Grammar Questo forms Vocabulary Common adjectives Grammar Present simple and present continuous Vocabulary Adverbs Ihwas realy nice to mest you Everyday English Greeting people; Ending @ conversation rm sending you some photos. Reading An email about a holiday Do you play any sports? im realy into Facebook Reading and listening extension Review and extension Reading An article about internet dating WOROPOWER ike 4 Pronunciation Long and short vowels 5 Pronunciation Sentence stress 6 Wiring skills Corecting mistakes 7 Wiring A reply to an email asking about a holiday LUstening A conversation about making frends 8 2 t2 Travel and Tourism ‘We ad an adventure Grammar Past simple Vocabulary Tourism Grammar Past continuous Vocabulary Travel collcations Everyday English Asking fr information in a public place Everyone was walting fr me What ime's the net train? Thiscityis afferent, but very Reading A travel biog Reading and listening extension Reading An article about a race anmar Preset perfect or pas simple Vecabulary make co/ give caloations ‘Grammar Present perect with just, already and yet Vocabulary Money Everyday English Talking to people in shops Have you ever helped a Ive already spent my salary Do you have anything We've successtuly raised _Realling An ema about raising money for chaity Reading and listening extension Review and extension Reading An article about saving money WoRDPOWER jst "Ym gomngto the hakdressers Grammar Present cartinuous and ging Vocabulary Cites and appearance Grammar Wil / wort) shall Vocabulary Adjectives: places Everyday English Making arrangements ‘Shall we go tothe market? ‘Are you doing anything on ‘re you tree on Saturday? Reaing An eral irvtation Reading an¢ listening extension Review and extension Reading An article about afm directors day WORDPOWER (ook Grammar mast) have o/can ‘have o work ong ours Imight get job tocay! Grammar will and might for predictions iinish things here, fyou Everyday English Orfers and suaestions. Iam writing to apply fora job Reading A job advert and a letter ‘Reading and listening extension Review and extension Probiems and Advice | You should have a break Reading An article about studying and careers WORDPOWER job and work Grammar impeative; should Vocabulary Verbs with dependent prepostions Grammar Uses of fo +ifintve Vocabulary -2/ -ing adjectives Everyday English Asking for and giving advice Reading An email asking for advice | was very fightoned What do you tink I should do? Fotten wary about tests and Reading and listening extension Review and extension Reading A magazine advice column WORDPOWER vero + to Prommciation-ed endings : 10 n Sentence stress: vowel sounds " Pronunciation Joining words 2 Writing sls Linking words 13 Writing A biog post stoning conversation about travel problems: 4 5 18 ” Pronunciation Sentence stress 18 Weting skits Paragraphing 19 Writing An email to colleagues about a charly stoning A conversation about helping people 20 Pronunciation Sound and speling: going fo 2 Pronunelation Sound and speling: wantand wont 28 Pronunclation Sentence stress 2 ‘Waiting skills Inuting anc repiying 2 Writing A reply to an invitation LUstening A conversation about summer plans 26 2 Fy Pronunciation Sentence stress: vowel sounds 0 Writing skills Organising an email 3t ‘Writing letter applying for ajo LUstening A conversation about jobs 2 Ea Pronunciation Sound and sping: fu an uy 4 8 Pronunciation Main siess 6 Wiring skills Linking: ordering ideas and giving examples. 37 Wiring An eral ving advice Listening A conversation about problems with studying 38 38TA Imthe happiest ve ever Grammar Comparatves and superatives 40 been Vocabulary ger coliocations TB Icicnt use to est heathy Grammar used to 4a food Vocabulary Heath collcations 70 tthurts athe time Everyday English Doctors’ questions Pronunciation Tones fr asking questions a2 7D Alter that, | decided to make Reading A biog Wing skills Linking: ordering vents a a change Wiiting A biog post about mak'ng changes Reading and listening extension Reading An article about how things were inthe past Listening A conversation about changes “4 Review and extension WORDPOWER change 45 ‘BA My favourte book is based on Grammar The passive: present and past simple 6 a2 tue story Vocabulary Art and music; Common verbs inthe passive ‘8B Ive hated rugby since |was Grammar Present perfect with for and since Pronunciation Wore stress a at schoo! Vocabulary Spots and actvties ‘8C Im really sorry [haven't caled Everyday English Apologies and excuses Pronunciation Tones for continuing or rishi 48 ‘8D I couldn't put the book down Reading A revew ofa famous book Wein skill Postive and negative comments; 49 Linking: though, however Waiting A book review Reading and listening extension Reading An atc from a tourist brochure LUstening A conversation about tourism in Australia 50. Review and extension WORDPOWER by 5 AIF don't pass this exam, Grammar First conditional Pronunciation Word groups 52 [won't be very happy Vocabulary Degree subjects; Etlucationcollacatons | managed to stop feeling shy Grammar Verb patterns 53 Vocabulary Verbs flowed by fo + infinitive / verb + ing 98 Who's calling, pease? Everyday English Telephoning people you know; Pronunciation Main stress: contastive 54 Telephoning people you don’t know 90 Online courses are new tome Reading The profile ofa French student Wting sits Avoiding repetition 58 Wting A student proie Reading and listening extension Reading An article about studying inthe UK LUstening A conversation between a student anda 86 professor Review and extension WORDPOWER Mult-word verbs with put 57 OA Would you do the right thing? Grammar Second conditional Pronunciation Sentence stress: vowel sounds 58 Vocabulary Mut-word verbs 108 I'm oo embarrassed to Grammar Quantiers; f00/ not enough Pronunciation Word stress 58 compiain Vocabulary Noun formation NOC Can | exchange i for Everyday English Returning goods and making Pronunciation Sentence stress 60 something ese? complaints 10 We're realy sory we missed it Reading Emails with apologies Wing skis Formal and informal language 6 Witing An email to apologise Reading and listening extision Reading An article about smartphones Listening A conversation about online shopping 2 Review and extension \WORDPOWER Mut-word verbs with an 63 A Its robot that looks lke 2 Grammar Defining relative clauses ‘Pronunciation Word stress: compound nouns Cy human Vocabulary Compound nouns {1B I think they discovered it by Grammar Arles Pronunciation Sress in adverbials, 65 chance Vocabulary Acvortials: luck and chance 11C Its sight ahead Everyday English Asking for and ghing directions ina Pronunciation Sound and spelling: /! and Jl 66 bulging {11D In my opinion, its because of Reading Osinions about important inventions Wiring skills Expressing esuls and reasons a the Internet Weting A we past ping an opinion Reading and listening extension Reading An amazing stow LUstening A conversation about crime 68 69 12h | had abwaysthoueht they Pronunciation Sound and speling:/, au and fou! were dangerous Vocabulary Animals 128 He said | was selish! Grammar Reported speech n Vocabulary Personality acjectves 126 i'm prety sures Japanese Everyday English Agreeing and cisepsecing Pronunciation Nain stress: contrasive n 120 About an hour later, the ain Reafng A story about a helpful act ting skills Linkers: past tine ts stopped Witing A story about an accident and a rescue Reading and listening extension Reading An aticie about buying 2200 LUstening A conversation about a bad experience ™ Review and extension WoROPOWER 2g 75 Voxpop ideo re 7 Co Auioscrints 2Lt A Do you play any sports? EE VOCABULARY Common adjectives @ Underline the correct words to complete the sentences. 1 The new building opposite the university is rude / ugly / alright. | hate it 2 Our new teacher is nays very serious sly rude. We work very hardin her lessons and she never smiles or laughs. The cakes in the new bakers are sily/ serious / delicious! My brother's new girlfriend is ugly / gorgeous! delicious. I think she's a fashion model We played lots of sily/ horrible perfect games at Sarah’s birthday party, I've got some really funny photos on Facebook, Lily's @ perfect strange’! lovely person. Her grandchildren love visiting her. 1b Complete the sentences with the adjectives in the box. ‘boring alright awful amazing delicious rude strange perfect 1'm not interested in football It's so boring Thanks for the chocolates. They were —___! Look at this beautiful weather — i's a____day to 0 to the beach The fm we saw lastnight was really I didn’t understand it tall. A How was the restaurant? B Oh, it was__ restaurants in my town, Rowe There are better Italian 6 The weather in Scotland was ___.Itreined every day. 7 The band were ! twas the best concert I've ever been to 8 The water in the hotel was, _. He sald we were stupid because we couldn't speak English very well! GRAMMAR Question forms ‘Underline the correct words to complete the questions. 1 How many children he does have / does he have / does have he? 2 Where did you meet/ did meet you ! you met your husband? Did he grow up He grew up! He did grow upin this area? What was like the film was the frm lke the fm was lke? 5 How much paid you / you did pay/ did you pay for your ‘smartphone? 6 Why she go! Why she went/ Why did she goto the USA? 7 How many fims he made / did he make? did make he last year? 8 How was your holiday | your holiday was | did your holiday bet Put the words in the correct order to make questions. 1. you / Sarah's friend / are? 2 work /a bank /he / does Jin? 3. you /last month / to New York / go / did J why ? 4. ike / that new Brazilian / what / restaurant /is ? 5 with your sister / who / that man / was ? 6 TV programmes / you / do / watch / what type of ? 7. 0 t0//did / which university / you ? 8 did /how much / cost /the tickets ?HE VOCABULARY Adverbs Put the words in brackets in the correct place in each sentence. 1 They see their grandchildren now that they lve in Australia. hardly ever) 2 Lenjay watching old Hollywood movies. (particularly) coisitiaananaealaeeteems Aaesevtae e 3. She hates it when people are late for meetings. (absolutely) i ee 4 We goo alan restaurants, but sometimes we also go to ‘Turkish ones. (generally) pe 5. We're sure his ight arrives at Terminal 2, but | need to ccheck it. (pretty) 6 | hope she brings her gorgeous brother to the party! (realy) b Underline the correct adverbs to complete the sentences, 1 love rock music, but| absolutely! especialy fairy ike ‘The Rolling Stones. They're my favourite band. 2 He hardly ever / never especially phones his mother ~ ‘maybe once or twice a month. 3 | rarely! pretty normally enjoy horror films, but this one was awful! 4 She's faity/ absolutely/ rarely good-looking, but | don't think she's beautiful 5 I never! really hardly ever hate maths. | just don't understand it! 6 She generally particularly rarely takes her femily out for dinner — only when it's her birthday. 7 They love all sports, but they're fairly mainly pretty interested in football. They watch all the matches on TV. 8 It's pretty! normally / rarely cold today, so why don't you take your gloves? PRONUNCIATION Long and short vowels a ©MM Listen tothe words. Do the letters in bold make long or short vowel sounds? Tick (7) the words with long vowel sounds. 1 6 Osiy 2 7 music 3 Gl cinema 28 Cl sport 4 Cl food 9D tienaty 5 Ll party 10 F) bles GRAMMAR Present simple and present continuous Underline the correct verb forms to complete the sentences. 1. She is loving loves f love reading fashion magazines at the hairdresser’. 2 We usually are going/ goes goto the café opposite the hotel 3 | im reading read! reading a great book in English et the moment. 4 He 's wanting / does want / wants to phone his family in “Tokyo. Can he use this phone? 5 Why are you waiting do you wait/ you waiting for the bus? Let's walk home, 6 I hardly ever am visiting visit/ visits my cousins in Ireland. 7. She studies studying 's studying French poltics at university this ery 27.072 8 Yes, they're here. They play! ‘e playing! playing a ‘computer game in the living room. b Complete the conversation with the present simple or present continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible. ALICE What 1's Sarah doing (Sarah, do) in that shop? NAOMI. She ® (buy) some postcards to send to her family, ALICE Really? 1° generally (nat send) postcards. | usually ® (write) a message on my Facebook wall. And sometimes |& (put) a few photos of ry holiday on my wall. NAOMI. Yes, me too, but Sarah's grandparents Z (not have) a computer, so she 6 (end) them postcards instead. ALICE Oh, and what © (Tom and Jack, do) this morning? NAOMI They (spend) the day at the beach, ALICE But Tom? (not lke) swimming in the sea. He says the water's too cold. NAOMI. Yes, but it (be) really hot today! ¢ @iMM Listen and check.RC MS) COM mem OR a Cy EEUSEFUL LANGUAGE Greeting people; Ending a conversation Underline the correct words to complete the conversation ‘SAM, JAMES SAM JAMES SAM JAMES SAM Hi, James! "Much / Long Very time no see! How are you? Hi, Sam, 'm fine, thanks. 2What a/ What/ How lovely surprise! Great to see you! Yes, i's really nice *see you / to see you you see, too. Where are you living “taday this day/ these days? (Oh, not Star from far of far away here. In Park Road, near the sports centre. Oh, Swhat how! who nice! ‘And 7she is ti / this is my wife, Jackie, PRONUNCIATION Sentence stress @ ©IHB Listen to the sentences and underline the stressed words. 1m pretty sure it was two months ago, 2 What a lovely surprise! 3. [twas really nice to meet you. 4_ I'm sory, but | really must go. 5 Where are you living these days? 6 I'm ate for 2 meeting, _-< —.AY CHSC am aera Ree RS ICN EE READING a Read Nandeep's email to Hannah and tick (Vv) the correct answer. a [J Nendeep is staying at the Taj Mahal hotel in Deli Ey Nandeen is visting his cousins in Boston. © E Nandee ison holiday at his aunt and uncle's house in Delhi b Read the email again. Are the sentences true or false? 1 Nandeep ally speak nH his coun arann 2 ses tg sa poe la aa | hope you're enjoying your stay in Boston, 4 Nandeep didn’t enjoy visiting the Taj Mahal. |'m spending a month on holiday in India. I'm. staying with 5 Nandeep often uses his aunt and uncle’s pool. ‘my aunt and uncle and my two cousins in Delhi. | don't 5 Nene cen we is unt a Spek ch HRA Uae peak Spier eS el Sconmncatnis apo tape ny a of pom Finan pacia wasaey oe as WRITING SKILLS to Ags oe tod Tt Maat woke owe tet Correcting mistakes there, Ths is a photo | took — what an amazing building! iaieai ahmra na wens iy eve 8 Corea the sentences. lana onnineed wie aaes Gece 1 Vm having a lovely time here in france. the water -is so relaxing! In the evenings | usually go to Soalvai'ay soune er aacicee esis ms am i punce vaaae is TET Te eee cea ee ees sete 3 Inthe mornings, | usually going to the beach with my Portuguese friends. Nandeep 4 hope your having a lovely time in Canada with your family. Their English are very go0d, but we always speak in German. EA WRITING @ Read the email from Paul. Use the notes in brackets to write Becky's reply. Hi Becky te) Hope you're having a nice holiday. ‘Tell me all about it! (Desoribe my holiday) ‘What's the hotel like? (Not in a hotel — staying with my family!) ‘What do you do every day? (Explain and [| send a photo) ‘See you soon (he OK? Ask) Love Pauling and listening extension EE READING @ Read the article. Match the statements 1-3 with the people a-c. 1 don't think internet dating i a good way to meet people. @ Joanna 2 Most people I've met online are friendly ~b Stephen 3 'mvery happy with the person I met oniine. Com INN How is it for you?* Are you looking for that special person? Do you want to meet new people? Lots of people meet their new partner over the Internet. It is particularly popular ‘ in the U.8.4., where about 30% of people meet their partner online. We talked to some young people in Ireland about their experiences of internet dating. JOANNA, 23, CORK STEPHEN, 28, DUBLIN ‘COLM, 22, GALWAY 1am dating aman | I normally wouldn't meet Thave several friends who | met on the Internet. His someone through the Internet. have met online. It’s a great name is Gavin and he is | prefer to meet people face-to- way to meet new people lovely. We have the same face. | think its difficult to know who have similar interests to hobbies and we laugh what a person is like from a photo you. Sometimes people can about the same things. ‘or some information online. bbe rude but most people are We rarely argue and our | want to get to know someone very friendly — its great funt relationship is perfect. properly, and | don’t think you | recommend it as a good tm so happy. can do that on the Intermet. way of meeting new people. ‘There might be some problems with meeting people online, but lots of people are doing it these days, and it helps people meet new people and make new friends. Good Inek! 'b Read the article again and tick (V) the best endings for the sentences, 1 inthe USA 5. The writer ofthe atc thinks that 2 C] people rarely use the Internet to find lve 2 [1] people hardly ever meet someone they tk internet dating isa normal way to meet people b Ey intemet dating can be a good way to mot peop'= ¢ [30% of young people havea boyfriend or giend ¢ EF] intemet dating is the best way to meet people fe Ere ee ee © Write a paragraph about different ways of meeting t» Eis very happy inher relationship new people. Think about ¢ Ey doesnt think internet dating is ight for her. * diferent places to meet new people 3 Stephen *+ some problems with meeting people for the frst time 2] woul keto meet git one. the stories inthe article © Ey] doesn't want to puta phot of himself enine * your own experience does think that you can get to know people oni. 4. Colm thinks that 2 Litsciticut to meet peope onine. » Fy people are oten unfriendly 3 ¢ L]the ntemets a good way to meet people and have funLISTENING a © Listen to the conversation. Match 1-3 with a-c to make true sentences. 1 Sophia 2 goes to aclub every week 2 Richard b is tiends with the people he lives with, 3 Peter meets people in a café every week b @imM Listen to the conversation again and tick (7) the best endings for the sentences. 1. The radio programme is about 2D] staring univers, b EJ moving o a new city how people make frends 2 Richard doesn't a usually goto bars. b ET like making friends with new people. ¢ [find it aticut to meet people at university 3 Richard tikes aL aoing to parties with his friends. t» Ey people who like sitar things to him. Dy the countryside near where he lives. 4. Sophias interested in aL] making friends witn people study b C1 joining a club. cL] meeting lets of citferent people. 5 Peter doesnt a [use the Internet to meet peopl. b Like the people he tives with ¢ E] usually go out in the evenings. 6 Which of the sentences is true about the students? 2 The university is helping al the students to make frends. b [1 The students are making trends in diferent ways g Drama. © Write questions and answers about what you do in your free time and who you spend it with, Think about these questions: ‘+ Where do you spend your free time? ‘+ What do you do and how often? ‘+ Who do you spend your free time with? e& Review and extension EE GRAMMAR Correct the sentences. 1 Where you went on holiday last year? Where did you go on holiday last year? ‘At the moment, she works in the café by the station. Why you missed the bus? | can't talk to you now because | do my homework. ‘What kind of music you usually listen to? 6 They waiting for the bus to London. VOCABULARY Correct the sentences. 1 The new Iron Man film is amaizingl The new iron Man film is amazing! We very enjoyed the film lastnight. ‘We had a lov time at the party last night. | think our History lessons are so borring. | think that man's a bit extrange. Look, he's talking to himself. ‘New York's allright, but | prefer living in London, actually ohen eo 2 Match 1-8 with a-h to make sentences. 11 [a] We can go fora walk inte park 2 [J What was the party 3 1] What gorgeous weather I looks 4 [1] The boy in the white T-shirt looks 5 [1] He loves films with superheroes, you know, 6 [J absolutely love this singer. She sounds 7 C1 Iwant to buy a computer 8 1 Thanks for your email it sounds ike the perfect day for the beach. like this one. How much isi? like Philip. They've got the same smile, Ed_ ke you'Te having a great holiday. ifyou lke Ef like Katy Perry like Batman or Spider-Man, Eh like last night?A RIEU Re ee Tick (V) the correct sentences. Correct the wrong, sentences. 11 The train not arrived unt 22:30, s0 we got home around midnight, “The train didn't arrive unt 22:30, 20 we got home ‘anund midnight, 2 [I slept very badly on the plane, so | feeled very tired the next day. 3 [1] Did you took the train from New York to Washington? 4 1] We flew from London to Manchester because it was really cheap. 5] They spended two rights ina hotel and then they stayed ata trend’s house for three dys 6 [Nett enjoyed my tip to Sealand because the weather wasn't very 000, 7 [7] Wien | got back to my hot | found a message from my sister, 8 [J We unpacked our suitcases and ate dinner inthe hotel restaurant, Itcost 100 euros! 'b Complete the exchanges with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible. 1A How was (be) your flight? B Fine, thanks, but | the seats, 2 A What (you, do) last summer? B We (not have) much money, s0 we (decide) to stay in the UK, 3 A Where (Ben, go) on holiday lat year? He —____(g0) to Canad. (nat sleep) because (nat be) comfortable. an (you, bring) back any souvenirs from Jamaica? B Yes, 1—— (ao) | (buy) some Blue Mountain coffee. 5 A _____{you, meet) your French friends when you were in Paris? B Yes, we (do) We ___— (meet) them for dinner one evening. CA (you, visit) your cousins in Los Angeles? B No, we______ (not have) time. yr, 5 10 @ Match 1-8 with a-h to make sentences. 1 [@] We decided to goto China on holiday, so we had to get 2 C1] Iimreatly bored. Why don't we do 3.) James decided io go away 4. Ey Going to the Oiympies i great, but you need to book 5 [tts good idea to buy 6 Li Come ont Let's unpack 7 EE My daughter cidn't have much money so she stayed 8 [J onthe day you leave, you need to check out of 2 to Scotland forthe weekend, our bags and go out fr lunch. imbostes when she went reveling fora year ¢. avisa from the embassy. some sightseeing ths afternoon? + your accommodation before you go. your hotel by 11 clock fh souvenirs here ~ they're very expensive at the apo. b Write the names of the holiday items under the pictures. 1 suntaniotion, «2 —___ (pees PRONUNCIATION -ed endings a Tick (v) the verbs that have an extra syllable when we add -ed, [ister [ttre | hate hated | ‘sound | sounded 2 cok [ested post | pete ite | ited (iar eed ime [es b @IEM Listen and check.B Everyone was waiting for me HE VOCABULARY ‘Travel collocations ‘a Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box. ‘miss take off get to change give land tene-setoft board hitchhike _teveteround When Iwas a student, my best frend and | called around Europe fr mph, We didn want travel by tan, so we 2b tel) Led One a lorry driver c_usaiit from Paris to Cannes ~ over 900 kilometres! shet_ke'f? trom pes eee ft se oc We morning, However, she © ‘the 06:30 train because there was a traffic jam in the town c: ur plane ®©_2ho4 aff trom Beijing 45 minutes late, butwe ?_Jeaded in Sydney ten minutes ear! ur journey from London to Glasgow was terrible! We hoards) _ our train in London at two o'clock, but then we °__cleaged trains in Birmingham and also in Manchester. In the end, we te” Zo _ Glasgow just afer midnight b Underline the correct words to complete the sentences, 1 A Why was there 2 big strike trafic jam/ tifton the ‘motonway this morning? B Because there was a crash / strike / queue between two cars at 7:20. 2 A Why did you fose/ miss delay your train? B Wel, my friend was driving us to the station, but her GPS wasn't working, so we set off/ broke down / got lost. Inthe end, we bought a map! 3A Why were there trafic jams / ong delays / long queues toall the fights from Heathrow Airport today? B Because there was a pilots’ sirte/ turbulence / delay yesterday, so lots of planes are atthe wrong aitport today. A There was a turbulence! something wrong / a strike with ‘our coach, so we waited fortwo hours at the service station 5 It took me over an hour to get my ticket because there was along delay / queue crash atthe ticket office, Then the train got lost took aff! broke down just outside Paris, so that's why I'm so late. “6 A It sounds like you had a bad fight between Washington and London. B Yes, there was alot of turbulence / queues / strikes over + the Allantic because ofthe bad weather. EAGRAMMAR Past continuous a Complete the sentences with the past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. 1 When we ative at the station, my une (wat for us inthe car park 2 Maes cenuseg (Snow) hard when we got 3 tne sox {lias (ou, fy) over the Alps wen was waiting started? 4 How fast cee vavdiselyou, drive) whe happened? 5 Where sucie ousdabfyou, stand) when the the handbag? © Did you get ost because your GPS + _wss'd wert work)? b Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. ‘My mother and | }_had _ (have) a terrible journey from London to Edinburgh lat weekend. Fist, when my brother 2 yas diving (drive) us to the airport on Saturday evening, his car iE patesae Dek can ‘on the motorway. In the end, we 422 .s¢-. _ (miss) our plane and °_bogld (Guy) some new ckes forthe fight on Sunday macring ise, However on Sunday moring we ase atin 9 (wait) for our flight when it?_watodec’ _ (start) snowing heavily, and they ® (decide) to close the airport. So.we °__/ec.4 __ (take) a taxi to Euston Station and 0 deag]4 (buy) tickets forthe 2pm tain to Esinburgh PRONUNCIATION Sentence stress: vowel sounds a @IM Listen to the sentences. Do the letters in bold sound like /a! as in computer, In/ as in dog or /at/ as in her? Tick (/) the correct box for each sentence. o [Seund Tier | Sound 2 ov] (28. computen | (eg. dag) 1 Were you waiting %, for the bus? (2 Twasnt driving the car 3 They were watching TV, ‘Sound 3 /3 (eg. hen | 4 Wewerent | having dinner. 5 She was talking (on her phone. [6 Was she listening? 7 He wasn't smoking, 8 They weren't |Everyday English What time’s the next train? HM USEFUL LANGUAGE Asking for information in a public place ‘Put the words in the correct order to make questions, 1 anything else / help you / with 1/ there is /can? Je-thene anything else can help you with? __ 2 Is /tell/ here / information desk / you / me / the / could ? e 3. Edinburgh / to / much /is a return ticket / how ? ois Eh VCO LEB 4 forthe airport / leave / do / often / buses / how / the ? Barcelona / time / the next coach / what / o/s ? 6 my ticket / pay / euros /can ffor in 1? 7 cana sandiich / the journey / for / where / buy /1? Where fal buy a Sandute pusrey 8 ataxi/to the airport / much /it/ does / cost/ to get / how ? Wisi niaeh trashy plac of deedth eae St (A Listen and check. © Complete the conversation with the words in the box. can nearhere have overthere could you exctise anything else actually from what time 1 Excuse me. Yes, how, | help you? ai tell me which platform the next train to London leaves 4____? a Certainly, madam. It leaves from Platform 2. OK, thanks, And®______ does it eave? ItIeaves at 10-32, in twelve minutes. Brilliant. Thanks. Is there & lean help you with? there is one more thing. Where can | buy a cup of coffee? Is there a café °__? B Yos, there is. There's a café on the platform, ‘A Great. Thanks so much, B No problem, ____a good journey. Match the traveller's sentences 1-8 with the ticket seller's responses a-h. Helo. 2 [Could you tell me what time the next ous to Fokkesione leaves, please? 3 C1 Great, thanks! And where does it eave from? 4 LJ lwillbe. Can | havea ticket, please? 5 [1] Here you are. Aso, i there somewhere I can buy @ newspaper? 6 [That's 0K. I can run fast. 7 es, | think thet it. Thank you for your help! 8 Thanks! Bye! 4 Goodbye! D Yes, of couse. It leaves in five minutes © Goad afternoon. How can |help you? 4 Certainly, Thatl be £9.50. €@ Noproblem, sir. Now hurry, or youl miss your bus! {From stop number 4, but you" need to be quick! You'll need to Is that al, sir? 1 Yes, atthe newsagent over there, but 'm not sure yout have ime, EAPRONUNCIATION Joining words (@IHB Listen to the questions. Tick (7) the two words that are joined together 1 When did you check into your hotel? a WZ checkinto — L] your hotel 2. How can |help you? a Clean! > help you 3. Didyou gota visa when you went to China? a Leta » C1 when you 4. What time did you set oft rom home? 2 D didyou » LJ setott 5. What ime i your plane? 2 Li time is » L] ieyour 6 How much s a return ticket to Bath? 2 Luc is b [to BathPAN READING @ Read Roberto's blog and tick (7) the correct answers. 1 Roberto and Ana are staying in 2 La hotel in the centre of London, > Ea hostel near Heathrow Airport. c Ey ahotal in Earl's Cour. & [7] a nostl near the centre of London. 2 On Sunday, Roberto and Ana a [J had fish and chips for lunch tb Ei spent all day atthe Bish Museum. cE] went to the Brifish Museum and Covent Garden ¢ C1 thought the Bish Museum as boring b Read the blog again. Are the sentences true or false? 1 On Saturday, it was warmer in London than in Séo Paulo. 2 Itwas difficult for Roberto and Ana to understand the people atthe airport. When they got tothe hostel, they went to bed. They didn't see all the rooms in the British Museum. ‘They had lunch in a restaurant in Covent Garden. 3) 4 They didr’t enjoy their fish and chips. 5 6 1 There was a long queu decided to go to the market instead. 2 We didnt visit the Tower of Lon tickets were very exoensive. ‘The hotel looked really nice, because / did't have any free rooms that night. WRITING SKILLS Linking words @ Underline the correct words to complete the sentences. for the museum, and/ so/ but we butthey Skills for Writing This city is different, but very friendly ‘SATURDAY Ana and | got to Landon at 1:30 tis moring leas a very log ight trom Séo Paul. When we gt off the plane, the first thing we noticed was the cold ~ six degrees! I'm glad brought a warm coat! In So Paulo, i was 35 degrees when we left. Everything they say about Londoner is tru! The people at the airport weren't very frend and they couldnt understand our English. And we couldt understand what they were saying. Inthe end, we took the underground from Heathrow Aiport to our hostel in Eas Cour, near the centre of London. The hostels ful of young tourists from all over the world and everyone was very friendly and helpful. We were very tired, so we decided to sleep for a few hours. ‘Anas telling me to gat ready ta go and eat, 80 | have to fish now ~ more tomorrow. EAWRITING use so/ butthe SUNDAY {Ana and had our first experience of British food lastnight. We went toa litle We decided to ty ish a i's a typical British dish and it was delicious with a hat cup of tea toith milk 8 Museum Museum is am interesting th huts there and on! rooms, We bought some s lunch and ther ‘market. There were lots of mu ‘magicians in the street, We had afternoon and Ana took lots of photos. ‘You can see them on Facebook a Read the notes. Write Maite's blog post about her holiday in New York, Yesterday | visited Elis Island so/ and'/ because the Statue of Liberty. There weren't any flights today but /so/ because there was a snow storm. Because / When / Sowe got to our hotel, | phoned my wife to wish her ‘Happy Birthday Itstarted raining hard, but/ because / so we didn't goto the mountains. We wanted to go to the concert, but so/ because we couldn't get any tickets, Maite's blog: New York post (notes) Monday, 25" January Madridleft 12:20 Now York: arived 14:20 Very tired — (why?) Weather very cold minus 6 degrees! People = @) Hotel = @) Dinner = @)HE READING @ Read the article. How did the couples travel? Tick (7) the correct ways. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer. 1 Carland Sam a Lon foot b YY] on two wheels © [A] on four wheels dD by se: Ashish and Bryony a Lon toot » Fon two wheels © F] onour wheeis 4 El by sea y a b 4 3 Yvette and Rob n foot two wheels n four wheels bysea go Ey o o b Read the article again and underline the Correct words to complete the sentences. 1 Garland Sam Ashish and Bryony Yette and Rob stayed in Bristol for most af the week. 2. Carl and Sam/ Ashish and Bryony! Yvette and ‘Rob enjoyed the first day ofthe race. 3. Carl and Sam/ Ashish and Bryony! Yvette and Rob stopped when they didn't know where they were 4 Garland Sam I Ashish and Bryony! Yvette and Rob finished their journey on foot when something happened to the vehicle they were in, 5 Carland Sam Ashish and Bryony ! Yvette and Rob stopped after the first day Complete the words to make sentences about the article. Write one word in each space. 1 During the race, the students couldn't spend any money, 2 When they started the race, the weather was 3 Carl and Sam got al home with Cat's dad, 4 to ‘money for Ashish and Bryony to stay in a hotel 5 Yvette and Rob got to Spain early in the Write about a long journey you went on, Remember to include: = where you went * a description of how you travelled there ‘© What you thought ofthe place. In July, a group of students from Bristol University, in England, had a race. It started d POCO UE Gor Cre ee nee eer ta neal Enea Crees eet EOC OCR et et eens CARL AND SAM We decided to cycle, The sun was shining when we set o and it was fun. But on the third day, it started raining and we got lost. It was awful. We slept under a tree in a field. The next morning Carl phoned his dad and he cam to get us and drove us home. DISTANCE TRAVELLED: EUEH() Mies ASHISH AND BRYONY We hitchhiked. A lorry stopped and we got in, There were long delays and we didn't go far for hours. That evening as we were driving north the lorry broke down and we had to get out. We didn’t know what to do. We were tired and hungry so we decided to walk to a village and stay in a hotel. But we had to pay. The next day we ‘went home, DISTANCE TRAVELLED: EREI() MiLEs YVETTE AND ROB ‘We decided to walk to the port in Bristol and try to board a ship. We went to the office and asked if any ships would take us for free. For five days no one would. On the sixth day we found a ship to take us to Spain. We boarded the ship and the next day we arrived in Bilbao as the sun was rising. It was amazing, DISTANCE TRAVELLED: (E30) MILES~*~ e Review and extension LISTENING GRAMMAR a IEE Listen to the conversation. Match problems a-e Correct the sentences. with where they are happening 1-5. 1 When | did some housework, | heard the news on the radio. 1 M3 crash and delays When | was doing some housework \heard the newsion the radio. 24 long delays 2 When we were getting tothe station, the train was just arving 3 ML © no delays 3. My wife phoned me while I waited for my plane. 4 Trains problems this weekend Arman was taking my wallet while | was waiting in the queue for 5 Gatwick traffic jam iy ticket. 5 Last year, we were going on holiday to Greece for two weeks. ‘b MM Listen to the conversation again and tick (7) 6 | was driving to the airport when | was seeing the accident. the correct answers. 1 Why were there delays on the M3 this morning? VOCABULARY 2 [Z) There was a crash, © Ly The police closed the road cae cL) ttwas reining. 1. They missed their fight because Rob's car broke on the way 2 What happened three hours ago near Swindon? Ieee 2 [1] There was an acckdert ‘They missed ther Fight: because Robs car broke down on b There was a very long queue. he has eave ant cc EJ Alony stopped working 3 Who should use the A429 this evening? LJ People who are going to Swindon b LF Lorries. cL] Everyone on the Ma. 4 Who dl the police say can't go on the motorway? 2 [1 People going to.a music festival. b C1] Hitchhikers, cc F] People who want to camp. 5 What is unusual about the trains today? P Ly There arent any trains working 75% Vim set ewltghed drove took are fell tb L] The trains are mainly working well —_ ) El thene are los of daa 1 He was tired when he went to bed, so he switched off the light and went to sleep. 6 Where did Jackie and Bob stay lst night? z alain s hae) atthe hated 2 They __of from Pauls house at 3:00 and 5 on cert es one ea ae aaa acer ee ‘Those jeans are cheap! They're ________ off the Toes ene eee © how you travelled Goodnight. _______off now. I'm meeting a friend. how long it took Ladies and gentlemen: the film is about to start, so please is, Sia probic You fad make sure your phones. off. [My travel from Berlin to London took fifteen hours. Last week, |wwent to Rome on a business travel The trafic was terible because it was the rush hour. By the time they checked away the hotel, it was 2 pm. Inthe afternoon, they went sighseeing in the old town. off Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Write about a long journey you took. Remember to includ BAUS)GRAMMAR Present perfect or past simple @ Put the words in the correct order to make sentences, 1 has that old ladys / done / shopping / James / lots of times 2 you//have / to / been Jin / Ria de Janeiro / carnival / the / 3 twice this week /1/to charity / money / given / have 4 have /you/ my / with / helped / homework / me / never 5 they/ volunteer work / ever / done / have / ny ? 6 big/ never //for the waiter / left /tip /has / she 7 money / have / any / you / homeless person / to / given / ever /a? 8 several times /1/ visited / this month / my / have / grandmother b Complete the exchanges with the present perfect or ast simple forms of the words in brackets. 14 Have yu ever glen money i charity? (you, ever, give) B Yes, | £10 to cancer chariy lst week. (ive) 28 Volunteer work in Africa before? (she, ever, do) B Yes, she some volunteer work in Mal last year. (do) 3a Someone who was hurt? (you, ever, help) B Yes, | ‘@ woman who fel off her bike last week. (help) 4at tips in that restaurant lots of times, (leave) B Really? How much ‘came? (you, leave) drinks for 20 people? (he, ever, buy) a drink forall his fiends on his the last time you B Yes, he birthday in July. (buy) VOCABULARY make / do / give collocations @ Match 1-8 with a-h to make sentences. 1 [@] She was a very confident gi, 50 she made 2 [1] When she read the email from her nephew, it made 3 E] Are you doing anything 4] He's realy funny guy. He aways makes 5 C7] Your daughters very clever. s she doing 6 C] My grandfather aways gives us 7 E] We gave the American tourists 8 [1] He didn't use his camera any more, so he gave it a. away to his grandson, » silly jokes when he's with friends © abig hug when we goto see him. ts of fiends at her new schoo, @ nice for your birthday? 1 directions tothe train station well at school this term? h her smile because it was so funny. b Underline the correct words to complete the sentenc: 1 Hove those old black-and-white films. Charlie Chaplin always does / makes / gives me smile 2 You're so mean. You never do/ make/ give the waiters 2 3 He made! did gave volunteer work for a charity in Afric last year 4 She was so happy to see him again that she gave / madé cid him a big hug. 5 Do your parents usually make/ give do something nice When its their wedding anniversary? 6 I'm having a great time in Paris I've made / done / given some new friends in the hostel. 7. The doctors say that she's making giving ! doing well ar that she can leave the hospital tomorrow. 8 ve never made / given ! done anyone directions in Fren: ~ all the tourists who come here speak English Lf3] Ree aN ASIC LA a USUAL HE VOCABULARY Money @ Match 1-8 with a-h to make sentences. 1 My company pays my salary 2 Ly] That halday sounds fantastic, but 3] My brother lent me £50 yesterday 4] Ifyou can't afford to buy a new car, 5. Ey] She's ust spent £150 6 L] Loniy buy clothes from that shop 7] Ir you buy two jackets, 8 [] When | borrow money a 01 could buy some new jeans. from my patent, | always pay it back quick when they have special offers. 4. we can give you a 20% discount. © on two pairs of shoes. into my bank account gt costs £5,000 just for a week! 1h why dont you get a loan from the bank? b Complete the text with the words in the box. into afford lend spend bank account ‘werfor borrow back loan 1'm saving up for_a car at the moment. | pay £6200 eee each month. Ican't’@_____ to buy a new car, soit will have to be second-hand — probably three or four years old. My parents have offered to® me some money but | don't want to®___ any money from them. They've just bought a very old house in the country and they need to a 2 lot of money on repairs. So '™m going to ask (of £5,000. | think Ian pay it the bank for a & 9 in two years. GRAMMAR Present perfect with just, already and yet ‘@ Underline the correct adverbs to cam) sentences. 1 ve just/ already yet spent £100 this ara | can't afford to go to a restau Mum's birthday tomorrow — have you bo present already / just yet? 3 Look, I've just/ already/ yet bought a new mo! It's briliant, isnt i? 4. He's yet Just / already saved up £3,000 because he wants to travel round the world next summer. 5 A Why does she look so upset? B Because she's already /just/ yet lost her wallet 6 No, I can't lend you any more money. You've already / just/ yet borrawed £100 from me. 7. Oh, no! We can't play tennis now because it's already / vet | just started raining 8 She hasn't opened a new bank account already! yet just. b Correct the sentences. 1 Mike just has spent £400 on a new camera. Mike has just spent £400 onanew camara, 2. He's borrowed already £2,000 from his bank. 3 Have you yet paid Louise back? 4 Sue already has spent the money she rowed from me. 5 We've bought just a new TV in the sales 6 Has she saved yet enough money to buy a tablet? 7 Ve bought already a present for my wife. 8 They've opened a new bank account in France just.ff 3 Everyday English PORTE ea ae te HI USEFUL LANGUAGE Talking to people in shops @ Put the conversation in the correct order. 1 B Yes, | suppose she might like them. On second thoughts, maybe | should get something else. Good morning. Can I help you? Do you have anything cheaper? OK. Er, lt me see .. what about this necktace? Yes lovely OK, take t Ae you looking for anything in particular? Er, ys. I'm looking fora present for my wie Really? How about these earings? They're really beeutfl A perfect present Wel she loves earrings. ‘A Well, these earings here are cheaper. Theyre only £50 with the discount oO oooo0o0o b G@IEM Listen and check, © Underline the correct words to complete the sentences. 1 Hew woud yo tka oot ay | 2 Were leokig fra ata pect x my grander PRONUNCIATION Sentence stress } 3. Did you want something on / in/ at particular? | 4. Who's then / affer/ next, please? a ©M Listen to the sentences and underline | 5. In second thoughts ! On second thoughts / My second stressed syllables or words. tought treaty tinke Sod ether bose oo artite teeciaeacs 6 Gon you ertar! os each our PIN ent St Sane are Meee Do you have this in a different size/til/receip® Thanks. 8 Could you show us something more / something else ! something other I'm looking for a present for my husband, Do you have any black jeans? Thanks, Il take it. ‘Actually, | think we should buy her @ book. d Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. 1 for jacket / looking fa / I'm Ialoak 2 af l4/size/V'm/1/ think 3 same /in have / one / blue /do// the / you ? 4 much /tell ‘can /it/ how /is /you / me? abit /too/ that's / expensive tone / you / cheaper / do / have /a ?