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Name: _____________________________________

VOCABULARY

1

  Complete the sentences.

1  I always have lunch in the c___________ at school.
2  My friend can play the t__________ and the piano. 
3  I have to go to the l___________ and borrow a few 

books for my biology project.

4  At home my father always works in the s___________. 

There is only a desk and a bookcase there.

5  When it’s raining, we have PE classes in the g_______.

1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5

2

  Put the words from the box in the right column.

an exam 

dinner 

the bed 

an exercise 

the ironing 

a mess 

a phone call 

a project 

sports 

a mistake

DO

MAKE

0.5 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5

3

  Complete the sentences with the opposites of the 

adjectives in the box.

healthy comfortable correct patient polite

1  This armchair is very ______________________ . 

I have to change it.

2  Why are you so ______________________?  

We only have to wait five minutes.

3  Why are you speaking in such an 

______________________ way?

4  John failed the test because he gave many 

______________________ answers.

5  You shouldn’t eat so much chocolate and chips.  

They are ______________________.

1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5

GRAMMAR

4

  Complete the text with the verbs in Present Simple or 

Present Continuous. 
Many students (1) _________________ (not like) physical 
education classes. They don’t want to exercise in front 
of their classmates or they just feel uneasy wearing their 
shorts. They also complain that they usually  
(2) _________________ (not have) time to take a shower 
after the class. 
But a school in the USA has found a way out. This year their 
students (3) _________________ (take) PE via the Internet. 

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Unit 1

GROUP A

“How in the world can I take PE online?” thought Sara 
who was one of the first students to join the class. But 
now she says she really (4) _________________ (enjoy) 
it. “It’s better because my classmates are not watching 
me when I am exercising, so I don’t feel embarrassed.” 
Nowadays, the idea (5) _______________ (get) more 
and more popular. Thousands of American teenagers 
want to take PE online. 

1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5

5

  Complete the questions using Present Simple or 

Present Continuous.
1
  Where (your father / work) ________________________?
2  What (you / do) _______________________________  

on Saturdays?

3  Why (they / sleep) _________________________ now?
4  What time (your science class / start)  

____________________________________________?

5  What books (we / read) _________________________ 

this term?

1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5

6

  Write sentences.

1  My parents / not understand / my problems.

_________________________________________________ 

2  I / prefer / cinema / theatre.

_________________________________________________

3  Jack / play / friends / now. 

_________________________________________________

4  Susan / know / most of my friends.

_________________________________________________

5  They / have / dinner / at the moment.

_________________________________________________

1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5

COMMUNICATE

7

  Complete the dialogues with the expressions from 

the box.

Pleased to meet you 

It’s nice to see you again 

 

How do you do 

Let me introduce 

How are you

A
Mike: 
 

Hello John.

John:  

Hi Mike. This is my friend from Ireland, Aidan.

Aidan:  

(1) ____________________________________.

B
Henry: 
 

Jake, (2) _______________________________ 
Professor Brown from Oxford University.

Jake:  

How do you do, Professor?

Prof Brown:  (3) ____________________________, Jake?

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C
George:
  Tom, I haven’t seen you for ages!  

(4) ____________________________________?

Tom: 

Fine, thanks. And you?

George:  Great! Do you remember Susan, my cousin 

from Cork?

Tom: 

Of course. (5) ___________________________, 
Susan.

1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5

8

  React in the following situations.

1  Kolega pyta Cię, jakie są Twoje ulubione przedmioty 

szkolne. Co odpowiesz?
_________________________________________________

2  Chcesz się dowiedzieć, co kolega zwykle je na 

śniadanie. Co powiesz?
_________________________________________________

3  Koleżanka pyta, do czego najczęściej używasz 

internetu. Co odpowiesz?
_________________________________________________

4  Ktoś prosi Cię, żebyś krótko opisał swój pokój.  

Co powiesz?
_________________________________________________

5  Zapytaj kolegę, jakie języki obce zna.

_________________________________________________

1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5

LISTENING 

Track 

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9

  Listen to 3 people (A, B and C) taking about a new 

place they live in. Which person does each sentence 

refer to? Write the correct letter in the space 

provided.
This person
1  enjoys his/her PE classes. 

_____

2  feels lonely in the new place. 

_____

3  doesn’t like one of the teachers. 

_____

4  works harder than in his/her old school. 

_____

5  has a bigger room than before. 

_____

1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 5

WRITING

10

 Write an e-mail to a friend from England about your 

new school. Write about: 

• what the school building looks like, 

• how you get on with your new classmates, 

• what you don’t like about your new school.
 ____________________________________________________
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Total ____ / 5

EXTRA ACTIVITIES

11

 Underline the correct phrase.

1  My parents put a new cupboard/wardrobe in the 

kitchen.

2 Sara 

moves/is moving out from her bungalow today.

3  I don’t want/prefer to live here. It’s such a boring area!
4  Our school is very serious/strict. There are a lot of rules 

to follow.

5  In Australia people often live far/long away from the 

cities.

6  I would like to take/make part in this concert.
7 I 

have/am having dinner right now. I’ll call you later.

8  Do you know/Are you knowing what this word means?

0.5 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 4

12

 Complete the text with words from the box. There are 

two extra words.

in example without friends use like with future

Modern technology is something we can’t live  
(1) _____________. Thanks to mobile phones and the 
Internet we can be (2) __________ touch with people all 
the time, even if they live a long distance from us. Social 
networking sites are getting more and more popular 
among young people. In this way you can make  
(3) ____________ around the world and find people who 
share your interests. Most people communicate on the 
Internet in English but the (4) ___________ of the Internet 
is growing very fast in countries (5) ____________ India or 
China and experts predict they will dominate the net in 
the (6) __________.

1 mark for each correct answer. Total ____ / 6