5 [1.01]Listen to the radio interview. Complete the sentences with the correct names in the box.
Barbara Petra Anna Dave Jack
1 thinks the shops are expensive.
2 likes the cafés.
3 plays the piano.
4 is related to one of the speakers.
5 uses the bus.
Mark: ___ /10
Reading
6 Read the text.
Best friends
Beth and Gemma are cousins and they’re the same age. They are also best friends. They live in the same town and they are in the same class at school. But the girls are very, very different! Beth loves sports and she swims every day. She gets up at 5.00 a.m. and goes swimming before school. Then, after school she goes to the gym and swims again! At the weekend she goes to different towns with her swimming team for competitions. On Sundays she stays at home and does her homework.
Gemma hates sports! She stays in bed every morning until 8.30 a.m. and at the weekend she stays in bed until 12.00! Gemma’s hobbies are shopping and parties! She goes shopping in town every Saturday afternoon with her friends and goes to a party on Friday nights. She goes to bed very late after the party! On Sundays she visits her brother and his wife. They have a baby and Gemma likes to play with her. Sometimes Gemma doesn’t do her homework and Beth helps her.
‘We’re very different and I don’t see Gemma often out of school, but we’re still best friends! We text and phone a lot,’ says Beth.
So, there is one thing they BOTH like to do. Talk!
7 Are the sentences true or false?
1 Beth and Gemma have the same grandmother.
2 Beth goes swimming before and after school.
3 Gemma gets up early on Saturdays.
4 Beth goes shopping with Gemma at the weekend.
5 Gemma has a young niece.
Mark: ___ /10
Writing
8 Imagine you have moved with your family to a different town. Write a short letter to a friend at your old school. Use the writing guide to help you.
Paragraph 1: Ask how your friend is. Say where you are.
Paragraph 2: Write something about your new town or city.
Paragraph 3: Say something about your days and your weekends.
Mark: ___ /10 Total: __ /60
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