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Grammar
1 Write questions about Marty’s schedule.

Marty’s schedule

07:30 get up

08:30 go to work
09:30 start work

12:30 have lunch

1:30 start work again

5:30 finish work

11:00 go to bed

1 ............................................................................................................................................................?
At half past one.

2 What time .............................................?

At half past eight.

3 When .............................................?
At half past nine.

4 What time .............................................?

At half past seven.

5 ............................................................................................................................................................?
At half past twelve.

6 ............................................................................................................................................................?
At half past five.

7 ............................................................................................................................................................?
At eleven o’clock.
2 Complete the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in the box. Use each verb only once.

be close do do get have go have meet play relax study swim watch

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Raisa (1) ........................ a student. She (2) ........................ up at 7:30. She (3) ........................ usually have
breakfast because she doesn’t feel hungry in the morning. She (4) ........................ her first class at 8:30. After
that, she (5) ........................ to the library and (6) ........................ until lunchtime. At lunchtime, she often
(7) 
........................ her friends and they (8) ........................ lunch together. After lunch, Raisa (9) ........................
some exercise: she usually (10) ........................ in the pool or (11) ........................ volleyball with her friends.
Raisa doesn’t like studying in the afternoon. In the evening, she studies in the library again. When the library
(12) 
........................ at nine o’clock, she goes home and (13) ........................ . She usually (14) ........................ TV
or reads.

3 Write questions for the answers.

1 ......................................................................................................................................................?
She was born in 1990.

2 ......................................................................................................................................................?
They were born in Ankara.

3 ......................................................................................................................................................?
I was born in Colombia.

4 ......................................................................................................................................................?
He was born in 1966.

5 ......................................................................................................................................................?
She was born in Mexico City.

6 ......................................................................................................... in the UK?

No, I was born in Morocco.
4 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1 Her aunts weren’t / wasn’t there when she was born.

2 Was / Were your brothers and sisters there when you were born?

3 She wasn’t / weren’t born on a train.

4 There was / were a storm when she was born.

5 Complete these sentences with the correct form of be.

It (1) ..................... a good time for us when I (2) ..................... young.

There (3) ..................... a lot of food when Alicia and José (4) ..................... children. They were often hungry.

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Ahmet’s first teachers (5) ..................... very friendly. They (6) ..................... unfriendly.

Vocabulary
6 Write the adverbs in the box in the correct order.

hardly ever often sometimes usually

always
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never

7 Find nine words for transportation.

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8 Write the name of the sports under the pictures.

1 2 3

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4 5 6

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7 8 9

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10 11 12

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9 Complete the adjectives.

1 qu..................t

2 ind..................t

3 soc..................l

4 fan..................c

5 lu..................y

6 w..................m

7 fr..................ly

8 f..................y

9 t..................cal
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10 na..................l

Skills
10 Read part of a webchat about routines, then answer T (True) or F (False) to the sentences below.

Rita: ... so your life is really interesting!

Jake: I agree!
Rita: So what about your life, Emma?
Emma: Oh, my life is so busy. I get up at 5:30 every morning.
Rita: Why so early?
Emma: I go jogging every morning when I wake up.
Jake: Even in winter?
Emma: Yes, even in winter, even in the rain and snow.
Rita: That’s great.
Emma: I have breakfast when I get home but I take a shower first, or a bath if it’s cold weather. Then I take
the bus to work.
Jake: What do you do?
Emma: I’m a cook. I cook lunch for a school.
Jake: Wow, that’s great.
Emma: I cook lunch for 300 people!
Rita: OMG that’s a lot!
Jake: Do you work alone? Or do you have a team of people to help you?
Emma: Oh yes, there are five of us working in the kitchen.
Jake: So what do you after lunch?
Emma: After lunch, I usually go home and sleep in the afternoon. At four o’clock, I plan the food for the next
day.
Rita: So you only work in the morning?
Emma: Yeah.
Jake: You have lots of free time! What do you do with your free time?
Emma: I go to see a film with friends. I do a lot of exercise. At the weekends, I go out of the city to the
country. I enjoy hiking. I visit my parents sometimes. They live outside the city.
Jake: Really. Do you get lonely?
Rita: Oh, Jake!

T F
1 Emma is always very busy.

2 She never jogs in winter.

3 She has breakfast and then takes a bath or a shower.

4 She walks to work.

5 She is a cook.

6 She works with four people in her kitchen.

7 She sleeps in the afternoon.

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8 She works at the weekend.

9 She never sees her parents.

10 She lives outside the city.

11 Listen to the interviews and complete the questionnaires with the adverbs.  4

hardly ever often sometimes usually always never

Interview 1 Interview 2
(1)  (2) 
take the bus .............................. ..............................
(3)  (4) 
take the train .............................. ..............................
(5)  (6) 
drive a car .............................. ..............................
(7)  (8) 
take a taxi .............................. ..............................
(9)  (10) 
take a plane .............................. ..............................

12 Write a webchat.

Write about your daily routine for a webchat.

13 Read the two articles and choose the correct name for the notes below.

Jesse Owen

Jesse Owen was born in the US in Alabama in 1913. He started running when he was a boy and he noticed
that he was very fast. He won lots of medals when he was at school, but he was very poor and worked to
pay for his studies. He joined the US team for the 1936 Olympics and he won four gold medals at the
Games. He was very famous. After the Games, he returned to the US, but he had a difficult life.

Amelia Earhart

Amelia Earhart was born in Kansas in the US into a very rich family in 1897. She was interested in flying
from an early age. She trained to be a pilot after her father took her to see some new planes. It was the early
days of flying, and there were very few women pilots. She worked hard to pay for flying lessons. She broke
many records. She was the first person to fly across the Atlantic twice. In 1937, she tried to fly around the
world. A friend went with her to help. No one saw them again.

1 Jesse Owen / Amelia Earheart was born in Alabama in the US

2 Jesse Owen / Amelia Earheart was the winner of four gold medals

3 Jesse Owen / Amelia Earheart was born in Kansas in the US

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4 Jesse Owen / Amelia Earheart was very poor

5 Jesse Owen / Amelia Earheart was the first person to fly across the Atlantic twice

6 Jesse Owen / Amelia Earheart was born in 1913

7 Jesse Owen / Amelia Earheart was on the US team in the 1936 Olympics

8 Jesse Owen / Amelia Earheart was born in 1897

9 Jesse Owen / Amelia Earheart was one of the first pilots

10 Jesse Owen / Amelia Earheart was very rich

Listen to William and Angela talking about five pictures. Write P (positive) if you think the
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speaker likes the picture, or N (negative) if you think the speaker doesn’t like it.

William Angela
(1)  (2) 
Picture 1 ..................... .....................
(3)  (4) 
Picture 2 ..................... .....................
(5)  (6) 
Picture 3 ..................... .....................
(7)  (8) 
Picture 4 ..................... .....................
(9)  (10) 
Picture 5 ..................... .....................

15 Use these notes to write a short essay about the first FIFA World Cup.

Use these notes to write a short essay about the first FIFA World Cup.

• First FIFA World Cup – Uruguay 1930

• New stadium for the matches

• Thirteen teams

• First match between France and Mexico

• First goal by Lucien Laurent after 19 minutes

• French winners

• Final match between Uruguay and Argentina

• Very crowded stadium

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• Disagreement about the ball

• Uruguay winners

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