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INTERMEDIATE
Pamphlet
I1
I Vocabulary Review

Work in groups of three or four.


1 Read the clues and complete the grid.
What is the mystery place?

3 an open area where


people buy and sell
things
4 an area of public land
in a city where people
1 a large, strong building, with thick walk, play and relax
walls, which protects people 2 a building where
Christians go to worship
1
a
2
c h
3 5 a figure of a person
m k or animal made of
4
k stone or metal
5
a
6
h r
7 6 an area of water 7 a tall, narrow part of
w where ships can stay a building

The mystery place is:

2 Match the word halves to make nouns for tourist and 4 Write the adjectives below in the correct part of the
visitor attractions. table.
1 monu a ium
anxious ​ashamed ​cross ​envious ​hard-working ​
2 cathe b eum
honest ​organised ​proud ​reliable ​sensitive ​
3 aquar c ment
shy ​upset
4 mus d ace
5 rest e dral
6 pal f aurant Personality Feelings

3 Circle the odd one out.


1 play cards / table tennis / souvenirs
2 go on a boat trip / on the beach / for a bike ride
3 visit a theme park / a kayak / a museum
4 go sunbathe / swimming / for a walk
5 hire an excursion / a boat / a car

5 SPEAKING Complete the sentences with true information about yourself. Read out the second part of each
sentence to your partner. Can he/she guess the adjective?
I often feel embarrassed when . I have to speak in public.

I’m sometimes frightened when .


Do you feel embarrassed when you
I feel delighted when . have to speak in public?

I get excited when .


Yes, that’s right!
I sometimes feel confused when .

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I Grammar Review

Work in pairs.
1 Choose the correct words to complete the phone conversation.
Ralph What 1are you doing / do you do at the moment, Jack?
Jack We’re planning our summer holiday. We 2 ’re usually going /
usually go to Cornwall and stay in 3a / the big house with
some friends, but this year we want to do something
different.
Ralph Do you always stay in 4a / the same house?
Jack Yes, we do. What 5are you going to / will you do in the
holidays?
Ralph I don’t know yet. I think I 6 ’m going to / ’ll talk about it with
my sister tonight.
Jack Tonight? But you 7 ’ll come / ’re coming to 8 – / the cinema
with Paul and me tonight. I’ve already got the tickets.
Ralph Oh yes! I forgot!
Jack That’s so annoying! You 9 ’re always forgetting / ’ll always forget things!
Ralph Sorry! When 10does the film start / is the film starting?
Jack Half past seven. And it finishes at quarter past nine. Don’t be late! And bring an umbrella. It 11 ’ll / ’s going to rain
later. Look at those black clouds.
Ralph OK. Do you think it 12is going to / will be a good film?
Jack Yes, I do. It’s got Jennifer Lawrence in it. She’s 13a / – fantastic actor.


Student A
2 SPEAKING Complete the questions below. Then ask and answer them with your partner.
1 What / Jack / do at the moment?
2 What / Ralph / decide to do tonight?
3 Why / Jack / annoyed with Ralph?
4 Why / Ralph / need / an umbrella?

3 SPEAKING Ask and answer these questions about yourself with your partner.
1 What / you / do / at the moment?
2 Where / you / usually / go / at the weekend?
3 What / you / do / tonight?
4 Who / you / usually / go / on holiday with?

Student B
2 SPEAKING Complete the questions below. Then ask and answer them with your partner.
1 Where / Jack / usually / go on holiday?
2 What / be / Jack’s plans for tonight?
3 What time / film / finish?
4 What / be / Jack’s opinion of Jennifer Lawrence?

3 SPEAKING Ask and answer these questions about yourself with your partner.
1 What / you / do / at the moment?
2 Where / you / usually / go / at the weekend?
3 What / you / do / tonight?
4 Who / you / usually / go / on holiday with?

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1A Ages and stages

1 Complete the sentences with the words below.

adult ​centenarian ​elderly ​infant ​middle-aged ​teens ​toddler ​twenties ​young child

1 My brother is thirteen months old and he’s learning how to walk. He’s a .
2 Last year I was still in my , but now I’m 30 years old.
3 No children are allowed in this shop without an .
4 It is my grandmother’s 100th birthday today. She’s now a !
5 Her new baby is just four weeks old. He’s an .
6 Young people between the ages of thirteen and nineteen are in their .
7 Her aunt is quite . She’s 86.
8 People aged between 40 and 60 are sometimes called .
9 When he was a – about seven years old – he was scared of dogs.

2 Choose the correct words to complete the article.

Beginnings: celebrities talk about their parents


Champion surfer and star of Surfing Lives
Nicole Treacher tells us about her mother
My mother grew 1 up / down in a small village near Toulouse in France. Her parents split
2
away / up when she was just five years old and after that she was brought 3up / in by her
father. In 1986, when she was sixteen, she 4 left / moved home and went to university in London.
She studied languages and 5 got / had her first job, working as a translator in London, in 1990.
Two years later, her grandmother passed 6 away / up and my mother 7 retired / inherited her
house in France. She decided to move back to France and 8settle / start her own business.
  

In 1995, my mother met a tall, handsome Australian. They 9 got / fell in love and 10 got / went
engaged just two months after they first met. In 1998, they 11 changed / emigrated to Australia
and decided to 12 start / get a family. And I was born in 2000!

3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Play ‘Guess the Celebrity’. Then swap roles.
Student A Think of a famous person. Be prepared to
answer questions about: Is the person a man?
•• the person’s age.
•• key events from the person’s life. Yes, he is.
You can only answer Yes or No to the questions.
Student B Try to guess who your partner is thinking of. Is he in his 20s?
Ask yes/no questions about:
•• their age.
•• their key life events. No, he isn’t.

Was he brought up in the UK?

Yes, he was.

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1B Past tense contrast

1 Choose the correct past tenses to complete the text.

I 1 started / had started my own business in 2006. I 2 left / had left university the year
before and 3 worked / was working for a large supermarket, but I 4 had felt / felt very
bored with my job. One day, while I 5 helped / was helping a friend to design his website,
I suddenly 6 realised / had realised that I could earn some money from my website design
skills. I 7 was doing / had done a short web design course before I 8 went / was going to
university and 9 was really enjoying / had really enjoyed it. My business 10 was growing /
grew very quickly and, in 2008, I 11 left / was leaving my supermarket job and 12 started /
was starting to work full-time as a website designer.

2 The underlined verbs are in the wrong tense. Rewrite the sentences using the correct past tense.
1 While she was studying German at university, she 5 They finished their meal and then had watched a
was meeting her future husband. film on TV.

2 Before they had left the house, they had closed all 6 It rained and the streets were dark and cold.
the windows.
7 I got my first job before I was leaving school.
3 We were walking to the bus stop and took the first
bus into town.
8 Stella was listening to some music when she had
heard a noise outside.
4 Jon didn’t buy any coffee earlier, so they drank tea.

3 a Complete the sentences with your own ideas. On a separate piece of paper, write one clue for each sentence.
1 Before I left home this morning, I had already …
2 I hadn’t … before I got home yesterday. 1 two cups 2 text
3 I was … at half past nine last night.
4 I was … at eight o’clock this morning.
5 Last weekend, I … 3 watch
6 Yesterday I … 4 sister

5 play 6 music

3 b SPEAKING Read your partner’s clues and try to guess their sentences.

I think before you left home this morning, you had


already drunk two cups of coffee. No! Before I left home this morning, I had
already broken two cups!

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Listen and fill in the blanks. (Track 1.11)

Speaker 1 We all know what it’s like to ……….. with our family. It’s just part of
life, isn’t it? Well, not ………... Sometimes, family arguments can become a habit
… a habit that is ………… and ………… for the people ………... Our three-week
course ………………………………………………………………………... habit.
Do the course on your own or better still, …………. other members of your
family to ………………………… you.

Speaker 2 When I was younger, I had a lot of arguments with my parents … and
with my sister too. I won a few of them, …………………... Then I realised what I
was doing wrong: I wasn’t …………… for the arguments. So I started …………
them more like exams. I actually started revising for my family arguments! I
prepared all my reasons, my examples. You really should take the same …………
– ………………………….! Now I hardly ever lose an argument at home.

Speaker 3 Hi, Poppy, it’s me. Look, this family meal is on Sunday … that’s this
Sunday. Mum and Dad will be there, and so will Grandad. I’m not sure about
Uncle John. But then, we’ve never been sure about Uncle John. Anyway, ………..
…………………………………………………. Without you, ……………………
…………. You know how Grandad always tries to start an argument when we’re
out. He’s much better when you’re there. ……………………. and tell me you’re
coming. Please!

Speaker 4 I ………… home when I was seventeen after an …………… with my


parents, and ………………, it was ………………… that happened to me. I had to
grow up quickly! At nineteen, I started my own business. Now I live in a £5-
million house in London and run a business with more than a thousand …………...
……………………………………………………... Of course, I’ve got a lot of
………… too!
1D used to

Student A
1 Ask Student B questions with used to to complete the text about Alfie below.
Alfie is a rich man now, but 20 years ago, he was very poor. He 1 in Birmingham. He worked in a
factory and he 2
. He 3
car, so he 4
to
work. He always 5
for lunch. After work, he 6
. At the weekend, he
7
at the sports centre. And in the summer, he always 8
in Scotland.
1 where / live? Where did Alfie use to live? 4 how / get to work? 7 what do / at the weekend?
2 what time / get up? 5 what / always / eat for lunch? 8 who / visit / in the summer?
3 have / car? 6 what / do / after work?
2 Read the text below and answer Student B’s questions.
Emily is poor now, but 20 years ago, she was very rich. She used to live in a beautiful house with a swimming pool. She didn’t
use to work and she used to get up at nine o’clock in the morning. After breakfast, she used to have a tennis lesson. She
used to have a big expensive Porsche and she used to go to a different restaurant every day for lunch. After lunch, she
used to go shopping with her friends. At the weekend, she used to fly to Paris.
3 a Read about Michael. Then imagine how his life was 20 years ago. Write five sentences with used to.
Michael is 45 years old. He’s a nurse in a hospital. He eats very healthy food and he always walks to work.
He goes to the gym three times a week. He likes wearing jeans and T-shirts. At the weekend he often visits
museums or goes to classical music concerts. But twenty years ago, his life was very different …
He used to work as a teacher. He used to eat …

3 b Does your partner have the same ideas as you? Find out.

I think he used to work as a teacher. Yes, I agree. / No, I think he used to be a train driver.

Student B
1 Read the text below and answer Student A’s questions.
Alfie is a rich man now, but 20 years ago, he was very poor. He used to live in a small flat with no garden in Birmingham.
He worked in a factory and he used to get up at half past six in the morning. He didn’t use to have a car, so he used to take
the bus to work. He always used to eat a ham sandwich for lunch. After work, he used to meet up with his friends. At the
weekend, he used to go swimming at the sports centre. And in the summer, he always used to visit his cousin in Scotland.
2 Ask questions with used to to complete the text about Emily below.
Emily is poor now, but 20 years ago, she was very rich. She 1 . She
2
and she 3
in the morning. After breakfast, she
4
. She 5
and 6 every day for lunch.
After lunch, she 7
. At the weekend, she 8
.
1 where / live Where did Emily use to live? 4 what / do / after breakfast? 7 what / do / after lunch
2 work? 5 what kind of car / have? 8 where / fly / at the weekend?
3 what time / get up 6 where / go / for lunch
3 a Read about Michael. Then imagine how his life was 20 years ago. Write five sentences with used to.
Michael is 45 years old. He’s a nurse in a hospital. He eats very healthy food and he always walks to work.
He goes to the gym three times a week. He likes wearing jeans and T-shirts. At the weekend he often visits
museums or goes to classical music concerts. But twenty years ago, his life was very different …
He used to be a train driver. He used to eat …

3 b Does your partner have the same ideas as you? Find out.

I think he used to be a train driver. Yes, I agree. / No, I think he used to work as a teacher.

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1 Grammar Review

Play the game in groups of three or four. Throw the dice and move your counter.
Follow the instructions on the square. Right answer? Well done! You stay in the game.
Wrong answer? Bad luck! Go back 3 spaces.
1 2 3 4
These sentences are incorrect. Put the words in the correct Choose a sentence and

START
Choose one sentence and order to make a question. complete it with your own
correct it. Then answer it. ideas. Use the past perfect.
When I came into the classroom, to / watch / What / you / did / I woke up late this morning

HERE
all my friends talked. you / on / were / seven / TV / because …
Before I left home, I never when / use / ? My friend didn’t go to college
prepared my own meals. yesterday because …
She opened the door and was My phone didn’t work because …
walking out of the house.

8 7 6 5
Answer this question.
What were you doing at
Choose an answer and make a
question for it.
Name three things people
didn’t use to do in the 19th LUCKY
seven o’clock yesterday evening? No, I hadn’t. (Make a past perfect
question.)
century.
SQUARE!
Yes, we were. (Make a past
continuous question.)
Yes, I did. (Make a question with
used to.)
Move forward 2 spaces.

9 10 11 12
These sentences are
incorrect. Choose a sentence
and correct it.
UNLUCKY Put the words in the correct
order to make a question.
Then answer it.
Choose a sentence and
complete it with your own
ideas. Use the past perfect.
While I read a magazine, someone
stole my bag.
SQUARE! be / actor / favourite / used /
ten / when / to / you / Who /
The school was closed today
because …
The dog was jumping out of the car were / your / ? Sarah’s head hurt because …
and ran across the road. There was milk on the kitchen floor
The two girls met five years earlier, because …
when they were on a plane to Italy. Move back 3 spaces.

16 15 14 13
Answer this question.
What were you doing at midnight
Choose an answer and make a
question for it. LUCKY Name three things you didn’t
use to like when you were
on New Year’s Eve? Yes, she had. (Make a past perfect
question) SQUARE! younger.

No, they weren’t. (Make a past


continuous question)
No, he didn’t. (Make a question
with used to)
Move forward 2 spaces.

17 18 19 20
These sentences are
incorrect. Choose a sentence
and correct it.
Put the words in the correct
order to make a question.
Then answer it.
UNLUCKY
I phoned my brother while I waited
for the train.
When she had come downstairs, her
sister had already prepared breakfast.
He bought a stamp and was posting
use / What / did / eight / go / to /
were / bed / you / when / you /
time / to / ?
SQUARE!
FINISH!
a letter. Move back 3 spaces.

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1 Vocabulary Review

Student A
Explain the words in the crossword for your partner to guess. Don’t say the word, but give clues.
Then listen to your partner’s clues and write the missing words into your grid.
1 2
E M O T I O N
Seven Across is an adjective.
You use it to describe a person
who has a husband or a wife.
3
C
R Three Down starts with the letter …
4 5
I
6
T
7 8 9
M A R R I E D
10
C
11
A R E T I R E … is the opposite of …
L
12
P R I V A C Y
13
C
14 15 … rhymes with …
S A F E T O D D L E R
L
16
M


Student B
Listen to your partner’s clues and write the missing words into your grid. Then explain the words
in the crossword for your partner to guess. Don’t say the word, but give clues.
1 2
I
N
Ten Down is a noun. It means a baby or
H very young child.
3
E
R
4
B I T T
5
E R Four Across starts with the letter …
6
E T L
7 8 9
M D I D E A L I S T I C
10
I I I E
11
G V N R
… is the opposite of …
R O F L
12
A R A Y
13
T C N
14 15
E E T … rhymes with …

D
16
F R E E D O M

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You have seen this advertisement on a website for international pen
friends. Write a message in reply and provide the information the
person asks for. Include a request for information in your message.

Hi! My name is Alex. I’m fifteen years old and I live in New York in the US.
I’m looking for a pen friend from any country in the world. Send me a
message and tell me about yourself and your family. Also, could you please
tell me why you are looking for a pen friend? Thanks. and I hope to hear
from you soon.

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1 Diwali in Leicester

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 What festivals do people in your country celebrate? How do they celebrate?
2 What do you know about the people from different ethnic and religious groups who live in your region?
3 Have you ever been to a festival in a foreign country? What was it like?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Choose the correct answers.
1 Where is Leicester?
a near London   b in the north   c in the East Midlands
2 Who organises the Diwali celebrations?
a the Indian community   b business people   c performing artists
3 Who joins in the celebrations?
a the Indian community   b school children   c everyone

3 ⊲ Watch again. Number the things (A–F) in the order that you see them.
A Indian sweets
B decorations
C a solo dance
D rangoli
E a firework display
F a group dance

4 ⊲ Watch again. Complete the sentences with the numbers below. There are two extra numbers.
23% 28% 30,000 39,000 329,000 1.2 million 1.5 million 4.9 million
1 people in London are white.
2 About people from Asian backgrounds live in London.
3 There are black people living in London.
4 There are around people living in Leicester.
5 of the population of Leicester have an Indian background.
6 There were over people at last year’s Diwali celebrations.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the question.
Would you like to go to Diwali celebrations? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Complete the phrasal verbs in the sentences with up, out or on.
1 I usually catch with my friends at the weekend.
2 My brother signed for the army last year.
3 My sister doesn’t get with my mum. They argue a lot.
4 They ran of petrol on their drive home from the mountains.
5 The play didn’t really live to the five-star review it got in the newspaper.

7 Complete the text with the words below.


communities customs diverse identities multicultural

The Notting Hill Carnival


Every year, at the end of August, around a million people come to west London to
celebrate Europe’s largest street festival, the Notting Hill Carnival. The carnival started
in 1964 as a way for African Caribbean 1 to celebrate their cultural
2 3
and traditional . Since then, it has grown into a huge
festival and is now celebrated and attended by people from many different cultures
and countries, reflecting how ethnically 4 and 5 present-day
London really is.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Make a presentation to give to a group of foreign students about a festival that happens in
your country. Include the following:
• where and when it happens
• the history of the festival
• the best way to celebrate it
• advice about how to make the most of the festival

9 Give your presentation to the class. Use the key phrases for giving advice.

Giving advice
I think / don’t think you should …
You ought to …
You should …
… That’s my advice.

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2A Love it or hate it

1 a Write the correct activities for each picture. The first letters have been given.

1 b 2 b 3 p 4 c
d g

5 w 6 b 7 g

8 t 9 s 10 i
t s

1 b Look at the activities in 1a again. Write the correct verb before each word: do, play or go.
2 Choose the correct words. 4 SPEAKING Work in groups. Play ‘Guess the activity’.
1 bake clothes / cakes Then swap roles.
2 use social media / your friends Student A Think of an activity from exercises 1, 2 or 3.
3 hang out with friends / stamps
4 watch videos online / magazines Students B, C & D Ask Student A yes/no questions
5 text figures / your friends about the activity. Can you guess the activity?
6 collect stamps / social media
Do you wear special clothes for this activity?
3 Choose the odd one out.
1 do ballet / drama / volleyball Yes, I do.
2 play weights / ice hockey / chess Do you do it outside?
3 go rollerblading / cycling / ballet
4 do running / martial arts / gymnastics
5 play the piano / board games / horse riding No, I don’t.
6 go camping / shopping / drama
Is it … ?

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2B Present perfect and past simple contrast

1 Choose the correct words or phrases (a or b) to complete the text.

My sister 1 chess since she was child. When she was 1 a has played b played
seven years old, our grandfather 2 her a chessboard 2 a has given b gave
3 a has taught b taught
and 3 her how to play. She 4 the game and
4 a has loved b loved
5
it every day. Two years later, she 6 a prize in 5 a has played b played
a national competition. Since then, she 7 part in 6 a has won b won
competitions around the world. She 8
chess players 7 a has taken b took
from many different countries too. 9 a game? ‘Of 8 a has met b met
course!’ she says. ‘ 10 lots of games. But every time I 9 a Has she ever lost b Did she ever lose
10 a I’ve lost b I lost
lose, I learn something new.’

2 Complete the sentences with the correct present perfect or past simple form of the words in brackets.
1 A  (you / ever / bake) a cake?
B 
Yes, I .I (make) my brother’s wedding cake last year.
2 She (already / spend) more than £500 on clothes this year and it’s only February!
3 He (join) an ice hockey team when he was in Toronto in 2010.
4 We (not / do) any exercise since Christmas!
5 A  (you / see) Tom yesterday?
B 
No, I .I (not / see) him for about two weeks.
6 Five years ago, my parents (visit) Croatia.
7 I (never / play) this game before.
8 We (see) a really good film on TV last night.
9 My brother (just / finish) his exams.
10 They (not / return) from their shopping trip yet.

3 SPEAKING Complete these sentences with six true facts and one lie. Then ask and answer questions
in pairs to find out about your partner. Can you spot your partner’s lie?

Last weekend, I …

I haven’t … for five years.


What did you do last weekend?

I’ve never …
Last weekend, I played basketball.
What haven’t you done for five years?
Ten years ago, I …
I haven’t eaten meat for five years.

I’ve already … today.


What have you never done?

I haven’t … yet today. I’ve never been to Australia.

In 2014, I …

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Listen and fill in the blanks. (Track 1.20)

Matthew Hi, Scarlett. How are you?


Scarlett Hi, Matthew. I’m on the bus. ……………………………, so we’ll be
in the city centre in about ten minutes.
M OK, ……………………, … but I ………………………………… .
S …………………………………………………….? What about that new
Italian……………….on the high street?
M No, my dad ate there last week. He said it was a …………………. The food
………………………… … and the service wasn’t ………………….. .
S OK, forget that! When you’re celebrating the end of your exams, you need
somewhere good.
M I agree. What about the French restaurant in the Palace Hotel? That’s a bit
special. I’ve heard the food is ………………………… .
S It’s really expensive! Maybe we can go there next year, when I finish my
exams.
M OK, maybe. Look, why don’t we just go to the Mexican restaurant again? I
love the ………………… there and the food is fine.
S There’s also the Chinese restaurant. The food is pretty ………… – but it’s
cheap!
M Let’s …………… when you get here. I’m happy with the Mexican or the
Chinese.
S You should choose. It’s your ……………!
M OK. Let’s go to the Mexican place. We can meet outside.
S I’m not sure where it is. Let’s meet by the post office. ……………………….
……….!
M OK, no problem. I’ll go there now and ……………… you.
S ………………………... This bus isn’t moving! There’s lots of traffic.
M Don’t worry. I don’t mind waiting. I can send some ………….. My parents
bought me a new phone. ……………………?
S No. Has your number changed?
M Of course not. You just called me!
S Oh yes. ………………………………………………?
M I gave it to my brother.
S Oh, that’s a …………. It’s a nice phone – and I don’t like mine very much.
M Sorry. I didn’t think of that. Anyway, see you soon!
2D Present perfect simple and continuous

1 Choose the correct tense to complete each sentence.


1 They’ve painted / been painting their room. Do you like the new colour?
2 They’ve painted / been painting their room. Their clothes are covered in paint.
3 I haven’t watched / been watching TV for three hours. I’ve only just switched it on!
4 I haven’t watched / been watching this programme before. It’s really interesting.
5 We’ve prepared / been preparing supper. It’s nearly ready.
6 We’ve prepared / been preparing supper. It’s on the table.
7 She’s done / been doing this homework for two hours, but she still can’t understand it.
8 She’s done / been doing her homework. Now she can relax.

2 Complete the dialogue with the correct present perfect simple or continuous form of the
verbs in brackets.
Kylie Hi, Joe. You look tired. 1 (you / work) all day?
Joe No, I 2 (not / work) all day – I 3 (try) to fix my
laptop, but it’s still broken.
Kylie Oh dear. 4 (you / take) it to a computer shop?
Joe No, I haven’t. I wanted to fix it myself.
Kylie Perhaps Martin can help you. He’s really good with technical things.
Joe I5 (call) Martin since ten o’clock this morning, but there’s no reply.
Kylie What number 6 (you / try)? He changed his phone number last week.
Joe What? Really?
Kylie Yes. He 7 (work) for a different company since January and they gave
him a new phone five days ago.
Joe Oh, well, I didn’t know that. So, 8 (he / leave) his uncle’s company?
Kylie Yes, he has. He stopped working there just before Christmas. And he 9
(move) to a new house on Farm Street as well.
Joe Farm Street! Wow! 10 (you / see) the houses on Farm Street?
They’re really expensive!
Kylie I know. Lucky Martin!

3 SPEAKING Work in groups. Read about the people below. Write sentences to describe what
they have been doing. Then compare your ideas with another group’s.

Jane’s skin is very red and she loo


ks ver y hot. ensive than usual.
Tim’s phone bill is much more exp
Henry’s girlfriend won’t spea
k to him.
Pippa arrived at college one hour late this morning.

Naomi’s shoes are very dirty. Mark doesn’t want to go out with his friends at the weekend.

Jane’s been sunbathing and she hasn’t been wearing suncream.

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2 Los Angeles

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 What sports and shopping facilities are there in your region?
2 Which ones do you use and how often?
3 What new sports or shopping facility would you most like to see built in your city? Why?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Choose the correct answers.
1 Where is Hollywood?
a near New York   b next to Los Angeles   c close to San Francisco
2 What is the population of Los Angeles?
a 2 million   b 400,000   c 4 million
3 Which area in Los Angeles is the most popular with celebrities?
a Santa Monica   b Beverly Hills   c Burbank

3 ⊲ Watch again. Tick the things that you see.


a swimming pool f main roads
b movie studios g seashore
c skyscrapers h recording studios
d tennis courts i movie stars
e flood lights j police officers

4 ⊲ Watch again. Match the descriptions (a–f) with the places (1–6).
1 Hollywood a an expensive shopping street
2 Beverly Hills b a good mix of shops, homes and companies
3 Santa Monica c home of the major movie studios
4 Rodeo Drive d popular with families for its parks and open spaces
5 Burbank e home to rich and famous people
6 Woodland Hills f by the sea

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the question.
Would you like to visit Los Angeles? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Make six compound nouns or adjectives with the words below. Then complete the sentences with the
correct compound nouns or adjectives.
air courts full high main mountain open range road sized speed tennis
1 The into the city centre is closed today, so it’s probably best to walk.
2 There are nineteen grass that the players use during the Wimbledon championships.
3 The Andes in South America is the longest in the world.
4 We don’t have a football pitch at our school because there isn’t enough space.
5 The police were involved in a car chase with the bank robbers.
6 There’s an swimming pool in our town which opens every summer.

7 Complete the text with the words below.


brands designer digital fashion movie personalities

Fifth Avenue
Situated in New York’s Manhattan area, Fifth Avenue is the most expensive
shopping street in the world. You can find some of New York’s most iconic
landmarks there, including the Empire State Building and the New York Public
Library, but 1 -loving shoppers are more likely to come here for the
2
labels on sale in the luxury department stores. It’s also a great place
to spot the rich and famous, as 3 stars and television 4
often shop here, attracted by the luxury 5 and exclusive boutiques.
Technology fans also come here for the world-famous Apple Store, which sells
a large number of devices which allow you to play, watch, read or listen to your
favourite 6 media.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Make a plan for a new shopping and entertainment centre in your city. Draw a plan of the
centre. Talk about and choose the following:
• where the shopping centre should be located in the city
• what shops you’d like and where they will be located
• what entertainment facilities there will be
• what other facilities there will be

9 Present your shopping centre to the class. Use the key phrases for making and justifying a choice and
rejecting the other options

Making a choice
We’re going for …
If I had to choose between … and … , I’d go for …
Justifying a choice
The reason for our choice is …
We think … would (attract lots of people).
Rejecting the other options
We don’t think … would be as (attractive to customers) as …

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2 Grammar Review

Work in groups to play scrabble.


for three
We have been waiting They haven’t
hours.

since
left the house My brother moved to Paris in 2004.
Saturday.

her
She has already finished He has
homework.

in the same for twelve


been living They didn’t play
house years.

football yesterday. I have never been to London.

since she
She has been playing tennis My parents
was a child.

20 years for half an


met We have been studying
ago. hour.


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Functional Language Practice: Expressing preferences,
2 raising objections and coming to an agreement
1 Lily and Ben are planning a birthday treat for their friend Tamara. Complete the dialogue with the
phrases below.

Don’t you think ​I like the idea ​I quite fancy ​I’d rather ​is a better option ​OK, I agree ​
Sorry, but I don’t think ​that’s settled ​we need to make ​would be fun

Lily What do you think we should do for Tamara’s birthday? I think bowling 1 .
We could go to that new bowling alley next to the cinema.
Ben 2
it would be difficult to get to? It’s quite far from the train station.
3
of rollerblading. We can hire rollerblades at the Queen Mary Park. It’ll be really
cool.
Lily 4
that’s a very good idea. What if the weather’s bad? I think an indoor activity
5
than an outdoor activity at this time of year.
Ben OK, well, 6
ice skating. Have you been to the ice rink at the leisure centre?
Lily No, I haven’t. 7
go ice skating than rollerblading. But the ice rink is quite
expensive.
Ben Look, 8 a decision. I know the ice rink is expensive, but it is Tamara’s birthday.
It’s easy to get to and it’s indoors.
Lily 9
. Let’s go ice skating.
Ben Great, 10
then. I’ll book it this afternoon.

2 Act out the dialogue in pairs.

3 Work in pairs. Look at the three photos below. Think of two reasons for and two reasons against doing
each of these activities.

4 SPEAKING Imagine that you are planning a day out for your friends. You have to choose one of the
activities shown below. Discuss your ideas together. Use the phrases from exercise 1 to help you. Agree
on an activity. Act out your dialogue to the rest of the class.

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3A Parts of the body

1 Rearrange the letters to make words and put them under the correct headings.

badgane ​sairpn ​claf ​snpie ​brun ​caerm ​neelobsed ​
kedniy ​bsruie ​acibintotis ​mniedice ​tbuhm

Parts of the body Treatments Injuries

2 Choose the correct words to complete the dialogues.


Jade Hi, Paddy. Why weren’t you at school today?
Paddy I was in hospital!
Jade Oh no! What happened?
Paddy I fell off my bike at the weekend and 1burned / twisted my 2ankle / scalp.
So I went to the doctor this morning. He gave me some 3painkillers /
antibiotics and told me to go home and rest.
Jade OK. So why were you in hospital?
Paddy Because I tripped on the steps when I was leaving the doctor’s surgery and
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broke / had my 5wrist / waist!

Ned Have you seen Martin? He’s got a black 6eye / nose.
Isobel Really? How did he do that?
Ned He was doing karate with Dave yesterday evening and Dave hit him in the
face.
Isobel Oh no! Did he apologise?
Ned No! So Martin got really angry and kicked Dave. Dave fell onto the floor,
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banged / sprained his head and then had a really bad 8nosebleed / bruise.
There was blood all over the floor.
Isobel What a disaster!

3 SPEAKING Work in groups. Look at these photos. Try to make an interesting


story about how each person got his/her injuries. Then compare your ideas with
another group.

He was on a skiing holiday with


his family when he decided
to try a new ski slope. At first,
everything was fine, but then …

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3B Speculating and predicting

1 Use the prompts to make speculations and predictions about the future.
1 We / probably / find / a cure for AIDS. 5 People / work / for much longer.

2 I / sure / people / live / until they are 150 years old. 6 I / doubt / we / live / healthier lives.

3 We / might / have / more specialist hospitals. 7 Children / may / learn / how to treat their own illnesses.

4 Scientists / could / grow / new body parts. 8 Doctors / definitely / use / more technology.

2 Work in pairs. Read the predictions from exercise 1. Which do you agree with?
Which do you disagree with? Why?

3 Use the phrases below to complete the text.

could stay ​develop ​might have ​wants to change ​will definitely be ​


will probably check ​will reduce ​won’t visit

In the future, if we 1 the technology, people with long-term


2
illnesses their doctor. They 3 at home and
4
communicate with their doctor online. They special machines
at home to help them with their treatment. These machines
5
the patient’s health regularly. If the doctor 6
the treatment, he will use his computer to send the changes to the machine
in the patient’s home. I’m sure that this 7 the cost of healthcare
8
and I think people happier to stay at home when they are ill.

4 SPEAKING Work in groups. Think of first conditional if clauses to complete these sentences. Then read out the
beginnings of your sentences to another group. Can they match them with the correct endings?

… I’ll be really happy!


… I’ll feel very sad. If my brother borrows my phone again …

… I won’t go out.
… I won’t speak to him.
… I won’t speak to him. No.
… I’ll go shopping at the weekend.
… I won’t be surprised. … I won’t be surprised.

Yes!

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Listen and fill in the blanks. (Track 1.31)

Host Professor Martin, you’re ………….. in the ……….. of the human body.
Is that right?
Professor Yes, that’s right. So, for example, we’ve been asking: Is it possible
to …………… in a …………..?
H And what’s the answer?
P Well, ………….. we know how long humans can survive in a vacuum in
………… space. Three Russian …………… died in 1971 when their space
………… had a ………………… at an …………. of 168 kilometres. The
………….. inside the capsule dropped to zero and the crew died after 30 to 40
seconds.
H ………………………… .
P Yes, …………. But it is possible to survive shorter …………. of time in a
vacuum. In 1966 a scientist was testing a ………….. in a special room when
the pressure suddenly dropped to almost zero for a period of 27 seconds. He
………….. after 15 seconds and he woke up when the pressure inside the room
………… to normal. He was fine.
H Good! So what else have you been studying?
P We’ve also been asking: how long can the human body survive without
……….?
H And what is the answer?
P Well, we can’t force people to ………….. until they die, so it’s impossible to
know the exact limits. But we know about some ………………. . For example,
on 28 December 1963, Randy Gardner, a 17-year-old student, got up at 6
o’clock in the morning and didn’t go back to sleep again until the morning of 8
January 1964. That’s 264 hours.
H Amazing! How many days is that?
P About 11 days.
H …………………………………………… !
P Actually, no. His first sleep after those 11 days ……….. almost 15 hours.
3D Future continuous and future perfect

1 Look at Marie’s plans for tomorrow. Then complete the sentences below with the future perfect or future
continuous form of the verbs in brackets.

9.00 Get up and have breakfast 17.30 Meet Rachel at the British Museum
9.45 Leave home 18.45 Cinema with Rachel
11.00–11.45 Tennis with Phil 21.00 Catch train to Guildford
12.30 Lunch with my cousin 22.15 Train arrives at Guildford
13.50 Bus to station 22.30 Bus home
14.30 Catch train to London 23.00 Arrive at home!
15.45 Train arrives at King’s Cross

1 By 10.00, she breakfast. (eat) 6 At 15.15, she to London. (travel)


2 At 11.30, she tennis with Phil. 7 At 16.00, she at King’s Cross
(play) Station. (arrive)
3 At 12.00, she her game. (finish) 8 At 17.45, she Rachel at the
4 At 13.00, she lunch with her British Museum. (meet)
cousin. (have) 9 At 19.00, she and Rachel a film.
5 At 14.00, she the restaurant. (watch)
(leave) 10 At 23.15, she home. (return)

2 Use the future continuous or future perfect form of the verbs in brackets to complete the article.

This week, we ask two readers …


what do you think life will be like in 50 years’ time?
Rosa says … Andy says …
I think that 50 years from now, we I think we 5 (explore) space.
1
(live) in houses under We 6
(make) contact with
the sea. We 2
(destroy) other species on other planets within
the Earth’s surface through the next 20 years and they 7
pollution and global warming. (visit) us several times. I think people
I hope that we 3
(try) to find a solution to 8
(discover) how to reduce global warming and
the problem, but perhaps we 4
(treat) our by the next century we 9 (live) in a much more
natural resources so badly that they won’t recover. eco-friendly way.

3 SPEAKING Work in pairs.


Student A Think of a job. Imagine that this will be your On this day, in ten years’ time, I’ll be wearing
job in the future. Tell your partner what you will be shorts and a T-shirt. I’ll be sitting on a chair on
doing on this day in ten years’ time. the beach. I’ll be watching people.
Student B Listen to Student A’s sentences. Can you
guess the job?
I think you’re going to be a lifeguard!

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3 Grammar Review

Work in two teams.


Team A students Find the person in Team B with the matching ending of your sentence.
Team B students Find the person in Team A with the matching beginning of your sentence.
Team A cards

I’m sure that scientists in the future

I doubt that my favourite team

If you don’t study tonight,

You won’t be late for the lesson

You might burn yourself

By this time tomorrow,

Next year, after I’ve passed my exams,

I will be sitting on a beach in Greece

I will have sent more than 25 emails

If you can understand this homework,

Team B cards

will find a cure for cancer.

will win the match tomorrow.

you’ll fail the test tomorrow.

if you leave immediately.

if you touch that pan.

I will have finished my exams.

I will be working for my aunt’s company.

in one week’s time.

by lunchtime.

you’ll probably get a good mark.

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Functional Language Practice: Identifying people in
3 photos and speculating about photos
1 Tomas is describing this photo. Choose the correct options to complete his description.

This 1looks like / most likely some kind of party. I think it’s probably a group of friends, or
2
maybe / a sort of students from the same class at college because they all look as if they’re
the same age. The man 3who is / in a hat and the man wearing jeans and a T-shirt are cooking
some food on a barbecue. There’s 4I’d say that / a sort of table in the background and some
chairs. I think one woman is holding a plate, or 5something like that / maybe. 6I would say / It’s
most likely in the summer because they’re all wearing summer clothes and it looks quite bright
and sunny. 7I’d say that / There’s a sort of the party is in someone’s garden. Everyone’s having a
good time, 8or maybe / I would say.

2 Work in pairs. Look at the photo in exercise 1 again.


Say two more things about it.

3 Work in pairs. Look at the photo on the right. Make


notes about the details in the photo. Think about:
•• what the people are wearing
•• what they are doing
•• what they are feeling
•• where they are

4 SPEAKING Make notes about the photo. Use the


language from exercise 1. Present your ideas to your
partner.

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Some people believe that doing sport at school is a distraction from
more important work. Write an essay in which you give your own
opinion about this issue and propose ways for students to do more
sport at school without causing problems for their studies.

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3 British sports

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 What are your favourite sports?
2 Can you explain the rules?
3 What sports are popular in Britain?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Choose the correct answers.
1 In which sport can players use their hands and feet to control a ball?
a football   b rugby   c basketball
2 Which sport has the oldest rules?
a football   b rugby   c cricket
3 Which sport is played in the Ashes tournament?
a football   b rugby   c cricket

3 ⊲ Watch again. Choose the correct words to describe what you see.
1 a girl kicking / catching an orange football
2 a man in white kicking / running with a rugby ball
3 girls in dark blue playing hockey / tennis
4 a team in yellow playing football / rugby
5 a man in red playing / refereeing a rugby match
6 a cricket / rugby stadium in Australia

4 ⊲ Watch again. Complete the sentences with the correct words.


1 Two hundred years ago, games were popular in private schools in Britain.
2 The sport of officially began in 1871.
3 In cricket, each team has players.
4 In August 1882, beat England in a cricket match.
5 There are matches in an Ashes tournament.
6 has won the Ashes 31 times.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the question.
Have you ever played cricket? Would you like to? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. You may also need to add a prefix
or a suffix.
1 When England lost the match, I was so that I started crying. (happy)
2 We were very when a girl from our school won a gold medal. (pride)
3 He experienced a lot of before the final match of the tournament. (anxious)
4 The man reacted when I asked him to stop talking during the tennis match. (anger)
5 He should feel for scoring a goal with his hands. It was wrong. (shame)
6 , Germany won the match. They had the best team and played really well. (surprise)

7 Complete the text with the words below.


committee representatives rivalry rules tournament trophy

The Six Nations Championship


Every year in February and March, six European countries – England,
France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales – play in the Six Nations rugby
1
. The organising 2 , part of Rugby Europe, which
3
includes from each of the countries involved, arranges the
4
matches. The are simple: every country plays every other
country once, and the team with the most points at the end is the winner
and is awarded the Championship 5 . It is hugely popular with
European rugby fans, and there is always great 6 between the
countries, especially, it seems, when England is playing. So, if you’re visiting
any of the countries involved in February or March next year, make sure you
watch a game.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Find out about an unusual sport or game. Find some photos of people playing the sport
and make a fact file about it. Include the following:
• a short history of the sport
• where people play the sport
• the rules of the sport
• a description of what is happening in the photos

9 Present your fact file to the class. Use the key phrases for describing and speculating about photos and
identifying people in photos.

Describing photos
The photo shows …
In the foreground / background, …
Speculating about photos
It looks like some kind of …
I think it’s … of some kind.
They’re most likely …
Identifying people in photos
The man with the red shirt …
The woman jumping / running / kicking …

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Vocabulary
Exercise 6
• Ask the students to read each sentence and decide what type of word goes in the gap before forming the answer
from the word in brackets.
• Weaker classes: Elicit the type of word that goes in each space first.
• Answers: 1 unhappy  ​2 proud  ​3 anxiety  ​4 angrily  ​5 ashamed  ​6 Unsurprisingly
Exercise 7
• Ask the students to read through the text first, then complete the sentences. With a weaker class, you could elicit
the meanings of the words first.
• Answers: 1 tournament  ​2 committee  ​3 representatives  ​4 rules  5 trophy  ​4 rivalry

Extension
Exercise 8 and 9
• Materials needed: Paper, pens, computers with internet access, printer
• Preparation: Put the students in groups of three. Tell them that they are going to write a fact file about
an unusual sport.
• Language: Find a photo of an unusual sport and elicit the key phrases.
• Activity: Give the students 5–8 minutes to use the internet to research their sport and find some photos.
Then give them another 5–8 minutes to write their fact file, making sure they include all the information
in the task. Finally, ask the groups to present their sports to the class.
• Extension: After all the groups have presented, ask the students to discuss which sports they would like
to play and why. For homework, you could ask them to invent and write about a new sport.

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3 DVD script

British sports
Many modern sports have their origins in 19th century Britain. People all over the
world enjoyed physical games for thousands of years, but it was the Victorians who
organised and made rules for them. Without their influence, most of today’s popular
sports would be very different.
Take rugby, for example. Two hundred years ago, ball games similar to football and
rugby were very popular in the country’s famous private schools, but each school had
completely different rules. It wasn’t until 1863 that a committee decided to agree on
a universal set of rules. However, there was some disagreement between different
groups and some people became very angry.
Most of the representatives wanted a game that limited the use of the hands and
encouraged skill more than force. In 1863 they created ‘association’ football, which
most people now call football or soccer.
But others felt the game should be more physical and, most importantly, that players
should be allowed to use their hands as well as their feet. In 1871 they formed the
Rugby Football Union and the sport of rugby was born.
But one typically British sport that the Victorians didn’t organise was cricket. The
Marylebone Cricket Club invented the first set of cricket rules in 1788 and many of
these basic laws still apply today. There are still two teams of eleven players. One
team bats, and the other team bowls and fields. The batter tries to hit the ball and
run between the ‘wickets’. This is called a run. The bowler tries to hit the wickets and
the fielder tries to catch the ball. If they can do this, the batter is out. But while the
Victorians didn’t create these rules, they did make one huge contribution to cricket:
the Ashes.
In the 19th century, England often played colonies like India, the West Indies and
Australia, but the English almost always won. So it was a huge surprise when
Australia beat England on 29 August 1882. The English were deeply ashamed of this
defeat. And the Australians jokingly referred to this match as the death of English
cricket. They burned a wicket or a cricket ball – we still don’t know what exactly – and
put the ashes in an urn. They then offered it to the English cricket team.
Since then, Australia and England have played a tournament called the Ashes at
least once every four years – but usually more often – and they take turns to play in
England and Australia. Each tournament includes five matches, each taking up to five
days to play. At the end, the winners receive a glass trophy based on the original urn
of ashes. For English and Australian cricket fans it is a sporting event not to be missed,
and winning is a matter of great national pride.
This is the Adelaide Oval on Ashes day. It’s an extremely popular event and thousands
of people happily travel miles to watch the cricket. But it isn’t all fun. For over 130
years, there has been an intense rivalry between England and Australia. By the time
the two countries meet again, England will have won 31 tournaments and Australia
will have won 32 tournaments. If England win next time it will be a draw, so most
people predict the next Ashes will be an exciting but anxious event for cricket lovers
in both countries.

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4A Describing houses and homes

1 Use the words below to complete the sentences.

attic ​cellar ​drive ​extension ​garage ​
hall ​landing ​patio ​pond ​stairs

1 You keep your car and bicycle in the .


2 The is at the top of the house. People often store old clothes or furniture there.
3 An is an extra part of the house that is added on later.
4 You go up and down to reach different floors in your house.
5 A is a flat, hard area outside a house. People sit here in warm weather.
6 A is at the top of the stairs. It usually has doors into other rooms.
7 The is the first room you come into when you enter a house.
8 The is under the house.
9 A is a private road which leads from the public road to your house.
10 Some people have fish and beautiful water plants in their .

2 Rearrange the letters to make words and complete 3 SPEAKING Work in pairs.
the text. Student A You are an estate agent. You are trying to
sell a house to Student B. Think of at least ten good
things about the house. You can use the ideas below or
your own ideas:
•• the age of the house
My friends Amy and Rudi live •• how many rooms it has got
in a lovely 1 •• the condition of the house
•• the location
(thcatehd cgtaote) in Wiltshire.
Student B Student A is trying to sell a house to you.
When they first bought it,
You want to be certain that this house is perfect. Ask
three years ago, it was really an extra question about every fact that Student A
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(ddaaiilpetd). mentions.
The windows were broken, the roof had a hole This is a really lovely house. It’s 100 years
in it, and it didn’t have a front door! But now it’s old and its history is very interesting.
3
(blaulifeuty reersotd) and they’re very
happy in it. It’s in the 4 (tniy) village of 100 years old! Oh dear.
That’s very old. Is it very dilapidated?
Avebury, which has a population of just 486!

Their previous home was completely different! It was No, of course not. It’s been beautifully restored
a5 (ctooaprnmery) flat in the centre
of Birmingham. The flat was quite 6 Beautifully restored. Hmm. Who …
(scipouas) – it had three large bedrooms and a big
kitchen – and, of course, it was very 7
(ceentloinnvy laocetd) close to the shops, but it wasn’t
as 8 (chmirang) as their cottage.

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4B Comparison

1 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.


1 There are fewer / less shops in this area, but it’s much more convenient for work.
2 It’s the most beautiful house I’ve ever / never seen.
3 The traffic is far heavy / heavier than it used to be.
4 Our neighbours are getting more / noisier and noisier.
5 We can get to your house more quickly / quick if we take the bus.
6 The harder we look for a house, the much / more difficult it gets.
7 Your bedroom is much bigger for / than mine.
8 This is the least / worst expensive house in the street.

2 Complete the email with the words and phrases below.

better and better ​cheaper ​fewer ​further ​impressive ​I’ve ever seen ​less ​most

Message Options

Hi Freya,
It was great to hear from you, and I’m really pleased that you’re planning to move
here. You wanted some advice about different areas in the city, so here are my favourite
three places.

South Hollifield is probably the 1 charming part of the city. It’s got some
beautiful big houses and some really interesting shops and restaurants. But I know that
you’re looking for a flat and unfortunately there are 2 flats in this area.
Upper Hollifield is in the north of the city. The houses here are much less
3
than in South Hollifield, and of course they’re also much
4
. But I think that the area is getting 5 . There’s
6
crime here than there used to be and the new school is very good.
The third area to consider is Lower Greenside. This is a contemporary development
and it’s got some of the most unusual houses and flats 7 ! It is
8
from the centre of town, but the public transport system is excellent.

Hope that’s helpful!


Lots of love
Kay

3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Complete the table with your own opinions. Then ask and answer questions to find out
your partner’s ideas.

Me My partner What’s the most boring


book you’ve ever read?
most boring book / ever read

least expensive thing / in my bag


I think the most boring book
most difficult exam / ever take I’ve ever read was the first
Harry Potter book.
best actor / ever see

worst song / ever hear


Really? I loved it! The most boring
most expensive thing / in my room book I’ve ever read was …

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Listen and fill in the blanks. (Track 2.08)

Speaker 1 I’ve been working for a charity called Safe Houses for three years
now, and in that time the ………… ……. young people without a home has
………………….. . Charities like ours do not have enough time or money to
…………… all the people who ………. ………… . Only the government can
really solve the problem, but unfortunately, ………… is not a …………………
most people. …………………………………………………………… .

Speaker 2 ………………………… one of the youngest people on the Sleep


Out, but in fact there were lots of people …………… or younger. I think young
people care about homelessness – especially when they see people sleeping
…………… on the streets who need help. Whereas older people often just
walk past, maybe because they’re too busy. ……………… that’s why so many
young people want ……………… an event like the Big Sleep Out. I’m going
to suggest that all of my friends ………………. next year.

Speaker 3 We’re ………… two ………… …………………………………...


homelessness in our city. ………., for people who are ……….. sleeping rough,
we will provide free places at ……………………….. . And secondly, we’re
offering assistance for young, homeless people who need to find work –
because we know how difficult it can be to ……….. …………… when you are
homeless. With these proposals, we …………………………………….. during
the ………….. – to make our city a better place for all of its ………….. .

Speaker 4 I’ve been sleeping on the streets, ……………, for about a year now.
……………………………… – it just happens to you. I was in a children’s
home until I was 17 but I had to leave because there were a lot of arguments
and fights. I needed some space and some time ……………….. – that was very
important. At the moment, I don’t mind living on the streets too much. The
worst thing is when people call me lazy and tell me to find a job. That ………
me. They don’t understand.

Speaker 5 …………………………………………………………….., and to be


honest, I don’t really like it. I think the number has ……………... a lot recently.
They ……………………………………, especially if they talk to me when I’m
on my own. I know they’re probably harmless, but they don’t look very
friendly! In the evenings, a lot of them seem to hang around the High Street. I
usually …………. that area if I’m walking home on my own.
4D Imaginary situations

1 Match the sentence halves.


1 If I lived in the country, a if I had a car.
2 If I couldn’t swim, b I would learn to speak Spanish.
3 If my house were bigger, c if the traffic wasn’t so noisy.
4 I wouldn’t walk to college d if we lived closer to them.
5 I’d visit my grandparents every weekend e if we had a bigger garden.
6 I’d get a dog f I’d go for long walks every day.
7 If I moved to Spain, g I’d have my own bedroom.
8 I would sleep better h I wouldn’t enjoy a beach holiday.

2 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

I wish my sister 1
(not come) into my room. If only
I 2
(have) a lock on my bedroom door! She’s always
borrowing my stuff. If I 3
(take) her things, she
4
(get) really annoyed. And I wish she 5

(not play) her music so loudly. I can’t do my homework because


of the noise. If only I 6
(can) go to my friend’s house.
If I 7
(be) at Rachel’s house, we 8
(can)
do our homework together and then watch TV.

3 SPEAKING Work in groups.


•• T ake it in turns to choose one of the situations below.
•• Complain about your situation. Make sentences beginning with If only or I wish.
•• Time each person in the group. Who can continue talking for the longest?

use you live


You are very annoyed beca
like it.
in the country and you don’t
If only I were in the city
. Life in the country is so
boring. I wish I lived clo
ser to the shops. If only
I…

You are very stre


ssed because you
city and you don live in the
’t like it.

You are very bored becaus


e your because your
journey to school is long. You are very upset
than your
bedroom is smaller
bedroom.
brother’s / sister’s

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4 Grammar Review

Work in groups to play the game.

1 This is the tiniest kitchen I’ve ever seen.

2 You can renovate your house if you had more time.

3 The shops in this area are getting worse and worse.

4 The more John talks about his house, less I want to see it.

5 I wish the trains were more reliable.

6 It’s the least expensive house in the street, but I think it’s the most charming.

7 My bedroom is less messier than my sister’s.

8 The trains are faster during the week than at the weekends.

9 If only we had a garden, we could have a party outside.

10 There are less rooms in this apartment than in the one we saw yesterday.

11 I wish you don’t use my phone. It’s really annoying!

12 If I wouldn’t live near the school, I would probably buy a bike.

13 If only my neighbour wouldn’t play her music so late at night!

14 The bigger your garden is, the more time you have to spend looking after it!

15 Your brother runs slowlier than you.

16 You wouldn’t sell this house if you didn’t need the money.

17 If I were at the beach now, I swam in the sea.

18 He’s much friendlier than he used to be.

19 I wish we lived nearer the park.

20 She’s got fewer books than her friend.

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You have recently moved to a house in the country. Write an email to
a friend. Include the following:
 Describe the advantages of being in the country
 Mention s.th you would change
 Mention s.th that went wrong during the move
 Ask if you can stay a night at your friend’s house

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Functional Language Practice:
4 Phrases for gaining time
1 Work in pairs. Look at the advertisement. Discuss the questions.
Have you heard of this kind of scheme? Do you think you / your family would like to try it out?

Eurostay Homeswap
Is hotel accommodation too expensive for your holiday?
Would you prefer to stay in a comfortable family home –
just like your home?
Then why not join our Homeswap Register?
•• U
 pload the details and photos of your
house to our website.
•• L
 ook through our list of members’
houses around Europe.
•• C
 hoose your perfect house, contact the owner and
arrange a Homeswap!

2 Complete the dialogue with the phrases below. 3 Act out the dialogue in groups of three.
a good point ​me see ​now I come to ​ 4 SPEAKING Work in small groups. You are
things considered ​thinking about ​the thing is planning a short holiday to Madrid and
Mum What do you think about this homeswap idea? you want to discuss the accommodation
It would be a great way of finding accommodation options. There are three possible options.
next time we go on holiday. Compare the different options and state
Dad A homeswap? I’ve never heard of that. Let your opinions.
1
. I’m not sure, really.
Bob I wouldn’t like it at all. I don’t like the idea of people
being in my house when I’m not there. Wouldn’t that Youth hostel
worry you, Mum?
One small room to share. Use of a small
Mum I suppose 2 , you’d have to trust kitchen. Cheap. 30 minutes from the city
them. centre.
Bob And what about your personal information? They
might read your letters while you’re away.
Dad Actually, 3
with Bob. I think it’s too risky.
think about it, I agree Hotel
One large room to share. Breakfast
Mum Well, 4 it, I believe that sometimes
it’s good to take risks. And it would be a good way to included. Expensive. Five minutes from
experience real life in another country. I think we should the city centre.
try it.
Bob No way! I don’t want a stranger sleeping in my bed.
Dad That’s 5 .
Camping
Mum Oh well. All 6 , I suppose we’ll One medium-sized tent to share.
forget that idea and just go back to the usual week’s A barbecue is available at the campsite.
camping in Devon. Very cheap. One hour from the city
centre.

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4 Queen Victoria and Osborne House

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 Have you ever visited a palace?
2 Where was it? Can you describe it?
3 Who lives there or used to live there?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Are the sentences true or false?
1 The Isle of Wight is off the south coast of England. true / false
2 Queen Victoria and her family used to stay there on holiday. true / false
3 Osborne House is the near the sea. true / false
4 Queen Victoria’s father designed Osborne House. true / false
5 The Royal Family still uses Osborne House today. true / false

3 ⊲ Watch again. Tick the things that you see.


a bedroom g steps
b dining room h path
c desks i lawn
d bathroom j shutters
e mirror k pond
f flower bed

4 ⊲ Watch again. Number the events (A–F) in the order that they happened.
A Queen Victoria married Prince Albert.
B Victoria was born.
C Queen Victoria died.
D Osborne House was built.
E Victoria became queen at the age of eighteen.
F Prince Albert died.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the questions.
Would you like to visit Osborne House? Why? / Why not? If so, what would you like to see?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Choose the correct words.
1 We live in a lively / spacious part of London with lots of restaurants, theatres and shops nearby.
2 The builders restored / located the 16th century farmhouse beautifully.
3 Our living room is small, but really remote / cosy, especially when we light a fire.
4 My parents love living in the countryside. It’s so peaceful / impressive being away from the city.
5 It’s a very tiny / spacious modern apartment with a large living room and three bedrooms.
6 The beautiful Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna is one of the most impressive / dilapidated palaces in Europe.

7 Complete the text with the words below.


descendants era monarchs reigned

King Henry VIII


Henry VIII is one of the most famous 1 who ever 2 in
England. He was a member of the Tudor family, and he became king in 1509 at the
age of seventeen. He ruled until his death in 1547. During his reign he married six
wives, and had three children: Mary I, Elizabeth I, and Edward VII. After Henry’s
death, neither Edward nor Mary reigned for very long, but Elizabeth became one of
the most popular queens in English history and reigned for 45 years. Unfortunately,
none of Henry’s children had any 3 , and after Elizabeth’s death the
4
Tudor ended.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Discuss these questions.
• Do you think it is a good idea for a country to be ruled by a monarch? Why? / Why not?
• Apart from their role in government, what other benefits do you think a king or queen gives to a country?
• Who would you prefer to have as the head of your country: a monarch or a president? Why?

9 Present and discuss your findings with the class. Use the key phrases for expressing opinions and
gaining time.

Expressing opinions Phrases for gaining time


I believe / don’t believe that … Let me see. I’d have to give that some thought.
It seems to me that … That’s a difficult question, but a very good one.
As I see it, … Actually, now I come to think about it, …
Well, thinking about it, …

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5A Computing

1 Match the sentence halves.


1 I uploaded a video clip to YouTube yesterday a a game at college last year.
2 I enjoy reading the posts on this site, b 
but I can print this document directly from my
3 I’ve just started my own business, phone.
4 I installed this new app c this really funny text message from Rita to you.
5 Lots of my friends have subscribed to Marie’s d and it’s already got over one thousand views!
YouTube channel, e on my phone yesterday and it’s really cool.
6 We learned how to program f so I need to set up a new email account for it.
7 I’m going to forward g but I don’t really like her video clips.
8 My laptop isn’t working, h but I don’t often comment on them.

2 Choose the correct words to complete the dialogue.


Gran Hi Dan, can you help me with my new computer?
Dan Of course, Gran. What do you want to do?
Gran Well, my friend Eileen sent me a very interesting article and I want to 1copy / empty some text from it
and put it into a new document.
Dan Oh, that’s easy. First you should 2open / enter your article from Eileen.
Gran Yes …
Dan And you 3follow / scroll down the page until you find the text that you want.
Gran I see. Yes, here it is.
Dan Good. Now you need to highlight the text and 4create / click on this icon here: the ‘copy’ icon.
Gran I see. OK.
Dan Now you can 5close / check Eileen’s article and 6create / follow a new document.
Gran Yes …
Dan And now you 7empty / paste your text into the new document.
Gran Ah, all right. I’ve done that.
Dan And don’t forget to 8scroll up / save your new document.
Gran Thank you!

3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Imagine that you teach a very basic computer course. Create a TV advertisement for
your course. Think about these things:
•• W ho will be interested in your course? (e.g. the elderly, young children, office workers, etc.)
•• What kinds of things will you teach them to do?
•• How can you explain this very simply in your advertisement?

Do you think computers are complicated and difficult to understand?


Do you know how to copy and paste text, how to … ? In our course, you will learn …

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5B Quantifiers

1 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

a little ​any ​both ​every ​many ​much ​none ​some

1 I prefer this computer. It doesn’t take up space on my desk.


2 I haven’t got apps on my phone.
3 computers are much more powerful than others.
4 you and your brother should switch off your computers now and come downstairs!
5 How documents have you sent to the printer?
6 She spends time day browsing Facebook.
7 of the computers at school work, so I’ll use my computer at home.

2 Choose the correct words (a, b or c) to complete the text. 3 SPEAKING Work in groups. Play the long
sentence game.

My uncle collects old technology. At first he kept a few ​a little ​any ​little ​


his collection in his garage, but he’s now got so many ​most ​much ​no ​some
1
stuff that there’s very 2 space for 3
Student A Make a sentence beginning We’ve got …
of his collection. Last year he bought two big and ending: in our house. Include one of the
cupboards for his sitting room and they’re qualifiers above.
4
full of gadgets. 5 of the gadgets in his
collection are very old, but he’s also got 6 We’ve got a few computers in our house.
more modern equipment.
He hasn’t got 7 mobile phones, though. He
Student B Repeat Student A’s sentence and add
hates mobile phones! 8 weekend, he spends
another item + quantifier.
9
hours working on his gadgets. He switches
10
gadget on and checks it carefully. Then on We’ve got a few computers,
but no electricity in our house.
Sunday afternoons he goes online and buys more
technology! 11 people think he’s crazy!
Student C Repeat Student B’s sentence and add
another item + quantifier.
1 a all b much c many
2 a little b a little c any We’ve got a few computers, but no electricity
3 a all b little c few and very little space in our house.
4 a either b some c both
5 a Few b A few c Every
6 a little b every c some Continue around the group for as long as possible.
7 a every b any c much
8 a Some b Every c No
9 a much b few c many
10 a either b all c each
11 a Most b Any c No

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Listen and fill in the blanks. (Track 2.17)

1 Customer Hi…………………………………………?
Assistant Sure. What’s the problem?
C My smartphone is locked. If I put the passcode in, ……………………. .
A Right. Can I see?
C Yes. Look: 5-2-6-1. Nothing.
A Hmm. This phone ……………….. locks if an incorrect passcode is ………..
three times. …………………………………………………… ?
C Yes, I’m sure. But my three-year-old son was playing with it this morning

A Ah, well that could be the problem. I ………… he’s pressed some keys and
locked your phone. Anyway, ……………………………… . We can’t unlock
phones here. You need to ………… your phone network. They’re the only
people who can unlock it.
C ……………………………….. ?
A It’s hard to say. I …………… you should allow at least three or four days.
C Oh dear! That’s quite a long time. Are you sure you can’t do anything to
help me?
A I’m afraid not.

2 Man Can I help you?


Woman Oh, yes. Do you live around here?
M ………………………… . That’s my house!
W I’m trying to find the Victoria Hotel. My ……….. says it’s up this road …
M But this isn’t a road. You can see that! And you’re ………………………!
W Are you sure this isn’t the Victoria Hotel?
M Of course I’m sure! I live here!!
W Oh, ……………………. . All right, I’ll turn around.
M Don’t turn around, you’ll ruin the plants. Just go ……………… .
W All right. Look, it isn’t my fault. I’m just following the satnav. Do you
know where the hotel is?
M I think there’s a hotel around the next corner. But it isn’t called the
Victoria Hotel. It’s the Empire Hotel.
W The Empire Hotel. That’s the one!
M You said the Victoria.
W I know, …………………………………………… . Thank you. Bye!
M Don’t ………………… my … roses.
3 Girl Have you been using my MP3 player?
Boy Er … no.
G Yes, you have!
B ………………………………… . ……………………… ?
G Because all the ………. are …………!
B I added a few songs, you’re right. Do you like them?
G Not really. Why did you …………… all my songs?
B I didn’t erase anything. I just ………….. about ten new songs ………… it.
G You did erase them. Look – there are only ten songs on here now, and
they’re yours. Mine aren’t here.
B Oh, I’m sorry. ……………… – you’ve got a back-up of your songs on
your computer, haven’t you?
G No, I haven’t! I loaded them onto the MP3 player from a friend’s tablet.
B That’s …………… .
G It isn’t stealing. He said it was OK.
B I don’t mean stealing from your friend. I mean stealing from the people
who made the songs. It’s called …………… ……… and it’s ………… …
G Look, ………………………! Don’t use my MP3 player without asking!

4 Dad You were great. ………………………………………………… !


Girl Thanks, Dad. Did you video any of it?
D Yes, I did. I used my new camcorder.
G Ooh. ……………….. .
D There should be four or five clips.
G These are all clips of a football match!
D Oh. I recorded those yesterday. I …………… what happened.
G ……………, you didn’t record anything at all tonight.
D I tried to! Actually, it did keep giving me a message - something about
‘memory full’. ………………………………………. .
G It means the memory is full.
D So, what do I do about that?
G Never mind. Actually, all the members of the ……… are getting together a
bit later to celebrate the end of the show. I’ll talk to people there. Maybe
somebody else …………… it.
D I hope so. I think the man next to me had a camcorder too.
G OK. Anyway … Thanks for coming. ………. you ………….. it!

5 Boy Is that a new games …………..?


Girl No, it isn’t. But it’s a new game.
B It looks good. What’s it called?
G …………… of Fear. It’s fun … but I’m ………… .
B ……………………………………………………………. .
G I agree. But how?
B I’m not sure. Keep ……………………. . Maybe there’s a secret bridge – or
a boat.
G …………………………………………….. .
B How do you know?
G There’s a …………. in the corner. I’ve got less than twenty seconds ……!
…………………………………………………… .
B What does that number mean? Three. ………………………………………?
G No, that’s my score. I’ve got three points.
B Only three points? That’s terrible.
G I know. But it’s my first time.
B …………….. … three points! And look at the top score: it’s over a million.
G Yes, all right. I know I’m doing …………, …………………………….. .
5D Modals in the past

1 Complete the sentences with the phrases below.


can’t have ​could have ​might not have ​must have ​should have ​shouldn’t have

1 I used my satnav. This map is really old and now I’m completely lost.
2 Oh look, that’s Jon’s phone on the desk. He forgotten it.
3 My computer isn’t working. I’m not sure why, but I downloaded some malware
when I clicked on that link.
4 He sent this text message. He hasn’t got a phone.
5 I tried to update my phone software. I did it last night and now my phone
doesn’t work at all.
6 You deleted that document. Perhaps you saved it to a different folder.

2 Complete the text with the correct past modal form of the verbs in brackets.
Kim My laptop is missing! It’s got all my homework on it!
Steve OK, don’t panic. When did you last have it?
Kim Well, it was in my bag when I was on the train yesterday afternoon. But when I got off the train,
it wasn’t there.
Steve Someone on the train 1 (must / steal) it! Who was sitting next to you?
Kim An elderly lady. But she2
(can’t / take) the laptop. She got off the train with
me, and she didn’t have any luggage.
Steve It 3 (might / fall) out of your bag. Was the bag closed?
Kim No, it wasn’t.
Steve Well, that’s not good. You 4 (shouldn’t / leave) your bag open.
Kim Yes, well, I know that now.
Steve Have you called the train company? They 5 (could / find) it.
Kim No, I haven’t called them yet.
Steve Well, you 6 (should / call) them first of all!
Kim Actually, I’ve just remembered something. I 7 (might / not / lose) my laptop.
In fact, I 8
(may / forget) to put it in my bag before I got onto the train.
Steve So where is it?
Kim Well, I 9 (must / leave) it at my aunt’s house. That’s where I was yesterday
morning.
Steve Mystery solved!

3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Read about these situations. Then talk about what might / could / can’t /
must have happened.
•• Natasha was crying last night after a long phone call.
•• Will was listening to his MP3 player on the beach yesterday. Now it doesn’t work.
•• Marie hasn’t replied to any of her emails for over a week.
•• George is missing and his laptop and phone have also disappeared.

Natasha must have had an argument with her boyfriend.

I think she might have heard some bad news about a relative.

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5 Grammar Review

Work in pairs to play noughts and crosses.



1 2 3
Choose one of the situations below. Talk about the furniture in your Who stole the chocolate cake? Make
Make a sentence with should / bedroom. Use at least two of the a sentence about Rick, Amy or Fred
shouldn’t have. expressions of quantity below. with must / can’t have.
•• John went out three times last Someone stole your chocolate cake
week. This week he failed all his a few ​a little ​both ​ this morning.
exams. each ​some
•• Rick doesn’t like chocolate.
•• Kate forgot to set her alarm clock.
•• Amy wasn’t at your house
Today she was late for work.
yesterday.
•• Anna ate three pizzas yesterday.
•• Fred’s hands are covered in
Now she feels sick.
chocolate.

4 5 6
Talk about the technology in your Choose one of the situations below. Talk about the things in your bag.
classroom. Use at least two of the Make a sentence with might / might Use at least two of the expressions
expressions of quantity below. not have. of quantity below.
•• Betty’s hair is wet.
all ​every ​few ​most ​no •• Dom keeps falling asleep at his any ​little ​many ​much ​some
desk.
•• Suzie hasn’t been at school for a
week.


7 8 9
Choose one of the situations below. Talk about your town and the Choose one of the situations below.
Make a sentence with should / things in it. Use at least two of the Make a sentence with may / may
shouldn’t have. expressions of quantity below. not have.
•• Tom had a big argument with his •• Lydia has been very happy and
girlfriend yesterday. all ​any ​a few ​both ​each smiling all day.
•• Sally fell and hurt her leg very •• Ben can’t find his favourite jacket.
badly. She then went to the gym. •• You just heard a knock on the door,
•• Tony borrowed his sister’s phone but when you opened it, nobody
and then broke it. was there.


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5 Functional Language Practice: Expressing opinions

1 Use the words below to complete the dialogue.

as ​believe ​I’d ​my ​opinion ​seems ​that

Jo Do you want to play this video game?


Emma Hmm, not really. I think 1 video games are pretty boring and not
very creative.
Jo I don’t agree. In 2 view, it depends on the game. Some games
are quite educational.
Emma Yes, that’s true, but 3 I see it, you’re still looking at a screen for hours.
Jo I4 that you’re doing a lot more than just looking at a screen.
You’re using your brain, you’re testing your reactions …
Emma Yes, OK, I understand your point. But it 5 to me that the whole
video game experience is false. It’s not real life.
Jo Well, 6 say that you can use the same argument about reading
books. Books aren’t real life.
Emma That’s different. In my 7 , books encourage creativity because you
have to imagine your own images. But video games are much less creative.

2 Work in pairs. Do you agree with Jo or Emma? What do you think about playing video
games?

3 a Work in pairs. Match the photo to one of these statements.

•• W
 e should all have one ‘technology-free’
day every week.
•• In an ideal school, every student would
have a computer on their desk.
•• P
 eople can’t communicate face-to-face
anymore because they spend to much time
communicating online.

3 b Discuss the following questions.


•• What is happening in the photo?
•• What do you think about this kind of teaching?
•• How do you think the students feel?

4 Work in pairs. Choose one of the other statements from exercise 3a. Express your
opinions about it.

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You recently bought a new tablet. Write a forum post in which you:
 Describe the tablet and some of its features
 Give other forum contributors brief instructions on how to use it or one of
its features (e.g. taking a photo)
 Give your overall opinion on the tablet
 Explain how it helps you with your schoolwork

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5 Washington, D.C.

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 What is the capital of your country?
2 What do you know about its history?
3 Would you like to live there? Why? / Why not?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Choose the correct answers.
1 How many North American colonies did the British rule before the USA was created?
a three   b eight   c thirteen
2 What was George Washington doing during the War of Independence?
a He was the president.
b He was in the army.
c He was building the new capital city.
3 Where has Congress been meeting since 1800?
a in the Capitol Building   b in the White House   c in Philadelphia

3 ⊲ Watch again. Are the sentences true or false?


1 There is an American flag in the top left corner of the classroom. true / false
2 Washington, D.C. is located in the west of the USA. true / false
3 There is a fountain in the front garden of the White House. true / false
4 The Capitol building is brown. true / false
5 The Lincoln Memorial is in a large white building. true / false
6 The Washington Monument is by a lake. true / false

4 ⊲ Watch again. Match the events (a–f) with the years (1–6).
1 1776 a People start to build the new capital city.
2 1791 b President Roosevelt officially calls the President’s House the White House.
3 1800 c The USA is created.
4 1860 d President John Adams first moves into the President’s House.
5 1902 e The Lincoln Memorial opens.
6 1920 f Abraham Lincoln is elected president.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the question.
Would you like to visit Washington, D.C.? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Choose the correct prepositions.
1 I’ve always been very curious about / of / in artificial intelligence.
2 The government is responsible for / with / in making laws.
3 The teacher hadn’t made us aware with / about / of the exam until the day before.
4 Everyone complained because they were unhappy for / in / with the decision that was made.
5 Our company has been successful with / in / to the IT business for the last ten years.

7 Complete the sentences with the words below.


colonies independence settlements slavery territory
1 Lithuania gained its from the Soviet Union in 1991.
2 The two neighbouring countries fought a war over the disputed .
3 India, Australia and New Zealand were once British , but now they are all independent countries.
4 There had been a number of smaller here before they built the city.
5 has been illegal in Britain since 1833.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Find a photograph that shows an important moment in your country’s recent history.
Find out what happened. Include the following:
• when it was taken
• a description of the photo and the people in it
• what had happened before and what happened afterwards
• why the photo is important

9 Present your findings and the photo to the class. Use the key phrases for describing photos and
expressing opinions.

Describing photos
It looks to me as if …
They look like they’re …
They don’t look very …
Expressing opinions
It seems to me that …
In my opinion / view, …
For me, the important thing is …

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6A Describing character

1 Create nouns from the adjectives below and write them under the correct heading.

creative ​generous ​honest ​idealistic ​intelligent ​loyal ​modest ​optimistic ​
patient ​punctual ​realistic ​shy ​self-confident ​serious ​stubborn

-ness -nce -ism -ity -y

2 Choose the correct words to complete these sentences.


1 My brother loves meeting people – he’s very sociable / shy and he can be very flexible / ambitious
if plans change at the last minute.
2 She’s cheerful / creative – she designs her own clothes – but she’s also quite stubborn / punctual.
Once she has an idea, she won’t change it.
3 You shouldn’t be so modest / mature! You’re really thoughtful / realistic and always help other
people.
4 I’m very generous / enthusiastic. I always try my hardest at everything. But sometimes I’m not very
self-confident / patient and I can get annoyed with other people.
5 He is honest / pessimistic sometimes and he often thinks that bad things will happen, but he’s very
loyal / serious and will always support his friends.
6 She got amazing exam results and she’s obviously very intelligent / optimistic, but she’s not very
sympathetic / idealistic when other people have problems.

3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Make a radio advertisement for one of these jobs. Include information
about the qualities needed for the job.

Children’s nurse Paramedic

Scientist
Financial advisor
We’re looking for a patient and sympathetic person to
join our nursing team at the children’s hospital.
You will be helping children with …
Clothes
designer

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6B Defining relative clauses

1 Complete the sentences with the correct relative pronoun: who, whose, which, where or whom.
1 The man house this is works for Apple.
2 This is the job I applied for last week.
3 She’s the woman runs the biggest publishing company in Ireland.
4 I want to visit the place my grandfather grew up.
5 The man you spoke to is the CEO of a large chain of supermarkets.
6 The girl won last year’s prize is now a successful businesswoman.
7 The book he wrote about his experiences became a bestseller.
8 They’re the students teacher appeared on TV last week.

2 Complete the sentences with a defining relative clause. Use who, which, where or whose.
If the sentence does not need a relative pronoun, omit it.
1 I met an actor yesterday. He is very famous.
The actor I met yesterday is very famous.
2 We’re going to visit a castle tomorrow. It was the home of King Henry VIII.
The castle was the home of King Henry VIII.
3 This is a clothes shop. I bought my suit here.
This is the clothes shop my suit.
4 She’s a student. She appeared on TV last night.
She’s the student last night.
5 We saw the teacher last week. She doesn’t work at our school any more.
The teacher at our school any more.
6 This woman is an amazing artist. I’ve borrowed her car.
The woman is an amazing artist.
7 This man lives on a boat. He walks past our house every day.
The man on a boat.
8 This is a bag. I keep my laptop in it.
This is the bag my laptop.

3 SPEAKING Work in small groups. Think of a person, a place, or an object. Describe it using a
defining relative clause. Can the other people in your group guess the word?

He’s the actor who starred in The Hunger Games.

Is it Josh Hutcherson?

Yes, it is!

It’s the thing which you use to check your emails.

Is it a computer?

No, it isn’t. It’s a smartphone.

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Listen and fill in the blanks. (Track 2.29)

Presenter So, ……………………………………………………………….. ?


Guest She read a ………… by Jules Verne called Around the World in Eighty
Days. Nellie ………… to copy the adventure and try to go around the world in
fewer than eighty days.
P ……………………………………………… .
G Well, the year was 1888 – and of course, in those days, there were no
aeroplanes or helicopters. …………………, it ………………… time to travel
long distances.
P So how did Nellie pay for this adventure?
G The owner of the newspaper, Joseph Pulitzer, agreed to pay for it. It was
good …………... . …………, another New York newspaper called
Cosmopolitan thought it was such a good idea that they sent their own reporter,
Elizabeth Bisland, to go around the world too.
P Did the two women travel together?
G No. They both left New York on 14th November 1889. But Nellie went east,
across the Atlantic to London. Elizabeth travelled in the opposite …………,
west across the United States.
P …………………………………?
G Exactly! ……………………………………………?
P And how did Nellie get on?
G Most of her …………. went well. From London, she went to France and met
the author Jules Verne in a town called Amiens. She then went by train to
Brindisi, in Italy. From there, a ship took her to Port Said in Egypt, then
Singapore and Hong Kong. There, she ………… another ship to take her back
to the USA. However, while she was crossing the Pacific Ocean, there was a
…………. . She arrived late in San Francisco and missed her train to New
York.
P Oh dear. So what happened?
G Joseph Pulitzer didn’t want Nellie to lose the race. ……………........, he
paid for a private train to bring her home. She ……………... win the race and
go around the world in 72 days, six hours, eleven minutes and fourteen seconds.
6D Non-defining relative clauses

1 Match the sentence halves.


1 Last year, my uncle moved to Berlin, a which used to belong to Beyoncé.
2 Bella, who comes from a very wealthy family, b used to go to my school.
3 My sister owns a dress c where he works for a German car manufacturer.
4 Dave and Angela, whose mother is a famous singer, d got a sports car for her eighteenth birthday.
5 Tanya and Steve live in Paris, e is doing his first marathon in August.
6 My birthday cake, which was made by my aunt, f don’t like listening to music.
7 The girl over there, who has red hair, g where they first met.
8 Tom, who runs 25 km every week, h is delicious.

2 Complete the text with the non-defining relative clauses below. Add commas where necessary.

who was my aunt’s favourite actor who was wearing dark glasses and a baseball cap
which he took from his pocket who took drama and media studies at university
which was in a small restaurant in North London which was very funny and original
who all loved the script which she sent to his agent

My aunt, 1 wanted to make a romantic comedy film.


She wrote her own script, 2 in 2006. She then spent several
years trying to find investors for her film, but was unsuccessful. Her friends,
3
advised her to contact Colin Redway, 4 .
Colin didn’t reply to my aunt’s letter, 5 . But then something
amazing happened. My aunt went to a friend’s birthday party, 6 .
She was talking about the film when a stranger, 7
came up to
her table. ‘I love the idea of that film!’ said the stranger. ‘Send me the script!’
He wrote down his email address on a card, 8 . Then he
disappeared. When my aunt looked at the card later, she realised that it was
Colin Redway!

3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Take it in turns to add information about these people / places / things.
Use non-defining relative clauses.
•• Angelina Jolie
•• Barack Obama Angelina Jolie is an actor.
•• Buckingham Palace
•• Canada
Angelina Jolie, who is an actor, is married to Brad Pitt.
•• The Statue of Liberty
•• Nelson Mandela
•• My house Angelina Jolie, who is an actor, is
married to Brad Pitt, who starred in Fury.

Angelina Jolie, who is an actor, is married to Brad Pitt,


who starred in Fury, which is a film about …

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6 Grammar Review

Work in groups to make sentences.


Venus Williams One World Trade Center


whose sister is called Serena which is in Lower Manhattan, New York


is an amazing tennis player. is the fourth tallest building in the world.


Malala Yousafzi Stonehenge



which is more than five thousand
who is from Pakistan
years old

won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. is a circle of enormous standing stones.

The Beatles Machu Picchu


who split up in 1970 which is in Peru



were one of the most famous groups in
is a 15th-century Inca site.
the world.

Bart Simpson The International Space Station,



whose father, Homer, works at a which orbits the Earth at 27,724
nuclear power plant, kilometres per hour

has got two sisters called Lisa
has got two bathrooms and a gym.
and Maggie.

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Functional Language Practice:
6 Asking for information about a job
1 Put the dialogue into the correct order.
Dan Well, it depends on experience. We’d have to invite you in for an interview and then we
can discuss that in more detail.
Dan Our camps run throughout the summer, from mid-July until the end of August. Each
camp is one week long, starting on a Monday and finishing on a Sunday.
Dan We run two holiday camps – the junior camp is for 8–12-year-olds, and the senior camp is
for 13–17-year-olds.
1 Dan Hello, this is Dan Fletcher speaking.
Dan Oh no! Don’t worry about that. We provide all the accommodation for our staff.
Dan Well, Ms Kumar, we’re looking for someone who will help to entertain and look after the
children. You would need to make sure that the children are happy and you would have
to organise some of their activities.
Aisha Thank you. Something else I’d like to ask you about is the accommodation. Do the
Activity Leaders need to provide their own tents?
12 Aisha OK, well thank you very much, Mr Fletcher. I’ll send you my application form!
Aisha I see. And, speaking of the children, what age group are they?
Aisha Oh, that’s good, because I haven’t got tent! And finally, moving on to the question of
salary. Could you tell me what the salary is, please?
Aisha OK. So the youngest children are eight years old. Oh, another thing I wanted to know is
the exact dates of the camps.
Aisha Oh, hello Mr Fletcher. My name’s Aisha Kumar. I’m calling about the Holiday Camp
Activity Leader job, advertised in yesterday’s Gazette. Could I ask you about the main
responsibilities of the job?

2 Work in pairs. Act out the dialogue.

3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Read the job advertisement below. Then role-play a conversation asking
for information about it.
Student A
The Mars You are Rita / Paul. Think about these things:
•• What are the responsibilities of the job?
Tennis Academy ••
••
What personal qualities does the job require?
What are the working hours?
•• What is the salary?
The Mars Tennis Academy is looking
for tennis coaches for our kids’ summer Student B
You want to find out more about this job.
tennis club.
Ask about:
Do you love sport? Could you teach •• responsibilities.
•• personal qualities.
tennis to young children? •• working hours.
•• salary.
call:
Rita Simmonds or Paul Hernandez
on 01682 435122
for more information.

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More students should choose to do voluntary work during the long
holidays rather than work for money. Discuss.

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6 American high schools

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 How many students are there at your school?
2 At what ages do students in your country start and finish school?
3 What subjects do you study? Do you have to study all these subjects or did you choose to study some of them?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Choose the correct answers.
1 How old are the students when they start at West Milford School?
a twelve   b fourteen   c fifteen
2 What type of school is West Milford?
a a public high school
b a private high school
c a public art school
3 What is an elective subject?
a a subject you choose to study
b a subject you have to study
c a subject you study after school

3 ⊲ Watch again. Number the lessons (A–G) in the order that you first see them.
A woodwork
B English
C music
D physical education
E art
F film photography
G mechanics

4 ⊲ Watch again. Are the sentences true or false?


1 It doesn’t cost students any money to go to West Milford School. true / false
2 Each lesson is an hour long. true / false
3 Students must wear the same clothes to school every day. true / false
4 Physical education is an elective subject. true / false
5 Students don’t have to use their own cameras in the photography class. true / false
6 Lots of students choose to study art. true / false
7 Students who study music must already play their own instrument. true / false
8 West Milford is a normal American high school. true / false

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the question.
Would you like to go to school in the USA? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Complete the sentences with the correct adjective form of the nouns below.
ambition creativity flexibility intelligence maturity punctuality self-confidence
1 Matthew would like to own his own company one day. He’s .
2 Armita is very smart and is good at solving problems quickly. She’s .
3 Robert is fourteen, but he behaves like an adult. He’s .
4 Amanda writes beautiful stories and poems. She’s .
5 Abdul isn’t shy and believes in his abilities. He’s .
6 Sophie is always on time. She’s .
7 Fiona is happy to change her plans to suit other people. She’s really .

7 Complete the text with the words below.


curriculum fees periods uniform

The Brit School


The Brit School in south London is one of the most unusual schools in the country.
As well as teaching the core national 1 of English, maths, science,
computing and citizenship, the school specialises in music, theatre, dance and TV
production. Lessons are usually taught in 50-minute 2 , and take place
in one of the classrooms or in the recording studios, two theatres, or three dance
studios that are at the school. Students don’t need to pay 3 to attend the
Brit School, and because the school encourages students’ creativity, they don’t have
to wear a 4 . But the school isn’t for everyone, and only young people
with special talents can go there.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Make a presentation to give to a group of students from the USA about the school system
in your country. Include the following:
• the different types of schools and the ages of the students that go there
• the curriculum that students follow
• the fees that students need to pay
• the exams that students must do and when they must do them

9 Give your presentation to the class and answer any questions. Then ask questions about the other
presentations. Use the key phrases for asking for information.

Asking for information


Could you tell me …
I was wondering …
I’d like to know …
May I ask …
Another thing I wanted to know is …

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7A Talking about the arts

1 Write the art forms for each picture.

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

2 Choose the correct words to complete the text. 3 SPEAKING Work in pairs.
Student A
There are some people who seem to have an You are a very talented person. Tell Student B about your
talents and what you have achieved. Make phrases from
unfair amount of talent – they can sing, dance
the verbs and nouns below.
and play an instrument and they do all three
brilliantly. One example is the great classical act ​carve ​compose ​conduct ​
musician Daniel Barenboim, who can 1 create / dance ​direct ​paint ​sing ​write

conduct an orchestra and 2 play / compose the films ​novels ​music ​pictures ​


piano at the same time. The 3 act / actor Ben plays ​poetry ​sculptures
Affleck has also 4  directed / conducted several
movies and he’s 5 carved / written the scripts for Student B
You are the host of a TV chat show called Amazing People!
others. Zoe Saldana 6 appeared in / played the
Interview Student A. Find out about his/her different
films Avatar and Guardians of the Galaxy, but she talents and achievements.
originally trained as a ballet 7 poet / dancer. And
Hi and welcome to Amazing People! Today, I’m
finally, the famous pop 8 singer / sculptor Florence talking to … . What amazing talents have you got?
Welch studied art at college, and still 9 performs /
paints pictures regularly. Well, of course, I wrote my first novel
last year and it’s just won …

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7B The passive

1 Match the active sentences with the passive versions and complete the passive forms.
1 Someone reads a poem every morning on the radio.
2 We might never know the identity of this song’s composer.
3 My friends were singing a very boring song.
4 Someone had created a beautiful piece of art.
5 My father painted the portrait in our sitting room.
6 People all around the world will watch Philip Glass’s new opera.
7 Someone has bought my sculpture!

a The portrait in our sitting room by my father.


b A very boring song by my friends.
c My sculpture !
d every morning on the radio.
e A beautiful piece of art .
f The identity of this song’s composer .
g Philip Glass’s new opera by people all around the world.

2 Complete the text with the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets.

Today, I’m visiting a writer’s workshop in South London.


The workshop 1 (set up) in 2015 by author
Dave LeMarr, whose best-selling novel Voices in Time
2
(sell) in 25 different countries since it
3
(first / publish) in 2006. At the moment,
students at the workshop 4 (teach) simple
and effective ways to improve their skills. Yesterday
they 5 (show) a piece of badly written text and they 6 (ask) to
rewrite it, using a list of five key writing techniques. Tomorrow, they 7

(give) a beginning sentence and they will have to write a short story in just two hours.
‘People can create amazing things when they are under pressure!’ says LeMarr. ‘The next
great novelist 8 (might / discover) at tomorrow’s workshop!’

3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Play ‘20 Questions’.


Student A Think of a famous work of art. It could be a book, a film, a painting, a sculpture or a piece of music.
Student B Ask yes/no passive questions. Try to guess Student A’s work of art.

Is it listened to by people? No, it isn’t.

Is it read by people? Yes, it is.

OK, so it’s a novel or a poem. Was it written by a British author? No, it wasn’t.

Has it been read by many people in this class? Yes, it has.

Was it written by a Brazilian author? Yes, it was.

Is it The Alchemist by Paul Coelho? Yes, it is!

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Listen and fill in the blanks. (Track 3.06)

Speaker 1 ……………………………………………………………………….
rappers – people like Eminem and Jay Z, and some of the female rappers too,
like Lil’ Kim and Missy Elliott – then you’ll realize how good they are. It isn’t
just poetry, it’s fantastic poetry. In fact, I’d say that some of them are the best
poems being written today. Seriously, that’s my opinion. ……………………...
……………………………………………………………………… . But that’s
wrong, isn’t it? A lot of teenagers listen to rap music and rap can be great
poetry – even though some people don’t look at it like that. So I’d say that in
some ways, ………………………………………………………….. .

Speaker 2 …………………………………………? They’re the ones you get


in greetings cards – birthday cards, Mother’s Day cards, ………………… . I
mean, a poem has to be ………….., doesn’t it? To be a good poem, it has to
come from the writer’s ……….. and …………………………….. . It has to be
about why the poet loves a particular man or woman – or why the poet is
feeling ……………….. sad. These poems in greetings cards are all the same. ‘I
hope your birthday is full of fun … er … You really are a wonderful son.’ That
……………………. . ………………………………………… writing them.
………………………! ……………………………., wouldn’t it? Writing
rubbish every day.

Speaker 3 ………………………………………………………………, in our


English classes. Some of it is OK but to be honest, …………………………. . I
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Or ……….., …………………………………… . …………………………..
………. . ……………………………………… . In the past, it was always
………………………………………… . And usually, it ………… too. For
me, ……………………………….. . That’s the skill of the poet, isn’t it? If you
……………………………………….., ………………………………………...
………………………! ‘A leaf on a tree … the sun shines … water flows …
life goes on.’ There, that’s a poem. Huh!

Speaker 4 ‘…………………………………… / ……………………….., / …


………………………………., / ………………………….’ er … ‘And
something something something heard, and something is the storm’. ………….
… I can’t remember the rest. But it’s one of my favourites. It’s by Emily
Dickinson. I love her poems. In fact, ……………………………………………
women. I think women make better poets than men – but that’s just my
…………………, of course! I don’t find it very easy to memorize poems. ……
…………………….. ! But I enjoy doing it and I really like having a few
poems that I know from memory.

Speaker 5 ………………………………….. . Ahem. ‘……………………… .


……………………………………. . ……………………………………. . I cry,
………………………… .’ Yeah. I know … it’s …………. , isn’t it? ……….. ,
really, because I wasn’t …………………… or anything when I ………… it.
…………………… … if I write a really sad poem, it doesn’t mean I’m feeling
sad. You know, it’s a ………………, isn’t it? It’s not the truth. Like a singer
………………………………………………………………………………… .
………………………………………… – about death, disease, that kind of
thing. I’m not sure why. I just like writing about those topics. I think they’re
more powerful than happy topics. Who wants to read about people feeling
great? It’s …………… .
7D have something done

1 Use the have something done form of the phrases below to complete these dialogues.

have / your eyes / check ​have / it / fix ​have / a pizza / deliver ​


have / it / cut ​have / my photo / take ​have / my phone / steal

1 A Nice hair, Roxy.


B Thanks. I at the new hairdresser’s in town.
2 A Do you want to go out to a restaurant tonight?
B No, let’s stay in and .
3 A Why were you late this morning?
B My car broke down. I had to take it to the garage to .
4 A What’s wrong, Paul?
B I last night. I only got it last week for my birthday!
5 A When I’m sitting at the back of the class, I can’t see the board.
B I think you should .
6 A Why haven’t you got your student ID card?
B I need to for it.

2 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.


1 write / Did / story / yourself / you / this / ?

2 looked / mirror / herself / in / She / the / at

3 postcard / Last / myself / I / the / sent / a / from / beach / year / !

4 will / They / not / they’re / injure / careful / themselves / if

5 has / Charles / the / to / himself / how / taught / guitar / play

6 meal / have / this / We / ourselves / made

7 like / I / listening / don’t / myself / to

8 play / costumes / You / the / make / yourselves / the / can / for

3 SPEAKING Work in groups. Imagine that you are very rich and you have a lot of servants. Take
it in turns to make a sentence about the different things you have done for you. You can use
the ideas below or your own ideas. Try to continue making sentences for as long as possible.

clean house ​deliver flowers ​iron clothes ​make bed ​paint nails ​


prepare breakfast ​style hair ​tidy room ​wash car

I always have my nails painted every morning.


I never make my bed. I have it made for me.

I have my breakfast prepared for me while I stay in bed.

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7 Grammar Review

Play the game in groups of three or four. Roll the dice and move your counter.
Follow the instructions on the square. Right answer? Well done! You stay in the game.
Wrong answer? Bad luck! Go back three spaces.
1 2 3 4
These sentences are Choose a question. Put it Choose a sentence and
incorrect. Choose a sentence into the correct order and complete it with your

START and correct it.


I had my car repair at the garage.
Why don’t you look up the answer
answer it.
was / by / David Copperfield / written /
Who / ?
own ideas. Use the have
something done form.
I never have …

HERE myself?
The girls were sure they were been
followed.
Stay with me / sung / was / Who /
by / ?
made / Where / are / SEAT / cars / ?
I often have …
I would love to have …

8 7 6 5
These sentences are
incorrect. Choose a sentence
Choose a sentence and
make it passive.
Choose a place from the list.
Say what you can have done LUCKY
and correct it.
The building will to be completed
He wrote the article in half an hour.
The storm has destroyed our house.
there.
beauty salon SQUARE
tomorrow. They were performing the play in phone shop
Why can’t I see me in the mirror? London. dentist
We’re doing our house decorated at
the moment.
Move forward 2 spaces.

9 10 11 12
Choose a question. Put it
into the correct order and UNLUCKY Choose a place from the list.
Say what you can have done
Choose a sentence and
make it passive.
answer it.
sport / played / What / Wimbledon / SQUARE there.
jewellery shop
Someone is reading my texts.
They will answer your email
at / is / ? florist’s tomorrow.
Mona Lisa / painted / the / Who / by / tattoo parlour They caught the forger and put him
was / ? in prison.
radio / Who / by / was / the /
Move back 3 spaces.
invented / ?

16 15 14 13
Choose a place from the list.
Say what you can have done
Choose a question. Put it
into the correct order and LUCKY These sentences are
incorrect. Choose a sentence
there.
bike shop
answer it.
directed / Who / was / the / film / by / SQUARE and correct it.
The box had never been open before
dry cleaner’s Interstellar / ? today.
hairdresser’s play / was / by / the / Hamlet / Did you had the car washed
Who / written / ? yesterday?
the / was / When / wheel / Why is that man talking to itself?
Move forward 3 spaces.
invented / ?

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Choose a sentence and
make it passive.
These sentences are
incorrect. Choose a sentence UNLUCKY
My sister designed this birthday card. and correct it.
SQUARE
FINISH!
Someone has broken my favourite I can fix this computer me.
cup. Where do you having your car
People might never find your wallet. washed?
The thief be seen by no-one.
Move back 2 spaces.

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7 Functional Language Practice: Likes and dislikes

1 Complete the dialogue with the words below.

absolutely ​enjoy ​fan ​into ​keen ​quite ​stand ​thing

Kerry So, what do you want to watch on TV tonight? How about the football match? It’s Man United vs
Arsenal.
Beth I really can’t 1 football. In fact, to be honest, I’m not really
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watching sport on TV at all.
Kerry All right, no sport. Let’s see, there’s the new Sherlock series on at nine o’clock.
I3 love Benedict Cumberbatch.
Beth Really? He’s a good actor, but I’ve never been that 4 on the new version of
Sherlock. I’m a big 5
of the old Sherlock Holmes films from the 1940s, with
Basil Rathbone. In fact, I 6
most old films very much.
Kerry Well, OK. Are there any good old films on TV tonight?
Beth There’s a great 1950s sci-fi film on Channel 4. I’m 7 into sci-fi at the moment.
Kerry Sorry, but science fiction is not really my 8
. I’ve got a much better idea.
Beth What’s that?
Kerry Let’s forget about watching TV. Let’s listen to some music instead.

2 Work in pairs. Act out the dialogue.

3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Look at the TV guide below. Discuss what programme you should watch
together. Use language to express your likes and dislikes.

Friday, September 25th 9 p.m.


BBC 1 The Curse of Frankenstein
Classic 1950s horror film.
BBC 2 Golf
Live golf coverage from the Ryder Cup.
ITV 1 Family Dinners
Top chef Freddie Martin shares his favourite family recipes.
Channel 4 British Museum: Treasures of the World
Archaeologist Jan Stevens, gives a guided tour around the museum.
This week: The Egyptian Room
BBC 3 Rick’s New Life
Hilarious new sitcom starring Dave Smith as Rick.
UK Gold Pride and Prejudice
Classic TV drama based on the novel by
Jane Austen.
ITV 2 The Singer
Semi-finals of the popular singing competition.
Who will go home tonight, and who will go
forward into next week’s finals?

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You are to write a book review for the school magazine. Write your
review describing the book and say what you liked and didn’t like
about it.

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7 Ian Fleming and James Bond

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 Who are your favourite film and book characters? Why?
2 Do you know any of Charles Dickens’s books? If so, which ones?
3 Have you seen any James Bond films? If yes, which ones?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Are the sentences true or false?
1 Charles Dickens lived in the last century. true / false
2 James Bond was originally a character in a Charles Dickens novel. true / false
3 Ian Fleming came from a rich family. true / false
4 He worked as a journalist during the Second World War. true / false
5 Sean Connery played James Bond in the first Bond film. true / false

3 ⊲ Watch again. Choose the correct words.


1 Charles Dickens had a long beard / long hair.
2 The DVD clip shows the Charles Dickens Library / Museum in London.
3 Ian Fleming was born in a large terraced / detached house in London.
4 At Eton College, students wear old-fashioned black suits / shirts.
5 Goldeneye, Fleming’s house in Jamaica, is by the beach / the mountains.
6 Fleming wrote his novels by hand / on a typewriter.

4 ⊲ Watch again. Number the events (A–H) in the order that they happened.
A Goldeneye was built in Jamaica.
B The Second World War started.
C Fleming went to Eton College.
D Fleming died.
E Casino Royale was published.
F Fleming became a journalist.
G Fleming joined the British secret service.
H The first Bond film was made.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the questions.
Have you seen the latest James Bond film? If so, did you enjoy it? If not, would you like to see it? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Complete the text with the words below.
created dramas directed novels plays wrote

Wolf Hall
Some critics are already saying that Wolf Hall is the one of the best TV 1 ever made. It was
2 3
based on the that Hilary Mantel about the life of Thomas Cromwell, who was
one of Henry VIII’s most important advisors. Damian Lewis, who you might recognise from the American TV
series Homeland, 4 King Henry. Peter Kosminsky 5 the series, and along with the
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actors, designers and crew, he has a brilliant, atmospheric drama which is going to become
a classic.

7 Complete the sentences with the words below.


adaptations blockbuster influenced phenomenon released
1 There have been lots of excellent TV of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
2 His new novel was by the experience he had in the army.
3 The next James Bond film will be later in the year.
4 The Harry Potter series was a huge in the book world.
5 Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the new , Doctor Strange.

Extension
8 Work in pairs. Think of a film that you have seen recently, do some research about it and then make a
presentation about it. Include the following:
• information about the director, actors, locations
• a summary of the story
• your opinion of the film
• who you would recommend it to

9 Give your presentation to the class. Use the key phrases for stating an opinion and introducing a preference.

Stating an opinion
I’m a big fan of …
I’m really keen on …
I really can’t stand …
I’m not a big fan of …
Introducing a preference
I must say, …
To be honest, …
To be frank, …
Personally, …

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8A On the phone

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the phrases below.

add your number ​disable data roaming ​leave a message ​


lose the signal ​put you on loudspeaker ​put your phone on silent ​
recharge my phone ​run out of credit ​top up my mobile

1 Remember to when you travel abroad. The fees


can be very high.
2 I’m sorry, I’m . I can’t hear you. Can you hear me?
Hello? Hello?
3 I forgot to last night and now the battery is flat.
4 Welcome to the Odeon cinema. Please while you
are watching the film.
5 I’ve to my contacts list, so I can call you later.
6 I’m sorry, Sarah’s out at the moment, but you can .
7 Let me and then everyone can hear you.
8 I can’t make any calls at the moment because I’ve ,
but I’ll when I get paid tomorrow.

2 Chose the correct phrases to complete the dialogue.


Karen Hello, this is Karen speaking.
Joe Hi, Karen. Are you OK? I’ve been trying to call you for ages, but
I couldn’t 1 get through / get back to you.
Karen Hi, Joe. Yes, sorry I wasn’t 2 picking up / breaking up the phone.
I’m trying to get a project finished at the moment. Look, I really
need to concentrate on it – can I 3 cut you off / call you back later?
Joe Well, OK, but don’t forget. And there’s one more thing, before you
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hang up / switch off … Karen? Karen?

Karen Hello, this is Karen speaking.
Joe Karen! Why did you 5 cut me off / get back to me? I was in the middle
of talking to you!
Karen Hello? Hello? Sorry, I can’t hear you. You’re 6 running out / breaking up.
Could you 7 speak up / pick up, please?
Joe Karen? It’s Joe again! Karen? Karen?

3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Act out a phone conversation between two friends.
Student A You are on a train. Your phone signal is very weak and you can’t always hear the other person. You
want to give them an important message.
Student B You are at home. When Student A calls, you can’t hear him/her very well. You are also in a hurry
because you need to go out in five minutes.

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8B Reported speech

1 Correct the underlined mistakes.


1 ‘I haven’t used my phone since yesterday.’ 5 ‘I might send him a text message.’
He told me that he hasn’t used his phone since the She said she might have sent him a text message.
day before. 6 ‘I’m listening to my voicemail.’
2 ‘She couldn’t remember her password.’ He said that he is listening to his voicemail.
He said she can’t remember her password. 7 ‘I don’t have your number.’
3 ‘I had already given him my number.’ She said that she hadn’t had my number.
She said that she already gave him her number. 8 ‘We will call you back later.’
4 ‘She spent four hours on the phone last night.’ They said they will call me back later.
He said that she has spent four hours on the phone
the night before.

2 Read the text and then rewrite it as reported speech.


‘I’m not talking to Jon at the moment. I’m really annoyed with him and I can’t understand why he’s being so strange.
I tried to call him yesterday, but he had switched his phone off. I left a message on his voicemail this morning and he
didn’t call me back. He hasn’t answered any of my texts. I’ll send him an email, and I’ll explain why I’m so angry. I hope
he’ll reply!’
She said that she 1 at that moment. She said she 2
and she 3
why he was being so strange. She told me that she
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, but he 5
phone off. She said she
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and he 7
back. She said that he
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texts. She told me that she 9
an email and she 10 why she was so angry. She said that she hoped
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reply.


Student A Student B
3 a SPEAKING Work in pairs. Imagine that you are the 3 a SPEAKING Work in pairs. Imagine that you are
celebrity below. Student B is a journalist. Answer a journalist. Student A is a celebrity. Interview
Student B’s questions about: Student A and find out about his/her:
•• your daily routine. •• daily routine.
•• your likes and dislikes. •• likes and dislikes.
•• what you did last weekend. •• last weekend.
•• what you hope you will do in the future. •• hopes for the future.

3 b Swap roles. Imagine you are the celebrity below.


Florence / Frederick Beauchamp
Answer Student A’s questions.
You are a world-famous fashion designer. Everyone wants
to wear your clothes. You live in Paris, but you often travel Daisy / Dan Jenkins
to London, Rome or New York.
You are a singer. You write sad and emotional songs. You
always dress in black and don’t smile very often. You spend
3 b Swap roles. You are a journalist. Ask questions to most of your time listening to music or writing music.
find out about Student B’s celebrity’s life.

3 c Work with Student B. Present a ‘Celebrity 3 c Work with Student A. Present a ‘Celebrity
News’ programme. Talk about the celebrity you News’ programme. Talk about the celebrity you
interviewed. Report what he/she said. interviewed. Report what he/she said.

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Listen and fill in the blanks. (Track 3.15)

Host So when were these ………… first put there under the sea?
Professor ………………………… . The idea was …….. ………. around 1840, soon after
………………………………………………………………… . And by 1850, a line was in
place under the sea between Britain and France – ……………………………………… . The
English Channel is only about 30 kilometres …… . What the business world really wanted
was a link between Europe and North America. ………………………………………………
…………………………………………. .
H That’s several thousand kilometres.
P Indeed. ……………………………………………………………………………. . But one
businessman, called Cyrus Field, …………………………………………… . He spent years
………… money …… it. And by 1857, his company was ready to ………… its first ………
at laying a cable.
H And ………………………………..?
P ………………………………. . Two ships …………. from the west coast of Ireland to
begin laying the cable across the ocean to the east coast of America. But unfortunately, the
cable broke on the first day. They repaired the cable and ……………… their work, but soon
after, it broke again. This time the cable was in water more than three kilometres deep and
they just couldn’t repair it. They decided to ………… the ………… .
H But I guess he didn’t give up.
P No, he didn’t. A year later, Cyrus Field’s company made another attempt. This time they
tried a different ………….. . The two ships started in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. They
joined their two cables together, then they set off in opposite directions. But the cable broke
again – once after only six kilometres, then twice more. So again, they …………… the
attempt and the ships went back to port.
H At this point, ……………………………………………………………………………. .
P No, they weren’t. But Cyrus Field was not prepared to give up. His ships met once more in
the middle of the Atlantic. They joined their cables and began to ……… in opposite
directions. This time the cable didn’t break. One ship arrived at the coast of America on 4
August 1858 and the other arrived at the coast of Ireland the next day. They used horses to
pull the ends of the cable out of the ocean and up on to land.
H So the job was finished?
P Yes. Finally, the job was finished. A few days later, the first message was sent. Although
it was only a short message, it took 17 hours and 40 minutes to send it!
H Why’s that?
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8D Reported questions

1 Rewrite these questions as reported speech. Remember to change the pronouns and time references if necessary.
1 Were you at school yesterday? 5 Who is reading my magazine?
He asked me . He asked us .
2 What did you do last summer? 6 Did you buy a new phone last week?
She asked him . She asked him .
3 Is your house near the park? 7 How friendly is your dog?
He asked them . They asked us .
4 When did you get up yesterday? 8 Will you go to university next year?
She asked her . We asked them .

2 Read the telephone conversation and then complete Jodie’s report below.
Jodie Hello, can I help you? Trev I put it in a bag of rice for 24 hours.
Trev Yes, please. I’ve got a problem with my phone. Jodie Yes, that’s a good idea. But did you switch it off
Jodie What’s the problem? first?
Trev Well, I dropped it in the bath last night. Trev No, I didn’t.
Jodie Oh dear. How long was it under the water? Jodie Can you switch it on now?
Trev I don’t know. Probably about a minute. Trev No, I can’t. It doesn’t work at all.
Jodie What did you do when you took your phone Jodie I’m sorry. I think you’ll need a new phone.
out of the water?

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I asked if I could help the customer. He replied that he had a problem with his phone.

I asked 1 .

He told me that 2 .

I asked 3 under the water.

He said that he 4 , but it was probably about a minute.

I asked what 5 out of the water.

He said that 6 for 24 hours.

I asked 7 first. He said that he hadn’t.

I asked 8 now.

He said that 9 .

He said it 10 .

I told him that I 11 and I thought he


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a new phone.

3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Choose a job from the list below.

car mechanic ​dentist ​IT consultant ​librarian ​nurse ​police officer ​sports coach ​teacher

Tell your partner one question often asked by this person. Can your partner guess the job?

He asked if I brushed my teeth every day. Dentist!

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8 Grammar Review

Student A
Work in pairs. Report on your questions and answers. Try to find the matching questions / answers.

She asked if he often played tennis in the park. He replied that he usually went to the sports centre.

‘What will the weather be like tomorrow?’ she asked.

‘When did you go to bed last night?’ she asked.

‘What did you do at the weekend?’ she asked.

‘Have you ever spoken to a famous person?’ she asked.

‘What’s your favourite item of clothing?’ she asked.

‘I don’t feel very cold,’ he replied.

‘I took the bus because it was raining,’ he replied.

‘I want to go somewhere hot and sunny,’ he replied.

‘I think Usain Bolt is amazing because he’s the best runner in the world,’ he replied.

‘I usually go to the sports centre,’ he replied.


Student B
Work in pairs. Report on your questions and answers. Try to find the matching questions / answers.

She asked if he often played tennis in the park. He replied that he usually went to the sports centre.

‘Do you often play tennis in the park?’ she asked.

‘Why aren’t you wearing a coat?’ she asked.

‘Who is your favourite sportsperson?’ she asked.

‘How did you get to school yesterday?’ she asked.

‘Where are you going to spend your summer holidays?’ she asked.

‘It was probably at midnight,’ he replied.

‘Yes, I talked to David Beckham at a party last year,’ he replied.

‘I stayed in bed because I didn’t feel very well,’ he replied.

‘I love my new coat because it’s really warm,’ he replied.

‘I think it will be warm, but cloudy,’ he replied.

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Write a story about a problem that arose due to a misunderstanding
between you and a friend of yours.

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8 Functional Language Practice: Speculating

1 Choose the correct phrases to complete the dialogue.


A What do you think is happening in this photo?
B Hmm. 1It’s hard to say / I’m pretty certain, but I think
the boy looks worried or confused.
A Yes, I agree. Do you think the people in the photo are
students?
B 2It looks / It could be as if they are, yes. Maybe they’re in
a lesson or perhaps they’re doing an exam.
A 3I can’t be sure / I’m pretty certain that they can’t be
doing an exam. He’s using his mobile phone! That’s not
allowed in an exam.
B That’s true. But where are they? 4It’s clear / It looks
that they’re not at a café because there’s no food or
drink.
A 5It could be / I can’t be sure, but I’d say that her book
is different from his book. So they’re probably not in a
lesson together. I think they’re in a library.
B Yes, you’re probably right. I don’t think the girl is
happy. 6Judging by / It looks her expression, I’d say that she’s angry with him.
A 7It’s hard to say / It could be that he’s answering his phone and she’s annoyed because of the noise.
B They’re definitely not very happy people!

2 Act out the dialogue in pairs.

3 SPEAKING Now discuss this photo. Use phrases for speculating from exercise 1. Talk about:
•• what is happening.
•• where the people are.
•• how they might be feeling.

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8 Guide dogs for the blind

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 Do you anyone who is blind or partially sighted?
2 If so, do you know how they get around?
3 Do you know what a guide dog does? Have you ever seen one?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Choose the correct answers.
1 What did Louis Braille invent?
a a new language
b a way for blind people to read
c a way to teach blind people
2 The DVD clip shows an example of braille
a in a book.
b on a sign.
c on a computer.
3 The DVD clip shows a dog learning how to
a climb stairs.
b read braille.
c cross the road.

3 ⊲ Watch again. Are the sentences true or false?


1 There are 285 million blind people in the world. true / false
2 Louis Braille was born blind. true / false
3 Despite being blind, Braille still went to school. true / false
4 Helen Keller became involved in politics and teaching. true / false
5 Blind people in Britain recently said that the biggest problem they had was making friends. true / false
6 The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association teaches dogs to help blind people. true / false

4 ⊲ Watch again. Complete the sentences with the numbers below. There are two extra numbers.
4,800 50,000 30,000 200,000 400,000 8.1 million 39 million 246 million
1 There are around partially sighted people in the world.
2 In the UK there are approximately blind or partially sighted people.
3 There are dogs in Britain.
4 The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has provided around blind and partially sighted people with
dogs since it began in 1931.
5 There are guide dog owners in the UK today.
6 It costs around £ to train and care for a guide dog.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the question.
Would you like to volunteer to train a guide dog? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Complete the sentences with the verbs below.
admitted encouraged insisted mentioned refused suggested
1 My parents have always me to do my best at school.
2 Even though Christina wanted to stay at home, Robin on going to the cinema.
3 When the police asked him about it, Jack stealing the money.
4 The teacher to let the students leave the class until the end of the lesson.
5 John seeing your cousin at the party last week.
6 Carla meeting at the Italian restaurant.

7 Complete the sentences with the words below. Are these words nouns or verbs in the sentences? Write N or V.
breed guide help match partner train
1 The farmer’s new dog was a great to him.
2 Sailors used to use the stars to them at night.
3 If you want to be the best, you’ve got to really hard.
4 What is your dog? He looks like a poodle.
5 The teacher decided to me with Sally for the activity. We weren’t a good ! ,

Extension
8 Work in groups. Find out about a charity in your country that helps people. Design a poster promoting this
charity. Include the following:
• a short history of the charity
• a summary of what the charity does
• some examples of the people that the charity has helped
• why the charity needs more money

9 Present your poster to the class. The class must then decide which charity they would like to support. Use
the key phrases for making and justifying a choice and making an additional point.

Making a choice
I’m going for …
I’m opting for …
I’m choosing …
Justifying a choice
The reason for my choice is …
I’ve chosen … because
There are a number of reasons why I’m choosing …
Making an additional point
Moreover, …
Not only that, but …
What is more, …

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9A Travel and transport

1 Look at the pictures. Find nine words for forms of transport in the wordsearch.

P O R T R A N K M C

A Y B I N D E S O A

B A I R C R A F T B

Y C S L O E E E O L

E H T R A M R R R E

I T C K C E T R B C

F F I C H E T Y I A

X S C O O T E R K R

H E L I C O P T E R

2 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.


1 Let’s wait for our train in the waiting room / office.
2 All passengers for Flight BA306, please go to the departure car / gate now.
3 I’ve left my car in the car park / station.
4 You can’t go past the ticket barrier / rank if you haven’t got a ticket.
5 You have to wait at a level gate / crossing when a train is passing.
6 We can pick up a taxi from the taxi rank / stop.
7 We went through passport control, picked up our luggage and walked out into the arrivals
desk / hall.
8 I left my bag on the train, but perhaps someone handed it in to the lost property bay / office.

3 SPEAKING Work in groups of four.


Student A: Choose one of the places from exercise 2, or one of the places below.

buffet car ​bus stop ​check-in desk ​coach bay ​filling station ​


harbour ​service station ​ticket office

Imagine that you are at this place. Describe to the other students:
•• what you can see.
•• what you can hear.
•• what people are doing.

Students B, C & D: Listen to Student A’s description. Can you guess the place?

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9B Third conditional

1 Read the situation and choose the sentence (a or b) with a similar meaning.
1 I didn’t have any money, so I didn’t buy a sandwich 4 We didn’t go to the lost property office because we
in the buffet car. found our bag on the platform.
a  If I’d had some money, I would have bought a a If we had found our bag on the platform, we
sandwich in the buffet car. wouldn’t have gone to the lost property office.
b  If I hadn’t had any money, I wouldn’t have bought b If we hadn’t found our bag on the platform, we
a sandwich in the buffet car. would have gone to the lost property office.
2 He fell asleep in the airport and missed his plane. 5 There weren’t any taxis at the taxi rank, so we took a bus.
a  If he had missed his plane, he would have fallen a If there had been some taxis at the taxi rank, we
asleep. wouldn’t have taken a bus.
b If he hadn’t fallen asleep, he wouldn’t have b If there hadn’t been any taxis at the taxi rank, we
missed his plane. would have taken a bus.
3 They sat in the waiting room because they didn’t 6 He didn’t go up onto the deck because he was scared
want to get wet. of the sea.
a  If they had wanted to get wet, they wouldn’t a If he hadn’t been scared of the sea, he would have
have sat in the waiting room. gone up onto the deck.
b  If they had sat in the waiting room, they wouldn’t b If he hadn’t gone up onto the deck, he wouldn’t
have got wet. have been scared of the sea.

2 Read the story and then write third conditional sentences using the prompts below. Add commas where necessary.
1 If it / not be / snowy / I / walk / to the station.
The day that changed my life …
2 If I / not take / a taxi / I / not catch / the first train to
I was a young artist living in Brighton. One day,
London.
I arranged to meet my uncle in London. It was
snowy, so I didn’t walk to the station. I took a taxi 3 If I / not arrive / in London very early /
and I caught the first train to London. I arrived in I / not decide / to go to a café.
London very early, so I decided to go to a café. I
4 If there / be / some free tables / I / not share / a table with
shared a table with an elderly woman because an elderly woman.
there weren’t any free tables. Then I saw my uncle
walk past the café, so I ran outside quickly. Because 5 If I / not see / my uncle walk past the café / I / not run /
outside so quickly.
I was in a hurry, I didn’t remember to pick up my
bag. The woman in the café found my bag and 6 If I / not be / in a hurry / I / remember / to pick up my bag.
opened it to look for my address. She saw some
of my paintings and drawings. She phoned me the 7 If the woman / not open / my bag / she / not see / my
paintings and drawings.
next day and offered to show my paintings at her
gallery! And that was how a snowy day was the 8 If she / not see / my paintings / she / not offer / to show
beginning of my career as an artist. them at her gallery.

3 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Play ‘It’s Your Fault!’ Choose one of the problems below. Role-play the conversation
between the two people. Try to think of reasons why it is the other person’s fault. Use the third conditional.
•• You have just missed your train to Edinburgh.
It’s your fault! If you had fixed the alarm
•• You are at the airport and you’ve realised that
clock, we wouldn’t have got up so late.
your passports are at home.
•• You are on holiday, but your luggage has
disappeared. No, it’s not my fault, it’s your fault. If you hadn’t spent so
•• You have forgotten your best friend’s birthday. long in the shower, we would have left home sooner.

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Listen and fill in the blanks. (Track 3.25)

1 …………………………………………………………………………………
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the air conditioning system and ……………………………… . I would ……….
………………………………………………………………… . I hope to give
you an update ……………… . ……………, the cabin crew will ………………
………………………………………………………….. . The captain and crew
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…………………………………… .

2 ……………………..., …………………………………………………… . It
was only later, when I was in the ………………………, that I noticed the word
‘Delayed’ on the screens. ……………………………………………………
………………………………, ……………………….. . They couldn’t even tell
me ……………………………………, which was quite ……… . …………, I
……………………… . Why couldn’t they tell us? Anyway, they just offered
the passengers a free drink and told us to keep checking the screens for more
information. ……………, ‘Delayed’ changed to ‘Delayed for 4 hours’. ………..
…………………………………………! ……………, ……………………
……………… . Six hours!

3 Woman ………………………………………………………………………..,
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Man Yes, I have.
W ………………….., …………..? ……………, that ‘annoying passenger’
was me.
M Oh no! …………………. ! ………………..? ………………………?
W No! ……………, …………………………………, checked in my bags and
……………………………. . I looked at the screen to see which gate I
needed, and I thought it said ‘gate 15’. So that’s where I went … and waited
… and waited. Then there was an ……………… calling me to gate 18, so I
ran. It was so embarrassing!
M ……………………………………… ?
W No, I didn’t. ………………………………………………………………….
……………… again.
4 Good afternoon, ladies and gentleman. ………………………………………..
window, ………………………………………………………………………….
………………………………………………… . Unfortunately, ……………….
………………………………………………………………. . Passengers will
………………………………………………………………… . We …………...
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……… . ………. you ……… any ………… ………… the ………… to your
hotel, please ………… a member of staff in the ………… ……….. .
9D Participle clauses

1 Match the sentence halves to make sentences with reduced relative clauses.
1 My sister was reading the book a built by the famous engineer.
2 The man looking out of the train window b written by your teacher.
3 London Heathrow, first opened in 1929, c floating above the Earth.
4 The car parked next to mine d lives next to my aunt.
5 I can see the bridge e taken by my sister.
6 We don’t know the girl f belongs to my grandfather.
7 Here is the photo g waiting in the taxi.
8 The astronauts were in a lunar module h is the busiest airport in Europe.

2 Rewrite the pairs of sentences as one sentence with a participle clause.


1 The passenger is at the check-in desk. He is wearing 5 The astronauts have trained for a long time. They are
a grey coat. repairing the satellite.
The passenger wearing a grey coat is at the check-in
desk. 6 Passengers will not be allowed to board the plane.
2 The International Space Station is huge. It was They are the passengers who carry more than one bag.
launched in 1998.

7 Millions of people are watching the spaceship. It’s


3 We can see the train. It’s arriving at platform 3. heading towards the moon.

4 He bought a new car. It was made in Japan. 8 Gravity is a film about space. It was praised by many
film critics.

3 a Choose one of the photos below. Write three true and one false sentence to describe the photo.
Use participle clauses in each sentence.

The girl sitting on the floor is doing her homework. The woman lying on the sofa is talking on her phone.

3 b SPEAKING Work in pairs. Cover the photos and read out your sentences. Can you spot your partner’s false
sentence?

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9 Grammar Review

Talk about it!


Add a past participle clause to this sentence. Add a present participle clause to this sentence.
I bought a coat. The girl is staring at me.

Add a past participle clause to this sentence. Add a present participle clause to this sentence.
I visited a castle. Can you see the dog?

Add a past participle clause to this sentence. Add a present participle clause to this sentence.
The man was in the waiting room. The car nearly hit a pedestrian.

Add a past participle clause to this sentence. Add a present participle clause to this sentence.
The TV programme was awful. The firefighters saved the little girl.

Add a past participle clause to this sentence. Add a present participle clause to this sentence.
I loved the songs. The man is a doctor.


Complete this sentence.
Complete this sentence.
If my family had moved to another country when I was a
If I had lived in the 19th century, …
baby, …

Complete this sentence. Complete this sentence.


If there had been an earthquake this morning, … If I hadn’t come to this English lesson, …

Complete this sentence. Complete this sentence.


If I had stayed in bed this morning, … … , I would have been very happy.

Complete this sentence. Complete this sentence.


… , my friends would have been very angry. … , I would have learned how to play the piano.

Complete this sentence. Complete this sentence.


… , I would have become famous. … , I wouldn’t have come into school today.


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9 Vocabulary Review

Work in groups. Pick four cards. Make a story from the words on the cards.

hot air holiday


port hiking metres
balloon camp

mountain
tram filling station hostel ticket barrier
biking

cabin cruise ship coach B&B waiting room

kilometres campsite sightseeing motorbike underground

check-in
sleeper platform kayaking aircraft
desk

self-catering
helicopter horse riding scuba diving taxi rank
apartment

ticket office hovercraft ferry arrivals hall fishing

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Do the writing task in part 4 on page 105.

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9 Captain Scott and Antarctica

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 Which famous explorers do you know?
2 Where were they from and where did they go?
3 How did they travel?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Are the sentences true or false?
1 Robert Falcon Scott had been an explorer for many years when he became captain of the Discovery. true / false
2 It took over a year to travel to the Antarctic. true / false
3 When they arrived in Antarctica, they built a hut. true / false
4 They lived on the ship for many months. true / false
5 Captain Scott was the first man to reach the South Pole. true / false

3 ⊲ Watch again. Choose the correct words.


1 Scott’s ship, the RSS Discovery, was made of metal / wood.
2 The ship sailed south and east / west to get to the Antarctic.
3 They built their hut on the shore / a hillside.
4 The crew played games / music on the ship when they were bored.
5 In 1910, Scott died going to / returning from the South Pole.

4 ⊲ Watch again. Number the events (A–H) in the order that they happened.
A The Discovery set off from the UK.
B Two ships arrived to help free the Discovery.
C The Discovery arrived on the Antarctic coast.
D Scott was working in the navy.
E Scott and two others decided to try and walk to the South Pole.
F Scott joined the expedition to the Antarctic.
G The Discovery stopped in New Zealand.
H The ice froze around the ship.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the questions.
Would you like to be an explorer? Why? / Why not? If so, which part of the world would you most like to visit? Why?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Match the two halves of the sentences.
1 The rescue ship managed a to carry out their research while on board.
2 The engines stopped b leave the ship and look for food.
3 The crew offered c working when they caught fire.
4 The crew ended up d to work longer to save the ship.
5 The scientists continued e to find all the passengers and crew.
6 The captain agreed to f staying a lot longer than they thought.

7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words below.
expeditions on board on foot sailed trek voyage

Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle


In 1831, Charles Darwin set off on a round-the-world 1 on the ship the HMS Beagle. The ship
2
from Portsmouth in England across the Atlantic Ocean to South America. Life 3
the ship was sometimes difficult, but Darwin spent a lot of time reading and researching. When they arrived
4
in South America, Darwin set off on a number of small 5 to find new plants and
6
animals. Sometimes he and his team would for days through rainforests to look for new and
interesting species. After five years away, Darwin and the crew sailed home. He had collected thousands of
new species and learned a lot about the world, which would help him develop his theory of evolution.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Find out about the life of a modern-day explorer or adventurer and make a poster
about them. Draw a map of a journey they took, and find some photos of places that they visited.
Include the following:
• who they are, where they’re from and how they got interested in exploring
• where they went and how they travelled
• what they found or how their lives were changed by the journey

9 Present your poster to the class. Use the key phrases for ordering your presentation.

Ordering your presentation


I’d like to start by …
First of all, …
Secondly, …
Let’s look now at …
Now we’ll move on to …
Finally, …
To finish up, …

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9 DVD teacher’s notes

DVD clip summary


The DVD clip is about the expedition to the Antarctic led by Captain Scott in 1902.

Background
Robert Falcon Scott was born in 1868 in the naval town of Devonport, on the south-west coast of England. He
joined the navy as a cadet when he was just thirteen years old, and served on various Royal Navy ships for the
next twenty years. In 1901, at the age of 33, he was given the job by the Royal Geographical Society of captaining
the RRS Discovery on a three-year expedition to the Antarctic. The expedition went further south than anyone had
been previously, and when Scott returned to Britain he became a national hero. After this, Scott became more
interested in the Antarctic, and in 1910 he led a new expedition to reach the South Pole. When they arrived in
Antarctica, the teams set out with sledges, ponies and dogs, but due to the terrible weather conditions, the ponies
couldn’t cope and eventually the dog teams turned back. Scott and four of his men eventually reached the pole on
foot, but were beaten there by a Norwegian party. Sadly, all five of the men died on the 1,500 km return journey.

Before you watch


Exercise 1
• Read the questions with the class and elicit answers from individual students. Encourage the students to guess the
answers they do not already know and use their suggestions to start a class discussion.
• Answers: Students’ own answers

Comprehension check
Exercise 2
• Pre-watching: Go through the questions with the students.
• ⊲ Play the whole DVD clip. The students choose the correct answers. Check their answers.
• Answers: 1 false  ​2 false  ​3 true  ​4 true  ​5 false
Exercise 3
• Pre-watching: Ask the students to read the questions and to try and remember what they saw and heard in the
DVD clip.
• ⊲ Play the DVD clip to check the answers.
• Answers: 1 wood  ​2 east  ​3 the shore  ​4 games  ​5 returning from
Exercise 4
• Pre-watching: Ask the students to try and put the events in the correct order before they watch the DVD clip again.
• Weaker classes: Play the DVD clip first and pause after each answer.
• ⊲ Play the DVD clip to check the answers.
• Answers: 1 D  ​2 F  ​3 A  ​4 G  ​5 C  ​6 H  ​7 E  ​8 B

Round up
Exercise 5
• Put the students in groups. Give them a few minutes to discuss the questions.
• Answers: Students’ own answers

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Vocabulary
Exercise 6
• The students read both halves of the sentences and try and match them.
• Weaker classes: Help the students match the verbs and prepositions before they match the sentences.
• Answers: 1 e  ​2 c  ​3 d  ​4 f  ​5 a  ​6 b
Exercise 7
• Ask the students to read through the text first, then complete the sentences. With a weaker class, you could elicit
the meanings of the words first.
• Answers: 1 voyage  ​2 sailed  ​3 on board  ​4 on foot  ​5 expeditions  ​6 trek

Extension
Exercises 8
• Materials needed: Large pieces of paper, pens, scissors, glue, computers with internet access, printer
• Preparation: Put the students in groups of three. Tell them that they are going to make a poster about a
modern-day explorer and draw a map of a journey they took.
• Language: Elicit how to start and end a presentation. Then focus on the key phrases.
• Activity: Give the students 5–8 minutes to use the internet to find out about an explorer. Then give them
another 5 minutes to prepare their presentation and draw their poster, making sure they include all the
information in the task. Then ask them to present their poster to the class.
• Extension: After all the groups have presented, ask the students to discuss which explorer they think is
the bravest or most interesting. For homework, you could ask them to imagine they are that explorer and
to write an account of their journey.

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9 DVD script

Captain Scott and Antarctica


By the end of the Victorian era, British explorers had travelled across every continent
in the world except one: Antarctica.
The first major expedition to the Antarctic was on the RRS Discovery in 1901 and it
was led by an English explorer called Robert Falcon Scott. Scott was an ambitious
young naval officer. In 1899, he heard about an expedition to the Antarctic and quickly
offered to go. He stopped working as a naval officer and became captain of the
Discovery.
The RRS Discovery was built in the Scottish city of Dundee, a city famous for its
shipbuilding heritage. After a lifetime of service, the ship is now a popular tourist
attraction in its hometown. It was powered by both steam and sails and was
designed to sail through the icy waters of the Antarctic.
Scott’s team included naval officers – including another famous explorer, Ernest
Shackleton – and scientists, who wanted to learn more about the area’s plants and
wildlife.
On 6 August 1901, the Discovery left the UK. After a five month voyage via Cape Town
and Lyttelton Harbour in New Zealand, the ship arrived on the coast of Antarctica on
8 February 1902. The crew immediately set up camp, building a large hut which is still
there today. This is where they stored their supplies while they lived on the ship.
The crew continued to live on board as the Antarctic ice froze around the ship. Scott
expected this to happen, but it meant that nobody could leave and they ended up
staying a lot longer than predicted. If the ship hadn’t been designed for Antarctic
exploration, it probably would have broken, but fortunately it didn’t. However, the
crew had to wait for the ice to melt. They stayed on board for months, carrying out
research and, when they were bored, playing games.
Eventually, Scott suggested they leave the ship and venture south. He wanted to try
to reach the South Pole on foot. Two others, Edward Wilson and Ernest Shackleton,
agreed to join him. They trekked through storms and blizzards, but they didn’t reach
their destination. This may have been a good thing. If they had reached the South
Pole, they might not have had enough supplies to get back.
But they survived. And when they returned to camp, two relief ships had arrived, and
eventually the crew managed to free the Discovery using dynamite. On 10 September,
the ship arrived back in London and Captain Scott became a national hero.
But his desire to reach the South Pole grew over the years, and in 1910 he left again
for the Antarctic. Sadly, his mission ended in failure. He was beaten to the Pole by the
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, and Scott and his men tragically died on the
return journey.
However, if he hadn’t returned to the South Pole, he wouldn’t have become Scott of
the Antarctic, one of the most famous British heroes of the 20th century.

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Activity
1 Diwali in Leicester

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 What festivals do people in your country celebrate? How do they celebrate?
2 What do you know about the people from different ethnic and religious groups who live in your region?
3 Have you ever been to a festival in a foreign country? What was it like?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Choose the correct answers.
1 Where is Leicester?
a near London   b in the north   c in the East Midlands
2 Who organises the Diwali celebrations?
a the Indian community   b business people   c performing artists
3 Who joins in the celebrations?
a the Indian community   b school children   c everyone

3 ⊲ Watch again. Number the things (A–F) in the order that you see them.
A Indian sweets
B decorations
C a solo dance
D rangoli
E a firework display
F a group dance

4 ⊲ Watch again. Complete the sentences with the numbers below. There are two extra numbers.
23% 28% 30,000 39,000 329,000 1.2 million 1.5 million 4.9 million
1 people in London are white.
2 About people from Asian backgrounds live in London.
3 There are black people living in London.
4 There are around people living in Leicester.
5 of the population of Leicester have an Indian background.
6 There were over people at last year’s Diwali celebrations.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the question.
Would you like to go to Diwali celebrations? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Complete the phrasal verbs in the sentences with up, out or on.
1 I usually catch with my friends at the weekend.
2 My brother signed for the army last year.
3 My sister doesn’t get with my mum. They argue a lot.
4 They ran of petrol on their drive home from the mountains.
5 The play didn’t really live to the five-star review it got in the newspaper.

7 Complete the text with the words below.


communities customs diverse identities multicultural

The Notting Hill Carnival


Every year, at the end of August, around a million people come to west London to
celebrate Europe’s largest street festival, the Notting Hill Carnival. The carnival started
in 1964 as a way for African Caribbean 1 to celebrate their cultural
2 3
and traditional . Since then, it has grown into a huge
festival and is now celebrated and attended by people from many different cultures
and countries, reflecting how ethnically 4 and 5 present-day
London really is.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Make a presentation to give to a group of foreign students about a festival that happens in
your country. Include the following:
• where and when it happens
• the history of the festival
• the best way to celebrate it
• advice about how to make the most of the festival

9 Give your presentation to the class. Use the key phrases for giving advice.

Giving advice
I think / don’t think you should …
You ought to …
You should …
… That’s my advice.

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2 Los Angeles

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 What sports and shopping facilities are there in your region?
2 Which ones do you use and how often?
3 What new sports or shopping facility would you most like to see built in your city? Why?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Choose the correct answers.
1 Where is Hollywood?
a near New York   b next to Los Angeles   c close to San Francisco
2 What is the population of Los Angeles?
a 2 million   b 400,000   c 4 million
3 Which area in Los Angeles is the most popular with celebrities?
a Santa Monica   b Beverly Hills   c Burbank

3 ⊲ Watch again. Tick the things that you see.


a swimming pool f main roads
b movie studios g seashore
c skyscrapers h recording studios
d tennis courts i movie stars
e flood lights j police officers

4 ⊲ Watch again. Match the descriptions (a–f) with the places (1–6).
1 Hollywood a an expensive shopping street
2 Beverly Hills b a good mix of shops, homes and companies
3 Santa Monica c home of the major movie studios
4 Rodeo Drive d popular with families for its parks and open spaces
5 Burbank e home to rich and famous people
6 Woodland Hills f by the sea

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the question.
Would you like to visit Los Angeles? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Make six compound nouns or adjectives with the words below. Then complete the sentences with the
correct compound nouns or adjectives.
air courts full high main mountain open range road sized speed tennis
1 The into the city centre is closed today, so it’s probably best to walk.
2 There are nineteen grass that the players use during the Wimbledon championships.
3 The Andes in South America is the longest in the world.
4 We don’t have a football pitch at our school because there isn’t enough space.
5 The police were involved in a car chase with the bank robbers.
6 There’s an swimming pool in our town which opens every summer.

7 Complete the text with the words below.


brands designer digital fashion movie personalities

Fifth Avenue
Situated in New York’s Manhattan area, Fifth Avenue is the most expensive
shopping street in the world. You can find some of New York’s most iconic
landmarks there, including the Empire State Building and the New York Public
Library, but 1 -loving shoppers are more likely to come here for the
2
labels on sale in the luxury department stores. It’s also a great place
to spot the rich and famous, as 3 stars and television 4
often shop here, attracted by the luxury 5 and exclusive boutiques.
Technology fans also come here for the world-famous Apple Store, which sells
a large number of devices which allow you to play, watch, read or listen to your
favourite 6 media.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Make a plan for a new shopping and entertainment centre in your city. Draw a plan of the
centre. Talk about and choose the following:
• where the shopping centre should be located in the city
• what shops you’d like and where they will be located
• what entertainment facilities there will be
• what other facilities there will be

9 Present your shopping centre to the class. Use the key phrases for making and justifying a choice and
rejecting the other options

Making a choice
We’re going for …
If I had to choose between … and … , I’d go for …
Justifying a choice
The reason for our choice is …
We think … would (attract lots of people).
Rejecting the other options
We don’t think … would be as (attractive to customers) as …

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3 British sports

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 What are your favourite sports?
2 Can you explain the rules?
3 What sports are popular in Britain?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Choose the correct answers.
1 In which sport can players use their hands and feet to control a ball?
a football   b rugby   c basketball
2 Which sport has the oldest rules?
a football   b rugby   c cricket
3 Which sport is played in the Ashes tournament?
a football   b rugby   c cricket

3 ⊲ Watch again. Choose the correct words to describe what you see.
1 a girl kicking / catching an orange football
2 a man in white kicking / running with a rugby ball
3 girls in dark blue playing hockey / tennis
4 a team in yellow playing football / rugby
5 a man in red playing / refereeing a rugby match
6 a cricket / rugby stadium in Australia

4 ⊲ Watch again. Complete the sentences with the correct words.


1 Two hundred years ago, games were popular in private schools in Britain.
2 The sport of officially began in 1871.
3 In cricket, each team has players.
4 In August 1882, beat England in a cricket match.
5 There are matches in an Ashes tournament.
6 has won the Ashes 31 times.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the question.
Have you ever played cricket? Would you like to? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. You may also need to add a prefix
or a suffix.
1 When England lost the match, I was so that I started crying. (happy)
2 We were very when a girl from our school won a gold medal. (pride)
3 He experienced a lot of before the final match of the tournament. (anxious)
4 The man reacted when I asked him to stop talking during the tennis match. (anger)
5 He should feel for scoring a goal with his hands. It was wrong. (shame)
6 , Germany won the match. They had the best team and played really well. (surprise)

7 Complete the text with the words below.


committee representatives rivalry rules tournament trophy

The Six Nations Championship


Every year in February and March, six European countries – England,
France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales – play in the Six Nations rugby
1
. The organising 2 , part of Rugby Europe, which
3
includes from each of the countries involved, arranges the
4
matches. The are simple: every country plays every other
country once, and the team with the most points at the end is the winner
and is awarded the Championship 5 . It is hugely popular with
European rugby fans, and there is always great 6 between the
countries, especially, it seems, when England is playing. So, if you’re visiting
any of the countries involved in February or March next year, make sure you
watch a game.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Find out about an unusual sport or game. Find some photos of people playing the sport
and make a fact file about it. Include the following:
• a short history of the sport
• where people play the sport
• the rules of the sport
• a description of what is happening in the photos

9 Present your fact file to the class. Use the key phrases for describing and speculating about photos and
identifying people in photos.

Describing photos
The photo shows …
In the foreground / background, …
Speculating about photos
It looks like some kind of …
I think it’s … of some kind.
They’re most likely …
Identifying people in photos
The man with the red shirt …
The woman jumping / running / kicking …

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Vocabulary
Exercise 6
• Ask the students to read each sentence and decide what type of word goes in the gap before forming the answer
from the word in brackets.
• Weaker classes: Elicit the type of word that goes in each space first.
• Answers: 1 unhappy  ​2 proud  ​3 anxiety  ​4 angrily  ​5 ashamed  ​6 Unsurprisingly
Exercise 7
• Ask the students to read through the text first, then complete the sentences. With a weaker class, you could elicit
the meanings of the words first.
• Answers: 1 tournament  ​2 committee  ​3 representatives  ​4 rules  5 trophy  ​4 rivalry

Extension
Exercise 8 and 9
• Materials needed: Paper, pens, computers with internet access, printer
• Preparation: Put the students in groups of three. Tell them that they are going to write a fact file about
an unusual sport.
• Language: Find a photo of an unusual sport and elicit the key phrases.
• Activity: Give the students 5–8 minutes to use the internet to research their sport and find some photos.
Then give them another 5–8 minutes to write their fact file, making sure they include all the information
in the task. Finally, ask the groups to present their sports to the class.
• Extension: After all the groups have presented, ask the students to discuss which sports they would like
to play and why. For homework, you could ask them to invent and write about a new sport.

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3 DVD script

British sports
Many modern sports have their origins in 19th century Britain. People all over the
world enjoyed physical games for thousands of years, but it was the Victorians who
organised and made rules for them. Without their influence, most of today’s popular
sports would be very different.
Take rugby, for example. Two hundred years ago, ball games similar to football and
rugby were very popular in the country’s famous private schools, but each school had
completely different rules. It wasn’t until 1863 that a committee decided to agree on
a universal set of rules. However, there was some disagreement between different
groups and some people became very angry.
Most of the representatives wanted a game that limited the use of the hands and
encouraged skill more than force. In 1863 they created ‘association’ football, which
most people now call football or soccer.
But others felt the game should be more physical and, most importantly, that players
should be allowed to use their hands as well as their feet. In 1871 they formed the
Rugby Football Union and the sport of rugby was born.
But one typically British sport that the Victorians didn’t organise was cricket. The
Marylebone Cricket Club invented the first set of cricket rules in 1788 and many of
these basic laws still apply today. There are still two teams of eleven players. One
team bats, and the other team bowls and fields. The batter tries to hit the ball and
run between the ‘wickets’. This is called a run. The bowler tries to hit the wickets and
the fielder tries to catch the ball. If they can do this, the batter is out. But while the
Victorians didn’t create these rules, they did make one huge contribution to cricket:
the Ashes.
In the 19th century, England often played colonies like India, the West Indies and
Australia, but the English almost always won. So it was a huge surprise when
Australia beat England on 29 August 1882. The English were deeply ashamed of this
defeat. And the Australians jokingly referred to this match as the death of English
cricket. They burned a wicket or a cricket ball – we still don’t know what exactly – and
put the ashes in an urn. They then offered it to the English cricket team.
Since then, Australia and England have played a tournament called the Ashes at
least once every four years – but usually more often – and they take turns to play in
England and Australia. Each tournament includes five matches, each taking up to five
days to play. At the end, the winners receive a glass trophy based on the original urn
of ashes. For English and Australian cricket fans it is a sporting event not to be missed,
and winning is a matter of great national pride.
This is the Adelaide Oval on Ashes day. It’s an extremely popular event and thousands
of people happily travel miles to watch the cricket. But it isn’t all fun. For over 130
years, there has been an intense rivalry between England and Australia. By the time
the two countries meet again, England will have won 31 tournaments and Australia
will have won 32 tournaments. If England win next time it will be a draw, so most
people predict the next Ashes will be an exciting but anxious event for cricket lovers
in both countries.

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4 Queen Victoria and Osborne House

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 Have you ever visited a palace?
2 Where was it? Can you describe it?
3 Who lives there or used to live there?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Are the sentences true or false?
1 The Isle of Wight is off the south coast of England. true / false
2 Queen Victoria and her family used to stay there on holiday. true / false
3 Osborne House is the near the sea. true / false
4 Queen Victoria’s father designed Osborne House. true / false
5 The Royal Family still uses Osborne House today. true / false

3 ⊲ Watch again. Tick the things that you see.


a bedroom g steps
b dining room h path
c desks i lawn
d bathroom j shutters
e mirror k pond
f flower bed

4 ⊲ Watch again. Number the events (A–F) in the order that they happened.
A Queen Victoria married Prince Albert.
B Victoria was born.
C Queen Victoria died.
D Osborne House was built.
E Victoria became queen at the age of eighteen.
F Prince Albert died.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the questions.
Would you like to visit Osborne House? Why? / Why not? If so, what would you like to see?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Choose the correct words.
1 We live in a lively / spacious part of London with lots of restaurants, theatres and shops nearby.
2 The builders restored / located the 16th century farmhouse beautifully.
3 Our living room is small, but really remote / cosy, especially when we light a fire.
4 My parents love living in the countryside. It’s so peaceful / impressive being away from the city.
5 It’s a very tiny / spacious modern apartment with a large living room and three bedrooms.
6 The beautiful Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna is one of the most impressive / dilapidated palaces in Europe.

7 Complete the text with the words below.


descendants era monarchs reigned

King Henry VIII


Henry VIII is one of the most famous 1 who ever 2 in
England. He was a member of the Tudor family, and he became king in 1509 at the
age of seventeen. He ruled until his death in 1547. During his reign he married six
wives, and had three children: Mary I, Elizabeth I, and Edward VII. After Henry’s
death, neither Edward nor Mary reigned for very long, but Elizabeth became one of
the most popular queens in English history and reigned for 45 years. Unfortunately,
none of Henry’s children had any 3 , and after Elizabeth’s death the
4
Tudor ended.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Discuss these questions.
• Do you think it is a good idea for a country to be ruled by a monarch? Why? / Why not?
• Apart from their role in government, what other benefits do you think a king or queen gives to a country?
• Who would you prefer to have as the head of your country: a monarch or a president? Why?

9 Present and discuss your findings with the class. Use the key phrases for expressing opinions and
gaining time.

Expressing opinions Phrases for gaining time


I believe / don’t believe that … Let me see. I’d have to give that some thought.
It seems to me that … That’s a difficult question, but a very good one.
As I see it, … Actually, now I come to think about it, …
Well, thinking about it, …

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5 Washington, D.C.

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 What is the capital of your country?
2 What do you know about its history?
3 Would you like to live there? Why? / Why not?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Choose the correct answers.
1 How many North American colonies did the British rule before the USA was created?
a three   b eight   c thirteen
2 What was George Washington doing during the War of Independence?
a He was the president.
b He was in the army.
c He was building the new capital city.
3 Where has Congress been meeting since 1800?
a in the Capitol Building   b in the White House   c in Philadelphia

3 ⊲ Watch again. Are the sentences true or false?


1 There is an American flag in the top left corner of the classroom. true / false
2 Washington, D.C. is located in the west of the USA. true / false
3 There is a fountain in the front garden of the White House. true / false
4 The Capitol building is brown. true / false
5 The Lincoln Memorial is in a large white building. true / false
6 The Washington Monument is by a lake. true / false

4 ⊲ Watch again. Match the events (a–f) with the years (1–6).
1 1776 a People start to build the new capital city.
2 1791 b President Roosevelt officially calls the President’s House the White House.
3 1800 c The USA is created.
4 1860 d President John Adams first moves into the President’s House.
5 1902 e The Lincoln Memorial opens.
6 1920 f Abraham Lincoln is elected president.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the question.
Would you like to visit Washington, D.C.? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Choose the correct prepositions.
1 I’ve always been very curious about / of / in artificial intelligence.
2 The government is responsible for / with / in making laws.
3 The teacher hadn’t made us aware with / about / of the exam until the day before.
4 Everyone complained because they were unhappy for / in / with the decision that was made.
5 Our company has been successful with / in / to the IT business for the last ten years.

7 Complete the sentences with the words below.


colonies independence settlements slavery territory
1 Lithuania gained its from the Soviet Union in 1991.
2 The two neighbouring countries fought a war over the disputed .
3 India, Australia and New Zealand were once British , but now they are all independent countries.
4 There had been a number of smaller here before they built the city.
5 has been illegal in Britain since 1833.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Find a photograph that shows an important moment in your country’s recent history.
Find out what happened. Include the following:
• when it was taken
• a description of the photo and the people in it
• what had happened before and what happened afterwards
• why the photo is important

9 Present your findings and the photo to the class. Use the key phrases for describing photos and
expressing opinions.

Describing photos
It looks to me as if …
They look like they’re …
They don’t look very …
Expressing opinions
It seems to me that …
In my opinion / view, …
For me, the important thing is …

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6 American high schools

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 How many students are there at your school?
2 At what ages do students in your country start and finish school?
3 What subjects do you study? Do you have to study all these subjects or did you choose to study some of them?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Choose the correct answers.
1 How old are the students when they start at West Milford School?
a twelve   b fourteen   c fifteen
2 What type of school is West Milford?
a a public high school
b a private high school
c a public art school
3 What is an elective subject?
a a subject you choose to study
b a subject you have to study
c a subject you study after school

3 ⊲ Watch again. Number the lessons (A–G) in the order that you first see them.
A woodwork
B English
C music
D physical education
E art
F film photography
G mechanics

4 ⊲ Watch again. Are the sentences true or false?


1 It doesn’t cost students any money to go to West Milford School. true / false
2 Each lesson is an hour long. true / false
3 Students must wear the same clothes to school every day. true / false
4 Physical education is an elective subject. true / false
5 Students don’t have to use their own cameras in the photography class. true / false
6 Lots of students choose to study art. true / false
7 Students who study music must already play their own instrument. true / false
8 West Milford is a normal American high school. true / false

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the question.
Would you like to go to school in the USA? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Complete the sentences with the correct adjective form of the nouns below.
ambition creativity flexibility intelligence maturity punctuality self-confidence
1 Matthew would like to own his own company one day. He’s .
2 Armita is very smart and is good at solving problems quickly. She’s .
3 Robert is fourteen, but he behaves like an adult. He’s .
4 Amanda writes beautiful stories and poems. She’s .
5 Abdul isn’t shy and believes in his abilities. He’s .
6 Sophie is always on time. She’s .
7 Fiona is happy to change her plans to suit other people. She’s really .

7 Complete the text with the words below.


curriculum fees periods uniform

The Brit School


The Brit School in south London is one of the most unusual schools in the country.
As well as teaching the core national 1 of English, maths, science,
computing and citizenship, the school specialises in music, theatre, dance and TV
production. Lessons are usually taught in 50-minute 2 , and take place
in one of the classrooms or in the recording studios, two theatres, or three dance
studios that are at the school. Students don’t need to pay 3 to attend the
Brit School, and because the school encourages students’ creativity, they don’t have
to wear a 4 . But the school isn’t for everyone, and only young people
with special talents can go there.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Make a presentation to give to a group of students from the USA about the school system
in your country. Include the following:
• the different types of schools and the ages of the students that go there
• the curriculum that students follow
• the fees that students need to pay
• the exams that students must do and when they must do them

9 Give your presentation to the class and answer any questions. Then ask questions about the other
presentations. Use the key phrases for asking for information.

Asking for information


Could you tell me …
I was wondering …
I’d like to know …
May I ask …
Another thing I wanted to know is …

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7 Ian Fleming and James Bond

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 Who are your favourite film and book characters? Why?
2 Do you know any of Charles Dickens’s books? If so, which ones?
3 Have you seen any James Bond films? If yes, which ones?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Are the sentences true or false?
1 Charles Dickens lived in the last century. true / false
2 James Bond was originally a character in a Charles Dickens novel. true / false
3 Ian Fleming came from a rich family. true / false
4 He worked as a journalist during the Second World War. true / false
5 Sean Connery played James Bond in the first Bond film. true / false

3 ⊲ Watch again. Choose the correct words.


1 Charles Dickens had a long beard / long hair.
2 The DVD clip shows the Charles Dickens Library / Museum in London.
3 Ian Fleming was born in a large terraced / detached house in London.
4 At Eton College, students wear old-fashioned black suits / shirts.
5 Goldeneye, Fleming’s house in Jamaica, is by the beach / the mountains.
6 Fleming wrote his novels by hand / on a typewriter.

4 ⊲ Watch again. Number the events (A–H) in the order that they happened.
A Goldeneye was built in Jamaica.
B The Second World War started.
C Fleming went to Eton College.
D Fleming died.
E Casino Royale was published.
F Fleming became a journalist.
G Fleming joined the British secret service.
H The first Bond film was made.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the questions.
Have you seen the latest James Bond film? If so, did you enjoy it? If not, would you like to see it? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Complete the text with the words below.
created dramas directed novels plays wrote

Wolf Hall
Some critics are already saying that Wolf Hall is the one of the best TV 1 ever made. It was
2 3
based on the that Hilary Mantel about the life of Thomas Cromwell, who was
one of Henry VIII’s most important advisors. Damian Lewis, who you might recognise from the American TV
series Homeland, 4 King Henry. Peter Kosminsky 5 the series, and along with the
6
actors, designers and crew, he has a brilliant, atmospheric drama which is going to become
a classic.

7 Complete the sentences with the words below.


adaptations blockbuster influenced phenomenon released
1 There have been lots of excellent TV of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
2 His new novel was by the experience he had in the army.
3 The next James Bond film will be later in the year.
4 The Harry Potter series was a huge in the book world.
5 Benedict Cumberbatch stars in the new , Doctor Strange.

Extension
8 Work in pairs. Think of a film that you have seen recently, do some research about it and then make a
presentation about it. Include the following:
• information about the director, actors, locations
• a summary of the story
• your opinion of the film
• who you would recommend it to

9 Give your presentation to the class. Use the key phrases for stating an opinion and introducing a preference.

Stating an opinion
I’m a big fan of …
I’m really keen on …
I really can’t stand …
I’m not a big fan of …
Introducing a preference
I must say, …
To be honest, …
To be frank, …
Personally, …

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8 Guide dogs for the blind

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 Do you anyone who is blind or partially sighted?
2 If so, do you know how they get around?
3 Do you know what a guide dog does? Have you ever seen one?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Choose the correct answers.
1 What did Louis Braille invent?
a a new language
b a way for blind people to read
c a way to teach blind people
2 The DVD clip shows an example of braille
a in a book.
b on a sign.
c on a computer.
3 The DVD clip shows a dog learning how to
a climb stairs.
b read braille.
c cross the road.

3 ⊲ Watch again. Are the sentences true or false?


1 There are 285 million blind people in the world. true / false
2 Louis Braille was born blind. true / false
3 Despite being blind, Braille still went to school. true / false
4 Helen Keller became involved in politics and teaching. true / false
5 Blind people in Britain recently said that the biggest problem they had was making friends. true / false
6 The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association teaches dogs to help blind people. true / false

4 ⊲ Watch again. Complete the sentences with the numbers below. There are two extra numbers.
4,800 50,000 30,000 200,000 400,000 8.1 million 39 million 246 million
1 There are around partially sighted people in the world.
2 In the UK there are approximately blind or partially sighted people.
3 There are dogs in Britain.
4 The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association has provided around blind and partially sighted people with
dogs since it began in 1931.
5 There are guide dog owners in the UK today.
6 It costs around £ to train and care for a guide dog.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the question.
Would you like to volunteer to train a guide dog? Why? / Why not?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Complete the sentences with the verbs below.
admitted encouraged insisted mentioned refused suggested
1 My parents have always me to do my best at school.
2 Even though Christina wanted to stay at home, Robin on going to the cinema.
3 When the police asked him about it, Jack stealing the money.
4 The teacher to let the students leave the class until the end of the lesson.
5 John seeing your cousin at the party last week.
6 Carla meeting at the Italian restaurant.

7 Complete the sentences with the words below. Are these words nouns or verbs in the sentences? Write N or V.
breed guide help match partner train
1 The farmer’s new dog was a great to him.
2 Sailors used to use the stars to them at night.
3 If you want to be the best, you’ve got to really hard.
4 What is your dog? He looks like a poodle.
5 The teacher decided to me with Sally for the activity. We weren’t a good ! ,

Extension
8 Work in groups. Find out about a charity in your country that helps people. Design a poster promoting this
charity. Include the following:
• a short history of the charity
• a summary of what the charity does
• some examples of the people that the charity has helped
• why the charity needs more money

9 Present your poster to the class. The class must then decide which charity they would like to support. Use
the key phrases for making and justifying a choice and making an additional point.

Making a choice
I’m going for …
I’m opting for …
I’m choosing …
Justifying a choice
The reason for my choice is …
I’ve chosen … because
There are a number of reasons why I’m choosing …
Making an additional point
Moreover, …
Not only that, but …
What is more, …

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9 Captain Scott and Antarctica

Before you watch


1 SPEAKING Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1 Which famous explorers do you know?
2 Where were they from and where did they go?
3 How did they travel?

Comprehension check
2 ⊲ Watch the DVD clip. Are the sentences true or false?
1 Robert Falcon Scott had been an explorer for many years when he became captain of the Discovery. true / false
2 It took over a year to travel to the Antarctic. true / false
3 When they arrived in Antarctica, they built a hut. true / false
4 They lived on the ship for many months. true / false
5 Captain Scott was the first man to reach the South Pole. true / false

3 ⊲ Watch again. Choose the correct words.


1 Scott’s ship, the RSS Discovery, was made of metal / wood.
2 The ship sailed south and east / west to get to the Antarctic.
3 They built their hut on the shore / a hillside.
4 The crew played games / music on the ship when they were bored.
5 In 1910, Scott died going to / returning from the South Pole.

4 ⊲ Watch again. Number the events (A–H) in the order that they happened.
A The Discovery set off from the UK.
B Two ships arrived to help free the Discovery.
C The Discovery arrived on the Antarctic coast.
D Scott was working in the navy.
E Scott and two others decided to try and walk to the South Pole.
F Scott joined the expedition to the Antarctic.
G The Discovery stopped in New Zealand.
H The ice froze around the ship.

Round up
5 SPEAKING Work in groups. Answer the questions.
Would you like to be an explorer? Why? / Why not? If so, which part of the world would you most like to visit? Why?

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Vocabulary
6 RECYCLE Match the two halves of the sentences.
1 The rescue ship managed a to carry out their research while on board.
2 The engines stopped b leave the ship and look for food.
3 The crew offered c working when they caught fire.
4 The crew ended up d to work longer to save the ship.
5 The scientists continued e to find all the passengers and crew.
6 The captain agreed to f staying a lot longer than they thought.

7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words below.
expeditions on board on foot sailed trek voyage

Charles Darwin and the HMS Beagle


In 1831, Charles Darwin set off on a round-the-world 1 on the ship the HMS Beagle. The ship
2
from Portsmouth in England across the Atlantic Ocean to South America. Life 3
the ship was sometimes difficult, but Darwin spent a lot of time reading and researching. When they arrived
4
in South America, Darwin set off on a number of small 5 to find new plants and
6
animals. Sometimes he and his team would for days through rainforests to look for new and
interesting species. After five years away, Darwin and the crew sailed home. He had collected thousands of
new species and learned a lot about the world, which would help him develop his theory of evolution.

Extension
8 Work in groups. Find out about the life of a modern-day explorer or adventurer and make a poster
about them. Draw a map of a journey they took, and find some photos of places that they visited.
Include the following:
• who they are, where they’re from and how they got interested in exploring
• where they went and how they travelled
• what they found or how their lives were changed by the journey

9 Present your poster to the class. Use the key phrases for ordering your presentation.

Ordering your presentation


I’d like to start by …
First of all, …
Secondly, …
Let’s look now at …
Now we’ll move on to …
Finally, …
To finish up, …

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9 DVD teacher’s notes

DVD clip summary


The DVD clip is about the expedition to the Antarctic led by Captain Scott in 1902.

Background
Robert Falcon Scott was born in 1868 in the naval town of Devonport, on the south-west coast of England. He
joined the navy as a cadet when he was just thirteen years old, and served on various Royal Navy ships for the
next twenty years. In 1901, at the age of 33, he was given the job by the Royal Geographical Society of captaining
the RRS Discovery on a three-year expedition to the Antarctic. The expedition went further south than anyone had
been previously, and when Scott returned to Britain he became a national hero. After this, Scott became more
interested in the Antarctic, and in 1910 he led a new expedition to reach the South Pole. When they arrived in
Antarctica, the teams set out with sledges, ponies and dogs, but due to the terrible weather conditions, the ponies
couldn’t cope and eventually the dog teams turned back. Scott and four of his men eventually reached the pole on
foot, but were beaten there by a Norwegian party. Sadly, all five of the men died on the 1,500 km return journey.

Before you watch


Exercise 1
• Read the questions with the class and elicit answers from individual students. Encourage the students to guess the
answers they do not already know and use their suggestions to start a class discussion.
• Answers: Students’ own answers

Comprehension check
Exercise 2
• Pre-watching: Go through the questions with the students.
• ⊲ Play the whole DVD clip. The students choose the correct answers. Check their answers.
• Answers: 1 false  ​2 false  ​3 true  ​4 true  ​5 false
Exercise 3
• Pre-watching: Ask the students to read the questions and to try and remember what they saw and heard in the
DVD clip.
• ⊲ Play the DVD clip to check the answers.
• Answers: 1 wood  ​2 east  ​3 the shore  ​4 games  ​5 returning from
Exercise 4
• Pre-watching: Ask the students to try and put the events in the correct order before they watch the DVD clip again.
• Weaker classes: Play the DVD clip first and pause after each answer.
• ⊲ Play the DVD clip to check the answers.
• Answers: 1 D  ​2 F  ​3 A  ​4 G  ​5 C  ​6 H  ​7 E  ​8 B

Round up
Exercise 5
• Put the students in groups. Give them a few minutes to discuss the questions.
• Answers: Students’ own answers

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Vocabulary
Exercise 6
• The students read both halves of the sentences and try and match them.
• Weaker classes: Help the students match the verbs and prepositions before they match the sentences.
• Answers: 1 e  ​2 c  ​3 d  ​4 f  ​5 a  ​6 b
Exercise 7
• Ask the students to read through the text first, then complete the sentences. With a weaker class, you could elicit
the meanings of the words first.
• Answers: 1 voyage  ​2 sailed  ​3 on board  ​4 on foot  ​5 expeditions  ​6 trek

Extension
Exercises 8
• Materials needed: Large pieces of paper, pens, scissors, glue, computers with internet access, printer
• Preparation: Put the students in groups of three. Tell them that they are going to make a poster about a
modern-day explorer and draw a map of a journey they took.
• Language: Elicit how to start and end a presentation. Then focus on the key phrases.
• Activity: Give the students 5–8 minutes to use the internet to find out about an explorer. Then give them
another 5 minutes to prepare their presentation and draw their poster, making sure they include all the
information in the task. Then ask them to present their poster to the class.
• Extension: After all the groups have presented, ask the students to discuss which explorer they think is
the bravest or most interesting. For homework, you could ask them to imagine they are that explorer and
to write an account of their journey.

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Captain Scott and Antarctica


By the end of the Victorian era, British explorers had travelled across every continent
in the world except one: Antarctica.
The first major expedition to the Antarctic was on the RRS Discovery in 1901 and it
was led by an English explorer called Robert Falcon Scott. Scott was an ambitious
young naval officer. In 1899, he heard about an expedition to the Antarctic and quickly
offered to go. He stopped working as a naval officer and became captain of the
Discovery.
The RRS Discovery was built in the Scottish city of Dundee, a city famous for its
shipbuilding heritage. After a lifetime of service, the ship is now a popular tourist
attraction in its hometown. It was powered by both steam and sails and was
designed to sail through the icy waters of the Antarctic.
Scott’s team included naval officers – including another famous explorer, Ernest
Shackleton – and scientists, who wanted to learn more about the area’s plants and
wildlife.
On 6 August 1901, the Discovery left the UK. After a five month voyage via Cape Town
and Lyttelton Harbour in New Zealand, the ship arrived on the coast of Antarctica on
8 February 1902. The crew immediately set up camp, building a large hut which is still
there today. This is where they stored their supplies while they lived on the ship.
The crew continued to live on board as the Antarctic ice froze around the ship. Scott
expected this to happen, but it meant that nobody could leave and they ended up
staying a lot longer than predicted. If the ship hadn’t been designed for Antarctic
exploration, it probably would have broken, but fortunately it didn’t. However, the
crew had to wait for the ice to melt. They stayed on board for months, carrying out
research and, when they were bored, playing games.
Eventually, Scott suggested they leave the ship and venture south. He wanted to try
to reach the South Pole on foot. Two others, Edward Wilson and Ernest Shackleton,
agreed to join him. They trekked through storms and blizzards, but they didn’t reach
their destination. This may have been a good thing. If they had reached the South
Pole, they might not have had enough supplies to get back.
But they survived. And when they returned to camp, two relief ships had arrived, and
eventually the crew managed to free the Discovery using dynamite. On 10 September,
the ship arrived back in London and Captain Scott became a national hero.
But his desire to reach the South Pole grew over the years, and in 1910 he left again
for the Antarctic. Sadly, his mission ended in failure. He was beaten to the Pole by the
Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, and Scott and his men tragically died on the
return journey.
However, if he hadn’t returned to the South Pole, he wouldn’t have become Scott of
the Antarctic, one of the most famous British heroes of the 20th century.

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