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Name: Mark:
Grammar
1 Choose the correct option for each sentence.
1 What are you doing at the moment? I m reading/read a book.
2 What are you doing/do you do when the weather is hot?
3 My friend is really clever. She always is doing/does well at school.
4 I m living/ live in Spain for a year because my mum has a job there.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the adjective in brackets.
1 Before our English exams, our teacher is more nervous (nervous) than we are!
2 The weather in Greece is _______________ (hot) than the weather in England.
3 The shops in the centre are _______________ (expensive) than the shops near my house.
4 My sister is _______________ (good) at ballet than I am.
5 The students at my new school are _______________ (friendly) than the students at my old school.
6 Maria is _______________ (tall) than all her friends.
3 Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verb in brackets.
I ____________________ (play) football with my friends when I _______________ (break) my leg. Luckily,
my friends mum _______________ (be) there and she _______________ (take) me to hospital by car. My
mum _______________ (work) that afternoon, but when my friends mum _______________ (phone) her she
_______________ (come) to the hospital straight away. I _______________ (not stay) in hospital I
_______________ (go) home the same day. That night I _______________ (watch) TV when all my friends
_______________ (arrive) to visit me. They brought me lots of chocolates and a card!
4 Complete the sentences with will or the correct form of going to.
1 Do you want to come to my house tonight?
No, thanks. I _______________ visit my grandmother. She isnt very well at the moment.
2 What are your plans for next summer?
I _______________ travel to Greece with my family! Im so excited!
3 Ive forgotten my packed lunch and Im really hungry.
Dont worry. I _______________ give you one of my sandwiches.
4 Im having a party for my birthday. Can you come?
Great! I _______________ ask my mum.
5 I _______________ travel to Japan next year on a school trip.
Really? Thats so exciting!
Vocabulary
5 Complete the sentences with these words.
clever bossy confident shy sporty rude
1 John is really ___________. Hes always telling me what to do.
2 Hes so ______________ he never says please or thank you.
3 Im not very ______________ I never feel sure of myself.
4 Sara is ______________. Yes. Shes really intelligent, isnt she?
5 He doesnt like going to parties because hes really ______________ .
6 They play football every day and they go everywhere by bike theyre very ___________ .
Listening
6 Listen to an interview with Patricia. Are the sentences (16) true (T) or false (F)?
1 Patricia went to an international camp last summer. ____
2 She went because she wanted to try some new sports. ____
3 The camp was for a week in August. ____
4 The young people at the camp usually spoke English together. ____
5 At the end of each day the groups got together and had a big party. ____
6 Patricia was really excited about going home at the end of the camp. ____
9 Read the text again and choose the correct answer (A, B or C).
1 Where is the exhibition?
A London
B Liverpool
C Paris
2 What is Mr Oswalds job?
A Hes a journalist.
B Hes a technology expert.
C Hes a teacher.
3 Why do our homes cost us a lot of money?
A because they use a lot of energy
B because we have to heat them
C because things are always breaking down
4 What will the difference be between our homes now and the homes of 2050?
A Houses will be smaller.
B We wont have so many different machines.
C Houses will be underground.
5 Why does Mr Oswald think that these homes will be good for old people?
A Robots will look after the old people.
B They will teach old people about technology.
C Technology in the future will be easier to use.
6 What will the robots do?
A work in offices
B go to the shops and buy your food
C do jobs around the house when you are not there
7 What does Mr Oswald think most people will do with their free time?
A sleep more
B take part in hobbies and sports
C nothing much
8 Why does he think that the future is going to be very interesting?
A Robots will take over the world.
B Technology will change our way of life.
C Scientists will keep making new gadgets.
9 Who does he think the future will be bad for?
A lazy people
B young people
C poor people
10 The Teen Talk reporter thinks the future will be
A exciting.
B frightening.
C boring.
11 What is the Teen Talk reporter going to see at the exhibition?
A a microwave
B a dishwasher
C the robots
10 Write a paragraph about the technology you cant live without. Use these headings to help you.
Why you cant live without this technology
How often you use it
What you do with this technology
Why you like to use it