1. Complete the text with words from the box. Don't use all the words in the box.

Italian	doesn't	winner	ears	songs	eyes
song	competition	taking	don't	beautiful	Italy

Franco is taking¹ part in a talent competition². Franco has got a good voice and he is singing an Italian³ folk song, `O sole mio'. This song⁴ comes from Naples in the south of Italy. Franco doesn't⁵ live in Naples. He lives in Verona in the north of Italy⁶, but he loves songs⁷ from Naples.

Franco is singing and the judges are listening. There are tears in their eyes⁸ because O sole mio is a very beautiful⁹ song.

Every year, the winner¹⁰ of the talent competition performs on a TV show. Is Franco the winner this year?

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2. Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best completes the sentence.

1 When Nick tells jokes, the audience laughs.

A tricks

B songs

C jokes

D games

2 Martin is painting a picture of his Dad's new car.

A picture

B game

C collection

D performance

3 Pauline doesn't like playing computer games.

A tricks

B models

C games

D pictures

4 Helen and her sister are playing chess.

A chess

B dreams

C shopping

D stage

5 Are you good at making models?

A doing

B singing

C making

D shopping

6 Sam is riding his new bike.

A doing

B telling

C playing

D riding

7 Jeremy likes writing stories.

A writing

B making

C doing

D dancing

8 Freda is the youngest player in the football team.

A player

B gamer

C dancer

D writer

9 Charlie's dream is to be a chess champion one day.

A talent

B dream

C lesson

D show

10 Does Georgia enjoy painting?

A tell

B ride

C enjoy

D keen

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3. Choose the correct box. Complete the spelling of the word.

erfo	ienc	kdan	tebo	swer
nnis	hopp	esta	sket	amou

• Eva loves skateboarding.

• Are you keen on basketball?

• Do you enjoy breakdancing?

• Ben is the youngest contestant in the competition.

• Linda is doing a performance of magic tricks.

• The audience enjoy the dancing and singing.

• Mike is shopping in the town.

• Jenny and Eva like playing tennis.

• Do you like answering questions?

• My dream is to be famous and successful.

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4. Draw a line to connect two words. Look at the example. Write the answer.

				Answer
0	writing		pictures	writing stories
1	telling		show	telling jokes
2	painting		stories	painting pictures
3	talent		game	talent show
4	singing		models	singing songs
5	computer		jokes	computer game
6	making		comics	making models
7	magic		dancing	magic tricks
8	collecting		bike	collecting comics
9	break		tricks	break dancing
10	ride		songs	ride bike

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