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pictures you dont need to use.

1 Bridget _____

2 Matt _____

3 Phillip _____

4 Kate _____ g h

5 Jay _____

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1 At first, Michael wasnt a ________________ basketball player.

2 When he was a boy, Michael was ________________.

3 He has a ________________ breakfast every day.

4 His team players are very ________________.

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15 Listen and complete the factfile. 5

Jazz

Name: Louis Armstrong

Born: in 1 _____________________ in New Orleans

Fathers job: 2 _____________________ worker

1920s: famous 3 _____________________

Musical instruments: 4 _____________________

and cornet

Popular song: What a wonderful

5 _____________________

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4 Read and write T (true), F (false) or DS (doesnt say). 5

THE PLACE WHERE COINS ARE BORN

Many people like collecting coins from First an artist designs the pictures for
around the world, but where do they the two sides of the coin. Then he looks
actually come from? at the drawing and creates a
Who makes the coins? big model coin in plaster. (This
Well, people dont make material is white and you may
them in banks. They see it on a friends broken arm
make them in mints and or leg.) Special machines then
lots of countries have use this model to make the coin.
one. A mint is a special There are six mints in theUSA.
place an interesting The one in Philadelphia makes
factory where people lots of coins. In one day it
make currency. There are can produce more than thirty
huge machines to create million! Half of these are
the coins, but artists also pennies one-cent coins.
work in mints.

1 Banks never make coins. _____ 4 The model coin is very heavy. _____

2 There are only artists and machines 5 The Philadelphia mint makes fewer
working in mints. _____ than 15 million one-cent coins. _____

3 Machines design the pictures on the

coins. _____
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5 Read and write the jobs using the words in the boxes below. 5
There are five jobs you dont need to use.

1 Patricias perfect job: _____________________________________

I love children, but Im not very good at explaining
chef
things. I make my own clothes, like T-shirts and skirts.
People like them, but they dont think the same about
fashion designer
my cooking. Im lucky my sister is a very good cook!
TV presenter
2 Ians perfect job: _____________________________________
My mother reads the news on TV. She talks to inventor
important politicians. Everybody talks to her in the
street like shes a film star. Im quite shy, but I love the politician
theatre and I take part in plays at school.
3 Elliots perfect job: _____________________________________ actor
At school I was very good at maths and my university
degree is in science. My dad says Why dont you scientist
become a scientist? But my passion is my guitar. I like
teaching people how to play it. teacher
4 Margarets perfect job: _____________________________________
When I was little my favourite food was chicken with
musician
potatoes, but today I dont eat meat. Im a vegetarian
and member of an animal protection group. I love
farmer
being in the countryside and riding horses.
5 Simons perfect job: _____________________________________
I love TVs, but I dont like watching them. I like taking
all the pieces out and putting them back together.
When I was little, I wasnt interested in toys from
shops. I also make small cars and robots that move.
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6 Read and write D (Duncan), A (Andrew) or B (Both). 6

There are lots of different cleaning jobs: washing cars, cleaning boats and
ships, cleaning other peoples houses. Duncan and Andrew are a different
type of cleaner. Read and find out!

Im Duncan. I clean the Great

Clock of Westminster, known
as Big Ben, and other buildings Im Andrew. I work in New
in London with two other York cleaning the windows
cleaners. Big Ben is a very old of skyscrapers, the citys
and beautiful monument. Its very tall buildings. I love
a symbol in Great Britain and heights and skyscrapers like
famous around the world. We the Empire State Building!
hang from nylon ropes at a I usually work at very big
height of 100 metres thats heights more than 250
quite dangerous. Also, the metres. There are usually
clock never stops! So while five cleaners working at the
we are working, its hands are same time. We wear special
moving, too. Big Ben has got belts and we use very strong
four faces and its seven metres ropes to hang outside the
wide. It takes us about a week windows. But its dangerous
to clean it not bad! when its windy or very cold.

1 He works on very tall buildings. _____ 4 He uses special ropes when hes
2 He works at a height of more than 100 working. _____
metres. _____ 5 He cleans a historical building. _____
3 He says his job is dangerous depending 6 His job is dangerous. _____
on the weather. _____
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B J E I B C G S V R L E X C A
F L S N U O S C O D O U E H G
F A S H I O N D E S I G N E R
W W Y Z L X I T V C R L S F Y
I Y I Q D S F O E I G E H J V
Z E N R E P I N V E N T O R F
Y R J V R W V C O N A D A K D
K D X U U O I G A T V D Q M E
E U P O L I T I C I A N O U B
C P E P M X Z W A S W R J S W
J O U R N A L I S T L O U I H
N A C L R W N R L S V M S C E
Q Y B W Z I F B W O G Q J I G
U H S A B U S I N E S S M A N
Z E A Q F N X C V U E A D N L

1 _________________________________________ 6 _________________________________________

2 _________________________________________ 7 _________________________________________

3 _________________________________________ 8 _________________________________________

4 _________________________________________ 9 _________________________________________

5 _________________________________________ 10 _________________________________________
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1 ________ you want ________________ a TV

______________________? Yes, I ________.

2 Was _________________ your favourite _______________?

No, ________________.

3 ________ your grandfather a teacher? ________, he

_______________.

4 Is your job ______________________________________?

Yes, ________________.

5 Were Tim and Bob _______________________? _________,

they _______________.
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9 Read. 5

When I was little, my favourite food was spaghetti and

tomato sauce. Now I like pizza more. I was shy and
quiet, but now Im noisy. My favourite toy was my green
bike. Heres a picture of it. Marcos and Maria were my
best friends.

Now write about you and draw a picture.

Total test score: 50

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10 Name five jobs. Describe them using the words in the boxes 5
below and explain why.

easy interesting dangerous exciting safe boring difficult

1 2 3 4

5 6 7

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11 Now ask and answer questions using was/were.
5
1 2 3 4 5

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