Grammar 4 Choose the best answer (A, B or C) to complete

the text.
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
these verbs. Last year my family decided that we (1) ……………………… to
visit Greece. We're all fascinated by Greek legends and I
drive • get • smell • think (x2) (2) ……………………… to see, in real life, the ancient
monuments and places I (3) ……………………… about as a
1 Something ……………………… delicious in the kitchen!
child. My father (4) ……………………… about a tour company
2 ……………………… you ……………………… into town? Can I
that specialised in cultural tours for families, so he booked
come with you?
two weeks with them. It (5) ……………………… one of my best
3 We ……………………… about staying on a campsite while
holidays ever – a great mix of sightseeing, relaxing and
we’re on holiday.
outdoor activities – and it convinced me I wanted to live in
4 Brad is taking his driving test this afternoon.
Greece.
I ……………………… he’s quite nervous!
5 It ……………………… quite cold outside. Take a hat 1 A had wanted B wanted C want
and scarf. 2 A has always hoped B always hoped C had always hoped

/5 3 A read B had read C was reading

4 A was hearing B had heard C has heard
5 A has been B had been C was
2 Correct five mistakes in the dialogue.
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Mum: Hi, Ben. Are you hungry? Did you have anything
to eat yet?
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Ben: No, not yet, Mum. I was working on this essay for
two hours and I haven’t finished it already.
Mum: OK. Is it French homework?
Ben: Yes, it is. I didn’t used to enjoy French, but I
do now. Vocabulary
Mum: OK. Well, we’ll have supper when you finish then.
5 Complete the sentences with a suitable word or
I am cooking for two hours and I’ve made a
phrase. Use the clues in brackets to help you.
delicious pie.
1 My neighbours are a lovely ……………………… couple. They
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are retired now. They must be about 80, but they’re still
very active. (this word is a more polite way to say ‘old’)
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
2 Most airline companies nowadays only allow you to
the verbs given.
take a small amount of ……………………… on board. Any
1 Anna was angry because I ……………………… larger suitcases have to go in the hold. (this word has a
……………………… (not invite) her to my birthday party.
similar meaning to ‘bags’)
2 As soon as I ……………………………………………… (get) home,
I packed my suitcase for the holiday. 3 He had been playing football and his shirt was covered
3 Jackie couldn’t take us to the station because her car in thick mud. It was ……………………… . (this word means
……………………………………………… (break down). the same as ‘very dirty’)
4 My brothers ……………………………………………… (play) a 4 They’re lucky not to have neighbours on either side of
computer game when I went into the bedroom. their house because theirs is ……………………… . (this word
5 We ……………………………………………… (live) in a block of
means that a house is not connected to any other)
flats, but now we live in a bungalow.
5 When we went on holiday, we ……………………… very early
/5 so that we avoided the early morning traffic. (this
phrasal verb means ‘to start a journey’)

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6 Complete the sentences with the correct answer, Tom: Yes, she told me that last week. I went with her on
A, B or C. the school trip to see the tennis match and we sat
1 I’ll try to ……………………… the 6.30 train in the morning. together on the (5) ……………………… . There were 20
A catch of us altogether and the driver was one of the
B miss teachers.
C delay 1 A boats B planes C ferries D yachts
2 Where did your car break ……………………… ? 2 A factory B flat C skyscraper D mansion
A up 3 A arrogant B outgoing C sensible D quiet
B over 4 A cottage B block of flats C mansion D terrace
C down 5 A taxi B underground C coach D tram
3 The ……………………… to Rome is £400 and that’s a little
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too expensive for us.
A cost
B fare 8 Complete the text with the correct form of the
words given.
C departure
4 The hotel was ……………………… ; it had a hundred rooms! We’ve just come back from a holiday and we stayed in a
A ancient (1) ……………………… (dread) hotel. The food was terrible and
B historic the place was filthy. I booked it on impulse because I saw
C enormous that the price of hotels in that area was (2) ………………………
5 I’m sorry I’m late, but I ……………………… the bus. (rise) according to the travel companies. However, next
A lost time I’ll look around a bit more. When we arrived, the hotel
B delayed was really noisy, but it (3) ……………………… (gradual) got
C missed better as the week progressed and by the end of the week

/5 it was OK. Also the weather could have been better. It was
warm during the day but (4) ……………………… (extreme) cold
at night. We even had to put the heating on! However, the
7 Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to (5) ……………………… (country) was stunning and we had
complete the dialogue. views of mountains and lakes, so that was some
Maya: Lisa was telling me about her family yesterday. compensation!
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Tom: What did she say?
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man who loved sailing and the sea. He used to own
two luxury (1) …………………… . In the summer they
would sail over to France on them.
Tom: Her father owns a (2) ……………………… , doesn’t he?
Maya: Yes, he has one that makes jam, I think. It’s that
big industrial building on the outskirts of town.
Tom: I like Lisa. She’s fun and very (3) ……………………… .
Not at all like her sister who’s very shy.
Maya: She told me that her family have moved to a
village north of here and they now live in a little
(4) ……………………… . It’s very cute, just like in a
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 Reading
9 Read the article about British accents. Six sentences have been removed from the article. Complete the
article with the correct sentences (A–H). There are two extra sentences.

So where in the UK are you from?

The UK has so many regional accents and dialects that it is often very difficult for visitors to identify them. (1) ………………………
They usually know from a person’s accent if he or she is from the South, the Midlands, the North or London. But you need
to know an area quite well to be more accurate. Language experts can sometimes guess the area a person was born and
brought up in to within five kilometres! The English language is very rich in its variations and most people are proud of
their local identity.

Many people who live outside the UK think that there are basically two accents in English: posh and working class!
(2) ……………………… If you watch a night’s TV in the UK, you can hear many of our regional accents in the popular soap operas!
There is the famous East End of London accent in EastEnders, the Yorkshire accent in Emmerdale and the Lancashire
accent in Coronation Street. There’s a Scottish detective series called Taggart where you can hear the accent from Glasgow
– which is very different from the accent spoken by the people of the capital, Edinburgh. Many of the more famous
accents have special names too – Cockney for the East End of London, Geordie for Newcastle and Scouse for Liverpool.

Regional accents have developed over the centuries for a lot of different reasons and many of them are very difficult for
people from outside the region to understand. (3) ……………………… Changes in language happen because people communicate
with each other. If a community doesn’t have much contact with another community, then those changes don’t happen.
(4) ……………………… For example, the accents and dialects of north and south Wales are different because of the mountains that
divide them.

(5) ……………………… People are fighting to keep these alive. The Welsh language is still very strong. It is spoken throughout
Wales and is taught in schools. There are TV programmes completely in Welsh and the road signs are in both languages.
Gaelic is still alive and well in Scotland, and there is even a campaign to protect Cornish, a language that people in the
West of England spoke until about 150 years ago.

So, what will happen to the languages and dialects of the UK over the next 100 years? (6) ……………………… Or will everyone
sound the same? It will be interesting to see.

A However, it is much more complicated than that.

B Will we still keep a local identity?
C Experts have studied dialects for a long time and have come up with some interesting results.
D The weather might have affected the development of different accents.
E The English of today is the result of different languages that invaders and settlers brought to England in the past.
F This is how different dialects and accents develop.
G We must not forget that, as well as English, there are other languages that still exist in the UK.
H Even British people themselves have problems!

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10 Read the article again. Are these statements True (T), False (F) or is the information Not Mentioned (NM)?
1 Visitors to the UK don’t read books about 4 People in Wales are fighting because of
regional accents. T/F/NM their language. T/F/NM
2 There are lots of TV programmes about 5 Wales is the only part of the UK that has
linguistics and the origin of accents. T/F/NM its own separate language. T/F/NM
3 The geography of a country influences 6 One language within the UK has been dormant
how accents develop. T/F/NM for many years and may be used again. T/F/NM

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11 Read the article again and answer these 8 I played football for a long time this morning and now
questions I’m really hot.
BEEN
1 How many languages from the UK are mentioned?
I’m really hot because ………………………………………………
………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..
football this morning.
2 How many accents do foreigners usually think exist in 9 Is this your first summer job?
the UK? EVER
………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..……….. Have ………………………………………… a summer job before?
3 What four TV series are mentioned? 10 My mum booked rooms in the Sandy Hotel for two
………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..……….. weeks.
STAYING
4 Why are accents in north and south Wales different?
We ……………………………………………… in the Sandy Hotel for
………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..
two weeks.
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Listening
Use of English 13 Listen to four short extracts. Match the
extracts (A–D) with the comments (1–6). There
12 Complete the second sentence so that it means are two extra comments.
the same as the first, using the word given. Use
between two and five words. Extract A ……………………… Extract B ………………………

Extract C ……………………… Extract D ………………………

1 We saw the film and then we had a burger at a fast
food restaurant. 1 I really enjoyed it and it had such a great ending.
WE 2 We’re almost neighbours now.
After ……………………………………………… the film, we had a 3 It could have been lovely, but it wasn’t.
burger at a fast food restaurant. 4 I never go on camping holidays because of the rain.
2 We always went on holiday to the beach when I was 5 I want to move house as soon as possible.
very young. 6 We have a bit of time to spare now.
TO
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We ……………………………………………… on holiday to the
beach when I was very young.
14 Listen again and answer these questions.
3 I met Danielle when we started school together in 2006.
KNOWN 1 Extract 1: What caused the doctor to lose his memory?
I ……………………………………………… we started school ………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..
together in 2006.
2 Extract 2: Why is Gary phoning?
4 I was playing tennis earlier and I’m really tired now.
HAVE ………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..

I’m really tired because ……………………………………………… 3 Extract 2: How is Gary travelling to Athens?
tennis.
………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..
5 I started work here in 2014.
SINCE 4 Extract 3: What was the problem on the holiday?
I ……………………………………………… 2014. ………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..
6 When my father was a young boy, he liked mending
5 Extract 4: Where is the girl living now?
cars in his spare time.
WOULD ………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..

As a young boy, my ……………………………………………… in his 6 Extract 4: What is the problem with the girl’s flat?
spare time.
………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..……..………..
7 When did you buy that laptop?
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How long ……………………………………………… that laptop?
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 Writing
15 Choose a city that you know well and write a description of it for a travel magazine.

Write 150–180 words.

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Speaking
16 Compare and contrast the photographs, and say how you think the lifestyles in each place differ.

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