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Learning a language is not something which happens immediately or when you want it to happen! Learning takes time. You can make the process faster and more efficient if you study at home. This Workbook has been specially designed to make sure you really learn how to use the language you meet in class. It gives you more opportunities to practise grammar, it helps you check your understanding of how to use new vocabulary in typical, everyday ways and it helps you develop your written English, too. Here is some general advice for how to get the most out of this book: * Do a little every day rather than a lot once a week. + Try to do the exercises first without using the answer key, but don't be afraid to use the answer key, if you have a problem. * Look back at earlier units in the book after you have finished them. It is important to make sure you remember what you have already studied. Sometimes, just re-reading exercises you did a few weeks before can help you to remember things. * Before you start working on your own, study the exercises on page 7.Contents Whac isa collocation? intredvetion 7 2. Making the most of your study ime 3 Grammar 1 Doyou tke? © Callocstions with quesion and | 2 Hw old are hey? Caco 3 Whereis 7) Chastroom knguage 8 ee a 8 Past simple and past continuous 5 Collocations with hea 9. Weng: an anecdoce a TT jusesayed in and had an cary 7 What kind of thing 12 a ee 8 Hw long have you besn doing 2 Common answers shar thant Bree Fras 2 3 Where do you do that. then? 9 Pas simple questions with How 4 Expressions of tine feng? 5 How did you got nto that 10 Asking questions using auxiiary 6 Whats the acti? Tenge = [1 Free ame Answering Have you been =? md? = 2 Go -ng 7. Present perfecr and adverbs uttcewe le 3. Colfocations vel wip, hollay 8 ve jase old you! vs 4 Whereabout are you going? 9 Supposed to be 5 Talleng abour places 10 Writing a postard 1 Starting conversations 7 Adjectives with two forms 2. How's ie going? 8 Presene continuous: negtve 3 Ending conversations responses 20 4 Socal problems 9° Using the present continous 5. More expressions with get 10 Explaining present sates aise Hin the mide of 1 What do you do? 6 Looking for something eke 2 Abbreviations 7) Mure be, muse gee u 3. Have to. dont have to, can 8 Work collocatons 4H eould never get used co thae 9) Wiig: covering letter 5 Conversations about jobs 1 Shopping collocstions 5 Soand sich 2 The best hing is 6 Time is money as 3. Do you know if there’ a chemists 7-_Problems in shops near here! Things we sayin shops 4 So do Nelther do 9 Supposed to 1 Things we say in hows Excuses | 2. Problems in restaurants 7. te really ges on my nerves! ga | 3 Notvery good 8 More probiems 4 Commenting on what people say «9 Writng:2leterof complaint 5. Had to, didnt have vo 10 Using te passive T Who do you lve with? © Describing areas 2 2. Whats your fat tie? 7 Describing people's bad habits 3 Was vary expensive! 8 Housework o 4 Deserbing tends 9 Collocatons with home or house S Desenbing areas | 10. Asking for permission and making requestsYour computer 6 Superlatives with the present perfect 1 ao 3 What sofeware do you use? 7 Replying to advice wo | 3 Siertoare oyu we! Responding en Sogn 3 Keone 5 ve you ever 1 10. Colecoors wth mae Sony ne om phonre 2 Keyerd man pees 3 Unga nine express Ang en cores Meoiing people 4 sane odin en 4 Anight out 10 Do you want to 3 Amigo mee Dorey —s 7 7 Wore companies Qeasd Fa 2 9| Nifenare porners 3 How happen? & Calocton eh gh Transport and travel 48 4 Comparing now with che past 9 What a stupid thing to do! Fok pce ifee 2 detente ta Tiamat Ee shou be taed Unit 12 2 Tov and enough oo no a | 2 Trestoomeh Therese 8 Enngeuina ig rou 4 Kepner ropa 3 ross wocuary 10. Shove shoud hve or es 2 Wiese! 7 fore seston 3 Quecon snd answer oo tmene ce 4 Weather vocabutary 9 Iedepends 3 ont ince 19) Wriing | was wondering 1 Shoal bic 7 Sache x onversy 3 Putman 9. Tow and ean C) 4 Verb patterns 10 Plans and hopes SMe your eam ot 11 Storcrour nswes @ How ade 1 be By oreo © Bprenion wih F 2 Areyoun 008! 7 ee muldve scored hat a | 2 wnat 3 theow ter tow 4 ier ds fies ° wining # hipaa 1 Whee nd tase + bomen 2 Pablens robles! 7 nporane xressions 5 elope fe ede C 4 Collocations: company and business 9 First end second conditionals, 3 hows buses 10. Granear-woud orBante Gay 1 Relaonhpe @ Second condor eoORE Ba 2 Adjectives and expressions to 7 Guessing and being vague oe ee describe people 8 Talking about recent history Fetendls und fowBy = 71 3 Know get to know, meet, 9 used to, but | dont ary more tne and pts 10 Wing erbig eel were 5 Rektonsip verbs I 3.2. 1 Festivals & Talking about language Unit 18 2. Reacting to good and bad news —«‘7-_‘Superltves ame aaa 3 Relaive causes 2 Couneie and nainaes Nationalities, festivals “4. Relative clauses ia questions 9 Describing your country, end languages 76 | tanmne and sneer: 0 Were tae tent | = 1 iret kinds of crimes © Keyword cine Unit 19 2 es 7 Tans contra 3 Number expressions @ Third condone 2 powloms lenders a 4 Basic erime vocabulary 9 Lwish F@ oJ wish I hadn'e 5) Fameus ad dangerous 10 Wrting Hate ea 1” enh probone 7 How dd you do Gat tent Unit 20 2c he mace 2 Reporong seen 3 Beng oni 9) Reporsng speach 2 ae Q 4° Ym allergic to it 10 Keyword: health 5 Heat vestry 11 Giving adviee & Things doctors Say 12 Shut or ein about he freIntroduction ‘The main goal of the Innovations series is to help you speak English fluently and understand spoken English Because of this, most of the exercises in this book give spoken models of how the language is normally used. One of the most important things to think about when studying English on your own is collocation. Ba What is a collocation? A collocation is two or more words which often go together. This often means an adjective + a noun, a verb + a noun or a noun + a noun. Some, of the exercises in this Workbook look at collocations of common words ~ question, answer, get, go ~ because we believe it is important to earn how to use these useful words in lots of, different ways. Underline the useful collocations in these sentences. The first one is done for you. |. My grandfather fs eighty-seven now. He's starting to lose his memory. Shall we leave a tp? 2 3. My brother left home recently. 4. Sorry I'm late, overslept and missed my train, ‘5. I'm going on holiday in wo weeks. 6. My som is doing a degree in Liverpool. 7. lesa part-time course ~ two days a week for ten weeks. Can you save my seat, please? I'll be back soon, My parents got divorced when I was six or seven, 10. | don' feel very wel. 've got an upset stomach, Learning new collocations is a big part of learning a language. One thing this means for you is that you need to be careful when translating into your own language. It is always better to translate collocations — or even whole sentences rather than single words, [EE Making the most of your study time ‘Translating from English inte your own language is normal at this level. We think that when you study this Workbook at home, it is a good idea to also keep your own vocabulary natebook, where you write down new bits of English on the left and translations on the right. Here is an exercise which shows you how to get the most from ‘translation. Start your vocabulary notebook by writing the sentences I-10 below on a page. Write a ‘translation beside each expression in your own language. In one week's time, test yourself by covering I-10 and using your translations to help you remember the whole sentences in English. |. Unemployment is very high at the moment. 2. Id like to make a complaint. 3. I hope the weather is OK this weekend, 4. Can we get the bil please? 5. Ifhad my bag stolen. 6. There's a flm on later 13 like to watch, 7. Have you had any lunch? 8, There were hardly any people there, 9, My fight leaves at seven thirty in the morning 0. le usually takes me about twenty minutes. ‘This Workbook gives you plenty of chances to look at the most common, useful grammatical English. You will look at how to form these structures and also how to use them in everyday contexts. Here is a list of some common grammatical terms used in this book. Match the terms |-8 to the underlined examples in the sentences a-h. past simple present continuous past continuous comparative adjectives present perfect simple a superlative adjective present perfect continuous OOOO0000 reported speech | was living in Norway at the time. Have you ever been to Peru? les much nicer ~ and it cheaper too. We rented a car for a few days les the biggest place in town, He told me to stay at home and take it easy, How long have you been studying English? l'm_reading 2 great book at the moment,Fqi| Do you like Complete the short answers in the box. logues below with the sal right, suppose No, not really ve never heard of them Yeah, | love it No, | hate him Yeah, theyre OK 1. A: Do you like football! B les one of my favourite sports. What about you? 2. As Do you like Leonardo 4i Caprio? 8 1 really don't understand why so many people like him so ‘much! Why? Do you like him? 3. A: Do you like reading? 8 | much prefer watching movies or listening to music. What about you? 4. A: Do you like The Thirteenth Floor Elevators? 8 What kind of music do they play? 5. A; Do you like shopping? Be oceeees | don't mind ie, but ''m not crazy about it, What about you? 6. A: Deo you like the people you work with? 8 ‘We get on all right, | suppose, What about you? Now match the comments a-f to the questions at the end of the dialogues |-6 above. 2. Ob,l'm erazy about i too! play quite a lot, actually, That's why | asked a b. Oh\! love it. 'm especially keen on books about history a Yeah ove him. Hes realy ooddooking and he can act as well oO 4. Yeah, theyre great. We al get on realy well. _} @. Oh, the same as you about it. | can take it or leave i QO {Theyre quite hard co describe actully, Youd fave co hear them! O 2) How old are they? Match the ages 1-5 to the more general expressions ane. She's only two weeks old She's nearly two years old now. She's nine, She's fifteen. She's ewenty-one. veers O2000 She's an adule She's a child €. She’ a teenager She's a baby. fe. She’ a toddler. Now match the ages 6-10 to the more general ‘expressions fj He's twenty-eight, He's thirty-six. He's forty-cwo. He's fifty-one OON000 He's seventy-nine, f. Hes quite elderly now. He's in his lace twenties. h. Hels middle-aged. i, He's in his mid-thirties, i. He's in his early forties ifwe sy She's old, can sound rude or cold If we ] want to sound nicer, we usually s2y ‘She's quite elderly’.You might sometimes hear people say She's | getting ona bie now. This isa sghtly more fiend, | informal way of saying the same thing.i i | Look at the pairs of sentences below and decide which sentence (a or b) matches the picture. =) a. Ie on the south coast b. les off the south coast 1 Getting to know you Make sentences by matching the beginnings 5-9 to the endings ae. S. Its right in the city centre, Qo 6. Its right next to the sea, a 7. Its right in the middle of England, a 8. Its righe out in the country, Go 9. Its right opposite a park with some oO so we go swimming most days. I's lovely. b, 5011 walk everywhere $0 ice easy to travel round the country. d. so we play nearly every day in the summer so ie cakes ages to get into town every day for work. BEG] what's your cit ike? a. Its on Oxford Street b. Its off Oxford Street ? ASE Ces Blt so of Bane = fad ce a. Itsan area in the west of Madrid. b. Its a place just west of Madrid Match the answers I-5 to the follow-up comments ae. 1 Ie nice, tes a famous old city 2. Ie nce, les a big seaside resort. 3. Is nice. les a very cosmopolitan place, 4. les OK, but it 5. Ie nice. Ies a very modern city. quite polluted ONO a. Its really ively in the summer, but ie dead in she winter. b. Its got a really good new transport system, so ies leasy to get round The trafic’s really heavy, especially during rush hour. 4. The centre dates back more than six hundred years. 2 There are people from all over the world there Now match the answers 6-10 to the follow-up comments fj. 6, les OK, but the climate’s horrible 7. Its OK. es a big commercial centre, 8, les OK, but ies very small. 9, les not very nice. es a big industrial city 10, tes not tha nice. e's a big pore. OO0n0 {All the ferries to the islands leave from there. ts freeaing in che winter and ics really hot and humid in the summer, fh. There’ nothing much to do there. left to go to university, LA lot of big companies and banks have their offices there j. Toyota have a big car plant thereertng to know you E] Collocations with heavy In Exercise 4, you met the collocation ‘The traffi's really heavy’. Complete the sentences below with the words in the box. | | semosphere sleeper conversation smoker fil suitcases lunch raft nighe week 1 |. Ta leave now, if | were you, before the rush hour. { The shouldn't be too heavy. { 2. ma really heavy «1 could slee through an earthquake! 3. He's a really heavy Hes going to fend up with cancer, if he doesn't stop. 4. Iewas a really heavy les all about child abuse and suicide. I's awful! 5. There's quite a heavy at work at the moment because of the re-structuring, Everyone's scared theyre going to be made redundant. 6. had a rather heavy lase night, so I've got a bit of a hangover this morning 7. (ve had a really heavy Ujuse haven't stopped working 8. She came with three really heavy - and she’ only staying five days! 9. We had quite a heavy and | ended up falling asleep during the afternoon meeting, 10. The gota bit heavy after you left. He started telling us all about his divarce, ‘When you learn a new adjective, i's important to look in # good monolingual dictionary ar a dictionary (of collocations to see if you can find examples of the nouns ic usualy collocates with. The nouns that adjectives collocate wich differ from language to language. Always record them in your vocabulary book together, =| £8] Collocations with question and answer Complete these sentences with question or 1. Ifyou wane to askea personal ...... sits better to add 'f you don't mind me asking. 2. The polite is'Not 3. Can you let me ehinke about ic and I'l give you my 4. You can check the in the back of the book. 5. You look like you want to ask a(n) Go on, what? 6, Have you got the yee! 7. My sbcyear old asked me a really awkward the other day-You know the one. 8. That’ a very difficule sete 9. He never gives a straight He always avoids the 10. Come on! just the ! Can you translate the sentences above into your language? Classroom language Complete the sentences below with the correct form of the pairs of words in the box, borrow + catch up 7] rub this off + write it hhand-out + leave all down look through + give ply + compare toilet + break 1. AD sik OKT «the board now? 8: No,not yet! I haven't 2... yet: 2 A: Can you the tape again, please? | didn’t get everything. Br I play ic in 2 minute, First, though, just what you heard in pairs 3. As Sorry, but I won't be able to come to class next Tuesday, B; That's OK. Thanks for telling me. Make sure you someone's notes and though{ a 4. A: OK. Have you got the lesson? Br Sorry. were going to use it 5. A: Can | go to the ? | gave you last ic at home. | didn't know we Be Can't you wait till he 2 hts only ten minutes away, 6. A: For homework tonight, your notes from today and try to memorise what we've done. I B: A test! No! Ie’s not fair you a test tomorrow. Now decide if speaker A in the dialogues above is a teacher or a student. Past simple and past continuous Choose the correct form. |. [took 1 wos toking the rubbish out when the door closed ! was closing behind me! 2. Irushed 11 wos rushing to a meeting and so I forgot ! was forgeting to take my keys. 3. I didn’t recognise !| wasn't recognising him because he dide’t wear f he wasn't wearing his glasses, 4. I didn’t look || wasn’t looking where I went (1 was going and so I stepped J wos stepping into a big puddle. 5. I didn’t think 1 wasnt thinking what I did | was doing and so | pressed I | wos pressing ‘Delete’ by mistake 6. just got up I wos just getting up and J knocked J 1 was knocking the glass over: 7. 1 just walked J was just walking past and J cought / 1 was catching my shirt on a nal 8. I didn’t see 11 wasn't seeing him yesterday because he worked / he was working from home. Writing: an anecdote When we write about something that has happened to us, we often use the following pattern: |. We often say what the story is generally about: Something happened to me the other day which was 50 embarrassing. | saw something a few days ago, which was so funny. | broke my leg once. Ie was really painful 2. We usually then say when it happened: le was last Monday or Tuesday. le was one day last week Ie happened a few years ago, when | was eighteen. 3. We then add where it happened and what we were doing there: |Iwas at work doing a class | was in town doing some shopping | was in Cancun on holiday 1 Getting to know you 4. And the events of the story: and | was giving a lecture when my mobile phone went off and | was walking along the main road when this guy infront of me slipped on a banana skin. and | was trying to dive off this rock when | slipped and fell 5. Finally, we make some comment on the story: | went bright red. It was terrible. te was just lke @ cartoon. | Just burst out laughing lk was terrible. I've been scared of diving ever since. ‘Complete the story below with the phrases in the box. | lthoughe I was going to ie was on holiday Ve never do anything like that again Ie happened quite a few years ago ee 1 almost drowned (1) frighening. (2) student. (3) ‘camping with some friends by a lake. There was an old lewas really when I was still a in France and | was, owing boat near the camp site, and one night we thought it would be good fun to go rowing on the lake. ‘We went across the lake and then we started to come back. Everything was fine, but chen, when we were trying to change places, so one of the others could row. my friend Pete stood up and put his foot through the bottom of the boat. The boat sank in about ten seconds. | started panicking because I couldn't swim very well and | was out of my depth (4) Luckily, we weren't far from the shore, and I only had to swim about ten metres, but I'll tell you what ~ 6) ! Can you find any other useful phrases in the stories on page 12 of the Coursebook which fit into the categories 1-5 above? Now try and use the structure above and write your own story about one of the following: ‘An accident you once had. ‘Something strange that once happened to you. ‘A stupid miseake you once made. Something really funny thac once happened to you. ‘e. Something really frightening chat once happened to you.| just stayed in and had an early ‘Add just to these sentences to make the a sound unimportant. |. I dide't do much last night | stayed in and watched TV and that was it, relly, 2. | didn’t eat much this morning ~ an apple and a piece of toast. 3. Ie a small company. We only employ twelve people. ''m phoning to make sure you got home OK. 5. 'm writing to say ‘Thanks’ for the Christmas card you No, thanks. 'm looking. | don't know why you're getting so annoyed about it } Ic was a silly joke! 8, I'm driving, s0 could you get me a Coke, please? Now make sentences about a quiet night in by matching the beginnings 9-14 to the endings a-f. 9. I'm just going to stay in tonight and take 10. Pm just going to stay in tonight and have 1. fm just going to seay in tonight and watch 12. 'm just going to stay in tonight and tidy up 13, 'm juse going to seay in conight and do 14, im juse going to stay in tonight for a. an early night. b. my flaca bit. «. & few things for work 4. ic easy fe. a change. fable of TV, OOD000 12 [& common answers Make short dialogues by matching each question 1-5 to two of the answers a-j. How often do you do that, then? O How long have you been doing that. then? [7] Was it very expensive? a ‘Are you any good? Q Was ie any good? Yeah, it cost a fortune. Hardly ever nowadays, but | used to do it all the time For a couple of years or so. ve No, 'm useless, but | have only just started doing it ‘As often as | can. try and do some almost every day. ‘No, it was dreadful! Yeah, it was brilliant! No, not at al. e was dire cheap. i For ages. started when | was really young. i. Yeah, 1am, actually. I'm one of the best in the group. Where do you do that, then? Complete the short dialogues below with the answers in the box. | usually just go round the block a few times. les held in a community centre near my house. ‘There's a course on the edge of town that’s not | 00 expensive, There’ a court in the parle near my house, | There's a pitch in the park near my house. 1. A: L went swimming last night. B: Oh,right Where do you do that, then? A 2, A I played football with some friends of mine last righ. (Oh, right Where do you do that, then? > 3. A: [played basketball with some friends of mine last night. Bi Ohyright Where do you do that, then?4. Ai I played golf with a friend of mine last Saturday B: Oh, right. Where do you do that, then? A 5. A: | went jogging last night Bs Oh, right. Where do you do that, then? A 6. A: L went to my yoga class last night By Oh, righ. Where do you do chat, then? A We often do sports activities in a sports centre. Match the verbs 7-12 to the words a-f to make activities you can do in a sports centre. 7. have im a. weights 8 phy (E]& the running machines % £0 Cp & squash 40, life Gq &. swimming 11. use FE] e. aerobics 12, do C) f. asauna ££) Expressions of time Male time expressions by putting the words into the correct order. 1. aniversiny vas Jat / when 2. was 11 at/ when / secondary / school 3. was J about / when fof / ve / four 4. Lat when J primary / school / was 5. sal was /3/ when f baby 6. not after /1 graduated ! long 7. when ( with / second / pregnant / our / was / child 1 8. when / studying / If was ft / to / university | go 9. married / about / was f thirty / when [long / after Inet / got / we Now put the expressions 1-9 above into the order they happen. The first one is done for you. GTi ordor/ar Steet tte and) 2 tree time HE! How did you get into that? Match the beginnings 1-7 to the endings a-g to male answers to the question ‘How did you get into that?” 1. When vasatathon was inthe handball 2. My auntie gave me a set of stamps when Iwas thirteen, and {really loved them, QO 3. When I was ving in Madrid not long afer | iaduted, there were sore Cours hear my house, Oo 4. Tosed eo play quite lt when was younger but stopped Q 5. When | was at school, it was the ‘in hing to collect them, Oo 4. When Iwas on holiday in Rome one year, saw some ina shop and | fus ed the look of them, Cod 7. A friend of mine used to do climbing when | ‘was at university and he relly loved I, oO 3, s0.2 friend and I just went down there one day and had a game and | loved it b. and | just carried on playing after I left but then when it went our of fashion, I just carried con. 'm glad | di! 4. so I just started like that and I've been collecting them ever since, ‘e. Then not long after | started this job, | met this guy ‘who played a lot, and so | took it up again. £ and so I just wene with him one day and I've been doing it ever since. and I've only ever boughe Italian shoes since. Now underline the time phrases that were used in 1-7.The first one is done for you. 3 what's the activity? What do the people in 1-6 like doing in their free time? |. swap them with people / go to fairs buy them in auctions / buy them in specialise shops 2. do lengths / dive from the ten-metre board / the crawl J the breast stroke / have a sauna 3. go on the running machine / go on the rowing machine / do weights / do an aerobics class 4, be in a club / play against a computer / play in ournaments | study the latest moves 1B2 ee ome | What kind of thing is it? Match the sentences I-10 to the follow-up comments aj. 1. go riding once or twice a month 2. I'm learning tae-kwondo at the moment. 3, 1 go to yoga classes twice a week OO 4. 1 go snow-boarding whenever I get the chance. IO 5. Ising in a choir every Friday. 6. 1 g0 roller-blading every Saturday with some friends I play ina band with some friends of mine, V'm going to do my first bungee jump this Oo 00 Ym learning to scuba dive at the moment. OO 10. I've got my aerobies class tonight, a. | go to the stables just outside of town, b. We rehearse in a studio under the raitway bridge. They do classes in the swimming pool near my house d._ Ie. kind of martial art, bit lke jude, fe. We practise in the local church, £ es really fun doing it to dance music, and we've gor a great instructor too. & The snow was fantastic the las time I went, h. We usually just go through the park, but sometimes we go further [really enjoy them. They help keep me really supple and fi. J. There's 2 crane you can jump from down by the river! | that, then? al How long have you been doing Make present perfect continuous questions by matching the beginnings I-8 to the endings a-h. How long've you been living How long've you been working How long've you been looking for How long've you been studying How long've you been playing How long've you been going out with How long've you been living with OOOO0000 How long've you been going 0 ‘hat family, then? the piano, then? in this place, then? aerobics classes, then? z for this company then? ‘Arabic, then? your girlfriend, then? job, then? In everyday spoken language, its very common to finish a question with then, especially when the question is asked in response to something just said to us. Then doesn't really have any meaning here. les just 1a marker of the end of the question and also helps us sound interested. Here is an example ‘A: Ive got my book club tonight. B: Oh right. How long've you been doing that, then? A: Oh, quite a while now.Past simple questions with How long? ‘Complete the short dialogues below with the pairs of words in the box. do up / DIY married / split up hospital / operation _off work / temperature learn / failed stay [Heft live fran out of work /job to drive? my tost the first ewo times, |. A: How long did it take you to B: Forever! | you see,and had to keep on having lessons! How long did you ac the party last right? Bs Not much fonger than you, actualy. | must've at about onedish 3. A: How long did you in India? B: Ie was jusc over a year | was going to stay for another six months, but | money. 4. A: How long did you in the pet shop, then? 8: A couple of years, suppose. It took me ages to. find a better you see, 5. A: How long did ic take you to your house? Bi Don'e ask! The whole thing nearly led to me and wife divorcing! I never want to do any again! 6. A: How long was your brother for! B: About seven years, think, but | could see he ‘wasn't happy a long time before they finally How long was your grandfather in for? B: A month altogether: They sent him home after a ‘week, but then he had to go back in for a second How long were you . for? 8: Nearly three weeks. | was in bed for the first fortnight with a really high horrible! Ef] Asking questions using aux El verbs We often show our interest or surprise someone has said by asking a question u: auxiliary verb: I've been chere, Have you? Did you like i? Don’t you know who | am? I'ma film star ‘Are you? You don't look like one to me. | go swimming nearly every day Do you? You must be quite fic then. | don’t really lke hie 8: Don't you? | thoughe you did PPPerer id you notice how we make the questions above? When do we make negative questions? When do we use do you? Now see if your ideas were correct by completing the short dialogues below with the questions in the box.You will have to use some questions more than once. ‘Are you? Didn't you Have you? Can't you? Do you? Haven'e you? Did your ———— |. A: I went round to Shella’s on Saturday for a meal B: What's she doing these days? 2. A: went to that new Chinese place on Bradford Sereet last night cE Was ic any good? 3. A: lve been doing it for ages ~ at least five years 8: So you must be quite good, then. 4. A: My wife hardly ever cooks. do nearly all he cooking. B So you must be quite good, then. 5. A: I didn’t go in the end. 8 Why new 6. A: Lhaven’t seen it 8: You should go. You'd love it. 7. A We gor tickets for the Man Uniteé-Man City game. B ‘Where did you get them? | shought they'd sold out weeks ago. 8. A: I'm thirty-four. B | thought you were older 9. A: Lean'e drive. 8 | thought you could. 15i | Free time In English, the time when we are not working or studying is not always called a holiday. Complete the definitions below with the words in the box. chy off ‘on holiday chy out public holidays long weekend weekend |. Saturday and Sunday are called the In some countries, i's Friday and Saturday. 2. Some people work six days a week, including ‘weekends. The day you don't work is your 3. Apart from Saturday or Sunday, the government often decides that on certain days of the year, people don’t have to go to work ar school, These are called In Britain some are also called Bank Holidays and usually only last one day. 4. When we don't go to wark or school for a period of time, we are leis usually for a ‘week or more. You might spend this time at home, doing as lite as possible! If you go away to a different city for only one day, we say you went on a(n) wip 6. If you go away for three or four days, including the weekend, we would call it a(n) or a day ‘Complete the sentences below with the words in the box. camping sightseeing snorkelling surfing ‘swimming treleking shopping skiing | want right across the Gobi desert on my own last summer! 1. U reall like going 2 L really like going You can find some real bargains when you're abroad. 3. | really like going hotel with a good pool | always ery and book a 4. L really like going You can see some amazing fish sometimes if youre in the tropics. 5. I don’ really ike going Everywhere is always so crowded and touristy very much 6. I done realy like going very much. td much rather stay in 2 hotel. | miss my home comforts toe much, 7. 1 don't really like going . very much. | nearly rowned once déing it in Indonesia, and ie really put me off 8. I don't really like going very much | fractured one of my legs doing it once, and it really put me off Econ cat The words travel, trip and holiday are often confused, holiday ‘We only use travel to describe the general activity, rather than a specific journey or holiday. You can't say I had a good travel. Travel is often used as a verb: ‘Wee travelling to Munich on the overnight train, Its also used with another noun: travel guide, travel agent, travel insurance We generally use trip when we go out for a day for fun ~a trip to the 200 ~ or if we go away to do a particular piece of work, for example, a business trip to Taiwan. Holidays are always for fun. You can’t go on a business holiday. However, remember that you can't always explain why some words are used together and some aren’t! The best way to learn how they are used is simply to notice and learn the typical ‘expressions you find them in. Complete these sentences with travel, trip or holiday(s). 1. We went on to Germany last year 2. We went on a day to the beach, 3. Tmen at the moment, 4. Hels on a business in Birmingham. 5. Lworkina agent's 6. Ineed a ! 7. Were going on a package 10 Ibiza 8. Were going on a boat down the Nile. 9. Did you have a nice 10 the monastery?10. We bought a and buses card to use on the trains 1 May the First is a public in most 12. What are you doing during the summer : 13. Were going on a three-day hunting wp into the mountains. 14, {really ike to read writing 15, itsa resort, 16, Iewas one of the most relaxing Ive ever had. 17, We just had a beach 18. broadens the mind. Do you agree with number 18? gw Whereabouts are you going? Make answers to the question above by matching the beginnings 1-10 to the endings a. We're gong to this ite place inthe middle] We're staying inthis smal resort halvay Were gong to fy nto LA. and then go up Were going to fy co Being and then go down a) We're going to fly to Bangkok and then backpack 0 6. We're driving dawn to the south of France and staying ‘Were staying in this hotel right in the We're staying ina cottage up in ‘We're going to stay in ths litle place just outside 10, We're going on a boating holiday along Oooo round the country. the mountains north of Milan the coast north to San Francisco, contre of Tokyo, of nowhere. the River Thames Athens between Barcelona and Valencia. i. in campsites along the way. j. the coast south to Shanghai 23 Holidays Talking about places ‘Complete the sentences below with the words in the box. ‘capital ‘mountain range stream counties srates wood lake 1. Ie funny, because people always think Rio de Janeiro isthe. of Brazil, but its not. 2. We went skiing in the Dolomites. Theyre a in the north of tray 3. Ie a really beautiful place to stay. There's a lovely litele that runs past the hotel, and then a few miles up the road there's a huge big where you can go windsurfing and waterskiing 4. There's a nice litle near our house, where | sometimes take the dog for a walk. 5. I\e never understood why in America, places lke Florida or Texas are called places like Essex or Yorkshire are called ! Its s0 confusing ‘Complete the sentences below with the words in the box, scenery waterfall 6. We drove from Zagreb down to the Dalmatian coast and the along the way was amazing! 7. My uncle lives on the edge of this great big ‘Once you go past his house it's just tees for miles and miles 8. If you walk along the banks of the fora mile or two, you come to this beautiful where ic drops down maybe four or five hundred metres, les really beautifull 9. You can walk up to the top of most of the round there in an hour or two. I's well worth the effort, because you ger great of the valleys from up there. 10. Ie’s quite a dangerous walk up there. Every year people falloff the edge of the the sea! and into Which is bigger, a forest or a wood? a mountain or a bill? a sea or a lake! while in Britain,8 3 Holidays Complete these answers to the question ‘Have. you ever been to Egypt? Use only one word in ‘each space. 1 2 3 4 5 No, but the scenery’ No, but I've always to. 1 go again. Yeah, the nightlife’ brilliant You'll ie Yeah, went there once was at 10 be amazing. Yeah, buc I'm not university 6, No,but Id love 7, Yeah, but it rained the time we were No, but | never really wanted to. Yeah, and it was horrible! | again even if you paid me. 10. No, but a friend of has nit go there EE) Present perfect and adverbs Make short dialogues by matching the questions 1-9 to the answers a-i. Do you want a coffee? Did you know I'm changing jobs? Did you know my dad died? Did you know Sarah's had a baby boy? Have you ever been to the Middle East? Have you ever been to the Far East? Have you seen that new musical yet? Yeah, I've just heard. | hope you'l like it Yeah, Jane’s just told me. That's awul. | am sorry. No, honest, 'm ful No, but I've never really fancied it.The twelve-hour flight puts me off Wve already had three pieces. No thanks. I've just had one {. Do you mean the one that Abba did che music for? No, do you realy fancy going to see it? De you mean Les Idiots! Ive actually seen it already, h. No, but Ive always wanted to. 'd love co see places like Cairo and Jerusalem one day i Yeah. Have you seen him yet? Underline the adverbs in 2-i. Did you notice where they come in each sentence? Q Do you want some more cake? G Do you fancy going to see that new French movie? [~] OO0000 I've just told you! We often show that we completed something very recently by using just and the present perfect. For example: ‘A: What does this mean? B: I've just told you! Weren't you listening? We sometimes add only, actually, or this secoridiminute for extra emphasis. For example: I've only just arrived here, so I don’t know my way round yet. I've actually just spoken to him this seconé, so if you Fing him now, he'll be there ‘Complete these short dialogues by putting the verbs in brackets into the present perfect with just. LAs His Joyce in? 8: Yeah! (see) her walking down the stars, think she was going to the 2. As Sorry,|'m late. I got held up at work, B: Don't worry | here myself. I think the programme {only get) (only f started), so we won't have missed any of the fl. 3. A: What do you do? BI (only F graduate) from university, 0 nothing at the moment. | though Id have a holiday frst 4. A: Are you OK? You sound a bit upset. B: Yeah,t am a bit. (find ous) the holiday company we were going to travel with (go bankrupt), so I've lose fifteen hundred pounds, the holiday, everything! 5. A: Have you sorted out the plane tickets? Bt (60) it tis minute. They said they'll be in the post tonight, so we should {get them by Thursday at the latest. 6. A: Hits Faten. Is Michelle back from holiday yet? Be She see eseseeseeeeeeees (actually J walk) through the door this second! I'l pass you over once she's aken her coat offWe use supposed to be when we want to report what we have read, heard or what someone else told us. For example: ‘That restaurant's supposed to be great. A friend of mine went chere last week and he loved it ‘That place is supposed to be horrible ~ just full of tourists. There was an article in the paper about i. ‘When we have actually been somewhere, we just use a form of be and we often tell the person about the time we went there. For example: ‘That restaurant’s great. We went there two weeks ago. They do really good lamb dishes, ‘That place is horrible. went there on a cheap package holiday last year. It was awl Now complete these sentences with the correct form of be or be supposed to be. |. The place really polluted, A friend of mine told me you ean only see 500 metres because of all the smoke and fumes. 2. The nightlife ‘out sil four in the morning most nights we were amazing. We were there, 3. The beaches fantastic. That's why we've decided to go and see for ourselves. 4. The countryside amazing. saw a documentary about it and it looked beautiful 5. The city centre quite dangerous ‘There was a thing on the news about it che other cay, 6. There quite a lot of erime. We ‘got mugged twice while we were there 7. The view from the top absolutely amazing. We could see the whole of the city and beyond the day we went up there. Now choose the more natural words in these sentences. 8, ‘The museums supposed to get / gets very busy in the afternoon. I read something about It in the aude book, 9. Its not supposed to be /'s not worth the entrance fee. Caroline and Dave wert and they said it was quite boring. 10. les supposed to be /'sa really terrible hotel. | stayed there 2 couple of years ago and chey had rats and ‘cockroaches in all the rooms! 1. Te never been to the Lake District, but itis supposed to be I is lovely. 12. | shouldn't be ringing you. 'm supposed to be J 'm working! 3 Holidays, Bel weit in Complete the postcard below with the words in the box. a postcard [archivectare having ‘missing spent couple ying off staying Der fac 7 { wo a really good time in Turkey. |_| [ Qo. three days in Istanbul, which was amazing ~ great (3) grat i food and a really exciting place to be. Were i now in lamir for a (4). 6 with an old friend, and will i shortly be (6) of days, to Antalya for a week of 7). around on the beach, doing nothing The weather's been great and were not (8) grey old Faversham atalll ; Hope all is well with you. Lots of love, Tiffany and Simon ‘Typical postcard language Make sentences by matching the beginnings 1-9 to the endings a-i, The weather’ great, ‘The weather's not wonderful The weather's cerrible, The food's delicious ~ The food's nat too bad — ‘The food's not very good, ‘The architecture's amazing, “The beaches are amazing, The nighelfe is amazing, QOOOOOno00 ‘but we're having 2 good time anyway. but it could be worse. We could be back home! so we've been doing plenty of sunbathing but we've managed to avoid food poisoning so far! ‘we've been eating out in some great places. | suppose I've eaten worse! 50 we've been busy working on our tans, 50 we've been going out clubbing quite a lat, 1.50 we've baen doing lots of sightseeing, Imagine you are on holiday now. Decide where you are and how you are spending your time. Now write a postcard to a friend of yours, telling them a bit about different things. Use the postcard above as a model to help you. 19 ———rr ms Ee Starting conversations First complete these questions that we often use to start conversations. 1. Allright, How it.....seese? Q 2. Hiya. relly sorry tm late ou ceed ieee 3, les been age! have you been since | as aw you? o 4. es James, ie a 5. Morning Did you sleep 2 a 6. Did you have a .........-weekend? a 7. Hello. Do you #1 yt] 8. Whathe you sto now a Now make short dialogues by matching the questions I-8 above to the answers a-h. a, No,only about tan minutes. The trafic was awful! b. Yeah, not too bad, but | woke up very early for some . Yeah, i¢ was great. went to stay with some friends who live in Bristol dd. No,sorry.| think you must've mistaken me for someone else, fe. Nothing really I've juse been really busy with work. | did get married, though fOh,|'m just on my way home, actually. What about you g. Not too bad, you know. 'm surviving No, of course not. Do you want to try to get a seat from somewhere? How's it going? Here are four possible responses to the common question ‘How's it going?” Match each of the responses |-4 to three of the follow-up. comments a ~ 1. tm actually feeling a bit il 2. I'm exhausted, to be honest. 3, To be honest,t'm a bit fed up. 4, Actually, 'm in a really good mood. a. I thinke | ate something which was off | was up all right being sick. b. A couple of friends came round last night and we were up till three chatting. c. T'went out last night and I think | had a bit too much to drink, 4. I think I'm getting 2 cold or something, eI didn’t get that job | applied for coming over to see me. went to the gym yesterday and I think | overdid it fh. T-gor my exam results this morning and I passed. i. les this weather! I'm sick of ie! |. m justa bie bored with what I'm doing at the kk [Just couldn’ get to sleep last night LL Lmer this really nice woman recent. [B3] Ending conversations We often finish conversations by saying ‘Listen, ve got to go’, and then giving a reason for leaving. Each of the examples I-10 below includes a reason for ending a conversation. Put the words in brackets into the correct order. 1. Listen, I've gor to go (IF oF fate / be) 2. Listen, 've got to go (miss f oF J my / PF erain) 3. Listen, Ive got to go (or / the / miss (1 the / scart! fn / of) 4, Listen, ve got co go (11 work / finish / oF F this / won't) 5. Listen, t've gor to go (husband / my / or / will £0 worry / start) 6, Listen, 've got to g0. (cooking / boyfriend's / My / dinner) 7. Listen, t've got t0 go. (friends / for / waiting / I me) 8. Listen, Ive got to go. (meeting / a / six / of Im / mine / friend / at) 9. Listen, 've got to go, (a/ film /TV ) There’ / on FJ wateh / wane / to) 10. Listen, "ve got to go, (tennis a /There’s / match (1/00 / to f want /TV watch) Which excuse do you use most often?| gq Social Which of the social problems I-6 are being described in sentences a-ff problems homelessness bullying drug abuse sexual discrimination organised crime OOOO a. Its terrible! It happens to kids who are too fat or who wear glasses or who don't have the right clothes. Other kids at school beat them up and put their heads down toilets ~ chat kind of thing. b. Theres stil a lor off about, Ics sell much harder for ‘women to get good jobs than itis for men, and ‘women still earn less, too. When was the last time you met a female boss? © There's sul a bit of racially motivated violence. Last year a young black was stabbed to death by a gang of ‘white kids. It also means its harder for black people 10 get good jobs. 4. It's a big problem in the inner cities. You get hundreds of people sleeping rough in doorways at right and chen begging during the day. fe. les big business! They control a lot of underground ‘gambling and prostitution ~ that kind of thing {Ie used ro be just heroin that was the big problem, but # lot of young people now have problems with crack cocaine too. When they get addicted, they foften commit crimes to help pay for it, More expressions with get ‘Complete the sentences below with the word: the box. deails late petral essay permission stolen last Friday! I'm really £450 angry L. My bicycle gor annoyed about it 2. He's got a very short temper. He gets really easily! 3, | really should get going. I's getting really and | don't want to miss the last bus 4. Can you keep an eye out for a garage? We need to stop and get some soon 4 Feelings 5. The money's terrible where I work! | only get an hour 6. Wve gor to get this fail the course if| hand it in late finished by Monday. 7. We wanted to build some new offices there, but we couldnt get planning from the local government. 8. The police will probably need to get some from you about the accident. a | was surprised Match the comments 1-8 to the follow-up comments a-h. | Iwas surprised at how clean Tokyo wae. 2. I was surprised at how cheap letanbul was, 3. I was surprised at how easy the exam was. 4. was surprised at how cosmopolitan Oman was. 5. | was surprised about the number of people living on the streets in Brighton, 6. I was surprised about the number of pigeons you see everywhere in London, QO OOO0O 7. | was surprised about the amount of traffic there was in Newcastle, 8. | was surprised about the amount of rubbish there was everywhere in Pars. OD a. There were people from lots of different cultures living there b. Ie takes forever to get anywhere, and the pollution is avul! © Why doesn't the government do something about it? 4. Lonly spent thirty pounds the whole weekend! In my country, they catch them and eat them! §. There wasn't any rubbish anywhere, & Iwas expecting it to be nice and clean, h. I was expecting it to be realy difficule. Did you notice the patterns in sentences 1-8 above? Complete the following rules: a. Iwas surprised at + adjective b. | was surprised about the of + countable c. Iwas surprised about the of + uncountable4 Fesings Adjectives with two forms Choose the right adjective. | was quite disappointed / disappointing at how badly we played. 2. Ie was a really disappointed / disappointing ending. 3. I really thought he was going to shoot me. It was really scored } scory! 4. [could never do anything like that. Id be too scared I scary of hurting myself 5. You didn’t miss much at Dave's party. It wasn't very excited / exciting. 6. I'm going to have a baby! I'm so excited / exciting about ie! 7. We had a very stressed-out! stresfil weak! I'm really glad it's nearly over! 8. Sorry | shouted at you! I'm just a bie stressed-out stressful about things at the moment. 9. Were you very upset / upsetting when they didn’t offer you the job? 10. I don't know how you can watch programmes about divorce. just find them coo upset / upsetting. 9) Present continuous: negative responses Complete these short dialogues by putting the verbs in brackets into the present continuous. ‘A: Can | change channels? There’ a good film 1 like to see on Channel 4 Bs Actually | 1 (quite / enjoy) ie (watch) this. ‘A: Do you fancy coming round for dinner on. Sunday? B: I'd love to, bur | {accually ! go round) to John's les his birthday ‘A: What's this awful noise? Can | turn it off? B: No (listen to) that. e's Deathpunk’s latest CD. It's not noise, its genius! A: Hello. like eo book some tickets for tonights performance B: I'm sorry, we can't take any bookings at the moment. We (have) a lot of problems with our computer, ‘A: Can you help me tidy up? B Yeah, in a bie | (just / read) she end of chis book ‘A: Will you go our with me some time? B: I don't think its a good idea. like you, but It (ee) someone else, ak (you go) to Tim's party tonight! B: No, | wasn't invited! Anyway. (tneet) this old friend of mine. [ES) Using the present continuous We often use these adverbs and adverbial phrases with the present continuous: just, at the moment, later, still, now. Complete these sentences by putting the adverbs in brackets into the correct place. |. fm waiting for a friend, Were going out for dinner later: (just) 2. What are you doing? Do you want to get something to eat? (now) 3. Tm working really really long hours. It's driving me ‘mad! (at the moment), ''m meeting Ashley. if you fancy coming, (later) What are you doing? Are you still with the same company? {ac the moment) Vm trying to find a new place to live. (stil) 7. What are you doing now? Are you studying? (stil) 8. _'m going out, so Tl phone you when I get back. home. (later) Were going for a coffee over the road, if you'd like to join us. (ust) 10, I'm living back with my mum and dad because | got evicted from my old place. (now) aeExplaining present states Complete the reasons people give for not working at the moment with the words in the box. bankrupe quit restrain break renew stay | fed up with restructured the sack | | itiness |. The company | was working for went and | lost my job. 2. The company I was working for was .........-and they made me redundant, 3. My contract came to an end and the company | was working for didn’t ie 4. Iwas iy job, so | decided to leave and look for something else, 5. Uhad a long term which meant | couldn’: continue with the job I was doing. I'm on sick benefit now. 6. I was made redundant, so | decided to take a(n) from work and go traveling. 7. I had a baby and | decided to take a break from werk and at home until she started school 8. I had a few problems at work and they gave me 9. | was fed up with my job, so | decided to and go back to college and Do you know anyone who is not working at the moment? Are any of the sentences above true for them? In the middle of Make sentences by matching the begi to the endings a-e. 1. Usven, can | phone you back later? I'm in the middle of washing 2. Look, I'll all you back in a while.t'm inthe riddle of having 2 Hoy can! phone you back be er Fin Oo ‘the midele of watching 4. [think she's quite stressed-out at the moment. She’ in the middle of getting 5. They're fine, but they're both in the middle of doing their exams. something on TY, sy hair my dinner, divorced. Now make sentences by matching the beginnings 6 6 10 to the endings Fj. Can we make the weekend instead? I dont like going out in the middle of oO | got woken up in the middle of oO les strange, because the hero dies inthe middle of Q My boss was going on and on and el asleep Fighe in the middle of O le was awful | completely forgot all my words) in the middle of oO the night. the meeting my speech. the week, the film. 2324 Complete the names of the jobs a-i by re-arranging the letters in brackets. The first letter of each word is given. |. Lwork for @ multi-national drugs company as a as secessse » (aslse pre) bp (roupdte mgraane) er (oeareuney 2. work for a car company as a(n) ae (eesrinen) ee (epuomeet oprarmmaer) fom (lematernig. mgraane) 3. Lwork fora big departmene store asa as (caslessastrait) hp (cseolanpe mgraane) Ls (ecritusy.dgaru) Bi Abbreviations Lots of abbreviations are commonly used in the workplace. Match the abbreviations 1-6 to the full forms. oar J) & adminiseration 2. PA Tb taboratory 3. rep CE & curriculum vee 4. admin 4. personal asistant 5. cv [] «information technology 6. tab Tt representative the Now complete these sentences abbreviations from above. 7. A: So what do you do at the university? B: Twork in... .es-++s+ dealing with student enrolments and that kind of thing, What about yout A: Ontima Sciences. technician in the Schoo! of I'm thinking of looking for another job, but I'll need to update my fist. 9. A: Im sorry, what did you say you do again? B: Oh,!'ma firm of accountants. to one of the partners of a 10, A: I'm sorry, what did you say you do again? B: I'ma sales for an insurance ‘company. 'm not surprised you forgot. I's not very interesting U1. Az Um thinking of leaving my job and re-traiing in There's no future for me in the job I'm doing now. rave you ever siruugine ainvue vores Have to, don’t have to, can Make sentences by matching the beginnings 1-6 to the endings a-f. |. Uhave to deal with 2. I don't have to deal with 3. Ihave to get up 4, Van stare | don't have to wear 6. Thave to wear 1a. this horrible yellow uniform, b, whenever I like ~ within limits 1 suit or anything, which is nice any of the accounts. Thank goodness someone else does that. at about six in the morning. {some very dificult customers Make sentences by matching the beginnings 7-12 to the endings g-t 7. Uhave to do 8 Ican take Ch 9. | don’ usualy have to meet oO 10. 1eando = 11. often have to take 12, Ihave to meet OO & the day off more or less whenever | want h. work home with me. i. very tight deadlines sometimes, j. clients, k_ alot of paperwork, which | hate! overtime if heed che money.FE} | could never get used to that Conversation 3 a. Do you enjoy your job? Qo Match the sentences I-B to the follow-up b. What are the other people you work with Hie? [=] comments a-h. Wel there's only three of usin the office, but we get on realy well Q 1. could never get used to being sel-employed. 4. Yeah, ies OK, | suppose. The money’ not that 2. I could never get used to working nine to five id ‘get used king. f great, but it pays the bills. Q 3. Lcould never get used to working with computers, Conversation 4 JO O00 4 could never ge used to working a 2. Youre joking. You must got exhausted g ‘twelve-hour day. b. Noy! love it. It’s hard, but it’s just really | could never get used to working from home. rewarding. | woulda't do anything else Oo {could never gt wed to working ina factory They are fury bad. 'm sometimes on call for | could never get used co working with fourteen houts and | often work a si-dny week, L} 4. Sometimes,| suppose, but you get used to it. iy hands. OO! 8. | could never get used ro being unemployed. ‘e. Do you ever think about changing jobs? {What are the hours tke where you work? [7] a. I'm much too clumsy! I'm sure Id end up breaking lots of things Now cover the conversations above. Complete the questions below and then translate them. . | just can't imagine doing a forty-hour week. I'd : fe ee into your language. drive me mad, that kind of typical office job. . | guess ie might be fun to begin with, but having no 1 you da? money would drive me mad in the end. 2. What does that 2 4, 1d drive me mad, all that noise and dirt and all that A fs fi machinery! aed 4 the hours. 2 . It'd drive me mad, net having people around to talk to. 5. the other people Imagine how tired you'd be by the time you finally got home every night! gm muc h. I don't know the first thing about chem. t'm useless. with technology! 6. Do you ever think about , 10 disorganised to be my own boss! gues (usually In an office or professional situation) or your workmates (usually in a factory situation). Conversations about jobs Put the conversations into the correct order. Conversation 1 Basically | design web sites and create new services you can access by mobile phones. b. I'man information architect. What do you do? 4. Oh yeah? What does that involve? Conversation 2 a. Really good. Thats the main reason I'm still doing it. Hopefully, be able to retire soon! b, Do you enjoy ie? & Ohvrighe. So, what’ che money lke? 4. Its OK, I suppose, but the hours are realy bad and ies quite stressful OOOG OOOO26 5 Work Looking for something else ‘Complete the sentences below with the comparative phrases in the box. beter paid less stressful more flexible lest repetitive more challenging more rewarding |. Ies gota bie boring I don’e even need to think when ''m at work any more. | need something a bit 2. {spend all day making rich people even richer. need to do something slike teaching 3. Ihave to do the same thing day in, day out. could do with something alittle 4, | only get six pounds an hour. | need to get something which is 5. I'm finding ic really difficult to keep up with all the deadlines. | could do with something a bit 6. They won't let me change my hours to fic in with my children, | need something Must be, must get Put the adjectives into the correct group. annoying frustrated stressful bored ‘great ‘ring depressed rewarding. upsetting fed up a. That muse be really Vicceceeeed ' , b. You muse get really ! Peclweed Now complete the short dialogues below the expressions in the box. You will need to use some more than once. Tdo No, not really | do sometimes That must be itean be You must get itis L.A: We often have to mest really tight deadlines, so we sometimes work all nighe. B: Really? really stressful A: Believe me, =! That's why I'm going. grey! I'l probably have a heare attack before I'm forty! 2. A: I'ma family lawyer, you know. deal with people getting divorced and things like that. B: Really? quite depressing, dealing with all those falled marriages. ‘A: I suppose but you just get used 10 it.As soon as | leave the office, | just forget about my job 3. A; Sometimes | teach them a word and then someone will sk me what it means two minutes lace. Br Really! really fed up. A: Believe me, 1m tearing my hair ‘out most of the time! 4, As Leach kids with learning difficulties. Really? really rewarding. A: Yeah, | suppose, but it actually ‘quite frustrating too, Sometimes it's difficult co see any real improvement. 5A a bit bored, just being stuck in an office all day. B “The job's actually quite interesting and | get on really well with the other people work with 6. A: You muse travel a lot in your job. B: Yeah, business through video conferences and the «bus these days | do a lot of Incernet, so | don't go away as often as I used to. Work collocations Match the sets of words I-4 to the nouns they collocate with a-d. |. apply for / get / look around for oO 2. leave / be sick of / get sacked from 3. write / send out / update 4, a design / an electronics / an insurance Cl a mycv b. my job ©. company 4. ajobNow match the verbs 5-8 to the sets of words they collocate with e-h. get do work OOOO paperwork / the accounts J cleaning job £ our pay//fity jobs / production & a pay rise / a Christmas bonus /a pay cut J a company car / promoted h, from home / late / weekends / in shifes writing: a covering letter Read the letter below written by a Spanish ing for part-time work in a shop. She is sending the letter, along with her CV, to a number of different places. woman who is lool Complete the letter below with the words and ‘expressions in the box. as part-time contact, reliable doing sole charge fit in with vacancies knowledge various Dear Sir/Madam, Jam writing to enquire about any possible (1) you may have at your store | am currently studying English here in London and | would like to work (2) toallow me to continue my studies. @ you can see from my CY, have several ‘years’ experience working in (4) shops in my home country { have worked in both ladies’ fashion and perfure departments (5) cashier work For six months, 1 was in (6) of the record Gepartment of a large store. Ihave a diploma in retail ‘management and | also have (7) computer programmes. Iam a good, (8) worker, and I have @ friendly, open manner with customers and other staf? of several | would ideally like to work afternoons or evenings 10 i) ry studies, but I may be able to change | classes if necessary. You can (10) me on my mobile (08769 578234, or at home on 020 889 7765, Thank you for your time, and | hope to hear from you shortly ‘Yours faithfully, Lucia Hernandez Now match the sentence starters 11-17 to the groups of common endings a-f 11, Ihave a first cass degree in (a) 12. Thave a diploma in 13, Ihave some experience managing 14. Ihave several years experience working in | 15. Ihave previous experience working with 16. | would ideally like to work 17. You can contact me a. projects / junior staff /a shop. business management / French / history. children J computers / disabled people. at the above address / by e-mail d._ part-time / full-time J evenings. f marketing /retall / restaurants, catering / nursing / book-keeping. Write a similar covering letter to apply for one of the following: + work in one of the best restaurants in town *+ work on a children’s holiday camp or play scheme + work for a design company 27&| shopping collocations 15. es the latest gadget from Japan ~ a very smal very = expensive and very produce! Put these nouns in the correct group below. [brand markee Shop 3| The best thing is ... business product Make sentences by matching the common sentence starters I=6 to the endings a-f. |. The annoying thing about shopping with him is the world’s leading -,a top -, the supermarker’s Uw =, ry savour ue = eee QO aoe 2. The nice thing about him isthe fac tha a 2 proable-.a retail -.a wholesale the fry ~ 3 The grea ching about camping isthe faceshat 2 catering ~, my own = 4. The ony bad ting about the house i the fact a thas . a al ecp eee go aides a cate alate 5. The pleasing thing about the talk was the fact | meee ts Q 5 - . 6 The amazing thing about his English isthe fact. 2 corner “a peta beting a specie - f a che Q a second-hand -, the village ~ goed tan crate ater a. he's only been learning it for six months a very high-tech —, beausy 5 b. you're out in the open air and so close to nature c. he doesn't even try to shaw an interest in what Very on, Now complete these sentences with words from 4. the area we live in i a bit rough above. ‘2, he always takes an interest in what Ive been 6. If 'm buying things lke beans or soup, always go ea : doing. for the supermarkets brand, les much f. lots of people asked me questions, so they were cheaper! obviously intrested in what | wad saying 7. always wear Levis. Theyre my brand of : Now make sentences by matching the common jeans by along way sentence starters 7-1 to the endings g-k. | chin my dad i expecting me to take over the Ca OE a3 ike over th 7. The thing that really iritates me about that running of the business once he retires. eee a 9. He's managed co curn a business that was going 8. The thing that drives me mad about English nowhere int a very one that now makes ts the face that Q 9. ‘The thing | can stand abouc him isthe face 2 lot of money ca QO 10. | got these shoes really cheap from a second-hand 10. The thing that really concerns me about my gl stall in that big ‘market near the station. facies le oe are ar] 11, The thing that really bothers me about London M. There a great and market isthe fae chat QO near my house where | do most of my food shopping, & eee shemutes 12, My granddad’s a terrible gambler. He more or less ee ee eee eed eae seriously il lias in the local shop! i. you see so many homeless people on the street. Why 13. I need to pop into che shop on my way isn'e the government doing something about it? home and buy food for my cat |. they're always changing everything around, so you can never find anythin 14. My brother’ a vegan, so he doesn't eat any me k. he never ever listens co what you say. es so products at all - no milk or cheese or vane annoying! anything like that!near here? Which shops are being described below? les about halfway down Church Street. les on Salisbury Lane, ust off Church Street. Its at this end of Church Street. les ae the end of Church Street les on the corner of Church Street and Judd Serect. 1 2 3 4 5. Which shops are being described below? 6. Ie on the lef, just past the station, 7. Its just before you get to the station, 8. There's one just outside the station. 9. les right opposite the station 10. Ie on the left, about ewe hundred metrds before the station, Do you know if there's a chemist’s 6 Shopping So do! / Neither do! If you agree with a positive sentence you say: So + do! am J can | have + I. For example: A: [love shopping Br So do | Ie’ really good fun. A: lim getting the five to, B: So am I, See you on the train, then. If you agree with a negative statement you say: Neither + do /.am//can/ hove + |. For example: A Lean't drive B: Neither can I. Ive failed my driving test five times! A: | didn't pay to get in. B: Neither id I. | know the guy on the door as welll Agree with these statements using the patterns above. |. As Lreally like that shop, les really cheap, isc i? & 2. A: I don's lke that shop, 8: No, You can never find what you want 3. A: Fean't swim very well B V'm seared of water 4. A: Uhate that song, B: Yeah, les really annoying because I can’t stop singing it) 5. As I'm really fed up with this weather. B: Yeah, Ie just so hot | don't feat like doing anyehing. 6 A: [stil haven't seen that new Bob Jones film. B: No, Do you want to go with me and see it next week some time? 7. As Ihaven’t done my homework. B: | was hoping you could give me the answers, 8. A: I've got an appointment at the dentist next week, B: Yeah? 'm dreading it 296 Shooting Ifyou disagree with or are surprised by a positive | statement, you say: Do /Are / Can | Have you? For example: | ‘A: Love this record B: Do you? I hate it. e's so sentimental and soppy. If you disagree with or are surprised by a negative statement, you say: Don't (Aren't / Can't / Haven't you? For example: ‘A: | haven't seen Titanic. | B: Hoven yout | thought everbody had! So and such Complete with so or such. expensive a waste of money a wide choice unreliable friendly staff ‘cheap 1 nice place to shop dirty tight good value for money Now complete the following rules: 2. Ifwe want to make an adjective sound stronger, we can do it by putting before the adjective b. Ifwe want to make an adjective + noun collocation stronger; we can do it by putting before the adjective Complete these sentences with words from 1-10 above. |. This bags realy good quality, and ie’ so... a well ~ only £15! | can't believe it 12. esa nice bag, but ies 0 Eean'e afford +0 spend £300 on something like that! 13, Hove that restaurant. The food's, great and ies such £00. mean, ten dollars for all you can 14, Its a nice cafe, and they've got such +to0, | always leave them a tip when I go there. 15. like it, bt because i's second-hand it's just so | mean, look at the mark on the sleeve there! 16, I don't know how you can breathe in thae skirt! Ie looks so V'm amazed you got it on! 30 17. That new mall is such les so bright and ‘open, and you've got everything you want under lone roof, t00. 18. | prefer Oddbins, ro be honest. They've got such of wines and beers. They're great. 19, Id never buy any British electrical goods. They're :0 ~ they'd break within a month or two. 20, I cant believe he paid eight hundred dollars for that bele.fe's such He must be mad! EE Time is money words in the box. each male nf cantenres halow with the [abicotawarte of ranourof | bic shore of sve fave you got spent rake worth Ia, They didn’t tell me anything I didn’t know already, s0 the meeting was time. Ib, I saw it by chance and boughe it on impulse, but Ive never used it, so it was -money. a about three hours on Saturday sorting out the house, so ies nice and eldy now. 2b, We've quite a lot of money doing up the house, so it looks realy nice now. 3a, I cant afford to go out at the moment. I'm money. 3b. Perhaps you could read this at home and tae about ie next time. Were time today, 4a, Don't ery to persuade him. Its not the time and effort. He's the most stubborn person know, 4b, | wouldn’s bother getting a new one. I's not the money. Second-hand ones are just as good, and they're half the price. 5a, I've started walking to school instead of taking the bus.t'm trying to... -money. 5b. Why do we have to fil in so many forms? If they just had one, ie would - everybody so much 6a, | didn't do all the questions in the exam because 1 time. 6b, | didn't spend as much time as | wanted in London because |. money and had to come home.Ta, He's been really busy, but he's promised to time to do it next week. To. The business was slow to start with but this year it has really taken off and were hoping to a large profit. Ba, time for a cup of coffee, or do you need to rush back home? Bb, any money | could borrow? Ive lefe my wallet in the office Problems in shops Make sentences describing things that can go wrong when you go shopping. Match the beginnings |=4 to the endings a-d. |. They didn’ have the one | wanted in the first shop I went to, 2. They didn'c have any blue ones, They didn't accept credit cards, ‘They did't have any fve-pound notes, OOO 0 a. 50 | bought a red one instead b, s01| had to go to somewhere else instead. ©. 30 they had to give me it ll in coins. 4. 5011 had to pay in cash, Now make sentences by matching the beginnings 5-8 to the endings e-h. 5. I didn't have enough money for everything, 6. I bought the wrong thing by mistake, CI 7. They didnt have a very wide choice, go 8. They only had them in packs of six, oO @. and | didn’ think you wanted chat much, so I efe it so I had to take it back and change it s0 I had to put some stuff back on the shelves. 0 I just lef BEd Things we say in shops Make sentences that customers often say by putting the words into the correct order. 1. Could J me / that / you / please / wrap / for /? 2. 1 take / please / Could / those / wo / of /? 3. 1/ think / leave / thanks ( now / TI ic for 4. might / later /1 (for / come J back / it '6 Shopping 5. delivered / icf Could / get /1/? larger / got ! a! you Fin / Have f size /ie/? 7. it Have / any / colours / got / other f you Jin /? wry somewhere / Can / this /1 on [EE] supposed to Choose the correct verb form. 1. tesays inthe contrac wete supposed 0 / were not suppesed to put any petres up onthe wal, I 2, The doctor said Ym supposed tom not supposed tary and bend my arm about for] ties 2 day, 3. know were supposed J were nat supposed o surf the Net at work, 4 now were suppose tI were no supposed leave th offce before fv, 5. Don’ forge wete supposed oJ were not supposed to be meeting your parents for dinner comorrow sigh {6 Donte forget youre suppose to / youre not supposed to know about Ray's surprise party, 7. Ie says in the contract were supposed to / were not supposed to pay the rent on the last day of the month, 8. The doctor said !'m supposed to I'm not supposed to put any weight on my ankle for a few days, Oo O00 Oo Now match the follow-up comments to 1-8 above. but no one will notice if | sneak out five minutes carly, will they? , 50 make sure you don't open your big mouth and tell him by accident! . S01 was wondering if you could maybe pop out to the shops for me later? d. but 'm sure it won't matter if its a couple of days hate but it too painful to ery at the moment. f. but no one will notice if | just have a quick look at this website, will they? {g but | can'c imagine the landlord will mind if | just have a couple of posters here. h. so make sure you don't arrange anything else for then, OK?32 Things we say in hotels Complete these sentences by putting the words in brackets into the right order. Are the following said by b When do you .. (imeals / serving / evening / stop) Have you got any . (three / rooms / double / nichts / for Is there somewhere . (these / safe / could / leave / 1) Is there somewhere . (overnight car / ean / park /1/ my) Is it possible co have (our / breakfast Pplease / roams / in) Is it possible to {20 { room | my F international / make / call / from) Is it possible to 2 (ironed / these J and / get / washed) Do you think you could ? (please / into / taxi / me / town J a / order) Cant A (2 sic call for / ger / please / wake-up / thirty) @ customer to another customer? a customer to a waiter? a waiter to a customer? 1'm sorry, but this is stil cold in the middle, Can you heat ic up property? ''m sorry, but I can't eat this. les burnt. Can you bring me another one? Fm sorry. That was so clumsy of me. Il ask them for a cloth ''m sorry, but we actually booked the table for nine and it’s already half past. ''m sorry, but if you don’ like it, you know where the door is Vm sorry, but | asked for the vegetarian option, not beef stew. ''m sorry, but we only take cash or cheques. "'m sorry. don't know what happened. ask them for a dustpan and brush. Il order you another one. Now complete the sentences below to report what happened in 1-8. Use the words in the box. accept mixed up rude caught overbooked spilt knocked over overcooked —_—_ undercooked leave | had to send my main course back because it was 10. I had co ask them to re-do my starter because it HL tewas a bit embarrassing | ny glass and wine all over the table. 12, We had to walt for ages because they'd the restaurant, 13, I couldn'e believe it The waiter was so He more or less told me to : 14. We had to wait for ages because they completely our order 15. Ie was really embarrassing. | had to ask her to pay because they didn't credit cards. 16. Ie was really embarrassing. I must've the table as | went past and sent her plate fying Complete these short dialogues by making polite negative sentences using the ideas in brackets. The first one is done for you: I. A: Do you think this mill is OK? B: I'm not sure lt doesn't smell very nice, does ie? (smell / nice) 2. A: Have you heard about Matthew? He didn't get into the university he applied to, B: Oh, really | saw him earlier today and he +50 that's probably wy. (look / happy) 3. A: Do you think this sauce will be OK with the pudding? B: One minute ... um ... Haven't you added any sugar yet? It (caste / sweet)A: Are you OK? You look a bit pale, Br Yeah, know. ody (fee! / well) ‘A: What's that new cafe round the comer like! Have you tried ie yeu? B: No, burie been saying. (sound / good) from what everyone's A: | thought we ordered dry white wine. Try it What do you think? B:, No. youre right. Ie «does it? Shall we ask the waiter to change it (taste / dry) ‘A: Where were you yesterday! You missed a really funny lesson, B: Oh! juse Puc your shoes back on! Your feet smell dreadful! do they? «that’s all, (feel / well) 8: Yeah, sorry. They (omell/ nice) A Jack said his new flatmate isa bit of an idiot. B: I know. He told me too. He : does he? (sound / nice) 10.A: Shall we stay up and wateh that thing thae's on lacer? B: No, t's just leave i. It sludging from the advert they showed earlier (look / interesting) Commenting on what people say Complete the short dialogues below with the ‘comments in the box. r | Thats a shame Thats awful That’ brillant | Tha’ disgusting ‘That’ hilarious ‘That’ really annoying ‘That’ ridiculous ‘A: I had to complain to Reception, because I could see the sheets on the bed had been used before, ‘They hadn't even washed or changed them! 8: 1 So, what did they do about it? A: My grandmother died last night a 10m really sorry, Was it very sudden? A: Usten, I'm sorry. wor't be able to come round for dinner after all. B 'Lwas looking forward to it. Can you make it next week? ‘A: Someone switched off the computer by mistake and [lost what | was working on 8 !Was ita loc of stuff? 7 Complaints 5. A: They won't give me a work permit withot job, land I can't get a job without a permit, B 1 So, what are you going to do? 6, A: Anyway, his boss comes in and he's standing there with a paper bag over his head! B ''So, what did he say? 7. As Ie got that job | applied for. B: 1 So, when do you start? || Had to, didn’t have to Choose the correct form. IL In our old flat, we had to J we didn't have to pay any of the bils. They were all included in the rent. 2. In our old flat, we had 10 / we didn't have to pay the rent weeldy, not monthly, 3. In my old job, had to I didn't have to wear a suit and tie. used to spend a fortune on clothes. 4. In my old job, had to / | didn't have to stare work until midday, so | got a lie-n every dy. 5. It was horrible going to England because ! had tJ 1 didn’t have to apply for a visa and it took ages. 6. Ie was simple going to Turkey because we hd to / we didn't have to get a visa till we got there, 7. There was nothing wrong with it if you ask me | don’t know why we had to / we didn't have to get rid oft. 8. Ie was in a terrible state. can't believe the council told them they hed to they didn’t have to get rid of EE] Excuses ‘Complete these sentences by putting one of the verbs in brackets in the past simple (e.g., went) and using one of the verbs with had to (e.g., had to go). |. A: Why did you call me lastnight? Bt my mum frst, and by the time we talking, | thought it was a bit late 10 phone. (call fish) 2. A: Why didn’ you ring me back? ‘© get something from the had Br Sorry! shops. and by the time I forgotten. (pop out, get back) 3, A: Why didn't you come to the party last night? B: | was going to, but | suddenly had 1 test this morning, so 1 and study, (remember, stay in)| 34 7 Complaints 4A, A: Why didn'e you come to the party last night? Br I was going to, but my parents to g0 out and | brother. (decide, stay in) and look after my younger 5. A: How come you were so late this morning? B: There a problem on the trains, and ' fon the platform for almost an hour (be, wait) 6. A: How come you were so late this morning? B: | got halfway here and | Ve left my wallet at home, so 1 and get it. (realise, g0 back) 7. As Why didn’t you do your homework? BI ‘my mum to hospital, because she an accident while she was cooking (take, have) 8, A: Why didn’t you do your homework? BI just very busy yesterday and 1 late, so I didn’t have rime. (be, work) It really gets on my nerves! Complete the complaints below with the pairs of words in the box. drives / anti-social racist / black hate / ruins smoke / killing moan / avoid spit / disgusting |. Lean’ stand people who in the street les 2. Fean’e understand people who Don't they realise ies just a slow way of yourself 3. I'm sick and tired of people who about the state of the health service, but who then paying taxes! 4c sme mad when people play really loud music on their car stereos. It’s so 5. get really upset with people making ‘comments in front of me, especially because my wife is 61 i when people forget to turn their mobile phones off in cinemas. fe the film for everyone. More problems Match the sentences |~9 to the pictures A-H. There's a crack in it ‘There's a tear in the sleeve ‘There's a stain on the front. 000 There's a dent in the side. Ite chipped on the edge here. 0) ‘The picture's fuzzy The burton’s come off. ‘The cover’s damaged, ID) Ol5] writing: a letter of complaint Complete the letter of complaint below with the words in the box. board compensation complain polite possible refund treated upset delayed explanation Dear Sir/Madam, am writing to (1) about my recent experiences with your airline and to ask you to consider suitable (2) (On October 25" 2002, | flew with your company from London Heathrow to Prague, and returned to London three days later, On the outbound flight, the plane was (3) for over four hours for} some unspecified reason When we were finally lowed to (4) the plane, no apology was made and no (5) was offered. Secondly, your fight attendants were not very © and the in-flight meals were almost cold by the time we were served them. (On the return fight, ! wanted to bring some pottery | had bought in Prague as hand luggage, but was told this would not be (7) ‘was reassured that the package would be (a) with care, and so | agreed to check my goods in, You ean imagine how (9) was when | collected my package at London, only fo find that the pottery had been smashed into litle pieces. I complained to representatives of your ‘company at the aiport, but was told there was nothing that could be done However, {am naturally very unhappy about this state of alfairs, and would like you to (10) me the full cost of my goods. Please find enclosed my receipt for the goods. look forward to hearing from you soon. Yours faithfully, Simon Kleinsmede 7 Complains EE Using the passive In formal letters of complaint, it is quite ‘common to use passive verb forms instead of active ones. They make our complaint sound less specific, and allow us to make general points ‘without blaming specific people. The important thing we want to make clear is what happened, not who made it happen. Can you find the eleven ‘examples of the passive in the letter i Exercise 97 Make passive sentences from letters of complaint by matching the beginnings 1-8 to the endings a-h. |. My luggage was 2. The room had not been 3. | was promised chat 4, Iwas told to 5, The work was not 6, The lewwer was 7. 8 | should have been (Our booking should've been QOOOO000 a. there would be a maximum of sixteen students per class, bur this was untrue. b. completed in time, ©. sent to me over three months ago, but | still haven't received it 4. paid on the thirtieth of last month, but have yet to receive my wages. cleaned, confirmed in writing, bt it never was. lost somewhere becween Moscow and Belling. report it ta the customer care line, but when I tried to, the line was busy Now write your own letter of complaint about the following. Try to use some of the passive structures above. Can you find any more ‘expressions from the letter in Exercise 9 which you think will help you? You booked two tickets for a play last week over the phone. The person you spoke to told you they were _oing to send them to you, but they didn’. They did charge you for the tickets, hough. You know, because you checked with your bank. You tried to phone and complain, but the line was always busy. On the night of the play, you went to the theatre with your partner and ‘ried to explain chings, But the person there ssid they had no record of your booking. You had to buy two tlekets in horrible seats. You are not happy about itt 35[Who do you live with? Make sentences describing who people live with by matching the beginnings 1-6 to the endings of |. Hive on. 2. I share a house 3. Lsellve at ve wn She lives in DONO0G DO0000 | share a room home with my parents an old people's home. ny own, with six other people ny girlfriend ina student hall of residence. Now match the follow-up comments i-vi to the speakers in 1-6 above i. Ie nice having someone to come home to every day after work, but she's got some really annoying habits! li. Tes nice getting all my cooking and washing done for ‘me, but | wish | had more privacy sometimes. li, les nice having someone ¢o talk to, but it's a bit cramped and he snores as well! iv. les nice because | gee my awn space and | get time to myself,buc | do get a bit lonely sometimes. ¥. It’s nice because there's always someone around to talk to, but ie ean get very messy and noisy Vi. Tes nice because she gets to meet lors of other people the same age as her ~ and she gets well looked after: ©) What's your flat like? Complete the sentences below with the words in the box. brand new cramped run-down bright ark spacious convenient. noisy tes very les the biggest place I've ever lived in in my fife! 2. ies abit | think we're going to have to get rid of half of our furniture! ‘We've got huge big windows, and it faces south, so we get a lot of 3, es nice and sunlight. A, ies quite les right on the main roa. 5, Ins very les only two or three minutes walk from the shops and the station. 6. IS a Bie. esc cos IRS a basement fat, so we don't get much sunlighe. 7. Wes very Were going to have to spend a fortune doing everything up. Bo IS ccs cees We We got a shiny new kitenen,a lovely new bathroom ~ its great! Which of the sentences above are negative? Was very expensive? Match the topics I-9 to the comments made about them ai. a car hire a taxi ride a self-catering holiday your rent a meal out ahote! 2 dishwasher a motorbike OOODO0000 a. Ie wasn’t too bad. Ie cost us twenty pounds each for three courses including wine. b. No, it was really cheap, actually. It cost us owenty dollars a night including brealfast. cle wasn’t too bad, Ie cost us just over 300 euros for ten days plus the petrol we used 4d. Yeah, it was terrible! It cost me eight hundred a month, and that was excluding bil! fe. Yeah, it was a rip-off Ir cost me $50, and then he charged me another $5 just for putting my bags in the boot! f.Noyit was a bargain! Ie only cost $100 ~ reduced from $150 ~ and they gave me a free tie to go with Yeah, it was a rip-off It cost us a thousand for the week, and the whole place was really dark and cramped, fh. Yeah, ic was 2 rip-off. Ie cost me five thousand, and then i broke down the frst time | went out on it! No, it was a bargain. It cost me $100 ten years ago and ies never broken down, and it still cleans ‘everything perfectly.{ Describing trends Look at the graphs below and then complete the sentences by putting the verbs inthe box into the right form. The first one is done for you. rocket stay fairly steady fall dramatically halve fall slightly rise slightly |. House prices have rocketed over che last ten years. 2 Inflation over the last ten years. 3. Unemployment over the last cen years 4, The divorce rate over the last ten years Taxes over the last ten years. Street crime ‘over the last ten years. Are any of the sentences above true for your country? 5) Describing areas 1 Complete the four different descriptions below with the words in the boxes. afford lie city centre nowhere |. Ie’ all right, but is a bit boring. | mean, there's not really much to do at night. And the other thing is, we live in the middle of (a) There's only one bus into the (0) and Ie only runs about ence every hour | have to rely on my parents giving me a(n) (c) IF want to go ‘out to che cinema, which can be a real pain Basically its the only place my parents could @ 0 buy a house, and I do have my (@)..- room, which is good. Some of my friends at school have to share. When | was younger, | used to play in the garden quite a lot as well 3. ies. bit (a) 8 House and home balcony noisy tiny everywhere pain lesa really nice place, but I'm not sure Id want to live there. | mean, it’ incredibly central, He's got a(n) (8)... +++. that overlooks Cavendish Square and he can basically walk (b) but che flar’s 50 small. le really is (c) and he has {0 pay something ridiculous lke four hundred pounds a week.I don't knew how he affords it Ie ‘must get quite (4) at night with all the bars and everything round there, | mean, thats OK if you want to go out, but if you want to have just 4 quiet night in, you can't get away from it, which must be a bit of a(n) (e) cheap, cut off round there, co be honest. ‘There’ quite a lot of crime and graffi, although I've never had any problems myself since I've been living there. One good thing is that its ineredibly ©) | only pay thirey pounds a week for a huge room in a house, which | (c) with five other students. We generally get on really well and we've had quite a few house parties, but we do sometimes argue about who's {going to do the washing up and cleaning and how we pay the bills. Lase month we had the phone 6 because we didn’t pay the bil in time. The other thing is the landlord's © Last winter the central heating broke down, and it took him three weeks to get someone in to (f) ie dead get away privacy fresh air gossiping Fight out 4, Hive (a) in the counery in a nse village [hate ic.'m going to university next year and | can’t wait to (b) mean, the countryside is really nice and you've got io) and all that, but at night i's just (8) cesssss. «Even the nearest video shop is five miles away. As for a club or anything like that, forget ic! The other thing is there's just no re) Everyone knows everyone else and they're always (f) and sticking their noses into your business38 {8 House and home IE Describing areas 2 Match the descriptions 1-8 to the comments ach. 2. 3 4 5. 6 7. 8. les very convenient for the shops. les dead ac right les quite rough. les very green, It’s quite a posh area. les very lively ies quite direy Its really noisy. GOO80005 The other day, somebody got stabbed just round the ‘The other day, saw a gold Rolls Royce pull up outside a house over the road from my flat. The other day, came out of my house and somebody had dumped their rubbish in the street. ‘The other day. was coming home quite late at night and the Greek supermarket over the road was stil open! I just couldn’ get to sleep the other night because of all che trafic on the main road outside my fat. | wanted to buy some milk tie other evening, but | couldn't find anywhere open at alll | found another nice park the other day near my son's school, so we went for a good long walk round there. | found another great little restaurant the other day round the corner from those bars | was telling you Complete the short dialogues below with the negative adjectives in the box. boring childish clumsy dishonest forgetful ‘A: He's always breaking in to conversations and demanding something or other! B He sounds really if you ask me! A: She's always eating junk food and chocolate and that kind of thing. 8: Oh, realy? She sounds quite co me A; He's always knocking things over and dropping things. B: Yeah? He sounds really A: She's always sulking and getting angry and screaming and shouting! B: Oh, really? She sounds quite and 5. A: He never tells the truth or lees me know where he's going, B: Oh,no! He sounds quite if you ask 6. A: She never shares anything or lets you borrow any of her things! B: Oh,no! She sounds realy A: He never remembers where he's put things! Bi Oh, really? He sounds very A: She never stops talking about her job and her boyfriend and her car! B: Oh,no! She sounds really Did you notice that all of the responses in Exercise 7 use HeiShe sounds ...? If we've never met somebody, but we have an idea of what kind of person they are from what somebody tells us, we usually use He/She sounds + adjective to say what we think about them. ‘We also often use this structure to talk about places, films, restaurants, etc. that we've heard about, but don't have any real experience of For example I've never been to Hong Kong but it sounds amazing, from | what I've heard. | Uhaven't seen thar film yet, but it doesn't really sound like | my kind of thing. Everybody says it's quite violent | Silence ta ence ea Housework Match the verbs 1-8 to the words they collocate with ach. hang out 00 make ‘empty hoover Ol clear sweep do OO000 she planes the front room the table after dinner the washing the patio the dishwasher the ironing the bedsNow use some of the collocations to complete these sentences. 9. Do you think you could get me the broom fram the cupboard under the stairs. please? | just want 10. Deo you think you could get me some pegs fram the drawer in the kitchen? | just wane to II. Do you think you could get me the watering can? | juse want to inthe frone arden 12. Do you think you could set the board up there? | use wane to quickly. 13, Do you think you could plug this in for me thre, please? I just want to 14. De you think you could for ime, please, so I can get the washing-up done? Collocations with home or house Complete these sentences with house(s) or home. |. Come in. Let me take your bags. Come and sit down, Make yourself at 2. Twas broughe up in a litse village, but | lefe when | was sixteen and moved to the city 3. Now we've had the baby. we need to move les a bit cramped here with three of 4. The Is quite run-down, but we're going to do it up ourselves 5. The is in such a mess I'm going to have to do some tidying up tonight 6. My gran’s over eighty now and she lives in an old- people's 7. My mum's always complaining thae my dad never does any of the work. 8, Our teacher's always giving us lots of work, but | never do any of it! 9. He comes from a broken are divorced and his dad's an alcoholic. 10. I'm sick of sharing a ‘The landlord's useless, and so are the people | live with! His parencs 1. My parents are going away, s0 we'll have the whole to ourselves for a few days 12. Tid love to buy my own, but | ean'e afford ie because prices are so high at che 8 House and home 13, usually have co work late, and even then | often { have to take work with me 14, Theyre going to knock down all those derelict and build a multiplex cinema, Asking for permission and making requests Complete these questions with Is fe OK if | or Do you think you could. i Vo cccccesssesess US give me a hand with this if you don't mind? (=I) 2 cura up a bit fte tomorrow? Ie got to take a friend of mine o the airport} aceght 3 lend me your book for tonight? ve lost mine somewhere 4 borrow your ear for an hour? I Just want to pick something up. 5. draw the curtains a bit? O The sun's really getting in my eyes. 6 sive me a hand on Saturday? I'm moving house, 7. borrow your mobile for od a second? | just need to phone my mum. 8 just help me sort the tables cout for the class today? Now match the questions 1-8 above to the answers ach. a. Yeah, sure, no problem. How do you want chem arranged? As normal? b. Oh, sorry, but I'm already doing something else this weekend. Have you tried asking Albert? Yeah, sure. It looks realy heavy. Do you want me to s0e if can find someone else to help as well? d. Yeah, sure. Sorry. It isa bit bright, isn’t ie? @. Oh, sorry, but I think I'm going to need it tonight. You could try asking Stephanie, maybe, f. Yeah, of course, but make sure youire not too late, & Yeah, of course. Wait a minute, Youre not insured, are you? hh. Yeah,of course. Go ahead. You'll have co prass the “on’ button first, yeah? ‘When we ask other people for permission or make: requests i's normal to add a follow-up comment, explaining why we're asking. Did you notice the extra ‘comments in questions 1-8 in Exercise 10? If you were asking the questions in your own language, would you add these kinds of follow-up comments? 39|i 40 9 Coe g Your computer Label the picture of the computer below the words in the box. disk drive keyboard screen file menu mouse space bar Fekeys printer speaker Now complete these sentences with some of the words from the box above. |. All you need to do to set up the program is load the disc and double-click on the shat appears lon the screen, 2. If you want to change the page size, bring up the and click on ‘page set up 3, When's the last time you cleaned this a The space bar's net working properly! Ie’ filthy! 4. This bloody computer! The has frozen again. | don't know why it keeps doing it 5. The sound quality’s great, isn't 2 Did the come with the computer or did you buy them as an add-on? 6. Why are you using the mouse to cut and paste? I's much quicker f you use the 7. The 's got jammed with paper again. There must be something wrong with it Underline the collocations above and try to remember them. [2 Talking about computers Complete the sentences back Internet ‘online disc laptop re-boot e-mails memory system file I can't open this I spend too much time surfing the I can't eject this Somebody hacked into their Make sure you save your work regularly. Then it up before you go home. Iie crashes, just ole | always book flights 9. Its. bit slow.Why don’t you buy some 10. rake my home with me every night. Now complete these sentences with words from sentences I-10 above. 1. won't be long. 'm just going to my emails, 12. Hfyou juse shat file shere, I think you'll find what you're looking for 13, My brother's a real computer nerd! He spends hours and hours just the New! 14, This dise is stuck inside somehow. | can’t work out how to it 15. you go {can't use the phone! Make sentences by matching the bes to the endings a |. Luse Qutlook Express® to send 2, use Powerpoint® co write and give 3. use Photoshop® to manage and play around |luse Adobe Acrobat® to send large files |luse Word? all the time to write documents use Excel* to do spreadsheets and present and letters and things like that presentations the company’s finances. with my digital phoros. emails ‘over the Internet, Which programs do you use? ee REE SESS A SE EINES ith the words in the box.8 Computers Computers love them or hate them? New match the questions 1-8 to the answers Complete the text below with the words in the ‘Yeah, have, actually. It was when | first left home, box. and I realy missed ry mum and dad. b. Yeah, have, actually. | gor i¢ a few years ago in i Pakistan. It was horrible! . Yeah, have, actually. Quite a few times. It's really spicy. You'd lke ie 4. Yeah, | have, actually. few years ago. This car cut in front of me and | came off e. No,never. What kind of music do they play? banking junk e-mails send book keep in touch the news can't stand Jol things up deleting order My girfriend is a big computer fant She's just crazy about them. She says that they've made her life so ‘She says that they've made her fe £. Nonever.'ve never even heard of him! | much easier She can (1) with her all her friends all over the world by e-mail she can &. Nosnever. ve alvays been good at keeping out of | ) on the Internet, (3). fighes, trouble! | crder books and CDs, even keep up with h. No, never but I love to one day. 've heard its @ from other countries; she can word- amazing process documents and (5) photos over the web; she does all her (6) coline and i ae leven reminds her of when to buy birthday presents EE Superlatives with the present and send cards! =| perf tm the complete opposite! (7) We often use superlatives (e. computers! Every ime I touch one, ir crashes or the nicest, the most interesting) with the present screen just freezes. keep getting sent endless perfect and the words in @ long time and ever ® and I can't keep up with the ones I do Eseoenia want to reply to (ft doesn't help that fm a one- Togered type keep @) files by accident, le was one ofthe best parties Ive been to for along and every time | try and surf the Net, | just get lost in time. It's a shame you couldn’t come, Cyberspace! The one time I did try and Hes one of the nicest people Ive ever met. He wouldn't (19) some flowers for my girifriend online, something went wrong with the system and they sent her fifteen bunches of roses instead of one ~ and then charged me for thiry! Computers? Wha needs hure a My ‘Complete the short dialogues below with the correct form of the pairs of words in the box. \ cher? bad/have funny meet posh / stay in ‘Who are you more similar to, the writer or his | boring / meet good / go to girlfriend? Why? ET Se = 1, A: What was the restaurant lke? Have you ever B: Awful es the meal fora long time ‘Complete these questions by putting the “ verbs in brackets into the correct form. 2. A: What was the concert like? 8 Brillant! [es one ofthe , i 1. Have you ever to Japan! (g0) a ae f 2. Have you ever realy bay homesick Tp (ee) at was the hotel i B: Amazing! I's probably the ever 3. Have you ever Vietnamese food? (try) (J TET 4. Have you ever any films by . (C4. A What was her boyfriend ike? Almodovar (6) a B: Terrible! He was one of the 5. Have you ever anything by The Q ‘Counts! (hear) seeegeleaaae 5. A: What’sTim like? 6 Have you ever in a fighe? (be : ee ng Bi Oh, el Harius! Hones he one ofthe 7. Have you ever food poisoning? (have) [—] cone a 8. Have you ever off your bike? (al) = a42 9 Computers Now complete the short dialogues below with the correct form of the pairs of words in the box. bad I see enjoyable / had sad / heard disgusting / see good / read 6. Ar Did you have a good eime last night? 8 Yeah. Ie was the right out for a long time. Thanks for inviting me. 7. A: What did you think of the film? BI think that’s probably che file ever le was awful! 8, A: Have you ever read The Autobiography of ‘Malcolm X? 9, A: Have you heard Michael’ joined a dating agency? B: You're joking! Thars the . thing ina long time. He must be desperate, 10. A: Look, | can fit a whole chocolate bar in ry mouth! 8: Oh, no. think thar’ the thing Jn a long time, Replying to advice Put the conversations below into the correct order Conversation | No.1 hadnechoughe ofthat. Qo Have you tried getting some more memory : pucia? Wel try that. Otherwise, there's not much you can éo QO 4. I'm sick ofthis computer I’ s0 slow, but | cant afford @ new one QO Conversation 2 Wel in tha case, 1 were you, tell him youll phone te potce #he doesnt stop” =) bothering you Yeah. red that but he didnt take che ine, «. Have you tied teling him youre not ; incrested? Q 4. Ths gy teers phoning me yp and ekingme Conversation 3 a. Yeah, | tried that, bur | didn’t have much oO b. Ons right Welln that case, | cant really help. [“} & Ive bee looking for this book want © buy E>} for ages, but | cant find it anywhere 4. 1 were you." ery looking on che lnernet. — (} Conversation 4 a. Poor you! Has he tried cutting out coffee from his diet. Its supposed to help, Q bi exaust. buen Kepng me wale = with his snoring. I's awl & Well. vou should tell him to oive ira en Otherwise, él start sleeping in separate bedrooms if| were you. Yau look awful 4d. No, I've never heard of that before Responding to advice Below are eight fixed phrases for responding to advice. Complete them with the words in the box. do bine suggest good one work help success |. 1 did chas, but | didn't have much 2. | tried that, but he didn’t take the 3. | tried thas, buc it didn't I did thar, but ie dida't do any Try that. Otherwise, there's nat much you can ‘Try chat. Otherwise, | can't really Try that. Otherwise, | don't know what else to ‘Try that. Otherwise, you'll have to get a new es: “i EE] keep + -ing Complete the short dialogues below with the words in the box. a aggressive forgetful nosy bossy aughey polite |. A: He keeps locking himself out of the house and forgetting all kinds of things B: I know. He can be very can't he? 2. A: He keeps opening doors for me and making me coffee B: I know He's a bit too sometimes, isn't het3. A: He keeps gewting in fights and picking an his younger brothers, Br I know He can be a very child sometimes, can't he? 4. As She keeps trying to tell me what to do and ordering me around. B: I know. She can be very . sometimes, can't she? 5. As She keeps asking me all kinds of personal questions. B: | know She can be very sometimes, ‘can't she? 8. A: She keeps throwing her toys around and answering back! Bs I know. She can be a very child sometimes, can't she? BE collocations with mistake Complete the sentences below with the words in the box. admit expensive makes biggest learn from spelling discover made took 1 Look at ths letter. I full of should've used the spell checker! mistakes. They 2. Everybody 0 make sure you mistakes. The importane ching Is them, 3. Sorry, | think this is your book. | ithome by mistake last lesson, 4. The bank added $500 to my account last year. They didn't their mistake until 4 spent i alll 51 the mistake of talking to Judith yesterday Honestly was there for hours.| was late for my meeting 6. Ie was quite a(n) company lost fity thousand pounds because of it. ‘mistake. | ink the "I be the 7. Honesty if chey get married, mistake of their lives. 8. | wish he'd just he's stil insisting hes right, he's made a mistake, but Now go back and underline the collocations with mistake. 9 Computers Lots of the most common nouns in English are empty nouns’. They mean different things in diferent ‘contexts, depending on what they refer to. Words like ‘mistake, problem, situation, question, answer and s0 on, have lots and lots of collocations. I's a good idea to try and keep a record of the collocations you meet for each of these words. Maybe you could keep a page for each word in your vocabulary notebook Make sentences that we often use when beginning e-mails by matching I-6 to af. Justa quick e-mail to let you Justa quick one to say sorry Justa quick e-mail to say thank you for Justa quick one co remind you Justa quick email co say Justa quick one to ask you QOO000 putting me up over the weekend {couldn't make it to the party the other day if you're free next Thursday evening. | got back home safely and am fine, know I've arranged the meeting for Friday at seven thirty. fies Mum’s birthday nexe Monday. the words Complete the short e-mail below in the box, [ai i crore tk ermrdo e-mail [oust a eu 251 AND SHOULD ONLY (8)... | want 7a (9) AGENDA, COULD You (10) ME ey WEDNESDAY AT THE LATEST? se ee ed Now write five other short e-mails beginning with the sentences 2-6 in Exercise 11. Each e-mail should be under 75 words. 43Sorry I'm late Make excuses for being late by matching the beginnings 1-10 to the endings a-j. ‘The traffic on the main road ‘There was a problem on I had to wale ages forgot my mobile phone | had a bit ot a problem Thad to work a bie Ie took me longer to get here Ie juse took me ages Ie cook me ages to find My bicycle gor DODOSCIOO000 getting my car started and had ro go back home to get it. to get myself ready, later than | was expecting, than | was expecting. somewhere to park, the underground. 2 puncture. i was awful! i. for the bus Keyword: main Hail Keyword: main Complete the sentences below the box. the words in course ‘meat thing. difference reason ‘tourist area entrance road line square right. The traffic is crazy sometimes! 150 ie really noisy ac 2. Its the first day I've really had the chance to get away from the main and actualy explore the I ry 3, Nl meet you ar the university, outside the main Not that side door, but che big wooden cones, OK? 4. A: Its not the most interesting jab in the world, but it is well-paid, and at least | know it's secure, 1B: Well, that’s the main isn'eiee between Latvia and Lithuania is 5, The main... that there are a lot more Russians living in Latvia. 6. Ips on che main London to Brighton 130 there should be plenty of trains chere, 7. [think t'm going to have the soup as a starter, and then I'm not sure about the main soyet 8. A: So why did you ewo stop being friends, then? is that as we got older, we just grew apart, really, 9. | usually work really ate, so | try to have a large lunch and make thae my main of the day, 10. Til meet you at about nine, in the main : next to the fountain and chat statue of Byron, [4 Using the infinitive to express jurpose We often explain why we do something by using an infinitive instead of because or 0, For example: I'm having a party because ic my birthday and I'm celebrating = I'm having a party to celebrate my birchday, Match the actions I-10 to the actions a-j. 1. en going tothe interne caf 2. tm meeting up with a big group of friends tonight 3. often meet up with some friends inthe park] 4. tm just gong to the bank 5. I'm jst popping ou to che shops 6 im going inco town o0 7. Vim going round to a friend's house this evening 8. I'm going to Munich 9. I\e decided to move back in with my parents 10, I'm taking a year out before I stare work OOOO +0 play football 0 pay this cheque in to visit a friend who lives there. to g0 clubbing to buy something co wear for a wedding. to go travelling to play cards to save some money, i. to get some milk |. tosend an e-mailSa 10 Meeting people Arranging to meet You could test yourself by covering aj and trying to remember the endings. Another thing you could do is try t0 think of a different ending in each case. Use a | | dictionary when you don't know the word. Z| A night out Complete the tables of collocations following words: | incervat seat ‘able | popcorn. stalls tickets portions standing ovation tip programme starter trallors row subsites walter book a(n) catch the have a(n) leave the waiter a(n) they serve big ‘seve sit in the back watch the the film has book a(n) sic in the buy a(n) have a(n) give the actors a(n) of fifteen minutes cre | Cover the tables and see if you can remember the collocations that go with each word in the list. ‘Complete this phone conversation with the expressions in the box. arranged let youknow was wondering if getready on the safe side where I mean I'm wrong the plan Stella: Hello Martin: Oh, hi, Stella ies me, Martin Stella: Oh, hi. Howre things? Martin: Yeah, good. Listen I'm just phoning to a) ‘what's going on tonight. Stella: Oh, OK. Great So what's (2) r Martin: Well, 've (3) to go bowling in Moortown with jamie and Rachel, and | coe you and Mike would like to join ust Scella: Yeah, that'd be great. What time are you meeting? Martin: 1 think we said eight, but let's say ten to, just to be (5) Stella: Yeah, OK. That sounds great. That'll give Mike plenty of time to (6) after he gets home from work Martin: OK. De you know the bowling place there? Stella: Yeah, | think so, but could you tell me again, just in case (7) Martin: Yeah, sure. I's on the Orley Road, just near Moortawn Station, Do you know ®@ : Stella: Yeah, e's the place I was thinking of Martin: OK, Well, we're meeting there, ust inside the entrance, in the foyer: Stella; OK. Great. Welll see you there, then. Martin: Yeah, OK. Bye Sealls: Bye.0 Meeting people 3E_1'm just phoning to ... ‘Complete the shore dialogues below with the pairs of words in the box. cancelled / relief ‘meet up / !'m afraid ccheck / much better OK for / forgotten | come over / what time remember / reminding hhouse-warming party/ — see// going away | moved |. A: I'm just phoning to see if you wanted to later B: Oh, Id love to, but Lean't.'m already doing something els. 2. A: I'm just phoning to see if you're still next Wednesday, B: Yeah, know. Don't worry. | haven't was seven o'clock, wasn't it? 3, A: I'm just phoning to what you're doing this weekend. Bs Oh, I'm afraid we're for a few days this Friday: Why? 4. A: lim just phoning to ask if you wanted to later for dinner. Br Yeah, that'd be great would you like us 5. A: I'm just phoning to invite you and Carol to our B: Oh, you've finally shave you? That's ‘great. Yeah, we'd love to come. 6. A: I'm just phoning to fet you know the meeting tomorrow has been Br Oh, OK. That's quite a actually because I'm really busy tomorrow! Thanks for telling me. 7. A: I'm just phoning to make sure you ‘welte meeting julian and Junko later, 8: Oh, thanks for me.l'd completely forgotten about that 8, A: I'm just phoning to how you are Bs Oh, l'm OK, thanks. 'm actually feeling today, ‘m not bothered Bother is a very common word in English. We use it in a number of set phrases. don’t bother | wouldn't bother if| were you Vm not bothered it doesn’t bother me | leant be bothered sorry to bother you | don'e bother Oo Complete these sentences with one of the Phrases in the box above. |. A: Are you going to go co the meeting later? B: | should really, bue I Just can't face itm too tired 2. A: L was thinking of going to see that new Mike Leigh fm eonighe Bs Oh, yeah? | saw feat the weekend and | fell asleep halfway through. Ics really boring, 3A «but 'm looking for a shop called Rosie's. Do you know it B: Sorry. l'm not from round here myself. Why don't you ask one of the waiters? They might know. 4. A: Dont you get sick of teaching the same thing every term? B: No, Anyway, ies never exactly the same and the students are all efferent. 5, A: Shall we stop and have some lunch? Bi Yeahyif you like with it usually. ''m happy working through tll four and leaving early 6. A: Can Thelp you with anything? Do you want me to lay the table or something? B: No, it's OK HH do it. You just sit down and take it easy 7. As What do you want to do? Shall we phone for a takeaway or do you want to eat out? B: e's up to you. either way.FE] Adding extra comments ‘Complete the short dialogues 1-8 below with the comments a-h. |. A: Do you fancy going swimming later? 8: To be honest, rather go for a run a 2. A: Would you like to go to visit my parents this weekend! B; To be honest 1d prefer to stay at homme and [_] catch up with work Do you want to go to thae concert next Friday? B: Yeah, that’ be great. Shall we phone now and book the ects QO : Do you want to go to that club, Roxy’ ronighe? B: To be honest, 'd rather go to Rock City instead a 5. A: Do you fancy eating Chinese for dinner tonight? Br To be honest, 'd prefer to eat Mexican Q instead 6 As Would you Ike to goto ae for nc? B: Yea thcd be great Sa we try that new] place round the corner? vo Do you fancy going tothe aracke ight B: Yea, hat be grea Sal we nite Katy as wal a el Sauda By Yeah that be gent! Would ic be OK if my brother comes along as well? a They might sell out otherwise. | just feel ike something nice and spiey and, anyway, | had noodles for lunch. c. I've heard she's gor a really good singing voice. d._ | was off sick last week and I've gor hundreds of e-mails | need to answer: {Ics to0 cold to go into the sea today. f. Het: staying at my place for the weekend, They've got a special offer on because i's just opened ~ two meals for the price of one. hh. The music's just much better there. And it's cheaper for students on a Thursday SS Complete the sentences below with the words in the box. Verb patterns avoiding insisted persuade warn fancy let refusing | get used to offered regret | 10. Meeting ps 1. Tve been erying to my dad to buy me a car ro give in a to give him some money, but he for ages, but hes stil Con paying for everything, so it was a cheap night. 3. [We been doing this essay for history class for ages, but the deadline's tomorrow. 4, Ietook me ages to I've got to move away. I's such a paint eating living here, and now 5. Shall we go for Mexican? | something hot and spicy mm you see mine if ean see yours. A: Ureally of time. | should've just stayed at home. B: Well, did . you not to go, but you wouldn't listen, would you? going now. It was such a waste Did you notice the pattern that follows each of the verbs above? Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form. Look at the sentences above to help you if you need to. 8. I tried co persuade him (come), but he insisted on (tay) a¢ home, 9. Its been dificuc, but I'm slowly getting used to him not (be) there. 10. I really regret not (buy) shares in the BAG company. They'd be worth £50 each now. 1. Te rather just stay in tonight. I don't fancy (have) another night with two hours’ sleep 12, Loffered (p39) for the damage, but he's sail refusing (call to me. 13. Did you see the weather forecast? They're warning people (avoid) (wravel) by ear because of the wind. 14. He never lets me (g0:) a word in, He just talks and talks and talks. Ics s0 annoying! EB|_Do you want to... , or shall we Make questions by matching the beginnings 1-6 to the endings a-f. Do you want to eat out, Q De you want to meet a arcund five oO a 2 3 Doyou vaso moat in Be fen 4 Doyouwan goad eelowewhleits EY mien 5. Do you wane ogo fora sare, el 6. Do you want to split the bill, : fo shall we just have a main course? or shall we just pay separately? ‘or shall we make it later? ‘or shall come up to your room? ‘or shall we save money and make something here? Co shall we just wait until it comes out on DVD? 47| Ej cars Can you find these things in the picture? back window indicator boot mirror | door tyre engine windscreen Now write words from the box above the list of collocations. put your bags in the ...,| just want to make sure the... § locked properly 2 . close che ... that... isn't closed properly, lock your 3 the ... need some air in them, one of the ... has i got a puncture, check the spare I 4 | use your ... the ... isn't working properly, your right ..., your left ‘ se : the ... overheated, very powerful .. : {get the ... repaired, keep the ... running 6 | can't see out of the our of the + Can you have a look for mel, che ... i filthy 48 Ti Transport and f avel 7, adjust the ...,look in the ... ,elean the 2 wing ... .the rear-view a : clean the ... ,scrape the ice off the ‘a stone shateered the Bi tend to When we are talking about things which usually = but don’t always — happen, we often use tend to instead of an adverbial phrase. For example: turn the ... wipers on ‘As a rule, don't go to bed until quite ace. {adverbial phrase) {tend not to go co bed until quite late. (tend ro + verb) Re-write these sentences in a si example above. 1. We usually go out on a Friday. We cout on a Friday. 2. Asarule, we don't go our during the week. We cout during the week, 3. Generally speaking, | do the cooking and my wife does the washing-up 1 the cooking and my wife the wathing-up. 4. Generally speaking, British people are quite friendly, British people quite friendly, 5. People don't generally leave tips in my country, People tips in my counery. 6. By and large, people are more generous in the north ‘han in the south. a eerie dann sou | 7. On the whole, the people there were very helpful. \ ‘The people there very helpful 8. On the whole, when I was working there, | didn eat luneh, ‘When | was working there, hunch,it happen? Make sentences describing how different accidents happened by matching the beginnings 1-8 to the endings a-h. ‘This idiot went through “This idiot was doing seventy This idiot was overtaking This idiot was driving This idiot cue ‘This idiot was driving without Ie was very cold and we skidded I had to swerve to Ooocono0 BN ew kee fon a blind corner and crashed straight into them, . is headlights on and we didn’t see him — until ic was too late! In front of us and we went straight into the back of him. 4. on some black ice. . avoid an old lady ~ and crashed straight into another the red lights and crashed into the side of me. g t00 close to us and when we braked, he went into the back of us. hy Ina forty-kllometres-an-hour area. Now see if you can complete the collocations 9-16 without looking at 1-8 above 9 the red lights 10, overtake on a blind HL swerve 9 aca 2 on the ice 13. drive your headlights on M4 in front of us 15. crash inte the of the car in front of me 16. ninety kilomesres an hour Comparing now with the past Read the statement in the box. Circle the words which match. The first one is done for you. “The country is much worse than ic used to be. [es GORD! less violent that People aren't as rude / polite as they used to be. used to be, Unemployment is higher Flower than it used to be. There's more / less crime than there used to be. The cities aren't as dirty clean as they used to be oct and travel Now read the statement in the box. Circle the words which match. The first one is done for you. [he cours much beer than eed tobe 6. Ie isn't as sofe (Gange7OUB)as It used to be. 7. Inflation is much iower / higher than it used to be les easier / more diffcul to find a job than it used to be 9. Theyre finally spending less / more on health and education than they used to. 10. There aren't as many policemen / drug addicts on the street as there used to be. How many of the sentences above describe your country? Z| Fixed comparative phrases Make short dialogues by matching I-6 to the responses with fixed comparative phrases a-f. Sorry I'm late. gor held up at work. ‘Which wine shall we get? Shall | give ie to you tomorrow morning? Is this piece large enough for you? Do you mind if| come along with you later on? QOO000 How much wood shall we get for the fire? ‘Well,co be honest, che bigger, the better: Yeah, The sooner, the better, really. No.of course not. The more, the merrier ‘The cheaper, the better They all aste the same to fe. As much as you can carry. don’t want to run out hater, f. Never mind. Bester late than never More comparatives We do not just use adjectives to make comparisons. We also often make comparisons using adverbs when we want to compare the way something was done now with the way it was done in the past. We usually make comparisons using adverbs by adding -er for adverbs of one syllable and more before adverbs with two syllables. For exampl Can you say ita bit louder? You should listen more carefully. 4917 Wansport and tare! However, there are also some irregular forms. Complete these sentences with the comparative form of the adverbs in brackets, and see if you know the two irregular form: 1. fished che exam much than | thoughe I would. (quickly) 2. L used to go swimming than I do nove (often) 3. Ifyou want to pass, you'll need to start checking your spelling much than you have been, (carefully) 4. This new ear I've got runs much than Aine Uid wate i ins (ning 5. Anna works much than most of the rest of the people in her office. hard) 6. He drives much (ast) than he should = and he knows it roo! 7. Children write (badly) than cwenty years ago and do (badly) at school 8, Inter Milan played much last season, (well Nightmare journeys Make sentences describing mistakes and their results by matching the beginnings I-7 to the endings a-g. so mead op gong op QO 2. We took the wrong ting and ended vp gh. roma a Pens) 7, He somehow managed to get on the wrong plane and ended up QO my stop! and round in circles! Gave 13 instead of Gate 30! and down the street for ages! in London instead of Rome! fof nowhere! the wrong direction! Collocations ‘Complete the sentences below with the ‘expressions in the box. 1 good night’ sleep calmer know exactly ‘much bercer smooth somewhere cleaner and safer somewhere with better discipline write it up more neatly | Thad a really rough nigh lastnight because the baby woke me up three times. hope ! get tonight. 2, te was quite a rough area, so we decided to move co 3. Iwas feeling a bie rough this morning. | thoughe I was going to be sick, bur | feel now. 4. Ifyou wane, write the letter in rough first and I have a look at it. You can then and send it 5, When you try to stick the ewo pieces together, glue the rough sides and keep the sides facing outwards. 6, The ferry crossing was really rough. I got so seasick hope its fon the way back, 7. Ava rough guess Id say ill cost around £300 to repair, bur I" once I've had a proper look at it, 8. I went to a rough school where there was a lot of violence and bullying. so I'm going to send my kids Go back and underline all the collocations with rough. ‘As you can see from Exercise 8, the idea of opposites is more dificult than many people think. What's the opposite of rough? Well it depends. The opposite of 0 rough area is a clean and safe orea, but the opposite of 4 rough guess is knowing exacty! This is why its @ bad idea to translate single words. e's always better to translate adjective + noun or verb + noun callocations instead.| What a stupid thing to do! Make examples of the kinds of problems you might have when you're travelling by matching the beginnings 1-6 to the endings a-f. 1. Las caught speeding on the motorwe, = 2. Iwas stopped for drinkedriving 3. Iwas caughe without a tlekee, mo 4. was overweigt on my bxerge alowance, ES) | got a parking ticker, oO a I set off all the alarms going through security. 1 because I was in a no-parking zone. b. They let me take everything, but I had to pay a sixty-three-pound penalty I think i must've been because of my metal hip! 4d. They gave me a breath test, but lucky, | was OK! fe. Ihhad to pay the full return fare and a fity-pound fine f. I was doing over a hundred, apparent | coulda't believe i! Which three people above were driving? Which two were flying? Which one was taking the train? (| writing: connecting ideas Look at the underlined words we use to connect leas within a sentence and between sentences. Notice how they are used. Can you translate them into your language? a. In what part of the sentence do you find thern? b. What do you notice about the punctuation? c. What kind of words go before/after them? Nouns? Pronouns and verb + sing forms? We forgot our passports, so we had to go back and get chem. Then there was a big traffic jam on the way to the airport because. of some road works, 3 we were even later By she time we got there, there were no sent left on the plane. Despite our having tlekets,the airline ‘company wouldn't give us a seat on the plane. We tried to argue, but they wouldn't change thelr mind, so we had to wait three hours for the next one. The wait wasn't wo bad, though, Because | was reading this realy good book, 11 Tansport and travel Now complete the story below with the words in the box. ] because but spice then because of by thetime so though é Hi Kolo, 1] Justa quick e-mail to say we finally got home safely and to say thanks for having us to stay. We haven't ‘enjoyed ourselves so much for a long time. Ihave ta I say. the journey home was bit oa nightmare, | QQ) Tt took us almost 25 hours in the Bl end 2)... sso shaving yourvery ear instructions, we managed to get lost trying to get out of Paris and ended up driving towards Normandy instead of Calas. (3) we got back on the Fight road, we'd missed the Fery and had to wait for the next one. (4) we got caught inthis awful storm, so we were delayed even more. In the end, | we didn't leave Calas til two o'clock in the morning the rough) We were all terribly sea-cick (5) sea. T knew we should have got the Eurostar train. We {got into Dover at around four o'clock, so there was hardly any trafic. (6) only people on the motomay, we were racing along, when, would you believe it, we broke down! We called ut the emergency breakdown service, but we hai wait almost an hour. When he got there, he decided he couldn't repair the car on the motorway, | (D)seeccss+she towed us the rest of the way to | | Orpington. As you can imagine, we were absolutely ‘exhausted by the time we got home, (8) we both had to go straight into work that day. I was so ‘red I fell asleep ina meeting. Tt was quite we were almost the | embarrassing, I can tell you! Anyway, thanks again for everything. Il e-mail you again soon. I'm off to bed now. Love, Charlotte Write your own e-mail starting in the same way, and explaining about the awful journey you had on the way to somewhere. Try and use as many of the connecting words from above as you can. Sit's a kind of Match the descriptions 1-8 to the pictures A-H. les a kind of board game. oa Ies a kind of game you play in winter. IO OOO000) les @ kind of fruie It's a kind of vehicle. lesa kind of insect. les a kind of building les a kind of drink, 000 1 2 3 4 5. es 2 kind of animal 6 7. 8 Ol Now match the follow-up comments invili to the descriptions 1-8 above. esa bic ke a church, ii [es bie ke @ pineapple, but bigger ii Its 2 bit like bowling, except on ice 1. Ie. bi ike a kind of three-wheeled taxi vw Tes a bi like whisky, but clear Vi. Tes a bit ike chess, but with flat, ound pieces, vil, Ie a bit ike a small lion vil es a bic ike a fly or something like that. ‘We often use the structures above to describe things we don't know the exact words for Even educated native speakers do this quite alot. I's a normal part of everyday spoken English, | EE A Too and enough Complete these sentences with too or enough. | This soup is actualy a bie spicy for me. 2. | don'e think its ready yet. e's not quite salty 3. Most English breakdasts that you get in cafes are just abie greasy for my liking 4. This is actually a bit sweet for me, to be honest, 5. Hey, don't ext any more or there won't be for everyone else 6. I can't use this fish, les not fresh 7. Adon’ think Ive got money to pay the bill. 8, I ean'e decide where to eat tonight. There's just uch choice in this town! There's too much / There are too many We use there's too much + uncountable nouns. For example: There's too much sex and violence on TV. There's too much sale in chis soup. We use there are too many * countable nouns. For example: ‘There are too many cars on the road, ‘There are too many little bones in some fish.‘Complete these sentences with there's too much or there are too many. 1. want 20 move. crime in our 2. Lwant to move. liseer and rubbish on the streets round here. 3. They shouldn't let them build a new airport here. already planes going over my house. 4. They shouldn't lee them build any more motorways already noise and traffic 5. They shouldn't let them build another golf course. already and they use up too much water 6, The government wants to ban begging. They say beggars on the streets, | 7. ‘The government wants to ban cigarette advertising “They say there deaths from | smoking 8, They should ban Christmas. fun and happiness in the world, and ic costs too much! Keyword: food Complete the sentences below with words in the box. dog health fast junk foreign left over | genetically: modified organic 1. If there's any food just pur it in the fridge, and we ean finish ie off tomorrow 2. If you see a pet shop later, remind me that | need to pop in and get some food. | 3. les no wonder he's obese! All he ever eats is food. | mean, he lives on burgers and french fries! 4. | don't like the idea of farmers using chemicals on the | seuff they grow, so I buy a lot of food. 5. My grandmother only ever eats English food. don't think she's ever tried food in her life! 6. We are running a bit late. There's a(n) food place round the corner if you want to grab something to eat 12 Food 7. lim really worried about the way that big companies are trying to force everyone co start growing food 8. She eats quite a lot of food ~ you know, beans, lentils, vegetables, fresh ult all that kind of thing. Now match 9-16 to ach. 9. Its ne wonder youre getting ft. Q 10. We'd berzer do some shopping later on today. [} IL If you do decide to have a party. lee me know [= } 12. Make sure you wash you hands properly 13, Ive got to try and lore abit of weight. 14, think she must be getting il 15, If youre hungry. there's some leftover food in che fridge. 16, He's such a fussy eater: OOOO a and F'l'do the food for you. b. before you handle the food, That meats stil ray, you know. I suppose | should try and cut down on the amount of junk food | eat 4. She's gone completely off her food fe. Were running out of food {He's always picking at his food. Ie drives me mad! just reheat icin the microwave if you fel like i fh You more or less live on junk food 32] Food vocabulary Complete the texts below with the words in the boxes, goingon lost——iput on A: Have you (a) ‘weight? You look: thinner B: No, quite the opposite I've actually ©) five kilos in the last month. I'm thinking of (6) 1s... diet 2% [healeh junke organic ‘A; Idon't know how you ean eat all that ) food like burgers and pizzas and stuff lke that. only eat (b) suff which is free from chemicals and additives. Br Because | like ic! All that (c) eat is only good for rabbits, nota fullgrown food you rman like me! 533. [green rotten tinned ‘A; Shall | throw these bananas away? They look @® Bi No, theyre not. Theyre just very (6) A: [can't eat them like thas, ike them when theyre stil a bit (c) Actually, that’s a Vie. only realy like (4) fruit. That way you get it just right! 4 [hea light lovely main ‘Ac That was a (a) real, wasn't i? b: fean, ie was great, out 1m noc usea to naving such a (b) meal in the middle of the day. 'm not going to get any work done this afternoon! | usually have my (c) meal of the day in the evening. | usually just have a @ snack for lunch or just skip it altogether. 5. [balanced health raw special [_batanced p | always thought | had quite a (a) diet | used to eae chocolate and sweets, bur | ate plenty of fruit and vegetables too. made sure | got my proteins and everything, but then | developed this ‘medical problem and they've put me on a © die. Apparently, all thac stuff was bad for my (e) and | should just eat @ fish and vegetables. It should be banned Match the topics I-8 to the statements ah. a violent new film anew medicine 4. Ie should be banned, because they're almost extinct gle should be banned, because it might encourage people to commit copycat murders. hh Ie should be banned, because it's just a terrible noise! Eating vocabulary ‘Complete the sentences below with the words in the box. barbecue pienle brunch side dish dessert snacks lunch sorter 1. think I'm juse going to have the soup for my and then maybe the pork and aubergine for my 2. I'm going out for dinner tonight, and | had a big breakfast, so I'm going te skip 3, rm ona diet, so I'm not supposed to eat any beeween meals 4. If the weather's nice on Sunday, were going to have a in the garden or go to the park for a 5, I can’t be bothered to cook conight. Shall we just get a Chinese instead? 6. I'm going to go for the lamb and get a wild salad as @ 7. t'm going to skip the and just have a coffee, 8. | missed breakfast this morning, so I might pop out at leven and get a bit of EEE Eating out in a big group hunting cgers dance music a new book cigarette advertising an extremist politcal party OOOO ‘ars in the city centre a. It should be banned, because its not been properly rested. b. Ieshould be banned, because it encourages young people to scart They should be banned, because of all the trafic jams they cause. 4. Ie should be banned, because some of the chapters in it are realy offensive to some people, €, It should be banned, because it government. a threat to the leis often quite difficult to order for a large group of people! In Britain, one person usually takes charge of the process. Complete the conversation below with the words in the box. allergic house wine ready g0 for main course selection good portions shour hands up rather starter Is everyone having a(n) (I) , ~ Shall we juse get a(a) (2) share? ~ Yeah, OK. How many shall we get! Five? Six! that everyone can~ I think five should be plenty. They serve quite big 4 @ here. | (OK. Do people just want to (4) cout what | they'd like? | — How about a plate of humus? | Yeah, and the stuffed vine leaves are really nice a well 7 ~ Shall we get some prawns? = Actually, Pm (5) — OK.Well, we can order something else. How about the goat cheese salad? — Fine. And can we get some beans and some of those litle sausages? ~ OK. Is that allright with everyone? And what do people want to drink? Is wine OK? to sexfood ~ Yeah ~ Actually, (6) have beer. ~ Yeah, so would | ~ OK. Well (7) those who want wine, All right, tha’ six Shall we get a couple of bottles? = Yeah, we can always order some more later if its not, enough \ | = OK. And whac do you want! Red or white = Red 2 = Red ~ OK. Two bostles of ced, then Shall we ust get the A @) And then is it three for beer? ~ Actually, 'm just having a Coke. don't drink. — OK, then. Has everyone decided what they're having for their) 1 = Nout can't make up my mind = Vso. les feu nt | think Ym going to (19 the mixed geil = Yeah that sounds (11) 1 chink mighe have that toa = OK, then Are we (12) to onder? 7 : ; si More questions you might ask in a | | group __ | Complete these sentences by putting the words | in brackets in the correct order. 1. Has anyone got enough room lef for dessert 2 (ull is / oF / everyone / - arready) 2. Does 2 (want | coffee fa / anyone) 3, Has 2 (for | the J anyone J asked / bill) “Try and write a whole conversation using dhe {questions in Exercise 9, They are in the order you would probably use them. Writing dialogues is probably better practice for your speaking than ‘writing lexters and essays 12 Food Are 2 (going / the J splie (we / just / to / bill) Is 2 (maths / at / anyone / good) How 2 (ie much J person fis / ‘each | for) Doss 2 (tip / include / that / a) Has everyone paid? (shore / cwenty [still / euros / we're) [EE Should've / shouldn't have Complete these sentences with should've or shouldn't have. You said that. You've hurt her feelings | can't believe you just sat there and let it happen. You said something! ‘Are these flowers for me? Oh, realy? You ! They're lovely! Thank you so much le was wonderful when John resigned, You seen the boss's face! | went and saw the play last Friday but | bothered. Ic was such a waste of money. | gor an eighty-pound fine, bur it was my own stupid fault | been driving so fast. Why dida’e you tell me you were coming to Leeds? You e-mailed me or rung beforehand. A: Heel awful! BB Wall, it's your own fault You had so. much wine to drink enclier ‘We had a really nice time on the picnic, You come. You would've enjoyed it | missed the deadline. | knew | filed the form in earlier 5 |Places to visit | Make different places to visit by matching 1-8 j toah, 1. an amazing cheme CD « wemle 2 a portrait (Eb. museum i 3. a science Co} «market i 4. am incredible old Hindu [EJ 4. cathedral 2. a small jazz Cy « palery i 6. an interesting arts and crafts Cy f. funfair 7. a huge gothic Coe. park j 8, a travelling O he club: Which of the places above probably has ... 9. some beautiful stained glass windows? 10a permanent collection of medical instruments? IL some great gigs? 12, some beautiful carvings of Indian gods? 1 13. a temporary exhibition of photographs of famous people? 14. the biggest roller coaster in Europe? 15, lots of lite stalls selling pottery and home-made fooa? 16. lots of small rides for kids? What's Complete the short conversations below with the words in the box. ke? [assis gree ag tories now ms chance letting rip-off visie Conversation | ‘A: Have you been to that club in the centre of town? B: No, why? What's i (a) ? As It's a bit of a(n) (b) pounds to get in,and then all the drinks are four or five pounds each! I'd give i a(n) (c) it actualy Ie ton | were you. Bs Oh, right. Thanks for letting me (d) 56 Conversation 2 ‘A: Have you been to that amusement (a) en the sea frone? 8: No, why? Whats i lke? A: lesa bic of a courise (6) full of holidaymakers wasting all their money. fd © ita miss if were you, Be Oh right, Thanks for (4) me know. 110 be honest. e's Conversation 3 ‘A: Have you been to thae street market they have ‘every Saturday? B No, why? What's it like? Ac Ohvits great-You can pick up some real @ there. got this bey dere for only eight pounds. [es well worth a(n) (b) Bs Oh, right Thanks for (¢) there when I get the (d) ‘me. go down Questions and answers Complete these questions that tourists ask by putting the words in brackets into the correct order. Do : | (cake / here ou! euros Qo 2. Do you think : oO i (could /phota I you fs [a eke / for) | 3. Do you know : O (the J way /if fis / Guggenheim / the J to / this / Museum) 4. Are there : QO | (en J tour F any 1 guided I places / left / the) 5. Are there... 2 Oo (ehe J ronight/ any concer kets / eft or) 6 Have you Hy Qo (rooms / got / any / svalabe) | 7. Could you help met. /oO (had / Te / stolen / bag / just my) | | BeNow match the questions I-7 above to the responses a-g. No, sorry: 'm afraid we've sold out. You could always try later and see if there are any returns. b. Sorry. I'm not from round here myself © No, sorry. I'm afraid we're fully booked for tonight. Try the Bed and Breakfast place down the road d. Yeah, of course. OK, Say ‘Cheese’ I'm afraid not, but there's @ bank just around the ‘Oh, no.You'd better report it to the poles. De you i wane me toring them for you? } 1 You don't need to book Just meet outside the castle | sates at seven el weather vocabulary Complete the short dialogues below with the pairs of words in the box. ‘cloud over / sunny ‘aining / pouring down | cloudy / brighten up stopped / easing off miserable / soaked L.A: What a ay! Br | know. Its awful. gor from the bus stop, just walking Has i raining yeu? No, but I think e's abit Is ic stil outside? Yeah ies ‘What's the weather like outside? ‘Oh, i's juse beginning to Tppicall Ie was lovely and PRP er ee this morning, and | was just about to go out now! 5. A: Whats the forecast for tomorrow? B: | think it said it's going to be quite dull and in the morning, but it might later. ‘A: Wall, so fong as it doesn't rain.t'm going on a picnic tomorrow with Judith and Peter. ‘Sightseeing Now complete the short dialogues below with the pairs of words in the box. "snow / ast tunbearable J sticky 6 A: What's the weather going to be like on Sunday? Bs I chink its going to be really The forecast said it could even forty cold / gets hot / get up to mild { drops 7. A: What's the weather going to be like at the weekend? Br I think they said its going to but it probably won't 8A: What's the weather like in the winter? B: es realy Ie never really above about freezing. 9. A: Whats the weather like in the winter? Br Oh,ies quite below about fifteen degrees centigrade, Ienever 10. A: What's the weather like in the summer? B: 1 les really hot and Ie can get up to forty-five degrees. You just have to take cold showers all the time $25 | don’t know Put the words in the correct order and make phrases which mean I don’t know. 1. ea 1/90 /'Ve 2. yet 1 decided J realy / haven't 3, sure / sil 'm/ 1 very not 4. sll fein Pm / minds J about Jf ewo 5. thoughe / i! haven’ | about / realy i 6 mind / can't my J up / make 5758 13 Sightseeing ‘IL going to / might Complete the conversations below with the correct forms of ll, going to and might. Conversation | A: What are you doing later? B: I don't know. | (a) and tidy up the flat 2 bit Why? probably just stay in A Well (b) go 10 the cinema with Hao Dong. | was wondering if you wanted to come along? ‘A: Yeah, maybe, What (c) see? Br We haven't really decided yer, to be honest, but | thought we (é) Kamsay film. tt depenas wnere its on, though. 1 don ‘want to go to the multiplex out of town. g0 and see the new Lynn ‘As Yeah, OK. Sounds good, ve been meaning to see that fim for ages. Conversation 2 A: What (a) Bs | really haven't thought about it.The only thing I'm ccortain of is chat | (b) go to Goa in August with Gina. We went last year and we had such @ do after you finish your degree? good time we decided we'd go back there this year, ‘Apart from that, I've no idea. | guess | (c) have to get a job, although there is a slight possibility 1@) stay on and do a Master's. Ir depends how well | do in my finals. Knowing me, le) probably end up falling all my exams and working in a coffee shop or something, 16 just have ta wait and see, | suppose Conversation 3 ‘Az What are you doing over Christmas? BI (a) go and stay in a cottage in Wales for a few days with my brother and sister and their partners and kids. I’ a kind of family cradition, What about you? ‘A: I'm stil in owo minds about it. We (b) probably go and stay with my parents, but it’ always so boring! Then again, if we stay here, (c) almost certainly end up having to do all the cooking and washing up and everything so going away @ be the best idea! [i] Future expressions ‘Today is Monday the 12th. Using the calendar below decide what the following dates are. the day after tomorrow the Tuesday after next this coming Saturday a week tomorrow a week on Friday two weeks today, AuGcUST Monday Turley Winey Thurstay Friday Sat 2 3 a e = ale 9 10 {1 12 (13 [4 (15 16 [17 [1 19 [20 [21 [22 laa [2a 2 { 5 26° 27 BB aw 30 [31 Make sentences by matching the beginnings | to the endings arg. | might go for a walk later | might go te the cinema later | might go to the beach on Saturday [might do a PRD | might get a part-cime job | might go and see John | might go and see the exhibition tomorrow a. if there's anything decent on, b, fies as hot as It is today. if he’s around. d. if ean find one. fe. if there’ not a huge queue to get in. fife brightens up a bie this afternoon, & iflean geca grant to do it It depends -7 QOOO000 Complete the two possible answers to each of the questions below. 1. Are you going to go to University? 3, Thope so, but it depends b. I hope so, but it depends my grades | pass my2. Are you going to the reception this evening? a. Probably but it depends I get back, ». Probably, bur it depends tired | feel 3. Are you going to go on the guided tour? a. I don't know. Ie depends it costs. Do you know? b. I don't know. It depends it takes. Do you know? 4. Are you going to go away in the summer? 2. Hopefully It depends ean find any lasceminute cheap deals. b. Hopefully, but ie depends work. busy Lam at Gl writing: | was wondering Read the e-mail from an Australian woman to a friend who the phrases in the box. iving in Greece. Complete it with if could come and visit if there's some other problem if you could put me up if you haven't gor space | | ifyoure not going to be around whenever you can |] HiTina, |i] dust a quick e-mail to let you know I'm setting off ona trip round Europe two weeks today and 1 was wondering (1)... + you in Thessalonilé? I'm flying into London and I'm going to stay n England fora couple of weeks with some long lost relatives ~ Tve got cousins there who Tve never even met. After that, I'm going to get a rail card and travel round mainland Europe for a month. I haven't decided exactly where Im going, but 'l probably head down south straightaway. Tl probably need the sun after being in England! I'm planning to be in Greece around 15* September, but I can't tell you the exact date yet ~ T guess it depends whether I meet any gorgeous men on the way! Obviously, it'd be great @ 1 but Tan always stay fina cheap hatel(3).-»-- Tinow you said your flat was pretty small. Anyway, I'm going to try and check my shotmail account quite regulary, so you can e-mail me there (4) or() “TWe-mail you again nearer the time. By the way, know you've been around Europe a bit and I was wondering if you could Milan’s good. Anyway, drop me a line (6) and don't work too haed! | | Love Beth recommend any good places to go to? I've heard | ‘When we want someone to do us a favour or we think we are asking someone to do something special for us, we often use the structure wondering if you could ...? We usually explain the situation first. For example: ‘A: I'm really sorry to ask, but I've somehow managed to leave my wallet at home and | was wondering if you could lend me a few pounds, ust und! tomorrow? Br Yeah, of course. How much do you need! Is cen pounds enough? Make sentences by matching !~6 to af. |. 'm going on holiday next week and 2. I'm moving into my new flat and 3. im applying for university and a | 4. They don't speak any English and 5. ve got to write a letter in English and 6. I'm coming to York for a meeting and a. Iwas wondering if you could translate for me? b. Iwas wondering f you could correct it for me? c. Lwas wondering if you could put me up for a night? 1. Lwas wondering if you could give me a hand? ©. was wondering if you could write a reference for Iwas wondering if you could look after my dog while I'm away? Now write your own letter to a friend who lives abroad and who you'd like to visit while you are on holiday / on a business trip / travelling. Look back at the model above and underline any other Useful expressions. Try to remember them. Then write your own letter without looking at Beth's 59| 60 a | | {| School subjects Complete the sentences below with the school subjects in the box. | are TT (information technology) biology mathe chemistry PE (physical education) geography physics Rictnew RE (ralicioue erica 1. Lused to love ‘out about Islam and Buddhism and Hinduism, because | enjoyed finding 2. Lused to love because I was really incerested in how electricity worked. 3. Lused to love football and running because f was really into 4. Lused to love really good with computers, because I was always 5. 1used to love really interested in plants and animals, because | was always 6 never really used to lke «because | was never very creative 7. never really used to like because I was never very good with numbers. 8 I never really used to like hopeless at remembering dates because | was 9. I never really used t0 like because I was hopeless at remembering capitals and counties and states. 10, I never realy used to lke because | was hopeless at remembering elements and which ones g0 together: Which of the subjects above do you think the students are talking about in a-j? 2. We learned how to write basic programs today. b. We learned about the civil war today. c. We learned how to do portraits today. 4. We learned how to work out the volume of 2 cube today. 1. We dissected a frog today. £. We read a bit of the Bible today. g. We learned how the continents were made today |. We learned how co make salt today. i. We learned how sound travels today i. We phyed hockey today. [| The worst teacher I ever had! Complete these sentences about a terrible teacher with always or never: 1 one useo co sten to anyerung we satu 2 He used to write clearly on the board 3. He used t0 scream and shout at us! 4 He used to turn up late for class. 5. He used to give us back our homework 6. He used to pick on me and blame me for everything that happoned! 7 He ‘used to give us detentions if we spake in class. 8 He used co prepare his lessons property. 9. He sed to tell us what the correct 10. We used to fall asleep in his classes because they were so boring! [5] Punishments ‘Complete the short text below with the words in the box, bad fight expelled got caught skipping } detention given ines humilaing suspended ‘At my schoo, if we (1) smoking oF @ lessons, we used to get @) | remember once | had to write ‘will never skip Chemistry class again’ five hundred times. When I took it into class the next day, my Chemistry teacher just tore it up into litle pieces without even looking at it It was really @ Hf you misbehaved in class, it was ‘quite common to get a(n) (5) You'd have to stay behind after school for an hour and maybe clean the classroom or something like that. If you did something more serious, like getting into a(n) (6) fr damaging school property, you'd get (7) for a week, and if you kept doing the same thing time and time again, in the end, you'd get (8) and your parents would have to find a new school for you to go to. in the whole time I was at school, | think maybe only two or three kids got kicked out, though.Verb patterns Look back at the words on page 99 of the ‘Coursebook. Did you notice the patterns that followed each verb? Complete these sentences with the same patterns using the ideas in brackets. The first ‘two are done for you. |. He's always complaining 12. about the mess in the ftchen but he's realy untidy himself. (me J che mess in the kitchen) 2. He was sacked for. being drunk ot work. bur they sail gave him a reference. (be drunk at work) 3. Iwas once caught 2... Ie was really embarrassing. (steal a book from a library) 4. They blamed -bue it wase'e | my fault, (me / the incident) 5. He acuully threstened..... if | | dido'e give him che money. fe was terrifying. | (ehoot me) 6. He carried on even though hed broken his nose. (play) | 7. He made +50 you mustn’ say anything, (me / swear not to cell anyone) 8. He threatened iF was ace again, so I've bought a louder alarm clock! (me / the sack) 9. They always blame but | blame the parents (teachers / children’s bad behaviour) 10. 1 was caught 30 | had to pay 4 ten-pound fine. (travel without a ticket) I. He was sacked He was really creepy. | hated him. (sexually harass / his secretary) 12. I complained but they didn’t | do anything about him. (the school / several times / cour teacher) 14 Studying ES] How did your exa Complete the sentences below with the words in the box. cheating none expecting passed messed retaking | mind revision most seraped 1. Not very well I really Up the last owe questions. 2. Not very well | should\ve done mare for 3. Not very well. My just wene completely blank in the middle of i. 4. OK, I suppose: | should've just about through it 5. Fine of the questions I was expecting came up. 6. Terrible. of the questions I was expecting came up. 7. Fine, fe was much easier chan | was 8 Terrible. gor caught ' 9. Terrible. I'l probably end up ia 10, Fine. 'm prety sure Ive How di ‘Complete the sentences below with the pairs of words in the box. it go? cas / great ixervow /veaty wel | dust OF imervew friy thing ost arnt ing doth jam! OKI ink ewig reat A: How did the go? Bs answered most of the questions reasonably well. Now | just have to wait for the results 2. A: How did the go! 8 They asked some really tricky ‘questions and | just mumbled some rubbish | doubt I gor the job 3. A: How did the got B |e was really interesting. The teacher's brilliant!14 Studying | 4. A: How did the got 8: !We were there for about three hours and we didn’t decide anything [ 5. A: How did the 0? a "1 paseo’ bebe wa so nervous beforehand 6. A: How did the go! a Teas very wei We sored out nat ofthe problns wed ben having 7. A: How did the go? They fered me a pice sah sterwards 0 be Sarg te MBA Ia Sepeeniver 8. A: How did the go? 8: The suudents are quite nice, but we didn’t get through as much as | wanted to. Studying at university Complete the three texts below with the words in the boxes. | [Sar teaspoon ermal V'm in the third year of my business management degree, and it’s starting to get really sressful ve got my (a) next spring and to be honest, I'm dreading them! On top of that, I've got to write | three more (b) before Christmas and then five more in the spring (c) i've got 0 give a(n) (@) con marketing strategies next Wednesday and then I've got a(n) (e) with my personal tutor the day after to discuss how I'm gerting on! 2. [deadline dissertation handouts lectures eed I'm doing my master's degree at che moment and 1'm about halfway through the 20,000-word @ I have to write, The (b) + for ic isn’ until next Sepeember, so Ive still got plenty of time to get it finished. | go to two or three (c) a week, and have to take lots of notes, ‘They usually give usa few (d) as well, | ‘which help to summarise what they've been talking about, so that’s helpful 62 coursework fees grant options specialise ‘'m studying fashion at a big college in Liverpool. 'm quite lucky because I get a(n) (a) from the government and all my (b) ....+..-+ Fe also paid for. Otherwise, I could never afford to study! In my second year, | can select three particular © and | think I'll probably try #9 @.. in shoe design. The other great thing about my degree is thar | don't have to take any ‘exams, Everything’s based on the (e) ldo lover the whole three years What are you studying? Complete the collocations with the words in the box. design engineering story studies electrical... civil .. ,computer ... chemical mechanical 6 graphic. , web, product interior furniture .. industrial ancient ... ,modern ... ,European .. art... Chinese language and ‘American... media... African ... ,business Asian Now complete these sentences with words from. the lists above. 1. fem doing. design. 'm hoping to get a job ‘wich a magazine, doing their layouts and things lke that 2. I'm doing engineering. | can't wait to finish, Vm looking forward to actually getting out there and building roads and bridges and things 3. 'm doing master's degree in car design when I've finishes. ‘engineering, I'm planning to do a 4. I'm doing studies. I'm hoping to get into TV o film when I've finished, but there's a lot of ‘competition 5. I'm doing design. Ideally, | want to work. for a company like IKEA, which makes lots of diferent objects ~ anything from spoons to curtains to sofas 6. I'm doing to do. I'l probably end up teaching Latin or Greek history. ve no idea what | want a EOS SES TESST2 8 9. rm doing studies. 'm applying for ‘management training in all the top companies. Vm doing politics, so its important to know recent history. history. 'm thinking of going into I'm doing studies. Ive always been incerested in it, because my dad's Nigerian. 'm planning to do a Master's and I'm thinking of maybe doing a PhD after that. Tests and exams i Make sentences by matching the beginnings | i to the endings ach. | H 2 A 4 5 h DOOCOO000 | didn’t do very well in my end-of-year exams, | had to take a special entrance exam Lied my medical test to join the army. | did a pregnancy test this morning and They did a blood test, but luckily, hate having oral exame, He failed the drugs test after the race, The police stopped me and did a breath test. in order to get into university t was really difficult. ‘They said | wasn’t fit enough to fight. 30 I'm going to have co re-take several in September, 50 they took away his gold medal and banned him from all future competitions, I can never speak properly when I'm under pressure | don'e know why. was driving perfectly normally and | hadn't been drinking everything came up negative, s0 I haven't got any nasty diseases! ic was positive! I'm going to have a baby! || Plans and hopes Male sentences by matching the be; to the endings a-g. ‘| H 2. 3 Vim planning Q Vim expecting Gl Tm hoping Qo 1m looking forward to Oo tim dreading QO Im applying g Vim thinking go 4 Studying going on the plane as 'm scared of fying | get the job. of getting a new computer. Visitors later so don't come round. for several jobs at the moment. having a holiday. to visit some relations while I'm in Australia 22 Short natural answers Choose the correct words. ‘A: What do you think the weather'l be like B: (el probobly Jt! hopefully rain again. I's always horrible and cold and wer at this time of year. ‘A: Do you think youll ever speak English like a native speaker! BB I'm bound to | doubt it. You need to live in a country where they speak English if you want to {get that good, A: Do you think you'll ever get married? By Definitely £ Hopefily, | mean, it depends whet for not | meet the right person, but Id like to A: Do you think you'l ever do a PhD? Bs | doubt it! Probably. Doing my master’s degree nearly killed me,so I've had enough of studying, really A: Do you think you'll carry on studying English after this course? Br I doubt it {might Ie depends how much free time I have, of course, but if ean," try to, ‘A: Do you think they'll ever find life on other planets? B: Probably / They might. | mean, there's so many rllons of planets out there, chere must be life somewhere A: Do you think your country will win the nexe World Cup? Br Definitely / Hopeful. be delighted if they do. 'm praying for it already! A: Do you think you'll ive to be a hundred? B: Hopefly not / Definitely Imagine being that old and frail I'd be horrible!Do, play or go? Complete these sentences with the correct form of do, play or go. My son's thirteen now, and loves skate-boarding in the local parks: When | was younger, my brother and I used to table tennis all the time! People have only realy started football in my country since the last World Cup. | go to the gym quite alot because | a lot of aerobics there Vm. skiing in ran this winter le should be really good fun Iv youre feeling sti, you should try abit of yoga. It’s great for keeping you supple ‘When | was at school, we used to have to rugby all through the wineer. It was horrible! When I was a kid my dad and | used to fishing every Sunday morning Do you understand how to cricket? les such a strange game! Listen, we're all bowling tomorrow night and | was wondering if you wanted to come along? My daughter karate every Wednesday after school, Shell be a brawn belt soon, My brother's @ keep-fitfanatle. He cycling every night. He usualy does about forty ries! | used to be really good at athletics when | was at school. | used to well the high jump really | can't believe ie! My dadls actually started golf recency! She got mugged a few months ago, and since then she's started boxing as a kind of selfedefence thing Match the sports I-8 comments a-h. |. football golf karate running snow-boarding surfing swvimening OOo a. I'm quite good at doing the breast stroke, but | can't do the butterfly a al! Him quite good at dribbling, but I'm terrible at tackling. 'm scared of hurting my legs! &. I'm OK for a beginner, but | still can't ride really big, 4. My forehand’s quite good, but my serve’ terrible | sometimes lose a whole game with double faults! ‘e. I'm quite good at sprinting, but I'm useless over longer distances, £. I'm fine going downhill and off-piste, but I can't do any tricks or jumps. I'm quite good at putting, but my drive's terrible ~ | always hit che ball miles off the fairway. fh. I'm OK.I'm a brown bele at the moment Complete these phrases with win or beat. three-two Brazil four-one three silver medals the European record 1 2 3 4 5 the champions 6 the World Cup 7 a competition, 8, your biggest rivals 8 the League 10, the fevourite " 2 set (in tennis) 2 your own fastest time | |Now complete these sentences with words from above. 13. I managed to do the whole run in under ewenty ‘minutes! That's beaten my fastest by almost four minuces. 14, es always crazy in Milan when AC Milan play Inter because they're deadly 15. A: How did they manage to get a free holiday? By They won a .....e-sssin-a magazine and that was the first prize. 16, She beat the world for the 1500 metres by about five seconds! 17, They've got a realy dificult game on Sunday. Theyre away to the defending They only lost two games in the whole of last season. 18. He won the first the second by five games to three at the moment. EG Different-kinds of games Complete the sentences below with the words in the box. card compucer— cup drinking team |. We've got a big six-one, but he's losing game this weekend. If we win, were through to the semi-finals. 2. | wish I'd never bought him that PlayStation™. He spends half his life playing games now! 3. Ido like sport. I's just that ! can’t stand games. much prefer things like tennis or athletics 4. When | was a kid, we always used to play games like Snap and Happy Familfes to pass the time fn long journeys. 5. A: How was your trip? B: Awl! | was taken out for dinner by the local distributor, and then they took me to a bar and made me take pare in all these stupid games! Now complete the sentences below with the ‘words in the box. away ball board kids 6. My dad really loves playing chess and Monopoly ames like 7. They're at home tomorrow, and then they've got three games in a row, which will be tough 15 Sport 8. Ie always been quite good at most games, but 'm probably best at volleyball 9. We were on the top of the league for weeks, but we lost the championship on the last game of the 10. One of the most popular country is called i’. One person is tt’ and they have to chase everyone else and then the first games in my person they touch becomes ‘I =] More first conditionals Complete these conversations with the correct form of the words in brackets Conversation | ‘A: Have you heard that Andrew's thinking of going to work in China for a year? B: I know! | can't believe it. He ( able to) speak to anyone there if he (b) (4o}, A: | don't know He's quite good with languages. 'm (be able co) pick up bits and {not be sure he (€) pieces B: Thope you're right because if he (4) (n0% do), he (e) (be) very lonely Conversation 2 ‘A: Did you know that Maria's thinking of leaving her husband because he's been having an affair, and she's going to take the baby with her B: Really? She must be mad. How (a) (she be able to) look afer it she (6) (60) hae? ‘A: I don't know, but Im sure she (c) (ork something out). (2) (be) worse for the baby i she (e) (ay). Conversation 3 A: Did Tina tell you she's thinking of becoming 3 veacher? B: Yeah, but it (a) (be) a disaster if she ). (¢o), ‘A: Why? The money (¢) (be) OK and she @ (meet) lots of interesting people. B: Yeah , and she (e) (have to) stay at work until midnight and work weekends and everything. ‘And all the kids () (probably give) her a nervous breakdown!66 15 Sport Conversation 4 ‘A: I heard that Sharon's thinking of dropping out of sniversiy B: 1 know. She must be mad! It (a) (ruin) her career chances if she (b) (0) ‘A, Do you think so? Personally, think she should do i She (e) (ot get) a good grade if she ® {nor be) happy with what she's studying B: Maybe, but if she (6) {drop out) now how 0 (che 1 pay) her rene and all her bis? 1A: I don't know. She (g) (Gnd) way Expressions with if Complete the eight if- expressions below with the words in the box. dont hand might see eve let rather tall ow her if [see her: 210 if ean, 3. hear the result you a ring, 41 do i later If fea! lke It 5. 1M go if really have to, bue 'd not. 6. Il give you a if you want. 7. We have to buy it if you don’t like it 8 rH you have ic if | can find it Now use the if: expressions above to complete ach below. a A: Bye got to work this afternoon, so I'm going to ‘mize the Wimbledon semi-finals B: Oh, no! Well listen, atthe office, OK? b A: That looks really heavy. Are you OK with it? B: [es allright I'll be OK, bus thanks for offering c. A: Ohyno! Ive just realised that Shella doesn't know that the class this afternoon has been cancelled, B: Oh really? Well, -and maybe we should ask everyone else to do the same. 4. Im stil not sure if 'l be able to make tomorrow right Iv all depends how busy | am, Anyway, but don't be too surprised HI don't, A: Have you had a look at the heater yer! B: No,not yet. Give me a chance. Ive only just got home from work but Fm not promising anything fA: Have you got that hammer I ent you here? B: Yeah, somewhere, but 'm not sure where exactly 1 have to look for ie later oK A: You can't change your mind now. I've told my mother that youre coming! She'l be realy cisappointed if you don't. 8: Wel, | think of your parents! You know what A ASE RROW | Salo tuKeu Ure Renu yesterday, BL I've been having second thoughts. B: Don't worry! it too! I think we should go for the Audi. What do you thinle Ive gone off {22} He should’ve scored tiat! ‘When we talk about football matches or other sporting events, we often use should've to talk about things we wanted to happen, but which didn't, and shouldn’t have to talk about things we didn't want to happen, but which did, Match 1-5 wore. He should've saved it, He should've been sent off, 00 He should've scored, OL ‘We should've won, We should've lost, but we missed two penalties! but the referee just gave him a yellow card, because they had a lot of good chances. but he hie the post. but he let it go through his legs! Now match 6-10 to Fj. He should've won the race, She should've won the match. He shouldn't have bean in the race. He should've won that point, OO000 She should've won the race, but he put the volley into the net. but his engine caught fire with ewo laps to go. but she tripped and fell on the last np, |. She was a set up and leading 4 in the second, i. He falled a drugs test a few weeks ago. |FE | know / I don’t know ‘Complete the conversations below by adding ! know or I don’t know. 1. A: There's too much sport on TV these days. B If people want to watch it it's up to them, isnt i? ‘That was a great game! "nearly had a heart attack when we got that last-minute try. 3. A: Politicians don't care about us. 8: ‘They're only in it for the money and the fame. 4. As Philosophy is such 2 pointless subject. 8: Ie doesn’t exactly help you get a job, does ie? |ean't believe how badly doctors get paid. 8 «I shink they do OK, especially compared to what I'm earning! 6. A: The traffic in town is impossible these days. B Ic used to be worse before they introduced the new one-way system. 2A” 8: 7. A: The countryside's much nicer in the-north. B Ie depends where you go, doesn it? 8. A: Sportsmen get paid too much these days, B Someone's got to make some money from sport, and I'd rather ic was the people who actually played it than cheir agent. 9. A: I don't know why people like her so much. 8 ‘Who does she think she is? 10. A: Iddon' know what he thinks he’s doing, driving around in a car like that. 8 I think he looks kind of coo! in ic myselt 5E5| writing Complete the e-mails asking about different sports and keep-fit classes, with the words in the box. available keen exact necessary told grateful recommended wondering interesced Dear Sir/Madam, A friend of mine (1) me that you are going to be running @ t'si-chi course at your gym this autumn. I'm really (2) in joining this course, and | was (3) if you could tell me the (4) dates the course will be starting and finishing? I would also like to know the days and times it will (5) | Many thanks, Danny Hoc! 13 Sport | A friend of mine (8) s kick-boxing course that you run and | am very m to enrol for the next course providing you still have places (8) am afraid | am 2 complete beginner, and would therefore be (8) if you would let: me know whether any experience is (10) Iwas also wondering if you | could confirm the exact cost af the course and the methods of payment? | | look forward to hearing from you soon, Yours Anna Lingstrom Now write an e-mail to a gym/sports centre asking about a forthcoming course that you are interested in joining. Tell them how you heard about the course, Ask about some of the following: + the dates + the days and times, + the cost + if any experience is necessary + if youll need any special equipment Use the two e-mails above as models if you need to. The following sentence starters will help you: | would be grateful if you could tell me | was wondering if you could confirm/let me know | would also like te know whenihow muchifiwhereabouts exactly{S| What kind of business? Complete the sentences below with the words in 1. work fora big company which has coffces all over the world 2. work for che business as my father's personal assistant. 3. work for 4. work for a(n) provides software solutions to businesses. Vm a plumber. of consultants which 5. [work for a voluneary organisation which help and advice for the blind 6. work for a small firm of architects which specialises in schools. 7. work for a big law firm which in company law. 8. | have a small specialist bookshop which only publications on spore. 9. Iran my own business importing and 10. I run my own business machines for the car industry. Problems, problems! The verbs in the box collocate with problem. Use them in the correct form to complete the sentences below. cause deal with get worse ignore sort out |. Pollution is a major problem in our country which is juse and worse because the government has no polices to it 2. Our company usually transports goods by train, so this railway strike has usa lot of problems, 68 3. Its taken us a long time to the problems ‘with our computer system, but it seems to be running smoothly now. 4. The big boss has known our branch has been in a mess for ages, but he's just been the problem, because our manager is his son! With many phrasal verbs, when you ure an object pronoun you have to put ie between the verb and the partie 1 need to sort tout Look iu in a dicionary. | They put-up ther prices last month and they/ve put them | un again this month, | However some phrasal verbs like del with cant be divided inthis way | dn’ know wh t do obout the problem. Can you deal wath? Tom's wedding shouldbe good. in rely looking forward 1s she going out with him? I saw them holding hands yesterday “There are no easy rues to remember which phrasal verbs can be divided and which ean’. This juse another reason why you need fo riotice and record good examples of how phrasal verbs are used! More problems Complete the sentences below with the adjectives in the box. admin ‘marital behavioural ‘mental health financial social health technical |. My brother and his wife are talking about getting divorced. They've been having a lot of problems. 2. Jim's a really heavy drinker and a heavy smoker, coo, so it's not surprising he's got problems, really. 3. He had really serious problems and had to start seeing a psychiatrist about things. |4. The government hasn't done enough to sore out all the problems here like drug addiction and homelessness 5, The National Theatre lost £6 million last year ‘They're having really serious problems. 6. I don't know why, but 've been having a few problems with my Internet server recently, 7. They said they'd lose my application because they've got a new secretary. They've been having a few problems B. He's been gerting into lots of fights and arguing wich teachers. They say he's gor «problems. oa Collocations: company and business E Complete the sentences below with the words in the box, [ar de teep mind partner design good losing news policy 1 We a lot of business in Spain and Iraly. 2. il have to talk to my business about your offer before | can make any decisions 3. The dollar is so strong at the moment that were a lot of business. 4. They gave me a company at work, because | have to travel quite a bit, 5. I work in the suburbs of own for this litle company, 6. Sorry, but you're not allowed to send personal ‘esmails from the office. les against company 7. What do you think about this business in the ‘about the rioting in the capical? 8. Are you going out? Is it OK if | come along, just to you company? 9. Don't you know Nan-Joo? She's got a great sense fof humour. She's very ......--. company. 10. 1 asked her if she had a boyfriend, and she told me ‘© my own business! Underline any business!company collocations in the sentences above that are new for you. Why are examples 7, 8,9, and 10 different from the others? Look at the replies below to the question, ‘How's business?’ Then, based on each reply 1-14, write Great, Bad or Just OK on the line. We're really struggling 1 2 We're doing allright at the moment 3 Business is booming 4 Welve made @ big profic chs year a Welve made a big loss chis year 6 Were breaking even atthe moment 7. We've already lost two of our biggest customers so fa.this year. 8 ‘We've had a lot of new orders recently 9. We haven't been oo badly affected by the recession so far. 10. We're going to open two new branches in the next year, 20 we're expanding quite quickly "1 Welve taken on ten new people since last year, s0 we've expanding quite quickly 2. Weve had to get rid of ewenty people far his yar B We're going to have to cut costs rasically over the next year 4 We've had so much work recently ‘we've actually had to turn some down! Which of the underlined time phrases above go athe present perfect? b. the present continuous? going to + verb? Cone Whenever you do an exercise like Exerise 5, te important to try to notice celleeations. You can do the following task anytime: Write down the key words below. Cover the text. Try and remember the Collocations. For exarmpe, can you remember dhe Collocations from Exercise § above forthe following? business profit loss branches new people twenty people costs work Now look back at the sentences in Exercise § and check if you were right or not.16 Business Complete the texts below Business verbs the correct form of the verbs in the boxes. 1 70 | important expressions Complete the sentences below with the words in the box. Taunch modify re-launch withdraw ‘A fow years ago,a famous car company had to ® their new model soon after ic was ©) because they found out it was unsafe when it went round corners at speed. After they © it, the car was (4) ........-and is now quite successful A few years ago, British Airways decided to focus on the business and luxury travel market. They @ the numbers of seats on their planes and (b) prices substantially They © 2 lot of complaints about the strategy. “Then the market was hit by September 1 I* Since then, they have been forced to (d) prices and (@) them lower choose develop interrupe start wreck ‘When I left university, | had a couple of ideas about ‘what | wanted co do, and in the end | (a) to go into publishing. When I (b) my ‘career, there weren't many women at the top of the ‘company and it was almost impossible to o your career

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