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44 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. Section A has 15 objective questions on Unit 1 (vocabulary, grammar and skills). In Section B, write your answers and ask a parent or teacher to help you mark them.

Section A: objective questions

15 marks
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
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Question 1

Every summer, three generations of Hana's family, with grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, meet at her grandparents' house. This is an example of
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C
An extended family includes grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. A blended family has stepparents; an adoptive family has adopted children.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard Unit 1 opener: types of family
Textbook p. 5
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Question 2

My cousin ____ with us for the school holidays.
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B
The stay is temporary, so we use the present continuous. 'Stays' would suggest a permanent situation.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Grammar 1: present continuous (temporary situation)
Textbook p. 9
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Question 3

Water ____ at 0 degrees Celsius.
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A
A fact or law of nature uses the present simple. 'Water' is third person singular, so freezes.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Grammar 1: present simple (general truth)
Textbook p. 9
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Question 4

Which sentence is correct?
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C
Have can be an action verb meaning 'take', so the continuous is fine. Know, hate and own are stative verbs, which are not used in continuous tenses.
For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard Grammar 1: stative verbs
Textbook p. 9
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Question 5

In the sentence 'My classmates are appearing in a play', the verb appearing means
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D
Appear as a stative verb means 'seem' (He appears to be asleep). In the continuous it is an action verb meaning 'perform'.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard Grammar 1: verbs with two meanings
Textbook p. 9
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Question 6

'My coach ____ criticising me! It drives me crazy.'
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B
An annoying habit uses the present continuous with always: is always criticising.
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Grammar 1: annoying habits
Textbook p. 9
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Question 7

Fran ____ her bed before she goes to school.
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D
We say make the bed. Do is used with housework, laundry and washing-up.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Vocabulary 2: do and make
Textbook p. 10
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Question 8

Steven has ____ with his best friend. He seems very upset.
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A
Fall out with someone means to quarrel. Fall apart means to break into pieces; pile up means to increase; get by means to manage.
For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard Vocabulary 2: phrasal verbs
Textbook p. 10
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Question 9

A person you work with in an office is your
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C
Colleagues work together. Peers are people of the same age and group.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard Vocabulary 1: people around us
Textbook p. 8
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Question 10

Dad often ____ Grandma of not being strict enough with me.
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B
We accuse someone of doing something wrong. Praise is used with 'for'; advise and argue do not take 'of'.
For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard Vocabulary 1: verbs of communication
Textbook p. 8
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Question 11

That is the reason ____ Joe is grumbling.
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D
After the noun reason we use why.
For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard Grammar 2: relative pronouns (reason)
Textbook p. 11
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Question 12

This is the woman ____ daughter does our housework.
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A
Whose shows possession (her daughter).
For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Grammar 2: whose
Textbook p. 11
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Question 13

Which sentence is correct? (I have only one sister.)
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B
The clause is extra information, so it needs commas and who. That cannot be used in a non-defining clause.
For the teacher: Analysing, high difficulty, standard Grammar 2: non-defining relative clauses
Textbook p. 11
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Question 14

In which sentence can the relative pronoun NOT be left out?
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C
In C, who is the subject of the clause, so it must stay. In the others the pronoun is the object and can be omitted.
For the teacher: Analysing, high difficulty, standard Grammar 2: omitting the relative pronoun
Textbook p. 11
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Question 15

A friend is worried about a difficult choice. Which is the most polite and understanding reply?
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D
'If I were you, I'd ...' gives advice politely. The others sound rude or critical.
For the teacher: Evaluating, medium difficulty, standard Speaking: polite advice
Textbook p. 13

Section B: structured questions

29 marks
Answer all the questions.
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Question 16

Jessica Stilwell's three daughters did not help at home, so she went on strike (pp. 6-7).
[1 mark] (a)What did Jessica do when she went on strike?
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She stopped doing the household chores.
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[2 marks] (b)On which day did her daughters notice what was happening, and on which day did they start to clean?
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They noticed on day three and began to clean on day five.
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[2 marks] (c)Give two reasons why Jessica had not asked her children to help before.
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She did not want to argue, and it was faster and simpler to do the chores herself.
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[1 mark] (d)What does 'not lift a finger' mean?
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To do no work at all.
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For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Reading: helping out at home
Textbook p. 7
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Question 17

Complete each sentence with the correct form of one expression: do your fair share, lend a hand, put your feet up, run errands, be sick and tired.
[1 mark] (a)Dad is out in town; he is ____ for Grandma.
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running errands
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[1 mark] (b)You look tired. Sit down and ____ while I make some tea.
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put your feet up
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[1 mark] (c)In a shared house everybody must ____.
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do their fair share
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[1 mark] (d)Mum, can you ____ in the garden, please?
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lend a hand
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Reading: expressions about chores
Textbook p. 7
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Question 18

Write the verb in brackets in the present simple or the present continuous.
[1 mark] (a)My teacher ____ (always criticise) me! It drives me crazy!
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is always criticising
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[1 mark] (b)We ____ (have) a huge get-together for all our relatives on Sunday.
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are having (a planned arrangement)
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[1 mark] (c)____ (you / understand) why teens think peers are important?
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Do you understand (understand is stative)
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[1 mark] (d)In this story, Papa Bear ____ (sit) in his chair first.
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sits (telling a story)
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[1 mark] (e)My colleagues ____ (not work) this weekend, so we are going hiking together.
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are not working (a plan for this weekend)
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Grammar 1: present simple and present continuous
Textbook p. 9
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Question 19

Join each pair of sentences with a relative clause.
[1 mark] (a)I met a man. He has written a book on relationships. (defining, use who or that)
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I met a man who has written a book on relationships.
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[2 marks] (b)Molly is my cousin. She often gossips. (non-defining; use commas)
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Molly, who often gossips, is my cousin.
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[1 mark] (c)The project was a success. You won the prize for it. (use for which)
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The project for which you won the prize was a success.
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[2 marks] (d)Rewrite sentence (a) 'The men who I invited are my uncles' leaving out the relative pronoun. Why is this possible?
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The men I invited are my uncles. Who is the object of the relative clause, so it can be omitted.
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For the teacher: Analysing, high difficulty, standard Grammar 2: relative clauses
Textbook p. 11
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Question 20

Task: your friend Tim asks you to tell him about your normal family routine (meals, housework, leisure time) for a project. Write an email of 140-190 words.
[3 marks] (a)State the situation, the reason and the style you should use.
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Tim has a project about family life; you reply to give him information; use an informal style.
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[2 marks] (b)Which two linking words are informal: moreover, as well as, furthermore, besides?
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as well as, besides
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[3 marks] (c)Write a good opening paragraph (2 or 3 sentences) for the email.
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Hi Tim, it was great to get your email! I'm happy to help with your project, so here is what usually happens in my house.
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For the teacher: Evaluating, medium difficulty, standard Writing: reading the task and email language
Textbook p. 14