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short test 1a
1 Match the verbs (16) with the nouns/ expressions (ag). 0 1 2 3 4 wear _e_ specialise ___ get___ ignore___ fail ___ set___ 6 learn ___ a goals b the sack c an exam d important skills e a uniform ! distractions g in Maths

Unit 1

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"o#p$ete the sentences with one word in each gap. %he !irst $etter is given !or &ou. 0 1 2 3 4 How many p u p i l s are there in your class? Do you think single-sex schools are better than m _ _ _ _ schools? ood news! "#m going to get a pay r _ _ _$ %1&& more a month! " like eography and History$ 'hat are your fa(ourite s _ _ _ _ _ _ _? " want to study hard at uni(ersity and get good ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _$ *ur school#s (ery small so the headteacher and s _ _ _ _ know all the children (ery well$ 6 +earning to play a musical instrument is o _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in our school - you don#t ha(e to do it if you don#t want to$ ' ,his book is so long and boring! "t isn#t really w _ _ _ _ reading$

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(nder$ine the correct word(s) to co#p$ete the sentences. 0 1 2 3 4 ,hey go/are going skiing next week$ ,om. did you hear what " said? 'hat do you think/are you thinking about? 'hat does your sister do/is your sister doing in Maths this term? *n Mondays and 'ednesdays " have/ am having lunch at school$ ,he winters get/are getting colder in this part of the world$ /2

)ut the verbs in brac*ets into the correct tense. (se the present si#p$e or present continuous. 0 1 2 3 "t ___rains___ /rain0 all the time in this area$ 1lla#s new boyfriend __________ /seem0 a bit shy$ " __________ /lea(e0 (ery early tomorrow$ "#m afraid your sister __________ /not agree0 with you$

4. __________ /you2belie(e0 in 34*s? . 5he can#t talk to you now$ 5he __________ /ha(e0 a shower$ / 6orrect the mistakes in the sentences$ 0 " e(ery week go to the cinema$ I go to the cinema every week.______ 1 'e#re studying (ery hard this days$ ______________________________ 2 My sister plays tennis one a month$ ______________________________

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,hey spend the holidays with their grandparents usually$ /3 ______________________________

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/ 20 marks

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