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VOCABULARY
1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. There is one extra verb.
borrow do have make put repeat study surf wear win

0 They usually surf the Internet in the evenings.

1 I’m sorry, I don’t understand. Could you _______________ that, please?
2 We don’t _______________ a uniform to school.
3 I want to _______________ the singing competition.
4 We can _______________ lunch now. Are you ready?
5 He’s going to _______________ maths and physics at university.
6 In art class we’re going to _______________ posters for the school play.
7 How many books can we _______________ from the library?
8 I _______________ gymnastics every day after school.

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2 Complete the sentences with one word from each box.

come get is learning lived pay stand take

about for good home in into place up

0 They didn’t get into the car and drive away.

1 We have to _______________ when the head teacher comes into our classroom.
2 How much did you _______________ your computer? Was it expensive?
3 I can’t do chemistry, but John _______________ at chemistry. He’s the best in the class.
th
4 The next competition will _______________ in London on 24 September.
5 What time did you _______________ last night?
6 We’re _______________ Rosalind Franklin in our history lesson this week.
7 They _______________ France when she was a child.

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3 Complete the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.
I went to a 0 boarding (board) school, because my parents used to travel abroad a lot and weren’t at home
very much. I had to take an 1 _______________ (enter) exam to get into the school. For part of the exam we
had to make something with our hands. I’m not a very 2 _______________ (practice) person and I’m not
very 3 _______________ (imagine). They gave us paper, glue and paints. I decided to do a 4
_______________ (paint) of the head teacher, while the other 5 _______________ (study) were making
models from the paper. I think he liked it, because I got into the school!

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GRAMMAR
4 Read the text. Choose the best answer (A, B or C).
0
C is Max Jones? Max Jones lives 1 _____ a small village in Wales, but 2 _____ the moment he 3 _____ in a
hotel in Florida with his family. 4 _____ he was four years old, he picked up his first golf club and his father
5
_____ see that he was a very good player. However, he was very good 6 _____ football, 7 _____ . Finally,
he decided that he 8 _____ golf and he has played every day since then. He really loves 9 _____ golf and it
has become his life. He 10 _____ to train hard every day because he 11 _____ to become a professional golfer.
Last week he played in a tournament in America and 12 _____ first prize. 13 _____ he was playing in the
tournament, he 14 _____ some of the best golfers in the world and he played golf with them. He can be the
best in the world, 15 _____ he?
0 A Whose B Why C Who
1 A on B at C in
2 A on B at C in
3 A stays B is staying C stayed
4 A When B While C Until
5 A can B could C couldn’t
6 A in B for C at
7 A well as B either C too
8 A preferred B rather C didn’t mind
9 A playing B to playing C play
10 A can B doesn’t have C has
11 A tries B tried C is trying
12 A won B was winning C wins
13 A Well B While C Then
14 A met B was meeting C meets
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5 Rewrite the sentences so that the second sentence has the same meaning as the first.
0 It’s possible to learn a new language in six months.
You can learn a new language in six months.
1 This hotel is more expensive than the other one.
The other hotel wasn’t ___________________________ this hotel.
2 The gym at our school is bigger than the gym at yours.
Your gym ___________________________ as our gym.
3 This test wasn’t as difficult as the last test.
The last test ___________________________ this test.
4 I hate watching football.
I can’t ___________________________ football.
5 I’ve got nothing to do – I’m really bored.
I haven’t got ___________________________ – I’m really bored.

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KEY EXPRESSIONS
6 Match the questions/statements (1–10) with the responses (a–k).
0 I’ll meet them later. c) a) So can I.
1 I don’t agree with him. b) Good luck!
2 I was working in the shop today. c) So will I.
3 I can speak Spanish. d) Do you?
4 I didn’t think the play was very good. e) Yes, please.
5 Would you like to speak to him? f) Neither do I.
6 That test was very hard. g) So did I.
7 Is he coming here today? h) Were you?
8 I prefer cycling to running. i) That’s true.
9 I went to the concert last week. j) I don’t think so.
10 I’ve got an English test now. k) Neither did I.

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LISTENING
7 Listen to a woman talking about summer courses. Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
Track 2
0 Which summer course is she talking about?
A the first B the third C the fourth
1 What time does breakfast finish?
A 7:30 B 8:30 C 9:00
2 Which day is there a concert?
A Tuesday B Wednesday C Thursday
3 Which of these does not close at 9p.m.?
A the theatre B the swimming pool C the rehearsal rooms
4 This month there’s an excursion to see a play in
A Norwich. B London. C Great Yarmouth.

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8 Listen to four teenagers. Match 1–8 with the famous people. Write A, B, C or D.
Track 3
A Tom Daley
B Hou Yifan
C Chloë Moretz
D Justin Bieber
Which person …
0 was born in 1997? C
1 was not allowed to watch themselves? _____
2 has been in the Olympics? ______
3 filmed themselves? ______
4 is British? ______
5 is American? ______
6 is the youngest champion ever? ______
7 won an international competition in 2009? ______
8 is extremely clever? ______
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READING
9 Complete the text with the words in the box.
As could practising in interested more performing put on stage take part take up trick when

The Mysterious Ching Ling Foo

Magic is as old 0 as recorded history with evidence of magicians 1 _______________ nearly 5000 years ago
in ancient Egypt, and then ancient Greece and Rome. Until about 1750 most magic shows were watched in
streets and marketplaces across Europe. But 2 _______________ these started to close, magicians started
working 3 _______________ public houses or rented rooms. Finally, rich people became 4
_______________ in magic and magic shows were 5 _______________ in theatres.
Born in 1854 in Beijing, China, Ching Ling Foo studied traditional Chinese magic. His show went to the
United States in 1898 where he was very successful. His most famous 6 _______________ was producing a
huge bowl full of water from under a piece of cloth and then pulling a child out from the bowl of water.
While he was in America, he offered a reward to anyone who 7 _______________ produce a child from a
bowl of water as he did. Ching didn’t expect anyone to 8 _______________ the challenge, but an American
called William Elsworth Robinson did.
He came from New York and had started 9 _______________ magic when he was fourteen years old. Ching
was furious when Robinson accepted the challenge and he refused to 10 _______________ in the contest.
Robinson changed his name to Chung Ling Soo and called himself ‘The Original Chinese Conjuror’. He
even refused to speak English, pretending that he was really Chinese. He became even 11 _______________
famous than the man he copied, but he died on 12 _______________ doing one of his tricks. He tried to catch
a bullet from a gun but unfortunately, he failed. He died from a bullet in the chest in 1918, four years before
Ching Ling Foo died.

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10 Read the text again. Are sentences 1–8 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough
information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).
0 Magic is older than we know.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
1 In the past magic shows were performed outside.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
2 Magicians performed in ancient Greece.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
3 Rich people were never interested in magic.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
4 Chinese magic is the most traditional kind of magic.
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5 Ching Ling Foo first did his water trick in America.

A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
6 Ching was angry when Robinson accepted his challenge.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
7 Robinson died when one of his tricks went wrong.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
8 Robinson lived longer than Ching.
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
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WRITING
11 Complete the email with the phrases a–k.
a) we’re having
b) It’s also near
c) singing, either
d) I’m staying with
e) we visited
f) Hope you’re okay
g) here I am
h) Anyway
i) is here too
j) I’m studying
k) your last email

Hi Frank,
How are you? Thanks for 0 k). Well, 1 _____ in Granada, Spain where 2 _____ Spanish for four weeks. The
family 3 _____ are really friendly and their house is in the centre of the town. The school is about five
minutes’ walk away, which is great. 4 _____ the main shopping centre. We have lessons from eight until
twelve every day and I’ve made lots of friends already. You probably know that my cousin 5 _____ , so I
don’t feel lonely.
Yesterday 6 ______ the Alhambra Palace, which was amazing. I took lots of photographs and I’ll put them
on Facebook later. This afternoon 7 _____ a flamenco lesson and then we’re going to see a flamenco show
this evening. I don’t think I’ll be very good at the dancing or 8 _____ , but I’ll do my best!

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_____ , that’s all my news for now. How are things back home? 10 _____ and having a great summer.
See ya!
Charlie

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12 Write a reply to Charlie. Thank him for his email and tell him about your holiday. Use these
ideas and remember to use linking words.
• location
• activities
• people

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