Cambridge Vocabulary for PET by Sue Ireland and Joanna Kosta
Extra exercises
Countries
Unjumble these anagrams to find the names of six countries.
ITALY
1 TLYAI ...................................
3 XCOMIE ...................................
2 CEREEG ...................................
4 DNIAI ...................................
5 CNDAAA ...................................
6 KYTRUE ...................................
Colours
Circle the colours in this letter line.
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tgoldniytorang
nsaljpu lesalokfsilve
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Adjectives
Match the adjectives (1–5) to the descriptions (A–E).
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1 generous ......
2 fashionable ......
4 shy ......
5 reliable ......
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3 lazy ......
Francesca is nervous when she meets people for the first time.
Luca spends a lot of money on birthday presents for his family.
Sergio stays in bed all day at the weekends and never does any housework.
If Martina promises to do something, you can trust her to do it.
Laura often reads magazines about clothes and loves going shopping.
Sport
SPEAKING Part 4
The examiner says:
I’d like you to talk
about the sports you
like to do and watch.’
Speak for one minute about the sports you like to do and watch. You could record yourself speaking, then listen
and try to improve what you said.
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Travel and holidays
Complete the crossword. All the words are about travel or holidays. You can use a dictionary to help you.
Across
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1 This tells you how much of another country’s money you get
for your money (8, 4)
6 You have to show this when you hire a car (7, 7)
8 A vehicle like a small lorry (3)
11 You can pay by cash, credit card, or ….. (6)
12 Taxis wait at the taxi ….. (4)
14 The money used in the US (6)
16 You often put this in a box when you fill in forms (4)
18 The opposite of fast
19 You need this to visit some countries (4)
20 You use this word with ‘….. bus’, ‘….. plane’ (2)
21 You use this when you are sightseeing to help you find your
way (3)
22 You use this word with ‘….. sailing’, ‘….. sightseeing’ (2)
24 How fast you are going (5)
26 If you drive to your destination you need to plan this
carefully (5)
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The money used in a particular country (8)
Trains travel by ….. (4)
To put things into a suitcase (4)
To come back (6)
I’m staying ….. Cambridge for a week (2)
An American English word for holiday (8)
The money used in France and Germany, for example (4)
You can do this sport in winter (3)
You need this document when you travel abroad (8)
Hotel rooms are single or ….. (6)
A long journey by sea
To travel over something, e.g. a bridge or a border (5)
The train is ….. in five minutes (3)
You use this word with ‘….. some shopping’ (2)
Places
Look at these places. Which do you normally find in a town/city and which do you normally find in the countryside? Write T
(town) or C (countryside) by the word.
T
cathedral ......
field ......
hospital ......
car park ......
cottage ......
park ......
office block ......
bus station ......
museum ......
farm ......
shopping centre ......
railway station ......village ......
zoo ......
Books
Look at these types of book and match them to a description below.
(auto)biography
travel book
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historical romance
science fiction
thriller
ghost story
travel book
The Sahara on Two Wheels: An unforgettable motorcycle trip. .................
The Secret: What are the strange noises in the 400-year-old house? ............
Goal!: The life story of our favourite footballer ............
Dead and Alive: Three murders but who is the killer? ............
Sir Thomas: Will the hero be able to marry the woman he really loves? True romance set in the 18th century. ............
Planet Impossible: Travel into the future with this exciting tale of robots and spaceships. ............
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Music
A
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C
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Find two performers, three types of music and four musical instruments in this
wordsquare.
Films
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WRITING Part 3
This is part of a letter you receive from an English friend.
I’ve just been to see the latest James
Bond film. It was great. What sort of
films do you like?
Can you recommend a good film to me?
Write a letter to your friend and answer their questions. Write about 100 words.
Food and drink
Look at the words below. Write F if they are fruit and V if they are vegetables. What is the word for them in your language?
Write it on the dotted line.
F
apple ..................
coconut .................. tomato ..................
carrot ..................
grapes ..................
cauliflower ..................
pear ..................
mushroom ..................
lemon ..................
spinach ..................
pepper ..................
onion ..................
strawberry ..................
celery ..................
cabbage ..................
melon ..................
banana ..................
Answer key
Countries
2 GREECE
3 MEXICO
4 INDIA
5 CANADA
6 TURKEY
Colours
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tgoldniytorang
nsaljpu lesalokfsilve
jdfrdji
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w
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r
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b
etloyellowaldjg
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Rom
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Adjectives
2E
3C
4A
5D
Sport
Your own answer
Travel and holidays
Across: 6 driving licence
8 van
11 cheque
12 rank
14 dollar
16 tick
18 slow
19 visa
20 by
21 map
22 go
24 speed
26 route
Down: 2 currency
3 rail
4 pack
5 return
7 in
8 vacation
9 euro
10 ski
13 passport
14 double
15 voyage
17 cross
23 due
25 do
Places
TOWN/CITY: hospital, car park, park, office block, bus
station, museum, shopping centre, railway station, zoo.
COUNTRYSIDE: field, cottage, farm, village.
Books
2 ghost story
3 (auto)biography
4 thriller
5 historical romance
6 science fiction
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Films
Your own answer
Food and drink
Fruit: coconut, grapes, lemon, banana, pear, strawberry,
melon, tomato.
Vegetables: mushroom, pepper, celery, carrot, cauliflower,
onion, cabbage, spinach.
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