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a 73 hours
1 16,000,000
b 5,350 litres
2 4.23
c 182 kg
3 500,000
d 35.6 kg
4 7,650
e $399
5 390
f one second
6 0.15
g 152 hours
7 172
h £8,000
8 98,500
c Ask students which record they think is the most
interesting and surprising. Encourage students to give
reasons for their answers.
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HELP WITH GRAMMAR Superlatives Reading, Listening and Speaking
5 a–d Focus students on the table in 5a and check 7 a Focus students on the World Quiz. Check students
students remember the comparatives in the second remember tourist.
column. Highlight the examples of superlatives in the Put students into groups of three or four. Students
third column. read the quiz, put the adjective in the correct
Students then do the exercises on their own or in superlative form, then choose an answer for each
pairs, then check in GraMMar 12.1 SB p153. Check question. If students don’t know the answers,
answers with the class. encourage them to guess.
● a The missing superlatives in the third column of 1 most expensive 2 hottest 3 oldest 4 most popular
the table are: shortest, biggest, hottest, heaviest, 5 longest 6 most crowded
most boring, most expensive, best.
● b We use comparatives to compare two things. b CD3 46 Play the recording (SB p165). Students
● We use superlatives to compare three or more listen to Abby and Len doing the quiz and check their
things. answers. Find out which group got the most correct
answers.
● c Use the table in GraMMar 12.1 SB p153 to check Ask students which of the answers they found
students understand the spelling rules for making surprising.
superlatives. Point out that the rules are similar to
those for making comparatives in GraMMar 9.2 1b Tokyo
SB p148. 2a Libya
● Point out that we often use the with superlatives: 3c Damascus
He taught the longest lesson in the world. 4c France
However, we don’t use the when the superlative 5a The Nile
is preceded by the possessive ’s or a possessive 6c Monaco
adjective. We say He’s my sister’s oldest relative.
not He’s my sister’s the oldest relative. and Matt’s c Focus students on the numbers.
my best friend. Not Matt’s my the best friend. Play the recording again. Students do the exercise on
● Also point out that we say the best in the world, their own.
not the best of the world.
d Students compare answers in pairs. Check answers
with the class.
6 a Students do the exercise on their own, then check
in pairs. Check answers with the class. a $6,000: the price per month of a typical two-
bedroom flat in Tokyo b 57.8°: the hottest
2 most difficult temperature in Libya c 8,000: the age in years of
3 thinnest Damascus d 74.2 million: the number of visitors to
4 happiest France e 6,650 km: the length of the Nile f 17,000:
5 dirtiest the number of people per square kilometre in
6 slowest Monaco
7 safest
8 most beautiful
9 worst extra idea
10 most careful ● If you have a weaker class, you can drill the numbers in
7c before playing the recording again. This will prepare
extra idea students for hearing the numbers in the recording.
● Write these adjectives on the board: crowded, good,
beautiful, safe, dangerous, bad, old, boring, interesting, HELP WITH LISTENING
expensive, cheap. Students work on their own and write Sentence stress: review
the place in their town, city or country that corresponds to This Help with Listening section reviews sentence
the superlative of each adjective. They should not write stress.
the places in the same order as the adjectives. Students
work in pairs and either guess why their partner has written 8 a Focus students on the beginning of Abby and
the things on his/her paper (if they are from the same Len’s conversation from CD3 46. Elicit that we
stress the important words. Students work in pairs
country/city), or tell their partner about the places they
and highlight the words they think are stressed.
have written (if they are from different countries/cities).
b Tell students to look at Audio Script CD3 46 ,
b Focus students on the example and highlight that SB p165 and check their answers.
-est endings are pronounced /st/. c CD3 46 Play the recording (SB p165). Students
CD3 45 pronunciation Play the recording. Students listen and follow the sentence stress.
listen and repeat the words. Check students copy the
word stress and the -est endings correctly.
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writinG
Get ready … Get it right!
Students write a paragraph about their family, using at
9 Students work on their own and write six of the least six superlatives.
things from the list on a piece of paper.
Make sure students only write one or two words
for each point, not complete sentences, and that Further practice
they write them in random order (Eva, cinema, Ph Class Activity 12A Four restaurants p194
Ph
car, jumper, 4.30, etc.). Point out that students
should write only one thing for each prompt, not (Instructions p150)
two. Extra Practice 12A SB p126
You can demonstrate this activity by writing Self-study DVD-ROM Lesson 12A
your ideas on the board before students begin. Workbook Lesson 12A p60
10 a Students work in pairs and swap papers.
Students take turns to ask questions about their
partner’s words. Encourage students to ask
follow-up questions if possible.
Use the speech bubbles to show a typical
conversation before they start. Alternatively,
tell students to ask you about the words you
have written on the board. While students are
working, monitor and help with any problems.
b Finally, students share one or two things
about their partner with the class.
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● Point out that we can’t use the Present Perfect if 5 a Focus students on the examples to show that
we say a time. We say I went to England in 2011. the sentences can be positive or negative. Remind
not I’ve been to England in 2011. students that we can say I haven’t been to Canada.
● c Check the answers with the class (see or I’ve never been to Canada.
GraMMar 12.2 SB p154) and point out the new Students choose six of the prompts and write
grammatical term past participle. sentences on their own. While they are working,
● Point out that we often make negative Present check their sentences for accuracy and help with any
Perfect sentences with never. We can say I haven’t problems.
been … or I’ve never been … : I’ve never been to b Students work in groups and tell each other their
Australia. sentences. Students should tick any of their sentences
● Highlight that we make past participles for that are the same as other students’ sentences.
regular verbs by adding -ed or -d to the infinitive Ask students to share these sentences with the class.
(work ➝ worked, live ➝ lived, etc.). The past
participle for regular verbs is the same as the Past extra ideaS
Simple.
● There are no rules for the past participles of ● Students write six sentences about their life. Three should
irregular verbs. Remind students of the Irregular be true and three should be false. Students work in
Verb List, SB p167. pairs, swap sentences and guess which of their partner’s
● Point out that go has two past participles, been sentences are false.
and gone. We usually use been to talk about life ● Students write three sentences about their experiences on
experiences: I’ve been to Italy. (I’m back in my a piece of paper. Collect all the students’ papers. Read out
country now), and gone when the person is still in all three sentences on each paper and invite the class to
the place: She’s gone to Italy. (She’s in Italy now). guess which student wrote them. Continue until you have
read out all the sentences.
Vocabulary and Speaking Past participles
4 a Students do the exercise on their own, then check Listening and Speaking
in pairs. Check answers with the class. Make sure 6 a Focus students on the photos again and ask them
they have spelt the words correctly.
what they know about the people.
Point out that been could be the past participle of
Tell students that they are going to listen to Steve and
be or go. When been is the past participle of go, it
Lucy talking to each other.
is often followed by the preposition to: I’ve been
CD3 49 Play the recording (SB p165). Students listen
to Germany. Compare this with I’ve been married
twice. and answer the two questions.
Check answers with the class.
2 cooked 3 been or gone
4 had 5 lost Steve and Lucy are in Guy and Lucy’s restaurant.
6 met 7 seen They talk about places they would like to go on
8 stayed 9 studied holiday.
10 visited 11 worked
b Give students time to read sentences 1–5.
12 written
Regular verbs: cook; stay; Play the recording again. Students listen and choose
study; visit; work the correct words.
Check answers with the class.
extra idea
1 Peru
● Ask students to write the Past Simple of the verbs in 4a 2 three
as well (for example, be, was/were, been) in preparation 3 eight
4 car
for the drill in 4b.
5 hasn’t
b CD3 48 pronunciation Play the recording of all
three parts of the verbs in 4a. Students listen and extra idea
repeat the verbs. Repeat the drill if necessary. Check ● Ask students to turn to Audio Script CD3 49, SB p165.
students say cooked /kυkt/ and worked /wkt/ as
Play the recording again. Students listen, read and
one syllable, not two.
underline all the examples of the Present Perfect. This
extra idea activity would be useful to prepare students for the Help
with Grammar section that follows.
● Students work in pairs and take turns to test each other
on the verbs. One student says the infinitive and his/her
partner says the Past Simple and past participle.
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HELP WITH GRAMMAR
Have you ever … ? questions and short Get ready … Get it right!
answers 10 Put students into two groups, group A and group
7 a–c Students do the exercises on their own or in B. Students in group A turn to SB p108 and
pairs, referring to Audio Script CD3 49, SB p165 if students in group B turn to SB p113. Check they
necessary. Students then check in GraMMar 12.3 are all looking at the correct exercise.
SB p154. Check answers with the class. a Focus students on the examples and highlight
that the fi rst question is in the Present Perfect
● a Have you ever been to Peru? Yes, I have./No, and the follow-up question is in the Past Simple.
I haven’t; Did you have a good time? Yes, I did./ Students work in pairs with someone from the
No, I didn’t. same group and write the questions for prompts
● b We use the Present Perfect to ask about people’s 2–5.
experiences. If the answer is yes, we use the Past While students are working, check their
Simple to ask for (or give) more information. questions for accuracy and help with any
● Highlight the TIP and point out that we often problems.
use ever in questions with the Present Perfect. It b Put one student from group A with a student
means ‘any time in your life until now’. It is often from group B. Students take turns to ask and
useful for students to learn Have you ever … as a answer their Have you ever … ? questions.
‘chunk’ of language. If the answer is yes, they ask the follow-up
● Note that this lesson only introduces and question in the Past Simple. Encourage students
practises Present Perfect questions with you, as to ask two more follow-up questions if possible
these are the most common. The form of Present and to make brief notes on their partner’s
Perfect questions with other subjects (he, they, answers.
etc.) is shown in the Language Summary.
c Students work again with their partner from
the same group who they worked with in a.
8 Focus students on the examples and point out that Students tell their partner about the life
have is not stressed in questions, but is stressed in experiences of the person they talked to in b.
short answers. Again monitor and help with any problems.
CD3 50 pronunciation Play the recording (SB p166). Finally, ask students to share any interesting
Students listen and repeat the questions and answers. experiences with the class.
Check students copy the stress correctly.
You can also ask students to turn to Audio Script writinG
CD3 50 , SB p166. They can then follow the
sentence stress as they listen. ● Students write a paragraph about their
experiences from 10, using both the Present
9 a Check students remember diary and teenager. Perfect and the Past Simple. You can put the
Students do the exercise on their own. paragraphs around the room for other students to
b Students check their answers in pairs. Check read.
answers with the class.
Students practise the conversations. Monitor and
check that students stress the questions, answers and
Further practice
short answers correctly.
Ph Vocabulary Plus 12 Past participles p212
Ph
2 have (Instructions p200)
3 went Ph Class Activity 12B Life experiences p195
Ph
4 did … stay
(Instructions p150)
5 rented
Ph Extra Reading 12 Dancing with the world p229
Ph
6 Have … written
7 have (Instructions p217)
8 wrote Extra Practice 12B SB p126
9 Did … write Self-study DVD-ROM Lesson 12B
10 didn’t Workbook Lesson 12B p61
11 was
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12C wORLD See you soon! Real World at the airport; saying goodbye
Student’s Book p100–p101 Vocabulary things and places at an airport
Quick review This activity reviews past participles. You can ask what other places have aisles (cinemas,
Students work on their own and write ten verbs. Students theatres, supermarkets, etc.).
then work in pairs and take turns to say the verb. Their Model and drill the words/phrases. Pay particular
partner says the Past Simple and the past participle. attention to the pronunciation of boarding /bɔ:dŋ/,
luggage /lgd/, flight /flat/ and aisle /al/.
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REAL WORLD Saying goodbye HELP WITH PRONuNCIATION
6 Students do the exercise on their own or in pairs. Vowel sounds: review
Check answers with the class. 1 a Focus students on the examples and point out that
there is one word in each box with the same vowel
● Check the table with the class (see the table in sound.
real world 12.2 SB p154).
Students work in pairs, look at the letters in bold in
● Teach students that a trip is when you travel to a each word and match the words in boxes A, B and C
place and come back again. You can compare this with the same vowel sound (shown before each word
to a journey, which is in one direction only. in A). Encourage students to say the words out loud
● Also check students understand that in a month to help them hear the vowel sounds.
refers to the future.
b CD3 54 Play the recording (SB p166). Students
7 CD3 52 pronunciation Play the recording. Students
listen and check their answers. Check answers with
the class.
listen and repeat the sentences. Check students copy
Play the recording again. Students listen and repeat
the stress and intonation correctly. Repeat the drill if
the words. Check they pronounce the vowel sounds
necessary.
correctly.
8 a Focus on the photo. Tell students that Daisy is
saying goodbye to her parents before getting on her boat/note/snow; cough/often/wash; sunny/money/
fl ight. young; sofa/second/woman; shorts/call/four; shirt/
heard/word; build/live/thin; hat/bank/hand; hate/
VIDEO 12.2 CD3 53 Play the video or audio
great/train; look/would/foot; room/fruit/lose
recording (SB p166). Students watch or listen and
answer the questions. Check answers with the class. c Put students into groups of three, student A,
student B and student C.
1 Thailand 2 Her grandmother. 3 One month.
Students practise the vowel sounds as shown in the
b Focus students on the table in 6, then play the speech bubbles.
video or audio recording again. Students watch or 2 a Students work on their own and write one more
listen and tick the sentences they hear. Play the video word for each group of three words in 1a.
or audio recording again if necessary. Check answers
with the class. b Students work in pairs and compare words.
Students check their partner’s words are spelt
Have you got everything?; Have you got your correctly and have the correct vowel sound. Check
boarding pass?; Yes, I have, thanks.; Have a good answers with the class.
time.; Have a good trip.; Thanks, I will.; Don’t Finally, ask students to say their words to the class.
forget to send us a text.; Don’t forget to send (your Monitor and check pronunciation of the vowel
grandmother) a postcard.; Yes, of course.; See you in sounds and praise good pronunciation.
a month.; Yes, see you.
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12B 1 1 Where was his father born?
4 2 studied
3 had 4 met 5 stayed
6 lost
7 seen 2 Where does your sister live?
8 written
9 visited
10 worked 11 cooked 2 1 Vocabulary 1.2 SB p128 2 Vocabulary 3.2
12 been/gone SB p133 and Vocabulary 4.1 SB p135
5 2 haven’t
3 ’ve been 4 did ... go 5 went 6 Did ... 3 1 Yes, they were./No, they weren’t.
have 7 was 8 Have ... worked 9 have 10 Did ... Yes, he did./No, he didn’t.
2
enjoy 11 was 12 did ... work 13 left 5 1 three hundred and seventy-six; nine thousand,
12C five hundred; nought point eight; seven hundred
6 2 have 3 boarding pass 4 time 5 will
6 forget
and fifty thousand pounds
2 two hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
7 text 8 See
9 in
7 2 aisle
3 arrive 4 passenger 5 bags
6 luggage
nine point one; five hundred and twenty-four;
7 book 8 passport 9 window 10 gate
seventy-seven thousand, seven hundred and
11 boarding 12 check-in 13 pack
seventy-seven
message: Have a good trip. 6 1 became; found; met; lost 2 left; bought;
wrote; put
8 1 unhappy/sad; bored; dangerous; fantastic/
Progress Portfolio 12 wonderful/amazing
2 well; overweight/fat; difficult; easy
● See p37 for ideas on how to exploit this section. 9 1 happier; worse; more beautiful; shorter
2 better; more boring; easier; thinner
10
1 I usually play tennis on Sunday.
2 We eat out every Thursday.
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