KET READING

Part 1:

Questions 1-6

Which notice (A-H) says this (1-6)? Click on the notice to select it.

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1.  People who saw a car drive into another car should call this number. 

 A   B    C   D 

 E    F    G    H 

2.  You cannot let your dog run free here.  

 A   B    C    D 

 E   F   G    H 

Part 2: Read the sentences about cleaning the house. Choose the best word for each space.

1   Martina decided to ________ her house a spring clean.

A. give        B. have        C. get      

2   First Martina _______ all her clothes away in the cupboard.

A. put        B. cleaned        C. took      

3   She _______ all her old toys and games to a second hand shop.

A. brought        B. got        C. took      

4   She tidied _______ her books and papers.

 A. out        B. up        C. down      

5   She ________ some fresh flowers on the shelf.

A.  bought        B. got        C. put      

6   She put new ________ on the bed.

A. curtains        B. carpets        C. blankets      

Part 3:

There are 5 questions in this quiz. Complete the conversations. Choose the correct answer

.

1   Would you like some more dessert?

A. Enjoy your meal!

B. No thanks, I’m full.

C. It’s delicious!

Part 4:

Read the article about two sisters.

Are the sentences ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’?

If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’, choose ‘Doesn’t say’.

Something very strange happened to Tamara. She never knew she had a twin sister until she started university!

Tamara was born in Mexico. Her parents could not look after her so she went to live with a family in Manhattan, USA.

When Tamara was twenty years old, she started university in Long Island. She enjoyed her university life. But one day she was walking home from class, and a student smiled at her. “Hello Adriana!” said the student. “I’m not Adriana,” said Tamara.

This happened to Tamara again and again. People Tamara didn’t know kept calling her Adriana. It was very strange. One day, when a woman called her Adriana, Tamara asked “Why do you keep calling me Adriana?”

The woman replied, “You look like my friend Adriana. You have the same face and the same hair. Is Adriana your sister?” Tamara said that she did not have a sister called Adriana. But she was interested in this girl Adriana. Finally she asked someone for Adriana’s email address.

When Tamara wrote to Adriana, she found out that they both had the same birthday, they looked the same and both of them were from Mexico.When Tamara went to live with the family in Manhattan, Adriana moved to Long Island to live with a family there. It had to be true! Adriana and Tamara were twin sisters!

1   Tamara and her sister were both born in Mexico.

A. Right        B. Wrong        C. Doesn’t say      

2   Tamara’s parents moved from Mexico to Manhattan.

A. Right        B. Wrong        C. Doesn’t say      

3   People called Tamara “Adriana” many times.

A. Right        B. Wrong        C. Doesn’t say      

4   Adriana wrote to Tamara first.

A. Right        B. Wrong        C. Doesn’t say      

5   Adriana always knew she had a twin sister.

A. Right        B. Wrong        C. Doesn’t say      

6   Adriana is Tamara’s only sister.

A. Right        B. Wrong        C. Doesn’t say      

7   Adriana was a student at Long Island University.

A. Right        B. Wrong        C. Doesn’t say      

8   Adriana had only recently arrived in Long Island.

A. Right        B. Wrong        C. Doesn’t say     

Part 5: Read the article about a student. Choose the best word to fill the spaces.

My name's Hannah and I'm twenty years old. I've got a daughter _______ Nicole. She's _______ three now. I live in a small flat ______ the city centre. It isn't a nice place to live. It's very noisy and dirty and there is ________ for Nicole to play.

I want to move out of the city and live in the countryside. But it's very expensive to live there. I will need to earn _________ money to buy a house. There aren't ________ flats for sale in the small villages near here. I will need to buy a car ___________ .

That's why I study at college. I'm studying Business. While I am at college, my mum looks _____ Nicole. My mum really likes spending time with her. In the evening, I work as a cleaner. I clean people's houses. Nicole comes with me. She plays_______ with her toys while I work.

KET WRITING1.   People wait for their train here.

p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (platform)

2.   You must buy this before you travel on a train.

t _ _ _ _ _   (ticket)

3.   You sit on this in a train.

s _ _ _   (seat)

4.   People carry their clothes in this when they go on holiday.

s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (suitcase)

5.   If you sit next to this, you will see some great views.

w _ _ _ _ _ (window)

Complete these letters. Write ONE word for each space.

Dear Sir / Madam,

I stayed ______ the Grand Hotel last week ________ Tuesday to Thursday. I think I left a gold ring ______ my hotel room. I _______ in room 309. It _________ be in the cupboard next _______ the bed. Please _______ you look for it? ________ you find it, can you send it to me?

Thank you very much,

Celia Hicks.

 Read the information about a school theatre trip. Complete Emma’s notes.

  Join us in a school trip to Stratford-on-Avonon Saturday 5th June

You can spend the morning shopping. For lunch we will

have a picnic near the river. In the afternoon we will see

William Shakespeare’s play ‘Macbeth’.

Price: £15

Meet at River Road car park: 8.30 a.m.

Return: 6.30 p.m.

 Dear Students,

Our Stratford-on-Avon trip is very popular.

Unfortunately we cannot get enough tickets to see

‘Macbeth’.  So we have tickets for ‘As you like it’

instead. The tickets are a little more expensive so the

trip will now cost £18 per person.

Arrival and departure times are the same.

Mrs Wentworth

English Teacher

Emma’s notes:

School Trip

Name of Town: _____________

Name of the Play: ___________

Cost: _____________________

Meeting place: _____________

Return time: _______________