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12.1 Artistic ability (GENIE present perfect simple 1 Complete the article with the present perfect simple form of one ofthe verbs in (brackets) ANDREA BOCELLI Italian singer Andrea Bocell is rich and successful, but some times in his life *_havent been (not be / not sing) easy. Andrea had an accident when he was ‘ovelve and he is blind, bur this? (not make / not stop) his dream of singing. Andrea 3 (do / sell) over 100 million records and he (become / be) world famous. He 5 _ (watch travel) to lots of different countries to give concerts and thousands of people (give / watch) him sing, including Pope John Paul I. ‘The people in Andrea's home town, Lajatico, Zi (build / do) an outdoor theatre — Teatro del Silenzio. I only opens one day a year, when Andrea sings there. Some of his famous friends ® (visie sing) chere with him; they include the Spanish opera singer Plicido Domingo, Andrea is famous as an opera singer, but he? (not record / not buy) only classical music, Canadian pop star Celine Dion cE (become / make) a record ‘with Andrea, and so has Italian rock star Zucchero, Orr Oxford 3000 Culture and the arts ‘Make questions using the present perfect form of the verbs in (brackets). Then complete the short answers. 1 Have you heard (hear) Andrea Bocell’s songs? Yes,1_have 2 he language? No, he 3 he (cecord) any songs in your (give) concerts in your 4 you (g0)t0 one ofhis concerts? Not 5 your friends (buy) any of his records? Yes, they . 6 you and yourhusband (isin Lajatico? No, we Correct the present perfect simple sentences. 1 We're visited Moscow and St Petersburg. Weve visited Mescaw and St Petersburg, 2. You read this book? 3 Wehadn'taholiday. 4. Allofthe workers have went home. 5 Mandy isn't found ajob. 6 Who has tookmy bike? Thasn’theard the weather forecast. 8 He did washed the car. faa) v2 v3 wa 125 sentence stress 7 Complete the phrases with go, have, play or see. 4 2a{)Listento sentences 1-6. Then tick (7) the correct sentence in each pair (1 and 2) below. 1 Wehaventtseen fan. 2 She's won a prize. 3. Hehasn’t been to university They haven't finished work. You've fixed my computer. I've joined a gym, 1 a Inpositive sentences the past participle has a stressed sound. b In positive sentences the past participle doesn’thave a stressed sound, 2 a Hasn'tand haven't have a stressed sound in negative sentences. 1b Hasn't and haven't don’t have a stressed sound in negative sentences, 5 majpListento sentences 1-6 again, pause and repeat (EEETEDY verb and noun phrases 6 Match the words and phrases in the box to the photos. ‘an art gallery e-cinema a classical music concert, dance lesson a film/movie an instrument painting lesson aplay asalsa class In 1973, Pierre Vellas, a French university professor, started courses for older people to learn new things. He called it the U3A (University of the Third Age) and itis now an international organization, Here is a sample of| things you can do with a USA group: ‘Art: Have drawing and pai 2 toanart gallery iglessons or Dance:?, dance lessons, and then ‘ toa salsa class and show everyone what you've learnt! ‘lms: Don't USA film group and® discuss it with your group. Music: Learn to” ‘group. Good musicians ean ® _ othe cinema alone j anew film, then in aU3A band, ‘Theatre: Some groups organize theatre rips to * aplay ora musical. 82 Choose the correct word 1A Have yousea/ gone the new Star War film? B Yes, saw / went to the cinema with Alexto seeit 2 A Doyouwant to have/ goto the theatre next week? ‘The new Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ison B Thatsounds great. [saw / played his last musical and Towed Talove olearn to play/ have the guitar lke you Really? I can teach you if you want. Where's Ping? Ihaven' seen her today. She's gone / seen toa rock concert in Berlin That's a lovely picture, How did you learn to draw like that? Thanks. went / had some drawing essons last 6 A Lreally want to goto Glastonbury this year, but can't getatticke. B bought my ticket ast month -Tlove seeing / going to music festivals. My cousin's playing havingin a band there this year, pare> = b 122))Listen and check Lean... Very well Quite well More practice ‘talk about past experience and events using the present perfect simple. 0 Oo oO use verb and noun phrases. oO Oo oO a 82 12.2 Atthe movies films 1 Complete the film types. Write the missing vowels. Match the definitions to the film types from exercise 1. 1 These films are exci or driving fast cars, 2. These films are usually very scary. 3. There are spaceships in these films and they are set ‘on other planets. They are often about the future. You often see people in fights, 4 These films don't have real actors. They are usually ‘made with computers. ‘These films tell the story of events in people's lives. Sometimes they are sad, 6 Youlaugh at the things that the actors say and doin these films. 7 Theactors sing and dance in these films. 8 These films tell alove story. fet a films 3 Complete the review with the words in the box. about favourite iS set stars A favourite film One of my t favourite filmsisa Lebanese film called Caramel. itis? in modern-day Beirut and it is the lives of five Lebanese women. Most of the story takes place in a hairdresser’s shop. Some parts ofthe film are very funny, but Caramel isn’t a comedy “ adrama. 5 Nadine Labakiand Yasmine Al Masri, Nadine didn't only actin the film, she also wrote the story with Rodney El Haddad and Iihad Hojelly, and she directed the film. © Tuy TIP ead te’tan do’ statement tthe endo each lesson and test yours to see how much you Ferber rom you cours, Ty Utero wo stances Wr ash gear Gan GS ed {hve or sh word foreach vocabulary sateen. TAs he Yuta tha wht eeasyouneed wo practise Or Oxford 3000" present perfect simple and past simple 4 Make present perfect simple sentences and add ever or never. 1 L/have / acting lessons. Tve never had acting lessons, 2 you / walk / out ofa play before the end ? 3. we /go/toa film festival 4 you / meet / a famous person? 5 anyone in your family / be / on TV? 6 Nadia /sing / in public before: 7. 1/forget / to send you a birthday card? 5 Complete the pairs of sentences using the verb in bold, Use the present perfect simple for one sentence and the past simple for the other sentence. 1 play A Le never played a musical instrument. B I_played_the violin when Iwas at school, but I wasn’t very good. 2 go ‘A We_wene_to the opera last night. twas great. B Really?1_‘ve_never_beex tothe opera. I's not my kind of music, Tick (V) the correct sentences, Puta cross (X) next to the incorrect sentences. 1 George has found a newjob last week. X Tverun in two marathons. 7 My parents haven't visited Asia, Everyone has enjoyed the meal last night. She's learnt to swim when she was.a child, We have stood up and clapped at the end of the play. Have you been here before? Choose the correct options. The Oscars Da The Oncar eed ceremony is done ses “he in ccemony on 16th May 1928, aa Tele ara oe ‘5 Te takes three to four weeks to make an ‘Oscar (the prize chat each winner receives). Cedric Gibbons? deigned / dae designed the frst one and George Stanley ? made bar made it. ‘© “The ist person to get an Oscar “eas / das sen dhe actor, Emil Jennings. se There are twenty-four Oscar awards and five special awards, Over 2,000 people in the film business recived / ae resived Oscas. 3 read Wale Disney $s / bar on 22 Oscars for AL Paulo Coelho's latest book atthe his lime before he died in 1966,No one else ‘weekend, but didn't realy enjoy it Thad bas bad the same success, B you any of is other books? ‘6 Auswaian acess Cate Blanchet is another 4 star person with more than one Oscar. She on / ‘A Which actor ingBativca ‘ar won 90 bes ates award for her work. BB ‘That was Jean Dujardin, He's very famous in France ~ |e In 1956,the elan fl La Strada ® decane he_____inallotof French films. ‘at biome the fist fl to win the best foreign 5 have language fn Oscar. A You dance really wel. you {2 Only two actors ~ George C. Scott and dance lessons? Marlon Brando "hee ever reised B Yes, we__salsa lessons when we went to sider refs to accept est actor Cuba last summer, avd 6 see BD AL this film before. B When you ie Lean. Verywell Quite well More practice talk about fis O Oo 0 use the present perfect simple and the past simple O° Oo O 83 12.3 Vocabulary development past participles 1 Write the verb and its past participle in the correct column. 4 Complete the table with the verbs. eet beeeme cry find have like lose play stop go have play see thin st ~ acted become ~ became toamusicfestval | amuscal 1850nS | musical toasasaciass | aplay dance instrument, toa classical music lessons ina band concert, raving to art galleries lessons 5 Translate the words into your own language. 2. Rewrite the past simple sentences in the present perfect, 1 action films simple, 2 animations 1 Youwon the Oscar for best director. 3 comedies i for boot director, 4 dramas 2 Who drank my coffee? 5 horror films 6 musicals 3. She met someone online. 7 romance films 8 science fiction films 4 We began to work. 6 Complete the table. 5. She went on holiday. verb Past simple | Past participle 6 Hewrotea book, * wesmere a begin 2 begun 7 Igave Tom some mone i amy break broke 2 8 Wewere in the office all day. ink ‘ drunk rive drove 5 3. Lookatthe sentences in exercise 2. Compare the past forms and the past participles. Match the verbs to eat «eaten therules, oe me > Rule A The past participle doesn't change: wand £0 . beengone Rule B The past participle has one different vowel: douse grow srew 5 Rule The past participle has an extra syllable: hear 0 heard Rule D The past simple and the past participle are wake woke %, completely different: si 3 ‘won Or Oxford 3000" 1122 Gae) Ga) 25 12.4 Speaking and writing onthe phone 41a Choose the correct options. 1 Hi Artem (73/ Lam Megan. ssl there? 2 Could you asi him to callback me /eallme back, please? She'snot here atthe me / moment Speak / Hangon a minute. just/ soon gether Can / Doyou tel hero cal / answer me back, please? Tm afraid scared he's out of / nt the ofice Coull have / give your number, please? Hello, could / Could speak tothe manager please? 9. Tmatraid he's unableto give take your call atthe moment. 0 Hold on it ‘ai Listen, check and repeat. Are the sentences in exercise 1a formal (F) or informal (1)? Pt 3 5 7 2F 4 6 8 10 3a Put the sentences in the right order in each conversation. Hi, Chris, Have you booked the restaurant for Alison's surprise birthday party? Hi, Alison, i’s Bashir, Is Chris there? OK. Can you tell him to call me back, please? £ © No, Thaven'thad time. I'll do itnow and I'll call you backina minute, __ € Hi Bashir. A Sorry, he's not here at the moment. A Hello. {A Sure - oh hold on, he’s just come back. Chris, Bashir wants to speak to you, b __ A Timafraid she's unable to take your eall atthe ‘moment. Can Ihelp? __A Yes, of course. Could I have your name and telephone number, please? ‘A Oh, you'll need to speak tothe restaurant ‘manager about that 1 A Good afternoon. How can Ihelp you? 2 B Yes, it's Chris Brown and the number is 072. B Maybe. Ii like to booka table for twelve for tomorrow night. B Could you ask her to call me back, please? B Hello. Could Ispeak to the restaurant manager, please? b 124) Listen and check. areview 42 Put the words in order to make sentences. 1 about / was excited / seeing /the film, / better /1/ but the book / was. Twas excited abaut seeing the filnt, bue the back was bette doesn't / the show / like / was / My son / museums, / he thought / usually / amazing / but. the film /I/to be / expected / but / great, /it/ wasn't. and / the play / thought / was /too long / the main actor / 1 / terrible / was don't playing / tonight, / again /1/ recommend / but / going / They're the concert, / enjoyed /a bit / was /1/ too oud / but / the guitar player. the circus /1/ was / expect / didn’t / good, / to be / amazing / but /it recommend /1/ thought / fantastic /it/ was /and /it/ toeveryone /I. b_ Decide ifthe reviews are positive (+) or negative (-). Which sentence is both positive and negative? Lean... Very well Quite well__ More practice use past participles, oO oO 9 ‘speak on the phone, oO Oo Oo write a review. oO O oO = 12.5 Reading for pleasure Me 2 Readan extract from Les Misérables, a novel by the French writer Victor Hugo. The novel is set in France ata time 41 Match the words in the box to the illustrations. Check any "when life Is ery bats for poor people, new wordsin your dictionary ee “Come in} sad the bishop. The bishop was a kine mans bishop acandiestick afire aplate @ prison ‘everyone in the town of Digne knew that. Poor people, @ prisoner hhungry people, miserable people ~ they all came to the door of the bishop's house. ‘The bishop's sister looked at the man atthe door that night, and she was afraid “Look at him!” she whispered to the bishop. He is a big man and a dangerous ‘one. He cartes a yellow card, so he was ‘once a prisoner ~a bad man? But the bishop did not listen. "Come in, iy friend, he said to the man at the door “Come in. You must eat dinner with us, and sleep in a warm bed tonight.” ‘The man stared at the bishop. “My name is Jean Valjean, he said. ‘I was a prisoner in Toulon for nineteen years, Here is my yellow card, see? People everywhere shut their doors in my face ~ but not you. Why not?” “Because, my friend, inthe eyes of God you are my brother’ said the bishop, smiling ‘So, come in, and sit down by our fire” The bishop turned to his sister‘Now, sister, our friend Jean Valjean needs a good dinner. Bring ‘out the silver dinner plates. I’ a special night tonight? ‘Not the silver plates!” whispered the bishop's sister Her eyes went quickly to Jean Valjean, then back to the bishop's face. “Yes, the silver plates? sad the bishop. ‘And the silver candlesticks to. TER OAT BET Fa OGD BOOLNOTTE Los GOES 3 Complete the text with one word in each space. afraid bishop’s candlesticks dinner kind open prison sister ‘Valiean leaves the *_prison_in Toulon and goes to a town called Digne, He arrives at the? house. People don’t usually # their doors when Valjean arrives at theit house, bus the bishop is different. He is a person and he helps lors of people. The bishop lives with his She is of Valjean, but che bishop invites Valjean to have? ‘with chem, He tells his sister to use the silver plates and *_ for their dinner. 86) Onn Oxford 3000 Review: Units 11 and 12 Correct the sentences. 1. They're going to organizing charity race, They're ging t0 arganize a charity race. 2m saving money for buy a new bicycle 3 Hes ever used a GPS before, 4. Isyour mum going teach you to drive? 5 We've been toa concer last night 6 Have you ever ae Peruvian food? 7 We're going to goto the hospital visit Kim. 8 Youaren't having a lot of time tomorrow, Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb in (brackets). Use the correct form of going to, the past simple, the present perfect simple or an infinitive ofpurpose. ‘A What? are_youand Mel acing hospital charity day next week? B Melis organizing a collection? (buy) new hospital equipment, but 13 (not have) any ‘good ideas. What about you? A Philand (make) some cakes. Wes (Gell) them to hospital visitors. We 4 (buy)all the ingredients last night. B? Philever (make) a cake before? A No, hehasn't,buthe® (borrow) a recipe book from the library yesterday to practise. B Right, well, 'm goingto call Mel? needs help with the collection. 1 de_(do) forthe (see) ifshe Were 3 eee ener eae 1m lookingafen with my neighbour's cts this week en acer eat eee er eee eee eeeeee neal 4 Janet’shusband plays / sings the guitarina band 5 Doyouwant to see this film / cinema? I've heard i's very good. 6 Wewent to the theatre / play last week. 4 Choose one word from each pair to complete the text. ‘science fiction flm/an animation appytext awful/excellent comedies/dramas forgetrforgotten freezing/delighted go/been tablet/GPS very/teally Thaven't!_been to the cinema for along time. The last time was a couple of years ago and I've? the name of the film and the main actor. twas 3 about a group of people living in space, andit was one ofthe worst films 've seen! I saw it just before Christmas. Itwas minus 10°C outside ‘and the cinema was$ ‘The only thing liked ‘was the big screen - it was® hhuge. However, I prefer to watch films at home on my? ‘computer. I downloaded film ® afew 'monthsagoand nov can watch all thelatest ims are my favourite - [like funny films. Complete the missing words. 1 A These books are really heavy. B Shall Tearry them you? 2 aw youllike meto getyoua drink? B Yes, please. ' love a cup of tea. 3 A Couldth your number, please? B Yes, it's 017153, 4A Hello.c speak to the manager, please? B I'mafraid he's unable to take your call at the ‘moment. 5 A CanyouaskMarkto call meb B Yes, ofcourse. 6 A Ihaven't got enough time to finish this report. B Whyd Thelp you with i? 7 A Hi, Yasmine, its Sara. 1s Mum there? BH ‘on. 1'lljust gether. 8 A Ineed to get o the railway station. B megiveyouallift. 87

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