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Name: ___________________________________________
Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences with a word below and the correct preposition. There is one word
that you do not need.
anxious excited interested fed up proud
1 Ian Usher was ____________ ______ his life when he got divorced, so he decided to sell
everything he owned on eBay and start a new life.
2 I don’t think couch surfing is for me, because I’m ____________ ______ living with people I
don’t know.
3 If you are ____________ ______ learning about people around the world, volunteering is a good
way of doing it.
4 I’m the first person in my family to go to university, so everyone is really ____________ ______
me.
Mark: ___ / 8
2 Match the words in A to the words in B to make compound nouns. Then match them to
definitions 1–8.
A: key mobile parking concert ID computer shopping birthday
B: ticket card board list game ticket phone card
Mark: ___ / 16
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3 Complete the text with do or make.
When I finished school, I needed to 1____________ a choice: do I want to go to university or do I
want to see the world? I wanted to 2____________ a difference in somebody’s life, so I decided to
volunteer abroad for a year. Most of my friends said that they also wanted to 3____________ good
and go volunteer somewhere, but then nobody wanted to go with me, so I decided to 4____________
the journey on my own. I’m now working at an orphanage in Peru. I help to 5____________ meals
and also 6____________ the housework, but the children don’t really 7____________ a mess, so
there isn’t much cleaning to do. In the evenings, I help them 8____________ their homework. I’m
really enjoying my time here and I know I made the right decision.
Mark: ___ / 8
4 Replace the underlined parts of the sentences with a phrasal verb with get.
1 All the kids will be happy to see you when you arrive at the orphanage in Peru. ____________
2 You need to show your ticket before you climb onto the train. ____________
3 My sister and I have a good relationship with each other. We do everything together.
____________
4 You have to leave the train at the next stop if you want to go to Science World. ____________
5 When Tomas first came to America, he had to deal with hard times. ____________
6 I wanted to escape from everything, so I decided to spend a year teaching in Venezuela.
____________
Mark: ___ / 6
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Grammar
5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Then match
sentences 1–6 to their use a–f.
1 According to statistics, 59% of American teenagers ____________ (volunteer) for 3.5 hours per
week.
2 Mary is one such teenager. She usually ____________ (help) at the Senior Network Charity in
her town.
3 She ____________ (do) the shopping for an elderly neighbour at the moment.
4 Next week, she ____________ (take) another neighbour to see the doctor.
5 Mary ____________ (believe) that all teenagers should do some form of volunteer work.
6 She ____________ (prepare) a talk about volunteering for her school.
a facts and general truths ____________
b actions happening now ____________
c actions happening around now ____________
d with verbs that describe states ____________
e routines and habits ____________
f future arrangements ____________
Mark: ___ / 12
6 Rewrite the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. Use the
correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 I want to know your plans for the summer.
What _______________________________________________________ in the summer? (do)
2 Leanne is from Belgium, but she’s at an English school at the moment.
Leanne is from Belgium, but _______________________________________________ . (study)
3 She’s never at work on Mondays.
She __________________________________________________________________ . (work)
Mark: ___ / 6