Exam insight 3

Listening
1Find synonyms and antonyms for words 1–5 below. 
  • not into
  • a few
  • easy
  • bad
  • expensive
  • like
  • lots of
  • difficult
  • great
  • half price

  • 1enjoy

  • 2many

  • 3hard

  • 4good

  • 5cheap

  • antonym

    not into

  • a few

  • easy

  • bad

  • expensive

  • synonym

    like

  • lots of

  • difficult

  • great

  • half price


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Listening
2EXAM TASK Play the recording and listen to the conversation. Are the sentences True or False? 

  • 1Jackie has to get a birthday present for her brother.

  • 2Jackie's brother is sixteen.

  • 3Jackie's brother enjoys reading about basketball.

  • 4Jackie's brother hasn't got many DVDs.

  • 5Adam thinks that it's hard to choose a present.

  • 6Jackie wants to spend more than £20.

  • 7Jackie thinks that a hat is a good idea.

  • 8The clothes in Albatross are usually very cheap.

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Audio script

Adam Hi, Jackie. What are you doing here? You hate shopping.
Jackie Hi, Adam. Yes, I know, it’s true. I hate shopping. But I have to find a present for my brother. It’s his birthday tomorrow – he’s sixteen and I don’t know what to get for him.
Adam Hm. Well, what kinds of things does he like doing?
Jackie Um, he loves listening to music and watching films, and he really likes playing basketball.
Adam Well, why don’t you get him a book about basketball? There’s a good biography of LeBron James out at the moment.
Jackie I don’t know. He likes playing basketball, but he’s not really into reading.
Adam OK, well, what about a DVD of his favourite film?
Jackie Yeah, maybe. But he’s already got lots of DVDs. And I don’t know what his favourite film is.
Adam Oh dear! It’s not easy choosing a present, is it?
Jackie No, it isn’t! It’s really difficult trying to find a present for him.
Adam Oh, I know, what about something to wear? A new pair of trainers, maybe.
Jackie Oh, no, not trainers. They’re really expensive and I don’t want to spend more than about £20.
Adam Well, all right, not trainers. How about a hat?
Jackie A hat – that’s a great idea. He likes wearing hats.
Adam Well, there’s a fantastic shop on the High Street. It’s usually quite expensive, but there’s a sale on at the moment and everything is half price.
Jackie What’s it called?
Adam Boy Albatross. Do you know it?
Jackie Oh, yes, I know that shop. It’s got lots of cool stuff! Let’s go there now! 

Reading
3Read the article quickly and choose the best option. 

The article is about:

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Reading
4EXAM TASK Read the text. Match the information in sentences (1–6) to paragraphs (A–E). There is one heading that you do not need. Mark it (–). 

  • 1This place sells writing supplies.D

  • 2This place provides entertainment.B

  • 3This place has got things for people of different ages.E

  • 4This place is a café and also a shop.-

  • 5There is more than one shop here.A

  • 6The food here is from the area around Brighton.C

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Use of English
5EXAM TASK Read the text. Complete the gaps in the text (1–10) with the correct form of the words in brackets. 

Everyone in our village knows my brother Jed because he's always doing sport and he wears very 1unusual (usual) clothes with bright colours and strange patterns. Jed is twenty-five years old and he has got a really 

2interesting (interest)

 

job. He works as a clothes 

3designer (design)

 

for a sports company. It's the perfect job for him because he was really good at art and design at school, and he loves playing sport. He is the 4best (good) football player in our town and he's also an excellent horse 

5rider (ride).

 

But his favourite sport is triathlon: running, cycling and swimming. Even when it's very cold, wet and 

6windy (wind)

 

, Jed spends three hours every day training. He often cycles twenty kilometres to work and then the same distance home in the evening! We live in a village at the top of a hill and his office is in the town at the bottom of the hill, so he travels very 7quickly (quick) in the morning, but his journey home in the evening is much 

8slower (slow)!

 

'Cycling is 

9faster (fast)

 

than walking and 10more exciting (exciting) than driving,' he says. 'It's the best way to travel!'

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Speaking
6Look at the sentences below. Decide if they are from a patient (P) or a doctor (D). 

  • 1Are you worried about anything?D

  • 2You should take these pills.D

  • 3I've got a bad headache.P

  • 4What's the problem?D

  • 5Can you give me some advice?P

  • 6I feel dizzy.P


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