Dossier 01

Choose the correct answer. King John was King Richard’s He liked hunting and Nobody liked King John because His noblemen created a document called the Magna Carta They forced King John to sign it at…

Understanding the text - Emilia’s Story

The beautiful young woman stood in the empty room and looked sadly at the body of the dead man. Then she looked at us with her dark eyes. ‘But you! Are you the police?’ she asked. ‘Yes, we are the…

Comprehension check (KET)

Are these sentences ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’? If there is not enough information to answer ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’, choose ‘Doesn’t say’. Akela is the leader because he is very old. Shere…

Reading

‘I have a lot of enemies now,’ Mowgli thinks. ‘I must go far away.’ He runs and runs until he comes to a village near a lot of rocks and ravines.1 He sees cows and buffaloes2 everywhere. Some…

Reading

Dorothy lives in a small gray house in Kansas with her Uncle Henry, Aunt Em and little dog, Toto. Everything in Kansas is gray. There are no trees or flowers, but there are cyclones. Cyclones are very…

Animals

Reading

“This is super!” said Michelle. “We discovered a secret room!” “You mean a secret closet,”1 said Nick, moving his flashlight around. “It’s very small.” There were two big maps and some…

Writing (FCE)

Last month you read an interesting book about Dickens’ London. Write a letter to a pen friend who is going to visit London for the first time. In 120-180 words tell him/her what London was like in…

Reading

Mr Hiram B. Otis was American. He was rich and very important. He wanted to live in an old house in England, so he decided to buy Canterville Chase, the home of Lord Canterville. Everyone told him that…

Reading

Colin looked terrible. His face was red from crying but Mary was too angry to worry about him. ‘If you scream again, then I’ll scream louder,’ she told him. ‘I can’t stop,’ Colin sobbed.1…