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Out and about Reading Part 1 Exam advice Prepare for Part 1 by thinking about signs, notices and short ‘messages in your own language. Who are they written for? What is their purpose? Look at the text in each question. What does it say? Mark the correct letter A, B or C. Example: DVD suitable only for persons of 15 years and over. ‘A You shouldn't watch this if you're 14 B_ You have to be 16 to watch this. € You won't enjoy watching this if you're 18, Example answer: A travel on buses and trams for young people in full-time oan education. A There is no charge for students on public transport. B_No young people have to pay on public transport € Students can travel free only to and from school. To: Liar From: Nicole Plane delayed by fog. Unless the flight is cancelled, we'll take the train after we land there. Nicole tells Liam that they A. definitely go by plane and then train. B_go by train instead of taking the plane. © take the train if they arrive by plane. eos me ma te Loe eee teeny crete A Cyclists should ride carefully here. B You must not ride bicycles here. € Only adults may ride bicycles here. MESSAGE Jake - Louis phoned. He wonders if you can call in on your way home and help him with his homework. Tilly Tickets must be bought before boarding trains. All platforms have ticket machines. A. You can get a ticket on the train. B You have to get a ticket in the station. You must get a ticket before you go to the station. @ vn What does Louis want Jake to do? A phone him about his homework B do his homework with him € do all his homework for him Grammar The future: will, going to, present continuous, present simple Q© Some of these sentences written by PET candidates have mistakes. Correct the errors. 1 I need to go now, because my lesson starts in ten. minutes. 2. [go to buy a bigger wardrobe tomorrow. 3. I'm sorry, but I don't will be in the English class tomorrow. 4. What I’m goifg to do during these holidays? 5 [think Tl take part in the dancing competition but Tim not sure. 6 You didn’t going to believe this, but I didn't have any problems. Comparative adjectives © complete the sentences with the comparative form of the adjective in brackets. 1 its (hot) today than it was yesterday. 2 Kes (good) to swim in the sea in the summer, 3. This tram is as (fast) as a train. 4rm (happy) travelling by boat than by bus. 5. The Parthenon was (amazing) ‘than I expected. 6 Cycling in the city is (bad) than walking Present simple, present continuous, past simple, 7 hope that the weather shall be better at the end of Hast continuous, present perfect the week, 8 I'm not going to be able to come tomorrow because Ihave a doctor’s appointment. 9° There's a movie on tonight, so we'll meet everyone at Carla's house at 7 pm. 10 [ think I'm going to buy some flowers to make my room more beautiful. @kead Jessica's letter and choose the correct form of the verbs in bold. Wi Amelia, Well, here we are in Atens, in sunny Geece! The TY weather forecast says it () is reaching / is going to reach 40°C lator today, so we'd better go ou san to look round the city before t (2) gets / will get too hel We spoke to some friends last right and we @)“W meet Z’ce meeting them atthe Parthenon. ifs an amazing building, about 2.500 years old, and fm sure the view froin there (4) will / is going to be wonderful, 100 Later on, | think |) ‘m going to / Uh go shopping. and for the evening weve arranged something special ‘le (0) ‘re having /“W have dinner by the se, followed by music and dancing! “Tornorrow we (1) ‘Ihave to / ‘re having to get up arly, because we @) ‘re going / ‘N go to Corinth, along the coast The train (1) will Weave / eaves 2t 8.5, ‘0 | think we (J0) have / ‘re having plenty of time to 40 out to the site of Ancient Corinth Well, that’s all for now. { (i) ‘m posting / “N post this « 28 soon a6 we go out and \ hope it (2) reaches / “5 going to reach you soon! Love, Tessica Spanish-speaking PET candidates often make mistakes with tenses. Complete the story with the correct form of the verb in brackets, using the present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous or present perfect. Two weeks ago | () Ge) camping with a friend in the mountains. The first day a oe) sunny ard ve 8 (find) a beatiful place to | camp, buct we (4) (Be) freezing in the right and when we (5) (uate ug) in the morning it (6) Grou} Walking down the mountain (7) be) veally diffioul! because of the snowfall and Mg aiff of if 6) ean) feel my lept fook We A) (alk) for about eight hours and then we had to push the ear two kilometres My priend (0) just fast} ae to go canping again this weekend but | to Gay) ges yet. «(2) (hot feel) very well today. 18) (hind) we should wait andl go in the sanmey. Ob wo, now the phone — (4) bing) again. What should | tell ber? Out and about @£ach sentence contains a mistake. Cross it out and write the correct form. 1 Now that 'm a university student, I'm needing to take the bus to go to class, 2. I've been to Greece in 2009 and the temperature was very high, 3. Yesterday I’m finding the ring I lost 4 Do you used to like toy cars when you were a child? 5. We have hoped to find a cheap flight for our holiday, but there was nothing available, 6 While I drove to the airport, my friend phoned me. Writing Part 1 Exam advice Never write more than three words. Even if the grammar is ‘correct, an answer of four words or more wil get no marks, Remember that short forms lke you're and don't count as two words. Qhtere are some sentences about a holiday. For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use no ‘more than three words. Exampl Our holidays begin next week Were going ...0n.halday...... next week 1 tt a 15-minute ear journey fom the village to the coast It takes 15 village to the coast. edt from the 2. We'll stay in the car until we reach the end of, the road. When we reach the end of the road, we'll get the car. 3. Then we'll walk to the beach, Then we'll foot to the beach, @ vnn7 4 At this time of year, the water is usually too cold to swim in. ‘The water isn’t in at this time of year. to swim 5 We'll probably stay in the village until the end of April We leave the village until the end of April. Senne nln Q Look at the story in Exercise 4 on page 35. Find three words with the sound /u/ in the first paragraph and write them below. Then underline the letters that represent the sound /o/. 1 2 3 Spelling tip Notice that the sound /o/ can be represented by the single letter and the two- and three-letter combinations 00 and oul Read the sentences and circle the correct spelling. July / Jooty is usually hot and dry in Spain. You have to push / posh the door to close it The sky is full / foo! of clouds. It might rain What buk / book are you reading now? You shod / should take a bus to the city centre, 6 Do you need a coulshion / cushion to sleep on? Qcomplete the table with the /o/ words from Exercises 2 and 3. Which do you think is the most unusual spelling of the sound? Listening Part 2 “Always choose one of the answers, even if you have to quess. ‘You don't lose marks for wrong answers, but you can't get a mark if you put nothing. You will hear a woman called Charlotte talking to an interviewer about her work as a weather forecaster. For each question, put a tick (/) in the correct box. 4 Charlotte says that nowadays the television forecast is ‘A. never correct about the next seven days’ weather. 1 How long has Charlotte been a TV weather forecaster? ‘A two years B always correct about the next day's weather. B three years fi o C usually correct about the next three Cefivevesre days’ weather. oO 2 What does Charlotte enjoy most about her job? 5 Charlotte says the use of modern technology = ‘A working on a ship out at sea A has its advantages and disadvantages. go B giving people useful information oOo B_ means she is on TV much more often. Oo meeting people such as farmers © makes the forecaster’s job simpler. oO 3 Who, according to Charlotte, sometimes 6 Charlotte says that most people she meets = cancel their journey because of the forecast? ‘A. never watch the weather forecast on television. A car drivers B think that the weather forecast is always B ral passengers ‘wrong. € aeroplane pilots € understand how difficult it is to forecast the weather. Oo Vocabulary Transport and weather Extremely, fairly, quite, rather, really, very @ Look at the thermometer and fill in the gaps with fairly, really, rather, quite or extremely. 40+ hot hot 30-40 hot hot hot 20-30, warm 10-20 cool out and about @) Q@ Write the words in the box next to the pictures and complete the table with prepositions. plene bus bike foot car train V get... enlante... | get .n..off 90 ony 2oet got go aget get 90 got get 9 5 get get 90 6 90 @kead the clues and complete the crossword. Across F 3. the four parts of the year 4 when the sun is shining 5. what we carry when it's raining 7 the cars, buses and trucks using a road F 10 this tells us about roads, places and distances 1 very i Down short periods of rain wet weather with very strong winds motorcycle with very small wheels metal tracks that trains run on i [ ry fairly, but not very when low cloud makes it difficult a to see unit?

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