3 Amazing people

Vocabulary
Types of books
1 Look at the website. What is it about? Do you know similar websites?

HOME | LAST POSTS | REVIEWS | BEST-SELLERS

EUROPE ESSENTIALS
LIFE, LOVE AND TEXTING
This (3) ... about great places in Europe
A (1) … and also a (2) … . It’s a very
contains the best tips for curious
exciting story. Read it and have fun!
travellers.
Vicky, 18
Jess, 15

EINSTEIN: HIS LIFE AND UNIVERSE

MY SIDE
This (4) ... by Walter Isaacson, tells the

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amazing life story of Albert Einstein. A great (5) ... . Beckham’s fascinating
Discover what made him
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very clever boy. A fantastic (6) ... ! with exciting adventures in space.
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2 15 Listen and repeat. Then complete the 4 In turns, say which of the books you would /
information on the website with words from wouldn’t like to read. Explain why. Use words
the box. from the box.

adventure story autobiography biography exciting interesting funny fun

comic novel cookery book detective novel long boring useful
fairy tale historical novel poetry book
romantic novel science fiction novel I’d like to read ‘My Side’ because
I love autobiographies.

thriller travel guide

3 Find words in Exercise 2 that refer to: I’d like to read ‘My Side’...
1 a story about trying to solve a crime. would like
2 a traditional story about magical events.
3 a book that helps you to make food.
4 an exciting story, often about danger or
LEARNING TO LEARN
crime.
5 a fiction book about people and events in To learn categories of words, personalize
them by writing down your own examples:
the past.
6 a book about a person’s life Fairy tale: Cinderella, Peter Pan,...

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Reading
An online message board
1 Before you read > Look at the message board. What is it about?

MESSAGE BOARD FAQs Register Login Search… Go

Reading ideas for your holidays! Post reply 4 posts Page 1 of 1

Were you on holiday last year? Where were you? Tell us about the book you read.
Was it good? Was it bad? Were the characters interesting?

by Roxy Wed 12/01 6.12 pm

I was at the beach on my last holidays. I read The Adventures of Sean
Ryanis and I really enjoyed it. It was about a boy and his adventures in
space. It was very exciting. I think it is a great book.
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I recommend it!

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by Tony Wed 12/01 7.27 pm
I read the biography of Albert Einstein on my last holidays. Einstein was

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by Lucy Thu 13/01 8.42 pm
My family and I like travelling and visiting new places. We were in Europe
last year and we used the travel guide Europe Essentials every day of our
trip. It was very useful. The book contains a lot of information but you don’t
Lucy, 15
need to read it all. You can read the parts that you are interested in.

by Matt Thu 13/01 8.53 pm

I always read during my holidays. Adventure stories are my favourite
books. On my holidays last year, I read Terror on Mount Everest. It was
about two climbers. They were on Mount Everest and they met the
Yeti monster. The characters weren’t interesting and the story wasn’t
Matt, 12 exciting. It was long and boring. I don’t recommend it.

2 Read for general ideas > Complete the table. 3 Read for details > Answer.
1 Where was Roxy on her last holidays?
Book Good or bad? Why? 2 Who was Albert Einstein?
Roxy 3 Was he a good student?
4 Where were Lucy and her family last year?
Tony 5 What is Terror on Mount Everest about?
Lucy
Matt

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 Grammar
Past simple – be: questions

USE FORM
A Analyze these questions from the C Complete the table.
text on page 33. Underline four more Yes/No questions
examples of the past simple of be.
I / he / she / it
in Europe?

   
1 Were you on holiday last year? Were you / we / they
2 Where were you? Short answers
3 Was it good? I / he / she / it was.
Yes,
4 Was it bad? you / we / they .

   
5 Were the characters interesting? I / he / she / it wasn’t.
No,
you / we / they .

   
B Match these answers to the questions Wh- questions
in Exercise A.
you / they?
Where
We were in Europe.
   
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No, it wasn’t. It was great!
Yes, it was. It was long and boring.
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Then complete the short answers. We + weren’t + at home.
1 David Beckham / an actor?
No, he ... .
2 they / at the beach?
Were + you + on holiday?

No, they ... .

3 she / at school?
Where + were + you?

Yes, she ... .

4 the stories / good?
Yes, they ... .
2 Think about a book you enjoyed reading
and answer.
1 What was its title?
2 Who was its author?
3 What type of book was it?
4 Explain why you liked it.
3 Complete the questions with was or were.
1 Where … you last summer?
2 Who … your first teacher?
3 When … your last birthday?
4 What … your favourite subjects last year?
5 Where … you at 8 o’clock this morning?
4 Free practice > In turns, ask and answer the
questions in Exercise 3.

COMPARING LANGUAGES
In English, the word order of questions with was
and were is different from the word order of
statements. What happens in your language?

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 Vocabulary
Verbs to talk about people’s lives in the past
1 Look at the photos in the quiz. Do you know these people?

AMAZING PEOPLE QUIZ Do you know these people?

Who are they?
1900
1910 A great woman was born in 1962 A black man spent almost 27 1963 An American man
Macedonia. During her life, she chose to years in prison because he thought opened a theme park in
help sick and poor people. She founded discrimination was wrong. Later in Florida, USA. He produced
a congregation called the Missionaries of his life, he became the president of his many films for children.
Charity. country.

2004 A young man created 1993 An American film producer 1980 A famous musician
Facebook in his room at university. made his first Jurassic Park film. It had died in New York. A fan killed
He was 20 years old. He earned great special effects. Millions of people him. He wished to live in a
millions of dollars. saw it around the world. world of peace.

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JK Rowling John Lennon Nelson Mandela Mark Zuckerberg Mother Teresa Steven Spielberg
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Malala Yousafzai Greta Thunberg
2 16 Look at the timeline. Listen and
repeat the words in blue. Then do the quiz.
3 Play a memory game in pairs. You mention a
fact from the quiz and your classmate says
the person’s name. Then change roles.
He made Jurassic Park.

Steven Spielberg!
Listening
Famous people in modern history
4 17 Listen to a reporter interviewing
Walt Disney some people. Which names from the quiz
do they mention?
5 17 Listen again. Answer.
1 What is today’s programme about?
2 Who is Sam Jenkins?
3 Why does the woman choose John
Lennon?
4 Why does the man choose Mark
Zuckerberg?

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 Reading
A magazine article
1 Before you read > Look at the article. Who is it about?
The story of
Malala Yousafzai
The Pakistani girl who gave her first speech on education
when she was 11, wrote her first book at the age of 16 and
won the Nobel Peace prize a year later.
When and where was Malala born?
Did she go to school as a child?
Malala was born on July 12, 1997,
in Pakistan. When she was a child,
she went to the Khushal Girls
High School in a large city in the
Swat Valley. She was a very good
student and enjoyed life at school
until suddenly, in 2007, a strict
Muslim group, the Taliban, took
control of the valley and closed
her school and many other girls’
schools in the area.
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Did Malala decide to take action?
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2008, she gave a speech on the
prohibition of the education of
girls in her country. A lot of people
in Pakistan and in many other
parts of the world listened to her
speech. Soon a British TV channel,
2 Read for general ideas > Answer.
1 Why did Malala give her first speech?
2 What did she write for the BBC?
3 Who tried to kill her?
4 What kind of book is I am Malala?
COMPARING CULTURES
Do all children have access to education in
your country? Why is education important?
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the British Broadcast Corporation
(BBC), contacted Malala and her
father, and asked the young girl to
write about daily life in her country.
From January to March 2009, Malala
wrote 35 blog entries and became
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In October 2012, when Malala was
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wrote an autobiography, I am
gunman tried to kill her and shot
her in the head. The 15-year-old
girl was seriously injured but she
Malala, in 2013. She won the
Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 and a
survived. She woke up a week
later in a hospital bed in England.
After this incident, Malala became
year later, with the support of the
Malala Fund, she opened a school
for refugees in Lebanon.
famous. The United Nations Today, Malala is still an activist
introduced a petition in her name. and graduated from the University
The petition asked every country of Oxford, England.
3 Read for details > Write a year next to each
event.
1 Malala was born in Pakistan.
2 Malala’s school closed.
3 She gave her first speech.
4 She wrote blog entries for the BBC.
5 She was shot in the head.
6 She wrote her autobiography.
7 She won the Nobel Peace prize.
8 She opened a school in Lebanon.
Give your opinion
Do you think Malala is a special
person? Explain.
Grammar
Past simple – regular and irregular verbs (2): questions

USE FORM
A Analyze these sentences from the text C Classify the verbs from Exercise A and
on page 36. Underline six more past from page 35. For each verb, write the
simple verb forms. infinitive form and the past simple form.
regular verbs irregular verbs
She went to the Khushal Girls High
School. close – closed give – gave
She gave a speech on the prohibition of D Complete the table.
the education of girls in her country.
Yes/No questions
A lot of people listened to her speech.
I / you / he / she
From January to March 2009, Malala become famous?
/it / we / they


wrote 35 blog entries.
Short answers
Malala became famous.
Yes, I / you / he / she .
She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.

    
No, /it / we / they didn’t.
She opened a school for refugees in Wh- questions
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Did Malala decide to take action? They the book.

Yes, she did.

+ they + +
When did Malala become famous? the
She became famous in 2012. buy book?

Who wrote the book?
Malala wrote it.

1 Complete the book review with the past
simple form of the verbs in brackets.
My brother (1) ... (give) me The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins for my last birthday. At first,
I (2) ... (not think) it was a good book but when
I (3) ... (begin) reading it, I really (4) ... (enjoy) it.
I (5) ... (not want) it to end!
I (6) ... (think) the story was very original because
it (7) ... (have) a very unusual theme. I (8) ... (like)
the main character, Katniss Everdeen.
Some people (9) ... (not like) the book because
there was a lot of fighting. But I did, and I can’t
wait to read the next book in the series!
2 Complete the questions.
1 Where ... (Suzanne Collins / grow up)?
2 When ... (she / start) writing for children’s
television?
3 ... (she / sell) a lot of books?
4 ... (she / live) in New York?
3 Order the words to make questions.
1 did / you / where / go / on holiday / ?
2 do / what / you / yesterday / did / ?
3 listen / when / you / did / music / to / ?
4 Free practice > In turns, ask and answer the
questions in Exercise 3.

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 Build your skills
Reading & Listening
A festival web page
1 Before you read > Look at the web page. What is it about? Think of your age. Can you go to TeenFest?

T E E NFEST HOME NEWS TICKETS BANDS ABOUT VIDEOS SOCIAL

Date: Saturday 19th March


2016
TeenFest is Manchester’s first music Place: Green Park,
festival only for 13–17 year-olds*!


Manchester
Time: 11.00 am–8.00 pm


Price: £15.00
For one day only, you can see load
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the UK’s most popular bands in on
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The Hipsters, Yo-Yo,
The Kinetics and many
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* Strictly no entry for under 13s or over 17s. Photo ID is obligatory. Food and drink available

2 Read > Answer. 3 18 Listen to three announcements. In

1 When was the festival? what order do you hear them? Write 1, 2 or 3.
2 Where was it? a Information about an African
3 What time did it start? drumming class
4 What time did it finish?

b An announcement about the end
5 How much were the tickets? of the festival

c Information about a Scottish pipe band

4 18 Listen again. Choose the correct options.
Give your opinion 1 The pipe band starts at 5 o’clock / 7 o’clock.
Do you think this festival sounds fun? 2 The drumming class is for under 16s / adults.
Why? Why not? 3 The festival closes in ten / thirty minutes.

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 Build your skills
Listening & Speaking
Talking about past events
1 Before you watch the video > Look at the photo of Hazel and James. Where are they? What are they doing?

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1 What did James do last weekend?
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Hi! Did you have a good weekend? Yes, I did. It was (1) … !

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Really? How was it?
I went to a music festival with my brother.
It was (2) … ! I saw some (3) … bands.
Wow! Cool. Anyway, what about you? How was your weekend?
Oh, it was (4) … . What did you do?
Nothing (5) … . I went shopping. Oh well. Next time you can come with us!

4 Look at the tickets at the bottom of the

page. Choose an event and imagine you went
there last weekend. Invent answers to these
questions. Circle these words in the conversation.
1 What did you do last weekend? Really? Wow! Cool.
2 How was it? Remember to use them to show interest in
5 Speak Role play in pairs.
> what the other person is saying.
1 Role play the conversation in Exercise 3.
2 Role play a new conversation. Use
information from the tickets.
3 Change roles.

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 Build your skills
Writing
A review
1 Read Kate’s review. Where was she last weekend? What did she like about it?

The Sherlock
Holmes Museum
Last weekend, my family and I went
to The Sherlock Holmes Museum
in London. Sherlock Holmes is
the main character of a series
of detective stories by a Scottish
author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The museum was small but interesting. I looked around the
different rooms. I saw lots of Sherlock Holmes’s possessions too.
I also met characters from the books – but they were actors!
I enjoyed learning about Doyle. He wrote four novels and

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I really enjoyed my visit to the museum. The only problem was 1 The stories were interesting. They

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that it was very busy. We waited for half an hour to buy our were funny. (also)
tickets. 2 Young children liked it. Teenagers
Kate liked it. (too)
3 The tickets were expensive. The café
was expensive. (also)
4 We enjoyed exploring the castle. We
enjoyed exploring the gardens. (too)
2 Read the ‘Write it right!’ section.

Linkers

We use also and too to give more Plan > Choose an interesting place you visited.
information about something. Make notes about:
• its name and location
We use also after be but before main verbs. • the things you did
• the things you liked / didn’t like
I visited the museum and I was
• your favourite thing
also in the castle. I had lunch and
• the things you bought
I also bought souvenirs.
Write > Write your review. Remember to use:
We use too at the end of sentences. • the past simple.
• also and too to give more information.
It’s got a shop for visitors too.
Check > Check your writing.

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 Progress check
Vocabulary Grammar
Types of books Past simple – be
1 Write words for types of books. 3 Complete the sentences and questions with
the past simple form of be.
1 A story about life in the future:
1 The travel guide (not) useful.
2 A story that makes you laugh: 2 The books very expensive.
3 Where you yesterday?
3 A person’s life in his/her own words: / 3 points

4 A story that is full of danger and Past simple – regular and irregular verbs (2)
suspense: 4 Complete the questions with the past
/ 4 points simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1 (he / download) music from
Verbs to talk about people’s lives in the past
the Internet yesterday?
2 Complete the sentences with the past
2 (she / post) any new
simple form of the verbs from the box.
comments last week?
buy found earn think 3 (you / go) to the cinema last
be born sell give create

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Friday?

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to help sick and poor people.
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copies of the Harry Potter books. He (2) (be) an English writer. He

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4 Malala Yousafzai in Pakistan.
tickets for a
(3)
(4)
(live) from 1812 to 1870. He
(write) 15 novels, including
concert. A Christmas Carol and Oliver Twist.
6 My sister me a nice present What (5) (he / write) about?
for my birthday! A lot of his books (6) (be)
7 Mark Zuckerberg Facebook about poor people. They (7)
and a lot of money. (not have) an easy life in the 19th century
and Dickens (8) (think) this was
/ 8 points
wrong. He (9) (want) to make
people think about these problems.
Why (10) (people / like) his
books?
Because they (11) (have)
exciting stories and interesting characters.
Everyone (12) (like) them!
Reflect and share! / 12 points
What did you already know about
the topic of this unit?
Total Score: / 30 points
What did you learn by working on
this unit?
What questions do you still have? UNIT 3 41
PROJECT Design a timeline

1 Read this timeline and answer: Who is it about? Find two interesting facts.

Steve Jobs 1955 Steve Jobs was born on

A great businessman


24 February in California.

1969 Jobs met 18-year-old Steve


Wozniak, they both loved
electronics and became friends.

1973 Jobs went to university, didn’t


like it and dropped out.

1976 Jobs and Wozniak started making computers in Job’s

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and changed its name to Pixar.

1991 Jobs signed a contract with Disney


to make the film Toy Story.

1995 Jobs returned to Apple.


2007 Jobs presented the iPhone created by Apple

and revolutionized the mobile phone market.

2011 Jobs died in California.


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2 Search online.
• Choose an amazing person. You can choose one of the persons on the Amazing People Quiz on page 35.

• Make notes of useful information for a timeline and submit your notes to your teacher for

feedback.

Tips to do your online search:

To find information about a person, you can write:
[person’s name] biography

Some good sites to visit are:

www.ducksters.com www.biography.com www.britannica.com


NOW CHOOSE!

3 Make a digital timeline. 3 Make a timeline on card.

• Use a free timeline maker tool, for
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• Tell the class who your timeline is
your timelines.
• Sit in groups of four.

about.

• Show your timeline to your
• Your teacher displays your digital copy

classmates.

of the timeline. • Ask your classmates your
• Ask your classmates your questions

questions about the timeline and

about the timeline and confirm the right confirm the right answers.
answers.

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 Consolidation A
1 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the present continuous,
the present simple, the past simple or -ing forms.

Ben Wilson,
the chewing gum man
Look at the man in the photo. What (1) (he / do)?
(2) (he / paint) the pavement? No, he isn’t.
What is he painting then? He (3) (paint) chewing gum!

This man is Ben Wilson. He is a British artist. He Ben (15) (make) his first gum paintings
(4) (live) with his family in Muswell Hill, an in his town in 1998. He (16) (begin)
area in the north of London. working full-time on this form of art in 2004 and he
(17) (become) famous in his community at
Ben (5) (be born) in Cambridge in 1963. When
that time. In 2009, when the police arrested him for painting
he (6) (be) a child, he (7) (live)

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graffiti in London, the local people (18) (help)

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because they (20) (like) his art.

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a new form of art: miniature
and (26) (listen) to people. People enjoy
paintings on chewing gum!
(27) (watch) him when he is working.
Today, he estimates there are
‘My work (28) (not be) boring. It
‘thousands and thousands’
(29) (be) about people and their lives,’
of gum paintings by him in
he says.
Europe and the USA. The
majority of his paintings Ben also (30) (make) normal paintings and
(14) (be) in wood sculptures. There are documentaries about him
Muswell Hill and London. because he (31) (be) a very interesting man.

2 Correct the sentences. Write a negative and an affirmative sentence.

1 In the photo, Ben is making a sculpture. 4 Ben invented a new form of music.




2 Ben was born in London. 5 The local people were happy when the
police arrested him.



3 Ben and his family live in Barnet.

6 Ben likes travelling around Cambridge.




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3 Complete the conversation with the past 5 Read the answers carefully and complete the
simple form of the verbs in brackets. questions. Use the correct form of the verbs
in brackets and any other necessary words.
James: What (1) (you /
watch) on TV last night? Mark: Hi, Bondi. What’s
Wendy: I (2) (watch) a that? (1)
documentary about Ben Wilson.
James: Ben Wilson? Who’s that? (paint) an egg?
Wendy: A British artist. He paints chewing Bondi: No, I’m not! I’m
gum stuck on the pavement. painting a stone.
James: Really? (3) (the Mark: (2)
documentary / be) interesting? always
Wendy: Yes, it (4) (be). (paint) stones?
It (5) (be) very Bondi: Actually, I don’t. I usually paint on paper.
interesting. What (6) Mark: It looks great. (3)
(you / do) last night? (watch) an online tutorial?
James: I (7) (go) to the Bondi: No, I didn’t. I saw some painted stones at
cinema. I (8) (see) a museum.
a nice comedy. Mark: Oh, I see. (4) (be) at
Wendy: It sounds great. (9) the Art Museum last week?
(the actors / be) good? Bondi: Yes, I was. I was there with my class.
James: Yes, they (10) (be). Mark: (5)
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They (11) (be) funny! Bondi: Yes, it was! It was very interesting. I saw

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(make) an abstract painting. (make) nice paintings?
2 She sometimes Bondi: Yes, she does. She makes abstract
(take) online art courses, but paintings.
now she (do) a course at an Mark: (8) (see)
art school near her home. some of her paintings at the museum?
Bondi: No, I didn’t, but I saw some of them on
the Internet.

6 Complete the sentences with the appropriate

form of the verbs in brackets and a verb from
the box.

visit play watch get cook

1 Bondi (like) , so she

3 Mark (like) graffiti, so he sometimes helps her mother prepare dinner.
always (write) and 2 Mark (love) horror
(draw) on his black bedroom wall. films with his friends on stormy nights.
4 He usually (sing) and 3 I (not mind)
(play) the guitar with his museums, but I prefer going to festivals.
friends, and this year he’s very busy 4 Bondi (hate) up
because he (play) the guitar early but she gets up at 6.45 every day!
in the school band. They 5 Mark (not like)
(practise) for a competition at the end of football but he likes watching football
the year. matches.
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Vocabulary
Geographical features
b
1 20 Look at the article. Name the seven natural wonders. Then listen
and repeat the words in blue.
a
What are the SEVEN NATURAL
WONDERS of the World?
Our readers chose these places!
1) Mount Everest, border of China 5) The Dead Sea, Jordan, Israel and

and Nepal the West Bank
You can make a trek to the base of this high The Dead Sea isn’t a sea. It’s a very big lake. d
mountain. Only experienced climbers can Its water is salty and you can float on it! Its
reach the top. It’s 8,848 m high! beach is very unusual. It doesn’t have any
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2) Victoria Falls, Africa
These impressive waterfalls are about 6) The Blue Cave, Greece
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the dry season, you can walk across the a beautiful deep blue and you can visit it
top of the falls. by boat. e

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River at the bottom of the valley.
4) The Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
This large rainforest is full of plants
Some of them are very colourful.

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and animals. About 10% of the world’s

species live in this forest. You can travel
by canoe down the Amazon River.

2 Complete the table with the words in blue 5 In turns, talk about the natural wonders
from Exercise 1. you’d like to visit. Say what you can do there.
Land Water I’d like to go to Mount Everest because it’s
amazing. You can make a trek to its base.

mountain waterfalls
Me too. And I also want to...

3 Read and match the photos to the natural wonders. LEARNING TO LEARN
To practise new words, read a piece of
4 Find these adjectives in the text. What do information and write a sentence about it.
they describe? Then compare it with the piece you read.
Mount Everest is a high mountain
high impressive amazing dry in China and Nepal.
large salty unusual interesting huge
colourful
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Reading
A web article
1 Before you read > Look at the website quickly. What is it about?

GEOCACHING
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest
mountain in Africa. What are
Jeffrey and Olivia doing there?
Read and find out!

Jeffrey and Olivia are geocachers and they explore
the most beautiful places on Earth looking for
hidden treasures called geocaches.
Geocaching is the biggest treasure hunt in the world.
There are millions of players in the world and millions
of geocaches in more than 190 countries. To play,
a geocache, but you must replace it with something
else. Some objects are more useful than others.
Olivia once found a pair of gloves on a cold night.
Gloves are warmer than caps, so she left her cap
and took the gloves!
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you need a mobile phone or GPS to indicate you the wildest places on Earth. Right now they are at
location of a geocache and to navigate you there. Mount Kilimanjaro National Park. Last year, they
A geocache is a plastic container with a notebook
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find inside, and then put the geocache back in the
same place.
Geocaching is a lot of fun. Do you want to play?
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are very difficult to find. Some choose a geocache and use
geocaches are smaller than your mobile phone to help you
a pack of cards! Geocaches get to the area. When you find a
usually contain small objects – geocache, don’t forget to write
for example, coins or toys. You your name in the notebook and
can keep an object from then log your experience online!

2 Read for general ideas > Match. 3 Read for details > Answer.
1 Geocaching is a a mobile phone or GPS. 1 Why is geocaching the biggest
treasure hunt in the world?

2 A geocacher is b a notebook and gifts.
3 A geocache is c a container. 2 What size are geocaches?
4 To play, you need d a treasure hunt. 3 What did Olivia once do with her
5 A geocache contains e a player. cap? Why?
4 Where did Olivia and Jeffrey go last
year?
5 Where do they want to go next year?
6 What are the steps involved in
COMPARING CULTURES
playing?
Is adventure travel popular in your
country? What kind of activities do
adventure travellers do? Do they go Give your opinion
geocaching? What do you think of geocaching?
What do / don’t you like about it?

UNIT 4 47
 Build your skills
Grammar
Adjectives: comparative and superlative forms

USE FORM
A Analyze these sentences from the D Complete the table.
text on page 47. Underline two more Adjective Comparative Superlative
comparative forms.
warm the warmest
Gloves are warmer than caps.

      
big the biggest

      
Some geocaches are smaller than a small smaller
pack of cards.

      
useful
Some objects are more useful than others.

      
      
the most
dangerous
dangerous

      
B Analyze these sentences from the amazing more amazing

      
text on page 47. Underline two more
superlative forms. E Complete the diagrams.

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest One-syllable adjectives or two-syllable

mountain in Africa. adjectives ending in -y:

Geocaching is the biggest treasure hunt

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in the world.
They were in the most amazing
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rainforest in the world. Most adjectives of two or more syllables:

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the rules.
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We use the comparative form to compare

two / three or more people or things. F Look at the table. Are good and bad
regular or irregular adjectives? Why?
We use the superlative form to compare
two / three or more people or things. Adjective Comparative Superlative
good better the best
1 Complete the sentences with the comparative bad worse the worst
or superlative form of the adjectives in
brackets.
3 Free practice > Complete the table with names
1 The Amazon Rainforest has ... collection of of places you know. Then write sentences
plants and animals in the world. (large) using comparative or superlative forms.
2 Mount Everest is ... mountain in the world.
(high) Mountains Everest, Aconcagua,...
3 The Nile River in Egypt is ... river in the
Rivers
world. (long)
4 The Victoria Falls are ... the Iguazú Falls. Lakes
(large) Beaches
2 Complete the questions with the superlative
form of the adjectives in brackets. Then COMPARING LANGUAGES
answer about your country. In English, we can add -er or -est to form
Which is... comparative and superlative adjectives.
1 … (high) mountain? How do you make comparisons in your
2 … (long) river? language?
3 … (big) lake?
48 4 … (beautiful) beach? WB > pp102&103
 Vocabulary
Environmental issues

1 21 Listen and repeat the sentences in the boxes. Are any of these things happening in your
country? Where?

People are... Animals are... Ice platforms are...

cutting down trees. leaving rubbish on beaches. dying. melting.
disturbing animals. building new houses and roads. losing their
hunting animals. habitat.

2 Read the website. Complete the text with the verbs from Exercise 1. Use two of the verbs twice.

These animals are in danger! Find out why below.

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Summers are hotter and Crocodiles are (3) …
winters are colder than their habitat because

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in the past. Monarch Hunters are (2) … elephants for their tusks, rhinos for people are (4) … new
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Penguins eat fish, and fish feed on Gorillas are (6) … Some people are Turtles lay eggs on
organisms that grow on ice. Polar their habitat because (8) … whales for their beaches. Tourists are
bears hunt from ice platforms. These people are (7) … down meat. In Japan, people (9) … them because
animals can’t find enough food trees. eat whale meat at they are (10) … rubbish
because ice platforms are (5) … . restaurants. on beaches.

3 Answer. Listening
1 Why are monarch butterflies dying?
2 Why are gorillas and crocodiles losing
Endangered animals
their habitat? 5 22 Listen to Chris and Lucy talking
3 Why can’t penguins and polar bears find about a school project. What mistake does
enough food? Chris make?
4 Why do some people hunt tigers, whales,
rhinos and elephants? 6 22 Listen again. Answer.
5 What do sea turtles do on beaches?
1 What endangered animal does Lucy
4 What other endangered animals do you choose for her project?
know? Why are they in danger? 2 Why are whales intelligent?
3 Why are they friendly?
4 Why are ships dangerous to whales?
5 Which animal does Chris choose? Why?
WB > p104 In pairs > pp103&105 UNIT 4 49
 Build your skills
Reading
An online travel guide
1 Before you read > Look at the photos. What can you see?

Travellers
FAVOURITE GUIDE DESTINATIONS HOTELS TIPS WHAT TOURISTS SAY

Interview with Sabrina Walkers, guest at THULA THULA WILDLIFE RESERVE in South Africa
How many animals are there in the reserve? Do they protect animals
I don’t know exactly but there are a lot of animals, including at Thula Thula?
rhinos, elephants, leopards, crocodiles and giraffes. There Yes, they do. There are a lot of
aren’t any lions or cheetahs. endangered animals at the
Is there a hotel? reserve. They have elephants,
hippos, vultures, giraffes and
Yes, there is. Guests can stay in comfortable tents or rhinos. All these animals live
beautiful rooms. All the rooms have got a veranda with in the wild but they can’t be
a view of the African bush. on their own. Armed guards must accompany them 24 hours
Are there any restaurants? a day to protect them against poachers. Some endangered
Yes, there is a very good restaurant. You can try some
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animals are born there, and they protect these animals too.

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traditional food there. The African ‘braai’ (barbecue) is When I was there, I saw Sissi, a rhino born in the reserve in 2020.
delicious!
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the reserve?
What can guests do?
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Yes, sadly, there is. There
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photo safaris on open vehicles to learn about the animals Pu

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white rhino from the reserve. But now they have a new anti-

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Yes, I did! I saw a lot of animals and I had a lot of fun.
When is the best time to go?
The reserve is open all year. Summers are hot and winters
are warm. There isn’t much rain in South Africa and there
Did you go on any excursions? are a lot of sunny days.
No, I didn’t. I didn’t have any time to go on one because I spent How can guests get there?
a lot of time relaxing on my veranda.
There is an airport very near the reserve – it’s only 45
minutes away. There is another airport in the city of Durban.
This one is 2 hours away.
How much money did you spend on your trip?
I don’t remember now! But they offer an all-inclusive
package with all meals and two jeep safaris per day at a very
reasonable price.

2 Read for general ideas > Answer. 3 Read for details > Complete the sentences.
1 What is Thula Thula? 1 At Thula Thula, guests stay at … .
2 What animals live there? 2 They can eat … .
3 What can guests do? 3 The animals can’t be alone because … .
4 What do they do to protect animals at 4 Sissi is … .
Thula Thula? 5 Heidi was … .
5 What kind of packages do they offer? 6 You can visit Thula Thula … .
7 The hottest time of the year is ... .
8 To get there, … .

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a / an, some, any, not much / many, a lot of, How much / many...?

USE FORM
A Analyze these sentences from the B Complete the tables with examples.
text on page 50. Pay attention to the
words in bold. Write C (Countable) or U singular countable nouns
(Uncountable) in the boxes.
a hotel an

  
How many animals are there? 
plural countable uncountable
There aren’t any lions. nouns nouns

Is there a hotel? some
Affirmative poachers
some

  
You can try some traditional food there. a lot of a lot of fun

  
There are a lot of things to do. any time
Negative any

much

  
Did you see any wildlife on your safari? many

  
  

I had a lot of fun. Yes/No Are there Is there any
any

questions ? illegal hunting?
I didn’t have any time to go on one.
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How many
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countable nouns uncountable nouns
animals hunting

1 Complete the sentences with a / an, some 3 Free practice > Choose a picture from a
or any. magazine. Then in turns, ask and answer
about it.
1 That’s … elephant!
2 The reserve is home to … rescued Are there any people?
animals. Yes, there are.
3 I haven’t got … camera.
How many people are there?
4 There aren’t … rhinos on the island.
5 Are there … cheap rooms in this hotel? There are three people.
6 I ate … traditional food.
7 Is there … clean water in the reserve?

2 Look at the picture. Then correct the

sentences. Use a lot of, many and much.

1 She hasn’t got much sun cream.

2 She’s got a lot of mosquito bites.
3 There’s a lot of space in the room.
4 There aren’t any mosquitoes.

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 Build your skills
Reading & Listening
An NGO leaflet
1 Before you read > Look at the leaflet. What is it about?

HAVE FUN AND

DO SOMETHING USEFUL
Are you aged 14—16? We need you for
THIS WEEKEND! these great volunteer days!

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WORK WITH WILDLIFE CLEAN A BEACH

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Work in a zoo and help the zookeepers for a day. You can feed Join one of our ‘green’ teams at your local beach on Saturday
the animals or clean the penguin pool. More activities available! and help to pick up rubbish.
Location: Chester Zoo

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BE A FRIEND TO A BLIND TEENAGER HELP SOME INSECTS
Accompany a blind teenager on holiday in London and let him or Bees and butterflies are disappearing from the countryside.
her see the sights through your eyes. Plant flowers to help to bring them back.
Location: London Location: Dartmoor National Park

Visit www.volunteerdays.com to find out more about volunteer work in your area.

2 Read > Answer. 3 23 Listen to three short conversations.

Which of the activities from the leaflet are
In which activity or activities can you… the teenagers doing?
1 help another person?
2 do something positive for the 4 23 Listen again and answer.
environment?
3 care for animals? Conversation 1
1 What does the boy want to do?
2 What does he see?
Conversation 2
Give your opinion
3 Where are the boy and the girl?
Which activity sounds the most 4 Where are they going?
interesting? Why? Conversation 3
5 What food is the boy giving the giraffes?
6 Where are the people going next?

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 Build your skills
Listening & Speaking
Expressing preferences
1 Before you watch the video > Look at the photo. Where are the people in the photo? Who is
interested in a volunteer day?

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24 Watch the video and listen for general ideas > Tick the activities Lucy wants to do.
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1 Work in the gift shop.
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Hello there, how can I (1) ... ?
Great! Do you want to help in the zoo gift
shop?
OK. How about cleaning the penguin pool?
Yes, maybe that’s a (4) ... idea for you. You can
help one of the zookeepers feed the elephants.
No problem!
Yes, could you please fill in this (7) ... ?
Hello, I’d like to sign up for the volunteer day.
That’s a (2) ... idea but I want to help wildlife.
I’d rather do something with the animals.
Well, I don’t mind cleaning but I don’t really
like (3) ... ! Could I feed the animals?
Thanks! That sounds more (5) ... than the
other activities.
Do you need (6) ... details from me?
OK!

I’d rather help animals.

I want to help animals.
I don’t mind helping animals.
Circle these phrases in the conversation.
4 Speak > Role play in pairs. I’d like to… I want to... I’d rather…
Could I... ? I don’t mind… but I don’t really like...
1 Role play the conversation in Exercise 3.
2 Role play a new conversation. Use Remember to use them to express your
information from the leaflet on page 52. preferences.
3 Change roles.

Resource Centre UNIT 4 53

 Build your skills
Writing
A travel guide article
1 Read the travel guide article. What country is it about? What can you do there?

All you want to know about Greece!

How many tourists visit Greece every year?
A lot of tourists visit this country
because it has got nice weather,
beautiful scenery and friendly people.
When is the best time of the year to visit
Greece?
Greece has long summers and short
winters. July and August are the hottest
months of the year but temperatures
are warm from May to October. There
isn’t much rain in the summer.
How many islands are there in Greece?
There are hundreds of islands. They
have nice sandy beaches and clear
blue sea.
Is there any wildlife in Greece?
Yes, there is. A lot of people don’t know
that Greece has many forests and
mountains with a lot of wildlife. There
are buffalos, bears and butterflies in its
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seals and dolphins near the islands.
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2 Read the ‘Write it right!’ section.

Order of adjectives
When we use two or more adjectives
together, we use the following order:
opinion size age shape colour origin material
+ noun
They have nice sandy beaches.
(opinion) (material)
You must try some delicious fresh fish.
(opinion) (age)
Plan > Choose a country or a natural wonder. Write
6–8 interesting questions and then answer them.
Write > Write your article. Remember to use:
• vocabulary on geographical features
and animals.
• a / an, some, any, a lot of, not much /
 
many, How much / many...?
• adjectives + nouns.
Check > Check your writing.

3 Classify the adjectives in the table. Opinion

Size
large quiet beautiful fresh rocky
amazing blue old modern salty Age
nice interesting small impressive Colour
big sandy high colourful new
delicious unusual dangerous ancient Material

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 Progress check
Vocabulary Grammar
Geographical features Adjectives: comparative and
1 Look at the photos and complete the sentences. superlative forms
3 Complete the sentences with the comparative
or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.
1 The crocodile is one of
animals on Earth. (old)
2 In my country, winters are
1 We saw beautiful 2 We visited an
summers. (bad)
. impressive
3 Lions are elephants.
.
(dangerous)
4 Thula Thula is one of
reserves in Africa.
(amazing)
5 The Pacific Ocean is
3 We crossed a dry 4 We took photos of a the Caribbean
. green . Sea. (cold)

A/ .many, a lot
/ 5 points

a / an, some, any, notS

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of, How much /rmany...?
much

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5 We took a 6 We climbed a very

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Environmental issues to take a photo of elephant.
2 Complete the verbs. 3 Is there illegal hunting in this
1 Whales are in danger because some area? I can see armed men
people are still h them. near those trees!
2 Monarch butterflies are d 4 I didn’t see wildlife. Did you
because the climate is changing. see animals?
3 Polar bears can’t find food because Arctic 5 Is this reserve? How
ice is m . endangered species live here?
4 Some gorillas can’t find a place to live
because people are c trees. / 10 points
5 Tourists are disturbing sea turtles. They are 5 Look at the photo and
l rubbish on the beach. complete the sentences
6 Crocodiles are in danger because they are with much, some or a lot of.
l their habitat.
1 There are
/ 6 points trees.
2 There are
Reflect and share! elephants.
3 There isn’t
What did you already know about water.
the topic of this unit?
What did you learn by working on / 3 points
Total Score: / 30 points
this unit?
What questions do you still have? UNIT 4 55
PROJECT Create a geocache

1 Work in pairs. Create a geocache.

A Draw or find a picture of a geocache. It can B Choose two objects to put inside. Then


be any shape and size. write a short paragraph explaining what
there is in your geocache.

In my geocache, there are

some watercolours and some
sheets of paper. I think
watercolours and paper are fun
because geocachers can use
them to make paintings and
then put the watercolours back in the box. There is
also a magnifying glass. A magnifying glass is very
useful. You can use it to look at
small insects, leaves and flowers.
Geocachers can use the magnifying
glass and put it back in the

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To find amazing places, you can write: special? What is there in this place?

largest [desert] in the world
most amazing [waterfalls] on Earth
very impressive [cave]
A good site to visit is:
www.nationalgeographic.com
The ideal place for my geocache is Mount
Aconcagua. It’s the highest mountain in
America and it’s in the Andes Mountains, on
the border between Argentina and Chile.
Its peak – at 6,960m – is in Argentina. It is
one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
I think it is an ideal place for my geocache
because…

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 NOW CHOOSE!

3 Make a digital presentation 3 Get ready to talk about your

about your geocache and its
location.
• Include the information from Steps
1 and 2.
• Paste pictures or photos.
• You can use PowerPoint or another
visual presentation tool.
geocache and its location.
• Make a poster. Include a drawing of
the geocache and its objects, and
a photo or map of the place where
you will hide it. You can also bring
the geocache to class.
• Write a short script. Include the
information from Steps 1 and 2.

4 Show your presentation to 4 Show your poster to your

your classmates and answer their classmates and tell them about
questions about it. your geocache and its location.
Then answer their questions
about it.
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 3 Amazing people
Vocabulary Grammar
Types of books Past simple – be: questions
1 Complete the sentences with the book titles 3 Write questions. Then answer them.
from the box. 1 Mark Twain / a famous writer? ( )
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Was Mark Twain a famous writer? Yes, he was.


Cooking: Fast and Easy Visiting Europe 2 The Beatles / excellent musicians? ( )
Anne Frank’s Diary (The Diary of a Young Girl)
Churchill: A Life The Martian


  
The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou 3 Mr Patrick’s lessons / interesting and useful? ( )

1 With ‘Cooking: Fast and Easy’ , I can make


4 Tom and Helen / in England in 2011? ( )
cakes in 30 minutes.
2 I can’t stop reading .


An astronaut is on Mars. His spaceship 5 Christopher Columbus / American? ( )

breaks down and he can’t return to Earth.

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It’s fantastic! 4 Complete with the correct past form of be.
3 ‘Phenomenal Woman’ is a poem from
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Hi! I’m Nicole. Last year, I (1) was in Peru

I like it a lot.
4 I like reading
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a c We (3) there for a week. The weather


I always want to solve the cases with him.

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5 I love learning about personalities in
English history. I’m reading
(4)
mornings (5)
fine almost every day. The
warm and the nights
(6) cool. I (7) impressed by

at the moment.
Machu Picchu. There (8) a special

6 I’m preparing my tour of Europe. I’m reading atmosphere. The mountains (9)
for some help. magical. It (10) an exciting and

7 is interesting experience.

about a young girl during the Second 1 Where / Nicole last year?
World War. Her life was very hard. Where was Nicole last year?

2 Write the book titles from Exercise 1 next to She was in Peru.

each type of book. 2 Why / the family in Peru?
1 cookery book Cooking: Fast and Easy
  


2 autobiography


3 biography 3 the weather / awful?

4 detective novel


5 poetry book


6 science fiction novel 4 What / the mountains like?

7 travel guide



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 Extra Grammar Practice
Past simple – be: questions
A Complete the questions and answers. Use the B Order the words to make questions and
past simple form of be and the words in the box. complete the answers.
1 long / was / the / story / ?
What Where (x2) Who When (x2)
Was the story long?
  
  
  

No, it wasn’t .
2 ideas / their / were / interesting / ?


Yes, .
3 he / mountains / last / the / in / was / year / ?


No, .
4 you / on / in / Brazil / holiday / were / ?
1 Where were you this morning?
were

We at the library.
Yes, .
2 was her birthday?

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5 good / was / weather / the ?
It in March.
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6 the / funny / film / was?

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5

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was at the party?
7 books / sale / were / on / the?
My friends from school.

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6 were you on holiday?
No, .
I on holiday in January.

In pairs Student A, look at this page.

Student B, go to page 99.

A Find out if the underlined information is true. B Look at the table and answer Student B’s
Correct the mistakes. questions.
Ellen MacArthur was born in 1986. She started
Charles Darwin
sailing when she was 4. She liked reading
biographies. When she was 8, she decided to buy a 1809 was born
bicycle. She bought her first boat when she was 13. 1827–1831 studied at university, liked
collecting insects (beetles)
Was Ellen MacArthur 1831 started a sailing trip to the
born in 1986?

southern hemisphere
1859 wrote his book The Origin of
Species

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 Vocabulary Grammar
Verbs to talk about people’s lives Past simple – regular and
in the past irregular verbs (2): questions
5 Find and circle nine more verbs in the past simple. 7 Write the infinitive form of the verbs in
Exercises 5 and 6 in the correct column.
I C H O S E D B
Regular verbs Irregular verbs
N E R G A V E D
choose,
F O U N D E D S
S S V F U V Q O
P A W D I E D L
E W K I L L E D
8 Complete the questions.
N O P E N E D J
1 A: Did she win first prize?
T H O U G H T E B: No, she didn’t. She won second prize.
2 A: he a speech?
6 Choose the correct options.
B: Yes, he did. He gave a speech on education.
1 Mother Teresa was born / thought in
3 A: a school?

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Macedonia.

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2 Walt Disney decided / produced many cartoons.
4 A: to me?
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3 Nelson Mandela enjoyed / thought

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discrimination was wrong.
4 Steven Spielberg made / had his first
Jurassic Park film in 1993.
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5 Mark Zuckerberg wanted / created questions about the text and answer them.

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Facebook some years ago.
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Last month, my mum (1) gave (give) me

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6 In the summer of 2018, Greta Thunberg began / Mafalda & Friends 1 for my birthday.
gave a climate strike by sitting outside the I (2) (begin) reading it one night and
Swedish parliament every Friday. I never (3) (stop) until I (4)
7 John Lennon died / sold in New York in (finish) it.
December 1980. Quino (5) (write) this book for adults
8 Mandela and Lennon wished / finished to but I (6) (enjoy) the stories very much
live in a world of peace. because they (7) (be) so funny!
9 A lot of people wrote / bought JK Last week, I (8) (go) to the new
Rowling’s books last year. bookshop in town and (9) (buy)
10 Malala Yousafzai opened / spent several Mafalda & Friends 2 and 3. I love every line I read!
months in hospital in the UK after the 1 Emilia’s mum / give / a sweater for her birthday?
attack she suffered on a bus in Pakistan. Did Emilia’s mum give her a sweater for her birthday?
No, she didn’t.

2 Who / write the book?


3 Emilia / like the book?

Mother Teresa Nelson Mandela John Lennon

4 Where / Emilia buy Mafalda & Friends 2 and 3?

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 Extra Grammar Practice
Past simple – regular and irregular verbs (2): questions
A Complete Columns B with the past simple C Read the answers and complete the
form of the regular verbs in Columns A. questions. Remember to use the past simple.
1 Did she write a book about her life?
A B A B

  
  
  
Yes, she did. She wrote a book about her
earn earned die
open wish childhood.
produce kill 2 a present for his
create watch
want help mother?
like enjoy No, he didn’t. He bought a present for his father.
start live
3 a good idea?
B Complete Columns B with the past simple Yes, they did. They had a great idea!
form of the irregular verbs in Columns A.
4 reading The Diary of
A B A B a Young Girl?
choose chose sell Yes, they did. They began reading it last
make buy week.
see begin

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give become 5 the film?

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write think Yes, we did. The actors were great and the
go meet
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No, I didn’t. I wrote a science fiction novel!

In pairs Student A, go to page 97.

Student B, look at this page.

A Look at the table and answer Student A’s B Find out if the underlined information is true.
questions. Correct the mistakes.
Charles Darwin was born in 1809. When he
Ellen MacArthur was 18 years old, he started his studies at
1976 was born university. He had an interesting hobby – he
liked collecting flowers! In 1831, he started a
4 years old started sailing, liked reading
sailing trip to the Arctic. In 1859, he wrote his
books about sailing
famous book The Origin of Species.
8 years old decided to buy a boat
13 years old bought her first boat Was Charles Darwin
born in 1809?

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 Reading
A timeline
10 Read the text and underline the regular past forms in red and the irregular past forms in green.

A book that became a film

Hans Christian Andersen was born in 1805 and died in 1875. He was
Danish. He wrote many stories for children. One of his stories was The
Snow Queen. It was a fairy tale and it appeared in many collections of
illustrated books for children. It told about a fight between good and evil.
The story inspired different artists:

San Jose Repertory Theatre

produced a new musical
Josef Weinberger adaptation called The Snow

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produced the musical Queen: A New Musical.

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Queen in two acts. reviews.

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1957 1969 2002
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2005

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Lev Atamanov directed

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film and Sandra Dee
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and Tommy Kirk gave film for television. They a three-act story for the film and Frozen II.
their voices to the Hallmark. used computers version of The gave the protagonist
characters (Gerda and for animations. Snow Queen. a new name: Queen
Kay). Elsa. The film
became a world hit.

11 Read again and correct the wrong information. 12 Read again and answer.
1 The Snow Queen is a historical novel. 1 Did Hans Christian Andersen live in the
20th century?

2 Shakespeare wrote the story.

2 Was Hans an actor?

3 The story is about two lions and a girl.

3 When did the BBC adapt the story for

4 David Wu directed a musical for the theatre. television?


5 Frozen is a short book. 4 Was there a ballet performance of The
Snow Queen?


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Speaking Writing
Talking about past events A review
13 Choose the correct options. Then practise 15 Read the text and complete it with the
the conversation in pairs. phrases from the box.
Mark: So, (1) did / do you have a good time
in the Maps Room
in London last Friday? and died in 1965 in London
Beth: Yes, thanks. It (2) was / were fantastic! learnt about the history of the Second World War too

Mark: (3) Where / What did you do there?
Beth: We went to Charles Dickens Museum.
It was very (4) exciting / boring!
Mark: Really? (5) Why / Who was it so much fun?
Beth: We (6) go / went with a guide round
the place. He was so (7) funny /
horrible!
Mark: That sounds great! What did you

I read Churchill’s biography in Churchill: A Life
We saw some of his possessions
Last Saturday, my family and I
went to the Churchill War Rooms
Museum in London. I enjoyed
the visit because (1)


(8) enjoy / enjoyed most? 
. The museum was
Beth: Well, I (9) love / loved hearing about very interesting. We looked around the
Dickens’s stories (10) but / and I also

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different rooms. We saw the maps and plans

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saw many of his personal items too. from the Second World War (2) .


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Mark: It sounds exciting! I’m glad you We also visited Churchill’s War Cabinet. (3)

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Beth: You should go one day. For a moment, we lived in 1945!

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of the United Kingdom. He was an army officer,
a historian, a writer and an artist.

I liked the museum shop. It had nice souvenirs but

the prices were not cheap. I bought a small replica
of Churchill’s clock. We
had a good time and
(5)

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14 Work on similar conversations with a
classmate. Talk about places you visited.

16 Choose a place you visited and write about:

• its name and location
Bonus practice •
•
what you did
what you liked / didn’t like
• what you bought
Write five sentences about a person you admire. • what the visit was like
Pass them over to a classmate for him/her to
guess the name. Your classmate gives you his/
her sentences and you guess.

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 4 Life on Earth
Vocabulary Grammar
Geographical features Adjectives: comparative
1 Match the columns.
and superlative forms
1 val a ert 3 Complete the table. Then circle the differences.
2 water b ley Adjective Comparative Superlative
3 can c falls long longer the longest
4 des d ver hot
5 ri e forest dry
6 for f yon healthy
7 isl g ke beautiful
8 ca h ach good
9 oc i ve bad
10 rain j est happy
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11 la k and impressive
12 be l ean
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13 re m ain
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1 The Nile is the longer / the longest river in
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of the words from Exercise 1. than the beaches in the Caribbean.
1 Bariloche is a city in the south of Argentina. 3 Aconcagua is the highest / higher mountain
in South America.
I like it because there are mountains and
4 Deserts are driest / drier than rainforests.
  
beautiful l .
5 Snorkelling is more / most unusual than
2 The Sahara is a big d in Africa. swimming.
3 Paraná is a r in South America. 5 Complete with the correct form of the
4 Most people love the warm b in Brazil. adjectives in brackets.
5 It rains a lot in the Amazon R . There New York is one of the (1) most impressive
are a lot of tropical plants in this area. (impressive) cities in the world. There are
6 I learnt that there are many tropical f many amazing places to visit.
in Guatemala. They say they are beautiful. All directions in New York use Central Park as a
7 Many tourists visit the Iguazú w reference. That is the (2) (big)
and (3) (interesting) park in
every year. They are fantastic!
the city. There are many attractions there. You
8 On Palancar Caves r in Cozumel,
can walk through the park but cycling can be
there are a lot of c and c .
(4) (comfortable).
9 The Bahamas is a group of i in the
Visitors can take a cruise round Manhattan and
Atlantic O . see the Statue of Liberty. It is (5)
(old) and (6) (tall) than the
Eiffel Tower in Paris and Christ the Redeemer in
Brazil.
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Adjectives: comparative and superlative forms
A Look at the paintings and complete the
sentences with the comparative form of the
adjectives in brackets.
Extra Grammar Practice
C Complete the sentences with the comparative or
superlative form of the adjectives in brackets.

$1,000, Sue Taylor $2,000, Kim Kent

1 Kim’s painting is smaller than (small) Sue’s.

2 Sue’s painting is (colourful) Kim’s.
3 Sue’s painting is (big) Kim’s.
4 Kim’s painting is (expensive) Sue’s.
5 Sue’s painting is (modern) Kim’s.
1 The Iguazú Falls are the most amazing
B Now look at this painting and the paintings in
Exercise A and complete the sentences with the
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(amazing) waterfalls in America.

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superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. 2 Winter is (cold) autumn.

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3 Our classroom is (big) the

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4 Geocaching is (interesting)
1 Ted’s painting is
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the three paintings.
c 5 Sahara is (large) desert in
2 It’s also
three. © (colourful) of the the world.
6 Towns are (quiet) cities.
3 And it’s (cheap)! 7 Today I feel (good) yesterday.
4 Sue’s painting is (big). 8 Tigers are (dangerous)
5 But Kim’s (expensive)! elephants.

In pairs Student A, look at this page.

Student B, go to page 105.

A Read about Iberian lynxes and answer B Ask questions to find out about loggerhead
Student B’s questions. turtles and complete the file.
Description of Iberian lynxes: they are wild
cats; they eat meat; they live in Spain; they Where do loggerhead turtles live?
can live for 13 years.
Reasons why they are in danger: they can’t Loggerhead turtles
find enough food; people kill them. Habitat
Food
Life span
In danger? Why?

UNIT 4 103
 Vocabulary Grammar
Environmental issues a / an, some, any, not much /
6 Cross out three letters in each word and find
many, a lot of, How much / many...?
the names of endangered species. 8 Circle eight more countable nouns.
1 MOLNARICHE monarch
BLUTOTERFALIES butterflies
2 STERAS STLURTOLES


3 TRIGLERIS

4 MELEPAHANITS

5 SPOTLAIR BRETARES

6 SWHYACLES

7 GLORIALELAS

8 RACHINTOS

9 CAROLCODICLES 9 Write the plural forms of the countable nouns
from Exercise 8.

10 PRENAGLUINS animals

7 Write the names of animals from Exercise 6
under each danger.
1 Ice platforms are melting.
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polar bears, ...

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our country.
2 Are there any / some colourful butterflies
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4 People are cutting down trees.
4 We had a / an great time at the party
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5 Illegal hunters kill them for their tusks. 5 They tried any / some traditional food
when they were in Scotland.

6 Tourists leave rubbish and disturb them. 11 Complete the questions with How many or
How much. Then answer using the words in
brackets.

7 Winters are colder and summers are hotter.
1 How much water is there in the lake?
(a lot of)

8 These animals can’t find food.
There is a lot of water in the lake.

2 panda bears are there in


the world? (many)

3 rain is there in the

rainforest? (a lot of)

4 penguins are there in the

desert? (any)

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 Extra Grammar Practice
a / an, some, any, not much / many, a lot of, How much / many...?
A Complete the sentences with a, an, some, a lot B Read the answers and complete the questions.
of or any.

1 Are there any tourists on safari?

1 Look! There’s a giraffe behind that tree!
Yes, there are.
  
  
2 There aren’t lions in this
2 rhino?
reserve.
No, there isn’t.
3 There’s nice hotel in town.
4 There’s rubbish on this beach.
3
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There are four.

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5 tigers?

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6 There aren’t a lot of tourists in the area.
There are only
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6 water on the road?
7 There are butterflies in my

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garden but not many.
food for the
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No, there isn’t.
traffic is there?
There isn’t much! There are only two
penguins. We must buy some.
vehicles on the road!

In pairs Student A, go to page 103.

Student B, look at this page.

A Ask questions to find out about Iberian lynxes B Read about loggerhead turtles and answer
and complete the file. Student A’s questions.
Description of loggerhead turtles: they live
Where do Iberian lynxes live? in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans and

in the Mediterranean Sea; they can live for 67
Iberian lynxes years; they eat plants and fish.
Habitat Reasons why they are in danger: they die in
fishing nets; people kill them for their shells
Food
and eggs.
Life span
In danger? Why?

UNIT 4 105
 Reading
A TV interview
12 Read the interview. Then answer: What is the interview about?

I: Today, we’re with James Greggson. He’s a
conservationist. Good evening, Mr Greggson!
JG: Good evening, Mrs Carruthers.
I: We want to know a bit more about your job.
What do conservationists do?
JG: We protect endangered species.
I: Where are you a conservationist?
JG: I work for the World Wildlife Fund on the
Galapagos Islands.
I: Oh, that’s interesting! Do you have any good
news to share?
JG: Yes. We’re happy to say that the famous giant
tortoise is not endangered anymore.
I: Were they really in danger of extinction?

I: How many giant tortoises are there now?
JG: More than 1,000. And they are learning to
survive in the wild.
I: Wow! What are they like?
JG: They are heavier than man. They can weigh 215
kg. They are the biggest tortoises in the world.
They don’t walk fast but they can walk long
distances. They eat grass, leaves and cactuses.
I: Do they live many years?
JG: One tortoise lived 170 years in captivity. I didn’t
look after her all that time! Haha!
I: Haha! That’s amazing!

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JG: Oh yes. A long time ago, in the 16th century,
giant tortoises lived all over the world. In the
1960s, there were only four or five thousand.
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goats ate their food and damaged their habitat.
I: What did you do then?
JG: We took care of them in the reserve on
Galapagos.

13 Read again and complete the timeline about Galapagos giant tortoises.

16th century 1960s 1970s 21st century









14 Read again and answer.
1 Who is Mr Greggson? 4 Are the tortoises heavy?


2 Why is he happy? 5 How much can they walk?


3 How many giant tortoises are there in the 6 What do the giant tortoises eat?
reserve?


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Speaking
Expressing preferences
15 Match the sentences 1–6 to the responses
a–f. Underline the phrases that help to
express preferences. Then practise the
conversation in pairs.
Writing
A travel guide article
17 Read the travel advice website. Surf the
Internet or use a dictionary to identify the
animals mentioned. Then answer: How many
restaurants are there in the reserve?


Zookeeper Mark
1 Hello, how can I a Thanks! That
help? sounds more
2 Great! Do you interesting than Friendly Beaches Reserve – a place to visit!
the other tasks.
want to help Do you want to experience nature?
in the zoo gift b OK. Come and visit us.
shop? c Hello, I’d like to Stay at an unusual quiet wooden hotel in
3 OK. How about sign up for the the middle of the forest.
cleaning the volunteer day. Smell the relaxing fresh fragrant
seals pool? d Well, I don’t casuarinas and tea trees.
4 Yes, maybe that’s mind cleaning, Sleep in comfortable large modern beds.
a better idea but I prefer Eat delicious fresh colourful fruit at the
for you. You can feeding the only local restaurant.
help zookeepers animals.
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to feed the e That’s good, but artworks from famous Tasmanian artists.

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5 No problem! something with sandy beaches.
6 Yes, could you the animals.

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form?
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Lagoon and see the elegant black swans.
Take millions of photos!

18 Find and circle the adjectives in the text from

Exercise 17. Then classify them in the table.

Opinion Size Age Colour Material

19 Write questions about the Friendly Beaches

16 Change the tasks and role play new Reserve and answer them. Then use the
conversations with a classmate. questions and answers to prepare a travel
guide. You can use the travel guide article on
page 54 for help.

Bonus practice
Imagine you are a reporter. You are now interviewing an Iguazú National Park keeper. What do you
want to ask him/her? Write the questions. Then, in turns, ask and answer with a classmate.

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