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Antonia Clare - J) Wilson » Stephanie Dimond-Bayir Intermediate Workbook with key GLOBAL ill 1B |B] of English = speakout Intermediate Workbook with key Antonia Clare « J) Wilson iBIBIC] Stephanie Dimond-Bayir VOCABULARY | language GRAMMAR | question forms LISTENING j leaning languages WRITING | emails of introduction: learn to write formal {and informal emails VOCABULARY | eationships GRAMMAR | review of verb tenses READING | Men and women - what they say about ‘each other VOCABULARY PLUS | collocations VOCABULARY | interview advice FUNCTION | talking about yourself LEARN TO | use two-word responses VOCABULARY | types of story GRAMMAR | present perfect and past simple VOCABULARY PLUS | prepositions READING | Forever young: james Dean LISTENING |Flashbulb memories GRAMMAR | narrative tenses VOCABULARY | the news WRITING | a news report; learn to use time linkers VOCABULARY | say/tell FUNCTION | telling a story LEARN TO | show interest Review 1 VOCABULARY | organisation LISTENING | What are your plans? ‘GRAMMAR | the future (plans) WRITING | messages; learn to use note form READING | Science inthe future: discoveries VOCABULARY | future time markers GRAMMAR | the future (predictions) VOCABULARY PLUS | idioms FUNCTION | dealing with misunderstandings LEARN TO | reformulate Page 14 es VOCABULARY | personal qualities GRAMMAR | must/hoveto/should (obligation) LUSTENING | talking about jobs VOCABULARY PLUS | confusing words READING | Dream job turns into nightmare VOCABULARY | extreme adjectives GRAMMAR | used to, would WRITING | a covering letter: lear to organise your ideas VOCABULARY | business FUNCTION | reaching agreement LEARN TO | manage a discussion LISTENING | talking about changes (GRAMMAR | comparatves and superlatives VOCABULARY | technology WRITING | an advantages/disadvantages essay; learn to use discourse markers VOCABULARY | information GRAMMAR | question tags READING || never knew that! VOCABULARY PLUS | word building: adjectives VOCABULARY | problems and solutions FUNCTION | polite requests LEARN TO | respond to requests Review 3 een VOCABULARY |-ing/-ed adjectives READING | Stressed out? Take control GRAMMAR | real conditionals VOCABULARY PLUS | mult-nord verbs VOCABULARY | verb-noun collacations ‘GRAMMAR | hypothetical conditional: present/future LISTENING | Who isa potential victim? WRITING | an email of advice; learn to qualify what yousay VOCABULARY | life events FUNCTION | giving news LEARN TO | respond to news Page 42 CONTENTS ess fa 4 | | | | VOCABULARY | success READING | Making it happen ‘GRAMMAR | present perfect simple versus continuous VOCABULARY PLUS | verb phrases VOCABULARY | ability GRAMMAR | present and past ability LISTENING | Wiliam Sidis -ife ofa genius WRITING | a summary; learn to make notes fora summary VOCABULARY | qualifications FUNCTION | clarifying opinions 9 HISTORY fd VOCABULARY | history GRAMMAR | hypothetical conditional: past LISTENING | Fascinating facts - inventions WRITING | short essay lear to structure paragraphs GRAMMAR | active versus passive VOCABULARY | periods of time VOCABULARY PLUS | collocations READING | Generations and generalisations VOCABULARY | describing people FUNCTION | expressing uncertainty LEARN TO | react to information VOCABULARY | getting on GRAMMAR | articles and quantifiers LISTENING | Who are your neighbours? VOCABULARY PLUS | compound nouns VOCABULARY | the internet GRAMMAR | relative clauses READING | Siver surfers WRITING | a website review; learn to use complex sentences VOCABULARY | welcoming FUNCTION | being @ good guest LEARN TO | accept apologies Er VOCABULARY | the environment LISTENING | Earth Hour GRAMMAR | reported speech VOCABULARY PLUS | word building: prefixes VOCABULARY | reporting verbs READING | Ataste of your life GRAMMAR | verb patterns WRITING | restaurant review; lear to link ideas VOCABULARY | airports FUNCTION | giving advice/warnings LEARN TO | make generalisations Review 5 AUDIO SCRIPTS eet rele NTW NG CoS LANGUAGE QUESTION FORMS 1 A Read the information about Shin. Rearrange 2 A Circle the question with the correct form. the letters in italies to complete the sentences. 1 My family is British Chinese so | grew up uginblial, speaking Chinese and English. bilingual _ 2 Actually, have a high level of yucenfl in Spanish, 100. 3. Of course, many of my friends are British so thelr rethom goetun is English. = 4 However London is very cosmopolitan ~ it is easy to meet ginerof people here. 5 My best friend Sylvie is from Poland but she sounds like a vetina preeska. 6 Sometimes | teach her glans as she didn't learn informal words in school. _ 7 And she teaches me computer gronja I find it dificult but she works in Tt _ 8 In some ways Sylvie has better gleranin stetsgerai than me. 9 think her strongest kills is writing - she is amazing, 10 1am quite careless in comparison and my cccaaury can be weak ITE Te B Use the words from Exercise 1A to complete the fete nooae metas . Ce 1 _Bilingualism_is an advantage in today’s world. a 3 A (B)1.1 Usten and write the quest 1a) What kind of activity you helps learn new vocabulary? ) What kind of activity helps you learn new ‘vocabulary? 2 a) Which language you wanted to learn when you were younger? by) Which language did you want to learn when you were younger? 3 a) You ever wish you had a different mother tongue? by Do you ever wish you had a different mother tongue? 4 a) What type of thing you do read in English? 'b) What type of thing do you read in English? 5 a) Asa child, did you like finding out about different countries? by Asa child, did you to like finding out about different countries? 6 a) When did you first speak toa foreign person? by) When you first speak to a foreign person? a) If you have to speak in English, what do you always worry? by Ifyou have to speak in English, what do you always worry about? B Match questions 1-7 in Exercise 2A with answers a)-g). 2) Oh, English of course because it is International 2 by Yes. | was always interested in different cultures. Mostly my pronunciation =| don't feel confident about it. 4d) Ireview afew words every day and write ‘example sentences. ‘) A few years ago on my first trip abroad. f) Not really. But| wish | had learnt English earlier 8) Websites mostly, for online news. And sometimes magazines about films. you hear. EEE B Listen again and repeat, paying attention to the intonation. LISTENING 4/4 (5)12 steno tree people answering the questions below, Writ ther answers, Which language did you ean? How did you learn it? [Twa How? Maria ahmed Jessie BB Listen again and answer the questions. 1 Which country outside Europe did Maria visi hat is her job now? 3 Where did Ahmed move to? 4 How did he communicate to start with? 5 Why does Jessie think British people don't learn other languages? 66 Which country did she lve in fora while? © Read the extracts from the recording, What do you the words and phrases in bold mean? Match them with meanings a)-f). 1... they were really keen for me to learn English . 2 Itwas a culture shock 3... living n Beirut always felt very cosmopolitan. 4% But! did some part-time Dutch lessons 5 ..wearen't brilliant at learning new languages, 6 | picked it up in my day-to-day life. 2) a feling of confusion when in anew and different county ) extremely intelligent or skilled 6) foronly part ofa day ora week 4) very intrested, wanting todo something ery much ) to learn informally without lessons by exposure £) having people from diferent parts ofthe werld TI EMAILS OF INTRODUCTION; LEARN TO. WRITE FORMAL AND INFORMAL EMAILS 5 A Read the purposes of two emails. Which email needs to be formal? 1 Introduce myself to 2 member of my host family in Spain before | visit. 2 Introduce myself as the new chairperson of the Teachers’ Association, B Read the emails and underline the correct alternatives. ‘To: psancher@yoohoo es Subject: hit From: danielagjones@hitmail.com ‘Hi Pilar/Dear Madem Pile, 21 am writing to greet you/How are you? As you know, Fm gaing to stay with you this summer | >have decided to/thought I'd send an email to introduce ‘myself My name's Daniela, but my friends call me Danny, and |hope you will, too. '’m eighteen years old and at university here in Manchest, studying Business and Economics. I've got lots of hobbies. Ilove horse-riding, swimming, listening to music, and | also play the flute. My favourite hobby, though, is dancing. | ‘am particularly een on/really ike samba and salsa can't wat to staylook forward to staying with you in Spain, though my Spanish isn't very good! ‘Hope/l do hope to hear from you soon. Danny To: membership@taas.com Subject: Introductions From: hatquisti@itsu.edu "Dear members/Hello everybody, *'m writing to say hil am witng to introduce mysell ‘As many of you know, | will begin inthe role of ‘chairperson ofthe Teachers’ Association of Amlen. ‘State atthe end of this month. */ would like to take this ‘opportunity/ really wantto outline my major plans for the Association ver the coming year |/am a maths and physics teacher. | have been inthe profession for over forty years ina variety of roles: teacher, administrative assistant, head teacher and ‘school inspector. My first priority isto increase membership. Inthe last ‘ixyears we have seen a decrease of almost 30% in ‘our numbers. | have various proposals for achieving this, which °7 tell you about wil explain during our first meeting next month. "ook forward to working with you allSee you al soon "All the besv/Yours sincerely, Jacqueline Hatqust (120-150 words). You are going on an adventure trip for students of English. You will join ten other students from all over the worid on a one-month tour of india. The tour will include cultural visits and two hours of English lessons every day. Write an email of introduction to the other students, VOCABULARY RELATIONSHIPS 1A Put the words in the box into categories 1-4, employee fiancée fiancé classmate pupit boss [team-mate godfather godmother _member 11 Person you work with: 2. Person who studies with you: 3 Person you are close to (almost family) 4 Person you do a hobby with: B Complete the sentences with the words in Exercise 14, 1 Thisis Marianna, my married next year, Were getting 2 Daveis my We're both in Year 12 at Cokethorpe High School 3 She asked her for some time off work, but he said no. 4 Ima of a swimming club. We meet ‘twice a week at the sports centre 5 Luisa got 100% in her exam, She's the best in my class, 6 Hes an of GEO Foods. He's been there for six years. 7 When Iwas bor, my father asked John, his best fiend, to be my 8 Leticia is my basketball team, We play in the same 2 A Underline the stressed syllable in the words in italics. 1 He was an employee here, 2 had a wonderful mentor. 3 All pupils wear a uniform. 4 We were team-motes for years. 5 Have you met my fiancée? 6 Talkto your partner. 7 She's my godmother. 8 That club is for members only 5 [B)13 Listen and check. Then listen and shadow the sentences (say them at the same time). GRAMMAR REVIEW OF VERB TENSES 3 complete the conversations with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1 A: [need a holiday, but fights __ (be) always expensive at this time of year. B: That's true, but! (find) a cheap flight to Mexico on the net yesterday. 2 & Grace. (win) the lottery last week! B: That’ right. She (sleep) when her brother called to tell her. 3 A |___ (not like) football B Why you (not tell ‘me earlier The tickets cost £70 each! : —___you____ (hear) about the accident last week? B: Yes, the boys. (drive) along Court Street when @ motorbike hit the ca. 5 & ____you__ (need) somewhere to stay? | have a spare room, B: No, its OK.| (stay) with my sister. 6 A: |___ (read) a novel called The Luminaries at the moment. B: Oh yes: | found itso boring that | (not finish) it 7 A | like an eary start, sol sic every morning. 4A (get up) at B: Me too. always (leave) the house by seven, 8 A: John! Are you ready? We: (wait) for you! B: OK, here lami Sorry about that. 1 (look) for my hat! couldn't find it anywhere. 4 Match beginnings a) and b) with endings i) and i). 1a) Do youuse the computer ii ) Are you using the computer? 1) need it for afew minutes. i) Oris everything done by phone? 2 a) She tries to work ) She’ trying to work 1), 50 please be quiet. I) on her book fortwo hours every day 3 a) Itdoesrit snow b) Itisnt snowing, i) much in New Mexico, i) soe can go out now. 4 a) What are you doing ') What do you do 1) fora living? 1 now? Do you want to go fora coffee? 5 a) He was playing squash by He played squash 1) forthe team last year. i) when he broke his ankle. READING 5 A Do you think statements 1~4 are about men or ‘women? Who said them: men or women? 1 They do things first, and think about the risks later. 2 They emember useless information. 3. They notice when something ist or needs replacing 4 They always remember birthdays and anniversaries. 1B Read the text below and check. © Write the name of the person who makes similar statements to the ones below. 1 Men hate to say,'Idon't know._ Asha 2 Men cannot ‘multitask; they can only concentrate on ‘one thing ata time. 3 Men are very direct when they need something. 4 Women are more fluent than men when they speak. '5 Women are more maternal; they understand what is. ‘g00d for young children. 6 Women have better memories for dates than men. 1 Find words in the text to match definitions 1-5. 1 the ability to see the position, size or shape of things (paragraph 2) 2 give you the tools or abilities that you need (paragraph 2) 3 more or toa greater degree (paragraph 3) 4 not closely (paragraph 5) 5 natural abilities or feelings that make people ‘and animals know something (paragraph 7) VOCABULARY PL E COLLOCATIONS G complete the phrases with go, take, get or do. Use each verb three times. 1 _get_ajob a grey 2 __offcoffee 8 her a favour 3 paninaquz 9 responsibility 4 someresearch 10 angry 5 myhomework 12 up the guitar 6 onwith people 12 forawalk ‘Men and Women = What They Say About Each Other @ The bate ofthe sexes has probably been gong on since the frst caveman lt his dry ashes onthe floor of tha cave. A, subject of endless cscussin, thas spre a millon jokes ard ‘ricles an almost a may Books. @ However, a recent study tes us that men and women realy o thnk cere. Our brains ere bul na ferent way. ‘The results ofthe study suggest that men have beter spatial perception (diving, bl sports, whle women’ brains equip them better for remembering words and speakn fuenty. (@ The scents examined ony a smal part of te brain, end they ‘ay hat fur research neds tobe done. Her at chatzonet \we have done sore less scontificressarch We asked peopl, ‘What are the dflerences betweon the sexes?” Hace are that answers. mat women say about men @ Wen reamiberuoseas nfrmaton, tke how fast an ‘exoplane con go, even they never ty one. ether) Ifyou ask a man a question, hel aways have an answer, even tits the wrong one. (Aisha) Men do things fst, ana think about the risks itr Candy) Men cannot watch sport on TV pd tak to women at the same tine, (Ma) What men say about men @ Non know that common house spiders aren't as dangerous ‘Men can cive without looking at themseves in the mor ‘every tn seconds. (Ron) ‘Men can watch & whole fim wahoutintoruptig to ask, Who Isha? ‘Whats her job?" ‘Does ha ke hor?” (ec) \When men want something, they ask for tinstead of making ‘2 comment cstanty related to the subjct and hoping tho partner wll guess what the real subjects. (Guy) |What men say about women (@ Wornen could invent weapons that Kl ony weapons that ake ou fal reall gully unt yu say sory. ent \Whle men speakn sentences, women speskin paragraphs. (Sergio) ‘Wren are happy to own twenty CDs, whe men need 200, Siow) \Weren order salad, then eat the mans chips. (Kazoo) |What women say about women @ Women have natural stints about what is dangerous for babes. (Linda) Wren notice when someting i dity o needs replacing (Ceroh (Oniy women can understand other women. un) ‘Women have a calendar in ther brane: we remember Ibetndays anc arviversaries cay. Avi) INTERVIEW ADVICE ‘A Match 1-8 with a)-h) to make advice. Dorit avoid eye The most important thing isto be Make sure you show You must arive on 5 Shake hands 6 Make sure you dress 7 Don't always answer 8 Before the interview, do 2) some research about the company. by briefly Try to give a full response. ©) smartly Maybe wear a suit, 4) contact. Look at them during the interview. €) enthusiasm. Smile and ask questions. 4) firmly with your interviewers. 8) prepared. Think about what they wil ask you. hy time, Dont be late! ANT ‘TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF 2 A Add the vowels to complete the conversations, Conversation 1 A:C_id I_sk a q__st__n? B: Sure, Go ahead, il this type of project become common? : In my _p_n__n, architecture will become more environmentally friendly. Conversation 2 are BOK. ‘A: How do you see your future in our company? B:F_em_, th_m_st _mp_rt_nt th_ngisto keep developing and learning the job. Conversation 3 AIhy_aq omy B: Yes? Go ahead, [Alot of people criticised you because of the cuts in funding for education, Did you ever think about resigning from the government? B:Oneth_ngidl_k_t sy _s th tcompared to ‘other governments, we invested a lot of money in education, Conversation 4 ‘A: Earlier, you mentioned your latest film.C_n | _sk you bt th? B: Yes, ofcourse, Ph eee neers 1_v_t_s_y'yes.In my last four films | always “had the biggest part 8 Match pictures A-D with conversations 1-4 in Exercise 2A. USE TWO-WORD RESPONSES, 3 Gircle the correct option to complete the conversations. 1A Is it OKif | check my emails? B: That’ fine. )Go ahead —b) ThatSsright —_«) understand 2 A: Are you interested in free medical insurance? eee How do I sign up? a) You're correct. b) Yes, definitely _c) No problem 3. A: My dogisill so I can't come to work today. B: Willyou be in tomorrow? 2) You're correct b) Please continue ¢) | see 4 A: Hi Nazir m going to be about fifteen minutes late, B There's no hurry. a) Yes, definitely b) That's right «) No problem 5 Ac | can't travel in june ~ my wifes expecting a baby. B: __ Well make sure there's no travel until atleast August. a) lunderstand b) Go ahead _¢) You're welcome 6 A: Do you live at 106 West Smith Road? B: Yes, a) That's right b) No problem ¢) You're welcome 7A: Thank you so much for letting me use your motorbike. seats Did you have fun? a) es, definitely b) see ©) You're welcome 8 A: Excuse the interruption. 'm just showing Mr Liu the classrooms, —_ B: Oh, OK. So, students, turn to page 33. a)lsee Bb) You're welcome —¢) Please continue ‘Are you able to work next weekend? We need to finish the project, 9 don't we? a)Goahead —b) Of course) J understand Were W Na TYPES OF STORY PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST SIMPLE 2 Underline the correct alternatives. 1 A: Ivenever been/dlidn' go to Hollywood. B: Haven't you? | went/'ve been there last year 2 A: How many films have you acted/did you act in soar? B: I've acted/acted in seven films up to now. 3A: He's only twenty-two years old, but he travelled/has travelled all around the world. B: Which countries did he visit/has he visited? j 4 A: She has won/won four Oscars for her performances. q B: That’ right She has won/won an award for Best Acres last month 5A: They hve lved/lved in California for twenty ‘L.A Add vowels to complete the words to describe et types of story. 8: When did they moverhave they moved to Texas? 1 Cr_m_films range from Hitchcock’ 6 A: Have you been/Were you here long? s the IL Vertigo to Gone Gir B: Yes.|ortived/have atved over an hour ago 2 The Meory of Eventhingisab__p_c ofthe 1; We've been maried/were marted for forty scientist Stephen Hawking years now. d 3 The most successful ever f_nt_sy film series is B: Do you remember the day we've met/met? The Lor ofthe Rings and The Hobbit. 8 A: id you enloy/Have you enoyed the firm? 4 Lenjoy al fim genres, particulary historical or B | aidt haverhaven' had time to watch ityet. td dem ; Su ieee 3 Rewrite the second sentence sothat it means Re ee che Ga sta RoR vGh overkecs the same as the first. Use the correct form ofthe ‘musician and meets a man who changes her life, Words in capitals. 6 The Wizard of Orisa classic childrens 1 Imet Ella ten years ago. KNOW yi dv_nt_r_story. |_‘ve known _ Ella for ten years. * 7 2012, one ofthe biggest Hollywood ds st_r 2. she went to Mumbai four weeks ago. BE ‘ Films ever made, shows the end ofthe world she in Mumbai forfour weeks ' aswe know it. The special effect are truly 3 They started the busines in 2008. WORK. spectacular. They together since 2008, 8 The Hunger Gomesis one ofthe best ever 44 We moved into the house six months ago. LVE F Sarah Ee ang We this house for six months. carthis a ¢_¢_dr_m_about the Ife of Brazlian photogrpher Sebastia Salgada, | NS SY ied ws to London. GO k three times. © whichvordsn exercise Acmuldbewsed© 4 4 5).21 Ustnandcompete the comets. 1 In What if, a man falls in love with his best friend ante YoU Deo eorea but doesn't think he can tell her. eee ten sees Ei 2. Son Andreas is based on what would happen i 2 A: Have you had time to see the museum yet? there was an earthquake in Los Angeles. B: No, __time, 3. Nowhere Boy talks about John Lennon while he co id you find your hotel OK? was at school and art college in 1950s Liverpool Yes the hotel without any t 4 World War Zis set some time in the future when a problems. virus has turned much ofthe world’s population ‘4 ‘A: Have you got your guidebook? into zombies 8 Oh no. itin my room 5 Die Hard stars Bruce Wiis asa policeman 5 A: Have you had any lunch? i battling against terrorists. B: Yes, eaten. 6 Murder on the Orient Express: When his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder when the body of lone of the passengers is discovered. 6 A: Have you enjoyed your stay? B: Yes, __a wonderful time. B Listen again and shadow the answers. VOCABULARY Pi PREPOSITIONS '5 Underline the correct preposition to complete the sentences. 1 Ilsee you at/on/in lunchtime. 2 We often cook outside at/in/on the summer 3 | start work at 8.30a.m. at/onfin Monday. 4 | try not to go out alone at/on/in night. 5 | just heard it at/on/in the radio. 6 At/On/In the end, we decided to take a tax 7 Tim sorry. | took your coat at/by/in mistake. 8 Please be quick We're at/by/in a hurry. 9 Wait there. be with you at/on/in a moment. 110 We found the museum completely at/byn chance 111m afraid Mr Reeves is away at/on/in business. Can t help? 12 Nobody wanted to come with me, so! went at/on/in ‘my own. & A what do you know about James Dean? Are the statements true (7) or false (F)? 1 James Dean became famous for his role inthe film Rebel Without aCouse 2 He died in a car accident when he was just twenty-one years old 23 He was speeding in his carat the time of the accident. 4 When he was younger he nearly died in a motorcycle accident. 5 His favourite drink was whishy. 1B Read the article on the right and check your answers. Correct the false statements. Circle the correct option to answer the questions. 1 Why do people come to Hollywood? a) Because i's dangerous. ) To follow their dreams. ©) To meet other actors. 2 Why was James Dean nicknamed ‘America’s Rebel”? a) He played a teenager in the film Rebel Without @ Cause. 'b) He was friends with another actor, Ronald Reagan. ©) Teenagers respected his rebellious attitude. 3 What did he do before he arrived in Hollywood? 1a) He performed dangerous stunts on television ) He raced motorbikes. ©) He worked ina restaurant. 4 Why did Dean argue with his father? a) His father caught him drinking whisky b) He crashed his father’s car. (©) His father didn't want him to be an actor. 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But experts now believe Dean was traveling at 55 mph, and that the accident c 2 2 3 ‘ was just unlucky Asa young man, Dean was a rebel at ome. He was thrown ut of his father’s house when they argued about Dean wanting an acting creer rather than @ ‘areer in la. And finally, onscreen James Dean is shown ng into 2 ght after drinking whisky, but offscreen his favourite dink was coffee. 1D Find words or phrases in the text to match definitions 1-5. 1 still very youngyin their early wenties (paragraph 1) 2 made famous for along time (paragraph 1) 3 opinions or behaviour which are against authority (paragraph 2)_ 4 an opinion or feeling about someone/something that you have fora long time (paragraph 3) 5 thought something was true (paragraph 4) | LISTENING 44 Read the introduction toa rao programme. Are the ‘statements true (T) or false (F)?- j 1A fasnbul memory’ isa memory of an important event, 2 You donot usually remember small details witha flashbulb memory OSU ee aa aU as wo re 6 8 [F)22 Listen to the stories. Match pictures A-D with speakers 1-4, & he " ¥ Listen again and answer the questions. 1 Who was angry about nat getting to a meeting on time? ' 2 Who watched the news on a black and white television? Who got up to make everyone coffee? \Who were trying to talk on their mobile phones? '5 Who thought that maybe what they remembered was just a dream? 6 Who wanted peace for everyone? CoV ENS NARRATIVE TENSES 2 Circle the correct option to complete the sentences. 1 Simon was feeling exhausted because 2) the baby wasn't sleeping al night. ) the baby hadn't slept all night. 2 We were driving tothe hospital to visit Sam when 4) they called to say she had gone home. by they were calling to say that she was going home. 3 By the time we got tothe beach a) the rin had stopped. ») the ain stopped. 4 Juan was feeling excited because 8) he wasnt seeing his parents for ten years ') he hadn't seen his parents for ten years. 55 She was singing an old folk song 2) which hadn't heard for years. ) which | didn't hear for years. 6 Everyone was dancing because 2) Porto had just won the match ) Porto were just winning the match. 3 complete the conversations with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Conversation 1 A: What! (happen) to you on Saturday night? We® (wait) for ages, but you (ot come) Bs I'm realy sorry. I* (drive) bback from Aga’s house when my car soe (break) down. ‘A: Why didn't you call? B: My phone * (run out) of battery. Conversation 2 AY you _(enioy) your dinner last night? Br No, Actually, | (hate) it. ‘A: Why? What happened? B:Well,we"____(book) a table, but! (not realise) it was, right by the door People * - (ome) in and out all evening and it was freezing. Then, when the waiter a (pour) my wine, he 3, ~ (spill) it down my dress. And al (order) fish, which they » (say) was fresh. But when it (arrive) it © (easte) terrible! VOCABULARY WRITING THE NEWS: ANEWS REPORT; LEARN TO USE TIME LINKERS 4-4 complete the headlines withthe words 5 A Putthesentences/pragraphsin the correct order to inthe box complete three news reports, A-C Each report should have Cece crash demonstration attacked strikes eacnish™ egina* Neots hdges 1 an introductory statement to say what happened 2 background information a 3. aconcluding statement (or an opinion in quotes) mark thei Eh tvousands uted and more homeless { in Hatt 5S Pirates take faites as Tg ra Coc ad Kiya Yn Togo len vas er a Lone Oh sscareasiucs gs lg Et rr mag ee nn | sete erotant “ne amican upscinmen een a ‘overworked businessmen, but T wanted to tell people around the world that Japanese men are actual ‘Naman old a 1 apa iy very romantic reporters. MINISTER AND ROTTEN FRUIT DURING CONFERENCE °WhileDuring they ae on stage, yelling “Love you'r SS “Tate be with you", they are filmed ad the event is broadcast on Se) ttn levi “Unty te ine evenly, lpencs men eve El train workers, roll oie leas eng ieee cause delays niu J ——— Love i really inthe air in Tokyo at the “Love Message Ting Event. Wht During th ove Stes ot pepe ad ana getn Hl Put a Sure Toeyound ager eve cee B Circle the correct option to complete the oes 4 We need to check our fghts. The port helices be dalle REPORT C a) strikes TW deporstitios il 2 Protesters the building when they were ocked out and caused 2 lot of damage a) demonstrated b) attacked © 3 Police were congratulated when the as finally arrested a) hostage b) fugitive 4 Ifthe rain continues, more are expected a) floods ) earthquakes B For each report, answer the questions. 5 Thedrver because he had 1 Wat harper ‘tured the corner too fast. 2 where een 2) crashed) attacked > WHORES? © Undertine the correct time linkers to complete the reports. 1D Write a short news report (80-120 words) describing a recent news event in your country. ent VOCABULARY E: SAY/TELL 1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of say or tell. 1 President Obama_a joke and everybody laughed. 2 The manager called to__ she was sorry about what had happened 3 | still can't believe that he with him. 4 Someone once ‘me such a big lie. m furious me a story about that. 55 Listen. Why don't you just_what you mean? 6 As Jodie walked past the table, the young man looked up and ello FUNCTION TELLING A STORY 2 Underline the correct options to complete the story. “This happened when/All of a sudden | was snowboarding «with a few friends in Italy. Before Jong/Well, most of the group were really good skiers, ‘so/in the end one ‘day we went to the top of this dificult run, 4th the beginning/Anyway, the field was full of fresh snow. and in the middle a tree had fallen down and was covered in snow. it made a perfect jump, so soon everyone was ‘queuing up to perform tricks. “Well/Before fong it was my turn. Well, | went as fast as possible and jumped up ready to do @ back fp. But I forgot to bend my knees. "So/The next thing | knew, | was pointing down, lke an arrow. | went head-first into the snow, right up to my waist. My legs were sticking up in the air and | couldn't move. ‘In the endi/Before long, they had to dig me out. "Anyway/All ofa sudden, we've all laughed about it LEARN TO SHOW INTEREST 3 Complete the conversation with the words in the box. what Really no then amazing happened Oh kidding ‘A: You'll never guess what happened to Muka B: No. What happened? ‘A: Well, you know he's working as a taxi driver to help pay for his medical studies, B: Yes, | know. ‘A: Anyway, he took a family who were on holiday from Italy in hs taxi. And one of his passengers was a seventy-two-year- old grandmother. fs, so what * 2 el, she left her handbag, with more than $21,000 of the family’s travelling money, some very valuable jewellery and some of their passports in the back of his tax Br Oh? You're? _ 0, did he do? ‘A: Well, he looked in the bag to see who it belonged to Br Yes, ‘A: And he found an address that was fifty miles away. So, he drove all the way there. B:Andwhat happened? ? ‘A: Well, there was no one in Be deat. ‘A: So he left anote and his telephone rhumber. And when the family called him, he went back and returned the bag. Boe ‘A: Yes. As you can imagine, the family were overjoyed and they offered him a reward. B: How much? ‘A: don’t know He didn't take it He sald he couldn't accept it. He was just happy that hed done the right thing. B: I don't believe it. That's really HUINSHIENE TALKING ABOUT YOURSELF ? Read the conversation between lan and his boss, John. Which lines are correct? Which have an extra word? John, could Ito ask a question? eee Jr OF course, What would youlike to | 2 v know? There are but a couple of things. | 3 Yes, go ahead. 4 lam have @ query about the website. 5 Yes. You know it isnt finished yet? | 6 Can|toaskyou when it willbe | 7 finished? J Itsforme, the most important | 8. thing isto get it right. understand, but when wilitbe | 9 ready? 1 have really to say, websites have 10 been a big problem for this company. Inthe my opinion, they've been the 12 biggest problem. But when will it be ready? I: One thing fd like for to sayisthat 12, ‘we are working hard on the website. I Soyoudon'thave a date? 3 Jj: Er... no. Sor 16 te paws B [EENINEION use two-word RESPONSES eB Putthe wordsin the boxes into pairs to make ‘two-word responses. Then complete the beat conversations with the correct responses. * problem wacone course to jeu] 1A: Thankyou so much, t Ss 2: Soy about hat. ys ra 2A Goo llenveeaty plese? Si [heed corect see go youre 1A Lihin the answer Pa fs 5 Gon iteliyouwhat happened? A ' ’xcaoinnn Pru bas [Fgh thats plese understand” contine ext 7A: ls your name jon Brown? S fring 8 A Sony dd fish it 8 fee 9 4: So wasteling youabout.. | B RISIEEEINA TYPES OF STORY; THE NEWS ‘9 Complete the descriptions of films with the words in the box. fantasy fugitive demonstrations stil science |crash attack disaster _comedy 1 biopic earthquake period thriller violent This describes the life of Cesar Chavez, the leader who organised a workers’ so that people could work under fair conditions. This psychological tells the story of a ______who hides from the police while trying to prove that he is innocent. This is a very funny romantic that tells the story of two people who fallin love when their cars______ona small road. This fiction film describes what happens when aliens planet Earth, attempting to destroy everything. This children's _—_ begins when a hole ‘opens up in the ground after an and a giant, friendly creature comes out to rescue everybody. This movie tells the story of a ew ~ Storm that destroys the city This drama tells the story of women fighting forthe vote and their streets of London in the early 1900s. fon the (ECRISISTGM PRESENT PERFECT AND PAST SIMPLE LO Read the phrases in italics and correct the ones that are wrong. 41 The Berlin Wall hos fallen in 1989. 2 Hove you been to any ofthe Caribbean islands? 3 started work at 6am. but stil havent finished. ‘4 What time have you gone to bed lastnight? 5 its so dry here. It hast rained for weeks. 6 Did you hear about Casey? He's broken his leg! 7 Van Gogh hasn‘ sold many paintings during his lifetime. 4 You'e a good guitar player. Have you played for long? A DARA2 Listen and tick the sentence you hear. 1 a) stopped. by ve stopped. 2 a) We made it. b) We've made it. 3 a)Hehelped me. __b) He helped me. 4 a) They killed it. b) They/vekiled it 5 a) Youworked hard, _b) You've worked hard. 6 a) thanked her. b) Ive thanked her. B Complete the sentences with the correct form of phrases from Exercise 148, 12 complete the diary entry with the correct 1. When | was young, my father always prepositions. before we fell asieep, 2 Most comedians but his face alone makes you laughi 3 explained that | didn’t mean to break the window! 1 ! 4 She isn't very friendly, is she? She never when I see her in the street. 5 He didn't want to make her cry, so instead of telling the truth, he F 6 Instead of talking for hours around the issue, why don't you just ! | ISTEENEANETONE maerosmons | GENEIGINE TELLING A story; sHOwING INTEREST. 15: Underline the correct alternatives. FEIT NARRATIVE TENSES 13 complete the sentences with the past simple, past perfect or past continuous form (positive or negative) of the verbs in the box. Use each verb once. tumon finish eat open do leave stay listen wear g0 1 She went to Hotel Buena Vista, but I in Hotel Primavera! 2 AsBilal closed the door, he realised he the keys in the car, 3 Yannick to music when someone knocked on the door 4% When | got to work, I saw that | one black shoe and one brown shoel 5 When we arived, it was cold because Dad the heating. 6 Bella started the course last year, but she 7 Goa was new to us because we there before 8 It was too hot so! the window. {9 The police want to know what you between 630a.m.and 7.00am. yesterday. 10 The food tasted horrible, so we it DISTANT sav/revt 14 A Complete the phrases with say or tell. 1 jokes “hello” white lie sorry stories what you mean ‘ks 'Hoppened ths/Tis happened when Iwas on holiday in Portugal ast year. There were three of us renting this ol, scary house in the countryside. It was miles from anywhere B: So what *happened/did hoppen? ‘A: Weld had a really nice evening, My friend s a good cook and shetd made this lovely meal, so we were feeling very content and fll In anyway/Anywoy, that night, just after wed all gone to bed, we heard thiskind of scratching sound atthe door To/In the beginning, we just thought it was the wind and we went to sleep and forgot about it. But then the following night, the same thing scratch, scratch at the door B:*But no/Oh nol ‘A: ‘Well/Very wel we were alin separate rooms but Jofier/before long we were all sitting together in the living room, reall scared. 50/50 on we talked and talked, trying to work out what to do, B: And what id you do/you did? 'A: “Final Finally we decided to get a kife or another weapon and go outside together to see what it was. "The ext thng/The nea thing | knew, Iwas atthe front of three frightened girs carrying the kitchen knife and about to uniock the front door. B: "Dear/Oh deor ‘As Itwent rally quiet again. And then, al of *the sudden/a sudden, there was the scratching sound. 'B: So what “happened then/then happened? 2: | opened the door and a cat jumped back and ran off into the night. Al that panic and forin the end itwas just a cat B: That's really "funny/funt ‘A: Well yes, we laughed afterwards, butt was very scary atthe time! / Circle the correct option to complete the sentences. 1 Jose's he speaks Spanish and ; English 2) monolingual b) bilingual) multilingual w 2 Where {ast summer? a)have you gob) doyou go «) did you go 3 What music ? a) do youlisten b) youlisten to) doyou be listen to 4 Who ‘you with this homework? y a)helped b)didhelp «) was helped 5 she ike pasta? a)ls_b) Does «Do 6 Im anovel. a) witing b) bewriting already written 7 What between 400m. and 430pm? a) did youdob) were you doing) you were day doing, ne 8 Weare of tennis club. ites a) team-mates b) partners €) members 9 They _ ina concert a) did b) took place _¢) took part a 10 Can you i e 4) make mea favour b) dome favour ¢) do I me favour EB 11 You have excellent and learn quicly. ba a)learning strategies _) learning styles fe © learning systems lt 1! research before | started the project. a)dida 6) tooksome _¢) did some 6 31 about this topic. t could question b)askaquestion havea the query rs 14 Why dontyou__andtellyour story? a) go ahead b) be ahead €) go forward 15 me, the most important thing is to ver Behonest, was. a)By b)For «) According te ten ‘6 ", ey 16 | ove films about the future, especially ‘) fiction science b) science fiction _¢) period drama 17 We toltaly yet. 4) didn't gob) not have been _¢) haven't been 18 Paul lastnight? 1a) Were you see b) Did yousee ¢) Have you 19 What to your hair? a)have you done b) youhave done _¢) youdid 20 | didn't want to work my own. a)in byon by 21 She fired the gun mistake. a)by b)on cat 22 He realised he Janine before, a)met_) was meeting «) had met 23 Thealarm went offwhilewe a)sleep b) were sleeping) had slept 24 | was nervous because | aspeech before, a) wasnt giving b) didn't give _¢) hadnt given 25 When | her she didn't know who | was. a) had met b) was meeting ¢) met 26 The kidnappers wanted a million dollars for each a) hostage b) fugitive) flood 27 That boy s always les, a) speaking b) saying ¢ telling 28 Ifyou did something wrong, you should sorry, a)ask b)say tell, 29 all the rain came down, ‘a)intheend b) very sudden ¢) ofa sudden 30 That's impossible - you Joking! a) must tobe b) must be <) must 30 3 = — Cc aa (= F) ™ VOCABULARY ORGANISATION L.A Match 1-5 with a)-e) to make sentences. 1 Will you be able to meet 2 Well 'm ready! Shall we get 3 Do you think she's going to put things 4 My son always gets 5 I'm going to use my time a) started and open the meeting? ») distracted when he's doing his homework. ©) off? She already has a lot of work todo. «) wisely and check my luggage while 'm waiting for the tax €) the deadline on this job or will you be late? BB Match the sentences in Exercise 1A with the responses below. Complete the responses with the words in the box. ‘ahead prioritising multitasking leave _waste 1 Don't worry Il finish. don't usually time. 2 Tellhim tofinish tall then it won't be such a problem. 3. | dont think so, She probably wants to get it done fast and she is pretty good at 4 Good idea as we have limited time. I lke to start by ‘our most important tasks 5 Yes,betternotto___things to the last. minute or you'll miss your flight, PST 2 A ()3.1 Listen to three people talking about planning things. Who thinks he/she: a) isa procrastinator? ») isa good planner? ©) plans too much? of time and B Listen again and circle the correct option. 1 Where is Ruth planning to stay? a) incity hotels b) inyouth hostels in hostels and cheap hotels 2 What does she plan to do in Lodz? a) go out and find artwork b) doa city tour ©) shop in the city centre 3 What has Kieron done to prepare for his trip? a) packed his sports bag ) booked his bus ticket ©) written a list of things to pack 4 What does he think he wil forget? a) his bag, ) his boots ©) the tickets 5 What type of party is Amber organising? 4) a beach party for a diving group b) a birthday party ata swimming poot ©) a birthday party with diving {6 What does Amber enjoy about her job? a) arranging large events b) scuba diving ©) meeting new people © Match the underlined words and phrases in extracts 1-5 with meanings a}-e). 1m afraid | have to organise things in massive detail 2 .... you see them as you wander around the city 3. Im going to a sports tournament next week 4... weve made it tothe final matches. 5 think planning comes naturally to me, 2) walk around slowly in a relaxed way with no specific purpose by be successful in or achieve something ©) do something easily without learning it 4d) a competition with different matches leading to ‘winning team @) a large amount o of GRAMMAR His ‘THE FUTURE (PLANS) 3 Underline the correct alternatives to complete the conversation. A: 'Do you go/Are you gong anywhere this weekend? B: Yes, we "re going/'go upto Edinburgh to see some ofthe sights. A: That’ rice. Where ae you going/might you to stay? B: 1 dontthnow yet. have/Im gong to havea look online later. A: Ive got some fiends in Edinburgh. They ‘might/ae gong to have some space. give! ‘mgoing to give you their number. B: Thanks. That’ great. What about you? ’Do you do/ Are you doing anything excing? ‘A: No, think spend /m spending the weekend watching OVD 4 Complete the email. Use the present continuous, will/might or be going to. There may be more than ‘one possibility. Hos __{youldo) anything at the weekend? Dayouwantte come outwith us? Danny and (gout) on Saturday night. would be srentifyoueould come, We (eyloneof the restaurants in Tastvere ~ really nee roundthere (One thing we've planned is we (meet) Up wha few people from the cours fora drink stn Piazza Santa Maria.Do you know &? We (be) outside Café Marzo from about 630 you want © joins. mot sure how late we (bel ‘anyone sil has enough energy atthe endof the evening. Difriend of mine (play) atthe Goa Music Restaurant, so we (Goh thereand dancea be afterwarde Weilseehow things gol” (call you tomorrow to se what your plans ae Speak soon, Siva ‘5 A (0)32 Listen to the sentences. Which words are. stressed? Circle the option you hear. 1 a) They'e going o play savash b) Theyre going to play squash 2 a) Im going to buy a new phone, 'b) I'm going to buy a new phone. 3a) She's going to spend a week in Greece 1b) She's going to spend a week in Greece. 4 a) Heist going to eat anvthing b) He isnt going to eat anything. 5 a) Are you going to walk tothe station? 'b) Are you going to walk to the station? 6 a) He's going to change his job. b) Hes going to change his job. BB Listen again and repeat. Focus on the pronunciation of going to in fast speech. aT) it MESSAGES; LEARN TO USE NOTE FORM G A Match messages 1-6 with situations a)-f). Gone to lunch, | Backsoon, br Jackson . nee pe a) a brother leaving a message for his sister 'b) a mother leaving a message for her son ©) a secretary leaving a message for his/her boss 4d) a colleague leaving a message for other colleagues @) a son leaving a message for his mother f) a person leaving a message for self as a reminder B Which words have been deliberately eft out of the ‘messages? Rewrite the messages in full. Write notes for these situations. 1 To your boss: Tell him that Mr Al telephoned and that you have arranged for them to meet at Mr Al's ‘office tomorrow morning at 9a.m. 2 To your brother: Invite him out to the cinema this. evening. 3. To your colleague: Say that you have gone home and, will be back in the office tomorrow. mo oe 4. Read the text and choose the best heading. 2) Famous inventions 6) Man and the planet - what’ next? €) Science in the future: discoveries 2 Read the text again and answer the questions. 1 Where has space travel taken us? 2 What kind of energy will we produce? 3 How will we control the locks and lights in our homes? 4 What can American scientists already do? 5 Why will skin and bone grown in a laboratory help people? {6 Why do some people disagree with space exploration? \___ Wenow take tables, mobile communication and other types of new technology for granted. We can speak to friends on the other side of the world as if they ‘were in the same room and see their faces on instant messaging systems. Space travel is no longer unusual ‘as we explore Mars and beyond. Modical science has produced new ways of curing disease and helped build robotic hands. Inthe las fifty years technology has changed the world beyond recognition. Leading scientists believe that technology will continue to change our lives fn significant ways. So what can we expect in the next 20 years or so? Firstly science will continue to change our homes and the world around us.*__Sclentist believe that technology will be key in helping us to proret the environment. New systems will allow cities to become environmentally ‘clean’. Resources wil be recycled and we will produce energy that doesnot polite the “Houses themselves will become ‘smart with water, electricity and doors being controlled via the internet or ‘our phones.” ‘We already have the technology +o control locks lights and alarms via phone apps. These ‘will become normal as people use their mobile devices ‘to urn on heating or airconditioning and check security ‘rom miles away or even other countries. ‘We will continue to use technology to communicate. tis likely tha broadband will become so sophisticated ‘we will be able to project images of our friends like holograms when we alk to them. Scientists in the USA ‘have already found a way to project 3D images using sensors, mirrors and video-conferencing pods. 3 compete the text in Exercise 1 with the following sentences, Write the correct eter in gaps 1-5. 2) We wil no longer need to be physically present to contzo what happens in our homes 6) Some people would prefer technology tobe used diferent ©) Of course at the moment the equipment is large and inconvenient 4) These changes will make life ease for people but uill offer other advantages, too. €) Its hard to believe that ony afew years ago Computers were not an everyday part of if 4 Find words in the text to match definitions 1-4. 1 important (paragraph A) _—_ 2 clever and complex (paragraph D) 3 damage toa part ofthe body such as ahole or cut (paragraph €) 4 searching for and finding out about a place (paragraph F) A ‘But they believe thatthe technology will eventually be good enough and small enough for people to.se every day and people willbe able to project an mage of themselves to wherever they want ~a business ‘meeting for example ‘Medicine will continue to improve. Doctors wil be able ‘0 grow skin, bone tissue and even organs in laboratories twhelp repair wounds. As scientists understand more about human genes they willbe able to cure or prevent illnesses by using this knowledge. @ OF course not everyone is impressed by these developments.” In fact many people believe ‘that science should only be used to prevent hunger, war and disease, and the money spent on computers, space exploration and weapons should be used to improve the ‘world asi is now. ae | o aA VOCABULARY FUTURE TIME MARKERS 5 A Complete the predictions with the words inthe box. term next future in time short ] 1 In the near__future__I'm going to travel around Europe. | just need to save a bit more money. 2 The economy is weak now, but it will improve in the long, 3 Inthe __ term we expect our profits to increase by about 3 percent. 4 I'm planning to get married to my boyfriend ‘2 year or two. Then well start a family 5 Intenyears’ | hope to be a doctor ‘working with children somewhere in Africa. 6 I'm starting a new job month, Ifall goes well keep working for the company until retire. 5 Which predictions are about things that will happen soon? Which are about things that will happen more than three years in the future? GRAMMAR ‘THE FUTURE (PREDICTIONS) 'G Rewrite the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first sentence. Use the words in capitals. 1 There's a possibility that | will study in Spain. MAY Vmay studyin Spain 2 Where do you plan to stay? WILL Where 2 3 Will you speak to Ted tomorrow? GOING Are 2 4 Janine probably won't pass her exam, UNLIKELY Janine 5 The weather forecast predicts a storm. GOING Theres a 6 Hehasa chance of becoming the champion. COULD He 7 Scientists wil probably find a cue for cancer one day. LIKELY Scientists 8 {dont think wel be able to attend the meeting, May We 9. There isnt time for us to go shopping WONT We 10 Theres an opportunity to meet next week, COULD We ? Complete the text with one word in each gap. Contractions are one word, ‘THE FUTURE OF LANGUAGE LEARNING Inthe future we ‘ong to see more and ‘more people using technology to learn languages. There will? software that gts computers to read ‘texts aloud and transiate them. And we” ‘only talkon the computer, we wil also talk with the ‘computer in any language we choose, ‘We wil also begin to understand the importance of the ‘ive senses in language education, and researchers and publishers are tikely * look at childrens ‘toys for inspiration. Music is Boing play ‘an increasing role in language learing, Short texts and ‘phrases will be set to music and this will help students to Femember the words just as The 8 C Song helps chilcren learn the alphabet. Textbooks may Uunrecognisable when ‘compared to todays books. They will come with ‘microchips that produce smells and sounds. So if we are learning the word bread, when we touch that part of the page it wll smell of bread. f we are learning the word cry, ‘when we touch the word it” make a crying, sound, ‘At frst, these books * Likely to be expensive, but market economics wil drive prices down. So get ready. {or fun and games while you learn another language — these changes could happen sooner than you think! VOCABULARY PLI IDIOMS, 'B Underline the correct alternatives. always put my fot/hand in twhen | speak to people, Socialisingi really not my cup of "ea/coffe. Love my fends, they're realy close to my *headhert, but Im quite shy wah strangers. ‘jones the ‘mouse/rt race Last year when I became aproject manager Ihave to keep my "ear/eye on three or four projects at the sarmetime. Wee always Sworking/runring against the clock and qute often we work/ran out of time. My friend sald was constantly ‘multitasking and he kicked the nal on the head ~ thereis always something to do. ‘thought an online course would be @ “piece/bt of cake, but soon found myself in Peola/hot water. It was really effi. work hard but, let's Mace/eye it, sometimes that ent enough. So eked for some advice from another guy He was an A student and he gave mea "foot/hand with one ofthe assignments and | passed the course: FUNCTION é DEALING WITH MISUNDERSTANDINGS ‘t Put the underlined words in the correct order to ‘complete the sentences. 1 tried to call you but wrong it number was the. 2 Somry! realise didn't it was your birthday! 3. He was late because date he wrong the got 4 didn’t know it was you — recognise didnt woice your. 5 We emailed but in fact different was ait person with the same name, 2 )33 Cover Exercise 3. Listen and match pictures ‘A-C with conversations 1-3. LEARN TO REFORMULATE 3 Listen again and complete the conversations. Conversation 1 ‘A: Hello? 'm trying to find my lost luggage. 2B: Ah, OK ’A: My bags went missing in Montevideo in Uruguay, after a flight from Curitiba, Brazil cbs you say that 2 ? Montevideo? ‘A: [flew from Curitiba to Montevideo and my bags went missing. B: Have you reported it already? 1A: Yes, the name is Anders Kleeburg, Bs Hang on. Could you? Anders ..? A: Kleeburg Klee the last name? Conversation 2 ‘A: OK, 50 cricket. So this is the bowler, OK? He runs up and bowls at the batsman, Be __ exactly do you * 2 What's a bowler? ‘A: Abowler isthe person with the bal in his hand, OK? ‘And he tries to get the batsman out, Get him off the field, B: Do you mean to batsman with the bal? A: Nol Conversation 3 ‘As Did you read this?! About popcorn. In 1948, two ‘American scientists found some popcorn in a cave in New Mexico and dated it. It was over five thousand he tries to kill the years old. Bs I didn't any ofthat. Are you talking, about popcom? ‘A Yeah, i's an ancient food. Popcorn is thousands of years old. Btldon't*__whatyoure’_ You mean the popcorn we ate in the cinema yesterday is thousands of years old! [A: No! Popcorn in general, People have eaten it for thousands of years. 4 Put B's words in the correct order to complete the conversations. Conversation 1 ‘I mafraid you have to weara tein this nightclub. Bi we /cant/ saying /in / you're /so /come Conversation 2 ‘A: The show starts at nine o'clock. B: you / at /it/ starts / didn't / ten / otlock//say /? Conversation 3 ‘A: The pass mark for this exam is seventy percent. Bs what /falled / mean /s0// we / you /is Conversation 4 {A This type of caris twice as expensive as the other one. Br me/ do /costs / to / that /tell/you / it /mean / 650,000 /? Conversation 5 ‘A: Nother team can catch us. B: the / words, / we /in / are / other / champions TINTS b PERSONAL QUALITIES © © Complete the words about personal qualities. 4. He won the election because he isa B____c_- People enjoy 1 listening to him talk Susansh___ helped her through study a lot Tim started at the bottom of the company, but hewasa He knew that one day he would be the manager of the whole organisation Lugy’s avery g. eee sche listens to people and then decides what's best for everyone to do. He hates to lose a race. He's very _ Hind it dificult to make decisions. ma bit w_____ nature versity, when she had to 10 CIN MUST/HAVE TO/SHOULD (OBLIGATION) 2 Match sentences 1-10 with sentences). Then Undertine the correct alternative ‘We don't have to/shouldn’t wear a uniform at work. You shouldat/have to stay up al night studying, I think you should/mustn’ talk to your boss. You don’t have ta/mustnt drink and drive, | think he mustn't/should start his own company. Nurses have to/should work long hours. You don't have to/mustn't cheat during the exam. | must/don't have to leave at 4 o'clock, You should/don't have to apologise for his behaviour. We should/must remember to book the tickets today. Youneed to be more creative and think ° ja ab They area group of very students. They are keen to work ha Being a racing driver, Anton has to be a fe isnt afraid of a) He's very ambitious, ) You need to find out why he shouted at you 9 twasn't your faut. ) You'll be thrown out of the college, @) We can wear whatever we want. £) It be too late if we wait until tomorrow, 8) It's against the lav, fh) Otherwise il miss my train 1) Youtl be too tired tomorrow. 1 Its:no good if you want a nine-to-Five job. 3 Correct one mistake in each sentence, 1 You must to tell him as soon as possible, 2 ve finished this exercise, What | should do now? 3. The clients don't has to come to the office. We ‘can meet them at the restaurant. 4 shouldn't to tell you this, but the boss is leaving ‘on Monday, 5 Dowe have weara uniform? 6 Everybody must leaving the building by 6pm. She have to be at work by 730a.m. 8 | think you should to check what time the film starts ‘9 You orit must use a mobile phone’in the classroom, © Find words or phrases in Exercise 1A which have fase RT e wane 40 Wefan Tan comes tox 1 makes decisions easily 2 not interested in competing with others ay thinks the same as everyone else __ doesn’t communicate well hot good at organising a team of people doesn't lke dangerous situations __ ot interested in becoming successful EST ES 4A Lookat the pictures. What qualities do you think are important for these jobs? VOCABULARY PLUS a CONFUSING WORDS 5 A Complete the conversations with the words in the box. B (5)4.1 Listen to six people talking about their Jobs. Match pictures A-F above with speakers 1-6. © Listen again. Who says these things? Write the ‘number of the speaker next to each statement. 1 You have to be organised and have a good memory, too, 2 And you need to pay attention to detal 3 You shouldn't get stressed too easly. 4 You have to care about the people you're looking after ‘You always have to be on time. 6 And you have to be able to work well | under pressure. 7 You must be very accurate and observant. 8 You have to be able to stay cal. job work remember remind forget leave hear listen fun funny 1A: Ohno ___tothat. Its raining and! don't have an umbrella, B Why not? Did you ___itat home? A: Yes, Idi. B: Here, Use mine 2 & Conyou me to post that letter on the way home? B: Sure.Just_____toringit with you. 3. A: Did you have a good night lastnight? B: Yes, it was really _ We danced until ‘wo in the morning, but today | feel terible 4 A: Igotthe_ by the way. B: Congratulations! That brilliant news. ‘A: Yes, m so excited. Finally, 'm going to earn a proper salary 3: That's great. Well done. 5 A: Ive got to goto later Yes, don't _ 730. ‘A: Don't worry be there ‘A: Did you _ the joke about the scarecrow? B: No. A 8 __ now. Il see you ‘we're meeting Chaz at He won an award for being outstanding in his field That's not even Complete the sentences with words from Exercise 5A, 1 Canyou ime to call my brother later? Its his birthday 2 Did you ___ about that couple who won millions of pounds on the Euro lottery? 3 I don't get paid enough. I need to get a new ‘4 Wee having a meeting tomorrow morning, Don't 5 Lreally enjoy my Lind it interesting ‘and the people | work with are good 6 Hesso____ He always makes me laugh, on ati fel, mn vm reporters when he frished his contact. 4A ben Southall gota ‘dream job’ looking after Hamilton Island, off the coast of Queensland, Australia. The article describes how the jb turned into nightmare. Which of these problems do you think wll mention? loneliness feetime feeling bored problems with animals illness money other 5 Read the article to see if you were right. Then answer the questions. 41 What three things help to make the job ‘the best job in the world’? 2 Why was the job not as ideal’ as it seemed at first? 3. What happened to Ben towards the end of his contract? 4 What is he going to do now? preemies NightIate advertised asthe besoin the wot Adi That didtleave much me for suing sting or sme relnng looked good You woud be pai (189.00 and enjoying the sa views And when he id get the chance to ty skorts) tof, sal nd aim Thejeb came wth ‘uthis water spars things didnt aos go well On ene tp, Ben ‘sbeachde manson, wth ts oon sviring poo), ‘tes stung by a deadly jefe, hutancilyih re versparert and fantastic views of the ocean. All you had to do was _and very small, so they are very difficult to see in the water. after tny Hari land, stated ofthe coast of Infis blog, en describes how he was enoying et sking wth Dates nuded feeding the fab ending some rend, when ashe cimbedof the t,he feo sing on experiences tohep encourage turemin hear. Wein tity minutes, Ben was feeling the venom. He wos were more than 34,000 applicants for the hot and sweaty, with a headache, pains in his chest and high blood the world, so Ben Southall was delighted ‘pressure. Ben had to be rushed to a doctor who diagnosed the ier einen tee reer ‘symptoms and gave him some medication. Luckily, Ben was fine, ‘But as it ythed out it wasnt quite the dream job that butt was an unwelcome end to his stayin paradise, and not how some pedple mighthave expected. Fisty, twas incredibly _he expected to spend his last few days on ‘busy. Ben found himself working seven days aweek and up Hamiton Island. Ben was lucky torineteen hours aday. Hehad a busy schedule ofevents —_tosurvve, toattend, with promotional events, press conferences, However he silnsists thathe tehingcounesondeciiarae cites hasbeen Sie rear very busy, busier than most people would have imagined, infact, Tuam Queensland is {nd certainly busier than Thad imagined Mr Southall kd Gflening him anew contact, and he wil aso write a book +3 Infact, during his six months, Ben visited ninety ‘exotic abouthis experiences. locations, made forty-seven video dares and gave more ‘than 250 nada interviews including achat with popular US TV host Oprah Winfey. He aso posted more than 75,000 words in sbty seperate blogs, uploaded more than 2,000 photos and ‘teeted! more than 730 times 2 Tick the things wt 1 gave speeches made video diaries managed a big team of people ‘gave interviews attended press conferences learned a new language met politicians wrote a novel 9 wrote a blog about his experiences 10 learned to surf and sail Ben did as part of his job. 3 Find words or phrases in the text to match definitions 1-8 1 a large house by the sea (paragraph 1) 2 plan that incldes alot of things to be done ina short time (paragraph 2) sae 3. meetings at which someone answers question asked by peopl frm newspapers televsion, et (peragaph 2) 4 actives volved n managing the work fa company or organisation (paragraph 2), at 5 posted a comment using the website Titer (paragraph 3) have an opportunity (paragraph 4) taken very quickly (paragraph 5) wry, very much (paragraph 6) VOCABULARY EXTREME ADJECTIVES 4 Complete the sentences with the correct word. 1 a) I thought the show was briliont/boiling. by Is the heating on? it’ rillantboiting in here. 2 a) Have you heard the news? Isn't it terrible/furious? b) All the trains were delayed. | was terrible/furious. 3a) {invite you round, but my apartment is delicious/tiny. 'b) Have you tried these salads? They're delicious/tiny. 4 a) Ican't do it - it's exhausted/impossible! 1) Im going home. m exhausted/impossibe. 5 a) ItSate fascinating/enormous story of naval history. 1) $50,000! Thats a(n) fscinatng/enormous amount of money! GRAMMAR USED TO, WOULD 5 Complete the paragraphs. Use one word for each gap. ‘Tused ‘work fora big company. 2 to work Long hours and |” dream of living in a more exotic location, sitting ‘ona beach with my laptop. Now run my own ‘website business. I don't earn as much money as 1 ‘to earn, but 'm much happier’ _towork as a computer programmer. Most of the time, I® enjoy it But | didn't” to ike being in an office all day. So, I decided to get a job working outdoors. Now, | train people in forestry kills, so'm outside mast of the time. And my lifestyle is much healthier than i ‘ tobe. G A Rewrite the sentences with used to. 1 Did you spend your holidays by the sea? 2 Wedidivt have a dog when | was a child 3 loved reading in the evening, but now I'm too tired 4 remember how | satin my grandfather's studio and watched him paint 5 Children always played around on the streets in the ‘old days, but theres nobody here now. 6 They lived ina big house, but they had to move, 1B Tick the sentences in Exercise 6 where you could replace used to with would. ? A Look at the underlined words. Are they pronounced with a /s/ or /2/ sound? | used to be very sporty. an use your phone? He never used to worry about it. |used to live in the USA when | was 18. ‘This stuff is used to kill insects. I don't use the car much any more. We used to love going there on holiday. 8 | didn't use to live in Europe. 5 (B)42 Listen and check. Then listen and repeat. Focus on the pronunciation of /jussta/. TT ‘A.COVERING LETTER; LEARN TO ORGANISE YOUR IDEAS 8 Au the covering letter inthe correct order Ly Thankyou for your consideration you equ any further normaton plese do not hese to contact lean be resched st wni22@ral om or 07788 92 123. ook forward to hearing Fom you soon, [iy Dear mts Nelson, Ly ete ta my communication sls, tomer sevice abilties and postive work et woud ake me an ase 0 teshon C1 tam erreay sen Engh at Exeter Univers and amlooking fr summer werk to hap me fiance my sues tin woud be good ath jb. ra. am both hard-working and orpaneee and have excelent communication sls Secondly, hive shown at azn goad at customer service my previous jo, on the reception desk at Queen's Hospital, | had ‘practical experince of providing gusty custome serve and ‘working with al ypes of people. 1 Yours sere, Lam wing you about the surner potion at SunnSan's Bears, averse on _worw.summerjobs'students.com. want to apply for the pos. |atach my CV, applcaton form andl the Information required in the advertisement. 1 Wie esop BB Replace the underlined sections 1-6 inthe letter with the phrases in the box, Write the correct number. hands-on|_]at your earliest convenience] regarding _]proven ability at] “would tke to submit an application _] | I believe | meet all the requirements of the post [_] E Write a covering letter (120-180 words) for a summer job working as a restaurant/shop manager. | » oA

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