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6 reEftffifi[fiflEl Work in pairs. Ash and answer the
questions.
1 Do you tike being on your own? Why?lWhy not?
2 Do you think animals make good friends? Why?/Why not?
Check the meaning of the adiectives. Then find six pairs
with opposite meanings.
afraid alive brave bright dark dead exciting
friendty terribte uninteresting unkind wonderful

Do the exam tasl<.

Read the text. Decide ifthe sentences (1-5) are true (T)
or false (F). Put X in the appropriate space in the tabte.
Conradin was ten years otd and was often ilt.
'The boy is not strong,'said the doctor.'He witl not live Speaking
much [onger.' But the doctor did not know about Conradin's
9 reEftlfreml Work in pairs. Ask and answer
imagination. ln Conradin's [onety, loveless wortd, his
imagination was the only thing that l<ept him alive.
1 What do you tike doing in your free time?
Conradin's parents were dead and he tived with his aunt. 2 What places do you tike going to with your friends?
The aunt did not [il<e Conradin and was often unl<ind to him.
Conradin hated her with att his heart, but he obeyed her 10 Read the speaking exam task in exercise 12.
quietly and took his medicine without arguing. Mostly he
kept out of her way. She had no ptace in his world. His reat, l1 (d f.fZ Listen to a student doing the exam tasl<.
everyday tife in his aunt's colourtess, comfortless house Comptete the sentences with the words below.
was narrow and uninteresting. But inside his small, darl< don't fancy let's prefer realty shatl sounds want
head exciting and violent thoughts ran wild. ln the bright
1 Do you - doing something on Saturday?
world of his imagination Conradin was strong and brave.
It was a wonderfuI world, and the aunt was [ocl<ed out of it.
3 l'm not into heavy metal.
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The garden was no fun. There was nothing interesting 4 OK, then. go and see his band.
5 we invite Jack and Martha?
to do. He was forbidden to picl< the ftowers. He was
forbidden to eat the fruit. He was forbidden to play on
6 l'd to go with f ust you, reatty.
the grass. But behind some trees, in a forgotten corner 7 And what do you to do after the concert?
ofthe garden, there was an otd shed.
8 OK, then. good.
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Nobody used the shed, and Conradin took it for his own.
12 Nowdotheexamtask.
To him it became something between a playroom and -
a church. He filled it with ghosts and animats from his
imagination. But there were also two living things in the
You and your friend are going to a concert next Saturday.
shed. In one corner Iived an otd, untidy-tooking chicl<en.
Conradin had no peopte to love, and this chicken was Discuss the details of the trip. lnclude information about
the following points:
the boy's dearest friend. And in a dark, secret ptace at
the bacl< of the shed was a large wooden box with bars o Your preferences about kinds of music
across the front. This was the home of a very [arge lerret o The cost of the ticl<ets
with tong, dangerous teeth and claws. Conradin had . The possibility of bringing other friends with you
bought the ferret and its box from the friendly boy who . PIans after the concert
lived in the village.
It cost him all his money but Conradin did not mind.
He was most terribly afraid of the ferret, but he loved
it with att his heart.
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