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Digital Workbook (online, mobile) Workbook (print) Components Resources - Available on cambridgeone.org Ny Caer) oa) Nene Cornsaeecd Oe iets Cetra pea sia ares Mee nec aucr) Tests (print) Moe) aes Cees Pee eae) eerie? aceea ni)HU SRS EE Unit | Talk Getting started Talk about communication 1A Talk about friendship ana Subject and object Com cI Pronunciation Friendship and Everyday Enel ‘communication questions communication 1B Describe experiences inthe Present simple and Gradable and Word stress: extreme present present continuous extreme adjectives. adjectives 16 Give and respond to opinions Word groups Giving and responding to opinions 1D Write a guide Review and extension More practice \WORDPOWER yoursel Unit2 Modern lite Getting started Talk about the workplace 2A Talk about experiences of work Present perfect and Work Present perfect and past simple and training past simple 28 Takk about technology Present perfect Technology Sentence stress: main verb / and present perfect auxiliany vero continuous, 20 Make and respond to suggestions Sentence stress Making and 20 Write an emai giving news Review and extension More practice \WORDPOWER fook responding to suggestions Unit 3 Relationships Getting started Talk about relationships 3A Takk abouta friendship Narratwe tenses 3B Talk about families 30 Tella story used fo, usually 30 Write about someone's fe Review and extension Moce practice Relationships Linking sounds Mult.word verts Sentence stress: muli-word verbs ‘Slress in word groups WORDPOWER have Telling a story Unit 4 Personality Betting started Talk about people 4 Describe people and ther abilities Modals and phrases of Abily Stress with modal verbs ability 4B Describe feelings Articles Personality adjectives 46 Offer and ask for help Intonation in question tags Offering and asking for help “4D Wite an informal onine advert Review and extension More practice \WORDPOWER so and such Unit S The natural world Getting started Talk about endangered animals BA Talk about the future Future forms Environmental Sound and spelling: 2 5B Takk about fand when Zero and first The natural world Consonant clusters Conditionals BC Give reasons, results and Voiced and unvoiced consonants Giving reasons, examples results and examples 5D Write a discussion essay Review and extension More practice WoRDPOWER problemcor Contents Cn Three monologues: Online friendships ‘Atle: Butare they real fiends? ‘Acie: Can you realy lean a language in 22 hours? [At the flower shop ‘ticle: What kind of earner ‘are you? ‘Conversation: learning vocabulary Things you have done recently Leaming a foreign language Giving and responding to opinions: Using me too/me neither me ‘Aguide Introducing a purpose; Refering pronouns, Ways of learning vocabulary Radio show: likeabilty Adtcle: Not the best interview ve ever haa! Astcle: What's your favourite ‘200? ‘A problem Conversation: life changes ‘An email about a new job Work and training experiences, Interviewing classmates about technology use Making and responding to suggestions; Sounding sympathetic or pleased Life changes ees ‘An informal email ‘Adding new information Aaticle: 60 years and 1,000 miles: How a word game brought mo unlikely people together “Two monologues: being a twin Aticle: Twin tates Armistake ‘An email about how ‘gyeat-grandparents met Conversation: great grandparents The story ofa friendship Family traditions Reacting to what people says Telinga story ‘A member of your Family ‘A biography Describing time Radio show: successful people ‘Two monologues: personality types Acie: Why the worl needs Introverts Asking for help ‘Three monologues: websites, “Three online adverts Aticle: When willbe famous? Becoming successful at something Describing a person Question tags; Offering and asking for help Things people use the Internet for ‘An informal online advert ‘The language of adverts Conversation: an environmental Web page: The Whitley Fund project for Nature Interview: inventions inspired Article: Animals have adapted by nature to sundve everywhere Talking about possible jobs Monologue: rescving whales ‘An essay about water pollution A quiz about wales Precictions about the future The best place to experience natural beauty Giving reasons, results and examples; Giving yoursef ime to think ae ‘A discussion essay Organising an essay; Signposting languageGetting started Talk about aiferent cutures 8A Talk about advice and rules. Models of obligation Compound nouns Word stress: compound nouns (6B Describe food Comparatives and Describing food Sound and speling/f/and ff superatves BC Ask forand give Sounding interested Asking for and giving recommendations recommendations 6D Write a review of a restaurant orcafé Review and extension More practice POWER ra Getting started Talk about ideal houses IA Describe a building Modals of deduction Buildings Modal verbs: final t/ and Jd sounds 7B Describe a town or city Quantiiers Verbs and Sentence stress: verbs prepostions and prepositions TE Make offers and requests and ask Sounding poite Making offers and for petmission requests and asking for permission TD. Write @ note with useful information Review and extension Move practice WORDPOWER over Getting started Talk about an interesting news story BA Talk about podcasts Reported speech Sharing information Sound and spelling: and /ki 3B Talk about what other people say Verb patterns Reporting verbs BC Generalse and be vague ‘Sound and speling: ih! and iw! Generalising and being vague 80° Write an email summary of news story Review and extension Moce practice ‘WORDPOWER in /on + noun Getting started Talk about street entertainers 8A Talk about fms and TV The passive -ed ing adjectives: Sound and speling: final -edin adjectives 98 Give extra information Defining and non- Music; Word- Relative clauses: pausing defining relative clauses. building (nouns) Word stress 98¢ Recommend and respond ‘Showing contrast, Recommending to recommendations and responding to recommendations 90. Write an article Review and extension More practice WORDPOWER see, look at, watch, hear, listen to Betting started Talk about cifferent kinds of opportunites. TOA Talk about new things itwould Second concitional ‘Sport; Adjectives Sentence stress: would be good to do and prepositions 10B Talk about imagined past events Third conditional, Expressions wit Sentence stress: would and have 0, makeand take VOC Talk about possible problems and Sounding sure and unsure Talking about possible reassure someone problems and reassuring someone 100. Write an email with advice Review and extension More practice /OWER Easily confused words ‘Communication Pls p. 127 Vocabulary Focus p. 133 ‘Grammar Focus. 144Three monologues: culture shock Radio show: vending machines in Japan A special git ‘Three manologues: special occasions [oT Article: Culture shock? Theres {an app to deal wit that Bog: Hungry adventures Reviews of a café peaking Describing different cultures Describing a special meal ‘Asking for and giving recommendations; Expressing surprise Places to go out Contents Ans Two reviews Positive and negative language: Adverts Four monologues: describing buildings Conversation: comparing Ife in a town and a city isting a fiend’ family Conversation: a holiday in Florida Web page: A more personal place fo stay Web page: Five reasons why small towns are better than cities Aticle: Top five things to do Jinand around Mami, Florida, Anote Describing buildings, Talking about where you lve Making offers and requests and ‘asking for permission; Imagining people’ feeings recent holiday ‘Ante with useful information Offering choices. Podcast: Pod-an-pad Interview: fake reviews 2 job interview Monologue: 2 news story Article: Thinking of making a podcast? Just give ita try! Ace: The restaurant that wasn't there Anew story Giving opinions about podcasts Describing experiences using, reporting verbs Generaising: Being vague Air travel Ces {An email about a news story ‘Summarising information Conversation: fim trailers ‘Three monologues: musical experiences Planning an evening out “wo monologues: live music Article: To binge or not to binge Article: The three best music festivals youve probably never heard of A blog about staying at home Recommending a film or TV programme ‘A musical experience Recommending and responding; ‘Asking someone to wait Live vs. recorded music An article about a form of entertainment Contrasting ideas; The structure of anariicle Conversation: trying new activities Making a marriage proposal Monologue: volunteering Atle: Searching for serendipity ‘Aweb page about volunteering: Emails giving advice Taking new opportunities ‘A past event that made ife better Talking about possible problems {and reassuring someone; Changing the subject Volunteering Phonemic symbols and Wreqular verbs p. 164 {An email with advice ‘Advising a course of actionThis page is intentionally left blank.eA UU THiS DRO ET) EW sn RR ua Cert TALK GETTING STARTED that ou think the other git feels? Why’ee Pir feat td 1 A WHO LIKES MY POSTS? eee G3 SPEAKING AND VOCABULARY Friendship and communication @ Gp Discuss the questions. 1. How do you usually meet ne online? Why? 2 re your online friendships itferent rom your other friendships? How? What kinds o things do you talk about online? Is this diferent from most of your face-to-ace conversations? Why J Why nat? people — face- b Match the words in bold in sentences 1-6 with definitions a-f. 1 [7 Social media is a great way to get in touch with old friends you haven't seen ina while 2 [its realy dificult to express you felings online because you cant look people in 3 (1 When her brother, Mike, was in hospital, Susanna reached out to al his friends to come and visit him. aor io Interact with people anline because you an think about what you want to say before you wit it th good frends, you often don't have to put how you feel into words, because you just understand each other 6 Tits not a good idea to give your opinion in an onine discussion because is written. Ifyou change sO mind, you cant get rid of what you wrote. ‘to communicate with and react to a persor bb tasay or write what you think or believe about sorneti to contact someone by phone, email or 4 to try to communicate with a persor Usually to help or involve them to talk about you f to explain a feeling using language tions c¢ Gp Do you agree with sentences 1-6? Why / Why not? d 3D Now go to Vocabulary Focus 1A on p. 133, ese ee ®@ READING @ Read the article and find out if it has similar ideas to tthe ones you talked about in 1a. BUT »« THEY You've probably heard it before, haven't you? ‘Facebook and Instagram friends aren't the same as the real thing.’ People from generations that didn’t grow up with online friendships criticise younger adults who say they have a lot of oniine friends, They don't think friendships that are made online are {as real or as meaningful as face-to-face ones. Butit looks like they may be wrong, Researchers at the University of California have come to the conclusion that online friendships have the same qualities as those in the real word. n a study, the researchers looked at exchanges between online friends and observed the same kinds of behaviours that exist in face-to-face friendships. Online friends share experiences and interests, express their feelings and reveal things about themselves. Sometimes they offer each other practical help, and they can keep each other ‘company at any time of the day or night, ‘Another way that face-to-face and online friendships are similar is that they take time to develop. You can't just {g0 online hoping to find a friend i's not as simple as that. Experts say that you need to build online friendships carefully, ‘and they offer the following advice: Join a discussion or community that talks about something you're interested in. take sure its an app of website where you can exchange ideas and information ~not one where you just follow what other people say. Write a clear and honest profile of yourselt. Make it interesting and use a friendly tone. dont expect to find a tiend immediately -it can take time. And when you do find a friend ... Take things one stop ata time, but make sure you stay itouch i Shire thangs shout your lite but not very persorsl hinge, and iy to bua ustb Read the article again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences. 1. Some older people don't think online friends are true friends. 2. Researchers say there are many differences between face-to-face and online friendships. 3 Online fiends can be available ta interact with day and night. 4 Youwill ind online friends very quickly. 5 To help an online friendship develop, share some details about yourself and your life Here's a checklist of questions you can ask yourself as. ‘you explore the world of online friendships: 1 Isit easy to use the app/website? U Bilethistcorentntelsant pein] o Eira ereernta etter erentnscatersatr7] | 4 Am interested in replying to posts? oO 5 Are the posts friendly and honest? LU 6 Do other people like or reply tomy posts? [_] UNIT1 © GK Discuss the questions. 1 Doyou think the advee inthe articles good? Why 1 Why not? 2 What problems can happen as a rest of onine friendshins? What are the benefits? 3. Doyou think people express their feelings more or less carefully online? Why? 4 Doyou think its easier to find someone you have something in common with in the real world or online? Why? GRAMMAR Subject and object questions @ Look at the questions and answers. The main verb is in bold. Underline the correct words in the box. 1G What do experts say about making friends online? [k: You need to build friendships carefully 2. Who thinks online friendships aren't real? ‘A: People from generations that didn't grow up with online friendships, b Are the questions below subject (S) or object (0) questions? 1 [Who do | give this ta? 2 what happened to your leg? 3 EJ Which ofthese books do you want to borrow? 4 5] Who gave you the flowers? 5 [J which car uses tess petro? 6 [1 What aid he say to you? & 5D Now go to Grammar Focus 1A on p. 144, d Make subject (S) or object (0) questions with the words below. You may need to change the verb or ‘add do, does or did. 1 Who /call/ you / yesterday? (S) 2. Who / you / last /text? (0) 3. What /you and your friends / talk about? (O) 4. What / make / you and your friends / laugh? (S) 5 Which of your friends /you / see / every day? (O) 6 What / post / last / make / you laugh? (S) € Gk Ask and answer the questions. Try to ask follow-up questions.UNIT GI LISTENING Ip Discuss the questions, ds can become face-toface friends? How can this happen? 2 What are the advantages and disadvantages of this change b QTIEAL You are going to hear Kris, Alex and Kelly talk about online friendships. Listen and put a name with each photo, 1 ¢ @UIEE Listen again and complete the information in the chart. Friend's Common interest Met yes or no? What have they done together? d Which of the three speakers would you like most as an online friend? Why? © SPEAKING Tick (¥) the things you have done recently, Make notes about the experience. Limet someone new face-to-face Lmet someone new online [Eimet someone face-to-face who you frst met online [met an old friend you hadn't seen in a long time Ci posted a strong opinion on social media or a discussion board posted a video story on social media CL created a playlist of your favourite music started a new job/course b Look at the experiences your partner ticked and write three questions to ask them. met someone new Who was it? Where were you? What did you talk about? © Ask your partner about their experiences. Try to ask follow-up questions.1B I'M USING AN APP tena FOR LEARNING ENGLISH Dy bannee diu GB SPEAKING = Bonjour the questions - Pi ¢’kemi ingjatjeta bb Choose one idea below and continue using because. Hola / Buenos dias your id ¢ Gp Read your sentences to each other. Do you agree with each other's ideas? Gp Look at photos and discuss the questions.UNIT1 READING @ Read Can you really learn a language in 22 hours? quickly and answer the questions. 1 What is Memrise? 2. Why is Jon Foster using it? 4. Where do the mems come from? 2 Ed Cooke creates them. 'b Users can create memes for themselves and other users. Every user creates mems only for themselves, Match the words in bold in the article with meanings 1-8 below. 3. How much has he learned! eee ‘changes a word from one language into ancther what someone wants to-do learned something so that you rermember it exactly something dificult that tests your ability able to communicate freely and easily to make someone remember something do something again b Read the article again and choose the correct answers for questions 1-4. 1 The writer wants to learn Lingala because he a loves new languages wants to talk with the people who speak it © wants to by Memrise 2 Ed Cooke wants learners to enjoy learning more Gp Have you used or would you like to use Memrise? improve quickly Why / Why not? ddo more vocabulary practice mem is a digital plant that you ‘water’ a translation of 2 new word, a picture that helps people remember new words (orTa A elU Cer Tea ie erst 4) in 22 hours? I've never been very good at languages. But next month, m traveling to remote area of Central Afica and my goals to know enough Lingala - one of the local languages to havea conversation, { wasnt sure how | was going to do this unt discovered a way to spend Just few minutes, few times a dy, leaning all the vocabulary fm going to need. We all know that people learn better if they enjoy learning. Jon Foster reports on an app that makes CT ec eC ‘To be honest, normally when | get a spare moment at home, | goon Facebook or play games on my phone. But, at the ‘moment, m using those short breaks for something more useful. 'm learning a foreign language. And thanks to Memise, the app im using, it feels just ike a game. People often stop learning things because they eel they'e not making progress or because ital feels ike too much hard ‘work’ says Ed Cooke, one ofthe people who created Memrise. We'e trying to create a form of learning experience that is fun and is something youd want to do instead of watching TV: {And Memrise is fun. ta challenge. It gives you afew new words to learn and these are’seeds'that you plant. your ‘greenhouse: (This represents your short-term memory.) When you practise the words, you water your plants’ and they grow. ‘When the app believes that you have really remembered a word, it moves the word to your garden. You get points as your garden grows, so you can compare yourself to other Memrise users. want to get a high score and go to the next level. And if forget to log on, the app sends me emails that remind me to water my plants, ‘The app uses two principles about learning. The fists that people remember things better when they link them to a picture In their mind. Memrise translates words ito your own language, butit also encourages you to use'mems - images that help you remember new words. You can use mems that other Users have created or you can create your own, Imemorised ‘maotete, the Lingalan word for'engine, using a mem | created ~1 Imagined an old engine in a motel room. ‘The second principe is that we need to stop after studying words ‘and then repeat them again later, leaving time between study sessions, Memrise helps you with this because it's the kind of app ‘you only use for five or ten minutes a day. Ive learned hundreds of Lingalan words with Memrise. know this won't make me a fluent speaker, but hope I'll be able to do ‘more than just smile and nad when I meet people in the Congo. Now, why am | still sitting here writing this? Ineed to goand ‘water my vocabulary! 12GRAMMAR Present simple and present continuous UNIT1 VOCABULARY Gradable and extreme adjectives @ Match present simple sentences a-c with uses 1-3. ‘a. When I get a spare moment at home, | normally {g0 on Facebook or play games on my phone. bb know this won't make me a fluent speaker. People leam bette if they enjoy learning, We can use the present simple: 1 ta talk about things that are generally true (sentence —_) 2 to talk about habits and routines (sentence —_) 3 with state verbs — verbs about thoughts (e.., understand), feelings (e., want) and possession (eg,, own) (sentence —). Match present continuous sentences a-c with uses 1-3, 2. I'm learning 2 foreign language. Now, why am I stil siting here writing this? © Young people are spending more and more time playing video games. We can use the present continuous to talk about: 1 actions in progress at the same time as speaking’ writing (sentence —_) actions in progress around (before and after) the time of speaking/writing (sentence —__) changing situations (sentence). 2 3 Complete the rule about how we make the present continuous. subject +am/___/ is + verb + 2D Now go to Grammar Focus 18 on p. 144. 2p Make questions with the words below. Then discuss the questions. 1. you / think / you / communicate / well in your own language? How often / you / hear / foreign languages where you live? you / think / you / have /a good memory? What / help /you / learn / English grammar? What / you / think J about / right now? you / prepare /for an exam at the moment? ‘more people / learn / languages in your country than before? 2 £ 2D Communication 18 Gy Student A: Look at the picture on p. 127. Student B: Look at the picture on p. 129. Follow the instructions on the page. 2 OHA You will hear four short conversations about learning languages. Which conversation is about someone who ... ? 1 shaving pronunciation problems. 2 has been practising another language a lol 3. doesn't have good learning material 4 is very good at learning languoges. BEA Listen to the conversations again. What word do you hear? 1 1'm Ok, but 'm really thed / exhausted. 2 im trying to, but this book's absolutely bad useless 3 That's absolutely amazing/ good. | can only speak one language 4 ts very hard impossible. Il never get it right Inderline the word that comes before each adjective. Does it make the meaning weaker or stronger? Read about gradable and extreme adjectives. Complete sentences 1-6 with a word to make the meaning stronger. + With some adjectives (good, bad, dificult, we can use words lke very, rellyand extremely to make thelr meaning stronger (e.., His pronunciation is realy good. The exam was extremely dificult) + Other adjectives already havea strong or extreme meaning (eg, perfect, useless) We can use words like realy or absolutely before these adjectives to add emphasis (eg, Her English is absolutely perfect) 1 Online dictionaries are often That cakes enormous, | think Annas confident, | went fora swim in the river and the water was There are only seven houses in my village ~ i's She's a(n) important figure in world politics. useful. freezing, tiny, 2 3 4 5 6 >> Now go to Vocabulary Focus 1B on p. 134. SPEAKING ly Talk about learning a foreign language. Use the questions below. + What do you want to be able todo with English? What level of English do you hope to reach? How offen do you revise what you have earned? How offen do you watch or read things in English? How offen do you cornmunicate with native speakers? What are you doing atthe moment to learn English? Are you having any problems with Enis at the moment? bb Report back to the class about what you found out14 IC Well, if you ask me ... LISTENING a lp Discuss the questions. 1 Do you enjoy meeting new people? 2 Doyou usually decide what you think of someone fram a fist impression? Or do you get to know them fist b Gp Look at the photo above. What do you think the customer is buying? ¢ BMODIEI Watch or listen to Part 1 to eck, d BMODIRM Watch or listen again and underline the correct answers. ecky is buying flowers because she's ' house ge 2 She doesn't want roses he tulips. in another shop | come @ Look at the photo below right and answer the questions here are the people? hat are they doit f BN ODER Watch or listen to Part 2 to check. g BM ODIEP Watch or listen again and angwer the questions. at will happen to bookshop? use for Rachel? m wil his iat is Mark's advice? What does Rachel say happened at work? Learn to give and respond to opinions EVERYDAY ENGLISH x or Sea © USEFUL LANGUAGE Giving and responding to opinions a QUEA Listen and comp! fe the sentences with one word. 1 Well, in my re always a good option. 2 |___ something lke tulips might be better 3. |__—it's going to be impossible with another florists in ityou ime, its not worth worrying about until we b Put the words in the correct order to make more formal phrases for giving an opinion. 1 it/ me / seems /that /to 2s 2s /concemed / far /'m © Look at five ways of responding to an opinion Does the speaker agree (A) or disagree (0)? 1 Ct know wat you mean, bu 2 know exactly what you mean, 3 Elim not so sure about that 4 ] That's right 11 see where you Tick (V) the sentences you agree with. Change the other sentences so you agree with them fe coming from, but 1 CJ english is an easy language to learn 2 tts difficutt to communicate with alder people. 3 L]First impressions are important when you meet someone. lm Give your opinions from 24 and respondPRONUNCIATION Word groups a QUIBE Listen to these sentences. Notice where the speaker pauses to make the message clearer. I'm really worried. Jo phoned today with some bad nev b ©LIEB Listen to this similar sentence. Does the speaker pause? 1'm really worried | won't make enough money. © Look at the conversation, Write // where you think the speakers pause. Rachel Oh, I'm sorry, love. I'm usta bit wortied. Jo phoned today and said thatthe old bookshop is. ‘Boing to be turned into anather florist’, Mark The bookshop on the corner? I didn't know they'd soldi Rachel Me neither. But what am | going to do? I's hard ‘ough already to make money, but | think it's ‘Boing to be impossible with another florst’s in the same street d ODA Listen and check. CONVERSATION SKILLS Using me too/ me neither a QUI Listen and underline the correct words, 1 Mark The bookshop on the corner? | didn't know they'd sold it. Me to0/ neither. Hey, don't worry about it. Let's just forget ‘about work, Personally, | need a relaxing evening! Me ta0/ neither. Rachel 2 Mark 1 We use Me taoand Me neither to say we agree or are in the same situation. 2 We use iMe too after a positive sentence. 3 We use Me nether after a negative sentence. b Complete the exchanges with appropriate responses. 1 Alneed a nice Bo 2 Al don't really like watching football Ba 3. Al wasnt invited to the wedding, — 4 Aim looking forward to the party Bo ‘AI don't really eat chocolate, Ba 6 AT hate going out in the rain, 8 of tea, UNIT1 LISTENING a © Look at the photo. What is happening? What do you think will happen next? b MMODIEA Watch or listen to Part 3 and check your ideas. © Gap Discuss the questions. 1. How would you feelin Becks station? 2 How would you fee in Rachel's situation? 3. Have you ever made a bad fst impression? GISPEAKING @ Think of an example of: + 2 goad way to meet new people +2 good way to make a good first impression + @ goad topic of conversation with someone you don't know well + @ goad reason to dislike someone you've just met. b CAB Discuss your ideas in 6a. Ifyou ask me, the best way to make a good impression isto use people's names « lt 1m not so sure bout that. SAE TSB ALE aU SR ae16 1 D SKILLS FOR WRITING iene Different ways of learning Ce GB SPEAKING AND LISTENING 2 Gp What do you think are some good ways to learn new vocabulary in English? Talk about the ideas in photos a-e or your own ideas. b OBA Listen to Maria and Gilberto talking about learning vocabulary. Are you more like Maria or Gilberto? ¢ QTEE Listen again and answer the questions. iat system does Maria use for learning voc: n did Maria's sister use? 0 think either system will work for him? at sy {Read the descriptions of each style. What kinds of learners are Maria and Gilberto? They prefer to learn by seeing or reading things. They need fo see new information written down, AUDITORY LEARNERS They prefer fo learn by listening to new information, They alo like to talk about the new things they've learned, They prefer to learn by doing something, They don't like teeta meer! @ Gp Talk about what kind of learner you are and why. DREADING @ Read What kind of learner are you? on p. 17. Answer the questions. 2s is mentioned? 28 the article talk more about understanding information or remembering it? b Read the article again. Make notes about the key study techniques for each learning style. © visual + auditory + kinaestheticlearner Different people learn in different ways. In order to find the most useful way to learn new information, i's a good idea to think about the kind of learner you are: visual, auditory or kinaesthetic. Knowing your learning style helps you study more effectively, so you remember what you have learned more eas Remember, you don't just learn when you study ~ this advice can also be useful for learning at work or in your free time. VISUAL LEARNERS Ithelps to study in a quiet place so that you can concentrate, To leam neve information, ry o think of «nn image in your head, or maka a diagram to highlight different points. 'This technique helps your memory and it means you can find the information easily when you look at your Ed notes again, Going to a lecture is « good way for you to learn. Read your noles cloud, then cover them and iy fo say them again from memory. Also, try to use new words when you're talking to people. If you are studying words on a particular topic, you can listen to podcasts that include this vocabulary. “These ideas should help you remember what you need to know. KINAESTHETIC LEARNERS These descriptions are only a guide. Most people have «a mixture of learning styles. To study successfully, you need to experiment and find the best method. WRITING SKILLS a Look at these sentences from the article, Circle the words or phrases in the underlined parts which introduce the purpose in each sentence. 1 Inorder to find the most useful way to learn new information, is @ good idea to think about the kind of learner you are ur learning style helps you study ively, so you remember what you nation, ty to think of an image in your head. b Underline other examples of purpose words! phrases in the article. © Join the sentences using purpose words! phrases. More than one answer is possible. 1 Lite the new words in a vocabulary notebook. | remember them 2 I practise pronunci words on my phone |write grammar rules on a piece of paper. |lunderstand them better jon. | record myself saying Look at sentences 1-3 in bold in the article and underline the correct words in the rules. This and these refer ta ideas already mentioned new ideas, Insentences 1 and 3, this refers back to one word a complete idea. ¢ We sometimes put a noun / an adjective after thisand these WRITING Think of a skill you know how to do well. It can be something to do with school, work, sport or a free-time activity. Make notes using these questions. 1 How easy i it to learn this skill? 2. What are the problems people have when learning it? 3 What are good ways to learn this ski? 4 Why ate they good ways? b Write a guide on how to learn this skill. Use words/phrases to introduce purpose and this or these, if possible, to refer back to ideas, ¢ Gay Work in pairs. Read your partner's guide. How easy do you think it would be to learn their skill?ROU) 4 GRAMMAR a Gap Complete the questions. Then ask and answer the questions, 1. You ive with someone Who —do-vaulive with? 2. Something woke you up this morning, What this morning? 3 You talk to someone every day. Who. every day? 4 You read something yesterday. What yesterday? 5 Something made you laugh recently. What recently? 6 Someone speaks to you in English Who in English? 7. You know different ways of learning English Which different ways of earning English 2 8 Some ways of learning English work best for you. Which ways of learning English bb Tick (¥) the four correct sentences. Then correct the mistakes in the other sentences. 1 D]onn’s having a shower. 2 Li think we need a new laptop. Are you agreeing? 3 Li 'm hardly ever writing letters. 4 [You look sad, Maria. What do you think about? 5 L] Monkeys communicate with sounds. 6 [| don't know at the moment. 7 Cicarrie doesn't work this week because she's ill, 8 Lim getting col. ®@ VOCABULARY a Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. argue complain forgive persuade ‘encourage express fuse update 1 Are you going to about the terrible food? 2 lim very sorry. Will you please me? 3 Please me on your progress. 4 1___you to try Thai food. It's delicious! 5 He prefers to his feelings in writing, 6 7 8 She's trying to____ me to go on holiday with her. Please don't __ my request! You have to say yes. | try not to with my boss ~ even when he's wrong! b Match the extreme adjectives in the box with gradable adjectives 1-8, awful brilliant enormous exhausted filthy freezing furious tiny 4cod 7 5 tired 6 angry —_ 1 big 2 dirty 3 small St a eer @ Match sentence beginnings 1-6 with endings a. 1 L) why do you keep talking DThis room needs a lot of work, but you can do come in! Make yourselt Cico0d tuck at the interview! Just be (DB ye! Have a wonderful time! Look Dare you 0? Have you after yourself and have fun — enjoy yourself yourself and tell yourself" can do this! to yourself |s it because you're teaching yourself German? hurt yourself? at home and help yourself 1 food and drink. it yourself — you don't need to pay someone. b Underline the correct words in the rule. ‘We use yourseifin the phrases in bold in 3a because the object ofthe vert is the same as! diferent from the subject ofthe ver. © Underline the correct words. 1 Ist possible to hefp teach yourself how to swim? 2 You could pay someone to clean the car, or you could do do it yoursett. 3. There's lot of food in the fridge. Please help/ ‘make yourselt 4 Don't copy other people. Be by Be yourset 5 Sit down. Make yourself to/ at home! 6 You should te! tel fo yourself ''m wonderfull every day. Complete the questions with the correct form of the verbs in the box and yourself. enjoy hurt lookafter talk to teach 1 Have you ever ___ how to do something? What was i Was it easy or dificult to learn? 2 Doyou_? Do you eat well and get enough sleep? 3. Have you ever at home? Did you have to go. to hospital? 4 Doyou ever _? What do you say? 5 Are you at the moment? Ifnot, what would make you happy? Ip Discuss the questions in 3d. How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2 or 1 for each objective. 3 ery well 2= well 1 = not so well ICAN... talk about friendship and communication describe experiences in the present sive and respond to opinions ‘write a guide. oOMODERN LIFE Look at the photo. Where do you think the pe Think ofthe furniture, rooms and facilities.) e do you think might bein this building?@ Present perfect and past simple 2 A THEY'VE JUST cis aaa OFFERED ME THE JOB er GB READING 4 Gp Discuss the questions. Not the best mr PL baat eee Te Most people feel nervous when they go for a job Why not? interview, but some interviews are worse than others. Fortunately, they don’t all end in disaster! b Read Not the be t interview I’ve ever had! Who got the job? Who didn't get the job? © 6 They wanted to test how fast | I've had a lot of good interviews, could type. My fingers were over but this one was a disaster © Read the stories again. Match a-d the keyboard, ready to type. The | had put on my CV that I could with headings 1-4 interviewer said, “Right click to speak “some French”. I learied : open the file,” but al | heard was some French at school, but an “Write click,” so I typed “click Ive never really used it and my © on a window that was already listening skils are realy bad The interviewer probably felt ‘open. | felt so embarrassed when The three interviewers began the I realised my mistake, but we interview by speaking to me in both laughed and | got the job. French, and I didn't understand Gp Tell your partner which story I've worked there for eight a word. No, | didn't get the you liked best. Have you had any Ce Lei SOE embarrassing experiences like the ie an ones in the stories? Oo. forgotten to turn my phone off in the cinema, tre received a phone but for some reason | forgot wher call at« bod moment | went for my first job interview. My friend called me to wish me .Bo0d luck — right in the mi Really? What the interview. Oops! | didn't get happened? the job. Andy of@I VOCABULARY Work @ Look at photos a-f below and match them with sentences 1-6, 1 D1 Hundreds of people applied for the job, but only six Candidates wore invited for an interview. 2 L1 Its hard to balance family life and a caree 3 C1) I'm proud of my practical skills and medical knowledge. 4 [1] There are 200 employees in this organisation, but I'm ‘only im charge of 2 small team. 5 C1 Ive got good marks, but | haven't got much experience to put on my CV. 6 C1 Wve got a lot of business contacts whio work for employers in cifferent countries. b Match the words in hold in 2a with these meanings. 1a series of jobs you do during your working life people you know who might be useful to you in your work contacted a company to ask for a job people who work for 2 company the results of your school or university exams the things you know fram experience or study people who are trying to get a job responsible for something or someone the people you work for a document that describes your education and the jobs you have had © Gp What do managers look for when they employ ‘someone new? Choose the four qualities that you think ‘are most important. © creative thinking ‘+ a friendly personality good marks ‘the abilty to work in a team * work experience ‘= a postive atitude at work self-confidence ‘practical skils + good problem-solving skills UNIT2 GRAMMAR Present perfect and past simple Look at these sentences from the stories on p. 20. Which verbs in bold are in the present perfect and which are in the past simple? 1 ve hat lot of good interviews, but this one was a disaster 2 {had a job interview with two people last week, 3 They've just offered me the job! b Complete the sentences using the words in the box. hhavelhas iregular -ed past participle To form the past simple, we add to the ver, corwe use a(n} past form ofthe verb, 'b We form the present perfect with © Complete the rules. Add present perfect or past simple in the gaps. Match the rules (a-c) with the examples (1-3) in 3a, a O) Weuse the: to talk about events at a particular time in the past. > C1) Weuse the. to talk about recent ‘events that have an effect on the present. c D1) Weuse the. to talk about experiences at some time in our life. d) ©! Pronunciation Listen and choose the sentences you hear. Then practise saying them. 1 @ applied forthe job. I've applied forthe job. 2 a. | had a lot of good interviews. bb ve had a lot of good interviews. OZ Listen and practise saying the sentences. {2D Now go to Grammar Focus 2A on p. 146. & Complete the sentences with the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in brackets, 1 |____ newer / nave) a realy tribe job interview. 2 Once, (forget) to turn off my phone when Iwas at the cinema: 3. Sony, can't come with you. My boss __ (ask) ‘me to werk at the weekend, 4 I don't have very much work experience, but |____ (be) the leader on a project at school 5 |___ get) some useful work experience last year. 6 |____inish) my exams, but |______ (not get) the results yet. 7 |_____ already / work) for more than three organisations, 8 |___ (know) wat career | wanted when | was a child h ap Which sentences in 3g are true for you? Number 1 is true for me. Tell your partner or He only had iw or three change them so they jab interviews, but they've call been OK. are true and give more information,22 ue LISTENING SPEAKING a. lp Think of five reasons why an employer might not offer a candidate a job. Compare your ideas with a partner. b OTZMA Listen to the beginning of a radio programme. Answer the questions. 1 Are any of your ideas in 4a mentioned? 2 What quality does Nancy Maynard believe all employers are looking for ina job interview? ¢ QUAI Listen again and complete each sentence with one or two words. 1 People with tkeabily can with other people 2 Nancy believes likeabilty is more important than ather abilities in the first of a new job. 3. She advises jab hunters to spend time wath 4. Nancy encourages people to apply fr jobs even if they don't have the right. 5 During an interview, i's important to. the interviewers by showing that you'e friendly, postive and can communicate well d OTB Listen to five speakers. Do they agree that being likeable is more important than other skills? Write agree (A) or disagree (D). Speaker 1___ Speaker 2 Speaker 3 Speaker 4 Speaker 5 @ OMA Listen again and answer the questions. 1 According to Speaker 1, why don't people know that lkeabilty is important? 2 According to Speaker 2, what's the advantage of developing your ‘soft skills? 3. What does Speaker 3 believe are the most important things in his job? 4. What problem does Speaker 4 have with ‘soft skills? 5 According to Speaker 5, what are the most important things you can offer an organisation? { Gl Discuss the questions. 1 Think f diferent kinds of jobs. When applying for each job, what is more important ~lkeabily or good qualifications? Why? 2 Do you think schools should help students develop ‘soft skis? How could they do this? You are going to talk about your experiences. Tick (¥) three things you have done, Then make notes about your ‘experiences. 1 leorned practical skills (what?) C1 stdied/worked in o foreign country (where?) D1 chosen a career worked for no money vise on interesting oie, Di written « ev a conn loming > been in charge of a project b Gp Take turns to talk about your work and training experiences. Ask questions to find ‘out more information ve been in cherge cof project. twas 0 smal team, and we all worked well together ‘Was this ot work ‘or at school?2B I'VE BEEN PLAYING ON ——— MY PHONE ALL MORNING Suadesteetnsiias GB VOCABULARY Technology 2 Gig Think of things you can do on a smartphone. Compare ideas with other students. Who has the most ideas? b Match words 1-5 with definitions a-e 1 Dapp 3 D1 icon 5 D1 username 2 1 browser 4 C1 text message ‘a a name you need to type (with a password) to start using something ba written messa ‘computer program that you use to ead information on the Internet 4. @ small picture on a computer/phone screen that you click on to ‘open a program or an app a small computer program that you can downlad onto a mobile phone or other device hat you send from one phone to another © Cross out the wrong verb in each group. / delete an email / press / share a video 9d / press a n 7 on / delete a phone ipload/ press /lick ona button or jean to/send/ browse the Internet 1 4 8 im on a password Gk Think of five things that you've done recently using phrases from 1c. Tell a partner. Ve just changed my ‘email password. Roe forge i? € Gp Discuss the questions. 1 What apps have you gat on your phone or tablet? you lke or use the most? (on this page, What do you thinkUNIT 2 READING a Read What's your favourite app? and answer the questions. Which app ...? oad for music lovers ut the stars -ause you can keep improving helps busy people get orga helps you create and keep photos online Js you make funny photos is useful if you've got too mz 8 records your fitness information oon your phone b Read the comments again and answer the questions. What do you get from ThingsToDo at the end of each week’ 2 How do you find a planet with SkyWatch? to photos with Imageararn? nPop every day? s Activity Tracker give you when you run? at information can TuneSpotter tell 7. How can StopApp mi at kinds of photos does L Enza mat information ¢ fou about a song? ne work better? uke think are funniest o © Gy Discuss the questions. Do you use any apps lke the ones in the article? Which ones? How useful are th 2 Would you lke to use any of the apps in the article? Which ones? Why? Ive just installed the ‘ThingsToDo app. I's so easy to use which is really important when you've got a lot of things to do and not much time! You just create a list and then add items to it. Once a week it sends you a list of everything you've done. Ive been so busy lately and this app has really helped me! I've only been using itfor three weeks and I've already done 30 things on my lst. Have you heard about SkyWatch? It's Ive great. You just point your phone at the night sky and it tells you the names of the stars. You can also type in the name of a planet and the program tells you where 10 look for it. always been keen on photography. I've been taking photos since was twelve, when I got my first camera. So Imagegram is a great ‘app for me. You can use different effects to make photos look different, © GRAMMAR Present perfect and present perfect continuous @ Read the extracts from What's your favourite app? and answer the questions. ve had it for really useful app |a week, and and ve been Ye been using recommending it t0 ital all my friend: ve alvays been ke on photography. ve been taking photos since | was 12, when got my first top 1 Which verbs in bold are ...? the present perfect he present perfect continuous, 2 Complete this rule. To form the present perfect continuous tense, b Answer th 1 Which verbs are about activities (things you do) and which jestions about the extracts in 3a. se are about states (the way things are)? 2 Which sentences show how long something has continues up until now? 3 Which verbs are about a repeated activity that stat cently? My favourite game at the moment is Balloon Pop. You select groups of coloured balloons ‘and pop them. 've been playing it on the bus every day because | always want to get to the next level — its very addictive! ActivityTracker is a great app for running, You just press the start button when you begin your workout and the app records your speed, distance and heart rale. After the workout, you can then upload your information to social networking websites and compare with your friends. I've never found an app as good as this before. like old-fashioned photos or with brighter colours. Then you can store them online and share them with your friends, PaulUNIT 2 © 2D Now go to Grammar Focus 2B on p. 146. SPEAKING 1 Complete the sentences with the present perfect or present You are going to find out which of your perfect continuous form of the verbs in brackets. classmates use the most technology. 1 |_—this phone for three years. (own) Think of six questions to ask about what 2 for my own name orline, (never / search) people have used recently. Use the topics 3 1 TWallday. (watch) below or your own ideas. 4 fora new tablet, but | haven't got enough money yet. (save up ———__—____— 5 the same phone fora few years now, but| don't want to buy @ apps! mobile phones video games Pareretinel the Internet social networking sites @ OLD Pronunciation Listen to sentences 1-3. Is the stress on ave y a tthe main verb (M) or the auxiliary verb (A)? a 1 This app has really helped me. ve been using it mare and m ve been playing it on the bus. S b Gp Use your questionnaire to interview 3 different people in the class. Who has used the most and least technology {RZD Listen again and repeat the sentences. recently? Now think about your oe technology use. Could you be addicted £ Gap Are the sentences in 3d true for you? Change the false to technology? sentences so that they are true for you. Tell your partner about your sentences Ive just downloaded ‘TuneSpotter. If you hear ‘a song you like but you don't know what it is, you can use this app. It identifies the name of the song and the singer. And if you like it, you can buy the song really easily. I've had it for a week, and I've been using ita lot. Mehmet StopApp isa really useful app and I've been recommending itto all my friends. If too many apps are open on your phone, your phone can be really slow. This app turns them off, which can make your phone faster. Ana I've been using Crazy Faces a lot recently. It's very silly, but its fun. You just take photos of your friends and then you can change their faces. You can make them look older or younger, taller or shorter, and you can add beards, moustaches and glasses. I've seen a lot of photos where people have put baby faces on adult bodies and they make me laugh every time! Luke