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Answer key Unit 1
Test Higher Level
Listening
1 Listen and match the people to
the free-time activities. There are
three activities you don’t need to use.
Woman: Hi, Alex.
Boy: Hello.
Woman: Is that your stamp collection?
Boy: No. I don’t like collecting things. I like
doing puzzles. My sister, Kim, likes
collecting things. It’s her collection. She
also likes collecting pictures of animals,
like birds, fish and dogs.
Woman: That’s nice! What about Daisy? What
does she like doing?
Boy: She goes to the youth club twice a week.
Woman: Oh! Does she like playing music?
Boy: No, she doesn’t. She likes playing chess
with the other children at the club. She’s
very good at it!
Woman: And what about Charlie?
Boy: Charlie plays the piano and the drums.
He loves playing the drums! He loves
going to concerts, too. I sometimes go
with him.
Woman: And is that Vicky?
Boy: Yes, that’s right. She’s very clever. She
likes practising a foreign language.
Woman: Really?
Boy: Yes. She wants to learn Japanese next
year.
Woman: Wow! That’s interesting!
Answers: 1 d 2 e 3 h 4 b 5 a
2 Listen and complete the
sentences with one word.
Man: Good morning. Gresford Youth Club, how can
I help you?
Girl: Oh, hello. I’d like to become a member of the
club, please.
Man: That’s great! What activities are you
interested in?
Girl: Well, I love playing the drums, and I also like
collecting dolls and stamps.
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Man: OK. Well, there are drum lessons and guitar
lessons in the club in August, but they finish
after the school holiday. There aren’t any
music activities now, I’m afraid. But the ‘learn
to juggle’ classes start this week, on the 15th
of September.
Girl: Brilliant! I love juggling!
Man: You can choose classes on Monday or on
Thursday. They are from three o’clock to
five o’clock on Monday, or from six o’clock to
eight o’clock on Thursday.
Girl: Thursday from six o’clock to eight o’clock is
perfect for me. Thank you.
Man: OK, great. Can I help you with anything else?
Girl: Yes, my brother wants to come to the club
as well. He likes making things, like model
planes and cars.
Man: How old is your brother?
Girl: He’s ten.
Man: Perfect. There’s a weekend in October all
about making model ships. You have to be
at least eight to do that, so your brother
can come, no problem. The price for that
weekend is £15 if you come on Saturday and
Sunday, or £10 for just one day.
Girl: Thank you very much!
Man: No problem. Now what’s your name?
Answers: 1 holiday 2 juggle 3 Thursday 4 October
5 15/fifteen
3 Listen and write T (true), F (false)
or DS (doesn’t say).
Hello! Do you know how to play chess? Maybe you
like watching other people play, but you don’t play
because you think it’s too difficult?
Now there’s a website that can help you learn to be
a good chess player. It’s called kidschess.
Here’s some information about the game. Chess
is more than 1,000 years old. Two players play in
each game and they use a board with 64 squares.
Each player moves 16 pieces around the board.
To win the game, you need to ‘capture’ the other
player’s king. This move is called ‘checkmate’.
Now, about the website. Children from all around
the world play chess online here. You can have
fun and make new friends, and you can chat to the
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Answer key Unit 1

Test Higher Level

other children while you play! There are different 8 Look and complete the sentences
ways to play the game. You can play fast chess or with the correct activity.
slow chess against other children. Fast chess takes
Answers: 1 like practising a foreign language
just a few minutes to play, but slow chess gives 2 don’t like juggling 3 like going to pop concerts
you lots of time to think – a game can last for three 4 likes making things 5 doesn’t like using the
or four days! You can also play with the computer internet 6 like going fishing
instead of with another person. But the computer
is very good at chess, so that’s more difficult. You
9 Read Ceri’s message.
need to practise a lot first.
This website is free for children to use – you can
Now write about you and your best
use it with your parents or your friends, and you
don’t have to pay. friend.
Chess teachers who want to use the website with Answers: Pupils’ own answers.
their students pay to use the website. But it’s only
£8 for one month, or £90 for a year. Speaking
Sign up today and enjoy learning to play chess on
kidschess! 10 Name the activities.

Answers: 1 T 2 DS 3 F 4 T 5 T 6 F 11 A
 nswer the questions.
Answers:
Reading Part 1 1 go fishing 2 make things 3 do puzzles
4 play the drums 5 juggle 6 go to pop concerts
7 collect things 8 use the internet 9 play chess
4Read the email and complete the 10 practise a foreign language
sentences with one to three words. Part 2 Pupils’ own answers.
Answers: 1 use the computer/internet 2 (going)
fishing 3 luckier than 4 sporty 5 practises/speaks a
foreign

5Read and circle the correct answers.

Answers: 1 journalist 2 students 3 Four 4 students
5 healthy and strong 6 visiting places in Wales

6Read and circle the correct answers.

Answers: 1 d 2 d 3 a 4 a

Writing

7 Look and complete the sentences

with the correct activity.
Answers: 1 collecting things/stamps 2 playing
chess 3 juggling 4 using the internet 5 going fishing

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