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Simpl present : oi : . a Present progressive < Complete with short answers. resent perec fe yourbest rend the same age as you? ‘ No.helshe isn't presen perfec progressive Ise from your town? e Yes hefshe Simpte past Were your parents trends wih his/her parents? ' No they . 4 Ishe/she studying English, too? Past progressive Put the verbs in parentheses into the tense that is stated. @ Simple present My best friend's name is b Simple present 1 (like) reggae and hip-hop music. © Present progressive 1 (sit) at the desk in my room right now. Present perfect 1 (visit) the USA three times. © Present perfect progressive 1 Alive) in this town for eight years. Simple past 1 (g0) to Brazil on vacation last year, 9 Past progressive 1 (wear) jeans and a Tshirt yesterday. (be) Roger Write questions that match the answers in Exercise 2. © Whatisyoorbeot friend's name? _ What kind of © Where 4 How many times How long No, he/she © Has he/she been helping you with your homework? Yes, he/she. 1 Did you see him/ner yesterday? No.1 9 Was he/she working yesterday? Yes, he/she. hh Have you ever been on vac No, we jon together? Write true short answers to the questions in Exercise 5 about your best friend. Underline the correct verb form, Who does tive / lives next door to you? What do they do / they do for a living? What kinds of movies de you like / like you? What does make / makes you sad? Which friends do you see / see you most often? Who does know / knows you best? Who does send / sends you the most text messages? What do they write / write they about?8 Write true short answers to the questions in Exercise 7 about your best friend. @ about don't 1 offen things worry hh always dreams 1 my remember I alone be 1 often prefer to 9 Correct the grammatical mistakes in four of the sentences below. Check (V) the sentences that are correct. 2 Fido and | usually get We have never arguments. © He always wakes me up in the morning, 4 We normally go for a walk together int © We enjoy often the same things. {buy him now and then clothes. ke him always on vacation with me. However, he’s occasionally more interested in other women, 10 Write the words in order to make sentences. @ a am hurry | in usually Lam usually in a hurry b buy ever hardly 1 online things © all friends 1 my text the time 4 do from housework 1 the time time to © a go | month once the theater to fam class English for 1 late rarely ‘Change the sentences to make them true for you. VOCABULARY 1 Complete the text with the phrases in the box. aot in common aiwaysbe there click | close friends drifted apart fought got along really well nitit-off our separate ways _ups and downs Charlotte and I first met when we were in college and we ())__hitit off immediately. We were at a party and we spent the whole evening laughing and talking. Very soon, we became (2) We had the same interests and the same taste in music so we had (3) We did a lot of tings together ang we (4) At the time, | was dating a girl named Mandy from my hometown. But we didn't see each other often, and slowly we (5) When we finally decided to 90 (6) it was no surprise to our friends that Charlotte and | started dating. But our relationship changed and we didn't o inthe same way. "Everyone has their (8) Charlotte said to me, but | knew something was wrong, We °) about litle things and we finaly broke up completely after one fight. can't even remember what it was about. The funny thing is that we're now the best of friends and we have been for more than ten years. We know we'll 0) for each other. © d«e Listen and check.a 2 Match the questions (ag) with the responses (1-7). ® Do you havea lot in common with him/her? b Are your close friends the same as his/hers? Did you hit it off immediately? Are there any times when you don't get along well? © What kinds of things do you disagree about? 1 Do you think you will drift apart or become closer as you get older? @ How sure are you that he/she will always be there for you? 1 No. At first. didnt think she was interested in me at all It was a long time before we clicked 2 Notat all, She has her social life and | have mine. believe that marriage is 3 One hundred percent. tor life Politics. So we try not to talk about it. 5 We'llnever go our separate ways. Every day, the jove between us gets stronger. 6 Yes, we have our ups and downs. Especially when cone of us is stressed 7 In some ways, we're very different, but we share the same interests, 3 Write the missing letters to complete the conversation. Tim: Hey, Joe! Hil How’s it ®) going? b Joe: Not 2)b__. What (3)a you, Tim? © Tim: Good. What are you (4) u to these days? @ Joe: Oh, nat much, (5) t___ and that. Tim: We (6) s Ms time 0 out for a drink Joe: That (8) w be great. Look, |have to (9)r__.1 give you a0) c si (© 005 Listen and check x 4 Complete the conversation with the phrases in the box. ter ing busy See you things Nick: Hi, Sonya. How are c1)__thing} going? Sonya: Oh, (2 ‘And Nick: Yeah, fine. What have you been 3 lately? Sonya: Oh, (4) you know. Work, work, work, Nick: Yeah, me too. Sonya: Good to hear it. Anyway, (5) ‘get back to the office. (6) © 10 Listen and check. a PRONUNCIATION 1 ©0005 Listen and check. Listen to the recording and (7 practice saying the different sounds. fil feel his he's live leave sit seat this these will wheel 2 © Listen and check. Listen and write the words (7 you hear. > 4 t®& WRITING Writing emails Email vocabulary Punctuation inside o1 My account | Sign out =mail Select ‘From ‘Subject Compose Mail 7) Zarina493@qmail.com Hi, Philip. How are things? | got yo Inbox (11) 7) sales@budgethotel.com Confirmation Thank you for your or ‘Sent mail Tidetitmiernuir@mailbox.com Vacations for $1 Drafts (2) Ch nieky.podolski@sky.net (2) Next week Good to hear from you Spam Telancy.tinatield@elxorg (ne subject) Give me a call when yo Delete TI bwragg@tnebank Loan request Re: Account No. O17 Contacts Tl sonjakerr®teinet.net FW: Vacation pictures Got them thnx Ci mrssuzy@yahoo.com YOUR URGENT RESPONSE NEE Tinfe@buyentine.net Re: yr order ret no KY7342, CIkpjones21@jnet.com (2) No problem Just a quick note tosa CTjoewitson® dudes.com Dinner Hi, Philip. See you on Friday 1 Look at the inbox of emails above. Which of these are probably: @ personal messages? b business messages? © spam? 2 Which hyperiink on the lett or at the top of the email Inbox do you click if you want to: @ read your emails? _Inbox bend your email session? © write an email? find a friend's email address? © look at an email that you started writing but did not finish? report an email that you did not want to receive? @ Send an email to the trash? Match the punctuation marks to the words. question mark ‘apostrophe exclamation mark 2 comma dash ! period 4 Rewrite the email on the right, above using the punctuation marks in Exercise 3 and capital letters where necessary. S Read Katy and Paul's reply to the email in Exercise 4. Write Philip's reply. Dear Katy and Paul | havent written for along time so | thought Id drop you a line ‘are you on vacation now Im at the beach with my family but the weather is terrible rain rain rain | hope its better where yyou are let me know how things are going | hope youre well Best wishes Philip PS A friend of mine is going to be in Chicago next month he doesnt know anyone there is there any chance you could show him around for one day Id be really grateful FROM: tty @ obalprowder com To: phillp@mailcom suplect: © _REVa J Hi Philip, Just a quick note to say yes ~ no problem. We'd be really happy to show your friend around when he comes to Chicago. Can you tell us a little more about him? What's his name? What kinds of things does he lke to do? When's he coming? Has he been here before? Love, Katy & Paul PS. Could you send us a picture of him?| Adrenalin GRAMMAR 1 Write the words in order to make sentences. 2 a horse | many ridden ‘ve times Ive ridden a horse many times boa | in never river swum ‘ve © been have I India n't to yet @ already done homework | my ‘ve © ages anyone for have | met nit {eaten yet 1 have lunch nt @ have lately much I n't slept Change the sentences to make them true for you, Use the prompts to write questions. a you/ ever / have / X-ray? Have you ever had an X-ray? b you/ ever / play / badminton? © you/ ever / climb / mountain? ¢ you/ ever / meet / Australian? © you/ ever / tly / in / helicopter? { you/ ever / sleep / on / beach? Write true answers to the questions. Put the verbs in parentheses into the simple past or the present perfect. ‘As () Have you ever been (you ever be) really scared? B: Yes, Ihave. One day last week, 1@)__(be) realty terrified Why? What (3) (happen)? 1a) (see) 2 wasp. It was enormous. 1 (5) (never see) one like that before. (6) __qyou kit it? Certainty not. : (you always be) scared of wasps? B: Yes, but |(8) (be) a lot more scared of them since one stung me recently. © 007 Listen and check. 4 Correct the mistakes in the questions. 4 What you were doing at 9:00 p.m. ast Saturday? What: were you doing at. 9:00 p.m, last Saturday? What did you wearing? © How were you feel? 4 What you did after that? ‘© What time went you to bed? 1 When you got up the next day? Write true answers to the questions. S Put the verbs in parentheses into the simple past or the past progressive. One day, Leo (1) _was walking _ (walk) home from & work. The sun (2) (shine) and he ®). (feel) happy. Suddenly, he (4) see a group of people who 6) (look) up at the top of a building. Leo (6) (ook) up, too. ‘A woman (7) (stand) on the roof of the building. Then, the woman (8) (ump). Leo's heart (9) (stop), but then, after a second or two, her parachute 10), (open) Mannan, alles, aad®, Put the adjectives in parentheses into the comparative or superiative form. Insert than and the where necessary. 2 My friends are _funnier than (funny) me. b Im lucky) person that I know. © feel (relaxed) today than, yesterday. 4 Mykitchen is (cold) place in the house, © Mysister is (pretty) gir in the world. 1 fing history (interesting) sports, a (sad) movie I've ever seen is The Fault in Our Stars. bh fmusually (happy) my best friend, ‘Change the sentences to make them true for you. Underline the correct alternative. '@ Scuba diving in the Bahamas was by far / slightly the most exciting thing I've ever done. It was by far / much easier than | thought. ¢ The Bahamas are a let / Just as good for diving as the Red Sea. The hotels are by far / slightly more expensive than in my country. ©The weather is a lot / by far hotter in the summer. {My last vacation wasn't a bit / nearly as nice as this, Rewrite the sentences, beginning with the words given. {Tennis is more popular than badminton. Badminton isn't a5 popularas tennis _ 1b Bungee jumping isnt as difficult as kite surfing. kite surfing i © La Bombonera Stadium in Buenos Aires is not as big as the Macarana Stadium in Ri. The Maracang Stadium in Rio is 4 The Red Sox are better than the Cubs. The Cubs aren't © Baseball isn’t nearly as exciting as soccer. Soccer is alot Snowboarding is much more fashionable than fishing, Fishing isn’t . @ Horseback riding isn't as dangerous as boxing. Boring is VOCABULARY Insert the missing letters in the non-gradable adjectives and match them with the gradable adjectives in the box. angry ‘cold funny ‘good pretty scared surprised tired pretty & trang ‘Complete the sentences with the words in the box. bored ‘embarrassed scared trite 2 | was absolutely __thrilled _- it was a fantastic gift, thank you. nervous worried | was extremely = the man had agun. ‘€ 1was feeling fairly - it was only my second driving lesson. 4 Iwas so. ~ | almost fell asieep. © Iwas very about you~ I didn't know you were going to be late. y 1 Tenever been so. in my lite ~ my face turned bright red. Circle the 13 sports in the wordsquare. The first one has been done for you. basketball ping pong skiing windsurting baseball boxing ‘badminton golt karate judo ice hockey fishing cycling WIGTSTETTTAT TT cle fe oles Pliner one ciMiNavalelalulolsiela oiyirio sl|oi¢loju siolr coecis|kiwiix oe xisfolulsiuleirioliioly S|z | Lit Ria TNL N|X wiclo a Finliifia tnis6 r/o TZINP/G NIA OlR THR ARIAT TIlE R GIN LlN tlavelulsialiiiiwie ole ticletwoleixielyi yalea 4 Which 9 sports from the wordsquare in Exercise 3 se equipment you can see in the store window? Complete the sentences with the words in the box. board harness vite rope shoes waterproof___ wetsuit 2 The water was very cold so we needed a wetsuit The cliffs were high, but we came down in a © Some surfers spend more than $650 on their ‘most important piece of equipment ~ their 4 Near the top of the mountain, the climbers used a for extra safety. © Many children enjoy flying a Cyclists need clothes in wet countries like reland. @ One famous French climber does not use climbing Match the sentence beginnings (a-h) with thelr endings (1-8). 2 Make sure that you drink lots of water Ihave a painful black eye € 'mwearing sandals You should have an X-ray My finger’s killing me Keep the skin clean, She twisted her ankle |often get a cramp and cover it witha Band-Aid and found ithars to walk because | have a blister on my toe. so that you don't get dehydrated to see your thumb is broken. when I run for more than five minutes where he hit me where the bee stung it. mw 4 ervonsuns 7 Underline the correct alternative. 2 You'd better see a dentist about that dehydrated / loose tooth, »Youneed to get to a hospital for an ankle / X-ray. You really should put some letion / thumb on the sunburn 4 You'd better take a rest if you're limping / twisted You need to find out why your teeth / wrist is swollen, 1 You really should take some aspirin for your headache / red nose. 9 You'd better put a cramp / Band-Aid on that to keepit clean, hy Youneed to change shoes to stop the blisters / sandals PRONUNCIATION 1 Look at the auxiliary verbs (was, were, has, have) in the following conversations. Which verb is pronounced in the strong form and which is weak? 1s mas thinking of going skyiving, weak B: Were you? 2A: Wewere beginning to eel nervous B: Imasnt! 3. A: Shenas never been so surprised B: Well nave! 4A: Have youever ridden a horse? B: No, but my wife has & SA: Were you thinking about me? B: Yes.| was. was waa Iwael were wn Iooe) has Ihcl Ihodd nave | fev) | tov © unten an enc. race saying tne aos a ® im > LISTENING ‘© 00% Cover the listening script and listen to four people talking about the most exciting vacations they have ever had. Match the speakers with the pictures. 2 Speaker! picture __ Speaker 2 picture © Speaker 3 picture Speaker 4 picture 2 Listen again, Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Speaker 1 2 They had to use special equipment, The sharks suddenly attacked. Speaker 2 ¢ They went flying every day. 4 One plane collided with another plane. Speaker 3 © They spent a week in the submarine, 1 They used lights to help them see under the water. Speaker 4 @ They were looking for elephants. fh They spent the nights with the local people. Look at the script. Explain what it refers to. 2 I didn't realty believe it (Speaker 1) b It was amazing (Speaker 1) € youhave to try to shoot it down (Speaker 2) 4 It was a lot of fun (Speaker 2) it took us under the ice (Speaker 3) {it was really beautiful (Speaker 3) 9 the end of tall (Speaker 4) 1 Twas on vacation once in the Bahamas, and | saw an advertisement for an excursion ~ "Swim with Sharks,” it said. | didn't really believe it, but I thought it was a fascinating idea, and two days later | decided to give ita try. | was with a group of about 20 other people on a special boat. We all put on our diving equipment. It was made of a special material, something very strong, to protect us against the sharks. The sharks arrived and, at first. was absolutely terrified, but they were really friendly. They only wanted to play! It was amazing 2 The most exciting thing I've ever done was just over a year ago when | was in Canada. | spent ‘a week there, and every afternoon we went up ina Harvard jet, and what happens is, you fly ‘around looking for other jets, and when you see ‘one, you have to try to shoot it down. There's ‘a sort of gun, a sort of laser, and when you hit another jet, you hear a loud noise and you canssee black smoke. In one week, I shat seven other planes. It was a lot of fun, but it was really expensive and | could never afford to do it again. 3. Afew years ago, | spend a week in the Canadian ‘Arctic with a friend of mine. One day we went out in a small submarine and it took us under the ice. It was totally dark, but we had big light {and they lit everything up, so we could see, you know. There were some really strange fish ‘and one time I saw something that looked like ‘shark, but I'm not sure it was one. Then we arrived at an old shipwreck, an old ship from the seventeenth century. | don't know why, but | was a little scared for some reason, It was really beautiful, though. 4 Last year, | went to see my friend Clyde, who lives near Chiang Mal in the north of Thailand. Near where he lives, there's an elephant camp, ‘and we booked a three-day trip, you know, ‘trek, a sort of safari, and we spent three days fon the back of the elephants, and at night, we stayed in little villages with the mountain people. At the end of it all, was fithy and exhausted; but what a trip! And the people that we met were all so incredibly nice.A Relationships GRAMMAR 3 Complete the sentences with for or since. 2 Ivebeen drinking coffee since 1 Ineach sentence, put one verb into the simple {was fourteen A Present and the other into the present progressive. Bp. Mvebeen fo the movies oaty ance, 2 | __amsmiling (smile) because you Jast summer. remind (remind) me of someone. © Svabeen using the internet years and years a oiingarvon tute 4 Te ben nearing hs perfume fast year. e1 (know) that you ¢ Iveeaten nothing eight oilock (laugh) at me the manning at (look) for someone who 1 I've had the same group of friends (believe) in the same things we were in high school as me. 4 (haven't read anything interesting © |_____eaaimire the way she tour or tive months. {try to do weil now. hve wanted to make a change in my ite £1 not understand why 2 long time. ‘em. ‘ ftir eck Hel ety Hales tomate the sentences tue fer You. ‘ike nh 1___ hate) the job that | 4 Put the verbs in parentheses into the present perfect (0) right now progressive. Caroli single, but she ) ‘sbeen looking (ook) tor (@ ‘2 Complete the conversations withthe verbs in the a boyttiend, She 2) (go) to online box in the simple present or the present progressive. dating sites and she (3) (write) to one [ 7 ) guy fora few months. She (@) (ream) one ee a of finding the ideal guy and she (5) ‘2A: How long have you had your car? hope) shel find him soon. Her fiends tt___looks very old © (eld ner to be more realistic : They @ (Ary) to stop her from being 8 ve ns |_____ of getting a so romantic, but she (8) (not listen), As Jobo, fi ts Mom. (ou time to tak? B: cant taik now. 1 dinner with my girtriend © &: Why (you) at me like that? B: It's because you tomato sauce on your nose! ¢& What (you) of the new James Bond movie? B: don't know yet. ot going to see it this evening‘5 Put the verbs in parentheses into the simple or Progressive form of the present perfect. Then answer ‘the questions. 2 How long___have youknown __ (you know) your best friend? How long (you learn) English? © How long (you sit) inthe same chair? 4 How long (you have) your smartphone? © Howlong__tyoubey with your boytriend/girifriend? f How long (you like) your favorite singer or band? 9 How long (you wear) the shoes that you have on? hh How long (you do) this exercise? Write true answers to the questions. VOCABULARY 1 Complete the sentences with an appropriate family word. used to be married to him. He's my ‘exhusband We have the same mother, but different fathers. She's my He's my brother's son, He's my. ‘We've been dating for two years. He's my © He married my mother after my father died. He's my _ {She married my son. She's my 9 I don't have any brothers or sisters. ™m an fh She's my brother's daughter. She's my 2 Write the words in order to complete the questions. Then answer the questions. a at fallen first in love sight 2 Have you ever __fallen in love at first sight 7? ban been dating online site to Have you ever 2 © dreams meet of person the your ? Do you think you will ever 4 ever proposed someone to ? Have you © had have relationships serious you ? How many — 3 Match the words in the box with the sentences (ah) considerate easygoing optimistic reliable 2 think that fm a very friendly person and I like being with other people. __ sociable b I find it dtticult to talk to other people, especially people that I do not know ¢ I'myery positive about life and | think that most things are usually OK in the end. 4 always think about other people's feelings. generous shy sociabie witty © [saya lot of funny things and people laugh when they are with me. 1 I'malways happy to give my time or my money to people who need it. 9. Lalways do what | say will do and my friends know that Iwill always help them. ‘nI'mhappy to do what other people want. even i! don't agree with them, 4 Complete the conversation with the words in the box. big-headed faithful cheerful realistic ‘demanding self-centered ‘A: What's the matter, John? You're usually so () __ cheerful B: It's Helen. She's so (2) ‘She wants me to be with her twenty-four hours a day! ‘As So? That's good, isn't it? B:_ No! We always have to do exactly what she wants. She's completely (3) {And everything that she does, she thinks she's the best. 've never known anyone so @. ‘As But at least she's (5) She never ‘even looks at other men. Anyway. if you're so Unhappy. why don’t you split up?” B: Why? Because Ihave to be (6) | know | won't find anyone else who wants to date © 00 Listen and check. ws5 Match the sentences (a-n) with the responses (1-8). © PRONUNCIATION & , 2 She talks a lot, doesn't she? > Heseemed aittle young, don’t you think? 1) @v Listen to the words in the box. 1s the € She's not at all bac-iooking, is she? underlined sound /8/ or /8/? Put the words in the a 4 He's really confident. isn't he? correct column. © She didnt seem very interesting to me. — "a bal ana { Hewas litte mean, wasnt he? father marathon something there It's really ificut to tak to her. is it? tue ths these thought hh He'snot exacty talkative is he? together _weather 1 agree. She tends to be alittle boring. (Q)__3_Nossne's very g000-ooking, in my opinion. athletic another 4 Well he wasnt particulary old, that’s for sure | 5 Yes, he's very secentered 6 Yes, he was absolutely awtul | 7 Yes, she cetainy tends to dominate the conversation 8 Yes, there are times when she can be impossible! DE Ae 7 ‘© 0 Listen and check. Repeat the words. a 6 Complete the conversation, The first letter of each word has been given for you. 2 At I'm sorry I said that to her. know 1 2 Look at the personal advertisement. Underline the words that contain the /8/ sound. Circle the words ‘that contain the /8/ sound. can bea little thoughtless at times. Bz You weren't very (2)¢___! HEALTHY thirty-something theater € Az know, But when Im tired! fan looking for someone with that 3) t____ to say the first thing that special something. Call me earlier comes into my head. than the third Thursday of this @ Bs Well, try tobe a(4)|_ ‘month. They call me Arthur! more sensitive next time, OK? As Of. But she wasnt Se & tolerant rset was she? a 1B: True She's not (6) © ou Listen and check, brood minded, but think she was ot tied. a Ar YesI@a ve Wcconat ve 2 08 Try saying the sentences below. Then isten aie aticut when were tired and repeat them. a ju They think that there'll be wet weather this month. My father thought that my brother threw the ball ‘© This is the third thing we've seen at this theater. mw (PD oor usten and eneckWRITING Writing an informal email Linking sentences with anyway 1 Read the emails it (a) a romantic email or (b) an ‘email from one friend to another? FROM: chiyo@mal.com To: vince@gobalprevidercam SUBJECT: _RE:Vist 1 HiVince, 2 Thanks for your email. It was great to hear from you again. I'm sorry I didn’t reply sooner. F've been meaning to get in touch, but you know how it is. Anyway, hope that you're well ‘and that everything is going well with your studies. How is everybody in college? 3 really enjoyed my time in the USA, but | ‘missed my friends back in Japan. | was happy to get back here and to see everyone again. Do you remember Masako? We often talk about you, and she sends her love. I've had some ‘emails from some of our friends in the USA. Do you stil see them? 4 ve been looking for a job, but I haven't had ‘much luck. So I've decided to come back to the USA for a few months. My father said that ‘one of his contacts was looking for someone ‘who speaks English and Japanese. | have an interview with the company in two weeks. I can't wait! 5 Do you stil have the same phone number? Ill Give you a call when | arrive, Maybe we could 90 out for dinner. It would be great to meet up again. 6 Love, Chiyo 7_PS.tstillhave your umbrella! 2 Read the email again and match the headings below with the parts of the email 2 the closing phrase news about friends € introduction and apologies 6 the opening phrase © news about her life t @ Illi arranging to meet anything the writer forgot to mention earlier (postscript) a Lam really looking forward to it. 1b | ook forward to seeing you again. © 1 mas delighted to read your news. | wil telephone you. It was my intention to write. 1 Please accept my apologies for not replying before. a Yours sincerety, fh She sends her regards. Why does the writer use the word anyway in the first paragraph? ‘a tosay that something is important 1b tosay something that the writer forgot ¢ tochange the subject Insert anyway in an appropriate place in the short paragraphs below. a I haven't been doing much recently. I's been very {quiet at college. I have to go now and buy some milk before the store closes. bit was good to hear from you. | hope you'l tell me more in your next email. The reason 'm writing ‘now is to tell you my big news. Im getting married! ¢ Mike and Marion split up. He's feeling miserable and she met another guy. What have you been doing in the last few weeks? Imagine that you are Vince and write a reply to ‘Chiyo. In your email, include the following points: * thanks for her email * news about friends * news about what you are doing now * looking forward to seeing her &x I) Party GRAMMAR Delete the words it or them in four of the sentences below. Check (¥) the sentences that are correct. a Hehad a hat, but he didnt put it on b Some people were dancing, and they asked us to cin them in and we need to get 2 Replace the words in italics with it or them. Sometimes you will need to change the word order of the sentence, 2 Lenjoy ° wear out my like trying on 4 Imreally looking forward to my summer cation. € It takes me a long time je often ask me to turn 9 fin it difficutt to come up wi hI never look up new words in adi Check (¥) the sentences that are true for you. 3 Put the verbs in parentheses into the -ing form or the to-infinitive a Areyou___doing _ (do) anything interestin this evening? b Are you to any parties Are you meet) anyone later today? 4 Are you use) public transportation this week ew 1 going Up tomorrow me are you going (oet 4 What's the next thing ing eat) ur best frie Write true answers to the questions. Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct form. Use the present progressive, going to, or wil/'l+ infinitive. Sometimes more than one verb form is possible. ‘A: Why are you looking so happy? B: just got my tickets. , to New Orleans this weekend ‘A: What? Just for e weekend? 's Mardi Gras. | (2) (leave) Saturday at 6:30 am. A: Where (3) B: Idon’t know. | haven't thought about it. 4) 30k) for a h get th ‘A: Ihave an idea. (5) a's number. She h you spend) the night? Pal room in her apartment. B: | think she (6) (go) away this weekend, She usually does during Mardi G A: OK, well (ask) my parent Maybe they know someone with a room. Anyway, what is Mardi Gra B: It's abig carnival. 1 (8 ak my camera, so | can show you the pictures when I get back ‘© 0 Listen and checky x S Underline the correct alternative. VOCABULARY ® Anybody / Everybody / Somebody knows they're getting married it's inal the newspapers. 1 Look at the wordsnake. Write down six things you He talks so fast that everyone / no one / find at festivals. someone can understand what he's saying © He's so quiet. He never says anything / everything / something I think that they live anywhere / everywhere / somewhere near here © She's unhappy about anything / everything / ‘Something, But | don’t know what its {There is anybody / everybody / some! tke you to meet. | think you'l ike him. 9 There's anything / nothing / something worse than an office party. | hate them. bh We don't go anywhere / everywhere / ‘Somewhere on vacation; we just stay at home, © Complete the text with a word beginning with every, some-, any, oF no- 2 Complete the sentences with the words in Exercise 1 Festima always begins with a (1) igh the town. Men wear animal over their faces and amazing made of leaves. They travel from all over West Africa to take part. Why? To dance! 4) play energetic drum music and the) party ll night long, When they ‘get hungry they don’t need to go far. People selling © set up all over the town. 3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. down in of The party was terrible. (1) _ Everything about it C4 = was terribie. It was (2) out of town, @ Afirework went off __with an andit took me ages to find it. When | arrived, there incredibly lous noise wasn't 3) toceat ana there was I know you're sad now, but youtl get @ to drink that | kes soon, 6)___enjoyed it and (6) ¢_ I'mfeeling tres ink ' stay ])) went nome early. For me, the worst thing was that ee ee. % Host my cell phone. | looked (7) fort, but with no luck. (8) said that there were thieves at the party, so maybe they stole it 4 Look at this mess! Who's going to clean it © She's taking care her baby brother tonight 1 The neighbors as us toturn the music, because they couldn't sleep. 9 Were really looking toseeing you. You shouid put some warm clothes, =o3 4 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. > Mike: (4) going out for dinner tonight? clear coommert coreg housework mistake. research wish Peart: Yes. good idea. Fd love to ike: Great. (5) 2 Stems onneay comment stot pont met iy erevateeaoah I've never made a that came true. "ve heard i's really good. © lonly made one. on the test. € | Mine: (6) __________goto isl ont a music estval next weekend? ty tie mes) alee ieee Tefal bay ea wes Ihave to 90 well know the answer and see my grandmother f We bought an old house and we need to do a lot of Mike: (8) It sounds really good. Tey pay evasone to dothe Ete: Yes, know, but Im sorry. t's hr eightith nce week birth. F comeeyougomg ton do. anpeercaetoday? 7 Listenand check. a b Doyou_ alot of nase when you get . up inthe morning? PRONUNCIATION € Doyou much money? @ Doyouaivys sure that youhave 1 Lookat the underned consonant sounds. terithing you nced before yu lore home? Cee the word which hess lflernt sound rom @ How much homework id you the other words : Satan ‘ ot course fancy promise special with your Engh thls year? ba 5 tis was @ How often do you the ironing? € brush goes hag music h Doyoutite to the dishes? 4 ce mess ole und tahoe hee 8 Andrew decided to throw a farewell /leavit tumisevaryforiorivendsoiincey 08 Ustnand tec, : b He-sent hosts / invitations / weleomes to aller 2 Choose 12 words from Exercise 1 and write them in Itlends. ‘the correct column. © He told is guests he was having a costume / ting Foto as He put up balloons / dustpans / candies course is brush ‘and party lights. © He wanted to create a romantic atmosphere / lece-breaker / theme with soft lighting. {When his orifriend arrived, everyone mingled / delegated / greeted her with a song. © Underline the correct alternative. @ ‘Complete the conversations with the phrases. a in the box. ‘3. Undertne the /s/.//. and /\/ sounds in these words. wa ‘Are-youdeing-anyihing I really ive to, but Use a different color for each sound. | was wondering That sounds great dresses —~Cenercise~—~—~=hirts~—~Coes What a shame What do you think about showers __shush! surprise @ Where do you want to go? Would you ike to @ Mike: ) Are youdoing anything © wv Listen and check. Eeith: No, 'm not Why? Mike: 2) it yous like to come tothe opera. Edith: (3), What's playing?Look at the pictures below. Which country do you think they show? Brazil the USA italy Spain ‘drinking from a bota bul-running Cover the listening script. Listen to a description of a festival and number the events in the order in which they took place. Everybody throws wine over everybody else. People go to.a church service. People run away from young bulls inthe buliring The mayor leads a procession out of the town. The procession returns to the town. There is music and dancing in the town square. _1 They have breakfast. Which two events in Exercise 2 did the speaker not take part in? Find and underline the words in the script that tell us that: the weather was the speaker got up early the speaker walked a long way the speaker enjoyed the battle the speaker was wet with wine the speaker wanted to stay longer ‘The festival that I've enjoyed most takes place in a small town called Haro, Haro isin La Rioja, a wine region of Spain, and every June they have a festival called the Battle of Wine. | arrived there on a beautiful sunny summer evening, ‘There was a concert and dancing and so on in the town square. Some people stayed up celebrating al night, but | went to bed eariyish because the real f began the next day | was dressed and ready before five-thirty. Everyone wore white Tshirts and a red scarf around their necks. In the center of the town, a man, the mayor | think, was riding @ horse and we all followed him Con foot to a small mountain six or seven kilometers anay, (On the mountainside there was a small church, and there was a service in the church, but | didn’t go Inside because there wasn't room for everybody. ‘Anyway, it was better to be outside because after the church service, the battle began. Everyone had red wine. Some people had it in botas ~ containers ‘made of animal skin ~ some had plastic bottles, some had filled balloons with wine, someone even had a huge thirty-iter container on his back. And you just throw it over anyone who is near you ~ especially if someone's Tshirt is still white! All the time, there were brass bands playing music and people were dancing, running around, throwing wine everywhere. Awesome! It all lasted abou hours betore we had breakfast ~ snails cooked on a barbecue and a kind af champagne to drink. Ater that, there was a procession back to the town, with everyone's Tshirts now pink. In the afternoon, everyone goes to the bullring, where they have young bulls that are running around ~ free ~ and you have to run away from them, but unfortunately | couldn't stay for that. |had to go to work, but even after a shower | could stil smell the wine!a Edible GRAMMAR Decide it the nouns should be singular or plural ‘and underline the correct alternative. ‘Customer: like some grilled (1) sardine / sardines, ‘and my husband will have your (2) tuna / tunas with G) garlic / garlies. Walter: m afraid we don't have any (4) fish / fishes left, ma'am, Customer: OK. Do you have any (5) mussel / mussels? Waiter: m afraid we're completely out of (6) seafood / seatoods. Customer: Hmm, well, we'll both have the (7) veal / vveals. With roast (8) vegetable / vegetables. Walter: m afraid we don't have any (9) meat / meats left. Customer: Oh, no. Maybe we'lljust have two bottles of 0) water / waters. Could you bring some ti) olive / olives at the same time? Waiter: Sure. We could make you some (12) sandwich / sandwiches, i you like. ‘Customer: No, thanks. But could you bring us some clean (13) glass / glasses? This one smells lke old (4) €0d / cods, (© 021 Listen and check. Underline the correct alternative. I nave a little bit of / several pens in my bag | didn't have enough / many sleep yesterday. | speak a little / none French. I nave few / plenty of free time later today. | don't eat few / much rice, | don't have adat of / several power in my job. I know little /a lot of different teas | go to the beach a few / plenty times every year. (Change the sentences to make them true for you. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Tew lot ma much none n plenty Americans spend so_much __ money on food. I need some milk, but there's inthe refrigerator. © Thereare many vegetables that | dont like 4 Thereis of time to do the cooking. every people eat lobster because its so expensive. 1 We should all eat a 9 [don't eat of fruit cookies. Rewrite these sentences using used to. Two of the sentences cannot be rewritten with used to. Leave them as they are. 2 [hated my food when I was ile lused to hate my food when | was little b | refused to eat everything. © I didn’t like meat, fish, oF vegetables. 4 My parents were worried about me. One day, they took me to the doctor. He told me to grow up, ey 9. After that, Iwas even more difficult& 5 Write the words in the correct order to complete & ‘the questions. When you were ten years old.. @ did have lunch to use you where ___did youuse tohavelunch? _ b did drink in morning the to use you ? what © be did favorite food to use your ? what 4 go out restaurants to use you to ? id © eat much to too use you ? id —_ f candy bars did prefer to use you 7 what Write true answers to the questions. Replace used to with would where it is possible. used to have a job in a restaurant. Every morning, used to go there at ten o'clock and | used to have coffee with all the others before work. The boss used to be very tough, but all of us liked him. At the end of 2 good day, he used fo buy everyone a drink. On really (00d days, | used to make about $60 in tips. |used to be the best waitress there VOCABULARY 1 Match the words on the left with those on the right. 2 atar of: matches abou! of honey © aboxot gum. 4 abunch of soap © ajarot soup f apack of keys Complete the sentences with words from tthe left-hand column of Exercise 1, Sometimes more than one answer is possible. 2 Hethrewhis__pack of biscuits in the trash can. How much does this ‘of bananas cost, please? © Ineed to buy a largesize of tissues, 4 lonce ate a2509 of chocolate In one day. © ldtke a of strawberry jelly, please. f She often has a__of cereal and milk for breakfast. 3 Put the words in the box into the correct column. cauliflower celery eggplant figs Grapefruit leeks lettuce lime peach plum raspberries sausages tuna turkey veal 4 Find and underline three strange dishes in the menu below. What would you choose for ‘each course? 1G DT Pm Indian mussel curry Cabbage and bacon pie Pasta bake with mushrooms and olives Atlantic cod, fried potatoes, and spinach Bitter radishes and crunchy grasshoppers Spicy tuna and rice Fruit salad (melon, oranges, and mango) Caterpillar and whiskey yogurt Ice cream (cherry, chocolate and coffee) Strawberries and ereamw 5 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. iter cheese coffee 299 meal shrimps 2 Which has more sugar ~ bitter or sweet chocolate _? Which wakes you up more in ‘the morning ~ strong or weak? © Which is better for your health ~ a heavy or a light chocolate 4 Which might make you sick ~ a cooked or a raw _ © Which is more expensive ~ tap or bottled ——____? Which smetis more ~ strong or mild 2 9 Which taste better ~ fresh or frozen Write true answers to the questions. 6 Write the missing letters to complete the text. aeaabecefghhh itlanrsstuyy It was the worst meal I've ever had. The soup was from 2 (1) can and very (2) bl__d. For the main course, the meat was (3) to___, (4)c_ew _ and over cooked, and | think they probably (5) bo__ed the vegetables for over an hour. The French fries were (©) gr ___y and too salty. The bread was extremely dry and obviously not very (7) _ re __. For dessert, had a (8) spi __créme caramet~i found a piece of chill pepper init Finally, they gave me a (9) _it_e_ cup of coffee, which was too disgusting to drink © 022 Listen and check. 7 Complete the conversation with the phrases in the box. Both well done, please. Excuse me, we're ready to order now, Not quite. Could you give us @ minute or two, please? Well both have the steak, please. ‘Yes, two glasses of water, please. Yes. a table for two in the name of Smith. Waiter: ‘Customer: Good evening. Do you have a reservation? (Yes. table for two inthe name of — Smith Thank you, sit. Please follow me. Are you ready to order yet? 2. Waiter: Waiter: ‘Customer: Walter: Sure. Would you like to order some drinks while you're deciding? Customer: (3) ‘Customer: (4): Waiter: ‘Customer: Certainly. What can | get you? o - Very good. How would you like that done? © Waiter: ‘Customer: a PRONUNCIATION - G 1 © 02% Look at the following groups of words. Listen a to the recording and notice how the middle word is pronounced withthe sound /a. Practice saying the © 05 Listen and check. phrases. acu mil apair ot jeans akind fish something drink ready to 90 things do problems work stay at home dinner eight ain tonic steak and fries rock roll 2 Complete the mini-conversations with words from ‘the middle column of Exercise 1 a ‘a Walter: — What can get you, sir? Customer: Two glasses (1) of water 2)__anorder @)_tries, please. » Ely: Let's meet (4) seven (5) the station ‘Anya: Yes, (6) then we can go o the theater. ‘© 25 Listen and check. Then practice ‘the mini-conversations. “am , — WRITING 2 Look at the advertisement and the notes that You made during your vacation. Write an email ot Writing an email to make a complaint complaint to the manager of Bellevue Motel. 1 Read the email. In which numbered blanks do these phrases (ai) belong? as well asa fll refund Lam sure that you will understand € Lam writing this email to complain about 100k forward to receiving © Iwas dissatistied with {This was not what | expected @ Tomake matters morse was not of he highest standard —_ | Youcanimagine my disaposniment when Otel at Atlantic City Call us now to make a reservation. twells@mailcom SUBJECT: Poor service and food! 609-522-0663 Dear Sir / Maden, Limited paces! (0th inner that | at in your restaurant last Beautitul ocean views Saturday... 2). both the service and te quality of the food that was served | Family atmosphere Your restaurant was recommended tome by my bother. ‘Wand shower in every room lnho assured me that you specializes in seafood ofthe highest quality (3) earned that you had no seafood Excelent restaurant lett bythe time | arrived. That, afterall was my reason for coming. What is more, the food that | was served Special offers for July “ od (5)... the waiters were rude ang untriendly. (6) We welcome children! from a restaurant of your reputation. (7). my reasons for writin this email. (8) .. an apology, (9. {fam attaching a copy of the receipt Sincerely, Sz Notepad Tells mn) (© 006 Listen and check.sw | Time GRAMMAR Underline the correct alternative. 2 [sometimes get sick in Monday morning / January or February blast went to a dance in Friday / 2015. € like listening to music in bed at night / Friday night. @ lalways read the newspaper on Sunday morning / ‘the morning, © like to get up late in Sunday / the winter. { [often work on night / the weekend. 9 Mybirthday is on June 7 / June, Iwas born at five o'clock / the morning in tive sock / the morning, ‘Change the sentences to make them true for you. Complete the text with the best alternative: at, on, in, or during. [first met my wife () __in__ the spring of 2016, 2 April 17 to be exact. It was (3) 2 business trip to Miami, and (4) ‘Sunday morning, the 16th, | woke up with a terrible toothache, I needed to see a dentist, but that wasn't possible © the weekend. (6) night it was worse and | couldnt sleep. 7) the morning, | ‘manages to get an appointment for four o'clock that ‘afternoon. (8) my meetings that morning, my tooth was very painful and | was realy glad to get to the dentist (9) the afternoon. | made sure that | was (10) time for the appointment! But as soon as the dentist walked in, she smiled at me and my pain went away. 1!) the evening, I took her out for dinner and (12) July, we gat married! © 0m Listen and check. Complete these job descriptions with the words in the boxes. [can cant dentt-haveto ave to shoula I) don't have to start work at any particular time. 1 (2) choose because | work for myself. 13) work hard to make ‘enough money, but in my job, you (4). ‘work for more than eight hours a day. They say it's dangerous because people get tired, but | think they ©) change the lan, » [can cant dont have to haveTo should We soccer players (1) work on the weekend, but we (2) work every day during the week. The boss is very strict and says we 2) 90 out the night before a game, but I very rarely play! know | (4) fight for my place on the team, but my wife thinks 18) find another team. Write a sentence using the word in italics, so that It means the same as the first sentence. It's important for us to be in good physical condition. (should) We It’s necessary to follow orders all the time. chave) We © Were allowed to not abroad, (can) ve with our family when we're We 4 It isnt necessary to wear a uniform in the evenings. (have) We bkVOCABULARY 1 Look at the calendar and answer the questions. Today is July 19. July Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat w | 99 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 23 | 28 25 ‘2 What were the dates of the weekend before last? July 10 and 14 What is the date @ week from tomorrow? 2 | 28 | 29 | 30 © What is the date five days from now? What is the date the Tuesday after next? © What was the date the day before yesterday? {What was the date two weeks ago? @ What was the date the Tuesday before last? 1b What is the date @ week from tocay? 2 Match the definitions with the phrasal verbs In the box. calm down ‘come up with ross off get by putolt rely on 2 delay doing something that you do not want to do putoff draw a line through something on a list € begin to feel more relaxed, or make someone do this 4 have just enough of something so that you can do what you need todo think of something, such as an idea or a plan trust someone to do something for you Match the questions (a-f) with the responses (1-6). * y Do you have to work unsocia hours? How long is your working day? How would you tke your abt be dierent? Is you job very stesstl? What kindof tice do you workin? What kind of qualifications do you have? 1 Ihave a business diploma, 2 lusually do an eight-hour shift 3 I'dlike flexible hours so that | could come into work a litte later some days. 4/ It’s open-plan with no dividing walls at all. 5 _No,not at all. do the usual nin 6 Yes, very. We have to meet strict deadiines all the time. five. Complete the text with the words inital in Exercise 3. i'snot abadjod and you don't need to have any (qualifications | have to meet @ of course. | have to find ten new customers every day, and that means that | sometimes have to work avery long (3) and very @ hours. But the Boss is very 6 about our hours if we doa good @ A) Job. Atleast, is beter than my last jb, where | worked in an (6) office. | thought was going toe in that ob! cmx @ 'S Complete the sentences with the words in the boxes. ' confirm attaching honk wit @ ~——thank___ you for your telephone call earlier today. bam sorry to learn that you were not happy with the service provided by our company, and | am ‘a complaint form. € I would appreciate it if you could the details of your experience in 2 résumé apply position response 2 Lam writing in to your advertisement in the Sunday News. As requested, | am attaching a and two letters of reference for your atten ¢ I would lke to for the ‘of office assistant at your company. 3 ‘appreciate attend available hearing received 2 Thank you for your email, which yesterday. Unfortunately, | am not ‘on the date you suggest in your email © Iwill, however, be free to an interview at any time during the following week. 4 would It if you could suggest new date, € Hook forward to soon as possible. from you as 6 Write the missing letters. 12 [hope that I get home in time f game on TV. b Ive told you time and t never listen. the start of the _~ but you € She had arrived way too early and she was looking for away to ___|time. ‘Some people say that we're __ time to save the planet. —ing 0. © They hadalitte time tos____, so they went for ‘a walk around the town, {Time really f___s when you're having fun, doesn't it? @ We have a lot of things to do, but we'll do them o____atime. We're m__ing g__d time and we'll probably we continue like this. PRONUNCIATION “ 1 028 Listen to the recording and write the missing letters. bc ck a b _ack © Lown d@ Lown © lea_e 1 lea. 9 _lass h _lass Listen again and practice saying the words. 2 12» Listen to the recording and cross out the words that you hear. Which is the first vertical column that you cross out? add at back bag bush cab ep cod oul cy drew ay few 08 008 ae @ hat of off push . ride sate save too true try view write 3 ©0000 Play the game again. Which vertical column do a You cross out first this time? add at back bag bush cab ep cod could to drew ay hat ot ott push ride sale save too true try view writew a LISTENING 1 @.05 Cover the listening script and listen to an. Interview with Dr. Lee, an international expert on body clocks. Put the following actions at the best time on the body clock below. 2 avoid making important professional decisions have dinner drink alcohol goto sleep at night avoid people who are sick study play competitive sports lke tennis 2 Listen again and complete the sentences. ‘2 The hormones melatonin and cortisol affect how tired we feel. Many people have dinner when their sense of and. is at its best. € It’s better to have an early dinner because the doesn't work well a night. It's 2 good idea to go to bed early because it's ‘900d for our © The number of white blood cells in the body is at the start of the day. {We can think fast after lunch, although the is slow Glossary ‘hormone ‘a substance that is produced by your body that helps it to develop and graw fiver ‘the part of your body that cleans the blood white blood cells the parts of your blood that defend the body against diseases Td ike to welcome Dr. Lee, an expert in cchronobiology, who is with us in the studio this evening, Dr. Lee, | wonder if you could begin by telling us what chronobiology is exactly ‘Yes, of course. Chronobiology is quite a young science. It studies how the bodies of animals are regulated by a kind of clock that tells them when itis best to do certain things ~ both physical things and mental things. Do you study humans, too? Yes, of course. Humans are very sensitive to two hormones that are called melatonin ‘and cortisol. These hormones affect how tired we feel. We have discovered, for ‘example, that in the early hours of the ‘morning, when most people are asleep, ‘our body temperatures are at their lowest. This is the time when it's very easy to ‘make mistakes, mistakes of judgment. ‘So people like doctors, for example, who often have to work night shifts, need to be very careful imagine that the time we eat is very important? ‘Absolutely. Our sense of taste and smell is atits best between 6:00 and 8:00 pm, 0 it's not surprising that many people have dinner at that time. Does that mean that | shouldn't eat later} in the evening? ‘No, not necessarily, But the stomach doesn't work well at night, so it's best to eat earlier. However, the liver tends to ‘work better after about &:00 pm., ‘so that's the best time for alcoholic drinks. Ditterent parts of the body work better at different times of the day. The skin, {or example, grows most during the night between 11:00 pam. and 1:00 am. so i's important that we don't go to bed too late. ‘Are there any other important times ‘we should know about? Well at the start of the day, the number Of white blood cells you have is low, ‘0 that’s not a good time to meet people with contagious diseases. Oh, il try to remember that! The best time for remembering is early in the afternoon, This is when the body is slow, but the mind is quick. If you're learning a foreign language, for example, thisis the time to do it, but leave your physical exercise until later, towards 4 0F 5 o'clock. If you want to play a game of tennis, doit after you've learned your irregular verbs! ‘OK! And when's the best time for interviews?a) News GRAMMAR Underline the correct alternative. {© [don't mind being / tebe the center of attention People tell me / te me tat m perfect | want having / to have a pierced nose I can't stand reading / te read fashion magazines. | enjoy spending / to spend money. ‘need getting / to get 2 new camera I never ask people helping / to help me. Ive never tries go / to ga on 3 diet. ‘Change the sentences to make them true for you. 2 Rewrite the sentences beginning with the words given, 2 “Don't touch it” he told me. He warned me not to touchit. b “Tile there at eight,” she said She promised © "Why don't you sue the photographers?” he asked me. He suggested 4 “The interest rate changes from time to time,” she told me. She explained © “Vd better not leave this job,” | thought. I realized 1 “Forget about me,” he said to his wife. He told 9 “OK, ll see you both later” she said She agreed 1h “Could you stop being mean?” he asked her. He asked Complete the questions with the words in the box. are be been being] CQ) Have is we were When was your house buit? vi your dinner cooked for you this evening? you ever descrived as “qiamorous"? What ws the las thing you forced toda? . youever been tod to go away? t your private life talked about brother people? a Areyou watched by anyone right now? Has your homework checked recent? rite true answers to the questions. Complete the sentences wit the verb in parentheses in the passive form. Use the simple present, simple past, or present perfect. 2 The rockstar Sonia Thorne was arrested at Los Angeles airport ast night. arrest & she ster ariving on a ight trem Miami top) «© Almost two kos of cocaine inner bags. ind) 4 Thisisthe third ime that Ms. Thorne con drug charges. (rces) © However she never /convit) 1 Ms Thome ina police station last right. beep) Because other arrester concert at the Hollywcod Bow! (cance nit that she will appear in court later today. (believe) G && 5 Rewrite the following sentences using a passive verb. ‘2 The paparazzi followed the car for ten kilometers. VOCABULARY ‘The car was followed by the paparazzifer____ Match the definitions with the words in the bo. street obsessed ___photogenie utaterng _|(@)) she 4 aperson who looks good in pictures ‘¢ _ Thenewspaper wil pay her $50,000 forthe pictures photogenic she believing something is so important that you think ¢ They are going to put the pictures on the front about it all the time page of the newspaper. ————— Thepictures_ making someone seem ess pleasant or attractive ‘¢ Thieves stole an enormous sum of maney trom a than usual Hollywood celebrity lastnight. Last night, an enormous sum of money 4 needing or wanting something very much 1 Police officers nave accused the football player Ed ‘not noticing of caring about the feelings or needs Flower of burglary. of other people The football player, Ed Flower, : + saying that you believe certain things but behaving in a ctferent way 6 Correct the following news stories by changing one verb in each story. Some need to be changed from ‘active to passive, and some from passive to active. 2 Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 1 ‘Donovan Thomas wareieped from prnon in Rhee flan in the USA, afer serving 89 days of 0 90-day sentence, He escaped b Philp Johnson, 32 from Pestonburg, Kentucky. shot himself In the chest because he wanted to see if hurt. He was iscovered that it huts alot. « Gircus girl, Jasmine Brown, 22, jailed for six days by «court in San Diego. She was riding an elephant on a busy highway and she was not wearing any clothes. a ‘André Gurmon, from Montreal, Canada, was put an advertisement in the newspaper. It said: “Ladies write to me # you are bored with the man in your fe.” He received a reply from his wife. Harisn Ford has several ase toth Ferd tld the tah aboot th far ha vated soviest man ale in 2 popelar maga, 1 Hollywood star, Tom Dufly has been seen with his new sitlfrend, the amorous Dolores Barker. The happy couple wae being visited Teinidad fora shore vacation, 2 He was extremely insensitive and didn't listen to me at all. > I'm to see her again. ¢ I'mthe least person in the world and I don't have a single good picture of myset. 4 Money, money, money, that's al she thinks about She's completely ‘© Stop being so. know you don't really believe what you're saying 1 I's aminteresting painting of her, but its a little3. Match the TV shows with the descriptions. Toes Chae! ZT0)pm-800pm) Pating eet (he Lug Chanel 38pm p) ware Gigi Spn0309) o Hot Gossip (BBTV, 11:00 p.m.-IESS p.m.) 2 Celebrities in the news ~ fing out which Hollywood star is suspected of leading a double lite. Hot Gossiy b Comedy show about a glamorous officer in the highway patrol Family Court (B8Ty 600 pam-9:00 pm) Stop, Thiet (1¥22, 145 pm-8:30p.m) € Documentary about six convicted criminals who escaped from a high-security jail 4 Enjoyable action movie about a photographer who has to hide from a mysterious man in black. © Ordinary members of the public in the fight against crime. This week: @ burglar is caught in an ‘embarrassing situation {Proceedings are dramatically stopped in Kate's divorce when the judge has a heart attack Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. committed escaped kidnapped stolen 2 Thepolice___arrested her after along car chase, She had the car that she was driving. © She had more than fitty different crimes in twenty-four hours. @ Inher worst crime, she had a ten-year-old child. © She climbing over a wall. after only two weeks by 5 Complete the email with the words in the box. Actually Anyway great = Guess let Love news Talking thing _ touch Dear Pia, ‘twas ()_great to hear from you. I didn't know the @) ‘bout Anna and Giorgio, but not sorry to heart. They merent getting along at al, o I never ike Giorgio, and Anna eserves someone better than him. The good ” ‘ow is that she can look for someone else "heard trom Sue, who was in (5) last week 2 © 004 Listen and figure out the correct spelling of ‘the following phrases. a wannathink She's looking forward to her baby and she's had all the tests. Apparentiy, its a boy, s0 her husband i happy. but | think she wanted agi. 6 of happy couples, it sounds as though YoU very happy with You em oss j 0 taking a vacation in August. 8) on vacation then, too. 9) ‘exact dates when | have them. Why don't wwe do something together? (10) lan [was so happy to hear that you're what? rm you know my 6 Number the lines in the correct order to make a ‘mini-conversation. a ‘Conversation 1 Iwas arrested last night. Oh, no. fm sorry to hear that. What happened? ‘That's terrible. Who did they think you were? ‘The police thought | was someone else. You don't look too happy. How are things going? Conversation 2 a [Mie sctuaty, b __ Yes, I'm going to an engagement party. «Are you doing anything intresting tis weekend? 4 C1 tuety you! wnase ist? Conversation 3 2 Guess wnat? > How annoying! © Not parking ticket this afternoon. 4 wate © 2 Listen and check. PRONUNCIATION 1 ©0u Listen and repeat the sentences. Notice the ‘way that some words are joined together. a Kate Moss asked, us_not.to take pictures_of her daughter. b People also want.to. think that they're just normal people. ‘¢ She stopped. to ask_her_if she was OK. 4 They want to know what he’s going. to o_about it. b-promistachange ¢ forgeddaboudit4 jusdoingajob © wotchagonnadoaboudit f wazityafirstime WRITING Writing an essay Linking sentences with although, desphe, however 1 Read the examples in the box, showing how to contrast ideas using although, despite, and however. Contrasting ideas attnough Although I'ma fan of Alicia Key. 'm not interested inher private lite He claims his marriage i happy, although he was seen ‘ats New York club with his personal assistant despite Despite the fact that 'm a fan of Alicia Keys 'm not interested inher private life He claims his marriage is happy. despite the fact that he nas seen in a New York club with his personal asistant. however Fa fan of Alicia Keys. However, 'm not interested im her private lite He claims his marriage is happy. However, he was seen at a New York clab with his personal assistant, 2 Complete the sentences with although, despite however. 2 Alot of people buy gossip magazines, the fact that they contain a lot of trash. 'b Young people often look up to movie and rock stars. these celebrities are not always good role models. « some celebrities say they hate the tabloid press, they sometimes sell their stories to these newspapers for alot of money. 4 [ike some movie stars, 'm not interested in reading about their love lives. © Most people lke to read gossi tthe fact that they claim the opposite. 1 Newspapers should not be allowed to print lies. _ it's important for the press to remain free. cmpretemmmnerancemernaene believe conclusion epinion point 2 Inmy___opinion __, itis wrong for the press to photograph the private lives of movie stars. Personally, that we have the right to know about their lives. However itis important to that the press sometimes goes too far. 4 Although some people fee! that itis to print these stories, many stars {0 not mind at all © However, perhaps the most important is what the individual celebrities considered more remember wrong think about it. f Whatis some celebrities will sell their stories to the press. a All things 1 do not think that we should ban this kind of reporting. hon would say that we should the reporting of these scandals. Write an essay, using the title and essay plan bel 2 First, make a plan on a piece of paper. Use some’ the Ideas from Exercise 2 to help you. b Before you start, look at the language in Exercise 3 to help you. Celebrity scandals" In the press: should they be banned? Paragraph introcuction Explain that some people think thatthe reporting of celebrity scandals inthe press shoud be banned. You right want to give an example of such a scandal Paragraph 2:Cive your opinion and choae atleast two reasons fr this. Also gve arguments against your reasons. Paragraph 3:State the opposite opinion wit atleast wo reasons that could be given fort Argue agains these reasons Paragraph 4: Conclusion Give your opinion again “scandals = reports inthe press about shocking behaviorMN Travel GRAMMAR 1 Canyou name the countries: A, 8, and C7 Choose CQ) tommisise Angola Brazil Colombia Cuba Honduras. Mozambique Uruguay Venezuela about | about | about 32million | 208 million | Million spanish | Portuguese | Spanish "tropical and | semi- tropical | sub-tropical | _ tropical iron, steel a | authan | sabes | St ay aluminum | machinery, . coffee’ | coffee Highest Highest | 979m | 293m | 1974m 2 Look at the table above again and complete the ‘sentences with the words in the box. Country A couldnt definitely ‘guess might 2 It_couldn't be Brazil, because they speak Portuguese in Brazil - w& BI think it be Colombia, because there are some high mountains there, aren't there? 1 it could be Venezuela. think they have lots of oi, 4 it____ isn’t Uruguay, because I'm sure that it isnt tropical Country 8 couldn't certainly could must a its ‘not Cuba, because that's Spanish-speaking. b Andit bbe Honduras ~ that’s not a very industrialized country «tt be Angola ~ | think they have a climate like that 4 It____ be Brazil. None of the other countries have so many people. Now write similar sentences about Country ¢. a » « 4 Read the text and number the sentences below in the order in which they happened in Michael! Crichton’s tite. ‘Michael Crichton, the author of Jurassic Park, was one of the world's greatest travelers. in his autobiography, Travels, he describes how he began "serious" traveling when he was 30 and he went to Bangkok. He then began his amazing adventures, ‘which included diving with sharks off Tabitl, watching {gorillas in the Congo, and living in the jungle in New Guinea Itall began in Los Angeles, where Crichton was writing movies for Hollywood. He had given up his studies at Harvard Medical School and he had separated from his wife, because he wanted to spend his time writing. At Harvard, he had already sold one ‘movie, The Andromeda Strain, to Hollywood, and he thad begun to ose interest in medicine. InLA, he made the successful science-fiction movie Westworld, but he then fell into a depression and. did not know what to do next. He decided to go to Bangkok, because a friend of his who lived there had invited him. It was the beginning of an incredibe life of traveling. a A friend invited him to Bangkok 'y Ve tel intoa depression. ¢ Heleft Harvard. 4 He made Westword. ¢ He sold The Andromeda Strain to Hollywood. 1 He went to Bangkok. 4 He went to Los Angeles. fh He went to Tahiti and the Congo Put the verbs in parentheses into the simple past or ‘the past perfect. Before he left Harvard, Michael Crichton had already sold (already / sell) a movie to Hollywood. He wanted to leave Harvard because he (think) the classes were boring,€ He separated from his wife before he (go) to LA. He went to Los Angeles because he (decide) to spend his time writing After he went to Los Angeles, he {fall into 2 depression. { Heremembered that a friend (invite) him to Thailand, @ When he arrived in Bangkok, his friend (meet) him at the airport Before ne went to Bangkok, he (never (be) outside America or Europe 5S Write three true sentences about the topics below. * three things that you had done before ten o'clock. this morning + three things you had eaten or drunk before lunchtime yesterday + three people you had spoken to today before you began this exercise VOCABULARY 1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. between far iw in not of of on on to live d)__ inthe northwest (2) ‘my country not (3) from the ‘mountains. My village is (4) the north of Chiang Mai, which is the nearest big city b I ive in the south-west of the country. The town is, 6 the coast, but we're (6) far from the mountains. © lve?) the north of the country. The town is (8) a lake to the north of Milan. 4 ive on an isiand in Lake Titicaca (9) the mountains (10) Peru and Bolivia, Which place (a, b,c, or d) is shown in the picture? & 2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. [ancient Budaniet vir) skyline snow-capped watertal There are seven temples at the __Buddhist _ monastery of Taktshang, Bhutan, which hangs from a cliff at 700 meters above the river below. b There are many good ski resorts in the Rocky Mountains. © The ruins of Stonehenge were possibly a temple to a sun god 4 Water from the Tortum Lake, 100 kilometers north of Erzurum in eastern Turkey, falls 48 meters in a spectacular Into the river below, © You can get a good view of the Manhattan from the Statue of Liberty f You can go to the root of many of the buildings in Manhattan. Underline the correct alternative below to complete the texts. The Yucatén Peninsula Most of the beaches are (?) by apartment buildings and restaurants. They are especially (2) with tourists and the beautiful sands are full of (3). But there are still same (4) places. The prettiest part of the coast is Puerto Morelos, where you get spectacular (5) of the ocean, The Sussex Coast The towering white (6) of Sussex in the (7) part of England begin atthe headland of Beachy Head. You