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9 WORLD
THE WONDER S OF THE

GRAMMAR 4 Write comparative sentences using your

own ideas. Use the words in brackets to help you.
Comparative adjectives SB p.86

1 Write the comparative form of the 1 your school / another school in your town (big /
adjectives. good …?)

0 old older 5 good

2 you / your best friend (old / tall / intelligent …?)
1 bad 6 happy
2 beautiful 7 interesting
3 two TV programmes (funny / long / exciting …?)
3 easy 8 nice
4 expensive 9 young
4 (any two things you want to compare)
2 Complete the B sentences. Use the
comparative form of the adjectives in the A
sentences. can / can’t for ability SB p.87

0 A Question number 1 is difficult. 5 Look at the pictures. Write a sentence for

B Yes, it is – but question number 2 is each picture.
more difficult ! 0 1
1 A Was your laptop expensive?
B Yes, it was, but the old one was .
2 A She’s young.
B Yes, but her sister’s than her.
He can swim. He
3 A This book’s interesting.
2 3
B You’re right, but the other one is .
4 A Wow – that’s a good camera.
B It’s not bad. Actually, I want to buy a
one than this!
5 A This film’s bad! She He
B Yes, but the other one was !
6 Write sentences so they are true for you.
3 Complete the sentences. Use the Use the verbs in the list to help you, or other
comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. verbs you know.
sing | speak French | walk | run fast
Sandra Justine
play the guitar | fly | swim
Age: 12 13
0 I can sing , but I can’t speak French .
Height: 1.58 1.56
1 I can’t , but I can .
Does homework: sometimes always
2 My father can , but he can’t
English score: 93% 74% .
0 Sandra is younger than Justine. (young) 3 My best friend can , but he/she can’t
1 Sandra is Justine. (tall) .
2 Justine is Sandra. (hard-working) 4 Birds can , but they can’t
.
3 Sandra is at English
Justine. (good)
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Superlative adjectives SB p.88 10 Write one comparative sentence and one

superlative sentence about the things in each
7 Complete the conversations. Use the group, using your own ideas. Use the adjectives
phrases in the list. in the list to help you.
the laziest | the best | the oldest | the worst cold | hot | healthy | enjoyable | delicious
the most expensive | the most interesting fast | cheap | interesting | good | difficult
the most difficult boring | big
0 A Who’s the laziest kid in your class? 0 winter – summer – autumn
B Steve. He never does anything! Summer is hotter than autumn.
1 A That test was hard! Winter’s the coldest time of the year.
B It was. In fact it was test this year.
1 running – football – swimming
2 A Do you think they’re a good band?
Yes, I do. They’re
B band around at
the moment.
3 A That’s a great shirt. 2 pizza – chips – salad
B Yes, it’s really nice. But I can’t buy it. It’s
shirt in the shop!
4 A What a horrible day. Rain, rain, rain. 3 music – films – books
B Yes, I think it’s day of the summer.
5 A Who’s person in your family?
B Grandpa. He’s 74. 4 Brazil – China – Britain
6 A You really like History, don’t you?
B Yes, I think it’s subject at school.

8 Circle the correct words. 5 train – plane – bus

0 Is the Amazon longer / the longest river in the
world?
1 Alex is taller / the tallest than me.
2 Yesterday was colder / the coldest day of the year. GET IT RIGHT!
3 My father is younger / the youngest than my mother.
Comparative and superlative adjectives
4 He wants to be richer / the richest person in the
We form the comparative of long adjectives with
country.
more + adjective. We form the comparative of short
5 Is this exercise more difficult / the most difficult on adjectives (one syllable) with adjective + -er. Don’t
this page? use more with adjective + -er.
9 Complete the sentences. Use the ✓ My cousin is younger than me.
superlative form of the adjectives in the list. ✗ My cousin is more younger than me.
rich | boring | delicious | high We form the superlative of long adjectives with (the)
fast | important | strong most + adjective. We form the superlative of short
adjectives (one syllable) with the + adjective + -est.
0 She’s got a really big house and a Porsche. She’s Don’t use (the) most with short adjective + -est.
the richest person I know! ✓ It was the coldest winter in history.
1 He can pick up a 50 kilo bag of potatoes. He’s ✗ It was the most coldest winter in history.
man I know.
Complete the text with the comparative or
2 I almost fell asleep in the film. It was superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
film out for a long time! I love climbing mountains. For me, it’s 1
3 Wow! This fish is so good! It’s food (exciting) hobby. I think 2 (beautiful)
that my mother makes! mountains in the world are in New Zealand. But
3 (tall) mountains in the world are in Asia.
4 This car does 280 kph. Maybe it’s car
The mountains in England are 4 (small) than
in the world.
in Asia and the weather is 5 (cold). The USA
5 Which is mountain in the world? has 6 (warm) weather than England, but
Asia’s weather is 7 (hot). So, I love going
6 Some people say that the day you get married is
day of your life. climbing in Asia.

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Word list The weather

beach
mountain
ocean

lake desert
cloudy cold
Geographical
jungle features
forest

river
island

hill humid foggy

freezing hot

Phrases with with

to be busy with something
(to have nothing) to do with (me)
to be with someone
to be good with something (e.g. animals / children)
a place with (big rooms / lots of animals / lots of tourists)
dry rainy

Key words in context

attractive The butterfly is a beautiful blue and red insect – it’s very
attractive.
brave When the lion attacked the girl, a brave man helped her.
courage I wanted to talk to the President, but I didn’t have the
courage.
sunny warm
dangerous It’s a dangerous animal – don’t go near it, it might bite you.
extreme There was a 150 kph wind! That’s really extreme weather.
ice Be careful! It was very cold last night and there’s ice on the
roads.
medicine He was ill so we went to the chemist’s to buy some
medicine for him.
on record Last night was the coldest night on record in this country.
temperature Sometimes the temperature goes up to 37o Celsius.
wet windy

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Geographical features SB p.86 4 Use the words in Exercise 3 to complete

the text.
1 Match the words and the definitions.
aforest I’m from Britain but I live in Brasilia, the capital
| bisland | chill | ddesert | ebeach | fjungle
gocean | hriver | ilake | jmountain of Brazil. The weather here is usually good – the
temperature is normally between about 12 degrees
0 a place with lots of trees growing together a and 28 degrees Celcius, so it’s never really
1 an area of sand (or rocks) near the sea 0 cold . Some days in summer it’s really
2 a bit of land with water all round it 1h , but a lot of the time it’s just nice
3 a high bit of land (not as high as a mountain) and 2w , especially in the evenings.
4 water that moves across the land and into There is one period in the year – from about
the sea May to July or August – when it just doesn’t rain! So
5 a very high piece of land everything is very 3d . At other times of
6 a big area of water with land around it the year, the weather can be r 4 – and
7 a very large area of sea water when it rains, it rains really hard!
8 an area in a hot country with trees and plants Some days in the morning, when you wake up, the
close together and wild animals sky is grey and 5c , but then the clouds go
9 a big, hot, dry area of land (often with sand) away and the morning can be bright and
6s .
2 Use the words in Exercise 1 to complete
the sentences. Make the words plural if you So, the weather here is quite nice really – not like
need to. my home country, Britain, where it’s 7f
some days in winter!
0 It’s important to take lots of water with you if you
go into the desert .
1 Madagascar is a very big in the
Indian Ocean. WordWise SB p.91
2 I love sitting on a and swimming in Phrases with with
the sea.
5 Complete the sentences. Use the
3 The longest in the world is the Nile.
phrases in the list.
4 The Himalayas has the highest in the
with 220 bedrooms | busy with
world.
with tomato sauce | good with
5 I was very tired after I cycled up the . to do with you | with you
6 Let’s go for a walk in the and look for
wild mushrooms!
0 It’s a big hotel with 220 bedrooms .
1 A Isn’t Alice here?
7 We took a small boat and went round the
. B No. I thought she came
.
8 Tigers live in the in India and
Indonesia. 2 It’s delicious – pasta
9 The ship hit a rock and went to the bottom of the and chicken.
. 3 She looks after my little brother. She’s really
children.
The weather SB p.89 4 Please don’t ask me about it. It’s got nothing
3 Complete the ‘weather’ words with the .
missing letters. 5 I phoned him but he didn’t answer. He was
1 Yesterday was c o l d but today it’s really his homework.
f zin ! It’s a bit w y too.
2 It was nice and w yesterday. But today is
even
better: it’s s ny, h t and d y!
3 It’s a horrible day today. It’s c dy and cold.
This morning it was r y so it’s w t here, too.
4 When it’s f like today, it’s hard to see
where you’re going!
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READING
1 REMEMBER AND CHECK Match the phrases to make sentences. Then check your answers in the article on
page 85 of the Student’s Book.
0 The San people in small houses and tell stories about hunting.
1 When they are ill, near a fire from the older people.
2 The people in the tribe live difficult for people and animals from plants.
3 San children have to learn San bushmen with bows and arrows.
4 In the evening, the San people sit hunt animals to show them the places and animals.
5 In the Kalahari, life can be they get medicine because it’s very dry.
6 Tourists to the Kalahari often have about the dangers around them made from wood and grass.

2 Read the information. Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).

0 The Inuit do not move around like they did in the past. T
1 The Inuit get their food from hunting and fishing.
2 Inuit houses made of ice are called igloos.
3 A harpoon is a kind of animal.
4 The Inuit still use sledges, but not with dogs.

The Inuit – in the past and nowadays

The Inuit are people who live in the north of Canada, the USA and Greenland, in a place of snow and ice.
In the past Nowadays
Living Areas In the past, the Inuit people lived in camps and Now they live in fixed communities, groups of houses
they moved all the time, depending on the mostly near the sea and at the mouths of rivers.
weather.
Homes The Inuit people lived in tents made from animal These days they live in wooden houses that are built in
skins, or in igloos (traditional houses made of ice). the south of Canada. But they still use tents, too, next
to the houses, and igloos when they are hunting.
Clothes They wore clothes made from the skin or fur of Now the Inuit mostly wear modern, ready-made
the animals that they killed. clothes, but they still also use traditional fur boots,
gloves and clothes, especially in the winter.
Food Supply The Inuit got their food by hunting and fishing, Now, the Inuit continue to hunt and fish but they
using bows and arrows but also harpoons usually get their food using guns and modern fishing
(special tools for killing fish or seals). They also equipment.
caught animals that they could eat, using traps.
Transport They had dogs that carried things and that also Now they use sledges with motors and their boats also
pulled the sledges for people to move around. have motors. And in the communities, they use cars.
On the rivers, they used kayaks (a special boat
for one or two people).

3 Read the text again. Are the facts 1–5 true about only the past, only the present, or both? Tick (✓)
the boxes.
Only the past Only the present Both past and present
0 Living in camps ✓
1 Living in igloos
2 Wearing clothes made of fur
3 Using guns
4 Using dogs
5 Using boats

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DEVELOPING WRITING

An informal email
1 Read Jake’s email to Monika. Answer the questions.
1 Where is Monika going on holiday? 2 Which two places does Jake recommend?

Hey Monika,
Great to get your email yesterday. So, your summer holiday
will be in Thailand? That’s wonderful! I hope you have a
fantastic time.
Maybe you know (or maybe not?) that I went to Thailand two
years ago with my family. It’s a great place and I enjoyed it a
lot. Food, people, places – so different from Europe!
Anyway, I’m writing to give you some ideas. People usually
arrive in Bangkok and stay there a few days. Well, when you
are in Bangkok, don’t miss the Royal Palace! It’s just fabulous,
I’m attaching a photo I took. You have to go there!
And if you like beaches and swimming and things – and I think you do! – then make sure you go to the Phi Phi
Islands. They’re in the south of Thailand and you can swim and go diving and see lots of wonderful fish. It’s very
beautiful there and it’s a great place to relax. I’d really recommend it!
Well, I have to go now, but if you want any more ideas, please write to me, OK?
Your friend,
Jake
PS You mustn’t forget to take your camera to Thailand, OK!?

2 Read Jake’s email again. Underline the adjectives 4 You are going to write an email to an English-
that he uses to give his opinion of things in speaking friend and tell them about a place
Thailand. that you know and that you really like. (You
can imagine that you know the place.) Plan
1 Are the adjectives positive or negative?
your email. Think about the place you want to
write about.
2 Does Jake use any adjectives that are new for you? ● What is special about it?
Look them up in a dictionary if you need to. ● What adjectives do you want to use to describe it?
3 Complete the phrases that Jake uses. What is he ● What things or places there do you want to
doing when he writes these things? recommend to your friend?
● What do you think your friend should take there?
0 Don’t miss the Royal Palace. And do there?
1 You go there! ● How can you start and finish your email?
2 you go to the Phi Phi Islands.
5 Write your email (about 150–200 words). Make
3 I’d really it.
sure that you give your opinion about the
4 You forget to take your camera! place(s) you are talking about. Use Jake’s email to
help you.
Pronunciation
Vowel sounds: /ɪ/ and /aɪ/
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LISTENING 2 Write a conversation for the picture. Use

Listening Exercise 2 and Dialogue Exercise 1 to
1 43 Listen to the conversations. Mark the help you.
sentences T (true) or F (false).
CONVERSATION 1
0 The girl wants to go for a walk. F
1 The girl doesn’t know what a jigsaw puzzle is.
2 The girl doesn’t want to do a jigsaw puzzle.
3 It’s raining.
CONVERSATION 2
4 It’s a cloudy day.
5 The boy doesn’t want to wear trousers.
6 The boy likes the girl’s T-shirt.
7 The girl doesn’t understand what’s written
on her T-shirt.
2 43 Listen again. Complete the lines from the
conversations.
CONVERSATION 1
BOY 0 What a horrible day today.
GIRL Yes, it 1 .
BOY I just thought, well, something different, you
know, 2 a jigsaw puzzle. PHRASES FOR FLUENCY SB p.91

GIRL I know. What a 3 ! On a rainy day

1 Put the conversation in order.
like today, it’s a nice thing to do!
A No problem. I’ll call Jenny in a minute, she’ll
CONVERSATION 2
probably know.
BOY Wow, 4 fantastic day. It’s so
A Oh, yes, that’s fixed it! Well done. Thank you!
warm and 5 !
GIRL So let’s go out 6 .
1 A Can you help me with my camera? Something’s
wrong with it and I don’t know much about
GIRL Hey, nice 7 . They look great.
cameras.
BOY Thanks. And I really like your T-shirt –
8 A Oh! So you can’t help me, then?
colour!
B Not really. I’m sorry.
B Good idea. She’s really good with these things.
DIALOGUE Oh – hang on! How about if you press this
1 Complete the conversation. Use the words in button here?
the list. B I don’t know much either.
can | can’t | idea | perhaps | maybe | let’s 2 Complete the conversation. Use the phrases in
BOY What a horrible day. It’s cold and snowing. the list.
GIRL I know. What 0 can we do? in a minute | not really | either | then | no problem
BOY Well, we 1 go outside. So, A (on the phone) Hi, John? Sorry, I’m a bit late. But I’ll
2 do something here. be at your place 0 in a minute .
GIRL Well, I thought, 3 we can watch a 1
B , Steve. Is there a lot of traffic,
film. 2 ?
BOY Well, OK, yes. Or 4 we could
play some computer games. A 3 . But I’m cycling and it’s raining.
GIRL That’s a great 5 . B Ugh. I hate cycling in the rain!
A I don’t really like it 4 . But I haven’t got
any money for the bus. Anyway, I shouldn’t really
be cycling and talking on the phone at the same
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C A M BRIDGE ENGLISH: Key

Reading and Writing part 7
1 Complete the text. Write one word in each space.

My name (0) is Alison Davey and I live (1) Alice Springs, Australia. It’s not a very
big town – only about 25,000 people (2) here.
Alice Springs (most people just call it ‘Alice’) is in the north (3) the country. It’s not a bad place
to live (4) it isn’t very exciting. There’s a nice park that you can visit and outside the town there
are some mountains where you can (5) walking.
It’s a very hot place and it’s very dry too because it doesn’t (6) very much.
In January, it’s really hot and sometimes the (7) can go up to 36 degrees. Alice is a very long
(8) from the sea so there aren’t any beaches here.
Right now I’m at school but I want to go to university later. I want to go to Sydney because it’s bigger
(9) Alice and a bit (10) interesting too!

Exam guide: open cloze

In this kind of exercise, you have to write one word in each space. These exercises test your grammar and
vocabulary, but mostly grammar.
● First, read the text from beginning to end ● Look at spaces 9 and 10 – what’s the word that comes after
without worrying about the spaces. Then you a comparative adjective like bigger? And what’s the word
get a good idea of the overall meaning. that goes before longer adjectives like interesting?
● Then, when you go back to the beginning, think ● Sometimes you have to think about meaning too. For
about meaning and grammar – for example, in example, in space 6, the text says that the town is very dry
space number 1, you know that people live in a because something doesn’t happen very much. What stops
city or town, so the answer is in. a place being dry? That’s right – rain.

2 Complete the email. Write one word in each space.

Hi Amy,
Well, here we (0) are at last. Niagara Falls! We flew from London (1) Toronto and
then (2) dad hired a car and we drove to see the waterfalls. Wow – it’s a fantastic place. I don’t
think there is anything more beautiful (3) this in the world. I read that Niagara Falls isn’t
(4) highest waterfall in the world – I think that’s the Angel Falls in Venezuela – but it is really big.
When you go close, the noise from the water is so loud, you can’t (5) other people talking!
We stayed for about two hours. We walked around and took a lot (6) photos. Then we went to
the hotel – it’s a really small hotel (7) only ten rooms. I’m happy because I’ve (8)
my own room, and my parents are in another room.
Well, we (9) having a great time here. Tomorrow we go back to Toronto. Can I (10)
to you again from there?
See you!
Beth

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10 TOWN
AROUND

GRAMMAR 4 Write five plans you have for this year. Use
going to.
be going to for intentions SB p.94

1 Complete the sentences with the correct I’m going to …

form of the verb to be. Use the contracted form.
0 I ’m going to buy some stamps at the post office.
1 We going to see a show at the concert hall.
2 I’m taking my children to the sports centre. They
going to have a swimming lesson. Present continuous for arrangements
SB p.95
3 I’m going to the shopping mall to meet my wife.
She going to take me for lunch. 5 Look at Claire’s diary. Complete the
4 We’re going to the bus station. We going to sentences with the present continuous form of
catch the number 51 home. the verbs in brackets.

2 Complete the questions, then match them Morning Afternoon Evening

with the answers. Use the verbs in brackets.
Monday tennis – kids –
0 Are you going to watch the game? (watch) Sue cinema
1 they going in a hotel? (stay) Tuesday breakfast
2 we going Gran this weekend? (visit) with Tim
3 Dave going a taxi? (take) Wednesday party at Jo’s
4 Jo going the competition? (enter) Thursday meeting dentist –
5 Katie going tonight? (cook) with Jen 4 pm
a No, they’re not. They’re going camping. Friday golf fly to Rome
b No, he’s going to walk there.
c Yes, she is. She’s going to win! 0 Claire and Sue are playing (play) tennis on
d I hope so. I’m so tired. Monday afternoon.
e 0 Yes, I am. I love football. 1 Claire (fly) to Rome on Friday
f Yes, we are. We’re going to go on Sunday. evening.
2 Claire (go) to Jo’s party on
3 Complete the answers with going to and Wednesday evening.
the verbs in brackets.
3 Claire (go) to the dentist on
What 0 are you going to do (do) when you leave Thursday afternoon.
school? 4 Claire and Tim (have) breakfast on
A ‘I 1 (study) Maths at Tuesday morning.
Nottingham University. Two of my friends
2 5 Claire (play) golf on Friday morning.
(go) there too so we
3 (find) a house and live 6 Claire and her children (go) to the
in it together.’ cinema on Monday evening.
B ‘I’m not sure. My best friend 4 7 Claire and Jen (have) a meeting on
(travel) around the world and he wants me Thursday morning.
to go with him. I 5 (not do)
that – I haven’t got enough money – but I
6 (not go) to university either.

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10 A RO U N D TOWN

6 Write the questions for the answers about 10 Unscramble the words to make adjectives.
Claire. Use the present continuous of the verbs. Then write the adverb form.
0 Is Claire going to the dentist on Thursday? adjective adverb
Yes, she is. Her appointment is at 4 pm. 0 saye easy easily
1 1 wols
No, they’re having breakfast. 2 kiquc
2 3 souranged
No, she’s flying in the evening. 4 revosun
3 5 teiqu
Yes, but they don’t know what film to see yet. 6 dab
4 7 larefuc
That’s right. They’re playing in the afternoon. 8 dogo

7 Mark the sentences P (present 11 Circle the correct words.

arrangement) or F (future arrangement).
0 Jackson played very good / well , and won the
0 Henry’s not at home. He’s fishing with his dad. P match easy / easily .
1 Sorry, I can’t help you. I’m studying. 1 It was an easy / easily test and I finished it really
2 Are you doing anything this evening? quick / quickly.
3 Look at the baby! She’s trying to walk. 2 My dad isn’t a very careful / carefully driver
4 Is Aunt Mary coming to stay next week? and sometimes he drives quite dangerous /
5 We’re looking at new houses this afternoon. dangerously.
6 I’m staying at my friend’s house tonight. 3 Please be quiet / quietly in the library – you can
talk, but not too loud / loudly.
8 Write five arrangements you have for this 4 I didn’t do good / well in the test – I had a really
weekend. Use the present continuous. bad / badly day.
Adverbs SB p.97 5 He’s quite a nervous / nervously person and he talks
really quiet / quietly.
9 Read the sentences. Write the names
under the pictures.
Bella paints really well.
GET IT RIGHT!
Molly paints quite badly. Adverbs usually come immediately after the object
Tim rides his bike dangerously. of the sentence or after the verb (if there is no
Ben rides his bike carefully. object). They never come between the verb and
the object.
✓ He drives his car dangerously.
✗ He drives dangerously his car.
Change the adjective in brackets into an adverb and
put it in the correct place in the sentence.
0 He can run fast, but he can’t swim. (good)
He can run fast, but he can’t swim well.
0 Molly 1
1 You should drive when it’s raining. (careful)

2 She speaks French and German. (fluent)

3 She was walking because she was late for school. (quick)

4 They did the homework because they worked

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Word list Things in a town

zebra crossing

bus station
concert hall
football stadium

car park police station youth club

opera house
Places shopping mall
in town

post office speed camera

harbour

sports centre
skyscraper
castle
graffiti wall

cycle lane

Key words in context

litter bin
culture I love meeting people from different cultures –
there’s so much you can learn from them.
population The population of our town is about 20,000.
local Our local shop is just across the road from our
house.
invite The Jacksons invited us to dinner at their house. billboard
tourism Tourism is very important for our country. Millions
of people visit us each year.
pedestrian Pedestrians must be careful when they cross the
road.
fluent He speaks really good French. He’s almost fluent.
high street
tourist attraction The museum is a really big tourist attraction. Lots
of people visit it.
sand We went to the beach and now I’ve got sand in
my hair.
mine This mine goes more than 200 m under the
ground.
skateboard park
diamond Is that a diamond ring? Wow, it’s beautiful.
resort Cannes is a popular resort in the south of France.
demolish They demolished the old stadium because they
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Places in a town SB p.94 3 Where are these people? Choose from the
places in Exercise 1.
1 Complete the words. Use the picture
clues to help you. 0 ‘What time does the swimming pool close?’
sports centre
1 ‘I want to send this letter to Australia.’
2 ‘I think Manchester United are going to win today.’

3 ‘What time is the next bus to Liverpool?’

4 ‘I want to buy some new shoes.’

0 c o nc e rt h a ll 1 b s st t n 5 ‘The band start playing at 8 pm.’
6 ‘It costs £2 every hour we stay.’
7 ‘There’s a problem at the bank. Come quickly.’

Things in town SB p.97

4 Write compound nouns using the nouns in

the lists.
cycle | graffiti | speed | zebra | bill | litter
2 f tb ll 3 c r p rk
st d m lane | board | camera | crossing | bin | wall
0 cycle lane 3
1 4
2 5

5 Match the words from Exercises 1 and 4 to

the definitions.
0 Cars slow down for this. speed camera
4 p l c_e 5 p st ff c 1 You find lots of shops here.
st t n 2 You can ride your bike safely here.
3 It advertises things on the side of the road.

4 Use this to cross the road safely.

5 A great place for local artists to paint.
6 A good place for young people to meet and have
fun.
7 Throw your rubbish in this.
6 sp rts c ntr
6 Which of these sentences are true about
2 Complete the text. Use the words in your town? Correct the ones that are false.
Exercise 1. 1 Cars always stop at zebra crossings.
Our town is great. It’s got everything I need. There’s 2 There are lots of things for young people to do.
a really good sports 0 centre . You can do lots of There are graffiti walls and a really good youth club.
different sports. There’s a big 1 hall as well
3 Speed cameras make the roads safer.
and I often go to see my favourite bands there. Most
Saturdays I go to the football 2 to see our 4 You can get everywhere on your bike using cycle
football team play. There’s a really big shopping lanes.
3 with lots of shops in it. And if you ever get 5 People always use the litter bins to throw away
bored, you can go to the bus 4 to catch a rubbish.
bus and visit another town.
6 There are lots of billboards.
7 The high street is full of shoppers at the weekend.

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1 REMEMBER AND CHECK What are these things?
Check your answers in the blogs on page 93 of
the Student’s Book.
0 The Burj al Arab
A building
d g in Dubai that looks like a ship’s
p sail.
1 Jebel Ali
1
2 khaliji

3 Yellowknife
2

4 Snowking Winter Festival

2 Read the article. Write the names of the towns

under the pictures. 3

UNUSUAL TOWNS
Monowi, USA That is because Thames Town is a
Elsie Eiler is famous in the town of copy of an English town. The streets
Monowi in Nebraska and everybody and the buildings all look English. It
knows her name. That’s because Elsie has red phone boxes, London street
is the only person who lives there. signs, fish and chip shops and English 4
Monowi was never a big town. In the pubs. There are also statues of Harry
1930s the population was 150 but Potter and James Bond. Elsewhere in The plan worked and these days about
over the years people slowly started China, you can find the Eiffel Tower, an 200,000 people visit Sheffield every
leaving. In 2000 there were only two Austrian village and even Stonehenge. year.
people left; Elsie and her husband,
Rudy. When Rudy died, Elsie became
Sheffield, Australia Roswell, USA
In the 1980s, the citizens of Sheffield Some people believe that in 1947
the only citizen.
on the Australian island of Tasmania an alien spacecraft crashed near the
Thames Town, China decided they wanted more tourists to town of Roswell in New Mexico. They
Shanghai is one of China’s biggest visit their town. They had an idea to believe that the American military
cities. But just outside of Shanghai is turn their streets into an outdoor art seized this UFO and took it to a secret
a rather unusual town called Thames gallery. They asked artists to paint place outside of the town. These days
Town. It cost £500 million to build huge paintings on the walls around Roswell sees many tourists who are
and it is part of their ‘One City, Nine town. Children from the local school interested in life on other planets.
Towns’ project. When you walk down helped too. They painted little murals There are many shops that sell
the streets there you might forget you on the rubbish bins. There are now souvenirs and there is one fast food
are in China. You might start thinking more than 60 of these murals, which restaurant with a UFO theme. There is
you are in England. show important scenes from history. also a museum about aliens.

3 Read the article again. Write the names of the towns after the sentences.
0 Are there aliens here? Roswell 4 People didn’t want to live here.
1 They wanted more people to visit here. 5 It’s like being in another country.
2 It has a population of one. 6 It’s a mysterious place.
3 It’s near to a really big city. 7 It’s a great place if you like art.

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DEVELOPING WRITING

An informal letter / email

Hi Jessie,
Thanks for your letter and all your news. Sorry about your broken arm – what a
terrible thing to happen. I hope you feel better soon. Just be careful when you
get back on your bike!
Anyway, I’m sorry my reply is a bit late, but there’s so much happening it’s
difficult to find any free time.
The move here was OK. The new house is nice and big. I’ve finally got my own
bedroom. Worcester is quite a small town (well, compared to Manchester) but
it seems quite nice. There are lots of good shops on the High Street and there
are a few parks to hang out in. I’m sending you a photo of the cathedral. It’s
a really beautiful building. I’m spending most of my time at the sports centre.
I’m quite fit at the moment. I haven’t got any friends here yet but I’m starting
school on Monday. I’m sure I’ll find some. I’m feeling a bit nervous.
Anyway, I miss you loads, of course. I can’t wait to hear all your news. Please
give my love to everyone, especially Tom and Jasmine. By the way, Mum
says we’re going to visit next month so I hope I’ll see you all soon. Hope
everything’s OK.
Lots of love,
Olivia

1 Read the email. Answer the questions.

0 How did Jessie break her arm? Writing tip: an informal letter / email
She fell off her bike. We usually write informal letters to family and friends
1 Where is Olivia living now? to keep in touch and pass on our news. These days
most people do this with emails.
2 Where did she live? ● Use informal, friendly language.
● If you are writing a reply to a letter, don’t forget
3 How does Olivia feel about starting school? to react to your friend’s news. We usually do
this in our opening paragraph.
● Always ask how the person you are writing to is.
2 Read the email again. Write the expressions that You can do this at the beginning or the end of
mean: your letter.
● Use the main paragraph of the letter to give
1 I was sad to hear about …
your news.

2 I think about you a lot.

3 Write an informal letter to a friend (about
120–150 words). Choose one of these situations.
3 Please write to me soon.
● Your pen friend wants to know more about the
town where you live. Write and tell them.
4 Say hello to …
● You’re going to move house. Write to your friend
to give them the news and tell them a bit about the
town.
● You are spending the holiday with your aunt and
uncle. Write to your friend and tell them about the
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situations.
1 44 Listen to the conversations. Complete the
Conversation 1
table.
● Boy invites girl to cinema.
Invitation Invitation not
● She says yes.
accepted accepted
● They agree on a time.
Conversation 1
Conversation 2
Conversation 2 ● Girl invites boy to party.

Conversation 3 ● He asks what day and when.

● He can’t make it and says why.

2 44 Listen again. Complete the sentences.

Kate and Jim
Kate invites Jim to 0 the sports centre .
Problem solving
He says 1 because
2 . 1 The town council has money to build one new
building. Look at the first three suggestions and
Ian and Ruth match the advantages and disadvantages to
Ian invites Ruth to 3 on each one.
4 .
good to get bands into town
She offers to pay for 5 . bad for shops on high street
He says the tickets are 6 . create lots of jobs
Dan and Anna stop people parking on street
Dan invites Anna to 7 at could bring more cars into town
8 could be noisy at night
.
She is 9 until Suggestions Advantages Disadvantages
10 .
They arrange to meet 11 .
concert hall good to get
bands into town
DIALOGUE shopping mall
car park
1 44Put the first two conversations in order.
Then listen again and check.
2 Think of an advantage and a disadvantage for
1 1 KATE Do you want to go to the sports centre these three suggestions.
later?
Suggestions Advantages Disadvantages
KATE OK, maybe next week then.
KATE What about tomorrow? football
stadium
JIM No, I’m busy all week.
bus station
JIM Let’s see.
JIM I’m sorry. I can’t. I’m busy. sports centre

2 IAN It’s Madam Butterfly. I’ve got tickets 3 Complete the statement. Use your own ideas.
right at the front.
I think the is the best idea
IAN No, it’s a present from me. because
IAN Well, you deserve it. and .
IAN Would you like to go to the opera
house with me on Saturday?
RUTH That would be great. What’s the Pronunciation
opera? Voiced /ð/ and unvoiced /θ/ consonants
RUTH Wow. How much were they? You must Go to page 121.
let me pay for mine.
RUTH That’s really kind of you.

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Reading and Writing part 4
1 Read the article about Shanghai. Are sentences 1–4 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there isn’t enough
information to answer ‘Right’
Right or ‘Wrong’,
Wrong , choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).
Doesn t sa

0 The population of Shanghai is more than 20 million.

Mini-Shanghai Museum. The model is huge. It’s
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
93 m2 and it covers the whole floor
It’s difficult to know exactly how 1 The model is on the top floor of the museum.
of the museum. In fact, it’s too big
many people live in the Chinese
to take a photograph of the whole A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
city of Shanghai, but it’s at least
thing. You can try but you’ll find you 2 You are not allowed to take photos of the model.
20 million. For sure, it’s one of the
have to take quite a few photos.
world’s biggest cities. Of course, A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
you need a lot of space to find Of course, Shanghai is a city that is 3 The model shows Shanghai in the future.
room for so many people, and to growing fast and every year there
A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
give you an idea of just how big are about 200 new skyscrapers.
Shanghai is, there is a model of The model does not show what 4 The model city is a popular tourist attraction.
the whole city on the third floor Shanghai looks like now. It shows A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
of Shanghai’s Urban Planning Shanghai in the year 2020.

Exam guide: right, wrong or doesn’t say

In the KEY Reading and Writing part 4 you must read a text and then decide if the information in some
sentences about the text is right or wrong. Sometimes there isn’t enough information to decide, and for
these sentences you should choose the ‘Doesn’t say’ option.
● Read through the text quickly to get an idea of what ● If you can’t find any information to decide if the
it is about. Then read a second time, more slowly. question is right or wrong, this probably means the
● Read through the questions. Can you answer any of text ‘doesn’t say’. For example, question 1 says the
them immediately? Check in the text to make sure model is on the top floor of the museum. In the text
you have the correct answer. it says it’s on the third floor. We don’t know how
● For each question, find the part of the text it refers many floors the museum has. The third floor might
to. Use the key words in the question to help you be the top floor but we can’t be sure. We have to
find the correct part of the text. For example, in choose the ‘Doesn’t say’ option here.
question 0 the words 20 million are there in the first ● The order of the questions is the same as the order
sentence of the text. This is the part of the text you of the information in the text.
need to look at.

2 Read Jenny’s article about moving home. Are sentences 1–5 ‘Right’ (A) or ‘Wrong’ (B)? If there isn’t enough
information to answer ‘Right’ or ‘Wrong’, choose ‘Doesn’t say’ (C).

0 Jenny is 13 years old.

A move to the countryside A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
For the first twelve years of my life my family lived in a large city. Two years ago 1 Jenny wasn’t happy with the idea of moving to
my parents decided to move to the countryside. I was horrified. How could I leave the countryside.
all my friends? How could I live somewhere with no cinema, with no skateboard A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
park, where the nearest shop was more than 3 km away? 2 Jenny’s mum works for a newspaper.
But Mum and Dad didn’t listen to me. They were tired of the city life. Mum’s a A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
writer so she can live anywhere and Dad looks after me and my two younger 3 There are five people in Jenny’s family.
brothers. They thought the country was a better place to bring up children. A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
Well, two years later and I agree with them. I love it here. I love the freedom of 4 Jenny has got more friends now.
being outside. You can ride your bike everywhere. You don’t have to worry about A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say
cars. Of course, I found new friends. Not as many as I had, but that isn’t a problem. 5 Jenny went to school with Anna when she lived in
I’m still in contact with my very best friend from the city, Anna, and she comes to the city.
visit most holidays. She loves it here. She wants her parents to move too. A Right B Wrong C Doesn’t say

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LISTENING 4 Complete the sentences. Use the words in the list.
concert hall | post office | cycle lane | billboards
1 646 Listen to the conversations. Circle A, B litter bin | speed camera | zebra crossing
or C.
0 I can’t believe we can’t get tickets for the show.
1 What kind of holiday is Emma going to suggest to
her parents? There’s room for 2,000 people in the
A hotel B houseboat C camping
concert hall .
2 Who’s got the best idea about what they can do? 1 I need some stamps. Can you go to the
A Mike B Dad C Mum for me?
3 When are Emma and her family going on holiday? 2 Careful – don’t drive so fast! There’s a
A 4 July B 18 July C 8 August ahead, so keep to 50 kph, OK?
3 I want to throw this paper away. Is there a
2 46 Listen again. Answer the questions. around here?
0 Why don’t Mike and Emma want to go to the same 4 Did you see that driver?! There was someone on
hotel as last year? the and he didn’t stop!
They think it would be boring. 5 There’s a new that goes along the
1 What does Emma think about a camping holiday? beach! It’s great – we ride along it on Sundays.
6 He’s a professional photographer. His photos are
on all the at the moment.
2 What does Dad think about Emma’s suggestion of
a holiday on a houseboat?
GRAMMAR
3 What is Mum going to suggest to her and her 5 Circle the correct words.
husband’s parents?
LILY When are you going on holiday?
OLIVER Next weekend. And we are all looking
4 Mum makes a joke. What does she say? forward to it. It’s going to be the 0 more /
most relaxing time of the year!
5 How soon are Emma and her family going on their LILY That place on the coast where you are
staying, is it 1hotter / hottest than it is here?
holiday?
OLIVER Not really. It’s 2more cold / colder than it is
here, and there’s usually 3more / most wind.
So the temperature is normally five or six
VOCABULARY degrees lower 4more / than here.
LILY And it’s the world’s 5more / most attractive
3 Circle the correct words. coast.
Before you go on a holiday, you need to think carefully OLIVER Do you think so? Well, it’s 6more / most
about where you want to go. If you decide to go to a beautiful than other places, but we can’t
place in the 0 mountains / beach, for example, you have swim in the ocean.
to know that the weather can be 1freezing / hot (even in LILY Can’t you?
summer), and it can also be quite 2windy / warm. OLIVER No, the water temperature is just too cold.
Everybody knows that deserts have 3dry / wet weather, And I don’t think it’s 7safe / safely.
but people sometimes forget that a 4beach / forest LILY Oh, really. Are there any 8dangerous /
holiday means you are close to a lot of water, so the dangerously fish?
air can be quite 5dry / humid. During the summer
OLIVER I don’t think there are. But the waves are
months, this can mean that it can get too 6hot / cold,
really high because of the wind. You’d need
and not everybody likes that. Here are my family’s
to swim really 9good / well to go in. But then
plans for our next holiday: First we’re going to 7spend
you’d come out 10 quick / quickly again.
/ spending two weeks at a 8hill / lake. Then, on the 1
September, we are 9leaving / leave for a weekend in
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DIALOGUE
6 Complete the conversation. Use the phrases in
the list.
going to go | going to come | can’t go | I’d
no problem | like to | busy with | be with me
are going to | you like to
EVA Jack, I’m 0 going to go to the concert on
Saturday. Would 1 come along?
My friend Nick 2 , so I’ve got a
ticket if you want it.
JACK Saturday? I’m sorry, I can’t. I’m 3
a project.
EVA I see. Well, maybe another time.
JACK Yeah, thanks for asking. Oh, would you and
Nick 4 come over to our place
next Sunday, maybe? We can sit in the garden,
and enjoy the beautiful weather. Gavin and
Claire 5 come too.
EVA 6 love to. That would be great.
Let me talk to Nick. I know he’s going to visit So many kinds of weather!
some relatives on Saturday, but I think he’s
7 back on Sunday morning. So it
should be fine. Can I tell you this evening?
P eru isn’t just a beautiful country. Tourists love
it because of its att ractive jungles, its stunning
beaches and the fantastic Peruvian food. And many
JACK 8 . Talk to Nick first, and give me
people come to see Machu Picchu, a very interesting
a ring any time.
Inca site that’s more than 500 years old. But Peru is
(later, on the phone)
also famous for its many different climates. If you
JACK Hello?
travel from one place to another, you can have very
EVA Oh, hi, Jack. It’s about next Sunday. I’m really different weather on the same day!
sorry. Nick won’t 9 on Sunday.
He’s coming back after 7 in the evening, so I’m The weather on the coast is usually dry and warm,
going to come alone. often hot. In the summer, it’s hardly ever rainy there.
JACK OK. In winter, the coast is often foggy, and the fog even
has its own name, garúa. In the areas near the ocean,
the so-called ‘rainy season’ starts around late May
READING and comes to an end in October.
7 Read the magazine article about Peru. Circle the In the mountains, the famous Andes, it’s often cool,
correct endings (A or B) for each sentence. and sometimes cold. The summers there are usually
0 Peru is a very popular holiday place …
rainy, but the winters are very dry, and can be
freezing. In the east, where there are no mountains,
A because it offers tourists a lot of attractions.
the weather is usually hot and humid all year round.
B but the weather is often not very good.
1 A holiday on the coast in summer is good …
A if you like hot and dry weather.
B if you don’t mind a lot of foggy and rainy days.
WRITING
2 In the Andes, in winter … 8 Write a paragraph about the weather in your
A it’s usually foggy, and not very cold. country (about 80–100 words). Think about
B it’s usually dry, and it can be very, very cold. these questions.
3 In the east of the country there are no mountains … ● Is the weather the same all over the country, or are
A and the weather doesn’t change much there differences?
throughout the year. ● If the weather is different, can you say why?
B and there are extreme differences between ● What times of the year are good for tourists who
summer and winter. want to visit your country?

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