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V YEAR : UNIT 1 – Lifestyles & Customs and Traditions (Expert FCE)

  You will be tested on:

o  Grammar (Simple Present vs. Continuous / State Verbs / Simple Past / Would

vs. Used to / Adjectives / Collocations / Phrasal Verbs

o  Comprehension Activities: Our Lost Childhood Lesson + Vocabulary

o  Vocabulary: Customs and Traditions vocabulary

o  Writing: Informal Email

1.  Lead-In: (15m) 

a.  Take a look at the picture

b.  Describe in 50 words the scene you are watching: people – situation – 

feelings – clothes – environment, etc.

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2.  Reading Part: OUR LOST CHILDHOOD? (20m) 

a.  Answer the following questions:

i.  Why do the Thomases wait for Fridays every week?  

ii.  What do The Luckbursts parents think about other parents?  

iii.  Why does McGrath mother think her children are computer literate?  

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b.  Complete the following chart :

CHARACTERISTICS The Thomases The Luckbursts The McMgrathsKEY WORDS:

PARENTS

ATTITUDE

CHILDREN

ATTITUD

3.  Vocabulary section: (25m) 

a.  Provide the meaning of the following phrasal verbs. Then, give examples

i.  Keep up:

ii.  Chill out:

iii.  Turn Down:

iv.  Put Up:

v.  Let Down:

vi.  Wrap Up:

b.  Match the collocations an then make sentences

  Be given

  Make

  Send out

  Exchange

  Held

c.  Match the collocations. Then, complete the sentences using the correct

collocation (be careful with plurals)

  Heels

  Influence

  Clothes  Feelings

  Argument

a-  That´s a good excuse to be a …………………….….on you! 

b-  That´s a good excuse to wear…………………………………….for you!

c-  That´s a good excuse to feel………………………………………..for you! 

d-  That´s a good excuse to have ……………………………………about you! 

e-  That´s a good excuse to buy……………………………………..with you! 

 Strong

 Plain

 Wide

 High

 Invitations

 A speech

 A ceremony

 Rings

 Certificate

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4.  Grammar Section: (40m) 

a.  Complete the sentences using simple present or simple continuous. You can

use them in both tenses as much as you need them,

THINK – FEEL - SMELL – TASTE - LIKE - HAVE – NEED – LOOK - WEIGH -

a.  Complete the sentences using simple present or simple continuous.

a.  Complete the sentences using would or used to or simple past

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5.  Grammar Part 2: Adjectives - Key Word Transformations (30m) 

Structures like so/such .., er/as ... as or too/enough often appear in this exercise. For Questions 1-8, complete the

second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence using the word given. Do not change the word 

given. You must use between two and five words.

a.  The food was so good we had to leave a tip.

SUCH 

It ........................................... we had to

leave a tip.

b.  The computer was too expensive for me to

buy.

ENOUGH

I ........................................... money to buy

the computer.

c.  It's the most beautiful painting I've ever

seen.

SEEN

I .................................................... beautiful

painting.

d.  This summer has been much cooler than

last year.

COOL

Last summer

..................................................... this year.

e.  I'm not as good at maths as you.

BETTER 

You

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me.

f.  The course wasn't as easy as I'd expected.

MORE

The course ....................................................

I'd expected.

Total:____________________

130 marks

Grade:

g.  This car isn't enough safe to drive.

DANGEROUS

This car ............................................... drive.

h.  This exercise is easier than the last one.

HARD

This exercise .............................................

the last one.

i.  The air fare to Paris is cheaper than to

London.AS 

The air fare to Paris

…………………………………. to London.

 j.  I had to take a taxi to the hotel because it

was so far that I could not walk.

TOO 

I had to take a taxi to the hotel because it

…………………………………. walk.

k.  The students complained the classroom was

too cold.

WARM 

The students complained

……………………….. enough.

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