1 Choose the correct option for each sentence.
1 That’s my friend over there. She is wearing/wears a blue T-shirt.
2 What are you doing at the moment? I ’m reading/read a book.
3 It is raining/rains a lot in Scotland.
4 What are you doing/do you do when the weather is hot?
5 My friend is really clever. She always is doing/does well at school.
6 I ’m living/ live in Spain for a year because my mum has a job there.




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2 Complete the text with the present simple or present continuous form of the verb in brackets.
What can I tell you about myself? Well, at the moment 1) I’m sitting (sit) in my bedroom.
It 2) _______________ (rain) outside – it 3) _______________ (rain) a lot here in Norway!
I 4) _______________ (live) with my parents in a city called Bergen.
Every day I 5) _______________ (walk) to school – it’s not far away. I 6) _______________ (love)
football and 7) _______________ (play) it about four times a week.
My friends all really 8) _______________ (like) football too – we are all football mad! I have an eight-
year-old sister – she 9) _______________ (sit) beside me right now.
What about you? 10) _______________ you _______________ (like) football?
What 11) _______________ you _______________ (do) in your free time?
Write soon!
Bill




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3 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1 visit / once a week / I / my aunt
I visit my aunt once a week.
2 tired / often / I’m / on Friday evening
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3 now and then / go to the cinema / My friends and I
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4 usually / doesn’t / It / in June / rain
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5 a lot of homework / get / most days / I
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me / never / to the beach / My mum / takes
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Vocabulary
4 Complete the sentences with these words.
bossy clever confident shy sporty rude
1 John is really bossy. He’s always telling me what to do.
2 He’s so ______________ – he never says ‘please’ or ‘thank you’.
3 I’m not very ______________ – I never feel sure of myself.
4 ‘Sara is ______________.’ ‘Yes. She’s really intelligent, isn’t she?’
5 He doesn’t like going to parties because he’s really ______________ .
6 They play football every day and they go everywhere by bike – they’re very ______________ .




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5 Choose the correct option for each sentence.
Here’s a photo of my brother, Pablo. We look the same, but we’re very different. Pablo is a very
1) calm/lively person – he doesn’t get excited easily. At school he’s very 2) serious/funny – he works hard and always listens to the teachers. I’m quite 3) lazy/shy. I like laughing with my friends and playing sport but I don’t like doing my homework! We get a lot of 4) hard/easy maths homework, so I usually ask Pablo to help me! There is one thing we both really like – watching films. Together we have a really 5) high/huge DVD collection. We love watching horror films – they’re 6) excited/awesome!




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6 Complete each sentence with one word only.
1 I don’t want to watch this film anymore. I’m bored with it.
2 I’m terrible ______________ maths.
3 I’m really excited ______________ seeing you next week – it’ll be great!
4 Are you good ______________ English? Can you help me with my homework?
5 Sara is really frightened ______________ dogs.
6 Sam is interested ______________ history – he loves museums and old books.
7 Tim makes the whole class laugh with his jokes – he’s so ______________ !
8 Can you switch the light on? I’m afraid ______________ the dark.
9 I’m really fed ______________ with this rain! I want some sunshine.
10 My friend Betti is brilliant ______________ cooking – she makes great pizza!
11 Jenny needs to sleep with the light on because she’s ______________ of the dark.