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We would bbe pleased to insert the appropriate acknowledgement in any subsequent edition of thie publication, Introduction ........++ Unit 1 Lives people live 1.1 Vocabulary 1.2. Grammar = 1.3. Listening Language Practice 1.4 Reading i 1.5. Grommar 1.6 Use of English 4.7, Writing 1.8 Speaking 1.9 Exam Speaking 1.10 Seif-check Unit 2 Science and technology 2.1 Vocabulary 2.2. Grammar 2.3 Listening Language Practice 2.4 Reading 2.5. Grammar 2.6 Use of English 2.7 Weiting 2.8 Speaking 2.9 Exam Speaking | 2.10 Self-check Unit 3. The arts 3.1. Vocabulary | 3.2 Grammar esses 3.3. Listening Language Practice | 34. Reading 3.5. Grammar | 3.6 Use of English 3.7 Writing | 3.8 Speaking 3.9. Exam Speaking | 3.10 Self-check Unit 4 Home sweet home | 4.41 Vocabulary 42 Grammar .. coe 4.3 Listening Language Practice Reading Grammar Use of English Wiring Speaking 1 4.9 Exam Speaking 4.10 Solf-check 1 Unies Time to learn } 84. Vocabulany 52. Gremmer ae | 83. Listening Language Practice 54 Reading : 55. Gremmar VF 56 Use of English 57° Waiting ! 5.8 Speaking 5.9 Exam Speaking ! 5.10 Self-check ! CONTENTS Unit 6 Just the job Vocabulary 74 Grammar veces 2:76 Listening Language Practice ........2..24.77 Reading 78 Grammar 80 Use of English vent Writing 82 ‘Speaking 84 Exam Speaking 85 Self-check aves rane 86 Consumer society Vocabulary 88 Grammar 90 Listening Language Practice sonesse Reading 92 Grammar 94 Use of English ange oe Writing : 2 96 Speaking ee < 98 Exam Speaking ce ce Self-check ‘ 100 Well-being Vocabulary emcatracriatr $02 Grammar ......... - 104 Listening Language Practice ........... 105 Reading Tae eet hee Grammar 108 Ups GEN SUN seranceaesennccursee 0A Writing we 110 Speaking elie Exam Speaking 113 B10 (SAU CHRM eet act ocean nce aae ATA, Vocabulary Bank .. 116 Vocabulary Bank ~ Exercises 126 Focus 1 Grammar Review .. 133 GRAMMAR: Train and Try Again .. 2.148 Writing Bank .......2.6 ses 152 Grammar Review ~ Answer key .. = 155 GRAMMAR: Train and Try Again - Answer Key ... 157 Self-check - Answer Key - 159 fl Focus 2 Workbook walkthrough UNITS (pp. 4-115) UNITS 1-8 Fe Goma in i Fis poetamenienlt “The WRITING BANK provides lit ofthe well rom the WRITING FOCUS boxgs nthe The GRAMMAR Train and Ty ‘proves more grammar acts for study ‘gan secon | DON'T miss The SHOW WaT YOU KNOW tats nthe Vocsblory ad Grrr lessons seve asa marrup ond (vse voeabulry or gramme" Fudorts shuld ey brow, RoW Wa VOUERON 1 Con nent oe el ood foo 99 pe pte oa as eptomann laren + Teena ry ene 2 eter rm the + Gi Type inn i co The SHOW WHAT YOUVE LEARNT tas nth Vocabulary and Gera [sons help sent o crack tei progress arbe aware of ter own feo (srewrrar vouve teen] Dany ee at mens i hater a ey steno een —— ‘a rege RAR Ta ny Aga 8 The SHOW THAT YOUVE CHECKED sain nthe ing lesson ie 2 iat chee thet acconparien tha ral wring Sou har vovw enon ] a ra. rare eran: + mga Pa ig ne Cantu Site eda an pp 5 Rewtedten an nonce + Ci ee eng 9 G ‘Steet soy + se anny ey wenger eben ero Ficnerlaae + rae ecm song nd peat + Myson anew “The REMEMBER BETTER bones ‘Beni tp. on inning, tarersng nd enecng oxauloy, Witte apa Un ena Hoe 1 einen? © roi hte wen cr vt om atoge cea Sete etrlsmncsor “he REMEMBER THE bone focus on real language nuances Td ‘ine diet bey cates cnn cmanmeapageime (cee redo eds ro te ‘rept ceng sae a ae The sar coding nem sows he air lew ficay of re Scintis in the Grae enor {owt ora urn comp te Sige bemeersncaraer eater oo 1 Ontrtaae ay Cate mah 0 tires ay? | mate Se NIECE pee ect Lives people live VOCABULARY Personality ® un-, in-, im- ir, dis- ‘= questions with like ‘SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW 1 Choose the correct adjectives. 1 Gabby is very unsociable f loud / stressed. She stays ‘at home and doesn't like going out with friends. 2 Chris is serious / boring / quiet. He never has anything interesting to say because he spends all his time playing computer games. 3 Meghan is always interesting / funny / relaxed. She never gets stressed about anything, 4 Joe never laughs or has any fun. He's a very serious / sociable / relaxed young man, 5 Marcus always makes me laugh. He's really quiet / funny I loud, WORD STORE 1A | Personality 2. Anna is making list called ‘My Perfect Fiancé’. Complete her lst with pairs of opposites from the box. caring cheerful generous hard-working lazy mean miserable outgoing selfish sensible shy silly My Perfect Fiance is Y positive X negative ‘not “selfish __ searing, 1s not) 2%. not §__ stort 7 sq ‘Complete the conversation between Anna and Laura with the correct adjectives from the box. There are ‘two extra words. ‘caring cheerful generous hard-working mean miserable selfish shy silly A few months later... L: So, how are things with Simon? Is he the perfect fiancé? ‘A: Well, nobody's perfect, but you know what? He's really great. First of a, he’s really choorul, you know, always happy and smiling. And he's very ‘ He wants to be a teacher and he does lots of studying in the evenings. L: Does he have any time for you then? A: Oh sure. Hea very?__guy. He calls ‘me every night and asks about my day. L: Wow. Lucky you! Dave never asks about my day. He conly thinks about himself. He's so "_ Dave also thinks he's the best fiancé in the word, bout he never buys me anything nice and he doesn't like paying for us when we go out. He's really {A: Poor you. Simon is exactly the opposite. He takes me to a restaurant sometimes and he pays for the food. And he often buys me flowers. He's very a I'm really happy, you know. L: Well, good for you. Unfortunately, I'm not. I'm unhappy; really I don't know what to do. Does Simon have a twin brother? WORD STORE 1B | un, in., im, ir, dis | 4 Add negative prefixes to adjectives a-g. Compl sentences 14 with some of the adjectives in their negative or positive form. | popular a sensitive b _honest © polite d responsible f 9 adventurous wise dependent Tr to be generous. Nobody likes mean people. They are nearly always unnon.iar 4. Mum trusts my older brother Peter to look after our little sister. He's extremely He never does anything dangerous or sil. 2 Katie never lies. She is 3 very * person, Katies also ® = she knows alot of things. 3 David doesn't say ‘please’ or ‘thank you'. He's ses extremely t00 and likes doing everything without any help. 4 Iwas unhappy because | didn't pass my driving test. | told Tom and he laughed! Is he always so REMEMBER THIS | You can use personality adjectives before a noun: A cating friend or after the verb be: | My friend is caring. | 5 Read REMEMBER THIS. Put the words in the correct ordi has / very / parents / Pauline / serious Pauline has very serious parents 1 last / was / hairdresser / cheerful / Zoe's 2 two/1/ dishonest / had friends 3 new / Jamie's / loud / friend / extremely /is REMEMBER BETTER To help you learn the personality adjectives from this lesson, ity to remember them with people you know: My dad is usually cheerful. Hes not a miserable man. Choose five pairs of opposite personality adjectives from this lesson. Write sentences about people you know. Use the model sentences. ‘My tle sisters shy. She's not an outgoing gil 1 Our History teacher is He'/She's not a man/woman 2 My best fiend a person. 3 4 5 _ . He/She is not WORD STORE 1C | Questions with like 6 Look at the dialogues. Correct the mistake in each question. ‘A: Do you looks like your parents? Do you look like your parents? B: People say look a litle like my mum. 11 A: What flavour ice cream you like? B: | love vanilla, 2 A: Are Gareth and Liu like dogs? B: | think they like cats more. 3 A: What is your sister look like? B: She's tall and has small brown eyes. 4 A: What does Tracy like? B: She's caring and sensitive. 5 A: What does your English teacher look? B: He's short and wears glasses, ‘SHOW WHAT YOU'VE LEARNT 7 Choose the correct answers A-C. 1 A person who is _ is outgoing and likes meeting other people. Arelaxed B funny C sociable 2 Aperson who is _ does not do silly things. Asensible _Bselfish C sensitive 3 A person who is _ loves doing new and crazy things. ‘independent B adventurous C irresponsible 4 A person who is _ is somebody who is not loud, Asociable Billy Cquiet 5 Apperson who is_ is somebody that not many people like, Aunwise Bunpopular —C outgoing 8 Complete the sentences with adjectives. The first letters are given, Mike is genorous. He gives half of his pocket money to the local charity. 1 Please don't be s chocolate with me. 2 My older sister doesn’t talk to people she doesn’t know well. She’ extremely s ‘and doesn’t lke asking Share the 3 Mais very i for help or advice from anybody. 4 Amy is w. ‘She knows the answer to every question | ask her. 5 Lucy is extremely w She never wants to try new things, Fortunately, her younger sister is quite the opposite! (-A0) GRAMMAR Present tenses — question forms ‘SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW | 11 Complete the sentences with the correct present | | forms of the verbs in brackets. 1 It 11:00 and the bus hasn't arrived (not/arrive) yet Oh! Wait... there itis. | can see it now. k_ (come) round the corner 21 (ever/ty) sushi. | a (notte) fish, | 3 Sorry, Emily (not/be) | here now. She (cun) in the | park. Can you call back later? | 4 Your dad (alreadythave) | breakfast. He —_ _ (walk) the dog. He'll be back in ten minutes 5 Leroy" (ead) 2 very good book at the moment. He always ; (buy) his books online. 2 * Complete the questions with the correct forms of do, be or have. ‘Why are you always so selfish? 1 Carl ever had long hair? 2 What {an appropriate birthday present for my five-year-old nephew? 3 doctors need to be caring and sensitive people? 4 Why Kelly 50 miserable today? 5 Which sports Phil's sister like? 6 How much they pay for their children’s dance lessons? 3% & Complete the questions about the ‘subject and the “object of each sentence. 1 "Emma has eaten "eaos. a Who's.caten cogs? 2 *Lawrence and Lucy are living in "London, b Where | 3 Ray reads "biography books. b What 2 a Who a 2 ‘& % Write questions for the underlined parts of the answers. . He's playing chess ‘James is watching The Da Vinei Code. Sondre follows Natalie Porman on Twitter 3 —_— ‘Oscar has bought anew DVD. 6 TThave visited Edinburgh and London Basketball is my brother’ favourite sport. 5% % Complete the questions in the dialogu 1S: Who Joves writing? P: My brother loves writing S: What * P: He's writing a short story now. S: Why? 2 P: He's writing it because he wants to win ‘a competition at school 3: Do® = Yes, | like writing : Haves No, | haven't written a story for the competition. : Whats : I'm baking a cake. Why * : Is brown because its @ chocolate cake P: Have? wh! S: No, | haven't baked a cake before P: Dot 1 S: No, I don't want any help. Thank you. ‘SHOW WHAT YOU'VE LEARNT 6 Write questions for the underlined parts of the answers. Who usually cleans the bathroom at the weekend? Dad usually cleans the bathroom at the weekend. Ne ag, The irs are cooking mushroom soup. a Who 2 2 ? b What 2 Dean has brought his new guitar. Segre ener GS phe cc pen wt ote lS 4 “Ghattes hes chosen ‘chips for lunch, Michelle has forgotten to close the door. 2 Who e144 rm bb What __? Nicola is doing her homework 5 ‘Helen is helping tH 5 ? aWho 2 Craig wants @ motorbike b Who - y 2 6 2 People are listening to the band 6 “Freddie feels Mantastic. ES 3 “6 @ Who _ Ld b How GRAMMAR: Train and Try Again page 144 Word building » voluntary work + -ive, -ative, -able, -ing 11 Choose the correct words to complete the interview with two volunteers, Karen and Martin. Extract hom Students’ Book recording CIEE I: What sort of people volunteer? "Fantastic / Fantasy peoplel No. Um, volunteers are care / caring people. OF course, a lot of people are [ou], but volunteers are more likely to do something about it. kk Sowhy do you do this voluntary / volunteer work? M: 1am tpassionate / passion about the environment, and I'm interested in responsible / responsibilty farming. | believe that organic farming is very important for the future. | also like working in a team. | learn important life skills and I'm more ‘confidence / confident than before. Also, | want to study farming and agriculture, so this is good experience. I: What about you, Keren? : Well, there are problems in my community and I wart to help. 2 Complete the sentences with the correct words in capitals. 11 FANTASY / FANTASTIC 2 This book is thing I've ever read b Marcus loves The Lord of the Rings four times! 2 CARE / CARING «Its the best books. He's read a | can pay for child for my baby daughter now that | have a job. bMy sister is a very person. ‘When I'm feeling sad or il, she’s always really kind tome. 3 VOLUNTARY / VOLUNTEER 2 Janet has decided to become a fora charity that helps children in Africa, bI'mafraid we don't pay you. It’s all work 4 PASSIONATE / PASSION a {have a real for politics. 'm thinking of joining the Green Party. baArhuris very about music. Hes got over 600 CDs and often goes to concerts. 5 RESPONSIBLE / RESPONSIBILITY alts not my to clean your room. lis your room! bWhois for that noise? Please, be quiet. 6 CONFIDENT / CONFIDENCE a Morris isn't a very child, s0 try to be very positive about his homework ‘People that have too much can be dificult to work with LISTENING LANGUAGE PRACTICE REMEMBER THIS We often form adjectives with suffixes: care + ing = caring, passion + -ate = passionate. 3. Read REMEMBER THIS. Choose the correct adjectives. Use a dictionary if necessary. Many people find Steve Jobs’ life and work tinspire / inspiring / inspiration. His ideas to change the world were admirable / admire / admiring VOCABULARY PRACTICE | Voluntary work 4 Look at the vocabulary in lesson 1.3 in the Students’ Book. Complete the sentences with the correct word ‘or phrase from the box. developing country farm hospital library nursery old people's home prison soup kitchen "ve decided | want to work in a(n) brary because ove books so much 1 Tim's mother's volunteer in 2 local She doesn’t get paid, but she Tikes helping the homeless people who eat there. 2 Ella's grandfather lives in aff) because he's 87 years old and can't do everyday things like cooking and washing by himself. 3 I'm learning to be a doctor and part of my course isin areal where I can watch people with experience. 4 Have you ever been in afr) Yes, | have. | visited Alcatraz when Iwas in San Frencisco in the States. 5 James and Amanda met when they were at a(n) and then they went to the Same school. They're both 17 and best friends now. 6 Helen grew up on a large ‘where her family had lots of sheep and cows, 7 Ina) | many people are poor and do not have enough food or water. 2 WORD STORE 1D | -ive, -ative, -able, -ing 5 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words from the box. ‘act adapt communicate imagine inspire protect I've decided I need to be more active, so I’m going to join the schoo! basketball team. 1 Mariois very = you can ask him todo anything and he always does it well 2 Michalis____——_, so.why don't we ask him to create the new charity event? 3 Lucy isn't very 1 $0 its not easy to get her to share her opinions 4 Parents shouldn't be too of teenagers. Young people need to become independent. 5 This biography of Nelson Mandela is extremely You should read it! Classroom psychology * verbs & nouns * verb + preposition 1. Read the text quickly and choose the best ttle, 1 Where you sits how you feel 2 Where you sits where you are O 3 Where you sit is how you fit WOME | ARTICLES | FORUM! | CONTAC 4 __ For more than 70 years, psychologists and teachers have studied the link between the place where students choose to sit in class and what they are like as people and learners. Where do you usually decide to sit? Have you ever really thought about the reasons for your decision? At the back People often think that students who sit atthe back are lazy, Buti this eally rue? Well, some researchers say itis not. n fact. shy students often choose the back row because itis far away from the teacher and they don't want to answer questions or be invalved® in discussions. At the back, students probably won't speak much, but in big classrooms, it can be hard to see the whiteboard and hear what the teacher is saying. #__. For students with poor sight or hearing, a seat at the back ofthe classroom is definitely not a good choice On one side Students who sit on one side of the class. are normally Interested in lessons, but they like watching and listening rather than joining in. These students are usually also very {900d at taking notes. *_. On the sides of the classroom, you will generally find modest* and thoughtful people. These people usually get good marks at school and are keen* on tearing, MW In the middle o you sit in the middle ofthe classroom? Yes? Then the statistics say you probably like your teacher. *__ Caring, outgoing and cheerful people usually sit in the middle. They are normally serious about leaming and feet disappointed* with low marks in tests and exams. involved (ac) - someone who is involved in an activity oF event ives it alot of time, attention ‘modest (edi) someone who it modest doesn't ike talking about ther ables, ski, success, talents, et. IV At the front Are you passionate about knowledge? Do you like being in control? Are you worried about missing important Information in lessons? Yes? Then you probably sit right, at the front of the class. Students at the front usually want to discuss things with the teacher and are often very enthusiastic about school. They want to be in the best place to see and hear everything the teacher does and says. The only problem with sitting atthe front is that it can be difficult to see and hear what other students do and say in class. We need YOUR opinion, Tell us what you think ofthis article ‘Add your comments below keen (oc - someone who is keen on something is very intrested in tor enjoys doing & vory much disappointed (2ci)- unhappy because something you hoped for tie not happen. or because someone or something was not as ‘900d 08 you expected 2 Read the text. Match sentences A-F with gaps 1-5. There is one extra sentence. A You probably also have 2 good relationship with your classmates, B This could be the reason why students who sit here often get lower marks in tests and exams. € So, if you really want to hear what everyone says in class, choose a different place to sit. D Research suggests that the chair you choose in the classroom says a lot about you and your personality. E This means it's a good idea to sit ina different place every day. F Next time you miss a lesson, borrow notes from someone who sits here. 3. Read the text again. Match questions 1-4 with the correct part of the text IV, In which part of the text do you learn 1 where in the classroom you can find students who prefer thinking about what they see and hear during the lesson to discussing things? 2 why those who would rather not respond to questions usually look for a place far from the whiteboard? S 3 where to find students who are positive about the person they learn mostly from? 4 where in the classroom you should look for someone who has detailed written information con what the lesson was about? '5 where in the classroom it could be hard to hear what the classmates say during the lesson? 6 where you can find stuclents who don’t always have good rasults when the teacher checks what they learnt in the lessons? O 4 Complete the table with underlined nouns and verbs from the text. Verb Noun choose choice 1 know = 2 discussion 3 see 4 hear _ 5 decide mm 5 Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 4 Change the form of the verbs if necessary. Sorry? What did you say? Could you repeat that please? My hearing is terrible these days 1 When Ollie takes Helen out for dinner, she always the most expensive thing on the menu. 2 Stevie Wonder, the famous soul singer, is blind. He lost his when he was a baby. 3 Peter is very wise. He really alot of things. 4 Today in class we had an interesting about polities 5 We can't if we like Kevin’ new haircut or not. Its certainly very .. diferent REMEMBER BETTER | When you learn @ new word, @.¢. verb, look in a dictionary and see if you can aso learn another form ‘of the word, e.g. a noun or an adjective. They often look similar and because ofthat are easy to remember, ¢.4 fee! ~ feelings. A. Check the noun forms of the adjectives in a dictionary. popuie’ = popblanty 1 polite 2 sensitive 3 honest 4 lazy - - B_ Complete the sentences with words from Exercise A. The first three letters are given. Everyone likes Mrs Jackson. She's a very popular teacher, 1 Pol people. 2 Be careful what you say to Rachel. She's very sen, ‘about her appearance. is very important when you meet new 3 What makes @ good friend? Well, hon. is very important, 4 L think laz is a very bad thing, Everybody should work hard WORD STORE 1D | Verb + preposition 6 Choose the correct prepositions. 1 Lazy people do not believe in / on / about working hard. 2 I'm trying to focus at/ with / on my homework. Please be quiet 3 It's.a good idea not to worry on / about / in your exam. Study hard and you will be fine. 4 How do you deal in / at / with your work and study at the same time? 5 Janice doesn't like to depend on / from f with ‘anybody. She's very independent. 6 | prefer to connect on / at / with friends by meeting them, not through social media. 7 Pauline listens at / on/ to music on her way to schoo! every morning. 8 liver really cares on/ about / with his friends. He's always kind and generous to them. 9 Are you still thinking at / on / about the dress in the ‘shop window? 9 GRAMMAR Verb + -ing form or verb + to infinitive SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW 1. Choose the correct answers A-C. 1 We ___town on Saturday afternoons. We hate shopping when its busy A avoid B miss C decide: 2 |__a burger, medium fries and a chocolate milkshake, please. Alike Bidlike Clove 3 They usually eat in the most expensive restaurants, but we __ it. We don’t have enough money. A.don'tmind — B enjoy can't afford 4 My ttle brother_thathe's riding a motorbike. He makes motorbike noises and runs around the house. Aeonjoys B pretends —_C spends time 5 Dad stil goes running in the winter, but Mum __to. She won't go because it’ too cold. A prefers B refuses C agrees 6 I don’t know how Ill__ to finish all this homework before school on Monday, but Il try. Ahope Beconsider C manage 2. * Choose the correct forms. 1 Christopher doesn’t mind to pay// paying for English lessons. He goes on holiday to England every year. 2 Amy avoids to sunbathe / sunbathing. She has blonde hair and very fair skin. 3 Do you want fo go// going camping at the weekend? ‘The weather forecast is good. 4 Marco and his mum choose fiying / to fly when they visit their family in tay. 5 Carly pretends to be / being cheerful when she's away, but | really think she misses home. 6 Do we really need fo take / taking four big bags with Us? We are only going away for three days. 3% + Complete the sentences with the -ing form or the to infinitive of the verbs in capitals. 1 SHOP I don't like shopping with my dad, He hates “ ‘and | refuse. with him 2swiM Lola loves __. Yesterday, she managed "__ 500 metres. Next weekend, she hopes 15 1-6, choose the fantastic + torible 1 advanced # 2 similar = REMEMBER BETTER Many words in English have opposites, e.g. start + finish, easy # difficult, man # woman, These words are called antonyms. When you learn antonyms, use them in personal sentences to help you remember. In your notebook, write personal sentences with the antonyms from Exercise 4. VOCABULARY PRACTICE| Nouns and verbs 5. Look at the vocabulary 9 2.4 in the Students! Book. Complete the sentences with the missing verbs ‘or nouns. The first and last letters are given. My grandmother always has a jigsaw on her living room table. | ike to help her when | visit, but | often put the pieces in the wrong place. 1. You'll need to put on another I rof clothing. its really cold outside today. 2. My father never takes food to work because he eats at the companys ¢ n every day. 3. How long will it take to. hh the top of the hill? I'm already really tired, 4. Annie wants to r her own computer games shop when she finishes school. 5 Inmany towns here you can still see the r s of the old city walls made from large stones: 6 We can't land on the island. There's no a. Pp there. WORD STORE 2E | The temperature 6 Complete the telephone conversation between Warmomatic and a customer with the words from the box. There are two extra words. above below boiling chilly cold degrees falling freezing rising In the year 2033, |W: Good afternoon. This is Wermomatc. How can I help you? C: Hello? Warmomatic? Oh, thank goodness you've answered. HELP! W: What isthe problem, madam? C: My computer-controlled heating system isn't working My home is really cols! Itis* 2e10 in every room in the house end the temperature is stil 2 I's minus ten now. W: OK madam, please try to calm down. Ill try to fix the problem from my desktop computer. Please call me again in 20 minutes. 20 minutes later. W: Good afternoon. This is Warmomatic. How cen help you? : It’s me again! Now the house is too hot. In fac, it’s 2 isplus 354 centigrade and the temperature is Help me! W: Oh dear. There is one very easy solution, madam. C: Anything. Please. Tell me what to do W: Open a window madam. I's*__ outside. 23 GRAMMAR used to. SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW 1 Tick the sentences that describe ro the time expressions that show regularity. Alastair played computer games every evering before bed. 1. Katen bought a new laptop last weekend 2. Patricia and Matt called each other every Friday night 3. Dean always watched football on Saturday afternoons. 4. Mary dropped her mobile phone down the toilet. Choose 2. * When they went to university, two friends, Carl and Owen, moved into a student flat together. Write sentences about them with used to or didn’t use to ‘and the verbs in brackets. When they lived with their parents they dicin‘t use (0 eat (eat) unhealthy food. Now they only eat kebabs and pizzas. 1 they (do) any cleaning at home. ‘They still don't do much and their flat is a mess. 2 their parents (pay) the bills Now they pay their own bills, 3 Cad (use) his dad's computer. Now he uses Owen's. 4 Cari and Owen (argue). Now they argue about the computer. 3. * > Write positive sentences (+), negative sentences, ()and questions 7) about mobile phones in 1983. Use the correct forms of used to from the box and ‘the words above each line. did didn't use to usedto use to mobile phones / have cameras (2) Did mobile phones use to have cameras? 1. mobile phones / cost a lot of money (+) 2. most normal people / own a mobile phone (-) 3. people / make fewer phone calls (+) 4 mobile phones /be bigger (?) 5. mobile phones / have touch screens () 6 mobile phones / send text messages () 24 4 * * & Tick the correct sentences. Sometimes both sentonces are correct ‘Whar | was inthe Science cub a choo. 1 a we met every Thursday a 4 pam @ 1 wo sed to meet every Thursday at 4pm, 2. a we watched videos about great discoveries ie eal careers ever een eee aeasae tel aes ee ere ee posed sae eee 4. a cur group want on a trp tothe Science Naseumin Londen our group used to go.on a tip to the Science Musou in London 5 a my tend Emma once gave a tlk aboutthe sn, C Pieiere conor ators shout the sun, SHOW WHAT YOU'VE LEARNT 5 Complete the dialogue between Jodie and her dad with the correct forms of used to and the verbs in brackets. J: Dad, cid you use to own {you/own) a smartphone when you were my age? Did | what? it (you/use) a smartphone or a laptop when you were a teenager? D: What?! No I didn't. | was 14 in... er... wait minute... in 1981, We? laptops back then. J: So, how? messages? D: Jodie?! There were no messages or texts; no Facebook or anything. We * (send) letters or faxes. J: see, Wow ... Dad, what’ a fax? D: Er... well... itwas a bit ike a photocopier. You ‘ (write) your message on a piece of paper, then put it in the fax machine And then? Well, then you ® number and wait. The machine er... well the piece of paper and sent it to your friend. J: What, the piece of paper? 1D: What? No! Not the same piece of paper, Jodie ~ just the message J: see. Wow. 3 have) (check) your (iad the itvead GRAMMAR: Train and Try Again page 145 Linkers and time expressions 1% Choose the correct words. 1. I1ead the biography of Martin Luther King during / while | was at home sick 2. They didn’t have smartphones when / by my father was a student. 3. As soon as/ While we downloaded the song, we listened to it six times. 4 I learned a lot about wob browsers during / while the weekend computer course. 5 Itwas minus ten every day last week unt! / by Friday, 2% % Complete the second sentence so it has a similar ‘meaning to the first. Use between two and five words, including the word in capitals. You can take my laptop now but | need it on Wednesday. BY You can take my laptop now but return it by_ Wednesday, please, 1 The moment you get home, send me a text message. SOON Send me a text message home. 2. Susie drove to Manchester and listened to the CD in the car. WHEN SusielistenedtotheCD____ to Manchester. 3 | was watching the film and began to feel cold. DURING 1 the film, 4 We had something to eat and waited for the program to download. WHILE We had something to eat _ downloading, 5. James did the experiment then showed me his notes, AFTER James showed me__ the experiment. 6 read my book and waited for you to arrive. UNTIL. 1 your arrival 3% % Choose the correct answers A-C. Amodern genius ‘Stephen Hawking was one of the most famous Scientists inthe world. He was bom in Oxford in 1942 and lived there “_ the moment he moved to Cambridge to complete his PRO.’ this, however, people already knew that he was intelligent. He enjoyed Maths and Science at school very much. He found bath subjects very easy, and it was *_ he was studying there that his friends began to cal him ‘Einstein: fr fun Stephen’ first university was actually Oxford, where he studied Physics and Chemistry. there, at the age of 21, he became very sick and had problems speaking and moving was extremely il, he decided to work harder. This was because he rally wanted to finish his PAD*_he died Hawking finished his PhO when he was only 24. Later he wrote over 15 very popular science books. His doctors didn't expect him to live long. He died at the age of 76 definitely too early, as many say. 1 Adil B by while 2 A After B Before CC Until 3 A during B while € assoonas 4% % Complete the sontences with one word in each gap. Use each word only once, Dad: Jono, | don't want you to use my laptop Im washing the car. Wait until | finish, ox? Jono: Yes, Dad. | promise. 1 Tess: Let's play a game the flight to Madrid, Bill: Good ides. How about Scrabble? 2 Matt: had to speak to my Physics teacher. Why didn't you wait__the end of our conversation? I didn’t know where you were or who you were with, Sorry. 3 Al I decided to take a year off, went to University to study Chemistry. Gina: Really? What did you do for a year? 4 Phil: | stopped downloading the game as_as I realised it was ilegal sofware. Chris: Good idea. Why don't we try a different game? | need to finish this report tomorrow morning. Can we meet in the afternoon? Jon: No problem. il send you a text message. 5% % % Complete the sentences with the words in brackets in the correct form. Do not change the order of the words. You may need to add words. Use no more than six words in each gap. Uistened to the song before | knew (the song / before / know) who sang it 5 Bila: 1. Adrian sent the text message. (while / drive), which is dangerous. 21 (not fall asleep / during) the Biology class. | was just resting my eyes. (ahter/1/ speak / Mandy) I decided not to lend her my smartphone. 4 The children all (go/ sleep / by / midnight) on the school tip last week. 5 Yesterday, | called my mum (while / travel) home on the Bus. \_ his studies he realised he 4A During B While € As soonas 5 ATill B While © When & A before B by € for 25 1 Read the tips for writing a story. Tick the useful advice. 1. Set the scene by introducing who is in the story and where they are, 2. Include at least three main characters. 3. Use different past tenses and structures, in the story, 4. Use adjectives, adverbs and phrases to make the story interesting 5 Use linkers and time expressions to show the order of events. 6 Trynot to repeat the same words. 7 Write a happy ending. 8 White four paragraphs. 2 Match suitable parts ofuseful phrases for writing a story. There are two extra endings. twas four years 1 What a 2 linever 3 Itwasa few 4 Itwasa lovely day 5 What 6 Meeting my husband was years later when in trouble a surprise! nightmare! forget... going on? fora walk an event I'l never forget. ‘ago when 3 Read the story Hitting the Jackpot below. Complete ‘gaps 1-4 with a suitable phrase from Exercise 2. 4 Read the story again. Choose the correct words. 5. Read the story Lost in New York bolow. Cross out one incorrect word in each underlined santence a-h. Then write the correct word, 6 Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Lost in whey 1 while L got last in New Tas (be) on a school trip and on the last day we went 1o a museum before our fight home. We ' (travel) by city bus when 12 (begin) to feel sleepy. *Allof the sudden, someone ® (tart) shaking me. I was the only person left on the bus. What was going up? I slowly realised | was lost. “Lhe ios seared, |! (wot/have) any money and my phone was dying *Lwas by touble, While 1 (ink) what to do. 1 (see) a woman, She was wearing a pilot's uniform, “Lucky. she helped me. ‘She wits incredible kind and told me how to get othe airport and even gave ne ten dollars for the ticket. When [final (get) on the plane the pilot ® (make) an announce recognised her voice immediately. [twas the ‘woman from the bus, She* invite) me to the front ofthe plane (explain) how everything worked. #F'lLalways forget the ravelled with the pila Hitting the 7 "£29 23 Ay op (twas four years aco wh my luck started to change. 1 was walking hon of a newsagent’ and jumped on a bus. Unfortunately / Incredibly, as e from work when a man rushed out piece of paper fell from his pocket. Iwas a lottery ticket. I put it in my bag and forgot all about it until a few weeks later when I found it again in my handbag, I checked the ticket. Anyhow / Fmust admit | thought about taking “Actually / While, my luck did change after that, * It wasntt the winning ticket, but it won a small amount of money. ‘money, but | decided to keep the ticket for good luck instead. met my husband, Paul. On our wedding day, he said he felt like the luckiest man alive. At that moment, | decided to tell him the story of my lottery ticket to show him I was lucky too. *Then / Unfortunately Paul started to laugh a the next thing he told me, He used to play the lottery and the numbers on the ticket were his lucky numbers. “During / Suddenly | knew who he was. It was Paul who dropped the ticket. [couldn't sy & believe i! We werent rich, bt we were very happy anyway J luckily & "9 6, 26 7 Read the task below. Then complete gaps 1-6 in the story with the phrases from the box. There is ‘one extra phrase. ‘Your school is holding a competition for the best short story about a surprising event. Write a story. Include and develop these points: ' Give information to set the scene. * Describe what happened on that day using different past tenses and structures. * Use different words and phrases to show the order of events and add interest: * Give your story a strong ending, didn’t use to care didn’t use to smile used tohave used to laugh used to see didn't use to take used totell_ used to walk An unexpected gift was 17 years old *when / while | moved to my village. Every day the same way home from school and every day 1? anold man. He was / were sitting quietly under the same tree. He always looked miserable and children? athim, During the next few weeks I ‘started / was starting to say hello when I saw him under the tree and later we actually became good friends. /‘__ him about the exams | was taking at school and he told me all about the job he ‘asa conservationist. Shave / must admit « ‘about the environment, but thanks to him, |started to think about it more carefully, Anyway, one day he wasn’t there. And he wasn't there the next day. What “wos going / went on? | went to his house to look for him. Unfortunately, | found out he died the day before. ‘Then, a few weeks later when I wasn't / was walking home from school, a young woman came and gave mea letter It was from the old man's wife, He told her about ‘our conversations and that he felt cheerful when he was talking to me. He decided that he twos wanting / wanted to give mea gift He "gave / was giving me his special bracelet. He 7 itoff. Now I do the same, The old man isa friend rinever forget. 8 Read the story again. Choose the correct words ah. 9 Look at the story in Exercise 7 again and find ‘examples for some of the tips in Exercise 1. Tip 3. 3 examples of the Past Continuous: Tip4 2 adjectives to describe the old man: 2 adverbs: 1 phrase: Tip 5.4 linkers and time expressions showing the order of events; = ‘SHOW WHAT YOU'VE LEARNT 10 You see a short story competition in your favourite magazine and decide to enter. Write a story with the title ‘A day to remember’. Include and develop these points: * Give information to set the scene. * Describe what happened on that day using different tenses and structures, * Use different words and phrases to show the order of events and add interest. * Give your story a strong ending ‘SHOW THAT YOU'VE CHECKED Finished? Always check your writing. Can you tick J everything on this list? In my story: * Ihave given information to set the scene, @.g | was ten years old ..., It was 2 cold dark evening. * Ihave used the Past Simple and Continuous, and perhaps used to to describe what happened, e.g, It started to rain as | was climbing the mountain, * Ihave used different words and phrases to make ry story interesting for the reader, e.g. What was ‘going on? it was awesome! Ihave included adverbs to add interest, e.g ‘Suddenly, Luckily, incredibly. ‘Ihave given my story a strong ending, e.g. I'll never forget when I frst went... ... was an event Ml never forget. * Ihave checked my spelling and punctuation, + My text is neat and clear 27 Telling a story 1 Translate the phrases into your own language. iT Telling a story Use the right tenses Tr + Past Continuous is used to deseribe the background for the main events: ‘The sun was shining and | was. enjoying myself. + Past Simple is used to describe problem andthe main events The weather changed. | couldn't see the path Use linkers * Bognining To startwithy Ac fiat + idole: Suddenly/all of a sudeen/Luckily/Fortun Unfortunately + End: Inthe end/Eventualy/ nally ‘Say how you felt | was excited/rightened/ relievod/surprised/shocked/ worried, y/ Make a “final comment’ twas the best/worst day ‘of my life! Hilnever forget the look onhis face! Hil never do it again, Listening to a story Neutral response Really2/Oh dear/Oh no. Strong response That sounds amazing/funny/ frightening. What a great story/a nightmare! Respond with questions What happened? What did you do? 28 2 Complete the dialogue between Felix and Eva with the words from the box. There are two extra items, except for excited happened Luckily Next time nightmare relieved shocked sounds Suddenly to start with F We had a fantastic time on our summer holiday ~ excent for the day we went to the island, E: What? ? F: We were travelling on a fast boat to visit a beautiful ite island. The captain of the boat was going very fast and the waves were realy big i sthe boat hit a giant wave. E: Ohno! Fs There was a loud bang, the front window broke and lots and lots of water rushed in. Wow! That ?__ really frightening. Yeah, well, we were * because it happened so quickly and the water hit us really hard. nobody was seriously hur. E: What did you do? Wl, the end we got to the island - wet but very to be back on dry land E: What a”. ' we'll take the slow boat. 3 Complete Conversation 1: Alice and Gindy ‘A: |once met someone famous. : Really? Who? A: Well, was sitting in Manchester Airport, waiting fora fight to Warsaw. | remember, I was reading Harry Potter athe time. Suddenly, the lady next tome said ‘Excuse me," you enjoying that book?” ©: Who was it? A: Well, looked at her and I though, know you', and then | realised it was J. K. Rowling, ‘©: What? The author of the book you? reading? That's amazing! What did you say? ‘A: Well, to start?__I didn't know what 10 say, but fortunately, she was really iendly. the end, we chatted for about ten minutes and Hold her how much | love her books C: What a great story ‘A: | know, and she signed my book! Conversation 2: Andrew and Nancy imafraid* horses. hat? Why? ‘A: Well, when | was twelve years old, my neighbour took me riding on her horse. happened? : as my first time on ahorse.* firs everything was OK. Wet ‘going very slowly. My neighbour was helding the horse and Iwasssitting*_its back. | was enjoying the ride, but then all® a sudden, there was aloud noise and the horse got scared and started running .. really fast! IN: Thet sounds really frightening, ‘A: Itwas Luckily, I did’ fall off. stay away rom horses these days ich gap with one word. Gy) 1. In pairs, ask and answer the questions, 3 Discuss this question togethe: PART PART 2 Talk about personalities. Talk about technology. 1. What is your bestfriend like? 1 What do you mostly use your smartphone for? Why? 2 Are you generous or mean? Why? 2 How do you feel in a place with no wifi? Why? 3. What qualities would you like to have? Why? 3. Would you prefer to give up your smartphone for 4. What is a good travelling companion like? Why? ‘a week or your laptop for a month? Why? 5. Do you think students should wear schoo! uniforms? 4 Have you ever had a problem with technology? Why?/Why not? ‘What happened and how did you feel? 5. What is bad about living in the technological age? Look at the pictures that show different types of scientists, PaRT1 Which of these jobs do you think is the most interesting? Discuss in pairs. PART 2 In pairs, ask and answer the questions. 1) Have you ever watched the night sky like 5 How do you think archaeolosists feel when ‘an astronomer? they find something important? Why? 2 Would you preferto be a physicist, biologist 6 Do you like studying Science? Why?/Why not? cor chemist? Why? 7 Which of these jobs do you think is the best for you? 3. Do you like Mathematics? Why?/Why not? Why? 4) What things can conservationists do to help. ‘our planet? "Do you think scientists do a more important job than artists? Why?/Why not? Scientists .. Artists * find ways to make us feel better when + croate culture in society. wwe are sick. * help us to understand ourselves. * discover ways we can communicate with ‘= create things that touch our emotions. each other, + bring colour to our world, ‘+ help us to understand the world, * find ways to help us travel. 29 1. Complete the sentences with the words from the box inthe correct form. There are two extra words. jigsaw keyboard laser printer layer Password search-engine specimen username For more information, check online using a sear ine 1 We need another two wall. can still see the graft. 2. Thisnew is excellent. Look at the high quality of these pictures, 3 Luther isin the garden collecting for our project on plants. 4 | can't find the last piece of the Maybe its under the sofa 5 Did you know that the most used in the world is "123456"? 5 of paint on the 2 Complete the sentences with the correct words. The first letters are giver Sir Isaac Newton is probably the most famous pltwscist in the word. 1. My favourite subject is C working in the lab. 2. Patrick is very good with numbers. Does he want to study M at university? 3¢ 5 make a lot of money. ‘And with robots Becoming more popular, they will learn more in the future. 4 I know I'm a plant biologist, but its ten degrees « outside. Lets stay in the lab today, OK? 5 In January 1971, experts observed temperatures of 80 degrees b zero. Now THAT is coll 6 because I love 3. Use the beginnings from the box to make words and complete the sentences. archaeo- astro- conserva. geo: lingu-psycho- Theodore Roosevelt was an early conservationist. He protected over 150 million acres of American forests for public use. 1. Many people say that John Aubrey (1626-1697) invented when he studied Stonehenge in England. 2 Philip Zimbardo is a contemporary American His ‘prison experiment’ showed how people behave in extreme conditions Did you know that don't only work with materials on Earth? Same of them work with rocks from the moon and other planets. 4 In 1610, Galileo discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter using a telescope. For this reason, people call him the father of 5. You don't have to speak a foreign language to be a good 1 butt probably helps. 1s 30 4 Choose the correct verb forms. Peter chit go wasnt going to school on Thursday. 41 Adam *did7 wos doing his homework when Simon sealed / was caliog. 2. We slept / were sleeping when the postman ang / was cnging the doorbell 3 "Were they nding / Did they find the pharmacy before it “closed / was closing? 4. Chloe and Kyle *danced!/ were dancing together when the musi stopped / was stopping 5 ‘Dd Shelly wait/ Was Shelly waiting atthe station when the train Srashed!/ was crashing? 15 5 Find and correct the mistakes. Did Auntie Kay used to cook 2 big meal on Sundays? 11 Beth used to go to Hong Keng forthe first time in 2008. 2. Teenagers did't used to have mobile phones in the 1980s, 3 Josh used to invent a popular video game. 4 Did use to be milk free at school when you were lite? 5. When Grandpa was young, films used to were black and white. Choose the correct answers A-C. Flat computers Care small, light personal computers for mobile Use. They have most of the same components as ‘__ computers including a screen, speakers and @?__ to write/type with. in the 1970s, IBM *__ the first company to make and sell these mobile computers. At first, laptops didn't *__ to have batteries and the screens were black and white and very small. Later, in the 1990s, colour screens +__ more popula. Nowadays, laptops are more popular than any other type of computer. A Desktops B Websites ©aptops A broadband ——_B desktop. € Internet 2 A keyboard B password C web browser 3 A was Busedtobe —C usedta Ause B used C have 5 A were becoming B used to become € became is “Total /30 7 Choose the correct answers A-C. Phil: My father __ in a chemistry laboratory in Chicago last summer, Vie: Cool. Did you visit him when he was there? A used to work B were working ©) worked Why didn’t you answer the phone? Sorry, |__measurements of the room. Ab, OK. B was taking 'm taking 2. Fiona: When | lived in Florence | often went to the Leonardo de Vinci Museum, Cathy: Really? | didn't know __ in Florence. Fiona: Yes. Ilived there for six years. A you were living B you used to live © were you living 3 Dad: Sera!__ Sara: Sorry. |just wanted to check something, ‘A Not to use my smarpphone B You don't use my smartphone. € Don'tuse my smartphone. 4 Pete: Ihad a great time __ the visit to the Netural History Museum. Jim: I'm not surprised. tts amazing! A during B while € assoonas 5 Mark: Georgiana waited for me ___| finished analysing data and then we had lunch. Connie: That was kind of her. A when B until = € soon Ls 8 Complete the sentences with the words in brackets in the correct form. Do not change the order of the words. You may need to add words. Use no more than six words in each gap. The American physicist James Russell ici't invent CD (net / invent / the CD) in 1964, butin 1965. 1. Professor Phillips was (plan / publish / research pape) when he suddenly became ill 21 _ (not / use / lke) computer games but then | discovered Minecraft. 3. He sent me the file _ (soon / it / download) s0 that | could check it 4 James (use / work) for Microsoft. He thinks itis a good company. (yous 5 Where .g0) when | saw you in the tram last night? 9 Complete the text with the correct forms of the words from the box. There are two extra words, collect develop do follow protect remain sit walk The Giants of Georgia tn 2008, a farmer vas walking with his animals through the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia. He used a‘ this often, but on this day he saw the unusual ‘of an old stone structure. The farmer decided to explore the area. Inside the structure were two human skeletons. They?____on chai in front ofa table. What was so interesting? The bodies ‘were extremely large He contacted a team of archaeologists. On the way thet, they saw some very large statues and what seemed to be a lage stone road through the forest. The scientists + ‘evidence (i. some of the bones) and took it to Tols, the capital city of Georgia. They asked Professor Vikua, famous for discovering Homo Erectus Georgicus to help them, but he died before he could do any research. When the scientists looked for the bones that Professor Vikua had, they «ould not find them. ‘n 2014, the Science Channel opened a new investigation, but they haven't found any new evidence or* theory to explain these mysterious giant bones |_#) 10 Choose the correct answers A-C. A job advert from space ‘Are we in danger from visitors from other planets? Ave the astronauts that we 8 into space making life on this planet dangerous? Last week while I’ _a science magazine, [found this iimeresting article. NASA. itsaid, were looking for someone twohelp them ?_ experiments on the organisms that astronauts regularly collect during ther trips into space. The job isto 3_nnotes on what you observe during these tests, and then ‘ork with other scientists looking closely at the data ‘Your research may help protect Earth against a fawure alien invasion. But, NASA hopes, one day the results of your work might help them to* new life on other planets. They might also help mankind * parts ofthe universe where ‘no man or woman has ever visited before. What a great job! A sent (Bsend C did send 1 Adidread —B read C was reading 2 A make B do C take 3A take B have € do 4 A collect B invent C discover 5 A get B reach C90 Cs) Total /20 31 VOCABULARY Watching habits * TV programmes adjectives * elements of a film TW drama SHOW WHAT YOU KNOW 1 Complete the text with the correct words. The first, and last letters are given. AIC Tove the media and the arts. Every day (after [finish my homework, of course!) I watch YouTube elios ‘online, Sometimes they are so funny — especially the ‘ones with animals or people doing silly things. Inthe evening, watch the 't yy because that’s when they show the best *h x movies. ike anything with vampires and werewolves! But I don’t only watch things. Sometimes I read my favourite *b, gon my laptop. My friend writes itand is about social media. Before I go to sleep I read my‘e_kor fashion 'm. "Look ‘Good’ is the one I like and I can think about what ‘wear the nextday at school. ‘When I read, | ofen listen to my favourite rock “a 1m ~ Dark Side ofthe Moon by Pink Floyd. te’ a classic! I usually listen to music on my ‘e phone but sometimes, when I want 0 listen co something different, | listen to an Internet oa 10 sation. Do you love the media and the arts more than me? I don't chink sot 32 WORD STORE 3A | TV programmes 2 Match the film titles to the type of film. La La Land FR animation 1 The Hobbit b comedy 2 Se7en S «fantasy 3. Blade Runner 2049 _ horror 4 Angry Birds — e thiller 5 Bridget Joness Baby | romantic comedy & The Exorcist 9. science fiction 7. Mr Bean's Holiday hy musical Complete the sentences with a type of TV programme. Some letters are given. Inaver watch r@ ality TV programmes because | don't think they are anything like rea life, 1. Chiara loves a good t_1___ _h_w ~ maybe one day che'll go on one, win the competition and then become a famous singer 2 Iwetched this excellent p___o_ d__m_ yesterday about King Henry Vill and his wives. The. ‘actors were fantastic! 3. My fevouriteg_m_ _h__ isthe one where you start with ffteen people but only one person wins the prize money. 4. Sir David Attenborough, famous forhis excellent wildlfe shows, has anewd___m____r_on TV called Pianet Earth 2, 5 Friendsis such a good 5 bout it still makes me laugh __- Its quite old now, Complete the sentences with the names of programmes. There are two words in each gap. We saw Brad Pitt on a chat show last week. He's quite funny and answered some interesting questions about his life 41 My cousin's mum watches al of the. | don't ike them because everyone is 50 ‘miserable all the time and has problems in their lives. 2. Trevor and Sharon are flying to Cuba next year. They watched @ ____ about it and now thay really can't wait to go there on holiday. 3. Did you ust see that ? There's been a big fire near the city centre. 4 Before we decide to go for a picnic, lets check the __ to see if t's going to say sunny. 5. Sam got this special pierogi recipe from a that she watched on TV yesterday. 6 Mum watching @___ ___ about this criminal that used to be a police officer Adjectives 5 Choose the correct adjectives. 1. Evelyn doesn’t understand what's happening in this crime drama. The story is too complex/ gripping / addictive for her 2. This comedy isn’t funny — its excellent / embarrassing / entertaining. We both feel silly and uncomfortable watching it 3. Carrie isn't coming to the theatre. She's watching 2 really addictive / imaginative / embarrassing soap ‘opera and she can't leave home. 4 A.good crime drama needs to be gripping / inspiring / moving, which normally means you don’t know how it will end 5. Have you seen the animation film The Lian King? Ws $0 addictive / engaging / moving that everyone usually cries at the end. I thought the film was fascinating / disappointing / gripping, to be honest. | was expecting it to be much better. 7 Walter found the documentary very inspiring / imaginative / addictive. Now he wants to volunteer to help homeless people too. 8 That was one of the most imaginative / embarrassing / complex things I've ever seen, How is it possible to be so creative? 9 I watched a documentary about how to make glass bottles. ! now it sounds boring, but it was actually really moving / fascinating / disappointing, WORD STORE 3C | Elements of a film/TV drama 6 Jake and Angela have just watched a film at the cinema. ‘Complete their dialogue with the missing words. The definitions in brackets are given to help you. J: What cid you think ofthe movie, Angela? Excellent, eh? ‘A: Et, Not really. The clot (what happens in the story) ‘was really silly. For example, why did they go to the island with no food, no water and no map? J: Because ita film! What cid you think about the 1 (what the actors do}? That was good. Some of the actors might even win an Oscar. ‘A: Well, | don't think they'll win any Oscars for the the text in a drama). What the : (People in a drama) said was cliched ‘and not very realistic. But | have to say that the “__ (music during a drama) was great It ereeted a very frightening atmosphere. And the 2 (ilusions crested by computers) were also very 900d. The monsters on the island looked real J: agree. And think al of the « the actors wear) were good. | thought the J {the place ortime of a drama) was really original and the © (how a drama finishes) was a big surprise for me. really enjoyed the film ‘A: Really? They/re showing Hitchcock's The Birds next week Maybe you'd lke to see a really good film? (clothes REMEMBER THIS Actors and actresses can be, appearcor star in films, plays and TV shows, but the verb play is used with information about the character from the film Compare Johnny Depp stars in the Pirates of the Caribbean films. vs He plays a pirate calleci Captain Jack Sparrow. 7 Read REMEMBER THIS. Choose the correct words. | really like director Peter Jackson's Hobbit films They are fantasy films. Martin Freeman and lan McKellen 'star/ play in them. Martin Freeman 2appears/ plays Bilbo Baggins and lan McKellen is / plays Gandalf the wizard, ‘SHOW WHAT YOU'VE LEARNT 8 Choose the correct words. Conversation 1: Owen and Billy (: Have you seen that new animation where all of the special effects / characters / acting are funny animals that have a secret life at night? B: No, | haven't. Let’s watch it. It sounds entertaining / moving / inspiring. Conversation 2: Mike and Ellie M: bought two DVDs for Laura for her bithday. One is 2 thorror/ fantasy / tiller about dragons, wizards and magie. Whats the other one? '5 2 tromantic comedy / crime drama / period rama about a woman whe fal’ in love with a man from Mars, People say its very funny. Conversation 3: Olivia and Beth (©: Did you watch the latest episode of your favourite Sweather forecast / news bulletin / soap opera? I heard it was boring B: I did. And it was. So after haan hour, | changed channels and watched something with a batter *acting / plot / special effects. Mt: Conversation 4: Jenny and Holly 4: Leds watch that new "talent show chat show / {game show and ty to answer the questions H: I don't match those kinds of programmes. They're +00 taddictive/ engaging / moving for me end then | need to watch them al Conversation 5: Al and Ben ‘As The *script / setting / acting ofthis film is Birmingham in the 1960s. know. And | read in the newspaper that the script / plot / soundtrack was written by a real ‘ex-gangster, so how the characters speak is quite authentic 0) 33

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