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Grammar 2 Put the words given in the correct

places in the sentences.
1 Complete the dialogues with the 1 Kate is phoning me when I’m trying to work.
correct present form of these verbs. (always)

have study get go stay prefer

2 I spend a couple of hours online in the
evenings. (usually)
1 A: Why __________ my marks __________
worse?
B: Because you spend too much time on the 3 I change my avatar’s appearance. (once a
computer! You’re not a serious student! month)
2 A: What time __________ you __________ to
football practice on Thursdays?
4 My mum is on the computer when I get home
B: It’s usually about 4.30. from school. (often)
3 A: Where __________ your brother
__________ at the moment?
B: At Cardiff University. 5 We don’t email each other during the week.
4 A: Martin __________ a shower, so he can’t (usually)
come to the phone.
B: Well, please tell him I called. 6 My sister is nervous before exams. (never)
5 A: __________ you __________ Chinese or
Indian food?
B: I like them both!
6 A: Where __________ you __________ for
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your holiday this year?
B: Spain. We want some sunshine.

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3 Find and correct the mistakes in the
sentences. One sentence does not
have a mistake.
1 It rains, so we shouldn’t go for a walk just now.
5 Find and correct the mistakes with
the words in italics in the sentences.
1 When Kate was younger, she was really short,
but now she’s quite thin.

2 Are you agreeing that we should wait for him? 2 My dad’s short. He has no hair at all!

3 Trisha doesn’t go to her class this evening. 3 You shouldn’t be on a diet. You’re much too
overweight.

4 Do you like learning languages online?

4 Fran used to have tall, fair hair.

5 I’m always haveing problems with my phone.

5 I don’t think I’m very attractive, but I’m not
ugly, either. I’m quite medium.
6 Jules never is at home when I call round!

6 Carina’s going out with a very well-looking

7 She always doesn’t wait for me after school. boy from the next class.

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Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with these
words.

bossy patient unfriendly reliable

cheerful serious

1 It’s difficult to be __________ when everything

is going wrong!
2 If you’re __________ about going to
university, you should work harder.
3 Lucia isn’t very __________. She never does
everything you ask her to do.
4 Why is Gerard so __________? He never
smiles or talks to me.
5 I’m afraid you’ll have to be __________ and
wait a little longer for our decision.
6 Don’t be so __________! If I want to go
snowboarding, I will.

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6 Choose the correct alternative to

complete the sentences.
Reading
1 You’ll have to work very ___ to pass the next 7 Read the article about identity.
exams. Decide if the statements are true (T),
A serious false (F) or not mentioned (NM).
B hard A New Identity Every Week!
C well Imagine having a job where you have to take
2 Michael is always ___, even when it’s raining on a new identity every week or month! That’s
and he’s got too much work to do! what actors do. For every play or film, they have
A glad to become a different person, often with a different
personality and different appearance. One week
B cheerful
they’re kind, generous and blonde, and the next
C handsome week, they’re tall, thin and arrogant! So, how do
3 We live next door to two ___ ladies who used they do it? And do it so well?
to be teachers. Actors think about acting their new characters
A elderly in different ways. Some, like the famous Robert
B difficult De Niro, want to ‘live’ the role. They learn
C curly everything they can about the new person they are
going to become. Then they do everything their
4 I’ll soon be ___ if I keep eating pizzas and character would do. They dress the same, they eat
chocolate! the same things, they talk in the same way and
A slim even try to walk like them. The idea is to start
B outgoing ‘thinking’ like the new character. And they don’t
C overweight behave like this only in the studio or on stage, but
they take the character home as well! That must be
5 It’s important to be ___ when you work with difficult for the rest of the family! Who’s going to
members of the public. be at breakfast with us today – Al Capone, the
A bossy President of the USA, Jack the Ripper??
B friendly Other actors create their characters in different
C clever ways. Some say that changing their appearance
6 My cousin’s husband is ___ and very clever. helps them to become the new person. Costume
and make-up are very important, but some actors
A handsome
do even more to change their appearance. Some
B pretty actors eat a lot to become fatter for some parts –
C beautiful like Renee Zellweger in the Bridget Jones films
and then diet to get thin again for the next film!
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really good actors can make us believe that they’re
taller or stronger than they really are just by the
way they act. Others need a bit of help – like Tom
Cruise in his high shoes, or Robert Redford, who
sometimes had to stand on a box because he’s
quite short!
The best actors are the ones who don’t take
their own personality with them into the role. They
take on the new identity completely and we don’t
think of the actor, but of the character. Heath
Ledger, who died in 2008, was like this. He could
change so completely that we don’t immediately
think ‘oh that’s Heath Ledger’! He could be
handsome, ugly, blonde or dark. He could be
clever, stupid, funny or serious. He was a master at
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Actors have a difficult job and I admire them a
lot. Personally, I think it’s quite enough to have
just one identity!
1 Actors usually play the same type of
characters.
2 Actors change into their new
identities just before starting to act.
3 Some characters are more difficult to
play than others.
4 Some actors are not really as strong as T/F/NM
they look on film.
5 We recognise the best actors as soon
as we see them on film.
6 Some actors have emotional problems T/F/NM
because their work is so difficult.
Listening (Tests CD, Track 1)
8 You are going to hear five people
talking about their friends. Listen and
match the speakers A–E with what
they say in 1–5.
1 My best friend and I go out together at least
once a week.
Speaker ___
2 My friends and I have similar interests.
Speaker ___
3 I got to know my best friend because of a
relative.
Speaker ___
4 My best friend is very attractive.
Speaker ___
5 My best friend is a lot older than I am.
Speaker ___
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Use of English
9 Read the email from Tina about
people she met on holiday. Choose
the correct alternative to complete
T/F/NM each gap.
T/F/NM Hi Jim,
I’m on holiday in Spain with Mum and Dad (and
T/F/NM my laptop!) and I’m having an amazing time!
There are some really nice people here, and I’m
(1) ___ you a photo I took yesterday. That’s me in
the middle (of course!). My hair’s quite blonde,
isn’t it? That’s the sun. The tall boy with the beach
ball is Brandon. He’s really crazy about beach
T/F/NM volleyball, and we play it all the time! Next to him
is Mia. She’s rather shy and serious, but she’s very
(2) ___. The young girl in front of me is Mia’s
sister, Kerry. She (3) ___ a bit shy too in the
picture, but she isn’t really. She’s very talkative,
not like her sister! I think she looks a lot like Mia,
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with curly, dark hair is Frank. He lives here. Lucky
thing! His dad (4) ___ the hotel. He’s very funny
and tells lots of jokes. He’s also got a sister called
Emily, who’s the manager of the hotel. She
(5) ___ very attractive and also very intelligent.
She isn’t in this picture, but she often (6) ___ out
with us.
So, these are my lovely holiday friends! Write
soon and tell me what you’re doing. I’ll see you
when I get back next week!
All the (7) ___,
Tina x
1 A send B sending C sends
2 A arrogant B plain C kind
3 A looks B is looking C does look
4 A owning B owner C owns
5 A isn’t B is C is being
6 A come B is coming C comes
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Writing
10 Imagine you are on a language
course in England. Write an email to a
friend and tell him or her about some
of the people you have met.

Write 100–120 words.

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