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Language Learning Workbook Overview

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  • Starter Unit
  • Unit 1: My ID
  • Unit 2: School Days
  • Unit 3: 24/7
  • Unit 4: Home Time
  • Unit 5: Connected
  • Unit 6: Good Buys
  • Unit 7: Teamwork
  • Unit 8: Great Job
  • Unit 9: Mother Nature
  • Unit 10: Holiday Planner
  • Study Skills

macmillan
education
2 nd Edition

. Gill Holley

macmillan
education
Al+
Contents A1 +
Starter unit p4 Vocabulary and speaking revision
------------��-��------1111.c.----1
Vocabulary � Reading• Grammar
@
...- Countries, Nationalities p8 Friends from to be - affirmative and negative, questions and short

·c
:::)
The family p11
around the
world p9
answers p10
have got, Possessive adjectives p12

-
N
'i:
School subjects, Everyday
objects p16
One student,
one tablet!
p17
Possessive '.s, Possessive pronouns, Regular and
irregular plural nouns p18
:::)
Describing faces p19 Question words, this, that, these, those, Articles p20
LJ
J Gateway to exams: Units 1-2 p24

I
Everyday activities, The perfect Present simple - affirmative and negative p28
p26 Free-time activities p26 hobby p27
Present simple - yes/no questions and short
Places in a town p29 answers, wh- questions, Adverbs of frequency p30
124/7
Home time Rooms, Furniture p34 Life and style There is/There are, Prepositions of place p36

I
p34 p35
Food and drink p37 Countable and uncountable nouns, some, any, a/an
p38

Gateway to exams: Units 3-4 p42

connected Computers, Young can/can't, Adverbs of manner p46


p44 Using computers p44 inventors p45

I
The imperative, like, love, hate + gerund p48
The Internet p47

Good buys Shops, Shopping p52 Online chat Present continuous - affirmative and negative p54
p52 p53
Clothes pSS Present continuous - questions and short answers,
Present simple and present continuous p56

J Gateway to exams: Units 5-6 p60

-....
'i:
Teamwork
p62
Sports, Sports competitions
p62
The history of
sports p63
Past simple of to be, There was/There were p64
Past simple affirmative - regular verbs and irregular
:::)
Sports people p65 verbs p66

co Great job! Jobs, Personal qualities p70 Finding the Past simple - negative p72
·c
:::)
p70
Adjectives to describe jobs
right job p71
Past simple - questions and short answers p74
p73

J Gateway to exams: Units 7-8 p78

I
Animals and insects, Parts of The same but Comparative adjectives p82
the body p80 different p81
Superlative adjectives, Present perfect with ever
o8Cl Geographical features p83 and never p84

...-
0 Holiday
planner
The weather, Things to take
on holiday p88
Summer camps
p89
be going to, Prepositions of time p90

·c
:::)
p88
Types of transport p91
must, have to, should/shouldn't p92

J Gateway to exams: Units 9-10 p96

Study skills p98 Vocabulary record p100


Listening / .n. Writing ;' .�- Study skills

rt The family p11 Personal questions - 1 A personal profile p14 Vocabulary: Recording new words p8
p13
Practising speaking p13

A special school p19 Describing people p21 An informal email p22 Reading different types of text p17

Writing: Knowing who the reader is p22

Josh and Zac Tiessen Giving directions p31 A short note - 1 p32 Vocabulary: Learning phrases p26
p29
Listening again p29

A recipe p37 Making and replying to A description of a place Vocabulary: Remembering new
offers p39 p40 vocabulary p34

Reading instructions before you listen p37

Writing a blog p47 Asking for and giving A questionnaire pSO Reading a text with new words p45
information p49
Speaking: Using intonation p49

Clothes p55 Describing pictures p57 A short note - 2 p58 Repeating speaking activities p57

Checking writing p58

Triathlon training p65 Asking for and giving A story p68 Using the title and pictures to help you
opinions p67 read p63

Speaking: Learning complete phrases p67

Matt Groening p73 Personal questions - 2 An informal email: Vocabulary: Learning related words p70
p75 giving news p76
T hinking before you listen p73

Sarah Marquis p83 Agreeing and A blog post p86 Reading: Using what you know p81
disagreeing p85
Speaking: Practising questions p85

Types of transport in Invitations p93 An article p94 Reading outside class p89
Amsterdam p91
Making writing interesti � P?4

The classroom

-�:;-.:
Put the letters in otder to make classroom objects.

,cxlais voeabu\af°'j D

1 ardbohitew 5 owwind A N t D E F B u 0 M X T I 0
.. [Link] .. B p G s p T R F R X E G p L
2 skde 6 erstpo
u 0 V w E N L s u D J F N\ E
-J F 0 z N H C I L T C 0 ZI H
3 achir 7 ermpcout
p E Q K C K y 'B E I s M W, N

4 ordo
I
8 dboar bbruer D I C T I 0 N A R y G H L·1 p
R M V V L R A B p s D T G F
D u N y E A I T s C X B Q N
2 Find seven classroom objects in the wordsearch
and write the words. T E X R u B B E R N J M M z
p F B N V K C E 0 A H C 0 s
1 [Link] 5
N y E w z s R T M R A G H A
2 6
s M F s X C w N A w F I E E
3 7
p Q I y R u F D y M w N I R
4

Speaking O O
The alphabet
1 Circle the letter with a different sound.
1 A J K @ H 5 Q u w H
2 B C I D E 6 L N 0 s
3 F X L p 7 p T V L
lassroom expressions
Complete the sentences with these words.

How • mean • repeat • this • understand

1 What does 'rubber' . . ...... .. .... ?

2 What's .. ....... . .. . in English?

3 Can you that?

4 .. . .. do you spell that?

5 I' m sorry, I don't

2 Write questions for the underlined parts of the answers.

2 ..... ....?
R-U-B-B-E-R.

3 -- ----- ---- -- ---- -�


Yes, it's R-U-B-B-E-R.

Colours
1 Complete the crossword with words for colours.


lb
2
w


3 The sea is.....
k
r

4 An ele phant is ..

5 A tree is
9b
and

6 A penguin is ..
and..

i
2 Write the colours.

1 The sun is .. .. ydlPW 7 A flamingo is

2
11 An a pple is.
or.
8

Grapes are....
or...
Numbers - cardinal and ordinal 4 Put the letters in order to make months. Then
write them in order.
1 Look at the numbers. Write C (cardinal) or
0 (ordinal).


iprAI • suAgut • emecbDre • auFbryer • [Link]
a d twenty D yJlu • eJnu • craMh • yMa • vbemNroe


ten
rcObtoe • mebpeteSr
D

b first e eleventh
c eight f nine D 1 .Jv1f'Ll.{v1ry 7

2 8
2 Write the ordinal numbers.
3 9
a 4th .. fo""'r:th d 16th
4 10 ...
b 8th e 21st
5 11
C 33,d f 42 nd .
6 12 ...
Days and months
5 Write the dates in full.
3 Complete the days of the week. a 3rd Jul th? thfni of]l/4ly
nd
1 M ... nd .. 5 F r ....d b 22 Aug
c 18 th Jan
2 T ..... sd .. 6 S [Link]
d 31st Dec
3 W. dn .
. .. sd.. 7 S ...nd
e 12 th Oct
4 Th .. r sd.. f 19th Feb

Speaking O 0
Telling the time
1 Draw the times. 2 Write the times in words.

'-·-,,-.=·· ,•=­·
ql{0rt�r:.. p0J.t,rtx: ..

1 seven o'clock 4 twenty-five past one


os:oo

0,=.': =.:O
4
I
I 1.1_11-1

I
I· I_
2 quarter to four 5 quarter past eleven

- u-u,=
l-1 I· 1-'

6
OB:OS
3 half past nine 6 ten to three
1 Write the classroom objects. 4 Look and write the days.
1 5

.✓ * 1111

� M T w T F s s

'
2 3 4 5
2 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

z 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
'
20 21 22 23 24 25 26

-
27 28 29 30 31
3 7
a 13th ... M9n40y e 22nd

b 18th f 12th

C 7th g
9th

d 31•t
4 8
5 Write the dates for the birthdays.

1 Rihanna 20/2 th?tw.i::[Link]:ct.k offobrl{gry


2 Louis Tomlinson 24/12

3 Josh Hutcherson 12/10

4 Jennifer Lawrence 15/8


2 Put the words in order.
5 Justin Timberlake 31/1
1 repeat you that Can
6 Selena Gomez 22/7
.. ..................... ?
2 sorry, understand I'm don't I 6 Write the times in words.

3 What mean 'rubber' does

?
2
4 this in What's English

5 spell How you that do


3
....... .. .... ... ............. ..... .. ?

6
3 Complete the colours.

1 b r .. W .. 5 b I .. k 4

2 w .. L 6 p . ..... k

3 y I w 7 gr n

([ID
5
4 p 8 g ....... y

m
rp

Revision 7
1 Complete the country names.

1 the /A.K 6 the

2 R .. s s.. 7

3 Ch.... n.. 8 T .... rk...

I 4 Eg .. ... t 9 A.... str .... I


5 Sp.. n 10 Br .... z.... I

2 Put the letters in order to make nationalities.


STUDY SKILLS
Write them in the correct column.
Why is it important to record new words?
iAcemran • autiAsrlan • raBiazlin • �
► STUDY SKILLS page 98
nheiCse • apigytEn • aeMxnic • iRsusan

-- ....
spnSaih • uTirksh

-Wt -Ian � VOCABULARY EXTENSION .:,�-


8ritish 3 Match the countries with the nationalities.
1 Italy a Canadian
2 Poland b Irish
3 Japan C French
4 Canada d Japanese

B
5 France e German
6 Portugal f Italian
7 Ireland g Polish
8 Germany h Portuguese

8 I can talk about countries and nationalities


1 Write the names of the objects. books • dog • football

II

2 Read the website. Match the photos (a-c) in 1 to the people.


1 Amy D 2 Zhang D 3 Isabel and Clara D

FRIENDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD �


Home Search Browse Countries Register
Hello 1 I'm Amy and I'm 12. I Hi! My name is Zhang. Hi, our names are Isabel and
live in Ohio in the US. I'm I'm from Melbourne in , Clara. We're two friends and we
!ll!� music, especially pop Australia. My parents live in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
music. My favourite singer aren't from Australia. We're 13 years old. We go to an
is Taylor Swift. I like acting They're Chinese. I'm into ' . American school. That's why we
and I go to a �_rp_JA� club every Friday football. Football in Australia isn't speak English as well as Portuguese. We're
after school. My best friend is Marley, British or American football. It's a interested in books and music. Our favourite
my dog. Marley is the name of the dog different g_a_JA�- I'm a big fan of the type of music is American music. We're fans
in my favourite film Marley & Me. I also Crows. They aren't from Melbourne. of the band Maroon 5 and our favourite
have two cats - Billy and Toby. What They're from Adelaide. They're singer is Adam Levine. Our favourite books
about you? Are you interested in music number one in the !�?&].!.� now. Are are the Tulilight books. What about you?
and films? you interested in the same things? What are your hobbies?

£ Amy, 12 0
• Hibi+i £ Zhong, 14 ■
0
•H\+4 £ Claro and Isobel, 13 0
• Hiiii+i
3 Read the website again and choose the best 4 °
0 CRITICAL THINKING
answers.
Which of these statements are good (G) or
1 Marley is the name of ...
bad (B) things about having friends in other
a Amy's favourite film. countries?
b Amy's favourite actor. 1 You learn about different cultures. G/B
c a dog in a film. 2 You speak different languages. G/8
2 Zhang is interested in ... 3 Your friends aren't in your city. G/8
a British and American football. 4 You practise English with them. G/8
b a type of football in Australia.
c a Melbourne football club.
3 Isabel and Clara ...
5 Use a dictionary to find the meaning of the
underlined words in the website. Then use them
a speak two languages. to complete the sentences.
b go to school in England.
1 Football players from other countries play in the
c aren't Brazilian.
English . )�ge,
4 Isabel and Clara like ...
2 Actors go to special.. .. schools.
a Brazilian music.
b an American singer. 3 My favourite.. . ............... is The Arctic Monkeys.
c the Twilight films. 4 My favourite computer. ....... is Minecraft.

5 I.. .......... sports. I love football.

I can read a website about teenagers from around the world 9


,I Grammar in context @
1 Complete the table with these words. 4 Put the words in order to make questions.
1 Spain Are from you
Are • are • are not • am • am not • Is • is • is not
Ar�..y![Link]...5p0£11? ..
Affirmative 2 American Is Ed Sheeran
I (a) ... ... . .... .........Australian.
.?
You are Australian.
He/She/It (b) . .. .. ... ................ .Australian. 3 Are friends we
We are Australian. ?

They (c) . . ...... ................. .....Australian. 4 Europe Is in Turkey


Negative ......?
I (d) .. . ...... ........... .. ..Chinese.
5 British Are your parents
You are not Chinese.
....?
He/She/It (e) .. . ..............Chinese.
We (f) ............ ................Chinese. 5 Match the answers with the questions in 4.
They are not Chinese.
a Yes, we are. We're best friends.
Questions Are you American?
b No, he isn't. He's British.
(g). ....he/she/it American?
c No, they aren't. They're Egyptian.
Are we American?
d Yes, I am. I'm from Madrid.
(h) .. ...... .... .............they American?
e Yes, it is, and it's in Asia.
Short Yes, I am. / No, I'm not.
answers Yes, he/she/it is. / No, he/she/it isn't. 6 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of
Yes, we are. / No, we aren't. tobe.
Yes, they are. / No, they aren't. Sam: Hi. I (a) .Sam. Are you Peter?
Lee: No, my name (b) .... . Lee.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of
to be. Use contractions. Sam: Oh! (c) ... you from Egypt?
Lee: No, I (d) .. ... My parents
1 Orlando Bloom isn't American. He's British.(✓)
(e) ... .. from Egypt, but now we live
2 We aren't from Spain. We .......... ...... .... . .from in London.
Mexico.(✓)
Sam: Are you interested in sports?
3 I'm into music. I . .into sports. ()()
Lee: Yes, I (f) ... ..... .. . . ....... ....... I love football.
4 They're Chelsea fans. They .. Liverpool Sam: My favourite sport (g) .. football.
fans.()() It's basketball.
5 You .. a singer. You aren't an actor.(✓) Lee: My friends and I (h) ... .... .. . .... . .....into
6 Cairo is in Egypt. It . .. .... . . ............in Turkey. ()() basketball. It isn't very popular in my country.

3 Read about a celebrity and circle the correct @ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE


alternative. Then write the name of the celebrity.
. -'�--
7 Find and correct a mistake in each sentence.
1 They isn't football players.

2 They are Russian?

3 We arent into sport.


She lives in New York, but her parents (a) isn't/aren't
American. They (b) is/are from Barbados, and she 4 Are you from Moscow? Yes, I'm.
(c) is/are from Barbados too. She (d) are/is a singer.
Her favourite colours (e) is/are black and green and her
favourite ice cream (f) is/are chocolate ice cream. She 5 They not are music fans.
(g) isn't/aren't into sports, but she likes football. Her
pet (h) is/are a dog called Oliver.
6 He's Egyptian. Is from Cairo.

-(Name: ..
y
10 I can use the verb to be
Vocabulary and listening .n,
1 Complete Katy's family tree with these words. 4 US1ENIN6 0
01 Listen to three dialogues and tick (✓)
the correct picture.
aunt • brother • cousin • father • grandfather
1 Which is a photo of Miguel and his family?
grandmother • mother • sister • uncle

Mike Christine

□ □
2 Which is Jack's classroom?

Daniel Andrea Phil Sarah

Craig Jack Katy Alice


3 Which is Craig's bag?

2 Who says each sentence? Look at 1 and write the


correct name.

1 . ............. .. .. : 'Sarah is my wife.'

2 .......... : 'Mike is my husband.'

3 . . : 'Daniel and Andrea are my parents.'

4 .......... . . .. : 'Katy is my cousin.'

5 . and ... ................. : 'Katy is our niece.'

6 .. .
. and. ... ..
. . . .. : 'Craig is our
nephew.'

3 Complete Craig's description of his family.


� VOCABULARY EXTENSION '..}i;-
5 Read what Christine says and look at the family
I haven't got any brothers or sisters, but my
in 1. Write the names of the people.
(a)..
Af14r� t'IM Ph:U
. ...... ... Katy is a good friend. Katy is 13 years
1 'I've got two children.'
old. Her (b). .. ....... .. Jack is 16 and Alice, her
2 'I've got one daughter.'
(c). ... , is eight. Phil is my (d)..
3 'I've got one son.'
and Sarah is my (e)... .... . . They're good
4 'I've got two
to me because I'm their only (f)... ..................... My granddaughters.'
(g) ····· . ...... , Daniel, is 40 years old and my 5 'I've got two grandsons.'
(h)... ... ......... , Andrea, is 38. My (i)...
is called Mike and his 0) .. ... .. , my

(k) ... is Christine.

I can talk about family members and understand descriptions 11


1 Complete the table with these words. 3 Write questions with have got.
1 you/a brother
Has • has got • hasn't got • Have
have got • haven't got H0ve:: .. yQl{!}.Qf..0... brnt:�r?...
2 your brother/a bike
Affirmative I (a) ... . ........... ... a big family. ?
You have got a big family. 3 your parents/a car
He/She/It (b) .. ...................
. .. a big family.
....?
We have got a big family.
4 you/cousins
They have got a big family.
I haven't got a big family. ?
Neptlve
You haven't got a big family.
4 Answer the questions in 3.
He/She/It (c) ........ ................... a big family.
We haven't got a big family. 1 Yes, I ........... MY�. . . I've got a brother and a sister.
They (d) . ... ............... .. . .. a big family. 2 Yes, he .....
. .... .... ..... .... He's into bikes.
Questions (e) .. ............ . . . .... .. you got a big family? 3 No, they ... ....... . ........... . We live in a city.
(f) .. .. . . .. .......... . ... he/she/it got a big family? 4 No, I . ................ . . .... . My family is very small.
Have we got a big family?
Have they got a big family? 5 Complete the text with the correct form of to be

.......,. Yes, I have. / No, I haven't. and have got.


Short
Yes, he/she/it has. / No, he/she/it hasn't. Liam Hemsworth (a) ..... . ....... ...... . .. a famous actor
Yes, we have. / No, we haven't. from Australia. He (b) ........ .... ... ........ two brothers,
Yes, they have. / No, they haven't. but he (c) .. a sister. His brothers' names
(d) .........
. . ..... ......... Luke and Chris. They (e) .
.
2 Look at the table. Write complete sentences with actors, too. Luke (f) ..... . ... ..... .......... four children and
the correct affirmative or negative form of have Chris (g) ....... .... . ........ . .. three children. Liam and Chris
got. Use contractions. (h) .. .. .. ....... houses in Los Angeles and Australia.

✓ � 6 Complete the text with these possessive adjectives.

Q
Me 1 2
his • its • my • our • their • your

Hi! (a) ..... .. ................. name is Daniela. I'm from


Liz 3 4 Mexico. I've got one brother called Juan. He's married.
(b) .... .. wife is from the US. They've got
two children. (c). . .. names are Olivia and
Sam. We've got two dogs and a cat. This is a photo of
(d)... . cat. (e) .. .. name is Grey.
Emma 15 6.
and What are the names of (f).. pets?
Tom
. W

@ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE
� ,>

-

7 Read the sentences. Write is or has for 's.


1 1 'v� 3qt: 0 c;pmpl{t:�c
1 He� my favourite football player. ....JL ..
2 I..
2 She� got a cousin in the US.
3 Liz ..
3 She� 14 years old.
4 She ...
4 He� got a new mobile phone.
5 Emma and Tom..
5 He� got two dogs.
6 They ...
6 She� my Spanish grandmother.

12 I can use the verb have got and possessive adjectives


• Developing speaking O 0
1 Put the words in order to make questions. 3 Write complete sentences.
1 your What's name 1 first name/Ana
.
. .. ... ... ? [Link],gmi::',rAtt,g,
2 you How do spell that 2 surname/Ferreira

?
3 are you Where from 3 I/Brasilia/Brazil
....?
.
4 you are old How 4 I/13,/and birthday/January
.... ?
5 are What your hobbies 5 I/interested/music and sport
.?
6 you Have an got email address 6 email address/[Link]@[Link]

...... . . .?

2 LISTENING O
02 Listen to a conversation between a 0 PRONUNCIATION
teacher and a new student in class. In what order
do you hear the information (a-e)?
4 0 03 Listen to these sentences and underline
the stressed words.
1 What's your name?
2 My name's Ana.
3 I'm from Brazil.
4 I'm 13.
5 Are you interested in sport?
6 Yes, I am.
7 Have you got an email address?
8 Yes, I have.

STUDY SKILLS
How can you practise speaking?
► STUDY SKILLS page 98

5 Read the questions. Write your answers in your


notebook.
1 What are your hobbies?
2 Are you interested in sport?
3 Who is your favourite singer?
Hobbies □ 4 Have you got a big family?
5 Have you got a pet?
C Age
0

LISTENIN6 04 Listen to a student answering the
questions in 5. What are his answers to the
questions?

7 SPEAKING Now answer the questions in 5.

I can answer personal questions about myself 13


1 Circle the correct alternative. 4 Write the sentences with capital letters.
1 I'm from russia/Russia. 1 we live in new york in the us.
2 My birthday is in December/december.
3 I'm really interested in sports/Sports. 2 my favourite actor is british.
4 My favourite player isn't American/american.
5 I play basketball every Saturday/saturday.
3 i go to the cinema every sunday.
6 My favourite films are Action/action films.

2 Read the personal profile. Find and correct six 4 my birthday is in march.
mistakes with capital letters.

e® @ •
@-
@
@ 5 my best friend is called mare.

@
6 i am a fan of spanish pop music.

5 Read the Fact File. Write Jordan's message for


the website.
Hi 1 My name's Roman.
I'm from moscow, in
Russia. At the moment,
I'm 14 years old, and my
birthday is in december. NAME: Jordan
I haven't got a big family. SURNAME: Clark
I live with my father, my
FROM: Manchester, the UK
mother and my sister. My
father's name is Sergei AGE: 14
and my mother's name is FAMILY: parents: Andrew and Helen
Diana. My sister is 15 and brothers and sisters: one brother -
her name is nika. We've Jake (16), one sister - Becca (8)
got a dog. he's two years
PETS: a cat- Tucker
old and he's great 1
HOBBIES: music and films
I'm really interested in spofts. I play basketball
every saturday. I'm a big fan of basketball.
My favourite player is Alexey Shved. He isn't
American. He's russian. My favourite types of
films are action or science fiction films.
Hi/.My..110.m�',r ,,, . .

1 4

2 5

3 6

3 Read the message again and complete the


sentences.

1 .... Hi,r . .. . name is Roman.


2 He .. Russian.
3 He is Moscow, in Russia.
4 He.. . 14 years old.
5 He ........ .......got one sister.
6 He is interested ...sports.
7 He is a big .. ...... ...... of American basketball.
8 His favourite . . of films are action or
science-fiction films.

14 I can write a personal profile


Revision: Unit 1
Grammar 5 Circle the correct alternative.
1 I've got two brothers. His/Their names are Evan
1 Complete the text with the correct form of to be.
Use contractions. and Paul.
2 //Mv like music. What about you?
Hi, my name (a) .. ................................. Brad. I (b).
3 Have you got a dog? What's it/its name?
from New York. New York (c) . . . ..... . . .............. a famous
4 Carla has got a mobile, and their/her mobile is
city, but it (d) .. .. .. ......... . the capital of the US. We
yellow.
live in New York now, but my parents (e)
5 We love The Arctic Monkeys. They are your/our
from New York. They (f) .... ..... .. .. . .... from a small
favourite group.
town called Easton. I like music, but I (g).
6 This isn't Dan's bag. He/His bag is blue.
into pop music. I like rap music. My favourite singer
(h) . Jay Z.
Vocabulary
2 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of 1 Complete the table with countries and
to be. nationalities.
,,
Tom: (a) . . . . .... ................ you from New York, Brad?
c____._,., I Nationality
Brad: Yes, I (b)..
Australian
Tom: (c). .............. it the capital of the US? Brazil
Brad: No, it (d) ........ ..... .......... . Washington DC is the Chinese
capital.
Egyptian
Tom: (e) . .... .. your parents from New York?
Mexico
Brad: No, they (f).. . .......................... . . They're from Russian
Easton.
Spanish
Tom: (g)................................. .... you a fan of pop music?
the UK
Brad: No, I (h)..... ................. . .. . . .. . I'm into rap music.
the United States
Tom: (i).................................... 50 Cent your favourite singer? Turkey
Brad: No, he G) .. ........ ... ..
...... . I like Jay Z.
2 Complete the sentences with a country or
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of nationality.
have got.
1 Cairo is in Africa. It's the capital city of ..
1 My school.. .. . . . . . .. . ... 25 classrooms. (✓)
2 We.. . . ....... four computers. (✓) 2 Luis is from Mexico City. He's.

3 My sister ............ ..................... .. computers at her school. (X) 3 Mei is. ..... . She's from Beijing.
4 ...................................... a computer at home. (X) 4 London is in .
5 My classroom ........ .... .. ...... . .. . .
. a blackboard. (X)
5 Ankara is the capital city of
6 The classrooms at my school.
whiteboards. (✓) 6 Anton is from Moscow. He speaks..

7 New York isn' t in Europe. It's in


4 Find and correct a mistake in each sentence.
8 Alice is from Canberra. She's.
1 Your classroom has got a window?
3 Complete the family words.
2 Yes, it have.
Male Female
1 brother
3 Have you a desk?
2 . . . ... ... . . . . . . . . . . .. mother

4 Yes, I has got a big desk. 3 uncle

4 wife
5 Have got your friends mobiles?
5 grandfather . . .. . .

6 niece
6 No, they hasn't.
7 cousin · • ··

Grammar and vocabulary revision 15


1 Put the letters in order to make school subjects. 3 Look at the everyday objects and complete the
crossword.
1 rta grt

2 ishEngl
3 enFrch
4 phgraygeo
5 tohisry
II


6 TCI 3
7 simuc
8 EP
9 iescnce
10 smath

2 Complete the sentences about David's school

•1•1e1•
timetable.

Monday I Tuesday !Wednesday! Thursday I Friday

9.15

""
1
7

[Link]
9

110

1.45

Ill.I�
3.00

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' VOCABULARY EXTENSION
1 At quarter past nine on Monday, he's got.. . J111:0th,L 4 Write these words in the correct category. Use
2 At half past 11 on Tuesday, he's got ... a dictionary if necessary.

3 At three o'clock on Wednesday, he's got biology • chemistry • glue • literature • paper
pencil sharpener • physics • scissors
4 At quarter to two on T hursday, he's got. social sciences • stapler
5 At quarter past nine on Wednesday, he's got
School subjects Everyday objects

6 At three o' clock on Tuesday, he's got ..


7 At quarter to two on Monday, he's got ...
8 At half past 11 on Wednesday, he's got

9 At quarter past nine on Friday, he's got ..


10 At three o' clock on Thursday, he's got..

16 I can talk about school subjects and everyday objects


1 Match the halves to make sentences. 3 Read the article again. Are these
sentences True (T) or False {F)?
1 Students use tablets in a to the students' tablets.
class and b they take them home. 1 The school has got tablets
2 Teachers send information for students. T/F
c and the teachers answer
3 Students ask questions on them. 2 Students take the tablets home. T/F
the tablets 3 Students play games and send texts
in lessons. T/F
STUDY SKILLS 4 The exam results in the school
Why is it good to think about the type of reading text?
aren' t good. T/F
5 In Karen's opinion, the students at her
► STUDY SKILLS page 98
school are unequal. T/F
6 In Andy's opinion, it's useful to ask

2 Read the article and circle the correct alternative.


questions on the tablet. T/F
1 Students at Ashton High School have/haven't got tablets. 4
0-t)CRITICAL THINKING
2 The students are/aren't happy with the system at their school.
Which of these statements are good {G)
or bad {B) opinions about tablets?
TECH NE'vVS ,.. • COMING SOON
1 Students are interested in
the lessons. G/B
ONE STUDENT,
2 Some students aren' t into
ONE TABLET! technology. G/B
3 It isn' t necessary to take books
to school. G/B
4 Students have information
about the lesson on their tablets. G/B
5 Tablets are expensive for schools. G/B

5 Match the underlined words in the article


with these definitions.

1 things that students do at school

2 connected to the Internet.

At Ashton High School in the UK, students study the 3 different, in a good way ..
usual subjects. They study English, geography, history,
4 a student in your class.
maths and science. But Ashton High School is �.P�����­
The students have all got a tablet. 5 when you want information, you do this
Some students take their tablets to class. Other students use the school's
tablets. Students use the tablets in class and they take them home.
6 Complete the sentences with words
The lessons at the school are all 9_n_lLn_�. Teachers send information to the
from 5.
students' tablets and students ask questions on theirs. The students use
their tablets to !QQ� !9� information on the Internet, to create videos and to 1 Jesse is my ............ ............ ............ and she's a
take photos o f their Y'{C?r�- good friend.
For the school's head teacher, technology is important. The tablets are
2 I play games . ..... .. ...... at home but not
popular and the students are interested in the lessons. And the exam
results at the school are good. at school.

Karen Ellis is a student at Ashton High and she says: 'My cousins go to 3 I .. information on the Internet
a different school. We've got tablets at our school, but they haven't got for my homework.
tablets at theirs. Some students at their school take their smartphones
4 My school is .. ....... .. . ..... . ... . . . It's different from
or tablets to use in class. But some students haven' t go t a smartphone
or tablet. There's a difference between students at their school, but there other schools.
isn't a difference at mine.' 5 I've got my .. from school in
Andy Blackwell is Karen's classmate. 'We use the tablets in many different my bag.
ways. We ask the teacher questions on our tablets and he answers our·
questions on his. We've got the information on our tablets to use at home.
It's brilliant!' he says.

I can understand a text about using tablets at school 17


,I Grammar in context @}
1 Match the sentences (a-c) with the rules (1-3). 5 Complete the sentences with a possessive
pronoun.
a The students' exam results are good.
1 This is my brother's phone. I know it's h:i,L
b In Karen and Andy's opinion, tablets are a good idea.
2 They aren' t our books... .. .. are at home.
c For the school's head teacher, technology is important.
1 After singular names or nouns, we add '.s.
3 This isn' t my pencil case. .... . ...... . is yellow.
2 After plural nouns ending in s, we just add an 4 Maria's got an MP3 [Link] MP3 player is ..
apostrophe ('). 5 They aren't your marker pens.. ............... . . are in your bag.
3 After more than one name, the '.s goes after the 6 It isn't my parents' car..................... is black.
second name.
6 Complete the table with singular and plural nouns.
2 Circle the correct alternative.
Singular Plural
1 Karen'.s/Karens' tablet is new. boy -
2 Her cousin's/cousins' names are Will and Nick.
friends
3 Wi/1'.s and Nick'.s/Wi/1 and Nick'.s school is OK.
men
4 Her teachers/teachers' name is Adam. woman
5 Her books are at her parent'.s/parents' house.
child
6 Other school's/schools' systems are different.
people

3 Match the people to the objects. Write sentences families


with the possessive 's. country

7 Describe the pictures.

1 .... [Link]:£l£e,,r.... 2

3
1 7h.?.y'r� [Link]',rtrn£l:'l?.r.,r,
@ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE
2
8 Choose the correct option, A, B or C.
3
1 My friend Tom has got a sister........... name is Alice.
4
A Hers B His C Her
5
2 Tom's sister is 15 and . ......... is 16.
6 Al B my C mine
3 Alice has got a dog ......... name is Spot.
4 Match the subject pronoun with the possessive
pronoun. A It B Its C It's
1 I a his 4 . . sisters are best friends.
2 you b theirs A Our B Ours C We
3 his C mine 5 .......... are interested in music.
4 her d yours A Their B They C Theirs
5 our e hers 6 Is ......... family similar or different?
6 their f ours A you B your C yours
� Vocabulary and listening tnt
1 Find six parts of the head in the wordsnake and 5 0 05 Listen again and choose the correct answers.
write them below.
1 At Chiara's school ...
a students are in a classroom with the teacher.
b there isn't a teacher.
c students see the teacher online.
2 The students at the school ...
Dag. a live in different cities in the UK.
b are in different countries.
c are from Spain, Egypt and Turkey.
1 4
ms. 3 For Chiara, the school day is ...
2 5
� from nine o' clock to half past four.
3 6 b from nine o' clock to four o' clock.
c from ten o' clock to half past four.
2 Circle the word in each line which cannot describe
4 The students at the school study ...
the body part.
a in Chinese.
1 eyes blue brown @ grey
b only maths, history and science.
2 hair short long straight tall
c the usual subjects and other subjects.
3 hair curly small dark fair
5 Chiara's favourite subjects are ...
4 nose long straight big curly
a ICT and geography.
5 eyes big green small long
b PE and geography.
3 Look at the photos and complete the description. c history and geography.
6 The age of studer,ts at Chiara's school is between ...
a 7and13.
b 7and18.
c 13 and18.

� VOCABULARY EXTENSION . �-
6 Match the sentences (1-3) to the photos (A-C).
1 My dad hasn' t got hair. He's bald. He's
got a beard.
2 My uncle's hair isn't straight and it isn' t curly.
It's wavy. He's got glasses.
3 My cousin's hair is very short and he's got
a moustache.

These are photos of me and my friends. This is my friend


Lucy. She isn' t s . , but she isn't very tall. She's got
I ......... f .. hair and big b. . ey es. This is Josh.
He's t and he's got sh c .. br.
hair. This is me, Chiara. I've got s.. . .......... d
hair and my eyes are g ..

4 Lm1N6 0
05 Listen to a conversation between
Chiara and Ed. Tick (✓) the correct answer, a, b or c.


Chiara's school is ...


a a Studio School.


b a normal secondary school.
c an online school.

I can describe faces and understand a conversation about someone's school 19


1 Complete the questions with these question words. 5 Look at the picture. Complete the sentences with
this, that, these, those and is or are.
Ho w many • H ow old • What • Where • Who
1 ThY1< 0.r:1::-: my marke r pe ns .

1 .. do yo u s tudy? 2 .. my pe ncil case .


I study at ho me .
3 .. my folder.
2 ... . .. . .. ..... ... .. .. . st udent s has yo ur schoo l go t?
4 o ur co mpute rs.
It 's got 420 students.
5 .. my bag.
3 s ubj e cts are typical at yo ur s choo l?
6 .... my trainer s.
The us ual s ubj e cts , but also o ther s ubj e cts.

4 . is yo ur geo graphy te ache r?


Hi s name is Mr Bevan.

5 .... ..... ....... .. . ... are the st udent s at yo ur scho ol?


The y're bet ween 7 and 18.

2 Circle the correct alternative.


1 Why/How are yo u at an online s choo l?
Because my family moves around to diffe rent cities .
2 Where/Which is yo ur favourite s ubj e ct, ICT o r mat hs ?
I prefer maths .
3 When/What have yo u go t geo graphy?
On Wednes day and on Friday. 6 Circle the correct alternative.
4 How/Which do yo u s tudy? 1 We 've got a/an te ache r. We see a/the te ache r on line .
We st udy o nline. 2 The/0 online s cho ols aren't common.
5 How much/How many homework do yo u ge t? 3 It's a/an int eres ting way to st udy.
It de pe nds, but us ually about an ho ur. 4 The/0 class roo ms are online class roo ms .

3 Complete the dialogue with question words. 7 Complete the sentences with a, an, the or 0.
Tom: (a) . ....... ....... . ... . . .. are yo u, Chiar a?
1 I've got... . o ld smartphone.
Chiara: I'm 13.
2 smartpho nes are useful in class .
Tom: (b) .. . are yo u from?
3 I've got .... . phone with a came ra. I use..
Chiara: I'm from Brighton, in England.
camera to take photos .
Tom: (c) .... . . 's your birthday?
4 It is n't poss ible to s end.. . text messages in class.
Chiara: It's in Jun e .
5 ... t eache r has got my phone.
Tom: (d) . bro the rs have you go t?

Chiara: I've got two brot he rs. @ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE ., �:-


Tom: (e) .. ... 's the name of your s cho ol? 8 Find and correct a mistake in each sentence.
Chiara: It's Inter.N et High. 1 How many home wo rk have yo u got ?

4 Read the sentences and complete the table with


the words in bold. 2 H ers teachers are ve ry goo d.

1 This is a pho to of me with my fr ie nds .


2 Is that yo u? 3 My pe ns are blue. This pens are mine .
3 These are my teache rs .
4 Are those posters on the walls ? 4 The pe rsons at my scho ol are nice .
Close J Distant
Singula this 5 The st ude nt s in Spain have n't go t s choo l o n
Plural Saturday.

20 I can use question words; this. that. these. those; and articles
� Developing speaking O 0
1 USTENIN6 0
06 Listen to Helen talking to a friend
0 PRONUNCIATION
about this photo. Write the names on the lines.
Listen again if necessary. 4 0 07 Listen to these words and write them in
the correct column.
Beth • Cole • Eric • Helen • Liz
� • bit • � • hg's • his • is • nigce

I I I
• teeth • thgse • this • which
2
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bi& 3run,


Q EXAM PRACTICE . _;,:
ff�
5 Look at the photo and read the questions.
Write your answers in your notebook.

e.

4
I 5
I 1 Who are they?
2 Where are they?
3 Is your classroom similar or different?
4 What are your favourite subjects?
2 Complete the descriptions with the correct form of
to be or have got. 6 USTENIN6 0
08 Listen to a student answering the
questions in 5. What are her answers to the
Liz (a) ...................................... [Link] (b) ...................................... [Link] questions?
ss.
(c) .. .. ........ . ............. . curly brown hair.
7 SPEAKING Look at this photo. Now answer the
Eric (d) ........... ............. ......... black hair and brown eyes. He
questions in 5.
(e). ... . . . ... short, he (f) ... .. .. quite tall.
Cole (g) ... .. .. very tall. He (h) .. . . . .. 15.
He (i) .. ........... fair hair and brown eyes.
Beth (j) ..................................... long fair hair in this photo.
I (k) .. . .. green eyes and brown hair. My hair
(I) . ........ .. ........ .. ..... long and wavy.

3 Circle the correct alternative.


1 Eric is quite/not ve,y tall.
2 Liz's hair is ve,ylnot curly.
3 Cole is ve,ylnot ve,y tall.
4 Helen's hair is quite/not wavy.
5 Beth is a bit/really nice.

I can describe people in a photo and talk about school 21


I Developing writing ;' .�'
1 Read Maya's email and tick (✓) the correct picture. 4 Circle the best alternative for an informal email.
1 I've/have got two sisters.
2 Dear Luis Sanchez /Luis
3 All the best /wishes,
4 Write back soon./Write me back soon.

5 Match the paragraphs in Maya's email with the


information they give (a-c).
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3

a information about activities and homework


b information about her and her family
c information about her school and school subjects

STUDY SKILLS

-� �tdj ...•A- -·K When you write an email, why is important to know
who you are writing to?

(a) .. .. Charlie, ► STUDY SKILLS page 98


My name's Maya Taylor. I'm your (b) ..
I'm from Sydney in Australia. I've got two brothers and
a sister. (c)... .... ... ................. ....a. photo of me with my 6 Use the notes to write an email to Maya.
sister. I'm the one with long dark hair and brown eyes.
My sister has got fair hair. My brothers are tall but my [Link]\ie Harper
sister and I are quite short. Boriton, the U'$
My school is called Jamison High School. It's a ..[Link]:L(Jameri, 1(, '{C:arn_old� -+-+---,.
very big school. It's got about 1,000 students.
(d) .. subjects are French and Spanish. Gireenhill '5lhool (!,oo �tudentsJ
I've got French on Tuesday and Thursday and Spanish favourite riu�edri - inath?, �iyJl��
on Wednesday and Friday. I also like art and music. I've
got piano lessons on Monday after school and I've got Tueric\a'{ - guitar \eririonri, 'Daturc\a'{ -
singing lessons on Saturday. �[Link] -----i----+--'

We've got a lot of homework' at my school and I haven't -. muiit,;:- '.pop (\Z-ihanna)
got time for other activities. But I go to my friend's
house at weekends or she comes to mine. We're into
music. Our favourite type of music is hip hop. Are you
interested in music ?
(e) .... ... .................................. .. and tell me about yourself.
(f)
Maya

2 Read the email again and complete it with these


words and phrases.

Best wishes • Dear • Here's


My favourite • new e-pal • Write back

3 Are these statements about Maya True (TI or


False (F)?
1 She's British. T/F
2 She's got two brothers. T/F
3 Her school is big. T/F
4 Her favourite subjects are languages. T/F
5 She hasn't got time for activities after school. T/F
6 Her favourite type of music is rock music. T/F

22 I can write an informal email about myself


-"'" Revision: Units 1 ·2

Grammar Vocabulary
1 Circle the correct alternative. 1 Read and write the school subject.
1 These aren't my/mine pens. They're your/yours. 1 I like numbers and I use my calculator.
2 I've got two sisters. Their/Theirs names are Diana 2 I'm interested in different countries.
and Jane. I like maps.
3 Diana and Jane's/Janes' hair is dark. 3 I love colours, and I've got a lot of
4 My parent's/parents' eyes are brown, but our/ours posters at home.
are blue.
4 We use a British dictionary for
5 My best friend's/friends' name is Louise.
new words.
6 My hobby is football, but her/hers is music.
5 I like animals and plants.

2 Complete the sentences with the plural form of 6 We learn about life in the past.
these words.
2 Complete the names of the objects.
child • country • day • dictionary • person • woman

1 My aunt and uncle have got three


They're my cousins.

2 I've got two .. .............., one for Spanish and one


98 for French. L f_ t ...
3 The head teacher at my school is a man. The other
teachers are ..

4 My favourite ................................... . are Saturday and Sunday.

5 Spain and Brazil are my favourite


s.... m.
6 How many ................................... . live in Australia?

3 Complete the questions. Match the questions 3 Complete the description with these adjectives.
(1-6) with the answers (a-f).
big • dark • fair • long • short • small
1 a best friend? straight • tall
2 . ................. ..... is your father?
He's quite (a)
3 .... . .. . . ..... . . . .. . is your first piano lesson?
He's got (b)
4 . .. . ........................... films do you prefer, action films (c) ....... ..... ... . . .. . .. .. . hair.
or adventure films?
His hair isn't curly, it's
5 ............ ......................... is your school special? (d) . . ... . ... .. . .... She's
6 ............ ... .. .. ........... .. the lessons long at your school? got (e)

a It's on Friday, after school. (f) .... ... ......................... hair

b We use a lot of technology in class. and (g)....

c Yes, I have. He's called Nick. brown eyes. She's got a


d Yes, they are. They're 50 minutes. (h) ....... ......................... . nose.
e He's 45.
4 Circle the correct alternative.
f Action films.
1 My favourite subject is PEI/CT because I like
4 Circle the correct alternative. computers.
2 My aunt and uncle have got blue eyes, but their son,
(a) This/These is a photo of my school. It's (b) a/the new
my cousin/nephew, has got brown eyes.
school and (c) 0/the classrooms are big. We've got a lot
of computers because we use (d) 0/the technology in 3 I've got two Egypt/Egyptian friends. They're
our lessons. We've got (e) a/the usual subjects and we from Cairo.
learn (f) 0/the languages, too. My favourite subject is 4 Have you got your marker pensldictionar:y today?
(g) 0/the Chinese. I think it's (h) a/an important language We've got art.
to learn. (i) This/These students are my classmates, and 5 My grandfather/parent is 60 and he's got grey hair.
0) that/those is Nick. He's my best friend.
6 I' ve got my folder/calculator today because we've
got maths.
I

Grammar and vocabulary revision 23


l ✓ Gateway to exams: Units 1-2 �; :///
/'

� Reading
� 1 Read about two schools and answer the questions.

� Which school ,,,


/! 1 is in different countries? 2 is in one country?

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/1 NORTHGATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
/1 THINK GLOBAL SCHOOL
v1 Northgate Community College in the UK has got Think Global School is the world's first mobile school. It
maps of the world on the walls. Why? Because the isn't in one country, but in many different countries. The
school has got students from 60 different countries. students live in 12 countries in four years. In one year, for
It's got students from Italy, Japan, Turkey, China and example, they are in New Zealand for three months, in
South Africa. Costa Rica for three months and another three months in
Northgate is a big school in London. It's got 1,400 Greece. Typical subjects are maths, ICT, geography and
history, and also activities to learn about the local culture.
/ students between the ages of 11 and 19. The
/ teachers speak English in class, but the students The school has got 12 teachers and around 50 students.
speak 70 different languages at home. But language The students are between the ages of 14 and 17 and
isn't a problem. There are extra lessons in English. they are from 23 countries. The lessons are in English,
The school is also a special sports school. Students but they have also got Spanish and Chinese lessons.
play football, basketball and tennis, and language isn't Technology is very important in this school. The students
necessary to do sports. use mobile phones and tablets in their lessons.

2 Read the text again. Are these sentences True (T ) or False (F)?

/j 1 The students at Northgate Community College are from the UK. T/F
2 The lessons are in English. T/F
3 Sports are important at Northgate Community College. T/F
/ 4 Students at Think Global School are in 12 countries in one year. T/F
/i
5 The school has got students from different countries. T/F
6 The lessons are onl y in Spanish and Chinese. T/F

/i

24 Gateway to exams
Listening Writing
3 LISTENING O
09 Read the questions. Listen to three 5 This is part of an email from an English friend.
dialogues and tick (✓) the correct picture.
1 What time is Jody's ICT class today?

II My favourite subject is maths and I also like ICT.


What subjects do you study at your school? Which
are your favourite subjects?

□ Write an email to your friend answering his/her


questions.
2 Who is Mitch's new geography teacher?
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u:Jl0LLJ'�;

3 What is Ben's birthday present for Karen?

II II


Use of English
Read the five questions. Choose the correct
answers.
1 Who is your favourite singer?
f) COMMON MISTAKES "·. ,j_
6 Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
a I' m a fan of pop music.
1 I have 13 years.
b I like Katy Perry.
c My favourite song is Happy.
2 What time are your lessons? 2 My birthday is the five of August.

a It's half past nine.


b We' ve got maths at 11 o' clock. 3 I am from Turkish.
c Usually from nine to four.
3 How many students has your school got?
4 My favourite hobby music.
a Yes, it's a big school.
b They are between 11 and 18.
5 I love the sports.
c About 400, I think.
4 Is Miguel Spanish?
a No, I think he's from Mexico. 6 This is the dictionary of Paul.
b Yes, it's from Spain.
c I live in London, but my parents are Spanish. 7 My best friend have got hair dark and eyes
5 What are your friends' names? brown.
a Her name is Ellie.
b Their names are Oscar and Ed. 8 How much homework you have got?
c His first name is Martin and his surname is
Johnson.
1 Match words in A with words in B to make 3 Complete the phrases with these verbs.
phrases. Then write them below the pictures.
A B chat•do•draw/paint•�•listen•play
play• read•surf•watch
do•�•go a shower•breakfast•dinner
go • go • have home • homework • lunch 1 jj,P Q11,t_..... ... with 6 ... books
have•have school•to bed friends

l
have•start to school • tlf3 7 .... the
2 ... ..... ... .. . ..... .......films guitar or piano
Oscar's day
3 . ..... . . . .. online 8 .. the
II El 4 ... . . .... . ....... .... to music
Internet
9 . .. . pictures
,i
5
computer games 10.. .... sport

,,I"""', STUDY SKILLS


3tti·w
Why is it good to learn phrases, not just individual
words?
► STUDY SKILLS page 98

.j 4 Match the pictures (a-h) to the free-time activities


in 3.

II
II

a .7. C e g
11. b d f h

� VOCABULARY EXTENSION
5 Write these words next to the correct verbs.

comics, magazines •DVDs, videos


2 Complete Oscar's description of his typical day. tennis, basketball •the drums, the violin
Use words from 1. the radio, songs on an MP3 player

I (a) [Link] l1,p ........ at 1:30. I (b) . . .. ..... ...... . .......... a nhowe-r and 1 read books, ..

I have- (c) . . . . ...... .. 1he-n, I 90 (d) ................. . .................. at S.45. 2 play the guitar,..
l_(e) ..... .......... ....... . ......... nchoo\ at q. I (f) ..... ........ .. ...... .. . .... .. lunch at 3 listen to music, ..
� 1.3 0. I fininh Dlhoo\ at 3 .45. The-n, I 90 (g) .. . ....... . .... . and I 4 watch TV, ..
(h) ....... ........ .......... ........ . mi home-worK. I have- (i) .. ................ and
5 play football, ..
the-n I watch W I 90 Ul ...................................... at 10.
1 Match the sentences to the photos. 3 Read the article again. Is this information about
Ali (A), Matt (M) or both (B)?
1 Their hobby is also a job. A/M/8
2 They do their hobby with other people. A/M/8
3 They don't do their hobby at the weekend. A/M/8
4 It isn't easy to do their hobby and study. A/M/8
5 Their hobby is connected to the job that
they are interested in. A/M/8
6 They do their hobby near their home. A/M/8

4
0°CRITICAL THINKING
Which of these statements are good (G) or
bad (B) things about doing a job after school?
1 You don't have much free time. G/8
es 1 I play the piano. 2 You get experience in the job that you want
to do. G/8
2 I take photos.
3 You don't have time to do homework. G/8
3 I take dogs for a walk.
4 You get money. G/8
4 I'm a sports coach.
5 You learn to do different things. G/8
6 You go to bed late. G/8
Read about two teenagers. What are their
8 hobbies? Write a number (1-4) from 1.

e perfect hobby
5 Match the underlined words in the article with
these definitions.
es
1 a doctor for animals
It's good to have hobbies. But some
hobbies also pay! 2 teaches people in a sport

3 people with a home near you

4 after the usual time


Ali Nichol� finishes school at thre
e-o'clock. But
�he doesn t go home and do her homework. She 5 do things so a person or animal is OK
im�ed1a tely goes to her 0_ejgl7_bours
' house. Her
neighbours aren't there, but thei� 6 go (e.g. by car)
th�ee dogs are happy
to see her. She takes the dogs to
the park for about an
hour. Then she takes them home 6 Complete the sentences with words from 5.
and gives them food
and water.
Ali is a dogwalker. 'I haven't got 1 Our cat doesn't like going to the.
_ a dog, but I love
a�1mals. My neighbours are at wor 2 I my brother when my parents aren't
k from Monday to
Frid�Y so they pay me to
lC?C?�-�f!�rtheir dogs. They at home.
don t pay me much, but I like it.
One day I want to be a
Y�! and work with animals.' 3 We.... . . ..................... to London to visit my cousins
every year.

4 My uncle.. .. . . ............. tennis players .

Matt Wilson is passiona te about footb


all. He plays D 5 I go to bed .. on Fridays and Saturdays.
g play ers in the sport.
football and he also !��i!7_� youn 6 We've got new.. ................ .......... They're from London.
h at my loca l club . I go there on
'I'm an assistant coac
Thu rsda y after scho ol. We' re in a league,
Tuesday and
a mat ch. We play
so on Saturday we usually play in
here or we !��'(�! to another town .'
ers but he
The club pays Matt to coach the play '.
. Afte r prac tice on Tuesday
doesn't have much free time •.
hom e and stud ies. He ha�
and Thursday, Matt goes
to bed l�t�. at abou t half past 11 . It s
dinner and goes
t be a PE
to
difficult but football is my hobby. I wan
teache� so this is good experien ce.'

I can understand a website about teenagers' hobbies 27


I Grammar in context
1 Complete the table with these words.

doesn't • don't • don't • play • play • plays


5 Complete the text with the affirmative or negative
form of the verbs.

My friend Chris and I are very different. I



(a)... ... .... (play) football, but he (b) ..
Affirmative I (a) ......... ... . . . football. (not do) sport. He (c).. ................... (watch) TV and I
You play football. (d) .. . . .................. (read) books. I (e) .. .. . .. (play)
He/She/It (b) ... ... . football. the guitar but he (f) . (not play) a musical
We play football. instrument. He (g) . .... . . . . . . . .. (go) to a different
They (c) ... . .... .... football. school and he (h). . . ..... .............. (study) a lot. We
Negative I (d) ..................................... play football. (i) .. . (not speak) from Monday to Friday,
but we G) (play) computer games at the
You don't play football.
. .. play football. weekend.
He/She/It (e) ... .
We don't play football.
6 Look at the pictures. Write sentences in the
They (f) .. . ... ........ play football. affirmative and negative.

2 Write the third person singular form of the verbs.


1
2
take ... . t:045.... 6 do
7 �x�
■ www✓
want study
3 finish 8 have
4 go 9 live
5 pay 10 cry

3 Complete the sentences with the affirmative form


of these verbs.

do • finish • go • have • live • play • study • want

1 We... . in a small city in Spain. 1 .81:-:#i pt0y.r e:Pmp0.t1:-:r 30W1Y..,.....


2 Our school day starts at nine and .. .. at 2 She.
half past three.
3
3 I.. ... . ....... . to be a writer one day.
4 Adam and Tom .
4 My brother.. .. to the park to play football
after school. 5 They...
5 My sister.. . in the evening. She doesn't 6
watch TV.
6 They.. ... . . computer games with their @ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE
friends at the weekend.
'�� \

7 Correct the sentences if necessary. Tick {✓) the


7 Our neighbour.. two cats and a dog.
correct sentences.
8 My friend..... her homework immediately
1 My brother don't go to school. He's only two.
after school.

4 Circle the correct alternative. 2 I get up at eight o'clock at the weekend.


1 My father doesn't/don't do sport but he watches it
on TV.
3 This lesson finish at half past ten.
2 We don't/doesn't have a lot of homework at the
weekend.
3 I don't/doesn't watch TV much. I watch films on my 4 My sister studyes a lot.
computer.
4 My sister don't/doesn't play an instrument, but I play
5 My father listens to music in the car.
the guitar.
5 My friends have hobbies but they doesn't/don't
have jobs. 6 Our teacher not play computer games.
6 Our teacher don't/doesn't listen to pop music.


28 I can use the present simple affirmative and negative
- --
- -- --

� Vocabulary and listening tnt


tive 1 Read the clues and complete the names of the places. 3 Look at the photo of two brothers. Circle
the correct alternative.
Is I p n g r
I I I l l C I I
1

2 Im s
I I I I

y)
I
3 r e
I
t
I I
r
I

b r
I I I
4

w/ m Ip I
5
I I I 91
6
I
r
I
s p t n e
I I I I
7

c m
Josh and Zac Tiessen
l I I I
8
1 Josh/Zac paints pictures.

1 it's got different types of shops 2 Josh/Zac is a musician.


2 you go here to see old objects and learn about history
3 you have dinner here
4 [Link],tlN O10 Read the sentences. Then
listen to a radio programme about
4 a place with books and magazines the two brothers. Are the sentences
5 it's got water and you go here to swim True (TI, False (F) or is the information
6 you go here to relax and play games
Not Mentioned (NM)?

7 a place for different sports 1 Josh is famous in Canada. T/F/NM


8 you go here to see films 2 He usually paints pictures of
people. T /F/NM
Complete the sentences with the places from 1. 3 He's a fan of his brother's music. T / F/ NM
4 Zac plays the guitar and he
1 The food in the new Italian .. is amazing!
writes songs. T/F/NM
2 I always go to the . .. .. ... .. .... . ....to
. buy clothes.
5 He usually plays classical music. T / F/ NM
3 Sam visits the ........... .. .. . ........every weekend because he 6 His first album is in the shops now. T / F/ NM
loves books.
7 The brothers don't have time
4 It's a lovely day today. Let's go to the for other hobbies. T/F/NM
5 I love going to the ....... .. .. I want to study history
at university. STUDY SKILLS
6 My little sister loves Why is it a good idea to listen again?
water so I take her
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to the .
every Sunday.

e 7 My friends and I 5 0 10 Listen again and check your answers.


sometimes play
basketball at
the ...... .... .. . .. . ... . . after
.
� VOCABULARY EXTENSION , \j-
school. 6 Match the places in a town with the
I want to see the new
words. Use a dictionary if necessary.
8
Robert Pattinson film 1 p ost off;ce a food
at the . 2 supermarket b money
on Friday. 1_
3 theatre c paintings
4 art gallery d letters
5 hospital e sport
6 bank f drama
7 stadium g doctor

I can talk about places in a town and understand an interview 29


Grammar in context ®
1 Complete the table with these words. 5 Use the table to write questions for the answers.

Do • do • Does • does • doesn't • don't do after school?


What time you live?
Questions I Do you Where do you and your family finish?
What does your school have dinner?
(a) . he/
How your father go to work?
she/it get up at six?
go at the weekend?
Do we
(bl... .. ... ......... they 1 W�r�4Q.yq0,,_f1VJ!i yq0,,_rf0mily ..liv�?.....
Short Yes, I do. / No, I don't. We live in a small town in Brazil.
I
answers Yes,he/she/it (c) .................. ................... I 2 ....?
No,he/she/it (d) .. . It finishes at four o'clock.
Yes, we (e) ... . I No,we 3 ....?
don't. I do my homework and chat online.
Yes, they do. / No, they 4 ..?
(f) .... He goes to work by car.
5 ....?
2 Circle the correct alternative.
I usually go to the cinema and to the park.
1 Do/Does you and your friends chat online?
6 ....?
Do/Does your brother play football?
We have dinner at eight o'clock.
2
3 Do/Does you do sport after school?
4 Do/Does your parents play computer games? 6 Write the adverbs of frequency on the line.
5 Do/Does your mother go to work by car?
never • often • sometimes • usually
6 Do/Does your first class start at eight?

3 Complete the answers. Match them with the


always not often
questions in 2.

a Yes, I . efq 3 .. 7 Write about Alice's habits with adverbs of frequency.

b No, they... M T w T F s s
c Yes,we .. 1 watch TV
2 read
d No,iL
✓ ✓ ✓
3 go to the park ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
e Yes, she .. .
4 be late for class ✓
f No, he .. 5 do sport ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
6 be happy ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
4 Write questions and complete the answers.
1 Ali.c,� 11tv�[Link]}1µ: T\I.
1 I)_Q yQ0,,_gi:,ty,p .... .... ... .... ... at seven? (you/get up)
2 She .....
No, I .... . . I get up at half past seven.
3
2 breakfast?
(your mum/make) 4

Yes, she .. 5

3 ... you to school? (she/take) 6


.
No,she .. . . I walk to school. -w ''"zy'""}
@ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE J,i,�
4 .. at nine? �..;':!',�Uk� "
(your school/start) 8 Circle the correct alternative.
Yes, it. 1 Do you have/has a lot of free time?
5 lunch at school? 2 Have you got/Do you have got a dog or cat?
(you/have) 3 Are you/Do you live from Spain?
Yes, I .. 4 What time you eat/do you eat breakfast?
6 TV in the evening? 5 Do you have/Have you dinner with your family?
(you/watch) 6 Goes your friend/Does your friend go to your school?
No, I .............. ........................ I usually read.


30 I can ask and answer questions in the present simple and use adverbs of frequency
Put the words in order to make questions.
0 PRONUNCIATION
1 there Is here a shopping centre near
4 0 12 Listen to these words and write
.. ? them in the correct column.
2 do you know Excuse me, is the museum where
€tfleffitt • library • museum • restaurant
.... .............. .. .. .. .. ? shopping centre • sports centre
end? 3 get to tell me how to Can you the library, please swimming pool

USTENING O
11 Look at the map. Listen to three conversations
. .. .. ?
•• ••• ••• ••••
[Link]
... ... ? and mark the places A, B, C or D.

�c:*-
1 the library
....... ?
2 the shopping centre
the museum
?
Q EXAM PRACTICE .
?
5 Read the questions. Write your
answers in your notebook.
....... ?
1 Where are you from?
2 Do you like your hometown?
3 What do you do on a typical day?
4 Where do you go at the weekend?
D
6 LISTENINGO13 Listen to a student
answering the questions in 5. What are
her answers to the questions?

icy.
0 11 Complete the directions with the words. Then listen
s again to check.
1
. ...
(a) .. yP straight on. T hen turn left at
✓ (b) .. Manor Road. Go (c) Ge
on
the sports centre. It's (d) .. .. ................. . ... your left,
opposite
(e) ......................... the park. past

2
Walk (f) .............................. . Green Street. Go (g) along
the school. Then turn (h)... .. . ... . It's on your left
on
(i)....... .. . It's G) ................. .... .... the corner of Green
past
Street and Park Road. right

3
Go (k) .. .on. (I) .. right at Manor between
Road. (m). ... .... along Manor Road and it's on
straight
(n) .. ................... .. . .. . the left. It's (o) .. .. .. the
Turn
cinema and the bank. Walk 7 �6 Now answer the questions in 5.

I?

I can ask for and give directions 31


1 Read the notice. Complete the information. 4 Write the two sentences as one sentence. Use
and, but, because or so.
1 The notice is from ..
1 I like music. I like films.
2 It's about ...
I.. l.£4..mL1J£c, ...0nA.I..lik?fil1'1-Y,....
2 I don't often go to the cinema. It's expensive.

lli everybody! 3 I' m interested in films. I don't like violent films.


We want to start a film club after school on
Friday. We need information! 4 We haven't got a lot of free time. We don't watch
films.
What do you do after school on Friday?
Is Friday a good day?
5 I'm a fan of adventure films. I'm a fan of sci-fi films.
What type of films do you like?

Who are your favourite actors?


6 I love films. I want to go to the film club.
Please answer the questions and send a short
note to Colin and Lee in class 6A.

Thanks! 5 Complete Heather's note with and, but, because


or so.

Hi C..oli.n [Link] Lee,

My [Link]'s Heather. I'rn i.n c...[Link] 'IC... The [Link] c...lub � a.


2 Read Blake's note in response and circle the
qrea.t idea., (a) . . . ......................... .. . Friday isn't a. qood day for
correct alternative.
rne. I [Link].l[y play basketball on Friday. I [Link] Monday
is a. qood day (b) ........ . ............... ........ we don't often have
Hi lolin and Lu.
homework on Monday.
M1 name'& flla�. I'm in da&& 5F I'm interested in film& I like adventure [Link] (c) . .. .. .. .......... .. .......... romantic... [Link],
(a) 2JJ!iJg_ I ttlini 1he film dub i& a great idea!
(d) .. I don't like sc...i-ft. [Link]. My favourite ,
I go home after &lnool on fri�. I $0metime& 90 out [Link] is Leonardo DiC..[Link]. I like him (e) ..
wi1h friend&, (b) � I u&ual\1 &t� at home. I don't he always makes qood [Link].
do ffi1 homew� (cl so/becqufflC it'& fri�! I &t<l1 in ffi1 I love [Link] and want to qo to the c...lub, (f) ... .
room and li&ten to mu�, and pl� game&. I li�e all t-jpu,
is it possible to have the c...lub on Monday?
of film&, (d) � ffi1 favourite film& are &li -- fi films
(e) � adventure film&. I don't li�e romantic. films. M1 Thanks,
favourite [Link]& are tennifer l.a'flrenc.e and :fO&h [Link],on Heather
Cf) butlb@use I'm a fan of 1ne Hunger C,,ame�.

u,
'i>u.1o 6 Write a note to Colin and Lee. Answer their
e>laie questions.

3 Read the note again and complete the table.

Good idea' ✓

Fnday act/rit/es

FaV0<1r/te types
o-1'--f't/ms

FaV0<1nY:e acto1,
Grammar -Vocabulary
1 Complete the sentences with the present simple 1 Complete the typical day with everyday activities.
affirmative or negative form of the verbs.
I (a) . .. .. . . . ......... at half past seven. I (b)
1 ............... ...................... in a small town. (live) a shower and then I have (c)
2 My sister.. science at university. (study) I (d) ......... .. . ..................... to school at half past eight because
I (e) .. .. .............. ...... ....... school at nine o'clock. I have
3 My father.. . .... ..... ..... . .... at the moment. (not work)
(f) ......... ............................ at school at half past one.
4 My mother... . . . .... to work by car. (go) I (g) ...................................... school at quarter past three and
5 We...................................... lunch at home. (not have) then I go (h) ................................. . and I (i) .. my
6 My parents.. ..... . .. .... .. . .. TV in the evenings. (watch) homework. I 0) .... ... ............... .. .. ......... dinner with my family and
I usually go to (k) .. . .. .. at ten o' clock.
2 Complete the dialogues with do, does, don't or
doesn't. 2 Match the halves to make sentences.
. . ........ you have a lot of free time? 1 I usually go
No, I 2 My friends and I chat
2 .. ...... .... . ...... your teacher give a lot of homework? 3 I don't listen
Yes,she. 4 I always surf
3 . . . . . . . your friends listen to music? 5 My family and I watch
Yes, they. 6 My brother plays the
4 your school library open early? 7 I often play computer
Yes, it... 8 My favourite subject is art because
5 .. .................................... you and your friends study there? 9 I sometimes read
or No,we. 10 Young people usually do
6 . your friend go to your house? a to music when I do my homework.
No, he... b TV before we go to bed.
c sport at the weekend.
Put the words in order to make. questions.
d out with friends at the weekend.
1 do get up What time you at the weekend
e guitar and he sings.
-- ----- - - ?
f games after school.
2 your When is birthday
g online in the evening.
--- - -------- ---------- � h books in English.
3 does to school How go your teacher
the Internet when I need information.
·-···-·····-··--··-··- ··�··-··-·-··-··-·-·-··-·· -··-··-··-··--··-··-·· -·-··-··-··J I like drawing and painting.
4 have brothers got sisters and you How
many 3 Write the names of the places.
-- ------ --- - ------- ----- ---- �
You go there ...
5 Which does watch TV programmes your mum 1 to buy things. s c...
........ . ? 2 p
to walk or play.
6 want you do English Why to learn 3 to swim. s.. p
.. . .. .... ? 4 to have dinner.
5 to see old things. m..
Correct the sentences.
6 to find books.
1 My parents go sometimes to the cinema.
7 to do sports. s.. C

8 to see films. C
2 We play usually football at the weekend.
4 Circle the correct alternative.
3 I never am late for school. My friend's name is Paula. Her (a) fathers/parents are
from Mexico and she speaks (b) Spain/Spanish at home,
4 My brother always is happy. but she lives in Manchester. She's (c) long/tall and she's
got curly,(d) dark/straight hair and brown (e) ears/eyes.
Her favourite school subject is (f} /CT/ITC because she
5 I often don't watch TV before school.
likes computers and always uses her (g) folder/laptop
in class. At the weekend, we (h) chat/surf online and we
sometimes go to a (i) museum/library to read.
■ 1: r.1 ,.t:1 i,,;xw
Vocabulary

1 Put the letters in order to make names of rooms. STUDY SKILLS


Match them to the photos (a-f).
What is a good way to remember new vocabulary?
► STUDY_ SKILLS page 98

3 Look at the photos in 1 and write the furniture for


each room.

1 . i?.0t:k 2

3 4

5 6
7 8

9 10

11 12

� VOCABULARY EXTENSION
·'!4'-1-
� ·7

4 Match the words to the pictures. Use a


dictionary if necessary.

II
1-

habmootr . b0t:kroP/1'L ..0



inivlg moor

oodrebm II II
ahll

dingni ormo

enchikt

2 Find 12 words for furniture.

F w s R C T N K M y R B
a __........ D
E T A s Q K A L L s A C
y 0 B R R G M B G I D H
0 I s u D K V C L M I A
J L s w D R N u M E A I
s E K H M y 0 p R A T R
I T p J E H w B A H 0 I 1 mirror

N z z z K L L 0 E I R B 2 armchair
K K J M V 0 F A B B E D 3 freezer
F R I D G E L R T A N Q 4 curtains

T X T A R B y D T K T X 5 chest of drawers

B G s 0 F A E Q L X B H 6 rug

34 I can talk about rooms and furniture


Reading

Look at the photo of a bedroom. Tick (✓) the things you 3 Read the article again. Match these
can see. questions with the correct parts of
the text.
a Which is your favourite room?
b How many rooms are there?
c What do you like about your room?
d Where do you live?
e What do you do in your room?

or
4 <if CRITICAL THINKING
Which of these statements are good (G)
or bad (B) things about sharing a room
with a brother or sister?

□ □ 1 I talk to my brother when we go

□ □
1 a bed 4 a mirror
to bed. G/B

□ □
2 a wardrobe 5 posters
2 I don't like my sister's music. G/B
3 a desk 6 a shelf
(
3 I don' t have my space. G/8
Read the article and answer the questions. 4 We play games together. G/8

..
1 Where does Alex live? 5 My brother leaves his things on

•·- - - - my bed. G/B -


6 We learn to share our things. G/B

Life and style


·.:.•e ask you to send us a photo and tell us about your home.
Match the underlined words in the article
with these definitions.
-:-his week, Alex from New York answers our questions.
1 with things in the
correct place

live with my parents and my brother in Brooklyn. We've got a 2 use with another person
·g, old house. You don't find houses like this in Manhattan. It's
3 the reason why you do
a great location, near the centre of the city.
something bad
4 the place where
ere are four bedrooms, two bathrooms, a big living room and something is
a dining room. There isn't a separate kitchen. That's typical in
:.."'1e US. There's one big room with a sofa and chairs and a TV We 5 you are this when good
call it the family room. The kitchen is open to the living room. things happen to you

6 Complete the sentences with words


_ y bedroom of course' It's got everything I need. There's a bed

J
from 5.
with a small table next to it. There's a wardrobe behind the door.
There's a chest of drawers with a mirror above it. There's also 1 We've only got one computer at home.
a shelf. I'm quite !iqy but there are always lots of things on the We.. .. .. ..... it.
chest of drawers and on the shelf. There aren't a lot of shelves;
that's my �-�c;�_s�
_ 1 There's a chair in front of the bed. There are IL 2 You're late again! What's your ..
usually a lot of clothes on the chair and trainers under the bed! this time?
I'm a fan of all types of film so there are posters of my favourite
films on the walls. 3 I like the. ....of my home. It's very
near my school.
4 We're . .... .
. .. We haven't got

I
I do my homework, surf the Internet and chat online. I listen to
music and play the guitar. homework this weekend.
5 My room is always ....... . My clothes
are in my wardrobe and not on my bed.
I've got all my things here. I've got my music and my computer.
And I'm !�S:.!<.Y because I don't ?h�r.:� a room with my sister. This 1
is my space 1
1 Complete the table with these words. 5 Look at the picture in 3 and answer the
questions in 4.
Are • are • aren't • Is • is • isn't
1 Y0.:, t:h?r!:e iJ. .
- ��,--,-�""
� �-..
2
�gular_ .... .. . Plural
.. . .
There are posters. 3
Affirmative There (a) ..
4
a bed.
Negative There isn't a separate 5
There (d) ..
kitchen. school books. 6 Look at the picture in 3 again. Are the
Questions (b) ..
.. .. . ............... .......... there (e) ... .. there sentences True <n or False (F)?
a bed? posters? 1 There's a chair near the desk. T/F
Short Yes, there is. / No, 2 The school bag is under the bed. T/F
Yes, there (f) .. .. . . .. . . . ...... /
answers there (c) .. . .. . ... ... . . No, there aren't. 3 There's a computer on the desk. T/F
4 The window is next to the door. T/F
2 Circle the correct alternative.
5 The window is above the desk. T/F
6 The wardrobe is in front of the chair. T/F
1 There ' s/are a sofa in our living room.
2 There isn't/aren't any chairs in the kitchen. 7 Complete the description of the room
3 There isn't/aren't a shower in the bathroom. with these prepositions.
4 There's/are five shelves in the dining room.
5 There's/are a radiator in the hall. above • behind • in • in front of • near
next to • on • under
3 Look at the picture. Complete the sentences with there's,
there isn't, there are or there aren't. This is a picture of my room. There's a bed with
a desk (a) .... .. ..... . . ..... it and there's a lamp
(b) . . the desk. There's a window
(c). ...... ............. the desk, so there's a lot
of light. There's a chair (d) .. the
desk. That's where I do my homework. There's
a notice board (e) .. the bed with
my timetable and other information on it. I' m
not very tidy so some of my clothes aren't
(f) .. . . .... . ..... ..... the wardrobe. There's a lot of
1 Tu?r� 0r�1-1.t: ....... two chairs. space (g) ............... .. the bed and there's a
2 .. a desk. it.
big rug (h) ..
3 shelves.
4 a bed. @ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE .-
5 books on the floor. 8 Circle the correct alternative.
6 . a sink.
(a) There's/It's a sofa in the living room.
(b) There's/It's blue and white. There's a
4 Put the words in order to make questions.
television and a DVD player. (c) The/A
1 there Is school a bag television isn't new. (d) It's/There's old.
.? (e) There's/It's a window and (f) there's/it's
2 there trainers Are quite big. There's (g) the/a picture on the
wall. It's a picture of me with my (h) parents/
?
parents'.
3 wardrobe Is big there a
?
4 two Are radiators there
..?
5 Is there window a
....?
Write the food words. 4 I.IS1'EN O
14 Listen to a conversation
between a boy and his mother about
1 b. 13 s... making pancakes. In what order do y ou
hear the ingredients? Write the order.
2 p 14L.
a butter
3 ch 15 b
b fruit
4 e..... ..
c eggs . L
5 m.... d honey
6 f ... e milk
7 y. f flour

8 m.... g sugar

9 b
5 0 14 Read the description. Listen again
10 ch and find seven mistakes. Write the correct
information.
11 a...
To make pancakes you need� and a litre
12 b .... of milk. You break the eggs in a bowl. Then you
put the milk in the bowl with the eggs and mix
them together with a spoon. Then you need
200 grams of flour and 50 grams of sugar. You
Read the definitions and complete the words. put the flour and sugar in the bowl with the
1 you eat these at a fast food b. ... g .... r and c ...... ps eggs and milk and mix it again. Then you put
restaurant some milk in a fry ing pan. When it's hot, you
put some of the mixture in the frying pan with
2 you eat this on your birthday C .... k .. a spoon. You cook it for six minutes or until it's
3 you put these on bread j . .. m and h ... n . y brown. At the end, you put some honey on top,
4 you put this on your food s ... It or some fruit, like bananas and strawberries.
And the pancakes are ready to eat!
5 you put this in drinks s... g. . r
6 you eat this after dinner c.. er. m
1 3J(JJL . 5

7 two hot drinks c.. fL and t. 2 6

8 three cold drinks r .... ng j. . ... c 3 7


.... m... n.... d and w . ....
t r
4

Match the photos to the words.


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Ill
' VOCABULARY EXTENSION
6 Complete the sentences with these
adjectives. Use a dictionary if
necessary.

cold • delicious • fresh • hot


salty • sweet

II 1 These pancakes are very good.


They're.... . . ...... .!
2 I don't like chocolate cake or food with
sugar. I don't like. ..... ... things.
3 You need to serve pancakes
immediately, when they're.....
1 a whisk . 4... 3 flour
4 This bread is old. It isn't. .
2 pancakes 4 a fry ing pan
5 I don't put salt on my chips. I don't
STUDY SKILLS like.. ......
. .. food.
6 It's good to have ice cream
Why is it a good idea to read instructions before you listen?
and. ... ...... drinks in summer.
► STUDY SKILLS page 98

I can talk about food and drink and understand a recipe 37


1 Are the nouns countable (C) or uncountable (U)? 6 Circle the correct alternative.
1 A: Have you got some/any shelves in your
apple C water living room?
bread u burger B: Yes, we have. We've got some/any shelves,
biscuit sugar but I don't know how many.
butter egg 2 A: ls there a/any bath in your bathroom?
honey salt B: No, there isn't. We've got a/some shower, but
tomato we haven't got a/any bath.
strawberry
3 A: Are there some/any radiators in your home?
jam milk
B: Yes, there's a/some radiator in the living room.
meat banana
4 A: Have you got a/any cupboards in your hall?
B: No, we haven't. There isn't some/any space.
2 Complete the sentences with a, an or some.

1 You need. . .. .... . . . . eggs to make pancakes. 7 Complete the dialogue.

2 You also need ... . . .... .. .................. milk. Lara: Hey, Jane. Have you got (a). . ... desk
in your room?
3 Put the eggs and milk in.. . bowl.
Jane: Yes, I have, but I haven't got (b)..
4 Then you need. ..... ... ..................
· ...... flour. computer.
5 There are.... . . . . . ... . . bananas in the cupboard. Lara: Have you got (c) . posters on your
6 I've also got. . . apple in my bag. walls?
Jane: Yes, I've got (d)..... .. posters of
3 Circle the correct alternative. singers and of animals.
1 There's some/any butter in the fridge. Lara: ls there (e).. window?
2 We haven't got some/any honey.
Jane: No, there isn't, so there isn't (f) ..
3 We've got some/any strawberries. light. I always use a lamp.
4 There aren't some/any biscuits in the cupboard.
Lara: Are there (g) .. . . . . clothes on your
5 We've got some/any bread.
bed?
6 We haven't got some/any sugar.
Jane: Yes, I'm not very tidy, so there are always
4 Look at the picture. Complete the sentences with (h) . .. ....... clothes on my bed and there
a/an, some or any. are usually (i) .. .. comics on the bed,
too.
1 There are. ..... . JP�
burgers.
@ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE - -·���-
2 There isn't... .
banana. 8 Choose the correct option, A, B or C.
3 There aren't.. 1 We've got.. m�at in the fridge.
biscuits. A a B some C any
4 There's...... ............................ meat. 2 My dad often. at the weekend.
5 There's. . .. .. apple. A cook B cooking C cooks
6 There isn't . .... milk. 3 My .......... name is Oliver.
A dad's B dads' C dad his
5 Look at the picture in 4 and write sentences.
4 He.......... got a favourite type of food.
1 orange Th?.r� .. i,,rn/t ..[Link]..m.'13�........ A hasn't B haven't C doesn't

2 water 5 We often have ......... fruit for dessert.


A an B a C some
3 tomatoes
6 We usually have water with dinner, too.
4 egg
A my B his C our
5 bread

6 strawberries
Developing speaking
USTENIN6015 Listen to the conversation. Why does 3 Circle the correct alternative.
Laura go to Abbey's house? Tick(✓} the correct
1 Do/Shall I take your coat and bag?
answer.
2 Can Ill can put your laptop on the table?
3 Would/Do you like anything to eat or drink?
4 Yes, please. That'd be/It's great.
5 How about/How is some orange juice?
6 No, thank/thanks, I'm fine. I'm not thirsty at the
moment.

0 PRONUNCIATION
4 016 Listen to these words and write them in
the correct column.

� • [Link] • b2.g • b1ttter • CQme


c1tpboard • f2.t • frQnt • hQney • j2.m
[Link] • [Link]

/Al /el
eirbove,

a to do homework D
b to watch a film D
c to play computer games D
5 Read the questions. Write your answers in your
15 Listen again and complete the dialogue. notebook.

Abbey: Hi, Laura. (a) . ... .! 1 What's your favourite food?


2 ls your diet healthy?
laura: Hi, thanks. Hey, what a lovely dress!
3 What food don't you like?
re Abbey: Thanks, it's new.
4 Who usually does the cooking in your family?
(b) . take your coat?

laura: Yes, thank you.

Abbey: (c) take your bag,


too?

laura: No, it's OK, thanks. I've got my mobile in here.

Abbey: (d) ..
into the living room. Have a seat.
(e)
anything to drink? We've got some orange
juice in the fridge.

Laura: Yes, that'd be great.

Abbey: (f}. .. .. . ....... some cake?

Laura: No, thanks, I'm fine. I'm not hungry at the


moment.

Abbey: Here you are. Right, I've got the film ready.
Shall I start it now?

Laura: Yes, sure.


6 ISTENINfO17 Listen to a student answering the
questions in 5. What are his answers to the
questions?

7 � Now answer the questions in 5.

I can make and reply to offers 39


11 Developing writing / ;'
1 Look at the picture. Match the adjectives with 4 Put the words in order to make sentences.
the nouns.
1 new are There two lamps

2 in are this happy We room always

3 a got window We big have

4 don't my watch I TV bedroom usually in

5 got haven't view a We beautiful

6 comfortable is a chair the in There corner

5 Circle the correct alternative.


1 I a/ways do/do always my homework in my room.
2 My room sometimes is/is sometimes cold.
3 My brother plays often/often plays in my room.
4 We usually have/have usually dinner in the kitchen.
5 My room is never/never is tidy.
6 My friends aren't often/often aren't at my house.

1 big a lamps 6 Write a description of your favourite room.

U U ll M ll It ll H- H�
2 white b table
3 comfortable C sofa
4 small d window

2 Read the description. Underline the words for


furniture and other objects in the room.
My favourite room at home is the living room. I like
it because it's got an enormous window. We haven't
got a great view, but there's a lot of light. There's a
comfortable sofa and two chairs. There's a small table in
front of the sofa for books or magazines and there are
two white lamps next to the sofa. The walls are white
but there are some shelves on the walls with photos on
them. There are some photos on the walls, too, and two
pictures of famous places in my country. We've got a TV,
of course. There's a beautiful old cupboard behind the
sofa. The other furniture in the room is quite new.
I like this room because I often sit here with my family.
We usually watch TV or films together but we sometimes
listen to music and chat. I' m always relaxed in this room.

3 Complete the adjectives from 2.

1 b . I 4 e
2 f . m.. 5 c .. m. ..t b ..

3 n .. 6 Id
)evision: Units 1·2·3·4
4 Underline the incorrect words and correct them.
Tick {✓) the correct sentences.


1 I always put any extra cheese on


my pizza.
MY SCHOOL

2 I have usually cereal for breakfast.


I! • ee 3 There's some cheese in the fridge.


a canteen✓ fruit� 4 My brother don't like eggs.


fridge ✓ 5 This is my water. Your is on the table.
6 Have you got any snack in your bag?


1 . ..... big classrooms at my school. 7 We haven't got any yoghurt at the
moment.
2 . ..... a canteen.


8 The burgers aren't healthy so I don't
3 . ... ......... a shop.
eat them.
4 ............. . any healthy snacks.

5 ..... any fruit. Vocabulary


6 ....a fridge. 1 Write the rooms.

1 you have dinner here


Complete the dialogue with the correct form of
There is or There are. 2 you go to bed here
Tana: Hey, Ari. (al .. ... . . .... ... a shop at your 3 you have a shower here
school? 4 you watch TV here
Ari: Yes, (bl . . . ... . . ............... What about at your
5 you cook here
school?
6 the door to your home is here
Tana: We've got a shop, but it isn't very good.
Ari: (cl .. ........... ...................... snacks? 2 Complete the sentences with furniture.
Tana: Yes, (dl , but they aren't healthy. 1 When you have dinner, you need a L
Ari: (el.. . ... . a place where you can put and c
food?
2 My coat is in my w . , next to my
Tana: No, (f) . ... .. ........ ......... . . . . . . .. at the moment. Maybe in b ...
the future.
3 We sit on the s .................................... to watch TV.

Complete the text with prepositions. 4 When it's cold in my room, I turn on the

5 There's some milk in the f ................................... and the


glasses are in the c
6 There are some books on the s .................................... in
my room.
7 We've got a shower but we haven't got a
b

8 The t ................................... is in a separate room.

3 Circle the odd one out.


This is my kitchen. There's a window (al ...................................... the 1 apple banana fish strawberry
sink and there are some cupboards (bl.. . . ........ . ........... the 2 chips burger meat chicken
sink. The fridge is (cl ....... .........
. . .. the sink. There are 3 cake biscuit bread tomato
some apples (dl ......................... .. . . . . .. . a bowl (el .
. . 4 dinner lunch salad breakfast
the table, and my dad's keys are (f) ...................................... the 5 honey snack jam butter
bowl. We've got a food processor. It's (gl .. .. . 6 fridge sink bath cupboard

a book. There are some bags (hl ......the fridge. 7 ice cream coffee tea orange juice

Grammar and vocabulary revision 41


I ✓ Gateway to exams: Units 3-4 /
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Reading

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1 Read this interview with a teenager called 2 Match the questions (a-f) with the parts of the text.
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Adrian. What is his favourite hobby?
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a Why do you like this hobby?
/
Why does he like it? Circle the correct
alternative. b How do you get the signatures?


c Adrian, what do you do in your free time?
1 He collects books/signatures.

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d Have you got a special signature in your collection?
2 He likes the people/names.
/ e How do you know that they are real?
f Where do you put them?
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MVHOBB'r 4 Q:

Adrian: That's a good question. I don't buy them on


the Internet because they're often copies. I know that
;1;? celebrities sometimes have an assistant and the assistant
signs their name, or they use a special machine called an
/
/
Q: .. autopen. This makes a copy of a signature. You can find

' /1
out about these things on the websites.

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Adrian: I' ve got a lot of hobbies, but my favourite hobby is

•/
collecting celebrity sig·natures. 5 Q: ....
/,
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2 Q: Adrian: Yes, it's Angelina Jolie's signature. I know this is
real because it's from a letter from her. She's very good at

·�/1 Adrian: In a special book. I write the name of the person and
the date under the signature. I've got about six books now.
writing letters to her fans.

I :?
6 Q: ..
<
3 Q:
Adrian: Because I' m interested in these people. I like
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Adrian: It depends. I usually ask people when I go to their music or the sport that they play. People pay

/;
concerts or sports games. I often take a photo with the thousands of dollars for signatures of famous people, but

/
person, too. I also write to people. There are special websites for me it's a hobby. I also meet people on the websites so

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with the names and addresses of fan clubs. I write to these. it's a good way to make friends online.
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Use of English

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3 Complete the dialogue. There are two extra answers you don't need to use.

/ Adam: What time is the conce rt tonight? A It's at Colston Hall.

� Simon: B Go straight on and then turn left.

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Adam: Do you know where it is? C No, it's next to the restaurant.

/
/
Simon: 2 .. D At eight, I think.
E Yes, I know.

Adam: Can you tell me how to get the re?
F Go along West Street and it's on the right.
I ,/j Simon: 3

j
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Adam: Is it opposite the cinema?

/
Simon: 4.
/
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Adam: Ah, OK.
Listening Writing
4 O
LISTENING 18 Listen to Tara talking about where she 6 Read this notice from a school notice board. Write
lives. T ick (✓) the correct photo, A, B or C. a reply. Give all the necessary information.

Hi everyone!
' hobbies
We want to know about students
for a class project.
Please answer these questions.
do?
Have you got a hobby? What do you
How often do you do your hobby?
(class 4D)
Please write a note to Nathan and Seb

7 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. In some


sentences, there is more than one mistake.
1 I usually listen music in my free time.

2 I live in one flat in Toledo.

3 My brother play guitar.

4 There are some orange juice in the fridge.

0 18 Listen again. Are these sentences True (T), 5 The kitchen is next the living room.
False (F) or is the information Not Mentioned (NM)?
1 Tara doesn't live in a normal home. T / F / NM
2 Tara is a student in theUS. 6 I go sometimes to the cinema in the weekend.
T/F/NM
3 She lives with six other people. T / F / NM
4 There are six bedrooms. T/F/NM 7 He haven't breakfast in the morning.
5 She's got a lamp above her bed. T/F/NM
6 There are shops near her home. T/F/NM 8 What time opens the library?
7 She doesn't like cooking. T/F/NM
8 There are windows in her home. T/F/NM
l Look at the objects in the picture and complete the crossword. 3 Match the words from 2 with these
definitions.
a transfer information from the
Internet to your computer
b send a message from your
computer to another
c make a copy of a document
on paper
d start or finish using a computer
system
e keep the information in your
computer J.
f make a second document that
is the same as the original
g you do this with your mouse to
make it work
h move words or pictures from one
place to another

� VOCABULARY EXTENSION ·i�t-


4 Write these words below. Use a
dictionary if necessary.

desktop computer • flashdrive


headphones • micropnone
mouse mat

Q
1

10

11

' , 12
2

13

3�

4
'II[;

2 Complete the words for using computers.

1 S .... V .. 5 s ..... d an ... . m ..


5
2 p r .. . . t 6 d ... W I d

3 c....p 7 c . t and p ....... L

4 g . n / .....f 8 cI .. k ... n
Reading

STUDY SKILLS 2 Read the article again and complete the table.

Text A Textl
Is it a good idea to stop reading when you don't
understand a word?
1 Name of the
inventor
► STUDY SKILLS page 98 2 Home country of the
inventor

Read the article. Match the photos to the texts. 3 Name of the
invention
Text A Text B 4 Aim of the invention

YOUNG INVENTl>RS 3 Circle the correct alternative.


1 Poor people can/can't buy Braille printers.
• 13-year-old Shubham Banerjee is a typical 2 Shubham's invention is/isn't expensive.
student. At school, his favourite subjects are
science and Spanish, and he plays football in his 3 Young people often send messages quickly/slowly.
free time. But this teenager from Belgium is also an 4 With Trisha's invention, they think after/before they
inventor. His invention, the Braigo 2.0, is a printer. send a message.
It prints words in Braille, the system of writing for
people who can't see. It's called 'Braigo' because it 4
prints in Braille and because Shubham uses Lego to 0¢ CRITICAL THINKING
build his inventions. Decide if these statements are facts (F) or
Shubham wants to help p_li�_c!. people. Braille printers opinions (0).
are usually very expensive so many people can't_afford 1 There are teenage inventors.
them. But Shubham's printer is only $350. People all
over the world can buy one. They can connect it to their 2 Girls aren' t interested in science.
computer and when they print a document, they can
read it easily. 3 Young people don't think carefully.
4 The inventions in the article can
• Most young people write messages and send
emails, but they aren't always friendly messages. help people.
Trisha Prabhu, an American schoolgirl, knows this
5 It's expensive to invent things.
and wants to stop it. Her invention, Rethink, is a
computer program to �top cy_}?�!'!>�l_lyJ!}_g. 6 Inventors have time to do other things.
Young people often write messages quickly. They don't
think carefully before they click on 'send'. Rethink is a
program that can read messages. It asks 5 Match the underlined words in the article with
people to think before they send a these definitions.
message. Ninety-three percent
of people don't send �I].l<j�_c!. 1 you are this when you have a lot of things to
messages when they use do
this program.
2 not friendly or nice ..
Tosha's mum says that Tosha
is always P_l!�Y- She loves -3 people are this when they can't see..
science and in her free time, 4 sending computer messages that aren't
she sings in a choir and she
also writes books. And she's nice.
only 14! 5 don't have the money to buy
something ..

6 Complete the sentences with words from 5.

1 Dogs can help.... ...... .


. ...... . .. . people.

2 We need to use the Internet well and


stop

3 That dress is pretty, but it's so expensive.


I .. ... it.
4 Jesse is always nice. He's never.
5 I can't go out this weekend. I'm.

I can understand a text about young inventors


Grammar in context @
rrm Affirmative I/you/he/she/it/we/they can listen to the 5 Complete the adverbs.
song. Adjective Adverb Adjective Adverb
Negative
.
I/you/he/she/it/we/they can't remember. 1 bad b04Ly 6 careful c..
Questions Can you remember? 2 slow s.. 7 clear C

Short Yes, I/you/he/we/they can. I 3 fast f 8 good W .....


answers No, I/you/he/we/they can't. 4 calm C .. 9 hard h.
5 easy e 10 quick q
1 Complete the sentences with can or can't.
1 These inventions......................... ........... help people. (✓} 6 Circle the correct alternative.
2 I.. ........ buy this printer. It's very expensive. (X}
3 He .................................... write quickly on this old keyboard. (X}
4 You ...................................... use this program on your Hi, Max!
computer. (✓} How are you? We're in Spain now. My dad has got
5 This program.. read messages. (✓} a new job. He works very (a) hard/hardly. but he
likes it. School is difficult for me because I don't
6 My grandparents. .. understand speak Spanish very (bl good/well. My teacher speaks
technology. (X} (c) slow/slowly and clearly and I understand her
quite (d) easyly/easily. But the other students speak
2 Look at the table and complete the sentences. very (el fast(fastly and I don't understand a word 1

I study every evening and I do my homework


Ben Ana
(f) carefuly/carefully so I hope I don't do (g) bad/badly
play the guitar ✓ X in my exams.
cook ✓ X That's all for now. Write back soon,
ski ✓ ✓
Davina
speak Spanish X ✓

1 Ben............ J/ifn ........... ski.


2 He ..................................... play the guitar. 7 Complete the sentences with the adverb made
3 He ..................................... speak Spanish. from these adjectives.

4 He .................................. .. cook.
bad • careful • clear • easy • good • hard • slow
5 Ana.. speak Spanish.
6 She.................................. .. cook. 1 I can speak English, but not very..
7 She ...... . ......... . .......... ... ski. 2 We work ..................... ....... . . in class because we want
8 But she.. .. . . play the guitar. good exam results.
3 My grandfather drives.................................... . , but he
3 Put the words in order to make questions. drives.. ............ ...... , at 20 kph.
1 you sing Can 4 My teacher says that I write.. . so she can
? always read my work.
2 Can ski parents your 5 My sister wants to be a singer, but she sings
.. ? very..
3 mother English Can your speak 6 My cousin is good at languages. He learns
? them
4 your and Can you friends swim
5
.... ? @ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE ,,�, • -
5 your father Can cook
8 Circle the correct alternative.
.?
1 / always/a/ways I watch adventure films.
4 Write the short answers to the questions in 3. 2 Hugh Jackman is my actor favourite/favourite
actor .
1 Yes, ...... . L <-CJl'L
3 He is of/from Australia.
2 No, ..
4 He acts very good/we//.
3 No,.
5


I think he clearly speaks/speaks clearly.
4 Yes, ..
6 He can sing/to sing. too.
5 Yes,.

46 I can use can/ can't and adverbs of manner


Put the letters in order to make words about the
Internet.

1 rivus

2 olbg

3 asdspowr

4 sebwite

5 hcresa nngeei

6 iosacl wektnro

Complete the sentences with words from 1.

1 I often change my .................................... and it's a secret.


2 I write my opinions and experiences in
my ..
3 I usually use the .... ................ Google
when I look for information on the Internet.
4 I read articles on a news
5 There's a problem with my computer. I think it's got
a ..
6 I use a . ............ . ......... ...... ......... . .. ...... .. .......... to connect with
other people.

USIENIN6019 Listen to two people talking about


writing a blog. Tick (✓) the things that they
talk about. 4 019 Listen again. Are these sentences True (T) or
F alse (F)?
1 Tina writes a blog about celebrities. T/ F
2 Tina thinks writing a blog is different from writing
for school. T/ F
3 The first thing to do is to design your page. T /F
4 It's a good idea to download a free program
to start. T/F
5 Tina thinks you need to have a writing schedule. T /F
6 It's OK to write the name of your school on
the blog. T /F
n 7 You can put all your photos on your blog. T/F

5 Complete the sentences with these verbs. Use


a dictionary if necessary.



1 different types of biogs check • go • install • post • scan


2 downloading a program for blogging
1 When you connect to the Internet, you


3 how to respond to comments on your blog
................................... online.


4 things to write/not write on your blog
2 You . .......................... .. .. ... your emails or website for new


5 how to delete photos from a blog messages.
6 famous celebrity biogs 3 People .................................. ... comments on a website.
4 It's important to .. .......... a program to stop
viruses.
5 Remember to . ...... .......... . .. .. ... . for viruses regularly.

I can talk about the Internet and understand a conversation about writing a blog 47
1 Circle the correct alternative. 4 Match the sentences with the images.
1 Use/Don't use a safe password. 1 I like playing computer games. a©©©
2 Put/Don't put personal information on your website. 2 I hate writing. b@
3 Be/Don't be careful with the photos you post. 3 I love chatting online. c@
4 Write/Don't write your address or telephone number. 4 I don't like watching TV. d@@@
2 Complete the poster with the affirmative or 5 Complete the sentences with the -ing forms of
negative imperative of these verbs. these verbs.

give • have • install • open • remember • save chat • draw • go • play • read • surf

----Oo:tµputer safety!---- 1
2
My friends and I love.. . ......... ........... ...... . . basketball.
I'm not creative and I don't like..

0 your documents regularly. 3 My sister likes .. books and magazines.

;.a 4 My mum can't stand. . . ....... .. .. the Internet.


/
.. drinks near your computer.
5 I love...................................... out with friends.
' IJ don't know. emails from people that you
6 Jack and Lucy like. . online.

ll ... an anti-virus program. 6 Write sentences about the people.

nm
fJ
P�e
..... to log off at the end of the day.
listen to rock music ©©© ®
111 ... . your password to other people. do sport ®®® ©
watch films © ©©©
3 Match words in A with words in B to make 1 Tim [Link]�ninf}fP r9c.k: n:[Link].i?:
phrases. Then write rules about doing exams.
2 He...
A B
1 answer a dictionary 3 He..

2 be \___/ all the questions 4 Paige.. .
3 bring a pen and a pencil
late 5 She..
4 eat
5 turn off snacks 6 She.....
6 use your mobile
@ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE

EXAM RULES 7 Choose the correct option, A, B or C.

1 Most people can.......... a computer.


A use B uses C using
2 I love.......... the Internet.
A surf B surfs C surfing
3 My dad..... .... stories about sport.
A read B reads C reading
4 He likes.......... sports, too.
A do B does C doing
1 AlliW.t.r: [Link].h?. ql{�[Link], 5 My grandfather can't......... the Internet.
2 A understand B understands
C understanding.
3
6 He doesn't......... computer games.
4
A play B plays C playing
5
6

48 I can use the imperative and like, love. hate + gerund


Read the advertisement. What is it about? Tick (✓)
STUDY SKILLS
the correct answer.

1 a computer teacher D Why is intonation important when you speak?

2 a computer game D ► STUDY SKILLS page 98

3 a games event D
0 PRONUNCIATION
5 0 21 Listen to these questions. Does the
intonation go up(..,..) or down(,)?
I I - I . • • 1 What's the telephone number? "'ll

. .- · · - · · · - ·- ·

2 When does it open?
I • I I •■I • • ■• •

. 3 Can we eat there?


4 How do you spell that?
es.
5 Have you got the address?
6 What can we do there?
7 Is it closed on Sunday?

6 Circle the correct alternative.

U5TENIN6 0
20 Paul phones to ask for information.
1 The intonation goes up/down in Wh- questions.
2 The intonation goes up/down in Yes/No questions.
Listen and order the information you hear.
a the place c the time
b the date d the price
7 Look at the information. Write the questions
0 20 Listen again and complete the notes. and your answers in your notebook.

when?
2. what time?
All games £25
3 how mulh?
Monday to Saturday 9 am-7.30 pm
4 where? Also books and magazines
,; phone humber? 16 Dover Street

0 20 Write the questions. Then listen again C..DMPUT[t2. bAM[ SHOP


to check. [Link]<
1 When/the fair

- - -- -- - - --- ---------- - - ---�


2 What time/start
- ---------- -- -- - - - - ------ ----� 3 [Link]<
3 How much/cost

4 visitors play the games


......... .. ? --- 'I open<
----
- - - ---
5 Where/the fair
- - - - ----- - - -- ------·-]
· 5 sell ma.q_a.[Link]� <
------------�-----
6 How/you spell that
8 �0 22 Listen to two students asking and
---- ------------------ � answering the questions. Check your answers in 7.
7 you/got/the telephone number
9 � Practise asking and answering the
-------- --- - ----- ----- ---- ---- -- � questions in 7.

I can ask for and give information about a shop 49


1 Look at the titles (a-c) for a questionnaire about
mobile phones. Tick (✓) the best title.

a The mobile phone questionnaire D


b You and your mobile! D
c Are mobile phones good? D
2 Complete the questionnaire with these questions
in a logical order.
What do you think of mobile phones in general?
Have you got a mobile phone?
Is the name or design important for you?
What do you use it for?

HELP US WITH YOUR OPINIONS. 4 Write questions for a questionnaire about social
networks.

0 1 What/you/use it for

f) How often do you use it?

e
2 How often/you/read it

0 Do you use your mobile in class? 3 you/got/a social network page

0 What apps have you got on 4 How many friends or followers/you/got


your phone?

0 5 What/your general opinion/social networks

6 What/you/like/about it

0
5 Put the questions in 4 in order.

a General question:
b Specific questions:
c General conclusion:

6 Write eight questions in a logical order for a


questionnaire about downloading music.

3 Match the answers with the questions in 2.

a I use it to send messages and play games.


b I've got some games and one for chatting
with friends.
c Yes, I have, but it's quite old. ..L
d I think they're useful.
e I use it every day, usually in the evening and
at weekends.
f No, I don't. We haven't got a BYOT system
in my school.
g It's very important. All my friends have
new phones.
5 Circle the correct alternative.
1 Do you like watch/watching TV?
1 Complete the dialogue with can or can't.
2 My dad doesn't/can't stand cooking.


Jess: (a)... .. .. ................ you speak Spanish, Alice?
3 Can you play/playing the guitar?
Alice: Yes, I (b) .... ... , but not very well.
4 Have/Has he got a laptop at home?
Jess: (c).. .. ... ... . .......... you speak Chinese?
5 Do you like do/doing homework?
Alice: No, I (d) ... . .............. ......... . , but my friend David 6 My sister love/loves making cakes.
(e) .. ..
7 Can he keep/keeps secrets?
Jess: (f) .... . .. ...... he speak other languages?
8 ls there/There is a USB port on this computer?
_
Alice: Yes, he (g) .................... . ... .. . . speak Russian, too.
Jess: Wow! I (h)... . speak other languages. Vocabulary
I (i).. .. . . .. .. ... only speak English!
1 Circle the correct alternative.
2 Complete the sentences with the adverb form of 1 You use a printer/keyboard to write on your computer.
the adjectives given. 2 I've got a photo of my cat as my webcamlscreensaver.
1 Teri can write very ..................... . ........... on the computer. It's 3 You download/click on data from the Internet to your
.......? amazing! (fast) computer.
2 You need to read the instructions .. .. 4 I use my laptop a lot so the touchpad/rnonitor isn't
before you start the exam. (careful) very good now.
... ?
3 I like ICT but I often do. .. in my exams. 5 It's important to save/send documents before you log
(bad) on/off.
.......? 6 You need a USB cable/scanner to connect to the TV.
4 Your writing is terrible! You need to
write ...................................... . (clear) 7 When you want to move pictures or words, you print/
cut and paste.
....? 5 I don't like this computer. I can't move the mouse
very.. . ........ . ... . (easy)
2 Complete the sentences with words about the
6 I always work.. ..... ........ .. .. in my science class. (hard) Internet.
... . ?
7 Our new teacher explains things very 1 My .. ........ .... . .. ...... .. .. . is Xy23R7, but it's difficult to
(good) remember!
..... ?
2 I write a .. .................................... on the Internet about what I
3 Write sentences using the imperative form of
do every day.
these verbs.
3 I usually use Google to look for information. It's a
bring • do • eat • take • use good..
4 I don't use a.. .... ...... ..... ... .. .. . . .. ... .. ..... .. . . . . but my
1 No photos here!
friends are on Facebook.
5 There's a problem with my computer at the moment.
2 You need a dictionary tomorrow. I think it's got a
6 I often read a celebrity .......................... ........... to find out
3 No food in the classroom! about my favourite actors.

3 Complete the words.


4 Your hom,ework is important.
1 you do this to find
information s ... .... .... the
5 No mobiles in the exam!
I
2 you put papers in this L
4 Complete the sentences with love, like, don't like, 3 a small computer I
hate, can't stand and the verbs given. 4 you learn about computers
1 We©©©..... . in this school subject i. ... . . and
. . ....... . .............. .. . . ..... (use) computers
C
in class.
t
2 I© . .. . . . . . ....... . .... .. .. . . ... . ... .... ........ . (learn) new things.
5 you go here to find books I
3 My friend ® ... ... .. ..... . . ... . .. ... ..... . . .. ................... (study).
6 a table for your computer d ..
4 He © .................... ... .. . . ..... ... . . . . . .. . .... . . (chat) to friends.
7 you put books and other
5 He ® ® ® .......... .. . .. .... .... ........ . . . ......... .... .... . (write).
things on this in your room s ..
I �-'I
1 Write the names of the shops and places where you can get these items.

1 I s I 6�

2 161 I I r--� 1 lnl I I I I I I·I


3 I s
s IsI I I
s

4 I P

5 I b

2 Put the letters in order to make shopping words.


� VOCABULARY EXTENSION ,.,_
1 csha . . .. <:.0,rh.
5
2 cprie
3 zise
4 lase
5 recidt drac
6 lalwet
7 rusep
8 cehueq
9 cahnge

3 Complete the sentences with the shopping words


from 2.

1 I haven't got much money in my p0,rg/w.0U�t. I


need to go to the bank.
2 Can I pay by ...
or. . ... ?
3 Have you got this T-shirt in a .. . .... .. .. . M?
4 Can you tell me the. ............? Is it £20?
5 It's usually £20, but it's only £15 in the ...
6 I' m sorry, we only accept ...
7 Here's £20.
Thank you. Here's £5 ..

D □
□ □D
4 Put the sentences in 3 in the correct order. 1 fishmonger's 4 greengrocer's


1 ... L.. 3 5 7 2 bookshop 5 butcher's

2 4 6 3 florist's 6 department store


■·
1 Read the online chat and circle the correct 3 Read the notices. Which notice does Kylie send
alternative. to Sara?
1 Sara and Kylie decide to go to the cinema/shopping Notice: ..
centre.
B
2 They decide to meet in/outside Mojo's in half an � ourp�

- i� :··
�·-
hour/an hour.

-
- Chat e+ 0 X Now open ?4 hours ,1 day

Kylie No, not really. I'm doing When you order online
my homework. Well, I'm not
doing my homework really. I'm
surfing the Internet and looking

______
at clothes. I'm looking for
something to wear to the party
next weekend.
,./

Kylie No, Mum's in the living room. She's watching TODAY ONLY!
a film on TV. Dad isn't here. He's playing tennis.

Kylie He's at the shopping centre. He's


buying a present for Mum's birthday. And
a cake, I hope! What about you?
No cheques
Sara I'm in my room, listening to music and Laptop - only two years old

chatting to you! Mum and Dad aren't here. They're We apologise for any inconvenience Half usual price

Kylie Hey, do you want to go to the shopping


SPECIAL DEALS!
centre? There's a sale on at Mojo's. 50% off! Look, Buy two films and get one free
I'm sending you the link now. Can you see it? Look inside 1

a.a Yes! I can't believe itll


4 Which notice (A-G) says this (1-5)?
Kylie Perhaps I can find a dress to 1 You don't pay for one when you buy three.
wear to the party. The sale's only for
today so we need to go this afternoon. 2 This is cheap because it isn't new.
3 You can go shopping at any time.
4 The price is low when you buy in a
different way.
Kylie Let's meet at the shopping /
5 It isn't possible to eat here.
centre in half an hour. Outside Mojo's.
5 01;,, CRITICAL THINKING
Decide if these statements are facts (F) or
2 Where are the people and what are they doing? opinions (0).
Complete the table.
1 Girls like shopping, but boys don't like
Where? Activity shopping.
Kylie in, he-r room [Link]¥1!J the, Internet 2 Some shops don't accept credit cards
Kylie's mother or cheques.

Kylie's father - 3 Things are cheap when you buy them on line.
Cole 4 People buy things that they need in sales.
Sara 5 Shops are open on Sunday in some countries.......
Sara's parents -
6 There are usually sales in January and in July. .
Chris

I can understand an online chat and shop notices 53


1 Complete the table with the correct form of to be. 2 I/not sleep/listen to music

I (a) ..
You are
doing
He/She/It (b) . homework.
We are
They (c) ...
I'm not
3 My sister/not sit in her room/run in the park
You (d) ..
listening to
He/She/It (e) ...
music.
We (f) .
They aren't

2 Write the -ing form of these verbs.

chat • have • f3lay • read • send • shop • swim


4 We/not have/pizza for dinner/make a salad
take • watch • write

1 + -ing P l'i!Yif:13

2 e + -ing
5 You/not do your homework/chat online

3 double consonant + -ing

3 Complete the sentences with the present


continuous form of the verbs. @ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE
1 1'.mr�4if:13 ... a good book at the moment. (read) 5 Correct the sentences if necessary. Tick {✓) the
2 I can't talk now. We.. .. dinner. (have) correct sentences.
1 She's having a shower. ✓
3 My brother.. . .. football in the park. (play)
2 She's buying a meat at the butcher's.
4 My parents aren't here. They. . . .. for a new
printer. (shop)
3 My cousins are plaing in the park.
5 My sister.. .. a present for her friend. (buy)
6 We...... .. .. . .... .. ........... an adventure film on TV. (watch) 4 I'm puting some posters on my wall.

4 Write sentences in the present continuous. 5 My dad is cooking dinner.


1 They/not study/play computer games
Th?y..0.r�.�t...,rt:l{c!y£f:13,.. Tk?y'rt.. 6 Daniel is chatting to Amy's and Mike's mum.
plvJ'(l:f:13.. (911:1:pl{t:e,.[Link]{.,f.,...
7 We waiting for Becky to buy her shoes.

8 I'm writting an email. .

54 I can use the present continuous affirmative and negative


Vocabulary and listening
1 Find 13 words for clothes. 5 Jody's brother ...
a is in a clothes shop.
s T R 0 u s E R s 0 b is buying new trainers.
w Q F G N I R E I T c is wearing new trainers.
6 At the end of the conversation, ...
E C 0 A T E E s D s a Jody is buying a skirt and jeans.
A M E D p H R H R H b the shop is closing.
c Jody's mum has a problem with her phone.
T J R M R E C I T I

s p u N N E A R J R
4 0 23 Listen to the conversation again. Complete
and check your answers.

H J L I B s s T u T
� VOCABULARY EXTENSION " "s-
I J A C K E T s p V
5 Match the words to the photos.
R R z 0 y B 0 0 T s
II II
T A s K I R T X K w

2 Circle the odd one out.


1 boots trousers trainers
2 skirt coat jacket
3 top sweatshirt boots
4 trousers jeans top II
5 dress skirt jumper
6 T-shirt top boots

3 USJENING O 23 Listen to a phone conversation


between a girl called Jody and her mum. Before
you listen, underline the important words in the
questions. Then listen and choose the correct
answers.
1 At the moment, Jody is ...
a buying things for school.
b in a clothes shop.
C going to the shopping centre.
2 Jody wants to buy new jeans because ...
a she hasn' t got any jeans.
b she needs some new jeans.
C the jeans are a· good price.
3 Jody's mother thinks ...
a Jody always wear jeans·.
b the jeans are expensive.
C Jody needs a new dress.


1 a tracksuit
4 Jody sees a skirt that ...


a is grey. 2 socks


b costs £28. 3 a hat


C is half price in the sale. 4 a scarf


5 shorts
6 sandals

I can talk about clothes and underst


Grammar in context ®
rITTr 1 Write questions in the present continuous.
1 Dylan and Eva/buy/trainers 4 Toby/listen/to music
Art Dyl0vi, 0.n4. Ev0 btiyif'lf}t.m£�r,s:? .. ?
2 Dylan/wearing/a coat 5 Toby and Sophie/chat
? ?
3 Eva/wearing/a dress 6 they/wearing T-shirts
.? .?

2 Look at the picture and answer the questions in 1.

-_/

Toby Sophie Dylan Eva

1 Ye,,s:, t:Ji�y [Link]. 4 5 Complete the email with the present simple or
present continuous form of the verbs.
2 5
3 6

Hi Tessa,
3 Put the words in order to make questions. Then
match each one with the answers (a-f). How are you ? I (a).. ... ........... (sit) in my room. I
(b).. . .................. (write) to you because everyone is
1 buying Where Dylan and Eva are trainers
out. Mum (c).. . .. ... (do) the shopping. She often
....?
(d).. . ... (do) the shopping on Saturday afternoon.
2 is Dylan What wearing Dad usually (e). ... ......... ..... (go) with her, but today he
? .
(f) . . . (work). Stevie always (g)..
3 are Sophie and Toby Where sitting (play) football on Saturday afternoon, so I know he
? (h).. ...... (play) football at the moment. What
4 is Sophie reading What (i) ... =:::' .. .. you.. (do) at the moment?
. ....? Greg

5 doing What Toby and Mark are


? @ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE •:�-
a On a sofa. d A book. 6 Read the questions and choose the best answer.
b Sending messages. e In a sports shop. 1 What do you do in your free time?
c A sweatshirt. a I play the guitar. b I'm playing the guitar.
2 What are you doing in English at the moment?
4 Circle the correct alternative. a We learn about clothes.
1 My friends and I usually go/are usually going b We're doing an exercise.
shopping �n Saturdays.
3 When do you have English?
2 Are you watching/Do you watch TV at the moment?
a On Mondays. b We're having it on Friday.
3 What do you do/are you doing on Sundays?
4 What do you wear to school?
4 Our teachers give/are giving us homework every day.
a I wear a skirt. b I'm wearing a skirt.
5 I'm reading/read a really good book at the moment.
5 Are you listening to music right now?
6 We're having/have dinner now. Can you call later?
a No, I don't. b Yes, I am.

56 I can ask and answer questions in the present continuous, and use the present simple and present continuous
Developing speaking
1 Look at the pictures. How many differenc-es can you see?

There are .......... differences.

2 US1ENIN6 0
24 Listen to two students describing
0 PRONUNCIATION
one of the pictures. Which picture are they
describing, A or B? 4 0 25 Listen to these words and write them in the
They are describing picture correct column.

3 0 24 Listen again. Complete the description � • behind • buying • English • front • hand
phone • playing • sing • think• trainers• window
of the picture in 2.

This is a street in a small town. There are some lo/


shops. There's a newsagent's, a sports shop and a
library. There's a man in front of the newsagent's.

---�
I think he's buying a newspaper. He's wearing
(a) .. . .. ......................... Opposite the
newsagent's, there's a park. Some boys are playing
(b) .. . ............................ in the park.
Maybe it's Saturday because they aren't at school. Q EXAM PRACTICE -J� �
They're wearing (c) 5 Look at the other picture in 2 and read the
and I think they are having a good time. questions. Write your answers in your notebook.
There's a girl at the front of the park, too. 1 What shops and places can you see in the picture?
She's (d) .... .............. ............... ............................................. There's 2 Where are the people?
a woman near her. I think she's got a mobile
3 What are they wearing?
phone in her hand. She's talking on her mobile
4 What are they doing?
phone. She's wearing a skirt and a top. And
there's (e) ................................................................................ with a 6 � 026 Listen to a student describing the
dog next to her. We can see a boy in front of picture. Check your answers in 5.
the window of the sports shop. He's looking at
(f) ............................................................................... or maybe some 7 EAKIN& Practise describing the picture.
trainers. And there's another shop on
the right of the sports shop, too. It's a STUDY SKILLS
(g) .. ... ... . Then
Why is it a good idea to repeat speaking activities?
behind the park, there's a library. A girl or a
► STUDY SKILLS page 99
woman is sitting in front of the library. She's
(h) ...... . . . We can see the
time. It's (i) .. . ......... past three.

I can describe differences between two pictures 57


1 Read the note. Underline the mistakes and write 3 Are these sentences correct? Tick (✓) the correct
the correct forms. sentences and correct the incorrect sentences.

1 punctuation . .... . I'm ... 1 I going to the library now.

,. 2 capital letters
2 Then my brother want to go shopping.
3 spelling
4 word order 3 We always go on Saturday.
5 agreement between subject and verb
4 He needs a jacket new.
6 style (formal and informal)

7 tense
5 The sports shop have a sale.

Dear-� td,
6 The shopping centre closes at 8 o'clock.
I!!! qoinq fo fhe s'1oppinq [Link] now. Sfeve and
Connor- ar-e fher-e. iher-e 's a sael af IJi)(ons and
7 Then maybe can we go to the cinema.
s+eve looks fo, a new mobile p'1one. r'/lee+ us lafer-!
We qo alwaLfS fo fhe Wesf Sfreef [Link] for- lune.I,.
we [Link] meef fher-e af 1,30. ihen we [Link] qo fo 4 Write the note with the correct punctuation and
fhe par-k. In fhe eveninq, maLfbe we [Link] qo fo fhe capital letters.
[Link]. iher-e's a new James bond '1/m. 1 fhink if
hi lucy im going shopping later I need to buy some spanish
sfar-f af half pas+ seven. books do you want to come meet me in front of the
newsagents then maybe we can have lunch see you chloe
see LfOU!
Liam

STUDY SKILLS
Why is it a good idea to check your writing when you
Showing at Plaza Cinema finish?

12.30, 4.00, 7.30 ► STUDY SKILLS page 99

5 Your cousin is staying with you but you need to go


out. You want to meet up later. Write a note. Use
these ideas.
2 Read Liam's note again and answer the questions.
■ you need a new school bag
1 Where is Liam going?
■ there are bags on special offer
■ meet in front of the shopping centre at 11
2 What does Steve want to buy? ■ then maybe go to the park

3 What time can Ed meet his friends?

4 Where can they meet?

5 What can they do in the evening?

6 When does the film start?


Revision: Units 1 ·2·3·4·5·6

Grammar Vocabulary
1 Complete the phone conversation with the 1 Read the definitions and write the words.
present continuous of the verbs.
1 you buy newspapers and
Rob: Hi, Mum. magazines here n ..
Mum: Hi, Rob. What (a) ... 2 you buy aspirins and
(you/do)? medicines here C

Rob: I (b) .. ........... .. ........ (sit) in the 3 you use this to buy things C ....
living room. Why?
4 women carry money in this p ....
Mum: I can hear people.
5 you buy bread here b
Rob: Oh, that's Sue and Gus.
6 how big or small a thing is s ..
Mum: (c) .. (they/watch)
7 the money that you get back
TV? when you pay C
Rob: No, they (d) ... ........
. ...... .... .. They
8 you buy jewellery here j
(e) ........... ...... ................................................... .............. (chat).
9 you carry paper money in this W ..
Mum: (f) .. . .. .. (you/have) a
10 you send a letter here p
party?
Rob: No, we (g) ... ... ... .... ...... (have) 2 Read the definitions and write the words.
a pizza, that's all.
1 you wear these on your feet
Mum: And your brother? What
sh tr bo....
(h) ............................................................. .... ... ............. . (he/do)?
2 boys don't wear these
Rob: He's in his room.
dr. . sL
Mum: (i) .. . . . ............ (he/study)?
3 you wear these when it's cold
Rob: Yes, he 0) .. .. . . ..... ..... When
(k) . . .................. ....... ............... ... (you/come) co.... ja

home? 4 you wear these on your legs


Mum: ' We (I) ......................................... ...................................... .... (come) je. tr...
home now. See you in five minutes! 5 you wear these on your top
ju.... SW ... sh
2 Circle the correct alternative.
1 We usually go/are going to the cinema on Saturday. 3 Choose the correct option, A, B or C.
2 Is Dad making/Does Dad make lunch? I'm hungry!
1 I need to go to the bank because I haven' t got
3 Please be/being quiet! I'm doing my homework.
any
4 My friend has got/is having fair hair and blue eyes.
A cash B sale C size
5 I can't understand the teacher because she's
speaking very fastlfastly. 2 My sister, her ......... and their son all love shopping.
6 Does Sam like/ls Sam liking reading? A wife B aunt C husband
7 What do you do/are you doing in history at the 3 I want to buy a new ......... for maths.
moment?
A keyboard B calculator C touchpad
8 I often get up/am getting up late at the weekend.
4 My sister always .......... with friends at the weekend.

3 Complete the text with the present simple or A goes B goes out C sees
present continuous form of the verbs.
5 My dad is in the . ... .. He's making a sandwich.
1 Listen! Dani .. .................................. (sing) a song! A kitchen B living room C dining room.
2 My brother always .. ................ . . . ...... .. (go) to the park on 6 Where are your parents? They' re . ..... the shopping.
Sundays.
A having B going C doing
3 Bev .. .. .. .. ................... (have) salad for lunch every day.
4 Kevin is very busy. What .... ....... . .. .. .............. (he/do)?

5 I can't find my book.. ..... . .... ... ................ (you/sit) on it?


6 Shops . . ...... .. (not open) on Sunday in
my country.

Grammar and vocabulary revision


✓ Gateway to exams: Units 5-6

Reading
-
� 1 Which notice (A-G) says this (1-5)?
/1 1 This is a good place to go with children if you don't want to pay.
/1
2 The cakes here are healthy.
3 This place is an interesting place for older children and adults to visit.
4 You can buy things online here.
5 You pay 50% of the usual price if you go there after a particular time.

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TECHNOLOGY MUSEUM
Learn about the history of computers
Order now for a special occasion
Drnerno FREE FOR
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Wednesday to Saturday 10 am-5 pm CHILDREN
Order online or call

]
us on 349 729 8803 �

m - - - -- D
Museum Activity Day
. TODAY'S
SPECIAL Saturday 10 am-6 pm
For children aged 13 and up
BURGER AND CHIPS

Special price for groups

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a I �
All natural in gredients

HALF PRICE FOR CHILDREN ne F!.1J m IThiiiij&u� \.


F

Open a cake shop, make cakes and


CUSTOMERS!
serve coffee to your customers � We offer half-price meals after 6 pm
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GJ· All the ingredients for a good time! OPEN Saturdays and Sundays

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Use of English
2 Read the text. Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each space.

We love music in my family. My parents usually (1) .. 1 A listen B listens C listening


to classical music. My dad always listens to the radio 2 A her B hers C theirs
in his car and my mum uses an MP3 player in (2) 3 A don't B doesn't C can't
My brother (3) .. like classical music. He's into rock 4 AO B a C the
music. He plays (4) ..... guitar and he sings very (5) 5 A good B well C much
I like classical music and I like rock music, but I (6) .. 6 Aam B is C are
/1 listening to rock music at the moment. I usually listen to
7 AO B is C are
music on line. There (7) .. ...... some good free websites. I
8 Aam B have C has
download the songs that I like. I (8) ...
. . got a lot of songs
on my mobile phone.

60 Gateway to exams
Listening Writing
3 USTENIN60 27 Listen to the dialogue between a 4 It's Saturday morning and a friend sends you a
boy called Marc and his grandmother. Before you message. He/She wants to meet this morning, but
listen, underline the important words. Then listen you can't. Write a message to your friend. Write
and choose the correct answers. about:
1 Marc's grandmother ... ■ why you can't meet this morning
a wants to find a program on the Internet. ■ where and when you can meet later

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b never downloads programs from the Internet. ■ what you can do when you meet
c doesn't know how to download programs.
2 She isn't using ...
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a the mouse correctly.


b the right search engine.
c the keyboard.
3 She has a problem because ...
a Marc speaks quickly.
b Marc doesn't explain things well.
c she doesn't understand Marc .
4 Marc thinks his grandmother ...
a should do a computer course.
b is always busy.
c can use computers easily.
5 Paul can give computer lessons ...
a in the morning.
b every day.
c when he finishes work.
6 Paul's number is ...
a 4355892.
b 4385592.
C 4388592.

f) COMMON MISTAKES 4 ,�iilllll!


5 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. In some
sentences, there is more than one mistake.
1 I like play football at the weekend. V
2 How much cost this T-shirt?

3 I speaks English but not very good.

4 Do you can play a musical instrument?

5 There is man in this photo. He reads a book.

6 I love the computers.

7 We study very hardly in maths.

8 What they are doing at the moment?


1
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2 Complete the table with the sports from 1.

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3 Find 12 words connected to sports competitions in the wordsnake. e0
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4 Do the sports quiz. Choose a, b or c.
5 Match the sports in the photos to the
places. Use a dictionary if necessary.

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1 When players play in a group, they are a ...


a champion. b team. c winner.

2 A game between groups of players is a ...


a match. b final. c race.

3 The person who decides what is right and wrong is the ...
a champion. b player. c referee.

4 The last game in a competition is called the ...


a winner. b final. c champion.

5 The winner of the last match wins a ...


a cup. b champion. c present.

6 The Olympic Games is an important sports ...


a competition. b game.

7 Runners run very fast if they want to win a ...


a champion. b race. c final.
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1 court 4 rink

8 A winner in the Olympic Games wins a ...


a prize. b cup. c medal. 2 course 5 pitch
3 p o ol

62 I can talk about sports and sports competitions


Reading

1 Match the sports with the descriptions. 3 Read the text again. Are these statements
1 basketball D 2 rugby D 3 tennis D True (T), False (F) or is the information Not
Mentioned (NM)?
a There are two players. The players hit a ball. 1 Tennis in the 14th century was different
b There are two teams. There are 15 players in a team. from tennis now. T/F/NM
c There are two teams. The players put a ball in a basket. 2 It was a popular game in the UK in
the 17OOs. T/F/NM
STUDY SKILLS 3 The creator of basketball was American. T/F/NM
4 It was a game to play in the school gym. T/ F / NM
Why is it a good idea to read the title and look at
pictures before you read? 5 There were two teams of 15 players
in the first game of basketball. T/F/NM
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6 The name 'rugby' comes from a school
in England. T/F/NM
2 Read about the three sports. Which countries are the 7 William Webb Ellis was a good
sports from? football player. T/F/NM
8 It was a teacher's idea to run with
1 tennis 3 rugby the ball. T/F/NM
2 basketball .
4 0°' CRITICAL THINKING

The history of sports Decide if these statements are facts (F) or


opinions (0).
:a HI "'I eI I I• 1 Sports come from different countries.
UK is famous for
tennis, but the 2 Tennis was a popular sport for kings
game is 9_rjgt!]?Jly and queens.
from France. The
name comes from 3 You need to be tall to play basketball well.
the French word 4 Winning is very important in sports.
'tenir' or 'take.'
King Louis X was 5 Football was a sport before rugby.
one of the first 6 Rugby is a dangerous game.
players in the 14th century. There was a tennis court in his
home and there was one in the Louvre f_�l_a_�� in Paris, too. But
it wasn't the tennis that we know today It was similar to the
Basque game Pelota, with players using their hands to !iJ! the 5 Match the underlined words in the text with
ball. There weren't tennis rackets until the 1700s. these definitions.
The creator of basketball was 1 a big house for kings and queens
Dr James Naismith. He was 2 move an object with force
from Canada, but he was a PE
teacher in Massachusetts in 3 first, at the start
the US. Massachusetts is very 4 a cup or similar object that
cold in winter and it wasn't
possible for students to do winners win
sports outside. His idea was 5 an open space
to play a game in the school
gym. There was a fruit p_o,_�ls�! 6 an object you use for carrying or
in the gym so he put it above keeping other things in
the door. The game was to put a football in the basket. There
wasn't a h�l� in the basket so it was difficult to get the ball out! 6 Complete the sentences with words from 5.
ow, of course, there is a hole.
1 The king or queen of England lives in
Rugby is a type of football and it
r1
is also the name of a school in the l:il
Buckingham
UK. The game comes from this 2 My mum takes a .................. ....... to the shops to
school. There is a popular story carry her shopping in.
about the first game of rugby In
1823, there was a student at the 3 The names of all the winners are on the
school called William Webb Ellis. Wimbledon
Ellis was a player in the football 4 Oh no! There's a .. ..... . in my shoe!
team. For Ellis, the game was slow
so one day he decided to run with 5 . .. .......... from China, but now
My parents are . ............
the ball in his hands. We don't we live in the US.
know if the story is true, but the
6 Baseball players ........ .. .. .... ......... a ball with a bat.
name of the Rugby World Cup
ggpp_y today is the Webb Ellis Cup.

I can understand a text about the history of sports


1 Complete the table with these words. 5 Complete the answers and match them
with the questions in 4.
Was • was • wasn't • Were • were
a His name ... . . .. .. . ... ....Mr Evans.
Affirmative b No, they .
I (a) . ... .... .................tired. We were tired.
You were tired. c Yes, I . Well, quite good. .L
He/She/It was tired. d They .. ...... ....... .......once a week.
They (b) ... ...... . ................tired.
e It .. .basketball.
Negative I wasn't tired. They weren't tired.
You weren't tired. We weren't tired. f No, I ....There wasn't a
He/She/It (c) .. . .......tired. team at my school.
Questions Was I tired? Were we tired?
Were you tired? 6 Look at the picture of a boy's bedroom
(d) ....... ... .. ................he/she/it tired? when he was at primary school. Complete
the sentences with there was, there
(e) ... . ...... .......... .....they tired?
wasn't, there were or there weren't.
Short Yes, I was. / No, I wasn't.
answers Yes, he/she/it was. / No, he/she/it wasn't.
Yes, they were. I No, they weren't.

2 Circle the correct alternative.


1 Tennis was/were a popular sport in the past.
2 Basketball was/were the idea of James Naismith.
3 The first games wasn't/weren't outside. They was/were inside.
4 The first basketballs wasn't/weren't orange. They was/were
brown.
5 Webb Ellis wasn't/weren't a rugby player. He was/were a
football player.
6 Rugby was/were originally a boys' game.

3 Complete the text with the past simple form of to be.


Cycling races are very popular now. The first cycling race 1 . Th?r� [Link]'t. ........ ... a computer.
(a). in France in 1868. It (b) .... ... ...... ....... between
. 2 some books.
Paris and Rouen. But the winner (c) . ... . . ..... ............from France, he
(d) .. . .. . ... . .........a British man called James Moore. Of course, 3 ..a lot of cups
and medals.
the bikes then (e) ... . . . ............. ......very different from now. They
(f) ....... ........ .. .... ..fast like today. 4 ..a TV.
One of the first cycling champions (g) .. an American
5 .....any computer
called Arthur Augustus Zimmerman. He (h) . . .. .......... . ....the
games.
winner of 1,000 races. He (i). only a champion, he
G) ..... . . ... .
. .........the first cycling celebrity. 6 posters on the walls.

7 ..a football.
4 Write questions about sport.
1 you/good at sport at primary school .. ,
@ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE
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2 What/your favourite sport
7 Circle the correct alternative.
...? 1 It/There was a football World Cup
in 2014.
3 Who/your teacher
2 It/There was in Brazil.
?
3 They/There were 32 teams in the
4 your friends interested in sport
competition.
...?
4 It/There wasn't the first World Cup
5 you in a team in Brazil.
? 5 It/There was one in Brazil in 1950.
6 How often/your PE lessons 6 It/There wasn't a World Cup in 1942.
?
Vocabulary and listening
Complete the words with these endings. 3 Write the sports person for these triathlon events.

-ast • -er • -ist

1 climb.t'.:L... 6 horse-rid

2 cyd 7 runn....

3 Formula 1 driv... 8 skat....


4 gymn. 9 ski....

5 tennis play 10 swimm ...

2 Who needs these things? Match seven of the


sports people from 1 to the equipment (a-g}.

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4 [lmNING O
28 Alistair wants to do a triathlon. Listen
to a conversation about his training. For each day
(1-5), write a letter (a-g} of the sport/activity that
he did. You don't need to use all the activities.

1 Monday a tennis

mo 2 Tuesday b swimming
3 Wednesday C ice-skating
4 T hursday d cycling
5 Friday e watch a tennis match
f running

g horse-riding

5 0 28 Are these statements about Alistair True (T }


or False (F}? Listen again if necessary.
1 His family are interested in sports. T/F
2 Last week was a normal week for him. T/F
3 He needed to buy some new trainers on Tuesday. TI F
4 His friend lost his tennis match. T/ F
5 His cousin came to stay on Friday. T/F
6 T he riding school was open on Friday. T /F

DD mo � VOCABULARY EXTENSION ..�--


6 Match these things with the sport. Use a
dictionary if necessary.
1 skis a swimming
2 a saddle b climbing
3 goggles c baseball
4 bat d skiing
5 a helmet e horse-riding
6 ropes f cycling

I can talk about sports people and understand people talking about training
Grammar in context
1 Read the sentences. Are the verbs regular (R) 5 Complete the description with the past simple form of
or irregular (I) past forms? some of the verbs in 3.

1 I cycled to school. .. R .. Last weekend, Eddie (a) ......... ............................ up at half past eight.
He (b).... .. . . .. . . . .... a shower and after breakfast, his father
2 I went swimming.
(c) .. . . .. . . . him to the sports centre. There was an
3 I wanted to go running. important basketball competition. His team (d).
4 My friend had an important match. the first match 42-20, but they (e) ..................................... the second
5 He won the match. match 32-50. Eddie wasn't very happy. He (f).. ...
home instead of going out with his friends. In the afternoon,
6 I decided to go into town.
he (g).. .. ............. .................. his homework. In the evening, he watched
TV with his family. They (h).. . . a film about a
2 Complete the sentences with the past simple
basketball hero!
of these regular verbs.

change • listen • play • start • stay


6 Complete the text using the past simple form of these
regular and irregular verbs.
stop • want

be • decide • finish • go • move • play • see


1 We.... .... .
. ... .. . . .. volleyball on the beach last
start • want • win
weekend.
2 My mum .. .. ... . .. to be a skater when she Paul Gasol (a).. born
was young. in Barcelona, Spain in 1980. He ,. ¢

(b) ............ to play basketball at the


3 ... to the match on the radio last
age of seven. In 1992, he (c)
night.
Michael Jordan, his hero, at the Olympic ' . ".-,-";
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4 We usually have PE at 11 o'clock but games in Barcelona and (d)..
they ... ................................. the time. to be like him. When he (e)..
5 Greg· .. at school late yesterday to school, he (f) . ........ . .. .. .... ... . . to university to
do basketball training. study medicine, but he (g).
to leave and play basketball
6 I .. . . to do judo but I ..
professionally. First, he (h) ..... for FC Barcelona.
because it was difficult. Then he (i) .. .. .............. to the US to play in the NBA He
G) .. . . ... medals at the Olympics in Beijing in 2008 and
3 Complete the irregular past simple verbs. in London in 2012.
1 win W. n 6 get g..
. t
@ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE
2 eat .... t .. 7 have h
7 Find and correct a mistake in each sentence.
3 see S. W 8 go w. ... t
1 Last weekend, we go to the park to play football.
4 do d ... d 9 take t. k

5 lose I ... t 10 buy b ght


2 My parents buyed me a new bike for my birthday
last year.
4 Complete the sentences with verbs in the
past simple.
3 The match started at nine last night and finish at
1 I usually get up at seven o'clock, but yesterday
half past ten.
I.
. . ............... up at nine.
2 I usually eat cereal in the morning, but
4 Why you was you late for basketball training yesterday?
yesterday I .... . . .... .. . . ... an egg.

3 We go to school every day, but yesterday 5 When I was six, we was moved to London.
we.... ... to the park.
4 We usually see adventure films at the cinema, 6 We had got a lot of homework yesterday.
but yesterday we ... ... ...... . . .... a sci-fi film.

5 We often have pasta for lunch, but yesterday 7 My grandfather born in 1955.
we . meat.

u
6 My mum usually buys ice cream, but yesterday 8 There was about 500 people in the last marathon.
she . . ................................. yoghurt.

66 I can use the past simple affirmative of regular and irregular verbs
Developing speaking
1 Match the halves to make questions. 4 Write these phrases in the correct column.
1 Do you like a skiing is a dangerous sport?
I'm not mad about it. • It depends.
2 Do you think b about young people doing dangerous It's brilliant! • I hate ... • It's not bad.
sports? It's awful. • It's great! • I can' t stand ...
3 How do you feel c doing sports?

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2 Ymlllffi. 29 Listen to two people answering questions
about sports. What is their opinion of young people doing ©
dangerous sports?

0 PRONUNCIATION
5 0 30 Listen to these phrases and
underline the word or sound that is
stressed.
1 I love skiing.
2 I'm not mad about it.
3 It depends.
4 It's brilliant!
5 It's awful.
6 In my opinion, ...
7 I don't think ...
8 I can' t stand watching TV.

Q EXAM PRACTICE �
6 Read the questions. Write your
answers in your notebook.
1 Do you like doing sports?
2 Who is your favourite sportsperson?
Speaker A: It's good. / It's OK. / It's bad.
3 What do you think about sports at
Speaker B: It's good. / It's OK. / It's bad. school?
4 How do you feel about young people
3 0 29 Listen again. Who says these things, Speaker A (A) or doing dangerous sports?
Speaker B (B)?
1 I don't think it's OK for children. A/B 7 U5JENIN6 0
31 Listen to a student
2 I think it's safe. A/B answering the questions in 6. What are
her answers to the questions?
3 In my opinion, you need to be 16. A/B
4 I love skiing. A/B
8 Now answer the questions in 6.
5 I'm not mad about it. A/B
6 Well, it depends. A/B

STUDY SKILLS
Why is it a good idea to learn phrases for speaking?
► STUDY SKILLS page 99

I can ask for and give opinions


1 Read the story and put the pictures (a-cl) in order. 3 Are these statements about the story True (T) or
F alse (F)?
1 Blake and Stefan were good friends. T/ F
2 They lived in the same city when they were eight. T/F
3 Blake saw his old friend at a football match. T/F
4 Stefan's team won the match. T/F
5 The friends had different hobbies. T/F
6 After the match, they were friends again. T/F

4 Complete the sentences with and, but, because


or so.

1 Blake and Stefan were classmates.. .. they


walked to school together.

2 Stefan's dad got a new job ..................................... they moved


to a new city.

3 Blake was sad,.. .. he made new friends .

4 Blake travelled to another city. .. he had a


football match.

5 He heard his name . he turned and


looked.

6 He was surprised. .... .............. he saw his old friend.

7 Stefan was a good player, .. ... . .. Blake's team


won the match.

8 After the match, they talked...................................... they were


friends again.

5 Write a story about meeting an old friend by


accident at a sports event. Remember to:
■ start with an introduction of the main character(s)
■ have a main event
■ end the story

Seeing an old friend li- ti ll-M li � il -H- H -JJ


B lake and Stefan were friends at primary school
(a) and/but they walked to school together every
day. (b) Then/Next, when Blake was seven, Stefan
moved to another city (c) so/because his father got a
new job. Blake was very sad, but made new friends
at school (d) and/so he joined a football team.
(e) One day/After that, when Blake was 14, he
travelled to another city to play in a football match.
Before the match, he heard someone call his name.
(f) Next/Suddenly. he saw his old friend Stefan. He
was a player in the other team. He was a good
player and it was a difficult match, but (g) 1:hrnL
in the end, Blake's team won. After the match, the
friends talked. They found out that they were both
fans of the same football team and they had a lot in
common. (h) After/After that, they often texted and
visited each other.
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2 Read the story again and circle the correct


alternative.
Revision: Units 1 ·2 ·3·4·5·6·7

Grammar Vocabulary
Complete the dialogue with the correct affirmative 1 Put the letters in order to make sports.
or negative form of was or were.
A
ABSEABLL LLFTBOOA LLEYLLVOBA
Harry: (a) .................. you at the match yesterday? BALLSBAETK IEC KEYHOC
Marc: Yes, I (b)..... . B
UJDO TASYGMNICS
Harry: (c). . Tom there, too?
C
NGIISK EIC-NASIKTG OHRSE-IDRING
Marc: No, he (d)

Harry: Where (e).. .... ..... ..................... . he? 2 Which verbs do you use with the sports in 1?
Complete the headings (A-C) with go, play or do.
Marc: I think he (f). . .... ..... .... . at home.

Harry: (g).. . .... ........ ............. your brothers there?

Marc: No, they (h).. .. . .. .. ... .. ... . They


(i). .. ... ................... at the cinema .

2 Circle the correct alternative.


1 At the first Wimbledon tennis competition in

2
1877, there was/were only 22 players.
There was/were a cup for the winner, and a
m
small prize.
--
m ....
3 There wasn't/weren't a competition for women
in 1877.
4 The women's competition started in 1884. There
was/were 13 players.
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5 There wasn't/weren't games between 1940


and 1945.
6 There was/were a competition in 1946.

3 Complete the story with the past simple form of 3 Read the definitions and write the words.
these verbs.
1 this person controls a game r f.
buy • eat • get • go • have • play • stay • watch
2 this person wins c h ········P··

Last Saturday, I (a).. up at eight o'clock. 3 this person plays tennis L


I (b).. ... ..... a guitar lesson in the morning. pl
Then I (c).. to the shopping centre. I 4 people run in this r.... C.
(d) ............ . ..... a new game and some cake. At home,
5 this person swims s..
I (e). . . ........ .................... . the game and (f)................ . . some
6 the Olympic Games is one C....... p. t n
cake. In the evening, I (g). ..... .. . ......... at home and
.......... TV.
7 this person does gymnastics g
(h). .
8 this person goes cycling C
4 Change the verbs to the past tense.

1 I see my friends at school.


4 Circle the odd one out.
1 cup rugby prize medal
2 I'm not interested in pop music.
2 game match player race
3 There are 20 people in my class. 3 team T-shirt trainers sweatshirt
4 We've got sports on Friday. 4 paint ski skate swim

5 He does his homework before dinner. 5 ice rink museum sports centre_ swimming pool
6 PE history geography snack
6 We have burger and chips for lunch.

7 There is a match on Saturday.

8 She wants to win the match.

Grammar and vocabulary revision


1 Look at the jobs and complete the crossword. Firid the word in the middle.

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2 Write the jobs. Are they one word or two words?

1 This man works in a restaurant. . wgit�r


2 This woman works in a restaurant.

3 This person drives a bus.

4 This person works in a shop.

5 This man works in business.

6 This woman works in business.

3 Put the letters in order to make adjectives and match


them with the definitions.

lacm • drha-rkonwgi • ¥efl€e • lcrehfeu • ievtcear • linfyred � VOCABULARY EXTENSION �-


nikd • epsornbiels
4 Match the jobs (1--6) with the workplaces
(a-f). Use a dictionary if necessary.
1 understands very difficult ideas easily ... (L�v�r
1 chef, waiter aoffice
2 likes talking to people 2 mechanic b hospital
3 always happy and positive 3 hairdresser c restaurant
4 works for hours and hours 4 businessman, secretary d school
5 teacher e garage
5 good in difficult situations
6 nurse, doctor f salon
6 when you ask this person to do something,
he/she does it
STUDY SKILLS
7 has good ideas and is good at art and music
Why is it a good idea to learn related words?
8 always helps other people
Reading

1 How can you decide the right job for you? Match 3 Read the text again. Is this information about
the halves to make sentences. Mae (M), Adam (A) or both (B)?
1 Look for information a visit for a day. 1 The people that they met were friendly. M/A/B-
2 Do a job b on the Internet. 2 A teacher helped to organise the visit. M/A/B
3 Ask a teacher or C your parents for help. 3 They learned that people in this job are
4 Contact a place and d shadow. hard-working. M/A/B
4 They asked a parent for help. M/A/B
2 Read the experiences of two young people. 5 They saw that it was important to chat
Complete the table. to customers. M/A/B

Job Qualities� 6 They want to do something creative. M/A/B


7 They learned new things about the job. M/A/B
Mae
8 They want to do the job in the future. M/A/B

4 t1
0 CRITICAL THINKING
Adam Decide if these statements are facts (F) or
opinions (0).
1 You need to be good at science to be
an engineer.

FINDING THE RIGHT JOB 2 Girls are good at hairdressing and


boys aren't.
REAL LIFE STORIES
3 You usually need to go to university to be
My name's Mae and I'm 15. At school, I'm good at maths an engineer.
and science. My dad loves repairing cars and I was
interested in finding out about the job. He phoned a 4 Hairdressers sometimes work in television
friend, and I visited a local garage for a day. and films.
The people there were very friendly. I learnt that this is important 5 Hairdressers are always kind.
because mechanics need to talk to customers about the
problems with their cars. Customers are sometimes 6 Most people do a job they love.
unhappy about the cost of repairs so it's important
to be calm, too. I didn't know this before.
The mechanics at the garage were very hard- 5 Match the underlined words in the text with these
working. They explained that they work definitions.
long hours and they sometimes work at
the weekend. 1 clothes and styles that are popular at the
After my visit, I decided that I didn't want moment ..
to be a mechanic. I want to work with
2 results in school work and exams ..
machines, but now I want to study to be
an engineer. I'm working hard at school 3 customers in a business ..
because I need good g_r99_e_� to go to
university. 4 phoned or wrote to a person
5 a lot of hours ..

.Adam and I'm 15 years old. I'm a cl'Ntlve person and 6 Complete the sentences with words from 5.
fashion. In the future, I want to be a hcmd:suer.
-_ to_
a_teacher at school and she contacted a 1 I like..... . ......... .. , but I don't want to work in a
for me. They let me work at the salon for
clothes shop.
2 Doctors and nurses often work .. . ...... ... and
they work at weekends, too.
3 I wanted information about a job so I ..
the Careers Office.
4 When you have a business, it is important to be
friendly to your
5 I'm good at English and I usually get good
. at school.

I can understand texts about jobs


Grammar in context @
1 Read these sentences and circle the 5
correct alternative to complete the rule.
I didn't know this before.
T hey didn't have time to sit down and rest.
TH I N6i'i> TO DO

I
I didn't learn new things.
To make the past simple negative, we use Mondai - do nistOl'j nomewor\:: (.X')
(a) don't/didn't and the infinitive (b) with/
without to. Tuesdai - 90 swimming (v')
Wednesdai - bui a new t\asn drive for --:-
2 Write the sentences in the negative.
lomputer (.X')
1 I watched TV yesterday evening.
1hursdai - write an email to Tom (.X')
I..cf£ef.itw0.t.c.h.7Y.y0.t:1;,[Link].'1f}-....
2 We played computer games last weekend. fridai - 90 to tne linema (.X')
'5aturdai - 90 to tne par\:: (v')
3 My brother listened to music this morning.

4 I had dinner at six o'clock yesterday.


1 On,. (Y.1Qnggy,....k?....ef.£[Link]:AQ .. nlof /-t:µt:Qry.. h.41'.¥.t?[Link].&, ......
2

5 My friends and I stayed at home last 3


weekend .
4
5
6 I got up at seven o'clock this morning.
6

6 Complete the text with

-
3 Complete the table with the correct past the past simple form of
simple form of the verbs. the verbs.

Affirmative N�atlve Hugh Jackman is famous �


had didi-tt /.wive for the X-Men film series,
ate but he is also an actor who
didn't do (a) ... .. (not have)
bought early success. When he was
won young, he (b).. � ..·.:1
�..Fi
didn't go (not want) to be an actor;
wore he (c) ...................................... (want)
wrote to be a chef. He (d).. ......... (go) to university, and he
(e).. . ...... (do) drama as a hobby. He (f) .. . . ... (not
4 Complete the sentences with the past think) about acting as a career until he was 22. After university,
simple negative form of these verbs. he (g). .. . .... (have) different jobs and he (h)..
(work) as a waiter in restaurants and as a PE teacher. Now, of
buy • do • eat • go • have • wear
course he's a Hollywood star.
1 We.. . ...... an English class yesterday.
@ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE
2 I .. . ...... homework last weekend.
7 Circle the correct alternative.
3 My friends and I .. . .... to the cinema
on Friday. 1 I don't/didn't go out with friends last weekend.
2 We didn't see/saw a film at the cinema.
4 We ... .. pizza yesterday.
3 Now my dad doesn't/didn't work full-time.
5 I .. .. any books at the bookshop. 4 I don't/didn't have much free time at the moment.
6 Our teacher ..................................... trainers 5 My family didn't have/hasn't got a pet when I was six.
yesterday. 6 My friends didn't buy/bought a book in the bookshop.

[Link]
72 I can use the past simple negative of regular and irregular verbs
Vocabulary and listening
1 Match the halves to make adjectives. Then complete the
STUDY SKILLS
definitions.
Why is it a good idea to think about the
badly- • full- • in • out door • door • ed • paid questions before you listen?
j9eff- • skill • un • well- paid • skilled • t+me • time
► STUDY SKILLS page 99
1 you work half of the day for example a(n) p0rt:::-#m? .. job
2 you have little money from your job a(n) ....... .......... ........... .... job
4 llmN1IJ&JO 32 Read the sentences about the
3 you work in a building a(n) ...................................... job life of Matt Groening, the creator of The
4 you work eight hours a day, five days Simpsons. Then listen and put the events
in the correct order.
a week a(n) .. ......... .. .............. job
5 you need a special ability to do the job a(n) ....... . ......................... job a He made a comic about his life.

6 you have a lot of money from your job a(n) ..... . job b He was a shop assistant in
a music shop.
7 you work outside a(n) ..... .. .. .. job
c He made The Simpsons cartoon for
8 you don't need a special ability to do
television.
your job a(n) ...... .. ..... job
d He worked for a student newspaper. .. J
2 Circle the correct alternative. e He answered the telephone in an office..
1 My sister is a student, but she's got a part-time/well-paid job f He created a comic strip for
because she needs extra money. a newspaper.
2 I don't want to work in an office.I'd like an indoor/outdoor
job. 5 0 32 Listen again. Circle the correct
alternative.
3 You need to go to university to be an [Link]'s a skilled/
badly-paid job. 1 Matt had some/a lot of jobs when he was
4 A full-time/An unskilled job is usually from nine o'clock to young.
five o'clock in the UK. 2 He was/wasn't a good student at school.
5 Professional football players are very well-paid/badly-paid. 3 After university, he went to live in New York/
6 My uncle finished school when he was 15 and he's got an Los Angeles.
unskilled/skilled j,ob as a builder. 4 His jobs there were badly-paid/well-paid.
5 He wrote letters/drew pictures for his family
3 Match the words to the pictures. and friends.
6 He started working at a newspaper when he
was 26/36.
7 The editor asked Matt to do a comic strip/
cartoon.
8 He created The Simpsons for a newspaper/
television.

' VOCABULARY EXTENSION �-


6 Write these adjectives to describe jobs
in the correct column.

enjoyable • repetitive • satisfying


stressful • tiring • varied

Positive
ad� adjectiws

1 a cartoon
2 a comic strip
3 a comic

I can describe jobs with adjectives and understand a talk about Matt Groening
1 Complete the table with these words. 5 What .... ....?
(J L Baird/invent)
did • Did • didn't
6 Which social network .. . .. . ..... ... ...... ........ ...?
(Mark Zuckerberg/create)
a.___tlu.rls I
go to
you
university?
(a) .. he/she/it
work in a
we
restaurant?
they
Short Yes, I/you/he/she/it/we/they (b) ... .. ...... ........ .. .. ... . /
answers
No, I/you/he/she/it/we/they (c) .. . . ..

2 Write complete questions in the past simple using


these verbs.
5 Match the questions in 4 with the answers.
chat • cook • � • go • have • watch a Coca Cola d the television

1 your teacher/you a test last week b tennis e The Hobbit


f
1)£4 [Link]�fht;,r3iY(?;. YQ/,{ 0. t�t lqf/;W�k?
c Facebook they were in a singing
competition on TV
2 your parents/TV yesterday

..? 6 Put the words in order to make questions.


3 your school/a sports day last year 1 did do What you yesterday
? ?
4 you/online yesterday 2 did primary school When you start

...?. ?

5 you and your friends/to the cinema last weekend 3 What bed you did to time go last night
?
....?
6 your dad/dinner yesterday 4 How meet your parents did
....?
.. ?
5 did go Where you last weekend
3 Complete the answers. Then match them with the ...?
questions in 2. 6 homework do How much did you yesterday
a Yes, he .. .. ..... .4£4 . . . . . He cooked fish and salad. (p ?

b No, I .......... ........................ . I was busy yesterday.


@ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE
c No, she .. .....,. but we've got a test
next week. 7 Find and correct a mistake in each sentence.
1 Did you played computer games yesterday?
d No, we . ..... ................. . ... . .. We went to a party.

e Yes, they ........... . . .... .............. They saw a good film.


2 You went to the park on Saturday?
f Yes, it .. . .. It was in June.

3 Does your teacher give you homework


4 Complete the questions.
yesterday?
1 What famous drink Ai4JPecmhecrtPn Wl:0.k? . ............?
(J Pemberton/make)
4 What time you got up?
2 What famous book .. . ...?
(J RR Tolkien/write)
3 What sport .. . .?. (Pete Sampras/play) 5 Did you like the film? Yes, I like.

4 How ... ..famous?


(One Direction/become) 6 How you come to school today?

74 I can ask and answer questions in the past simple


, Developing speaking O O
1 Match the questions and answers. Are the answers short or long?

1 Where do you study? a I went to the park.


2 Do you study English at school? b I play the guitar.
3 What's your favourite subject? c At Westbury School.
4 What do you do in the evenings? d I want to start a company.
5 What did you do last weekend? e Yes, I do.
6 Tell me about your plans for the future. f I like PE.

The answers are

2 O
LISTENING 33 Listen to a conversation between
0 PRONUNCIATION
a teacher and a student. Which questions in 1
does the teacher ask? Tick {✓) the questions 4 0 34 Listen to these words. Circle three words
you hear. which don't have the /3:/ sound {as in h�.

3 0 33 Listen again and complete the text. bi_rthday burger conversation favourite first girl
learn nurse Saturday Thursday university work
Teacher: Do you study English at school? world

Max: Yes, I do. I have English three times a week,


on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Q EXAM PRACTICE _ --
Teacher: What other subjects do you study? 5 Read the questions. Write your answers in your
Max: (a) .. .................................................. .............. I do maths, notebook.
science, ICT, history, geography and PE. PE 1 What did you do yesterday?
is my favourite subject. I love sports. 2 What job would you like to do in the future?
Teacher: What's your favourite sport? 3 What job wouldn' t you like to do? Why?

Max: That's (b) .. 4 Tell me about your favourite teacher.

I think basketball because it's a fast


game a n
· d I like fast games. And
6 ISTENIN O35 Listen to a student answering the
questions. What are his answers to the questions?
(c) ................................................................ ..it's a very
popular game in my country. 7 �ING Now answer the questions in 5.
Teacher: And what do you do in the evenings? Do
you play basketball?
Max: (d) ......................................... ......... ..... ..... .., I have
basketball practice every Wednesday. I
also play the guitar and I have a guitar
lesson on Friday after school. Then I do my
homework and I usually watch TV or play
computer games.
Teacher: What about last weekend? What did you
do last weekend?
Max: (e) .. ......... 1 played a
match on Saturday and in the afternoon
I went to the park with some friends. On
Sunday, I went to a friend's house and
we played computer games. Then in the
evening we went to the cinema.
Teacher: Tell me about your plans for the future.
Max: I' m not really sure.
(f) . ....... .... ... ... . ... . ... ... ... ... . .. .. .... I' d like to start a
company, but I think it's quite difficult. So
it depends. I' d like to have a well-paid job
so (g)
in business.
1 Match the halves to make sentences and questions. 4 Read Jamie's reply and circle the correct
alternative.
1 How was you, a you?
2 Write back soon b some great news! x
3 How are

c and let me know. � ���
4 I've got d weekend? Hi, Sophia 1
5 I hope e you're well. Good to (alQknow from you. That's great news
your story! Writing for the school
(b) for/about
2 Complete the email with phrases from 1. magazine is perfect for you. Congratulations!
I (c) have/had a good weekend, thanks. It was my
x
� ��� friend's birthday so he had a party. There (d) was/were
a lot of people from school and I met a really nice girl.
Hi Jamie, Her name's Suzie. She's my friend's cousin. She wants
to meet next Saturday!
How (a) ..................................... ......................................? I hope
(b) Did I (e) tell/say you that I'm learning to play the guitar?
My brother bought a new guitar so he gave me his old
I've got some (c) .. ..... .... .. ....... .. .. ......... .. ! You know one. I'm having guitar lessons every Wednesday. I'd like
I love writing. Well, I wrote a story for a competition (f) l2illY&2 � in a band and maybe write songs in the
in our school magazine - and I won I They really loved future.
my story and now they want me to write for the
magazine. It's really great because I can write this on (g) It'slrhat's all for now. Say hi (h) to/for your brother
my application for university and for jobs in the future. from me. I hope he finds a new job. Write (i) back/me
soon.
Apart from that, everything is fine here. I'm busy
at school and we've got some exams next week. My Love,
brother is looking for a new job. He's working part-time Jamie
at a restaurant but it's very badly-paid. So my dad is
helping him to apply for different jobs.
How about you? How (d) .. 5 Write an email to a friend with your news. Include
weekend? Write (e) . ................................... ...................................... and news about these things:
(f) ..................................... ...................................... know. ■ something special happened
Best wishes, ■ you went to a special place
Sophia ■ school at the moment
■ news about your family

�·<?�
x

-- -

3 Read Sophia's email again. Are these statements


True en
or False (F)?
1 She won a sports competition. TI F
2 She wrote for the school magazine in the past. T/F
3 This can help her to find a job in the future. T/F
4 She did some exams last week. T/F
5 Her brother has a good job in a restaurant. T/F
6 Sophia's father is helping him to apply for jobs. T/F
Revision: Units 1 ·2·3·4·5·6·7·8

Grammar 4 Circle the correct alternative.


My parents (a) have/had got a business now, but in the
1 Complete the text with the negative past simple
form of these verbs. past they (b) has/had different jobs. My dad (c) work/
worked in a restaurant, but he didn't (d) like/liked his
be • come • do • eat • give • have • watch • win job. My mum was (e) Ola nurse. When my brother and
I (f} was/were at high school, they (g) decide/decided
to open a small shop. At first it (h) is/was difficult. There
I (a) ...................................... homework last weekend because our
(i) wasn't/weren't many customers and they (j) don't/
teacher (b).. .. . .... .. ..... . ...... .. . us any. I (c) ...................................... TV didn't have free time. But they worked (k) hard/hardly.
because there weren't any good programmes on. My Now the shop (I) is/was popular and they want to open
more shops.
grandparents (d) .. .. .... .................. to our house because
they were busy. I (e) . .... ......................... in a restaurant
Vocabulary
because I (f) .... .... .................... ...... any money. I played a game
1 Match the halves to make sentences.
of tennis, but I (g).. .. .......................... . I lost. Last weekend
1 A builder a helps people when they
(h) . . . .. .... .. . . .. . . . a good weekend!
2 A bus driver aren't well.

2 Complete the dialogue with the past simple form 3 A businessman/ b brings your food in a
of the verbs. woman restaurant.
4 A chef C cooks food in a restaurant.
Karen: Grandad, (a)... ... .. ..... ... .. ......... (you/like) school
5 An engineer d works with technology.
when you were a kid?
6 A. waiter/waitress e works in a company.
Grandad: Yes, I (b) , but school was 7 A shop assistant f builds houses.
different then. 8 A nurse g works in a shop.

Karen: (c)...................................... (you/do) ICT at school? h drives a bus.

Grandad: No, we (d)... ...... ..... .. .. .. ..... . We (e).. 2 Complete the adjectives.
(not have) computers then. 1 c.. I
Karen: What subjects (f} .. ....... .. ............. (you/study)? 2 k ....... d
3 cl.... V .... r
Grandad:We did maths and English.
4 fr ... .... n.... 1 ..

Karen: (g) .................................. .. (your teacher/give) you


5 r.... s........ n.... .... bl ..
homework?

Grandad: Yes, she (h) .... .. .. .. ........ ........ , but not at the 3 Write the opposite of these adjectives.

weekend. 1 well-paid
2 skilled
3 Complete the questions for the answers. 3 part-time

1 4 indoor
What .. ................................................................ for breakfast?
I had cereal.
4 Complete the text with these adjectives.
2 What time.. . ...... ..... ... ... ........ .... .... ......... to bed last night?
blue • cheerful • creative • dark • part-time
I went to bed at ten o'clock.
straight • tall • well-paid
3 What... . .. ............................ on TV last night?
I watched a reality show. My father is (a)........ . . . ... . ..... .. . .. and he's got
(b) .. . .......... hair and brown eyes. He's
4 When .. his company?
very (c) ...................................... and he loves his job as a
My dad started it in 2002.
hairdresser. My mother has got long curly hair and
5 How... . ........................ to school? (d) ............. .. .. ... ..... ...... eyes. She's never unhappy. She's always
I came by bike. (e).................. ................... . She's got a (f} .... . .. .. . . .. ............. job in a
6 Why.. ... . . ... the match? clothes shop. She works from nine o'clock to half past
We lost because we didn't play well. two.
My brother has got fair hair like my mum, but his hair is
(g) ...................................... . He hasn't got a job at the moment,
but he'd like to find a (h) . . ............... . . . job in the future.

Grammar and vocabulary revision


Reading
1 Read the information about two skaters. 2 Read the article again. Is the information about


Tick (✓) the sentences that are true. Yulia (Y), Elizaveta (E) or both (B)?


1 The girls are Russian. 1 They have an Olympic gold medal. Y/E/B
2 They travelled a long distance to train. Y/E/B
2 They started to skate when they


3 They competed in the Olympic Games in Sochi. Y/E/B

a
were very young.


3 They are both celebrities. 4 They weren't good at skating at first. Y/E/B

4 They skate in competitions.


5 They studied at a normal school in the past. Y/E/B
6 They competed with the Russian
ice-skating team. Y/E/B
7 They weren't always successful. Y/E/B

8 They are interested in other sports. Y/E/B

;

;

;
; YULIA LIPNITSKAYA
Yulia Lipnitskaya is an Olympic
skater. She was born in 1998 in
Yekaterinburg in Russia. She started

;
skating at the age of four, and moved to
Moscow to train. In 2012, she won the Junior

; World Championships. Then, in 2104, she became


famous when she helped the Russian team to win
a gold medal at the Olympic Games in Sochi. She
was only 15 years and 249 days old. She skated to the
music from Stephen Spielberg's Schindler's List and

; Spielberg wrote a letter to thank her. After the games,

;
newspapers wanted to interview her and she was on
TV and in magazines. She was a celebrity, but the next

;
year, she didn't win a competition so she went back to
Moscow to train again.

;/ Yulia now studies at home and in her free time,


she enjoys drawing and horse-riding.
/
/
/
;
;/ .... --
� ;4 ....
/.
ELIZAVETA TUKTAMYSHEVA
'Liza' Tuktamysheva was born in Glazov in Russia in
1996. Her mother was her maths _teacher at school
and her father was a skier. When she was four, she
started skating. Her first coach didn't think she
was good, but later he invited her to train with
him in St Petersburg. Liza now lives there with
her family, but at first, she travelled 27 hours
to train in St Petersburg for two weeks of
every month.
Liza won a gold medal at the Junior Winter
Olympics in 2012. The next year, she had
problems and she wasn't in the team for the
2014 Winter Olympics. She sometimes wanted
to stop skating, but she continued and in 2015,
she became the World Skating Champion.
Listening Writing
5 Read the first sentence of a story. Then continue
the story using past tenses.
B
B

I
B
U!st week,][Link] [Link] his work experie.J1le . . .

3 !LISTENING]O 36 Listen to a conversation about Carrie's


work experience at a theatre. What did she do
on each day? Write a letter (a-g) next to each
day (1-5). There are two letters y ou don't need.
1 Monday 4 Thursday
2 Tuesday 5 Friday
3 Wednesay
a went to the library
b asked the actors for autographs
c saw the theatre building
d helped with a drama class
e wrote her blog
f watched the show
g helped with the theatre lights

Use of English
4 Read the text. Choose the best word (A, B or C)
f) COMMON MISTAKES ·"- ,;111111111
for each space. 6 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. In some
There (1) .... many types of hobbies. Some people like sentences, there is more than one mistake.
books or drama and some people like sport. For me, ice 1 I see a good film on TV yesterday.
hockey is my favourite hobby. I (2) .........to skate at the
age of seven and I started playing hockey when I (3) ..
2 My father is teacher and my mother is nurse.
nine. Ice hockey (4) . . .a. .popular sport in my country.
It's popular in countries like Canada. But I like it anyway,
and I (5) .
. ........
go to practise on Wednesday and Friday 3 I often go swiming on Saturdays.
after school and we play a match on Saturdays. Last
weekend, we played in a (6) . ... We won our first match
but we didn't (7) . the final. 4 You was at home last weekend?
I love watching ice hockey, too. My favourite player is
Sidney Crosby. He (8) .....born
... in Halifax in Canada. 5 I met my friends on Saturday and we go to the
Now he plays for the Pittsburgh Penguins. cinema.
1 A is B are C were
2 A learn B learning C learned 6 I didn't homework yesterday.
3 A am B was C were
4 A isn't B wasn't C weren't 7 What you have for dinner last night?
5 A always B don't C am
6 A team B champion C competition
8 It wasn't a football match last week.
7 A win B winning C won
8 A is B was C 0
Vocabulary

1 Put the letters in order to make the animals and 3 Write the parts of the body you can see in 1.
insects in the photos.
a Je&t e

b f

C g
d h

4 Complete the sentences with parts of the body.

1 A dog has got a wet n P f f-:.


2 A giraffe has got a very long n

3 A crocodile has got a big m .. ... and 80


L

4 A monkey uses its legs and a .. to walk.

5 A dog swims with its h .. . above water.

6 Monkeys use their h . and f ... to climb


trees.

7 Pandas have got six f .. and six t ..


1 ingupen 5 azbre

2 alwhe 6 eechtah

3 teanpelo 7 cernorhios

4 ogfr 8 tbeele

2 Find 18 parts of the body. � VOCABULARY EXTENSION �-,"_


s D p H F T A I L K 5 Which part of the body do you use to do these
things?
T M D A p E z C E y
feet • fingers • hand • mouth • nose • teeth
0 F I N G E R N G H

M H E D L T w J X 0 1 to kick a football
A N A y Q H A I R R 2 to smell flowers

C E K u E F G C N N 3 to bite an apple

H C A A F N 0 s E G 4 to wave goodbye

N K w R B J V 0 H w 5 to laugh or smile

B M L M 0 u T H T M 6 to type on a computer

80 I can talk about animals and insects, and parts of the body
1 Are these statements True (T ) or False (F)? Read 3 Read the website again and choose the best
the website quickly to check your answers. answers.
1 Elephants are from Africa and South America. T/ F 1 African elephants ...
2 Penguins only live in Antarctica. T/F a are lighter than Asian elephants.
3 Titan beetles are very big. T/F b use their ears when they're hot.
c can see better than humans.
STUDY SKILLS
2 Emperor penguins can ...
Why is it a good idea to use what you know when you a swim faster than any other animal.
read? b stay under water for a long time.
► STUDY SKILLS page 99 c swim for about 20 minutes.
3 Little blue penguins ...
a are food for other animals.
2 Read the website again and tick (✓) the best title,


a, b or c. b are slow so they can't catch food.

a DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ANIMALS AND HUMANS


c live in Antarctica.
4 There are about 400 ,000 ...
b THE SAME BUT DIFFERENT 0 a Titan beetles in South America.
c WHAT ANIMALS CAN DO 0 b types of beetle in South America.

Most people know that there are two types of elephant, the African c types of beetle in the world.
and the Asian elephant. But what is the difference between them? 5 Titan beetles ...
Well, African elephants are bigger and heavier than Asian elephants.
a are popular with some people.
They can be four metres tall and weigh 7,000 kilos. Asian elephants
are only three metres tall and weigh 6,000 kilos. African elephants b are small and have four wings.
have also got !:Ju_ _g_� ears. They live in hot countries and use their c are longer than many dogs.
ears to stay 9?91· Both elephants have excellent hearing. They can
hear things that humans can't hear, but they can't see further than 4
20 metres. 0° CRITICAL THINKING

How can we protect animals? T ick (✓) the


statements that describe ways to protect


animals.


1 Keep the areas where animals live safe.
2 Use technology to help animals in danger.


3 There are only 1,000 little blue penguins


in the world.


There are around 18 types of penguin in the world and 4 Don't buy things that come from animals.
most live in Antarctica. Emperor penguins are taller


and heavier than other penguins. They can swim faster 5 People pay money to see titan beetles.
and dive deeper than any other bird and they can stay 6 Give money to charities that help animals.
under water for 20 minutes. Of
course, penguins are usually black
and white, but little blue penguins
are blue. These penguins live 5 Match the underlined words in the website with
in Australia and New Zealand. these definitions.
They're smaller and lighter than
1 very small ..
emperor penguins. They're
also slower so it's easier for 2 not hot (but not cold) ..
other animals to catch them. 3 make small pieces of something that is one piece
There are fewer than a million
of these penguins in the
world today. 4 very big

� 5 part of the mouth .


Beetles are common all over the world,
but there are about 400,000 different types. Beetles have
/. four wings and they are usually black, but some are colourful. 6 Complete the sentences with words from 5.
Most beetles are !ir:iy, but titan beetles can be 17 cm long. In 1 You can use my phone but please don't ..................... it.
fact, they can be longer than a small
dog! They're also stronger and more
2 The US is a . ................ country.
powerful than some animals. Titan 3 Animals that eat meat usually have strong.. s.
beetles can P!��� a pencil in their 4 My house has got three bedrooms but one of them
le!.�- They can be dangerous to is ..
humans, but some people love them
and pay a lot of money to see them. 5 It's ...... ..... ..... .. .... .....today- only 12°C.

I can understand a website about animals


LC] l• Ii11I•I• IIj,i-l•l.,t4:JI \<!}
I 1 Match the adjectives (1-5) with the rules (a-e).

Adjective Comparative Rule


4

adjective People often think that tarantulas

I
are (a) ..

I
1 big bigger
(dangerous) than other spiders,
2 light lighter but it isn't true. Some tarantulas
are (b).
3 good better (small) than a euro coin,
but tarantualas can eat
4 heavy heavier
(c) ..
5 powerful more powerful (big) animals, like snakes
and birds. The Goliath Birdeater
is (d) .. ............................. (heavy) and
a one-syllable adjectives➔ + -er (e).. . ........ (strong) than other
b one-syllable adjectives ending in one vowel and one types of tarantula. They can weigh 150 grams and
consonant➔ double the final consonant + -er their legs are 30 centimetres long. The males are
c two-syllable adjectives ending in -y➔ omit -y + -ier (f) ... ... ....... ... .. .. .. ... ........................ (long) than females and
d adjectives with two or more syllables➔ more + females are (g).................................................................. (fat) than
adjective males. Tarantulas are usually brown, but some are
(h) .. (colourful) and are blue
e irregular
or green and orange. They live in different countries,
including Brazil. People have them for dinner in some
2 Write the comparative form of the adjectives. countries, and in other countries they keep them as pets.
1 long
5 Write the sentences.
2 easy
1 A bike/slow/a car
3 dangerous
Ab�k?. i,r. .flPw�r. . th0.11. 0 [Link]..
4 fat 2 English/easy/Chinese
5 bad
6 friendly 3 Spain/hot/England

7 interesting
4 Books/interesting/TV
8 hot
9 old
5 Los Angeles/far from London/New York
10 far

3 Complete the sentences with the comparative 6 Exams/bad/homework


form of the adjectives. What animal is it?

1 It's... .. than a horse. (small) ..


@ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE
2 It's..... .. than a beetle. (fast)

3 It's... than a spider (beautiful) 6 Find and correct a mistake in each sentence.

4 It's... ... than a rhino. (thin)


1 I'm more tall than my sister. .. . t.0llt'.:r:
2 The weather in Scotland is badder
5 It's .................................................. ... .... ... .. than a frog. (intelligent)
than in England.
6 It's... ... than a cat. (friendly)
3 My brother is fiter now because he
It's ad. goes running every day.
4 I think that cats are more intelligent
that dogs.
5 I'm more good at maths than art.
6 I think swimming is easyer
than skiing.

82 I can use comparative adjectives


1 Complete the words. 3 0 37 Read the sentences and think about the
words or types of words that are missing. Then
1 Niagara Falls are three w.0. t; .t:-. r f.0. l l s in Canada listen to the conversation again. Complete the
and the US. sentences with one or two words or a number.
2 Greenland is the biggest i.. in the world. 1 Sarah Marquis started travelling at the age
3 The most famous r .. in the US is the of...
Mississippi.
2 She rode a horse around
4 Mont Blanc is the highest m. in Europe.
3 She walked across the US in the year.
5 The Sahara is the third largest d in the
world. 4 She walked for.... months.

6 The Pacific is the biggest o 5 In 2006, she walked across

7 The Ninety Mile B .. in Australia is 90 miles 6 The most difficult trip was from Siberia
long (145 km). to.

8 A I.. in Scotland is called a ' loch' . That's why 7 During this trip she walked kilometres.
there is the Loch Ness Monster.
8 The worst time was in the Gobi Desert because it was
9 The Amazon is the largest rainf .. in the about.. oc_
world.

10 The most famous s


Mediterranean.
in Europe is the � VOCABULARY EXTENSION !Y)-
4 Write the words below. Use a dictionary if
2 LISTENING O
37 Listen to a conversation about an necessary.
explorer called Sarah Marquis. Tick (✓) the things
she has done. canal • cave • cliff • hill • stream • valley

1 She has climbed Mount Everest. D


2 She has travelled across South America. D
3 ' She has run a marathon. D
4 She has written a book. D

I can talk about geographical features and understand people talking about a book
Grammar in context @
1 Complete the table with the superlative form of 4 Complete the table with these words.
the adjectives.

-
has • hasn't • have • Have • haven't
. .••.. rfallve Rule


Affirmative I/You/We/They have walked to
long the- lo113ut + -est He/She/It (a). Australia.
cold climbed
Negative I/You/We/They (b).
big double the final Mount
hot consonant + -est He/She/It hasn't Everest.
easy y ➔ y + -iest Questions been to
(c) .. . .. .. . . .................. I/you/we/they
friendly the South
Has he/she/it Pole?
difficult the most + adjective
amazing Short Yes, I/you/we/they (d) .. . .I
answers
good irregular No, I/you/we/they haven't.
bad Yes, he/she/it has. / No, he/she/it
far (e) . . ..... .. .. ...... .. .. .....

2 Complete the sentences with the superlative form 5 Match the verbs with the past participles.
of the adjectives. Then match the sentences (1-8) 1 walk a seen
with the places (a-h).
2 be b climbed
1 Th&: high.&J.t.. .............. (high) mountain in the world. 3 swim c been
2 . (famous) two beaches in 4 run d walked
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 5 climb e run
3 .. (large) continent in the world. 6 see f swum
4 .. (d ry) place in the world.
6 Complete the dialogue.
5 (long) river in the world.
Andy: (a) .. ........ [Link]
. . you ever .. c,hmhtcf ..... (climb)
6 .. (expensive) city in the UK.
a mountain, Hugo?
7 . (big) country in Europe.
Hugo: Yes, I (b) ..
8 . (bad) city in the US for traffic. Andy: (c) .. ........... .. .... .. .. .. ... you ever ... . (swim)
a London e The Atacama Desert .. in the sea?

b Asia f Mount Everest .L Hugo: Yes, I (d) .... What about you?
c Russia g Los Angeles Andy: No, I (e).

d The Nile h Copacabana and Hugo: (f) . ...... ......................... you ever ..................................... (be) in
lpanema a desert?
Andy: No, I (g) ..
3 Write sentences with I think and the superlative Hugo: (h) ........................... ...... your dad ever
form of the adjectives. .. (run) a marathon?
1 geography/interesting/school subject Andy: No, he (i) ..
Lt..h.Jnk31:eo3rnphy iJ t.h? m4J:t..£'1t:1:er..0t..£ng gh<JpL
@ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE . ;'.7"';_
J:11bj�t.
2 English/easy/language to learn 7 Choose the correct option, A, B or C.
1 I have . .... seen the Pacific Ocean.
3 basketball/good/sport A always B ever C never
2 Manchester United is the best team .... .. ..the world.
A of B in C from
4 the environment/big/problem right now
3 Scotland is .......... beautiful than England.
A more B most C the most
5 a snake/bad/pet 4 My uncle .......... swum in the Pacific Ocean.
A have B haven't C hasn't
6 my brother/intelligent person in my family 5 My brother is the ..... .. person in my family.
A fitter B fittest C most fit

84 I can use superlative adjectives and the present perfect with ever and never
Developing speaking
1 Look at the photos. Match the places with the
0 PRONUNCIATION
things you can do there.
5 0 39 Listen to these words. Underline the
letters that have the fa/ sound (as in teachw
and then circle the correct alternative.

agree • better • bigger • dangerous


finger • intelligent • island • kangaroo
river • stomach • waterfall

The letters with the !-:JI sound are/aren't stressed in


a word.

STUDY SKILLS
Why is it a good idea to practise questions?
► STUDY SKILLS page 99

Q EXAM PRACTICE ,-
6 Look at the information. Write the questions
and answers in your notebook.



1 eat pizza


2 see lions and elephants


3 learn about animals from the past


4 play in the water


5 go shopping
Adults £9.50 Students £7 Children £5
6 play games
Zoo shop - books and souvenirs

2 LISTENINGO 38 Elena and Luke are planning an See elephants, lions and penguins
excursion for Elena's cousin. He's eight years old.
Listen to the conversation. Where do they decide
to go?

3 0 38 Listen again. Tick (✓) the phrases that you [Link]-Dlff Z.00


hear.
open afternoons? 4 bu� souvenirs?
D
□ □
1 OK, you're right. 6 Yes, I think you're right.
i. penguins? '5 telephone number?

□ □
2 It depends. 7 I don't agree with you.
'3 lost for students?

□ □
3 That's true, but ... 8 That's true.

□ □
4 I agree, but ... 9 I disagree!
5 I agree with that. 10 No, that isn't right. 7 O
LISTENIN 40 Listen to two students asking
and answering the questions in 6. Check your
4 Complete the table with the phrases from 3. answers.

Agreeing Disagreeing
8 � Now answer the questions in 6.

I can agree and disagree


Developing writing
1 Read Annie's blog quickly. Answer the questions with the correct option, a, b or c.
,� .,
'

1 Where did Annie go? a to a restaurant b to a zoo c to an aquarium


2 What can't you see there? a frogs b penguins c insects
3 What did she like most? a the tropical fish b the penguins c the sharks

i
r::s
a
Jtnme/&Yl�
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r=:�myslte lIL
omAp

m Y
esterday (a) is/was my birthday! My parents usually (b) buy/bought
me a present and we have a meal in a restaurant. But yesterday they
(c) did/have done something different. At school we (d) /eam/'re teaming
about pollution in the oceans at the moment so they (e) take/took me to an
amazing place called The Deep.
The Deep is an enormous aquarium. There (f) are/were different sections.
You can see tropical fish and big fish. There's a penguin section with a lot
of types of penguin. Then there (g) is/was a section on insects. It's called

i
Insect Champions and you can learn about the biggest, strongest and
fastest insects in the world.
We (h) started/have started our visit in the history section. We learnt about
the history of the oceans and the earliest sea animals. Then we (i) saw/have �
seen the tropical fish. In the penguin section, a guide told us about a project
that they OJ dol're doing
to protect the penguins.

u Then we saw the sharks.


(k) / saw/I've seen some
incredible things, but this
was the most amazing!
Here are some photos.
!i Go and see them!

2 Read the blog post again and circle the 4 Write a blog post about a place y ou went on a
correct alternative. birthday or another special occasion. You can
invent!
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
HOME BLOG ABOUT ME SEARCH
the verb.

1 Yesterday, I . ....... ................. .. .. .. (visit) a beautiful place .

2 I ... .. (study) a lot at the moment.

3 I usually ... . .(invite) friends to my house on


my birthday.

4 But yesterday we ..................................... (go) to a nature park.

5 It .. .. (have got) a lot of different animals.

6 I .. . (be) to zoos before, but this place was


amazing.

7 At the moment , we ..... .. (do) a project on


rivers in geography.

8 I ...................................... (climb) a lot of mountains but this one


is the highest.

86 I can write a blog post


Grammar Meg: Maybe Rome. I (d) went/have been last year.
It's got the (e) more/most famous museums
1 Write sentences with the comparative form of the (f) in/of the world.
adjectives.
Sam: I (g) never went/'ve never been to Italy. The
1 Dogs/elephants (small) (h) further/furthest I've been from home is
l)qg_,r... 0rt::.J.WL4:!lkr. thu.l.11..di::ph�111t,r,.... . Scotland.

2 Swimming/ice-skating (easy) Meg: Well, I recommend Italy. It's (i) more hot/hotter
than England and I think the people are
0) friendlier/friendliest, too.
3 Geography/history (interesting)
Vocabulary
4 Films/sports programmes (good) 1 Read the definitions and put the letters in order to
make animals.
5 Penguins/beetles (nice) 1 A small green animal. (rofg)
2 It's a type of big cat. It runs very fast.
6 Your house/my house (far from school) (eahceht)
3 A black and white animal. (upginen)
4 A brown animal that runs fast.
2 Complete the sentences with the and the
superlative form of the adjectives. (eatnpelo)

I think ... 5 It's big and lives in the sea. (waleh)


1 Paris is.. . ......................................................... place in the world.
(beautiful) 2 Complete the descriptions of animals.

2 Maths is ............ .. . ............ . . . . ......... ... school subject. The most famous animal in Australia is the
(hard) (a) k ........................... ....... . It doesn' t run, it's jumps. That's
3 Eddie Redmayne is.. . actor. why it's got two strong (b) L .. ..... ..... and big
(good)
(c) L .. .. .... . It's got a small (d) h .
4 The living room is. .. ................................................... room in
and a (e) L.. ...... tail. Some are brown and some
my house. (big)
are grey, but its stomach is a lighter colour, usually
5 My dad is.. . ....................... person I know.
(funny) (f) w... ..

6 I am. . singer in the world. The (g) r , or rhino, comes from Africa
(bad) or Asia. Some have got one (h) h ............................... .... and
some have got two. The African rhino hasn' t got
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the present perfect. (i) L.... ........... ..... . at the front of its 0) m .................................... so
it isn' t easy to get food.
1 I.. never.. ... ............................ golf. (play)
2 .... ...... .. .. .. you ever . .. ...... .... ................. a football A (k) b ... ...... .......... ........ is a type of insect. It's usually black
match? (see) and it's got four (I) w ....... . ............. ...... .. . Some have got good
3 Yes, I (m) e .................................... and can see well, but some can't.
4 . ... . ....................... your best friend ever... . in a
3 Complete the geographical features.
sports competition? (be)
5 No, he .. 1 the Sahara d..

6 My teacher....... ..... ...... never . .. .... ... .. ..... ........ ... in a 2 Copacabana b..
marathon. (run) 3 Mallorca
4 Everest m
4 Circle the correct alternative.
5 Sherwood L
Meg: Sam, where's the most beautiful place you've
6 Niagara w
(a) ever/never been?
7 the Mediterranean s..
Sam: I think it's Scotland. We usually (b) ggL
have been there for our holidays. I think it's 8 the Pacific o..
more beautiful (c) that/than England. What 9 the Mississippi r.
about you?
10 Titicaca I
II Vocabulary

1 Look at the picture and complete the weather words.

1 It's S'::(.f'.!J:1,y 6 It's s ..

2 It's r . 7 It's h
3 It's w 8 It's w.
4 It's s 9 It's c....

5 It's c
2 Read the definitions and complete the crossword.

'VOCABULARY EXTENSION· -��:


4 Write these words in the correct
column. Use a dictionary if necessary.

Across apartment • camera • campsite • hotel


map • toothbrush • towel • youth hostel
1 girls wear this to go swimming
6 you wear these to protect your eyes from the sun
8 you put this on your face and body when it's sunny
9 you read this to find out about places to go
Down
2 you need this when it's raining

D
3 you wear these on your hands when it's very cold
4 boys wear these to go swimming
5 you need this to travel to other countries e

i
7 you put your clothes in this when you
go on holiday

3 Match the objects in 2 to the pictures.



1 6

2 7 D
3 8
4 9

88 I can talk about the weather and things to take on holiday


1 Read the online forum and match each teenager to the 4 What does Skyler think about camps?
photos (a-c). What are they going to do this summer? a She thinks summer camps are boring.
b She thinks you don't have free time at
summer camps.
c She thinks students need to relax in the
holidays.
5 What does Ben want to do at his summer camp?
a He wants to learn to do things that are useful.
b He wants to visit Loch Ness.
c He wants to meet people from different
1 Ben D 2 Skyler 0 3 Anna D countries.

MESSAGE BOARD
FiiiiifM 011CRITICAL THINKING
Summer camps are popular in the US, and
Are these statements for (F) or against (A)
now they're becoming popular in the UK, too.
Some people think that they're a great way
going to summer camps?
to meet people and learn new �!I!�- But do 1 You are away from your family
young people need time to relax? What do you
and friends. F/A
think? Are you going to go to a summer camp
this summer? What are you going to do? 2 You learn to be more independent. F/A
3 You do things that you don't
ANNA, 14 BASINGSTOKE
The summer holidays are great at first, but after two weeks, usually do. F/A
they're boring. This summer I'm going to go to a technology
4 You don't have time to relax. F/A-
camp. I read about the course online. You work in groups and create a
computer game. There's also a games league so you can play games 5 Doing nothing at home is boring. F/A
with other kids. There's a sports centre so I'm going to play tennis and
go swimming. It's only one week and I've got another five weeks to relax. 6 You meet people from different places. F/A

SKYLER, 13 LIVERPOOL 4 Match the underlined words in the online


' We're going to go to Turkey in July. The �El?! of the summer, my forum with these definitions.
parents are working. They want me to do something useful, but I
don't want to go to a summer camp. I get up at seven o'clock every school 1 abilities.
day and I'm always busy. I don't want to do the same in the summer. I'm
not going to organise my time. I'm going to sleep and play music with
2 feeling happy about something that is going to
friends. I think the summer is a time to do nothing. What's wrong with that? happen
3 a group of people who travel and do shows,
BEN, 13 SOUTHPORT often with animals .
� This summer, I'm going to go to a camp in Scotland. I'm 4 interesting, something that you
going to go climbing and cycling and there are activities in the
evening, too. There's a magic night and an opportunity to learn �!r.s:_l!� enjoy ..
skills. OK, they're not very useful skills, but they're !l!r:!! And we're going 5 the other time..
to build a Loch Ness Monster. People from all over the world are going to
be there so I hope to make new friends. I'm really looking forward to it.
5 Complete the sentences with words from 4.

1 I'm ... ......... .. . .... going to the beach this


2 Read the online forum again and choose the best answers. summer.

1 What do people think about summer camps in general? 2 I love going to parties. They're .
a They aren't common in the UK. 3 I do my homework after school. Then I relax for
b They are an opportunity to make new friends. the. .........
. .. . of the evening.
c They are a good way to relax. 4 We're going to take my brother to
2 Why does Anna want to go to a summer camp? the.. .... ...... on his birthday.
a Because she hasn't got things to do at home. 5 I'm going to go to camp this summer to learn
b Because she wants to meet other kids. photography
c Because she likes playing computer games.
3 What is Anna going to do? STUDY SKILLS
a She's going to play computer games and do sports Why is it a good idea to read outside the
at camp. classroom?
b She's going to stay at the camp for five weeks. ► STUDY SKILLS page 99
c She's going to relax for one week.

I can understand an online forum about summer camps


1 Complete the table with these words. 4 Put the words in order to make questions
about the summer.
Are • aren't • Is • 'm • 'm not • isn't • 's 1 going are do What you to
?
Affinnative I (a) ...
2 to going you Are study
You/We/They are ?
He/She (b) .. play tennis. 3 you to are going Where go
Negative I'm not go to Turkey. ?
You/We/They relax. 4 you friends to Are with going go
(c) .. going to out
He/She isn't ...?
Questions Ami 5 to with you Is going stay
play tennis?
(d) ............ .. ............ ........ you/we/ grandmother your
go to Turkey?
they .... ?
relax?
(e) .............. ... .. ....... ...... he/she 6 be your going Are parents to on
Short Yes, I am. No, I (f) . .................. . .. ..........
holiday
answer .. ... ?
Yes, you/we/they are. No, you/we/they aren't.
Yes, he/she is. No, he/she (g) ............... ......... ... ... .
5 Complete the answers to the questions in 4.

1(
1 I .. relax.
2 Complete the sentences about the holidays.
2 No, I ..
3 We .. . ... go to Paris.
Ambe, Jemma )( Me \ 4 Yes, I . . . . . . , when we

}
go to museums✓ and Karl play volleyball at come back from Paris.
do sports X relax✓ the beach✓
No, she .... .
study X watch TV X
6 Yes, they , but only
for two weeks.

6 Circle the correct alternative.


1 Amber ... .. going to ...................................... to museums.
1 We're going to go to Paris on/in July.
2 She ............... ...................... going to .. .. sports.
2 We're going to get up at/on half past eight.
3 Jemma and Karl .. going to ... 3 I like to go shopping at/in the mornings.
4 They ................................... . going to ... 4 Paris is always busy in/at summer.
5 The museums are free on/it Sundays.
5 I .. going to ................................. ... volleyball at the beach.
6 I want to see the Eiffel Tower at/in night.
6 I .. .. going to .. .. .... .. .. . ......... .. .. TV.

@ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE C )(� .


3 Complete the sentences with going to and these verbs.
7 Find and correct a mistake in each
create • do • go • not go out • help • practise sentence.
1 My sister going to play tennis on Sunday.
1 This summer I . .. to England.
2 1 .... ............... .. ................. ................... ..... ...... ..... my English.
2 My birthday is in 4th January.
3 My brother ... .. .. my dad at work .
4 He ... ... with friends. 3 Are you going study this summer?

5 My friends ... . something useful.


4 Where you are going to go on holiday
6 They .. a new computer game. this year?

5 I'm going to go to the cinema in the


weekend.

6 The film starts on half past seven.


1 Read the definitions and complete the crossword. 3 -mtBG O
41 Rose is going to visit Amsterdam and
she's asking Leo about transport there. Listen to
T the conversation. Which five types of transport do
2
1 I R I I I they talk about?

1
A

14
2
N
3

16 I I I p 4

18 I R
9T
I 4 0 41 Listen again and choose the correct answers.
1 Leo thinks that the best way to get around
Amsterdam is to ...
1 you pay to travel in this car in the city
a use a bike taxi.
2 this type of transport goes under a city
b use the public transport bikes.
3 this type of public transport is fast and goes
between cities c hire a bike.
4 you use this to travel between countries; it goes in 2 He thinks cycling is dangerous because ...
the air a there is no cycle network.
5 this is a type of public transport in a city; it's bigger b there are trams on the streets.
than a car c there's a lot of traffic in the rush hour.
6 this is a type of transport for rich people only 3 In Amsterdam , it's necessary to ...
7 this is a type of transport on water a use your hands to show cars where you' re going.
8 this transport is for one or two people only; it can be b wear a helmet.
dangerous
c use the cycle network.
9 in the past, this type of transport was common
4 Leo thinks that ...
in cities
a the trams are a good way to travel.
2 Look at the photos of Amsterdam in the b the underground is expensive.
Netherlands. Write five types of transport you c the buses are very good.
can see.
5 When a person buys a special ticket ...
a it costs three euros.
b they can use the bus, tram and underground.
c they can use all types of transport and a boat.

'VOCABULARY EXTENSION ✓ ""�-

5 Complete the sentences with these words. Use


a dictionary if necessary.

airport • light • park • pavement • station • stop

1 When you travel by train, you go to a train

2 You wait for a bus at a bus


3 When you travel by plane, you go to an

4 You must stop when you see a red traffic

5 When you go to a city, you put your car in a car

1 4
6 In a city, people walk on the side of the road on a
2 5

I can talk about transport and understand people having a conversation


1 Complete the rules with these words. 5 Read the rules. Are they True (T ) or False (F)?
1 We use should for things that we think are
don't have to • have to • must • mustn't T/F
a good idea.
2 We use should for things that are obligatory
1 We use ........
. ...... .... and . . . ....... ... .... to talk about
or necessary. T/ F
things that are necessary or obligatory.
3 We use shouldn't for things that we think
2 We use .. . ......
. . . . .. . .......
.. to talk about things that aren't aren't a good idea. T/ F
necessary or obligatory.

3 We use . ..... ... . ......... .. .. to talk about things that we 6 Complete the email with should or shouldn't.
can't do because we don't have permission.

2 Match the halves to make sentences. Hi, Fran.


1 You must stop when a a mobile when you It's great that you're going to go to Lisbon this summer.
drive. I went last year and I loved it. Remember, it's very hot
=t_ so you (a)..
2 You don't have to cycle b a test to ride a bike. take sunscreen with you. There
c a traffic light is red.
are some interesting museums -you (b) ..
3 You mustn't use
see the City Museum - but you (c).
4 You don't have to pass d pay to travel on the stay in the city all the time. There are some lovely
underground. beaches and you (d) .................. . .. . . . .. spend a day there.
5 You must e on the cycle network, It isn't a big city and you can walk around it but you
(e) .. use the trams too because they're very
but it's a good idea.
typical. The food is great so you (f) .. ........ .. ...... . . .. eat in
fast food restaurants -you (g) .. have some
3 Circle the correct alternative. of the local food. Oh, and you (h) .......................... .stay in
1 You must/mustn't be careful when you cycle in traffic. an expensive hotel. There are a lot of cheap places to
stay. I hope that you have fun!
2 You mustn't/don't have to be 17 years old to go on
a train. Best wishes,
3 You mustn't/have to be 17 to ride a motorbike in Sean
the UK.
4 You mustn't/don't have to play loud music on the
underground.
5 You mustn't/have to wait at a bus stop for a bus.
6 You must/mustn't speak to a bus driver when he
is driving.
. . .F.• _·• -r '
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@ GRAMMAR CHALLENGE
for9e-t to 90 to the- banK
90 to be-9 \ate-! 7 Is to necessary in these sentences? Circle the
correct alternative.
1 You mustn't 0/to copy in exams.
1 Zoe .. WL!Mt. ........ get a train ticket.
2 I'm going 0/to relax in the summer holidays.
2 She. .... . ..... .. . .. .. .. ..... read a guidebook. 3 I don't have 0/to wear a uniform at my school.
3 She .. . ........ ........ forget to go to the bank. 4 You shouldn't 0/to listen to music when you cycle.
4 She .... ........... .. ...... take an umbrella. 5 I want 0/to go to university one day.
6 You must 0/to get up at half past seven to go
5 She .. . . buy some sunscreen. to school.
6 She... .. go to bed late.
1 O
llSJEHINli 42 Listen to two dialogues. What do the
0 PRONUNCIATION
people decide to do? Circle the correct alternative.
3 0 43 Listen to these words and write them in
the correct column.

guidebook • holiday • horse-riding • motorbike


passport • safari • suitcase • sunscreen
swimming trunks • swimsuit • umbrella
underground

4 Look at the photo and read the questions.


1 go to the beach/park
Write your answers in your notebook.
2 go horse-riding/to the cinema

2 0 42 Read the dialogues. Write complete phrases.


Listen again to check.
Theo: Hi, Dan. Listen,
(a) v1r�.. [Link]� ..9n511�0y...
(free/Sunday)?
Dan: (b) .
. ....(not/sure).
Why?
Theo: There's a free concert in the park. I
think Ed Sheeran is going to be there.
(c) .. ....
..
. ....... (like/to go)?
Dan: Oh , yeah. (d) ..
(That/great)! Thanks. What time does it start?
Theo: I think it starts at three. See you at around 2.30
outside the park?
Dan: Sure. See you then.
1 What can you see in the photo?
Jade: Hey Emma, (e) ..
2 Do you like holidays like this?
(you/do) anything on Sunday?
3 Is there a particular place that interests you?
Emma: (f) ..
(I/not/think so). Why? 4 Tell me about your last holiday.

Jade: I'm going to go horse-riding in the morning.


(g) .. .
.. . (fancy/come)?
.
5 [UfilENIN6, 0
44 Listen to a student answering the
questions in 4. What are her answers to the
Emma: Sorry, (h) .. questions?
(not mad/horse-riding). Maybe you should ask
Sylvie. I know she goes horse-riding sometimes.
6 � Now answer the questions in 4.
Jade: Oh, OK. (i) ..
(you/want/go) to the cinema on Sunday
evening then? There are some good films at
the moment.
Emma: 0). (Sorry/busy/
Sunday evening). My grandparents are coming.
What about going in the afternoon? Send me a
text when you get back from horse-riding and
we can decide where to meet.
Jade: Good idea!
Developing writing ;' .�·
1 Read the article. Are these statements True (T) or 3 Complete these adjectives.
False (F)?
1 The weather was .... d .
. .....I. It was hot and sunny.
1 Ryan's last holiday was in summer. TI F 2 We had an ...m .... z .... .... g time!
2 He went to Paris with his family. T /F 3 The view from the Eiffel Tower was
3 He travelled by boat between England sp .. .. t ...c ... lar!
and France. T /F 4 The hotel was p . rfe .... t. It was very comfortable.
4 He stayed at a hotel in the centre of the city. T /F 5 The food was ... nc . . . d .... bl ..
5 The weather wasn't very good. T/F
6 The best part of the holiday was the food. T/F 4 Put the words in order to make sentences.
7 He wants to go to Paris again in the future. T/F 1 I a had in holiday brilliant Spain

2 stayed at We a hotel great

3 interesting I places saw some


M y last holiday was in March. I
went to Paris with my parents
and my sister. It was my first time 4 We had food excellent some
in another country and it was a
great experience!
We went by train from London. The 5 to beautiful I beach a went
train goes under the sea between England
and France. We were under the tunnel for
30 minutes. It was very exciting! We arrived in Paris
at the Gare du Nord and we went by taxi to our hotel. STUDY SKILLS
The hotel was near the centre of the city and it had a
beautiful view of the river. How can you make your writing more interesting?

The weather was cloudy and it wasn't very warm, but we ► STUDY SKILLS page 99
went on a boat on the river. We saw the Eiffel Tower and
Notre Dame and my dad took hundreds of photos! We
had dinner in restaurants. The food was excellent. On our 5 Write an article about your last holiday. Remember
last day, we went to Disneyland. It was the best part of to use positive adjectives.
the holiday. It was brilliant!
Write about:
Paris is a very interesting ■ when/where you went ■ the weather
city and I think
■ who you went with ■ the things you did
everybody should !;I

U- il l � ll ·� ll ¾H I
see it. We're going ■ transport
to go back again


next year!

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rJ
i

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2 Read the article again and find six positive


adjectives. Complete the table with the adjectives
and the things they describe.

Adjective It describes ...


3retl!t the- [Link].e

94 I can write an article about a holiday


Revision: Units 1 ·2·3·4·5·6·7·8·9·1 O

Grammar 4 Complete the text with the correct form of the


verb to go.
1 Complete the dialogue with the correct form of be
going to.
Elsa: Hey, Isaac. Do you have plans for the summer? We. uwall'j (a) .. . ........ to the. mountairn, on ho\idal
Isaac: Yes, I do. I (a) Laf>t 'lea. r, we . (b) .... .. ... . . . .. . . . to the. 'P'[Link].e.f>. M'j [Link]>in
stay with my grandparents for two a\wa'jf> (c.) ........ . ...................... ... to the. U';). (c:\) ';)he. ..
weeks. I've got friends there and we to New Yori:, Waf>hington and Bof>ton. Her favourite. plac.e. waf>
(b) go cycling
New Yori:. ';)he, didn't (e) ............... ...... ......... .. ... on ho\ida'j lM,t '[Link],
and walking. What (c)
but f>he. (t) ...................................... to ';)an [Link]>C.O [Link] '[Link].
you.. .... ..... do?
Elsa: My sister and I (d) . .
go to a summer camp. My sister Vocabulary
(e) . .. .... . . ... .. . .. ...... .. ............have singing
1 Complete the words.
le'ssons and I (f) .. ... ...
. do
dance lessons. 1 When it's s .. n n , you should wear s
Isaac: __ you_ have a g............... . .... to protect your eyes and
(g)
s .. SC .. . on your face.
holiday with your parents?
Elsa: No, I' m not. We (h) .. 2 When it's r.. ..n .. .. g, you need an u ..

visit places near here, but we 3 When it's c.... .... d or it's s n w. , you should
(i) .. .. ..... . ......... . .... travel further wear gl..
this year. 4 When it's h... t, you can go swimming, but you need
a sw .. ..s .. .... or sw.. t. ks.
2 Complete the sentences with the prepositions at,
in or on. 2 Read the definitions and write the types of
1 School finishes ........... ............ ... ... 29th June this year. transport.

2 There's a school party.. . . .......... the evening. 1 a type of transport under a city
3 It starts ......................... .......... seven o' clock. 2 a type of transport on water
4 Then . . .. . .. .... . ...
.. Saturday I' m going to go to the 3 a fast type of transport between cities
mountains with my family.
4 it's similar to a bike but faster
5 It's very hot in the city .......... . .. ...
. . . the summer.
5 a popular type of transport in cities
6 It's impossible to sleep.. ... ....
. ..... ..... . ...night.
7 We started going to the mountains.. 6 a very expensive type of transport
2012. 7 you pay to travel in this car
8 Now we always go there ... .. .. . .. . .. ... . July. 8 you fly in this between countries

3 Circle the correct alternative. 9 a type of transport in some cities

3 Circle the odd one out.


1 cloudy curly windy stormy
2 coat gloves boots T-shirt
when it's hot.
3 guidebook folder passport suitcase
You should/don't have to bring food from
4 indoor badly-paid part-time hard-working
home - there is a canteen.
5 referee medal cup prize
You mustn't/have to eat in the bedrooms.
6 cash password sale purse
You have to/mustn't keep the bedrooms tidy.
7 gymnast skater skiing horse-rider
You shouldn't/don't have to bring mobile
phones or tablets.
You mustn't/don't have to do all the activities.
You should/mustn't listen to the camp
monitors.
You don't have to/mustn't leave the camp
without permission.
Reading
1 Read about Lake Baikal. Are the statements 2 Read the article again. Choose the best answers.
True (T ) or False (F)?
1 Lake Baikal in Siberia is ...
1 Lake Baikal in Siberia is a saltwater lake. T/F a the smallest lake in the world.
2 You can see a lot of seals there. T/F b deeper than any other lake.
3 Scientists are interested in the lake. T/F c less than 10 million years old.

, ,1
4 Not many people go there. T/F 2 The Baikal seals ...
a are the smallest seals in the world.
b came to the lake from the nearest ocean.
c can survive in the cold water of the lake.
3 From the text we know that ...
a there are islands in the middle of the lake.
b the lake is covered in ice in winter.
c there are forests in the middle of the lake.
4 Lake Baikal is interesting to scientists because ...
a parts of the lake are very deep.
b it's the largest freshwater lake in the world.
c there are unusual animals here.
5 In 2008 and 2009 ...
a scientists used the Mir submarines to explore the
lake.

� L ake Baikal in Siberia isn't the biggest lake in the


world, but it's the oldest and deepest. It's about 20
million years old and about 1.5 kilometres deep in
b James Cameron used the Mir submarines to film
the Titanic.

� c James Cameron went to the bottom of the lake to


places. Also called 'the blue eye of Russia', it contains explore.
� 20% of all the Earth's fresh water.
6 People go to the lake because ...
The lake is home to about 2,000 different types of plants
� a it's healthy to drink the water.
and animals, and 60% of these live in this lake and this
� lake alone. One of these is the Baikal seal or nerpa. The b it's a good area to go walking.
Baikal is one of the only freshwater seals in the world and c swimming in the lake helps you live longer.
� it's also one of the smallest. It's a mystery how these seals
� came to the lake because the nearest ocean is hundreds
of kilometres away. But now there are between 80,000 and Use of English
� 100,000 of them. They rest on the islands in the middle of
/ the lake and swim in the cold waters. They can swim very 3 Complete the text with one word in each space.
fast, at about 25 kilometres an hour, and they can stay

under water for between 45 minutes and an hour.
·�
/ Scientists are interested in the lake because there are
unusual plants and animals here. Between 2008 and 2009,
Penny's Blog 1p
·� the two submarines Mir 1 and Mir 2 went to the bottom of
/ the lake to explore. These are the same submarines that
James Cameron, the film director, used when he filmed There are many different ways
·�
:�
Titanic at the bottom of the to travel. Travelling by plane is
North Atlantic Ocean. (a) .. .. fastest way,
The lake is also a popular but it's also expensive. Buses
·�
holiday destination. are slower (b) ......
� People come from planes, but they're cheaper.
other parts of Russia Personally, I like travelling by train
·�
:�
and the world to walk
because trains (c).
in the mountains and
:� forests and to swim in fast and you can see through the window. But this
the lake. Some people summer we're (d) .. . .. . . ..... .. .. to go on holiday
:� also drink the water l It
probably isn't healthy,
by car. My parents think that it's (e) ...
convenient than the train because you don't have
� but a popular local story (f} ......... .... . . .. .. ... wait and you can stop when you
/ says that when you
drink from the want. Our holiday this year is (g) ............. .. ................... July.
·� lake, you live five We're going to leave (h) . . . . . .. .... . 14th July and
� years longer. visit different places. I'm really looking forward to it!
/
/
Listening Writing
4a You are going to hear two people talk about the 5 Write an article with the title:
history of plane travel. Before you listen, look at My best day ever
the text. What words or types of words do you
think are missing? Answer these questions.
■ When was it?
■ Who was with you?
■ What did you do on this day?
■ Why was it special?

f) COMMON MISTAKES
0�

6 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. In some


sentences, there is more than one mistake.
1 Elephants are stronger that humans.

The first time a person bought a ticket to travel by 2 Have you ever be late for school?
plane was on 1st January (a).. .. ... It was in
the US. The ticket cost $400. In today's money, that's
3 You should to your homework before dinner.
about (b) £ .. ...... .......................... and the journey was only
(c).. minutes.
4 I think dogs are more friendlier than cats.
The first long plane journey was in 1935. The plane
left San Francisco in the US and travelled across the
(d).. to the Philippines. The journey is 5 My friend going to help his father this summer.
13 hours today but in 1935, it was (e).
On 1st January 1914, one person travelled by plane. 6 We haven't to wear a uniform at my school.
st
On 1 January 2014, (f) . .............................. . people travelled
by plane. 7 This is the most big city of my country.

4b l1SIENIN6 0
45 Listen and complete the text with one
or two words, or a number, in each space. 8 I'm going visit my grandparents on August.
Unit 1 Unit 2
VOCABULARY: RECORDING NEW VOCABULARY READING: READING DIFFERENT TYPES OF TEXT
■ It is important to write new words in a ■ Before you read, look at the text. Is it an email? Is it a story? Is it
vocabulary notebook as it helps you to an article?
remember them. There are different ways to ■ Different types of text have different information. When you
record new vocabulary. One way is to write think about the type of text before you read, it helps you to
words in groups. understand the text.

SPEAKING: PRACTISING SPEAKING WRITING: KNOWING WHO THE READER IS


■ Practise speaking in class and at home. When ■ When you write, think about the type of writing (an email)
you practise speaking, you use new vocabulary and the person you write to (a friend). An email to a friend
and grammar in a real way. is different from an email to a teacher. And it's different
■ It's a good idea to use new vocabulary and from a story. When you write to a friend, remember to use
grammar to speak about you, your family and contractions, for example, I've got (not I have got).
your interests. This helps you to remember it. ■ Learn phrases that you can use when you write other emails,
for example Dear and Best wishes.

Unit 3 Unit 4
VOCABULARY: LEARNING PHRASES VOCABULARY: REMEMBERING NEW
■ Sometimes you learn individual words (bag, whiteboard, brother). But VOCABULARY
sometimes it's useful to learn a phrase (have breakfast, do homework, play ■ To learn new vocabulary, you
computer games). Learning words as phrases can help you remember them. need to practise it. One way to
remember vocabulary is to name
LISTENING: LISTENING AGAIN objects at home. For example,
■ It's a good idea to listen two or three times. The first time you listen, you when you are in your bedroom,
understand some information. The second time you listen, you understand look at your bed, your wardrobe,
more. or your shelves. Think about the
■ It's possible to answer all the questions the first time you listen. But it's a word in English.
good idea to listen again to check. ■ Or put a note on the object with
the word in English. Then when
you look at the object, you see
the word.
Unit 5
LISTENING: READING INSTRUCTIONS
READING: READING A TEXT WITH NEW WORDS BEFORE YOU LISTEN
■ It's normal to see new words when you read. But you don't need to ■ Instructions tell you two things:
understand every word to understand a text. - they tell you what you need
■ The first time you read, get a general idea of what the text is about. Don' t to do.
stop when you see new words. - they also tell you about the
■ Then, read the text again. Usually, when you read the text again, you can people and the situation. For
guess the meaning of new words. example, is it a conversation
between a mother and her
SPEAKING: USING INTONATION son? Is it a radio programme?
■ Intonation in English is important. When we speak, our voice goes up (,,#) and Is it a conversation between
down (,). We use intonation in English to show that we are interested, and to friends?
be friendly and polite. ■ It's a good idea to know these
■ It's a good idea to practise speaking with good intonation. things before you start.
Unit 6 Unit 7
SPEAKING: REPEATING SPEAKING READING: USING THE TITLE AND PICTURES TO HELP YOU READ
ACTIVITIES ■ It's a good idea to read the title of a text before you read. This tells you what
■ It's useful to do speaking activities the text is about.
more than once. The first time you ■ Look at the pictures, too. The pictures can help you to understand
do a speaking activity, it's difficult information in the text.
to remember new language
and ideas. The second time you SPEAKING: LEARNING COMPLETE PHRASES
speak, you can remember and ■ It's a good idea to learn useful phrases to use when you speak. These are
you can do the activity well. similar to learning words, but you need to remember the complete phrase.
■ Remember, it's important to Learning phrases can help you speak more fluently.
practise speaking in English at ■ It's useful to have a notebook where you write these phrases. Group the
home and at school as much as phrases under headings, for example, to give positive opinions, to give
possible. negative opinions, to agree or disagree. This will help you to remember
them.
WRITING: CHECKING WRITING
■ When you write, you need to
think about your ideas and how
to say them in English. It's easy Unit 8
to make mistakes. So it's a good
idea to read your writing again VOCABULARY: LEARNING RELATED WORDS
when you finish. Make a list of ■ In class, you usually learn a group of words about a particular subject. It's a
things to check, for example: good idea to learn words related to this subject. This will help you to speak
- punctuation and capital letters about it.
■ For example, when you speak about jobs, you can describe the people and
- spelling
the places of work.
- word order
■ You can draw a diagram to help you remember the words, like this one:
- tenses
■ Read and check the points in creative waiter
order. If necessary, read more
than once.

a salon

LISTENING:THINKING BEFORE YOU LISTEN


■ Before you listen, read the questions carefully. The questions can give you
ideas about what is in the listening. Think about possible answers. This helps
you to understand when you listen.

Unit 9 Unit 10
READING: USING WHAT YOU KNOW READING: READING OUTSIDE CLASS
■ It's a good idea to remember what you already know ■ Reading is a good way to learn new vocabulary.
before you read. For example, you probably know There are a lot of things you can read in English. For
something about animals. When you remember what example, you can read articles on the Internet, stories,
you know before you read, it helps you to understand or short comments that other students write on forums.
a text. ■ It's a good idea to read a little every day. This helps to
make reading easier.
SPEAKING: PRACTISING QUESTIONS
■ When you learn English in class, the teacher often WRITING: MAKING WRITING INTERESTING
asks questions and the students answer them. But ■ Your writing should be interesting for the person
when you use English outside the classroom, you reading it. When you write an article for example, it's a
often need to ask questions. It's common to ask good idea to include a variety of adjectives. You should
questions about times, places, telephone numbers also include different tenses. These help to make your
and directons. So it's a good idea to practise asking writing more interesting.
questions in class.
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The document describes how sports like tennis, basketball, and rugby have origins in different countries, such as France for tennis and Canada for basketball. The national identity is highlighted by associating sports with cultural and historical narratives specific to each country, like the tennis connection with French royalty and the naming of the Rugby World Cup after William Webb Ellis, who is associated with an English school .

The student in Source 1 notes benefits such as flexibility ('why are you at an online school? Because my family moves around') and the ability to study diverse subjects beyond the usual curriculum. However, drawbacks could include less face-to-face interaction, which might affect social development and personal networking .

Understanding historical origins enriches cultural appreciation and sports identity, providing insights into societal values and technological advancements of the time. Recognizing how sports like tennis and basketball originated fosters a deeper connection and respect for these activities' legacies .

Creativity played a crucial role in the evolution of sports, evidenced by Naismith's invention of basketball indoors due to harsh weather and Webb Ellis's creative deviation from traditional football by running with the ball, giving birth to rugby. Such innovations address contextual challenges and adapt to environmental and cultural needs .

Online safety practices, such as using safe passwords and not posting personal information, parallel real-world safety by stressing precaution and privacy. This mirrors the need to protect personal spaces and belongings physically by ensuring controlled access and privacy .

Maya's school, Jamison High School, being very big with about 1,000 students, likely offers a variety of activities, but the large number of students means homework is significant, limiting her time for other activities .

Descriptive language highlighting characteristics such as 'wavy hair' or 'a moustache' showcases the variation in appearances reflecting broader cultural diversity. This diversity in features underscores genetic variation and cultural differences in the understanding of beauty and presentation .

The exercise helps in language learning by assisting students in differentiating similar terms and correctly applying them in sentences, thereby improving their grammar and vocabulary skills. For example, differentiating between 'this' and 'these' or learning question words enhances comprehension and conversation abilities .

Maya describes her school workload as very demanding, stating that 'we've got a lot of homework at my school and I haven't got time for other activities.' Despite this, she mentions enjoying music and spending weekends with friends, highlighting some personal interests .

The dialogues highlight challenges like correctly using question words to solicit specific information and maintaining coherent grammar in conversation. Misuse of terms and constructing meaningful dialogues are typical hurdles for language learners seeking fluency .

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