Key Reading and Writing Mock

Read and Match the following

• You cannot go in through here.

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• Go here if you have lost something.

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• You must walk in this place.

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• These students do not have a lesson.

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• You should put things back in the right place.

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William Perkin

William Perkin was born in London in 1838. As a child he had many hobbies, including model making and photography. But it was the (1) …​​ (a)   ……… of chemistry that really interested him. At the age of 15, he went to college to study it.

​ While he was there, he was (2) …​ (b)   ……… to make a medicine from coal.

This didn’t go well, but when he was working on the problem, he found a cheap (3) …​ (c)   ……… to make the colour purple. At that (4) ……​ (d)   …… it was very expensive to make clothes in different colours. William knew he could make a business out of his new colour. Helped by his father and brother, William (5) ……​ (e)   …​ … his own factory to make the colour. It sold well, and soon purple clothes became very popular in England and the rest of the world​

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I hope (0) YOU are well. I’m having a great holiday here in Thailand. Our hotel is very nice and there are a lot of good restaurants near it.

Yesterday morning, we went to (1) ………… lovely beach. We had to leave before lunch because it was very hot. We went to a party (2) ………… the evening in the centre (3) ………… the town. Everyone had a good time and we got back at midnight. Tomorrow, we want to (4) ………… on a boat trip or (5) ………… tennis.

i’ll show you my photos (6) ………… I get back.

See you soon,

Maria

I hope (0) YOU are well. I’m having a great holiday here in Thailand. Our hotel is very nice and there are a lot of good restaurants near it.

Yesterday morning, we went to (1) ………… lovely beach. We had to leave before lunch because it was very hot. We went to a party (2) ………… the evening in the centre (3) ………… the town. Everyone had a good time and we got back at midnight. Tomorrow, we want to (4) ………… on a boat trip or (5) ………… tennis.

i’ll show you my photos (6) ………… I get back.

See you soon,

Maria

I hope (0) YOU are well. I’m having a great holiday here in Thailand. Our hotel is very nice and there are a lot of good restaurants near it.

Yesterday morning, we went to (1) ………… lovely beach. We had to leave before lunch because it was very hot. We went to a party (2) ………… the evening in the centre (3) ………… the town. Everyone had a good time and we got back at midnight. Tomorrow, we want to (4) ………… on a boat trip or (5) ………… tennis.

i’ll show you my photos (6) ………… I get back.

See you soon,

Maria

I hope (0) YOU are well. I’m having a great holiday here in Thailand. Our hotel is very nice and there are a lot of good restaurants near it.

Yesterday morning, we went to (1) ………… lovely beach. We had to leave before lunch because it was very hot. We went to a party (2) ………… the evening in the centre (3) ………… the town. Everyone had a good time and we got back at midnight. Tomorrow, we want to (4) ………… on a boat trip or (5) ………… tennis.

i’ll show you my photos (6) ………… I get back.

See you soon,

Maria

I hope (0) YOU are well. I’m having a great holiday here in Thailand. Our hotel is very nice and there are a lot of good restaurants near it.

Yesterday morning, we went to (1) ………… lovely beach. We had to leave before lunch because it was very hot. We went to a party (2) ………… the evening in the centre (3) ………… the town. Everyone had a good time and we got back at midnight. Tomorrow, we want to (4) ………… on a boat trip or (5) ………… tennis.

i’ll show you my photos (6) ………… I get back.

See you soon,

Maria

I hope (0) YOU are well. I’m having a great holiday here in Thailand. Our hotel is very nice and there are a lot of good restaurants near it.

Yesterday morning, we went to (1) ………… lovely beach. We had to leave before lunch because it was very hot. We went to a party (2) ………… the evening in the centre (3) ………… the town. Everyone had a good time and we got back at midnight. Tomorrow, we want to (4) ………… on a boat trip or (5) ………… tennis.

i’ll show you my photos (6) ………… I get back.

See you soon,

Maria