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Vocabulary 3 Choose the correct option.

1 Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences with 1 In biology/German, we learn about animals and
the activities in the box. plants.

brush my hair clean my teeth get changed 2 I like chemistry/music because we can play the
go to sleep have a break pack my bag piano or the guitar.
3 I study art/German because I like languages.
1 2 3
4 We do experiments in English
language/chemistry.
5 Music/Geography is interesting because we learn
about other countries.
6 I like English language/art because I want to go to
4 5 6 England and understand people.
7 Biology/Art is my favourite subject. I like painting
and drawing pictures.
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4 Choose the correct answers to complete the text.

Kumiko’s day
Stefan’s typical Tuesday
1 In the morning, I always __________ .
On Tuesdays, Stefan wakes up 1 __________ 7:00. He
2 Then, I __________ .
always 2 __________ his bed first. Then he goes to the
3 At school, we __________ at 11:00. I usually drink bathroom and 3 __________ a shower. Then, he
some water. chooses his clothes and 4 __________ quickly.
At school, his first subject on Tuesdays is
4 In the afternoon, we __________ into our sports
5 __________ . He likes it because he loves numbers.
clothes and play sport.
Then he goes to the computer room for 6 __________ .
5 Before I go to bed, I __________ . In the afternoon, he has chemistry. Finally, he plays
6 I usually __________ at 10:00 pm. football or tennis in 7 __________ .

Score __/6 1 a at b on
2 a does b makes
2 Choose the correct option.
3 a has b does
Emily’s Routine
4 a goes to sleep b gets dressed
1 In/On Mondays, Emily gets up 2 at/in about 6:30 am.
5 a Art b Maths
She always has breakfast 3 at/in the morning. She
finishes school 4 on/in the afternoon. After dinner, she 6 a ICT b Geography
watches TV. 5 At/In night, she goes to bed at 11:00 7 a drama b PE
pm.
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Grammar 8 Complete the sentences with the object pronouns

in the box.
5 Complete the verbs with es, ies or s.
her him it them
1 My sister finish___ her class at 4:00.
2 My best friend stud___ in the evenings. 1 Science subjects like biology and physics are very
popular. Many students like __________ .
3 Tom do___ his homework in the living room.
2 Mary sits next to David. She sometimes helps
4 My father teach___ English. __________ .
5 Jess play___ games on her mobile phone. 3 I like PE, but some students don’t like __________ .
Score __/5 4 Mrs Jones is my favourite teacher. I like learning
with __________ .
6 Choose the correct option.
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1 Do you like pizza?
Yes, I do/does. 9 Choose the correct answers to complete the
interview.
2 Does your brother like football?
No, he don’t/doesn’t. Interviewer 1 __________ you start school at 8:00?
3 Do your teachers give you homework? James No, we 2 __________ . Our first class
Yes, they do/does. 3 __________ at 8:30.
4 Do you have maths on Tuesday? Interviewer 4 __________ you got a favourite
No, I don’t/doesn’t. subject?
5 Does your teacher help you? James Yes, my favourite subject is maths. But
Yes, she do/does. my best friend 5 __________ PE.
Score __/5 Interviewer Do you 6 __________ the teachers?

7 Complete the sentences with the correct word in James Yes, I like 7 __________ , but they give
brackets. us a lot of homework!

1 Our teachers always __________ us a lot of 1 a Do b Does

homework. (give/gives) 2 a don’t b doesn’t
2 We __________ have geography on Monday. 3 a is b are
(don’t/doesn’t)
4 a Do b Have
3 Our first class __________ at 9:00. (start/starts)
5 a likes b like
4 My mother __________ help me with my
6 a likes b like
homework. (don’t/doesn’t)
7 a it b them

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Reading 10 Read the article. Are the sentences T (true) or

F (false)?
Teaching online
1 Mateus teaches students from Beijing.
Every year more teachers teach online. They T/F
don’t work in a school. They teach students
2 Mateus’ students log on at 9:00 am.
from home via the internet. We speak to
Mateus and Jenny about their experiences. T/F
3 Mateus’ students use a whiteboard.
Mateus, from Hungary, teaches students from
Beijing, China, online. T/F
4 Some of the students use free apps.
‘I log on at
9:00 in the T/F
morning. For 5 Jenny teaches group classes.
my students
it’s 4:00 pm in T/F
the afternoon 6 Jenny teaches some classes after lunch.
when they
T/F
connect. I
teach one group class for 60 minutes. I teach 7 Jenny’s students read articles at home.
vocabulary and grammar. My students are in T/F
their homes. They write the answers on the
whiteboard and I correct them. Sometimes we Score __/7
speak at the same time and everybody laughs.
We enjoy having classes online. Some of my 11 Read the article again. Choose the correct option.
students use free apps on their phones to help 1 Mateus/Jenny says they give their students
them learn at home.’ something to read at home.
Jenny, from the UK, teaches one-to-one 2 Mateus/Jenny teaches students from many
classes online. countries.
3 Mateus/Jenny says they sometimes laugh in class.
‘I teach four
classes in the 4 Mateus/Jenny teaches online for an hour in the
morning and morning.
three after 5 Mateus/Jenny says they help the students with
lunch. I don’t their pronunciation.
teach after Score __/5
5:00 pm. A
typical class is 12 Complete the summary of the text with the correct
half an hour long. My students are from many words.
countries. I prefer to teach individual
students, not group classes. I help them with In the text, there are two teachers, Mateus and Jenny.
their pronunciation. I give my students They talk about teaching 1 _________ . Mateus teaches
articles to read at home and in class they ask his students in Beijing 2 __________ and grammar. Jenny
me questions about the words they don’t teaches one-to-one classes with students in the morning
know.’ and afternoon until 3 __________ .
Score __/3

Listening
13 Listen to a conversation and answer the
question.
1 What is the conversation about?

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a online courses Speaking

b music videos
Score __/2 16 Complete the dialogue with the words in the box.

about have really sure too

14 Listen again and choose the correct option.
Ana What 1 __________ you got for number one?
1 Amber watches/makes videos on her course.
Ben I’ve got ‘A’.
2 There are 10,000/2,000 people on Amber’s course.
Ana Yes, me 2 __________ .
3 After she watches a video, Amber reads/writes
comments. Ben What 3 __________ number two?
4 David’s course costs nothing/£10. Ana I think it’s ‘B’.
5 David’s course is easy/hard work. Ben 4 __________ ? I’ve got ‘C’.
6 The presenters of David’s course have clear/loud Ana Are you sure?
voices
Ben Yes.
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Ana OK. Let’s put C.
15 Are the sentences T (true) or F (false)? Ben And number three?
1 Amber and David are doing a course online. Ana I don’t know. Do you think it’s ‘A’?
T/F
Ben I’m not 5 __________ . I think it’s ‘A’ or ‘B’.
2 Amber can’t remember things very well.
Ana Let’s put ‘A’.
T/F
Score __/5
3 Amber’s course is expensive.
T/F 17 Work in pairs and check your answers to a quiz in
4 It takes Amber a long time to read people’s the Speaking task from your teacher.
comments. Score __/5
T/F
5 David doesn’t think it is important to learn how
to use money. T/F
6 David watches some videos and does some
tests. T/F
7 David can stop the videos and watch them
again. T/F
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Writing Checklist
18 Write a blog post describing what you usually do Paragraph 1: What you do in the morning.
on Saturdays. Paragraph 2: What you do in the afternoon.
Paragraph 3: What your favourite thing about
Saturdays is.

Useful language
On Saturdays, I usually ... In the
morning/afternoon,
I…
Write 50–80 words. My favourite programme/sport/activity is …

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