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Grammar
1 Complete with the verbs in the Past simple.
Gloria’s blog!
The family dinner yesterday 0 was
disaster! My mum and I ___________ (make) a
1
3 Complete the second sentence, b, so it means
the same as the first sentence.
0 a He hates cycling!
b He doesn’t like cycling.
1 a Do your homework! It’s very important!
b You have .
a 2 a They finish the project tomorrow.

b They’re going .
really, really nice cake for our visitors, my
grandparents. But we 2___________ (not / put) 3 a We’ve got no time!
it in the fridge – and that was a big mistake! b We haven’t got .

When my grandparents ___________ (arrive) 4 a She’s a really good swimmer.

at the house for lunch, we 4___________ b She swims .
(give) them a drink, and then my granddad
5 a He’s about 53 or 54.
suddenly 5___________ (say) “The cat! The
b He’s in .
cat! What’s wrong with the cat?” Everyone
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red! I 7___________ (not / understand) why,
but then I 8___________ (go) into the kitchen, Vocabulary
... and I 9___________ (see) everything! The 4 Match the sentence halves.
cat 10___________ (have) jam on its face and
0 I’m very busy at a for the train.
there wasn’t a cake! My mum was really angry
work and I feel
and the cat is not very popular in our house at
1 I check b a lot of coffee
the moment!
at work.
2 They want to give c to the new
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album in the car.
2 Tick () or correct the sentences. 3 We can listen d stressed.

0 Can I use internet? the internet 4 You drink e my emails all

the time.
1 There are a lot of bills.
5 We’re waiting f Ian a present.
2 The newsagent’s is opposite of the car park.
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3 Sssh! Be quiet. The baby sleeps. 5 Cross out the odd word out.
0 between grey opposite
4 How many persons are there in your 1 brown purple skirt
English class?
2 fat fight slim
5 Mike’s got a new car.
3 fish marmalade salary
Score [ /5] 4 borrow sweater tights
5 alive dead sleep

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6 Complete with one word from the box. There’s
one word you don’t need.
cash church discount dress
lake petrol station trainers
0 Take the car to the petrol station.
1 Harriet’s wearing a new ___________ for
the party.
2 Tickets are €10, but there’s a 10%
___________ for teenagers. So it’s €9 for
you.
3 I want to go for a run but I can’t find my
___________.
4 We don’t accept credit cards or cheques.
You have to pay in ___________.
5 We like swimming in the ___________ in
summer.
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7 Order the letters to make words.
0 We’re going to eat some eggs
(sgeg)
1 My dad always has ___________ for
breakfast. (canob)
2 Let’s get some ___________ water.
(limaner)
3 We need ___________ to make chips.
(spooteta)
4 We can’t cook ___________, because Lucy
doesn’t eat meat. (neckich)
5 I’m not hungry. I just want a ___________.
(ughorty)
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Reading
8 Read the blog. True or False?
0 Michelle is Roger’s wife.
1 Roger loved his trip round the world.
2 They flew to France.
3 They always slept in hotels.
4 They travelled in Africa on public transport.
5 They visited a total of three continents.
6 Roger’s story is going to continue in a future
blog.
Roger’s blog – Round the world!
Yesterday was the last day of my trip round
the world with my girlfriend Michelle. She
graduated on 1 June, and the next day, we
started travelling! She’s Chinese and I’m
English! It was an incredible adventure and I
had a wonderful time.
We started in England in King’s Cross station
for the train under the sea to Paris, and then
across France to Marseilles. That was very
expensive but it was good fun. We met our
friend Louis in Marseilles and we stayed one
night in his flat. Then he drove us to Spain.
We sailed from Algeciras (Spain) to Tangiers in
Morocco. The weather was terrible on the boat
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on the bus, from city to city all the time. Then,
in South Africa, we took a plane to Buenos
.
Aries.
Finally, we travelled all the way to Rio on
bikes! (Really!) It was amazing! My legs were
really strong at the end. Then, we got a plane
to Los Angeles. I’m going to tell you all about
that experience ... next time!
9 Read the text again. Answer the questions.
0 When did the trip end?
It ended yesterday.
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1 What did Michelle finish before the trip began?
2 Where is Michelle from?
False
3 Which part of the trip was not cheap?
4 How did they get to Spain?
5 When did Roger feel ill?
6 Where did they cycle from and to?
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Listening Writing
10 2.5 Listen to a phone conversation. Answer 12 Write a description of someone you know:
the questions. e.g. a friend or a member of your family.
Write about 60 words. Use these questions
0 What is Ahmed doing?
to help you. (You don’t have to answer all the
He’s doing the washing-up. questions.):
1 Where’s Dan going to go after the phone call? • Where is he/she from? Age, nationality etc.?
• What does/he she look like?
• How/Where did you meet him/her?
2 How many people are there in Dan’s flat
(including him)? • Why do you like him/her?
• When you are together, what kind of things do
you do?
3 What was the problem with the flat this
morning?
I’m going to write about

4 What is Jo doing?

5 Where is Eric hoovering?

6 What is Katie doing in the living room?

7 What does Katie study?

8 What kind of hair does Katie have?

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Speaking
11 In pairs, get a card from your teacher.
Role-play the conversations.

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