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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

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Grammar 2 22 Grammar 2 52
Reading and writing 23 Reading and writing 53
Language reference 24 Language reference 54

Unit 5 Answer key 55–62


Vocabulary 1 25
Grammar 1 26
Vocabulary 2 27
Grammar 2 28
Reading and writing 29
Language reference 30
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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.
4 5
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

I like Do I watch? Yes, I do.


No, I don’t.
You like
Do you watch? Yes, you do.
He / She / It likes
No, you don’t.
We / You / They like
Does he / she / it watch? Yes, he / she / it does.
No, he / she / it doesn’t.
LOOK! Do we / you / they watch? Yes, we / you / they do.
The he / she / it forms are different.
No, we / you / they don’t.
He / She / It eats. NOT He / She / It eat.
He / She / It goes. NOT He / She / It go.
He / She / It studies. NOT He / She / It study. 3 Circle the correct words.
Do / Does you go to the cinema every
week?
1 Circle the correct words. Yes, I do / does.
1 Do / Does your cousins like animated films?
No, they don’t / doesn’t.
2 Do / Does your mum enjoy westerns?
Yes, she does / doesn’t.
3 Do / Does your friends buy films on DVD?
Yes, they do / don’t.
4 Do / Does you eat popcorn at the cinema?
No, I do / don’t.
I live / lives in Newcastle, England.
1 I often go / goes to the cinema with my Question words
friends.
4 Complete the questions with the words in the

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2 My friend Erik like / likes the Empire
cinema. box.
3 It have got / has got 12 screens. How often What When Where
4 I prefer / prefers action films. Who Why
5 A film cost / costs £5.
Who is this
negative contracted form actor? It’s Penelope Cruz.
I do not like don’t like 1 is she
from? She’s from Spain.
You do not like don’t like 2 is her
He / She / It does not like doesn’t like birthday? It’s on
28th April.
We / You / They do not like don’t like
3 is her
nickname? It’s Pe.
2 Complete the sentences with don’t or doesn’t. 4 does she
make a film? She makes
I don’t like fantasy films. a film at least once a year.
1 My best friend like war films. 5 do you like her? Because she’s
2 I go to the cinema on Fridays. a good actor and she’s beautiful.
3 We buy popcorn at the cinema.
4 My friends sit at the front of
the cinema.
5 Tom watch films on TV.
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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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A T O documentaries, like Big Brother or X
Factor - programmes which show real
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people in real situations.
3
A E H W
My dad wants to know what is happening
E in the world, so he watches (3) game
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E E S shows / the news three times a day.

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5 programmes because he loves football.


H T H W
My granddad prefers (5) comedies / the
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news. He likes to laugh and he isn’t a very
Y serious person. What about your family?

1 A play for television, usually serious. Love,


2 A programme for children with pictures, Beth
like Spiderman.
3 People win prizes or money on this
programme.
4 A programme with information about 4 Complete the sentences for you.
events that are happening now. 1 I watch .
5 A programme where the presenter talks to I like .
famous people. 2 My mum loves .
Her favourite is .
Mystery programme: 3 My dad loves
O U E T RY because .
4 My friends prefer .
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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

always hardly ever never often eat breakfast Monday Saturday


sometimes usually Tuesday Sunday
Wednesday
Thursday
100% (1)
Friday,
(2)
Saturday
often Sunday
(3)
(4) have maths Monday, Monday
Wednesday,
0% (5)
Friday
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I always do my homework. ✓ watch the – 8.00am
I do always my homework. ✗ news 6.00pm
I am sometimes tired. ✓
I sometimes am tired. ✗

2 Circle the correct words.


go to the 11th October July and
My dad never watches / watches never dentist December
soap operas.
1 I usually watch / watch usually TV at the
weekend.
2 She turns off always / always turns off the
TV at night. Tom eats breakfast ... .
3 We never are / are never late for school. a every day b twice a week
4 My sister often uses / uses often the
1 Lucy and Joe eat breakfast... .

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computer to help with her homework.
5 Interesting programmes sometimes are / a three times a week b twice a week
are sometimes on TV very late. 2 Tom has maths ... .
a every day. b three times a week.
3 Rewrite the sentences using the adverbs of
frequency in brackets. 3 Lucy and Joe have maths ... .
a once a week b twice a day
I am tired. (often)
I am often tired. 4 Lucy and Joe watch the news ... .
1 My mum watches the news. (always) a once a day b twice a day

5 Tom goes to the dentist ... .
2 We watch TV in the mornings. (sometimes)
a once a year b once a month

3 Eva goes to the cinema. (often) 6 Lucy and Joe go to the dentist ... .
a twice a year b every month
4 They buy DVDs. (never)

5 I watch dramas. (hardly ever)

6 You are funny. (sometimes)

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Reading Writing
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?

Who are the characters?

What do the characters do?

Who are the actors?


Why do you like it?

What’s your favourite film?


5 Now use the information from exercise 4 to
This week, Liam from Brook High School
complete the film review. Circle He, She or
tells us about his favourite film.
They and Is or Are.
My favourite film is Iron Man. It’s an
American science-fiction film. Remember!
The film is about the superhero character, Use capital letters for names, countries and
Iron Man. nationalities.
The important characters are Tony
Stark and his assistant. Tony Stark is an My favourite film is .
engineer. He makes a special suit. Stark It’s a(n) film.
wears the suit and he becomes the Iron The film is about .
Man. Robert Downey Jr is Tony Stark and The important character(s) is / are
Gwyneth Paltrow is his assistant. . He / She / They
I really like this film because the special . The actor(s) is / are
effects are fantastic. .
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I really like this film because


.
2 Read the text in exercise 1 again. Then
answer the questions. EXTRA!
1 What is Liam’s favourite film?
Think of a film or TV programme you don’t
like. Write a review of it.
2 What type of film is it?

3 What is the film about?

4 Who are the actors?

5 Why does Liam like the film?

3 Read the text and circle the capital letters, full


stops and question marks.
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Language reference
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.

In questions we use do or does before the


subject. Wordlist
• Do you go to the cinema? Film types
Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
action
• Does he go to the cinema?
adventure
Yes, he does. / No, he doesn’t.
animated
• Do they go to the cinema?
comedy
Yes, they do. / No, they don’t.
fantasy
We don’t repeat the verb in short answers. horror
• Do you go to the cinema with your friends? musical
Yes, I do. ✓ romantic comedy
Yes, I do go. ✗ science-fiction
thriller

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Question words war
western
What’s your name? My name’s Michael.
Where are you from? I’m from London. TV programmes
When’s your birthday? It’s in May. cartoon
How are you? Fine, thanks. chat show
How often do you buy DVDs? Never. comedy programme
Who’s Lucy? She’s my cousin. documentary
Why are you happy? It’s my birthday. drama
game show
reality show
soap opera
sports programme
the news
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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

Let’s build a fire before it gets dark.


1 My dad and uncle usually
wood for the fire.
2 My brother and his friends often
trees in the park.
2 cook / find 3 climb / sleep 3 They sometimes in the river.
4 In the summer we always in a
tent.
5 My cousins often for 10km in
the mountains.

3 Circle the correct words.


4 cook / fish 5 chop / camp
Hi Matt,
I’m doing an activity
course. I’m learning to
survive in the wild.
6 hike / climb 7 fish / sleep
Every morning, we
build / chop a fire and we (1) camp / cook
our breakfast.
Then, we often (2) find / hike for about
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15km in the mountains.


In the afternoon, we (3) look for / climb
8 look for / build 9 chop / find food for dinner. Every night we (4) sleep /
fish in a tent. It’s great!
Tom

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.

He / She / It is sleeping ‘s sleeping Are you Yes, you are.


sleeping? No, you aren’t.
We / You / They are sleeping ‘re sleeping
Is he / she / it Yes, he / she / it is.
sleeping? No, he / she / it isn’t.
LOOK!
hike – hiking ✓ hikeing ✗ Are we / you / they Yes, we / you / they are.
chop – chopping ✓ choping ✗ sleeping? No, we / you / they aren’t.

1 Complete the –ing form. LOOK!


Yes, I am. / No, I’m not. ✓
build buil d i ng Yes, I am sleeping. / No, I’m not sleeping. ✗
1 sleep sle p ng
2 try t ing
3 hike hi i g 4 Circle the correct words. Then complete the
4 make m k n short answers.
5 survive surviv
Is / Are you building a fire?
6 chop chop ng
No, I’m not.
7 put p tt
1 Is / Am she swimming in the river?
8 run r ing
No, she .
2 Is / Are your dad working today?
2 Circle the correct words.
Yes, he .
He are hiking / is hiking in the mountains. 3 Are / Am I helping you?
1 We having / are having a fantastic time. Yes, you .

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2 I am talking / is talking to my friend. 4 Are / Is we learning English?
3 She is swim / is swimming in the river. Yes, we .
4 You are chopping / chopping wood. 5 Am / Are they chopping wood?
5 James and Ben are make / are making tea. No, they .
negative contracted form
Present continuous for future
I am not sleeping ‘m not sleeping
arrangements
You are not sleeping aren’t sleeping

He / She / It is not sleeping isn’t sleeping


Remember!
Use a future time expression.
We / You / They are not sleeping aren’t sleeping

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!
U
R R 4 I’m sad / excited. My best friend is
3
P E
4
S moving to a different town next
week. It’s bad news!
R N D
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5
S C E 5 W
 e’re very angry /
surprised. Our cat is very
E Y old, but it’s climbing a
6
X I D big tree in the garden!

Down
6 I’m
 very embarrassed / excited. It’s
1 2 4 my birthday tomorrow.

7 I’m angry /pleased. My sister’s got


my mp3 player and I want to listen
to some music. She always takes my
things!
Across
8 M
 y mum is worried / jealous. It’s
1 3 5 6 late and my brother isn’t at home.
He’s with his friends but mum
doesn’t know where they all are.
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9 W
 e’re very surprised /
nervous. We’ve got exams
tomorrow!

10 I’m very scared / tired. I’m


watching a horror film!
2 Circle the correct words.
I feel embarrassed / tired. It’s my
grandmother’s birthday and I haven’t 11 W
 e’re very worried / tired.
got her a present. We’re doing our homework
and it’s midnight.

1 W
 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.

1 We go to the cinema ... . 4 Circle the correct words.


a once a week b now
2 I visit my cousins ... .
a every summer b this week
3 They’re learning how to sail ... .
a on Saturdays b this week
4 We aren’t playing football ... .
a once a month b today

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Ruby Grant lives / is living in a village near
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form Manchester. She usually (1) goes / is going to
a secondary school in the city centre. But she
of the verbs in brackets. Use the present
(2) stays / is staying with a Chinese family in
simple or present continuous. Shanghai this month. In Shanghai, school (3)
My brother often watches (watch) starts / is starting every day at 7.30am, not like
comedies on TV. in Manchester. Ruby usually (4) eats / is eating
1 My mum (not speak) to my sandwiches at lunchtime at school, but today she
sister at the moment. (5) has / is having rice and fish with her new
2 My cousins (fish) in the river friends. Ruby doesn’t speak Chinese, but her new
every weekend. friends (6) understand / are understanding
English, so she can talk to them. Ruby (7) has / is
3 Today we (climb) a mountain
having a great time at the moment!
in Scotland.
4 They (study) for a test now.
5 I (not play) football on
Mondays. EXTRA
Complete the sentences for you.
1 I every weekend.
2 I at the moment.
3 I this week.
4 I never .
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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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1 2 3
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.
5 They’re walking to Old Faithful EXTRA!
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

With most verbs, we add –ing. build


• build – building, climb – climbing camp
chop
With verbs that end in –e, we omit the –e and
climb
add –ing.
cook
• hike – hiking, make – making
find

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With verbs that end in –ie, we change –ie to fish
–y and add –ing. hike
• die – dying look for
With one-syllable verbs that end in vowel + sleep
consonant, we double the consonant and add
Feelings
–ing.
• chop – chopping angry
bored
With two-syllable verbs that end in vowel +
embarrassed
consonant (except –w, –x or –y), we double
the consonant and add –ing. excited
jealous
• begin – beginning
nervous
pleased
sad
scared
surprised
tired
worried
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Vocabulary 1
Verbs of discovery
arrive discover drive explore fly go land leave ride sail take off travel

1 Complete the words. 3 Complete the crossword with the letters


given.

1
L E A V E
R E
2
Y
3
R
4
L D
5
T K F
6
explore 1 d S V
7
V L
8
A I
9
S
10
X R
eva
1 dvi
2 fl
2 l 3 t 3 eid
4 na
5 eafo
6 odirce
7 rate
8 rerv
9 ial
10 peole
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4 a 5 f
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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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

I / He / She / It wasn’t (was not) happy.

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You / We / They weren’t (were not) happy.

4 Circle the correct words.


I wasn’t / weren’t at school because I was /
were ill.
In 1522, European explorers found 1 My mum wasn’t / weren’t pleased because I
tomatoes in Peru. was / were late home.
2 Brad Pitt was / were on TV but he wasn’t /
They (1) (sail) with them back
weren’t with Angelina Jolie.
to Europe.
3 My cousins wasn’t / weren’t at home
Then, people in Italy (2) (cook) because they was / were in Manchester.
tomatoes with their bread. 4 We was / were worried because our
They (3) (discover) pizza! football coach wasn’t / weren’t at the
In the 19th century, many Italians match.
(4) (travel) to live in America. 5 You was / were tired because you wasn’t /
weren’t in bed before 11pm.
They (5) (take) pizzas with them.
The first pizzeria (6) (sell)
pizzas in New York City in 1905.
Everybody (7) (love) them!
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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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The (7) famine / fire in Greece is continuing in


the forest. It is destroying the trees and killing the
wildlife. It began with a cigarette. The emergency
fire 1
services are working in the area.

2 3

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Think of a natural disaster. Write a news
report about it.
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Past simple: questions and 3 Order the words to make questions. Then
short answers write answers for you.

questions and short answers you / do / When / did / your homework ?


When did you do your homework?
Did I travel? Yes, I did. I did my homework yesterday.

No, I didn’t.
1 you / Where / on Saturday / at 2pm / were ?
Did you travel? Yes, you did.
No, you didn’t.
Did he / she / it travel? Yes, he / she / it did. 2 watch / on TV yesterday / What / you / did ?
No, he / she / it didn’t.

Did we / you / they travel? Yes, we / you / they did.
3 What time / you / arrive / did / at school this
No, we / you / they morning ?
didn’t.


LOOK! 4 on Saturday / did / Who / you / see ?
Don’t use the verb in short answers:
Did you fly to London?
Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t. ✓
Yes, I did fly. / No, they didn’t fly. ✗ could / couldn’t
Remember!
1 Match questions 1–5 with short answers a–e. Don’t use to after could / couldn’t.
1 D id your dad drive a No, I didn’t.
to work?
2 D id you ride your b No, she 4 Complete the sentences with could (✓) or
bike yesterday? didn’t. couldn’t (✗) and the verbs in the box.
3 D id your sister
cook draw play speak stop watch
meet her friends on c Yes, they did.
Monday?

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4 D id your friends d Yes, he did.
play basketball last
weekend?
e Yes, we did.
5 Did you and your
friends watch a film?

2 Write questions using the past simple. Then


complete the short answers. The people of London couldn’t stop
the fires. (✗)
Marco Polo / go / to America?
1 Messi football when he
Did Marco Polo go to America?
was very young. (✓)
No, he didn’t.
2 My cousin well when he
1 Sally Ride / land / on the moon? was three. Now he is an artist. (✓)
3 My friend two years
No, ago. Now she makes lovely cakes. (✗)
2 you / see / the news last night? 4 We the match on TV
last night. It was late. (✗)
Yes, 5 My sister English really
3 Edmund Hilary / climb / mountains? well when she lived in London. (✓)

Yes,
4 the Chinese / invent / tomato ketchup?

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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.

On 9th July, 1860, she started a nursing Remember!


school in London. It still exists today. Use in before months and years.
Use at before times.
She died at 12pm on 13th August, 1910. Use on before days and dates.
I like Florence Nightingale because she Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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I think one of the most interesting people in
nurses. history was Mozart. He was born in Salzburg,
Nina Austria, (1) . He was
a (2) .
Mozart was a child genius. He could play
2 Read the text again and answer the (3) before he (4)
questions. . His first opera was
produced (5) when
1 Why did Florence Nightingale go to the he was 11 years old!
Crimean War?
Mozart composed more than (6)
and
2 What was the hospital like? symphonies. He was very famous and
he (7) many
3 What did she do after the war? important European cities, like Munich,
Paris, London and Prague. He died (8)
4 When did Florence Nightingale die? .
I like Mozart because (9)
5 Why does Nina like Florence Nightingale? .

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Language reference
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
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We use did with the infinitive to make travel
questions.
Natural disasters
• Did they play football? ✓
• Did they played football? ✗ drought
earthquake
We don’t repeat the main verb in short
answers. famine
• Did you read that biography? fire
Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t. ✓ floods
Yes, I read. / No, I didn’t read. ✗ hurricane
landslide
be: past simple tornado

We use was / wasn’t for I / He / She / It. tsunami

• I was at school yesterday. volcanic eruption


• He wasn’t at school yesterday.
We use were / weren’t for You / We / They.
• They were at home.
• We weren’t at home.
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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

2 Complete the table with the words in exercise 1.


positive negative
5 I don’t like talking to new people. I’m brave
brave / shy.
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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.

Alice always thinks about herself. She never EXTRA!


thinks about other people. She’s kind / Answer the questions for you.
selfish.
1 Who’s your favourite teacher? What’s he /
she like?

2 Who’s your best friend? What’s he / she
like?
1 M
 y sister never helps at home. She’s lazy /
cheerful. 3 Who’s your favourite family member?
What’s he / she like?

4 What are you like?

2 Josh is a very good friend. He never says
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Grammar 1
Past continuous: affirmative Past continuous: questions
and negative and short answers
affirmative questions and short answers

I was eating Was I eating? Yes, I was.


You were eating No, I wasn’t.
He / She / It was eating
Were you eating? Yes, you were.
You / We / They were eating
No, you weren’t.

Was he / she / it eating? Yes, he / she / it was.


1 Circle the correct –ing forms. No, he / she / it wasn’t.
walk walking / walkking
Were we / you / Yes, we / you / they were.
1 have haveing / having they eating? No, we / you / they
2 invade invading / invadeing weren’t.
3 swim swiming / swimming
4 talk talking / talkking
5 listen listing / listening
4 Complete the questions with Was or Were.
Then match the questions with the short
2 Order the words to make past continuous answers.
sentences. Were you watching TV
it / raining / was . at 8.00pm last night?
It was raining. 1 your dad sitting on
the sofa?
1 was / Granddad / reading / a newspaper .
2 your friends chatting

on the phone?
2 the conversation / was / She / listening to .
3 your dog sleeping in

the kitchen?
3 were / Tom and Harry / playing / cards .
4 I talking too much?

5 you having a good time?
4 making / They / sandwiches / were .

a Yes, you were.

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5 Dad / taking / a photo / was .
b Yes, they were.

c Yes, we were.
negative contracted form
d No, he wasn’t.
e No, it wasn’t.
I was not eating wasn’t eating f Yes, I was.
You were not eating weren’t eating
He / She / It was not eating wasn’t eating
We / You / They were not weren’t eating
EXTRA!
eating Answer the questions for you.
1 Were you dancing at 2am on Saturday
3 Rewrite the sentences in exercise 2 so they night?
2 Were you playing football on Sunday
are negative.
morning?
It wasn’t raining. 3 Were you having breakfast at 8am
1 Granddad a newspaper. yesterday?
2 Georgia to the conversation. 4 Were you talking to your friends at 9
3 Tom and Harry cards. o’clock today?
4 They sandwiches.
5 Dad a photo.
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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.
1
D
2 Weird Events
C R
Wife-carrying
O In this event from Finland,
4 5
P men lift / lead and (1)
3 carry / follow their wives
I for 253.5m. The men
6 7
mustn’t (2) fall / drop
8 their wives. And of course,
the wives mustn’t (3) fall /
cross.
9
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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/ pull their beds for 3km.


The last part of the race
5 lift / fall 7 lead / stand is very difficult – they have to (8) cross / carry a
river on their beds!
Bossaball
This is a combination of
volley ball, beach football
and gymnastics. Players (9)
8 carry / push follow / jump while they
play.
Across

2 follow / carry 3 sit / move

4 drop / pull 6 fall / lift 9 stand / move


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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 ?

4 Now match the answers with questions 1–5 in


exercise 3.
a I was watching Big Brother.
b I was talking to my friend.
1 When we got home c I bought some DVDs.
2 Laura was crossing the road d They met in London.
3 While I was having breakfast, e Yes, I was.
4 When I saw my friends
5 While James was climbing a tree, EXTRA!
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1
a they were buying popcorn.
2
b the dog was eating our lunch.
3
c while I was jumping over the wall.
4
d he fell and broke his arm.
5
e my phone rang.
6
f when she found €50 on the floor.

2 Circle the correct words.


I did / was doing my homework when my
mum arrived home.
1 My sister was carrying the shopping when
she dropped / was dropping the eggs.
2 While I was standing outside the cinema,
I saw / was seeing Brad Pitt.
3 When my teacher walked into the room
we listened / were listening to music.
4 A big dog took / was taking our ball while
we were playing football.
5 While we looked / were looking for wood
to build a fire, we discovered a secret cave.
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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

One night, my friend Karyn was at home


alone. She was watching a horror film on
TV and she was scared. Suddenly, someone
knocked on the door. Karyn opened the door. 1 3
A girl was standing there in a white dress. Her 2 4
name was Rosemary. She told Karyn that she
lived in Karyn’s house when she was a child. 4 Look at the notes and choose the words and
Her voice was strange. Then the girl walked phrases for the narrative.
away. Karyn followed her but she couldn’t
1 Where were you? – camping / on the beach
find her.
2 What happened? – we made a noise / we
Later Karyn’s parents came home and she told heard a noise
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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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stand
• ... when I fell.
We use when before the past simple, and
while before the past continuous.
• I was running for the bus when I fell.
• I fell while I was running for the bus.
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Vocabulary 1
Money
buy borrow earn lend pay (for) save sell spend swap win

1 Circle the correct words. 3 Circle the correct words.


How much did you buy / pay for this?
1 When I wash my mum’s car, I earn / win five Ellie: M
 um, can you buy / swap / win me a
euros. new bike?
2 In the USA, children often lend / sell
cookies to get extra money.
3 You don’t buy books in a library, you Mum: You
 can (1) earn / borrow /
borrow / sell them. save your brother’s bike. He
doesn’t use it any more.
4 When you get your pocket money, do you
spend / swap it all?
5 Could you lend / sell me two euros, please? Ellie: I know, but he doesn’t want to (2) buy /
pay / lend it to me.
2 Look at the pictures and complete the
sentences with the verbs in the box.
Mum: I can’t (3) pay / swap / sell for a
buy lend save sell spend win bike at the moment. I (4) borrowed
/ earned / spent a lot of money on
a new fridge last week. Maybe next
month for your birthday.

Ellie: B ut that’s not until October!

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1 What do you spend your money on?



Jane went shopping 1 Do
 you
2 What was the last thing you bought?
but she didn’t all your pocket
spend any money?
money. 3 Do you swap things? What?

4 What do you never lend?

2 Where did you 3 Could you


your me
T-shirt? It’s great! your pen, please?

4 They want to 5 Tom didn’t


their any
old DVDs. money on the game
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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. ✗

3 Circle the correct words.

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Caviar is the expensivest / most expensive
food in the world.
1 Trevelez is the highest / most high town in
Spain.
2 The oldest / most old cat in the world lived
to be 39 years old.
3 Rafael Nadal is one of the goodest / best
tennis players of all time.
Hi! 4 The Shard is the tallest / most tall building
in London.
I’m Stacey. I’m 14, and this is my family.
5 The fastest / most fast car in the world is
Harry is older (old) than Nathan, but the Bugatti Veyron.
Nathan is tall for his age.
Harry is much (1) (small) than 4 Order the words to make questions. Then
Nathan, but he’s got (2) (big) answer the questions for you.
ears than him!
1 is / room in your house / biggest / the /
I’m (3) (young) than all of them, What ?
but I’m much (4) (intelligent)
than them! I am (5) (good) at 2 the / person / most intelligent / Who / in
playing the piano than my sister, too. your family / is ?

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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?

3 Complete the questions with How much or


LOOK! How many.
Countable nouns: Uncountable nouns:
desktop(s), speaker(s), ink, water, money, How much memory is there?
photo(s), game(s), time, food, 1 computers are there?
computer(s), friend(s) homework 2 ink is in this printer cartridge?
3 money does that scanner cost?
4 teachers are there in your
1 Circle the correct words. school?
He’s got a / an new flash drive.
1 I’ve got a / an amazing new computer.
4 Circle the correct words.
2 Have you got a / any video games?
3 There are some / any students in my class.
4 I haven’t got any / a money.
5 You don’t have any / some speakers.
6 Has this computer got a / some webcam?
7 There is some / any money in my pocket.

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countable nouns uncountable nouns

There are a lot of This laptop has got a lot


laptops in our school. of memory.

We don’t have many I don’t have much


laptops at school. memory on this laptop.

How many laptops have How much memory has


you got? the computer got?
Briony That’s a / an amazing laptop!
Emma It’s my mum’s.
LOOK! Briony Wow! How (1) much / many did it
We use a lot of in affirmative sentences. cost?
We use much / many in negative sentences Emma A lot!
and questions. Briony Are there are (2) any / a films on it?
Emma Yes. My uncle gave us (3) some / any
new films last weekend. He’s got (4)
a / many flash drive.
Briony How (5) many / much films have you
got?
Emma About 30. Let’s watch (6) much /
some films this afternoon!
Briony Great idea!
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Reading Writing
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.

2 Read the text again and answer the


questions.
1 What colour is the jacket?

2 What pictures has it got on it?

3 Where is it from?

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4 Why does Sara like it? (Give two reasons)


I’ve got a lot of things from different
places, but this is my favourite. It’s a
3 Look at the text again. Use the adjectives in (1) .
the highlighted text to complete the table.
We went on holiday to Morocco and we
opinion size age colour visited an (2) .
I bought this box from a stall with a lot
beautiful of (3) .
second-
hand Why is it my favourite thing? Because
when I look at it, I think about my
wonderful
holiday. I also like it because I keep my
(4) in it.
Sara

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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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How + adjective + is it? swap
win
We use how + adjective to ask about a
measurement. Computer technology
• How big is it? How old is it? How far is it? desktop
flash drive
a / an / some / any keyboard
We use a and an with singular countable laptop
nouns. memory card
• I’ve got a computer. mouse
• I saw an amazing computer. printer
We use some in affirmative sentences with scanner
countable and uncountable nouns. screen
• He gave me some speakers. speakers
• He found some money. webcam
We use any in negative sentences with plural
countable nouns and uncountable nouns.
• They don’t have any computers.
• They didn’t buy any food.
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Vocabulary 1
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
4
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
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H 6 teacher f at a swimming
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H 3 Circle the best jobs for the people.
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

9 10 EXTRA!
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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Grammar 1
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.

Are you going to go? Yes, you are.


1 Circle the correct words. No, you aren’t.
He is / are going to leave school soon. Is he / she / it going to go? Yes, he / she / it is.
1 We is / are going to buy a laptop tomorrow. No, he / she / it isn’t.
2 I am / is going to be a vet.
Are we / you / they Yes, we / you / they are.
3 She am / is going to visit London next year.
going to go? No, we / you / they
4 They am / are going to go shopping later.
aren’t.
5 You am / are going to speak to our teacher.

negative contracted form 4 Complete the questions with Am, Is or Are.


I am not going to eat ‘m not going to eat Then circle the correct short answers.

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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2 Complete the sentences with ’m not, aren’t a Yes, it is. b Yes, I am.
and isn’t. 3 the nurses going to help the
You aren’t going to study. surgeon?
1 He going to speak to the a Yes, they are. b No, I’m not.
police officer. 4 I going to pass the exam?
2 They going to have lunch. a No, you aren’t. b No, we aren’t.
3 I going to borrow any books.
4 We going to go shopping. 5 your brother going to study at
university?
5 You going to watch the film.
a No, they aren’t. b No, he isn’t.
3 Rewrite the affirmative sentences in the
negative. Rewrite the negative sentences in EXTRA!
the affirmative.
Write sentences about what you are and
He is going to watch that film. (✓) what you aren’t going to do today.
He isn’t going to watch that film. (✗)
1 Her friend is going to come to the party. (✓)
Her friend to the party. (✗)
2 She it. (✓)
She isn’t going to eat it. (✗)
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Vocabulary 2
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

She’s got a c o l d. 3 Circle the correct words. Then match


sentences 1–6 with responses a–f.

1 He’s got a I’ve got a cold / an 1 I’ve got a cough / cut


t p r . insect bite on my on my finger.
hand.
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2 She’s got a c on her finger. 2 T


 his broken arm 3 M
 y headache / sick
/ sore throat is is getting worse.
terrible.

3 He’s got a c g .

4 I think I’ve got a 5 I’ve got an earache /


broken arm / sore a stomach ache and
throat! I feel sick.

a Have this sweet.


b Go to the hospital.
c Here’s some cream.
d Put on a plaster.
e Take an aspirin.
4 She feels s c . f Drink some water. Then lie down.
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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?
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(work) study) the night before the exam.
1 You much
chocolate. (✗) (eat)
2 He his teeth more
must / mustn’t
often – they’re green! (✓) (clean)
3 We his laptop.
LOOK!
We haven’t asked him. (✗) (borrow) We must carry our passports. ✓
We must to carry our passports. ✗
4 You a fire outside
in summer – it’s dangerous. (✗) (build)
5 Everybody a lot
5 Complete the school rules with must or
of water. (✓) (drink)
mustn’t and the verb in brackets.
6 I my homework
now before it’s too late. (✓) (do) You must arrive (arrive) before 9am.
1 You (not use) mobile phones.
questions and short answers
2 You (stay) at school all day.
Should I / you go? Yes, I / you should. 3 You (not leave) school at lunch.
No, I / you shouldn’t. 4 You (look after) your books.
Should he / she / it go? Yes, he / she / it should. 5 You (not play) ball games near
No, he / she / it shouldn’t. the windows.

Should we / you / Yes, we / you / they should.


they go? No, we / you / they shouldn’t.
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Reading Writing
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

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obligations.
• We must wear a uniform at this school.
We use mustn’t for prohibition.
• You mustn’t smoke in restaurants.
We use the same form for all persons.
• You must swim here.
• He mustn’t surf here.
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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

3 Complete the sentences with the phrases in


the box.

4 t a job 5 l a e home get married go to university have children


learn to drive train to be a was born

My sister wants to get married on a beach


in Hawaii. It’s so romantic!
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1 My best friend says she wants to


five !
2 Rosie plans to vet when she’s
6  to 7 u a house older. She loves animals!
university
3 My brother’s nearly 18; he can
in dad’s car.
4 My mum’s granddad on 1st
January, 1900.
5 I want to when I leave school.
I’d like to study maths.

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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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Grammar 1
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.

Will we / you / they go? Yes, we / you / they will.

LOOK! No, we / you / they


won’t.
We don’t use to after will
Liam will win. ✓ Liam will to win. ✗
4 Write questions with will. Then circle the
correct short answers.
1 Write complete sentences. Use will.
My brother / work / as a police officer.
My brother will work as a police officer.
1 Mum and Dad / buy / a new car.

2 You / need / a new flash drive.
I / pass / the exam ?

Will I pass the exam?
3 I / go to bed / after the news.
Yes, you will. / No, you won’t.

4 She / have / a lot of children.

2 Rewrite the sentences using won’t.


My sister will work as a nurse.

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My sister won’t work as a nurse. 1 he / get / the / job?
1 Tom and Luke will buy a new laptop.
Yes, he will. / No, he won’t.
2 You’ll need a pen.

3 We’ll learn to drive next year.

4 She’ll get a good job.

2 we / buy / a house / by the sea?
3 Complete the predictions with will (✓) or
won’t (✗) and the verbs in brackets. Yes, we will. / No, we won’t.
Joanna will study science at university.
(✓) (study)
1 Amy married to a short, blond
man. (✗) (get)
2 Pippa to drive a bus. (✗) (learn)
3 Alfie a famous actor. (✓)
(become) 3 the holidays / be / boring?
4 Joseph a fast car. (✓) (buy)
Yes, they will. / No, they 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
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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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5 You usually hold this with your left hand and


you put it near your shoulder. It’s a classical
1 percussion 6 instrument.
2 7 6 You usually sit to play this instrument. You
3 8 play it with your fingers. It doesn’t need
4 9 electricity.
5 10
Mystery instrument:
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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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a if you ask her?
b will you write to me?
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form c if we build a fire?
of the verbs in brackets.
d if you see him?
If you wear those clothes, people e will your parents be happy?
will look (look) at you. f will I get a cold?
1 If you play that song again, he
(not be) happy.
EXTRA!
2 I (visit) you if you go to
hospital. Complete the sentences for you.
3 If you don’t go home now, you 1 If I meet my friends on Saturday, we
(not have) time for lunch.
4 If I see his CD, I (buy) it. .
5 She (not go) to university if 2 I’ll be happy if
she doesn’t study. .
3 I won’t be pleased if
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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
15
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

Class survey: School holiday plans 0


We asked 20 people in our class about earn a lot work in
of money an office
live in
the city
live
in the
travel to
another
their plans for the school holidays. Here country country

are our results.


1 Do you want to earn a lot of money?
• Will you travel to another country?
2 Do you want to work in an office?
Half will travel to another 3 Will you live in the city?
country. Most of these students 4 Will you live in the country?
will go to countries in Europe.
5 Will you travel to another country?
• Will you go somewhere in
Spain? Will you stay at home? a 50 per cent
(1)100% of the people in my class b Everyone
will go somewhere in Spain. (2) c No one
0 per cent will stay at home every d A few students
day in the holidays.
e Most students
• Will you go to a theme park?
Will you go to a beach? 4 Complete the text with the information in the
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(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
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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?
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• Yes, we will buy. ✗

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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Vocabulary 1
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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. He uses them
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

I / You have used ‘ve used

He / She / It has used ‘s used

We / You / They have used ‘ve used

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.

1 Write the past participles. Use the verb list in


the Student’s Book to help you.
verb past participle
go g o n e
1 be b n 4 She 5 He his
2 build b i t the bottle. (break) finger. (cut)
3 buy bou t
4 have h
5 eat eat Present perfect: negative
negative contracted form
2 Circle have or has.
I / You have not stopped haven’t stopped
I has / have stopped using plastic bags.
1 We has / have reduced our rubbish. He / She / It has not stopped hasn’t stopped

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2 I has / have reused this plastic bag We / You / They have not haven’t stopped
ten times. stopped
3 My brother has / have recycled his T-shirt.
4 My parents has / have watched TV today.
5 The dog has / have eaten my homework! 4 Complete the sentences with haven’t or
hasn’t.
3 Look at the pictures and complete the The film hasn’t started.
sentences with the verbs in brackets. 1 I heard their new song.
2 She cleaned her teeth!
3 We seen him today.

5 Make these sentences negative.


It’s been hot this week.
It hasn’t been hot this week.
1 She’s used your mobile phone.

2 I’ve seen Johnny Depp.
She‘s bought a 1 He in
new bag. (buy) the water. (fall) 3 We’ve visited New York.

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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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4 9 big ears. I have a shower with my nose.


5 10 8 I’m a very large animal. I’ve got two horns
on my head and my ears are very small.
2 Complete the table with the animals in
exercise 1. Down
1 I’m from southeast Asia. I live in the forest.
animals that animals that animals that
My hands are like human hands.
live on land live in water live on land
and in water 2 I live in the Arctic but not in the Antarctic. I
eat meat and fish. I’m very big.
elephant dolphin polar bear 4 I live in Africa. I’m a mammal. I’ve got spots
and I’m a member of the cat family.
7 I come from Asia. I’m a mammal. I’ve got
stripes and I’m a member of the cat family.

EXTRA!
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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Louis It looks difficult. Have you (6) try /
5 they drunk my juice? tried number four yet?
Kyle No, I (7) hasn’t / haven’t. (8) Have /
a Yes, they have. d No, he hasn’t. Has you finished asking questions?
b Yes, you have. e Yes, she has. Louis Why?
c No, we haven’t. f No, I haven’t. Kyle Because I’m trying to do my
homework!
2 Order the words to make questions. Then
complete the short answers.
EXTRA!
seen / you / Have / my notebook ? Complete the questions with the phrases
Have you seen my notebook? in the box or your own ideas. Then write
No, I haven’t . answers for you.
1 finished / Have / you / your homework ?
been to another country
Yes, I . seen a famous person touched a snake
2 his paper / he / Has / recycled ?
1 Have you ever ?


Yes, he .
2 Have your parents ever ?
3 about our holiday / told you / Has / she ?


3 Has your best friend ever ?
No, she .

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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?

a – going to put our ap video on the


internet – we want a lot of people
to see it
b – many lynxes dieon the roads in our
area because cars drive too fast
c – also made big, redtriangles and put
Competition: them on the road – now cars can’t
go very fast.
First prize winner (under-14s): Class 9B:
Haymarket School, Newquay d – made a video of our lynxes –
written a special rap – going to sing
There was an earthquake in China. We watched it on our video
the news on TV and we saw homeless pandas.
So we decided to help. e – wanted to make the cars go slower
Firstly we wrote to the panda sanctuary in – made enormous posters – put the
China. We wanted to find out what to do. They posters everywhere in our area
told us they needed money to help look after
the pandas.
So, we made a lot of black and white bracelets. 4 Complete the text using the information in
Then, we sold our bracelets to make money. exercise 3. Circle the correct words.
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Then, we made posters of pandas and we’ve


sold them too. We’ve collected a lot of money! Competition: Save the Iberian lynx
We were hiking in the mountains in our area
Finally, we’re going to send all the money to when we saw a lynx on the road. We’ve seen
the sanctuary for food and homes for the this many times. Many lynxes die on our roads
pandas. because the cars drive too fast.
We wanted to make the cars go slower.
(1) Firstly / Then / Finally, we
2 Read the text again and match the sentence (2) and we put them
halves. everywhere in our area. (3) Firstly / Then /
The project started Finally, we made big, red triangles and
1 Class 9B saw (4) . Now cars can’t
go very fast. (5) Firstly / Then / Finally, we
2 The first things they made
(6) of our lynxes.
3 They have also made
(7) Firstly / Then / Finally, we have written
(8) and we’re going
a posters of pandas. to sing it on our video!
b pandas on TV.
(9) Firstly / Then / Finally, we’re
c were black and white bracelets. (10) our rap video
d after an earthquake. on the internet because we want a lot of
people to see it. We hope our project is going
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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

The past participle of other verbs is different dolphin


from the past simple form. elephant
• ride ➔ rode ➔ ridden, see ➔ saw ➔ seen leopard
orang-utan
Use the irregular verb list on page 126 of the
panda
Student Book to help you.
polar bear
The word order is different in questions. rhinoceros
• You have seen a tiger. snake
• Have you seen a tiger? tiger
We don’t repeat the past participle in short turtle
answers.
• Have you touched a snake?

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• Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t. ✓
• Yes, I have touched. No I haven’t touched. ✗
We sometimes use ever in questions to mean
‘at any time in your life’.
• Have you ever seen a penguin?
• Has he ever ridden an elephant?
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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!

2 m
 v 3 r ll
3 Complete the sentences with the words in the
c nt r d c box.
cheat count guess land lose roll

You really shouldn’t cheat when you


play games; it isn’t honest.
1 Let’s a dice. The person with
the highest number starts.
4 c nt 5 b t
2 I always when we play this
game. I never win!
3 Hey! You didn’t to 20!
4 I’ve got a brilliant word, you’ll never
it! Come on, ask me a
question.
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6 l nd 7 g ss 5 If you on that square first,


you’ll win the game.

EXTRA!
Answer the questions for you. Write complete
sentences.
8 ch t 9 m
 ss 1 What’s your favourite game?
t rn
2 Have you ever cheated in a game?

3 What was the last game you played?

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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.

1 Circle the correct words.


I go / am going to school every day.
3 Read the sentences and decide if the actions
were in progress (P) or finished (F) in the past.
1 Do they like / Are they liking football? Yes,
they do. I went to school.
2 My uncle plays / is playing chess every 1 I watched a really boring
Saturday. programme on TV.
3 He has / is having breakfast at the moment. 2 He was running to the bus stop.
Can you phone back later? 3 She was losing the match.
4 Do you watch / Are you watching this 4 You cheated! I saw you!
programme now? Yes, I am.
5 Please be quiet! I count / ’m counting! LOOK!
They called while I was eating my dinner.
2 Complete the sentences with the present I was eating my dinner when they called.

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simple or present continuous form of the
verbs in brackets.
He is learning (learn) to drive at the 4 Circle the correct words.
moment. She cheated / was cheating when the
1 She (go) to the cinema with teacher looked / was looking at her.
her friends at weekends. 1 My friend arrived / was arriving while I
2 I (have) a great time now. watched / was watching TV.
3 My mum always (cheat) when 2 The cat slept / was sleeping when the bird
we play tennis. landed / was landing on its head.
4 I (not like) horror films. 3 Did they play / Were they playing when she
5 I (not play) the computer cut / was cutting her knee?
game now. I’ve finished. 4 While they looked / were looking at the
painting, someone stole / was stealing the
camera.
5 Did he fall / Was he falling while he
listened / was listening to the teacher?
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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

3 Complete the sentences with the words in the


box.
Across
aquarium art gallery campsite market
7 8 10
safari park water park

What was your best day out in the holidays?


Write and tell us.
11 My best day out was at the aquarium . I
12
love looking at fish, dolphins and sharks!
1 We went to the with our
parents, but it was boring. I don’t like
looking at pictures.
2 We went to a great by a lake.
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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
5
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?
11
2 Is there a statue in your town? What is it?
12
3 What is the worst monument you’ve seen?

4 Which do you like best, castles or
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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
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intention / plan
4 I think you’ll get married soon!
EXTRA!
plan / prediction
5 I’m going to study all weekend.
Complete the sentences for you. Use future
intention / plan forms.
1 This weekend, I’m probably
2 Order the words to make sentences. .
enjoy / the film / will / Sara . 2 We aren’t next
week.
Sara will enjoy the film.
3 Our teacher isn’t going to
1 be / is / It / going to / a good day .
.

4 One day, I’ll but I
2 a lot of paintings / We‘ll / in the gallery / see .
won’t .

3 with friends / playing cards / tonight / I’m .

4 tomorrow / to the cinema / She’s / with her
friends / going .

5 going to / my aunt / We’re / visit / soon .

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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.

listening to my favourite music


(1) going out for pizza on Saturday – meeting friends at
Hi Ella, 6.00pm
It’s Friday afternoon, (2) good week at school – played games in English on
and it’s raining. Monday
I’m sitting inside
and writing to you (3) feeling hungry
because there’s (4) Tuesday – went to theatre with my class – saw
nothing to do! I Shakespeare – fantastic
was thinking of you
this morning. When (5) going to go to the market next Sunday – town square
I wrote to you last
month, you were very busy. You were studying for your (6) made a cake at school yesterday – cool teacher
exams. How were they?
I had a difficult week at school last week because we
had exams. We also played basketball on Wednesday 4 Use the information in the notes to complete
afternoon – teachers against students! It was great. the email.
The students won of course. :-) I took some photos.
There’s a big festival at the park tomorrow. I’m going
to go with my classmates. There’s going to be a Hi Jack,
fantastic concert at the end of the day. Do you want to It’s Friday afternoon. I’m sitting inside,
come? We’re meeting at the monument at 4.00pm. listening to my favourite music and
Please come. It’ll be great! writing to you! I
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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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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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campsite
• We’re meeting at 6 o’clock.
castle
We use will / won’t to make predictions. cathedral
• When I’m 30, I’ll travel around the world. fishing port
We use be going to to talk about intentions. market
• I’m going to visit my grandparents in the monument
summer holidays. safari park
statue
town square
water park
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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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Unit 2 Vocabulary 2 EXTRA!


Vocabulary 1 Students’ own answers.
1
1 1 look for S A D T
Reading and writing
2 find U I
3 sleep R R 1 Activities mentioned:
P L E A S E D
4 cook camping, hiking, fishing
R N D
5 camp I G 2 1 T
6 climb S C A R E D 2 F
7 fish E Y
3 F
8 build E X C I T E D
4 T
9 chop
2 1 pleased 5 F
2 1 chop 2 bored 4 1 camping
2 climb 3 jealous 2 we’re hiking (20kms)
3 fish 4 sad 3 four
4 camp 5 surprised 4 parents / mum and dad
5 hike 6 excited 5 love
3 1 cook 7 angry 6 but
2 hike 8 worried 7 hiking (very much)
3 look for 9 nervous 8 and
4 sleep 10 scared 9 we’re eating
11 tired 10 we’re visiting
EXTRA!
EXTRA! 11 because
Students’ own answers.
Students’ own answers. EXTRA!
Grammar 1 Students’ own answers.
Grammar 2
1 1 sleeping
1 1 a Unit 3
2 trying
2 a Vocabulary 1
3 hiking
4 making 3 b 1 1 discover
5 surviving 4 b 2 leave
6 chopping 2 1 isn’t speaking 3 travel
7 putting 2 fish 4 arrive
8 running 3 are climbing 5 fly
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2 1 are having 2 1 ride
2 am talking 5 don’t play 2 take off, land
3 is swimming 3 1 Does he like dogs? 3 travel
4 are chopping does 4 drive
5 are making 2 Are they going to the 5 travel
3 1 ’m not cinema today? 3
2 aren’t are L E A V E
3 isn’t 3 Do you often eat in a D R I V E
4 aren’t restaurant? F L Y
don’t R I D E
5 aren’t
4 Do your parents go to L A N D
4 1 Is, isn’t T A K E O F F
work every day? D I S C O V E R
2 Is, is don’t T R A V E L
3 Am, are 5 Are you having a good A R R I V E
4 Are, are time at the moment? S A I L
5 Are, aren’t am E X P L O R E

5 1 next week 4 1 goes 4 Students’ own answers.


2 at the weekend 2 is staying
3 tomorrow morning 3 starts EXTRA!
4 this evening 4 eats Students’ own answers.
5 is having
6 understand
7 is having
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Grammar 1 Grammar 2 7 travelled to


8 at 1.00am on 5th
1 1 sailed 1 1 d
December 1791
2 cooked 2 a
9 he was a brilliant
3 discovered 3 b
composer and because
4 travelled 4 c
his music is very
5 took 5 e
important today
6 sold
2 1 Did Sally Ride land on
7 loved EXTRA!
the moon? No, she
Students’ own answers.
2 1 grew didn’t.
2 cried 2 Did you see the news
Unit 4
3 had last night? Yes, I did.
Vocabulary 1
4 watched 3 Did Edmund Hilary
5 died climb mountains? Yes, 1
he did. S T U B B O R N Z W
3 1 didn’t grow H Q U O R R I C C I
4 Did the Chinese invent
2 didn’t cry C K I N D C A H I S
tomato ketchup? No,
3 didn’t have S E L F I S H V N E
they didn’t. C H E E R F U L E O
4 didn’t watch
C R M N U L O Y A L
5 didn’t die 3 1 Where were you on
H F U N N Y B S A A
Saturday at 2pm?
4 1 wasn’t, was U E R E S S A T D Z
2 What did you watch on R T K L L B H A R Y
2 was, wasn’t
TV yesterday? F R I E N D L Y N D
3 weren’t, were
3 What time did you
4 were, wasn’t
arrive at school this 2
5 were, weren’t
morning?
positive negative
4 Who did you see on
Vocabulary 2 brave cruel
Saturday?
1 Students’ own answers. cheerful lazy
E I T S U N A M I E funny selfish
D A O H G B R K F L 4 1 could play friendly shy
O D R O U G H T L A 2 could draw kind
F W N T F U U M O N 3 couldn’t cook stubborn
loyal
A F A D H Q O K O D 4 couldn’t watch
M Q D F I R E R D S wise
5 could speak
I O O T I U U E S L
N U R R I T A A E I 3 1 lazy
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E X T O R N E D K D Reading and writing 2 loyal


S H U R R I C A N E 3 wise
1 1 19th
2 nurse 4 funny
2 1 landslide 5 shy
2 floods 2 1 She wanted to help the 6 brave
3 volcanic eruption soldiers. 7 friendly
4 tornado 2 It was dirty and there
were rats. EXTRA!
5 tsunami
3 She started a nursing Students’ own answers.
3 1 famine school in London.
2 earthquake 4 She died at 12.00pm on Grammar 1
3 tsunami 13th August, 1910. 1 1 having
4 hurricane 5 Nina likes Florence 2 invading
5 floods Nightingale because she 3 swimming
6 landslide wanted better hospitals 4 talking
7 fire and training for nurses. 5 listening
EXTRA! 4 1 on 27th January, 1756 2 1 Granddad was reading
Students’ own answers. 2 classical composer and a newspaper.
musician 2 She was listening to the
3 the piano and violin conversation.
4 was five 3 Tom and Harry were
5 in 1767 playing cards.
6 600 operas
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4 They were making 3 1 Were you having Unit 5


sandwiches. breakfast at 7 o’clock Vocabulary 1
5 Dad was taking a photo. this morning?
1 1 earn
2 What did you buy at the
3 1 wasn’t reading 2 sell
shops?
2 wasn’t listening 3 borrow
3 What were you
3 weren’t playing 4 spend
watching on TV last
4 weren’t making 5 lend
night?
5 wasn’t taking
4 What were you doing 2 1 save
4 1 Was, d when the teacher 2 buy
2 Were, b arrived? 3 lend
3 Was, e 5 Where did your parents 4 sell
4 Was, a meet? 5 win
5 Were, c
4 a 3 3 1 borrow
EXTRA! b 4 2 lend
Students’ own answers. c 2 3 pay
d 5 4 spent
Vocabulary 2 e 1
EXTRA!
1 EXTRA! Students’ own answers.
D Students’ own answers.
C A R R Y Grammar 1
R O Reading and writing
O P U L L 1 1 smaller
S I T I 1 c 2 bigger
S F A L L 3 younger
P T E 2 1 F
4 more intelligent
U A 2 T
5 better
S T A N D 3 F
H 4 T 2 1 smaller
5 T 2 better
2 1 carry 6 F 3 more difficult
2 drop 7 F 4 worse
3 fall
4 follow 3 1 One night 3 1 highest
5 crosses 2 Then 2 oldest
6 carry 3 Later 3 best

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7 push 4 In the end 4 tallest
8 pull 5 fastest
4 1 camping
9 cross 2 we heard a noise, 4 1 What is the biggest
10 jump 3 animal room in your house?
4 Liam disappeared, 2 Who is the most
Grammar 2 5 Liam, played a joke intelligent person in
1 1 b your family?
5 One night
2 f Students’ own answers.
1 camping
3 e Then
4 a Vocabulary 2
2 heard a noise
5 d 3 animal 1 1 e
6 c Later 2 h
2 1 dropped 4 had disappeared 3 c
2 saw Finally 4 a
3 were listening 5 a joke 5 f
4 took 6 g
5 were looking 7 i
8 k
9 j
10 d
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2 1 keyboard 4 1 old, colourful market 3 1 isn’t going to come


2 speakers 2 wonderful, little, old 2 is going to eat
3 printer objects 3 is going to go
4 memory card 3 beautiful, small, brown 4 isn’t going to stay
5 screen box
4 1 Is, a
4 special, little things
3 1 laptop 2 Are, b
2 scanner 5 1 beautiful, small, brown 3 Are, a
3 flash drive box 4 Am, a
4 desktop 2 old, colourful market 5 Is, b
5 speakers 3 wonderful, little, old
EXTRA!
objects
EXTRA! Students’ own answers.
4 special, little things
Students’ own answers.
EXTRA! Vocabulary 2
Grammar 2 Students’ own answers.
1 1 temperature
1 1 an 2 cut
Unit 6
2 any 3 cough
Vocabulary 1
3 some 4 sick
4 any 1
2 2 b / c / d earache
5 any T S P O R T S P E R S O N
E O U 3 f sore throat
6 a
A L I F E G U A R D R 4 b / c / d headache
7 some C I S
5 a broken arm
H C A E E
2 1 much E E R N M 6 e insect bite
2 many S U R G E O N C G V E T
F H I C 3 1 insect bite, c
3 much F I N H 2 cut, d
4 A lot of I T E A
3 sore throat, a
5 much C E E N
E L E C T R I C I A N 4 headache, e
3 1 How many A C T O R T C 5 broken arm, b
2 How much 6 stomach ache, f
3 How much 2 1 d
4 How many 2 f Grammar 2
3 b
4 1 much 4 c 1 1 should
2 any 5 e 2 shouldn’t
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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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4 1 you should relax 2 Vocabulary 2


2 you shouldn’t get 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 1 flute
3 you should drink
B G T R A I N T O B E A I A drums
4 Should I study
U E G O E H S V I E K N D R percussion
5 you shouldn’t study Y T E D U S C H U B N S I N trumpet
A M J L A N F U L O M E C T
5 1 mustn’t use violin
H A V E C H I L D R E N D O
2 must stay O R E A H K R V N N X B C D
acoustic guitar
3 mustn’t leave U R F V Y U O P E H E K Y R saxophone
4 must look after S I J E L Y B W O R K D F I keyboards
5 mustn’t play E E A H E U L O B E S S T V piano
A D N O I L R E D F V I Y E electric guitar
Reading and writing 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 2 1 percusion
1 1 F 2 violin
2 F 3 1 have children 3 saxophone
3 T 2 train to be a 4 trumpet
4 T 3 learn to drive 5 keyboard
5 F 4 was born 6 acoustic guitar
5 go to university 7 electric guitar
2 1 c
8 flute
2 a EXTRA! 9 piano
3 b Students’ own answers. 10 drums
4 e
5 d Grammar 1 3
D R U M S
4 1 actor 1 1 Mum and Dad will buy a G U I T A R
2 people who are special new car. X
or different 2 You’ll need a new flash K E Y B O A R D
also drive. T R U M P E T
3 True Grit 3 I’ll go to bed after the H
4 intelligent V I O L I N
news. P I A N O
5 sport 4 She’ll have a lot of E
too children.
6 makes good Mystery instrument:
also 2 1 Tom and Luke won’t saxophone
7 works with people buy a new laptop.
EXTRA!
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8 more work in Africa Students’ own answers.
9 make a lot of 3 We won’t learn to drive
too next year.
Grammar 2
4 She won’t get a good
Unit 7 job. 1 1 has
Vocabulary 1 2 earn
3 1 won’t get
3 buy
1 1 be born 2 won’t learn
4 doesn’t stop
2 start school 3 will become
5 is
3 get married 4 will buy
4 get a job 2 1 won’t be
4 1 Will he get the job?
5 leave home 2 ’ll visit
Yes, he will.
6 go to university 3 won’t have
2 Will we buy a house by
7 buy a house 4 ’ll buy
the sea?
8 leave school 5 won’t go
No, we won’t.
9 work with children 3 Will the holidays be 3 1 If we go to the city,
10 train to be a borng? we’ll visit the museum.
11 have children No, they won’t. 2 If my brother gets a job,
he’ll be very happy.
3 If she doesn’t pass her
exams, she won’t go to
university.
4 She’ll buy a house if she
earns more money.
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5 They’ll have children if 4 1 plastic bag 3


they get married. 2 cardboard box O
3 glass bottles R
4 1 e P A
4 cotton T-shirt
2 f O S N A K E
5 aluminium cans
3 c L G L
4 b EXTRA! A T U R T L E
5 d Students’ own answers. R T O
B A P
6 a
E L E P H A N T A
Grammar 1 A I R
Reading and writing R G D
1 1 been
E
2 1 Everyone 2 built
R H I N O C E R O S
2 No one 3 bought
3 Most 4 had EXTRA!
4 A few 5 eaten Students’ own answers.
3 1 b 2 1 have
2 c 2 have Grammar 2
3 e 3 has 1 1 Has, e
4 d 4 have 2 Have, c
5 a 5 has 3 Has, d
4 1 No one 3 1 ’s fallen 4 Have, f
2 in an office 2 ’ve built 5 Have, a
3 Most 3 ’s eaten 2 1 Have you finished your
4 live in the city 4 ’s broken homework?
5 A few students 5 ’s cut Yes, I have.
6 50 percent 2 Has he recycled his
4 1 haven’t
7 travel to another paper?
2 hasn’t
country Yes, he has.
3 haven’t
3 Has she told you about
Unit 8 5 1 She hasn’t used your our holiday?
Vocabulary 1 mobile phone. No, she hasn’t.
2 I haven’t seen Johnny 4 Have I broken my arm?
1
C N C A R T O N B E A
Depp. No, you haven’t.
A P M A Y P I W O O L 3 We haven’t visited New 5 Have you eaten the
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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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2 c, d, e 2 was sleeping, landed cinema with her friends
3 a 3 Were they playing, cut tomorrow.
4 were looking, stole 5 We’re going to visit my
4 1 Firstly
5 Did he fall, was listening aunt soon.
2 made enormous posters
3 Then 3 1 f
Vocabulary 2
4 put them on the road 2 e
5 Then 1 3 a
6 made a video W S 4 c
7 Then F M A T 5 b
8 a special rap I O T A 6 d
S S N E T
9 Finally
A H A Q U A R I U M 4 1 won’t
10 going to put R I F M P E 2 ’m not
T O W N S Q U A R E A 3 aren’t
Unit 9 G G R N R
4 ’m not going to
Vocabulary 1 A P I T K
L O P C 5 aren’t
1 1 give up L R C A T H E D R A L
EXTRA!
2 move a counter E T R S
Students’ own answers.
3 roll a dice R M A R K E T T
4 count Y L
C A M P S I T E Reading and writing
5 beat
6 land 1 4 ✓ 5 ✓
2
7 guess
Indoors Outdoors Both 2 1 She’s sitting inside and
8 cheat
writing an email.
9 miss a turn art gallery waterpark statue
aquarium fishing monument
2 She had exams.
2 1 move port market
3 She played basketball.
2 give up safari park 4 She’s going to the park.
3 beat castle 5 There’s going to be a
4 miss a turn town concert.
5 cheated square 6 They’re meeting at the
cathedral monument.
3 1 roll
campsite
2 lose 3 1 W
3 count 2 LW
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4 guess 3 N
5 land 2 campsite 4 LW
3 waterpark 5 W
EXTRA! 4 market 6 LW
Students’ own answers. 5 safari park
4 1 ’m feeling
Grammar 1 EXTRA! 2 we played games in
Students’ own answers. English
1 1 Do they like
3 went to the theatre
2 plays Grammar 2 with my class
3 is having
1 1 plan 4 made a cake
4 Are you watching
2 evidence 5 ’m going out
5 ’m counting
3 intention 6 ’re meeting
2 1 goes 4 prediction 7 ’m going to go
2 ’m having 5 intention
3 cheats
4 don’t like 2 1 It is going to be a good
5 ’m not playing day.
2 We’ll see a lot of
3 1 F paintings in the gallery.
2 P 3 I’m playing cards with
3 P friends tonight.
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