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1 Read the sentences and write the correct words.
1 A person from France is French. A person from Poland is .

2 You use these to see or read.

3 You pay this person to take you somewhere in a car.

4 My uncle’s son is my .

5 My mom keeps her money in her .

6 I usually friends at our favorite café in town on Saturdays.

7 I love cooking and eating in the yard with friends and family. Let’s have a .

8 I don’t drive in bad weather because it’s difficult to see when it’s raining, snowing, or .

9 The four seasons are , summer, fall, and winter.

10 My sister and brother-in-law have two . Their daughter’s name is Martha and their son’s name
is Paul.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.
1 My aunt a chef. She loves her job. (be)

2 Who with your parents on weekends? (you / visit)

3 I don’t mind soccer on TV. (watch)

4 They an Italian book right now. (read)

5 My wife and I have three young children. We hardly ever out for dinner. (go)

6 He’s a construction worker and he loves his job. He enjoys to work. (go)

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct words. Use the letters to help you.
1 My friend is Chinese. He comes from C .

2 In the winter when it’s cold, I always wear g .

3 My brother travels all the time for his job. He’s a f a . He loves flying!

4 In the evening, I often relax by playing the g . I love music!

5 My sister has a really nice daughter. I’m happy she’s my n .

6 You love art. Do you want to visit a g this Sunday?

7 Every day Marta wakes up at 7 a.m. and then she t as .

8 I don’t like the f in my country. It’s often windy and foggy. I prefer the summer.

9 My nephew is working as a w this summer. He serves food in a restaurant.

10 My grandparents are from Lisbon and they live in Portugal. They’re P .

4 Find one mistake in each sentence and write the correct words.
Example:
Where are yours keys? your

1 Where is mine phone?

2 We have not any milk. Judy is buying some this morning.

3 He helps always me with my studies. We study together every day.

4 Do you want to go to the movies in the weekend?

5 Julia doesn’t teaches Spanish. She teaches French and Italian.

6 Alex and Kate usually go to bed on midnight on Saturdays.

7 We always having a barbecue on Friday evenings.

8 I really enjoy planing vacations with my family. We like going to different countries.

5 Complete the sentences with the correct words. Use one word in each blank.
1 The soccer games usually in the evenings.

2 I like yoga, I prefer doing karate.

3 We can go to the café now after the movie. What do you prefer?

4 My brother really hates pizza and I hate pizza, .

5 It’s cold, wet, and it’s very windy.

6 Do you like my sunglasses? ’re new.

Score out of 40

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6 Complete the text with the words in the box. There are five words that you do not need to use.
Example:

chess running soccer Anna loves staying in shape. She goes running every day and plays soccer .

also bike riding book but cousins daughters do fifteen forty go 
grandmother in or out play rainy relaxes see sunny your

Family first?
Family vacations are usually wonderful, 1 sometimes they are really difficult. The
problem is that a lot of the family members are different ages. Your fourteen- or 2
-year-old sons and 3 want to 4 volleyball or go swimming in
the afternoon, and their 5 wants to sit and read a 6 . You want to
relax at home and listen to music, but your wife wants to 7 shopping in the local
town and visit a museum or gallery. The weather is sometimes another problem, too. It’s sometimes
8 or cold on vacation.
We all want to be happy so we need vacation activities that everyone enjoys. For example, it’s
nice to 9 a movie together, and 10 for the whole family to go
11 for dinner. On 12 days, some people love getting on their bikes
and they go 13 with their family. On a great vacation, everyone 14 and
Score
has a good time. And it’s 15 vacation, too. You need to do what you enjoy! It’s nice for
families to be together, but it’s hard to keep everyone happy.
out of 15

7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in parentheses.
Example: My sister likes (like) shopping, but I don’t enjoy (not enjoy) it.

Happy jobs?
Do you know which jobs make people happy? Teachers and nurses usually 1 (say)
that they really love their jobs. Construction workers and hairdressers 2 (be) also very
happy at work. These people don’t mind 3 (get up) early or 4 (finish)
work very late. They’re happy working on the weekends or at night, and construction workers often
5 (work) in very bad weather, too, but they 6 (not think) the weather
is a problem because they love their job. Some people also enjoy doing jobs that are sometimes
dangerous, for example, police officers.
There are many different types of jobs, but many people really 7 (enjoy) jobs where they
help people or where they make something, and they 8 (not like) jobs where they always
9 (do) the same thing every day. My sister Lucinda is a nurse and today she’s
10 (work) late at the hospital. She says money 11 (not be) important.
In her job, she 12 (meet) new people every day and she really likes
13 (help) people, too.
14 Score
(you / love) your job? 15 (you / do) something right now that
you enjoy?
out of 15

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FUN ACTIVITY CENTER

It doesn’t matter what age you are – from eighteen to eighty-eight, come and have fun at our new activity center.
We have something for everyone! Come alone or with your friends!
Sports Relaxing
There are a lot of activities to do: karate, yoga or bowling. You can relax at the centre and read a newspaper. You
You can go cycling or swimming, and you can play golf or can meet your new friends and go out for a coffee, too –
volleyball with friends, too. Are these sports new for you? or do you just want to sit and watch a football match on
Don’t worry – we have classes. There are karate and yoga TV? Anything is possible.
lessons on Mondays and Wednesdays. Golf lessons are in the Food
mornings from Thursday to Monday.
We enjoy our food at our centre. We cook breakfast
Music and dinner for everyone every day, or you can have a
Do you enjoy listening to music? In the mornings, perhaps takeaway or a snack. We sometimes have a barbecue in
listen to music and, in the afternoon, learn to play the guitar the summer, too. Tell us what you like. It’s your choice!
or the violin and also to sing. You can practise with friends, Accommodation
too. Why not try dancing with us at our evening classes? We
We sleep sixty people. All the rooms have two beds.
have great teachers.
And we have everything here – a doctor, a hairdresser
Culture
and a nurse. All you need to bring with you are warm
Our cultural activities are always after lunch. You can visit
clothes, sunglasses and a torch for outside activities.
museums and galleries in the city with our tour guide. We have a
coach to take you into town – don’t worry. There’s a programme
of films for you to watch in the evenings. You choose the film!
We have visitors from all over the world at the centre and you
can practise your languages from Swedish to Vietnamese.

8 Read the text. Are the sentences true (T), false (F), or is there not enough information to decide (N)?
Write T, F, or N in the box.

1 The center is for adults, not children.

2 You can learn a new sport.

3 Bike riding is on Fridays.

4 There is music all day.

5 You need a friend to dance with.

6 The center has movies in the mornings.

7 You can meet new people.

8 You can have coffee after lunch at the center.

9 There are barbecues, but not every day. Score

10 You need sixty people to visit the center. out of 10

Total score out of 80

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