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Focus on the general idea don't worry about words you don't understand, WD wrier words ana phrases in Exercise 1 can you use to describe yourself? WD) Feaa the text quickly and decide if the statements are T (True) or F (False). 1 Forensic artists usually draw pi of people they know very well TIF 2 Their pictures often help the police do their job. TIF 3. They sometimes draw people from along time ago. TIF 4. Computer programs can help them get the picture right. TF 5 Toa forensic artist, ‘curly hair’ and “wavy hair’ are exactly the same thing. = T/F 6 Forensic artists rarely draw faces, TF When you are not sure of an answer, cross out the answers that are definitely wrong, When you are left with two possible answers, read them again carefully and check the relevant part of the text. Then make your final choice. . What do they do all day? Bn ee Catlett cy Karen Jacobs works asa forensic artist. Karen, whatis “forensic artist’? What do you do all day? In simple words, | draw people! For ‘example the police cantact me when a see3 Someone commit acim. Llsten to the description ofthe ctiminal and MU the description [6 2 picture So, forensic artists help catch See Grammar reference, Unit 1, page 148 GBD Look at tne picture and choose the correct word or phrase. hiss a picture of wy friend Emma. she (I) lives /is living neaw we ana 2) we're / we're being in the same class at schecl. She GB) has /is having short, dark hair amd (4) usually wears /is usually wearing glasses. (5) Emma smiles / Euna's suiling in the picture ate that’s not unusual. She (6) always seens / is always seeming hagey and ina good mocd. She's very Friendly ana sociable, but she. @) dcesn't speak / isn’t speaking much in class. At the moment, | think (2) Emme shers / Emini’s shopping wit her wu, WD) Look at the picture and put the verbs into the correct form. Use short forms where possible. WB) 00k at the two pictures again and write questions using the words and Phrases given. This is a picture of my friend Paulina Example: Which girl / wear / pink top She (t) (not / look) Which girlis weaving apink top? much like Emma — their hair 1. Who / have / long hair 2). rot / be) the same colour or length and Paulina 2 Emma /smile /in the photo 6)____ (not / wear) _giasses Als Paulina (4) foot /smile)as 3 either of them / seem /shy much ‘ often / seem eee ae sn ey great sense of humour and (7) (often /tel) Ses, really fonny jokes! in the picture, she (8) (uwear) a green top. Paulina (4) (love) cycling, so she (10) (almost abonys /arvive) at school + 2 swearing her cyeling helmet. Paulina’ ithe same class as Emma and me, but she (7) (ot / ive) near me. Right now, Limagine Paulina (2). watch) something on YouTabe, In pairs, ask and answer the questions in Exercise 3. Use your imagination where necessary. VOCABULARY | topic vocabulary | Word formation | Collocations Words connected with personality WD complete the words in the sentences, GBD ©) 1.02 write a word from the box in each 1 Iwas surprised by my best friend's Iosb to comblets the denaasons Listes negativ. ‘when [told him I wanted to oe live abroad when Im older. 2 Tdon’t find it easy to talk to new people because pene reative | curious | dependable | friendly of my shy. : generous | negative | polite | popular 3. They're twins, but Susie's personal is serious | shy | unreliable totally different from Annabel's Se 4-My friend with Corey is one of the Someone who is ost important relationships in my life. is not enthusiastic about something 5 ‘Thanks to the genero of your 2 is imaginative, artistic and talented. parents, we've bought some new equipment for the school’s art room. 3 ‘wants to find out and learn about Hee 6 Just out of curio, why did you 4 doesn’t do what they say they will. ‘Shoare:ta Ret: inathatstyle? 5 is someone you can trust and rely on 5 “e 6 Is pleasant and heips other people. COllocations with adjectives 7 is liked by lots of people. GB <1)105 maten 1-6 t0 af to make 8 gives a lot of their time to people. collocations. Listen and check. 9 behaves in avery nice way 1 bie apavane 10 is very careful and doesn't laugh 2 test iankce nipt 3 feel c) time 11 ___is nervous and embarrassed As you listen, ask yourself these key questions: Who talking? Who are they talking to? Where are they? Whats the general topic/situation? DD )) 105 Listen to people speaking in four different situations. Make notes to answer ‘the questions for each situation. Situation 1 Who's talking? 2 Where are they? 3 What are they talking about? Situation 2: 4 Where are the boy and the girl? Situation 3: 5 Where would you hear someone say this? Situation 4: 6 Where would you hear someone say this? . WE) <1): Listen again and check your answers. Pie he 3-option multiple choice (pictures) & ® Look at each picture before you listen and think of WWHINK] RESEARCH |cutTuRE | LEARN | ME words and ideas you might hear. For example, in Erercise 3 picture TA,you might hear computeror Do. class survey. Find out: internet, et. ‘what job each person wants todo when they older © Remember that you will probably hear about the what jab their parents/guardians do. ideas inall three pictures. Fr example, in question vat pets they have 1, youll hear something about computers, Ifthey like going to parties. something about dancing and something about. if they like watching videos online. GRAMMAR 2 | Quantifiers Grammar in context Look at these sentences from the audio in the listening lesson on page 8. Decide if the word ‘or phrase in capitals can replace the word or phrase in bold. Write “yes! or ‘no’. 1 Both my parents work. (BOTH OF) 2 [don’t know most people here, (Most oF) 3 You can win a lot of money on every question ~ ifyou're clever! (EACH OF THE) 4 Not all of you will know who Josephine is, (NOT ALL) foe) © We use quantifiers to talk about numbers and amounts. '* Common quantifiers include: all, both, each, enough, every, ite, ots of, many, most, much, some, etc. ‘© After each and every (but NOT each ofthe), we can use a singular countable noun: Every student in my classi 14 years old. After some quantifiers including all (ofthe), both (ofthe), each of the, lots of (the), many (ofthe), and most (ofthe), we can use a plural ‘countable noun: Many teenagers are shy. After some quantifiers, including litle and much, ‘we can use an uncountable noun: haven't got ‘much money on me. Quantifiers with of the take a plural verb: Most of the boys have short hair. The exception is each of the, which takes a singular verbs: Each ofthe gils ‘has long hair. With some quantifiers, you need to use a different grammatical structure depending on the meaning. For example, all= generally (All people breathe air), ail of) + the = specific (Allof the people in my class havea mobile phone). > See Grammar reference, Unit 1, page 148 WED choose the correct word or phrase to complete the sentences, 1 Every girl / girls in our class have / has a sister or brother, 2 Each of the student / students in our class have / has a social media profile. Sue's got an earring in each / every ear, ‘Most / Most of artists are very creative people, My cousins are visiting us at the moment! We're taking both / both of them to the zoo tomorrow WD) Write sentences about the cartoon using the words and phrases. OH, I’M NOT Example: all of / man / look / very serious Allef the men look very serious 1 both / police officer / wear / uniform 2 all/man / stand up 3. most / man / tall 4 woman / look carefully at / every / man 5 woman / look carefully at / each of / man 6 woman / talk to / both of / police officer Write a word or phrase from the box in each gap. [all | allot | both | enough | every of | others | some When you see someone's face, do you know who that person is? O face is different. And 2) us can recognise someone from their face. Well, no ~ not if you've got‘prosopagnosia’, which is also calle ace blindness. Most (3) the people with face blindness have a problem ina particular part oftheir bran. (4) of them have it from birt, and (5) itafteran accident o illness. But they 6) have the same disability: they cant ell who someone is by looking at their face. For example, a woman goes to ‘meet her friend, There are two people waiting ~ and they 7 look exactly the same to her! There's no medical treatment for the condition, but there are things people with face blindness can do. These include trying to memorise everyone's voice, body language and body shape. That usually gives them (8) __ information to work out who someone is. develop Flipped classroom © Watch the Tatk2Me video and answer the questions. 1. What is Jamie's favourite drink? 2. How long have Angus and Jamie been friends? 3 Is Maddy's drink bigger than Jamie's? E) © watch the video again. Underline the phrases in the Phrase expert box that you hear on the video. PHRASE EXPERT Yes, 've (studied English) for... | My favourite (subject/sport)is definitely/probably... | Well (sJhe'/its... | Idon'thave alot of free time, but... | fd say tm (fiendly/quite tall In pairs or as a group, answer the questions. 1. How much personal information do you put on social media, such as Facebook? 2, How do you feel about answering personal questions about yourself? Talking about yourself 2 Speaking exams often include personal questions, 50 you need to be abe to tak about yourself and your life, family, friends, studies, etc. 2 At the start of the speaking exam, the examiner ask you about facts such as What's your name?, How old are you? and Where do you live? You can ive short answers to these questions: My name is Sam Lopez. (im 14. live in Moscow. > For other questions, you need to say more and give full answers. For example, ifthe question is How would you describe your personality?, don't just say Im friendly. You have to give longer answers to show you can speak English well WZ) ©) 107 Listen to two students answering these questions, Tick the answers which give enough detail. a Nisha [Ale 1 What's your name? 2 How old are you? 3 Where do you live? 4 Do you study English at school? Do you like it? © What's your favourite ‘school subject? 7 What do you enjoy doing in your free time? 8 Tellme about your best friend. WD) Look at the questions in Exercise 4 and think about your answers. Make notes if necessary. OPTIMISE YOUR | EXAM Questions © Don't memorise long answers because you might not answer the examiner's questions correctly. However, it’ fine to learn one or two sentences to talk about typical subjects. y In pairs or groups, use your notes in Exercise 5 to ask and answer the questions. GBD tn pairs or as a group, ask and answer the questions. 1 What jobs do robots help us do? 2 Do you think machines or robots can be cleverer chan a human? Do they have feelings? Cover Phrasal verbs consist of a main verb followed by a particle—an adverb (look up), ora preposition (00k into}, or both (look up to). © The meaning of a phrasal verb is often different from the meaning ofthe individual words, eg. you look up int the sky, but when you lock yp a wordin a dictionary, the phrasal verb'Took up means find or try to find, not put your eyes up * Think of each phrasal verb as one piece of vocabulary, e.g. ou might write in your notebook: look up = (try to) find. * Phrasal verbs with tum are often connected toa anging situation. + Phrasal verbs with look are often connected to ing something literally or metaphorically, WD) write the correct form of turn or look in each gap. Use the words in italics to help you. If you aren’t sure, ask yourself if the action is connected to @ changing situation or seeing something. 1 Youcan up curious facts about body jguage/human personalities online, 2 off the TV and do something creativel 3 Ifyou over, there's a brilliant short story on the next page. 4 Asa babysitter, you're responsible for fer someone else's kids, jow do caterpillars into butterflies? on the TV! CSI: New York is starting. Ym really forward to going to Nadine's party next week, 8 Scientists are blindness in the brain, WD) ouictsy read tne text in Exercise 5, ignoring the gaps and answer choices. Which question best summarises the main points of the text? ) Are machines and robots cleverer than humans? ) What do most people think about modern, echnology? ¢) Isit possible for machines and robots to think and feel? into what causes face WED Read the text again. Which gaps test your knowledge of phrasal verhs? LANGUAGE IN USE | 4-option multiple-choice cloze Paes option multiple-choice cloze © Before you look at the possible answers, quickly read the whole text to get a general idea of what it about. © Fill the gaps you're sure about first. Then go back to the gaps where you're not so sure © Ifyou'e not 100% sure, make a guess. Don't leave any gaps blank. WB croose the correct word to fill each gap. ‘Do computers have personalities? ‘Think about your computer, or your mobile phone. It is definitely ‘clever'in some ways, but it doesn't feel sad when you (1) ___it off It doesn't 2) forward to you using it. It can't feel any emotions When you start using it. In other words, it doesn’t have a(3)__ Humans have ‘consciousness’. This (4) __ that we can think and feel, but what about computers? ‘Scientists are looking into this, and (5) __ think that technology can become ‘conscious’, They say ‘Maybe the internet can already think. How would ‘we know?’ Others believe that only things that are alive can have consciousness. In the future, if our computers (6) __into conscious machines, wil they end up being more creative than humans? No one knows. But it makes you think, doesn't it? 1 Amake Btum — Cdose —_D change 2 Alok — B see C watch —D notice 3 A reliability B negativity C popularity D personality 4 A believes B recognises C means seems 5 Aall Beach C both —-D some 6 Acome Burn become D improve ORE THE GBD mm pairs or groups, answer the questions. 4. What's your family like? 2 How are some families different from others? Starting and ending an email > It's important to start and end your em: right way. This depends on who you are writing to. For example we can use Hi... and Can't wait to see ‘you! (informal) or Dear ... and All the best, (formal) at the beginning and end of an email. © In your first paragraph, remember to thank the person for their email, Read part of an email from Claire’s English teacher and the notes Claire has made. Answer the questions. fc ac 3] jones —} Subject: [Cassprcjed Dear Cass, Interesting! tlhe each person nour dass ©] daa piBjecton thelr family. What’ your family ike? Who do. you lve with? DDoyou think it’s better to havea large or salami? __How should we present our pees tothe restof the school Dont forget tonclude some photos Explain Say which ‘you prefer Suggest. 1 Which of these is a good first paragraph for Claire’s email? a) Thank you for your email. A school project on families sounds really interesting! b) Thanks for your email. Interesting! 2. What information should Claire give in paragraph 2? a) the people she lives with and what personalities they have b) whether she likes her family or not 3. In paragraph 3, what does Claire need to decide? 4 In paragraph 4, should Claire give a fact or an opinion? BW) choose the vest option to complete Claire's reply. You can use your answers from Exercise 2 to help you. |_ sob [class project | 7 =a } (DHI/ Dear MrJones, families sounds really interesting. Thanks for your (2)Thank you for your email. A school project on ! email. Interesting! ive with my parents, two brothers and a sister (3) My brothers are really messy and noisy, but my sisteris very cutel /Ireally like them. (@) Personally / Definitely, | think having alarge family is great. It's often crazy, buts never boring! We sometimes argue and fight, but we also have lots of fn together. | wouldn't want to have a small farly I think we should organise an exhibition in the schoo! hall, “The other students could see it during break time and learn ‘more about us and our families. (S)lt’s greatto hear from yout /Ilook forwardto starting this project. (6) Speak soon! /allthe best, aire Answer the questions. 1 Do you think Claire has a traditional family? Explain why / why not? 2. Why does Claire prefer to have a large family? 3. Why does Claire think an exhibition is a good idea? v OPTIMISE YOUR | EXAM An email ‘© Read the exam question carefully and take time to understand the notes, © Use the notes when planning and writing your first draft. Add a few sentences to each note to develop the idea. Make sure you answer all four notes. © Check your draft carefully thinking about grammar, punctuation, spelling and the information included in each paragraph. © Correct any mistakes and write your final email Look at this writing task and answer the questions. ‘Read this email from your English teacher Mrs Fairfax and the notes you have made, interesting in the first paragraph? ‘What do you Dear Class, have to explain peace For our end-oF year project like you to write about the important people in your lives and how you spend time with them, Felts ee snrfax | What diferent Groups of people do you often spend time with? Think about your family close friends and members of sports team or a club, ‘Which group do you lke being with the most7 Why? seceresing! It would be great to present your projects tothe school. Would you prefer to prepare a ster or write an article on the s 7 Fe | poster of write an article on the school blog? Nay which apiate, Reply soon! Emma Fairfax ‘Waite your email to Mrs Fairfax using all the notes. Plan Make a paragraph plan. ae seh phases ‘greet the person you are Dear writing to ‘thank the other person for their Thanks for... email and write about the first ‘The project sounds ‘noteontheemail c write about the second note on belong to many groups ‘the email but... think the group I feet ‘most part of is ‘write about the third note on the | Ilove .. most because... email Tlove being part of all of them, but ‘write about the fourth note on the | think... is @ good idea email because Twould prefer to .. because say goodbye All the best, firstname _ Best wishes, Write write your email to Mrs Fairfax in an appropriate style. Use all the notes. ‘Write about 100 words. ‘Check Before you hand in your email, complete this checklist. started and ended my email the right way. © Ive written about 100 words. ‘written about all four notes in the exam task and O tive checked my spelting, grammar and eveloped them further. punctuation. GBD im pairs or groups, answer the questions. Use the words in the box to help you. ap etc.floor) | block of flats | cottage terraced/semi-detached/detached house 1 What kind of place do you live in? What's your neighbourhood like? 2. What do you like and dislike most about where you live? reading (a notice, an advertisement, you understand what the text says, > Look at the design of the text to help you choose the correct type. Does it look like something on a noticeboard or something on a phone screen, etc.? rrtment/flat (on the ground/first/second/ | > If you understand what type of text you are tc), it helps WD) Look at the texts in Exercise 4 and match them to the text types. There are two text types you don’t need. Text 1 __ a) an email Text 2__ b) an invitation Text 3__ ©) amagazine advert Text 4 a note Text $__ e) areminder ) anotice 2g) a text message Read the texts in Exercise 4 quickly and answer these questions, How did Natasha and Adriana hear about the rooms? Do they decide to rent the rooms? With multiple-choice questions, you often need to recognise different ways of saying the same thing Read through the answers A-C first and underline the key words. Think of ways they could be written AGCOMMOPATION AVAILABLE moreno AVAILABLE ‘wo furnished bedrooms in local fr flat available, il meals and leanne” bout not laundry, nla B Natasha, | was walking past the neticeboara 1.08 Read the texts. For each question, eS tack ees accommodation advert! when are your Byee to see the rooms? 4. People wh rent these roms must wash tht ovr clathea Aaviana B People wino rent these rooms have to cook their own food. People who rent these rooms have to buy their own furniture — A Natasha must make an appointinent to see the rooms Flatmates © B Natasha should tell Adriana when she can see the rooms. Natasa needs to 0 and read tne aerisement forthe rooms HiAdiane. @ When wo sow A Natasha wants fo el Adriana which bedroom lamps to buy the rooms, oi you notice any fee tua room beckoor lames? Fm nthe B Natasha wants to check if she needs to buy bedroom lamps supermarket and can buy some for the rooms, © Natasha wants to ask Adriana to see lf there are any inet bedroom lamps in the rooms Natasha ¢ A Adriana wants her mum to send something to her B Adriana wants her mum to buy something for her. C Adriana wants her mum to keep something for her. | fom: [Rona A Guests have to bring food to the party I don't need the cooking things you B Guests should say if they are coming to the party Were planning to send as all meals are C Guests can invite other friends too, included. Please look after them for me for the future! Follow the instructions and find the secret word. Secret word; 12345678 ind a word that means places to live or stay: r }0 pm Thursday! xe the fourth and fifth letters and write them Rettesh ments provided but numbers are above 3 and 4 limited because of spoce, 50 please lel us a word that means with all furniture provided: know ityou can make t Neha Ana | Ke the third and the eighth letters and write them - eee ve Land 8, a word that means dirty clothes that need washing: the second letter and write it above 6. 4 a word that means someone you live with in the same flat the seventh letter and write it above 7. 2 word that means things to eat and drink: © Ke the eighth letter and write it above 5. da word that means a kind of party you have when THINK | |RESEAREH CULTURE) LEARN!) ME <2 move into a new place to live: = the second letter and write it above 2. What do you think makes some people easy to live with and some people difficult to live with? Grammar in context Choose the correct words to complete this sentence. Then find the sentence in the note on page 15 to check your answer. Explain your choice. 1 ‘past the noticeboard when I the perfect accommodation advert! ‘© We use the past simple to talk about single actions, permanent situations, habits and facts in the past ‘© We use the past continuous to talk about actions in progress and ‘temporary and changing situations in the past. ‘© When an action in progress is interrupted by another action, we use the past continuous for the first and the past simple for the second: | was watching TV when my friend phoned me. «© In stories, we use the past continuous for background information: The sun was shining, The birds were singing, We use the past simple for the main events: lopened the door andileft the house. a) walked, saw ) was walking, was seeing ©) walked, was seeing a) was walking, saw > See Grammar reference, Unit 2, page 149 GBD choose the correct word or phrase. WE) complete the text using the verbs in 1 Wemoved / were moving house last year and brackets in the correct form. Treally like our new neighbourhood. 2 Tlooked through the window It rained / was raining hard and I didn’t have an umbrella! 3 Inthe 19th century, most houses didn’t have / ‘aiereait haolig babtooc When one Japanese couple (1) (plan) their 44. My parents invited / were inviting all the new home, they (2) (have) an incredible neighbours to a house-warming party: idea. Why not have glass walls and make a completely 5 While we were in London, we visited / were transparent building? I sounds erazy, but that’s what Sou visiting Buckingham Palace. Fujimoto Architects (3) (build) fox thom in 6 Dad decorated / was decorating when he Tokyo. The architects say that their inspiration (4) ‘socidentally kicked the:paint can ove {come) from trees. They (5) {ereate) a building B} write sentences about what each person was of many floors, connected by stairs, ladders and wooden doing when something else happened using steps. While they (6) _______ (design) the building, ‘the words and phrases given. they soon (7) _____ (realise) that the people in the building would need some privacy, so there are thick white she / putting up a poster /the curlains that con be pulled ccross the glass walls. Most of phone / ring the time, though, anyone walking by con see exactly what _ the people inside are doing. No doub! the neighbours —_ B}__ffind) ito litle strange at first, but ‘everyone seems used to it now. they / play a video game / the lights / suddenly / go off he / do homework / the party upstairs / begin | ‘we / walk home / it / start to rain Words connected with the house and home BD ©): complete the picture with the words and phrases in the box. Listen and check. attic | balcony | basement | celling | chimney | dining room fence | garage | hedge | livingroom | roof | study Phrasal verbs Waite the correct form of a phrasal verb from 1) 20 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrasal verbs in the box. Listen and check. doup | movein | move out pulldown | putup | rent out settlein | tidy up 1 I didn’t like this house when we first but now Tove it! When we moved house, it took me a long me to make friends and my bedroom when I found me old comics I didn't know I had! 4 Come and stay for a few days! We can ——__yau, inthe are Foom, 5 You could your flat ‘while you're on holiday and make some money, © Jake couldn't afford the rent so he 7 Ican‘t believe they're going to the house I was born in! Ibe gone forever! © My parents bought an old house so they a and make it attractive again. Exercise 2 in each gap to complete the diary entry. a, wee in cur new housel Ws fartastic! Iwas really sad to a ofthe old house, ofcourse, but I really like where we are now. We 2) ere two days. ago and we met the neighbours yesterday. fel at home already andl (3) very quiclly. We still have to unpack and then (4) the mess, but I love it here! Word patterns 1 SAY IT RIGHT a) 1.11 Choose the correct word or phrase. Use the words in italics to help you. Listen and check. I's worth visiting / to visit a new neighbourhood before you ‘buy a house there, ‘I'm not keen for / on living on the 20th floor of a block of flats! T think that your happiness depends from / on where you live told you tidying / to tidy your room up and it’s still a mess! We had to stop the neighbours from / with playing loud music! ‘When we moved house, my parents made me have / to have the smallest bedroom! ‘Match the homes to the countries in the box. Say why you think houses in these countries might be like this. ‘Mongolia | the Philippines | Tunisia ‘what you might hear. 2 With multiple-choice questions, you should read the questions and options before you listen, and ‘ask yourself what you might hear for each option to be correct. Cm a kere coasCaD) > Predicting means asking yourself before you listen. WD) vou are going to listen to an interview with an expert on houses around the world. Read the questions in Exercise 4 and decide if these predictions are T (True) or F (False). 1 The interviewer is going to tell us the expert's name is Leyla TIF 2. The expert is going to talk about the time she stayed in a yurt T/F 3 The interview will mention stilt houses before houses in Tunisia. TE 4 She is going to talk about weather or safety in Tunisia. TF 5. The interviewer is going to ask her what her future plans are. TIF WH) 4h) xisten to tne interview and check your answers. ¥ Pam es) 3-option multiple choice (interview) ‘© Remember that the questions are in the same order as the answers that you will hear. © ifyou miss an answer, don't get stuck on that question, Move quickly onto the next one, or you'll ‘miss the answer to that one too. You'll hear the listening task again, so don't worry if you miss an answer the first time. )))1.12 Listen to the interview again and choose the correct answers. ‘Why did Leyla first become interested in houses? A. She moved to another country. B She trained as an architect. She saw a programme on TV. How did she feel when she stayed ina yurt? A surprisingly comfortable B alittle afraid € excited People sometimes build houses underground in ‘Tunisia to keep A safe at night B cool during the day. © warm during the winter, 4. Stilt houses are popular in areas where there is A a problem with animals. B alack of space ¢ heavy rain, 5 In the future, Leyla would like to ‘A visit houses in more countries. B build her own unusual home. study other types of buildings. Grammar in context ‘Bead these sentences from the audio in the ‘Sstening lesson on page 18 and then decide if ‘she sentences are'T (True) or F (False). ‘Jased to want to be an architect. 4 This refers to a feeling in the past. TIF 2 She stil wants to be an architect. TIF “Fould often watch programmes about unusual Sesldings on television. | This refers to a habit in the past. TIF She still often watches programmes like that. T/ F PEwe "© We can use used to and wouldto talk about past habits: When Iwas young, Jused to /would tidy my room up every day. = Wecan use used 0 (but not would to talk about past states:/used to like living here, btnow | dont. * For negative statements with used to, we can use never used f0 or didn't use to: There never used 0/ didn’t use to be so many houses around here. "© For questions with used to, we use did. se to ..2: Did they use to live next oor to you? See Grammar reference, Unit 2, page 149 BBD choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. In some sentences, both answers are correct. 1 [remember that my father would / used to read to me every night. 2 Gemma would often / often used to cycle to school from her flat before she moved 3 Where would you / did you use to ive before you moved here? 4 Iwould / used to love playing in the park near our house. 5 There wouldn't / didn’t use to be so many flats in this area when Iwas very young 6 How would you / did you use to get to school when you were litle? WD complete these sentences for yourself. Then compare with a partner and expand your answers. Use your imagination if necessary. When I was younger 1 my family andIused to 2 my grandparents would. 3 Inever used to but I do now! used to_ but now [don't GRAMMAR 2 | used to and would WD) write the correct form of would or used to in each gap to complete the text. If there is more than one correct answer, write | wes chatting to Mum earlier about when she was a teenager. She (1) shate ‘bedroom with her sister and it sounds very different from my own room. They @ ___ have so much technology. They (3) listen to music in their room, but they (4) have ‘a computer or TV. And they definitely ()__have a computerin their room! (6) get bored? Mum says ‘not She (7) invite her friends round, and they (8) cchat and have fun. That's just the same today! THINK [/RESEARCH) CULTURE /WEARN IME What did houses and flats use to be like in your country? How were they different from houses and flats today? | 2] SPEAKING | Extended turn (photos) Flipped classroom © watch the Tatk2Me video and answer the questions. 1 What is happening in the kitchen at the beginning ofthe video? 2, How old was Angus when he used to bake with his dad? 3 Describe the kitchen at the beginning, middle and end of the video. EB © watch the video again. Underline the phrases in the Phrase expert box that you hear on the video. PHRASE EXPERT ontheleft | ontheright | atthetop | atthe bottom | in the foreground inthe background | tothe left/right of the above/below the... | nearthe... | behind/in front of the ... In pairs or as a group, answer the questions, 1 Describe what you can see in the photo, 2 What do you like or dislike about this bedroom? Saying where things are > We often need to talk about where lferent objects are in a photo. 2 Use expressions such as on the lftvright and at the top/bottom of the photo. Be careful to use the correct prepositions 2 Objects near the camera are inthe foreground. Objects far away from the camera are in the background, In the background ... GE) 122 Listen toa student describing a photo. As you listen, draw what you think the photo looks like- Don't worry if your drawing is very rough! Compare your drawing with a partner's, Are the same things in the same places? Write where these things are in your pictures. red lamps plant sreen cushions nig CMa Se Extended turn (photos) «Start by describing the most important details. What is it a photo of? Start by saying This is aphoto of (agitl in her bedroom /a boy playing tennis) ‘© Say as much as you can about the main subject ‘of the photo. Then describe other objects, such as ‘what Is in the foreground or background. v home after school. Take turns to describe the photo. r Look at the photo. It shows someone at LANGUAGE IN USE | open cloze GB) 1m pairs, ask and answer the questions. 1 Describe what you can see in the picture 2 What do you think life is like on a houseboat? Can you think of any positive or negative points? foes ‘© Weean use so, such, such a, oo and enough to show the results ofa situation or action + So, such and sucha are often followed by a that clause which explains the result. |The veather's 0 bad that they closed the motorway. / its such bad weather that we can't go out in the boat | teday./Toms got such aloud voice that can hear him from across the street! ‘© We use too when there is more than is necessary Its too derkto go in the attic Toke a torch! ‘© We use not + adjective + enough to mean ‘less adjective) than Is necessary! Jo [srt old enough to drive ‘= 700 and enough are often followed by a full ifinktive of for + person/noun. Sunbathing on the balcony i too hot for mein ®hesummer. -= Too always refers toa negative result. To talk about 2 positive result, use a positive word such as very, realy, extremely, et. © really interesting to read about extraordinary houses around the world. 4 Is so / such a lovely day. Let's go for a picnic. 2 There are so / such many of us in my family that we need a large house. 2 Our house is so / such small that I have to share a room with my brother. 4 1s so / such an expensive house that I don't chink we can afford it. Our houseboat goes so / such slowly that you can chat to people walking on the path! © There's so / such 2 lot of rubbish in the canal these days that it's really unattractive. Choose the correct phrase to fill each gap. 1 Tthink life on a houseboat would be 2 Tewouldn't be 3 Youd be 4 You wouldn't have 5 Youd move around. For each one, decide if you agree and give reasons using so, such, too or enough where you can. for me. a) too boring ©) s0 boring ) boring enough, for me because I prefer to have more space, a) so comfortable ©) too comfortable b) comfortable enough in the winter to enjoy it. a) cold enough b)s0 cold ©) too cold for all your things. a) enough space ——_b) such space ©) so space to make friends. a) such a lot 1b) so much ©) too much Paar Open cloze © For each question, lookat the words before and after the gap and think about the grammar used. © For example, if there's the verb be before a gap, and, an adjective + that after the gap, the answer might beso, eg, its so great that youte here. f there's a/an +-adjective + noun + that, the gapped word might be such, eg, Its such a great surprise that youre here. Write one word in each gap to complete the text. Life on a houseboat ‘Lucas is 13 and lives on a houseboat in | Amsterdam with his mum and dad, He loves | living there, although the boat is (1) _small that they don’t have much space. In the summer, they sometimes take the boat for short trips along, the canals. Lucas is still (2) __youngto drive | the houseboat on his own, so he is not allowed to do it. However, he is old (3) __to help with the steering. In the winter, they sometimes have (4) __ baa weather that they can’t leave home! ‘Then, they stay on the boat and Keep warm by the fire, Lucas has to make sure there is enough wood (6) heat the boat. Lucas and his parents have such (6) ___great life fn the houseboat that they would never want to live anywhere else! GBD in pairs or as a group, answer the questions. 1 Which of these kinds of article do you read? + magazine articles + online articles ‘+ newspaper articles 2. What was the last article you read about? Using the right style Inanarticle, usea style that’s suitable for the reader and for the topic. Decide whether you need to be formal or informal. For informal articles, for example, you can use contractions, exclamation marks, personal examples and a more ‘conversational’ style. 2 An atticle may have an interesting title that encourages a person to read it > Another way to get the reader's attention is to start with a question. For example, What do you think makes a house a hom WD) Read the exam task and the article. Suggest good title for the article. WHAT MAKES YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD ‘A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE? \Write an article telling us where you live ‘and why you like lving there Do you have a good relationship with your neighbours? Why / Why not? Do you have a special place where you can meet? | ‘The best articles will be published next month. 7s tthe people, the buildings, or something else? My neighbourhood is very ffiendly, and I think | know wi, First of all,you need to have good relationships with your neighbours. You can't do that if people move house a lot, Some families in my area have been there for 70 years! | also think you need somewhere people can meet. This might be a square, a café or a local shop. In our local square, everyone shares theirnews.Itsa great pla evenings. So, if you want friendly neighbourhood, make fends with your neighbours! ‘Which of the questions below could you use at the start of the article to interest the readers? ‘What makes a friendly neighbourhood? 2. Is your neighbourhood a friendly place? Have you ever wondered what makes a friendly neighbourhood? Do you make friends easily? ‘What's your favourite neighbourhood? Find and underline places in the article where the writer does these things. speaks directly to the reader uses contractions refers to his/her own experience uses exclamation marks CaS Anarticle © Am atticle task may ask you to write about something that you like or find interesting. Choose ideas that will give you enough material to write about on that subject. © For each idea, make a note of the main reason for your choice. For example, one of the things you like best about your home might be your bedroom The main reason might be that you enjoy listening ‘to music there with your friends. ‘Look at this writing task and answer the questions. You see this announcement in your school’s English-language magazine, WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT YOUR HOME? ‘Waite an article telling us what you like best about your home. What do you think makes @ house a home? ‘The best articles will be published next month, ‘Tick two things you like best about your home or add your own ideas. + our neighbourhood + our garden = mybedroom the things we have in the house the people T live with ‘what I do at home 2 For each idea you have ticked or added in question 1, write the main reason why you like it. 3 Plan sake a paragraph plan. Part Purpose ‘Useful phrases ‘Paragraph 1 | introduce the subject in What do you think...” an interesting way lave you ever thought about/wondered — | asked yoursetf..? “Paragraph 2 | make your first main | The first thing that I like best about my 1 point and give areason home is... “Paragraph 3 | make your second main | Another thing | point and give areason | aswell as thet.. You also need Paragraph 4 | briefly conclude the | believe that what makes a house article a home is GD Write write your article in an appropriate style. Write about 100 words. GW Check Before you hand in your article, complete this checklist. Checklist @ O Me started my article in an interesting way. © Fve answered all parts of the exam question. (© tve used the appropriate styieforthe topic and) fve given reasons to explain my main ideas ee ee Seems eee ma © Frve written about 100 words. j = PROGRESS CHECI mE EES inure i 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 a 1 4 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 ww 1 2 3 ‘ Choose the correct word or phrase. Every Saturday, my friends and Imeet / are meeting at a pizzeria in the town centre ‘Way do you cry / are you erying, Maria? What's wrong? My sister don’t / doesn’t like onions, but I do. How often do you play / are you playing video games? Tm not knowing / I don’t know where my red T-shirt is. Put the verbs into the correct tense, past simple or past continuous. 1 (look, for my sunglasses when T___(find) the book. Tiostlast year, Alfe__ (not / go) to the party because he __(feel) ill. ‘What (we / talk) about when Jim. (come) in and interrupted us? ‘Match to make sentences. Every __ a) magazines was too expensive. Both of the _ Bb) the boys in my class have short hair. Each of the __ ©) girl in my class has Jong hair. Allof__ ) are shy at first Lots of people __ €) bikes were old, If a word or phrase in bold is correct, put a tick. If it’s incorrect, rewrite it correctly on the line. Tuse to read comics, but I don't anymore. When I was young, we would played in the park for hours after school. Did you use to live in Germany? ‘Would you have long hair when you were a teenager? never used to like mushrooms but I do now. Write so, such, to0 or enough in each gap. twas ‘hot that I couldn't sleep! Areyouold___ to drive a car? ‘This is__a good book. You should read it! Tm_____ tired to wath this film. I'm going to bed! Thaven't got money to buy a new bike. Choose the correct word. I'm looking forward / ahead to your party on Friday. Our new neighbours moved in / up next door yesterday. Can you put me up / in for the night after the concert? I didn’t know that word so I looked it over / up in a dictionary. ‘Mum, please stop Dylan to make / from making so much noise! What I usually do at the weekend depends from / on the weather. Its not worth to see / seeing that film - it's not very good! ‘My dad’s really keen on trying / try new dishes. He's a great cook! ‘Mum makes us tidy / to tidy our bedrooms every evening, Write a form of the word in capitals in each gap. Linda's got a warm and kind PERSONAL My ___with Adam is very important to me, FRIEND ‘You need alotof___to design T-shirts CREATIVE Ifind it hard to meet people because of my. SHY ‘Thank you so much for your amazing! GENEROUS Dana's totally you can’t trust her to be there at the right time, RELY Saying please and thank you is an example of. POLITE ‘Write a word from the box in each gap. attic | balcony | big | deep | fast | hedge | wide Maddie's asleep on the sofa. Don’t wake her up! ‘Mr Baxter, our English teacher, has got a really voice. Iwoke up tired, but had a shower and then felt_____—_awake. The outside the front window has grown too high. You can’t see out of the window now! min ‘trouble because I forgot to do my homework, ‘My brother's room is in the at the top of the house, Havinga___in our flat means we can sit outside in the summer. SKILLS Tick the statements that are true for you. Review the skills in the unit if you need more help. Tean Unit/page 1 skim an interview to get the general meaning Unit pd 5 understand the general situation in a conversation Unit 1 p& CO talk about myseit Unit 1 p10 understand some phrasal verbs and use them in multiple-choice cloze activities Unit 1 p11 (use the correct style to start and end an email Unit 1 p12 (J identify different text types Unit 2 pig (1 predict content in an interview Unit 2 pis. Cy say where things are in a photo Unit 2 p20 (Cy understand result clauses and use them in open cloze activities Unit 2 p21 Co write an interesting article with a style that is suitable for the reader and topic Unit 2 p22 EADING | Gapped text | A project In pairs or as a group, make a list of as many different means of transport as you can. ‘Take turns to describe a means of transport without saying what it’s called. The class have to guess what you're describing. J Read the text quickly, ignoring the gaps. In pairs or as a group, answer the questions. 1 What is the Hyperloop? 2. Have they started/finished building it yet? 3. Why will it be better than taking a train? EXAM Understanding tenses 2 When you read a text, it's important to look at the verb tenses because they give information about time and the sequence of events. Look out for contractions with auxiliary verbs. > With gapped text tasks, the verb tense in the removed sentence doesn't need to be in the same tense as the sentences before and after, butit does need to make logical sense, It might help you to draw Read the sentences before and after gaps 1 and 2 in the text. Decide which sentences (a-) could fill the gaps. Think about the tense and the information before and after the gap. gap 1 a) They travelled much faster than we did. ) That's much faster than we can currently travel. ©) We'll be able to travel that fast very soon. gap2 a) His team opened the first Hyperloop last year b) His team has already finished the first Hyperloop. 6) His team is working on the first Hyperloop. Look at extracts 1-3 from the text and match each one to descriptions a-c. 1 Although humans have flown in supersonic planes that go faster than the speed of sound, today most planes can't travel that fast 2. There's still lots of work to do, but they have already started to build it.__ 3 Travelling by Hyperloop. it will only take about 30 minutes to go, for example, from Los Angeles to San Francisco in the USA." a) This is talking about the past and the future IV Thic is nnly talking ahont the the future. Turning SGHi travel into reality by Ben Hudson, aged 13 you ever dreamt of traveling really fast, ke people doin ence-iton fms? Ins, spaceshis fy across the universe atthe of ight. (2) Although humans have own in SUBSE 5s that go faster han the speed of sound, today mast panes cant el that fast, and trans and ars ae even slower s part of our las project on travel and transport, ve found out =bout really exiting new means of anspor called the Hyperloop 2s solr powered, Enfant ate, BHOTDAKe~ and ‘The inventor of the Hyperloop is Elon Musk, He thinks it will BOUBTIES travel fall ous. 2) __ Theres stl as of werk

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