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Vocabulary Grammar
Free time activities Present simple and present
1 Complete the sentences with the verbs from
continuous
the box. 3 Correct the sentences. Write a negative and an
affirmative sentence.
watch surf chat play
1 We go to school on Saturdays.
listen hang out send
_______________________________________
2 We are studying French.
1 When I want new games, I _____________ _______________________________________
the Internet and I get very interesting things. 3 We study at university.
2 I usually _____________ online with my friends _______________________________________
after school. 4 Our teacher is reading a magazine now.
3 During the holidays, I _____________ with _______________________________________
friends. We have a lot of free time. 5 Winter holidays start in September.
4 During the breaks at school, we stay in _______________________________________
the playground and _____________ to music. 6 We are listening to music at the moment.
5 On rainy days, I usually meet friends and _______________________________________
_____________ a DVD. We all love funny movies. 4 Write questions. Then answer them.
6 I _____________ messages to my friends when 1 your friends / do / now
I am bored. _______________________________________
7 We _____________ tennis in the club on Sundays. _______________________________________
2 Match. 2 your friend / play computer games / evening
1 Ed loves going out and meeting people. _______________________________________
2 I can’t talk in front of a group. _______________________________________
3 She never studies or does homework. 3 your favourite singer / give a concert / in
4 These children play football and rugby. Argentina / now
5 She never talks with people. She’s not nice. _______________________________________
6 She’s very nice to people. Her friends love her. _______________________________________
4 you / study / weekends
a She’s lazy. _______________________________________
b He’s very sociable. _______________________________________
c I’m very shy. 5 lessons / finish / December
d She’s unfriendly. _______________________________________
e They are really sporty. _______________________________________
f She is very friendly.

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5 Choose the correct options. 4 Those boys in the park can ___________
Hi Tessa, football very well.
I am finally in England. At the moment, I (1) live / 5 I love music, but I can’t ___________ very well.
can live / am living with my friends in a small 6 I can’t ride a bike, but I can ___________ a van.
apartment in London. It’s so nice here!
We (2) get up / gets up / getting up very early in Grammar
the morning and we (3) are going / can go / go love, hate (don’t) like, don’t
for a walk. Jane (4) study / studies / is studying mind, enjoy + -ing
at university, but today she (5) stays / stay / 8 Look at the table and write sentences.
is staying home because it is a holiday here in
Kate and My
London. She (6) is going / goes / go to university in Mike
Molly brother
the morning and in the afternoon she (7) studying /   sing paint and play
is studying / studies. She (8) doesn’t go out /  draw football
can’t go out / is not going out in the evenings.   swim cook act

She stays home and chats with her friends. run ride a bike play the

drums
I can write again tomorrow.
drive a van play dance
Love, 
volleyball
Lili   draw climb walls speak
 English

Vocabulary __________________________________________
Mike loves singing and likes swimming.
Skills and abilities __________________________________________
He doesn’t mind running but he doesn’t like driving a van.
6 Write the missing letters on the bricks and circle __________________________________________
the verbs. __________________________________________
__________________________________________
JU 1 MP
GR CLI 
2
H FA PL 3
__________________________________________
WA OR SI 4  FL BU RP 5 AW

9 Read the text on page 12 again and correct
A 6
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the sentences.
PA 8
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1 Jon doesn’t mind doing parkour.
IVE DR CT NG MB _______________________________________
AY MP DE NCE INT 2 He hates going out on cold days but he loves
getting wet.
7 Complete the sentences with the verbs from _______________________________________
the box.
3 He doesn’t like doing all kinds of urban sports.
sing drive jump _______________________________________
act play understand 4 Urban sports are popular with young people
because they don’t mind having fun with their
1 Dolphins ___________ in the water.
friends.
2 At school, children ___________ for national
_______________________________________
celebrations.
5 Jon doesn’t like being active.
3 What did he say? I don’t ___________ French.
_______________________________________

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10 Read the conversation and number the lines in the correct order.
a Yes, I play football with my friends. I love playing football.
b Do you go swimming in winter, too?
c Really? Me too. We can play together one of these days!
d So, what do you like doing in your free time? 1
e I love swimming. So, I go to the pool for some hours at weekends.
f Of course, I don’t mind swimming when it’s cold.
g Do you practise any other sport?

11 Choose the correct answers.

1 What’s your date of birth?
a It’s September.
b It’s on September 10th.
c It’s September 10th 2001.

2 I’d like to register for the competition.

a Great, I just need some information.
b Good, what do you need?
c Ok, here you are.

3 How long is the concert?

a In two hours.
b Two hours.
c 2.00 pm.

4 I hate cooking.
a Really? We can cook together, then.
b Really? I love it.
c Really? I love it, too.

5 What’s your favourite sport?

a I don’t mind running.
b I love running.
c I’m very good at running.

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Vocabulary
Music
1 Find and circle seven words about music.

jdtechnolorapouguitariftangovetysingrrpopporock

2 Complete the table with the words from the box.

pop guitar choir band techno


singer keyboards composer latin
piano rap drums classical rock 
bass orchestras violin conductor 

Instruments Musicians Kinds of music 

4 Match the sentence halves.

1 My sister’s favourite band…
2 Shakira and Thalia sing…
3 Kevin, from Walk the Moon,…
3 Look at the pictures and write all the words you
4 We are 10 in the…
remember about music.
5 That orchestra has…
6 Arjona is a singer…

a latin music.
b 10 violins. It’s very big.
c choir at school.
d is One Direction.
e and a composer.
f plays the bass.

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 Unit 2

Grammar 3 My mother ______________ rock music

when she was a teen, now she prefers tango!
Past simple – regular and
When she was young, she ______________
irregular verbs (1): affirmative
and negative to Madonna. Now she listens to new tango
singers.
5 Find ( ) and circle ten verbs.
4 The Beatles ______________ a film, but
B W L I S T E N many people don’t know about it. They
E D O F H R G E ______________ famous in England but they
C F V L I K E F visited many countries in the world and their
O R E U L G O I music is a turning point in the history of music.
M A K M S Y I N
E L W A T C H I Vocabulary
Q P R K I H E S
TV programmes
I N V E N T W H
8 Circle the odd one out.
6 Complete the table with the correct form of 1 reality show – choir – soap opera
the verbs in Exercise 5. 2 documentary – band – drama
3 cartoon – orchestra – game show
Regular verbs Irregular verbs 4 conductor – film – comedy
5 sports programme – singer – chat show

Infinitive Past Infinitive Past 9 Order the letters to make adjectives.

simple simple
1 tastinfac: _________________
2 teertngiins: _________________
3 nnuyf: _________________
4 rnigbo: _________________
5 rycsa: _________________
6 rbrilete: _________________

10 Complete the sentences with words from

Exercise 9.
1 I love Mr Bean. He’s so _________________.

7 Complete the text with verbs from Exercise 6. 2 I don’t like horror films. They are very

1 Last Friday, I ______________ to my first concert _________________.

with Lucy. It was great! It ______________ late 3 I love ER series. The episodes are very

at night. I ______________ it very much. After _________________.

that, we ______________ to a café for breakfast. 4 I don’t like documentaries about plants.

I arrived home so sleepy! I think they are _________________.

2 I ______________ to Maroon 5 last album and 5 My father loves science programmes. He says

I can’t wait to buy it. they are _________________.

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Grammar
Be – past simple: affirmative
and negative 

11 Correct the sentences. Write a negative and an

affirmative sentence. Use the words in brackets
in the affirmative sentences.
1 Shakespeare was an engineer. (writer)
______________________________________
2 Nikola Tesla was an architect. (inventor)
______________________________________
3 Dr René Favaloro was American. (Argentinian)
______________________________________
4 Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy were
British. (American)
______________________________________
5 Robin Williams was a famous athlete. (actor)
______________________________________
6 Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo were
rock singers. (opera)
______________________________________
7 The Beatles were from London. (Liverpool)
______________________________________
12 Read Laura’s notes. Write sentences.
8.00 am - morning - 2.15 pm -
school 7 school 3 doctor 3
5.30 pm - afternoon - 3.30 pm -
club 3 club 3 home 7




13 Choose the correct options.
Last year, I (1) travel / am travelling / travelled
to Misiones in Argentina. I was not alone as
I (2) go / went / goes with my parents and Julia,
my (3) mother / mother’s / mothers aunt. There
we (4) attended / attend / to attend a great
open-air concert in the Iguazú Falls, one of the
most beautiful landscapes in the world. To be
honest, I (5) liked / likes / to like the concert
a lot and I would like to go back again if I have
the chance.
Every year, 700 children and adolescents (6) at /
in / from all over the world meet in Misiones
to play different kinds of music in natural
surroundings. These children and adolescents
morning -
school 3
are part of orchestras and choirs and more often
afternoon - than not, (7) our / its / their performances are
club 7 memorable.
Famous people (8) is / are / was distinguished
guests at the event. (9) In / On / At 2013, Elena
Roger was in the event. In the closing ceremony

morning - she sang ‘Don’t cry for me Argentina’ together

Free! Free!
school 3 with a choir. Everybody said that it was really
afternoon - moving.
park 7
I highly recommend you (10) to go / going / went
there this year.

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UNIT

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3 fiction?
Vocabulary
Types of books
1 Cross out three letters in each word and find
types of books.
1 byiogorapuhy: _______________
2 powectray brotsok: _______________
3 tursavpel egutidse: _______________
4 dewtesctigve enorvesl: _______________
5 auqtobfiogrnaphy: _______________
6 dcoloketry ubopoki: _______________
2 Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 1.
1 A Study in Scarlet: ______________
2 The Odyssey: ______________
3 The Rough Guide to Mexico: ______________
4 The Best Vegetarian Dishes: ______________
5 I am Ozzie: ______________
6 The Life of Michaelangelo: ______________
Grammar
Be – past simple: questions
3 Write questions. Then complete the answers with
the correct form of be.
1 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart / an Austrian poet?
4 Order the words to make questions. Then answer.
There is one extra word in each question.
1 your / were / teacher / where / yesterday /
was / ?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
2 you / home / were / at / Sunday / was / on / ?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
3 the / what / weather / like / was / is / morning /
this / ?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
4 your / friends / where / Monday / park / were /
on / ?
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
Vocabulary
Verbs to talk about people’s
lives in the past
5 Find and circle eighteen verbs in the past.
lki was mdjf stu d iedvbu wa ds ew uv n
enjoye dnsope nedtyw erejhs

_______________________________________
swrotemjsnspentnjsevdx
ssoldgfddiedkjdhgx

No, he __________.
bhflivedygewantedlkfa

2 Thomas Edison / an inventor? nb eganu emo im

downloade dse

eteruyme

_______________________________________
Yes, he __________.
3 Bernardino Rivadavia and Domingo Faustino
rg jmpowev
Sarmiento / Argentinian presidents?
_______________________________________ fgaveticreatedsxv fa
Yes, they __________.
sk illedk dth o ug h tkjs dec ided
4 Walt Whitman and Mark Twain / American actors?
_______________________________________
No, they __________.

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6 Complete the sentences with verbs from Exercise 5.
1 Mark Twain _______________ Tom Sayer.
It _______________ first published in 1876.
2 Lady Di _______________ in an accident in
France in 1997.
3 Walt Disney _______________ his first park
in Orlando on 1st October 1971.
4 The Beatles formed the band in 1960 and
_______________ to split in 1970. Paul
McCartney and John Lennon _______________
their solo careers.
5 Jack Dorsey _______________ Twitter in 2006.
He _______________ Science and Technology
and he started creating programs. In the first
years, millions of people _______________
Twitter on their mobile phones.
Grammar
Past simple – regular and
irregular verbs (2): questions
7 Order the words to make questions.
1 your / friend / did / last / read / year /
Mafalda / ?
_______________________________________
2 you / did / when / start / Facebook / using / ?
_______________________________________
3 how / books / did / you / many / read /
primary / in / school / ?
_______________________________________
4 did / you / letters / send / for / Christmas /
year / last / ?
_______________________________________
5 TV / what / weekend / programmes / you /
watch / did / last / ?
_______________________________________
6 on / where / summer / go / you / holiday /
did / last / ?
_______________________________________
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8 Write questions and answer them.
1 How many plays / William Shakespeare /
write? (37)
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
2 What / Thomas Edison / invent in 1879?
(light bulb)
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
3 When / first man / land on the moon? (20th
July, 1969)
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
4 When / Luis Leloir / get Nobel Prize? (1970)
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
5 Who / write / Harry Potter? (JK Rowling)
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
6 Who / build / Eiffel Tower? (Alexandre Gustave
Eiffel)
_______________________________________
_______________________________________
9 Match the answers to the questions. Then
complete the answers.
1 When was Hans C. Andersen born?
2 Where was he from?
3 When did he die?
4 What books did he write?
5 What type of story was The Snow Queen?
6 What was the story about?
7 Who adapted the story for a film?
a He _________ stories for children.
b It _________ a fairy tale.
c It _________ about the fight between good
and evil.
d He _________ in 1805.
e He _________ from Denmark.
f Walt Disney Animation Studios _________ it.
g He _________ in 1875.
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10 Choose the correct options.

Hi Maggie,
I’m in England at last! I’m visiting my cousin Paul. He lives in a small town near Brighton. It is a really
peaceful place. The journey to London (1) is / was / were very good. The weather (2) was / be / were OK
and the flight (3) was / wasn’t / isn’t steady. You know I’m afraid of flying. My seat number (4) is / were /
was 13! Well, 13 (5) was / are / is an unlucky number in my family but that’s not a problem for me. I saw
two films on the plane. They (6) was / were / weren’t very funny! The flight attendants (7) was / wasn’t /
weren’t very friendly but there (8) is / was / wasn’t an interesting boy sitting next to me. He was from
Milano. He (9) weren’t / is / was very talkative. So the journey was not boring at all. What about your day
yesterday? (10) Are / Were / Was you at home? (11) Was / Is / Were your parents with you?
I’m in the guest room at Paul’s. I’m really exhausted now. I feel like relaxing and watching TV. I’m going to
send another email tomorrow morning.
Love,
Leila

11 Read the email from Exercise 10 again and correct the sentences.

1 Maggie is in England visiting her best friend. 4 Maggie is in a hotel now.

_____________________________________
2 Maggie’s cousin lives in a town near Leeds.
_____________________________________
3 Maggie didn’t like the flight to London.
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
5 Maggie feels OK now.
_____________________________________
6 The boy Maggie met on the plane was British.
_____________________________________

12 Look at the photo of Leila and answer the questions.

1 Where is Leila?
________________________________________
2 What is she doing?
________________________________________
3 What is she wearing?
________________________________________
4 Why do you think she is wearing warm clothes?
________________________________________
5 Where do you think she was an hour ago?
________________________________________

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UNIT 1
1 1 surf; 2 chat; 3 hang out; 4 listen; 5 watch;
6 send; 7 play
2 1 b; 2 c; 3 a; 4 e; 5 d; 6 f
3 1 We don’t go to school on Saturdays.
We go from Mondays to Fridays / on
weekdays. 2 We aren’t studying French.
We are studying English. 3 We don’t study
at university. We study at school.
4 Students’ own answers. 5 Winter
holidays don’t start in September. They
start in July. 6 We aren’t listening to music
at the moment. We are doing an exercise.
4 1 What are your friends doing now? 2 Does
your friend play computer games in the
evening? 3 Is your favourite singer giving
a concert in Argentina now? 4 Do you study
at weekends? 5 Do lessons finish
in December?
Students’ own answers
5 1 am living; 2 get up; 3 go; 4 studies; 5 is
staying; 6 goes; 7 studies; 8 doesn’t go out
6 2 climb; 3 play; 4 sing; 5 draw; 6 act;
7 drive; 8 paint; 9 dance; 10 ride
7 1 jump; 2 act; 3 understand; 4 play; 5 sing;
6 drive
8 Suggested answers: He hates drawing.
Kate and Molly love painting and drawing.
They like cooking. They don’t mind riding
a bike but they don’t like playing volleyball.
They hate climbing walls. My brother loves
playing football and likes acting. He doesn’t
mind playing the drums but he doesn’t like
dancing. He hates speaking English.
9 1 Jon loves doing parkour. 2 He doesn’t mind
going out on cold days but he hates getting
wet. 3 He enjoys doing all kinds of urban
sports. 4 Urban sports are popular with
young people because they like having fun
with their friends. 5 Jon likes being active.
10 a 6; b 3; c 7; e 2; f 4; g 5
11 1 c; 2 a; 3 b; 4 b; 5 b
UNIT 2
1 techno, rap, guitar, tango, sing, pop, rock
2 Instruments: guitar, keyboards, piano,
bass, drums, violin Musicians: singer,
choir, band, orchestras, composer,
conductor Kinds of music: pop, techno,
classical, latin, rock, rap
3 Suggested answers: guitar, singer, drums,
bass, keyboards, band, rock, pop, violin,
conductor, orchestra
4 1 d; 2 a; 3 f; 4 c; 5 b; 6 e
5 6 cookery book
B W L I S T E N
E D O F H R G E
C F V L I K E F
O R E U L G O I
M A K M S Y I N
E L W A T C H I
Q P R K I H E S
I N V E N T W H
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6 4 1 Where was your teacher yesterday?
2 Were you at home on Sunday? 3 What
Regular verbs Irregular verbs was the weather like this morning?
4 Where were your friends on Monday?
Past Past Students’ own answers
Infinitive Infinitive
simple simple 5 was, studied, enjoyed, opened, were,
killed, thought, decided, lived, wanted,
listen listened become became wrote, spent, sold, died, gave, created,
downloaded, began
love loved do did
6 1 wrote, was; 2 died; 3 opened; 4 decided,
like liked go went began; 5 created, studied, downloaded
7 1 Did your friend read Mafalda last year?
finish finished make made
2 When did you start using Facebook?
watch watched 3 How many books did you read in primary
school? 4 Did you send letters for Christmas
invent invented last year? 5 What TV programmes did you
watch last weekend? 6 Where did you go
on holiday last summer?
7 1 went, finished , liked, went; 2 listened,
8 1 How many plays did Shakespeare write?
loved/liked, listened; 3 made, became
He wrote 37 plays. 2 What did Thomas
8 1 choir; 2 band; 3 orchestra; 4 conductor;
Edison invent in 1879? He invented the light
5 singer
bulb. 3 When did the first man land on the
9 1 fantastic; 2 interesting; 3 funny; 4 boring;
moon? He landed on the moon on 20th July,
5 scary; 6 terrible
1969. 4 When did Luis Leoir get a Nobel
10 1 funny; 2 scary; 3 interesting; 4 boring;
Prize? He got a Nobel Prize in 1970.
5 fantastic
5 Who wrote Harry Potter? JK Rowling wrote
11 1 Shakespeare wasn’t an engineer. He was
it. 6 Who built the Eiffel Tower? Alexandre
a writer. 2 Nikola Tesla wasn’t an architect.
Gustave Eiffel built it.
He was an inventor. 3 Dr René Favaloro
9 1 g; 2 e; 3 d; 4 a; 5 b; 6 c; 7 f
wasn’t American. He was Argentinian.
a wrote; b was; c was; d died; e was;
4 Franklin Roosevelt and John Kennedy
f adapted; g was born
weren’t British. They were American.
10 1 was; 2 was; 3 was; 4 was; 5 is; 6 were;
5 Robin Williams wasn’t a famous athlete.
7 weren’t; 8 was; 9 was; 10 Were; 11 Were
He was a famous actor. 6 Luciano Pavarotti
11 1 Maggie is in England visiting her cousin
and Plácido Domingo weren’t rock singers.
Paul. 2 Maggie’s cousin lives in a town
They were opera singers. 7 The Beatles
near Brighton. 3 Maggie liked the flight to
weren’t from London. They were from
London. 4 Maggie is at Paul’s house.
Liverpool.
5 Maggie feels really exhausted now.
12 1 Suggested answers: On Monday at 8.00
6 They boy Maggie met on the plane was
am, she wasn’t at school. She was at the
from Milano.
club at 5.30 pm. On Tuesday morning,
12 1 She is at the underground station.
she was at school. She was at the club
2 She is reading a map. 3 She is wearing
in the afternoon. On Wednesday at 2.15
a coat, a hat, a scarf and gloves. 4 Because
pm, she was at the doctor’s. She wasn’t at
it’s winter. 5 Students’ own answers
home at 3.30 pm. On Thursday morning,
she was at school. She was in the club in
the afternoon. On Friday morning, she was
at school. She wasn’t in the park in the
afternoon. She was free at the weekend.
13 1 travelled; 2 went; 3 mother’s; 4 attended;
5 liked; 6 from; 7 their; 8 are; 9 In; 10 to go
UNIT 3
1 1 biography; 2 poetry book; 3 travel guide;
4 detective novel; 5 autobiography;
2 1 detective novel; 2 poetry book; 3 travel
guide; 4 cookery book; 5 autobiography;
6 biography
3 1 Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart an
Austrian poet? No, he wasn’t. 2 Was Thomas
Edison an inventor? Yes, he was. 3 Were
Bernardino Rivadavia and Domingo Faustino
Sarmiento Argentinian presidents? Yes, they
were. 4 Were Walt Whitman and Mark Twain
American actors? No, they weren’t.
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