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Extra ideas Units 13-14 Revision

Answer the questions

What films have you seen recently?

What's your favourite film?

Who are your favourite films stars?

Reading

1 Read the text about Liza Minnelli and choose the

correct words

2 Answer the questions about Liza Minnelli

1 When was she born?

2 Who was her mother?

3 What happened to Liza in 195 1 ?

4 Which studio did her mother and father work for?

5 How old was she when she first appeared in a film?

6 How many awards has she won?

7 When did she make her first album?

8 Has she had an easy life? Why/Why not?

Language work

1 Put the words in the right order to form a question

1 children mother many did her how have

?

Three

2 job what father's was her

?

He was a film director

3 times did marry how mother her many

?

Five times

4 1973 win what in she did

An Oscar

5 films many she has how made?

?

More than fifteen

6 did make Stepping Out she when

2 Find five verbs in the Past Simple, and five in the

Present Perfect

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L iza Minnelli was born on March 12,

1946, in Hollywood, California She is the oldest of her mother's three children

Her mother, of course, was Judy Garland and her father was the film director, Vincente MinneUi He was the second of Miss Garland's five husbands In

1951, Liza's parents (1) have divorced/-

Liza spent most of her childhood in Hollywood, and she often visited her mother's or father's film sets

at the MGM Studios She was (2) interesting/intnestc.d

in everything to do with films, but she especially loved dancers such as Fred Astaire Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse 'I learned all their dances.' Liza Minnelli said in an interview in 1972, 'and I went home and practised them all in front of the mirror.' When she was only two and a half years old she (3)

has appearedlappeared in her first movie called In the Good Old Summertime, and five years later she danced

on the stage of the Palace Theatre in New York

She knew that she wanted to be a professional actress when she saw a musical on Broadway in

1960 'The kids on stage looked fantastic,' she said 'so I (4) immediatelylimmediate decided to go to drama

school.'

Liza has worked (5) hardhardly all her life and has

won many awards She won her first award when she was nineteen for her performance in a musical

called Flora, the Red Menace, and since then she has

won five more She won an Oscar in 1973 as Sally

Bowles in Cabaret She has made more than fifteen

films and recorded eight albums She made her first

album, Liza! Liza! in 1963

Liza has had an (6) excitedlexciting life, but it has not always been (7) easyleasily for her She has been

married three times, but the marriages have (8) neverlever lasted very long She was an alcoholic

for many years and has also had problems with drugs In 1984 she went to the Betty Ford Center in

California and she has also had problems with her

health Her fans were very (9) worried/~voming about

her in the 1990s because she (10) has hasbad an

operation on her hip in 1994 and one on her throat

in 1997

But Liza's career hasn't ended (11) yetlner In 1991

she made a film called Stepping Out, which was (12) onlabout a group of people who find happiness

and a purpose in life through dancing This is a mirror of Liza Minnelli's life because she's now planning to appear on Broadway again in her new

show Minnelli on Minnelli

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Song Song

1 Look at the underlined words and decide what's j 1 Look at the underlined words and decide what's

2 Listen and complete the song with the words you / 2 Listen and complete the song with the words you

,

Summertime and the livin' is 1 1 Summertime and the Iivin' is

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Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is are iumpin' and the cotton is

(2)

Oh your Daddy's (3) and

your ma is aood-lookin'

So hush little baby, don't you

(4)

One of these (5)

you're aoin' to rise up singing

Then you'll spread your wings and

you'll take the (6)

But till that morning there's a nothin'

can harm you

With daddy and mammy standin' by

One of these (5) you're aoin' to rise up singing

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Oh your Daddy's (3) and your ma is aood-lookin'

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Then you'll spread your wings and you'll take the (6)

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But till that morning there's a nothin' can harm you

So hush little baby, don't you

(4)

With daddy and mammy standin' by

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Correct the mistakes

Each sentence has a mistake Find it and correct it

Example

Antonia is Te,': , Antonia is Italian

London is a city very big

My mother works in a hotel is a receptionist

My father watch TV in the evening

He's like watching football

On Sundays we go in a restaurant

Hans is businessman

You family is very nice

I like listen to music

Our school have a lot of students

The childrens go to school near here

We have the dinner at 7.00

Buses in London are reds

My brother no have a job

Do you want a ice-cream?

Is near here, my flat

Word order

Put the words in the correct order

Example

Madrid Jorge from comes Jorge comes from Madrid

1 policeman from is John a New York

2 married sister is your?

3 mountains sister skiing goes the in my

4 isn't coffee nice English very

5 your what name teacher's is?

6 surname how spell d o your you?

7 often weekends go I at swimming

Choose the correct sentence

One sentence is correct Which one?

Example Where she from? 8

Where does she from? 8

Where is she from? J

1 a Sally is a nice girl, and I like

b Sally is a nice girl, and I like her

c Sally is a nice girl, and I like him

2 a He has 27 old

b He's 27 years

c He's 27

3 a Peter works with his father

b Peter works with he's father

c Peter works with him father

4 a Sally and Tim live in Madrid They're flat is lovely

b Sally and Tim live in Madrid Their flat is lovely

c Sally and Tim live in Madrid There flat is lovely

5 a She lives in a house or a flat?

b Does she lives in a house or a flat?

c Does she live in a house or a flat?

6 a I don't like going to discos

b I don't like go to discos

c I no like going to discos

7 a How many languages you speak?

b How many languages do you speak?

c How many languages does you speak?

8 a My brother work in a bank

b My brother he works in a bank

c My brother works in a bank

Questions

1 Match a line in A with a line in B to make questions

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do you go to bed?

languages do you speak?

I is a cup of coffee and a sandwich?

do you usually sit next to?

do you do at weekends?

0 oxford University

How many do you go on holiday?

2 Here are the answers to some questions Write the

questions Use the words in brackets

Esample

What do you do? ( you/do) I'm a hairdresser

(Peter / start work) A t 8.00

( Sylvie and Jacques / come) From France

( your wife's) Jaclue

(you / have) Three Two girls and a boy

(you / Ilke / gardening)

Yes, I do I gro\sV a lot of vegetables

Prepositions

Complete the text with the prepositions in the box

at in about after for with by to on after

Example

James lives in a small flat

James lives (1) Cambridge He lives (2)

two other boys who are students (3) Cambridge

University They work hard during the week, but (4)

weekends they invite a lot of friends to their house They cook a

meal (5) their friends, and then they go out

(6) the pub (7) a drink, or they stay

(8) home and listen (9) music

James has two jobs (10) Mondays, Tuesdays, and

Wednesdays he works (11) a hospital, where he helps to

look (12) children who are ill He goes to the hospital

(13) bus He starts (14) ten o'clock and

works until quarter (15) five On Thursdays and Fridays

he works (16) home He has a computer (17)

his bedroom and he writes stories (18) the evening,

one of the boys cooks a meal (19) dinner they look in

the newspaper to see what's on TV or they talk (20)

their day They usually go to bed at about midnight

Vocabulary

Put the words in the correct column There are five

words for each column

egg menu scientist favourite tuna accountant

collect hotel cake island want deliver letter

easy expensive chicken journalist dictionary

sell friendly interpreter magazine orange pub

beach nurse office newspaper busy listen

am/is/ do/ does (not)

Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box

Example

I 'M not English

1 Vienna in Austria

3 I on holiday I'm at work

4 My teacher very funny

5 What time the bank open?

6 My sister eat meat because she like it

7 1- hungry How much a tuna sandwich?

8 Where you usually go on holiday?

9 Daddy,we want to go to bed We tired

10 Learning English boring! It's interesting!

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TRANSLATE

Translate the sentences into your language Translate the ideas, not word by word

1 I am a student

2 My sister is a teacher

3 She isn't at home She's at work

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4 I live in a flat

5 My mother works in a bank

6 I don't smoke

7 My father doesn't like rock music

8 What do you do at weekends?

9 John's flat is in the centre of town

10 Can I have a cup of coffee, please?

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Correct the mistakes

Each sentence has a mistake Find it and correct it

Example

WweyeA+ Where do you live?

1 There no is a supermarket

2 Look at this pictures

3 Is a bank near here?

4 I arrive at Heathrow airport at ten o'clock last night

5 She could to speak three languages when she was ten

6 Where did you went last night?

7 The plant is in front the window

8 I don't can go out because I have a lot of homework

9 In the kitchen is a table

10 I was to the cinema last weekend

11 Who are these people over there?

12 I buyed a new video

13 Did you watch the football on TV last evening?

14 Italian people is very artistic

15 I like cities because I can to go to the theatre

Past Simple

Complete the text with the Past Simple form of the verbs

in brackets There are regular and irregular verbs

Example

Leonardo da Vinci lived (live) in Italy in the

fifteenth and sixteenth century

He was a student in Florence, where he (1) (study)

painting, sculpture and design He (2) (begin) a lot of

paintings, but he (3) (not finish) many of them His

picture of the Mona Lisa is the most famous portrait in the world

Leonardo (4) (be) interested in many things He

(5) (want) to know about everything he saw He

examined the human body He (6) (think) that the sun

(7) (not go) round the earth He (8) (write)

music He designed a flying machine 400 years before the first one

flew Many people (9) (not understand) his ideas It is

difficult to think that one man (10) (can) do so much

Irregular verbs

Write the Past Simple form of these irregular verbs

can/could/ was/ were (not)

Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box

I can can't was wasn't were weren't could couldn't Example

I can't drive I'm only 14 years old

1 Our teacher at school last week because

2 Leonardo a student in Florence He

draw, write music, and design buildings

3 We see the Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris

home I phoned you, but there no ans~cer.'

5 'I get into my flat because I lost my keys I

at a friend's house.'

Questions and negatives

Write the statements as questions and negatives

Example

He can swim Can he swim?

Uc can't swim

1 There's a good restaurant

in this town

2 There are some eggs in the fridge

3 You can speak French

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4 He was born in 1985

5 She could play the piano

when she was three

6 They were in class last week

7 Your parents studied

German at school

8 The students went to the

theatre last night

Complete the sentences with some, any, a, or an

Example

Heathrow is an international airport

1 Did Charles Dickens have children?

2 I bought newspaper and

magazines

3 Jane lives in old house in France

4 There are trees in my garden, but there

aren't flowers

3 Do you have books by Gabriel Garcia

Xlirquez?

6 There are letters for you o n the table

Alatch a line in A with a line in B

Easter Day \ second

Congratulations! I war

Match a word in A with its opposite in B

TRANSLATE

A

hot clean win old near before happy poor

on begin right

Translate the sentences into your language Translate the

B

rich far under left

- cold lose finish after sad dirty modern

- -

ideas, not word by word

1 Is there a chemist near here?

2 There are two books on the table

3 There are some flowers in the living room

4 Are there any glasses?

5 I can ski, but I can't swim

6 I couldn't go to the party last night

7 I was ill

8 Where were you born?

9 I was born in Mexico

10 She started work when she was twelve

11 He didn't like his first job

12 Where did you go on holiday last year?

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Correct the mistakes

There is a mistake in each sentence Find it and correct it

Example

Where do you live?

1 It's very hot today - d o you like something to drink?

2 Peter's got a lot of books because he'd like reading

3 How many children do you got?

4 How many money has he got?

5 Who's is that new car?

6 I'm go home now because it's late

7 Last night I went to a cafe for to meet my friends

8 We're going have a test next week

9 I'm wear my old clothes because I'm going to clean

the car

10 Pierre is French, he's coming from Paris

11 What you doing tonight?

12 My sister is more old than me

13 I think is going to rain

14 Your house is bigger than my

15 Who is the most rich person in the world?

Questions and answers

Match a question in A with an answer in B

Where does your sister work?

Whose is this coat?

How many cats have you got?

How much did your bike cost?

Could you help me, please?

Do you like Henry?

Would you like some more to eat?

Where are you going on holiday?

Why are you going to the chemist's?

What did you do last night?

Yes, of course What can

I do for you?

Yes I think he's very nice

To buy some toothpaste

To Turkey

\ln a bank

I stayed at home

Three

It's Jane's

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Comparatives and superlatives

Who's the new teacher? Her name's Mrs Taylor

No, thanks I'm full

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Complete the chart

Comparing hotels

I Adjective : Comparative

1 Look at the information about the two hotels li'rite five sentences about the hotels using the comparative forms of the adjectives in the box

Superlative

Example

The Ritz is a better hotel than The Strand

I good big expensive near far modern

I big

I

i more beautiful I

2 Look at the information about The Star Hotel \$'rite five more sentences, comparing the three hotels Use the superlative form of the adjectives

Example

The Star is the best hotel

Number of stars Number of rooms Price

How many minutes to the sea?

How many minutes to the town centre?

Old or new?

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The Strand The Ritz

102 5 5

£80-£100 £120-£140

10 minutes 15 minutes

20 minutes 8 minutes New-1990 Old-1870

Number of rooms

Prrce

How many minutes to the sea?

How many minutes to the town centre?

Old or new?

Number of stars

45 E150-f 175

1 minute I

15 minutes , Old-1920 I

I The Star

Complete the sentences with some, any, or a

Esample

I don't have any brothers or sisters

\Irould vou like cup of tea?

You have lovely pictures on the walls!

Is there water in the fridge?

Can I have grapes, please?

please

The shop doesn't have potatoes, peas, or bread

There are eggs in the cupboard, but there

Present Simple and Continuous

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the

verbs in brackets

Example

I often watch (watch) TV in the evenings, but

tonight I'M aoina (go) to the cinema

1 Pierre (smoke) twenty cigarettes a day, but

he (not smoke) now because he's in class

1 rUice and Peter (look) for a new house

They (not like) living in London

3 I al\\.ays (wear) nice clothes for work

Today I (wear) a blue jacket and skirt

4 '\\hy you (go) to bed? It's only

10.00.' 'I al\\-a~s (go) to bed early

5 Jane (work) in a bank, but today she's at

home She (write) letters

going to

Complete the sentences with going to Use a verb and a place or person from the boxes

Example I'm going to do my homework in the living room

I buy write see borrow have

I my friend Florida library theatre baker's I

1 Peter some bread at

4 They a holiday in

5 I a letter to

Vocabulary

Put the words in the correct column

wine fruit a dress a suit mushrooms milk a shirt cheese beer rice ajumper water juice shorts meat

a dress

TRANSLATE

Translate the sentences into your language Translate the ideas, not word by word

1 I like Coke I'd like a Coke

2 There is some bread on the table There isn't any coffee

3 You're older than me but Tim is the oldest in the class

4 My sister has got three children

5 I usually wear jeans, but today I'm wearing a suit

6 'Whose is this book?"It's mine.'

7 We're going to have a party

8 I went into London to buy some books

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Correct the mistakes

There is a mistake in each sentence Find it and correct it

Example

We wtrj in Paris last year We were in Paris lastycar

1 Why you want to learn Portuguese?

2 She hasn't never been to Madrid

3 I've wrote to her three times and she hasn't answered yet

4 I didn't enjoy the film It was very bored

5 How many times you been to Greece?

6 I'm very exciting about my holiday

7 The students worked very hardly

8 Say me when you want to stop for lunch

9 What sort books do you like reading?

10 Did you ever been to Ireland?

Questions and tenses

Ask questions about the statements

Example

John went to New York When did he ao ?

1 Anna's tired

2 I don't go to work by car

3 This pen isn't mine

4 I met a famous actress

5 Sarah's bought a new car

6 We saw Bill yesterday

7 Sue's watching television

8 They're going o n holiday

9 Peter's left the party

10 She drank a lot of wine

Past Simple and Present Perfect

1 Underline the correct tense

Example

I ~ w l h a v e seen Jill yesterday

1 I met/have met Anna ten years ago

2 My sister did never go/has never been to France

3 I'm sorry I didn'rfinish/haven'tfinished my work yet

4 I ate/have eaten a lot of ice-cream when I was a

child

5 They climbed/have climbed Everest in 1953

2 Put the verb in brackets in the correct form, the Present Simple or the Present Perfect

Example

I travelled (travel) by plane for the first time last year

1 We (go) to Paris two years ago

food?

were a student?

5 I can't give you your book back, because I

(not read) it yet

Adverb or adjective?

Underline the correct form

Example I'm driving careful/car~ful17y because it is raining

1 Our village is always very quiet/quietly Nothing

happens

Please speak more slow/slowly I can't understand you

She's a very good/well driver

He doesn't drive very good/well

My grandparents are very strong and healthyhealthily

for their age

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Word order Vocabulary - word groups

Put the words in the correct order

Example

letter you yet have written?

1 many got you how cousins have?

2 Rome they iust have in arrived

3 well speak you very English

4 quickly road along man the walked the

5 by play a have Shakespeare seen ever you?

6 exam students the yesterday a had difficult

7 carefully work you did your check?

8 exercise this do please quickly

9 people going many invite party how are

to to your you?

10 up is because she tired she got early

Auxiliaries

Complete the sentences with an auxiliary verb from the

box

am/is/are doldoes did have/has

Example

I am listening to music

Look at those children - they smoking

cigarettes!

your daughter speak French well?

you learn German when you were at school?

Ben ever been to India?

\\'e never played volleyball

I going to have driving lessons soon

Mark and Jane live near you?

John going to phone you tomorrow?

IVhen you start work? A long time ago?

you written to thank Sue and Bill yet?

Put the words in the correct column Each column has a different number of words

quiet day return annoying jumbo jet departure lounge worried niece station husband arrival hall platform tiring aunt flight grandson badly-behaved boarding pass

1 gate widow lovely

! Travel by train I Travel by plane 1 Adjectives 1 Family 1

Prepositions

Complete the sentences with the prepositions in the box about in out of by on for to from 1 Example

Pamela lives on the second floor

1 I'm reading a book the history of France

2 Oliver Twist is a book Charles Dickens

3 Is it far your house to the station?

4 Is Mexico City the biggest city the world?

5 Jane's worried her exam

6 What's television tonight?

7 Are you interested politics?

8 She works a big company

9 Can I speak you for a moment?

10 He drove the garage and down the street

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TRANSLATE

Translate the sentences into your language Translate the ideas, not word by word

1 Tim drives carefully Tim's a careful driver

2 Have you ever been to China? I went to China last year

3 He hasn't finished his homework yet

4 I've just finished my homework

5 I want to go home

6 I'm interested in animals

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