Student Book
Student Book
Student Book
with video
Elementary
Jake Hughes and Katie wood
with additional material by Paul Dummett
Series Adviser Catherine Walter
Navigate Coursebook
with video
Elementary
OXFORD
U N IV E R S IT Y PRESS
Om Oxford 3000™
Contents Navigate has been based
on the Oxford 3000 to ensure that learners are only
covering the most relevant vocabulary.
GRAMMAR
[ 1 Your world page 6 1 Multicultural cities p6 Present simple to be p7
Talk about countries, nationalities and languages 1.2 Family p8 Possessive determiners p8
Describe people using the verb to be Possessive's p9
Talk about your family
Use possessive's and possessive determiners Vocabulary and skills development pío
Understand positive and negative contractions
Use regular and irregular plural nouns 1.4 Speaking and writing pi2
Ask for |>ersonal information and check you understand
Write a personal profile
2 My day page 16 21 A day in the life of a scientist pi6 Present simple positive pl6
Adverbs of frequency pi7
Talk about everyday actions
Use the present simple positive to talk about your day 2.2 Spending time pi8 Present simple negative pi9
■ Tell the time
i Use the present simple negative 2.3 vocabulary and skills development p20
i Understand conjunctions in reading
i Use verb +preposition phrases 2.4 Speaking and writing p22
Make suggestions and arrangements
Describe where you live
I 2.5 © Video The Menna family p2¿ Review n25
4 Places and things page 36 4.1 underground towns 036 there is/there are p37
Talk about places in towns and cities 4.2 where I live p38 Articles a/an, the, - p39
i Use There is/There are
Talk about rooms and furniture
i use prepositions of place 4.3 vocabulary and skills development p40
Use articles
i Understand pronoun referencing 4.4 Speaking and writing p42
Use opposite adjectives
Ask for and give directions
: Use the imperative to give instructions 4.5 © Video Almas Tower p44 Review p45
5 Clothes and shopping page 46 5.1 Shopping p46 can, can't, could, couldn't p47
Talk about shopping 5.2 What is he wearing? p48 Present continuous p48
Use can and could to talk about possibility and ability Present continuous or present simple p49
Talk about clothes
Use the present continuous to talk about actions at the Vocabulary and skills development p50.
moment
Understand similar vowel sounds 5.4 Speaking and writing p52
Use adjectives and adverbs
Buy things in a shop
Write an online product review 5.5 © Video Camden Market p54 Review p55
6 The past page 56 6.1 Don't give up! p56 was and wen? p56
: Use was/were to talk about the past 6.2 stories p58 Past simple regular verbs p58
1 Use past time expressions
i u;>e regular verub to uiik.auuui wiidi nappenea in ine past
1 Use common collocations 6.3 Vocabulary and skills development p60
I Understand present and past simple verbs
] Use adverbs of degree 6.4 speaking and writing p62
Tell a story
Show interest
write a tweet or text message I 6.5 © Video Istanbul p64 Review p65
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VOCABULARY PRONUNCIATION LISTENING/READING SPEAKING/WRITING
Countries, nationalities and languages p6
Family p9 Similar sounding © video vox pops 1 p9
words p9
Regular and irregular plural nouns pH Listen mg positive and negative
contractions pio
Speaking asking for personal information and
checking you understand pi2
Writing a personal profile pi3
Daily activities p17 Third person -(e)s pl7 O Video Vox pops 2 pi7
Time expressions p57 the past of to be p57 O Video Vox pops 6 p57
common regular verb collocations p59 -eelending In past
simple verbs pss
Adverbs of degree p6i Sentence stress p6i Listening understanding present
and past simple verbs p60
Speaking showing interest as a listener p62
Writing write a tweet or text message p63
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GRAMMAR
7 Health and fitness page 66 My health, my business p66 Past simple irregular verbs p67
Use collocations for a healthy lifestyle 7.2 sporting heroes p68 Past simple negative p69
Use past simple irregular verbs
Talk about sports and fitness Vocabulary and skills development p70
Use the past simple negative 7.4 Speaking and writing p72
i Understand time sequencers in a text
Understand easily confused words
Ask for and give opinions
Agree and disagree
Post a website comment 7.5 © video Health and fitness in New York p74 Review p75
8 Travel and transport page 76 8.1 I went to ... p76 Past simple questions p77
Talk about holidays
Ask questions using the past simple 8.2 Journeys p78 should, shouldn't, have to,
Talk about transport don't have to p79
I Use should, shouldn't, have to, don't have to
i Use expressions with get. take and have 8.3 vocabulary and skills development pso
I Understand present and past questions
Ask for information at the train station 8.4 Speaking and writing p82
Write an email about your perfect holiday
8.5 O Video Adventure holidays p8¿ Review p85
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9 Cooking and eating page 86 Food and drink p86 Countable and uncountable nouns p86
Talk about food and drink 9.2 In the kitchen p88 Quantifiers p88
Use countable/uncountable nouns with some/any
Use quantifiers Vocabulary and skills development p90
Talk about cooking
Understand numbers 9.4 speaking and writing p92
Say numbers
Ask about and recommend a place to eat
Order food in a restaurant 9.5 © Video Making a pizza p94 Review p95
10 The world around us page 96 10.1 The weather p96 Comparatives p97
Describe the weather
■ Use comparative adjectives 10.2 Natural wonders p98 Superlatives p99
Describe nature and geography
■ Use superlative adjectives 10.3 Vocabulary and skills development pioo
j Understand comparison
Use adjective +noun collocations 10.4 Speaking and writing pi02
Give preferences and reasons
write a description of a place
10.5 O Video The Grand Canyon pio4 Review píos
11 Working together page 106 11.1 community spirit pi06 going to pi07
use verb +noun phrases (1) 11.2 Challenges pi08 Infinitive of purpose pi09
Use going to for plans and intentions
Talk about technology 11.3 Vocabulary and skills development pno
Say why you do things
Use the infinitive of purpose 11.4 speaking and writing pi 12
Deal with unknown words
Make adjectives stronger
Write a formal/informal notice
Offer to do something 11.5 © Video Silicon Fen pii4 Review pus
12 Culture and arts p a g e il6 12.1 Artistic ability pi 16 Present perfect simple piló
i Talk about past experience and events using the present 12.2 At the movies pus Present perfect and past simple pus
perfect
Use verb +noun phrases (2) 12.3 Vocabulary and skills development pi20
Talk about films
i Use the present perfect and past simple
Form past participles
i Understand past simple and present perfect verb forms 12.4 Speaking and writing pi22
Speak on the phone
M Write a review'
I Use pronouns in writing 12.5 O Video Park Theatre pm Review pi25
Talking about holidays p76 did in past simple questions © Video Vox pops 8 p77
P77
Transport p78 sentence stress p/9
Verb +noun phrases (1) pi06 going to pi07 video vox pops 11.1 pi07
Technology pi08 O Video Vox pops 11.2 pi09
Making adjectives stronger pm Reading unknown words pno
Writing a notice pH2
Speaking offering to do something p 113
Audioscripts page 160 Irregular verbs page 174 Phonemic symbols page 175
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1 Your world
1 .1 Multicultural cities
GOALS ■ Talk about countries, nationalities and languages ■ Describe people using the verb to be
Italy 4 Italian
China 5 6
Vietnam Vietnamese 7
the UK 8 English
Poland 9 10
Pakistan 11 Urdu
the UAE Emirati 12
France 13 French
Greece Greek 14
c Melbourne
b 1.1))) Listen and check your answers.
Mexico American
8 Work with a partner. Complete the rules in the Grammar focus box.
Gram m ar & Listening present simple Use exercise 7a to help you.
tobe
GRAMMAR FOCUS verb to be
6a 1.2 )| Listen to Godwin talking about his life in
London. Write the countries, nationalities and Positive (+)
languages that you hear. I 1 Cam)
b Compare your list w ith a partner. He/She/It 's (is) from Nigeria.
You/we/They 2 (are)
c Work with a partner. Complete the factfile.
Negative (-)
FACTFILE
I 'm not (am not)
Name Godwin
He/She/It 's not/3 <is not) American.
Nationality Nigerian
You/we/They 're not/aren't 4( >
Married/Single Married
Yes/No Questions (?) Short answers
Wife’s name Sylvie
Yes, I am.
Wife’s nationality Am I
No, 16___
Half-1
Mother is French; late? Yes, he/she/it7
Is he/she/it
Father is from 2 Italian? No, he/she/it isn't.
Number of children Two 5 Yes, you/we/they are
you/we/they
no, you/we/they8
Nationality of children 3__________
Language at home 4 ->Grammar Reference page 136
Home North London
9 1.4})) Godwin is at his first saxophone class. Listen to the
Nationality of neighbours Iraqi
conversation. W hat do we find out about Andy and M urielle?
Near his house 5 ______ supermarket;
Lebanese 6____ 10a Work with a partner. Look at the conversation between the
teacher (T), Godwin (G) and M urielle (M ) and complete the
Work organization
conversation using the w-ords in the box.
Nationality of boss 8
Are from I'm introduce is meet This too Wfrafs
Interests
Football and playing the saxophone
T 1 W Utits your name?
G Hi, I'm Godwin.
T 2 you a student?
d 1.2))) Listen again and check your answers.
G No, I'm not. I have a job.
T Where are you 3 ?
7a Work with a partner. Underline the verbs from
G i'm from Nigeria, but London's my home now.
the interview.
T A it your first class?
1 Is / Are /Am you from London?
G Yes, it is.
2 My name is/a re /a m Godwin.
T Let me 5 you to the other students.
3 l's / 're / 'm from Nigeria. 6 is Murielle. She's a student here 7
4 Our two children were born in England, so G Hi, M urielle. Nice to 8_ _ you. Godwin.
th e y 's/ 're/ fm British. M Nice to meet yo u,10__
5 The neighbours is / are/am a family from Iraq.
6 The restaurant across the road is / are / am b 1.4})) Listen again and check your answers.
Lebanese.
11 Work in small groups. Take turns to practise the conversation
7 M y hoss isn't / aren't/ 'm not American.
in exercise 10a using your own names and countries.
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1.2 Family
GOALS ■ Talk about your family ■ Use possessive's and possessive determiners
I 1
you your
he 2
she her
3 Complete the sentences using the words in the box.
it
they 5 1 a
b Kodinhi is tk d r home.
Grammar Reference page 137
2 a We have seven children - all boys.
b All children are boys.
6a Underline the correct options.
3 a Mohammed and Suhara are the parents.
1 She / Her friends are Italian.
b wife.
2 W here's you ! your wife from?
4 a You have a big family.
3 I / M y have a big family.
b ___________fam ily is big.
4 A re they / their twins?
5 a Suhara s friend has twin girls.
5 He / H is brot her is a teacher.
b friend has tw in girls.
6 This is we /our house.
6 a M any people know about the tw ii
b Compare your answers with a partner. b Kodinhi is famous for twins.
7 a I have twin sisters.
b ___________ sisters are twins.
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8 Work with a partner. Make a list of all the fam ily members GRAMMAR FOCUS possessive's
you can think of.
We use the possessive 's to show that something belongs
father, wife, ...
to someone.
Rafina is Sahala's mother. (= Rafina is her mother)
9a Match a male word to a female word.
Her husband's name is Tariq. {= His name is Tariq)
Male Female Hasan is Zafar and Rashida's son. (= Hasan is their son)
1 brother C a stepmother Note: 's is also a contraction of is.
2 son b grandmother My name's Marta. (= My name is Marta.)
3 husband c sister it's a Spanish name. (= it is a Spanish name.)
4 father d sister-in-law -♦Grammar Reference page 137
5 uncle e niece
6 grandfather f daughter 1 Zafar is husband.
7 grandson g mother 2 Hasan is brother.
8 nephew h granddaughter 3 Rafina isTariq's
9 stepfather i aunt 4 Th eir__________ name is Sahala.
10 brother-in-law j wife 5 Sahala is Zafar's
6 Rashida is grandmother.
b 1.5))) Listen, check and repeat.
C W ork w ith a partner. Choose the correct word. PRONUNCIATION sim ilar sounding w ords
G ram m ar & Speaking possessive 5 b Work with a partner. Take turns to describe the people
in your fam ily tree and to ask questions about your
11 1.6))) Listen and complete the fam ily tree. partner's family.
A My uncle’s name is Lester. He is my mother '$brother.
B How old is he?
Zafar — — Rashida
Sahala
&
positive and negative contractions
3 1.9))) Listen and underline the contraction you hear. 5a Match the names to the nationalities.
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a person 5
1.4 Speaking and writing
GOALS ■ Ask for personal information and check you understand ■ Write a personal profile
what’s your name? what's your nationality? 3 W hat's your job? c joelkubi@inailbox.com.
What's your job? What's your email address? 4 W hat's your nationality? d I'm Czech.
5 W hat's your email address? e Joel Kubicek.
C 1.15))) Listen to the questions in exercise 3a and repeat. 6 How do you spell 'joelkubi'? f I'm a car mechanic.
7 Is your website for g Yes, I ’m Joel Kubicek.
4a 1.16 ))) Listen to the second part of the conversation again. business or for fun?
W hat are the missing words?
A It's antonio@russorest.com. b Work with a partner. Take turns to practise the questions
R 1 can yo u: that, please? and answers in exercise 5a.
A Yes, Antonio - A-N-T-O-N-I-O - at russorest dot com.
R 3 _ d o y o u 4_ russorest'? > Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer
A R-U-doubleS-O-R-E-S-T personal information questions. Student A, turn to page
R OK. Great. Thanks. Now, the cost of the course is ... 126. Student B, turn to page 132.
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Reading & W riting a personal profile 10 Work with a partner. Put nine capital letters in the correct
places in this profile. Use exercise 9 and the Language for
writing box to help you.
W ork w ith a partner. Look at the advert in exercise 1 again.
W hat details do you think they want?
i am a student at Columbia university, X
8a Read Cristina's profile for the course and complete the my Saturday job is at a Chinese
form. Compare your answers with a partner. supermarket called jing jing foods.
? Look at Cristina's profile and form again. Find examples 12a B 3 3 W rite a sim ilar profile of yourself. Use capital letters
of capital letters for 1-6. in the correct places.
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1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5
Review
1a Complete the conversation with the verb to be in the 1.19))) Listen and write the words in the correct column.
positive (+), negative (-) or question (?) form. Use
Country Nationality Main language
contractions where possible.
1
A 1___________ (?) you and your wife from England?
B No, we 2___________(-). 13___________ (+) from 2
Edinburgh in Scotland and my w ife4 _ (+) 3
Canadian. 4
A Canadian? 5___________(?) she from Montreal?
M y sister's at university in Montreal.
Complete the table w ith the missing words.
B No, she's from Vancouver. W hat about you? You
6 (-) English.7 (?) you Australian? Complete the text with words from the table.
A No, 18 (-). I'm from Wellington in New Zealand.
the class.
d 1.20))) Listen and check your answers.
3a Read the text and add an apostrophe in the underlined
1.21))) Listen to the definitions and write the fam ily word.
words if it is necessary.
1 3 ___________ 5 __________
My names Memed. I'm from Izmir, its a city in Turkey. 2 4 ___________ 6 __________
I have two sisters. Their names are Sevil and Fatima.
Sevil is 10 and Fatimas 14. My brothers name is Cem.
6 Complete the table with the missing words.
Hes a doctor. His wifes name is Eda. singular Plural singular Plural
nationality i wife 4
2 languages 5 women
child 3 address 6
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2 I ___________________________________________________________
My day
2.1 A day in the life of a scientist
GOALS ■ Talk about everyday actions ■ use the present simple positive to talk about your day
1 In the summer, my days are long. I early 2 /she/it -r infinitive without to + (e)s
and to the beach. I watch the penguins. • When a verb ends in -ch. -sh, -ss, s, -z, -x, we add 3
2 We different islands and we to the third person he/she/it form.
* The third person he/she/it form of have is A
photos.
3 In the winter, wre usually more free time. Gram m ar Reference page 138
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b 2.3))) Listen and circle the final sound you hear in verbs 1-6.
1 goes/z//iz/ 3 cooks/s//iz/ 5 makes/s//iz/
2 teaches/z//iz/ 4 relaxes /s//iz/ 6 plays/z//iz/
1always
• j 3 5hardly ever
; .......
j * ------- , 6
...2 —
1100% 50%
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2.7))) Sanaa Diya is a trainee astronaut at the European • When we say the time, we don't stress past or to. e.g.
• • • •
Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Cologne, Germany. Listen and twenty-five past three, ten to seven.
answer the questions.
• we don't pronounce the letter I in half, so we say /ha:f/.
1 W hat does she think about the training? • Quarter begins with a /k/ sound, so we say /kwoUa/.
2 W hat subjects does she learn?
5a 2.9))) Listen to the times.fcircle:the words you hear.
2.7))) Listen again and match activities 1-6 in Sanaa's day to 1 quarter / h a lf past eight 4 five / quarter to six
times a-f.
2 quarter to / past three 5 twenty to / past Ihree
1 She gets up
3 ten to / past ten 6 twenty / twenty-five
2 She has breakfast in the canteen
to four
3 She goes to morni ng classes
4 She stops for a break in the morning b 2.9))) Listen again and repeat.
5 Classes finish in the evening
6 She goes to sleep Work with a partner. Talk about what time you do these
a at quarter to eight, things or what time they happen where you live.
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7 Work with a partner. W hat’s different about life on earth and 1 They have a lot of free time.
life in space? Use the ideas in the box. They dont ketve a lot offre e tim e.
2 I go to classes in the evening.
daytime and night-time washing sleeping
3 Chris has a shower in the morning.
4 Sanaa sleeps in a sleeping bag.
8a Read the article about Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and 5 They speak to their families every day.
life in space. Check your ideas in exercise 7.
6 He works eight hours a day.
______ A perfect day 10a Work with a partner. Do you think these things usually
When Chris Hadfield goes into space, he doesn't have a happen or not in space?
lot of free time. He works tw elve hours a day and also A I don't think astronauts get sick on their first trip
does two hours' exercise. Life in space is very different into space.
to life on earth. Astronauts don't have showers like 15 Really? I disagree. I think they>usually get sick.
people on earth do - they wash with a cloth. They don’t 1 get sick on their first trip into space
sleep in a bed - they sleep in special sleeping bags on 2 wear special clothes in the space station
the walls. It is difficult to know the time because in 3 change their clothes every day
space the sun doesn't rise once a day - it rises once 4 exercise a lot
every 45 minutes. It's hard work, but most astronauts 5 go on a spacewalk every day
love being in space. Chris says it is amazing and he 6 sleep a lot
• I usually only sleep five or six hours a night, but I sleep 5a Read the article and answer questions 1-5.
well.
1 W hat can happen if we sleep or eat at the wrong time?
• I sleep for a long time, but I don't always feel good in the
2 Is there a perfect time to sleep? Why/Why not?
mornings.
3 When is the best time to sleep? W hy is this often
• I am often worried about something and wake up in the
difficult to do?
night.
4 When is the best time to eat?
• I never get enough sleep because I am always busy.
5 ‘...ify o u listen to your own body clock, you cun live a
1 W hich word joins two sim ilar ideas? healthier life/ W hat does this mean?
2 W hich word do we use to show something different?
3 W hich word answers the question W hy?
b Work in small groups. Do you agree with the ideas in
the article?
4 W hich word joins two possibilities?
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6a Complete the two sentences with prepositions. 1 I watch the news on TV every morning.
2 It's a good idea.
1 It is also useful to think what tim e you eat. 3 Do you pay for tea and coffee at work?
4 Do people often wait for buses and trains in your city?
2 ... if you listen _____youi own body clock, 5 I'd like to talk to you before the meeting tomorrow.
you can live a healthier life. 6 Do we have a reply from them?
7 It's not nice to laugh at other people.
b Check your answers in the article in exercise 5a. 8 Do students often ask for a discount?
the Intern atio n al agree with ask for laugh at listen to pay for
taHH e think about wait for
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2.4 Speaking and writing
GOALS ■ Make suggestions and arrangements ■ Describe where you live
2
It’s a really beautiful place. In summer, there are lots
of tourists,4 in winter it's very quiet.
I live in a small town: it doesn’t have many shops,
restaurants5_____________ museums, but for me that’s
not important. I love living near the se a G I
can go swimming or walk alongthe beach when I want
to. [because/but/or]
3
We live in this city because our jobs are here. We don't
always enjoy city life - it s sometimes noisy and dirty,
7 it's exciting. It’s a 24-hour city: you Phuket, Thailand Paris, France
can go out shopping8____________ clubbing all night.
My favourite place is the port. My office is there
9 I love watching the ships arrive from all 8a Complete these sentences about where you live using your
over the world, (or/and/but) own ideas.
1 Hike ____, but I don't like
2 At the weekend, I usually or I
b Work with a partner. W hich place in exercise 6a would you
3 My two favourite things to eat are
like to live in? W hy?
an d ___________ .
7a Head the information in the Language for writing box. 4 I like/don’t like big cities because___________ .
LANGUAGE FOR WRITING using conjunctions b Compare your sentences with a partner. W hat is sim ilar
and what is different?
Use and/but/or/because to help the reader understand your ideas.
Sydney has a lot of parks and museums. 9a E 3 3 Work with a partner. Think about where you live
It’s a beautiful city,; but it's very expensive.
or a place you both know well. Make a list of good and
You can travel by bus or train.
bad things about it.
you need a car because the country is very big.
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The M enna family
1 Work with a partner. Look at the people in the photos and
think about...
• what nationality they are
• where they live
• what they like eating
• how old they are
• what jobs they do
• what they do at weekends
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Review
1a Complete the sentences with the present simple positive 4 Work with a partner. Say what time you usually do the
form of the verbs in the box. activities in exercise 3a. Do you do things at the same time
as your partner?
go have like live study work
I usually get up at six o'clock, but at weekends...
1 I classical music.
2 After class, I home by bus.
5a Match beginnings 1-6 to endings a-f to make questions.
1 W hat radio station do you
3 My friend in a bank.
2 Do you usually agree
4 We English on Mondays and Wednesdays.
3 Do you normally
5 In my country, people__________ their main holiday
in August. 4 Do you like waiting
6 M y classmate___________ in a flat in the city centre. 5 Who's t he fi rst person
6 Do you pay
b Work with a partner. Make the sentences in exercise la
a for public transport?
true for you. Give more information.
b for things in shops in cash or by credit card?
I don ’t like classical music. I Like rock.
c with everything your family/colleagues say?
2a Look at the information and write sentences about people d you talk to in the morning?
in the U K. Use words from the box. e listen to?
f ask for directions when you are lost?
always never sometimes hardly ever usually often
They never havefish fo r breakfast. b Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions in
exercise 5a.
0% 10% 50% 75% 85% 100%
A 6a Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
;
...... j ____ . __ i __ , |
busy free like love let's plans shall want
have | ( g ( i,o a 1 ! I eal j
fish lor j" j different lunch j
A Are you 1___________ after class today?
breakfast i j city lo study j j j at work :
i B I'm sorry, but I'm 2___________this evening. But I don't
i
have any 3 tomorrow.
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f ? • have more talk A Would you 4___________to go out for a pizza?
• De late Tor : B Yes, I'd 5___________to. What time 6___________ we meet?
j than one TV i about the
i m eetings j:
*
i | at home ; weather A Eight o'clock at Gino’s? Or do you 7___________to meet
at the station?
b 2.16))) Listen and check your answers. B Yes, 8 meet there at 7.45.
A OK, see you then!
C Change the adverbs of frequency to make the sentences
true for where you live. Compare your sentences with a b 2.17))) Listen and check your answers.
partner. How many sentences are the same?
c Work with a partner. Use your own ideas and have a
3a Put i he daily activities in the order people usually do sim ilar conversation.
them.
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The world of work
3.1 Jobs
GOALS ■ Talk about jobs ■ Ask yes/no questions
b 3.1))) Listen to people talking about the jobs in exercise la and check
your answers.
C 3.2)))Listen and mark the stressed syllable in the words from exercise la.
businessman
2 Work with a partner. Write jobs from exercise 1a and any others you
know in the table. You can write a job in more than one group.
well-paid Badly-paid
3 Work in small groups. Use the ideas in exercise 2 and your own ideas
to choose the three best jobs. Tell your partners your reasons.
I think the bestjob is a ... because...
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3.2 What do you do?
GOALS ■ Talk about work ■ Ask Wh- questions
3a Read the blog again and write the words and phrases in
V ocabulary & Speaking
bold in the correct place in the diagrams.
W H O D O E S W H A T IN M Y F A M IL Y ? work, fu ll-tim e
My name's Pierre and I ’m 24 years old. I'm French
and 1live in Lyon. I’m a photographer and 1work
from home - 1don’t have a boss because 1work
freelance. My father is a mechanic and he works
in a factory. He really enjoys his job because his
colleagues are also his friends! My mother is a
journalist and she works for a fashion magazine
She works in a big office
in the centre of town and
earns a very good salary.
My brother really wants no job
to work and earn money,
but at the moment he people
is unemployed. My
sister is a police officer
and she’s always tired Mnvwgzr /
because she works
long hours. And
she hates the
uniform that b 3.6 )| Listen and check your answers.
police officers
wear! My C 3.6 })) Listen again and repeat.
grandfather
is retired 4 Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer
now, but my questions about yourselves or someone you know using
grandmother the phrases in the box.
works
part-time colleagues earn manager/boss office retired
as a cleaner. salary unemployed uniform work freelance
She works work for a big company work from home
twenty hours work long hours work part-time
a week.
A Do you work in an office?
B No, / don't.. I work outside.
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5a Work with a partner. Look at the photo and the caption GRAMMAR FOCUS Wh- questions
and answer the questions.
We use:
1 W hat are stand-up meetings?
1 _ to ask questions about things.
2 W hy do you think people have them? 2 to ask questions about people.
3 to ask questions about times.
4 to ask questions about places.
5 __to ask about reasons.
6 to ask about frequency, e.g. once a week, everyday.
Because when people stand up. 9 3.8))) Listen and repeat the questions.
they don’t feel comfortable, and they only talk about
the important things. And It's not easy to play with your 1 W here do you live? ^
phone when you’re standing up because your boss
can see your hands! 2 What do you usually wear to work?
They are usually once a 11a QZU3 Work with a partner. Ask questions to find out
week, but some companies have them every day.
about your partner's fam ily and their jobs. Make notes.
____________________ People talk about three A W hat does your brother do?
things: work from yesterday, plans for today, R He's a jo urnalist.
possible future problems.
A Where does he work?, etc.
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3.3 Vocabulary and skills development
GOALS ■ Recognize the schwa sound ■ Use the suffix -er
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v erb Noun
teach a teacher
paint 1
2 a dancer
build 3
4 a singer
write 5
6 a beginner
run 7
8 a baker
play a DVD 9
work 10
10a Head the information in the Vocabulary focus box. 12a hfoM Work with a partner. W rite five definitions for words
that end in -er from exercises 9-11. Do not use the verb
VOCABULARY FOCUS er suffix in your definition.
• sometimes we add -er to a verb to make a noun. This person makes bread.
-er can mean the person or the thing that does the action. We use this thing to listen to music.
I teach. I'm a teacher.
it plays MP3s. It's an MP3 player. b Work with a different partner. Take turns to read your
• For most verbs ending in -e. we just add -r definitions and guess the word.
l drive a bus. I'm a bus driver.
A This person makes bread.
• For most verbs ending in a single vowel +a consonant, we B A baker.
double the consonant and add -er.
You win. You're the winner
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3 .4 Speaking and writing
GOALS ■ Make requests ■ Use opening and closing phrases in an email
Work with a partner. W hat requests do students and bftng call leave lend park pay tell use
teachers make on the first day of a computer course?
Make a list. 1 Can I b rivy a friend with me?
2 Could you me at my office in the morning?
3.15))) Listen to a teacher talking to a class of students on 3 Can I the phone?
the first day of a computer course. Are any of the requests 4 Could you me some money for the bus?
the same as yours in exercise 1?
5 Can I my coat here?
3a Match requests 1-6 from the listening to answers a-f. 6 Can I here for about an hour?
W hich answers are positive (+) and which are negative (-)? 7 Could you me the time?
1 Could I open the window? 8 Can I for this later?
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9a Work with a partner. I.ook again at emails 1-3. How well do 10a Look at requests 1-3. Choose one of them and write
the people know each other? a short email. Decide how well you know the person you
are writing to.
b Complete the gaps in emails a-c with names and phrases.
Use the Language for writing box to help you. 1 ask a colleague to go for lunch
2 ask a hotel about a carpark
LANGUAGE FOR WRITING 3 ask another student to join your study group
opening and closing an email
b Swap emails with a partner and write a reply.
FORMAL Dear Mr/Mrs/Ms/Miss Gulzar,
Yours sincerely; c Return your email to your partner. Are the phrases for
opening and closing the email correct?
Dear Patricia,
Best wishes,/Regards,
Hi/Hello Johan,
INFORMAL A ll the best/Love,
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3.5 Video
2 0 Watch the video. What do times and numbers 1-8 refer to?
1 1,000 5 7.30 a.m.
2 36,000 6 midday
3 2001 7 three times a day
4 6.30 a.m. 8 9 p.m.
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Review
1a Complete phrases 1 6 with a word from the box. 3a Answer questions 1-7 using jobs from the box. There may
be more than one possible answer.
retired office uniform meetings student hours
businessmen/businesswomen chefs cleaners dentists
1 work in an 4 wear a hairdressers journalists mechanics musicians nurses
2 have a lot of. 5 work long. pilots photographers students
3 be a 6 be
W h o ...
b Make questions with the phrases in exercise 1. 1 earns a lot of money? 5 works i n a factory?
Do you have a lot o fmeetings? 2 works long hours? 6 has a lot of colleagues?
3 works from home? 7 works part-time?
C Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer your 4 has a boss?
questions in exercise lb and give more information.
I think cleaners work long hours.
A Do you have a lot of meetings?
I don’t think nurses work long hours.
B Yes, I do. I have meetings every day.
2a Match questions 1-6 to answers a-f. b Work in small groups. Talk about your answers to exercise 3a.
Do you all agree?
1 Where do you work?
2 W hat time do you start work? 4a 3.18})) Listen to six definitions and write the correct -er
3 What do you wea r at work? words.
4 W hy do you enjoy your job? 1 tcackcr 3 ___________ 5 ________
5 W ho do you speak to at work? 2 4 ___________ 6
6 How often do you work from home?
b W rite three questions using the words from exercise 4a.
a A uniform, so everyone knows what I do.
W hat time do teachersfinish work?
b I speak to my customers, of course!
c I work in a hospital. c Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer your
d Every day! I only need my computer. questions in exercise 4b.
e We usually start at about 10 p.m.
5a Complete each gap with I or you to make requests.
f Because 1go to a different country every month.
1 Can help me with the photocopier, please?
b Work with a partner. What jobs do you think the people 2 Could. _______ leave early today, please?
in exercise 2a do? Explain your guesses to your partner. 3 C an__ _____ give me your number, please?
I think the person in I is a nurse because he works in a 4 Could write your name here, please?
hospital. 5 Could ask a question?
6 Can use your phone for a moment, please?
meeting
G 3 r f l - H photographer, chef
unemployed leaner nurse pilot i f « ™ l i e f
“ hairdresser '»«student S«
O f f l C e u m fo rS c o lle a g u e s m e c h a n ic d e iltl
work part-time
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Places and things
4.1 Underground towns
GOALS ■ Talk about places ¡n towns and cities ■ use There is/There are
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PRONUNCIATION word stress Read examples 1-6 and match them to the correct form in
the Grammar focus box.
5a Work with a partner. Say the words aloud and^jrcleythe
1 There aren't any theatres here.
stressed syllable.
2 There isn't a swim m ing pool at the hotel.
airport campsite chemist hairdresser's hospital 3 There are some nice restaurants in the town centre.
hotel library museum railway station restaurant 4 And is there a cinema near the hotel?
swimming pool theatre 5 Are there any underground buildings we can visit?
6 There's an opal museum near the centre.
b 4.1 ))) Listen, check and repeat.
GRAMMAR FOCUS there is/there are
(+) There's +a/an +singular noun ( (o )
6a Choose three places you think are very important in a
There are +some + plural noun ( )
town, three places you think are quite important, and
three places you think are not important. (-) There isn’t +a/an + singular noun ( )
There aren't +any +plural noun ( )
b Work with a partner. Compare your choices and give (?) is there +a/an + singular noun? ( )
reasons. Are there +any + plural noun? ( _ )
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go there.
B Really? For me, they're very im portant because I love 10 Complete the text about another underground town,
seeing plays. RESO, with the correct forms of there is/are. Use the
symbols (+/-/?) to help you.
Listening & Gram m ar there is/there are
The underground city of RESO is in Montreal in Canada.
7 4.2))) Am ir and Fa rah Badawi from Malaysia are in a hotel 1 There ¿ire- (+) 30 kilometres of tunnels.2
in Coober Pedy. Listen to their conversation with the
(+) also forty cinemas and 1,700 shops.3 (-)
receptionist. Tick (/ ) the places they talk about.
an underground campsite like in Coober Pedy, but
1 shop 5 tourist information centre A ___ _ (+) lots of hotels and 200 restaurants if
2 museum 6 theatre you want to eat o u t.5 _ (-) any schools but
3 cinema 7 restaurant 6 (+) some universities.7 (?)
4 chemist 8 swimming pool an airport in RESO? No, 8 (-), but
9 (+) seven underground stations, two train
8a Work with a partner. Complete parts of the conversation in stations and a bus station. Donrt worry if you get lo st-
exercise 7 with the words in the box. 10 (+) always someone to help you because
there is are isn't aren’t about half a m illion people use the city every day.
1 A a swimming pool?
B No, I'm sorry, . It doesn't
rain a lot here, so _ _________________ many
swimming pools.
2 A ______________________ any museums near the
centre?
B Yes,__________________ ____ . There's the opal
mine museum.
3 A a theatre in Coober Pedy?
B No, any theatres here.
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4 .2 Where I live
GOALS ■ Talk about rooms and furniture ■ Use prepositions of place ■ Use articles
4a Look at the illustrations and read Claire's description of her flat. Complete
Vocabulary & Speaking
each gap with a different preposition from exercise 2.
rooms, furniture and
prepositions of place The flat’s 1___________ the 4th floor of a building 2____________Delancey
Street and Grand Street. The building is 3___________ a 24-hour garage
1a Complete the information about yourself.
and 4 an Indian restaurant, so there are always lots of cars
I live in a ... (house/flat). and people in the street. The cars are quite noisy.
Tlive w ith ...
It's a studio flat with only one room. M y bed is on a sh e lf5
In my house/flat, there is/are... (a. kitchen,
the kitchen. The toilet and shower are 6 the shelf. In the
a living room, a bathroom, a dining room,
kitchen there’s a sink, a fridge, and a cooker, but there isn’t a dishwasher
three bedrooms, a toilet, an office).
or a washing machine - I go to the launderette on Grand Street to wash
b Work with a partner. Tell them clothes.7 the window, there’s a red carpet on the floor and
about where you live. there's an arm chair and table with a television on it. From the window. I
can see the East River. It’s 8 the building.
2 Match I he prepositions in the box to the
illustrations 1-8.
5 Look at Claire's description again and find words to match these definitions.
1 It's above the kitchen. Claire sleeps in it.
2 Claire sits on it to watch TV.
3 Claire washes things in the kitchen in it.
4 It's in the kitchen. It has food in it.
5 Claire goes to the launderette because she doesn't have this.
6 It's in the kitchen. Claire cooks food on it.
7 It's on the floor in front of the window.
8 It's under the shelf. Claire washes there.
3 4.4))) Listen to Claire talking about her fiat
and answer the questions. Work with a partner. Ask questions and describe your studio flat to your
1 Where is the flat? partner to find seven differences. Student A, turn to page 127. Student B,
2 How many rooms are there? turn to page 132.
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Gram m ar & Speaking articles a/an, the, - PRONUNCIATION the schwa /o/
8a Read what Claire says about the part of New York where 1 live / house / flat ? Vc you Jive in- a Ugksz or <n
she lives. Choose the correct option. 2 which / floor / live on ?
3 how many / rooms / there / in / house or flat ?
It’s very difficult to fin d 1 (a/an) flat 4 what / opposite / your house or flat ?
in 2 (the/-) New York. I’m very lucky. I like 5 which / your / favourite room ?
my flat because it’s in 3 . (the/-) centre of 6 why / like it ?
the city. There are 4 [the/-] shops and
restaurants all around me. The Lower East Side
b Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer the
questions in exercise 10a.
isn’t the best district in the city but my flat is near
a theatre and it’s also n ear5 (the/-) East 11 iiacia Work with a partner. Describe your favourite room.
River and 6 (the/a) small park. One of the
There's an arm chair next to my bed.
things I don’t like about my flat is that there isn’t
7 [a/the] lift. Also, unfortunately I’m not
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near8 [a/the) underground station, but
there’s 9__________ [a/the) bus stop opposite
10__________ (a/the) door of my building.
Work in small groups. Look at the photos and answer Read the website forum. W rite the thing or person that
the questions. the highlighted word refers to.
1 H o w m a n y th in g s in th e p h otos ca n y o u n am e ? 1 they (line 3) =
2 W hich desk do you prefer? W hy? 2 it (line 4) =
3 they (line 4) =___________
2 Read the information in the Unlock the code box about
4 They (line 14) =___________
pronoun referencing.
5 them (line 16) =
UNLOCK THE CODE
pronoun referencing
The first time we talk about a thing or person we usually Are you a tidy w orker or a m essy worker?
use the noun. After that we often refer to it using a pronoun W hat's on your desk? W rite and tell us.
because we don't want to repeat the same noun.
Y esterday 15:23 QE3B
Where’s my pen? I can't find it. Offieegirl94: I’m a very messy person. My
it =pen colleagues think my desk's really terrible;
they can't believe all the things that
My grandparents are French. They live in Paris. are on it! Are you ready? Here they are:
They= my grandparents batteries, scissors, five or six magazines, 5
about ten pens and pencils, a clock, a
bottle of water, an apple, a cup, books,
(^irddthe word in each sentence that the highlighted word
envelopes and a cheese sandwich! Oh,
refers to. and my computer.
1 M y bedroom is very big, but I share it w ith my sister.
2 His things are all on the floor. He never tidies them.
Today I L J S B Q Q
3 We've got two big arm chairs in the living room - W'.:tguy W ow Officegirl94! A cheese 10
they're really comfortable. sandwich on your desk? Ugh! For trie, a
4 That’s a beautiful picture. Where did you get it? m essy place is difficult to work in. I need a
5 Our house is quite small, but I really like it. big desk to work on. The only things on my
desk are a computer and a printer. They're
6 A Are those your keys?
both new and expensive, so I like to keep 11
B No, they're yours.
them very clean.
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4.4 Speaking and writing
GOALS ■ Ask for and give directions ■ Use the imperative to give instructions a te.~\
L
mm -
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L
Listening & Speaking
asking for and giving directions «
3
V)j
4 Susan's
Hotel
V
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1 Susan Melba is visiting the town ofUbud on the
9 c- f l
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the places from the box on the map.
f9 o
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There's a (place)
next to/opposite/in front of/near/
behind the (place).
Co
C
£
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3
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between the (place) and the (place). C
The (place) 's/is
on (street/road).
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4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5
5a Work with a partner. Put the words in Reading & W riting imperatives
the correct order.
1 Excuse / there / is / a bank / here / Susan has booked a tour to visit caves and temples in Bali. Read the tour
near / me, ? organizer's em ail and answer the questions.
2 me, / the library / where's / Excuse ? 1 Where does the tour leave from?
3 to the post office / me, / how / Excuse / 2 W hat time does the tour bus leave?
g et/ do I ?
3 What does she need to lake with her?
4 past / Go / café / th e .
5 the / It's / left / o n .
6 into / right / Turn / Albert Street. Subject: Caves and temples tour
7 the / Take / right / second .
8 straight / Go / about / for / on / minutes Hello everyone,
/ ten . Welcome to Bali! Here are the instructions for tomorrow’s tour. The tour
9 the end / Go / this / of / to / street. bus leaves from in front of the Ubud Village Hotel in the city centre at
10 on / It's / corner / th e . 10 a.m. Please arrive by 9.30 a.m. Bring the booking form and your
passport with you.
b 4.11))) Listen, check and repeat.
Wear comfortable shoes for the walk and take a hat or scarf to wear
6a You are in the police station in Ubud. on your head when we go inside the temples. Please don’t take
Choose three places on the map. photographs inside Ihe temple. Finally, don't forget lo bring some money
to tip the bus driver.
b Work with a partner. Take turns to See you all tomorrow!
ask for and give directions. Use the
Best wishes,
Language for speaking box to help you.
A Excuse me, is there a bookshop near here? Kusuma
B Yes, go out o f the door and t urn le ft...
LANGUAGE FOR SPEAKING 9 Look at all underlined verbs in the email and read the information in the
directions Language for w riting box.
Asking for directions
LANGUAGE FOR WRITING imperatives
Excuse me, where's the...?
How do I get to the...? • We use the imperative to tell people what to do, and to give orders,
Is there a ... near here? instructions and directions.
Giving directions • The imperative uses the infinitive without to, e.g. Take a hat.
Turn left/right (into...), • we make the negative with don't/do not +infinitive without to,
Take the first/second/third left/right. e.g. Don't forget your passport
Go straight on/to the end of this street/past
the...
it's on the left/on the right/on the corner/at 10 Work with a partner. Complete the instructions for tourists in Bali with
the end of the road. the correct form of the verbs in the box.
11a tfcMa W rite a sim ilar email to the one in exercises.'rum to page 128 and
read the instructions.
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Almas Tower
1 Work with a partner. Look at the photos. W hich of these
things can you see in them?
b Share your ideas with the class and choose the best
building.
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Review
1a Complete the gaps in the interview about Neft Da§hlari 5a 4.14))) Listen and write the opposite of each adjective.
in Azerbaijan with the correct form of there is or there are.
b Use adjectives from the box to make sentences 1-5 true for
you. Compare your answers with a partner.
1 I live in a town.
2 It's to find a flat in my town.
3 Where I live, public transport is
4 My house/flat is (very)
A W hat's special about Neft Da^hlari? 5 The furniture in my house/flat is___________ .
B It's a town on an oil platform in the Caspian Sea.
A A town in the sea? I sit very sm all? 6a Look at the map. You are at the station. Complete the
conversation and write the place in the gap.
B No, not really.1 300 km of streets and 2,000
people. A nd 2 lots of things to do.
A R e ally?3 any restaurants?
I
B O f course!4 some nice restaurants and Station Road
hotels, and 5___________a cinema and a park, too. ,
A
B
W hat about education? 6___________a school?
Yes,7_______ a school b ut8 . a university.
ni
A So can people visit the place? Hospital Theaire
B N o ,9 _ any tourists. Only people who work on
Restaurant
Neft Da§hlari can go there. ParlC
Farr Street Oxford Road
b 4.12))) Listen and check your answers.
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Clothes and shopping
5.1 Shopping
GOALS ■ Talk about shopping ■ use can and could to talk about possibility and ability
3a Add never, sometimes, often, usually and always to the 1970S NOW
sentences in exercise 2a to make them true for you.
Possible falk to people. in shops shop online
Compare your answers with a partner.
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Work with a partner. Look at sentences 1-4 from the PRONUNCIATION can
listening and complete the rules in the Grammar focus box.
1 Today you can buy most things online. 5.3 )| In positive sentences and questions can is pronounced /km!.
2 The internet can't cut your hair. A can you use euros in Norway and Sweden?
B I think you can use euros in Sweden, but not in Norway.
3 In the 1970s, you could talk to people in the shops.
4 In the 1970s, you couldn't get a cup of coffee in the town In short answers can is pronounced /kaen/.
Yes, you can.
centre.
-+ Grammar Reference page 144 9a Work in small groups. Take turns to ask and answer the
questions in exercise 7a and give reasons.
7a Work w ith a partner. Complete the questions in the A Could people buy things online in ¡994?
Shopping Quiz w ith can or could. B Yes, (m aybe) they could.
C No, they couldn't because...
b 5.5)))Listen and check your answers. How many did you get
correct? W hich of the answers surprised you?
__________ people buy things online in 1994? 10 ifcvia Work with a partner. Talk about the ideas from the
list using can/cant/could/couldn’t.
In the 1990s, rich people buy trips
A Children could play outside in the past, but now they can 7.
into space?
B Yes, they can!
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5.2 What is he wearing?
GOALS ■ Talk about clothes ■ Use the present continuous to talk about actions at the moment
V ocabulary & Speaking clothes and Gram m ar & Speaking present continuous
accessories
4a Work with a partner. Look at the sentences 1-3 and
1a Work with a partner. W rite down ten items of clothing, complete the information in the Grammar focus box.
1 Paul is wearing a suit.
b Compare your answers with another pair. 2 Anita and Paul are having a meeting with their boss.
3 They aren't working today.
2 Read texts 1-4 and match them to illustrations a-d.
1 Vera is at a wedding. She is wearing a bine dress, GRAMMAR FOCUS present continuous
gold jew ellery and a hat. She is also wearing We use the present continuous to talk about things happening
designer shoes. at or around this moment.
3 Work with a partner. W hich things in bold in exercise 2 do Work w ith a partner. Underline four more examples of the
people usually w ear... present continuous in the texts in exercise 2.
1 on their feet/hands? 5 in hot weather?
6a fcfcVM W rite two positive and two negative sentences about
2 outside only? 6 to a job interview? other people in the classroom. Do not write their names.
3 to do sport? 7 to exercise? He's wearing a yellow jacket.
4 in cold weather? 8 to relax? She isn't wearing blue trousers.
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2 which sentence describes actions that happen all the time
Colours: what do they say about you? or regularly?
Grammar Reference page 145
11a Mike (M ) calls Leila (L) when she's out shopping. Read the
conversation and choose the correct verb form.
L Hello?
M Where are you?
L I'm in a clothes shop. W hy?
M Because I need your help. W h a t1do you do / are
you doing?
L W h a t2 do I do / am I doing? W h a t3do people usually
do / are people usually doing in clothes shops? 14buy /
’m buying clothes, of course.
M Well, are you nearly finished? I 5try / 'm trying to cook
a meal for six people and the kids 6make / are making
b 5.7))) Listen and check your ideas.
a lot of noise and the dog7runs ! 's running around and
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5.3 Vocabulary and skills development
GOALS ■ Understand similar vowel sounds ■ Use adjectives and adverbs
1 Work with a partner. Look at the photos. W hat do you 5a 5.12))) Listen to the words in the box and complete the lines.
think the 'virtual m irror' is?
hate man boat shop shut cheap eat live
2 5.9))) Listen to three pairs of words from a radio programme main text long jeans take stand press sales
about the virtual mirror. Is the vowel sound in each pair the sells tin one thing page not note coat
same (S) or different (D)?
/æ/ h ai, ... /so/ home, ...
1 2 ________________ 3
/ til play, ... M set, ...
3 5.10))) Head and listen to the information in the Unlock the M lo t,... N s it,...
code box about sim ilar vowel sounds. /A / cut, ... /i:/ seat,...
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B
1 The highlighted words are adverbs. They describe ...
a an action b a thing 4 A at weekends.
careful
Adverbs
b W ,e
clear
dangerous
quic/r/
good
correct
j [fe te
late
e a s ily
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5 .4 Speaking and writing
GOALS ■ Buy things in a shop ■ Write an online product review
C Who says each line in exercise 3a: the customer (C) or the
shop assistant (SA)?
4 EH3 Work with a partner. You want to buy a small gift for
someone. Take turns to be a customer and a shop assistant in
a gift shop. Ask and answer questions about:
• prices • discount • opening and closing times, etc.
Use the Language for speaking box to help you.
8 Read the information the Language for writing (2) box. _ tlT , ,
9a EH3 Work with a partner. Choose a product from the box
to write a review about,
LANGUAGE FOR WRITING (2) a product review
When you write a product review, include information on price, phone computer/laptop clothes bike car
look, quality, user-friendliness and delivery. Write what you
think of the product, too. 1 Decide if you want to write a good or bad review.
• It's good/great/poor value. 2 Think about who you are writing it for and what
• it's (not) worth £100/the money. information the reader needs to know about this type of
• it's too big/small/heavy/expensive. product. Make a list of information you want to include.
• it looks good/expensive/cheap.
• It's easy/simple/hard/drfficult to use. b Write your product review. Use the Language for writing
• I (don't) recommend it. boxes to help you. Include a list and use commas.
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5.5 Video
Camden Market
1 Work with a partner. Look at the photos. I-Iovv do you think
shopping in each place is different?Think about...
• choice of products • shopping hours • prices
• forms of payment • type of customer • quality
3 O Watch the video. Which items in the list did you see?
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Review
1a Make questions with a w and could to ask a partner about 5a Match illustrations a-f to sentences 1-6.
now and when they were a child.
Can you play a m usical instrum ent?
Could you play a m usical instrument when you were a child?
• drive a car? • play a musical instrument?
• run for half an hour? ♦ speak English’
• stay up late? • use credit cards in most shops?
2a Complete sentences ] -6 with your own ideas. Use the 1 They're talking. I She's running.
present continuous. 2 She's singing. 5 They're dancing.
1 Look at the people in t he park! T h ey... 3 He's driving. 6 He's carrying the plates.
2 Do you have a job interview today? You ...
3 Don't turn off die TV. I ... b Change the adjectives in the box into adverbs and use one
with each sentence in exercise 5a.
4 Listen! The birds...
5 You can't go in that changing room. Someone... bad careful good qtitek quiet slow
6 Tie can't answer the phone. l i e ...
She's running quickly.
b Compare your sentences with a partner. Choose your
favourite three ideas and tell the class. c Write two true and two false sentences about you. Use the
adverbs in exercise 5b or your own ideas.
3a 5.18))) Listen to parrs from six conversations and match
them to phrases a-f. d Work in small groups. Take turns to read your sentences
and guess which ones are false.
a the baker's d return something to a shop
b a discount e the newsagent's 6a Write two questions you can ask in a shop for each
c the sales f a shopping centre prompt I -4.
1 Can I...?
b Write six sentences about your shopping habits using
2 How m uch...?
the words in exercise 3a.
3 Do yo u ...?
I hardly ever buy breadfrom, the baker's.
4 What time do yo u ...?
c Compare your sentences with a partner. What is similar
about your shopping habits? b Work with a partner. Ask and answer your questions in
exercise 6a.
4a (jglrcjjj)the clothes item that is different from the others
in 1-4. 7 Work with a partner. Take turns to be the customer and
the shop assistant in the shop situations below.
1 hat jeans shorts trousers
1 A customer with a receipt wants ro return a shin
2 socks jacket trainers shoes
because it’s the wrong size. Ask for a smaller/bigger size
3 top T-shirt jewellery hoodie
or your money back.
4 coat scarf gloves dress
2 A student wants to buy some cheap trainers by credit
card. The shop assistant needs to know the colour
b Compare your answers with a partner. How often do you
and the size.
wear the clothes in exercise 4a?
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The past
6.1 Don't give up!
GOALS ■ Use was/were to talk about the past ■ use past time expressions
Tell your partner about the story you read and listen to
Reading & Gram m ar was and were your partner's story to complete the other column in
the table in exercise 2. W hich story do you think is most
Work in small groups. Make a list of things a person needs
interesting? W hy?
to be successful in life. Do you all agree?
a good education, ... Underline the examples of was, were, wasn’t and weren't in
the article in exercise 2 and complete the information in
Work with a partner. Student A, read about Vera Wang.
the Grammar focus box.
Student B r read about Akio Morita. Complete your
column in the table. GRAMMAR FOCUS was and were
vera wang Akio Morita • 1 and2 are the past forms of is
and isn't.
Born (when?)
• 3 and4 are the past forms of are
Early career and aren't.
Problems (+) She was a very good ice skater.
Her parents were from China
Famous f o r ...
(what?) (-) She wasn't in the us Olympic team.
Morita and Ibuku weren't successful at first.
(?) Was it expensive? Yes, it was./No, it wasn't
Were they born in China? Yes, they were./No, they weren't
Successful people who failed at first
A Vera Wang was born in New Grammar Reference page 146
York in 1949 and her parents
were from China. When she was 5a Complete the article about a successful team using was,
younger she svas a very good ice were, wasn't or weren't.
skater and she wanted to skate
in the Olympics. However, she
Cool Runnings X
was very unhappy when she
wasn't in the US Olympic team
People 1 surprised to see a bobsleigh team
in 1968 and she decided to become a fashion designer.
She worked fifteen years for Vogue magazine, then from Jamaica at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Canada.
another two years with Ralph Lauren. Today, she is It 2 very easy for the team ro practise in
a very successful designer. She has her own fashion Jamaica before the Olympics because there 3 no
label Vera Wang and sells dresses for $2.1,000!
ice and there 4 no bobsleighs for them to use.
B Akio Morita was born in 1921 They 5 _ successful in their races, but they
and he was a businessman 6 very popular with the people watching
from the age of 25. He was because they tried so hard. There 7__________ a film
the founder of Sony with his
telling their story in 1993 called Cool Runnings and it
business partner and friend
Masaru Tbuku. At first they
weren't very successful. Their / íi
first product was an electric rice cooker and they only
8 a huge success, making $150,000,000
around the world.
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HISTORY
FIRSTS
W h e n w a s / w e re th e f ir s t ...
1 f o o t b a ll W o r l d C u p ? a I n 1929.
2 O ly m p ic s ? b I n th e 1 9 th c e n tu r y .
3 d is h w a s h e r ? c In 1927.
4 S o n y W a lk m a n ? d In 1930.
5 t a l k i n g f ilm ? e 2 ,8 0 0 y e a rs ag o .
6 O s c a r s c e re m o n y ? f In 1979.
PRONUNCIATION the past of to be three weeks nigte the 18th century year six months
week 2001 summer a-leng-ttme 4999
6a 6.2))) Listen to the questions and short answers. Are was,
were, wasn't and weren't stressed in rhe questions or in the
in last ago
answers?
tw uiijh t a levy tim e
1 A Was there a bobsleigh team ai the Olympics?
B Yes, there was.
2 A Was it easy for them to practise?
B No, it wasn't.
3 A Were there bobsleighs for them to use?
B No, there weren't. 10a Put the past time expressions in exercise 9 in the correct
4 A Were they popular? place on the timeline.
B Yes, they were. ■<---------------------------------------------- ►
a long time ago last night
b 6.3))) Listen again and repeat.
b Compare your answers with a partner.
7a Make questions from the prompts using was or were. 11a Complete the sentences by writing where you were
1 you hungry / this morning ? at these times.
Were you hungry this morning? 1 I was ov\, the bus two hours ago.
2 you / a good student at school ? 2 I ______________________ at 3.30 yesterday afternoon.
3 your partner / late for class today ? 3 I ______________________ last Tuesday.
4 your teacher / at work yesterday ? 4 I last October.
5 your school friends / from the same town as you ? 5 1 five years ago.
6 you / at home / seven o'clock last night ? 6 1 last night.
7 I in 2008.
b Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer the
8 I ______________________ last summer.
questions in exercise 7a.
b Work witli a partner. Take turns to guess about each other.
A Were you on the bus two hours ago?
B Yes, I was. Were you at work at 3.30 yesterday afternoon?
A No, J wasn't. I was at home.
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6.2 Stories
GOALS ■ Use regular verbs to talk about what happened in the past ■ Use common collocations
b The four photos show different kinds of currencies from the past.
Label them with words from the box.
2 6.4))) Listen to a programme called The History o f Money and number the
photos 1-4 in the order you hear them.
b Underline the verbs in the sentences in exercise 3 and complete the rules
in the Grammar focus box.
b 6.6))) Listen and write the verbs in the box on the correct lines in exercise 5a.
6 Work with a partner. Read and complete a story. Student A, turn to page
128. Student 13, turn to page 133.
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V ocabulary & Speaking 9a If&ia Think about how to answer the questions in
common regular
exercise 8a so that they are true for you. Write a past
verb collocations time expression in each of the circles to a nswer the ten
questions. Do not write the time expressions in order.
7a Work with a partner. Underline the two correct options.
1 wait for a long time / for a friend / for a bus stop
2 post an email / a letter / a comment on a web page
last night
3 enter a race / a job / a competition
4 move jobs / to the countryside / house
5 visit the beach / a museum / a relative
6 shout at your dog / at the weather / at someone
7 prepare a party / a meal / for an exam
8 receive a TV programme / an email j a phone call
9 call a taxi / a bus / an old friend
10 use a dictionary / a tablet / a newspaper
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6.3 Vocabulary and skills development
GOALS ■ Understand present and past simple verbs ■ Use adverbs of degree
1 Art galleries are interesting / boring. b 6.15)))Listen to a programme about Inhotim and check
2 I often / never / hardly ever visit museums. your answers.
6.11))) Listen to two sentences about an art gallery. W hich is 7a 6.15)))Listen to the programme again. Are the verbs in the
present and which is past? How do you know? box in the present or past simple?
6.12))) Read and listen to the information in the Unlock the notice start live work look change decide
code box about present and past simple verbs. travel look include work visit
present simple forms. 8 Work with a partner. Take turns to make present and
I walk every day. -* l walked every day. past sentences about yourself, using the verbs and time
They love it -* They loved it.
expressions in ihe boxes. Your partner says if they are past
We want it. — We wanted it.
or present.
1 Regular past simple verbs end with three different sounds
/t/: walked /d/: loved /id/: wanted A I lived on a boat when 1 was a child.
2 Time expressions can help you decide if the verb is past B That’s past.
or present.
like listen live look love play study talk
I moved house in 2012. (past)
travel visit wait want watch work
I walk a lot these days, (present)
every day five years ago in 2006 last week
4a 6.13))) Listen and tick (/ ) the word you hear in each pair now these days when I was a child yesterday
l-9. Compare your answers with a partner.
1 cook / cooked 6 listen / listened
2 carry / carried 7 chat / chatted
3 change/ changed 8 dance / danced
A help / helped 9 enjoy / enjoyed
5 wait/waited
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Mary
a Chris .k V . V ' r j
Francis! Do you want to go out tonight?
«-FtefHy ★PaWurllo
Steven
Tim T
V; ★-■hntinl. ?ln
12a EZ3H3 Write a tweet about something interesting.
Ha ha! You still at work? Don’t wake her up. Then
you can go home!
b Pass your tweet around the class and write replies to the
tweets you receive from your classmates. Which tweet has
the best replies?
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Istanbul
1 Look at the photos of Istanbul. Which of these things can
you see in them?
5a hfcMd Work with a partner. You went to Istanbul last week for
a business trip/weekend visit/study trip. Make notes on ...
• where you stayed • what souvenirs you brought home
• what you did/saw • rf you recommend the visit
• what you ate
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Review
1a Complete the questions with was or were. 4a Match the verbs and noun phrases to make common
1 Mow old the speaker when it happened? collocations.
2 it on a Monday? 1 move a competition
3 the lights on when he walked into the 2 receive an b at someone
living room? 3 prepare a c letter
4 his friends at the party? 4 post a d a relative
5 there a cake? 5 shout e house
6 Where the presents? 6 visit f for a long time
7 enter a 8 email
b 6.20))) Listen to someone telling a story and answer the
8 wait h meal
questions in exercise la. Compare with a partner.
b Wrork in small groups. Tell each other about the last time
2a Imagine today is Wednesday 19th February 2015 and it is
you did the things in exercise 4a.
1.20 p.m. Write a past time expression next to each item
1-6 ro say when they were. 5a Make sentences 1-8 positive or negative so they are true
1 Tuesday 18th February 2015 yesterday for you. Add an adverb of degree from the box to give more
2 2014 detail about the positive sentences.
3 Wednesday 12th February 2015
very quite really a bit
4 2010
5 1.15 p.m. 1 I was a b it tired last night.
6 12.50 p.m. 2 I wras vit late for class today.
3 1was early for class today.
b Write four dates and times from the past, e.g. your last 4 I w as. busy last week.
birthday, first driving lesson, time you got up today, etc.
5 I was naughty when I was a child.
c Work with a partner. Take turns to say your dates and 6 I was hungry an hour ago.
times from exercise 21>. Your partner tries to guess what 7 I was young in 2010.
happened then. 8 I was happy on my birthday last year.
A 1st September 2012
b Work in small groups. Take turns to read your sentences to
B Your son started school.
each other and give more information.
3 Complete the article with the present simple or past simple I was a bit tired last night because I had a busy day at work.
forms of the verbs in (brackets). I wasn’t late for class today because I got up early.
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f__________
7 Health and fitness
7.1 My health, my business
GOALS ■ use collocations for a healthy lifestyle ■ use past simple irregular verbs
Vocabulary & Speaking Reading & Gram m ar past simple irregular verbs
a healthy lifestyle
3 W o rk w ith a p a rtn e r an d lo o k a i the m en u . D o you th in k it is a good id ea to
sh o w th e c a lo rie s ? W h y / W h y not?
1 Work with a partner. Read the saying and
answer the questions.
Menu Calories Price
Healthy body, healthy mind.
Burger 280 $0.89
Cheeseburger 330 SO.99
1 W hat does the saying mean?
2 Do you agree? Why/Why not? Big Big Burger 5H0 $2.29
Extra Big Burger 590 S2.35
2a Work with a partner. Use the verbs in the
Grilled Chicken 450 52.89
box to complete the phrases for a healthy
lifestyle. 8oz Burger 760 52.99
2
3
A
the stairs, not the lift
to work
a bicycle
the healthy mayor
5 eight glasses of water a day In 2002 New York City chose a Bloomberg had other messages for
6 an hour of exercise new mayor, Michael Bloomberg. New Yorkers, too: do more exercise,
each day Bloomberg wanted the people leave your car at home, walk or ride
of New York to be healthy. In his a bicycle, and take the stairs when
7 seven to eight hours a night
opinion, they did the wrong things: you can. He told them he always
8 to the gym or an they ate the wrong food, they took the stairs, not the lift.
evening class smoked, they drove everywhere, and Some people thought Bloomberg
9 physical jobs around they did little or no exercise. was wrong. People's health is their
the house So Bloomberg tried to change business. But is it?
their habits. Before he was mayor,
b 7.1))) Listen and check your answers. restaurant menus only gave the
price of the food. But after 2007
c Work in small groups. Discuss the restaurants wrote the number of
questions. calories in their food on the menu.
1 W hich actions in exercise 2a are He banned smoking in public places.
exercise and which are not? He also tried to reduce the size of
sweet drinks, like Coca Cola (but the
2 W hich things do you do?
Supreme Court stopped him).
3 What else is important for a
healthy lifestyle? ■ banned said something was not allowed reduce make something smaller
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5 Work with a partner. Read the article again BSEEBEBEnEia past simple irregular verbs
and fin d ...
9a 7.3))) Listen to the pronunciation of the groups of three past simple
1 four things New Yorkers did that were
verbs. Are the vowel sounds in each group the same (S) or different (D)?
bad for their health.
2 two things Bloomberg changed. 1 thought / bought / taught
b Find past simple irregular verbs in the article O 57% (sit) at a computer for six hours or
and complete the table. more per day.
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7.2 Sporting heroes
GOALS ■ Talk about sports and fitness ■ Use the past simple negative
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10a Work with a partner. Put the verbs in (brackets) into the
Listening & Gram m ar past simple negative positive or negative form to make the facts about Usain
Bolt true.
Work with a partner. Do you think famous sports people
can be heroes? Why/Why not?
JAMAICAN 100
Work with a partner. Look at the photo of Fauja Singh and
answer the questions.
&200M RUNNER
1 How old do you think he is?
2 W hat sport do you think he does?
3 W hy do you think he likes that sport?
1 Fauja ran marathons when he was young. When he won the 100m final atthe 2012 London Olympic
2 He didn't walk before the age of five. Games, two billion people watched him on TV. American
3 He had a lot of problems on his family's farm. TV (show) the race when it happened.
4 His happy life continued after he had a family. There was a thunderstorm during the 100m World
5 He left India. Championship final in 2013. Lightning
6 He stopped after his first marathon. ___________ (hit) him.
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7.3 Vocabulary and skills development
GOALS ■ Understand time sequencers in a text ■ Understand easily confused words
Technology
1 Work with a partner. Read instructions a-e for
staying fit and healthy. W hich order do you think the
instructions could be in?
a Make a timetable,
b Repeat the exercise twice a day.
to make you
c Choose an activity you enjoy,
d Set a goal for yourself,
healthier
e Find a friend to exercise with you. The programme was about apps and gadgets that check our
health and daily exercise. In the programme, three female
2a Read the information in the Unlock the code box office workers used this new technology for three weeks.
about time sequencers.
W hat did they do and did it work?
Firstly, university scientist Blaine Price lent the women a
gadget to count their steps, and a specially-programmed
smartphone to check their sleep.
writers often use time sequencers to show the order in
After that, the women went back to their normal lives and
which something happens, e.g. first, next, then. If you
understand these phrases, it is easier to understand used the gadget to check their exercise. At the end of each
what comes next in the text. day, the scientist sent them an email with the number of
their steps. At the beginning they only took 5,000 steps, but
b When we talk about something that happened, the target was 10,000 a day.
which time expressions do we use to describe... Next, they checked their sleep. Every night, they put the
smartphone on their bed when they went to sleep. The next
1 the beginning?
morning, they looked at the phone and saw the number of
2 the middle?
hours they slept, and how deeply.
3 the e n d ?________________________
Finally, the three women and Blaine met again to talk
After th a t,... Finally .. . First/Firstly,.... Lastly,... about their progress. All the women said they were healthier
Next,... Then,... and fitter, and one said she ran when she watched TV. They
all lost weight, and they all understood better why and
C Use the time sequencers in exercise 2b to make the when they slept well.
order clearer in exercise 1. So the programme showed that new gadgets and
First, ... technology can help us change our routine and
get healthier!
3a Work with a partner. Answer the questions.
1 Do you think you take enough exercise?
2 I low many steps do you think you take every day?
3 Do you ever check your own health? If so, how?
If not, why not?
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4a Put sentences a-d about the story in the correct order without 7a Read the Vocabulary focus box about easily
looking at the review. Compare your answers with a partner. confused words.
a The women talked about how healthy and fit they were,
VOCABULARY FOCUS easily confused words
b The women lived normal lives,
There are some common pairs of words in English that
c The women used their phones lo check their sleep,
are easily confused. These are often:
d The scientist gave the women some equipment.
1 words to do with movement or actions between
b Work with a partner. Describe each stage of the story in people, e.g. come/go, bring/take, lend/borrow.
your own words using the time sequencers from exercise 2b. 2 words describing similar actions but with different
grammar or collocation, e.g. say/tell, look/watch.
5 Work with a partner. Answer the questions.
1 What do you think of the idea of checking your exercise and b Complete the sentences with the correct form of a
your sleep with a gadget or phone? word in bold in exercise 6.
2 Do you think that technology can change your routine? 1 Can you Lcfu[ me your car for the weekend?
3 Is it a good idea to check your health and routines every day? 2 They basketball on TV last night,
W hy/ W hy not? 3 here! I want to speak to you.
4 My colleague me about a new
V ocabulary & Speaking easily confused words re s ta u ra n t in tow n.
5 C a n you this book to the lib ra ry for m e?
Match the words in bold in each pair of sentences to the 6 T m lost,' he
correct meaning. 7 W h e n Ja ce k at h is p h o n e d u rin g the
1 I need to buy some food and I don't have any money. m ee tin g , I got v e ry angry.
Can you lend me £10? I'll pay you back tomorrow. 8 I d id n 't h ave a p e n , so I o n e from
2 I forgot my pen, so 1borrowed one from my classmate. m y friend .
9 W h e n you co m e to the p a rty, c a n you
a take something from somebody for a short time
s o m e th in g to d r in k ?
(a n d th e n g ive it b a c k la ter) ______
10 L e t 's _____________ to the b e a c h tom orro w .
h give something to somebody for a short time
(and then get it back later) _____
c 7.9))) L iste n an d ch e c k y o u r an sw e rs.
3 W hy don't you come to my house for dinner tomorrow?
8a E E S F o u r o f q u estio n s 1-5 u se the w ro n g verbs.
4 Did you go to the swimming pool yesterday? C o rre c t the w ro n g ones.
a move from another place to h e r e _____ 1 H o w often do you go to the g y m an d do exercises?
b move from here to another place 2 D o yo u look at film s in E n g lis h w ith o u t re a d in g
the su b titles?
5 She told me her name.
3 D o you p refer p la y in g or lo o k in g at sp o rt?
6 He said that he was hungry.
4 D o you u s u a lly say y o u r n eig h b o u rs th a t you
a give information by speaking or writing w a n t to h a v e a p a rty ?
b give information to somebody by speaking or 5 W o u ld yo u prefer to le n d m o n e y fro m a b a n k or
writing from a m e m b e r o f y o u r fa m ily ? W h y ?
a look at something for a long lime to see what A How often do you go to th e gym ?
happens or because you like doing i t _____ B Not very often.
b look at something for a short time A W hat kind o f exercises do you do?
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GOALS ■ Ask for and give opinions ■ Agree and disagree ■ Post a website comment
agree but don't for of opinion right that * Companies and colleagues should help their
think what employees and students to be fit and healthy. *
l . do you think_______ this idea?
Arguments for Arguments against
2 I it's great,
3 I know about
4 Yes, they didn't use games like that at the
school.
5 Well, me, it depends on the game.
6 You're
7 What's yo u r.
8 Yes, I _______ with that.
c 7.12))) Listen, check and repeat. 7 Work with another pair. Discuss your arguments from
exercise 6. Use the Language for speaking box to help you.
Work with a partner. W hich phrases from exercise 3 b ...
1 ask for an opinion? LANGUAGE FOR SPEAKING
asking for/giving opinions, agreeing/disagreeing
2 give an opinion?
3 show the speaker agrees? _ Asking for opinions Agreeing
What do you think (o f.,.)? You're right.
4 show the speaker disagrees?_______________________
What's your opinion (of...)? I agree (with that).
Giving opinions Disagreeing
I think... Yes, but...
Forme, ... 1don't know about that.
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7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5
New research shows that video gam ers don’t live LANGUAGE FOR WRITING
in the real world. adding more information
Researchers gave two groups of people a • We can use too and also to add more
simple test. The first group played a lot of information
video games before the experiment. The • Also goes before the main verb, but after
people in the second group didn’t play the verb be.
video games. Then, both groups took paper ... and they also relax with computers.
clips out of a bucket of ice-cold water. The We are also always on our phones.
first group took more paper clips. They • Too goes at the end of a sentence.
didn’t feel the cold because their brain ... watch TV for four hours in the
thought that they were still in the video evening, too.
game world. The other group felt the cold
because they weren’t in a virtual world. b Work with a partner. Rewrite the
sentences using too and also.
b Work with a partner. Answer the questions. 1 He played for his local team and he
1 What does the writer say that the experiment shows? played for his national team.
2 Do you agree? Why/Why not? 2 She goes swimming every day and
she goes to the gym twice a week.
> Work with a partner. Read four comments from the website. Who agrees 3 He likes watching football on TV
with the research? W ho disagrees? and he likes playing it.
4 My cousin is a black belt in judo
+ __________________________________________________________ and she’s a black belt in karate.
Like | Share | Comment
12a Q3I23 Write a comment about the article
FT, Scotland in exercise 8a. Agree or disagree and use
I agree, but I knew this before this research. People don't talk too or also to give more information.
to each other anymore. They work with computers and they
also relax with computers. . , , c. , _ b Work in small groups. Read each other's
r Like I Share I Reply comments. Do you agree?
3eff, Canada
That's true, Haruki. For me, video games are a hobby. I think
people know the difference between a game and the real world.
Like I 5hare I Reply
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7.5 Video
a before 2002.
b information about calories in your meal,
c place to jog, walk or relax,
d every year,
e old railway line,
f a day with the Citibikes scheme,
g Manhattan,
h subway or car.
4 O Watch the video again and make notes about what they
said for topics 1-5.
1 public transport
2 the Mayor of New York
3 taking exercise
4 parks
5 restaurants and food
b Present your ideas to the class and choose the best four.
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Review
1a Match beginnings 1-6 to endings a-fto make questions. 4s Read the text about popular sports in Argentina and
1 Do you eat a lot of complete the gaps with the words from the box.
2 Do you do
jog ski basketball go to the gym football tennis
3 Do you often ride
4 Can you walk
The most popular sport in Argentina is 1___________ .
5 How many hours People like playing it, going to games and watching it
6 Do you on TV. The Argentinian team won the World Cup in 1978
and 1986, and came second in 2014.
a do a lot of physical jobs around the house?
b do you sleep every nighl? 2 is
c any exercise? also very popular
especially after
d fruit and vegetables every day?
Argentina won the
e a bicycle? semi finals against the
f to local shops from your house, or do you drive? NBA players in 2004,
and then took the
b Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions in Olympic gold home.
exercise la and give more information.
3 was a sport for rich people in the past, but
now lots of people play it. The best Argentinian player,
2a Put tlie verbs in (brackets) in the past simple positive or
Juan Martin del Potro is world number 8.
negative. Use the symbols (+/-J to help you.
Yesterday... Winter sports are also very popular in Argentina,
1 I didvit drive, (drive/-). people often 4 _ in the Andes Mountains.
And of course lots of people 5 in local
I ______ cawit______ (come/+) to work on foot.
parks o r6 to keep fit!
2 1 (cook/-) chips or fried food.
1_________________ (make/+) a healthy salad for lunch.
3 1 (go/+) to the gym. b 7.13))) Listen and check your answers.
I __________________ (watch/-) TV.
1 I (go/+) lo bed early. C Work with a partner. Which sports are popular where you
I_ (have/i) eight hou rs’ sleep last night. live?
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Travel and transport
8.1 I went to ...
GOALS ■ Talk about holidays ■ Ask questions using the past simple
BLOG ABOUT
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GRAMMAR FOCUS past simple questions and B Œ E H E n E E I did in past simple questions
short answers
8 .6 ))) in past simple questions, did + pronoun subject
Questions with a question word is usually unstressed.
Question word +1 +subject + infinitive without to?
we pronounce did you /did33 /, and did he /didi/.
what did you do and see?
Yes/No questions 8.7})) Listen and notice the stressed and weak sounds.
7_________ 4-3__________ -f infinitive without to?
Did you stay in hotels? • •
1 How long did you stay?
With yes/no questions, we usually use short answers with the
auxiliary did or didn't. /dicfea/
Did you go on your own? Yes, /did./No, I didn't. • •
2 Did you like the food?
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/dicfea/
7a Work with a partner. Put the words in the correct order to make • «
questions. 3 Did he stay in hotels?
1 did / on your / Where / go / last holiday / you ? /didi/
Where- did you. $6 Ovi your U st kdidety?
2 go with / a friend / you / Did ?
EES3 Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and
3 you / did / do / What ? answer the questions in exercise 7a about your last
4 you / Did / a good time / have ? holiday.
5 I low /did/ long /you /stay ?
6 did / Where / you / stay ? How different were your holidays?
7 Did / the food / like / you ?
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8.2 Journeys
GOALS ■ Talk about transport ■ Use should, shouldn't, have to, don't have to
Vocabulary & Listening transport 2a 8.8))) Listen to five people talking about their journeys to
work. Match speakers 1-5 to photos a-e.
Work with a partner. W hat kinds of transport can you see
in the photos? What other ways can we lravel from place b 8.8)}) Listen again and complete the diagrams with the
to place? words in the box. Compare with a partner.
miss pQ Qp
the bus your plane
your •
public transport
go by
3a Make sentences that are true for you. Use the phrases in
italics or your own ideas.
1 It's easy/difficult for me to go to class/work/college
by public transport/underground/bus.
2 I often/sometimes/never ta ke taxis/buses/train s.
3 1like/don't like taking the underground/bus/train in
big cities.
4 Yesterday I went by one/two/more than two kind(s) of
transport.
5 I often/sometimes/never miss buses/trains/planes.
6 My favourite kind of transport is on foot/by bike/by car/
by train because...
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♦ I l ** ♦ Hanoi is a busy city of over
| Ï1 n fW six million people - what's
L I L I I L L I L U L the best way to get around?
CYCLO TAXI
Cyclos are a fun way to get Air-conditioned taxis PRONUNCIATION sentence stress
around and they’re good for the are a comfortable way
environment. You should have to travel because it’s 7a 8.10 3 Listen and notice the stressed words.
a map of the city, so you can usually so hot outside.
show the driver where you want But you shouldn't take 1 You should have a m ap... 3 You have to wear it.
to go. Also, you shouldn’t start a taxi when you need
• • • • •
your journey before you agree to get somewhere
2 You shouldn't take a taxi... 4 You don’t have to p ay.
the price with the driver. quickly. There’s a lot
of traffic in Hanoi and
XE OM taxis don't go fast! b 8.10 ))) Listen again and repeat.
Axe om is a motorbike taxi.
The word xe means motorbike ON FOOT
8a Work with a partner. Use your own ideas to complete the
and om means hold. You should You don’t have to pay
hold the driver, so you don’t fall to see Hanoi - walking sentences with have to, don't have to, should or shouldn’t.
off! Yourxe om driver has to is free! We think it's 1 You drink a lot of coffee on long plane
give you a helmet and you have the best way to see the journeys.
to wear it. It's against the taw street life of the city. 2 You drive on the left side of the road in
to travel without one. Japan.
3 You wear a seat belt for the whole journey
on a plane.
b Work with a partner. W hich of your ideas in exercise 4 does
the article talk about? 4 You wear a helmet when riding a bike.
5 You get up and walk around on long train
i Look at the highlighted sentences in the article and match journeys.
phrases 1-4 in the Grammar focus box to the correct
meanings a-d. b Compare your ideas with another pair.
GRAMMAR FOCUS 9a SES3 Work with a partner. Write a list o f‘rules' for
should, shouldn't, have to, don't have to public transport using should, shouldn't, have to or don't
have to. Use the ideas in the box to help you.
1 should a It's necessary.
2 shouldn’t b it's the wrong thing to do, it is a bad idea. music food give your seat have a ticket feet bags
3 have to c It's the right thing to do, it is a good idea. wear seat belt stand in a queue at bus stop
4 don’t have to d it's not necessary.
You shouldn't put yourfeet on the seat on public transport.
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GOALS ■ Use expressions with get, take and have ■ Understand present and past questions
1 Work with a partner. Take turns to ask and answer 3 Put the nouns in the box in the correct column in the table.
questions 1-I0. Ask follow-up questions. Add any other examples you know.
1 How many emails do you get a day?
a Dus a good time a long time a shower a sleep
2 Where do you usually have lunch? a taxi a text message dinner emails fun lunch
3 Do you take many photos when you are on holiday? photos something to eat
4 Is it better in life to have fun or make money?
5 1low often do you get a taxi to go somewhere?
6 How many text messages do you get a day?
7 Who do you usually have dinner with?
8 How often do you lake a bus?
9 Do people in your country have a short sleep in the
middle of the day?
10 Does it take a long time to do your homework?
A How m any em ails do you get a day? Complete sentences 1-8 with the correct form of the verbs
get, take or have.
B About ten.
A Who are they usuallyfrom ? 1 My brother always a shower in the
B Colleagues and sometimes friends. W hat about you? morning.
A Oh, I get about 20 em ails a day from work colleagues. 2 I sometimes a sleep after lunch.
3 Grazyna and Lucja never more than 50
2 Read the information in the Vocabulary focus box about emails a day.
expressions with get, take and have.
4 Réka___________ a good time last weekend.
VOCABULARY FOCUS 5 It doesn't a long time to do this exercise.
expressions with get, take and have 6 Tanawat always the bus to work.
• some verbs, e.g. get, take, and have are often followed by 7 I a taxi this morning because I was late.
a noun to make common expressions. 8 Alejandro usually lots of photos when he
get a text message, take photos, have a shower visits his family.
• It is useful to learn the whole expressions.
Work with a partner. Have a conversation about your
daily routines, using the expressions in exercise 3.
Who used the most expressions?
I have a shower and then 1have something to e a t...
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Listening & Speaking present simple and 7a 8.14))) Listen to a conversation between Hannah and
George about Moscow and answer the questions.
past simple questions
1 Why are Hannah and George talking about Moscow?
6a 8.11))) Listen to six questions. Are they in the present simple 2 What does Hannah think of the transport there?
or the past simple? Write present or past. 3 What is an unusual way of travelling in this city?
1 3 ___________ 5 ___________
2 4 ___________ 6 _
b 8.14))) I.isten again. Are the questions in the conversation
in the present simple or past simple? Write present or
b 8.12})) Read and listen to the information in the Unlock the past next to prompts 1-6.
code box about understanding present simple and past 1 have to work?
simple questions. 2 how long/live there?___________
3 speak the language?
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8.4 Speaking and writing
GOALS ■ Ask for information at the train station ■ Write an email about your perfect holiday
mbi2ui
R A I L W A Y S
• more than 8,000 stations across the country
• 25 million passengers travel on 11,000 trains every day
• about a million employees
• Howrah Station in Kolkata Is the oldest and biggest station:
600 trains arrive and depart from 26 platforms every day.
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Hope you’re OK and see you soon. 8a Write an email to a friend about your perfect holiday
Marcel using your answers in exercise 7. Remember to use so and
V_________ because.
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8.5 Video
Adventure holidays
1a Work with a partner. What is an adventure holiday? How is
it different from other holidays? Think of some examples.
4a ifcvia Work in groups. Imagine you are Sarah and you are
writinga blog of your journey through Patagonia. Choose
from one of these options and write your day's blog entry.
• Your first day cycling as you leave ushuaia.
• A difficult/good day on the road.
• Your last day cycling on the Carretera Austral.
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Review
1a Read the answers about a holiday. Complete the questions 3 Look at the words in the box and find ...
from rhe prompts. 1 two types of holiday
1 A Where / go? W k trc did you jo ? 2 two places to stay
B 1went to Corfu. 3 five things you can do on holiday
2 A W h a t/ d o ?_______________________ 4 two types of people
B 1went to the beach.
3 A How long / stay?______________________ apartment backpacker beach holiday beach lover
B Ten days. city break go on a tour go sightseeing go trekking
hotel lie on the beach visit museums
4 A When / go?
B We went in August.
5 A Travel / alone? 4 Work with a partner. Talk about how you travel in each of
B No. 1went with my parents. these situations.
6 A Stay / hotel? How do yo u ...
B No. We stayed in an apartment. 1 come to your English class? 4 do the shopping?
2 go to work/college? 5 go out at night?
b Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions in
3 go on holiday? 6 see family/friends?
exercise la about your last holiday. Give more information.
5a Complete questions l-(i with get., take or have. There may
2a Pul the words in the correct order lo give advice for visitors
be more than one possible answer.
to Auckland, New Zealand.
1 How many times a week do you a bus?
2 How many emails do you___________ on a normal day?
3 Do you a shower before or after breakfast?
4 Does it a long time to travel from your home
to the town /city centre?
5 What do you do to fun with your friends?
6 Do you usually a sleep on a long journey?
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9 Cooking and eating
9.1 Food and drink
GOALS ■ Talk about food and drink ■ use countable/uncountable nouns with some/any
Vocabulary & Speaking food and drink Gram m ar & Listening countable and
uncountable nouns
1a Work with a partner. Match the words in the box to
numbers 1-16 in (lie photo. 3a Read the Grammar focus box about countable and
uncountable nouns.
a bottle of lemonade a pear beef bread chicken
honey jam lemons mushrooms noodles olives
pasta rice salad sweetcorn yoghurt
GRAMMAR FOCUS
countable and uncountable nouns
There are two types of noun in English:
1 Nouns we can count (countable nouns)
e.g. lemons, pears
2 Nouns we can't count (uncountable nouns)
e.g. rice, beef
• For singular countable nouns we use a/an.
Do you have a lemon? I'd like a pear.
For uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns
we don't use a or an.
I have yoghurt for breakfast I like mushrooms.
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lemons
b Tell the class three things that are true for both of you.
We both had fru it and yoghurtfo r breakfast this morning.
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IUu>»a,
woönvUfc WiUtf
Chinese stall
5 Work in small groups. Look at the photos of two street 9a Read the conversation between a customer (C) and a shop
food stalls in Camden Market in London. Which of the two assistant (S).(^Trcje)the correct options.
stalls would you like to eat at? W hy? S Hello. Can I help you?
C Hi. Yes, please. Do you have1some/any beef?
6 9.2))) Lars and Carla are at Camden Market. Listen to them S Yes, we have 2some!any nice steaks here. We also have
ordering some food. Which stall in exercise 5 do they go to 3some/a small beef cubes.
and what do they order? C OK. Can I have 4some/any beef cubes? About a kilo,
please. And I’d also like 5a/some small steak.
7a Work with a partner. Match beginnings 1-6 to endings a-f
S Just one?
to make sentences from the conversation in exercise 6.
C Yes, just one. Thanks. Also, do you have 6a/any yoghurt?
1 It comes with a there any bread? S No, I'm afraid we don't.
2 Is b have some rice, C What about rice? Do you have 7some/any rice?
3 We don't c you like any drinks? S Yes, we have 8some/any bags of rice, but we also do rice
4 We d some noodles, salad.
5 Would e any bottles of lemonade, C No, I'll just have 9a/some bag of rice, please.
S OK. Anything else?
6 We don't have f have any bread.
C Yes, do you h a ve10some/any lemons?
b 9.3))) Listen and check your answers. S No, we don't se ll11a/any fruit or vegetables, I'm afraid.
C OK. That's everything, then, thanks.
8 Work with a partner. Look at sentences 1-6 in exercise 7a
cube shape like a box with six square sides
and complete the rules in the Grammar focus box about
some and any.
b 9.4 ))) Listen and check your answers.
GRAMMAR FOCUS some/any
• w euse1_ . and2_ with uncountable PRONUNCIATION sentence stress
nouns and plural countable nouns,
• We use:
in sentences we use weak sounds in some and any.
13 in positive sentences.
24 in negative sentences. 10a 9.5))) Listen and notice the stressed and weak sounds.
3 5_________ in questions. • • • •
1 Do you have any meat? 2 We have some beef.
• Note: when we ask for something, we use 6 _________
Can I have som e noodles? /am/ /sam/
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GOALS ■ Use quantifiers ■ Talk about cooking
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9 . 3 Vocabulary and skills development
GOALS ■ Understand numbers ■ Say numbers
b Work with a partner. Write down five numbers each. C 9.12))) Listen again and check your answers.
Take turns to read each other's numbers out.
j 9.13))) Listen to the second part of the lecture and complete
4a 9.12))) Listen to the first part of a lecture about Indonesia the table with the correct numbers.
and complete the text with the numbers you hear.
Size from east to w est
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6a Work with a partner. What are the dates and numbers for b Match numbers 1-8 to the way we say them a-h.
your country/countries? l 7.35 a sixteen point one degrees
2 03/10/16 b eighty-two point four per cent
Number of people
3 4/s c seven point three five
Largest city
4 ig . i ° c d the third of October twenty sixteen
Minimum temperature
5 82.4% e minus fourteen
Maximum temperature 6 12/05/86 f four-fifths
An important day 1 -14°C one and three-quarters
g
8 1% h the twelfth of May nineteen eighty-six
b Compare your answers with another pair.
C 9.15))) Listen, check and repeat.
7a 9.14))) Read and listen to the information in the Vocabulary
focus box. 8 Work with a partner. Take turns to practise saying the
numbers.
VOCABULARY FOCUS saying numbers 1 7.4% 5 0.23
Fractions 2 2% 6 20/02/15
'A - a quarter % - three-quarters 3 21/07/92 7 100°C
'/3 -a third 2h - two-thirds 4 -11.7°C 8 1 1/4
V2 - a half 2A - two-fifths
Percentages
15% - fifteen per cent 9a Work with a partner. Look at the information 1-7 and
4.7% - four point seven per cent guess the numbers.
Decimals 1 the lowest temperature recorded on Earth
2.89 - two point eight nine
2 the date man first landed on the moon
0.3 - nought point three
3 the amount of chocolate Belgium produces a year
Temperatures
22°C - twenty-two degrees Celsius -1 the number of times an adult laughs a day
-7°C - minus seven 5 the number of times a child laughs a day
Dates 6 the percentage of people using Facebook at w’ork
01/09 - the first o f September 7 the number of years people spend eating in their
26/03 - the twenty-sixth o f March lifetime
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GOALS ■ Ask about and recommend a place to eat ■ Order food in a restaurant
Work with a partner. Tick (/ ) the things that Stefano 6 a / menu / It / wonderful / has .
wants to know about a place to eat in Edinburgh. 7 and book / call them / You / need to / don't.
1 directions to get there? 6 possible to sit outside? 8 know / you / a garden / has / Do / anywhere that ?
9 with a / called the Riverside / There's / place /
2 Vera’s favourite place? 7 the wa iters?
nice view / a .
3 the prices? 8 the view?
10 French food / is / place j Café Blanc / My favourite /
4 nice food? 9 busy or not?
it sells / because .
5 opening times? 10 need to book?
b 9.16 )J Listen and check your answers.
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10 Work with a partner, lake turns to order from a menu. Turn to page 130.
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Making a pizza
1 Look at the photos. W hich of these things do you see in
them?
b Present your ideas to the class. Choose the top three dishes
and make a class menu.
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Review
1a Make sentences to describe the photo. Use There and a Anoush is having a dinner party. Look at photos 1-5 and
phrase in the box. write sentences ro describe what he is doing.
b Work with a partner. Do they have the items in exercise la b 9.20))) Listen and check your answers.
in their kitchen?
A Do you have any rice in your kitchen? c Write down a number for each category. Show your
B Yes, I do. And you? partner and ask them to say the number.
A No, I never have any rice. I don 7 like it. 1 a percentage 4 a date
2 a fraction 5 a temperature
2a Make questions using How much or how many.
3 a decim al_____ 6 a large number____
1 types of tomato are there in the world?
2 calories are there in a lemon? 5a Put the words in the right order.
3 sugar is there in a cup of 2% fat milk? 1 have / potatoes / Could / please / some I I I roast ?
1 food did the average American eat in 2011? 2 don't / No / w e .
5 cups of coffee do Italians drink each year? 3 you / with / dish / that I side / like / Would / a ?
4 like/order/ Would /to /yo u?
b Work with a partner. Compare your questions in exercise
5 any / you / juice / have / Do / apple ?
2a and try to answer them using the phrases in the box.
6 the / I I fish / Could / please / have / baked?
a lot quite a lot some not much/many none 7 bottle / please / just / of / OK / water / a .
8 to / you / something / drink / like / And / would ?
A How many types o f tomato are there in the world?
B I think there are quite a lot. Maybe one thousand? b Put the sentences in exercise 5a in the correct order to
make a conversation between a waiter and a customer.
C 9.19))) Listen and check your answers.
C 9.21))) Listen and check your answTers.
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.
The world around us
1 0
V ocabulary & Listening th e w e a th e r Work with a partner. Complete the table with some of the
weather words in exercise 3a.
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The country’s more famous for its hot temperatures than cold weather, so you
2 Tokyo/Singapore? (expensive)
might be suiprised to know that sometimes it snows here. It doesn’t happen
very often and only during winter in the high parrs of the country Some people
like snowboarding so much that they do it on the sand, even in the summer! 3 giraffes/humans? (fast)
b Make the comparative form of the adjectives, b Compare your ideas w ith another pair.
smaller big rainy dangerous What do most people prefer?
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10.2 Natural wonders
GOALS ■ Describe nature and geography ■ Use superlative adjectives
1a Work with a partner. Look at photos a-f and match a natural 4a Work with a partner. Match beginnings 1-3 to endings a-c.
wonder to a name in the box. Which countries are they in? 1 Lake Baikal is in a the west coast ofThailand.
2 The Gobi Desert is in b the south of Siberia.
Lake Baikal Phuket Mount Kilimanjaro
the Gobi Desert Victoria Falls the Amazon 3 Phuket island is near c north-west China and
Mongolia.
b 10.7))) Listen and check your answers. b 10.8 ))) Listen and check your answers.
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Gram m ar & Speaking b Complete the table with the superlative form of the
su p erla tiv es
adjectives. Check your answers in the texts in exercise 6a.
6a Work with a partner. Complete the three texts about Adjective Superlative
natural wonders with the numbers in the box. form
b 10.9))) Listen and check your answers. 3 monuments: the Colosseum (Rome), the Great Pyramid
of Giza (Egypt), the Parthenon (Greece) (old)
7a Read the Grammar focus box about superlative adjectives.
b 10.12))) Listen and check your answers.
GRAMMAR FOCUS superlative adjectives
10a W-VM Work with a partner. Complete the phrases with the
We use the superlative form to compare a person or thing superlative form of the adjective in (brackets).
to the whole group it belongs to. we usually use the before
superlatives (near) Tke nestrejt_____ bank is ...
Everest is the tallest mountain in the world. (cheap) ____________________place to eat is ...
The Empire State Building is one of the most famous (good) _ ___________________ place to go shopping is ...
sights in New York
(old)__ _________________ part of the town is ...
To make the superlative form of an adjective, we add: (interesting) __________________ art gallery/
1 -est to the end of a one-syllable adjective, e.g.
museum is ...
tall -* tallest
-lest to the end of a two-syllable adjective which ends 6 (busy) street is .
in -y, e.g. cloudy — cloudiest
most before longer adjectives, e.g. most dangerous. b Work in small groups. Finish the sentences about where
Some superlatives are irregular you are now. Agree or disagree and give more information.
good -» best much, many -* most A The nearest bank is about ten minutes on footfrom here.
bad -* worst little -* least B No, the bank on Palm Street is closer.
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10.3 Vocabulary and skills development
GOALS ■ Understand comparison ■ Use adjective + noun collocations
1 Work with a partner. How many places can you think of 3 Work with a partner. Read the sentences and answer
for each category? the questions.
1 very cold places the North Pole, ...
1 You can survive for only three days with no water, but
2 very hot and dry places
longer with no food.
3 places with dangerous animals Longer than what? with vie welter
4 very wet places
Comparative and superlative forms, and words like the same/ 3 In 2009, a Japanese man, Masahito Yoshida, aged 28,
similar/different/more/less, help you understand comparison started walking 40,000 kilometres around the world.
in a text. When he finished, he was four and a half years older.
The Arctic is cold , but the Antarctic is colder Older than w hat?___________________________________
(= colder than the Arctic)
Lions are fast animals on landt but cheetahs are the fastest 4 We took some food on the journey, but after three
(= the fastest animals on land) days, we needed more.
A large area o f North Africa is desert, but Central Africa is
More w hat? _
different (= not desert)
Adults pay S20 for a ticket to the national park , but students
pay less. {= pay less than adults) 5 In 2007, Martin Strel swam the 5,268 kilometres up
the Amazon. Before the swim he was about 113 kilos
and after he was a lot lighter.
b Work with a partner.Orcleithc comparison word(s) and
underline the two things that the sentence compares. Lighter than what?
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10.4 Speaking and writing
GOALS ■ Give preferences and reasons ■ Write a description of a place
Speaking & Listening reasons and 4 10.14))) Listen to Ted, Alex and Zoe choosing five items to
take. Which items in exercise 2 do they choose?
preferences
5a Work with a partner. Complete sentences 1-4 with
1 Work with a partner. Are you an indoor person or an
the phrases in the box.
outdoor person? Give reasons and examples.
I think I'm an indoor/outdoor person because I lik e ... a better idea because (x2) I'd prefer
we should most important
2 Work with a partner. Teach each other the names of some
things you use for camping and outdoor activities. Student 1 We need to decide on the five things
A, turn to page 130. Student B, turn to page 135. to take...
2 1think take one stove instead of three
we don't need one each.
3 Taking a stove is_ . than making a fire...
4 to take the GPS instead of the map and
compass then we can have the first-aid kit.
SURVIVAL COURSE LEVEL 2 Choose five things you want to take and put them in order
0
(1= the most important). Use the Language for speaking
Where: you are going to walk 10 km from the main camp box to help you.
to your survival camp in the rainforest next to the river.
LANGUAGE FOR SPEAKING giving preferences
t/ Food and drink: there is fresh water at the camp, and you
can take any food you want or find your own. The most important/useful/best thing(s) is/are...
X is/are more important/useful than Y ...
Time: to pass the course, you need to survive for ihree
t think we should (do) ... because...
( ¿ / days and two nights, and find your way back to the main
camp. I'd prefer to (do) ...
X is a better idea than Y ...
Equipment: you have to carry everything you need. You
A can take your own clothes, things for washing, a tent and
sleeping bag each, plus five more items per group. b Work with another pair. Explain what you want to take and
why. Listen to the other pair's ideas and decide on a final list.
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geography
HOME ACCOMODATION ADVENT
three5 go swimming
■
COMETO ZAMBIA!
W e have over seventeen am azing waterfalls (including Victoria Falls, fish
weather/climate Z A M B IA things to do
the w orld’s largest waterfall), five big lakes and a lot of rivers. Lake
Tanganyika is the secon d dee p est natural lake in the world. You can
fish, go sw im m ing o r even cano e on it.
temperature
Zam bia also has som e of the best national parks in the world - you
can see elephants and lions a s well as many other anim als an d birds. 3
Tem peratures in Zam bia are m ore com fortable than in many tropical
lions elephants
areas becau se of the height of the country. There are three seasons:
co o l and dry from M ay to August, hot and dry from Septem ber to tropical birds
November, and warm and wet from D ecem ber to April.
10a Work with a partner. Read the review about Zambia again.
Underline the adjectives, comparatives and superlatives.
11a Work with a partner. Use the notes on page 131 to make a
diagram about Australia like the one in exercise 9b. Add
your own information to it.
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The Grand Canyon
1a Look at the photos of the Grand Canyon. W hich of these
things do you see in them?
b Work with a partner. What do you think you can see and
do in the Grand Canyon?
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1a Make comparative sentences. 4a Match sentences 1-5 to the extra information a-e.
1 Cairo / hot / Bangkok. Ccdro is hotter tk#n Bangkok. 1 There are lots of mountains in the north of the country.
2 Canberra / foggy / London. 2 I'd love to visit a rainforest.
3 The pollution in New Delhi / bad / in Beijing. 3 I saw a beautiful waterfall when I was in Venezuela.
4 Rome / old / Damascus. 4 Last year, we spent a week on an island near the coast.
5 Ottawa / snowy / Moscow. 5 In summer, I often spend the day at Lhe beach.
6 Mexico City has / big population / Tokyo.
a They're very hot and wret, but the plants and animals
are amazing!
b Work with a partner. Do you think the sentences in
exercise la are true (T) or false (F)? b I love swimming and surfing,
c You can ski there in winter,
C 10.16))) Listen and check your answers. d We went there by boat,
e The noise of the water was really loud!
2a Complete the sentences about your country with the
superlative form of the adjective in (brackets). b Work with a partner. Answer the questions.
1 The _ (big) city i s ... 1 Which places in hold in exercise 4a do you have where
2 The (old) university is i n ... you live?
3 The (long) river is th e... 2 Which are your favourite places to go to? Why?
4 The (hot) time of year is ...
5 The (good) place to live is ... 5a Complete the table to show which adjectives can go with
each noun.
6 One of the (beautiful) areas i s ...
coffee price salary accent temperature traffic
b Compare your answers with a partner.
heavy X X X ✓ X /
3a Match the words in the box to illustrations 1-9. high
snow windy foggy lightning freezing rain cloudy
light
sunny icy low
strong
\ o°c- m
b Write four questions to ask a partner using the words
V
in the table.
z IJ
Is there heavy trafpc. in your town?
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11 working together
11.1 Community spirit
GOALS ■ use verb + noun phrases (1) ■ use going to for plans and intentions
1 Work in small groups. Answer the questions and give examples. Do Something
Iio w often do you ... for Mandela Day
1 help people you know/don’t know? 2 speak to your neighbours?
2a Work with a partner. Look at the title of the advert and the photos, and answer
the questions.
1 What do you know about Nelson Mandela?
2 What do you think happens around the world on Mandela Day?
C Work with a partner. Do you think Mandela Day is a good idea? Wliy/W liy not?
3a Work with a partner. Complete phrases 1-10 with verbs from the advert.
1 tMCk someone a language
2 a tree
3 a sports event
4 your workplace by keeping the kitchen clean Nelson Mandela worked all his life to
5 elderly people with difficult jobs change and improve South Africa.
6 a neighbour's pet Now it’s YOUR turn in YOUR community!
Every year on 18th July, people around
7 broken furniture
the world celebrate Mandela’s life by
8 an elderly neighbour doing something to help their local area.
9 money to charity Here are some ideas:
10 sandwiches for homeless people • Look after a neighbour's pet.
• Teach someone a language.
b Work with a partner. W hich verbs in exercise 3a do phrases 1-10 go with? • Paint the classrooms and repair some
1 a party organize 6 a classmate with their homework broken furniture at your local school.
2 a present to someone 7 some flowers • Visit an elderly neighbour and help
them with difficult jobs.
3 your friend's bike 8 a friend's children for the evening
• Make sandwiches for homeless
4 someone in hospital 9 someone to drive people.
5 a cake for a colleague's birthday 10 your local area by picking up rubbish • Plant a tree.
• Improve your workplace by keeping
c 11.1))) Listen, check and repeat. the kitchen clean.
• Organize a sports event and sell
I Work in small groups. W hich things in exercise 3a and 3b ... tickets. Give the money to charity.
1 do you do already? Who do you do them for and when? What are you going to do for Mandela
2 would you like/not like ro do? Why/W hy not? Day? We?d love to hear your plans, so
please email us or visit our website:
I sometimes look after my sisters children.
www.mandeladay.com
/ wouldn't like to teach someone to drive because Vm a terrible driver!
b Work with a partner. Which plan do you think is best? Give reasons.
6a Match beginnings 1-6 to endings a-f to make six sentences from the
listening in exercise 5a.
1 We aren't going to a cycle to work?
2 Are you going to b his CV.
3 I'm going to organize c all the money to charity.
4 We're going to give d a game of football.
5 What am I going to e use any electricity.
6 We're goi ng to i mprove f do on Mandela Day?
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11.2 Challenges
GOALS ■ Talk about technology ■ Say w hy you do things ■ Use the infinitive of purpose
b 11.8))) Listen to four people talking about why they go 1 see in the dark
geocaching. Match speakers L-4 to reasons a-d. I ' m -going to fake a torch to stc in the- dark.
a They want to go to new places, 2 write some postcards to my family and friends
b They want to do some exercise, 3 leave in the cache for other people
c It's good fun. 4 take some pictures of the statues
d They want to make new friends. 5 take my rubbish back to my hotel
6 help me find the cache
C Are the answers similar to your ideas in exercise 5a?
9 Rewrite sentences 1-7 using the infinitive of purpose, but
6a 11.9})) Listen to the people in exercise 5b again and
don't change the meaning.
complete the sentences.
1 People go to the gym because they want to keep fit.
1 I go geocaching fit.
PcopLt yo to the jy m to keep f it .
2 I do it_______________________new people.
2 People shop online because they want to find lhe
3 I go geocaching______________________ different places. cheapest price.
3 People take taxis because it saves time.
b 11.9})) Listen, check and repeat.
4 In the future, more people are going to cycle to work
7 Look at sentences 1-3 in exercise 6a and complete the because they want to do more exercise.
information in the Grammar focus box. 5 People grewrvegetables at home in the past because
they needed to feed their families.
GRAMMAR FOCUS infinitive of purpose 6 People are going to learn more foreign languages in
• we use 1 + infinitive to say why we do the future because it helps rhem find a job more easily.
something. 7 In the past, people moved to the city because they
I do it to meet new people. wanted to find a job.
we use the short form to answer a 'why' question.
A Why do you go to the gym? 10a Use the verbs in the box or your own ideas to write six
B 2 keep fit. sentences about you. Write two in the past tense, two in
• We can use the infinitive of purpose with all tenses. the present tense and two with going to.
I'm going to call Su/i to talk about the party.
buy visit go bring move start call talk to join
I walked home to save money.
Grammar Reference page 157 I bought a new bag yesterday.
2 What do you do when you read a word you don't know in English? 3 Can you fliss him tomorrow?
4 We flissed the car yesterday.
5 M y brother drives flissly.
aodilatos
6 I don't like unflissy people.
5a Work with a partner. Look at the photo and read the title of
the magazine article. What is good about working alone or
V ocabulary & Speaking making adjectives
in a team? stronger
8a Work with a partner. Complete the definition of the word
from the text.
h u g e (adjective)
In the past, it was common for a really brilliant
scientist like Isaac Newton to work alone, but these a very small b not very important c very big
days scientists usually work in teams. That’s why some
science magazines say the Nobel Prize for Physics b Find these three strong adjectives in the article. What
should change. The writers believe it’s wrong to award word comes before them in the article?
the prize to one person because there’s usually a team
that is working with the individual. But because only a brilliant crucial great
maximum of three people can win the Nobel Prize at
one time, some really crucial members of the team are
often not included and don’t win anything. C Read the information in the Vocabulary focus box and
It's not only in science that just one person wins an check your answers.
award for the work of a team. In sport, for example,
there is usually a team of people helping the player of VOCABULARY FOCUS making adjectives stronger
individual sports. For example, the really great tennis
players and Formula One drivers have a team of people You can make many ordinary adjectives stronger by using
working with them: from the coach or manager w Ii d very or really, or a strong adjective instead, e.g. huge.
helps them with their game or race to the dietician Brazil is a very/really big country. Brazil is a huge country.
who tells them what to eat and drink. You can make strong adjectives stronger by using really,
So perhaps it’s time to stop focusing only on the but not very.
individual. We should remember that there is often a Their house is really huge. Not Their-hetise-is^eFy-fwge.
huge team of many more people working hard to make It helps your vocabulary to remember ordinary and strong
everything possible. adjectives together, e.g. big/huge.
6 Work with a partner. Guess the meaning of the highlighted C Work with a partner. Take turns to practise the
words in the article. What helped you decide? conversations in exercise 9a.
7 Work in small groups. Answer the questions. 10a Work with a partner. Write three short conversations
1 Do you think people should focus more on the teams similar to exercise 9a using strong adjectives.
behind individuals? Why/Why not?
b Work with another pair. Read and practise their
2 What other examples of individuals with a team can
conversations. Are very and really in the correct places?
you think of?
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11.4 Speaking and writing
GOALS ■ Write a formal/informal notice ■ Offer to do something
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11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5
7a Work with a partner. Match photos (a) and (b) to notices 1 9a Match a situation 1-5 to an offer a-e.
and 2 in exercise 2. 1 It's really hot in here!
2 Excuse me, this fork is dirty.
b 11.11))) Listen to two conversations from the photos. Are the
3 T he se bags a re heavy.
statements true (T) or false (I7)?
4 Are you still coming for dinner tonight?
Conversation 1
5 I'm going to walk into the city centre.
1 Dr Pedersen is at the meeting.
a W hy don't I give you a lift?
2 They are going to talk about the questions tomorrow.
b Would you like me to open a window?
Conversation 2
c I'm sorry. T‘l I bring you another one.
3 The local park is very small.
d Let me carry them for you.
4 They want to paint the school.
e Of course! Shall I bring a dessert?
C Compare your answers with a partner.
b Work with a partner. Take turns to practise the
8a Work with a partner. Compleie the sentences from the conversations in exercise 9a.
conversations with a word from the box.
10a Read the information in the Language for speaking box
Why Would I’ll Shall Let about making offers.
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11.5 Video
Silicon Fen
1 Match the words to the definitions.
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11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5
Review
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12 Culture and the arts
12.1 Artistic ability
go als ■ Talk about past experience & events using the present perfect ■ use verb +noun phrases (2)
b Read the articles about two artists, Stephen Wiltshire Stephen Wiltshire is autistic and couldn't speak until he was
and Tai Lihua. Answer questions 1-5 for each artist. five. His first words were ‘paper’ and 'pencil' - the same first
words as Picasso’s! At school, he started drawing pictures
1 What couldn't Stephen/Tai do?
of London and his teachers gave him the name 'the human
2 W hat is Stephen's/Tai's kind of art? camera’. He has drawn many fantastic pieces of art and
3 When did Stephen/Tai start doing this? he’s sold them all over the world. One of his drawings is a
4 What did Stephen's/Tai's teachers do? S.7-metre-long picture of New York. He drew it after he spent
just 20 minutes in a helicopter in the sky above the city. He
5 How do we know they are successful?
has his own art gallery in London. He hasn’t opened a gallery
in New York, but he wants to - he’s just looking for the right
C Compare your answers with a partner.
place to do it.
3a Work with a partner. Look at sentences 1-4 from the ■ autistic having a mental condition that makes it difficult for
articles and complete the rules in the Grammar focus box. somebody to communicate or form relationships with other people
1 Thousands of people have watched her.
2 He has drawn many fantastic pieces of art.
3 He hasn't opened a gallery in New York.
4 She's danced in more than 75 countries.
8a Work with a partner. Write the words in the box next to the
Nobuyuki Tsujii w a s b o rn b lin d , b u t h e s ta rte d correct verb to make verb -t noun phrases.
p la y in g o n a to y p ia n o at th e age o f ju s t tw o . H e b eg an
le a rn in g th e p ia n o tw o y e a r s later, a n d he g a ve h is
art galleries in a band the-einema/theatre dance
firs t big c o n c e rt in T o k y o w h e n h e w a s 12 y e a r s old.
drawing a -film /m ovie the guitar masie a musical
a music festival the opera painting a play
H e ’s in h is tw e n tie s n o w , b u t h e 1 (g ive)
a rock/classical music concert a salsa class singing
c o n c e rts a ll o ve r th e w o rld , a n d h e 2_ _ (w in )
m a n y p riz e s a n d in te r n a tio n a l c o m p e titio n s . He go to 1 the. cin&rvia/tkzatrc
3___________ (w rite ) m u s ic fo r f ilm an d T V , too.
2 ______________________
He 4 (n o t see) th e w r it t e n m u s ic , b u t he 3
5 _ (le a rn ) to p la y s o m e o f th e m o s t d if fic u lt 4
p ie ce s o f m u s ic in th e w o r ld o n ly th ro u g h so u n d . H is
5
c la s s ic a l m u s ic fa n s 5 (say) t h is is a m a z in g .
6
■ blind not able to see see 7 a film /m ovic
8 __________
b 12.1 ))) Listen and check your answers. 9 _______________
play 10 the. yuCitcnx
11 ____________
PRONUNCIATION sentence stress
h a v e 12 M usic /13 / 14
5a 12.2))) In the present perfect, the stress is on the past 15 __________ /16 lessons
participle in positive sentences, and on haven’t/hasn't in
negative sentences. b 12.5 ))) Listen, check and repeat.
Work in small groups. Wrhich artist is the most amazing in b W hich of your experiences are similar and which are
your opinion and why? different?
I th in k... is the most am azing because... We've both been to big concerts.
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12.2 At the movies
GOALS ■ Talk about films ■ Use the present perfect and past simple
C Work in small groups. Think of 2-3 more films for each type.
b Tell the class about the films you like/don’t like. Use the
b Work with a partner. Read the second part of the web page
and answer the questions in it.
ideas in the box.
• Everybody likes/loves/hates ...
• Nobody likes ..
• Some of us like ...
How often do people leave the cinema early and why do
4 12.8))) Listen to two people talking about films. Which they do it? Have you ever left the cinema before the end
types of films in exercise 2a are they talking about? of a film? Has it ever annoyed you when other people left
the cinema early? Tell us your thoughts ...
5a Workw'ith a partner. Complete sentences 1-5 from the
listening in exercise 4 using the wrords in the box.
7 Look at the questions in exercise 6b again and complete
stars favourite about It's set the rules in the Grammar focus box.
b Work with a partner. Look at the sentences in exercise 9a b 12.11))) Listen and check your answers.
and complete the rules in the Grammar focus box. Write
past simple or present perfect. 11a EZSS3 Work in small groups. Take turns to ask about your
experiences. Use the ideas in the box to help you, and your
GRAMMAR FOCUS present perfect and past simple own ideas.
• Use the 1_ to say something happened before A Have you ever been to a big concert?
now, but we don't know or don't say when. We often use it B Yes, I have. I went to a Coldplay concert in Warsaw
with ever/never. last year.
• Use the2 to say something happened before
now and we know the time. walked out of a film
• We often start with the 3_________ and then change to m et a famous writer/singer/actor acted in a play
the 4 to give more details. cry during a film go to the opera
Grammar Reference page 159 stay awake all night watching films
b Tell the class about your group. Have you had similar
experiences?
M ario has never been to a big concert, but Filena and I have.
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12.3 Vocabulary and skills development
GOALS ■ Form past participles ■ Understand past simple and present perfect verb forms
1 Read the pairs of sentences. W hich ones are true for you?
Change any you can to make them true for you. Compare
your sentences with your partner.
1 I've been to a lot of festivals.
I went to a fantastic musical last year.
2 I've never run a marathon.
I ran for the bus yesterday morning.
3 I've never met a famous person.
I met my partner at university.
4 I ’ve never written a comment on a website.
I wrote a lot of emails yesterday.
b Work with a partner. Put the words in the box into the
correct column of the table.
5 different word
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12.4 Speaking and writing
GOALS ■ Speak on the phone Write a review ■ Use pronouns in writing
2 in English? Conversation 2
Ask to speak to the manager of a company.
2 12.16))) Listen to two conversations and answer the
questions. Compare your answers with a partner. Student A
Student B
1 W h y does Marcus call Caitlin? Ask to speak to x. •
2 What is Caitlin going ro do after speaking to Marcus?
3 What question does she ask the person at the comedy say they are not in.
club?
4 Why can't she find out the information she wants? Ask x to call back.
3a Work with a partner. Complete sentences 1-8 with the Ask for number or say X is back.
words in the box.
Can here have back (x2) Could speak Hang LANGUAGE FOR SPEAKING on the phone
it's afraid
Informal
1 H i Francis,___________ Marcus. Is Caitlin there? Hi (X), it’s (Y). is (Z) there?
I'm afraid she's not here at the moment.
2 Hello. Could 1_ to the ticket office manager,
Can you tell her to call me back, please?
please?
Hang on a minute. I'll just get her.
3 She's not at the moment.
Formal
4 I'm he's not available at the moment. Hello, could I speak to the manager, please?
5 you tell her to call me . please? I'm afraid he's not available at the moment.
6 you ask him to call me , please? Could you ask him to call me back, please?
Could l have your number, please?
7 Could I ___________your number, please?
8 on a minute. I'll just get her.
5 Work with a partner. Practise some more phone
b 12.17))) Listen, check and repeat. conversations. Student A, turn to page 131. Student B,
turn to page 135.
C Work with a partner. Which sentences in exercise 3a are
formal and which are informal?
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12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5
HOME ABOUT ME MUSIC FASHION 10a Think of an event you have been to. Use an idea from
exercise 6 or your own ideas. Write notes in each of the
s I was really excited about going because they're categories.
my favourite band. But I've seen them before and they
1 what you thought before
were much better then. I didn’t enjoy it last night
2 what you thought after it
6 because the singer was too quiet and the guitar player
was terrible! They’re playing again tonight but 7 I donl 3 why you liked/didn't like it
recommend going. 8 I thought they were awful. But at 4 your advice to other people
least it was quite cheap!
b Work with a partner. Tell them about the event. Use the
phrases in the Language for writing box to help you.
8 Work with a partner. Read the reviews. Which is positive? LANGUAGE FOR WRITING a review
Which is negative? How do you know? I was(n't) excited about (it/the show/the concert).
I expected/didn't expect (it/the circus) to b e ...
9 Match the underlined phrases 1-8 in the reviews to I liked/loved/enjoyed the (play) because...
categories a-d. There are two answers for each one. I didn't like/enjoy the (concert) because...
a what the writer thought before the show 1. 5 I thought it was/they were (great/awful/a bit long/too loud).
I (don't) recommend (¡t/seeing this film/going to this show).
b what the writer thought about the show
c why the writer liked/didn't like the show
d the writer's advice to other people 11a Write your review. Use the ideas you talked about in
exercise 10a.
b Work with a partner and read their review. Would you like
to go to the show they reviewed? Why/Why not?
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12.5 Video
Park Theatre
1 Work with a partner. When was the last time you saw a
play? Where was it? What was it? Did you enjoy it?
W hy/W hy not?
C Tell the class wrhat show your group has chosen. Try to
choose one show for the whole class.
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12-1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5
Review
1a Complete gaps 1-6 with go, play, see or have and match the Complete the text with the past simple or present perfect
phrases to photos a-f. form of the verbs in (brackets).
1 to a music festival 4 a film/movie
2 an instrument 5 ______to art galleries
3 dance lessons 6 ______a play or a musical
2a Put the words in the correct order to make sentences we b 12.19))) Listen and check your answers.
use on the phone.
1 a / Hang / minute / on . 4a What types of film do items l-8 make you think of?
2 Ms. Martinez / speak / please / Could / to / 1? 1 laughing tOM-tdics 5 singing and dancing
3 tell / back / you / her / me / Can / to / please / call ? 2 people in love 6 Dracula and Frankenstein
4 office / I'm / the / moment / the / afraid / of / out / at / 3 a cartoon for children 7 travelling into the future
she's. 4 fast cars 8 going to live in a new country
b 12.18))) Listen to a phone conversation. W hich sentences in b Think of a famous film you know. Write three sentences
exercise 2a did you hear? about it, but don't use the name of the film. Use questions
1-4 in the box to help you, and your own ideas.
C Work with a partner. Write a phone conversation and 1 What type of film is ir? 3 Who does it star?
practise it. 2 What is it about? 4 Where does it happen?
ll s set in Barcelona and il stars Scarlett Johansson.
d Work with another pair. Read and practise their
conversation. Is the conversation formal or informal?
C Work with a partner. Take Uirnsto read your sentences
and guess the films.
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Communication
Read the factfiles and check your answers. 1 Complete gaps 1-5 in table A.
Fable A
LONDON, ENGLAND C E S S
Singular Plural
Nationality British
1 stories
Other Asian (e.g. Indian, Pakistani, Chinese),
nationalities European (e.g. Irish, Polish), African a glass 2
(e.g. Nigerian, Somali), West Indian 3 lives
(e.g. Jamaican), etc.
a dress 4
Main language English
5 children
Other languages Polish, Urdu, etc.
Singular Plural
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA a knife 6
Nationality Australian 7 people
Other British, Italian, Greek, Vietnamese, 8
a city
nationalities etc.
9 matches
Main language English
Other languages Italian, Greek, Vietnamese, etc. a woman 10
Name
Job
Nationality
Email address
COMMUNICATION
1 False. The basic training takes about two years. Then, 1 You want to go on a weekend break. Read the information
before each trip into space, they need to do another two about Bruges and the things you want to do.
three years of training. Bruges
• Airport (Brussels) - 90 km from Bruges
2 True. Valeri Polyakov stayed in space for 437.7 days in
• Railway station in the centre
1994-5. Sergei Avdeyev stayed in space for 379.6 days in
• Campsite near rhe city centre
1998-9.
• Lots of museums including Choco-Story (a chocolate
3 True. Astronauts can wear glasses. museum), Diamant Museum (a diamond museum) and
Expo Picasso (an art museum)
• More than five different (street) markets every week
Student A • Four youth hostels and 300 hotels
2 .4 Ex ercise4 • An Olympic swimming pool
1 You are in Lagos with Student B. Read factfile A. You want t o ...
Suggest meeting Student B and make arrangements. • fly there • go to the cinema
• stay in a cheap hotel • go swimming
2 You are in Buenos Aires with Student B. Read factfile B. • visit museums
Listen to Student B and reply.
2 Ask your partner about Krakow and answer their
LAGOS, NIGERIA FACTFILE A questions about Bruges.
Places to go and things to do A Is there a cinema in Krakow?
National Museum of Nigeria 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. B Yes, there are more than three.
Lekki Conservation centre
9 a.m. - 6 p.m. 3 Decide together which town is better for your
(see monkeys, crocodiles, birds)
weekend break.
Yellow Chilli (Nigerian restaurant) 12 p.m. - 10.30 p.m.
New Afrika Shrine (live music,
African dance and theatre)
6 p.m. - 6 a.m. Student A
Eleko Beach (bar, live music,
4 .2 Exercise 6
24 hours a day
picnics, tents to sleep in) Ask questions and describe your studio flat to your partner
to find seven differences.
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA FACTFILE B A Is there a cooker next to thefridge?
Places to go and things to do B Yes, there is./No, there isn't.
MNBA
9.30 a.m. - 8.30 p.m.
(art gallery and museum)
Fundación Tango Argentino
8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
(dance classes)
La Cabrera 12.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m
(restaurant famous for beef) 8.30 p.m.-1.00 a.m.
Football matches 7.15 p.m.-9.15 p.m.
Je t Lounge (house music,
12.30 a.m. - 8 a.m.
fashion parties, sushi, cocktails)
Student A ^ Student A
4 .4 Exercise 7 5 .2 Exercise 12
On your map there are four places with no name. Ask your partner 1 Work with another Student A. Look at prompts 1-6
for directions from die traditional market in Denpasar to the four and decide which questions are present simple and which
places below. Write them in the correct place on the map. are present continuous.
• bus station • Jagatnatha temple Is tWe, sliáp tissisfant stm-ding? /
• market • hotel
A Excuse rne, how do I get to the bus stat ion? 1 the shop assistant/stand?
B Well, go straight on an d ...
2 what time/the shop/open?
3 the shop/take/credit cards?
4 what/the young man/hold?
5 what/the old man/wear?
6 what/shop assistant/wear?
n.BM1
raditiond 2 Work with Student B. Take turns to ask and answer
flarkel your questions and find the six differences.
% ^ResiauraW
A Is the shop assistant standing?
B Yes, she is./No, she isn't.
f 4
Clinic
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v Tourist
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4 .4 Exercise 11 Student A
6 .2 Exercise 6
Choose a situation I, 2 or 3 and write an email giving
information and instructions. Include the following: 1 Read and complete the sentences with the past simple
• why you need to meet of the verbs in (brackets).
• the place and time a He 1 (return) the money to his boss who
• any other details, e.g. how to get there. 2 (call) the owner of the bag.
Remember to use imperatives when you give instructions. b Adam Woldem arim 3 (work) as a taxi
1 You need to organize the office meeting for lunchtime driver in Las Vegas,
on Thursday. Everyone needs to bring their laptop or c When he 4 (look) between the seats he
tablet. No food or drink. 5 (notice) a bag.
2 You want ro organize a dinner for your English class d He 6 (thank) Adam and gave him $2,000.
at your flat. Everyone needs to bring something to eat
and drink. 2 Read your sentences to your partner and listen to theirs.
Put your sentences and your partner's sentences together
3 You want to organize a group of students to study
to make a complete story.
English with. People need to bring their coursebooks,
and tablets or notebooks. You must speak English only.
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COMMUNICATION
Student A Student A
6 .4 Exercise 6 9 .1 Exercise 11
1 Tell your partner the pieces of news a-e. 1 Look at the illustration. Take turns to ask and answer
a We moved house three times last year, questions to find the differences between your illustration
b Someone shouted at me in the street yesterday, and your partner's. Use some and any in your questions
and answers.
c I've got a new job!
A Do you have any salad?
d I walked ten miles on Sunday,
B Yes, I do, but I don't have any jam . Do you have any?
e I've got too much work at the moment.
A Yes, I do, so that’s one difference.
2 Respond to your partner's news.
All students
7 .4 Exercise 13a
• the journey time • the platform number 6 Add the milk and b o ilfo rfive more minutes.
7 Put everything in the food-processor for one
minute to make the soup.
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^ Student A w ^ All students
9 .3 Exercise 10 1 0 .2Exercise 4d
north
1 Work with another Student A. Put the words in order to
make questions aboui the Philippines. north-west north-east
1 the / is / population / What ?
2 live / What percentage / the biggest city / in ?
3 the maximum and minimum / What / temperature west east
every ye a r/ is?
4 is / Day / When / Independence ? south-west south-east
All students
9 .4 Exercise 10
1 Label the map.
Take turns to be the waiter and the customer. Order the
food you want from the menu. 2 Describe your map to your partner.
In the north-west of my island there are...
A Hi, would you like to order?
B Yes, please. 3 Listen to your partner and draw what they describe on
A OK, would you like a starter? your map. Compare your maps. Are they the same?
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student B
2 Listen to your partner's websites and email addresses and
write them down.
1 -3 Exercise 9
1 Complete gaps 1-5 in table B.
2 You can't find the plane ticket. W hat's the singular o f knives?
3 You need something to read for the journey. W hat's the plural o f... ?
IIo w do you spell that?
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Student B Student B
1 .4 Exercise 6 4 .1 Exercise 11
1 Complete the table with information about you. 1 You want to go on a weekend break. Read the information
about Krakow' and the things you want to do.
Ask questions to complete your partner's information.
K rak o w
• Airport 11 km from the centre of Krakowr
// • More than twenty youth hostels and 250 hotels
You Your partner • Railway station in the centre
Name • Campsites near the city centre
• Lots of museums including Krakow National Museum
Job
and City of Krakow Historical Museum
Nationality • More than three cinemas
• Iia la Targowa flea market
Email address
• Two open-air and one indoor swimming pool
You wan! to ...
• go by train • go to markets
Student B • stay on a campsite • visit an art museum
2 -4 Exercise 5 • go swimming
1 You are in Lagos with Student A. Read factfile A. Listen to 2 Ask your partner about Bruges and answer their questions
Student A and reply. about Krakow.
B Is there a campsite in Bruges?
2 You are in Buenos Aires with Student A. Read factfile B.
A Yes, there is. It's near the city centre.
Suggest meeting Student A and make arrangements.
3 Decide together which town is better for your
weekend break.
Student B
4 .2 Exercise 6
Ask questions and describe your studio flat to your partner
to find seven differences.
A Is there a cooker next to thefridge?
B Yes, there is./No, there isn't.
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COMMUNICATION
StudentB Student B
4 .4 Exercise 7 5 .2 Exercise 12
On your map there are four places with no name. Ask your 1 Work with another Student B. Look at prompts 1-6
partner for directions from the traditional market in Denpasar and decide which questions arc present simple and which
to the four places below. Write them in the correct place on the are present continuous.
map. Wkeit time, does ¿kc shop close? S
• post office • tourist information NOT W k^ fi?nz-urirherskoj?-d^ in^9 /
• bank • hospital 1 what time/the shop/close?
A Excuse me, how do I get to the post office? 2 what/the old man/do?
B Well, go straight on a n d ... 3 what languages/the shop assistants/speak?
4 what/the young man/hold?
5 what/the young woman/wear?
Hotel
6 what/the young man /wear?
+ T\
riarfeel £
A W hat time does the shop close?
B It closes at fiv e o'clock.
Clinic
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, All students
Student B
9 .3 Exercise 9 6 .2 Exercise 6
1 The lowest natural temperature recorded on Earth is
1 Read and complete the sentences with the past simple
-89.2 °C in Antarctica, on July 21st 1983.
of the verbs in (brackets).
2 Man first landed on the moon on 20th July 1969.
a H e 1__________(open) it and there was a large amount of
3 Belgium produces 172,000 tons of chocolate a year.
money - over $200,000!
4 An average person laughs 15 times a day. b Adam 2 (decide) to send some of the money to
5 Children laugh 400 times a day. his family in Ethiopia,
6 41% of people use Facebook at work according to Forbes. c The owner was very happy when he 3 (collect)
7 People spend 3.66 years of their life eating. his lost money.
d One night h e 4_________ (finish) work at 2.00 a.m.
and 5 (start) to clean his cab.
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Student B _ StudentB
6 -4 Exercise 6 9 .2 Exercise 10b
1 Tell your partner the pieces of news a-e. Work with Student A. Ask questions to complete your recipe
a I booked a holiday to Australia. Do youfry the mushrooms and the carrots?
b 1couldn't sleep last night,
c I was on TV when 1was a child, MUSHROOM SOUP
d I've got a cold.
e I watched a great film on TV last night. INGREDIENTS
• 4 potatoes • 2 carrots • 400 grams of mushrooms
2 Respond to your partner's news.
• 250 millilitres of milk • 750 millilitres of water
• 50 grams of butter
Student B
8 .4 Exercise 4 METHOD
1 Cut the potatoes into small pieces with a knife.
1 You are a passenger at New Delhi station in north India.
You want to get a single sleeper ticket for the next train to 2 the mushrooms and the carrots.
Varanasi. A sk... 3 Heat th e __________in a saucepan and add
the . Stir with a spoon.
• when it deparrs/arrives • the price
4 Boil the water in the kettle and add to the saucepan.
• the journey time • the platform number
5 Add the potatoes and carrots to the saucepan. Boil
2 You work at the ticket office in Mysore station in south for ten minutes.
India. Look at the information about the next train to 6 Add th e __________and boil for five more minutes.
Bangalore and answer student A's questions. 7 Put everything in the food-processor for one minute
to make the soup.
Times Journey Ticket Platform
time price
(rupees)
Mysore to depart: 2 hours 995 3 StudentB
Bangalore 14.15 lOmins (1 st class) 9 .3 Exercise 10
arrive:
16.25 1 Work with another Student B. Put the words in the right
order to make questions about Malaysia.
1 the / is / population / What ?
* student B 2 live / What percentage / the biggest city / in ?
9 .1 Exercise 11
3 the maximum and minimum / What / temperature
1 Look at the illustration. Take turns to ask and answer questions every year / is?
to find the differences between your illustration and your 4 is / day / an / When / important ?
partner's. Use some and any in your questions and answers.
2 Ask Student A the questions from exercise 1 to complete
A Do yo u ha ve a ny salad?
the column for Malaysia.
B Yes, I do, but I don't have any jam . Do you have any?
A Yes, / do, so that 's one difference.
Malaysia The Philippines
Population 99,000,000
percentage 2.00%
living in biggest
city (Quezon)
Temperature Max = Max =28°C
Min = Min = 16°C
important day 12/06
(Independence
Day)
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COMMUNICATION
_ Student B Student B
1 0 .2 Exercise 5 1 1 .2 Exercise 4c
1 Listen to your partner's websites and email addresses and
write them down.
Student B
1 1 .4 Exercise 10b
Work
You are going to have a meeting with your colleague, Student A.
1 You need more copies of a document.
2 You don't have a pen.
1 Label the map. 3 You don’t know how to use the software.
S o c ia l
StudentB You are going on holiday with Student A.
1 0 .4 Exercise 2 1 You don't have any euros.
1 Read definitions a-e and label the illustrations on page 102 2 You have too ma ny bags.
with the words in bold. 3 You can't find your guidebook.
a A stove is a small kind of cooker,
b You use a lighter to start a fire, Student B
c Plates, bowls, spoons, knives and saucepans are all 1 2 .4 Exercise 5
examples of equipment for cooking and eating,
d You sleep in a sleeping bag to keep warm when you Do Conversation 1and choose one situation from Conversation 2.
sleep outside,
Conversation 1
e You use a compass to find where north, south, east
and west are. Social
You share a flat with your friend Fazad. I Ie is out at the
2 Listen to your partner's definitions and label the other moment and you don't know when he's going to be back.
illustrations. If you don't know how to spell a word, ask... Answer the phone.
How do you spell that?
Conversation 2
3 Read your definitions to your partner. Study
You are a student and you have a problem with the course
you are doing. Call the university and ask to speak to your
teacher, Professor Clark.
Work
You are a receptionist at a big company and you answer the
phone for your boss, M r Tagako. H e’s busy and can't talk to
anyone at the moment. Answer the phone.
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Grammar reference
1 .1 The verb to be
i Complete semences 1-7 with am, is, are, and write the
G R l.la )J contractions.
1 I flat______ from Korea -* Jilt.
Positive (+) Negative (-)
2 She very happy today. —
I am from Thailand. I am not Swiss.
3 They from Vietnam. —
I'm from Thailand. I’m not Swiss
4 She not here. —
You are Thai You are not from Egypt
5 I not Spanish. -*
You're Thai. you aren't from Egypt.
6 You___________ not worried. -* _____
He is from Brazil. He is not happy. 7 I t ___________ not a French restaurant. -* _____
He's from Brazil He isn't happy.
She is Brazilian She is not hungry. Put the words in the right order to make questions and
She’s Brazilian. She isn't hungry short answers.
it is late. it is not Friday today. 1 A Russian / Are / you ? Are you Russian?
it's late. It isn't Friday today. B not / No, / I'm Aid, I'm net.
We are married. We are not from Chile. 2 A Ben / Is / name /your ?
We're married. We aren't from Chile. B it/ Y e s,/ is ____________________
They are teachers. They are not Italian. 3 A I / late / Am / class / for / today ?
They're teachers. They aren't Italian. B Yes, / are / you
4 A Are / British / they?
We use the verb to be ... B No, / American / they're
; when we describe someone or something, e.g. He's big. 5 A Austria / Are / you / from ? ______
• to talk about age, e.g. I'm forty
B we / No, / aren’t ________________
in everyday conversation and informal writing we use contractions:
6 A she / Is / a / teacher ? ____________
're not/aren't, 's not/isn't, 'm not
' = a missing letter, e.g. He is -* He's. B she / No, / isn’t
in formal writing we use full forms, e.g. They are not.
3 Make questions and short answers.
yes/no questions and short answers
1 J j ________ he a student? / Vej. ke is.
GR1.1b))) 2 you from Malaysia? / ______
1 A Are they twins? 2 A is it ten o'clock? 3 I in the right room? /
B Yes, they are. B No, it isn't. 4 it your first day here? /
5 we in the same class? /
Questions (?) Short answers
Put the conversation in the right order.
Am I Yes, I am. No, I'm not
Are you late? Yes. you are No, you aren't.
A Hi, my name's Luigi.
Is he/she/it French? Yes, he/she/it is. No, he/she/it isn't. A No, I'm Italian.
Are we/they Yes, we/they are. No, we/they aren't. B Hi, I'm Asli. Are you from Spain?
A No, not Rome. I'm from Naples in the South
In questions, we put am, is, are before /, you, he, she, it, we, they. Where are you from?
in positive short answers we use full forms. B Oh, are you from Rome?
A Are you German? A Oh good!
B Yes, l am. NOT Yes,-i-m. B Yes, they are, and the teacher is nice.
in negative short answers we use full forms or contractions. A Yes, I am. It’s my first day. Are the students
friendly?
A Are we early?
B no . we are not./No, we aren't B I'm from Istanbul in Turkey. Are you a
student in this class?
B OK! Let me introduce you to my friends.
GRAMMAR REFERENCE
GR1.2b$
Hi! I'm Wayan and 1 I'm Balinese. Bali2_____ an island in
1 sam is my father's boss. Indonesia, it's famous for3 music and dancing, in a
2 They are my children's cars. Balinese family, the first child's name is Wayan, Putu or Gede.
3 Bob and Paula are my parents' friends. It's the same for a boy or a girl. The second 4_____ name is
4 Petra and Bill's new house is big. Made, Kadek or Nengah. The third is Nyoman or Komang and
the fourth is Ketut. if there Is a fifth child, he or she is often
We use the possessive's to say that something or someone belongs called Wayan Balik (=Wayan 'again'). Balinese do not usually
to a person, a place or a thing. The possessive's always comes after use last names.
a noun.
in my family there 5 six children. We all have typical
• with regular plural nouns we use ' not's, e.g. They're my Balinese names I have two sisters, 6 names are wayan
parents' friends. NOT They're-myparent'sfriends. and Komang, and three brothers, Ketut, Made and Putu.7_____
if there is more than one subject, we put the 's on the last parents’ 8_____ are Ketut and Ketut. Women have the title 'Ni'
name, e.g. Sara and Ricardo's daughter. NOT Saf&s-and- before their name, so my 9 name is Ni Ketut, and men
Ricardo's daughter. use V, so m y10 name is l Ketut. My sister, Komang, is
married and her11_____ name is also Komang.
John's in the office. <=is)
John's office is big. (= the office that belongs to John)
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2 .1 Present simple and adverbs of frequency
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb
Present simple positive in (brackets).
2 He gets up at six o'clock every day: 3 Our friend lots of photos, (take)
Spelling rules
• Verbs ending in -ch, -sh, -s. -ss. -z, -o, and -x 3 visit / islands / other / They / sometimes
watch -+ watches miss -+ misses
wash — washes go - goes 4 You / work / the / in / lab / usually
relax -*■ relaxes do -* does
• Verbs ending in consonant + -y
study studies 5 sleep / have / never / enough / We
• The third person he/she/it form of have is has
6 listen / never / at / music / to / work / 1
• We use the present simple to talk about habits or routines.
He goes to work every day. 7 It / ever / rains / the / on / island / hardly
• We also use it to talk about a fact or something we think is true
for a long time. 8 my / in / city / never / It / cold / is
penguins eat fish, she lives in Bonn.
9 1/ worried / ever / hardly / am
Adverbs of frequency
• We use adverbs of frequency with the present simple to say
10 houses / in / cold / The / sometimes / are / winter
how often we do something.
GR2.1b)))
3 Complete t he text with the correct form of I he words in
innoi. no/.
IUU70 UTO the box.
always usually often sometimes hardly ever never
enjoy finish go hardly have listen never stody
1 /always go to bed before ten o'clock. usually work
2 Do you usually have toast for breakfast?
3 We're sometimes tired in the afternoon. Cara is a scientist and she 1 studies the sun. She lives
4 They hardly ever go to the cinema. in Calama in Chile. During the week she gets up early and
2 to the research centre. She3 has a small breakfast
• We usually put the adverb after the verb to be and before all - a biscuit and a cup of coffee. She 4 with five other
other verbs. researchers. They all5 their jobs. She6 work at
five o'clock.
Silvia is often at home on Saturdays.
Andy never goes to work on Sundays. in the evening, she7 dinner with her husband and they
often watch a DVD or8 to music. They9 watch
• Sometimes and usually can come at the beginning or end of
TV because they think it's boring and they10_____ ever talk
sentences.
about work.
sometimes I listen to music at work.
Winters are very cold here, usually.
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GRAMMAR REFERENCE
it never rains in the summer. am doesn't doesn't don't eat like likes
NOT it-deesn^t-fiever-ratfi-in-the summer.
I get up early every day. 1 1 don’t have breakfast because
l 2__ never hungry in the morning. I have a shower and
then I run to catch the bus. It 3_____ wait for me! At work
l4 drink coffee - only water. I usually 5 lunch
with my friend. I have a sandwich, but my friend doesn't
6_____ bread, so she has fruit and yoghurt. My mum 7______
to talk to me every day, so I usually phone her in the evening.
S he 8 stop talking!
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3 -1 Yes/No questions
Match questions 1-8 to answers a-h.
yes/no questions with be
l Are you a photographer?
GR3.1a))) 2 Do you work full-time?
1 A Are you an outdoor person? 3 Does your sister like being busy?
B No, I'm not 4 Do your parents like working with computers?
2 A is she retired? 5 Is he a fast worker?
B Yes, she is. 6 Does it rain a lot in summer?
7 Am I often late?
In present simple questions with to be we use am/is/are + subject.
8 Does your son enjoy helping people?
Questions (?) Short answers a No, they don't.
Am I friendly to other people? Yes, you are./No, you’re not. b Yes, he does.
c Yes, you are.
Are you a tidy person? Yes, I am./No. I'm not
(1 Yes, it does.
is he rich? Yes, he is./No, he isn't.
e Yes, she does.
Are we free tomorrow? Yes, we are./No, we aren't. f Yes, I am.
Are they musicians? Yes, they are /no, they aren't Yes, he is.
h No, I don't.
In positive short answers, we don't use contractions. 2 Complete the questions and short answers.
Yes, he is. NOT Ycs-hf/tt
1 Vo 1know your friend? Yes. von do
2 you work freelance? No,
yes/no questions with other verbs 3 your niece badly-paid? Yes,
4 Ahmad often late? Yes,
GR3.1b$ 5 the film start at 6 p.m.? No,
1 A Do you enjoy meeting new people? 6 we have enough time? No,
B Yes, 1 do.
7 your sisters like their presents? Yes,
2 A Does he work freelance?
8 ___ _ our jobs make us happy? No.
B No, he doesn't
9 ___ they nurses? Yes,
We form present simple yes/no questions with Do/Does + subject + 10 she like this city? No,
infinitive without to.
___________________________________________________________ 3 Complete the conversation. Use contractions where possible
Questions (?) Short answers Dana 1 Are voua nurse?
Do you like your job? Yes, I do./No, I don't. Beth Yes. 12
Dana 3 you I ike you r job?
Does she get up early? Yes, she does./ Beth Yes, I love it. 1enjoy helping people.
No, she doesn't. Dana 4 you work full time?
Does it rain a lot? Yes it does./No, it doesn't Beth Yes. I 5 .1 work long hours.
Dana 6 vou well-paid?
Do we usually go home early? Yes, we do./No, we don't. Beth No, 17 not!
Do they work long hours? Yes, they do./No, they don't. Dana 8 you like the people you work with?
Beth Yes, I work with my sister.
Dana 9 she a nurse?
in short answers, we use do/don't or does/doesn't We don't Beth No, she10 a doctor.
use the main verb.
Do you like taking photos? Yes I do./No, I don't.
NOT Yc3;-nike:/Norrdon-'t-iike.
Does she make a lot of money? Yes, she does.
NOT Yesr she-mskos./No, she doesn't-moke.
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GRAMMAR REFERENCE
3 .2 W h- questions
Complete the questions.
• we form present simple wh- questions in a similar way to
yes/no questions, but we start with a question word. l A W hy do you want to learn English?
B I want to be a pilot, so I need it for my job.
Present simple Wh- questions with be 2 A often you use English for your job?
B Every day!
GR3.2a|
3 A does she work?
1 A who's your teacher?
B She works in Kuwait.
B Ben Lewis.
4 A What do you have breakfast?
2 A Why are you unhappy?
B Because I hate my job. B Usually at about seven o'clock.
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4 .1 There is/There are
1 Complete the sentences with the positive, negative or
We use there is with singular nouns and there are with plural nouns.
question form of there is/there are.
GR4.1 ))) 1 Is there a hospital in your town?
2 lots of hotels and a theatre.
Positive (+) Negative (-)
3 a library near his house?
There's an airport. There is n 't a hotel. 4 any trees in your garden?
There are some restaurants. There aren't any museums. 5 a kitchen and two bathrooms in my flat.
6 any trains in my country.
There are lots of trees. There aren't a lot of trees.
7 _________ a chemist in the hospital.
8 any cheap hotels in the city centre?
Questions (?) Short answers 9 a museum or a theatre here, so I think it's
boring.
is there a train station? Yes, there is./No, there isn't.
10 a factory in my town. My father works there.
Are there any shops? Yes, there are./No, there aren't.
2 Use the symbols (/ ) or (X) to write positive or negative
short answers.
We often use positive and negative contractions: 1 Is there a toilet in the cinema? / Yes. there is.
there is — there's but NOT th e n fre 2 Are there any shops open now? X A/<t
there is n o t - » there isn't
3 Are there any nice beaches on the
there are not — there aren't.
island? /
• we use there is/there are to say that something or someone 4 Is there a theatre in your town? X
exists somewhere. 5 Are there lots of restaurants near here? /
There's a chemist on Woodstock Road. 6 Is there a museum in the city centre? / _____________
There are twenty-four rooms in the hotel. 7 Are there any hotels? X
• We use there is/there are the first time we talk about 8 Are there lots of people here in the
something and it is/they are the next time summer? /
There's a nice hotel in the town. It's very comfortable.
There are lots of shops here, but they are all closed today. 3 Complete the rext about Beijing's underground city, Dixia
• We often use there is/there are to describe places. Cheng. Use there is, there isn't, there are or there aren't.
In my town there are a lot of restaurants.
Underneath the city of Beijing in China 1 there is a small city
• in a list of things we use there is if the first word is singular It's about 50 years old .2_____ any people living there now,
and there are if the first word is plural. but sometimes tourists can visit. 3_____ lots of restaurants,
in my city there are lots of restaurants, a campsite and an schools, theatres, factories and many public places, but they
old church. are all empty. 4 a big picture of Mao Zedong in nearly
in the hotel there is a swimming pool, a hairdresser's and every large space.5_____ bedrooms for about 300,000 people,
ninety-five bedrooms. but they aren't comfortable. In one bedroom 6 _ a desk
• In positive sentences we usually use some or a number before and six beds, in another room 7 a lot of baths.8
plural nouns. any windows.9_____ any trees or flowers. It's never very cold
and never hot because it's underground. It's not popular with
There are some glasses on the table.
tourists because it's dark and dangerous. Not many people in
There are tw enty students in the room.
Beijing know th a t10 a city under their feet.
We usually use any before plural nouns in negative sentences
and questions.
There aren't any chairs. [= There are no chairs.)
Are there any tables?
We also use many before plural nouns in negative sentences
when we want to say there are fewer than we would like or
expect.
W ere are n 't m any tables. (= There are some tables, but not
enough or not as many as l expected.)
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G R A M M A R REFERENCE
We use a before consonant sounds, e.g a shelf, a university. 2 Make sentences or questions. Add articles where
We use an before vowel sounds, e.g. an airport, an hour. necessary.
1 There isn’t / museum in / my town
The first time we talk about people or things using a plural noun, There- vsvCt (\ w u ls c hm i n w iy tOWvi.______________
we don't use an article.
2 There are / twenty noisy children in / garden
Jo knows people all over Europe.
I like penguins.
■ We also use a/an (singular) and no article (plural) to talk about 3 Is there / tourist information centre / here V
jobs, or to talk about what things are.
She's an engineer. Is that a new tablet? 4 Meet me in / city centre /at / eight o'clock
Alex and Jan are journalists. Those are beautiful earrings!
- we use a in some phrases, e.g. a lot of, once a week. 5 There are / lot of / shops open in / evening
• we use no article...
1 for names, cities, streets and most countries
6 There's / swimming pool in / my friend's house
My name's David. I'm from Bath. I think this is Bond street.
We live in Venezuela, (but the USA, the UK)
2 with days, times and meals 7 Is there / toilet at / railway station ?
I'm free on Friday at nine o'clock.! have lunch at one o'clock.
8 There isn't / bathroom in / my hotel room
the
GR4.2b)J
3 Complete the text with the correct articles. Sometimes no
1 My friend's house is in the city centre.
article is necessary.
2 Lima is the capital of Peru.
3 Sheena is from the USA. My best friend lives in St Petersburg, Russia. She lives in
4 We have dinner at seven o'clock in the evening. 1 a beautiful house in 2_____ centre of the city near
3_____ Neva River. There are 4______ six bedrooms, three
• We use the to say 'you know which one(s) I mean’. This can bathrooms and5 swimming pool. Her house is near
be .. 6_____ shopping centre. I usually visit her once 7______
1 because we have already talked about it/them year in summer. There are lots of fantastic restaurants in
Jan lives in an old house in a village near Hull. The house was St Petersburg and we eat in 8 different place every day.
built in 1485. The village is near a lake. we always visit9 theatre next to her house because
2 because we make it clear in the sentence, e.g. the shops on we both love watching 10_____ plays. We never feel bored.
my street, the woman who answered the phone
3 when there is only one, e.g. the moon, the Burj Khalifa, the
city centre, the capital of Australia, the Nile
we also use the for parts of the day in the morning, in the
afternoon (but at night).
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5.1 Can, can't, could, couldn't
Complete the questions about ability and possibility and
can and can't write the shorL answers.
GR5.1b)| download not buy not live not play send swim use
1 He could write when he was five, but he couldn't read.
1 Could you jc W . an email in 1990?
2 A Could people travel by underground in the 1840s?
B No, they couldn't 2 In the 1980s, people___________clothes online.
3 These days, you music onto your computer.
We use could and couldn't to talk about ability and possibility in 4 you______in the sea here? Is it safe?
the past.
5 you euros in France in 1990?
Positive (+) 6 We on Mars at the moment.
I could read when I was four years old. (I knew how to do this)
7 In the 1980s, children online games.
People could buy things from machines in 1890. (it was possible
to do this)
Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
Negative (-)
When I was four years old, I couldn't swim. (I didn't know how to can can't could x4 eetritifte pay talk travel
do this)
in the 1880s, people couldn't fly to different countries, (it was not Agata Pell me about your life in the 1970s. Was it very
possible to do this) different?
Questions Barb In some ways, yes. There was no internet, so you
A Could you write when you were eight years old? 1 couldn't get information easily, but there were
B Yes, I could t could also play the violin. good libraries and 12 borrow lots of books.
A could you buy food online in 1993? Agata 3 you talk to your friends in other countries
B No, you couldn't But you could in 1997. easily?
Barb I could 4 to them on the phone, but it was
• After can/coutd we use the infinitive without to. very expensive, so wre usually wrote letters.
You can't buy hot drinks online. Agata Could you 5 to other countries on holiday?
NOT Yott-ean^-to-boy-het-dfmks-online. Barb Yes, w e 6 but travelling was also very
• We don't add -s in the third person singular expensive, so our family didn’t often go on holiday.
She can play the piano. Agata Well, it's not always cheap today, but sometimes you
7 find a cheap flight. What else was different?
• We don't use do/does to make the question forms.
Barb l 8_____ play outside all day with my friends.
Can you park in the city centre?
NOT Do you con pork in the-eity-eemre? You 9_____ do I hat today because of the dangers.
Agata Could you 10_____ for things by credit card?
Barb Yes, but not in all shops. I usually paid in cash.
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5 . 2 Present continuous
i Complete the questions in the present simple or continuous
GR5.2 )J and use the symbols (/ ) or (X) to write positive or negative
short answers.
1 They're wearing hoodies.
2 She isn't waiting for peter. 1 Are you wearing socks? / Yes. I <\v a .
Present continuous Present simple A Hi Mandy! How are you? W h a t1 axt you doing, (you do)
here?
I'm wearing a jacket today. I often wear a jacket. B Hi Jakob! I'm fine. Good to see you. I 2 (visit)
You aren't wearing shoes. You never wear shoes at home. my sister. She 3___________ (live) here. 14___________
He's working from home He doesn't usually work from (stay) with her for three days.
this week. home. A Oh nice! W h a ts___________(your sister do)?
B She's a dentist. She 6 (work) in the city
• we use the present continuous to talk about something centre. What about you? W h a t7 (you do)
happening at this moment or around now (today, this week). these days?
• we use the present simple to talk about habits or routines, A 18 (learn) to fly. I want to be pilot.
and things that happen all the time. B Wow. That's great! Where 9 (you learn)?
A In Aptex Training Centre, near the airport. Hey, do you
What do you do? or What are you doing? have time for a coffee?
a what do you do? A what are you doing? B No, sorry, 110 (wait) for my sister. She's in the
(= What's your job?) (= now?) bank. Look, that's her there. S h e11 (wear) a
B I'm a dentist. B i'm having lunch. red dress a n d 12___________(talk) to the cashier.
A OK, another time. Call me!
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6 .1 Past simple of to be : was and were
Complete the sentences and short answers with the past
GR6.1))) simple form of the verb to be.
We often use was/were with past time expressions, e g last week, 3 Match answers a-j to questions 1-10 in exercise 2.
in 2003, 500 years ago,, yesterday.
a No, it wasn’t. f In Paris.
I was at work two hours ago.
b M r Chen. g Yes, they were.
It w asn't very hot yesterday.
c It wasn't close h I was very busy.
We use was/were with born. to the beach. i In a meeting.
I was bom in 1990. d I was tired. My toy car.
i
e In 1966.
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1 He played football when he was at school. 1 Present The hotel room includes breakfast, (yesterday)
2 She lived in Vietnam ten years ago. Past The Wotcl room included breakfa st yesterday.
3 /sometimes s tudied all night at university. 2 Present I post our letters every Monday, (last Monday)
Spelling rules call carry change ehat enjoy listen start stop
• For verbs that end in -e. we add -d.
move — moved 1 My friend and I ckattcd for three hours on the phone
live —lived last Friday.
• For verbs that end in consonant +-y, we delete -y and 2 We the film yesterday.
add -led.
3 She to the rad io every morn ing for 20 years.
marry — married
4 H e _____ my heavy bag to the station for me.
study -»studied
• For verbs that end in one vowel +one consonant, we double 5 They _ their clothes after work last night.
the consonant and add -ed. 6 The lesson 20 minutes ago.
stop -►slopped 7 My boss a taxi for me yesterday morning.
• For two-syllable verbs, we only double the consonant when
8 The car outside my house for a short time.
the last syllable is stressed
• ©
prefer -* preferred {but answer — answered) 3 Complete the text with the past simple of the verbs in
(brackets).
We use the past simple to talk about finished actions/states
in the past. Last year, 11 worked (work) in a restaurant for about
She finished work at 7 p.m. three months, some strange things 2 (happen), one
When we use the past simple, we often say when the action night, the restaurant was very busy and 13 (notice) a
happened, e.g. last winter,; in 7999, ten minutes ago, for three woman outside in a very big yellow coat and red gloves.
days. She 4 (wait) outside for about 20 minutes and then she
5 (walk) in and 6 (ask) for a table near the window.
I returned your book yesterday afternoon.
There weren't any tables free near the window and she was
They moved to Egypt in 2005.
very angry. 1 7 (show) her a different table, but she
8 (stay) next to the door and then9 (shout) at me
for about five minutes. She really10 (want) a table near
the window! Everyone in the restaurant11_____ (look) at us.
Then suddenly, she12 (open) her bag,13 (change)
her gloves,14 (close) her bag and 15 (walk) out!
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7.1 Past simple irregular verbs
1 Match the past simple forms to infinitives 1-18.
GR7.1)))
ate chose did drank felt gave kept left lent
1 /came home at seven thirty last night. lost ran rode slept swam told was went wrote
2 You did the housework very quickly yesterday.
3 She made dinner for ten people last Saturday. 1 sleep slept 7 choose 13 lend
4 He ate a lot at lunchtime. 2 drink 8 run 14 keep
5 We drove to Germany in 2012. 3 go 9 leave 15 lose
4 ride 10 tell 16 is
• Irregular past simple verbs are not formed by adding -ed to the 5 eat 11 do 17 feel
infinitive. They all take different forms.
6 give 12 swim 18 write
There are no general rules for the formation of irregular verbs.
2 Complete the gaps using the past simple form of the verbs
Regular in the box.
walk -♦walked plan -» planned move -» moved
come drink give have leave ride think write
irregular
1 1 cawit home late last night.
go — went eat ate write -» wrote 2 He the homework was very difficult.
3 Cynthia___________a lot of letters to her grandmother.
• The past simple is the same for all persons for both regular and
irregular verbs. 4 You___________your passport on the bus.
5 We eight glasses of water yesterday.
Positive (+) 6 His parents a lovely weekend.
7 I my bicycle every day when I was at school.
I
You 8 Our uncle us lots of fruit for breakfast.
He/She/It went to the park yesterday.
3 '£ircie)the correct option.
we
They 1 He run /(ran)/ runs to work every day last week.
2 W e went /g o/ goes fis h in g last w e e k e n d .
We use the past simple to talk about finished actions in the 3 I chose/ choose/ chooses a good book from rhe library
past states. last Monday.
He left the house an hour ago. 4 They swam / swims / swim, i n the sea when they went to
I had Salsa lessons last year. Greece.
5 You win / wins / won the race yesterday.
6 She did /do / does a lot of exercise last week.
7 We have/ has/had a lot of fun in France last year.
8 He m et/m eet/m eets his friends at the cinema the day
before yesterday.
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They had a happy life. They didn't have a happy life. 5 We slept at our aunt's house last night, (niece's house)
The negative is formed in the same way for both regular and 7 She leni him a book yesterday, (a pen)
irregular verbs.
I didn't play tennis yesterday. 8 I took the bus to work last week, (the train)
I didn't eat yesterday NOT /didn'-t ate yesterday.
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8.1 Past simple questions and short answers
1 Match question words 1-8 to explanations a-h.
Yes/No questions
1 Who j a to ask about frequency
GR8.1a § 2 Where b to ask for a reason
1 A Did you meet any local people? 3 When c to ask about a place
B Yes, we did. 4 W hy d to ask about quantity
2 A Did she enjoy her last holiday? 5 How e to ask about manner
B no, she d id n 't 6 How many ____ f to ask about a time
7 How often g to ask about a person
• We form past simple yes/no questions with Did +subject +
8 How far h to ask about distance
infinitive without to
♦ when we answer yes/no questions, we usually use short
answers with the auxiliary did or didn't, we don't use the 2 Make past simple questions using the question words in
full verb. the box.
A Did you swim in the sea?
How far How many How often What When W here
B Yes, i did NOT ¥esrt-swamr
who Why
A Did he visit the whole island?
B No, he d id n 't NOT NOrhedidn't-visit: 1 Marco ale his dinner. W Utâ did Mqrcó cut?
2 John went to the beach. Where- didJohn, tjo?
We can also answer a yes/no question with just yes or no. 3 She met a back packer.
Did you go on a tour? Yes.
4 He left the apartment.
Did you see the temple? No.
5 We started at six thirty. __________________
6 He went to six art galleries.
Wh- questions 7 She trekked a long way. __________________
8 We travelled by public
GR8.1b)))
transport every day.
1 A why did they take the train?
B Because it was cheaper. 3 Put the words in the right order to make questions and
2 A How far did we walk? short answers.
B Six kilometres.
1 get up / she / Did / early ? Yes, / did / she
We form Wh- questions with a question word and of/d+subject + D id she up early?_______ Vej. she, did.
infinitive without to. 2 map / your/you / lose / Did ? I/d id n 't/N o ,
A What did you do there?
B I went sightseeing. 3 they / Did / on / go / holiday ? didn't / No, / they
a when did she get back?
B At about three o'clock. 4 have / he / Did / fun ? d id / he / Yes,
A How many museums did we visit?
B Nine.
5 like / the / Did / food / you ? didn't / No, /1
A what time did he leave?
B At about ten thirty.
4 Complete the conversation.
Ka m ran Hi Johan,1 did you go out last night?
I oban Yes, 12_____ . I went to the cinema.
Kam ran What did you 3_____ ?
Jo h a n 'One Bad Night'.
Kamran I don't know that film .4 you like it?
Johan Not really. It was very long. How about you?
5 did you do last night?
Kamran I went to the gym.
Johan 6 did you go there?
Kamran To lose weight and keep fit.
Johan Did you 7 a good time?
Kamran No, 18 J
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9.1 Countable and uncountable nouns
Cross out the word that is NOT possible.
There are two types of nouns in English: countable and
uncountable nouns. 1 I'd like some chicken / a pear / titty meat.
• Countable nouns are things you can count, so they can be 2 I don't have a banana / a lemon / a milk.
singular or plural. We use a or an with them. 3 1st here a ny coffee / olives / hon ey?
a lemon -* two lemons an olive -* lots of olives 4 Are there any pasta / pears / eggs?
• Uncountable nouns are things you usually can't count. We don't 5 C a n I have so me knives / sp non /forks?
use a or an with them and they are never plural. 6 Would you like some salad / breads/ mushrooms?
rice n o t & m e lots of bread n o t lots-of breads 7 She doesn’t have a money / glass / plate.
13 There isn't any coffee / vegetable / fru it.
some nouns can be countable or uncountable, but the meaning 9 There are four bottles of oranges / water / m ilk.
is different
10 He's got a pear / biscuit / apples in his pocket.
We don't have time. (Time we measure using a clock.)
We went there four times last week. {We can count each visit)
Complete I he sentences using some, any, a or an.
1 rd like some honey, please.
some/any 2 Can I have_____ eggs, please?
3 Is there milk?
GR9.1 )))
4 We don't have meat.
Countable Uncountable 5 There aren't mushrooms,
a pear, fi Are there vegetables?
(+) I'd like some jam.
some pears. 7 Does he have_____ drink?
8 She doesn't have_____ money.
an olive,
(-) I don't want any bread. 9 Would you like_____ noodles?
any olives.
10 There isn't______restaurant near here.
a lemon?
(?) Do you have any honey?
any lemons? Complete the sentences with two, a or an.
1 I'd like tv/o teas and coffee, please.
• We use a/an with singular countable nouns, e.g. a lemon. 2 A Would you like_____ coke?
• We use some with plural countable nouns or uncountable B No, thanks, but I'd love_____ apple juice.
nouns in positive sentences, e.g. some pears, some jam. 3 Can I have coffees please, with milk?
• we use any with plural countable nouns or uncountable nouns 4 black teas, please, and glass of water.
in negative sentences and questions, e.g. any olives, any bread.
5 I usually have coffee before breakfast.
• We also use some in questions to ask for things or to offer
something. 4 Complete the message that Alia left for her flatmate.
Use some, any, a or an.
countable uncountable
would you like some noodles? some coffee? Can you buy1 some food for dinner tonight? There's 2
Can I have some eggs? some cake? beef in the fridge, but we don't have3 vegetables
Can you getA_____ sweetcorn and tomatoes? I'd also like
5______salad. Do we have 6______ potatoes? Can you check,
Drinks are usually uncountable. We say I'd like some tea. please? Can you also buy7 nice big salad bowl? We only
But we often say a tea as a quick way of saying a cup of tea. have a small one. I left8 money next to the kettle.
Also, two coffees (= two cups of coffee), three orange juices Thanks!
(= three glasses of orange juice), etc.
Alia
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10.1 Comparative adjectives
11 Complete the sentences using the comparative form of the
GR10.1))) adjectives in (brackets).
1 Denmark is a smaller country than Sweden. 1 The weather in winter is icier than in summer, (icy)
2 England is wetter than Turkey. 2 The old town was than the new town,
(dirty)
3 Saudi Arabia is drier than France.
3 My spelling is than my brother's, (bad)
4 Greece is more famous for its beautiful beaches than
its lakes. 4 Swimming in the sea is than swimming in
a lake, (dangerous)
5 My new job is better than my old one.
5 Watching a film at the cinema is than
6 The airport is further than the train station.
watching it on a phone, (good)
• We use comparative adjectives to compare a person, thing, 6 People in villages are usually___________than people
group or situation with another. in cities, (friendly)
• For most one-syllable adjectives and some two-syllable 7 Today is than yesterday, (foggy)
adjectives, we add -er (or -r if the adjective ends in -e). 8 This exercise is than the next one. (easy)
cool — cooler nice -»nicer
small -»smaller safe -* safer 2 Make sentences using comparative adjectives.
• For most one-syllable adjectives ending in one vowel +one 1 The sun / bright / the moon.
consonant, we double the consonant and add -er. The- sun- is brighter than, th e meow__
big - bigger wet -»wetter 2 Canada / big / the UK.
fat -♦fatter hot -* hotter
• For most one-syllable and two-syllable adjectives ending in -y, 3 Cooking / difficult / eating.
we delete the -y and add -ier.:
dry — drier foggy — foggier
4 Planes / fast / trains.
sunny -+sunnier cloudy -+ cloudier
• For most adjectives with two or more syllables that don't end
in -y, we use more before the adjective. 5 August/windy/July.
Irregular comparatives
7 Your country / interesting / my country.
good — better many -* more
bad -* worse little -* less
far -* further/farther 8 His clothes / expensive / her clothes.
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• we use the superlative form to compare a person or thing to the 5 The beaches on the north coast / beautiful beaches /
whole group or category it belongs to. We usually use the before my country.
superlative + noun.
The beaches on the north coast are the most beautiful on
6 My frying pan / useful thing / the kitchen .
the island.
• For most one-syllable adjectives, we add -est (or *si if the
7 My house / small house / my street.
adjective ends in -e).
cold -♦colder — coldest
safe — safer —■safest 8 Ling-Fan / tall student / my class.
• For most one-syllable adjectives ending in one vowel + one
consonant, we double the final consonant and add -est.
2 Complete the conversation between Osman and Jitrada
wet -► wetter -* wettest
comparing Dubai and Rome.
hot — hotter -♦hottest
• For one- and two-syllable adjectives ending in -y, we delete the Osman I think Dubai is 1 the best (good-) place2
-yand add -iest. the world for a holiday.
Jitrada W hy?
dry -* drier -» driest
easy -* easier -» easiest Osman It has amazing buildings. It has 3_____ (tall)
building 4_____ the world: the Burj Khalifa.
• For most adjectives with two or more syllables that don't end
It's about 900 metres. It also has 5 (large)
in -y, we use most before the adjectives.
shopping m all6 the world with more than
famous -* more famous — most famous
1,200 shops. Just outside the mall is a fantastic
comfortable — more comfortable -♦ most comfortable
'dancing' fountain.
• Some superlatives are irregular,
(itrada I don't really like shopping. I think Rome is 7
good -*■better -» best (interesting)8 Dubai.
bad -+ worse -* worst
Osman No! W hy?
far -+ further/farther — furthest/farthest
Jitrada Rome is 9 (o ld )10 Dubai - many of the
much/many -* more -* most
buildings are more than 2,000 years old. I think
little — less -* least
they a re 11_____ (beautiful)12_____ tall buildings.
Osman The Burj A1 Arab in Dubai is a really beautiful
After superlatives we often use in before a place or a group.
h o tel. I t h in k i t 's 13______ (b e a u tifu l) h o tel in the
I'm the happiest woman in the world.
He's the funniest person in the office. world and it's not14 (expensive). You should
see it!
Jitrada But I think Dubai is 15 (h o t)16 Rome.
It's 17 (comfortable) to walk around Rome
18 Dubai.
Osman You can drive! The traffic in Rome is 19
(bad)20 in Dubai.
Jitrada Well, I don't agree!
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11.1 Going to
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of going to
GR11.1 )J and the verbs in (brackets).
1 I'm going to visit my aunt in hospital this evening. 1 Are you 40in ? to make (you/make) a big cake?
2 He isn t g o in g to give any money to charity. 2 (my friends/help) me repair my car.
3 She's n o t go ing to have time to visit you. 3 (he/pla nt) a t ree in the col lege ga rden?
4 When's he g o in g to organize the football match? 4 (1/run) to work every morning next month.
5 (they/have) dinner with us tomorrow?
5 A A re you g o in g to cycle to work tomorrow?
B Yest I am. 6 (I/nol wrork) in Tasmania next month.
7 (we/not play) basketball this afternoon.
We use to b e +going to + infinitive without to to talk about future 8 (she/not learn) a new language this year.
plans and intentions, we often use going to with future time
expressions, e.g. tomorrow, next week, tonight, next year, etc. 2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of going to
and a verb from the box.
Positive (+) Negative (-)
eat not come not have repair rent sell start teach
i am/l'm i'm not
You are/You're You aren't 1 I M jjo ivg to r&pqir my sister's broken computer next
He is/He's He isn't
drive. weekend.
She is/She's She isn't going to
cycle. 2 She a study group with some friends at
it is/it's it isn't
We a re/We're We aren't college.
They are/They're They aren't 3 My friends a house in Canberra for $800 a
month.
yes/no questions (?) Short answers 4 The fridge is empty! W h a t___________ w e ___________ ?
5 She loves her car! W h y ___________ she___________ it?
Am I Yes, I am No, I'm not.
Are you Yes, you are No, you aren't 6 David his daughter to drive?
drive? 7 Katia is feeling ill. She to the party.
is he/she/it going to Yes, he/she/it is. No. he/she/it isn't.
cycle?
Are we Yes, we are. No, we aren't. 8 Sorry, I time to organize a football match.
Are they Yes, they are. No, they aren't. I'm very busy.
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1 1 .2 Infinitive of purpose
1 Complete the sentences using the infinitive of purpose.
GR11.2 )| Use the verbs in the box.
1 I go on holiday to meet new people. book buy improve invite make save see tell
2 I'm going to the bank to change some money.
1 I cycle to work to save money.
3 She went to Spain to learn Spanish.
2 She used the internet___________her flights.
4 A Why are you going to Easter Island?
B To see the famous statues. 3 They went to London a musical.
4 I'm going to buy some bread__________ some sandwiches.
• We use to + infinitive to express purpose (to say why we want 5 Bob sent everyone an em ail__________ them to the party.
to do something, why we are going to do something, or why we 6 W e called my sister her the good news.
did something).
7 I went to the mall some new trousers.
We went to the island to see the birds.
8 I'm going to read more my English.
• we can answer a why question with an infinitive of purpose
A why do you cycle to work? 2 Complete the conversation with to or because.
B To keep fit.
A Where's Jane?
A Why did she go to Paris? B She's gone to the hospital1 to visit Ellie.
B To study art. A W hy is Ellie in hospital?
A why are you looking at that website? B She stood on a ch air2 get a bowl from the
B To get some information about geocaching. top shelf, fell and broke her leg.
• We can also use because to answer a Why question. A That's terrible!
A Why is he running? B Are you going to visit her?
B To catch the bus./Because he wants to catch the bus. A I'm going to the library 3__________ borrow some books.
a why did you open the window? Then, I'd like to go to bed early4___________I'm very
B To get some fresh air./Because i wanted some fresh air. tired, but I can visit her tomorrow morning.
B You should go today 5_ she’s very unhappy
The infinitive with to does not change form, it always stays and she needs to talk to someone.
the same. A W hy don't you go?
A Why did you go to Scotland? B I'm going to Manchester 6___________see my mum
B To visit my nephew, not i-o-visitetf-my nephew 7 she's ill. Remember?
A Oh, yes. OK. I'll take Ellie some flowers8
help her feel better.
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12.1 Present perfect simple
1 Rewrite the underlined part of the sentences using
GR12.1))) contractions.
1 They've played in a band. 1 She has become one the best singers in Italy.
2 She's had dance lessons.
2 You have drawn some good pictures.
3 I haven't eaten sushi.
3 He has not opened the cafe today.
4 she hasn't been to a salsa class.
4 I have not been to a rock concert.
we form the present perfect simple with have/has and the past 5 We have taken lots of photographs.
participle.
2 W rite infinitives and the past participles of the
Positive (+) irregular verbs.
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2 never to talk about experiences that did not happen, it How are you? I'm in Vienna now with Alice. We 1 Ve been (go)
means at no time in your life and goes after have/has and to the opera five times! it's a beautiful city. On Tuesday we
before the main verb. 2 _ (see) the palace and3 (walk) around in
its large gardens. On Wednesday we 4 (take) a bus
I haven't acted in a play. -* I've never acted in a play.
to the Museum of Modern Art and 5_________ (swim) in the
* We also use the present perfect to talk about the number of Danube. It was very cold!
times we have done something.
w e6 (do) a lot of other interesting things, too. Have
They've had dinner at my house once. you7_________ (ever/eat) Sacher Torte? It's an Austrian cake.
• We use the past simple, not the present perfect... Alice loves it. She also loves German coffee. Yesterday she
8 (drink) eight cups! we're having a great time, but
1 to say something happened before now and we know the time.
Alice 9_ (lose) her phone. Sh e10 (buy) a
Last May, we went to see a wonderful concert. cheap one on Friday, but it 11_________ (break) the next day.
2 with finished time expressions, e.g. last week, yesterday, etc. See you soon,
I watched lots of horror films when l was a teenager. Ona
NOT fo^een-}oi<rQf-{m w r-fttms-wiien-+-w£ts~d-teeffQgef.
• We often start with the present perfect and then change to
the past simple to give more details.
A Have you ever stayed in an expensive hotel?
B Yes, l stayed at the Shangri-La last September.
A Did you enjoy it?
B Yes, I did. it was amazing!
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M No, I’m from Senegal. But my first language then our mother's family name!
1 .1 1 is French. T Wow!
Mexico Mexican Spanish M Yes-it isn't short!
the USA American English 1.5 |
Italy Italian Italian 1 brother c sister 1.12 §
China Chinese Chinese 2 son f daughter a name, names
Vietnam Vietnamese Vietnamese 3 husband j wife a country, countries
Turkey Turkish Turkish 4 father g mother a man, men
the UK Briiish English 5 uncle i aunt a woman, women
Poland Polish Polish fi grandfather b grandmother a person, people
Pakistan Pakistani Urdu 7 grandson h granddaughter
0 nephew e niece 1.131
the UAE Emirati Arabic
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Greece Greek Greek 10 brother-in-law d sister-in-law
course.
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I So,... Tell us about your life here in Britain.
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daughter. She's three years old. nationality?
originally. M y wife, Sylvie, is French.
Actually, she's half-French: her mother’s A T'm Italian but my home is here in Toronto.
1.7 |
French and her father's from Brazil. Our two R OK, and what's your job?
1 Zufar's wife Za fur's a doctor.
children were born in England, so they're A I'm a restaurant owner.
2 Their daughter They're happy.
British... We speak. English at home. Our R Mmm ... So, is the website for business or
3 lm his son. He's my father.
home's in north London. Many different for fun?
4 Is he your brother? You're right.
nationalities live here. The neighbours are A It’s for business.
5 She's our teacher. Are you married?
a family from Iraq. Next to our house is R For your restaurant?
a Polish supermarket and the restaurant 1.91 A Yes, that’s right.
across the road is I .ebanese. I work for an 1 I'm Russian. R And, finally, what's your email address?
American organization - but my boss isn't 2 It isn't an Arabic name. A It's antonio@russorest.com.
American, she's Turkish... YVhat else?... 3 That’s not a girl’s name. R Sorry, can you repeat that, please?
I watch football and l play the saxophone 4 They aren't brothers. T Yes, Antonio - A-N-T-O-N-I-O - at russorest
and, oh yeah, my saxophone's Japanese. 5 It's the same. dot com.
ti She isn’t Frcnch. R 1low do you spell russorest?
1.3))) 7 It's a long name. T R-IJ-double S-O-R-E-S-T.
1 Are you from London? 0 He isn't married. R OK. Great. Thanks. Now, the cost of the
2 My name is Godwin. course is...
3 I'm from Nigeria. 1.10)))
1 Our two children were born in England, so 1 It's not a female name. 1.14$
they're British. 2 Their name’s Spanish. R Hi. Can I help you?
5 The neighbours are a family from Iraq. 3 She's called Sara. A Yes, I'm here for the 'Create a Website'
6 The restaurant across the road is Lebanese. 4 I lis family name's Ramirez. course.
7 M y boss isn't American. 5 That isn't a boy's name. R Oh yes, at six o'clock. What's your name?
6 My name isn’t very long. A Antonio Russo.
1.4$ 7 1heir family’s not large. R Ah, yes. Your name's here on the list. I
T Come in. Oh, hello. What's your name? 0 lie's my friend. just need some other details. What's your
G Hi, I’m Godwin. nationality?
T I'm Andy, the saxophone teacher. Are you a i.ii i
A I'm Italian but my home is here in Toronto.
student? B I’m Biilcnt and I ’m Turkish. In my country
we say or write our personal name and R OK, and what's your job?
G No, I’m not. I have a job. A I'm a restaurant owner.
T N o ... Tmean, are you a student for the then our family name, so I'm Biilent Sadik.
It's the same in some oilier countries for R Mmm ... So, is the website for business or
saxophone class? for fun?
G Oh, sorry, yes. Yeah, 1am. example, the UK, the USA and Thailand.
N Oh, it isn't the same in China. We use the A It's for business.
T Where are you from, Godwin? R For your restaurant?
G I'm from Nigeria, but London's my home family name first. My first name's Na and
my family name's Li. So I'm called Li Na. A Yes, that's right.
now. R And, finally, what’s your email address?
T Is it your first class? T Well, I'm not from China but we're the same
as you, Na, with names. I'm Hungarian, and A It's antonio@russorest.com.
G Yes, it is.
T OK. Well, let me introduce you to the other my family name's Antalek. So please call me 1.15 $
students. Antalek Tam&s. 1 What’s your name?
G OK. B So Tamas is your personal name? 2 What's your nationality?
T This is Murielle. She's a student here, too. T That's right. 3 What's your job?
G Hi, Murielle. Nice to meet you. I'm Godwin. M W e ll... Spanish names are different. I’m •1 Fs the website for business or for fun?
M Nice to meet you. too. Manuela García Gomez. We say our first 5 W hat's your email address?
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A Do students often ask lor a discount? A Are you free after class today? A Is Dana a police officer?
B Yes, but they need to show their student B I'm sorry, but I'm busy this evening. But 1 B No, she isn't.
card. don’t have any plans tomorrow. 4
A Would you like to go out for a pizza? A Does she work in a big office?
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B Yes, I'd love to. What time shall we meet? B No, she doesn't.
1 Tank talks to his family on the phone every
A Eight o'clock at Gino’s? Or do you want to 5
day.
meet at the station? A Does she enjoy her job?
2 Kristoier never laughs ai funny films. I Ie
B Yes, let’s meet there at 7.45. B Yes, she does.
doesn’t enjoy them.
3 My sister never waits for people whc>are A OK, see you then! 6
A L)o Dana and Mat6 have unusual jobs?
late.
4 I usually agree with my friends, but we Unit 3 Work B Yes, they do.
sometimes have different ideas. 3.1® 3.5)))
5 Gregorja listens to pop and classical music. 1 She has her own company. She's a 1
6 When he's alone, he thinks about his friends businesswoman. A Do they like their jobs?
and family. 2 M y son fixes a lot of different machines. I le's B Yes, they do.
7 W e always pay for our shopping with cash. a mechanic. 2
8 Intii a always asks for help when she doesn't 3 Manu takes pictures with his camera. He's a A I)oes he play the piano?
understand something in class. photographer. B Yes, he does,
4 M y brother flics planes for a Japanese 3
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airline, l ie's a pilot. A Does he sell tickets?
BDK ... So, welcome to Seoul, Mr Schmidt.
5 She washes hair, cuts it, and dries it. She's a B No, he doesn't.
Nice to meet you.
hairdresser. 4
KS 'lhank you, M r Kim. Nice to meet you,
6 Ekaterina writes for the newspaper. She’s a A Do you have a job?
too.
journalist. B No, 1don't
BDK How was your journey?
KS It was fine, thanks. 7 Sameeha cleans and fixes people's teeth. 3.6
BD K Good. I d like to take you to dinner. Are She's a dentist. 1 work for a big company, work freelance,
you free tonight? 8 My cousin sings and plays the guitar in a work for a fashion magazine.
KS I Jin ... yes, I am. But what time is our first band. I le's a musician. 2 work in a hospital, work from home, work in
meeting tomorrow? 9 He studies at university. He’s a student. a factory, work in a big office.
BDK It's at nine thirty. 10 She works i n a hospital and hel ps sick 3 salary, earn.
KS OK, that's fine, then. people. She’s a nurse. 4 work full-time, work part-time, work long
BDK Great! Would you like to go for dinner at 11 Daniela cooks food in a restaurant. She's a hours.
jinju lip? They do very good Korean soup chef. 5 retired, unemployed.
there... 12 My best friend cleans offices and people's 6 colleagues, manager/boss.
KS Yes, that sounds nice. What time do you houses. He’s a cleaner.
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want to eat? 3.2 )| 1 Where do you live?
BDK Well, 1usually go at about midnight. businessman mechanic 2 W hal do you usually wear to work?
KS F.r... I'm sorry, but I'm usually in bed at businesswoman musician 3 W hy do you want to learn English?
that time. Can we go a bit earlier? chef nurse 4 What time do you start work or class?
BD K OK, no problem. It's open 24 hours. Let’s cleaner photographer 5 When do you take breaks?
go ai half past nine. dentist pilot 6 Who do you live with?
KS Right... hairdresser student 7 What do you do when you’re bored?
BDK And do you want to do some shopping journalist 8 How often do you check your emails?
while you're here?
KS Yes, I'd love to. 3.31 3.8 9)
BDK Great! Let's do that after dinner. M I work at a cinema in town, but I don't sell 1 Where do you live?
KS After dinner? What time do the shops tickets, I ’m die piano player! At my cinema 2 What do you usually wear to work?
close? they have a lot of old, silent movies so 3 How often do you check your emails?
BDK Oh, very late! Some shops close at 5 a.m. they need someone to play music. I watch
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People say that in Seoul, everything is the film and decide whal type of music to
author mechanic pilot teacher
open all the time! play. If it's a sad part of the film, l play slow
KS 5 a.m.? Wow! OIC, then. Where shall we music; but if it's an exciting part, I play it 3.11 §
meet? fast. address, after, again, answer, breakfast, clever,
BD K 111pick you up from your hotel. It’s not D 1am a 'lire lookout’ and I work in a big daughter, internet, forget, later
very far... forest. Fire can be very dangerous here, so
my job is to make sure no fires start. I work 3.13 >J
2.16 $ In a very high tower, so 1can see very far 1 a recent report
1 British people never have fish for breakfast. 2 one job that makes people very happy
I check the weather on the internet every
They usually have toast or cereal. morning because strong winds can be a big 3 there are three reasons
2 'Ihey are hardly ever late for meetings. They problem. 1like my job because the forest is 4 work for a company
like to arrive on time. 5 a lot of different people
beautiful and quiet.
3 British people sometimes go to a different
city to study at university. 3.4 5) 3.14®
1 British people often have more than one TV 1 A new book by author and mechanic Matthew
at home: some people have three or four. A Does Mate* work at the cinema? Crawford says that people who work with their
5 '!hey usually eat lunch at work. 'Ihey don't B Yes, he does. hands are often happy in their jobs. 'Ihe great
have time to go home. 2 thing about working with your hands is thar you
6 And British people always, always talk about A Does he always play fast music? can see (he result very quickly - you fix a bike
the weather! B No, he doesn't. and it works... or it doesn’t! It's not the same for
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people in office jobs, l or them, success often 5 B No, I ’m sorry, there isn’t, it doesn't rain a lot
comes after weeks or months of hard work, A Can w'e use the computers after class? here, so there aren't many swimming pools.
which can make them feel unhappy. B Yes, of course, hut you need a password. 2
Not everyone agrees with the author. They 6 A Are there any museums near the centre?
say that office workers are happy because A Can we leave our books and bags in the B Yes; there are. Ihere's the opal mine
they usually work as part of a team, and that computer room? museum.
spending time with oilier people can help them B I'm afraid not. 'Iherc are evening classes in 3
to he happy. But people who work with their that room from (5p.m. A Is there a theatre in Coober Pedy?
hands, like cleaners, mechanics, farmers and B No, there aren't any theatres here.
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artists, often work on their own and can have a 1 4 .4 1
lonely life. A Can I sit here, please? I live in New York City in the Lower Hast Side
A recent report says that there is one job that B Of course von can. District. M y flat is very small, but the rent is
makes people very happy. And who are these 2 $800 a month. It’s a studio flat. There isn’t a
lucky people? Hairdressers! Researchers say A Could I leave early tomorrow? kitchen, dining room, living room, or bedroom.
that when they ask people in different jobs B I'm sorry, but that's not possible. 1cook, eat, relax and sleep in one room.
how happy they are, hairdressers usually
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answer they're 'very happy. The report says
1 She teaches in a school or university. The flat’s on the 4th floor of a building between
there are three reasons why hairdressers are so
2 He paints people's houses. Delancey Street and Grand Street. The building
happy. They don't usually work for a company,
3 Her job is to sing songs. is opposite a 24-hour garage and next to an
so they don’t have a boss. They see a lot of
4 You use this thing to play DVDs. Indian restaurant, so there are always lots of
different people everyday. And they make their
5 He builds houses. cars and people in the street. The cars are quite
customers look good and fed good. So, because
6 She makes bread. noisy.
they see a lot of happy people every day, they're
happy, too. It's a studio flat with only one room. My bed
Unit 4 Places and things
is on a shelf above the kitchen. The toilet and
3.15® 4.11 shower are under the shelf. In the kitchen
A Hello and welcome, everyone. Before we airport library there's a sink, a fridge and a cooker, but there
begin, I'd like to tell you a few things about campsite museum isn't a dishwasher or a washing machine - i
the course. chemist railway station go to the launderette on Grand Street to wash
B Excuse me. Could 1open the window? hairdresser's restaurant clothes. In front of the windowr, there’s a red
A Yes, of course. It s really hot in here, isn’t it? hospital swimming pool carpet on the floor and there’s an armchair and
S o ... class is at 2 p.m. every Thursday and hotel theatre table with a television on it. From the window, I
Friday in the room next door. You can use can see the East River. It's behind the building.
the computers there... Yes, do you have a 4.2
question? F I'm so hot! I’m so happy to be at the hotel 4 .6 1
C ... Er, yes... Can we use the computers after at last. Is there a swimming pool? I'd like to It's very difficult to find a Hat in New' York.
class? have a swim. I'm very lucky. 1like my flat because it’s in
A Yes, of course, but you need a password. It’s R No, I'm sorry, there isn’t. It doesn't rain a lot the centre of the city. There are shops and
'studenMSl! here, so there aren’t many swimming pools. restaurants all around me. rIhe Lower East Side
C Sorry, can you repeat that, please? F You mean (here aren't any swimming pools isn't the best district in the city, but my flat is
B Sure. It's student451.'Ihat'sS-T-U-D-E- at all? near a theatre and it’s also near the Fast River
N-T-4-5-1. R No, don’t worry! There's a big swimming and a small park. One of the things I don't
B And can we leave our books and bags in the pool in the i o w t i centre if you want to go like about my flat is that there isn't a lift. Also,
computer room? swimming. There just isn't one at the hotel. unfortunately, I'm not near the underground
A I'm afraid not. 1here are evening classes I Are diere any museums near die centre? station, but there's a bus stop opposite the door
in that room from 6 p.m. Now, if there's R Yes, there are. There's the opal mine of my building.
nothing else... Oil, before you leave today, museum. Look, here's some information
about it. 4.71
could you give your personal details to the
Thank you. lhat looks interesting. And arc 1 It's in the centre of the city.
administrator, including your bank details,
please? there any underground buildings w^e can 2 it's near a theatre.
visit? 3 It’s difficult to find a flat.
C Sorry, but I don't have them with me today.
Could I send them by email later? R Yes, there are lots of beautiful underground 4.81
A That's fine. Just tell the administrator before buildings in Coobcr Pedy. I hey aren’t very 1 I live in a flat.
you leave. OK, our first lesson is ... far from the hotel, so you can w'alk up to 2 My ilal is on the 5th floor.
most of them. I ll show you on the map. 3 There's a supermarket opposite my house.
3.16 § A OK, I see. And is there a theatre in Coober
l Pedy? 4.9)))
A Could 1open the window'? R No, there aren't any theatres here, I ’m I difficult h easy
B Yes, of course. It's really hot in here, isn't it? 2 big f small
afraid. But there is a cinema just near the
2 3 newr b old
hotel.
A Could you give your personal details to die Great, thank you very much. Well, I’m 4 good c bad
administrator? really hungry, so 1think we should find a 5 clean j dirty
B Sorry, hut I don't have them with me today. 6 long a short
restaurant and have lunch.
3 R There are some really nice restaurants in the 7 heavy d light
A Could 1send them by email later? town centre. And they're quite cheap, too. 8 quiet i noisy
B That's fine. Just tell the administrator before F Great! And after lunch we could go to the 9 ugly g beautiful
you leave. swimming pool. 10 old-fasliioned e modern
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1 S Excuse me, could you give me
B Sure. It's student451. That's S-T-U-D-E-
A Is there a swimming pool? directions, please?
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A Yes, oí course! 1low can 1help you? Unit 5 Clothes and shopping 5 You can't use euros in Norway and Swreden.
S Thanks! So, is there a chemist near here? They use the Norwegian Krone and the
A Yes, there is. It's in the town centre. 5-1))) Swedish Krona.
S How do 1get there? 1 1buy bread from the baker s. 6 People could buy things lrom machines in
A OK, well go out of the main door and turn 2 I spend a lot of money at the weekends. 1890. The first vending machines were in
left Then go to the end of the road and turn 3 I buy magazines and newspapers from the London in the 1880s and they sold postcards.
left again. newsagent's. 7 in the 1960s, you couldn't buy pelrol al
S OK. 4 I buy meat from the butcher's. supermarkets. They started to sell petrol in
A Go straight on for about five minutes. Go 5 I do a lot of my shopping online. the 1970s.
past the internet café and the hank, and (S I get a discount because I’m a student. 8 You can't buy clothes online from all the big
then turn left into Raya Andong. It's on the 7 I go shopping to a shopping centre. I prefer fashion companies. For example, Chanel
left, next to the supermarket. them to small shops. don't sell their clothes online because they
S OK, thanks. Oh, and where's the palace? 8 When I buy something I don't like, 1return believe customers need to Lry everything on.
A 'lhat’s easy. Its at die end of this road an the it to the shop.
9 I stand outside and wait for the shops to 5.6 |
corner. 1lere, take one of diese maps. It has
open on the first day of the sales. 1 Paul is wearing a suit.
all the important places on it.
10 I pay for small things with cash. 2 Anita and Paul are having a meeting with
S Good idea!
their boss.
A And we arc just here. 5.2))) 3 They aren't working today.
4.11))) Today the typical town centre is very different
from in ihe 1970s. Then, you couldn't buy 5.7$
1 F.xcuse me, is there a hank near here?
everything from one shop. People needed to ... .And, of course, we don't all wear the same
2 Excuse me, where’s the library?
go to different shops: the butcher’s for meal, clothes every day. But most of us have a colour,
3 Excuse me, how do 1get to the post office?
the baker's for bread and the newsagent's lor or Iwo colours, that wre wear more lhan others.
4 Go past the caté.
their newspapers. Shopping took a long time! And the colours you choose to w'ear can say a
5 It’s on the left.
But there were good things. You could TALK lot about you as a person. Let’s start with a very
6 Turn right into Albert Street.
to the people in the shops. Now it’s easy to common colour: are you wearing black? People
7 Take the second right.
buy everything in the supermarket and in the who often wear black like to be the boss. 11can
8 Go straight on for about ten minutes.
shopping centre. But customers can’t ask for make you look serious and important. But what
9 Go to the end of this street.
information and chat to Ihe shop assistant like about the opposite? I’m wearing white today.
10 It's on the corner.
they could in die past, hi die 1970s you couldn't If you often wear white clothes, there's a good
4.12 )| go shopping on the internet, but now you can chance that you like things to be tidy and clean,
A What's special about Nett Da$hlari? buy almost everything online. Online shopping and you enjoy a simple life. Yes, that's true - 1am
R It’s a town on an oil platform in the Caspian is cheap and easy, so it's difficult for the high a tidy person.
Sea. sireet shops. Lous oí them closed. 1can't buy Anodier popular colour is blue. 'Ihis means
A A town in the sea? Is it very small? my bread and meat in the town centre now'. you are a peaceful person and you don't like
B No, not really. There are 300 km of streets But there are some things customers can't buy change...
and 2,000 people. And there are lots of online. The internet can’t cut your hair, for Now, how' about some less common colours?
diings to do. example, and it can’t give you a cup of coffee. In Are you wearing red today? Do you often
A Really? Are there any restaurants? the 1970s you couldn’t get a cup of coffee on the wear red? Well, the good news is that you are
B Of course! There are some nicc rest aurants high sireet, but there are five cafés here now - probably a strong person and you always try
and hotels, and there’s a cinema and a park. and three hairdresser's! hard at everything you do.
LOO.
A What about education? Is there a school? 5.3 $ Finally, who is wearing yellow? You are die
B Yes, there's a school, hut there isn't a In positive sentences and questions can is good students because you love learning... and
pronounced /kan/ e.g. - this is important - you are a lot of fun! So, does
university.
A So can people visit the place? any of this sound true to you?...
A Can you use euros in Nor may and Sweden?
B No, there aren't any tourists. Only people B / think you can use euros in Sweden but not 5.8)})
who work on Neft Da^hlari can go there. in Norway. L Ilello?
In short answers can is pronounced /kasn/'. M Where are you?
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1 You go here when you are ill. Yes, you can. L I'm in a clothes shop. Why?
2 You can study here or take books home. M Because I need your help. What are you
5.4)))
3 You can see a film here. doing?
A Can you use Euros in Norway and Sweden?
4 You usually need your passport to travel L What am 1doing? What do people usually
B Yes, you can.
from here. do in clothes shops? I'm buying clothes, of
C 1think you can use them in Sweden but not
5 You can sleep here on hoiiday. course.
in Nonvay.
6 You can go here to have dinner. M Well, are you nearly finished? I’m trying to
7 J here's lots of water and you can swim here. 5.5 | cook a meal lor six people, and Ihe kids are
1 People could buy things online in 1994. The making a lot of noi.se and the dog's running
4.14))) first thing they could buy was pizza. around and...
1 modem 2 In the 1990s, rich people couldn't buy trips L Why are die kids there? They go to tennis
2 cheap into space. But in 2001 Dennis Tito paid to practice on Thursdays.
3 ugly visit the International Space Station. M Not today because it's raining. They never
4 easy 3 Today you can buy eggs from vending play in the rain.
5 quiet machines in Japan. And you can also buy L OK, I'm paying now. I'll be back in an hour.
6 long flowers, fruit and umbrellas and many other M An hour? W h y ...
7 big things.
8 clean 5.9)))
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these days. The water comes from the sky,
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into a bottle and then you drink it. Il never
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1 That man is her husband. A I can’t see the television clearly. 1 I’m a student. Do 1pay less?
2 Can I sit here? B I think you need glasses. 2 Could 1have a small chocolate cake, please?
3 I le’s not a teacher, he's a student. 6 And whal types of bread do you have?
A I met my wife at university. A Maria answers every question correctly. 3 I don't think we need to go to any other
5 I have a red jacket. B I know. She's the best student in the class. shops. This place has everything we need.
6 Take off your coal, it's hoi in here. 7 4 Excuse me, but these jeans are loo small
A Did you do well in your exam? for me. Could you give me my money back,
5.12») B I got an 'A' please?
hate main sells
man text 5.16 |j 5 Ho you sell a magazine called ‘Garden
tin
1 World’?
boat long one
C Excuse me? 6 Look at this. It’s half-price. Everything is so
shop jeans thing
A Yes? I low can 1help? cheap!
shut take page
cheap stand not C How much is this magazine?
A It's £4.99. Unit 6 The past
eat press note
live sales coat C Right... and do you offer a student 6 .1 ®
discount? People were surprised to see a bobsleigh team
5.13 $ A Yes, we do. You get 20% off. from Jamaica at the 1988 Winter Olympics in
!x/ hat, man, stand C Oh, that's good. Do you sell batteries? Canada. It w’asn't very easy for the team to
/ci/ play, hate, main, take, sales, page A Yes, we do. What ki nd do you need? practise in Jamaica before the Olympics
Jo/ lot, shop, long, not C Erm ...AA, please. Just one packet. because there was no ice and there were no
/a/ cut, shut, one
2 bobsleighs lor them to use. They weren't
A Can I help you? successful in their races, but they were very
/so/home, boai, note, coal C No, thanks. I’m just looking. popular with the people watching because they
/e/ set, text, press, sells A Well, if you need anything, just ask. tried so hard. There was a film telling their story
/i/ sit, live, tin, thing C Can 1U y this hoodie on, please? in 1993 called Cool Runnings and it was a huge
/i:/ seat, cheap, eat, jeans A Yes, of course. The changing rooms are over success, making $150,000,000 around the world.
there.
5.14 § 3 6.2)))
1hate shopping. Maybe it's because I'm a C Two egg and tomato sandwiches and two 1
man, but 1usually walk into a shop, choose coffees. A Was there a bobsleigh team at the Olympics?
something cheap, pay for it and leave quickly. A That's £ 10.98, please. B Yes, there was.
The main problem is that it takes such a long C Can I pay by card? 2
time. But I’m here today to try'the 'virtual A No, I’m afraid we only take cash. A Was it easy for them to practise?
mirror.' It's a new way to shop and it might C OK, that’s fine. B No, it wasn't.
change my life! I'm in a clothes shop and 1need A Would you like a bag? 3
some jeans. But Tdon’t need to take five pairs C Yes, please. Just a small one. A Were there bobsleighs for them to use?
of jeans to the changing rooms. Instead, 1just A And would you like a receipt? B No, there weren't.
stand in iront of this ‘virtual mirror,’ press a C Yes, please. Just put it in the bag. 4
button and it shows me in every7pair of jeans A Were they popular?
the shop sells. I choose a pair, press a button
5.17 } B Yes, they were.
and the mirror shows me wearing them! 1press
1
A Can I help you? 6.31
another button and the next pair appears. 1can
B No, thanks. I ’m just looking. 1 The first football World Cup was in the last
see myself in ten pairs in just one minute! And
2 century, in 1930.
another thing: if I'm not sure, I press a button
A Do you need a bag? 2 lhe first Olympic Games were about 2,800
and a picture of me wearing the jeans goes to years ago, in 77(S BCE.
B Yes, please. Just a small one.
my Facebook page and my friends can say what
3 3 The first dishwasher was in the 19th
they think It’s noL difficult to use, and I can find
A Can 1try this on, please? century.
the right jeans easily. So 1make a note of the 4 The first Sony Walkman was in 1979.
B Of course. The changing rooms are over
jeans 1like, pay for them and go home! 5 The first talking film was in 1927.
there.
The company behind the virtual mirror plans to 4 6 The first Oscars ceremony was in 1929.
pul them in shops all around the world. So next A Can I pay by card?
time you need a new hat, top or coat, go to a 6.4 3)
B No, I'm afraid we only take cash. Welcome to The Money Programme. Today
shop with a virtual mirror! 5 we're talking about the history of money. These
5.15 8 A How much is tliis magazine? days most people use notes, coins and credit
1 B It’s £4.99. cards to buy things. But people in lhe past used
A How much money do you earn? 6 different ways ofpaying for things,
B Not much, so 1try to spend il carefully. A Do you offer a student discount?
lhe Ancient Egyptians liked wearing their
2 B Yes, we do. You gel 20% oil.
money on their fingers as rings. The rings were
A What’s the matter? W hy do you look so 7
made of gold. When they wanted to pay for
scared? A Would you like a receipt?
something they pulled a ring or two off their
B Because you're driving dangerously! Be B Yes, please. 1ust put it in the bag.
fingers.
careful! 8
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B Yes, we do. What kind do you need? to use coins as money in the 7th century BCE.
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9 The Romans also used coins but added pictures
B Shhhh! Because we're in the library! of their emperors to them in the first century
4 A What time do you close?
B At eight o'clock. BCE. The Chinese put their coins on a piece of
A I always get up late at weekends.
string to make them more valuable.
B Me too, at about ten o'clock.
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For hundreds of years, people around the 3 3 1helped my parents a lot when 1was a child.
world paid for things with salt. In fact, the word A When was the last time you prepared a 4 We dance a lot when we go out.
'salary' comes from a Latin word that means meal? 5 1waited a long lime for the bus last Monday.
'money used to buy salt.' 'Ihis is because the 13 Last night. 1cooked spaghetti for my 6 I washed the car carefully, it was really dirty.
Romans sometimes paid their soldiers with sail. housemate.
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I he Lobi people of Ancient Ghana in Africa 4
From a distance, Inhotim looks like typical
lived as farmers. Because they worked in the A When was the last time you posted a letter?
Brazilian countryside, hut as you gel closer,
fields and there were a lot of snakes, they B A month ago. it was to my friend in Australia.
you notice something a bit unusual. There are
decided to make metal snakes and use them 5
hundreds ottourists walking through the fields
as money. They believed their snake money A When was the last time you shouted at
and gardens! This beautiful place started as
helped them to stay safe. someone? a farm and for many years only farmers lived
B About a week ago. M y son was very naughty.
here. Ihcy worked in the fields and looked
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1990s when billionaire Bernardo Paz decided
/l/ finished, looked, thanked relative?
to use die space Tor something very different.
/id/1started, collected, visited B Last summer. I travelled to Kenya to see my
Me created a ‘Disneyland for art lovers’! Today,
grandmother.
people travel from around the world and they
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look at the art. The spaces of Inhotim include
copied prepared A When was the last time you called a taxi?
more than 500 sculptures by Brazilian and
believed received B Yesterday. I was late for work.
international artists. As well as being important
liked shouted 8
culturally, it is really important for the local area
loved used A When was the Iasi time you entered a
because inhotim creates a lot of jobs - 1,000
moved waited competition?
people work here in the museum, gardens and
noticed wanted B When I was a child. I was in a swimming
restaurant. Although it is quite far from the
posted worked race.
usual tourist spots of Brazil, it is now a very
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id! copied, believed, loved, moved, prepared, In 2011, nearly a quarter of a million people
dictionary?
received, used visited Inhotim. M r Paz believes there will soon
B Last week. 1checked the meaning of ‘coin!
/t/ liked, noticed, worked be a million visitors a year.
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B Two hours ago. My bus was very late. for going was the art, and the sculptures
1
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wait for a longtime
wait for a friend I When was the last time you moved house? quite nice, too. However, the restaurants
2 2 When was the last time you received an were really expensive. It was a bit difficult to
post a letter email? find, too, and lite journey was quite long.
post a comment on a webpage 3 When was the last time you prepared a meal? 52 I travelled to inhotim a couple ol months
4 When was the last time you posted a letter? ago. I thought the sculpmres in the park
3
enter a race 5 When was the last time you shouted at were a bit boring, actually, but the gardens
enter a competition someone? were really beautiful. Ihe food was quite
4 6 When was the last time you visited a relative? good at the restaurants. Oh. and the journey
move to the countryside 7 When was the last time you called a taxi? to the park was really long and 1was very'
move house a When was the last time you entered a tired when 1arrived.
5 competition? 6.17)|
visit a museum 9 When was the last time you used a 1 ...the scu Iptures were very interesting.
visit a relative dictionary? 2 The gardens were quite nice, too.
6 10 When was the last time you waited tor a 3 I thought the sculptures in the park were a
shout at your dog long time? bit boring...
s I i o u l at someone 4 ... the journey to the park was really long...
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prepare a meal
month. A ... It was my Business Management class
prepare for an exam
2 Fifty thousand people visit this gallery every dinner on Saturday.
fl year. B That s great! I low was it?
receive an email
6.13 É A I don't know. I didn't go.
receive a phone call
1 cooked B Oh no! W hy not?
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call a taxi
3 change B Really?
call an old friend
4 helped A Yeah... 1looked everywhere. In the end I
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use a dictionary
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use a tahlet
7 chatted arrived!
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1 9 enjoyed A Tknow. After that it started to rain... so I
A When was the last lime you moved house? called a taxi. And I waited and I waited... In
B In 2010. Prom an apartment to a house. 6.14 ® the end I decided to walk home. I was just
2 I My friends cooked a great meal for me last so wet by the time 1got home.
A When was the last time you received an night. B What a nightmare! Poor you!
email? 2 A lot of people at work listen to the radio A 1know. I was really angry about it ...
B This morning. It was from my boss. these days.
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people often ski in the Andes Mountains. And 1 1 Did you have fun there?
of course lots of people jog in local parks or go K W hy did you go there? 2 How oflen do you have a sleep in the
to the gym to keep fit! T Because it's a really interesting country. afternoons?
2 3 I low many text messages do you get?
Unit 8 Travel and transport K Whereabouts in Guatemala did you go? 4 Do you want to get something to eat now?
T 1visited the whole country. 5 Did he gel a taxi Iasi night?
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K What did you do and see?
apartment by the sea with my family. W e 8.13 )|
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lie on ihe beach most of the day and go 1 Where did y'ou have lunch?
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swimming in the sea. For me, the most 2 Does he gel lots of emails every day?
K I Iowrlong did you stay?
important thing to do on holidays is to relax 3 Why did you take die stairs?
T About six weeks.
and have fun. 4 Did he take photos last week?
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2 For me, holiday's are about culture, and 5 How often do you gel a taxi?
K Did you slay in hotels?
I enjoy visiting all the art galleries and 6 Did you take the bus on Sunday?
T No, mostly guest houses.
museums. Sometimes I goon a tour with a
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guide because it’s a great way to learn about
K Did you go on your own? G Guess what? I’m going to Moscow for two
a place and its history. 1also like going out
T Yes, 1did, but 1met lots of local people. months.
on my own and looking around the town
without a map. 1always get lost, but I think 8.51 H Really? Is it for fun or do you have to work?
it's the best way to find interesting places. 1 Where did you go on your last holiday? G Wei I, a bit of both. You went to Moscow a
3 We stay in cheap hotels and guest houses, 2 Did you go with a friend? few years ago, didn’t you?
and travel by public transport so We can 3 What did you do? H Yes, 1did. I even lived there for a while.
meet local people. We don't go sightseeing. 4 Did you have a good time? G I low long did you live there?
We prefer to trek in the mountains and visit 5 How long did you stay? H Three years.
places that tourists don't often see. ti Where did you stay? G Oh, wow! And do you speak the language?
7 Did you like the food? H Yes, a little. I can buy tilings in shops and
8.2))) order food in restaurants.
1 Do you like lying on the beach? 8.6))) G And did you like the city'?
2 Do you \isit art galleries and museums? In past simple questions did +pronoun subject H Yes, it's great. 1had a really good time.
3 Do you usually take a map or do you get lost? is usually unstressed. G What aboul things like accommodation
4 Do you like going on a tour of places you We pronounce did you /did^a/, and did he /didi/. and transport? What did you think of the
visit? transport system?
5 Do you prefer to stay in a hotel or rent an 8.7))) H Well, the Underground is just... fantastic!
apartment? I low long did you stay?
It’s really famous! It was built in the 1930s,
6 Do you ever stay in expensive hotels? Did you like the food?
and every'station is a w'ork of an.
Did he stay in hotels?
8.31 G But is it a good way to travel around
K Hey, Tom. So you went to Guatemala on 8 .8 1 Moscow?
holiday this Ume? Where is it exactly? 1 H Well, local people complain about it a lot,
T It's in Central America, to the south of M 1get the bus and the underground to work. but I always thought it wras very'good. And
Mexico. It takes about forty' minutes. it's quite cheap.
K W hy did you go there? 2 G What about the buses? Do the local people
T Because it's a really interesting country. W Most of the time, I go to work on foot. But if use the buses?
I wanted to go sightseeing and sec some it’s raining, 1drive. H Oh yes, the buses are usually full. But to be
of the famous ruined Mayan cities and 3 honest, 1goi laxis quite a lot to my lessons.
temples. M I go to work by car and it takes about an Ttaught in companies and local businesses,
K I see. And whereabouts in Guatemala did hour because there's a lot of traffic. 1listen so 1didn’t want to be late! You know,
you go? to music during the journey or 1sometimes Moscow’s like lots of other big cities: lots of
T I visited the whole country. I started in listen to CDs in English. traffic, really busy, sometimes the transport
Antigua - it's the historic capital - and then 4 is good, other days not so good. But there is
I went to Lake Atitlan, a beautiful lake in the W 1go by bike to work. It's greal exercise! But one great thing: you can simply stand in the
mountains. when it rains, 1take the bus. street and stop any car, like a taxi, and they
K So what did you do and see? 5 give you a lilt for money.
T 1went on lots of tout’s, and I went trekking M I usually take the train. Sometimes 1get up G Oh wow, that's cool! OK, so moving on to
in the rainforest. M y favourite thing was the late and 1miss my train, so I have to get a accommodation...
ruins of a Mayan city in Tikal. They're in the taxi. I should get up earlier! 8.15)))
middle of the rainforest and they're really ] Do you have to work? (present)
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beautiful. I climbed to the top of a temple at 2 I low long did you live there? (past)
1 You lake or gel the train, the underground,
sunrise. 3 Do you speak the language? (present)
a taxi or die bus.
K Wow'! It sounds fantastic. 4 Did you like the city? (past)
2 You can miss the bus, your plane or your
T It was. I took a lot of pictures! 5 What did you think of the transport system?
train.
K And how long did you stay? (past)
3 You go on fool.
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4 You go by public transport, by bike or by car.
K Did you stay in hotels?
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with a Guatemalan family. Ihev were lovely 1 You should have a map. T I lello. Can I help you?
and it really helped me with my Spanish. 2 You shouldn't take a taxi. M Yes, please. I need to get to New I >elhi.
K Did you go on your own? 3 You have to wear it. T OK. When would you like to travel?
T Yes, 1did, but 1met lots of local people and I 4 You don't have to pay. M Later today or tomorrow. When’s the next
made lots of new friends. train?
T Ihe next one leaves at 18.40 p.m.
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T About seventeen hours. It arrives at 11.25 C Great. So could I have a small Kung Pao '1 a saucepan
a.m. tomorrow. chicken with some rice, please? 5 a microwave
M Right. 1low much is a sleeper ticket? L And the same for me, but J’d like some 6 a kettle
T Would you 1ike a single or a return? noodles, please. 7 a fork
M Just a single, please. M OK, and would you like any drinks? 8 a knife
T OK, then.'lhat's775 rupees. L Can I have a bottle of lemonade? 9 a spoon
M 775 rupees... OK. Which platform does it M We don't have any bottles of lemonade, I’m 10 plates
leave from? afraid. We have Coke or water. 11 bow ls
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1 Can I help you? 1 it comes with some noodles. and tomatoes together in a big frying pan.
2 When would you like to travel? 2 Is there any bread? 3 To roast meat, you need a very hot oven.
3 When's the next train? 3 We don’t have any bread 4 Mix the water and flour together in a bowl
AI How long does it take? 4 We have some rice. with a spoon.
5 I low much is a sleeper ticket? 5 Would you like any drinks? 5 Not many people bake their own bread or
6 Would you like a single or a return? 6 We don'l have any bottles of lemonade. cakes at home these days.
7 Which platform does it leave from? 6 You need to use a sharp knife to chop the
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2 You shouldn't forget your umbrella. A Yes, we have some nice steaks here. We also 1 Papua New Guinea is 160 kilometres north
3 Australians don't have to have a visa to visit. have some small beef cubes. of Australia.
A You shouldn't go to Myers Park at night. B OK. Can I have some beef cubes? About a 2 Singapore grows less than 10% of its food.
5 You have to get a student visa to study for kilo, please. And I'd also like a small steak. 3 Papua New Guinea grows about three-
more than 3 months. A lust one? quarters of its food.
6 You should visit the islands in the I lauraki B Yes, just one. Thanks. Also, do you have any 4 Singapore got independence in 1965.
Gul£ yoghurt? 5 The coldest temperature ever recorded in
A No, I'm afraid we don't. Singapore was 19.4 degrees Celsius.
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A Hello. Can l help you?
A Yes, we have some bags of rice, but we also Guinea live in cities.
B Yes, please. When's the next bus to
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Manchester? 9.12 %
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A There's one at 4.00. The first country we're going to look at today
A OK. Anything else?
B How much does it cost? is Indonesia in South Hast Asia. It became
B Yes, do you h ave any lemons?
A Do you want a single or return ticket? independent in 1945 and now one of the most
A No, we don't sell any fruit or vegetables, I’m
B A return, please. important days for the country is Independence
afraid.
A And when would you like to come back? Day on 17th August. There are 240 million
B OK. 'lhat's everything then, thanks.
B Next Sunday. Indonesians, and they live on 6,000 of its 18,110
A OK, that's £32, please. 9.5)} islands. Java is only the fourth largest island, hut
B How long does it lake? 1 Do you have any meat? 60% of Indonesians live on it. Two of the main
A Two hours 45 minutes. Here's your ticket. 2 We have some beef. cities are on Java: Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia,
B Where does it leave from? with 9.6 million people, and Surabaya, the
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1 I’d like some beef, please.
2 Do you have any mushrooms?
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9.1)J| 4 We don't have any sweetcorn. from east to west and 1,760 kilometres from
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lemonade 12 olives the temperature is usually benveen 25 and 35
lot of tea. And I have one frying pan and two
4 salad 13 sweetcorn degrees Celsius, and there is 3,175 millimetres
saucepans. I don’t really need anything else.
5 jam 14 pasta of rain a year. In mountain areas this can be
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6 chicken 15 mushrooms 6,100 millimetres. Indonesia is the third largest
7 honey IB a pear kitchen - the microwave!
L Well there's nothing special about my rice growing country in the world, but it still
8 noodles imports about three million tonnes of rice a year.
kitchen. I have all the usual things. Oh, but T
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C No! We can have pizza any day. Let's try (V6), three-quarters (% ), two-thirds (2/3),
in the house! 1have a very modem oven
something different. and I use it a lot. I have an expensive food- two-fifths (2/5),
L OK, what about diis place? processor, too - I use it to make soup. My Percentages: fifteen per cent (15%), four point
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M It's Kung Pao chicken. they can't come in to cook their dinner! point three (0.3)
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Dates: the first of September (1/9), the twenty- are only 17 calories in a lemon. 10.4$
sixth of March (26/3) P Only 17? And what about milk? 1 Is Dublin drier than Paris?
D Well, it's surprising to hear that a cup of 2% 2 Is Sydney bigger than Cairo?
9.15 | fat milk contains 12.3 grams of sugar - that's
1 seven point three five about 50 calories. 10.5®
2 the third of October twenty sixteen P That's a lot of calories. How much does the 1
3 four-fifths average American eat ever)' year? A W hich city is drier, Dublin or Paris?
'1 sixteen point one degrees} sixteen point D lhe answer to that was 891kilograms of B It's close: both cities have a lot of rain, but
one degrees Celsius food in 2011. Dublin's wetter.
5 eighty- two point four per cent P Wow! 1hat's huge. And there's time for just 2
6 the twelfth of May nineteen eighty-six one more fact. A Which is bigger, the population of Sydney or
7 minus fourteen / minus fourteen degrees D Well, I think we should finish in Italy - a Cairo?
Celsius country of coffee lovers. They drink 14 billion B Well, Cairo’s population is bigger than
8 one and three-quarters cups every year. That's over 200 cups for Sydney's. Cairo has a population of over
9.16 | every man, woman and child in the country. nine million, but Sydney's is smaller at just
1 We're looking for a 'lhai restaurant. P Well, some of those numbers are amazing. over lour and a half million.
2 You can sit outside on the roof. Dr Zhang, thank you very much for coming 10.6)))
3 What's your favourite café for lunch? today... 1
4 Du 1need to book online? 9.201 A Are Indian elephants heavier than African
5 Where's a good pi ace to have some cake? 1 twenty-one degrees Celsius elephants?
6 It has a wonderftil menu. 2 two-thirds B No, they aren’t. African elephants are
7 You don’t need to call them and book. 3 forty- five point five per cent heavier than Indian elephants.
8 Do you know anywhere that has a garden? 4 two million four hundred and seventy-eight 2
9 There’s a place called the Riverside with a thousand A Is 'Tokyo more expensive than Singapore?
nice view. B Yes, it is. Both places are quite expensive, but
1U My favourite place is Café Blanc because it 9.21 Tokyo is more expensive than Singapore.
sells French food. W Would you like to order? 3
C Could 1have the baked fish, please? A Are giraffes faster than humans?
9.17 )j W Would you like a side dish with that?
S Excuse me? B Yes, they are. Giraffes can run at 35 miles an
C Could I have some roast potatoes, please? hour which is faster than any human being.
W Hi. would you like to order? W And would you like something to drink?
S Yes, please. A
C Do you have any apple juice? A Is Canada bigger or smaller than the USA?
W OK. So, would you like a starter? W No, we don't.
S No, thanks. lust a main course, please. B Canada is slightly bigger than the USA.
C OK, just a bottle of water, please. 5
Could I have the grilled chicken?
W Certainly. And would you like any side A Is the North Pole colder than the South Pole?
Unit 10 The world around us B No, it's warmer. 'I he South Pole is colder
dishes with that?
S Um... yes. Can 1have some roast potatoes 1 0 .1 ® than die North Pole.
and some mixed green vegetables, please? i
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a Mount Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania in Hast
M Could I have some fish cakes, please? This hut dry, and we don't expect any rain. By the
Africa. Its name means mountain of light'
one... afternoon it’s going to be warm and sunny, but
and it's a very beautiful place. It ’s the
W The fish cakes, OK. And anything else? not really hot, with temperatures of around 20
highest mountain in Africa, but it's not
M A tomato, olive and onion salad, thanks. degrees Celsius.
difficult to climb.
W And would you like something to drink? 2 b Victoria Falls are beautiful! It's a very big
M Yes, some sparkling water, please. It was great. We loved Malaysia. We went in the waterfall on the Zambezi River between
S And the same for me. Oh, and another wet season, so we had some storms. The first Zimbabwe and Zambia.
question. Can we pay by credit card? night we arrived, it was really windy and there c Lake Baikal is in the south of Siberia in
W Yes, of course. No problem! was a big storm with very loud thunder and Russia. It's the biggest and deepest lake
S Oh, good.'I hank you very much. lightning. But most of the time during the day it in the world, but it often freezes in winter
was lovely. because Siberia has a very cold climate.
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1 Would you like to order? 3 d The Amazon Jungle is the biggest area of
2 Could 1have the grilled chicken, please? N Let's now go to Rupinder in Chicago. I lello, rainforest in the world. It is mostly in Brazil,
3 Would you like any side dishes with that? Rupinder. How's the weather there? but some parts of it are in other South
1 Can I have some roast potatoes? R W ell Mike, it's freezing here today. There American countries such as Ecuador, Peru
was a lot of snow last night and the roads and Bolivia. About half the world's plants
5 Would you like something to drink?
are very icy. It's cold and foggy now, and and animals live in rainforests.
6 Can we pay by credit card?
there is more snow to come later today. e The Andaman Sea has some very' beautiful
9.19))} tropical islands, with white sandy beaches,
P Welcome to the program, Dr Zhang from 10.2))
near the west coast of Thailand, lhe biggest
the National hood and Health Group. snow, to snow, snowy
rain, to rain, rainy and most famous is Phuket.
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P So, you're here today to talk about some sun, to shine, sunny
north-west China and Mongolia. It's a
interesting numbers about food. wind, to blow, windy
ice, to freeze, icy/freezing cold desert because it’s so far north and it
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different types of tomato there are in the fog, foggy
world? Well, some people say10,(XX), but 10.8 $
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other people say there are about 25,000. When we make a comparative sentence, wre say
P Oh, really? 2 The Gobi Desert is in north-west China and
than with a weak sound /dan/. Mongolia.
D Yes. And slaving with fruit, when you're
The nights are colder than the days. 3 Phuket island is near the west coast of
watching your calories, try’a lemon. There
Is spring wetter than summer? Thailand.
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Lake Baikal in Siberia is the biggest , deepest I think a map and compass are the most people all around the world telling us how
and oldest lake in the world. It's more than useful things for this because a GPS could they’re going to celebrate the day.
1,600 metres deep and more dian twenty-five break or run out of battery. 1 lhat's good lo hear. So what is everyone
million years old. It has almost twenty per cent A But that’s two more things and we can’t going to do?
of the world’s freshwater, and thousands of have any more than that. What happens if 0 Oh, all sorts «if things. A lot of people are
different kinds of plants and animals live there. we need the first aid kit? I’d prefer to take going to make soup and sandwiches and
Mount Kilimanjaro, in Tanzania, is one of the GPS instead of the map and compass give Qiem to homeless people. 1had an
the largest volcanoes in the world. It's 5,895 because then we can have the first aid kit. email from a man yesterday - he isn't going
metres Lall - die highest mountain in Africa. It's T But what about the torch? I don't like the to eat for 24 hours and he’s going to collect
sometimes called the ‘Hoof of Africa! It s also forest at night time! money for his local hospital. And, of course,
one of the easiest mountains in the world to A Tt gets dark quite late, and we should to go wTe're going to post everything on our
climb, even for tourists. The oldest person ever bed early after a long day walking in the website for people to see.
to climb to the top was a Frenchman, Valtee forest, so I don't think we need the torch. 1 Are you going to have time to do something
Daniel, who was eighty-seven years old. Z OK, let's lake ihe GPS and die llrsi-aid kit. yourself/
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An oasis is an area of water in a desert, and
A Good idea. time at all. But we are going to have a big
Al llasa is the largest oasis in Saudi Arabia. It
covers over 12 km* and gives water to over three parly here at the office and everyone needs
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million trees and a million people, even at the to buy a ticket to come. And all Qie money
1 1diink a compass is betler Qian a GPS.
goes to charity, of course.
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1 Italy. painting a lot and 1often do it in my free
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2 W That's my other resolution. We're not going three books, but 1haven't finished any of
A Was the weather very nice on your holiday? to join a gym this year because it's too them!
B Yes, ii was really lovely! We were very lucky. expensive. So we’re going to save some A 1had dance lessons at school, but I wasn’t
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4 going to the theatre to see plays, and
2 She's going to move to Greece to teach
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Lnglish.
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3 I go to Rob's house every weekend to look
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A So, Ryan and Ian made a list of questions to make a cake. 5 go to a rock concert /go to a classical music
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B Oh, dial s great. Can 1see ii? tomorrow to visit my aunt in hospital. 6 go to die opera
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know about the types of questions in the 2 1want to go out lonight. but 1can't
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exam too. Shall Twrite that down? 11 play in a band
3 1can't speak much Japanese.
A Yes, good idea. And when are we going to 12 have music lessons
4 I ’m really busy at the moment.
ask Dr Pedersen about all this? 5 I broke my washing machine last night.
13 have painting lessons
C I’m going to have a meeting with him this 14 have dance lessons
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A Yes, dial's perfect, Shaz. Then we can talk 18 have singing lessons
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began learning the piano two years later, and
A So I'll read the list and if anyone would like Dracula films.
he gave his first big concert in Tokyo w'hen he
to do something, please just say. Is that OK? 2 They tell a love story e.g. Tilunic, Gone with
was twelve years old. He's in his twenties now.
B I'll lake notes so we don't forget. the Wind.
but he has given concerts all over the w'orld,
A Thank you. Iliat's very helpful. OK, firsl 3 You laugh at them because they arc funny,
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competitions. He has written music for film and
C Oh, shall I do that? I go to the park every day 4 Ihey tell a story about somediing that
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anyway. happens in people's lives and sometimes
he has learnt to play some of the most difficult
A ’lhankyou, Janck. they are very sad e.g. The Help, Forrest
pieces of music in the wrorld only through
B Let me help you with that, Janek. It's a big Gump.
sound. I lis classical music fans have said this is
park. 5 People fight and drive fast cars, e.g. Speed,
amazing.
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D Oh, my husband and his brother could participle in positive sentences, and on haven't/ Avatar, Star Wars films.
probably do that. Would you like me to ask hasn't in negative sentences. 7 They don't have real people and nowadays
them? 1 lie's given concerts... they're usually made with computers, e.g.
A Yes, that wrould he very helpful, thank you. 2 ... he hast?7 seen the written music... Shrek, Finding Nemo.
Now, then... 8 People sing and dance, e.g. Mamma Mia,
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3 I'll take notes so we don't forget. 4 Thousands of people have wratched her. 2 romantic films
4 Let me help you widi thaL 3 comedies
5 Would you like me to ask them? 1 2 .4 $
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P I ’ve always loved music. 1don't play an 5 action films
11.13)} instrument, but I've always w'anted to play
M Do you have any New' Year's Resolutions 6 science fiction films
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this year? 7 animations
and since I was a child I've had a big music 8 musicals
W Yeah, I'm going to spend less lime at w'ork. collection. In my free time I often go to
M RealIv? Are you going to spend more rime rock concerts and I usually go to twro or 12.8®
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brother because he's going to move next year. going to my first one next week! and Leonardo DiCaprio. It’s about a huge
M Really? Is he going to look for a new J M y parents arc artists, so I've had lots ship and all the people on it.
apartment?
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2 Ihe film that's made more money than any 12.14 )| R Oh, I'm not sure. You'll need to speak to the
other in ihe world is Avatar. It’s a science P Good evening. Our guest tonight is Mark ticket office manager about that.
fiction film and it's set in the future. Russell, who is going to talk about the C Right, well could you ask him to call me
Indian film industry, Bollywood, and one of back, please?
12.9!))
its biggest stars. Mark, welcome. R Yes, of course. Could I have your number,
I 1lave you ever left the cinema early?
M Thanks, Steffi. please?
51 Oh yes! I've left in the middle of a lot of films.
P Tell us a little bit about Bollywood. Many C Yes, it's0... 7 ...5 ...
I don't want to sit in a cinema watching
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52 I've never left the cinema early, but I ’ve all know much about it. Is it bigger than 1 I li Francis, it's Marcus. Is Caitlin there?
often wanted to. A few months ago, Twent Hollywood these days? 2 Hello. Could 1speak to the ticket office
to see a terrible film. Someone walked out M Yes, it is. In the last ten years, Bollywood manager, please?
every five minutes. At the end of the film. has made more films and it’s sold more 3 She's not here at the moment.
I was the only person left! But I think you tickets, too. For example in 2009, Bollywood 4 I'm afraid he's not available at the moment.
have to watch the whole Him or you don’t produced over 1,200 films and 1lollywood 5 Can you tell her to call me back, please?
know if it's good or bad! made only about 500. Also, Bollywood films 6 Could you ask him to call me back, please?
53 Yes, I have. 1walked out once - it was last have become popular all over the world and 7 Could 1have your number, please?
summer and ft was a beautiful day. The film they've made them in lots of countries. 8 I fang on a minute. I'll just get her.
was really boring, so I just decided to leave. 12.15 $ 12.18)))
54 No, 1haven't, but I’ve fallen asleep in a lot M One of the biggest names in Bollywood is A Right insurance. How can I help you?
of cinemas! When the lights go out, and Ilem a Sardesai. B l lello. Could 1speak to Ms Martinez, please?
the seats are comfortable, and the film is P I've never heard of her. Is there a reason for A One moment, please. I’m afraid she’s out of
slow, then 1just can' l stay awake! I've never that? the office at the moment. Would you like to
walked out of a film, though. I think it's rude M Well, she's a playback singer. This means leave a message?
to other people who are watching. that she records the songs that other actors B No, that's fine. I'll call back later.
12.10 )J use in their films, ’ihe actors move their A Ok, thank you.
1 mouths, but they are not singing. Ihe voice B Thanks. Bye.
I've never left the cinema early, but I've often is really the voice of a playback singer like
Hema.
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wanted to.
These days, Verona coliseum is famous for its
2 P So we never see her.
opera festival, but it has been a place to see
A lew months ago, Twent to see a terrible film. M Not exactly. She's recorded playback songs
other types of entertainment over the years.
for over sixty’ Bollywood films, but she's
3 Ihe Romans built the coliseum almost two
also had a few successful albums. Also,
A I lave you ever left the cinema early? thousand years ago for sports and games called
she’s been in shows all over India, and she’s
B Yes, I have. I walked out once - it was last 'ludi! The most famous of these games were
visited a lot of different countries.
summer and it was a beautiful day. fights between gladiators. These events were
P So, she's quite famous in India outside
12.11 $) very' popular and people came from far away to
Bollywood?
see them. In 1117, there was a big earthquake
I So Pavel, you're here for the Rio de Janeiro M Oh, yes. When India celebrated fifty years of
in Verona and people didn't use the coliseum
film festival. I lave you visited Brazil before? independence, she sang her own song and
for a long time. I lowever, centuries later, die
P Yes, 1have - twice. Actually, I came here three million people watched her live.
Venetians decided to repair the building and
when 1was a child and I was here three
12.16 )J| use it for concerts. From that time, hundreds
years ago for work, too.
F Hello? of thousands of people have come to Verona to
I interesting. And what about you, Wanda?
M Fli Francis, it’s Marcus. TsCaitlin there? listen to music and many famous opera singers
Have you ever been to Rio before?
F She's not here at the moment. and ballet dancers have performed there.
W No, I've never been here before, but it's a
M OK, well can you tell her to call me back
beautiful city.
please?
1 l'in very pleased to hear that! So, 1saw your
F Yes, sure. Oh wait, she's just come back.
latest film Inbox Me last night and 1thought
Hang on a minute. I'll just get her.
it was really wonderful.
C Hi, Marcus.
P Well, thank you very much!
M Fli, Caitlin. I lave you booked tickets for the
I And everyone else in the cinema enjoyed it,
comedy club tonight?
too. When it finished, people stood up and
C No, I haven't. Their website said they're sold
clapped - 1couldn't believe it!
out tonighu
P Really? I'm delighted to hear that. A lot of
M Oh no. Well why don't you call them and ask
people have said some lovely tilings about it.
about returned tickets? Sometimes people
W I,ast week someone told me it was their
return tickets because they can't go.
favourite film of the year!
C Oh yes, I didn't think of that. Good idea!
I Great! So, tell m e...
I'll call them now and 111call you back in a
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1 I opened the door. M Thanks, Caitlin. Speak soon.
2 I've opened the door. C OK. Bye.
3 She’s run a marathon. R Good afternoon. Phoenix Comedy Club.
4 She ran a marathon. I low can I help you?
5 We've met him. C I lello. Could I speak to the ticket office
6 We met him. manager, please?
7 I've watched Star Wars twice this month. R I'm afraid he's not available at the moment.
ft I watched Star Wars twice last month. Can I help?
C Maybe. I’m calling about the show tonight.
Your website says it's sold out, but has
anyone returned any tickets?
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Irregular verbs
infinitive Past simple Past participle I infinitive Past simple Past participle
be was/were been know knew known
become became become learn learnt/learned learnt/learned
begin began begun leave left left
break broke broken lose lost lost
bring brought brought make made made
build built built meet met met
buy bought bought pay paid paid
can could been able to put put put
catch caught caught read read read
choose chose chosen ride rode ridden
come came come run ran run
cost cost cost say said said
cut cut cut see saw seen
do did done sell sold sold
draw drew drawn send sent sent
drink drank drunk sing sang sung
drive drove driven sit sat sat
eat ate eaten sleep slept slept
fall fell fallen speak spoke spoken
feel felt felt spend spent spent
find found found stand stood stood
fiy flew flown swim swam swum
forget forgot forgotten take took taken
get got got teach taught taught
give gave given tell told told
go went gone/been think thought thought
grow grew grown understand understood understood
have had had wear wore worn
hear heard heard win won won
keep kept kept write wrote written
Ow Oxford 3000™
Phonemic symbols
go hot
/g/ /gao/ /h/ /hnt/
fly like
train out
/ e i7 /trein/ /au/ /aot/
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A2 Wordlist U n it 1 Navigate
Here is a list of useful or new words from unit ^ of Navigate A2 coursebook. you can Insert your own translation.
Words marked with a key (Om) all appear in the Oxford 3000.
adj = adjective conj = conjunction phr v = phrasal verb phr = phrase pron = pronoun
adv = adverb n = noun pi = plural prep = preposition v = verb
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quarter pastOm phr /'kw orto pazst/ He stops for a break in the morning at quarter past ten.
quarter to Om phr /'k w r> :to to / She goes to morning classes at quarter to nine.
read Om v/ /ri:d/ In my free time I like to listen to music or read a book.
scientist Om n /'saian tist/ Every year lots of scientists visit the island.
se a lO m n /s i :l/ Sven Olafsson studies seals.
shop Om n fJ op/ The shops open at half past eight in the morning.
sleeping bag n /'sliip irj bæg/ They don't sleep in a bed - they sleep in special sleeping bags.
soupom n /su:p/ They do very good Korean soup there.
space Om n /spcis/ Som e astronauts stay in space for over a year at a time.
spacesuit n /'sp eissuit/ Astronauts only need a spacesuit when they go on a space
walk.
start Om v /stu:t/ School starts at eight o'clock in the morning.
stop v /stnp/ Public transport usually stops at 11 o'clock at night.
student card n /'stjuidnt ku:d/ They need to show their student card.
think (about) v /'Oigk/ W hen he's alone, he thinks about his friends and family.
tired Om adj /'taiad/ Many of us feel tired during the day.
title Om n /'ta il 1/ Titles and names can tell us a lot about people.
toast n /toost/ They usually have toast for breakfast.
trainee n / .trci'n i:/ Sanaa Diya is a trainee astronaut at the European Astronaut
Centre in Cologne.
volcano n /vo l'k ein su / He arrives a t a volcano at 7 o'clock.
wait Om v /w cit/ Do people often w ait for buses and trains in your city?
wake up Om phr v /w eik 'Ap/ I try to w ake up early, but it's difficult.
wall Om n /w d :I/ The sleeping bags are on the walls.
watch a film Om phr / .w n tj o 'film / W e don't often watch a film in the evening,
watch TV Om phr /.wotj* li: vi:/ in the evening I usually watch TV.
work 3
v /W :( r ) k / Sven never works alone.
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address Om n /o'tires/ ______________ W rite down your address and phone number.
administrator n / o d 'm in istre ito (r)/ ______________ Just tell the administrator before you leave.
answer On» n / 'a :n so (r)/ ------------ W hat's the answ er to this question?
author Om n /'r>:Go(r)/ ______________ His brother's an author. He's writing a book at the moment.
beginner n / b i'y in o (r)/ _____________ _ It's difficult for a beginner to understand very much in a new
language.
builder n /,b ild o (r)/ ------------ My brother's a builder.
bus driver n /'Has ,d raivD (r)/ ______________ My brother drives buses in the city. He's a bus driver.
businesswoman Om n /'biznosw nm an/ ______________ She has her own company. She's a businesswoman.
cleaner n /'k li:n o (r)/ ------------ My cousin cleans offices and people's houses. She's a cleaner.
colleague Om n /'knliig / ______________ He really enjoys his job because his colleagues are also his
friends.
company Om n /'kAm poni/ ------------ He works for a company in the city.
fix Om v /fiks/ ______________ M y son fixes a lot of different machines. He's a mechanic.
forest Om n /'fo rist/ ------------ I work in a big forest.
forget Om v /fo'get/ ------------ Don't forget w e 're going to the cinema tomorrow.
hairdresser Om n /'heodrcso(r)/ ______________ He w ashes hair, cuts it and dries it. He's a hairdresser.
important Om adj /im 'p o itn l/ ------------ W hich things do you think are most important in a job?
internet Om n /'in tsn et/ ------------ I used the internet to book my holiday.
journalist Om n /'d33:nolist/ ______________ Ekaterina writes for the newspaper. She's a journalist.
later Om adv /'le ito (r)/ ------------ I'll see you later.
lonely Om adj /'loonli/ ------------ som e people think mechanics, cleaners, farmers and artists
have a lonely life.
lookout n /'Jukaut/ ______________ I am a 'fire lookout'.
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magazine Om n /.m axja'zim / M y mother is a journalist and she works for a fashion magazine.
musician Om n /m ju 'z ijn / My cousin sings and plays the guitar in a band, she's a musician.
nurse Om n /n3:s/ She works in a hospital and helps sick people. She's a nurse.
office worker n / 'o fis ,w 3 ik o (r)/ They say that office workers are happy because they usually
w ork as part of a team.
painter Om n /'p cin to (r)/ My uncle is a painter.
part-time adv /,pa:t 'taim / My grandmother works part-time as a cleaner.
photographer Om n /fo 'tn yro fo (r)/ Manu takes pictures with his cam era. He's a photographer.
piano Om n /pi'senau/ I play the piano at a cinema in town.
police officer n /p o 'Iiis ,n fiso (r)/ Serena catches criminals and makes people feel safe, she's a
police officer.
retired Om adj fri'ta io d / My parents are both retired.
uniform Om n /'ju :n ifo :m / She hates the uniform that police officers wear.
work freelance phr / w 'jik T riilu in s/ I don't have a boss because I work freelance.
work long hours Om p/?r / W 3 :k Ioq ‘auoz/ Do you work long hours?
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ad v = adverb n = noun p i = plural prep = preposition v = verb
campsite n /'kasm psait/ There are four or five hotels and there's also a campsite.
capital Om n / ' kcupitl/ Coober Pedy is the opal capital of the world.
carpet Om n /'k a:p it/ There's a red carpet on the floor.
cheap Om adj /tj'i:p/ My flat's in a cheap part of town.
chemist Om n /'kem ist/ Is there a chem ist near hear?
expensive Om adj /ik 'sp en siv/ M y com puter is new and expensive.
in front of prep /, in 'frA n t av/ it's on the floor in front of the window.
instructions Om n pi / i n ' s t r A k f n z / Here are the instructions.
kitchen Om n / 'k itjin / There's a small kitchen in my flat.
launderette n /loin'dret/ I go to the launderette to wash my clothes.
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boring Om adj /'b oing / ______________ I don't like shopping. It's boring.
changing room n / 'tje in d jir i ru:m / ______________ The changing rooms are on the right.
coatOm n /kaut/ ------------ She's wearing a coat and has a big scarf round her neck.
correct Om adj /ko'rekt/ ______________ I got all the answ ers correct.
correctly adv /ko 'rektli/ ______________ Maria answers every question correctly.
designer shoes n pi /d i,zain 3 'Ju :z / ------------ She is also wearing designer shoes.
disappointed Om adj /.d isa'p o in tid / ------------ I'm very disappointed with this product.
gloves Om n pi /yU vz / ------------ She has a hat on her head and gloves on her hands.
newsagent's n / 'n ju :z e id 3 Qnts/ ------------ I buy magazines and newspapers from the newsagent's.
postcard n /'p so stk aid / ______________ The first vending machines w ere in London in the 1880s and
they sold postcards.
quiet Om adj /'kw aio t/ ------------ She's very quiet.
quietly adv /'k w aio tli/ ------------ w h y are you talking so quietly?
rainwater n / 're ra w b Jta (r)/ ______________ Can you buy a bottle of rainwater for S1 1 these days?
reading glasses n pi /'riid ir) ,g la:siz / ------------ She is wearing her reading glasses.
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sales Om n pi /seilz/ I stand outside and w ait for the shops to open on the first day
of the sales.
serious Om ad j /'sioriss/ it can make you look serious and important.
shopping centre n / 'Jn p io ,s e n la (r)/ I buy things from a shopping centre. I prefer them to small
shops.
shorts n pi /foits/ Mike is wearing shorts.
simple Om ad j /'sim pl/ I enjoy a simple life.
trousers Om n p i /'traozoz/ The trousers are the same colour as the jacket.
virtual adj / 'v 3 : t . f u o l / I'm here today to try the 'virtual mirror'.
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adj = ad jective conj = conjunction phr v = phrasal verb phr = phrase pron = pronoun
adv = adverb n = noun pi = plural prep = preposition v = verb
a bit phr h ‘b it/ A s yo u g et closer, you notice som ething a bit unusual.
decide Om v / d i's a id / Bern ard o Paz decided to use the sp ace for som ething very
different.
fashion designer n / 'fz e jn d i,z a tn o (r )/ Sh e decided to b e co m e a fashion designer.
interesting Om adj / 'in t r o s tig / The scu lptu res w e re very interesting.
quite Om adv / k w a it/ It is quite far from th e usual tourist spots of Brazil,
reallyO m adv / 'riia li/ it is really im portant for the local area.
scu lptu re n / 's k A lp t Jo (r )/ I thought the sculptures in the park w e re a bit boring.
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adj = adjective conj = conjunction phr v = phrasal verb p h r = phrase pron = pronoun
ad v = adverb n = noun p i = plural prep = preposition v = verb
athletics n /aeO'letiks/ _______________ W hen he w as a young boy, usain Bolt did athletics all the time.
gadget n /'ggedsit/ ______________ The programme w as about apps and gadgets that check our
health and daily exercise.
go fishing p h r /gou 'f ij ig / ------------- I like to go fishing with my uncle.
gym n /d3 im/ _______________ H ow often do you go to the gym ?
marathon n /'ma^r^Ogn/ ------------- He ran the Toronto marathon and becam e the first person aged
100 years old to finish a marathon.
mayor Om n /m eo(r)/ ______________ in 2002, N ew York City chose a new mayor,
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studio Om n /'st ju id io o / Jan Hamilton and Sara white, tw o local parents, are in the
studio with me to discuss this.
subtitle n /'SA b taitl/ How often do you w atch films in English without reading the
subtitles?
swim Om v /sw im / I swim every Saturday morning.
take Om v /teik/ Take the stairs, not the lift.
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adj = adjective conj = conjunction phr v = phrasal verb p h r = phrase pron = pronoun
ad v = adverb n = noun p i = plural prep = preposition v = verb
apartm entOm n /o 'p u :lm o n t/ ------------- do you prefer to stay in a hotel or rent an apartm ent?
art gallery n /'art .gaclnri/ _______________ I enjoy visiting all the art galleries and museums.
carO m n /ku :(r)/ ------------- I go to work by car and it takes about an hour.
colourful ad j /'kA lafl/ _______________ Everyw here is really colourful and interesting.
culture Om n /‘k A ltjD (r)/ ------------- For me, holidays are about culture.
employee Om n / im 'p lo ii:/ _______________ Indian railways have about a million employees.
environm ent Om n / in 'v a ira n m ^ n t/ _______________ cyclo s are a fun w ay to get around and they're good for the
environment.
get Om v /get/ ------------- How often do you get a taxi to go som ew here?
get around p h r v ! g e t a 'ra u n d / ------------- How do you usually get around tow n ?
guide Om n /gaid/ _______________ Som etim es I go on a tour with a guide, because it's a great w ay
to learn about a place.
helmet n / 'h e lm it/ ------------- Your driver has to give you a helmet and you have to w e ar it.
hold Om v /hould/ _______________ You should hold the driver so you don't fall off!
map Om n /maep/ ------------- Do you usually take a map or do you get lost?
railway Om n /'r e ilw e i/ ------------- W hat can you tell me about Indian railways?
rainforest n / 're in fn ris t/ _______________ The ruins are in the middle of a rainforest and they're really
beautiful.
rent Om v /rent/ ------------- I normally rent an apartm ent by the sea.
seat belt n / 's i:l belt/ ------------- You don't have to w ear a seat belt for the w hole journey on a
plane.
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rooftop adj /'rusftnp/ There are wonderful view s of the city from the rooftop
restaurant.
salad Om n /'sselod/ Can I have some salad with that as well, please?
spoon Om /? /spu:n/ Mix the w ater and flour together in a bowl with a spoon.
takeaw ay food n / 'te ik n w e i fu:d/ W hen w e buy takeaw ay food, w e don't really think about w hat
w e 're eating.
unhealthy ad j /An'hclOi/ That's an unhealthy meal.
vegetable Om n /lv c d 3 lobl/ The chicken com es with vegetables or salad.
viev\/Om r? /vju:/ There's a nice view of the castle.
wonderful Om ad j /'w AndDfl/ It has a wonderful menu.
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adj = adjective conj = conjunction phr v = phrasal verb phr = phrase pron = pronoun
adv = adverb n = noun pi = plural prep = preposition v = verb
busy adj /'bizi/ The busiest airport of the three is Beijing, then Dubai and then
Los Angeles.
camp Om n /kiemp/ You are going to walk 10km from the main camp.
coast Om n /konst/ There are some beautiful beaches near the w est coast of
Thailand.
compass n /' kAm pas/ i think a map and compass are the most useful things.
desert Om n / 'd cz o t/ it's a cold desert because it’s so far north and it sometimes
snow s there.
dry Om adj /drai/ it's dry this morning.
equipment Om n /I'k w ip m an t/ The runners have to carry their food and equipment.
first-aid kit n /f3:st 'c id kit/ W h at happens if w e need the first-aid kit?
high Om adj /hai/ Did you have a high score in your last test?
lakeom n /leik/ It's the biggest and deepest lake in the world.
large Om a d j/ ' Iu :d 3 / M ount Kilimanjaro is one of the largest volcanoes in the world.
lighter n / 'la ito (r)/ I think a lighter is more important than a stove,
low Om adj /I do/ w h ich jobs usually have the lowest salaries?
rain Om n /rein/ it's cloudy this morning but dry. so w e don't expect any rain.
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sandy adj /'ssendi/ There are lots of beautiful sandy beaches on the coast.
snow y adj /'sn o oi/ It's cold and snow y here this morning.
south Om n /saoQ/ The best beaches are in the south.
sunny ady /‘sAni/ By the afternoon, it's going to be warm and sunny but not
really hot.
survival n / s a 'v a iv l/ The survival cam p is in the rainforest next to the river.
survive Ow v / so 'va iv/ You need to survive for three days and two nights and find
your w a y back to the main camp.
tem perature Om n /’tc m p r o tJ oCr)/ By the afternoon, it's going to be warm and sunny but not
really hot, with temperatures of around 20 degrees Celsius.
tentO m n /tent/ You can take a tent and a sleeping bag.
thunder r? /’0Ancte(r)/ There w as a big storm last night with very loud thunder.
waterfall n /'w D :tafD il/ It's a very big waterfall on the Zambezi River.
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adj = adjective conj = conjunction phr v = phrasal verb phr = phrase pron = pronoun
adv = adverb n = noun pi = plural prep = preposition v = verb
annually Om adv /'icnjuoli/ It's better to visit your dentist every six months than to go
annually.
award Om v /a'wosd/ The writers believe it is wrong to award the prize to one
person.
awful Om adj /'r>il l/ it's really awful. I failed my driving test.
common Om adj /'kom an/ in the past, it w as common for a really brilliant scientist like
Isaac Newton to work alone.
community Om n /ko'm jum oti/ Now it's your turn in your community.
excellent Om adj /'cksolont/ Yes, she's really excellent! She always wins.
fail Om v /fell/ I failed my driving test!
focus Om v /'fookds/ Perhaps it's time to stop focusing only on the individual.
help Om v /help/ Help a neighbour with difficult jobs.
look after p h rv /,lok 'u ifto (r)/ Look after a neighbour's pet.
lovely Om adj /'lAvli/ The w eather w as really lovely on our holiday.
massive Om adj /'maesiv/ They live in a massive house with ten bedrooms.
maximum Om r? /'m aiksim am / Only a maximum of three people can win the Nobel Prize at
one time.
member Om n /'niem bo(r)/ W e are looking for new members.
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resident Out n /'re z id sn t/ W hat are the residents like in your neighbourhood?
scared Om adj /skcsd/ M y sister is always really scared when she sees a spider.
soil Om n /sr>il/ You need to plant these flowers in good soil.
tax Om r? /ta;ks/ I think rich people and companies should pay more tax to the
government.
teach Om v / ti:tj/ Teach som eone a language.
worried Om adj /' W A iid / Are you worried about the local area?
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adj = adjective conj = conjunction phr v = phrasal verb p h r = phrase pron = pronoun
ad v = adverb n = noun p i = plural prep = preposition v = verb
action film n /'askjn film / I don't like action films because they're really boring.
animation n /.acnr'm eijn/ Shrek and Finding Nem o are tw o of my favourite animations.
ate (past simple of eat) v / et, eit/ I ate everything that w as on m y plate.
autistic adj /r>:'tistik/ Stephen Wiltshire is autistic and couldn't speak until he w as
five.
band Om n /bsend/ I've alw ays wanted to play in a band.
began (past simple of begin) Om v /bi'gacn/ He began learning the piano tw o years later.
begun (past participle of begin) Om v I think they've already begun.
/bi'gAn /
black and w hite p h r /,bl*ck on 'w a it/ The film The A rtist is black and white.
bought (past simple of buy) Om v /br>:t/ I bought Nicki a present from the n ew shop in town,
broke (past simple of break) Om v /brauk/ it w asn 't me! He broke it.
broken (past participle of break) Om v She has broken her arm.
/'brookon/
circus n /'s3 ik o s/ Have you ever been to a circus?
deafO m adj /dcf7 She is deaf, but this hasn't stopped her dream of dancing.
drama Om n /'dra:m o/ My favourite film is Titanic. It's a drama, but also a love story.
driven (past participle of drive) Om v /'d rivn / W e 've driven over 250 kilometres today.
drove (past simple of drive) Om v /droov/ Paul drove them home after the concert.
drum Om n /drAm/ The teacher asked the class to 'feel' the sound of a drum
through their feet.
drunk (past participle of drink) Om v /drAijk/ They've drunk all the orange juice.
future Om n /'f j u : t j ’3(r)/ It's a science-fiction film and it's set in the future.
gone (past participle of go) Om v /ynn/ She's already gone, I'm afraid.
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grown (past participle of grow) Om v /groon/ The children have grown so much!
hang on phr v /'hceq nn/ Hang on a minute, I'll just get her.
helicopter n /'h clik n p to (r)/ He spent just 20 minutes in a helicopter in the sky above the
city.
horror film n /'boro film / i don't like horror films because they're scary.
illness Om n /'ilnos/ Tai Lihua couldn't hear from the age of tw o after an illness.
independence Om n /.indi'pendons/ W hen India celebrated 50 years of independence, she sang her
own song and three million people watched her live.
instrument Om n /'instrom ont/ I've always wanted to play a musical instrument.
lesson Om n /'lesn/ I had dance lessons at school, but I w asn 't very good.
love story n /'Ia v ,sto:ri/ It's a drama, but also a love story.
met (past participle of m eet) Om v /met/ I've never met a famous person.
music festival n / 'm ju iz ik .fc s tiv l/ I usually go to tw o or three music festivals a year.
musical Om n /'m ju iz ik l/ I've been to see all the big musicals - they're fantastic.
saw (past simple of see) Om v /so:/ I saw him outside the cinem a yesterday afternoon.
scary Ow adj /'skeori/ Som etim es you don't w ant to look because they're scary.
science fiction film n /.sarons 'f ik jn film / A vatar is a science fiction film.
seen (past participle of see) Om v /si:n/ I've already seen that film,
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1 Video Family
Vox pops W atch ihe video. Do sections 1 and 2.
Can you tell me about yourfam ily?
1 H o w m any p e o p le a re th e re in y o u r fa m ily ?
1 (flirclejthe correct option.
W rite ik e n u m b e r next lo e a ch fa m ily
1 M eriam 's sister lives in Am sterdam /Leiden.
m em ber, e.g. if yon h ave tw o sisters, w rite
2 next to sister. T h e n co m p a re w ith y o u r
2 Om ar's sister is 18/20 years old.
p a rtn e r. A re y o u r fa m ilie s s im ila r or 3 Libby's brother is 52/ 53 years old.
d iffe re n t? 4 Izzy ha s four sisters / brothers.
5 Richard's nephew is called Graham / G riffin.
aunt brother cousin daughter 2 Decide if the sentences are true (T ) or false (F).
nephew niece sister son uncle 1 M eriam 's sister is 20 years old. T F
2 Om ar's sister lives in North London. T F
3 Libby's daughter is called Stella. T F
4 Izzy's brothers are all in their inid-40s. T F
5 Richard's younger brother is called Graham . T F
2 Video My day
Vox pops
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Ciorstaidh
W o rk w ith a p a rtn e r. D iscu ss the job s in th e box. W h a t D o you like your jo b ? W hat jo b w ould you like to have?
do yo u th in k th e p eo p le w h o do th ese job s en jo y about 2 M a tc h sp eakers 1-4 to th e ir an sw ers a-d.
th em ? 1 V ic k y a I e n jo y w o rk in g w ith th e c h ild re n .
2 E la in e b ... I w a n t to be a la w y e r ...
businessman/woman lawyer 3 C io rs ta id h c I'd lik e to be a p ro fessio n al
musician nurse photographer
m u sicia n .
4 R osie d I lo ve m y job.
W a tc h th e vid e o . D o sectio n s 1 an d 2.
Where do you work o r study? M in i class su rve y. F in d out h o w m a n y p eo p le in yo u r
class/group:
1 Complete the sentences w ith the words in the box.
• lik e th e ir job/studies. W h y / W h y n o t?
charity hospital music teacher university • w o u ld lik e to do th e ir jo b for th e rest o f th e ir life.
W h y / W h y n o t?
1 V ic k y 1 w o rk in a _ . as a research er.
• w o u ld lik e to do a d iffe re n t job in th e fu tu re . W h a t
2 K en 1w'ork for a . T in not jo b ? W h y ?
studying at the moment.
3 C io rs ta id h I stu d y in M an ch este r. W h o gave th e m ost in te re s tin g a n s w e r? W h y / W h y n o t?
4 R o sie I stu d y at th e ___________ o f
N o ttin g h a m an d I stu d y m u sic.
5 E la in e 1 w o rk as a in Le ice ste r.
a M e ria m 1 b u ys clo th es
1 T ook at th e item s below . W h ic h do yo u b u y o n lin e ? W h ic h do
o n lin e b ecau se o f
yo u buy in a sh o p ? C o m p a re yo u r a n sw e rs w ith yo u r p a rtn e r.
co n v e n ie n ce .
b Jack 2 b u ys tra in e rs o n lin e
books clothes films flowers groceries holidays
jewellery lunch music shoes/trainers b ecau se o f ex clu sive
styles.
c L ib b y 3 b u ys books o n lin e
2 W a tch th e vid e o . D o se ctio n s 1, 2 an d 3.
b ecau se th e y 're e a sie r
D o you shop online?
to fin d .
1 W ho doesn't shop online very often?
d P e te r 4 b u ys je w e lle ry in
What clo you like to buy online?
shops b ecau se you
What do you like to buy in shops? ca n see h o w it looks.
2 W h e re do th e sp eakers b u y th e item s b e lo w ? D o th e y b u y
e O m ar 5 buys shoes in shops
th e item s o n lin e (O ) or in shops (S )? O n e sp eaker buys
b ecau se yo u c a n try
clo th es b o th o n lin e an d in shops. W h o is it?
th em on for fit.
8 Video I w e n t t o ...
Vox pops
Rosie
1 Look at the activities in section 2 in exercise 2. Do you W hat did you do?
like doing these things on holiday? W h y/W h y not? 2 W rite the name of the correct speaker next to each of
W hat other things do you like doing? Com pare your the activities: Tony (T), Charlotte (Ch), A iastair (Ar),
ideas w ith a partner. Rosie (II) and Alan (An).
1 go out w ith friends
2 W atch the video. Do sections 1 and 2.
2 go sw im m ing in the sea
When did you last have a holiday? 3 go to restaurants
Where did you go?
4 go to the beach
1 (C irc ljlthe correct answers.
5 relax by the pool
1 Charlotte went on holiday three months ago /
6 stay w ith/visit friends
three weeks ago i two weeks ago.
7 visit monuments
2 Rosie w eni on holiday last summer / two months
8 walk around a town
ago / last month.
3 Tuny went to Spain f Greece / Egypt. W ork w ith a partner. Look at the places in section 1
4 Charlotte visited P a ris f D ubai / Geneva. in exercise 2. W h ich places would you like to visit?
5 A iastair went to Germ any / Portugal / Mexico. W hy/W hy not? Did you go to any of these places on
G A lan went to the USA J Thailand / Sw itzerland. your last holiday? Did you like it? W hy/W hy not?
9 video In th e k it c h e n
Vox pops 2 W atch the video again. Com pare your answers in
exercise 1w ith the speakers'. W ho are you most
1 Im agine you are at home standing in front of your open sim ilar to? W h y?
fridge. Now w rite a list of everything that is in your
fridge. Com pare w ith a partner. 3 Work w ith a partner or in sm all groups. Discuss the
questions.
2 W atch the video. Do sections I and 2. W hen did you last cook a m eal? W ho for? W hat's
H ow m uch lim e do you spend in your kitchen? your favourite meal to cook? W hy/W hy not? W hat
What's usually in your fridge? ingredients does it need? I low do you make it?
1 Complete the sentences. Use the words in each gap.
1 M artin spends about a day in the
kitchen.
2 Richard spends itime in his
kitchen.
3 Evelyn has dairy, and
in her fridge.
4 M artin has chicken, fish, a lot of »
m ilk and
5 Izzv says there's in her fridge.
6 Richard just has prawns in his
refrigerator.
7 Paul says there is , orange juice
and in his fridge.
10 Video N a tu ra l w o n d e rs
Vox pops 3 Work in sm all groups. Some English-
speaking friends of yrours would like to visit
1 A n s w e r th ese q u estio n s. T a lk to yo u r p artn e r/g ro u p an d sh are the place you talked about in exercise 1.
y o u r ideas. M ake some notes about the best tim e to
• W h a t is th e m ost b e a u tifu l p arr of y o u r c o u n try ? visit, how to get there, where to stay, what
• W h e n is th e best tim e to v is it? to do, local food, etc. Share them w ith your
group.
2 W a tc h th e vid e o . D o se ctio n s 1 a n d 2.
W hat's the most beautiful p an o f your country?
1 M a tc h sp eakers 1-5 to p laces a-e.
1 E v e ly n a T h e L a k e D is tric t, UI<
2 M a rtin b Y o rk sh ire, E n g la n d
3 Iz z y c N o rth D e vo n , U K
4 R ic h a rd d F lo rid a , U S A
5 Pa u l e C osta B ra v a , S p a in
When's the best tim e to visit?
2 C o m p lete th e sen ten ces.
T h e best tim e to v is it ...
1 Florida is in the because it’s less humid
and less
2 N orth Devon is in the so you can surf.
3 Yorkshire is in the when the w eather is
4 the Costa Brava is in the because
the sun is always . But the w inter is also
and peaceful.
5 the Lake D istrict is the for the
11.1 Video C o m m u n i t y s p ir it
Vox pops W o rk w ith a p a rtn e r o r in sm a ll groups.
D iscu ss th e qu estio n s.
1 W o rk in p airs/sm all g ro u p s an d d iscu ss th e in te rv ie w q u estio n s in • W h a t a re th e co m m o n w a y s o f h elp in g
ex ercise 2. L o o k at the a c tiv itie s in the lis t. H a v e yo u e ve r do n e an y of the co m m u n ity in y o u r lo c a l area/
th em ? W h e n ? W h o for? c o u n try ?
• D o you k n o w an yo n e w h o w orks/
2 W a tc h th e vid e o . D o th e se ctio n s 1 and 2.
vo lu n te e rs fo r a c h a rity ? W h a t do th ey
Have you ever done something to help your com m u n ity? do?
What did you do? • A re th e re a n y p ro b lem s in y o u r
1 T ic k («/) the sen ten ces yo u h ear. T h e re are fo u r extra sen ten ces. co m m u n ity th at you th in k a c h a rity
1 I ran a m a ra th o n to ra ise m o n ey for c h a rity . co u ld h elp solve? W h a t? H o w ?
2 f h ave g ive n m o ney to ch a rity .
3 I d id a fu n ru n w ith m y fa m ily.
4 1a Iw ays g ive m y old clo th es and shoes to c h a rity shops. Jtlf A
5 I h elp e d m an a g e m o n ey fo r a ch a rity . «‘
6 I h e lp e d h o m eless p e o p le fin d so m ew h ere to sleep.
7 I se rve d soup and p u d d in g to h elp raise m oney.
8 1played in a c h a rity tab le te n n is m atch.
9 I vo lu n te e re d fo r a ch u rch .
10 I h elp ed p re p a re food for p o o r people.
2 W rite each sp eak er's n am e next to th e a c tiv itie s in ex ercise 1:
V ic k y (V ), C h a rlo tte (C h ), K en (K ), C io rs ta id h (C ) an d A la s ta ir (A ).