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© Cambridge University Press 2008
Real Reading 1 by Liz Driscoll
 Teacher’s 
notes
A Read the article about the Edinburgh Festival. Are the 
sentences ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there is not enough 
information to answer ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B), choose 
‘Doesn’t say’ (C).
Visit the Edinburgh Festival!
Every year thousands of people come to Edinburgh, the 
capital city of Scotland, to be part of the Edinburgh Festival. 
For three weeks every August and September the city is 
fi lled with actors and artists from all over the world. They 
come to Edinburgh for the biggest arts festival in Britain. 
During this time the streets of the city are alive with music 
and dance from early morning until late at night. You can 
even see artists painting pictures on the streets. One of the 
best parts of the Festival is the ‘Fringe’, where students do 
comedy shows in small halls and cafés.
Tens of thousands of tourists come to the Festival to see 
new fi lms and plays, and hear music performed by famous 
musicians. This year, you can see over fi ve hundred 
performances with actors from more than forty countries.
The tickets for these performances are quite cheap and it is 
B
Is it A, B or C?
Explain to students that in Section B, the texts are from actual 
KET exam papers.
1
Ask students to do the exercise. Check answers.
2
Remind students to read the instructions carefully and to 
mark their answers in pencil. Ask students to do the exam 
tasks. Check answers.
More activities
1 
Get students to download sample exam papers from 
the website www.cambridgeesol.org. They should go 
to Support (at the top of the homepage) and then to 
the Free downloads section. Point out, however, that 
most students who do the exam usually do a special 
preparation course before taking the exam.
usually easier to see your favourite star in Edinburgh than 
it is in London. So come to Edinburgh next summer, but 
remember it can be diffi cult to fi nd a room, so why not book 
your hotel now!
3 Actors come to the Edinburgh Festival from lots of 
different countries.
A Right. 
B Wrong. 
C Doesn’t say.
4 You can hear music all day.
A Right. 
B Wrong. 
C Doesn’t say.
5 More than ten thousand students come to the Edinburgh 
Festival every year.
A Right. 
B Wrong. 
C Doesn’t say.
6 It is expensive to go to the theatre in Edinburgh.
A Right. 
B Wrong. 
C Doesn’t say.
7 It is usually more diffi cult to see famous actors in London 
than in Edinburgh.
A Right. 
B Wrong. 
C Doesn’t say.