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Answer key

for Preparation

PREPARATION ANSWER KEY

Reading and Writing

Part 1 p8

2 quick

3 start

4 almost

5 let

6 pleased

7 end

8 visitor

9 difficult

10 right

2 1 weekend

2 10 a.m

3 children

4 two

5 directions

3 A 1 true 2 false 3 true 4 true

B 1 true 2 false 3 false 4 true

4 1 C 2 B 3 C

Part 2 p12

1 1 new, lucky

2 restaurant, pizza

3 pharmacy, hotel

4 has made, ’m bringing

6 (pale) grey, green

2 1 Who has the biggest family?

2 Whose father is an engineer?

3 Who is the youngest in their family?

4 Whose grandmother was famous?

5 Whose family likes to ski?

6 Whose family is moving to Ireland?

7 Who will have a new family member soon?

3 1 B 2 C 3 A 4 A 5 B 6 C 7 B

4 1 I’ve got a younger brother and three older sisters.

2 … Dad’s job; he designs big bridges.

3 … I’ve got two older brothers.

4 … my granny had her own cooking show on TV! She was

quite well known back then

5 … lucky for us because we all enjoy skiing.

6 … In a few months, we’re going to live in Ireland

7 … Orla’s having a baby in the autumn!

5 N/A, reflective task

Part 3 p16

1 A 1 specific information 2 fast 3 don’t read

4 You probably won’t

B 1 skim 2 don’t read 3 don’t spend

4 specific details

2 1 B 2 B 3 A 4 B 5 A 6 B 7 B 8 A

3 1 D 2 F 3 A 4 E 5 B 6 C

4 1 B 2 C

Part 4 p20

1 1 B 2 A 3 A 4 C 5 C 6 B

2 1 B 2 C 3 C 4 A 5 B

3 1 E 2 D 3 B 4 A 5 F 6 C

4 1 B 2 A 3 B

Part 5 p23

1 1 C 2 A 3 B 4 A 5 B 6 C

2 1 going

2 were

3 is

4 have

5 running

6 will

3 1 to 2 from 3 of 4 on 5 at 6 on 7 in

8 in 9 of 10 between

4 1 Are 2 any 3 his 4 more 5 who 6 for

7 every 8 there

5 1 I’m I’ve 2 knew know 3 so as 4 at all

5 getting get 6 by on

6 1 to 2 this 3 anyone 4 one / a 5 are 6 as

Part 6 p26

1 1 true 2 true 3 false 4 false

2 A 3 B 6 C 4 D 2 E 1 F 5

3 1 but 2 then 3 as 4 too 5 so 6 because

4 Students’ own answers.

5 Students’ own answers.

6 1 C 2 E 3 G 4 D 5 B 6 H 7 A 8 F

Part 7 p29

1 N/A, reflective task

2 Students’ own answers.

3 A 1 of all 2 Next 3 Later

B 4 first 5 After 6 Then

4 1 B 2 A 3 B 4 both 5 both 6 B 7 B 8 A

9 B 10 B

Listening

Part 1 p32

1

a short-sleeved shirt

✓

3 1 Which person

2 What time

3 How much

4 When is

5 Which activity

Part 2 p36

1 1 B 2 C 3 C 4 C 5 A 6 C 7 B

2 1 Whitley

2 0752 693 4418

3 carrot

4 8.30

5 15

6 Rabson

7 museum

3 1 C 2 E 3 A 4 D 5 B

4 1 February

2 26

3 weekend

4 Wednesday

5 seven

Part 3 p39

1 1 D 2 A/O 3 D 4 A/O 5 A/O 6 D

2 1 C 2 A 3 A 4 B 5 C 6 B

3 1 never

2 forget

3 safe

4 light

5 easy

Part 4 p42

1 1 B 2 C 3 B 4 A 5 C

2 1 Mum Harry, are you busy right now?

winning!

2 I was in the library and I had a terrible headache so I

decided to go home I went to the station, but I had to

wait 40 minutes for a train Finally the train arrived, but

things got worse I had to get off at the next station

because the train was so crowded and hot I rang my

brother and asked him to pick me up

3 A Wow That was so much fun!

amazing

friends to join us

3 1 You will hear a man talking about his hobby Why did he

start doing it?

2 You will hear a student, Tara, talking to her piano

teacher What is Tara worried about?

3 You will hear two friends talking about a concert Which

band did they both like best?

4 1 C 2 A 3 C

Part 5 p45

1 1 E 2 B 3 C 4 F 5 A 6 D

2 1 A 2 B 3 A 4 A 5 A 6 B 7 B 8 B 9 A

10 A 11 A 12 B

3 1 B 2 A, C, D, F 3 C, E 4 A, D, F

Speaking

Part 1 p48

1 1 F 2 H 3 C 4 G 5 A 6 E 7 B 8 D

2 Students’ own answers.

3 1 present

2 future

3 past

4 past

5 present

6 future

4 1 favourite; the reason is that

2 usually; On Fridays

3 like; also enjoy

4 Next year; because

5 There are; First of all

6 hope to; would like

Part 2 p50

about pizza

pizza I really hate pizza

2 amazing, beautiful, brave, brilliant, delicious, excellent, exciting, fantastic, friendly

angry, awful, boring, dangerous, difficult, noisy, terrible, unhappy, worried

3 1 C 2 B 3 A 4 B 5 A

4 1 preferred prefer

2 that than

3 hates hate

4 thought think

5 most more

6 won’t don’t

Answer key

for Practice Tests 1–6

PRACTICE TEST ANSWER KEY

Practice Test 1

Reading and Writing

Part 1 p10

next week Shall I get tickets?

A Sam wants to go to the concert with his friend Jackie.

C Sam’s dad can take them home after his jazz class, not

to the concert

2 B Correct The notice says toys are half-price.

A Women’s suits are not party clothes.

C The books are for 0 to 12-year-olds, not teenagers.

3 C Correct Helena says to Tina: Let me know.

A Helena is inviting Tina to the café, but it doesn’t mean

Tina should go there.

B Helena invites Tina to join her and Jane She says: Do

you want to come with us, too?

4 A Correct The notice says: Do not give to children

under 36 months.

B Children at your school are not under 36 months.

C The toy is not suitable for teenagers who look after very

young brothers or sisters.

5 C Correct No barbecues or fires are allowed in this

place.

A You can bring food to eat in the picnic areas.

B You can leave your rubbish in the bins next to the picnic

areas.

6 B Correct The bike comes with lights and a cycling

helmet so the ad/seller is selling more than one thing.

A The bike is used and it’s not excellent for road racing

because it’s a mountain bike.

C The seller/ad is selling the bike with a cycling helmet.

Part 2 p14

7 B Mika

Who is going to ask a family member for help with their

job plans?

I love sport the most and want to teach it when I’m older

My uncle is a teacher so I plan to ask him if I can give

drinks to the players at the American football club next

week.

8 C Henri

Who hopes to work in different countries?

My dream is to be paid to play in a group and travel

around the world.

9 C Henri

Who has won a competition in their chosen subject?

Last year, I received a prize for the best young musician in

my town

10 B Mika

Who needs to get better at the school subject they like

best?

I love sport the most and want to teach it when I’m older.

I’m good at basketball, but I need to work harder in rugby

lessons so I can teach different sports

11 A Artur

Who has had some help from their family with their job

plans?

I’ve always enjoyed playing computer games and I’d like to

make them when I’m older.

My cousin works in IT and makes cartoons and games so I

asked him if I could go to work with him I learned so much.

12 A Artur

Who was ready for a break after their experience of

working?

But it was really tiring – all I wanted to do was relax at the

end of the day, not play computer games!

13 C Henri

Who may have to work as a waiter after school?

I probably won’t get work as a musician after school so I might have to get a job in a café or restaurant first

Part 3 p18

14 B Correct He dreamed of filming when he was young,

but he didn’t actually begin to do that until he was in his

twenties A person in his/her twenties is a young adult

A He didn’t make films when he was a boy.

C He began to make films when he was in his twenties so it

isn’t true that he hasn’t made a film.

15 C Correct He collects and films anything that looks

interesting.

A He says: I … film anything that looks interesting, but he

doesn’t say that he watches films

B He says: I usually work underwater three or four times a

day, but we don’t know how much time he is underwater.

16 A Correct He says: After dinner, I’m usually so tired I

immediately go to bed.

B He is always asleep by the time the fun starts so he

doesn’t go to the parties that his friends invite him to

C His friends invite him to parties, he doesn’t say that he

invites his friends for dinner

17 C Correct He says I don’t need holidays I have such fun

every day!

A He works hard, but he says that he doesn’t need

holidays

B His friends pay a lot of money for their holidays, but he

says he doesn’t need holidays

18 B Correct He says: I’ve never visited those islands, but I

know a lot about them It’ll be a very exciting project!

A He’s never been to the Queensmen Islands He says: I’ve

never visited those islands, but I know a lot about them.

C He knows a lot about the islands.

Part 4 p22

19 have

We use the present simple form when stating a fact that is true The correct form of the verb for plural

nouns is have.

We can only say dolphins are having babies if that is

happening now, i.e as we speak

20 their

We need to say their mothers because we’re talking

about more than one baby.

We could use its if there was only one baby in the text, e.g The baby stays with its mother We could only use our

if we were talking about our own mother, e.g Ben and I stayed with our mother all day

21 many

number of something

We usually use any in negative sentences or in questions, e.g There aren’t any dolphins in the sea that can learn

to do that / Can any dolphin learn to do that? A lot can mean ‘many’, but it needs of after it, e.g A lot of dolphins

can learn to do that

22 follow

Modal verbs like can or will are always followed by the

infinitive form of a verb.

The verb will cannot be followed by an -ing form (following) or an -ed form (followed).

23 them

The pronoun them means the dolphins in this sentence.

We can only use it to talk about one dolphin, e.g That dolphin is friendly, you can often see it We can only use him to talk about one male dolphin The noun dolphin is

not masculine or feminine in English

contrast in some way.

We cannot say because they don’t need to drink – that’s

not the reason why they eat certain kinds of food We

cannot say or they don’t need to drink because or is used

to describe another possibility

Part 5 p25

25 ’ve / have

We need have here to complete the present perfect tense

with just

26 but

We use but to introduce contrast.

27 the

We use the because we need a definite article before

website We talk about a particular website whose name

has already been stated

28 to

We need to because listen is followed by to in the phrase

listen to music.

29 about

You read or write about something This is the correct

preposition

30 Do

Do completes the question The present simple is the

correct form because Jake is asking Carly about something

she usually does as a habit in everyday life

Part 6 p28

Below is a model answer for Question 31 and some

comments on it

Model answer

Hi Donna,

Shall we meet at the bus stop at half past three? The judo

class starts at four o’clock We need to take a towel and a

water bottle

See you there

Clare

(34 words)

Comments

All three points in the question are answered – Clare tells

Donna where to meet (at the bus stop), what time the class

starts (at four o’clock) and what they need to take (a towel

and a water bottle)

The text is coherent and basic linking words and cohesive

devices are used Everyday vocabulary is used appropriately

and there are no grammatical or spelling mistakes

Part 7 p31

Below is a sample answer for Question 32 and some

comments on it.

Model answer

One morning Jake was late for school!

Jake ran to catch the bus, but it wasn’t there Jake cycled

quickly to school and he arrived after the bus He felt tired,

but he was happy because he wasn’t late

(39 words)

Comments

All three pictures of the story are described and the reader

can easily understand the story There is some use of

time phrases and linkers (one morning, but) to show the

connections between the pictures The vocabulary is varied

and shows the ability to use a range of A2 Key words (was

late, ran to catch the bus, wasn’t there, cycled, arrived) The

grammar is accurate and shows the ability to use some past

tenses (past simple) and some irregular forms (ran, felt)

Listening

Part 1 p34

1 B Correct The man says our larger one [cup of coffee

is], $2.45.

A The woman says she’ll take one of each and the man

replies that the total is $4.20.

C The man says A small cup of coffee costs $1.75.

2 B Correct The woman asks Steve: Is that your cousin,

the boy in the T-shirt and jeans? Steve replies: That’s right

A Steve says there’s … me in my new hat!

C Steve’s cousin isn’t wearing a shirt or funny shorts

3 B Correct The woman says her suitcase is much

bigger … and it’s square, not round.

A The woman says her suitcase is much bigger

C The man asks if the small round one is the woman’s

suitcase, but she says hers is not round

4 A Correct The woman says Katia is finishing her

homework at the moment

B The woman says Katia is going to cycle to her friend’s

house after dinner She isn’t cycling now.

C The woman says Katia played very well in her tennis

match this afternoon She isn’t playing now.

5 C Correct The woman says the disco is on Sunday this

time.

A The woman says that the disco was on Friday night last

month

B The man says he has to stay at home next Saturday.

Part 2 p38

6 July

… our new music department will open its doors next month, that’s July not June the 10 th

7 King

If you haven’t visited the library before, you’ll find us at the end of King Street …

8 third

The new music department will be on the third floor …

9 10.30

… open every day from 10.00 in the morning to half past ten at night

10 three / 3

Library members can take up to six CDs home to enjoy, so why not join now? It will only cost you £3!

Part 3 p41

11 A Correct Richard says the match is on Friday after

school because a lot of players are busy (on Saturday).

B Sam says he’ll be busy on Saturday

C Richard says it was difficult to arrange the game on

Sunday

12 B Correct Richard says the school is the one down by

the river

A Richard says the match will be at a place At Kings … no,

at Castle School

C Sam asks if the school is near the railway station?

Richard replies No

13 C Correct Richard says Some of the teachers are going

to drive us there.

A Sam asks if they are going by coach or by train? But

Richard replies: There aren’t enough of us for a coach.

B Sam asks if they are going by coach or by train? But

Richard replies: Some of the teachers are going to drive us there.

14 B Correct Richard asks Sam if he has any white shorts and then says he can give [Sam] some.

A Richard says they usually wear blue ones, but [not this

time because] the other team wears that colour

C Sam says he’s got some black ones [shorts] But Richard

says those shorts are no good.

15 B Correct Richard says the Polish team is not as good as

the Spanish team we played last week!

A Richard says they’re not as good as the Spanish team

we played last week!

C Richard says they’re all students at the American

International School but they don’t have a school team.

Part 4 p44

16 B Correct The boy answers: Yes, I am when the girl

asks: Are you going to his [Fred’s birthday] party?

A The girl says: I don’t think we’ll have time when the boy

says they could watch a film before the party.

C The girl wants to go shopping in the afternoon She

wants to buy a present for Fred

17 A Correct The teacher says: you can learn by reading

each other’s stories and asking questions about

anything that isn’t clear.

B The teacher says: There’s plenty of time, so don’t hurry.

C The teacher asks the students to answer each other’s

questions, not his questions

18 C Correct George’s mum says: Your cousin can’t eat

that, remember It made her feel ill the last time she ate it.

A George’s mum says: Fruit and vegetables don’t make her

feel sick.

B George asks: Shall I make her a carrot cake instead?

And his mum says: That’s a good idea.

19 C Correct The teacher says: After dinner tonight, we’d

like you to help make sandwiches That’s for all of us to

take on tomorrow’s trip to a forest for our lunch.

A The teacher says: Then there’s free time while the

teachers talk to the farmers about breakfast.

B The teacher says: Please take turns to wash the dinner

dishes in the farmhouse

20 B Correct The girl says: The photography was amazing.

A The boy says: It was called Crazy Cookies The girl says

that the name is interesting, but she watched a show

about bears

C The boy says: My mum and I laughed a lot during the

show, but this isn’t the programme the girl watched.

Part 5 p47

21 D

Angela You know Beth? …

Mum Yes

Angela Well, she wants to study medicine at university

22 G

Mum … What about Kit? He wants to be a builder like his

father, doesn’t he?

Angela He did, but he wants be a pilot now

23 F

Mum and Laila? … What does she want to do?

Angela She wants to write for a newspaper.

24 E

Angela … And Robert … Guess what he wants to do – plan

how to build bridges!

Mum Well, that’s an interesting job, too.

25 H

Angela … Helen’s great at drawing and painting …

Mum But … ?

Angela She wants to teach young children in school

Practice Test 2

Reading and Writing

Part 1 p54

1 A Correct The chess club is for anybody as all are

welcome there.

B Chess club is not only for the people who can play

chess well, but also for beginners.

C The chess club meets twice a week on Tuesday and

Thursday.

2 C Correct Swimmers can dive in the deep end when

there aren’t swimming lessons.

A Lessons are for swimming, not diving.

B The notice doesn’t say it’s dangerous to dive in the pool

3 A Correct Svetlana is inviting Aleesha to a talk and

film about bats and butterflies.

B The talk and film are at the library Svetlana isn’t inviting

Aleesha to join the library

C Someone else will give the talk about bats and

butterflies.

4 C Correct Billy is looking for a tablet which has a large

memory.

A Billy is looking for a tablet computer which must have a

keyboard.

B Billy is looking for a tablet with a keyboard

5 B Correct Kelly mustn’t forget she has a dentist’s

appointment after school.

A Mum will pay Mr Day, not Kelly.

C Dad says Kelly’s mum will meet her at the dentist.

6 B Correct Students who blog about their trip to the museum may win up to £100.

A Students should write about the Storybook Museum,

not a story

C Students have been to this museum: write about

yesterday’s visit.

Part 2 p56

7 B Astrid

Whose teacher asked the class to make a boat from different things?

Astrid’s teacher told the class to make a model of a ship using wood, plastic and metal.

8 C Kumiko

Whose class was interested when they heard about the boat festival?

Kumiko’s class were really excited and stopped talking when the headteacher told [them] about the school boat festival

9 A Elena

Whose teacher told the students why they had to make boats?

Elena’s teacher explained that [they] had to make several different boats to learn what makes boats float on water.

10 C Kumiko

Whose class wanted to make a present for their teacher?

Kumiko’s class decided to make a model of a Viking long boat and give it to [their] English teacher because she’s leaving.

11 B Astrid

Whose class recorded a video showing what they learned?

Astrid’s class had to make a short film that explained how [they] made [their] model of a ship.

12 A Elena

Whose classmates built a boat that didn’t work?

Elena’s group made a sailing boat that sank in the school swimming pool because there were holes in the wood.

13 C Kumiko

Whose classmates didn’t test their boat on the water?

Kumiko’s classmates didn’t want to sail it on the river in case it sank!

Part 3 p58

14 B Correct The game will be in the shops on Monday,

which is less than a week and can be described as

‘soon’

A The game will be in the shops on Monday, i.e it isn’t

already in the shops

C Peter’s company achieved success, but the game isn’t

successful yet because it isn’t in the shops

his last game, Underground, so Underground isn’t as

good as River Run.

A She doesn’t mention which game is easier or more

difficult to play

C She says that Underground is great fun, but it doesn’t

mean that it’s more fun than River Run.

computer games when he was younger so he didn’t

think or imagine he would ever have a job like the one

he has today

A He never dreamed or imagined he would have this type of

job therefore he wasn’t hoping for it

B He doesn’t mention if he liked playing computer games

or not

17 C Correct His computer game Underground was very

popular in Japan last year

A The text only mentions Peter’s games are played all

over the world, including Asia, but we don’t know where

Underground was the most popular

B The game was very popular in Japan, but the text

doesn’t say that it was the most popular of all games

18 A Correct The testers are young people in the town

who are invited to come and try the games.

B The testers help Peter improve the existing games, not

make new games

C The text doesn’t mention Peter and his managers

testing the games

Part 4 p60

19 the

We need to use the with superlative adjectives: the

most important.

We cannot use a because this does not make a superlative

form and it could mean any important food, not the most

important We cannot use one because this would need

to be followed by of the and it could mean any important

food, not the most important.

20 where

We need a word that explains something about a place

(Asia), so where is correct

We cannot use when because that explains something

about time We cannot use how because that explains

something about the way someone does something

21 were

The past continuous form (were growing) is correct

because we are talking about something that

happened over a period of time in the past

We need the plural form (were) not the singular (was)

because people means more than one person We need a

past form (were growing) not a present form (are) as the

article describes something 5,000 years ago.

22 started

We need a verb to indicate that rice was grown for the

first time so started is correct

We cannot use decided as we need to use to grow, not

growing after the verb decide We cannot use wanted as

it does not mean that the action took place, only that they

wanted to do it It also needs to be followed by to grow

Americans were starting to grow would be correct, but this

is not the sentence form in the text

23 There

There are is an expression to describe something that

exists or is true

These and They would refer to something which has

already been introduced, but in this sentence the

information about the rice comes after the word these

or they

24 But

We use but to join two parts of a sentence that

contrast in some way But is used at the start of the

sentence to emphasize the contrast.

And is used to link two similar ideas, but here the

information that follows is different from the previous facts

So is used to introduce a result or consequence of what is

written before

Part 5 p61

25 in

We use the preposition in with a town, city or part of a

country to describe where a place is

26 as

We use as when we compare two things that are the

same, i.e the same as you

27 any

We use any after negative verbs (hasn’t got) and before the object (brothers or sisters) of a sentence

28 in

We use in to complete the phrase interested in which means showing curiosity about something.

29 ’ve / have

The adverb already usually means before now and is often used with the present perfect tense (to have + past

participle) It’s put between the two parts of the verb:

have already started

30 at

We use the preposition at to give an exact time or place:

See you next week at Daniel’s party!

Part 6 p62

Below is a sample answer for Question 31 and some comments on it

Model answer

Hi Jack, I’d like to go to the new sports centre on Saturday Come with me! We could play tennis The number 12 bus goes there so we can catch that

Matthew (32 words)

Comments

All three points in the question are answered – the writer

says when he wants to go to the sports centre (on Saturday), suggests what they can do there (play tennis) and tells Jack how to travel there (on the number 12 bus) The text is

coherent and basic linking words and cohesive devices are

used (linking word so, demonstrative pronoun that) Everyday vocabulary is used appropriately, e.g catch the bus, and a good range of grammar structures has been used: would like, preposition of time on, imperative, could for suggestions

There are no grammatical or spelling mistakes

Part 7 p63

Below is a sample answer for Question 32 and some comments on it.

Model answer

A Sunday picnic in the park

Last Sunday, it was sunny First, Gianni put tennis rackets and a ball in his rucksack while his parents packed bags with picnic food and plates and glasses

Then they went to the park together on foot and on their bikes and scooter

When they got to the park, Gianni’s family ate sandwiches, took photos and played tennis

(64 words)

Comments

This is a very good attempt at the task All three pictures

of the story are described in a coherent sequence using

simple linkers such as First and Then, making the story easy

to comprehend The use of tenses is varied and accurate and shows mastery of some irregular past simple forms

(went, took) and the ability to use conjunctions (when) The

vocabulary is used accurately and shows mastery of some A2

Key words (picnic, rackets, packed, together, sandwiches).

Listening

Part 1 p64

1 C Correct The girl says her brother’s wearing jeans

today … and he’s carrying a sweater.

A The girl says her brother is wearing jeans today and he’s

carrying a sweater but not wearing it

B The girl says her brother doesn’t like wearing trousers

And he’s carrying a sweater but not wearing it

because he’s not feeling very well

B The boy asks where Michael is and says Michael was on

the computer earlier, but he isn’t there now.

C The mother asks the boy to put his [Michael’s] bike back

in the garage He’s left it in the garden So he isn’t in the

garden now

3 C Correct Susanna asks: What time does the film

begin? Is it 8.30? and Dan replies: That’s right.

A Susanna suggests meeting at ten past eight outside the

cinema and the boy says that’s fine This is not the time

that the film starts

B Dan says that the doors [at the cinema] open at a

quarter past eight.

4 B Correct The woman says: The fog’s so thick, you can’t

see more than about 50 metres

A The woman asks: When will the sun come back?, but the

man doesn’t know the answer, so we know there is no sun

now

C The man says: There isn’t even any wind I wanted to go

windsurfing this afternoon

5 A Correct The woman says her father is 60 on

Thursday.

B The man asks: Why don’t you get one [a birthday

present] on Friday when you’re in town?

C The woman’s mother wants to have a party for him [the

woman’s father] on June the 4 th … next Saturday.

Part 2 p66

6 History

The show will be at the History Centre I guess most of you

know where that is, but for those of you who don’t, it’s

behind the town hall.

7 August

The show is in July … sorry, I’ve got the wrong piece of paper

here … I mean the show will be on the 1 st of August …

8 shoes

you’ll see some casual but smart shirts and blouses …

and then in the second half of the show, shoes that are

fashionable and comfortable!

9 6

If you’re studying fashion, tickets are only £6 instead of the

normal price of £9 That’s good news for fashion students!

10 catalogue

The clothes in the fashion show won’t be on sale that day,

but you will be able to buy a catalogue of the show to take

home with you!

Part 3 p67

11 A Correct Tessa asks: The one [project] about

Australian music? Mum loves that She’ll help me Then

Robert replies: But it’s about African music!

B Robert says it [the project] is about African music and

then Tessa says her favourite [music] is American rap!

C Robert asks: Have you started the project for Mr Lee yet,

Tessa? Tessa asks: The one about Australian music? Then

Robert says it’s about African music.

12 C Correct Robert says: I heard something on the radio

[about the music] and made some notes.

A Robert suggests: Maybe we should get a CD, too

B Tessa asks if Robert has got a book about it [the music]

But Robert replies: I haven’t read anything …

13 A Correct Tessa asks: When do we have to give the

project to Mr Lee? And Robert answers: On the last day

of the month …

B Tessa says: That means we’ve only got seven days!

C Robert says they must finish the project by the last day

of the month which is just before the holidays start.

14 C Correct When Tessa suggests working on the

project after lessons this afternoon, Robert says:

Tomorrow’s better and Tessa agrees: OK.

A Robert says he’s got other homework tonight

B Tessa asks if they can work on the project together

after lessons this afternoon, but Robert says this is not

possible: Tomorrow’s better

15 A Correct Robert says: drums are more exciting so let’s

write about those!  And Tessa agrees: OK.

B Robert says drums are more exciting so let’s write about

those!

C Robert says they can choose which instrument to write

about and says he likes classical piano music, but drums are more exciting.

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16 C Correct The girl says she prefers the songs on their

last album and they agree it was brilliant.

A The boy says: It’s OK, but it isn’t amazing.

B The guitar player wrote all of them, i.e the songs on

their last album, not their new album.

17 B Correct The pilot tells passengers to wait for a bus

because all the gates are full.

A The pilot tells passengers to collect your suitcase or

rucksack after they land.

C The pilot tells them what to do after they arrive

18 A Correct They had a lot of fun, but the girl fell over a

lot The boy says: Getting down the hill was harder than playing a whole football match!

B The boy compares skiing to playing football, i.e getting

down the hill, but he doesn’t mention watching a match at

a stadium

C The girl says she needs to get fit and wants to go to the

sports centre, but not that she went there at the weekend

19 B Correct The zookeeper says that younger visitors can help him give the penguins some fish.

A The zookeeper says that food from the zoo’s

restaurants, e.g burgers, should not be given to penguins

C The zookeeper mentions a toy penguin from the zoo

shop but doesn’t say he wants visitors to go there.

20 B Correct The girl says her mum wants a dark one.

A The girl says her mum’s brown (hand)bag is too small

for her new tablet.

C The man says the perfume is a bit expensive, not the

umbrella

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21 F

Dad Wow! What did David give you, Eve?

Eve These running shoes.

22 C

Eve … And Sandra gave me something healthier than

chocolates this time!

Dad What? That beautiful box of oranges?

Eve Yes …

23 B

Dad … What about Leo? Did he give you a present, too? Eve Yes … he got me this game for the computer I don’t

want it really.

24 E

Eve … look what Anna got me! It’s the book I needed for

science.

25 H

Dad And who gave you this? Was it William?

Eve Yes! It’s lovely, but I don’t ever wear a watch now …

Practice Test 3

Reading

Part 1 p72

1 C Correct People applying for this job must be

available (free) at weekends.

A You can apply for this job by calling in to the café Coffee

Company.

B You have to be available not experienced to get this

job There’s no mention of previous experience

about rivers or lakes for tomorrow’s geography exam.

B Jamie knows when the exam is, he says: tomorrow’s

geography exam.

C Jamie doesn’t ask Cristina to help him find his notes

3 B Correct David’s mum asks him to keep the noise

down because his sister has got a temperature.

A David’s mum asks him to be quiet, but not to go

to sleep

C David’s sister isn’t feeling well (she’s got a temperature)

David isn’t sick

4 C Correct Dogs are welcome on this campsite.

A The notice doesn’t say that this is a new campsite It

isn’t on a farm as the farm shop is in the next village.

B The campsite is only open from March till October, not

all year round

5 B Correct The mobile phone is broken and doesn’t

work Belinda can’t upload (her) music to it She can’t

download anything either.

A Belinda doesn’t say the mobile phone is the wrong

colour It’s silver

C Belinda doesn’t say that the mobile phone hasn’t got

enough memory

6 A Correct You can only go on the ride if you are at

least 1.5 metres tall, so smaller children aren’t allowed

to go on the ride.

B Young children who are not 1.5 metres tall can’t go on

the ride, even with adults

C The notice says the ticket is free for families and not

that it costs extra to go on the Rainbow Ride

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7 C Romeo

Who got some help with their hobby from a family

member?

He says: With my aunt’s help, I won a competition to

help get the clothes ready when a famous American

photographer came to take photos …

8 A Liu Wei

Who had success with something they did for their

family?

He says: Last year, I made 100 cupcakes for my cousin’s

18 th birthday party and everyone said they were delicious.

9 B Deepak

Who used their own money to get something they needed

to do their hobby?

He says: I’ve got my own camera now – I saved my pocket

money for a year to buy it.

10 C Romeo

Whose hobby could be what they choose to learn about in

the future?

He says: I love making clothes for me and my sisters so I

want to study fashion at college.

11 C Romeo

Whose hobby has allowed them to do some paid work?

He says: I won a competition to help get the clothes ready

when a famous American photographer came to take

photos of models wearing winter clothes It was a really

interesting day and I could earn some money

12 A Liu Wei

Whose hobby sometimes costs them a lot of money?

He says: Cooking is only expensive if you buy unusual

food, … I did this and made a special dinner …

13 B Deepak

Whose hobby is sometimes hard to do well?

He says: I love taking photos of people playing sport – it’s

really difficult to catch them at the right moment.

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14 B Correct They are friends now, but Georgia says: We

didn’t really know each other before we started playing

four months ago.

A Georgia says she is in a band with two other girls from

school, but that that they didn’t really know each other

before [they] started playing four months ago

C She says they didn’t really know each other before

[they] started playing four months ago and [they’ve]

all been in other bands before, i.e each of them started

playing music more than four months ago

15 A Correct Georgia says: On Saturday afternoons, we

usually do different things than our friends from school

… we give a concert in a large music shop in town

B She says: We really enjoy choosing what we’ll wear

Sometimes we go shopping for something special a day

or two before we play So they go shopping but not on

Saturdays

C She says: we usually do different things than our friends

from school.

16 B Correct She says that their families and classmates

have been to see them and also other people are

beginning to come to the shop just to listen to [them],

i.e people that they don’t know.

A Only their family and friends came earlier She says:

When we started giving concerts, only our families came to see us But soon, our brothers and sisters started inviting their friends … some classmates came to see us, she then says that other people are beginning to come, i.e not just

family and friends

C She doesn’t mention anything about the customers of

the music shop

17 B Correct Georgia says: This summer we’re going to

play at our first open air rock concert.

A She doesn’t mention her school holidays

C She says: we’re going to play at our first open air rock

concert, i.e ‘play at’ not ‘go to’

18 C Correct Georgia plays the guitar and she can also

play the keyboard, but she doesn’t like it Annie plays the guitar and keyboard.

A Annie can play two instruments (the guitar and

keyboard), but she isn’t the only one Georgia can play two

instruments, too

B Annie can play two instruments (the guitar and

keyboard), but Rachel can only play one instrument (the drums).

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19 it

We cannot refer to ice cream as they They is a plural form We cannot refer to ice cream as she She refers to a

woman or girl

20 that

This is a question that we can’t answer We use that

when we’re talking about a thing or, sometimes, a person

We cannot use who to talk about a thing Who is only used for a person or people We use when to talk about the

time or moment that something happens

21 making

We use the verb make when we create or construct something, e.g make ice cream, make a cake

We use the verb do when talking about work or general activities, e.g do homework, do something The verb like is

not an action that we can see people doing

22 but

contrast in some way

We use so to introduce clauses of result or decision, e.g

It was a difficult test, so I’m tired We use or to join two possibilities, e.g Is ice cream or coffee popular in France?

23 keep

We use the bare infinitive form after to when we use

infinitive of purpose to say why someone did something,

i.e People used large pieces of ice from lakes to keep ice

cream cold

24 any

Americans eat more ice cream than any other

nationality means that there is no other nationality

that eats so much ice cream.

All refers to the whole quantity of a particular group, but isn’t suitable in this context Each refers to every one of

two or more people or things and can’t be used in this context