VOCABULARY AND

GRAMMAR CONSOLIDATION
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AND EXTENSION
Contents
Starter Unit 6
Vocabulary and Grammar 2–3 Vocabulary: jobs and chores, money and
shopping
Unit 1 Grammar: be going to, future time
Vocabulary: free time activities, skills expressions, would like
and abilities Consolidation worksheets 24–25
Grammar: present simple and present Extension worksheets 26–27
continuous
Consolidation worksheets 4–5 Unit 7
Extension worksheets 6–7 Vocabulary: transport, verbs of movement (1)
Grammar: present perfect
Unit 2 Consolidation worksheets 28–29
Vocabulary: literature, professions Extension worksheets 30–31
Grammar: past simple, was / were,
could / couldn’t Unit 8
Consolidation worksheets 8–9 Vocabulary: sport and competitions, verbs of
Extension worksheets 10–11 movement (2)
Grammar: present perfect + for and since,
Unit 3 present perfect and past simple
Vocabulary: weather, natural disasters Consolidation worksheets 32–33
Grammar: past continuous, adverbs, Extension worksheets 34–35
past simple and past continuous
Consolidation worksheets 12–13 Unit 9
Extension worksheets 14–15 Vocabulary: personal issues, health
Grammar: should / shouldn’t, must / mustn’t,
Unit 4 tense review
Vocabulary: geography and landscape, animals Consolidation worksheets 36–37
Grammar: comparatives and superlatives, Extension worksheets 38–39
a / an, some, any
Consolidation worksheets 16–17 Answer key40–45
Extension worksheets 18–19

Unit 5
Vocabulary: science, science in the
classroom
Grammar: will / won’t, first conditional
Consolidation worksheets 20–21
Extension worksheets 22–23

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Celebrations
1 Complete the sentences with the words 3 What are you wearing? Write five sentences.
in the box.
I am wearing a blue T-shirt.
birthday carnival Christmas
Easter Halloween wedding

Congratulations on your wedding . We
hope you’ll be very happy together.
1 is a family celebration.

People decorate a tree, give presents and eat
turkey.
2 I love . I usually wear a witch’s
costume!
3 At people eat chocolate eggs.
4 Mum always bakes a cake on my
.
5 Rio de Janeiro has the biggest
in the world in February.

Clothes
2 Look at the pictures and complete the puzzle.
Across
1
S 2 8
2 3
C
A
R
F 9
4

5 6 7 Down
8
-
9 5

2
3
6
1

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Dates can / can’t

1 Match 1–6 with a–f. 4 Complete the sentences so they are true for you.
1 24/12/2018  a) The fourth of April, I can’t speak English, Chinese or
nineteen ninety-eight. German.
2 4/07/1982 b) The first of January, 1 I play a musical instrument.
nineteen ninety-nine. 2 I play tennis.
3 1/1/1999  c) The twenty-fourth of 3 I make a cake.
December, two thousand 4 I count to 100 in English.
and eighteen.
4 31/10/2000 d) The twenty-fifth of
be: affirmative and negative
December, two thousand
and nine.
and questions
5 25/12/2009  e) The fourth of July, 5 Circle the correct words.
nineteen eighty-two. They are / is 14 years old.
6 4/4/1998   f) The thirty-first of October, 1 He is not / am not from Turkey.
two thousand. 2 I am / aren’t ten years old.
3 She is / are my best friend.
Possessive adjectives 4 We isn’t / aren’t from London.
2 Complete the sentences with possessive 5 Madrid is / am the capital of Spain.
adjectives.
6 Order the words to make questions. Then write
Lucy’s dress is red and her shoes short answers.
are red too.
good at / Are you / English ? (✔)
1 Antoni’s trousers are blue and
shirt is red. Are you good at English? Yes, I am.
2 Mum’s coat is black and scarf 1 New York / Is / the capital / of the USA ? (✘)
is pink.
3 I’m wearing a leather jacket with
new jeans. 2 Hassan and Pablo / Are / English names ? (✘)
4 They have new shoes, but
socks are old.
5 We like fashion. favourite 3 Is / your teacher / that / over there ? (✔)
shops are in London.

4 Sevilla and Barcelona / Are / big cities ? (✔)
Possessive ’s
3 Circle the correct words.
Maria's / Marias hair is brown. 5 Are / an English student / you ? (✔)
1 Phil’s / Phils’ jeans are blue.
2 The boys’ / boys trainers are white.
3 Tina’s / Tinas’ hair is brown and curly.
4 The dogs’ / dogs are wearing coats.
5 Jack’s / Jacks’ coat is red.

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UNIT
Free time activities
1 Match the words to form free time activities. 2 Complete the sentences with some of the words
 1 go   a) concert from exercise 1.
 2 go to a b) online We often play volleyball at the beach at the
 3 go to the  c) shopping weekend.
 4 hang out d) café
1 Do you during lessons? No, we
 5 listen to  e) water sports
 6 send   f) with your friends can’t use our phones in class.
 7 play g) text messages 2 I every day and do an hour of
 8 do h) volleyball exercise.
 9 go to a   i) gym 3 I all the time. Justin Bieber and
10 chat   j) music Beyoncé are my favourite singers.
4 The boys at the lake in the
summer. They love surfing.
5 I can to my friends on my
smartphone.

Skills and abilities

3 Label the pictures.

sing 1 2

3 4 5

4 Complete the sentences with some of the words from exercise 3.

I sing in the school choir. It’s great fun.
1 My sister can the guitar very well.
2 My dad s his motorbike to work.
3 That woman is a very good artist. She s very well.
4 My brother s delicious cakes.
5 This is my dog, Rex. He can tricks.

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UNIT
Present simple: Present continuous: questions
affirmative and negative and answers
1 Complete the sentences with the present simple 4 Order the words to make questions. Then match
form of the verbs in brackets. the questions with answers a–f.
I don’t like (not like) going to 1 are / doing / What / you ?
summer camps. What are you doing?
1 Jack (like) doing sports. 2 Where / is / going / she ?
2 Tina (enjoy) playing the piano.
3 They (not go) to the gym 3 singing / Why / you / are ?
every day.
4 We always (surf) the internet in 4 are / singing / you / What ?
our free time.
5 I (not speak) Portuguese. 5 Why / trainers / are / wearing / they ?

Present simple: questions and 6 Are / lunch / cooking / you / today ?

answers
2 Circle the correct words. Then complete the short
answers.  a) Yes, I am. We’re having pasta.
b) I’m sending a text to Leah. l
Do / Does you like adventure parks?  c) I’m practising for the concert tonight.
Yes, I do . d) It’s the new song by Bruno Mars.
1 Do / Does you and your friend go shopping
 e) She’s going to Yasmine’s house.
every weekend? No, .
  f) They’re going to play volleyball.
2 Do / Does she surf the internet at the
weekend? Yes, .
3 Do / Does they do water sports in the sea? Present simple and present
No, . continuous
4 Do / Does you listen to music at home? 5 Complete the sentences with the present simple
Yes, . or present continuous form of the verbs in
5 Do / Does he go to the gym every morning? No, brackets.
.
I ’m learning how to play the guitar. (learn)
1 My friends (go) to a concert
Present continuous now, but I can’t because I have an exam
3 Complete the sentences using the present tomorrow.
continuous. 2 Tom always (tell) jokes at
(I / look) I’m looking for information on parties.
activity camps on the internet. 3 My aunt (bake) a cake for my
1 Look at this photo. (The children / surf) party at the moment.
in the sea. 4 Jo (not hang out) with her
2 In this photo, (they / play) friends. She’s at home with her parents.
volleyball. 5 I (not like) chatting online all
3 (They / laugh) in this photo, so the time. I prefer talking to people.
I think they’re having fun.
4 Look at this photo. (The boy / sing)
on a stage.
5 There’s a girl next to the boy. (She / not sing)
. She’s dancing.

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UNIT
Free time activities Skills and abilities
1 Match the activities in the box with the 3 Circle the correct words.
definitions.
My little sister sings / dances all the time: in
chat online  do watersports  go to a concert the shower, in the car and when she does her
go to a café  hang out with friends homework.
send text messages  surf the internet  1 I don’t speak French / cook very often. I don’t
enjoy it and Mum makes better food than me.
Do activities on the water, such as surfing or  2 My mum always bakes a cake / does tricks for
sailing. do watersports my birthday. She has a special recipe.
1 Look for information online.  3 Jack’s uncle rides a motorbike / drives a car
2 Talk to people on the internet. to work. It’s faster than going by car.
 4 We don’t speak French / don’t cook. However,
3 Go to a coffee shop. we are learning English and German.
4 Write and send short messages on your mobile  5 Fran’s dog can tell jokes / do tricks. He can
phone. dance on two legs.
5 Meet your friends and do something.  6  She sings good songs / tells good jokes.
Everyone always laughs.
6 Listen to and watch your favourite band.  7 I am acting / dancing in the school play. I’m
the villain!
 8 They play musical instruments / draw
2 Complete the sentences with the phrases in the pictures in nursery school. The teacher puts
box. Use the correct form of the verb.
them on the wall.
go for a run  go shopping  go to a concert  9 Dad drives a car / does tricks. It’s red and it
go to the gym  listen to music goes very fast.
play computer games  play volleyball 10 James sings / writes songs for his band. He
doesn’t sing them because he’s shy.
My brother loves playing computer games on
his games console.
1 My dad every Saturday
morning. He’s training for the marathon.
2 We after school on Monday
and Wednesday. We have a good team.
3 I on my MP3 player on the
bus.
4 My friend and I at the
shopping centre on Saturdays.
5 Nicolas . I think Rihanna is
singing.
6 I on Saturdays. I like the
dance classes.

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UNIT
Present simple: affirmative, Present simple and present
negative and questions continuous
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of 3 Complete the questions and answers using the
the verbs in the box. present simple or continuous form of the verbs in
brackets.
cook go not play not tell
paint play speak Does your brother go
to the gym very often? Yes, he goes
He doesn’t tell jokes, he prefers dancing every day. (go, go)
and singing. 1 Ana in plays
1 you a musical or only in films? She in both.
instrument? (act, act)
2 Mr Smith pictures of 2 What language those girls
landscapes and sells them to tourists. at the moment? I’m not sure.
3 They computer games during I  it’s Polish. (speak, think)
the week. They can only play them at the 3 What you a
weekend. photo of? The old house. It
4 he to the gym so beautiful with the sun shining on the roof.
every day? (take, look)
5 I English at school and French 4 Where we the
at home with my parents. exam today? The teacher it’s in
6 your mother the main hall. (take, say)
traditional food? 5 What you ?
A DVD. It’s the new Superman film.
Present continuous: affirmative, you to watch it
too? (watch, want)
negative and questions
2 Order the words to make questions and put the Cumulative grammar
verbs in the present continuous. Then complete
4 Complete the dialogue.
the answers.
John: Hi! What (1) are you doing ?
are / you / what / do ?
Tim:  Hi, John. I (2) online with
What are you doing?
some new friends.
I’m going for a run with Nicky. John: Great. Who (3) they?
1 you two / go / where / are ? Tim:  Well, this is Joe. He’s very sporty. Today
he (4) volleyball, but the
to the mall to do some team is on a break right now. That’s Tom.
shopping. He’s always online. He (5)
2 you / enjoy / are / yourselves ? computer games all the time, but he also
likes chatting.
Yes, . John: I (6) chatting online, but I
3 Tom / is / watch / a DVD ? prefer to surf the internet. You can learn so
much. Is George in the group?
No, . Tim:  No, he (7) . He
4 are / go / you / to a concert / tonight ? (8) computers very much.
He’s more artistic. Right now he
Yes, . (9) in a play at the Queen’s
5 where / they / do / water sports ? Theatre. In his free time, he
(10) songs and
them on the lake in the park. (11) the guitar.

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Literature Professions
1 Read the clues and complete the puzzle. What 2 Order the letters and label the pictures.
is the mystery word?
cnarde ehateIt inamcuis inoilipatc
  1 A story we tell young children. It has leprxore lopit ntrovnei otsatunar
magical events. tarpien  teinstics
  2 The main character in a
novel solves a crime.
  3 This book gives information about a city or
country.
 4 A book helps you bake nice
cakes.
  5 The characters in a story 1
inventor 2
can travel into the future.
  6 A novel is about events in
the past.
  7 The author tells the story of his life in this
book.
  8 A book that tells the life story of another
person. 4
3 5
 9 A book is a book of poems.
10 The mystery word is: .

1 10
F A I R Y T A L E
2

3
6 7
4

9 8 9

3 Complete the sentences using some of the words from exercise 2.

Neil Armstrong was the first astronaut to walk on the Moon.
1 Vanessa Mae is an excellent . She plays the violin.
2 Mo Farah is an amazing . He won the 5,000 m and the 10,000 m Olympic gold
medals in 2012 and 2016.
3 Mariano Rajoy is a Spanish . He is in the Partido Popular.
4 Beyoncé is a good and singer.
5 Pablo Picasso was a famous Spanish .
6 Vasco da Gama, an from Portugal, sailed from Europe to India.

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UNIT
Past simple: affirmative and was / were
negative and questions 3 Complete the sentences with was, wasn’t, were
1 Rewrite the sentences so they are true. or weren’t.

Mariano Rajoy wasn’t president of Spain King Arthur was a legendary King.
in 2013. 1 There any people in the park.
Mariano Rajoy was president of Spain in 2017. 2 the play good? No, it
1 David Beckham didn’t play football for .
England. 3 My friends outside the cinema.
They inside buying popcorn.
2 Steve Job's dad didn’t work in a bank. 4 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle a
writer. His famous character, Sherlock Holmes,
3 Shakespeare wrote science fiction novels. a detective.
5 Buzz Aldrin the first man on the
4 Rowan Atkinson didn’t perform at the Moon. Neil Armstrong the first.
Edinburgh festival. 6 Pippa and Sean in the library
this afternoon? No, they .
5 Rafael Nadal didn’t win the French Open
in 2013. could / couldn’t

4 Circle the correct words.
2 Order the words to make questions. Then write I’m good at languages now, but I could /
short answers. couldn’t speak English when I was six.
go / your friends / Did / on Saturday / to the 1 I could / couldn’t see the stage because the
cinema ? (4) man in front was very tall!
Did your friends go to the cinema on Saturday? 2 We could / couldn’t look around the rooms in
Yes, they did. the Sherlock Holmes Museum. We saw lots of
1 you / read / The Hunger Games / at the his possessions.
weekend / Did ? (4) 3 The singer wasn’t very good. She could /
couldn’t remember the words of the song!
4 The TV was noisy. Mum could / couldn’t hear
2 you a text message / I / Did / send ? (8) the person on the phone.
5 Could / Couldn’t you understand the play? Yes,
I could / couldn’t.
3 your brother / study maths / Did / at
university ? (4)

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UNIT
Literature Professions
1 Complete the sentences with the words 2 Complete the definitions.
in the box.
A painter is someone who does
adventure story  autobiography  portraits of people.
biography  comic novel  cookery book
detective novel  fairy tales 1 A is someone who flies a plane
historical novel  romantic novel  thriller or helicopter.
travel guides 2 An is someone who designs or
builds a road, bridge or building.
My mum loves cooking so I bought her a Jamie 3 An is someone who flies in
Oliver cookery book . space.
  1 Lonely Planet make for 4 An is someone who competes
countries all over the world. in sports such as running, long jump or javelin.
  2 Life, Love and Texting is a romantic novel and 5 A is someone who investigates
a . It really made me laugh. and discovers new facts.
  3 Tom Oldfield wrote Rafael Nadal, a 6 A is someone who plays an
about the famous tennis instrument like the piano, violin or oboe.
player. 7 A is someone who makes
  4 The Lightning Thief is about a boy called people laugh.
Percy Jackson who is brave and clever, 8 A is someone who works in
and does lots of exciting things. This is an government.
. 9 An is someone who designs
  5 Nelson Mandela told the story of his life in his and makes something new.
, The Long Walk to Freedom. 10 An is someone who finds new
 6 The Bourne Identity is a about places in the world.
a man who starts learning about his past.
3 Circle the correct words.
Someone wants to kill him!
  7 Cinderella and Snow White are two very Charlie Chaplin was an excellent painter / actor.
famous . 1 Carmen Amaya was an amazing writer / dancer
  8 Michael Morpurgo wrote the great who came from Spain.
Toro Toro! The events happen 2 Pablo Picasso was a wonderful painter / writer
in Spain during the Civil War. who was born in Málaga, Spain.
  9 Eight Great Sherlock Holmes Stories is about 3 Buzz Aldrin is not as famous as Neil Armstrong
Sherlock Holmes and how he always does because he was the second pilot / astronaut
the right work to find the criminal. This is a to walk on the Moon.
. 4 Tim Berners-Lee is the computer scientist /
10 Beautiful Creatures is a wonderful engineer who invented the World Wide Web.
. It is about the love that grows 5 Barack Obama is an inventor / a politician who
between Ethan and Lena. became the first black president of the USA.

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UNIT
Past simple could / couldn’t
1 Complete these sentences with the past simple 4 Complete the sentences with could or couldn’t.
form of the verbs in the box. couldn’t
I speak English when I was two.
come find hate not think see wish
1 My younger brother see the
Jane wished she was on holiday. stage, so I changed places with him.
1 They the Shakespeare play. It 2 When he was young, dad
was too tragic for them. play the guitar and sing well. He’s a natural
2 I J.K. Rowling in a shop musician.
yesterday, but I didn’t say anything. 3 I finish my homework last
3 He an old painting in the attic night. It was very difficult.
and it could be valuable. 4 They speak two languages
4 We the festival would be so because their mother was English and their
much fun. It was brilliant! father was Spanish.
5 My brother first in a writing 5 I read from an early age.
competition last week. I loved books.

was / were Cumulative grammar

2 Complete the text with was / wasn’t or were / 5 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of
weren’t. the words in the box.

We went to see a play last night. It (1) be  do go know look surf travel

was Shakespeare’s comedy Much
Jane: Hi! What (1) are you doing?
Ado About Nothing. It (2) very
Paula: I (2) the internet. I need
good and we laughed all the way through.
some information on explorers in the
There (3) some very good
16th century. It’s my history homework.
actors. The main actor, who played Benedict,
Jane:  Right. Well, I (3) about
(4) excellent. But I think they
Christopher Columbus and Amerigo
need to improve their publicity. The theatre
Vespucci.
(5) full. In fact, there
Paula: So do I. I (4) for
(6) many people in the
some other explorers now. Who
audience at all.
(5) Vasco da Gama?
Jane: I don’t know.
Past simple: questions Paula: Here we are. He was a Portuguese
3 Write questions using the past simple. Then explorer. He was the first European to
write the answers. reach India.
Jane:  When (6) he
Who / be / Frida Kahlo? (an artist)
to India?
Who was Frida Kahlo?
Paula: In 1498.
She was an artist.
Jane:  He (7) to India again in
1 be / Pablo Picasso / explorer? (No) 1502, but that trip was not so successful.

2 Who / write / the Harry Potter books? (J.K.
Rowling)

3 Christopher Columbus / discover
Australia? (No)

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UNIT
Weather Natural disasters
1 Find eleven weather words in the wordsquare. 3 Label the pictures.

L S U N N Y L H Y I
T D B L I Z Z A R D
H B A O F C M I W E
U S T M D G Y L F A
volcano
N F O R P R P S O Y
D S T O R M Y T G W
E E R T I C D O G I
R H A I D O P N Y N
H E A T W A V E D D
C L O U D Y Y S E Y 1 2

2 Complete the sentences with the words in

the box.
blizzards  cloudy foggy heatwave 
icy  stormy thunder  windy

cloudy 3 4
The south was and there was
rain in the afternoon.
1 It was very in Scotland. Drivers
couldn’t see where they were going.
2 It was in the west of England,
which was good for windsurfers and kite flyers.
3 There was a in southern 5 6
Europe. Temperatures rose to 35 degrees.
4 In Canada there were . The 4 Circle the correct words.
snow was falling very heavily.
The volcano / drought in Mexico is
5 The roads across Russia were very
erupting again.
as temperatures fell to -20˚C.
6 In South America, it was . There 1 Oklahoma often has earthquakes / tornadoes.
was a lot of and lightning. The strong winds destroy buildings there.
2 There were several wildfires / avalanches in
the French Alps last year.
3 There was a drought / flood in Hungary in 2013.
There was a lot of water in people’s homes.
4 The Black Forest wildfire / drought destroyed a
large area of land in Colorado.
5 There are a lot of floods / droughts in African
countries because it doesn’t rain very often.
6 Earthquakes / Hurricanes often happen in
southern USA in September. The storms are
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UNIT
Past continuous: affirmative Adverbs
and negative and questions 3 Complete the sentences with the adverb of the
1 Complete the sentences using the past adjectives in brackets.
continuous. Don’t worry. The exam isn’t difficult. You’ll pass
ski 8 ice-skate 4 it easily . (easy)
Jan wasn’t skiing . 1 It’s cold outside. Dress . (warm)
He was ice-skating . 2 The roads are very icy. Drive .
1 swim 4 play tennis 8 (careful)
Jane . She . 3 The dogs are hungry. They’re eating very
2 do their homework 4 watch TV 8 . (noisy)
The children . 4 He had an accident and hurt his leg
They . . (bad)
5 It’s snowing . I think it’s a
3 read 4 sleep 8
blizzard. (heavy)
I .I .
4 sing 8 act 4
We . We .
Past simple and past
continuous
5 snow 4 rain 8
It . It . 4 Circle the correct words.
We were eating in a restaurant when the
2 Complete the questions with the verbs in earthquake happened / was happening.
brackets. Then match them with answers a–f.
1 I heard / was hearing Dad shout while I was
1 Were you swimming this watching the TV.
morning? (swim) 2 They were skiing / skied down the mountain
2 Tom yesterday when the avalanche started.
morning? (ski) 3 We were having / had a beach holiday in
3 they the party? Cancún when the hurricane hit.
(enjoy)
4 He wasn’t driving / didn’t drive slowly when
4 you your
his car hit the ice on the road.
homework when I phoned? (do)
5 The wildfire spread quickly while we were
5 Jean in the
library? (work) getting / got water.
6 they for a
walk? (go)

 a) Yes, I was.  l

b) Yes, they were. It was great fun!
 c) Yes, she was.
d) No, they weren’t. They were reading.
 e) No, he wasn’t.
  f) No, I wasn’t. I finished it yesterday.

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UNIT
Weather Natural disasters
1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. 3 Complete the sentences with the words in the
blizzard  cloudy  damp  foggy  hailstones box.
heatwave  icy  snowy  stormy  sunny drought  earthquake  fire  flood  hurricane
thunder and lightning landslide  tornado  tsunami  volcano

The barbecue was great. It was cloudy
and the sun didn’t shine, but we had a good
time.
1 Did you see the size of those
They were enormous. The size of ice cubes.
2 The forecast says that this is
going to last all week. So enjoy the warmth and
sunshine.
3 I hate driving when the roads are
. The car slips all over the place.
4 This is an impressive storm. The
is amazing. I’m glad I’m inside
though.
5 I don’t think we should go climbing this
weekend. The forecast says there might be a
in the mountains.
6 I love looking at the mountains when it’s
. The white snow makes them
look beautiful.
7 Look at the blue sky. It’s going to be
today. Let’s go swimming in the
park.
8 It was very yesterday. There
were black clouds and a lot of wind and rain.
9 This fine rain is horrible. It makes everything
and cold.
10 It’s very today. I can’t see
anything out of the window!
A(n) tornado is a strong and dangerous
wind that moves in a circle. You can find them
in the USA but never in Antarctica.
? 1 In December 2004, a(n) started
in the Indian Ocean and huge waves killed
thousands.
2 In 1666, the Great of London
burned many buildings and houses.
3 In 1906, a(n) hit San Francisco.
The ground moved for seconds and many
buildings fell.
4 In 2006, a(n) hit New Orleans.
The strong winds destroyed many buildings
and there were terrible floods.
5 In China, it didn’t rain from 1876–1879. This
killed over nine million people.
6 s caused by heavy rain killed
around 50 people in Jakarta in January 2013.
7 There was a large at a mine in
Tibet in April 2013, when tonnes of mud and
rock moved down the mountainside.
8 In 79ad, Mount Vesuvius erupted. The eruption
of this was catastrophic.

2 Circle the correct words.

It’s a lovely sunny / rainy day today. It feels
quite warm too.
1 I can’t believe I forgot my umbrella. It’s so
warm / wet.
2 Don’t light a fire here in the forest. It’s so
dry / windy. The grass could catch fire.
3 My hair is a mess. It’s so cloudy / windy today.
It’s blowing my hair everywhere.
4 I’m really cold. When do you think the blizzard /
thunder will stop, so we can go home?
5 I don’t like driving in rainy / foggy weather. It’s
really hard to see the road.

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Past continuous Past simple and past
1 What were they doing? Write complete questions continuous
and answers. Use the past continuous. 3 Complete the text with the past simple or past
continuous form of the verbs in brackets.
Two skiers (1) had (have) a lucky
escape yesterday. Jane and Bill Johnson
(2) (ski) down a mountain when a
swim / sleep
blizzard (3) (start). It
Was she swimming?
No, she wasn't. She was sleeping. (4) (snow) hard and they couldn’t
see in front of them. They (5)
(find) a rock ledge which offered some shelter.
They decided to stay there while the snow
(6)  (fall) so heavily. They were cold
and they (7) (not have) any food
1 play football / play tennis
or drink with them, so they were hungry too. But
they (8) (go) anywhere in the snow
storm. After an hour, the blizzard stopped and they
(9) (ski) down the mountain safely.
They (10) (not ski) again that day!

2 skate / ski Cumulative grammar

4 Complete the text with the words in the box. Use
the correct form of the verbs.

be be be his have make
organize plan race their win

3 pick apples / climb tree is

The Antarctic (1) very
inhospitable. It (2) an extremely
cold climate and it (3)
permanently snowy and icy. Captain Scott
Adverbs (4) a British explorer of the
2 Circle the correct words. Antarctic. He (5) his first
expedition to the Antarctic between 1901 and
Yesterday was a brightly / bright sunny day.
1904. In 1910, he (6) a second
1 My brothers are in a band and they always play trip. This time he (7) Roald
the drums very noisy / noisily. Amundsen to be the first man to reach the South
2 It’s snowing very hard / hardly. I think it’s a Pole. Amundsen (8) the race.
blizzard. (9) team arrived two weeks
3 It’s very cold outside and there is a lot of snow, earlier than Scott. Sadly, Scott and the rest of his
so dress warm / warmly. team died on the return journey.
4 I thought the exam was easy / easily. (10) bodies were found later
I finished early. that year by another expedition team. 2013 was the
5 It’s very foggy tonight, so drive carefully / centenary of Scott’s expedition and another polar
careful. You don’t want to have an accident. explorer, Ben Saunders, (11) to
repeat Scott’s journey.

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UNIT
Geography and landscape
1 Read the clues and complete the puzzle.
Across Down
 2 The Pacific is the world’s biggest … . 1 A very big hill.
 5 A cascade of water. 3 An area of land in the middle of the sea.
 7 An area of high rocks next to the sea. 4 A deep, narrow valley with very steep sides.
 9 An area of very dry land. 6 An underground area in the rocks.
10 
A group of rocks near the shore, where 7 The part of the country next to the sea.
fish live. 8 A large wood.

1
M
2
O
3
U
4
N
5 6
T
A
7 8
I
9
N

10

Animals
2 Label the pictures. 3 Complete the sentences with words from
exercise 2.
Crocodile s like to eat fish and small
animals.
1 Hunters kill s for their tusks.
2 s need to eat a lot of fish.
crocodile 1 2 3 s have very long necks to reach
the leaves in the trees.
4 s are becoming rarer and rarer
in the UK.
5 People hunt the for its horn.
3 4

5 6

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UNIT
Comparatives and
superlatives
1 Look at the pictures. Write complete sentences 2 Complete the questions with the superlative
using the comparative form of the adjectives. form of the adjectives in brackets. Then match
the questions with answers a–f.

1 1 What is the highest mountain in

Spain? (high)
2 What is river in the
world? (long)
3 What is city in the
world? (expensive)
4 What is ocean in the
world? (big)
5 What is country in
2 3
Europe? (small)
6 What is building in
Europe? (tall)

 a) the Mercury City Tower, Russia

b) Vatican City
 c) Teide l
d) the Pacific
 e) the Nile
4 5
  f) Hong Kong

a / an, some, any

3 Complete the sentences with a / an, some or any.
Have you got any polar bears in
the zoo?
1 I’ve got owl in the garden.
2 They’ve got pet snake
Tom / tall / Tim called Slytherin.
Tom is taller than Tim. 3 We saw penguins at the
1 New York / busy / Witney aquarium today.
4 Are there butterflies in
2 The mouse / small / the rhinoceros the garden?
5 blue whale can weigh
3 Lin / beautiful / Ann 170 tonnes.

4 Circle the correct words.

4 Two people / good / one person
The Emperor penguin lives in (1) the / an
Antarctic. It doesn’t have (2) any / some hair. It
5 Kim / intelligent / Phil has feathers to keep it warm. It has flippers to
help it swim very fast. (3) The / An male emperor
penguin finds a female penguin and they
produce (4) an / the egg. The male penguin keeps
(5) some / the egg warm until it hatches. (6) Any /
Some other penguins produce two eggs and they
take turns to watch the eggs.

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UNIT
Geography and landscape Animals
1 Complete the sentences. 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
Canyon the words in the box.
The Grand is in the state of
Arizona in the USA. bee butterfly crocodile elephant
owl penguin polar bear rhinoceros
1 The Great Barrier is near the snake  whale
coast of Queensland, Australia.
2 Niagara Falls is a group of three There are over 70 different types of
on the border between the USA and Canada. whale . They live in salt water.
3 Table in South Africa is full of
wildlife.
4 The Amazon is the world’s largest rain
. 1 An is believed to be a
5 The Sahara is one of the driest wise animal.
places on Earth. 2 only live in the Arctic. They
6 The Dead Sea is a of salty water don’t live in the Antarctic.
you can float in. 3 A is usually bigger than an
7 The Blue in Greece has a alligator and has more teeth.
beautiful pool inside. 4 do not have any legs or teeth.
They swallow their food whole.
2 Circle the correct words. 5 produce honey.
Zion and Bryce National Parks in the USA both 6 A tends to live on its own.
have very impressive canyons / reefs with 7 use their trunks to drink and to
different rock formations. feed themselves.
1 Coral reefs / lakes are home to numerous 8 only live in the Antarctic. They
different species of fish. don’t live in the Arctic.
2 Lake / Waterfall Titicaca is in Bolivia. The 9 usually only live for a
border of Bolivia and Peru runs through the few years.
middle of its water.
3 The Alps is a canyon / mountain range which
is popular with skiers in winter and climbers in
the summer.
4 According to legends, Robin Hood hid in
Sherwood Forest / Canyon to escape the
sheriff.
5 The land between the Pacific Coast and the
foothills of the Andes in Peru is mainly very dry
desert / cave.
6 Pirates often used caves / waterfalls on
mountainsides to hide their treasure.

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UNIT
Comparatives and a / an, some, any
superlatives 3 Find the mistakes in the sentences and
1 Complete the sentences so they are true. correct them.

mountain / hill (low / high) There are any crocodiles in the lake.
A mountain is higher than a hill. There are some crocodiles in the lake.
1 lake / ocean (small / big) 1 A whale hasn’t got some teeth.

2 desert / rainforest (wet / dry) 2 Is there a owl in the garden?

3 Madrid / Valencia (expensive / cheap) 3 Are there some penguins in the zoo?

4 elephant / turtle (heavy / light) 4 There was an giraffe under the tree.

5 beach holiday / desert holiday (bad / good) 5 There were any gorillas in the enclosure.

6 There isn’t some food to feed the fish.

2 Complete the quiz questions with the superlative
form of the adjectives in brackets. Then choose
the correct answers.
Cumulative grammar
4 Complete the dialogue with the words in the box.
 What’s the fastest (fast) animal? Use the correct form of the verbs and adjectives.
  a) a tiger  b) a cheetah  c) a puma
be  go  go  high  not be  see  stay  tall  the
1 What’s (tall) animal?
  a) a horse  b) a giraffe  c) a camel Fiona: 
So, where (1) did you
go on holiday in the end?
2 What’s (heavy) animal?
Lucy: We (2) to Iguazú Falls.
  a) a polar bear  b) a giraffe  c) a rhinoceros
Fiona: Where’s that?
3 What’s (intelligent) Lucy:  It’s on (3) border
animal? between Argentina and Brazil. We
  a) a gorilla  b) a turtle  c) a bee (4)  in Argentina, but we
4 Which animal is (bad) saw the waterfall from both sides of the
swimmer? border. It (5) amazing. It
  a) a penguin  b) a crocodile  c) snake (6) the tallest waterfall in
the world, but it is very impressive with
5 Which animal has got (long)
over 200 separate cascades of water. We
tail?
(7) it from the top and we
  a) a giraffe  b) a crocodile  c) a whale
took a boat trip and went to the foot of
the falls too.
Fiona: It sounds great. Which is
(8) waterfall in the
world then?
Lucy:  Angel Falls in Venezuela. It is almost 900
metres (9) than Iguazú!

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UNIT
Science
1 Match the definitions with the words.
1 This carries information in a cell. b  a) planet
2 This treats an illness successfully. b) DNA
3 Another word for illness.  c) spacecraft
4 Doctors put this into your body to prevent d) genetically modified crops
diseases.  e) clone
5 This machine uses the wind to produce   f) cure
electricity. g) disease
6 A large round object in the sky, for example h) vaccine
Mercury or Venus.   i) wind turbine
7 A form of transport to get to the Moon.   j) solar panel
8 You put this on the roof of your house.
It produces electricity. 
9 Scientists change these plants artificially.
10 This is the exact copy of another person,
animal or thing. 

Science in the classroom

2 Look at the pictures and complete the puzzle. What is the mystery word?
The mystery word is .

1
L I Q U I D 1 2
2

6
4
7 3
8

10

7
5 6

9
10

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UNIT
will / won’t
1 Complete the predictions for 2050 with will 3 Write short answers for the questions in
or won’t. exercise 2.
We will eat more food from No, he won’t.
genetically modified crops. 1
2
1 We make more electricity with
3
solar panels. 4
2 Scientists know everything 5
about DNA.
3 There be cures for more
First conditional
diseases.
4 People live until they are 100. 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs in the box.
5 People travel by spacecraft to
other planets. become freeze  mix  not check
not get  travel
2 Look at the table and complete the ‘You’ column.
Then complete the questions using will. If you mix vinegar and baking soda,
there’ll be a chemical reaction.
John Emily You
and Sam 1 If you add acid to that alkali, it
neutral.
Eat genetically 8 ✔ 2 If you in space, you’ll be
modified food
weightless because there is no gravity.
Use solar panels ✔ 8 3 If you have a vaccine, you the
Invent a vaccine 8 8 disease.
4 If your thermometer breaks, it
John / eat genetically modified food when he’s the temperature.
older? 5 If the temperature of that water drops below
Will John eat genetically modified zero, it .
food when he’s older?
1 Emily and Sam / use solar panels when
they're older?

2 you / invent a vaccine one day?

3 John / use solar panels when he's older?

4 Emily and Sam / eat genetically modified

food when they're older?

5 you / use solar panels when you're older?

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UNIT
Science Science in the classroom
1 Circle the correct words. 3 Complete the sentences.
A vaccine / disease is necessary to prevent you I need a jug to measure how much
from becoming ill. liquid I have.
1 Wind turbines / satellites make renewable 1 100°c is the at which water
energy. boils.
2 The spacecraft / planet is too far away from 2 Scientists often carry out experiments using
Earth for humans to visit it. full of different chemicals.
3 Dolly the sheep was a DNA / clone that 3 A chemical reaction can sometimes cause an
scientists created. .
4 We will use more genetically modified crops / 4 There is no in space, so
cures to get healthier food. everything is weightless.
5 There is no power left in the battery / satellite, 5 consists mainly of oxygen.
so the machine doesn’t work. 6 A is a place where scientists
can conduct experiments.
2 Complete the predictions with the words in
7 If you can see in water, you
the box.
know that the water contains air.
batteries cure  DNA satellites 8 Vinegar is a dilute solution of acetic
solar panels  wind turbines
, which is why it has a
sour taste.
In the next 20 years, we will install over 500
wind turbines to provide electricity. 9 A is used to measure the heat
of something.
1 Scientists will discover more information about
10 Air increases as you go higher
in the next five years.
up, which is why your ears sometimes pop
2 People will put on the roofs of
in a plane.
their houses to reduce their electricity bills.
3 They will replace car with more
environmentally-friendly sources of energy.
4 Scientists will discover a for
cancer soon.
5 There will be millions of flying
around in space by the end of this century.

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will / won’t First conditional
1 What will the future be like? Complete the 3 Write complete sentences using the first
sentences with will or won’t and the verbs in conditional.
the box.
If / I / study science, I / find / cure for cancer.
be  visit  be able to  drive be live If I study science, I’ll find a cure for cancer.
1 If / you / install / wind turbine, you / use
Planes and cars will drive themselves wind energy / for power in your home.
using an internal computer.
1 Humans to be 200 years old
because there’ll be vaccines for most diseases. 2 I / drop / the test tube if / there be /
2 The world a healthier place an explosion.
because we will only use energy from the sun
and wind.
3 If / we / use / genetically modified
3 People other planets because
crops, we / have / a healthier diet.
they are too far away.
4 The world disease-free because
new diseases will continue to appear. 4 She / run out of air if / you / not give /
5 Scientists make clones of her more oxygen.
human beings and animals.

2 Write questions and then answer them so they

are true for you.
Cumulative grammar
will / go to university
Will you go to university? 4 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of
the words in the box.
Yes, I will.
1 will / get married add be come do do get
good help need not think want

2 will / have a wind turbine in your garden Tina: What (1) are you two
doing ?
Sam: We (2) an experiment. We
3 will / eat genetically modified food (3) to see what kind of
chemical reaction we get. Look, Nate, I
(4) the acid now.
4 will / use solar panels Tina: Be careful!
...

Nate: Wow! That (5) quite an
5 will / speak Chinese
explosion! This is our (6)
result so far. I (7) we

should do any more experiments today
though. We (8) to clean up
this mess.
Tina: If I (9) , (10)
you to the cinema with me
and Jane?
Sam: That sounds like a great idea. Thanks.
Let’s hurry or we (11) to the
cinema in time.
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UNIT
Jobs and chores Money and shopping
3 Circle the correct words.
1 Complete the phrases with the words in the box.
clean do do  deliver  lay make I love buying / selling shoes. I have about 20
pet take tidy wash pairs at home.
1 How much does this dress cost / earn?
do the gardening 2 Let’s go to the café. I’ll pay for / collect the
1 the windows coffees.
2 my bed 3 My brother earned / saved £15 for babysitting
3 cars last night.
4 your room 4 Will you swap / spend this T-shirt for that top?
5 sit 5 I lent / borrowed her £20 last night so she
6 the ironing could go to the cinema.
7 the table 6 Jake sold / won lots of his old CDs and toys at
8 newspapers a car boot sale last weekend.
9 dogs for walks 7 This is a winning ticket. I won £30. Let’s
collect / lose the money!
2 Complete the sentences with phrases from 8 I earned / won £10 for cleaning the windows
exercise 1.
yesterday.
My brother and I do the gardening every 9 Did you borrow / lend this book from the
Saturday. We cut the grass and water the library?
flowers.
1 I for my uncle because I
love cats.
2 Please before you go out
tonight. It’s very messy.
3 I usually for Mum while
she is cooking dinner.
4 I never because you need
to use a ladder and it’s a bit dangerous.
5 I on weekdays at 6 am. I
always go on my bicycle.
6 I love dogs, so I after
school to make some money.
7 I always in the morning
when I get up.
8 I never at home because I
don’t wear shirts! My parents usually do it.
9 My sister and I at the
weekend to earn some money. It’s good fun
when the weather is sunny!

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UNIT
be going to would like
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of 4 Complete the sentences with would like and the
be going to. words in the box.
I’ m going to babysit for the Smiths tonight. do the gardening  go  lay the table
pay for save sell
1 She do the washing-up while
we watch TV. Would like to go
you to the
2 you go to the
cinema later?
party on Saturday?
1 He enough money to buy that
3 He not sell his
motorbike.
bike after all.
2 They their house and move to a
4 she help you
sunny country.
take the dog for a walk?
3 you me to
5 They do the gardening today
the table for you?
because it’s very wet.
4 We your wedding cake. It’s our
gift to you.
will and be going to 5 I but it's raining and I can’t go
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of outside.
the verbs in brackets.
He ’s going to take the ten o’clock train to
London tomorrow. (take)
1 Do you think it tomorrow? (rain)
2 Thanks for lunch. I with the
washing-up. (help)
3 We for the Browns next week.
(pet sit)
4 I haven't got my grammar book. I
Jim if I can borrow his. (ask)
5 She money this year to study
abroad next year. (save)

Future time expressions

3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs in brackets.
When we win the lottery, we ’ ll buy a
new car. (buy)
1 When we shopping, we’ll go for
a coffee. (finish)
2 This summer we enough money
for a holiday. (earn)
3 One day I dinner, I promise!
(pay for)
4 Well done. Soon you to take
three dogs for walks together. (be able to)
5 When she loses her wallet, she
stop shopping! (stop)

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UNIT
Jobs and chores
1 Write the words for the definitions. 2 Complete the sentences so they are true for you.
You look after other people’s animals for them. 1 I often spend my pocket money on
pet sit .
1 You cut the grass and water the flowers. 2 I sometimes lend to my friends.
3 I usually swap with my best
2 You make clothes smooth using a piece of hot friend.
electrical equipment. 4 I never win .
3 You look after someone else’s children while 5 I always buy at the weekend.
they are busy or away. 6 I don’t spend all my pocket money, I usually
4 You cover the vehicle with soapy water and some.
then rinse and dry it.
5 You put the plates, knives, forks and spoons
in the correct place ready for the meal.

6 You fold the sheets correctly and put the

covers on neatly.
7 You take the animals to the park for exercise.

8 You put away all your clothes, make your bed

and dust the furniture.

Money and shopping

3 Look at the picture and complete the text with the correct verbs.

The shop assistant (1) is selling a book. The boy (2) the book. He (3)
his birthday money. The video games in the shop (4) £25. The shop (5)
second-hand video games, but you can (6) your old video games for other games
in the shop.

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UNIT
be going to would like
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of 4 Find the mistakes in the sentences and
be going to and the verbs in the box. correct them.
babysit buy make spend take tidy Would you like go to the shopping mall later?
Would you like to go to the shopping mall later?
I ’m going to babysit for my neighbour
1 I’d like eating Italian food for lunch today.
tonight. I’ll be back at midnight.
1 I this mobile phone 2 He like to save £100 this month.
because it’s a great deal.
2 She the beds and then do 3 We’d to pay for lunch today. It’s our treat.
the ironing.
3 They the dogs for a walk 4 I’d like go out for dinner tonight. Shall we
in Paisley woods. get a babysitter?
4 He his room because he’s
lazy. He says he likes it when it's a mess! 5 They like to lend us some money to
5 I any more money. I've help us buy the house.
bought enough clothes for today!

will and be going to Cumulative grammar

2 Circle the correct words. 5 Complete the text with the words in the box.
I think I’ll save / I’m going to save enough Use the correct form of the verbs and adjectives.
money to buy the car at the end of the month. a be be big employ expensive
1 They will / are going to visit their cousins in grow help sell start would like
England in July.
2 He will / is going to buy a new laptop with his
birthday money. Harrods is (1) the biggest department store
3 Shall I / Am I going to do the washing-up? in Europe. It is also one of (2) 
4 She will / is going to graduate with top marks. shops with some very high prices. It
5 I will / am going to take the dogs for a walk, (3) over 100 years old. It
Mum. You have a rest. (4) as a grocery shop and then
it (5) into a department store
Future time expressions which (6) everything. It has
32 restaurants and (7) spa, as
3 Write complete sentences using the correct form
well as the usual clothing, toy and home products.
of the verbs and the words in brackets.
Harrods (8) over 5,000 staff and
I / return the library book (tomorrow) is a big operation. What (9) you
I’ll return the library book tomorrow. to buy today? I
1 we / be ready to go (soon) (10) you find whatever you want.
Come on, let’s go shopping. It
2 he / have enough money / (11) fun!
go on holiday (when)

3 I / buy / my own house (one day)

4 they / do the gardening (next week)

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UNIT
Transport
1 Label the pictures.

tram 1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

2 Complete the sentences with some of the words 4 Complete the sentences with the words in
from exercise 1. the box.
They’re building a new tram network drives fell flying landed
in Edinburgh. pulls sails took off
1 The London is the oldest metro took off at four o’clock and
The plane
system in the world.
arrived in Paris one hour later.
2 The from Dover to Calais takes
1 Ben Ainslie has five Olympic medals and often
90 minutes. You can take your car or go on
in a Laser yacht.
foot.
2 My uncle likes in a hot-
3 The couple went for a romantic ride around
air balloon. He enjoys the views of the
Central Park in a .
countryside.
4 The tourists took a ride over
3 Lewis Hamilton racing cars for
New York City.
the Mercedes team.
5 We go on holiday every year in June. We take
4 The jockey’s horse at the last
the so we don’t need to stay in
fence and didn’t complete the race.
a hotel.
5 The weather was bad at the airport, but the
pilot the plane easily.
Verbs of movement (1) 6 The horse usually the carriage.
3 Find and circle nine verbs in the wordsnakes. It can walk about 15 miles in an hour.
eie
si e p edriv
lfly
t r wi s ail w
o l t a ke o f f e i w p l a n d i e p
io
hc
lim rr ivej
beiw p wa
p p u ll e w p fa ll k w d i

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UNIT
Present perfect: affirmative Present perfect: questions and
and negative short answers
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of 3 Complete the questions with have or has. Then
the verbs in brackets. write short answers.
I have visited the Eiffel Tower in Paris. (visit) Have you ever climbed a
1 Alison in a helicopter over the mountain? (✔)
city of London. (fly) Yes, I have.
2 They in a hot-air balloon, but 1 your teacher ever run a
they didn’t like it. (travel) marathon? (✘)
3 You all the cake, including my
slice! (eat) 2 you ever ridden a motorbike? (✘)
4 I a list of all the sights to see
on our trip. (make) 3 your mum ever crashed
5 Nicolas a new car. It is very the car? (✘)
fast. (buy)
4 your friends ever eaten in your
2 Rewrite the sentences so they are negative.
house? (✔)
They have seen that film.
They haven’t seen that film. 5 you ever travelled by horse and
1 I have been to South America and Australia. carriage? (✘)

6 you ever been to Hong Kong? (✔)
2 Alex has gone to Pakistan for a two-week
trek in the Himalayas.

3 We have sailed all around the UK.

4 Their plane has taken off.

5 Zara has written a book about her
adventures in Africa.


6 We have seen a basketball match.

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UNIT
Transport
1 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
transport. the verbs in the box.
You have to travel by plane from carry climb crash cross drive fall
London to the USA, in order to cross the follow fly land sail take off
Atlantic Ocean quickly.
The helicopter landed on top of the
1 The Amish people travel a lot by . 60-storey building without any problems.
They don’t use modern cars.
1 My friend Jonas is across the
2 In the summer there are a lot of
Atlantic from the UK to the USA.
on the road, travelling to campsites.
2 The Formula 1 driver his car on
3 transport large amounts of
lap 55 and didn’t finish the race.
products from one place to another.
3 The plane on time, but due to
4 It was a sunny day. The looked
bad weather over the Atlantic it arrived half an
beautiful sailing across the ocean.
hour late.
5 In New York, people call
4 There are several different paths to
‘the subway’.
up Mont Blanc.
6 A takes cars and lorries from
5 Louis Blériot was the first pilot to
one place to another across an area of water.
across the English Channel.
7 We rode high up over the Sahara Desert in a
6 John Fairfax the Atlantic Ocean
. We had a wonderful view from
alone in a rowing boat in 1969.
the basket.
7 We're going to from Edinburgh
8 The army uses to transport
to London in our new car. It’ll take about six
people that are injured to safety.
hours.
9 You can use a to travel more
8 You set off and we’ll as soon as
quickly in a busy city.
we can.
10 The is a cheap form of transport
9 The jockey off his horse, but he
that is environmentally friendly.
wasn’t injured.
10 The hot-air balloon can up to
Verbs of movement (1) six passengers at one time.
2 Match the sentence beginnings and endings.
1 The plane took off from Heathrow
Airport at 9.00 and d
2 The children have flown 
3 The train was on time and 
4 The car didn’t have any petrol so 
5 I don’t know the way to your house so 
6 The horse pulls the carriage which 

a) arrived at the station at 10.05 exactly.

 b) I’ll follow you.
 c) makes the wheels turn.
 d) landed in Paris just over an hour later.
 e) we pushed it to a garage.
 f ) in a plane many times.

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UNIT
Present perfect: affirmative
and negative
1 Answer the questions. Use the present perfect 1 Amy and Tina / book
affirmative form of the verbs in the box.
cycle come  eat pass steal watch 2 you / helicopter

Why are you happy? 3 Nicola / mountain

I’ve just watched a very funny film.
1 Why are you pleased? 4 Amy and Tina / helicopter
I all my exams.
2 Why do you feel sick? 5 you / mountain
We a lot of cakes.
3 Why is your friend walking? 6 you / sushi
Someone her motorbike.
4 Why are your brothers tired?
They round the entire park. 4 Write answers to the questions in exercise 3.
5 Why are you in London? Yes, she has. Nicola has eaten sushi.
I here to learn English. 1
2
2 Write complete sentences. Use the present
perfect negative. 3
4
I / not buy / a new bicycle.
5
I haven't bought a new bicycle.
6
1 We / not study / German at school.
Cumulative grammar
2 I / not have / Italian food.
5 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
3 My best friend / not visit / Madrid. Use the correct form of the verbs and adjectives.
be get good prefer play good
4 You / not finish / your homework. see see the want  watch
5 They / not fly / in a hot-air balloon.
Craig: What (1) are you watching ?
James: It’s the new James Bond film.
(2) you
Present perfect: questions and it?
short answers Craig: No, I (3) it yet. Is it
any good?
3 Look at the table and complete the You row. Then James: It’s OK. I thought the last one was
write questions in the present perfect. (4) .
Craig: Yes, it (5)
Eat sushi Fly in a Write a Climb a
great. I like Daniel Craig, but I
helicopter book mountain (6) Sean Connery. I
Nicola ✔ ✔ ✘ ✘ think he’s (7) James
Amy Bond.
and ✘ ✔ ✘ ✔ James: Yes, I agree.
Tina Craig: (8) to go to the
You park? I (9) football
with Joe.
Nicola / sushi James: That sounds great. I’ll just switch
Has Nicola eaten sushi? (10) DVD off and
(11) my shoes.

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UNIT
Sport and competitions
1 Read the clues and complete the puzzle.
Across Down
5 A series of games that you play to find a 1 When someone puts the football across the
winner. line and into the net.
8 The person that you compete against. 2 A fan of a sport.
9 The leader of a team. 3 A group of people who play, eg football or
10 A game in which two teams compete against basketball, together.
each other. 4 The place where people play football.
11 A competition where the fastest person wins. 6 The person who teaches a sportsperson or
team.
7 The winner of a competition.

2 3 4

5
T O U R N A M E N T

7 8

10

11

Verbs of movement (2)

2 Complete the sentences with the words in the
box. Then match them with the pictures.
a b c
break drop open pick put spill walk

If you break a mirror, you’ll have

bad luck for seven years. a
1 It’s not a good idea to under
a ladder. 
2 He’s going to that glass and
his drink.
3 If you that four-leaf clover d e f
you’ll have good luck.
4 It’s bad luck to an umbrella
inside, so don’t do it!
5 She her shoes on the desk,
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UNIT
Present perfect + for and since
1 Complete the sentences with for or since. 3 Complete the answers with the present perfect or
for past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Then
I have lived in Lisbon three
match the answers to the questions in exercise 2.
years.
a) No, I haven’t. I ’ve read the first three,
1 We have gone to this school we
were four. but not the others. (read)  1
2 Robert has supported West Ham United  b) No, we haven’t. We to the
a long time. Natural History Museum though. (be)
3 They have played football every Saturday  c) Yes, I have. It very
ten years. romantic. (be)
4 I have been the school basketball champion d  ) Yes, I have. I it. It was so
2012. tasty! (love)
5 Jane has spoken English and Italian  e) No, I haven’t. I time to go
she was a little girl. to the cinema at the weekend. (not have)
  f  ) Yes, I have. It was great.
My team . (win)
Present perfect and past g  ) Yes, we have. We on one
simple in the Mediterranean last year. (go)
2 Write complete questions using the present
perfect.
1 you / read / all the Harry Potter books?
Have you read all the
Harry Potter books?
2 you / try / Mexican food?

3 you / go / to the new exhibition /
at the Modern Art Museum?

4 you / travel / in a horse and carriage?

5 you / sail / on a yacht?

6 you / see / the new Superman film?

7 you / play / in a basketball tournament?

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Sport and competitions
1 Circle the correct words.
Andy Murray was the winner / loser of
Wimbledon 2013.
1 The coach / captain has twelve years’
experience teaching basketball.
2 Uncle Tim is a keen supporter / opponent of
Chelsea football team. He watches all their
matches.
3 The team won the first two games, but
they didn’t have enough points to win the
tournament / match.
4 Usain Bolt came first in the 100 m
match / race.
5 Fernando Verdasco played well but his
opponent / winner, Rafael Nadal, was better.
2 Complete the sentences.
John played in a match for the school football
team , and they won the match 2-1.
1 The final of the 2018 football World Cup took
place in the Luzhniki in Russia.
2 Sergio Ramos has scored more than 70
in his career.
3 Kevin Anderson was a difficult
but Novak Djokovic beat him to win the
Wimbledon final in 2018.
4 In most tennis there are two
rounds and then the quarter-finals, semi-finals
and the final.
5 My favourite football is
Fulham FC.
UNIT
Verbs of movement (2)
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs in the box.
break  carry cross drop meet open 
pick put scratch spill touch
I’m going to the supermarket with my mother
so I can help her carry the shopping.
1 The cat was angry and me on
the arm when I tried to pick it up.
2 I a glass on the floor and it
broke. That’s the third thing I’ve broken today.
3 My dad always says that if you
salt, you should take some and throw it over
your left shoulder for good luck.
4 I a black cat today. Is that good
or bad luck?
5 Did you know that some sportsmen
the same socks on every day
during a tournament?
6 Don’t that. It’s very sticky. I
need to clean it.
7 Good luck with the exam today. I
my fingers for you.
, 8 Mum, look! I these flowers for
you. Aren’t they pretty?
9 Come on, your present! I want
to see what they gave you.
10 Aunt Jackie says that if you a
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UNIT
Present perfect + for and since Cumulative grammar
1 Write complete sentences using for or since. 3 Complete the text with the correct form of the
I / teach English / six years words in the box.
I've taught English for six years. be be could not not be not win
1 My Dad / work / as an engineer / 22 years old obtain play start win successful win

2 They / play football / for the university team /
two terms Rafael Nadal was born in 1986. He
(1) is from Spain, from the island of
3 I / live / in Paris / three years Mallorca. He (2) tennis for nearly
30 years, although he (3) playing
4 She / represent / her country / at the professionally in 2001. He (4)
Olympics / 2016 the Roland Garros tournament eleven times, which
makes him (5) player in this
5 You / not ride a horse / a long time tournament. He (6) 17 Grand
Slam titles so far. 2012 (7)
6 I / not eat / any chocolate / last month a very good year for Nadal. Although he
(8) the Roland Garros
tournament, he was then injured and
Present perfect and past (9) play in the Olympics or any
simple other tournament that year. More recently, he
(10) at Wimbledon in 2018.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
(11) he the
the verbs in brackets.
champion at Wimbledon again soon? Let’s hope so.
A: How long have you lived
here? (live)
B: Since I was ten years old. (be)
1 A: you ever in a
hot-air balloon? (be)
B: Yes, I have. I once with my
parents to celebrate my 18th birthday. (go)
2 A: you Wembley
Stadium when you were in London? (visit)
B: No, we didn’t, but we to the
O2 arena for a concert. (go)
3 I Tottenham Hotspur play
against Arsenal. It was a brilliant match.
Tottenham Hotspur 2–0.
(see / win)
4 They me with them to the party
last night, but they to take me
to the theatre tonight. (take / promise)

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UNIT
Personal issues
1 Complete the puzzle. What is the mystery word?
1 Angry discussions with someone.
2 The condition of your body. 1
A R G U M E N T S
3 Unkind behaviour that hurts someone. 2
4 How you look.
3
5 When you worry a lot or feel that you don't
have enough time. 4

N
8

H
9
6 Someone who doesn’t eat meat.
10
7 The time you spend enjoying
yourself with friends.
8 This is when you walk, run or move
your body.
9 The food you usually eat.
10 A feeling of sadness.
The mystery word is: .

Health
2 Label the pictures.

stomach ache 1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

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UNIT
should / shouldn’t
1 Complete the sentences with should or 4 Order the words to make questions.
shouldn’t.
your friends / volleyball / Do / play ?
I should do my homework every day. Do your friends play volleyball?
1 My sister’s always tired. She go 1 now / you / Are / swimmng ?
to bed earlier. She stay up late.
2 My friend wants to be a surgeon. He 2 climb / Did / a mountain / you /
study hard. at the weekend ?
3 The children have got a lot of insect bites. They
put on some cream and they 3 having / Were / dinner / at 9pm /
scratch the bites. your parents ?
4 It’s my birthday tomorrow. We
have a party. 4 John / Does / like / flying ?

must / mustn’t
5 Choose the correct answers.
2 Circle the correct words.
We ... to the beach tomorrow.
A sportsperson must / mustn’t train hard
a) go  b) going  c) ’re going
every day.
1 So, we ... leaving at ten o’clock.
1 People must / mustn’t be afraid of bullies. a) do  b) will  c) are
2 A nurse must / mustn’t be scared of blood and 2 We ... go by bicycle.
operations. a) don’t  b) aren’t  c) won’t
3 A scientist must / mustn’t study at university. 3 I ... sun cream with me.
4 A teacher must / mustn’t be cruel and unkind. a) will to take  b) ’m taking  c) take
4 My friends ... to try surfing.
Tense review: present, past a) are  b) are going  c) will
and future 5 I ... to watch them.
3 Circle the correct words. a) ’m going  b) going  c) ’ll

When she left home, the sun shone /

was shining.
1 My friends played / were playing football on
the beach at 6pm yesterday.
2 While I was picking some flowers, a bee
stung / was stinging me.
3 Simon doesn’t travel / isn’t travelling by car.
He prefers to use his bicycle.
4 My parents live / lived in a house in the
country. It’s about an hour’s drive to the
nearest city.
5 I am going / went on a trek in Peru if you want
to join me.

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UNIT
Personal issues
1 Complete the text with the words in the box. 3 Look at the pictures and complete the dialogues.
appearance bullying  depression diet 
exercise  health relationships social 1 2
life vegetarian 

Your (1) health is very important.

You need to take care of yourself and your
(2) , so that you feel and
look good. You should follow a healthy
(3) . Eat a lot of fruit and
vegetables but not too many cakes and
3 4 5
sweets. If you are a (4) , make
sure you eat foods with protein to replace
the lack of meat. (5) is also
important to maintain a fit and healthy body,
so try to walk or cycle instead of using the car
or bus. (6) are very important
for humans because we are very sociable.
We need a good (7) with
friends and family around us. Some people Teacher: I’m sorry. I’ve got a terrible
suffer from (8) . This might be cough .
because of (9) by other people
Student: Would you like a sweet?
at school or work or it could be because they
1 Girl: Mum! I’ve got a .
feel sad and lonely. It is important that they
Mum: Have an aspirin and lie down.
visit a doctor, who can help them.
2 Boy: I’ve got a .
Teacher: You shouldn’t eat so many sweets at
Health
snack time.
2 Complete the sentences. 3 Boy: Look at my .
If you get a lot of headaches , you might Mum: Would you like some cream?
need an eye test. You could need glasses. 4 Man: Doctor, I’ve got very bad .
1 If you eat a lot of unhealthy food or too much Doctor: You need to rest and don’t lift
food, this could cause . anything heavy.
2 Spending too much time looking at a 5 Girl: I’ve got a , sir.
computer screen can cause . Teacher: You shouldn’t swim today.
3 In winter, it is very common for people to
catch and have blocked
noses.
4 Some teenagers get ,
especially on their face. This is caused by a
change in hormones.
5 If you stay out in the sun for too long
and don’t wear sun cream, you could get
.
6 When a wasp or bee feels it is under attack it
is likely to you.
7 Sometimes, if you lift a heavy item without
taking care, you can get .
8 Mosquitoes can spread germs and disease
through their .
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should / shouldn’t
1 Write questions. Then write the answers.
I’ve got a temperature.
stay at home / go to the party?
Should I stay at home or should I go to the party?
You should stay at home. You shouldn’t go to the party.
1 It’s my birthday.
have a party / go to the library?
2 My brother loves planes.
be an explorer / be a pilot?
3 My friends are bored.
go swimming / do their homework?
must / mustn’t
2 Complete the rules about summer holidays.
Use must / mustn’t and the verbs in the box.
drink fall get put sit wear
You mustn't sit in the sun for too long.
1 on sun cream.
2 lots of water.
3 a sun hat.
4 asleep on the beach.
5 too hot.
Tense review: present, past
and future
3 Complete the text with the present simple or
present continuous form of the verbs in the box.
be fly make be try walk want
Right now I (1) 'm walking through the
rainforest. It (2) amazing.
The trees (3) very tall. I
(4) not to make any noise
because I (5) to see some
animals. Butterflies (6)
me and birds (7) a lot of noise.
UNIT
4 Correct the sentences.
I did never visit New York or London.
I have never visited New York or London.
1 We camped by a lake last weekend. In the
morning I was having a lot of insect bites.
2 I haven’t had spots when I was a teenager.
3 He didn’t do any exercise since Monday.
4 My parents drove to France when my father got
very bad stomach ache.
5 Circle the correct words.
Hi Louise,
We (1) have / ’re having an OK time here at
the health farm. We (2) ’re going / go to visit
the spa later, but we (3) aren’t / don’t going
to have a massage. We (4) ’re going to have /
have a facial. I think we (5) ’ll look / are
looking great when we leave here.
Cumulative grammar
6 Complete the dialogue with the words in the box.
Use the correct form of the verbs.
be be do get go must not go
should spend the visit
Mum: So, how (1) are you
getting on?
Mike: We're having a great time. Vietnam
(2) such a beautiful
country.
Mum: I’m sure. What (3) you
?
Mike: Last week, we (4) the
capital Hanoi and we (5)
three nights on a junk boat in Halong Bay.
Now we’re relaxing on (6)
beach in Hoi An. Tomorrow I
(7)  scuba diving. Kate
(8) though. She’s going to
visit a temple in the nearby town.
Mum: Well, have fun. Remember, you
around (9) put on sun cream and
you (10) drink lots of water.
Mike: Don’t worry, Mum. We (11)
careful.

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