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Unit 1 Test A
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3 Complete the sentences with a, an, the or 0 (no

article).
Grammar 1 I’m looking in the fridge, but I can’t see _____
milk.
1 Complete the sentences with the correct present 2 Jan’s got _____ new baby. She’s beautiful!
form of these verbs.
3 Do you enjoy studying _____ English?
go work have speak stay study 4 I’d like to be _____ engineer when I’m older.
5 Come in! My dad’s in _____ kitchen. He’s
1 Our family __________ dinner together every cooking.
evening. I think it’s important.
2 I _________ with my best friend in the /5
countryside for a couple of days.
3 At the moment, my cousin __________ at a
college in England. He is having a great time. Vocabulary
4 We __________ on holiday to Spain twice a
4 Complete the sentences with the correct words
year. We love hot countries!
about the person’s stage of life.
5 My dad __________ in a bank in the city
centre. He drives in every day. 1 My grandfather’s 70. He’s a __________. He
lives with his wife in an apartment in Spain.
6 My brother Mike __________ both English and
French, but he prefers Spanish. 2 My aunt is 48. She’s a __________. She’s a
teacher in a secondary school.
/6 3 My cousin Mary is 25. She’s a __________.
She wants to get married next year.
2 Make sentences with the prompts. 4 My sister’s 17. She’s a __________. She lives
with my mum and stepfather.
1 you/know/my friend Susie?
5 My little brother’s one. He’s a __________. I
think he’s going to be an artist!
2 Jack/not work/on his computer/right now.
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5 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the
sentences.
3 We/study/the present tenses/this week.
1 My sister has a baby, but she isn’t married. It’s
a single/one-parent family.
2 My mum married again and my new
husband/stepfather is very nice.
4 I’m afraid I/not understand/this homework.
3 Helen is a single/an only child and she doesn’t
like it.
4 Brett and Beth aren’t very happy together. I
think they’re going to get single/divorced soon.
5 your grandmother/stay/with you/at the 5 My uncle has two children who are the same
moment? age as me and I really like playing with my
sons/cousins.
6 My niece is 17 and her brother, my
uncle/nephew, is nearly 20.

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6 Complete the sentences with these words.

Reading
protection equipment retirement
independence invention confidence 7 Read the article and decide if the statements are
true (T) or false (F).
1 To do a good building job, you need the right
__________.
2 A lot of fights between teenagers and their Mobile phones are an important part of our
parents are about __________. lives and most of us can’t imagine life without
one. They keep us in contact with friends and
3 My grandmother isn’t enjoying her family at all times and when we have a problem
__________. She says she’s bored. we can call immediately for help. Now parents can
4 Many people say that the computer was an buy a special mobile phone for their four-year-old
English __________. children. Is this a way to help protect our young
5 You need a lot of __________ to be an actor children or is it a silly idea?
and perform in front of crowds of people. The phone is called My Moby and it looks like
6 That small umbrella doesn’t give much a toy, but it isn’t. It comes in many colours and
__________ when it’s raining very hard. young children love it. It has five buttons and two
of them call Mum and Dad. Of course, the parents
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that the child can call their parents when they want
to. Also, the parents can call the child too! Many
parents like the idea and they think it’s good for
safety. If the child gets lost they can call home!
However, not everyone agrees that it is a good
idea. Many people are angry. They think children
today are growing up too fast. They want to be like
adults when they are very young and this isn’t
good. They need to enjoy their childhood. These
people think it is a very bad idea to give a
four-year-old a mobile phone. They think it is
unnecessary and it can be dangerous for their
health. They say that young children don’t need to
use a phone because they are always with an adult.
So, is it a good idea or not? Can phones be
good to protect our children or are they just good
for the phone company? What do you think? Send
us your comments.

1 My Moby is a mobile phone for very young T/F

children.
2 The phones are toys. T/F
3 The children can’t call who they want. T/F
4 The phones are all the same colour. T/F
5 Some people think childhood is too short T/F
these days.

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Listening (Tests CD, Track 1) Use of English

8 Listen to the speakers and choose the best 9 Read the text about family life and fill each gap
answers. with one word.

1 When do the speaker’s parents worry? Family life (1) __________ changing a lot these
days. In some countries, all the members of a
family (2) __________ in the same place,
A when he goes to parties sometimes in the same home. However, in other
B when he goes out during the week countries, people often have to move away from
C when he isn’t home on time their home town to find a job when they are ready
to start work. They get married and start
2 Which rule is the speaker happy with? (3) __________ family away from their parents,
and then their children do exactly the same thing.
A looking after her brother Grandparents sometimes live hundreds of miles
B finishing her homework away from their grandchildren. Sometimes they
C cleaning her room are even in (4) __________ different country! This
can cause a lot of problems when people
(5) __________ older. Sons and daughters can’t
3 What isn’t easy for the speaker? help their parents when they are ill and they have
to go into hospital or special homes. The
A doing a lot of sport grandparents are (6) __________ there to help
B agreeing on what food to eat with the grandchildren when they are young and
C eating with his parents every day (7) __________ parents have to send them to
special schools at a young age if they need to go to
work. In many countries, this problem
4 What do the speaker’s parents want?
(8) __________ getting worse and people are
worried that family life is never going to be the
A her to spend more time with them same again.
B to use the computer
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Writing
10 Read this email from Patsy, an English
friend, and write a reply. Remember to answer
all her questions.

Hi,
How are you? I know you’re on holiday at the
moment. Are you having a good time? What’s the
weather like? Are there any interesting people in
your hotel? And do you like the food?!
Write soon!
Patsy

Write 35 words.

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