2B VOCABULARY | Education VIPs = VERY

1 Which do you think is better: a) to leave school to INTELLIGENT

PEOPLE?
become a top sports star or b) to study to get
a university degree? Is it possible to do both?

2 In pairs, look at photos A–C. Which people do you

recognise? Then read the article. Whose story do you We know them today because they’re famous
find particularly surprising? actors, musicians or sports stars. But many
celebrities used to have promising academic
3 Read the article again. In pairs, decide if statements
1–4 are true. careers. High Note Magazine looks at some
1 F Natalie Portman studied at Harvard before she very clever VIPs.
was in the Star Wars films.
2 □F Venus Williams was never a student and tennis A
Brainy actor Natalie Portman
player at the same time.
3 □T The musicians in Coldplay met when they were
was very good at Science at
school and always got top
at university in London.
4 □F One of the celebrities studied something that
marks. She didn’t go to the
premiere of her first major
helped his/her career.
film (Star Wars: The
4 Find three synonyms for intelligent in the article. Phantom Menace), because
she wanted to revise for
c _l e_ _v _e _r b _r _a _i n_ _y sm
_ _a _r _t school exams. Natalie has
a degree in Psychology
5 Study Watch out! and say these sentences in a more from Harvard University
polite way. and used to publish her
1 She’s unintelligent. scientific research.
She’s not very bright.
2 I’m a slow student. I’m not a very brainy student. B
Tennis star Venus
3 You’re bad at sport. You’re not very good at sport.
Williams used to be
4 He’s ugly. He’s not very good-looking. (Other adjectives are possible.)
world number 1. She’s
still a top player but she’s
WATCH OUT! also very smart. In 2011,
It's more polite to use positive adjectives to say negative
Venus began to study
things: at Indiana University.
He’s not very clever sounds more polite than He’s stupid. It wasn’t easy to pass
exams while playing
6 Complete the phrases in the box. Use the article to professional tennis, but
help you. Venus studied online
in her free time and in
be good/bad at something 2015 she got a degree in
get bad/good/t op marks (in …)
Business Administration.
get /have a degree in (a subject)
go to/attend /s kip a class
learn by heart C
prepare/revise for exams
study a subject (at college/university)
take/p ass /fail an exam/test

7 In pairs, use the vocabulary from Exercise 6 to ask and

answer questions about education.
Does anybody in your family have a degree?
Did you get a good mark in the last … test?
Which sports are you good at?

8 REFLECT | Society In your opinion, which celebrities

are the best role models for young people? Discuss in
pairs.
The guys in Coldplay started the band when they were at
university. They met because they used to live in the same
student accommodation in London. Singer Chris studied
Greek and Latin, drummer Will studied Anthropology and
guitarist Jonny used to study Mathematics. Did they use
20 □ I can talk about learning and studying. to skip classes? Yes, they did. They didn’t use to attend all
their classes because they were busy with their music.

REFERENCES FURTHER PRACTICE NEXT CLASS

CULTURE NOTES page 200 • Workbook page 18/Online Practice Students write a brief profile of a celebrity
• Photocopiable resource 6: Smart who quit a promising academic career to
EXTRA ACTIVITY IN CLASS follow their current career. They search
pelmanism, pages 265, 281
Students write true sentences about for information online and use the
• Extra digital activities: Vocabulary
themselves or someone they know using profiles in the article on Student’s Book
Checkpoint 2
the phrases in Exercise 6. This can be done page 20 as models. You could ask them to
after Exercise 6 or 7. ASSESSMENT add photos to their texts and display the
profiles around the classroom.
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 2C GRAMMAR 02
1 Do you have any plans or ideas about what you would 6 Read the information below and look at the pictures.
like to do after you finish high school? Discuss in pairs. Make sentences about the changes in Declan’s life
using used to or didn’t use to.
I’m not sure but I’d like to study .../work as a …
Declan stopped getting bad marks/revising for tests at
Exercise 5
the last minute/behaving badly in class/counting the
Used to days until the holidays.
2 When she was younger,
actress Kate Beckinsale used
2 Read this sentence from the article on page 20 and Declan started getting top marks in Maths/doing all his to dream of being a writer.
She won the WH Smith Young
decide which explanation is correct: a, b or c. homework/going to classes on time/showing his school
report to his parents. Writers’ competition twice in
Natalie Portman used to publish her scientific research. her teens.
Declan used to get bad marks. He didn’t use to get top 3 Rowan Atkinson, the actor
a Natalie regularly published her scientific research in
marks in Maths. who plays Mr Bean, used to
the past and she still does so. study Electrical Engineering at
b Natalie regularly published her scientific research in Oxford University.
the past but now she doesn’t. before 4 Rap star Kanye West used to
study English at Chicago State
c Natalie published her scientific research once. University. His mother used to
work there as a professor. But
3 Study the Grammar box and Watch out! and find all the in 1997 he left the university
examples of used to in the article. without a degree.
5 Rock star Sting used to teach
English at a primary school.
Used to But in those days people didn’t
use to call him Sting. What did
We use used to to talk about a regular habit or state in the they use to call him? They used
past which doesn’t happen anymore. to call him ‘Mister Sumner’,
or just ‘Sir’!
I • You • He • She • It • We • They
+ We used to study German at school. Exercise 6
– He didn’t use to be an actor. Declan used to get bad
marks, revise for tests at the
? Did they use to be famous? last minute, behave badly in
Yes, they did./No, they didn’t. class, count the days until the
after holidays.
Wh-? What did they use to study? Declan didn’t use to get top
marks in Maths, do all his
Grammar Reference and Practice > page 174 homework, go to classes on
time, show his school report to
his parents.

WATCH OUT!
We can’t use used to if something happened only once:
Natalie didn’t go to the premiere.
NOT Natalie didn’t use to go to the premiere.

4 Look at the underlined verbs in the texts on page 20.

Which ones could you replace with used to?
got – used to get; studied – used to study; studied – used to study
5 Where possible, replace the underlined verbs below
with a phrase with used to.
1 Before he became an actor, George Clooney sold shoes. 7 SPEAKING Think about your life when you were at
Before he became an actor, George Clooney used to sell primary school. In pairs, ask and answer the questions.
shoes.
2 When she was younger, actress Kate Beckinsale Did you use to …
dreamed of being a writer. She won the WH Smith • like painting and drawing?
Young Writers’ competition twice in her teens. • do much homework?
3 Rowan Atkinson, the actor who plays Mr Bean, studied • cycle to school?
Electrical Engineering at Oxford University. • live near your friends?
• love listening to stories?
4 Rap star Kanye West studied English at Chicago State
• enjoy singing?
University. His mother worked there as a professor.
• write the name of your favourite bands on your
But in 1997 he left the university without a degree.
pencil case?
5 Rock star Sting taught English at a primary school. But in • be scared of older children?
those days people didn’t call him Sting. What did they
call him? They called him ‘Mister Sumner’ or just ‘Sir’! A Did you use to enjoy singing?
B Yes, I did. I sang in the school choir.

□ I can use used to to talk about habits or states in the past. 21

EXTRA ACTIVITY IN CLASS FURTHER PRACTICE ASSESSMENT

After Exercise 7, put students in new pairs. • Grammar Reference and Practice, Grammar Quiz 2C
They now take it in turns to make guesses Student’s Book page 174
about their new partner using the same NEXT CLASS
• Workbook page 19/Online Practice
phrases and used to. The partner confirms Students find information online about
• Photocopiable resource 7: Memory
if the guesses were correct (e.g. A: You Cambridge and Oxford Universities.
lane, pages 265, 282
didn’t use to like painting and drawing. They should note down any facts they
B: That’s not true – I loved it. I once won • Extra digital activities: Grammar find interesting, to share with the class
a drawing competition.) Checkpoint 2C in the next lesson.
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