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Test 1: Reading and Writing
7 Bsays ‘my mum … showed me the best way to make
(them)’.
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9 C says he likes to ‘put different things into the pan and
1 C If you want extra cheese, it costs €1, so the price is see what happens.’
higher than for a normal pizza. 10 A talks about dishes from his country which are ‘hard
2 B You have to phone to find out the titles and the to make’.
prices. 12 You have breakfast in the morning before you leave
3 A Ted is asking Jacob if he wants a lift – to go with Ted home – C mentions this.
and his dad in the car. 13 A says ‘I’m not sure I’ve got a favourite dish.’
4 B Students have to tell Mrs Johnson by Friday if they Part 3: Going climbing!
want to see the artist.
5 C You can either find another machine, or buy your 14 C Claire says ‘on my 14th birthday my dad gave me a
ticket at the office, because the ticket machine isn’t surprise present – a climbing trip with him!’
working. 15 C Claire says ‘we always want to get near the top if
6 A Mum isn’t going to collect Gemma from the cinema possible’.
any more. Dad’s going to do it ‘instead’ – so the plan 16 B Claire says ‘I enjoy just thinking … how soon we’ll
has changed. have our picnic lunch, my favourite part of the day!’
17 B Claire says ‘it was a warm, sunny day when we left.
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However, the wind became stronger and colder as
1 You’ll pay €15 plus €1 for the cheese. we climbed higher’.
2 You should ring the number in the notice. 18 A Claire says ‘I was glad when Dad said we should go
3 Ted and his dad are travelling to football practice – but back down the mountain’.
Jacob can go with them if he wants to. Tip strip
4 The artist is coming next week. But students must speak
to Mrs Johnson by Friday if they want to meet the artist. 15 They ‘always want to get near the top if possible’.
5 You can always buy a ticket at the ticket office (if the 16 She says ‘there’s no time to worry about schoolwork or
machine isn’t working). things like that’. She says their ‘picnic lunch’ is ‘my favourite
6 The plan was that Mum would collect Gemma from the part of the day!’
cinema, but now she’s working late so Dad will 17 Anna says it was ‘a warm sunny day’ when they left, but
go instead. she also uses the words ‘wind’ and ‘rain’ during their climb.

Part 2: Three teenagers talk about cooking Part 4: Arctic Hares

7 B Ben’s mum showed him ‘the best way to make’ 19 B ‘belongs’ is the only verb that’s followed by ‘to’.
dishes. 20 A ‘longer’ is the only comparative adjective to use for
8 A Sam says ‘I sometimes cook for the whole family and an animal’s ears.
they say they like my food – but I think they’re just 21 C ‘keep’ is the only verb that can fit here.
trying to be nice!’ 22 B The sentence is describing how the colour of the
9 C Karl says ‘I just put different things into the pan and hare’s coat ‘changes’ from white to grey).
see what happens!’ 23 C ‘certainly’ is the key here. The sentence tells us how
10 A Sam says ‘My family’s from China and the dishes we fast they can run, so the word needs to mean that
have can be hard to make, but I enjoy trying …’ we’re ‘sure’ about this information.
11 B Ben says he prepares dishes for family members who 24 A ‘as soon as’ has a similar meaning to ‘immediately’.
‘don’t like meat’ and for others who ‘aren’t able to
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have milk or cheese’.
12 C Karl says ‘I always enjoy making myself a good 19 only ‘belongs’ can be followed by ‘to’.
breakfast – toast and eggs’. 20 you can use ‘long’ to describe an animal’s ears.
13 A Sam says ‘I’m not sure I’ve got a favourite dish’. 24 ‘as soon as’ means something similar to ‘immediately’.

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Part 5 Tip strip

25 Would (You say ‘Would you like’ to invite someone to 1 Anna’s uncle says the building in the first photo has got ‘a
do something) great entrance’, which is the clue.
26 with (Mark is inviting Jake to watch a film ‘with’ him – in 3 There are three sizes: 37, 39 and 40. The biggest trainers
his company) he likes are ‘only a 37’ – too small. His mother is looking
27 if (‘if ’ you want – it’s your choice) for a 40 but the boy knows he can wear a 39 – they’re
28 to (You have something to eat) ‘usually OK’.
29 after (Dad will take Jake home when the film finishes – 5 He went into town to ‘return a pair of jeans’. He bought a
‘after’ the film) T-shirt with the money that the shop gave back to him.
30 me/us (Let ‘me / us’ know – let ‘Mark’ know (me) or let
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his ‘family’ know (us))

Tip strip 6 25 / twenty-five (The teacher says ‘last year we cycled 30

kilometres … we’ll do 25 this time’)
25 You say ‘Would you like’ if you’re inviting someone to 7 park (The teacher tells them ‘We’ll … cycle across the
do something. fields and then back to the park’)
28 You have something ‘to’ eat. 8 sunglasses (The teacher tells them ‘… it’ll be a sunny day,
29 He’ll take him ‘after’ the film. so don’t forget your sunglasses’)
9 tyres (The teacher tells them to ‘ask someone to check
Part 6: email (model answer)
the tyres on your bike’)
10 cake (The teacher says ‘when you return, I’ll give each of
Hi Lee,
you a cake!)
I hope you’re feeling better. Our geography project is
about mountains and rivers in our country. Tip strip
Write about 400 words about those. Our teacher wants
our projects by 22nd. 6 You need a number here. The question is ‘how far’ and
Good luck! the answer is in kilometres (kms).
Martin 8 ‘It’ll be a sunny day’ – so the answer is sunglasses.
9 The answer here is ‘tyres’, which are on the outside of the
bicycle wheels.
Part 7: story (model answer)
Part 3
Two girls are riding their bikes beside a lake. It’s a nice day.
One girl is wearing sunglasses, and the other girl has a big 11 B Henry says the band ‘play fantastic rock music, which I
hat. Then the girl’s hat falls off – into the water! They stop love’.
their bikes and the girl picks up her hat. It’s very wet. She’s 12 C Marta says the guitar player ‘played better than the
sad. other band members’.
13 A Marta says she ‘really wanted to talk to them after
the concert, so it was a shame we couldn’t’.
14 B Henry says their tickets cost €19.75 – ‘because we’re
Test 1: Listening
under 18 … with a discount’.
15 C Henry says ‘… there’s a bus that goes past our street’.
Part 1
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1 C Anna says her school is ‘the first photo’ her uncle
picked up – it showed a building with windows on 13 When Marta says ‘it was a shame’, she was sad about it.
one side of the door, and no trees. 14 Their tickets were cheaper than normal.
2 C The mother says the match starts at two, but the boy 15 Henry says his dad’s working tonight. And there’s a bus
says it’s ‘half past’ = half past two or 2.30. that goes past their street.
3 B When the boy tries on the trainers, he says ‘39’s Part 4
usually OK … yep, perfect’.
4 A The girl and her dad ‘walked to the park and had 16 B The boy says ‘I prefer doing art. I’d like to study just
some sandwiches and drinks that we bought along that every day’.
the way’. 17 A The girl says ‘lots of other teenagers sent in stories,
5 B The boy says ‘I got this’, and the girl asks ‘haven’t you too – I didn’t expect that!’ – so she was surprised.
got a T-shirt like that already?’ So, we know he bought 18 C The boy says ‘I’m not sure it’s my size’ when he
a T-shirt. tries on a sweater, and when the assistant gives him
another one, he says ‘that’s not as small’.

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19 B The girl says the sea ‘felt like it was below zero’ – 0
degrees C, so it was cold.
20 A The girl says ‘my mobile was in there (her bag) … I
can’t see that (her mobile) anywhere – maybe it
fell out’.

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16 He wants to study art.

17 She’s talking about the fact that ‘lots of other teenagers
sent in stories’ – so she was surprised.
19 ‘below zero’ means that the temperature is less than
0 degrees C – so the girl felt it was very cold.

Part 5

21 D Paulo says his sister’s hotel ‘was in the middle of all

those trees (in the postcard)’.
22 G Paulo says his friend Martin ‘loves climbing – he went
right to the top (of the mountain). Look, there’s
snow!’
23 H Paulo says his grandparents ‘love boats. Last year they
travelled to Canada by sea – on this!’ (= postcard of a
boat)
24 B Paulo says his cousin ‘stayed at this place … look at all
the tents!’ (= a campsite)
25 A Paulo says his uncle stayed in ‘a hotel by the sea …’
(= a beach) ‘… everyone’s sitting it looks like a great
place to swim’.

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21 The hotel was ‘in the middle of all those trees’ – so it was
in a forest.
22 The only place on the list where you can ‘go climbing’ is
up a mountain.
23 The distractor is ‘castles’ (C) – but the postcard is a
picture of a ship (H).

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21 A ‘different’ pieces of wood – none of them are the

Test 2: Reading and Writing same as each other.
22 B ‘as young as’ four means they’re at a very young age
Part 1 when they start.
23 A The violin is a smaller size – not as big as for an adult.
1 C Lily thinks she may have left her jacket at 24 C You get more ‘exercise’ when playing the violin – it
Sarah’s house. can be hard work.
2 C You can make the hot chocolate with hot milk
or water. Part 5
3 B Students should collect their work from the History 25 had (I hope you ‘had’ a good time)
Room before the end of term = before the 26 at (at Auntie Jane’s house – it needs a preposition of
holiday begins. ‘place’)
4 B Mum is telling Billy that Dad is taking him to school 27 with (my brother came ‘with me’ – we went together)
this morning. 28 so (the weather was warm, so we tried to spend … time
5 A Students should collect their bags on the way out. on the beach)
6 C The football boots are too small, so he can’t 29 as (‘as’ much time ‘as’ possible on the beach)
wear them. 30 Do (This is a present simple question: ‘Do you enjoy
Part 2: Three girls talk about buildings in their cities cooking?’)

7 B ‘… you can see a long way from the windows in my Part 6: email (model answer)
favourite one …’. (= building)
8 A ‘… when they (= new buildings) were built, many Hi Cary
Thanks for your email. I can come to the market with
older buildings were lost, and I actually liked those
you on Saturday morning. Let’s meet outside the cinema,
better …’
because it’s near the market. We can buy clothes there,
9 C ‘… some of the newer buildings look quite strange and also great food!
from the outside … I think they’re quite ugly’. It’ll be fun!
10 B ‘There are a few old houses … were the homes of See you soon!
well-known writers and artists many years ago, so it’s
interesting to visit them.’
Part 7: story (model answer)
11 C ‘… it’s fun to go in the lift, right up to the roof!’
12 A ‘… at night, when all the lights are on inside, some
Ben’s mum got a letter from Ben’s grandma. She wanted
(new buildings) don’t look quite so bad’.
to come and stay for the weekend! On Saturday, Ben and
13 B She finds the buildings that ‘belong to businesses …’ his mum got into the car and drove to the station. They
a bit boring because she ‘can’t go in and look around saw grandma on the platform, with her suitcase. Ben ran
…’ to her. They were very happy!
Part 3: Cycling in the snow

14 C Nick says that people don’t always get the snow off Test 2: Listening
the paths, so ‘going anywhere on foot is difficult’.
15 A When Nick cycled to school in the snow ‘people in
my class couldn’t believe it …’ Part 1
16 B Nick ‘put special snow tyres on my bike’ – so he
1 A The girl says ‘the sky was grey all day’.
made changes to his bike. 2 C The girl says that ‘instead of repairing cars’, her
17 A Nick was busy watching another cyclist who hit a
brother is ‘selling them! He’s always wanted to do
tree, and ‘I suddenly found I was on the ground!’ So, that …’
he fell off his bike. 3 A The girl says that ‘Jane’s older brother came past in
18 B Nick says ‘don’t cycle on it as it’s very difficult to stay
his car and picked us up – he’s just driven me here’.
on your bike!’ So, his advice is that cyclists shouldn’t 4 C Mum says ‘Can’t you wear your new trousers?’ and
try to cycle where there’s ice. the boy agrees. He also says ‘I’ve just remembered it’s
Part 4: The violin a barbecue, so I’ll need to put on a sweater’.
5 B The girl tells her dad that ‘it started to rain when we
19 B It would cost $18 million – this is the price you left the cafe, so we walked to Sophie’s …’ (Sophie’s =
would pay if you bought it. Sophie’s house).
20 C ‘comes’ is the only verb here that can be followed by
‘from’.

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Part 2
Speaking bank
6 theatre (Amy says the exhibition is ‘on the other side of
the road from the theatre’)
Part 1 phase 2
7 sport (Amy explains that ‘the one’ (= exhibition) ‘that’s on
now is about sport’) Practice activity 1
8 (£) 3.20 (Amy says that ‘it’s not expensive if you’re at My name’s Maria.
school, like us … my mum only paid £3.20 for me’.) I’m 11 years old.
9 5.45 (pm) (Amy tells us that ‘From Monday to Friday the I live in Spain.
exhibition … closes at 5.45’) I come from Madrid.
10 pixvues (Amy says ‘have a look at the website, at www. There are four people in my family.
pixvues.com and spells out the name – ‘that’s P – I – X – My favourite sport is tennis because it’s fun.
I like pop music best because I like dancing to it.
V – U – E – S!’)
Last year I went to France on holiday. It was fun because we
Part 3 visited Paris.

11 C Elena tells Paul that ‘Auntie Marie’s taking us … She’s Practice activity 2
borrowing Mum’s car’. 1 at 2 listen 3 to 4 go 5 because 6 not
12 A Elena says ‘… there’s lots to look at – like the
mountains’, so she’s excited. Practice activity 3
13 C Paul says ‘I’ll download some music onto my phone’. 1, 4, 6
14 B Paul says ‘I really want to ride one of Grandad’s
Part 2 phase 2
horses’, and Elena says ‘Me too!’
Practice activity 4
15 A Elena says ‘What about a lovely photo of us? We can
1 really 2 opinion 3 think 4 enjoy 5 prefer 6 for me
give them that!’ and Paul agrees – ‘Great idea!’.

Part 4 Practice activity 5

1C 2F 3D 4A 5E 6B
16 B The girl says ‘The last bus home has just gone – I
forgot to look at the timetable’. Practice activity 6
17 A The girl says ‘there was nothing unusual in it’, and the 1 I’m sorry, I didn’t understand your question.
boy agrees – ‘I know what you mean’. 2 Could you repeat the question, please?
18 B The boy thinks he is going to a match at the stadium, 3 Could you say that again, please?
but when his mother finds his ticket, she says ‘Oh 4 I’m sorry, I didn’t hear the question.
… it says the match is actually on the 15th. That’s 5 I’m not sure I understand that word.
tomorrow, not today’. 6 What does that mean?
19 C The girl says ‘we’ve got some history homework …
so I thought I’d go and get some ideas for it – which
I did’.
20 C The boy says ‘It’s nice and warm, too – it’s really cold
outside! I’m going upstairs to see the sports stuff on
the third floor’ so we know he’s somewhere inside, in
a big building.

Part 5

21 C Alex’s film was ‘the story of a boy and his parents’.

22 B Bella ‘… paints, so her film was about someone who
does that too’.
23 E Henry’s film was ‘all about chess and international
competitions.’
24 H Sandie ‘takes part in swimming races, so her film was
about that.’
25 D Jed’s favourite film was about ‘an area where there
are hundreds of trees!’

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Writing bank

Part 6

Practice activity 1
Hi Emma,
How are you? I had a great weekend. We went to the beach
and I went swimming. It was really hot and sunny. Did you
have a good weekend?
Write soon!
Sarah x

Practice activity 2
1 at 2 by 3 on 4 in 5 to 6 with

Practice activity 3
1 Would you like to go to the sports centre?
2 Do you want to meet in the park at 3 pm?
3 I’m going to London next weekend.
4 Are you going on the school trip?
5 Can you come to my house tomorrow?
6 I’m sorry, I can’t come to your party.

Part 7

Practice activity 4
1 because 2 so 3 and 4 because 5 so 6 but 7 and 8 but

Practice activity 5
1 funny 2 boring 3 brilliant 4 noisy 5 brave 6 famous
7 worried 8 heavy

Practice activity 6
1 was getting 2 had 3 couldn’t 4 looked 5 wasn’t 6 saw 7 was
sitting 8 laughed

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