Me DEA siuois STUDENT'S BOOK | Felicity O’Dell Rosalie Kerr TOTAL Qe 9 Dowload the DeA Link App from Choose your book (J scan the pages with Sane ees Cem f ce beatenUnit | Topic i Page Vocabulary Grammar 1 E Every day : 8 Days of the week Adverbs of frequency ‘Seasons Present Simple: habits Breakfast food Verbs for daily life 12 Phrasal verbs: look after/at/for Present Continuous: present actions People in the family Present Continuous and Present Simple Present Continuous: future plans ed Gerunds after like Family and friends 16 Hobbies and things you for them Sport, painting and music jectives and prepositions: fnrowedivfond eee on Free time ivi @ | 20 Rooms and furniture There is/are and have/has got 4 eee Household objects Adverbs: very, rather and too Exam Bank Units 1-4 24 Buy, buy, buy! 26 Ways of shopping Causative: have/get Services Reported Speech: Payment commands and requests On holiday 30 Transport, people, accommodation Past Simple: past events and types of holiday Holiday vocabulary a 34 Food Quantitative adjectives: Making food countable much and many ‘Cooking verbs International dishes I loved it! 38 Kinds of music, films, stage Present Perfect Simple shows, TV programmes with just, already and yet Adjectives (entertainment) Passive forms Exam Bank Units 5-8 a2 Clothes, matorials Order of adjectives and accessories Adjectives (clothes) i great! 10 Adjectives (personality) Present Perfect Simple with for Qualities of friends and since ies in the B1 Preliminary exam style are labelled R (Reading), W (Writing), L (Listening) and. $ (Speaking). The number of the partis also given. e.g. R1 = Reading paper part 1 ——TOTAL B1 PRELIMINARY NOW! (EH Scan the page to listen to the 1 audio and watch the videos. Reading Listening Me and my family W2: article My morning Talking about daily life: How often do you...? What do you usually do...? The Roberts family Writing about current I'm organising a party. Class survey R6: open cloze {activities What are you doing this W1: email evening? Descriptions ofhobbies Writing about your interests ; Hobbies What do you like doing R2: matching | after school? i Talking about ability: Can you...? Hanif Kureishi’s space Ra: gapped text iting about your home } Household items "1: email Talking about your bedroom, == Rt: 3-option multiple choice Li: 3-option multiple $1: interiocutor's questions choice (pictures) Services at Hartods Writing about shops Making complaints W1: email Excuse me. There’s a problem with + Writing about holidays 3 Wa: article Restaurant reviews Making suggestions : Requests and offers Ewe: article Making requests and offers Could I have an apple, please? Did you like the film? Aclassic film Writing about films: Agreeing and disagreeing R2; matching 2 W2: article L4: 3-option multiple choice (long text) $83: talking about holidays A chef and his clothes R6: open cloze Giving advice and opinions W1: email Ina clothes shop L2: 3-option multiple choice (gist) My best friend Trying on clothes Whaematicaigood ihn. | Giingand nepling © Talking about your friends } invitations WI: emailUnit Page Vocabulary Grammar 52 Adjectives (feolings, opinions Adjectives ending in -ing or -ed & experiences) Would for preferences What do you think? Methods of transport Giving directions Future with Present Simple and Continuous Imperatives and polite forms Go straight on Exam Bank Units 9-12 60 Keep fit! 62 Sports Infinitives and gerunds after verbs i Sports equipment Past Perfect Simple Sports verbs. 66 Holiday items Modal verbs Dream places anes 70 Said, told and asked Reported speech Adjectives to describe people Passive forms: Past Simple Celebrities Well-being 74 Health problems and treatments Modal verbs for advice At the doctor's Past Continuous Exam Bank Units 13-16 78 i 80 Animals Conditional Sentences: types 0 Animal magie Climate and habitat and 1 Unusual pets Reported speech 84 School subjects Used to + infinitive i Learning Studying 88 Work vs job Conditional Sentences: type 2 Jobs Future plans with going to, likely, probably and it’s possible Careers 92 Thenatural world Future with will Exam Bank Units 17-20% B1 Preliminary overview page 6 Grammar Bank page98 Writing Bank page 112 Word List page 118 —_—sReading Listening What do you think? Simon's dream Giving your opinion 12; 3-option multiple in my opinion... choice (cist) £ Expressing preference 1 prefer... Getting around in.. Cambridge Emails Planning a jourey L3: gap fil Flight departures At the airport Excuse me. Can you help? R6: open cloze L3: gap fil 2: talking about photographs } Giving specific information W1: email Assporting hero Skateboarding Choosing a sport for people Choosing a holiday R2: matching Opening sentences } Famous places } Talking about things you Wt: email need for a holiday The Dyson vacuum cleaner} Longer sentences R6: open cloze £ Interview with o singer Talking about famous W2: story people In the doctor's surgery Linking words RI: 3-option multiple choice | W1: email Doctor's advice Role-play: at the doctor's R3: 4-option multiple choice } W2: article L2: 3-option multiple $3 and 4: talking about choice (gist) sports Keeping dogs as pets Apologising W1: email Inusual pets Giving and refusing permission EI don’t think that's a very Student prevented from Giving details Languages: Giving reasons taking exam W2: article L3: gap fill RS: 4-option multiple choice cloze Aletter Job advertisements Closing sentences WI: email hoosing a career Talking about jobs Help the environment Planning a story R1: 3-option multiple choice $ w2: story Natural wonders of the world 1 environmental film Talking about the environment $83: talking about jobs Appendices page 125B1 PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW B1 Preliminary is a Cambridge Assessment English qualification. Its at level B1 Threshold or intermediate of the Common European Framework of Reference. The exam is divided into four papers as follows: Paper 1: Reading - 45 minutes Paper 2: Writing ~ 45 minutos Paper 3: Listening - approx 30 minutes Paper 4: Speaking - 12-17 minutes What do you have to do in the B1 Preliminary Reading paper? Five notices or short messages th three questions beside ach one. multiple choice Choose which sentence matches the meaning of the notice or message. Five descriptions of people ind eight short texts. Matching Match each person with the most appropriate text for them. A longer text followed by five -option multiple choice questions. 4-option multiple choice A longer text from which five sentences have been removed followed by eight sentences, A-H. ind the missing five fentences from entences AH. text with six gaps followed by ix 4-option multiple choice questions. 4-option multiple choice cloze Choose the correct vocabulary items to complete gaps. An element of grammatical knowledge may be tested. Write the missing words. short text with six numbered paces. yammar or vocabulary ~ R6 Guided writing “Answer an email and the notes provided. Write about 100 words. w2 Article or story Write an article or a story. he first line of a story.TOTAL B1 PRELIMINARY NOW! What do you have to do in the B1 Preliminary Listening paper? Part ! What you hear u ve What you do Choose A, Bor C. Seven short monologues } 3-option multiple choice pictures or dialogues. Choose the visual which best answers the question. Z-option multiple choice Choose the option which best answers the question about each dialogue. } Six short dialogues. Choose A, B or C. Fill in the numbered gaps with words or numbers. A monologue. Complete notes on what you hear. There are six gaps in the notes. An interview. Choose A, B or C. 3-option multiple choice Listen to an interview and answer six 3-option questions. What do you have to do in the B1 Preliminary Speaking paper? Part “What you talk about $1” interlocutor candidate Interlocutor’s questions Interlocutor asks questions to each candidate in turn. Candidate extended turn Describing photographs Describe one colour photograph, talking for about 1 minute. Candidate € candidate Discussion with visual stimulus 4 minutes Candidates discuss ideas together with reference to visual prompts. General conversation 3 minutes The interlocutor directs the interaction by asking questions which encourage the candidates to discuss further and broaden the topic introduced in Port 3. Candidate €9 candidateper re ley eae i. ma Se ” WARM UP 1 Look at the picture of Aisha and the information about her. What time do you think she gets up? What time do you think she goes to bed? 2 Glam pop, a local magazine, asked Aisha to write and tell the readers about her dail e. Read what she wrote and compl rst paragraph using the information above. years old, Im? Him Aisha ond I'm ‘mg DJ and | ive and work and we have one > in* sme «There Gre SOME QF Hove my job daly routine is dferent to most peop | get up late = at about 12 o'clock - because | go te bed very late too - Jeualy at 5 am. The frst thing | dois have a shower ond then | my breakfost before | clean my teeth. in the afternoon | |ook after Ashton, my three-year-old on. my husband comes home at about half past six, wut on my make up and go to work! | ee lt of ime reat right clubs here ord Then when com my hal my son a lot but my husband and | don't spend together! —s Put these verbs in the order that Aisha does them. Then write the time that you think she does each thing next to the verb. Aisha You comb hair clean teeth wake up ; [TT have a shower ...ss ae getup stents leave for work/school G [have breakfast mmo0Ao> ie Now write the time that you do these things. Is your daily routine similar to or different from Aisha’s?Me and my family by Jacqueline Speers ‘nour house the day hegins at seven. Our mum, Nicole, goes downstairs and makes a cup of ten for Dad, He drinks it in bed. He nover gots up early because he doesn’t go to work like a lot of kids’ dads. He's the famous writer of serious fiction for ‘young adults Sammy Speers, and he only has good ideas for his books when he gets up late. That's what he says, anyway. I get up at 7 like Mum to get ready for school. My brother Daniel sometimes gets to the bathroom first and I have to wait. I knock on the bathroom door and shout, ‘Hurry up, Daniel! I want a shower wo!” Daniel and I have breakfast with Mum in the kitchen at about eight. We have juice, coffee, toast, ‘sometimes even bacon and oggs. We like a big breakfast. Dad never has breakfast with us. ‘Mum drives to work in the city, where she teaches in an art college. Daniel and I take the bus to school. We never sit together on the bus - we both, ‘want to chat to our friends. They often ask me, ‘What's your dad writing now?" Lots of them like reading his books. I always say, ‘Wait and see’. READING 5 Read this magazine article about her family by a girl called Jacqueline Speers. As you read it, choose the best two words to describe Jacqueline’s father. organised well-known unkind funny 6 Read the article again and give short answers to these questions. 0 Who has tea in bed every morning? Sanuny does 11 Who makes the tea? 2 Who shouts ‘Hurry up, Daniell’? 3 Who is a teacher? 4 Who takes the dog for a walk? 5 Who is a good cook? 7 Correct these sentences about Jacqueline and her family. 0 They have breakfast at about 7 every morning. No, they don't. They have breakfast at about 8. 1 Jacqueline and Daniel go to school by car. 2 Sammy usually has a big lunch. 3 Nicole always makes a snack for the children after school. 4 Nicole usually stays up until midnight. Dad says he likes working when we are at school because the house is quiet and empty. He dosn't write quickly, but he tries to write about a thousand words every day. He never eats lunch, but he drinks lots of black coffee. In the afternoon he stops writing and takes our dog for a walk around the village where we live. When Daniel and I come home from school, ‘Dad always makes a snack for us and we sit and chat. He sometimes reads us something he’s just written. It’s my favourite ume of the day. Then we do our homework and watch TV with Dad until Mum comes home and makes the dinner. She's the cook in our house! We're usually all in bed and asleep by ten, but I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night and hear the sound of typing. Then 1 ~ think, ‘Dad's working, | wonder what he's writing about!” GRAMMAR Adverbs of frequency > See G each of the following words. always sometimes often usually never What do you notice about the position of these words in the sentences? 9 Now put the words in the right order to make sentences. 1 often / Sammy / TV / with / children / his / watches 2 on/ bus / never / sits / the / with / Jacqueline / Daniel 3 breakfast / they / eggs / for / have / sometimes 4 never / cooks / dinner / Sammy 5 gots / early / usually / Nicole / up 6 writes / night / at / sometimes / Sammy 10 Write five sentences about your daily routine using always, sometimes, often, usually and never.eT Were > Vocabulary Maximiser p 8 11. The countryside near Sammy's house is lovely in spring and autumn. Spring and autumn are seasons. Complete these sentences using a day of the week or a season. LS 1 Most people go back to Work OM swnmernne after the weekend. 2In.. it gets colder and the trees lose their leaves. 3 Wednesday comes between wn.umm« and Thursday. 4 Sometimos it snows in and people enjoy skiing. 5 The schools close in ...... and everyone has a holiday. 6 senses i§ the busiest day of the week for churches, 12. Sammy's family all like a big breakfast. What about you? Use always, sometimes, often, usually, never and the words in the box to write some sentences about what you eat for breakfast. biscuits hot chocolate ham butter jam fruit toast coffee meat fruit juice bread breakfast coreal eggs milk cheese tea 04g, { abwaye have yoghurt and fruit for breniefast. LISTENING 13 D2) Listen to these five people talking about their morning. What do you think they do? Choose from the words in the box. teacher film star student schoolchild pensioner 14 (2) Complete these sentences as you listen to the first three speakers again. Speaker 1:1 ‘a shower, wash 5 dlean . and. .. jeans and a clean T-shirt. Speaker 2:1 at 6, | get out... have a and .. : Speaker 3: |... the radio and the news. | always a good breakfast. — 10 15 16 18 (@D2) Listen to speakers 4 and 5 again and make notes on their daily routine. Describe to a partner what one of them does in the morning. Exchange Information with a partner about your typical mornings. Find three things in common and three things that are different. GRAMMAR Present ple: habits 98. the correct form of the verb in each of the following sentences. 1 Michael usually finish / finishes work early on a Friday. 2 Emma always walk / walks to work 3 My grandparents often spend / spends Sunday at our house. 4 | usually leave / leaves for work at about 7.45. 5 Sarah always take / takes the dog for a walk before dinner. 6 You never eat / eats enough at breakfast time. Use expression: wvery day, three times a day, once a week, once a fortnight, etc. to write answers to the following questions. How often do you. 0 go out with your friends? go out with my friends about twice a week. 1 spend a quiet evening at home? 2 cook a meal for your friends? 3 eat meat? 4 go to the hairdresser? 5 clean your teeth?> Vocabulary Maximiser p.8 19 Choose a verb from the box to complete these sentences. You can use the verbs more than once. Sometimes there is more than one possibility. give visit eat stay relax have grab go. invite 0 I always ...88A%4.... in bed late on Sundays. 1 Inthe summer holidays we USUAllY «nse abroad for a week or two. 2 At lunchtime | often .. a quick sandwich at my desk 3 | sometimes... in front of the TV after dinner. 4 loften for a swim before breakfast. 5 On my birthday | usually «0.0 SOME friends to dinner at a restaurant. 6 I sometimes on. Clubbing on a Friday, 7 On Sundays | always jnassne MY grandparents. 8 We. a party every Christmas for our friends and neighbours. SPEAKING 20 Ask and answer these questions with a partner. Use expressions from exercises 8 and 18 in your answers. eo) { What do you usually do) on a Friday night? How often do you go out ‘ with yourfriends? 21 Now think of three more questions with how often and three more with usually. Ask and answer the questions with a partner using the following ideas. get uplate your birthday lunchtime eat in front of the TV the summer holidays Sunday afternoons arrive late for school/work 22 Choose two of the questions from exercise 21. Then move to a different partner and tell him/her what your first partner does. 24 Look at these three points from a task. Then underline them in the example article below. * say how you usually get to school * say what your favourite lesson is * say who you sit next to in class usually cycle to school but fit very wet take ‘the bus. My first lesson starts at 8.50. On Monday morning its mathe. That's subject and Im quite good att. | sit next vo my best friend, Alex. She doean't lke maths but she loves art and she's really good ait y favourite 25 You see this notice on an online website for teenagers. What do you usually do on Saturdays? Write an article telling us: ‘+ where you spend the day * what you usually do * who you spend the day with We'll put the best articles on our website Write an article in about 100 words. —WARM UP 1 Look at the people in the picture and say what you can see. What are the different poaple daing? 2.9, She's sitting on the floor. GRAMMAR Present Continuous: present actions See Grammar Bank on page 98. 2 Jasmine is showing her friend Kayla an old video of a family party. Read their conversation below and underline all the verbs in the Present Continuous. Jasmine: This is my grandma's 60th birthday party. She always has one on her birthday. Kayla: Who's that coming into the room now? Jast kissing him Kayla: Yes, and he’s giving her some flowers. Jasmi ‘Auntie Linda. Kayla: It's very noigy. What's happoning? Jasmine: My uncle and aunt are dancing. Oh dear! They always dance like that. | know they look crazy, but they're enjoying themselves! Kayla: Look! That's you! You're eating a huge piece of cake. Jasmine: | know. | never eat cake now. Oh, why am I wearing that awful dress? We all look quite different! 12 Famil and f: riends Oh, that’s my dad — look, Grandma's And there's Mum! She's talking to my x All of these people are talking on the phone. Put the verb in each sentence into the Present Continuous. 0 (wait) .2s.waisina.. for you at my office. Can you call me back, please? 1 I can't come to the office today. (I stay) in bed because I've got a cold. 2 I'm afraid Mum and Dad are out. (They meet) ... some friends in town, 3 Dad isn’t at home right now. (He take) eeiters Mum to the station. 4 Pleaze con you turn your music down? (You make) so much noise that we can't sleep. 5 Kate can't come to the phone just now. (She AVE) eserves @ ShOWEr. 6 Can I call you back later? (We have) eee . dinner right now. 7 Lisa is away this week. (She visit) her family in France.za ara esta) We are following the fortunes of four families for a year. This week: The Roberts family from Bristol. fhe Roberts family are having a lot of problems with jobs and housing this year. ‘Amber is working as an assistant ina sandwich bar, but it is only a temporary job and the wages are low. She is hoping to find something better soon. Her fiancé, Joseph, is still unemployed, and he is finding it dificult to get a job atall.They are also looking for a new flat. They've looked at a lot, but they haven't found one yet.At the moment they are living with Joteph’s ‘mother Liz, in her two-bedroom flat.The problem is, there's no room for Amber's young son, him herself. at weekends. har job. READING 4 Read this magazine article about the Roberts family and find out who Ambor livos with and why. 5 Go through the artic jain and underline the following things. 1 Averb which refers to a time in the future. 2 Allthe verbs which are about something which is happening now or over a period of time. Which verb tense are they? Which words tell you if the verbs refer to the present or the future? 6 Underline the following phrasal verbs in the look for look at look after 7 Now match the first part of the following sentences to the second part. 1 When I go on holiday, my neighbours 2 Open your books and 3 I'm going to the shops to Ethan. Therefore he is staying with his father, Amber's ex-husband. ‘Amber hopes this is only for a month or two. She misses Ethan terribly and wants to look after ‘The situation is hard for Amber and Joseph, but they visit Ethan almost every day, and take him out Joseph's older sister, Erin, is leaving her mum’s home for the first time next week, to share a flat with two ‘other young women. Erin works for a mobile phone company,and she earns a good salary. She works Jong hours, but she says she loves Ac che moment she is saving hard to buy things for her new home. She sometimes helps her brother and lends him money, but she is also very critical of him.’ Why can't he get a job?” she says. ‘Is he really trying?” She calls him ‘the black sheep of our family’ and the brother and sister often have arguments. A look at exercise 2. B look for a new coat. C look after my cat. Read the article again and then complet this text. Write one word for each gap. The Roberts family are having a difficult time this year. At the moment Amber * a job in a sandwich bar. Her fiancé Joseph is looking? .» 8 job but he can’t find one that he likes, ‘Amber's son Ethan is * with his father at the moment because there is more room in his father’ flat. Amber misses him a lot but she sees him almost *..... . day. Joseph's sister Erin lives with her mum but she leaving home soon to share a flat with two of her friends. She is trying ® save money because she needs to buy some things for her new home. i ——Teer TCT n ae”. Vcczbulay Maximiser 12 9 Use the correct form of look after, look at or look for to complete these sentences. 1 Paula's mother always .. while Paulas at work 2 Our neighbours usually... when we go on holiday. 3 lm snmnnem 8 NOW bag, but | can’t find one Iike in any of the shops. wu her baby Our house 4 | think it's going to rain soon. the sky! It's black! 5 ‘Can you all the board, please?’ the teacher said. 6 I've lost my keys. Can you help me to . them? 10 Write three sentences about yourself using look for, look after and look at. 11 Identify the difference between the following pairs of people. 1a mother and a step-mother 2 2 baby and a child 3 an.uncle and an aunt 4 3 brothor and a brothor:in-law 5 a nephew and a niece 6 a grandfather and a great-grandfather 12. Now complete these sentences with the names of members of the family. 1 My sister's son is my 2 My grandmother's mother is MY sn. 3 My sister's husband is my 4 My father’s new wife is my 5 My brother's daughter is My wun 6 My father’s father is my .. 7 My wife's sister is my ... 8 My mother’s sister is my .. family. Can your partner guess who they are? Use as much of the vocabulary from exercise 12 as you can. UNIT 2 GRAMMAR Present Continuous and Present Simple > See Grammar Bank on page 98. 14. Underline the correct form of the verb in the following sentences. 0 They see /are seeing their cousins every summer when they go to the seaside. 1 Mark entertains / is entertaining a lot. He loves cooking and giving parties. 2 My sisters boyfriend is Greek, so she learns / Is learning the language. 3 You work / are working too hard this morning. Stop and have a coffee with me! 4 Grandma has / is having lunch at our house today. 5 My grandad writes /is writing a book about his childhood in Sicily. 15. Which verb tense is used in the following sentences? Write PS (Present Simple), PC (Present Continuous) or PCF (Present Continuous Future) next to each one. © My aunt lives in California. es 1 We're having a party on Friday night. 2 My younger brother’ learning to drive. 3 My dad's working at home today. 4 I'm taking a day off work on Monday. 5 I'm meeting my fiancée after work this evening. 6 My uncle always cooks at the weekend. Present Continuous: future plans and activities 16 Choose the correct verb from the box to complete these sentences about some definite arrangements. Then write a true sentence about yourself. met start (x2) leave get have © My parents are .. .. my brother at the airport tomorrow morning. 1 We're ............. a drink with some old friends after work today, 2 My little sister's school this September. 3 Tony's his new car tomorrow. 4 My BOSS is nn the firm at the end of this month 5 You're vines Our final year at university this auturmn, aren't you?Lz NM esata} SPEAKING 17 Doa quick class survey. Ask people in your class this question. Find five students who are doing different things this evening. What are you doing this evening? I'm doing : I'm meeting some Tm staying friends homework, Up for a meal —— / WRITING ae 13 rom your cousin and the notes you have made. Hil I'm bored’ I'm sitting in my room} writing an essay about volcanoes for my geography teacher. | have to give it to her tomorrow. What are you doing at the moment? Me tool eee rere.) now. The house is full and it’s really Tell Dan noisy. My brother's playing the drums and Mum's talking on the Telltim phone. Dads watching a football / abcur match and shouting at the TV. two What's happening in your house? people Tonight I'm meeting my two friends Chris and Mo. They're Explain coming to my house for a pizza Then we're going to the cinema together. What are your plans? Write back as soon as you can! Dan Write your reply to Dan using all the notes in about 100 words. LISTENING 19 C5) Listen to part of a radio phone-i programme. Then complete the following sentences. 1 The topic of the programme is: how to ie if you haven't got 2 The presenter asks people to share their a and 3 Wendy's planning a party for .. 20 (5) Complete the following sentences about the party which Wendy is organising then listen again and check your answers. 1 They're not 2 They aren't hundreds of pounds. for the room in the village pub. 3 Her sisters. a birthday cake. 4 They're about a hundred people to the party, 5 All the guests. 6 Wendy's nephew the music. in the village. ina band, so he’s 21 Work in groups. Write a list of the different things which you need to think about for a party. Then use your list to discuss how to organise a party that does not cost much.WARM UP 1 Look at the pictures of hobbies and leisure acti 2 Do you like doing these things? Work with a partner and ask questions about the activities in the pictures. Answer Yes, I do or No, I don’t. GRAMMAR Gerunds atter like » jose to complete the following sentences. Remember to use the -ing form. You can use the verbs more than once. collect do go take play 0 Peter likes ..2LAWji02.. cards. 1 Elena enjoys .. . photographs. 2 They don’t like crossword puzzles. 3 Alison loves ina band, 4 Her parents enjoy... .. to the cinema. 5 Alex doesn’t enjoy the saxophone. 6 He likes .. stamps, 16 s and say what the people are doing. Now use the prompts to write sentences about what seme people like doing in thei free time. 0 Jason / 19/a student. After college / listen to music in bedroom / go concerts and gigs Jason ic 19 and he's a student. After aollage he likes listening to munsio in hiss bedroom or going to concerts and gigs 1 Lee / 23 / work / in a bank. After work / go to bar / meet friends and see film 2 Anna/ 17 / school. After school / relax in front of TV / walk with dog. 3 Ruth / 28 / an architect. After work / read newspaper and listen to radio / go out with boyfriend, What about your family and friends? Make sentences about them using like, don’t like, love and enjoy. 1. My parents sven 2 My brother/sister 3 My friend and | 4 My grandma/grandad 51READING Ive got two young kids, and |just love having a record of how they change. They grow up so fast! llove catching them when they don't know Im doing it. And Ive got a lot of relatives in other parts of the world, ike Australia and Canada, and | can cond thom the latost pictures on the computer. I think im quite good with my hands - good at making things = which is useful, because I haven't got much money. \ enjoy designing clothes for myself, and then cutting them ‘out and making them, I like cooking, and I'm very keen on having really fresh vegetables - so much better than the stuff from the supermarket. So the only way, really, is to grow your ‘own. And we have flowers, too, of course. Tenjoy going round second- hand shops or sales.You never know what you'll find. Often, it's something that’s been in someone's attic for a while. I'm not interested in the value, although you can find some rare and valuable old recordings. 1 just love listening to them. Im very keen on traveling, and generally interested in getting to know new places and new people, 0 it makes sense for me to do tis. | like doing sometting with very prectical benefits = and it looks goad on my GV, too! 6 Allfestyle magazine asked its readers to write in about what they like doing in their free time. Read what five people wrote and choose the hobby they are talking about from the box. making furniture collecting old records doing DIY jobs knitting gardening playing a musical instrument dressmaking photography painting studying a foreign language going to a. gym 7 Read the texts again and answer the following questions. 1 Who is interested in music? 2 Who loves going to foreign countries? 3 Who enjoys good food? 4 Who has a large family? 5 Who is keen on fashion? Nolet NSU t ae Vocabulary Maximiser p16 8 Look at the hobbies below. What do you need for each hobby? Match the things in the box to the correct hob! the words more than once. needle dictionary piano ladder paper hammer paint wool spade money camera flute trainers. nails tracksuit wood computer material 1 doing DIY jobs 2. going to a gym 3 painting 4 collecting old records 5 knitting 6 playing a musical instrument 7 gardening 8 dressmaking 9 photography 10 making furniture 11 studying a foreign language 9 Work in pairs. What do you use for your hobby? Tell your partner using words from exercise 8 and your own ideas. coSPEAKING 10 What do you like doing after work/school? In pairs make some sentences with enjoy, like, and love. Use these examples to help you. — Lenjey going to the gym. I don't like swimming. 111 Now work with a different partner. Tell him/ her what your first partner likes and doesn’t like doing in his/her free time. e.g. Lauren enjoys playing the piano after school but she doesw’t like cooking diner. LISTENING 12 (4) Listen to these people talking about their hobbies. Then answer the following questions. ‘A What hobby does each person talk about? kone B Which speaker describes the hobby as... 1a good way of meeting people? 2 away of keeping fit? 3 a passion? 4 calm and relaxing? 13 (Now listen again, and complete the following sentences. Speaker 1: We meet to practise every Tuesday evening, and | always .. getting out on the court. Speaker 2: I've always been looking at paintings. Basically, you do what you are doing. ‘Speaker 3: | wasn't particularly Speaker 4: My sister is... singing acting, IeTeCTWN an” Vocabulary Maximiser 916 4 15 16 Write a list of words connected to each hobby. Use the pictures to help you. There are some examples to start you off. instrument Music: Look at the following example sentences. My brother is interested in art. He visits art galleries all over Europe. I'm not very keen on football. | don't understand why it is such a popular sport. Sue was fond of camping when she was younger. Now use some of the words that you wrote in exercise 14 to write some sentences about yourself, using fond of, keen on and interested in. What do you look forward to doing after school or work? Write a sentence about yourself.SPEAKING 17 Look at these conversations and practise ‘them with a partner. A: Can you play the guitar? B: No, | can't. A: Can you swim? B: Yes, I can, 18 Write down three things from the box which you can do and three things which you can’t do. Then work with a partner. Can you guess what he/she can and can’t do? Ask and answer questions to find out. skate speak any foreign languages play the piano knit draw paint sew play the guitar dance ride a horse ride abicycle sing swim 19. Use the verbs and phrases from exercise 18 to ask your partner five questions b 9 “Are you good at...?" Reply honestly to the questions your partner asks you. ‘Are you good at skateboarding? Yes, 'm quite good at it. No, I'm not very good at it. 20 Now tell the rest of the class about two things your partner can do. Say whether he/ she is good at these things. is a website where you can meet people who have similar interests to yours. Read what some people wrote about themselves. Who is most similar to you? a" Hil fm Zoe and I'm 18. fm studying music «at college and I love playing my guitar and ‘wring songs. | enjoy going fo Fesvals and listening to al kinds of music. Him Hannah and I'm 19. tm a student im keen on sports cnd | love : Playing volleyball and tennis - but | den enjoy going to the gym! Hello! I'm Dylan, I'm 22 and I work in IT I'm good at playing computer games, but my favourite hobby is learning languages Ican already speak French, and now Im studying Spanish 22 Imagine you are going te live in anew ‘town where you don’t know many people. You want to write about yourself for The je. Use the spidergram below to lan of what you are going to write. { likefove }: [ don’tenjoy ) Len) L 23 Now write about yourself and your interests for The Xchange. Write about 100 words. Use the examples in exercise 21 to help you. 19 ——Living space WARM UP 1 Look at the pictures of two different living rooms. In pairs say what kind of people each room belongs to. Think about their age, gender, job and personality. 2 Which of these rooms do you like best? Why? rarer a Vocabulary Maximiser p.20 3 Which of the following things can you see in the rooms above? Underline the words in the box. towel wastepaper basket basin fridge pan washing machine sheet toilet bath cupboard sink vase armchair freozer oven carpet shower duvet lamp blanket sofa wardrobe alarm clock chest of drawers — 20 Find seven kitchen objects from the box in exercise 3 and add them to the spidergram Then think of two more words to complete it. Now draw spidergrams for the bedroom and the bathroom. Add the words from the box and two of your own words to each one. Then compare your spidergrams with another student.LIVING SPACE My space ‘ou may find it strange that my desk has got a garden gnome on it. My son gave it to me. I've got three sons ~ 13-year-old twins and an eight-year- ol “They are of no great financial value but they remind me of my boys. ‘The photos are also mainly of my kids. Above the: desk there are some other pictures. [think every writer needs pictures in their room for inspiration, There are thousands of CDs in my room, because L always listen to music when I'm writ Silence makes me feel rather uncomfortable, nervous. The wallpaper was in the house when I got here. I've kept it, and indeed fought to keep it, becanse itis like being in an Indian restaurant, and I always ‘wanted to spend all my life in an Indian restaurant. At the bottom of the wall, there is a picture ofa girl sitting down. This is a portrait of my mother done by a friend of hers in 1943, Next to that, on the right, there’s a portrait of my father. {Mf __] Above that there's my Oscar nomination for My Beautiful Laundrette. READING 6 Read the article which the writer Hanif Kureishi describes his room. Five sentences have been removed from the article. Choose from sentences (A-H) the one which fills each gap (1-5). There are three extra sentences which you do not need to use. A | can't work properly in any other place. B I've done that since | was a teenager ~ singing along as | did my homework. © The room has got piles of them everywhere, many of them written by friends. D Many writers feel very strongly about having one E | try to start around seven and continue until midday. F Almost all the stranger objects in my room are connected with them. G | wish | had time to see them more. H My mother drew it in 1954, the year | was bom. 7 Read the complete article again. Write notes next to each heading. Family: Daily routine: .. Hobbies, interests: I don’t read very much. I don’t have time; but I certainly acc Thate nving them away. [ usually write in the moming, 1en I do other things. I've got several typewriters but you can’t get the ribbons these days. Computers are wonderful for writers but they do encourage books that are too long. I write by hhand first and then type it up. I find writing with a fountain pen very satistying. ite GRAMMAR There is/are and have/has got > See Gr age 99. 8 Go through the article again and underline the sentences where the writer talks about. the following things. 1 his garden gnome 2 some other pictures 3 thousands of CDs 4 the picture of the git sitting down 5 the portrait of his mother 6 his Oscar nomination 7 several typewriters What language do the sentences that you underlined have in common? What do we use this language for? Va 2a—CO aie 3 9 Complete the second sentence so that it > Vocabulary Maximiser p20 means the same as the first sentence. Nolet NU Wiad 15. Match the words to the correct picture. 4. Our new flat has got three bedrooms. .» three bedrooms in our new flat. 2 There's a large park behind my friend's flat. My friend's flat. .. a large park behind it. 3 The front door has got two locks. Jessessessessesee twO locks on the front door. 4 There's a modern fridge-freezer in the aw kitehen. The kitchen a modern fridge- freezer. 5 My dad's new car has got a satnav. .-@ satnay in my dad's new car. 10 Choose one of the pictures from page 20 4 Su and describe it. Write five sentences using eo there is/are and have/has got. SPEAKING : , 11 Draw a plan of your room. Show where the sul window(s) and door are. Mark the main 6 pieces of furniture. Mark the places where ladder pillow sofa plug candle cup mug radio iron mirror bell cushion you spend most time. 16 Choose words from exercise 15 to complete ach sentence. 12 Now tell a partner about your room. Explain Aa Cheer ey your plan and say what you do in the places worisng atiie computat ee aes ee anes. 2. Do you usually drink coffee out of a mug or a and saucer? 0.g. There is a mirror next to the window. 3 The bookcase is so tall that you need to climb a to reach the top shelf. 13. Now imagine your ideal room. Make some 4 I think a meal is much more romantic if there notes. Think about the colour scheme, the Sonera rie furniture in the room and what th 5 Come and look at yourself in the... ie woke: 6 Could I borrow an. w= please? 14 Talk to your partner and compare your ideal My clothes need pressing, rooms. Are they the same or different?LISTENING 17 QE) Look at the words in exercise 15 again. You will hear descriptions of 4 items. Write the item next to each number (2-4). sofa, sone 18 Now choose a different item and describe it to other students. Can they guess your tem? GRAMMAR Adverbs: very, rather and too at these sentences from the article and answer the quostions about thom. Silence makes me feel rather uncomfortable. Computers are wonderful for writers, but they ‘encourage books that are too long. | find writing with a fountain pen very satisfying 1 Does silence make the writer feel very uncomfortable or a bit uncomfortable? 2 Does the writer suggest that the length of books written using a computer is a good thing or a bad thing? 3 Does the writer find writing with a fountain pen a litle satisfying or extremely satisfying? B Now match the words (1-3) with their meanings (A-C). 1D too A extremely 2Qvey B abit 3 [rather more than you want 20 Choose the best word (too, very or rather to complete each gap. 1 I love the kitchen in my new flat — it's .» big with plenty of room for a large table and chairs. In my opinion, a kitchen could never be large. 2 Our bedroom in the new house is not sve Big; in fact it's se ersne Small but | can still fit all the furniture | need in it. So | wouldn't say its... ... small! 3 When I moved | had to sell my big bookcase because it was tall to fit in my flat with the words from the box. all are for got hope is or too very ea" Cane Dear Mia, 1 you enjoy staying in my flat — Hove it here. There ® ..nmsnnnes SOME Maps in the cupboard beside my bed. They will be 2 nme useful, because they show all the interesting places in the town. There is a great park near my flat. Its ¢ ‘an open-air swimming pool. It'll probably be 5... cold to swim there at the moment but you novor know! Thoro °... a plant on my bookshelf. Could you water it? ..nsnnnne MG, please, every three days? Call* se text me if you can't find anything you need. , . the best. ‘Anna 22. Look back at Anna's email. Underline the sentences where she... '* tells Mia where to find things she may want touse * says what there is in the area for Mia to do * asks Mia to do something for her while staying in her fiat. 23. An English friend is going to stay in your flat whilo you are away. What will you tell your friend about where you live? Make note: about the three points in exercise 22. 24 Now write your email in about 100 words.EXAM BANK READING PART 1 - For each question, choose the correct answer. New and used ski equipment for sale Lowest prices for great equipment! 2 Message for dance students! ‘This afternoon's dance ciass is in Studio 1, not Stud 2. Remember, we must start at 3 o'clock 40 finish by 4.30. See you there! Toni 7 aaa John! I'm working late. Jenny's collecting the kids from school ~ you make them a snack? I'l put them to bed when I get home. See you about 8. Love, Mara WRITING PART 1 Read this email from your new En; penpal, Alex, and the notes you have mad. ‘A We make ski equipment. B Buy your skis from us. € You can hire skis here. A There's no dance class this afternoon, B The dance class is at a later time today. The dance class is in a different room today. What does Mara want John to do? A Give the children something to eat. B Get the children ready for bed. C Bring the children home from school. Hil : wh It's great that we're going to be pen pals. I'm looking forward very much to me ere finding out more about you and | hope | can help you practise your English. I'm 15 yoars old and I live with my parents and my litle sister in Cambridg¢ Deserve House with a big garden. My mum loves looking Yu" home: atter the garden and | sometimes help her. My favourite subject is maths.and_» Say what | in the UK. We live in a small House with a | want to study engineering when I leave school. In my free time | like out with my friends, watching films and playing tennis. Please write to me soon. Alex Write your email to Alex using all the notes — 4 like at school Say whet do about 100 words.UNITS 1-4 EXAM TIP! Try to choose the correct LISTENING PART 1 - answer the fist time you listen and check it the second (=) For each question there are three pictures and a short recording. | time. Remember that the key Choose the correct picture and put a tick (V/) in the box below it. Information fan’t abways at the beginning of the recording. 11 What's Matt doing tonight? SPEAKING PART 1 - EXAM TIPE Sita pact tor asi tee iesrat toeae eestor) See eee ‘one which you can explain clearly and 11 What's your name? easily — it doesn’t have to be the truth! 2 What's your surname? 3 How do you spell it? 4 Where do you live? 5 Do you work or are you a student? ‘Scanthe 6 What do you do/study? page towatch the video 7 What do you enjoy doing in your free time? 8 What do you like doing at weekends? =WARM UP 1 — 6 1 How often do you go shopping? Aeveryweek — B onceamonth —_€ rarely 2 What is your favourite shop? Do you like it because itis A cheap? B friendly? © modern? 3 What sort of things do you like buying? A dothes B music C IT equipment 4. What sort of things do you NOT like buying? A clothes B music € IT equipment 5. Do you prefer shopping for food in A small shops? B markets? € supermarkets? 6 How often do you buy things online? A often B sometimes C never ever ig Vocabulary Maximiser p.24 Complete the questionnaire about your shopping habits. Now compare your answers with another student. Are your shopping habits the same or different? What do you agree or disagree about? 3 Match these places and ways of shopping (1-6) to the pictures in the questionnaire (A-F). 1] department store 4 [] catalogue 2D online 5 D1 kiosk 3D) market 6 CL) shopping centre 4 With a partner talk about which of the ways cof shopping you use. Which ones don't you use? Why?© 4 © _wwwharrods.com TONLE Harrods has the finest cosmetics department in Europe, with hundreds of the most koaxious products. There ‘are aso experts who can advise you on exactly what Yyou need for your own beauty regime. Improving your golf technique or your running st F your running styl? Need to have a sports bra or riding hat fitted? Harrods can customise, createand repair clothas and equipment to give you a sporting advantage. Your house or fat should look exactly 2s you want I with accessorias tailored to your needs or tastes. Have. any item from our 4.5 acres of furniture altered to your specications, whether made firmer or softer, in your Choice of fabric or with special trimmings and cushions. Gourmet always have a wonderful ima in our sx Food Hals, especially with the many ways we can make food shopping easier or more personal Being well-dressed takes a bit of investment — and that's ust what Harrods can do for you. We have a range of personal services to make sure everything fits and matches perfectly. READING 5 You are going to read some information on the Harrods website. Harrods is a famous department store. Where is it? What can you buy and do ths -e? What other department stores do you know? Read the information and write these headings in the correct place on the website. Beauty Corporate Service Gifts Eating and Drinking Fine Jewellery Children Fashion and Accessories Home and Lifestyle Sport and Fitness ‘Special Celebrations ee 10 CO See UM EU InS Youngsters havo never had tt 60 good as in our Toy Kingdom and in our fabulous children's fashion Our Jewellery and Watch Room houses an univalled range of international brands including Carter, Buk *, Bulger, Tiffany & Co and Van Oieet and Azpe's iv an inviting and ltsurious geting Buying a present and not sure what {0 get? We are here to help you out of a dificult situation! Perfect picnic hampers for a spacial someone? Our service is, designed to be flexible in order to match your needs. We'll even crate ice cream for the ice eream lover exactly a8 you want it! To add the fnishing touches ask for some inspirational wrapping by Wrapology. Wedaiings at Harrods is an entrely free service designed to put together your deal gift ist from the thousands of products in store. Gur special exeoutives make buying office gifts sole and easy, They will oversee your project from selection of purchases to delivery Which link do you click on if you want to buy these things? 1 children’s football boots 2 some fresh strawberries 3 some new cushion covers 4 a diamond ring 5 some perfume In pairs, discuss which links you would and ‘wouldn't be interested in clicking on. reasons for your cheices. Then find a link you would both be interested in.RVeTeT NCTC any.” Vocsbuler Mosinee 2.2 9 Match the words in the box with their definitions. bill cash change cheque creditcard price revel 1a piece of paper showing how much you have to pay for something 2 how much something costs 3 a piece of paper that shows you have paid for something 4 what the salesman gives you if you give him, say, £20 for something that costs £17.99 5 you pay for something if .vnnnn if YOU Use money rather than a cheque or credit card 6 apiece of paper that you write on and use to pay for something 7 apiece of plastic that you can use to pay for things in shops or online 10 Answer these questions about how you pay for things. 1. How do you pay for food, clothes or services online? 2 What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of credit cards? 3 How often do you, or peopl cheques in your country? 4 What do they use them for? general, use GRAMMAR 11 Look at the pictures. Who is cutting Megan's hair in each one? 1 Megan's cutting hor hair 2 Megan's having hor hair cut. — 238 12 Who do you go to if you want to have these things done? Choose a person from the box and write sentences as in the example. carpenter photographer dry-cleaner doctor hairdresser dentist mechanic architect © get your hair cut You cam have your hair ext by @ hairdresser. 1 have a family photo taken 2 have a house extension designed 3 get your blood pressure taken 4 have a wardrobe made 5 gota scooter repaired 6 have a tooth filled 7 have a stain removed from a suit 13 In pairs talk about these questions. Give reasons for your answers. Would you ever... 1 have your face lifted? 2 get your nose pierced? 3 have your hair dyed? 4 get any other part of your body changed? LISTENING 14 (7 Listen to five dialogues about services and complete the table. Where are the eoplo? What does the ‘ustomer want? 15 (7) Listen to the dialogues again and answer these questions. 1 What does the clerk ask the woman to do with A her packet? B the form? 2 What does the cashier ask the man to do before giving him the money? 3 What does the man ask the dry-cleaner to do with the stain? 4 What doos the woman need to join the library? 5 What does the man tell the receptionist about the room he is in?LAs Ad GRAMMAR Reported Speech: commands and requests > See Gi Page 16 Look at what George's wife said to him one morning. George's wife: When you are in Harrods, can you buy some salmon from their Food Hall? Now look at the conversation between two friends later on that day. Put the jumbled words in the middle 3 lines of the dialogue into the correct order. William: What are you doing here in Harrods? George: ' asked /to/My//something /me /buy / Food /the /wife /Hall. /from ?buy?/she / want/does /to /What /you George: *some / buy /me/salmon. /to /told /She / William: Well, im sure they'll have plenty here! 17 Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use no more than three words. 1 ‘Ihope Olivia won't spend a lot of money at the shops,’ said her dad. Olivia's dad doesn’t want a lot of money at the shops. 2 ‘Ladies and Gentlemen, please stand in an orderly queue,’ the shop assistant said. The shop assistant told the customers . ne. aN orderly queue. 3 Lily, please buy some vegetables for dinner said Mum. Mum asked for dinner. 4 ‘Could you repair my car, please, Jack,’ asked Mr Blaketon. ... Some vegetables Mr Blaketon repair his car. SPEAKING 18 Look at the dialogue and answer the questions. Receptionist: How may | help you, sir? Customer: There's still a problem with the shower in my room. No water is coming out of it atall. | asked you to do something about this two hours ago. It’s not good enough! Ihave an important event this evening and | must have a shower, Receptionist: I'm very sorry, sir. I'll get on to it immediately, 1 What is the problem? 2 What did the man do two hours ago? 3 What language shows that the man is upset? 4 Why does the problem need to be solved? 19. You are staying in a hotel and have some different problems. With a partner, take turns to be the customer or the receptionist. Use the conversation in exercise 18 as a model. 1 The hairdryer is only giving out cold air. 2 Your 1oom doesn’t have a sea view. 3 The room is very noisy. 4 The air-conditioning is not working, WRITING things do people often buy as souvenirs? List five different things. 21 Read this email from your English penpal, Sam, and the notes you have madi PT Hi, Remember I'm coming to visit you in the summer holidays, | can’t wait to meet you and to get to know your country When I'm with you, | want to buy some things for myself to take home / £“998 ‘as souvenirs. Can you give me some / pessiaesiey advice about wi sto buat pepe Is there a good shép near you to een What's special eae h ‘eli shop? I'd also like to take presents. home for my mother and my little” ~ Suggest brother, Alfie. He's eight years old sutable now. What do you recommend for Presents each of them? | never know what to choose so it'll be great if you can give me some ideas Hope to hear from you soon. Sam Write your email to Sam using all the notes in about 100 words. 29WARM UP 1 — 30 Look at the postcards. What holiday destinations do you think they show? Have you visited any of these places? Which would be the most interesting place to visit? Would they be good places for These sentences are from the messages written on the postcards. Where do you think the writer of each sentence 1 Emma and | looked in almost every shop on Fifth Avenue yesterday! 2 Yesterday we went by minibus to see part of the Great Wall 3 This morning we did a lovely tour of the city in a canal boat. 4 Last night we went clubbing and we slept until late this afternoon! GRAMMAR Past Simple: past events > See Grammar Bank on page 101 4 Complete some more sentences from the Postcards using the verb given. 0 Last night we a Chinese opera for the first time in our lives. (see) 1. We snssnesn Some shopping in one of the big department stores. (do) 2 Yesterday We .wnnn. the tram into the city and visited a museum. (take) 3 We some ham, bread and wine and had a picnic on the beach. (buy) 4 We a great meal in one of the famous delis. (have) 5 Yesterday We nnn under a boach umbrella all day and relaxed. (le) 6 We the whole morning looking at pictures in a wonderful art gallery. (spend)5 Choose words from the box to complete these sentences. Put the verbs into the Past Simple, do play see go take havé make spend visit go have 0 We usually ....u8.... dinner in our hotel 1 We a lot of time in art galleries. 2 One evening we ... to a show on Broadway. 3 Wie anne friends with some girls we met. 4 Our guide . . us to an ancient palace. 5 We a fantastic exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum. some famous archaeological a lot of sightseeing in the city. a swim every day before breakfast. 9 One day we .. to a temple. 10 Some mornings we .~. volleyball on the beach. Nelo TWN vay” Vocabulary Maximiser p28 6 Allthese words are connected with travel and holidays. Put them in the correct group in the tabl cruise cycling tour bus station hostel feny tent camping guide pilot ticket guest coach tour double room driver passenger reservation receptionist campsite underground tram hotel tourist backpacking guesthouse flight railway station walking tour customs officer weekend break fare SPEAKING In pairs talk about your last holiday. Use these prompts and the vocabulary from ‘exercise 6. Where/go? —_ How/travel? What/do? What kind/accommodation? Write notes about your partner's holiday and report back to the class. €.g. Liam went to Greece by ferry. Work with a partner. Describe what you can see in these two photos of people on holiday. Say which holiday you would prefer to have. Why? LISTENING 9 (2) Listen to two conversations between Helen and Steve, and Nick and Tri Complete each sentence with the name of the appropriate person. 0 iekew, went to France. had hot weather. ...didn't go away, but stayed at home. had a very good guide. ..- wont on some trips with tholr frionds. relaxed and read a lot of books. . stayed at a campsite near the sea. «sss didn't go abroad for their holiday this year. (@®) Listen again and mal table. Nousuns notes in theREADING 11 Lots of young people take a long break after they leave school or university and go travelling. Read the emails on the right which Emily, a girl who Is having a gap year, wrote to her parents. As you read, answer ‘these questions. 1 Who is Emily travelling with? 2 Where do Daan and Erwin come from? 3 Why did Emily give them her address? 12. Now put the emails in the order that Emily ont them. The first one is given as an example. 13. Here are some of the good and bad things that happened to the girls. Complete the sentences and then add two more things to each list. Good things They met some nice boys. 1 The guesthouse 2 They . motorbikes, and nnn 3 Their picnic .. 4 Sia Bad things ‘The guesthouse was hot and dirty. 6 Mia a motorbike, 7 Emily found : 8 The girls were sad when 9 Dear Mum and Dad I'ma bit worried, Mia couldn't sleep at ll ast night because her arm hur. And a glant mosquito bit me on tho log and now its enormous (my lag, not the mesquite) This guesthouse is hot and dity and horrible. Anyway, | had a tox from Erwin this morning, sa ang Love, Emily Tormey Hil We all had # great day together today. We hired motorbikes and rode to some fantastic beaches. They're just small bikes, Mum. Mia fell off once and cut her arm, but Daan put a plaster on it and its OK now. We bought food in a village and had a picnic by the sea — delicious chicken and rice and fruit~ and it cost almost nothing! 300i 0 ae Hello again! We're all atthe guesthouse, its OK, but not very clean and there's no air-conditioning. | found an ‘enormous spider in my room and Enwin killed it for me, Ho really sweet! We spent the whole day togetner. We just sat on the beach and talked and talked. Don't worry, Mum! Bye! Emily a aE Hil Mia and | got here about two hours ago, so I'm just writing to say we're OK, but very tired after the long flight. We met two Dutch boys (Erwin and Daan), who told us about a great guesthouse. I's vey cheap and right on the beach. They're staying there already. We're going there with thom now te get a room for Mia and mo. More later, Emily oO. Dear Mum and Dad, We need your help. This morning Mia went to a clinic and | went to a pharmacy. We spent lots of money. The good ‘news is that we're both OK now! Yesterday we moved to a hotel. Its really cool and clean, but its quite expensive, Can you send us some money quickly, please? Love you and mis you lots and lots, Emily @ nh Hello Mum and Dad /e're very sad today because our Dutch friends left last, night. | gave them our address because they're going to England later this year, and I said they could stay at our outa. That allright, en’ i? | now youl like them! Love, Emily e..)fod ake ale > Vocabulary Maximisor.28 WRITING ee : 14 Look back at exercise 13 and find the right > See Writing Bank on page 114. words to complete these sentences. 17 Look at these words can be used to describe a hotel. Decide which ones are 1 Vmenn the B&B at 6 a.m. to catch a positive and which are negative. Do you all plane at 8. agree? 2 He wanted to go shopping in Moscow, but everything .. too much. big noisy comfortable cheap luxurious 3 Last year we a car and drove down diny friendly small awful excellent to the south of Italy. 4 The food in our local restaurant was really 18 Use some of the verbs from the box to alge ele incre every diay! complete this postcard. You need to 5 When we were on holiday, my sister put them in the correct form - Present Continuous or Past Simple. For each gap, 7 I pee uu naee there is more than one verb you can use. 6 We couldn't afford a hotel, so we stayed in a smell sit do visit read take swim go 15. What is the difference between these pairs have get see buy relax explore of words? If you need to, use a dictionary to arrive drive eat enjoy walk help you. 1 a brochure and a map 2 a double room and a single room 3 a museum and a gallery ' 4 a canal and a river 5 a guide and an interpreter 6 ameal and a picnic 7 a passenger and a hitchhiker 8 a backpack and a suitcase Hil Yesterday we the mountain aPC Bene beautiful medieval town, 60 today we 2 by the pool. This morning " Yoamarcetand 16 Now choose one of the words from exercise *vemnnnnnns BO | and frult for lunch, 15 to complete these sentences. Wee. warm sunny weather and’... lots of delicious 1 | bought a lovely little picture by a local ‘Spanish Food. artist in a small... Wish you were here! 2 One evening we had a great ina seafood restaurant. 3 The pictures in the hotel . look better than it was! 4 OUF essnnnne led us through the old city and told us a lot about its history. 5 We picked Up a wines Near Seville and dropped him off on the coast. ‘ARE YOU ON HOLIDAY RIGHT NOW’ | + Say where you are and when you arrived. [SS LS made it 19 You see this notice on a travel website. * Describe your hotel and say why you like it. ea | + Say what you did yesterday and what your plans are for tomorrow. Write us an article and you could win a prize. Write your article in about 100 words.