oxford''''s new english file pre intermediate work book

b Underline the stressed syllable More Words to Learn 1 talkative 4 generous 7 quiet White translations and try to remember the words 2 extrovert 5 nephew 8 daughter Word Pronuna

Clive Oxenden Christina Latham-Koenig

Paul Seligson Richard MacAndrew

New

ENGLISH FILE

Pre-intermediate Matura Workbook

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dt Magdaleny Szpotowicz Numer dopuszczenta 128/05

~ Paul Sehgson and Chive Oxenden are the original co-authors of - XE O

English File 1 (pub 1996) and Enghsh File 2 (pub 1997) UNIVERSITY PRESS

a Who's who? 4 If something bad can happen, it will 49

i Who knows you better? 6 a Never smile at a crocodile 6 + 51

a At the Moulin Rouge 8 a Decisions, decisions 53

a The Devil's Dictionary 10 What should | do? 55

MA At the airport Practica ENcusH — T2 Md At the pharmacy PRACHCALENGUSH — 57

đ Right place, wrong time B đà Famous fears and phobias 58

A moment in time 5 Born to direct 60

a Fifty years of pop 17 aa Lused to be a rebel 62

@ One October evening 19 The mothers of invention 64

Md At the conference hotel Practical ENcuSH — 21 MA A boat trip Practical ENcus# = 66

& Where are you going? 22 1 hate weekends 67

EÀ The pessimist’s phrase book 24 f How old is your body? 69

i pss Do oir tn

@ Ill always love you 26 aa Waking up is hard te do 1

“Lwas only dreaming 28 a ‘Ym Jim.’ So am I.’ B

Ad Restaurant problems Pracrica ENcusH — 30 AA On the phone Practical Excush = T5

đề nen rags to riches 31 76

fm — 3 Shops and services Writing questionnaires II

My ost in San Francisco PRACTICAL ENGLISH 39 4 Home Speaking finding and giving information wv

5 Food and drink Reading irue / faise questions V 6 Health Listening multiple choice vi

a Are you @ party animal? 40 7 Family and friends Writing invitations VI

- 8 Science and technology Speaking describing a picture vin

đ What makes you feel good? 42 9 Travel and tourism Reading matching headings to text x

10 Family - the stages of life Listening multiple matching x

‘ 2 1í Cufture Wtng informal letter xl

a How much can you Tearn in a month? “ 12 State and society Speaking” opinions and reasons xÍ

— 13 Nature Reading multiple choice xi

a The name of the game 46 14 School Listening true / false questions xiv

= 15 Work Whiting formal letter w

MY Ala department store Practical ENGUSH 48 16 Food and drink Speaking negotiations xu

1 GETTING TO KNOW EACH OTHER b Write questions Be careful with the tenses — -_

Match the verbs and nouns < 1 Does your sister speak Italian — 1

(your sister / speak / Italian)

(you / hve)

3 What ? (music / your brother / listen to)

1 bebœn [I a TV, the news 7 How often 2

2 do h b at university, a language (you! go / cinema)

3 lstento L] c two brothers, a big family 8 Did 2

4 play L d exercise, a language course (you / read / the paper yesterday)

5 read L © a magazIne, the paper

6 speck (1 £ onhohdaytothebeeh Ei) Student's Book p.126 Grammar Bank 1A

7 stud L] the guitar, football

8 watch L] h English, Spamsh

Continue the series

9 go L] 1 music, a CD

1 nine, ten, _eleven , _twelve

10 have O j m Rome, m Italy

2 fifteen, suxteen, _.,

2 GRAMMAR word order in questions 3 forty, fifty, ———, — —_

a Put the word into the right place in the questions 4 nmety-eight, ninety-nine, —_— ,

are 5 first, second, ,

1 Wherelyou from ? are

5 Are you to study at home tonight ? gomg

10 five past five, ten past five, _.,

6 What are you thinking * about

7 Who you talk to at the party ? did

8 Who do you usually e mails to? write

4 CLASSROOM LANGUAGE

a Write the opposite mstructions

5 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds, the alphabet

a Circle the letter with a different vowel sound

% Order the words to make sentences b Underlme the stressed syllables in these words

` _1 a/ weekend/ good / Have 1 alphabet 6 tomght

Have a good weekend 2 birthday 7 airport

2 page / it / Which / 1s 3 fourteen 8 brother

2 4 forty 9 exercise

5 Wednesday 10 university

3 late / Sorry /T'm

More Words to Learn

4 name / do / spell / your / you / How

White translations and try to remember the words — = _

— = —_ ——_ — _—_—_- ?

5 please / you / that / repeat / Could Word Pronunciation Translation

> (the) date noun /dext/

6 pronounce / How / you / that / do eka noun ñg zem/

3 foreign languages noun | form lengwid3uz/

7 copy / Can / have / a/1/ please tradinonal_adjective /tra'dafend/

2 unusual adjective /an jurzual/

8 does / mean / What / ‘phone’ satroduce verb intra dyuss/

> try verb tai

another determiner /a'nadal

c (ook at the pictures and complete the mstruction (have) in common /m kpman/ rhe een 5

What kindof ? /wot kamd ov/ `

ip

Can you answer these questions?

What do you do?

Where are you from?

What languages do you speak?

What are you gomg to do tomorrow?

What did you do fast weekend?

1 VOCABULARY family and adjectives

a Complete the chart

A true friend is someone who is there for you

when he / she would prefer to be somewhere else

Len Wein, American comic book writer

lo Complete the text with the correct form of the

U verbs in the box

bring notlike notsee werk do stay

nothave notgetup geton live notget have

son about 7.00 in the evening ~

wife she's very hard-working, and

she often3 _———srher l b_ Complete the opposites

~~ ~~" “talkative ~~ > quiet 7o co — |-°Mp Rome and _

h 4$ _——— some more

shy >

~~ work after dinner

generous > Cpe aie NỊ

friend Ura * My father's unemployed, so he 5 at

len mp PAD _

hard y kin the same time as my mum — he 6 in bed ard-working +

Gi Student's Book p.145 Vocabulary Bank

2 GRAMMAR present simple

a Write negative sentences

1 I like New York

2 She works in the city

3 He has red hair

I don’t like New York

4 You smoke

5 We often go out

6 They have lunch at one

b Complete the questions with do or does

1 When _do _ British banks open and close?

2 — this bus go to the shopping centre?

3 this shop open on Sundays?

4 your sister work in that shoe shop?

5 Which supermarket

6

you usually shop at?

your parents like shopping there?

all 9.00

My brother's two years older than me He's really into computers, he 7 a job with a computer company We 8 the same interests at all - :he9_ — sport but love tL

My grandfather and | 10 really well, although we 1 each other very often ~ he

works | lives | leaves | runs | knows | teaches

laughs | does | dresses | starts | rains | cooks

Gatche) relaxes | washes | thinks | likes | misses

b Underline the stressed syllable More Words to Learn

1 talkative 4 generous 7 quiet White translations and try to remember the words

2 extrovert 5 nephew 8 daughter Word Pronunaation | Translation

3 unfriendly 6 serious 9 funny partner noun / pa:tna/

c Practise saymg the words in a and b sporty adjectwve | sporti

choose verb ‘ful

a Read the article and mark the sentences T (True) each Aust f/

1 11% of British unwversity students live for example (fo 1g zazmpl/

with their parents in

(goon a) date _| /dext/

2 Most students share a house with ;

other students _ Tm sure /amm fuo/

3 TỶs easy to decide who to share with _ the opposite (of} | /Ox 'ppezit/

4 Sharing a house 1s always a good experience =

5 The questionnaire helps you decide who to

share a house with —

6 People who are sumular are usually happy - _ hving in the same house _— â Do you have a big family?

2 How many brothers and sisters do you have?

i, Do you get on well with them?

#2] What does your best friend do?

1 generous 2] 4 unhealthy C1 tổ] What kind of person is he or she?

2untdy O 5 hospitable (J TƯ T0nltiRORI

the perfect housemate

89% of university students in the UK live away

from home, and nearly half of them share a

house with other students at same time during

their studies But how do you know who to

share with? It can be a difficult decision Are you

quiet, serious, shy, and hard-working? Or are you

extrovert, fun loving, and noisy? It's an important

difference, and tt can make sharing a house x

either a great experience or a nightmare i síier somelimes never

So next time you re trying to decide who to share a

answers to four or more of the questions then you Il 1 enjoy cooking big dinners for people

be fine if more than three of your answers are „# | enJoy buying presents

LI

Oo possible housemates to do it tf you give the same | smoke Oo

A man paints with his brain, and not with his hands

Michelangelo, italian painter and sculptor

1 VOCABULARY the body 2 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds

Complete the crossword a Write the parts of the body in the chart

legs toes back teeth arms nose heart hands knees head

b Practise saying the words

for smelling flowers

= they can be blue; green,

Student's Book p.146 Vocabulary Bank

a Read the museum guide’s description of the

painting on page 8, Write the verbs in the present

continuous

As you can see, tt 12s raining (rain) in this picture, and

most of the people 2 (carry) umbrellas The

two children on the nght are the artist's daughters They

3 (play) with a ball, and their mother (the

artist’s wife) 4 (watch) them closely On the

left of the picture, a young man and a woman

5 (sit) at a café table They 6 (not /

talk), but | think they're happy together In the middle of

the picture is a woman She 7 (not / smile),

and she doesn’t have an umbrella What 8

behind mthemiddlke next to

on the right under on the left

1 The woman inthe mddle doesn’t have an umbrella

2 The girls are playing with a ball

3 The man and woman are drinking coffee

4 They are sitting a table umbrella

5 The woman the children 1s their mother

6 The girls are standing each other

More Words to Learn

(she / do)? Maybe she ? (watt for her Write translations and try to remember the words

boyfnend, and she 10 (think) ‘He's late, and | Word Pronunciation | Translation

u (get) cold and wet art gallery noun | /a:t 'gœlarU

_—b Complete-the sentences with the present simple or _— — re —— present continuous form of the verbs in the box painting noun Í pentin/

watch travel get go need study picture noun Mpiktfo/

poster noun /"pousto/

favourite adjectrve | /‘fervortt/

draw verb /dra/

(at the) back /bek/

(at the) front /frant/

famous (for) /‘fermas/

1 Don’t tum off the TV! I im watching it

2 They in Africa every summer

3 Ihave an exam tomorrow, so I hard

4 Jack often the train to work

5 A Where you?

B To play tennis

61 to use the computer now!

TT nộ Student's Book p.126 Grammar Bank 1C

Can you answer these questions? my VRS Ree An , ân by

What are you doing now?

E7] What dothes are you wearing?“ =~

Bã ki raining? a

HL When does itrain in your country? a

What do you usually do in the evening?

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1 GRAMMAR defining relative clauses

a Match the begmnings and ends of the sentences

1 That’s the theatre

2 I need a mobile

3 John’s the only person

4 Llove the programme

5 That train is the one

6 Hollywood 1s the place

7 The directors are the people

8 That’s the cafe OOOOO00

a_which also takes photos

b which stops m Birmingham — ———

c whach has the best coffee

d who can mend the photocopier

e who make the business decisions

f where we saw Hamlet

g where most American films are made

h which 1s on after the news

b Complete the sentences with who, which, or where

1 This 1s the church where _ we got married

2 She can’t find the key _ opens this door

3 The Louvre is the museum _ you can see

the Mona Lisa

4 A pamter 1s someone paints pictures

5 A dictionary has good examples 1s

very useful

6 A The shop I usually buy my bread 1s

closed today

B Don't worry I know a supermarket

has really good bread

7 Do you knowa shop sells postcards?

Student's Book p.126 Grammar Bank 1D

What is a rebel? A man who says no

Albert Camus, French writer

2 VOCABULARY explaining words

Complete the sentences for explaming words

tall It’s the o ppostte _ of short

of fruit

to tired

apple —iIt'sak sleepy It’ss

blouse It’s 1 a shirt, but it’s for women

you feel when you have an exam sweat Fore , you do this when you feel hot dentist Its who looks after your teeth hospital Itsap where you go when you're ill

3 PRONUNCIATION using a dictionary

a Match the words to their pronunciation

6 sandwiches #'sendwidzz!

sunglasses / sangla:siz/

7 Italy Ptehu

Trahan rtalian/

b Underlme the stressed syllable mm the words in a

c Practise saying the words

4 READING

a Read the definitions and complete them with

these words

Laptops Afmend Eating The afternoon

Acmaneger Apedestrian Your boss

are small computers which

were invented to make

business people work at

home on holiday and

when they're tiavelling

is a shop where the things

for sale are very old and

the prices are very modem

is the person who Is early

for work when you re late

and late when you're early

7 |

—————— |

is something that children

do between meals but

not dunng them

s[

is a person who knows :

you well, but likes you

anyway

ERR Word Pronunciation | Translation CASO apo oe

IS ý d finitio author noun /a:0a/

ie eh e OHS

definition noun /defa mƒn/

A manager (on the) Internet nour | / mtonet/

is a person who gets other website noun / websait/

people to do all the work popular adjective / popyule/

1s the part of the day when explam verb Ak splem/

we worry about what we didn t do in the moming mume_verb /maua/

pam verb /penk/

3 _—¬Ì recognize verb /Tekagnaz/

Study idea

To remember new words, you need to test your

memory

1 Cover the Translation column and look at the words

m Enghsh Say them in your language

2 Cover the Word column and look at the translation Say the words m English

3 Test yourself agam on the other new words in this File

into busy Chinatown Go up

expensive Nob Hill, and then

continue into South Market and the Mission District, with their many nightclubs San Francisco is famous for its liberal lifestyle, and it has some of the most incredible nightlife and wonderful food anywhere in the States

San Francisco Is a popular

B From China I hve 2 Hong Kong place Is the home of hippies

; Pim me UAE Tat ks

A What's the 3 of your visit? b4 DA )

B Pmon4 people IEs also one of the

US#s mosf ảttractive cities

T see How 5 are you stayi

A I see How ¥ ving 78 Facing the Pacific Ocean to the

the UK? west and San Francisco Bay to

the north and east, It's famous

t k

B Just a wee for its hills with ther fantastic

A 6 are you staying? views of the Bay, and its

beautiful bridge: perfe

—— B In Manchester, 7 — some friends ae base foraholiday, claseto the — ° s-lts-a perfect

of mine Napa Valley, home of the

Californian wine industry, and

8 first visit to the UK? È

A this your first vist eUK a@ few hours’ drive from the

B No,? my third I love this mountains of the Sierra Nevada

country The best way to explore San

A Well, 10 your stay, Mr Lee Francisco is on foot Walk slowly

A No, I'm OK 1 always sleep on planes

B How was the flight?

B Sure My car’s outside in the car park

B Wow, you must be really tired

B Hello, Tom How are you?

B Would you like a coffee or anything? L1

through North Beach, with its

telaxed European charm, then

| place to visit at any time of —

the year Summer is the tourist

season, so prices are higher,

queues are longer, and finding

a parking place is impossible The best months for weather are between mid-September and mid-November, but you'll have a great time whenever

a Read the text once Would you like to visit San Francisco?

b Answer the questions

1 What can you see to the north, east, and west of San Francisco?

1 VOCABULARY holidays

a Write the phrases

A holiday is having nothing to do and all day to do it

Robert Orben, American editor

2 GRAMMAR past simple regular and irregular

a Write the past simple of these verbs.in the correct column

srwe become remember begin break talk do stay hate have spend walk see argue

Regular Irregular arrived became

b Complete the sentences with a weather word

1 Wear lots.of warm clothes — it’s freezing outside

2 30° is hot, but 40° isb _- -_!

3 We can’t go skiing, there’s no s

4 I can’t see anything, it’s very f

5 A Isit sunny?

B No, its

6 It doesn’t usually r much in the summer

Student's Book p.147 Vocabulary Bank

b Write negative sentences

1 We studied in Japan (not in Korea)

We didn’t study in Korea

2 They spoke Polish (not Russian)

3 My uncle was a nurse (not a doctor)

c Complete the text with the past simple form of the b White these irregular past simple forms in the

argue rent have ge notknow drive fly be eaught wrete rang came bought read

saw broke gave drove said went drank sat made

Best holiday

went to the Uniied States

en years ago |!

with my partner We 2 to San Francisco,

3 and then4_ — to Anzona

to visit the Grand Canyon, and then Las Vegas and

Los Angeles We 5 a fantastic time! We

§ _ each other very well at the tme, but we

got on very well We 7 together for

24 hours a day for ten days, but we only 8

once ~ when we got lost! We got mamied after that; and

are still together

d Read the text m € agam Complete the questions

1 Where ? San Francisco

2 there? Ten years ago

3 _—_—————————— agoodtime Yes, they did

4_ — 0nwell?Yes,verywell

5 How many tưnes ? Only once

Grea Student's Book p.128 Grammar Bank 2A

3 PRONUNCIATION regular and irregular verbs

a Circle the verb which has a different ‘ed’ sound

i talked assed

2 travelled wanted played

3 loved hated decided

4 waited listened stayed

More Words to Learn

White translations and try to remember the words

Word Pronunciation | Translation

awful adjective / ofol/

fantastic adjective | /feen'teestik/

furious adjectrve I fjuarres/

great adjective /grext/

lovely adjective /laviu

muserable adjective | /muzarabl/

terrible adjective / terabl/

wonderful adjective | /'wandofol/

break up with verb | /brelk ap wid/

escape (from) verb | /1'skerp/

Can you answer these questions?

EE, Where did you go for your last holiday?

How did you get there? — Where did you stay?

2 Did you fiave good weather?

FE) Did you have a good time?

1 GRAMMAR past continuous

a Complete the sentences Use the past continuous

1 I _was sleeping (sleep) on my friend’s sofa when his

Photographs are pictures taken to please the family and bore the neighbours

Edmund Volkart, Amencan sociologist

mother came home

2 What (you / talk) about when I came in?

3 He didn’t call you because his mobile phone

(not / work)

4 They (live) in Sydney when their first

child was born

Last summer !1 went _ (go) to Los Angeles to stay

5 Pm sorry, (you / watch) that programme?

with my cousin for a few weeks One afternoon we

6 We (walk) along the beach when we saw -

asnake: 2 (have) Junch4n-a-nice-restaurant inthe —————

7 She (mot / drive) when the car hit the _— centre of town when my cousin 3 (get) a call

tree I was on her mobile phone and went outside to talk While she

8 It (snow) when they arrived in New York 4 (speak) to her friend, | suddenly

b Write sentences with when Use the past simple and Ì (notice) a man in a black hat who

past continuous 6 (sit) at the next table tt was the actor

ON 1 They / play tennis / start / rain Johnny Depp! He was alone, and | 7 (decide)

They were playing tennis when it to take my chance So I got up and 8 (go) to

fia] 5 We/ study / in the library /

HỮI thefre/ start

his table ‘Excuse me, could | have my photo taken with you? | asked He 9 (say) yes, so |

10 (stop) a waitress who 12 (pass)

(take) the photo of me and Johnny, | thanked them both, and then

by and gave her my camera She 12

| retumed to my table When my cousin 13

(come) back, [ 4

looking so pleased with yourself?’ she asked

(smile) ‘Why are you

‘t had my photo taken with Johnny Depp’

1ohnny Depp? Where ts he?”

‘He's sitting over there Look!’

She turned around to look and then started to laugh

‘That's not Johnny Depp!’ | 6 (look) at the man in the black hat ~ he 16 (laugh) too

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2 VOCABULARY at, in, on

a Place Complete the sentences with at, i, or on

1 We'll meet you _af the bus stop

2 Toften hsten to music my car

3 my room I have a poster the wall and a photo

of my parents the table by my bed

4 My famuly are from Zurich but we live — Munich

5 She lives the city centre

6 There’s some sugar the shelf the cupboard

7 They swam the sea and then went for a walk

the park

8 There’s a Post Office the end of this road, the

corner of Old Street

b Time Complete the sentences with at, in, on, or

nothing

1 Let’s meet next Saturday at 3.00

2 Uhate driving night, getting up early the

morning, and working weekends

3 Our flight 1s leaving Monday at 7.30 the

evenmng and arriving midday Tuesday

4 We have an exam Friday afternoon

5 In most countries, banks and offices are closed _ _

Christmas Day and New Year's Day

6 Computers were invented _ the 20th century

7 Albert Emstem was born 14 March, 1879 n

Germany, and he died 1955 1m the USA

8 Easter we went to Italy and we're going again

the summer, probably the first two weeks August

k)00)010) 3 Sfutdenfs Book p.148 Vocabulary Bank

3 PRONUNCIATION /o/

a Underline the stressed syllable in these words

1 fam@Qs 4 national 7 garden

2 smilar 5 dramatic 8 memorable

3 later 6 photograph 9 woman

Word Pronunciation | Translation

balcony noun Ibaelkon/

exhibition noun /ekst'bifn/

the news noun /ốa nyuz/

stone noun /stoon/

wedding noun /wedmj/

attack verb /a'tekf shout verb Navt/

immediately adverb | A'mudiath/

luckily adverb /Makah/

suddenly adverb /'sadnh/

Study idea

1 Look at the Pronunciation column in More Words

| _ to Learn Remember that this mark (') = the stress

is on-the next syllable

2 Underline the stressed syllable in the Word column Practise saying the words

3 Remember to underline the stress when you write down new words

What were you doing at 8,00 last night?

hat were you doing at 6.00 this morning?

i What were you doing at 9.00 this morning?

Was it raining when you got up this morning?

What were you doing an hour ago?

1 VOCABULARY music, question words

a Match the type of music to the dictionary

definitions How do you pronounce them?

rap opera jazz punk

heavy metal blues

1 P — _ /pank/ n Rock music

that is played mm a fast, loud, and aggressive

way It was very popular in the late 1970s

2s /dzez/ nn Asstyle of

| music mvented by black Amencan |

musicians i the-early part of the twentieth

century It has a strong rhythm and often

volves umprovisation Famous musicians

include Lous Armstrong, Billie Holliday,

and Miles Davis

3s rep/ nn A type of

music in which singers don’t sing but speak

the words quickly, in a rhythmic way

4 s/pppra/ It’s like a play

in the theatre, but people sing the words

5 ev metl/ A type of

very loud rock music, with lots of guitars

and a strong beat

6 _—— fbluz Atypeofmustc

developed by black American musicians in

the southern United States It is slow, often

sad, and with a strong rhythm

Music can change the world because it can change people

Bono, lead singer of U2

was in the band?

Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, and Brian May

real name was Farrokh Bulsara? , Freddie Mercury's

member of the band was most famous?

Freddie Mercury, the lead singer

top ten hits did they have?

Twenty-four

did they stay together?

‘Twenty years, from 1971 to 1991

was their biggest hit?

Bohemian Rhapsody

happened in 1991?

Freddie Mercury died

is their music still popular?

Because Queen wrote good rock songs

2 GRAMMAR questions with and without auxiliaries

a Circle the correct question

1@) Who did Yoko Ono marry in 1969?

b Who Yoko Ono married in 1969?

2 a Whish Spice Girl did have red hair?

b Which Spice Girl had red hair?

3 a Who does Madonna live with?

b Who lives Madonna with?

4a When broke the Beatles up?

b When did the Beatles break up?

5 a Which member of Queen was born-in Zanzibar?

b Which member of Queen born in Zanzibar?

6 a Which instrument did Jimi Hendrix play?

b Which instrument played Jimi Hendrix?

b Match the questions in a to these answers

3 PRONUNCIATION /w/ and /h/

a Circle the words with the /w/ sound

write saw wash quickly

draw white who one two

b Circle the words with the /h/ sound

which when hair why happy hands light - hour

¢ Practise saying the words in a and b

More Words to Learn

Write translations and try to remember the words

Word Pronunciation | Translation lead singer noun _ † ñ¿d 'smJa/

1 Guy Richie

3 The guitar oO plane crash noun | /plem kref/

5 John Lennon Tj sign noun /sam/

6 Geri Halliwell (Ginger Spice) A delicious adjective | /dr'lifas/

c Write the questions for the answers become nour rk

L Who pabmejTheladSqubpg — — ì deserve verb /dt'zarv!

Leonardo da Vinci painted The Last Supper share verb Seal

2 When 2 in fact /m fekt/

Kurt Cobain died in 1994

My brother went to New York last week

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——— 3 ]wWentona date with John although I don’t like him /

1 GRAMMAR so, because, but, although

a Circle the correct words

1 Although Jim has a lot of money, he’s Cally meai/

like him a lot

b Complete the sentences using because or so and the

correct ending

1 I didn’t have any breakfast _because_

2 Maria couldn’t find her wallet _

3 I called the police

4 She thought the book was boring

5 John joined an evening class

6 I didn’t go out with him —— OOOO

a I didn’t like him

b he could learn Italian

c she stopped reading it

d I didn’t have time

e she cancelled her credit cards

f the door to my flat was open

c Look at each group of sentences Complete each

sentence with so, because, but, or although

1 a Linda ran to the station _because_ she was very late

b Linda was very late — _

c¢ _ Linda ran to the station, she was too late

and missed the train

she ran to the station

The driver is the most dangerous part of the car

Leo Campton, French humorist

2 a We stayed at home last Sunday _ it was

c The concert was very popular they sold

all the tickets,

chicas Student's Book p.128 Grammar Bank 2D

2 VOCABULARY verb phrases

a Match the phrases

1 Jamie and Hannah met [d

e each other every day

f for her phone number

g her favoutite song

b Cover the right-hand column Can you remember

rain panic ran

accidenty fast dark

bad late dance | woman

play man

notice anything at first,

but when she went to bed

that evening she found — „2

that her jewellery wasnt sai

in the usual place And

then she remembered te

the girls and called the

police They were very

sympathetic but { dont

think they'll ever catch

the girls

My grandmother had a nasty experience last weekend

She s 82 years old and she lives on her own Ive always

told her to be careful when she s answering the door

because you never know who s outside

{_] ‘What are you doing up there? she shouted and the girl

said Can | use your toilet please? My grandmother said

yes and didnt worry about it although the gi was

upstairs for ages She gave the girl m the kitchen a glass of

water Then the second girl came downstairs and they left,

[J My grandmother thought that they looked like nice gus

so she invited them in They looked round the living

room and then one of them said Can | have a glass of

water please? so my grandmother took her into the

latchen While they were in the kitchen she heard the

other one run upstairs

Anyway she was at home last Sunday it was about 400

in the afternoon and she heard someone knock at the

front door She opened the door and there were two girls

outside about 10 or 11 years old Hello said one of the

gitls Our parents are gong to buy a house like yours

very near here Can we have a look at your house

please? We want to see what it's like

b Look at the highlighted words What do you think

they mean? Check with your dictionary

More Words to Learn

Write translations and try to remember the words

Word Pronunciation | Translation

DJ noun /di đzef

club noun /klab/

dark adjecteve /da.k/

perfect adjective / ps fikt/

follow verb !fnla/

again adverb / gem/

madly (in love) adverb | / madh/

every determiner / evr

each other /utf ado/

Im afraid fam 9 freid/

EE] Why do you think it’s important to learn languages?

@] Why are you learnmg Enghsh?

FS] Do you think English 1s a difficult language to learn? Would you like to learn Chinese?

lối |s your language easy for foreigners to learn?

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CAN YOU REMEMBER ?

Complete each space with one word

your parents live?

eat meat He s a vegetarian you looking at?

works with me she go last summer?

you doing yesterday at 730? Hamlet?

1 CALLING RECEPTION

Order the words to make sentences

1 is/ room / 724 / This

parts of the dialogue

1 Did you sleep w_ell ?

OK Where are we going now?

Yes, thanks I was very tired

The Castle Inn is in the centre of San Francisco tt

It’s near major tourist attractions

It’s very comfortable

It’s cheaper in winter

The staff can tell you all about San Francisco

Guests have to pay for parking

The hotel has a restaurant

SFO airport 12.6 miles/20.3 km

The best-kept secret

in San Francisco’

Located in the heart of San Francisco, the Castle Inn is in easy walking distance of Fisherman's Wharf, Chinatown, and fine restaurants and shops The Castle {nn offers great service, great comfort, and great value

We know San Francisco is a wonderful

city with an enormous number of

tourist attractions and, for that reason, the stalf are available from moming

to night to answer any questions you have, We look forward to being a part

of your San Francisco experience The Castle inn is an approved member of the San Francisco Convention and Visitor's Bureau

The future belongs fo those who believe in the beauty of their dreams Eleanor Roosevelt

1 GRAMMAR going to, present continuous b Complete the text with the present

a Complete the sentences with going to + a verb from the box continuous form of the verbs in

Welcome to Bond House, home of the

best activity holidays in the country Let

me tell you what we have planned for you

in the next few days On Monday moming

Ze PRES

oe you 1_"re going _ (go) sailing Then in

the afternoon, |2 (fake) you

on a bicycle tour of the surrounding area You need to rest well on Monday evening, because the following moming we

3 (climb) to the top of Oak

Ridge! After that, there has been a change

of plan: you 4 (not windsurf)

as it says on your timetable, we

5 _ (have) a football

tournament That wil be fun, I'm sure

Then on Wednesday morning we

6 (go) to a mountain village

called Palrno Thursday is your final day

all that! .mm

¢ Carcle the correct verb form If both forms are 3 PRONUNCIATION /y/, /ow/, Av/

possible, circle them both

, < a Circle the word with the same sound as the pictures

ifm sure Gin gomg to pas) Tm passing all my exams

B Yes, I’m gomg to spend / I’m spending the day with you Tuesday month

my cousms

3 Do you think 1f’s gomg to be /xt’s bemg sunny come own short

tomorrow?

4 It’s Sumon’s birthday on Friday He’s going to have / hotel house move

He’s having dinner with a few friends

tonight improve look

5 We don’t need to run We're not going to muss /

We're not mussing the train

honeymoon holiday photo

B It’s going to be / It’s bemg warm and sunny

More Words to Learn

8 She drives too fast P’'m sure she’s going to have /

Write translations and try to remember the words she’s having an accident one day

Word Pronunciation | Translation

Ru Student's Book p.130 Grammar Bank 3A au pair noun /30 peal

nervous adjective | /‘naivos/

2 VOCABULARY /ook

Complete the sentences with these expressions mprove verb /m pru:v/

everythng pronown | "evrÐmj/

I'm looking for Tm looking after untl conjunction | /an tal/

Tm looking forward to

as well as faz wel oz/

1 I'm looking for my glasses for a short time fa a foxt tam/

2 seeing you next weekend Tt depends At dt pendz/

3 evening my aister’s daughter this my own (flat) too expensive /mat 900V /tuz ik spenstv/

4_ my neighbours’ house while

theyTe away

Can you answer these questions? J

6 _. ———_—— mybrthd

may What are you doing this evening?

7 ———————3 wthday present for my What are you gomg to do at the weekend? _

sister EJ Where are you going on holiday this year? a

§ _ going on holiday next week (E What are you looking forward to at themomen? =~

9 _ Sue’s dog for a week i 2

1 GRAMMAR will / won't (predictions)

Complete the dialogues with will / won't

and these verbs Use contractions

A pessimist is someone who is pleased with bad experiences

because they show he was right

Heinz Ruhmann, German actor and film director

2 VOCABULARY opposite verbs

Write the opposite verb 1n each space Be careful — use the correct verb form

71 over 50 e-mails yesterday! 3

3 Couldyou lend = me some money? 7 Could! some money, please?

Oh good! Pve _ >

10 The door’s difficult to open, you have to it quite hard

TLD Student's Book p.149 Vocabulary Bank

want stop watch | programme

b Practise saying the words

You won't have a very good month

at work Your boss will give you

some bad news, but don't worry,

you won't lose your job Work hard and next month vall be better Purple will be your lucky colour CANCER June 22-July 23 This will be a great month for travell You'll win a holiday, so have your

passport ready You Il also travel a lot

in this country and you'll visit some old frends Yellow will be your lucky

3 AQUARIUS: lan 21~Feb 19 : 2 Will Gemini people lose their jobs?

You'll be lucky in love this month! ‘ 3 What won't Aries people be able to do*

You'll meet somebody new atwork z 4 Whose lucky colour will be red?

and you'll start a new relationship ` 5 Who will go out a lot this month?

Red will b I Ì

ed wil be your lucky colour 3 6 Who will spend more time at home?

¡ ĐÁAS 4, Feb 20-Mar.20 ý _ b Underlne ñvewords you dont know Use your

Your family will be very important 6 dictionary to look up ther meanmg and this month Try to spend more time i pronunciation

with them and they'll be very glad to 7

= you Green will be your lucky ‘ More Words to Learn

4 Write translations and try to remember the words

ARIES Mar 21—Apr 20 e Word | Pronunciation Translation You'll have to be very careful with 4 definitely adverb _ /defanai — _ _ money this month You won't be 4 maybe/pethaps adverb | / meiby/

able to buy any bà dothes Ẻ lpa heps/

However, you will get a nice surprise =; -

at the end of the month Blue wil , probably adverb probably

be your lucky colour = cheer up /tfto ap/

l congratulations /kongretfo'lerfnz/

TAURUS Apr 21-May 21 é

don’t worry /dsunt 'WArU You'll have a very busy social Ife this,

month! Your frends will arrange a * good luck ‘gud lak/

surpnse party for you and you'll Ihope so/I hopenot —_| /at haup seu / make new friends as well Orange ˆ /at houp npt/

will be your lucky colour I (don’t) think so Jai ĐK se0/

GEMINL May 22-lune 2ï that's great (acts grert/

Can you answer these questions?

Hq Do you think the weather will be good tomorrow?

Do you think you'll study English next year?

Do you think you'll get some e-mails today?

túi Do you think you'll go to a party this weekend?

ie Do you think your country will win the next football

2 GRAMMAR wil / won't (promises, offers, and decisions)

Vote for the man who promises least - he'll be the least disappointing Bernard Baruch, American political adviser

1 PRONUNCIATION word stress: two-syllable words — b Are these sentences promises (P), decisions (D),

a Which words are stressed on the second syllable? Underline © 2? offer (O}8

the stress 1 T'll give it back to you tomorrow 2

1 promise receive never 2 A Which one do you want?

2 window moment forget B Pll take the red one —

3 arrive doctor WOITY 3 FIl lend you the money if you want _—

4 repair morning finish 4 Shall I help you? —

5 empty secret exist

5 I won't tell your father —

6 T'll have the soup and a salad —

6 builder address borrow

b Practise saying the words

Student's Book p.130 Grammar Bank 3C

3 VOCABULARY verb + back

a Write sentences using the pictures and prompts

Use Shall I/ Pil! I won't Complete the sentences with these verbs

call come drive give pay take

e0 MEW)

asked you to her back when you can

1 think / go to bed 3 Can you lend me l0 emosfll — — — you

T think PI go to bed back tomorrow

2 turn off / the air-conditioning? 4 We were driving to the beach but it started to rain so

2 we decided to _ back home

3 not drive / fast 5 A Do you want to borrow my pen?

B Yes, please-Tli it back to you ina

4 buy / another one minute,

6 This shirt is the wrong size 1 think Pll

5 call / the police? it back to the shop

6 have / the chicken

address in Engl and’ T wasn't Sure, But he didnt seem

4 READING

A hard lesson

My name's Jon, and this happened to me when ï

was on holiday in Seville, in the south of Spain —_

{ was having a coffee in a bar when aman came upto =

me He was quite smartly dressed, and he looked very

respectable ‘Do you speak English” he asked He ¬ :

definitely wasn’t Spanish, but I'm not sure where he was

from ‘I'm very sorry to bother you, but | have a senous | °

problem,’ he continued ‘I'm here on a busmess imp, ảnd

Iwe lost my bnefcase — it had my passport, my wallet,

my money, my credit cards, my mobile, my address

book, everything Could you help me? | need to borrow

60 euros to get the train to Madnd ~ my company has

an office there I'll pay you back, of course When I get

home, ffl send you the money You can give me your

More Words to Learn

Write translations and try to remember the words

suspicious, so | agreed | wrote down my home address

on a business card he had, and! gave him 60 euros

T even bought him a coffee

We chatted for a few minutes, and then he looked at

his watch and satd, ‘Well, | should get to the station

Thank you very much for your help You'll have your

money back in a couple of weeks, | promise! And ñẽ 7 ~

walked out of the bar

So do you think he paid me back? No, you're right,

he didn’t and | won't lend money to strangers again!

a Read the text Number the sentences in the

right order

1 Jon wrote his address on the man’s business card

2 The man explamed his problem

3 Jon bought the man a coffee

4 Jon went into a bar to get a cup of coffee

5 Jon agreed to help the man

6 Aman came up to him

7 The man left the bar

8 They talked about other things for a few mmutes OOOOHOOO

b Underline five words you don’t know, Use your

dictionary to look up their meaning and

pronunciation

Word Pronunciation | Translation

builder noun "bld2/

electrician noun ñlek'trƒn/

injection noun /m'dgekt{n/

journey noun #đza:nư

piece of paper noun | /pus af ‘perpa/

plumber noun #plama/

promise noun /promis/

¬- secret noun /'sitkert/

hurt verb /hs:t/

oh dear fav dial

Study idea

1 Some words are easier to remember because

they are similar to a word in your language or

to another in English, e.g builder, building

Other words are more difficult to remember

2 Look at the words in More Words to Learn

Which ones are easy to remember? Which ones are difficult? Highlight the difficult words and test yourself more often on these

Can you make an offer in these situations?

GY ‘Tcan’t do this homework It's very difficult.’

‘Oh no { don't have any money with me.’

] “These bags are very heavy.’

/ ‘We don't have any food for dinner tonight.”

It's very hot in here,’ “

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Only in our dreams are we free The rest of the time we need wages

Terry Pratchett, British writer

1 GRAMMAR review of tenses b Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs

a Complete the dialogues with the correct form of the in brackets Use contractions where necessary

ewenng?2 _ _ vyau_ _— {watch}

television? The answer is probably ‘yes’ And

1 A What ad you dream (dream) what?: you _ {do} last night?

about last mght? And the night before? Television again?

BI (run) along a dark road and I Every year the average Briton 4 [spend]

(be) very frightened Then, the next the equivalent of 41 days watching television ~ thats

thu I knew,I (ay)! three hours 43 minutes a day This 5 _ {make}

us the third biggest nation of square eyes in Europe

? A —— _ you often (team)! The number one TV addicts in Europe are now the

B Yes I _ (have) dreams all the time ~ Greeks who regularly 6 {watch) three hours

every mght! 53 minutes a day closely followed by the ltalians

3A you (do) anything But what 7 TV _ {do} to our

tomorrow? family life? Most famies now 8 [not eat} any

B No, why? of their meals tagether In fact nine out of ten young

Al (have) a party you children in Britain 9 _ (eat) their dinner sitting

(want) to come? in frant of the TV Think about it ~ when 19

you last _ {have} dinner with your children?

4 A Boys! What you (do)? if they 41 (turn on} the TV tonight suggest

B Sorry, st We (practse) for the a conversation instead - i 12 probably athletics tomorrow (be) more interesting!

A Not 1m the classroom!

c Complete the sentences with Pll or I'm going to

1 At midnight on December 3ist,. I’m going to _

give up smoking

2 No! Don’t worry about money

pay this time

3 I’m pregnant and have a baby

next summer

4 I can't go out tonight because

wash my hair,

5 A Are there any letters for me?

B Just a second have a look

6 A Pm hungry

B OK then, make some toast

» Student's Book p.130 Grammar Bank 3D

2 PRONUNCIATION word stress

More Words to Learn

Write translations and try to remember the words

Word Pronunciation | Translation

champagne noun | /fem'pem/

patient noun /perfont/

romance noun /rao'mens/

violin noun /qae']m/

busy adjective "bơi

frightened adjective | /‘frartnd/

successful adjective | /sok'sesfol/

appear verb /apa/

goon verb /ga0 pn/

b Practise saying the words

3 VOCABULARY verbs + prepositions

Circle the correct preposition

Don’t forget to write@o) / at me

The psychoanalyst was talking of / about dreams

Are you listening to / for me?

They always argue with / for each other

Think about / of his offer — it’s a good one

I was sitting in the office waiting for / to a phone call

I'm sorry, but I don’t agree to / with you

I'd like to speak to / at the manager, please

i) What do you usually do on Monday morning?

i) What are you doing next weekend?

t1 What did you dream about last night?

What were you doing at this time yesterday?

&&} What are you going to do after you've answered

this question?

TT7Đ MuliR0M

Complete each space with one word,

fi] | went to the siops,butl — _ bu

anything

22 When| _ the photo everybody was smiling

country won the last World Cup?

That's a machine makes pasta

Do you think it's to rain tonight?

He pass the exam He’s very lazy

It's very hot | open the window?

Hu) A What time she coming?

1 PROBLEMS WITH A MEAL

Complete the problems and requests

1 It’s very smoky mh _ere _

2 Thus knife 1s d Can I

h _ another one, please?

3 The soup 1s c Could you

warm it up f me, please?

4 Iasked for my steak r

This is very well d

5 Excuse me, I think there’s a

m im the bill 1 didn’t

have a wine

2 SOCIAL ENGLISH

Order the dialogue, 1 to 6

A We could go to a little café

B That sounds great We could

have another coffee

B Good idea Where shall we go? E1

of Thai, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean

restaurants, and in-and-out Japanese noodle shops, it’s possible to eat

your way round the world dunng a single San Francisco weekend And you don't find good food only in

expensive restaurants You can try

great cooking in any number of small eating places, where prices are low and reservations aren't needed

it in San Francisco The city is home

to over 4,500 restaurants and eating places And they're not only for tourists On average, San Franciscans

eat out 267 times a year

You can eat food from anywhere in the world, froma Afghan to Argentinian, and from Vietnamese to vegetarian With Mexican

Portions are often large, but you can ask the restaurant to pack gf

up anything you don't eat so you can take it home But wherever you eat, if you have waiter service, don’t forget to tip The exact amount you leave is up to you, but 15-20 per cent of the bill is normal

An easy way to calculate your tip

is to double the sales tax

3 (currently 8.5 per cent)

Tr run eee SRS LUO ET

a Read the article and mark the sentences T (True), F (False),

or ? (Doesn't say)

1 San Francisco has the best restaurants in the US ?

2 You can probably find food from your country in San Francisco

3 There are a lot of Asian restaurants

4 Japanese noodle shops are quick places to eat

5 Its normal to tip whenever you eat out

6 You always need to make a reservati

expensive restaurant

7 Expensive restaurants have small portions of food

8 If your meal costs $100, you should

on to eat in an

leave a tip of $8.50

b Underline five words or phrases you don’t know Use your dictionary

to look up their meaning and pronunciation

b Complete the sentences with these verbs

tryon wear getsdressed puton take off

1 She always gets dressed before she has breakfast in

the mommg

2 What dress did you to go to the party?

3 1always clothes m a shop before I buy them

4 Tm cold I'm gomg to a sweater

5 It’s very hot here your coat

Student’s Book p.150 Vocabulary Bank

2 PRONUNCIATION consonant sounds

Write the words in the chart

3 GRAMMAR present perfect or past simple?

a Write sentences and questions with the present perfect Use contractions

1 he / be / London [=]

He hasn’t been to London

2 she / break / her leg

3 they / eat / there before

4 you/ try / ice-skating

5 I/see/ this film (]

6 we / have / an argument

7 you / ever / lose / your ID card

8 he / meet / her parents F]

b Complete the sentences with ever or never

1 I've never been to Ireland

2 Have you flown before?

3 The children have been to Disneyworld

4 Have we met Simons wife? I can t remember

5 She has done this before

6 Have I told you about my first boyfriend?

7 Has your boss

A When (you / wear) 1t?

B When! (go) to a wedding last summer

2A (you / ever / borrow) your

fatner’s clothes?

B Yes, 1

A What (you / borrow)?

B Ate I (need) one for an interview

3A (you / ever / meet) a fashion

model?

B NọjI

4A (you / ever / buy) any

second hand clothes?

B Yes, I I (buy) a beautful

whute shirt for £1 50 m a market

5A (you / ever / have) an

argument about clothes?

B Yes, 1 My brother (take) my

best sweater to the beach and (run) tt

TT Siudent’s Book p.132 Grammar Bank 4A

More Words to Learn

Write translations and try to rernember the words

Word Pronunciation Translation

business noun / biznes/

chain noun ‘fem!

company noun / kampan/

store noun (sto.í washing machine /wpjm ma jLn/

noun fasnonable adjectwe | / fee{nabl/

(un)comfortable / kamftabl/

adjective _|

exactly the same fg zekth de sem/

have an argument /hev on a'gjoment/

the maim reason /ða mem r1zn/

Study idea

Po 1 You can use your dictionary to learn the grammar and pronunciation of new words, as well as the meaning

the pronunciation the stress 1s on the the grammar following syllable the translation business / biznas/ noun negocio

2 Look at the Pronunciation column above Say the words two or three times

busmess business Business

Po ¬.ẽ

Can you answer these questions? oe

HE Have you ever read a book in English?

| Have you ever written art e-mail i English?

Es What are the most expensive clothes you've ever bought?

(4 Have you ever been abroad?

EE) Have you ever sung in public?

1 VOCABULARY verb phrases

Complete the expressions with these verbs

change clean do make spend

take tidy use

1 — tidy _ your bedroom, your desk

2 the bed, a noise

3 the washing up, housework

4 the channel on the TV, your clothes

5 a computer, the Internet

6 out the rubbish, the dog for a walk

Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you

Fran Lebowtz, American humorist

b Complete the sentences for each picture Use just

buy fi do miss win wake up

———7—me,aziot of rnoney

§ _ the house, the foor

2 GRAMMAR present perfect + just, yet, already

a Write sentences with already or yet in the correct

place

1 ['ve washed the floor already

ve already washed the floor

2 Have you seen this film? yet

3 Daniel has made his bed already

1 He _s just fallen_ off his bike

2 She the washing up

3 They _ the championship

47 _

5 ‘We a hew computer:

6 ‘Sorry You it?

4 Aplace people study

5 The opposite of old

7 Has the film started? yet

đã 6 Three months which start with this sound

9 The opposite of mean

¬ Qo A sport in which two people fight each other

4 READING

men ge

Sunil |

Change your bed sheets once a week, keep

pans near the cooker, and never wash white

clothes with dark ones

2 Most Portuguese men are good at housework, = _

3 Portuguese couples usually share the housework,

4 Portuguese men normally leave home after school

5 There are more and more divorces mn Portugal _—

6 Men and women’s magazines give the same land of advice —

b Look at the highlighted words What do you think they mean? Check with your dictionary

More Words to Learn

Write translations and try to remember the words

often live at home until

they get mamed And

when they finally marry,

divided into those that are

easy, for ‘normal days, and

more difficult ones for most men leave housework | special days’

to ther wwes in addition to domestic

According to a recent study | tps, the site gives advice

married men in Portugal do | for men who are worried

less work around the house | about starting to date

than in any other European | again Other sections offer

Union country But with the | health and beauty tps as

number of divorces nsing | well a5 an entertainment

rapidly in Portugal - there | guide for the newly single

were 27,960 divorces last

year in a country of just

over 10 million people —

thousands of men are

man ‘These topics are not covered in traditional men's magazines, and women s magazines write

having to iron ther dothes | about them ina

and make dinner for the completely different way,

first ime in their lives said Oliveira

Word Pronunciation Translation

That is just some of the Many of these newly

advice you can find ona | divorced men have tumed judge noun Hgad3/

| popular new Intemét site fo the website, called mess noun /mes/

designed to help recently Vida On, for advice on xa

dworced Portuguese men | what for them were moody adjectrve_| 'mmurch/

do the housework which ‘women’s womes' On the complam verb | /kom'plem/

their wives always did for website they can find out insult verb An'salt/

them when they were which bathroom cleaner ——

marmed works best or how to clean throw out verb _ | /ra0 aut/

Men in Portugal usually Ive | 2 SH" from a white sur treat _verb Art

with their parents, where The most popular feature at the last mmute | /et Sa la:st ‘muut/

their mothers usually do iS a section offering reapes

most if not all of the for beginners in the covered (with) | /"kavad/

cooking and cleaning They | kitchen The reapes are go to court Igau ta kost/

Can you answer these questions? a

ii, Have you made your bed yet today?

we Have you had your lunch yet?

E) Have you done your English homework yet?

“BES “Hiave you made plans for next weekend yet?

E Have you had dinner yet today?

1 GRAMMAR comparatives, as as, Jess than

a Complete the sentences with the correct

comparative form of the adjective / adverb

1 The weather is_— worse today than it was

Time is the coin of your life Only you can decide how to spend it

Don't {et other people spend it for you Carl Sandburg, American poet

Lo 8 Classical music is more relaxing than rock music

2 Please drive You're going too fast! -

3 (hard) the test Pl work next time, GTI Student's Book p.132 Grammar Bank 4C

ar

4 Geel since she had her second child 2 PRONUNCIATION /s/, word stress

5 That joke is than the last one you told a Underline the stressed syllable in these words

(funny) t@go + American —— —9-journalist ————

6 The climate in northern Europe is than 2 future 6 harder 10 today

- in the south (wet) 3 parents 7 generation 11 sickness

7 She sings than you (good) 4 happened 8 machines 12 longer

8 Basketball is (popular) l than baseball in the US mm b Now circle the /o/ sound

Be careful, three of them 2, have two // sounds

b Rewrite the sentences using as as

1 This vacuum cleaner is quieter than that one

That vacuum cleaner _ist’t as quiet asthis one

2 Carlos speaks more quickly than David

¢ Practise saying the words in a

3 VOCABULARY expressions with time

Complete the sentences with these words

spend waste on take along don’t have enough save

1 Don’t waste _ time doing things you don’t enjoy

2 The flight to New Zealand is going to time

3 Tm sorry, I time to see you today

4 She needs to more time studying

5 Well time if we go on the motorway

There’s much less traffic

6 Ihope we arrive time My dad is meeting

me at the airport

i b Mark the sentences T (True) or F (False)

—————*—————— , 2 He enjoyed hus hifestyle —

An American banker was walking on a beautiful beach È 3 The American wanted him to work harder —

in a small Mexican village He saw a fisherman in his l§ 4 He told the Mexican to buy a smaller boat boat with a few fish on it

‘Great fish?’ he said ‘How long did tt take you to 5 The American said he would be rich m five years catch them” 6 He probably didi’t convince the Mexican —

‘Not very long,’ answered the fisherman

‘Why didn’t you stay at sea longer to catch some

more?’ asked the banker 4 More Words to Learn

| _“There-are just-enough-fish-here-to-feed_my family,—_# Write translations and try-te-remember-the words

answered the Mexican ig Word Pronunciation eas Translatio : Then the American asked, ‘But what do you do the R ”

rest of the time?’ ; headlines noun |/hedlamz

‘I sleep late, | fish a little, I play with my kids, Thave = = newspaper article | /‘nyuzzpempe ‘aztikl/

siestas In the evening, | go to see my friends in the § noun

village We drink wine and play the guitar I’m busier d Ispnd/

than you think Life here tsn’t as Speed noun Spe

The American interrupted him ‘I have an MBA from traffic noun /treefik/

Harvard University and | can help you You're not obsessed (with) /ab sest/

fishing as much as you can If you start fishing for = § adjective

longer periods of time, you'll get enough money from :

selling the fish to buy a bigger boat Then with the Brevious adjective | /‘prirvies/

money you'll get from catching and selling more fish, relaxed adjective | /rrlekst/

you could buy a second boat and then a third one and dj

so on Then instead of selling your fish to shops, you stressed adjectrve _| /strest/

could sell them directly to a fish factory, or even open stressful adjective _| /‘strestl/

your own factory Then you'll be able to leave your littie slow down verb /slso daun/

village for Mexico City and finally move to New York,

where you could direct the company”

‘How long will that take?” asked the Mexican

‘About 15 to 20 years,’ answered the banker :

‘And then?’ Can you answer thes ? -

‘Then it gets more interesting,’ said the American, 2 W £ questions? a smiling and talking more quickly “When the moment : A Are you busier now than you were a yearago?

comes, you can put your company on the stock market =F Do you work or study harder now thana year ago?

and you will make millions ˆ 2 Would you like fo live somewhere quieter or more exciting?

Han But then whet mm th Is your town or cityas bigas London? ¬: ~~

en you can retire, five in a small village by the =| Do you speak English I as yo 2

sea, go te the beach, sleep late, play with your kids, You speak Engish as well as your friends?

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A great city 1s that which has the greatest men and women

Walt Whitman American poet

1 GRAMMAR superlatives (+ ever+ present perfect) b Circle the correct adjective

a Complete the sentences with the superlative of an Ea ea he

adjective from the box

cheap dangerous bormg polluted

far bad impatient easy

There are so many people and cars everywhere

2 The river is the dirtier / dirtiest I have ever seen

——The water ts black-and fall oftubbsy ————————

3 The restaurants are more expensive / the most expensive than the last trme I was here

4 It's the nower / nomsiest hotel I've ever stayed in

5 The buses are slower / the slowest than the Metro

¢ Write sentences with ever

1 He/ rude person / I / meet

He's the rudest person I’ve ever met

2 Thus / exciting book / 1 / read

1 People wear masks mn the street because if 1s the

most polluted city mm this country

2 She’s the _ person I know — she hates

waiting for anything 3 It/ beautiful building / we / see

3 30 kulometres is the I’ve ever walked in

one day 4 That / funny joke / you / tell

4 Thus shop 1s really expensive The _ sunt

costs €1,000! 5 It/ beautiful photograph / I / take

5 This exercise is the I did it m five

mnutes 6 That / stupid thing /1/ do

6 I never want to go to that restaurant agam I had the

dinner of my life

7 Ws the road mm the country There are

7 That / delicious meal / she / make hundreds of accidents every year 8 These / good poems / he / write

8 That was the _film ve ever seen I fell

asleep after half an hour! E21) 0 Student's Book p.132 Grammar Bank 4D

2 VOCABULARY opposite adjectives

a Complete the sentences with the opposite of the

adjectives in brackets

1 Where’s the most interesting (boring) place you've

ever been to?

2 That man is soi (patient)!

3 New York is a very s (dangerous) city

these days

4 Tokyo is an extremely n (quiet) city

5 The shop assistant was very r (polite)

6 The subway in New York is very c

(empty)

7 Los Angeles is a very p (clean) city ~

there are so many cars

8 Some of the buildings in the centre are quite

m — (old)

More Words to Learn

Write translations and try to remember the words

Word Pronunciation | Translation

accident noun /'eksidont/

change noun /emdz gardener noun #gq:dna/

gréengrocer noun /"grizngrause/

reputation noun | /repjo teljn/

fall over verb #hịi 'a0val find out verb /famd aot!

several determiner | /'sevral/

sure/of course Haul fof kas/

too much (money) | /tu: mat{/

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3 PRONUNCIATION /o/, /sy/, /au/, word stress

a Circle the word with a different sound

HẠ 3 @ HẠ

boring | T-shirt | cold more

bought | old | of course

four | worst | world | Rome

Complete each gap with one word

A Are you out tonight?

B Yes, to the cinema

fe | don’t think it snow this Christmas

| promise | tell anyone your secret

your sister smoke?

she ever met your parenis?

Don't come in | just cleaned the floor

Your computer isn’t fast as mine

That's the best film I've - seen

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1 ASKING FOR INFORMATION

Circle the correct word in each line

A Can you recommend 1@) the good restaurant?

B Well, YumYum ? has / is a great Thai restaurant

A How near / far is it from here?

B Oh, it’s quite ¢ near / far Just a couple of blocks

A 5Can/ Do I walk from here?

B Sure It'll only ¢ take / need you five minutes

A Can you show me? in / on the map?

B OK We're here, and Yum Yum is here, 8 in / on

the corner

A Thanks What time does it 9 close / closes?

B Not !0 after / until midnight You have plenty

A That’s 5 ri And you're Ana!

B Wow! What are you 6 do

here?

Á Pm7st again Still trying to improve my

English! And you?

B Fmon°ho Actually, I'm looking for

somewhere to buy some stamps

A I know wh the Post Office is Pll walk

with you if you like,

B Are you sure? Thats very 19k — of you

3 READING

a Read the article and answer these questions

1 How far is the airport from the city centre? — 14 mùa —

2 How much does the BART cost for two people one way?

3 If your taxi fare is $40, how much should you tip’

4 How much does the airport bus cost for two adult returns?

5 What time is the earliest bus to the airport?

6 Which forms of transport will take you straight to your hotel?

San Francisco International

Airport is 14 miles south of the city Travef time to the centre during rush hour is about

40 minutes; at other times it's about 20 to 25 minutes

including the Grand BART (Bay Area TAXIS from the

Rapid Transit, the airport to the city Hyatt, San Francisco

San Francisco metro, | centre cost $30 to Hilton, and Palace

www.bart gov) $35, plus tip (this No reservations are began running from | should be around needed For the the airport to the 10% of the fare) retum trip, the buses city in June 2003 AIRPORT BUSES pick up at hotels as This new route Ộ leave from outside early as 5.30 a.m ; avoids traffic and the bageage-claim Make a reservation costs about $6 each area sen 24 hours in advance way, depending on 30 minutes from if possible The cost exactly where you're 5.35 am to 9.05 per person is $13 going Trains leave p.m They stop at single, $22 return; 4 approximately every - several Union children under 12

20 minutes Square-area hotels, are free,

1 GRAMMAR uses of the infinitive (with to)

a Complete the sentences with to and a verb

meet relax nothave not tell

not worry take close

It's wnportant to be _ there early this evenmg

2 careful / not drop

Be those plates!

Digital cameras are

Never give a party if you will be the most interesting person there

Mickey Friedman, American author

c Complete the sentences with to and a verb

argue learn take have study make buy meet

1 He’s gomg to the library _to study _

1 Tve decided _not to have_ a birthday party this year 2 Igo to evening classes _ Spanish

We'll just go out for a meal 3 They're phoning the theatre _ tickets

2 Would you like my fiancé? 4 She went to the café something to eat

3 Please, try _ about me T'll be OK 5 Are you dong that me angry?

4 Ohno I think I forgot _ the kitchen 6 I bought some books _ with me on holiday window, 7 [didn’t come here _ with you

_5 He promised anybody about her _8 He goes to parties — new people —— —_—

6 She needs _ more — she looks really

stressed 2 VOCABULARY verbs + infinitive

7 My dad offered me to the party Fourteen examples of the word to are missing from this

b Write sentences using the adjective and the text Can you put them back?

correct form of the verb

1 important / be Vm Bill fm 16 and I've deaded/leave school Ứm going

leave next week I'm hoping get a job with computers because I'm planning make lots of money Wve tned work hard but I'm not a very good student All the other students understand and leam do things quickly but not me And | never remember

bring my books to class and always forget do my homework

I'd like leam fly because | want

be a pilot But first | need do a course My mother offered pay for the course but only if | promised finish school!

Š > Po zapoznanm sig z tematyka tekstu, zastanow si¢ WSKAZOWKI

przez chwile nad stownictwem, ktore mozesz

s napotkac Jest to dobre przygotowame przed

` age wiasciwym czytaniem 1 pomoze ci lepiey

aes zrozumuec tekst

Ệ

ee

zaczmesz odpowladac na pytania, zastanow si¢ nad

tematem 1 rola kazdego akapitu

2 Lookat the lst of adjectives in exercise | Which are

positive and which are negative? Write (+) next to the

“positive words and.(—) next to thé negative words “

3 Read the text quickly Which paragraphs are positive

(+), negative (-), or not particularly positive or

negative (0) Ỳ

m¬5 ,

4 Readthetextagamand complete the questron below

Dopasuy pytama (A—GŒ) do akaprtôw, wpisu0ạc”^

odpowiedma hitere obok liczb (1-6) Jedno pytame

awt = jest zbedne ~~

Pamietiy! Naypierw okreslgtowna mysl akapriu,

aby ulatwic sobie dopasowante do niego

odpowiedmego pytanta

` fe -

A What.do you enjoy doing most? ~

B What makes youangry*

C Who do you admire?

D Whatare you-bad at?

* E Who would you most like to be? +

E Whatscares you?

Ye =» G How do you feel about thefirture?

be

a F_ ` nh st ME titan

5 Check your answers carefully

>» Wykonuac zadame na dopasowywame, zamm a

2L _]

Being at home on my own in the evening | switch off the

of coffee | stt.in my favourite.chair and | relax.| feel so

comfortable

il]

Snakes | touched one in a zoo once when I was a child Yuk!

Fortunately you almost never see them in Britain But | could never be happy in a country where there were lots of poisonous ones They terrify me!

4]

I'm always optimistic | expect goad things to happen and they usually do If something bad happens, | always lock for something positive in it | fost my coat the other day — but it was very old so | was happy to buy a new one

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I shouldn’t tell you this, it’s embarrassing | am ternble at remembering people’s names If| am introduced to someone, | forget their name immediately Then ten minutes later, when | need to know, | just have no idea.What did you

say your name was?

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