Be Happy! for kids. 4 Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.

Vocabulary

4 Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.

1 Kate and Mark got married after going _____ with each other for five years.

2 I’ve got three sisters and we’re all very similar, but I get _____ best with the youngest.

3 I think my friend will split _____ with her boyfriend soon because they never enjoy spending time together.

4 When is Paul getting married _____ Lucy?

5 I got _____ together with my girlfriend because we missed each other.

6 Mike finds it difficult to ask a girl _____ because he is very shy.

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5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words given.

1 I’ve just finished a __________ (history) novel about a king who got married six times.

2 My most important __________ (friend) is with Maria. I’ve known her since I was a toddler!

3 When the family left their old house, they all felt some __________ (sad), but it was exciting as well.

4 When someone stole his phone, Mickey had never felt such __________ (angry) before.

5 We forgot to watch our favourite soap opera because of all the __________ (excite) about my big brother coming home.

6 Harry had probably never experienced __________ (bore) because he’s always busy doing something.

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6 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the sentences.

1 The ___ was fascinating, particularly the part about the author’s childhood.
A autobiography
B horror story
C comic novel

2 Can you ___ this email to Suzy? I haven’t got her address.
A bounce
B forward
C reply

3 Can we borrow your ___ on Moscow? We’re going there for a weekend in June.
A diary
B guidebook
C manual

4 I need to go to the office supplies shop to get some ink for my ___.
A keyboard
B printer
C hard drive

5 I read a lot of ___. My favourite books are about famous people or events in history.
A non-fiction
B fantasy
C romance

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Reading

7 Read the article about a new children’s magazine and decide if the statements are true (T), false (F) or not mentioned (NM).

Be Happy! for kids

Magazines are a part of most people’s lives. When we are teenagers, we read them to look at pictures of celebrities and get advice on fashion and relationships, as well as to get the free offers! As adults, we often choose magazines to suit our own interests: cookery, gardening, cards, health and so on. And what would we do without magazines to look at in waiting rooms or read on trains? Reading is important, and if we don’t have time to read novels, then magazines can be good instead.

There is one age group, however, that has not had a good variety of magazines to choose from. Although children can buy comics, there are not many magazines designed especially for them. Jenny and David Myers believe that many children’s magazines have things wrong with them. They think that there aren’t enough educational features and that the content is more about popular children’s TV programmes and celebrities. They also say that there aren’t any magazines that are suitable for both boys and girls. So, they decided to start their own children’s magazine, Be Happy!, which has now become extremely successful.

Be Happy! is produced by Jenny and David from their own home in New York. There are craft projects, recipes and stories, as well as lots of interesting information about different things. The magazines are fun and educational, and both parents and children love them. Be Happy! has become so popular that there are plans to produce the magazine every week instead of every month. The two authors are quite different. Jenny is practical and works in a bank, but David works as a designer. For this magazine they work very well together. The only problem is that now Be Happy! is starting to take over their lives completely! It only started as a hobby!

1 The writer says that teenagers read magazines to learn about staying healthy.

T/F/NM

2 The writer only reads magazines when waiting for appointments or travelling.

T/F/NM

3 Jenny and David Myers think that most children’s magazines are very educational.

T/F/NM

4 Children that read Be Happy! can learn to cook some new dishes.

T/F/NM

5 The magazine is going to be produced more often in the future.	T/F/NM
6 David and Jenny work so well together because they are very similar.	T/F/NM

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Listening (Tests CD, Track 12)

8 You are going to hear five people talking about reading. Listen and match the speakers A–E with the descriptions 1–5. 1I prefer to do things that are more active than reading.   Speaker ___

2I think it is better to read about real life than made-up stories.   Speaker ___   3I used to read more fiction than I do at the moment.   Speaker ___   4Iread to stop myself getting bored.   Speaker ___   5Iwould rather read than do anything else in my free time.   Speaker ___

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