Unit 1 Wordpower

make

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A
What would make the biggest difference to your life right now?
When do you find it most difficult to make up your mind?
When was the last time you read something that didn’t make sense?
Do you find it easy to make friends with other people? (Why?)

B
When was the last time you had to make up for upsetting somebody?
Do you ever find it hard to make out what an SMS message means?
Does the weather make a difference to the way that you feel?
Are you ever told things that don’t make sense?

C
When was the last time you had to make up your mind about something?
What do you think is the easiest way to make new friends?
How did you make up for annoying your parents when you were younger?
What difference will learning English make to you?

D
Is there anything about English that you think doesn’t make sense?
What has made the biggest difference to your life so far?
Do you find it easy to make up your mind when choosing what to eat in a restaurant?
When was the last time you had to make the best of things?

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Unit 2 Wordpower
face

Am I telling the truth? I’m going to tell you about ...

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… a time when I faced a difficult choice.

… a time when something I said made a friend’s face fall.

… a time when I successfully faced a problem.

… a time when I unsuccessfully faced a problem.

… a time when I made a face at someone and they were angry.

… a time when I had to say something to a friend’s face instead of over the phone.

… a time when I had to face an unpleasant fact.

… a time when I told someone to face reality.

… a time when I fell flat on my face.

… a time when I saw someone fall flat on their face.

… a time when I had to face the music.

… I time when I couldn’t face something I knew I had to do.

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Unit 3 Wordpower
up

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If you don’t know, look it up in a dictionary.

You need to drink up – the café is closing.

I wish he’d speak up. I can’t hear a word.

I’m really annoyed. Gillian has used up all the tea again.

Every time I add it up, I get a different result.

Who’s going to clear up the flat after the party?

Sally’s really clever – she picked up Italian in less than a year.

At every meeting, David brings up his plan for a staff trip to Chile.

Kathy always looked up to her father when she was a teenager.

It was rude of them to turn up so late again.

I can’t put up with Anne’s behaviour any more.

Jo runs so fast it will be impossible to keep up with her in next week’s race.

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Unit 4 Wordpower
as

As a whole, I think this class

agree(s) with me.

When I started studying English, I felt as if I

agree(s) with me.

As far as I’m concerned, everybody should

agree(s) with me.

every day.

The three most difficult things about English are:

2
agree(s) with me.

As far as English pronunciation is concerned, I think

agree(s) with me.

As far as I know, our teacher has been teaching English for

agree(s) with me.

Not everything about English is difficult. As a matter of fact,

agree(s) with me.

is/are quite easy.

Some people don’t do enough self-study. As for me, I

agree(s) with me.

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Unit 5 Wordpower
side

Student A

1 Which king of England showed his unpleasant side by executing three of his wives? (Henry VIII)
2 What do you call people who are on your side and want you to win? (supporters)
3 What do you call a formal discussion where both sides of an argument are considered, often in
parliament? (a debate)
4 If ‘heads’ is one side of a coin, what is the other side? (tails)
5 What do you call someone who always looks on the bright side? (an optimist)
6 What do you call the side expected to win a sports match? (the favourites)

Student B
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1 If two runners finish side by side in a race, how is the result described? (a dead heat)
2 How many sides does a hexagon have? (six)
3 Which two sides played in the last football world cup final? (in 2014, Germany and Argentina)
4 Can you name a country where shaking your head from side to side means ‘yes’? (Sri Lanka / India /
Bulgaria)
5 What informal English expression means ‘doing another job on the side without your boss knowing?’
(moonlighting)
6 What do you call someone who never looks on the bright side? (a pessimist)

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Unit 6 Wordpower
out

Complete the sentences with what you think about your classmates.

I think …
has never passed out.
would like to stand out as a great actor.
hopes to turn out to be .
chills out by .
often runs out of .
finds it easy to work out .
has never fallen out with a family member.
is worried about burning out.
finds it difficult to completely chill out.
sometimes falls out with friends.
has passed out because of the heat.
expects to turn out to be .
has never run out of .
finds it difficult to work out .

Now ask your classmates to find out if you are right!

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Unit 7 Wordpower
down

Student A
1 Do you know anybody who looks down on other people? (who?)
2 What gets you down about studying?
3 Do you find it easy to calm down after an argument? (for example?)
4 Why do you think some people never settle down?
5 What time of day do you usually get down to your homework? (why?)
6 What kind of invitation would you never turn down?

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Student B
1 When was the last time a friend told you to calm down?
2 At what age do you think people should settle down? (why?)
3 Do you find it easy to get down to studying at the weekend?
4 Is there anything that gets you down about living here? (what?)
5 Has anybody ever looked down on you? How did you feel?
6 If you were offered a great job a long way from home,
would you turn it down? (why / why not?)

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Unit 8 Wordpower
take

6 11
2 7
pride
pleasure control
my word
for it

5
it for
3
granted 10
charge 9 it much
seriously longer

4 12 8
You choose interest
a risk
a balloon!

TAKE
Throw the dice. The score tells you which expression with take to use.
Ask one of your partners a question using the expression.

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Unit 9 Wordpower
come

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A Find someone who …
• has had a dream come true.
• came across an interesting website this month.
• often comes up with fun things to do at the weekend.
• is often mentioned as a good English speaker.
• has had a shopping bill which came to more than
expected.

B Find someone who …

• finds it easy to come up with excuses for not doing
homework.
• has come to the conclusion that English is too
complicated.
• has come across a good restaurant recently.
• has a dream they hope will come true.
• hates it when their name comes up in other people’s
conversations.

C Find someone who …

• always knows what a restaurant bill will come to.
• has a dream which they don’t think will come true.
• has come up with a good way to remember new
vocabulary.
• has come to the conclusion that English is quite easy.
• often comes across interesting newspaper articles.

D Find someone who …

• recently came across a bargain while shopping.
• can come up with a reason why the class should finish
early.
• never worries about what a restaurant bill will come to.
• has come to the conclusion that they will live abroad in
the future.
• hopes their name never comes up in teachers’
conversations!

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Unit 10 Wordpower
way

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I thought that
This year, one way would After class, I think
or another, I be easier than There’s no way I’ll
we should make
will … , but it was ever go to …
our way to …
the other way
around.

I expected
I remember when I In some ways, One way or to be a better film
had to run all the living here is , another, I will than , but
way to … but … learn … it was the other
way around.

If there is a fire, we
There’s no way should make our I’d like to drive all In some ways,
I’ll ever eat … way … the way to … is easy, but …

I don’t think I can

One day, one way
There’s no way I In some ways, I’d get all the way
or another, I will
own … could live in … like to , but … through this course
without …

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