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1 Grammar: Adjective endings

Use words from the box to complete the sentences. Two words are extra.

confused confusing depressed excited exciting interested

interesting scared scaring scary shocked shocking

1. Football is a really sport - you never know what’s going to happen next!
2. I was by the high price of the hotel room. I couldn’t believe it cost 500!
3. I can’t understand these instructions at all. They’re too .
4. No thanks, I don’t want to see your pet snake. I think they’re really .
5. I’m afraid I felt a little about what you said. Can you explain it again?
6. I’ve always been in science.
7. Is she of big dogs?
8. They were about seeing their friends again after so many years.
9. We learned a lot of things about the past on the tour of the castle.
10. We painted the kitchen a pink colour. We love it, but not many other people do!

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2 Grammar: Comparative and superlative adjectives

Find and correct mistakes in some of these sentences, using the information in the table and your
knowledge of grammar. If the sentence is correct, put a tick next to it.

adjective apples oranges bananas

sweet 1/5 2/5 5/5

juicy 4/5 5/5 1/5

expensive 1/5 3/5 4/5

1. Bananas are a lot more sweet than apples.

2. Oranges are much sweeter than apples.
3. Apples are much juicier than bananas.
4. Oranges are a bit juicier then apples.
5. Bananas are a little more expensiver than oranges.
6. In my opinion, bananas are gooder than apples.
7. Bananas are the sweetest.
8. Oranges are the juicyest.
9. Bananas are the more expensive.
10. I think oranges are best fruit.

3 Grammar: Adverbs

Add the adverb in brackets to the sentence in the correct place. In some sentences, more than one
position is possible.

They’ve wanted to get a dog. (always)

1.

Please carry those glasses. (carefully)

2.

You’re my favourite child. (definitely)

3.

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I’m going to see my parents. (later)

4.

We’ll have pasta for dinner. (probably)

5.

I lived in Paris for three years and I had a lovely flat. (there)

6.

He’s cleaning the house. (today)

7.

I am on time for meetings. (usually)

8.

She’s a nice person. (very)

9.

I can’t play the piano. (well)

10.

4 Grammar: Futures 1 - timetables, arrangements, and plans

Choose the best option to complete the sentences.

1. How about to have / shall have / having a coffee before we go back?

2. I’m going to / I’ll / Let’s open the door for you!
3. It’s my day off so I ’m going to go / ’ll go / go to the library, the bank and the pharmacy this
afternoon.
4. Let’s meet / meeting / to meet under the big clock at the station.
5. She ’ll have / ’s having / has a coffee with her mum later today.
6. The trains to London will leave / are leaving / leave every twenty minutes from this station.
7. They paint / ’ll paint / ’re going to paint their kitchen bright green when they have some time over
the summer.
8. We ’re playing / play / ’ll play tennis with Bob and Rita next Sunday.
9. Where’s Jim going? He said that he relaxes / ’s going to relax / ’ll relax at the pool today.
10. Will / Shall / Do we walk along the beach? It looks so lovely.

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5 Grammar: Futures 2 - predictions

Read the first sentence. Then choose the best word to complete the second sentence so that it has
the same meaning.

1. In the future, people are certain to work from home more often. In the future, people could /
might / will work from home more often.
2. If more people work at home in the future, offices in city centres may close. If more people work
at home in the future, offices in city centres are likely closing / closed / to close.
3. It’s possible that companies will only ask people to come into the office twice a year. Companies
will / could / might only ask people to come into the office twice a year.
4. People are likely to need larger houses so they can have a home office. People might / maybe /
certainly need larger houses so they can have a home office.
5. People who work at home probably won’t need to spend a lot of money on clothes. People who
work at home are unlikely to spend / likely to spend / are not spending a lot of money on clothes.
6. I can’t believe that people will enjoy working at home. I think people probably / won’t / can’t
enjoy working at home.
7. If they don’t need to drive to work, maybe people will sell their cars. If they don’t need to drive to
work, people will / can / might sell their cars.
8. I’ve read lots of business reports that predict big changes in the way we work. Business reports
say that the way we work is going to change / has changed / is changing a lot.
9. I’m sure that I’ll work from home in the future. I’ll probably / possibly /definitely work from home
in the future.
10. It’s likely that I’ll never go into the office again. I’ll certainly/ probably / possibly never go into the
office again.

6 Vocabulary: TV shows and the geography of Iceland

Complete the sentences with one missing word, using the first letter that you are given.

Last night I watched a q________ 1 show on TV called Know-it-all. I knew the answer to the winning
question: what country is sometimes called the land of fire and ice? I knew it was Iceland because
2
I watched a d______________ about that country last week. The fire relates to the fact that Iceland
has a lot of v___________ and the ice relates to the g__________ 4 . Iceland also has lots of rivers with
3

beautiful w__________ 5 that go down to the sea. This programme also showed lots of interesting sea
animals like birds, dolphins and w________ 6 .
Tonight, my favourite d__________ 7 is on TV - it’s a show about kings and dragons and they filmed it
in Iceland. After that, I’m going to watch the n______ 8 so I know what’s happening in the real world!

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7 Vocabulary: Adjectives of character and personality

In each line, cross out the word which is different to the other two.

1. anxious / calm / relaxed

2. generous / friendly / impolite
3. rude / polite / demanding
4. patient / moody / miserable
5. confident / shy / quiet
6. cheerful / happy / moody
7. unfriendly / health-conscious / rude
8. dishonest / creative / interesting
9. demanding / anxious / lovely
10. patience / relaxed / generosity

8 Vocabulary: Mixed vocabulary

Complete the sentences with one word from column one and one word from column two of the table.

Part 1

column 1 column 2

aisle bag

cabin belt

carry-on cream

overhead crew

seat locker

sun seat

1. Please fasten your as the plane is shortly about to take off.

2. My sister gets free plane tickets because she works as .
3. I’d like to have an please, because I don’t like looking out of the window
on the plane.
4. You’re just allowed to have one on this flight, sir.
5. If there’s no room in the , put your bag under the seat in front of you.
6. I hope you packed the ! I plan to spend a lot of time at the beach.

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Part 2

column 1 column 2

boat licence

driver’s limit

gap placement

speed trip

steering wheel

work year

1. As soon as I get my , I’m going to buy a car.

2. Slow down! The here is only 30 kilometres per hour.
3. When your car sits in the sun for a long time, the gets very hot!
4. My cousin is taking a before she goes to university.
5. Next week, I’m starting a at a company that makes cups from recycled
paper.
6. Do you want to come with me on a around the island?

9 Pronunciation

Count the syllables in these words and decide which one is stressed. Then write the words in the
correct part of the table. You can write more than one word in each space.

aisle / anxiety / chocolate / creative / flavour / generous / patience / prediction / recipe / relaxed

O (1)

Oo (2) example:
picnic

oO (3)

Ooo (4)

oOo (5)

oOoo (6)

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10 Speaking

Complete both of these activities.

1 Picture description: Add five missing words in the text which describes this picture.

1 2
are two people in this picture. They look university students. I
3 4
think they’re taking an exam. The woman the left looks very serious.
5
the exam is difficult for her. The other woman is smiling. Perhaps she all the answers.

2 At the airport: write short answers to these check-in questions and requests. Write a maximum of
three words for each answer.

Staff: Where are you flying to today?

1
Passenger:
Staff: May I see your passport please?
2
Passenger: .
Staff: Are you checking any bags today?
3
Passenger: .
Staff: Did you pack your bag yourself?
4
Passenger: .
Staff: Place your bag on the scales.
Passenger: OK.
Staff: Here’s your boarding pass.
5
Passenger: .

*Optional extension: describe one of these pictures.

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11 Reflect on your learning

When you are learning a language, it is helpful to stop and think about what you can/can’t do after
your lessons. Put a Xin one column of the table to show your skills and abilities.

language area I can do it - it’s I can do it I can’t do it.

easy! sometimes.

Grammar: I can -ed and -ing

use these forms adjective endings
accurately in
context

very, really, so, a

bit, a little, too +
adjective

types of adverbs
and their
sentence
positions

future forms for

timetables and
plans or
arrangements

future forms for

predictions

future forms for

plans and
intentions

future forms for

suggestions and
offers of help

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Vocabulary: I TV shows
understand the
meaning of a
range of words
related to these
topics"

adjectives of
character

airports and
planes

geography of
Iceland

driving

gap years

days out

Pronunciation: I syllable number

can recognise and stress
and produce patterns
these accurately

Speaking: I can describing a

use this language picture
correctly in
context

at the airport:
requests,
questions,
announcements
and instructions

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Key
1. Grammar: Adjective endings

Total 10 points.
The extra words are scaring and depressed.
1. exciting 2. shocked 3. confusing 4. scary 5. confused
6. interested 7. scared 8. excited 9. interesting 10. shocking

2. Grammar: Comparative and superlative adjectives

Total 10 points.
Students must identify and correct the mistake to get the point. Award half a point for identifying the mistake but
not correcting it.
1. Bananas are a lot sweeter than apples. 2. Oranges are slightly/a bit/a little sweeter than apples.
3. correct 4. Oranges are a bit juicier than apples.
5. Bananas are a little more expensive than oranges. 6. Bananas are better than apples.
7. correct 8. Oranges are the juiciest.
9. Bananas are the most expensive. 10. I think oranges are the best fruit.

3. Grammar: Adverbs

Total 10 points.
1. They’ve always wanted to get a dog.
3. You’re definitely my favourite child.
5. We’ll probably have pasta for dinner.
7. Today he’s cleaning the house. / He’s cleaning the
house today.
9. She’s a very nice person.
2. Please carry those glasses carefully.
4. Later I’m going to see my parents. / I’m going to see
my parents later.
6. I lived in Paris for three years and I had a lovely flat
there.
8. I am usually on time for meetings.
10. I can’t play the piano well.

4. Grammar: Futures 1 - timetables, arrangements, and plans

Total 10 points.
1. having 2. ’ll
3. ’m going to go 4. meet
5. ’s having 6. leave
7. ’re going to paint 8. ’re playing
9. ’s going to relax 10. Shall

5. Grammar: Futures 2 - predictions

Total 10 points.
1. will 2. to close
3. could 4. might
5. unlikely to spend 6. won’t

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7. might 8. is going to change

9. definitely 10. probably

6. Vocabulary: TV shows and the geography of Iceland

Total 8 points.
There are two correct spellings of the plural form of a volcano.
1. quiz 2. documentary
3. volcanoes/volcanos 4. glaciers
5. waterfalls 6. whales
7. drama 8. news

7. Vocabulary: Adjectives of character and personality

Total 10 points.
1. anxious 2. impolite
3. polite 4. patient
5. confident 6. moody
7. health-conscious 8. dishonest
9. lovely 10. relaxed

8. Vocabulary: Mixed vocabulary

Total 12 points.
Students must get both parts of the item correct; award half a point if only one component is correct.
Part 1
a. seat belt b. cabin crew
c. aisle seat d. carry-on bag
e. overhead locker f. sun cream

Part 2
a. driver’s licence b. speed limit
c. steering wheel d. gap year
e. work placement f. boat trip

9. Pronunciation

Total 10 points.
Note that choc(O)late is pronounced with two syllables.
1. aisle
2. chocolate; flavour; patience
3. relaxed
4. generous; recipe
5. creative; prediction
6. anxiety

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10. Speaking

Total for picture description 5 points.

For airport dialogue 5 points; sample answers are given - accept any reasonable alternatives.
The extension activity is optional. Give students a minute to choose a photo and prepare what they want to
say without making any notes. If you want to give a score, you could give a maximum of 3 points for each of
these criteria: use of target language, fluency, accuracy and pronunciation. These scores are not factored into the
percentage points for the test.
1 Picture description:
1. There 2. like
3. on 4. Maybe
5. knows

2 At the airport:
a. To Paris. b. Here you are
c. Just this one d. Yes, I did
e. Thank you

11. Reflect on your learning

This is a self-assessment activity which is informed by student performance in the review exercises. If students
are finding a particular language area difficult, they should plan to review it and the teacher can advise on how to
do this.

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