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Name _____________________________________________________ Date ________________________________

Unit 4 | Reading
Read the text. Select True or False.

Gransby, 73
I've always been a creative person and I like to be different. For many years, I was a secretary
at a big multinational company. When I retired, I decided that I needed to do something
exciting - something to keep me young. I wanted to do something with art and I wanted
people to look at my work and say, 'Wow! That's different'. So, I became a graffiti artist and I
love it. I leave images of cats everywhere - on buses, train stations, old walls... It's a great way
to meet young people and to keep fit. It's not easy to paint a cat on a bridge or on a tall
building in the middle of the night! My children don't know about my new hobby. My
grandchildren don't know, either, although my work is all over town! Everyone is asking, who
is Gransby? They don't realise it is just an innocent old granny!
Simon, 14
I'm a young golfer. My father is a professional golfer. I want to become a professional, too. I'm
14, but I have already won the county under-16s golf championship. Next year, I want to enter
a national competition. I have to practise every day. Luckily, my school is flexible. I have
lessons in the afternoon after a few hours of practice on the golf course. Some people say that
golf is an old man's game, but I don't agree. I'd much rather play golf than other sports, like
football or rugby. Studies have shown that golf is good for stress levels, too. There isn't
another other sport that allows you to relax and enjoy the countryside in the same way. Some
of my friends have asked me why I don't do something more adventurous, like skydiving or
paragliding. They sound OK, but golf is my number one passion.
T F
1. Gransby is a retired grandfather who is a secret graffiti artist.

2. Gransby has painted on public buildings at night.

3. Gransby meets young people through her hobby, but her relatives don't
know about her activities.

4. Simon has won the national competition for young golfers.

5. Simon thinks skydiving and paragliding are too adventurous.

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Unit 4 | Listening
Listen to the conversation. Complete the sentences with the correct word.

BP2_U4_L8_audio.mp3
1. London Transport's lost property office is celebrating ___________________ years of lost
property collection.

2. In the 1960s, they collected 90,000 ___________________ a year.

3. Jane thinks that the coffin they have in the lost property office was used in the
___________________.

4. The strange things in the lost property exhibition include gas masks, a stuffed fox, a coffin and
false ___________________.

5. The lost property office has ___________________ worth a total of 250,000 pounds.

Unit 4 | Writing
Write an informal email to a friend. Follow the instructions below. Write up to 60 words.

• You haven't written to your friend for a long time. • Tell your friend about four to five things
you have done since you last met. • Ask your friend for news.

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Unit 4 | Grammar - Present perfect with for and since

Match the parts of the sentences.

1. I've played football for a. here since 1980.

2. My son's done karate since b. for years.

3. I've worked as a waiter since c. I got the job at the restaurant.

4. I've loved you d. he was 10 years old.

5. I've worked as a waiter e. 10 years.

Unit 4 | Grammar - Present perfect

Read the sentences. Choose True if grammatically correct and False if grammatically
incorrect.
T F
1. Susie has knitted lots of scarves.

2. I've never doing karate.

3. They've always wanted to go to Egypt.

4. Have you learned to drive a car?

5. He've tried lots of different sports.

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Unit 4 | Grammar - Present perfect and past simple

Complete the sentences with the correct present perfect or past simple form of the verbs
in brackets.

1. I ___________________ the bills last week. (pay)

2. We ___________________ the bills. (not pay)

3. He ___________________ his love of football. (lose)

4. Dad ___________________ his keys at the weekend. (lose)

5. They ___________________ shopping in town. (be)

Unit 4 | Grammar - Comparatives and superlatives

Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.

1. Doing the gardening is... making the breakfast.

a. more difficult
b. difficulter than
c. more difficult than

2. I think English is... language.

a. the best
b. the best than
c. better than

3. My sister is... person in my family.

a. the lazier
b. the laziest
c. lazier than

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4. Cars are... bicycles.

a. faster
b. more fast than
c. faster than

5. Clare is her... friend.

a. best
b. bestest
c. most best

Unit 4 | Vocabulary – Stages

Complete the sentences with the correct word(s).

1. Emily learned to walk and ___________________ when she was one.

2. Most teenagers want to become ___________________ from their parents.

3. I fell in ___________________ with Marcus when I was 18.

4. In the UK, most children go to school for ___________________ when they are five.

5. My mum learned to drive ___________________ when she was a young adult.

Unit 4 | Vocabulary – Activities

Read the text. Choose the correct option to complete the numbered gaps.
Howie: Kathy, what's your favourite hobby?
Kathy: Well, I haven't really got a favourite! I like lots of things. I [1] crafts, when I can.
Howie: What? Like knitting?
Kathy: Yes! And what's wrong with knitting?! I like other activities, too. I [2] football for a
women's team.
Howie: Now that's impressive! Do you [3] golf?

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Kathy: No, I don't like golf. Sometimes, on Sundays, I [4] fishing with my husband. What about
you, Howie? What hobby do you like best?
Howie: Oh, that's easy. I love karate. I [5] karate every Tuesday evening, and on Saturdays,
too.

1.
a. do
b. play
c. go

2.
a. do
b. play
c. go

3.
a. do
b. play
c. go

4.
a. do
b. play
c. go

5.
a. do
b. play
c. go

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Unit 4 | Vocabulary - Home life

Match the parts of the sentences.

1. How often do you do a. the breakfast at the weekend.

2. I'm paying b. after the children yesterday.

3. Sam looked c. jobs around the house?

4. My dad usually makes d. the bills at the moment.

5. When do you do the e. shopping?

Unit 4 | Vocabulary - Ages

Read the sentences. Select True or False.

T F
1. An adult is older than a child.

2. A teenager is older than a middle-aged person.

3. A young adult is younger than a teenager.

4. A pensioner is older than a baby.

5. A child is younger than a teenager.

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Teacher’s signature _______________________________________________________________________

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