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Vocabulary 3 Complete the mini-dialogues. Use make or do in the

correct form.
1 Complete the sentences with the languages or
countries in bold in the correct form. 1 Ali: Have you really finished your homework?
1 I’ve lived in Portugal for a long time, but I don’t Ben: Yes, I ____________ it in the bus on the way
speak ____________. home this afternoon.
2 We speak Swiss German in this part of 2 Sam: Aren’t you worried about ____________
____________. mistakes when you speak?
3 I’m learning Bulgarian because my dad’s got a job Lea: Not really, I think fluency is more important
in ____________. than accuracy.
4 I’d like to learn ____________ because I want to 3 Dan: Which question did you answer in the writing
visit Poland. test?
5 I went to a language school in Italy to improve my Bob: I ____________ the essay about living in the
____________. city or country.

Score __/5 4 Amy: What’s tonight’s English homework?

Max: We’ve got to ____________ exercise 4 and
2 Change the words in the box into the correct form learn the vocab.
to complete the sentences. There is one word you
do not need. 5 Tom: Is your sister planning to go to university?
Mia: Yes, she’s going to ____________ French and
accuracy fluent memorisation practice
German.
revise translation
Score __/5
1 I can’t come out – I’ve got to do a lot of
____________ for my exam on Monday. 4 Think about how the negative forms of these words
2 Emma’s completely bilingual – she speaks English are written. Which is the odd one out?
and French ____________. 1 happy comfortable formal
3 You need to check your written work carefully and 2 polite regular responsible
make sure it’s ____________.
3 correct official visible
4 What techniques do you use to ____________ any
new words you come across? 4 possible formal polite

5 I’ll be home a bit late because I’ve got football 5 legal logical usual
____________ after school. Score __/5
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Grammar 4 You can get to London quite quickly.

TIME
5 Correct the mistake in these sentences. Write the It doesn’t ________________________ to get to
correct sentence. London.
1 I’m so tired of watching the news – they are all so 5 There are many things you can do to help you
depressing. remember words.
_________________________________________ OF
_________________________________________ There ________________________ you can do to
2 Claudia has lovely long, blonde hairs, doesn’t she? help you remember words.
_________________________________________ 6 We’ve got some time before the plane goes, so let’s
have a coffee.
_________________________________________
LITTLE
3 Do you have a nice weather in the summer?
We ________________________ time before the
_________________________________________
plane goes, so let’s have a coffee.
_________________________________________
7 I only go to a few parties – I don’t really like them.
4 You must be patient – it takes times to learn the
MANY
violin.
I ________________________ parties – I don’t
_________________________________________
really like them.
_________________________________________
Score __/7
5 Check the website again – I think your information
were wrong. 7 Complete the dialogue with who, which, whose,
_________________________________________ where or when. Use one of the words twice.

_________________________________________ Alex: Have you got any photos of your holiday?

6 My aunt gave me some money for my birthday, and Jason: Yeah, I’ve got some (a) ____________ are
I used some of them to buy a book. quite good. Come and have a look. OK, so this
is me on the day (b) ____________ I got
_________________________________________ there.
_________________________________________ Alex: Oh, right. Was that your house?
Score __/6 Jason: Yeah – nice isn’t it?

6 Rewrite these sentences using the word given in Alex: Very. Now, next photo … let me guess. That’s
bold. not your friend Harry, is it?

1 My problem is that I have no money. Jason: No, that’s Bill. He’s a Swedish guy
(c) ____________ lives out there.
ANY
Alex: Is he the guy you told me about? The guy
My problem is that I ________________________ (d) ____________ boat you went on?
money.
Jason: Yeah, that’s him. And look, this is the beach
2 There’s only a bit of chocolate left. (e) ____________ we went that day.
MUCH Alex: Wow, it looks amazing.
There ________________________ chocolate left. Jason: It was. And this is Sofia. She’s the woman
3 I don’t know very many people in the village. (f) ____________ owns the café.

FEW Alex: Wow, lucky you. It looks like a really nice

place.
I only ________________________ people in the
village. Score __/6

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8 Rewrite the two sentences as one sentence using

non-defining relative clauses.
1 I go to the supermarket in the evening. It is quieter
in the evening.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
2 My grandmother goes for a walk every day. She is
83.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
3 My youngest brother works on a farm. He lives in
Australia.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
4 Peter Jackson is going to be Head Boy. You met his
mother last week.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
5 English is now my favourite subject. I never used to
like it.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
6 Windward Park is now a conference centre. I used
to go to school there.
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
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Use of English Listening

9 Read the text below and think of the word that best 10 XðListen to three people talking about different
fits each gap. Use only one word in each gap. languages. Answer the questions. Write 1, 2 or 3.

THE FUTURE OF ENGLISH Which speaker …

1 questions the value of learning languages?
We know that languages change when they ____
come into contact with other people and 2 gives reasons for wanting to learn a new language?
cultures. English, (a) ____________ example, has ____

lots of words from Latin, (b) ____________ is the 3 describes the methods they use to learn a
language? ____
language that the Romans used to
(c) ____________. They came to Britain in 55 BC 4 mentions the importance of being able to speak
English? ____
and stayed for hundreds of years. In later times,
5 talks about how they changed their mind about
words from German and French came into the
something? ____
language, but the changes were all very slow.
6 describes a situation where clear communication
st was important? ____
In the 21 century, the world is a different place
and changes (d) ____________ happening very Score __/6

fast. We travel and (e) ____________ business 11 Listen again. Answer the questions and write
with each other, the news is available 24 hours a complete sentences.
day and we watch the same movies. We are in Speaker 1
contact with each other all the time. We use a
1 What was Speaker 1 able to do with the language
(f) ____________ of the same words in different she had learned?
languages – mama, taxi, coffee, OK, metro and so _________________________________________
on. We are all connected to each other – so
2 Was it essential for Speaker 1 to speak Croatian?
where will it end?
_________________________________________

Experts (g) ____________ study languages say Speaker 2

it’s not impossible that everyone will speak the 3 According to Speaker 2, how did two people solve a
same language, but it is not likely. However, language problem?

there may be some kind of ‘International _________________________________________

English’, a very simple form of English 4 What does Speaker 2 think about the importance of
(h) ____________ some of the strange and language learning?

illogical things that can make normal English _________________________________________

difficult to learn. Speaker 3
5 Why did Speaker 3 think it was a bad idea to have
Score __/8 schools that taught in Welsh?
_________________________________________
6 What does Speaker 3 say about Patagonia?
_________________________________________
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Reading 12 Read the article. Then match the headings (A–G)

with the paragraphs (1–6). There is one extra
heading that you do not need.
AN EXCEPTIONAL LANGUAGE
1 Make the most of technology ____________
LEARNER
2 Anything’s fine, as long as it’s fun ____________
A
3 I’m nothing special ____________
When Lýdia Machová recently gave a TED Talk about
learning languages, she did not speak Slovakian, which is 4 Take your time ____________
her first language. Instead, she decided to give the talk in 5 A multilingual woman ____________
English, which she speaks perfectly. Lýdia, however, is
6 What to do – and what not to do ____________
not bilingual – she told her audience that she speaks
another seven languages, all of them fluently, and that 7 Personal experience ____________
she likes to learn a new language every two years. Score __/6
B
To many people, that probably sounds almost impossible. 13 Read the article again. Then answer the questions.
However, Lýdia says that she is not particularly Write complete sentences.
intelligent or talented – and that almost anyone can learn
1 What is the most surprising fact about Lýdia
a new language easily. From her own experience and
Machová?
from meeting other polyglots (people like her who speak
lots of languages), she has worked out some important _________________________________________
tips. 2 Does Lýdia think she has a special talent for
C learning languages?
She explains that there are lots of different ways of
_________________________________________
learning. You can start with the 500 most common words
or study the grammar. You can pick up a cookery book or 3 What methods do polyglots seem to use?
listen to podcasts. Almost any method is OK as long as _________________________________________
it’s something that you really enjoy.
4 Why does Lýdia mention the TV programme Friends
D and the Harry Potter books?
She gives the example of when she was learning German;
she started watching the German version of Friends on _________________________________________
TV. At first, she didn’t understand a word, but she was a 5 What advice does Lýdia give about learning
fan of the show and she kept watching it, and in the end, vocabulary?
she could understand almost everything. She did _________________________________________
something similar with Spanish. As a child, she loved
6 How can the Internet help you to learn a language?
Harry Potter, so she read Harry Potter books in Spanish,
and that allowed her to learn much more quickly. _________________________________________
E Score __/6
There are a few study techniques that she recommends.
When you learn vocabulary, it’s easy to learn 50 words 14 Think about your own experience of learning a
one day and then forget them next week. The important language. Choose three of Lýdia’s points and say
thing is to revise them after a day, a week and a month – whether you agree or disagree with her.
and that is how you remember them. Another piece of
_______________________________________________
advice is to give yourself time – maybe half an hour every
day – and to make 100% sure that you never miss a day. _______________________________________________
F
_______________________________________________
One final piece of advice is to talk as much as possible
with native speakers. Talking is an important part of _______________________________________________
language learning, and it doesn’t matter if you make
_______________________________________________
mistakes – everybody does, and mistakes can help you to
learn faster. And the great thing is that if you’re learning _______________________________________________
Russian, for example, you don’t have to travel to Russia.
Thanks to the Internet, it’s easy to find forums and chat Score __/3
sites where you can practise any language in the world –
and all from the comfort of your own room.

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Writing Speaking
15 You want to write to a student magazine about a 16 Work in pairs to act out a role-play.
special ‘Language Day’ you had at your school.
Student A:
This was last weekend, and on the day, you only
read things in that language, you watched a TV You have seen an advertisement for a campsite. You
programme or film in the afternoon in that and your friends want to go, so you are calling to get
language, and in the evening, you had food from some information.
that country. • Ring them and say when you are calling.
In your article you should have three main paragraphs • Check availability.
that talk about:
• Check the price.
• the things you read
• Check the facilities.
• the things you watched
• Check travel arrangements.
• the things you ate
• Check opening/closing times of the campsite office.
Write an article of 100–125 words.
_______________________________________________
Student B:
_______________________________________________
You work in the campsite office. Answer Student A’s
_______________________________________________
questions.
_______________________________________________ • Greet Student A and ask how you can help.
_______________________________________________ • Say whether there are any places available.
_______________________________________________ • Tell them how much it will cost.
_______________________________________________ • Tell them what is available at the campsite.

_______________________________________________ • Give them directions to the campsite.

_______________________________________________ • Tell them when your office is open.

_______________________________________________ Score __/10

_______________________________________________
Vocabulary __/20
_______________________________________________
Grammar __/25
_______________________________________________
Use of English __/8
_______________________________________________ Listening __/12
_______________________________________________ Reading __/15
_______________________________________________ Writing __/10
Speaking __/10
_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________ TOTAL __/100

_______________________________________________

_______________________________________________

Score __/10

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