1 Work in pairs. Complete the table below by writing the words and phrases from the box in the most appropriate column. camping holiday ata campsite walking and climbing ata luxury hotel abeach holiday ona cruise ship meeting new people sunbathing a sightseeing tour relaxing acruise atayouth hostel by the sea inthe mountains backpacking visiting monuments inthe city centre at the seaside seeing new places 2 Choose one of the photos but don't tell your partner which ‘one. Imagine you are on this kind of holiday. Ask each other questions to quess which pictures you have chosen. You can only answer ‘yes’ or ‘no’.euch EXAM INFORMATION Listening Part 3, you: listen to five different speakers talking about the same topic. You must match each speaker with one of eight sentences A-H. There are three exira sentences you don't need. hear each speaker twice. You are going to hear five people talking about the holiday they took last year. Before you listen, underline ‘the main idea in each statement A-H. ‘A | didn’t enjoy it much at first, B | didn’t mind the discomfort. C | got to know lots of people. B I'd done something similar before E | wanted a low-cost holiday. E | improved my language skills. G | wesn’t in as much danger as some people imagined, HI went on the trip as a break from my parents. (DED Now listen and, for questions 1-5, choose om the list (A-H) in Exercise 1! what each speaker says about their holiday. Use the letters only once. ‘There are three extra letters which you do not need to.use. 7 Francesca | 2 Mike | B Sally | 4 Paul L 5 Katie = ‘Work in groups. What do you like about holidays with your: + family? + friends? a feces Grammar Past simple, past continuous and used to 1 \QEEB Complete these extracts from Listening Part 3 by writing the verbs in brackets in the correct form in ‘the gaps. Then listen again to check your answers. «on family holidays we always (1) (go) to the same campsite and lie on the same beach © My dad (2) sonmsnmnnnnn(b@) a climber when he 8) onnsnnnennnnnnnnne (BE) YOUNGET * Sill, there was an upside because while we .. (go) round yet another mussum, 16) -.-(get) to meet this Polish girl called Jolanta + ..sowe just ). (dump) our parents and (7) xnenenernnnennn- (GO) Off forthe day together, We (€) wnnnnnvnnnnsnnnnennnn (HVE) a really great time . WED) ane ven (5t@y) with her aunt in @ small town near Rome. We were allowed to go out to cafés together in the ‘evenings, as long as the grown-ups knew what we (10)... B page 193 Language reference: Verb tenses 5 continuous and used ta 2 Circle the correct form of the verb in italics in each of these sentences, 1 When he walked / was walking home, he found a wallet wwith a huge amount of money in it! 2 When | was at primary school, | was doing / used to do about one hour's homework a day. 3 Assoon as Mandy was getting / got Simon's text, she was jumping / jumped on her bike and was riding / rode round to his house to speak to him. 4 When I was younger, we used to spend / were spending our holidays in my grandparents’ village. 5 Luckily, we walked / were walking past a shopping centre when the storm began / was beginning. 6 My mum used to visit / was visiting lots of exotic places when she was / was being a tour guide. 3 © Spanish-speaking exam candidates often make spelling mistakes when adding -ed to past tense verbs. Add -ed to each of these words. develop enjoy happen mention occur open plan prefer stop study travel try B pace 190 Language reference: SpelingTZ Vocabulary travel, journey, trip and way 4 © Spanish-speaking exam candidates often confuse the following nouns: travel, journey, trip and way. Look at these sentences from the recording script in Listening Part 3 and complete the extract below by writing travel, journey, trip or way in the gaps. + I went on one of those journeys overland to Kenya @ one day we went on a trip to the nearest town —it was only half an hour's drive away. ‘* We were on our way back down the mountain when we got caught in this really big storm. ‘= My parents aren't really into foreign travel, so it was the first time I'd ever been abroad. travel, journey, trip or way? @ A()........is a journey in which you visit a place for a short time and come back again. which means the activity of travelling. Ue (4) ncennnnnn! 10 talk about when you travel from one place to another. DO eennnn! r0fet only to the route that you : take to gat from one place to another. 3 Complete each of the sentences by writing an adjective @ The noun (8) nn! a general word ihe Bo In some cases, more than one answer may eo a(n) homeward/outward/hard/dangerous journey 2 business/sightseeing/shopping/day/forthcoming/ ae See ieee at round trip. ee eee ee a(p) outward/pleasant/successful/safe/extended/ sentences. 1 overnight journey/trip 1. She met plenty of interesting people during her weekend travel / trip to Montreal. 2 We stopped at the supermarket on the way / trip to the beach to pick up some cold drinks. 3. My mum and dad have booked a journey / trip to 1 Thope you have a(n} 2. fm going on aff) ww. won't be back till tomorrow. journey, trip to Zurich, so! Greece for our holidays this August. 3 Alstom Boer eee ene ee ee 4M jness journey / trip, so th i Bien ate) ota ueiness Faure pisos 4. They've gone on af) nn---nsssmnnnennn tfiP, 80 | GUESS house is really quiet at the moment, 5 People spend far more on foreign travel /journeys then they did 50 years ago. 6 The travel / journey to my village will take about three they'll come home with lots of new clothes. 5 What are you going to do on your... trip to New York? sit for business or plessure? is 6 Have aff) son mem journey and don't drive ae t00 festl 7 ‘Have a good travel trip to Budapest!’ ‘Thanks! See you next week when I get back!’ 4 Work in groups. Imagine you are planning a trip 8 You can‘t get to school by bicycle if the journey /wayis together this weekend. Decide: too long - over 30 kilometres, for example. 9 Excuse me, Im abit lost. Cen you tell me the best journey / way to the bus station? * where to go + how to get there + what to do when you arrive.Skea ee ®) Form adjectives from these nouns and verbs by nature (n) adventure (n) friend (n) memory (n) mystery (0) risk (n+ v) crowd (n + v) | thrill (n + v) | ‘doubt (mtv) access (1+ v) page 195 Language reference: Word f suffixes E Form adjectives from the nouns and verbs in the x. In some cases, more than one answer may be ssible. When you have finished, use your dictionary to check your answers. artist caution colour educate emotion eneray mass predict reason respond storm thought wealth EXAM INFORMATION b Reading and Use of English Part 3, you read a text of 50-160 words with eight gaps and one example (0). You ste the correct form of the word given in CAPITALS at e end of the line in each gap. the test, the words will be a mix of nouns, adjectives, verbs and verbs. © Read the text on the right. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word ‘that fits in the gap in the same line. When you have finished, use your dictionary to check your answers. A bus journey Tasha climbed onio a (0)... {ne — CROWD bus which was going to take her io «nearby village. The wooden seats looked qUite (1) eenrennenennee | 90 COMFORT she decided to stand, even though a (2) soennennennennnee Passenger offered THOUGHT her a sect, As the bus moved through the countryside, i filed with women dressed in Bright, (3) -aaennnnnennnene Clothes COLOUR on their wey to market to do their weekly shopping. This is on (4) —-aenncsnenn FORGET experience,’ though! Tasha, whe was beginning to feel (5) OPTIMIST bout her journey. ‘More passengers climbed aboard laughing cand chatting, and the noise became (6) on Gradually, he bus. CONSIDER grew hotier and Tasha began to fee! litle 7) «that she might not get. ANXIETY to the door when the bus reached her stop. Fortunaiy, though, a (8) SYMPATHY passenger saw her problem ond shovted to the other passengers to lot har pass ond suddenly everyone made room for her to get off 4 Work in groups. Have you ever felt nervous or anxious ona journey? Why?unit [3 Grammar Gee eee ent oun at, in or on in time phrases ee ely) 4 Complete these sentences from Listening Part 3 by writing at, in or on in the gaps. In Reading and Use of English Part 7, you will ead either cone long text divided into four to six sections, or four to 1 Welger te six separate short texts. The total length will be 500-600 .- about nine every morning and went ona ee words. There are ten questions which you must match 2 We also went for walks in the £0768 wwmm-night. a eat ose 3 We were allowed to go out to cafés together mmo the evenings 4 Work in groups. You are going to read about four 4 went off with a couple of my fiend wun March. people's nightmare trips. Before you read, discuss what page 186 Language reference: Prepositions — at in. and on in things sometimes spoil people's holidays. time expressions 2 Read questions 1-10 carefully and underline the key 2 © Spanish-speaking exam candidates often make words in each question. mistakes with at, in and on in time phrases. Make sta aesne sentences. 7 had to hide from danger? uly. found an employee intimidating? December. Lots of people go to didn't have time to appreciate the places they the beach eee were in? spring. fife Gest tirie:taiylstt ial missed their home comforts? my country is autumn. - My mothers birthday's [at | winter. worried about how strong something was’ The roadshere are on. | the moming. found someone unsympathetic? usually busy in| Sunday had a painful experience? Jalways do my evenings. ‘was unhappy about the weather? homework night. Ws good idee to start Nia oeckoreh was mnsuste obi danger in what they nieing <2 the afternoons, ad 5 : realised on artival that the trip was a mistake? fo 14 September. person may be chosen more than once. 4 Work in groups. Which of the holidays sounds the worst to you? Take turns to tell each other about a memorable holiday you have had. Then decide which of you had the most interesting holiday.Oe ate Pauline Vernon — Malaysia ee haru, Malaysi dad was teaching in Kota Bharu, hn . mum and | flew out to visit him for three weeks, ‘he had already organised our stay in reat a fa the beach. ir first evening we had a party on Ee idyllic scene: a beautiful empty beach, palm Ras white sand, the warm gentle waters ofthe South China Sea, | swam in the shallow water thinking ‘tt is the life’, when a jellyfish swam between my lege “The sting, on both legs, was agony, and it was only then | discovered that two people had died from a jellyfish stings that year and until that point noe : ‘nad bothered to mention the sea-snakes, (aie 08 bite there is no cure. | naw understood why the beach was deserted Sandy Henderson — the USA Iwas camping in Yosemite National Park in California with a friend, when | awoke to the sound of soreaming, | looked out of my tent and saw my friend trying to get out of his sleeping bag, with a giant black bear rearing up behind him, Quite possibly the quickest I've ever got out of bed, | scrambled up and we bath sprinted in no particular direction, By pure chance, we'd passed a small Cabin a little way back on the trail and we made a dash for that, jumped inside and locked the door. ‘Seconds later, the bear was scraping at the door a3 we cowered inside, afraid that the whole thing might fall off. After quite a long time, the bear lost interest and we were able to leave the shelter. Nola Tracey — Yorkshire, UK It had seemed like such @ good idea three months beforehand, which was when I'd persuaded my parents to let me go on the geography trip, but when we actually got off the coach in the drizzle and made our way into the youth hostel where we were staying, | just wanted to be curled up in my own warm bed at home. The hostel was run by a rather scary woman, who checked that we'd tidied our rooms every morning before we went out for the day. The teachers were really nice, but even they couldn't do anything about the endless rain, Of course they'd imagined us all walking in the hills in glorious sunshine ~ well that never happened! Instead we stood in our waterproofs and welles in freezing streams taking measurements for hours on ‘end. | got used to not being able to feel my toes! Harry Green — Denmark : | went to Denmark with my friend Dan's famiy on a cycling hoa. od wondered what the wea! would be tke, but I needn't have wore. It was lovely and sunry! What was @ problem, though was how far we had to oye every day. My fer family are all incredibly ft, and although I'm fairy yy too, | struggled to keep up, even though I'd. Rae ight sleep. My friend's dad just ee saying, ‘Serves you right for spending so much jime playing computer games!’ He did’ ios ae to understand how hard | was fining it. We wore in a beautiful part of Denmark, but we never had the chance to stop and look at anywhere propery ‘And in the evenings, all| wanted to do was sleep!mae) Grammar Past perfect simple and continuous ‘1 Look at this sentence from Reading and Use of English Part 7 (A Pauline Vernon) and answer the questions below. ‘When my mum and [ lew out to visit him fo three weeks, he had already organised our stay in great detail. 1 Which of these actions happened first? A He had organised their stay. B They flew out to visit him. 2. Which verb form is used to indicate that something happened before something olse in the past? 3 Compare the sentence above with the one below. ‘What does the sentence below suggest about when the stay was organised? When my mother and I flew out to visit him for three weeks, he organised our stay in great detail 1 pose 193 Language reference: Vas tonsos— past perfect simple 2 Work in pairs. Find at least six other examples of the past perfect (had been / had done) in Reading and Use of English Part 7. Why is the past perfect used in each case, what is the event or situation in the past simple? e.g. A Pauline Vernon — I discovered that two people had. ied from jelyish stings that year — I discovered this, 3 Complete these sentences by writing the verb in brackets in the correct form (past simple or past perfect) in the gaps. 1 We were feeling hungry although we nensnnssnnnne(@3t) lunch only an hour before 2 I didn’t know my way around the city because | (never be] there before. 3 The party, which our hosts (organise) before we arrived, was one of the most enjoyable parts of our trip. 4 When | (arrive) in Nairobi, | wasn't allowed into the country because | ee (ose) my passport. 51 wrvenene (r@cognise) her from the photograph, although | nav (never speak) to her before, 6 He helped to raise money to repair homes which the hutticane oeennennnnnrnsnnanenne (damage). 4 Look at sentences A and B below. 41 Which sentance focuses on the length of time spent travelling? 2 Is the underlined verb in the past perfect simple or past perfect continuous? A Paul was tired because he'd been travelling all day B Paul went to the information office because he'dnever. yelled in the region before, B page 193 Language roferonco: Verb tenses ~ past perfect, 5 Complete these sentences by writing the verb in brackets in the correct form (past perfect simple or continuous) in the gaps. 1 The storm damaged the house where she {live} since she left school. 2 We. vere (Walk) up the mountain for about three hours whan suddenly it (begin) to rain, Sle mee (already finish) the work when she (offer) to help me. 4. (only speak) for 30 seconds uihen he interrupted me with a question 5 I was tired and dirty when | a (get) (wall) in the home because | country all afternoon,Ges EXAM INFORMATION In Speaking Pert 3: > you and the other candidete must discuss a situation or problem together and reach a decision. > the examiner gives you a page with a task consisting of a question and five different word prompts. “> you have 15 seconds to think about the task and then you have two minutes to discuss your ideas. the examiner then asks you another question (which is not written down) so that you can summarise your thoughts. You will have one minute to do this. Work in pairs. Read the examiner's instructions and look at the task. Which phrases in the box below could you use to talk about each option? I'd like you to imagine that your school has won first prize in a competition —a trip for all the students, Here are some ideas for trips that stucients could do and a question for you to discuss. Talk to each other about how these different trips could benefit the students @ Acity Avisitto a ightseeing museum or art tour gallery How could each of these trips benefit students? weekend ping trip in mountains Avisittoa theme park | activity day become more self-confident become more independent earn to work in a team cope in another language be educational make a change from their everyday lives get real thrill have new experiences appreciate other cultures learn teamwork tough conditions get away from their daily routine aes 2 EB Listen to two candidates, Miguel and Antonia, beginning this task. What benefits do they mention for three of the options? 3 In Speaking Part 3, it's important for candidates to react to each other's ideas and suggestions. You can do this by asking each other questions. Complete the students’ questions below by writing a word or phrase from the box in the gaps. Then listen again to check your answers. about that don’tyou shall think this one what about woes WE St2Ft With suernnennnnine How do you a sightseeing tour of a city might be good for students? 9 ee this sort of activity holiday in the mountains? 4 Yes, and they learn to be more independent because they're away from home and their families, think? 5 And the ‘Beach activity day’, what cwennen? nounit (3) 4 Gg @ You can indicate that you have finished speaking, or Now you have 3 mintieloecge eee #tyou have more to say by making your voice rise or fall, Ths is called intonation, A fall shows that you have finished speaking, while a rising intonation often indicates that you have mare to say. ach of the options in turn again, t which option you would choose, say why, and ask your partner if he/she agrees. The speaker's voice falls or rises most on words which 3. Agree with the first option your partner suggests. are stressed, 4 Disagree with the first option your partner suggests, say why you disagree, then suggest another option and 1 (QED Listen to these extracts from the conversation. Decide if the speaker's voice rises or falls on the underlined words. say why. 5 Agree with the first option your partner suggests, but then suggest an alternative and say why. 1. How do you think a sightseeing tour might be good. 6 Disagree with everything your partner says in order to forstudents? make the discussion longer. 2 [think you can learn @ lot about architecture and figerrore rine ls th 7 CEB Listen to two pairs of candidates, Miguel and 3 Yes, and also you can visit somewhere very different Antonia, and Irene and Nikolai, doing this part of the and lsarnsbatacther culames task. Which of the strategies from Exercise 6 (1-6) does 4 What about this sort of activity holiday in the each speaker use? mountains? + Miguek:... Antonia 5 I think it can give young people exciting experiences» Irene: . Nikolai: ‘and adventuras, things they don't get in their Sagar ea 8 Match each of these phrases (1-7) with their function (e-e). Some functions can be matched with more than 2 Work in pairs. Take turns to read sentences 1-5 aloud. one phrase. 3 Write two sentences of your own, explaining the 1 In my opinion, the best choice is... because benefits of two of the options in the speaking task 2 Ithink we should choose ... because Decide which words you should stress and whether 3 What do you think? your voice should rise or fall on the stressed words. 4 Yes, | think you're right, but... because When you are ready, work in pairs and 5 You might be right, but | think we should also consider because * take turns to read your sentences aloud 6 Ithink.... is a better option because * react to what your partner says with your own ideas. > | think your suggestion would be fine if... , but a suggest an option and say why b ask your partner if they agree 5 Work in pairs. Do the first part of the task yourselves. ¢ disagree with a suggestion and say why, Ask each other the questions from (Speaking) d suggest a different option Exercise 3 @ agree with a suggestion, but suggest a cifferent option * Talk about each of the options from the speaking task and say why in turn. Take two minutes to do this. * Try to use the words and phrases from the box in (Speaking) Exercise 1 9 Now work in pairs and do the second part of the task using phrases from Exercise 8. page 211 speaking reference: Speaking Part’3 second part of the task and the list of strategies (1-6) which follow. Then: * decide together which strategies would be good for this part of the task. Write Y (yes) or N (no) next to each strategy * give reasons for your answers.eee Whee A story It was a trip I'll never forget. We (1) Were Feelingy/ had felt very excited as we climbed into the rather ancient bus. With 40 noisy kids and three nervous teachers, it was very crowded. Iwas still at primary school and our teachers (2) had decided / were deciding to organise an excursion to a nearby wildlife park. We found the tour round the park fascinating because we were seeing animals we (8) had only read / only read about in books before, such as zebras and elephants. It was brilliant to see them in real life. ‘Anyway, just after we (4) had entered / were entering the part where the monkeys lived, the bus (6) had / was having @ puncture. While we (6) were waiting / had waited for the driver to change the Wheel, a whole group of monkeys (7) approached / had approached the bus and started climbing all over it. We (8) had never seen / were never seeing such a cool thing before and we (9) started / were starting laughing and shouting even more. | think ‘the teachers felt relieved when the driver (10) managed / had managed to change the wheel and continue the tour, All in all, it was a very memorable trip. XAM INFORMATION: riting Part 2, you may be asked to write a short story. task usually gives you the words you must use to start ‘end your story. The task tests your ability to: ‘structure your writing, sso a variety of tenses, grammatical structures and jocebulary. “Look at the following writing task and under! "= the words you must use to start your story "+ the two elements you must include in your story "> where the story will appear, so that you know who is going to read it. ‘Your teacher hes asked you to write a story for the glish-language magazine at your school. The story uust begin with this sentence: ‘was a trp I'll never forget. ‘Your story must include: 2 group of people a surprise ‘Write your story, (TED Now listen to five people talking about trips ‘and journeys they will never forget. For questions 1-5 below, choose the trip or journey from the list (A-F). Use the letters only once. There is one extra letter which you do not need to use. A A family excursion A first fight Aschool trip D A frightening voyage 6 Work in pairs. A visit to a relative 1. How many paragraphs are there and what is the Along car journey subject of each paragraph? 2 What adjectives does the writer use? 3. What things do you think made the journey memorable for the writer? jsten again. Which stories include 2 group of people id a surprise? Work in pairs. Which of the stories you heard do you ‘think would make the most interesting contribution to e school magazine? 7 Write your own story for the school magazine in 120-180 words. * Bofore you write, think about what you want to say and B page 203 Writing roforence: Writing Part 2 make 2 plan of what to include in each paragraph. Your story can be true or invented * When you write, think whet tenses you can use, and try to use a variety. * Include adjectives to describe your feelings. * When you have finished, check your writing for mistakes, Read the story on the right and circle the best alternative 1-10 in italics.