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VOCABULARY
1 Write the dates.
03/05/1954
We write: We say:
3rd May 1954 the third of May nineteen fifty-four
1 28/11/2003
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2 02/02/1845
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3 16/07/1999
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4 31/03/2012
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5 11/10/1789
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2 Match the sentence halves.

They tasted d a) school when he was twelve.
1 This soap _____ b) tastes delicious. Try some.
2 I didnt see _____ c) smells lovely.
3 My grandfather left _____ d) the new ice cream and loved it.
4 This spaghetti _____ e) big hat to the wedding.
5 She wore a very _____ f) my friends last weekend.
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3 Sort the letters to make fantasy creatures.
BIMOZE zombie
1 PR E M AV I _______________
2 L O W F E W E R _______________
3 AYI R F _______________
4 I N ALE _______________
5 HBITBO _______________
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4 Write the opposites.

nice horrible
1 safe d_______________
2 small e_______________
3 dirty c_______________
4 normal s_______________
5 short l_______________
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GRAMMAR
5 Write the Past Simple of the verbs.
see saw
1 prefer _______________
2 study _______________
3 win _______________
4 make _______________
5 take _______________
6 go _______________
7 do _______________
8 write _______________
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6 Read the text. Choose the best answer (A, B or C).
A Saturday afternoon my friend and I 1 _____ in a caf when we decided 2 _____ to the cinema.
We wanted to 3 _____ the new Ice Age film, but 4 _____ we got to the Odeon Cinema, there
were 5 _____ seats, so we went to a restaurant for dinner. Unfortunately I didnt have 6 _____
money with me. I asked my friend to pay for me, but she didnt have 7 _____ money with her!
When the bill 8 _____ , we needed 1.00 more. I 9 _____ some coins in my jacket pocket, but
only 40p. We still needed 60p. Suddenly, while I 10 _____ in my bag for more money, I heard
something drop on the table and there, in front of me, was a one pound coin. I have no idea how
it got there!
A Last B Before C Next
1 A sat B sit C were sitting
2 A go B to go C going
3 A see B look C hear
4 A then B after C when
5 A some B no C any
6 A some B no C any
7 A a lot of B no C some
8 A came B comes C was coming
9 A fond B find C found
10 A looked B was looking C am looking
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7 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

hers his mine ours theirs yours

This bag says, David on it. It must be his.

1 We only like mushroom pizza, so this one isnt _______________ . Its got pepperoni on it.
2 Excuse me. Is this wallet _______________ ? I think you dropped it.
3 Joanna loves handbags. Thats one of _______________ on the floor.
4 The mp3 player on the table is _______________ . I got it for my birthday.
5 That isnt my grandparents house. _______________ is smaller than that one.
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KEY EXPRESSIONS
8 Match the questions (15) with the responses (af).
Whos the man with the hat? f) a) To pay for college.
1 Did you have many friends at school? _____ b) Yes, very.
2 Wheres your brother in the photo? _____ c) Oh yes. A lot.
3 Why did you have a part-time job? _____ d) My dads family.
4 Do you get scared watching horror films? _____ e) At the back.
5 Who are the people in the photo? _____ f) Thats my uncle.
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9 Choose the correct words.

One / When cold, dark night I was walking home because I didnt have the money for the bus.
An old man was walking on the other side of the road. 1 Quickly / Suddenly the moon
disappeared behind a cloud and the street lights went off. I couldnt see anything, but I felt
something touch my hand. 2 When / Like this the moon reappeared and the lights came back on,
I saw that I was holding an old photograph. The old man was in the 3 end / middle of a group of
people and I was sitting at the 4 right / front. Who was he? How did I get into the picture? I
looked around, but he had disappeared. 5 Honestly / Suddenly I dont know what happened.
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LISTENING
10 Listen and choose the correct answer.
TRACK 4
Gandhi was born in India in C .
A 1968 B 1896 C 1869
1 Gandhi married a girl who was _____ .
A fourteen B eighteen C forty
2 Gandhi studied law in _____ .
A London B India C South Africa
3 Gandhi went to South Africa in _____ .
A 1888 B 1891 C 1893
4 He went to prison for _____ .
A being non-violent B organising protests C being a lawyer
5 In 1915 he went to _____ .
A Britain B India C South Africa
6 In 1922 he was in prison for _____ .
A one year B two years C three years
7 India became an independent country in _____ .
A 1939 B 1948 C 1947
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11 Listen to Jenny and Harry talking about films. Read the sentences (17). Are the sentences
true () or false ()?

TRACK 5
Harry and Jenny both watched the horror film.
1 Harry liked the film Ghost Story. _____
2 Jenny thought Ghost Story was a stupid film. _____
3 Jennys brother wanted to watch the film. _____
4 Jenny likes films about animals. _____
5 Jenny doesnt usually get scared. _____
6 Harry doesnt like old films. _____
7 Harry thinks horror films are funny. _____
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READING
12 Read the text. Choose the best answer (A, B or C).
Yesterday was Dannys birthday so we C a huge party for him. Everyone 1 _____ funny
costumes and there was a prize for the best one. I was in a vampire costume and people said I
looked very 2 _____ . Anna, my best friend, was a zombie 3 _____ dirty hair, a white face and
black rings around her eyes. She looked 4 _____ because ghosts never sleep! The girl 5 _____
the mermaid costume was Jenny, but she couldnt walk in it. In the 6 _____ she took it off
because she kept falling over!
A went B got C had
1 A wore B got C did
2 A safe B scary C normal
3 A of B with C in
4 A tired B hungry C huge
5 A by B for C in
6 A middle B end C start
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13 Complete the text with the words in the box.

a lot of creature curious hundreds monsters saw strange

For hundreds of years sailors thought there were 1 _______________ in the sea and they even
drew them on maps. In 1938, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, who worked in a small museum in
South Africa, found an unusual fish caught in a fishermans net. She 2 _______________ the
fish under all the other fish in the net. She didnt recognise it and thought it was an interesting
fish for her museum. When she got back to the museum, she checked all her books to find out
what it was. The nearest fish she could find was a prehistoric fish, which was extinct. She was
very 3 _______________ , so she sent a drawing of the fish to a famous professor. The professor
replied and told her that it was a 4 _______________ which had existed over 300 million years
ago called a coelacanth! The professor offered a reward to anyone who found another
coelacanth, but it took fourteen years before the first living coelacanth was discovered in the
Comoros Islands. The people in those islands didnt understand why someone wanted to pay 5
_______________ money for this fish. In 1997, Mark Erdmann was on holiday in Indonesia
when he saw a 6 _______________ blue fish in the market. He took pictures of the fish and

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 when scientists saw them on the Internet, they contacted Mark and told him he was the first
person to find this fish in Indonesia.
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14 Read the article again. Are sentences 18 Right (A) or Wrong (B)? If there is not
enough information to answer Right (A) or Wrong (B), choose Doesnt say (C).
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer often went fishing.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say
1 Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer knew the fish was a coelacanth when she found it.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say
2 She sent a photograph of the fish to the professor.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say
3 The professor went to see Marjorie in South Africa.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say
4 The next coelacanth was found in Indonesia fourteen years later.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say
5 Mark Erdmann was the first person to find a coelacanth in Indonesia.
A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say
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WRITING
15 Complete the text. Write one word for each space.
Philip was born in 1984. He lived with 1 _______________ parents in a small house on the
south coast of England. 2 _______________ he was ten he wanted 3 _______________ be an
astronaut, but unfortunately he wasnt very good 4 _______________ his school lessons
because he 5 _______________ very nervous before exams. When he was twelve years old, he
decided 6 _______________ try acting. He played Romeo in the school play of Romeo and
Juliet and discovered that he was really 7 _______________ at acting. Now he is a famous actor
and he 8 _______________ in a large house in Hollywood.
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16 Write a ghost story. Answer these questions to write your story.

1 When did happen and where were you?

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2 What was the weather like?
3 What were you doing?
4 What happened suddenly?
5 What did the ghost look like?
6 What did the ghost do?
7 What did you do then?
8 How did you feel?

My Ghost Story
1 One day __________________________________________
2 __________________________________________________
3 __________________________________________________
4 __________________________________________________
5 __________________________________________________
6 __________________________________________________
7 __________________________________________________
8 __________________________________________________

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