Series authors: Malcolm Mann Steve Taylore-Knowles Mikyyg Workbook with audio CDContents @ thisis me: e On the Farm! Check your progress! | Units 1-2 8 Going Shopping! @ Read all about It! Check your progress! | Units 3-4 @ the Travel Bug! Qanimar Magic! Check your progress! | Units 5-6 8 At the Airport! 6 Lucky Escapes! Check your progress! | Units 7-8 6 Friends and Fami © Being the Best! Check your progress! | Units 9-10 ® Planning for Tomorrow! ® Lights! Camera! Action! Check your progress! | Units 11-12 ® Raising Money! @& looking Ahead! Check your progress! | Units 13-14 Check your progress! | Units 1-14 69 81 82 88 04 95This is Me! [> Reading 1. Read the personal profiles and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, Bor. My name is Seamus, and I’m from London, England. I’m thirteen years old. T haven’t got any brothers or sisters but T have a lot of cousins on my mother’s side. My grandparents - ay mun’s mother and father ~ have a large house in the country. It?s very noisy when my cousins and I are all there visiting. My best Friend’s name is Bridgit. We love playing computer games and watching TV together. Seamus, England Hello. 1m Ain. I’m from Cairo, Egypt and ay family is very big ~ and very close. We all love each other very much. I’ve got three brothers and a sister. We?ve got a big house and I share a room with my sister. Her name is Izza and she is my best friend. We do a lot of things together: read, listen to music and draw. My father doesn’t Like cats or dogs, so we don’t have a pet. Izza ‘and I want to travel to lots of places and see the world! ini, Egypt Hi, my name’s Bach and I’m from a small town in Poland. I am twelve years old and I’m in Year 9 at school. I have two sisters. They are called Anastasia and Katerina. I don’t Like spending time with them ~ they are very noisy! I’ve got lots of friends but my best friend is Anetta. She’s great. I have a dog and Anetta has a dog. We love walking our dogs in the country. Anetta and I want to travel to Anerica and visit the people we chat with online. } Bach, Poland : 1 Seamus isan only child, 7 A Right B Wrong —C Doesn'tsay 7 2 Seamus spends a lot of time at his grandparents’ house A Right’ B Wrong C Doesnitsay 3. Ainihasher own room, ‘A Right B Wrong Doesrit say 4 Thereare five children in Aini’s family. A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say 5 Bach and Anetta have got pets. A Right’ B Wrong C Doesn't say 6 Bachis school is Anetta’s school. ‘A Right B Wrong © Doesntt saya Wordpower! 1 2 Match the words and phrases with their definitions (a-f). PA 1 bestfriend not your favourite friend but a person you love lot 2 2 the country b aperson that hasn't got a brother or sister é 3 share € when you do this, it means you use something (eg room) with another person 4 chat online 4 when you talk to people usinga computer and the internet 5 anonlychild____eaplace with trees, outside a city 6 close friend__ f the friend you love best 3 choose the correct word or phrase. Hello! My name is Ivan and I’m from Poland. My parents and I live in a large house in the (1) friend / country — it’s very nice. I’m a(n) (2) only child / close friend, so I haven’t got any brothers or sisters. I’ve got lots of friends, so I don’t get lonely. My (3) close / best friend in the world is Albin and I (4) chat / share everything with him ~ my computer, my TV and my games. T’ve got other (5) best / close friends at school too. Let’s be friends and we can (6) share / chat online. Do you want to do that and we can tell each other about our lives? iedte soon! Ivan be, have/have got Lookagain at Grammar database 1 on page 145 before doing these exercises. L tick (v) the correct sentences. 1 Hashe got abrother? 5 Doeshe havea computer? 2 We're not American, 6 She doesn't has a best friend. 3 No, ithaventt, 7 Bachis from Poland. oO 4 Thasnit got a big house. 8 Youhaslots of close friends.ry cy S 2 complete the text with one word for each gap. My name (1) _____ Falah and 1 am from Cairo. I (2) twelve years old. I (3) _____a brother and a sister but I hhaven’t (4) ____ a dog or a cat. (5) _______ you have a pet? I don’t have a lot of friends but I (6) ______ got two very close ones. Their names (7) _____ Asad and Badr. Me spend a lot of time playing computer games and watching TV. (8) ______ you got a best friend? Maybe I can be your best friend! 3 Answerthe questions using short answers. 1 Are we friends? No, 2 Does Petros have a close friend? Yes, 3 Has she got a cat? Yes, 4 Do you havea sister? No, 5 Hasit gota name? No, 6 Are they lonely? Yes, Rewrite the sentences using the words in bold. 1 Hashe gota brother? does Does he have a brothe Beth and Marge haven't got a TV. don't Have you got a large house? do ‘My cat hasn't gota name. have He doesn't havea computer. got Idon'thavea lotof friends. got 7 Does Sophia have a best friend? has 8 Do they havea pet? gotA wordpower! ‘1. Write a word in each gap to complete the sentences. The first letter is given to help you. 1 Myg , Tom, is married to my great-grandmother, Ruth. 2 often play with my n He's my sister's son. 3 My dad's father, my g. is ninety years old. 4 Has your u ‘our mums brother, got a nice house? 5 Mybrother's daughter is my n. 6 These are my George and Emily. They are my Aunt Bethis children 7 Herg______, her mums mother, is from England. 8 Taman only child. I dont have ab. ora sister, 9 Does yourg. . your father's grandmother, live with you? 10 Bryda’sa__isher father’s sister. For each question, choose the correct answer, A or B. 1 My brother has one daughter. She's my 6 A aunt B niece 2. His, his mother’s grandfather, hasn't got hair. 7 A great-grandfather_B-nephew 3. Doyour great-grandfather and your—_havea 8 lot of children? A uncle B great-grandmother 9 4 Izzy'ssister has got one son, He is zy’s— A grandfather B nephew 10 5 Do you spenda lot of time with your mother’s mum, your? A grandmother B brother Listening @ cotrack1 1 Listen to three people tal Bach's, his mums dad, has alot of pets. A sister B grandfather Martha's, her aunt's son, isin Year 5 A cousin B great-grandfather Her —, her father's sister, lives in the country. A aunt B niece My —is married tomy Aunt Edna. A uncle B great-grandmother Have you got a__ora sister? Or are you an only child? A grandmother B brother 1g about their friends and family. Match the speakers with the statements (ad). There is one letter you do not need to.use. 1 Speaker 1: 2 Speaker 2:__ b 3. Speaker 3:__ hasa large family isan only child hasn't got a pet 4 livesin the country@ CDTrack1 2 Listen again and underline the words you hear. 1 Manu is eight / thirteen years old. 2 Manu’ father / brother is called Wafi. 3. Bileen has got three sisters / cousins. 4 Eileen’s best friend is Jo-Jo / Sheila. 5 Miguel has two friends / dogs. Possessives Lookagain at Grammar database 2on page 146 before doing these exercises. 1 Write a wordin each gap to complete the sentences. 1 That’s____!See, its got__name ont. my mine 2 Those cats are___and that is___dog too. their theirs 3 Pam and Bach are____cousins, That house is hers her 4 Giselle, that’s not___laptop. Its your ours 5 Isthat____dog? What's name? its your 6 Thisis__bike. Where’ yours his 2 complete the table. ee ___[neeaiiee | Passa poan | they3 Read the text and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, Bor C. Dear Phillipa () name is Petra and | am from Germany. | have got a big family. | have got two brothers ‘and one sister. My (2) names are Franz and Fritz ~ (2) are twins, My (4) name is Anne. My family has gota large house. I’ got four bedrooms. My sister and | have got (6) — own rooms but my brothers share a room. (¥) room is always very noisy... not lixe (7)! We have a big dog. (6) —_ name is Wolf. It hasm't got its oxn room! It spends a lot of time in the (f) — room. Please write and tell me about (10) family. Bye for now, Petra 1A Mine B My Gr 6 A They B Their C Theirs 2A brothers’ B brothers C brother’ 7Amy = Bmine CI 3 A their B theirs C they 8 A Its B Its ch 4A sisters B sister's sisters’ 9A twins Btwins —C twins 5 Aour Bours C we 10 A you B your € yours 2 quick check choose the correct answer. 1 Dowe use be to describe what things and people are like? yes / no 2 Dowe use have to talk about what things and people possess? yes / no 3 Do have got and have mean something different? yes / no 4 Which one is correct? My sister is / are my best friend 5 Which oneis correct? Do you havea cat? / Have you got acat?/ both 6 Possessive adjectives come before / after a noun. 7 My, your, her, our, and their are possessive adjectives / pronouns. 8 After a plural noun ending in -s, we put the apostrophe before / after the's’ {4 writing 1 Rewrite the sentences using short forms. 1 Lam Zak and I am twelve years old. Lam quite tall and I have got brown hair. My cousin has got blue eyes. She does not have many friends. 5. No] donot. 6. Thisis my favourite book - itis full of funny stories, —~ Onthe Farm! (=) Reading 1 Read the texts and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, B or C. ove living on a farm. My day starts very early. Twake up ata quarter to five, I get ready and then I start my work, First I give the animals their food then I milk the cows. After that, I visit the chickens to collect the eggs. I'm back at the house at half past eight. [have breakfast and do some work in the house, then I sleep foran hour after lunch. ‘That's my favourite time of the day, I think! 1 This person... AA likes to sleep in the afternoon, B doesnt like farm life. C only does two different jobs. Tove it when children come to the farm. They have agreat time with the animals! We've got many different kinds. We've got horses, goats, ducks, sheep, ponies, cows and calves. The children love to stroke the ponies and watch the calves, But the great thing about having children ‘on the farm is that they learn how farms work, ‘That's what I really love! ‘This person ... A hasn't got baby animals on the farm. B has got chickens on the farm. C likes children to learn about the farm. ive in the city and Tike it, bt I really like visiting farms, Life there is very nice. It’s very noisy in the city, so it’s great to go toa farm and hear only the sounds of animals. My favourite sound is the sound of ducks. They make very funny noises! I also like the sounds that horses and cows make. You don't hear these sounds in the city atall, only cars and people. It's nice to hear something different for a change! This person ... A. doesn't like city life at all. B thinks horses make funny noises. likes the sounds that ducks make My friend Ted lives on a farm. I go there at the weekends to have lunch sometimes. His mum cooks great food. She uses the fruit and vegetables that they've grown on their farm. After we have Junch, we ride the horses in the fields. That's my favourite thing to do, Ted’s got three really nice horses. They're good fun to ride. Its nice to live on a farm like that! This person Alves ona farm. Bhas gota horse. Clikes to ride horses. My family and I live in a small town and there are many farms around us. They've got different animals on the farms. One farm has got many cows so they sell milk. Another farm has got lots of chickens so they sell eggs. My mum and dad go to these farms to get milk and eggs because they're really good. I'm glad I dont live on a farm because ita lot of work, but its nice to live close to them! ‘This person ... A. visits farms in his town, B likes food from farms. C thinks farm life is easy.hear ‘eon nt ots go eyrre ause Ent Wordpower! 2 choose the correct word. Do you feed / pick the animals every morning? We pick/ plant fruit from the trees in the afternoon. Mrs Collins strokes / plants flowers in the spring. Caroline likes to welcome / touch the ponies. ‘The farm workers welcome / collect children to the farm. Everyone loves to stroke / pick the horses. Mr Collins plants / collects eggs from the chickens, Sally picks / moves the lambs to different places on the farm, 3B Read the text and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, BorC. Ilive with my family ona farm, and we love it. My sister and I do many things to help. In the morning, we go and (1) all the animals with Dad. They often eat all the food! Then we (2) —eggs from the chickens and we (3) the sheep to different fields. My sister likes (4) the horses, and they like it too! Ilike the baby chicks and I really ike (5) — them. They're very soft! After school in the afternoon, we help Mum with some things. My sister and my mum sometimes (6) things in the ground in our garden. usually (7) fruit from the trees and vegetables from the garden. Sometimes, people ‘come to visit the farm, and I (8) __ them and show them the animals. 1 A pick B feed C plant 2 Acollect —B touch C welcome 3 A feed B plant C move 4A stroking B collecting —_C planting 5 A picking B welcoming —_C touching 6 A pick B plant C feed 7 A plant B move C pick 8 A collect B move C welcome Present simple Look again at Grammar database 3 on page 146 before doing these exercises. 1 Write the verbs in the present simple. 1 Mymum and dad ______ (work) in the fields every day. 2 Joe __ (not live) in the city because its not nice, 3 (you/want) to come and play with the animals? 4 Maddie ____ (go) for rides on the donkey in the afternoon. 5 ____(Ned/like) to eat fruit and vegetables? 6 ‘They ___(not wake up) very early in the morning. 7 My sister and 1___(get up) at 7 o'clock to help on the farm. 8 (they/visit) the city at the weekend? i) Oe2 Write sentences or questions using the present simple. Ly 1 Visitors / leave / the farm / in the evening Lisa / play / with the puppies / every day - Sally and I / not work /a lot / on the farm. your day / start /at 7am? I/ love / Ned the donkey Peter and Joe / live /on the farm / all year? ee i ‘2 5 fo} 7 The children / see / the calvesin the afternoon 8 She / not eat / eggs for breakfast Michelle don’t know what farm life is like. 3 Each of the words or phrases in bold is incorrect. Write the correct words on the lines. 1 2 Students do learn how to collect eggs? 3 People arrives at 7 o'clock in the morning. — 4 Do Paul move the horses to different fields? He take the goats fora walk at noon 6 Children doesn't ride the cows! Does donkeys doa lot of work on the farm? 8 [doesn't stroke the ponies every day. choose the correct word. My friend Paul (1) live lives on a farm. I really (2) likes / like visiting him there. He and I (3) feed / feeds the animals when I (4) visits / visit. Its fun! The ponies and lambs (5) play / plays with us sometimes. They're really nice! There are some things Paul and I (6) don't / doesn’t like doing, Paul (7) don’t / doesn't like collecting eggs. I dontt (8) go / goes near the horses. They (9) runs / run a lot and 1 (10) don’t / doesn’t like that! But everything else is great, Farms are a lot of fun!(4 wordpower! 1. Write a word from the box in each gap. N hours = io ‘There are 60. in one hour. To say that it’s thirty minutes after four otlock, you say half four. “There are 24 in one day. ‘There are 60. in a minute. One hour after two o'clock is three 6 Fifteen minutes before five o'clock is a. to five. 7 A______ islike a small clock and it gives you the time. 2 choose the correct word or phrase. Tve got work to do on the farm every morning. My day starts at six (1) o'dock/ hour. I get ready and at (2) half / minute past six, I go and feed the animals. Ittakes about (3) an hour /a second to give the cowsall their food, sometimes more. Then, at quarter (4) to / from eight, I collect the eggs from the chickens. That only takes about 15 (5) o'clock / minutes. I stroke the horses for afew (6) seconds / hours and then, I'm finished! I look at my (7) watch / hour. It’s eight o'clock- time for breakfast! (2) Listening @ CDTrack2 1 Listen to two people talking on the phone and for each question, choose the correct answer, Aor B. 1 Whois the woman on the phone? 3 When does the man want to visit? A ateacher ‘A. during the week B a farm worker B atthe weekend 2 What does the man want to visit? A afarm B atown aoe 4 @ comack2 Weekend Farm Trip 2 Listen again and complete the gaps. | Name of farm: Chester Farms Town: () | Opens at: (2) Animals: cows, horses and (3) | Lunch time: (4) Closes at: (5) ee ee ee |Lt Adverbs of frequency Look again at Grammar database 4 on page 146 before doing these exercises. iS i} Write sentences using the present simple and the word or phrase in bold. ‘The Collins / visit / the city. every week Frank / be / tired / at the end of the day. usually you / ride / horses? every day Susan / be /late / to feed the animals. never Dad / get up / at five o'clock? always au kev ee 1/be/ busy /in the mornings. often Tick (¥) the correct sentences. Underline the mistakes in the incorrect sentences and write the sentences correctly. wake up early in the morning never. We pick every year vegetables at this time, _ Tusually sleep for 8 hours at night. —_ “The cows eat often all oftheir food. Mary arrives late always to the farm. ‘Mum cooks every day lunch for us, Read the text and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, Bor C. oe eee " [work on a farm and itishard (1) [get up at six o‘lockin the morning 2) (3) —tired in the morning, but I (4) _ wake up late. The animals (5) __ their food! 1(6) them at seven otlock, maybe a quarter past seven. They (7) happy to see me! After I feed them, I (8) the cows, or I collect the eggs, or I walk the horses. There (9) —a different job to do on the farm (10) __.. That's one thing I love about it A always B often € sometimes 2 A usually B every day C always 3 A oftenam B amoften € sometimesam 4A always B usually € never 5 A wantalways B always want always wants 6 A usually feed B feed usually C usually feeds 7 A isalways B alwaysare C arealways 8 A sometimesmilks B milksometimes sometimes milk 9A isusually B usually are usually is 10 A often B usually C every weekoOo = a x a =: © a x N Choose the correct answer. ‘Do we use the present simple to talk about situations that always happen? yes / no Which is correct? They lives on a farm. / They live ona farm. / both lich is correct? Does Sam feed the cows? / Do Sam feed the cows? / both Do we use adverbs of frequency to show when something happens? yes / no Which is correct? My dogis often happy. / My dog often is happy. / both Which is correct? Ned sometimes runs. / Ned runs sometimes. / both eZ Rewrite the sentences using then or after, asin the example. We feed the animals. We collect eggs. We feed the animals. Then we collect eggs After we feed the animals, we collect eggs. ‘We wake up at seven. We help our dad with work. then We have breakfast. We pick fruit and vegetables. after We have lunch at one. We ride horses. then We walk the ponies. We go home. after Read the email and match each paragraph or part witha statement. Lisa Kline <1kline@fastmail com> bject: My farm visit! i, Lisa! ‘are you? I hope you’re doing well. How are things in endon? I’m at my friend Roger’s farm. It’s a lot of fun! We wake p at 2 quarter to seven every day and help Roger’s dad. eed the animals. Then we collect eggs and Roger’s dad silks the cows. There are lots of other animals here -~ ep, goats, ducks, two sheep dogs and many cats! ‘After we feed the animals, we go back to the house. oger’s mum cooks breakfast. That’s at half past eight. fn we go With Roger”s mum to pick fruit and vegetables. fie have lunch at half past one. Then we sometimes ride 1e horses or we take the dogs for a walk. It’s great! pe to talk to you soon! This part says goodbye to Angela's friend. This paragraph asks how Angela’ friend is. This part has got the email address. This paragraph talks about Angela and Rogers first meal of the day. 5 This paragraph talks about what Angela and Roger do after lunch. 6 This paragraph says what Angela does with the animals in the morning. 7 This part says hello to Angela's friend, __ eo5 4 4 5 3 8 2 i mua Clg Cl ett ie meals 1 Rewrite the words to complete the gapsin the text. Our Family Farm My name is Sam and | live on a farm in the (1) _____(oucrytn). I've got abig family. | have two sisters, Bella and Helen, two brothers, Grant and Tom and lots of (2) _______(ounicss). My (3) _______ (dngrarethom) and grandfather live in our house too. Life on a farm isn't alazy life. The day starts early. Every day my family and | (4)___ (dee) all the animals, milk the cows and (5)___(Itceco) the chickens'eggs, (6)_______[anlpt) and pick fruit and vegetables, and do lots of other jobs. Of course, I don’t workall the time. I've also got lots of time to spend with my (7)___(tse) friend, Maggie. 7 marks 2 Puta line through the incorrect sentence. 8 Thave two close friends. /Thas two close friends 9. My cousin is in the girls’s room. / My cousin isin the girls’ room, 10 Do Sheila feed the animals every day? / Does Sheila feed the animals every day? 11 Isyou an only child? / Are you an only child? 12 Isyour mother often late? /Is your mother late often? 13 Where’ Peters’ niece? / Where’ Peter's niece? 14 They never go tothe city. / They go to the city never. 15 ‘They dont live in the country. / They doesnt live in the country. 8marks 3 Putthe words nto the correct order to make sentences or questions. 16 vegetables? / plant / Do / fruit / you / and 21. pony / mine. /is / That 17 hasntt/a/ got/ best / He/ friend. 22 Bob/every/has day: /unch 18 her/ Look /in / bedroom. 23 the/ its /kitten / dinner. / Give 19 and J Have / dog? / Sasha / got / Wendy /a 24 tired? / your / often / grandfather /Is 20 love / the / visiting / They / farm. 25 the morning. brush / We/ ponies / the /in/ don't 10 marks Total:__/25 marksont Dialogue 2 ing Shopping! ithe dialogues about shopping. Match the jues with the shops (a-d). There is one letter Excuse me. wonder if you can help me. Tm looking for something special for my cousin. Its his birthday next Friday. Ofcourse. We've got some lovely things for children. He’ seven years old and he loves books, and he loves animals. Well, he doesn't like cats, We haver't got books here but we've got some very nice things. Oh, those are lovely! ‘What? What are you looking at? “Those funny puppies! Ilove the red one. Oh, and the blue one! My cousin collects, those animals. Are they expensive? Boy: I'm getting hungry, Jane. Let’ find Girl: Boy: somewhere to eat. Its half past two. Its not half past two, Bob, its only two. Let’s go over there and look at those socks, Socks! I don't want to look at socks! I'm feeling tired. This shop is busy and noisy and I'm not enjoying myself! OK, let’ sit down and rest on this bench. Oh, wait! Look! Lovely skirts! They're having a sale. Where are you going, Bob? Iwant to look at the skirts, No, you don't! You're going to the lift - there’ a Chicken World on the second floor! Dialogue 3 Woman: Can [help you? Girl: Yes, please. 'm looking for some good ideas for my mums birthday, It’s today. Woman: I understand, Does she like flowers? Girl Oh, yes. But I don't havea lot of money. Woman: That's OK. We're doing a special offer at the ‘moment. These aren't expensive. Oh, they're lovely! Woman: Great. Do you want the red ones? Girl Yes, please - twelve red ones. 1 Dialogue 1: — 2. Dialogue 2:__ b toyshop 3. Dialogue 3:__ ¢ clothes shop d florist’ 2 Read the dialogues again and answer the questions. Dialogue 1: 1 Whois the girl buying a present for? 2 Whats the girl looking at? Dialogue 2: 3. Howis the boy feeling? 4. What doesnit the boy want to look at? Dialogue 3: 5. Whois having their birthday today? 6 What does the girl's mother like?a = 3 ey Fc S rc} “A Wordpower! 3 complete the conversations. For each question, choose the correct answer, A, Bor C. 1. Let’ go to the second floor. 2. Are you having fun shopping? 3 The shop is very noisy, isn't it? 4 Are those CDs expensive? 5 Who'in the supermarket? 6 Let's sit on the bench. A OK, but I want to take the lift B Oh, Ilove this skirt. I'm getting hungry. Yes, I'm so busy. No, I'm happy. Yes, I'm enjoying myself! Yes, shall we take the escalator? Yes, and also very busy! No, I'm getting bored. enjoy listening to music. Tm at the music shop. No, they're cheap. ‘They're doing a special offer. Alot of customers There are so many clothes. Yes, I'm getting abit tired. Yes, its very expensive. The escalator is just there. O8> OP OF OF OBE Rewrite the words to complete the gaps in the text. Tm looking ata picture ofa bookshop. | The shop is very (1) —_____(sbyu) | and there are alot of (2) (ersmustco) shopping. There are a boy anda {girl in the shop. The git is (3) (neingyoj) looking at books. The boy isn't feeling happy —heis (4) (ttgineg) tired. I think he wants to take the (5) __(rotaaclse) or the (6) —______(fili) and go home! There | are so many books in the shop! I don't think the books are (7) They are havinga sale at the moment, so they | are (8) (aechp). (nepevisex) aii AIM uiPresent continuous Look again at Grammar database 5 on page 147 before doing these exercises, 1 utalline through the incorrect sentence. ‘They are having lunch now. / They are have lunch now. Tm not feel tired. / 'm not feeling tired, Are they enjoying their dinner? / They are enjoying their: ‘Ishe having fun?’ ‘No, he isn't? /“No, he doesnt? Ishe look for clothes? / Is he looking for clothes? She picking a flower. / She's picking a flower. We are not shopping at the moment. / We not shopping at the moment. ‘Are you eating?’ ‘Yes, Ido! / ‘Yes, lam? N esaueune Put the words into the correct order to make sentences or questions. 1 you/ Are/ bored? / feeling 2. a/are/We/ playing / game. / computer 3 not /dinner. /eating/It’s/ its 4. Leggs. /am / collecting 5 now. / homework / their /are / doing / They / not 6 grocers? / shopping /Is/ the /at/he 3 Rewrite to make questions and negative sentences, 1 Fm having lunch at the moment. ‘Am t having lunch at the moment? {im not having lunch a the moment. 2. You're watching TV now. 3. HeS out shopping right now, 4 They're feeling unhappy. 5. Were havinga sale ri 6 Martais looking for new shoes. 3 By A F 3 rso) a Es 5 2 3 cc} 4 Answer the questions from Exercise 3 using short answers. No, Yes, 1 2 3 Yes, 4 No, 5 No, 6 Yes, 4 Wordpower! 1. choose the correct word or phrase. 1 My little brother’ socks are very small - they're tiny / gigantic! 2. His watch is round — its circular / narrow. 3. The book I’m looking at is black and triangular / thin. 4 The shopping centre in my town is big - it little / huge! 5. Hernew TV is triangular / square and flat / thick. 6 A lifts usually big and little / rectangular. 7 Her skirt isa bit circular /large. 8 That music shop is gigantic / round — look atall the CDs! (9 Listening © cotrack3 1 nto a conversation between a customer and an assistant and decide if these statements are true (T) or false (F). 1 The girl is hopping in the morning, TE 2 The girl isin a florist’s shop. TE 3 The girl doesn't want to spend a lot of money. Tr 4 The shop is doing a special offer. TF 5 Theskirtisten pounds. TE 6 The girl buys the jeans. TE @ cotracks 2 Listen to the conversation again and complete the gaps. 1. The girlis shopping for her __’s party. The party is next __ The girl’ favourite colouris ‘The skirt matches the girl's new____. ‘The jeans are___ pounds. The girl gives the assistant____ pounds.mmar 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 1 Pronouns Look again at Grammar database 6 on page 147 before doing these exercises. Write the reflexive pronoun that matches each pronoun. you you (plural) him her it us them Write a word in each gap to complete the sentences. A: Amy, do you like __(these this) skirt? B: No, but [like ____(that / those) one over there. Az Ineed some of _ (these this) carrots, please. B: Do you want any of ____ (that / those) tomatoes over there? A: Are you doing a special offer on_ (these / that) jeans at the moment? B: No, but____ those / this) red skirts are half-price. Az Excuse me, Is ___ (that / this) your bike over there? B: No, (this / that) is my bike right here. Read the text and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, Bor C. ove shopping. I'm always looking for special offers on things like jeans, skirts and shoes. ove buying things for (1) __ but my favourite thing to do is buy things for my friends and ‘my family. My parents never buy things for (2), so it's great fun buying them presents. usually shop when they are having a sale at the shopping centre, That’s why I'm here today! (3) isa great shopping centre - it’s huge! See (4)___ shoe shop over there? Al their shoes are half-price! And (5) two bookshops there have always got cheap books. Wait! Let’s go in here, (6) isa great toy shop. Oh, lookat (7) little toy animals. Aren't (8) lovely? Look! This little kitten is washing (9) _! I may buy (10) for my brother. A me B myself Cir A themselves B ourselves C herself, A These B Those © This A this B these C that A those B that C this A Itself Bit These A these B this C that A they B themselves C them A yourselves B itself C myself Ait B that C these 2 rs Ey $ rd Ay FS a r3 . a Es Fy > iH a & (A Quick check 4 choose the correct answer. 1 We use the present continuous to talk about things happening now. yes/no 2 Weoften use now, right mow and at the moment with the present continuous. yes / no 3 Which one is correct? They're not having lunch. / They aren't having lunch, / both 4 Which one is correct? He's shopping now. / He is shop now. / both 5 Weuseanoun/ pronoun / both in place of nouns to sound more natural 6 Which one is correct? Let’s buy us / ourselves new T-shirts 7 owe use the demonstrative pronouns that and those when the object is near to us? yes / no 8 Which one is correct? Ineed those book over there. /I need that book over there. / both “writing 11. Look at the picture and answer the questions. 1 Whats the boy looking at? 3 Are the boy and girl enjoying themselves? 2. What is the girl looking at? 4 Isthe shop assistant enjoying himself? 2 complete the text with the verbs in the correct form. This isa picture of a clothes shop — it looks like an expensive shop and I don't think they (1) (have) a sale. I think this clothes shop is in a large shopping centre in a town or in acity. The shop is very busy anda lot of people (2)____ (go) in and out ofthe shop. A boy anda girl are in the shop. I think they are twelve or thirteen years old. ‘They (3) ______ (look) at some clothes. The girl (4) ____ (wear) a T-shirt and jeans, She (5) ____ (look) at some skirts and the boy is looking at some socks. I think the girl (6) _____ (buy) things for herself. I don’t think the boy is buying things for himself. I think he (7) — ___ (get) some good ideas for presents for friends and family. The boy and girl look like they (8)____ (enjoy) themselves. Next to the lift in the picture, there isa shop assistant. I think he (9)____ (feel) tired or bored. He (10) _____ (not have) fun, I dont think he ikes his job, or the customers!ad All About It! =| Reading dthe website and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, Bor C. ore Salon | at |) Storsoies PORES? anentone Cor esrilciriel Milelella Serle) a beeballs Calendar ofvents: sik Tuesday 25 Merch acy Cacti ves har evionsotnaw fims‘Gne Happy Day and No More Money Welcome to our calendar section! Wednesday, 24 March \ Roger Norton with another great story, THisweekwevegotanexctinglstofeventsforyouttsthe | SoBe Nerton wth another reat first week of spring and a busy weekat the school! We're qt fh having our Spring Party this weekend. m sure everyone's Hiccetadeetin ney comingtothavandouretherbgevertitheschotpi:—— mentn wth Sucenstomtsaiingsckraeteacosiinshnny RON ZOH cua Play. And they sing too, so don't miss it 7.30pm in the Grand Theatre on Taylor St. I dort forget our school reporter Stephen Mili doing an interview with our favourite (and only!) English ‘Weekend of 27-28 March: feocher MrMenning Stephen oss ourgresteachersome | Stufday.27 March very interesting questions, such as why he's an English ‘The Spring Party!, 2-7pm at Hyde Park, We teacher and how he stays so happy teaching us! Sounds welcome both students and parents! xing Sunday, 28 March Also, check out our film reviews and short stories sections The Highland Poules play eqainst the f Baneberry Donkeys at Highland Field, this week for reviews of this week's new films and anew Masc Bess ataom. short story! The website has gota section for students’ mail. ‘Stephen Mills is answering questions from Right B Wrong C Doesn't say ‘Mr Manning. The section that you can see here is the News A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say 6 Roger Norton isa student in Mrs Billing’ class. B Wrong C Doesnitsay A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say first paragraph says it’ the first week of 7 ‘The Spring Party is happening at Highland Middle ‘school School Right B Wrong € Doesn'tsay A Right B Wrong € Doesnt say ighland Middle Schoo! has got one English 8 The Highland Ponies play football every Sunday. er. A Right B Wrong C Doesnt say B Wrong € Doesn't sayi A a cd z zg € 4 wordpower! 2 Each of the words in bold is in the wrong sentence. Write a word in bold from another sentence to replace the incorrect one. James isan opinion and he runs a newspaper. My friend Mary is a calendar and she writes news stories “The review says there are three big events this week. Helen is doing an editor and she’ going to ask some really good questions. Her interview is that newspapers area bit boring. “The reporter of the film says the film is very exciting and has got good actors. Match to make sentences. John isa reporter T'm watching a programme —_ T'm readinga review Jason is an editor I'm looking at my calendar My view on school websites is to see what I'm doing tomorrow. and he writes articles fora sports website. about last night’s play. on TV about school websites they are interesting to read and he runs a newspaper in town. au eN EW aueene meno se Read the dialogue and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, Bor C. Frank: 'mhere with Rick Jones, (1) of our town newspaper, The Daily. Thank you for giving me this Q) Rick Jones: You're welcome, Frank. Frank: Rick, you've gota new section called ‘School News’ C: Rick Jones: Sure. It's got information about school events. Its got a (3) that tells students when events are happening. Its also got (4) __ of plays and films in town. Our (5) —, Louis Stark, also writes stories for the new section. There's also a section for student (6) about school activities ~ what they like, what they don't like, Frank: —_Itsounds very interesting! Well, good luck with the new section! 1 A programme — B editor C interview 2A interview ——_B calendar C review 3 A review B programme calendar 4A interviews —_B reviews € reporters 5 A reporter B view C editor 6 A calendars —_B opinions C interviews 1 choose the correct word or phrase. Grammar 1 1 Where / When are you leaving for school? 2 Which/ Who section do you prefer~ reviews or opinions? How / How many books have you got at home? Who / What is your favourite writer? What time / Why do you get up at six o'clock? How old / What does Tom do at the newspaper? Question words Lookagain at Grammardatabase 7on page 148 before doing these exercises.2 Tick (W) the correct sentences. Underline the mistake in the incorrect sentences and write the correct word. How many is your litte sister? _ Where TV programmes do you like? What old is your interview tomorrow? Why do you read film reviews? Who does Mrs Scott live? How do you write an email? Write questions using who, what, where, when, how old, and how many, as in the example. ‘My favourite actor is Daniel Radcliffe. Who's your favourite actor? __ 1 go to school at eight o'clock. I'm thirteen years old. Tve got two sisters. live on Sloan Street. | read books and the school newspaper. 4 Write aword from the box in each gap. ethis al = [how whe why | Carol: Hi, Anthony, 'm writing an article on what kids ourage like to do in their free time. Can Task you some questions? Gare Anthony: Sure, e Carol: Great! First, (1) _______old are you? what Anthony: I'm fourteen. I'llbe fifteen in May. Carol: OK, good to know. And (2)____do you live? Anthony: Ilive here in Camden. It an area of London. Carok And tell me, (3) ___do you like to do in your free time? Anthony: Oh, [like to read, play sports and watch TV. Carol: Can you tell me (4)___ programmes on TV are your favourite ones? Anthony: Well, [love The X Factor and Britain’ Got Talent. Carol: Oh, really? And (5) ________do you like those programmes? Anthony: Because they're really fun to watch. Carol: Great. OK, one last question ... (6) ____is your favourite actor on TV? Anthony: I guess that would be Ricky Gervais from The Office. Carol: Oh, yeah, he's really funny! Well, Anthony, thanks for your time! sor Anthony: You're welcome. ve?Ee) A 3 2 4 3 Ey @ A Wordpowe 1. Write one letter in each gap to complete the words or phrases. The first letter is given to help you. 1 Ifyou know a language, you can do this with it.s —_ _____ Ifyou say something that’s not true, you do this.|____ Ifyou say something very quietly, you do this. w—_ _______ When you havea conversation with someone, you do this with them. t____ You do this when you say something loudly. s—____ Ifyou are scared, sometimes you do this. s __.__.__ Ifyou know how to use clock, you can do this.t_____thet_____ 2 Read the dialogues and choose the correct answer. Margie: Do you (1) talk / speak Spanish, Jay? Jay: Why? Do you want me to (2) say / tell something in Spanish? Margie: Well, can you (3) speak/ talk about the weather? Jay: No, don't know the words. Margie: Come on, dont (4) say /lie. I know you know some Spanish words, Jay: No, I dont! I'm (5) saying / telling you the truth! Margie: OK, OK! Dont (6) shout / tell. I believe you. Ellen: Mylittle sister always (7) whispers / screams when she’ excited. She’ so loud! Peter: Ha, ha! My little brother is different. He sometimes (8) shouts / whispers things so you can't hear him, Ellen: [like that! Tike to see them (9) say / talk to each other! (9) Listening @ cotracka 1 Listen to the beginning of this conversation and choose the correct word or phrase. 1 The review is about a school play / concert. 2 The review is on a website /in a newspaper. 3. Brenda / Thomas's the writer ofthe review. @ cotracks 2 Listento the complete conversation and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, BorC. 1 Brenda thinks the film Talk of the Town is. A very good. B not good C very funny 2 Brenda thinks the review of Talk of the Town is... A very good. B wrong € not good. 3. Thomas says the good thing about White Nightsis.. A how longitis. B thekind ofsto C theactors. 4. Thomas likes sad films that ‘A have good stories. B are really long € abitboring. 5 Brenda prefers to watch films thatare .. A sad. B happy. C different.and very again at Grammar database 8 on page 148 before doing these exercises. Tick (V) the correct sentences. Underline the mistake in the incorrect sentences and write the correct word. = A F 2 = 3 Ei 4 This question's too difficult - but I know the answer, You're talking too fast - I can't understand you. This book’s very long - I can't finish it, This article's too short, but it doesn't need more words. This jacket’s very small, but I can wear it, Tm too tired, but I'm going out to play. Write sentences using too, asin the example. (Chinese is very hard and I can't learn it, Chinese is too hard to learn, “Mis Niles is very old and she can't ski. The article's very short and we cant use it. a She's ve ‘Evan writes very badly and they can't read his work y young and she can't have a car. Is very carly and we cant go to bed. Read the dialogue and choose the correct word or phrase. What do you think of Martin's maths article on the new school website, Paul? Hmm. Well, its over 2,000 words long. Its (1) very/ too long to read! Yes, know, But he writes very (2) good / well, don't you think? Tm sure he does. He’ (3) too / very smart and I like Martin a lot. But maths is too difficult (4) for meto// that I do Yeah, OK. Do you like the poems on the website? Yes, Ido, The poems are very (5) good / well and Ilove reading them. And they're (6) too / very short, so you can read them very (7) quick / quickly. Do you know who's writing these poems? No, I don't. Do you? Yes... its me! Why don't you write your name? T'm (8) too / very scared to write it! If people think the poems are bad, I don't want them to know I'm. writing them!5 Ft = 4 et Ht fy ed "a Quick check choose the correct answer. 1 Do we use question words to ask questions where the answer is yes or no? yes / no Which is correct? When do you live? / Where do you live? / both Which is correct? Who's your maths teacher? / What's your maths teacher? / both Can we use very for negative things? yes/no Can we use fo0 to describe something positive or negative? yes / no Which is correct? This article’ too long but [like it. / This article’ very long but [ike it. both “A writing 1 Match the questions with the correct answers to make an interview with a famous actor. Who is your favourite actor? How old are you? Where do you live? Why do you live there? When do you usually start work in the morning? How do you choose a good film? ‘Of your two best films, which film do you prefer~ ee The Face or The Last Teacher? ME amolsan ‘When can we see your next film? Kenneth Green answers ‘our questions. a Atsix o'clock. I wake up very early! b This summer. 'm in Sports Story, a film about a football player. ¢ The Last Teacher. Itsa fun film! 427. € Because its lovely and its in the centre of London. £ Well, there are many actors Ilike. I think Jan McKellen is my favourite. Hea very good actor! g In London. My house is in the area of Covent Garden. h I think about the story inthe film. Iflove it, then itsa film I want to be in, 2 Look at the questions and answers. Rewrite the answers using short answers. Use the short answers from exercise 1 as examples to follow. 1 Where do you live? I live in Covent Garden, In Covent Garden, 2 How old are you? I'm fifteen years old 3. Why do you live in London? I live there because it lovely. 4 When do you usually wake up? I wake up at eight oclock 5. When can we see your next film? My next film comes out this spring, 6 Which film do you prefer - The Game or Summer Love? Iprefer The Game.Pete ale ye Cty d the text and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, Bor C. Joanne, what are you doing? : Tm reading a (1) ofa play at the Grand Theatre. Oh, yes. I've seen it. In my (2) it wasa very good play. ‘Well, I'm glad to hear that. I'm (3) tired of bad plays! Listen, do you want to go with me to the shopping centre later today? ‘Oh, I don't know. I dontt really like going to the shopping centre. There are so many (4) walking around there, and the shops are so (5) —. Its very loud too. Everyone’ always (6) —! Its not that bad. They've got ots of (7) things and I haven't got much money. : Let’ go to the bookshop then. I want to buy a nice (8) _ book for my holidays. Oh, where are you going? 2: My family and I are going to Spain next week. Oh, great! Well, [hope you (9) yourself! je: ‘Thanks! Now let's go shopping and get a good book! reporter B calendar C review programme _B opinion C interview speaking B enjoying C getting customers B lifts C escalators flat B thin C busy lying B whispering C shouting huge B cheap C wide thick B square € round speak B say C enjoy Put the verbs into the present continuous. i, George, it's Paul. Martin and I (10) ______ (go) to the music shop. Do you want to come? We (11) —___(walk) down Walter Street at the moment. Martin (12) ___(eat) a really good ‘sandwich from the baker’ I (13) ________ (wear) my T-shirt from Spain. We (14) = have) a very nice time. We (15) _____(turn) onto Main Street right now. Oh, there’ John! He (6) __(stand) by the bus stop. Now he (17) ______—_ (wave) at us. Call me when you get this message. Bye!” ‘Choose the correct word or phrase. Janet is buying herself /hhers a new TV. Its Ben and Rachel’ birthday. Let’ get them / themselves something. like these shirts. How much are them / they? That's not your pencil. I's mine / my. How many / What time people are coming to the party? Why / What does your dad drive you to school? When / How do you do your homework so fast? This book's too / very boring but I have to read it for school. 8 > Es A 2 6The Travel Bug! '} Reading L Read the text about Zara's trip and for each question, choose the correct answer, ABorC. 1 Zarais writing A ablog. B inadiary. C apoem, 2 Zara wasaway ... A onJuly22nd B aweekago. C fortwo weeks. 3. Zarawrites about A. some of the trip. B mostofthe trip. C allofthe trip. 4 Zaracant believe . A. Buffalo was nice. B she went to Buffalo. C she'shome, 2 Read the text again and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). 1 Zara was on holiday for seven days. T/F TE 3 Zara went to Buffalo with four other people. TE 4 Zara got to Buffalo early in the morning, TE 5 Buffalo's roads have got alot of cars on them, TE 6 Buffalo isn't very big. TIE 7 Zara’s hotel wasn't cheap. ve 8 Zarawasonthe ferry foranhour, —T/F 9 Siobhan was unhappy onthe tour, T/F 10 Zara got her friend a present. TE Saturday, July 22nd Hello! | was very busy last week, so I didn’t have a minute to write until today. Don’t be unhappy ~ tm hhere now! | want fo tell you about my trip to Buffalo, UBA. | can't believe | was there ~ and for 4 whole week. Buffalo was amazing! The people were very nice and, of course, they speak English like we do here in London, England. Here's what | did on my holiday, Mum, Dad, my cousin Siobhan and t arrived on Friday night at eleven o'clock - | was very tired, but very excited. We got a taxi to the Holiday Hotel. Its in the centre of the city, soit was easy 0 find. There was. 4 lot of traffic. though. Buffalo isn’t the capital city of the USA, but it is 4 huge city, Our hotel was nice and very close to the sights we wanted fo visit. It was expensive - Dad wasn't very happy about that! The next day, on Saturday, we went on a tour of the ‘Niagara River. lt was 4 forty-five minute tour and it was fantastic, Siobhan doesn’ like ferries, so she didn’t have fun at all! She likes shopping, though, so afier the tour we went to a gigantic shopping centre. | got a very nice T-shirt - i's got a picture of Buffalo on it, | also got some postcards for my best friend, Safi. We went to explore the city and saw lots of really tall buildings. There were tourists everywhere but it was a great day. {'m feeling tived now - more tomorrow!4 wordpower! 3 Write a word from the box in each gap. [ capital « Quide « sights « tickets « tour « tourists « traffic « trip « vie 1 Iwent to New York ~ there were noisy ___ everywhere! 2 The hotel is very close to the many _I want to visit. 3 There's alot of __ today. The roads are very busy. 4 What is the __city of the UK? 5 How many___ have you got for the play? 6 We were right at the top, so the ___of the river was fantastic! 7 Wedidn't havea tour __to tell us about the old buildings. 8 Did you have fun on your __to Washington? 9, Welcome! I hope you enjoy today’s___ of Greenwich Village. 4 Each of the words in bold is in the wrong sentence. Write a word in bold from another sentence to replace the incorrect one. ‘There are so many guide to visit in New York! ‘There’ always a lot of tour on this road in the morning, ‘The trip arrived late at night - they were very tired, Our tour tickets is telling us about the city. When did you go on your tourists to America? We need to get three sights for the concert. Petros, what's the view city of the USA? Tm right at the top of the building, so I've got an amazing capital of the lake. Let's go on a traffic of Washington. Past simple: basicirregular verbs Look again at Grammar database 9 on page 148 before doing these exercises. 1 Write the past simple of these verbs. 1 be 2 come 3 give 4 get 5 go 6 have 7 make 8 see 9 take 10 do Ey FE) a i E =uw The Travel Bug! 2 Match each question (1-10) with an answer (a). 1 Where was she lastnight? 2 When did you come to New York? __ 3. Whatdid you give her for her birthd 4 What time did they get to their hotel? __ s 6 ‘Where did your cousin, Bob, go last week? When did we have dinner? 7 What did she make for lunch?__ ‘What did you see at the top ofthe Empire State Building? Did you take any photographs? mean ge Soe When did you do your homework? She was ata concert. ‘We saw the river and lots of ferries. Yes, I took thousands! Tcame three days ago. He went to Washington, ‘They got there at about half past eleven. g She made hot dogs! h I gave hera ticket for a play. i Idid itan hour ago. J Wehad dinner an hour ago. 3 Write the verbs in the correct form. Last week, my grandmother (1) ______ (come) to visit us in America. I'm very close to her, so it was lovely. And she (2) __ (give) me a present ~ she always (3) __ (give) me presents, She hasn't got alot of money, but she loves shopping and getting people things. This present (4) ___ (be) very big, so I was very excited! It was a computer! Grandma (5) ____ (get) me my first computer! I was very happy when I (6) ____(see) it and I immediately (7) ____ (take) it to my bedroom. Yesterday, I (8) ___(go) to the florists. They (9) ___ (have) some lovely flowers there and I got my grandmother twelve red ones, They (10)_____ (make) her feel very special. choose the correct word or phrase. 1 The tourists went on a tour now/ this morning. 2. Did the tour guide come to your hotel yesterday /at the moment? 3 Mum made lunch this afternoon / now. 4. Didhe take a lot of photos right now / last week? 5 Igave him his ferry ticket this morning / at the moment. 6 We had hot dogs for dinner now /Iast night.Wordpower! plete the table with words from the box. * Brazil « China + Denmark + Egypt « France « Georgia gary + India + Japan + Kenya « Latvia + Mexico + Norway Poland + Qatar + Russia + Spain « Turkey + Ukraine ezuela * Wales » Yemen + Zimbabwe Sart a eDTrack 6 © cotracks to three people talking about travel and 2 Listen to the last speaker again and complete ‘each question, choose the correct answer, the gaps. Borc. took trip with all of his family Right B Wrong. C Doesn't say a arak’s mum wants to goto Turkey again. A Name of hotel: The Great () Right B Wrong C Does 4 Claudia didn't have fun all the time on the =a tour = @e everynight Right B Wrong, € Doesntsay ag the tour guide on Syivie’s bus made her sad. a : Right B Wrong C Doesn't say : ce orice ch es); had lunch at the hotel every day. - 24 Durban (4) Right B Wrong C Doesntsay = =F and Fritz went swimming a lot. = Close to all the (5) Right B Wrong C Doesn't say qa q 4EL) a & ‘3 Fs = Past simple: regular verbs and more irregular verbs Look again at Grammar database 10 on page 149 before doing these exercises. 1 match. 1 begin a drove 2 drive b said Seeetu found 4 find d left 5 fly e told 6 leave f began 7 meet__ g wrote 8 say h met 9 tell i visited 10 write ji flew 11 visit__ k ate 2 choose the correct word or phrase. Bob and Marge are visiting / visited Poland last summer. Did they enjoy their trip? Yes, they did / did enjoy. Anetta told / tell her best friend about my hotel. Did the tour began / begin an hour ago? Wedidn't didn’t ate / didn't eat my lunch. didn’t visited Washington on our tour: He writed / wrote me a letter last night. Did he visited / Did he visit you on Sunday? Write the verbs in the past simple. ‘They ____ (drive) all round the city yesterday. Look! 1 Martha____(leave) London yesterday. She's in New York now. (find) my camera. Kevin __(eat) his hot dog an hour ago. We —______ (fly) back on a plane from Oman last night, ‘The tour guide ___(tell) the tourists a funny story. I (meet) a nice girl on the ferry in Turkey. ‘The tour___ (begin) early in the morning.the text and for each question, choose correct answer, A, BorC. Ta eee 4 ee ss a can’t believe I’m in India! I was very busy ettyen B = ic ou told J hast: weeks 45 Gl) oe ioeau lay trig sate y to tell you about it now, though! Tt (2) Began C begins ‘two days ago. T (3) on a huge plane from fy © ftw London to Mumbai. Twas on the plane for a lot of hours. I (4) a taxi and went to find B finds © found my hotel. I was very tired, so I immediately met B meet C meeted went to sleep. The next day I got up and went , oa ea {o the sciming pool. (5) — a nice girl : ‘Tom Anerica there. She (6) me about some drived B drove C drives anrring sights in atl Seip fa visited B visit € visits 50 we (7) __ all round the city and (8) —_ ee sone of then - fantastic! Well, that’s all for now. t (9) lunch this afternoon, so I’m Ididsay —B SayT C Did Isay hungry. (10) _ they’ve got delicious meals at my hotel? Write soon, Margarite Quick check se the correct word or phrase. use the past simple to talk about single complete events in the past. yes/no fe use both regular and irregular verbs in the past simple. yes / no ‘ch one is correct? They were there yesterday. / They be there yesterday. / both ich one is correct? Did Mum made this? / Did Mum make this? past simple of come is comed / came. ch one is correct? Did you begin your trip yesterday? / Did you began your trip yesterday? / both fe don't use now / last week with past simple. ch one is correct? Did you visit America? Yes, I was. / No, I didn't. / both Writing \d the text and for each question, e the correct answer, A, Bor C. at kind of texts it? areview ofa play a postcard describing a place ascary short story Hello, omic! alfa is fantastic! Last wee, we drove from ‘New Yor to Calfrnia. We wee in our fn car for Giselle’s dad hours every day ~ i was so boring ~ and everynight es. 1 as very tred. But now we're ere and lam happy and very excited! America a gigantic country end is Giselle? ere is Giselle Califor is huge If very ht here now. ulna oo inacar fot ~ 1 dont mind this weather | tink i's gret Our in New York hotels amazing. bas go bg cieularevimning in California pool = 1 90 swimming «lo. {alo at alt! The meals here a the hotel are delicious, My dad said they were ‘apensive, but Mum told me they were cheap. ee you soon, Giselle \d the text again and lerline all the adjectives. SOc |World of Pets! Maria, 12 Mexico City, Mexico I've got two pet mice and their names are Luisa and Rosa. Luisa’s white and she's got small red eyes and small feet. She’s only about 2 months old. Rosa isa brown mouse. I'm not sure how old she is. All| know is that she’s Luisa’s mother! Luisa’s father was ‘a white mouse, so that's why she's white. | haven't got Luisa’s father any more or her brothers and sisters because | gave them to my brother José. But ''m happy with just the mother and the daughter! Joseph, 14 Melbourne, Australia We've got three dogs in our family ~ Angel, Lulu and Coco. They're sisters actually! We got them when, they were puppies, and they're three years old now. They like to run outside and play with the ball. They like to play inside the house too, but we don't usually Have you got a pet? Send us a blog ‘entry and tell us your story! We'd love to hear all about it! let them inside. They usually stay outin the garden where they sleep and eat. When its really cold in the winter, they can come inside and sleep in the living room. They/re very good dogs, and I'm really glad we've got them. Sue Li, 13 Hong Kong, China Ive gota strange pet —a butterfiy! its a very beautiful pet, with blue, green, biack and white colours. | got a butterfly as a pet because my Parents said no to dogs and cats. They don't like them because they say they're not good for the house. And we haven't got a big house or a big garden, so the only kind of pet I can have is a small one. | ike butterflies because they are very interesting to look at. | got this one a few weeks ago, and I'm thinking of getting another one really soon. 1. Read the blog entries and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, Bor C. 1 The blogentries are about animals... A atzoos. B inhomes, 2. The website is for people from A Mexico. B Australia. 3. The website lets you about animals. A read B write C in forests, C many places. C read and write 2 Read the entries again and write a word in each gap to complete the sentences. 1 The colour of Maria's pet mouse Rosa is 2 Maria gave Luisa’ father to her- 3. Joseph’ family got their dogs when they were 4 Joseph's dogs sleep inside the house in the 5 Sue Li’ parents said she can't have a cat or a 6 Sue Li thinks butterflies are very to watch,A Wordpower! 3B Match to make sentences. When youlick something that elephants live for about 60 years. that mouse is! and she always remembers our names. a Look at how cute b c It’s fact__ d inits lifetime, e f Shes got a good memory 1 2 3 4 5 People’ teeth grow when they are children. 6 A crocodile loses over 3,000 teeth __ you can taste it too. 4 1 For each question, choose the correct word, A, Bor C. My dog has got a great __ for people. A lifetime B fact C memory 2. Goldfish can remember things for months. That's an interesting A fact. B memory, life. 3 People alot when they're young, but not when they're old, A put B grow € taste 4 Mice can have lots and lots of baby mice in their .. A memory. B time. C lifetime, 5 My cat loves to__ my hands. A grow B eat € lick 5 Write a word from the boxin each gap. fact + grow « lick «lifetime » memory + sweet Horses are amazing animals! They have a great (1) _______and they can remember people, places and things that happen to them during their whole (2)____. They are quite friendly too. They aren't often scared of people and they can (3) ___food froma persons hand while they stand in front of them. They are very (4)_____ animals when they are young. They really like to play! They (5) ____quite fast and they become adults after about four or five years. An interesting (6)____ is that horses only sleep for about three hours aday, and they usually sleep while they are standing. Imagine people doing that! No need for beds! Regular and irregular plurals Look again at Grammar database 11 on page 149 before doing these exercises. ick (V) the correct sentences. Underline the mistake in the incorrect sentences and write the correct word. Both dogs and cats have got four leg. ‘The two child are playing with the ponies at the zoo. How many fish are in this lake? _ My uncle's got a lot of sheeps on his farm, These box are for the animals to sleep in, ‘The horses sometimes eat all the cherry off the trees. 6 FS 3 3 ES= 3 E = Es 2 Write the wordsin boldin the correctform. 1 Whoare the ___(man) that work at this 200? 2 The mother lion is taking care of her two_____ (baby). 3. How many (kitten) has your cat got? 4 When we become __ (adult), we stop growing. 5. Are those two_____ (woman) part of the same family? 6 How many ___(human) are there in the world? 3 write sentences in the plural 1 Mouse / have got / four / foot 2. Crocodile / have got /70 / tooth = 3. Goldfish / have got / good / memory - 4. Puppy /have got /cute/ face 5 Fly/have got / small / mouth 6 Many / animal / have got / tongue = 4 Write. a word from the box in each gap in the plural. butterfly + colour + country day + garden « size | We often see (1) ____flying round in the spring. They fly round our (2)_____ going from one flower to the next. They come in many beautiful (3) ____, such as yellow, blue, red and orange, and a single butterfly has usually got three or four: They also come in different (4) Some are quite small, while others are large. It's the large ones that are often very beautiful. They sometimes travel through many different (5) ___ in their lifetime. A butterfly that lives in Mexico in the winter flies to America and Canada when the weather becomes warm. So, when we see this butterfly in a northern country, we know the (6)___are getting warmer and summers on the way.Wordpower! ‘of the words in bold is in the wrong sentence. Write a word in bold from another sentence to ‘the incorrect one. carit run up an elephant - its very big! can jump this button and the animals will get food. it pull the puppy ~ keep it in your hands! horse can drop really fast! Fyou see a crocodile in a river, just slowly put away! are small but they can walk very high. chick is very cute — I don't want to pick it down! it push our dog's tail -he gets very angry! \d the text and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, Bor C. ss and cats are wonderful pets, but they can be difficult sometimes. Dogs often (1) around the for hours and hours when they're excited. They can (2) you down the street when you take them ide. Cats can (3) all over your homework and get it dirty, and dogs can just eat it! Both dogs and cats, (4) —up ona tableif there's food on it. And when you (5) food on the floor and your dog’saround, ;gone in seconds. A big dog can (6) _ you down when it jumps on you! But really, we love both dogs cats because they're fun to (7) upand hold, And sometimes we never want to (8) them down use we love them so much! drop B push C run jump B pull C pick walk B push C drop push B pick jump B drop € push B push C pick pick B walk C run jump BB push € put © cotracks n to the beginning of a conversation 2 Listen tothe complete conversation and ut pets and for each question, choose ‘match each person with the pet they have. ‘correctanswer, AorB. Three of the pets will not be used. thinks pythonsare . 1 Paul a goldfish nice, B notnice. 2 Fran b python jomas thinks pythons are 3: Thomas © dog cool. B scary. 4 Sasha dcat asks why Paul hasn't gota fora pet. 5 Ryan monkey dog B cat f lizard ymas thinks and cats are boring, g butterfly goldfish Bogs h mouse 6 Es é EE Articles Lookagain at Grammar database 12.0n page 150 before doing these exercises. 1 Put the words into the correct order to make sentences. 1 gecko /pet. /is/ A / interesting /an 2 is/animal./ aye-aye/a/strange/ An 3 giraffe / the /an/‘There / adult / 200. / at/is 4 park? / elephant /a/ small / the /there /at/Is 5 enormous / There’ / garden! / an /in / python / the 6 African /TV?/an/lion/on /Is 2 Read the dialogue and write the or -| the gaps. A dash (-) means no article is necessary. What are you doing at (1) weekend, Paula? Marcy: Paula: I'm thinking about going to (2) ______z00 on (3) Sunday. They have (4) ________elephants and they doa show: [love those animals! I really want to see (5) __ elephants in that show. Marcy: That sounds fun. Thear they've got (6) _______ African monkeys there too. Td like to see (7)___monkeys there ifyou don't mind Paula: Ofcourse. Ilike (8) ___ monkeys lot too. They're (9) funny animals. It should be fun! : Good. So, shall we meet at (10) ______ten o'clock? Sounds great! I'm excited! 3 Read the text and for each question, choose the correct answer, A, Bor C. I really like the 200 in my city. [live in (1) London and we've got (2) amazing 200. There are (3) lions, elephants and monkeys that live in (4) beautiful gardens. My favourite animals at the zoo are (5) fish. They're very colourful and beautiful. I think (6) fish are very interesting animals in general and I've got (7) goldfish at my house ~ Ralph! I don't know if he's (8) boy, but he’ four years old, so I think he’ probably (9) adult now. Ralphis (10) _ cool pet, but hes nothing like (11) a {g0 to the 200 for (12) hour or two when Tlike, so 'm happy about that! als at the z00. Oh well, I can always lAa Bthe C- 7 Athe B- Ca 2Aa Ban C the BA- Ba Can 3 Athe B- Ca 9Athe Ban c- 4a- Ba Can wAa Bthe C- 5 Aan Ba C the M1 Athe Ban c- 6Athe Ba c- 12Aa B the Can| Quick check se the correct answer. swe use plurals when there is only one thing? yes/no ‘we use plurals when we think of things asa group? yes/no / both ich is correct? He’s got a sheep. / He’s got sheep. / both swe use a and an with specific singular nouns? yes / no swe use the with plural nouns when we are talking generally? yes / no ich is correct? Today is 15th April. / Today is the 15th April. /both Writing [hc Thank you so much for agreeing to look after Sam and Ricky this week, Here are some instructions so you know what to do: + Give Sam his cat food once a day, it the ui | ‘small red bowl in the kitchen, shemales «+ Give Ricky his dog food twice a da i ice a day, once in the morni ‘ight. Put his food in the black bowl in the garden, ae « Take Ricky for a walk once a day. Ye i | apes iy. You can take him for a walk twice a . pet forget to put water in both Sam's and Ricky's water bowls, + Make sure their food is put away in the cupboard. after you feed them, + My bird Stiles has enough food and water. but you can say hi to him if you like. Tust never lt him out of his cage! Don't forget to call if you have any troubl | ee Nate rth cig oe, thenoteandforeach | tion, choose the correct swer, Aor B. Bye for now! | Love, Harriet | suesuenienmemmemesces 2 al How long does Gary have tolookafter Harriet pets? A. aweekend B aweek What kind of pet is Sam? A acat B adog How often does Ricky get his food? A oncea day B twiceaday How many times day does Gary have to walk the dog? A. once B twice What can Gary do with Stiles ifhe wants? A lethim out ofthecage _B sayhitohim Write the imperative of each of these sentences. ‘You feed the dogs twice a day. ‘You play with the cat for twenty minutes. ‘You dor't et the lizard out of his cage. ‘You make sure there’ lots of water. ‘You don't forget to put the food away ( = = E(oa Ce Ter 1-1 Oa Leo) 1 Write one word from the box in each gap. Africa « facts « lick « lifetime « sights « trip + Zimbabwe 4 Ey g ES 5 Fy BS = F fe} Adele’s Blog Hi, everyone! Welcome to my blog. Wow! I can’t believe I amin (1) ____! It’s a huge continent and (2) _______ is a lovely country. 1’m having a great | tine on ny (3) so Far. Hara’s what T did during the Grst fa days here. | We arrived on Saturday, but it was too late to go and visit the (4) on ‘Sunday morning our tour guide arrived at the hotel and took us to see some strange animals. We saw some crocodiles! She told us some interesting (5) ________ about. them. A crocodile’s tongue is stuck to the bottom of its mouth, so it can eat you, but it can’t (6) _______you! oh, and she told us that a crocodile’s teeth fall out all the time. A crocodile grows about 3,000 teeth in its (7) 7 marks 2 choose the correct word or phrase. 8 The childs / children went to the park yesterday 9 Let's go ona tourat the/a weekend. 10 Did he tell you his birthday is on - / at Monday? 11 Oh, no! There are two mice/ mouses in my bedroom. 12 Ispent an /a hour feeding the chicks and ducks. 13 Wearrived in New York at - / the eight otlock. 14 Did you eat cherries /cherrys for lunch? 15 That crocodile has got lots of tooths / teeth! Smarks 3 Rewrite to make questions and negative sentences. 16 Mumand Dad flew to India last week. 17 You and Tom were late for the tour this morning. 18 You made hot dogs for dinner last night. 19 Hans and Peter went to visit Times Square at five o'clock. 20 Betty was in the capital city of the USA this summer. 10 marks Total:__/25 marksthe Airport! ithe article and match the people to what they do ( ).There is one letter you do not need to use. hey Work so Airports Work! |wasa child, ike many little boys andairls, |wanted Pilots and light attendantshave what | liketo call ‘sky ea pilot. Itwasmy dreamtoflyallroundtheworldin jobs”. Butwhat: ‘about the people who have ‘ground jobs? sigexpensive plane. Well, I'manadult now, and I'mnot Let's lookat an airport ‘mechanic's job. Amechanic works t—I'mareporter-andtoday I'm writing aboutthe —_onall the different parts: ‘oF the plane - the engine, the entinteresting jobs there are in airports. body, the wings - andtellsthe pilot that the plane's ine to -lot'stalabitmore boutpilots OF course theyfly _[@avetheground. planes butthey do.alatmore than that.Pilotsneedto Security| ‘guards work on the ground too. They've gota ‘other people and they need toenjoyhelging them and —_veryimportant job atthe airport. ‘They look at passengers’ ding to them. passports to make sure they are who they say they are. They also look very carefully at passengers’ baggage — gona plane andthere wasnt flight attendantto they use a scanner, so they can see what people have got in you? Youcan't canyou?ARightattendentisthereto _heirboas Joyouduringthefight RaoodFighcattendantgetsthe _firportsneedall oF these people, so passengers are safe gers Food or drinks and explains to them how tostay when theyfly from place to place. Pilots, flight attendants, Fe onthe plane. mechanics and security quards workso airports work! 1 there are the flight attendants. Can you imagine What they do a a serves people on the plane attendant, __ b checks the plane for problems fhanic__ € flies the plane rity guard __,_ 4 checks who people are € cooks food for the people on the plane f gives instructions to passengers g looksat what people have with them d the article again and write a word or short phrase to answer each question. t did the writer want to be when he was young? at job does the writer do now? en does a flight attendant help people? 10 tells the pilot the plane is fine? at helps security guards know who people are? at does a security guard use to check baggage? ae ®| = a FS Fi 4 wordpower! 3 Writea word in each gap to complete the sentences. The firstletter is given to help you. I'm going to the airport early to make sure ¢__my plane. 2. Talways feel strange when the plane I'm on t____o. 3 Thousands of p. 4 Tma flight attendant. I tell people how to stay s____on the plane. ass through this airport every week. 5 Look, I've got anew p____. My photograph is lovely, isnt it? ‘The security guard is using that scanner to check our b. ‘Tell me what to do in an e_______. Please sit down, si. The plane is L 6 7 8 4 Foreach question, choose the correct answer, Aor B. 1 That is talking to the pilot of the plane. ‘A baggage B passenger 2 Its quite late. Thope Bob his plane. A catches B takesoff 3 T'mapilot. Part of my job is to__ the plane carefully A land B catch 4. My grandfather doesntt like planes. He thinks they aren't A emergency. B safe. 5. Lalways scream when the plane _~ it scares me! A takes off B catches 6 Give the security guard your__., Boris. A emergency B passport 7 Why do you need all that___for a weekend trip? A. passengers B baggage 8 Please come to my house - it's a(n) —_! ‘A emergency B passenger Countable and uncountable nouns Lookagain at Grammar database 13 on page 150 before doing these exercises. 1. Write c for countable noun and U for uncountable noun. 1 airport__ 9 furniture 2 people 10 pilot__ 3 plane 11 music 4 baggage 12 mechanic __ 5 attendant__ 13 advice 6 passport 14 air 7 water 15 drink 8 information _ 16 metre2 Write a word or phrase from the boxin each gap. accoffee + ahair« coffee «hair « time « times « travel «travels | want you to tell me about your in India! Flight attendant! There’. in my soup! Idor'thave to help you Mechanics have short ____ for safety reasons. Let's go to that little place over there and get She loves her job, but there are. Oh no! There isn’t any My wife and I enjoy when she feels a bit bored, for Bill to drink with his breakfast. We go to a different country every year. vi A é in = 3 Read the text and choose for each question, choose the correct answer, A, Bor C. You like airports, so you think you want (1) working forabigairline, Let me give you some (2). Airports are exciting ~ they are like a small city with lots of (3)_—coming and going - but to workat an airport youneed to enjoy helping (4)__ and the other men and (5)___ that workat the airport. You also need toknow what you want to do at the airport. Do you want to be (6)__ and flya plane? Do you wantto be amechanic and check for problems with the plane's engine, wings and (7)__? Ordo youwantto bea fightattendant and serve food, (8)__andother (9)__onthe plane? Call 218-5555 for (10) __ about working for us at Stanwick Airport. We might have a job that works for you! jobs B job C ajob 2 A advice B anadvice C advices 3 A peoples B apeople C people 4A apassenger B passenger C passengers 5 A women B awoman C woman 6 A pilots B apilot C pilot 7 A abody B body € bodies 8 A coffee B coffees C acoffee 9 A adrink B drink C drinks 10 A information B informations € an information