Say what you mean

Vocabulary

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

1 My dad’s a __________ (build), so he does most of the repairs on our house.

2 There was a lot of __________ (correct) information in the news report. People complained about it to the TV station.

3 After a long __________ (discuss), they decided to buy the blue paint.

4 Firemen carry a lot of __________ (equip) on their trucks.

5 I can’t see what the __________ (differ) is between the two jackets.

6 A __________ (murder) was arrested this week, 20 years after he killed someone.

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5 Complete the sentences with the correct words.

1 Some people prefer being __________, not married, because they can do exactly what they want.

2 It can be good to be an __________ child because small families can afford more luxuries.

3 I once read an unofficial __________ of Harry Potter from English to Portuguese. It was rubbish!

4 My nephew is a __________. He only started walking a month ago.

5 __________ is the period between childhood and being an adult.

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6 Complete the sentences with the correct form of these verbs.

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1 I’ve just counted my money and __________ out that I need to save another 38 Euros to buy the skateboard I want.

2 When I __________ for some bread in the cupboard, I __________ across some chocolate, so I ate that instead.

3 Sharon __________ six exams next week.

4 Ed lost his watch, but then it __________ up in his jacket pocket yesterday.

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Reading

7 Read the article from which some sentences have been taken out. Choose the correct sentences A–G to fill the gaps. There is one extra sentence that you do not need.

Say what you mean

Are you a good speaker? (1) ___ I’m talking about your own. Can you express yourself well? Can you put your thoughts into words clearly? (2) ___ Do you use a lot of different vocabulary when you speak? Teachers at school concentrate on helping students to write clearly, but some experts think that they need to give more time to speaking too.

(3) ___ They often say that young people use too many slang expressions and repeat simple words again and again. (4) ___ Language doesn’t stand still. It is always changing and every generation of teenagers invents new expressions that eventually become part of our language. Sometimes, however, people use the same phrases again and again because they don’t practise speaking at school. (5) ___ Today, teachers want to give more lessons to teach students how to give talks, how to summarise a situation and how to say things in different ways. All of these speaking skills will be useful for students when they have a job in the future.

(6) ___ Often teachers want students to do things in a foreign language that they can’t do in their own. That has to be wrong!

A The first idea is not true.
B Students learn new vocabulary and study grammar rules, but this is usually to help their writing skills.
C Older people often don’t understand what young people are saying.
D As well as this, practising how to speak your own language well helps a lot when you learn another language. E I’m not talking about speaking a foreign language. F Adults of every generation think that teenagers don’t express themselves well. G Can you give a presentation that other people can understand easily?

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Listening (Tests CD, Track 4)

8 You are going to hear two friends talking about what they did last night. Listen and choose the best answers.

1 What didn’t the boy do last night?

A watch TV
B go to the cinema
C do his homework

2 What does the boy say about American crime programmes?

A They’re better than science fiction programmes.
B He likes watching them very much.
C They’re OK, but he prefers to watch films.

3 Who is the main character in Crime Scene Chicago?

A a Russian policeman
B an American detective
C an Italian scientist

4 What does the boy think about working as a forensic scientist?

A It’s good to watch on TV, but he wouldn’t like to do it.
B It’s so interesting that he’d like to be one.
C It’s fascinating, but he’d prefer to be a detective.

5 What does the girl think about working as a scientist who has to look at dead bodies?

A She wouldn’t like it.
B She’d find it very interesting.
C She would love to do it.

6 What does the girl say about the film she saw?

A It was very good.
B It was scary.
C It was boring.

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