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4 We talk about neighbourhood ( ) to

VOCABULARY
refer to the possibility of something happening.
5 Girlhood ( ) describes the time when
1 Choose the correct answer. you become responsible for another human being that is
0 Often, an adopted child will have lived with a foster / dependent on you.
blended family before being adopted. 5
1 In most close-knit / single-parent families, the children 15
Vocabulary total
live with their mother.
2 Andrea was always very happy with her adoptive parents
GRAMMAR
and showed no interest in finding her foster / birth
parents.
3 Tom and Fiona married and had a child at a young age, but 1 Choose the correct answer.
Tom didn’t take to fatherhood / childhood and he 0 After the plane took on / off, I watched it until it
moved out. disappeared.
4 I hadn’t realized that a couple of my parents’ best friends 1 My grandparents look after / back over the years with
were actually distant / estranged relatives. happy memories.
5 I grew up in a(n) adoptive / blended family, so I wasn’t 2 His mother passed away / off when he was a baby, so he
related to my eldest brother, though we were very close. doesn’t remember her.
5 3 I came across / after the Roman coins when I was
looking for a golf ball.
2 Complete the sentences with the words below. 4 You don’t really take over / after your father; you’re more
similar to your mother.
breadwinner in-laws sibling rivalry single-parent stay-at-home upbringing
5 I didn’t drop in / off until after three o’clock in the
morning, so I’m really tired.
5
0 It was more unusual in the 1950s to live in a single-parent
family, as in most cases both the mother and father lived in
the family home.
2 Tick ( ) the correct answer, A or B. In one pair,
both sentences are correct.
1 I was a mum while my children were
growing up, but after they left home I got a job in a bank. 0 A The reason Mia doesn’t get on Lucy with is because
2 He blamed his unusual for the way they’re so similar. _
that his life turned out. B The reason Mia doesn’t get on with Lucy is because they’re
3 In some families, the mother stays at home to look after the so similar.
children, or has a part-time job, which makes the father the 1 A I look like my mother, but I don’t take her after in any
main . other way. _
4 can be so strong that even as adults, B I look like my mother, but I don’t take after her in any
some brothers and sisters behave badly towards each other. other way. _
5 When I got married, my welcomed 2 A Dan said he won’t put up Jack’s behaviour any more. _
me warmly into their family. B Dan said he won’t put up with Jack’s behaviour any more.
5 _
3 A Have you made up with Jack yet? _
3 Swap the words in bold to complete the definitions. B Have you made with up Jack yet? _
4 A I’m wondering if anyone found a watch and handed it in?
0 Adulthood (Girlhood) is the period of time before a _
female becomes a woman. B I’m wondering if anyone found a watch and handed in
1 The livelihood ( ) is the area that is it? _
local to where you live. 5 A They are putting the play on at the Redesdale Hall. _
2 When you reach parenthood ( ), you B They are putting on the play at the Redesdale Hall. _
can vote in government elections.
5
3 A person’s likelihood ( ) is the way
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3 Put the words in order to make sentences. There may be 5 Complete the sentences with the verbs below.
more than one possible answer. could might must needn’t ought should
0 over / isn’t / situation / blow / to / this / going
This situation isn’t going to blow over.
0 The car was coming towards us on the wrong side of
1 by / money / very / got / we / little / on
the road. We could have been killed.
1 We didn’t know that the exam time had been changed.
2 match / they / call / had / off / the / to Someone have told us.
2 Dave have written this. It’s in
his handwriting.
3 parents / Todd’s / well / up / him / brought 3 You really have bought me a present.
I wasn’t expecting anything.
4 If we’d won that last match, we have
4 she / people / most / on / with / gets ended the season at the top of the league.
5 Maria to have told her
husband before she bought that puppy.
5 your / hand / did / in / you / homework / when / ? 5

6 Complete the second sentence with the correct form of

the verbs in brackets.
5
0 Sam isn’t upstairs. He must have gone out (go out).
4 Match the sentences (1–5) with the uses (A–D). 1 I was only 10 minutes late. You could
(wait) for me.
0 You ought to have told me sooner. C
2 You woke me up when you came in last night. You
1 Emma brought lots to eat, so we needn’t have bought all
shouldn’t (make) so
this food. _
much noise.
2 He could have been a great footballer, but he
3 Our cat came back after a few days. We needn’t
suffered too many injuries. _
(worry), as it
3 The car isn’t in the garage. Amy must have taken it. _
seemed fine.
4 You should have got some advice before you spent all
4 We didn’t realize that Eva and Phil had split up. You
that money on that car. _
really ought to (tell) us
5 Paul might have got a better degree if he hadn’t
before.
wasted so much time at university. _
5 It was silly of them to behave like that in public.
A to speculate about a past event They might (arrest).
B to talk about hypothetical situations
C to indicate a mistake, a bad decision or disapproval 5
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READING
Living with Mum and Dad
Research has found that, in the UK, two million young
adults with jobs are still living with their parents.
London had the lowest percentage of working young
adults living at home, at just 21 per cent. The poll
found that a lack of affordable housing was the
single biggest reason why, across England overall, a
quarter of all
20- to 34-year-old working adults are unable to
move out. Of those, more than half worried that
not
leaving home was holding them back from leading an
independent life – such as starting their own families.
Less than three in 10 of those consulted in the survey
– the latter equating to 1,255 people aged 18 and
older who were currently living at home with their
parents, or had been in the previous 12 months –
said they were living at home out of choice.
The research provides the latest evidence that the
tough economic and property climate is making UK
housing patterns more like Spain, Portugal and Italy,
where it has long been the norm for people in their
20s and 30s to remain living in their old family home.
A major European study in Italy found about 79 per
cent of 18- to 19-year-olds lived with their parents in
2011. That was up by nine per cent over four years.
The figure for the same age group in Portugal was 55
per cent.
A report by the Office for National Statistics earlier
this year found that in the UK in 2013, 49 per cent of
all 20- to 24-year-olds (whether in or out of work)
still lived with their parents. It also showed that
eight per cent of all 30- to 34-year-olds still lived
with their parents.
Affordable housing aside, the trend has been linked
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1 Read the article and complete the sentences with the
correct figures.
0 The number of working young adults who live with
their parents: two million
1 The percentage of working young adults in London
who live with their parents:
2 The proportion of all adults aged 20–34 in the UK
who live with their parents:
3 The number of people aged 18+ involved in the UK
survey:
4 The proportion of those in the survey who said
they weren’t living with their parents out of
choice:
5 The percentage of Italians in their late teens living
with their parents in 2011:
6 The corresponding percentage for Portuguese people of
the same age:
7 The percentage by which the figure in question 5
increased over four years:
8 The percentage of 20- to 24-year-olds in the UK living
with their parents in 2013:
9 The percentage of 30- to 34-year-olds in the UK
living with their parents in 2013:
9
2 Read the article again and decide if the sentences
are true or false. Correct the false sentences.
0 Young people are still living at home because housing
has become so unaffordable.
True
1 The part of the UK where there are most working young
people living with their parents is London.
2 Not having enough money to buy or rent a property
is the most important factor in this situation.
3 The concerns felt by working young people about
housing does not affect their decision about starting a
family.
4 The opposite situation is happening in Italy, as more
young people there are leaving the family home
earlier.
5 In the UK in 2013, the largest percentage of those
living with their parents was in the 20–24 age range.
6 In the UK, all young people who live with their
parents have low self-esteem.
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LISTENING WRITING
1 8 Listen to a radio programme and complete 1 Read the text and underline five examples of cohesive
the sentences. devices.
0 It’s likely that the Crabtree and Beynon families had It is often argued that the definition of family values
no clue what they were letting themselves in for. varies from one generation to the next. The notion that
1 This is the Life Swap ideas about family life can change is especially true in
series. the present day. What it comes down to is the philosophy
2 The series involves taking families from completely of how people want to live. Three traditional basic tasks
different . in life have been described as work, play and love. There
3 Mr and Mrs Beynon appear to be incredibly are
and scary at first. many activities that fall under these categories that define
4 Mr and Mrs Crabtree are very different in their our values. What is more, all of them are important and it
of their two takes work to balance these tasks. However, we often get
teenaged daughters. caught up in work and other activities and neglect play and
5 It emerged that the families had much more love. Correspondingly, children miss out on the structure
with each other than and boundaries they need in which to function and thrive.
first appeared. Without a balanced life of incorporating play and having
6 Both families were troubled by teen loving relationships, our lives clearly become stressful,
such as drink and drugs. overwhelming and unsatisfying. Traditionally, people
7 The families’ lives were played out under the spotlight define their values as stating that the family comes first,
of the new media . yet they find themselves with very little time or energy left
7 over for spending time with the family. To conclude, the
definition of family values is the social standards defined
2 8 Listen again and decide if the sentences are true or by the family and a history of traditions that provide the
false. emotional and physical basis for raising a family.
5
0 In this series, people are filmed only in the evenings
and at weekends.
2 Write an opinion essay of 175–200 words on the
False
following: Technology can serve to keep families
1 The production crew had not planned everything that
together rather than drive them apart. Use cohesive
happened on screen.
devices and include the following:
2 The families are chosen because they have a lot Paragraph 1 – Introduce the topic and briefly state your
in common with each other. opinion.
Paragraphs 2 / 3 – Introduce points to support your
3 It is only the teenage children who swap lives, not opinion, with relevant examples and evidence.
the parents. Paragraph 4 – Summarize your main points and state your
opinion again.

4 Each episode of Life Swap lasts 60 minutes.

5 The Beynons have four children.

6 The Crabtrees’ children are called Vicky and Neil.

7 The Crabtrees live in a large city.

8 Both families appeared to be caring and positive during

the series. 10
Writing total 15
8 10
Speaking
Listening total 15 100
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