Exam insight 1

Listening
1Look at the questions in exercise 2. Match the words below with the recording you think you will hear them in. 
  • water
  • pool
  • skateboard
  • teach
  • singing
  • musical
  • drawing
  • picture

Recording 1

waterpool

Recording 2

skateboardteach

Recording 3

singingmusical

Recording 4

drawingpicture






2Play the recording and listen. Choose the correct answers.

  • 1On which days does the boy do his swimming training?

  • 2What does Ben think about skateboarding?

  • 3What does the girl say about her family and music?

  • 4What does Dan want Gemma to do?

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Audio script

1 
Well, I usually train at the swimming pool after school on Tuesday and Thursday. And then I train on Saturday morning for two hours. So… I do about five or six hours of training per week. And then there are competitions on Sunday. So … yes, I spend a lot of time in the water!

2 
Maria Hi, Ben, are you busy?
Ben Hi, Maria. No, I’m not busy. Why?
Maria Do you want to go skateboarding with me?
Ben Yes … but I haven’t got a skateboard.
Maria That’s not a problem. I’ve got two.
Ben That’s good … but I can’t skateboard very well!
Maria Don’t worry. I can teach you.
Ben OK then. See you at three o’clock?
Maria Great!

3 
We’re all very musical in my family. My mum’s crazy about singing. She sings all the time – in the shower, in the car, even in the street! And my sister really loves playing the piano. She has piano lessons twice a week and she’s really good at it. My dad and I – we’re both really into rock music. Well … I love playing rock music on my guitar and he loves listening to it.

4 
Gemma Hi, Dan.
Dan Hi, Gemma. Wow – is that a picture of Mr Granger?
Gemma Yes, it is.
Dan It’s really good. Do you like drawing, Gemma?
Gemma Yes, I do. I love it. I draw pictures of people all the time.
Dan Can you draw a picture of me?
Gemma Yes, I can, but not now. Maybe this afternoon after football practice.
Dan OK, thanks!

Reading
3Read the article about Sophie quickly. Find the following information. 

  • 1The name of the football team

    Tottenham Hotspur

  • 2The name of the stadium

    White Hart Lane

  • 3The name of Sophie's favourite player

    Mousa Dembélé

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Reading
4EXAM TASK Read the article about Sophie. Are statements 1–6 True or False? 

  • 1Everyone in Sophie's family likes Tottenham Hotspur.

  • 2Sophie plays football for Tottenham Hotspur.

  • 3Sophie and the other mascots meet the Tottenham players in the family room.

  • 4Sophie's family waits in the tunnel for Sophie.

  • 5The match starts at three o'clock.

  • 6The mascots watch the football game with their families.

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Use of English
5Complete the gaps in the text with the words in the box. There are two words that you do not need. 
  • their
  • for
  • to
  • hasn't
  • listening
  • them
  • can
  • fast
  • go
  • into
  • don't
  • him

My hero

My grandfather is my hero. He's tall and he's got short curly hair. He's eighty-six years old and he lives in a small flat next 

1to

 

the university. It's got a living room, a small kitchen, a bathroom and a bedroom but it 

2hasn't

 

got a garden. He loves 

3listening

 

to music and he has got more than 500 CDs. He keeps 

4them

 

in a box under his bed. He 

5can

 

play the piano and the violin. He's in a band called 'The Old Timers' and sometimes they perform at a café in town. Everyone in the band is more than eighty years old! He can't walk very 

6fast,

 

but he goes out every day and meets his friends in the library or in the park. They read the newspapers together and play chess. Sometimes they 

7go

 

swimming on Friday afternoons at the sports centre. On Sundays, we usually have lunch at his flat. He's really 

8into

 

cooking and he often prepares unusual food. We 

9don't

 

always like his food, but he's very funny and we always enjoy spending time with 

10him.

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Speaking
6Match these words with the four categories below. There are three words for each category. Then use the words to write two sentences for each point. 
  • often
  • at the weekend
  • have a shower
  • play tennis
  • chat online
  • photography
  • grandmother
  • brother
  • cousin
  • garden
  • bedroom
  • sofa

daily routine

oftenat the weekendhave a shower

likes and dislikes

play tennischat onlinephotography

family

grandmotherbrothercousin

home

gardenbedroomsofa


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