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aC EY Tela book with key John and Liz Soars OXFORD Fourth edition Headwa Elementary Workbook with key Liz and John Soars OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Contents bea aca eee DROM fo: AUDIO BANK, UNIT TESTS. LINKS Dias am/is/are-my/ your Nice to meet you! 4 ‘Countries and nationalities 4 he/she ~ his/her Personal information 5 Ela’ family Possessives 6 Verbs — have/gollivellike 6 Vocabulary ‘The family 7 Adjectives ~ easy/smal 7 Reading and listening Our street 8 Everyday English Everyday conversations 9 Don't forget ‘The alphabet 9 Possessve adjectives, 9 Plural nouns 9 Present Simple (1) he/shelit 10 Jobs -or and -er u Spelling of verb + -s u Pronunciation of verb + -s n ‘Questions and negatives Questions u Daily routines ~ Annie’ Day BR Reading and listening ‘The Eurostar train driver 2B Vocabulary Verb + noun ~ wash your hair “4 Jobs 4 Everyday English What time is it? 5 Dont forget! is/has/does 5 alan 15 Vocabulary Dare 1s presen Simpl (2) ‘The Bah Areas plot 16 Moreverbsin he reset Simple 1 Vocabulary Uteing My rite seson - Reading Meret weskend » everyday Engh Seltcea (1) e Poured a Don' forge Uinfbfato dof doet 2 ee 2 epations a roa Vocabulary Haw ating amen 22 there is/are a ieiorconage = Prepositions some/any/a lot of Wimndimbetoatskichen? 24 this/that/these/those Tiketn pene a Reading Perr ece y 8 e Listening ome! found the wold Pa Everyday English Nenben x moe 2 Don't forget! onbuley odd word out 2 ‘mefhim them 2 ne can/can't fanaa * What an ted? a ‘What can you do? 29 was/were ete pry » could/couldn't wert era z Listening. ‘When ae ach x Vocabulary eae lyri 2 Reading ae atts 2 Everyday English pole eqoats 3 Don't forget! Senn spin i" aioe ei oeceaare Bi web nou Aiea ae a ast Simple (1) Regular verbs ~ The Jackson 5 3B Pomona x eee nics 37 po song Past time expressions 37 Reading John Lennon 1940-1980 38 Listening went toa Beatles concert! 39 Vocabulary Describing feelings 39 Everyday English Whats the date? 40 Dont forget! do! does! did was! were/ had 40 the or no article? 40 Past Simple (2) SepsarendSaigale echo a Native 2 a 2 re pene 6 = 8 Reading A history ofthe early cinema “ Listening ‘Sma ‘s Vocabulary hvens “ Everyday English peasant 4s Don't forget! Word order 9 Prepon ffabout o Count and uncount nouns: Canecountt “ sam orsome! 8 Ie. ad ike ‘What do they Uke ding? as Tete nocafintinte S tke or woul ket % Listening tna entrant so some and any Taosthave soy money 51 much and many low menyatlensarethere? 51 Reading Thechefwhocanteathisown food 52 Vocabulary. food 3 Daly naedeDetenldhamponin 33 Everyday English Shopping inthe High Steet st Don't forget! Aries “alan some or nothing? 54 aoe” haa A | | Ce Comparative adjectives ‘What's the comparative? 38 Comparing things 35 twas warmer yesterday 35 have got Has he got a computer? 56 dol does/have/has 56 Comparing two people 56 Comparatives and superlatives Comparative and superlative adjectives 57 Word order 7 Questions and answers 7 Reading ‘The tallest building in the world 58 Listening I worked in Dubai 59 TTown and country 00 Everyday English Directions 00 Don't forget! Prepositions ~ on/along oo CET Prepositions infatfon ol Present Continuous Spelling 6 Why are you doing that? 61 Whats she doing? a Present Simple or Continuous? a be or dot 6 Reading Tweeting a Listening ‘Why do people use Twitter? 65 something /nothing Somebodys waiting for you 65 Vocabulary Clothes 65 Everyday English Social expressions (2) 6 Don't forget! Verb forms ~ ski/sking/to ski 7 -ing form as noun 7 have a+ noun o Ca ‘going to - future intentions What are they going to be? 68 ‘Questions and negatives 8 Going on holiday o ‘going to— predictions ‘What's going to happen? 7 Infinitive of purpose Sue’ busy day a Reading Rocking around the USA 2 Listening A visit to Graceland B Vocabulary ‘The weather m Everyday English ‘What shall we do? ca Don't forget! Tmyimine 75 Prepositions ~ than from: 5 Dia ee Present Perfect Verb forms 76 Present Perfect and Past Simple %6 everand never 7 ‘Time expressions 78 yet + question 78 ‘yet + negative a just 7 been or gone? She’ been! she’ gone 9 Reading Simon Murray -three lives in one! 80 Listening {An interview with Simon Murray 81 Vocabulary get 82 take 82 Everyday English ‘Transport and travel 83 Don't forget! ‘The or no article with places 83 Phrasal verbs — turn on/take of 83 Tapescripts a Answer key 7 Irregular verbs 95 Phonetic symbols 95 am/is/are + Countries and nationalities * my/your/his/her + Possessive's. + Verbs—have/go/live/like » The family + Adjectives = Everyday conversations ann am/is/are - my/your 2. Countries and nationalities 1 Nice to meet you! Write the nationality. ‘American Spanish —Tealan English Complete the conversations. Mexican German French | 1 A Hello. My _ names David. What’s___name? B Maria A. Where ___ you from, Maria? B I___from Italy A Oh! Where in taly are from? B From Rome. A. Ah,Rome ___ beautiful! Well, nice to meet you, Maria. B Thank you. And you. 2A Hello, What first name? Cathy. And what's your z your Jenkins, How do you__ that? J-E-N-K-I-N-S, And____are you from, Cathy? > wb ep B I'm from Manchester. 1__English. A. Thank you very much. 3. T'm from Germany. 'm_. 4 Unit + Youand me he/she — his/her 3. Personal information 1 Use the information about Cathy and Santiago to complete the conversations. has nef mame? Firstname tt Cathy A her sumame? sumame B Jenkins ian A Wheres _from? cae B She’ from England. England ‘A Howold__she? kee B she’s35, @ ‘A What’s__ phone number? a 01764 283880 B 01764 293880. fail adress A ——emalladeress? | cjenkins@maiint.com B cjenkins@mainet.com arid? A marie? No BNo,she 7 ‘A. What’ his first name? inst NAM B Santiago Santiago A his surname? sumed 8 Garcia Ramer. SaoeE ‘A Wheres___from? oa Bes —_ span ne A How olds 19 B Hest PHONE NUMBER ‘A Whats___ phone number? 934296 701 B 934 29870. fat ADoRESS A ermal adds? srsantiago@hwmal.com B grsantiago@hwmallcom aieor i pl, No tw 2. Write the short forms of the words underlined, 1 Sheisfrom Italy. She's 5. Heisa student. 2 Sheisnotateacher._______ 6 Heiis not English 3 Lam American, 7 Youare 8 — 4 Lamnot married, 8 Youarenot20, 0 __ 7. She's from France. She Unit! + Youandme 5 Ella’s family 4 Possessives 1 Complete the sentences about Fila and her family. Hil My name's (1) lla_, and this is my family My (2) father’s _name is Robert. He's a teacher. My (3)___ name is Adele. She's French, and she's a nurse. My (4) name is Suzie. She's 21, and she’s a student at university. My 6) name is Liam. He's 18, and he's at school. This is a photo of my cat. My (6) name is Tiger. His favourite food is fish 2 Write is if S is. Write P if 5 = possessive. 1 My names Ella. is ‘My father’s name is Robert. P Hes a teacher, My mother's name is Adele. She's French. My sister's a student. ‘My brother's name is Liam. ‘Tiger's favourite food is fish. 5. Verbs - have/go/live/like ‘Complete the sentences with have, go, live, or like. 1 I have_a brother and a sister. 2 1_____ toa school called St Mai 3 [______in London. 2 41 my sister. She's very kind. 5 We ina flat in the city centre. 61 to the park at the weekend. 71 acat 6 Unit) + Youand me Vocabulary 6 The family Look at the family. Complete the crossword. 3 James is Mike’s__. (7) 8 Karen is Charlies _. (6) 9 Ellen is Mike's _. (4) 10 Charlie is Mike’s__. (3) 11 Charlie is Fay’s___. (6) 15 Karen and Charlie are Mike’s__. (8) 7 Adjectives Write the opposite adjective. easy small_~—=Ccold=—=~SC«god nice expensive young _old 1 London isn't cheap. It's expensive . 2. My coffee isnt hot. I's. 3. ‘Are your shoes new?” ‘No, they're Q 4 You aren't a bad student! You're a student! 5. “My Dads 40. He’ old’ “He isnit old! Forty is f 6 This exercise isnt difficult. Its : 7 Our flat isnt big Its ‘The weather isnt horrible! It’s 5 Complete the adjectives. Its difficult to understand you. You speak f ___ 2 3. My family’s very nice. We're very fr 4 Tike my girlfriend, She b S 6 ‘My book is good. Its very 1 16 Karen is Ellen’s__. (8) Down 1 Billen is Karen’s_. (6) 2 Fayis Charlies __. (4) 4 George is Alice’s__. (7) 5 Aliceis Charlies __. (11) 6 Karen is Fay’s__. (5) 7 Geogeis Kareals <= (11) 12 Mike and Ellen are_ 13 Mike is Charlie’s_, (6) 14 James is Karen’s__. (5) (7) Unit + You and me : Reading and listening 8 Our street 1M Read about the Hall family. Complete the sentences. 1 66 members of the Hall family live on the same street, 2 They have fifteen 3 is four weeks old, 4 Joe is a great-grandfather. He's years old, 5. Catherine and George have six 6 Their daughter's name is 7 At Christmas they all __ a party. to one house for 8 The neighbours 2a [oe —Gthesne Gere Ningone Sania bave 1 Marganne. 4 the Hall family very much, sten to the conversations. Who says the first line? 8 Unit] + Youandme Our street One family, 66 people, and 15 houses — all on the same street! The Halll family is big — very big ~ and they all five on the same street, Cotswold Gardens in Gateshead, England. They have 15 houses. Their ages go from four ‘weeks old (Ellie) to great-grandfather Joe, 76 Catherine and her husband, George, have six children, and 15 grandchildren. Other relatives aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews, and nieces ‘Our family is the most important thing, says daughter Marganne, 42. ‘We like living in the same street. Its lovely to have all my family together. At Christmas, or on a birthday, its crazy in this street, she says. °66 people all go to ‘one house!” Neighbour, Sandra Ross, 41, says ‘It’ great having a big family in the street, We're all friends’ Her husband, Dave, agrees, “We love living in such a friendly street.” Everyday English 9. Everyday conversations {@) Match a line in A with a line in B. Tl Possessive adjectives Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective. my your tis her our their | A B 1 Good morning, Pete. How are you? | a [_] Thanks. And you. 2 Bye, mum! m going to school. | b [_] No, mK, thanks just looking 3. Canthave a cup of tea, please? | ¢ [1] Fine, thanks. And you? 4 Have a good day! dL] Helo, len, Nice to meet you 5 Helo, Can help you? 1 Seep well Seeyouin the moming 6 Tony, this is Ellen, £ [1 Bye honey! See you later. 7 Byel See you on Monday! Cl Ofcourse. Anything to eat? 8 Good night! h 1 Yes Havea good weekend! Don't forget! 10 The alphabet Match the sound of the letter with the sound of the word. 2 @ Listen. Complete the names and email addresses. Names 1 ALICE 2M__1__N_ sf_Z1 geese | ee ee on a Email addresses 7 -na__@_____.com 8 4---_b____@bzcom 1 Hello! What's your_name? 2 ‘Pete! This is sister, Alice? “Hi, Alice. Nice to meet you’ 3. Annais 23. mother is a nurse, 4 Mrand Mrs Jones live here. children are very nice. 5 All the students in our class like teacher. 6 Tom is married. wife's name is Josie. T2 Plural nouns Complete the charts with the plural nouns. Singular class bus sandwich lass classes Singular country city party lady countries Singular boy day Singular man woman il Unit] + Youandme 9 Present Simple (I) + Questions and negatives * Verb +noun + Jobs + What time is it? Present Simple (1) 1 he/she/it Look at the pictures. Write the sentences in the box with the correct person. ‘She wears auniform. He works outside. She studies every day. She cooks dinner for her family. She works in-a-hespital He cooks in an Italian restaurant. He lives in the country. He works in an office. ‘She goes shopping every day. He ears a lot of money. She likes her teacher. He works in a kitchen. 4 1 Linda’sa nurse. 2 Martin's a manager. 3 Sharon's a housewife. ‘She wears a uniform. ‘She works ina hospital, | 4 Gordon's a chef. 5. Sophie's a student. 6 Simon’s a farmer, 10 Unit2 + A good job! 2 Jobs -or and -er ‘Complete the words with -or or -er. 1 actor, 4 manag 7 doct 2 teach__ 5 wait__ 8. police offic__ 3. profess__ 6 hairdress__ 9 lawy__ 3. Spelling of verb +-s 1 Write the he/she form of these verbs. 1 pay plays 7 2 study 8 do 3 work 9 watch 4 wire 10 have 5 en 1 fish 6) ae 2 tne 2. Complete the sentences with a he /she form of a verb from exercise I. 1 Marks a football player. He earns £100,000 a week. He for Arsenal. 2 Alanis a poet. He classes during the day, and new poems in the evening. 3. Sally's student. She to the gym every morning, In the afternoon, she IT at college. 4 Tony____ in a mobile phone shop. He work at 5.00 in the afternoon. 5. Mark a lot of business in America. He __in an apartment in New York. 6 Maggie's married, and she a daughter, Zoe. Zoe TV every day. 4 Pronunciation of verb + -s 1 Write the words from exercise 3.1 in the correct column. isi ial hal works plays studies 2 (@ Listen and check. 3. Practise saying the verbs. Be careful with the three different Questions and negatives 5 Questions Complete the questions with a question word in the box. ‘what where whattime why who how howold —_howmany 1 ‘Where does he work?” ‘In an office! does she start work? does she love?” “___ does she work so hard?” ‘Because she likes her job! are you?” “Twenty-five” does he have for breakfast?” ‘Coffee and toast? SES _ Unit2 + A goodjob! 1 6 Daily routines 1. Look at the pictures of Annie's day. Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the box. B have breakfast gohome start work atop finish work ~ have lunch g0 to work have a shower watch TV get dressed have dinner gotobed al Annie’s Day | Annie (1) gets up_at 7.00 in the morning. Then she (2) and washes her hair. After the shower she (3) . Then she goes into the kitchen and (4) . She has tea and toast. Annie (5) on the bus. She works in an office. She (6) at 9.00. At 1.00 she ” ____in a café with her friend, Sal. She (8) _ at 5.30 and (9) In the evening she (10) and (11) She likes dramas. She (12) __ iE} EX . 2 Look at the answers about Annie's day. Complete the questions using the words in bold. 1 she does get “What time does she get_up?? ‘At 7.007 2 have does she “What for breakfast?” “Tea and toast? 3 does work she “Where 2 Inan office? 4 she start does “What time work?” “At 9.007 5 she have does “Where lunch?” ‘Ina café? 6 do she does “What. in the evening?” “She has dinner and watches TV.” 2 Unit? + A good job! Correct the sentences about Annie. 1 Annie has coffee for breakfast. ‘She dovsn'thave coffe for breakfact. She has tea and toast. She works in a shop. She starts work at 10.00, She has lunch with her sister. She watches sport on TV. She goes to bed at 10.30. Reading and listening 7 The Eurostar train driver 1. @) Read about train driver, Brian Law. Are the sentences true () or false (X)? Correct the false sentences. 1 [X] He works five days a week. He doesn’t work five days aweek. He works four days aweek. 2. [J Sometimes he doesn't work at weekends. 3 C1 Burostar trains run 365 days a year. 4 C1 The first train to Paris leaves before 5.00 a.m. 5 (1) He does several journeys every day. 6 CJ Brian starts work very early every day. 7 (1) Healways goes home in the evening. 8 (] Brian speaks good French. 9 (] He doesn't earn very much. 10 [1] He goes to France on holiday. 2 Complete the sentences. 1 Brian usually works_on Friday and Saturday. 2 He dosen't work_on Christmas Day. 3 Brian, work at 4.30, 4 He ‘work at 12.00 noon. 5 The journey to Paris 2 hours 15 minutes. 6 Thetrain at 160 km/h in the tunnel 7 Brian, £45,000 a year, 8 He going out with his wife, Angela. 9 Angela at weekends. 10 He 25 days holiday a year. 3. (@ Listen and complete the information about Brian's wife, Angela, and their son Toby. with Brian and their dogs The Eurostar train driver Brian Law is a train driver for Eurostar. He drives high speed trains in England and in Europe. Brian works four days a week. Sometimes he’s free at the weekend, but usually he works on Friday and Saturday. Friday and Saturday are very busy days for Eurostar because everybody wants to go on holiday or go home for the weekend, Eurostar runs every day (but it doesn’t run on Christmas Day). ‘The first train to Paris leaves London at 5.25 in the ‘morning, so Brian starts work at 4.30. In one day he does ‘two or three journeys between London and Paris. He finishes ‘work at 12.00 noon. Sometimes he starts late — at 4.00 p.m. — and works until 11.30 at night, Sometimes he doesn’t go home at the end of the day, he stays in Paris. ‘The journey “The journey takes 2 hours 15 minutes, and the train travels at 300 km/h. Ie doesn't go so fast in the tunnel ~it only goes at 160 km/h when it travels through the tunnel. Ie carries 794 passengers ‘When the train isin France, Brian speaks to his controllers in French. His French is very good. He has a lot of French friends, and his son, Toby, goes to stay with them in Paris. Brian earns £45,000 a year. In his free time he likes going out with his wife, Angela, and walking their dogs. Angela is 1 chef, so she works at weekends too, She has Monday free and goes walking with Brian He has 25 days of holiday a year. Where does he go on holiday? “France, of course!” says Brian, Unit2 + Agoodjob! B Vocabulary 9 Jobs 8 Verb+noun Look at the pictures and write the job. Find the jobs in the wordsearch. | | Write a verb from the box. hhave play want help 1 wash your hair 2 in a small village 3 two weeks holiday 4 television 5 _____ auniform 6 snooker MDKHANRK J 5 LNZPRYHA 7 acar VPGECHTC 8 alot of money ey a 9 a book PrFiwvitto 10 _ with the housework XRMDLTLCU H ane NBO}G) (Ee THE: AEH WN 2 ITTNSVCWKT 2 to go to university pn re ee LAFKUOYZPEETN TKNOHBTBVFRKT Qe) QHWwDENTIST J RECEPTIONISTN V4 Unit2 + A good job! Everyday English 10 What time is it? 1 @ Listen. Underline the times you hear. 1 10,30 10.40 2.15 /2.50 two o'clock / ten o'clock. quarter past three / quarter to three half past eight / ten past eight ten to two / twenty to two six thirty / six twenty half past twelve / ten past twelve 2 (BY Listen. Complete the conversations. 1 A. Excuse me! What time is it? B Its___ twenty past five. 2 A Doyouhave the time, please? B Yes, its ten o'clock. 3A What times it? B Its__half past two. 3. Write the times in numbers. Don't forget! 11 is/has/does ‘Complete the conversation with is, has, or does. ‘A My brother (1) “s_ very clever, He (2) important job. B What (3) A He(4) B Where (5)__ he work? A He works in Vi B Who (6) A Microsoft BQ) he married? A Yes. His wife (8) BO) he have any children? A Yes, he (10) a three-year-old son. avery he do? ‘a computer programmer. inia in the United States. he work for? American, 12 a/an Complete the sentences with a or an, 1 She's am_actress 2. Hes___businessman, 3 Tm____ English teacher. 4 She’s___engineer. 5 Hehas____ daughter called Ruby. 6 Thave____ American car. 7 Hes____ waiter. 8 Heworksin Italian restaurant. does is is has has does a an an qa Unit2 + Agoodjob! 15 Days of the week yo Vocabulary 1 Days of the week Complete the crossword. The answers are the days of the week. There are no clues. Present Simple (2) 2. The British Airways pilot 1 Read about Helen Walker. Complete the text with a verb from the boxes. 2 Look at Helen's answers. Complete the questions. 1 ‘Where do_ you come from?” ‘Tm from Guildford: 2 ‘Who____ you for?” “Iwork for British Airways? 3 ‘What planes “fly 7478? to?” 4 ‘Where you fly to New York? 5 ‘How much “Tearn £75,000. 6 ‘Where New York?” “I go to Fifth Avenue? 7 ‘What___ your husband 7 “He's an accountant? you ? you shopping in 8 ‘How many dolls_____you Py “More than a hundred 16 Unit3 + Work hard, play hard! + Social expressions (I) (ai ee Flying High + Present Simple (2) + I'mtired + Free time activities [ DALY I DiAly of | | a ple 0) y Dialy pry Dialy Y Captain Helen Walker is a pilot with twenty-five years’ experience - and a collector of dolls from around the world! works comes flies doesn'thave earns watch 60 ‘elen Walker is 49, and she (1) comes_from Guildford in the Eee She (3) 747s from London Heathrow to New York JEK three times a week. She (4) £75,000 a year. ‘New ‘York is my favourite citys she says. ‘It (5) ‘open spaces and parks like London, but I like it. I (6) shopping on Fifth Avenue, and I (7) shows on Broadway’ for British Airways 3. Complete the sentences with is, aren't, m not, doesn't, or don't. 1 Helen Walker isn't_a flight attendant. She’ a pilot. 2 She work in an office. She works in a plane. 34 fly to Australia. I fly to New York? 4 “There a lot of parks in New York, just Central Parl 5 “My children __go to Clarence School. ‘They go to Sassoon House School? 6 She take the children to school, Bill does. 74 at home all the time. I go away alot? 8 Helen____colleet cars, She collects dolls. donttake love has have collects ‘She's married to Bill, who’s an accountant, and they (8) three children. The children go to ‘Sassoon House School. ‘1(9) the children to school, Bill does; explains Helen, ‘because I'm away so much.” Helen has a hobby. She (10) dolls from all over the world. She (11) more than a hundred. (12) going to toy shops when I'm in another country, she says. More verbs in the Present Simple Complete the sentences with a verb from the box. Tove(xd) ike want ‘know fave live ____ptefer__mean understand __come 1 I have_ two sisters and a brother, 2. ‘What does this word _ 2 Expensive! “It means it costs a lot of mone} 3. Tm hungry! I a sandwich! 4 Where do you from? 5. When Kenji speaks to me in Japanese, Idonit : 61 with my parents in a town called Salford. 7 ‘Do you what time it is?” “Yes. It’s ten o'clock? 8 ‘Do you__ me?” “Of course I you! You're my wife!” 9 ‘Do you like red or white wine best?” ‘1___ted? 10 They good food so they often go to restaurants, Unit 3 + Work hard, play hard! 17 4 How often. Vocabulary 1 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. F ay 5. Free time activities 1 always / shower / morning / have / the / in /I/a | alwaye have a shower in the morning 1 Match a line in A with a line in B. 2 sometimes / go / cinema / to /I/ the A - = 1 Welove films so a Cy Iread all the time. 3 often / France / on / We / holiday / go / to 1 Mypassion is books so | b [_] we often cook for friends. | 3 Hove jazz and blues so | ¢ [T] weoftengo to the cinema. : 4 ike axing at 6 C1 watch TV every night. 4 never / coffee / morning / drink /1/ in / the ene Diva one 5. We love food so eC] listen to alot of music 5 usually / 9.00 / work /I/ stat /at 2. Write play or go for each free time activity. 2 Lookat the information about Sam. ‘Complete the sentences using an adverb. Activity How often? ¢ 4 They__ to Europe in 1968, lo} 5 They together in the 1990s. o| 6 The brothers the album Thriller, just Michael Unit 6 + Life's upsand downs 35 2. Pronunciation of -ed 3. Irregular verbs 1 Listen to the pronunciation of -ed for these regular 1 Complete the crossword with the Past Simple form Past Simple verbs. Write them in the correct column, of the irregular verbs. worked cleaned decided received lived watched talked moved wanted eared ACROSS opened stayed stopped finished walked liked enjoyed travelled died -—_started fee 8 give Palate ft fal fd! 5 have 11 take 13 come worked ‘leaned decided eaED fe im 2 @ Listen and repeat this sentence. Make sure you pronounce t/. Al He worked in an offic. Soa 3, GB Listen and repeat these sentences, Make sure you acrake ait piles pronounce 't/,/d/, or dl. sa i 1 Welived in a small house. 2 send Ee Oe AL 3.win 7 begin 2 I watched a good programme on TV. My 3 She talked about her childhood. fal 4. We moved out of London. nd 5. She started a new job. sa 6 Learned a lot of money. At 7 We stopped at a hotel. nd | 8 We wanted a pizza. a 9 He died in 1988, 36 Unit 6 + Life's ups and downs I didnt go to New York, 1 We didn’t meet Tom, we He didn't leave last week, he We didn't seea film, we I didnt buy a computer, I He didn't send a letter, he She didn’t make spaghetti, she ‘We didn’t have white wine, we 2. Complete the sentences with the Past Simple form ofan irregular verb. 1 2 a 4 5 6 7 8 want to Chicago. Harry. ___ yesterday aplay. acamera. an email. lasagne. red wine. 3. Read the text. Put the irregular verbs (in brackets) into the Past Simple, Chinese girl makes pop song on her mobile phone In 2010 a clever young singer from China (1) _made _ (make) 4 song using only her mobile phone. Posie Tea, a Chinese pop star, (2) (orite) the song with phone apps. The song is called ‘ABCD Said Pixie Tea’ real name is Zhang Xuanyan, and she comes from the Chinese ty of Xian. It (3) (take) her three days to record the song, Then she (4) (put) a video of it on YouTube. More than one milion people (5) (see) it online 16) (have) the idea in 2009,’ says PixieTea. 10 (begin) with the bassline, and then added drums. She (8) (send) the song to Apple to see if they wanted to use it in their advertisements “Now I want to write more songs,’ she says. 4 Past time expressions Underline the correct past time expression. 1 Iwent to the cinema last night / last evening. Some friends came round yesterday evening / last evening. went to Italy for last September I last September. lost my wallet the last Friday / last Friday. 2 Thad an English lesson yesterday afternoon / last afternoon. 3 My sister got married the last year | last year. I got up late yesterday morning last morning. 4 Lworked very hard last week / in last week, Unit 6 + Life's ups and downs 37 Reading 5 John Lennon 1940-1980 1 Read about John Lennon. Complete the sentences. 1 John’s father left home when hewas ve. 2 His mother died when . He started The Beatles with Paul and George “The Beatles played more than “The last album they made was ‘The Beatles broke up in John and Yoko lived in an apartment near Look at the answers about John and The Beatles ‘Complete the questions. 1 ‘Who id John ve with?” “He lived with his aunt Mimi? ‘How his mother_?" ‘She died in a car accident? “Where __John_to school?” “Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool? “When ____‘The Beatles ? “They started in 1960? “When they first States?” “In 1964? “Why ___ they “Because the audience made too much noise? “Who __John _in 19692” “Yoko Ono? to the United “Where they _ to?” “New York? ‘When ___ John. Imagine?” ‘in 1971) “Where _ Mark Chapman John Lennon?” ‘Outside his apartment! 38. Unit 6 + Life's ups and downs playing live concerts?” John Lennon | 1940-1980 John Lennon was one of The Beatles. With Paul McCartney he wrote some of the greatest songs of the 20th century. John Lennon had an unhappy childhood. His father left home when he was five. His mother couldn't bring him up, so John lived with his aunt Mimi until he was 19. When he was 17, his ‘mother died in a car crash. He went to Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool. He met George Harrison and Paul MeCartney, and in 1960 they started a band called The Beatles. The Beatles recorded their frst single ‘Love Me Do' in 1962. They became famous in 1963, when they played more than 200 concerts. In 1964 they went to the United States for the fist time and played on American television, End of concerts The Beatles stopped playing live concerts in 1966 because the audience made so much noise that nobody could hear the music But they continued to record songs, and in 1967 they made the album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The last album they recorded together was Abbey Road. John Lennon married the artist, Yoko Ono, in 1969, and in 1970 The Beatles broke up. John and Yoko moved to New York. John wrote and sang hhis most famous song ‘Imagine’ in 1971, In 1980 he recorded a new album, Double Fantasy. He was killed a month later. An American, Mark Chapman, shot him outside his New York apartment near Cental Park. Two days before his murder John Lennon told an interviewer, feel safe in New York. Ican go anywhere. It’s my home! Listening Vocabulary 6 I went to a Beatles concert! 7 Describing feelings 1 @ Joc and his grandfather, Terry, come 1 Match a line in A with a line in B. from New York. Listen to them talking about when Terry went to a Beatles concert. Answer A 8 the questi ae 1 The concert was boring a C1 because it was his birthday. 1 Where and when was the Beatles concert? + Ete — 2 Did Terry enjoy it? 2 Las ver ted use youre ate again 3. How many people were in the audience? 3. The little boy was excited [1] solleft before the end 4 How many policemen were there? 4 tminterestedin modem art | ¢ C1] sot wentto bed. 5 What did the fans do when The Beatles appeared? ss so mud Cee ni 5 Why we youamayed wih me? | © [] Thee so much todo, ieee ete i 6 tmvoriedbecasetsinpm | * C2 2tlsedtheehbton 7 How mny songs dis ried because ee ee eee C1 andthe children arent they play’ 7. was so bored in the lesson. home yet 8 How much was Terry's ticket? 8 Berlinisa very exciting ct alot ofnk 9 What was the first Beatles’ record Terry bought? rinisaveryexctingcty. | h [] Imetalot of ice people 9 The party was very interesting. | i [7] | hate maths. 2 Listen again. Complete the sentences. 1 Terry thought the concert was exciting but 2. Complete the sentences using each adjective once. also frightening 2. The audience were very___and obese terested — 1 like The Times because it’s an interesting newspaper. 3. When the Beatles appeared the crowd went 2 Idonit want to watch the football. 'm not interested 4 Terry had one of the seats. bored boring 5 Joe thinks that the ticket was very 3 Youlook___. Dorit you like opera? 5 Hooray! Were on holiday! T'm so. 1 6 Itsvery when you go abroad for the first time. annoyed annoying 7. She eats with her mouth open. Its very 8 Iget very. ‘when people dont say ‘Please? or “Thank you. worried worrying 9 The news is very Itsall about war. 10 Tm about the exams next week. Unit 6 + Life's ups and downs 39 _ Everyday English 8 What's the date? | 1 Match the numbers and the words. fifth tenth first third ninth second twenty-fifth twelfth nineteenth thirtieth 25th 10th 1st 19th 30th 3rd 9th 5th 12th 2 @ Listen. Write the dates you hear. 1 _2Apri - 4 2 5 3 6 3. Write the dates in a different way. 1 the first of January _Januarythefist 2 the tenth of March 3 the fifteenth of May 4 the second of June July the fourteenth 6 August the third 7 September the eighth 8 November the fifth 4 @ Listen. Write the years you hear. 5 6 ? 8 40 Unit6 + Life's ups and downs Don't forget! 9 do/does/did/didn't/was/were/had ‘Complete the conversation with do, does, did, didn't, was, were, or had. ‘A Where (1) ware_you at school? BIQ) at school in Manchester. AG) you like it? B Not really. 1 (4) enjoy it very much, AG) it a good school? B Well, it (6) a very good reputation, but 1 (7) like the teachers. ‘A Why not? (8) they horrible? B Notall of them but some of them, A() you enjoy the sixth form? B Yes, 1 (10) a good time in my last two years, It was a bit better. ‘A What school (11) your children go to? B Tonly have one child — a daughter. She goes to the local school. A (12) B Yes, she’s very happy there. Thank goodness! she like it? 10 the or no article ‘Complete the sentences with the or — (nothing). 1 What’ the_name of this hotel? Igo to — work by — bus. 2 3. Can you tell me 4 time? Ilivein__city centre. 5. What time do you have__lunch? 6 Twent to____ cinema last night. 7 This is_best restaurant in _ world! 8 [have ahouse in___ country. 9 Tsaw James. st month. 10 Can you play__ guitar? 11 The football's on __ television tonight. 12 Their flat is on first floor. were does didn't ig nad Past Simple (2) + Time expressions » Adverbs * Special occasions Past Simple (2) |_| Regular and irregular verbs 1 Read the text. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple. 'THE SPACE RACE In the 1960s there was a race between the Soviet Union and the United States to be the first country into space. 1 (1) cost _ (cost) a lot of money. The United States (2) (spend) about $100 billion. Both countries (3) (use) German scientists to develop their rockets. The Space Race (4) ___ (begin) in 1957 when the Soviet Union launched the frst satelite, Sputnik. They (5) (send) a dog into space on Sputnik 2 Then, in 1961, Yuri Gagarin (6) become) the first man in space. He o (G0) round the Earth once. It (8) (ake) 108 minutes. In 1961 President Kennedy (9) (say) that before the end of 1969) ‘Americans would land a man on the moon. 1 1966 a Russian spacecraft landed on te moon, but there were no astronauits on board. 1.1968 Apollo 8 orbited the moon. Then, in 1969, Apollo 11 (10)__ (land) ‘on the moon, and Armstrong and Aldrin (11) (walld on its surface. The Space Race (12) end) in 1975 when the Russian Soyuz 19 (3) (meet) and (14) (join) America’s Apollo 18 in space. So the Russians (15) (win) the race to put the first man in space, but the Americans put the frst man on the moon. 2 Lookat the answers about the Space Race. Complete the questions. 1 ‘How much did_the United States spend 2” ‘About $100 billion? 2 ‘When ____ the Space Race ? ‘In 1957° 3 ‘What _____the Soviet Union __ into space on Sputnik 2?” ‘A dog? 4 ‘When ___ Yuri Gagarin _ the first man in space?” ‘In 1961? 5 ‘How many times___he round the Earth?” ‘Once! 6 ‘Howlong____it % ‘108 minutes? 7 ‘When Apollo 11 on the moon?” ‘In 1969? 8 ‘When ___ the Space Race ? n1975. Unit7 + Dates toremember 41 2 Negatives 1. Read the first line about the Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space. Write the second line using the prompt. 1 Gagarin was born in the village of Klushino. (He/ not grow up in a town) He did't arow up ina tow. Parents were very poor. (They /not have much money) 3 They worked on a collective farm. (They not own any land) 4 Gagarin was clever at school. (But sometimes he /not work very hard) 5. He was only 1.57 metres, (He not grow very tall) 6 He orbited the Earth in April 1961 (He not go to the Moon) 7 After 1961 he continued flying planes. (But he/ not go into space again) 8. He died in a plane crash in 1968. (Investigators not know why his plane/erash) 2. Complete the sentences with a verb in the negative. 1 Iwent shopping, but everything was too expensive. Lint buy anything. 2. My wife and I had a quiet weekend at home. ee anywhere 3 Unfortunately, T only got 35% in the exam. es pa 4 Pete went to a party, but it wasn't very good. stay. 5 Isaw Jenny in town, but I was very busy. have time to talk to her. 6 My parents’ holiday was awful. It rained every day. enjoy it. 42 Unit7 + Dates to remember 3° Questions 1 Match a question word in A with an answer in B. a B 1 When? 2 C1] Asandwich 2 Why? b [1] On Sunday. 3 Who? ¢ LZ Myundle David. 4 What? ¢ C0 tnpars 5 Where? eO 6 How old? £ C1 Because | wanted to, a B 7 How? 20» 8 What time? h Cy AMercedes. 9 What sort? i 1 930am. 10 How many? j C1 3hours 1 How much? « Oss TD How long? 1 © Byplane. 2. Put the words in the correct order to make questions. “Then write true answers. 1. school / did / when / start / you /? When did you start school? When [was sit. n 1241, 2 morning / you / time / get / up / what / this / did /? 3. dinner / night / have / what / you / last / for / did /? 4 did / train / last / you / by / when / travel /? 5 do/ what / Sunday / you / last / did /? 6 holiday / did / summer / on / go / where / last / you /? 3 Complete the questions inthe conversations. ‘We went out for a meal last night. Ob! (1) Where did you_ go? Luigis. Its an Italian restaurant in town. @ enjoy it? ‘Yes, we did. We had a great meal. What (3) 2 ar Thad lasagne and a salad. (4)__ expensive? No, not really, £20. That's not alot, is it? We went to Alison's wedding last week Where (1) 2 ‘twas in Birmingham, 2 ‘were there? ‘A lot! There were about 150 people! What (3) z She wore a beautiful white dress. She looked lovely! « have a good time? It was great! I danced till 3.00 in the morning! Time expressions 4 in/at/on Complete the time expressions with in, at or on. 1 on ___ Saturday 2 ____ summer 3 ___ the twenty-first century 4 ____ eight o'clock 5 _____ the 12th of March. 6 ___ June 7 ___ Monday morning 8 ___ 2010 9 ___ mybirthday 10 ____ the 1980s 11 _____ the weekend 12 ____ theafternoon 5 ago Look at the time then and the time now, How long ago was it? Time then | Timenow | How long ago? Spm 6pm 1 an hou ago 00 105 2 82025 seconds | 82027 seconds | 3 Monday | Thursday [4 May! May 5 | January June 6 _ | september | December 7 2002 mn 8 Unit7 + Datesto remember 43 Reading 6 Ahistory of the early cinema 1B Read the first part of the text “1895-1910! Complete the questions with did, was, or were. ‘Then complete the answers. 1 ‘When did_ the first moving picture shows start?” “At the end of the 14th century? “Where and when __ the first cinema open?” Tyee in 3. ‘How many ‘Nickelodeons’ there in the US by 19077 ‘About : 4 “How long. the film shows last?” ‘About E 5 ‘What kind of stories__they often tell?” stories? 2_ Read the second part of the text ‘1910-1927: Complete the questions with what, where, when, who, why, or how many. Then complete the answers. 1 ‘Where_were the first American films made?” “In New York 24 did the film companies move to California®® Because of. ol kind of film became popular?” 4 did Hollywood become the ‘movie factory’ for the world?” By? films did the studios make every year?” “800. 829 of _ : ae were two famous silent movie stars?” “Buster Keaton and : 44 Unit7 + Dates to remember 3 A History of the Early Cinema 1895-1940s The first moving picture shows started in theatres in England, France, and the United States at the end of the 19th century. Cee ee ee | 1895—I910 Silent movies Im 1905 the first cinema or ‘Nickelodeon’ opened in Pittsburgh, and by 1907 there were about 4.000 ‘Nickelodeons in the US. The films were short Gometies just one minute long) and silent, but there was usually a pianist to accompany them. Film shows lasted about half an hour. Later films became longer and were often Bible stories, Until 1910 the actors were not named. With the longer films their names started to appear on screen, The idea of ‘film stars’ was born Read the third part of the text ‘1927-19408 Correct the underlined information in these sentences. 1 Hollywood made its first movie with sound in 1918. No, it dant. tt made its frst movie with sound in 1427. 2. The Jazz Singer was made in 1929. 3. The time of the silent movies was called “The Golden Age of Hollywood 4. The Golden Age lasted until 1928, eT ee razr freaioy ‘YARNEROUND, 1910-1927 “HOLLYWOOD” is bom! In the ealy years Amer an films were made in or neat New York, but in 1910 many film companies moved to California because of the sunshine and tk scenery, Westerns ~ films about cowboys ~ became very popular, and California was the perfect place to fil. By 1914 American films were very popular, and Hollywood became a ‘movie factory’. In the 1920s studios made about 800 films a year, 82% of the world’s films, Hollywood’ sil movie stars, such as Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton, became famous throughout the word. 1927—1940s The coming of SOUND! Hollywood made its first movie with sound in 1927 Singer. By the end of 1929 neatly Iwas called The Ja all lms were ‘talkies’. Now began what is often called The Golden Age of Hollywood’, with its rich, famous, glamorous film stars such as Clark Gable, Greta Garbo, Humphrey Bogart, and Katharine Hepburn. Listening 7 My favourite film 1 Listen. Match each person with their favourite film and its star. FILM STARS 1 Derek. [Gone withthe Wind (939) | [Audrey Hepbum 2 Mandy | | HighNoon (1952) Keira Knightley 3 fe | [Beaters 8] Coane | Jaws (97) L——— 4 Noe IN Robert shaw ‘Star Wars Vi Return of rz 5 Sam the Jedi (1983) Carrie Fisher 6 Helen | Frideand Prejudice (005) | | Gary Cooper | 2 BY Listen again. Write the name of a person next toa reason why they like the film. 1 the love story — 2 thecity 3 the music 4. the interesting story the clothes 6 theending Unit7 + Datesto remember 45 Vocabulary Everyday English 8 Adverbs 9 Special occasions 1 Complete the sentences using the adjective once and the Listen. Complete the conversations. adverb once. careful carefully 1 Be careful_! This cup is very hot. 2 Please listen carefully to what I'm saying. beautiful beautifully 3. She has a lovely voice. She sings 4 Your dress is really love it! bad badly 5 We lost the match because we played really. 1A’ That's it! It’s January the first_! 6 ‘didnt get the job? poet: — . B New everyone! luck. Maybe next time? © Happy New Year! zeal neal A to the old year! Heres to the ! 7 Can I open the window? It’s hot in here eee ae All Cheers! 8 Mm! Spaghetti! This is Italian food! quiet quietly 9 Be ! can't hear the TV. 10 Sh! Speak 1 The baby’s asleep. slow slowly 11 Tmavery reader. It takes me months to finish a book. 12 Cook the chicken for three hours. 2 Complete the sentences with an irregular adverb from the box. 2A Itwas my birthday yesterday. had fast well early ‘(ate Bete Deepa i A. Yes, thank you. It was very funny, 4 1 The plane leaves at 6.00 a.m.,so we need to get up early. B And you were in years old. Did you havea 2. T'm scared! You drive too ! Slow down! a z 1 3 Idid really in my exams! I got 80%. A. Yes, twenty iriends_and they 4 My father worked __all his life. brought me lots of . . 5 ‘The TV programme ends really___. About midnight. ae a as oe, fe a yesterday. A. Oh, wow! Thanks! 46 Unit 7 + Dates to remember Don’t forget! 10 Word order Put the words in the correct order in these sentences, 1 Igo every day to work. {goto work every day 2 She speaks very well English. 3. We played all afternoon tennis. 4. Imake always the same mistakes 5 [wrote this morning some emails. 6 liked very much the film, 3A’ Anna! Congratulations! 7 Do you know well Berlin? B Thank you very much. A When's the __? 8 Iwent last week to the theatre. B_ We dont know for sure. Possibly April. 9 Igo often out with my friends at the weekends. A. Can Ise your engagement B Ofcourse. Do you. estas 5 10 Do you go ever to nightclubs? A. Ab Its beautiful. I cant wait for my . Dont forget to say —— 10 Paul from me. TI Prepositions ‘Complete the sentences with a preposition from the box. t in (2) to 2) about (2) round for fx2)_—on of 1 Can Tspeak to_ you about_my homework? 2. Wewent out ‘a meal last night. 3 Tlisten the radio the morning. 4 Are you interested modern art? 5 Tm not very good maths. 6 What sort music do you like? 7 Lasked a coffee, not a tea. 8 Pmworr ‘my exams. 9 Isthe football TV tonight? Havea good ! 10 [want to travel the world. wp o> Unit7 + Datestoremember 47 WW = Count and uncount nouns + some and any + like... and Fd like... + muchandmany + Food + Dailyneeds + Shopping in the High Street Erin Count and uncount nouns 1 Can we count it? ‘Are these usually count or uncount nouns? Write 6 or U. 1 W__ cheese 9 ___ fruit 2 apple 10 ____ pasta 3 food 11 ___ banana 4 ___ biscuit 12 ____ tea 5 ____ bread 13 ___ egg 6 ___ milk 14 ___ water 7 ___ chip 15 ____ strawberry 8 ___ tomato 16 ___ butter 2 a,an, or some? Ilike... and I'd like... 3 What do they like doing? Look at the information about Sasha and Bill. Complete the sentences about them. Complete the sentences with a, an, or some. holes 1 There's some food on the table. Come and nt eS Weekend | going tothe cinema ‘going to the cinema and get itt ices eer bre alien the theatre 2 Tusually have ___ apple for breakfast. cooking dione for frends ie eee ens Holidays | relaxing somewhere hot | exposing old cites 4 Wehave___cup of coffee and _ biscuit at 11.00. Holiday | swimmingand sunbathing | going ontong walks 5 Theres cheese in the fridge and ache A can eee ears tomato. 6 Do you want _ drink? Tea? Coffee? 1 Sasha likes going_to the cinema, and so does Bil 7 Give me __ water! Quick! 2 Bill likes theatre. 8 Vhave, fruit every day. 3. Sasha likes to restaurants, but Bill likes 9 Do you want __ orange or__ banana? for friends. 10 You need __eggs to make _ omelette. 4. Sasha likes somewhere hot, but Bill old cities. 5. Sasha likes and, but Bill 48 Unit 8 + Eatinor out? ‘on long walks. 6 They both like books.

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