& CAMBRIDGE =) COMPLETE PRELIMINARY Workbook without answers Second edition Big & wits Audio BownLoas For the revised exam from 2020wy life and home ‘Making choices ‘Saving fun ‘On holiday Different feelings ‘That's entertainmet ‘Getting around sefluencers Stay fit and healthy ‘Looks amazing! ‘The natural world Express yourself! bulary extra by life and home Making choices Having fun On holiday Different feelings ‘That's entertainment! i tinearannd| Influencers Stay fit and healthy Looks amazing! “53 The natural world “a2 Express yourself! RSRRSBRBRRT HR 52 53 54 56 87 58 59 60 6 2 6House id home _< © Putte tetters in order to make words for objects you canfind ina house. 1. don’t have a evdut on my bed in the summer. It's too hot. 2. only use one olvilp when | am sleeping, 3. Putthe dirty plates in the kins and I'll wash them later. 4. Don't forget to put the milk back in the drfeig. 5. Weoften heat up food in the vwiromace when we don’t have time to cook. 6 Have you got a elvot | can use to dry my hands? 7 looked in the rorimr to see if my make-up was all right. 8 I turned on the hot pta, but the water was cold! © complete the sentences with in, on orat. 1 Iilseeyou...... sixo'elock outside the cinema 2. Iloveto go hiking... springwhenit's not too hot 3. You'llfind the toilets down the corridor the right. 4 We played tennis 5. arrived late atwork. 6 left my bus pass, incash, 7 There’sa clock the wall in the kitchen. She usually eats with her family. her birthday. the park. the evening after a long day home, so | paid the fare Countable and uncountable nouns © © utthe words in the correct column. each bus cooker day electricity floor food friend furniture game hall homework house make-up money rain shampoo space tap_ time CTEee ae + Read the whole text before you look at the options. Think about what words, of what type of words, might go inthe gaps. * Look at the options and see if your ideas are there. ‘See Lee's an acrobat. She works ina circus that travels ‘sound the world, so she stays in many different cities, ==daily (a) ‘is mearly always the same, ‘West days, she gets up at 7 o'clock, has breakfast and gets 2 0.g0 to training. Depending on the city isin, she walks or takes the bus to the theatre where that seeening’s (3) takes place. Sermally, Sue does eight or nine shows a week, sometimes ec a day, soit’s (4) work. She has to make ‘sereshe has a healthy (5) 1 soshe eats alot of ‘St vegetables and proteins to keep her body trang. In the stemoon, she has some ree time and usually tries to » in touch with family or friends on her ‘S=t0p, although when she's in some countries the time ‘=Ference can make it difficult For each question, choose the correct answer. Away —B custom D habit ‘A ready B better D right A play B audience € routine € early Aheavy Bhard huge D long Afood Bdish ¢ diet D supply Amake B get ¢ hold D go © Foreach ques € presentation D performance * Underline the key words in the question. Peek) + You have time before you listen fo read the questions. Read the first line, the question and the options carefully. You may not hear the exact words in the recording: ry fo think of other ‘words that have a similar meaning ‘80 you can listen for those too. n, choose the correct answer. 1. You will hear 2 mother and her son talking about his old school books, What do they decide to do with his books? ‘A. putthem away in his bedroom B give them to someone else © throw them away 2 Youwill hear boy telling his friend about helping athome. How does he feel about it? A. excited by the idea B_ annoyed that his brother doesn't help € confident that it won't take long 3. Youwill hear two college students talking about a trip. The man says he will miss the trip because ‘A he's going away with his parents. B he hasn't got the right equipment. € he has made a mistake with the date, 4 You will hear two friends talking about a TV series. What does the man like about the series? A It shows realistic family situations. B Ithas good actors. € Ithad a surprising en 1g 5 Youwill hear a woman talking toa friend about a house. Whatiis the problem with the woman's new house? A It’s too far from her work. B There are too few bedrooms. © There's no space for her car. 6 Youwill hear two friends talking about a shopping centre. They agree that ‘A ithasa good variety of shops. B thas improved the town. € it'sin a convenient location, My lifeand home §Frequency adverbs © Putthe words in order to make sentences. 1. in /eat/ They / restaurant /a occasionally 2-year /go/once/I/ skiing /a 3. takes / hardly /on / He / holiday / photos / ever 4 a/I/ good / day / every / breakfast / eat 5 abroad / She / go / often / holiday / doesn’t /on 6 every / Some / read / the / people / newspaper / day / almost 7 take/ days /dog/1/ the / park /to / my / most 8 mornings / They / home / never / the /are / at/in afew, a bit of, many, much, 7 a lot of and lots of © choose the correct option. a Velike butter on my toast, please. @ much b abitof ¢ afew 2 There aren't cushions inthe living room, a few = b much ¢ many 3 Have you got fiends from your childhood? a much lots € many 4 only people bought his record, it wasn't vvery popular. a abitof b many ¢ afew 5 thadto pay money for my new laptop. a afew —b alotof ¢ much 6 Mysistersings when she’s in the shower. a alot b lotsof ¢ much 7 Fre got. time if you want some help now. a lotsof b much € afew 8 Thechildren didn’t have sugar on their cereal. a much b many ¢ afew Present simple and present continuous < @ choose the correct option initaics. 1 We can't go out because it snows / is snowing today. 2. Allthe players know / are knowing that the match is tomorrow. 3. The supermarket opens /is opening at 10 o'clock on Sundays. 4 My ister hates /s hating TV programmes about history. 5. Oliver often misses /is missing the bus on Monday mornings. 6 Most police officers wear /are wearing a uniform forwork, 7 Mytomato plants grow / are growing very quickly this year. 8 My girlriend learns /is learning Japanese at the moment. 9. The weather gets / is getting better this month 10 Some people watch / are watching too much TY. © comptete the email with the correct form of the verb in brackets. Hi Jackie, Well, here |am in Peru! Yes, 1) (spend) ‘year in Lima as part of my university course. 12) (feel) so lucky because t's fantastic ‘opportunity. | (3) have) an apartment in the city centre with two other girls, and we (4) (go) to classes on foot because it's very close to the university. Here, the university courses (5). ‘which i the end of summer, and they (6) in February. |(7) (start) in Apri, finish) (attend) classes Monday to is Saturday, 50 (8) (not/ study) Instead, (8) (sit) in the kitchen waiting emails. 10) (not have) much free time inthe week because this month we (14) {do} a project, which (a2) (mean) we have todo alot of extra workin the evenings. tthe moment, (13) (take) Spanish classes aswel. What (14) (you /do) this year? as) (you / want) to come and visit me? Write soon! Love, sammy' Da asta Remember there are four points you have to ‘answer in the email, Make sure you answer each one and add enough information about each point so that your email is about 100 words, Use words like because, so or and, + You can use questions to make suggestions, give invitations or ask for further information, AD watch the beginnings and endings of the sentences. 1. Let's meet at 10 o'clock, Wednesday is the best day The parkis very big, The beachisa great idea so.we can have a good walk there, because | love swimmingin the sea. because | don't have yoga classes that afternoon. so We have time to buy some food frst. ange ‘Complete the table with the questions. ‘Would you like to come to my party? Which is the best place to visit? Shall we go to the exhibition? Do you want to go to the theatre tonight? What kind of films do you like? Why don't we havea barbecue? ousune © Read this email from your English-speaking friend Robin, and the notes you have made. Write your answer in about 100 words. tobin fm writing with some great news. My friend Jack says can use his apartment on the coast inthe first two weeks of August. There's space fortwo people. Would you like to come? F've only got one week's holiday, so which of those two weeks in August would be best for you? —— Say wich The house is near the beach and And tahy, the weather will be hot. What kind of activities should we do at the Bagchee Jes, thanks! ‘Fal Robin We don't have to pay for the apartment, but like to get Jack a present to say thank you. thought maybesomethingforthehouse. Suggest What could we get him a Lots of love, Robin My life and homefail, pass, take, lose, miss, study and teach < © complete the sentences with words from the box. fail learn lose miss pass setoff study take teach work Inmy final year at university, Ihave to six exams. fl them all, il get my degree. 2. Iwas very nervous, so I thought | was going to my driving test. 3 Lonly parttime because I'm a student. I ‘at university in the mornings. Then I little children maths in the afternoon, I think they a lot with me. 4 I can’t find my bus pass. |hope | didn’t it yesterday. 5 for work at 7 o'clock because if! leave late fo the train, arn, make, spend, take and win < © Exam candidates often make mistakes with vocabulary. © Underline and correct one vocabulary mistake in each sentence. 1 Karen prefers to spend the money she wins from her job on travelling rather than clothes. 2. It’s not easy for me to do new friends nowadays because | work from home. 3. Learn allot of money on travelling to work each month, 4 Harry made his best, but he didn't get the job. 5. Ihavetodoa lotof 1e writing emails at work, 6 The journey to work spent mea long time today because the traffic was terrible, 7 Itmakes me along time to get to the office. 8 | was delighted when | earned first prize in the short- story competition, + Read the whole text frst before you complete any of the gaps. «The missing words are almost always ‘grammatical’ words, e.g. articles (a, the), cunxiliary verbs (have/has, is/was, do/does, etc), pronouns (it, them, him, my. tc), prepositions (in, at, for, ete) or linking words (but, when, it, ete). For each question, write the correct word. Write one word in each gap. My first job a | gotthe job in environmental \ researcha couple (0) & months ater fishing my degree. "rad applied (2) several jobs indifferent companies, but this was the one really wanted, so! was. delighted Working in an environmental organisation isan amazing ‘experience. lam a research assistant in the laboratory, working with agreat team. Since! started here, (3), met alot of interesting people who are studying the effect of climate change on our planet. | think that protecting the environmentis one of @ ‘most importantissues in our world today, and Iwant to help in any way | can, so this isa great opportunity far me. To begin with | don't have avery high salary, 6) F'm happy to get the experience, They are also going to pay for (6). to take some courses to learn more. eleD complete the dialogues with the correct past simple form ofthe verbs in the box. You need to use some of the verbs more than once. do eatin get go have make meet spend take 1A: Yesterday, 1 three hours working on that report for my boss. Did you finish your work? Yes, butit mealong time, too. you tothe gym after work? No, | (n0¥ time. 2 A: Mysister ‘a music degree from London University last year, and now she plays in an orchestra. she. alot of money when she started? No, but she fun, e to Germany for a summer course last July B: you many fiends? A: Yes, | people from lots of different countries. eA (not) very wellin the marketing exam last week. | know I. alotof mistakes. B: That’s because you (not) much time revising A: know. thought | but! was wrong! ‘a good memory, ‘simple and past continuous, used to < Choose the correct option in italics. 2. | used to enjoy / was enjoying going to clubs when | was younger, but now | find them very noisy. 2 He gave | was giving a presentation in the communication skills class when the computer stopped | was stopping working, 3 Did you spend / Were you spending a lot of money when you were on holiday last year? 4 itwas ining / used to rain when we left the house, but later the sun come / was coming out. Stalked / was talking on my phone when | received / was receiving a text. = Myparents didn’t use to let / weren't letting me go out ‘on school days, even when | was 17. 7 The scientist concentrated / was concentrating so hard thathe didn't realise / wasn't realising it was late. 5 We decided / were deciding to have a cup of coffee while we used to shop / were shopping in the city centre. © complete the text withthe verbs in bracket the past simple or past continuous. {set off) rom the first hostel early in the morning to walk the first stage on 2 path which went up and down mountains for about 25km. It Itwas the trip ofallifetime. We (2) (shine) and the (look) beautiful. We went up 2 steep hill and soon we (4) (arrive) ata small bridge over a river. The water (8) (cun) fast and. clean. tt also (6) (fee!) very cold becauseit came