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Gontents

Homes and habits

Student days

Fun time

14

Our world

19

Feelings

24

Leisure and fashion

29

Out and about

34

This is me!

39

Fit and healthy

44

10

A question of taste

49

I1

Gonserving nature

54

12

What did you say?

59

Vocabulary Extra
I House and home
2 Daily life
3 Hobbies and free time
4 Describing places

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6
7
8
9
10
11
12

Feelings
TV and clothes
Weather and transport
Describing people
Sport and health
Food, house and home
Environment and the natural world
Social interaction and directions

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Answer key & Recording scripts

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Acknowledgements

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Contents

Homes and habits

Reading Part

Read the text below and choose the correct word for
each space.

For each question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D.

Example:

0 A

:ABCD
-

Answer:

somebody

everybody

nobody

anybody

in

by

for

at

later

another

further

following

placing

tidying

ordering

urgent

putting
quick

sudden

actual

firstly

mainly

generally

especially

of

on

about

over

few

couple

lot

Iittle

since

because

SO

though
any
get

some

every

both

l0

do

take

make

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Grammar
Present sirnple and present continuous

Q()

Each sentence contains a mistake by a PET candidate.

Cross

it out and write the correct form.

Hello Stacey, I ftyite to you to say thanks for your letter.

't

That's the best programme on TV and I watching it every night.

We're going to that cinema because it shows a science-fiction film.

The weather here is lovely and we stay in a hotel with a big swimming pool.

In my country people don't wearing clothes like those at weddings.

I leave this note to let you know which cinema we are going to.

Every day at school I'm wearing jeans and a black or orange shirt.

The owners look for someone to work in the shop during the summer.

He comes from London and is speaking English very well

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...........

.....

........

Dear Richard, I send you this email to thank you for your present.

@Complete the blog with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

SaturdaY, 14 January

About

me: Eva, student (Valparaiso, Chile)

a&aaoaa*aaaatatt&sot0tasaaata&attttoaaat

Hi, my name is Eva Alonso and l'm 16 years old.

.

(come) from Chile, but

(2).

(write) this in Sydney because

(3)

(stay) in Australia for the summer.

| (4)

(live) with a family here, and most

days I (5)

(So)to a language school

for lessons. The family are very friendly and they always

(r.

(speak) to me in English, so now

| (7)

(understand) almost everything.

My pronunciation

(8)

but I (9)
more. I really (10)

(Set) better, too,

(need) to practise writing
...... (like)

being here and

sometimes lfeel that I (11)

to leave, but then I think about my home and my country
and

I (12)

(remember) that it's wonderful

being there, too.

Homes and habits

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Prepositions

Countable and uncountable nouns

@Spanish-speaking PET candidates often make

mistakes with the prepositions to and a when
talking about places, cities and countries. Look at
sentences 1-4 and complete the rules (a-c).

@fach

sentence contains a mistake often made by

Spanish-speaking PET candidates. Cross it out
and write the correct form.

I spent all day moving the fumitures in the living

room.

..... {.t*.fure......
parents
My
hardly ever help me with my
homeworks.

I eat lunch out a few day every month.

There aren't many persons in my family.

I'm going to the beach today because all my friend

are going.

6
Now complete sentences 1-8 with to or ot.

Would you like to

Which nouns in 1-6 that are uncountable in

English can be plural in your language?

90.............. the theatre on

Tuesday night?

I sometimes find informations online when I'm

studying.

How many hours were you on the plane before

you arrived
New York?
What did she say when you arrived.............. the

Listening Part 4

hospital?

arrive

What day are you planning to

What time do you usually arrive

swimming pool?

I really want to

After France and Belgium he went.........

..............

India?

the

9o.............. Las Vegas.

Switzerland.

When did the bus from Brighton arrive

the station?

@Spanish-speaking PET candidates often make

mistakes with prepositions when talking about
dates and periods of time. Circle the correct
preposition in each sentence.

1
2
3
4
5

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I'm having a party on / in 8th of September.

I read a book at / for two hours every night.

Zara understands why Leon

We chat online every night for / during hours.

I often stay in bed late in / on Sunday mornings.

Zara says that his room should

be painted white.

I don't usually watch much TV during

Zara thinks Leon should get

for

the week.

Look at the five sentences for this part.

You will hear a conversaon between a boy, Leon,
and his sister, Zara, about his room. Decide if each
sentence is correct or incorrect.
If it is correct, put a tick (O in the box under A for
YES. If it is not correct, put a ck (O in the box
under B for NO.

I like going dancing with my friends on

my birthday.

at

is unhappy with his room.

What prepositions do you use in these sentences

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permission before he paints

anything.
Leon wants to have smaller

in your language?

ou-,

furniture in the (x)mLeon and Zara agree at ere

should be a mirror on the wall.

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nswers.

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with the -ing form of

Complete the -izg form of verbs 1-4 with the

letters p and t.

1
2
3
4

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shop

sho

hope

ho.

ing

hit

hi..

ing

write

wri

ing

@uere are some sentences about a new home.

For each question, complete the second sentence so that

Use no more than three words.

Example:

same as the first.

Our new home is quite near my school.

Our new home is not
my school.

it means the

..............

..

{ay ly.ot l. ..

We have a third-floor apartment in a modern building.

Our apartment

is .

..

the third floor of a modern building.

I nearly always walk up the stairs.

ever go up in the

There are six rooms in the apartment.

The apartment

slx rooms.

There isn't a lot of furniture in my room.

In my room there's only.....

lift.

furniture.

Next weekend we must go shoppingl

We must go shopping

the weekend!

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Vocabulary
Read the clues and complete the puzzle.

Across

Down

I keep my sweaters and socks in a chest of

..

in my bedroom.

leads to rooms on the Ieft and right.

When I'm in bed, I like to have a very soft

..

to rest my head on.

My parents keep the car in

Three of us sat on the comfortable

watching a DVD.

the

..

under

Put the food into the

Our apartment has

a............................

where you can

sit outside and look at the sea.

Before you change a

light

..

, 1lou

l0

I saw that my

face was dirty.

t7 I put some warm water into the

washed the plates and cups.

fi

unt r

I brushed my teeth in

the............

next to the

My grandfather went to sleep in

his.............

while he watched TV.

off the bed.

the . ..

and then went into the living room.

bath.

I felt hot and I couldn't sleep, so I threw the

When I looked in

be

I opened the front door, left my coat in the

..

should switch off the lamp.

..

will

I had to sit on a very hard chair for hours, so I put

rather than a gas one.

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and it

a ............................ on it.

t2 To make meals, I think it's better to use an electric

13

cooked in two minutes.

our block of flats.

ll

It's a huge house, with a long........................... that

13

Somebody rang the

front-door

..

and I

went to see who was there.

and

l5 I turned off the hot-water

bath was nearly full.

..

because the

Student days

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re ve questions in this part.

question there are three pictures and a short recording.
the correct picture and put a tick (/) in the box below it.
What did the boy use to wear to school?

What's the quickest way to get to the boy's school?

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Look at the statements below about two schools.

Read the text to decide if each statement is correct or incorrect.
(fu( ts correc{ mark A n fe ox nexf fo eac stafemenf.
If it is not correct, mark B in the box next to each statement.
A

I
2
3
4
5

At Heathlands School there are no school fees.

Staff and pupils at The City School are happy with the school's facilities.
Students at The City School are mainly interested in subjects that will

help them get a iob.

At Heathlands School everyone has to study Dance, Drama and Music.

Both schools are a short distance from a big city.

The City School building was only recently completed.

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Students from two schools,

The City School in Nigeria and
Heathlands School in the UK,
recently took part in a project
to compare their education
and find out about student life
in a very different country. As
expected, they found many
diffenences but also a few
things that are similar.
The City School is in a distl-ict
just outside Nigenia's capital,
Abuja. The school is surrounded
by big trees and grassy fields
that the children use to play
football on. Heathlands School
is in a quiet subur.b not far from
centnal Edinburgh, the capital of
Scotland.

Most of the 5BO students at

The City School are taught n
pleasant one-storey yellow-brick
buildings although some building
wonk still needs to be done.
Heathlands School dates from
the 195Os but some new
facilities have been added

recently.

@,nn,

a a a a a a a a a a oa

a a a a aa

a a a

Although The City School

receives financial help from the
government, students still have
to pay school fees. lt's hard to
find the money sometimes and
quite a few panents struggle to
keep thein childnen in school.
Unlike the Nigerian school,

students at Heathlands School

only have to buy thein unifonms
and pay for some extra
activities.
Students and teachers at
The City School are proud of
their libnary and the science
laboratony. They say that
there's not a school in the area
that can match it. The school

concentrates on traditional
subjects like Mathematics,
Physics and Chemistry because
this will make it easien fon
students to get into a good
pnofession. Practical subjects
like Farm Technology are also
populan

Heathlands School recently

became a perfonming arts

college. This means

that

in

addition to subjects like English

and Mathematics, the school
also offers lessons in Dance,
Drama and Music as options
for allstudents. There is a new
dance studio which can also be
used as a theatre.

Students in both schools found

the project very interesting and
hope to do further joint projects
in the future.

ary
the sentences with the correct form of the
in e box. You need to use some words more
af,loe.
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house.

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to

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have to

at

............................

History class. I had

my

I............................

to

..

all my break

slrrnmer. I

met my best friend while I used to

was waiting for the bus.

l didn't finish / uasn't finisng my homework

wasn't listening when my

I wasn't liking

/ didn't use to like Maths

but now I

When we played
was falling over

were playing our hockey match I

fell ouer three times.

lot of fun on the Drama course last

so many f riends.

............................

Tonigbt I need

was crying. It was very

think it's really interesting.

time copying my friend's notes.

I----.,..................... a

was studying the

teacher explained what we had to do.

morning I was late, so

because I didn't listen

decision about it yet.

Itis

I u;as meeting
wait

............................

university but I don't have to

noisy so I had to go to the library in town.

it again next term.

fm not sure what I want

Last Friday while I studied

baby next door cried

5
my Maths exam, so

When yo:uwere phoning / phoned me yesterday I

used to walk / was walking home from my friend's

1o............................

arswer every question, I

for the test. If I don't

will

..

@ Complete the questions with one word and match

them to the answers.

marks.

was your first school like?

Erery week our English teacher gives us a list of

if we ............................
rmr minutes doing this every day, we'll remember
em more easily.
.. much money on books as I can
trdont
rurds to

............................

. She says

them out of the school library.

you

...

you

the school bus, it

a long
............

you use to walk to school?

time to walk.
..

my school bag. I've looked

agoodsuggestionyesterday.

correct form of the verb.

I was younger I sed to go

was going to

by bus.

/ didn't allowed to watch

your primary school have a canteen?

did you feel on your first day there?

past continuous, used to

..

will

thinks I should earn some money by teaching

to young children.

th

your teacher nice?

was your best friend when you were ten?

but I can't find it.

mum.............

..

did you start school?

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h

No, I went by car.

Her name was Mary.
She was very strict.

I was very nervous.

When I was four years old.

I liked PElsports best.

It was quite small but it had a big playground.
No, we had to eat in the school hall.

TV while I used

ums doing my homework.

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Writing Part

@ Complete the emails with appropriate openings

and endings from Exercise 3.

([) Read this exam task.

An English friend of yours called Sam is ill and
couldn't play in a school basketball match yesterday,
which your team lost.
Write an email to Sam. In your email you should:
o apologise for not phoning him after the match
o explain why you think your team lost

offer to visit him soon.

Write 35-45 words.

@ Read the openings and endings of two emails
answering the exam task in Exercise 1. Which
one is not correct? Why not?

Esteemed Sam:
I write with reference to

..

l'm writing to say

@ fook at the content points carefully. Tick (/) the

pieces of informatim rhat you could include in
the email in Execise t-

All the best,

Pete

Until soon.
Kiss,
Tom

@ Complete phrases l-9 with words from the box

below. Write I (informal) or F (formal) in the box
for each phrase. Some openings and endings can
be both formal and informal.

regards fnom, *4i ,

Hello All Dear

Openings

(f

Yours

Best
eare

Endings
Sam,

Sam,

Sam,

unit z

'See

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5
6
7
8
9
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.......... ......

the best,

Love

Kind
.......... ......

you soon,

.......... ......

wishes,

......... ......

sincerely,

Take

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a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h

a reason why you

didn't phone after the match

a question about Sam's health

where the basketball match was

what the score was

'"e other team

who you sat rext to at the match
a description of

a description of how your team played

a suggestion about when you can go to

his house

i
j

an invitation to your house

a message for Sam ftom some of your friends

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included for each content point?

trmation

at words 1-8. Underline the letters that

represent the sound /erl.

cre any unnecessary information?

@fook

I
2

IkSam,
lln sorry I didn't

email
say

3 invitation 5
6
4 great

they
straight

7
8

weight
late

call you after the match.

lost! I think this was because You

playing. Also, the other team played
well. I hope you will be able to play in
rrext match.

[ke, I could come and visit you after

tomorrow.

bet

wishes,

at the misspelt words with the sound /eIl

and underline the letters you need to change.
Then complete the table with the words spelt
correctly. T\ryo of the words are homophones and
have two correct forms.

@fook

rsth

following checklist to find any other

with the email.

Prt2 Checklist
the right length?
addressed to the right person?

dthe

language too formal or informal?

epropdate phrases for exPlaining,

srggesting,

etc.?

right tenses used?

any spelling errors?

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ranges you think are necessary to

Which do you think is the most difficult spelling

of the sound to remember?

@ Yesterday you arranged to go shopping with an

English friend called Anna but you had a problem
and couldn't go.
Write an email to Anna. In your email you should:
. apologise and explain what happened
. ask about Anna's shopping trip
. suggest something else to do together.

Write 35-45 words.

Student aavs

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Fun time

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Reading Part 4
,tilftrrq&r:ake your final choice of answer, find.
in the text whythe other three offions are wrong.

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Read the text and the questions below. For each

question, mark the correct letter A, B, C or D.

Why is Sonia in favour of shorter school holidays?

A She can't get anyone to mind her children in

summer.
She

thinks that secondary school holidays are

too long.
She can't afford to pay someone to look after

her children.
She doesn't get any summer holidays in her
present job.

What does Jason say about long summer holidays?

They can help children forget about school.
They have no effect on children's education.

A
B
C
D

These days many older people have them too.

Schools in other countries don't have them.

What does Nadia

sa1,

about young people in

summer?

They behave badl-v when they go back to

school.

their education.
They would like to spend more time at school.
D Where she lives there is nothing for them to do.
B Long holidal's are \ery bad for
C

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Which of the following emails best explains the

article?

fict (/)

the correct sentences. Correct the

sentences which are wrong.

I
They've changed all the
school terms and some
stdents are getting very

argry about

it.

The small boat began to go faster and

faster as we approached the waterfall.

Some people want to

change the school year
but not everyone thinks
it's a good idea.

Next month I want to begin doing

dancing lessons.

2 a Please remember bringing some

money tomorrow.

b I'll
Ercryone's against the

Teenagers are very

ilea of shortening the

summer holidays so

worried because there

are going to be fewer

fiey've decided to

school holidays in the

forget the idea.

year.

remember to send you a text

message when I arrive.

3 a My brother often forgets turning off

the lights when he goes out.

b I'm sorry but I completely

forgot buying

bread at the shops.

4 a I really like spending time sightseeing

+ -ingfinfinilive

in different countries.

-speaking PET eandidates often find

-rzg or the infinitive after verbs difficult.
sentence contains a mistake with verb + -ing/

fu

Cross

it out and write the correct form

verb.

b Alfie doesn't like to go camping in

the winter.

5a

I was a child.

Ihope - from you soon. .............Lq..hear...........

Would you mind to lend me your bicycle?

h e afternoon,

if it's possible, I want play beach

I remember to go to Disneyland when

b Do you remember to watch that great

film last month?

rolleyball.

Jessica says she forgets going into that

shop, but I saw her there.

I luye Florence, so I suggest to spend much more

b I'll

dme there.

never forget to see my team win

Iast year's Cup Final.

my favourite movie, but I couldn't afford

hying the DVD before.

llur new teacher seems be very good.

Present simple and past simple: interrogatives

and negatives

@Circle the correct form of the verb.

I4rologise because I couldn't avoid to miss the
dass.

frel like stay at home today

iust need your tent for two days' camping and
taking care of it. ........ .

..

I
2
3

at the

weekend.

beach is next to the hotel and there

Gourses to learn doing water sports.

/ did you go last night?

He doesn't / don't know the answer.
They don't / not always go shopping
Where do

Who you

do you normally talk to on the phone

every week?

5
6

We doesn't

don't have time to go running.

How much did you pay

you paid for your car?

run time

Writing Part I

@Uow look at the pictures and complete the

sentences with the verb in brackets. Use the
present simple or the past simple with do, don't,
doesn't, diil or didn't.
What time

..............d.d..she..g.e

some sentences about camping.

For each question, complete the second sentence
so that it means the same as the first.

QHere are

(go) to bed last night?

Use no more than three words.

She

Example:

(like) carrots.

Last year I started to go camping with my friends.

I

took ........

rrf

....

camping with my friends

last year.
They

.......................

It's really wonderful to breathe fresh air in the

(see) the money.

countryside.
I really enjoy

. .

...

fresh air in the

countryside.

4He
(have) a pet.

Thinking about my next camping trip is always

exciting.
I always look

How many pairs of shoes

my next camping

..............

trip.

(have)?

We don't usually go camping when it's very cold.

When it's very cold, we usually avoid

Where

camping.

(work)?
Some campsites are too expensive for us.
We

A few, a little, many, much, a lot of lots of

I had lo+of fun on

holiday.

How many does the ticket cost?

I spent a few time writing

postcards.
How much people did you go
on holiday with?

How many money do I need

to bring?

A little people are coming

camping.
Unit 3

.a../.o{..e$./-../"ls
.............

stay in some

campsites.

@ nach sentence contains a mistake often made by

panish-speaking FT candidates. Cross it out and
write the correct form.

I
2
3

can't

ej

I like camping much more than staying in hotels.

I much

to staying in hotels.

Vocabulary
Read the clues and complete the crossword.

at the letters in bold. What sound do the

letters represent?

@fook

Across

What do you usually do to have fun?

2
4
6
7

person who rides a bicycle

hard hat to protect the head

amount of money you pay
move around the Internet

10

reserve tickets, holidays, etc.

ll

person who makes a meal

12 swim under the water

13 physically strong and well
@Circle the word with the sound

1@
2
3
4
5
6

/j/ in l-6.

surfing

instrument

summer

student

hobby

staying

year

voyage

holiday

unfair
journey

uncle

buy

menu

eye

university

family

@Complete the table with words with the sound

from Exercises 2 and 3.

Down

/j/

I
2
3
5
6
8
9
l0

what something is worth

board game played on squares
where campers sleep
have enough money for

want to have or do something

short name for 'bicycle'
object used for taking photos
object used for painting

Uotl

Can you

think of any more words to add?

Fun time

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Listening Part

You will hear an interview with Ben Lacey, who collects postcards.
For each question, put a tick (/) in the correct box.

6D

Ben first became interested in postcards when

Who else in the family collected postcards?

Ben's favourite postcards have pictures of

He says that some old postcards are amusing because

The postcards that are worth most

Ben suggests new collectors should get

unit s

he found a collection at home.

he was on a family holiday.

he began travelling on his own.

Ben's grandfather

Ben's uncle

Ben's mother

ways people used to travel.

very well-known ports.

lovely religious buildings.

the jokes on them are very funny.

they show old-fashioned attitudes.

they are extremely badly drawn.

are over 100 years old.

have never been used.

show particular scenes.

many different kinds of cards.

cards showing their own town.

cards that have sports pictures.

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Reading Part

Look at the statements below about a tour in Norway.

Bead the text below to decide if each statement is correct or incorrect.
fi it is correct, mark A in the box. If it is not correct, mark B in the box.

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The majority of Sami people live in Norway.

A bus takes you all the way from Tromso to Karasjok.

You

will learn to sing special

songs called Jolk.

You are likely to see the Northern Lights

if the weather conditions are good.

You have to pay extra to do the optional activities.

The special swimming suit allows you to swim under the ice in the Barents
On the Reindeer Sled Ride, a guide

will drive the reindeer.

People of all ages can do the optional activities.

Sea.

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Winter Adventure n Norway

This new tour takes you up to the far north of Norway, deep inside the Arctic
Circle, to meet the Sami people and find out about their way of life. The Sami
people live in four countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. There are
about 70,000 Sami in total with around 40,000 in Norway, 20,000 in Sweden,
6,000 in Finland and 2,000 in Russia.
The voyage begins in the port of Tromso, in Norway. You travel from here
to Karasjok in the heart of Norwegian Lapland, or Sapmi, as the Sami call
it. The journey starts on board Ihe North Cape, cruising along the wild
and unspoilt coast to Kirknes, which is located just 1Okm from the Russian

border, and continues by bus inland to Karasjok.

During our two-night stay in Karasjok you will visit the Sami Cultural Park
to learn about the history and the future of the Sami and enjoy the rare
opportunity to listen to the Sami traditional singing, known as Jolk. Also
included is an evening
walk wearing snow
shoes in search of the
Northern Lights. lf the
skies are clear there
is a good chance you

will be rewarded with

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On the final day you will travel by bus to

Laksely Airport for your return flight home.

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Listening Part

Grammar
Comparative and superlative adjectives

noes the second sentence have the same meaning

first sentence? Tick (/) the correct box.
Rewrite any second sentences which have a
different meaning, so that they mean the same

as the

You will hear a tour guide giving some information

to a group of students.
For each question, fill in the missing information in

the numbered space.

tlan Francisco Sightaeeing

as the

first sentence.

There is no other city in Europe as

big as Moscow.
Moscow isn't the biggest city

Europe.

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Rome isn't quite as cold as Paris.
Paris is a little colder than Rome.

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oifferent

Shanghai is one of the world's busiest ports.

There are many ports in the world that are as
busy as Shanghai.

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oifferent

The CN Tower in Toronto is much smaller than

the Burj Dubai.

The Burj Dubai is as tall as the CN Tower.

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am.

May need a (2)

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It's more expensive to live on Avenue Princess

Grace in Monaco than on Fifth Avenue in New
York.

hn opportunity to qo (3)

You need to pay as much to live on Avenue

Princess Grace as on Fifth Avenue.

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Up to 9.5 million tourists visit Singapore

every year.
As many as 9.5 million tourists
visit Singapore every year.

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the sentences with the correct form of

diective in brackets.

(7)

Katie:

. (safe) way to

Eying is still the

tavel.

hwler
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There weren't too many people at the

beach though, were there?

Hannah: Actually, it

seemed quite

monkeys are much

to me.

than elephants.

Katie:

thUV) cities in the world.

October is the .......

..........

Hannah: What do you mean? The streets were

(good) time to

absolutelY

whales in Argentina.

(bls) as London

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Well, I'm sorry you didn't enjoy it. I had a

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Yancouver

Katie:

(heavy)

A hippopotamus is
lhan a rhinoceros.
Istanbul is as ......

I really Iiked walking in the streets in the

evening. Everywhere was so clean and
modern.

San Francisco is one of the

(far) from

. ....

So

Panlo than Paris.

The city of Cherrapunji in India is the
(wet) in the world.
Bears are as

(dangerous)

....... ....................

as lions.

@ Complete the sentences so they are true for you.

lary
the sentences with an adiective from
box. You do not need to use all the adjectives.

filthy

:fntastic. ,terrible boring ,efowded

expeniV freezing fascilating , rchep
What did you think of the hotel? I thought
it was quite nice.
Really? I thought the food was absolutely
(1)

.........................................

I enjoyed going to the museum. I found it

really (2)
Oh no! I thought

I ................... is an extremely boring place.

2 The most expensive thing I've ever bought was
3

for an

I'd recommend
absolutely fantastic holiday.

is a really fascinating place to

visit.

The weather in

......

is absolutely

terrible.
is an extremely expensive
shop.

it was extremely

(3)

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things in the market.

I didn't buy anything. It was much too
(s)
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Did you go swimming in the sea? The

water was really t6l

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@ nut the letters in the correct order and match the places to the definitions.

lipoec taoinst

This is where visitors to a town can get maps and

information.

thyou bluc

This is where you can see paintings and sculptures.

msutdia

This is where you go to watch football matches and other

sporting events.

yroctfa

This is a place where teenagers can go to make new

rtisout cefifo

This is where you go if someone steals something

from you.

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Writing Part

friends.

Q nead part of a letter you received from a friend

and think about how you can respond. Copy the
topics into your notebook and write as many
ideas as you can under each one.

This is where products are made, like cars for example.

@ Read Anna's answer to the questions in

Exercise l. Were your ideas the same?

@ fook at Anna's ideas 1-8 below. Tick

ideas that she used in her letter.

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Geographyteacher: nice
village school : small but I like
chef (need Food Technology)
nervous about exams
Geography exams are easy.
English and French

fun

school uniform : red and white

parents : relaxed

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plans 1-3 with the headings in the box.
My

school

My

parents Exams

@ rnis is part of a letter you receive from an English

penfriend.
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My favourite subject

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Look at this student's answer, read the questions

below and tick (/) YES or NO.

I go therY
famill. \tle

@ Complete the paragraph plans in Exercise 4 in

your notebook with some of your ideas from
Exercise 1.

@Underline the letters that represent the sound /J/.

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English

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traditional

pressure

anxious

delicious

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give all the necessary information?

start and end the letter in a suitable

way?

@Complete the missing letters in the words and then

write the spelling of the sound /!/ af he top of each
column. Can you think of any more examples?

use enough long sentences

with

NO

connecting words (e.g. like,

wlticlt,

because)?

d use a variety of different structures?

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Stephan says: 'My favourite kind of holiday is

skiing.'Another way to say this is: 'The kind of
holiday I enioy the most is skiing.' Sometimes PET
candidates write 'My preferite holiday' or 'My best
holiday', which are wrong.

Which do you think is the easiest spelling of the

sound to remember?

@ Uow you write a letter to your penfriend about

your favourite kind of holiday. Write about 100
words. Make sure you don't make the same
mistakes as Stephan.
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