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Vocabulary

1 Complete the sentences with the countries or Jamal I like hot places. In India it’s usually hot.
nationalities in the box. Kai I also love London because it’s an
China/Chinese Japan/Japanese Mexico/Mexican 6 __________ city. It isn’t boring.
Spain/Spanish UK/British the USA/American Score __/6

1 Manchester is a __________ city.

4 Choose the correct answers.
2 Mexico City is the capital of __________ .
1 Ana What colour do you get when you mix blue
3 Real Madrid is a __________ football team. and yellow?
4 Washington DC is the capital city of __________ . Ben __________
5 JAL is a __________ airline. It has many planes 2 Ana Why do you want your __________ ?
in Tokyo.
Ben I want to open the door.
6 Table tennis is a popular sport in __________ .
3 Ana Give an example of a/an __________ city in
Score __/6 the USA.
Ben St Augustine in Florida. It’s from 1565.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct countries
and nationalities. 4 Ana When is the film on TV?

1 Japp is from the Netherlands. He’s __________ . Ben It’s on __________ , the day after Sunday.

2 Moscow is my favourite city. It’s in __________ . 5 Ana Is your city dangerous?

3 Auckland is a __________ city. It’s in New Zealand. Ben No, it isn’t. It’s very __________ .

4 That music is from __________ . I love Brazilian 6 Ana Where are __________ from?
music! Ben China. They’re my favourite black and
5 My favourite food is from __________ . I love white animal.
Turkish food. 7 Ana Where’s Rio de Janeiro?
6 Air India is a popular __________ airline. Ben It’s a __________ city in South America.
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1 a Pink b Red c Green d White

3 Complete the dialogue with one word in each gap. 2 a bags b books c posters d keys

Jamal What’s your favourite city? 3 a modern b old c safe d quiet

Kai London. I like cities with lots of people. In 4 a Monday b Tuesday c Friday d Saturday
London, the streets are never empty. They 5 a boring b ugly c empty d safe
are usually 1 __________ with people.
6 a pandas b lions c koalas d Kiwi birds
Jamal Is it 2 __________ ?
7 a Mexico b Brazilian c Russia d Spain
Kai Yes! But there are some places that are
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quiet. For example, the parks. London has
got many 3 __________ parks.
Jamal You’re right, the parks aren’t ugly. But are the
streets 4 __________ ?
Kai No, they’re usually clean.
Jamal What about the weather? Is it 5 __________
in winter?
Kai Yes! Sometimes it’s only 1ºC!

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Grammar

5 Complete the text with the correct form of be. 7 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of be.
Use contractions where possible.
Eva Hi, 1 __________ you here for the English
class?
Bao Yes, I 2 __________ . Where are you from?
Eva I 3 __________ from Toledo in Spain. Are you
Australian?
Bao No, I 4 __________ . I’m from New Zealand.
So, 5 __________ the class fun?
Eva Yes, it 6 __________ .
This 1 __________ a photo of my family. My name
2 _________ David and I 3 __________ 14 years old. Bao Are you good students?
My sister, Jess, 4 _________ 14, too. We Eva Yes, we 7 __________ .
5 __________ twins! My parents 6 __________ from
England, but we live in Spain. Score __/7

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8 Complete the text with one word in each gap.

6 Tick () the correct sentences. Correct the

incorrect sentences.
1 I not from Brazil.
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2 They isn’t bike crazy.
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3 We aren’t in Madrid today.
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4 David am not from England.
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5 Wellington no is in Europe.
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Sienna Lalau – dance star
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Sienna Lalau 1 __________ a famous dancer.
2 __________ birthday is 16th December. Sienna
3 __________ from the UK, she’s from Hawaii, but
now she lives in Los Angeles. 4 __________ is
5 __________ teacher at The Lab Creative Arts
Studio. On her YouTube channel, there
6 __________ lots of videos from her dance classes.
Are you a fan of dance videos? 7 __________ dance
your hobby? Then watch Sienna Lalau!
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Reading
a 4 about one Icelandic teenager’s life ___
5 unusual information about Iceland ___
Hi, I’m Ísabella. I’m 14 years old and I’ve got a sister.
She’s ten. Our mother is from Iceland and our dad’s Score __/4
English. We’re from Reykjavík. I think it’s an interesting
10 Read the texts again. Correct the mistake in each
place to live. Our school is good and I like all my subjects.
sentence.
English is easy for me! I’m happy at school.
1 Ísabella says that Reykjavík is a very boring city.
b
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2 Ísabella’s parents are from the same country.
 Popular sports are handball, football and golf.
 People are crazy about reading! Books here are really _________________________________________
popular.
3 Handball isn’t a popular sport in Iceland.
 About 60% of the population live in Reykjavík. People
only live in 20% of the country. _________________________________________
4 20 per cent of the population live in Reykjavík.
c
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Country: Iceland 5 In Iceland people eat fish, but not meat.
Nationality: Icelandic
Population: 350,000 _________________________________________
Capital city: Reykjavík
Currency: Icelandic Krona (ISK) Score __/5

11 Choose the correct answers.

d
1 Ísabella has got …
a a brother and a sister.
b two sisters.
c a sister but not a brother.
2 In Iceland, people think books are …
a boring.
The number one place to visit this summer is … Iceland!
b interesting.
Places: Rekjavík is a small capital city, but it’s beautiful.
The houses are red, blue, green, yellow, pink … lots of c crazy.
different colours! It’s a very safe city, and it’s clean and 3 Rekjavík …
quiet. a isn’t a big or dangerous city.
Food: The sea is all around Iceland, so people eat a lot of
b is a beautiful but dangerous city.
fish. It’s good for you! People eat meat, too.
Languages: Icelandic is an old language and it’s difficult c is a safe but dirty city.
to speak. Almost everyone speaks good English. Many 4 In Iceland, almost everyone speaks …
people also speak German, French, Danish and Spanish. a English.
b German and French.
9 Read texts a–d. Match them with descriptions 1–5.
There is one extra description. c English and Spanish.

1 general information about Iceland ___ Score __/4

2 information for going to Iceland ___ 12 How is life in Iceland different to your country?
Write two things.
3 about teenage life in general ___
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Listening
13 Listen to a radio programme about Mumbai. First, 2 The population of New Delhi is …
look at the photos and choose the three things the
a about the same as Mumbai.
presenters will talk about.
b more than Mumbai.
c very small.
3 The percentage of people who speak the official
language is about …
a 35%.
b 45%.
c 55%.
4 Mumbai is …
a a big noisy city.
b a dangerous city.
c an ugly city.
5 Mumbai has got three …
a national parks.
b shopping malls.
c theme parks.
1 sport ___
6 In Mumbai, people …
2 the weather ___
a don’t do water sports.
3 transport ___
b like cricket and football.
4 education ___
c go cycling every day.
5 facts about the city ___
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14 Listen again and complete the notes with one word

or a number. Speaking
1 The population of Mumbai is over __________
million. 16 Complete the dialogue with one word in each gap.

2 People in Mumbai speak Marathi, Hindi and Yui Hi, I’m Yui. 1 __________ is your name?
__________ . Ben It’s Ben.
3 It’s hot in __________ . Yui Good to 2 __________ you, Ben. How
4 The weather is never __________ . 3 __________ are you?

5 Mumbai is a good place for __________ to visit. Ben I’m 13. Where are you 4 __________ , Yui?

6 Mumbai is also famous for __________ . Yui Chigasaki in Japan.

Score __/6 Ben Is Chigasaki a 5 __________ city?

Yui No, it’s very big.
15 Listen again and choose the correct answers.
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1 Mumbai is …
a the capital of India. 17 Work in pairs and act out the dialogues using the
prompts in the Speaking task from your teacher.
b near New Delhi.
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c by the sea.

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Writing
18 Read the profile. Imagine you are Elif and write a
message to ask for a keypal. Say why you want a Profile
keypal.
Name: Elif
Age: 13
Write 80–100 words.
Country: Turkey
Nationality: Turkish
City: Istanbul
Languages: Turkish, English
Hobbies: reading books, dancing, tennis
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Teacher’s comments:
Vocabulary __/25
Grammar __/25
Reading __/15
Listening __/15
Speaking __/10
Writing __/10
TOTAL __/100

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