1. Complete the sentences. Use the -ing form of the verbs in the box.

Then match the sentences with the pictures.

eat out feel get go play wear
1 Tom can’t stand ……………………… a jacket and tie.
2 Beth avoided ……………………… her hair wet.
3 Mia can’t help ……………………… nervous about the exam.
4 Zack suggested ……………………… that evening.
5 Henry doesn’t mind ……………………… football in the rain.
6 Jo fancies ……………………… on safari next year.
Answer
2. Complete the sentences. Use the infinitive form of the verbs in
the box.
answer be carry come go hear pass tell
1 I hope ………………… all my exams next year.
2 I offered ………………… the suitcase.
3 Try ………………… all the questions in the test.
4 Mark pretended not ………………… the teacher.
5 Jan refused ………………… me where he was going.
6 They decided ………………… skiing this winter.
7 Sam didn’t want to come to my party on his own, so his sister agreed
………………… with him.
8 He promised not ………………… late for school.
Answer
3. Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the verbs in
brackets.
1 Joanna decided not ………………… volleyball after school as she
was feeling tired. (play)
2 Carry on ………………… . I’ll be back in a minute. (work)
3 I look forward to ………………… you again. (meet)
4 I can’t help ………………… that he is lying to me. (think)
5 Sally broke my MP3 player, but she refused ………………… me a
new one. (buy)
6 I don’t mind ………………… you with your homework. (help)
7 Suzi offered ………………… me a lift into town. (give)
8 I can’t stand ………………… in the school canteen. (eat)
9 Toby suggested ………………… to a CD. (listen)
10 Max is pretending ………………… asleep, but he isn’t really. (be)
11 Do you fancy ………………… to eat this evening? (go out)
12 He promised ………………… me before 10. (phone)
Answer
4. Write five sentences using the phrases in the chart.
can’t imagine do the washing-up
 can’t stand live in a foreign country
don’t mind get up before 6 a.m.
hope get a good job
look forward to go out in the rain
refuse eat out
do homework
go home this afternoon
tidy my room
be twenty years old
1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below.
cause do express get have make provide take
part in use
1 I often …………………………… online games
like Minecraft with my friends.
2 Video games can …………………………… many benefits, such
as improving memory and creativity.
3 The scientists …………………………… a lot of research on the
topic and published the results yesterday.
4 I prefer to …………………………… a smartphone rather than a
computer.
5 Video games can sometimes …………………………… a positive
effect on teenagers.
6 The amount of violence in video games can
…………………………… concern for a lot of parents.
7 Newspapers sometimes claim that video games are bad for children,
and parents often …………………………… the same opinion.
8 Playing computer games in groups can help you to work together
with other people and to …………………………… decisions more
quickly.
9 Do you think playing computer games helps you to
…………………………… better grades?
Answer
2. Read the text and answer the questions.
1 What does Jenny do? ……………………………
2 Which country did she visit? ……………………………
3 What kind of natural disaster did Jenny experience in 2011?
……………………………
STAYING SAFE
When you ask more people about the benefits of apps on their
smartphone, they say they use them to play games, surf the net, keep in
touch with people and organise social events. But Jenny Harlow, a
scientist from London, has got an app that does something much more
important: it warns her when she is in danger. The app is called Safety
Tips and it gives users real-time earthquake and tsunami warnings. The
Japan Tourist Agency had the idea for the app after the 2011 earthquake
in Japan, when many foreign tourists in the country were confused
about what was happening and what they should do. Jenny was on a
business trip to Japan when the earthquake struck. ‘Although there are
a lot of earthquakes in Japan, it was the first time I experienced one.
All the warnings and information on the internet, radio and TV were in
Japanese, and I couldn’t understand. It was really confusing and I didn’t
know what to do.’ She had to rely on Japanese colleagues to help her.
The Safety Tips app sends an alert to users when a major earthquake
happens, and also tells them if a tsunami is likely to arrive at the coast.
The app gives lots of tips about what to do, where to go and how to stay
safe, as well as a list of useful Japanese phrases such as ‘Is this an
earthquake?’ and ‘Is it safe here?’ Importantly, all the information is in
English, and there are plans to add other languages. The Japan Tourist
Agency plans to advertise the app at airports and tourist information
centres in Japan. In order to get the app, people visit a website and
download it. ‘I’m coming to Japan again next year and I will definitely
watch out for alerts from the app,’ says Jenny.
Answer
Reading Strategy
When you do a multiple-choice task, decide whether each question is
about the whole text or a specific part. If it is about a specific part, find
the relevant sentences in the text and underline them.
3. Read the Reading Strategy. Then read the text again and choose
the correct answers.
1 According to the text, most people
a don’t value apps very highly.
b don’t know what the main benefits of apps are.
c use apps mainly for fun and social situations.
d think apps are useless in dangerous situations.
2 The main purpose of the Safety Tips app is to
a prevent an earthquake like the one in 2011.
b warn people who are visiting Japan about earthquakes.
c warn Japanese people about earthquakes.
d warn business people about earthquakes.
3 Jenny had problems
a because no one told her what to do after an earthquake.
b because she couldn’t understand the advice on Japanese media.
c because there was no information for tourists about what to do in an
earthquake.
d because her Japanese colleagues didn’t know what to do.
4 At the moment, the app
a is available in a number of languages.
b is available at airports and tourist information centres.
c warns about earthquakes but not about tsunamis.
d is in English, with Japanese phrases.
Answer
Extra exercises
Strategy
When you have completed the task, read the text again carefully and
make sure you have made the right choices about where to put the
missing sentences.
1. Read the Strategy. Then read the text below. The two sentences
in bold are both in the wrong place. Where should they be?
Extract from Gulliver’s Travels
When I left college, I continued my studies and became a doctor. I
was born in Nottinghamshire and was the third of five sons. My father
was not a rich man, but he was able to send me to Cambridge
University, where I studied for three years. But I always wanted to
travel, and so I made several voyages as a ship’s doctor. When I married
my wife Mary, however, I planned to stay at home for a while. I
decided to go to sea again, and this time I joined a ship sailing to
the islands in the South Pacific Ocean. But after a few years I
discovered I was not earning enough money from my patients. We
started our journey from Bristol on May 4th, 1699.
Answer
2. Read the text below. Match sentences A-H with gaps 1-7. There
is one extra sentence.
Extract from Gulliver’s Travels
We sailed across the Atlantic, round the coast of Africa and into the
Indian Ocean. But before we could reach the Pacific, a violent storm
hit us and drove us to the north-west of
Tasmania. 1……………………… Some of the sailors and I managed
to get a boat into the water, and we rowed away to look for land. But
when we were too tired to row any more, a great wave hit our small
boat, and we all feel into the sea. 2………………………
The wind and waves pushed me along as I struggled to keep my head
above water. 3……………………… Luckily, just then my feet
touched the ground. I walked out of the sea and on to a beach, where
there was no sign of any people or houses. I was so exhausted that I lay
down and went to sleep.
When I woke up next morning, and tried to get up, I could not move. I
was lying on my back and my whole body, my arms and legs were
strongly fastened to the ground. 4……………………… The sun began
to grow hot, and I was very uncomfortable. Soon I felt something alive
moving along my leg and up my body to my face, and when I looked
down, I saw a very small human being, only fifteen centimetres tall. He
had a bow and arrow in his hands, and there were forty more of these
little men following him. 5……………………… They all jumped
back, very frightened, and some hurt themselves by falling off my
body. Meanwhile, I was struggling to unfasten myself, but just as I
managed to pull my left arm free of the ropes, I felt a hundred arrows
land on my free hand, and more arrows on my face and body. This was
very painful, and made me cry aloud. I lay quietly, to see what would
happen next.
6……………………… An official climbed up there so speak to me.
Although I could not understand his language, I understood that they
would be friendly towards me – if I did not try to harm them. By now
I was extremely hungry, so I used sign language to beg the official for
food. He seemed to understand me, because immediately ladders were
put against my sides and little men climbed up with baskets of food and
drink. 7……………………… In just one mouthful I ate three of their
meat dishes and three of their loaves of bread.
A I do not know what happened to my companions, but I suppose they
were all drowned.
B When they saw I was no longer struggling, they quickly built a
platform next to my head.
C I became very tired and soon felt I could not swim any more.
D Even my hair, which was long and thick, was tied to the ground.
E I was so surprised that I gave a great shout.
F The sky was a cloudless blue and the sea was very calm.
G They were surprised at how much I could eat and drink.
H The wind drove our ship on to a rock, which broke the ship in half.
Answer
1. Complete the collocations in the sentences. Use the words below.
an advertisement an application the day a degree
a job a job the job a team
1 My brother has left school and is looking for ………………………
. He’s like to work in a hotel.
2 I noticed ……………………… for an interesting job in the
newspaper.
3 I sent in ……………………… for a holiday job at a fast-food
restaurant.
4 They offered my mum ……………………… in a department store,
but she decided not to take it.
5 My sister joined ……………………… of programmers who work
on video games.
6 My brother has ……………………… in engineering from
Cambridge University.
7 During the summer holidays I worked at a theme park and had
……………………… of selling ice cream.
8 Joe took ……………………… off work so that he could visit his
mum, who is ill.
Answer
2. Look quickly at texts A-C. Match each text with the correct
photo (1-3).
WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THIS?
A
Jeff Haslam spends a lot of his time underground. He works in
London’s sewers – the tunnels under the roads that carry away waste
water … and other, much dirtier things! His job is to keep the sewers
clear. ‘We work in teams of six,’ says Jeff. ‘It’s very dirty work. And
of course we work in the dark.’ He has to wear special clothes, a mask
and a helmet with a light. ‘The most difficult thing is clearing the fat
and oil from the sewers under the Chinese and Indian restaurants,’ he
says. ‘Last month we removed 1,000 tonnes of fat!’
B
Many people like to work outdoors, but few would like Charlie
Radley’s job. Charlie lives in Alaska and works on a fishing boat. Each
fishing trip lasts about a week. ‘It’s extremely cold and often stormy,’
says Charlie, ‘so we wear warm, waterproof clothes.’ Charlie can earn
a lot of money if they catch a lot of fish, but if they don’t, he earns very
little. ‘I’ll do this job for a year or two more,’ says Charlie, ‘then I’m
going to look for another job – something warmer and drier!’
C
Sandy Smith is a lumberjack – somebody who cuts down trees. Sandy
noticed an advertisement for lumberjacks on the internet. Lumberjacks
work long hours and are not very well paid, but as Sandy likes to work
outdoors, she decided to apply for the job. ‘It’s a very dangerous job,’
says Sandy. ‘We work with big, dangerous machines, and we’re always
a long way from the nearest hospital – so I’m always very careful!’
Answer
Reading Strategy
When you complete gap-fill sentences about a text, the words you need
to write are in the text. However, the words immediately before of after
the gap may be different. Think carefully about the meaning and look
for synonyms and paraphrases.
3. Read the Reading Strategy. Then complete the sentences with
information from the text.
1 Jeff Haslam’s job is to keep the ………………………… clear in
London. (1 word)
2 Jeff has a ………………………… on his helmet because he works
in the dark. (1 word)
3 Charlie Radley spends a week at a time on his
………………………… ………………………… (2 words)
4 Charlie wants to get a different ………………………… in the next
year or two. (1 word)
5 Sandy Smith first found out about her job on
………………………… ………………………… (2 words)
6 Lumberjacks have to work …………………………
………………………… but do not earn a lot of money. (2 words)
Answer
Extra exercises
Strategy
Sometimes you need to match questions with paragraphs in a reading
text. Read each paragraph quickly before you look at the options and
try to think what question the paragraph is answering. Then look at the
options to see if your idea is there.
1. Read the Strategy. Then read the paragraph below and think of
a question that it might answer.
Although four out of five wildfires are caused by people, nature also
plays a part. Dry weather, hot temperatures and strong winds combine.
Then all you need is a spark in the form of lightning, a broken power
line, or a burning campfire. The fire can then last for weeks and spread
across thousands of kilometres of land.
Answer
2. Read the text and match the interview questions A-F with
paragraphs 1-4. There are two extra questions.
A What is the most dangerous part of being a firefighter?
B What is the most important personal quality for a firefighter?
C How physically fit do you have to be?
D How did you become a firefighter?
E Why did you decide to become a firefighter?
F What other skills do you need?
1 ………………
I’m Jack Gomez, and I’m a firefighter in California. I remember
watching an interview with a firefighter pilot when I was a child. He’d
been fighting a fire for about five days. He was exhausted, but he was
still there, talking about how many lives were being saved. He was so
optimistic and committed that I thought that I wanted to do the same
thing. And I never changed my mind.
2 ………………
I did a training camp to get my wildfire qualification card – you can’t
fight fires in the US without one. I learned how to fight controlled fires,
and how to put them out again. I also learned how to use all the
equipment. The camp was really hard, but I passed first time – which
was a big relief to me! After that I applied for a job, and I was lucky
enough to get one.
3 ………………
One of the things you have to do in the early days is the pack test. This
consists of a five-kilometre walk while carrying a backpack that
weights twenty kilograms. You must be able to complete it in forty-five
minutes or less without jogging or running. This shows how strong you
are. If you can’t do this, how can you carry the heavy fire equipment,
or fight fires in difficult conditions for hours at a time?
4 ………………
You can be out alone in vast forests and national parks, and sometimes
the smoke is so thick that you can hardly see. So it’s important to be
able to know where you’re going, to be able to map read, and to use a
compass. Also, you must know how to put up a tent, cook outdoors,
drive a truck, and have other basic survival skills.
Answer
Reading and Writing Part 1

Questions 1-6
For each question, choose the correct answer.

1
From: Sofia
To: David
Hi from Oslo! I’m having such fun skiing in the mountains. Here are
some photos I took.
See you on Saturday!
A Sofia is writing to tell David when she will see him.
B Sofia is writing to send David some pictures.
C Sofia is writing to tell David where she is going on holiday.
2
To: Paula
From: Ian
Call me this evening after your biology class. My mobile phone isn’t
working, so here’s my landline: 067123456.
A Ian wants Paula to call him at home.
B Ian wants Paula to call him on his mobile.
C Ian wants Paula to call him after his biology class.
3
Customers can apply to become gym members online.
Please collect ID cards from the gym.
A People can get their gym ID cards online.
B People can apply to become members only on the internet.
C People can only apply for membership at the gym.
4
Hi George,
The new technology centre is opening this weekend. I wonder if it will
have cool things. Let me know before Friday.
Kelly
What does George need to do?
A visit the technology centre at the weekend
B tell Kelly if the technology centre is open this weekend
C tell Kelly if he can go to the technology centre this weekend
5
Sports store
All trainers half price!
New season football kit in!
New sports equipment!
A You pay less for all clothes at the store.
B You can only buy trainers at the store.
C You can find clothes for different seasons at the store
6
Weekly meeting
Change of day and time: Tuesday, not Monday.
Be there at 9.30 a.m.!
A The meeting is on Monday at 9.30 a.m.
B The meeting doesn’t usually start at 9.30 a.m.
C There is a meeting every Tuesday morning.
Reading and Writing Part 2

Questions 7-13
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Paul Mark S
Who started dancing before he had
7 A B C
lessons?
Who didn’t start dancing because of a
8 A B C
family member?
9 Who didn’t enjoy dancing at first? A B C
Who already has a successful career as a
10 A B C
dancer?
Who couldn’t continue dancing because
11 A B C
he had a problem?
12 Who studied two kinds of dance? A B C
Who stopped doing a sport when he
13 A B C
started dancing?
A love of dancing
Paul
My mum was a professional dancer, and I had my first ballet lesson
when I was six. I hated it and never went again. Mum was disappointed,
but then she suggested that I should try modern dance. It was a brilliant
idea. I loved it. When I left school, I joined a modern dance company.
Unfortunately, a few years later I had a bad accident. Now my right leg
isn’t strong enough for me to dance, but I’m training to be a dance
teacher.
Mark
My love for dance began when I was four. My big sister took ballet
lessons, and when she practised at home, I watched and copied her. I
asked my mum and dad if I could have ballet lessons too. They were
surprised, but they agreed. Soon I was better than my sister. I studied
ballet and modern dance, and when I left school I was offered a place
in a modern dance company. One day I want to be a star and dance in
musicals.
Samuel
I became interested in dance when one of my friends started going to
modern dance lessons. As a joke, I went to a class with him one day.
To my surprise, I enjoyed it and the teacher said I was good. I started
going to class three times a week, so I didn’t have time for football
anymore. Some people at school laughed at me. They aren’t laughing
now. I am a dancer with a famous dance company. Dance is my life.
Reading and Writing Part 3

Questions 14-18
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Copenhill
Most tourists to Copenhagen want to see its famous sights: the statue
of the Little Mermaid in the harbour, the Tivoli Gardens, old palaces
and museums. The Danish capital is also famous for its beautiful
modern buildings, and in 2019 another building was completed in the
city: the Amager Resource Centre (ARC), also known as Copenhill. It
has many visitors, but it is unusual because it is not a hotel, a bank, an
office block, a museum or a shopping centre. It is a waste resource
centre. This means that 400,000 tons of rubbish are brought inside the
building every year. There, it is burned to heat 150,000 homes and
make electricity for 550,000 people.
However, Bjarke Ingels, the architect who designed Copenhill, wanted
the 90-metre-high building to do more than burn rubbish. It is the only
place in the country where people can go skiing. The roof is like a
mountain with a 400-metre ski slope. It is not white, but green: bright
green in the middle and dark green at the sides. Ingels chose green
because white would get dirty too quickly. Visitors can also go
snowboarding, running or walking on Copenhill, and after an enjoyable
day of activity they can relax in the cafe. The outside of the building
also has the world’s highest climbing wall: 85 metres! The idea that a
building can have many very different uses is exciting, and it will be
interesting to see what Copenhagen will offer visitors in the future.
14 Which statement is true?
A Old buildings in Copenhagen are not as beautiful as modern
ones.
B Tourists prefer Copenhagen’s old buildings to its modern ones.
C Visitors to Copenhagen can enjoy a variety of different sights.
15 Copenhill
A is in the centre of the city.
B is near a shopping centre.
C is a popular place.
16 The ski slope
A is inside the Copenhill building.
B is 90 metres in length.
C is on the roof of the building.
17 The ski slope isn’t white because
A white is difficult to keep clean.
B green is Ingels’ favourite colour.
C bright green is used in the middle.
18 Visitors to Copenhill
A can enjoy different activities there in the future.
B can have something to drink there.
C can climb the highest building in the city.

Reading and Writing Part 4

Questions 19-24
For each question, choose the correct answer.
Stonehenge
Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous monuments. It is a circle
of huge stones in the south of England. People started making it 5,000
years ago, but they took over 1,000 years to (19) ………… it. If you
(20) ………… Stonehenge today, you will see many stones still
standing, but it is a mystery how people (21) ………… them there. The
stones are very (22) …………: the smaller stones are about 3,600
kilograms each, and the bigger ones are about 22,000 kilograms!
Archeologists believe that people carried some stones 32 kilometres,
but it is possible that the bigger ones came from 225 kilometres (23)
………… in Wales. They (24) ………… that people carried the stones
to a river and put them on simple boats. They then took them to the
stone circle.
19 A grow B build C hav
20 A return B miss C visi
21 A brought B bought C beca
22 A high B hard C heav
23 A far B away C ther
24 A think B hope C wish
Reading and Writing Part 5

Questions 25-30
For each question, write the correct answer.
Write ONE word for each gap.
Example: 0 into
From: Jade
To: Alex
Sorry I haven’t written for such a long time! I’ve just moved (0)
………… my new room at university and I only got my internet
connection today. It’s good (25) ………… be online again! My room
is in (26) ………… large building and there are lots of other students
here. I’ve already met a few of (27) …………. The people here (28)
………… really friendly.
In my room, there’s a bed, a wardrobe for my clothes, a chair (29)
………… a large desk for my computer. It’s (30) ………… to the
window, so I’ll have good light when I’m studying.
I’ll write again with more news soon!
Retell the story