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Unit 1 Test A
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Grammar 3 Complete the sentences with a, an, the or

0 (no article).
1 Complete the sentences with the correct 1 I’m looking in the fridge, but I can’t see
present form of these verbs. milk.
go work have speak stay study 2 Jan’s got new baby. She’s beautiful!
3 Do you enjoy studying English?
1 Our family dinner together every
evening. I think it’s important. 4 I’d like to be engineer when I’m older.
2 I with my best friend in the 5 Come in! My dad’s in kitchen. He’s
countryside for a couple of days. cooking.
3 At the moment, my cousin at a
college in England. He is having a great
/5
time.
4 We on holiday to Spain twice a Vocabulary
year. We love hot countries!
5 My dad in a bank in the city 4 Complete the sentences with the correct
centre. He drives in every day. words about the person’s stage of life.
6 My brother Mike both English and 1 My grandfather’s 70. He’s a . He
French, but he prefers Spanish. lives with his wife in an apartment in Spain.
2 My aunt is 48. She’s a . She’s a
/6 teacher in a secondary school.
3 My cousin Mary is 25. She’s a .
2 Make sentences with the prompts. She wants to get married next year.
1 you/know/my friend Susie? 4 My sister’s 17. She’s a . She lives
with my mum and stepfather.
5 My little brother’s one. He’s a .I
2 Jack/not work/on his computer/right now. think he’s going to be an artist!

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3 We/study/the present tenses/this week.
5 Choose the correct alternatives to
complete the sentences.
1 My sister has a baby, but she isn’t married. It’s
a single/one-parent family.
4 I’m afraid I/not understand/this homework. 2 My mum married again and my new
husband/stepfather is very nice.
3 Helen is a single/an only child and she doesn’t
like it.
5 your grandmother/stay/with you/at the 4 Brett and Beth aren’t very happy together. I
moment? think they’re going to get single/divorced soon.
5 My uncle has two children who are the same
age as me and I really like playing with my
sons/cousins.
6 My niece is 17 and her brother, my
/10 uncle/nephew, is nearly 20.

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6 Complete the sentences with these words.

Reading
protectionequipment retirement
independenceinvention 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
3 My grandmother isn’t enjoying her one. They keep us in contact with friends and
. She says she’s bored. family at all times and when we have a problem
4 Many people say that the computer was we can call immediately for help. Now parents
an English . can buy a special mobile phone for their four-
year-old children. Is this a way to help protect
5 You need a lot of to be an actor our young children or is it a silly idea?
and perform in front of crowds of people.
The phone is called My Moby and it looks
6 That small umbrella doesn’t give much like a toy, but it isn’t. It comes in many colours
when it’s raining very hard. and young children love it. It has five buttons
and two of them call Mum and Dad. Of course,
/6 the parents control all the numbers in the phone
and the idea is 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
1 My Moby is a mobile phone for very
young children. T/F

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 T/F
short these days.

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Listening (Tests CD, Track 1)

8 Listen to the speakers and choose the best
answers.
1 When do the speaker’s parents worry?

A when he goes to parties

B when he goes out during the week
C when he isn’t home on time

2 Which rule is the speaker happy with?

A looking after her brother

B finishing her homework
C cleaning her room

3 What isn’t easy for the speaker?

A doing a lot of sport

B agreeing on what food to eat
C eating with his parents every day

4 What do the speaker’s parents want?

A her to spend more time with them

B to use the computer
C to play computer games with her

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Writing
Use of English
10 Read this email from Patsy, an English
9 Read the text about family life and fill each friend, and write a reply. Remember to
gap with one word. answer all her questions.
Family life (1) changing a lot these
days. In some countries, all the members of a Write 35 words.
family (2) in the same place, Hi,
sometimes in the same home. However, in other How are you? I know you’re on holiday at the
countries, people often have to move away from moment. Are you having a good time? What’s
their home town to find a job when they are ready the weather like? Are there any interesting
to start work. They get married and start people in your hotel? And do you like the food?!
(3) family away from their parents, Write
and then their children do exactly the same thing. soon!
Grandparents sometimes live hundreds of miles
away from their grandchildren. Sometimes they Patsy
are even in (4) different country! This
can cause a lot of problems when people
(5) older. Sons and daughters can’t
help their parents when they are ill and they
have
to go into hospital or special homes. The
grandparents are (6) there to help
with the grandchildren when they are young and
(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
(8) getting worse and people are
worried that family life is never going to be the
same again.

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Unit 1 Test B
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Grammar 3 Complete the sentences with a, an, the or

0 (no article).
1 Complete the sentences with the correct 1 My Uncle Paul is artist in Paris.
present form of these verbs.
2 blue whales are very large mammals.
stay go work have ride study 3 I’m going to cinema to see The Worst
Family.
1 Pupils German in their first year at
my school. 4 Mum bought new jacket for me today.
It’s great!
2 I to the same school as three of my
cousins. 5 You should never look at sun. It’s bad
for your eyes.
3 My mum with my grandparents
this week because Grandma is ill.
4 My older sister usually in my Vocabulary /5
aunt’s clothes shop at weekends.
5 In the picture, the children and their parents 4 Complete the sentences with the correct
a meal in a café. words about the person’s stage of life.
6 Their mother her horse at six 1 My nephew’s eight. He’s a . He
o’clock each morning. wants to be a builder.
2 My brother’s 16. He’s a . He loves
/6 football more than anything else.
3 My little sister’s only six weeks old. She’s a
2 Make sentences with the prompts.
1 The boys/wear shorts/today/because it’s hot. . She cries a lot!
4 My grandmother’s 74. She’s a .
She sometimes plays golf.
5 My stepfather is 45. He’s a . He’s a
2 you/know/that boy’s name? hotel manager.

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3 Mark/not watch TV with us/because he
hates this programme. 5 Choose the correct alternatives to
complete the sentences.
1 My two uncles each have three daughters, so
I’ve got six cousins/sisters.
4 Jane/need/any help/with her work? 2 Helen’s uncle is her aunt’s second
husband/son.
5 Tigers/not come/from this country. 3 I have three nephews, but my sister’s daughter
is my only niece/aunt.
4 Tom is 30 and has never married because he
like being single/divorced.
/10 5 My cousin, Jade, is my aunt and uncle’s
only/one-parent child.
6 My brother is my grandparents’ oldest
grandson/son-in-law.

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6 Complete the sentences with these words. health. They say that young children don’t need to use a phon
So, is it a good idea or not? Can phones be good to protect ou
1 equipment
This computer is an example of a great
information
that changed
retirement the world.
difference
2 We’re having a party to celebrate my
grandfather’s from a job he did for
30 years. 1 The My Moby phone is for four-year- T/F
old children.
3 Dentists have to clean their very
carefully to protect their patients. 2 Children use five buttons on the phone to T/F
4 The boys had a long about the best call their parents.
place to have their party.
3 My Moby phones are only available in one T/F
5 The between an adolescent and an
colour.
adult is their age.
6 There was a lot of about looking 4 Some parents think the My Moby phone T/F
after pets in the book. can help their child if he or she is lost.

/6 5 The writer asks the reader to answer

the article with some comments.
T/F

Reading /5
7 Read the article and decide if the
statements are true (T) or false (F).

Mobile phones are an important part of our lives and most of us can’t imagine life without one. They keep us in contact w
The phone is called My Moby and it looks like a toy, but it isn’t. It comes in many colours and young children love it. It h
However, not everyone agrees that it is a good idea. Many people are angry. They think children today are growing up too
four-year-old a mobile phone. They think it is unnecessary and it can be dangerous for their

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Listening (Tests CD, Track 1) parents when they (6) ill and they
have to go into hospital or special homes. The
8 Listen to the speakers and choose the best grandparents are not there to help with the
answers. grandchildren when they are young and their
parents have to send them to special schools at
1 When are the speaker’s parents less worried
(7) young age if they need to go to
about him staying out late?
work. In many countries, this problem is getting
worse and people are worried that family life
A when there’s a party (8) never going to be the same again.
B every weekend
C if he goes out just once a week /8
2 What does the speaker say about looking after
her younger brother?
Writing
10 Read this email from Kate, an English
A She hates doing it. friend, and write a reply. Remember to
B She finds it very unfair. answer all her questions.
C She thinks it’s OK.

Write 35 words.
3 Why is it difficult for the speaker to eat Hi,
with his parents? How are you? I know you started your new
school this week. Are you enjoying it? What are
A He can’t eat at the same time each day. the teachers like? Have you got lots of new
B He prefers to eat on his own. friends?
C He needs special food to help him do sports. And what kind of after-school activities do you
do?
4 What does the speaker enjoy doing? Write
A watching TV at home soon!
B spending time without her parents
C visiting her friends

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Use of English
9 Read the text about family life and fill each
gap with one word.
Family life is changing a lot these days. In some
countries, all (1) members of a family
live in the same place, sometimes in the same
home. However, in other countries, people often
have to move away from their home town to find
(2) job when they are ready to start
work. They get married and start a family away /5
from their parents, and then their children do
exactly the same thing. Grandparents sometimes
(3) hundreds of miles away from their
grandchildren. Sometimes they are even in a /60
different country! This can cause a lot
(4) problems when people are older.
Sons (5) daughters can’t help their

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Unit 1 Tests Answer Keys A and B

Unit 1 Test A Key

1 1 has 2 am staying 3 is studying 4 go 5 works 6 speaks

2 1 Do you know my friend Susie? 2 Jack isn’t working on his computer right now. 3 We are studying
the present tenses this week. 4 I’m afraid I don’t understand this homework. 5 Is your grandmother
staying with you at the moment?

3 1 the 2 a 3 0 4 an 5 the

4 1 senior citizen 2 middle aged adult 3 young adult 4 teenager 5 baby

5 1 one-parent 2 stepfather 3 an only 4 divorced 5 cousins 6 nephew

6 1 equipment 2 independence 3 retirement 4 invention 5 confidence 6 protection

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Unit 1 Test B Key

1 1 study 2 go 3 is staying 4 works 5 are having 6 rides

2 1 The boys are wearing shorts today because it’s hot. 2 Do you know that boy’s name? 3 Mark isn’t
watching TV with us because he hates this programme. 4 Does Jane need any help with her work?
5 Tigers do not come from this country.

3 1 an 2 0 3 the 4 a 5 the

4 1 child 2 teenager 3 baby 4 senior citizen 5 middle-aged adult

5 1 cousins 2 husband 3 niece 4 single 5 only 6 grandson

6 1 invention 2 retirement 3 equipment 4 discussion 5 difference 6 information

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