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CONTENTS

1 Mixed letters - ARTS & MEDIA 5

2 Cards for games - ARTS & MEDIA 5

3 Crossword - ARTS & MEDIA 6

4 Mixed sentences - ARTS & MEDIA 9

5 Word search - ARTS & MEDIA 11

6 Gap fill sentences - ARTS & MEDIA 13

7 Mixed letters - EXAMS 15

8 Cards for games - EXAMS 15

9 Crossword – EXAMS 16

10 Mixed sentences – EXAMS 19

11 Word search – EXAMS 21

12 Gap fill sentences – EXAMS 23

13 Mixed letters - CHRISTMAS 25

14 Cards for games – CHRISTMAS 25

15 Crossword - CHRISTMAS 26

16 Word search – CHRISTMAS 29

17 Gap fill sentences – CHRISTMAS 31

18 Mixed letters - HEALTH 33

19 Cards for games - HEALTH 33

20 Crossword - HEALTH 34

21 Mixed sentences - HEALTH 37

22 Word search – HEALTH 39

23 Gap fill sentences – HEALTH 41

24 Mixed letters – HOLIDAYS & TOURISM 43

25 Cards for games – HOLIDAYS & TOURISM 43

26 Crossword– HOLIDAYS & TOURISM 44

27 Mixed sentences – HOLIDAYS & TOURISM 48

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31 Cards for games – WORK 54

32 Crossword – WORK 55

33 Mixed sentences – WORK 58

34 Word search – WORK 60

35 Gap fill sentences – WORK 62

36 Mixed letters – INTERNET 64

37 Cards for games - INTERNET 64

38 Crossword – INTERNET 65

39 Mixed sentences - INTERNET 68

40 Word search - INTERNET 70

41 Gap fill sentences – INTERNET 72

42 Mixed Letters – SOUNDS 74

43 Cards for games – SOUNDS 74

44 Crossword – SOUNDS 75

45 Mixed sentences - SOUNDS 78

46 Word search - SOUNDS 80

47 Gap fill sentences – SOUNDS 82

48 Mixed letters - MOVEMENT 84

49 Cards for games - MOVEMENT 84

50 Crossword - MOVEMENT 85

51 Mixed sentences - MOVEMENT 88

52 Word search - MOVEMENT 90

53 Gap fill sentences – MOVEMENT 92

54 Mixed letters – PERSONALITY 94

55 Cards for games – PERSONALITY 94

56 Crossword – PERSONALITY 95

57 Mixed sentences – PERSONALITY 98

58 Word search – PERSONALITY 100

59 Gap fill sentences – PERSONALITY 102

60 Mixed letters - BUILDINGS 104

61 Cards for games – BUILDINGS 104

62 Crossword – BUILDINGS 105

63 Mixed sentences - BUILDINGS 108

64 Word search – BUILDINGS 110

65 Gap fill sentences – BUILDINGS 112

66 Mixed Letters – TRAVEL 114

67 Cards for games – TRAVEL 114

68 Crossword – TRAVEL 115

69 Mixed sentences – TRAVEL 118

70 Word search – TRAVEL 120

71 Gap fill sentences – TRAVEL 122

72 Mixed Letters – MUSIC 124

73 Cards for games – MUSIC 124

74 Crossword – MUSIC 125

75 Mixed sentences – MUSIC 128

76 Word search – MUSIC 130

77 Gap fill sentences – MUSIC 132

78 Mixed Letters – SPORT 134

79 Cards for games – SPORT 134

80 Crossword – SPORT 135

81 Mixed sentences – SPORT 138

82 Word search – SPORT 140

83 Gap fill sentences – SPORT 142

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1 Mixed letters - ARTS & MEDIA

A really fun way to review vocabulary at the end of the lesson or the week is to mix up the letters of each word Write a word or words on the board The students then race to identify the vocabulary

erseteblls bestseller leanchn channel

2 Cards for games - ARTS & MEDIA

These pre-prepared cards can be used for a variety of games and activities

3 Crossword - ARTS & MEDIA

Across

3 A group of musicians who play modern music together (4)

5 The collective term for music, art, theatre, literature, etc (7)

6 A large, printed picture or notice put on a wall, in order to decorate a place or to advertise something (6)

7 Several songs or pieces of music on a CD, a record, etc (5)

11 The people who sit and watch a performance at a cinema, theatre, etc (8)

12 A book , newspaper , etc that is one of several that are the same and were produced at the same time (7)

15 A television or radio station (= broadcasting company) (7)

16 A television or radio programme or performance (4)

17 A very popular book that many people have bought (10)

Down

1 A room or building which is used for showing works of art (7)

2 A short period of time between the parts of a play, performance, etc (8)

4 When objects such as paintings are shown to the public (10)

6 The story of a book, film, play, etc (4)

8 A person in a play or a film (4)

9 A report in a newspaper, magazine or programme that gives an opinion about a new book, film, etc (6)

10 A view or picture of a film, play or show (5)

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4 Mixed sentences - ARTS & MEDIA

Rearrange the words to make complete sentences

1 is / band / a / tonight / playing / there / jazz

2 channel / DNB / news / best / is / the

3 album / their / new / you / have / heard / ?

4 an / show / the / on / night / television / was / last / there / interesting

5 favourite / of / lots / posters / have / I / singer / of / my

6 can / Paris / in / culture / of / lots / you / living / experience

7 Byzantine / exhibition / at / museum / the / art / there / is / of / an

8 performance / minute / will / ten / a / be / there / interval / through / the / halfway

9 important / the / play / in / part / plays / my / an / friend

10 Gallery / the / art / Britain / in / National / the / biggest / has / collection

11 were / of / children / lots /audience / in /sitting / the / there

12 likely / another / become / book / his / is / bestseller / to

13 the / the / film / famous / of / cast / actors / are / all

14 are / editions / dictionary / paperback / there / and / of / hardback / the

15 shown / the / the / war / news / disturbing / were / on / images / the / of

16 film / the / has / plot / a / very / simple

17 the / received / bad / good / and / film / reviews / some / ones / some

18 scenes / painted / Lowry / street

Mixed sentences answers – ARTS & MEDIA

1 There is a jazz band playing tonight

2 Have you heard their new album?

3 DNB is the best news channel

4 There was an interesting show on the television last night

5 I have lots of posters of my favourite singer

6 You can experience lots of culture living in Paris

7 There is an exhibition of Byzantine art at the museum

8 There will be a ten minute interval halfway through the performance

9 My friend plays an important part in the play

10 The National Gallery has the biggest art collection in Britain

11 There were lots of children sitting in the audience

12 His book is likely to become another bestseller

13 The cast of the film are all famous actors

14 There are paperback and hardback editions of the dictionary

15 The images of the war shown on the news were disturbing

16 The film has a very simple plot

17 The film received some good reviews and some bad ones

18 Lowry painted street scenes

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5 Word search - ARTS & MEDIA

image bestseller show cast edition audience

Word Search Solution - ARTS & MEDIA

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6 Gap fill sentences - ARTS & MEDIA

These can be used with a word search, crossword, with another exercise or just on their own

1 There is a jazz …… playing tonight

2 Have you heard their new ……….?

3 DNB is the best news …………

4 There was an interesting ……… on the television last night

5 I have lots of …….…… of my favourite singer

6 You can experience lots of ………… living in Paris

7 There is an ……… of Byzantine art at the museum

8 There will be a ten minute …….…… halfway through the performance

9 My friend plays an important ……… in the play

10 The National ………… has the biggest art collection in Britain

11 There were lots of children sitting in the ………

12 His book is likely to become another ………

13 The ……… of the film are all famous actors

14 There are paperback and hardback ……… of the dictionary

15 The ………… of the war shown on the news were disturbing

16 The film has a very simple ……

17 The film received some good ………… and some bad ones

18 Lowry painted street …………

Gap Fill sentences answers – ARTS & MEDIA

1 There is a Jazz band playing tonight

2 Have you heard their new album?

3 DNB is the best news channel

4 There was an interesting show on the television last night

5 I have lots of posters of my favourite singer

6 You can experience lots of culture living in Paris

7 There is an exhibition of Byzantine art at the museum

8 There will be a ten minute interval halfway through the performance

9 My friend plays an important part in the play

10 The National Gallery has the biggest art collection in Britain

11 There were lots of children sitting in the audience

12 His book is likely to become another bestseller

13 The cast of the film are all famous actors

14 There are paperback and hardback editions of the dictionary

15 The images of the war shown on the news were disturbing

16 The film has a very simple plot

17 The film received some good reviews and some bad ones

18 Lowry painted street scenes

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7 Mixed letters - EXAMS

A really fun way to review vocabulary at the end of the lesson or the week is to mix up the letters of each word Write a word or words on the board.The students then race to identify the vocabulary

xmeaniatoin examination ssap pass

8 Cards for games - EXAMS

These pre-prepared cards can be used for a variety of games and activities

subject diploma subject diploma

examination exercise examination exercise

9 Crossword – EXAMS

Across

1 part of an examination (5)

5 information that you get from something such as an exam, a scientific experiment, or a medical test (6)

7 a number or letter that shows how good someone's work or performance is (5)

9 an official test of how much you know about something, or how well you can do something (11)

12 to do an exam or test (4)

14 when someone is given permission to enter somewhere or to become a member of a club, university, etc (9)

15 a short piece of writing about a particular subject, especially one done by students (5)

17 to not pass a test or exam (4)

18 to give someone a set of questions, in order to measure their knowledge or ability (4)

Down

2 a piece of school work that involves detailed study of a subject (7)

3 to check a piece of work or an exam, showing mistakes and giving a letter or number to say how good it is (4)

4 a qualification from a school, college or university, or an official document showing that someone has completed a course of study (7)

6 a long piece of writing that you do as part of an advanced university course (6)

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10 Mixed sentences – EXAMS

Rearrange the words to make complete sentences

1 applied / school / law / admission / for / she’s / to

2 marketing / got / she’s / a / in / diploma

3 homework / essay / pollution / write / want / I / you / to / on / an / for

4 we / CAE / we / studying / because / hard / want / are / pass / to

5 end / at / chapter / of / the / book / exercises / the / has / every

6 fail / work / if / she’ll / she / all / exams / her / doesn’t

7 FCE / Carla / in / a / grade A / got

8 be / down / for / spelling / poor / punctuation / and / you’ll / marked

9 exercise / match / country / city / capital / in / to / you / have / the / first / each / to / its

10 must / candidates / two / answer / questions / paper / each / from

11 very / year / of / end / was / the / difficult / examination

12 college / special / in / had / do / our / third / at / year / everyone / to / project / a

13 1992 / medicine / in / in / qualified / he

14 results / the / posted / your / exam / be / home / will / to / address

15 school / geography / history / at / favourite / my / were / subjects / and

16 pronunciation / I / course / in / took / a / English

17 you’ve / tested / studied / you’ll / on / term / this / be / everything

18 thesis / took / time / doctoral / write / to / it / a / long / my

Mixed sentences answers - EXAMS

1 She's applied for admission to law school

2 She’s got a diploma in marketing

3 For homework I want you to write an essay on pollution

4 We are studying hard because we want to pass CAE

5 The book has exercises at the end of every chapter

6 If she doesn't work, she'll fail all her exams

7 Carla got a grade A in FCE

8 You'll be marked down for poor spelling and punctuation

9 In the first exercise you have to match each capital city to its country

10 Candidates must answer two questions from each paper

11 The end of year examination was very difficult

12 In our third year at college everyone had to do a special project

13 He qualified in medicine in 1992

14 The exam results will be posted to your home address

15 My favourite subjects at school were history and geography

16 I took a course in English pronunciation

17 You'll be tested on everything you've studied this term

18 It took a long time to write my doctoral thesis

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11 Word search – EXAMS

l q a h b t a k e u i t s g x

g z b o b g d m l w h u t q o

e x e r c i s e u e c c j u o

t f x c r s i s d v e z t j t

o o a n q b f a e j i x e s e

t m m o p h r r o s l x e f f

h b i t c g k r e a s t l a p

e w n t k m p t m s r a j i a

s p a c c q u o p s u a y l s

i m t o y o l a a u j l w j s

s p i m v p m y p b q v t k y

w c o k i s v w e j b n r k z

a q n d t d h c r e r a p p p

a d m i s s i o n c m r k n r

q u a l i f y z m t m u p q m

Can you find these exam words in the puzzle?

essay

subject

examination

diploma

result

grade

exercise

take

project

fail

test

pass paper

match

admission

mark

qualify thesis

Word Search Solution - EXAMS

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12 Gap fill sentences – EXAMS

These can be used with a wordsearch, crossword, another exercise or just on their own

a She's applied for ……… to law school

b She’s got a ……… in marketing

c For homework I want you to write an ………… on pollution

d We are studying hard because we want to ……… CAE

e The book has ……… at the end of every chapter

f If she doesn't work, she'll ……… all her exams

g Carla got a ……….A in FCE

h You'll be ……… down for poor spelling and punctuation

i In the first exercise you have to ……… each capital city to its country

j Candidates must answer two questions from each ………

k The end of year ……… was very difficult

l In our third year at college everyone had to do a special ………

m He ……… in medicine in 1992

n The exam ……… will be posted to your home address

o My favourite ……… at school were history and geography

p I ………… a course in English pronunciation

q You'll be ……… on everything you've studied this term

r It took a long time to write my doctoral ………

Gap fill sentences answers - EXAMS

a She's applied for admission to law school

b She’s got a diploma in marketing

c For homework I want you to write an essay on pollution

d We are studying hard because we want to pass CAE

e The book has exercises at the end of every chapter

f If she doesn't work, she'll fail all her exams

g Carla got a grade A in FCE

h You'll be marked down for poor spelling and punctuation

i In the first exercise you have to match each capital city to its country

j Candidates must answer two questions from each paper

k The end of year examination was very difficult

l In our third year at college everyone had to do a special project

m He qualified in medicine in 1992

n The exam results will be posted to your home address

o My favourite subjects at school were history and geography

p I took a course in English pronunciation

q You'll be tested on everything you've studied this term

r It took a long time to write my doctoral thesis

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13 Mixed letters - CHRISTMAS

A really fun way to review vocabulary at the end of the lesson or the week is to mix up the letters of each word Write a word or words on the board The students then race to identify the vocabulary

tloestime Mistletoe doyliha holiday

14 Cards for games – CHRISTMAS

These pre-prepared cards can be used for a variety of games and activities

present mistletoe present mistletoe

stocking Boxing Day stocking Boxing Day mince pie holiday mince pie holiday

reindeer Christmas

Christmas Eve mulled wine winter mulled wine winter

15 Crossword - CHRISTMAS

Across

3 A traditional sweet pastry filled with fruit (5-3)

4 A large sock into which gifts are placed on Christmas day (8)

6 The day before Christmas (9-3)

8 A green, thorny plant with red berries used to decorate peoples homes (5)

9 The day after Christmas Day (6-3)

12 The coldest season of the year, between December and February (6)

13 A gift given from one person to another (7)

16 The animals that pull Santa's sleigh (8)

17 Large bird traditionally eaten at Christmas (6)

Down

1 The celebration between December and January when January 1st begins (3-4)

2 Couples traditionally kiss underneath this plant at Christmas (9)

5 Traditional songs sung at Christmas (6)

6 This has a message written in it and is given from one person to another at Christmas (4)

7 Hot spiced wine which is drunk at Christmas (6-4)

10 A special time of the year when you do not have to go to work (7)

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16 Word search – CHRISTMAS

snow

mince pie

boxing day

present turkey holiday holly christmas eve winter

winter mistletoe carols party new year stocking

Word Search Solution - CHRISTMAS

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17 Gap fill sentences – CHRISTMAS

Find the word to complete the sentence using the picture clues below

1 We are going to decorate our Christmas ………

2 Look at the beautiful ……… in the garden

3 I can’t wait for you to open your………

4 I get very excited on ………

5 Look out of the window, there is lots of………

Gap fill sentences answers - CHRISTMAS

1 We are going to decorate our Christmas tree

2 Look at the beautiful holly in the garden

3 I can’t wait for you to open your present

4 I get very excited on Christmas Eve

5 Look out of the window, there is lots of snow

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18 Mixed letters - HEALTH

A really fun way to review vocabulary at the end of the lesson or the week is to mix up the letters of each word Write a word or words on the board The students then race to identify the vocabulary

falk oeort look after tnfai faint

19 Cards for games - HEALTH

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20 Crossword - HEALTH

Across

3 to lose blood (5)

5 to experience something physical or emotional (4)

7 to damage a muscle or similar soft part of the body caused by using that part too much (6)

8 to cut a body open for medical reasons (7)

9 to use drugs, exercises, etc to cure a person of a disease or heal an injury (5)

13 to produce liquid through your skin because you are hot or nervous (5)

14 to fall down because of illness or weakness (8)

15 to feel pain in a part of your body (4)

16 to make air come out of your throat with a short sound (5)

Down

1 to hurt or cause physical harm to a person (6)

2 to suddenly become unconscious for a short time, usually falling down (5)

3 to cause something to be hurt by heat (4)

4 to swallow or use a medicine or drug (4)

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21 Mixed sentences - HEALTH

Rearrange the words to make complete sentences

1 too / feel / I / today / hot

2 I / a / caught / when / was / on / disease / holiday / I

3 hurt / eyes / really / my / much / if / I / computer / use / too / the

4 nurses / the / in / will / look / hospital / after / you / the

5 this / three / a / medicine / take / day / times

6 bleeding / bandage / with / stop / the / try / to / a

7 oven / hot / careful / don’t / on / burn / yourself / the / you / be

8 because / all / coughed / day / I / cold / had / a / I

9 my / playing / I / injured / football / leg

10 she / operate / if / better / get / need / doesn’t / the / will / to / doctor

11 died / he / collapsed / heart / and / of / attack / a

12 develop / might / your / into / illness / serious / something / more

13 blood / saw / she / when / fainted / she / the

14 hat / head / my / this / itch / makes /

15 mosquito / don’t / your / bites / scratch

16 strained / computer / using / all / wrist / day / I / my / mouse / the / my / on / by

17 sweating / ran / I / was / and / was / I / day / as / hot / it / a

18 cancer / he’s / for / treated / being

Mixed sentences answers - HEALTH

1 I feel too hot today

2 I caught a disease when I was on holiday

3 My eyes really hurt if I use the computer too much

4 The nurses in the hospital will look after you

5 Take this medicine three times a day

6 Try to stop the bleeding with a bandage

7 Be careful you don’t burn yourself on the hot oven

8 I coughed all day because I had a cold

9 I injured my leg playing football

10 If she doesn’t get better the doctor will need to operate

11 He collapsed and died of a heart attack

12 Your illness might develop into something more serious

13 She fainted when she saw the blood

14 This hat makes my head itch

15 Don’t scratch your mosquito bites

16 I strained my wrist by using the mouse on my computer all day

17 It was a hot day and I was sweating as I ran

18 He’s being treated for cancer

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22 Word search – HEALTH

hurt look after

take bleed

burn cough injure operate collapse develop

faint itch scratch strain sweat treat

Word Search Solution - HEALTH