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Unit 1 Unit 6
Vocabulary 1 1 Vocabulary 1 31
Grammar 1 2 Grammar 1 32
Vocabulary 2 3 Vocabulary 2 33
Grammar 2 4 Grammar 2 34
Reading and writing 5 Reading and writing 35
Language reference 6 Language reference 36
Unit 2 Unit 7
Vocabulary 1 7 Vocabulary 1 37
Grammar 1 8 Grammar 1 38
Vocabulary 2 9 Vocabulary 2 39
Grammar 2 10 Grammar 2 40
Reading and writing 11 Reading and writing 41
Language reference 12 Language reference 42
Unit 3 Unit 8
Vocabulary 1 13 Vocabulary 1 43
Grammar 1 14 Grammar 1 44
Vocabulary 2 15 Vocabulary 2 45
Grammar 2 16 Grammar 2 46
Reading and writing 17 Reading and writing 47
Language reference 18 Language reference 48
Unit 4 Unit 9
Vocabulary 1 19 Vocabulary 1 49
Grammar 1 20 Grammar 1 50
Vocabulary 2 21 Vocabulary 2 51
Vocabulary 1
Film types
action adventure animated comedy fantasy horror musical romantic comedy
science-fiction thriller war western
1 Find 12 film types in the wordsquare. 3 Read the film guide and circle the correct
words.
T H A F Y V I N M E I X A T
H A R V A D W A R L K W H G This week at Star Screens
R O M A N T I C C O M E D Y
I Y U D I P O T H J U S O L
Screen One – Planet Gliese 581
It’s the year 3000. The hero
L E S V M G C I A S F T A S lives 2 million km from Earth on
L T I E A U U O R T I E E R planet Gliese 581.
E J C N T O M N M H N R H U science-fiction / western
R T A T E N R W V E M N O G
Screen Two – Send Me a Postcard
A H L U D H Q R P B D E R B An Englishman travels to Spain to
E S M R N F A N T A S Y R I fight in the Spanish Civil War.
S C I E N C E F I C T I O N (1) romantic comedy / war
C I R M E A S D W E U R R P
Screen Three – Holiday in Miami
W I U Y P E F U R E I O X S A great film for all the family,
C S R P S N D R I O A W C V with a lot of singing and dancing.
(2) musical / thriller
2 Match film posters 1–5 with the words in the
Screen Four – Don’t Ask Granddad!
box.
Two police officers and their
adventure animated fantasy granddad. A very funny film.
romantic comedy thriller western (3) comedy / fantasy
1 Screen Five – Terror in the Park
It’s Hallowe’en and someone –
or something – is in the park.
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Frightening!
(4) adventure / horror
Screen Six – Mouse House 2
adventure More cartoon fun from the mice
who live behind the fridge.
2 3 (5) animated / action
EXTRA!
Complete the sentences for you.
1 My favourite film is .
It’s a(n) film.
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2 The last film I saw was .
It’s a(n) film.
3 The worst film I saw was .
It’s a(n) film.
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Grammar 1
Present simple: affirmative Present simple: questions and
and negative short answers
affirmative questions and short answers
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Vocabulary 2
TV programmes
cartoon chat show comedy documentary drama game show reality show
soap opera sports programme the news
1 Find and circle ten TV programme words. 3 Circle the correct words in the email.
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My sister loves (1) soap operas / the news.
2 Complete the puzzle. What is the mystery Her favourite is Hollyoaks. She watches
programme? it every night. It’s about teachers and
1 students at a college. I think it’s ridiculous
D R A M A – it isn’t like real life!
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My mum loves (2) reality shows /
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Grammar 2
Adverbs of frequency 4 Look at the table. Then circle the correct
answers.
1 Write the adverbs of frequency in the correct
order. Tom Lucy and Joe
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1 Read the text and circle the correct answers. A review
Liam is an actor / a student.
1 Iron Man is an American / a British film.
4 Think of your favourite film. Then complete
2 Tony Stark is an actor / an engineer. the notes about it.
Title:
Type of film:
What is it about?
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Present simple: affirmative Adverbs of frequency
and negative 0% 100%
never hardly ever sometimes often usually always
We use the present simple for routines, habits
and permanent situations. We use adverbs of frequency to say how often
• I have dinner at 7pm every night. we do things.
• She likes chocolate. • They hardly ever eat popcorn.
• We go to the cinema once a week. Adverbs of frequency usually go before the
To form the negative we use don’t or doesn’t main verb. This includes negative sentences.
before the verb. • She always watches the news, but he
• You don’t like war films. doesn’t usually watch soap operas.
• He doesn’t watch TV. Adverbs of frequency go after the verb be.
• They don’t go. • I’m always interested in sports programmes.
Frequency expressions usually go at the end of
Present simple: questions and the sentence.
short answers • I watch TV every day.
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Vocabulary 1
Survival skills
build camp chop climb cook find fish hike look for sleep
1 Look at the pictures and circle the correct 2 Complete the sentences with the words in the
words. box.
hike / build 1 look for / sleep build camp chop climb fish hike
EXTRA!
Answer the questions for you.
1 How often do you sleep outdoors?
2 Do you often fish in rivers?
3 Have you got a tent? Do you often use it?
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Grammar 1
Present continuous: Present continuous: questions
affirmative and negative and short answers
affirmative contracted form
questions and short answers
I am sleeping ‘m sleeping
Am I sleeping? Yes, I am.
You are sleeping ‘re sleeping No, I’m not.
3 Complete the sentences with ’m not, isn’t or 5 Circle the correct words.
aren’t. I’m fishing on Sunday / at Sunday.
isn’t 1 We’re camping next week / the next week.
He building a fire.
2 My cousins are staying with us at the
1 I camping outside.
weekend / on weekend.
2 We fishing in the river.
3 My mum is working next morning /
3 The dog running. tomorrow morning.
4 They sleeping. 4 I’m going to the cinema this evening /
5 You cooking breakfast. today evening.
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Vocabulary 2
Feelings
angry bored embarrassed excited jealous nervous pleased sad scared
surprised tired worried
1 Look at the pictures and complete the 3 I feel nervous / jealous of my little
crossword. sister. She doesn’t go to school, she
1 2 doesn’t do homework like me and
S she’s got a lot of new toys!
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week. It’s bad news!
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surprised. Our cat is very
E Y old, but it’s climbing a
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Down
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very embarrassed / excited. It’s
1 2 4 my birthday tomorrow.
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e’re very surprised /
nervous. We’ve got exams
tomorrow!
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e feel bored / pleased. We
are the champions at tennis.
EXTRA
How do you feel at the moment? Write a
2 I’m bored / scared. I don’t know message for the webpage in exercise 2.
what to do. My friends are doing
their homework and there’s
nothing to watch on TV.
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Grammar 2
Present simple and present 3 Order the words to make questions. Then
continuous circle the correct words in the answers.
present simple present continuous your teacher / usually / wear a jacket / Does ?
Does your teacher usually wear a jacket?
always at the moment
Yes, she does / is.
every weekend now
1 like / dogs / Does / he ?
never this month
often this week
Yes, he does / is.
on Mondays today
2 they / Are / today / going to the cinema ?
once a week
usually
Yes, they do / are.
3 you / Do / often / eat / in a restaurant ?
LOOK!
I always watch films on Saturdays. No, I don’t / ’m not.
I’m watching a film at the moment. 4 your parents / go to work / Do / every day ?
No, they don’t / aren’t.
1 Circle the correct answers. 5 Are / having a good time / you ?
We’re having a great time ... .
a at the moment b on Mondays Yes, I do / am.
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Reading Writing
1 Read the text and tick (✓) the activities Katie A blog
writes about.
3 Look at the notes about Liam’s holiday.
My holiday
blog
Day Three
We’re camping in
Yellowstone Park,
USA. Today, we’re Camping in the Yorkshire Dales
hiking about 15km
around Yellowstone Lake.
Today – hiking 20km to a lake called
Malham Tarn – with mum and dad and
There are five of us in the group. I’m with
my American cousins Josh and Olivia
sister, Sara
and my uncle and aunt. My uncle Doug Mum and Dad love camping
often camps in the wild. His wife, Jade, Sara likes camping – doesn’t like hiking very
doesn’t like camping very much but she’s much
here too.
Now – eating lunch
At the moment, we’re sitting next to the
river and we’re fishing. Tomorrow, we’re
Tomorrow – visiting York. It’s a
walking to Old Faithful because it’s a very beautiful city.
famous geyser. Mum and dad like cities.
We’re all really pleased to be here!
Katie
4 Use the information from exercise 3 to
complete the blog. Circle the correct words.
Remember!
We use and to add similar information.
We use but to contrast different information.
We use because to give a reason for something.
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My holiday blog
Day Two
At the moment I’m (1) in the
Yorkshire Dales. Today, (2) to a
lake called Malham Tarn.
There are (3) of us in the
group. I’m with my (4) and my
4 5 6 sister, Sara. My mum and dad
(5) camping. Sara likes
camping, (6) and / but she doesn’t like
2 Read the text in exercise 1 again. Are the (7) .
At the moment, we’re sitting next to a river
sentences T (true) or F (false)? (8) and / but (9) our lunch.
It’s the second day of Katie’s holiday. Tomorrow, (10) York (11)
because / and my parents like cities.
1 Katie is hiking around a lake.
We’re all really pleased to be here!
2 Katie’s aunt is called Olivia. Liam
3 Katie’s uncle doesn’t like camping.
4 They’re fishing in the river now.
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at the moment.
Imagine you are on holiday. Write about your
holiday, and who you are with.
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Language reference
Present continuous: Present simple and present
affirmative and negative continuous
We use the present continuous to describe We use the present simple to talk about habits,
activities that are happening now. routines or permanent situations. We use
• I’m building a fire. adverbs of frequency and time expressions,
• He’s chopping wood. such as always, every day, once a week.
The form is subject + be + verb –ing. We use the present continuous to describe
temporary situations or activities which are
We use not to form the negative. happening now. We use time expressions,
• He isn’t climbing trees. such as now, at this moment.
• We aren’t hiking. • I live in Liverpool but I’m staying with my
aunt in Manchester at the moment.
Present continuous: questions
and short answers Present continuous for future
In questions we use be before the subject. arrangements
• Are you building a fire? We also use the present continuous for
definite future plans.
We don’t repeat the verb + –ing in short
We usually use a future time expression.
answers.
• What are you doing at the weekend?
• Is she fishing?
• I’m camping in the forest on Saturday.
• Yes, she is. ✓
• No, she isn’t. ✗
Wordlist
Spelling: verb + -ing Survival skills
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Vocabulary 1
Verbs of discovery
arrive discover drive explore fly go land leave ride sail take off travel
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eva
1 dvi
2 fl
2 l 3 t 3 eid
4 na
5 eafo
6 odirce
7 rate
8 rerv
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10 peole
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4 Complete the sentences for you.
1 My favourite way of travelling is by
2 Circle the correct words. because
1580 – Francis Drake is the first Englishman .
to sail / leave around the world. 2 I hate travelling by
1 1886 – Thomas Stevens is the first man to because
explore / ride his bicycle around the world. .
2 1919 – The first passenger planes discover / 3 A country I would love to explore is
take off from London and land / explore in , because
Paris. .
3 1978 – Three Americans become the first
men to arrive / travel around the world by EXTRA!
hot-air balloon. Imagine you are in a new country. Write a
4 1996 – Two Britons are the first men to postcard. Write about your journey and what
leave / drive a car to the North Pole. you are doing.
5 2004 – Actors Ewan McGregor and
Charley Boorman travel / fly 32,000km by
motorbike.
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Grammar 1
Past simple: affirmative and 2 Circle the correct words.
negative I leaved / left home at 7am.
affirmative 1 My grandfather grew / grow potatoes in
his garden.
I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They looked. 2 My friends and I cryed / cried because the
negative film was really sad.
3 I had / haved a lot of homework yesterday.
I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They didn’t look.
4 We watch / watched two films on TV.
5 My cat died / die last year.
LOOK!
I didn’t look. He didn’t see. ✓ 3 Rewrite the sentences in exercise 2 using the
I didn’t looked. He didn’t saw. ✗ negative form.
I didn’t leave home at 7am.
regular verbs irregular verbs 1 My grandfather
potatoes in his garden.
cook – cooked eat – ate
2 My friends and I
cry – cried find – found because the film wasn’t sad.
discover – discovered grow – grew 3 I a lot of
love – loved leave – left homework yesterday.
sail – sailed sell – sold 4 We two films on
travel – travelled take – took TV.
5 My cat last year.
1 Complete the text with the past simple form of
the verbs in brackets. Use the table to help you. be: past simple
affirmative
THEANCIENTGREEKSATEFLAT
I / He / She / It was happy.
BREAD.
You / We / They were happy.
negative
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Vocabulary 2
Natural disasters
drought earthquake famine fire floods hurricane landslide tornado
tsunami volcanic eruption
1 Find and circle eight natural disasters in the 3 Circle the correct words.
wordsquare.
E I T S U N A M I E WORLD NEWS
D A O H G B R K F L
The landslide / drought continues in Central
O D R O U G H T L A Africa. It last rained here two years ago. Everything
is very dry.
F W N T F U U M O N
Now there is a (1) tornado / famine because
A F A D H Q O K O D many people haven’t got any food.
M Q D F I R E R D S People are talking about the (2) earthquake /
I O O T I U U E S L floods in California on Tuesday. Jolene McKlusky
said, ‘The kitchen floor moved and then plates, cups
N U R R I R T A E I and food fell onto the floor. We all got under the
E X T O R N E D K D table’. At sea there was a (3) drought / tsunami,
which hit islands off the coast. One witness said, ‘I
S H U R R I C A N E was on the beach and I saw very big waves in the
sea. It was really scary.’
2 Match the pictures with the words in the box. A report is coming in from the National Weather
fire floods landslide tornado Centre about the (4) volcanic eruption /
tsunami volcanic eruption hurricane which is crossing Florida. It is very
windy and rainy at the moment, so stay inside.
In Mexico, it is raining a lot. There are (5) fires /
floods all over the country. The heavy rain caused
a (6) landslide / tornado in the mountains
yesterday. Large rocks fell on to the road.
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EXTRA!
Think of a natural disaster. Write a news
report about it.
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Grammar 2
Past simple: questions and 3 Order the words to make questions. Then
short answers write answers for you.
No,
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1 Read the text and circle the correct words. A biography
1 Florence Nightingale lived and worked in
the 18th / 19th century. 3 Look at the notes about Mozart.
2 She was a nurse / soldier.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Florence Nightingale Born: in Salzburg, Austria, on 27th January, 1756
I think one of the Died: at 1am on 5th December, 1791
most interesting What job did he do?
people in history was classical composer and musician
Florence Nightingale. What was special about him?
She became a nurse child genius
in 1844. In October could play piano and violin before he was five
1853, the Crimean first opera was produced in 1767 – Mozart was 11
War started. Florence What did he do?
wanted to help composed more than 600 operas, concertos and
the soldiers so she symphonies
travelled to the war. There were thousands Why do you like him?
of soldiers in hospital. The hospital was a brilliant composer – his music is very important today
dirty. There were rats and some men
didn’t have beds. Florence and the other
nurses cleaned the hospital and looked after 4 Now complete the biography using the
the soldiers. information in exercise 3.
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Past simple: affirmative and The word order is different in questions.
• Was he happy?
negative Yes, he was.
We use the past simple to describe finished No, he wasn’t.
actions or situations in the past.
• I travelled to Spain last year. could / couldn’t
The form is the same for all persons. We use could / couldn’t for ability in the past.
• I / You / He / She / It / We / They arrived. • She could swim when she was three.
We use didn’t (did not) before the verb to The form is the same for all persons.
form the negative.
• I could speak French when I was young but
• She didn’t arrive. my brother couldn’t.
We never use to after could / couldn’t.
Spelling: past simple regular • We could write our names. ✓
verbs • We could to write our names. ✗
With most verbs, we add -ed:
• invent – invented Wordlist
With verbs that end in –e, we add –d: Verbs of discovery
• arrive – arrived arrive
With verbs that end in consonant + –y, we discover
omit the –y and add –ied: drive
• study – studied explore
With verbs that end in stressed vowel + fly
consonant (except –w or –y), we double the go
final consonant and add –ed: land
• stop – stopped
leave
ride
Past simple: questions and sail
short answers take off
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Vocabulary 1
Character adjectives
brave cheerful cruel funny friendly kind lazy loyal selfish shy stubborn wise
1 Find 8 character adjectives in the wordsquare. anything bad about his friends. He’s loyal /
cruel.
S T U B B O R N Z W
H Q U O R R I C C I
C K I N D C A H I S
S E L F I S H V N E 3 M
y granddad knows a lot about the world.
C H E E R F U L E O He’s friendly / wise.
C R M N U L O Y A L
H F U N N Y B S A A
U E R E S S A T D Z
R T K L L B H A R Y 4 O
ur maths teacher tells jokes. She’s funny /
stubborn.
F R I E N D L Y N D
6 M
y uncle is a 7 J ake always talks
fireman. He stops to new people
3 Circle the correct words. fires and saves and makes them
people. welcome. He’s
He’s lazy / brave. friendly / funny.
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Past continuous: affirmative Past continuous: questions
and negative and short answers
affirmative questions and short answers
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Vocabulary 2
Movement verbs
carry cross drop fall follow jump lead lift move pull push sit stand
1 Look at the pictures and circle the correct 2 Circle the correct words.
words. Then complete the crossword.
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2 Weird Events
C R
Wife-carrying
O In this event from Finland,
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P men lift / lead and (1)
3 carry / follow their wives
I for 253.5m. The men
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mustn’t (2) fall / drop
8 their wives. And of course,
the wives mustn’t (3) fall /
cross.
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T Mob football
This isn’t a normal football
match because any number
Down of people can play and there
are no rules. The players
(4) follow / jump a ball as
it (5) pulls / crosses the
town. Players throw or (
6) carry / stand the ball but
1 drop / cross 2 jump / cross the hardly ever kick it.
Bed racing
Small groups of people (6)
push / cross and (7) drop
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Grammar 2
Past simple and past 3 Order the words to make past simple and past
continuous continuous questions.
Past simple and past continuous you / What / were / at 12 o’clock last night /
doing ?
Mark arrived while we were having dinner. What were you doing at 12 o’clock last night?
I was cycling to school when I saw Lisa. 1 having breakfast / you / Were / at 7 o’clock
this morning ?
LOOK!
We often use when with the past simple and 2 did / buy / What / you / at the shops ?
while with the past continuous.
3 watching / on TV last night / What / were /
you ?
1 Match the sentence beginnings 1–6 with the
sentence endings a–f. 4 you / What / doing / when the teacher
arrived / were ?
5 your parents / meet / Where / did ?
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Reading Writing
1 Read the text and circle the correct answer. A narrative
1 What type of story is it?
a adventure b science fiction c ghost
3 Match the time expressions in the box with
the pictures.
in the end later one night then
them about the girl. Karyn’s parents were 3 What was the noise? – person / animal /
surprised. They said Rosemary died in the engine
house in 1910.
4 What happened after that? – Liam ran
In the end, Karyn discovered that it was a away / Liam disappeared
joke! The girl wasn’t Rosemary – it was her 5 What was the result? – Liam played a joke /
sister’s friend. Karyn wasn’t very pleased. Liam found an animal
2 Read the text again. Are the sentences T 5 Complete the text using the information in
(true) or F (false)? exercise 4. Circle the correct time expressions.
Karyn was watching TV. Finally / One night / Then, I was
1 Karyn was feeling happy. (1) in the woods with my friends
2 She opened the door. Liam, Jake and Tom. Later / Then / Finally, we
(2) . Jake thought it was a wild
3 Karyn saw her sister in the garden.
(3) .
4 Rosemary disappeared in the garden.
5 Karyn’s parents knew about Rosemary. Later / Finally / One night, we realised that
Liam wasn’t there. He (4) ! We
6 Rosemary was Karyn’s sister.
looked for him, but we couldn’t find him.
7 Karyn thought the joke was very funny.
Then / Finally / One day, Liam came back.
He had played (5) on us. It wasn’t
an animal. It was him. We weren’t very pleased!
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Past continuous Wordlist
We use the past continuous to describe Character adjectives
activities in progress at a specific time in the
brave
past.
cheerful
• They were walking to school at 7.30am.
cruel
The form is subject + was / were + verb + -ing. funny
• I was doing my homework at 8pm.
friendly
We use not to form the negative. kind
• He wasn’t running. lazy
• You weren’t walking. loyal
In questions we use was / were before the selfish
subject. shy
• What were you doing at 9pm on Monday? stubborn
We don’t repeat the verb + -ing in short wise
answers.
Movement verbs
• Were you running at 6pm?
Yes, I was. ✓ / Yes, I was running. ✗ carry
cross
Past simple and past drop
continuous fall
follow
We often use the past continuous with the
jump
past simple in the same sentence.
lead
• I was running for the bus when I fell.
lift
We use the past continuous to describe
move
activities which are in progress.
pull
• I was running for the bus ...
push
We use the past simple to describe an action sit
which interrupts the activity.
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Vocabulary 1
Money
buy borrow earn lend pay (for) save sell spend swap win
EXTRA!
Answer the questions for you. Write complete
sentences.
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Grammar 1
Comparatives 2 Circle the correct words.
adjective comparative A two-euro coin is heavier / heavyer than a
one-euro coin.
young younger
1 My feet are more small / smaller than my
old older
dad’s feet.
big bigger
2 People say dogs are better / gooder friends
heavy heavier than people.
bad worse
3 Is maths more difficult / difficulter than
good better history?
difficult more difficult 4 I am worser / worse at maths than my
intelligent more intelligent brother.
LOOK! Superlatives
I’m taller than my brother. ✓ adjective superlative
I’m taller my brother. ✗
tall the tallest
I’m taller that my brother. ✗
long the longest
old the oldest
high the highest
1 Complete the text with the comparative form
expensive the most expensive
of the adjectives in brackets.
beautiful the most beautiful
bad the worst
good the best
LOOK!
I’m the tallest in my class. ✓
I’m tallest in my class. ✗
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Vocabulary 2
Computer technology
desktop flash drive keyboard laptop memory card mouse printer scanner
screen speakers webcam
1 Match the words with the picture. 3 Complete the SMS messages with the words
in the box.
a
desktop flash drive laptop scanner
speakers webcam
f
k b
Hi. Video-chat
g at 8.00pm? My computer’s
Connect your broken!
c j webcam Bring your
e i so I can see
h you! and we can do
our homework
d together.
screen
1 laptop
I need to copy Can you lend
2 flash drive
a magazine me your
3 memory card
photo for my
4 printer project. Can I to save my
5 desktop borrow your homework
6 webcam ? and take it to
7 mouse school? Thanks.
8 speakers
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9 keyboard
10 scanner
2 Read the sentences and circle the correct Mum’s got I’ve got
words. the laptop. some new
Can I use the
You use this to click on something.
mouse / desktop so I can
in the living listen to my
1 You use this to type on a computer. room, please? favourite
laptop / keyboard
songs now.
2 You use these to listen to music or sound.
scanner / speakers
3 You use this to put text onto paper.
desktop / printer
4 You can use this to save digital photos. EXTRA!
memory card / webcam
Complete the sentences for you.
5 You see your documents or images on this.
You can watch films on it. 1 My favourite piece of technology is
screen / flash drive .
2 My favourite websites are
.
3 I use computers for
.
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a / an, some, any 2 Circle the correct words.
countable nouns uncountable nouns We haven’t got much / many computers at
school.
I’ve got a game. –
1 This cartridge hasn’t got much / many ink.
It’s an amazing game! – 2 How much / many photos have you got on
your laptop?
They’ve got some It’s got some memory.
games. 3 My computer hasn’t got much / many
memory.
I haven’t got any games. It hasn’t got any 4 Much / A lot of my friends use that website.
memory.
5 How much / many time do you spend
Do you have any games? Has it got any memory? writing on your blog?
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1 Read the text. What is Sara’s favourite A description
possession?
Remember!
The order for adjectives is: opinion, size,
age and colour. Use a comma between each
MY FAVOURITE POSSESSION
adjective.
I’ve got a lot of things from different
places, but this is my favourite. It’s a
beautiful, old, red jacket and it’s got 4 Put the adjectives and nouns in the correct
fantastic, yellow flowers and a small, order.
green dragon on it.
1 colourful / old / market
My uncle went to Hong Kong for work
and he bought it in a strange, little
shop with a lot of wonderful, second- 2 wonderful / old / little / objects
hand things.
3 small / brown / box / beautiful
Why is it my favourite thing? Because
he’s my favourite uncle. I also like it
because the jacket is different from my 4 little / things / special
other clothes – it’s more interesting.
Sara
5 Complete the text with the phrases in
exercise 4.
EXTRA!
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possession.
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Comparatives We use any in questions.
• Did she watch any films?
We use comparative adjectives to compare
• Do you have any water?
two things, places or people.
• John is taller than David.
much / many / a lot of
We add -er to a short adjective to form
comparative adjective. We use a lot of in affirmative sentences with
• Mobile phones are smaller than laptops. countable and uncountable nouns.
• We’ve got a lot of computers at school.
We add more to a longer adjective. • She’s got a lot of money.
• I am more intelligent than my cousin.
We use many in negative sentences and
We use than after comparative adjectives. questions with countable nouns.
• London is bigger than Birmingham. • They didn’t win many games.
• How many games did they win?
Superlatives We use much in negative sentences and
We use superlative adjectives to compare questions with uncountable nouns.
more than two things, places or people. • It didn’t drink much water.
• John is the tallest person in the class. • How much water did it drink?
We add -est to a short adjective to form
superlative adjective. Wordlist
• This is the smallest laptop in the shop. Money
we use most + adjective for adjectives with buy
more than one syllable.
borrow
• This laptop is the most expensive computer
earn
in the shop.
lend
We use the before superlative adjectives and
pay (for)
we use in after the adjective.
save
• London is the biggest city in Britain. ✓
sell
• London is the biggest city of Britain. ✗
spend
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Jobs
actor architect electrician engineer lifeguard mechanic nurse police officer
sportsperson surgeon teacher vet
1 Look at the pictures and complete the 2 Match jobs 1-6 with workplaces a-f.
crossword. 1 police officer a in a school
1
T
2 3
R R
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2 lifeguard b in a garage
E O 3 mechanic c in a hospital
5
A F U R 4 nurse d in a town centre
C 5 actor e at a theatre
6 7
H 6 teacher f at a swimming
E
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pool
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I’m looking for an interesting job. I want to
study at university. I love animals.
C N a nurse b vet c engineer
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R C our bodies work. I work very hard.
Down a actor b engineer c surgeon
1 3 2 I’m interested in how things work. I like
cars. I like fixing things.
a teacher b mechanic c lifeguard
3 I like swimming, and I’m really good at it. In
4 6
fact, I’m the best in my school.
a engineer b sportsperson c architect
4 I’m interested in design and I’m good at art.
I like looking at buildings.
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a architect b mechanic c actor
5 I want a job that is never boring. I don’t
mind if it’s dangerous sometimes.
a vet b surgeon c police officer
Across
2 5 6 I really like science. I like making things. I’m
interested in how machines work.
a actor b nurse c engineer
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Complete the sentences for you.
1 I think it would be boring to be a(n)
or a(n) .
11 12
2 It’s better to be a(n) than a(n)
.
3 I think I would be a very good .
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be going to: affirmative and 3 He to school tomorrow. (✓)
He isn’t going to go to school tomorrow. (✗)
negative 4 She is going to stay in a hotel. (✓)
affirmative contracted form She in a hotel. (✗)
I am going to watch ‘m going to watch
be going to: questions and
You are going to watch ‘re going to watch
short answers
He / She / It is going to ‘s going to watch
watch questions and short answers
We / You / They are going ‘re going to watch Am I going to go? Yes, I am.
to watch No, I’m not.
You are not going to eat aren’t going to eat Are we going to arrive soon?
a Yes, we are. b Yes, she is.
He / She / It is not going to isn’t going to eat
eat 1 that car going to win the
race?
We / You / They are not aren’t going to eat
going to eat a No, it isn’t. b Yes, they are.
2 you going to go camping?
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Health problems and first aid
broken arm cold cough cut earache headache insect bite sick
sore throat stomach ache temperature
1 Look at the pictures and complete the words. 2 Match 1–6 with a–f to make health problems.
1 stomach a arm
2 ear b ache
3 sore c ache
4 head d ache
5 broken e bite
6 insect f throat
3 He’s got a c g .
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should / shouldn’t 3 Order the words to make questions. Then
affirmative
complete the short answers.
I / a plaster / Should / put / on this cut ?
I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They should study.
Should I put a plaster on this cut?
negative Yes, you should .
I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They shouldn’t go out. 1 take / Should / we / an umbrella ?
No, .
LOOK! 2 give / he / Should / this food / to the dog ?
I should go. ✓ I should to go. ✗
He should eat. ✓ He should to eat. ✗
Yes, .
3 a map / buy / they / Should ?
1 Circle the correct words.
No, .
You should / shouldn’t sleep more than 4 Should / water / I / drink / from this bottle ?
three hours every night.
1 Your best friend should / shouldn’t
Yes, .
remember your birthday!
2 You should / shouldn’t eat a lot of ice 4 Complete the dialogue with should and the
cream and cakes.
verbs in brackets.
3 You should / shouldn’t drink a lot of water.
4 You should / shouldn’t read this book. It’s Ollie I’ve got an exam tomorrow. What
great! should I do (I / do)?
5 You should / shouldn’t go out. You’ve got a Teacher Well, (1) (you / relax).
lot of homework. (2) (you / not get)
stressed. And (3)
2 Complete the sentences with should (✓) or (you / drink) water because water is
shouldn’t (✗) and the verbs in brackets. good for your brain.
Ollie (4) (I / study) late at
She should work harder at night?
school – she wants to be an architect. (✓) Teacher No, (5) (you / not
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1 Read the text. Are the sentences T (true) or F A letter
(false)?
1 Adrian Monk is a police officer.
3 Look at Clare’s notes about Matt Damon.
2 He isn’t very good at his job.
3 He works with his friends.
Name: Matt Damon
4 He is very clever.
What does he do?
5 He is married to Nathalie.
– Hollywood actor
– he doesn’t usually
make comedies
– m
akes films about
Screen Heroes people who are
special or different
What films is he in?
Hi! – Bourne Trilogy, True Grit
My favourite TV or film hero is Adrian Monk, What’s he like?
from the TV detective series, Monk. He’s a private
–
not very tall, but intelligent
detective. He was a police officer in the past.
– likes sport
He’s strange. He tidies everything and he cleans
Why is he your hero?
a lot, too. He isn’t good-looking or brave, but he
– he makes good films
always finds the criminal.
– he works with people in Africa
He’s got a friend called Nathalie. He’s also got two
What do you think he is going to do in
friends who are policemen. They all work together
the future?
to solve mysteries.
–
do more work in Africa and in politics
I like Monk because he’s got problems, but he’s a – make a lot of good films
good person and he works with the police, too. He’s
also the most intelligent person on TV.
I don’t know if they are going to make more
Monk programmes, but I think he’s going to marry 4 Now use the information in exercise 3 to
Nathalie. I don’t think he’s going to become a complete the text. Circle the correct words.
policeman again.
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Hi!
Jake
My favourite TV or film hero is Matt Damon.
He’s a Hollywood (1) .
He doesn’t usually make comedies. His films are
often about (2) . My
2 Read the text again and match the sentence favourite film he’s in is Bourne Identity, but I
halves. also / too like (3) .
He’s not very tall, but he’s
Remember! (4) . He likes
Also goes before nouns and adjectives. (5) also / too.
Too goes after nouns and adjectives. I like Matt Damon because he
(6) films and also /
1 Adrian Monk was a he also cleans a lot. too because he (7)
2 Monk tidies b work for the police. in Africa.
everything and c a police officer. I think he’s going to do
3 Two of his friends d marry Natalie. (8) and I think he’s
4 Monk is a good e and he’s intelligent, going to (9) good
person too. films also / too.
5 Jake thinks Monk Clare
will
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be going to Wordlist
We use be going to to talk about future Jobs
intentions.
actor
The form is subject + be + (not) + going to + architect
verb. electrician
• I’m going to be an actor when I am older. engineer
• She’s going to rescue people. lifeguard
• You aren’t going to have a party. mechanic
The word order is different in questions. nurse
• Are they going to be teachers? ✓ police officer
• They are going to be teachers? ✗ sportsperson
surgeon
We don’t repeat going to in short answers. teacher
• Are you going to help children? vet
• Yes, I am. ✓
Health problems and products
• Yes, I am going to. ✗
a broken arm
should / shouldn’t a cold
a cough
We use should and shouldn’t to ask for and
a cut
give advice and recommendations.
an earache
• You should see the doctor.
a headache
• You shouldn’t continue.
an insect bite
We use the same form for all subject sick
pronouns. a sore throat
• I / You / He / She / It / We / They should stop. a stomach ache
• I / You / He / She / It / We / They shouldn’t go. a temperature
must / mustn’t
We use must for rules, regulations and
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Life events
be born buy a house get a job get married go to university have children
learn to drive leave home leave school start school train to be a work
1 Look at the pictures and complete the words. 2 Find 12 life events in the wordsquare.
G E T A J O B D F G R N O L
A O S T A R T S C H O O L E
B G T R A I N T O B E A I A
U E G O E H S V I E K N D R
Y T E D U S C H U B N S I N
learn to drive 1 born A M J L A N F U L O M E C T
H A V E C H I L D R E N D O
O R E A H K R V N N X B C D
U R F V Y U O P E H E K Y R
S I J E L Y B W O R K D F I
E E A H E U L O B E S S T V
A D N O I L R E D F V I Y E
2 s a t school 3 g t married
E F I M A Z T M E I F K T L
Y J L E A V E S C H O O L Y
8 l a e school 9 w
k with EXTRA!
children
Answer the questions for you. Write complete
sentences.
1 What is your ambition?
2 What do you want to do when you leave
school?
10 t a to 11 a e
be a children
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will / won’t: affirmative and will / won’t: questions and
negative short answers
affirmative questions and short answers
I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They will (‘ll) buy. Will I / you go? Yes, I / you will.
No, I / you won’t.
negative
Will he / she / it go? Yes, he / she / it will.
I / You / He / She / It / We / You / They will not
(won’t) buy. No, he / she / it won’t.
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Musical instruments
acoustic guitar drums electric guitar flute keyboard percussion piano
saxophone trumpet violin
1 Find and circle ten musical instruments in the 3 Complete the puzzle. What is the mystery
wordsnake. instrument?
1
D R U M S
2
I R
3
Y O
4
R T
5
I L
6
I
2 Look at the picture and label the instruments
with the words in exercise 1. E
1 10
1 You sit to play this instrument. You hit it with
sticks or with your hands. It’s very loud!
2 You play this with your fingers. Flamenco
musicians play these. It can be acoustic or
2 4
electric.
3
3 This instrument can sound like a lot of
6 8 9 different instruments. You play it with your
hands.
5
4 You play this instrument with your mouth. It
7
is very loud. It’s a traditional instrument, but
jazz musicians play them, too.
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Complete the sentences for you.
1 In a pop band, my favourite instrument is the
.
2 In an orchestra, my favourite instrument is
the .
3 I don’t like the .
4 I’ve got a friend who can play the
.
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First conditional 3 Write complete first conditional sentences.
become a taxi driver / drive a pink taxi
situation consequence
If she becomes a taxi driver, she’ll drive a
If you study, you will pass. pink taxi .
If you don’t study, you won’t pass. 1 go to the city / visit the museum.
If we
.
consequence situation
2 get a job / be very happy.
You will pass if you study. If my brother
You won’t pass if you don’t study. .
3 not pass her exams / not go to university.
If she
LOOK! .
We describe situations with if + present
4 buy a house / if she earns more money.
simple.
She
We describe consequences with will / won’t +
.
the infinitive without to.
5 have children / if they get married.
They
1 Circle the correct words. .
I’ll celebrate if he gets / will get the job. 4 Match 1–6 with a–f to make first conditional
1 If my sister has / will have children, I’ll be
sentences.
an aunt!
2 I’ll buy a house near the beach if I earn / ’ll 1 If you pass your exams,
earn a lot of money. 2 If I go out in the rain,
3 If you buy / will buy a laptop, you’ll use it 3 Will it be warmer
every day. 4 If I change school,
4 If the rain doesn’t stop / won’t stop, we 5 Will you tell Tom about the party
won’t go camping. 6 Will she lend you any money
5 I won’t go out later if there is / will be a
film on TV.
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1 Read the text and look at the chart. A class survey
Class survey: School holiday plans 3 Look at the class survey and match the
20 questions with the answers.
Class survey: Future plans
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Number of students
20
10
15
Number of students
5
10
0
travel to go stay at home go to a go to the
another somewhere theme park beach
country in Spain
5
(3) 80 per cent of students will go class survey and the phrases in exercise 3.
to a theme park with their families or
friends. (4) 25 per cent of students Class survey: Future plans
will go to the beach. These students We asked 20 people in our class about their
have family who live near the sea. future plans. Here are our results.
• Do you want to earn a lot of money?
Everyone wants to earn a lot of money. They
2 Circle the correct phrases to replace the think they will be happy.
highlighted expression in the text.
• Do you want to work in an office?
50 per cent of students / a few will travel (1) in the class
to another country. wants to work (2) .
1 Most / Everyone will go somewhere in
Spain. • Will you live in the city? Will you live in the
country?
2 No one / A few will stay at home.
3 Most / Half will go to a theme park. (3) students will
4 A few / No one will go to the beach. (4) because they
think there are more jobs in the city. (5)
will live in the
country. They like quiet places.
• Will you travel to another country?
(6) of students will
(7) . They want to
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will / won’t Wordlist
We use will to talk about predictions for the Life events
future.
be born
• I will have a lot of children.
buy a house
We often use the expressions I think, I expect, get a job
I guess to introduce predictions. get married
• He thinks he’ll be famous. go to university
• I expect they’ll get married. have children
We use will + infinitive for sentences in the learn to drive
affirmative. leave home
• We’ll buy a big house. leave school
• She’ll live a long life. start school
train to be a …
We use won’t (will not) + infinitive for
work
sentences in the negative.
• I won’t have ten children. Musical instruments
• You won’t live in Australia. acoustic guitar
We often use these time expressions with will: drums
one day, one day soon, soon, tomorrow, next electric guitar
year, when I’m older, when I finish school. flute
• I’ll buy a car when I’m 20. keyboard
• He’ll go to university next year. percussion
The word order is different in questions. piano
saxophone
• He will be a famous footballer.
trumpet
• Will he be a famous footballer?
violin
We don’t repeat the infinitive in short
answers.
• Will we buy a big house?
• Yes, we will. ✓
First conditional
We use the first conditional to talk about
possible situations in the future and their
consequences.
We use: If + subject + present simple, subject +
will / won’t + infinitive without to.
• If you practise, your concerts will be good.
We also use: subject + will / won’t + infinitive
without to + if + subject + present simple.
• Your concerts will be good if you practise.
If we put the situation first, we use a comma.
• If I study, I’ll pass my exam.
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Materials and containers
aluminium bag bottle box can cardboard carton cotton glass jar metal
paper plastic wool
1 Find and circle 14 materials and containers in 3 Match 1–5 with a–e to make compound
the wordsquare. nouns.
C N C A R T O N B E A
A P M A Y P I W O O L
R L J A R A L Y X L U
D A E A U D B S T P M
B S P V I A B E S A I
O T H E M C O O R P N
A I A X R E T Z R E I
R C I C O T T O N R U 1 plastic a can
2 glass b bag
D H D A M G L A S S M
3 cardboard c T-shirt
B A G N S W E T L P L 4 aluminium d box
5 cotton e bottle
2 Complete the table with words in exercise 1.
4 Complete the sentences with the compound
containers materials nouns in exercise 3.
carton aluminium 1 If you go to the market, you’ll need to take
a .
2 My cat likes sleeping in a
.
3 My granddad collects
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when he makes wine.
4 For PE, I always wear a
.
5 We buy cola in an .
EXTRA!
Complete the sentences for you.
1 In my family, we recycle
.
2 We don’t really need to use
.
3 It’ll be difficult to stop using
.
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Present perfect: affirmative
affirmative contracted form
LOOK!
The he / she / it forms are different: 2 They 3 It the
He / She / It has eaten. ✓ a house. (build) fish. (eat)
He / She / It have eaten. ✗
There are a lot of irregular past participles.
Use the verb list on page 126 in your Student’s
Book to help you.
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Endangered animals
dolphin elephant leopard orang-utan panda polar bear rhinoceros snake
tiger turtle
1 Look at the picture and label the animals with 3 Complete the crossword.
the words in the table. 1
2 2
1 3
4
4
3 5
6
5
6 7
7 10
9
Across
3 I’m usually found in hot countries. I’m a
reptile but I don’t have legs.
1 elephant 6 5 I live in water and on land. I lay eggs and
2 7 I’ve got a shell.
3 8 6 I’ve got four legs but I can’t jump. I’ve got
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Complete the sentences for you.
1 My favourite endangered animal is
.
2 I don’t like .
3 In a zoo or safari park, I visit the
first.
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Present perfect: questions 4 broken / I / my arm / Have ?
and short answers No, you .
questions and short answers
5 Have / the cake / eaten / you ?
Have I seen … ? Yes, I have.
No, I haven’t. Yes, I .
Have you seen … ? Yes, you have.
No, you haven’t. 3 Circle the correct words.
Has he / she / it seen … ? Yes, he / she / it has.
No, he / she / it hasn’t.
Have we / you / Yes, we / you / they have.
they seen … ? No, we / you / they
haven’t.
LOOK!
We don’t repeat the past participle in short
answers.
Have I recycled glass?
Yes, you have. ✓ Yes, you have recycled. ✗
1 Complete the questions with Have or Has. Louis Have you finish / finished your
Then match the questions with the short homework, Kyle?
answers. Kyle No, I (1) hasn’t / haven’t.
Have Louis But I want to play football with you.
I told you about the film?
(2) Have / Has you started it yet?
1 she arrived?
Kyle Yes, I (3) have / haven’t.
2 we eaten all the biscuits?
Louis Has your teacher (4) given / gived you
3 he reused those jars? much homework?
4 you put the books in Kyle Yes, he (5) give / has.
your bag?
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1 Read the text. Then tick (✓) the best name for A competition entry
the competition.
a Make bracelets
3 Match questions 1–3 with a–e.
b Help the pandas 1 What is the problem?
c Earn a lot of money 2 What have the students done
to help?
3 What are they going to do next?
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Present perfect Wordlist
We use the present perfect to talk about past Materials and containers
experiences. We aren’t interested in, or we
aluminium
don’t know, when they happened.
bag
We form the present perfect with have / has + bottle
the past participle of the verb. box
• I have organized a competition. can
• He has bought a laptop. cardboard
We form the negative with haven’t / hasn’t + carton
the past participle of the verb. cotton
• They haven’t reduced their screen time. glass
jar
The regular past participle ending is –ed.
metal
• use ➔ used
paper
Many common verbs are irregular. The past plastic
participle of some verbs are the same as the wool
past simple form.
• have ➔ had ➔ had, meet ➔ met ➔ met. Endangered animals
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Playing games
beat cheat count give up guess land lose miss a turn move a counter roll a dice
1 Complete the words with the vowels. 2 Circle the correct words.
If you don’t know the answer, you can
guess / land.
1 To play you must give up / move your
counter on the board.
2 I don’t know the answer. I give up / roll!
1 g v p 3 You’re going to beat / miss me again. You
l o s e always win.
4 The red squares mean you must lose / miss
a turn.
5 It’s not fair! You cheated / landed. You’re
bad!
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cheat count guess land lose roll
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8 ch t 9 m
ss 1 What’s your favourite game?
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2 Have you ever cheated in a game?
3 What was the last game you played?
4 Do you usually win when you play games?
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Grammar 1
Present simple and present Past simple and past
continuous continuous
present simple present continuous past simple past continuous
+ I play games. We’re playing a game. + I played tennis. We were running.
She wins every game. He’s winning. She saw a great film. He was going home.
– He doesn’t cheat. She isn’t losing. – He didn’t go home. It wasn’t raining.
They don’t like Go. They aren’t cheating! They didn’t buy a drink. They weren’t cheating!
? Does he enjoy cards? Is he counting? ? Did he call you? Was he swimming?
Do you play chess? Are they cheating? Did you fall? Were they climbing?
LOOK! LOOK!
Routines and habits: I meet my friends on Completed action in the past: I played a game
Saturdays. yesterday.
Actions in progress: Shh! I’m watching the film. Action in progress in the past: I was visiting
my cousin.
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Vocabulary 2
Places to visit
art gallery aquarium campsite castle cathedral fishing port market
monument safari park statue town square water park
1 Look at the pictures and complete the 2 Complete the table with the words in
crossword. exercise 1.
Down Indoors Outdoors Both
1 3 art gallery
2
4 5
9
6
1 2
It was fun sleeping in a tent.
3 4 3 We visited a , where there was
a pirate’s cave. We got very wet on some of
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the rides.
6 7
4 We went to a big and I
bought some souvenirs. We saw lots of
interesting food and things to buy.
8 5 We saw elephants and lions at the
. It was brilliant.
9 EXTRA!
10 Answer the questions for you.
1 Where is your favourite market?
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2 Is there a statue in your town? What is it?
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3 What is the worst monument you’ve seen?
4 Which do you like best, castles or
cathedrals, and why?
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The future: affirmative and 3 Match beginnings 1–6 with endings a–f to
negative make complete sentences.
present continuous 1 His grandfather isn’t
I’m / ‘m not meeting Luke at 7 o’clock. 2 I won’t
3 It isn’t going
be going to 4 She
They’re / aren’t going to go to the beach tomorrow. 5 The school isn’t
6 We
will
I think she’ll / won’t go to Paris. a to be hot next week.
b closing early this afternoon.
c won’t tell me the password.
LOOK! d aren’t playing tennis this weekend.
Future plans: We’re leaving at 6.30.
e be late again.
Predictions: We’ll win the match.
f going to beat him at chess.
Intentions: I’m going to be a doctor.
Evidence in present: Look! It’s going to rain. 4 Complete the sentences with the words in the
box.
1 Read the sentences and circle the correct aren’t (x2) isn’t ’m not ’m not going to
words. won’t
I’m seeing them at 7 o’clock tonight. isn’t
He going to win.
prediction / plan
1 They give up, I hope!
1 He’s arriving at 6pm.
2 I eating at home tonight. I’m
intention / plan going out to a restaurant.
2 They’re going to win this game. They’re 3 We doing any exams next
winning 5–0. week.
evidence / intention 4 I cheat!
3 We’re going to have a party, but we haven’t 5 You going to walk home
decided when. alone.
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Reading Writing
1 Read the text. Tick the things Aisha is doing An email
at the weekend.
1 She’s writing an email.
3 Read the notes. Which sentences are
happening now (N), happened last week (LW)
2 She’s taking an exam.
3 She’s playing basketball. and which are happening at the weekend (W).
4 She’s meeting her classmates.
5 She’s going to a concert.
(1) hungry!
Love,
I had a great week at school last week.
Aisha On Monday (2) .
My team won! Then, on Tuesday, I
(3) . We saw
Shakespeare – it was fantastic!
2 Read the text again and answer the questions. Yesterday we had a lesson with the
1 What is Aisha doing at the moment? coolest teacher. We
(4) !
2 Why was last week difficult for Aisha? Tomorrow, I (5)
for a pizza. We (6)
3 What did Aisha do last Wednesday? at 6.00pm outside the restaurant. Do
you want to come?
4 Where is Aisha going tomorrow? Next Sunday, I (7) to
the market. They sell some cool things.
5 What’s going to happen at the end of the
Are you free next Sunday?
day? Please come for the pizza. It’ll be great!
And we can make a plan about the
6 Where are they meeting at 4pm tomorrow? market.
Love,
Lianne
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Language reference
Tense review: the present Time expressions
We use the present simple for routines and Present simple
habits. • always / usually / often / sometimes / hardly
• I play cards with my friends on Saturdays. ever / never.
We use the present continuous to describe Present continuous
activities that are happening now. • today / at the moment / now.
• We’re playing Monopoly now. Kyra is
Past simple
winning.
• in 1475 / yesterday / 5,000 years ago / last
month.
Tense review: the past
Future
We use the past simple to describe finished • tomorrow / later / next week / month / year.
actions or situations in the past.
• We played cards last Saturday and I won.
Wordlist
We use the past continuous to describe
Playing games
activities in progress at a specific time in the
past. beat
• We were playing cards at 7.30pm. cheat
Remember, we usually use when before count
the past simple and while before the past give up
continuous. guess
• When our teacher arrived, we were playing land
cards. lose
• While we were playing cards, our teacher miss a turn
arrived. move a counter
roll a dice
Tense review: the future Places to visit
We use the present continuous for definite art gallery
future plans. We usually use a future time aquarium
expression.
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Unit 1 Vocabulary 2 4 1 b
Vocabulary 1 2 b
1 soap opera
3 a
1 cartoon
4 b
T H A F Y V I N M E I X A T the news
H A R V A D W A R L K W H G 5 a
sports programme
R O M A N T I C C O M E D Y 6 a
drama
I Y U D I P O T H J U S O L
game show
L E S V M G C I A S F T A S Reading and writing
L T I E A U U O R T I E E R chat show
E J C N T O M N M H N R H U comedy 1 1 an American
R T A T E N R W V E M N O G reality show 2 an engineer
A H L U D H Q R P B D E R B documentary
E S M R N F A N T A S Y R I 2 1 His favourite film is Iron
S C I E N C E F I C T I O N 2 Man.
C I R M E A S D W E U R R P D R A M A 2 It’s a science-fiction film.
W I U Y P E F U R E I O X S O 3 The film is about the
C S R P S N D R I O A W C V C A R T O O N superhero character,
U
Iron Man.
2 1 animated G A M E S H O W
E
4 The actors are Robert
2 fantasy T H E N E W S Downey Jr and Gwyneth
3 western T Paltrow.
4 romantic comedy C H A T S H O W 5 He likes the film
5 thriller R because the special
Y effects are fantastic.
3 1 war
2 musical Mystery programme:
3
3 comedy documentary
4 horror What’s your favourite film?
3 1 soap operas
5 animated 2 reality shows This week, Liam from Brook
3 the news High School, tells us about
EXTRA! his favourite film.
Students’ own answers. 4 sports programmes
5 comedies My favourite film is Iron Man.
Grammar 1 It’s an American science-
4 Students’ own answers.
fiction film.
1 1 go The film is about the
2 likes Grammar 2
superhero character, Iron
3 has got 1 1 always Man.
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4 prefer 2 usually
5 costs The important characters
3 sometimes
are Tony Stark and his
2 1 doesn’t 4 hardly ever
assistant. Tony Stark is an
2 don’t 5 never
engineer. He makes a special
3 don’t 2 1 usually watch suit. Stark wears the suit
4 don’t 2 always turns off and he becomes the Iron
5 doesn’t 3 are never Man. Robert Downey Jr is
3 1 Do, don’t 4 often uses Tony Stark and Gwyneth
2 Does, does 5 are sometimes Paltrow is his assistant.
3 Do, do 3 1 My mum always I really like this film because
4 Do, don’t watches the news. the special effects are
2 We sometimes watch TV fantastic.
4 1 Where
2 When in the mornings.
3 What 3 Eva often goes to the
4 Students’ own answers.
4 How often cinema.
5 Why 4 They never buy DVDs. 5 Students’ own answers.
5 I hardly ever watch
EXTRA!
dramas.
Students’ own answers.
6 You are sometimes
funny.
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3 some 6 a 3 should
4 a 4 should
5 many 3 1 c 5 shouldn’t
6 some 2 b
3 b 2 1 shouldn’t eat
4 a 2 should clean
Reading and Writing
5 c 3 shouldn’t borrow
1 A beautiful, old, red jacket. 6 c 4 shouldn’t build
5 should drink
2 1 The jacket is red. EXTRA! 6 should do
2 It’s got some (yellow) Students’ own answers.
flowers and a (green) 3 1 Should we take an
dragon on it. Grammar 1 umbrella?
3 It’s from Hong Kong. No, we/you shouldn’t.
4 She likes it because it 1 1 are 2 Should he give this food
is from her uncle and 2 am to the dog?
because it’s different 3 is Yes, he should.
from her other clothes. 4 are 3 Should they buy a map?
5 are No, they shouldn’t.
3
2 1 isn’t 4 Should I drink water
opinion size age colour from this bottle?
2 aren’t
beautiful small old red 3 ’m not Yes, you should.
fantastic little second- yellow 4 aren’t
strange hand green
5 aren’t
wonderful
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R L J A R A L Y X L U York. cake?
D A E A U D B S T P M
Yes, I have.
B S P V I A B E S A I Vocabulary 2
O T H E M C O O R P N 3 1 haven’t
A I A X R E T Z R E I 1 1 elephant 2 Have
R C I C O T T O N R U 2 rhinoceros 3 have
D H D A M G L A S S M 3 panda
B A G N S W E T L P L
4 given
4 polar bear 5 has
5 tiger 6 tried
2 6 leopard 7 haven’t
containers materials 7 turtle 8 Have
carton aluminium 8 orang-utan
9 dolphin EXTRA!
box plastic
10 snake Students’ own answers.
can cardboard
bag wool 2 Reading and writing
bottle cotton
animals animals animals
jar paper that live that that live 1 b
metal on land live in on land
2 1 b
glass water and in
water 2 c
3 a
3 1 b elephant dolphin polar bear
2 e leopard turtle
3 d orang-utan snake
4 a panda
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