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Listening
1 EOY:1 Listen and circle True or False. Score: /5

1 The man created an app with his laptop. True / False

2 The woman says they mustn’t build blocks of flats in the old part of town. True / False
3 The girl thinks she won’t have any real friends in the future. True / False
4 The boy doesn’t need to go far to get to the canyon. True / False
5 The woman was putting things away at six o’clock in the evening. True / False
6 The boy has never swum in a swimming pool. True / False

2 
EOY:2 Listen to Mark talk about one of his trips. Complete the sentences  Score: /5
with the words below.

drone eaten snails food mixer mountain range old part waiter

old part
1 Mark stayed in the        of an Italian town with family at the beginning of his trip.

2 Mark didn’t use a                         to make bread.

3 Mark has tried different food, but he’s never                        .

4 In Mark’s photo, his cousin was in front of a                        .

5 Mark used his             to take pictures of the driest areas in Spain.

6 A             gave Mark’s smartphone to a police officer.

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Reading
3 Read and choose the correct words to complete the text.  Score: /5

outskirts
Today was interesting. I live on the 1          of town, so I need to wake up early to get to work.
It takes a long time to walk to the nearest underground station. The good thing is I can listen to
2                on the way, and on the train I go on social media to read all the posts from
the people I 3                . When I arrived at the hospital this morning, there was a call
to get a lady who didn’t feel well. You see, I’m 4                 and my job is to help people
get to the hospital as fast as I can. When there’s an emergency we can even go through
5                 that are red. When I got to the lady’s house, I realised she was a very
famous pop star! I couldn’t believe I was 6                 a celebrity! I hope she’s going to
be OK!

1 a outskirts b mountain range 4 a an ambulance driver b a nurse

2 a podcasts b wi-fi 5 a traffic lights b bricks
3 a upload b follow 6 a meeting b met

4 Read and match the questions to the answers. Score: /5

The benefits of doing arts and crafts

Many people have discovered that having a creative hobby, such as arts and
crafts, has lots of benefits. It helps you express your feelings and thoughts and it
allows some time to be quiet and alone with yourself, though you can also take
part in arts and crafts groups.
People who have stressful jobs, like firefighters, police officers and nurses, find it
very relaxing. ‘For me, it’s a way to forget about the hard part of my job and focus
on something fun’, says Rita, a 32-year-old nurse.
All you need to start doing arts and crafts are a set of scissors, some paper and other materials, like beads,
ribbons and glue. Then you can find things to make on the internet. Many people have their own online
channels and you can follow them to get some ideas. They even show you how to make something, ­
step-by-step. Darren, 45, says: ‘I wasn’t interested in arts and crafts when I was young, but then I started
helping my daughter with all her school projects. I found it so enjoyable that I bought my own stuff.
It was cheap. I’ve learned to make lots of things by watching videos online. I think I’ll join an arts and
crafts group.’
However, many people are turning to smartphones and social media at the end of a tiring day – so what is
the future of arts and crafts? Jacqui, 24, is creating an arts and crafts app. She says: ‘People really want to
be creative and the app will help them make things when they are moving around town, for example, in an
underground station, anywhere where they have access to wi-fi.’ Arts and crafts is more popular than ever
and it looks like it’ll stay that way in the future, too. Give it a try – it’s good for you!

1 Why is the writer writing this article? a Because you don’t need a lot of expensive equipment.
2 How does doing arts and crafts help people? b To explain how doing arts and crafts is good for you.
3 What does Rita say about doing arts and crafts? c So people can be creative on their smartphones.
4 Why is it easy to start doing arts and crafts? d They spend some quiet time with themselves.
5 How has Darren learned how to make things? e It helps her feel better.
6 Why is Jacqui creating an app? f By watching videos online.

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5 Read the descriptions and circle the correct topics. Score: /5

1 Some people think that in the future we won’t need to put any fuel into vehicles. They will move with
batteries or use solar energy. What people are now waiting for are vehicles that will get from one place
to another on their own.

a humanoid robot b driverless car

2 It’s one of the most arid regions on Earth. There are certain types of animals that can live through the
lowest and highest temperatures, but, generally, there’s not much life there. People haven’t built any
 cities there, mainly because it’s so dry and rocky.
a desert b mountain range

3 When I have guests for dinner, I end up with so many dirty plates and glasses that I always make sure
I have an extra bottle in the cupboard. My hands can get very dry from it, though. I think I’ll need to buy
 a dishwasher soon!
a tea towel b washing-up liquid

4 Watching all the leaves grow is wonderful. And the moment the first flower comes out is really special.
I’m not surprised there are so many shows about how to arrange them and where to put them.
 Some people have even gone on gardening shows and competitions!
a winning a prize b looking after a plant

5 This person is really important for society. They can work on the radio, TV, newspapers or social media.
They must find out information and present it clearly, so people can learn what is going on in
the world.

a pop star b journalist

6 I love how all the different sounds come together and how it can all be recorded in a studio for other
people to listen to. Of course, you need good microphones for the instruments, to get the best sound.
 For me, it’s a way to have fun and meet friends that share the same love of music.
a playing in a band b podcasting

Writing
6 Read and complete the sentences with the words below.  Score: /5

ever swum made the take out the most was baking will you

take out
1 I didn’t        the rubbish last night, so I must do it now.

2 What is                  beautiful place on Earth?

3 I                  bread at ten o’clock last night.

4                  use your smartphone a lot in the future?

5 Have you                  in the sea?

6 I                  beds and then I swept the floor.

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7 Read and order the words to write sentences and questions. Score: /5
1 virtual assistants / teach / in schools / will

virtual assistants will teach in schools.

I think                           

2 to drive / need / there are / bicycle lanes / because

They don’t                                         

3 travelling / I / was / to / a foreign country / at 10:30,

Last Monday                                          

4 a laptop / ? / podcasting / to / use / do

Do you                                           

5 the largest / in the world / is / waterfall

Angel Falls                                      

6 a martial art / before / done

He hasn’t                                          

8 Look at the underlined mistakes and complete the sentences correctly. Score: /5
1 She don’t need to take the underground every day.

 doesn’t need
She          to take the underground every day.

2 I was put all my things away when you called.


I was              all my things away when you called.

3 I think we live in intelligent homes in the future.


I think              in intelligent homes in the future.

4 We mustn’t to destroy the old part of town.

We mustn’t              the old part of town.

5 Have he ever participated in a competition?

             he ever participated in a competition?

6 Do you use a sewing machine make clothes?

Do you use a sewing machine              clothes?

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Speaking
9 
Look at the pictures. What is the best job? Why? Listen to your partner Score: /10
and tell your group.
A police officer has got the best job because
you protect people and it’s also exciting.

Yes, but working at night is difficult. And

I think it’s the most dangerous job.

ambulance driver firefighter journalist photographer pilot

police officer pop star waiter web designer

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10 
Look at the pictures. What is the best after-school activity? Why? Listen Score: /10
to your partner and tell your group.

I think trampolining is a good after-school activity Maybe, but you need to have a big garden
  because you get some exercise and it’s fun, too. and many people live in blocks of flats.

baking bread and biscuits coding doing arts and crafts / a martial art
gardening playing in a band podcasting trampolining

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End of Year | Essential 2 EOY:2 Listen to Mark talk about one of his trips.
Complete the sentences with the words below.
Listening M: Hi, I’m Mark and this is my podcast! I went on
1 EOY:1 Listen and circle True or False. a trip around Europe and it was a trip I’ll never
1 M: I’ve always been interested in designing forget. I have family in Italy so I stayed there for
websites and I remember the day I got my first the first week. Their house is in the oldest part
laptop. I designed a website that presented all of town and it was beautiful. There wasn’t an
the trips I’ve made around the country. I put underground station nearby, unfortunately, so
them in different categories, like rocky areas, I walked everywhere. There were lots of bicycle
wet areas and mountain ranges. It looked great! lanes though, so next time I need to borrow
2 W: I’m really unhappy about how they are a bike.
demolishing historic buildings in the old part of I did lots of things with my relatives, like bake
town. The city must protect these buildings, not bread and cook food. We didn’t use a food mixer
build new blocks of flats. People need to live on to make bread, so it was hard work! Once we
the outskirts, instead. I’m going to complain! cooked snails, which my family think are very
3 G: I think we’ll use a lot of artificial intelligence tasty. I couldn’t tell you because I didn’t try them
in the future. I’ll have a better and smarter in the end. I have eaten many different things,
smartphone. I’ll be able to see a 3D image of the but this was too much for me!
person I’m talking to. And I’ll have a humanoid Before I left my family in Italy, we visited a
robot to help me with all the housework. I’ll still volcano that erupted thousands of years ago. I’m
have real friends, though! a photographer so I took lots of pictures of the
4 B: I visited a waterfall recently. It wasn’t the whole area. I have a fantastic photo of my cousin
biggest in the region, but it was still quite big. in the foreground and a rocky mountain range in
I went close and I got wet from all the water in the background. It looks really cool! I think I’ll put
the air. It was fun! Next, I’d like to visit a canyon. it on my social media for all my friends to see.
I don’t need to travel very far, because there’s After Italy, I visited a number of countries,
one just 20 km away! And I already have a tent including France, Spain, and Portugal. I had my
and a rucksack! drone with me and I was able to take photos
5 W: I had a very long day yesterday. I did the of the driest areas in Spain, in Almería. They
washing and made the beds in the morning. look amazing. I remember the worst thing that
Then I put all the things away and I took out happened was losing my smartphone in one of
the rubbish. By lunchtime I was tired, but I had the squares in Spain. Luckily, a waiter found it
other jobs to do. I was sweeping the floor in the and took it to the police station, so I got it back in
kitchen when I looked at the clock and saw that the end – phew!
it was five o’clock! So, I quickly got out the mop
and bucket and washed the floor. An hour after Answers: 2 food mixer 3 eaten snails
that, I was lying on my sofa watching films on 4 mountain range 5 drone 6 waiter
my smart TV – what a day!
6 B: There are so many things I want to try. I’d love Reading
to participate in a swimming competition. I
haven’t done that before and I think I’d do well 3 Read and choose the correct words to complete
because I’m an excellent swimmer. I swim in the the text.
local swimming pool every day. And winning a
prize is my dream! Answers: 2 a 3 b 4 a 5 a 6 a

Answers: 2 True 3 False 4 True 5 False 6 False 4 Read and match the questions to the answers.

Answers: 2 d 3 e 4 a 5 f 6 c

5 Read the descriptions and circle the correct topics.

Answers: 2 a 3 b 4 b 5 b 6 a

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Writing Activity 10 asks pupils to recycle the vocabulary and
grammar taught throughout this level.
6 Read and complete the sentences with the words
below.
Ask pupils to name the after-school activities (using
the prompts to help) and think about why they
Answers: 2 the most 3 was baking 4 Will you
would be fun or interesting to do. They need to
5 ever swum 6 made the
choose the best one, so encourage them to focus on
benefits and equipment. Divide pupils into in groups
7 Read and order the words to write sentences of four and have them discuss the question in pairs.
and questions. Encourage them to give reasons and respond to
what their partner has said. Then they go back to
Answers: 2 need to drive because there are their group and report what their partner said.
bicycle lanes.
3 at 10:30, I was travelling to a foreign country.
9 Look at the pictures. What is the best job? Why?
4 use a laptop to do podcasting?
Listen to your partner and tell your group.
5 is the largest waterfall in the world.
6 done a martial art before.
Example answers: A: I think a photographer has got
the best job. You can meet celebrities and travel to
8 Look at the underlined mistakes and complete the foreign countries. I’ll probably be a photographer
sentences correctly. one day! B: That sounds exciting. I don’t think it’s the
best job though. I prefer writing to taking pictures,
Answers: 2 putting so I think a journalist has got the most interesting
3 we’ll live / we will live job.
4 destroy A: (Tom) thinks a journalist has got the most
5 Has interesting job.
6 to make
10 Look at the pictures. What is the best after-school
Speaking activity? Why? Listen to your partner and tell your
group.
Teaching notes
Award up to five points for accuracy and up to five Example answers: A: I think that baking bread
points for ability to communicate well. and biscuits is the best after-school activity. There
are groups where you meet and bake and then
Activity 9 asks pupils to recycle the vocabulary and participate in competitions. Or you can give them
grammar taught throughout this level. to friends and family. Baking is easy to do and you
can do it at home. B: I’m not sure – when I’ve baked
Ask pupils to match the jobs to the pictures and things, the kitchen is always untidy – I hate washing
think about what is best about each job, as well all the dishes! I think doing a martial art, such as
as the difficulties that each profession has. Divide karate, is cool. You learn how to protect yourself!
pupils into groups of four and have them discuss the
question in pairs. Encourage them to give reasons A: (Ana) thinks doing a martial art is the best
and respond to what their partner has said. Then after-school activity.
they go back to their group and report what their
partner said.

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