Efl prepare Workbook Grade 9

0
 
First name: 
c
1
 
Surname: 
2
 
Age: 
3
 
Address: 
4
 
Email address: 
5
 
Mobile phone
number: 
6
 
Family: 
7
 
Free-time activities
he likes: 
8
 
Kind of food he likes: 
a
 
ice hockey, cooking
b
 
07662012976
c
 
Aleksey
d
 
Ligovsky Street,
St Petersburg
e
 
Pavlov
f
 
15
g
 
Russian
h
 
[e-mail]
i
 
one brother
WRITING
2
Next year, you are going to spend a month in 
the UK at a British school. Complete an email 
like Aleksey’s about you.
Hi! I’m 
 
, 
and I’m 
going to be a student at your school in June. 
My teacher will send this message to your 
teacher. I’d like to know somebody before I 
come, so can you email me when you get this?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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IT’S A CHALLENGE!

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Geographical features
1
In which photo(s) can you see each geographical 
feature? Write 
A
, 
B
, 
A
 
and B
 or 
X
 if you cannot 
see it.
desert 
X 
forest 
 
hill 
 
sea 
 
mountain 
 
volcano 
 
valley 
 
lake 
 
river 
 
VOCABULARY
2
Complete the sentences with the correct form of
words in Exercise 1.
1
 
An example of a 
 
is the Nile in 
Africa.
2
 
A 
 
is a dangerous place. It is 
very, very hot inside it.
3
 
The low area between two 
 
or 
mountains is called a 
 
.
4
 
The 
 
is a large area of water. It 
has salt in it.
5
 
Not many plants can grow in a 
 
. 
There’s a lot of sun and very little rain there.
6
A 
 
has lots of trees, plants, 
animals and birds.
A
B
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UNIT 2
2
OUR CHANGING PLANET

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Verbs 
we do
n’t usually use in 
the continuous
1
Complete the table with the verbs in the box.
believe
belong 
to
go happen
hate
have
hope
know
like
love
mean
need
own
read
think
understand
walk
want
watch
write
Verbs that we use in the 
present continuous
Verbs that we don’t 
usually use in the 
present continuous
go
believe
2
Choose the correct verb form to complete the 
sentences.
1
 
I 
do 
/ 
’m doing 
my homework now, so I can’t 
come to the park.
2
 
These books 
belong 
/ 
are belonging 
to
 
Simon.
3
 
I 
like 
/ 
’m liking 
your hat, Tim. Can I try it on?
4
 
My dad can’t take me to football practice 
because he 
works 
/ 
’s working 
at the moment.
5
 
My mother 
understands 
/
 ’s understanding
some 
Italian, but she can’t speak it very well.
6
 
Do you know 
/ 
Are you knowing 
Rachel’s brother? 
He’s very funny.
7
 
I
’m looking for 
/
 look for
my new jacket. I can’t 
find it anywhere.
8
 
I 
don’t own 
/
 ’m not owning
this guitar. It’s my 
sister’s.
3
Correct the mistakes in three of the sentences. 
Which two are correct?
1
 
There is a concert on Saturday. I am wanting to go.
 
 
2
 
My parents are making dinner at the moment.
 
3
 
I think you are liking reading.
 
4
 
I don’t understand this exercise.
 
5
 
We’re wanting to tell you what we think of Rio de 
Janeiro.
 
 
GRAMMAR
Animals
1
Use the definitions and pictures below to 
complete the crossword.
1
2
o
3
4 
p
5
a
6
7
r
8 
t
r
9
 Across
5
 
This large, heavy animal lives in a very cold part 
of the world.
7
 
This animal has a very long neck.
8
 
This animal lives in jungles, forests or in the 
mountains. It is a kind of large cat.
9
 
This animal doesn’t have any legs.
 Down
1
 
Picture B
2
 
Picture C
3
 
This sea animal is one of the largest animals 
in the world.
4
 
Picture A
6
 
Picture D
VOCABULARY
2
What animal do the letters in the grey boxes spell?
 
A
B
D
C
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OUR CHANGING PLANET

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1
For each question, choose the correct answer. 
 
You will hear Martha talking to a friend about a trip to the zoo. 
Which animal was each person most interested in?
People
0
brother 
E
1
sister 
2
dad 
3
mum 
4
grandad 
5
grandma 
What they liked best
A
bears 
E
monkeys
B
dolphins 
F
penguins
C
elephants 
G
snakes
D
giraffes 
H
wild dogs
02
2
Read the email from Violetta again. There are four 
sentences missing. Choose the correct place in the email 
for sentences A–E. There is one extra sentence that you 
don’t need.
A 
I love animals and I want to know more about how I can 
help them.
B 
I’d like to read one of her stories.
C 
He’s at university, studying animal sciences.
D 
I wrote one last week and he loved it.
E 
For example, I can stop buying plastic bottles of water, 
and I can stop using plastic shopping bags.
1
Read the email from Violetta to her cousin. 
Choose the correct answers.
1
 
Violetta is 
younger
/ 
older
than her 
brother.
2
 
Violetta wants to help 
people
/ 
animals
.
3
 
Violetta is going to change things in her 
life because of 
the book
/ 
her brother
.
4
 
Violetta knows 
nothing
/ 
some things
about what Lucia likes.
READING
Hi Lucia,
Thanks for your email. It was good to hear how you are and what you’re doing.
I love reading too, but I don’t know your favourite writer’s books. 
1
 
 
At the moment, I’m reading a book called 
Fast Changing World
. It’s not mine; it 
belongs to my brother. 
2
 
 
I don’t understand everything in the book; it’s for 
older students, but it’s very interesting. It’s about what’s happening to our planet 
and how we’re losing lots of wild animals and plants because we don’t look after 
our forests, lakes, rivers and seas.
I’m learning so much. The book’s giving me some ideas about how I can help 
stop some of the bad changes happening. 
3
 
 
When these things get into 
the sea, they’re a big problem for fish and sea animals. I talk to my school friends 
about this, and they want to help too. So one afternoon next week, we’re going 
to spend an afternoon cleaning the beach near my house.
I’d like to study the same subject as my brother, animal sciences
,
when I go to 
university
.
4
 
 
What do you think, Lucia? I know you’re interested in them, 
but would you like to study animal sciences at university?
Write soon.
Love,
Violetta
LISTENING
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UNIT 2

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2
Read the notes about African elephants. Then 
write the information in the correct place in the 
paragraph plan below.
An article about an animal
1
Read the text and answer the questions.
WRITING
0
 
Which countries do they live in? 
Canada, the USA and Mexico 
 
1
 
What do they eat most of the time?

2
 
How heavy are they?

3
 
How many babies do females have?

4
 
What are their babies called?

5
 
How long do the babies stay with their mother?

6
 
How many black bears are there in 
North America?

Black bears live in the forests and 
mountains of Canada, the USA and Mexico. 
They usually eat grass and insects, but 
they eat other things too, including fish, 
small animals and the food people leave 
at campsites.
Adults are very big and they weigh between 
90 kg and 270 kg. They are tall too: when 
males stand up on two legs, they are about 
180 centimetres tall.
In winter, females have two or three babies, 
called cubs. They stay with their mother 
for about two years. Scientists think there 
are around 600,000 of these animals in the 
wild in North America, but there may be 
many more.
Black 
Bears
Paragraph 1: where they live / food
forests and grasslands in 37 countries in Africa, ... 
 
Paragraph 2: size / what they weigh / age they live 
until
 
 
 
 
Paragraph 3: babies / how many wild African 
elephants today
 
 
 
3
Use the paragraph plan to write a text about 
African elephants. When you write about 
numbers, don’t forget to use 
between, about / 
around 
and 
including
.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
African elephants
leaves, grass, fruit / now 470,000–690,000 wild 
elephants / forests and grasslands in
37 countries in Africa (Tanzania, Kenya, 
South Africa, etc.) / live in wild until around 70 
/ females have one baby (‘calf’) every two–four 
years, heavy – about 91 kg when they’re born / 
adults very big – 2,268 kg–6,350 kg
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