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There are two foreach ver. go ot esthas Gra mad "Cin era) 2 have a lie-in/peopie round for dinnerithe fat 2 co execs hoga/otties 4 goto concets/ends online Match the incorrect words/phrases in 1a to these words/phrases to make four more weekend activities. goto vist chat to tidy up 1 _goto festivals Question forms EXTER Bd Make questions with these words 1. did / When / at home / Friday night /a quiet / last have /you? When did you last have a quiet Friday night at home? 2. chat / you /do / Who /to online ? 2 do/eat / with / Who / you out ? 4 phones / Who / weekends / the most at / you ? ‘5. mornings / What / do / you / do/ on / Sunday ? 6 did /you/ How / go / many / to / museums / last year ? 7. to/been / you / have / gigs / many / How / month / last / the /in ? 8 dinner / often / have / for / How / you / do / people round ? Language Summary 1, Student's Book p127 EB Read the answers and write a question from 2in the correct places 1-5 “Andy and Karen, "When did you last have a quiet Friday night at home? MEGAN Ihaven's had one since I was a teenager! I'm out every night at the weekend. ANDY A few days ago! We prefer to go out on Saturday nights. MEGAN Never. But last month I ate out with friends at least five times. KAREN About once a month, My husband always cooks. This weekend we're visting friends for dinner. MEGAN I've been to several. I'm really looking forward to seeing my best friend’s new band on Friday, ANDY None. We all went to a festival in the summer but I hardly ever go to them these days, MEGAN Sleep! I'm never out of bed before 11. KAREN ‘The children are up by seven every day so we never have lie-ins! We usually go swimming, MEGAN My best friend, Jenny. She calls and texts me a lot at the weekends KAREN Andy's mum, She calls on Saturdays and Sundays to talk to the children. She lives in Brazil so we don’t see her very often. She's getting a computer soon so we'll be able to char online.Complete these questions with an auxiliary if necessary. b Answer the questions in a, 1) When did Megan last have a quiet Friday night in? 1. She last had a quiet Friday night in when she was a 2 Which night Andy and Karen prefer to go out on? smenager. 3 How many times Megan eat out last month? : 4 Who ‘cooks when Karen and Andy have friends e round for dinner? 4 5 What Megan going to do on Friday? 5 6 How often Andy go to gigs? 6 7 Why karen and Andy get up early on Sundays? 7 8 Who lives in Brazil? 8 Likes and dislikes [XUNIEE> EI 2 Match sentence beginnings 1-10 to endings a-j. ''m very interested! e I'm quite | don't | don't ike going Tidying up my house | think He-ins fm not very keen I an't stand Lenjoy having think keen on joining my local gym, mind going food shopping. working at weekends. a quiet night in, ee to the dentist at all drives me crazy. on takeaway food. | realty TV shows are al right J. at the weekend are wonderful b Match the sentences in 1a to A-C, ‘A. phrases to say you lke something oa B phrases to say something isOK © phrases to say you don't like something Love it or hate it Positive and negative verb forms, words and phrases [ITITINE> 1 Peead about something that Mark hates. Fillin he gaps. Choose a, bore First of a1" b problem with ‘mobile phones. | think everyone 2 one. They? _ part ot daily lie and Ivo always got ‘mine with me. However, when people play music through them out loud ~ on the bus or in the street -it 4 _ me crazy. And I'm not alone. All of my fiends ® it gets on their nerves too. Both of ‘my children are in their teens and have mobiles. They ® the same thing around the house too! OK, | usually’ the music but that isnt the point. \What | hate isthe sound quaity. Music rom a mobile phone °_terrble! 4 a 'mnothaving —_@)don't have drt have 2 a needs » isneeding © has needed 3 a became become € ve become 4 aiscriving has driven © dives 5 a are saying b say © said 6 ado b are doing © ‘ve done 7 a don't ko b amnotiking eid tke {8 a hasjust sounded isjust sounding just soundsRead about something that Ruth loves. Flin the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Simple, Present Continuous, Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple, None of my friends ever * agree (agree) with me about this but | just love cold weather. When | was in my teens, (ive) in Singapore. | remember | hardly ever (fee) comfortable there. No one ever played sport outside of an air-conditioned building. It was just too hot! | 4 (0) back to eland to go to university and | never returned. | can stil remember the horrible feeling of getting to schoo! in Singapore and looking like you ® (90) for a swim. Neither of my parents ° (have) a pcobier with it though. At the moment | (004) fights to Visit them, They stil ® (lve) theret 1 Match these phrases in bod from 2 with their opposites inbold in 4 everyone no one 2 always 3 all 4 both of 5 usually 6 hate Revie Ed Make these sentences postive or negative by changing the underlined words. 1+ haraly ever send emails rom home J usually send emails from home. 2 Hethinks the computer's got a virus 3. We aren't using the latest software. 4 We never used aur computer to do serious things. 5 There aren't many computers at my school 6 Diane's repaired my laptop, 7. None of my colleagues can type quickly 8 Neither of our parents can use computers, ‘9. He doesn't need a computer at home. 10. | understood everything he said erb forms, EB Correct the mistake in each sentence. orive 1. My parents drives me crazy at times, 2m going swimming about three times a week Who does works with you? How many countries have you gone to? In the past, | walk to school |.am think you are correct 7. im playing a lot of tennis in my free time. 8 Ilive in London for three years and | love it 9 Ie been to Braz last year. 10. Who does they work with?eR 1C AND SKILLS Join the club! Adjectives (1): feelings [HECTEIEEF Read the sentences. Complete the puzzle with adjectives to describe how the people are feeling. She's done the same job fr ten years. (3, 2) He's forgotten his best fiend’ birthday. (11) She's got her diving test this afternoon. (7) He's just come back from a long holiday. (7) He dida't get the birthday present he wanted. (12) They don't understand the exercise. () ‘Their son got the job he was applying for. (4) She hasn't got time to do everything she needs todo. (8) Ee [DUP o[o|z[-[-|m[m|[> Reading: prepositions with adjectives Ca 1 2 Read the article. Choose the correct words. b Ate these sentences true (1), false (F) or the article doesn't say (DS)? 1 [7] Cassie thinks restaurants are too expensive. 2 [] She opened the frst supper club in her area. 3 [1] Supper clubs advertise online 4 [7] customers have no idea what they are eating until they anv. 5 [1] Cassie's quests watch TV while they are eating, 6 [_] Shealso serves takeaway food from her restaurant. 7 [J She thinks the experience of a supper club is ‘more important than making money. 8 [[] She once had a problem with one of her guests. Supper clubs — a restaurant at home “Wve always loved food," says Cassie Dawson inthe kitchen of her fat in London. “But Ive become bored ‘atin eating out. {ve had too many disappointing meals and paid too much money for them! At one point, fed up “with/on/at my moaning, a fiend ‘suggested | open my own restaurant. Impossible, | thought. But then | heard about supper clubs ‘Supper clubs are a mixture of a restaurant and a dinner party — you go toa stranger's house and they cook dinner for you. Like a restaurant, you pay for your food but, ike a dinner party, you eat at the same table as other people. They are advertised through social-networking sites with a menu and, until just before the: ‘meal, Itle information about where the supper club is, 's ike running a secret restaurant for one night,” says Cassie, “The next morning, | put the tables and chairs away. | put the TV back and it’s my ving room again. Cassie opens her ‘restaurant’ for around 12 people about once month, and is really pleased “ofiin/with the evenings she's had 0 fat. She uses fresh, local ingredients and a typical meal costs about the same as a takeaway ~ much less than a restaurant meal. So how does she make money aut of it? “I don't says Cassie. “n fact, a rst | was worried “with/oflabout losing money on my club. 'm good Paboutlatiby cooking but my maths is tere! But | was surprised *by/on/of how cheaply {could make a good meal, This isnt about money. i's about a ferent eating experience” ‘And what about inviting complete strangers into her house? Was Cassie ever nervous at/about/by that? “Not at ali” she says. “Almost everyone at the supper club is just interested Switviniby having a good meal, with other interesting people.”Question tags Ed a Fillin the gaps with not and the correct form of do, be or have. Use contractions. 1. You aren't. coming tomorrow. zn going to rain. 3 Clare eat beet 4 He ben here before. 5 They got any children 6 We 00 him yesterday. 7 ‘need to go tomorrow. 8 You told him yet. b Write the sentences in 1a next to the correct question tags a-h. ‘a _You aren't coming tomorrow , are you? > doi? . «have they? a did we? ° has he? ‘ have you? . «does she? h isi? BB wie question tags for these sentences 1. Ive met you before, haven't? 2 You're vegetarian, 3. Children love pets, 4. They came round for dinner once, 5 He's going out with Sally, 2 6 The pub is closing soon, ° 7 Youeat fish, 2 8 We've got a barbecue ke yours, 2 Nice to meet you EX change these questions into positive (x) or negative (-) statements with question tags. 1. Is shea teacher? (+) She's a teacher, isn’t she? 2. Ave they married? (-)_ They aren't married, are they? 3. Are we going home soon? (+) 4 Have you met our neighbours? (-) 5. Did you drive here? (-) 6 sit warm outside? (+) 7 Doas he want something to eat? (+) 8 Do you know Sam? (-) 9 Has he got the address? (+) 10 Have you ever tried the pizzas here? (+) 11. Is he working this weekend? (-) 12 AmI late? (-) Review: common mistakes Correct the mistake in each sentence. Interested 1. I'm really interesting in gardening 2 Everyone want fo goto a gig tonight 3. Their going to have a lien tomorow. 4 often loose against my brother when we play tennis, 5 He's worked here for last year 6. Ive gone to France and | thought it was beaut 7 can't bear Paul and Sally dog {8 Nobody doesn't want to come. [BB Reading and writing Portfolio 1 p64Slow down! Collocations (1): work Ell Put sentences 2-jin order. Do you live to work ... or work to live? EE) Trinktor amit, Do you spend mone than 2 Ly under pressure at work But working Ly overtime? of couse, everyone has to meet CU —,— ola] very long hours is an early sign you might be | 5 Se ea © some timo ot wok ts good or you hb [] So hours at work every week? Do you often take + CJ aworkaholic. Everyone needs to have i [1 deadiines and sometimes everyone is. be able to, be supposed to, be allowed to modal verbs (1) [EICIINEN EZ Feead the conversation and choose the correct verb form JAKE I'm really fed up with work, KAY Why? You ‘don't have f)/mustn’t take work home Tike me. JAKE I know, bur I 2» able tothave to work long hours and we Ye not allowedinustn’t tobe paid overtime KAY You aren't paid overtime? You *ought!’re supposed to speak to your boss about that. JAKE know. sbouldican ask him about a promotion, t00. KAY Are you allowediOught you to work flexible hours? od Language Summary 2, Student's Book p129 1c work JAKE. Yes, but we're “allowed/supposed to be a between ten and four. KAY And what about working at home? SCan/Must you do thar? JAKE We *'e allowed tofmust work at home ~ but we have to ask our manager first. But I won't "be able tolcan work at home until I get my own flat. KAY Well, you “must’re able to start saving! JAKE. Yes, I know. I think I'm just a bit bored, KAY Most work isn't interesting, I'm afraid. You "2canlought to know that by now! 5‘ Rewrite these sentences with the words in brackets, 1. My advice is to ask for a promotion. (should) You _ should ask fora promotion 2 ItLwere you, I take a week of. (ought) You 3 I can't meet you tonight. (able to) 1 4. It’s against the rules to work at weekends. (alowed) You 5 Itlsnt necessary to wear a tie, (have to) You 6 It's necessary to arrive before 9 am. (must) You 7. The company should give us holiday pay. (supposed to) The company 8 You aren't allowed to leave work before 4 pum. (erustn) Youa Make questions with these words. 1 ought /do / we / about / What /10 /overtine ? Wat ought we todo about overtine? 2 long hours / you / when you have a / able / How are / to work / family 2 3 be / Should / at /of / work / we / pressure / alot / under ? 4 wear / you / Are / informal / alowed / clothes at your / to / work ? 5 Do/to/in the summer / time off / take / we / have ? 6 before December / take / all our holiday / Are / supposed / we /10 7 Street food Food and ways of cooking [TEUINIEE> Kil Look at pictures A-P and find the words in the puzzle. a eel elan eed a EHTLNUBTA AE C| PORTN OAM I OAH PTOOUGONIONA Epcoocxo Qquc a fi} lato eit erate ates 40 CGREINNAR EGE 6 RINREUVGMPUSE tee reer Ss Bini ceatviote miter = Ed Choose the correct verbs in these recipe instructions. Sometimes more than one answer is possible. 1 Girifp/Bake/Bol the peppers for two or three minutes and then add the spices. 2. Boil/Barbecue/Gril the beans in a saucepan of oO water unt they are cooked 3. Barbecue/Bake/Gril the lamb for about six minutes { on both sides. ~ 4 Stiiy/BoilFry the onions in ove il for 10 minutes. 5 Barbecue/Gril/Bake the pie in the oven for 30 minutes. b Match questions 1-6 in 4a to answers a-t, @ 1 Imnot sure, Perhaps we should speak to the manager. b Yes, we do, € ___No, but sometimes stress is good for your work ad __ Yes, you are © __ I get up cay 1 Yes, we are,Present Continuous and Present Simple fn Ed « Fitlinthe gaps with these words/phrases. Use the Present Continuous. become make not eat Not help grow work heat up 1. Good cooks are becoming celebrities in the UK. 21 ‘some soup in the microwave. 3. Ready meals 4. That smells good. What people to eat healthily you 51 long hours at the moment so 1 property. 6 The market for quick, healthy meals, b Write sentences or questions. Use the Present Simple. 7 /you often buy ready meals? ‘Do you often buy ready meals? 8 /he know I'm here? 9. The Spanish and ltalans / cook / more than the British 10. Over 60 milion people / Ive /in the UK. 11 He / not / work / on Fridays. 12 1/ not / think so. © Match the sentences in 3a and 3b to these uses of the Present Continuous and Present Simple. Present Continuous for things that are: happening at the moment of speaking 2 bb temporary and happening around now changing over aperiod of time, Present Simple for: habits, daily routines, things we do every day/week/year, etc, 7 things we think are permanent or true for along time {state verbs, a. Read the frst pat ofthe aticle and choose the correct verb form. ee ee emer tag ‘Around 25 billion people ¥ are eating street food every day ~ from hot dogs in New York to spring rolls in Vietnam. ‘And this number “increases/is increasing. in countries without a tradition of good street food, more and more stalls “appear! are appearing. There's a good reason for this. You *know/ are knowing exactly what you are going to get. You Ssee/'re seeing and you ®smell/e smeling the food before you buy it. I's also fresh ~ sellers usually “cook/are cooking it right in front of you. ®Do you feel/Are you feeling hungry yet? b Read the second part of the article. Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets, Use the Present Continuous or Present Simple. Whitecross Market * is (be) one of London's oldest (sel) everything (become) one of markets, The market 2 you can imagine and it ® London's best street food markets, with 50 stalls cooking food from all over the world. Every day a few thousand office workers 4 (have) their lunch there. Typical dishes ° (cost) the same as a sandwich and a bag of crisps from a café. (love) corning to ‘work at the moment because of this market,” says Jan, who eZ (ait) in the quoue at the Mexican burrito stall. just ® (hope) that the tourists don't hear about itNSM 2C AND SKILLS Sleep Ell Replace the phrases in bold with the correct form of these phrases. heveinsommla have anap have trouble sleeping get back to sleep be a ight sleeper beast asleep have nightmares fall asleep had insomnia Have you ever been-unable-to-sleep? ‘You won't be able to wake him up. He's in a deep sleep. My sistor went to sleep at hr desk the other day! 4 He often wakes up early, but he finds it easy to go to sleep again. Ihaven't had bad dreams fora long tie. ‘Shhh! My brother wakes up very easily My grandparents often have a short sleep ater lunch. ‘She's found it difficult to sleep recent Gradable and strong adjectives; adverbs ED Feead the article quickly, How many replies are negative about ‘sleeping twice a night"? 1 Replace phrases 1-6 in bold in the article with these strong adjectives. fageinating terrible impossible terrted fantastic exhausted 1 fascinating 4 2 5 3 6 Tl Peead the article again. Choose the correct words. 1 People went to sl than they do now 2. People slept around foureght hours every right in the century. 3 Thomas Webvis a scientthistorian. 4 InWety’s experiment, the men got up/stayed in bod wen they woke up ater their fst sleep 5. Marco/Andrea never has trouble sleeping afieblater'n the 17 century 6 Terry kes /doesn't ike going out in the evenings. Sleepless nights Sleeping twice a night ‘Amos hal of adults have trouble sleeping at ight. They complain out waking pin the middle of he night anc not being able to gt ack o step. But could this actualy be good for you? Research, frm both historians and scientists, suggests that we dont need eight consecutive" hours of sleep every right. Inthe 17 century there wasnt much to do after dark. There was no lectrity for lights and good candles were expensive, Hstrian Roger Ekrch has found thousands of references in old books from that time to 'ist sleep’ and ‘second sleep. Ekrch believes that at night people slept fr about four hours, woke up for an hour or two, then they slept again for another four hours. kich sa that when people woke up in the night, they were quite active. They take, read, wre, got up and some even visited neighbouts. In the 1990s, an American psychiatrist, Thomas Wel, investigated how we sleep in similar condtons. Each day a group of men spent 14 urs in dark rooms, eaxing and sleeping as muchas posse Aer a fw woeks, the men startad to slop inthe same way a first steep for our hours, few hours awake ined, and then a second sleep forfour nous Ekich and Wehr’s work suagests that's natural for us to wake up inthe mile of the night. I's something humans have done fr hundreds of years. So next ime It happens to you, think about geting up, ding something ese, and then going back to bed, Comments Thisis a(n extremely interesting idea but I'm a really heavy sleeper. fa never be abe to wake up ater fourhouss. be “realy tired. Marc, tly | wake up in the mid ofthe night and | fel really good. | could get up and do anything, But | don',|just stayin bed, “really frightened of nt boing abl to get back o sleep again. going to try this! Andre, to This is a(n) “incredibly bad idea. have to go to bed around ine todo tis. It would be Sextremely dificult ogo out in the evenings iad tobe back by 830! Toy, New Yor “ensecue = neater acter without an terugton Correct the words in bold in these sentences. Sometimes more than one answer is possible reallylabsolutely 1. Las extremely shattored this morning, 2 Inthe dream | was in an absolutely big house. 8 Itwas fay bolting in my room lastnight 4 The sunrise was incredibly gorgoous this morning. 5. Your rooms absolutely dirty! 6 My wife was absolutely very angry when I woke her up lastnight.Showing concern, giving and responding to advice ‘Choose the best response for each sentence. 1 Claes had tribe insomnia, @ Oh, dear. What's the mater? Yes, |e wha you mean @ can see why you're upset 2 Look at Mike's report's teribe! Oh, how auf Oh, dear, What a shame, Yes, S00 what you mean, 3. Moin hospital wth a broken eg 1 Ye5, 980 what you mean, » Oh, how awl € Oh, dear, Whats the mater? 4. We started at the company at the same time, but he's been promoted. Oh, doar. What a shame. Ian see why you're upset. € Oh, how awtul 5. Saly lost her job last week. a Oh,|'m sorry to hear that, b I can see why you're upset © Yes,1'see what you mean, Bd Match problems 1-5 to pieces of advice a-e. 1. My children don't eat enough vegetables. _¢ 2 She's angry that | forgot her birthday. 3 One of my best students doesn't do his, homework. 4 I can't sleep! My husband snores so much 5. My sister doesn't go out much because she's got two children, ‘a. You should offer to babysit, Perhaps you ought to see the doctor about it 6 Heme cortchahottieatrarettonestciiorent iyo I'd have a chat with him and find out what the problem is. ‘@ Why don't you send her some flowers? What’s the matter? ‘Complete the conversations with the phrases in the boxes. Oh-dear- What's thematio? — Why don't you Yes, !see what you mean Ive tried that Have youtied Well it's worth a try 1 RITA. Mark seems really fed up at the moment. avID | Oh, dear. What's the matter? RITA I think he's under pressure at work. pavip ? talk to hhim about it? RITA > : but he says I don't understand, 2 SAM I’ve got too much work at the moment. Look at my desk! ALEX * SAM I don’t know where to start. ALEX 5 asking your boss for help? SAM © . guess. You ought to 'msorry to hear that that’s a good idea Vidtake can see why you're upset might try that 3 (CHRIS Pat and I broke up last week, SIMON 7 CHRIS. She wants to get back together, bue I'm not sure. simon * some ‘time off work and think about it. curis Yes, ? 4 CHLOE It was really expensive and it’s already broken down Paul * CHLOE I's new as wel. pau write t0 the company, CHLOE 1 Thanks. I reading ana wing Portioto 2 ps6Phrasal verbs (1): travel [SUITES Read the conversation. Replace the phrases in bold with the correct form of these phrasal verbs. fooiforwartie see (somebody) off look after ut up with go away pick (somebody) up checkin set off get back ‘Are you looking forward to MUM |Are-youencited about tomorrow? CASS. Of course. We're “leaving very early, though, MUM L know. [still want to come to the airport to %say goodbye to you. It’s the first time you've “gone on holiday without us. ASS Sure. Thanks, Mum, MUM And text me when you've ‘arrived at the hotel. CASS Sure. Are you going to miss me? MUM. Iwill. But at least I won't have to Stolerate your loud music oF look at your untidy bedroom. ‘CASS. No, but don’t forget my goldfish in there. Can you “take care of them? MUM Don’t worry. I won't forget them. So what time do you Sreturn? ‘CASS. Er... at one in the morning, MUM Thats late! ‘CASS. know. So I was wondering ... can you °meet me in the car? The tourist trade Language Summary 3, Student's Book p132 Present Perfect Simple [IIIEE- Fillin the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Use the Present Perfect Simple. 1.4 Shirley hasn't been (not go) abroad. 'b You're joking! Not even to France? 2a you ever (work) in tourism? Yes, L was a waiter in a hotel a long time ago. 3.4 I'l be away for three days. you ever {look after) a cat before? 8 Of course I have, Don't worry. Everything will be fine. 4.4 Wow! You two have got a good suntan, B Yes. We just (get back) from two weeks in the Caribbean. 5 A Hi, can I speak to Pat or Harry Skilton, please? Let's see. 'm afraid they already (check out). 6A The passengers are angry about the late flights. & Tknow. 1 already (deal) with three complaints today. Are sentences 1-10 correct? Change the incorrect sentences. ‘ve known 1. Lkmew him since I was young. 2. Wendy and Gar! already saw our new house 8. We've run a bed and breakfast since three years. 4 Like your house. How long did you lve here? 5 Mark isn't hore. Ho's gone to work. 6 We've set off hours ago, but we're stuck in traffic 7. We haven't had a holiday this year. 8 Did you check in atthe hotel yet? 9. Thisis the second time | stayed at this hotel, 10. They've got back at six o'clock this morning,1 Fitin the gaps withthe verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Present Perfect Simple. REAL LIVES wea tis isaoanoma eran, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner and it’s always full. José Guerreiro trained as a chef in Goa, India and * spent (spend) seven years working in restaurants in Indian cities. Then he saw an advertisement which changed his life “ (always love) travelling so this seemed perfect” said José. He was offered the job and it : (wot take) him long to make his decision, Six months later he started work ona cruise ship, The Sea Princes, Fifteen years later, José is Head Chef con the same ship. at (work) on four ships since | 5 Goin) the company. But this isthe first time I : (be) Head Chefon a cruise. 1 E (never feel) so nervous in my life!” José shouldn't be nervous. In over 20 years asa chef, he guesses he Lonely Planet a (lean) cooking styles from over 20 countries. “can’t think of anything | 8 (not cook). 19, (deal with) every kind of special diet you ean think of!” he laughed. “We had one passenger who 2 (not can) cat meat, fish, milk products or bread!” 1 saw José again at the end of the frst week on the cruise. I asked him: “What 2 so fa, José?” “So far, passengers ® (drink) 5,000 lites of milk and 150 kilos of coffee. We we (ead) (roast) about 1,000 chickens and made over 4o birthday and anniversary cakes. ‘And no one '® (complain) yet!” Phrases with travel, get and go on Ei 2 Fitingaps 1-3 with these vers. ‘wavelget__goon b Fill in gaps a-i with these ‘words/phrases. onyourown a taxi offa train @ package holiday business class a guided tour atrip together into car light a onyour own acruise 1 travel ona bus iPresent Perfect Continuous and Present Perfect Write questions with these words using the Simple EXUIIER Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect er ‘Continuous. Use the Present Perfect Continuous Ed Nake sentences in the Present Perfect Continuous with ifpossible. foror since 1. How long / Jane / wait? 41. They started going on cruises three years ago. aap anaes ca How long has Jane been waiting? They've been going on cruises for three years. i cae a 2 How many cruises / you / go /on? 2 Marta started giving guided tours when she was 16. weaning gs Dis How many cruises have you been on? 3 How many hotels / you / work /in? 3 started looking forward to my holiday six months ago, ‘4 How many times / you / go / on a package holiday? 4 Cambridge University Press published its first book in 1584. 5 How long / he / take / work home? 5. We started going out together when | was 18, 6 How many times / you / get /a taxi to work? 6 He moved into this house two months ago. 7 How long / you / study / English? Edi Choose the correct words. Sometimes both verb forms are possible. 8 How long / Tony and Maureen / be / married? _ — Ee EF Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect Continuous or the Present Perfect Simple. Use the P HILIP MARTIN has never(Ga)/boen hevinga ee ee ce eee, permanent home, He's “travelled/been travelling round, the world since he left university, “There are over 190 1 We_'ve been watching (watch) a lot of travel countries in the world and I've °stayed/been staying in about programmes recently 85 of them,” he told me. At the moment he's in the Gambia in 2. Why didn't you call me? How rt Alrica, Unfortunately Philip hasn't *fet/been feeling well for the last week, “I've Stried/been trying a lot of different foods on my travels and I've never *had/been having any problems before. (get around) with a broken leg? 3 We (not go} on a guided tour But everyone has “looked after/been looking after me very welll” of the city before, s0 we'd Ike to go. n (shine) all weeken For the last ten years Philip has 4 The su (shine) all weekend. Skept/been keeping a diary t's wonderful of his travels and so far he's 51 {90} on package holidays ®published/been publishing two books about his adventures, for years and I've never had any problems. 6 Lindsay (not take) any time Since he started writing, Phli naar off this year. She works so hard. hasn't “had/been having to do ‘other work. He's just “finished/ been finishing his third book and 7 you (know) each ‘other for long? he's now planning his journey to al (not travel fist class before South America. “I've "explored/ and Im quite excited about i been exploring this world for over15 years, but I've got a long way to gol” 9 Whoishe? He (stand) outside for hours.ee NTN 3C AND SKILLS Word building (1): suffixes for adjectives and nouns [UCENEEF Ei Complete the table with the adjectives or nouns. adjective noun 1 active activity 2 adventure 3 comfortable 4 confidence 5 healthy 6 honesty 7 patient 8 popularity 9 touristy 10 tradition Reading BW Read the article and fi in gaps 1-8 with an adjective or oun from Read the article again and choose the best answers, 1 The wrter thought a week at Monkton Wyld wouldn't be interesting © roaxing ° fin 2 Monkton Wyld many teaches 1 sthool chien peopl interested inthe envionment ©. farmers, 3 The wite's chien enjoyed the food the washing up, the games in the evening 4. The writer most enjoyed having alien. b_ walking to the beach. © watching his children play outside, 5. Some of the families on the ‘Family Wook’ Iie at Monkton Wyid b- do the cooking. © goto Monkton Wyid every year. & Voluntourism IS THIS WHAT HOLIDAYS USED TO BE LIKE? Tobe * honest, | was a bit nervous about a holiday at Monkton Wyid. “We all sleep in one room - including the children, the food is vegetarian only and you do your own washing-up?’ | asked my wife. "That's right, she said. ‘Let's doit. I'll be an 2a " But we need a holiday,’ | said ‘Two months later we're on a train to Dorset in south-west England, ''m reading about Monkton on my phone. The house was built in 1848 and since then, it’s been a hotel, a boarding school and it's now a farm and a centre for environmental education. It offers °a weeks (on everything from beekeeping to building your own outdoor toilet! We're going on a ‘Family Week’ with our two children, five and eight. It's advertised as “Everything family holidays should be ~ songs, games, ‘country walks and “h homemade meals.” Personally, | remember childhood holidays on a beach in Italy, enjoying pizza in a restaurant. We arrive at suppertime and enjoy the best vegetarian lasagne I've ever tasted - very ° with the children too. All the vegetables are grown in the garden of the house. Soon I'm feeling @ lot happier about the week ahead, The house is run by 12 people who live permanently at the centre, There are also volunteers who come and stay at the house for a week just to work in the garden or help with the cooking. Some of the families have been coming to Monkton Wd for several years ~ it's become a a for them. They'te fantastically ’p. with all my ‘questions about the place. Later, with the youngest children in bed, we're playing silly games in the large living room. It already feels lke these people are ald friends. Over the next week, we really did have a week of “family fun’. We painted. We sang. We made things. We walked to the beach in nearby Lyme Regis - no pizza though, just chips. And best of all, the children ‘were outside almost the whole time ~ away from computers, TV and so as a 6-star hotel, of course. But several mornings, we managed to have a lie-in - something that just isn’t normally possible on holiday. Even the washing-up seemed fun. Wel, sort of! (on, The rooms weren't as 81 1 2 3 4 a ‘ s Review: prepositions with adjectives Choose the correct preposition. Sometimes more than one answer is possible. Mark's keen @3/oin going to Inca next year but Im scared wahiotet tying The manager cnt seem concemed with/about/by our complaint. We were so angry about/on/with him that we checked out eat im 30 bad on/nfat languages and aways get embarrassed byfoabout not being able to communicate abroad Many ofthe passengers were angry with/aboutfof the delay and no one was stised bot the explanation Asking for and making recommendations [ZINES Bi 2 Make questions with these words. know / Do / any good / stay / places / to / you ? Do you know any good places to stay? ‘seeing / worth / else /is / What ? near / about / sea / places / What / the ? tips / got / other / Have / you / any ? place /a/the /t0/ What's / best / car / hire ? 'b Complete the conversations with the sentences in 2a. A_Do.you know any good places to stay? B Sorry, no, But I wouldn't recommend anywhere near the station. A B I'd recommend one of the companies at the airport. A 8 You should definitely visit the cathedral a B Itisn't really worth going there. The beaches are quite dirty. A B Yes. You should learn a bit of the language. It really helps. A trip to India ET Fritinthe gaps inthe conversations withthe phrases in the boxes. arethebest ‘sthe best _‘d recommend sounds wonderful wouldn't goto know 1 ANN You've been to India, Louise. What " are the best places to visit? Louise 12 Kerala ~ in the south, Beautiful lakes, canals... i’ like paradise ANN That ? What 4 time of year to visit? Louise Well, [5 berween September and January. It can be really wet then. ANN That's good & - Thanks. really useful bother should goto Do you know any Andis there 2 ANN 7 LOUISE Yes, but don’t * good places to stay? booking in advance. It's cheaper to get a hotel there. ANN Thanks, that’s? anything else worth Visiting in the south? LOUISE Of course. India’s a big place. If you like beaches, you" Goa. Iveheard And what about You really must I's probably best Have you got any 3 ANN 2 money? Louise 8 to rake cash. Credit cards aren't very useful outside big cities. ANN Right. "1 other tips? LOUISE Lots. visi one big city, Indian cities are just incredible. ANN Yes, that. [DE Peacig an vting Porto 3 p68Collocations (2 these verbs. release be download q inthe las music business has dramatically changed years. In the past, bands released a few singles or an album, on Dor arecord. T promote their music 08 them nTVIO there weren't many portuni live, Nowadays, if you abig fan of a singer or band, you probably get your news about them cline. Instead of buying CDs, many people tracks onto their phone or computer. Bands on tour regularly and many musicians make more money from digs than they do from seling albums, : music CENTER HI Fit in the gaps with the correct form of Past Simple and Past Continuous [UUUIMENF EZ Fillin the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Simple or Past Continuous. © In 1958, while E'vis | was earning (eaft) $400,000 a month, he had to go into the army. His salary ? (go) down to $78 a month © In 1959, a teacher? 16-year-old Jimi Hendrix out of school because he # (hold) the hand of a white girl in his class. © In Apri 1964, while the Beatles 5 (finish) their second album, they ‘ (have) hit recordin all ofthe top-five positions in the US charts © In 1963, Roy Orbison (be) on tour with the Beatles, He® (wear) sunglasses because he couldn't find his classes. He liked the look so much that, for the rest of his career, he always? (wear) sunglasses. © In 1970, while the rack group Pink Floyd " (playin front of a large lake in London, the music (be) so loud that some of the fish in the lake *? (aie) © Fans shop for the chance te get Lady Gaga's autograph. While they y (wait), Gaga saw their tweets. She immediately (queue) overnight at a Hollywood music (order) 80 takeaway pizzas and " (end) them to her fans in case they were hungry! pa, © Wrile Madonna * (stay) in Sweden for the MTV Music ‘Awards, she '® (ask) the hotel to change the colour of the room. She (want) a ‘calm colour' to help her meditate. Macionna (rot joke), and the hotel immediately 2 (paint) the room,used to [IUIIEE EE Filin the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Use used to where possible, or the Past Simple, Before they were famous . 4f Madonna used to work (work) at a café called Dunkin’ Donuts. She _got (get) sacked for spilling jam on a customer Sb Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas (@o) the voice of a character in the Peanuts cartoons she (start) when she (be) just nine years old BE Ricky Martin {be) an actor on a US TV soap, General Hospital After two years on the show, Ricky decided he (prefer) music to acting. 4 tbis (lose) his first job ina factory because he (be) only 15, He (get) $30 a week Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake (present) a children’s TV programme called The Mickey Mouse Club, oa In 1965, Reggie Dwight (play) the piano in a North London pub at weekends. He (be) 15 years old. Less than five years later, the same person (release) his first album, using his new name: Elton John, Modern adventurers Adjectives (2): character [TZIIZE> El Complete the puzzle with adjectives to describe people. 1 Steve prefers to travel on his own, (11) liday to places I've never heat inti they find 4 Kathy will know what time the meeting is, (9) 5. Rob can play several inst 1s realy well. (8) 6 My boss always m decisions. (8) omises to do something, shell do it! (8) 8 Mysister always brings 9 Tim gets embarras 40 Sue war to have her own company bj ack a present from her holidays, (Past Perfect Fill in the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Use the Past Perfect. 1. Connor had arranged. (arrange) to meet ‘up with some friends, so he couldn't come with us, 2. Ireally wanted to see the concert, but i (sell out. (not dive) abroad before, so he wasn't very confident 3. Simon at (not hear) any of their ‘music before, but | thought the gig was excellent 5. By the time arrived, everyone (leave) 6 He failed the test because he (not do) any revision, 7. When Jade arrived at the restaurant, she realised she (go) there before. 8 They (not know) each other forlong when they decided to get engaged. a. Read Part A of Charlie's story and choose the correct words. b Tick the events that happen in the story. a [7] Charie's parents asked him to pick them up at the airport CCharle tidied up the house. Charlie set his alarm. Charlie's parents arrived at the airport. (Charlie woke up. Charlie phoned his parents, a Read Part B of the story and put the verbs in brackets in the Past Perfect or Past. Simpl, b> Fut enwrtsa-t ne ort rie « [1] cha ost is toys b [_] Charie's parents got home. [hares gaons rok a window. [_] Charlie met his parents. [2] cari got hme + [2] Char’ unl ante st the apo By the tne | wes 18 stopped Fads ed going on holiday with my parents. The frst year that | ’stayedt/had stayed at home, my parents asked me to pick them up at the airport The night before they §got back/had got back, | realised the house was a mess. | okt tidy upihadi't tiled up for two weeks. | finaly finshed tidying about 3 am, and a few minutes later | Swas/had been fast asleep. | woke up suddenly at 8 a.m. | °arrangedihad arranged to meet my parents atthe airport at 8.30 a.m. but Yaa setihadh't set the alarm! | quickly set off for Heathrow airport, but it's one ofthe biggest aisports in the world! | had no idea which terminal they ®arrived/inad arrived at! ‘And this °was/hnad been before the days of mobile phones When | arrived at Heathrow Terminal 1, | was already over an hour late, When | eventually found my parents at Terminal 3, they * had spent. (spend) two hours waiting for me. They were not pleased. They 2 (be) on the plane for 12 hours and they were exhausted, Back at the car, the situation became even worse. | couldn't find my keys! 1° at the aitport while looking for my parents. (lose) them somewhere My parents just wanted to go home. We phoned my uncle and he ‘came and picked them up.| stayed to look for my keys. Tivo hours later, 14 (get) home. Fortunately, someone 8 {find} my keys at the airport, The frst thing Ie (see) was my father and my uncle repairing a broken window. Had someone broken into our house? “No,” my dad explained. He looked fed up. “When we r (get back) home, we realised we ® {not take) any house keys on holiday. We had to break a window to get inTe EYE ete) \\)) SUES» Unusual days out guessing meaning from context [EE Edi Read the advert quickly and put headings a-f in the correct places 1-6. a Whothisiefor Duration @ Video option Locations © What you can perform 1 Availabilty BU 2 Look at the words in bold in the advert. Are they nouns, verbs or adjectives? 1 thing noun 2. additonal 3 extensive 4 shoot 5 rehearse 6 refreshments 7 requirements b Choose the correct meanings of the words in 2a, 1 thing a instrument (6) something you enjoy 2 additional: a extra music 3 extensive: a large b popular 4 shoot: a interview —b fim 5 rehearse: a practise b sing 6 refreshments: a drink » food and drink 7 requirements: a things things you eat youneed or drink EI ead the advert again, Are these sentences true (1) or false (F)? 1 [7] Youneed no experience of singing to take part in the recording session, 2 [] Four people record songs at each recording session. 3 You rust bring any instruments you want to use. 4 [_] There are examples of the recording sessions on the website 5 [] Atthe end of the day, you receive a CD and a DVD of your session, You spend five hours in the recording studio. OO | 7 [J trtnere is time, you ean record more than 8 (_) The advert advises not to book a session in Fancy being Adele for the day? Perhaps Hendrix is more your thing? The Professional Recording Session* is a day of your own in a professional recording studio, with a producer to advise you on your performance. Yau wil recard at least three tracks and participate in the mixing process to produce a CD of your own work. You can even upload MP3s of your wark ta sellin aur anline music store! Who this is for Anyone, of any ability, who wants @ professional production of their work will enjay a day in our studio. You don’t need to be a professional yourself. Under-16s must be accompanied by an adult. Two people can participate in each session and you may also bring up to two additional quests to watch. 2 You can sing, play your own instrument, or borrow an instrument from the studio. Your producer will call you two weeks before your booking ta discuss your choice af music. IF you need help, we have an extensive catalogue of over 10,000 songs for you to choose fram. Cick here to browse ‘some samples of music produced in past sessions. 3 ‘We can also shoot a video of you during the day, in end out, of the studio, for one of your songs. The video will be edited ‘and sent to you on DVD within twa weeks of your session, 4 The session wil last from 10 until 4, with an hour for lunch. This is enough time to record at least three tracks, but please rehearse your chosen tracks as much as possible before you come to your session. 5 ‘We recommend yau book several weeks in advance, particularly during the busiest summer weekends. 6 You may choose from aver 70 studios all over the UK. Lunch and other refreshments are included. Please inform us of ‘ny special requirements. recording session =a period of time, often ina professional studio, for recording musicIt’s only a game! Softening opinions and making generalisations Match sentences 1-5 to the softer ‘opinions in sentences a-e about professional football players. 1. They are seffish towards their younger teammates. 2: Theyre anost trey sui 2. Atew ol hm ao gute viet. 4. They get too much money. 5: They tink they know evryting + soneotnencants ty cimmoriaiee, 2) Me | They tend to eam rather alot A © On the whole, they aren't Ay See very inteligent, 6 Treyconbeetit Perhaps some of them can be a bit aggressive, Correct the mistakes in the phrases in bold. quite helpful 1. She can be helpful quite at times, 2. He tends being rather noisy in class 3. Onwhole, most of our students are hard-working, 4. General speaking, my children are auite polite. 5 My teenage son can be arrogant a bit. 6 Perhaps some them can be a bit mean at times. 7 He's no very friendly, is he? Use the words/phrases in brackets to soften these generalisations about men and women MEN 1. They snorel (Some of them / can /at times) Some of them can snore at times. 2 Men aren't very considerate. (not very / at times) 2. They are always untidy. (Perhaps / can / rather) WOMEN. 4. Women like shopping. (Generally speaking / most) 5. They are incredibly sensitive at times. (tend to /a bit) 6 They are light sleepers! (On the whole / tend to} Review: apostrophes Write the full form of 's and 'd if possible. 1 W's taken three hours to get here. has Vd always thought he was sensible. He's been living in London three yeas. ‘We'd recommend practical clothes for the journey. ‘This book's published by Cambridge Univesity Press. She'd never been sking betore ‘They'd get home eater if they didn't always drive I's the fist time Simon's been to Scotland, 9 | thought 'd enjoy the fim because I'd loved the book. . 40. Paul's brother's always been ambitious. [DB Feecing and wting Proto 4 p70Homes KEZUNIES Complete the puzzle Our new home Making comparisons [IIIIIEF Language Summary 5, Student's Book p138 BB 100k atthe advertisements and match the places to sentences 1-8. Write C (Clapton), D (Dalston) or S (Shoreditch), 1 [6] starmore spacious than the other two places 2 CL ms sighty cneapor than the Capton house. 2 ttcosts aot more por month than the other 4 Ey se it more expensive than the Dalston house. 5 CJ tse oder than the Clapton house © tsslety thor rom the Undergoud than the Dalston house. 7 ts much loser to the Underaround than the Dalston house. 2 tiisrtas big as the others 1. anarea of a town or city lve in (13) 2. land which is not in towns, industrial areas (7) 3 a small building, often next to a house, that you can put a car in (6) 4 the space under 5 in a house (4) 5. the surface that covers the top of a building (4) 6 the floor ofa building the same level as the out building (6) 7a house is joined h sides to other houses (8) ‘8 a'small house, usually in the country (7 ga house is not joined to any other houses 10 a ‘area mainly has houses and ‘not many shops, offices or factories (11) 11. anarea on the edge of a town/city where people who wark in the town/city often lve (6) 12 asmall area on the outside of a room of a house where you can stand or sit (7) 15 £16 Bui Tr Built in Distanc ESTATE AGENTS Clapton Unfurnished 3-bedroomn semi-detached house square metres 300 pom Dalston Unfurnished 2-bedr terraced house 100 square metres tin 1900 Shoreditch New, furished 3-bedroom apartment in a ively neighbourhood to Underground: 10 mins Distance to Underground: 8 rins £1,500 pem ed Distance to Underground: 3 mins 22,2Glen and Bev went to see the Glen and Bev are deciding which home to rent. Fil in the gaps with the three places. Complete their correct form of the adjectives. ‘comments with these words. GLEN Thate doing this. Everything isso expensive. erratiest ile much less BEV Yes ... but they'll be a bit! more expensive (expensive) next month. similar most worst me Pe Oe GLEN OK. Well, le’s start with the apartment. You don’t really like that one, do your ‘The Dalston house has got BEV Not really. [e's my? (favourite) place of the three. the 1 smallest _ garden I've ever seen. I's just nor as * (interesting) as the other two. Itisn't? to GLEN And the area is far 4 (noisy) than where we live now. the Underground as they sai. BEV So, what about the house in Clapton? It's £600 * Ws very® to our house. (cheap)! ‘The Shoreditch apartment is GLEN And it’s easily the ® (large) of the three. ‘ interesting than the BEV And it was definitely the 7 (light) of the three. others. I's ao GLEN Bur it’s the ® (far) from the Underground. ‘modern than the other two. It needs BEV And the neighbourhood isn’t great. 6 furriture ofthe three GLEN So then there's the Dalston house. Its expensive fora small house, isn't it? places. The Clapton house i in the BEV Yes, it’s lor? (fashionable) round there than it used iu neighbourhood. tobe. ‘They/re alla bit dark inside, but this GLEN But the rooms weren't the ! (big) P've seen .. oneisa® lighter than BEV So have we made a decision? the other two, I's defintely the GLEN Well, of the two houses, I think the Clapron house is ° spacious of the thre. y (good) than the Dalston one, yes? BEV Tagree but ... A load of old junk Phrasal verbs (2) KEECINIEE HI Fitinthe gaps inthe conversations wit the correct form of the verbs inthe boxes throw take 90 tow come clear A. D'm sure [left the tickets in this drawer, I'm worried A Are you? back tonight or are you someone ! has thrown_ them away. staying at Mark’s house? B Have you? through the rubbish yet? 1 T'm not sure, Why? A Dad's already * it out. P'l go and get it now. A We're® ‘out the loft comorrow. A lot of put sort tidy the stuff up there is yours B Please don't? anything away without A Have you * up your room yet? It was a asking me first. aera A Ofcourse not. But be back by lunchtime if B Tee just got to § out some clothes on the oe bed. That's all. A OK. Bur can you ® them away as well, please?The future: will, be going to, Present Continuous [EIIIIEEe {a Match questions 1-5 to the best responses a-e. 1. Why aren't you having breakfast? b 2 Have you asked your boss about promotion? 3 Is Tim there, please? 4 Have you done all your homework? 5 Why won't you lend him your laptop? ‘8 Wait a minute Iiljust check. b Lockatthetineltn- going to belate: © Because hell break it. No, but 'm not going out tomorrow night Not yot. 'm sosing him this afternoon, b Match sentences a-e in 2a to these uses of the future. 1a prediction that is a personal opinion _¢ 2 a prediction based on present evidence 3 a decision made at the time of speaking 4. aplan to do something {an arrangement with an other person EI choose the best words. 1. 1G leaving) leave at five o'clock bbacatse Teed to catch a train. 2. Dont tll my brother. Hell's going to be furious. 3 think f/m going to get home about ton but Im not sure 4 Tris trafic is toribe \Weile going to be very late 5 We're fookig/ ook at some houses on Saturday. Do you want to come? © A The kitchen i realy diy B Ist? OK, Im sorting tout sort itout later. 7m going to work! working a ot harder next year El There is one mistake in each conversation. Write the correct sentence. 1A Are you to looking for a flat or a house? B Well have to see what we can afford. Are you looking fora flat or a house? 2A What you are going to do with all those old clothes? B Pll probably give them to charity 3A What are you doing later? Tim play cards so I'll be back late. 4A Theard you're moving to the country. B Yes, i's going be a big change. 5 A P'llealling you this evening about the meeting 8 OK. But I'm going to bed early tonight so call before nine. 6A Mum and Dad will be furious when they see this! B T'llto tidy it up before they come back. Filin the gaps with the verbs in brackets, Use the Present Continuous, be going o or Hil +ifritve. Sometimes more than one answer s possible. 1 SUE Simon ! 's having. (have) a birthday lunch on Sunday. MEL Tknow. ? you (go? SUE Yes ... Ineed to buy a present. MEL Let's get something together. Maybe w (find) something at the market here. sue It (be) hard, Ies mainly a load of old junk. 2 ELLEN Do you think we § {nced) any ofthis stuff again? yenry Well, 16 definitely (not listen) to any of these CDs, They're teriblet ELLEN Charity shop? JERRY Maybe ... or maybe 17 (sell) them online. ELLEN You * (get) much money for these! 3 BEN What are you doing at the weekend? I? (tidy) the flat. les a mess. PETE I'm free on Saturday. 1! (help) you. BEN Ah. I can’t do it on Saturday. I'm really sorry. 1! (meet) Amy. PETE OK. 1? (ive) you a hand on Sunday then. BEN Hmm, 1! (see) my parents on Sunday. PETE So when # you (tidy) the flat then? BEN Maybe I'S (do) it next weekend. Are you free then?Poe UE 5C AND SKILLS Reading Verb patterns (1) Birthdays El Read the article quickly. How many people are interviewed? 24-year-old woman turns six From time to time, a report is published on the most common, date for a birthday. In the USA, 5" October is often mentioned. In Britain, it's 14 November. Across the whole world, i's 19% March. However, the truth is that there are almost an equal numberof birthdays on every day of the year. There might _be (be) a slightly larger numberof births in the summer months in some countries, but there is not @ consistent day or even month in which more children are born. However, there is one day which is definitely less common than others for birthdays. Roberta Smoughton was born on this date over 24 years ago but she has only had six teal birthdays, Roberta is a leapling - someone born on 29" February ~ a date Which only occurs every four years. “At around eight, | Zbegan (understand) why my birthday was different, My mum told me (choose ‘a day to celebrate: 28" February or 1" March. Of course, | “decided (celebrate) on the earlier date because | wanted my presents earlier,” she laughs. (On any day there are on average 19 milion people celebrating birthday. If you'te a leapling, you share your birthday with around four milion people. Rod Marsden is another. "When it BA Read the article again. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Sometimes more than one answer is possible. El Choose the correct answers. 1 The article is mainly about 1 what leapings are. 'b) people's experiences of being a leaping © when loapings celebrate ther birthday. 2. The article believes there are three popular days for birthdays. bb almost the same number of birthdays every day. © many more birthdays in the summer than the winter. isn'ta leap year, | Sstart (celebrate! on 28" and finish at the end of 1". love being a leapling!" he says. Graham Gartside is not quite as positive as Rod. “It sometimes drives me crazy,” he says. "For example, | tried (rent) a car recently online and the Computer wouldn't let me (enter 29" February as my date of birth. | had to do it over the phone and it cost alot more, Alexis Doyle is far more positive about her birthday. “Every leap year | rent 2 local restaurant for the evening, have a huge party {and invite everyone I know. I's becorne @ bit ofa tradition and ‘everyone makes me (feel) really special for the day. | don’t count the birthdays between leap years so I guess | look alittle old for my age!” Alexis says. She didn’t want (tell me her real age but she gave me a clue. “At my next party there "wil (be) ten candles on the cake," she said. 3. Asa child, Roberta celebrated her birthday on 28" February, b on 29" February. © on 1 March, 4 Rod celebrates his birthday ‘8 for one or two days every year. b for two days every year. for two or three days every year. 5 Alexis is probably less than 40 years old, b 40 years old, © more than 40 years old,Materials, Ei What is the main material usually used in these items? rubber plastic metal paper wool cardboard wood glass cotton leather atyre_rubber 6 abalipoint pen a miror 7. amicrowave oven shoes 8 ajumper socks 9 abookshalt boxes 10 amagazine Explaining what you need Match sentences 1-6 to pictures A-F. You use them to put ubbishin, They‘ things for cleaning your nse. You use it when you want to cut vegetables. They're things for cutting paper. You use to join two things when they are broken, im looking for something for my garden. You use it for giving plants water Match sentences 1-6 to pictures A-F in 2a, Theyre made of metal. _B Ws a type of avi. Theyte made of paper. I's made of wood or sometimes plastic. ‘They're made of plastic. I's made of rubber. Things | need EF Fitinthe gaps inthe conversations with the phrases in the boxes. Yewusetherm Do youmean it's made of Youmean the word for what they're called They look tke It's stuf for 1 JUAN } You use them to start a barbecue, MAN 2 matches? JUAN No, I'm sorry. Hean’t + remember ? in English. 4 white cubes. MAN Oh, you mean ‘fielighters’ 2 Bt S putting on food ~ so it stays fresh. I'm sorry, I don’t know & it MAN Do you mean salt? BIBI No,” plastic. MAN Abt ‘clingfilm’. Youuse Youuse them they're made of What's it called you're looking for It'satype of — for cleaning 3 MARIA * it when you make a mistake. liquid. WOMAN Is this what MARIA. Yes, that’s it. 2 DELS in English? WOMAN ‘“Tippex’ or ‘correction fluid’ ‘ HUGO I’m looking for something for my shoes. WOMAN Is it something 3 them? HUGO No, !# cotton, to tie your shoes. WOMAN Oh, you mean ‘shoelaces’! [DE Peacing ane wting Porc 5 p72Make up your Mind Language summary 6, Student's Book p14t make and do (STE Choose the correct words. 1. You've got a maths exam next week. You've @oni!made nothing all weekend! 2 Have you done/made a decision yet? 3. Ive done/made a lot of progress in English since | started. Did you do/make a degree? He's done/made me lots of favours. Look atthe mess you've dane/made! He often does/makes excuses about being late, Have you dane/made any work today? BB Replace the phrases in bold with the correct form of do or make, and a phrase from the box msiake the washing me laugh the washing-up up your mind acourse made a mistake 1. Ive done-something wrong inthis exercise. 2. like him because he's funny. 2. Have you eleaned the clothes? 4 Im studying at an evening schoo! at the moment, 5 Doyouwant more time to decide? {6 Would you mind eleaning the dishes with your brother? First conditional Ed write frst conditional sentences. 1 tyou/ make dinner, |/ do / the washing-up {you make dinner, I'l do the washing-up. 2 /you do / me a favour if1/ help / you do your homework? 3 You / not / pass if you / not do / any work. 4 What / you / say /if she / not make up / her mind soon? 5. They / never lear / i they /'be allowed to / behave so badly. Future time clauses [IEE Match sentence beginnings 1-8 to endings a-h, 4 I wont be abet cook a they go to bed ear dinner unt 2. They be exhausted tomorrow uniess shell have to pass her exams. I might do the shopping. ‘Weill write to you as soon as Shell do a degree unless After we got your leter, they'll have to goto bed @ we make a decision, 1 well make a decision, 19. I've done the shopping When | finish the housework, Before she does a degree, ‘As soon as they start making a noise, she fails her exams. Filin the gaps with these verbs, Use the Present Simple orwil. do make put got release check 1 | ‘do. the cleaning when you've tidied up this mess. 2 Assoon as she her new album, buy it 3 Atter've sorted tis stuff out, everything away. 4 won't phone him until we in at ahote 5 Unless he ‘some progress, he won't pass, 6 we there before they do?Il Read the conversation and choose the correct words, vic OK. I'm leaving now. DAD Where will you stay (her lif you get there? VIC At the youth hostel, good horel. ss we find a DAD And if the youth hostel is full? VIC. We'll worry about that "beforeltuben we get there DAD Wel, fas soon asiuntil you've left, we'll probably start worrying. MUM And welll worry Suntillas soon as you ring tomorrow. VIC Til only call you Safterhunless I find a place to stay DAD But don’t call beforelafter ten. I'm looking forward to having a lie-in tomorrow. MUM A lie-in? But Swnlesslif Vie's away, we can decorate his room, VIC_No way! Promise me you won't do anything *untllafter I get back. DAD_OK. We won't rouch your room ... iflunless you forget to phone us. Reflexive pronouns [IUIEIEE> I Fill in the gaps with a reflexive pronoun. 1. My daughter made the decision herself 2. The washing-up isn't going to do you know! 3. We really enjoyed very much, last night. Thanks 4 Myson made dinner for the whole family by last night! 5 Dave and Polly designed their cottage 6 Simon! Ifyou don't like the way I've done it, doit 7 Promise me that you will both look after, 8 | didn't need any help - | made up my mind Fear of failure Rewrite the sentences with unless 1 Ifthe weather isn't bad, we'll meet inthe park, Unless the weather's bad, we'll meet in the park. 2 tyou don't tell me about the problem, | won't be able to help. 3. your employees don't have time to relax, they won't work wel, 4. She should be here later if she doesn’t make another excuse! 5 Well have to get a loan if you don't start making more money. 6 Hell continue to make the same mistakes if we don't de anything. Zero conditional; conditionals with imperatives and modal verbs; in case 1 Fitin the gaps in the conversation with the correct form ofthese verbs, Buy go(X2) book call send get be PAT. My son’s just gone on holiday to Italy with his friends, They didn’t book a hotel or anything MARY Don’t worry, My daughter only" buys a flight when she ? away. She finds a hotel when she gets there. PAT But when we $ on holiday, we always ‘ a room in advance! Mary Yes. And when we $ there, I still ‘ my parents. Nowadays 17 lucky if my daughter * me a postcardEd 2 Fitinthe gaps in these clauses with for When 1 Ifyou don't ike the present, 2 Lfrish an exercise, 3 you Ive tobe 100 in the UK, 4 1m older, 5 this bus stops, 6 he doesn't fel better soon, 7 you get up in the moming, 8 you finish a meal 'b Write zero or first conditional sentences. Use the if/when clauses in 3a and these words, 1. you/ not / have to / keep it. Ifyou don't like the present, you don't have to keep it. 2 I/ check / the answers immediately 3. you/ get /a letter from the Queen. 4 I/start/ saving some money. 5 you/ help / me with these bags? 6 we /have to / call the doctor. 7. you /listen / to the radio? 18 you/ always do the washing-up? El Read Lucy's tips and fil in the gaps, Use should/must/can and the verb in brackets, or the imperative of the verb. Sometimes, more than one answer is possible. mee Family Lie uucy Samuel has been helping parents for over 20 years with their teenage children, She shares a few of her tips with us. ‘+ If you want to show your children you love them, '_ spend. (spend) time with them. And when you haven't got time, you 2 shouldn't make (not make) excuses. Explain to them why you're busy. y+ Ifyou want your childeen to talk to you, you? (not tell) anyone their secrets. Teenagers need to trust you and if they can't do that, why + they (cell) you anything? + Teenagers see everything you do, Unless you can stop doing something yourself, for example smoking, how $ you (expect) your childzen to stop? + Ifyou remember anything a all about your younger days, you 6 (remember) being a teenager. I's a confusing time When children come to you for advice,” (listen). ‘Their problems may be different from the ones you had Teenagers will argue with you it's part of growing up. But if you argue with them, ® (not expect) things to get better. EZ Fillin the gaps with if or in case. 1 read the instructions in case they say anything useful 2 We should make some extra food now he changes his mind 3 mnot making him dinner hhe won't help me withthe washing vp. 4 We don't buy travel insurance we aren't going abroad. 5. We always buy travel insurance ‘we have an accident 6 [ring my brother my car breaks down, 7 Take a mobile phone with you the car breaks down, 8 Read the instructions frst ‘you don't want to breakitAN TRY 6C AND SKILLS Reading Read the article and fil in the gaps with these sentences. a. In faot-many-susceestul people: Sy Se b_ He decided to move the family to Australia © The discovery of crisps was a complete accident 4 A ew months later he was recording a demo in a studio He complained that they were too thick and too greasy 1 Ayoung, unknown singer was asked to take over Read the article again. Are the sentences true (7), false (F) or the article doesn't say (os)? 1 [F] People become successful because they work hard. 2 [1] Aretha Franklin used to sing in the ‘same church as a record company __ executive. 3 [_] Justin Bieber was discovered on YouTube. 4 [J Luciano Pavarotti became world famous in 1963. 5 [_] Mei Givson’s sister helped him to get his place at drama school 6 [] MelGioson had a fight at the audition for Mad Max. 7 [1] George Crum made the crisps because he thought chips were too greasy. 8 [_] George Crum made a lot of money from his invention, Synonyms EW Fea the article again and match words 1-6 to synonyms a 1 break «piece 2 egoniay © eppornty 2 performance ——e.-dscovery 4 ead unknown 5 unheard-of «very famous 6: imenton ain Touch wood Serendipity We tend to think that successful people deserve their success. They probably studied hard at school, they worked hard every day in their jobs Cr they took a lot of risks, ' in fact, many successful people simply got a ‘lucky break’ : something happened that gave them a chance to bbe successful; they took the opportunity and the rest, as they say, is history ‘Aretha Franklin, the legendary Queen of Soul, was singing in her church choir* when a record company executive heard her voice. Justin Bieber’s proud mum used to upload her son's performances of songs to YouTube for the family to waten, One night another executive accidentally clicked on a link to one of Justin's pieces, 2 ‘Some people were lucky because someone ‘else was unlucky. In 1963, the very famous htaian opera singer Giuseppe di Stefano had a throat problem while he was the lead singer in the opera La Bohéme, His name? Luciano Pavarot Other people are just very lucky. Mel Gibson was born in New York. In 1968 his dad won a lot of money on a quiz show. ¢ In Sydney, Mel studied drama because his sister completed and sent off bis application form to the school. Then the night before one of his frst auditions, Mel had a fight at a party. When the unheard-of actor arrived at the audition, he looked awful. However, he looked perfect for the main role in Mad Max — an apocalyptic fim about the future. The flm made Mel a household name. ‘Sometimes lucky breaks lead to anew invention. & In 1853, George Crum was a chef in New York. One of his customers kept sending his chips back to the kitchen, & (Crum was absolutely furious, so he cut some potatoes, very thinly and fried them in very hot ol ‘The customer loved them and soon Crum's Crisps were on the menu at the restaurant! In if, it seems, sometimes you need a ite luck. But while you're waiting it's probably safer to keep working hard, “chor: aetenmraveee aDiscussion language EI You are at a meeting to organise a smal festival Choose the best sentence for each situation, 1. Someone has just fhished speaking and you want to talk Can | make a point here? ’b_ Have you thought about letting me speak? © Wel, i's worth a try. 2 You want to tell people about your idea for raising money. ‘2 Yes, charging for adults sounds ike a good idea b_ How about charging for adults to come? ‘© Idon't think we should charge for adults 3. Someone makes a terrible suggestion and you respond. ‘a Yes, that could work: b I'mnot sure that's a good idea. ‘@ We could do that 4 Someone suggests inviting a great local music group to the festival, But you aren't sure they would come, You respond, Can | just say something here? Sorry. I don't think we should do that. © Well it's worth a try. BB corect ese sentences, 1. Sorry, | think we shouldn't do that, ‘Sorry, | don’t think we should do that. 2 mot sure that a good idea. 3. Have you thought on selling refreshments? 4 Can I say a point here? 5 suggest we charging adults to enter the festival 6 We could having some live music. 7 What an idea great! 8 May | make a sugestion? The village festival Ed A group of parents are organising a Winter Festival at their children’s primary school. Complete the conversation with these phrases. Maytmake | suggest not a bad idea What about not sure about that We could i's definitely worth SOPHIE So we still need to talk about advertising. KATE! May make a suggestion? SOPHIE. Yes, go ahead. kaTE 2 putting an ad in the local paper? SOPHIE Yes, that’s? 4 put cone in the week before. oneG mS ‘And also, who reads the local newspaper these days? KATE Well,é ‘we call them and find out hhow much its. It might not be that expensive. SOPHIE Yes, I think ? any. How about Have you thought we should do that could work like a good idea What a Can just say aut something here? SOPHIE. Yes, of course, Ali. ALL Are we sure we want to open the Winter Festival to everyone? It’s the first event we've organised. 2. making this first festival just for families at the school? KATE Yes, that sounds ! ALL If we doa Summer Festival, we can open it to everyone. KATE Yes, that ! - We'll be more experienced then! SOPHIE. Sorry, I don't think #2 = Weare doing this to raise money. We need to get as many people at the festival as possible. GREG Tagree. about using social networking sites instead of newspapers? You know, Facebook, Twitter, sori brilliant idea! I's completely free advertising! [BB Reading and writing Portfolio 6 p74 ‘That's going to be expensive.Goals and achievements ‘8 Match verbs 1-910 phrases a-i. a 1 ot (something) 2 mou ghetto (something 3 9 © wrong 8 4 takepart d- mybest 5 encourage ein (something) 6 do someone (to do something) is 7 make 9 of doing something) 8 dream h the opportunity (to do something) 9 have ithe most of (something) b Read Part A of an article about three people’s goals from 10 years ago. Replace the underlined phrases with verbs from A, Band C in 1a, 1 puta lot of effort into 2 3 4 ity EEO BW Feead Part B about the three people now. Flin the gaps with the verbs in brackets. Use the infintve, infitve wth to or verb +g. Have a go! Language Summary 7, Student's Book p143 Ten years ago, we asked 1,000 people aged between 20 and 40 to email us a personal goal for the future. Here are some of them. ‘My biggest goal is simply to be a bit more patient h my colleagues. I always 'work very hard to everything I do and I don’t often <- do something wrong or badly. Bu sometimes Sy, ‘expect too much from people. Things sometimes yy, happen in.a negative way and that's normal. ak Sob, 24 1 have lots of interests and I “get involved in as many inan? theatre > in a hospital department, for example 4 = in a hospital department Sree other nurse ona? Lines a aninficton —— ™ a headache | « rot serious have =—— ———— an" fo something Doctors ge you tablets, etc, from the * «and you collect your medicine, 1 think its @ good idea ‘which sometimes affects your sight, to. 2 Amigelsapartheatacho ~~ & yous ou GP eon 3 Itsimportant © dietis very unheattny. 4 He gave me some juice 4 whose diets very unheathy 5 Wstkely his © you don't eat anything before the operation 6 Theheadaches 1 when you don't eat food, 7 Asugeryis 9. | got sometimes affect my sight, too. 8 A\astis a period fh that tasted tke dirty water. 8 The|ice ted | where you see your GP. 10 Hels the type of pereon J tasted like dirty water.2 Is who, that or which the subject (8) or the ‘object (O) of the relative clause? Join the sentences. Use which, tha, who, whose, where or when it necessary. Make any other changes you need to. 1. The GP who Mike has seen... 4. Timon a diet. t doesn't allow me to eat bread or pasta 2 Ahospital that doesn't have an A&E {Im on a diet which doesn't allow me to eat department... $ bread or pasta 3 The people thatthe allergy affects 2 I'm going on a retreat. | thnk youve been on it. 4 The specialist that is going o speak to you ‘5 The patient who the surgeon operated on 3 She's the woman, She runs an organic fruit shop. 6 The ward which | stayed in 7. Anoperation which lasted eight hours 4 think it's very interesting, You decided to become a surgeon, | 8 The migraines that he gets b In which phrases in 4a can we leave out who, eee ere ere eer that or which? | 1. (The GP Mike has seen ...) 6 Ho's got a disease. | had never heard of it. Good news, bad news Present Perfect Simple active and passive for recent events EUTIIIEE> 1 Correct the mistakes in these sentences. Collocations (3): the news Put the news stories in the correct order. a has ‘aT London, England, The UK government published a » |__ off their student debts until their 20s, Despite this fact, targets for their education budget. About 50,000 students went ‘worrying about university students. Over 70% cannot pay © _ onstrike after the last increase in fees in December. the government plans to raise university fees to meet 9 _| report on Thursday which has discovered something 8 @ 1) Paris, France. French surgeons refused to call off b | offer ofa shorter working week. They are protesting ¢ |_| inademenstration next Monday. If someone is taken, |_| their strike yesterday and rejected the government's, @ that there would be no shortage of surgeons. against long hours and over 2,000 surgeons will take part 9 _ to hospital in an emergency, union leaders promised 1. Everyone have already gone home, 2. ve just been offer another job. 3. You have just changed the TV channel? 4 Her new record stil hasn't released 5. The Prime Minister hasn't said yet anything. 6. Scientists already have discovered some causes of migraines, 7. Have you being paid for that survey yet? 8 You haven't stil told anyone. 9 've just went on holiday. 10. Tim's already paid off the loan?Make sentences with these words, 1 stil been / The report on CO, emissions / published / hasn't The report on CO, emissions still hasn't been published. strike again / have / Underground drivers / on / gone / just, 0,000 students / taken / just / peaceful demonstration against fees / have / part ina been / downloaded / This app / over /has / ten milion times / already towns or cities / The forest fre / not / any major / yet / has / reached been / missing / people / already / reported as / ‘Around 100 / have has / been / The pay offer / just / teachers / by the / accepted the singer / more news about / any / heard / haven't / sill / We / Billy Young Hi vite sentences using the Present Perfect active or passive, 1 ‘The UN deadline / already / pass. The UN deadline has already passed. Many people / already / order / to leave their homes. ‘The floods / destroy / thousands of homes in the country. Her condition / describe / as serious. ‘The software company / just / buy / by Google. Most trains after 6 p.m. / already / cancel They / not / call off / next Wednesday's strike yet Police / confirm / that no one / arrest / yet Filin the gaps in these news stories with the verbs inthe boxes. Use the Present Perfect, Simple active or passive. netind have not see ‘A missing teenager trom West London ' has_ stil not been found and police say they ® litte information about where he could be. Damian Urwin since last Tuesday when he left his friend's house in Notting Hil, shock be _ publish (leantiness in hospital wards * inthe news recently, The government ® just a report about it and the results © people, many charge ee | two men? just with the murder of a local businessman. A third suspect & | trom Paddington police station, but police * reporters the names of any of the men yet nottell release describe take hear We * just that rock guitarist ‘Tom Marsden " to hospital after having a heart attack. Doctors"? his condition as receive finish release he for over a year, but Leonardo DiCaprio's new fim, Bad News, at cinemas in London and it © only just already excellent reviews,VOCABULARY 9C AND SKILLS Body movements and responses CETTE Read the clues and find the words. Tacan Ywr Rw GAR so WV eax YawNNE\WT FT LLUKNSOPacy EBLUSHXYYH ‘Something you do when you 1 are cold 6 are happy 2 are hot 7. are angry or sad 3 itch 8 find something funny 4 are tired 9 wake up 5 are embarrassed Reading: connecting words [IEUIEIEEF Read the article and choose the correct connecting words El Read the article again and answer the ‘questions. 1. What happens to you when you smile? You are instantly happier. 2. Why do we use fake smiles? 3. Where does the article think you often see fake smiles? Why? 4 What did Walmart do in Germany? 5. Why were fake smiles not good for Walmart? 6 Why can fake smiles reduce bank robberies? Human behaviour Why a fake smile may or may not be good for business A smile is one of the most powerful human expressions ~ d=) /however also being one ofthe simplest. I makes us instantly happier (try it now!) and it can change the moods of others around us. (On average, we smile around 26 times a day. *Even though’ ‘However, almost half of those smiles are false, or fake, We're smiling to be polite or because we're trying to hide how we are really feeling which might actually be terioly unhappy. Go into a large shop, find a shop assistant and you'l see a fake smile within minutes. °in spite of/Although many believe smiling is {an essential part of customer service, it seems itis not necessarily positive for the person who is smiling. A report has just been published that says fake smiles actually make workers feel less happy at work. When shop workers, for example, are asked to smile at customers, the workers’ mood gets worse during the day. As a result, they do less work than colleagues who only smile when they realy fel like it | What's more, your customers may not actually want to see your fake smiles. The huge US company, Walmart, opened nearly 100 shops in Germany some years ago. ‘in spite of/Even though investing almost a bilion dollars in the shops, within eight years Walmart stopped doing business in the country. Among the reasons for their failure was customer service. In Walmart, workers were encouraged to smile at customers. However, Germans weren't used to this and ‘actually found the behaviour to be a lite annoying, Pethaps the strangest fact about fake smiles comes from one experiment in the US. A campaign against bank robberies trained ‘workers to give their largest and friendliest smile to any suspicious ‘customers who came into the bank. The theory was that if you're ‘a robber, a friendly smile from the person you are about to rob is actually quite frightening, ®Despite/Even though the idea sounds sil, the results are impressive. Robberies have gone down by 50% in banks that have had this training,Health problems, symptoms and treatment Ell Filin the gaps withthe words in brackets. 1 _Hay fover_gives you a nose and makes you (hay fever; sneeze; runny) 2 Food can often make you and give you (diarrhoea; poisoning; sick) 3 isa type ot ‘and is usually taken in the form of a (oil painkiler; paracetamol) aA of is that you feel (wheezy; asthma; symptom) 5 tyouhave an However, they don't work with a (infection; virus; antibiotics) . a doctor will probably prescribe What doctors and patients say [ZINES Ed Puttne conversation in order [7] pocror Now, whar seems to be the problem? »[_] poctor Doesn't it? Ie’s very red. Do you know if you're allergic to anything? ce [_] PATIENT Ie doesn’t hurt. 4] Pavien 1 keep getting a rash on my arm. ¢_] poctor Right, let me have a look at you. + [_] parte I'm allergic to cats, but we haven't got one, At the doctor’s E12 Fitintne gaps withthe words in the boxes. feeling suffering getting x2) _ taking a Thaven't been feeling very well recently, doctor. b Tkeep ‘migraines in the morning, © Have you been anything for them? How long have you been from them? etm a sore throat, prescription some antibiotics take them another appointment a wook # Come back if you're not feeling better in 9 How often should I h Here's a prescription for 1 Do I need to make j DoI need doctor? b Complete the conversation with sentences a-e inga. cass ba? DOCTOR Ise. CASS. About a month or two. DOCTOR Right. That's quite a long time. CASS. Paracetamol and aspirin, DOCTOR OK. Painkillers are fine. Any other problems? CASS Well... 5 today, but it’s not serious. ‘© Complete the conversation with sentences f+} inga BOB So you think it might be an infection. DOCTOR Yes, I'm going to write one. 7 BOB Thanks a lot. * DOCTOR Twice a day, after meals. Bon” DOCTOR No." [BB Reading and writing Portfolio 9 p80Contacting people Look at the picture. Choose the correct words in Bill and villy's conversation. BILL Hello! Ie’ Jilly, isn’t ie? JILLY Bill! [haven't seen you since university! How are you? BILL I'm well. And you? ‘Are yo /Do you get in touch with people from university? JILLY Not really. P've #kept in/lost touch with almost everybody. And you? BILL Last year I ¥got/got it touch with someone who was on my course ~ I found her email address and mobile number online. I even *phonedigave her a call and Sleftiposted her a message. JILLY A girlfriend from the past? BILL You guessed it. She never “calledicalled in back. JILL Oh, well. And your brother? You've “kept inllost touch with him, I hope! BILL Matt? He's here in London. You two went out ‘once, didn't you? JILLY A long time ago ... when I used to hang about with that girl Susie. BILL Susie? Susie James? JILLY Yes, 1d love to *findiget hold of her. But I haven't a clue where she is now. I haven't heard Sofifrom her since she went to work in Spain. BILL Well, !9got/'n in touch with her ~ she’s my sister-in-law! JLLY What? BILL Yes, in fact i's Matt and Susie's tenth wedding anniversary tomorrow. JILLY You're joking! Well, let them "knowthear I'm living in London now. Here's my card BILL You're a divorce lawyer! Sounds fun! The anniversary Language Summary 10, Student's Book p150 was/were going to, was/were supposed to El Read sentence a. Then decide if statement b Is true (1) or false (F). 1 a We weren't going to phone. » [7] Wephoned. 2 a They weren't supposed to be here unti seven, » [] They arrived before seven. 3. a We were supposed to pick up Carl, but we overslept » 1 catwas picked up. 4 a Mike was going to get hold ofthe manager, but he forgot » [7] Mike cian get in touch with the manager. 5 a We wore going to catch the early train, but we missed it by a few minutes, » [) They aiah't catch the early train, Choose the correct ending to the sentences. ‘Sometimes both endings are possible. 11 was going to gv yu aca, @ bat dit have enough tne and et a message 2 You wore supposed to lt them know and now they wont worry that you werent gong to go 2 Ho was supposed to gv you my message, but you cant cal mo back b but guess ho forgot 4 Sandy and | werent going to come butwote ged we di because we dc think wo wer indled 5 twas supposed tobe sunny today, fut tks lke t's going tain, 80 perhaps tis rin wl stop soon, 6 Jon and | were going to ring some towers, abut wo couldn find any band wore pleased you lke themEl 2 Maton sentence beginnings 1-8 to endings a-h bb Rewrite beginings of sentences 1-8 n 4a using the correct form of was/were going to or was/were 1, We had planned to go to bed early, but ‘supposed to. 2 | didn't ask for a big room, but we 7 1 ut 3 Id thought about having a party that weekend, but ee 4 Someone had asked me to invite him, but eo 5 We expected the concert to end at nine, but 6 No one had planned to give them anything, but on 7. We had arranged to meet in the morning, but 8 | was told to get in touch with Diana, but a then they heard it was for charity. b it's already half past. abe comers hs perce hehe neat 4. it's good that itis. 6 Noone Cath rang earlier and made an excuse. | didn't know you were going to be on holiday. 7 We ‘9 her phone number had changed, hh Iknew he wouldn't come. Describing people a Correct the two mistakes in each description, 1. Oscaris of his late 50s, He's got glasses and he's ‘going to bal. 2. Chris isin his mid-30s. He's {got dark short hair and striped shin, 3 Erin is Maisie's twin. She's {got straight blonde hairs and a dress flowery. 4 Alice is in her mid-50s. She's EJ Look at the picture. Complete the sentences. got some length-shoulder 1 Describe these people's hair 2 Describe the diferences between what Pe @ Kian's hairis is short and curly, eae eee a Femhas got _dark trousers, b Read the descriptions in day's hair 1a again. Write the names of Alice has got people A-D on the picture. oo Chris has got Oscar has gotModal verbs (2): making deductions 2 Make sentences with these words 1. use/ must / hair straighteners / Eve Eve must use hair straighteners. 2 with / Ruby /be / ponytail / could / the / The git 3. stuck / be / Jo /in traffic / could 4 be /later / party / might / Joel / to the / corning 5 must / leaving /in a / Stephen / minute / be 6 may /at home / stay /The children / to / prefer 7. can't/ any worse / weather / The / get 8 working / be / Simon / there any more / can't b Read the sentences in Sa again. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? ‘The speaker 1 [7] believes Eve uses hair straighteners. knows who Ruby is. thinks Jo is possibly stuck in trafic. doesn't know if Joel is coming to the party. is sure that Stephen is leaving soon, thinks the children definitely want to stay at home. thinks the weather isn't very good, isn't sure whether Simon has lft his old jb. 1a Look at the picture on page 51 again and fill in the gaps with the words in the boxes. ant must may PHOEBE Chris looks absolutely exhausted. Jamie ! can’t. be sleeping very well. LEO Yes. And Jamie’s crying a lot. He ® PHOEBE Or he 3 LEO You're probably right. But I don’t think I'll point that out to Chris! need feeding, be tired, pethaps? must could can't L#O P'm nor sure, but Oscar's new girlfriend ‘ be the woman with sunglasses. PHOEBE Well, she ° be the one with curly hair, She’s my age! LEO No. She § Look at all that jewellery! have lots of money. can't must might PHOEBE Kian came with his parents. I'm not sure, but he? be working with his dad again. Who's the girl near him? LEO I think her name's Fern. PHOEBE Oh, she ® be Kian’s siclfriend. P've heard him speak about her. LEO Then Kian * his dad. She said she works in the same be working with office as her boyfriend, b Write sentences using must, could, may, ‘might or can't. Sometimes more than one verb is possible. 1. Jamie / be / feel / hungry or tired, Jamie might be feeling hungry or tired. 2 Jamie / be Chris's son. Jamie must be Chris's son, ‘3. Phoebe / be /have /a baby soon, 4. Leo /be Phosbe's grandfather. 5 Chris /be / stay / at the party unti ate. 6 Phoobe and Leo / get on well 7. Erin and Maisie / be / chat / about Oscar. 8 Jay /be retired yetSNUG 10C AND SKILLS Phrasal verbs (3): meanings and grammar CEU Read the article. Then fill in the gaps with sentences a-e. ‘a hewas younger I had hardly eaten anything you dor't tend to worry about things for long 3 bwas til surprised fe my brother was actually going to get married BB Rewrite words/phrases a- in bold in the article, Use the correct form of these phrasal verbs. point out get out ofit come up with look up come across. goup spltup get over't fateut putt off a fellout i E Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1 [7] Olver was 18 when his brother asked him to be his best man, 2 [] Hehad been a best man before 2 [_] He knew a best man had to make a speech when he accepted, 4 (1) He cit try to avoid having to make a speech 5 [He was ou he bether wes oing sept up wath is anc «6 [1 twas overs own ea o use photos for is speech 7 LL] Ate wading, Over was nervous att 8] Ater the speech, Over tot veryane about the website Being a best MAN owes — ® Ta like you to be my best man," said my brother. Even WD though my brother and I had always got on well and rarely argued, ) [was stil surprised . 1 as only just 18. had only been to a few weddings in my life and I was already going to bea best man. | accepted immediately -it was more evidence that ! was becoming an adull. At last. During dinner that evening, my mother told me that best men were, of course, supposed to make speeches. ‘Supposed to or have to?” | asked, feeling my heart rate* increasing a litle. ‘Well, have to," she said. Suddenly I didn't feel hungry any more. ‘There wasn't any point in trying to “avoid doing it. And of course when you're young, ® I started making excuses to myself so I could “doit later. After all, my brother and his fiancée might ‘end their relationship and the wedding would be cancelled. Avweek before the wedding it was clear that :. Ineeded a speech. Quickly. searched for wedding speeches in the place which seems to have the answers to everything: the internet. Afiera few minutes, found a website with tips on making speeches. It suggested finding photos of the groom when Perfect! There were hundreds of photos of my brother ‘when he was young: my brother as a baby, my brother with his first ‘girlfriend’, my brother with long hair, my brother with short hair and a beard. Easy. When the moment finally arrived, | ean't say I wasn't nervous. Wedding speeches are made after a meal and However, within a few minutes of standing up to make my speech, I started to feel better about it. ‘The photos were a huge success and everyone was asking how had thought of such an original idea. Ofcourse I lied. More evidence I was becoming an adult, At last ‘heart rato = the speed at which your heer beats 5 5 |Asking for, giving and refusing permission Read the situations. Then choose the correct {questions and sentences, 1. Your teacher has forgotten her pen. She asks: a |sitOKityouuse a pen? Would you mind fl used my pen? © Do you think could use your pen? 2 You give your teacher permission. You say Sorry, musing t at the moment Yes, of course you can. Go ahead © Yes, of course itis 3. You want to borrow some money rom a fiend. You ask: ‘4 Would you midi borrowed some money from you? sit OKifi lend you some money? © Would you tke to borrow some money? 4 Your fiend gives you permission. Your rend says: No, not ata » Yes, of course. € Actual, haven't got much at the moment. Read the conversations and choose the corect words/phrases. Sometimes more than one answer is. possi up late 8 Yes, go ahead./No, do whatever you like. 2A May/Can I borrow your bike? B No, take whatever you like./Yes, help yourself. 3.4 Is it OK iffDo you think I change the channel? B Of course./I'm afraid I'm watching this. 4A Is it OK/Would you mind if Mike stayed here this evening? B Actually, I'd rather he didw't./Help yourself! 5 A Could/May I put our meeting off for a we B I'd rather you didn't.!Yes, sure. 6 A Do you think/Do you mind I could use your bathroom? B Yes, of course.JNo, not at all Do you mind? 2 You are staying a a rend’s house. Write questions with these words to ask for permission, 1) May / borrow /a towel? May | borrow a towel? 2 Doyou think /have /a glass? 3 Isit OK/ make / some coffee? 4 Can/look round / your garden? 5 Would / mind / check / my email? 6 Do/mind /have /a shower? b Complete the replies to the questions in a. Use one of these phrases, Yesretecuse Yes, of courseitis Sorry, you can't No,notat all Go ahead Yes, of course you can 1 Yes, of course Vljust get one. Hljust wash one up. Help yoursef to anything you want I's a bit of a mess, though. ‘There's something wrong with our WIFI at the moment, Use my hair dryer if you want. DE Reading and writing Portfolio 10 ps2Any messages? Language Summary 11, Student's Book p152 Things people do at work Eli Cathy is toling her boss why she wants to leave. Complete Reported speech: sentences [EITIIIIEF Ed Match sentences 1-7 o reported speech her boss's notes with the correct form of these verbs reve do get work go be sort spend organise Cathy Pepper - Conference assistant Reasons for wanting to leave ~ She has_too much responsibility and i's making her feel stressed. - Nobody oat as many problems a she dees = She in charge of the company for 4 month last May! ~ She has two conferences by herself’ She can't stand shifts any more - She 4 lot of unpaid overtime last month, ~ She roust more time with her family. - She's an audition next week for an acting job! ~ She'll in touch after the audition BZ Fil in the gaps in the advertisement for Cathy's old job with these words conferences responsible dopartment shits overtime daadines problems = - Sea Conference assistant = ‘* Have you organised company ' conferences? * Can you sort out cifficutt 2 solutions quickly? * Are you good at meeting ® 2 ‘Are you able to work + and do and find when necessary? Ifyou can answer yes to these questions, you might be the person we're looking for. You wil be & for company conferences as part ofa team. The @ is un from our London office, Download an application form here. sentences a-f, You need to use one reported. speech sentence twice. 1 Tmleaving my job. _¢ 2 ve lett my job. 3 left my job, 4m going to leave my job. 5 Ileave my job. 6 | can leave my job. 7. I must leave my job. She said she had to leave her job, she had left her job. She was teaune here she could leave her job. © she would leave her job. she was going to leave her job. Cathy's colleagues are discussing why she left, Read the reasons in 1 and complete the reported speech sentences. 1. Cathy sald _she had too much responsibility 2. She sald nobody 3. She told me 4 She said 5 She said 6 Sho told me 7 She said 8 She said 9 She told meMessage tor: a ee Use tell and the correct object (her, him or them). rte eae histor 1 Vic_ told hi she couldn't find his email about Se can't yar neh ong oe it #0 wk the conference about +e conte 4p the caldven ee PH From schod, 2. Saly’s husbend a : Message for: mov ED rom: Receptionist (ak jot) 2. The receptionist “Tre dortet ent wel he sou must cal #6 re g your appatment a : wordy 4 Catty Massager: Kron and pan, Memenen er From: Cathy See Oar estoy Srell be at home ths He's vot canis to A 5 Pete aFtarraon iF you want ‘today because i tr ae “pst bad a baby How did it go? Adjectives (3): jobs [TUTE Ef Read the description and choose the correct adjectives. 1(@) glamorous b permanent ¢ repetitive 2a demanding rewarding stressful 3 a demanding dull © lonely 4a fultime permanent ¢ parttime 5 a fultime temporary weltpaid JEOPLE THINK that acting is a* glamorous 6 @ bady-paid © rewarding well-paid career ~ the travel, the fame, the parties and 7 a challenging b stressful temporary s0 on. And of course, film premieres are exciting 8 a bady-paid & demanding ¢ dull evenings - it's incredibly * tosee the 9 a parttime —& welkpaid permanent results of all your hard work. But while filming, 10 a repetiive —b lonely © temporary you have to wait around for long periods of time. 11 a tomporary repetitive challenging Itcan actually be extremely ® : 12 a rewarding stressful © amorous, Timjust a actor. I'd ike it to be my 5 job, but I don’t have enough work. The acting work I get isn't ® , but Thave to earn more money. So Talso have a? job in an office. The work isnt difficult. In fact, ‘wouldn't want anything too * because Ineed to be awake in the evenings to learn my lines! I can't imagine a job like this being my », for me. : job. I’s too For me, acting is always interesting and . It isn't * at all, but earning ‘enough to live on can be!Reported speech: ‘© Write questions 6-10 in 2a in reported speech. questions [EINER 6 They asked me it! had ever looked after twins before. BI a Isabel has just had an ; interview fora job looking after a couple's children in 8 Edinburgh. Match beginnings ; 1-10 to endings a-j of the questions she was asked, 10 1 How many obs have i 2. Are you living Reported speech: requests and imperatives [ETIIINER 3. What will you do it 1 Carios has an English speaking exam, Look atthe picture and write his 4 Did you teachers’ and friend's sentences in reported speech. 5 What was your 6 Have you ever 7 Does anyone in your EB | Don's chew gumt 8 How many people S 7 9 Wilyou email 10 How ong are BAI se plenty of vocabulary. us your referee's phone number? 2 in Scotland at the moment? family ve in the UK? Je EQ | Don't get nervous. you planning to stay in the UK? last job? a Moan cnn BB J Listen to the questions carefully. 9 you don't get this job? fh looked after twins before? ‘Could you check the time of my exam? 1 youappledtor look after children in Spain? Isabeli telling a friend about the interview. Read the reported questions and choose the correct words. 1. They asked me how many jobs Dvou had applied for 2 They asked me if! was iving in Scotland at the moment 3. They wanted to know what | wilwould do tt ic't get 1. She told Carlos not to chew gum. ‘hadh’t got tis job. 4 They asked me whether | had lookedilooked after a children in Spain 5 They wanted to know what was my last job/my last job 5 was.VOCABULARY 11C AND SKILLS Reporting verbs Verb patterns (2): reporting verbs Edi read the review quickly and choose the best statement. “The reviewer thinks the show is ‘not original but entertaining dull but funny. © depressing but enjoyable. Read the review again. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb and, when necessary, the object in brackets. EI Answer the questions 1 Why is the programme called ‘Secret oss"? 2 Why did Amy become a waitress? 8. Why did Amy think she had an accident? 4 How does Amy desoribe some of the other waiters and waitresses? ‘5 Why did Amy smite when her manager suggested speaking to Head Orfice? 6 Which rule did Amy promise to change? Undercover Last night’s TV Regular readers will know that 1m a fan of reality 1V programmes, so it's no suprise that Secret Boss (life channel, Thursdays, 9-10 pm) caught my eye The programme ‘inuites company directors to spend (company directors; spend) a week working undercover in their own companies ~ a5 8 new, completely inexperienced employee, Naturally, no one i told ‘who the new person realy is [A the start ofthe programme, we met Amy Lowen, directo ofthe multinational restaurant group, Cates. he had changed out af her designer suit and into the uniform of a waitress at one of Caters’ restaurants in central London, After just a few hous of raining, Amy was serving customets. However, anybody who has done the same jab wll know that a busy restaurant is a stressful place. within minutes of starting on tables, Amy cropped a plate of food and her new manager “threatened (emake) her do the washing-p. “I haves’ had enough raining,” Amy said, almost crying, Her manager simply warned (het, not do) it again The programme isnot jut about finding problems, though. Amy “admitted (be) amazed at how hard-working some employees were They worked long, unsocial houts, yet always stayed cheerful and polite to even their most ‘ficult’ customers, Some even “offered (help) Amy practise her serving skis ater they had finshed work Soon, however, Amy's confidence was growing, And she was genuinely pleased when a customer left her a £20 tip for their meal forfour, “I! could get five or six more ofthese a day,” she said, “this wouldn't be a badly paid job.” But minutes later, she was shocked when the restaurants manager ‘relused (let) her keep the money and told her to give it to the company. Amy was told that employees weren't allowed to keep tips cover £10 at this restaurant. was a company rule. Her managet “suggested (speak) to Head office if Amy ida't agree, Amy smiled and *promised (o) that It isn't difficult to guess how Secret Boss ends, Amy reveals her true identity to her colleagues and gives her conclusions Her fist, of curse, was to “agiee (allow) serving staf to keep all their tis. Next week, i's the boss of the large hotel group, Restwel, whic, from the clip at the end ofthe show, looks well worth a watch,Checking information Match sentences 1-6 to replies a-f. 1 Canyou give that number tome again, please? a ‘And could you tell me your surname again? Is that spelt W-E-S-12 Is that spet Stoven with a V2 Sorry, what did you say his name was again? Do you mean Terry Jones? (OF courses 020 72898016. That's it. As in North, South, et. No, Alox. Terry's younger brother Ming? t's Newman, N-E-W-M-A-N. No, with a PH, It's Jones. Terry Jones. I think he works in the finance department. b Which conversations in 1a ask someone to repeat Information and which ones check information? ‘Ask someone to repeat information: 1... (Check information: Bd Putte conversation in oder a [7] PAUL I'm ringing about Mr Newman’s lunch meeting with Ms Bennis. I'm afraid Ms Bennis has to cancel. » [J raut No, double T. ¢ [_] PAUL Sorry. I said Ms Bennis isn’t well today. & [| paut. Yes, it was today at 1 p.m. I'm sorry for the late notice, Ms Bennis isn’t well. [J ravi: My name? I'm Paul Cutt, Ms Bena personal secretary. + [_] Rose Oh, dear. I hope she’s better soon. What did you say your name was again? ROSE Is that spelt C-U-T? [=] ny [_] Rose Sorry, I didn't quite catch that. ROSE Cancel? OK. Let me check Mr Newman's diary. Do you mean today’s lunch ‘meeting? i Jost OK, thanks, Paul. Pl let Mr Newman know. Bye! oO It’s my first day EI Fitinthe gaps inthe conversations withthe phrases in the boxes. getaletihet gieitto tellme saythat is that BOB The address is 19 Sutherland Lane, Rainham, Kent MEI6 8VD. GILL. Sorry, I didn’t! get of that_. Can you 2 ‘me again? 19 South Land... BOB Sutherland Lane, Rainham, Kent ME16 SVD. GILL Sorry, could you 3 postcode again? Um, + SBD? BOB No, 8VD. V for Victor. GILL Thanks. And could you 5 your name again? BB Yes, of course. e's Bob Smith, GILL Thanks. That's nice and easy. is that what did you say is your do youmean are you talking I didn't SARA Hi. It’s Sara Caperski here. Can I speak to Alan David, please? GUL Sorry, * duite catch that. Was it Alan David? SARA Yes. He’s responsible for the conference. GILL S07 about the London or the Birmingham conference? SARA The London one. GILL Oh,® SARA Yes, of course. Sorry. Gilt, That's OK. Sorry, * your David Allen? name was again? SARA Sara Caperski. Gut And? Sarah wich an H? SARA No, no H. GILL And"! surname spelt (C-A-P-E-R-S-K-P SARA That’ right. [DB Feecing end wing Portia 11 paInformal words and phrases [UUEUEPa ‘a Make sentences with these words. 1 you/ Do / out later / going fancy ? Do you fancy going out later? 2 Im/clubs /really into / not 3 solution /reckon there's / simple /1/ a. 4. 110 / of / sick / having /'m / money 5 ittonight /1/ up / don't feel / to 6 of the / month / broke unt /'m / the end b Fillin gaps a-fin the conversation with sentences 1-6 in ta. JESS. * Do you fancy going out later? We're going toa club, KIRSTY No, thanks. JESS What? Are you serious? You love clubs. KIRSTY Not as much as I used to. Anyway, © J885. That doesn’t sound like you. What's wrong? Kirsty ¢ JESS Again? This happens every month. KIRSTY I know. © sess f Spend less than you earn! Language Summary 12, Student's Book p154 BB Replace the phrases in bold withthe correct form of these informal expressions. Retbeuptofsemcone) be off hang around could do with can't be bothered (to do something} 1. Wel, it's not my decision! Well it's not up to met 2 I'm not interested in doing the washing-up tonight 3. Are you going? 4 Why are you waiting around? 5 Ineed a shower, Wishes EUUIII EI Fitin the gaps with the corect form ofthe verbs in brackets. 1. We don't feel up to going. We wish we felt (fel) up to going, 2 Irains almast every day I wish it (00t rain) s0 much 3. Mo can't get to sleep, She wishes she (can) get to sleep. 4 Im badly paid wish (be) bettor pai 5 They are leaving tomorrow. Lwish they (stay) tongex 6 We're doing dull obs. We wish we (60) more interesting and challenging work 7 Tom and Kevin can't be here today. Lwish they (can) be here today. 8 Ihave to get up early tomorrow. Iwish | (Pot have to) get up carly tomorrow.El a Write sentences with wish for these situations. 1. Ihave to work fulltime, I wish [didn’t have to work full-time, I can't get hold of my son. wish 3. Imgoing away next week. wish 4 don’t know how to drive, wish 5 Ihave to leave eaty wish 6 Imsotied. wish hone thn erect wee 1 saw/Gse3\mor oy cite if coutwoue beable to worse i weren't on holy, |couldwere able fo come oyu wedding { metwould moot you orght | woukdn' cel so exhausted 1 woule/coul tay later, wo could vu be abo otk feronge | woul be abllcoue fin out where the keys coulawould earn | ites have o pay foro wore able tfwoutd ve, Match the wishes in 4a tothe sentences in 4b. i 3 4 ‘ 8 Important moments Phrases with get El a Match beginnings of sentences 1-9 to endings a-i My husband's Spanish, sohe gets If Girt have a smart phone, l would get {don’t know when he got ‘Can you do the washing-up when you get During the day we get ithe doesn't have enough sleep, he gets Isit tomorrow or Sunday that Simon gets That sound means Ive got When left my old job, I got ‘angry at the tiniest problem. to work, but it must have been late. a text message. home from work this evening? alot of presents from my colleagues. alot of phone calls trying to sel us stu, fodkup withthe weather England lost all the time, ‘back from his holiday? a receive/obtain: 5 b travel/anive: 5 © become: , in ato the different meanings EA Complete the sentences with the correct form of get and these words/phrases. ‘something e-drink into trouble around here Intouch with older ridof the job i's so humid, isn't it? Gary's gone to.get something to drink. 2 haven't seen Jess since last December. | must her soon 3 | wouldn't touch that if] were you. Mark did, and he 4 Willand Luke haven't arrived yet. Infact, if they before seven, I'd be surprised. 5 | hardly ever take a taxi when I'm abroad. | prefer by bus, 6 What does the letter say, Michelle? Have you 7. | can't move as quickly as | used to. | guess I'm just 8 Were this sofa soon if you want it. You just have to pick it up.Third conditional [EXCIIEE ‘a. Choose the correct words. 1 they wou navel ach got lst, they arrvedevearved on tim. 2 Ken would have/had rung her if he'd have got/got the message. 3. If Tony wouldn't have/hacn't got to work late again, he hadh'twouldn't hhave got sacked, 4 Kat and lo hadn't/wouldn't have {gone to the fm if they'd havey'd seen the review. 5 If Sue hadh'tiwouldn't have got in touch with me, | wouldn't have/ hadn't known Valerie was il 6 We hadn'tiwouldn't have got home if he hadn'twouldn't have given us ait. b Read the sentences in 3a again and answer these questions. ta > 2a Did they get lost? _ Yes Did they arrive late? Did Ken get the message? Did Ken phone her? Did Tony arrive on time? Did he lose his job? Did they read the review? Did they see the fin? Did Sue get in touch? Did Sue tell me Valerio wasn't welt? Did we get home? Did he give us a itt? Filin the gaps wth the correct frm of these pals of verbs seore-tnotiose get /cancel leave /tall_nover met /not be not see /not buy not be/ let gat/get not encourage / not become 1 If had scored. the penalty, we wouldn't have lost 2 We itwe cn the same fight 3 ithey toknow each other, they on at the job advert i a newspaper that day 5 lmy parents ime, 1 a surgeon. 61 worried if you me know. 7 tl your message, | the meeting 8 He university ithe the exam. a. Fillin the gaps in the story with these verbs. get asked took got spitup had started went Thirty years ago, Jodie was going ‘out with a boy called Callum. On her birthday, Callum didn't " get her a present. They ? a huge argument and * That night, she * out ‘with some friends. At the end of the evening, she ® taxi because the Underground had already closed, The taxi driver was really friendly so they taking. They” ‘on so well that the taxi driver ® for her phone number. Who was Jodie? My mother! And the taxi driver? My father, of course! b Read the story again and complete the conditional sentences. Callum had got her a present, Jodie wouldn't have got_ really angry 2 They stayed together if they ‘an argument 3 Itshe upset, she with her frends 4 she home eater, the Underground open. 5 She 2 tax ifthe Underground open 6 the taxi iver 0 friendly, they started taking 7 The taxi driver her for her number they 0 well 8 Itshe him her number, never born!le NTS ees iS CEES > Superheroes Word building (3): word families (1) and (2) [ VOCABULARY 12.3 gl VOCABULARY 12.4 g Head the article and fi inthe gaps with the Correct form ofthe words in brackets, Use verbs, nouns or adjectives. Bead the article again and complete the table, real-life superhero country mission ‘Shadow England Lion Heart 5 7 El Choose the best answers. 1. Ken Andre is a real-life superhero because he is unemployed, 'b thinks the police don't do a good job. ‘© wants to help people using his skils. 2 Leigh thinks Ken's hobby is harmiess. Ken wil hurt himself one day. Ken's an embarrassment to his children, 3. The most successful of the real-fe superheroes. in the article is probably Shadow. b_ The Good Samaritan Lion Heart 4. The police feel that real-ife superheroes ‘should get real jobs. 'b could cause more problems than they solve. © encourage people to commit crimes. REAL-LIFE SUPEMIETOeS: What are you doing this weekend? Watching a few DVDs? Going out with friends? Fighting crime?! Every weekend, Ken Andre changes out of his security guard Uniform and into his black ninja suit. The marted father-o-two is protect 2 town inthe south of England. hen Shadow, a real-life superhero whose mission* is to (protect) the 40,000 people of Ye Ken has? (enjoy) martial arts since he was young, and he only 27 when he > (create) Shadow. Since then, he believes he has stopped lots of crime in the town“! don't look for trouble, But i there's @ problem and | can help, | doi,” he says. Ken's wite, Leigh, is (elax) about her husband's ‘unusual hobby. She knows he is (cate). And if his sons were teenagets, they might find thei dad, well, abit (embarrass). However, at the moment, they'te both young, To them, Shadow is more of a hero than anything they have ever seen on TV orin films Shadows is not alone. In the USA, itis estimated there are over 300 realile superheroes. Many, like Shadow, are trying to keep the streets safer. Others, such as The Good Samaritan, are helping to laok after the homeless by giving out food, clothes and even toothbrushes! In Libera, West Africa there is Lion Heart. His mission i simple: to teach people about water. There sa high level af water (pollute in many areas of Liberia and 2 (harm). Lion Heart vss vilages al over the country to help them use water Safely, and has probably saved thousands olives. er can be extremely Clearly some real-ife superheroes do goad things for people, but ‘what about crime fighters lke Shadow? Are they just a bit of 2 (harm) fun? Or could they be making things more elves and for other people? dangerous forthe “in general, our ® (prefer) is for these ‘superheroes’ to stay away from serious crimes,” said one New York police officer. People may find the idea of real-life superheroes (entertain), but ane day, something is going to go wrong and someone is going ta get seriously hurt Reading and Writing Portfolio 12 p86Reading and Writing Portfolio 1 Reading an email about a holiday Describing a holiday Writing informal writing: elipsis of words Review Past Simple; likes and disikes El Read the email quickly. ‘a Whois the emal from? Who is the emai to? om NewMessage © Whats the writer doing? Writing this in the car. We're driving to Provinew Town, a beach town ‘ear Cape Cod in Massachusetts. We'r inthe second week of ur to ‘Weeks away. And so fr, Mum, is been realy special. We spent two days Ef Feed the emall again and choose the ‘now York. ‘Hota was a bit baie butt was safe and clean, We went pest newer 10 a few exhibitions and Simon and Ailsa had us round for lunch ~ you 1+ Whois Anna traveling with? remember our ex neighbours ram Oxford, don't you? NY is a wonder (@) David nd her chilaren ace - realy exciting, The rfc got on my nerves ltr a while - worse b David's grandparents. than Cambridge! © Her parents. “Tuesday we drove up to New Hampshire. On the way, we aida quck nel’ to Davis grandparents in Boston. And we're going to 90 back and tay with them later inthe week. Thy're well. They have dinner at about pm. these days ~Sdrives David crazy! 2. Which places have they been to s0 far? a New York, New York and Boston, New York, Boston and Province Town. | cart normally bear the county, Mum. You know ma =m acy gil, But Now Hampshire is so quiet and so green lin lve with it. We stayed ir 3 What annoys David? ‘a beaut house there - some frend of Davia's grandmother owns it. Eve Ho prefers cos ‘and Harry had alot of fun exploring the woods at the back ofthe house fold them there might be some bears in there. then they 'b His grandparents have dinner oe aa wouldn't go back again © The traffic in New York. wll write again before we come home. = unt Davi Love, | ‘Anna, David, Eve and Harty 4 When did they stay in New Hampshire? ‘a Between Baston and Cape Cos. b Between New York and Boston. © Between Boston and Cambridge. 5 What have they done on holiday so far? ‘a. Had friends round for dinner. bb Visited frends and relatives Botha} and). 6 Why did the children stop exploring the woods? Because they saw some bears in there, b Because their father told them to. © Because they were scaredHELP WITH WRITING 2 Informal writing: ellipsis of words EI «imagine you are on holiday for two weeks, Write ideas inthe diary. ‘a We sometimes miss out words in informal writing when itis clear what or who we are talking about. Look at this sentence from the email 1. Fem Whiting this in the car. ‘What types of words are missed out in Leave home. sentences 1-6 in bold in the email? Fy to 1 pronoun and auxiliary Stay with Wed 10 2 a 4 5 6 b Match words a-f to answers 1-6 in 3 Cross out the words you can miss out in these sentences. 1. Fhe exhibition was interesting. (1 word) 2 In August, Sally and | go to Antalya, (1 word) | | can't find the map. (1 word) \ 3 4 have not got any money! (2 werd) a ae ey 5. Have you had a le-n today’? (2 words) eR E & Wehavebeen out for dinner. (2 words) bb Write an email to a family member on Monday 8th. £7 tis gong tobe sunny tomorrow es : 2 words) © Add information about what you liked and didn't like during the 8 We are going to Agnieszka’ tonight first week of your holiday. © Organise your email into paragraphs, © Use ellipsis of words where possible, © Read and check for mistakes, ‘© Give your email to your teacher next class. (2. words) Tick the things you can do in English in the Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p88. koReading and Writing Portfolio 2 Reading notices Notices at work Writing notices: abbreviations Review modal verbs Ed Read notices A-F and sentences a-e. Which notice(s) would each person be interested in? ‘a TOM Tought to do more exercise. A, b EVA Ihave to geta parttime job. © MARK I found something in a meeting room recently 4 SALLY [lost something recently. @ VICTORIA Td like to move out of my parents’ house. 200 © drummondwallis.netistaff Drummond Wallis STAFF NOTICES Room to Let In friendly shared house in Hackney. ‘Available from 1st October. £175 piw + bills nls only Call Tom on 1740 or email t.patten@drummondwalls.net ts a ¢ | Wanted Pg Pilates Class 7 For Sale Man's bike, 6 months old - vge. £150 ono (for quick sale!) Call Mike on 2365 or email ‘m.spencer@drummondwallis.net CCleaner for private house. ‘8-week beginners’ course in Main No experience necessary, Conference room. £10 ph, 5 hours plw 6-7.30 p.m, Mondays and Thursdays. all Lucy on 4156 or email Tel. no. 0700 900727 (eves only), or Ltumbull@drummondwallis.net s.asher@drummondwallis.net [craw Lost a Found Red bag in Meeting Room 7 on | MOBILE PHONE (Motorola) Wednesday. Pls help. thas my diary init Last Tues in Meeting Room 4 Contact Caria at all Paul on 3471 or email c.santos@drummondwallis.net ‘puwalton@drummondwallis.net Ef Ave these sentences true (1), false (F) or the notices don't say (DS)? 1+ [EF] ios asking or mor than £160 for is ke, 2 [Anyone can apply fo the cleaning job 3 cars word about losing her dary. 4 [1] The cost of the room includes bils. 5 [_] Thepilates class has eight lessons every two months. 6 [_] The mobile phone was found by PaulHELP WITH WRITING Write notices for information A-C. Use the abbreviations in 3 where possible. Notices: abbreviations ‘A Alexis offering a cookery course. There are three-hour classes every week — ‘a We use some common (on Saturday mornings. You can call him after 7 o’ctock in the evening on abbreviations in notices. What 7900 900684. do you think the abbrevi B Margie wants to rent out a double room in her house. bold mean in notices A-F? It's £200 a week but that includes bills. She doesn't want anyone that smokes, Pis = Please and you can email her at m.parks@ drummondwalis.net. Toms seling his television. It's nearly new —_he won it in a competition two i Wisite the abbreviations In months ago. He wants about £250 for it. The buyer wil have to pick t up. Notices A-F next to their meaning He lives in Carston Avenue. His phone number is 07200 900174, 1. per hour pih B 2 non-smokers: a 3 very good condition 4 ornearest offer 5 per week 6 evenings. 7 Tuesday 8 telephone number ¢ Write these words/phrases next to their abbreviation, Steet forexample Avenue including minutes April a5 s00n a5 possible Road 2 Think of something you would like to sell. Answer these questions and ae oo make notes. 2 Ave What is it? 3 Apr Is it in good condition? 4 eg oe How much is it? Wil 6 incl you take a near offer? 7 Rd How should a buyer . contact you? ‘When can they contact you? b Write a notice. © Use your notes from 5a. © Organise your notice and make it interesting, © Use abbreviations, ‘© Read and check for mistakes. © Give your notice to your teacher next class. Tick the things you can do in English in the Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p88.Reading and Writing Portfolio 3 Holiday arrangements I 2 Ave these sentences about formal letters true (T) o false (F)? Correct the false sentences. You shoud put your address fs, beore the adress ofthe person you re wating, 2 [1 Aletter which starts Deer Sr or Deer Madam shoul end Yours fataly. A eter wich starts Dear M/s, ele. + sumame should end Yours shcorey 3 [_] The fist paragraph of the letter should explain your reason for writing, 4) You shoutd start a new paragraph for each sentence, 5 [_] Youshould use contractions (J, He's, etc). 8 2] Youshouk wie your signature above your ate bb Read eter A qucky. Which rue about formal ltrs in taf used nti ltr? Why? BZ Feead letter A again and choose the corect answer 1+ Whereis Mr Turnbut's hoiay? Canada b the USA © Tne letter doesnt sy. 2 Mr Turnbull will now set off a earlier b later ¢ at the same time, 3. Mr Turnbull is now staying at the hotel for ‘a. seven nights, bb more nights than before. fewer nights than before. 4 He will now check out of the hotel on a Friday. b Saturday, © Sunday. ‘5 Why has the hotel changed? The original hotel is ful. 'b The original hotel is closed for redecoration. © The letter doesn't say. Reading a formal letter Writing formal writin: ‘American and British English Review phrasal verbs (1) travel —™~ cotor BLUE x COLOR BLUE TRAVEL 14-18 Summer Street, Re. ‘MA oo105 December 17th 18 Shaw Ave, Beatord MK40 28 Dear Mr Tumut, {1am writing to inform you of some changes t some changes to your vacation booked sith Color Blue Travel. Tis information has aso boon emale to you at sturnbut@maiime nat ‘The fight wil now leave at 10.15 am on Satur ‘am on Saturday Mareh 14th, not Fi March 13th, The Rotel booking is stil fr seven days ands therefore ‘Sturdy through Friday. Te return ight is now Saturday March >t The hotel wil now be Hotel Alas, This hotel is a fve-star hotel rather than the origina three-star hotel offered and is nearer the cty contr Detals of the hotel can be found on our website, " Posse ott ravers wb tr Jar Wb tatan tm teapot thar by @ coach or taxi service. iailadiiial |We hope you are looking forward to your vacation with Color Blue ‘Tevet We ae vary grateful for your cooperation wih these changes, apologize for any inconvenience caused. Please contact us at the ‘above address or by email with any queries, Shee yma Tory Servos terry. samusis@colorbivetravel.com 6 Whats diferent about the new hotel? a It's not as good, b It's better. «It's nearer the airport. 7. How should Mr Turnbull get from the airport to the hotel? ‘8 Someone will pick him up. 'b_ He should get a taxi or coach. © He should get a train.HELP WITH WRITING a Read email B. Richard Turnbull makes three Formal writing: American and British English formal writing mistakes in his reply. What are they? a Look at formal letter A in American English (US) and 1 formal email B in British English (UK). Starting formal letters/emails in American and British English is the 2 same. Complete the table with US or UK. 3 ending a letter/emait b Richard uses British English in email B. Find four B yout ‘examples of British English and change them to know the person's | Yours sincerely ‘American English. Use the tables in 3 to help you. name Sincerely (yours) 1 realise (UK), realize (US) don't know the a Yours faithfully Lathetihed cae US. : Yours truly Complete the table with examples of American English from letter A Look atthe fllowing holiday arrangements. Write your own ideas in the table, British English ican English dates 14th March 1 March 14th original new flight 31/10 spelling colour apologise centre traveller prepositions Saturdayto Saturday Friday ‘ hotel Friday other pick-up service ummbal@malime.net fom aport Terysamuels@colobluatravelcom ‘Changes io holiday arrangoments ‘Dear Me Semuste| 'b Write either letter/email a or letter/email b. Thank you for your letter and email with details of changes to ‘a. Aletter/erail from a travel company explaining the our holiday arrangements, We realise holiday arrangements ‘change in holiday arrangements. sometimes have to change but the new fight times and hotel 'b Aletter/email from a customer who has received ‘make our situation difficult. Firstly, we booked our original hotel these new arrangements but has a problem. to be near friends. Hotel Atlas is nearly 10 miles away from © Use your notes from 5a. ‘© Organise your letter/email correctly. ‘© Use ether American English or British English. © Read and check for mistakes, ‘ur original hotel. Secondly, we've gota relative's wedding in Boston on 14th March. Welve been booking holidays with Colour Blue Travel for over three years and this is the first time we've been in ths situation. d appreciate it if you could, contact me on 00 44 20 7946 0669 to discuss this problem. * Give your letter to your teacher next class.Reading and Writing Portfolio 4 Reading book reviews i Weng book reviews: renisaton, Reviewing a novel ation Review character adjectives; vr forms Read these reviews quickly, What connects the two books? They are bat a written by journalists. based on true stories. Cameron Crowe: Almost Famous © about real people, Bead the reviews again and Cir choose the best answer. ‘a teenage reporter for Rolling Stone— CAMERON CROWE was once a teenage reporter for olltg See encore the famous American music magi @® 1s. The main cl a) was a journals novel Almost Faro apage on tour with an acne tia kid wo is hired by Rolling Stone magazine to 9° o .ce all over the Sinknown bend, Stillwater. Tir adventures tke place £1 ove USA, 2s William learns about life and love. Crow azine. He uses haracter is William Miller, @ 15-ye was in a band. © owned a magazine. 2. Wiliam goes on tour with interesting and believable. a aa famous group. | the book ats inctudes an interview with Crowe sP0W" TT as og b The Rolling Stones, | adventurous life and he explains some | © anew group. the story. ‘You will not be disappointed by thi and emotional and I'm going to re! jis book. The ending is thoughtful 3 The reviewer of Almost Famous | smember it for a long time, particularly tked ‘a the end of the story. l b the interview with Cameron Crowe, © thetite. 4 Here Jer veto a Author author! . b Portrait ofa Lady David Lodge Author! Author! € a book about Noe Kidman, In 118, Henry James, th famous autor, was serous in Nis home 5. The reviewer thinks Author! in London. He was waiting to die, And ths is where David Lodge's Author! historical novel Author! Author! eee lee | novel Author! Author! begins. Lodge tolls the story of Henry 5 erie lames’ Successes and faliures in his novels and plays from Portrait cere of Lady (recenty a fim with Nicole Kidman) o his disaster ofa play, Guy Donte 6 On holiday, the reviewer is going toread Auth 1 Author! Author! again. b some more David Lodge 'or! Author! would make an interesting historical fim. The ttle tselfis fantastic and refers to what audiences used to shout if they liked a play. Lodge's novel isa sensitive story of an author who was books. See ‘never confident of his talent, And Henry James will get many more et fans from people who read this book. 'm going to take a couple of his ‘novels on holiday mysett!HELP WITH WRITING Book reviews: organisation, useful phrases Both reviews contain four parts, which each have a different function. Put parts a-d in the order they occur in the reviews. a Recommendation: 4 b Pat: © Introduction to the story: $d General comments: EJ Tre reviews use ltferent verb forms forthe diferent parts, Match parts a-din 3 to 1-3. 1 past verb forms: _¢ 2 present verb forms: 3 willfoe going to: ‘The reviews contain some useful phrases for reviewing books. Match parts of phrases 1-6 to a~f and then find similar phrases in the reviews. 1. The book tels a character 2 Themain really good and refers to 3. Thetiteis © good fim because 4. The story takes 4 isamazing/disappointing 5 The ending e the story of 6 It would make 1 place in EB omplete tis review with the correct ver forms, Remember the four parts ofa review in 3 and the diferent verb forms in 4, ere w About 10 years ago, 1 went (go) skiing in Lahti, Finland. And this was the reason that The Lahti File by Richard MacAndrew (Cambridge English Readers) * (attract) my attention. 13 also (learn) English ‘at the moment, and this book is written especially for students. ‘The novel + (take) place in Finland, and MacAndrew 5 (describe) the town of Lahti very well. The main character & (be) a spy called lan Munro, He's sent to Lahti to investigate several strange deaths. ‘The audio version of the book ? as an mp3 download. If you want to practise your English more, there * (be) worksheets on the Cambridge (be) also available University Press website If you like a good thriller, you ? (love) The Lahti File, The ending is very exciting and there are several other books featuring lan Munro in the series. [°° them all! (read) EZ Rewrite these sentences using the word in brackets. 1. Atthe end, the story is amazing. (ending) The ending is amazing, 2 The book is about @ young boy who has no parents. tes) 3 The most important person in the book is Jack. (main) 4 The story happens in Buenos Aires, Argentina, (place) 5. think a fim version would be good because the book is s0 exciting, (make) {6 Tho name of the book is Loyal because of the relationship between the man and his dog. (title; refer) Bl 2 Think about a book you have read recently and make notes inthe table. tile ofthe book. some background information takes place main characters general comments, recommendation b Write a review of your book. © Use your notes from a, © Organise your review and use the verb forms in 4, © Use the phrases in 5: © Read and check for mistakes. © Give your review to your teacher next class. Tick the things you can do in English in the Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p88.Reading and Writing Portfolio 5 Emails with news Hi Feead the email and fi in gaps 1-8 wit the correct words, a, b or c. 1 @absolutely 5 a enough big ® very » big enough «fairy enough room 2 a moreter 6 a B&Bs more urther » aiports « further ¢ stations aa read 7 a fights b ‘dread » planes © ‘veread tying 4 a to pack 8 a thinks » packing » thiking © pack e think Read the email again. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F}? T] Alex and Mark's cat had never been, outside before. ‘Alex wants to find out where Pat Austin Ives. They didn't go tothe party because they wore tired. They're having a party at their new house next year. ‘Their new house has enough space for some guests to stay W's a good idea to book train or plane tickets to Edinburgh in advance, ‘Alex and Mark moved because Mark has got anew job. HELP WITH WRITING Short emails and notes: useful phrases Find phrases 1-8 in the letter and underline them. 1 We'd rather Wee so sorry that Don't forget Can anyone tell me ... ? Hope you fal) have We're so grateful for ‘What happened was that ‘Would you (all) tke ... ? Reading an informal email Writing short emails and notes: useful phrases Review verb patterns; homes e090 ¥ seen shi From: [aix@rewneicom SSS subject: [Grosings for Scotanal Hieveryone, We've finaly moved! The house is‘ absolutely gorgeous ~ better than | remember it. And the cat's fascinated by the garden — she was born in our old fat and she's never been the balcony! than We're so grateful forall our cards and presents. 1° the cards again this morning and they made me cry! (Can anyone tell me what Pt Austin's email is? She sent some flowers to our new address.) We're sorry that we didnt come to Jackie and Bills party on Saturday ‘afternoon. What happened was that we were supposed to finish ‘ in the afternoon. But we quickly realised the lorry | wasn't Soin the end, we had to hire another van ‘and Mark had to dive to Edinburgh in the evening, “Taking of parties, were going to have a housewarming party on 3rd February. ‘Would you all ike to come? I know itl be a longtime after we've moved in, but ‘we might have a chance to decorate frst. Weis rather get organised before you ‘come! m teling you about this more than three months in advance, so there are ro excuses! There ate lots of nearby and some ‘of you can sleep here, Don't forget to book train or plane tickets soon if youre ‘g0ing to come! Superflghts (ww.superfights.com) are offering , to Edinburgh for £30 at the moment, but they | get more expensive soon. Everything's silin boxes ofcourse, but! dont start work ora week Marks got | an interview next week, 0 ® of him on Wednesday. | Anyway, more news soon, Hope you all have @ lovely break during the holiday! Much love, ‘Alex (and Mark) | b Match phrases 1-8 in 3a to meanings a-h. a apologising 2 ining someone b reminding saying your preference ‘© wishing someone a good thing 9 explaining what happened thanking hh asking for information © Which phrase or phrases in Sa are often followed by: a an infinitive? ban infinitive with to? Dope |El « Complete these sentences, with phrases 1-8 in 8a, ; 1 We're so sorry that we didn't do the washing-up. | promise I'l do it when | get home. ‘good time at the gig. Id love to come, but I've got to work. tonight If this is rubbish? I'd tke to get fid of it 4A Have you decided how you're getting to Alex's party? 8 fy than get the train. your help last Saturday. You must be as tired as we are today. to meet me for lunch tomorrow? I've got a meeting near your office andit frishes at about cone o'slock, 7. | didnt tell you why we left early on Friday, i 1? | got a phone call from the babysitter. ; He irarrm Sats b Read these situations and write sentences using the correct form of the phrases in Sa 1. You have just arrived at the cinema, You are meeting a friend and you are late because you couldn't find your keys. Apologise to your friend and explain what happened. 1m so sorry that I'm late, What happened was that | couldn't find my keys. 2. I's your parents’ wedding anniversary tomorrow, Remind your brother. 3. You are looking for the station, but you are lost. Ask a group of people. 4. You received a birthday present from friends who are going on holiday tomorrow. ‘Thank them for the present and wish them a good time on holiday. ‘5. You want to go to a concert on Friday. Invite your friend and say you prefer going with someone rather than going alone, ‘a Match situations 1-3 to plans a-c for a short emai 1. You borrowed a friend's CD and broke it. 2 You had dinner at afriend’s house on Friday. 3 Your boss is going on holiday next week @ © thank your friend, invite your friend to go out next week. ‘© remind your friend to bring your jacket you left at his/her house. © say you'd prefer to work at home on Friday. ‘© ask him/her for his mobile number in case of emergency. © wish him/her a good time. © © apologise for the accident © explain what happened, © say what you're going to do. b Write three short emails for situations 1-3 in Sa. © Use the plans in Sa. © Use the phrases in 3a. © Read and check for mistakes. © Give your emails to your teacher next class. Tick the things you can do in English in the Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p88.Reading and Writing Portfolio 6 ‘an article and two comments Letters to a newspaper eatabeeas Review conditonals; make and do I Fea the article and comments quicly. Who a ‘thinks children shoud work forthe pocket money? » ert sue chicren should work fr thelr pocket money? € dsagrees witha? 900 Gy) ey ce Househusband Pocket money - do your kids earn it? | nave three children who are 8, 10 and 12. They get packet money every Saturday of between £4 and £6, This is about the national British average but according to a recent survey, Bish children receive the highest pocket money in Europe. And of course, they’te absolutely convinced that their friends get at least twice as much as they do, I've always felt that pocket money is a good idea. | have no doubt that it teaches children to think about money and to save up for things they want - appropriate training for adult life, However, recently we've started to ask our kids to eam their pockat money. They do the washing-up, for example, or do some cleaning. Or sometimes we pay them not 10 El Read the article and comments make noise! again. Are these sentences true ‘They're not happy about it! They say that they don't have time, They say their friends (Pirtalse (7) of the text coat don't have to do anything for their pocket money. My 12-year-old makes me laugh. As far say (DS) as he's concerned, we pay less than the government's minimum wage! When he refused 1 [F) Phiinas always asked his tohhelp my wife do the shopping recently, we did't give him his pocket money for a children to help around the weok. He was so upset that we had to have a family meeting to discuss the situation, house. (And then later I saw our eight-year-old give him half of her pocket money!) 2 [| Phitthinks pocket money is important because 2s Tee EE Te kOe children learn about saving Comments money, ‘So what do you think, readers? We're not being unfair, are we? We've got two citren. They started getting pocket money when they were about four. But 3 L] Phils eldest chid never fe wiceg cent % | helps with the housework ‘twas always for helping or doing some work. Now, they're 14 and 16 and they volunteer to = ‘make dinner and do the housework. As they sei, they have to earn their pocket money. 4 [] Philgiesnis children extra postive that your own children wil soon lear the same thing. Andi they refuse, don't ave money for doing things in them their pocket money! Children who are old enough — and yours are — have to learn that the house, ome i not a holt 5 [_] Barrys children expect to Barry, North London help at home. ‘Tome, chiiren are becoming obsessed by money —just ike their parents! If you give children 6 LJ] Barry thinks Phits chikien ‘money fr helping at home, then they stat thinking they should make money out of anything Scenene meee and everything they do. We have four boys (2, 7,9 and 13). The three who receive pocket 7 [1 Nicote gives pocket money ‘money gett every week on Saturday mong. It doesn't matter how much work they have to her four chidren. ‘lone or what they have done at school. Ofcourse, we ask them to help athome. And usually 8 (01 Nicole's children always they do everything we ask them todo. And i they don't doit, there is usually a good reason. f help her when they can. there isn't one, wel tl them that we're disappointed. We strongly believe that this is a much oie better idea than the threat of no pocket money. ® Nicole's children don't Nicole, Glasgow mind doing the housework.HELP WITH WRITING Giving an opinion a Read the article and comments again. Fill in the «gaps in these phrases for giving an opinion. 1 Im absolutely convinced that 2 folt a doubt that 4 far tim 5 Isee 6 positive 7 me, 8 I strongly b Four phrases in Sa are used to give stronger opinions. Which phrases are they? ae ¢ You can change the pronoun in the phrases in 3a. Underline four phrases in the article and comments, that don't use the pronoun I. Rewrite these sentences using the words in brackets and the phrases in 3a. 1. We really think that he stole the money. (strongly) We strongly believe that he stole the money. 2. She really believes she'll win. (convinced) 3. | believe everyone should be able to afford a house. (tlt) 4. Ho thinks we wil ind life on other planets. (doubt) 5 I'm sure | saw him earlier. (postive) 6 She thinks that housework is a waste of time. (sees) 7. think that children spend too much time in front of their computers. (me) 8 Mybrother thinks that children shouldn't get pocket money. (concerned) Ed @ Wiite one sentence giving your opinion on these subjects 1. Children and mobile phones 2. Shopping in supermarkets 3. Superstitions 4 Learning languages 5 Pocket money b Choose one of the subjects in Sa. What are your opinions on the subject? Make notes in the table. opinion reasons | think al children It's safer when they go out. should have a ‘mobile phone, © Write a short article giving your opinion on one of the subjects in 5a. ‘© Use your notes in Sb. © Use the phrases in Sa. © Read and check for mistakes. © Give your article to your teacher next class. Tick the things you can do in English in the Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p88Reading and Writing Portfolio 7 Giving instructions EB Read instructions A-D quickly. Which is probably anemalitoa tient? ¢ 2. wen ona food packet? 2: connected wih computer software? i anote to a new flatmate? Are these sentences true (7), false (F) or the instructions don't say (DS)? 1 [E]_ The washing machine is unreliable. 2 [_] You shouldn't put too much washing powder in the machine, 3 [_] The faceatace DVD-ROM always starts automatically 4 [2] Youneed a mouse to start the DVD-ROM. 5 [_] Thomas otten forgets to put the rubbish outside. 6 [_] Thomas shouldn't use the sink in the upstairs bathroom, 7 [_] Tre ish in the recipe is suitable for vegetarians. 8 [_] Tre recipe takes less than an hour. HELP WITH WRITING Connecting words (1); useful phrases Tick ne eas that re useful when wating Instone 1 [7] Use numbers or bullet points to organise your instructions, 2 [_] Add some jokes. 3 Use imperatives. 4 [] ite the stages in the order they should happen. 5 [_] Give detailed technical information about something, 6 Use the passive more than the active 7 Use illustrations. ‘@_ Instructions also use connecting words. Look at the recipe (instructions D). Which five connecting words does it use? First f a Reading instructions Writing connecting words (1); useful phrases Review imperatives; computers The washing machine loks od, but it stil works, Use these instructions and you should be fine. 1 Put some washing powder or lipid iin section A of the tray. A. 2 Make sure you den’ put fo much powder inthe bray. > 5 ‘Choose a washing programme — I aleays use 3! 35 ‘Start: ; Feeds omnes npg 3 Doge switch the machine off when it ished! © First, insert the face2face DVD-ROM into your CD/DVD drive. Follow the installation instructions on your screen, © Ifthe DVD-ROM does not start, open My Computer. ‘Then open your CD/DVD drive. ‘© Finally, double-click on the CambrgeAopiicationinstaler file, Follow the instructions on your screen, b Which word or words in 4a would you use: 1 in the middle of your instructions? | ithen 2 2 atthe end of your instructions? 3 meaning ‘at the same time’? 4 at the beginning of your instructions? EF a Look at these useful phrases for instructions. Underline {them in instructions A-D. 51 Moke sure 4 Youll need 2 2 Don't forget 5 Whatever you do, 3. Remember that 6 Trytoavoid b Which phrase or phrases in 5a are: 1 followed by the infinitive with fo? _2 followed by the verb + -ing? © a positive or negative imperative? 4d acluse?Hi Thomas, ‘Thanks very much fo looking after the house and the dogs while im away. ft insrucions on the kitchen table, but here are coupe of tings I forgot Remember thatthe rubbish is collected early on Monday ‘mornings. Youll need to put the bins outside on Sunday night. |Whatever you do, don't use the sink inthe upstairs bathroom It's broken! Sorry. ‘See you in a couple of weeks. Call me if there are any problems. Anya First, chop up the onions and garlic. 2 ‘Then heat a little buttor in a frying pan and ‘cook the onions and garlic slowly for about 10 minutes. Try to avoid using too much heat, otherwise you will burn the onions. Next, add the beef and cook for 10 minutes cr until the meat is brown. ‘Add the tomato sauce, salt and pepper to ‘the meat, onions and garlic. Leave on a low heat for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, boil 1.5 litres of water in a sauicepan with a little olive oil. Add the spaghetti and ook for about 10 minutes, Finally, you can mix the sauce and spaghetti or serve them separately. 2 ead these instructions for using @ PVR (Personal Video Recorder). Which of the useful ideas in 3 does the writer not use? 1 Dad. | forgot 4o set the PVR to record Have a go! this evening ‘and Pw going to be out. Can you do it for me? You probably know how, bit just in case .. Sust press the record bctton ‘wice while watching the programme. (Obviously you have to change channel first if you're not watching it! | think it’s on Channel 8, buct pls check) Hf it doesn't work, check the PVR is switched on. Thanks. See you about 11 ~ if youre still up. b Write the instructions in 6a again as clearly as possible, Use connecting words from 4a. Ded, Pls can you record. ftave a go! for we this evening? Here ave sowe instructions for the PVR in case you meed thew. |_ Switch on the PVR. 1 Check 3 Change 4 Press aa ae ee Complete sentence b so it has the same meaning as sentence a. You can use one, two or three words. You must use the word in brackets. 1 a Ifyou want to eat there on Saturday, I think it's @ good idea to book a table. (need) Ifyou want to eat there on Saturday, you need to book a table. 2. a Don't forget to lock all doors and windows. (sure) » you lock all doors and windows. 3. a Don't forget that the oven wil stay hot for up to 30 minutes. (remember) b the oven will stay hot for up 10.30 minutes. 4 a Don'tuse the phone in heavy rain. (avoid) » the phone in heavy rain 5 a Remember to take your suit to the dry cleaners. (forget) b take your suit to the dry cleaners, 6 @ The only thing you shouldn't dois press the button on the left. (whatever) > don't press the bution on the left, a Choose one of these ideas. Make notes on your instructions in the table. ‘© You are going on holiday and a friend is going to feed your ‘oats. Write instructions on how often your friend should feed ther, where the food is, et. © Wiite instructions for a computer program you know. © You have a new flatmate. He/She is moving in while you are on holiday, Write some instructions about general things he/ she needs to know. stages of instructions, useful phrases ‘other useful points, for example ilustrations b Write instructions for one of the ideas in 8a. © Use your notes in Ba. ‘© Use the useful ideas for writing instructions in 3, © Use connecting words and phrases in 4 and 5. © Read and check for mistakes, © Give your instructions to your teacher next class. Tick the things you can do in English in the Reading and Writing Progress Portfolio, p88.Reading and Writing Portfolio 8 Problems and solutions aaa a ae Writing organising a leter/email: ‘connecting words (2), the passive Il a Put paragraphs A-F in the correct order to make two Review Present Simple; Present Perfect, letters to an online newspaper about problems in Bristol. ‘Simple; the passive Lotter: B, Letter 2: a pollution problem? Bl Your article (Green Bristol 7 March) correctly points ‘out that Bristol has got some fantastic parks, but b a safety problem? they are certainly not perfect. | work inthe centre itis time that both the schoo! ofthe city and, ike many other people live on the [| 29d the council took some other side of Victoria Park. My journey home is ‘ction about this problem. For about 15 minutes shorter it |eycle through the park, example, students should be bt at right | prefer to cycle on the oad. Itis simply | | tld thet can take up to 12 || veats fora cigarette stub to ‘Although | foe! that children too dangerous to go through the park Dp ecornposet tn adeition, just should understand thatthe sect | |S three of four bins, which are er eee aera eee Your letters about ... Green Bristol emptes regulary, would help oat kw ip hry, Thare the problem enormousy. Bristol ‘ate no bins infront of Bris | is @ beautiful city. We should And I have never seen any of the ¥ keep ike tat teachers, who drive down the oad George Blakelock, cn thei way home, speak to any Clarendon Road students about their behaviour. “decompose = gradual become worse in condition It would be simple and inexpensive to repair the path and replace some of the lights. Furthermore, it would encourage people to walk or cycle to work rather than drive on our already busy roads. If the council ‘There are only about two working lights and it is impossible to see anything at right. Moreover, when | arm ot worrying about hitting 2 do nat wart too this, the park Lenjoyed your article about the envronmentand our | | pedestrian ox boi attacked should be closed at ight and they || ety on Tuesday, However, you failed to mention Tam worrying about fling should lock the gates. It would be || the most obvious problom in Bristol: ter | ve off my bike. The path isin very inconvenient for everyone who | | opposite Bristol High Secondary School. Every | terrible condition, with several lives in my tea, but tthe moment || evening when | come home from work, Ipickup a || gangeroue potholes, Nothing itis simpy not safe | collection of crisp and sweet packets that have bean | | hac been done about this, laf in my front garden. Furthermere, | ar not alone, ‘even though | have phoned My neighbours have to do the same thing, In the the council several times. street, itis even worse, with old cigarette stubs and | ‘chewing gum stuck to the pavement. ‘Anna Raphael, St John’s Lane EW Fea the eters again. Are these sentences tre (7), false (F) or the letters don't say (0S)? In letter 1, the writer In letter 2, the writer 1. [E] often cycies through the park. oles n of his/her bil pes fates Dike before, 6 thinks chilsren should be more responsible about iter. has tied contacting the council about the lights. 7 1 botieves teachers could help more with the problem. 4 [1 thinks the park should be closed [_] thinks that some more bins would completely solve the problem. oe The writers of both letters © J tein the same town Le ee