3A Grammar

Present perfect or past simple

Travel
travel abroad for more sleep overnight on a
visit New Zealand than three months stay on a river boat beach

swim to an island spend a night in a jungle walk in the desert drive a car abroad

Food and drink

drink goat’s milk eat raw meat cook a meal in a tent taste Marmite or Vegemite

make a meal for ten or have a meal in a famous grow fruit or vegetables
catch a fish and eat it more people restaurant to eat

Sport

do a watersport ski down a mountain run a marathon play cricket

do a bungee jump or sky

drive a sports car dive go mountain biking jump on a trampoline

Celebrity and fame

see yourself on TV
phone into a radio
read about yourself in a sing or play music for an
programme or write to a
newspaper audience
newspaper

wait somewhere to meet take a photo of yourself speak in front of more

a celebrity with a celebrity than 100 people post a blog

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3B Grammar
Present perfect with already and yet

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Can I borrow your car this Did you go to that new  1 He hasn’t called her yet.
evening? café?  2 I haven’t found a job yet.

 3 The film hasn’t started yet.

Shall we go out
Let’s go for a walk.  4 No, I haven’t collected it from the garage
somewhere for dinner?
yet.

 5 I haven’t finished my homework yet.

Let’s study tonight! You’re late.
 6 No, I haven’t started cooking yet.

Franco and Maria are  7 The manager hasn’t got here yet.
He’s very hungry today.
planning their wedding.  8 He’s already finished writing the report.

 9 No, I’ve already eaten.

I really want a new phone. You’re early.
10 No, I haven’t been there yet.

11 She’s already bought her dress.

He’s very quick. I haven’t got any money.
12 All my friends have already got one.

She’s waiting for a phone 13 It hasn’t stopped raining yet.

Are we going to eat soon?
call. 14 He’s already eaten two pizzas.

You don’t need to contact 15 I’ve already taken my final exam!

I can’t come out tonight.
the bank. 16 I’ve already sent them an email.

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3A Vocabulary
Money and shopping

A Work in pairs. Complete the maths quiz.

¼ = + ≥ % √ – = ¼ ≥+ ≤ – ≤ ¼ √ = ≥ + %
≤
%
MATHS QUIZ ≤
%
1 You see a coat that was £160, but in the sales it is 15% less.
= How much does it cost now? =
– 2 You need £4,000. You can get a loan from the bank for 30% –
and you can borrow another £1,000 from a friend. Your parents
+ will lend you the rest. How much do you owe them? If you pay them +
back at £400 per month, how long will it take to pay them back?
¼ 3 You bought 500 grams of rice at £2 per kilo, three kilos of ¼
% meat at £10 per kilo and two kilos of tomatoes at £3 per kilo. %
Oil is £4 per litre, but there is a special offer – two for the price of
+ one – so you bought two litres. You also bought four bottles of orange +
juice at £2.50 each. How much did you spend on food? How much
√ did you spend on orange juice? How much did you spend in total? √
+ 4 A new computer costs £800. You can save £90 a month. How many +
months do you need to save up before you can buy it?
% %
5 You bought some batteries that cost £3 a pack. As you bought ten packs,
≥ the store gave you a 10% discount. How much did they cost? ≥
+ 6 You have £1,500 in your bank account. You want to buy an old +
car that costs £1,800, but the owner says you can have it for 15%
= less if you give him cash. Can you afford to buy the car? =
% = + ≥ % √ – = ¼ ≥ + ≤ – ≤ ¼ √ = ≥ + %
B Work with a different partner. Underline all the words related to money in the text in A.
C Complete the adverts with words from the text in A.
SHEILA’S SHOES
Are you Open a bank Pay by card or with
(1) (3) today and (5) . Our prices are
up for a holiday? we will (4) already low, so please do not ask
Come to SunTours you money today! for a (6) .
and see our special
(2) .
Come to Scala Superstore today
RDS BANK Need to and see our (11) offers!
(8) some money? You can (12) £££££ on
Get a (9) from us. meat and fish this month!
Need a bigger house, but
Pay it (10) over
can’t (7) it? ten years.
Come and visit us today –
don’t delay!

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3B Vocabulary
make / do / give collocations

A Find nine phrases with make, do and give in the wordsquare, e.g., do well at something. The phrases can
run in any direction.

do someone smile give someone a friend

well make hug someone a make give

at something a for tip away someone

make give someone nice give something directions

a joke do something work volunteer do

B Work in pairs. Complete 1–6 with phrases in the table in A in the correct forms. Then complete 7–12 with
your own ideas.

1 Everyone was very serious, so I .

2 The waiter was excellent, so I .
3 I had $200 but I didn’t need it, so I .
4 She looked sad, so I .
5 I didn’t study for the maths test, so I .
6 He asked me where the post office was, so I .
7 I gave the little boy a hug because he .
8 I gave my tennis racket away because .
9 I made friends with Jack because he .
10 Stephan does volunteer work because he .
11 We talked about the past and it made me smile because .
12 Let’s do something nice for Monica because .

C Work with a different partner. Talk about your sentences in B. Are they the same?

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Unit 3 Wordpower
just

A Write down …

1 an expression in English you have just learned.

2 how many times a week you are just in time for class.

3 an expression in English you learned when you were just a child.

4 a time you just passed a test and how you felt.

5 an expression in English which is just like a phrase in your language.

6 how you feel when you are just about to take a test.

7 an expression in English you might say when you have just finished your homework.

8 a piece of English grammar you just about understand.

9 an area of English you are just about to study.

10 something you can talk about in English for just over a minute.

B Talk to other students in the class and find out their answers to A. Write down
any new expressions the other students tell you and ask them to explain the meaning.

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3B Pronunciation
Sound and spelling: /dʒ/ and /j/

CUSTOMER A CUSTOMER B
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Food Clothes Food Clothes
2 cabbages a jacket 2 cabbages a jacket
1 kilo of oranges blue jeans 1 kilo of oranges blue jeans
½ kilo of cucumbers 2 jumpers ½ kilo of cucumbers 2 jumpers
a cheese sandwich a school uniform a cheese sandwich a school uniform
a jar of strawberry jam a yellow scarf a jar of strawberry jam a yellow scarf
sausages sausages
apple juice Other apple juice Other
4 yogurts The Times newspaper 4 yogurts The Times newspaper
2 large bars of chocolate a French language course 2 large bars of chocolate a French language course
a tin of tuna a map of Europe a tin of tuna a map of Europe
3 kilos of new potatoes a student’s guide to university 3 kilos of new potatoes a student’s guide to university
a music magazine a music magazine

SHOP ASSISTANT A SHOP ASSISTANT B

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Food   Clothes Food   Clothes
1 cabbage (50p)   a jacket (£90) 1 cabbage (50p)   a jacket (£90)
cucumbers (60p/kg)   blue jeans (£40) cucumbers (60p/kg)   blue jeans (£40)
a jar of raspberry jam (£1.50)   a jumper (£20) a jar of raspberry jam (£1.50)   a jumper (£20)
apple juice (£1.25)   a school uniform (£100) apple juice (£1.25)   a school uniform (£100)
a large bar of chocolate (£1.00)   a purple scarf (£10) a large bar of chocolate (£1.00)   a purple scarf (£10)
new potatoes (40p/kg) new potatoes (40p/kg)
oranges (70p/kg) oranges (70p/kg)
a chicken sandwich (£2.50) a chicken sandwich (£2.50)
sausages (£2.70) sausages (£2.70)
yogurts (90p each) yogurts (90p each)
a tin of tuna (£3.40) a tin of tuna (£3.40)

Other Other
The Times newspaper (£1.50) The Times newspaper (£1.50)
a Spanish language course (£8.00) a Spanish language course (£8.00)
a map of Europe (£3.00) a map of Europe (£3.00)
a student’s guide to university (£9.00) a student’s guide to university (£9.00)
a music magazine (£4. 50) a music magazine (£4. 50)

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 A B C D 3C
1 beautiful day 1 best friend 1 small restaurant 1 young woman
2 cold morning 2 great-grandmother 2 cheap hotel 2 famous actor
3 Monday afternoon 3 ten children 3 shopping centre 3 good friend
4 boring day 4 pet lion 4 dark forest 4 police officer
Sentence stress

5 crazy week 5 tennis coach 5 museum 5 horrible man

6 hot summer 6 boss 6 railway station 6 dangerous man
Pronunciation

E F G H
1 said, ‘Hello’. 1 very surprised 1 said, ‘Oh, no!’ 1 dream
2 phoned me 2 really excited 2 ran away 2 strange day
3 texted me 3 angry 3 fell asleep 3 bad decision
4 screamed 4 bored 4 didn’t understand 4 nice idea

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5 shouted, ‘Hey!’ 5 feeling bad 5 did nothing 5 funny situation
6 arrived 6 busy 6 smiled 6 good experience