Listening
1 Recording 9 Listen and tick () the correct
answer, a), b) or c).
1 How much is the brown clock?
£22.20 £22.50 £25.50
a) b) c)
2 What’s Paul’s nationality?
Chinese English American
a) b) c)
3 What’s the student’s first name?
Candy Kandi Kandy
a) b) c)
4 When does Neil do sport?
every day never on Saturdays
a) b) c)
5 The hat is …
Alice’s Sandra’s Pedro’s
a) b) c)
6 Henry is …
tired cold bored
a) b) c). 2 Recording 10 Listen and write true (T) or false
(F).
1 Martha and Dan are at a café. T
2 Their food and drink is €12.60. __
3 The café closes at 4.30. __
4 Dan is very cold. ____
5 Dan and Martha go inside. ____
6 The waiter brings them two colas. ____
7 The cake is for Dan. ____
8 Martha sometimes eats chocolate cake. ____
9 Martha likes cheese and bread. ____
10 Dan and Martha are on holiday. ____
11 The pen is Martha’s. ____. Grammar
3 Underline the correct answer, a) or b).
1 _a_ you from Spain?
a) _Are_ b) Do
2 hungry. I don’t know why.
a) I’m always b) Always I’m
3 Who’s ____ man over there?
a) this b) that
4 What ____ those?
a) ’s b) are
5 We ____ eat steak, but not very often.
a) sometimes b) usually
6 Are ____ they books?
a) Maria’s b) Marias
7 ____is my sister.
a) These b) This
8 Does he _____ coffee?
a) drink b) drinks. 4 Complete the sentences with the correct
positive (+) or negative (-) present simple form
of the verbs in brackets.
1 He always _phones_ me on Sunday. (+)
(phone)
2 That _isn’t_ true. (-) (be)
3 Jacob ______ his homework in the
evening. (-) (do)
4 George ______ Spanish. (+) (study)
5 She ______ meat. (-) (eat)
6 They ______ in the classroom. (+) (be)
7 I ______cheese. (-) (like)
8 She ______TV every evening. (+)
(watch)
9 Ken ______a motorbike. (+) (have)
10 My ______shoes black. (-) (be)
. 5 Write present simple questions from the
prompts.
1 what / your / name?
_What’s your name?_
2 what time / she / get up?
____________________
3 where / they / from?
____________________
4 you / a doctor?
____________________
5 you / live / with your parents?
6 this / Marina’s / chair?
____________________. Vocabulary
6 Cross out the wrong word in each group.
1 Russia China _English_ Argentina
2 computer singer engineer taxi driver
3 black green brown read
4 bored eighty cold thirsty
5 shop university house coffee
6 pens sweater jacket shirt
7 live work drive hot
8 sister father waiter brother
9 café bread steak cheese
10 gym gift shop lunch restaurant
11 train motorbike keys plane
. 7 Add the missing letters.
1 Samantha and Timothy have two sons and one
d a u g h t e r.
2 What’s your favourite colour? My favourite colour
is w ______ e.
3 A: How old is she?
B: She’s n ______y - f ______e.
4 A: What’s ‘SingFest’?
B: It’s a music f______ l. The bands are
really good this year.
5 James usually studies in the morning and does his
homework in the a ______n.
6 He always eats fish and v ______s
for dinner.
. 8 Complete the sentences with the words in the
box.
__________________________
actor -dinner- Germany
guided tired Wednesdays
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1 I often have chicken and rice for dinner.
2 A: What’s his job? Is he a businessman?
B: No, he’s an ______.
3 I work on and Thursdays.
4 A: Are you OK?
B: No, I’m not. I’m very ______.
5 A: Are they from ______?
B: Yes, they are. He’s from Berlin and she’s
from Frankfurt.
6 The ______tour of the city centre begins
at 2p.m.
. Function
9 Underline the best response.
1 What’s the problem?
a) _I’m hot._
b) Wonderful.
2 I’m hungry. Let’s eat something.
a) Good idea.
b) That’s €10.
3 Can I have a mineral water, please?
a) Still or sparkling?
b) No, thank you.
4 A ticket to Bristol, please.
a) The bus is from gate sixteen.
b) Single or return?
5 Anything else?
a) No, thank you.
b) That’s six euros.
6 What time’s the train to Eindhoven?
a) There’s one at half past six.
b) OK. That’s six fifty. 10 Complete the conversations with the words
and phrases in the box.
__________________________________
as in Excuse help you How much
like Sorry Thanks time is it
time does When wonderful
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1 Waiter: Can I 1 _help you ?_
Man: Yes, I’d 2 _____________
a coffee,
please.
2 Woman: What’s your first name?
Man: Gerry.
Woman: Is that J-e-r-r-y?
Man: No, it’s G, 3 _____________
‘get’. G-er-r-y.
3 Man: 4_____________
me.
Woman: Yes?
Man: What 5_____________
the play start?
Woman: Quarter past nine.
Man: 6_____________
? When?
Woman: Quarter past nine.
Man: Quarter past nine. OK,
7_____________.
4 Woman: 8_____________
does the swimming
pool open?
Man: At half past eight.
Woman: What 9_____________
now?
Man: It’s eight o’clock.
Woman: OK, thanks. 10_____________ does it
cost?
Man: It’s free.
Woman: Free? Oh, that’s 11_____________. Reading
11 Read the article and match headings 1–5 to
paragraphs A–E.
Famous families
A
Brothers Joel and Ethan Cohen are film-makers
from the USA. Joel’s wife, Frances McDormand, is
an actor. She is also from the USA. Joel and Frances
have an adopted son, Pedro. He comes from
Paraguay.
B
Patrick Tse is a Chinese actor from Hong Kong.
Patrick’s son, Nicholas, is an actor, a singer and a
songwriter. Nicholas is married to actor and singer
Cecilia Cheung. They have two sons, Lucas and
Quintus. Nicholas has dual nationality – he is
Canadian and Chinese. He and his family live in
Hong Kong.
C
Stellan Skarsgård is a Swedish actor. Three of his
children, Gustaf, Bill and Alexander, are actors too.
The brothers often appear together in Swedish films.
D
Musician Ravi Shankar comes from India. He has
two daughters, Norah Jones and Anoushka. They are
both singers, and Ravi often gives concerts with
Anoushka.
E
The Coppolas are a famous American family in the
film industry. Francis Ford Coppola is a film
director and his wife Eleanor is an artist. Their
daughter, Sofia, and son, Roman, are film directors.
Sofia is also a singer and actor.
1 A family of actors and singers _B_
2 Musical father and daughters ____
3 American brothers in film ____
4 Father and sons – all actors ____
5 A film-making family ____. 12 Read the article again. Underline True (T) or
False (F).
1 Joel Cohen and his wife are American. T/F
2 Joel Cohen’s child is from Paraguay. T/F
3 Nicholas Tse’s father is a singer. T/F
4 You never see any of the Skarsgård
brothers in the same film. T/F
5 Anoushka often sings at concerts with
her father. T/F
6 Sofia Coppola’s mother is an artist. T/F. 13 Read the signs and underline the correct
answer, a) or b).
Free English lessons
Tuesdays evenings
7p.m.–9p.m.
Music festival
City park
this Saturday
11a.m.–11.30p.m
Today’s specials
Chicken & vegetable pasta 5.95
Steak & chips 8.99
Fish & chips 7.50
Egg sandwich 3.75
Fruit cake 2.75
Guitar teacher
I’m Martín and I’m from
Mexico. I teach Spanish
guitar to all ages.
Tel: 899260
Email: Martin@hayoo.com
1 When are the English lessons?
a) Tuesday afternoons
b) _Tuesday evenings_
2 When is the festival?
a) This Sunday
b) This Saturday
3 What time does the music festival start?
a) 11 o’clock
b) half past eleven
4 How much do the fish and chips cost?
a) seven fifty
b) eight ninety-nine
5 What costs two seventy-five?
a) Fruit cake
b) Steak and chips
6 What does Martín teach?
a) Spanish guitar
b) Mexican guitar
7 What’s Martín’s phone number?
a) 899620
b) 899260
. Writing
14 Add the missing linkers to the blog entry.
-because- but Finally First that then
It’s Friday evening and I’m tired! I’m tired
1 _because- I work from Monday to Friday. I
like my job 2 _______
it’s very difficult.
So, what do I do at the start of the weekend?
3_______, I go to the shops and I buy my
favourite food and drink – meat, vegetables, cola,
cake. After 4 _______, I make and eat a big
dinner. I play music and watch TV,
5_______
I phone my friends and talk about what to do on
Saturday and Sunday. 6_______
, I go to
bed.
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