Name: ___________________________________________

Grammar
1 Complete the sentences. Use the present simple affirmative or negative form of the verbs in
brackets.
1 My aunt is French but she __________ in Austria. (live)
2 John's parents only ________ four days a week! (work)
3 'Where is Agnes today?' 'Sorry, I ___________.' (know)
4 Helen __________ Chinese at university. She's good at languages. (study)
5 She __________ to the cinema because it's too expensive. (go)
6 My sister only __________ TV at the weekend. (watch)
7 I'm sorry, I ___________ Chinese. (speak)
8 On weekdays, they ___________ work until 9 p.m. (finish)
9 Our children __________ Italian food very much! They eat pizza every day! (like)
10 We can't buy a house because we __________ a job. (have)

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2 Rewrite the sentences. Use the adverbs of frequency in brackets.

We get up early at the weekend. (never) _________________________________
I go shopping on Friday afternoon. (sometimes) _________________________________
Peter knows the answers. (hardly ever) _________________________________
Beth is late for school. (often) _________________________________
My friends do drama on Tuesdays. (usually) _________________________________

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3 Write the questions.

(Where / Sara / live) _____________________________? In a flat, in the town centre.
(How / you / come / to school) _____________________________? I get the school bus every day.
(you / like / rap music) _____________________________? No, I don't. I prefer rock.
(When / Mike / play football) _____________________________? On Fridays.
(What / your parents / do / at weekends) _____________________________? They often go out for a
meal.

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4 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
every / football / John / plays / Saturday ____________________________
breakfast / ever / hardly / I / make ____________________________
Ben / class / in / Net / sometimes / surfs / the ____________________________
always / exercise / does / Leila / on / Thursdays ____________________________
a / at / for / go / meal / out / the / usually / We / weekend ____________________________

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5 Rewrite the sentences and questions. Correct the mistakes.

Dad can't drawing very well! ______________________________
Tim can to sing very well. ______________________________
You have to pay when you go to the doctor. It’s free. ______________________________
You have to do swim 10 km? ______________________________
Ana have to study hard. ______________________________

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Vocabulary
6 Complete the text with the words below.
grandchildren nephew niece son daughter
Hi! My name's Ted. This is my aunt – I'm her 1____________. That's my father – I'm his 2___________.
That's my stepmother. My stepsister Jane is her 3_______________. These are our grandparents – we
are their 4______________. That's Uncle Tom – Jane is his 5___________.

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7 Complete the dialogue with the sentences below.

Ana: Hi, I'm Ana.

Tom: 1__________, Ana. 2__________
Ana: 4C. And you?
A Where are you from?
Tom: I'm in 4F. 3________________
B Nice to meet you
Ana: I'm from Ireland. I'm here with my sister. She's in
C How old is she?
10A.
D Do you have a lesson now?
Tom: 4___________________________
E What class are you in?
Ana: She's 17. She finishes school next year.
F I don't know anybody!
Tom: So you're new here?
Ana: That's right! 5________________
Tom: Well, now you know me!
6_____________________
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8 what time is it?

Sample answers:

1. it’s three o’clock.

2. It’s half past four.

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Everyday English
9 Match the two parts of the sentences.
1 Where are A know anybody!
2 Nice to B is she?
3 How old C are you in?
4 What class D meet you!
5 I don't E you from?

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10 Choose the correct answers.

This summer, we have 1_____ party. my sister Clare is getting married to her Japanese boyfriend, Akira.
She 2 ______ in the city of Nagasaki, on the island of Kyushu, and so we are travelling out there to
_____ party. They 4________ to have a 5 _________ pary.

I 6________ about the food in the wedding. I’m not very keen 7 _________ Japanese food because I
don’t like fish or rice! Also, I 8_______ they have a microphone and musical instrument. my sister
9_______ really well and she plays the 10_____! It will be great if she sings in her wedding!

1 A the Ba C some D ___

2 A live B is live C lives D to live
3 A the Ba C some D ____
4 wants B has to C want D to want
5 boring B interesting C amazing D modern
6 A worry B happy C worried D am worried
7 A at B in C of D on
8 A hoping B hope C thinking D hopes
9 A can B can singing C can play D can sing
10 basketball B violin C musical D song

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Reading
A Running parties
In some parts of the country, especially where the weather's always good, it's common for groups of
friends to organise running parties. 1_________. They put on sports clothes: trainers, tracksuits,
joggers, sweatshirts. They run through the trees, they climb hills, they jump over rivers and they try
not to fall. And when they get back to their cars, they have a picnic and relax in the fresh air.
2_________.

B Cooking parties
If you don't know how to cook, you should try a cooking party! Once a week, usually at the weekend, a
group of friends meets in someone's kitchen. 3_________. Two of them do the shopping to buy the
food, while the others do the cooking on the day. 4_________. There's only one rule: if they cook very
badly, they have to pay for coffee and sweets for everyone!

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C Theme parties
Theme parties are also very fashionable these days. One of my favourites is a film character party. All
the guests dress up as their favourite character from a film, and the others have to guess who they
are. Can you imagine Shrek meeting Darth Vader?! You can try some interesting food, make new
friends and have a good time - and there's usually some good film music to dance to. 5_________.

11 Match the sentences A–E with the gaps 1–5 in the text.
A Before that, they decide what food to prepare. ____
B But don't forget: your costume should be easy to move around in! ____
C Then they sit down and all enjoy a meal together. ____
D It's a great way to mix exercise, food and friends. ____
E They drive their cars to the starting point and everyone gets ready. ____

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Writing

12 you have a penfriend. She is in the USA and you want to write an Email for her. Write about the
information below in your Email:

Write about yourself (name, age,...)

Write about your hobbies and what yo do in your free time
Write about your family
Write about your ambition

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