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Listening Practical
P English
1  Listen to tthe radio intterview. How
w many 6 Complete the dialogu
ue with the words.
w Theree are
hours a day ddoes Helen write? (2 marks)
m two words
s that you do
o not need. (10 marks)
___________
_ __________
___________
___________
__ n likes muuch prefer rather soun
heard keen nds

2  Listen aga
ain. Comple
ete the sente
ences with Lisa: Whatt shall we doo tonight?
one
o or more words. (8 marks)
m Sam: Therre’s a rock baand on tonigh ht in the Green
1 Helen likedd __________ stories wheen she was Room m. Shall we ggo to that?
_________ _. Lisa: I’m not
n very (1) ________ on rock
r music.
2 Helen ofte ________ or _________
en goes to __ Sam: What about the ccinema? The ere’s that new
w
and watches people. horroor movie – MMama. It’s rea
ally scary.
3 Helen ___ _______ up _________
_ n the mornin g.
in Lisa: I’d (2
2) _______ nnot. I hate ho
orror films.
4 Helen advises new wriiters to have a ________ __ Sam: Well, what do youu want to do o?
writing rou
utine. 3) _______ too see a comedy film.
Lisa: I’d (3
Sam: All rigght, what abbout that new
w comedy witth
Voc
cabulary
y Owen Wilson?
Lisa: That sounds (4) ________ better than Mam ma!
3 Complete
C e nouns. (5 marks)
the Sam: Yes, I’ve (5) ________ it’s hila
arious.
1 main ____ _____
2 box _____ ____ Grammar
G r
3 special __
_______
4 best_________ 7 Write senttences usingg the promp
pts. Use the
e
past simple. Put the w
words in bra
ackets in the
e
5 film _____
____
correct pla
ace. (10 marrks)
4 Complete
C the
e sentencess with the wo
ords. There 1 I / not have / moneyy / buy / mobile phone
are two word
ds that you do
d not needd. (5 marks) (enough h)
______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____
nce character income live
audien
p
publicity tale
e talented ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____
2 The / en nding / story / be / predic
ctable (too)
1 Leonardo DiCaprio is a very _____ ___ actor. ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____
2 I saw a __ ______ performance by Rita
R Ora last 3 The / be eginning / film
m / not be / dramatic
d
month. (enough h)
3 A new film m needs a lot of _______ and marketin ng ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____
for it to beccome a global success. ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____
4 I thought T Tobey Maguiire’s _______ _ in the film 4 There / be / salt / saauce (too mu uch)
The Greatt Gatsby wass very realistic. ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____
5 Most write ers don’t have
e a large ___
____ from 5 There / be / rules / m my school (tooo many)
their work unless they write a bestsseller. ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____

5 Complete
C the
e sentences
s. (10 marks).
1 Anna thinkks she saw th he g_______ _ of the
woman wh ho lived in heer house man ny years ago o.
2 Peter played a j______ __ on me las st night, but I
didn’t thinkk it was funnyy at the time.
3 When I wa as young my mother told me amazing g
t_______ b before bedtimme.
4 The a____ ____ clapped d and shoute ed for more
when the ssinger finishe ed her song.
5 The c____ ____ gave my m novel a gre eat review.

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8 Complete
C the
e sentences
s with the co
orrect past Reading
R
simple or pas
st continuous form of the
t verbs.
(1
10 marks) 11
1 Read the text.
t Match ssentences A–F
A with spaces
arrive eat fly hear ride see wa
alk watch 1–4 in the text. There are two sen
ntences thatt you
do not neeed. (4 markss)
1 This time yyesterday I ___________
_ ___ over the A Other writers
w are yoour best teac chers.
Atlantic Occean. B Many writers
w face reejection when they start out.
o
2 When I __ ___________ __ at the partty they C The nex xt step is thee scariest of all
a – sending g your
_________ _____ cake. work to publishers.
3 We _____ _________ th he TV when we w D Plenty of
o sleep and rest are imp portant for yo
our
_________ _____ a straange sound upstairs.
u imaginaation to workk.
4 I ________ ______ David while I ___ __________ __ E You can n share yourr work with other writers anda
my bike in the park. get valu
uable feedbaack.
5 Yesterday I _________ _____ to sch
hool. F Turn offf the TV and your phone, and log off from
the internet.
9 Complete
C the
e sentences s with the co
orrect -ing o
or
to
o + infinitive
e form of the
e verbs in brackets. How to sttart
(1
10 marks)
1 She promised _______ _______ (coome) home a at So you want to be the next J.K.Row wling? Well, the
t
eleven. first step iss to start writting. Decide on a time annd
2 I enjoy _______________ (watch) co
omedy films, place to wrrite every daay and stick to t it no matteer
3 He missed d ______________ (see) his
h friends what happens. (1) __ Y You don’t need any
d to a new town.
when his ffamily moved distractionss.
4 I’m learnin
ng ______________ (play)) the guitar. Finding in
nspiration
5 My mum ccan’t stand ____________ ___ (listen) too
hip hop mu usic. What if youu can’t thinkk of anything to write? We ell,
just keep writing
w anywaay, even if itt’s rubbish.
Eventually,, it will start tto make sen nse. The less you
Cum
mulative
e review write the harder
h it is. LLook for inspiiration
everywhere e, in people you know, peoplep you do
on’t
10 Complete
C the
e text. (10 marks)
m
know, placces and thinggs. Read books. (2) __
Last week, I (1) ________ __ The Great Gatsby at t he Developin
ng your crafft
cinema. The sstory is abou ut the millionaaire Jay
Gatsby,
G who, in 1922, (2) _________ in a huge OK. You’ve e written youur book or sto ory; now youu
house in Wesst Egg, a tow wn on Long Is sland. Near to o need some e feedback. T This is the leaarning stagee.
his house are e lots of rich people,
p including Tom Don’t ask your
y friends oor family – they will prob bably
Buchanan,
B huusband of Da aisy, who Ga atsby loves. tell you it’ss great becauuse they don n’t want to huurt
After
A losing he
er to Buchan nan because he wasn’t ricch your feelings. The bestt option is to join a writerrs’
enough for he er, he now wants to win herh back with h group. (3) __ You will aalso learn fro om other wriiters
his new-found d wealth. Gatsby is very (3)( ________ __ by listening g to their stoories. It’s also
o a good ideaa to
– he will do annything to acchieve his go oals. The sto ry do a creative writing coourse just to learn the ba asics
is
s told by the main characcter, Nick Carrraway, a of plot, settting, charactters and dialogue.
yooung man w who went to university
u with
h Buchanan.. Getting published
He
H is also Daisy's second cousin. Nick k is living nexxt
(4) __ Check your workk for any big g spelling or
door to Gatsb by, and Gatsb by uses him as a way of
grammar mistakes
m as tthese will deffinitely put
getting back w with Daisy. Carraway
C advvises Gatsbyy
editors off. Write a cleaar letter sum
mmarizing the e
what
w he (4) __
________ do o to get closee to Daisy.
story and your
y writing eexperience. Don’t forget to
The
T film was vvisually dram matic and enttertaining an nd
mention an ny courses orr writing groups you are a
th
he ending is definitely not (5) _______ ___ – I left th
he
member off. This showss you are ma aking an effo ort to
cinema feeling g surprised and
a sad at th he same time e.
improve yoour writing. G Good luck!

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12 Read
R the tex
xt again. Com
mplete the sentences
s
with
w one or m more words. (6 marks)
1 The writer of the article
e thinks hopeeful writers
_________ __ write ___________ .
2 The writer’’s advice is just to keep writing
w even
when you haven’t got anya good ___ ________ .
3 Friends annd family ___ ________ the e best criticss.
4 Joining a _
__________ and doing a __________ __
show that you are keen n to improve your writingg.

Wriiting
13 You
Y are writiing a short story
s for a magazine.
m
Use
U the ideas s, questions
s and promp pts to help
you. Write ab
bout 125 wo
ords. (10 ma arks)
a holiday a robbery an
a adventure
e a ghost

Para
agraph 1
Describe
D the ssetting.
When
W was it?
?
Where
W was it??
Describe
D the main characcter. What do oes he / she
lo
ook like? What is his / her personality
y?

Para
agraph 2
Develop
D the p
plot.
Describe
D whaat happened. What was th
he main
event? What happened while
w the mainn event was
happening?

Para
agraph 3
Write
W the ending.
What
W happened?
How
H did the m
main character feel?

Listen
ning _____ / 10 Vocab
bulary ______ / 20 Practical English ______ / 10
Grammmar _____ / 30 Cumuulative Revie
ew _____ /10
0 Reading _____ / 10
Writin
ng _____ / 10
0 TOTAL __________
_ _ / 100

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