Photocopiable Activities 1A SOCIAL MEDIA SOLUTIONS A B You and your partner are from Social Media Solutions, a company which helps businesses find the right social media apps for them If you can’t think of an existing social media app that is right for your client, you design one to suit their business needs You and your partner are vegetarian chefs and you want to start an online vegetarian cookery school called V2 You need to know what social media app would work best for your new company Your clients are two vegetarian chefs who want to start an online vegetarian cookery school called V2 They need help finding the best social media solution for their new business • how you will advertise and communicate with your customers Work with your partner to prepare questions to ask V2 about their company and create some ideas of how social media can work for them Then meet up with V2 to suggest the best social media solution for their online cookery school V2 are your clients so remember to use polite and tentative language Work with your partner to decide: • how you want to teach your customers online to cook vegetarian meals • what you think you need from a social media app Then meet up with Social Media Solutions, a company that helps new businesses find the right social media app for them If they can’t think of the right social media app for you, they will design one to suit your business needs Talk to them about what you need Social Media Solutions are here to help you so remember to use polite and tentative language Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 1B IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECTLY first fashion mistake first … first presentation first big disappointment first time on a plane first major purchase first big achievement first music bought first … first bad haircut first time speaking a foreign language first best friend first pet first day at school/college first … first success first trip abroad first competition win first failure first major embarrassment first fear first time you cooked first car/bicycle first time you lost Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 1C MEMORISE block out a memory good memory commit sth to memory have a selective memory jog my memory remember word for word trigger a memory memorise realise recall recognise remember remind me of remind me to poor memory Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 2A INFINITIVE OR -ING ? aim avoid claim consider dare deny end up endeavour fancy forget imagine pretend recall risk struggle tempt tend vote INFINITIVE Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities BOTH -ING Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 2B LIVE ON THE AIR burning ambition formidable challenge unmitigated disaster colossal amount futile attempt unprecedented number Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities dismal failure lukewarm response vast number endearing character resounding success eternal student strong competition Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 2C WHAT’S MY LINE? swimming pool lifeguard school sports teacher hockey coach tennis coach mountain climbing guide football team manager kung fu master water skiing instructor snowboarding instructor skiing instructor leisure centre manager marathon runner 100m Olympic runner gym instructor basketball instructor Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 3A IT’S DEBATABLE All zoos should be banned We live in a throw-away society Social media does more harm than good We should be charged according to the amount of rubbish we produce We should only fly in a plane once a year to reduce pollution People don’t talk to each other enough anymore We should all be vegetarian Homework is becoming harmful to students’ education Poverty causes crime People should be charged to use the internet Endangered animals should be kept in captivity Global warming isn’t a problem We are too dependent on computers We shouldn’t use social media to encourage people to give to charity Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 3B COLLOCATION SNAP do do lend give give make make make pay turn someone a compliment a helping hand praise someone’s life around good someone a hug a difference a simple act of kindness sacrifices someone’s day a good turn someone a favour Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 3C WORD FORMATION vary reverse decide allow suit defy imagine break transfer laugh recognise inspire respond dismiss concern Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 4A HEADLINERS A seagull was arrested by police today after it entered the local supermarket and started to consume the produce on the fish counter The large bird forced the store to close around midday and was swiftly apprehended by police officers It was subsequently released without charge A piano that was recently donated by its owners after they moved house, was found to contain over 500 gold coins worth to the tune of £500,000 The treasure was found by a piano tuner, who will receive a large reward for finding it The treasure itself will be donated to the British Museum A homeless person who died this week left a will of a million dollars Pensioner Annie Coldinger lived a simple life on the street but none the less attracted regular donations from passers-by on their way to work in the city In an ironic turn up for the books, Annie collected this money in a hidden container, which was found according to instructions left in her old coat pocket In a strange turn of events, a photographer lost out this week after he was hired to take photos of a man proposing to his wife but accidentally took photos of the wrong couple’s engagement A woman who found her husband’s wedding ring on a beach a year after he lost it, is said to be overjoyed She is reported to have casually looked down at the sand on her regular dog walk to see the ring shining back at her in a one-in-a-million find A couple who accidentally left their packed lunch on a table in an exhibition, returned later to find it had been showcased by the exhibitors They were said to be hungry but not too disappointed that their lunchtime sandwiches were thought to be so artistic! A beach has apparently washed up with the tide in Ireland this week, much to the joy of local residents The beach originally disappeared thirty years ago in a storm but returned a few days ago when a freak wave washed the sand back ashore Residents and holiday makers alike are hoping it at least sticks around for the summer You’ve heard of gun dogs and sniffer dogs, now meet the world’s first cat-detection dog to track down the lost pets of upset owners Molly the spaniel has a full-time job alongside her pet detective owner and is to date responsible for locating over 100 lost felines That’s real job satisfaction! Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 5A ADVERTISING STRATEGY You have been asked to create an advertising strategy for a new product for the year 2030 Complete the advertising strategy template You will then present your product strategy *Remember to use a variety of future tenses PRODUCT What will consumers’ needs be in 2030 and how will you meet these needs? What is your product going to be called? Does your product have any USPs (unique selling points)? Think about branding and packaging – how will it be different from the competition? CUSTOMER PROFILE Who will your customers be? What will they be into? What will they like buying? How will they be buying it? How much will they be prepared to pay for the product? ADVERTISING STRATEGY By 2030 consumers will have been using social media for advertising for over 20 years How will buying habits have changed and how will you need to respond? How are you going to launch your product? ACTION PLAN Bring your ideas together to form a precise plan to present Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 5B SNEAKY SPEECHES pass up an opportunity acquire things consume too much accumulate junk easy prey collect things a soft touch a hard sell sentimental value knock-down price insatiable desire clutter up can’t part with chuck out go without splash out buy up hoard my old … dump things hang onto stuff Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 5C USE YOUR ENGLISH have an aptitude for take a chance on create an opportunity for play your part in attitudes to make a comment on examine the evidence for be encouraged by provide information about base the theory on relationship with play a role in causes of evidence of impose a limit on accomplished at Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 6A MIXED CONDITIONALS If my friends had stayed this weekend … Had you gone to bed an hour later … If the teacher came to lunch with us … Should you find yourself in that situation again … If you weren’t such a nice person … If I tell you what I had for breakfast … If she was to take on another role … Had he not missed his flight … If you hadn’t taken my advice … What would you if … If I weren’t so busy this afternoon … If it wasn’t raining so much … If you were to work abroad … Would we have done anything if … If you hadn’t given me the instructions … If Juliet hadn’t wasted her time at university … If I had won the competition … If my mother hadn’t been late dropping me off … Should he complain again … If the world was going to end tomorrow … Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 6B COUNTDOWN Nouns Verbs Adjectives Phrases candid discussion betray above-board forge a signature falsehood bluff authentic play a prank fraud cheat make-believe tell a whopper hoax deceive mock prankster disguise mythical scammer fake fictitious white lie fib impersonate pretend Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 6C SPEAKING PART Sometimes we need to exaggerate our abilities or achievements to get what we want Do you agree? Is it OK to tell white lies to avoid hurting the other person’s feelings? (Why? / Why not?) Rating Do they give reasons for their answers? Examples/Comments Do they provide examples for their argument? Do they refrain from interrupting their partner? Do they speak fluently? Rating Do they give reasons for their answers? Examples/Comments Do they provide examples for their argument? Do they refrain from interrupting their partner? Do they speak fluently or use phrases to give them time to think? Rating Do they give reasons for their answers? Examples/Comments Do they provide examples for their argument? Do they refrain from interrupting their partner? Do they speak fluently? Rating Do they give reasons for their answers? Examples/Comments Do they provide examples for their argument? Do they refrain from interrupting their partner? Do they speak fluently? Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 7A PAST MODALS Two fathers and their two sons went fishing They each caught one fish to take home A man fell off a 30 m ladder A girl was sitting in a house at with them They did not lose but he didn’t get hurt How will night with no lights on reading any fish, but when they arrived he have escaped injury? a book How could she read? home they only had three fish How could that be? A lift was on the ground floor There were four people in the A boy was rushed to the hospital accident and A woman was in a cabin and emergency department The it was pitch black She had A&E doctor saw the boy and one match In the cabin were said, ‘I cannot operate on this a newspaper, a lamp, a candle boy He is my son.’ But the and a fire Which will she have doctor was not the boy’s father lit first? lift including me On the first floor, one got out and three got in On the second floor, two got out and six got in The lift got stuck before it reached the third floor Everyone else spent the night in the lift, but How could that be? I went home How must have I escaped? A group left their campsite and hiked south for three miles A man was going for a walk, Beth’s mother had four when it started to rain The children She named the first man didn’t have an umbrella Spring She named the second and he wasn’t wearing a hat Summer, and she named the His clothes got soaked, yet not third Autumn What must have a single hair on his head got been the name of the fourth wet How could this happen? child? Then they turned east and hiked for three miles They then turned north and hiked for three miles, at which time they came across a bear inside their tent eating their food! What colour must the bear have been? Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 7B CAN YOU REPHRASE THAT, PLEASE? drop someone a line get hold of someone write a short letter to someone contact someone get the low-down get the most important facts about something hear through the grapevine to hear about something because the information has been passed from one person to another in conversation touch base with someone to talk to someone to find out what is happening about something be out of touch put someone in the picture to not have the latest knowledge about a subject, situation, or the way people feel to give someone all the information they need to understand a situation, especially one that is changing quickly Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities to the point dealing only with the important subject or idea, and not including any unnecessary discussion get your wires crossed to become confused about what someone is saying because you think they are talking about something else talk at crossed-purposes not understand each other because you are talking about different things but fail to realise this put your foot in it to say something without thinking carefully, so that you embarrass or upset someone beat around the bush to avoid or delay talking about something embarrassing or unpleasant hot off the press just recently been printed or become available keep someone posted regularly tell someone the most recent news about something Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 7C NOUNS FROM VERBS SAME DIFFERENT NOUN VERB protest NOUN protest 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 18 18 19 19 20 20 Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities commitment VERB commit Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 8A HEALTH CHECK How much you know about health and fitness? Take the quiz to find out 10 11 How many portions of fruit and vegetables should you aim to eat a day? A 3–5 B 5–8 C 8–10 How many minutes of moderate exercise (breathing harder than usual) you need a day? A 20 minutes B 30 minutes C 60 minutes How many muscles are there in the human body? A 273 B 426 C 639 Which of the following food items contains 700mg of calcium, the recommended daily intake for an adult? A 100g cheese B 100g spinach C 100g ice cream How many hours’ sleep does an adult need each night? A 6–8 hours B 7–9 hours C 8–10 hours How much salt should you eat each day?? A less than grams B less than 12 grams C less than 18 grams How much water should you drink a day? A half a litre B one litre C four litres From which of the following can we get the most vitamin C? A sunbathing B drinking orange juice C eating carrots How many calories a day should a female adult consume? A 1000 B 1500 C 2000 How many calories a day should a male adult consume? A 1500 B 2500 C 3500 B an apple C a bowl of strawberries Which contains the most sugar? A a banana Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 8B SAYING IT IN THE PASSIVE Life expectancy in ancient Rome was 20–30 years Most medicines will be printed by 3-D printers in the future Humans spend a third of their life sleeping. Most people believe that Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin People consider Hippocrates of ancient Greece to be the father of western medicine People who run regularly live on average six years longer Humans have become 50% heavier in the past 100 years than they have been throughout history Our life expectancy has increased more in the last fifty years than in the entire human existence The pace of population ageing is much faster now than in the past In fifty years’ time, robots will take over the jobs of nurses and carers Laughing 100 times uses the same energy as fifteen minutes cycling There are more living things living on your skin than people on the planet By 2020, the number of people aged 60 years and older will outnumber children younger than five years The average person will walk the equivalent of four times around the world during his/her lifetime There is an agreement that countries have to start making provision to look after their ageing populations Women, partly because their immune systems, age more slowly You can survive for two months without eating, but you can only live eleven days without sleeping Two-thirds of all the people in the world who have ever lived to be 65 years old are still alive today Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 8C EMOTIVE EXPRESSIONS angst blub chuckle compassion cry fury giggle gloomy groan grumpy howl laugh moan outrage rant scream shriek smirk snigger sob wail weep wrath yell Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 9A LEADER OR TEAM PLAYER? Read the statements and decide how far each one is true for you = totally agree; = completely disagree I like working on my own I can deal with a difficult situation quickly and effectively People often ask me my opinion I’m good at planning I enjoy getting the credit for work I’ve done well I prefer working with ideas more than processes I am goal-orientated (work hard to achieve good results) I like to tell people what to I work better outside a team I’m generally more confident than most of my friends I’m happy to provide constructive criticism I don’t usually ask people’s opinions before making a decision I can recognise people’s strengths and weaknesses I’m a good problem solver I enjoy the end result more than the process I usually adapt well to the social circle I find myself in Total score: 70 or more: A leadership role doesn’t appeal to you You enjoy working in a team or working alone 50–70: You are a team player but you would also be comfortable in a leadership role 15–30: You are a confident leader You would suit the role of manager 15 or less: You are a natural leader Results Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 9B WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY? allocate tasks (phr) build up a good rapport (phr) delegate tasks (phr) go the extra mile (idiom) lead by example (phr) take the initiative (phr) assume responsibility (phr) collaborate (v) earn respect (phr) hone a skill (phr) develop mutual trust (phr) brainstorm (v) conflict resolution (n) foster creativity (phr) lay down the law (phr) be a team player (phr) allocate tasks MANAGER BOTH TEAM Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018 Photocopiable Activities 9C ACADEMIC AND FORMAL LANGUAGE We discussed the issue immediately and as a consequence, we were able to find a quick solution (key word) The company closed mainly due to the growing trend in online shopping (key word) My manager said I was an important member of the team (key word) The team soon found out that their manager lacked leadership skills (key word) Gold Experience C1 Photocopiable Activities Photocopiable © Pearson Education Limited 2018