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Un nit 2 te est 5 Complete the sentencces. (10 marrks).

Listening 1  Listen to tthe radio intterview. How w did Helen find out she c could becom me a novelis st? (1 mark)) ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ 2  Listen aga ain. Answerr the questio ons. Write co omplete sen ntences. (9 marks) m 1 Name thre ee ways Hele en gets inspirration for herr novels. ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ 2 What three e physical be ehaviours do oes Helen sayy show how a person is feeling? ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ 3 What three e pieces of advice a does Helen H give to o new writerrs? ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __

Voc cabulary y 3 Add A a suffix to the words to make an a adjective or an adverb. You may need n to remo ove one or more m letter(s s) from the words w first. (5 ( marks) 1 2 3 4 5

enjoy entertain talent incredible origin

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4 Replace R the u underlined word(s) w with h a word tha at means m the sa ame. (5 marrks) 1 That rollerr coaster ride e was very frightening. _________ _ 2 The ending g of the nove el was not orriginal. _________ _ 3 The perforrmance was boring; I fell asleep half way throug gh it. ______ ____ 4 Bridesmaid ds is a very funny f film. __ ________ 5 The view o of the mountains from our balcony is amazing. _ _________

1 Anna th hinks she saw w the ______ ____ of the woman who died a hundred yea ars ago. She was really frrightened. 2 Peter played a __________ on me m last night, but I didn’t th hink it was fuunny at the time. 3 When I was young m my mother to old me amazzing ______ ____ before bbedtime. 4 The ___ _______ clappped and sh houted for mo ore when th he singer finisshed her son ng. 5 The ___ _______ gavve my novel a great revie ew.

Practical P English 6 Complete the dialogu ue. (10 marks s) Lisa: What shall we doo tonight? Sam: Therre’s a rock baand on tonigh ht in the Green Room m. Shall we ggo to that? Lisa: I’m not n very (1) ________ on rock r music. Sam: What about the ccinema? The ere’s that new w horro or movie – M Mama. It’s rea ally scary. Lisa: I’d (2 2) _______ nnot. I hate ho orror films. Sam: Well, what do youu want to do o? Lisa: I’d (3 3) _______ too see a comedy film. Sam: All rig ght, what abbout that new w comedy witth Owen Wilson? Lisa: That sounds (4) ________ better than Mam ma! Sam: Yes, I’ve (5) ________ it’s very y entertaining.

Grammar G r 7 Write senttences with too, too mu uch, too man ny or enough. Use U the pressent simple form f of the verbs. (10 marks) 1 There / be / people / in the lift. ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____ 2 This / dress / be / tigght / me. ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____ 3 We / no ot have got / rice / make / paella. ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____ 4 My tea / not be / sw weet. ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____ 5 Your / bag b / be / heaavy / becaus se / there / be e/ books / in / it. ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____ ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____

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Un nit 2 te est 8 Complete C the e sentences s with the pa ast simple o or th he past conttinuous. (10 0 marks) 1 This time yyesterday sh he ________ __ over the Atlantic Occean in a sm mall plane. 2 I was late and when I _________ _ at a the party, they _____ _____ cake. 3 Yesterday I _________ _ to a new Italian restaurant in town. 4 We _____ _____ the TV V when we __ ________ a strange so ound upstairss. 5 I ________ __ David wh hile I _______ ___ my bike in the park. I waved to him m. 9 Complete C the e sentences s with the -in ng or to + in nfinitive form m of the verrbs. (10 marks) come e listen to play see watch w 1 She promised _______ _______ hom me at eleven n. 2 I enjoy ___ __________ __ comedy films, 3 He missed d _________ _____ his frie ends when hiis family movved to a new w town. 4 I’m learnin ng ________ ______ the gu uitar. 5 My mum ccan’t stand __ __________ ___ hip hop music.

Cum mulative e review

Reading R 11 1 Read the text. t Accord ding to the writer, w how can c doing a co ourse help yyou to becom me a writer? ? (2 marks) ______ ___________ ___________ ___________ ____ How to sttart So you want to be the next J. K. Ro owling? Well,, the first step iss to start writting. Books don’t d write themselvess, so you’ve ggot to put th he work in. Writing is 40% 4 creativitty and 60% hard work. Decide on a time and pplace to write e every day and a stick to it no n matter whhat happens. Turn off the e TV and your phone, p and loog off from the internet. You don’t need any distracttions. Finding in nspiration What abou ut when you get writer’s block? Well, keep writing any yway, even iff it’s rubbish. Eventually it will start to ma ake sense. Thhe less you write w the harrder it is. Look for f inspiratioon everywherre, in people you know, people you don’t’t know, place es and things. Read. Othe er writers aree your best teachers. t Developin ng your tale ent

10 Complete C the e second se entence so that t it has th he sa ame meanin ng as the firrst. (10 mark ks) 1 It’s necesssary to wear a life jacket when w you go o in the boatt. You _____ ______ wearr a life jackett when you g go in the boatt. 2 It took She eila several weeks w to starrt to feel comfortablle in her new w home in Lo ondon. Sheila ___ ________ he er new life in London afte r a few weeks. 3 There are only a few to omatoes in th he fridge – I need more e for the lasa agne recipe. There aren n’t ________ ___ tomatoes s for the lasagne re ecipe. 4 I think novvelist J.K.Row wling has gott a lot of talent. J.K.Rowlin ng is a _____ ______ nove elist. 5 The Hunge er Games wa as fun to wattch. The Hunge er Games is a / an _____ ______ film.

OK. You’ve e written youur book or sto ory; now you u need some e feedback. D Don’t ask you ur friends or family – it’ss most likelyy they will tell you it’s gre eat so as not to hurt h your feellings. The be est option is to join a write ers group. Yoou can share e your work with w other write ers and get vvaluable feed dback. You will w also learn from f other w writers by listtening to the eir stories. It’ss also a goodd idea to do a creative wrriting course justt to learn thee basics of pllot, setting, characters and dialoguee. This will also a give you the opportunity y to share yoour work with other write ers. Getting published The next step is the scaariest of all – sending yo our work to publishers. Gett in touch with an editor at a publisher’s and ask if yyou can send them your work. w Then make e sure you haave double checked c yourr script and there aren’t any big spelling or grammar mistakes. This T will definnitely put ed ditors off. In fact, f friends and d family are uuseful at thiss stage as they might spott mistakes thhat you can’t see. Write a clear letterr summarizinng the story and a plot and what your writing expeerience is. Go ood luck!

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Un nit 2 te est 12 Read R the textt again and answer the questions. Write W comple ete sentence es. (8 marks s) 1 According to the article e, what perso onal qualitiess ed to be a writer and wha at do you nee ed do you nee to do? ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ 2 What two tthings does the t writer suggest doing when you haven’t got any a ideas? ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ 3 Why does the writer th hink that frien nds and familly e good criticss? Who can give better don’t make feedback? ? ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ 4 What two tthings should d you do beffore sending your work to your chossen publisherr? ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __ ________ __________ ___________ ___________ __

Wriiting 13 Write W a shortt story for a magazine. Use the idea as to o help you. W Write aboutt 150 words.. (10 marks) a holiday a robbery an a adventure e a ghost Para agraph 1 Describe D the ssetting – the e place and th he people. What W are theyy doing? Desscribe what they look like e or what type o of person the ey are. Para agraph 2 Develop D the p plot. Describe e what happe ened. Describe D the main event and a what was happening g at the same tiime. Para agraph 3 Write W the ending. Describe e what happened in the end. Write how the main character c feltt.

Listen ning _____ / 10 Gram mmar _____ / 30 Writin ng _____ / 10 0

Vocab bulary _____ _ / 20 Cumu ulative Review 0 w _____ /10

Practicall English ______ / 10 Reading _____ / 10 _ _ / 100 TOTAL __________

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