a) EDGE PRE-INTERMEDIATE et ata STUDENTS’ BOOK sarah cunningham peter moor with jane comyns carrCONTENTS eee Mere Coogee Ld 1 Revision of question forms Leisure activities Reading: Unusual ways of Leisure and pronunciation: Sentence stress in keeping fit lifestyle questions xe pages 2 Present simple “8 Ws odule2 1 Past simple Words to describe feelings WeSA RMR wre esmmy — Monnsamanosan’ FES Fase 16 2 Time phrases often used in . thepuat at ony iy age Wordspot: fe! t ‘Module 3 1 should, shouldn’t Daily routines Reading: Early to bed, early to ‘Atrestatwork Pronunciation: shoul, shoudn’t Job tise s ‘page 24 2 can, can't, have to, don't stening: Training to be a ieee thes petormer Pronunciation can, can’t 2 _ Module 4 1 Present continuous and ‘Dates and special occasions Reading: Birthday traditions Specal Present imple hase bate ‘mound tre word Pr occasions > present continuous for Wordspot: day Listening: New Year in two Ge peice | future urrangerents Gifferent cultures ModuleS 1 Comparative and ac apeice Readlng: Yur gorgeous! ; ‘Appearances superlative adjectives Pronunciation: Word stress Song: His latest flame ; Rees) 2 Dexsiting people Wordspot look Pronunciation: Comparatves and Dplaes Ce ee eer ter port eee aa) terete ete ne ert ea Module é 1. Intentions and wishes: Holidays Listening: The holiday from “Time off going to, planning to, hel , ‘Would like to, would rather é 252 We Pronunciation: Contractions and weak forms 2 Predictions: will and won't Pronunciation: will and would s 1 Present perfect and Past Ambitions and dreams Listening: Before they were - Ambitions and simple with for ‘Wordspot: for famous. F ES dreams = Pronunciation: for Reading: An interview with Ewan . © .pa8662 2 Present perfect and past ae a simple with other time : words s “Modules 1. Using articles Geographical features Reading: Where inthe world? Countries and wuantifiers with countable Pronuriclation: i and ja! 2 ea rearirag | ‘Wontifiers with countal Bo MAG ‘and uncountable nouns page 70Task: Compile a fact file Preparation: reading Task: speaking rua a Real life: Questions you can't live without ‘Optional writing: Write a factfile improve your writing: Punctuation Ort ete Study tip: Using the mini-dictionary (1): Checking word class Pronunciation spot: The sounds (w/ and jv! Task: Tell a first time story Preparation: listening Task: speaking ‘Writing: Linking ideas in narrative Bh tniprove your writing Tinker ut so, case, hen Study tip: using the mini-dictionary (2) Word stress Pronunciation spot: Stress and the sf sound ‘Task: Choose the right job Preparation: listening Task: speaking Real life: Making requests and asking for permission Pronunciation: polite intonation in requests [Bl improve your writing: Writing a paragraph Study tip: Class rules Pronunciation spot: Silent letters ‘Task: Talk about a personal calendar Preparation: listening Task: speaking Real life: Phrases for special occasions Pronunciation: Polite intonation Writing: Waite an invitation improve your writing: A leter of invitation Study tip: Remembering verb + noun combinations Pronunciation spot: The sounds Jo and “Task: Describe a suspect to the police Preparation: reading Task: speaking Deena Deena Task: Plan your dream holiday Preparation: listening Task: speaking Optional writing: Write a newspaper report improve your writing: Wsting a description nee Real life: Social chit-chat Pronunciation: Intonation Writing: Write a posteard @ improve your writing: More postcards Study tip: Increasing your vocabulary (1): Word families Pronunciation spot: The sounds fy anal fn) Task: Talk about your dreams, ‘ambitions and achievements ‘Preparation: listening Task: speaking improve your writing: A mini biography ‘Study tip: Learning irregular past tenses and past principles ‘Pronunciation spot: The sounds f/ and fw’ ‘Task: Complete a map of New Zealand, Preparation: listening Task: speaking Real life: Asking for and giving directions Pronunciation: Polite intonation Writing: Giving written directions improve your waiting: Notes diving directions Study tip: Using the mini-dictionary (3): Additional information ‘Pronunciation spot: The sounds (ex! and jay!Ir Cree may, might, will defintely, Modern and traditional Reading: The 1900 house i ote. Pronunciation: Stress in r 2 Present tense after, when, compound nouns . before and other time Wordspot if ; words 1 used to Health and accidents Listening: Health helpline Pronunciation: used to Reading: Hazardous history 2 Past continuous Pronunciation: schwa /a/ eee cen ebaet © Grammar and listening: Present perfect, future forms, used to 1 Gerunds (ing forms) after Hobbies and interests Reading: When on intrest verbs of liking and becomes an obsession Wordspot ke disliking Pronunciation: ing 2 tke doing and would ike to do Pronunciation: Friendly intonation 1 Present simple passive Everyday objects Reading: The world’s most 2 Past simple passive opalar brands Pronunciation: Regular past partkiples © “module 12 1 Present perfect continuous Personal choracteristics Listening: Interview with the Belisigtien| how lons, or and since Wordspot: how snanvige® af Vocation Epa es iainerson Pronunciation: Contracted fms ve pegett4 2. Present perfect continuous and Present perfect simple 1 Past perfect Money Reading: Money facts 2. Past time words: already, Wordspot: make Pronunciation: Large numbers just and never... before 1 Conditional sentences with Reading: Imagine: the story of a would song 2 will and would Song: Imagine Pronunciation: ‘and ‘a ees, eae ibulary: Connection: Rerun enn er iet ed Communication activities pages 140-147 Language summary pages 148-156“Task: Facelift! Preparation: reading Task: speaking Task: Choose the Hero of the Year Preparation: reading ‘Task: speaking eats Passer recon things in life Preparation: reading Task: speaking Task: Survey about the most important ecard improve your vtting: saying thankyou Writing: Time words in narrative improve your writing: Time phrases, witations {1 improve your writing: Replying to acre Cc ‘Study tip: Guessing meaning from context Pronunciation spot: The sounds [aut and fo! Study tip: Increasing your vocabulary (2): Remembering new words Pronunciation spot: The sounds /s/ and /f/ Task: Decide what you need for a jungle trip Preparation: listening Task: speaking Real life: Making suggestions Pronunciation: Polite intonation ‘Study tip: English around you Pronunciation spot: The plural‘: /2/ or ad ‘Task: Choose a manager for a pop ‘group Preparation: reading Taske speaking Writing: Completing on application form 1 improve your writing: Eror correction (1) Study tip: Revising effectively Pronunciation spot: The jx! sound ‘Task: Tell a story from pictures Preparation: vocabulary Task: speaking Real life: Dealing with money Pronunciation: Polite intonation improve your writing: Paying online Study tip: Test dos and don'ts, Pronunciation spot: Review ‘Task: Choose people to start a space colony, Preparation: reading Task: speaking D Passives Loser nee Ircegular verbs page 157 Optional writing: Write a letter back to Earth improve your writing: trot correction (2) ‘Mini-checks pages 158-161 Tapescripts pages 162-174Revision of question forms Present simple Vocabulary: Leisure activities Reading: Unusual ways of keeping fit Pronunciation: Sentence stress in questions, Intonation in Wh- questions > Task: Compile a factfile > Real life: Questions you can’t live without Vocabulary and speaking Leisure activities @ GHD Look at the pictures. Which of the leisure activities can you see? clubbing football going forarun going to the gym playing the guitar rollerblading skateboarding skiing snowboarding surfing the Internet swimming yoga b Discuss the following questions in pairs or small groups, + Which of these things do you enjoy? ‘+ Which of these things don’t you enjoy? What else do you do in your free time? GED Listen to the results of a survey of leisure activities among people aged sixteen to thirty and ‘complete the missing information on page 7.We asked 100 people between the ages of sixteen and thirty this question: Here are the results, playing video games going se 28%: listening tothe going to the cinema =x renting a video / DvD 4 readinga 09 going fora - 93% goingtoa cae F 21% 4 playing 3 According to the survey, which activities are the mostileast popular? Which results are surprising/different from your country? Look back at the phrases in exercises 1 and 2 and complete the diagrams below with verb + oun combinations. Pay attention to phrases which have the, a, to and for. © ( GoingTo )—the ayn © (Gong ror a © (Gong +-1Na)— © ( PLAYING )— video games © (bong © ( cther verte venting a video Work with a new partner. Make a list of six leisure activities that you bath do. Compare your list with other students. What are the differences? We both like going to the cinema,ERSTE module 1 Leisure and lifestyle Language focus 1 Revision of question forms Q GAMES SI ORTS — does the sport of (Ame do the letters NBA mean? Bee of these countries has ever won the football World Cup: Argentina, England, France or Japan? @--. were the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia? @=: kind of ball do they use the game of rugby? Cie often do the Winter lympics happen? judo come from? low many spots 8 '@ there on a dice? starts ina of chess: the black player or the white player? y are there ve) fifty-two cards in a normal pack? eel la Question words Look at the question words in bold in exercise 2. Which question word(s) do we use to ask about: aperson? _who _ Discuss the following questions. ‘+ Which sports and games are popular in your country? Make a list of ten. + Which sports do you play? Which sports do you watch on TV? Do you play any games like chess or cards? 2, GB How much do you know about sports and games? Answer as many of the questions in the quiz as you can in five minutes. Listen and check your answers. How many questions did you answer correctly? 1 2 aplace? 3 athing? 4 atime? 5 6 7 a period of time? the class or type of thing? the number of times you do something? 8 the way you do something? Word order in questions Put the words in the correct order to make questions. 1. good at/Is James / sport? 2 football/ play / your friends / Do? 3 start/the match / does / When? > Read Language surnmaries A and 8 on page 148.Quiz does a soccer feree signal the end of a game? ®-- long does an ice hockey ‘tch last? = Practice Find the correct answers to the questions in the boxes below, When do you play football? Who do you play football with? Where do you play football? Why do you play football? My friends from college. On Sunday mornings. Because it's fun andit's _ In the local park. good exercise. How often do you have English lessons? How long are the lessons? Which days do you have lessons? How many teachers do you have? Two Twice a week | Tuesdays and Thursdays. Ninety minutes | What time is it? What time does the train leave? What day is it? What date is it today? | The sixteenth of May. ‘Monday. | Neatly three o'clock. ‘Five forty-five. > (you get up so early? Nt yf we ~ ‘J What time do you get) Pronunciation 1 Look at the list of questions in exercise 1 Notice the words which are stressed (these are in bold). Listen and practise the stressed words. 2 Now listen and practise the whole question. 2. @ Write the questions for the answers below Example: I get up at nine o'clock at the weekend. wunat time do you get up at the weekend? 1 1.go to the cinema once a month, 2 come to school by bus. 3. My birthday is in August. 4 Tike rock and jazz. My favourite colour is blue. There are five people in my family. My journey to school takes about half an hour. | would like to visit India and Australia. b Ask the questions to your teacher or another student, Think of other questions as well \ up at the weekend? - 4 = - About seven o'clock. ») ‘seven o'clock! Why do (Because | always go for a \\ tun before breakfast[XSI module 1 Leisure and lifestyle Reading What are your favourite ways of keeping fit? What other ‘ways of keeping fit are popular in your country? 2 GD What are the people in the pictures opposite doing? Read the three paragraphs and match them to one of the pictures. BKORFBALL, ‘A mixture between handball and basketball, Korfball isa fast, exciting game. The main cifference is that men and women play on the same team. It’s also a great way to keep fit! The game began in the Netherlands about 100 years ago, and there ere now korfball 5 clubs in more than forty countries around the world. There are eight players on each team — four male and four femle ~ and each player trias to throw the ball (similar to a soccer ball) into the ‘goal’ which is a bit ike a basket but bigger. You can’t touch your opponent, kick or run with the ball, end men can only attack against men and women 10 can only defend against women. A game lasts for sixty minutes and the teams change ends efter every two goals. ‘t's a terrific sport and a oreat way to meet people,’ seys Paul Dicks of the British Koribell Association. TACHI 16 Tai-Chi is a Chinese martial art which goes back thousands of years. Itis different from most forms of exercise in that it is very gentle, It consists of a series of slow movements which you must do very Ccorefully and exactly. The big advantage is that you can do it ‘anywhere, anytime, and you don’t need to be a member of a club or 20 use any expensive equipment — all you needs a qualified teacher! TaiChi fans say itis an excellent way of getting rid of stress, Early in the morning, you can see people doing the gentle movements of Tai-Chi in parks all over China, and itis now commen in the West, 100. So what's the secret of Tai-Chi? ‘Mind and body working 25 together,’ says one enthusiast GAMING FOR FITNESS Most people don't see playing video games as a way of Keeping fit, You sit on the flcor, or on the sofa, you look et the screen ... and the only part of your body that moves is your thumb. But that's all {30 changing ... Thanks to a brand-new game from Japan called Dance Dance Revolution, gamers are now getting onto the exercise floor. In this case, the floor is a grid of nino squares. You put one foot in the centre and move your other foot in time to the dance music that gets faster and faster es you go through the levels. ‘Most gamers {36 just want to go to a fantasy world when they play a video game, but vwhhy not have games which are physical as well?” says one ODA fan So, who knows? Perhaps the gamers in the future willbe fit and healthy people ~ thanks to Dance Dance Revolution i ] 10Read the text and make a note of the following for each activity. © Where it began ‘© When it began, * Adjectives/Phrases to describe it d Here are some phrases from the texts. What do the words in bold refer to? a Itisalso.a great way to keep fit! Gine 3) b_ Itisa terrific sport and a great way to meet people .... (line 11) cw. itis very gentle. (line 16) d_ ... itis an excellent way of getting rid of stress... (line 21) fe ... you can do it anywhere, anytime ... (line 18) f... when they play a video game (ine 35) 5 Work in pairs. Discuss these questions, + Would you like to try any of these ways of keeping fit? Why? * Do you know of any other ‘unusual ways of keeping fit? ‘Ania, from Poland, is a ‘champion gymnast. Language focus 2 Present simple 1 teak at the photos below of three sportspeople. Can you guess who: a has a big lunch (with lots of beer) and then goes to sleep for a few hours? doesn’t eat very much? ¢ runs 8 km at least four times a week? _ trains for eight hours every day? usually trains before breakfast? £ weighs about 40 kg? 9 weighs about 175 kg? h is 1.5m tall? i is 1.95 mtall? jams about $50,000 a week? k receives money from his/her parents every month? 2, GEIED Listen and check your answers. Whose life sounds the most difficult? Why? celui Present simple 1 Which of the following sentences describes: + ahabit? + something that is always true? a Ania comes from Lublin in Poland. b He has a big lunch and then goes to sleep for a few hours. 2 Puteach sentence into: + the question form. + the negative form, How often? 11 The phrases below tell us how often things happen. Match the two halves of leach phrase. every aaweek on Sundays five times month Hore are some more phrases that tell us how often things happen. Number them from 1 (most often) to 6 (least often). sometimes often usually always never occasionally > Read Language summaries C and D on page 148 J050, from Brazil, is a Toshi, from Japan, is training professional footballer. He to be a sumo wrestle. plays for a top Italian club. "1module 1 Leisure and lifestyle —____ Practice | Task: Compile a 1 Use the prompts below to make more sentences about the fact file three athletes on page 11. . . Example: Preparation: reading eat / Ania / a healthy diet / always Arematiteye ata shea dk 41 tookat the pictures of Orlando Bloom. Do you know why he is a for many hours / all of them / train / every day famous? a aaa d_ never / before midnight / go to bed / she aa Knuwabaut:Orlanda' Bloom live in / Toshi / a special training camp called a Heya {films he has made, nationality, £ an the floor /he / sleep / often age, etc). g lots of fan letters / receive / every week / he Or Write five questions about h_ not play / Jodo / in every match Orlando Bloom (Where was he i two sports cars / own / he born? Is he married?, etc.). j miss / he /his family in Brazil phone / about four times a week / he / his mother 2 ED ress the face about Orlando Bloom. Either check 2 @ You are going to interview your partner. Work in groups, A thetifonmiaton'you wrote or find afd Be the answers to your questions. Group A looks at the text below. Group B looks at page 140. 3 Work out what questions the interviewer asked Orlando Complete the gaps with are you? or do you? loon Example: HOW EWERGETIC ARE YOu? Question: What's your full name? Answer: Orlando Bloom. usually get up as soon as you wake up? 2 . slow getting ready in the morning, or Task: speaking - usually leave the house quickly? You are going to interview 3 Waser . walk to school or work, or go another student in your class by car or bus? for a factfile ike the one on page i 13, You can add extra topics if you 2 ee cas gan supetals? want to. Spend a few minutes IF sessssesssss Often sleepy after lunch? Blanning and practising your questions. 6 sssssnsssseee Oergetio when you come home in the evening, or usually tired? Rylselleneng 7 How often .. stay up very late or all night? bb Work in pairs with a person from the other group. Ask and answer the questions. = — ‘y What time do you _ _ ( = cant ies upe “i \ wsatvg8t09? rma about haltgast \\ si How about you? _/ 12FULL NAME jo8 NICKNAMES BORN HEIGHT HAIR COLOUR FAMILY RELATIONSHIP. EDUCATION HOBBIES PETS FAVOURITE FOODS FAVOURITE BANDS Actor. onl, o8. January 13*h 1977, Canterbury, England. 180m Brown, Mother, Sonia. One sister, Samantha — two ‘years older than him. His father died when he was only four. Girlfriend ~ Kate Bosworth, ‘Attended St Edmune's School in Canterbury and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, “When I was aid | wanted to become a professional footbal player - ut | wasn't good ‘enough, Today I'm a fan of Manchester United. ike sports like bungee-jumping, biking and surfing” ‘When I phone home, the frst thing I want to know is how our dog Maude is. “Anything without meat ~ I'm a vegetarian, ‘When | go out to eat, | mostly have pizza or pasta” “Ym not up-to-date. My favourites are people like David Gray and Bob Dylan!” FAVOURITE CLOTHES "My favourite clothes make is GAP.’ FAVOURITE FILM(S) HERO. AMBITIONS: Stand By Me, Amélie. ‘Johnny Depp. He's cool!’ “Vd like to be in different kinds of movies — not Just action!’ Work in pairs with someone you don’t normally work with in class. Ask and answer the questions to complete your fact files. ACB ee FULLNAME 308 NICKNAMES BORN HEIGHT HAIR COLOUR, Famivy EDUCATION Hosaies ers FavoURiTE FooDs FAVOURITE BANDS. FAVOURITE CLOTHES FAVOURITE FiLM(s) HERO AMBITIONS. Tell the class two things you discovered about your partner. Useful etree What's your ... (full name}? What are ... (your ambitions)? How olditall...? When/Where ... (were you born)? (goto school)? Have you got... (a nicknameany pets)? Who is your... (hero/favourite singer)? Tell me about your .. (family:hobbies). What about ...? When/Where did you Optional writing Write your fact file, and put it on the wall for other students to read. 37EXSVE module 1 Leisure and lifestyle In the street Filling in a form at the bank Im the classroom When you start talking to ‘someone for the first time Real life Questions you can’t live without 1 took t the pictures above, Discuss which questions in the box below you might hear or ask in each situation. ‘What's your date of birth? Where are you from? How long are you going to stay? What time i it? Where's the nearest (bank)? an |help you? Which part of Poland) are you from? Where are the tollets, please? Sorry, could you repeat that, please? Do you speak English? How much does this cost? How do you spell ...? ‘can we have the bill, please? Anything else? Ses a Listen to three conversations. Match the conversations to three of the situations above. bb Listen again. Tick (V) the questions from the box that you hear. Pronunciation 1 GED Usten and write down the eight questions. 2 Look at the tapescript on page 162 to check. 3 Notice that when we ask questions beginning with When, Where, etc, our voice usually goes down at the end of the sentence. Listen ‘again and practise saying the questions. 14 Using the mini- dictionary (1 Checking word class 1 Add more words to the lists below. Adjectives hot, cold Adverbs quickly, slowly, Modal verbs might, must, Nouns newspaper, time, Verbs play, enjoy, __, _ Prepositions for, to, __, _ 2a The sentences below are from the text on page 10. What ‘word class’ are the words in bold? fit /fit/ adjective when your body is in a healthy and strong condition: What do you do to keep fit? + Will plays a lot of tennis— he's very fit. 1 It’s also a great way to keep fit! 2 ... men can only attack against men ... 3 ... women can only defend against women. 4 You can't kik ... or run with the ball . 5... movements which you must do very carefully and exactly. 6 ... you don’t need ... any expensive equipment 7... you can see people doing the gentle movements of Taichi. 8... the only part of your body that moves is your thumb. 9... gamers are now getting onto the exercise floor. 'b Now check your answers in the mini-dictionary.1 Question words [1 Complete the questions with question words. 4 were you born?’ ‘in 1986.’ did the journey take?’ ‘About two hours.’ colour do you prefer: red or green? is that young woman?’ ‘That's my sister!” did you get here today?” ‘I walked.’ E ‘music do you like?” ‘R & B. How about you?” does this word mean? do you live?’ ‘In Beijing.’ 4 colour are his eyes?’ ‘Blue’ did you come here this evening?’ ‘Because | wanted to talk to you.” ____do you go to the gym?" ‘Every day.” Ie children does he have?’ ‘Three, think.” > Need to check? Language summary A, page 148. 2 Word order in questions 1] Put the words in the correct order to make questions. 2 at the concert /be / tomorrow night / Will / you ? b Cristina / Does / like / skateboarding ? ¢ Can / football / play / tomorrow night / you ? 4 fate /the train / this morning / was / Why 2 e did / have lunch / today / Where / you ? f athome /Is/today / your brother ? > Need to check? Language summary B, page 148. 3 Present simple [1 a Put the following sentences into the negative form. 1 Hike wet days. 2 My brother lives in the town centre. b Put the following sentences into the question form. 1 You know my cousin, 2 Your friend likes snowboarding, ¢ Change the sentences to She ... 1 I speak perfect Spanish. 2 [fly home once a year. 3 Ihave lunch at home. 4 L catch the early train to work. > Need to check? Language summary C, page 148, 4 How often ...? 0 Put the words in brackets into the correct place. a We go to our holiday home a month, (once) b 1190 for a walk before going to bed. (ehways) ¢ Lam tired when | get home. (usually) 4 We go to the beach day in summer. (every) € Juana is late for class. (never) f We go swimming before breakfast. (often) > Need to check? Language summary D, page 148. 5 Leisure activities O) Match the word(s) in A with the word(s) in B to make phrases. A B a play 1 a video / DVD b goto 2 run ¢ rent 3 youa d gotora 4 the gym. ego 5 a video game ¥ do 6 swimming D> Need to check? Vocabulary, page 7. 6 Questions you can’t live without C1 Match the phrases in A with the phrases in B to make complete questions. A 8 2 Anything 4 are you from? b Can we have 2 the bill, please? « How do 3 does this cost? «6. How much 4 else? e Cani 5 help you? + Where's 6 the nearest bank, please? 4g Which part of Mexico 7 repeat that, please? h Could you 8 you spell that? > Need to check? Real life, page 14. The sounds /w/ and /v/ 1 GED The letters wand “why are usual Pronounced /¥/in English Listen tothe soon, TED The letter ‘vis Pronounced /v/. Listen to the sound. 2 Write in the missit ‘w, ‘wh, oF" @ _eekend © _omen i _ich b ideogames f agetarian j_ery c_en 9 atch d _isiting bh _ords 3 GIBID) Listen and check. Practise saying the words, paying attention to th see) 1e WV/ or Aw! ‘Look back at the areas you have practised. Tick the ones you feel confident about, Now ny the MINI-CHECK on page 158 to check ‘what you know.Past simple Vocabulary: Words to describe feelings “ed endings, Word stress 2 Task: Tella first time story Writing: Linking ideas in narrative vVYYVYVY Language focus 1 Past simple How often do you watch television? Which programmes / TV channels do you prefer? Which of these do you sometimesinever watch? + soap operas + adverts + cookery programmes a GD Read and listen to the first part of the article about some TV firsts. What was the nationality of: © the ‘father’ of TV? + the inventor of TV? ‘+ the first person to appear on TV? the first TV chef? 4 The fist person to appear on TV wos Wiliam Toynton = a young Englishman who worked with Scots inventor, John Logie Baird, the inventor of television bb WMony people cal iain Zworykin,« Rusion who went fo live inthe United Stcies in 1919, the father of television’. He invented tho firs ‘elacronie! TV in 1929. € In 1936, the BBC the Bish Bioodeasting Corporation) made its first TV programmes. Not many people watched them as not many people hod a TV! Cookery programmes were popular even in the 930s. Fronchman Marcel Boulesin became te fist W chet in 1937 16 Important firsts Time phrases often used in the past: at, on, in, ago Grammar How do we form the Past simple of regular verbs? Underline three regular verbs in TV firsts. There are five irregular verbs in TV Firsts. Write down the infinitive forms. What are the past forms of the verb be? Put the sentences below into question and negative forms. He went to live in the United States. Cookery programmes were popular in the 1930s. > Read Language summary A on page 149, Practice 4] EBD Read the rest ofthe article TV Firsts below. Complete the gaps with the correct past form of the verbs in the box. Then listen and check your answers { be 2) begin buy come cost last make ‘The first TV soap opera ___in 1947. ts ‘name ‘A Woman to Remember. The fst TV advert —for Bulove dock — just 20 seconds and it only $9 t0 make! @ Golourtv_ to Europe in the 19605. The first colour TVs very expensive, so not many people them, @ _ The Japanese company VC _ the worle’s first VHS video recorders in the mid-1970s.2 Complete the questions in the quiz with did, was or were Important Firsts 2. Toy Story Ws he wort frst 100% compiter-generted movie. When it come out? 2 in 1990 in in 2000 3. Wh the frst anim: ? 4 r world’ frst traffic lights? ain Australia. binGermany inthe 5 Wet so ie 2 China b Jap PY Wh et 2 Neil Armtrong 8 Where... century? 2 in Argentn € in Portugal and Spoin Pronunciation 1 GD Look at the pairs of regular Past simple forms below. If necessary, check the meaning in your mini-dictionary. Listen to the pronunciation of the past forms below. Notice the different pronunciation of the -ed endings a /4/ called appeared b AW looked worked © AAd/ ended lasted Listen to the pronunciation of some more past forms. If the pronunciation of -edis the same, write S.Ifitis diferent, write D. a worked watched S b opened invented © asked stopped d travelled started © lived dlosed f walked wanted 9 laughed arrived Practise saying the verbs. Pay attention to the pronunciation of -ed. How many questions can you answer? Discuss your answers in pairs. Then check your answers on page 140, G2 Write one sentence about each of the following. Three of the sentences should be true and two should be false. something you did yesterday a place you went to last year something you bought last week/month something you didn’t do last year something you didn’t like when you were achild b Read out your sentences to a partner. Your partner decides which sentences are true and which are false. > Yesterday, ( 1 went swimming with -) my brother, 7 if Z < (Ces, that’s tr jes, that’s true.) € Who guessed the most answers correctly? 7module 2 Important firsts Language focus 2 Practice Time phrases often used in the Listen and answer the questions a-| past: at, on, in, ago Using the time phrases in the box in your answers. 1 leokat the sentences below. Which ones are true? 2) Complete the sentences below with information about yourself. Then work in pairs and compare I started learning English six months ago. your sentences, ‘The weather was hot last weekend. | had an English lesson on Monday morning. began school in the 1990s. ‘My birthday was in November last year. Iwas at home two hours ago. | was in bed at eight o'clock this morning, I played football yesterday afternoon. 1 was bor in 1985. | went to a party on January Ist this year. People started using mobile phones 100 years ago. ur teacher was bom in the nineteenth century. 2 Number the phrases 1-12, starting with the ‘most recent. 3 Rewrite the sentences so they are true for you. Grammar 1. Complete the phrases with in, on, ator 0 Times: __eight o'clock __ 12.15 __ midnight, DaysiDates:_ Wednesday _ New Year's Day __ June 14th ‘Months, seasons, years, decades, centuries: June __ winter __ 1998 the 19908 the twenty-first century Phrases with last and yesterday: | saw him __ yesterday. We arrived —_ last night. They left yesterday morning. / Winndileseliange *S Which of these phrases is wrong with ago? ( tora wedding? ten weeks ago a long time ago * _ y ten thousand years ago . 7 {a few minutes ago years ago (/ The last wedding | went © the summer ogo (_ to.was my sister’s wed ) \ about two years ago. _/ > Read Language summary B on page 149. 18Vocabulary Words to describe feelings How do the people feel in each of the pictures? Choose one of the adjectives from the box. (There may be more than one answer.) angry bored disappointed embarrassed excited impatient Ina good mood nervous relaxed scared surprised worried Listen to eight short conversations. Where are the speakers in each conversation? How do you think the second speaker feels in each case? Use one of the adjectives from exercise 1 3 Use the words from exercise 1 to answer the questions below. ‘Ask your partner the same questions. How do you normally feel: when you ate at home watching TV? just before an important exam? when you can’t remember someone’s name? if you have to speak in front of a lot people? if you have to wait fora long time in a shop? Pronunciation GED Listen to the words and mark the stress. angry disappointed embarrassed excited Impatient in a good mood nervous relaxed if you go to a big rock concert? if you miss your train or bus? if you see a big spider? * * * * + if you lose your purse/wallet? * * * + if your English lesson is cancelled? surprised worried 19module 2 Important firsts Wordspot feel The diagram below shows some common uses of feel. Tick (7) the phrases that you already know. Write (?) next to the ones you are not sure about. fa. He feels sad/fine She felt iu. (Crave an opinion ) “You now how! feel about Sheila's % new boss. £ athing ») These clothes feel wet: The room felt cold. ‘feel + like ) a) Bo you feel like cS lihee a eup golsg fern welist of coffe 2 2 Match a sentence from A with a sentence from B a How’s your mum today? What do you fee! like doing tonight? What time did you go to bed last night? How do you feel about our new boss? oh, your hands fel cola! Do you feel ike a rest after your journey? How was work? [eel terrible about what I said to Tina B ‘Oh, before nine. | felt really tired. Don’t worry ~ I'm sure she wasn't upset No, it’s OK, Islept a lot on the plane. ‘Oh, she's feeling much better, thanks. Oh, terrible. Sometimes {feel like walking out. I think he's OK. He's got some good ideas. I don’t know... what's on at the cinema? I know ~ [left my gloves at home. resenoge b Listen and check your answers. 3 Workin pairs. Student B closes histher book and Student A reads out a sentence from list A above. Student 8 tries to remember the answer from list B above. Then change over. 20 Task: Tell a first time story Preparation: listening 12 Doyouhave a good memory? How many things can you remember? Tick (7) the appropriate boxes. + your first day at school, ‘college or work ‘+ the frst time you travelled alone or went abroad () ‘+ the frst time you met someone important in your life + the first time you drove acar + your first English lesson. [1] + your first peticar 1] + the first time you went shopping or bought something alone] * another important first) b Which of these do the pictures show? ED 2 Youwill hear two people, Helen and Josh, talking about the first time they did something. Listen and say which pictures illustrate their stories. b GD Can you remember which phrases below come from each story? What did Helen and Josh say about these things? crowded secondary school a get together avideo recorder abig smile embarrassing Listen to the stories ‘again and answer these questions. Where and when did it happen? ‘Who else was in the story? How did they feel? What happened in the end?Task: speaking 1 Choose one of the two tasks below. Task 1 Talk about your own important firsts. (See below.) Task 2 Tell the story of an important first using some pictures. (See page 141) Task 1 1. Choose two or three ‘important firsts! from Preparation for task, exercise 1 that you can remember. 2 Spend a few minutes thinking about your answers to these questions. ‘+ Which ‘important first’ are you describing? ‘Where/When did this happen? How old were you at the time? Who was with you? How did you feel before/after? > Useful language a 2. Work in small groups. Listen/Tell your stories to each other. Which was: © the funniest story? + the saddest story? + the strangest story? Oat trot a Telling your own story rll never forget the first time | remember my first/the first time. Iwas... years old at the time. Iwas in | was with my... Het very ... because At fest Then Inthe end ...| ome module 2 Important firsts — = Using the hee | ” mini-dictionary inking ideas in narrative (2): Word stress 1 2 Read what Marcos wrote about his firs trip abroad and 1 Write the number of complete the text below with the phrases 1-9. syllables next to each word in 1 and I went with three friends ‘the box. 2. because forall four of us it was our fist time away from home angry colourful electronic 3 and bought silver ring for my sister expensive popular inventor 4 because I couldn't find it when I programme got on the coach that evening! 5 but! got up early and went to 2 In the mini-dictionary, (") 6 so.we decided to travel by coach, appears before the syllable 7 but we didn’t mind which has the main stress. | 8 so we went to Hyde Park for a Look up the words in the box game of football in the mini-dictionary and 9 then we went shopping in mark the main stress. Oxford Street angry /engri/ adjective it bb Underline the linking words in you are angry, you have exercise 1a, strong feelings because you Example: are not pleased about 1 and something: My parents will — be angry if Iam late. « My flatmate makes me angry The first time | went abroad was when | went to- when he doesn't help with the London. It was in the summer holidays about fie or ae six years ago (a) — _. The plane amd train, were quite expensive, (b) —. We left at five o'clock in the morning and the joumney to- London took about sixteen hours (c) wewere all very excited (d) — We stayed it London for three days, ina youth hostel uot far from the centre. While we were there we walked a lot. First we went to see all the famous sites — Big Ben, Piccadilly Circus, Buckingham Palace, (¢) ___--——. Ow the last moming muy friends stayed in bed late, (D _ Camden Market. You can buy all kinds of jewellery and clothes there, (g) — Ie was really hot and sunny in the afternoon, (W) — Unfortunately, | think the ring pl out of my pocket during the game, () — 1D tn many wo Vee been back to London several times since then, but I don’t think ML ever feel as excited as | did that _first time. 2 Write the story that you told in the Task on page 2". Use atleast three linking words. 221 Past simple (1 Put the following sentences into the Past simple. a The programmes are extremely popular. 'b Do you watch television? ¢ | take my exams. d My brother stays up late. € Idon't get home until midnight. f I buy presents for everyone in my family. 4g We watch a video in the evening h Renate sings beautifully. i The match begins at 8.30, | Heel so tre. > Need to check? Language summary A, page 149. 2 Time phrases with at, on, in and 9 Put the phrases in the box in the correct place in the table. ‘ayearage 2002 aminute ago the 1990s lastnight June 18th last year eleven o'clock Friday afternoon the twentieth century at on in o a year agp | D> Need to check? Language summary B, page 149. 3 Words to describe feelings [1] Put the letters in bold in the correct order to make. words to describe feelings. a |wassoervus.on before | took my driving test I couldn't speak. bb My sister was really d e crass of the dark as a small child. Everyone was very die ponditsapwhen we lost the match, d Iwas really inad.0.g0 domowhen | got home. @ Are youpurdriess by what she said? f Donna is very iro dre w about her exams next weel 4g Iwas sored ob nearly fell asleep. h The children are very te xid e ¢- we're going on holiday tonight. i Ifeltbrassrameed at making such a stupid mistake. > Need to check? Vocabulary, page 19. 4 feel () Choose the correct alternative. 2 I'd like to know how people feel about / for /of the new plans. b Whenever | remember what happened, | always feel sad / sadly / unhappily. © How are you today? Are you feeling as well as/better/ like better now? d Let’s rent a video: | don’t feel like go / going /to 90 out tonight. € After eating so much food, | began to feel like bad / badly//ill. f took a couple of aspirin, and an hour later I felt fine / finely / the finest. D> Need to check? Wordspot, page 20. 5 Linking words 1 Complete the sentences with and, so, because, then or but. ‘a We didn’t have any money toa restaurant. we couldn't go 'b He closed all the doors and windows, and he left the house, Iwas feeling very tired, I went to bed very early. Romina is usually on time, arrived half an hour late e I couldn't sleep ¥ Lphoned all my friends ‘to my house. g It was very cold outside, warmest clothes. h We couldn't go out_the weather was so bad. | He looked through the window for a minute or two, went inside. D> Need to check? Writing, page 22. tonight she ‘there was a party next door. invited them to come | put on my REMEMBER! Took back at the areas you have practised. ‘Tick the ones you feel confident about Now try the MINI-CHECK on page 158 to ‘check what you nov! 23At rest, at work should, shouldn't can, can't, have to, don't have to. Vocabulary: Daily routines, Jobs Reading: Early to bed, early to rise Pronunciation: should/shouldn’t, can/can't, Polite intonation in requests Listening: Training to be a circus performer Task: Choose the right job Real life: Making requests and asking for permission vvvvy vvy Vocabulary Daily routines 4, What time of day do you like best? Why? Compare your ideas with a partner. 2, GB check the meaning ofthe phrasesin bold in your mini-dictionary. Do these things normally happen in the morning, the afternoon or the evening? Put them in order for a normal day. * you dream about something + you fall asleep * you feel tired + you get dressed + you get into bed # you get out of bed + you have a bath/shower you have something to eat you set your alarm you switch off the alarm you turn off the light you wake up your alarm goes off you go to school/work you come home 3 What time do you usualy do these things? Find out about your partner. How similar are your dally routines? 24 Reading and speaking 1 Discus te following questions witha partner, + Do you ever have problems falling asleep or getting up in the morning? How about other people you live with? What helps you to fall asleep? Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night? ‘What helps you to wake up In the moming? Do you often remember your dreams? Do you know anyone who: = snores? ~ talks in their sleep? sleepwalks? Q GB The text opposite gives advice about falling asleep and waking up. Write F next to the items about falling asleep and W next to the items about waking up.€arly to Bed, Early to Rise ... 4) Get an alarm clock, and put i as far away from the bed as you can. If FS you don't have to get out of bed to tum tof, then I's no good having one. And remember that two is better than one ... but set the second clock ven minutes later than the first one, and put it in the same place as the first one! Ww «i Don't spend longer than thirty minutes trying to fall asleep. If you 7 ean’e get to sleep after half an hour, get up and do something quiet, like reading, Only go back to bed when you feelttired. = Drink a glass of warm milk fifteen minutes before you go to bed —it 7) helps you to relax — or have a light snack. But avoid coffee, tea or alcohol: they contain chemicals which will make ie dificule for you to sleep. ag Make sure al he closes in the house ae tn minutes fst before 7. you go to bed (and try to forget you did this when you wake up the: next morning). 1, Get a friend to phone you early in the morning. And hope that your friend is beter at waking up than you are .. and is able to have an interesting conversation at 7 a.m. to help you wake up. 1) Go to bed earlier. It may be difficult at first, but they say that an Four of sleep before midnight is as good as two hours after midnight. 1) Have a warm bath — it's a great way to relax. But you shouldn't stay #4. in there too long. More than twenty minutes and you will lose all your energy. And the bath isn't the best place to fall asleep! tgt_Ustn to some music or even specially recorded CDs of relaxing 9) sounds like waves. However, if you have to get up and turn the cassette player off when the music finishes, i's not going to work! 4 Pretend your alarm fis gone off. Imagine you have to getup, have 2 3) (cold) shower, make brendast, ez. The more you imagine the more you want co goto sleep! ce cming muse wl at you want a nbd even long. ¥ bue te horrible sound of state (the electron noise you get beewesn stations) s enough to get anyone out of bed .. to cum it off 3 Look atthe phrases below from the text. Match the words/ phrases in bold in A with the wordsi phrases which mean the same in B. Get an alarm clock have a light snack. ten minutes fast Get a friend to phone you they say that an hour of sleep it's a great way to relax But avoid coffee, tea or alcohol Buy / Set / Switch on cheap / late-night / small after the correct time / at the correct time / before the correct time 4 Ask / Find / Look for 5 people in general / your friends / your parents 6 big / expensive / wonderful 7 drink / do not have / try A b c a e f 9 B 1 2 3 Discuss these questions. + Which advice do you think is most useful? * Can you think of any other ways to get to sleep / wake up? * Have you ever got into trouble because you didn’t get up in time for school/ work? 25module 3 At rest, at work Language focus 1 Practice should, shouldn't ‘a Make eight more sentences about ‘what Bruce should/shouldn’t do. b Listen and compare your ideas with the ones on the recording Pronunciation 1 Notice the pronunciation of should and shoulda’ Which s stressed in the sentence? He should tidy up his books ifual He shouldn't smoke so much. ifodant! é 2. GERD Listen again and practise the sentences 2 Read about the situations below. Discuss what each person should shouldn't do. 4] GB Bruce's studying for some very important exams. Look at his room and find the things in the box. the bin some rubbish an ashtray a cigarette end his files his notes a computer game a dressing gown money. She spends everything on clothes Carla is a student and she’s very bad with ‘and going out and doesn’t have any money to buy books, etc. Her parents are annoyed with her and don't give her any extra money, but Carla's grandmother gives her extra money every time she sees her. 2 Tick V1 the statements you agree with and puta cross (x) next to the ones you disagree with. He should start work earlier. e b- He should tidy up his notes. Examples: ¢ His coffee cup shouldn't be on the computer. Carla should try to spend Less money, d_ He should get dressed before he starts studying, Carla’s grandvwotner shouldn't give her © He shouldn't listen to the radio when he's studying. any more money Chris recently started a new job in the (ele Talurlg advertising industry. The money is good, but he has to work very long hours, He never 1 Underline the correct ending to the rue. goes out with his girlfriend in the evening We use shouldishouldn’t when: anymore, saying he is too tired and all he 3. itislisn’t necessary ta do something. wants to do is stay at home and watch ) mater’ goed Klanto do something videos. Chri’ girriend says he mutt choose We use should/shouldn’t to give or ask for advice (often with between her and the job. I think...) I think you should get up earlier You shouldn't leave your coffee on the computer, Should I revise everything? Oliver dreams of becoming a professional | footballer. He spends all his time training and playing for his local amateur team. He is We can also give advice like this: now eighteen years old, and he wants to Why don't you get up earlier? leave school and become a professional Try getting up earlier. footballer. His parents want Oliver to g0 to university and study to be a doctor. > Read Language summary A on page 149. 26Language focus 2 Practice can, can’t, have to, , 1, book atthe ist of activities below. don’t have to Think about a normal day for you. Write sentences with have to, don't have to, can or can't © walt for other people to use the bathroom. t dowt have to wait for other people to use the bathroov. leave home after eight o'clock { onwe Leave honee after eight o'clock if twat to catch the bus or train Mayo is in London, studying to be something make my own breakfast Unusual. Look at the pictures above. What do you think she is study in the evening studying? Check your answer by listening to the first part ofthe send e-mails interview. | cook a meal for my family Listen to the rest of the interview. Mark the following sentences True or False. a You need a lot of special qualifications to start her course, She is studying more than one subject. 7 © She only studies in the afternoon and evenings. There are no holidays. € She is going to do a show before she graduates: f Allthe other people on her course are English. = h_ work in the evening i stay out after eleven in the evening 9. sitin front of a computer Grammar k goto the supermarket 1 Lookat the sentences below from the interview. Complete the sentences with have to, don’t have to, can or can't. Then check the tapescript on page 163. a You ‘have any special quolifications. You be very enthusiastic, Hyou want to, you stay later in the evenings. a There area lot of Spanish people, but! _“-”" * speak Spanish 2 Compare your answers with another student, Pronunciation Listen to ei Complete the sentences below with can, can't, have to or don't have to. 222 /0__ means that something is necessary. b ‘means that you are able to do something, c “= means that something is not necessary. a ‘means that you are not able to do something, each speaker say cart or can't? Look at the tapescript on page 164 to check. > Read Language summary B on page 149. 27module 3 At rest, at work Vocabulary Jobs 4 GB AAd one job to each letter below. Use the pictures tohelp you. Ais for architect and Bis for barman and Cis for civil servant and ... Dis for doctor and ... Fis for farmer and .. Jis for journalist and ... Lis for lawyer and ... Nis for murse and is for psychologist and Siis for shop assistant and ... Tis for taxi driver and Wis for writer and ... Look at the sentences below. Which job(s) do they refer to? * You can make a lot of money doing this. ‘+ This can be dangerous. = You have to study a long time to do this, + You can work at home. ‘+ This isa job where you can really help people. * You have to be very patient to do this. + You have to be good at Ianguages to do this. * You have to be very good with ‘people to do this. 3 Think of ajob, but do not say what itis. Describe the job by saying what you canican’t or have to do. Can other students ‘guess what job you are describing? 28 G, Divide the jobs in exercise 1 into the three categories below. Compare your ideas with other students. Which jobs are the mostileast popular? + Jobs Pdlike to do # Jobs Twouldn’t lke to do + Tknow someone who does this jobTask: Choose the right job Preparation: listening Listen to the four people below talking about themselves and complete the column about interests in the table below. eran) Luke, 20, from Englar Task: speaking @ Look at the jobs on page 28 and think of ideas of your own. Suggest two or three possible jobs for each person. Complete the Possible Jobs and Reasons columns in the table below. b Compare your answers in groups. Do you agree on the best job for each person? > Useful language a and b ‘2 Present your ideas to the class. Do other groups agree? 3 Listen to each person talking about the job they want to do in real life. Are you surprised by any of their answers? TRE Tari tele) a Comparing your ideas | think (Morgan) should become a (nurse) because she can ... | (don't) think Carmen will be a good (librarian) because Jong is very (hard-working) so he'll be a good (accountant) or perhaps he should b Agreeing and disagreeing What do you think? Do you agree? Im not sure, {don't know. Maybe he should be ajodule 3 At rest, at work Real life Making requests and asking for permission @ Look at the conversations below. Where are the people? What does each person want? Can you ‘guess the missing phrases in each gap? 30 a ‘A: Yeah? B: Hello, tum the music down, please? It's one o'clock and I'm trying to sleep. ‘A: Oh, sony. Is that better? B Yes, Perhaps I can get some sleep now. Good night. A: U'm sony, leave early today? I'm going to take my cat to see the vet, B: You're going to take your cat to the vet? What's ‘the matter with her then? A: Him. don't know. That's why I'm going to take him to the vet's. B: Oh, Ise. Sure, _. Thanks for David, do you have your mobile phone with you? Um... yes. Why? it, please? I need to make a quick call to my mother. O*K, PEP change seats? Yes, all right. __? can’t see because of the sun. OK, then. Why don’t you sit there, next to Andrea, ere>@ b GERD Listen to the conversations and check your answers. Which speakers are making requests? ‘© asking for permission? Pronunciation 1 Itis very important to use the correct intonation, ‘when we make requests and ask for permission. Look at the tapescript on page 164. 2, GEED Listen and repeat the sentences. 2 With a partner write fourline conversations for four of the situations below. Act out your best conversation for the class. ‘© It's very hot in the room and you would like to open the window. ‘+ You need to borrow some money from a friend because you have lost your bus fare. ‘+ Someone's mobile phone is always ringing during a film. * You didn’t understand the address someone gave ‘you and you would like them to spell it for you. ‘+The person behind you is talking all the time during the lesson. + You are watching the TV but you can't hear because the volume is very low. Your friend has the remote control. + You would like someone to take a photo of you and your friend in front of a famous monument. + You can’t see the timetable at a train station because a stranger is standing in front of itClass rules 1 Here is a list of ideas for class rules. Tick the rules that you would like to see in class. Discuss which rules you have chosen with your class. The teacher: a should always begin and end the lesson on time. b should correct all the students’ mistakes should give homework every week and return it quickly. 4. should use the course book in every lesson. should speak slowly. The students: F should always listen carefully to the teacher, and to each other. should do all the homework wihich the teacher gives them. h should be prepared to work in pairs/groups as wel as listen to the teacher, {should speak English as much as possible, and not their own language. J. should try to arrive on time, remember books and homework, etc 2 Write a list of rules for teachers and students and put it on the classroom wall. See if you can keep to the rules for ‘the rest of this course! Pronunciation spot Silent letters ‘1 Underline the silent letter/letters (letters which are not pronounced) ‘in each word. could friend half hour something light should midnight calm interesting 2 @EEDID Listen and check. Practise saying the words. 1 should, shouldn't and forms for giving advice [) Complete the sentences with one word only. a 7 — don't you ask that man for directions? b You ‘try to speak English as much as possible in class. ¢ 72 _ putting a little satin the water: i'l taste much bette. d You worry so much. I'm sure everything will be OK. @ S462/ | goto the hairdresser's or not? What do you think? > Need to check? Language summary A, page 149. 2 can, can’t, have to, don’t have to 1 Rewrite the phrases in bold using can, can’t, have to or don’t have to. a You are able to leave early if you want to.“ eave, b It’s not necessary for you to pay me back today. ~/> € [sit possible for my friend to come, too? Cin my fren Is it necessary to carry my student card with me?.”> e It's not possible for you to see him at the moment. ond f > Need to check? Language summary B, page 149. 06 (+ | henge te early - 3 Daily routines (1 Match the beginnings in box A with the endings in box B. A 8 fall feel get getinto havea set tum off wake ‘the alarm asleep bed dressed the light. shower tired up i si qi > Need to check? Vocabulary, page 24. 4 Jobs ‘Write the name of the jobs next to the pictures. my « & 4 D> Need to check? Vocabulary, page 24. 5 Making requests and asking for permission (1 Put the words in the correct order to make questions. {a you / please / Could / the /open /window ? "> b smoke /1/ mind /Do/if/ you? ¢ borrow /1/your / Can / please / newspaper ? d later/ back / Could / phone / you? D> Need to check? Real life, page 30. ook back at the areas you have practised, Tick the ones you feel confident about. REMEMBER! Now try the MINI-CHECK on page 158 to check what you know!Present continuous and Present simple Present continuous for future arrangements Vocabulary: Dates and special occasions Pronunciation: Dates, Polite intonation Reading: Birthday traditions around the world Listening: New Year in two different cultures Wordspot: doy Task: Talk about a personal calendar Real life: Phrases for special occasions Writing: Write an invitation VVVVYVYYVY Vocabulary and speaking Dates and special occasions Which are your favourite months of the year? Why? @ Which of these days do people celebrate in your country? Which month are they in? Chinese New Year Father's Day StValentine’s Day American independence Day Mothers? a 32 @D Match the word(s) in A with the word(s) in B ce Naiviwaes to make phrases connected with special occasions. — a 8 1 cooka cake b Listen and make notes about when they 2 dress cards to people happen in the UK/USA. 3. eat flowers 4 exchange late 7 5. havea day out Pronunciation 6 invite people presents 1 Listen and mark the stress on the q mate nalts Sara Medi 8 send sent ea 4 9 stay uy to your home January February April July August 19 wae o September October November December 1 buy off work 2 Listen and write down the dates. Look at the inpescxipt on poue64 to check b Which of these things do you / your family / your friends do on the special days in exercise 2a? Think of ‘one other reason why people do these things. Example You send a card when people get engaged 3 Listen again and practise saying the dates. Pay attention to the pronunciation of ‘th’. April the first. July the fit Di 18 32The tradition of birthday parties started a long time ago. People thought that there was a special danger from evil !/ i! spirits, so friends and family came together to bring good thoughts and wishes and even presents. At one time, only kings had birthday parties but as time went by, children and then adults began to have their own birthday celebrations. There are some traditions - such as sending birthday cards, blowing out the candles on a birthday cake and singing the ‘Happy Birthday’ song, that you can find almost anywhere, any time. Others are more specific to certain ages +» and certain countries. Birthday Traditions around the World in China, everyone celebrates their birthday on New Year's Day: they become ‘one year older on that day. On a child's second birthday, family members put a 5 variely of objects on the floor around the child. According to Chinese tradition, the fist ‘object that the child picks up tells you what profession the child will choose later in life. x B,,7 For Jopanese children, the third, fifth 10 and seventh birthdays are particularly important. At this age, there is a special celebration called Shichi - Go — San (seven, five, three in Japanese) when children go to the temple wearing a brandnew kimono. The 15 priest gives them special sweets, and the parenis usually organise a party for their friends in their home. 1G In Argentina, Mexico and several other Latin American countries, girls have a special 20 birthday celebration when they reach the age of fifteen. After a religious ceremony, the girls dance a waltz with their father and other boys. x, Reading 2 When s your birthday? Is this a good month to have a birthday? Why? What do you usually do on your birthday? What about other members of your family? Which birthday do you remember best? b GHD Look at the picture opposite. Find the things in the box. ‘a bunch of flowers candles "a party ares birthday card akey 1G Eighteen is the traditional ‘coming of cage’ — the age where you have the right to 25 vote, join the armed forces and {in many countries), drink alcohol and {in the UK) buy ‘a house or become a member of parliament!” 21. in many English-speaking countries, o twentyfirst birthday cake often has a key on 30 top, or the cake itself is sometimes in the shape of a key. The key means that the young person is now old enough to leave and enter the family home at any time they want tol ‘BO In the past in parts of Europe, men who 35 reached the age of thirly and were sill single, had fo clean the stairs of the City Hall. This way every girl could see that the man didn’t have a gitlriend. - and how good he was at cleaning the house! 40 4O,5O After the age of thirty, many people prefer to forget their binhdays rather than celebrate them ... children often bring ‘Mum (or Dad) breakfast in bed, and it's traditional fo give « bunch of flowers and 45 enjoy a special meal or pay. I's also a day ‘when your friends and family have to pay if / you go out for drinks or a meal 2, GB Fead the text above about birthday traditions around the world. Tick (V) the traditions which exist in your country, and put a cross (x) next to the traditions which are different. 3 Find a word or phrase in the text that means: as someone or something says according to especially completely new a number of 4 formal, public event The Army, Navy or Air Force the form of something local government building BE Gh Rie 33