Efl prepare Workbook Grade 9

(C)
It is open every day from 9.00 in the 
morning until 5.30 in the evening. Entrance costs 
20 Turkish lira. 
(D)
It is on Yerebatan Street in 
the centre of Istanbul. 
(E)
You can get further 
information in English or Turkish on its website.
ON HOLIDAY
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Homes
1
Look at the photo. Are the sentences right (
✓
) or 
wrong (
✗
)?
0
 
This house has a 
balcony
above 
the 
garage
. 
✓
1
 
We can see a 
sink
inside the garage. 
 
2
 
The 
entrance
to the garden has a 
gate
. 
 
3
 
The garage is on the 
ground floor
. 
 
4
 
The 
first floor
of the house has some 
large windows. 
 
5
 
There are three black 
sofas
on the balcony. 
 
6
 
There is a 
cooker 
in the garden. 
 
7
 
The 
ceiling
of the balcony is white. 
 
8
 
We can see a 
lamp 
inside the house. 
 
9
 
There isn’t a 
cupboard
on the balcony. 
 
2
Complete the answers to the questions with some 
of the words in bold in Exercise 1.
1
 
Where do you wash the dishes?
in the kitchen 
 
2
 
Where do you keep a car? in a 
 
3
 
What do you open to get into and out of a field 
or a garden? a 
 
4
 
In a first-floor apartment, where can you go 
outside? on the 
 
5
 
When you are inside a room, what do you see 
when you look up? the 
 
6
 
Which floor is below the first floor in a building?
the 
 
 
7
 
In a kitchen, where can you keep plates and 
cups? in a 
 
VOCABULARY
Past continuous and 
past simple
1
Match the sentence halves.
1
 
I was making a sandwich 
 
2
 
I was sending a text message 
 
3
 
I was playing tennis with my sister 
 
4
 
I was playing an online video game
on my laptop
 
5
 
I was closing the garage door 
 
a 
when my phone stopped working.
b 
when I remembered the dog was still inside!
c 
when I cut my finger on the bread knife.
d 
when I broke my racket.
e 
when the wi-fi stopped working.
2
Complete the sentences with the correct form of 
the verbs in brackets.
0
 
I 
was reading
(read) a book about NASA 
when Kelly 
texted
(text) me.
1
 
Marta 
 
(swim) in the sea when it 
 
(start) raining heavily.
2
 
Charlie 
 
(phone) while you 
 
(play) football.
3
 
Dina 
 
(walk) home from the 
sports club when she 
 
(see) her 
French teacher, Mr Roland.
4
 
Jim’s mum 
 
(buy) his birthday 
present while he was 
 
(play) 
tennis at the club.
5
 
Sarah 
 
(watch) a film in the 
cinema when someone 
 
(take) 
her bag.
6
 
Bruna and I 
 
(fly) to London 
when a storm 
 
(begin).
7
 
It was very busy in our house at seven o’clock 
this morning. While I 
 
(make) 
breakfast, my mum 
 
(talk) on 
the phone, my dad 
 
(clean) the 
floor and my sisters 
 
(play) with 
the dog.
8
 
Katie 
 
(do) her homework
when her best friend 
 
(arrive)
to see her.
GRAMMAR
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UNIT 4
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3
Correct the three underlined sentences in the 
email.
Adjectives to describe 
homes
1
Find ten more adjectives.
p
u
n
u
s
u
a
l
q
t
c
r
d
l
q
e
p
c
o
l
d
o
t
o
l
u
j
n
n
d
g
a
o
i
e
i
b
r
i
g
h
t
r
l
n
d
g w e
z
c
s
j
k
c
y
f
h
a
t
t
e
t
e
n
o
a
t
t
r
a
c
t
i
v
e
s
l
a
d m o
v
b
o
k m y
p
e
a
c
e
f
u
l
j
x
t
2
What adjective do the letters in the grey boxes 
spell?
 
 
3
Choose the correct words to complete the 
sentences.
1
 
The weather in my country is really hot in the 
summer, so it is difficult to keep our house 
warm
/ 
cool
.
2
 
You can’t hear anything in my bedroom, only the 
birds in the garden – it’s very 
unusual
/ 
peaceful
.
3
 
It is 
cosy
/ 
unusual
for a 15-year-old to have their 
own flat.
4
 
It’s always very 
light
/ 
dark
in our house because 
all the rooms have really big windows.
5
 
Tourists often take photos of my uncle and 
aunt’s house because it is so big and 
cosy
/ 
attractive
.
6
 
I always sit on our big sofa to watch TV because 
it is the most 
comfortable
/ 
unusual
place to sit in 
our flat.
7
 
My sister is painting her apartment yellow and 
pink. She loves 
bright
/
 dark
colours.
4
Write a description of the home of someone you 
know. Use adjectives in Exercise 1.
 
 
 
 
 
 
VOCABULARY
1
 
 
2
 
 
3
 
 
Hi Henry,
How are you? Thanks for your email.
I watched a great football match yesterday – 
AC Milan against Inter Milan. Inter won 3–0. 
1
 
I was watching it with my family. We really 
enjoyed it.
After the match, we had a party for my sister. 
It was her 15th birthday. At the party there 
were a lot of people. 
2
 
We are dancing, eating 
and drinking. We had a great time.
You asked me about my holiday in Spain. 
Well, I enjoyed it very much. We did lots of 
things. We swam in the sea. We went for long 
walks. We played basketball. 
3
 
We were lying 
on the beach every day. We ate meals in nice 
restaurants. I made friends with a boy and girl 
from Ireland.
Love,
Petra
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2
 
Which home does each sentence refer to? Write 
1
, 
2
 or 
3
.
Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
0
 
There is a garden here. 
3
0
 
Members of the writer’s family live here. 
1, 2, 3
1
You can go from place to place in this home. 
 
2
We know the age of this home. 
 
3
Two people live in this home. 
 
4
This home is on land. 
 
5
This home is in a city. 
 
6
The writer goes and stays here. 
 
7
This home is large. 
 
8
You need a lift to get to this home. 
 
1
Read the descriptions of the houses 1–3 and match them to the 
photos A–C. 
READING
My grandfather built this house with his father 50 years 
ago. It is the first house my grandparents lived in after 
they got married in 1975, and they still live there. My 
mum lived there when she was a girl. It’s a big, quiet 
house, and it’s cosy and warm in the winter when 
it’s cold outside. The garden is really big and is full 
of trees. My grandparents love living in the house 
and I enjoy staying there. I spend two weeks there 
every summer.
My brother and his wife live on the top floor of an 
apartment block in the city centre. It’s a very attractive 
apartment and they really like it. They have a balcony 
outside the living room, and they often sit there in the 
evenings to eat their dinner. Their home is small, but 
from the windows you can see all of the city and the 
mountains and forest a long way away. We live near 
them, so I often visit them on Saturday mornings.
My cousin lives in this home with her 
mother, father and grandma. It’s in a quiet 
part of a large city. The rooms inside it 
are not big, and it is not the best place 
for very tall people. But my cousin likes 
living there because she can travel 
and be at home at the same time! 
I love visiting them. I sleep on a 
sofa in the sitting room because 
the bedrooms are so small.
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