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Unit 1 Test A
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3 Complete the sentences with a, an, the or 0 (no

Grammar article).
1 Complete the sentences with the correct present 1 I’m looking in the fridge, but I can’t see
form of these verbs. _a_the___ milk.
2 Jan’s got ___an__ new baby. She’s beautiful!
go work have speak stay study
3 Do you enjoy studying __a___ English?
1 Our family _have_________ dinner together 4 I’d like to be ___the an__ engineer when I’m
every evening. I think it’s important. older.
2 I _stay________ with my best friend in the 5 Come in! My dad’s in _an_the___ kitchen.
countryside for a couple of days. He’s cooking.
3 At the moment, my cousin _is
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is having a great time.
4 We _went_________ on holiday to Spain twice Vocabulary
a year. We love hot countries!
5 My dad _works_________ in a bank in the city 4 Complete the sentences with the correct words
centre. He drives in every day. about the person’s stage of life.
6 My brother Mike _speaks_________ both 1 My grandfather’s 70. He’s a __senior
English and French, but he prefers Spanish. citizen________. He lives with his wife in an
apartment in Spain.
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aged_adult___. She’s a teacher in a secondary
2 Make sentences with the prompts. school.
1 you/know/my friend Susie? 3 My cousin Mary is 25. She’s a _young
Do you know my friend susie? adult_________. She wants to get married next
year.
2 Jack/not work/on his computer/right now. 4 My sister’s 17. She’s a _teenager_________.
He is not working on computer right now She lives with my mum and stepfather.
5 My little brother’s one. He’s a
__toddler________. I think he’s going to be an
3 We/study/the present tenses/this week. artist!
We will study are studying present tenses this
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week

4 I’m afraid I/not understand/this homework.

I m afraid I don’t understand this homework.

5 your grandmother/stay/with you/at the

moment?
Is she staying…

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5 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the

sentences.
Reading
1 My sister has a baby, but she isn’t married. It’s 7 Read the article and decide if the statements are
a single/one-parent family. true (T) or false (F).
2 My mum married again and my new
husband/stepfather is very nice.
Mobile phones are an important part of our
3 Helen is a single/an only child and she doesn’t
lives and most of us can’t imagine life without
like it.
one. They keep us in contact with friends and
4 Brett and Beth aren’t very happy together. I family at all times and when we have a problem
think they’re going to get single/divorced soon. we can call immediately for help. Now parents can
5 My uncle has two children who are the same buy a special mobile phone for their four-year-old
age as me and I really like playing with my children. Is this a way to help protect our young
sons/cousins. children or is it a silly idea?
6 My niece is 17 and her brother, my The phone is called My Moby and it looks like
uncle/nephew, is nearly 20. a toy, but it isn’t. It comes in many colours and
young children love it. It has five buttons and two
/6 of them call Mum and Dad. Of course, the parents
control all the numbers in the phone and the idea is
6 Complete the sentences with these words. that the child can call their parents when they want
to. Also, the parents can call the child too! Many
protection equipment retirement parents like the idea and they think it’s good for
independence invention confidence safety. If the child gets lost they can call home!
However, not everyone agrees that it is a good
1 To do a good building job, you need the right idea. Many people are angry. They think children
_equipment_________. today are growing up too fast. They want to be like
2 A lot of fights between teenagers and their adults when they are very young and this isn’t
parents are about _independence_. good. They need to enjoy their childhood. These
3 My grandmother isn’t enjoying her people think it is a very bad idea to give a
__retirement________. She says she’s bored. four-year-old a mobile phone. They think it is
4 Many people say that the computer was an unnecessary and it can be dangerous for their
English invention_. health. They say that young children don’t need to
use a phone because they are always with an adult.
5 You need a lot of _confidence_ to be an actor
and perform in front of crowds of people. So, is it a good idea or not? Can phones be
good to protect our children or are they just good
6 That small umbrella doesn’t give much for the phone company? What do you think? Send
_protection_ when it’s raining very hard. us your comments.

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1 My Moby is a mobile phone for very young T/F
children.
2 The phones are toys. T/F
3 The children can’t call who they want. T/F
4 The phones are all the same colour. T/F
5 Some people think childhood is too short T/F
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Listening (Tests CD, Track 1) Use of English

8 Listen to the speakers and choose the best 9 Read the text about family life and fill each gap
answers. with one word.

1 When do the speaker’s parents worry? Family life (1) __is________ changing a lot these
days. In some countries, all the members of a
family (2) __live________ in the same place,
A when he goes to parties sometimes in the same home. However, in other
B when he goes out during the week countries, people often have to move away from
C when he isn’t home on time their home town to find a job when they are ready
to start work. They get married and start
2 Which rule is the speaker happy with? (3) __the__a_____ family away from their
parents, and then their children do exactly the
A looking after her brother same thing. Grandparents sometimes live hundreds
B finishing her homework of miles away from their grandchildren.
C cleaning her room Sometimes they are even in (4) _a _________
different country! This can cause a lot of problems
when people (5) __get________ older.
3 What isn’t easy for the speaker? Sons and daughters can’t help their parents when
they are ill and they have to go into hospital or
A doing a lot of sport special homes. The grandparents are (6)
B agreeing on what food to eat ___always_______ there to help with the
C eating with his parents every day grandchildren when they are young and
(7) ____when______ parents have to send them to
special schools at a young age if they need to go to
4 What do the speaker’s parents want?
work. In many countries, this problem
(8) __is________ getting worse and people are
A her to spend more time with them worried that family life is never going to be the
B to use the computer same again.
C to play computer games with her
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Writing
10 Read this email from Patsy, an English
friend, and write a reply. Remember to answer
all her questions.

Hi,
How are you? I know you’re on holiday at the
moment. Are you having a good time? What’s the
weather like? Are there any interesting people in
your hotel? And do you like the food?!
Write soon!
Patsy

Write 35 words.

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