Starter A S

VOCABULARY Everyday activities 5 Write the questions. Then write the short answers.
1 you / live / in Spain
1 Circle the correct word. ? 1

1 I always get up / for early.
2 We have / go shopping after school. 2 you and your friends / meet / after school
3 We have – / a snack at eleven o’clock. ?
4 What time do you get / have home?
5 I have / go breakfast every day. 3 your parents / go / online
?
2 Circle the correct option.
1 The children get ready ... bed at eight o’clock. 4 you / do / homework / every night
A the B for C of ?
2 We don’t ... to school on Saturdays.
A do B does C go 5 your mum / speak / English
3 I don’t do ... housework at weekends. ?
A to B the C for
4 How often do you go ... the cinema?
2
A to B for C - 6 Write true sentences. Use the present simple and an
5 Do you ... your homework after dinner? adverb of frequency in the box.
A does B do C go
always hardly ever never occasionally
3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. often not often rarely sometimes usually

dinner dressed online sport shower 1 my mum / go / shopping / on Fridays

1 I go every day. 2 I / have / a snack / after school
2 Do you have a in the
morning?
3 my dad / do / sport
3 I sometimes don’t get

till ten o’clock on Sundays.
4 our English teacher / is / late
4 They have at seven

o’clock.
5 school / finish / on time
5 Max does at the

weekend.
3
Present simple
GRAMMAR Adverbs of frequency CHECK
4 Complete the sentences with the present simple of the 7 Circle the correct words.
verbs in the box.
Kim: What’s that noise?
not do go not have not live start watch Lara: It’s my dad’s alarm
clock. He always 1 get / gets up at 5.30 pm.
1 My brother to bed late Kim: Really? What 2 do / does he do then?
on Friday nights. Lara: He 3 goes / has a shower, gets dressed and then I
4 sometimes watch / watch sometimes TV with him.
2 I in a big city.
3 Vera TV in her bedroom. Kim: Do you and your family 5 has / have dinner together?
4 Our English lesson at Lara: No, we 6 do / don’t. My dad usually 7 has / have
10.30am. dinner at midnight.
5 We the housework Kim: 8 Does / Do he work at night?
every day. Lara: Yes, he 9 do / does. That’s why he 10 ’s always /
6 Martin a shower in the always is in bed during the day!
morning.

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 Starter B
VOCABULARY Places in a town GRAMMAR Quantifiers

? 1 Complete the sentences with places in a town. 4 Circle the correct words.
1 You go to a r to have My grandmother lives in a small village called Melton.
dinner. There aren’t 1 much / many people and it’s very quiet
? 2 You go to the c to because there isn’t 2 much / many traffic. There aren’t
watch a film. 3 some / any shops – not one! The nearest village is 6 km

3 You go to the l to away. How 4 much / many shops are there in Melton? There’s
? borrow a book. just a post office that sells 5 some / any bread and milk.
4 You go to the n to buy a
magazine. 5 Look at the pictures and circle the correct words.
? 5 You go to a m to see
artefacts.
6 You go to the t to see a
? play.

2 Complete the dialogue with the words in the box.

1 There’s lots of / a few / 2 There’s a lot of / many /
bank coffee shop pharmacy
a little money. much food.
police station post office supermarket

Lisa: I need to go shopping for some food.

Jake: Let’s go to the 1 then. I need
some medicine and there’s a 2
there.
Lisa: Is there a 3 too? I need some
stamps.
Jake: No, there isn’t, but there’s a 4 , 3 There are a few / any / 4 There are a lot / much /
so we can have a drink. a little pens. loads of books.
Lisa: First, let’s go to the 5 . I need
some money. Wait! Where’s my bag? It isn’t here.
Jake: Oh no! Well, let’s go to the 6 CHECK
and report that it’s missing.
6 Complete the dialogue with the words in the box.
3 Circle the correct option.
1 The Tate Modern is an art ... in London. bowling how much loads few any
A alley B gallery C modern cinema how many town a lot of some
2 You can go online at the internet ... .
A café B rink C WI-FI Lois: What’s your favourite place in 1 ?
3 I usually meet my friends at the bowling ... . Calum: It’s the multiplex 2 . I go and see
3 films there.
A centre B room C alley
4 Is there a big department ... in the town centre? Lois: Are there 4 shops near it?
A gallery B store C clothes Calum: Well, there aren’t a lot, but there are
5 and there’s a 6
5 The skating ... is next to the sports centre.
A rink B café C shoes alley too.
Lois: How often do you go there?
Calum: I usually go a 7 times a month.
Lois: 8 does it cost?
Calum: £10.
Lois: 9 people go there?
Calum: 10 . It’s very popular.

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 Starter C S
VOCABULARY Landscapes 5 Circle the correct verbs.
1 I’m visiting / visit my grandparents at the moment.
1 Complete the landscapes words with the correct vowels. 2 I’m visiting / visit them every weekend. 1
3 My granddad is watching / watches football on TV on
1 l_k_
Saturday afternoons.
2 b _ _ ch
4 He’s watching / watches his favourite team right now.
3 f _ r _ st
5 Usually they’re losing / lose.
4 pl _ _ n
6 They aren’t losing / don’t lose now.
5 d _ s _ rt
7 They’re winning / win 2–0.
6 str _ _ m
8 Granddad is being / is always happy when his team win.
7 _ sl _ nd
8 v _ lc _ n _

2 Complete the definitions with the words in exercise 1. CHECK

1 an area of sand next to the sea 6 Complete the dialogue with the words in the box.
2 land that is surrounded by water
3 a large area that is very dry rivers ’m watching rains are you doing beach
4 a small river mountains do you do visit ’s raining go
5 a large area of water surrounded
by land
6 Mount Vesuvius in Italy is one
7 a large area of flat land
8 a big area of trees

3 Complete the text with the correct words.

2
coastline mountain mountain range river sea valley

The Grampian Mountains are a spectacular

1 in Great Britain. At 1,344 metres
high, Ben Nevis is the highest 2 in
the Grampians. From the top of it, you can see the south-west
3 of Scotland and then the Rita: Hi, Tom. What 1
4 . In a 5 at the moment?
below, you can see the Lochy, a 6 Tom: I 2 a TV
that is famous for its salmon. programme about holidays in Spain. Over 12 million
British people 3 the
Present continuous & present
GRAMMAR simple
Spanish coast every year!
3
Rita: And they sit on the 4
4 Write pairs of sentences using the present continuous. all day or swim in the sea.
Tom: I hate sunbathing. I think it’s boring. I
1 he / not watch / TV / he / listen / to music 5 on an activity
He isn’t watching TV. He’s listening to music. holiday to Scotland every summer.
2 they / not climb / a mountain / they / sit / at the top Rita: Really? What 6
there?
3 he / not walk / along a river / he / swim / in a lake Tom: I climb 7 or go
kayaking in 8 . Look!
4 she / not sleep / she / talk / to Petra Here’s a photo of me in the Cairngorms. They’re a
mountain range in the east of Scotland.
5 we / not study / we / read / a magazine Rita: But it 9 .
Tom: I know. It often 10
6 it / not rain / it / snow in Scotland in summer!

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 Starter D
B
VOCABULARY Transport 4 Write the past simple affirmative and negative forms of
the verbs. Some of them are irregular.
1 Do the puzzle and find another transport word. Verb Past simple affirmative Past simple negative
1 A common form of transport in big cities. do did didn’t do
2 A comfortable bus for long journeys. go 1 2
3 You pay the driver of this car to take you somewhere.
have 3 4
4 This goes in the air, but it isn’t a plane.
5 A boat that takes people across water. listen 5 6

6 A small bus. play 7 8

n.
7 This travels along a railway line. watch 9 10

8 You ride this. It hasn’t got a motor.

9 This has a motor and pedals and you ride it. 5 Complete the sentences with the correct verb forms in
exercise 4.
1
1 I ( ) to school yesterday
2
because I was ill.
3
2 Freya and Max ( )
4
tennis last Sunday.
5
3 We ( ) our homework
6 last night.
7 4 I’m hungry. I ( )
8 breakfast this morning.
9 5 My grandparents ( )
TV when they were young.
2 Complete the transport words. 6 My sister ( ) to music
all day yesterday.
1 Titanic was a famous s _ _ _ that sank in 1912.
2 I hate flying. I never travel by p _ _ _ _ .
3 My dad loves sailing. He wants to buy a y _ _ _ _ .
4 Emma can drive, but she hasn’t got a c _ _ .
CHECK
5 They transport new cars on a special l _ _ _ _ .
6 In Paris, the u _ _ _ _ g _ _ _ _ _ is called le métro.
6 Complete the dialogue with the past simple forms
of the verbs.
7 It’s quiet when you fly in a h _ _ - a _ _ b _ _ _ _ _ _ .
8 A v _ _ is useful for transporting things. Ross: 1 (you / have) a good
weekend?
Mia: Yes, I did. I 2 (go) to
GRAMMAR was / were | past simple London with my parents.
Ross: Really? 3 (be) it good?
3 Complete the text with was, wasn’t, were or weren’t. Mia: Yes, thanks.
What 1 bikes like Ross: How 4 (you / get) there?
in the 19th century? They Mia: We 5 (go) by train, but
2 very different the journey 6 (not be) very good.
from bikes today. This is the penny Ross: Why not?
farthing. It 3 Mia: There 7 (not be) any
popular in the 1870s. Its inventor, seats. We 8 (not sit) down
James Starley, 4 for two and a half hours.
British. The wheels on the penny farthing Ross: Poor you! 9 (you / go)
5 the same size. The front wheel shopping in London?
6 very big, but the back wheel Mia: No, we didn’t. But we visited the London
7 . It 8 very small! Transport Museum in Covent Garden. There
9 it difficult to ride a penny farthing? 10 (be) lots of old buses, cars
Yes, it 10 . and trains to see. I loved it!

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6

READING 3 Read the text again and circle T (true) or F (false).

1 Patrick’s family didn’t live in Ireland. T/F
1 Read the text. What is it about? 2 The holiday cottage was near the sea. T/F
3 Patrick liked the milk from the farm. T/F
A A farmer’s life B Irish holidays
4 The farmer gave Patrick’s family a dog. T/F
C A special pet D Dogs in Ireland
5 Jester was blind when he was born. T/F
2 Read the text again. The paragraphs are in the wrong 6 Patrick’s family wanted to sell Jester. T/F
order. What is the correct order? Write 1–4 for A–D. 7 Jester went back to Ireland with the Farrells. T/F
8 Jester didn’t recognize his original home. T/F

More attitude adverbs

WORD
ZONE 4 Complete the sentences with the

EXTRA
appropriate adverb forms of the adjectives
in brackets. Find the adverbs in the text to
check your spelling.
1 (obvious) , it isn’t easy
Amazing Jester having a blind dog.
by Patrick Farrell 2 (fortunate) , the Farrells
were animal lovers.
A _
3 (strange) , people didn’t
Every morning we walked across a field to the nearby
realize that Jester was blind.
farm to buy fresh milk. It tasted much nicer than
4 (thankful) , they were
milk from a supermarket. However, one day, we
kind to Jester.
bought something other than milk. It was a beautiful
5 (miraculous) , Jester
10-week-old puppy called Jester.
stopped running into things. 7
B _
Three years ago my family and I spent our summer 5 Write true sentences for you. Use the attitude adverbs
holiday on the west coast of Ireland. We stayed in a in exercise 4.
small cottage on the top of a cliff. Fortunately, the
weather was fantastic and we spent a lot of time on 1
the beach. At night, I loved listening to the sound of
the sea while I was going to sleep. 2
C _
This year, we returned to the cottage in Ireland 3
with Jester. When we got out of the car, Jester was
sniffing around happily. Miraculously, he immediately 4
found the field and ran straight across it to the farm.

Obviously, he could remember the way!
5
D _
We felt really excited bringing Jester back home to
England. Strangely, within two weeks, he started
running into things. Very soon we realized he was
blind. He couldn’t see us anymore. We all decided
that it wasn’t a problem and, thankfully, we kept him.

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WANT TO KNOW MOR E?
VOCABULARY The senses Adjectives connected to the senses
6 Complete the mind map with the words in the box. 8 Match words 1–7 with definitions A-G. Use a dictionary if
you need to.
feel hear hearing listen look see sight
1 tasty A having little or no flavour
smell (x2) sound taste (x2) touch (x2) watch
2 smelly B unable to see things that are
close to you
3 touchy C well-chosen and attractive
noun noun noun
4 tasteless D easily upset about something
5 short-sighted E having a good flavour
6 tasteful F unable to see things that aren’t
verb verb verb
close to you
7 long-sighted G having a bad smell
1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5 _ 6 _ 7 _

9 Complete the dialogue with five of the words in exercise 8.

Gina: What’s that? It’s really
1 .
Paula: Come into the kitchen
and look!
Gina: No, I don’t want to and I
can’t see it from here because I’m
The senses 2

noun noun and I haven’t got my glasses.

What is it?
Paula: It’s our lunch.
verb verb Gina: Ugh! I’m not going to eat that.
Paula: Don’t be so rude, Gina! It’s my tuna fish sandwich
and it’ll be nice and 3 .
Gina: No, it won’t. I’d rather have salad
sandwiches even though sometimes they are a bit
7 Complete the comments with some of the words in 4 . By the way, is your
exercise 6. Use the correct form of the verbs. dress new?
I love the aroma of fresh coffee. I think it 1 Paula: Yes, it is.
delicious. However, I never drink coffee because I don’t Gina: I like it. It’s very 5 !
like the 2 . I think it 3 Paula: Thanks, Gina.
bitter! 10 Answer the questions with full sentences. Use some of
My grandparents’ 4 is very bad, so the words in exercise 8.
you have to speak very loudly to them. They turn up the 1 What’s your favourite meal? Why?
volume when they 5 to the radio
or 6 TV. Their neighbours can
7 everything!
2 What’s your least favourite meal? Why?
The first thing I 8 when I open my
eyes in the morning is my cat Jess. She’s black and white
and she 9 very soft. 3 What do you get touchy about? Why?

I hate snakes, so the 10 of a giant
python is very frightening. Fortunately, on our trip to the
zoo, we could only 11 at it. A large 4 Who do you know that has problems with their sight?
sign said, ‘Do not
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GRAMMAR Past simple & past continuous | when & while
1 Complete the text with the affirmative or negative past 4 Complete the sentences with the sentence parts in the
simple form of the verbs. box and when or while.

go (x 2) hear know leave reply say sound they were studying in London they lost the ball
I left the house this morning he was travelling round India
the teacher came in you were making dinner
Kate 1 to school yesterday
because she wasn’t feeling well. Her parents 1 John went to Calcutta
2 the house at 8am and
3 to work. Kate was reading a 2 The children were playing cricket
book in bed when she 4 a noise
downstairs. It 5 like it was in 3 I smelled burning
the kitchen. Kate 6 what to do.
Eventually, she 7 loudly, ‘Hello. 4 It wasn’t snowing
Who’s there?’ Nobody 8 .
5 My parents met
2 Complete the text with the affirmative or negative past

continuous form of the verbs. 1
6 Mica was standing on her desk

eat imagine listen make stand steal
5 Complete the dialogue with the past simple or past
A few minutes later, Kate 1 continuous forms of the verbs.
by the kitchen door. She 2
carefully, but she couldn’t hear anything. Perhaps it was Paul: 1
her imagination. Suddenly, she heard the noise again. She (you / have) a
3 it. Someone 4 good time with Leo last night?
a noise in the kitchen. Was it a burglar? Sally: No, I didn’t. We 2
Kate opened the door and then started to laugh. Burglars (walk)
5 anything. Two strange past the cinema when Leo 3
cats 6 the food in her cat’s bowl!
(see) an advert for a new science
3 Write questions about the texts in exercises 1 and 2 and fiction film. I 4
write their answers. Use the past simple and continuous. (not want) to see it, but I agreed.
1 Kate / go / to school / yesterday? Paul: You like going to the cinema, don’t you?
Sally: Yes, but I hate sci-fi. Anyway, I 5
(fall) asleep while I 6
(watch) it. When I 7
2
2 what time / her parents / leave / home?
(wake) up, the cinema 8
(be) empty.
3 she / see / any animals / in the kitchen? Paul: No! 9 (Leo / wait)
for you outside?

Sally: No, he wasn’t. I 10

(phone) him and he was at home!
4 Kate / read / a book / in bed? Paul: No! I don’t believe it!

6 Describe something unusual that happened to you. Use

the past simple, past continuous and when and while.
5 burglars / steal / things from the kitchen?


6 what / the cats / eat?

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LISTENING
3 2 Listen again and tick ( ) YES or NO.
YES NO
1 Marina’s sister, Sarah, is on her honeymoon
now.
2 Sarah and her husband love scuba-diving.
3 The couple were travelling on a ship when
it sank.
4 A shark tried to bite them.
5 Something happened on their plane before
it took off.
6 The flight attendant spoke good English.
7 She was giving Frank instructions in case
of an emergency.
8 Frank misunderstood and opened the
emergency door.

1 Match the words 1–6 with their definitions A–F. TEST YOUR MEMORY!
1 honeymoon 4 Answer the questions.
2 scuba-diving 1 When did Marina’s sister get married?
3 shipwreck

4 emergency exit

5 flight attendant
6 misunderstanding 2 Where did the couple spend their honeymoon?

A The person who looks after you when you’re travelling
by plane 3 How many times did they go scuba-diving?
B A situation when you don’t understand someone correctly
C The door you use when you urgently need to get out of

somewhere
4 What size was the plane they were on at Bangkok
D Swimming under water using special equipment to breathe
airport?
E A holiday for a couple after their wedding
F A large boat that sank and is lying at the bottom of the sea

1 _ 2 _ 3 _ 4 _ 5 _ 6_ 5 What nationality was the flight attendant?
2 2 Listen to Marina telling Robert a funny story and

answer these questions.
6 How late was the flight?
1 Who is the story about?




2 What relation is Frank to Marina? 5 Write these sentences in your language.

1 They’re both mad about scuba-diving.


e
2 They saw a kind of grey triangle.

3 That’s the funniest thing ever.

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READING
1 Look at the photo. What sports competition are the 2 Complete the text with the numbers in the box. 6
men competing in? Read the article quickly and check
your answer. 5 1896 1920 1944 4,847 10,000

3 Read the article again and choose the correct word.

Sport
1 The Olympic Games used to be ... .
A larger B a bit smaller C a lot smaller
2 There ... women in the Olympics before 1900.

for all
A were a few B were lots of C weren’t any
3 The Paralympics take place ... the Olympics.
A before B after C at the same time as

Sport
4 The first part of the word ‘Paralympic’ is ... .
A German B English C Greek
The first modern Olympic Games took place in Athens,
5 Dr Guttmann was helping men with injured ... .
Greece, in 1 . There were 245
A backs B feet C hands
athletes from fourteen countries and they competed in 6 The first sporting competition for disabled athletes was
43 events. Women didn’t take part in the first games – all in ... .
the athletes were men. Over a century later, the Olympic A a village B London C Athens
Games are on a much bigger scale. At the London Olympics in England
in 2012, for example, over 2 7 Paralympic footballers can’t ... .
athletes from 204 countries competed in 300 events! And A hear B see C walk
3 of them were women. 8 They use ... to locate the football.
A their hands B a mask C a bell
Since 1988, two weeks after the Olympic Games finish, the
7
Paralympic Games start. This is an opportunity for athletes
with a disability to compete in the same sporting arenas as Expressions with as ... as to
the Olympic athletes. The name ‘Paralympic’ comes from the WORD compare things
ZONE
Greek word para, which means ‘beside’. The idea of people 4 Complete the expressions with the adjectives
EXTRA

with a disability doing sport first came about in a village in in the box.
England called Stoke Mandeville.
blind flat free quiet
A German, Dr Guttmann, was working there in
4 . He was treating men with 1 as as a bird
spinal injuries when he decided that they should play some 2 as as a mouse
sport. This was surprising because these men couldn’t 3 as as a pancake
walk. Guttmann used to encourage the men to play in their 4 as as a bat
wheelchairs. In 1948, when the UK hosted the Olympic
games in London, Guttmann held the first Stoke Mandeville
Games for athletes with disabilities. This was the start of the
5 Complete the sentences with the expressions in exercise 4.
Paralympics. 1 I can’t see anything without my glasses. I’m
.
Nowadays, Paralympic athletes compete in 20 sports, such as
2 It’s easy cycling in the Netherlands. It’s
8
athletics, swimming, cycling, wheelchair basketball and sitting
.
volleyball. One of the sports that athletes with impaired vision
3 I’ve got nothing to do this weekend. I’m
play is Football 5 -a-side. To play this sport,
.
which first started in Spain in the
6 ‘s,
4 Dad’s sleeping. Be
players wear an eye mask and use a special football. It contains
!
a bell that makes a noise when it moves. When players hear
this, they can locate the ball.

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WANT TO KNOW MOR E?
VOCABULARY Parts of the body Compound nouns with parts of the body
6 Do the puzzle and find another part of the body. 9 Read the sentences and check the meaning of the
words in bold. Use a dictionary if you need to.
1 You have four on each hand.
2 These are above each eye.
3 You usually wear your watch on this.
4 You bite with these.
5 You have one on each hand.
6 This is just below your head.
7 You wear a belt around this.
8 You can carry a bag on this.
1
as
2 1 The people at the music festival were wearing wristbands.
2 Jackie was wearing red lipstick when I saw her.
3
3 There’s some food in my teeth. I need a toothpick.
4 4 He can’t hear you. He’s wearing earphones.
5 My mum always wears nail varnish on her fingernails.
5
6 Granddad usually wears a waistcoat over his shirt.
6
10 Match the words in bold in exercise 9 with the
7 definitions.

8
1 , n. An item of clothing
with no sleeves.
2 , n. Something you
7 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. wear to listen to music.
3 , n. Colour for your lips.
cheek eyelashes hip knee lips palm toe tongue
4 , n. The hard part at the
end of your fingers.
1 The dog’s was hanging out of
5 , n. A small piece of
its mouth.
wood you use after eating.
2 I kiss my friends twice, once on each .
6 , n. Something you
3 He held the bird’s egg in the of
wear for identification or for fashion.
his hand.
4 I licked my because I was really 11 Complete the text with the five words in exercise 10.
thirsty.
I saw an old photo of my uncle when he was a punk in the
5 These shoes are too small. I can feel my
1980s. He was wearing jeans and an old black
at the end. 1 over a purple T-shirt.
6 Her grandson was sitting on her .
His hair was spiky and he was wearing make-up, black
7 Josie wears lots of mascara on her . 2
4. ! His
8 My grandma has got a new , it’s 3 were black, too. He
artificial.
wasn’t wearing a watch, but he was wearing lots of
.
8 Write true sentences for you using the words in exercise 6. different 4 . I listened to
some of his favourite punk music with my
. 1 I don’t like my very much because 5 . It sounded terrible!
.
. 2 I quite like my because 12 Write true sentences for you using some of the compound
. nouns in exercise 10.
! 3 If I could change a part of my body, I’d change my
because
.

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GRAMMAR used to
1 Complete the sentences with used to or didn’t use to and 4 Complete the dialogue by writing questions with used to
the verbs in brackets. and the words in the box.

J onnie Peacock, gold

medallist, 100 metres,
2012 Paralympics
1 Jonnie ( / be)
disabled.
2 He ( / have) two legs
Before.
3 He ( / want) to be a
footballer.
4 He ( / hop) before he
got a prosthesis.
5 He ( / do) athletics. what food / you / hate
6 British people ( / know) what toys / you / play with
his name. which primary school / you / go to
who / you / play with
2 Complete the sentences. Use used to or didn’t use to and you / live / in a different town
the words in the box. you and your friends / walk / to school
your mum / read / to you at night
eat meat have a desktop computer like sport
live in London speak Spanish travel by bus
Jenni: When you were little, 1
1 Marc but now he plays ?
football every week. Lola: Yes, I did. I lived in Kingston until I was 16.
2 I but now I’m a Jenni: 2 ?
vegetarian. Lola: Broadway Primary. I used to love it.
3 You but you know a lot Jenni: 3 ?
of words now. Lola: Lots of people, but Holly and Estelle were my best
4 My grandma but now friends.
she drives everywhere. Jenni: 4 ?
5 They but they moved Lola: I used to go on foot, but they didn’t use to.
to New York last year. Jenni: 5 ?
6 We but we’ve got a Lola: My brother’s toy cars! I used to hate dolls.
laptop now. Jenni: 6 ?
3 Circle the correct word. Lola: Yes, she did. I used to love Mafalda.
Jenni: 7 ?
1 My dad used / use to go to boarding school. Lola: Cauliflower and carrots ... and I still do!
2 Did the students used / use to wear uniform to go to
school? 5 Write true answers for you to the questions in exercise 4.
3 They didn’t used / use to like the food. Give as much information as possible.
4 The children used / use to write letters to their parents
1
once a week.
2
5 Dad didn’t used / use to see his parents very often when
he was at university. 3
6 Did he used / use to miss his mum? 4
5
6
7

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o EXTRA
This was Harry three years ago. Then he took
exercise food and drink health hopes and dreams
up boxing. Last month, Harry won the British
leisure activities school life
Junior Boxing Championship.

QUESTIONS HARRY’S ANSWERS

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Imagine you are interviewing Harry about the
changes in his life. Write six Wh- questions to 4
find out what his life used to be like. Use the
past simple and used to. Use the topics in the
box to help you. Then invent Harry’s answers. 5
Be imaginative!

WEBQUEST
Go online and find the answers to the questions.
1 Where are giraffes native to? 4 What is the capital of India?

2 What is the smallest mammal in the world? Where does 5 What is Bollywood?
it come from?
? 6 What were the Montgolfier brothers famous for?
3 How many teeth does the average dolphin have?
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Copy every other letter to make a question. Then write true answers for you.
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1 DLIPDRYCOQUXSGTIUFDEYKLEAWSDTMNJIWGLHST?
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? 2 WOELRUEGYBOSUKSHLOEZETPAIDNJGSAGTBMXIVDHNOIJGVHCT?
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3 WUHEARTYDKIWDLYPOMUXDQROEHABM?
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4 WUHAECNYDLIRDPYJORUSWVALKIEMUDP?
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INTERACTION Telling an anecdote
1 Answer the questions. Can you remember how to Kyle: Did you have a good weekend? W
express yourself? Alicia: Not really. S
Kyle: Why not? What happened?
Alicia: I had an awful experience in a department store.
What do you say ... 1
Kyle: Did you?
1 to tell someone that something incredible happened Alicia: Yeah, I was in a lift. I was going up to the fourth floor
to you? and then it suddenly stopped.
Kyle: Really? What happened next?
2 to express that you were lucky something happened? Alicia: Unfortunately, there was a problem with the
electricity and I was stuck there for an hour. 2
3 to react to something surprising? (adverb) Kyle: That’s terrible! What was it like?
Alicia: Horrible! I was hot and thirsty, and I didn’t have
4 to find out more about a story? anything to drink. Luckily, there was another girl and she
gave me some water.
Kyle: Sounds terrifying! I can’t stand lifts.

2 3 Circle the correct words. Listen and check. 1 Alicia had a really good weekend. T/F
2 Something happened when she was on the
Tim: Guess 1 who / what / which happened to me last week.
fourth floor of a department store. T/F
John: 2 Really? / That’s amazing! / What?
3 First, the lift was moving and then it wasn’t. T/F
Tim: I saw a famous footballer in a restaurant.
4 Alicia was only in the lift for a short time. T/F
John: 3 Were / Do / Did you?
5 She wasn’t alone. T/F
6 She drank something in the lift. T/F
Sam: A few weeks 4 ago / last / since, I went up in a hot air
balloon. 4 Complete the dialogue with Olivia.
Noa: 5 Sound / Sounds / Is scary!
You: (Find out if Olivia had a good week in London.)
Sam: It was amazing. 6 Sadly / Sad / Happily, the trip only
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lasted half an hour.
Olivia: Yes, I did. It was fantastic.
You: (Respond and ask why.)
Mel: Last summer, I was away for eight weeks.
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Rose: 7 Did / Was / Were you?
Olivia: Well, I was on TV.
Mel: Yes, I went to Thailand. Then, I travelled to Australia.
8 First / Finally / Next, I went to New Zealand. Finally, I
You: (React.)
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visited America.
Olivia: Yeah, I was walking down the street when an
Rose: 9 Is that / That / That’s an incredible holiday!
interviewer stopped me.
3 Read the dialogue and circle T (true) or F (false). You: (Find out more about the story.)
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Olivia: He asked me to appear on a TV show that night, so
I did.
You: (React to this – you’re amazed.)
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YOUR TURN TO SPEAK

5 4 Revise the Express yourself box on page 16 of the

Student’s Book. Then listen to the people and respond.

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WRITING A story

WRITING 3 Read the text again and circle T (true) or F (false).

SKILL Sequencing words and expressions
1 Raquel’s family enjoyed themselves in Mallorca. T/F
2 They went to the airport by coach. T/F
1 Read the text and choose the best title. 3 They had four and a half hours to wait before
1 A fantastic summer departure time. T/F
or
2 A terrifying experience 4 The guard heard a noise when Raquel’s father
3 A difficult journey went through security. T/F
5 Raquel’s family ate two large ensaimadas. T/F
2 The paragraphs in the text are jumbled. What is the 6 They didn’t leave the airport until early the next
correct order? Write 1–7 for A–G. morning. T/F
7 They spent 24 hours at the airport. T/F

by Raquel Walters 4 Look at the Writing Reference on page 113. Then write a
story about a difficult journey. Invent the details or write
A _ about something that happened to you. Write about:
Then, at 6.30pm, we decided to go to our gate. We
F
were waiting there when we heard that the plane was - the form(s) of
delayed until 11pm. Unfortunately, it didn’t arrive then. transport Reminder
F
F - the problems • Check your sequencing words
B _
F - your feelings and expressions.
F Next we went through security. There was a beep • Check your past simple and
- things you saw /
F when my dad walked through, so he had to hold up tasted / heard past continuous forms.
his arms while the guard searched him! • Include some attitude adverbs
(e.g. fortunately, sadly, luckily)
C _ to make your story interesting.

? We arrived at the airport in Palma at about 4pm. First

we checked in. Luckily, we had lots of time because
our flight to Manchester was at 7.30pm
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D _
After that, we had a look at the shops in the
departure lounge. We tried an ensaimada, a typical
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cake from Mallorca. It tasted delicious so we bought
two huge ones to take home.

E _
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In the end, we got back home at 11 o’clock the next

morning. Incredibly, it was 24 hours after leaving the

hotel in Pollensa!
!
F _
There were more announcements during the night and
finally, at 7am the next morning, we got on our plane.
G _

Last August, I went on holiday to Mallorca with my
family. We had a great time and we were all feeling
very sad when we got into the car and set off for the
airport to fly back home.

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