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 05 INTRODUCTION
Introduction to the Junior Examination (6) | Classroom Language
(7) | Exam Language (7) | Vocabulary Differences (8) | British
English & American English (9)

11 UNIT 1:
FAMILY
Vocabulary (Family) (12–13) | Numbers (14) | Crossword (15)
The Present Continuous (16) | Reading (17) | Questions and

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Answers (17) Section H (18) | Contractions (19) | Section D (19)

21 UNIT 2:
DAYS AND MONTHS
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Vocabulary (Months) (22–23) | Spelling Practice (24) | Matching
Months (25) | Days of the Week (26) | Spelling Practice (27)
Section G (27) | Crossword: Days of the Week (28) | Prepositions
(28) | Section E (29)
CONTENTS

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CLOTHES
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Vocabulary (Clothes) (32) | True or False (33) | Colours (34)

Colours and Clothes (35–36) | Possessives (35–36) | Listening –
Part 1 (37) | Listening – Part 2 (38) | Section F (38) | Section E (39)
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41 UNIT 4:
SCHOOL
Vocabulary (School) (42) | Colours and Numbers (43) | We Love
Books! (44) | Writing – My School (45) | Section D (45) | Reading
and Matching (46) | Vocabulary – Which Sport? (47) Reading –
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Mark Likes School (47) | Section G (48) | Grammar – A or An?

(48) | Section H (49)

51 UNIT 5:
OUR HOUSE
Vocabulary (Places) (52) | Things in the House (53) | More
Vocabulary (54) | Grammar Practice (55) | Crossword: Things
in your House (56) | Section E (57) | Listening – Talking about
Yourself (58) | Listening – Part 1 (59)
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HEALTH
Vocabulary (Parts of the Body) (62) | Colours (63) | Vocabulary
— Adjectives (64) | Vocabulary — Sports (65) | What's your
favourite sport? (66) | Prepositions (67) | Listening – Part 2
(68) | Yes or No (69)

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Vocabulary (Food) (72) | Vocabulary — Fruit and Vegetables (73)
Vocabulary — Things in the Kitchen (73) | Vocabulary — Drinks
(74) | Spelling Practice (74) | Crossword: Food (75) | Vocabulary
— Verbs (76) | Section D (77) Questions & Answers (77)
Grammar - am, is, are (78) | Personal Pronouns (78) | Speaking
— Talking About Yourself (79) | Section G (79)

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ANIMALS
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Vocabulary (Animals) (82) | Reading & Listening – I Love Elephants
(83) | Numbers (84) | How Many Animals? (85) | Guess the
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Animal (86) Animals in the Sea (86) | Vocabulary — Pets (87)
Talking about Pets (87) | Reading — Animals (88) | Prepositions
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Practice (89)

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TRANSPORT
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Vocabulary (Transport) (92) | I Love Helicopters! (93) | Bicycles

are the Best! (94) | Section F (95) | Spelling Practice (95)
Section E (96) | Section D (97) | Listening — Part 2 (97)
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Listening — Part 1 (98) | Grammar — Question Words (99)

Talking about Transport (96, 99)

101 UNIT 10:

REVIEW
Vocabulary (A–Z) (102–107) | Listening and Reading —
Section F (108) | Writing and Speaking (109)

111 SAMPLE PAPERS

Listening Paper (112) | Reading & Writing Paper (115) | Speaking
Test (122)

Note: This book contains sections which relate to the Anglia exam so, for
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example, SECTION W is writing, SECTION R is reading, and SECTION L is listening.
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 INTRODUCTION
• Introduction to the Junior
Examination (6)

• Classroom Language (7)

• Exam Language (7)

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• Vocabulary Differences (8)

• British English & American English (9)

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 INTRODUCTION TO THE AIM / ANGLIA
JUNIOR EXAM

Anglia's Junior exam has a reading and writing paper with eight sections, A-H, and
a listening paper with two sections, L1 and L2. The exam takes one hour. Most
candidates do not need an hour. The speaking test is a short interview with another
student. It's a separate test and not aggregated into the reading, writing and
listening marks.
The writing, reading and listening sections are as follows:
Time Allowed: the exam (including the listening section) takes one hour.

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Section A Listening Examination: There are two parts and
each part is heard twice.
(20 marks) Vocabulary: matching words and pictures.
The correct word has to be written under each
picture. Misspellings are marked as wrong. Section L1

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(10 marks) Vocabulary and Spelling: students write
the missing letters in five words (which are either days
of the week or months of the year).
(20 marks) Five multiple-choice questions. All the
words are nouns.

Section L2
(10 marks) A gap-fill exercise. Five short sentences
with a missing word in each.
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(10 marks) Numbers and Spelling. Students count the The Speaking Test
objects and write the numbers (from one to twenty). The Speaking Test is an optional extra test, not a part
Misspellings are marked as wrong.
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of the standard test. It is done with two students and

Section D an examiner. There are three parts (called ‘tasks’). The
speaking test (for two students) takes about 5 to 8
(10 marks) General Grammar: five multiple-choice minutes.
questions testing personal pronouns, possessive
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pronouns, and the present continuous.

Listening L1, L2, L3
Section E
(10 marks) Prepositions: students find the objects in SCORING: Your final score comes from
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the picture and complete the five sentences with a combining the three skills of writing (W) and
preposition (in, behind, under, on, near, in front of). reading (R) sections (33% each) with the
Section F listening (L) section (33%). You will be given an
overall Refer (<50%), a Pass (50-64%), a Merit
(20 marks) Reading comprehension: Students read a
(65-79%) or a Distinction (80+%). The % you
short passage and label objects in a picture.
achieved for each skill will also be shown on
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Section G your certificate. Your speaking test score will

(10 marks) Filling in a form. There are five questions,
be given separately.
including name, age, birthday, and two favourites, e.g.
food, sport, book, teacher, best friend, drink, day of
the week, colour.
Section H
(10 marks) Matching Questions and Answers.

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 CLASSROOM LANGUAGE

Write the words from the box.

down board answer understand up pencil close page homework spell

1 Look at the board , please.

2 Everyone stand , please.

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3 I’m sorry. I don’t .

4 Don’t write with a . Write with a pen.

5 Please your books.

6 Sorry, I don’t know the .

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Okay, open your books. Please turn to

My name is Kathy, K-A-T-H-Y. How do you

Please give me your English

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your name?

10 Everyone sit , please.

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Match 1–5 with A–E.

1 Put a tick () in the box. A. ten

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2 Write your name. B. Joe Black

3 Write the number 10. C. 
4 Circle the word. D. It is a book.
5 Write the missing word. E. mother
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 BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

Anglia Exams use British English (BrE) but students can choose to use American English
(AmE). In speech, consistency is not as important as varieties are naturally blended in
international communication. In writing it is more important to be consistent and use
either BrE or AmE to avoid readers thinking you have made a mistake.

Spelling Differences
Some words are spelt differently:

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BrE AmE
aeroplane airplane
colour color
favourite favorite
grey gray
Mum Mom

Vocabulary Differences
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Sometimes Americans and British people use different words to describe the same thing.

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FOOTBALL SOCCER TROUSERS PANTS MOBILE PHONE CELLPHONE

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British English American English

INTRODUCTION

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 BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

1 Circle the British English words in each sentence.

1 They are playing soccer / football.

2 The cat is gray / grey.

3 I like trainers / sneakers.

4 Look at the airplane / aeroplane.

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5 Sunday is my favourite / favorite day.

6 Where’s my rubber / eraser?

7 My favourite color / colour is yellow.

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He has a mobile phone / cell phone.

Is she your Mom / Mum?

The boy is wearing pants / trousers.

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English in Anglia
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 01 FAMILY
• Vocabulary (Family) (12–13)

• Numbers (14–15)

• Crossword (15)

• The Present Continuous (16)

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• Reading (17)

• Questions and Answers (17)

• Listening (18)
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• Section H (18)
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• Contractions (19)
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• Section D (19)
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UNIT 1

01 FAMILY
1 Write the highlighted words on the pictures.

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Picture 1
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This is my family. We’re eating lunch. The man is my father. The woman is my mother. You can
see my brother and sister.
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Picture 2
This is a picture. There are four people. There is a boy, a girl, a woman and a baby. The boy is
playing with a toy. The girl is reading a book.

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2 Write A–E on the pictures.

A. There are five children. I can see two girls and three boys.
B. Four men are playing volleyball.
C. The girl is my friend. Her name is Julia. You can see her mother, father and brother.
D. There are eight boys. They love football. Do you see the boy wearing a blue hat? He’s my brother.
E. This is a big family. There are two boys and two girls.
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UNIT 1
NUMBERS

1 Say these numbers.

one two three four five

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six seven eight nine ten

eleven twelve BO
thirteen fourteen fifteen
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sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen twenty
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2 Write the numbers.

fifteen + three + two = twenty

1 ten + = eighteen
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2 twenty – = eleven

3 three + five + six =

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4 six + seven + two =

5 – thirteen = three

6 seven + = sixteen

7 nineteen – = twelve

8 four + five + one =

9 five + five + five =

10 – eight = six
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Across Down
4 11 1 7

5 12 2 1

6 2 3 17

7 20 6 13

8 15 9 3

11 8 10 5
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UNIT 1
GRAMMAR —THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

1 Change the sentences.

Example: He plays football. → He is playing football.
Example: They eat ice cream. → They are eating ice cream.

1 He plays with his dog.

2 They draw pictures.

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3 I eat pizza.

4 We walk to school.

5 She listens to the teacher.

6 They play football.

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7 He writes English.
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Look at the pictures. What are the people doing? Write the words in the
gaps. Number the pictures 1–8.

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1 She listening to music.

2 The is eating pizza.

3 The boys watching television.

4 The woman is .

5 The is sitting on the grass.

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6 The cat is water.

7 The girl is .

8 The children are reading .

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Reading

READING

Write the words.

in brother school name is reading mother television

My name is Donald. I have one 1 and two sisters. My brother’s 2

is Mark. He is 3 his bedroom. He is 4 a book. My sister is sleeping.

5 6

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My is a teacher. She teaches at my . She is in the kitchen now.

She 7 cooking dinner. My father is watching 8 .

Speaking

Unscramble the answers.

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1 What is your name? 
 Joe / name / My / is /
My name is Joe.
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2 How old are you? 
 years / I’m / nine / old

3 Do you have any brothers? brothers / Yes, / I / two / have
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4 Do you have a sister? 
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5 What is your favourite food? food / My / is / favourite / ice cream

6 Do you like cake? 
 I / do / Yes,

7 Who is he? 
 is / He / brother / my

8 Is that woman your grandmother? 
 she’s / my / No, / mother

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UNIT 1
TEST PRACTICE

Section H
Match the questions and answers.

1 How old is she? A. She’s my sister.

2 Who is that girl? B. She is in her bedroom.

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3 How many boys are there? C. She is eleven years old.

4 Do you like English? D. There are three boys.

5 Where is your sister? E. Yes, I do.

Listening
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Listen to these sentences and write the missing word in each sentence.
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1 Shhh! The is sleeping.

2 His is twelve years old.

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3 I want to play .

4 The children are walking to .

5 The dog’s is Didi.

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6 She is a book in her bedroom.

7 My is an English teacher.
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8 She’s not my . She’s my friend.

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CONTRACTIONS

I’m → I am She’s → She is It’s → It is We are → We’re

It isn’t → It is not She isn’t → She is not I don’t → I do not What is? → What’s

Write the sentences without contractions.

1 I don’t like ice cream. I do not like ice cream.

2 It’s a book. ________________________________________

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3 What’s your name? _________________________________

4 I’m ten years old. ___________________________________

Write the sentences with contractions.

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She is my sister. She’s my sister.

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We are friends. _____________________________________

I am watching television. _____________________________

It is not my birthday. _________________________________

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Write the word.
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Example: My mum and dad are cooking dinner.

A. is B. are C. have D. am

I listening to the teacher.

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A. are B. am C. is D. have
The elephants playing in the water.
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A. am B. is C. are D. does
Peter sitting on his brother.
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A. is B. am C. are D. has
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