Reading & Writing TARGETS Virginia Evans - Jenny Dooley Bal Express PublishingPublish by Express Publishing Lnerty House, Now Greenham Park, Newbury, Berkshire RG19 GHW Tel: (0040) 1635 B17 363, Fax: (0044) 1695 817 463, ‘e-mall inguirles@[Link] INTERNET hitp:/[Link] (© Jenny Dooley - Vegita Evans, 1998 Design & lustation © Express Publishing, 1998, ‘Al rights reserved. No part ofthis publication may be reproduced, slored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, photocopying ar otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers. First published 1998 New edition 2000 ISBN 1-903128-84-6 Acknowledgements ‘Authors! Acknowledgements ‘We would like to thank all the staf at Express Publishing who have contributed their skis to procucing this book. Thanks are due in particular tothe folowing for thelr support and patience: Mary Palmer citer in chief); Stave Ladd (senior edit): Rebecca Vates and Fichard Howell (edtoriel assistants); Phippa Porter (senior production controller); E. Mavragani (art lracto}, Helen Mavrodernos. {assistant designer) and our Cesign team; Tasso Sineri (artist; and Jue Brown Lucy Whetman, Janet Philios, Mary Lewis, Annette Pearson, Debiie Elis and Mi, Rowell We would elso like to thank those Institutions and teachers who piloted the manuseript, and whose ‘comments and feedback infiuenced positively the production ofthe book. Photograph Acknowledgements ‘Audio Visual for photographs on pages 35 (top right © 1985 by MGMVA Entertainment Go. All ights reserved), 97 (top lef © 1985 by MGMIVA Entertainment Co, All rights reserved), 29.Contents Gane Having a Wondertul Tre skimming or overall understanding on hokcay UNIT 1 * scanning {tendly letter to @ pontiond | plurals - short answors - Now Friends * reading for specie Information Skes/istkes UNIT 2 ‘predicting tople from visual clues | aie fora lght-haarted present simplo - adverbs. From Monday to Fridsy | © reading for epecifc information | magazine describing dally | of frequency - prepositons ‘= skimming for gist routines oftime * reconstructing a text UNIT 3 * scanning advertisment for renting there [sare - propositions of ‘AHome away ‘+ skimming for sist holiday home place - where (relative) from Home UNIT 4 * reading fer specific information | informal etter toa rind whila | present continuous - expressing preferences - prapastions of place Story + reading for speci Information UNITS ‘© skimming lor elst& scanning ‘acl abaut ennuel events | acjectve-noun collocations Happy New Year! ‘reading for space Information _| and celebrations + word order - prionlsing UNIT 6 * skimming for gist & scanning notices & advertisements, ‘ordor of anjectives For Sole! + reading for specific information _| for buying and sailing things UNIT 7 ‘+ skimming for gist Informal ltters asking for acjctves - adverbs - ts a Bargaint ' Idontiying topic ‘and ging Information word order unit 8 * reading for specific formation | safely leatts Imperative - mustimusin’t- Do's and Don'ts * Kdantying tex rom visual ues ‘conditonals lype + UNITS ‘= predicting topic from visual clues | satting the scone - beginnings | past skmple (regular-‘regular Every Picture Tells a | © skimming for gist -nfarting & ndings for stories ‘veros)- past continuous - forming adjectives om nouns UNIT 10 A Summer's Talol predicting topic from visual cues reconstructing a tox! skimming for get story 21d person adjctives describing ‘aimosphere & weather - past lenses - tme words UNIT 11 Come to my Partyl «reading for specific information © scanning Informal later of {avltaon & giving rections going to wll UNIT 12 it Happened to me... ‘ prediating lope trom visual prompis, «reading for specie information story -18t person agjectves ending In-edng All about Dianoy . roading for spect Information UNIT 13 reading for specie information | interview questlons words - fermation ‘who's Who? # reading for gist, ‘of quastions - past simpio- pprasent perfect - going 1o UNIT 14 ‘skienming for gst ticle expressing your ing form, nt without to, Love Sportet « reading for epecttc Information | opinion Inking words UNIT 15 « reading/skimming for ast biography past empl - prapostions of {me - relatives (wo, which)> 2 By New Friends... IZ 5 72 , These are photographs of Isobel Garcia's family. a} Read the lotter below and write the names of the people in the photographs. b) Answer these questions bout the letter. How does the letter start? How does the letter finish? Which of these phrases can you use to start a letter toa friend? a) Dear John, b) Dear Mr Smith, c) Dear Sirs, * Which of these phrases can you use to finish a letter to a friend? «@) Best wishes, b) Yours sincerely, c) Love and kisses, d) Love, 2 — Read the letter that Isabel sent to her new pen-friond again, then read the sentences (1-5) and underline the correct words. 4 Isabel is from ane SpainiMexico. j Spain 2 Her father's name is {Oth September, 19... Philp Fredtico. Dear Hasan, 3 Her sistor's name is Marcia/Fiosa, Hellot My name is abel Garcia and t am your new penfiend. | am fourteen years | 4 Her favourite subject old and | am Spanish, ve in Granada la Spain, | is Chemistry These are potegraphs ofthe people ey family My father's name is Philp He's | a chemist. My mathe’ name ls Hacia, My brother's name is Freda and my sister's tebe Coeentis ame s Rosa Iam the gl wlth short bro ha My dog's nar is Plt. He's athe rasan Photograph with me. {ke tennis but | don’t like basketball, My favourite subject ls Geography, but 1 dont lke Chemistry because t's dificult | love pop must but | don’t like opera like dogs but | don’ ke cats, My favourte singer is Elton John and my favourite actress is Melanie Grifith, They are fantastet What about you? What da you like? Who ls your favourte singer? Please write soon and tell me about yourself, i Best wishes, Isabel| i | | | a3e 3 Motch the phrases from the letter with the correct photographs. A Ike dogs but | don't ike cats. : B_ {ike tennis but I don't like ‘basketball © My favourite subject is ‘geography. D_ My favourite actress 1s Melanie Grifith. sIIIsT yaas 4 Match the pictures with the jobs in the list, then explain what the other jobs are. teacher, hairdresser, waiter, actor, doctor, vet, builder, baker, postman, firefighter \ sTupy TR ‘Singular & Plural Nouns | rationality . nationalties | brotier = brothers | motorbike * motorbikes: piano 3 pianos 5 Write the plurals for these nouns. 4 family 5 singer = .. 2 sister 6 oly 3 horse = 7 actor 4 disco = 8 subject = : 6 — Read the letter from Ex. 2 aycin ond complete the table below. Then, look at your notes and talk about Isabel Garcia. Stort this: Isabel Garcia is 14 years old. She is Spanish. She lives Name: Age: Nationality: Address: Family: father - Philip - chemist ‘mother - Pets: Likes: Dislikes: 7 took at the notes in Ex. 6, then write ‘answers to the questions, as in the examples. * Does tsabel like Geography? Yes, she does. * Does she like Chemistry? No, she doesn’t. ‘© Does she like football? / don't know. Does she like dogs? Does she like cats? Does she like Granada? ... Does she like Eiton John? .... Rowe 8 — Match the opposites in the list with the adjectives below. new, fantastic, tasteless, big, boring, tiring, diffcul, sole 5 smalls 6 dalicious = 7 relaxing +. 8 dangerous + . 1 easy e 2 horrible # 3. interesting + .. 4 old ..25 Eggs” New Friends... 9 Study the examples below, then fill in the gaps with but, because or and, | ke dogs but ! don't ike cats, | don't like Chemistry because i's cificut. 11am fourteen years old and | am Spanish. 1 Mike dogs .. 2. My favourite subject is Geography its easy. Lucy lives in Spain Like skateboarding .. Hike Antonio Banderas she isn't Spanish, .» Swimming. he's a fantastic actor. 10 Motch the pictures with the activi list. 9 in the ‘swimming, playing tennis, dancing, watching TV, reading, painting, fishing, eating pizza, listening to music, going to the cinema 11° aout you Use the following adjectives to say what you like and don’t like, giving reasons as in the example. You may use the activities listed in Ex. 10 as well as your own ideas. cificul, fantastic, easy, boring, delicious, relaxing 9, I don't like watching TV because 's boring, ‘ike eating pizzas because they are delicous. 6 12 COUNTRIES AND NATIONALITIES Fill in the table below, then use the words to write sentences, as in the example. eNousen 13> look ot the mop and compote the sehen, KEY village Birmingham isa clty in England. SWANSE ern Wales. Hamilton .... Scotland. ‘Congleton GlasgowSTUDY TIP Apostrophe (’) My name's Helen. ('s = Is) My brother's name is John. (possessive: His name is John) like cats. (no apostrophe — plural) 14 the short forms. Long forms Short forms Long forms. Short forms They are = 15 Read the opostrophes in the right places. paragraph below ond put My names Helen. | am your new penvfriend, My fathers name is Richard, Hes @ teacher. My mothers name is Sarah and shes @ nurse. |like dancing. My favourite subject is Maths. Iis easy! ‘You can use both short and fong forms in eter} yourself. om Hew Friends... 2 tens Gyo WRITING TIP. When you write a letter to a new penetiend, write your address and the date in the top right-hand comer. Start your leter with Dear + your pen-friend’s first name, and finish with Best wishes, + your frst name. Always divide your letter into paragraphs. Z) 2 17 — Choose one of these people as your new pen-friend, then use the plan below and write a letter to him/her. Use the letter from Ex. 2 as a model. ‘Nome: Som Weiker Nome: Lisa Rosi Aga: 12 ‘Age: 16 Nationality Bish "National: aan Plan i} ; (your adcress) Dear {vour pee: Paragraph 1: greetings - introduce yourself s {rame, ago, rationality, where you ve.) Paragraph 2: _ family and pets 4 Paragraph 3: likes and dislikes | Paragraph 4: end your letter (Please write soon ..) Best wishes, (your frst name)to Friday ... 1 Look at the cover of the magazine ond answer the questions below. ‘What is the name of the magazine? Who is it for? What s the article inside the magazine about? How old is a teenager? Can you say the names of the days in English? What is the day today? Is it your favourite day? Why?Why not? 2 — Read the article which Melanie wrote about her daily routine for Bravo magazine, then read the statements and mark them fs true (T) or false (Fl. An Oxford teenager's typical day ‘My name is Melanie Smith. "m sixteen years old and lve in COxiord in England. From Monday to Friday my dally routine is always the same, My day always starts at eight o'ciock in the moming when | {get up and have a shower. Then | go downslairs end have @ \ ‘quick breakfast with my family, usualy have toast and a glass ‘of milk, but { never have bacon and eggs. Aer breakfast | ‘make my bed and then | go to school, { sigy at school from nine o'clock in the moming until half past three in the afternoon, On Tuesdays and Thursdays | stay later because I have guilar lessons. On the other days | usually go shopping with my friends. When | get home | often take our dog, Gemma, for a walk | aiways do my homework from five o'clock unti half past six or sometimes seven o'clock in the evening. Then, we all have dinner together. Aer dinner, my brother and | usually do the washing-up. loften watch TV for about an hour after dinner but my brother ‘ever does. He always piays computer games In his room, He's erezy about them! If | don't waich Tv, ! sometimes call my friend Saly for a chat. | always go to bed before eleven o'clock ‘Aer such @ busy day, | usually feel sleepy and ready for my comfort le beat Melanie has a shower at 9 o'clock in the morning. C] She always has bbaoon and eggs for breakfast. C] She makes her bed before breakfast. ] She usually stays at school until half past thee in the afternoon, [] She has guitar lessons on Mondays and Fridays. [7] She often takes Gemma for a walk ‘when she gets home. ‘She usually does the washing-up with her brother after diner. [] ‘She never watches Walter dinner, JSTUDY TIP. a Adverbs of frequency (always, never, usualy, sometimes, often, etc) normally go before the main verb (eg. ! always get up | carly but ater auxiliary verbs and the verb to be (ag. don’ usually have coffee for breakist. | am never lle for school). 3 Fil fo, have, go, make. Then use the collocations to make sentences, as in the example. 1 4. fae lunch 10 2 ashower 5 .. 8 . home 11 3 breakfast 6 . D sss the housework — 12 e.g. | usually go shopping in the atemoon. 4 Read the in Ex, 2 again and 5 jad the 2 inane How often do you do the following | underline tha adverbs of frequency. Then ‘activities? Tick the appropriote boxes in the | make sentences using the notes below. ag. She always gots up and has a shower at eight o'clock in the morning. 1 She always pea? Mt “| Joon ita 2 2 Thenshe Seed Ther family. 1 help with the ironing? 2 goto the gym ater questionnaire bolow. a ae | schoolwork? § A | 3 eat pizza for supper? 4 She usualy Jer iendson 4 goo te cinema in Mondays. { the evening? re ee alle wee + nam 6 steams ies -630 0r7 pm. 7 ochoo? | 8 visit a museum in your free time? i 6 Now, in pairs, ask and answer questions as in the example below. 8 i e.g. SA: How offen co you help withthe ironing? ‘SB: | never help with the ironing. What about you? ‘SA: I sometimes help withthe ang. How often do you...” 9 Shooter | about 1 hr after dinner. ‘SB: Jalways 7 ~~ © What do you always do on weekdays? 10 She always H1pm, © What do you usually do during the weekend? 9 |—— a8 m7, mig, 2 From Monday to Friday ... 8 Add the prepositions and put the words in the correct column. the weekend, the moming, Tuesday, Wednesday afternoon, nine o'clock, Sunday morning, the ‘evening, half past three, Monday night, the aftemoon, a quarter to one, Christmas, May, Chrismas Day at the weekend | | jin the moming on Tuesday 9 Match the opposites in the list with the edjectives below. busy, sad, ugly, horibl, wide awake, late, bored, noisy 1 pretty +... 5 happy= 2 excited + .. 6 sleepy + .. Beaty? saan 7 lazye 4 peaceful + .. wwe 8 lovely # 10 Read tho text below and choose the correct sentence for each gop. ‘a People work in their gardens or wash thelr car. b can stay at home with my family. © can even hear the birds inthe trees. Cars, buses and people go past our house all day. jin road. 1) ‘and Ive on a busy rain ee ‘But Sunday isa lovely everything is peaceful. i Complete the sentences below giving reasons, as in the example. 1. School is great on Fridays because / have English and Geography. They are my favourite subjacts. 2 Idon't ike Mondays at school because 3 Ten odock in te evening is late for me. ly 4. Tim alvays busy on Saturday mamings. | 5 Sunday is my favourite day because 6 Wednesday is a busy day for me. oten 7 Saturday afternoon is lovely because wn 8 On on Suey evenings | seul ‘eel sad because Read the text about Melanie's Father. and fill in the correct form of the verbs in brackets. My father avays ayer (get up) very eaily because he2).. (work) as baker. He 3)... (have) breakfast at three o'clock in the ‘moming and (g0) to work at half past (make) the bed swe (Gat UP) He 7) .. (work) at the bakery until halt past ‘wee, then he 8) (come) home and 9) (have) lunch with my mother. He 10) - (go) back to the bakery and 11) (stay) there unil sx o'clock. In the evenings my father often 12). his friends at the pub. He sometimes 13) (stay) at home and 14) Us, He always 15)... My father’s weekdays (16) he (17). HEM AE AY senen three. He never because my mother always 6). ater him, (watch) TV with (go) to bec at eleven o'clock. (Start) very early but (seem) to enjoy them!Le When you write an article about your daily routine you should give the information in ch ‘morning, afternoon, evening, End by saying how you feel about your daily routine. Use the present simple. Always divide Paragraphs, 13 sally, Melonie’s best friend, wrote on article for Bravo obout her favourite day of the ‘week, Read the paragraphs below ond put them in the correct order. in the evening. Sometimes ‘ry family to a restaurant for. pee { @. | usually go home at about seven o'clock L 4 From honday to Friday ... ronological order: your composition your article into 4 g0 out with dinner or we Stay at home and order food from Mario's | often goto bed late, Pizzeria. Their food is delicious! After that | terthat | ‘wo usually watch TV. A tot of my: favours i Programmes are on Saturday night, so 1 'b, Saturday is my favourte day ofthe week because I can do vihatever | tke. | don't go to school so I gel up late in the moming. After brealiast | usually go shopping with my mum. We often go to the supermarket round the comer, on Ane ceed | | — 4. Alter that sometimos help my m lpmy mum | usually make the selad and Mum meal. We never have lunch ‘tr lunch belt 1 our favour sometimes visit my We listen to pop musi 14 Use the plan and the words in the list below to wri routine for Bravo magazine. Use the article | from Ex. 2 as a model. | in the mominglafternoonievening, then, after that, always, sometimes, usualy, offen, never Poragraph 4: Paragraph 5: al soy ater such 1 di rappy affer such a fvely day ant oa jad pocause te nextday, Sunde y family and | often play Scrabble, ite gamel At about five o'clock | i PZ; a7 2 nn 78 _—— with tunch, cooks the ‘one o'clock. y best fiend, Melanie, and ‘an article about your doily Introduce yourselt .. tname/ ‘age/where you five) ; In the moming .. Get up/ | have a shower/ have breakfast/ make your bec/ go to school/work, etc) HeeHEHt In the afternoon ... come home from school/work/ have lunch/ go shopping/ do your homework, etc) {mn the evening .. nave supper/ watch TV/ tead ' magazines/.go to the cinemo/ 90 to bed, etc) How you fee! at the end of the day ... hoppy/ thea sad giad, etc.) and reason ny2 2 etter ee achOh from Home 1 the brochure with information about holiday homes. Read them and match them with the photographs. following short deseri 4 Rose Villa [A beaut, stone house nat tothe sea. eee ns ore from a a nee. _ Choose ane of aur lavelye E inexuensive hoiday homes 3. The Marton Apartment ‘A comfortable apartment inthe town cent 2 Holly Cottage ‘A quiet, pretty house outside the town, Read the two passages below and decide which of the holiday homes from Ex. 1 they describe. Write the name of the holiday home in the gap, then answer the questions below. , is forup to five orsix people. {tis near the beach and a mile from the town centre, Iwhas got a living-room, a kitchen, three bedrooms and two bathrooms, In the living-room there is @ television and a comfortable sola. The kitchen has everything you need, with en electic cooker and a fridge, Upstairs there are three bedrooms. Each room has got to beds, The two bathrooms, one upstals ‘and one downstairs, have gota bath, basin and tole, ‘There is lo a small garden, You can sit under the trees and heve lunch, or you: can walk trom the {garcen to the sea in loss than a minute. 1 What are the main features of each holiday home? 2 What are the special features of each holiday home? is for up to three ‘pie. itis neat the best shops and restaurants in livingroom witha television and a sofa, and e big freplace, There are two bedrooms, The frst bedroom i big, wih a double bed. Tha second one fg smell, wih a singla bed in i. There is aso & bathroom wih @ shower, basin ond tot, The iatchen has en alecc cooker and a fidge. Thre Is a belcony wih a lable and chals where you can sit find watch the nso. This hoiday home Is next 10.8 square ful of colourful towers ~ thoy smal Ivelyl seen Anthea tndA Home away from Home . Use the words from the list to label the pictures. sola, cooker, ridge, bath, shower, basin, double bed, single bed, warcrabe, armchair, dishwasher, fireplace é E97 A, Study the following exomples and soy when you use there is/are, is a telovision in the lvingtoom. There isa small garden outside the house. 4 =~— Which of the items above would you find ))@ bedroom, b)a kitchen, ¢) a bathroom and d) a ti ? There are two bedrooms in tho fat, There are some posters onthe wall Read the text below from the holiday brochure ond fill in is or are. vrsone SOMB Qt tow conto anya eae and restaurants in the Places outside th a in Marton-on-Sea, In the town centre there Yortable modem apartment, larger houses, and thera 6), ea a eae i the sea Cho Pretty cottage, 089 ny othe tre fran unorgettabie holy! a eee 7 ~~ Read the dialogue below in which a travel agent gives you information about Rese Villa. Then, fill in the gops with the correct wordls}. You: Could you give me some information about Rose Villa, please? TT. Agent: Well i's a beautiful house near the 1). and amie from the 2). You: How many people sitfor? T. Agent: itis for 3) You: How many TT. Agent: It has gota lovely 4) 5) , three big 6) and ‘wo 7) . : You: Is there a television? TT Agent: Yos, there is. There is one in the 8) You: Is there anything special about it? Agent: Yes, there is. There is a small garden where can sit under the 9) omnnnne 10) You: How faris trom the sea? TT. Agent: Very close, You can walk irom the 11) tothe 12) in less than a minute. ‘Thank you very much! you and You: 13FIZ, so 2.9 2 Gy om 8 Read the following text and fill in the | correct prepositions from the list below. {STUDY aie, * You can use where to join two sentences which describe a feature of a house. e.g. There is a small garden. You can sit there. There is @ small garden where you can sit. behind, in, on, between, next to, above, beside, in front of 10 Join the sentences below using : 1 There is a shop downstairs. You can buy flowers There . eects 3 thas got a beach. You can sunbathe there. 4 There is a garden. You can play there. Ther 5 There clothes there, There 11 Fill in the correct verb from the list below. sit, look, watch, have, do, park, play, eat picture wth Recut modern ving room in bthas door and a ‘Theres a table where you can .sit...and cat. | 1 2 There are two televisions in this house, s0 you can the programmes you want. 8. This house hes got two bathrooms. You can »@ bath in one or a shower in the other, 4 There is a washing-machine so you can al | ‘your washing, 5 There is a double garage Where YOU CAN seninnsnne wo cars, 6 The house has got a lovely garden where the children can 7. There is @ veranda where you can sit and... atthe sea, | 9 Match the adjectives in the list with their ‘opposites below, then make sentences as in the example, horrible, modem, ugly, expensive, small, uncomfortable, noisy, colourful 1 inexpensive #.. 5 lage 2 okt4ashioned OVA Anan 3. comfortabie =. 7 quiets... A dull®emmnmonnen — 8 beautiful. eg. There is an inexpensive hotel near @ lovely rk, u12 Look at the information about Holly Cottage ‘and complete the dialogue below. ‘When you describe a holiday home say: a) what Kind of place itis (cottage, fla, etc), b) where itis, c) what the interior is like (rooms, furniture, etc), d) what speclal features it has got (carage, garden, etc) and ) what A: Can you tell me about .. B: Wel, its the . and the all our holiday homes in Marton. kt’s a large ... you can do there. Use adjectives to make your « ot FOF oaserenee sernesean description more interesting for the reader. Use where to ‘As Where is it? link some of your sentences. Br WS HER cessstssssseneen Az Isitnear the sea? 14 Look at the information about Holly : Yes, Cottage in Ex. 12, then use the plan ‘A: How many rooms are there? below and the picture from the Photo File B: There are four a section to wrile a description of the cottage for @ holiday brochure. Pian 0 4 13 Answer the questions cbout Holly Cottage. rite what kind of house it is 4 about * how many peopie It is for © where it is '® what the interior is like { how many rooms there ore, what jare in each room, etc) i ‘© what special features it hos got/why i ‘they ate specialwhat you can do there b “and tWo ‘What is there in the living-toom? ‘What is there in each of the four bedrooms? ‘What is there in the kitchen? What is there in the bathrooms? ‘What are the special features of the cottage? What can you do in each of these?1 below. 1. ahotelwithaswim- ring pool. 2 sowenirs at a market 2 Read the letter and answer the questions. Dear Rect, 1am having ‘stand in the outside a fantastic cafe fy the $62, ‘ler water, 2s usual. Hos foking home, Dad 1s visiting some anid fanfoys visting ol placas — | ti th Ps. cary people's ‘begs pationt and goth for fan ru ung souvent atthe make. Se ives for me. go to restaurants nearly every right for dinner, My avout rf by fi gee, Ma and Dad ala order sea- food but | nevar co — i's hora, {order souvtak! ~ I's $0 foo? us! Tne sunsets a spectacular ard the focal people are 9 ‘ealy trl, too, ove it hare go much, val Hee als al for now. Soe you next weak. 10 Look ot th the pictures and match them with the descriptio ns 3 4 5 6 ‘a wonder tine rel Wa ar on a lovely yciaies, caled Santor, The hola we ve 3 Saying ais rice and quit. M's gat 2 val © Tie woather 18 hat and sunny. Right row, tam sittiig ‘ Aah Mo ing te doing ightnaw? some shels to ewe Fight now? 5 on the Island. Dad at is Paul doing? tyre borg. wun fs Whe IS Sunane's ‘to markel bul i's @ mother doing? 7 What is Suzanne's father doing? 8 Where is her ‘wate esr nat does she Tever wait t0 lea she ‘never wait awaye order? 7 0 or Love, holiday? a Suzerna Thre aro aot fdas the island They usualy fo thelr Hotels. They are $0 cen 7 souvlaki. nee 8 snotkeling | donkeis 1 Whoisthe letter to? 2 Which island is Suzanne on? Where is Suzanne staying?3 — Match the words from the text to their defini 1 wonderful «= [a not 2 quiet b pices of avery of bulng| 3. andent © peaceful 4 ruins great 5 boring @ almost j 6 abit 1 vory ole | 7 nearly |g awl | 8 horible h alte | eyeanaens 4 Say and write which nouns go with which adie 1 sky 7 town 2 beach 8 lake 3 mins 9 calé 4 cake 10 souvlaki 5 hotel 41 temple 6 sea 42 seafood 5 Underline the correct verb. People on holiday visit/play in ancient places, You can go elimbing/snorkelling in the sea. People buy/take souvenirs at a market. People get/take photographs of temples. You can goido skiing in the mountains. You can watehvlook beautiful sunsets. People can ask/order food in a restaurant. You can stayileave at a hotel. Having a Wonderful Time... : 6 — Read Suzanne's letter again and look at the items below. A) Find edjectives from the latter and writo them beside each item. B] Tick which ones Suzanne likes/doesn't like. Finally, talk about them giving reasons for her choice, as in the example, e.g. Suzanne likes Santorini because it's lovely. She doesn't ike | Tikes {doesn} 1 tke 1 Santorini 2 The hotel 9. Thorcalé by the soa 4. Ancient ruins 8 Thomarkot 6 7 a 9 Seafood Sowiakl ‘Tho sunsots Tho loce! poopie 10 Tho donkoys: pe STUDY TIP_ =~ Givo a ronson whon you talk about what you lika/don't | ike bout your holideye. Use adjectives such a3 Deaulllul, fantnetie, lovely, noley, crowded, doliclous, | spectacular, ote 7 Lock at the key and use the notes below to say what you like/don't like cbout your olidays, giving reasons, as in the exampl ag. [love eating seafood because it is delicious. 6: 8 eating seafood snorkelling Visiting ancient ruins watching the sunsets lying in the sun staying at seaside hotels ‘writing posteards shopping for souvenirs catés by the sea rainy weather don't like hate 7oes E Te Having a Wonderful Time. i Daa — B Use the correct form of the verbs in the jin the part of the letter below. ski, write, sit, learn, fal, sing a a i's sunny, bright and a The weather is windy fresh and foggy. b The weather Is oy and bts hot and sunny and ‘freezing. the sky is bue. Study these examples. In the north but on the north coast In the east but on the east coast In the south but on the south coast In the_west but on the west coast 9 A} Match the seasons with the pictures. Winter, spring, summer, autumn B) Read the sentences under each picture ‘and choose the one which doseribes it best. 10 Look ot the map of Italy and fill in the gaps below. ailtts cold and it's a The weather Is hot, snowing, sunny and dry. b ts wet and its raining. b It's cloudy, windy and wet, ‘coast of laly. 18ah Jonet is on holiday in Alanya. Read her letter and fill in the topic sentences from the box. One of the sentences does not fit ) ao We aré in a beautiful seaside town called Alanyo. It is on the south coast of Turkey. We are staying at a ‘small hotel near an indoor market. { 5 a ‘The sun Is shining and its very hot. Rob is learning / / \ | { : dive. Mums visiting the indoor market, he © RES Roma, but the market i to cowded for me, Dad is taking photographs of an ancient temple hear our hotel. He really likes ald buildings, but | thin here boring, s festaurants. My favourite one has titeous fresh clos! After dinner we usually go for ‘a walk around the town or have a cup of coffee in one ff Alanyo's great cafés. 4 Bae Si Love, Janet P'S. This isa picture of some shoe-shiners in front of | our hotel. | like them — they're so unusual! ee 12 Read Janet's letter again and underline the ibe the pictures below. Having a Wonderful Time... | A Right now, | am sitting af I Ig On a beautif B miss you. See you in two weeks, ae © ts raining al the timet ; D tam haying a fantastic time, | E Alanya is a wonder place for a hoa ——— | WRITING tie \—-t ‘When you wite a fiend leter while on holiday, write about: where you are, the place you are staying a, the ‘weather, what you are doing, who you are with and what, they are doing. Write what you lke/don't like giving reasons, as well a5 what your impressions are. Use a varity of adjectives to make your letter more interesting. 13 Use the plan below to write a holiday letter to a friend, Where you are on holiday ' ‘and where you are staying Paragraph 2. * tho weather © what you are doing at the moment ’ © who you are with © whol they are doing at the moment Porograph 3: * your impressions about the DDlace, ite food and general octivities a Porograph 4. * close your letter Gee you soon/bye for now, etc} Love,2 2,574 ws Happy New Yeu 1 Match the texts to the pictures, Which text does not match a picture? a 2 ln my country, carnival is a tn my county, we celebrate speclal accaslon, People dress up in Christmas on December 25th, People buy colourful costumes ancl dance in the presents and decorate their houses with sligots. Everyone foals happy. Chuisimas trees. Thay also eat roast turkey, Everyone feels happy and relaxad. s eb in my counity, children often In my country, July 4th is a colebrate thoir binhdays with a birthday national holiday. People watch the patty for tiands, They blow out the candies | parades, go tothe beach or have a onthe bisthdey cake and play games. —Sarpence al home. Everyone feels Everyone fools excited, vary proud, E In my country, we celebrate Id al Fitr ator the fast of Ramadan, We visit all our friends and family and give each other presents. We buy new clothes and we all fe! pleased because itis the end of Ramadan. 2 Which of the pictures shows a national holiday and which shows a raligious holiday? 3° Read the article and answer the questions. New Year’s Eve in Scotland Ne by dalle MacAlistar it's December 3ist, New Year's Eve in Scotland, its the lime when the Scots celebrate the arval ofthe new year. 2 What do people Pople usually have partes in their houses. They send invitations to friends and celebrate? ) decorale their houses wit colourtl balloons and banners saying “Happy Hew Year”, } ‘3. What preparations do 1 Where and when does the calebration take place? _, Ty also buy drinks and prepare delicous food. they make forthe On the evanng of December 3st people cess in thar best clothes ard! go to celebration? partes. They dance, ea and have fun, When the eck strikes twelve everyone shouts | “tanpy Naw Yen!” They al join hands and sing a raditonal Szotish song, “Auld Lang ee mebere en tet Syne". This song tes us to forget the bad things and al be tiands. Then everybody evening of December hisses each olher and they all have a glass of Scatch whisky. People often set off ae ‘magnificent reworks inthe streets to. Soon after icnight people vist her fends 5 What do they sing? and neighbours. The fst man to enter @ house brings good lick with him. 6 What does the song tll Now Year's Eve is wonderful, Everyone has fun and feels happy. I's a perfect way us to do? to welcome the nev year. f 7 How do people feet? 204 Read the article ‘and underline the adjective-noun collocations. Close your books ‘and tty to remember as many as possible. .. cofourtul balloons 5 What do these words mean? Look at the text and choose the correct meanings. 1 welcome means... a sayhallo b say goodbye 2 decorale means... a make ugly b make beauttul 3. colourlul means... a bright bark 4 tradlional means... a modern b istorcal 5 setoffmeans... a light b blow 6 banner means... a flag b letter 6 Underline the correct word. 1. People in Scottand celebrate/forget the arrival of the ‘new year on December 3st 2. They fixiprepare food for the party. @ People join/keep hands and sing songs on New Year's Day. 4 People weleome/visit tends’ houses to wish them “Happy New Year”. 5 When the clock hits/strikes twelve they all sing “Auld Lang Syne” Everyone has fun and touchesifeels happy. ‘They sot off fireworks/fires in the evening. 8 They send signs/invitations for the party. soa 7 Fill in the missing adjectives from the list. colourlul, delicious, best, happy, traditional, magnificent, good, perfect 1 “Danny Boy" is a... 2. Everyone wishes each othera at midnight on December 3tst. 3 At Christmas we decorate the house Wilh... Irish song. New Year England, many people set off way to celebrate your birthday. 6 My mother always makes .. Christmas Day. 7 Lalways wear my clothes on the 4th of July. In Britain, people believe that a rabbit's foot can bring luck. food on Happy New Year! - 8 Read the short texts ond replace the ‘adjectives in bold with adjectives from lists. exciting, smart, delicious, colouriul A AL a birthday perly chiliran usuelly woar 1) nice clothes ‘anc! 2)_ bright party hats, They wat 3) nice food and they play some 4) good games. beautitl, formal, special B The wodding dey is a vory 1) Important day for the couplo, ‘Tho bride woare 8 2) nico while wodding dross and the groom woars a 9) nloo ull citi, magniicent, huge © Carnival In my couniry 16 Ika a 1) big alroot pavly, We elond altho aldo ofthe fond ancl welah the dangers In ‘hol 2) groat soslumes 86 they perform ‘holr 8) here diene roulnos,WP, Z Je Happy New Year! See hy S= STUDY TIP_-— Tet] When we describe a celebration we can start by telling | the reader the name, place and time of the event as well as the reason people celebrate it 9 Read the texts and fill in the names of the festivals: Mothering Sunday, Hallowe'en, ‘St Valentine's day ‘A. On February “4th, Binary. rary takes place during th Britain and ie peopl ine a month of March itis many : special time when This is the we sond special cards and gis to'the people we love. children and adults do Special tings for their mothers. © In America, chitiren Celebrate. on the 31st of October ttls day when thay Wear costumes and go from house to house asking for sweets, name: carnival time: before Lent place: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ‘reason: to eat, drink, dance Lag and have fun before Lent begins peSeeaEneeeeEeaEe SESE STUDY TIP To describe a celebration we talk about what people do before the event and what they do during it. 11 The following sentences describe how the Broziions celebrate camivel. Read the lit of cactvities and fill in the table with the cored letters. Then say which take place before ‘and which during carnival, a bands play to crowds of excited people people make colourtul costumes ‘and masks people stand and watch the parades bands practise their music there is a big Samba competition dancers spend hours practising their dances dancers dance along the streets i people throw confetti and dance ze .ea0 BEFORE DURING | 2 nin your country? How do you celebrate it? Make @ similar list, then talk about it. 12 Put the sentences into the correct order. What celebration is each sentence about? 1 cut/ to make / people / flowers / garlands People cut flowers to make gerlands. (May Day) buy / special lanterns /to make / pumpkins / people flowers / buy / for J people / their loved ones | the tres / put/on / people / beautiful / decorations play /1on each other / ticks / people anen STUDY TIP __+ Include people's feelings when you describe a celebration. 13 Read the sentences and underline the words which show how people Feel, “it's a wonderful day, Everyone has fun end really enjoys themselves,It's a very special day. Everyone feels proud and pleased with themselves, 77 ts a fantastic day. Everyone is excited and ~.._feols lucky to take part in the celebration. Stuy ep} ‘Atopic sentence is a sentence which says in brief what the peragragh is about 14 Read the article and fill in the missing topic sentences. ‘a. During the celebration the whole city changes. Everyone has fun. © Preparations start months before, Carnival in Rio} by Sally Scott m or soma ccolebrate camival at he end of February. I's a great time for everyone to have fun before the fasting period of Lent. T[___[People make colourful costumes and masks. The bands practise their music. There s @ big Samba corpelion so the cancers spend hours practising their dances, 2[__]the dancers dance along the streets. People stand and watch the parades. They throw ‘confetti and dance along the streets, 3 |__|t’s a very special celebration no one should miss because everyone has great fun, Now answer the questions. 11 Which paragraph is about what people do before the celebration? Which paragraph is about people's feelings? 3 Which paragrapti is about what people do during the ‘celebration? 4 Which paragraph is about the name/placestime! reason for the event? play games ‘© decorate the house pice. ‘When you describe a celebration, you divide your description into four paragraphs, You stat by saying what the eventis (narne), when and where it happens and what people celebrate (reason), Then you talk about what happens before and during the event. Remember to incude adjectives e.g. colourful, marvellous, defcious, etc, You fnish your description by saying how people feel, 15 The following sentences describe how people usually celebrate birthday parties. Read the list of activities and say which take place before and which during the Party. wear paper hats s hire a magician : ‘© give bags with ite © dance presents to guests buy crisps and popcorn ‘© make a birthday cake * open presents ‘© write invitations ‘© blow out the candles fon the cake 16 Use the information from Ex, 15 and the plan below to write an article about how people usually celebrate birthdays in your country. You can use your own ideas as well. Start like this: Birthdays celebrate the day we were born. In my country we usually celebrate birthdays ot home with a birthday party for friends. Plan 0 Paragraph 1; name, time, place, reason for ' the celebration Paragraph 2 activities before a birthday ‘ party Paragraph 3: activities during a birthday 4 party Poragraph 4 people's feelings about « birthday party 23“GIS For Sale! 1 First read the notices on the school notice-board below and match them to the pictures. Then read them again and answer the questions that follow. [Link] Bob iam interested in buying your bike. Please can you give me some information about it? Jim Butler Class 28 Large rucksack Can pay up to £25 CallJohn Lee Tel: eager4g | 4, FOR SALE \\ 5: FOR SALE ‘Stereo system FOR SALE “Two cute puppies Mountain Bike Almost new 7 6 weeks old " del Contact Selly Philips Steet price Bargain Prica Contact Mary Green Contact Bob Smith J Class 6C Glass 34 1 Who wants to sell something? 3 Which notices give information 44 4 What is it? about something which is for sale? 2. Who wants to buy something? 4 Which notice asks for ‘What is it? information ebout something? 2 Read Bob's reply to im’s note. Parts of the mountain bike are highlighted in the text. Find these parts in the picture and label | them, as in the example. | Dear jim, Thanks for about the fope2M” ME. Here is some information | Iisa ; handle large red ‘mountain bike with biack rubber | 4 front light, but it hasn't gta | saddle. The only back tyre, Tm seling t because | woul fe e50 fori bt meet? & Mat ‘bike, discuss the price, ae ! hope this tes reed hy, 5 YOU everything you BoD smith3 > Read Bob's letter again and answer the questions below. Does Bob’s letter ask for or give information?” ‘What does Bob describe in his letter? ‘What colour is it? How old is it? ‘What condition is iin? How many gears has it gol? Has it. got a front light?” ‘The bike has got one new part. What is it? ‘What isthe sacidle made of? 10 Is there anything wrong with the bike? 11. Why is Bob seling his bike? 12 How much money does he want for it? wearvousens STUDY TIP_ > Opinion adjectives are those which express our personal opinion: that is, what we think about something (e.g. beautiful, ugly, comfortable, cute, etc). Fact adjectives are those which express facis: that i, ‘what something really is (e.g. red, long, ol, leather, et) ‘An opinion adjective goes before a fact adjective. 2g. itis @ beautiful red mountain bike. (beautiul is an opinion adjective. - red is a fact acjective, 4 Put the adjectives in the correct order, as in the example. eg. I's a ..beautfl black... vase. (blackbeautl) 1 Isa chair. (leather/comfortable) 2 She's gota sss JAM. (Qfeeniprety) 3 Lookat this . dress. (sik/lovely) 4 itsain) chair. (lastciugly) 5 Pam's gota kitten. (white/cute) 6 He's got a(n) .. - house. (old/wondestul) ~_ STUDY TIP > Siseze When you doseribe somothing you want to eoll, you | may use 0 varloly of adjectives to cioscribe I in dotall ‘When you Lise Iwo or more adjecilvas, you must always: pul them in tho correct order. Wo con't normally use mare then two er thrae adjoctivea te dence a noun, Liat For Sale! pivot Size AGE COLOUR MATERIAL! WOUN PE Nisa ge) [red __[mountain_|oke. Tis gat Back [nibber —|perdebars, Ts gota [eamorabie | [new esther — sae 5 ~— Write the adjectives from the list below in ‘the correct column. ld, thin, grey, plastic, young, blue, small, five-year-old, mel, short, paper, green, rubber, large, white, red, leather, long, brand new, glass, tiny, tall, brow, cotton, big, wooden ; SIZE AGE COLOUR MATERIAL / TRE ' plastic thin old grey 6 Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct order, as in the example. eg, Its 2 .targe leather... arge, leather) bag, 1 isa (cotton, brown, big) rucksack, 2 We'vegot a (biack, young) puppy. 3 They are (long, green) trousers. 4 She's gota... (tiny, paper, yellow) hat. 5 Vike this . v» (Old, wooden) bed. 6 Hes selling MIS nun ; (brand nev, white) Porsche,7 Look at the pictures below and describe 9 Look at the notices below. Write thom out them, as the example. Use adj full sentences and underline the from Ex. important words, as in the examples. eg. 7's a pair of ong yellow rubber fipoers. “ ——— WANTED Large suitcase Can pay up to £20 Call Bill Sanders ‘Tel.: 6318437, 2g, |'m interested in buying a large suitcase. ! can pay up | {o £20 for it. Please call me. My name is Bll Sanders ‘ and my telephone FOR SALE Wooden chess board. 2 years old, Contact Sarah Miles ass 5A eg. I'mseling a wooden chess board. Itistwo years old. \ Presse contact Sarah Miles. | am in Cl 7 Mippers wh FOR SALE (Pom Torch with new: batteries Excellent condition 8 ook at the above pictures again and the Bargain price words below. Ask and answer questions, Call Pete ‘Adams Tel.: 7148219 “as in the example. rubber, plastic, cotton, leather, wood, metal e.g. What are the tigpers made of? They are made of rubber. 4 au WRITING |\ WANTED B] ‘Two tickets for Sunday's football match | pote row: eae fh ‘When you write notices, you only need to write the mn pay up to act Important words. You do not need to write fu) | | Contact Steve Fonda Class 6C ‘sentences, You can omit some articles, pronouns, verbs and prepositions. Notices should be short. Thay do not include detlied descriptions, 262 Lam interested in buying a waterproof watch. | need it for scuba-diving. | cant only pay up to £30. Please contact Ed. | am in Class 38. Q FOR SALE “Two adorable kitens Brother and sister ‘Seven weeks old Call Keith Ford Tel7157707 \ WANTED Grey and white ski boots Size: 40 Can pay up to £40 Call Chris Scott Tel: 6320001 3 I'm seling a small collection of old teddy bears. They are all hand-made. They are in very good condition, ''m seling them at a great price, Please contact Sonia Miller in Class 44, 10 Read the following short texts and underline the most important words. Then, write notices using the underlined words, as in the example below. 2g, Im interested In buying two_tickets for The Rovers concert next Friday. The seats must be ean £20 f ah ietee Peca lvrae eet interested in buying a female Dalmatian. She must ny ialuaherna nonaber rian be a least ane year olé and house-trained. | ean pay up to £200. Please call me. My name is Sancira Fox and my telephone number is 7130850. concert next Friday ‘Seats in of near front row Can pay up to £20 each Cali Jan Tel: 7140019 1. Im selling a brass trumpet. it sounds great and itis in perfect condition. I's twelve years old and | am asking £60 ‘or it, Please call me. My name is Stewart Green and my telephone number is 6335676. 11° prosect Use tho pictures from the Photo File section ‘at the back of the book and write two notices for something you want to buy and two for something you want fo sell. Write ‘only the most important words in your notices.a Bargain! 1 Read the advertisement and the two letters in Ex. 2, then answer the following questions. Which letter asks for information? Which letter gives information? How does each letter start and finish? Which letter includes a detailed description of the TV? Colour Ty. 5 Does the advertisement also include a dotaled control handeor description of the TV? Portable - TW years olg Fantastic price 2 Read the two letters again and correct the follo statements. Then, in pairs, ask and answer questions about the two letters, as in the example below. eg. A: How big is the TV screen? 8: The TV screen is twenty inches. @ interested in buying the TV. Dear Mark, jour TV but | have some questions. i 7 ei 1m ag 2o cn ou sy come th aranote | 2 Jane i ging infrnaon about Iso say the TV is two the TV. 1 kandset, but has It got new batteries? You a geen ol, ut stn good condition? Can you tll me exactly how much ae You want for Rand why you are sling know when I can conte cr : “ ‘Thanks, ‘3. The soreen is sixteen inches. Jane Roberts ee ee Dear Jan, eo ‘Thanks for your nate. Here is some information about the TY, First of all, tho screen is twenty inches It comes with a remote control handset with brand new batteries, Tho TV is blaek and gray. It's portable and i's got a plastic handle, i's In excelent conllton, but I'm selling It because 7 want to buy a bigger one. | want £56 for lt, but we ean talk bout that whon you come to see I, 1am at home fram jive o'clock every evening, $0 yeu gan come and soo the TV any time after that, ‘hope this tells you evarything you nee! to know, 4 The TV does not come with a remote control handset. 5. The TVis in poor condition. 6 Itcosts thirty-two pounds, Mark Pators Seeteen eA nintettt ent h ft 2)3 endings and say which are from: ©) letters giving information about something. ) letters asking for information about something. [A Thanks for your nole. Here is some information about the video cassette player t'm selling. helps you. T hope this inform: 5 I'm writing to give you some more information about the school play. you have any more questions, please call me on this number... © | want to know a few more things about the puppies you advertised in... ‘Please call me at home. My number is 6120439, t rvegot 1D Viminterested in buying your microscope, but V2 ‘a few questions. Please let me know soon. E I need to know more about the personal stereo you are sling. Please can you give me the details soon? Here's the information you wanted about the lent. Please lei me knovrif you are s h 4 = You cre interested in buying the TV set Mark Peters is selling. Read the telephone convertation between you and Mork, and fill in the missing words. Mark: Hello? You: Hello, I'm 1). sone «interested in buying your TV set. How 2) nn Marks 's only two years old. You: What 3) nnn Marks i's black and grey. You: How 4). Mark: It's twenty inches. YOU: 15 5) monn se? Mark: Yes, itis, and its got a plastic handle. You: Does 6)... ‘a remote control handset? ; STUDY TIP = ane It's a Bargain! E78? «Yes, it does, and i's got brand new batteries. Why 7).. senmne Because | want to buy a bigger one. HOW 8) on cnennnnnnn Lwant £55 fori, ‘Oh, that sounds great! When can Icome and see it? Is tomorrow evering okay for you? Yes, that’s fine, fort? 5 Work in pairs, Look at those two advertisements and act out diologues asking for and giving information about the two items, FOR SALE ‘Small hair-drier Perfect for traveling Good price - Needs plug Call Emily White Tel.: 6380560 Talking calculator Needs new batteries Cheap - only £5 Call Ross Milton Tel.: 8683400 — Adjectives describe nouns, Adverbs describe verbs, 9, The motorbike isin good condition, The motorbike runs well It3 an economical car, Itruns economically. (Good and economical are adjoctives, Well and economically are adverts) 6 Fill in the sentences below with the correct adverb, 1. The camera isn't in good condition, ‘The camera doesn't WOFK seamen Wl 2 Itsavery slow train, The train moves very 3 My computer is quick. My computer works . 4 Hs old clock isin wonderful condition. His old clock Wor nnn 5 Mynew puppy is very good. My new puppy behaves. Sys" SH's a Bargain! 7 ~~ Read the following extracts from letters 8 Put the words below in the correct order, giving information and fill in the table. @s in the example. | A Theyre a pair of black 29. it's /red Pincus Fey or teen 0% brand its /red/ new / bike It red bike, years old but they work very ieueladiiad Well. They've got a brown 1 it/ very | works / well leather strap but they nead a nce new one. Im soling them = 9 for 1] want | it] £20 ‘because I wart to buy a new a (pak. | want £18 for them. 3 a/handle / new /it/ neads B. The chairis blue with black plastio arms, 4 it’s Its only six months old and it's ia great condition. There is nothing 5 needs /the / new / radio / batteries wrong wit it 1 want to sell it cities vs because I'm moving. The 6 t/seling /am/1/ because / money / need /the /1 price is £20, 7 : 8 nothing / with is / wrong the / tere lamp C Mymotorcycle is ten ‘years ol. Its red, blue 9 Read Sarah's letter ‘and white with chrome giving information handlebars. It's in perfect condition, but it needs one about a fan she’s ‘new mirror. I'm selling it because | need the money. The selling. Then, fill in price is a real bargain. | only want £1,000 for it! the gaps using wos] an aa words fom the list ete eae everything, only, some, | because, well, for, but, . tek pls with, anything, also black plastic ams ie ae Dear Jack, ' __ information rt | “Thanks for your note. Here's 1) some. inf ve | ont int eee | ea ea a has ok Bee | Speeds and it works very 4) Teas | Meee wrong with i, isn't 5) itneeds a new plug. 'm selling it 7) | _. Pm moving and | 8) eed the money. | want £15 9) Now use the information from the table above to ask and answer questions, as in the example. | ae 89. A: How old are the binoculars? i B: They are fteen years ol. \ nes ‘A: What colour are they? | Sarah Jo B: They are black with a. i ee 30 iin