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Isthat new car their / theirs? 4. That mobile phone isn’t your / yours. 5. This book ss my / mine. 6 Thus 1s their theirs football Much,and/many, ‘Complete the sentences with much or many. How. ‘There aren't, Are there There are How. How mk fin the glass? dldren in the dasssoom. books in your bag? flowers in the garden. ‘money have you got? is this new bicycle? Toojand|enough) Complete the sentences with too or enough, 1 We haven't got space in our room! 2 Isthis car big for all of us? 3 Ican't wear these shoes ~ theyre dity! 4 Me you old togoonthis rollercoaster ride? 5. She's tired to go to the cinema. 6 My homework is difficult = | can't do it. Both, either, neither) Circle the correct words, Neither / Either John nor Fred wanted to go shopping. ‘You should buy either / both the jeans or the dress. I didn’t like either / neithet of the films we watched. ‘We have been both / either on a plane and on a train. ‘She enjoys neither / both English nor maths. We spoke to neither / both footballers after the match. ausuns Some, any, every;,noy A Match. ‘Are there any books in this bookcase! There are no tomatoes so let's make a salad. milk in the fridge? water, please? ‘cinemas in this area? museum in this city. 1 2 3 Cant have some 4 We visited every 5 We've got some 6 Isthere any seance B Complete the sentences with these words. anything anywhere everybody everything nobody somewhere 1. Did you go special for the summer? 2 agrees that she's the best teacher in the school 3 mally sad because. ‘can come to my patty 4 mot sure where this shop is, but i's definitely near here! 5 ____ he writes is good ~ he's really clever, 6 didn't buy because all the ‘clothes were too expensive. ’ A\lotiof}, a\few,ail ttl Look at the pictures and complete thi a lot of, a few or alittle. 7 .e sentences with Adverbsjof/mannen A careful aos a | |= 4 good L ce high 5 quick = os —! 1 Jane ate strawberries. 2 Peter bought vegetables. 3. There's just __ bread left for breakfast. 4 There are just tickets left for the cinema. 5 I've got friends at college. 6 Ive just got money and it isn’t enough to buy that CD. Question \tags) Circle the correct answers. 1 Heis avery tall boy, __ he? ais : b isn't ¢ doesn't 2. They didn’t go to school today, a didn't b do c did 3. You haven't been to the doctor yet, ___ you? a didn’t b have c did 4 We want to go shopping tomorrow, _ we? a don’t b won't ¢ didn't 5. They bought a new car last week, they? a did b -don't ¢ didn't 6 She doesn’t live in that awful house, she? a does b has : cis they? B Complete the sentences with these adverbs, carefully high late quickly well 1. He's a new driver, but he already drives really The shops are closing 2 Let’sgo in half an hour. 3 Walk | There’s ice on the pavement. 4 We had to run because we were for our class. 5. They climbed really . tight up to the top of the mountain. Th Hello! 'm Mandy and I'm : 10. Km Jake's sister. We {ve hod two fantastic holidays on Cortuga live in London and we go | Island with Mandy, Kate and Robbie, but now we're back home in London, (ml. ve just changed schools and Robbie. I'm Kate's cousin now | go to the same school as Kate. Hi, 'm Kare, I met Jake and Mandy on Cortuga two years ago. Then we found out that we all live really close to each other in London! visited the island. | do lots of travelling around the world because I'm a scientist, Reading jake and Mandy are on a trip with Uncle of fase ‘some of Britain's famous landmarks, Re, Mandy's travel diary and follow their journey Which place does Uncle Oliver really like? h daly oa ston Court Palace in | Gur esc otop gt Hane so ats fe of 1000 ade of Joxlont it loses ot fh July Monday 13+ ae I Wednesday 15th July Now we're driving UP, 3 ‘to see were pte see Same peor So Sto wngs are oo we iee20 meee Ne) and tro oe asa now. It’s very impressh ‘Thursday 16th July werejst south of Vocabulary, > Comprehension Find words in the travel diary that have these meanings. Pe NOLS TS The words are in the same order as they appear in the text (Stonehenge) or A (Angel of the North), 1 something built that is famous ae 1 This place is very old D2 older than ancient a 2 You can easily lose your way here. CJ 3 very large in size > 3. This landmark isin a high place D4 atypeof work of art _ eae 4. Some people don't lke this landmark. (J 5 the point where two countries meet. = 5. This landmark is quite new. oO 6 the place you are travelling to is 10 Grammar} Seen ‘We use the Present Simple to talk about: ‘a general truths. In Scotland, people speak English. things we do regulary. Do you write in your diary every day? ‘¢permanent states. England isn't a big country. 46 timetabled and programmed events in the future, The train to Glasgow leaves at 9.00 tomorrow morning. ‘We use the Present Continuous to talk about: a things that are temporary or are happening now or around now, Jim not looking at the map. I'm reading @ book. b hat is happening in a picture or photograph, Inthis photograph, Joke is stancing outside Buckingham Polace. fixed future plans. ‘Are you leaving tomorrow? “Present Simple: every day, on Mendays, at the weekend Present Continuous: now, at the moment, this year, today A Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous of these verbs. Carve drink ‘go laugh" not send not use 1 We fora walk in Hyde Pak tomorrow. 2 Mytain— at Cardi Station at 7 o'clock 3 Why, you in this “Photo? What's so funny? 4l ‘any postcards to my friends this year. 5 ___ people in Britain alot of tea? 6 Mydad his mobile phone in the car because it’s dangerous. B Complete the dialogue with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous of the verbs in brackets, Tim: What (1) (you doy? Lucy: 1 2) (look) at a website. It 8) ‘have got) lots of interesting ~— information about Britain, For example, 30,000 people have the name John Smith! __Tim: Realy? I don’t know anyone with that name. So, what ese (4) (it say? Lucy: Wel, 80,000 people (5) (eave) their umbrellas on the London Underground trains every year! Tim: Mmm. Very interesting but Lucy: Tim! Why (6) computer off? (you switch) my Tim: Have you forgotten? We (7) (meet) zat 1 o'clock and we're late. The bus ® (leave) at 12.30, Come on! Vocabulary, Match, bridge O fountain) market Q palace C) temple C) tunnel C) Listen to the information about the London Eye and complete the notes, The London Eve Place: ), 10am - (2) Cost oF tickets: adults (3) £ i children £7.75 Tickets: book on the (4) ‘or buy from the ticket office ©). minutes: ‘Ask and answer these questions about a famous landmark in your country with a partner. Use ‘these words and other vocabulary from this lesson to help you. What's its name? Where is it? Ist ancient or modern? ‘Why dojpeople visit it? Why dé you likenot like it? ‘Write five sentences about the landmark yout talked about in the Speaking task. ‘The Grand Canyon is one of the world's, seven natural wonders, These include Mount Everest in Asia, the Great Barrier Reet in Australia and Victoria Fal in Arica, The Grand Canyon is a massive ‘gorge. Its situated in the US state of ‘Arizona and the Colorado River runs through it. The river has created the gorge slowly over the past six milion years. The canyon is 446 kilometres long and nearly 2 kilometres deep at some points, The view from the top ofthe canyon is, ‘amazing! From a glass pathway you can ook down and see the bottom of the canyon about 1.200 metres below! Some visitors love to hike through the canyon, hile others prefer to go rafting on the Colorado River. Anyone who thinks it's ‘an easy ride, though, is wrong. The river is fast and powerfull ‘About five milion people visit the Grand Canyon safely every year. However, i's ‘a dangerous place and accidents often happen. The canyon is bare and rocky so there's tie shade from the hot sun. There ‘are also many diflerent paths and some of them are very steep and narrow. Are you thinking about a trip to the Grand Canyon? Wel. you wil definitely need a strong pair cof walking boots, lots of water and a good ere Room ara ee uaa Read the article. What does the article say should wear when you visit the Grand Canyon, SE A Complete the sentences with these words. sion gorge past point powerful rafting rocky ite igh, Wrong) 05 Gonsvtsay, 1 Mpa ve ee 1 The Colorado River is very deep. Oa thavertt been hiking for the few years 2 The glass pathway is high above the bottom of (ae ‘on that river in winter is dangerous! the canyon 4 atone ti Ga 3 Rafting on the Colorado Rive is easy (je) \we stopped for a picnic eae 4 Over si iion people goto the canyon every year. (J 5 The view fom the top ofthe is fantastic 5. Some people die in accidents in the Grand Canyon. LJ § Youneed a pee 6 Many visitors don't wear the right clothes. fos) ‘mountains at night 12 B Circle the correct words. . 1 The path is very deep /steep so it isn’t safe for children. 2. The field is muddy / sandy because it rained lat night. 3 Holland is a ShallowW//flat country so it's good for cycing. 4. The mountain looks very tinspoilt/ bare after the forest fires, 5 Is this country road Wide / narrow enough for a car? Grammar} : There are some verbs that we dont usually use in ‘continuous tenses. These include verbs of: feelings: lke, hate, love, prefer, want possession: belong fo, own Understanding and opinion: believe, remember, understand, know senses: feel, hear, see, smell Complete the postcard with the Present Simple or the Present Continuous of the verbs in brackets. ‘hate we (have) great time in Teehand 1() (think ats en place! (youlremenber) cacti Cartage? Wall hore there ae ice caves! 1a) (Geant) to vit them but Kate (5)_____ rot ite) caves. 16) (rot know) why She ()______ (prefer) waterfalls so we (go) to see a famous ‘one tomorrow. ‘See you soon! ‘We can use some stative verbs in the Present Simple and the Present Continuous, but the meaning changes. The doctor is seeing someone at the moment. (see = ‘have an appointment with) ‘The path to the river goes down there.’ 'I see.’ (see = Understand) What do you think of the view? (think = have an opinion) ‘We're thinking about going to the USA this year. (think = consider) Complete the sentences with the Present Simple or ‘the Present Continuous of the verbs in brackets. 1. Tom and Dan (think) about climbing Mount Everest! 2. This is how the camera works. (see)? 31 (not think) hiking is fun. 4 Helen can’t come out with us because she see) Nick tonight. 5 anybody (think) ‘about going to the beach? 6 Oh, yes. Now! (see)! This is where we are on the map of the canyon! Listening; Q Listen to the conversation and number the pictures in the correct order. Phrasal) Verbs) Circle the correct words. 1. My dad’ car often breaks into / down because it's 18 years old! 2. Julia isn’t here at the moment. She's coming back /across later. 3. Let's set about / off early tomorrow so we get there by lunchtime. 4. Get on /over the train! It leaves in one minute! 5 We hada great view when the plane took after / of. 6 Kate and her family are going away / about for the weekend. 7 Where do we have to check in / up for our flight? 8 Can well get on /in a taxi and go to the museum? "J lesson) Reading: Three teenagers talk about amazing pa in their countries that most people fro other countries have never heard of Rey (the descriptions ofthese unusual places a » i Rye Secret) axe 4 ya ( iy 5 Which country is well known for its fonigy *s Ahmad, 17, India Not many people whe Visit india Enel about the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. There's a serial tain which uses the vailtsay called the 'toy train’ because it's so svall : The joumey to the foun Tina, 16, New Zealand of Darjeeling is very slow Revenue because the voute through el foeds, bab elk ae cuceanri cee the wountains is steep and ME in New Zealand! Some of the fer ntan suru, The Bo-blomete are deep lakes between high wena t Journey sometimes takes over 200 metves deep! Actually, sone tacne 10 hours, but the views ave alveady know about Fiordland Geese We veally impressive! wiade the Filta "The Lord of theese ey The people who know abut tamed eee 4 secret, though! sant to keep it Petros, 13, Greece ‘erecce is Famous for its ancient monuments and Condy weackes, but Aid you Enow that it also hes 618 Sane) nel gorges and vivess? Zagorts in Epivus, where Trav guing this cpring, is a Tantastic mountain ove Teo Beate of Greece. There ave veany paths, Some ove ug the vivers and the gorges, There ate alse others Mom con take to hike fo the tops of the mountains Using time expressions Present Simple always often never once a week Usually sometimes frequently every day/week We frequently go hiking in summer. “They meet their friends once a week. Present Continuous ‘Answer the questions. ‘ Wight)now atthe moment __for the time being 4. What's another name for the Darjeeling Were staying ata cheop hotel at the moment. Himalayan Railway train? evinces (one Why isn't the train fast? ‘on Saturdays in duly fon August 15th at twelve o'clock in summer in 2011 always do something special on Sundays. Talk to your partner about holidays. Practise the time, expressions above. ‘Why do some people know about Fiordland? What do people expect to find in Greece? ‘Where in Greece is Zagori? 14 Grammar B Complete the description with there, it or they. ‘We use relative clauses to give more mformation about : ple, animals and things. A relgtwe clause begins il Wild Drelatve pronoun (ivho, whose and which) or a relative afer (utere and wher). 1 is thatthe BOP LOS nome ts Ahmad? ales Irelond 80 place We"e it often rains, There are two types of reative clauses: defining and esbrokeshire, which ‘non-defining. : fs in Wales, is a great Defining relative clauses give essential information about place fora holiday. something or someone. They can't be separated from Simmer is the 2S the rest of the sentence hy commas. In defining relative to go there because it clauses we can use thst instead of who and which, fo ere ae Sjapanis a country which/ thot seems very interesting. are lots of nice beaches: [Non-defining relative clauses give extra information er ‘bout something or someone. We separate them front and old castles in Pembrokeshire, ‘the main part of the sentence with commas, We cant @ is alo an island which you use thet instead of who and which, / | par asisby Won) is great Grete. whic? ison island, is in Greeos Tina, who comes fr for a day trip. ‘Syhey, where my grand; ve, is a big city ® are also great hotels and restaurants, (5), __are cheap A Tick (V) the sentenc ‘ones that are wror iat are correct and cross (x) the y Add commas to correct them. and they have special prices for children. } Trecommend a holiday in Pembrokeshire / ‘because it’s beautiful and interesting. a wri 3.’ mum who loves ancient monuments AA PAE 7 ssants to go to Rome. 4, The day when Dan reached the top of the mountain was hs birthday 00 a0 5. My friend Jane whose dad is a pilot gets free plane tickets. C Write a description of a famous place or landmark in your country. Include defining and non-defining relative clauses in your description and vocabulary from this unit. ‘Answer the questions. What's its name? Whereis it? e ‘What is there to see and do there? ‘Why do you think it’s interesting? Why do you recommend it? a) B Combine the sentences using non-defining relative dauses. Use the words in bold. 11 The Taj Mahal is in India. It's @ famous building. which 2. We met our new friends. t was Friday. when 3 Sabina is my penftiend, She lives in Spain. who 4 Amsterdam is very flat. Most people use bicycles there. where 5. Pauls travelling around the world, my dass, whose is sister is in D Read your description and make sure you have used There is, There are, It fs and They are correctly. Writing, 5 — to make your description There is / There are vs It is / They are Use eet. A Read about the difference in use. ‘There is and There are are used to say what exists in a place we are describing. We then use It is and They are to efer back or to continue talking about what exists Ther isan ancient monument on that hil tis vey famous. There are many paths inthe forest. They are very narrow. 15 peal means they can do things better, just like a swarm of ants. Scientists hope. . that they will be used in space’ ee pepe narseree rcs os a NUS (GEOGRAPHIC Ww Kate is interviewing Sally Jarvis about a > n which she wants tow, about in her school magazine. Read the "** interview. What costs Sally less money noy, Sally, what exactly isa solar oven? It's an oven that uses heat from the sun instead of electricity ‘Amazing! When did you become interested in solar ovens? A couple of years ago. | was making an effort to save energy at home ‘when a friend told me about solar ovens. | thought it sounded lke a great method of cooking, so I tried it. ‘And did you buy one? No, I did some research and | made my own! | found some basic instructions Con the Internet and just followed them! ‘And how does it work? Its simple. The oven, which must be outside, is a black box with a glass lid, Around it there are reflectors made of aluminium foil. These reflect the sun’s rays onto the box and create heat, which cooks the food inside. How hot ist inside the oven? ‘The temperature is between 150 and 250 degrees Celsius on a sunny day ‘Wow! And does it do the job of cooking well? ‘Yes, When | first used the oven, I didnt think the food would be so delicious. | was expecting it to be tasteless and watery, but fortunately it was fantastic. It saves money, too. Exactly. lused to spend a lot of money on electricity, but solar power is free! Can you only use solar ovens when its sunny? 'No, that’s what | used to think, but they work on cloudy days too. It just takes longer to cook the food. Well, they sound like a brillant ideal Thanks for talking to me, Sally No problem! Comprehension Vocabulary Write R (Right), W (Wrong) or DS (Doesn't say). ~ A Circle the correct words. 1. Sally’ friend used a solar oven before Sally did, _) 1. Do many people use solar electricity / power at home? 2. Sally bought a solar aven on the internet. CJ, 2 Expect / Follow the instructions on the phone card to 3. The oven works outdoors and indoors. O igehe acai. 7 4 A.meal takes two hous to cook at 250 degrees. C) 3. Look at how the water saves /Feflects the light. 5 Sally Thought the food she frst Cooked nthe 4. The fays/lids ofthe sun make the different colours in| 18 oven wouldn't be tasty. You can't use the oven when there isn’t. much sun, a rainbow. 5 Jim wants to Greate spend his own website. Fridges keep food at a low degree / temperature. B Complete the table with these words. a decision a differénce a favour a job” amistéke a sound an effort research ‘an experiment homework Grammar} (eee eo We use the Past Simple for actions that started and finiched in the past, for actions that happened one after another in the past and for habits in the past. |, Dela woman invent the washing machine? ‘She thought of on idea, found a pen and wrote it down, ‘dn't watch cartoons when I was a child, ‘We use the Past Continuous to talk about actions that ~ were happening at a particular time in the past, about two ‘or more actions that were happening at the same time in the past and to set the scene of a story. fe you doing your science project at 8 o'clock last night? ‘My dad was fixing my bike and I was helping him. wasnt raining, but the wind was blowing. ~We can use the Past Simple and Past Continuous in the same sentence to: ‘a__show that one past action interrupted another one, 1 wes playing a computer game when my phone rang. ‘b_tella story in the past. While we were reading in the library, we heard a «Strange noise. “Time expressions Past Simple: last night/week, two months ago, in 2005 Past Continuous: all day yesterday, all moming, at 3 o'lock Complete the paragraph with the Past Simple or the Past Continuous of the verbs in brackets. tte Nesmith Graham was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1924. | She a) (not want) to be an inventor. In fect, she (2) (hope) to become an artist ‘hen she (3) == (get) a job as a secretary «after World War Il. While she (4) — (work) asa secretary, she (5) _————— == think) of good way to cover and correct the mistakes which she ‘made on her electric typewtiter. One day, she (Oe (put) some white paint in a bottle and took it to work with her. While she , AX (wife) a letter, she put thapaint on the mistakes and they (8) idisappean)! ‘he called her invention Mistake Out. Later it became famous and we still use it today. We call it Liquid Paper. CD We use used to to talk about actions that happened often in the past but don't happen now. We can also use it for states that existed in the past but don't exist now. We use a bare infinitive after used to. 1 dich use to send many messages from my mobile phone. Televisions used to be only black and white. Note: We can also use there used to be to talk about past states. There used to be two TV channels when I was ‘young, but there are lots now! Write sentences with used to. the Internet / be / very slow ‘mobile phones / not have / cameras, 2 Foylists / wear / helmets people / not send / emails facebook / not exist / 20 years ago 2 she / listen / to the radio / every day ausuna istening; @ Listen and number the inventions 1-5. Speaking; Talk about one of these inventions. Ask and answer the questions with your partner. oe ‘What do we use it for? ‘What did people use before they had this? How did it change people's lives? Wiitingy Write a paragraph about one of the inventions above. ‘Answer the questions in the Speaking task. 19 ticle, Why have belngs from other be stb Mot visited Earth before? Is there inteligent life on other planets? Years ago most scientists said'no'or‘we don't know: (1) _ Two astronomers, Seth Shostak and Alexandra Barnett, believe intelligent life ‘exists somewhere in the universe. (2) ‘There are two reasons why there might be intelligent life on other planets Firstly, scientists believe that the universe is about 12 billion years old! It’ difficult to imagine that in all that time intelligent life has only developed on Earth, (3) __ Tools, ike the Hubble Space Telescope, have shown that the universe is huge. There are so many planets that we haven't discovered yet. Until recently it was difficult to search for signs of life in the universe. n the last few years, however, powerful telescopes hhave made it easier. Many planets have already been discovered ‘outside our solar system, In 2009, scientists from a Swiss ‘observatory discovered a planet that is actually very similar to Earth forthe first time. (4) —_— Is it possible that beings from space have already been to Earth? Probably not, says Shostak, because the distance between planetsis too great. (5) ___ Maybe they‘e trying to get in touch J swith us now butwe can’t understand thelrmessages| PRET srr sux ues iter c hee Vocabulary, Comprehension = ‘= pre J Find the words in the text and in the missing sentences af! | Complete the article with these sentences. Circle the correct meaning , a or b. a Itis called Gliese 581¢ and it is about 20 light Neceg 4 discovered years away from Earth abe alive Salisee invented |b Today scentiicides are changing é Dea b found © They also think we will soon pate 5 distance | life formst Somes these, 2 communicate with a number of kilomet'® 4. But maybe other beings have tried Yo contact prio B-amount of time Us using radio signals, for example. jp 6 being obj 20 wnat Vocabulary, 6 {iE Clicle the odd ane out, 1 ve rosette t aie 0 kat ath thay Hebe oenvatony folowep Aha el a 5 tin : FH OE ah 1 quoss inwasute weigh Deen a really Rood website about astronomy, 4 tool “yn Gariget Te Ms past We Hn ay oa ty wn 4 masiv " enonnno 12am amos astronaut, Nei Armstrong ny ie Eee tps Mt Nv eT haat 6 dishwasher ion Calculator ¢ metyesent he DORE oa her air and it's stil wer Ih rs wos hr Br nd i wet Listening, I yup ave beet WH ONIOONO WE SOHKOWIAND eye uneven en a wt oe Listen to someone talking about the moon and oe nt has ries: W st : rd the correct viords, avd hays not rotumed yor won 0 the moon, ‘es one fO-meet @ youny inventor.” nowhere wont 0m Buse Aldnn he Where’ Kate so tn expressions with the Present Pertoct er never, already, st fr, shee, yet wea ten Meee rattan td ve ected tii i aS the Present Perfect Simple to talk about actions in ve outing when hey Happened 1 the Pe istronauts walked on the moon? 2 Hove many 0 ; * gok back at the text, Underline the verbs inthe 4 Lose simple and circle the verbs in the Present asfect simple. How many are there of each? 5 Jete the sentences with the Past Simple or B Comer Perfect Simple of these verbs, be contact eat go not exist visit want watch a togo ona trip to space for yeas 2 do you think beings from other planets Earth? 3 We ___ the TV programme ‘about UFOs last night. 4 _____ human beings | to Mars yet? 5, The astronauts food during their trip last week. special 6 Jack to interview the scientists and he'll be back later. 7 you them yet? 8 Powerful telescopes forlong. A rocket tip to the moon takes 13/130 hours The moon reflects / makes light The The sunlight /air on the moon is dangerous for hurnan arth is four times smaller / bigger than the moon beings It will won't be easy for people to live on the moon. jons that go with these verbs. Use for, in, on or with. 1 concentrate _ 4. depend 2. congratulate 3 deal 6 succeed B Complete the sentences with the verbs and prepositions from A. 1. How do astronauts _ = health problems when they're in space? 2. 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The tracheris hime Dini Une De pots, Wh Oe ‘e08 I16 tie Tee NOMA RE LLIN OAS ALE TIE LO Ditoe tena yay hares wre he we Now do the quiz to ee how much you know dash vient #0 ehetyf 1 The Wight brothers butt the fin succeshh are 5 Wout te "b0 iat WON tT | When was ns fs fgg? 4 WHO WE I | a 1850 2 WORE WSE | Ea 6 0 18h, arate ABOVE SII 4 | 2 Which of these things di a vroman iinet 0 1267 $0810 0 DHE, PAIS DH 0 | 2 thewon tha eetise WR GOK of) b the dhwasher 2 DEA OWELLT 3 In vhich yea be someone 01 ao exnah tx te fea tare) — EWALD, CARER WHE 7, 2 1971 b 1960 4 What has taken the naene of the taro astronomer Edin Hubble? a a rocket CR marae | Comprehension Answer the questions. | 1 What do mast gadgets need to work nowadays? 2 When did technology first come into our lives? 3 What has changed with experiments over the years? 4 Which two questions from the quiz are about computers? 5 Which question from the quiz has its anower somevhere else in this unit? | 22 ning! ys Fa e children talking about mobile aueentg five gh them with what they say. ee rte ending mss905 16 SPD Geket! —g jmake alot of phone calls eX? 1 think Ineed a phone gpl recently got a phone. E | often can't find my phone. FE hig invention with your partner. Say sptkabout fale the boy to do his homework. it Me prompts to help you Do you think it’s a use vention? inve’ vse muse/ relax him juice / give him energy gens and pencils / help him write orange B_ Complete the email with words and phrases from A. Task« D eco nat Bee ee ities ere Roe | Hisason, How are you? I'm OX, but 've got lots homework tonight hee trainers with a difference! Have you he Jused to watch other kids with theirs, but | | tant to tell you about myn | | got my own! Theyre realy cool and Hove Let me describe them to you ay they'te red and white, which are my favourite colours. They | comfortable (2) eS 8 they’ got wheels so you can skate on them. Yo 6) atl very expensive. My dad bought @ found them on a great website. I can give you ® walk but I prefer skating! it's more fun! | the address ofthe website if you want Write soon with your news! Bye for now! Ollie Write an email to a friend about a new gadget that you've got. Use this plan to help you. fui paper / correct his mistakes ‘aloud sound / wake him up Paragraph 1 Say hello and ask your friend how helshe is. Te your friend how you are. ‘ing! waiting) Paragraph 2 Ordering ideas Tell your friend about your new gadget and ‘A Look at the words and phrases we can use to put you think about it and explain why you ‘our ideas in order. We use them at the beginning Paragraph 3 of sentences and paragraphs when we want to cate yor geccecand Give sorrel make a new point. ; Paragraph 4 Fiesty Say how much it cost and where you fast of al, Closing X Jo start with, Ask your friend about hisher news. Tell hinvher Secondly, to write back with news and say goodbye Inadeition, . Finally D Read your email and We can also use also and too to add new points. We use them in different positions in the sentence. ‘My MP3 player has got good sound. It looks great too. / also looks great. check that you have ordered your ideas using words and phrases from A. In emails, we con use “Hi ns instead of Dear ‘atthe beginning because emails are less formal than letters. 23 rocket The words in bold are wrong. Write corredt . 1 The water s very deep ' 190 W's safe for childcon 2 Ws very hot today What's the degree? 3. Don’t walk on the carpet in those rocky boots! 4. Shhh! Don't do a sound! 5 fm making research Into solar power. 6 What's the space from London to Glasgow? D Circle the correct words. 1 Save/Spend energy by switching off the ‘computer when.you aren’t using it 2 We Wenit/Set off late and didn’t arrive, midnight! : 3. Doyou think we'll ever HisCOVEr/ search other life forms? ‘ 4, will you make //do me 2 favour and help ‘with my homework? : 5 I can't concentrate Onin my work bec... of the noise 6 The plane took ON/off for London at 7 o'dock, Grammar) ‘A Complete the paragraph with the Present ‘Simple or Present Continuous of the vers, in brackets. Tee every summer 1 (2) con holiday with my parents. We @)__ plan) this years holds, at the moment. (4) to go to a big hotel with lots of activities for children, but my parents (5)______ {not think) its a goou idea. My mum (6) busy places so she (7) (ty to find a quiet cottage in the countrys tor Usto stayin, She(8)___ look ‘on the Internet now, I hope she doasn't find somewhere too quiet and boring thous)! (live) in a big city, br (go) (ot lke! choose the correct answers ' 1969 was the yea! Nel Armstrong first walked to be so many markets here as young. 39 ____ name Was Levi Strauss invented jeans mpton Court Palace today, aiculators, __ most children have nowadays, aye useful for doing sums. b which ete the sentences with the Past Simple or © Serecontinuous of these verbs. resk down drive not do mot have see work +1 _myscence homework when Ea you rang. ww Rae ttsuarce © ght in the sky? ea os _____time to visit my penfriend when fl) he 0 j werein England , len nas’ at home at 8 o'clock because she Re ey tee a to the airport Thave been to tiny planets. 5 Ourcer______ three times last week! T have seen such massive stars. Brian ‘on his website I concentrate on planets. aa That's how I discovered you. In your fascinating solar system a | Your Earth is such a lovely blue. [ Tm Oder, the Robot Tye found other life in space. al night? D Gircle the correct words. 1 Most people didn’t have / haven't had cars hundred years ago. { Iremember visiting Earth before. 2. Have you found /Did you find a cheap hotel in Tt used to be a beautiful place Paris yet? T left home thousands of years ago 3. Computers were /have been big and heavy in To search for life in space. ares Some kinds of life were so horrible. Tike your friendly face. toth ti i era 0 Cservatnyyosterdey With your basic science and technology, meer 2 You are human beings, I guess, 5 My sister has visited / visited Scotland three But what have you done fo your planet? times already + sYour world is such a mess! PE > aaa 3 =a iS) =F 3 cS a , ai Xe Reading; Head Paoto's email. How Volunteers at the forest n° the. ante get around the isgng"™a, f, he \ Ov you remember p 1 got this ema fron Lot's soe what hee him. ays, Olen ewes apr hme or the wikis al over the forests Pen he istand, The weather Was hot and | tamu eae on et ‘and changing direction allt F ve Want ywere blowing at high speeds ar ng ect ta ctu 0 Put Tre ror damage wo he wees aed wT sana ea we that weve te terol ee b atthe people of Cortuga said ‘no’! Instead, Compa each ‘schools have volunteered @ n ia F j cena ae Ue gal have ween te shovels ad aes anil ida eat ob Javea that was burnt, We ort Ui se W wer a thousand trees! HP eg far we've planted over a thou ur motto fs ‘One tree for ever yl. $0 ee g forest information centre. To get our mess Fees been sayehttogt te iyo focal people aswell as vistors and) |) lots opie to ook afte fotest, We have to rel \ Teas that encour Pes tug. We also cyce around Mand check that people aren't doing anything to cause * to help look alter Cortuge tourists to help 1 ot tor ike this a te, We want to prevent anes ae raters? | can’t wat to see yOu all aan Are YOU Com bi ppening on Comuaa bo you remern He the fires spread quickly and it was Sind sometitnes even risked their for our beautiful sland | jack to Cortuga this summer? How are write soon! Paolo Vocabulary, Circle the correct words. 1 Let's €ause/ build a tree house in the garden. 2 They need more water to give / put out the fire! 1 Why did the fires spread quickly? > 3 Follow these rules to prevent / encourage an acciden 2. What did a company want to do? 4 Fires die / spread quickly when it’s windy. 3. Who have been planting trees? 5 It will costa lot to fix the disaster / damage to our rc 6 7 8 Answer the questions. A This leaflet/ motto gives information about wild flov He doesn’t work for money ~ he’s a Volunteer / equip He used a(n) axe//shovel to cut down a burnt tree 4 How many trees have they already planted? 5 Where has Paolo been working? {6 What does he give to people? 28 present Perfect Continaous to tatk about se MSs tn the past al onto In Wrest No nt Bre tang realty hor olt summer He ons that have hapered repeatedly, peer ae CUE kets im the to, Te tong something has boen happeting mast up tO NOW, We often use for an © am ese sentenes Bream these Se a Se reels OU TUBDSD fortwo years | were er hobs out ot the centre sce 2008. present Perfect Contiious with have se the ing form of the ver Se rv ee cir rattan eS not) been working se as ‘not) been sleeping, Ld oT ‘Short answers g?_ Yes, you have./No, you haven't, yal ore? Yes hehas i, he fas yght/week ae ong time/long fe recnty, see We use How long ..? in questions and for (very) Note: ng mn questions and negative sentences. pow long have you Deen working as a firefighter? Trovent been siving out leaflets for very tong. back at Paolo’s email. Underline the verbs tothe Present Perfect Continuous. How many are there? 8 complete the sentences with the Present Perfect Continuous of these verbs. fuld bum not rain not watch plant work 1, Myhands are dirty because | seeds in the garden 2 We. know about the fire 3 the fire TV recently, so we didn’t alight? 4 The weather's been cold but it 5 The birds a nest in that tree since yesterday. you asa volunteer for many years? Vocabulary, Mateh, > 1 wilde [ \ 2 Inuvicane —[ oe eo ( 4 earthquake 6 ke ; 8 ES tening; Q Alex does an unusual job - he's a ‘smokejumper’. Listen to the interview and complete the notes. Soke smokejumper ~ a kind of ( = Country: (2) — Tiansport (3) | or helicopter 7 ‘and equipment, li Supplies: oe dg ee | ills: ability to (5) Secale a nest Suitable for Wayne Speaking; ‘Ask and answer these questions with your partner. What kind of natural cisasters have happened in your country recently? What did people do to help? What happened? What have people been doing to prevent another similar disaster? Writing; ‘Write a short paragraph about the natural disaster you talked about in the Speaking task. 29 eMac ec rues Cro aT Dynosauts lived on our planet for millions of year still don't know a lot about them, One thing, that scientists have learnt about these prohistone reptiles 6 that their appearance was very strange! Some of them had enormous bodies with short 2'm and some had horns on their head, Others had long arms with claws like long knives $ 1 the 1960s, palacontologists found a pair of giant dinosaur arms in Mongolia. The length of each arm was _ 24 metres. wth av MiB 26 cenlimeties Tong! Whose arms were they, though? And what happened tg ‘the boty? For over 40 years scientists have been looking for the answers to these questions ; | They called the mystery dinosaur ‘Deinocheirus’, which means ‘terrible hand’, Over the years there have been the tiny island of Howland in the Pacific She and her plane simply disappeared. pena to her? shart was bom in 1897 in the USA. (2)__ She had Te yas 3 thing of rusty wire and wood and not at all resting .”. Ten years later, though, she flew as a passenger 133 plane for ten minutes over Los Angeles. (3) __ Amelia Earhart was a pilot at a time when most people had never been in a plane. By the time she was 35, she had already “ken one word record: in 1932, she became the first woman ‘Ry 2 plane alone across the Atlantic Ocean. (4) ___ She ‘snted to be the first woman to fly a plane around the world. In June 1937 she began her flight from Miami, USA, with her « Fred Noonan. After they had flown across the USA, they Rew to Brazil (5) ___On July 2 1937 they took off from New Guinea and headed for Howland Island. The plane never rived on the island. People searched for Earhart and Noonan for weeks, but didn't find them. So what had happened? Maybe they had got lost and had run cout of fuel when their plane crashed into the sea. Hopefully, ‘Amelia died as she wished. She once said: ‘When I go, I'd lke best to go in my plane,’ and that's just what she did. The case of Earhart has been a mystery all this time. Nothing has ever been discovered of the plane or the two people in it. ackleton had Pel Lc Lluis eae TFET ct cen Rael Pa comp ‘i Find words in the article that have these meanings. E words are in the same order as they appear in the | Complete the article with these sentences. Memeo cine c ne down to the ground in a plane she knew that she had to learn how to fly, person on a plane who calculates ey then con! Asia end Austr 1d their journey across Africa, its course ‘went up into the air in a plane Amelia was 10 when she saw her first plane. went towards 985 or petrol hit and be damaged She never arrived, though. Amelia had even bigger dreams, however. 38 aries errs aT enc use the Pout Pret Same roan a the on had finshed or happened before the other a fast sele ok sat he tea a weet Fee A pecese hod ut of ee ; he paragraph with the Past Simple or the cect ‘Simple of the verbs in brackets, Je don't believe that UFOs exist. 1am not os Pipem: [had a vey strange experience few oo At the time, 1 was ving in Califia, USA. (be) a summer evening and | MW ust say) goodnight to my friend Oe) (invite) me to her house ‘Aah a DVD. We watched the DVD and we ate eae fream, A while later | decided to go home. a) (leave) her house at 9 o'clock and ae fesced tat ) (already get) dark. onl ved a few streets away sol wasn't afraid {etd walking down the road when suddenly (notice) a bright red light in the sky. (Orde fast and then it anded on the rod, very near Iwas. 1(7) (not see) anything like this before so | (8) (not know) what to i Lucky it (9) (disappear) before | (go) any further. Do you think ‘Complete the sentences with these phrases. chance get a reply get home ression got a job got a surprise 1 She. in an office, but her hobby is flying. 2 ‘Who's there?’ | asked, but I didn’t 3 Did you. to talk to the police yesterday? 4\____ when | found out my cousin redarived 5 Imnot sue why, but | that he ‘doesn't like me. 6 Whattime did you _ after going to ‘the cinema? i= Listening, @ Usten to.a person talking about two mysteries and complete the table, 0) @ Strange. 2 strange lights in events? of planesships the sky | When did, 5 | they start? eee ten Unexplained | rae © Prepositions) } A Write the prepositions that go with these adjectives. Use about, at, for, in or of. 1 afraid = ____ 5 jealous 2 capable ____ 6 responsible__ 3 good ____ 7. suitable 4 interested 8 worried B Complete the sentences with the adjectives and prepositior.s from A. 1. Was the driver of the car the crash? 2 I'm by train 3. Some people were. Amelia because she was clever and pretty. 4. Harriet has disappeared and Frank is really A her. flying. Let's g0 5 Were they surviving alone on an island? Could they do it? 6 The film was very scary and not children, 7 Are you 8 She's really ancient places?” physics and wants to be a pilot. ) 39 Comprehension; Answer the questions. 1 Wihat opinion did Anansi have about his own character? Where did Anansi get his wisdom from? Why did the people laugh at Anansi? Why couldn't he climb the tree at first? soy ait the tee? Y oo € What happened to the wisdom in the end? wi s wists twise He didnt like b ete wale w what todo One day Unis, Dut mje He went around the village patet and asked © witha Pree yaeriot their wisdom The people 10u" ed at Anans! ore ige they new that of alt tne creek res.he \ g each person put abit in s wisdom the most od luck with is search Anansi was worried th coon his basket was full, bu! wisdom and take aorreone might be jealous of N's Wis a f "i at the top of a tal seit nim He decided toni et to the front part 1 ad tied the ba" d to climb the ‘and again without \tfromh tree Whenhe hi of his body, he trie difficult He tried again tree, but it was too t success aiked by What are you doing mm. Why don't you son said Then his youngest son fatner? he asked and Anansi told hi carry the basket on your back instead? his nansi put the basket on his back and climbed the pepanily, but he wasn't happy. 1walked all et 1 Uittege and collected so much wisdom Enat! 8 the vtceat person ever, but my baby son's StL WSr thon me. Take back your wisdom’ he said. Ang He threw the basket of wisdom into the air and went opie And that's how wisdom went allover {ne world | Say it like this! Talking about plans that change waswasn't, were/weren't supposed + verb Wieesyt supposed to read the ending of the story, but | did! We were supposed to write a story for homework, but ! didn’t have any ideas, was\wasn't, were/weren't going + verb Jsas going to write about Amelia Earhart, but | didn’t have time, They weren't going to tell us about the Minotaur, but then they did. Now use the language above to talk to your partner about yourself and what you were/weren'* Supposed to do, or were/weren't going to do. fo a conversation in a bookshop and a ster correct answers vans raneidoughiter i nealy ere, b twelve thirteen any of the Harty Potter books as she re eemorihem Donec allot them ok tat the woman ecommends Phuaeceens b dity crew 9 A ankes a book of a Mere tones BTS € legends ’ Rind of story does the man decide to buy? sa b-modein¢_ popular a ‘x the books and tell your partner which ones t Look 3 jble for you, your brother or sister, your are Stand and your mum or dad, Give reasons for nswers: | ees up wating; © showing narrative sequence “A Look at the words and phrases we can use to. show nartative sequence. Write an example Sentence of your own for each group. conce upon a time at the beginning one day/morning/night (One night, Alex had a strange dream. after a while suddenly about an houtla few minutes/days later then after that the next thing | knew soon | was faling through the air and, suddenly, | woke up! in the end finaly The day started badly, but everything wes OK in the end. B Read the story and circle the correct words ‘Tho Dog Woo Cried welt . (1) One day /Once upon a tine, there vans abey weg Iived wath his sheep on a mountain near a forest He ‘was bored and he wanted to have some (ur . (2) Soon / While he was looking after his sheep “ {0) one day before, he had an idea. He let his sheep tan towards the vilage and shouted ‘Wolf! Wo re {A) Then 7 As soon as they heard hie, the vilagers came to help him, But there was no wolf, and they al veent Frome annayed atthe boy (5) ust then /A few days later the boy tried the same trick, and again the wilagers came {o help him and went home angry again e (6) Then / At fist, a fews days later, something strange happened. The boy woke up and, ashe was looking owt fof the window, he saw that a wolf really had come out ‘ofthe forest! “Wolt! Wolf, he shouted even fouder than # before. This time the villagers, who had believed him twice before, didn’t believe him. the boy's ynt lesson. He rea tat it always gets you in alot “Ss Task: C Write a story or a myth that you know. Use this plan to help you. Paragraph 1 Introduce the main character(s) and set the scene for the story. When and where did it happen? Paragraphs 2 & 3 Explain how the story began. What happened first? What happened next? | Paragraph 4 | Say how the story ended. Describe the feelings, | reactions and impressions of the story's characters. | Read your story and check that you have used some words and phrases from A to show narrative sequence. 8 cheek pein ur ony a a title. ve used the past tenses it Anat jon forget to give your StOrY 41 Vocabulary/ A Find the stickers. [ | reptile = omearel a fend your life Circle the odd one out. kind generous i Cowan | 2 wisdom legend ome 3 takeoff land oe 4 careless responsible brave 5 hurricane storm coe 6 bone hom ne Complete the table. s (SED a appear Qa t- encourage 6). courageous Grammar; A Complete the sentences with the Present Perfect Simple or the Present Perfect Continuous of these verbs. (‘catch clean do finish not give out | rot put out not work recycle never just their tree house | | 2 stacey all the leafles 3. The children the bea all day. 4 she 2 fish yet? 5 Myuncle newspapers for years 6 He the fire yet | 7 thevoluntees | anything about th | ‘environment? | 8 We (on our project “or | sors in old ae on WL he cree in 4 bags last longest thar tc ; 4 bags pence tle water than bath otter books best pore we ry Po the Harty P ete fms 3 tpanth hat ne most healthy in ry family jeat the cansead st ny ster oes he stranger story ve 6 rd! exer nea! transport theless ive way t0 travel pensive ding in my country 8 going very good a tories as quick 2s nces with the Past Perfect of se the sentences wit came in brackets Se 1 Are mentary on TV He realised that he fake is project to school (wake up), | watched a forget) to (already read) the ie students Ieee eyeing stom | eS 5 The Romans ae 0,000 km of roads by AD 476, pp ___ (never be) to Greece before cur summer holiday Jete the story with the Past Simple or Past Correct simple form of these verbs. be climb forget get go hear run see 10), _just__to bed when I (2) a strange noise coming from my wardrobe. | got up and noticed that (3) __to close the window. (someone _ through the window into my room? | slowly opened the wardrobe door and (5) a surprise when I (6) ‘a small green lizard inside! t@)__ probably there for hours i (@) across the room and dsappeared out of the window. Song; Ve This is the story of a big mon \ \N at ‘A long time ago in Ireland Big nose, big feet and huge hands He was the giant called Finn, Well, you know that Trelond is an island And Finn had an enemy in Scotland“ —™—— Who lived in the mountains and the high land He was the giant called Ben <7 Well, Finn had decided to fight old Ben But he couldn't swim across the sea < He had tried to fly, but @ giant cont fy > So he looked at the basalt stone = When he'd made his plan, this enormous maris====— Started building a walkway alone. SS When he had built this causeway He walked and walked across one day ‘After he had got there, some say He fought the giant called en ‘They say that Finn was like Achilles, ‘As big and powerful as Hercules, ‘Which mythology do you believe? Tlearned this legend at school. h, his name was Finn MacCool. That's cco! in Alaska, trying t a mountain, People TR Cees Pm anon © Roald Amundsen The Perfect Job? Careers tave UO SRE ave you decided what you're going to do when YOU sake? become famous! Yea Tm gong 0 eam lots of money and Yes. Frm gD od ak wa os ornOroUs, OH rk ae ae Foe a erie! Last summer my trends and! oped the pote caich three criminals! aay ‘So'tre you interested in a career as & Ponce No. that job's too dangerous for me! Bo you tke wring orking too. also wry good wt Computers, COMPRES oe Jake. | think | know the perfect job for Figo you thought about becoming a journalist? experienced ‘Are you an er learner. !hope you'l give me ; Fa a7 Sto going todo an artic about jobs this mre ooo and write an article about it? =a Gircle the correct words. Write R (Right), W (Wrong) or DS (Doesn't say). 1 Richard isn’t very ambitious / perfect 1 Jake knows what his future career will be. (23) an easy job! 2. The careers officer thinks being a police officer 2. Tina hasn't got any éfiminals / quali‘ isa good job. oO she didn't finish school. 3. Jake wants information about how to become 3. The police careers officer asked 2 joumalist. ©) 4 Mrsones has been a teacher for 4 Lucy asks Jake to write something for the ie ‘school newspaper. ri 5 Sue's job as is in ay oe sees job as a photographer is ne ee Sissons next ye eimske now fhe tre SSE, Ton ent tS ENE, 2 Faget pores ona Nente fhe etter Fig mesh the work fOMHL ‘x Te fel the teacher, to do something OF to ask for help, ‘your nome ond actress? bout the future, usualy after think, hope, pons (0 Poss the test becouse he's clever. at the dialogue. Underline four x Fes of the Future Simple. Which of the uses, Sefsreincuded? at the dialogue again. Underline two sok ples of be going to. Which of the two exgnings (2 oF B above) have they got? conplete the email with the correct form of the {etre simple or be going to. Use the verbs in brackets. katrina, te gat something exciting to tell you. This summer (1) (work) on an island! Mydad' friend (@)___(open) a restaurant in Mykonos and he needs some waiters and waitresses. He thinks the restaurant probably @. (not be) busy at first so msure that we (4) (have) lotsof tme to relax. The only thing I'm worried about is my English. I've decided | (5) (tudy very hard in English lessons from now on. Yasir good at English, so can you help me? Bye for now! Spros BO) sourday? (you/go) to Tina's party on Vocabulary, Circle the odd one out, Journakst 1 NA: gardener criminal afore business, diploma 3 evew University college training course career 5 employer boss worker & cccupation writer profession y salary pay skill application Listenii © Listen to the con eee Wersation and complete the job Girl aged 16 or over wanted on Friday @ to look after a 3-year-old child. No special 2) necessary, but must be fun, enthusiastic and love children. Interested? Phone 702994. grass and do other jobs in ae eee. urs a week. Contact Mrs B. Thwaite: I Road, Stamford Village , on Speaking; Talk about your future career. Ask and answer these questions with a partner. What job are you going to do after you leave school? Why? What qualifications and skills will you need? What will be difficult about it? What will be enjoyable about it? Writing; Write a paragraph about your perfect job. Answer the questions in the Speaking task 47 Pe Challenges i) Pee LL ctsnibnebaried ino one has ever done ed MARAT RR | Why am | making this Journey? Per yuo Coded Peep ace aera fT as i Lieietar saa oe ‘Answer the questions. 1 2 3 4 5 6 48 Why wil Ed be talking to people on his journey? How is Ed going to help some charities? ‘What is Ed more afraid of in the Amazon? What has Ed got in his rucksack? What did Ed decide not to take with him? What is Ed using his MP3 player for? that have never HHord is an explorer. Read this extract fy Om hy fd Stat Which of these words best describ bes ni website b wor br purpose: turonment. During the expedition, | will be 9 MOO in Une aires ve interviewing peop! votre that lives are being affected as a result of clin cee rom aiso want to raise money for some very impo, Charities which | support. What dangers will | face? br dongers in the Amazon. There are many wild ‘animals’ ofnger ne ate es ever fot of es eo cuases like malaria that you can catch from mosquito" ae core worried about human beings than animals, thoug a ‘The people who live in the rainforest aren't always friend a strange! Youn em satiny What equipment have | got with me? e, you won't find a hairdryer or ore dusers in my rucksack. In fact, it was too feayacne of trousefs spare clothes! My day clothes are always dary butt've got a set of dry clothes to sleep in. Now I've frevke ANE necessary things all in waterproof bags: a hammock, get aoe cee cay GPS unit, a few clothes and a very big knit, Fes rah MP3 player. I'm using it to learn Portugues: Ie also typing through Brazil soon, and to listen to perfavourte singer Kate Nash. The only other luxury ismy toothbrush! What Thope I'll bs ‘And I'm real One thing’s for sur Ibe doing this time next year? ve telling people in Britain all about my adventure: lly looking forward to a plate of curry too! a Find the words in the text and circle the cor meaning, a or b. 1 tough 4. sensibl a. soft a logi b difficult b cl 2 purpose 5. spare a reason a ext b opinion b fre 3. tolerant 6 damp a. impatient a b able to accept b § specifi time inthe future, We make it eit E inuous to talk about things that wi Pet Conti ies that will /weeks “next week/month/year een /trip/nolday ot affect not take travel write my bike on the journey in May. school this her school project all day the team’s expedition to Brazil in a few hours, the careers office the sentences with these words. {fishing rod GPS unit hairdryer tonet MP3 player sleeping bag H septinside my tent in my and was very warm. 2 Ofnol ve cut my finger! 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My parents are} Lwil have visited lots of interesting plan ; on a wari ym wasting my te J and had some amazing experince yi sat anyone son Me J and they complain about the Fee iow cold my pier” and they Cwhenitm practising. | tomagezines! Maybe | will have mow di They hope that Il give up music J 102 foreign count ey and try to get some qualifications so ! can ‘ get a normal job! ike this! Prrilinaire, but maybe Il be iucky and be wealthy atleast Using be about to for immediate future plans be about to + verb nake a cup of tea. Do you wa Comprehension Write L (Laura), T (Tim) or ¢ (Carmen). I'm abou i Who.» Mum is about to 9 shopping. 14 may live abroad one day? 2. wants to have his/her own employees? 3 has got a special ability that he/she wants to use? 4 hopes he/she will make lots of money? 5 willcontinuehisher education afterscnoo? = C) CO) 50 ner about things that yo Use these suggestions t ctice the language abov Talk to your part are about to do. help you and pra‘ 0000 watch a DVD do my home goon holiday have my lunch Perfect Simple to talk about somethinys future ota he Fu ted before a time in he future, We pine ue eb forall persons, See pages 128-129 ce regula ast partons at gate Je stot 1 fl sta ee Short answers Yes, you will./No, you wont. “ine Panel ear 23% eek/month/year est jin botd are wrong. Write the correct words. Tet” wort has saved enough money for her trip 1 Ee yea have growing your hair in two months? 2 Wad bought all Coldplay's CDs soon, 311 having gore to pan by then : ba ye have find jobs by the age of twenty-one? jcture and write sentences with 5 tookat ne erfect tense to say what will have ee pened ‘to Billy by 2020. a 1 he/ not pass / exams 2 he/become / footballer 3 he/ play/ for Manchester United 4 he/ score a goal / in World Cup final 5 he/not get married 6 he/ buy/a sports car witing Topic sentences Each paragraph of a piece of writing begins with a topic sentence. Ths isthe sentence that tells us what the paragraph is about. The other sentences in the paragraph must folow logically from the topic sentence. A Look at the first paragraph of an article about someone's ambition. The topic sentence Is missing. Choose the correct sentence (a orb) and say why the other sentence doesn't fit. Penny's Dream gh, and (1) she is quite he doesn't hy Jhy wath people, thou many friends. She prefers SP her time with animalst @ Penny, who is 17 years old, 1s very popular at school, b Penny, who is 17 years old, is a lovely person. B_ Now look at the rest of the article and choose the correct topic sentences (a or b) for gaps 2 and 3. (2) ___ Now she is determined to make it come true. She is good at science and is studying very hard because she wants to go to university next year. She |S also working part-time at a local animal shelter, wher® she looks after animals that don't have @ home. a Penny has always dreamed of becoming a vet: b Since she was a litte gir, Penny has wanted to work in an animal shelter. (3)__I'm sure she'll pass her exams, go to University and get a degree. In a few years, she will be working as a vet and helping animals which she loves so much. 1 think that Penny will succeed in getting her dream job. b Ina couple of years, Penny will have become a vet ee © Write an article about someone you know who has got an ambition to do something. | Use the plan below to help you. Paragraph 1 | Introduce the person and describe his/her skills and abilities. Paragraph 2 | Say what higher dreamvambition is. | Say how he’she is trying to make hivher dream come true. | Paragraph 3 Say if and when you think he/she will achieve higher goal D Read your article and check that the main paragraphs all contain a topic sentence. 51

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