10.1 The weather (OEEMERY the weather 1. Match the weather words in the box to photos a-c. cloudy dry fegey freezing icy rainy showy sunny warm wet windy 66 Ont Oxford 3000" The world around us Complete the sentences with a verb from the box. blew foze Fined shone snowed 1 Thegroundwaswetafterit_rained_duringthe night. 2 ‘The high winds down one of the treesin my garden. 3 They went skiing afterit 4 We iad a great day at the beach - the sun allay. 5 Therainwater and turned w ice. Lookat the UK weather map andre the kath UK weather map and lie best wordstocomplete the weather forecast. UK weather forecast for today In Scotland, temperatures went down to minus 6°C last right. There isa lot of Yc8)/ cloud on the roads today and you can see some snow / thunder on the mountains, Northern Ireland and the north of England are going to have more 3ice / rai. In Wales, it's a good idea to stay indoors today because there's a very big 4storm / fog with lots of thunder and lightning and very high Swinds / rain, The east of England is dry, but itis dificult to see in come placoe becaues thore ie heavy foun / fog There are some 7 clouds / rain in the south of England, but itis warm and sunny and there is more §sun / lightning to come later.foi) 02 103 104 105 comparative adjectives 6 Tick (V) or correct the sentences. 4. Write the comparative form ofthese adjectives. 1 low loner 6 expensive 2 big 7 tall 3 early 8 late 4 bad 9 dry 5 interesting 10 fat 5 Complete the text about the weather in different parts of Pakistan with dae comparative fora of he verb ins (brackets). awe eee 1 New York is old than Sydney. ‘New York i older than. Syne. 2 Islifein the city more expensive than life in the country? 3 The weather is more bad today than itwas yesterday. 4 Mynew/ob is interesting than my old job. 5. [think spring and autumn are nicer summer or winter. than Islamabad. Some ofthe highest mountains inthe worl ave i northem Pakistan [tis much * higher (high) and 7 2 (Cot ther than the rest ofthe county during the winter. The cepa ty, slamabad, isin the north-east. Winter and spring in slamabad are Is French easier to learn than German? 2 (coo than summer and autumn, Summer than in comparative sentences PEO MT 701) Readandlisicn othe sentences Dooshanhavea ee eta ‘weak sound oa! (W), ora strong sound Ban (2 ther months of te yet. Te second half of summer is the : ee ee ee eee 1 Thichatel amore mpensivethan thet hel WW a 2 Chinais bigger than Thailand, — Arachis Pakistan's eget ison the southern 3 wiakscisieleat amass coast Like Islamabad, Karachi very hot n summer 4. Ithinksurfingis better than skiing. buvienas 7 how rane chat fetamaban. 1's 5 Travelling by train is more interesting than flying probably # (009) to visit Karachi in winter or 8; Sonne seople nie fetes than cess Spring than in summer because the temperatures are = °___(comfortabe). b 101) Listen again and repeat, Copy the pronunciation, ean Very well__Qute well_More practice describe the weather oO O O use comparative adjectives. o O Oo or10.2 Natural wonders nature and geography 1 Lookat the photos and complete the grid. Whatis number 9? rj [e[e[ale le 2 Choose the correct words to complete the text. WAL avail sa group of (land) deserts inthe middle of the Pacifie Ocean. The biggest sland / mountain in the group is Hawati (also called The Big One) but the state capital, “Honolulu, ison the south rainforest / coast ofthe third largest island, Oabu. Things to d0 aud see in Hawaii “2 Go fora walkin the Kalu ‘Desert / Lake (take plenty of water with you as is very hot and dey there). ‘8 Spend a day lying on the world famous 5 waterfall / beach {in Waikiki or lean to surf there. “4 Trek through the beautfel Hawaiian lake / rainforest. ‘Wear good walking boots and take a camera to photograph the birds and animals tha live there. “® Visit Mauna Kea~ the highest mountain / beach in Hawai You can drive to the top of Mauna Kea in about {wo hours and near the top you can visit 8Lake J Coast ‘Watau — but dorit go into the water oF drink it. “Relax on a boat trip along the Wailua ® Mountain f River. ‘2 Take trip tothe Waimea Falls Park on O'ahu. There you can sium in the pool underneath the fiteen-metre high waterfall mountain 3. Label the compass with words from the box. east north north-east north-west south south-east southavest west.LIcucls superlatives 4 Complete the travel tips with the superlative form ofthe adjectives in (brackets) Getting to O'ahu Honolulu Internationa Airport is Hawalts * lacgest (large) and? (busy airport. Most visitors artve here Getting around One of the (good) ways to get around the capital, Honoll, is by public anspor, ut the (easy) way W See the rest oF the tla ts by car ‘When to visit Any ime of year fsa god met iit the land, bt the (warm) and 6 (dry) part of the year isbetween April and November ‘The beaches ‘The? (famous) beaches on O'ahu are Waikiki and North Shore. North Shore is the (populae) beach for surfing. Accommodation The' (big) hotels are in Waikiki, but the hostels and campsites are probably the (cheap) places to say. Make sentences anid questions wlth supertauves, 1 the Congo River / deep / riverin the world (9) The Conga River ic the dee 2 summer / usually / hot / time ofthe year 0 3. what /old / city in the world 0 4. Mount Kilimanjaro /high / mountain in Africa % 5. which /interesting / museum in Rome st river in the world, 1o1_ff02) 103 104 105 6 Choose the best way to complete the sentences. 1 Tewas milder than /the coldeitday of the year 2 ‘The Himalayas are higher than / the highest the Alps. 3 Pragueis one of more beautiful | the most beautiful cities in Europe. 4 Arethe Petronas Towers taller than / the tallest buildings in Malaysia? 5 ‘The weatheris worse the worst now than it was ast week. 6 Where are the windier / the windiest places in the would? superlatives 72 402}) Listen and match the phrases and the photos. thebest the dirtiest thefastest the hottest the most dangerous. the oldest the fastest 0 6 that/bad /hotelin the town @ 17 yesterday Funny /day ofthe week 3 ¢ @ 1b 102/) Listen again and repeat can verywell__Qute well_Mor practice describe nature and geography. oO Oo oO use superatve adjectives. o o Oo70 10.3 Vocabulary development (AETTEG collocations 1 Choose the correct options to complete the collocations. 1 India got highcor®/ number in the hockey match and won the game. 2 ‘The high / deep price of houses in the UK makes it difficult for young people to buy their first home. 3 Wearrived late because there was heavy strong traffic oon the motorway. 4 'mavery mild light sleeper. Any small noise wakes meup. 5 lewasa very bad /freezing storm ~all ofthe buses and trains stopped running. 6 Australia has very weak / mild winters the average temperature is 15°. Underline the incorrect collocation in each group. 1 adeepsleeper adeeplake —_adeepmountain 2 amildstorm amildday mild weather 3 strongwinds astrongaccent astrongsleeper 4 ahardworker ahardeoffee —ahardjob 5 aclosefriend acloserelative aclose person 6 hightraffic —highprices high salary ‘Choose a noun to go with each pair of opposite adjectives. coffee sleepers temperatures twatfic winds 1 strong/light _winds 2 deepllight 3. high/low 4 heavy/light 5. weak/strong (eee 4 Put the words under the correct heading. tebiow cloud elotdy dry fog foggy to freeze freezing ice icy lightning rain torain rainy toshine snow tosnow snowy storm sun sunny: thunder want wet wind windy 1 weather adjectives loudy, 2. weather nouns: , (Or oxford 3000" 3 weatherverbs tabla ‘Match the words in the box to the d ions, beach coast desert island lake mountain rainforest river waterfall 1 Aplace where water moves froma high place toa low place. 2 Alargehot and dry area witha lot of sand, eg. the Sahara, waterfall 5 Atatea ofan next dieses 4. Avery large hill, eg. Everest 5 Alargearea ofland with los of trees and plants where itrains alot. 6 Alarge area of water with land all around it, e.g. Baikal, 7 Along area of water that travels across land toa sea ora lake, eg. the Nile. 8 The land thatis next to thesea. You often find beaches here. 9 Anarea ofland with waterall aroundit, eg. Cuba, Pur the letiers in the right order to find the compass pointe 1 stea 2 hontr 3 utosh 4 stew east ‘Complete the collocations with words from the box, ‘accent coffee fiend prices sleeper (x2) storm traffic weather worker bad close deep hard heavy high Tigh mild strong coffee / winds / _storm. score / salary / temperature / 10 weak10.4 Speaking and writing SYSLOG reasons and preferences ES esilinaentoncmin meant pine cboce fin case tains at night (GES dark at nights 2... because we can use wood to make a fire / eompass cooking equipment first aid kit GPS lighter ‘we could get tired. map sleeping bag stove tent torch 3... because it's cold at night / they're expensive. 4... because it’s difficult to sleep in the forest / it’s easy to get lost because i's dificult to make a firein the rain | stove is heavy to.carry. 1 compass 1. Match the words from the box to the photos. b wait listen and check, en to the sentences, and say the reason. Then © STUDY TIP record youre when you practise a speaking activity. Usten tothe recording and check your pronunciation describe places 4 Match the two halves ofthe sentences about Uganda. Come to Uganda! 1 Wo have many rivers and lakes including Lake Vietoria, 2 You can fish, and take boat rips to visit the 3. Uganda also has some of the best national parks 4. Temperatures in Uganda are more comfortable than 5 Itisusually wet, but there are two dry seasons. lis 6 Ugandans are friendly and welcoming and the country isone of - a Ee a. 2 Correct the sentences about a camping tip. 1 Tthink we should to take a torch. I think.we should take a torch 2. Iimpreter to takea tirst aid kit instead ofa stove. inthe world, where you can see a lot of wonderful birds and animals, bb the world’s largest tropical lake. ©. the most beautiful in Africa. Come and visit! 4 visit between December and February, and June and Angust € islands and see many different birds and animals. 1 many tropical areas because ofthe height ofthe country. 3 The most usefulest things to take are the sleeping bags. 4 Amap is more important a lighter. 5. Usea stove isa better idea than make a fire. Jean... Very well Quite well_More practice se adjective + noun collocation. sve preferences and reasons, vwmte @ description ofa place lOJOJO IOJO|O la|OjO n10.5 Listening for pleasure Esmee 41a Match the words in the boxto the definitions. ingredients recipes utensis 1. the instructions that you use to cook different meals 2 the different types of food that you need to make a meal 3. the equipment that you use to cook a meal b Decide ifthe followingare parts ofa recipe (R), ingredients (1) or utensils (U). Check the meaning of any new words in your dictionary. 1 boil 5 garlic 2 saucepan 6 herbs 3 wast = 7 wash 4 knife grill 2 Match the ingredients and verbs in the box to the photos, te-bolt garlic togril herbs oliveoll_ towash 1 ts beil 4 41041 Listen to an extract from a TV cookery programme. ‘Match the questions and answers from the cookery programme. Howare you? 9. Whit are you cooking for us lay? Isthe recipe difficult? —_ Doesit take a long time to prepare? _ ‘Wat ingrtlionéa or yen Do you want me to help? Isthis one of your own recipes, Marcus? Jing? 9 Noy thicicone of my mother's b Wel, forthe milk chicken, you need a chicken, halfa cee of milk, . im doing my own special roasted potatoes. Yes. please. I need you to wash the chicken first. No,not long. f 8 chicken with lemon No, isn’t ~it’s very simple Fine thanks, Steve. 104i) Listen again and check 4051) Listen and read the questions from the cookery programme, Does the speaker's voice go up or down at the end ofthe question? Cixel@the correct answer. 1 Howareyou? up Goud 2 Whatareyou cooking forustoday? up. down 3. Isthe recipe difficult? up down 4 Doesittakealongtimeto prepare? up down 5 What ingredients are you using? up down 6 Doyouwantmetohelp? up down 7 Isthisone ofyour own recipes, Marcus? up down Complete the sentences. 1 The speaker's voice goes up / down at the end of yes/no questions that begin with do and be. 2 The speaker's voice goes up / down at the end of questions that begin with a question word.Review: Units 9 and 10 101102 103 104 105 1. Choose the correct options. A. Hi, like \Gomid/ much chicken, please. About 250 grams. B Sure, Anything else? A Yes,2a/-bottle of olive oil and 3 any / some black olives. B Here you are. ‘A. Et, do you have*much / any mangoes? B Yes, we've got quite lot/ many of mangoes. How many much do youwant? ‘A justthree, And can Lhave some” lemon / lemonst B I'msorry, we don't have ®any / some today. 2 Complete the text with the comparative or superlative form ofthe adjective in (brackets) Mount Everest Mount Everest isthe highect_ (high) mountain in the world. Itisalso one of the? (difficult) ‘mountains to climb, Climbers have to practise on 3 (small) mountains before they try to climb Everest and they have to be very fit. Only the ‘ (i people get to the top! Climbers need quite alt of money, too. Everest is one ofthe (expensive) mountains to climb because you need special equipment and guides. There are lots of (cheap) places to go climbing! ‘There are often very strong winds in the mountains anditis?___ (dangerous) to climb when it iswindy. The® (good) time of the year to climb Everestis in the spring when itis? (safe) and there is more chance of success than at other times, Summer ie the (bad) time to climb because of the weather. 3 Match the definitions to five of the words in the box. bake chop afood-processor fork a frying pan honey akettle alemon mix aplate roast saucepan aspoon toast 1 You mix different foods in it 2. You cook food init. 3. You eat soup with i. 4 Cook meat in the ven, 5 Cutinto smaller pieces. Complete the text with the words/phrases from the box. coast highwinds hot island mild weather mountain 1.2 million rain temperatures. a tenth Mauritius is a small *_islata_In the indian Ocean with ‘a population of 2, ‘Over? of the population (150,000 people) live in the capital city, Port Louis. Mauritius is two thousand miles from south-east Africa. It has beautiful sandy beaches - the best ones are on the east 4 The highest part of Mauritius is Pieter Both, an 823-metre high 5 in the centre of the island, ‘The weather in Mauritius doesn't change very much, ‘Summer is from November to April and the weather ‘can be quite This is also the wettest time Cf year, with 900 mm to 1,500 mm of 7 ‘There are sometimes storms with very # The country has ? in winter when the ” are between 17°C and 23°C. Complete the restaurant conversation between Jo (J), Lyn (1) and the waiter (W) with words/phrases from the box. can! course have instead ike themens to order prefer should J. Canwesee' the men, please? W Certainly. Here youare, 1. Tthinkwe? order quickly because there's a meeting at 2.30, OK.Er... excuse me? W Would youlike? now? 1 Yes. Could 14 the tomato soup and a cheese salad, please? w ofs And for you, madam? Le havea mushroom omelette, please? W Wouldyou? _somethingto drink? J Asmall portie oflemonade for me. Lyn? L ‘The same, please. Oh, sorry, no. Ithink I . to havea bottle of sparkling water? . 73