Bl Philip Kerr forward Pre-intermediate 7 >" |ifj >.en erry etic TA Family life ps ‘Questions with tbe Family & fiends 1B Where are they now? p8| Questions with auxilay verbs | Verb colloations (rendship) | TC Neighbours pid | How &whatquestions “ID Making contact p12 Phone numbers Phone messages ‘2A School days pis Past simple ‘Adjectives wth Rogular past simple an ane meena : ee 1B ish schools pis | Usedeo ‘Education Inegular pas simple vers Fe Red faces 920 Past continuous 2D Which school? p22 | ‘school facilities “Asking for information "A. Fatmates p26 ‘Countable & uncountable | House & home ty ‘nouns ith somes any & no [3B Migrants p28 ‘Some, many & most 3¢ nomeiow 530 | Quaiiew ‘ome See = 3D Lost! p32 Places in a town Directions. To SA Relationships p36 Present simple, frequency. Final -s = Sens S ee 4B Wedding bes p38 | Prsentconianis: wedales sien oa] 8 ‘AC atthe movies 940 Relationship vets “Telling stories “GD Going out pe2 “Prepostionsoftime ss Inwitations & suggestions. cs SA Toursteall pas | Future 1 (utureplans), Compoure nours [Se Aweekend break pas | Future 2 ih wads = aS . BE wotdayheaven po [arpa 5 Planes p52 Aira Requests A hunkfood 956 | Modis Mes ea = 6B Slow food p58 Comparatves Adjectives oppostes) ‘GC Cafe Break p60 Sieg : = 16D Class meal p62 a Eaingout Making aresenvation Ina restaurantReading & Listening R Motneriove L_Acescription ofa typical English family | ‘dialogue about an old phate Who would you lke as a neighbour? — Newspaper advertisements Four phone messages Thee people tak about ther school days ‘Schools in Europe: The Republfc of ielond Wise page: an inert discussion group ‘Asking for inlormation ina language school ‘dialogue between two fends pout wher they live “Scotland: the people ‘Web pays: re living ‘Asking for ctections in New ‘Arclaionship style quiz eed Talking about your family @ friends Deserlong e typical famliyin your courtey. Discussing Fiendship = ‘Communication activity: Facebook” | Bid you know? Facebook" website "Talking about your neighbours Ranking famous people 2s good/bad neighbours Talking about different ways of making contact Roleplay: phone messages Talking about your school days Describing afavoulte teacher | Taiking about schools in your town Comparing schools now & in the past ‘Choosing a language school Roleplay asking for information Did you know? The English language Roleplay: solving problemsina shared Nat ‘Discussing emigration Did you krow? The United Kingdom ‘mating Newcastle to tonns in your country Roleplay rections Discussing relationship sites | Did you know? Wedding tadtions ‘venting afin dialogue ‘Communication activity: reeling lim stoves “Two phone cals: arranging to go out The ruins of Machu Plechy ‘Acadia programme about the worst hotel in Britain ‘scribing an imaginary evening out witha famous person iseussng the soca ite otiteret age groups fn your county Talking about turism in your eaunty Planning improvements in your town for tourists Describing the best/worst hotel you have stayed in Did you know? Las Vezas hotels Quiz: Are you a foodie? ‘n jntorvow about ‘stow food Making a restaurant reservation Acilogue ina resturant ‘Deseribing a journey Roleplay ona plane Planning ‘theme’ restaurant Discussing a qu Talking about your favourite drinks Did you know? Starbucks Talking about restaurants in your town Roleplay: na restaurant ae Rue ‘Apetsonal message fora website Aston A description of yourtown ‘An emailtoa fiend ‘an emalita arrange avip review ofa restaurantLesson eed Rees feet ener) eee A Tete (oersonatiy) ‘7D The recruitinent agency p72 Language reference BA The futurological conference p76 Predictions 1 may, mh ‘curriculum vitae 7A Work experience pss |. Present perlect simple work =a 78 Hard work Verb allocations wort) TE jobselection p70 | resent perfect simple with | Adjectives nouns Se BO Space tourists p78 ‘SC Great ideas p30 Pradictions 2 maybe, probably, certainty, et) Present tense future time clauses (fst conditional | ‘Compound nouns _with number “Adjectives with iniiives “Email website acdresses Contractions 2 | Word stress 2 8D Helpt p82 Seer ‘9A What's on ps Passe Computer actions “ing & ed adjectives WV programmes Passive with agent Fins ‘9 Language reference 94 10A Animal lovers p95 Present perect simple ‘been & gone mon sith for since 108 Stress p98 | Present perfect simple For untnished Sime TOE marathon men pi00 | Present perect simple with | Sport a 400 Decor, doctor p102 eect TA Tings 7208 Infinitive of purpose ‘body a heath Personal possessions "118 Fashion victim p08 eee "T2A Around the world 5136 Prepositions of movement Phrasal verbs Modals of obligation Clothes Su te (presenttime) isos ees a LAC Camden Market pi10 | Modals of obligation = (pasttime) 2s oe ae 11D Looking good p1i2 fit, go with & suit ls Let's dance pie Global Engiish p20 Relative clauses | Countries & languages Unit reviews pias | British & American accents| Peter ca wa have met celebrities Descriptions of gadgets RAgreatiteo? TAialogue about how fo send an email TE Araelo programme about entenainmentin London scars night IL Four people buy tickeis on the ph TR The unltea states of animals TR Anaticle about stress TA eas report Ranulph Fiennes & Mike Stroud. TL two coctors* appointments F Two people tak about things ey wasted when they were younger TR Office worker ip flops cut ofafob Dialogues ina clothes shop TE Anewsrepor about the American adventurer, SteveFossett JB Aneenalldescibing Wnldad cambal ER English as an international Language — no problem, OK? Three dialogues at party erry | Describing & guessing jobs Talking about your expeiiencas of work Desctbing an imaginary ife | ‘Deciding wnat qualities are needed for diferent obs Talking about finding a job in your town Bolepleys carours advice Talking bout scence ction Mrs | Talking about how you use eomputere id you know? Computer games inthe US Talking about entertainment in London & your town id you know? sisure activities nthe UK "Talking about gong tothe cinema Acting a scene f Roleplay: at he box office Deseriting = roncen Talking about pels @ animals id you know? Sporn Aust Roleplay at the doctors Describing a favourite possession |_Communication acti: describing & suessin Discussing lates & appearance Giving & presentation on shopping in your town _ Did you know? Shopping Londo Roleplay ina clothes shop Discussing Famous explrers | Planning a “ound the were trp Talking about festivals Describing festival “) Talking about the English language In your country Discussing global issues id you know? Ox in the Workbook) Aletterof application A note giving Instructions Aescription of a Favourite possession Anopinion ‘compositionVOCABULARY & SPEAKING: family & friends 1. Match the words in the box to the definitions, aunt "best idud asa colleague cousin daughter grandfather motherin-law pet neighbour nephew niece Toommate son soninaw uncle neighbour a person who lives very near you a person you wark with an animal that lives with the family your male child your aunt's (or your uncle's) child ‘your brother's (or your sister's) daughter your closest friend & your daughter's husband 9 your mother’s (or your father's) sister 2 Work in pairs. Write definitions for the other words in the box. 3. Think of four people who are important to you. Then, work in pairs. Tell your partner as much as possible about these people. Tara is my niece. She {3 nineteen years old and she studies at university READING 1. Read the article about two families. Match the photos A-D to the stories. 2 Read the article again and answer the questions, Where was Vera born? Where is her husband from? What's her son's name? Where is the Shona family’s new home? How many children are there in Judy's family? ‘What is the family home when they travel? ‘What is the youngest child's name? Where was the family’s first show? Vera Shona : ‘Vera was born in Claphem, south London, Her parents were, both criginaly from Zimbabwe, but came to England to work. ‘Afler school, Vora sticiad! nursing at South Bink University, 5. Atunivefsity, she mict her future husband, Faral who wes bot th Zimbabwe and who was also @-nursa, The couple got Tarted and two yeers later, they hadl a baby boy, Moyo. They then decided to go and ive in Zimbabwe. “Both Paral anid | wanted 19 go hack to aur roots, said Vere, They founcl obs, 10 with a medical charty énd eft London to‘begin their new life ina ema vilege in the north of the country. Vera and Faral run a health centre, but fis the only uli in the village with electricity. Vera's son travels to a soho village 10.99 10 school. Judy Boehmer Sucy had her fst child, Adar, 27 years ago. She now hes four sons ane Seven dauahters and a pet dog, Bosoo, but she ‘wants more boys. Judy and her husband, Larry, ve in Atianta, Georgia, but they also have 4 10-metie-long motor home, 20. The family sometimas travels more than 40,000 klomotres @ year for ther work The chien do nol go to echeal, but they study sthome with thelr parents. ‘The Boenmers are a cirous farmiy and al the chitdren take part in the show. They do different kinds of juggling enc’ Margaret, the youngest, stands on ‘one isa in her mothers hand. The frat show of the Boehmer Family dugglets was at a theme park in Jowa, endl they now gerform all over Anierica. Glossary juggle vb keep objects moving through the air by catching them and throwing them back in the alr ‘roots 1 the place where you come from originallyeye ut the to families? 4 Do you think that the life of these two fa ‘800d forthe children? Why or why not? GRAMMAR: questions with fo be ‘We miake questions with the verb to be by. ing the verb befare the subject, YeyNo questions "Ts she married? ‘Were you a! sctool yesrertay? Short answers ' We can answer yes auestons with short answers, Yes, Lam. No, Pm now Yes sheis, Na, she tne. Yes, he was. No, he wasn’t “Yes, they were No, they weren'e Wh- questions H ‘We can put question words before the verb. Where were you born? ‘What és her daughuer’s name? © See LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 14 B Are you married? a Yes, Iwas. Is your family very large? b Yes, itis. ‘Were you born in this town? = c Yes, there are, Is your father a good cook? No, I'm not ‘Are your parents from this town? e No, he isn't Are there many people with the { No, they aren't, same name as you! Change the answers to the questions in exercise 1 so that they are true foryou. Rearrange the words to make questions. How many people are there in your familvt 1 are family how in many people there your ? 2 are names their what ? 3 are how old they ? 4 are hobbies their what 7 5 bom parents were where your ? 6 family in is person the who youngest your ? 7 family holiday last was when your ? 4, Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3. SPEAKING 1 @ 1.1 Usten toa description of atypical English family 7 Put the topics in the order that you hear them, Children How many children are there? What are their names? How old are they? What are their hobbies? Family pet Is there a family pet? What is it? What is it called? Food When does the family eat together? What is thelr favourite food? Weekends and holidays ‘What does the family do at the weekend? What do they do in the holidays? Parents ‘What are the parents’ names? How old are they? What are their jobs? What are their interests? v ‘What ate the family’s favourite TV programmes? Work in pairs, Think about a typical family in your country. ‘Make notes using the questions in exercise 1, Work in groups. Describe your typical family to each other.1B | Where are they now? SPEAKING “A true friend is toe best possession in the world’ 1 Translate the proverb above into your language. Are there any similar proverbs in your language? 2. Work in pairs. How many different ‘ways can you complete the sentence below? A true friend .. always listens to you. makes you laugh. knows you wel VOCABULARY: verb collocations (friendship) Put the text in the correct arder. each other very often, but we keep goad friends. We come from similar Davi is one of my oldest backgrounds and we have a lat friends, We were at college together. We didn't get in common, He lives in Spain now, so we don't see in touch by phone and email C1 on well at frst, but later we became a @ 1.2 Listen to the recording to check your answers. Complete the questions with a word in bold from exercise 1. ‘What sort of people do you ‘on well with? 2. How often do you and your best friend each ‘other? 3 Doyou a lot in common with your best friend? What? 4 How do you in touch with friends in other ‘towns oF countries? 4 Workin pairs, Ask and answer the questions in exercise 3. LISTENING 1. Work in pairs. Look at the photo. Choose one of the people in the photo and describe her/him to your partner. Your partner must decide who you are describing. 2 You are going to listen to a woman, Christine, talking to her husband about the photo. Before you listen, read the sentences and decide if they are true (1) or false (9) 1 The two gitls on the left are sisters. ‘The gir! with red shoes (Christine) was fourteen years ol. ‘The photo was taken in 1973, 4 The boy with the guitar (Nicholas) was Christine's boyfriend, 5 Christine is now married to Nicholas. ‘The girl with blonde hair (Helga) was in love with Nicholas 2 Helga was Christine's best friend 3 @ 133 Listento the dialogue to check your answers. Correct the false sentences.GRAMMak: questions with auxiliary verbs t simple & past simple ‘make questions in the present simple and past simple with, au auxiliary verb (do/dves/did) and the infinitive, We put the liary vero before the subject and we put the infinitive after subject. _qvetion word auxiliary subject do you does he did they infinitive liver ‘want? atrive? forms other verb forms (for example, present continuous, can, will) ly have an auxiliary verb and a main verb. We put the verb before the subject and we put the main verb after auxiliary subject are you can we will we infinitive doing? ‘meet? know? © See LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 14 1 Complete the questions with an auniliary ver from the box. What your best friend's name? Where she/he live? what she/he do? ‘Where and when When you first meet? the last time you met Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 1. Look at the text below. Some of the text is missing. Prepare ‘questions to ask about the missing information. ¢ Smith let school in 1976. She studied (1) ___ (Wat) University and then got a job (2) —__ (Where?}. When was in America, she met (3) ____(Wfio#) at a party at the ‘House. He worked for (4) —_ (Who’). They started going jer and they got married (5) (When). They now (6) —__ (How many?) children. Christine and her husband ive (7) (Where). She works for (8) —_ (Who?) and. s writing (8) (What). Christine wants to get in touch (10) —— (Who?) and promises to reply to all emails, ‘A: Tun to page 129. B: Turn to page 127. ‘Ask and answer the ques missing information. exercise 3 to complete the Where are they now? | 18 PRONUNCIATION: contractions 1 1 @ 1.4 Listento these contractions. donot > don't did not > dida’t what is > what's 2. Make contractions from these words, 1 doesnot 3 thatis 2 hehas 4 was not 5 were not 6 whois 3 @ 1.5 Listen to the contractions and repeat. SPEAKING 1. Correct the grammatical mistakes in the questions. Who you did read about? Is she/he be married? How old she/he ist How many children does she/he has? Where she/he is living now? ‘What do she/he do? Work in groups of four, A-D. You are going to read about the people in Christine's photo. ‘A: Turn to page 126. C:Tum to page 129. Bs Turn to page 127. D: Turn to page 131. Use the questions in exercise 1 to find out about Christine’s old friends. Who do you think Christine will get in touch with first? Dip you know? 1. Work in pairs. Read the information about social networking sites and discuss the questions. facebook™ is one of the most popular websites in Britain with over twenty-five milion users. Most of them are aged between 13 and 29 and itis slightly ‘more popular with women than with men, People use the social networking site to Keep in touch with friends and to make new ones. they share photos, audio and video clips, and play online * Have you got a similar website in your country? © Are you still in touch with friends from your last school?1c | Neighbours SPEAKING 2 Read the article again and answer the questions. 1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer these questions about your : ae 1 How many people voted er Chart * What are their names? 2. What kind of house did Cheryl Cole + What do they do? live int * Where do they come from? 3 How often does she travel between * Are they good neighbours? Why or why not? Britain and the US? 4 What part of London does Jamie Oliver live int READING 5 How near is his house to a park? 1. Read the magazine article. Put the information in the correct der 6 What sort of neighbours does he have? Si People do not want to live next door to politicians. 3. Which famous person in the article Cheryl Cole was the most popular person in the poll would you like as your neighbour? Jamle Oliver lives in a fashionable part of London, i Many British people know a lot about the lives of TV celebrities Cheryl Cole did not have any neighbours in her last house. Jamie Oliver lives with his family l asked 1.000 people in Britain this question. The winner of the poll was the TV celebrity, model and pop singer, Cheryl Cole, with 31% of the vote, Many people in Britcin know very itis chou their neighbours, but they often know cle the lives of TV celebrities, especially those on realty 'V shows. The Briish public obviously between homes in London and the Unitad States, and she {fies fo keep her address a ‘The fop man in the poll was the TV chef, Jamie Oliver. Olver lives in the fashionable ak ‘of Primrose Hill in norih London, with his wife and chilsren; It is @ quist ond beautiful residential creo, five minutes from one of Lancion’s best parks. Mis neighbours include film slars ike Jude Law and Ewan McGregor the supermodel Kate Moss, a5 well as poiticicns ‘and bankers. Neighbours describe Oliver as a friendly helpful neighbour... put na one casks him fo help with the cooking! Glossary celebrity n a famous sports or TV person poll n a kind of vote where people are ‘asked for their opinions ublie people in general ‘The British tke attractive TV personalities ‘and cocking, but. it seems, they do nat ‘want fo live next door to poliictans.There wos not @ single politician inthe top twenty nomes, 10| Cheryl ColeGRAMMAR: how & what questions © See Lancuace REFERENCE PAGE 14 1 Complete the questions for the answers below. ei one LW, usually drive quite fast, especially on the motorway. Re ee es ‘My father’s hair is grey. ein vines folabletine nly. hina Oy Tknow my teacher very well, ek usually have dinner at about eight o'clack. ee ee a ae have six cousins ees ee Tdon't like pop music very much, but I like everything alse. ‘Work in patrs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 1. You have new neighbours and you want to know more ‘about them. Write four questions that you would like to ask. Use the prompts below to help you. What time ...? ‘What kind of ..? How much ...? How many ...7 How often ...? How old Work in pairs and compare your questions. Which is the most interesting question? Neighbours | 1¢ PRONUNCIATION: the alphabet. 1 Lookat the three lists of letters. In each list, the letters use the same sound. Choose a letier fram the box to complete each list. Life Bi Higiesock. 2% BCDE_ PTY 3. AP TRISLS aM NT LR 2 @ 1.6 Listen to the recording to check your answers. 3 @ 1.7 Now listen to the other letters from the box and repeat after the recording. 4 @ 12 Listen to alistof the six most common surames in Britain and write them down, 5 @ 1.9 Now listen to the recording to check your spelling. SPEAKING 1. Make a list of five famous people from your country (film stars, musicians, politicians, sports stars, ‘V personalities, artists, business people). Now put the people in your list in order (1 = best neighbour > 5 = worst neighbour). 2 Workin small groups. Talk about the people in your list, and explain why you think they would be good or bad neighbours.1p | Making contact SPEAKING READING 1. Work in pairs, Discuss these questions. 1. Read the advertisements on page 13 and put them + Which of the ways shown in the photos below do you This faubercurs tse most often to contac other people! + Accommodation «Which do you preter? When and whyt * Engl language lessons * Jobe 2. Think of the last three phone calls that you made. © Making friends + Who did you call (a fend/busines cay ; '* Why did you call her/him? (to give some news/ask a 2 pe advertisements again and answer the wae auestions, 1 What dos Mary teach {planed my brother Beans Re no wel at ee ei a ee 2 What the name ofthe recruit ageney? ener 3. Where does Mike vet jBhgnad my fend, Kaen, benuse lwanted ta mite her 4 Wren are the Kung Fa clases? What does Patel want Work pais and compare your answers. 6 How much does the rom near London Bridge cost 2 Where ean you get fee acommodaton! & What language can you practie on Thursday FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE 1: phone numbers —_ evenings? 1 @ 1.10 Listen to.a phone message and choose the 3. Imagine that you are in London and you want to best ending, a,b orc. improve your English. Which advertisements would ‘you choose and why? 1 To listen to the menu, press a@ b) 1 2. For general enquiries, press 1070 O@ COO 3 Kate's home phone number is a) 0307 775 3046 b) 0307 755 3846) 0307 755 3046, 4 Kate's mobile number is a) 0477 320188 b) 0877 328118 c) 0477 321880. Look at audioscript 1.10 on page 133 to check your answers. 3. Work in pairs, A and B. You are going to practise saying phone numbers. A: Turn to page 126. B: Turn to page 128. Listen to the phone numbers your partner says and write them down,Making contact | 10 i AV Beauiiluls aetna. Somme ane Cae ces Sais ee aie as FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE 2: phone messages 1 @ 1.15 Listen and complete the phone messages. “New friends. Engish gentemen would ik to meet new people fom all over the word | Ineress: cinema, concerts, pubs. learning languages. Patric Troter 0906 641480 - sion No pes £600 por month + bls, | 07806989104 kr, “renporay ork le are urge look ft tempo —s i Sse calls 1-4 to the advertisements A-H. Which caller does not leave a message on an answering machine? answer the questions, ‘What is Davina’s phone number? ‘What is a good time to call her? “What is Bella's phone number? ‘What is her family name? What is Ruby's number? ‘Why does Sara want English lessons? @ 1.11-1.14 Listen to four phone calls. Match the @ 1.11-1.14 Listen to the messages again and ‘This is 641480, I'm afraid there's no one to take your call right (1) __.. Please leave your (2) and (3) after the tone and 1 call you back, ‘Ah, yes, hello, Mr Trotter, my (4) — is Davina and Ym (5) in your advertisement. Could you call me back, please? Any time before Stuart here. 'm not home at the (6) leave a (7) after the beep. Thanks. Hell, good moming. (8) is Bella Moot, that’s Moor ~ M. double 0 - R.T'm (9} about the Kung Fu classes. You can eall me back on my (10) that’s o147 so please Write your own answering machine message. Use the language in exercise 1 to help you, Work in pairs, A and B. A: You are going to telephone another student. First of all, decide why you want to call them. Use the language in exercise 1 and in the Useful language box below to prepare what you want to say. Listen to the message on their answering machine and then leave your own message. B: Anather student 's going to telephone you. Read out the answering machine message that you have prepared and then listen to the message that your partner leaves. Write down their name, phone number and any other important information. 4 When you have finished, change roles, Then change partners and repeat the task with other students in the class.Language reference GRAMMAR Yes/No questions Questions with to be before the subject. verb subject Is he French? Are you married? ‘We can answer these questions with short answers. Is he French? Yes, he is. ‘Are they married? No they aren't. ‘We make questions in the present simple and past simple with an auxiliary verb (do/does/did) and the Infinitive without to, We put do/does/did before the subject and we put the infinitive after the subject. auxiliary subject infinitive Do you Uke pop music? ‘Does she ve in London? Did she enjoy the party? ‘We can answer these questions with short answers, ‘Do you like pop music? Yes, Ido. ‘Does sive live in London? No, she doesn't, ‘We make questions with the verb to be by putting the veeb ‘Questions with other verb forms AL other verb forms (for example, present continuous, can, wil) aleady have an aunilary verb and a main verb. We put the auxiliary verb before the subject and we put the rain verb after the subject auxiliary subject main verb Are you Ustening? an we start? will she phone? ‘We can answer these questions with short answers. Are you listening? Yes, Fam. Can we start? No, we can’t. Will she phone? No, she won't. Wh- questions ‘We can put question words before the verb, The most ‘common question words are: wit, whic, when, where, why, wo and how. Whar is her dayghter’s name? Who was your fst boyfriend? When did they arive? ‘We can combine how and what with other words to begin questions adjetivs (ar, of, pop, tall) adverbs (often, weet) How | such (much money, much tite) many (many chien, many cousins) How ola is Sarat? | How often do you travel by tai? How many CDs does he have? Whar | 90un (colour, ime, etc) Kind of sort of/pe of What colour is their car? What time is 12 | What kind of pizza do you thetFUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Phone messages “This is 0307 775 3046. ‘This is Kate Woods, “You have reached the voicemail of. ank you for calling . im afraid there is no one to take your aall right now. rot homne/in the offce at the ent, lyour name land amber laivour message This ts a message for... snaerested tn calling about later |the beep tke tone, Praptah! /"kaz(a}ni Paeaa( Format a fda Fora asdatey 'hazband) ude) Ld ref! dni! /pesront! ‘pet! Jaen ‘san int ere ‘eat? ‘keep in touch with kip mn taf wid (60) phr neighbour n C** — /nerbott} roommate nC umm Other words & phrases accommodation n U-**/9koma' deta’ advert(isement) mC Jed'vaie)fsmanty appointment nC *** painnaay background n ¢** /mkgraundy Pies | Pioad! | Pooks! | ldo | Po | ealnatey | celebrity C+ llebraté charity C/U" Aero! circus nC Pss(Qkos! ' clothes pl*** ——Alaubal college n C/U ***— Alcludy concert C** Ponsa? contact v *** ‘ont! disiretC** fds dollnc ‘dol! dress nC ** (es) filekesat/ ‘imeil’ enquiry nC ‘aaa experience n U** —A'spartons! expertnc ** fekspainw fannc + ‘fen! ‘ejaymab(ay fit adj = aw fatn c+ Ales! flowery adj Havoc guitar n C** ‘ltaxey health n+ Mela’ hobby nC obit housework nU hava uax(e! include y*** nud judge nc ** (asad) jugele v oo laugh v *** as lovely ad lav ‘male adj *** ‘meal! meata U *** foi ‘medical adj * medio) member nC*** —/membae) message n C*** mess! model nC ma motor home nC Fmoutatt) hou’ nurse nc ** instos! obviously adv *** — fobviaslf opinionn €*** abn perform v *** ‘paket! pink ad ‘mk politician C** poston! pall c* ‘paul! popular adi*** ——popiultyt practise v** ‘peeks! prefer v ‘ey Dress v= ‘pres! private aj *** ‘pean pubnes* ‘ae public wt *** “abies ‘quiet adj *** ewarat! recent ac * ‘isto eerinment agency n C /nkrutont ‘exda()as repalt v* ‘aipeoe result 07" ‘nz nu ‘sihro! ‘eon! ‘estoy Seton! ‘ou! ‘similar adj *** fsmnla(ty’ simple ad * fsmptoN soap opera nC ———_aup apa! satin ue ‘sat ‘surprise C/U *** ‘fso(r)'prazl temporary adj ** ——emp(yearé terrible aaj Nendo theme park nC kim pak ope ead ae Saree ronenc* ‘avn traditional adj*=* l(a? typical adj *** Scpik(yl } {jointeae st a{ridg(oyntlir fyuzatey Pvilidsy /'vorsmer aw ‘veh sa vet) ‘mat Pwandaey’ Abbreviations noun sti something vy verb C countable adj adjective uncountable adv adverb pl plural sb somebody singular * the most common and basic words very common wards * fairly common words 152a | School days VOCABULARY & SPEAKING: adjectives with prepositions 1 Which sentences have a positive (+) meaning and which have a negative (-) meaning? was good at mathematics. + J was bored with my school. ~ Twas afraid of the older children, Twas fond of my science teacher. Twas Interested in science and technology Was terrible at arriving on time. was keen on sports and swimming. I was worried about my grades. 6 SNe De Think about your experience of school. Change the sentences in exercise 1 so that they are true for you. 3 Work in pairs. Compare your sentences. Were your experiences similar or different? LISTENING 1 @ 1.16-1.18 Listen to three people talking about their school days. Match the speakers 1-3 to the topics arc below, a my favourite subject b_ my favourite teacher © my problems at school 2 @ 1.16-1.18 Listen to the recording again and complete column Awith a phrase from column 8. A B 1 Tnever missed. a good grades. 2. Lalways got b- my exams, 3. [was terrible at my homework, 4 [failed d._his lessons, 5. Inever did © that school. 6 Ididn’t want to leave {most subjects. 3. Did you have any similar experiences at school? GRAmmanr: past simple 1. Complete the table. Look at audioscripts 1.16-1.18 on age 134 to check your answers. past simple [infinitive | past simple hate ao study | 6) Tisten | (2) talk 6 Teave | (3) teach |) love @ uy @ 2 Now put the verbs in the table into four groups. a Regular verbs: infinitive +-ed listened. Regular verbs: infinitive+-d © Regular verbs: infinitive ending in -y > i+ ed regular verbs: ‘We make négatives with idn’t (ded nor) + infinitive Tdidn’t mant to teave school. ‘We make questions with aid + subject + Infinitive ‘Where did yom go ta school? Did you like school? © Sce LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 24 3. Complete the dialogue. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple. ‘A: Where (1) dtd you 20 (you / go) to school? B: My father (2) (work) for a multinational company and we (3) (tive) in lots of different ‘countries, so 1 (4) (go) to five different schools, A 6) (vou / enjoy) your school days? B; No, 1 didn’t, Not really. 1 (6) (not have) many friends because we (7) (not stay) long in ‘one place. I (8) (leave) one school after six ‘months! ©) (vow / do) well in your exams? Yes, I did. Because I (10) (not / go) out with friends, 1(11) (study) a lot in the evenings and at the weekends, [ (12) (not / get) top srades, but I (13) get) a place at Cambridge University ‘What was that lke? (14) Yes. (15) 4 Work in pairs. Write a similar dialogue. (you / like) ier (chi) it was great.PRONUNCIATION: regular past simple verbs ES 1.19 when we say regular past simple forms, we usually add the sound iv’ or to the infinitive. We do ot need an extra syllable. Listen to these examples. nd ypen upon! > jove J! > sey fra > opened fou loved flava tried trad if the infinitive ends in tor /d!, we do need to add extra syllable (1) when we say the regular past, form. Listen to these examples. want (wont) wanted /wontd decide Mi'sme/ > decided /d'sud @ Put the verbs in the box into two groups: no ext syllable (NS) and extra syllable (ES). aN BN School days | 2a SPEAKING 1. Do you know any films or TV programmes about schools and teachers? 2 You are going to talk about a teacher that you really liked. Use these questions to help you. What was the teacher's name? Where did she/t How often did you have lessons with her/him? What did she/he look like? bby did you like her/im? Do.you remember a particular moment with this teacher? © What happened? 3. Work in groups. Describe the teacher that you really liked to your group.| 2B | Irish schools SPEAKING 2 @ 1.21 Listen to the recording to 1 Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. SPEC SNCUr ate 3. Change the sentences in exercise 1 so * Are there any big differences between the schools in your town? Gate ‘Are some schools better than others? If so, why? © What is your idea of a good school? READING VOCABULARY: education 1. Read a magazine article about 1 Complete the sentences with a word fram the box. education in Ireland, Match the sea alia paragraphs 1-4 to the headings a—d “age certificate “compulsory punishment resi’ Sax! System below. 1 Some schools in England are for boys and girls and some are single — a Rich and poor, boys and girls 2. In the English education there are private schools and state b A success stor schools. © School subjects 3 Some subjects, like English and maths, are until the age of sixteen Traditional teaching in England, English children must sometimes stay in class at break as a—__. 5 The minimum leaving in England is sixteen, but most students continue for another two years 6 There is no leaving in England, but many students take ‘A level’ exams when they are eighteen. 7 School students in England get their exam in the summer holidays after they leave schoo! aces ae ireland now has one of the best education systems in the world, Clas sizes are stall, czam reals are good and most children aze happy to stay at school after the minimum leaving age of sixteen. It is easy to forget shat the picture used tobe very different gS For yeas, ireland had one ofthe most complicated education sjstems inthe world. There were many different kinds of school, but most of them had a lot in common. Classes were large and the teaching was very traditional. As In many. countries, teachers used to hit the children if they made mistakes (the government tanned corporal punishment in 1982) (3) Parents used to pay for ther children's education and, 28a result, there were schools forthe rich and schools forthe poor, Boys and gts went to different schools and studied differen subjects, Nowadays, most schools ate fee and only about half the schools are single-sex n many ways, education lk now a woman's world, Gals do better than boys in their exame, more girls go to university and rost teachers are women, RMR n crc) @ a look at schools i Ae the end of secondary school, students take their final exarns (the ‘Leaving Certifiete’), Compulsory subjects ate maths, ish and English. In adéition, they ust choose two or tce extra subjects, Some ofthese, Ike business organization, help to prepare them for the world of work. This is very different from the past when Latin, Greek and tliglon used to be the most important subjects.ead the article again and find one piece of ‘information to show that each statement is tre. “The exam results are good. ‘yeland has a good education system, aching in Ireland used to be very traditional ‘tech boys and girls used to have very different ‘experiences of school | Siucation in Ireland is a woman's world. sh students study many different subjects. ‘Are there any similarities between education in Ireland. ‘2nd education in your country? scat the sentences about a famouss trishman. ie the sentences using used to + infinitive. family used to be very poor, family was very poor. ‘a child, he was called Jonny O'Keeffe ‘went to a famous school, the Nortiy Monastery didn’t like his school missed lessons, int do well in his exams. spent a lot of time playing pool. 9 are the sentences about Jonathan Rhys Meyers actor), Bono (the lead singer in U2) or Colin Farrell ‘actor)? See page 128 for the answer. ish schools | 28 2 Look at the sentences below. Replace the past ple with used to where possible, used to be ‘The walter, Frank McCourt, was 4 a teacher. He wrote a book called Angela's Ashes, He was born in New York. His family moved to Ireland. His family didn’t have much money. His father told funny stories to Frank. Frank loved listening to his father. Frank won the Pulitzer Prize for this book about his childhood. 3. Write six sentences about yourself when you were at primary school. Begin three sentences with / used fo .. and three with / didn’t use to PRONUNCIATION: irregular past simple verbs 1. Underline the word in the groups 1-4 below which has a different sound from the other words in the group, 1 bought caught found thought 2 came gave == made said 3. broke drove lost spoke 4 felt knew met. went 2 @ 1.22 Listen to the recording to check your answers. SPEAKING 1. Think about schools in your country now and in the past. How are they different? Make notes, using your ‘own Ideas and the ideas in the box to help you. 2 Work in pairs and compare your Ideas. Are schools now better or worse than they used to be? Schools in my country used to be very different. For example, 1s2c | Red faces SPEAKING & READING 4 Embarrassing situations Work in pairs. Which of the situations below is the most embarrassing? How many more situations can you add to the list? ‘You are wearing the wrong kind of clothes (eg to a party). ‘You do really badly in a test and everyone knows. ‘You fall asleep in a public place. In front of other people, your parents say something about you that ‘you don’t want the other people to know. ‘Your telephone rings at the wrong moment, eg in an exam. ‘Your stomach makes a strange noise, Read the messages from an internet discussion group and match them to three of the situations in exercise 1. 4G Poug 20 Aprit In October last year, I was working ata school in (Cambridge and it was only my second month in the jobs, Ae ono tema ead sth ea 1g Iwas a good chanoe to get fo kraw my new caleagues the party was on 91% October, (tol ives ae went toa costume hie shop and got a witch's ‘opened the door and looked et mé as if | wes comeltely mad. wearing normal clothes! Doug ‘Tamsin 26 April i twas the end of torn in June and the students were doing and, as uel beter the Saf the exar | tl he tides ‘phones and so on. | we walking up and dawn Bativeen the) ‘own phone rang. That was bad enough, ane ‘80 much that she fell Out of her chai. Tamsin Kelly 3 May Worst moment? It was one day last May, When | ick well But it was a boautfl day and eel eee fan exersse to 60 ard sat cov at my desk. Nw ft ard Bs window are fl asleep, | probably slept for only two or three minutes. Then ‘he chidren were laughing ad the headmaster Wa Fertunately, ne wes very sympathetic ater them was teeing i KayRead the messages again and answer the questions, ‘Why did Doug's head teacher organize a party? Why was Doug looking forward to the party? Why did he wear witch’s clothes? ‘Why was Tamsin in an examination room? ‘What was special about Tamsin’s phone? Why didn’t she turn off her phone immediately? ‘Why lid Kelly decide to go to work when she ‘wasn't well! Why lid Kelly wake up? ‘Work in pairs. Describe an embarrassing experience ‘that happened fo you or someone you know. AMMAR: past continuous he past continuous to describe actions in” ala particular time in the past, Were were you working in October last year? was working at a schoo! in Cambridge, — ‘she feeting ill? Yes, she was. / No, she wasn’t. se the past simple for actions that interrupt the ous in he past continuous, | avalking up and down when roy phone rang, SEE LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 24 “Complete the text. Put the verbs in brackets into the “past simple or the past continuous. Look at the pictures A=C on page 132 for one minute. Then work in pairs. Turn to page 127 and answer the ‘questions. ‘Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about what ‘you were doing at the times below, “Bhieen minutes ago fone hour ago "at six o'clock this moming * at eleven o'clock last night at three o'clock last Saturday © at this time last week What were you doing fifteen minutes ago? Tuas having a cup of coffee Red faces | 2c SPEAKING 1. Work in groups and look at the two lists below. Read the sentences and decide which list they belong to. 1 Speak in front of their friends about funny things that they did when they were younger. 2. Don't say hello to their friends when they visit your home, 3. When their friends are visiting, speak with your mouth {ull of food. 4 Tell them (in front of their fiends) to wear clothes that they do not like, 2 Now discuss how parents can embarrass their children and how children can embarrass their parents. Add three more sentences to each list. 3. Present your lists to the rest of the class.2D | Which school? SPEAKING 1. Workin pairs. You and your partner win first prize in a competition, Read the information and decide which city you both want to study in Ce et ae haaa are fre ag eee ety VOCABULARY: school facilities 1 Lookat the advertisement for an English school Match the words in bold tothe definitions below: = library a place to borrow or read books a restaurant/café in a place of work ‘money you pay for a professional service place or position teaching, that you can change they have done this job a lot hey have professional exams/quallffeations List three important things for you In choosing @ language school 3 Work in pairs and compare your lists. »| Victoria School of English “The Vitor Schoo! has» cena locaton nent the Opera Howse. Our qualified and experienced techs provide {op salty tution with leible dmerbles. The soo has an ultra-modern moltrmedia centre with 20 PCs, a enguage iaborstory anes library The schoo! has its own cafeteria and an exeting soci programme Spec fees for incrvationl scudenesWhich school? | 20 ENING SPEAKING 4.23 Aman is asking for information about a 41 Workin pairs. You are going to plan an evening school. course in a French language school. Listen to the Use these questions to help you. ialogue and underline the correct information. + Where is your school? What is it called? © What kinds of courses does the school offer? * Who are the teachers? © What facilities does the school have? ‘© How much do the courses cost? * What is special about your school? 2 Find another pair and work in groups of four. Find out about each other's schools. panne 2 330-430 | DID You know? Hi / 12 115 weeks 11. Work in pairs. Read the information about the English : i language and discuss the questions. ase the words in column A with the words from smn B to make phrases. B 2 activities b class d form fe. speakers 41.23 Listen to the dialogue again to check your 5, ONAL LANGUAGE: asking for ation ange the words to make questions, Re erence ae could Ihave some tnformation about your schoo!?* Do many people in your country study English? Why do they study? ‘+ What English language examinations do people take in your country? + Do you know anyone who has studied English in an English-speaking county? Did they Uke i? could information have school [ some your? could courses me tell you your? class how in many students? ners classes. do for have you? classes. the time what? does how last long the? jes any ate social there? couse the much are how? ok at audioscript 1.23 on pages 134-135 to check answers.GRAMMAR Past simple ‘We use the past simple to talk about past actions and states. ‘The actions and states are finished. Left schoot in 1989, Then I went to university Tiked rock music when I was a teenager ‘We often use a time expression with the past simple, {or example, yesterday, last week, in 2003. saw Jofn yesterday. We lived in Brussels in 2003, Aifirmaiive & Negative 1 found dida't na 2°. LEN ‘When did he/she/it f syouhvetiey ‘Short answer id yo nd job ind ajob? “Yes, I did, / No, 1 didn’, With regular verbs, we usually add -ed to the infinitive in ‘the affirmative. There are three groups of exceptions 1 When the verb ends in -, we add -<. like > tked love > ioved 2. When the verb ends in -y after a consonant, we change the -y 10 ed study > studied ry > ted 3° With some verbs that end in a consonant, we double the consonant. plan planned stop > stopped (Other verbs in this group include: admit, chat, contra, drop, nod. occur, refer, regret, rob, mansfer and tap. Many common verbs have iregular past forms. catPate go>went — leave > left Used to ‘We use used zo to talk about past states and past actions that happened many times. My family used to live in Rome. We used to go out for a meal every Saturtay. ‘We can always use the past simple instead of used to, but ‘we cannot use used to for actions that happened only once. ‘We used to live in Rome. = We lived in Rome. ‘My family moved back 10 London tn 1995. Nov Biches ton turnee Bete pnnptenin 2| Airave & Negative ' ! used to, ‘like He/sett a se a ivtiseto stk 0 Question i \ 7 i a Did he/sheyst set school you/ehey : ec Did you use t like School? Yes, Lid, J No, didn't, Past continuous ‘We use the past continuous to describe actions in progress at a particular time jn the past. We often use the past continuous to describe the background situation of a story, It was the end of term and the students were doing their past ened of term now We often use the past simple and past continuous together. We use the past simple for actions that interrupt the actions inthe past continuous. was walking into class when my phone rang. (First, | walked into class, Second, my phone rang.) ‘We cannot normally use stative verbs inthe continuous form. See page 44 for a list of common stative verbs. She knew that he was happy. Not Sha kite Allirmative & Negative 1 was ae He/Shejtt wasn't Sa ee talking on the phone, YousWe/they i / Question bi i hhe/she/it talking on the phone? ‘were youswerthey i ‘Short answer ‘Wete you talking? Yes, was. / No, [wasn't ‘Were they working? Yes, they were. //No, they weren't We make the past continuous with was/were+ infinitive ing, Ifthe infinitive ends in a consonant +-¢: tive > living With some verbs that end in a consonant, we double the ‘consonant. See thelist of verbs in group 3 in the past simple above. When“FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE Asking for information (Please) could I have some information about. 7 Could you tell me about ..., (please)? much is/are? ‘strerd av) Prax} wad! fond ay) gud av intrstd a ‘kin era a warid abavt! ork “ket aria! ‘so(rnfkot “kampalsorit ‘om puta(ey Jkt! Hesk Jedivkexiayn ‘atom’ oqzeemines(ay dg zeny ‘sk’spranst’ He aw ‘get 9 plets! Jaret! Jed masta pedrmisas! 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(fall asleep adj** —{l) ast banw** ‘ben! Ddehaviourn U2 orhenia( ‘borrow v** Foor? care (about sh) 0 °°" kea(’ club nc + Alb choose » =** ‘gue ‘cans ‘kamp(a}nid kompa'tyf(a)n) *womplc ke ‘aul ‘ecu! ‘bcos! ins ‘esata ‘eksabvo ‘ta font Pte ‘og Fave(ament! ace Phage fm 38S ‘i ios” ‘ot mktusw! see! finned ‘ms 9 eC) ‘saa fun! ae Ansxeanna yl lov kode}s! tena Pemia(ry’ pu provid! oul ‘oul! Pfopmy beg! Peal Payjuipid ‘ smpa' donk? ‘alto'mndate)a! Prt! Pas 253a | Flatmates VOCABULARY: house & home 1 Do you live in @ house ora flat? What do you like most about your home? Discuss and compare your answers in pairs, 2 Complete the sentences with house or home. 1 What is your _ftome_ town like? 2. At what age do people usually leave in your country? 3. How do you feel when you are away from 4 Is your mother a wife or does she have another job? 5 How much usually give you? 6 What time do you usually get evenings? 7 Who does most of the cleaning and the other swork where you live? work does your teacher in the 3. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questians in exercise 2. PRONUNCIATION: /h/ 1. Find two words in the box that do not begin with the sound ‘i. 2 @ 1.24 Listen to the recording to check your answers. 3. How well can you say the sentence below? In Hertford, Hereford and Hampshire hurricanes hardly ever happen. 4 @ 1.25 Listen and repeat. 26 LISTENING 1 @ 1.26 Listen to two friends talking about their home life, Choose the correct altemative to complete the summary of the dialogue. Ali lives with (1) friends / his family but is unhappy there. Ali shares a room with (2) his brothers / two friends, and he also hhas two cousins staying with him, He finds i difficult to (G) sleep / study at home, He wants to move in with his friend, Charlie. Charlie shares a flat with (4) fis cousin / four other people All and Charlie agree to (5) do some shopping / go to a café and then to go to look at Charlie's flat, 2 @ 1.26 Listen to the dialogue again. Choose the best definition for the phrases, a orb. 1 Tough. a) That's difficult b) That's easy. 2 W's dviving me mad. a) Itmakes me angry. _b) It makes me sad. 3 1 don’t want to put you off. a) [don’t want to encourage you. ) don’t want to discourage you. 3. Work in pairs. Discuss these questions. * What do you think Ali should dot ‘What are the advantages and disadvantages of living at home when you are a student? Do most students live at home in your country?2AMMAR: countable & scountable nouns with e, any & no LANGUAGE REFERENCE PAGE 34 the nouns in the box countable (C) or countable (U)? Flatmates | 3a 2. Choose the correct words to complete the dialogue. ‘Mum: What's the (1) problem / problems, Alit You look really unhappy at the moment. All: There's (2) any / no problem, Mumm. Mum: Yes, there is, What's the matter? (3) Js / Are your teachers at college giving you a lot of (4) homework / hiomeworkst Ali: No, it's not that. But you knaw I've got (5) any / some very important exams in two weeks .. ‘Mum: Yes? ‘Well, I can’t find the (6) lime / times to study. I don't get (2) any no peace in my room with the others there. 1's really hhard to work, ‘Mum: I'm sorry. [ know what you mean. There realy Isn't (6) any / some space in the house when we have guests, is shere? ‘All: Mum ~ I'm thinking of moving in with (9) any / some frends. ‘Mum: Oh, you can't do that! I know, I've got (10) ar / some idea. ‘Why don't you do your (11) work / works with me in the living room? 3. Work in pairs, A and B. ‘Az Turn to page 127. Look at the picture of Charlie's living room, 8: Turn to page 129. Look at the picture of Charlie's living room aftera pany. How many differences can you find? Are there any plants in your picture? ‘There are some plates on the floor hey ve there ‘There's no rug in this picture. ive es lnc SPEAKING 1. Work in groups of three to five. You share a flat with the other students in your group. There are some problems and no one is really happy. Read your role card and decide what you want to say to your flatmates. At the end of the discussion, make a list of four rules for the flat so that everyone is happy. No smoking in the flat. ‘A: Turn to page 126, B: Turn to page 128, : Turn to page 129. D: Tum to page 130, E: Turn to page 131. You are sitting in the living room with your flatmates, Student ¢ begins the discussion. ‘There are some things I want to tatk about...3B | Migrants READING 1 Ona piece of paper, write everything that you know about Scotland, You have twa minutes, Now work in pairs and compare your Ideas. 2. Match the words in the box to the definitions 1-6. Siiigianis Gaigeans ines _setilers invaders colonies 1 countries, or parts of a country, that are controlled by another country 2 large groups of related families 3 people who come to live in a country from. another country 4 people who enter another country with an army 5 people who go to live in a place where not ‘many people live © people who leave their country to live in another country 3 Read the article and put the sentences a-e inthe gaps 1-5, 2 We can stil see the origins of many Scottish people in sumames like Macleod (Grom Norway) or Sinclair and Bruce (from Franee). zs This continues today and over $0,000 Scotland: THE PEOPLE ‘The first pcople of Scotland belonged to two tribes called the Pietsand the Britons. Most of the Picts lived in the north and east of the country. The Britons ocenpied the south and the area that is now called England, Both tribes, 5 spoke a Celtic langnage that is related to Irish and Welsh, ‘Then ehe Romans invaded. (1) ——_ In the 5® century, some Irish tribes began settling in the country, The Romans called these people the Scors, and later their new country was named after them. Two 20. centuries Iter, Anglo-Saxons (many of them were from Germany and Holland, but some also came from Denmark) also settled in the south, and their language was an early form of English, A century later, Viking invaders from Norway also founded colonies, Most of these were in the 45. north and the west. Much liter, many people from France also arrived. (2) Immigration to Scotland increased in the 19% century, especially from Ireland, (3) In total, about 20% of the population probably have Trish origins. But in the 20 20 cenmey, new immigrants began to arrive. Most of them come from Pakistan and Indi, bur there are large communities from China and Poland, (4) Scotland has a population of about five million, but there are about 30 million people of Scottish origin around the 25 world in north America, Australia and New Zealand ‘Most of these families left Scotland in che 19% century and some of them gave their names to the towns that they founded. (5) __ There are, for example, 75 places in the world called Hamilton (a common Scottish : surname] @- Like most European counties, Scotland is 4 multicultural society. {& Alter this invasion, some of the Britons {married Romans and began to adopt #8 Roman customs. s Glossary adopt rb start using 2 new or different way of doing something found vo start an ‘organization or OS eles a ee ra herSPEAKING Migrants | 38 2 Make true sentences using the phrases in the table. 4 Workin pairs. Discuss these questions. ++ Did many people leave your country in the past? Why did they leave? Where did they go? + Do many people from your country live abroad = Do you know anybody who lives abroad? If'so, why did they go? * What do people from your country miss when they ate abroad? DankSnn notice © Sez Lancunce RereRENce Pace 34 In four of the sentences below the word of is sissing. Insert of where necessary. Many the passengers on the Tianfe were leaving ‘fr a new life in America. “Most the Scots in America came in the 19% century, “Most Afro-Americans live in the southern states the industrial cities, munities. There aren’t many places in California that do not a Spanish-speaking community. ome the first immigrants to America were Dutch, ‘Nor many the new immigrants to America come om Western Europe. ‘There are many Koreans and Japanese in LA. people in this country people in this town students Not many | | the students in this ins class Waar my feiends Most | og | my work colleagues are difficult to understand, are married. are very interesting, arrive lat. don't have much money, drive a nice car. have a job, Uke their work. live near here. our English lessons | need English at work. speak two or three us languages. 3 Workin pairs and compare your answers. Dip You KNOW? 1. Work in pairs. Read the information about the United Kingdom and discuss the questions. © Write the capital cities on the correct places on the map. ® What do you know about the different countries in the United Kingdom? iy Teen The United Kingdom is Great Britain and Northe The flag of the United King alled the Union Flag, (Capital Cities of the UK Carat « Lendon Belfast * Eainourgh3c |Home town VOCABULARY: towns 1. Look at the words in the box. Put the words into these groups. public transport types of accommodation nightlife, culture other Can you add any other words to the groups? 2. Imagine that you are going to live somewhere new. Which things are most important for you? READING 1. Imagine that you are going to live in ‘Montreal. Read the web page opposite. Choose which area (Verdun, Outremont or Old Montreal) you would prefer to live in. why? Work in pairs and compare your answers. 2 Read the web page again. Which part of Montreal do the sentences refer to: Verdun (), Outremant (0) or Old Montreal (OM)? om There are a lot af cars. Te doesn’t cost a lot to live here. thas the best places to eat Ie isn’t dangerous. It’s a good place for outdoor sport ‘There isn't much to do in the evening, There are a lot of cultural activities, ‘There isn’t much cheap accommodation, : 2 3 4 5 6 7 5 30 GRAMMAR: quantifiers 1 Look again at the text about Montreal. Find the expressions in the table below and complete the examples with nouns from the text. cu © See Lancuace REFERENCE PAGE 34 2. Here is some more information about these places. Choose the correct expression to complete the sentences. Verdun 1 There are a fot of / much cheap flats 2 There are not many / not much hotels for tourists 3 There are a inte / afew big factories, Outremont 4 There's not many / not muck crime. 5 There are a lot of / to0 mnch French speakers 6 There is riot many / not mach unemplayment. Old Montreal 7 There are too many / too much cars. 8 There are many / oo mucit things to do for children, 3. Write six sentences about your town. Use a different quantifier in each sentence. SPEAKING 1. Tumto page 127 and complete column A. 2 Workin pairs. Ask questions about your partner's town. Write the answers in column B on page 127. 3 Compare your answers. Ifyou described the same town as your partner, did you have the same answers? Ifyou described a different town, which town is the better place to liverHome town | 3c (Dein ising ddan Bee eee ee ce ane : living in Montreal Old Montreal We live down by the river. i's _Quiremont has many advantages. True, there are too many tourists 42 pO0r area and there's 2 lot ‘The best restaurants in town, and here's too much traffic, The ‘of crime, but the shops are ‘the most beautiful park and Metro doesn't cake you into the Good and there area few good the biggest houses. You feel centre of Old Montceal. There is ‘estaurants, The shopping area safe here. You meet interesting, _a little crime 1h the area, but aot Ts not very attractive, but tis Important people and it's good too much. But why am I being 50 changing. Public transport is for business. There are no: many negative? Old Montreal is the only excellent and we'te near the city. Japanese restaurants and we place to be. There are 2 lot of entre. in the surimer, Verdun is do very well. When we're not Good bars and restaurants. There the place co be. The river here is working, we like having a coffee are excellent museums {if you ‘eally beautiful and you can have outside one of the cafés. We don't like that kind of thing), ah (MAX? Pichics in the park. There isn't have much time to enjoy the cinema, an interesting park to enough nightlife for us, so we go area, but we like going up to the go rollerblading in the summer fo the area near the university for park at Mount Royal sometimes. or ice-skating in the winter, What | that. Accommodation is cheap! The only problem, really, is that more do you want? just one big “SRIGITTE COFFIN @ ecRwaRo vir —_-YOUNEed to speak French in this problem: not enough cheao flats es ig part of town (and we don't, Hound the last one! | Want to know more? $i} Kinaworo essa omen J.B. LAZARIDIS computer an Want to know more? uo) programmes 5 ne Want to know more? isi)| 3D | Lost! SPEAKING 1. Read the information about the city of Newcastle, 2 Work in small groups. Aare there any towns or cities in your county that are similar to Newcastle? In what ways? Bilbao is near the sea. Ic also Ras a famous football team... Nev North-oast England. C es ‘Old Roman town, 19 century industrial Vocasutary: places in a town f Label the map below with the words in the box. Are the statements below true (1) or false (Fy? Correct the false sentences. ‘The art gallery is opposite the library. ‘The bars and restaurants are near the river. ‘The cathedral is opposite the stadium. ‘The opera house is next to the castle. ‘The shopping centre is between the art gallery and the ‘bus station, ‘There is a Met station not far from the stadium. Do you have these places in your town? Where are they?USTENING & FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: Girections © @ 1.27-1.29 Listen ta three dialogues. Two football Supporters want to get from the football stadium in Newcastle to the train station. Answerthe questions, ‘Girele on the map the places that they walk past. Do Kate and Ali get to the station in the end? @ 1.27 Listen to the first dialogue again and complete the sentences. right, straight on. the first street on the right. the road, past the Metro station. to the end of the road. } Watch the phrases in exercise 2 to the pictures A-F. 4 Work in paits, A and B. You are atthe train station in Neweastie. ‘A: Choose a place you want to go to, Ask B for directions. B: Look at the map and give A directions, | ouestions | ie | wheres the | anould you ell me | way to. do 10 | Bxcuse me, Prepositions behind between re front of opposte PRONUNCIATION: to 30 Listen to the pronunciation of the word to (ita) in the middle of these phrases. ‘+ interesting place to visit © difficult to give directions * next to the castle 2 Look at audioscript 1.27 on page 135. There are four ‘examples of to In the middle of a phrase. Find them and underline them. 3 @ 1,31 Listen to the recording to check your answers. 4 Practise saying the phrases with the short pronunciation of to (tv). | Selfassessment (tick) | Gh Lean deserine a town in my count | 1 Lean understand and give directions. | G1 1 can se prepositions when giving directions, [33GRAMMAR Countable & uncountable nouns Countable nouns ‘Most nouns in English are countable. We can count them. ‘They have both a singular and plural form for example, one house, two houses, Isa new house, He's got nwo houses in London. A small group of countable nouns has Imegular plurals (child/chiaren, man/men, woman/women, foot/feet, tooth/teeth, mouse/mice). Uncountable nouns Some nouns are uncountable. We eannot count them, For example, we cannot say two tomewerks. They only have a singular form. Twant to do my homework. ‘Some nouns can be both countable and uncountable ‘The uncountable noun refers to the thing In general; the countable noun refers to a particular example of it, Crime és a problem in many cites, (uncountable: crime in general) Sherlock Holmes solved hundreds of erimes. (countable: particular crimes) Determiners Some & any ‘We use some and any to describe an indefinite quantiy of something. We can use some and any with both countable and uncounjable nouns. ‘We usually use some in postive sentences. 1 go some biseits, (countable) He's going to buy some milk. (uncountable) ‘ie usually use any in negative sentences and questions Mark doesn’ ike any vegetables. (countable) ‘haven’ got any money. (uncountable) Hlave you got any apples? (countable) | Bo you have any advice for me? (uncountable) No \We use no with both countable and uncountable nouns A positive verb +o has the same meaning asa negative verb + ary. There are no bisais, ~ There aren't any biscuit, (countable) {have no time. Cdon't have any time. (uncountable) | Quantiiers ‘We ean use quantifiers before @ noun to show how much of something there is, There are too many tourists in this town. know @ few good restaurants near here We do not iiave mue tie. ‘We do not usually use much in affirmative sentences. ‘We use a lo of instead. There's @ lot of work to do. Not #heresnmuel- work, Some, many & most We can use some, many and most with or without of ‘Some of my friends are working, ‘Most of te people I know are very interesting. ‘Many people spend their holidays abroad, ‘Most days, {do some homework,CTIONAL LANGUAGE ctions: where's the ‘me, cany/eoutd you tel | please? me the way to how do F get to the end of the road/street. the first/secona street on the let Worp List House & home (be) away from home pir get home phir home town nC homework 1 * ousewife nC housework n leave home phr Towns accommodation n U** ant gallery nC barat bridge n C** bus station nC castien C** cathedral n church nC" nema n.C** crime n C/U *** culture n U*** fane** industrial adj "** library n *** Metron C ‘museum no*** nightclub re ¢ nightlife 2 U ‘pera house nC park n.c** pollution n u** Public transport n restaurant n C*** roundabout nC shopping centre nC stadium nC studio n** theatre mC" traffic n 09 tamnC train station n ‘okomsden(on! ott gelor ‘hai? oats ‘as steal east ‘ade! Asin sma ‘aim eo! ‘Me ‘east Harb otro! Jeuiaion foams) ‘nana? Fopioy haus! oath ‘paingian! “pbc ranspoii ‘resiayont! raondo but! ‘op sense ‘selon! ‘ojo! fee eke rem ‘ne ‘eto Other words & phrases abroad atv *** adopt v* area nC cash n cemury 2c 8" cheap adj *** ‘sora! coal nUt colony nC community 2 G*** countryside n.U** custom n diny aqj*** discourage v drive (sb) mad v emigrant n C encourage 9° flatate nC flag nC found »* guest 27 hang on v immigrant € immigration x U independence n U** invade v invasion nC migrant nC rulticaltoral ad normal ad ** coccuny v*** ordinary adj *** originn C** outdoor aa owner nc *** passenger n C** peace nU"** pienic mC population m C*** ‘put (sb) off » roller settle v skating 0 U sola nc space n U7 ‘ough adj ** sourist n C** ‘ibe nC ‘win n C* ‘aul! Aclaai Amu ate sand! ‘ston Asti ‘aiskandy) ‘rar (3) med! erigrant! daikon Mist rei! ‘Aiea! ‘tuna! ‘gest ee great gre) gnc pendans! esaugront” lta? nod) okjupa put (3b) of ‘reola(ty blenny Psa Pskestay “sout! ‘speis! Ast Poors ‘Arab sea 35SPEAKING & READING 1. Work in pairs. Answer the questions. = Do you agree or disagree with the quotations below? Explain your reasons. * What Is your definition of love? 2 Do the quiz opposite. Then read the analysis of your relationship style, 3. Doyou agree with the results of the quiz? Why or why not? GRAMMAR: present simple Rearrange the words to make questions. 1 do do frlends with what you your? 2 being like do other people with you? 3 cities do friends have in other you? 4 away do from how much home spend time you? 5 daytime do in the do what you? 6 day do every how many send texts you? 7 do doing like on own what you your? 8 do have kind of parents relationship what with you your? 2 Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 1. 3 Make the sentences true for you using words and phrases from the boxes. ar | ae gy | fem [a [ae coer” | (ive nae |, nels meee | Teta a [Te from time to time 1 get up late in the morning, 1 go for 2 walk in the afternoon. | am tired in the evenings, {have dinner in a restaurant. 1 read before I go to bed. 1 visit friends at the weokend, . ‘Make questions from the sentences in exercise 3. Begin: How often do you .. ? Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions. PRONUNCIATION: final -s 1 1.32 Listen to the pronunciation of the final -s in these words. There are two ways of pronouncing the letter-s at the end of singular verbs and plural nouns. friends streets il goes lives days isi likes wants books 2 @ 1.32 Listen and repeat, 3 How do you pronounce the final -s in these words? knows Teams maps spends talks writes facts parties problems questions states. things 4 @ 1.33 Listen to the recording to check.‘True False Fe i x or eto show my fg oer aol eee ory thet eo cr a every ip work or my studies are more important than my social life cts ret sper yt te ony om, rs cnase rena ar ta nt be wh Ite roie.|ventcxcases whan dr ee ing Bike 8 ocd relationship with my parents. Fron ok toy pares ety Hc, hk ry esr erate ore than bie «dy Ice hayes Sar Ss ies ea gi ite Fede ey rcs uly urea, sce ivevery cy, Bat vry ven | ou nde or rg BSc it en pri cand too cote Saree “nie wth ny an yt, Tne or Fnebonk™ Behn ore ras 2 ise bs pet bere acm Herd nol i aes wt my en, Se By rind vy chr pean eve Pace too mich fer el cae me es vr ier wee calculate your score, Look ONLY at your ‘true’ es. Are they mostly green, blue or red? Mos! ~ a secure relationship style Ide witha cocuse relationship style usually fel confident and safe in Fe eltionshipe. They thnk positively about thei frends, thet Peeters ana themseves They often ind it ecyto make frends, but act worry about being alone from ie to ie. TMlostly blue — an envious relationship stvie sects elasonatp tye ancien worn hat exonhin, BS happen in their relationships, They want to be close to other people Beso lent thy nd i ciel tram other, Thy do hot Ie pote opinina out herasnre. Ti rearonaipa with Be rcopie canbe very up and down ‘Mstly red — en avoidant relationship style Heats with an avoidant relationship syle like tobe independent. They “sont lays want oF need to he close to other people. They have fiends Te Seep know that relationship donot aay ast forever Mae often ‘Sst hide their tre fecingsVOCABULARY & SPEAKING: weddings 1. Find these things in the photos. READING 1. Marriage isa thing of the past. Do you agree? Work in pairs. Explain why or why not. 2. Read the magazine article and find out ifthe writer agrees that marriage Is a thing of the past. 2 Complete the description of English weddings with words from the box, The (1) — usually takes place in a church or (2) —.. ater the ceremony, the couple and their (3) go to the (4) __, where they drink champagne and eat the wedding cake. Later en, at the wedding meal, the best friend of the groom makes a (5) ‘The matried couple often leave the party early to go on their (6) w @ 1.34 Listen to the recording to check your answers. = Describe a wedding that you have been to. Use these questions to prepare what you are going to say. ‘Who got married? ‘Where and when were the ceremony and the reception? What did the bride and graom wear? Who did you go with? How many guests were there! Who were they? Was there any music at the wedding? What did you eat and drink? Did anyone make a speech? What did they say? Did anything interesting or unusual happen? 38 | IF YOU ASK ME... Sue Carey disagrees with her university professor (1) __ More and more people are livin together and having children without getting married, she told tus. The number of divorces is increasing al the time. Ti doesn't matter if you ate single or married, she said ‘with a smile of victory. ‘The prison of mariage belongs ‘a an older generation!’ (2) But now, twenty years later ~ is mariage dead? You do not need to think about it for long: go to any newsagent and look at the magazines on sale On the eover of every popular magazine like Hello! someone is geting marred. Or maybe someone is {getting diyoreed. The stories sell the magazines and, in thousands of offices around the world, people are sitting around and Tooking 2t the wedding photos of therrich and famous. @) Inthe UK, people are waiting until they are ‘older to get married, but the number of weddings Is actually increasing, True, divorces are also going up, but people are geting married again, for a second, third ot fourth time, 4) In the year after university, went 19 the Weddings of four of my friends. My own (Kirst) ‘arsiage was two yeats later. We want to read about ‘marriage, look at films and photas, and do it eurselves, T-appears that we can’t get enough of It. Somry professor, but the conclusion seems clear: marviage Is very much alive and wellWedding bells | 42 3 Read the article again and put the sentences a~d inthe 5 More and more women in England keep / are keeping gaps 1-4 their own name when they get married 6 Do you ever tatk / Are you ever talking to your Marriage is certainly changing, oe ee Matriage, said one of my professars at university, My einen dosin't ny WATT er Be nsed treo It doesn’t mater / is not mastering if you're martied She sounded sure of herself and we all agreed - of, at wind SS paratienasitar et least, nobody disagreed. The simple fact is that most of us believe that marriage 3._Look at the picture of a wedding reception on Js good for us. page 130. Prepare five questions with the present continuous about the picture. ‘Work in pairs. Discuss these questions, How many people are dancing? 4s marriage changing in your country? How? PLT oil 3 At what age do people usually get married? pel, pee ene What are the advantages and disadvantages of getting married? 4 Workin pairs. Close your books and ask your partner the questions you have prepared. RAMMAR: present continuous Dip v ? ‘use the present continuous to talk about things _ a i. 1. Workin groups. Read the information about wedding traditions in Britain and America and discuss the questions, + Are they the same in your country? + What wedding traditions do you have in your country? Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in brackets into the present continuous. +i, Yes. I'm on the train. We —__ (come) into Central Station. Excuse me! I (try) to work! (elf) you the trath.{ promise, Lets stay here (rin) outside And three players ___ {spea) to the referee, who (hold) up a red card, The groom arrives at the wedding before his bride. The bride wears a long white dress and a group of young girls (bridesmaids) follow her into the church. Imagine a situation for each sentence, Who Is speaking? Where are they? ‘Choose the correct verb form to complete the e sentences, The bride throws a bouquet of flowers in the air and other single women try to catch it. The woman who catches it will be the next to get married. ‘The bride and groom cu the weding cake together After a wedding, the groom carries the bride into their ‘The average UK wedding usually costs / 18 costing about £13,000, “We can see the Princess now ~ she wears /’s wearing a Deautiful white dress Every time | get / am getting divorced, | keep the house. new home, t ‘Look! She doesn’t wear / isn’t wearing her wedding i toe Wes: ba weddiog sag iarlg Gn Tae e ame. ‘the Left hand, [39SPEAKING 1. Look at the photos from three films. What do you think is happening in each photo? 2 Workin pairs. Choose tone of the photos and prepare a short dislogue (three or four {ines long) to go with it. 3 Perform your dialogue in front ofthe class. The other students, must decide which photo you have chosen, LISTENING 1 @ 1.35 Listen to a woman talking about the film in the poster. What kind of film is it? 2 @ 1.35 Listen to the recording again. Answer the questions. Write A (Amanda), | (\ris), G (Graham) or M (Mites). ‘Who lives in England? ___ Who lives in America? Who has split up with her boyfriend? —__ Who decides to swap homes? Who doesn’t know that his partner is cheating ‘on him? — 6 Who does Jasper visit? Who does Iris go to England with? Look at audioscript 1.35 on page 136 to check your answers. 3 Ifyou have seen this film, did you lke it? IFyou have not seen this film, would you like to see it? Why or why not? 40tthe movies | 4¢ VOCABULARY: relationship verbs 4. Complete the phrases in columns A and B with a word from the box. A B 1) He asked er and she didn’t want to get martied him. 2 He was crazy her and b_ she was love with him, too. 3 They had a big argument —_ something and then they split They had a lot common and they went a date to the cinema. They went — together for a long time but e they fell love very quickly, 2 Now complete the sentences in column A with a phrase from column B. Sometimes there is more than one possible answer. 3 Work in pairs. Use the expressions in exercise 1 to talk about people you know. ‘My brother, Lewis, asked my best friend, Stephanie, owt FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: telling stories =n we tell a story informally (for example, personal stories, or the cof a film), we often use the present simple, ‘meets Miles and they get on very well, but Mes is also crazy about ne else. ] Work in groups of four: pair A and pair . Pair A: Turn to page 126, Pair 8: Turn to page 131 Read the story of the film twice and then clase your books. Now practise telling your story together. Swap partners and work with a student who read about a different film. Tell each other your stories. RONUNCIATION: (1/ & /ix/ 1.36 Listen tothe recording and repeat the words inthe table. live leave think teeth sill street rich feel it meet Underline the sounds // and (‘In the film titles below. 1.37 Listen tothe recording to check your answers. a4D | Going out SPEAKING 1. Work in pairs. Discuss these questions, © Which famous person would you like to spend an evening with? Why? © Where would you like to got * What would you like to do during the evening? LISTENING 1 @ 1.38-1.39 Listen to two dialogues. How well do the people know each other? Why are they telephoning? 2 @ 1.38-1.39 Listen to the dialogues again and complete the information 1 Nancy and Sebastian met at a friend’s house on of last week, 2 Sebastian is going to his parents’ ‘Saturday. 3. They agree to meet at a café on Sunday at halt past anniversary on 4 Jason usually goes __ on Sundays. 5. He agrees to join his friends for 6 Sebastian thinks itis going to after their meal on Sunday. 42 FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: invitations & suggestions 1. Choose the correct verb form to complete the invitations and suggestions. Invitations and suggestions 1 Would you like go / to go / going 2. Shall we ao / 10 g0 / gotig 8 Why don’t we go /10 go / going 10 the cinemas 4. How about go / 0 go / gong “ester 5 What about go / to.g0// going 6 Do you fancy go / t go / going 7 Lot's go / to go/ going Responses OK that's «.good idea. Yes, why not? Ta rather. (+infinitive) Yd rather not. Td love to, but I'm afratd Fre basy, That's very Kind of you, but to the cinema, Look at audioscripts 1.38-1.39 on page 136 to check. your answers 2. Complete the sentences. Put the verbs in brackets Into the correct form.Complete the dialogue in exercise 2 with the ‘sentences ac. Pd rather not, 'm not too keen on clubbing, Pa rather go for a pizza, If that's OK with you. That's very kind of you, Lucy. I'd love to, but I'm afraid Pix busy on Monday: ‘Work in pairs. Practise the dialogue. Imagine you are a famous person (alive or dead). Decide what you like doing when you go out forthe fevening. ‘Work in palrs. Try to make arrangements to go out fogether. MMAR: prepositions of time month (én faruary) yest (in 20s) season (in the summer) the momang, the afernoon, the evening day(s) (on Monday, on Mondays) dates {on ?* June) ‘Monday morning, Tuesday evening time (ae 3 o'clock, at dinner time) night the weekend WD Sez Lancunce REFERENCE PAGE 45 Going out | 40 1 Complete the sentences with in, on or at. ‘We met —_ Friday Febmuary 14", He called me ___ Saturday morning, ‘We had our first date ___ the evening, [saw him again Monday and Wednesday. I met his parents the weekend. [asked him to marry me Sunday evening. ‘Our wedding is March - on the 14"! Complete the sentences with in, on or af and a time expression, In my country/town the most popular time to get martied is people usually have dinner most people go on holiday the best time to go shopping Is the best programmes on TY are the roads are really busy i, ei saohaanions ‘Work in pairs. Compare your sentences, SPEAKING 4. Work in groups. Describe the social life ofthe following groups of people In your town 14-15 year-olds 18-21 year-olds 28-35 year-olds 65-75 year-olds Now compare your ideas with the ideas of students from other groups. Which age group has the most fun? Useful language varies (= its not always the same) 1 depends (on...) On the whole. (~ usually/generaly) 2 What about you? Are you the same as most people inyour country? Self-assessment (tick 7) 1 Tecan invite someone to go out and respond to invitations, ae © Lean make and respond to suggestions. © J eam discuss social activities, 3