‘ammar Passives - all tenses z Make true sentences from the chart. ‘The relonsilill yay Mabou 1% “Toshiba cars Brazil : oe Champagne China Coffee madein | France Rolex watches ‘grownin | Japan Rice Scotland Whisky Switzeriand The best video game ever! 1 Do you play any computer games? Which? How often? Have you heard of Tetris? 2 Read the first part ofthe article about Tetris. Answer the questions. + How old is the game? + Who created it? Where did he work? + Where did the game spread to after Moscow? It is said that it’s difficult to find a video-game player who hhas never heard of Tetris - over 495 million have been sold worldwide and it’s still selling! + It was created in Russia, in 1984, by Alexey Pajitnov, an Artificial Intelligence researcher at the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow. + Pajitnov invented games as a hobby and many of them were enjoyed by his colleagues at the academy ~ Tetris most of all + The game became so popular it spread from Moscow to Budapest, and in 1989 it was discovered by a British software publisher and then exported to the US. + Tetris is the biggest-selling video game by far. Minecraft is the only other video game to have sold over 100 million units. SORT!Why has it remained so popular for so 3 Read and listen to the whole article, Correct the many years? false information in these sentences. 1 Nearly 495 million games have been sold worldwide. 2 twas discovered by a Russian publisher. 3. Tetris was the only game enjoyed by his colleagues. ‘The game is made up of coloured circles. Itis too difficult to be played by children. It cant be played in many countries. ‘The smartphone was the first hand-held computer. ‘There is some doubt that Tetris will be downloaded in the future iia ecous 11 Many ofthe verb forms inthe text ae in the passive. Itis played all over the world. 495 milion have been sold worldwide. It was created in 1984in Rusia How do we make passive forms? 2. Read the text again. Write the passive verb formsin the chart. There are a great many classic video games ~ so what is, it about Tetris that has made it so universally popular? I It is an easy puzzle game to play. It's made up of coloured squares ~ simple enough to be played by everyone, young and old, but ... it is mastered by only a few. I Itcan be played on any computer ~ you don't need the latest model and people in every country can play. I Its simplicity means you can play as you go, anywhere, any time ~ you don't have to sit and play for long periods of time. I In 1989, the Nintendo Game Boy was launched in Japan, and Tetris was the perfect game for this, the first handheld computer ~ as, of course, it is today with the smartphone, Active to passive 4 Look again at the text. How are these sentences expressed in the passive? 1 They play Tetris all over the world, 2 They say that it’s difficult to find a video game player who has never heard of Tetris. They have sold 495 million worldwide Alexey Patjinov created it in Russia in1984. Patjinov’s colleagues enjoyed many of the games. You can play it on any computer. ‘They launched Nintendo Game Boy in Japan in 1989. It is played by generations of people, on tablets, ‘Our children and grandchildren will download it laptops, smartphones and game consoles. ‘many years from now. There is little doubt that years from now it will be downloaded by our children and Check it grandchildren — the latest and new version of the most important video game in histor 5 Underline the correct word or words in each sentence. 1 Where was / were these shoes made? 2. was given this watch by /from my aunt. 3. My bag has stolen / has been stolen! 4 Our newsagent sells / is sold stamps. 5. British police officers don't carry / aren't carried guns. 6 Allthe beer was drank / drunk by nine oclock. 7 Have all the sandwiches eaten / been eaten? Unit 10 + Alktime greats 101Practice 1 Work with a partner. Look at the list of inventions. Which isthe ‘oldest? Which isthe newest? Match them with a person and a date. I think the telephone was invented in 1901. What do you think’ “Inventions thetsephone FPL 88 theapplerc —dohomesGutenberg 924 thebatpenipen AesanderGahamBeh 1580 al Change television ‘Guglielmo Marconi 1895 rd ‘aiming 5 paper Laszlo Biro 1876 the printing press Steve obs & Steve Wozniak 1440 Listen and check. What nationality are the people? What were their jobs? Discussion 2 Which inventions do you think are most important? Why? Order them 1-7 (1 is most important). Discuss your ideas as a class Forming the passive 3 Work with a partner. Complete the statistics with the passive Inmotthe ve iaticcomec wnse Which umes an tes _ , dou hist nest Statistics worldwide vlatisuics worldwide (QHLED Listen and check. penand chee 1 60% / 80% of video games 4 Make questions about the information in 3. Ask and answer them. (buy) by men, 40% / 20% by women. ao partner. i : ; 2 Nearly 750 billion /75 trilion emails jow many video games / men, and women? eae Gs Ha riens idescainis a bara bred (send) every year 2 How many emails / every year? 9 Over 40 thousand / milion questions —__ 3. How many /by Google / every second? ——— Eenswer) by Google every second 4 When / eBay invented? y 4 eBay_ 5. How many / Facebook / translated into? 1096 /e00s, “enn 6 When the first twitter message / sent? Who / sent by? 7 Where / when /Airbnb invented? 5 Facebook — (ranslate into 8 When / Amazon.com / founded? 56 /76 citferent languages since it began, Listen and check. What extra information do you hear? I 6 The fst Twitter message (send) in 2006 / 2008, i Project j world, Research and check the statistics from exercise 3 on the Internet f necessary ring them up-to-date! 8 Amazon.com, guns) in 1989 / 1994, 102 Unit 10 + Alktime greatsVocabulary and speaking Words that go together Noun + noun “Two nouns can go together to make a compound noun, Look t these examples video + game = video game text + message = text message Face + book= Facebook p+ top =laptop 1 QELS Listen and repeat. Which word is stressed? The first or the second? 2 Work with a partner. How many compound nouns can ‘you make from these lists? Use your dictionary to help. business game arg deal fe Qt football FOUN program phone Sacbee teem computer wee call (QHEG Listen and check. Read the words aloud to your partner. Verb + noun 3 In each box below, one noun does not go with the verb. Which one? 1 send atext message an email e-phone-all present your love 2 take notes aphoto along time a pill abig breakfast 3 make acomplaint adiscovery an invention aphone calla lot of money 4 do research the shopping a photo ‘exercises. the housework 5 play cards the piano yoga apart baseball 6 win competition amatch agame atrophy ateam 4 Choose a noun from each group and write a sentence using the verb. Read your sentences to the class. lve just sent youa text message. ‘Are you taking notes in this lesson? Adverb + past participle ‘The adverbs well and badly-can sometimes combine with past participles to form adjectives. well-known well-paid badly-behaved 5 Complete these sentences with an adjective formed with well- or badly- and one of these past participles. done paid written equipped behaved dressed known 1 She has a wonderful job. She’ very. 2 didn't enjoy that novel. It was really. 3 You don't need to spend a lot of money on clothes to look. 4 Our office is really latest machines. We have all the > 5 Thope they dontt bring their dogs. They're so 6 Can Ihave my steak very. like it rare. 7 Surely you've heard of Ed Sheeran? He’ a really singer. (HLA Listen and check. Where is the stress on the compound adjectives? please? I don't Talking about you 6 Ask and answer these questions with your partner 1 Do you ever play computer games? Which? Do you send a lot of text messages? Who to? Do you take a lot of photos on your phone? ‘Who does the most housework in your home? How do you like your steak? Is your school well-equipped? ‘What do you think is the most important discovery ever made? 2 3 4 5 6 7 isten and compare. [EP Go online for more vocabulary practice Unit 10 + Alktime greats 103Listening and speaking The world’s number one habit! Did you know that chewing gum is the most common habit round the world? Do you chew gum? How often? Which flavour do you like? Stand up and ask the other students, What did you find out? + How many of you often chew gum? + Who never chews it? + When do you chew it? + What do you do with it when the flavour has gone? You are going to listen toa radio programme about the habit. Read the statements below. Do you think they are true (V) or false (X)? 1 Over 300 trillion sticks of gum are made ever Its made of a type of rubber. The habit of chewing gum goes back two thousand 4 The earliest example of gum was found in a skeleton in Sweden. The first chewing gum was made of tree sap and sugar. 6 The Greeks chewed gum because it freshened their breath. ‘The Mayan Indians wrapped their gum, called chiclay, in paper. 2 3 Listen to Part One ofthe programme. Check your answers and correct the false statements. Do any facts surprise you? Listen to Part Two. Answer the questions. ‘Who were Thomas Adams and William Wrigley? ‘Why was Wrigley a business genius? How did he advertise his products? ‘When did chewing gum become popular outside of the US? Where did all the gum produced in 1944 go to? 6 Who said, ‘Got any gum, chum?’ Who were they talking to? 7 What is gum made of today? 8 How much does it cost to clean the gum off the streets of London? * Is chewing gum a popular habit in your country? * Is ita bad habit ora good habit? Why? ‘+ What other worldwide habits can you think of? nae etre ctWhat have they been doing? 4 Work with a partner. Ask questions with Why? about the people in the pictures. Reply with because and a reason. \ Whyare the students bored? Because the professor's been talking for hours. 7 ‘6 nomoney left 5 Complete these sentences in the Present Perfect Simple about the people in 4. 1 They haven't understood (not understand) a word, 2 They're happy because they. (win) the match, 3 She (make) two huge chocolate cakes for the party. 4 He (plant) six rows of cabbages. 5 She (paint) two walls already. 6 They (spend) over £200! (DREED Listen and check. 112. Unit 11 + People with a passion Tense review - simple and continuous Who is Martha Lane Fox? 6 Look at the photo and read the introduction. Why is she called “The golden git!? What is she passionate about? ‘What do you thinkher tragedy was? 7 Work with a partner. Read the rest of the article about ‘Martha and choose the correct tense for 1-10, 8 Use the prompts to make questions about Martha. Ask and answer them with a partner, 1 Where / study? How long / work in digital technology? ‘Who / meet while / at Spectrum? How much / sell lastminute.com for? Where / drive / when / crash? Has / fully recover / the accident? ‘What / do / since 2007? How long / director of Twitter? How many followers? (GHEE Listen and check [EB Go online for more grammar practice The golden girl of ‘She has been named one of the 20 most powerful people in technology today. She's dotcom multi-millionaire who believes passionately that Internet access should be for everyone, young and old. She has had amazing success but has also known tragedy. She was born in Oxford, England, in 1973 and ‘studied / was studying at Oxford University. After university, in 1994, she joined an IT company, ‘Spectrum’, and she ¥4s working / has been working in digital technology since then. While she was working / has worked at ‘Spectrum’ she met Brent Hoberman, and in 1998 these two entrepreneurs founded an online travel company called Jastminute.com. It was hugely successful, making them millionaires. Eventually in 2005, they ‘sold / have sold it for £577 million ‘However, in 2004, tragedy struck. Martha *drove / was ‘driving with friends in Morocco when they had a terrible ‘car crash. She was flown back to England, where sheethe digital age spent six months in hospital and had 28 ‘operations. She ‘recovered / has never fully recovered from the accident, and still walks with a stick. However, she hasnt stopped ‘work. Since 2007, she "is doing / has been doing alot of work for charities, and in 2012, she founded a digital skills charity, Go On UK. Overall, she *has had / has been having an ‘amazing career. In2013, she was made a life peer in the House of Lords ~ the youngest female peer ever. She 's / has been chancellor of the Open University since 2014 and director of Twitter since 2016 - she "has / is having ‘over 186,000 followers on Twitter. She now lives in London with her partner, Chris Gorell Bames. In 2016, they had twin boys, Milo and Felix. Martha couldn't have children herself because ofthe crash, so they "were born toa surrogate mother in the US. Listening and speaking My kind of thing! 1 You are going to listen to three people talking about things they love. Read these lines from what they say. Can you work out what they are talking about? 1 Paula “They're so big and powerful but so beautiful when you see them racing round afield ora track? ‘Of cour, have fallen of afew res but the mor you fl theless thurs! 2 Andrew ‘let powerel the words- the thing theta somich abou ms can say so much with just afew words! Bi bout saying what often goes unsaid and with passion: 3 James “Ikknow everyone always complains about it, but love it! “think if you live somewhere like California and there are 365 days of sunshine, its boring: 2 Listen and check if your ideas were correct. Make notes to complete the chart. ‘What is their passion? [ Why do they like it so much?| PAULA ANDREW. JAMES 3 QUEM Listen again and answer these questions after each one. 1. How long have they had thei passion? 2. What was it that first created their interest? ‘What do you think? ‘+ Which of the people's passions most interest you? Why? ‘+ Which interest you least? ‘Is there anything in your lfe that you feel passionate about? Share your ideas with the class. Unit 11» People with a passion 13,