Personal | Pre-intermediate British EienWorkbook ARBRE Personal Best Series Editor Jim Scrivener Authors Elizabeth Walter and Kate Woodford All about me Stories and pictures Keep on travelling The working world Mind and body Risks and experiences City living Food for thought Money and shopping Sport and fitness At home People and relationships WRITING PRACTICE LQ Richmond p68 p74 Lic. Siivia Machado. TUT KinG's COLL oR Bt Pre-intermediate Le. sivia Maer atte sro KY ISTITUTO MNSNTs i ple and GRAMMAR: Present adverbs of frequency 1 Order the words to complete the sentences, 1 meets / her fiend Petra / sometimes Gloria for coffee, 2 hardly ever / the bus / catches Daniel towork, 3 cycle/ you / often Do to the office? 4 never / any / does Miguel housework. 5 listen/to/ often We____ the radio. 6 visit / always / my friend 1 at the weekend. 7 see / she / does / often How Mehmet? 8 study / usually / don't ‘They inthe moming, 9 to/ sometimes / goes Silvia the theatre. 10 usually / eat / doesn't Ayesha, breakfast. 2) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. 1 Greta 2 Paul (wash) 3 My friend Enrico (work) 4 Marta and Luis in Buenos Aires ~ they live in Brasilia. (not tive) 5 you Portuguese? (speak) 6 Ben to America every summer to visit his family. (fly) 7 We ‘swimming, (not lke) they. t seme school as you? (go) a two brothers, (have) his hair every day. ina factory. vot 8) All about me CABULARY: Personality adjectives Match descriptions 1-8 with adjectives a~h. 4 Anna often says things that upset 3 serious other people —— bt hard-working 2. Ed's always buying presents for © shy bis (tends. — @ dishonest 3 Pablo hardly ever laughs. aes 4 Terri doesnt like meeting new people. unkind 5 The children always remember to ere say please and thank you. Oh onerous 6 George tells lies and tricks people 7 Dad goes to the office at weekends! 8 My Maths teacher explains things carefully and never gets angry. ‘Complete the adjectives. 1. My brotheris a really im. person - he hates queueing in shops. 2 Lolais so se 3. You can believe everything that Julia tells you - she's a very ho___person, 4. Ricardo never says hello to my parents when he comes to our house. They think he's 5 Marc is very so. has parties at his flat. 6 Hannah is sof with her 7 Dan often helps me with jobs | need to do. He’s very k_. 8 Maria's so ~ she stays in bed most of the day at weekends! ~ she only thinks about herself. — he has lots of friends and often =I never stop laughing when I'm PRONUNCIATION: Final -s/-es sound 5 ia) Listen to the verb endings in these sentences. Tick (¥) the correct column. tst | tat | hel He wants to be a doctor. Silvia goes to college. Aisha likes chocolate, ‘Ana watches TV in the evening, Paulo changes clothes twice a day. ‘Adam knows my brother, Lela thinks football is boring. Mr Jones teaches us French,4 ©22 uisten to Daniel and Laura's conversation ‘Are the sentences about Daniel true (T) or false (FI? 1. He wants to stop using his mobile phone for a few weeks. 2 He wants to use his free time differently. 3 He wants to spend less time with other people. 4 He goes to the cinema a lot. — 5 He wants to go out more 6 He doesn't want to spend any time inthe kitchen. ©12 Complete the sentences with the correct contractions then listen again and check. 1. So, Daniel, Ihear you __ using your phone this month 2 Atleast, when _ 3 realized that | these days, 4 We never go out together these days. | mean, crazy. 81 live my tf tke tis! 6 I watch films at home on my laptop instead. It good. rot at work, actually do anything 7 Oh, and my staying with me at the ‘moment. really good at baking 3 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. There are two extra verbs. keep collect play goon shop bake do goout spend meet up with ‘more time with his family. He wants to__ 2. She goes running three times a week to fit Do you often__ Some of the kids. In our spare time we like to Do your parents don't ‘They don't go to the supermarket. They prefer to online. your friends after work? chess at lunchtime, cakes. much exercise? social media much.GRAMMAR: Present continuous and present simple v hose the correct options to ‘complete the sentences, 1. Kati can't go out today. her essay. fa She's finishing She finishes 2. This soup is very salty, _it almnotliing —b idor't ike 3 ___alot inyour country? alsitsnowing —_b Does it snow 4 __for our exams at the moment. a We're studying b We study 5 Isthat Emir? __ his brother. altmknowing— b I know 6 Sophia is busy.__ dinner. She's cooking b She cooks 7 Luis works as a journalist. __ articles about sport aHe’swriting —-b He writes 8 Ican go with you. __anything at the moment. amnotdoing —b Idon'tdo 9 ___his daughter to school every morning. a Samistaking b Sam takes 10 ___tothe gym with you very often? a lsRaulgoing —b Does Raul go 2 Complete the sentences with the present simple or present continuous form of the verbs in the box. think not play walk do come from work weer have 1 Mr Silva every morning, 2 Mum and Dad lunch at the moment. past our house their 3 Laura ina café for three ‘months this summer. 4 Luca football very often, 5 Olga and Sergei Russia, 6 Helen usually her homework in the evenings? 7 Maria that our new teacher Is great 8 Jorge a jacket today, VOCABULARY: Useful verbs @ Proose the correct verbs to complete the sentences. 1 | often —_ my keys ~ it's so annoying! miss 2 Pablo usually our swimming races. wins 3 Susie really happy, doesn't she? looks like 4 im cold! Let's home. go back 5 Emma's a blue coat today. wearing 6 Can you me to call Ali later? remember 7 mor Francesca to arrive. hoping @ Are you your holiday? looking forward to 9 Emma often___me about her friends. says 10 Ineedto___some documents to Mr take. Smith's office, lose earns looks come back carrying remind waiting expecting tells bring 4 Complete the conversation with verbs from exercise 3 in the correct tense, ‘Ana Are you going to Jorge and Sara's wedding? I'm really 1 it. Laura Yes, Tam! But can only buy them a small resent, because I'm not? very much money at the moment. ‘Ana Never mind! Do you have something to wear to the wedding? Laura No, but my sister? she has so many amazing dresses, Ana 14 she has something suitable then! from holiday tomorrow and Laura Yes, definitely. Every week she 5__ home something new from the shops! Ana By the way, do you 6 Carlos, Jorge's best friend? Laura Yes, Ido. He's the tall guy that 7 2ac Efron, isn't he? He's great ~ I really & he'll be at the wedding. Ana Ofcourse he will, Jorge ° that he's like a brother to him. He works in France in the winter, and Jorge really #0 hhim when he's away. PRONUNCIATION: -ng sound 5 ©i3) Practise saying the sentences. Listen, check and repeat. 1. mbringing Julio to the meeting, 2 He's studying French at university, 3 She's carrying a young chil 4 Are they running in the park? 5 They‘ singing my favourite song, 6 I'm taking a strong box for the heavy books. 7 She's wearing a long dress.WRITING: Making notes 1 Read Cristina’s blog about three important people in 3 Think of three important people in your life. Write her life. Number the information for each person in the notes about them, ‘order it appears. Bianc: Person 2 personality _ — bb relationship to Cristina a © age = relationship to Clara Fuentes: you | a howshe helped Cristina, = _ rues Bi here) = where they lve, € elationship to Cristina = bi Sei _ theepesonaty | | b ‘elationship to Cristina’ father why they are } ae a important to you — brothers and sisters are name ‘annoying, but | love being | j with my sister, Bianca. That's relationship to probably + 1 don't | you live with her al the time! I'm ners | away at university, but she's Sree tioie only six,2___our relationship is abit fa different from most sisters. Bianca's really funny, | ‘and she makes me laugh a lot. When we go out, their personality | people sometimes think I'm her mum. | hope | : 7 have a daughter like her one day ~ but not yetl vty they are | The second person who is - ———— very important to me is my Person neighbour, Clara Fuentes. She - has quite an unusual job for a name _ woman 3______she’s relationship to | ‘an airline pilot. Clara told me ra conce that women can do any ae job in the world! 4_'m studying their ite: job, engineering. There are only three women on my where they ve, | course, but | love it and I'm good at it. ete L | Person number three is my their personality | : ‘grandad, who is my dad's | father, My dad has five | fee brothers. ou | ac hol family is so big! Granddad lives alone, but we all | 4. write a biog about three important people in him,6______he's never || your life. lonelyl He i interested in all of us, and always || + Use some oral of your notes from exereise 3. wants to know about our Ives. He's vary Kind) | + Write @s many ideas as you can about the main ‘and generous and everyone loves him. | oe ) + Choose the best ideas and organize them into paragraphs. 2 Complete 1-6 in the blog with because, so or That's *+ Include atleast three sentences with because, so why and decide if each one is a reason or result (or Thats why.aT WEIR ai BLOG PODCASTS —AUOUT contact He o2 5 ACen eerie at Paolo and Adam LISTENING 1 ©14 Listen to the podcast. Tick (¥) the things. Paolo talks about. a Adam's hobbies b how he met Adam © Adam's personality 4 what he has in common with Adam. Adam's children 1 where Paolo lives 2 O14 Listen again. Choose the correct options to complete the sentences. 1. Paolo regularly sees Adam ‘a most evenings. b when they go running e at work, 2 Paoto says that Adam 2 enjoys going out b has a lot of fiends ¢ isntt very sociable 3. Adam spends some of his free time «2 playing with his sons. b doing sport with his sons. ¢ teaching his sons Spanish 4 Paolo and Adarn 2 often go to concerts with each other. » belong to the same gym. € like different types of music. 5 Paolo says that Adam ‘8 never talks about his friends, does the same job as Paolo. « helps Paolo with his problems. 6 Adam a is usually very serious bb makes Paolo laugh. e can sometimes be selfish. READING 1 Read the blog about friendship. Tick (¥) the correct sentences, Teresa and Livia are about the same age. bb Teresa and Livia have different jobs. Teresa and Livia both have chiléren. 4 Teresa isnt married. © Livia is Teresa's only friend, 2 Ate the sentences true (7), false (F) or is there not enough information to decide (N)? 1. According to the writer, nobody ¢an be friends with someone who is 25 years older. 2 Teresa and Livia work in the same place. 3. They often spend time together. 4 Teresa thinks that Livia gets tired more often than her, — 5 Teresa has a lot of problems with her chitdren, —_ 6 Teresa discusses all her problems with her mother, too. 7 Teresa and Livia always like the same books. 8 Teresa learns more from Livia than Livia leams from Teresa. 9. Livia always likes the clothes that Teresa suggests for her. 10 Livia enjoys g ‘out with Teresa,HOME — BLOG PODCASTS ABOUT coNTACT Son But does it have to be like that? Teresa Fuentes, 28 and Teresa Livia and | work together in a large secondary school, She works in the school office, and I'm a History teacher. We Usually have lunch together, and sometimes we go out in the evening, too. Livia may be 25 years older than me, but she's 0 much fun, and sometimes | think she has more energy than me! That's probably because I'm looking after three small children, and her children are grown up. Hove having an older friend, because Livia is always patient ‘and she has a lot of lfe experience. She's interested in my life ‘and gives me lots of good advice, especially about the kids. She's not afraid to be honest if she thinks I'm doing something wrong. | often talk to her about things I can’t discuss with my ‘mum because I don't want to worry her. But to me, Livia isn’t like another mother ~ she's just Livia, my friend! Livia I think it's really good thing to have friends of all ages. Talking to people with different lives and different experiences makes you think about things in a new way. Teresa and | often discuss books we're reading and it’s interesting how different our opinions can be! Teresa says she learns from me, but | learn a lot from her, t00 ~ about things like cooking and gardening. She and her husband grow all their own vegetables! She loves fashion too, and often suggests things for me that | wouldn't choose ‘myself. This pink Jacket 'm wearing now, for example, ‘And having a friend in her twenties means that | can go out ‘and have fun, She even takes me to clubs sometimes! Being with Teresa and her friends reminds me of being young, and anyway, there's a lot more to life than housework and Watching TV! We a | What’s 25 years between friends? Ww: do you think of when you hear or use the phrase ‘best friend’? Probably two people of ‘round the same age. When we think of relationships between older and younger people, we may feel more negative about them. How often do we hear old people complaining that the young are lazy, selfish and rude? Or young people saying that the old don't understand them? aT Ec ivia Robles, 53 say that it doesn’t!LUNs y GRAMMAR: Past simple and time expressions 1 Order the letters to make the past simple form of the verbs. 1. Anna usually cycles to work, but today she kedlaw 2 Daniel okot atrain to college yesterday. 3 Last night Marta newt toaconcert 4 Didyougrinb. ‘any money with you? 5 We ederbmerem to send Tima birthday card 6 trite to open the door, but it was locked, 7 Beatriz retow. hima letter to explain the problem. 8 Idretsta my new job in January. 9 We beldime. to the top of the ‘mountain, 10 Sara tens. me an email with the details. (2 ‘Complete Ratael’s postcard with the past simple _A the verbs in brackets. Se Hiffum and Dad Wes Get) here safely yesterday, 2___ (be) fine. Daniels dad 3 sat the 4 ioe carat (drive) 0 their howe, °____(g0) toa movia, On the top) ot acafiand? (come) ame afer The journey Inthe evening we wag, we 6 (have) ome pisza. We ® midnight - I'm o tied today! Love from (afel ee SS Stories and pictures :-ed/-ing adjectives VOCABULAR' 3 Complete 1-6 with an adjective from each pai in the box. amazed / amazing annoyed / annoying excited / exciting confused / confusing interested / interesting tired / tring 1 Im by these instructions. They're not very clear, 2. Myneighbours are. 3. Esra’s brother is very = theyte so noisy cars. 4 She's so about her holiday. She's really looking forward to it 5 Paolo felt after running ten kilometres. 6 We went to a fantastic restaurant last night ~ the food was ! Jomplete the sentences with -ed or ing adjectives. “1. Loften fall asleep in my Maths lessons. They're so. b : 2 Bruna was di test, ‘when she failed her driving 3 Imsu come here, 4 Cristina’ realy fr. not scared of them, to see Manuel, He doesn't usually of snakes, but her sister's 5 It'ssoem, someone's name! 6 We love spending the day at the beach — it’s very re when you can't remember PRONUNCIATIO! ed endings 5 O24) Listen and circle the sound that you hear at the end of the underlined verb. Listen, check and repeat. + Weectimbedo the tp ofthe aa ae 2 I decided to go to Murio’s house ‘Al [nav] dar 3 Eduardo looked at the photograph. Atl | dl | ial 4 The cook expanmented wih new T7 [nay| jay § | travelled to Rome by train. Wt |hay| sar 6 In the evening, we watched TV. Att | ind | da 7 We opened our presents together. Ath | Ads | fat ‘8 She worked all day yesterday, Al | hdl] fatREADING: Approaching an article 1 Read the title and the first three lines of the 2 text. What do you think itis about? 3 ‘a Aman who doesn't say much, b_ Aman who isnt as quiet as people think © Aman who shouts a lot, Robyn Jones thought her grandfather was a quiet, shy man. Then she read her grandmother's diary and learned about the one time he wasn't. A AMLn black and white Granny's diary was for the year 1950. Every day she wrote about he it. Before June. it was mostly about herb in ‘a jewellery shop and the lives of the other young women who worked there. But after June, she started to mention a regular customer ~ a nice young man who came into buy ‘necklace for his mother, and then came the next day, and the next, and the next 8 Will he, won't ne? Each time, he asked Granny to help him, but he never bought anything else. Eventually, one ofthe other assistants sald to Granny, know why he comes, It's to see ‘you!’ They all expected Granddad to ask her out, but he never did ¢ The mouse becomes a tion Then one day, everything changed. Granddad was in the shop when aman ranin with a gun. He pointed it at Granry and told her to give him a diamond ring. In an instant, that shy young man changed. ‘Drop the gun he shouted, and pushed the man tothe floor. '‘Don't you dare frighten that ‘young woman! She's going to be my wife one day! Look at the photograph. Who do you think the people are? Match topics 1~4 with paragraph headings A-D. 1. Ashy person doing something brave. 2 Acouple getting married, 3 Something that is written down. 4 People wondering what someone wil do. ~~ The quiet man? -». Wedding belts Alter that, the police came and arrested the robber, and ‘everyone said that Granddad was a hero, But there was something Granny stil wasn't sure about. Did you just ‘ask me to marry you?’ she asked Granddad. Granddad just smiled, but two months later they got married! Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1. Granny wrote about Granddad before June 2. Granddad bought lots of jewellery from the shop. 3 The other assistants thought Granddad liked Granny, 4. The robber tried to steal a necklace from the shop. 5 Granddad was very angry with the robber, 6 The police took the robber away. 7 The people in the shop thought Granddad was brave. 8 Granny already knew that Granddad wanted tomarry her. 5 Complete the sentences about the text with then, ater or later. 1 Robyn Jones read her grandmother's, diary, she had a different idea about her grandfather. 2 One day, Granddad came to the shop to buy a necklace. A day he came into the shop again. 3 __that, Granny started to write about him inher diay. 4 ‘awhile, another shop assistant realized that Granddad was coming to see Granny. 5 Aman pointed a gun at Granny. tried to steal a ring, 6 Afew minutes he the police arrived, aGRAMMAR: Question forms 1 Order the words to make questions. | 1 did / do / what /on holiday / they 2 need / we / to buy / do /aticket 3 did / the movie / who / with / go to / Bruna 4 is / apartment / where / new / Susie's 5 do/ how /to/ the station / get / you 6 do/ dinner / you / want / what / for 7 the milk /in / is / the fridge 8 play / does sister / the violin / your 2 ‘one or two words in each space. 1 areyou___? 'm from Peru. 2 ____is your English teacher? (Mrs Smith is my English teacher. 3_______you No, I didn't see Max today. 4 you move to New York? Imoved to New York in 2015. 5 ___his name? His name is Luca. Max today? | 2 complete the questions to match the answers ite | | 6 ___ Maria a teacher? Yes, she is. 7 Larry very angry? No, Larry wasn't very angry. 8 ___you travel to Lima? We travelled to Lima by plane. VOCABULARY: Life stages 3 Read about Kazuo's life. Order the phrases. Write 1-6. engaged to Eriko children (two boys) ¢ ‘retired 1990 4 born Kyoto, 1930 ' married Eriko primary and secondary school, Tokyo 4. Complete the text about Kazu0's life. Write one word in each space. Kazuo born in Kyoto, in Japan, in 1930. His family moved when he was still a baby and he grew 2 in Tokyo, where he 5 to primary and p/secondary school. After Kazuo 4 “school, he © to university to study medicine. At university, he met a girl , illed Eriko. They © engaged, but they waited until after university before Tthey?_— married. They two children. Kazuo worked + as a doctor for 30 years. In 1990, after a successful career, he 8s and spent the next twenty years doing what he loved * painting, Sadly, Kazuo 20 in 2015, aged 85 PRONUNCIATION: Question intonation 5 ©22 tisten to the questions. Does the intonation 90 up (U) or down (D) at the end? 1. How do you spell your name? 2 Doyou lke cheese? 3 Istheir house very big? 4 When is her birthday? 5 Where do you lve? 6 Did you see Peter? 7 Was Anna very angry? 8 Who did you go on holiday with?‘SPEAKING: Telling a personal story 1 ©23 Listen to Emma tell Dominic a personat story. Tick (¥) the phrases you hear. What happened? Did | ever tell you about the time ..? That's amazing! Realy? What did you do then? Ohno! You're joking! That's awful That reminds me of i Lucky you! k Poor you! 1 Youl never guess m [felt realy ©23 Listen again. Which of a~m in exercise 1 do Emma and Dominic use to do these things? 1. Emma tells Dominic something surprising. 2. Dominic shows sympathy. a. Emma describes her emotions after the accident happened. 4 Dominic shows that he is interested. — 5 Dominic says that something similar happened to him, 3 O24 Listen to six people talking. Choose the best way of showing interest and say it aloud, Poor you! / What did he do then? | That's amazing! What happened? / Oh no! / Lucky you! Great! | That's awfull/ You're joking! What did he do then? | Poor you! / Great! What happened? / Lucky you! / Oh no! That's amazing! | That's awful! / What happened? ©25 sten and check your answers to exercise 3, ©26 Match the sentence halves. Say ther aloud Then listen and check 4 Something similar __a realy nervous about 2 That reminds meeting her. 23 You never quess ___® tellyou about my fight flee — § wToige, — ¢ youabout the time | met 5 Canyou — _ ac Efron? 6 I felt —— 4 soamazing to discover 7 Didlevertell ____ we have the same name! 8 was «imagine how scared | was? happened to me when | was a student. ‘9. what happened to Ratfie yesterday, hme of the time I lost my passport.HOME @LOG PODCASTS ABOUT CONTACT AeiN-ae ental) Gules ineucns curt LISTENING 1 ©27 Listen to the podcast. Choose the best summary. 2 Maria made friends with an old lady. b Maria dropped someone's bag on the train, © Maria upset a complete stranger. 2 ©27 Listen again. Choose the correct options to complete the sentences. 1. Maria was surprised by 2 how old the lady was. b how smart the lady looked. © how interesting the lady was. 2. Maria and the lady had 2 nothing to talk about. b little to talk about, € alotto talk about 3 When she stood up, the lady appeared a shorter. b younger. ¢ older 4 Maria tried to help the lady by {2 supporting her with her arm. 'b supporting her with her arm and holding her bag. ¢ holding her bag, 5 Maria dropped the lady's a sweets, » bag. e stick. 6 The bag fell on a the track b the platform. © aman, 7 The old lady was a very angry. quite calm. © too upset to talk, 8 The man helped them by a mending the bag, b picking up the medicine bottle, getting the bag back. REAI DING 1 Read the blog about games that use pictures, Cc ‘omplete 16 with the adjectives in the box. annoyed disappointing confusing surprised interesting boring 2 Ave the sentences true (7), false (F) or is there not enough information to decide (N)? 1 10 ‘The writer's family play games together every Christmas, ‘The writer's sister got more correct answers than their father. ‘The writer's mother couldn't name any of the famous people. The Spot the Ball competition started in the 1976s. ‘The writer's mother played Spot the Ball more than once, ‘The writer's father was angry when his wife won a prize, The writer's parents didn't earn much money, Spot the Ballis less popular today than in the past. Spot the Ballis a more difficult competition today than in the 1970s, The writer prefers games that use pictures of animals, <<" SPOT THE BALL =oia Tae al HOME — BLOG I'm an amateur photographer, so it's probably not surprising that | love games which are based around images. Last Christmas | organized a quiz for my family. | selected images of different people in the news that year and everyone got one point for each person they could name correctly. My sister thought it was1_ so she didn’t really try. | was quite @__ when my dad won - he even managed to recognize Taylor Swift! Then my parents told me about a game that was very popular in the 1970s called ‘Spot the Ball: It was a simple game in lots of newspapers. You looked at an action shot of a football match, but the ball was removed from the photo and you had to say where you thought it should be. Apparently, my dad found it really > and played it every week, but Mum got quite*__with him, because he wanted to discuss exactly where all the players were looking. Mum used to guess ~ and one week she won! She only got £100, but that was a lot of money in those days. Later, read an article about the game and | was amazed that the last time anyone won the jackpot prize was 2004! About three million people used to play it every week in the 1970s but now there are only about 14,000 players. | think that's a bit ©, because it's great fun. There's another game that | really enjoy which uses images ~ you see a very small part of something in detail and you have to work out what itis. There are whole blogs for these kinds of pictures; one of my favourites is http://floorsix.blogspot.co.uk/ . Some of the images are really ©_ , but to me, that's what makes them even more interesting. | love asking myself questions about them: ‘What does it look lke?; ‘Is it an animal?’ is that part of a machine?; ‘How big is it really?: Do you want to have a go at ‘guessing? Look at these three images and try to work out what they are.Sao TE GRAMMAR: Comparatives, superlatives, (not) as... as 1 Choose the correct options to complete the sentences. 1. The weather here's hotter __itis in Germany. a most b than as 2 My sister isn't ___ tall as me. aas b than © more 3. This sofais___ comfortable than the other one, 2 most bas © more 4 Yusufis the __boy in our class! a funniest b morefunny funnier 5 For me, Science is___lesson of all! athemostbad —b worst © theworst 6 Isyour house ___Rafael's? aasbigthan _b asbigas more big than 7 Osman makes __ best cakes in the world! 2 most ib the © as 8 This is the ___ expensive restaurant in the city. 2 most bas © more 2 Complete the conversation with comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives in the box. far cheap early important lazy close crowded interesting A HiDaniel. [heard you moved toa new apartment. B Yes, Imoved to the city centre because I wanted tobe! to work. Catching the train was so expensive. Ican walk everywhere now, which isa lo 2, A Tknow! Hive even 3 away than you did. It costs so much, and I think I gee twain in the country ~ ‘always completely fll in the morning. B Pethaps you should move as well! I find living in the city alot 5 than living inthe countryside, too there's so much to do here. A Leould never live inthe cy. My horses are the things in my life. I couldn't live ‘without thet B Perhaps you should ty geting an train? ‘A Probably, but I hate getting up in the morning, person in my family! Ram Keep on travelling VOCABULARY: Useful adjectives 3 order the letters to make adjectives. 4 Ididr't sleep well because the hotel bed was so FRONTBAUMCELO. 2. I need to pack my suitcase again because i's too SYSEM. 3 | didn’t think the beach would be so TIQUE at the weekend. 4, Athens is very NICETAN. People have lived there for over 7,000 years. 5 The Eiffel Tower is the most SOMAFU building in Paris. 6 His shop sells LUNUSUA souvenirs that you won't find anywhere els. 4 Complete the text about Tokyo. Some letters are given, With nearty 40 million people living there, Tokyo is one ofthemost#¢___ cities in the world. And it has more cars than anywhere else in Japan, almost 70 miion of them, s0 I's extremely a ‘as well. But Tokyo Is also one of the top places for foreign tourists to visit. Its very safe and, although it’s extremely 3b_______ many people love the fact that isrealy4t___ and that there's plenty to see and do, Some visitors may think that 5m buildings lke the Sugamo- Shinkin bank, builtin 2011, are u___ but ‘others find them quite beautiful and love the fact that they use some of the best 21st century technology. PRONUNCIATION: Sentence stress 5 ©3i) circle the underlined word which is most stressed, Listen, check and repeat. Als the best student in his class My soup doesr't taste as good as Yasmin's, Tokyo is nearer to Mumbai than So Paulo 's Lady Gaga more famous than Taylor Switt? ‘My cars the most expensive thing | own, Sophia's essay was a lot better than Helena's, ts quieter in the countryside than inthe city. "rm feeting a litte happier than | was beforeLISTENING: Identifying key points 3 1 ©BB Listen to Joe and Sara talking about holidays Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1 Saravists alot of ies, 2 Joe and Sara don't enjoy the same types of holiday. 3. Sara doesnt tke travelling alone. ©B2 Listen again and choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 1 Sara really kes cities / beaches / hotels. 2. Joe doesn't enjoy going to the beach / going hiking / ‘going abroad. 3 Sara doesn't lke museums / sunbathing / churches. 4 Aweek before Sara leaves, she books @ room / packs hier suitcase / buys her plane ticket. 5 The night before Sara leaves, she plans her sightseeing / eats out / packs a suitcase. 6 Sara spends most of her holiday alone / with other people | on guided tours. 7 Sara likes travelling alone because she can choose what to do | read more / go sightseeing. 8 Sara takes @ book when she goes sightseeing / eats ‘out alone / goes on guided tours. 4 ©33) Underline the key words that are most likely tobe stressed by the speaker in these sentences. Listen and check 1 The museums are crowded in summer 2. Didyou book a seat? 3. We could hite a ca at the arport 4d love to go abroad. 5 The barbecue atthe hotet was fantastic. 6 They stay ina beautiful house by the sea Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box book buy eatout oo have hire visit. stay 1 Weboth ove to__ in the local restaurants, 2 Could you 2 double room for my parents, please? 3 Lets car to drive around the island 4 My ite sister likes to afew souvenirs to take home. 5 My aunt and uncle usualy ‘camping in the summer. 6 Lucy and James are ina seaside resort. 7 Today we the local attractions. 8 Peter always a barbecue when he's on holiday. ElGRAMMAR: Past continuous and past simple 1 Order the words to make sentences. Add commas where necessary. 0 ‘Alba was / café when / waiting /| arrived /in the working when / Nehir / was /1/ her / left having / called / Sara / when Lara / a shower / was the was / Elf lived / at home while / studying / law {looked / was smiling / that he / at Dad / and saw stil waiting / were / to get in / when the show / started we her homework / book while / Marian was /| read a/ finishing into the / we were / house while / the thieves / got / sleeping watching TV / cooking while / were / Mum was / the kids shopping her friend / while Paola was / went to / the museum 2 complete each sentence with the verbs in brackets, Write one past continuous and one past simple form, 1 When we. Carlos, he___his car. (see, clean) 2 Marta _ for the train when she (run, fal) 3 Anna Julia white she. to class. (meet, walk) 4 Hugo his leg when he tennis. (hurt, play) 5 Myphone____while (ring, drive) 6 While Rick his hair, he shampoo in his eyes. (wash, get) 7 Emma late for her lesson because she with Luiza. (be, chat) 8 The plane above the sea when the storm fly, start) 8 Mysister my phone while | (take, not took) 10 When Yasmin her shopping, someone her bag. (do, steal) PRONUNCIATION: was/were 3 ©34 Practise saying the sentences. Pay attention to the pronunciation of was Awaz! and were /wal. Listen, check and repeat, 1 What were you doing at five o'clock yesterday? | was expecting Monica to call, Rafael was talking to his friend, We were playing outside, but it started to rain, ‘Adam was watching TV while | worked. While you were sleeping, I made a cake. | was doing my homework all morning, Clara was running when the accident happened,WRITING: Writing a narrative 1 Read two paragraphs from different parts of a story about a holiday disaster. Choose the correct verbs. A They went up to the check-in desk, where a woman ‘checked / was checking everyone's tickets and, passports. Simon 2gave / was giving her thelr passports. The woman took them, then looked at Simon strangely. ‘Why did you give me this?’ she asked. Then Simon and Gabrielle $got / were getting a terrible shock. They didn't have Gabrielle's passport ‘They had Simon's passport and Simon's old passport! B__ Simon and Gabriele satin the car. They felt happy and were chatting. Simon's brother, Toby, #drove / was driving them to the airport for their skiing trip. ‘They had to be there by 5.30 am. and there weren't any trains that early. They were tired but excited. They had a good journey and Toby Sleft / was leaving them outside the airport. They thanked him and 6went / were going to get their flight. 2 Read two more paragraphs from different parts of the story. Choose the correct adjectives or adverbs. © However, when she got back, the airline staff were very thelpful / helpfully. They ®kind / kindly found her ‘a seat ona later flight and she didn't have to pay extra, When she arrived in Switzerland, the coach to the ski resort had gone, but it was easy to catch a bus there. She arrived in time for a Sdelicious / deliciously dinner, ‘and she quickly forgave Simon. After all, anyone can make a mistake and everything was fine in the endl 1D The woman told them rather “rude / rudely that Gabrielle couldn't travel. She said that Simon should get on the plane. ‘But he's the one who made the mistake!’ said Gabrielle. She was realy angry. However, there was nothing they could do. Gabrielle had to hire ‘acar and drive back home for her passport. It was @ fast journey, but she still missed the plane. She felt very worried and Smiserable / miserably. SKILLS (3D 3 Look at these sentences from the text. Rewrite them using adverbs instead of adjectives, 1. They felthappy and were chatting, They chatted - 2 They had a good journey. The journey went ____. 3 But he’s the one who made the mistake!” said Gabrielle. She was realy angry But he's the one who made the mistake!" said Gabrielle 4. Itwas a fast journey, but she still missed the plane. She drove. but she still missed the plane. 4 Match 1-4 with paragraphs A-D. 1. The background (who, when, where) 2 Aproblem (what happened) 3. Aresolution how she solved the problem) 4 ‘The ending (what happened in the end, hhow she felt) Write a different last paragraph for the story. + Use the ideas below or your own ideas. + White atleast five sentences, + Use the past continuous and the past simple correctly. + Use adjectives and adverbs to make your paragraph more interesting, no plane until next day went to wrong ski resort Simon was waiting for her at the airport in Switzerland decided to stay at home and not go skiing had a big argument with Simon had to pay for a new ticketmea ea pic eI HOME BLOG PODCASTS ABOUT CONTACT Oyo: a LISTENING 1 @s5 tisten to the podcast. Circle True or False. 1 Mara worked with elephants Tue False in Thailand. 2 She found the work quite easy, True False 3 Thelocalpeoplewerentvery Tue ‘False friendly 4 Mara went to Thailand on True False her own. 5 Oneofthe animals becameill True False 2 © a5 sen again, Complete the sentences with aaximum of three words 1. Mara saysit was the animals. 2. Mara enjoyed being part of a 3 The made the work difficult for Mara, 4 Mara really enjoyed eating the. 5 Some of the people Mara worked with went to Thailand ina 6 Mara made around the world 7 Mara says it's important to. alot there because of the heat, 8 Mara felt better after someone gave her a large tobe so close to with people from READING 1. Read the blog about four hotels, What do you think the word ‘quirkiest’ in the heading means? most expensive ‘most comfortable most unusual most famous Tomiend Sam talk about Wolnrs| sic 2. Match the descriptions to hotels A-D. 1 Itisa very unusual shape, _ 2 tis difficult to get into. —_ 3. Ithas no walls or roof. = 4 It is made of a substance not normally Used for buildings. — 3 choose the correct options to complete the sentences. 1. The Palacio de Salis in an area a where sat is produced. bb where many tourists want to go. without normal building materials, 2 According to the blog, the restaurant at the Palacio de Sal ‘a makes the best food in Bolivia, b makes food that is too salty © makes a popular dish with salt. 3 Jules’ Undersea Lodgt a in deep water, b only reached by taxi € in shallow water, 4 People with heart problems can't stay at Jules! Undersea Lodge because a doctors can't reach the hotel. b it’s not comfortable enough. ¢ itis not safe for them, 5 In Dog Bark Park Inn, the beds are 2 ln rooms in the dog. b shaped lke dogs. © allin one big room, 6 At Dog Bark Park Inn, real dogs {8 must always be kept inside. b are allowed to stay. € are not welcome. 7 According to the blog, itis good to stay in a treehouse because 8 you can stay outside all night, 'b you can see unusual animals, ¢ itis cheaper than a hotel, According to the blog, sleeping outside means that you can experience being with other people, b other aspects of nature, © waking up very early