3

CAN DO OBJECTIVES

IT
UN ife
■ Talk about routines
■ Talk about technology in your life
■ Make arrangements
■ Write an informal invitation

Daily l

GETTING STARTED
a Look at the picture and answer the questions.
1 What country do you think this is? Why?
2 What time is it: morning or evening? Why?
3 Where do these three men go when they get off the train?
4 What are their jobs?
b In pairs, ask and answer the questions.
1 What things do you do every day?
• take a bus or train • buy a newspaper
• read your emails • go for a walk
2 What do you do on a train or bus?
• read • talk to other passengers
• listen to music • use your phone
• sleep

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3A The family never Learn to talk about routines

G Position of adverbs of frequency

eats together V Time expressions; Common verbs

A DAY IN oday, we continue our series about daily life around the
world with the Chopra family in India. One in six people in

THE LIFE …
the world lives in India. Many of them live in big modern
cities, but over 263 million of them – including the Chopras
– work on farms across the country.
Garjan Chopra is a farmer in a small village near Delhi. He lives
with his wife, Anjani, his children and grandchildren. They work
in the fields every day. Garjan and Anjani get up every morning
Breakfast, work, home, dinner: we all know the
at 4:00 am. They work in the fields from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm. At
typical daily routine of people all over the 9:00 am they always stop work for breakfast. They don’t have their
world. But it’s the little differences in our breakfast together because in their culture men and women don’t
lives that make those routines interesting. usually eat together. They stop work for a rest at midday when the
sun is very strong. In the afternoon, their grandchildren usually
help them. In the evening, the family never eats together. First, the
men and children have dinner, then the women of the family eat
together in the kitchen. They often
go to bed at around 9:00 pm,
Delhi
ready for another busy day
ASSAM on the farm.

INDIA
Mumbai Bay of
Bengal

Arabian
Sea Indian Ocean

Garjan Chopra and his wife Anjani

1 READING 2 GRAMMAR Position of adverbs of frequency

a Look at the pictures and answer a Look at this sentence from the text. The adverb of frequency is underlined.
the questions. At 9:00 am they always stop work for breakfast.
1 Where do they work – in the city or
Underline more adverbs of frequency in the text.
the countryside?
2 What job do the people do?
b Put the adverbs of frequency in the correct place on the time line.
3 Is their work easy or hard?
sometimes usually never often always
b Read the text. Are your ideas in 1a
correct? sometimes
100% 0%
c Read the text again. Are the
sentences true or false? Correct the c Now go to Grammar Focus 3A on p.140
false sentences.
1 Garjan and Anjani get up early and d Talk about the questions.
immediately have breakfast. 1 What do you always do in the morning? I always get up
2 They work for about 11 hours a day. 2 What do you usually do in the afternoon? at 6 o’clock.
3 They work without a break all day. 3 What do you sometimes do in the evening?
I often play tennis
4 Their grandchildren usually help them in
in the afternoon.
the mornings before school.
5 The children in the family don’t eat with
their mothers.

d What are the good things about

the life of the Chopra family?

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 UNIT 3

3 LISTENING
a Ask and answer the questions. c 1.60 Listen again. Complete the timetable with the

1 Do you spend a lot of time with your family? Why / Why not? correct activity from the box.
2 What do you like doing with your family?
Spanish lesson band practice work late volleyball training
b 1.60 Listen to Martin and Katherine. Answer the
questions. d Talk about the questions.
1 Do they talk about their jobs or free time? 1 The Chopra family and the Lawson family do something
2 What does Martin want the family to do? that is the same. What is it?
2 Is your family routine more like the Chopras’ or the
Lawsons’? Or is it different?

The Lawson
Family Week
Martin Katherine Liz Pete

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

4 VOCABULARY Time expressions

a 1.61 Complete the sentences. Listen and check. e Put the words in each sentence in the correct
1.63
order to make a dialogue. Listen and check.
twice a every once
A you and your family do / how often do / things together?
1 I go to my Spanish lesson a week.
B a week / about once.
2 She goes to volleyball training a week
A you do / what do?
on Monday and Thursday.
B we usually / to a restaurant / go for a picnic or.
3 He has band practice three times
A do that at / do you / the weekend?
week.
B but we sometimes / yes, every Sunday / go to the cinema.
4 I work late Tuesday.
A do anything else / do you?
B away for a weekend / a year we go / well, about twice.
b Underline the correct answer to complete the
A with your family / a nice time / it sounds like you have.
rule.

We put time expressions before the verb / at the end

f Now go to Vocabulary Focus 3A on p.163 for Common
verbs
of a sentence.

c 1.62 Pronunciation Listen to the question and 5 SPEAKING

answer. Notice the stressed words.
MARTIN How often does she go? a Think of a group of people you know well. Think of things
KATHERINE Twice a week on Monday and Thursday. you do together every day, week or year. Make notes.
My mum – have a cup of tea every morning
d Which words do we usually stress? Choose the Rob and Andy – usually go on holiday every June
correct answer. My classmates – study English three times a week
a Important words like time expressions and verbs.
b Less important words. b Talk about what you do with the people you know well
and how often. Look at the conversation in 4e to help you.

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3B Imagine you haven’t Learn to talk about technology in your life

G have got
got the Internet V Technology

1 READING 2 VOCABULARY Technology

a How do you use the Internet? Tick (✓) the things you a Match the words in the box with pictures 1–10.
sometimes do. Tick (✓✓) the things you do every day.
find information upload pictures computer smartphone tablet e-reader satnav
talk to friends play games keyboard printer headphones camera laptop
send emails buy things
watch films or TV download music 1 2 3 4 5

b Talk about your answers with other students.

c Read the first part of Tech Blog.

1 Is it about … ? 6 7 8 9 10
a using the Internet more
b using the Internet less
2 What is unusual about the Kim family this month?

d Read The Interview and answer the questions.

1 Which of activities a–f does Ha-eun do more without the b Pronunciation Listen and repeat the words in
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Internet? 2a. Underline the stressed syllable in each word.
a reading books d getting news
b talking to people e doing homework c What are the people talking about? There is
c contacting friends f going out sometimes more than one answer.
2 Which activities are now more difficult for Ha-eun and her 1 I talk to my friends on it.
family? 2 I use it to write emails.
3 I use these when I listen to music.
e Talk about the questions. 4 I often print out maps, so it’s very useful.
1 Would you like to live without the Internet? Why / Why not? 5 I use it in the car.
2 What do you think is good and bad about the Internet?

TECHB L O G
HOME REVIEWS FORUMS DOWNLOADS Login Search

THIS MONTH ON TECHB L O G

THE INTERVIEW
These days, we all use the Internet – for
everything. It’s on our computers, our
Ha-eun, is your life different without the Internet?
Ha-eun: Yes, it is different in many ways. Our TV comes over
smartphones … it’s everywhere. But imagine the Internet so now we can’t watch it. And I usually read the
you haven’t got the Internet. So you can’t send news online and now I can’t do that. But I’ve got more time to
emails, you can’t upload photos, and you can’t do other things – I read books and I go out more.
go online to get information.
Is it easy to live without the Internet?
How long could you live like that? A day? A Ha-eun: No, it certainly isn’t easy. I usually do all my shopping
week maybe, if you’re on holiday? Two weeks? online, but now I go to the supermarket and carry my shopping
home. And my son uses the Internet for his homework. But
now he hasn’t got the Internet, so he has to buy books or go to
Here at Tech Blog we asked the Kim family the library.
in Seoul, South Korea, to live without the What about talking to friends?
Internet for a whole month. Read our interview Ha-eun: Yes, that’s a problem too: we’ve got friends in Japan and
with Kim Ha-eun the mother of the family, in the USA, but if you aren’t on Facebook or Skype, it’s difficult to
about what it’s like to go offline. contact them. But in some ways life is good without the Internet.
Now I often visit my neighbours and we drink tea together!

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 UNIT 3

3 LISTENING b Underline the forms of have got in 1–6 in 4a.

Does I’ve got mean:
a I am b I have c I get?

c Complete the table.

I / We / You / They He / She

Don Bella Chris + I got her old phone. She got a new phone.
– I got a PC, but I´ve He got his phone with
a Listen to Don. Bella and Chris’s
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got a laptop. him. It’s at home.
answers. Match the people with the questions.
? you got a computer she got a new camera?
1 Have you got a computer?
at home? Yes, she has. / No, she hasn’t.
2 Have you got a smartphone?
Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.
3 Have you got a digital camera?

b 1.68 Listen to the conversations and d Pronunciation Listen to the sentence. The main stress
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complete the table. is on camera, the last important word.
I’ve got a digital camera.
What gadgets have Do they often
they got? use them? e 1.70 Listen to sentences 1–3. Underline the
Don main stress.
Bella 1 They’ve got a computer.
2 He’s got a smartphone.
Chris
3 She’s got a new laptop.

c How do Bella and Chris use each

1.68 f Listen again. Does the tone go up
1.70 or down
gadget? Listen again and check. on the main stress?

g Now go to Grammar Focus 3B on p.140

4 GRAMMAR have got
h Write sentences that are true for you. Use have got or
a Look at the sentences. Which are from the haven’t got and the words and phrases in the box.
Reading text (R) and which are from the
Listening (L)? a laptop a camera a car a smartphone an e-reader
a lot of online friends friends in another country
1 I’ve got my daughter’s phone.
2 We’ve got friends in Japan and in the USA. I’ve got a smartphone.
3 She’s got a new phone.
4 Imagine you haven’t got the Internet. i Write three have got questions with words and phrases in 4h.
5 Now he hasn’t got the Internet. Have you got a smartphone?
6 Have you got a digital camera?

5 SPEAKING
INTERNET FactF i l e
a Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
• People only pay for 25% of music they download from 1 use it / how often / you / do? 4 is / it / how old?
the Internet. 2 you / do / like it? 5 where / they / do / live?
• Many young people use the Internet for 30 hours every week.
3 it / is / what kind? 6 like one / would / you?
• Every minute, 15 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube.
b Ask and answer your questions in 4i with a
partner. Then ask questions from 5a to find out more.

Have you got What kind

a car? is it? It’s a …
Yes, I have.

c Work in new pairs. Tell a new partner what you

know about other students.

Pavel’s got a
smartphone. It’s one year old
and he uses it every day.

HA-EUN AND HER HUSBAND

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3C Everyday English Learn to make arrangements

S Thinking about what you want to say

How about next Wednesday? P Main stress

1 LISTENING 2 USEFUL LANGUAGE Making

a Ask and answer the questions. arrangements
1 How often do you watch TV?
2 Are there programmes you watch every week? a Match beginnings 1–6 with endings a–f.
3 Do you have a favourite TV programme? Who do 1 Why a be great.
you watch it with? 2 How b free next Friday?
3 Are you c don’t we try it?
b Watch or listen to Part 1. Do
1.72 4 That’d d love to.
Martina, Annie and Dan all like the same TV 5 That’s a e about next Wednesday?
programme? 6 I’d f good idea.

b Which questions in 2a do we use to make suggestions?

Which sentences do we use to say yes to suggestions?

c Martina says no to an idea. Underline the phrase that

means no.
MARTINA I’m sorry, I can’t. I need to work late next Wednesday.

d 1.74 Put the conversation in the correct order. Listen

and check.
B I’m sorry, I can’t. I’m away this weekend.
A 1 Why don’t we go to the cinema?
B Yes, Monday’s fine.
A How about this Saturday?
A Are you free on Monday?
B The cinema? That’s a good idea.

c Watch or listen to Part 1 again. Are the

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e Practise the conversation in 2d.
Then have similar conversations using
sentences true or false?
your own ideas.
1 The programme Annie wants to watch is Best
Cook.
Why don’t we go
2 Martina and Dan don’t see this programme very
for a picnic?
often.
3 Annie loves everything to do with eating.

d Watch or listen to Part 2. What do they

1.73
plan to do? 3 PRONUNCIATION Main stress
e 1.73 Answer the questions. Watch or listen
a 1.75 Listen to the sentences. Notice the main stress in
to Part 2 again and check your answers. each sentence.
1 Which day does Martina work late? 1 That’d be great. 2 That’s a good idea. 3 I’d love to.
2 Which day do they decide to go out?
3 Who does Dan want to ask to dinner? b Choose the correct answer.
4 How does Annie feel about Dan’s idea?
The words in 3a that have the main stress are
a short and loud b long c long and loud?

c 1.76 Listen to the sentences. Underline the main

stress.
1 We’d love to. 3 That’s a lovely idea.
2 That’d be good. 4 That’d be fantastic.

d Practise the sentences in 3c.

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 UNIT 3

5 SPEAKING
4 CONVERSATION SKILLS
Thinking about what you a Communication 3C Student A look at the
information below. Student B go to p.133.
want to say
Conversation 1. Read your first card. Think about what
a Look at the underlined phrases in the you want to say. Then start the conversation with
conversation. Choose the correct answer below. Student B.
ANNIE How about next Wednesday?
1 You want to have a picnic on Saturday morning with
MARTINA Mm, maybe. Let me see. I’m sorry but I can’t.
I need to work late next Wednesday. Student B. Decide the following and invite Student B.
ANNIE Are you free next Friday? • where to have the picnic
MARTINA Mm, possibly. Friday’s fine. Dan? • what time
DAN Friday? Sure, I’d love to. • what you’d like to do/eat

Martina uses the underlined phrases because they:

b Conversation 2. Now look at your second card.
a have an important meaning in the conversation.
Listen to Student B and reply.
b give her time to think.
2 You aren’t free next Friday after work/school because
b 1.77Pronunciation Listen and notice how Mm
you have an exercise class at the gym. You’d like to
is pronounced. Do you have short words or sounds
go out on Saturday night.
like this in your language?

c In pairs, ask and answer the questions. c Tell other students about arrangements in each role
Think about your answer before you reply. play.
1 Are you free this weekend?
2 Do you want to have a coffee after the lesson?
3 Would you like to go to the cinema tomorrow? Unit Progress Test
4 Why don’t we do our homework together?
CHECK YOUR PROGRESS

You can now do the Unit Progress Test.

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3D Skills for Writing Learn to write an informal invitation
W Inviting and replying
Can you join us?

SWEDEN
1 SPEAKING AND LISTENING
ENGLAND
a Ask and answer the questions.
1 Have you got family or friends in other countries, or
in other places in your country?
GERMANY
2 Where are they? FRANCE
3 What do they do?
4 How often do you see them?
ITALY
TURKEY
b 1.78Emrah from Turkey talks about his family.
Listen and number the countries where he’s got
family in the order you hear them.

c 1.78Listen again. Correct the mistakes in the

2 READING
text below. a Read Emrah’s emails to his brother and sister. Why does
Emrah comes from a large family and 1they all live in he email them?
Izmir in Turkey. 2He hasn’t got any brothers or sisters.
His family keep in contact by Skype, and every 3ten b Complete the information about the family party.
years they all meet in 4London. They stay 5in a large • Place
hotel and they have a big 6meal. This 7is only for people • Date
in the family – they 8don’t invite friends. • How many days?
1 They live in many different countries. • Where to stay?

Hi Mustafa
1
How are you? Hope the family’s well.
2
In September it’s our family party again and we
all plan to meet in Izmir as usual. 3We’re there from
Friday 14 to Sunday 16 September. 4Would you like
to come? I hope so, as I’d love to see you. 5Mert
(you know, my friend from school) says he’s got a Emrah
bedroom free so you can stay at his house. 6Please
let me know if you would like to join us.
I hope you can come!
Love,
Emrah

Hi Ayda
1
How are things? Hope you like your new job.
2
In September it’s our family party again and
we all plan to meet in Izmir as usual. 3We’re
there from Friday 14 to Sunday 16 September.
4
Can you join us? I hope you can, as it would
be great to see you. 5Melis (you know, my
friend from school) says she’s got a bedroom
free so you can stay at her house. 6Please
let me know if you can come. Hope you can
make it!
Love,
Emrah
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 UNIT 3

3 WRITING SKILLS Inviting and replying

a Read Emrah’s email to Ayda again. In which of f Read the emails from Mustafa and Ayda.
sentences 1–6 does he … ? Can they come?
a 4 invite Ayda
b ask how she is
c ask her to reply
d give the reason for his message
Hi Emrah
e talk about where to stay
It’s good to hear from you and many thanks for the
f give details of dates
invitation. Yes, I’d love to come. I’m really looking
forward to it. Please tell Mert I’d love to stay with
b Compare sentences 1–6 in Emrah’s emails to Mustafa him if he’s got a free room. See you soon.
and Ayda on p. 36. Underline phrases that are Love,
different. Mustafa

c Tick (✓) the correct questions to invite people.

1 Can you come?
2 Can you join?
3 Can you join us?
Hi Emrah
4 Can you to join us?
Great to hear from you and thanks for the invitation.
5 Would you like come? I’d love to come but I’m afraid I can’t. I’ve got a
6 Would you like to come? business trip to Los Angeles that weekend and I
7 Would you like to join us? can’t change it.
Hope you all have a great time, and hope to see
d Put the words in the correct order. Add question you soon.
marks (?) and full stops (.). Keep in touch!
1 things / are / how
Love,
Ayda
2 you / see / to / be / it / would / great
3 hope / it / can / you / make
4 to / I’d / you / love / see
5 are / you / how
6 I / can / come / you / hope g Underline phrases in the emails from Mustafa and
Ayda that mean:
e Which sentences and questions in 3d mean 1 I want to come.
the same? 2 I can’t come.
3 Have a good time.

4 WRITING AND SPEAKING

a Plan a party or other event. Make notes.
• Where? • When? • Why? • Who?

b Talk about your plan with other students.

My party is at the It’s for my

Grand Hotel. It’s at 7 pm on brother’s birthday.
Saturday.

c Write an invitation to your event to another student

in your class. Use the emails on page 36 to help you.

d Swap invitations with another student and check the

information.
Does it include the information in 4a?

e Write a reply to the invitation. Use the emails in 3f

to help you. Give your reply back to the student who
invited you.

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UNIT 3 3 WORDPOWER Prepositions of time

Review and extension a Match sentences 1–5 with pictures a–e.

1 He only works in the winter.
2 He works all the time – in the evening, at the weekend,
1 GRAMMAR sometimes even at night.
3 He gets up at 6 am, but he finishes work at 1 pm.
4 He works on weekdays, but on Sunday he gets up late.
a Put the frequency adverbs in the correct place in the
5 In January he works at a ski resort.
sentences.
1 He gets up often at about 10 or 11. a b c
2 He goes to bed before 2:00 am never.
3 He studies all sometimes night.
4 He has usually black coffee and toast for breakfast.
5 He is away for a week often or more.
6 His windows are closed always, even in summer. d e

b Complete the text with the correct forms of have got

or haven’t got.
My brother and I are very different. He and his wife
1
good jobs and they 2 a large house near b Answer the questions.
London. Their house 3 a big garden with a swimming 1 Do we use at, in or on with a–f?
pool. They both work ten hours a day so they 4 any a times
free time and they never go on holiday. b days
I’m a school teacher, so I 5 much money, but I 6 c months
a lot of free time in the holidays. Every summer I travel to a d parts of days (morning, afternoon)
different country and I 7 friends all over the world. e seasons (summer, winter)
f the words the weekend and night
c Make the notes into questions with have got or has 2 How many examples of a–f can you find in 3a?
got. Then write true short answers.
1 you – a car? Have you got a car? No, I haven’t. c Add at, in or on in the correct place in these
2 your neighbours – children? sentences. Some sentences may need more than
3 your flat or house – a garden? one word.
4 you – TV in your bedroom? 1 I always get up 6:30 the morning weekdays.
5 someone in your family – a laptop? 2 It’s usually cold here the winter and it often snows
6 you – a lot of free time? January.
3 Are you free the weekend? I’ve got tickets for a concert
d Ask and answer the questions in 1c. Saturday. It starts 7:30 pm.

d When do you usually do these things? Write sentences.

2 VOCABULARY
1 get up 5 go shopping
a Change the words in italics into a time expression. 2 go to bed 6 drink coffee or tea
3 have lunch 7 clean your flat or house
1 She phones on Tuesday and Sunday. twice a week
4 go on holiday 8 cook meals
2 There are English courses in March, May and October.
3 We go on holiday in June and in January.
e Ask and answer questions about when you
4 There’s a boat on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
usually do the things in 3d.
5 I check my emails before I start work and in the evening.
6 Her mother phones on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday.

b Write the names of the objects.

1 2 3 4 5
REVIEW YOUR PROGRESS
How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2, or 1
for each objective.
3 = very well 2 = well 1 = not so well

6 7 8 9 10
I CAN …
talk about routines
talk about technology in my life
make arrangements
write an informal invitation.
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