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Unit 1 Higher Test

VOCABULARY 3 Complete the sentences with the correct

objects.
1 Write the dates and times in full.
In her bag today, Katya has ...
1 21/09/1977 = the t______ - ______ of 1 ____________ – she takes photographs of her
S_________, nineteen seventy seven friends with this.
2 13/10/1980 = the t_________ of _________, 2 ____________ – this makes her hair look
nineteen eighty great!
3 14.25 = It’s ________ - ______ p_____ t___. 3 ____________ – she can talk to her friends
4 9.15 = It’s q_______ p_____ n_____. with it.
5 12.45 = It’s q_______ t_ t________. 4 ____________ – it has an ID card, photos and
6 30/05/1948 = the t_________ of _____, money in it.
nineteen forty eight. 5 ____________ – Katya needs this to go to see
a film tonight.
/6 6 ____________ – this has Katya’s name, age
and address on it.
2 Look at the family tree and complete the 7 ____________ – this is for when the weather
text. is bad.
8 ____________ – she sometimes needs to
write things down.
9 ____________ – this is her favourite one of
her mum; she looks happy.
10 ____________ – she needs this to get into her
house.
11 ____________ – Katya needs this to go
Hi! My name is Carlo and this is my family travelling.
tree. Piera is my ___________. She’s 65 years 12 ____________ – this has all her favourite
old. Her (2) ___________’s name is Antonio; songs on it.
he’s my (3) ___________. Piera and Antonio /12
have four children: two daughters and two
(4) ___________. Francesca and Sylvia are my
(5) ___________. My (6) ___________’s
name is Paolo. He’s great; he plays the guitar
in a band. Finally, there’s my
(7) ___________, Maria – she’s 90 years old!
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LANGUAGE WORKOUT 5 Rewrite the sentences. Replace the

underlined words with these words.
4 Complete the dialogue with
this/that/these/those. he it’s they our her its their
we his she
Cecile: Excuse me!
Liz: Oh, hello. Can I help? 1 Stuart has a great bicycle. The bicycle is red
Cecile: Yes, my name’s Cecile and I think (1) and blue.
_______’s my bag in your hand. _________________________________
Liz: No, it’s my bag. My bag is big and black, like _________________________________
(2) _______ one. 2 Martha and Clive both have digital cameras.
Cecile: My bag is black, too. Oh, no! We have They take the cameras on holiday.
the same bag. _________________________________
Liz: It’s no problem. I can look inside ... What’s _________________________________
(3) _______? A red camera! (4) _______ is my 3 My sister has a cool mobile phone. The phone
camera so it’s my bag. is red and black.
Cecile: No, (5) _______’s my camera. I have a _________________________________
red camera, too. _________________________________
Liz: OK, what else? A-ha! What about 4 My dog is a Labrador and has beautiful eyes.
(6) _______ keys? I’m sure they are mine. The eyes are brown.
Cecile: I don’t know – my keys look like _________________________________
(7) _______ keys. _________________________________
Liz: OK. Let’s try again. Oh, look at 5 My husband and I have a house near the sea.
(8) _______ photographs ... hmm. The house is beautiful.
(9) _______ aren’t my friends. _________________________________
Cecile: No, (10) _______ are my friends. Look, _________________________________
her name is Cameron.
Liz: OK. So (11) _______ is your bag. I’m really /5
sorry about that.
Cecile: Don’t worry.
Liz: But if (12) _______ is your bag, then where’s 6 Correct the sentences.
mine? 1 New York is an amazing cities.
Cecile: (13) _______ is the lost property desk ________________________________
over there. Let’s go and ask them about your 2 It has some very famous building.
bag. ________________________________
3 It has thousands of shop.
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4 Persons buy many different things there.
________________________________
5 You can buy clothes like coats and trouser.
________________________________
6 It also has a big parks called Central Park.
________________________________
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7 Correct the sentences. LISTENING

1 Welcome to London; it’s a exciting city.
9 Listen to the dialogues and choose the
________________________________
correct pictures.
2 There are a people from all over the world.
________________________________ 1 What does the girl need to find?
3 Here’s a idea for a great day in the capital.
________________________________
4 Visit St Pauls – it’s beautiful building.
________________________________
5 Visit Covent Garden market and listen to a
music.
A B
________________________________
6 Go to the Tower of London and get an
information about the history of the city.
________________________________
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C
2 Which is Jake’s family?
PRONUNCIATION
8 Listen to the dialogue and complete the
form.
1 Name: Lesley _______________ A B
2 Address: ____________ Acacia Road, Los
Angeles, USA
3 Birthday: ___________ _________
4 Flight number: FN __________
5 Time of arrival: ___________ pm (UK time) C
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A B

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4 Where is the train ticket?

A B

C
5 When do they decide to meet?

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10 Listen again and answer the questions.

1 What is in the bag?
_____________________________
2 How many sisters does the girl have?
_____________________________
3 What can you buy in the music shop?
_____________________________
4 What kind of ticket is in the wallet?
_____________________________
5 What does the girl have on Saturday 25th?
_____________________________
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12 Read the texts again and complete the

READING sentences.
11 Read the texts and answer the questions. 1 The advert talks about ______ places you can
go on the bike.
1 2 The writer’s brother wants to ______ a car.
3 The group meet in the ______ .
4 Frances needs ______ and a ______ .
5 Frances wants a camera so she can ______ .
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Text 1
1 What is the advert for?
______________________________
2 How much is the bike?
______________________________

Text 2
3 Where are people in the group from?
______________________________
4 What does the group do?
______________________________

Text 3
5 Where does Frances want Chloe to go?
______________________________
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WRITING
13 You are at your friend’s house in Spain.
Write an email to your mum in the UK.
Describe your friend’s family (you send your
mum a photo).
Tell your mum the date and time that you go
home.

Start your letter like this:

Dear Mum,
How are you? I like it here in Spain. Let me
tell you about Manuel’s family. Here’s a
photograph of them. That’s
_________________________________________
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_________________________________________
_________________________________________
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