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Listening

1 [AUDIO 10] You will hear four teenagers talking about what they enjoy doing. Match questions 1–5
with the four speakers A–D. You need to use one letter more than once.

Questions Speaker

1 Who takes part in dancing competitions?

2 Who likes watching films about love?

3 Who plays a musical instrument?

4 Who mentions a present?

5 Who says what job their parents want him/her to do?

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Vocabulary

2 Complete the text with the words in the box. There is one extra word.

listening to checking advice sending

hard-working digital video clips

I love gadgets! My favourite is my smartphone. I use it for 0 listening to music, phoning friends and
1_________________________ and receiving instant messages.

I also have a really nice new 2_________________________ camera that I use to make
3_________________________ and for taking nice photos.

I don’t do lots of the things that some teenagers do, like ignoring my parents’ 4_________________________
or doing dangerous things. I’m a 5_________________________ person and do well at school but I also love
going to the cinema or to parties with friends.

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3 Read the definitions and choose the correct option.

0 An animal like a horse with black and white stripes. zebra / donkey

1 What you do to your pet’s fur. brush it / feed it

2 If you are a little bit angry then you feel like this. frightened / annoyed
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3 Transfer files or music from the internet to your computer. record / download

4 A TV programme that is about real places, events or people. action film / documentary

5 Most birds have these, some are very colourful. feathers / leather

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4 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. There is one extra word.

make click look after play

share switch off switch on

0 Teenagers often make a lot of noise.

1 Some people _______________________ music and files with other people.

2 My brother and sister _______________________ the guitar and they are quite good.

3 When you _______________________ on a link, it takes you to another web page or website.

4 You need to _______________________ your computer before you start using it.

5 There are lots of internet videos showing how to _______________________ a pet.

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Grammar

5 Complete the table with the correct verb forms.

Present Simple
Verb -ing form Past Simple
with he/she

0
call calls calling called

happen happens happening 1_______________

carry 2________________ carrying carried

cost costs costing 3_______________

give gives 4_______________ gave

buy buys buying 5_______________

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6 Complete the dialogue with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Use short forms where
possible.

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Matt: Hi, Michelle. I 0 phoned (phone) you yesterday. Where ________________ (be) you?
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Michelle: I 2________________ (go) to my uncle and aunt’s house. I hate visiting them. My cousins
are so rude and there’s nothing to do there.

Matt: So why 3________________ ________________ ________________ (you / go)

then?

Michelle: It 4________________ (be) my aunt’s birthday so she 5________________ (invite) us for

lunch.

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7 Read the sentences and choose the correct verb form.

0 I don’t watch / didn’t watch any television last night – there were no good programmes on.
1 Jane doesn’t go / didn’t go to school last week. She was ill.
2 I can’t come to your house right now – I do / am doing my homework.
3 What kind of clothes do you wear / did you wear to go running when it’s cold?
4 There wasn’t / weren’t many people at the concert so we could see really well.
5 I need topping up / to top up my phone today. I’ve got no credit.

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Speaking

8 Read the text and choose the correct options.

Daisy: Phil, 0 you take my tablet? 1 for it and I can’t find it anywhere.
Phil: Daisy, I’m 2
sorry! I borrowed it this morning and I think I 3
it on the bus.
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Daisy: Phil Brown, you can’t be serious! That’s the tablet my mum and dad gave me for my last
birthday!
Phil: It’s all my fault. First of 5 , I checked out my Facebook page on it but then I saw a friend out
of the window and decided to get off the bus. I put it on the seat and left it there.
Daisy: How could you be so careless?!

0 A are B do C did

1 A I’m look B I look C I’m looking

2 A really B much C big

3 A did leave B left C leave

4 A which B who C where

5 A it B each C all

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Reading

9 Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B or C.

0 The text says that some teenagers think

A adults should help them more.

B they work too hard.

C adults understand teenagers’ problems.

1 The text says that

A teenagers set up the Daily Respect website.

B adults set up the Daily Respect website.

C adults and teenagers set up the Daily Respect website.

2 The Daily Respect app

A sends you a daily email.

B sends you detailed information.

C sends you a link to other websites.

3 The text says that over 1,000 teenagers

A use the app at the moment.

B helped decide what should go on the website.

C emailed Daily Respect with their ideas.

4 The text says that most teenagers look for information about

A relationship problems.

B problems online.

C technical problems.

5 If you want to receive Daily Respect messages you should

A go to the Daily Respect website.

B download the app to your device.

C buy the app at an app store.

DAILY RESPECT
Growing up is hard work! Many young people complain that they don’t get enough help from those people
who should be helping them most – adults! ‘I can’t understand it.’ says 15-year-old Hayley Lomas, ‘Instead
of understanding, sympathy and support in getting through this difficult time, we often get criticism.’

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Hayley isn’t alone in thinking this, but there are, of course, many adults who do want to pass on their
experience and knowledge. In fact, some of them set up a website and mobile phone app called Daily
Respect. So, how does it work?

‘It’s easy!’ says Geraint Tillotson, the man who started Daily Respect, the organisation that provides the app
and website. ‘You download the app and then you get a daily message through the app about an issue that’s
important for many teenagers. If you then want to find out more, there will be a link to the relevant section
of our website which will give much more detail about the subject.’
Daily Respect contacted over a thousand teens to get their ideas before they even started the site. Now their app
and website users can email their ideas for other topics they are interested in. ‘The most popular area of the
site are the pages about relationships,’ explains Tillotson. ‘But problems at school including bullying are
also popular.’

Daily Respect tries to provide simple, practical information to help young people make good decisions and so
get as much as possible from life.
If you are interested in getting the daily messages, look for the free app in your usual app store. To visit the
website, click on the link here – what have you got to lose?

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English in Use

10 Read the sentences and choose the correct option A, B or C.

0 I’m getting to go out with my friends.

A ready B forward C better

1 He took his dog to the because it was ill.

A doctor’s B hospital C vet’s

2 Alan’s very in acting and movies.

A mad B interested C into

3 Do you use the internet to look information?
A out B over C for
4 Some teenage animals are and fight a lot.
A aggressive B adventurous C impulsive
5 This is the sports centre I play football.
A which B where C who

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Writing

11 You are doing a project in your class at school about writing biographies. You decide to write about
one of your friends. Write the biography.
In your biography:
• Introduce your friend.
• Write about the cultural activities your friend likes doing.
• Say when and how you met each other.
• Say why you like your friend.
Your biography should be between 100 and 130 words.
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