care praia Pa a PRE-INTERMEDIATE CAROL NUTTAL EL E AROL NUTTALL WORKBOOK DAVID EVANS01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 JOBS SHOPS GETTING THERE EAT RELAX FAMILY AND FRIENDS YOUR PLACE EDUCATION MIND AND BODY PLACES TO STAY SCIENCE AND NATURE ON THE PHONE CULTURE STUFF MONEY EVENTS AUuDIOScRIPT ANswer KEY Pa P.10 P16 P.40 P46 P52 P58 P.64 P.70 P.76 P.82 P88 P94 P.101 P.113ni JOBS tA works 3s pat ofa team ang cares for peop! with health proslers They doa traning cours fist and lar how to ‘ive meclcstion to patents and hp to make aparient comfartablesn hospital Thay often vwork ey long hours including wenn at night 2a ‘wor alone ora team They srudy very herd, do esearch and Pxceriment VOCABULARY king about jabs ‘1 Match the job with the photograph. ‘e and sometimes do several Fightsin a day. BA emnesnns609s research and writes news stories They gota diferent evenis ask people quesions, dalle information, anc may weak for television, ria an newspeper cComparies This a ety competitive creer, 1 journalist 2 pilot 3 nurse 4 engineer 5 sales manager 6 soldier 7 scientist 8 police officer 2. Who does what? Complete the descriptions with a job from exercise 1. DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Questions about jobs 3. Match the questions (1-6) with the answers (af). 1 How long have you worked there? a. ‘I'm a travel agent 2. Where do you work? b Three years now, 3 S0,do you get on with the people ct Four Points Travel, in Alsace Street apd so they must ue al social network sles to keep up-to-date withthe latest news in wide vary of areas. Ammann Sa Saks tam, 86d to oet on with afer perccniies “They otgeise taining courses matvate the team todo well end work wth the markeing departmentznd ty togive customers wnat they wert bothinalebowtary andauidoos inorierio YA... deesateugh rang ‘solve problerns in Yes, they/re realy nice! And * (you get) that lovely amp there, too? S: Oh nal {buy) that from Heavenly Home: D-Hiowe it!* (Go) they have any others ket? not exactly the same, but there was one that vas similar (find it hard to choose between them (you not buy) both of ther? We reallyVOCABULARY Shopping online 1 Choose the correct word in italics to complete the sentence. ‘ 1 bought these jeans. They were only £15, reduced’ / ‘returned from 40. 2 lke ordering things from the shop's website, as they've gota really elable delivery fee / service 3 The smartphone | wanted was very popular,and when | finally got to the shop it was out of stock / sale 4 When they took / delivered my order, the jacket was the wrong size. It was too small 5. I bought it on eftay.| won / bid £35 for it, and the guy let ie have it. © You look great! That dress really fits /suits youl 2 Complete the blog with the words and phrases in the box. bargain reliable dropped wide Go down the road past the town hall © Come out af the railway station and turn lef. Go past the church © You'll find the police station cn the next corner on the l f Turn left fg Take the first turning on the right h At theend af the road you'l see a monument STENING 7 %3.2 Listen to the directions and follow the route on the map starting at the railway station. Where does the route finish? 8 © 3.2Which of these things were mentioned in the directions? Tick (7) the ones you hear. Then listen again to check, 1 crossroads 2 playground 3 sports ground 5 tiaffic lights 6 bridge 7 church 8 railway station 9 monument 10 roundabout 11 iver 12. police station 9 3,3 Listen toa man giving a woman directions. ‘They are in the park. Follow the route on the map and answer these questions. 1. Where does the wornan want to go? 2. What mistake does the man make? 3. Where do the man's directions take the woman?1 Read this magazine article quickly and choose the best description. a Adescrigtion of a journey that the writer has made Advice for peosle who are planning a holiday oliday inthe USA cvellers Anadvertisement for a Advice for business ‘ny paople dream of traveling éoress the USA. It's one of the world's great journeys and it's ‘surprisingly sagy to mak that dream come true, a= ‘ur travel expert expla, ‘You can vavel actoss the USA by bus, tran oF plane, but for ‘the real experience, you have to drive. There's no need to buy a car, because renting 2 car is easy. There are car hire offices at ‘ll major aitports and mest compares wil offer one-way ‘ental, ‘which meen that you don’t hie to vetum the car to the sania ofes ‘When you're drhing, remember thal the distances between lies car be very long, 50 choose 2 comfertable car wilh sir Consilicning anid meise sire you take lots of your favourte music wath you lossary 3. Match the sentence halves. 1 Iwas able ta check in 26 only when | joined the que fe got to the airport in plenty of time but it took ag The trains weren't running, so called The plane was rather late When | checked the departures We got stuck in heavy trafficon 8 I quickly ran to the boarding, Read the article again, What are the writer's opinions? Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (¥). 1 te very difficult to make the trip across the LISA, 2. tes. good idea to drive 3. It'sa good idea to buy acar 4 tt'sa long way between You should spend a lot New Yerk and Los Angeles The north east is the most in American hotels cost alot of money. It's.a good idea to book hatels in advance eresting area ‘Youll prebabiy stat your journey in New York on the east coast ‘rio Los Angeles on the west coast. Thay ara both fascinating ‘ies bui don't spend too long there get out on the reac Trat's where you'll experence the real USA Most people saree that the south west of the USA isthe most interesting part ofthe county, That's where you'l find the ‘mourns of Utah and ihe deserts of Arizona with world famous sights such as the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley. ‘As for aocommodetion, there are bts of motels everywhere anc ‘you don't normally need to book in acvance, so you don't have to plen your jeumey in too much data. Yeu also find pity of ira serving goed American food ks hamourgers, not cogs and pizza. Bul be careful Amencans are big eaters, 90 you can x00! to retumt home a fw Klos header han you arved Ti oe USA off but still managed to land on time way te the airport and missed the flight ad, it sald delayee! next to my fight gate, and was the last person to board the plane € online, so | had more time to spend in the duty free £ataxito take meto the airport gg to board that | realised | was at the wrong gate togothrough security.and we nearly miss dourflight.GRAMMAR Past simple and past continuous Complete the sentences with the correct past form of the verb in brackets, ¥ 1 Wher | arrived in the Departure hall,a huge queue of people (walt) to check in, 2 heard the last cal fr my fight as (go) through security 3. | was buying some duty free when someone (steal) my 4 Wen {sit)in the plane when the light attendant {tell us the plane couldn't take off for another hour 5 We (travel) to Hong Kong and we change flights in Zurich, The plane (take off} when suddenly one of the engines (go) dead (have to) Circle the correct form of the verbs in italics, 1 While | trovelled / was travelling to Sydney | lost / wes fosing all my luggage in Bangkok 2. The train wasn't running / didn’t run so \ was taking / took a bus to the alrport: 3. | cropped / was dropping my passpart while! was running / ran towards the boarding gate 4 Iwas talking / talked on the phone when | was hearing / heart someone call my name. 5. I knocked / was keacking over a woman's coffee as eft / was leaving the cafeteria, Complete the story with the correct past simple or past continuous form of the verb in brackets. ‘was really excited sbout my Holiday in Hawai. So? (go) shopping and? (buy) some new clothes, When the day s (come) to leave, it (rain) soi taxito take me to the airport.1° [ast) the driver to stop ata Chemist's so that I could buy some tablets for my allergy. As I? 3 (get) out of the taxi,a ous ® (go) past and splashed water all over me! So, when I? I quickly went to the bathroom to change my clathes. after that, it Ms (take) ages to go through checkin, Then, as 1! (go) through security, they = (stop) ene ta search my hand luggage. By this time it boarding gate. (get) there as they (close) the satel Fortunately, the woman from the airline let me onto the flight. (cola (arrive) at the airport, (get) late, anc'so had to run te the DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Apologising for being late 7 Complete the dialogues with the phrases in the box. |don'twory atleast. missed got stuck in haven't been here was chatting to 1A: Sorry fmlate,! my neighbour and completely forgot the tre. B: Oh well. Never mind, youre here now. 2A Sorry im late. heavy taffe B What was the problem? 3A: Sony nt late. ‘the bus BS OKI ong, LISTENING 8 3.4 Listen to the first part of a conversation between Greg and his friend Anna about Greg's road trip on Route 66, Tick (7) the correct answer. 1 Greg had a a great time 2 Route 56 is, 2 4248 miles long & 2,448 miles long 3 Each day Greg travelled b terrible time. 2 116 miles b 150 miles 4 Route 66's a anormal road —b amodem siclane motorway. 9 Match these words in the box to the photos. There are two words for each photo. valley Cadillac arch fiver monument National Park 10 % 3.5 Listen to the second part of the conversation. Number the photos 1-3 in the order you hear them.VOCABULARY Tran 1 Complete the conversations with the words in the boxes. motorway servicestation hugeload + train coach truck passengers long line of cars AAS carrying a" w= Crashed at junction 12, {and was biocking two lanes, So we were stuck on the 3 for ages. You should have ceen the * stretching for riles in front of us. The river decided to stop in this * «to give all the. a break So. don't expect me any time saon, 8: You see! |told you totake the ride test ‘motorbike licence 5: Jiml ve got my Ihe? was easy! 4 Congratulations, Sally! When are you taking me for a - then? 5: Ah, youll have to wait a while, as lerashed my on the way home from the test centre [tip travelcard underground taxi tines charge D: Shall We tak€ a? senor? G: Noway! They? fortune to take you a couple of. miles, nd then they expect a * The! s much cheaper. We can get a one-day® that lets you goonall the® in the city centre D: But we won't see much that way van bikes drive onstrike ye lanes} railservice park cancelled _hirea vehicle K: The! to Fdinburgh was’... because the rail workers were? sowe decided ta... and there : Wow, Kevint it’s a long way! What kind of car did you get? Ki We had a lot of stuffso we hired a The journey was actually fine, but when we arrived, we couldn't find anywhere to” - becouse of the Festival E: So,what did you do? k: Went to Colin's, and borrowed some ® there's a great system of? centre, Fortunately, from his place into the 2 Underline the word or phrase that does not complete the sentence. 1 We got off the 2 ur flight was... delayed / crashed / cancelled 3 Thecoach stopped service station / underground / troffc atthe fights 4 Webireda vehicle / von / licence 5 Wegaveatiptothe.. waiter/ policeman / taxi driver 6 Thediversion caused... terrible delays / a website /a trafic jam bus / train /car 20 outcomes GRAMMAR Quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns 3. Which of these sentences talk about the most cars and which talks about the fewest? Rank them from 1103. There aren't many cars on the toad, b There are a lot of cars on the road. © There aren't any cars an the road 4 Revitite the sentences from exercise A but use ‘traffic’ instead of ‘cars’ Uncountable nouns have no plural form and are not used with a /an.tn the exercise above, remember that ‘cars’ are countable but ‘traffic is uncountable. ther common uncountable nouns include transport, money, information, homework and food. 5 Rewrite these sentences, replacing the underlined ‘word with the word in brackets. 1. Thereisn't much parking in this part of town Car parks) 2 There's a strike today, so there are no buses or tains (public transport) 3 It very polluted here because there area lot of factories in this area. (industry) 4 leant lend you anything because 've only got a few ‘coins on me. (money) 5 She's in a terrible hury because she only has alittle time before her bus arrives. (minutes) 6 Choose the correct words inthis conversation. ‘A: How many / much imeshaveyou ben to lopan By Ive only been there one ‘Ac How many much time did you spend there? B: I was there fora week A Didyou enloyit thet Bt hadageat time but dont speakany/nolapaneze So had sew / tle problems communicating ‘Did you eat much fy Japanese fod? 8: Oh yes tate tof / much ishDEVELOPING WRITING An email - ving directic ¥_— 7 Read the email and answer these questions, What has Peter invited Raj to? 2 What's the best way of getting to Peter's home? 3 Whats the route from Scatt's Park tube station Peter's home? Draw it on the map. 4 What should Raj do if he has a problem? Vocabulary Builder Quiz 3 Download the Vocabulary Bullder for Unit 3 and try the quiz below. ‘Write your answers in your notebook. Then check them and record your score, 1 Complete the sentences with words from the box. jeo0 {im pleased 0 hear thar you can came iounafor cero) Satur, Weare ony ve minutes waaay am Sars | Park station so probably beso come by tube. Wher you { Oh,cor't bother! It's too crowded and polluted! © No,1've never heard of it, to be honest. I it good? d. Why don't you try some? Its delicioust © Yes, found some realy great recipes in there! Yes, but m afraid it wasr’t spicy enough for Kevin! Put the words in brackets into the correct form of the ‘present perfect simple, 1 -(you ever eat) snails? 2 (You be} to that italian restaurant on the corner ye? 1S great. | (be) there three times! 3 (you ever try) falafel? They'e a kind of vegetarian meatball, made with chick-peas, 4 This isthe first time | make) Thai food | hope youlite i 5 Bob (never eat cury before He doesn't eat much spicy food. ei 6 (you read) that ecokbook gave you yet? Language note When we talk about travel experiences, we use’be" eg, Have you ever been te Niogars Falls? 've been to Alaska twice. "ve never been abrod, Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct form of the present perfect simple or the past simple. 1 kate: (you be} to Edinburgh before? Gunter: Yes, | wo years ago. How about you? Kate: | [never be) here before it's really cold! Gunter you vist) the caste yet? Kate: No! | must go. How about you? Gunter: | (Go) yesterday it was amazing! 2 Yur: (you be} to any good restaurants yet? Xavier: Well! (go) to The Apple last night Yuri: Oh, that famous chet’ place? the be) ‘there? DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Suggestions ee Unscramble the suggestions. 1A: that Thai / the corner / how / round / place / about? 8: To be honest, | con't realy fe! like spicy food today. ‘A: could /we'/ instead / well / that vegetarian / ithe square / go / restaurant / to 2 G sushi bar / how / new / about / an Samson Strest ther? 1D: To he honest, don't really feel ike Japanese foc C: wes that Greek’ well /instead / restaurant / could / to/ go down the road 3. E: seafood / in / about / restaurant / howe / that / the centre /? F: Tobe honest, I don't really feel lke fish today. E: instead / go / could / The Cooking Pot / well / to / we / on James Street Complete the conversation with the zesponses (a-f), 4 Great idea! | love their curries © Yes, but they haven't got enough vegetarian dishes on the menu. don't want to eat spaghetti with tomato, sauce againl © [tll be toa noisy to talkin there, then! | Fancy going somewhere quiet so we can chat. 1 Tim nat sure. Have you been to La Vita Bella yet? © Ye5,Ndo, ¥ Well have to book though A: Where do you want to gotonight? ‘8: Oh,| went there last week We waited an hour to get a table! That's too long to wait in a restaurant that doesn't take bookings. 'm not going there again! How about Nell’ Kitchen? There have been good reviews ofthat. (Oh, yes! forgot you don't eat meat! De you lke seafood? pPee ‘Well there's a nice litte fish restaurant in the centre, * cll gets busy ‘A: Well, then we could go to the Indian down the coad instead. That doesn't get busy until the pube close BeREADING 1 Read the blog about sandwiches around the world. Match each blog entry with the correct country below. vietnam Ireland + austria France A © D 2 In which deseription(s) does the writer mention that: 1. the sandwiches are nat expensive? 2- the bread is made in the shop? 3 the place gets very busy? 4. the restaurants very eld? 5 the ingredients used are local? err eect] 3 Match the words from the blog (1-10) with the definitions (aj). recipe (ine 2) a fashionable and modern 2 falafel(ine 8} Bone food item which s used with others to make a dish 3 thepremises (line 19) what is placed inside a sandwich 4 variely (ine 20) d_ not very expensive 5 Ingredient (ine 20) € the restaurant/shop building 6 discount (line 32) {instructions foF making a dish 7 reasonable prices) @ Special design which a shop or (line 34) business uses 8 trendy (ine 42) chickpea balls 9 filling (ine 43) 1 special low price 10 logo {line 48) j anumber of different things 4 Underline the words that can go with these phrases. 1 freshly made caffe / orange juice / newspaper / ‘icecream football team / restaurant } person f Mexicon food f ingredients / dishes / colours fruit {fish ¢ water ¢ table / vegetables bread 2. extremely popular 3 avarely of 5 food fast | spicy f heatth fru junk / frozen 6 price reasonable f discount / full half 24 outcomes Pete's Eats Blog | travel alo in my search for new and exciting recipes, and | suddenly realised that the one thing I haven't talked about is ‘one ofthe mast common lunchtime foods in the wate Ys, you ‘guessed it the sandwich) A L’As du Fallatel — Paris Ce Rey rts he your Ft oie fe peared towaleh ine at unchie, hooey | every pep The een Mam rica eens ae itor aioe eal re | nese ge = | buy to take avy ox choose to stn the sna pice avelebofor ders + Q Banhmibistro 3 © Ho Chi Minh City aes 3h mi sandhiches, pronounced un mee, re Vetharnese ina Fench baguette. One ofthe est places that serves them she BarPymioiszo in Ho Chi Ninh Cy. The breadisfreshy baked on the premises and you fn choose trem radishes ana hot pepe’ tol your bent Fevourte isthe Bsro Special which comnansadeticious vary of meats such as barbecue por ham and pat OBriens Sandwich Bar — Dublin ‘ab sandwich These people have rastered the art ofsenniche making Thay Use vrondleruly hiss of Hes be it ty neds. The rey and xe arc with —— and fille with a wich The good newsis hey offer escoun for students, ane thelr full ares ‘oo! The business is ‘rowing fst, with sancvich bars in Several diferent counties, | hope doesnt mean that cele ality wl sue Turkey andbesenosie, Vienna This actually famous frnly- owned resaurany, since 1618. Many Viennese eat lieve regula. The resturant Is expensive, but the trendy delicatessen sels dei sanvches t reasonable prices, Popul filings inclu minced blood sausage herting salad, mushroom salad and ham andJenals. Tourists can pay a bit exra and buy a packed I scuvenib decorated with the restaurant’ logo ofa | ack camel wearing a head ~ . ening sla sandwich hasVOCABULARY Describing food 5 Match the types of fod (186) with the descriptions (af) 1 potato 4 mange 2 courgette 5 garlic 3 squid 6 mushroom @ It’s kind of fruit. t's large and yellow, almost orange in colour. It's got a sweet taste. You usually eat it raw. b tts.a small, brownish grey fungus. tt graws in the round. it's quite soft. You usually eat it fried or grilled. tis often used in salads or on pizzas. € It akindof seafood. it has a long, soft body, and ten small arms, called tentacles. it has a mild taste, and you usually eat it fried or grilled, You sometimes cook itima sauce, @ Itsa kind of vegetable. It's hard, and white on the inside with a thin, brown skin. It hasa mild taste, and you can eatit fried, boiled or -oasted. It accompanies ‘most meat and fish dishes. its smal, white and hard. It has a very strong taste. You usually add it to cooked food to give it more flavour, but some people eat it rawin salads, or on a piece of bread and butter kind of vegetable. i's long, with a green skin, It's ‘not very hard, and has a mild taste You usually eat it fried or boiled. You can add itto most vegetable dishes and salads, PRONUNCIATION 6 4.1 Listen to the words on the left. Then choose the ‘words in the line with the same sound, [count could book 1 would fay 2 shall fe/_| champagne chant pancake 3 enough /a/ rough cough hungry [4 Juice fay root boil fruit 7 4.2 Listen to all the words and check your answers 8 Practise saying the words. GRAMMAR Offers, requests, suggestions © Match the following questions with thelr function. a offer —b request asking permission d_ suggestion Could | have the day off please, ir Brown? Shall take your coat, madam? Could | nave my steak well done, please? Shall we order drinks first? Shall bring you some water, sir? Shall we ordera dessert? Could | borrow your phone to call the babysitter? Could you bring us the bill please? Language note | We usually make a request when we want somebedy to da sornething for us.e.g.Couid you make me a coffee pleose? We ask permission when we want to do something but are not Sure if its acceptable. g, Could lofen the window, please? 10 Use the prompts to complete the mini-dialogues. 1 Waiter Guests Would you like me to bring you some wing, sr? (don't drink alcohol / bottle of sparkling wat please?) 2. Manager: Right, Juan. Could you clear those tables, and set for tomorrow, please? Juan: Er. Mrs Kent (leave early, please?) ‘My mother has asked me tocollect my brother from his, judo lesson, 3 Man: Shall we go fora Chinese meal, then? ‘Woman: (dont feel ike / pizza, instead?) 4 Man Waiter: ht | can't find my car keys, They fell on the floor, (help you / look / them, sir?)GRAMMAR too and not enough 1 Complete the sentences with too or not .. enough and the adjectives in the box. hard cooked cexpenshe a fig spied 1 Ican't eat this soup it's cold water, please! 2 This bread isn't very fresh. i's to eat! 3. This fish isnot, Ws stil raw! 4 This wine isn't Could you bring us, another bottle? 5 Thisis © Waiter! This table is {you give us another, please? ! Bring me some You've overcharged us! for six people, Could 2 Complete the following dialogue with a suitable phrase from. the box. wasn'thot enough haven't been has had tooslow _lveneverheard “have youtried ‘A: Where shal we go then? 8: How about Joe's Place? We there for ages! A. | knovy but the service was ® the last time we went, remember, Lets go somewhere new. 3 vases that Mexican restaurant on Keene Street? B: Nos of I. What's it lke? A; Well the chili = for me, but you'll ke it And they do really nice tacos, 8: Mm, you know | don't ike spicy food) The new fish restaurant inHooton © ‘some good reviews. We could go there A: OK, then, Let's go there, 3 Say what is wrong with this kitchen, Write sentences using the words below, [arty untidy staff work Not. enough + noun: When the phrase is followed by. ‘noun, ‘nat’ comes before the verb. eg. We don't have. enough food to eat. You haven't made enough paella We don't say'We have not enough food” | 25 ourcomes LisTENING 4 4.3 Listen to two people having a meal ina restaurant. What kind of restaurant are they in? 5 % 4.3 isten again. What do the couple order to eat and drink? Underline the correct answe roussaka ‘zatziki "water ‘wine spetsofal_—_souvatd 5 ©4.4listen to the rest of the conversation, and. answer the questions. 1. Why doesn’t Claire want to eat the spetsofait 2 Does Claire like the tzatziki2 Why (not)? 3 Dothey ordera dessert? 7 How do Socrates and Claire feel about the food? Tick (V) the best answer. 8 Match the descriptions (a~d) in the menu below with. ‘the correct dish (1-4), 1 Greckslad 2 yoghurt and cacunber sled, FPwoured sit arc 2 teateiki Tee b spicy ausage wich green peppers “ © temates uctomber poppers and 4 pelos oles, ith goat cease sal pose of riled pork screed on a sick DEVELOPING WRITING A review — a restaurant 9 Holly writes a food and eating blog for her local newspaper's website. Read Holly's reviews of two restaurants below. 1 Which restaurant did she think was good? 2. Which restaurant did she think was poor?VOCABULARY ’ Places and equipment DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Introducing negative comments ‘Write the place next to the correct activity. court pitch tack pocl course river_gym studio | 1 Youpplay golf on a 2 Yougo fishing on a 3 You do dance class ata 4 You play football ona 5 You go swirnming in 2 6 z 8 You play tennison a You do yoga in a You go running on a Read the text below and answer the questions. The Two-Minute Test This sn fut but can you do the anagrams and ‘answer the questions in two minutes? ceand obotflla etma sminmwisg ntneis °"? uinnrng © ss"9er bagel flog wingrda 4. You play this sport outside, with two or four players. You hit a ball over a net with 2 racket. ‘You need a set of clubs to play this sport. Salsa, tango and waliz are all kinds of .. You need paper and pencils to do this activity. I you de this activity on a track, you must wear ‘special shoes, but if you do it on the road, you can ear trainers, 6 This activity needs time, patience and a good rod. 7 Todo this sport you must wear trunks, a cap and ‘goggles to protect your eves from the chiorine in the pool. 8 Eleven players make up a... 9 Rackets, bats and clubs are all types of .. 10 Which word can you not use to describe gear? equipment kit game clothes 24 ouicomes 3 Complete the negative comments. 1 A: Did youenioy the film? B: Ihave to say, 2 A: What dia you think of the match? B: Tobe honest, (U/ be / disappointed / Chelsea / not / win) 3A: What was the book like? 8: | must admit. (U/ not / like / romantic novels) 4. A: Doyou want to goswimming? B: To behonest, ‘ ((/ean't tang / swim) ; 5A: We could play tennis on Saturday. BT have to $j... aire ee B: I must admit, nnn (think golf? boring) (acting not good) (1/ useless at tennis) 4. Read the conversation. Write tobe honest, Ihave to say or ‘Imust admitin each gap 1-3.For gaps 4-6, complete the phrases. Anil: Phew m exhausted! ve just been to my first Tai Chi lesson. the strangest form af exercise ve ever tried! Henny: Did you enjoy it then? Anil im nat sure realy! wes more difficult than | expected ts actually quite hard todo the exercises slowly ard correctly Henny: So, ae you going to continue doing it? Anil: Well! think prefer tearn spor. | thing m going tojoin.afootbal club instead Henny: > Fm not surprised. didn't think youd ike it Ani So, whrat about you, Henny? Did you go with Dae to play tennis? Henny Yes, did, actualy Ai And did you ike it? Henny: Tobehonest.* {too difficult. couldn't hit the ball wel: Dae is good at it but she's ‘ety fit and she's taken lessons Ani So,what are you going to dot Henny: Well Ihave to say © (prefer / dancing) must ami, {not / ike / sport much any more) | vant ta get ft though, so might join a dance class and learn the tango. 5 %5.1Lsten and check your ideas for exercise 4.¥ GRAMMAR Plans and arrangements 6 Match the sentence halves. 1 Imthinking of going to 2 not going to do anything this 2 Ifthe weather's good evening, tomorrows & to join Pilates class, 3 Imexhaustedl Im ¢ the cinema this evening. Do 4 Nontes phoned earlier, you want to come? 5 Tim going to go 4. I might come with you. gymthisafternoon, eI might go shopping. 6 That's good deal If f “Ann and are meeting him at Fm free, ‘the pub later. 7. Choose the correct form to complete the following sentences. Insome cases, both forms are possible. 11 Were meeting / We might meet atthe cinema at 7 ociock. The film starts at 7.25. Do you want to come? 2 lim going / ¥m thinking of going to Paris at the weekend. Do ‘you think I should? 3. A: What areyou doing / might you do at the weekend? 8: I don't know. m going / | might go to see my grandmother. 4 4: Kimbo, won't come shopping with you today. The weather's so nice./ might do I'm going te do some gardening. It might rain tomorrow! B. Oh! OK, then, I dont fancy going on my own, so might do f/m doing some work instead. ‘A; Might you come / Are you going to came for a meal with us later B: | might What time are you meeting / are you.going to meet? 6 rm wotching (im going to watch 2 DD tonight. & Complete the mini-dialogues. Use a suitable form - might, present continuous or going to- with the verb in brackets. 1 A: Right, Ken We Anil at 5 o'clock ‘outside the stadium. The match starts at 5.30, 50 dor't be late! (meet) 2 A lorgel for a drink after work? (you come) B: don't know, Dae. home and have an early night. 'm exhausted, (gc) 3. A: Anel.you haven't worn those for ten years! What 2 (yeu / do} BI running, and lose weight before ‘our holiday! (go) 4 We a barbecue this evening and look at those clouas! I's going to rain! (have) What 2 The house ts toe mall For 20 people! ‘9. Mateh the sports with the photographs above. 11 sepak takraw 3 badminton 2 underwater rughy 4 tennis 10 5.1 Listen to three friends talking about their plans to get ft. What sport does each person decide to do? Dave: Beret: Heidi 11 5.1 listen again and answer the questions. 1. What type of sport does Heiai ike? Why is Heidi net happy with Daver 3. Why doesn't Beret want to try Heid’ sport? 4 Why isn't underwater rugby a violent sport? bo yau play sepak takraw with your legs and feat or your arms and legs? & Why does Beret decide to go with David? os rea 291 VOCABULARY Sports and ganies Choose the correct verb in italies in the following sentences: 1 Uyerpool won ¢ beat Juventus 2-0 yesterday 2 Gerrard scored / kicked both goals. 3 In the Chelsea-Manchester City match lastnight, Chelsea drew / won 3-2. 4 When last scored / timed myself running, |ran three miles in ten minutes 5 My dai has always beaten / supported Liverpool, but to be honest, | prefer Arsenal & In rugby, players throw kick the fall when they pass it to their team mates. Match words from boxes A ad B to write a list of ten sporting collocations. Some words in & are used more than once. EW iocitai running tennis golf swimming dance _sports. pool event racket, pitch course lass track gear Clubs court label the items from exercise B in the photographs. Match the sentence halves. 1. Imgoingto try out the new 18-hole golf events on in the area this weekend? 2 Jim, have you got your swimming. bracket, and Im playing in a tournament in half an hour! 3. Ave there any gocd sports € class at 7.30 thisevening? 4 Alice, haven't you got a dance course at Bagshot this afternoon, 5 Mum, |car‘t find my tennis fe track near here? Ive brought my trainers 6 Isthete a good running gear ready? I's time to go. GRAMMAR Superlatives Look at the spelling rules in the Language note. Complete the sentences with, the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets: Language note 1 the (exctng) thing ve ever done was jump roman aeroplane witha parachute Rememberhow to orm superlative 2 the (big) party "ve exer had was for my 21s birthaay adjectives: when invited 100 people 1 words of one syllable take-est eg. old ~ 3. The (easy) exam I've ever taken was my driving test. | the oldest : passed first time! 2 words of three syllables or more take the 4 The, (good) holiday I've ever had was in Thailand two most, or the Jeast before them eg. Intefigent ~ the ost inteligent 3 Some words of two syllables take the + este. pretty the prettiest Others take the most: the least. eg.aware~ the most years ago. | met my girlfriend there and Fell love! 5 The (expensive) car I've ever bought was my SAW. 6 The {hard) thing Ive ever had to do was break up with my last boyfriend. He was really upset, and felt guilty 7 The (bac) thingl've ever done was cheat in an exam at ayers school | got 60% but fa copied from my neighbour's paper Alurays check the comparative and 8 The. (popular) football team in my country is Juventus. superlative forms of two-syllable: 9 The {fit guy know ie my break dance instructor adjectives as you lean them, 10 The (successful) woman | know is ry mur She runs her ‘own business, goes ta the gym twice a week, andi stil finds time for us)© Write sentences with a superlative + the present perfect. eg It / bad / film / we / ever see, Teste worst fw we've ever seen. 1 This / expensive / 1/1 ever buy. <4 the. (long) aerobics class lasted for : and took place ina shopping centre car park in Colombia. 2 This exciting /sport /1/ ever try. 3 That /big// pizza / | /ever see. 42 Tre wories? (large) football stacium is Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain. It can seat 4 That / good / game / he,/ ever play. 5 She / successful /tennis player /1/ ever know. M93 The worlds s. (Calenging) bicycle race is Race Across America (RAAM).It covers about « 6 That / easy / game /1/ ever / win, 7 Complete the sentences in the factsheet with the superlative of the adjectives in brackets. 44 the: fast) cyclist ever to complete the RAAM is Pete Penseyres. He covered 3,107 8 Complete the factsheet with the missing miles in # » 9 hours and 47 minutes information (a-g) from the box below. in 1986. [9a772 people 594 —=—«3,000 miles 3Lhours $132 million —-24hours 45 Cistiano Ronaldo became the world’s Bdays a3 EL > (expensive) football player after his Real Madtid transier of PRONUNCIATION 416 the® (arge) sk lesson was attended by Fo manen SHE, tho were instructed by Hansjirg Gredig Switzerland) of the Swiss- Snowsport School at Sam-Heinzenberg (Graubiinder), Switzeriand, on 23 February 2008 9 Place the groups of words under the correct symbols. “47 the? ong) marathon playing tennis (ingles) was ®.. 35 minutes and 30 seconds and was achieved by George L Bolter ‘and Athos Rostan Ill (both USA, in Hickory, NC, USA, on 8-9 November 2008, 1 largest cyclist fastest challenging marathon badminton sil easy team win instruct business 2 3 4 5 play break race 10 95.2 tistenand check, 11 Practise saying the words. Then, ada the following words tothe table stadium interesting longest. complete lgme pretty exam achieve |VOCABULARY Word families 1 Write the noun forms of the adjectives below Check your spelling. tired redness homeless happy ‘weak aware ill conscious lay fit mad 2 Complete the text with the correct adjective or noun form of the words from the box. aware mad weak lazy population homeless Many cities aro over populated, and one ofthe biggest problems facing therm is! ‘There are just not «enough homes for everyone. London, for example is the most havily Lily in Europe, wth almost §,000 people per square kilometre Some people believe that homeless peopleare™ and that they don't work. This isa simplistic view, berause tnaay homeless people have obs, bet the high cost of living i major cites means that they can't afford the rent : ‘Sheltex, the charity for the homeless, is trying to zaise people's of the problem, Nobody wants to hen the. streets’ says one spokesman. ‘I's complete. think that these people are lazy and® ‘There are ‘hole families that need help. The government must provide ‘one homes, with vents that people can afford to pay? READING 3. Read the blog entry about three ways to relax. Match ‘one of the techniques with the photograph. 4 Decide whether the statements are true (1) or false (F). 1 Allthree relaxation techniques ask you to breathe correctly. The most complicated technique is the yoga technique, The yoga technique works hest you are alone ‘and siting cown, 4 The gui ata picture The gulded imagery technique does not work in 2 crowded room. 6. The progressive muscle technique acks you to focus on yeur body imagery technique asks you to look jeeo Feeling aun Oar? F Tey gan took ttre. Mont people some bac steer for desing wih stress they mateo fora Yk sand tran some rang manic hve foc ath orate ap These AM ap Bot ody bre are cop ies Up acl realy rac | | Your mind ad your by Sore we ge ‘Tip number 1: Yoga breathing technique This is one of che exsist ways 10 relax. The yoge breathing technique is most effective when you are & quiet place, and sing in the wallenewn lous position’ Bt you can also do ie a che office, on che bus or n te park. Sic up or stand up straight. Choose 1 poin to lock at, and focus on it while you are breathing. Close your mouth and bresshe in thraugh your nose slowly and deeply ‘ountng up to four. Hold your breath for four seconds, anc ten broatho out slowly with your mouth closed. Agsn,eount to four | and rage al the sues and enon of he dy ening your body | | Repeat the exercise up to ten times, | Tip number 2: Guided imagery relaxation tachnique Another simple way to rlax isto use the guided imagery technique Find a cuet place and get into a comfortable positon. Breathe deeply and slowly. and lvagine you are breathing in peace and breathing out stress. Once you feel more relaxed think ofa picture ‘of the most relaxing place you can imagine. Perhaps ies a beach on 4 tropical sland, or a cosy armchair by an open fre. Allow yourself | | te daydream. When you fel relaxed, count cown from een, and tell yoursef that when you get ta“one' youl fel calm and refeshed. Te relly works! Tip number 3: Progressive muscle relaxation technique | ‘Ths is one of my personal fivourites You tense and then ace ere prs four reals ase econ | and makes you relax You might ind tnt the mioseenjoyble time to Go this ia the ovaning, Sle down or fe denn ina quiet place, Start with dhe fot Tenso up tha masele group in the fet. and hold for ve seconds, Breathe in as you tense up.Then, release the tension all t ‘once, and breathe out Stay relaxed for ten seconds Work your way up the body from one muscle group tthe next. Repest the exer, ‘Continue doing this unl you hive completed the whole body. Aight! Go ahead and ery one of thm! Enjoy yours “Then let me know what you thiok by posting a comment below5 6 DEVELOPING WRITING log — your favourite game ‘Ao online games magazine has invited readers to send description of their favourite game or sport to their weekly blog, iey Want to know how and why they started the game, if they play with others, when and where, and what future plans they have for this game. Read one reader's blog entry. ‘What's the name of his favourite game? 2 Hor did he star aying the game? 3 How long has he been a club member? 4 What's he going to don the future? Match the headings with the paragraphs, 2 Whete, when and who I play with 2. Future plans for the game 3 How! started playing the game Underline any useful language about a game ora sport. = My favourite pare chess. I tated playing this game uth my dad when Tans five years od. Than fined the local chess dls. ve been aatember for12 years now, andl stil enjoy it ike chess because it's che most exciting game ve eer played. Althoug itsnota tem game, chess can he you meet people Several of my friends ste members of my le. Now Ive joined chess on the internet, and lay paint people from ll ver the wo Next month I'm going to ply ty fire local tournament, so tn practising hard IFT do well chat, Light tae pars largr tournament ‘see May The. who knows! aE —=—s Unite your own entry fr the blog. Us the notes below to help you, and waite thes paragraphs Uke the del above. Favourte seme bog entry i | eee ieee | ee ee (ca... because. | I've joined a ... club. | (pera ten ine Wier, eaee | 'm hoping to / thinking of / going to ... t Imight ... | {Whately ciate | 2 The rues ofthe game /bpor. | 3 Why you like it. Remember to check your grammar and spelling! | Vocabulary Builder Quiz 5 Download the Vocabulary Builder for Unit 5 and try the {quiz below. Write your answers in your notebook. Then check them and record your score. 1. Choose the correct word. 3. Hannah beat / won Xavier at table tennis last night. 2 The changing room Is really messy lazy Clean it up 3. Theteam walked onto the football court pitch and everyone cheered, 4 Winning the game made a mistake f difference to the team, 5. Try ta support / prevent the other team from scoring goal. 2 Complete the sentences with the correct preposition, 1 Theresa ban ‘smoking in the gym, 2 wan is going to race. Olviernet. 3 They're playing home against Chelsea this weekend, 4 She said I cheated play with me, 5 | kicked my opponent’ leg chess, and wouldn't mistake. 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in CAPITALS, 2 Thereisa lot of between the two brothers. RNAL 2 Thegame was played with stones. oRGIN 3 Dave SVE on and needs to get more exercise aT 4 She didn't come again? She's so | FoRGET 5 You need alot of, ‘to do this sport, STRONG 4 Match the sentence halves. 1 She walks atabrisk 3. trackyesterdoy evening 2 The Olympics always b pace every morning, atiract ¢ adifficult opponent, but 3 Julies ran three laps rmanagedito beat het ofthe race 4 on Bolt winning the race 4 Inthefinal Keirataced e huge crowds. 5 Im going to bet 5 Gross-out the word that does not collocate with the key word. 1 basketball mateh / court # rod / team 2 attract 0 rrowdl / scores / attention / aroe + audiences 3 golf club course ball / racket 4 set «a stondard / an example /a seoson / the pace 5 publish aboot /afilm sa magazine / anewspaper score __/25 Walt a couple of weeks and try the quiz again, Compare your scores.VOCABULARY Family and friends 1 Complete Claire's family tre with the words below. { brother ran. niece uncle ad cousin granddad sister-in-law nephew mum aunt 2 Complete Claire's description of her family with words from, exercise 1. We're nota very big family. My» ."sname is Brian, and he’s a teacher at my school. My {sa lawyer, she works for a big law firm in the city. I've gotonelittle?..........~ Tsay litte, he’s 30! He's married, MY...» Sara, is lovely, and we get on well. They've got two children. My ° ‘Matt, and he’s 6, Then my ° , Susie, is 4. Tove Plyingwith them, After shat, theres jst my Dave, who's my Dad's brother, his wife, Sheila, and their son, James, who is my only h, and of course there's my! Jim, eho is 80 this year. My ” 3. Whoare they? Complete the definitions with the words below. girfrend/toyfriend flatmate mother/fatherin-law |] classmate colleague neighbour exnife/nusbard 34 ovrcomes organising a “surprise party for him. And that's it! There's no one else. 1 You were once matted tether, They live next door ‘ou live together a5 a couple, but are ‘rot married, You go out with them Thy are your wifes¢husband’s parents You were at schoo! together. You share an apartment with them You work with them. GRAMMAR Question formation Complete the questions with the question words. Then answer them about yourself, [How Why When Howlong |] What Howold Do ne did you start leaming English? & 20 hava you known your best friend? A 3@ ‘your favourite food? a cs 4a you like Madonna? A 5 Q much do you pay to gote the nema tn your country? & a 6 @ ‘your hair darkor fair? A “ 70 do you like your best friend? A Because ao are you? Do you still go ta school or college? Or do youwork? As . Correct the mistakes in the following questions. 1 Why you lke him? 2. You have been watting how long? 3 You dite Kerys new boyfriend? 4. When you met your wife? 5 How yu make that dlicials spaghet! dah? 6 From where you are? 7 How long you have known him? 8 "Did you met her at university?DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Explaining who people are ‘Match the questions (18) with the responses Who's the bay in the blue shirt? Is the gil with the blond hair your sister? ‘Who's that angry-locking man at the back? Is this woman with the red dress Marisa? Who's this young girl in front of your mum? So, which one is your boyfriend? Is that you when you were young? \s that your dad sitting in the middle? That's Ben, 3 colleague from work. He's lovely That's my little cousin, Vicky The gorgeous guy standing on my right: No,it's my dad's brother, uncle George ‘Yes. She loves wearing bright colours, No, my sisters got red hair That's my friend, Calle. That's my ex-husband, Gareth, He hated being in photos. No it's my twin sister. People say we look alike. Choose the correct word to complete the conversations. 1 A Who's the woman the dog? 8: That's my cousin nn, a having, bholding 2A: Who's the man standing. toyou? 8: That’s Bryan, a guy from work, a behind bnext 3A: Which one is Fiona? 8: Thegir. the green shirt. a with bof 4A Isthis Abed? B: No.He'stheoneontthe right atalk talking 5. A: Is your sister In the picture? 8: Yes, She's the one in biue siting in * a front bb back 6 A: Who's this lovely guy standing. your dad? £8 My cousin Anil He lives in Stockholm, anext bbetween 7A: Who's the girl sitting behind your B: That's git my old schoo! can't remember her name, afrom bat 8 A: Who's the child playing with the dogin the photo? tomylittlebrother, of John, you and B: That's me was eight: | really loved that dog, awhen bwhile e. LISTENING 8 Match the following words with the definitions and then check your answers. 1 immigrant 2 primary school 3. secondary school 4 fleld 5 harvest plece of land used for farming school for 12-18 year-olds person who comes to live in a country from another country time when fermers collect the foods they graw an the land school for 5-11 year-olds © 6.1 Listen to three people talk about where they spent ‘their childhood, Decide where each person grew up: Ain the country, Bby the sea, Cin different countries, D in a city Speakerl = ABCD Speaker? ABCD Speaker} = ABCD Match the sentence halves. 1. BaburWahidi went to a multicultural 2 Babur enjoyed being at the schoo! 3 Babur's situation improved at secondary school 4 Joe remembers sometimes feeling lonely 5 Carrie found it difficult to 6 Carrie now has no problem ‘on the farm where he grew up. because the teachers understood thelr students’ needs roving to a different town and starting a new job. primary school in Bradford, change school all the time, after classmates learnt he was good at football 6.1 Listen again and check your answers, emaGRAMMAR Similarities and contrasts 1 Complete the sentences with both, neither, all, none, whereas or but. sally and Ginny enjoy going ta,the cinema, Sally favourite actor Is Brad Pit, Ralph and like playing sport, but. Jane and |are a little lazy. of us is very patient. We. The two are very different. Zach is very outgoing and friendly, My grar's very practical and makes things, Ginny prefers Clive Owen, fof us likes watching it on TV! of my friends are Linkin Park fans. We're gaing to their concert in September! of us likes tidying up our roc! get frustrated easily and shout a lot! «= Kavin i rather shy. -Grandad's rather careless and breaks them! 2 Lookat the pictures and complete the description of the three people. Use all, both, neither, none, whereas and but: You may use some words more than once, Sophia. Vlad and Tom are colleagues and work together in a travel agency* Sophia and Tor are going to Paris,” they are quite different from each other. om likes driving fast cars but doesn't do much spart, whereas © c=... Sophia and iad are sporty and are interested in health Sophia sa runner,¢ _ check out holiday spots for customers, *... ‘ere frends. *. Tom andVlad like watching football on TY, but” kes animals, However they * VOCABULARY Character and habits 3. Match the adjectives (1-12) with the definitions (2-1). 2 bright a. deesr't get angry easily 2 calm always says what he/she thinks 3 confident —c clever 4 determined —d expects people to do what he/she says, 5 fit © can arrange and do things in an ordered way 6 friendly good at making and repairing things 7 open g tries very hard to do something well 8 organised fh notsstrict 9 patient 1 sure about what he/she can do well 10 practical shows people that hevshe likes them 11 soft ke strong and healthy 12 strict | relaxed and quiet, doesn't get upset easily 4. Underline the correct word in italics to complete the sentences. 1. Dave's very strict /saft and doesn't allow his children much, freedom, 2. Ana Maria made this garden table and chalts. She's so ft / practical, ‘of them likes playing it Sophia has a dag, but * fhave one thing in common. #9... of them are travelling abroad next week to Vlad is going to Madrid, They Vlad goes rock climbing, Both ofthe men of them like doing housework. 3. Brunois determined / confident to win the championship ‘this year. 4 Alkis is always bright /riendly towards new students,and helps them settle in 5 Stella is always open /colm in an emengency.'ve never seen her panic. 6 Antonio isa great teacher because he's extremely organised / patient with difficult children Complete the sentences with the words you didn’t use in exercise 4, 1 Both boys are very ‘and do well at school 2 Karin is quite so you feel you can trust her opinin. 3 Dad's really and so can usually get what | want from him. A 4 tim rot, enaugh to stand in front of people and give 8 presentation 5 Christina does yoga extrernely.. 3 6 Aliceruns bath a business and a family. She says the secret Is wd goes running every morning, so she's b4 tobe and plan your day carefully.READING Read the two texts below quickly and answer the questions, 1 The title ofthe article 2 Book of the month My favourite book This week's top two writers The aticle comes from a armagazine b abook © asclence journal The writers come free land and Australis b Zimbabwe and india Botswana and india wo verters write Backs about: 3 2 sport people studying This week’ top two 1 writers Tre.igion Alnander Meal Smith was born to Scottish paronts in Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, in 1948. He grew Up there, and then moved to Scotland to study law at the University of Ecinourgh, Retuming to Arica, he taught law at the Univarsity of Botswana for @ number of years. During this ime, he noticed the warmth and kindness of the peopie of Boiswana. Ho ow lives in Scotiand with his wife, Elizabeth, and two 17 Read the article again. Decide whether the statements are true (1) or false (2) 1 Alexander McCall Smith grew up in Scotland He taught at the University of Botswana. He thinks the people of Botswana are mean ‘Aravind Adiga lives and warks in America, His book has won an award Both writers write about the goodness in people 8 Choose a suitable word from the box below to complete the sentences. spend human keeps plays paints family 1 laura a Glary of all the important things that happen to her each day, 2 Everyone is selfish sametimes; it's part of. rturel 3 The newspaper report an awful picture of children's behaviour in the classroom, but this is not always true 4 Loften time fishing with my grandfather at the weekend, 5 Mandy and John are both musical. Mandy the piano and John the basscon, © Atweekends| enjoy walking in the mountains with friends and Aravind Adiga was bom in southeastern Indie, the son of @ doctor and grew up in Mangalore end Australia. He : studied English Literature at Columbia University in Now York and Magdalen Collage, Oxford. After that Adiga ‘became a journalist with the Financial Times. He also worked for Time magazine in Invia and other farts of Asia, After dociding to stay in Mumbai, he wrote @ book callad The White Tiger, which won an important iterary award, the Man Booker prize, in 2008. ‘The book follows the story of its main character, F Salram Halwai, who starts life as a servant in modern } India, and finally becomes a successful businessman. As Seve ey anctesmib oust Matava wideyen fee ce eel ae a wile stato calico ee meron oe : on fare anim; canara rfid Fenesané | etic aca tedaiha wa BY Tg cera re etiincrects 178 Saat oes Bea lage tae bon McCol Sih rs wren ery book, ah stocking and Dowel Rowe Ue haw an has Chicrern's stories, but is best-known for his backs about; many poor peoole to find a beter ig in modern India a lacy detective in Botswana, Mma Ramotswe, a lady ‘of treditional Dull, likes drinking bush tea and helping people. So, she opens the ‘Number One Ladies’ Detective ‘Agency’, and dees just that. There have been several Dooks about her, {and each one shows the gentle, funny, and mostly good side ot human nature; the side th ‘sees in the people of Botswana, How dic Adiga, who is froma comfortable micicle-class farnily, Dreate such a realise story About the poor? He seys that as a journalist he travelled wide, ‘and spent 2 lot of time laking with oor people at railway stations. He kept a diary of th ‘conversations, and used his notes to build the character of Balram. iterLISTENING VOCABULARY Words with the same verb and noun forms 11 6.2 tisten toa mother talking about her teenage son, and daughter. Write down two similarities and two © Complete the conversations with the correct form of words differences between them, from the boxes. email update quote ‘Ac Hi-Pete. Can you glue me an hat Wilkins project? P. Sure, Annie, Sukhi gave them 2 ssn MeWikins me this morning to say that they accept, dnd Ive ust asked Bob to write out the contract A. Creat. Keep me posted, please [tate — seam fa) ©: The TV here is rubbish, so try to find live * of my favourite British programmes, and watch them online Yeah, me too. My brother me on any new series that comes out as well if he thinks I'l enjoy it. © hope they. the match between United ard Juventus tonight. | don't want to miss that. Do you fancy watching it together? I: Surel Good idea, ae comment (x2) past xa) quate email De Did you see that ‘on Facebook yesterday about the Arctic? 5: ¥es,1 on it too, Differences: D: Really? | ead some of the? but didet see your name. S: Perhaps you read it before | did | sent an * tothe ‘organisation, asking for more details, and they figures froma newspaper report. |= alink to the articie this morning for aryone interested, 2 46.2 Listen again and check your answers, PRONUNCIATION. The weak form of 3 $6.3 Listen to the following sentences from Listening, exercise 2. Notice how of is pronounced in the sentences below. 41 Ralph and | both lke playing sport, but neither of us likes watching it on TV! 2 Allof my friends are Linkin Park fans 3 None of us is very patient, 4 The word ofis often pronounced as a weak form so you hear /ov). Practise saying the following phrases using the weak form /ov/. Both of us Allof them Neither of them None of us Many of you 5 %6.AListen, then repeat exercise 2, 38 ourcomesDEVELOPING WRITING An email—a character referen 1 Holly is teacher at a secondary school, One of her students is going to study in France, and wants to stay with a family. Fill the gaps with words or phrases from, the box to complete the eral aso Thankyoufor any more information Dear laherspare time amsure 000 j non Oto > EGE WE terres or Sm three years. Sue studies hard and her French is good. She wants to-go to France becouse she is kean to sects the language ard lew more ebour fein France, | © Sues outgoing and makes fende eesiy. Sho is 5c senonees ind nd cating and popule with her classmaies. Infact, she is never mean or sein D coven 8h lays tennis, and wher she's at roa, she ikes reading books and watering fia. Her mother tels me she helps around the house atthough she doasn't ike cooking much... youvall foc her a pleasant and helpful est. Please write back to me fF YOU NEED nnn OF Pave any questions F Yours sincere Holy Cibbie 8 Match the paragraphs in the email to the descriptions. 1. Introduce yourself and talk about your student and why ‘hey wart to visit the country Close the letter Tell the reader about the person's character Say hello to the reader. Talk about what the student likes. Offer more help. 9 You are a teacher. Your student is studying Polish. He is going to study in Poland fora month and wants to stay with a family. Write an email about him to Mrs ‘Mojewski. 0 AGE 1 ‘naa nintan, age? 2 Mystntentfor3 ore pola good-conpeny went tobea/Orandlator 4 lke boitetieivand, swoomemdng: play water poker Ae bt 3 Clowes, hardworking, freonaly, | | | | Vocabulary Builder Quiz 6 Download the Vocabulary Builder for Unit 6 and try the quiz below. Write your answers in your notebook. Then check ‘them and record your score. 1 Choose the correct word. 1 really hate my colleague / cousin Luigi He's rthing like the rest of my family 2. My father was a bera! strict man, and allowed usa lot of freedom when we were kids. 3 Tim upset about that plioto you posted. Please quote / remove. 4 She's often rude like that Just ignore / delete her 5 ove his relaxed character / attitude towards his kids, 2 Complete with the correct form of the word in CAPITALS. 1. They livein @ poor NEIGHBOUR 2 The dances of Crete ae difficult to Ieam, TRADITION 8 There 18 90 vas usnan between online chat and face to face conversation. ‘COMPARE 4 Iget.. +o pant from watching my kids pay. INSPIRE 5 Her parents were very .whe she decided to stop swimming, SUPPORT Your comments were rude and va | APPROPRIATE 7 Adam gave a wonderful «in the schoo! play PERFORM 8 Karim is determined to sasadancer, SUCCESS 3 Complete with words from the box. [(rastaied—ahored onwith toknow" maried | 1 They're finally getting. _ The wedsing’s next month, 2 Ray seems unfriendly, but he's alright when you get him, 3 Hegets.. Whenever he can't do something on the-com puter! 4 Ireally get my brothers wife. She's lovely. 5 Iwas sorry to hear they got... [stl remember their wedding. 4. Complete the sentences with the correct words. 1 There's a seven-year gap. Nick and his brother 2 Um really close my cousin Sophia 3. ullos reminds me imy uncle Berny 4 victoria took. ‘the business when her father dled 5 What do the lettere ASAP stand. ? 6 Kate,are you stil touch with Paole2 7 YoU Need tO SOftennnnnons this trouble with Mum, Score __/25 ‘Wait a couple of weeks and try the quiz again. ‘Compare your scores. 05 FAM AND FRIENDS 38DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Explaining where places are 1 Complete this conversation with the questions in the box. Se what's it lke? Where's it near? How bigisit? here are you from? Really? Whereebouts? Have you always lived there? What do you like most about living there? And is there anything you dont ike about it? B: ['m from Italy, the south of Italy actualy. B; | don’t think you'l know it's a place called Ravello, A No, never heard of it, B: [t's just couth of Naples. ‘As Oh, right. | know Naples. 8, Well. lovely t's a beautiful place, very near the sea. A; Sounds wonderful (Oy it’s just a litte vilage 1A; te must be great Hove the countryside and the mountains. 8 a Bs Yes, all my life a & Yes. There are too mary to VOCABULARY 2. Choose the word which forms a collocation with the ey word, car area J bank | plant # trees 2 town village J square circle / border 3 agricultural boat / traffic / wal / area 4 transport system / climate / factories / place 5 Atlantic plant country / coast f forest 6 tive coast / bank? church / shop 7 Dehour ——cviture / systern/ crime fields 8 col square / climate / museum / port yi YOUR PLACE 3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. murders factories 24-hourculture beach ura parks desert industria historic bank a 2 This isa very and you can even see parts of the old city wall, 3 Our village is very Its surrounded by farms and fields 4 This is avery green city because we have a lot of 5 live near the acean, so | spend all my time on the incur town, the bars and shops are veinan area right next to a huge car plant town, There are lots of old churches 7. Some peapie live in boats tied to the of the river 8 Thep ly bad where we lve because there are so 9. |live in quite 2 dangerous area. There were two In my street last year 20 [eS always very dry and very hat where | live because isin the middle of the PRONUNCIATION /s/ or /z/? 4 Look at the underlined sounds. Write /s/ or /2/ next to each ‘word. Check your answers using a learner's dictionary. systern trees fal pars fs) desert industrial historic factories square coast dangerous a5 Read this newspaper article quickly. 6 Read the article again, then answer the questions. Which home is best for: 1. Which property is the biggest? 1 ayoung professional couple? 2. Which is closest to the shops? 2. a family with young children? 3 Which has the best access ta green space? 3. asingle person? 4 Which has the best secu ity? 5 Which js the best for public transport? Which is the noisiest? ‘Buying a new home is one of the most important decisions in everyone's life, so don't miss our weekly guide tothe best properties currently on the market In the area. F } Thi bright coacious studio is in tha q fi ee Os oe oS .. See | £ This one bedicom luxury fat le stusted in the north of the city close to the main business $ istrict. itis arranged over two floo-s: the £ bedroom and living room are on the upper £ floor with stairs leading down to the fully fitted ftchen and bathroom, The fet is na modem block with iss own car perk, gym, burglar alarm ‘and 24-hour porter. { This elegant four bedroom house has a living room, dining room and kitchen, as well as e £ large garden and a garage with space { for two cars. Ihis located in a quiet street in tha wostem suburbs of the oty ‘There is a park at the end of the road £ and an excellent local schoo! just fue minutes! walk away.VOCABULARY Where | live 1 Complete the descriptions with words and phrases from box A and. Saeeteiy a eeeesTon] ahallof residence A [a block of flats my base B Snot much space take thelift a shared house noisystudents at warwith my awn sink split the bills take tums a good reputation military service "people with respect [have a great view tiny 1. lean no longer take care of mysetf ond sa had to maveinto Fortunately the one | found had and. thestafF treat .59,it's notsobad, 2 At present, m living in the In my country all young adult males must de as we ate often vw another country. idon't like sharing with so many ‘other guys much, but ve made a few really good friends here 3. Rent prices in London are crazy, so the an\y thing | could afford Y18S thls ncnneie THE and the bathroom is absolutely. but 'm hoping to move to a bigger place soon, and perhaps share. 4 live on the 1th 100F OF enn snensr MG MVE LO sensi allthe time. I’ aveTul when t breaks dow, but at least | of the park from my living room window. 5. I decided to move into. «on the university campus for ‘my last year and be cose to the library. |have nny. room, ané the bathroom and kitchen are shared I'm sometimes bothered by. but on the whole | think | made the right choice. 6 A group of us cecided to live In and to save money. We... to clean the bathroom and do the cooking, and! think we get on OK, GRAMMAR have to, don't have to, can and can't 2 Choose the correct forms to complete these sentences. 1 The bus stap is anly five minutes away, 50 you con f have to walk there easily 2. He/has to / doesn’t have to pay rent because he ovens the flat, 3 Theresa gym in the building, so you can / have to keep fit 4 The heating has an automstic switch, so you have to / don't have to turn It off at night. 5 This building has a car park, so you don't have fo / can park in the street 6 They have to / don't have to go home early because there are no buses after ten atlock 7 Weave 2 gardener who comes every week, so we can / don't hhave to werty about the garden, They lve in the city centre, so they can't / have fodrive to the countryside easily 42 outcomes 3 Complete this email from a foreign student living witha family 4 7.Listen to the conversation between alandlady anda 5 Tick (/) the subjects the landlady and tenant talk about. 6 ©7.1 Listen again. Decide whether the statements are true (T) ‘in Wales toa friend in the USA. Use have to, don't have tor ean, Hiker usta quick eral to tell you about the fay I'm ing | wit,The Keen fei ae vary iendly ard in some ways Wes vary easy, Back home| wash my | ‘vm ciothes and co some cooking and cleaning. But its Vary e087 MeO =F = do anything! use the lachen to have breakfast, ree cca ard ent also use tre living room to watch TV. But there's one probiem. When go out to $00 fronds I 8 ene BO DOCK at 10 MET cesses believe itm 18ll AL home iy ‘come home when | want. OK, | phone my parents and te them where | |am but that normal right? They need to know where lam. Anjway, Im not happy here and awe (6 took for another piace to ve — the faiy are realy rice but | ust | cant stay here OK 1 nnn 99s BVO aN Oram toroOW | and | need to study. Mal me back soon! Lots of love Pio LISTENING tenant. Which of these sentences best describes the situation? 2 The tenant is complaining to the landlady about his room. b The landlady is showing the room ta the tenant for the first time. ¢ The tenant is leaving his room after several years 5 therent & the dog 1 the room 2. the house rules 3 transport 4 heating in the house or false (F). There's a nice view out of the bedroom window. Theresa TV in the room The man has his own bathroom. The man isa non-smoker, © The man can use her kitchen before eight clock. He has to pay extra for heating The heating comes on at six in the motning The man has to pay three months’ rent in advance,DEVELOPING WRITING A letter — describing Where you live Lookcat the letter quickly. 1s an informal letter to parents? bam inforenal formal letter toa company or an institution? € aletter toa friend? ‘Match the descriptions of the paragraphs (1-4) with the paragraphs (A-D). 1 Talks about the family and house rules 2. Asks his friend! to write back to him, 3. Gives information about where his room I. 4 Describes his room. Dear Mahdis A Dnvwrtting to-give you my now address because Te finally found somewhere to live: Ie w small reonvat the top of ov big feumély house about two Kdometrer from the contre of Portsmouth Here's aphote of the place. You car. see W's very different fromthe houses athome, It'-a good: location for merbecause tv only five menutee walk to-the- untversity andl T carv also get to the beach easily. B There's not much furniture ov the room — only avbed a chair andevdesk, ay well as w kettle sol carvmake tome tea: There'y alae ner TV inv my room but I dont mind because if means 2 hove more-tome: to-do my courre work: € The fiunily who-own the house are friendly but: quit: strict: They hawe two young: childrens who- goto bei early, 50-1 have to be quiet inthe evenings T also- can't trite questy tony’ roomy during the week. But the-best thing about the roomviwthat the rent is very cheap, 0-1 hope: to- have alittle bit of oxtre money thes term: D Now that youknow my address, please write: and tell me ali the-nows frowvhome. Best wishes, Ibrahim ian -§ 9 Read the letter and answer these questions. 1 Why is Ibrahim writing to his fend? 2 Where is he living? 3. What does he lke about the location? 4 What Furniture does he have in his roam? ‘What is missing from the room? \Wihy does bhi have to be quiet in the evenings? Wihat other house rules are there? & What is the best thing about the room? Language note You can close informal emails and letters in diferent ways, Use Best wistes fora person you know but are rot elese to. Use Love or Lots of love for family or close friends. 10 Read the statements, Decide whether they are true (1) or false (F). 1. Ibrahim is tving in Manchester. 2 His room is ina big house, 3. The house he is staying in is similar to houses at home, 4. He can study more because there's no TY in his room. 5 Ibrahim doesn't like the family 6 Because the rent isn't expensive, he has more money. 11 Now write a letter. Describe your new home. Use the four paragraphs in Ibrahim's letter to help you. Include the following: Put the address and date at the top, + Begin ‘Dear...’ # Give a reason for writing:‘tm writing to writing because.” ‘© Describe the building and the location and say what, you like about ‘© Describe the room and its furniture, + Talk about the people that you live with and any ‘ules that you have to fallow, = Ask the other person to write te you with reins, © Sign aff with ‘Best wishesDEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Asking for permission Use the prompts to ask permission to do the following. 1 Ws raining. Askto borrow an umbrella Doyou ? 2 You're bored, Ask to switch on the TY. ist - : You want to check your ernails. Ask to use the computer. you " ‘You're hungry, Ask to take food from the fridge \sit. 2 "You want 2 friend to stay the night. Ask your flatmate i that's OK. Doyou 2 6 You have no credit on yaur mobile. Ask to barrow the phone to make a call Isit Choose the best answer to the four requests above. 1. Give permission 2 Please dot Yes, d0 Refuse permission: 8 well actually Id rather you didn't b Ofcourse Refuse permission: a Yes,!do b No,tim sory but that’s not possible Give permission: a Please help yoursel bb No,of course nat Refuse permission: a No.of course nat! bb Well-actually Id rather you didn. Give permission a No, 'm-sorty but that's not possible. OF course, Please help yourself. Complete this conversation between a guest and a host. Oh,it's 7.30.D0 switch on the TV to watch the football? Well? Im sorry but | don't like football (Oh, OK No problem. ts * barrow your radio and take it up to my bedroom? Yes,4 Please ® ‘re you going to listen to the football then? ‘es t's a big game for Croatia, We're playing Brazil Ob, right. ve got a better idea. Ill take the radio and ‘you watch the TW Really? That's very kind, Are you sure? Yes, of course." IS an important game Thank you very much! That is very kind of you. You're welcome! 4 outcomes GRAMMAR will / won't 4. Use the prompts in brackets to write responses, using will or won't. 1. A: You'e late for class for the third time this week! B: im sorry | promise (de it again) You've borrowed £10 from me already this month, How, but (pay you back) A: My train has been cancelled, 8: Oh, no! Poor you. (pick you up inthe car) A: The phone's ringing again B: Don't worry (get it) There seems to be a problem with the computer Really? ((ook into it) ‘Can you buy me a ticket for the concert this evening? | haven't got ary money, so (oe able to) These bags are really heavy Give them to me. (carty them for you) There's someone at the front door. Don't get up. (see who its) 5 Look at the answers in 1-8 from exercise 4 again. Mark each ‘one immediate response (IR), offer (0), or promise (P). Some sentences can have more than one answer. 6 Pill the gaps in this dialogue with will,’Il or won't. A Is that your phone? B: Yeah? just answer it, Hello? Oh, hi, Mum! Youte coming back early? In about two hours! Oh, OK. Yeah, love: too. Bye. Was that your parents? Yeah. And this place isin a terrible mess. Dor't panic. help you. ll do the kitchen Great! Thanks. And |? clean the living room. 14 do my room ~ there's not enough time. Hey: 've got an idea. ‘all my brother He can come aver and help us. Good thinking. One thing is for sure. What's that? Isa have a party again when iny parents arent here ‘And that’s a promise! Yeah yeah, yeah