Vocabulary

1. Use the verbs from the list to complete the sentences.

enter | win | miss | have | beat | score | join | lose

1. Our school football team are going to ____________ a tournament this year.

2. Sam has decided to ____________ a tennis club.

3. I was really surprised to ____________ a medal!

4. Can you explain how people ____________ points in a basketball match?

5. Our team were very disappointed to ____________ the game after playing so well.

6. They managed to ____________ the other team, but it was very difficult.

7. Chis was sorry to ____________ such a great opportunity, but he couldn’t play
with a broken arm.

8. Even if you’re not sure you’ll succeed, you should still ____________ a go!

2. Choose the correct adjective to complete the sentences.

1. It’s warm here in summer, but in winter it can be absolutely cold / freezing.

2. The teacher said our volleyball team was absolutely brilliant / good on Tuesday –
better than all the other teams in the competition.

3. It was extremely cold / freezing last week, and there was lots of snow and ice on
the roads.

4. That box is absolutely big / enormous – I can’t carry it up the stairs!

5. The film was extremely good / brilliant – I think you should go and see it.

6. That’s a very enormous / big piece of cake – I don’t think I can eat it all!

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7. The weather was absolutely terrible / bad on Saturday, so we stayed at home.

8. I can’t run any further – I’m absolutely exhausted / tired!

Grammar

3. Choose the correct form of the verb to complete the sentences.

1. Nathan usually goes / is going to bed at about ten every day.

2. My cousin is coming / comes to visit us tomorrow.

3. Marian likes / ’s liking classical music.

4. I try / ’m trying to tidy my room before Mum gets home today.

5. We don’t have / ’re not having dinner until six o’clock this evening.

6. Most weeks, Robert does / ’s doing all his homework on time.

7. I don’t believe / ’m not believing he’s telling the truth.

8. We sit / ’re sitting in the park at the moment.

4. Make questions in the present simple or continuous. Add the correct form of
do or be.

1. what / you / do / this evening?

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2. Laura / prefer / volleyball or tennis?

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3. where / your cousins / have / hockey lessons every week?

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4. who / look after / your baby sister at the moment?

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5. what time / you / get up at the weekends?

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6. why / you / not / like basketball?
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7. you / play / in the school concert on Tuesday?

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8. why / they / not / come / to the party tomorrow?

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Word profile

5. Complete the sentences with the words from the list. You need to use some
words more than once.

him | idea | in | me | opportunity | shock

1. He needs some more time so I’m going to give ________________ another hour.

2. I give ________________, I really don’t know the answer – you win!

3. If she goes to Chess Club, it will give her the ________________ to make some
new friends.

4. I have to give this work ________________ to the teacher tomorrow.

5. I hope a visit to the museum will give me an ________________ for my project.

6. I’m not ready yet – give ________________ a few more minutes.

7. Tell your grandmother we’re here – we don’t want to give her a

________________.

8. Doing the course will give you the ________________ to learn all about robots.