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Units 1 5
4 A week I went to the new restaurant
Grammar
on Oak Street, had been
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
recommended by some friends.
the verbs in brackets.
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1 Come back this evening. I (finish)
everything by then.
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2 Where (you / work) this time next
3 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
year?
3 I need a bath. I (dig) in the garden!
1 I ve got a very bad head .
4 I (meet) her and her husband a
A pain B hurt C ache
couple of times  mostly at work parties.
2 He fell over playing football and broke .
5 You re late! We (start) the lesson ten
A a bone B his skin C a muscle
minutes ago.
3 She got a really good job as a flight .
6 I (cross) the road when I saw Ł10 on
A assistant B attendant C agent
the pavement!
4 I don t like the fashion of wearing
7 (you / used to) travel a lot when you
trousers.
were younger?
A baggy B long-sleeved C matching
8 We decided (stay) in and watch TV.
5 The advert a natural beauty product.
9 When I was a student I (live) in Paris
A prevents B provides C promotes
for six months.
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10 If we (not wake her up), she ll sleep
until lunchtime!
4 Complete the sentences with the words in the
11 It was great to see Jackie last night. I
box.
(not see) her for ages.
jealous relieved irritating guilty
12 You look worried. What (you / think)
disappointment
about?
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1 She feels because she broke Sarah s
laptop.
2 Complete the sentences with the words in the
2 I was so to pass the exam. I really
box.
thought I d failed.
for where who who since which
3 Does your boyfriend get if you talk to
ago never
other boys?
4 We lost the game. What a .
1 I ve been in England I ve met some
really nice people have helped me
5 It s if someone interrupts you while
with my English.
you re working.
2 I ve been back to the hotel
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we spent our first holiday.
3 Charlie hasn t been to school two
weeks and our teacher, is really
worried about him, wants to talk to his
parents.
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A
Units 1 5
7 Choose the best answers.
Listening
1 This text is
5 3.11 Listen to the people talking about
d"
A from a guidebook.
shopping. Complete the sentences with the
correct speakers, A, B, C, D or E.
B an article.
C an advertisement.
1 Speaker thinks clothes aren t the
most important thing. 2 The exhibition is
A for children only.
2 Speaker thinks the clothes are more
B for adults and children.
important than the price.
C for people over fourteen.
3 Speaker likes to feel good rather than
3 Children will be able to
look good.
A see different types of robots.
4 Speaker doesn t plan her clothes
B make a robot.
shopping.
C watch programmes about robots.
5 Speaker buys clothes for their quality.
4 An astronaut will
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A be at the exhibition on some days.
B talk to the children on some days.
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C give a talk on space on some days.
5 There will be a room
6 Read the text.
A which is identical to a space shuttle.
B where you can have the experience of being
Science Museum Summer
in space.
Exhibition
C where you can learn about gravity.
This summer bring your children to the Science
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Museum! They re welcome any time of the year but this
summer we re offering them something very special.
Writing
We re holding an extraordinary exhibition aimed
particularly at the under-fourteens. It will be packed
8 Imagine you have just been to the Science
full of incredible things which will surprise, amaze and
Museum Summer Exhibition. Write a letter to a
entertain young minds. Older minds will find a lot to
friend and tell him/her about your day. Include
occupy them too!
the following information:
Just one of the many treats in store will be the Robot
" what the museum was like
Hall. Here you ll find the very latest in robotic designs,
" what you saw
ranging from the tiny to the enormous. Kids can
" what you did
programme a robot to perform different functions and
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compete with other robots doing the same task.
Another amazing feature of this exhibition is a link-
9 Write a short note to a friend telling him/her
up to a real space shuttle. On certain days children
that you want to meet in town to go shopping
will be able to talk directly to an astronaut in space.
on Saturday morning. Include the following
What a conversation that could be! In addition to this
information:
both parents and children will be able to experience
" what you want to do
weightlessness in our special gravity-free room and see
" where you want to meet and when
what it really feels like to be an astronaut!
" how long you want to spend in town
These are only a couple of the attractions and there will
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be much, much more! So come along with your children
to the Science Museum Summer Exhibition!
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Units 6 10
4  She ll be there for another half an hour.
Grammar
I told him .
1 Complete the text with the correct passive form
5  I m always late with my homework.
of the verbs in brackets.
He said .
A meeting 1 (hold) at 4.30 p.m. on Friday
6  I m exactly the same!
14 March and 2 (attend) by five members
of the committee. The remaining members
I told him .
3
(contact) since the meeting and
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4
(inform) of the decisions that 5
(take) at the meeting. After the year s accounts
Vocabulary
6
(discuss) committee members voted on
4 Complete the sentences with the correct
a new chairperson for the club. Mr Davies, the
prepositions.
current chair, 7 (replace) by Mr Dryden on
1 Unfortunately the plans for a new business
15 April. Notes from the meeting 8 (type)
project fell .
up by the club secretary at the moment and
9 2 Jan s parents split after 15 years
(circulate) to club members as soon as
together.
possible.
3 It s important for children to have someone to
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look to.
4 He stole the teacher s bag but he didn t get
2 Choose the correct answers.
with it.
1 I wish it didn t rain / wasn t raining. Then we
5 She gets so well with her boyfriend s
could go for a walk.
parents.
2 I d rather you didn t smoke / couldn t smoke in
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this room please.
3 Ben wishes he would be / could be here but
5 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
unfortunately he has another appointment.
1 Which is it for Manchester?
4 If he would earn / earned more money, he d
A carriage B track C platform
move house.
2 I must go to the bank to get some .
5 If only she didn t wear / wouldn t wear that
A discount B debt C cash
pink dress. It really doesn t suit her.
3 They have a of their grandmother in
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the dining room.
A portrait B still life C cartoon
3 Report the questions.
4 Can you call me a , please?
1  Where have you been?
A bus B cab C car
Tom wanted to know .
5 The Charles Dickens wrote Bleak
2  I ve just handed in my homework.
House.
I told him .
A dancer B novelist C playwright
3  Is Miss Barker still in the classroom?
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He asked me .
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Units 6 10
8 Choose the best answers.
Listening
1 On 1 April
6 3.12 Listen to the radio interview. Are the
d"
A there are parties.
sentences true or false?
B people exchange stories.
1 Jim teaches deaf people.
C there are untrue stories in the media.
2 Hearing dogs can make life safer for deaf
2 Tomorrow s World
people.
A was an educational programme for
3 Other people don t know these dogs are
schoolchildren.
special.
B was on TV regularly.
4 It s a well paid job. C taught people how to invent things.
5 The dogs have better lives as hearing dogs. 3 This particular programme was about
A people on another planet.
B the space development programme.
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C the problem of people who run away.
4 On the programme you could see
Reading
A the people.
7 Read the text.
B the people s homes.
C the atmosphere.
Life on Mars?
5 The writer
A still believes the story.
In the UK people celebrate the first day of April
by playing jokes on each other and sometimes TV
B didn t like the joke.
programmes and newspapers join in the fun! There have
C liked the joke.
been some very clever jokes over the years, which people
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believe because they are in the paper or on TV.
One that I remember vividly from when I was young
Writing
was on a programme called Tomorrow s World. This
programme looked at unusual scientific inventions and
9 Imagine you have seen the programme. Write a
stories. It was on every week, and was very popular. Well,
letter to the programme makers. Include these
this particular 1 April the programme started off looking
points:
at the number of  missing people in Britain over the
" say how much you enjoyed it
last year. They then went on to  prove that the USA and
" say why you enjoyed it
Russia were starting a colony on the planet Mars and
" ask for information about a DVD of the
this was where all these people had gone! They showed
programme
photographs of the planet with heat rising from the
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ground. Apparently the people were living under the
ground in specially designed homes.
10 Imagine you are arranging a party. Write an
I believed this story completely! It seemed so real and so
invitation to send to your friends. Include the
possible. That was until I got to school the next day and
following information:
realised that the whole thing was a joke! But it was a very
clever joke and one that I have always remembered. " the time and place
" what food there will be
" any special requests such as what clothes to
wear
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Total /70
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