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Trends u real 11° Are yo GEE present simple, continuous and perfect ‘Complete the article about social networking with the ‘correct form of the verbs in brackets: present simple, Present continuous or present perfect, WAX ver the last ten years, social networking has geoude (grow) {rom just another internet trend to a global obsession. Over four billion people regularly 2102 ACCOSLO (access) social ‘networking sites on mobile devices. Check out these amazing fis that show how socal networking ay Ai \LL1G (still/change) the way we ‘communicate day by day. + 2396 of Feeebook users Howe Checked (check) their accounts five times or more every daf. Pree aged 55-64 Spawe (CVC OCCKincrease) more than any other age group at present, ‘at arate of 33% per year. + yourubet | ___thave) over one billion unique visitors per month, In th inute, more t i uploaded ‘ ser Hane clvea.dy “ready ‘more than sixteen billion photos. + Googles 1 cust erly 9) Cihentyzom) Cross out the incorrect word or phrase in each sentence. 1 I've already/ yet /just met him. He seems like anice person. 2. Tmnot looking at any of my emails this week / at the ‘moment alt the time. Vin on holiday. 3. Wealready/ always / usually have a good time when we get together. 4. haven't seen him online for a long time / lately /atthe- -moment— 5. Ichaton Skype with my friends who are abroad every week: / now-/all the time. 6 Because of my new job, 'm meeting alot of new people every time? these days/ nowadays. Read about a social networking site and choose the correct options to complete the text. WorkifonlinkedIny ‘Have you beard / Did you hear of linkedin? I is «© social networking ste for professionals. I was launched in 2008 and is now used mainly for professional networking, The number of linkedin users is increasing / Increases very fast: Wwo new members join the websile every second. Ilnow 2is having / has over 280 milion users, and 40% of hem *have checked 7 check their profile every day. Professionals nowadays Suse / have used the site to find jobs and business opportuiies, ond companies search for potential candidates, Uses can follow diferent companies and also see who Sakeady visited / has okeady visited ther profile page Obher features 7include / are including groups and online conversalions. is eslimated that over 200 comersations fare taling ploce / have taken place right now. oe Scanned with CamScanner =u friendship 42° Match questions 1-6 t answers a. 1 Doyou get on wellwith yourneighbours?. 2 Do you have atin common with your perinert 3 When was thelast time you had an argument with your bestfriend? (\ 4 How often do you meet up with your friends? C) 5 Doyou make new friends easily? © 6 How many old elassmates do you ke in touch with? Yesterday! But it was about something stupid, and we've already forgotten about it. Maybe four or five, but just on Facebook. Not really. don't even know theirnames! ‘Usually once a week, on Fridays. ‘Yes, I'm very sociable. People think1'm crazy because I talk to everyone on the bus! £ Yeah, we like the same music, books and lots of other things. ean b 14})Listen and check. 5 Putthe word in bracketsin the correctplace in each sentence. 1 1felifwvith my partner once because of football. (out) “My parents helped fie when I didn’t have enough money. (out) gets with everybody from wrk. (on) Tamterzible apgettingtouch with distant relatives. (in) ‘Tmet up)people from work to celebrate a birthday last week. (with) 6 Complete the opinions on social networking with verbs from the box. nave nets” eee ble tyét 1 Social networkingis great to_keep_in touch with people who live far awa 2. When thave a problem with my English homework, I can always find Nimoneorinejo TED on Fee epee orsaronnge ietod dangerous, 41m faints oie Doan en net peme yu "ON Calotin common with. 5 SocialnetworkingisagrestopportunitytoMOK® friends with people allover the planet. © STUDY TIP Record new words and phrases in our vocabulary notebook under topic headings lke Friendship. Use them to write tue sentences about your friendships. Very well (ROMS inking 7a. 12{)Listenand repeat geton — Igetonwell with her. rme\up —Tmetup with my mates yesterday. 'b Choose the correct options to complete therule. ‘These words are inked (pronounced as one word) because the first word ends with a" consonant / vowelsound and the second word starts with a2 consonant / _vowelsound. © 13})Listen and link the words. The ‘number of links is given in brackets next tothe sentences. 1 Imake aneffort to getin touch with distant relatives. (3) 2 Thavea lot in common with all my classmates. (8) ‘Could you help Adam out? (2) ‘keep in touch with old friends. (2) Thad an argument with an assistant. (4) It's a shame you fell out with Alice. (8) 4 13})Listen again. Pause thellistening and repeat after each sentence. Quite well More practice Scanned with CamScanner 1.2 Why spending’s #trending | & EEE spending 1 ‘Match special offers 1-4 to types of shops a-d. a b Bescon 2 Serres Clothes shop 4 Restaurant Match the words in bold in exercise 1 to the definitions, 1 produets “item sce 2 sreducioninthepies CIS COURT, 3. you pay for one item and Xeecrwoatibesame — twoSor Ihe price 4 aperson who buys OF OnE. products or services customer, you pay 50% ofthe orignal pice half-price yecial negotiations in cS eeeientias of all Ate with Yellow Acket_ Two for the price of one onall titles with yellow stickers Great meal deals for families ‘See separate menu “40% discount on men’s and children’s wear Read the text about shopping holidays and choose the best options to complete the tex a @igcounD —_b shopping consumer shopping > b offer shopper ‘special offer bdeal item purchases b ciistomers> ¢ discounts half-price special offers halt-price consumers Deals shoppers” > b bargain offer consumers _¢ cpurchases> Shopping Holidays People usually travel for different reasons: to relax, to visit historical places orto get a suntan. But more {and more people now travel the world looking for a'good "1 Here are some top? destinations ‘around the world Hong Kong It's considered the best place in East Asia to make a good 3 !2_, but be careful with the shop assistants, who can persuade even the most experienced # 1) to buy something they don't really ‘want or need! Madrid You can find § Cin more than 50,000 shops around town, but don't miss El Rastra, an enormous street market with lots of amazing © Mexico 7C: from around the world come here to buy very cheap, but high- duality, hand-made goods Bangkok the secret of is huge fntdoor markets isto bargain with the sellers, Never accept the first price and you can even get a product § (A! ae One last tip: Just make sure you have, room for all your ® In your luggage! Scanned with CamScanner Ginn stateverbs CAC ® 4 Cony plete the sentences withthe correct form ofthe verbs in the box. i Read this leaflet about compulsive buying, Find and cortect four more mistakes related to state verbs. ALTE VOU ad 1 T_believe we buy far we really need. Sj | nH 1 Litas weber erai Ty pH BQ 3 Thispasta ash es fantastic! You must | 4 Idon't know him very wel ders tke yw bbe the world. Psychologists now erétndrslanding 5 really don't_unde1s\and why peopleneed the reasons for this behaviour better, and have to buya new:mobile phone when theirold one works identified seven important sans: Baal fine. dont ¥ 5 You're always buying items you aren't needing, Belleve own seem tase understand 5 Choose the correct form of the verbs to complete the . You don't unpack your purchases but keep | 6 Ice) ‘m seeinga lot of shops on my way to work. sentences. 1 Lani ‘m wanting w buy a new laptop. them in their boxes with the price tag on. | 2. Likqiow ‘m knowinga lot about economics, NG WO ant ls ee Deeg lets * Youre wanting to go shopping every day and restatirants at the moment because [haven't got time to {eel anxious if you don't. cook. ow Wn 4 Thave / ‘having really hard time with this maths x «elit erent tniy nc eet | friends. you shoe 5 Lfiever¥ouy / m never buying things on impulse. 1 lees ‘always make a shoppingllist and only buy whats on it. | eee ectetition yet ee Enod ‘Are these sentences always true (A) orare they only true now (N)? 1 a Freshly cutgrass smells great!_A_ b Ismell smoke. Did you turn offthe oven? 2a xO aneatend meeesiowicteiey b Idon'tunderstand what you're saying. N. 3 a Tlove thisjacket! You should definitely buyit, © b Tove autumn - it's wonderful. Py 4 a Whatdoyou mean by’we have a problem’? b What does this word mean? 5 a Thavea cousin who looks like Rafael Nadal. \_ b You look exhausted. Bad day at work? N_ \s + You feel bad the next day because you're _knowing.you shouldn't go shopping all the time. * An argument or disappointment makes you want to shop, | What! (kb 1 see If these sentences aré-seeming true for you, you might be a compulsive shopper. There are lots of things you can do to shop less: find a new activity, stop going to shopping centres, and don't carry credit cards when you go out ~ only alittle cash. You can also receive help from your local support group. Quite well More practice Scanned with CamScanner 1.3 QQETEE noun suffixes ‘1 Add suffixes to the words in the box to form nouns. ‘able achieve communiéate frieffd govern inform member sectre sity: ability, security -tion: anGarmaihay_cormenunieahen chieremtyt, qovemnmnen Suendship , mem bash ii 2 3 4 2 Choose the correct nouns from exercise I 1 complete the sentences below. 1 Doyouthinkthe governnten? should control what {goes on theinternel? : 2 Companies are always improving online security to protect their data. s 3 Itis estimated that the intemet has more than five million terabytes of |\fO1uMANOY 4 T'mimpressed by his al \\it/ _tonavigate the Web and get the best out of it. 5. The Webisa good place to starta (i 2S? but you have to be careful with personal information. 3 Read the text and complete it using the words in the correct form. Children and the internet Although parents are usually worried about the negative effects of the INFORM IMPROVE ABLE DEVELOP skills, and research has also shown that interpet cap stimulate children's simaginaneh IMAGINE ‘They ean even use the Web to form eyelc nos RELATION alesough ening \ yhave tobe FRIEND Vocabulary development word stress Mark the stress pattern (the number of syllables and main stress) as in the examples. Ove. a 4a membership judgement solution celebrity employment information friendship 0002 b 14))Listen and check. Then listen again, pause after each word and repeat. Were ie ac 52 Complete the phrases with the words in the box. ee Frienciships fall cut (with someone) getin? tou CX _ (with someone) get?__O\____well with someone) have a lot #_(\. ‘common (with someone) aie ‘an argument (with someone) ier someone out 7_¥20-) _ Intouch qwith someone) # a0. k C__ friends (with someone) meet ?_ ith someone b Complete the words with the missing vowels. Spending 1 bA RAN ns 7 Ltems 2 dels 8 piirchAss 3 hAltpr_Lce 9 shop? | ng 4 peel Al 10 sh@pp Ors Of Crs 1 cstOmers 5 wo fortht 12 coms ders pre of One 6 dlscOWnts Scanned with CamScanner s- feat 1.4 Speaking and writing GQ asking for and giving opinions 18 18))Listen to five people talking about the internet. Are tl Positive (P) or negative (N)? aR ae eee qe 2 17/)Listen and circle one stressed word per phrase 1 Asfarasi'mconcerned .. 2 Some people say that... ‘opinions 159) Complete the sentences with one word. Then listen aga 3. Ireally feel tha.. 4 Howdo you feel about the internet? 4 Ifyoussk me, > Wel j 5. How do you feel about ..? , people say thatthe inteznet ! © hieaiieel int tabairesstl- J 6 Dontyou think. @ Isa terrible thing : at Wea tersibe thing if youask—__ b 181) Listen tothe complete sentences. n'tyou__ they're just wasting their lives? ‘Pause the listening and repeat after each. eee that everybody's gone mad atnteiice, elites ‘think that lifes much beter. hh ... butas__ as I'm concerned, it's got... 2 Correctthe mistakes in sentences 1-5 ee & 1. 0 faras'm concerned, the government should invest mare in Sa_ Follow the instructions to make sentences preventing crime than fightingit. 1-4 into texts suitable for social media. 2 [think-definitely that TV programmes ere getting worse. + Gross out three unnecessary wordsin 3 fo you,think about carbon taxes? each sentence. 4 ea Pacis Id be banned! + Replace two words with letters or 5 ly feel that higher education should be free. numbers in each sentence. + Abbreviate one word in each sentence. 3 1.61) Complete the conversation between Marion (M) and her husband (H), oak, day is) cea ee See at bday party M So, 1_kow do you feel? moving from Sydney toa see ae ee ow ‘smaller city? oi H tt'sagreatidea, if? This is the 3 tam one hour letefor work beeause of ‘most expensive city in Australia, according this thetraffic. LE} be article F've just read in the paper. Houses are the most expensive in 4 Ihave justrealized that some people the country and we hardly ever eat out because It costs so much. aresorudeand elfsht SLM" p PI D That's true, but I really® | think we should move. All my ania ara ats 'b Now write the texts from exercise 5a next IM You'll make new friends. tothe appropriate hashtags below, D Yes, but it isn’t the same ... What about school? Don't you etree et ean ete meta ee 7. ‘thi eae ly aa aie 2 Weiietes SI Var 50 vt think jualy | 7 4 let ecm eerrae aura spare oF 3 tangrybossahead FUCLL cid se lash S I'sOK,as* asim »-asilong asthe Be renege Intemet connection I/good. lam one hour San work be oF the 4a iC 4 — St phave Ze Lend ay Quite wer more practice 1 SortH rl 4 Scanned with CamScanner What a story! 21 Til never forget that day \ QELIE describing past experiences 12 Choose the correct options to complete the questions from. interviews with people who have dangerous jobs. b Which questions would you hear in an interview with a asafariguide? b afirefighter? © awindow cleaner? 2a Complete the answers with the correct form of the words inthebox. peles expe6t realize recognize remember remida ‘wonder ‘4 Well, usually they're fine; but after some time, you learn to _recegnize_ the signs that they're stressed, like the way they walk or the sounds they make. 'b Yes! I usually make a noise or something. 1021" MPL once a couple were having a terrible argument, and when they saw me, they just kept going! Isnone of my business, anyway. € Ofcourse! Itwas my first day, and Twasn't_@x/7¢ Ch ney it-I didn’t even have my uniform on! a Alot oftimgs. When [started my collegues always YONA & a ‘me to stay at a safe distance. € Sometimes Ido. Once alion got really close tome and looked mein theeye.1'2 CAC heknew exactly who Lwas, F Yes, but! try to make all the tourists YeG\2-€_ that thisisthe animals’ home, not ours! Do you think the animals fécogniz2/ remind yout ‘ Do you wonder (believe&nybody who likes cleaning could do your job? ‘Have you ever recognized /salized that you were risking yourlife because {00 close tothe heat? Should you alway realize an animal to attack No way! Most people can't even go up a high ladder! But WON CLEY why people are so afraid of heights. With the right equipment, it’s perfectly safe. And the view’s fantastic! Match the questions in exercise 1a to the answers in exercise 2a, ‘you, orare they less dangerous than they seem? : eee 6b Doyou wonder /(@memberthe first time you heard the alarm? 2 4 5c wk A Bia a ee aL ET Rint popin 3 inside the buildings that you are there? Do you ern ee how they feel about all these vi fi © 2nppListen and check, Scanned with CamScanner ) ; (ERY narrative forms 38 Read a newspaperarticle about alucky escape. Underline four verbs in the past continuous and circle nine verbs the pas simple US rss AP) | Barry McRoy likes movies, but he never though that a DVD 1_ ___would save his lite Fire and Rescue Director Barry MeRoy was | | wallking out ofa restaurant one day when two menganpast him, They were fighting over a | gun? ‘One sitar) | it and the bullet hit Barry in the chest. Luckily, __ he was carrying a DVD in his shirt pocket. ~__. Amazingly, he only Ps new to the police, when he ‘ue ores hii jacket. Barry wasn’t hurt, but the incident DVD, which eee im fe it disappointed b Putsentences and phrasesa-ein the correct position in the text in exercise 3a. a whathad happened b A fiiend from workhgd recorded a TV programme for him the day before 7 ‘c because he hadn't watched ityet which a colleague had given him e because they'd had an argument Z o ‘¢ 22))Listen and check, 4 Choose the best verb tense to complete the text about si re and Julia unlucky honeymoon. Steve and Julia didn’t have the honeymoon they *were always dreaming ‘iad always dreambot. When they arrived at the alrport, thelr fight took / ad taken off. They had to catch another fight later rand 3¢hissed/ were missing most of the first day of their horieymoon, ‘There was another problem when they arrived at their hotel. While they swere wating waited for a room, one of ter bags Hd spears asappeared Fortunately, It was returned soon after - one of the ther guens as taking (Red taker by mistake ‘They decided to enjoy the rest ofthe day and visit the city centre, They ?were going (fiad gone back to the hotel when it started to rain heavily. The taxi driver adh’ seen / did't see such bad weather in along tite—— tt fined had rained most ofthe week they were theresa fortunately, they fad already gore went a hurricane hit the istand. While they watching Phad watched the news at home, lucky after all (EMU be and have 23i)Listen to sixsentences, Underline the weak forms of beand haveand circle the strong ones. 1 When I gothome, my wife had cooked my favourite dish In my childhood, Ifiada dog called Spot. ‘tthe end ofthe day, he was exhausted. ‘Thanks, Iwas lookingall over the place forthatt Actually, we have enough time to get there. ‘They were good friends at school. “Match sentences 1-6 in exercise 5a to reasons a-c. @ Weak form becauseitisan auxiliary verb: 1 and __ b Strong form because itis the main verb: 2 and __ © Weakform even thoughitis the main verb: and 2:()Listen again, Pause the listening and repeat alter each sentence, Very well Quite well _More practice Scanned with CamScanner 2.2 Unbelievable? é GEE sequencing events 12 Putthe ines in the correct order to make the story of a 5) 7] 2 istening to the radio. TH maste was interrupted to actually believed the news was true. ofthe broadcast, but many people were not paying’ “ attention. By the 1 foals the live broadcast, reportersinterviewed people who had seen the aliens. Assoon On October 30, 1938, millions of New Yorkers had the shock oftheir lives while Meanwhile, others went to the streets with their ‘guns, What most people didn't find out ‘as the first part ended, thousands of people started calling the radio station and the police. novel, The War ofthe Worlds. The rato station had actually announced this at the beginning time the programme ended, there was general hysteria. tis estimated that over one million people until much later was thatit was a hoax, ai adaptation by director Orson Welles of famous © Lo WE jo ‘the words or phrases in bold from exercise 1a. 1 Hehad alot ofdifficulties.during_his childhood: his parents divorced when he was four; his mother died when he was nine; and then his father died when he was thirteen, 2 Although he had directed quite successful films, he didn't become really famous the broadcast of The War of the Worlds, in 1938. the broadcast finished, Orson Welles ‘became an international celebrity. Om spl aee her time. s if actor. got married again, toa Pakistani prince, 6 ___he died, in 1985, he had directed thirteen films, including Citizen Kane, considered one of the ‘greatest films in cinema history. Chrrectthe mistakesinthesentences. papas 5 erie ee os) scpteaatad already started lookingforhim. | |}.¢ cardi Ba elt neanierretine sale tae Racine ey ceaen apie, Pe es sa ect dit ae CEEOL Site oe Ra reer eer ‘Complete the story about the Roswell UFO (Unidentified Fiying Object) incident by adding the word or phrase {n brackets at the end of each sentencein the correct position. P 1 On 25 June 1947, a pilot saw several objects/he was fly ington, (while) 2/k LET A rece claimed he had found part ofa yng disk (meanvle) at 3 He contacted the sheriffand kept the objectthe Armed Forces took it away. (until) a 500n 4 Journalists fromall over America flew to the area AS Jocal newspaper printed the story. (as soon ay), 4 @_ 5 Stories about aliens had already spread thgUS Kir tw". @ Force declared that the object wasn’t a UFO buta ‘weatherballoon. (by the time) Aun 6 More mysterious evidence and reports came upithe following years. (during) Scanned with CamScanner vocabulary | \ fi m of the wo} ol & Complete the sentences with the correct form of communication \—~ Pi rcieckete, * Choose the correct options to complete sentences 1-5 anid ieee eee on ee Sr ed when he was! 1 C1 0 By ourlocal reporter, he A that, unfortunately, it wouldn't be ready foranother ten years (admit, claim, interview) 2 Arsenal. cya! CC. yesterday that Puma will become the teams official sponsor from July opwards. rds ‘The 150-million-pound deal is fobethe biggest in the team’s history. (announce, report) ‘with a bankrobbery 3 Aman was arrested in connec in Edinburgh last Sunday. A police spokesmen Lol ourreporter that the suspect during the initial questioning, (keep quiet, tell) 7 Rewrite the sentences using the correct form of the words 1 April is a traditional feces. every year reputable companies and inizations- = a join inthe fun. ae 1 Afamous palecontologist sid he had made a revolutionary discovery. (claim) In 1957, the BBC @nnounce® told that Swiss A faunaus palacontolegist claimed he had made farmers were going fo Rave an excellent spaghett a reviitiqnary discovery, crop that year. ¢ 2 Journalists from all over the word wantedtoask him. ¢ A,2_ eveon pnt eater In 1976, BBC Radio 2 admitted {interviewssran ns. (interview) OU rate S e ee See Pama etna ee mg sn Santed to inewiew hit oan astronomical event, gravity on Earth would 3 TheNational Science Associaton saidhe wasgoing tO.) once al scien change. be investigated for fraud. (announce) he Aho NO © 11 1008, Pees assoaaion orvauyan. eo News going lobe one emburaet sneciahy o ar 4 Vida shying a sine nvestigation. (keep handed people. fa) © 12008, a BBC docum: informed Heep) quiet during-the investigator a revolutionary discavery: a. jaulnes thet 5 The scientist said he had invented some information tc hhad learnt how to fly. 2 prove higtheory.(eamigine scicna|st camiecl (Ae © 11.2000, Googie said they nad (ented) mentioned | Had mwemed sone Wormahor to prove his heory ‘anew machine called MentalPlex —— 6 Anational scientific magazine informed readers about the whole story ina special edition. (report) nrcxfvouerd! a H&GBY reporiedthe listeners hariftheyjumpedin = cLewhre MAjAtie

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