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A. GRAMMAR
I. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the present perfect simple.
1. A: Have you ever given an interview?
B: No. I ................................................................ (never / do) that.
2. A: What time does the train leave?
B: It…………………………………………………….. (just / leave)!
3. A: Is the new restaurant good?
B: I …………………………………………………….. (not / eat) there yet.
4. A. Shall I do the shopping now?
B. No. I …………………………………………………….. (already / do) it.
5. A: Julia, are you ready?
B: No. I…………………………………………………….. (not / dry) my hair yet.
6. A: Would you like to have lunch with me?
B: No, thanks. I …………………………………………………….. (already / eat).
IV. What have these people been doing? Make sentences using an appropriate verb in the present perfect
continuous.
26. Catherine went to the supermarket an hour ago. She's still there.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
27. My mum began cooking three hours ago. She hasn't finished yet.
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
28. The teams started playing football twenty minutes ago. They haven’t finished yet.
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
29. The headmaster started speaking two hours ago. He hasn't stopped yet.
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
30. Bill began building his house six months ago. He hasn't finished it yet.
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
31. I started doing my homework three hours ago. I haven't finished it yet.
…………………………………………………………………………………………….
B. VOCABULARY
I. Complete by changing the form of the word in capitals.
32. What’s the name of Dave’s driving …………………....................? INSTRUCT
33. Dictionaries and encyclopaedias are examples of ............................................books. REFER
34. I’ve only been learning Arabic for a few months, so I'm still a .......................................... . BEGIN
35. In maths, you have to learn to do addition, subtraction, multiplication and ............................ DIVIDE
36. Three of your answers were .......................................... so you got 17 out of 20. CORRECT
37. Are you really going to take part in the singing competition? I admire your …………..........! BRAVE
38. I think every child should get a good ……………………………. EDUCATE
39. There’s a ............................................ to Albert Einstein in the town square. MEMORY
40. I want complete ................................................., so no talking at all! SILENT
41. This maths problem is too difficult for you, so I’ll .......................................... it a little. SIMPLE
42. My German teacher says I’ve made a lot of ……………………………………. this term!
43. What time are you taking the French ……………………………………. tomorrow?
44. I’m not in ……………………………………. of giving students lots of homework each night.
45. Being able to drive a car is a very useful …………………………………….
46. Have we got to learn all these irregular verbs by …………………………………….?
47. Some languages, like Russian for …………………………. don't have words for ‘a’, ’an’ and ‘the’.
48. I got a very good ……………………………………. in my geography test.
49. Many people hate learning phrasal verbs, but in ……………………………. they're not that difficult.
HOMEWORK
A. GRAMMAR
Complete each second sentence using the word given, so that it has a similar meaning to the first
sentence. Write between two and five words in each gap.
1. What's the price of the tickets, Jimmy? much
How ………………………………………………………......., Jimmy?
2. Are these your trainers? to
Do ………………………………………………………....... you?
3. Sasha's not keen on team sports at all. like
Sasha ………………………………………………………....... team sports at all.
4. It's only her second time in a recording studio. been
She ………………………………………………………....... in a recording studio once before.
5. We got here three hours ago. have
We ………………………………………………………....... three hours.
6. I started writing this hours ago and it's still not right. writing
I ………………………………………………………....... hours and it's still not right.
7. This is my first experience of flying alone. time
It is the first ………………………………………………………....... alone.
8. Sharon's in the bath at the moment. a
Sharon ………………………………………………………....... at the moment.
9. Paul enjoys surprises apart from on his birthday. does
Paul ………………………………………………………....... surprises, just not on his birthday!
B. READING
Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space. For each question, mark the correct
letter A, B, C or D.
BIRTH OF THE MOVIES
Did you know that cinema is more than 100 years old? Moving pictures (10) ……… invented by the
brothers Louis and Auguste Lumière. The first showing of a moving picture or ‘movie’ (11) ……… place in
a cinema in Paris on 28th December 1895.
On that day, the Lumière brothers showed movies (12) ……… their newly-invented machine, called the
Cinematographe. The audience saw a funny film in (13) ………….… a gardener spilt a lot of water on (14)
……… by accident. Everyone really loved it!
Cinema very (15) ……… became popular all over the world. In 1907 the first film studios were built in
a (16) ……… of Los Angeles called Hollywood. (17) …………..… the 1920s, Hollywood had become the
center of the world film (18) ….…
To begin with, the movies had no sound. Words (19) …… on the screen from time to time to (20) ………
the story.
C. LISTENING
You will hear talks and conversations. Each talk or conversation is followed by one question. Choose
the best answer to each question.
10. What happened to the girl’s smartphone?
A. One of her friends broke it.
B. Her parents took it away from her.
C. She left it on the bus.
D. It stopped working for no reason.
11. Why does the teacher suggest that the girl write for the school newspaper?
A. He thinks that she is a skilled writer.
B. It would be a good experience for her.
C. She can improve her research skills by doing that.
D. He believes it could help her writing improve.