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Listening Vocabulary
1  4.14 Listen and circle the correct options. 3 Complete the table. (5 marks)
(10 marks)
Country Nationalit Languag
New Zealand is y e
A part of Australia. Australia Australian English
B one main island. 1 German
2 the UK
C two main islands. 3 Brazil
1 The majority of the population of New Zealand: 4 Polish
5 French
A is similar to Italy.
6 American
B is of European origin. 7 Spain
C is of Maori origin. 8 Japanese
9 Mandarin
2 The capital city is: 10 Hindi
A Wellington.
B Auckland. 4 Match the verbs (1–6) with words (a–f) to form
C on the south island. expressions. Then write five sentences with the
expressions. (10 marks)
3 In New Zealand:
1 __b__ go a (your) homework
A there is a strong economy.
2 _____ start b to bed
B everyone plays rugby.
3 _____ have c work
C there is a lot of crime.
4 _____ go d breakfast
4 The ‘haka’ is:
5 _____ do e a break
A the New Zealand sport.
6 _____have f home
B a Maori war dance.
1 I go to bed at about ten o’clock.
C a famous rugby team. 2 _______________________________________
5 In New Zealand: 3 _______________________________________
A they make a lot of films. 4 _______________________________________
5 _______________________________________
B the quality of life is good.
6 _______________________________________
C there are lots of cities.

2 Listen again and answer the questions.

5 Complete the sentences with suitable words.
(10 marks)
(5 marks)
How far is New Zealand from Australia?
My mum makes chips with potatoes from our
New Zealand is 2,000 kilometres from Australia.
garden.
1 What is the population of New Zealand?
1 Mandarin and Arabic are _________ of the
___________________________________
future.
2 Where is the capital city?
2 Nearly 8 million _________ live in London.
___________________________________
3 In Britain, _________ start school at the age of
3 Why is New Zealand a safe country?
six.
___________________________________
4 I have _________ in French and German on
4 Who are the All Blacks?
Fridays.
___________________________________
5 There are students from ten different _________
5 What type of scenery is there in New Zealand?
in my class.
___________________________________

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Grammar Reading
9 Read the text. Which sentences are true, false or
6 Complete the text with suitable verbs. Use the not mentioned? Tick the boxes. (10 marks)
present simple. (10 marks)
True False NM
Olivia has a really interesting job. She
1 Mukti lives in a city.   
(1) _________ part-time in an office for foreign
2 He’s got a big family.   
students at the local university. The students
3 He likes animals.   
(2) _________ from many different countries and
4 He has breakfast with his
some of them (3) _________ English very well. The
parents.   
students (4) _________ Olivia because she’s very
5 He goes to school by car.   
kind. Olivia (5) _________ also very intelligent and
6 He goes to the river for a
she (6) _________ Maths at the university. Olivia
bath.   
(7) _________a very long day at the university but
7 Mukti usually eats rice for
she often (8) _________squash or tennis in the
dinner.   
evening. She (9) _________ a lot of friends and at
8 There is no electricity in his
the weekend she (10) _________ time with them.
village.   
9 He watches TV at home.   
10 Mukti wants to leave his
7 Correct the mistakes. (5 marks) country.   
Where Steve lives in Italy?
Where does Steve live in Italy?
10 Answer the questions. (10 marks)
1 My mum make dinner in the evening.
What do Mukti’s parents do?
_________________________
They’re farmers.
2 What time go you to school?
1 What time does Mukti get up in the morning?
_________________________
______________________________________
3 Do your brother speaks Spanish?
2 What subjects does he study at school?
________________________
______________________________________
4 My brother not likes cooking.
3 Why do people use candles at night?
________________________
______________________________________
5 What do your sister does in the evening?
4 Where do people watch TV?
________________________
______________________________________
5 When is life difficult in Bangladesh?
______________________________________
8 Write the questions. (10 marks)
What time do you get home on school days?
I get home at four o’clock on school days.
1 Where ___________________________?
Maria comes from Brazil.
2 What _____________________________?
I study Mandarin and French.
3 __________________________ German?
No, but I speak Spanish and French.
4 When _____________________________?
We finish school at four o’clock.
5 What ______________________________?
I go to bed at about half past ten.

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what time you get up
what you do in the morning
My name is Mukti and I come from a small village in
what time you get home
Bangladesh, in the district of Kurigram. I live with my
parents and my four brothers and three sisters. My what you do in the afternoon and the evening
parents are farmers. We haven’t got a car, but we’ve what you like and don’t like about your typical day
got lots of animals.
My typical day starts at 6.30 in the morning when I get
up and have some rice and chapatti bread for breakfast.
Then I walk to school with my brothers and sisters and
my friends.
We study Maths, History, Science, English – the same
subjects as students in Europe, I think. For lunch I have
some fruit. School finishes at two o’clock and then we
walk home.
In the afternoon I go to the river with my friends to
wash, to fish and play games. In the evening my family
and I have rice, lentils and some fish for dinner and
then we spend time in the village with our friends. A lot
of houses and shops in our village haven’t got
electricity, so we use candles at night. There is one bar
with a television, and it is very popular. I go to bed at
nine o’clock.
Many people think that because Bangladesh is a very
poor country, life here is terrible, but it’s only difficult
when the monsoon arrives and we have problems with
water. In general, my life is good here, I’ve got lots of
friends, there’s a good community spirit and I’m happy.

Writing
11 Rewrite the sentences. Put also in the correct
position. (5 marks)
Ellie is from London and John is from London.
Ellie is from London and John is also from
London.
1 My mum speaks French and she speaks Arabic.
________________________________________
2 I play tennis, but I like basketball.
________________________________________
3 We like Chinese food but we eat a lot of French
food.
________________________________________
4 Sam listens to rap but he likes pop music.
________________________________________
5 We’ve got two cats but we’ve got a dog.
________________________________________

Total marks: Listening _______ / 20 Vocabulary _______ / 20 Grammar _______ / 25

12 Write about your typical day. Include the
Reading
information below. (10 marks) _______ / 20 Writing _______ / 15 TOTAL _______ / 100

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