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4 Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation B ENGLISH FILE

Elementary

G R AM MAR
1 Complete Susans email with the verbs in the box. 3 Underline the correct word or phrase.
Use the ing form.
Example: Do you like listening / listen to songs?
be cook do eat go see study
1 I like you. Do you like me / I?
2 Thats mine / my car.
3 Do you like listen / listening to music?
4 Can you to play / play chess?
5 Do you can / Can you come to my birthday party?
Hi Charles
6 I love going / go to the park.
My names Susan and Im a student. I like being a student,
but I dont like 1 __________. I do four hours work every 6
evening. I live in a house with my friend, Laura. We like
2 __________ good food, but Laura hates 3 __________. Grammar total 20
She only makes pasta. We often go to fast food
restaurants. Its really unhealthy. I love 4 __________ VO C AB U L ARY
home and eating my mums food. At the weekends, we
like 5 __________ friends. We love music and singing. 4 Complete the phrases with the correct verb.
What do you like 6 __________?
hear give wait draw find sing use play
Write soon
Susan Example: wait for a bus

1 __________ a song
6 2 __________ a picture
2 Complete the sentences with me / mine, you / yours, 3 __________ someone a present
him / his, etc. 4 __________ a game
Example: Thats mine! Give it to me. 5 __________ a noise
6 __________ some money
1 That dog isnt __________. They dont have a dog.
7 __________ a computer
2 He likes Susan, but he doesnt love __________.
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3 We dont speak French. They dont understand
__________.
4 Can you help __________? I cant do this exercise.
5 It isnt a good book. I dont like __________.
6 This books __________. Look! Heres your name.
7 Are they Italian? Can you ask __________?
8 It isnt __________. He has a blue jacket.
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Elementary

P R O N U N C IATI O N
5 Complete the phrases with the correct verb. 7 Underline the stressed syllable.
Example: fly by plane Example: coffee
1 c__________ here 1 classical
2 r__________ a race 2 practical
3 p__________ football 3 newspaper
4 c__________ a taxi 4 creative
5 t__________ to a friend 5 instrument
5 5

6 Complete the sentences with the correct word. 8 Match the words with the same sound.
Example: I ride my bike in the evening.
kill leave live meet she think
go ride play
1 Can you __________ that noise? Example: fish think
find take hear
1 fish __________
2 This is a bad film. Turn __________ the TV!
off on up 2 fish __________
3 Can you __________ me with this question? 3 tree __________
talk wait help 4 tree __________
4 I cant __________ my book. 5 tree __________
find watch look 5
5 Can you __________ a photo of me?
Pronunciation total 10
have call take
6 Can you __________ the tango? Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50
sing have dance
7 I __________ by car every day.
travel make use
8 Mark can __________ the guitar.
do sing play
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Vocabulary total 20

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4 Reading and Writing B ENGLISH FILE

Elementary

R EAD I N G
1 Read the text and tick () A, B, or C. 6 Tom can sing very well.
A True B False C Doesnt say
British artists living abroad 7 Hannah works in a caf.
A True B False C Doesnt say
Article by James Noble
8 She likes writing in the afternoon.
A True B False C Doesnt say
Sally Campbell is a 32-year-old actress from London, but
right now, shes living in Paris in a flat that overlooks the
Seine. Sallys mother is French, which means Sally 9 She never works at night.
can speak the language perfectly. Sally is very talented. A True B False C Doesnt say
She likes acting in films, but she can also sing and dance 10 She doesnt like being a waitress.
brilliantly and she currently has a leading part in a
A True B False C Doesnt say
French musical. She can also play the piano very well. In
her spare time, Sally likes to relax at home by watching 10
romantic films. She has no plans to return to Britain.
Tom Hammond is from Glasgow, but he lives in New 2 Read the text again and write Sally, Tom, or Hannah.
York. Hes 18 and hes a music student. Tom can play the
piano and the guitar very well. He also writes songs with Example: Tom lives in America.
his friend John. Tom writes the music and John writes the
1 __________ watches films at home.
lyrics. When theyre happy with a new song, they usually
perform it to students at the college. They love to have 2 __________ works in the afternoon.
an audience and would really like to be in a band. When 3 __________ sometimes works in the theatre.
he isnt composing, Tom downloads his favourite music
4 __________ doesnt play the piano.
from the Internet.
5 __________ is a student.
Hannah Brown is a writer. Shes from Manchester, but
she lives in Italy. Hannah is 25 and likes writing romantic 5
novels. Her ambition, of course, is to be a published
writer, so she writes every day for at least four hours.
Reading total 15
Her favourite time to write is early in the morning, but WR ITI N G
she sometimes works late at night too.
Read the notes and write about Susana.
In the afternoons, Hannah works as a waitress in a caf. (75100 words)
She doesnt really enjoy this part of her life, but she
needs the money to stay in Italy. Berlin
Argentinian
Example: Sallys mother is English. work / German company

A True B False can play //guitar

quite tall short hair / blue eyes
C Doesnt say
love / romantic films
/ piano

1 Sally lives in London. like / buying / clothes / hate / go to supermarkets

A True B False always / go shopping / Saturday
C Doesnt say
not smoke
2 She doesnt act in films. favourite time / Sunday morning / drink / coffee / read
A True B False C Doesnt say / newspaper
3 She can sing and dance very well.
A True B False C Doesnt say Susana lives in Paris. She
4 Tom studies in Glasgow.
A True B False C Doesnt say 10
5 Tom writes songs with his friend. Reading and Writing total 25
A True B False C Doesnt say

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4 Listening and Speaking B ENGLISH FILE

Elementary

LI STE N I N G S P EAKI N G
1 Listen to the interview. Tick () the correct column 1 Answer your partners questions.
in the table.
Now ask your partner these questions.
not quite very
well well well 1 Do you like going to supermarkets?
1 Sally can speak Spanish. A B C 2 Can you play a musical instrument? What?

2 Sally can play football. A B C 3 What do you think of classical music?

3 Sally can dance. A B C 4 Can you dance? How well?

4 Sally can paint. A B C 5 What kind of films do you like?

5 Sally can drive. A B C 6 Do you like singing in the shower?

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2 Ask your partner these questions about Magda.
2 Listen to five people talking about shopping. Match Can she ? Does she like ?
the sentence halves.

swim / play basketball
1 In conversation 1, Mary use / computer / run
2 In conversation 2, Ben drive / car / read books
3 In conversation 3, Sue draw / dance

4 In conversation 4, Tom
3 Read the information about Tomasz and answer
5 In conversation 5, Carla your partners questions.
A doesnt like shopping with friends.
Name: Tomasz Sobieski
B likes shopping centres.
C likes trying on clothes.
Can you ? Do you like ?
D likes shopping on the Internet.
play the guitar going shopping
E doesnt like busy shops.
dance watching football
5 play the piano doing exercise

Listening total 10 sing cooking

Speaking total 15

Listening and Speaking total 25

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