

and match them with the short answers below.

a Amanda / a sister?

b Amanda and Jake / a dog?

c Amanda / glasses ?

d Jake / long hair?

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1 Yes, she has.

2 No, she hasn’t.

3 No, he hasn’t.

4 No, they haven’t. 11 Write questions with How many … ? Then match them with the answers

below.

a brothers and sisters / you got?

b cousins / Sarah got?

c pets / Bill and Molly got?

1 She’s got seven cousins.

2 I’ve got two sisters, but I haven’t got a brother.

3 They haven’t got any pets. 12 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

a My cousin _ (live) in Liverpool.

b We (not study) Chinese.

c My grandma

(watch) TV in the evening.

d Susan

(not play) tennis.

e I

(speak) French and Spanish.

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13 Complete the dialogue with do, does, don’t or doesn’t.

A: (a) you get up early every day?

B: No, I (b) . I get up late at the weekend.

A: (c)

your sister get up late?

B: No, she (d) _ . She plays basketball every morning.

A: (e)

you play basketball?

B: No, I (f)

. I play computer games!

14 Circle the correct alternatives.

a Do you watch TV every / in day?

b I do my homework on / in the afternoon.

c Susan goes shopping on / at Saturday.

15 Order the words to make sentences.

a shower / Peter / a / in / morning / has / always / the

b never / are / late / You

c bus / I / the / to / sometimes / take / school

d Sunday / usually / her / She / room / tidies / afternoon / on

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Reading 16 Read the text. Are the sentences true or false? Correct the false sentences.

Hi, my name’s Katy. I go to school in London. My classmates are from

different countries. My best friend is Irena. She’s from Poland but she lives in

England now. She always speaks Polish at home and English at school. She has

got a brother and a sister. They haven’t got a pet, but Irena loves my dog,

Misty.

I think Irena is very attractive. She has got long hair and brown eyes. My eyes

are brown too but my hair is short. We are tall.

In our free time, Irena and I play tennis, go shopping and listen to music. We

are in a band at school. She plays the guitar and I sing. We usually practise on

Tuesday and Thursday afternoon and at the weekend. Her favourite singer is

Rihanna but I’m a fan of Justin Timberlake.

a Irena lives in Poland. T / F

b Irena speaks English with her family. T / F

c Katy hasn’t got a pet. T / F

d Irena’s eyes are brown and her hair is long. T / F

e Katy and Irena sing in a band. T / F

Writing 17 Rewrite the text with capital letters and full stops.

I am a fan of rupert Grint. He is a famous english actor His birthday is on

24th august. he has got a brother and three sisters He has got red hair and blue

eyes. He is ron Weasley in the harry Potter films.

18 Complete the sentences about you.

Hi! My name’s and I’m from . My nationality is

. I’m years old. I live in . I have got

(brothers/sisters/pets/long hair/blue eyes/glasses).

I speak .I’m

interested in .

I usually .

I never .

Task two: I like animals Vocabulary

1 Write three more words for each group.

a School subjects: geography, , ,

b Skills and abilities: draw, , ,

c Places to visit: museum, , ,

2 Name the endangered animals. How many can fly?

a b

c d

e f

3 Complete the phrases in bold with one word. The first letter of each answer

has been given.

1. Wolves often do this at night. h ..... ..... .....

2. These are very big birds. e ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

3. These are small insects and they can be dangerous. m ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .

4. These small green animals live on land and in water. f ..... ..... ..... .....

5. These animals haven’t got legs and can be dangerous. s ..... ..... ..... ..... .....

4 Translate the following words and make a sentence with each word.

shellfish

disgusting

discover

wealthy

theme parks

expensive

fun

noisy

delicious

sandy

valuable

peaceful

Grammar 5 Rewrite sentences with like (+), love (++), don’t like (0) or hate (00) + -ing.

a Ed and Liz listen to music in the evening. (+)

b Our sister tidies her room on Sunday. (0)

c My cousins plays computer games after school. (++)

d Daniel gets up early every day. (00)

e Tania rides a bike to school. (++)

6 Complete the sentences with object pronouns.

a She doesn’t understand. Can you help ?

b Stan doesn’t like maths but his sister loves .

c Does your teacher give homework every day?

d These are my friends. I go to school with .

e That’s my coat. Can you pas it to ?

7 Complete the sentences about Fiona and Larry with can /can’t. Then write a

sentence about you.

Fi

on

a

La

rry

play an

instrument

ride a

bike

drive

a Fiona

b Larry

c Fiona and Larry

d I

play an instrument but she drive.

play an instrument but he drive.

ride a bike.

.

8 Order the words order to make questions.

a you / subjects / do / have / Monday / What / ?

b cousins / Where / are / from / your ?

c you / do / like / Why / games / computer ?

d many / have / How / you / pets / got?

e you / art / Have / this / got / morning?

9 Write sentences about the people in the pictures. Use the present continuous.

a b

c d

10 Write questions and short answers about the people in exercise 9.

a they / read comics?

b she / swim with sharks?

c he / play computer games?

d they / have dinner?

11 Circle the correct alternatives.

a We visit / are visiting my aunt tomorrow.

b I always do / am doing drama on Thursday.

c Owls sleep / are sleeping in the day.

d It doesn’t rain / isn’t raining now.

e She does / is doing her homework every day.

f They watch / are watching TV now.

12 Look at the picture and circle the correct alternatives.

a There’s / There isn’t a park but there’s / there isn’t a castle.

b There isn’t / There aren’t any restaurants but there’s / there are two cafés.

c There’s / There isn’t a theatre next to / opposite the museum.

d There’s / There isn’t a park between / behind two cafés.

e There’s / There are a statue on / in the park.

13 Complete the questions about the picture in exercise 12 and write short

answers.

a there castle?

, there .

b there restaurants?

c there department store?

d there cafés?

e there statue?

14 Match the pictures with the words for food and drink.

1 potato

2 eggs

3 orange juice

4 sugar

5 butter

6 ice cream

15 Complete the sentences with a/an, some or any.

a There isn’t _ tea!

b Have you got

c I’ve got

eggs.

juice?

d I haven’t got

e Have you got

biscuit, but I’ve got butter?

apple.

f I haven’t got

butter but I’ve got _

cheese

Reading 16 Read the article about breakfast around the world. Are the sentences Right

(A) or Wrong (B)?If there is not enough information to answer Right or Wrong,

choose Doesn’t say (C).

1. Most schoolchildren have a good breakfast every day.

A Right

B Wrong

C Doesn’t say

2. Eggs are a popular breakfast food in Russia.

A Right

B Wrong

C Doesn’t say

3. A traditional breakfast in England is a small meal.

A Right

B Wrong

C Doesn’t say

4. Many people in the USA don’t have eggs every day.

A Right

B Wrong

C Doesn’t say

5. A Chinese breakfast is similar to a Russian breakfast.

A Right

B Wrong

C Doesn’t say

Do you have breakfast every day? Breakfast is the first meal of the day, and it is probably

the most important one. According to many studies, a good breakfast helps children do

better at school. Eggs are

a popular breakfast food in many countries because they give us energy. But every country

has got its own traditional breakfast.

In Russia, there are often eggs for breakfast, but sandwiches, pancakes and kasha (a type of

cereal) are popular too. Russians usually have tea or coffee with breakfast. Eggs are popular

for breakfast in England too. A “traditional” English breakfast has got eggs with sausages,

beans, tomatoes and potatoes. These days, however, people sometimes have a small

breakfast of orange juice, cereal, bread and tea or coffee.

Breakfast in the USA is often different at the weekend. During the week, many people

haven’t got time for

a big breakfast, so they eat cereal with milk or yoghurt. At the weekend, their breakfast

includes eggs, bread, potatoes, sausages, fruit, pancakes and sometimes steak!

Eggs, bread and coffee aren’t popular in China. In many parts of China, people eat rice at

every meal, including breakfast. There is also bing, a type of pancake, and there’s tang, a

type of soup. They’ve got

a type of cereal called zhou, too.

There are many different types of breakfasts around the world, and eggs or no eggs,

breakfast is important.

BREAKFAST AROUND THE WORLD

Writing 17 Circle the correct alternatives.

a There are two stadiums in my town so / also we often go to football matches.

b You can visit our museums and you can so / also go to the theatre.

c There aren’t any department stores but / and there is a great market.

d There aren’t any / some French restaurants in our town.

e There are two olds / old churches.

18 Write a guide for tourists about where you live. Include the information in

the form.

1 The name of your town / city

2 Places to visit

3 Places to eat

4 Places to go shopping

5 Your favourite place

Task three: people from the past Vocabulary

1 Circle the correct alternatives.

a Velázquez, Picasso and Goya were famous Spanish writers / painters.

b Peter Jackson was the director / composer of the film The Lord of the Rings.

c Antoni Gaudi was an architect / inventor. He designed La Sagrada Familia

in Barcelona.

d Cortes, Pizarro and Balboa were all famous Spanish explorers / sculptor

2 Write the infinitives of the irregular past forms and translate them.

a became

b made

c built

d went

e flew

f won

3 Order the letters to make the names of Olympic sports. Then write them in

the correct column of the table below.

yhrarec cigycln valolleybl odju tonbminad noecaing

play do go

4 Match the seasons with the adjectives in the box.

hot snowy rainy windy

a Spring

b Summer

c Autumn

d Winter

5 Complete the sentences with the words for landscape features.

a The Amazon is a r .

b Tenerife is an i .

c The Nile is a r .

d Everest is a m .

e Niagara Falls is a w .

f Sahara is a d .

6 Label the clothes and accessories.

7 Complete the text with the words below. (8 points)

church • post office • chemist’s • bakery • bus stop

stadium • butcher’s • library

1. I often take books from the ..................................... .

2. Tom and Liz are going to a football match at the ..................................... .

3. You can buy stamps and send letters at the ..................................... .

4. We usually buy our meat from the ..................................... on New Road.

5. Sara is buying some medicine at the ..................................... .

6. We usually go to the ..................................... on Bow Road on Sundays.

7. Wait for me at the ..................................... near the corner of my street.

8. There’s a nice smell of bread in the .....................................

Grammar

8 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple.

1. My friend and I .............................. (walk) home from school yesterday.

2. .............................. Jane .............................. (make) that cake?

3. The headphones were expensive, I .............................. (buy) them.

4. Where Mike .............................. (go) on holiday last year?

5. The wolf .............................. (run) after a deer, and it .............................. (catch) it. 9 Write questions and short answers for each sentence.

a Christopher Columbus / Italian?

b Orville and Wilbur Wright / invent/what?

c there / any vehicles in the Stone Age?

d there / lots of gold and treasure in Tutankhamun’s tomb?

10 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Orville and Wilbur Wright (a) (be) brothers. They (b) (have) a shop

where they (c) (build) bicycles. They (d) (want) to build a flying

bicycle with wings and an engine. They (e) (become) famous in 1903

when they (f) (fly) their aeroplane, The Flyer, for 12 seconds. They (g)

(make) more aeroplanes until Wilbur (h)

(die) in 1912 when he (i) (be) 45. After that, Orville (j) (not want) to

build any more planes. He died in 1948 at the age of 76.

11 Write negative sentences.

a Michelangelo / paint / the Mona Lisa.

b People / have bathrooms / in the Stone Age.

c The Romans / build / the pyramids.

d Athletes / wear clothes / in the ancient Olympic Games.

12 Write past simple questions and short answers.

a the Olympic games / take place / in 1916? ( )

b the Paralympics / exist / in 1961? ( )

c people / watch / the Olympics on TV / in 1955? ( )

Reading 13 Read the email and choose the correct answers.

From: Laura To: Sue

Hi Sue

We’re having an amazing time in sunny California! It never rains here. In the

summer it’s hot and sunny every day. Yesterday we went to the beach. We

swam in the sea in the morning and then, in the afternoon, it was really windy

so we went windsurfing.

Tomorrow, we’re going to Yosemite National Park. We’re going to stay in a

tent. I love camping, especially when it isn’t raining. We’re going to go

walking, cycling and rock climbing.

There are lots of waterfalls in Yosemite and I can’t wait to see Yosemite Falls.

They are 739 metres high. We’re also going to see the giant sequoia trees. One

of the trees, the Grizzly Giant, is 64 metres high and between two and three

thousand years old.

Did you know there are bears in Yosemite? They are always hungry so you

mustn’t leave any food in your tent or car. You don’t want a visit from a

dangerous bear in the night!

Hope you’re having a good summer.

Love, Laura

1 In the summer in California, it’s always …

a hot and rainy.

b hot and sunny.

c hot and windy.

2 Laura went windsurfing because it was …

a hot.

b windy.

c sunny.

3 Yosemite Falls are …

a 739 metres high.

b 64 metres high.

c 1,000 metres high.

4 The Grizzly Giant is …

a a waterfall.

b a bear.

c a tree.

5 At Yosemite, you …

a must feed the bears.

b must eat in your tent.

c mustn’t leave food in your car or tent.

Writing

14 Write about Pablo Picasso. Use the notes below to help you.

Pablo Picasso: painter and sculptor

Born: 1881, Málaga, Spain

Died: 1973, France, 91 years old Famous paintings: Guernica – painting of the Spanish Civil War, 1937 (Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid); Bowl of Fruit, Violin and Bottle – cubist painting, 1914 (Tate Modern, London)

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