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Listening 5 Complete the sentencces. (10 marrks).
1 Anna th hinks she saw w the ______ ____ of the
1  Listen to tthe radio intterview. How
w did Helen woman who died a hundred yea ars ago. She was
find out she c
could becom me a novelis
st? (1 mark)) really frrightened.
________
__________
___________
___________
__ 2 Peter played a __________ on me m last night, but I
________
__________
___________
___________
__ didn’t th
hink it was fuunny at the time.
3 When I was young m my mother toold me amazzing
2  Listen aga
ain. Answerr the questio
ons. Write ______ ____ before bbedtime.
co
omplete sen
ntences. (9 marks)
m 4 The ___ _______ clappped and sh houted for mo ore
1 Name threee ways Hele en gets inspirration for herr when th he singer finisshed her son ng.
novels. 5 The ___ _______ gavve my novel a great revie ew.
________ __________ ___________ ___________ __
________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ Practical
P English
________ __________ ___________ ___________ __
2 What threee physical be
ehaviours dooes Helen sayy 6 Complete the dialogu
ue. (10 marks
s)
show how a person is feeling?
Lisa: What shall we doo tonight?
________ __________ ___________ ___________ __
Sam: Therre’s a rock baand on tonigh ht in the Green
________ __________ ___________ ___________ __
Room m. Shall we ggo to that?
________ __________ ___________ ___________ __
Lisa: I’m not
n very (1) ________ on rock
r music.
3 What threee pieces of advice
a does Helen
H give to
o
Sam: What about the ccinema? The ere’s that new
w
new writerrs?
horroor movie – MMama. It’s rea
ally scary.
________ __________ ___________ ___________ __
Lisa: I’d (2
2) _______ nnot. I hate ho
orror films.
________ __________ ___________ ___________ __
Sam: Well, what do youu want to do o?
________ __________ ___________ ___________ __
Lisa: I’d (3
3) _______ too see a comedy film.
Sam: All rigght, what abbout that new
w comedy witth
Voc
cabulary
y Owen Wilson?
Lisa: That sounds (4) ________ better than Mam ma!
3 Add
A a suffix to the words to make an a adjective Sam: Yes, I’ve (5) ________ it’s veryy entertaining.
or an adverb. You may need
n to remo ove one or
more
m letter(s
s) from the words
w first. (5
( marks)
1 enjoy ______
_________ Grammar
G r
2 entertain ______
_________
7 Write senttences with too, too mu
uch, too man ny or
3 talent ______
_________
enough. Use
U the pressent simple form
f of the
4 incredible ______
_________ verbs. (10 marks)
5 origin ______
_________
1 There / be / people / in the lift.
4 Replace
R the u
underlined word(s)
w with
h a word tha
at ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____
means
m the saame. (5 marrks) 2 This / dress / be / tigght / me.
1 That rollerr coaster ride
e was very frightening. ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____
_________ _ 3 We / noot have got / rice / make / paella.
2 The ending g of the noveel was not orriginal. ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____
_________ _ 4 My tea / not be / swweet.
3 The perforrmance was boring; I fell asleep half ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____
way throug gh it. ______
____ 5 Your / bag
b / be / heaavy / becaus se / there / be
e/
4 Bridesmaid ds is a very funny
f film. __
________ books / in / it.
5 The view o of the mountains from our balcony is ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____
amazing. _ _________ ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____

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8 Complete
C the
e sentences s with the pa
ast simple o
or
th
he past conttinuous. (10
0 marks) Reading
R
1 This time yyesterday sh
he ________ __ over the
11
1 Read the text.
t Accord
ding to the writer,
w how can
c
Atlantic Occean in a sm
mall plane. doing a co
ourse help yyou to becom
me a writer??
2 I was late and when I _________
_ at
a the party, (2 marks)
they _____ _____ cake. ______
___________
___________
___________
____
3 Yesterday I _________ _ to a new Italian
restaurant in town. How to sttart
4 We _____ _____ the TVV when we __ ________ a
So you want to be the next J. K. Ro owling? Well,, the
strange soound upstairss.
first step iss to start writting. Books don’t
d write
5 I ________ __ David whhile I __________ my bike in
themselvess, so you’ve ggot to put th he work in.
the park. I waved to him
m.
Writing is 40%
4 creativitty and 60% hard work.
9 Complete
C the
e sentencess with the -in
ng or to + Decide on a time and pplace to write e every day and
a
in
nfinitive form
m of the verrbs. (10 marks) stick to it no
n matter whhat happens. Turn off the e TV
and your phone,
p and loog off from the internet. You
e listen to play see watch
come w
don’t need any distracttions.
1 She promised _______ _______ hom me at eleven
n.
2 I enjoy _______________ comedy films, Finding in
nspiration
3 He missed d _________ ends when hiis
_____ his frie What abou ut when you get writer’s block? Well, keep
family movved to a new
w town. writing anyyway, even iff it’s rubbish. Eventually it will
4 I’m learnin
ng ______________ the guuitar. start to maake sense. Thhe less you write
w the harrder
5 My mum ccan’t stand ____________ ___ hip hop it is. Look for
f inspiratioon everywherre, in people you
music. know, people you don’t’t know, place es and things.
Read. Othe er writers aree your best teachers.
t
Cum
mulative
e review Developin
ng your tale
ent

10 Complete
C the
e second se entence so that
t it has th
he OK. You’ve e written youur book or sto ory; now you u
sa
ame meaninng as the firrst. (10 mark
ks) need some e feedback. D Don’t ask you ur friends or
1 It’s necesssary to wear a life jacket when
w you go
o family – it’ss most likelyy they will tell you it’s gre
eat so
in the boatt. as not to hurt
h your feellings. The beest option is to
You _____ ______ wearr a life jackett when you g go join a writeers group. Yoou can share e your work with
w
in the boatt. other writeers and get vvaluable feed dback. You will
w
2 It took Sheeila several weeks
w to starrt to feel also learn from
f other wwriters by listtening to theeir
comfortablle in her new w home in Lo ondon. stories. It’ss also a goodd idea to do a creative wrriting
Sheila ___ ________ he er new life in London afte r course justt to learn thee basics of pllot, setting,
a few weeks. characters and dialoguee. This will alsoa give you the
3 There are only a few to omatoes in th he fridge – I opportunity y to share yoour work with other write ers.
need more e for the lasa
agne recipe. Getting published
There aren n’t ___________ tomatoes s for the
lasagne re ecipe. The next step is the scaariest of all – sending yo our
4 I think novvelist J.K.Row
wling has gott a lot of work to publishers. Gett in touch with an editor at a
talent. publisher’s and ask if yyou can send them your work. w
J.K.Rowlin ng is a ___________ nove elist. Then make e sure you haave double checked
c yourr
5 The Hunge er Games wa as fun to wattch. script and there aren’t any big spelling or grammar
The Hunge er Games is a / an _____ ______ film. T will definnitely put ed
mistakes. This ditors off. In fact,
f
friends and d family are uuseful at thiss stage as they
might spott mistakes thhat you can’t see. Write a
clear letterr summarizinng the story anda plot and
what your writing expeerience is. Go ood luck!

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12 Read
R the textt again and answer the questions.
Write
W comple ete sentencees. (8 marks
s)
1 According to the article
e, what persoonal qualitiess
ed to be a writer and wha
do you nee at do you nee ed
to do?
__________________ ___________ ___________ __
__________________ ___________ ___________ __
2 What two tthings does the
t writer suggest doing
when you haven’t got any
a ideas?
__________________ ___________ ___________ __
__________________ ___________ ___________ __
3 Why does the writer th nds and familly
hink that frien
e good criticss? Who can give better
don’t make
feedback?
?
__________________ ___________ ___________ __
__________________ ___________ ___________ __
4 What two tthings shouldd you do beffore sending
your work to your chossen publisherr?
__________________ ___________ ___________ __
__________________ ___________ ___________ __

Wriiting
13 Write
W a shortt story for a magazine. Use the idea
as
to
o help you. W
Write aboutt 150 words.. (10 marks)
a holiday a robbery an
a adventure
e a ghost

Para
agraph 1
Describe
D the ssetting – the
e place and th
he people.
What
W are theyy doing? Desscribe what they look likee
or what type o
of person the ey are.

Para
agraph 2
Develop
D the p
plot. Describe
e what happe
ened.
Describe
D the main event and
a what was happening
g
at the same tiime.

Para
agraph 3
Write
W e what happened in the
the ending. Describe
end. Write how the main character
c feltt.

Listen
ning _____ / 10 Vocab
bulary ______ / 20 Practicall English ______ / 10
Grammmar _____ / 30 Cumuulative Review 0
w _____ /10 Reading _____ / 10
Writin
ng _____ / 10
0 TOTAL __________
_ _ / 100

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