Listen understand a phone conversation
about activities. ■
Write write a short postcard. ■
A 5 Thursday August 2nd
B Friday August 3rd
C Saturday August 4th
D Sunday August 5th
E Monday August 6th
2 Read the questions about Matthew’s diary.
Write true (T), false (F) or doesn’t say (DS).
1 Stonehenge is about 1,000 years old. F 2 They arrived at their camp at one o’clock.
3 Matthew is in a tent with three other people.
4 Matthew doesn’t like visiting old buildings.
5 Matthew is a good swimmer.
6 The barbecue food was good.
Listen
3 148 Listen to a conversation about a holiday camp. Match the people (0–5) to the activities (a–g). There is one extra activity.
0 Jules 1 Poppy 2 Ed 3 Sal 4 Chris 5 Dom
a) cooking b) dancing c) diving
d) guitar classes e) horse riding f) painting g) tennis
Write
4 Write a postcard to a friend about a summer camp. Answer the questions and add extra information. Write eight to ten sentences.
Where are you staying?
When did you arrive?
What is the camp like?
Are you having a good time?
Why or why not?
What do you do every day?
What’s your favourite activity?
What did you do yesterday?
Start like this:
Dear ... ,
I’m staying at … camp in … . We arrived … .
Skills Revision 8
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9 GOING PLACES
9a They went to New York.
Grammar Past simple of irregular verbs: affirmative and negative
By + means of transport Vocabulary Transport
Get started
1 Do you like travelling?
Read
2 019 Listen and read the article. Where is Ewan McGregor from?
Comprehension
3 Answer true (T) or false (F). Correct the false sentences.
1 Charley Boorman was in Star Wars. F
Charley Boorman wasn’t in Star Wars. Ewan McGregor was in Star Wars.
2 Their motorbikes were old.
3 The first journey was in 2004.
4 Ewan McGregor was in South Africa in May 2007.
5 The journey to South Africa was 15,000 miles.
This is Ewan McGregor. He’s a Scottish actor. He played Jedi, Obi-Wan
Kenobi, in the Star Wars fi lms. He loves motorbikes and in 2004 he and his friend, Charley Boorman, went on a very long motorbike journey. They bought new BMW motorbikes and rode them from London to New York, a distance of 22,000 miles. They drove through Europe, Russia, Alaska, Canada and America and it took the two men 115 days. They didn’t go to expensive hotels.
They slept outside and had barbecues.
In May 2007, they made another journey. This time they didn’t go to America, they rode their motorbikes from John O’Groats in the north of Scotland to Cape Town in South Africa.
They drove for eighty-fi ve days and travelled 15,000 miles.
Ewan said he loved the trips and he and Charley had a lot of fun. When they came back to Britain they wrote one book about each trip. The books are called Long Way Round and Long Way Down .
9a
Vocabulary: Transport
8a 029 Listen and repeat. Then match the words to the pictures (1–8). Which words are not in the pictures?
1 – lorry
• bike • boat • bus • car • coach • lorry
• motorbike • plane • scooter • taxi • train
• tram • underground (Tube)
Grammar
Past simple of irregular verbs
Affirmative
He bought a new motorbike.
They went to New York.
Negative
He didn’t buy a car.
They didn’t go to America.
Go to page 120 for a list of past simple irregular verbs.
4 Read the article again. Notice the words
in red. 1
4
6 7 8
5 3
b Talk about you. Ask and answer in pairs.
1 How do you usually go to school?
2 How do you get to the shopping centre?
3 How do your parents usually get to work?
4 What’s your favourite way to travel on holiday?
Pronunciation: đڴ c a r
9 039 Go to page 116.
Speak
10 Look at the times and tell your partner:
• where you went • how you travelled
• what you saw and did there
1 yesterday morning 2 last weekend 3 last summer 4 on your last birthday
Write
11 Write about what you did last weekend.
Last weekend I went to ...
Extra practice
For more practice, go to page 113.
My summer job
Last year I 1 had (have) a holiday job in a
sandwich shop. Every day I 2 (make) hundreds of sandwiches. It 3 (be) boring and very hard work. We 4 (sell) sandwiches and drinks.
I usually 5 (forget) to eat my lunch because I 6 (be) so busy.
I 7 (not/have) any friends at work. The other worker 8 (not/like) me. He 9 (say) my clothes
10 (be) weird! My friends usually 11 (meet) me outside the shop after work. Sometimes we
12 (go) to a café, but not for a sandwich!
5 How many days did they travel altogether?
Practice
6 Write sentences in the past simple.
1 Katy/not do/her Spanish homework.
She/do/her French homework.
Katy didn’t do her Spanish homework.
She did her French homework.
2 Tom/not make/biscuits. He/make/a birthday cake.
3 My brother/not go/to America. He/go/to Australia.
4 We/not see/ Iron Man 2 . We/see/
Iron Man 3 .
5 Daniel/not have/a PS3. He/have/an Xbox.
6 I/not buy/a book. I/buy/a CD.
7 Complete the text with the past simple form of the verb in brackets.
2
• by taxi/car/train/bus/bike/plane/boat • on foot
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9b I went to Canada two years ago.
Get started
1 What’s your favourite place for a holiday?
Vocabulary: Landscape
2 049 Listen and repeat. Then match the pictures (A–E) to the words. Which words are not in the pictures?
Dialogue
3 059 Listen and read the dialogue.
Complete with the correct phrases.
Comprehension
4 Answer the questions.
1 Where did Daniel take the photos?
2 How many places did Daniel go to on holiday?
3 How high are the Rocky Mountains?
4 Where did Emma climb three mountains?
Tom: Where did you take these photos?
They’re fantastic.
Daniel: In Canada. I went there two years ago . Emma: Did you have a good time?
Daniel: Yes, it was 1 Tom: What did you do?
Daniel: We flew to Vancouver Island and stayed there for a week. We saw whales and went swimming with them. They were so 2 Katy: Is there a beach on Vancouver Island?
Tom: Of course there is. It’s an island. It’s in the sea.
Daniel: 3 it’s not the sea, it’s the ocean. The Pacific Ocean. Then we went to the Rocky Mountains for a week.
Tom: Did you climb them?
Daniel: No, I didn’t. Look, they’re about 4,000 metres high. But I went mountain biking.
Emma: I like mountain climbing. Six months ago I did the Three Peaks Challenge.
Tom: What’s that?
Emma: I climbed three mountains in Scotland, England and Wales. I did it in twenty-four hours.
Daniel: 4
Katy: I can climb, too.
Tom: You?
Katy: Yes, I climbed the stairs five minutes ago !
• coast • forest • island
• lake • mountain • ocean
• river • sea • tree
Phrases
• That’s incredible! • awesome!
• great fun. • Actually,
D E
C
A B
A – forest
Grammar Past simple with ago
Vocabulary Landscape Holiday activities
9b
Vocabulary: Holiday activities
6 069 Listen and repeat. Then write the activities in the three groups.
Practice
8 Ask and answer about Sam and Jim’s trip using the past simple and ago .
Sam and Jim are travelling around America.
Today is Thursday 12 th June. It is 3 p.m.
A: When did Sam and Jim buy plane tickets to America?
B: They bought the tickets four months ago.
5 How long was Daniel’s holiday?
• go climbing • go mountain biking
• go shopping • go sightseeing • go skiing
• go sunbathing • go swimming
• go to a museum • go to the beach
• go windsurfing • play beach volleyball In a town In the mountains By the sea go sightseeing
Grammar
Past simple with ago
When did you go to Canada?
I went to Canada two years ago.
Six months ago I climbed three mountains.
7 Read the dialogue again. Notice the words in red.
Listen
9 079 Listen to Martin and answer the questions.
1 When did Martin first go to Indonesia?
2 How did he get to Jakarta?
3 How many islands did he visit?
4 What food did he eat?
5 What did he see in Kenya?
Speak
10 Talk about your last holiday. Ask and answer. Invent answers if you like.
1 How was your holiday?
2 Where/When did you go?
3 Where did you stay?
4 Who did you go with?
5 What did you do?
6 What was the food like?
Extra practice
For more practice, go to page 113.
Daniel, Tom and Katy are in Liverpool, a famous city in the north-west of England.
Daniel: Come on! Let’s go to The Beatles Shop now!
Tom: Wait a minute! I need some money first. Excuse me. Is there a cashpoint near here?
Woman: Yes, there’s one outside the bank in Dale Street.
It’s between a post office and a bookshop.
Tom: Thanks.
Woman: You’re welcome. Bye.
Daniel: Where’s Dale Street?
Tom: Don’t ask me! Where’s the map?
Daniel: It’s in Katy’s bag.
Tom: Where’s Katy?
Daniel: I don’t know. She isn’t here!
Tom: Sssh, listen! Is that my phone ringing?
Hello. Katy where are you? ... Say that again.
... OK.
Daniel: Where is she?
Tom: She’s on the corner of Cook Street and Castle Street. She’s in the newsagent
opposite the station and she’s got chocolate!
9c It’s opposite the station.
Grammar Imperatives
Prepositions of place
Vocabulary Places in town Function Ask for help in town
Comprehension
2 Answer true (T) or false (F).
1 The Beatles Shop is in Dale Street. F 2 Tom wants some money.
3 Tom and Daniel know Dale Street.
4 Katy has got a map.
5 Katy is in a sports shop.
Grammar
Imperatives
Affirmative Negative Wait a minute! Don’t ask me!
Practice
3 Complete the instructions with the correct words. Some are negative.
Dialogue
1 089 Listen and read. Who has got the map?
• close • write • talk • look
• open • listen
1 Close your book. (✓) 4 at the poster. (✓) 2 Don’t in class! (✗) 5 in your book. (✗) 3 to the CD. (✓) 6 the door. (✗)
Vocabulary: Places in town
4a 099 Listen and repeat.
• bank • bookshop • bus stop • café
• car park • cashpoint • computer shop
• music shop • newsagent • park
• pharmacy • post office • restaurant
• sports centre • station • supermarket
90
9c
Extra practice
For more practice, go to page 114.
Use your English: Ask for help in town
8 119 Listen and repeat. Then practise the conversation in pairs.
A: Excuse me, is there a sports centre near here?
B: Yes, there’s one in Market Street opposite the supermarket.
A: Thanks very much.
B: You’re welcome.
Ask where places are
Excuse me, where’s the cinema?
Excuse me, is there a pharmacy near here?
Excuse me, where’s the nearest supermarket?
Give a positive answer
It’s in Dale Street opposite the station.
Yes, there’s one in Cook Street between a newsagent and a music shop.
There’s one in Park Road.
Give a negative answer
I’m sorry. I don’t know. I’m not from here.
Say thank you Thanks very much.
Respond
You’re welcome.
That’s all right.
9a Look at the map in Exercise 6 and ask about the places:
1 post box 2 car park 3 newsagent 4 post office 5 cinema
b Now ask about other places on the map.
1 stamp 2 CD 3 book 4 laptop 5 pizza 6 train 7 cup of coffee 8 car 9 medicine 10 magazine
11 swimming pool 12 tree 13 money 14 milk 15 bus
Practice
7 Look at the map in Exercise 6. Say where the places are.
1 sports centre/supermarket
The sports centre is opposite the supermarket.
2 bank/cinema
3 computer shop/café + Mexican restaurant 4 bus stop/bookshop
5 music shop/Down Street + Hope Road 6 post box/newsagent
Grammar
Prepositions of place
Don’t forget in , on , under , next to , behind and in front of from Unit 3.
5 Read the dialogue again. Notice the words in red.
Listen
6 109 Listen and label the map with the words.
b Match the words with the places in Exercise 4a. Some places have two words.
1 stamp – post office
• supermarket • café • park
• bookshop • pharmacy
Welcome to the World Alternative Games!
Get started
1 What are some famous festivals in your country?
Where and when are they?
Read
READING TIP: SKIM FOR GIST
When you read a text for the first time, read it quickly, or ‘skim’ it, to get a general idea of what it is about.
Now do Exercise 2.
ACROSS CUL TURES
SKILLS FOCUS: READING
9d Fun on the move
Bog snorkelling
Every year about 200 people are happy to get cold, wet and dirty in this weird race. First they put on a snorkel, mask and fl ippers. Then they try to ‘swim’ fi fty-fi ve metres in a dirty bog. Last year the winner swam it in eighty-four seconds.
Chariot racing
This is a race for three people. First competitors make a Roman ‘chariot’ with two mountain bikes and a rubbish bin. Then they put on Roman costumes and the chariot driver gets in the rubbish bin. After that they cycle through mud for two kilometres. It sometimes rains and the chariots often crash. After the race all the competitors get a free drink. They usually need it!
Do you want to be in the World Alternative Games? It’s only £15 for each race and it’s a lot of fun. Come to Llanwrtyd in Wales this summer!
2 129 Read about the World Alternative Games and match the races (1–4) to the photos (A–D).
1 Bath racing 2 Backward running 3 Bog snorkelling 4 Chariot racing 1 Bath racing – B
There are a lot of unusual festivals in the UK.
One of them is the World Alternative Games in Wales.
Welcome to the World Alternative Games!
These crazy games take place in a small town in Wales called Llanwrtyd. There are some great activities for all the family.
Bath racing
In this race people go across a lake in a bath!
There’s a race for just one person in a bath and there’s also a very funny race for two people.
Two people sit in a bath. One person tries to go backwards and the other person tries to go forwards. The race is 100 metres. People get very wet and they often fall in the lake, but it’s a lot of fun!
Backward running
Some people think that running forwards is boring so they run backwards for one kilometre! This is a fun race for men, women and children. ‘It’s brilliant, but a bit dangerous,’ says Jack Rayes, last year’s winner.
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A B
Comprehension
3 Read the text again and complete the table.
Bath racing Backward running
Bog snorkelling C hariot racing
1 Distance (metres) 100 metres 2 Equipment Yes – a bath 3 Individual or team Individual and team
Listen
4 139 Listen and choose the correct options.
1 Kieran went to Ireland by
a) plane. b) train and boat. c) car and boat.
2 In Dublin he stayed with his a) mum. b) sister. c) aunt.
3 His first two days were
a) in a city. b) in a castle. c) in Liverpool.
4 In Kerry, he was
a) in the mountains. b) by the sea. c) on a boat.
5 The weather there was
a) OK. b) great. c) terrible.
6 In Wicklow he went
a) swimming. b) mountain biking.
c) up a mountain.
7 Kieran likes Irish
a) chocolate. b) breakfast. c) horses . 8 One evening they went to a
a) KEILITH. b) CEYLYDH. c) CEILIDH .
Speak
5 Work in pairs. Student A: Ask questions about Kieran’s holiday. Student B: Answer the questions. Use the sentences in Exercise 4 to help you.
9d
Project
6 Write some information for tourists about a festival in your country.
Festival: ... ..
Where? ...
When? ...
What happens? ...
Food and drink: ...
D
NEW WORDS
• festival • alternative • race • try
• wet • fall • backwards • forwards
• dangerous • winner • bog
• snorkel • mask • flippers • chariot
• competitors • put on (clothes)
• costume • rubbish bin • through C
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It was great fun.