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1A Grammar
Question forms
BINGO
How many/much … ? Did … ?
Where … ? When … ?
Who … ? What … ?
Do … ? What kind of … ?
How often … ? Which … ?
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books/ food and family and
home sports
reading drink friends
hobbies education music languages work/studies
films the weekend shopping relationships travel
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1B Grammar
Present simple and present continuous
Name
1 is living somewhere different from usual at the moment.
2 is spending time with a new person these days.
3 goes to the supermarket more than three times a week.
4 isn’t going out much at the moment.
5 never drives to work.
6 generally makes plans by text or instant message.
7 really enjoys talking on the phone.
8 sometimes writes a blog.
9 mainly uses public transport in his/her home town.
10 hardly ever buys clothes online.
11 doesn’t send emails very often.
12 is learning something difficult at the moment.
13 rarely looks at news websites.
14 isn’t seeing his/her family very often at the moment.
15 likes meeting new people.
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2A Grammar
Past simple
• A person that made you smile yesterday.

• A person you met last month.
• A place you went to in good weather when you were a child.
• A place you went on holiday last year.
• A subject you were good at when you were at school.
• A subject you didn’t like at school.
• A book you read and enjoyed in your teens.
• The last song or album you bought.
• Something sad you saw on TV.
• A person in the news yesterday.
2B Grammar
Past continuous
START
when I heard a it was coming from my mobile phone
I was driving to work
strange noise the engine of my car was ringing
when I saw a man by when my car broke and he wasn’t I stopped my car and
the side of the road down moving got out
smoke was coming

he was holding a he was wearing a a bicycle was lying in
out of the back of the
radio and dancing bright yellow jumper the grass
car
I was watching him I didn’t know what it looked very

it didn’t look broken
dance when to do expensive
then I saw a man I walked towards the the sun was shining
he shouted to me
walking towards me man and shouted so
What are you then I noticed he was I wanted to see if he

Hey! Are you OK?
looking at? breathing was hurt, so
the man was smiling

I didn’t know what to I was looking into his he wasn’t wearing
and holding out his
say, so I smiled face any shoes
hands
he looked very I was putting out my and said ‘Hello my when he sat up and
happy to see me hand, to shake his, friend!’ said
I was getting back when he suddenly I was very surprised

Who are you?
into my car hugged me and asked
FINISH
3A Grammar
Present perfect or past simple
Travel
travel abroad for more sleep overnight on a
visit New Zealand than three months stay on a river boat beach
swim to an island spend a night in a jungle walk in the desert drive a car abroad
Food and drink
drink goat’s milk eat raw meat cook a meal in a tent taste Marmite or Vegemite
make a meal for ten or have a meal in a famous grow fruit or vegetables
catch a fish and eat it more people restaurant to eat
Sport
do a watersport ski down a mountain run a marathon play cricket
do a bungee jump or sky-

drive a sports car dive go mountain biking jump on a trampoline
Celebrity and fame

read about yourself in a sing or play music for an phone a radio show or
see yourself on TV newspaper audience write to a newspaper
wait somewhere to meet take a photo of yourself speak in front of more

a celebrity with a celebrity than 100 people post a blog
3B Grammar
Present perfect with just, already and yet
✂
Can I borrow your car this Did you go to that new 1 He hasn’t called her yet.
evening? café? 2 I haven’t found a job yet.
Shall we make something 3 The film’s just started.

Let’s go for a walk.
for dinner? 4 No, I’ve just taken it to the garage.
5 I haven’t finished my homework yet.

Let’s celebrate tonight! You’re late.
6 No, I haven’t started cooking yet.
Franco and Maria are 7 The manager hasn’t got here yet.
He’s very sad today.
planning their wedding. 8 He’s already finished writing the report.
9 No, I’ve already cooked it.

I really want a new car. You’re early.
10 No, I haven’t been there yet.
11 She’s already bought her dress.

He’s very quick. We haven’t got any money.
12 All my friends have already got one.
She’s waiting for a phone 13 It’s just stopped raining.

Are we going to eat soon?
call. 14 His cat has just died.
You don’t need to email 15 I’ve just passed my final exam!

I can’t come out tonight.
the bank. 16 I’ve just done it.
4A Grammar
Present continuous and going to
Student A
✂
I’m cooking a
I’m going to bed I’m getting the bus
special meal
early tonight. this morning.
tonight.
Student B
✂
I’m going to study I’m going on I’m going to see

all day. holiday tomorrow. the dentist.
Student C
✂
I’m painting I’m having a

I’m going to go
the living room job interview
running.
later. tomorrow.
Student D
✂
I’m visiting someone

I’m starting a I’m taking an exam
in hospital this
new job today. this afternoon.
morning.
4B Grammar
will / won’t / shall
1 Oh no! I’ve missed the bus and it’s raining.

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2 I can’t find my mobile. I know it’s here somewhere.
3 I forgot to do my homework. I have to hand it in today.
4 It’s Laura and Joe’s wedding next week and we haven’t bought them anything yet.
5 I passed the end-of-year exam.
6 These suitcases are too heavy. I can’t move them.
7 I’m going to move to Australia!
8 I’ve forgotten my wallet.
9 I’m really frightened of spiders and there’s a huge one in the bath!
10 This exercise is really difficult.
11 My babysitter has just cancelled and I need to go out this evening.
12 I’ve got an awful headache.
13 I’m really bored and there’s nothing on TV.
14 It’s a lovely day outside.
15 I’ve got the whole weekend free. What do you want to do?
16 There’s no food in the fridge.
17 We have to get there for 8 am tomorrow.
18 It’s very cold in this room.
19 There’s a horrible smell in the kitchen.
20 We’re going on holiday next month. The cats will be alone in the house.
5A Grammar
must / have to / can
5B Grammar
will and might for predictions
People won’t might not might will
make some new friends in the summer
speak to your mother today
visit somebody in a foreign country next year
see a teacher in the street this weekend
have more than six grandchildren
say ‘I love you’ to somebody later today
Travel won’t might not might will
get a free flight abroad this year
work abroad in the next five years
visit every continent of the world in your lifetime
ever climb mountains in the Himalayas
go on a two-week holiday next summer
see a lot of wild animals on your next holiday
Things won’t might not might will
buy a house in the next five years
get a new phone this year
lose something this week
break something this week
borrow something from a friend this weekend
tidy your home tonight
6A Grammar
should / shouldn’t; imperatives
2
1
My brother has an important My parents want me to work
job and tells everybody how much in the family business, but I
money he earns. My parents are want to go to university.
very proud of him. I don’t have a
job and I think they are
disappointed in me.
5
3
Every time I meet my friend,
4 he/she talks about his/
I’d like to have more her problems and asks for
I often lend money to my
friends, but I don’t advice. He/She never asks
friend and she now owes me
know how to meet any me about my life.
over €300. She’s got a bank
new people.
loan and bought a new car.
She hasn’t paid me back.
6 8
My tooth hurts and I My friend and I like the same

can’t eat or sleep. I’m 7 music. I always download the
afraid of going to the music and pay for it, then
dentist. My friend is getting married
in another country. I want to he/she copies it. He/She never
go, but the flight and hotel buys his/her own music.
are very expensive.
9
11
I can’t cook very well, but
I’d like to learn before I I want to celebrate
go to university. I’ve tried 10 finishing university. I’d like to
learning from cook books, I love buying lots of books have a party at my apartment,
but they’re boring. because I like reading. My but I’m worried that my
apartment is very small and I neighbours will complain.
don’t have any more space –
and books cost a
lot of money.
12
My friend is visiting from 14

America. He/She has asked to
13 My friend is always late.
stay with me for three weeks.
I would like him/her to stay Yesterday, I waited for one
for one week. I’m not very fit and I’d like hour in a café for him/her.
to get in shape. Exercise It’s very annoying.
classes are too expensive He/She doesn’t think
and I’d prefer to be it’s a problem.
outside.
6B Grammar
Uses of to + infinitive
Sentences
1 At work, it’s important to …

2 To be good at a sport, you need to …
3 When you move to a new city, you need to …
4 At university, it is easy to …
5 Before you visit a new country, you should try to …
6 When you are learning a new skill, you shouldn’t expect to …
7 If you are looking for a new job, it is a good idea to …
8 When you go on holiday, don’t forget to …
9 People in my town are usually happy to …
10 When starting a new course/job, most people want to …
Your sentence endings
7A Grammar
Comparatives and superlatives
1 ANIMALS 6 SPORT
friendly good pet dangerous cute
relaxing fun exciting easy tiring
beautiful interesting
Comparative / (not) as … as: Comparative / (not) as … as:
Superlative: Superlative:
2 FAMOUS PEOPLE 7 ENTERTAINMENT (FILMS / TV / MUSIC)

interesting funny attractive clever
funny interesting boring exciting sad
annoying
3 FOOD AND DRINK 8 BOOKS AND READING

delicious (un)healthy rich expensive
funny interesting boring exciting sad
boring
4 HISTORY / ART 9 EDUCATION

important exciting embarrassing
useful boring interesting difficult easy
successful
5 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 10 COUNTRIES AND TRAVEL

useful frightening unhealthy fast
beautiful friendly good food expensive
expensive
7B Grammar
used to / didn’t used to
Student A: Luke – Ten years ago
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Student B: Luke – Today
8A Grammar
The passive: present and past simple
1 More wild animals (keep) in American homes

than in American zoos. It’s estimated that there are at least
tigers in private homes.
2A man’s son, granddaughter and great-grandson (be born)

on the same day when he was aged . His wife, daughter
and granddaughter gave birth at the same time.
3 A man who was ill with cancer (tell) he had six months to
live. Ten years later, he went back to his doctors to say he was still alive
– but all the doctors were dead. He died aged .
4 The life of a woman who ordered pizza every day

(save) by a delivery man. The delivery man noticed that the
woman hadn’t placed an order for days.
5 Only $ worth of
tickets (sell) in 1997
6 burgers
for a film called Trojan War.
(serve) in a famous international fast
The film cost $15 million to make.
food restaurant every second.
7 An old box that contained $ million in

gold coins (discover) by a couple walking
near their home in Sierra Nevada.
8 If a piece of paper (fold) in half

times, its thickness would be three-quarters the distance from the
Earth to the Sun (71 million miles).
9 A record number of goals (score)

in one football match in 2002 in Madagascar, when the team AS
Adema beat their rivals Stade Olympique de L’Emyrne.
8B Grammar
Present perfect with for and since
be married cook for yourself do regular exercise drink coffee drive to work/college
have your driving licence have your mobile phone live in your house not go on holiday
not buy/eat a particular type of food not see my brother/sister not take the bus or train
own a cat study at this language school study a language (not English) work in your current job
9A Grammar
First conditional
✂
If I study hard, I’ll pass my exams.
If she doesn’t get a good mark, I’ll be lonely.
If you don’t take an umbrella, he’s going to buy a car.
If we stay up until the end of the film, you’ll be tired at work tomorrow.
If I go to Paris, she won’t be very happy.
If my friends go on holiday without me, I might visit the Eiffel Tower.
If the company does well, everyone will get a pay rise.
If the baby is a girl, I won’t get a seat.
If he passes his driving test, you might get wet.
If the tickets are still available, she’ll come to visit us.
If she has enough time, I’ll get one for you.
If I don’t get to the concert early, they’re going to call her ‘Ruby’.
9B Grammar
Verb patterns
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1 What’s something you always avoid doing?
2 What’s something you often forget to do?
3 What’s something important you decided to do last year?
4 What’s something you stopped doing when you left junior school?
5 What’s something you hope to do in the future?
6 What’s something you’re expecting to do next year?
7 What’s something you would like to do at the weekend?
8 What’s something you don’t mind doing, but would prefer not to do?
9 What’s something you hate doing?
10 What’s something you finished doing recently?
11 What’s something you promised to do but didn’t do?
12 What’s something you need to do today?
13 What’s something you worry about doing?
14 What’s something you enjoy doing in the evenings?
15 What’s something you’re learning to do?
10A Grammar
Second conditional
What would you do? Name

If I won a holiday for four in the
Caribbean,
If I saw my favourite celebrity in the

supermarket,
If I saw somebody stealing my bicycle,
If I broke a window with a football,
If I found a large spider in the bathroom,
If I missed the last train home,
If I failed an important exam,
If I didn’t have enough money to get

home,
If I needed a lot of money to start a

business,
If I wanted to give my best friend a nice

surprise,
If I saw somebody cheating during an

exam,
If I thought a friend was lying to me,
If I found out somebody was organising a

surprise party for me,
If I arrived late for a job interview,
If I spilt a cup of coffee on my work

computer,
10B Grammar
Quantifiers; too / not enough
1
I can’t meet my friends later …
2 I didn’t do my English homework ...
3
I haven’t cooked dinner 4 I’m not going to
this evening ... clean the house
this weekend ...
5
I don’t go to the gym ...
6
I can’t talk to you now ...
7
I haven’t learnt to drive ...
8 I don’t cycle to work ...

9
I didn’t get good
results at school ...
10
I don’t like going to the city centre ...
11
I didn’t buy a new Smartphone ...
12
I was late for work ...
13
I’m not good
14
I couldn’t phone you at sport ...
last night ...
I can’t come to your party ...
15
11A Grammar
Defining relative clauses
Student A 1
2 3
4 5 6
A C T O R
7
S C I E N T I S T
8 9
C O M I C
10
F A R M E R
11
U N I V E R S I T Y
12
C E L E B R I T Y
Student B
✂
1
A
I
2 3
C S R
A O P
4 5 6
M U O R C
P V R E A
7
S E T S S
I N T H
8 9
C T I A M
10
A E R U A
M R C
E A H
11
R N I
A T N
12
E
11B Grammar
Articles
✂
The film 127 hours is based on a true story.
He hopes that the girls he met while he was travelling to the park will hear him if he
shouts, but he soon realises that nobody can hear him.
Today Aron still goes climbing, but he always tells someone where he is going.
He knows the water won’t last a long time. He will die if he can’t escape from the
canyon.
It’s the story of a young man who loves adventure, danger and excitement.
The young man, whose name is Aron Ralston, decides to go climbing by himself in
Canyonlands National Park in the USA.
He uses the knife to cut his arm free and climbs out of the canyon.
The rock lands on Aron’s arm. His arm is stuck. He can’t move.
He tries to push the rock away, but it’s too heavy.
Aron has a small bottle of water, no food and a small knife.
By chance a pair of walkers is passing close by and they help him reach a hospital.
He has to make a very difficult decision, his arm or his life.
Aron has spent 127 hours stuck in the canyon. He is weak. His arm is bleeding.
He doesn’t tell anyone where he is going. While he is climbing in a canyon, a large rock
falls down.
12A Grammar
Past perfect
1 I tried to switch on the lights, but nothing happened.

FACT:
FICTION:
2 I walked into the office and saw that a stranger was sitting at my desk.
FACT:
FICTION:
3 Her hands and face were covered in dirt, but she was smiling.
FACT:
FICTION:
4 I waited for my friends to arrive for the party, but nobody came.
FACT:
FICTION:
5 I looked up at the sky and saw my name written in the clouds.

FACT:
FICTION:
6 I opened the envelope and inside there was a cheque for £10,000.
FACT:
FICTION:
7 It was 5 pm on Saturday, but the streets were completely empty.

FACT:
FICTION:
8 The waiter smiled and told me that there was nothing to pay.
FACT:
FICTION:
9 The crowd were all shouting my name.

FACT:
FICTION:
10 I arrived home and tried to unlock the door, but my key didn’t seem to fit the lock.
FACT:
FICTION:
12B Grammar
Reported speech
Student A
1 I like watching TV online.
2 I don’t want to go to the park on Saturday.
3 I can speak three languages.
4 I saw your brother yesterday.
Sentences from Student C
1
2
3
4
✂
Student B
1 I’ll see you later.
2 I have been to Mexico three times.
3 I’m trying to learn a new language.
4 I can’t swim very well.
Sentences from Student A
1
2
3
4
✂
Student C
1 I talked to my manager last week.
2 I’m sure you’ll pass your exams.
3 I can play the piano very well.
4 I haven’t finished washing up.
Sentences from Student B
1
2
3
4

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1A Grammar

How often … ? Which … ?

hobbies education music languages work/studies

films the weekend shopping relationships travel

2 is spending time with a new person these days.

3 goes to the supermarket more than three times a week.

4 isn’t going out much at the moment.

5 never drives to work.

6 generally makes plans by text or instant message.

7 really enjoys talking on the phone.

8 sometimes writes a blog.

9 mainly uses public transport in his/her home town.

10 hardly ever buys clothes online.

11 doesn’t send emails very often.

12 is learning something difficult at the moment.

13 rarely looks at news websites.

14 isn’t seeing his/her family very often at the moment.

15 likes meeting new people.

• A person that made you smile yesterday.

smoke was coming

I was watching him I didn’t know what it looked very

What are you then I noticed he was I wanted to see if he

the man was smiling

I was getting back when he suddenly I was very surprised

Food and drink

do a watersport ski down a mountain run a marathon play cricket

do a bungee jump or sky-

Celebrity and fame

wait somewhere to meet take a photo of yourself speak in front of more

Shall we make something 3 The film’s just started.

5 I haven’t finished my homework yet.

9 No, I’ve already cooked it.

11 She’s already bought her dress.

She’s waiting for a phone 13 It’s just stopped raining.

You don’t need to email 15 I’ve just passed my final exam!

I’m going to study I’m going on I’m going to see

I’m painting I’m having a

I’m visiting someone

1 Oh no! I’ve missed the bus and it’s raining.

3 I forgot to do my homework. I have to hand it in today.

5 I passed the end-of-year exam.

6 These suitcases are too heavy. I can’t move them.

7 I’m going to move to Australia!

8 I’ve forgotten my wallet.

10 This exercise is really difficult.

11 My babysitter has just cancelled and I need to go out this evening.

12 I’ve got an awful headache.

13 I’m really bored and there’s nothing on TV.

14 It’s a lovely day outside.

16 There’s no food in the fridge.

17 We have to get there for 8 am tomorrow.

18 It’s very cold in this room.

19 There’s a horrible smell in the kitchen.

People won’t might not might will

make some new friends in the summer

speak to your mother today

visit somebody in a foreign country next year

see a teacher in the street this weekend

have more than six grandchildren

say ‘I love you’ to somebody later today

Travel won’t might not might will

get a free flight abroad this year

work abroad in the next five years