Unit 3

Vocabulary I

Exercise 1

1 winter; 2 December; 3 4th; 4 thirtieth; 5 July; 6 summer; 7 1st January

Exercise 2

1 th; 2 nd; 3 winter; 4 spring; 5 rd; 6 March / April; 7 autumn

Exercise 3

1 summer; 2 rd; 3 January; 4 February; 5 th; 6 winter; 7 th

Vocabulary II

Exercise 1

1 e; 2 b; 3 f; 4 a; 5 d; 6 g; 7 c

Exercise 2

1 quarter to ten; 2 gets; 3 one o’clock; 4 half past seven; 5 homework; 6 bed; 7 quarter past
seven

Exercise 3

1 get up; 2 half past six; 3 have lunch; 4 twelve o’clock; 5 half past eleven; 6 have dinner;
7 eight o’clock; 8 eleven o’clock

Grammar I

Exercise 1

1 live; 2 don’t finish; 3 love; 4 go; 5 come; 6 don’t walk; 7 get up

Exercise 2

1 do you like; 2 enjoy; 3 know; 4 have; 5 go; 6 do your family go / does your family go; 7 prefer

Exercise 3

My name’s Siobhan and I (1) are am from Dublin in Ireland. I (2) gets get up early every day at 6.00
am to go to school. I (3) like don’t like getting up early because I am very tired.

When I (4) am leave the house, I (5) don’t get the bus to school. The bus comes at 7.30 am every
morning.

At school, we always (6) has have a big lunch and then we (7) goes go home at 3.30 pm. In the
winter it is dark very early and so we (8) don’t have dinner at about 6.00 pm.

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Grammar II

Exercise 1

1 Do you live in Ireland? Yes, I do. 2 What time do they get up? 3 When do you go shopping?
4 Do you have lunch at 1 pm? No, I don’t. 5 Where do you go to school? 6 When do we have
our holidays? 7 Do I go home at 3.30 pm today? Yes, you do.

Exercise 2

1 do you go; 2 don’t; 3 play; 4 do you go; 5 Do you want; 6 do; 7 do you live

Exercise 3

1 What time do you usually get up? 2 Do you wash the dishes after dinner? 3 Possible
questions: Do you have lunch at school? / Do you have lunch in the canteen? 4 What time do
you have breakfast? 5 Do you go to school by bus? 6 Do you do homework in the afternoon?
7 What time do Juan and Mariela go to bed?

Reading

Exercise 1

1 False; 2 True; 3 False; 4 True; 5 True; 6 False; 7 True

Exercise 2

1 No, it isn’t. 2 Kiss. 3 The first man they see when they get up. 4 Romantic letters. 5 It’s bad
luck. 6 No, it isn’t. 7 The wedding and honeymoon.

Listening

Audioscript
Presenter: Hello and welcome to another edition of your favourite music talent show, Let’s
hear it! In the studio today we have two new candidates auditioning. Here they
are. Hello, what are your names and how old are you?
Alicia: Hi! I’m Alicia and I’m 16.
Ben: Hello. I’m Ben and I’m 19.
Presenter: OK. Tell us a bit about yourself, Alicia.
Alicia: Well, I do sport, meet my friends and go to the cinema, but my favourite activity
is singing. I love it!
Presenter: And do you have singing lessons?
Alicia: No, I don’t. I listen to songs and then I sing them.
Presenter: And what’s your song today?
Alicia: OK. This is ‘A girl like me’ by Rihanna.
Presenter: Your turn, Ben. Tell us about you and your music.
Ben: I’m from London. I play the guitar and I also sing. My favourite singer is James
Blunt. I love his music.
Presenter: Do you have music lessons?
Ben: Yes, I do. I have guitar lessons, but I don’t have singing lessons because I’m really
good at singing.
Presenter: Hmmm… Do you want to be famous, Ben?
Ben: Yes, of course.
Presenter: OK. What’s your song today?
Ben: It’s ‘You’re beautiful’ by …

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Presenter: James Blunt. Yes, I know that song. OK, you can start now.

Exercise 1

1 sing; 2 a boy and a girl; 3 don’t have; 4 singing; 5 A girl like me. 6 is; 7 James Blunt.

Exercise 2

1 Hear; 2 16; 3 singing; 4 Rihanna; 5 London; 6 guitar; 7 Beautiful

Writing

Students’ own answers

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