Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Name: __________________________________________________ No. _____ Class: _________
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PAST SIMPLE
A.
William Shakespeare (1) _____________ (be) born in
Stratford-upon-Avon in 1564. He (2) _____________ (grow)
up there and (3) _____________ (go) to school where he
(4)_____________ (learn) poetry, history, Greek and Latin.
B. All the following sentences have a mistake. Identify it and correct it:
1. William Shakespeare leaved Strafford-upon-Avon to go to London.
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2. Shakespeare’s family don’t move with him to London.
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3. Where Shakespeare go to school?
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4. Shakespeare also write poems.
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ADJECTIVES
A. Look at the pictures and compare them. Use the following adjectives in the comparative form.
A. Before B. After
B. Complete the blanks with an adjective beginning with the letter given.
1. Everyone helped cleaning the beach, but Mary helped the m_________________.
2. Peter would feel a lot h__________________ if you let him help as well.
3. You were ill yesterday. Are you feeling any b__________________ today?
4. Mary is wearing her b__________________ dress. She’s going to a party.
5. The weather is getting w__________________.
6. Peter’s sister is 2 years o__________________ than him. She’s 21.
7. Today is very hot. It must be the h__________________ day of the year.
8. This exercise is h__________________ than I thought.
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Name: __________________________________________________ No. _____ Class: _________
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PRESENT PERFECT / PAST SIMPLE
D. Complete the following text about travelling using the verbs in the right tense.
In recent years, travelling (1)______________ (become) much easier and faster. In the 19th century, it
(2)______________ (take) a long time to cross North America by wagon. The trip
(change) a lot and it just takes a few hours to fly from New York to San Francisco.
I (5)________________ (visit / never) Canada, but I (6)____________ (travel) to USA a few times. Last time I
(7)______________ (go) there I (8)______________ (visit) California, Arizona and Nevada. I
I (10)___________ (fly) over the Grand Canyon and (11)___________ (drive) along Route 66.
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Solve this brain teaser: What are the next three letters in the
following sequence?
J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, ___, ___, ___, ___.
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1. _________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________________
C. Build questions. Use How much and How many.
1. (bread) _________________________________________________________________
2. (sandwiches) ____________________________________________________________
3. (tea) ____________________________________________________________________
4. (apples) _________________________________________________________________
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Name: __________________________________________________ No. _____ Class: _________
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RELATIVE PRONOUNS
B. Join the two sentences using a relative pronoun. The first one is done for you.
1. The teacher always asks me questions. The questions are difficult to answer.
The teacher always asks me questions which / that are difficult to answer.
2. Some people live next door. They are very friendly.
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3. Have you seen the car keys? They were on my desk.
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4. A lawn mower is a machine. It is used to cut grass.
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5. There goes the man. His dog is very noisy.
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6. Jane is wearing my jeans. They are very tight.
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Solve this brain teaser: Which word is the odd one out:
First Second Third Forth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth.
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CONDITIONALS
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Name: __________________________________________________ No. _____ Class: _________
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MODALS
A. Can you do these things? Write sentences about yourself using the
following verbs / expressions.
Use can / can’t.
1. ________________________________________________
2. ________________________________________________
3. ________________________________________________
4. ________________________________________________
5. ________________________________________________
6. ________________________________________________
B. Using the same verbs, begin your sentence with When I was younger…
Use could / couldn’t.
1. _________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________________
5. _________________________________________________________________________
6. _________________________________________________________________________
Johnny’s mother had three children. The first was April. The second was
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B. Complete the sentences with the verb in the Present Simple or Present Continuous.
1. I’m sorry, Miss. I ____________________ (not understand).
Could you repeat that, please?
2. Listen! Your classmate ____________________ (speak).
3. Where ____________________ (you / come) from? From the United
Kingdom?
4. I usually ____________________ (drive) to work, but today I
____________________ (go) by bus.
5. James _____________ (have) a driving lesson at the moment.
6. I’m not feeling well. I ______________ (want) to go home now.
7. Where are the children? They ___________________ (play) in the garden.
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Name: __________________________________________________ No. _____ Class: _________
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DIRECTIONS
A. Match each sign with the right word or expression.
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PAST CONTINUOUS
B. Describe what these people were doing last Sunday in the afternoon. Use the verbs in the box.
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Name: __________________________________________________ No. _____ Class: _________
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HOLIDAY PLACES
A. Find 5 words in the puzzle for each holiday place and write them in the table below.
V S W I M S U I T N C N S S F M U
I L E S U N S C R E E N E I C N O
S T C B E A C H U M B R E L L A N
I S I G H T S E E I N G B M N G G
T B I E F U I L D U C E I N N N L
I S U T T R I S E I E N E I I B L
N T E T R E C I N E V S D B I I I
G C C I M W R R G O P I M G I N P
M O U N T A I N E E R I N G G O I
U M D G G L P I I E L K N G T C S
S P S S U K E G K C I E E G B U I
E A H U M I M I S U E T N L B L E
U S O N S N B F I M C A M E R A P
M S R T T G F L I P F L O P S R G
S R T A K I N G P I C T U R E S M
S M S N L B I R D W A T C H I N G
I C C C P H R A S E B O O K I N R
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TRAVELLING ABROAD
D. Choose the right word.
1. We still have to (book / make) a hotel and to buy our plane tickets.
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2. I'm leaving tomorrow and I still haven’t (packed / stacked) my suitcases.
3. I always get great deals on hotels because my friend is a (trip / travel) agent.
4. A "bed and (breakfast / food)" is a private home which takes in guests.
5. It is often very expensive to travel during (peak / expensive) season.
6. Arranging (acclimation / accommodation) means arranging a place to stay (like a hotel, guest house,
etc.)
7. A (package / combined) tour / holiday is one that includes air, hotel, and often food.
E. During a flight, two suitcases came undone and some of the contents got mixed up.
Look at the list of contents below and decide which objects belong together.
There are different possibilities, but you must finish with nine objects in each suitcase.
SUITCASE A SUITCASE B
1. ____________________ 1. ____________________
2. ____________________ 2. ____________________
3. ____________________ 3. ____________________
4. ____________________ 4. ____________________
5. ____________________ 5. ____________________
6. ____________________ 6. ____________________
7. ____________________ 7. ____________________
8. ____________________ 8. ____________________
9. ___________________ 9. ___________________
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G. Imagine you are going on holidays. Write down nine things your suitcase might
contain. Try to choose objects which say something about your age,
personality and interests.
1. ______________________ 6. ______________________
2. ______________________ 7. ______________________
3. ______________________ 8. ______________________
4. ______________________ 9. ______________________
5. ____________________
H. Phrasal verbs are made of two parts, the main verb and a particle. Look at
the pictures and then choose the correct parts from A and B to describe them.
SENDING A POSTCARD
I. Can you read this message? Write the correct words in the spaces.
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Oak 1) __________ House 2) __________
Street Cornwal
August 2014
Dear 3)__________,
Thank you for your 4) __________. How are you?
On 17)__________ day.
J. Imagine you are on holidays abroad. Send a message to a friend following the model.
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✍
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HOBBIES
A. Sally has a free time activity which is hidden in the crossword puzzle.
Try to find out what it is after you discover all the
other leisure activities shown in the pictures.
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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B. Which of the activities mentioned above are indoor? Which are outdoor?
INDOOR OUTDOOR
C. Name three activities mentioned above which you like doing and three which you don’t like. Say
why.
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Name: __________________________________________________ No. _____ Class: _________
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PARALYMPIC SPORTS
A. Try to decode the Paralympic sports represented in the pictures as fast as you can.
Each group of three letters represents a number.
STU ➞ 7 VW ➞ 8 YZ ➞ 9
1. 7 3 7 7 3 5 3 V 5 4 4 2 9 B 1 4 4
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2. 3 5 1 4 B 1 4 4
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3. 1 5 C 1 3 1
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4. W3 2 2 4 1 3 1 4 6 F 2 5 1 4 5 3
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5. 2 6 7 2 7 T 6 3 1 5
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6. C 9 1 4 3 5 3 7 6 1 1 4
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7. 7 3 5 5 T 3 5 3
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8. 7 8 3 5 M 3 5 3
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9. A 7 3 4 2 7 3 1 7
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10. 1 6 C 3 2 6 9
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C. Take the letters in bold and put them in the correct order. They will spell a
different sport, specially played in the last weekend in May each year (the Spring
Bank holiday) on the top of the very steep Cooper's Hill in Gloucester, England.
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1
3 F 4
2 W P
5 B 6
C 7
L S
8
11 W O
9 K D
10 C
Across Down
2. To get rid of by work or effort. 1. A game played by two teams of 15
5. There is a basket at each end players. They use an oval ball.
of the court. The players have 3. Team sport in which the ball can only be
to run and bounce the ball at touched with the feet; only a specific
the same time. player can touch it with the hands.
11. To exercise or practise to 4. A weightlifting competition, which
improve fitness, or for athletic envolves lots of strength.
competition. 6. To warm down after physical exercise
9. To strike with a hard blow. allowing the body to reach a resting
10. The athletes use a bicycle to state.
move as fast as they can. 7. The athletes have races in boats which
haven’t got an engine.
8. The prepare for sport by exercising,
stretching, or practicing for a short
time before you start.
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FOOD / DRINK
A. There are more than 35 things to eat and drink in this word search. How fast
can you find them?
I R T O L Y M C R F R U I T J U I C E Y
Q S O S P A G H E T T I L S A L A D P B
H A M B U R G E R O U P R Y U W L W N U
C R A N W O R E B A C O N P L G A R M T
S P T O R L S S E R C H O C O L A T E T
C S O L P C R E E C O O B L P T S R E E
O L M E A T S B F P C Q N U T U A W S R
R M F J P B L Q S N A H Z O U A R T C E
T I E F P O B B G H C R I C E V C J O K
N L P L L E J W R P O S D P S O Z R E T
O K M V E S P F I E L R G H S B S P F R
S O R L U T Y P T E A Y U W B I F D E G
S C G K O S T M E B D D S A U S A G E F
S O R A N G E E P R Q B W F V C P P C L
B L U F A F P O O U B S Q R I U Y O W S
S Q U P S I C E C R E A M C H I C K E N
W Q H R O S J U A G B L N O V T L T G E
P M D B B H J N K S S T D A P R B H G W
O L E M O N A D E Y T S P O N I O N G K
L G L O U A M S A N D W I C H A E P R B
Your score:
Over 35 = Excellent
25-35 = Good
15-25 = Fair
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A PICNIC
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Costcutter
Harvest Mills, Common Road, Dunnington, York, YO19 5RY
Company Registration Number – 2059678
VAT Registration number – 847206620
Fruit Condiments
_________ £1,50 _________ £0,70
_________ £0,75 _________ £1,00
_________ £2,00 _________ £0,34
Meat
_________ £5,00
_________ £6,00
_________ £3,12
_________ £5,60
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AT THE GROCER’S
C. Which basket belongs to each of the customers?
A. 1
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I’d like some milk
and some leek
but I don’t want
any lettuce.
B. 2
C. 3
I’d like some
carrots, some
jam and olives
but I don’t want
any cheese.
D. 4
I’d like a
cabbage and
some grapes
but I don’t
want any milk.
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EATING OUT
Menu
_______________________________ _______________________________
_______________________________ _______________________________
B. You're at the Criterion restaurant. Follow the guidelines and build a dialogue.
You Waiter
Call the waiter. Greets.
Ask for the menu. Gives the menu.
Thank him. Asks If you want a starter.
Say yes and choose a starter. Asks what you would like to eat after that.
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A. A busy restaurant serves the following: meat, fish, vegetable curry, sauces, bread, fruit, wine and
coffee.
lf you heard these complaints from diners, what would they be talking about?
Follow the example:
3. It’s rather lumpy.
2. It’s extremely tough.
1. It’s awfully stale.
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bread
5. It’s horribly bony.
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Name: __________________________________________________ No. _____ Class: _________
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EATING PROPERLY
A. What do you know about healthy eating? Say whether the following
statements are Right (✓) or Wrong (✘).
1.
You can drink sugary and fizzy drinks whenever you want.2.Eat breakfast every day so you’re
less likely to snack on junk food at morning tea. 3.A fortified breakfast cereal served with low-fat
milk can provide plenty of vitamins, mineral and fibre. 4.Other fast and healthy options include
yoghurt or wholemeal toast.5.You can skip some meals.6.Grilling, stir-frying, baking, boiling or
microwaving are healthier than deep frying.7.We should only drink two glasses of water a
day.8.Fresh fruit and vegetables are important as they contain plenty of vitamins and
minerals.9.Animal fat is better than vegetable fat.10.Rice and pasta don’t contain high levels of
carbohydrates. 11.Reduce the number of your meals and eat more in each of them.12.Add salt
to your food.13.Sugar gives you sustained energy.14.Eat high-fat foods every time you visit a
fast food outlet with your friends.
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How are you? I’m having a lovely skiing holiday. I’m writing this on the beach. It’s beautiful here, hot and
The snow is good and the weather’s sunny and sunny. The sea’s very warm and I’m really tanned!
cold. See you soon,
Love, John
Peggy
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
TOP MODELS
C. Tyra Banks and Tyson Beckford are famous top models. They have to be well-dressed and change
clothes all the time.
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These are some of the accessories, make up and clothes they have used today. Label them
correctly.
• Jeans • Dress • Cap • Lipstick • Top • Belt
• Blouse • Nailpolish • Skirt • Turtleneck • Jacket • Hoody
• Socks • Shoes • Shirt • Boots
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a. fur • • 1. handkerchief
b. patterned • • 2. shirt
c. woolen • • 3. coat
d. dark • • 4. sweater
e. short-sleeved • • 5. raincoat
f. collarless • • 6. blouse
g. silk • • 7. hoody
h. plain • • 8. suit
i. child’s • • 9. T-shirt
A plain T-shirt
1. _________________ 2. _________________ 3. _________________
Helen
Frank
Lisa
Olivia Anne
Bones
F. Choose two pictures and describe the way they are dressed.
1. _______________________________________________________
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2. _______________________________________________________
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G. Look at the picture for two minutes. Then, hide the picture and write all the things you can
remember.
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Name: __________________________________________________ No. _____ Class: _________
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PUTTING THINGS IN ORDER
A. Adjective word order seems complicated but the columns below show a typical order for
describing people and clothes.
Opinion Size Shape Colour Material + Noun
lovely big round grey cotton
ugly tall fat
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AT A CLOTHES SHOP
A. What are the people saying? Draw a line from each person to the correct balloon.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.
hat, please?
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Tyra Banks Shop Assistant
Greets. Greets. Offers to help.
Answers: medium and several colours. Shows some blouses and comments on them.
Says they are not very expensive. Comments on the good quality of the blouses.
Tyra: _____________________________________________________________________________!
Shop Assistant: ____________________________________________________________________?
Tyra: ____________________________________________________________________________?
Shop Assistant: ____________________________________________________________________?
Tyra: ____________________________________________________________________________.
Shop Assistant: ___________________________________________________________________.
Tyra: ____________________________________________________________________________?
Shop Assistant: ___________________________________________________________________.
Tyra: ____________________________________________________________________________?
Shop Assistant: ___________________________________________________________________.
Tyra: ____________________________________________________________________________.
Shop Assistant: ___________________________________________________________________!
Tyra: ____________________________________________________________________________!
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NEWSPAPERS
A. In which of the following sections of a newspaper would you find these bits of news?
H
The day is filled with the G In a year when investors were
energy of a sentimental and willing to make speculative trades in
promising Moon/Jupiter trine. emerging technologies, one of the
Enjoy it while you can because hottest areas was (and continues to be)
tonight you need to count to ten 3D printing. Recent rallies in the sector
before you answer. have yielded gains – with stocks rising
Synchronously, the Moon/Saturn several times over in a matter of months.
conjunction helps you to resist the
temptation to stop at four.
I The massive explosion in downtown Beirut on Friday morning that killed Mohamad
Chatah, a moderate Sunni politician who once served as Lebanon’s ambassador to
Washington, blackened the sleek facades of the redeveloped neighborhood that also formed
the backdrop to the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
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B. In two minutes, find as many words as you can connected to TV, Newspapers, Internet / Computers
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Total:
TV
Total:
Newspaper
Total:
Internet
/Computers
Total:
Environment
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MASS MEDIA
C. Find 18 words related to Mass Media.
T I N I N T P S T I T V R
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D A I E N U L I S T E N S
P N H T K M E S A A L R S
T R I C O W A T C H E R P
P N I B I C O G D P V I N
N P I N F O R M A T I O N
C L A A T H D P O Z S L U
E I A A I E S U R E I H B
N T L V D W R I B T O N P
S K N E E A M N L S N N E
O A U N D B T U E B I E T
R P N I A N B A I T U I S
S B O M E E A W O O B P K
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P
9 I
11 10
D
12 M
13 N
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3. A box-like device with a screen which receives 1. A series of moving pictures, usually shown in a
electrical signals and changes them into moving cinema or on television and often telling a story.
images and sounds. 2. Advertisements which are broadcasted on television
7. A film or television programme that gives facts and or radio between and during programmes.
information about a subject. 4. A piece of electronic equipment used for listening to
9. The large system of connected computers around broadcasts.
the world which allows people to share information 5. A regularly printed document consisting of news
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and communicate with each other. reports, articles, photographs and advertisements that
10. Newspapers and magazines and those parts of are printed on large sheets of paper which are folded
television and radio which broadcast news. together.
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cover which contains articles and photographs and is 8. A broadcast on television or radio.
published every week or month. 11. Serious discussion of a subject in which many
13. Information or reports about recent events. people take part.
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ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS
2. Everyone should learn to _______________ (=save) energy. Do not leave your TV on "Standby".
a. conserve b. converse
3. Nancy is _______________ about pollution. This is why she takes underground instead of driving.
a. cornered b. concerned
4. _______________ is much healthier than driving, and it doesn't pollute the air.
a. Baking b. Biking
5. David saves water by not letting it _______________ when he's brushing his teeth.
a. run b. jog
6. Another way to save water is to take a ______________ and make it a quick one!
a. bath b. shower
7. Many unethical companies _______________ their waste into rivers. Shame on them!
a. dump b. give
8. _________________, which is partly caused by exhaust fumes from cars, is a very big problem in many
cities around the world.
a. Smog b. Smoke
9. _______________ rain occurs when pollution in the air is absorbed by water droplets in clouds. It’s very
bad for forests and crops.
a. Dirty b. Acid
10. Oil _______________ can pollute sea water and kill marine life. The big oil companies need to be
more careful.
a. soil b. spills
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4. You’ve grown out of these jeans! A. Yes, they are too tight.
B. Yes, they are too loose.
C. Yes, I love dressing up.
C. Complete the conversation between Mrs Rowling and an official from the AAA (Animal Aid
Association).
What does Mrs Rowling say to the official?
Choose 5 sentences to complete the dialogue.
Twelve. That is the number of people who can fit at a lunch table in my school
cafeteria. Yet, despite that small number, as I eat my bagel I may be sitting in
between the class nerd and a kid who is struggling to pass his classes. Or, I
could end up next to a black atheist and across from a strong Hispanic Catholic.
Like most high schoolers, I eat with the same 12 people every day. Yet my table
is far from ordinary.
In both high schools I have attended, students organize themselves in the
cafeteria subconsciously by race, class, and GPA (grade-point average) with few exceptions. When people see my
lunch table, it confuses them. They call it a “hot mess.” It's out of the ordinary; to them it just doesn't make sense.
However, to me it makes more sense than sitting with a bunch of people who are reflections of myself. I have learned
more about different cultures in the US from that table than I ever learned in a classroom. I have tasted true Mexican
tamale, learned what it takes to maintain a black girl's hair, and have been taught how to properly pronounce the word
“swagger.”
But most touchingly, I have learned the trials that face each culture. I have gotten a taste of the prejudice they still face.
I have begun to break down the walls I had subconsciously put up in my mind. All this from a little daily exposure to 11
people.
My lunch table is more than a place to eat. It has taught me a lesson about prejudice and stereotypes, and has opened
my mind to a whole world full of people, a lesson I hope to take with me wherever I go.
http://teenink.com/hot_topics/pride_prejudice/article/498141/Lunch/
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BASKETBALL
James Naismith invented basketball (1) ____________ 1891. He was
Canadian but he (2) ____________ in the USA. He was a teacher at
Springfield Training in Massachusetts. He taught sport but he thought there
(3) ____________ any interesting games to play indoors in winter. So, he
decided to invent a new game. (4) ____________ students played the first
game of basketball in the school gym in 1891. There were nine players on
each team. They used a football. They put peach baskets on the wall. Players
had to throw the ball (5) ____________ the basket. That’s why he called the
game basketball. A man climbed a ladder to take the ball out of the basket.
Luckily only one player (6) ____________ the ball into the basket in the first
game.
Today basketball is an international sport. In the United States, the National
Basketball Association (NBA) has got some of the (7) ____________ players in the world. It is composed
of thirty teams: twenty-nine in the USA and one in Canada. The League was founded in New York City
(8) ____________ June 6th 1946 as Basketball Association of America (BAA). The name NBA was
adopted in 1949.
1. A in B by C at
5. A up B over C into
8. A in B on C at
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F. Read this information about a man who wants to open a bank account. Fill the information on the
application in the spaces provided.
Jack McClelland wants to open a bank account for himself and his family. He was born in Scotland, but
now he and his family live in London at 11 Watling St. His wife is called Emma, and she is 45 years old –
G. Read the two notes about school books. Fill in the information on the bookshop order form.
For questions 1-5, write the information missing.
14 Oxford Street
Books you’ll need this year: London
A History of the American People 11th February
by Paul Johnson Chloe,
A Dictionary of Geography I’ll give you 4 pounds for your
by Susan Mayhew old school geography book.
When you’re at the bookshop
Order from: tomorrow, can you order the
Blackwell’s Bookshop history book I need?
100 Chairing Cross Road, Thanks,
Leicester Square, London, Kenny Cunningham
WC2H 0JG
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