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Part A • Grammar, Vocabulary and How to … VOCABULARY

GRAMMAR 4 Match (1–6) with (A–F) to make jobs.
1 Choose the correct answer (a, b or c). 1 bus A worker
1 My sister ___ Anna. 2 shop B designer
a am b are c is 3 police C driver
2 They ___ from India. 4 office D officer
a aren’t b am not c isn’t 5 digital E player
3 Who ___ your teacher? 6 football F assistant
a are b is c am /6

4 Gita ___ my sister.

5 Choose the adjective that is different in each group.
a aren’t b isn’t c am not
1 big tired small
5 We ___ university students.
2 easy difficult friendly
a are b am c is
3 good young bad
6 How ___ you?
4 favourite happy sad
a am b are c is
5 hot cold beautiful
7 We ___ police officers.
6 young big old
a am not b isn’t c aren’t /6
8 What ___ your name? 6 Complete the people words by adding the missing
letters.
a are b is c am
/8 1 per___

2 ba__
2 Choose the correct words to complete the text. 3 bro____
I’m Jake. I am 1 a / an businessman and I have an office in
4 fr____
London. I 2 has / have a laptop on my desk. My brother is
5 fa____
Mario. He 3 has / have 4 a / an Italian name. He is 5 a / an
actor. We 6 has / have a sister. She’s called Claire. 6 ch___

7 wi__
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8 hu_____
3 Complete the questions with the words in the box. /8

How How old What When Where Who

1 __________ is your sister? She’s 12.

2 __________ is your class? It’s in room 7A.

3 __________ is your job? I’m a police officer.

4 __________ is your teacher? Miss Potter.

5 __________ is your brother? He’s good, thanks.

6 __________ is your birthday? On the 2nd of March.

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HOW TO …
7 Match the questions (1–5) with the answers (A–E).
1 What’s your name?

2 How do you spell your first name?

3 What’s your address?

4 What’s your phone number?

5 Sorry, is your surname C-A-R-T-E-R?

A D-R-E-W.

B Yes, that’s right.

C 15 Main Street.

D Drew Carter.

E It’s 044736293.
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8 Complete the conversation with the words in the

box.

bad day great please sugar

A: Hi. How are you?

B: Not 1__________, thanks. Coffee?
A: Yes, 2__________. White, no 3__________.
B: How are you?
A: I’m well. It’s a beautiful 4__________.
B: Yes, it is! How’s university?
A: It’s 5__________! My classes are good, and the
teachers are friendly.

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Part B • Listening and Reading READING

LISTENING 4 Read the text. Match the information with the
people. Write T (Tania) or R (Rob).
1 [PT1.01] Listen. Are the statements True (T) or
False (F)? 1 I work in a hospital. ___
1 Sally is Jack’s sister. ___ 2 I work in an office. ___
2 Sally is a doctor. ___ 3 I’m in Australia. ___
3 Karl is in the United States. ___ 4 I have a cat. ___
4 Patty is a shop assistant. ___ 5 I live in an apartment. ___
5 Ben has a brother. ___ /5
/5 Our different lives

My name is Tania and I’m 26 years old. My best friend is

2 [PT1.01] Listen again. Choose the correct words to
Rob. We’re friends from university, but we have very different
complete the sentences.
lives. I'm a nurse in a hospital. The money isn’t good, but I'm
1 Sally is 32 / 35 / 37 years old. very happy with my job. The hospital is two kilometres from
my house. It’s easy for me!
2 Helena is Karl’s mother / sister / daughter. Rob is very different. He’s a businessman in different
countries in the world. He’s in Australia this week. I don’t
3 Patty has a brother / son / husband. His name is Dan. have a passport! Rob’s happy with his job, too. The money is
4 Dan is French / American / German. great.
My house is small, and I have a cat. Its name is Lola and it’s
5 Ben is 10 / 15 / 18 years old. beautiful. Rob has a big apartment. He has lots of things:
laptops, phones and a new bike, but I'm happy with my cat!
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5 Read the text again. Are the statements True (T) or

3 [PT1.02] Listen to the conversation. Match (1–5) with False (F)?
the adjectives (A–E).
1 The money isn’t good in Tania’s job. ___
1 teachers A small
2 Rob and Tania are happy with their jobs. ___
2 job B happy
3 The money isn’t good in Rob’s job. ___
3 apartment C beautiful
4 Tania has a big house. ___
4 cat D friendly
5 Tania’s cat is beautiful. ___
5 baby E difficult
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6 Read the text. Choose the correct words to

complete the sentences.
1 Olivia’s job is good / bad.

2 Olivia’s husband is from Poland / Britain.

3 Olivia’s apartment / house is in the city.

4 Sonia’s husband is an digital designer / artist.

5 Sonia is happy / sad she’s friends with Olivia.

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My good friend

I’m Sonia and my good friend Olivia is from my job. We are

digital designers. Our jobs are great!
Olivia is 36 years old and she has a small family. She’s
married and she has a daughter. He daughter is eight years old.
Olivia is British and her husband is Polish. They live in a big
apartment in the city.
My family is big. I have three children. They are fifteen,
twelve and ten years old. My husband is French and he’s an
artist. We have a big house in a small town near the city.
Olivia is a very nice person. I’m happy she’s my friend.

7 Read the text again. Complete the sentences with

ONE word or a number from the text.
1 Olivia’s daughter is __________ years old.

2 Olivia’s apartment is __________.

3 Sonia has __________ children.

4 Sonia’s husband is from __________.

5 Sonia’s house is in a __________ town.

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Part C • Speaking and Writing WRITING

SPEAKING 4 Correct the underlined parts of the sentences.
1 Make questions and ask your partner. 1 What old is your father?
1 What / teacher / name? 2 Where are the class?
2 Where / your house? 3 They has a cat.
3 How / old / your / mother? 4 Our teacher name is Miss Smith.
4 When / our / English class? 5 My brother is a actor.
5 Where / from? /5
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5 Write about your family. Write about 30 words. Write
about:
2 Answer your partner’s questions.
/5 • their names.
• their ages.
3 Describe the picture to your partner. • their jobs.
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Total: /40

Example: This is Hannah. She’s Australian. She’s 21 and

she’s a student.
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