Ways of l e a r n i n g

GRAMMAR: present continuous; present simple; adverbs of frequency; expressions + -ing form; reflexive pronouns

VOCABULARY: make / do; multiple intelligences

FUNCTIONS: expressing opinions; agreeing and disagreeing

Lesson 1 Are you a m u l t i - t a s k e r ?

You first!
How many things can you do

at the same time?

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SPEAKING GRAMMAR 1

1 . L o o k at t h e picture and answer the q u e s t i o n s . 2. Complete the rule.

1 . How many different things is the woman thinking

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

about at the same time? What are they?

We use the p r e s e n t c o n t i n u o u s to describe a
2. Why do you t h i n k she has to be good at
picture or talk about what (happen)
multi-tasking?
now or at the present moment.

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3. 6ó 1 . 8 The woman i n the p i c t u r e is d o i n g six t h i n g s in h e r h e a d at t h e same t i m e . Complete sentences 1-6

with these verbs. Then listen and c h e c k . W h i c h activity i s m i s s i n g from the s e n t e n c e s ?

do have eat answer pay send work on

1 . She's a math problern, 3. She a big idea. 5. She ice cream,

2 . She her cell p h o n e . 4. She a bill. 6. She an e - m a i l .

VOCABULARY make / do

4. Íó 1 . 9 C o m p l e t e the table with these phrases. Then listen and check.

eeffee a decision h o 1 , 1evvo1 k a mistake a noise

a phone call

yoga
sports Sudoku

dinner
a test
coffee ltiomewoy-k, ,.
 5. C o m p l e t e the r u l e . T h e n answer the q u e s t i o n s . 1 . W h i c h of the t h i n g s i n

Exercise 4 do you ...

PRESENT SIMPLE
a) do every day?
We use the p r e s e n t s i m p l e to talk about what (happen) generally.
b) sometimes do?
We use adverbs of f r e q u e n c y to say how often we do things
c) never do?
(a// the time, every doy, always, o�en, usual/y, sometimes, hardly ever, never).
2. Are you doing any of the

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things right now?

6. W r i t e the c o r r e c t form of the m i s s i n g verbs in the correct p l a c e .

do go have listen to (x2) check read send use watch

1 . 1 always the radio in the morning. 1 never TV. 4. 1 never my cell in the car but I sometimes m u s i c .

2. Ruth often breakfast out. She to a different place every day. 5. They usually text messages and their e - m a i l s on

3. Jack hardly ever the newspaper at breakfast. their way to work.

He usually Sudoku.

7. Rewrite the s e n t e n c e s i n E x e r c i s e 6 so they are t r u e for y o u . C o m p a r e with a partner.

READING

8. Read the extract from an a r t i c l e . Do you agree with Dave C r e n s h a w ?

Is multi·tasking a myth?

any employers say they like employees who are good at multi-tasking. But in his recent time management bestseller, The

M Myth of Multi-tasking: How "Doing it Al/" Gets Nothing Done, Dave Crenshaw says that peo ple can't do two things at once. lts

impossible. A person only has one brain. lf you're doing one thing, you cant do something else at the sarne time. Multi-tasking

doesn't exist. What we're doing is "switch-tasking". We move very quickly between two or more tasks, and pay little attention to each

of them in turn. Crenshaw says that if we do this for a long time-as many people do-it's very bad for us. lt can make us stressed

and unhappy and inefflcient at our job.

9. Match the words i n bold i n t h e extract w i t h t h e correct m e a n i n g i n Exercise 8.

1 . activities 3. not working well 5 . people who work for someone

2. a story that isn't true 4. a book that lots of people buy

1 O. Read the extract again and c h o o s e the best answers.

1 . Many employers 3. "Switch-tasking" means

a) are good at multi-tasking. a) moving quickly from one activity to the next.

b) t h i n k multi-tasking is a good t h i n g . b) s p e n d i n g a long time on each activity

c) agree with Dave Crenshaw's ideas. c) doing several things at the same time.

2. Dave Crenshaw says 4. In the long-term, switch-tasking

a) we can only do two things at once. a) is very good for us.

b) sorne p e o p l e are better at multi-tasking than others. b) can lead to stress.

c) multi-tasking isn't possible. c) can make us happy.

GRAMMAR 3

1 1 . C i r c l e the i t e m s i n t h e g r a m m a r box that are EXPRESSIONS � -/NG F O R M

true for y o u . C o m p a r e with a partner.

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X XX

12. I n groups of four, you have f o u r m i n u t e s to make good at multi- not good at bad at reading

tasking sitting st i l l maps

a l i s t of four t h i n g s that you a l i really like d o i n g

a n d four that you a l i hate d o i n g . like / love don't like hate d o i n g

taking photos drawing Sudoku

1 3 . C o m p a r e y o u r l i s t w i t h o t h e r g r o u p s . W h a t are
enjoy solving doesn't like h o p e l e s s at
the m o s t / least p o p u l a r a c t i v i t i e s ?
problerns s1ng1ng making things

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 Lesson 2 How do you learn best?

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2. Personal intelligence =
good on y o u r own

Linguistic intelligence =
Do you enjoy being on your own?
good at languages
Do you write down you,· thoughts in a diary?
Do you like playing with words
Are you very independent?
(e.g., playing Scrabble)?
Do you enjoy learning things about yourself?
Do you like reading?

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Do you communicate well in
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your own language?
4. Visual i n t e l l i g e n c e = good with

Do you like talking to other people­

pictures

and to yourself?
Do you like drawing, painting and

architecture?

Do you enjoy taking photos, making

3. Musical i n t e l l i g e n c e = good at m u s i c
videos, etc?
Can you play a musical instrument?
Are you good at reading maps?
Are you a good singer?
Was art one of your favorite subjects
Do you really enjoy listening to music?
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..._ in school? ...
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Do you often sing (ar whistle ar hum)?

Physical intelligence =

S. Social i n t e l l i g e n c e = good with people good with y o u r body

Do you enjoy being in a group ar team? Do you enjoy physical activities like sports,

Do you like team games and sports? dancing, etc?

Do you get along with lots of Do you walk around to help yourself think?

Do you like making things with your hands?

different people?

Do you hate sitting still for a long time?

Do you like parties and meeting up
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with people?

8. Naturalist intelligence = good with nature

7. Mathematical intelligence = good at l o g i c Can you name lots of different plants

and animals?
Are you good at numbers and calculations?

Do you care a lot about conservation and

Do you play nurnber games like Sudoku?

the environment?
Do you like analyzing things and solving problems?

Are you interested in astronomy and how

Was math one of your favorite school subjects?

life began?

Was biology one of your favorite school subjects?

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 VOCABULARY Multiple intelligences

1 . [C111��1 Befare you take the q u i z , d e s c r i b e the p i c t u r e s . W h a t do you t h i n k the q u i z is a b o u t ?

2. 6ó 1 . 1 O Match the words with p h o t o s A-H on page 1 2 . Then listen and check.

musical social l i n g u i st i c personal mathematical visual naturalist physical

3. 0 Which words in Exercise 2 are s i m i l a r to words in your language?

4. Work i n pairs and do t h e q u i z on page 12.

• Ask each other the questions and answer each q u e s t i o n : yes, no, or so-so.

• Work out your profile. Give yourself 2 points far every 'yes', 1 point far every 'so-so' and O far ' n o ' . Count the number

of points far each section. Which are your strongest / weakest intelligences?

S. Befare you read t h e extract, d e c i d e if these statements

are t r u e (T) o r false (F).

Shel��it4t: REVIEW or aooxs Q

1. Sorne people are intelligent but others aren't,

2. Different people are intelligent in different ways.

6. Read H o w a r d G a r d n e r ' s views. D o e s h e agree w i t h y o u ?

7. i U ll � J:i T h i n k a b o u t the q u e s t i o n s , t h e n c o m p a r e y o u r

a n s w e r s with other p e o p l e .

1 . How old is the idea o f " m u l t i p l e intelligences"?

2. What different kinds of intelligence does the writer

mention in the text?

3. What do you think of Gardner's theory?

4. How does it apply to you?

HOWARD G A R D N E R believes that a person who is

8. � 6ó 1 . 1 1 Say t h e s e w o r d s . W h i c h word d o e s n ' t have

good at math is not more intelligent than someone

t h e / :, : / s o u n d ? Listen and check.

who is good at sports. He believes they are

ali board call drawing false farty four Jaw inte/ligent in a different way.

more sports ta / k thought walk work Howard Gardner is a psychologist , and a while

ago (in 1 9 8 3 ) he wrote a book about his theory. I n

his view, there is not just one kin d of intelligenc e­

WRITING
there are multiple intelligences. lt's possible to be

9. W rite your p r o fi l e , based on your results from the q u i z .

good (or not so good) at one or more ofthem. Y ou

can have trouble with words, far e x ample , but be

1 O. Take t h e q u i z at h o m e w i t h a family member or a

friend. Find o n e q u e s t i o n w h e r e you have t h e s a m e quite good at drawing and at athletic s . 01· you can

answer and one where it's different. fi nd numbe r s a li tt le di ffi cult , but be very good with

animals or be a fantastic singer; Or you can fi nd it

1 1 . W r i te a s h o r t pro fi le of that p e r s o n to p r e s e n t to
hard to under st and yourself, but be really good at
your group.
conne ct ing with other peo p le !

The idea of " multiple intelligences " is very

� b r o t vi e r , Geor0e
interesting. lt's also really useful. People with a strong

His st ro n g est i n t e l l i :,1 e n e.- e s are ...

mus i cal inte l ligence , far e x ample , can use songs to

He l i k. e s ... He e�oys ... He·s 0ood at

help them learn.You can also develop your weaker

His weak.est inte/li e n e.- e s are . intelligences to give yourself more choices and to

He doesn·t líke ... He never ... make your life more interesting.

One wa'/ were +he same / different is tviai- ...

E 1 � P 1 _ 0 H 1: O N I_Ui� E F o r more d e t a i l s , s e a r c h far " m u l t i p l e intelligence quiz."

C o m p a r e the q u i z z e s you f i n d . C an you f i n d o n e l i k e y o u ?

 Lesson 3 C o u n t on your memory

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LISTENING 1

1 . D e s c r i b e the p i c t u r e s . What do you t h i n k connects them?

2. 61 1 . 1 2 Listen and c o m p l e t e t h e text with t h e m i s s i n g n u m b e r s .

D o m i n i c O'Brien has a really amazing memory, and he's won the World Memory C h a m p i o n s h i p s 1 . __ times.

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There are __ cards in a deck of playing cards (without the jokers), and D o m i n i c can memorize __ decks in

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one hour That's almost __ thousand playing cards! He looks at each card just once, puts it away, and then says

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ali the cards in order; There are __ cards in total - if he uses the jokers.

3. 61 1 . 1 3 How d o e s Dominic O'Brien do it? Listen and c o m p l e t e the s e n t e n c e s . C h e c k with a p a r t n e r .

D o m i n i c O ' B r i e n ' s three-step strategy for r e m e m b e r i n g information:

1 . He changes information into ----------------------------

2. He connects the to _

3. He puts each item of information --------------------------­

Something very important that he does regularly:

He _

O'Brien's biggest secret: He believes ---------------------------

LISTENING 2

4. 61 1 . 1 4 L i s t e n to a l i s t of 20 w o r d s . D o n ' t write a n y t h i n g . A t t h e e n d of the l i s t , f o l l o w the instructions

you hear.

S. C h e c k with a partner. C i r c l e the words you both r e m e m b e r e d . Why do you t h i n k you remembered

t h o s e words more than others?

6. 61 1 . 1 5 Guess if t h e s e s e n t e n c e s are true (T) o r false (F). Then listen and check.

1. We rernernber words at the be g innin g better than at 3. We rernernber u n us ual words better than ordinary ones.

the end. 4. We rernernber words that conne ct with us personally

2. We rernernber words better if we hear them j ust once. 5. We rernernber words we learned most recently.

(�: l:XPI_O H E O•�•-••� E Find o u t more a b o u t D o m i n i c O'Brien or P eak P e r f o r m a n c e .

 G RA M M A R

7. Look at the grammar box, then c o m p l e t e

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
the sentences with the correct p r o n o u n .

1 - myself we - ourselves

1 . Do you talk to ?
you - yourself you - yourselves

- Yes, 1 sing to , too!

he - h i m s e l f they - themselves

2. He fell off his bike and hurt pretty badly.

she - herself

3. Is she looking at in the mirror again?

it - itself

4. We went to a very interesting talk and really

To help you remember a word, say it to

enjoyed _
yourself several times.

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SPEAKING

8. How can you improve your m e m o r y ? Read the text q u i c k l y and u n d e r l i n e the answer.

You probably don't want to remember 54 packs of p l a y i n g cards, but

most of us would like to have a better memory. So here's another nu mbe r:

100,000,000,000. There are one hundred b i l l i o n cells in your br a i n. That's a lot

of cells! Potentially you have a fantastic memory. But you need to use your

brain cells or you lose t he m . Vour brain is like a muscle: you need to exercise

it regularly so it works really w el l . Otherwise, it slows down. And do you know

one really good way of exercising your brain? Learning E n g l i s h !

9. <:} Befare you read the text in Exercise 8 again, tell y o u r partner in o n e or two s e n t e n c e s what it says.

1 O. i i: 11 � 1 :i W o r k in groups. Make a l i s t of things you can do to improve your memory.

1 1 . Match 1 - 8 with a-h to make m e m o r y tips. D i d you have any of them on y o u r l i s t ?

Eight tips to improve your memory. lt helps if you ...

1 . Stop telling yourself: a) and also eat food with vitamins A, C. and E.

2. Start saying to yourself b) because i

t helps the c o n n e ct i o n s in your brai

3. Test e) the more you study, the more you r e m e m b e r.

4. Play d) "I have a great memory."

5. Relax: e) yourself often.

6. Drink pl e n t y of water t) your brain doesn't work well if you're stressed.

7. Eat plenty of fl s h like salmon, g) memory games often.

h) "I can't rememberthings."

and last but not least,

8. Recycle material frequently:

1 2. Match t h e s e suggestions with the tips above.

1 . D After reading a chapter of a book, tell yourself what it was about.

2. D Look at a p i ct u r e for 30 seconds, cover it, and describe it.

3. D Don't criticize your memory.

4. D Tell yourself you're doing well.

5 . D At the end ofthe da y, go through ever yt hing yo u've learned that day.

13 . l #l!J #l : n : 1 , u r • • • W F i n d s o m e o n e w ho does 4, 5 , 6, or 7 in the m e m o r y t ips.

14 . <:} M e m o r y g ames are a g reat w ya to exercise y our b r a i n . Ho w well can you r e m e m b e r things you hear ?

Y our teacher w i l l give you i n s t r u c t i o n s .

 SUBJECTS

1 . 0 Put t h e letters in the c o r r e c t o r d e r to make school or university subjects.

Then match them with the pictures.

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1 . D smuci _ 6. D graphogey _

2. D mhat _ 7. D slighen _

8.0wal _
3. D thysori _

9. Drat _
4. D strops _

1 O. D eeennniiggr _
5. D chooglyyps _

2. 61 1 . 1 6 Listen, check, and repeat. Can you add two more subjects to the list?

3. What were y o u r favorite / least favorite subjects in school?

4. ]) O
P 1.1 7 Underline the /d3/ sound in the conversation. Then l i s t e n , check, and repeat.

A W h i c h subjects are you going to study, George? Geography, e n g i n e e r i n g , or languages?

B Oh, languages, J u l i a . German and Japanese!

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

S. Circle the one countable noun t h e word box.

advice equipment furniture hornework housework idea information

knowledge muste news stuff traffi e

6. 6) 1 . 1 8 C o m p l e t e the sentences with a /ot of, s o rn e , any, or much. T h e n match 1-4 with a-d.

Listen and check.

1 . Oh no! There 's tra ffic ! a) I agree. Let's s e l l ____ furniture.

2. H ave yo u had new s? b) A l i tt l e . But I did ____ housework!

3. There's too stuff in t h i s room. e) No, we haven't had ____ inforrnation at a l i .

4. Did you do homewor k ? d) Do you want ____ advice? Let's walk!

� W O R D B U I L D E R Verbs a n d n o u n s

W rite t h e missin g vowels in these verbs. W hat is the noun f or each ver b?

1. n s w r 3. n d 5. w r k 7. d n e 9. d r_ n k 1 1 . q __ s t _ _ n

2. h _ l p 4. 1- - p I y 6. s n d 8. _ x _ r e _ s _ 1 O. e 1 1 12. t _ s t

O FOCUS O N : up a n d down

a Complete the questions w th

i up or down, b Chec k t h e meanin g of t h e s e v e r b s . Can y ou

then ask a p artner. su gg est two thin g s for ea c h verb ?

1 . Have you ever been in a hot-air balloon?

cool down cut up give up

2 . Do you write new words to hel p you remember them? heat up pic k up put down ut up
p

3 . How o ften d o yo u o onlin

g e to loo k things ? tur n down turn up

4 . Do you alwa ys slow at traffic ight ?

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 EXPRESSING OPINIONS • AGREEING AND DISAGREEING

1 . [et1J�1-1You are going to s e e o r h e a r Logan a n d Dana

g i v i n g t h e i r o p i n i o n a b o u t the t h i n g s i n these p h o t o s .

G u e s s the adjectives they u s e to d e s c r i b e t h e m .

amazing cool dramatic silly

stylish ugly uncomfortable weird

2. 6) 1 . 1 9 Cl Watch or l i s t e n to t h e v i d e o . W h a t do

Logan a n d D a n a t h i n k about the four things i n the

photos? W h i c h ones do they agree o n ?

Logan Dan a

sculpture

hairstyle

boots

3. 6) 1 . 1 9 Cl What adjectives do they u s e to d e s c r i b e the things i n the photos i n Exercise 1 ? Watch or l i s t e n

again a n d c h e c k your a n s w e r s .

4. 6) 1 . 1 9 Cl Do we u s e these e x p r e s s i o n s to agree (J) or disagree (X)? W h i c h o n e d o you NOT h e a r i n the

c o n v e r s a t i o n with Logan a n d D a n a ? Watch or l i s t e n again a n d c h e c k .

I agree. 1 disagree. I don't think so.

Me too. Me neither Actually, 1 think . . . Really? Absolutely! No, youre wrong.

S. N u m b e r t h e s e m o d i f i e r s from weakest ( 1 ) to strongest (5)

D really D pretty D incredibly D absolutely D a little D very

6. W r i t e P ( p o s i t i v e ) o r N (negative) next to e a c h a d j e c t i v e .

awful beautiful disgusting __ fantastic gorgeous __

horrible nasty __ terrible terrific wonderful

7. What do you t h i n k of the t h i n g s i n the photos on t h i s page? Agree a n d disagree with y o u r partner.

U s e the a d j e c t i v e s from Exercise 6.

De ... stressl
8. F i n d two t h i n g s you l i k e a n d two t h i n g s you don't
The s m e l l of lavender is
like. Bring them (or p h o t o s of t h e m ) to c l a s s .
very relaxing. Put a few
P r e s e n t t h e m a n d see if p e o p l e agree of d i s a g r e e
drops of o i l on your p i l l o w
with y o u .
when you go to bed.

VVait a second. 1 Do you water, alvvays I bougnt n ,e a n e vv I enjoy ve, y muen

� we don't say . . . s e n d a text. tnat 3 Fi 0 v v ? dress. p l a y i n g ca, ds.

Wait a s e c o n d . l ' m Do you always I bought m y s e l f a I enjoy playing

� w e say . . . s e n d i n g a text. w a t c h that show? new dress. cards very m u c h .