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2 UUnniitt 11 TTeesstt

UUnniitt 11 TTeessttGGrraammmmaarr➊ Complete the text. Use the present simple

or present continuous.

Jane’s favourite hero is Lara Croft. She’s got

the new Tomb Raider DVD and she really

1 (love) it! Jane

2 (not watch) the DVD

now. She’s in a shop with her friend Tess.

They 3 (buy) clothes for

their summer holidays. Jane always

4 (wear) T-shirts, and

she 5 (want) to buy a

Tomb Raider T-shirt. The girls

6 (look) at a T-shirt now.

It’s very nice, but they 7

(not know) the price.

2 MARKS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER TOTAL / 14

➋ Complete the sentences. Use the pastsimple or past continuous form of the verbsin the box.

1 It started to rain while we

football.

2 What were you doing when you

the flash of lightning?

3 Andrew is in bed now. Ten minutes ago, he

his homework.

4 Something amazing while I

was watching TV.

5 It was quiet in the library when the teacher

arrived. The children their

books.

6 Tom was cycling when a dog suddenly

across the road.


VVooccaabbuullaarryy➌ Complete the sentences with the words in

the box.

1 My aunt is very . She always

helps us.

2 John is feeling because his dog

died last week.

3 Paul laughs and smiles a lot. He’s always

.

4 Julie is very . She always tells

the truth.

5 The man grabbed my arm and started shouting.

He was really .

6 My little brother was very when

he went to the dentist. He didn’t cry.


➍ Choose the correct word.

1 are bad people. They’re the

opposite of heroes.

a Powers b Tournaments c Villains

2 Someone drove a car into the river. It took nearly

an hour to it out.

a survive b pull c throw

3 My favourite is a black jacket, a

red T-shirt and black jeans.

a outfit b identity c suit

4 Knights used to wear to protect

their heads and bodies.

a mythology b armour c balance

5 will kill you if you drink it.

a Poison b Push c Ordinary

6 This cupboard is heavy. Will you help me to

it?

a drop b grab c lift


GRAMMAR / 26 VOCABULARY / 24 TOTAL / 50

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VVooccaabbuullaarryy➌ Complete the sentences with make or do.

1 Jane didn’t any mistakes in her

test.

2 I usually the washing up after

dinner.

3 We often experiments in our

science lessons.

4 It isn’t easy to friends in a new

school.

5 When I cook, I sometimes a

mess in the kitchen.

6 If you want to be fit and healthy, you should

lots of exercise.


➍ Complete the sentences with the words inthe box.

1 People often go to ski for winter

holidays.

2 We had a fantastic of the lake

from our hotel window.

3 There have been lots of changes in our town in

the last few .

4 My friend and I bought our school bags in different

shops, but they’re .

5 I’ve got a sandwich, some orange juice and some

fruit for my lunch.

6 My mum has got a mobile phone, but she only

uses it in .


UUnniitt 22 TTeessttGGrraammmmaarr➊ Choose the correct alternatives.

Pete Hello, Danny. It’s Pete. Listen 1I’ll meet /

I’m meeting Sam at seven o'clock outside

the cinema. Do you want to come with

me? 2We’ll see / We’re going to see the

new Brad Pitt film.

Danny No, thanks. I think 3I’ll stay / I’m going to

stay here. I’m tired, and we’ve got a

football match tomorrow. 4We’ll play /

We’re playing the best team in the

competition.

Pete Your team’s quite good. Maybe 5you’ll

win / you’re winning.

Danny I don’t know about that! They’ve won

nearly all their matches. I think 6they’re

winning / they’re going to win the

competition this year.


➋ Complete the text. Use the gerund orinfinitive form.

On Thursday, I decided 1

(do) my homework as soon as I got home

because I wanted 2

(play) my sister’s new computer game. I had to

write a science fiction story for English and I

hoped 3 (finish) it quite

quickly. I tried 4 (think)

of something to write, but it was very difficult.

In the end, I finished 5

(write) the story at half past nine! My sister

suggested 6 (play) the

computer game, but I was too tired. I decided

7 (go) to bed!


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11––22 PPrrooggrreessss tteessttVVooccaabbuullaarryy➊ Look at the pictures and complete the

sentences.

1 Mark is always .

2 Suzy is very .

3 Simon is .

4 Nina is quite .

5 Jonathan is very .


➋ Complete the words.

1 This bag is too heavy for me. I can’t

l it.

2 Be careful with the eggs. They’ll break if you

d them.

3 When the ball comes to you, can you

t it back to me?

4 There was no petrol in the car, so we had to

p it to a petrol station.

5 I stood on top of a wall and tried to

b , but I fell off.


➌ Complete the text with the present simpleform of make or do.

My mum 1 lunch on Sundays

and my brother and I 2 the

washing up. I usually 3 my

homework after lunch. Today I’ve got some

science homework. We 4

experiments in science, and it’s my favourite

subject. Sometimes I 5 a lot of

mistakes in my science homework, but my

dad’s a scientist, so he helps me.



1 The police are looking for the criminal, but they

don’t know his yet.

a armour b identity c outfit

2 There’s a great from the top of

the hill.

a theory b tournament c view

3 I love reading stories from Greek .

a knights b laws c mythology

4 Some film heroes have special .

a powers b emergencies c resorts

5 I can’t carry my bag now. The is

broken.

a laboratory b strap c villain


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GGrraammmmaarr➎ Write sentences. Use the present simple or

present continuous.

1 I/not know/the answer

2 Lucy/wear/a skirt today

3 Anna/look after/her baby sister on Saturdays

4 we/not study/at the moment

5 my brother/love/his new job


➏ Complete the text. Use the past simple orpast continuous.

On Saturday afternoon, I 1

(decide) to go into town with my mum, and look

for a new jacket. We 2

(look) in a shop window when I

3 (see) a girl from my

class at school. She 4

(walk) down the street with her dad. She

5 (wear) a fantastic

jacket. It was the jacket I wanted!


➐ Choose the correct words.

1 Hurry! The train at six o’clock.

a is leaving b will leave c is going to leave

2 I’ve got some new shoes. to

wear them at the party on Saturday.

a I’ll b I’m c I’m going

3 I’m feeling hungry. I think a

sandwich.

a I’ll make b I won’t make c I’m making

4 Who do you think the match

tomorrow?

a is winning b is going to win c will win

5 Dad us to the theatre this

evening. He bought the tickets last week.

a will take b is taking c is going to take


➑ Complete the sentences with the gerund orinfinitive form of the verb.

1 I learnt (swim) when I was

six years old.

2 Diana hasn’t finished

(play) her computer game.

3 I don’t mind (do) exercise.

4 My little brother would like

(get) a bike for his birthday.

5 Don’t forget (take) the

keys when you go out.




VOCABULARY / 40 GRAMMAR / 40 READING / 20 TOTAL / 100

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➓ Complete the sentences with words fromthe text.

1 In the first four d of the twentieth

century, people listened to the radio, but they

didn’t watch TV.

2 We hear a lot about the lives of film stars, but

I’d like to know more about the lives of

o people.

3 A lot of people died in the 2005 film, but Tom

Cruise s .

4 I didn’t have much time. I g my

bag and left the house quickly.


➒ Read the text and answer the questions.

1 What kind of book was The War of the Worlds?

2 How did Orson Welles use the story?

3 Why did a lot of Americans panic?

4 When was the first film of The War of the Worlds?

5 Where did the aliens land in this film?

6 How many years after the book did the album

appear?


Perhaps you’ve seen the 2005 film The War of theWorlds. It tells the story of an attack on the Earth byaliens from Mars, and it stars Tom Cruise. But thestory The War of the Worlds is much older than theTom Cruise film.• The British writer H.G. Wells wrote The War of

the Worlds in 1898. It was one of the firstscience fiction books. In the story, the aliensattacked Britain. They destroyed a lot of Britishcities, including London.

• Four decades later, an American actor anddirector called Orson Welles used HG Wells’story for a radio play. The start of the play waslike an ordinary radio music programme, but theend was like a news report. In the play, reportersdescribed a terrible attack by aliens. Only onereporter survived. At the end of the play, he wasalone on the top of a building. Many listenerspanicked because they thought that the playwas a real news report. They grabbed clothesand money and ran into the streets. They wantedto escape the aliens.

• In 1952, Hollywood made the first film called The War of the Worlds. In this film, aliensattacked California.

• There was also a musical version of The War ofthe Worlds. Jeff Wayne, an American from NewYork, wrote the music for a double album in1978. It tells the story in words and music. Youcan still buy the album on CD today.

The War of the Worlds


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UUnniitt 33 TTeessttGGrraammmmaarr➊ Write sentences. Use the present perfect

and the extra word.

she/eat/an apple (just)

She’s just eaten an apple.

1 I/buy/a DVD (never)

2 we/not hear/his latest song (yet)

3 she/do/a concert in London (already)

4 they/record/a new CD (just)

5 you/listen/to jazz? (ever)

?

6 he/arrive/in London? (yet)

?


➋ Complete the sentences. Use the presentperfect with for or since.

The singer has been (be) on stage for half an hour.

1 I (like) Coldplay

I was ten. They’re a great band.

2 My friend (have) his guitar

October.

3 I (want) to be a pop star

ages.

4 She (know) her music

teacher last year.

5 We (be) in the school

band nine months.

6 My brothers (play) the

piano three years.

7 He (study) music

2001.


VVooccaabbuullaarryy➌ Complete the sentences. Use the correct

noun form of the verbs.

1 My dad’s got five hundred CDs in his

(collect).

2 When I’m older, I want to be a TV

(present).

3 Mrs Brown wanted to speak to the

(organize) of the concert, but he

was on holiday.

4 There were sixteen teams in the basketball

(compete).

5 Who was the (manage) of the

England football team at the 2006 World Cup.

6 My favourite band came to our town. We saw

their last (perform).



1 It’s exciting when bands perform

on stage.

2 Everyone when the band

finished playing.

3 My mum plays the violin and the flute.

music is her favourite type of

music.

4 You have to be if you want to

sing in front of an audience.

5 Our school collected money on World Poverty Day.

We more than £300.

6 We don’t use our piano very often, so it gets very

.





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VVooccaabbuullaarryy➌ Complete the sentences. Use the correct

form of get and the words in the box.

1 Lisa leaves school at four o’clock and she

at half past four.

2 I’m too tired to walk. Let’s the

.

3 My best friend is on holiday in London. I hope I’ll

an from him soon.

4 Can you my ,

please? It’s cold in here.

5 My sister when people laugh at

her.

6 I don’t with James. We often

have arguments.



1 The man spent three hours in a

after the police arrested him.

2 Where’s the ? I want to switch

off the television.

3 The are interesting. People give

their opinions about things in the magazine.

4 If you’re worried, why don’t you write to the

? Maybe you’ll get some good

advice.

5 I like hearing about the lives of the stars, so I

always read the .

6 There are lots of pictures in a ,

so it’s easy to read.


UUnniitt 44 TTeessttGGrraammmmaarr➊ Complete the dialogue. Use the past simple

or present perfect.

Mark Oh, no! I can’t find my magazine. I think

I 1 (lose) it.

2 you

(see) it, Jane?

Jane Not today. I 3 (read) a

story in your magazine on Sunday, but I

4 (not see) it since then.

Mark Oh, I remember! I 5 (take)

it to school two days ago because Simon

6 (want) to borrow it.

He 7 (not give) it

back to me yet.


➋ Complete the sentences. Use the presentperfect or present perfect continuous.

1 I never (have) a

pet.

2 My sister (work) as a

reporter all summer. She's enjoying the job.

3 I (study) hard because

I’ve got exams soon.

4 We already

(see) that film.

5 I (finish) my lunch. Come

on! Let’s go!

6 The grass is wet. It (rain)

all morning.



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33––44 PPrrooggrreessss tteessttVVooccaabbuullaarryy➊ Complete the table.

verbs nouns (people) nouns (things)

compete competitor 1

collect 2 collection

perform performer 3

organize 4 organization

present presenter 5


➋ Replace the underlined words with thewords in the box.

We usually get home at five o’clock.

arrive

1 What presents did you get for your birthday?

2 I try to get on with everyone in my class.

3 I’ll get you a present from France.

4 People in cities get used to traffic noise.

5 Let’s get the train to London. It’s faster than the bus.


➌ Complete the sentences with the words inthe box.

1 Your tells you what will

happen to you in the future.

2 People who buy a magazine write the

.

3 A uses pictures to tell a

story.

4 People write about difficult situations on the

.

5 A has lots of news about

famous people.



1 Jane likes music. Her favourite

singers are Beyoncé and Britney Spears.

a classical b folk c pop

2 We a lot of money for poor

children.

a cheered b raised c snapped

3 comes out of a volcano when it

erupts.

a lava b soap c code

4 We use a to switch on the DVD

player.

a code word b colleague c remote control

5 When there isn’t any rain in summer, the roads get

very .

a confident b dusty c live


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➐ Choose the correct alternatives.

1 We’ve lived / We lived in a flat for years, but now

we live in a house.

2 John started his homework an hour ago, but

he’s already finished / he already finished it.

3 Have you stayed / Did you stay at home last

weekend?

4 Melissa has been / was in the school band for six

months, and she really loves it.

5 We were in London last week, but we haven’t seen/ didn’t see the Robbie Williams concert.


➑ Complete the text. Use the present perfector present perfect continuous.

I’m really tired! I 1 (work)

hard for ages because I’ve got a lot of exams

this week. I 2 (already

have) two exams. The English exam was easy,

but the maths exam was terrible! I’ve got a

French exam tomorrow and I’m quite worried

about it. I 3 (study)

French for years, but I’m not very good at it. My

brother 4 (visit) France

two or three times, and he speaks the language

quite well. I 5 (ask) him

to help me, but he’s very busy this evening.

I hope it’s an easy exam!



GGrraammmmaarr➎ Complete the dialogue. Use the present

perfect.

Mike 1 you

(hear) the new Kaiser Chiefs CD?

Suzie Yes, I 2 (already

buy) it. It’s great!

Mike 3 you

(ever be) to one of

their concerts?

Suzie No, they 4

(never have) a concert in my town. But

I 5 (see) them

three or four times on TV.


➏ Write questions with How long … ? Thencomplete the answers with for or since.

you/know/your best friend?

How long have you known your best friend?For three years.

1 you/have/your guitar?

?

I was 12.

2 she/play/the flute?

?

six months.

3 Peter/know/your cousin?

?

2005.

4 you/want/to be a singer?

?

last year.

5 they/study/English?

?

a long time.





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➓ Complete the sentences with words from the

text.

1 My hands are dirty. Where’s the s__________ ?

2 I missed the bus, but I still m__________ to get to

school on time. In fact, I was early.

3 We’ve got p__________ of coffee. We don’t need

any more.

4 I went to the bank and spoke to the m_________

in his office.


➒ Read the text and answer the questions.

1 What did Bill buy at the supermarket?

2 What was the woman doing when Bill first saw

her?

3 What problem did the woman have?

4 How did Bill help her?

5 How did Bill help her on the way to the check-out?

6 How much did the woman pay for her shopping?


There’s been a mistake!Last week, Bill Jackson went into a supermarketto buy some milk and some eggs. When hewent to the fridge to get the milk, he noticedan old woman. She was walking slowly andpushing a heavy trolley. The trolley was full ofshopping. She smiled at Bill as she went past,and Bill smiled at her. Then he went to find theeggs.

When Bill turned the corner, he saw thesame woman again. She was trying to get apacket of soap off a shelf, but she couldn’treach it.

‘Can I help you?’ asked Bill.‘Yes, please,’ said the woman. ‘I want one of

those packets of soap on the top shelf, but theshelf is too high for me. Could you get it forme, please?’

Bill isn’t very tall, but he reached up andmanaged to get the packet of soap for her.Then they walked together towards the check-out. Bill pushed the woman’s trolley for her,and she walked beside him.

At the check-out, they stood and talkedtogether like old friends. ‘I’ve bought plenty offood today and I’ve got some lovely presentsfor the family, too,’ the woman said. ‘I’m so

pleased that you could help me.’ Bill smiled asshe left the shop with three big bags ofshopping.

Bill didn’t smile when he gave his eggs andmilk to the girl at the check-out. She told himto pay £94! ‘There’s been a mistake!’ he said,and he pointed at his two things. ‘Oh, no,’ saidthe girl. ‘The lady hasn’t paid for her shopping.You’re going to pay. That’s what she said. If youdon’t pay now, I’ll call the manager.’


VVooccaabbuullaarryy➌ Complete the words.

1 Don’t go near that snake. It’s p .

It can kill you.

2 There are lots of t birds in our

garden. They come close to us and we can feed

them.

3 Lions are very f . Other animals

are afraid of them.

4 Some spiders are dangerous, but most of them

are h .

5 I don’t think tigers and other w

animals should live in zoos.

6 Rabbits are g creatures. They

aren’t aggressive.



1 When I walked into the room, Tina

at me in surprise. ‘What are you

doing here?’ she asked.

2 Can you help me to understand this map? I’m

!

3 The was moving slowly through

the water. We could see its eight long arms.

4 People use to cut down trees.

5 Wildlife parks do very important

work.

6 Your aunts, uncles and grandparents are your

.


UUnniitt 55 TTeessttGGrraammmmaarr➊ Complete the text. Use the past perfect.

I’m really interested in whales. I went to

South Africa last year to see them. A friend

1 (tell) me to go to

Plettenberg Bay, so one afternoon I took a boat

trip there. The weather was great, but I think I

was lucky. The week before my trip, there

2 (be) a lot of fog, and

the boat 3 (not go) out

to sea. I had a great day. I saw four whales

in the bay, and we got very close to them.

I 4 (not see) a whale

before. I 5 (read) books

about whales, but I 6

(not realize) that they were so big. They were really

fantastic!


➋ Complete the dialogue. Use the past perfector past simple.

Susie We 1 (have) a great

time at the Addo Elephant Park last month.

Dave Wow! How many elephants 2

you (see)?

Susie About 20. Most people see more, but it

was very wet that morning because it

3 (rain) all night.

The rain 4 (stop)

by the time we got there, but most of the

elephants were still in the forest. They

5 (want) to keep

warm and dry, I think!

Dave 6 you (visit)

the park before?

Susie No. Six weeks ago, we

7 (not hear) about it.




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UUnniitt 66 TTeessttGGrraammmmaarr➊ Complete the sentences. Use the past

perfect or past perfect continuous.

1 I didn’t answer your e-mail this morning because I

(not read) it.

2 Harry was very tired when we saw him. He

(walk) for two hours.

3 When she arrived at school, Annie realized that

she (leave) her jacket at

home.

4 The bus finally arrived. We

(stand) at the bus stop for half an hour.

5 Before I started the book, Chris

already (finish) it.

6 The dinner was ready. Mum

(cook) it a few hours earlier.

7 Dad’s clothes were dirty because he

(work) in the garage all day.


➋ Complete the sentences with reflexivepronouns and the verbs in the box.

Suzie burnt herself last night while she was

cooking.

1 I with a knife when I

was making the dinner.

2 We at John’s party

yesterday.

3 Tina when she fell

off her bicycle.

4 Mike was wet when he got home. He

in front of the fire.

5 You when you

watched that horror film on TV!

6 The children without any help

from their mum.




VVooccaabbuullaarryy➌ Complete the words in the text.

Come to Brighton!

Brighton is a fantastic seaside town in Britain.

It’s a very 1l place, too. There

are lots of cafés and bars, and there’s a lot to

do in the the evening. In summer, there are

hundreds of visitors, and the beach is very

2c . Many people take photos

of Brighton’s 3p old buildings.

There are also lots of things for children to do,

so Brighton is very 4p with

families. The city centre isn’t very

5p because there isn’t much

traffic. In fact, it’s very clean!

If you like walking, you can leave the city very

easily. There’s a lot of 6u

countryside nearby.

Come to Brighton this summer for a great

holiday!



1 They thought they saw water in the desert, but it

was only a .

2 study the stars.

3 My grandparents’ house is very .

It’s a long way from the nearest village.

4 People like swimming in

because the warm water is good for them.

5 When we went to the beach, I drew some

in the sand.

6 You need special snowshoes to walk on a

.


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➌ Complete the words.

1 l

2 c

3 p

4 d

5 p



1 When we were in the desert, we climbed an

enormous .

a dune b glacier c mirage

2 Farmers grow on their land.

a chainsaws b crops c erosion

3 Which answer is the correct one? I’m

.

a confused b conquered c echoed

4 Nick at himself in the mirror.

a realized b spun c stared

5 I’ve got in the United States. My

aunt and uncle live there.

a astronomers b beaches c relatives


55––66 PPrrooggrreessss tteessttVVooccaabbuullaarryy➊ Complete the sentences.

1 A is a sea creature with six legs

and two arms. It's got a hard shell.

2 A has five arms, and it’s flat.

3 A floats in the water. It can hurt

you if you touch it.

4 A is very intelligent, and it can

jump out of the water.

5 A is a sea creature with four legs

and a shell. It lays it’s eggs on land.


➋ Complete the sentences with the words fromthe box.

1 Cows eat grass and giraffes eat leaves. They’re

both animals.

2 The birds in the park often eat food from my hand.

They’re very .

3 Don’t be frightened of that snake. It’s

.

4 Lions hunt other creatures for food because

they’re animals.

5 Orang utans are animals. They

live in the forest.


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GGrraammmmaarr➎ Complete the sentences. Use the past

simple or past perfect.

1 I (study) orang utans for

years before I saw them in Borneo.

2 By the time I got my camera out, the dolphins

(swim) away.

3 After we’d come back from our trip, we

(tell) our friends about it.

4 I didn’t go to the cinema with my friends because I

(already/see) the film.

5 She (not come) to the

concert last night because she hadn’t bought a

ticket.


➏ Choose the correct alternatives.

1 I arrived late, and Julie wasn’t very happy. She’d

waited / been waiting for ages.

2 My dad hadn’t seen / been seeing a shark before

he went to South Africa.

3 I’d swum / been swimming for half an hour when I

started to get cold.

4 Emma hadn’t met / been meeting Paul before he

came to her school.

5 I’d visited / been visiting two or three zoos, but

that was my first trip to a safari park.


➐ Complete the sentences with the words inthe box.

1 I’d like to buy for my sister’s

birthday.

2 We didn’t know about the test because

had told us.

3 There’s to buy petrol here. We’ll

have to drive to the next town.

4 My brother loves food! He always eats

on his plate.

5 I hope we go interesting at the

weekend.


➑ Complete the text with reflexive pronouns.

I stayed with my cousin Tom at the weekend,

but we didn’t have a very good time. I hurt

1 when I fell out of bed. Later,

Tom cut 2 when he was

making lunch. My aunt was trying to teach

3 Italian, but she wasn’t very

good at it. She wasn’t very cheerful. In the

evening, we frightened 4 when

we watched a horror film. I couldn’t sleep all

night!

My parents had a better time than we did.

They went to a party on Saturday night and

they really enjoyed 5 .



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➓ Complete the sentences with words from thetext.

1 P are animals that kill and eat

other animals.

2 My grandparents’ house is very i ,

so they have no near neighbours.

3 Sunglasses give us p for our eyes

in summer.

4 Don’t go near that dog. It’s very f .


➒ Read the text and choose the correct answer.

1 Polar bears usually catch seals …

a when they swim under water.

b at holes in the ice.

c on land.

2 The weather around the Arctic Ocean has

become …

a worse.

b colder.

c warmer.

3 Fifty years ago, there …

a was more ice.

b weren’t many seals.

c wasn’t much ice.

4 In spring it’s now …

a easier for bears to hunt seals.

b harder for bears to hunt seals.

c impossible to find any seals.

5 Because polar bears are hungry, they’ve been …

a looking for other types of food.

b eating more meat.

c eating other sea creatures.

6 People in Churchill are afraid that polar bears …

a may destroy their houses.

b may eat other animals.

c may attack them.


Polar bears live around the Arctic Ocean, inAlaska, northern Canada and Russia. They’rebeautiful wild animals, and they’re the biggestland predators on Earth. Sadly, they’re alsoendangered animals.

Seals are polar bears’ main food. Polar bears areendangered because it’s becoming more difficultfor them to catch the seals. The bears wait onthe frozen Arctic Ocean and catch the sealswhen they come up through holes in the ice.They can only reach the seals when the sea isfrozen, but the world’s weather is changing.World temperatures are getting higher, and thesea ice in the Arctic is getting thinner. Insummer, the bears can’t walk over the ice, andso they can’t catch seals. Spring ice is alsogetting thinner, so it’s becoming harder to catchseals in spring, too.

A new report says that the amount of ice in theArctic has become more than 25% smaller inthe past half-century. As a result, the bears arehungry. They have started to come into townsto look for food. Some polar bears have evenentered houses! People in Arctic towns must bevery careful because bears can attack and killhumans. In the small, isolated Canadian town ofChurchill, parents are now taking their childrento school to give them protection from attacksby bears.

Polar bears are very big and very fierce, butthey're also very beautiful creatures. Protectingthe polar bears’ Arctic habitat is important forbears and people.

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UUnniitt 77 TTeessttGGrraammmmaarr➊ Write sentences. Use the first conditional.

1 if I/not like/the programme/I/not watch/it

2 we/play/football tomorrow/if it/be/a nice day

3 I/fail/my exam/unless I/work/hard

4 if my sister/stay/at home this evening/she/

watch/TV

5 Tom/not go/to school tomorrow/unless he/

feel/better

6 if they/pass/their exams/they/celebrate


➋ Complete the sentences. Use the first orsecond conditional.

1 My parents (buy) a better

car if they had more money.

2 What will happen if you

(not do) your homework tomorrow?

3 If you were a TV star, how you

(spend) your money?

4 It (not take) long to do my

homework if you help me.

5 How would you feel if you

(win) a prize in a competition?

6 I (live) in New York if I

became famous.

7 What you (do)

if you stay at home this evening?



If singers record a popular CD, they become

very well-known. If they 1g on

tour and visit different cities, fans come to see

them and ask them to 2s their

autograph. Sometimes singers

3w an award for a very

successful song or CD, and then they

4a on TV to receive the award.

Some singers earn a fortune, but they also

5s a fortune on houses, cars

and clothes. Sometimes they even

6h a private jet to travel around

the world.



1 Gina won the first of the TV quiz

show, so she’s going to appear again next week.

2 This photo isn’t very good. You

when I took it, so your eyes are closed.

3 That boy’s face is . I’m sure I’ve

seen him before.

4 When Amanda left the airport, her

was waiting to drive her home.

5 I didn’t want to be late, so I up

the stairs.

6 Mike is really excited because he’s got a big

in the school play.



VVooccaabbuullaarryy➌ Look at the pictures and write the correct

words.

1 .

2 .

3 .

4 .

5 .

6 .



1 Tim is a sports teacher. He the

school football team.

2 My uncle has been since he was

twenty. He could see when he was a child.

3 Our teachers us to work hard.

4 I had a great holiday in Britain. It was a good

to practise my English.

5 We were all very when out team

didn’t win.

6 Kate was with her brother when

he lost her mobile phone.


UUnniitt 88 TTeessttGGrraammmmaarr➊ Rewrite the sentences. Use the third

conditional.

I didn’t run fast, so I didn’t win the race.

If I had run fast, I would have won the race.

1 The trainers were expensive, so I didn’t buy them.

2 I trained hard and I won the race.

3 I was last in the race. That’s why I was upset.

4 Tim performed brilliantly. He won the gold medal.

5 We didn’t score a goal, so we lost the match.

6 Lucy wasn’t fit. She didn’t finish the race.

7 He was ill, so he didn’t perform well.


➋ Choose the correct alternatives.

1 My football boots are very old. I wish / I’d better

I had some new ones.

2 I’m not very fit. I’d rather / I'd better go to

the gym.

3 I don’t like football. I’d rather / I’d better play

basketball.

4 We don’t live near the sports stadium. I wish /

I’d better we lived nearer.

5 I always get nervous before a race. I wish / I’d

better relax.

6 I don’t like running. I’d rather / I’d better swim.




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77––88 PPrrooggrreessss tteessttVVooccaabbuullaarryy➊ Complete the text.

If I won the 1 , I’d be very rich.

I’m sure I’d 2 a fortune on

clothes! I’d move out of our small house and

live in an enormous 3 with

my family. I’d buy a limousine, and a

4 would drive me everywhere.

Perhaps I’d even 5 a private jet

for my holidays.


➋ Complete the sentences with the words inthe box.

1 I was very before the exam.

Geography isn’t my best subject, and I hadn’t

done much work.

2 I thought I might fail the exam, but I was

when I discovered that I’d

passed.

3 I was really when my pet died,

but my teacher was very kind to me.

4 I was very when I won the

school music competition.

5 I was when the teacher didn’t

like my project about animals.


➌ Write the correct words.

1 4

2 5

3



1 Lisa for a part in a play.

a auditioned b awarded c encouraged

2 My aunt uses a wheelchair because she’s

.

a cross b disabled c hurried

3 I think I’ve read this book before. It’s very

.

a blinked b familiar c glamorous

4 Steve went up to the second of

the competition, but he didn’t reach the final.

a blind b discomfort c round

5 Our teacher helps us when we make mistakes.

She doesn’t us.

a coach b challenge c criticize


relieved disappointed nervous pleased upset

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➌

➎

➍


➐ Complete the sentences. Use the thirdconditional.

If you hadn’t waved (wave), we wouldn’t have seen(not see) you.

1 I (speak)

to the boy if I

(remember) his name.

2 My mum

(pass) her driving test if she

(not be) so nervous.

3 I (not win)

the competition if I

(not train) hard.

4 She (be) famous if

she (win) Pop

Idol.

5 My mobile phone

(not break) if I

(not drop) it.


➑ Complete the sentences with wish, ’d ratheror ’d better.

1 The exams are beginning next week.

I do some work.

2 I do experiments in science

lessons than listen to the teacher all the time.

3 It’s my cousin’s birthday on Saturday, but

I I didn’t have to go to

her party.

4 You hurry if you don’t

want to be late!

5 I don’t want to watch a DVD this evening.

I listen to some music.



GGrraammmmaarr➎ Complete the dialogue. Use the first

conditional.

Jim Who do you think will win the match

tomorrow?

Alex We 1 (win) if we

2 (play) well. We’re

the best team in the competition. And if

Joey Brown 3 (score)

another goal, it 4

(be) his thirtieth goal this season. That will

be a new club record.

Jim A lot of his fans are coming to see this

match. They 5 (go)

home disappointed if he 6

(not get) a goal.

Alex That’s right! Quite honestly, I 7

(be) very surprised if we

8 (lose) the match. If

we 9 (score) in the

first few minutes, the other team

10 (have) a very

difficult time tomorrow!

1 MARK FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER TOTAL / 10

➏ Write sentences. Use the secondconditional.

If he/be/famous/he/have/lots of fans

If he was famous, he would have lots of fans.

1 If she/win/an award/she/appear/on TV

2 She/score/more goals/if she/hit/the ball harder

3 If they/go/on tour/they/visit/a lot of cities

4 His feet/not hurt/if he/wear/ bigger boots

5 If they/sell/millions of CDs/they/earn/a fortune





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1 Professional footballers earn a f .

2 When we were on holiday, we had the

o to have a ride in a helicopter.

3 Strong wind and heavy rain can r

a holiday.

4 Film stars spend a lot of money, and lots of them

have very g lives.


➒ Read the text. Are the sentences true orfalse?

1 The woman didn’t want magazine readers to

know her real identity.

2 She’s been rich for three months.

3 If her husband knew about the lottery win, he

would continue to work.

4 She hasn’t stopped working since her lottery win.

5 She hasn’t spent a lot of money since her lottery

win.

6 The woman thinks that the money has destroyed

their life.


A £2 million secretWhat would you do if you won the lottery? Would you tell your friends? Some lotterywinners don’t want the newspapers to know their names, but they usually share the newswith their families and friends. But one winner hasn’t told anyone. We interviewed her lastweek. We can’t tell readers the woman’s real name, so we've called her ‘Nicola’.

Nicola has got a fortune in the bank, but no one knows about it. She won £2 million in thelottery three months ago, but she didn’t want the money to change her life, so she didn’ttell anyone: not even her husband! Nicola didn’t want to tell him because she didn’t wanthim to leave his job. Nicola’s husband didn’t use to work. He stayed at home for nearlyfour years and watched TV all day! Eventually he found a job, and now he’s a much nicerand happier person. ‘That’s why I decided not to tell him about the money,’ Nicola said. ‘I

was afraid it would change our lives. He would have used the lottery money as anopportunity to stop work again. I don’t want him to be lazy and unhappy again. I didn’twant to ruin the life that we’ve got now.’

So how does Nicola keep her secret? Nicola still has a job, but now she doesn’t go to workevery day. She tells her husband that she's doing more of her work at home. The family goout together a lot more and they've got new clothes. She pretends that she's managed tosave the money for these things.

‘Are you happy?’ we asked her. ‘Yes,’ Nicola answered. 'I don’t have to worry about moneynow, and that’s nice. But nothing else has changed. Sometimes I buy things secretly, but Idon’t spend a lot of money. We don’t need glamorous clothes and expensive holidays.’


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UUnniitt 99 TTeessttGGrraammmmaarr➊ Change the direct speech into reported

speech.

Ben ‘I’m interested in famous criminals.’

Ben said he was interested in famous criminals.

1 Anna ‘I want to be a police officer.’

2 Paul ‘I’m reading a book about gangsters.’

3 Nick ‘I’ve seen The Gangs of New York on DVD.’

4 Jane ‘I’ll explain the story.’

5 Tim ‘I didn’t read the story about Frank Abagnale.’

6 Helen ‘I don’t know anyone in prison.’

7 Michael ‘I’ve never been to New York.’


➋ Complete the sentences. Use told or askedand the correct form of the verb.

‘Leave your coat on the chair.’

He told me to leave my coat on the chair.

1 ‘Please sit down.’

She us down.

2 ‘Be quiet!’

Dad me quiet.

3 ‘Please put your rubbish in the bin.’

The teacher us

our rubbish in the bin.

4 ‘Don’t talk in the library.’

The woman us

in the library.

5 ‘What are you doing?’

He me what I .

6 ‘Do you like gangster films?’

She me if I

gangster films.



Last week a robber 1s £500,000

from the bank. The police 2c him,

but they couldn’t catch him. He didn’t want

anyone to find him, so he 3h in an

empty garage. The police 4s

everywhere for him. At first, they couldn’t find

him. Then they heard a noise in the garage, and

they found the robber inside. They

5a him and took him to the police

station. Later, a witness 6i the

man. ‘That’s him!’ she said. ‘That’s the bank

robber!’



1 A woman stole things from a supermarket. Her

crime was .

2 Three people saw what happened during a bank

robbery. They the crime.

3 The police are coming. Let’s

of here!

4 A man killed someone. The police arrested him for

.

5 The criminals made false passports. They also

cheques and ID cards.

6 A came into our house and stole

our TV.





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UUnniitt 1100 TTeessttGGrraammmmaarr➊ Complete the sentences with who, which,

whose, where or when.

1 Hollywood is a place they make

lots of films.

2 Mariah Carey is a singer comes

from the USA.

3 Coffee is a crop grows in South

America.

4 Elvis Presley was the singer

home was called Graceland.

5 1969 was the year astronauts

first visited the moon.

6 Alaska is a state has very cold

weather.

7 Keira Knightley is an actress is

famous all over the world.


➋ Join the sentences. Use who, which, whose,where or when.

My mum speaks Japanese. It’s a difficult language.

My mum speaks Japanese, which is a difficult language.

1 Roberto is in my class. He comes from Italy.

2 The Statue of Liberty came to the USA from

France. It’s in New York.

3 We’re going to Sweden. My penfriend lives there.

4 My parents met in 1991. My mum was twenty then.

5 In India there are more than one billion people.

English is an official language there.

6 My sister was born in 1998. Her name is Lisa.


VVooccaabbuullaarryy➌ Choose the correct alternatives.

It’s 1rather/slightly cloudy today and it’s 2 a little/

extremely cold. Phil’s books are 3 quite/very

heavy, and he’s feeling 4 a bit/very miserable.

Carla is 5 very/slightly happy because she’s got

6 extremely/ fairly good marks in her test.


➍ Complete the text with the words in the box.

James's mum is from Spain and his dad is

American. He’s 1 , but he

speaks Spanish with an American

2 . He likes reading

3 in English, but sometimes he

buys magazines in Spanish. James usually

4 with his friends after school,

but today he wants to buy some CDs at the

music 5 . It’s too far to walk,

so he’s going to take the 6 .


accent bilingual hangs outstore subway novels


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➌ Replace the underlined words with thewords in the box. Use each word only once.

1 She’s quite tired.

2 He’s really angry.

3 It’s fairly interesting.

4 He’s a bit worried.

5 It’s very windy.



1 When the fire alarm rang, we for

the exit.

a headed b pressed c stole

2 Flowers very quickly in the

summer.

a get out b grow c turn

3 My dad’s hair was black, but it

grey two years ago.

a pretended b turned c identified

4 My sister loves dancing to music.

a novels b tribes c reggae

5 New words are all the time.

a created b forged c pressed


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99––1100 PPrrooggrreessss tteessttVVooccaabbuullaarryy➊ Complete the text with the correct form of

the words in the box.

Last week Helen Baxter 1 a

robbery. She was looking out of her window when

she saw two men in a garden across the street.

They had just come out of a house, and they

had 2 a TV and a DVD player.

Helen phoned the police, and they

3 the area, but the robbers had

already 4 . A week later, the

police 5 the men and Helen

identified them.


➋ Are the underlined words British orAmerican English?

I saw Jason at the movie theater last night.

American

1 Do you want fries with your burger?

2 I’ll get a taxi. It’s faster than the underground.

3 When did you make these cookies?

4 There’s a sports store near my house.

5 Let’s buy some sweets before we go into school.




GGrraammmmaarr➎ Change John’s words into reported speech.

1 John said

2 He said

3 He said

4 He said

5 He said


➏ Read the conversation and complete thesentences.

Teacher 1Please listen. 2Read the story for

homework.

Ben 3Is it very long?

Teacher No, it isn’t. But 4don’t forget the

grammar exercises.

Alice 5How many exercises are there?

1 The teacher asked the class .

2 She told them

.

3 Ben asked .

4 The teacher said it wasn’t. Then she told them

.

5 Alice asked

.


➐ Complete the text with who, which, whose,when or where.

Last week I met Paula. She’s a girl

1 brother is quite famous. He’s

a footballer 2 plays for

Newcastle United. It’s a team 3

is in the north of England. It was my birthday

4 I met Paula. I was in the shop

5 my cousin works. He

introduced me to her.


➑ Join the sentences. Use who, which, whose,when or where.

Rome is a great city. It’s the capital of Italy.

Rome, which is the capital of Italy, is a great city.

1 This book is very interesting. I bought it last week.

2 Gateshead is a really dull place. My aunt lives

there.

3 James Blunt used to go to our school. He’s a

singer now.

4 We're going on holiday in August. My dad doesn’t

work then.

5 My cousin lives in New York. Her name is Petra.


Is that the police? 1I’m phoning about an

accident. 2I can see two cars in the

street. 3One of them is on the wrong

side of the road.4It’s hit the other car.5I’ll go and see if anyone is hurt.


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➒ Read the text. Are the sentences true orfalse?

1 Chaudron forged six paintings, which went to the

United States.

2 Perugia worked at the Louvre Museum.

3 After Perugia had stolen the painting, he gave it

to Valfierno.

4 Valfierno found six people who wanted to buy the

Mona Lisa.

5 Valfierno didn’t earn much money from selling the

forgeries.

6 The buyers didn’t tell the police about Valfierno.


Selling the Mona LisaIn 1911, a con man called Eduardo de Valfiernothought of a plan to steal the world-famouspainting, the Mona Lisa. He also planned to sellsix copies of it to six different people!

In Paris, Valfierno found a very talented forgercalled Yves Chaudron. He asked Chaudron topaint six copies of the Mona Lisa. When he hadfinished, these six copies headed for the USA.

When the forgeries had left France, Valfiernoset out to steal the real painting. He hired aburglar called Vincenzo Perugia. Perugiapretended to be a worker at the LouvreMuseum. He easily took the Mona Lisa off thewall. Nobody asked him any questions.

Valfierno paid Perugia plenty of money, and hetold Perugia he could keep the real painting.Valfierno only wanted the world to know it hadbeen stolen. He wanted to sell the forgeries tosix buyers, who all thought they were gettingthe real painting. It was a brilliant plan! Noneof the six buyers got professional advice abouttheir painting. If they had asked experts to lookat it, they would have known they had boughta forgery.

➓ Complete the sentences with words fromthe text.

1 A c is someone who cheats people

to get their money.

2 We set off in our boat and h for

the island.

3 When my mum came into my bedroom, I

p to be asleep.

4 We left the resort at eight o’clock in the morning.

We e got home at midnight.


Valfierno probably earned more than twomillion dollars by selling his six forgeries.Perugia, the thief, made a mistake. He tried tosell the real painting. He was arrested andsent to prison. The real Mona Lisa waseventually returned to the Louvre. Valfiernocontinued his life of crime, and the six buyersnever said a word!


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UUnniitt 1111 TTeessttGGrraammmmaarr➊ Write sentences. Use the correct form of the

passive.

We use too much water.

Too much water is used.

1 We throw away a lot of bottles.

2 We planted some trees.

3 We will solve the problem.

4 We have built millions of houses.

5 We don’t use bicycles often enough.

6 We’re producing pollution.

7 We will recycle more rubbish.


➋ Complete the sentences. Use the correctform of have something done.

My gran’s got a big garden. She had some treesplanted (some trees/plant) last week.

1 Emma goes to the hairdresser’s quite often. She

usually

(her hair/cut) once a month.

2 I can’t use the Internet this week. We

(our

computer/fix) at the moment.

3 Look! I just

(my photos/print).

4 Alex needs glasses. He

(his eyes/test) yesterday.

5 If my grandfather comes to live with us next year,

we

(a new bedroom/build) for him.

6 Do you like the colour of these walls? Mum

(the

room/paint) last week.


VVooccaabbuullaarryy➌ Complete the sentences with the noun form

of the verbs in the box.

1 Sarah is still angry with Joe. They had a big

yesterday.

2 I want to find out about recycling centres. Can you

give me some ?

3 Some wild animals are in danger. They need

special .

4 We’ve just heard that they’re going to make a film

in our town! It’s creating a lot of .

5 I didn’t understand the meaning of ‘hurricane’, so

I asked our teacher for an .

6 The floods caused a lot of .


➍ Match the pictures with the words in the box.

1 2

3 4

5 6


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UUnniitt 1122 TTeessttGGrraammmmaarr➊ Complete the sentences. Use have to, don’t

have to or mustn’t.

At my school we 1 wear

a school uniform. We can wear ordinary shirts,

jumpers and trousers. Of course we

2 wear clean clothes – we

3 come to school with

dirty shoes, for example.

Girls 4 wear trousers –

they can wear skirts if they want to. Their skirts

can be fairly short, but they 5

be too short. My friend Sophie 6

wear trousers at school because all her skirts

are too short!


➋ Choose the correct alternatives.

1 I left my bag at school yesterday, so I wasn’t ableto do / might not have done my homework last

night.

2 I went to school yesterday, but I felt ill. I had tostay / should have stayed at home.

3 Anna couldn’t have washed / might have washedthe dishes yesterday evening. She was out at a

party.

4 I thought the test was easy, but I might have made /should have made some mistakes.

5 We had to write / were able to write a story for

homework yesterday.

6 Jack was dishonest. He ought to have taken /shouldn’t have taken the money.

7 I can’t find my maths book. I was able to leave /might have left it at home.


VVooccaabbuullaarryy➌ Complete the sentences.

1 They when they meet.

2 He when he’s tired.

3 She when she’s happy.

4 They when they’re at a bus stop.

5 She when she sees a friend.

6 She the baby every night.


➍ Complete the text with the words in the box.

There are a few 1 rules in our

family. First of all, we mustn’t be

2 . My dad gets furious if we

aren’t polite. We can choose our clothes, but I

mustn’t 3 my hair or wear

make-up. Mum says I’m too young, and I

4 that. I also have a few

5 to do every day. For example,

I have to do the washing up with my brother

after dinner. It takes a long time because we

haven’t got a 6 .


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1111––1122 PPrrooggrreessss tteessttVVooccaabbuullaarryy➊ Write words for the definitions.

1 A lot of water that covers fields and houses.

2 A very bad snow storm.

3 When small pieces of ice fall from the sky.

4 A very strong wind which blows in a circle.

5 A long time without rain.


➋ Complete the text. Use the noun form of theverbs in the box.

I watched The Animal Programme last night. It

was about two children who work for an

environmental 1 group. The

children were very clever, and their

2 of global warming was very

clear. I learnt a lot. I’ve got a lot of

3 for my school project now.

At the end of the programme, there was a lot

of 4 because one of the

children had a bad 5 with a

man who left rubbish in a park. The man was

very angry, and he was shouting a lot. I was

really worried!


➌ Complete the sentences with the words inthe box.

1 Don’t at me! I heard you the first

time.

2 We often when we’re bored or

tired.

3 Lots of people wanted to buy tickets for the

concert. We had to for ages.

4 Your aunt is leaving now. Come and

to her from the window.

5 Dad’s friends usually hands with

him when they meet him.



1 The sea was almost frozen, and there were some

in the water.

a chemicals b icebergs c reservoirs

2 At my school, you don’t have to study history. It’s

.

a optional b basic c rude

3 There are only a few rules at our school, but some

people still them.

a accept b ignore c vanish

4 Please stand when I’m talking to

you!

a dye b equal c still

5 I don’t have many to do at home.

a pupils b dishwashers c duties


argue explain excite inform protect

queue shake shout wave yawn



GGrraammmmaarr➎ Write sentences. Use the correct form of the

passive.

1 a new road/build/last year

2 millions of bottles/recycle/every year

3 too much rubbish/produce/at the moment

4 the new recycling centre/not finish/yet

5 a conservation area/create/next year


➏ Complete the sentences. Use the correctform of have something done.

1 I read a magazine while I

(my hair/cut) yesterday.

2 We

(a cake/make) for Mum’s birthday last week.

3 We

(our house/paint) at the moment.

4 The teacher

(the answers/photocopy) after

we did the test.

5 My gran

(her housework/do) every week because she’s

disabled.


➐ Complete the sentences with the words inthe box.

1 You be late for lessons.

2 You hurt yourself if you

fall off that wall.

3 I be at school tomorrow.

I’m not feeling very well.

4 You use a dictionary, but it

might be a good idea.

5 You wear a hat if it's very

hot and sunny.


➑ Choose the correct alternatives.

We get maths homework every week. Last

week we 1had to answer / might have

answered twenty questions, but they were too

difficult for me. I 2didn’t have to / wasn’t able

to answer them. My sister 3might be / might

have been able to help, but I didn’t want to ask

her. I 4should have asked / oughtn’t to have

asked my brother. He was out with his friends,

but I 5didn’t have to wait / ought to have

waited until he got home. I answered the

questions myself, and all my answers were

wrong.


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6 In 2004, people drank …

a more bottled water in Britain than in Italy.

b a lot more bottled water than in 1999.

c 154 billion litres of bottled water in Italy.



1 We produce things like cars and motorbikes in

f .

2 It’s sometimes hard to see the sun in this city

because of the p in the air.

3 I joined a c group last week

because I want to protect the environment.

4 I only wanted some b information

about global warming, but she didn’t know anything.


➒ Read the text and choose the correct answer.

1 Students at Barham college are putting

information …

a on the Internet.

b in shops and supermarkets.

c in newspapers.

2 The transport of bottled water …

a uses a lot of petrol.

b is important for our health.

c helps the environment.

3 We could reduce pollution if we …

a drank more bottled water.

b drank tap water.

c didn’t drink tap water.

4 Students at Barham College are …

a all going to stop drinking bottled water.

b going to start a conservation group.

c trying to protect the environment.

5 Tap water …

a is very expensive to produce.

b is damaging the environment.

c is as healthy as bottled water.

Do you drink bottled water? You may not realize that bottledwater is bad for the environment. This is the message on awebsite from Barham College, a school near Birmingham.

John Knowles, who teaches at the school, explains. ‘Bottledwater has to travel a long way from the factories where it'sproduced to the shops where it's sold. Sometimes it travelsaround the world. This uses a huge amount of petrol, and causesa lot of pollution. Plastic bottles are also thrown away as rubbish.Bottled water is something that we don’t need. We could help toprotect the environment if we stopped buying water in bottles.’

‘We’ve got a conservation group here at the school, and we tryto help the environment through our website,’ says AnnaBenning, a student at Barham College. ‘Lots of students at theschool are going to stop drinking bottled water. Bottled watermay not be healthier than basic tap water, and it’s much moreexpensive.’

However, bottled water is popular and many people won't wantto stop drinking it. In 2004, the average British person drank 33litres of bottled water. In Italy, each person drank 200 litres. Intotal, the world drank 154 billion litres – an increase of 54 percent in just five years.

‘On our website we’re asking people not to buy these bottles ofwater,’ says Anna. ‘If lots of people made this decision, theywould help to protect the Earth from global warming.’

Bottled water – a danger to the environment


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