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Questions - Understanding the text

Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Ask another student the questions and answer them. Mowgli/is/How/old? does/him/hit/Why/Baloo? Master Words/What/the/are?…

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Comprehension (I) (PET)

Look at the sentences below. Decide if each statement is correct or incorrect. Jonathan Swift was born in London in 1667. He studied at university in Dublin. He became a minister of the Church in 1694.…

Grammar (II) (PET)

Look at these sentences. For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first using no more than three words. I asked the Emperor for permission to visit the capital…

Comprehension check (KET)

Read the sentences below and then answer the questions. The Bermuda Triangle is in the It is often called In 1492 Christopher Columbus’s compass did not work The United States Coast Guard found the…

Discussion - The text and beyond

One of the best known sentences about the past is from the novel The Go-Between (1953) by the English writer L. P. Hartley (1895- 1972). The narrator, an old man, looks back at events that took place…

Listening (PET) - Lowood School

Listen to the first part of Part Two and decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. Lowood School looked just like her aunt’s house. There were nearly twenty girls in the room. Jane did not eat…

Before You Read - The First Spirit

The First Spirit

Dates and years

‘9 October 1872’ Look at the way we say and read dates: 21 December: on the twenty-first of December (when we say a date, we say on the = date + of + the month). We use ordinal numbers (e.g., first,…