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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