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CAMBRIDGE Sse Student's Book 1 reo here Ceda) Herbert Puchta CPL Be lis hi ae Mind CAMBRIDGE qj) UNIVERSITY PRES: ed Rees Present simple (postive and negative, Hobbies and interests, school subjects {questions an short answers) sabulary bank: hobbies and interests PRT Fresert continuous for activities Housework ‘ax (world) happening now Everyday English Present simple vs. present continuous Vocabulary bank: rooms and housework eed be and regular verbs Multiword vers (0) was and were and negative; wasbom / Memory wards ved endings were born Vocabulary bank: mait-word verbs) {with up, down, on. of) ast simple (egular and irregular verbs: Past time expressions sports, Word stress {questions and short anshers) eryday English ‘Vocabulary bank sports equipment and places have to / don't hove to Jobs, warkand money have to / don't hove 0 Yorabulary bake work Countable and uncountable nouns Food and drink “The schwa a (water) fa/an.someand any, much and mary Everyday English Vocabulary Bank: food / things we use toeat and drink Language learning BPRS Comparatives ard superiatives Present continuous for future Future time expressions, holiday activities 100 (think and bat) arrangements Everyday English Yecabulary Bank oliday activities wil/won't Eapressons to talk about the future, expressions totalk about fortune teling 00 + adjective ‘The westher ‘ou! (g0) adverbs Everyday English Vocabulary Bank adjectives to talk about the weather eee bbe going to intentions and predictions), Mult-word verbs 2. prepositions rust and mustn't must/mustn® Vocabulary bank: mult-nord verbs 2) (oth go and pit) Sete Firs conditional Adjectives of feling Stressin conditional a nen and if Everyday lsh sentences Vocabulary bank feelings and actions ese me ee should shouldn't Personality adjectives, agjactives for expressing Silent consonants What's ike? opinions Vocabulary bank personality adjectives Present perfect + ever/never Verb and noun pairs expressions about sleep pave and has inthe Everyday English present perfect Vocabulary Bank: verb and noun pars pronunciation + Vocabulay bank « Get itRight! + Projects + Speaking 8 « Iregular verbs and phonetis fo “Talking about schoo! Talking about hobbies Expressing likes and des “Talking about housework Last but not least arranging to meet ‘and making plans Talking about the past Talking about wnen/where people were Born ‘Asking about the past Retelng astory Last but rot least: Albi ~a game Talking about obligations Describing jo requirements Talking about people and theijobs Talking about food and fitness Last but not least taking about food and paces toeat ‘Comparing things Taking about learning English Talking about arrangements Discussing holiday pans Last but not lest information gn: salkng about holidays Making predictions “Talking about your future life “Talking bout fortune teling Describing actions Relating Hermann Male’ fe story Describing the weather Last but aot least information gap about famous sportspeople Talling about intentions Talking about a song Expressing future possiblities Discussing bravery Last but not least talking about situations where you were brave / not brave Giving advice ond eecommendations Talking about what somebody i ike Taling about lf experiences Last but not least: taking about things youvenever done ‘Anintervew about ahobby Radio interview witha volunteer in Namibia Presentation of my hero! Television story Song: You've Got A Friend in Me Talking about success Descriptions of future jobs school canteen dialogue Interviews about language learning An interview with Davié Crystal Radio show about family holidays Dialogue about holiday plans Future predictions ‘Song: When Im Sty-four Avweather forecast Dialogue about the life (of Hermann Maier Dialogue about aNew Years Eve party Song: Wonderful World, Beounul People Dialogues about bravery Dialogue about diferent customs around the world ‘Aquiz about UK culture Conversation about strange ‘world records ‘ticle: An unusual hobby CCiture in mind: School cubs “Arte: Helping a a hospital Photostory Let’ give ima hand Article: rn Brockovich Culture in ming: Remembering heroes Article: The ping pong frendship that changed the world Photostory: Nota rice thing to say Article: What does ‘success mes? Article Fallowing a dream Culture in mind: Teenagers: earring money “Article: long an heathy life Protostory: A double icecream Article: Speaking in many tongues Culture in mind: Teen tae [Magazine article: Family holidays can be fun! “Travel brochure: Welcome to Cape Town — ‘the city thathas everything! Photostry: Having fur? ‘Article: Getting the Future wrong! CCuiturein mind Fortune telling Article: jungle survival Photostory: Keep on running Article: In New York for New Year's Eve Culture in mind: Reggae Music Article Subway hero Photostory: Chicken (Quiz: What do you know about UK culture? Culture in mind: Heroic Ulises ona journey of hope: Article: You've never seen anything ike this! ‘Article: He hold the record ~ for records), Photestory: What's the next hing? Email about your hobbies and interests [mall about organising apary ‘Three paragraphs about your hero Diary entry or email, about an enjoyable weekend Description of job Paragraph about food andes Description or email about language learning mall about a tp ‘Text predicting the tue mall giving advice toafiend Email about New Years tve Description of fm, book or TY programme mal ging tips to atourst mall abouta vist t0.Los Angeles PEOPLE © creetings and introductions a Complete the dialogue in the box. Then listen and check. fine Im name's Nice this you Liz: Hi. My" name's. Liz Monica: Hello, Liz.” Monica Liz: Nice to meet you. Excuse me a moment. Hi, Jack. How are you? Jack: I'm” . thanks. How about ‘ 2 Liz: I'm OK, thanks. Monica, * is my friend, Jack. Monica: to meet you, Jack Jack: Nice to meet you too, Monica. | Work in a group of three. Have conversations like the one in Exercise la. © te verb be @ Look at the pictures. Fill in the spaces with the correct form of be (positive or negative). b Complete the dialogue with the correct form of the verb be. Then listen and check. Jack: Hi. My name’ ...'5..Jack, and this a Monica. She? from Italy. Marek: Nice to meet you. |“ Marek, and those two people my friends, Barbara and Adam. § you from Rome, Monica? Monica: No, 1? from Milan. Where you from? from Poland. Adam and | from Warsaw and Barbara " from Gdansk.” you on holiday in Marek: We® Cambridge? ‘Monica: No, |" not. Ima student at a language school here. “ youall students? Marek Yes, we We ¥ ata language school too, El WELCOME SECTION Welcome section the words. ar My name's. (1 my) ‘What's your name? (you * your) jOOK! They re from China, ¢ 241 from the USA. ‘American, ' Brazilian! 5 He 6 We British, he ©) from China, we from Turkey! Japanese Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about the people in Exercise 2b. A: Is Monica from Poland? B: No, she isn't, She's from Milan, in Italy. Are Marek and Adam ..? © possessive adJectives Read Liz's email from her new e-pal, Laura. Fill in the spaces with my, your, his, her, our or their. Hey Liz, | Thanks for’ your _ last email! And | loved the photos of? friends and family — | looked at them yesterday, * mum and dad look really nice in the photo. So now I'l tell you about me and‘ family here in Switzerland, I've got two brothers. © names are Lukas and Andreas and they're 16 and 19. My mother is American and ® name is Christine. Dad is Swiss German — he's from Zurich, and pe name is Dieter. We live in Geneva. * house has got four bedrooms and | small garden. We've got a dog and we think he’s lovely. * name's Zak. | Please tell me some more about friends. 'd really like to meet more English people! See ya, | Laura © haveihas sot a) Listen to the dialogue between Marek and Monica and answer the questions. 8 a 1 How many brothers and sisters has Marek got? 2 How many brothers and sisters has Monica got? b Listen again and complete the table. a ie Romer Milos fair. | Silvia Lisa C| Follow the lines and make sentences with have/has got. My brother hasn't got a computer. . 1 My brother [> "| 2. My parents 3 My aunt and uncle 4. My friend's brother 5. Sid's father ae © WELCOME SECTION a [IE] ROOMS AND HOMES @ Colours a Write the colours. 1 white. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 B] Work in a small group. Find something in your classroom for each colour. The floor’s grey. The desks are brown. The wall is yellow. © rooms and furniture Look at the pictures. Write the names of the rooms (A-F). a 1b] Look at the pictures. Label the furniture. Use the words in the box. armchair bath bed chair cooker cupboard deer fridge shower sink sofa table toilet window door. lz, WELCOME SECTION There is / There are Complete the sentences. Use There's a/an or There are. 1 ...There's4..... lack table in the dining room. 2 ‘two doors in our living room 3 four white chairs in our kitchen. 4 three posters on the wall in my bedroom 5 red sofa in my sisters room. Play a memory game. Look at the picture for 30 seconds. Then make sentences with There's or There are. There are two windows Prepositions of place Look at the picture again and say where things are, Use the prepositions in the box. in on under nextto behind between Draw a plan of your house/flat. Talk about it to your partner. There's @ hall, a kitchen There are three bedrooms. There's a bathroom next to my parents’ bedroom. In the living room there's a green sofa and there are two brown armchairs. The television is between . WELCOME SECTION | 7 (c EXSs © activity verbs Match the verbs with the pictures. open close run swim listen read jump laugh cry write shout smile © imperatives Write what the people are saying. Use the verbs from Exercise 1 above. Don't laugh! =] WELCOME SECTION © adverbs of Frequency Put the adverbs in the correct places in the diagram. hardly ever sometimes always usually im 1 2 3 often 4 OOK! /’ We put the adverb of frequency: ~ after the verb be, e.g. 'm always late Write sentences that are true for you. Complete the sentences with always, usually, often, sometimes, hardly ever or never. gee play football after school 2 My teachers, give us homework on Friday afternoons. i) goto the cinema at the weekend. 4 My best friend house at the weekend. 31 ‘comes to my watch TV in the morning, Work with a partner. Tell him/her about your sentences in Exercise 3b. ‘A: I sometimes play football after school. 8: Really? I never play football after school, but sometimes play at the weekend. ObJect pronouns Put the object pronouns in the sentences. you us them me him her 1 My mother really likes eggs but hate them. 2. Sara's my best friend, She phones every day. 3 My brother's got a poster of Shakira. He really lkes ! 4. Peter is really nice. | really like 5 Have you got a problem with your homework? I can help 6 My sister and I like our uncle. He gives great birthday presents. — before other verbs, eg, We always go to the cinema on Friday. 0% 6 never © cantcan’t for ability ren to Marek and Liz talking about what they can and can't do. Fill in the first two columns in the table. oS =%es, X=No, 7 = Yes, but not very well. ir ae ae Rg Puce Write sentences. Use the information in the table. ‘Marek can't swim. Liz can swim, but not very well What about you? Fill in the You column in the table. Work with a partner. Ask questions and fill in the Your partner column in the table. ‘A: Can you swim? B: Yes, can. Can you... ? WELCOME SECTION IE) IN TOWN AND SHOPPING © Places Look at the pictures. Where can you see or buy these things? Write 1-8 in the boxes. café 2 co 3 enema 4 shoeshop 5 bookshop 6 station 7 clothes shop 8 post office ©) There is/are (negative and questions) + a/an/any | Match the beginnings and endings. 1 Arethere . a a good disco in town. 2 Isthere b apost office here? 3. There arent e any good films at the cinema? 4 There's d_ any people in the bookshop. | Complete the questions and short answers. 1 Are.there any discos here? (®)No, there ._.aren't 2 a station in your town? (/) Yes, there 3 a post office in this street? (ives, 4 ccsssnssan RY Rice clothes in the shop? (x) No, €| Complete the sentences with a or any. 1 There arent... any... good clothes shops here. 2 Isthere post office near here? 3. There's good shoe shop in this street. 4 Are there discos in this town? | What can you say about the place where you live? Use the places in Exercise 1 and the {questions and sentences in Exercises 2b and 2c to help you. © times Write the sentences. POST OFFICE, ri) 8.30-17.30 1. The Post Office opens.at eight thirty and closes at five thirty. 4 Bookshop 10.00-18.09 Geturdeys 1000-12.15) 5 6 © Clothes sreds skrit first scosk hoses muprej t $24.00 €118.00 _E-shirt. ® £5.25 | ; ¢ $47.00 €56.50 &- b) Say what colour the clothes are. The T-shirt's blue, The trainers are black. ©] Work with a partner. Ask and answer. ‘A: What colour is your favourite shirt? 8: Blue. What colour are your favourite shoes? A: Theyre © Money and prices @) Drawa line to match the words and symbols. le nee BS dollar euro pound b Work with a partner. Say the prices. Then listen and check your answers. 1 £1200 4 N25 2 €25.00 5 €1750 3 $125 6 £599 Write the letters in the correct order to make words. Write them under the pictures. siThet najse scraf inatrers usrtosre _tekcaj £120.00 4 a 9500 @) €54.75 $62.99 oc We write €7.25 e say seven euros twenty-five. © We write £5.99 — we say ive pounds ninety-nine. rite $125.00 ~ we say a hundred ee aie ollars. C) Work with a partner. Say the prices of the clothes in Exercise 4a, The T-shirt is twenty-four dollars. The trainers are a hundred and twenty pounds. d) Work with a partner. Ask and answer. A: How much is the T-shirt? B: It's twenty-four dollars. How much are the trainers? WELCOME SECTION | TI i i= Free time a Present simple (positive and negative; questions and short answers) | like + -ing Vocabulary: hobbies and interests, school subjects Read and listen b Now read the text again and listen. Answer ‘the questions 4] Look at the pictures. How old do you think the girl is? What is her hobby? Read the text quickly to check your ideas 1 Where is Claire from? How is Claire different from her friends? Why don't Hannah and Kate go near the hives? What does Claire like doing on Sunday afternoon? Why does she keep the money from the honey she sells? Claire Williams is 15. She's from Wales. Her friends play volleyball and go to the cinema. They like swimming and dancing, But Claire doesn't. She has an unusual hobby: beekeeping, She's got four beehives. She isn’t sure, but she thinks she’s got about 40,000 bees. In the spring, this is a typical Sunday for Claire: 7,30 Claire gets up. She has breakfast with her parents. 8.30 Claire puts on her special clothes and goes out into the garden. She feeds the bees with sugar and water. She sometimes takes photos of the bees, too. 11.00 Claire's friends Hannah and Kate come round. They don't go near the hives. ‘We enjoy watching Claire with the In the summer, Claire's bees produce about 40 bees/ they say. But we're a bit scared of them!'Claire talks _kilos of honey. Claire takes the honey to a little to her friends for a while. Then Hannah and Kate say shop and sells it. She doesn’t spend the money, goodbye, and Claire goes back to the bees. because she wants to buy more beehives! 4.15 It's lunchtime. Claire likes telling her family about bees. “They fly 80,000 kilometres to make one kilo of honey!" she says.’And they visit about three million flowers!’ 3.00 Inthe afternoon, Claire stays in her room. She loves reading about bees on the internet or in books. 2 | unm © crammar E] Look t the pictures. Wite present simple sentences. ‘& Present simple Use like, love or hate and a word from the box. (positive and negative) cats football apples icecream bananas winter @] Look at the examples. Then complete the rule. They play volleyball Claire gets up at 730. Claire's friends come round. She takes the honey toa little shop. RULE: We use the present simple for things which 1 He likes apples. Itz happen regularly or which are always true, With, we and ‘we use the base form of the verb. With he, she and it we add (DOOK! With he, she and it, some verbs end in es. -sh__ they wash ~ she washes -ch we teach ~ he teaches, 1 go ~ she goes | the verb ends with consonant +y, the ending i ies. they fly — it flies you study — he studies d] Look at the examples and complete the table. b] Complete the sentences. Use the present simple form Cloire doesn’t spend the money. of the verbs. They don't go near the hives. 1 Sara loves... love) films. 2. My friends (hate) us Bi sport Vyou/we/they run | L/you/werthey (do not) un ero (take) good he/she/it runs he/she/it (does not) run photographs. Sacer eee Ra el 4 Mrs Jameson {teach) us English, | Complete the sentences. Use the present simple form 5 My father (fy)to of the verbs. France twice a year, 11 don't like _ (not tke) this kind of music. 6 My mum (ead) a 2 We (not eat) a lot of meat at home. lot of books. 3. My parents (speak) French. 7 We (go) to school 4 (20t know) his phone number. at 8.30 in the morning. 5) Mybrother {get up) late at the weekend, 6 My father (rot drive} to work. unt? | 1B E F] Make the sentences negative. © vocabutary 1 My brother spends lots of money on clothes. My. brother doesn't spend lots. of money.on clothes. 2 I get up early on Sunday. 3 My sister watches a lot of TV. 4 [buy my CDs in that shop. 5 Youknow the answer. ‘& Hobbies and interests Match the activities with the pictures. Write 1-9 in the boxes. Then listen, check and repeat. going to the cinema reading swimming painting playing computer games dancing listening to music playing the guitar running b] Match words from the three lists to make five true sentences. play plays | don't play | ey magazines. | 1 listen to Od | My friends | doesn't listen to { POP music | Refer ten computer games. tennis Mysister | goes | doesr't go to football matches. ae a newspaper every day. | dont read | doesn't read Turn to page 112. UNIT © scrammar © Usten 1% like + -ing Listen to the interview. Which a] Look at the examples and complete picture shows Mark’s hobby? the rule. They like swimming and dancing. We enjoy watching Claire with the bees She loves reading about bees. hate getting up early! RULE: We often use the form after verbs of liking and not liking, For example, like, don't like, b Listen again. Write T (true) or F (False). corenouc) 1 Mark gives shows once a month. oO 2. He learns new tricks on the internet. Oo 3 Mark practises every day. 4 Mark's brother wants to be a magician. | he verb ends ‘om the e before “ing. dance ~ dancing, smile ~ smiling © pronunciation Tumto page 10 © crammar ‘°%& Present simple (questions and short Ifa short verb ends in vowel + ‘consonant, we double the last swimming, run — runt answers) B] Complete the sentences. Use the -ing oer the verbsin the bork a] Read the examples about Mark’s hobby and complete the table. ride run play go ster talk Do your friends know about your hobby? Yes, they do. — Does it take a long time to learn? Yes, it does. Le a ar Do you tell your brother how to do the tricks? 2. My brother doesn't like No, I don't. games. 3 Mysister loves. her bike. a i 4 My dad enjoys onthe beach, | Vyou/we/they | Yes,\/you/we/they do. 5 Ilove to my friends on the | study Engst? No, I/you/we/they. (do not). phone. | he/she/it ike | Yes, he/she/it 6 Welove to football matches study English? | No, he/she/it doesnt... not) at the weekend. . i eo speak b] Complete the questions and short answers. peal 1A: Does... Jeremy like swimming? 4] Work with a partner. Talk about the B Yes. he does - v) hobbies in Exercise 3. 2A you study French? Hove... | {don't like/enjoy B: = saree (x) Thate..._ I'm (not) good at. 3A _.... your friends listen to music? B] Make notes and tell other people cE ” in your class about your partner's 48 she go to your school? hobbies. 8: WW) unt | 15 fd @ cutture in mind © read and listen a] Nadia, Sarah and Caroline go to the same school. Read the text quickly and find: 1. five subjects that they study during the day 2 three different clubs at the school B] Look at the pictures. Which things are school subjects? Which are clubs? Write S (subject) or C (club) in the boxes. fit = > " be 16 | unm gue Ae School clu Caroline, Sarah and Nadia are all students at Park School, in the north-west of England. it’s an allgirls school ~ the Park School for boys is not far away in the same town. The three girls are all 14 and they're in year 9 During the school day, they study subjects on the National Curriculum: subjects like English, Maths, History, Geography, PE and ICT (Information and ‘Communication Technology). They also study two or three languages (for example, French or Spanish) and they do Science: Biology, Chemistry and Physics. And they each do two creative subjects: they can choose from Music, Technology and Drama. But there's more. “The school’s got lots of extra-curricular things too — especially clubs, says Nadia. If we want to, we can do all kinds of different activities. For example, there's a horseviding club and a gymnastics club. Lots of the clubs meet at lunchtime, but some of them are after- school clubs’ Caroline says, ‘We can choose from lots of things. There's a theatre group, and a school orchestra. I'm in the orchestra — | play the trombone,” ‘My favourite club is the pottery club,’ says Sarah. I love doing artistic things. But I'm in the sailing club, too. The boys from the boys’ school come to this club too. We learn about sailing during the week, and then some weekends we sail on a lake near here.” Teachers organise some of the clubs at the school. Some Clubs get help from parents of children at the school. All of them are free. “| think the clubs are a really good idea,’ says Nadia. ‘We have a lot of fun and we learn different things’ Sarah agrees. ‘We can develop our own interests and hobbies in the clubs. | hope that we can start a photography club soon!” Write ] Imagine that Lisa is your new e-pal and this is her first message to you. Read her message. What are her hobbies and interests? EEE from:| tsa. DO | subject: ee Hil | il | || | || 1’m Lisa Franklin. I'm British and 1 live in Southampton. I'm 15. is painting, I also like taking photographs (I'm in a photography club at school) and I enjoy riding my bike. I love watching sport on TY, especially tennis! I really like Rafael Nadal. My best friend is Sonia, We listen to music a lot, and we often go to the cinema together too. Her favourite actor is Ben Stiller. I think he’s very funny, but my favourite actor is I love sports. My favourite hobby | | Johnny Depp. Write soon! Lisa c Read the text again and listen. Write T (true) or F (false). 1. Sarah, Caroline and Nadia are all 14 years old b] Write an email in reply to Lisa. Include this 2 They don't study languages. information: 3. All the clubs meet after school. your name, nationality and age 4 Caroline plays the trombone in the where you live rchestr school orchestra your hobbies and interests See some information about your friend\). 6 The girls’ parents organise all the school clubs. Speak 7 Their parents have to pay for the girls tobe ina club @] Work with a partner. Think of five questions 8 There isa photography club at the that you would like to ask Sarah from Park school School. d] Is this school similar to yours, or very b] Work with your partner: one of you is the different? Discuss this question with interviewer, the other one is Sarah. Ask and a partner or in small groups answer your questions. uni | 17 Present continuous for activities happening now Present simple vs. present continuous Vocabulary: housework @ Read and listen @] Give any examples you can of people who do ‘volunteer work’ (work you do without being paid) Try titd at EY ter jer ace B] Look at the photos. How old do you think Mike is? Where is he and what is he doing? Read the text quickly and check your ideas. c Read the text again and fen, Mark the statements T (true) or F (false) 1 Mike usually lives in England. 2. Mike is training to become a doctor. 3 Mike is unhappy because he doesn't get any money. 4 Mike is living in a house with five other people 5 Mike wants to go home when he finishes his work. d] Answer the questions. 1 Why does Mike like what he is doing? 2. Say three places in the world where {you would like to work as a volunteer. 3 Give an example of: a) volunteer work you would like to do; b) volunteer work you would not like to do. ANGOLA ZAMBIA BOTSWANA SOUTH AFRICA © srammar RULE: We use the present % Present continuous for activities happening now = to talk about things that are happening at or around @] Look at the examples. Then complete the rule and the table. the time of speaking He's working in a hospital near Katima Mulilo, We form the present continuous I'm living in a small house with five other volunteers. with the present tense of I'm learning a lot about life in southern Africa. —-—- + verb + ing. I'm (am) working | 'mnot working | working? Yes, | am. | No, I'm not. you/we/they're | you/we/they aren't you/we/they | Yes, you/we/they (_-}] working | working working? No, you/we/they. | he/she/it's (is) he/she/it_____. he/she/it Yes, he/she/it. working working working? No, he/she/it b] Complete the sentences, Use the present continuous form of the verbs. 1. Sorry, Eddie isn't here. Hes taking (take) the dog for a walk. 2. Mike and Jane are in the living room. They _-(watch) a film on DVD. 3. Hannah! You __(not listen) to me! 4 I can't talk now. | (do) my homework 5 A YOU... (watch) this programme? B: No, 'm not. Watch a different one if you want. 6 A:Maddy's upstairs in her room. 8: Oh? Really? she (have) a rest? €] Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the present continuous. Use the phrases in the box. listen tomusic win faveasest not enjoy this programme not do her homework watch television et21z; 1 My grandfather Is having a rest 5 It'sa great game — and 6 Ellie we ! © pronunciation Turn to page 110. unT2 | 19 EE © crammar c 20 ‘& Present simple vs. present continuous Look at the examples. Then Gircle) the correct words in the sentences. Present Simple Present Continuous Mike lives in At the moment, he’s living Canterbury, England. in a house in Namibia. Many people work — Mike is working in a as volunteers. hospital at the moment. Itoften snows here. Look outside — it’s snowing! 1 We / We're always wearing a uniform to Scho Paula wears / Poula's wearing black jeans today. Come inside! It rains / It's raining trains / ts raining a lot in February. Dad cooks / Dad's cooking at the moment ‘My mother cooks / My mother's cooking lunch every Sunday. 7 Steve's terriblel He never listens / He's never listening to the teacher! Cigale understand want remember need mean know the answer. (Not: We use different time expressions with the two tenses. Complete the lists with the ‘time expressions in the box. atthemoment usually every weekend this afternoon never right now today every evening this week twice a year Present simple Present continuous every day now always this morning UNIT? Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs 1 Sarah usually... (walk) to school, but today she... (go) by bike 2 We. (have) geography lessons twice a week. We (learn) about volcanoes at the moment. 3 Julia (surf) the net this afternoon, She (want) to find some information for a project 4 (know) his face, but (not remember) his name. 5 We. (not dance) tonight because we. {not like) the music 6 What this word _____.. (mean)? I (not understand) it. & listen Listen to a radio interview with Mike Coleman. What is, he doing at the time of the interview? Choose the correct picture. B) (9 Listen again and write T (true) or F (false). Mike has breakfast at about eight o'clock ] Mike and his friends make breakfast, lunch and dinner. Mike sometimes cleans the floors and windows at the hospital. [_] eo Mike is working with boring people. _ do the washing = wash clothes j © vocabulary % Housework Match the words with the pictures. Write 1-7 in the boxes. Then listen, check and repeat. 1 2 3. Mike uses a washing machine to do the washing ] 4 5 do the cooking do the ironing do the washing do the shopping do the washing-up / wash up tidy up / tidy a room clean the windows Turn to page 112. © speak Work in a group. Ask and answer questions about housework Do you help at home? Do you tidy your own room? How often do you do the shopping / the washing-up ..? Which jobs do you like? Which do you hate? B] In your home, who usually does the housework? You, your brother or sister, your mother, your father? Compare with a partner. My father usually does the cooking, but my mother always does the washing-up unt2 | 2 E Read and listen ns Let's give him a hand a a at the photostory. What do Jess, Joel and Pete do? Why do you think Debbie doesn't help? Read and listen to find the answers. m7) 1 2 3 4 5 6 Aman —— Pete, Joel and Jess Debbie thinks The car is heavy, but The man drives away Jess thinks UNIT2 Jess: Hey, look at that 9 ® Pete: Yeah. Let's give him a hand. Come on, Debbie. Debbie: Not me. It's not my problem. Let him push his old car. Joel: Well, 'm going to help him. Pete: Come onl One, two, three ~ push Jess: Wow, it's heavy! Joel: Yes, itis. Its moving, though! Pete: We did it! Joel: But he drove away! And he didn't even say “Thank you'! Pete: That's right. That's not very nice, is it? Debbie: See? Told you! Youle mad Jess: Why? Debbie: Oh come on Jess! The man didn’t even say ‘Thank you'! Jess: So what? We pushed the car to help him ~ not to hear him say “Thank you B] Match the beginnings and endings to make a summary of the story. want to help him. but he doesr't say ‘Thank you needs help to start his car. that Thank you' isn't important: they push it and it starts. that it's the man's problem, not hers. © everyday enstisn 2) improvisation | Find expressions 1-6 in the © Photostory. Who says them? 1. It’s not my problem. 2 Come on! 3. though 4 That's right. 5 See? 6 Sowhat? B] Read the dialogue. Use the expressions in Exercise 9a to complete it. Linda: What time does the film start? 8 olock? Paul: ' That's right Linda: Well, we're late. 2 , Paull Let's go. Paul: Late? No, we aren't late. Look at my watch. > 7it's only six thirty, Linda: Oh yes. OK, so we don't need to leave now. | don't want to be late,“ Everyone says it's a really good film! And Ashton Kutcher’s in it. Paul: ° 2 Ashton Kutcher isn't very good! Linda: Not very good? You just don't understand acting well,® — you don’t have to come! ® Discussion box 1 Debbie says the others are ‘mad’ because they helped the driver. What is your opinion? 2. In what situations do you find it easy or difficult to ask other | people for help? Give | your reasons | 3 When did you last help | someone who had a | problem? Say what (eae happened. Work with a partner. Take two minutes to prepare a short role play. Try to use some of the expressions from Exercise 9a. Do not write the text, just agree on your ideas for a short scene. Then act it out. Roles: Debbie and the car driver Situation: In the street ~ the next day Basic idea: Debbie and the driver see each other in the street the next day. Use one of these sentences to start the conversation: Man: Hil Can | talk to you for a minute? I'd just like to say tim sorry Debbie: Excuse me, | think | know you. We pushed your car yesterday. Team Spirit x= What's happening in the situation in the photo? What is the teacher going to say? Match the words with their definitions. Then watch Episode 1 and meet Jess, Pete, Debbie and Joel. 1 community a a person who creates ry service beautiful clothes es b_ aperson who comes toa 2 2 badge place because they are invited a © apiece of jewellery worn ie 3. award around the wrist or arm Ey 4 work that people do without 5 4 guest payment to help other people € aprize given toa person for 5 bracelet doing something very well f asmall piece of metal or 6 fashion plastic that you can pin on designer your clothing UNIT2 PE ® write EL al Hi Joanna, Read Maggie's email to her friend about a family party. ‘Answer the questions. How are things? Hope you're well This is going to be a quick message because I'm really busy. We're getting ready for my sister's 18th birthday. There's going to be a big party in the garden tonight — about 50 people are coming! So we're all here, cleaning and cooking and things. My mum's in the kitchen preparing food, and my dad's helping her. My sister Gill and my brother Alex are putting up a big tent and some 1. What is the event and when is it happening? 2 How many people are coming? 3. What is everybody doing to help? Imagine you are helping to lights in the garden, and some of my sister's friends are | © Last but not least: more speaking prepare for one of these events: putting out the tables and chairs. My grandparents aren't helping — they're having a rest in their room. Well, sorry, Ihave to go - my mum's calling me. She needs some help! ea family party @ a birthday celebration for ‘one of your friends © a goodbye party for your teacher Have a good weekend! See you soon. Write an email to a friend Maggie and tell him/her what is | happening. Read the phone call between Monique and her 24 friend Tanya. Complete the dialogue using the verbs in the box in their correct form. Then listen and check. study speak help do think tidy Monique: Hi, Tanya. It's Monique speaking Tanya: Oh, hi, Monique. How are you? Monique: Fine, thanks, and you? Tanya: Yeah, 'm OK. A bit busy right now. Monique: Busy? What are you 2 Tanya: Well, I'm? my brother with his maths homework, but I'm also? my room Monique: What else? B] Look at the dialogue Tanya: [m4 about what | can get James for his birthday. a ath artner. Monique: You know what, Tanya? Let's meet in Parker Square in See See half an hour and go to the shops together. We can look for the dialogue (names, for a present for James there. example), so that it Tanya: Sorry, Monique, | can't becomes your dialogue. Monique: No? What a pity! Why's that? Act out the new dialogue in Tanya: Imalso® for my English test too. It's tomorrow! pairs. (Don't just read it out!) Monique: Oh no! UNIT2 Check your progress @® crammar © vocabutary '@] Complete the sentences. Use the present @] Put the letters in order to find nine more simple form of the verbs. school subjects. ‘You should read more, Jane. You _ watch... usMei Music {watch) too much TV. marDa My Uncle .-----live) in that house over Fen there. en YOU like) listening to CDs? ‘Alex and Sarah... (play) computer games every weekend My father... (not like) the sane agGyehorp music as me. logonyeTch Our teacher hardly ever... (give) us a yesCmtrih Cis lot of homework. shinglé niecSec orthiys mecFh Write the words and phrases in the lists. A YOUR Mother a (WOrK) Then add three more to each list. on Saturdays? B: Yes, she .. they... (write) a lot of emails? B:No, they. Hobbies and interests |___. (not get up) early at the weekend. listening to.music.. Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs. 1 Annie often... plays... (play) football, but now she ’s playing . (play) computer games. My mum usually (work) in London, but this week she.... How did you do? (work) in New York. Check your score. 1 sennen (Fad) a magazine at the moment. It's strange, because I... Total score @ usually... not read) magazines. very Not very \ (pot eed) mag i og We usu (nt watch) television very often, but we (watch) an Grammar lessthan 5 interesting programme at the moment. Vocabulary less than 10 Ai YOUT friends always (swim) in the sea? B:No, not always, They. (swim) in the pool today. A: Karen's not in her room. she _ {help} Dad in the kitchen? _... (be). She __. B:No, she {have} a shower. Vocabulary @ pead and usten this woman is a hero for some people? Read the text quickly and check your ideas. Erin Brockovich ‘Brin Brockovich, an American woman, was born in Kansas. She studied at a business college for a year, then she moved to southern California and married a restaurant manager. In 1990, when she was thirty years old, she was in acar ‘aceldent, A law company helped her after the accident, and later she started to work for them. ‘Her job was to organise papers, One day Brin realised that there were lots of papers about some very sick people in aplaoe called Hinkley. She started to look for more information about the town. Brin worked very hard for five years. She visited lots of sick people in Hinkley and listened to thelr stories. All ‘the people lived near a big Paciflc Gas and Electric factory and she discovered that there ‘was a chemical called chromium in the local ‘water. It was from the factory and Brin believed ‘that the people were siok because of the chromium in their drinking water. She planned to help them. Brin and her boss started a.law case against the Paoifie Gas and Electric 1. What was Erin's job at the law company? Where did the sick people in Hinkley live? What does Erin Brockovich do now? | Past simple: be and regular verbs (positive and negative); was born / were born : multi-word verbs (1), memory words 3] Look at the photos and the title. Why do you think ‘Why did Erin start to look for more information abot company, The company wasn't happy about this, They didn’t agree that the people were ill because of the water ~ but in 1996 the judge ordered Pacific Gas and Blectric to pay the ‘people in Hinkley $500,000 each (there were 600 sick people, so that was $333 million in total). In 2000, there was a film about Erin Brockovich. ‘Julia Roberts played Hrin and the film was very successful. Now Erin is famous ~ she has her own company and she gives talks all over the world. D Now read the text again and listen. Answer the questions. [€] Do you think the people in Hinkley were happy with the result of the law case? inkley? ‘What was Erin's theory about why the people were sick? How much money did Pacific Gas and Electric pay to people in Hinkley? © srammar ‘ Past simple: be ] Look at the text on page 26. Underline examples of the past simple of the verb be. b] Complete the table. feud Red Ce es Vre/shesitwas /he/she/it Vhe/ Yes, /he/she/it (was not) she/it? No, Vhe/she/it [was not you/we/they were | you/we/they you/we/ Yes, you/we/they (were not} they? No, you/werthey.."" (were not) ©] Complete the sentences with was, wasn't, were or weren't 1 In 1990, Erin. was accident. inacar 2. Alot of people in Hinkley sick 3. The drinking water in Hinkley clean. 4 There the water. 5 The bosses at Pacific Gas and Electric happy. chromium in ] Complete the questions with Was or Were. 1 ..Was.... Erin Brockovich British? 2 it her job to drive a car for the law company? 3 there lots of papers about sick people in Hinkley? the water in Hinkley clean? 5 a lot of people in Hinkley sick? 6 the film Erin Brockovich successful? @] Work with a partner. Ask and answer ‘the questions in Exercise 2d. ‘A: Was Erin Brockovich British? B: No, she wasn't. She was American. © pronunciation Turn to page, © srammar ‘& was born / were born Look at the example. Complete the sentences with your information. Erin Brockovich was born in 1960. She was born in the USA 1 Iwas born in 2. Iwas born in, (year) (place}. © speak 4} Ask other students. When were you born? Where were you born? B] Work with a partner. Ask and answer about family members. Complete the table for your partner's family, A: When was your sister born? B: In 1998. Where were your parents born? ‘A: My mother was born in Rome and my father. Name Year Place Grandfather UNITS © Grammar T] Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of 28 % Past simple: the verbs. regular verbs 1 Last night, | studied _ (study) for today's test. Al Look back at the text on 2. There was no food in the house, so we (order) a pizza. page 26. Find the past 31 (ant) to go to the cinema, and my friend Alex simple form of these {agree] to come with me. verbs. 4 (try) to phone my friend on Saturday, but no-one study _ studied, (answer). marry 5 Last year we (visit) my aunt and uncle in Australia. help 6 My father (stop) watching TV and (help) me ae with my homework, realise @] Look at the example and complete the table. visit The company didn't agree that the people were ill because of the live water. believe plan rie | Vyou/he/she/it/we/they wanted | I/you/he/she/it/we/they. ‘want 1b] Look at the verbs in Complete the sentences. Use the past simple form of the Exercise 6a. Complete orbs in the box: the rule. start talk tidy stay rain study not clean RULE: We use the past simple rotfinish not like not watch not play not say to talk about finished actions inthe past, ® ®) mon With regular verbs, we usually add _.... to the ver (work — worked, start — started), IF the verb ends in e (for ‘example, live), we add Ifa short verb ends in one vowel + consonant (for ‘example, plan), we double the and add ed. IF the verb ends in consonant +y (for example, study), we change the y to........andadd 1 | .started...a painting but | didn't finish. it. 2 They inan expensive hotel, but they the food 3 It all day on Saturday, so we tennis. 4 Helena TV last night. She for her test 51 my room, but | the windows, 6 He for along time, but he anything interesting! UNIT3 Usten a eaa Pete made a poster about his DOROTHY hero for a class presentation. Look at the poster and the STANG sentences. How many of the sentences can you complete? _- Listen to Pete's presentation. Find information ‘to complete the other sentences in the poster. Why is Dorothy Stang Pete's hero? Vocabulary Look at the examples from the listening 1 Dorothy Stang was born in >in Dayton, Ohio, USA. Can you come up here please? 2 She woved to Brazil in i A lot of people wanted to cut 3 Paréis inthe of Brazil, eee Y She was Woman of the Year in Pavé in Think of other verbs you know 5 She died onthe of +2005, iia ee th Upon ow 6 The men who killed her are in now. Match the sentences with the pictures. Then listen, check and repeat. Climb up! Pick it up, please! Put them on! Get in! Take it off! Come down! Get out! Put it down! Look at the verbs in Exercise 8b. Match them with their opposites. climb up ~ come down Work with a partner. Think of different situations where you can use the verbs in Exercise 8b. CEE ternto page 13 uns | 29 = Cc Culture in mind © read and listen Countries, cities and people all have their own heroes. There are different kinds of heroes: politicians, soldiers, film stars, sport stars and musicians, And there are many different ways of remembering them, too. Here are some of the things that we do to make sure that we don’t forget our heroes. Sometimes we build statues or sculptures of heroes, especially of politicians and soldiers, but sometimes of writers too. Many cities in South America have a statue of Simén Bolivar (he helped lead many South American countries to independence). And the famous Mount Rushmore in the USA remembers four US presidents of the past We often remember soldiers and other people who died in war with ‘a monument, lke the Monument to the People's heroes in Beijing, China, or a memorial, like the Eternal Flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Solder in Pais Bg 30 ine REMEMBERING HEROE @] Look at the photos. Do you know where these things are? b Read the text quickly and listen. Check your ideas. Se Some countries have a special remembrance day, lke the one every January in the USA for Dr Martin Luther King, the human rights leader. When Lady Diana Spencer died in 1997, in Paris, many people left flowers and messages near the place where the car accident happened. Now there is a Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain in Hyd Park in London. Sometimes places are named after famous people: for example, Liverpool, in England and Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil both have airports named after local musicians, John Lennon and Tom Jobim. In Hollywood, The Walk of Fame has the names of film, TV and music celebrities in stars on the pavement. Very famous celebrities have their handprints, footprints and autographs in concrete at Hollywood's Grauman’s Chinese Theatre. Different countries and people remember their heroes in different ways, including many ways that are not mentioned here. Perhaps in your country there are some different ways — what are they? and: Read the text ag 1. give four examples of different kinds of heroes, 2. give an example of a statue to remember a hero. 3. say when Martin Luther King Day is. 4 give two examples of places named after famous people. 5 say what the Walk of Fame is Work in pairs or groups. Answer the ‘questions. 1 Which of the people in the text did you already know about? 2 What other ways can you think of to remember heroes? 3. Howare heroes remembered in your country? Vocabulary %& Memory words Use a word from the box to complete each sentence. forget unforgettable memories _memory remember memorial forgetful 1 Ihave lots of great memories of our holiday last year. 2. It was a fantastic day ~ I'l always it 3. My brother has an amazing for names and faces. 4 When you finish using the computer, don't to switch it off 5 There's a new statue in our town - it's a toa famous writer from our country. 6 My friend Allie didn't remember my birthday, or his sister’ birthday! He's so 7 We went to Pars last weekend, We hada great time ~ it was an holiday. ® write a Read the text that Dave wrote about his hero. Match the questions with the paragraphs. Write numbers 1-3 in the boxes. a What did this person do? b_ Why is this person a hero for you? ¢ Who is your hero? 1 My hero is Helen Thayer, She was the first woman to walk to the magnetic North Pole alone 2 Helen Thayer was born in New Zealand and she lived there when she was a girl. Later, she lived in Guartemala for four years and ‘hen in-the United States. When she was Fefty, she had a dreown. She wanted to walle ‘othe North Pole alone, and she decided “jo doit. On her journey, Helen didn’t have any help. She was completely alone except for her dog, Charlie, a Canadian husky. “The journey wos very difficult, She walked. ‘3YS wiles in temperatures of -50 °C! ‘once, seven polar bears attacked Helen and Charlie, Charlie saved Helen’s life. 3 Helen Thayer is wy hero because she had a dream and she was deterwined to wake tt come true. She was always positive, even in very dangerous and difficult situations. Think of someone you think is a hero. Write three paragraphs about your hero. Use Dave's example to help you Speak Make a poster about your hero. Then give a presentation to the class. UNITS SCC PLO] on Vocabulary: past time expressions, sports How many sports do you know in English? What is your favourite sport? Read about two sportsmen at a World Championship in 1971. What nationalities were the two men? What was their sport? Now read the text again and listen. Put the pictures in the correct order. Write numbers 1-5 in the boxes UNIT4 Past simple (regular and irregular verbs; questions and short answers) ] Answer the questions. 1 Why didn’t the American and Chinese players talk to each other? 2. Why did Cowan get on the Chinese team bus? 3. Why didn't Cowan give Zedong a present immediately? 4. Why were there reporters at the hotel when the bus arrived? @] Do you think that Zedong and Cowan stayed friends for a long time? Why/why not? © crammar % Past simple: regular and irregular verbs @] Look at the examples from the text on page 32. How are the verbs in 1 different from the verbs in 2? 1. They played for fifteen minutes. He wanted to give something back The bus arrived at the hotel. 2. He got on the Chinese bus. Zedong gave him a scarf The US president went to China! B] Put the verbs from the box in the past simple and write them in the lists. Use the text on page 32 to help you. change see call play miss. think get come give want arrive buy become make Regular ve foes changed. | ___ sow ©] Complete the summary. Use the past simple form of the verbs There '_.was.. (be) table tennis championship in Japan in 1971. An American and a Chinese player? x together for fifteen minutes. The American (rss) his bus, but the Chinese player * him onto his bus. ‘The Chinese player®___....... (give) the American a present. The American®... (be) happy, and he 7 susan, (Want) to give a present back. He ® (buy) a T-shirt for the Chinese player. They (become) friends. In the same year, the American President to China for a historic visit. (invite) % Past simple: questions ] Look at the examples and complete the table. | Did the Chinese players talk to Cowan? No, they didn't. Did Cowan and Zedong become friends? Yes, they did. Vyoushe/she/ | Yes, you/he/she/it/we/ it/werthey go? they | No, /you/he/she/it/we/they (id nor). | @] Put the words in the correct order to make questions. 1 you / go out / last night / did? 2. music / you / on Sunday / did / listen to ? 3 eggs / you / for breakfast / this morning / eat / did ? 4 you / watch / lastnight / did / TV? 5 onholiday / you / last year / did / go? © speak Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions from Exercise 2e. A: Did you go out last night? B: No, [didn't | stayed at home and watched TV. unira | 33 a © vocabutary % Past time expressions @]_ When we talk about the past, we can use time expressions like these. Add another example to each list. yesterday, yesterday morning, yesterday last night, last week, ast April, last an hour ago, four days ago. ago B] Complete the sentences with your own information. 1 Four hours ago, | was 2 Last night, | went to bed at 3. Yesterday evening, | 4 Last Saturday, | 5 Eight years ago, | was My last holiday was ©] Complete the sentences. Use a time expression with ago. 1 David is fifteen now. He started school when he was five. | David started school ten years ago | 2 I met your cousin last Saturday. It's Wednesday today. | | met your cousin 3. It's 10.30 now. My English class began at 930. j My English class began 4. The school holidays started at | the end of June. It's the end of August now. The school holidays started © speak Work in small groups. Ask and answer the questions. Use ago in your answers. When / start school? When / begin learning English? When / arrive at school this morning? When / first meet your best friend? A: When did you start school? © vocabulary ‘& Sports B: Nine years ago. a] [57 Write the words under the pictures. Pi Then listen, check and repeat. eyeling basketball ice hockey . skateboarding snowboarding surfing swimming volleyball skiing cyeling. me 4 B] Work with a partner or in a group. Answer the questions about the sports in Exercise 6a. Which sports 1. are team sports? 4 2 use equipment 5 with wheels? 6 7 3 are water sports? are in the Winter Olympics? are popular in your country? do you do? do you like watching? Turn to page 133. © pronunciation Turn to page 110.

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