A much- improved journey

Part 1 Writing

Readthe paragraph below and write a story beginning with this paragraph.

“This was the worst holiday of his life, Paolo decided. He was staying for three weeks with Nick and his family. The first week hadn`t been too bad. He and Nick had gone out to the local cinema a couple of times to see the latest films, and they had been up to London.”

You should write between 150-180 words

Writing time – 40minutes

Part 3 Use of English

Task 1

Matchthe sentences 1-10 to sentences A-J which have the same meaning. Number 1 was done for you.

1. Sid asked Jo to do it. A. Jo, I1ll let you do it.

2. Sid allowed Jo to do it. B. Jo, you must do it.

3. Sid encouraged Jo to do it. C. Jo, this is how you do it.

4. Sid made Jo do it. D. Jo, I saw you do it.

5. Sid warned Jo not to do it. E. Jo, will you do it, please?

6. Sid advised Jo to do it. F. Jo, you know you can do it!

7. Sid taught Jo to do it. G. Jo, let`s do it together.

8. Sid noticed Jo do it. H. Jo, you shouldn`t do it.

9. Sid reminded Jo to do it. I. Jo, it would be a good idea to do it.

10. Sid helped Jo do it. J. Jo, don`t forget to do it!


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Use of English

Task 2

Readthe dialogue and circle the correct option. Number 1was done for you.

Steve : Welcome everyone! 1 ..b.. ready for a very interesting show tonight with our special guest, Sue Timms, an organic farmer.

Sue : Hi, Steve. It feels 2… to be on the programme.

Steve : Sue, why did you 3… an organic farmer? To many of our listeners, it might 4… a

strange decision.

Sue : Well, it might 5… appear to you but it just seemed 6… to grow more healthy food. It`s

Good for my farm and good for my customers.

Steve : Some people still 7… unsure about organic food. They say it only gives farmers more

profit, and only rich people can afford it.

Sue : Well, prices 8…lower, slowly. As the market 9… bigger, prices should fall. I really

think the taste of my food is better.

Steve : Just before the programme, I 10… tasted some of your milk, and, you are right, it

tasted 11… !

Sue : You`ll never 12… ill if you have a glass of my milk every morning.

Steve : Thanks for coming on the show, Sue!

1. abecome b get c be dstay

2. agood b well c nicely d best

3. aget b be cturn d become

4. abecome b go c appear dmake

5. astranger b strange c strangely d strangest

6. a good idea b rightly c well dbeing right

7. a get bremain cbecome dbe

8. aare getting bare c are turning dare seeming

9. a is b stays c keeps d grows

10. aquicker b quick cquickly d quickest

11. a greater b great cgreatly dgreatest

12. a seem b go cturn dfall

Use of English

Task 3

For questions 41-55, read the text carefully. Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick (√) by the number, on the left. Ifa line has a word which should not be there, write the word by the number on the left.There are twoexamples at the beginning.