Worksheets 2A

W O R K S H E E T S

2A

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You and me

Unit1

1.1 Can you meet new people? 1 Write the hobbies in the puzzle.

4 Correct these sentences using the adjective in parentheses.

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a Jin Hao is German. (Chinese) Jin Hao isn't German. He's Chinese. _______________________________________ b John is French. (American) _______________________________________ c Marcos and Brenda are cold. (hot) _______________________________________ d Jessica is hungry. (thirsty) _______________________________________ e We are thirteen years old. (fifteen) _______________________________________

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5 Unscramble the questions. a from / Colombia / are / you / ? Are you from Colombia? _______________________________________ b is / your / friend / who / best / ? _______________________________________ c thirteen / you / are / or fourteen / ? _______________________________________ d your / is / address / what / ? _______________________________________ e phone / is / your / number / what / ? _______________________________________

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2 Write the short forms. a b c d e f g h

I am = You are = He is = She is = It is = We are = You are = They are =

I'm

3 Complete the sentences with ’m,

6 Now write true answers for the questions in Activity 5. a b c d e

Yes, I am. / No, I'm not. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________

’s or ’re. a b c d e

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I 'm __________ from Argentina. Jim __________ my best friend. They __________ fourteen years old. You __________ Japanese. It __________ cold today!

7 Circle the correct form. a b c d e

We like / likes pop music. They don’t / doesn’t like doing homework. I likes / like playing computer games. Mary don’t / doesn’t like pets. Boys usually like / likes football.

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1.2 Vocabulary 1 Circle the different word and say why. a jeans boots cool sneakers It's an adjective. You can't wear it. _______________________________________ b rock pets jazz disco _______________________________________ c ice cream yoga karate photography _______________________________________ d pasta corn rice wild _______________________________________ e potatoes rock cheese ice cream _______________________________________ f Math Yoga Art History _______________________________________

2 Look at the pictures and find the nine words.

3 Unscramble these letters and complete the words. a b c d e f g h

rgiuat latrev mermurd nehop benghiro thaM shoanif rifedsn

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uitar ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________

4 Fill in the missing vowels. a b c d e f g h

n _e _i ghb o_ r ph _ t _ gr _ phy _ xtr _ m _ ch _ _ s _ fr _ _ nds j _ _ ns f _ sh _ _ n tr _ ck _ nd f _ _ ld

5 Complete the missing words.

B S L Y S B L E

E N Y O N L O M

T C O J E A N S

I L G D A C P P

C H A L K K Y I

H A F A E B L D

G R J R R E Q E

B O O T S L A R

E H A K S T R I

M O U N T A I N

P O T A T O E S

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xtreme Hang-gliding is an e_________ sport. Your n_________ lives next door to you. R_________ is the main food of Asia. I’m frightened of s_________ and other insects. e You need good walking s_________ to go hiking. f I hate M_________, I just don’t understand equations. g Fantastic Four is on at the m_________. We should see it! a b c d

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Unit1

1.3 Can you talk about likes and dislikes?

4 Moira is Saul’s sister. Read her e-mail and write true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones.

form of the verb be.

2 Write a paragraph about you. _________________________________________ Hi! My name is _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________

3 Imagine you meet Saul. Complete the dialogue. a Hello, what's your name? b And what's your surname? c d e And f a b c d e f

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My name’s Saul. My surname’s Godinez. It’s 274-6748. My address is 6 Linares Road. It’s [email protected]. My favorite band is Evanescence.

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Hi, my name’s Moira. I’m fifteen. I live in Merida with my parents and my brother, Saul. He’s all right, but our interests are very different. I like pop music and movies most of all. My favorite band is Blue. I have all their records! I realy like Duncan James. And my favorite actor is Orlando Bloom. He’s so cool … ! I don’t like sports. Well, I like tennis, but not watching it on TV. I hate baseball; Saul loves it! I don’t like housework. I hate ironing. I don’t like cleaning my bedroom or setting the table. I like shopping. My favorite clothes are jeans and T-shirts. What do you like? Love, Moira

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is Hi! My name ______ Saul. I’ (a) ______ Mexican. I’ (b) _____ sixteen years old. I live in Merida, a city in the east of Mexico. I’ (c) ______ a student at Santa Ana Middle School. I like it there! My friends (d) ______ the same age, so we’ (e) ______ interested in the same things. My best friends (f) ______ Jose and Carlos. They’ (g) ______ also Mexican. My favorite subject (h) ______ P.E. I’ (i) ______ good at all kinds of sports, especially baseball and basketball. (j) ______ I good-looking? Well, my hair (k) ______ black and my eyes (l) ______ blue. What about you?

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F a Moira doesn’t like pop music. ____ She likes pop-music, especially Blue. _____________________________________ b She likes Lee Ryan from Blue. ____ _____________________________________ c She likes Orlando Bloom. ____ _____________________________________ d She doesn’t like tennis. ____ _____________________________________ e She doesn’t like baseball. ____ _____________________________________ f She loves doing housework. ____ _____________________________________ g She doesn’t like ironing. ____ _____________________________________ h She doesn’t like buying clothes. ____ _____________________________________

5 Write sentences with the words in parentheses a I don’t like collecting stamps. (he / insects) _____________________________________ He doesn’t like collecting insects. b I don’t like cleaning my bedroom. (she / desk) _____________________________________ c We don’t like visiting museums. (they / zoos) _____________________________________ d We don’t like studying History. (they / Art) _____________________________________ e I don’t like listening to opera. (he / jazz) _____________________________________

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1.4 Reading and writing 1 Match these pictures to the summer classes.

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Choose your favorite activities and have the best summer ever! a Fashion Fanatics! Do you love clothes? Do you want to be a designer and see your own creations in a show? Our summer course is just for you! We help you imagine, develop and create all your 5 coolest ideas. Contact [email protected] for details. b Wild about Wildlife! There is a wonderful world out there! Come explore it with us! We’ll take you to some of the most remote places on Earth. You’ll photograph beautiful and unusual plants and animals. Free camera film with every application. Warning: this class is only for people who really like walking! c Sports Superstars! Do you think you could be the next Ronaldo, Capriati or Armstrong? Do you like all sports, but are not sure which one is for you? Are you energetic and enthusiastic? Call us before May 1 to book your summer of sports with Sports superstars. 453-0527 (Spaces are limited.) d All the World’s a Stage … and you could be on that stage. Learn lots of different things about performing, singing, dancing and set design. You can also study plays in other languages. At the end of the summer, everyone does a show together. So lights, camera and … action! Application forms are available at the Youth Theater downtown.

e Cybersurfer Super Summer. Do you like chatting with people from all over the world? Do you know all about the latest technology? Cybersurfer super summer is the place for you. We have tons of computers, all the best games and classes about writing and designing programs. So, are you the next Bill Gates? Come and find out. E-mail: [email protected]

2 Look at Activity 1 and write true (T) or false (F). a In the Fashion Fanatics course, people make their T own clothes. b People who want to do the Wild about Wildlife! class get a free camera. c You can only do the Sports Superstars course if you like soccer, tennis and cycling. d The All the World’s a Stage class is in the youth center. e In the Cybersurfer Super Summer course people don’t play games.

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3 Choose one of the classes and complete this form with true information. Name: Likes: Dislikes: Favorite activity: Class I choose: Reason:

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1.5 Culture

Sports in the USA 1 Read this article to find the English names of these things. a

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a r___________ c___________ b h___________ c___________ c s___________ l___________

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Sports in the USA Americans love sports. The average American watches more than ten hours of sports-related television shows per week. 44% of households in the USA watch the Super Bowl. 70 million people go to professional baseball games every year. But looking for the remote control or waiting in line to buy tickets aren’t people’s only forms of exercise! Lots of people are adopting healthier habits. Around 28% of adults in the USA say they participate in organized sports regularly. About 40% do strenuous exercise at least three times a week, and more and more people work out in health clubs every day. Children are also involved: for example, 19 million children in the USA play in soccer leagues. However, a lot of people probably should do more exercise; 33% of Americans are overweight.

2 Write true or false. Correct the false sentences. false a More people play organized sports than do strenuous exercise. _______ ____________________________________________________________________ More people do strenuous exercise than play organized sports. b Almost half of all households in the USA watch the Super Bowl. ____________________________________________________________________ c 19 million adults in the USA play in soccer leagues. ____________________________________________________________________ d Most Americans are overweight. ____________________________________________________________________ e In general, Americans dislike sports. ____________________________________________________________________

3 Look at the text in Activity 1 again. Write sentences explaining what these numbers are. ten hours 28% 40%

44% 70 million 19 million 33%

a __________________________________________________________ Americans watch ten hours of sports per week. b __________________________________________________________ c __________________________________________________________ d __________________________________________________________ e __________________________________________________________ f __________________________________________________________ g __________________________________________________________

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Boys and girls

Unit2

2.1 Can you talk about your weekend? 1 Look at the chart and match personal pronouns with correct forms. I you he/she/it we/you/they a b c d

have/don’t have has/doesn’t have

He/She/It ______/____________ has doesn’t have I _____/____________ You _____/____________ We/You/They _____/____________

2 Complete these sentences with have, has, don’t have or doesn’t have

4 Add -s or -es to these verbs. a b c d

watches watch ___________ go ___________ play ___________ get up ___________

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arrive __________ do ___________ finish ___________ make ___________

5 This is Ann’s daily routine. Circle the correct form. Ann get / gets up early in the morning. She and her friends go / goes to school on foot. They finish / finishes their classes at half past two. She have / has lunch and she do / does her homework. e Ann play / plays computer games in the evening. f Her parents make / makes dinner and she set / sets the table. a b c d

6 Complete the questions with do or does. Write true answers.

Kelly a b c d e f

Jason

Bobbie

has Kelly ___________ a cell phone. Jason ___________ a computer. Jason ___________ a CD player. Bobby ___________ a bowl. Bobby ___________ a doghouse. Kelly and Jason ___________ a bone.

3 Write the questions and answers. a Kelly / computer ____________________________________ Does Kelly have a computer? Yes, she does. b Jason / basketball ____________________________________ c Jason and Kelly / bowl ____________________________________ d Bobby / house ____________________________________ e Bobby / roller-blades ____________________________________

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Do you get up early in the morning? a ____ Yes, I do./No, I don't. I usually get up late. _____________________________________ b ____ you always walk to school? _____________________________________ c ____ school finish at half past two? _____________________________________ d ____ your mom usually set the table? _____________________________________ e ____ your dad sometimes make dinner? _____________________________________ f ____ you usually watch TV together? _____________________________________

7 Unscramble the sentences. a like / I / don’t / on the Internet / chatting / . _______________________________________ I don't like chatting on the Internet. b you / every day / a / do / shower / take / ? _______________________________________ c on weekends / your mom / does / go shopping / ? _______________________________________ d a lot / you / your friends / do / go out / with / ? _______________________________________ e to the disco / Sheila / her boyfriend / goes / sometimes / with / . _______________________________________

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Unit2

2.2 Vocabulary 1 Complete the story with the following words and phrases.

The first word is given.

peas in a pod to get up late oil and water watching TV listens to bossy clean my room sister twins twins

sister My (a) _________ and I are (b) _________— not identical though! Everyone thinks (c) _________ are very similar—but we’re not! I like (d) _________, but she likes to be out of bed by eight! I never (e) _________ and I never make my bed, but my sister is extremely neat and clean. I love (f) _________, especially cartoons, but she only (g) _________ opera. She’s really (h) _________, but I never tell anyone what to do. As you can see, we’re more like (i) ________________ than two (j) __________________.

2 Find nine words with more than three letters.

B O C U R

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O N F S H M Y W L D O N M O A

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S T I O N N A I R E A R L C O N K E T L X O V H V C O J N C H O I C E L

E H K N S E F I N Y O E X R I V O T E W T A E R R S

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3 Unscramble the sentences. a I / in / watch / the / TV / evenings / usually / . I usually watch TV in the evenings. ________________________________________ b My / Sunday / always / father / cooks / on / dinner / . ________________________________________ c The / is / class / a / survey / doing / chores / on / . ________________________________________ d My / and / pizza / friend / never / eat / her / sister / . ________________________________________ e I / up / Saturdays / get / late / sometimes / on / . ________________________________________ f My / swimming / likes / to / go / brother / school / after / . ________________________________________

4 Correct these sentences if necessary. a Pizza is a Mexican dish. Pizza is an Italian dish. ________________________________________ b Hamburgers come from India. ________________________________________ c A winner always comes last. ________________________________________ d We have breakfast, then dinner, then lunch. ________________________________________ e Twins can be identical or fraternal. ________________________________________ f “Curious” means that you aren’t eager to learn. ________________________________________ g If you’re “bossy,” you like to tell people what to do. ________________________________________

5 Complete the words with the vowels. a b c d e f

f _i n a_ l _i st c_r___s ch _ _ c _ q _ _ st _ _ nn _ _ re s_m_t_m_s _ s _ _ lly

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uua uiou iai oie ueioai oeie

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2.3 Can you talk about chores at home? 1 Label the things Rosa has.

5 Look at the pictures and complete the

Use these words.

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ruler pencil case markers notebook flute Science book

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a _________________ d _________________ Science book b _________________ e _________________ c _________________ f _________________

2 Open your schoolbag. Compare four of your things with Rosa’s things. Use have. a b c d e f

_______________________________________ Rosa has only one flute. I have two. _______________________________________ I don’t have a ruler, but Rosa has one. _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________

3 Complete the chart with suitable adverbs of frequency. a b c d e

G G G G _____________ always G G G _____________ G G _____________ G ______________ ______________

4 Write true sentences. a b c d e

I never _________________________________ do my homework on Friday evening. My best friend often _____________________ My parents always _______________________ My English teacher sometimes ____________ I usually ________________________________

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listen to music study read play basketball take photographs

listen to music? a Does he _______________________________ Yes, he does. He has a lot of CDs. _______________________________________ b Does he _______________________________ Yes, ___________________________________ c Does he _______________________________ Yes, ___________________________________ d Does he _______________________________ Yes, ___________________________________ e Does he __________________________ a lot? No, __________________. He fails his exams!

6 Find one mistake in each sentence. Write the correct sentences. a My mom goes shopping on the evening. ______________________________________ b Daniel does his homework in the night. ______________________________________ c We go dancing in Friday evening. ______________________________________ d I don’t never do my homework after dinner. ________________________________ e They usually have French in Monday. ______________________________________

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Unit2

1 Put these sentences from Amani’s letter to her grandmother in the correct order. a

My teacher’s name is Gordon and he’s from Scotland. He has a strange accent and he’s really funny! b Every day we get up at 7:00 and take a shower. Sometimes we play some games before breakfast at 8:00. We usually have juice and toast or croissants and fruit. c After lunch we all do different activities—sports, drama, music, nature walks … I do drama and music, but sometimes I choose sports. This lasts until dinnertime at 6:00. d After breakfast we all do the same thing. We make our beds and clean the tent. It’s boring, but usually we finish quickly and then we do our morning activities. e When we finish dinner we play sports or sometimes people practice their parts for the concert. We go to bed at 11:00. We are all really tired! f 1 Hello! How are you? I’m fine. I am at an English camp and it’s fantastic. Everyone here is great. The other children (we are called “campers”) are from all over the country and the teachers and chaperones are from all over the world! Wow! g For our morning activities we have English classes, but they’re not like classes in school. They’re fun! I’ll write again soon. Lots of hugs and kisses, Amani

2 Complete these sentences with words from Activity 1. a People at the camp are from all over the ___________. world b For ___________ we have fruit and toast. c In the ___________ the campers have English classes. d The English classes are ___________. e ___________ is Scottish. f After dinner the campers ___________ for the end-of-camp concert or play sports. g Everyone is ___________ when they go to bed.

3 Design an ad for the camp. Choose three different activities. drama English classes sports nature walks music Make your ad exciting! Use these words. fun activities friends new special fantastic summer

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2.5 Culture Generation EA a Read the first two paragraphs of the article and answer the questions. What does EA mean? It means “ethnically ambiguous.” Why don’t the old race labels work any more? b Read paragraph three. What’s going to happen in the next decade? c Read paragraph four. Complete the definition. A “wigga” is d Read paragraph five. Is Beyoncé’s hair naturally blonde? e Read paragraph six. Do you agree with the conclusions? Is your generation EA? Are there many mixed race students in your school? Do you know any wiggas?

Forget black, forget white. EA is what’s hot! 1 EA means “ethnically ambiguous” and describes a new generation. 2 If you talk to many young people today, it soon becomes clear that they don’t think much about race or color. Mario, a student from Miami, says: “Black and white people interact so much that we have lost the distinction.” Rachel, a young nurse from Los Angeles, agrees. “Trying to define people by the old race labels doesn’t work any more. Look at the people around you. We are the new blended youth.” 3 Mario and Rachel and millions like them are part of a new group called Generation Ethnically Ambiguous (generation EA for short). It reflects the demographic reality of countries like the United States and Britain. In the last census, seven million Americans identified themselves as members of more than one race, or members of “no race.” In ten years, “mixed race” is going to become the biggest ethnic minority group. 4 White teenagers are adopting black lifestyles and culture in fashion, looks, music, sports and language. Black urban culture has become everybody’s culture, says journalist Paul McKenzie. It represents the triumph of the black community. In the past, a young white person who copied black style was sometimes called a “wigga,” a negative term back then. Now wiggas are every place. The extremely cool Justine Timberlake and Eminem are famous wiggas. 5 EA is very hot now. Beyoncé, a black American, dyes her hair blonde, Cristina Aguilera accentuates her Latin American roots with her black hair, and multiracial bands like the Sugarbabes are more popular every day. 6 The barriers between black and white are disappearing. People don’t make a distinction now because the distinction isn’t there—culturally and sometimes even physically!, concludes Nick Leader. We are the new mix. We are the remix generation.

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3.1 Can you describe things that are happening? 1Identify the items of clothing and

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accessories they are wearing.

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2 Now write true (T) or false (F). Correct the false sentences. a Annie’s wearing a baseball cap. _____ F She isn't wearing a baseball cap. _____________________________________ b Annie’s wearing a T-shirt. _____ _____________________________________ c Ray isn’t wearing sneakers or shorts. _____ _____________________________________ d Ray’s wearing a baseball cap. _____ _____________________________________ e Mr. Green’s wearing a coat. _____ _____________________________________ f Mr. Green’s wearing a necklace. _____ _____________________________________ g Ms. Brown’s wearing a miniskirt. _____ _____________________________________ h Ms. Brown’s wearing shoes. _____ _____________________________________ i Ms. Brown’s wearing a sweater. _____ _____________________________________

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___________ _____________ _____________ not shouting. Are they talking? She's dancing. I'm b She / sing opera?

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h He / study German? ___________________

5 Unscramble these suggestions and match them with suitable excuses. a about / going / to / What / a / cybercafé / ? What about going to a cybercafé? ______________________________________ b shopping / Let’s / this / go / afternoon / ! ______________________________________ c order / Let’s / pizza / a / ! ______________________________________ d the / having / about / barbecue / What / a / yard / in / ? ______________________ ______________________________________ e do / Let’s / English project / the / together / ! ___________________________ ______________________________________ 1 I’m sorry, I’m saving some money for my vacation. b 2 I can’t. I’m sorry, I’m doing the project with John. 3 I’m sorry, I’m having problems with my stomach! 4 We can’t, it’s raining outside! 5 Sorry, I’m busy. I’m starting my piano class at the moment.

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3.2 Vocabulary 1 Write the correct -ing forms of the following verbs. a b c d e f g h i

bark _________________ barking practice _________________ clean _________________ run _________________ text _________________ play _________________ study _________________ ski _________________ communicate _________________

2 Match the following words with their opposites. a b c d e f g

whisper run clean cheap silly laugh boyfriend

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walk mess up sensible shout girlfriend expensive cry

4 Complete these sentences with the correct words. Then match them to the pictures. green whispering cleaning cleaning belt gorgeous envy gorgeous a That new student is absolutely _________. b Look at my signed soccer ball! Tom is _______ with _________. c I’m _________ my room, it’s a real mess. d She’s _________ because she has a sore throat. e I need a _________ to keep my pants up. 1

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3 Complete the crossword puzzle. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

to talk, especially on the computer the opposite of ugly blue + red = ... the opposite of dangerous the opposite of difficult a sausage in a bun feeling of jealousy the national sport of the USA

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3.3 Can you invite people to do something? 1 Write the -ing forms of these verbs. a b c d

talk chat swim cry

__________ talking __________ __________ __________

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ride study take snow

__________ __________ __________ __________

2 Use the verbs in Activity 1 to write what is happening.

3 Write true sentences. Make them all negative. Use some of the verbs in Activity 1. a I _____________ 'm not talking now. b My friends ______________________________ at the moment. c My English teacher ______________________ right now. d My mom __________________________ now. e My neighbor _____________________________ at the moment.

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a The _____________________________________ girl is chatting online. b _____________________________________ c _____________________________________ d _____________________________________ e _____________________________________ f _____________________________________ g _____________________________________ h _____________________________________

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a _________ Let's play ping pong! I'm sorry. I'm washing ________________________ the dishes. b ________________________ an ice cream. ________________________ my homework. c ________________________ shopping. ________________________ my bedroom. d ________________________ to my CDs. ________________________ to a program on the radio.

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3.4 Reading and writing 1 Read the conversation and decide whether Jo or George is doing each of the activities below.

G: J: G: J: G: J: G: J: G: J: G: J: G: J: G: J: G: J: G:

Hey, Jo! How’re things? Hi, George! Good, thanks! Drinking a nice cool cola … mmm … You? Yeah, great! Do you know what I’m doing? Well, you’re chatting with me on the Internet! Duh! Yeah, but I’m doing something else, too! Well, you’re sitting at home in front of the computer, like me! No! Try again! Well, if you’re not sitting at home, you’re paying to use the computer in a cybercafé … Wrong again! Ha-ha-ha! Library? Wah-wah! Well, I don’t know what you’re doing, but I AM GETTING BORED! So tell me or I’m going to watch TV! J: But … you’re lying—it’s impossible! OKAY, OKAY! WOW why are you getting stressed? G: No, it isn’t, I’m telling the truth and you’ll see I’ll tell you … in a minute. Listen, you know that new 5th Good, I’m waiting! generation PDA you’re always talking about? I’m walking to your house! J: You don’t mean …? What?! G: Yes, I’m holding one in my hand right now, Yes, and taking pictures of everything in town to prove and I’m standing outside your door RIGHT it! Oh, I’m listening to music, too! NOW, and I’m watching the latest U2 video But … how? I mean, HOW are you doing all those and I’m waiting for you to open the door. So things at the same time? why don’t you come running down the stairs Easy! and let me in ...?! Jo? You there? Oh hi, Jo!

a enjoying a drink b talking on the computer c listening to music d sitting at home e getting bored f taking pictures g walking down the street h getting stressed i telling the truth j waiting outside k running downstairs

2 Unscramble the words to make

J or G? J ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

sentences. The first word is given.

3 Do you know these SMS words in English? a b c d

L8ER B4 GR8 LOL

later _____________ e PLS _____________ f OIC _____________ g 2NITE _____________

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a Do / doing / you / what / know / I’m / ? Do you know what I'm doing? ______________________________________ b I / nice / drinking / cola / a / cool / am / . ______________________________________ c How / you / are / doing / things / those / all / ? ______________________________________ d Are / use / paying / to / the / cybercafé / you / computer / in / a / ? ______________________________________ e You / impossible / lying / — / it’s / are / . ______________________________________ f Why / let / you / in / me / don’t / ? ______________________________________ g I / know / you / don’t / are / what / doing / . ______________________________________

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3.5 Culture

Texting: the new kissing? 1 Write the full message, then read the article to check.

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2NITE B4 B/F CUL8R G2G HAND LO TU

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hello thank you got to go see you later have a nice day tonight boyfriend before

3 Complete the missing words. How are you? a _____________________________________ b _____________________________________ Most teenagers and young adults in the USA can’t spend more than a day without sending a text message. Many teenagers now spend more time texting than kissing! Text messaging (or SMS = Short Messaging Service) is a new form of language. It consists of phonetic abbreviations that represent the sounds of words. Some are simple and others look like secret codes. For example, the question and answer above are: How are you? and Rolling on the floor laughing my head off! Here are some more: CW2CU Can’t wait to see you. CYA See you around. DTS Don’t think so. WWUC Write when you can. YYSSW Yeah, yeah, sure, sure whatever Now, can you read this message? If not, do Activities 2 and 3 and then you will understand. LO G2GO ATM PRW CU2MORO TTUL F2F ILU

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2MORO ATM M&U HRU F2F GL2U IDK ILU NP PRW TTUL WAM

_________ tomorrow _____________ the moment _____________ and you _____________ are you face to ___________ ___________ luck to you I don’t ___________ I love ___________ ___________ problem parents ___________ watching talk to ___________ later ___________ a minute

4 Now write the final message in Activity 1 in standard English. Psst! If you text in English your secrets will be safe. Nobody will understand except your friends and you! Hello, at the moment … _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________

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4.1 Can you talk about what you did? 1 Read the text and write the verbs in the past simple. Then put the pictures in the right order.

2 Write true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones. a Claire went to Washington last week. F, Claire went to Washington yesterday. ______________________________________ b The weather was good. ______________________________________ c Claire made some sandwiches. ______________________________________ d They visited the White House. ______________________________________ e They left Washington at half past eight. ______________________________________

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3 Unscramble the words in the dialogue.

Yesterday, I (a) ________ got up (get up) really early because we were going to Washington. The weather (b) ________ (be) nice—cold but sunny. First, I (c) ________ (buy) some food at the supermarket. My mom (d) ________ (make) some ham and cheese sandwiches for everybody, and I also (e) ________ (take) a few drinks. On the bus, we (f) ________ (sing) silly songs and (g) ________ (laugh) all the time until we got there. Then we (h) ________ (visit) the White House and the Mall. The Mall is really amazing. It isn’t a shopping mall—it’s an enormous plaza full of museums and national monuments. After that, we (i) ________ (have) lunch in the neighborhood of Georgetown and (j) ________ (walk) along some narrow streets full of stores. We (k) ________ (leave) Washington at six o’clock. On the way back, I (l) ________ (fall) asleep because I (m) ________ (be) really tired. It (n) ________ (be) a wonderful day.

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a TOM: were / yesterday / where / you / ? _________________________________ Where were you yesterday? b JAKE: wax / a / was / at / museum / I / . _________________________________ c T: kind of / what / models / there / were / ? _________________________________ d J: were / a lot of / singers / there / famous / actors / and / . _________________________________ e T: in / was / Elvis / museum / the / ? _________________________________ J: Yes, he was. f T: you / were / the dungeon / in / ? _________________________________ g J: Yes, I was. / scary / was / the dungeon / but / liked / I / it / . _________________________________

4 Classify the verbs in four columns. invite stop rob dance prefer play start talk order arrive worry hate study marry shop cry a + -d

b + -ed

_______ invited _______ _______ _______

_______ talked _______ _______ _______

c + -ied _______ studied _______ _______ _______

d + consonant + -ed _______ stopped _______ _______ _______

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4.2 Vocabulary 1 Write the correct past tenses. a b c d e f g h

invite skip order marry start study dance chat

4 Find the past tense of each of the thirteen irregular verbs.

invited

a b c d e f g

2 Write the past tense of these verbs in the correct column. work light leave go make talk love like show fall regular worked ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

irregular ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

get got buy sing make light sleep go

h i j k l m

speak see fall take have leave

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3 Match the pictures to the words.

5 Complete the sentences with the appropriate verb in the past tense. invite walk order show buy dance

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b diary

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danced to the music all night. a We __________ b We __________ a hamburger and fries. c We __________ to school because we missed the bus. d The guide __________ us the paintings in the exhibition. e We __________ some food at the market. f She __________ him to her birthday party.

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4.3 Can you talk about life 150 years ago? 1 Write true answers to these questions. a Were you at home all day yesterday? _______________________________________ No, I wasn't./Yes, I was. b Were you at school yesterday? _______________________________________ c Were you late for your classes this morning? _______________________________________ d Was it warm yesterday? _______________________________________ e Was your best friend sick last week? _______________________________________

2 This is what Carla did and didn’t do yesterday.

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3 Are these verbs regular (R) or irregular (I)? Write them in the past. invited n take a invite R _______ b start _______ o hate c get _______ p sing d have _______ q want e visit _______ r swim f appear _______ s laugh g go _______ t leave h speak _______ u buy i talk _______ v dance j see _______ w sleep k need _______ x do l light _______ y order m fall _______ z make

_______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______

4 Match the events with the dates. a

b

c

d

e

f

1789 1913 1938 1945 1879 1958

Answer the questions about Carla. Did she ... a play computer games? b drink a can of cola? c do her homework? d do the ironing? e have cabbage for dinner? f go swimming?

________________ Yes, she did. ________________ No, she didn't. ________________ ________________ ________________ ________________

Now, write sentences about what you did yesterday. Yesterday I played computer games. __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________

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a When did Superman appear for the first time 1938 in a comic? ______ b When did Anne Frank die? ______ c When did Edison invent the electric lightbulb? ______ d When did Paramount Studios open in Hollywood? ______ e When was Michael Jackson born? ______ f When did George Washington become president of the USA? ______ Now answer the questions above. Superman appeared for the first time in 1938. a _______________________________________ b _______________________________________ c _______________________________________ d _______________________________________ e _______________________________________ f _______________________________________

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4.4 Reading and writing 1 Put the paragraphs of this biography of George Eliot in the correct order.

George Eliot was an English novelist in the nineteenth century—but this George was not a man! George Eliot was a woman! Her real name was Mary Ann Evans. This is the story of her life … a All her other books were successful, too. The most famous are The Mill on the Floss, Silas Marner and the book some people think is the best in the English language, Middlemarch. George Eliot is a famous writer. But not everybody knows she was a woman. Why did she change her name? b When she was young she read all the time. She never stopped reading and educating herself. She learned German and Italian, too. c

She was born in 1819 in Warwickshire, England. She was the youngest of five children. She had two brothers and two sisters.

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d Well, it was very unusual for women to be educated at all in those days. Most girls never went to school, and it was very difficult for women to be writers. So, she used a man’s name and became one of the best writers, male or female, of all time. e Her favorite brother was Isaac. In one of her novels, she wrote about a brother and sister who are a lot like her and Isaac. f

Her father died in 1849 and she went to London, where she made a lot of friends who told her she should be a writer. She started writing short stories and then her first novel, Adam Bede, which was a great success.

2 Now put the novels of George Eliot in the correct order. a The Mill on the Floss – the next after Adam Bede b Middlemarch – 1872 c Silas Marner – eleven years before Middlemarch d Adam Bede – her first novel

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3 Complete this form with information about George Eliot.

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______ Year of her birth: ___ 1819 __________ Place of birth: _________ ___________ Family name: _________ ______ t her family: _________ Other information abou ________ _____________________ _____________________ ________ n: __________________ George Eliot’s professio about George Eliot: Interesting information _________ _____________________ _____________________

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4.5 Culture

The Notting Hill Carnival 1 Read this guidebook extract and complete the text with and or but. Places to visit in London: Notting Hill The success of the film Notting Hill, with Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts, made this area of West London world famous. But Notting Hill has always been a special part of London. With its enormous white houses, tall green trees, big squares, friendly community, excellent shops (a) ____ cafes, the famous Portobello Road street market (b) ____ lovely parks, it is a very special place to live. That´s why many famous celebrities, including Madonna, have houses there. Sadly, it is now one of the most expensive places to live in Europe! (c) ____ much more famous than the movie is the Notting Hill Carnival – the biggest street carnival in Europe. The first Caribbean carnival was celebrated in Trinidad after the Abolition of Slavery in 1833. Black Caribbeans had a street party with songs, dance (d) ____ costumes. Over the next century, people from the Caribbean developed the principal aspects of the Carnival—the calypso music, the colorful costumes (e) ____ the spectacular vehicles where the musicians play as they parade through the streets. Many West Indians immigrated to the UK in the 1950s (f) ____ took with them their musical traditions. For several years, Carnival was celebrated inside in big halls. (g) ___ in 1964 Rhaune Laslett, a social worker, organized a party outside her house, and this was the first street carnival. It quickly grew as year after year more people came to dance, to watch (h) ____ to party. (i) ____ now over a million people come each of the three days to the festivities. Today it is an enormous event that dominates the streets of Notting Hill for the last Friday, Saturday (j) ____ Sunday of August. Crazy and usually hot, the Notting Hill Carnival is a fantastic party (k) ____ a celebration of multicultural London. Don’t miss it!

2 Write true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones. a b c d e f g h i

Hugh Grant lives in Notting Hill with Julia Roberts. _________________________________________ F. They lived there in the film. Notting Hill is a very green area of London. _______________________________________________ Nobody famous lives there. _____________________________________________________________ Notting Hill is a horrible, cheap place to live. ______________________________________________ The first Caribbean Carnival was only for slaves. ____________________________________________ The first Carnival celebrations in Europe were in the streets of London. _______________________ Rhaune Laslett was a policeman. ________________________________________________________ In 1964 she organized the first street carnival outside her house. _____________________________ The Carnival is on for three days every summer. ___________________________________________

3 Would you like to go to the Notting Hill Carnival? Do you celebrate Carnival in your town? Are your celebrations similar to Notting Hill’s? Write about them in your notebook.

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5.1 Can you write a movie quiz? 1 Complete this chart with did or didn’t. I You (a) ________ He/She/It We/You/They

(b)

________

I you he/she/it we/you/they

go out.

go out?

2 Mark’s grandmother asked him all these questions. Write his answers. Mark, did you go to the movies with your friends?



a ___________ Yes, I did.

4 Unscramble these questions. a did / what time / get up / he / yesterday / ? What time did he get up yesterday? ______________________________________ b have / what / did / for / you / breakfast / this morning / ? ______________________________________ c last week / they / who / did / meet / ? ______________________________________ d did / what / read about / she / ? ______________________________________ e what / do / last night / did / your sister / ? ______________________________________ f go / where / the train / did / ? ______________________________________

5 Match the answers to the questions in Activity 4.

Did your mom wash her car on Sunday? Did your dad cook lasagna on Saturday?





Did Sarah go to the  disco on Friday night?

Did you and Sarah eat my cookies?



b ___________ c ___________

d ___________

e ___________

3 Complete these sentences with the verb in the negative. a I got up early on Friday, but I__________ didn't get ________ up early on Saturday. b Sheila went to the doctor, but she __________________ to the dentist. c My grandfather spoke French, but he __________________ English. d Jake hated Art, but he _______________ Biology. e They had breakfast at the hotel, but they ___________________ lunch.

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f a It went to Boston. _____ b I had a bowl of cereal and some fruit for breakfast. _____ c They met some friends from school. _____ d My sister went to the disco. _____ e She read about famous dancers. _____ f I don’t know, but it was really early. _____

6 Continue the conversation using the prompts. a What / movie / you / see / ? What movie did you see? ______________________________________ I saw Moulin Rouge. b What / be / it / about / ? ______________________________________ It was about an impossible love. c Who / be / in / movie / ? ______________________________________ Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. d Where / you / see / it / ? ______________________________________ I saw it at the ABC Movie Theater. e you / like / it / ? ______________________________________ Yes, I did. f Why / you / like / it / ? ______________________________________ Because I liked the songs.

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5.2 Vocabulary 1 Find seven types of movies. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

3 Find the jobs in the pictures.

with aliens and flying saucers with jokes and funny situations with crimes, police and mystery with monsters and horrible things a love story with lots of adventure animated pictures, Bugs Bunny, Mickey Mouse 1 2 4

H O R R O R

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4 Complete these words from Activity 3 with these consonants. dncr pnst sngr ctr drctr

a date a movie first appears in theaters _____________ b one part of a TV series _____________ c the golden statue stars want to win _____________ d the bad character in a movie _____________ e the person who makes the movie _____________ f the main actor _____________

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a b c d e

_p i a _n i _s _t a__o_ _i _ _ e _ _a _ _ e _ _i_e__o_

5 Unscramble the following words. a b c d e f g h

ramry rapestea teg dengage thi ropyte mulba nibgor getxinic

____________________ marry ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________ ____________________

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5.3 Can you talk about an actor or actress? 1 This is David’s list of “things-to-do.” Match the phrases to the pictures.

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make my bed feed my fish play the sax set the table go to school do Math homework

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2 Look at Activity 1 and write questions and answers about David’s day. a _____________________________ his bed? Did he make _____________________________________ Yes, he did./No, he didn't. b ______________________________ his fish? _____________________________________ c _____________________________________ _____________________________________ d _____________________________________ _____________________________________ e _____________________________________ _____________________________________ f _____________________________________ _____________________________________

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in the correct order.

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a b c d e f

3 Read the stories and put the pictures

e

Rossie wanted to be a fashion designer. She had lots of ideas, but she didn’t have a job. Nobody was interested in her designs. She wanted to go to New York and meet famous fashion designers, but that, of course, was only a dream … … until the day she spent her last dollar on Chinese food. She tried a fortune cookie and read the message inside. The message said “Buy a ticket to New York.” She paid the bill, ran to the bus station and bought the ticket. On the bus, she met a top model who hated planes and trains and they became friends. She took Rossie to her model agency. Rossie showed her designs to the director and got a job.

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1 Match the movie posters to the reviews.

a ____________ Point Break Action in the air and on the waves—this movie has it all. The acting isn’t great, and maybe it’s all a little unrealistic, but it’s nonstop action from start to finish. It’s also good to see these two actors together—what a team! If you like surfing, skydiving and other wild sports— and you like a good detective story, too—this is a movie you must see! $$$$ b ____________ is like Die Hard but filmed on a mountain … All the familiar characteristics are there: the one-liners, the international bad guys, big shoot-outs, etc. The tension never reaches the levels of Die Hard, but it’s still enjoyable, if you like this sort of thing. And if you get bored by the same old stuff, you can always look at the magnificent scenery! $$$ c ____________ Action, culture and romance in one movie—a legendary warrior retires, but comes back into action to fight against his old enemy. Based on Asian martial arts, the incredible fight sequences are a brilliant mix of dances with swords and video games … Amazing! $$$$$ d ____________ If you like your action movies to be about sports, this one might be for you! All-American heroes and antiheroes do battle on the football field while the bosses try to make as much money as possible. I think you need to know something about the sport to enjoy this movie, but it’s pretty entertaining anyway. $$$

2 Match these short descriptions to the movies. a b c d

Cliffhanger Climbing and criminals _____________ Big business and beating the other team _____________ Chinese history and modern technology _____________ Wind, water and police pursuit _____________

3 Write true (T) or false (F). a b c d

The The The The

F movie about football doesn’t have any action. ____ acting in the movie about surfing is good. ____ movie about climbing has lots of beautiful scenery. ____ Asian movie has dancers in it. ____

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5.5 Culture

Hollywood and Bollywood Hollywood The first movie studio was established in Hollywood, north of Los Angeles, in 1911. Hollywood studios are all privately owned, and the world’s movie capital now produces about two hundred and fifty movies a year. A Hollywood movie can cost $150 million or even more. Top Hollywood stars’ salaries are incredible— about $25 million—and they usually only make one movie at a time.

Most Hollywood movies – can be classified into: action, romance, comedy, science fiction, horror, drama, adventure or animation. – are less than two hours without an intermission. – use famous music and songs, but we don’t see the singers or musicians and there is little singing or dancing. – use top stars, except for a few independent movies. – include different types of stories with lots of kissing. – have a lot of action and blood.

Most Indian movies – follow a similar format called masala, the Indian word for a collection of spices. (This means that a lot of different things —adventure, romance, comedy, etc.—all happen in one movie.) – are three to four hours long and include an intermission. – include dozens of songs and dances featuring a hundred or so choreographed dancers. – use top stars. – have the story of “boy” meets “girl,” but no kissing. – have a lot of action but no blood. – have a happy ending.

Bollywood Bollywood is the name for the Indian movie industry located in the city of Mumbai (called Bombay until 1995). Bollywood started in 1911 with the first Indian silent movie. The industry boomed and today there are over two hundred and fifty movie theaters in Mumbai alone. Bollywood’s movies are produced in a government-owned studio facility called Film City in the north of Mumbai. Bollywood makes over eight hundred movies each year. Bollywood stars are very popular and well-paid. Top stars often receive 40% of the U.S. $2 million it usually costs to make a Bollywood movie. Demand for these stars is so high that they often work on ten movies at the same time.

1 Work in pairs. Student A reads about Hollywood and completes the left columns of the chart. Student B reads about Bollywood and completes the right columns of the chart. a b c d e f

Started in Studio owners Movies a year Movies cost Stars’ salaries Stars work on

g Movie types

Hollywood

Bollywood

__________ __________ Private __________ U.S. $_____ U.S. $_____ ______ movie at a time __________

__________ __________ Government __________ U.S. $_____ U.S. $_____ _____ movies at a time __________

h i j k l m n o

Duration Music Singers Dancers Top stars Kissing Action Blood

Hollywood

Bollywood

__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________

__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________

2 Tell each other what you remember from your charts.

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A tall tale! 6.1 Can you say what you were doing yesterday? 1 Complete this chart with was or were. I He/She/It We You They

(a)

__________

2 Make these sentences negative. a I was visiting Times Square. I wasn’t visiting Times Square. ________________________________________ b Janet was walking down the street. ________________________________________ c Jude was watching TV. ________________________________________ d They were laughing at my story. ________________________________________ e Michelle and I were playing chess. ________________________________________

3 Look at the pictures. What were they doing yesterday?

a

c

4 Complete these questions using the past continuous. Check Activity 3 and write the answers.

__________ sunbathing

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was practicing with the band at eight a Jim _____________________________________ o’clock. ________________________________________ b Sarah ___________________________________ ________________________________________ c My parents _____________________________ ________________________________________ d The cat _________________________________ ________________________________________

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Was cooking a ____________ Jim ____________ (cook) No, he wasn’t. dinner at 8:00? ______________ b ____________ Sarah ____________ (read) a novel at 2:30? ___________________________ c ____________ your parents _______________ (buy groceries) at 10:30? ________________ d ____________ Jinx ____________ (sleep) at 4:00? ___________________________________

5 Write the verbs in the past continuous and match the sentences. was painting (paint) the wall ___ 5 a She _____________ b I _____________ (listen) to the radio ___ c We _____________ (not watch) the football game ___ d The students _____________ (draw) on the board ___ e It _____________ (not rain) ___ 1 when my favorite player scored a fantastic touchdown. 2 when the teacher entered the classroom. 3 when I heard the news. 4 when Susan went out for a walk. 5 when some paint got in her eyes.

6 Unscramble these questions. a were / what / doing / this / you / morning / at nine o’clock / ? What were you doing at nine o’clock this morning? ________________________________________ b was / a skirt / your teacher / wearing / yesterday / ? ________________________________________ c you / watching / were / at eleven o’clock / TV / last night / ? ________________________________________ d raining / it / was / at eight o’clock / ? _________________________________________ e playing / were / soccer / you / at eight o’clock / yesterday / ? ________________________________________

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6.2 Vocabulary

4 Complete the text with these words

1 Classify these verbs. chase clap cry dance jump make play run sit sunbathe swim walk a + -ing

b e + -ing

in the correct tense. autograph chase clap cry doorman laugh sit violin walk wave write

c double consonant + -ing

walking

2 Circle and write the past simple or the -ing form of the verbs. F O U G H T H W A V

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clapping __________ __________ __________ __________ __________

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run swing wash wave write

__________ __________ __________ __________ __________

3 Match the halves of the sentences. a b c d e

Tarzan was swinging on a rope __ 4 He was climbing a mountain __ We were playing tennis __ My sister was running __ I was playing the violin __

1 when she twisted her ankle. 2 when my neighbor complained about the noise. 3 when it started to snow. 4 when it broke and he fell down. 5 when we lost the ball.

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clapped loudly when The audience (a) __________ Suzie finished playing her (b) __________ solo. Some of the people were even (c) __________ because her music was so beautiful. Suzie said “thank you” and left the stage. She was (d) __________ back to her room when she heard someone (e) __________ her! The man was (f) __________ his hands and shouting her name. She was very frightened and started to run. But the man was faster. “Excuse me, Miss Suzie, could I have your (g) __________? I’m your biggest fan!” Suzie (h) __________ down and (i) __________ her name on a piece of paper. Now she was (j) __________, because she recognized the (k) __________ and his big, big hat that covered his eyes!

5 Read the sentences and fill in the missing vowels. o e makes it easier to climb a A climbing r_p_ mountains. b I collect famous people’s _ _t_ gr_ phs. c Zorro always wore a m_sk to hide his face. d The police investigated the sc_n_ of the crime. e My dr_v_r has a big limousine. f There was a b _ nk r _ bb _ ry last night; they stole $12,000. g Vanessa-Mae can pl_y th_ v_ _ l _ n very well. h Go and w_sh y_ _r h_ _ r; it’s dirty. i W_v_ y_ _r h_nds in the air! j My skin always gets red when I s_nb_th_.

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6.3 Can you describe things that were happening? 1 Complete these sentences with these verbs. Use the past continuous. climb film swing wait walk watch

a b c d e f

were filming Tarzan in Africa. We ______________ Tarzan and the gorilla ______________ a tree. Tarzan ______________ on a rope. She ______________ down the road I ______________ for the bus for a long time. Mike ______________ a tennis match on TV.

2 Look at the chart and write true sentences. Use the past continuous. On Friday evening ... a b c d e a b c d e

play tennis call a friend sit on a sofa read a book shop

Carla

Jake

Maria and Sophie

   

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4 Look at the pictures and write the verbs in the correct form: past continuous or past simple.

a

b

c

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were playing (play) a The children _____________ broke soccer when they _____________ (break) the window. b My dad and I _____________ (work) in the yard when it _____________ (start) to rain. c My mom _____________ (talk) to Susan on the phone when the fire _____________ (start). d They _____________ (wait) at the station when the train _____________ (arrive).

5 Jake’s grandpa is talking about his 

On Friday evening, Carla was playing tennis. _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________

3 Write negative sentences. a Carla / call a friend Carla wasn’t calling a friend. _________________________________________ b Jake / shop _________________________________________ c Carla / read a book _________________________________________ d Maria and Sophie / sit on a sofa _________________________________________ e Maria and Sophie / play tennis _________________________________________

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time in Hollywood. Write questions using the prompts and the past continuous. a (Where / you / live) ____________________________ in the ’80s? Where were you living b (What / you / do) ____________________________ there? c (Who / direct ) ____________________________ you? d (Which movie studio / you / work) ____________________________ for?

6 Now match each question to the correct answer. 1 2 3 4

I was working as a stuntman. ____ Let me see. MGM, I think. ____ I was living in Hollywood. ____ a Spielberg was, of course. He’s a brilliant director! ____

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6.4 Reading and writing 1 Match the pictures to the different parts of the story. 1

4

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4 Then he was really in trouble. A pilot saw Larry as he was drifting into the airspace of Los a _____ Angeles International Airport. He radioed the airport and said he was passing a guy in a chair with a gun—4,000 meters above the ground. Night was coming and a breeze was blowing Larry out to sea while a helicopter was following him.

b _____ Larry tied the balloons to a chair and filled them with helium. He was filling the balloons when he noticed that the chair was a meter above the ground, so he climbed on the chair to test it. It worked! Smiling to himself, Larry packed some sandwiches and his air gun. He thought that when it was time to descend he could just pop some balloons. c _____ Larry Waters of Los Angeles only had one dream—he wanted to fly. Unfortunately, he didn’t get into the Air Force. So, day after day, Larry watched airplanes fly over his house. Then, one day, while he was watching the sky, Larry had an idea. He went to a store and bought forty-five weather balloons and some helium. d _____ The police were waiting for Larry when he landed. As they were leading him away, Larry said to the reporters: “A man can't just sit around?” e _____ So, he cut the rope that kept the balloons down. He found himself shooting up into the sky very, very quickly! The floating chair was climbing higher and higher. Larry was nervous. He was thinking about shooting the balloons, but he didn’t want to come down as quickly as he went up! f _____ It was difficult to rescue Larry because every time they got close to him, the wind from the helicopter blew Larry away. Eventually, he caught a rope and slowly came down to Earth.

2 Write true (T) or false (F). Correct the false sentences. a b c d

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Larry never wanted to fly. He got his idea while he looking at airplanes. The chair went up faster than Larry expected. Larry was never worried about his situation. He brought a gun to shoot birds. The wind made Larry and his balloons fly towards the sea. A helicopter rescued Larry. The police were happy about Larry.

F, Larry always wanted to fly. _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________ _________________________________

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Unit6

6.5 Culture

The Pied Piper 1 Read the story and put these six pictures in order. 1

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Five hundred years ago… in Germany, in a town called Hamelin by the Weser River, there was an invasion of rats. There were rats of every kind: big rats, small rats, black and gray; they were everywhere. They fought the dogs, killed the cats, bit the babies and ate all the food they could find. Terrified, the people of Hamelin went to see the Mayor. While they were in the Town Hall, a very strange man appeared. Tall and thin, with long blond hair and bright blue eyes, the man was wearing a tunic and a hat with a feather in it.

So, the Pied Piper walked into the streets and took out his pipe. With three high notes—peep, peep, peep!—he woke up all the rats. Suddenly, there were hundreds of rats in the streets following the Piper. Big and small, fat and tall, young and old, mothers and their families, all the rats followed the Piper, dancing happily. He danced with them, playing his pipe and guiding them into the Weser River—where they all danced in and drowned! When the Piper asked for his fifty thousand guilders, the Mayor told him that the town had no money. “What is dead cannot return,” laughed the Mayor. “We’ll give you just fifty guilders. Good-bye!” The angry Pied Piper walked into the streets and took out his pipe. With three high notes—peep, peep, peep!—he woke up all the children. Suddenly, there were hundreds of children in the streets, following the Piper. All the children of the town were there, dancing to the Piper’s music. He danced with them, playing his pipe and guiding them up a mountain and into a cave. The cave closed and they disappeared—forever!

“I can make all the creatures living under the sun follow me so you will never see them again. People call me the Pied Piper!” he said, touching his pipe. He continued: “I am only a poor piper, but my pipe has freed other countries of plagues. If I can free your town of rats, will you give me a thousand guilders?” “Only a thousand? We’ll give you fifty thousand!” exclaimed the Mayor.

The people of Hamelin were devastated. They never saw their children again. If only they had kept their promise.

2 Read the story again and complete this glossary with the gray words from the story. a b c d

______________ – past tense of fight ______________ – past tense of bite ______________ – past tense of eat ______________ – died under water

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7.1 Can you make predictions? 1 Complete these sentences. a Robots future. b Robots c Robots d Robots

will _______ do all the housework in the

5 This is Lisa. Make some predictions about her future. Use ’ll/won’t and one of these verbs.

_______ work in offices. _______ replace humans. _______ cook our food.

2 Change the sentences above into questions. a b c d

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Will robots do all the housework in the future? ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________ ________________________________________

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3 What do you think about life in the

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future? Complete these sentences with will or won’t. won’t a People __________ live for two hundred years. b People __________ speak with animals. c Men __________ have babies. d All animals __________ live in zoos. e We __________ eat food tablets. f Robots __________ talk to us.

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using I think or I don’t think. a Will you get a master’s degree? ________________________________________ Yes, I think I will. / ________________________________________ No, I don’t think I will. b Will you become famous? ________________________________________ c Will you get married? ________________________________________ d Will you have children? ________________________________________ e Will you travel abroad? ________________________________________ f Will people stop fighting wars? ________________________________________

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be become get get have marry go ’ll get a She ______________ a car for her eighteenth birthday. b She ______________ to college. c She ______________ a doctor. d She ______________ a nurse instead. e She ______________ married just once. f She ______________ three times. g She ______________ triplets!

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Unit7

7.2 Vocabulary 1 Circle the correct words. We live on the twenty-first floor. a We live on the twenty-first floor / fly. b We traveled / tripped by car. c I job / work as a waiter. d I borrowed this book from the library / bookstore. e There are five million inhabitants / habitants in this city. f My English teacher gave us a lot of homework / housework.

2 Complete the missing words. ewspape every day to find out a I read the n________r the news. b There was a typhoid e___________c last year. c Nostradamus made lots of p___________s. d The name of our p___________t is Earth. e S___________s are looking for a cure for AIDS. f The milk and eggs are in the f___________e. g Digital books will never r___________e paper books.

3 Unscramble these words from the lesson. The first letter is given. a b c d e f

thehal aleks logafnit sitice netrentamenit gidilat

ealth h___________ l____________ f____________ c____________ e____________ d____________

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4 Circle the correct answer. a ... is a planet in our solar system. 1 Mars 2 Math 3 Boston b In my family we share the ..., my father cooks, my mother irons and the children clean their rooms. 1 homework 2 housework 3 jobs c Please ... the light, it’s too dark in here. 1 turn off 2 turn in 3 turn on d ... are always looking for new discoveries. 1 Scientists 2 Science 3 Scientific e Can you ... my dog, while I’m on vacation? 1 look over 2 look after 3 look at f There was a flu ... last year. 1 epidemic 2 academic 3 endemic

5 Complete the text using these words. books e-books factories future healthier housework leisure offices pollution robots scientists work

What will the (a) __________ future be like? (b) __________ are working hard to make life easier for us all. Soon we won’t have to do any (c) __________ because (d) __________ will do it all—cleaning, cooking, etc. That means we will have more time for (e) __________ activities. But these too will be different. There won’t be any (f) __________ made of paper; instead there will be (g) __________ on our computers. We will be able to (h) __________ from home and (i) __________ will disappear. (j) __________ will reduce (k) __________, too, and the world will be a (l) __________ place.

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A bright future 7.3 Can you do a survey about the future? 1 Complete these sentences.

Unit7

3 Make two predictions about your

Use will or won’t.

future for each topic.

Will a I’m thirteen now. I ________ be fourteen next month. b It’s Tuesday today. It ________ be Wednesday tomorrow. c I ________ go to college when I leave school. I hate studying! d It’s Christmas now. Our next vacation ________ be at Easter. e She ________ travel to Europe. She hates planes! f We ________ go by train. It’s faster and a lot cheaper.

a education I think I’ll get good grades. _________________________________________ I don’t think I’ll go to college. _________________________________________ b family _________________________________________ _________________________________________ c work _________________________________________ _________________________________________ d travel _________________________________________ _________________________________________

2 A fortune-teller reads Carla’s palm. Unscramble Carla’s questions and write the fortune-teller’s answers.

4 Find one mistake in each sentence. Correct it. a Where do humans live in the future? will _________ b I think I won’t traveling abroad. _________ c He’ll to marry someone famous. _________ d I be in the office tomorrow morning. _________ e Who will won the championship next year? _________

5 Classify these predictions as health (H), buildings (B) or transportation (T).

a I / pass / all my exams? Will I pass all my exams? Yes, _______ you will. ________________________ b my parents / buy me / a car? ________________________ No, they _______ c I / marry / a handsome man? ________________________ No, you _______ d I / be / rich and famous? ________________________ No, you _______ e I / buy / my own house? ________________________ Yes, you _______ f my sister / live / with me? ________________________ Yes, she _______

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People won’t get sick. _______ H Cars won’t use gasoline. _______ There won’t be any cancer. _______ Planes will have no pilots. _______ People will live for 125 years. _______ Doctors will find a cure for AIDS. _______ Houses will use only solar energy. _______ The fridge will tell you what to buy. _______ Trains will travel at 1,000 km per hour. _______ j Cars will turn into planes in traffic jams. _______

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7.4 Reading and writing

Unit7

1 Read the text and put the paragraph headings in the correct places. 1 2 3 4 5 6

Tropical satisfaction Your outdoor supermarket Rest easy in the sun What’s an Eco-house about? What’s in an Eco-house? Get a good night’s sleep (and eat well, too!)

Eco-houses: learn to live with nature 4 a _______ We want homeowners to learn about nature. As consumers, we have a relationship with plants and we depend on them. The way we treat and use plants is the story of the planet. Much of our food, clothes and medicine come from the plant world. Without plants there wouldn’t be any oxygen for us to breathe. That’s why our Eco-houses will have a lot of plants.

b _______ There will be over fifty plants in each house, representing more than ten species from different climatic zones. Some of these can grow in local conditions, but others need special constructions to protect them. c _______ You’ll experience the sights and smells of a hot and humid rainforest in your greenhouse with bananas, coffee plants and more! d _______ Your sunny living room will include plants from warm climates like the Mediterranean, South Africa and California. These plants won’t need very much water or attention. e _______ You’ll sleep well, thanks to the herb gardens in each bedroom that give off relaxing aromas and fragrances ... and are great to use in the kitchen! f _______ Outside you’ll find crops, vegetables and fruit trees that come from many different parts of the world. Here are plants that made history and caused wars. These same plants will continue to feed us and save lives.

2 Answer these questions using will or won’t. a b c d e f g

Will Will Will Will Will Will Will

No, it won't. the living room be cold? _________________ people sleep well in the Eco-house? _________________ the greenhouse have fruit trees? _________________ the plants in the living room need a lot of water? _________________ there be plants from different continents? _________________ there be a herb garden in the kitchen? _________________ we eat plants in the future? _________________

3 What will your future house be like? Use will or won’t. My house (a) __________ be on the moon. It (b) __________ be in a big city. My house (c) __________ have a lot of plants. It (d) __________ have a digital book library. There (e) __________ be a greenhouse outside. Everything (f) __________ be connected to the Internet and robots (g) __________ do all the cleaning. I (h) __________ go out to work.

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7.5 Culture

The Eden Project 1 Name all the plants you can in your language. Where are they from? Are they in danger of extinction?

2 Why do humans need plants? Order these words to form one long sentence to answer this question. and / be / breathe / Earth / for / life / no / no / on / oxygen / plants / there / to / us / without / would / so Without ___________________________________________________________________________________ so __________________________ Earth.

3 Read about the Eden Project and answer the questions. a b c d e f g h i

What is the Eden Project? _________________________________________________________________ Where is it? ______________________________________________________________________________ Is it just a big garden with plants to look at? __________________________________________________ How many species of plants can you find there? ______________________________________________ What is a biome? _________________________________________________________________________ How is EFTE special? ______________________________________________________________________ Is the Eden Project a popular place to visit? ___________________________________________________ How long do visitors stay there? ____________________________________________________________ Would you like to go there? ________________________________________________________________

Cornwall, in the Southwest of England, 270 km from The Eden Project is a giant interactive park in is entertaining and educational. It combines London. Opened in March 2001, the Eden Project to find answers to all your questions about place s fabulou a is science, technology and art and people. plants and the interdependence between plants and of 5,000 species from the different climatic zones The Eden Project has 100,000 plants representing uses. greenho c the world. The plants grow in two giganti • The Warm Temperate Biome is full of plants • The Humid Tropics Biome, the world’s largest from the Mediterranean, South Africa and greenhouse, is home to rainforest plants: California. y. bananas, rubber, cocoa, teak and mahogan material that is transparent to UV light and not The biomes are made of ETFE, a strong, recyclable degraded by sunlight. you celebrate the world we live in, and will inspire The Eden Project helps us to understand and to four hours, about take park the to Visits s. visitor into action. Last year it had two million it all more slowly. although most people want to go back again to see

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Unit8

8.1 Can you talk about how you feel? 1 Unscramble and complete the health problems.

a b c d e f g h

decahaeah ahecear hstceohamac ktlistwdaene stretoahro kdbabac hgcou oregkbenl

4 Circle the correct option. a b c d e f

a h_e _a _d a_ _c _h e _ an e_ _ _ _ _ e a s_ _ _ _ _h a_ _ e a t_ _ _ _ _ d a_ _ _ e a s_ _ e t_ _ _ _ t a b_d b_ _ k a c_ _ _h a b_ _ _ _ n l_g

What’s the matter / feeling? Do you feel / feeling dizzy? I have a broken / sore throat. I cut my finger. It’s blood / bleeding. I can’t walk. I have a cut / twisted ankle. Why don’t you stay / lie down?

5 Use these words to complete the e-mail. park happened fell off hit stopped broken hurts called arrived took

2 Complete the dialogue with the words. are dizzy feeling fell lie down pale sore twisted wrong

3 Match the questions with the answers. How are you? What’s the matter? Do you feel sick? Are you feeling dizzy? Do your legs hurt? Why don’t you lie down?

_____ 5 _____ _____ _____ _____ _____

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Sometimes they do. Yes, when I move. That’s a good idea. I have a headache and a sore throat. I’m not feeling very well, actually. Yes, I do.

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To: [email protected] From: [email protected] Subject: My accident! Hey GP! How are you? Guess what (a) ____________ yesterday? I was skateboarding in the (b) ____________, when a bicycle (c) ____________ me! I (d) ____________ my skateboard. The boy on the bicycle (e) ____________ and (f) ____________ an ambulance. It (g) ____________ five minutes later and (h) ____________ me to the hospital. I have a (i) ____________ arm and my head (j) ____________. Please e-mail me soon. I’m not feeling well. Em

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JAMES: Hello, sir! How (a) ________ are you? TEACHER: I’m not (b) ________ very well, actually. J: What’s (c) ________? T: I have a (d) ________ ankle and a ________ knee. I ________ down the stairs! J: You look very (e) ________. Do you feel sick? T: Yes, and I’m feeling (f) ________. J: Why don’t you go and (g) ________________?

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Play safe

Unit8

8.2 Vocabulary 1 Label Spaceman Sam’s problems.

4 Complete the crossword using words for protective equipment.

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Down 1 You put … on your skin. 2 You wear … over your eyes. 3 You wear … to protect your knees.

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I have a bad cough. I have a headache. I have a stomachache. I have an earache. I have a sore throat.

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You should drink some honey and lemon. You shouldn’t eat so much chocolate. You shouldn’t listen to such loud music. You should stop smoking. You should ask for an aspirin.

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a kn_e e_p_ds f_ _tb_ ll b_ng_ _ j_mp_ng _lb_w p_ds _rch_ry _nj_ry _q_ _pm_nt

5 Fill in the missing letters to complete the definitions.

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A h_e _l m _ _t e protects your head. You use a r_ _ _ _t to play tennis. You use g_ _ _ _s to protect your hands. S_n s_ _ _ _n protects your skin from the sun. e When you swim you need g_ _ _ _ _s to see under water. a b c d

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Unit8

8.3 Can you give people advice? 1 Match these problems with the solutions. 6 ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

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I have a toothache. I cut my finger. I have a sore throat. I have a twisted ankle. I have a bad headache.

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Put a bandaid on it. Go to the hospital. Drink some hot lemon and honey. Go and lie down. See a dentist!

2 Classify the sports: play, do or go? a b c d e f g h i j

archery basketball cycling football judo karate skateboarding skiing swimming tennis

do ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________

3 Match the warm-up instructions with the pictures.

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4 Match the advice and circle the correct option. 1 a I’m going skateboarding. ____ b I’m going to ride my mountain bike early tomorrow. ____ c I’m going skiing. ____ d I’m going to play football. ____ e I’m in a swimming competition tomorrow. ____ 1 You should / shouldn’t 2 You should / shouldn’t and chocolate! 3 You should / shouldn’t 4 You should / shouldn’t warming up first. 5 You should / shouldn’t

wear kneepads. eat a lot of chips wear sunscreen. start without go to bed late.

5 Complete the telephone conversation with these words. accident ambulance hurt leg move twisted EMERGENCY SERVICE: Emergencies 911. ambulance ? Fire, police or (a) ____________ CALLER: We need an ambulance. There was an (b) ____________, and a girl has broken her (c) ____________! ES: Where are you? Is anybody else (d) ____________? C:There’s a boy, and he has a (e) ____________ ankle. ES: Don’t (f) ____________ the injured people. The ambulance will be there right away.

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Raise your arms. Sit down. Touch your toes. Bend forward. Bend backward. Stand up.

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a To be a good athlete you should eat a variety / balanced diet. b Try to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day / a week. c Drink plenty of / some water. d You shouldn’t eat a lot of quick / fast food, like burgers and chips. e You can’t / shouldn’t smoke. f You should sleep around eight / ten hours a night: not too much, and not too little.

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8.4 Reading and writing 1 Match these pictures to the paragraphs.

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1 776 BC, the year of the first Olympic Games, is the year officially accepted as a ____ the starting date for the sports competition. At the first modern Olympic Games, in 1896 in Athens, the following events were held: 100m, 1500m, 110m hurdles, the marathon, the long jump, the triple jump, the pole vault, the discus throw, the shot put and the high jump. Today’s sports program features more than forty different events.

b ____ Taekwondo was an Olympic demonstration sport at both the 1988 Games in Seoul and the 1992 Games in Barcelona. Taekwondo made its debut as an official Olympic sport at the Sydney 2000 Games. Taekwondo is a 2,000-year-old Korean martial art that requires mental discipline and physical strength. c ____ The 1992 Games in Barcelona saw the official Olympic debut of baseball. However, the sport has a long Olympic history. It was a demonstration sport in seven Olympic Games: 1912 in Stockholm, 1936 in Berlin, 1952 in Helsinki, 1956 in Melbourne, 1964 in Tokyo, 1984 in Los Angeles and 1988 in Seoul. d ____ Mountain biking began in the 1970s in the USA as a fun activity, but it soon became an international sport with professional teams around the world. It made its Olympic debut in Atlanta in 1996 and includes men’s and women's individual cross-country races. e ____ Table tennis or ping pong was first included as an official Olympic sport at the 1988 Games in Seoul. Played by both men and women in singles and doubles competitions, table tennis requires a good physical condition and quick reflexes. f ____ Fencing made its official debut at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens 1896. Fencing is one of nine sports included in every modern Olympic competition. Fencing includes events with three different swords, for individual men and women, and in teams.

2 Now put the sports into the order that they officially appeared at the Olympic Games, starting with the oldest. athletics 1st _____________ 2nd _____________ 3rd _____________ th 4 _____________ 5th _____________ 6th _____________

3 Write true (T) or false (F). Correct the false ones. a b c d e f

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Taekwondo is a martial art from Korea. F ____________________________________ Taekwondo is a martial art from Greece. ___ There are different kinds of weapons in fencing. ___ ____________________________________ Mountain biking began as a sport in the 1970s. ___ ____________________________________ Baseball was an official sport in the Olympic Games in 1912. ___ ____________________________ Table tennis or ping pong was invented in Seoul. ___ ____________________________________ There were more sporting events in the 1896 Olympics than now. ___ _______________________

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Unit8

8.5 Culture

Healthy eating 1 Read and match each step to a picture. Do you agree with them all? Ea t i n g Te n S te p s t o He a l t h y n Change your habits and be healthier.

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5 Eat less meat! at least once each week. Eat a meal without meat 6 Eat more fish! t our hearts. on have acids that protec Tuna, sardines and salm Eat them twice a week. ! 7 Always have breakfast y and helps ast. It wakes up your bod Start the day with breakf you to concentrate. ! 8 Don’t eat and watch eat a lot watching TV. It’s easy to Stop eating when you’re ’t do it! without thinking – so don

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3 Choose one habit to change … I should a for yourself. _________________________________________________________________________________ My friend should b for an “unhealthy friend”. _____________________________________________________________________

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9.1 Can you ask for a favor? 1 Write true (T) or false (F). a b c d

F Can is more formal than could. _____ We use could you to ask a big favor. _____ We use could you with people we don’t know very well. _____ We use can you with people we know well. _____

2 Circle the correct option.

3 Match the questions with the answers. a away / shopping / you / can / put / the / ? ______________________________________ Can you put the shopping away? b my / homework / with / me / you / could / help / ? ______________________________________ c you / feed / dog / can / the / ? ______________________________________ d lend / dictionary / you / your / could / me /? ______________________________________ e you / the / go / can / and / water / out / yard / ? ______________________________________

4 Match these requests and responses. Could you open the window?

a Hey, Mike, can you help me with this 1 project? _____ b Mom, could you give me twenty euros for the school trip? _____ c Dad, can you come and look at this web site? _____ d Can you lend me ten dollars? _____ e Could you repeat that? _____ 1 I’m sorry, I can’t. I’m really busy. 2 Sorry, I’m busy. Why don’t you ask your mom? 3 Sure! I said that you have to be here at six. 4 OK. Here you are. 5 Well, it depends. Is your room clean?

You are talking to ... a your teacher. “Can / Could you open the window?” b a friend. “Can / Could you lend me a pencil?” c a salesperson. “Can / Could you change this fifty-dollar bill?” d your aunt. “Can / Could you pass me the milk?” e another friend. “Can / Could you help me clean up my bedroom?” f your cousin. “Can / Could you lend me twenty dollars?’

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5 Write requests with can you or could you. a Ask your friend to show you his/her answers. ______________________________________ b Ask your teacher to explain the homework again. ______________________________________ c Ask your parents to take you to the movies. ______________________________________ d Ask a salesperson to tell you the time. ______________________________________

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Unit9

9.2 Vocabulary 1 Correct the following sentences with a

4 Read the clues and complete the crossword puzzle.

comparative adjective.

 

colder faster noisier quieter stronger wetter worse worse

worse a Ducks are better hunters than foxes. ______ b Tropical rainforests are drier than other wetter forests. ______ c Deserts are hotter at night than during the day. ______ d Parrots are quieter than giraffes. ______ e Lions are weaker than mice. ______ f Scorpions are noisier than monkeys. ______ g Cheetahs are slower than zebras. ______ h Storks see better at night than foxes. ______

Down 1 The largest mammal in the world 2 Their long necks let them eat the highest leaves 6 These bears live in China 7 A small, furry animal 8 This bird builds its nest in high buildings Across   3 A horse “in pajamas” 4 The king of the jungle 5 Don’t play games with this animal because it always cheats 7 They like bananas 9 These animals live in the Arctic 1 2 3

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5 Put these adjectives into the correct columns. big dirty fast fat funny hot noisy pretty sad short small strong thin ugly weak a + -er smaller

b + -ier uglier

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9.3 Can you compare animals? 1 Complete the sentences with these

4 Make sentences about these teams using better and worse.

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big fast noisy short small strong tall Parrots can be _________ noisy pets. Good swimmers are _________. Basketball players are usually _________. An elephant is _________, but a mouse is _________. e On Fridays we finish school early; the day is _________. f White sharks have very _________ teeth. a b c d

2 Complete these adjectives to make comparatives. a b c d

clean_e _r tall_ _ heav_ _ _ long_ _

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dirt_ _ _ nois_ _ _ prett_ _ _ big _ _ _

3 Unscramble these sentences. Woof! Woof!

Dogs are so noisy! a are / pets / dogs / cats / than / quieter / . Cats are quieter pets than dogs. ________________________________________ b a / is / monkey / smaller / than / gorilla / a/. ________________________________________ c than / whale / a / shark / a / bigger / is / . ________________________________________ d slower / a / a / is / snake / than / cheetah / . ________________________________________ e a / bigger / mouse / rat / than / a / is / . ________________________________________ f an / heavier / than / is / a / elephant / polar bear / . ____________________________ ________________________________________

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Lions

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a Eagles / Lions The Eagles played better than Lions. _________________________________________ b Bears / Eagles _________________________________________ c Bears / Lions _________________________________________ d Eagles / Bears _________________________________________ e Lions / Bears _________________________________________ f Lions / Eagles _________________________________________

5 Match these descriptions with the correct animal. a This animal lives in water and is bigger than a house. ___ 5 b This small animal lives in hot places and can be dangerous to people. ___ c This small, fast animal lives in the desert. ___ d This large animal lives near the sea in very cold places. ___ e This quiet pet sleeps a lot. ___ 1 2 3 4 5

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lizard hamster polar bear scorpion whale

6 Write sentences to compare these animals. a b c d

fish is quieter than a dog. fish / dog A ______________________________ hamster / whale _______________________ elephant / cheetah _____________________ scorpion / dog _________________________

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Unit9

9.4 Reading and writing 1 Match these pictures to the different parts of the story.

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Aesop was a storyteller in Greece in the 7 Century B.C. His stories—called fables—are all very simple, but each one has a moral. Even today, two thousand years after he died, Aesop’s fables can teach us important lessons. a _______ Once upon a time, there was a tortoise and a hare. As everyone knows, the tortoise is a very slow animal, one of the slowest. The hare, on the other hand, is one of the fastest. b _______ But the hare was not only very fast. He was also very proud. He said to the tortoise, “You’re so slow. You take much longer to do everything. I’m much quicker than you!” c _______ “And my legs and ears are longer,” continued the hare. “In fact, I’m much more handsome and cleverer than you.” d _______ In his very gentle, calm way, the tortoise said, “Well, it’s true your legs and ears are longer, but if we race, I can win.” e _______ “You! Win?!” The hare laughed. He was very rude. He thought he was the best animal in the whole animal kingdom. f _______ The hare ran so quickly he was soon far ahead of the tortoise, who was walking slowly behind. So the hare stopped for a rest under a tree ... where he fell asleep! g _______ Well, while the hare was sleeping—and he slept much longer than he thought—the slow and steady tortoise just kept walking, slowly but surely. h _______ When the hare woke up and realized what had happened, he ran as fast as he could. But it was too late. The tortoise was already there at the finishing line, resting and calmly waiting for him.

2 Mark () the moral you think is best for the fable. a b c d

Not all the stories you hear are true. A small friend may be a very important friend. Don’t trust someone who says he/she is perfect. Sometimes it’s better to be slow and consistent.

3 Which animal would you like to be? Why? beautiful fast friendly intelligent interesting kind powerful strong tall wise I would like to be a __________________ because a ____________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________

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Unit9

9.5 Culture

Favorite pets 1 Match the pictures to the animals. The Top Ten pets in the USA are: parakeet ____ b fish ____ c cat ____ d dog ____ e rabbit ____ f hamster ____ a

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Household pets are common in America, Europe, and Asia. In the USA, dogs are favorites. A survey in 2004 found that 63% of the American households have dogs and 35% have cats. Fish, birds, turtles and small animals like rabbits and hamsters are also favorites. The British are especially fond of pets. Half of all the households in England have a pet, usually a cat or bird. But what do people from other countries think about pets? Australian Aborigines capture dingo (wild dog) puppies and raise them for a time before letting them go. In China and Hong Kong, cats are thought to bring good luck and are kept in stores as well as homes. The Japanese keep birds and crickets as pets. The Italians aren’t crazy about dogs but think cats make good companions. The Inuit Eskimo of northern Canada adopt bear cubs, foxes, birds, and baby seals. But animals are rarely kept as pets in Africa.

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) to fill in the table. dogs

cats

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Japanese Africans Eskimos Chinese Italians Aborigines

3 Write three reasons why dogs are good pets.

4 What are the most popular pets in your country?

a _______________________________ b _______________________________ c _______________________________

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Table of contents 1 You and me

2

2 Boys and girls

7

3 Good company

12

4 New York diaries

17

5 Movie buff

22

6 A tall tale!

27

7 A bright future

32

8 Play safe

37

9 Good friends

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