Unit 8

Unit 8 Extra practice

1 Vocabulary face and appearance
a Find four words for parts of the face.

REDC O RCHINNY
YE HE EF
EK OS
E

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IPSENYN

b Find four words to describe appearance.

CU R LYS U N
AN BE
AU LIB FA IR F ULS H OR
TIF HT TE
X
ULLERSTRAIG

2 Vocabulary clothes
Match the two halves to make clothes words. Then write the words.
1 be belt
2 dre dress
3 sk skirt
4 jum jumpers
5 sho shoes
6 trou trousers

a irt
b es
c lt
d sers
e per
f ss

3 Vocabulary parts of the body

Circle the correct option.
1 I broke my ankle/chest last week and now I can’t walk.
2 You bend your knees/chest when you sit down.
3 In your country do you shake feet/hands or kiss someone on the cheek?
4 Do you sleep on your back/neck or your side?
5 Your foot/shoulder is at the top of your arm.

4 Grammar have got / has got

Complete the text with these words.

’s got   ’s got   ’ve got   hasn’t got   haven’t got

Guilia is a dancer at a festival. She’s tall and she 1 ’s got long dark hair and blue eyes. She
2
´s got special colourful clothes for the festival. She 3 hasn´t got make-up on her face because she’s
wearing a mask. It’s white. Her brothers are at the festival too. They’re tall too, but they 4 haven´t got long
hair. They 5 ´ve got short, curly hair. They’re playing trumpets.

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Unit 8 Extra practice

5 Grammar have got / has got
Complete the questions and short answers about Guilia in Exercise 4.
ARE
1 she has got blue eyes? Yes, she has gotEN .
2 Are her brothers have got long hair? No, they have got .

6 Grammar present continuous

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the present continuous.
1 I ’m reading (read) an interesting book about tattoos.
2 He isn't working (not work) at his computer today.
3 We traveling (travel) in Asia this month.
4 are they working (work) on a project together?
5 You aren´t waiting (not wait) for me, are you?
6 She is staing (stay) in a hotel in Tokyo.

7 Grammar present simple and present continuous

Circle the correct option.
1 They go/are going on work trips every two or three weeks.
2 Where does he travel/is he travelling now?
3 I like/am liking photographs of unusual festivals.
4 We usually stay/are usually staying at the same hotel in London.
5 What are you doing/do you do at the moment?
6 She isn’t walking/doesn’t walk to work this week.

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Unit 8 Extension
1 Complete the descriptions of the famous paintings with these words.
bald black blonde daughter dress eyebrows glasses Italian lips sad straight pale

Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
This is probably the best-known painting in the world. It’s a very small painting (only 77 cm by 53 cm) of a young
1 staright woman. She’s got long, dark 2 pale hair and a 3 lips face. She’s got
brown eyes, but you can’t see her 4 glasses . I think it was the fashion of the time to remove them. Many
people do not understand her facial expression. If you look at her 5 Italian , you think perhaps she is
smiling, but other people think she looks 6 sad in the painting.

American Gothic by Grant Wood

daughter
This is a painting of a farmer and his 7 in 19th century America. They are standing in front of
their house. She’s got straight 8 bloden hair, with a middle parting, and blue eyes. She’s wearing a
brown 9 drress
and a black top. He’s wearing a white shirt and a 10 black jacket, and denim
dungarees. He’s got 11 eyebrows
. He hasn’t got much hair, in fact he’s almost 12 bald
. They both
look very serious.

afternoon beautiful crowded eyes face hats left make-up nose rich umbrella woman

A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges-Pierre Seurat

This is a large painting (two metres by three) of a summer 13 afternoon in a park in Paris. The park is
quite 14 crowded with people having picnics. Some people are watching small sailboats on the water. The
rich hats
people are clearly very 15 . They are wearing 16 clothes and they look very formal
compared with clothes people wear nowadays. The women are wearing dresses and 17 umbrella and many
are carrying an 18 make- up as shade from the sun.

Portrait of Dora Maar by Pablo Picasso

This is a painting of a 19 woman using the style cubism. In this painting you can see all parts of her
20
face at once. She is looking to the 21 nose but you can see both of her 22 oyes ,
and her 23 left is on the right of them. It’s not clear if she is wearing colourful 24 beautiful in
this painting or if the colours are Picasso’s style of the time.

2 Work in pairs. Think of a person in the class. (Don’t tell your partner.) Take it in turns to describe this person,
sentence by sentence for your partner to guess. Talk about their appearance and what they are (or aren’t) wearing.
How many sentences does your partner need to guess correctly?
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She’s got long hair.
It isn’t curly.
She isn’t wearing blue shoes.
Her eyes are green.
She looks happy.

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Unit 7
Unit 7 Revision
1 Vocabulary journey adjectives
Complete the adjectives with vowels (a, e, i, o or u). Then write their opposites.
1 d _a n g _e r _o _u s safe
easy
english
2 d i_ f fi_ c _ul t
3 f a
_ s t slow

4 l o
_ n g short

2 Vocabulary journey, travel or trip?

Complete the sentences with journey, travel or trip.
1 My journey to work each day is fast now that we have a good bus service.
2 How did your business travel to Seattle go?
3 Every year many animals journey long distances to find food and water.
4 We went on a train trip to Vienna.
5 Do you prefer to travel by plane or train?
6 How long did the journey take?

3 Vocabulary online writing

Complete the text about a travel blog.
Carl Farrel is a 1 blogger for a travel 2 w . He travels a lot for work and he writes interesting
3
p about his journeys. He often 4 u videos of the places he visits. He asks readers to
contact him on his 5 h to ask a question about his trips or to leave a 6 c on his articles.

4 Vocabulary revision
Answer the questions.
1 What adjective describes a meal you really enjoyed? delicious
2 If you fly in a plane, what do you do in a boat? SWING
3 What preposition is missing in this phrase: travel PLANE train?
4 How do you ask about a trip?

5 
Grammar past simple: negatives and questions
Write the negative (–) or question form (?) of the sentences.
1 He went to London last week. (–)
He didn’t go to London last week.
2 They bought a new car. (?)
Did they buy a new car?.
3 She travelled by train. (–)
She didn´t travel by train.
4 The pilots had a good map of Europe. (?)
Did the pilots have a good map of Europe.?
5 I wrote a post about the journey. (–) publcc
I didn´t write a post a about the journey.
6 Doctor Lee enjoyed her trip. (?)
Did doctor Lee enjoy her trip?
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6 Grammar comparative adjectives
Write comparative sentences. Use suitable adjectives.
1 a plane journey / a train journey
A plane journey is faster than a train journey.
2 healthy food / junk food
Healthy food is better than junk food.
3 a city break / a beach holiday
A City break is cheaper than a beach holiday.
4 cricket / football
Cricket is more dangerous than football.
5 shopping online / shopping in town
Shopping online is cheaper than shooping in town.
6 cities / the countryside
Cities is bigger than the countryside.

7 Grammar superlative adjectives

Write superlative questions using the prompts. Then answer them so they are true for you.
1 what / interesting job to do?
What is the most interesting job to do?
2 where / dangerous place on Earth?
Where is the most dangerous place on Earth?
3 who / good film actor these days?
Who is the best film actor these days?
4 what / expensive object / you buy last year?
What is the most expensive object you bay last year?

5 who / rich person in your country?
Who is richest person in your country?

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Unit 7 Extra practice
1 Vocabulary journey adjectives 5 
Grammar past simple: negatives and
Replace the adjectives in italics with their opposites. questions
Complete the sentences and questions with did or
dangerous   difficult   long   slow didn’t in the correct place. Make any other changes

necessary.
Last year, a group of explorers went on a safe didn’t
1 dangerous 1 He go to London last week.
journey to Antarctica. The journey
was very fast 2 slow and easy
3 difficult because of the cold weather. They
travelled for a short 4 long time and they 2 didThey buy a new car?
arrived after three weeks.
didn´t
3 She travel by train.
2 Vocabulary journey, travel or trip?
Circle the correct option. 4 DidThe pilots have a good map of Europe?
1 My journey / travel to work each day is long and
boring.
5 I write a post about the journey.
2 How was your business journey / trip to Seoul?
didn´t
3 Every year many people travel / trip to warm
countries for a holiday. 6 DidDoctor Lee enjoy her trip?
4 We went on a journey / travel to Budapest for the
weekend. What an amazing city! 6 Grammar comparative adjectives
5 Do you prefer to trip / travel by plane or by train? Complete the sentences with the comparative form.
6 How long is the Wildebeest’s journey / trip every 1 A plane journey is faster (fast) than a
year? train journey.
2 A holiday in a hotel is more expennsive
3 Vocabulary online writing (expensive) than a camping holiday.
Put the letters in the correct order and write the words. 3 The original book was more interesting
(interesting) than the film version.
Carl Farrel is a 1 BGLORGE for a travel
2
IBEWSET. He travels a lot and he writes 3 SPOST 4 Antarctica is bigger (big) than Australia.
about his journeys. He often 4 APLODUS videos of 5 Travel by air is safer (safe) than travel
the places he visits. He asks readers to contact him on by sea.
his 5 HGEPAEOM to ask a question about his trips or
to leave a 6 TENMCOM on his articles. 6 Cliff diving is more dangerous (dangerous) than
mountain biking.
1 b logger
2 websiet
7 Grammar superlative adjectives
3 p osts
Write the superlative forms.
4 u the largest
1 large
5 h lthe ongest
2 long
6 c omment
3 easy the easiest

4 expensive the most expensive

4 Vocabulary revision
5 good the best
Circle the odd one out.
6 amazing the most amazing
1 Travel verbs: drive fly ship
2 Travel nouns: flight sail journey
3 Positive adjectives: delicious terrible useful
4 Negative adjectives: dangerous easy tiring

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Unit 7 Extension
Student A
1 Read the text about Brunel. Then put the words in order to make questions about the missing sections in the text.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806– 1
1859 ) was a great British engineer of the 19th century. His designs
were innovative and they changed 2 public transport and modern engineering. During his short career, he
designed twenty-five railway lines, eight dockyards for ships and 3 three ships.
His famous railway line, the Great Western Railway, travels from London to 4 bristol . He studied
the route for many months because he didn’t want many hills or curves. He also wanted the journey to
be 5 comfortable so he made the trains wider than normal. The trains on this line travelled at 100 kilometres an
hour and not the usual 55 kilometres an hour.
Brunel’s dream was for passengers to buy one ticket to travel from London to 6 New york . He built a steam
boat, the Great Western to travel from Bristol to New York. The journey took 15 days.

1 did / when / die / Brunel ?

when did die brunel ?
2 his / what / change / did / designs ?
what did his change designs ?
3 build / how / he / ships / did / many ?
how did he build ships many
?
4 to / Great Western Railway / where / travel / the / did ?
where did the great Western Railway to travel ?
5 he / what / did / train journey / the / to be / want ?
what did he want to be the train journey ?
6 with one ticket / want / where / to / travel to / did / Brunel / passengers ?
where did passengers travel to want with one ticket to brunel ?

2 Work in pairs. Take it in turn to ask your questions and complete the text.

3 Discuss with your partner what you remember about Brunel. Don’t look at your texts.

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Student B
1 Read the text about Brunel. Then put the words in order to make questions about the missing sections in the text.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806–1859) was a great British 1 EGINEER of the 19th century. His designs
were innovative and they changed public transport and modern engineering. During his short career, he
designed 2 TWENTY five railway lines, eight dockyards for ships and three ships.
His famous railway line, the 3 great wetern , travels from London to Bristol. He studied the route for many
months because 4 He did . He also wanted the journey to be comfortable and fast so he made the trains
wider than normal. The trains on this line travelled at 5 100 Kilometer and not the usual 55 kilometres an hour.
Brunel’s dream was for passengers to buy one ticket to travel from London to New York. He built a steam boat,
the Great Western to travel from Bristol to New York. The journey took 6 15 days .

1 Brunel’s / what / job / was ?

what was brunel´s job ?
2 design / did / how many / he / railway lines ?
how many did he design railway lines ?
3 was / what / called / his / railway line ?
what was hi call railway line
?
4 the route / did / why / he / for many months / study ?
why did he the route study for many months ?
5 fast / travel / did / how / the trains ?
how did the trains travel fast
?
6 to New York / take / how long / from Bristol / did / the journey ?
how long did the journey take from bristol to new york
?

2 Work in pairs. Take it in turn to ask your questions and complete the text.

3 Discuss with your partner what you remember about Brunel. Don’t look at your texts.

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