Grade VIII Worksheet Audio Scripts
Everyday English
Unit 1 Invitations
Exercise 1 
Matt Hi Lily, how are you?
Lily Good thanks, Matt. How about you?
Matt I’m fine, thanks. Hey, are you doing anything on
Thursday night?
Lily No, I don’t think so. What did you have in mind?
Matt I’ve just started a new photography club. Do you
fancy joining me?
Lily Sure. Why not! I got a new camera for Christmas and I
want to learn how to use it properly.
Matt Great! It starts at 7 p.m. at the community centre.
Lily Thanks, Matt. Looking forward to it. Are you busy
now?
Matt Why do you ask?
Lily I’m meeting Lauren at the café at 3 p.m. Would you
like to come?
Matt I’d love to, but I don’t think I can. I’ve got football
practice in half an hour.
Lily That’s a shame.
Matt Yes. Another time, maybe.
Lily Definitely. Well, I’ll see you on Thursday then.
Matt Yes, see you there! Don’t forget your camera!
Unit 2 Emergency phone calls
Exercise 1 
Mum Are you OK, Tom?
Tom No, look at my arm! It’s bleeding.
Mum OK, calm down. What happened?
Tom Our ball got stuck up a tree. I climbed up to get it,
but I fell out. I’ve cut my arm. It really hurts.
Mum Can you move it?
Tom Yes, I can.
Mum I don’t think it’s broken, but I’ll ring 111. There’s a lot
of blood.
Tom OK.
Mum Hello. Can I have some medical advice, please?
Operator Yes, what seems to be the problem?
Mum My son has hurt his arm. He fell out of a tree.
Operator Can I have some more details, please?
Mum Yes, it’s his left arm and there’s a cut above his
elbow.
Operator Is he conscious?
Mum Yes, he’s standing up and talking to me.
Operator OK, great. Can you get him to a doctor?
Mum Yes, I can take him there.
Operator Go to the doctor and ask them to check the
wound. The doctor will clean the cut and decide if you
need to go to hospital.
Mum OK, thank you very much.
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Unit 3 Expressing certainty and
uncertainty
Exercise 1 
Oliver Look at that painting, Meg.
Meg What on earth is it?
Oliver I’m not exactly sure.
Meg It’s clearly an animal.
Oliver Do you think so? I’m pretty sure it’s a tree, or a
flower.
Meg It’s definitely not a flower.
Oliver You might be right. I suppose it could be a horse.
Meg Yes, that part might be its head.
Oliver Perhaps it’s a horse in a field. With a tree next to it.
Meg Yes, I think you’re right! Look, there’s another one
here by the same painter.
Oliver Oh yes. What do you think it is?
Meg I’ve got absolutely no idea!
Oliver Do you think it’s a beach? Look, with the sun and
the sea?
Meg It can’t be the sun. It’s purple!
Oliver Hmmm. Yes, and the sea is green. Do you like it?
Meg I don’t know!
Unit 4 Giving instructions
Exercise 1 
Dan Oh, no. Can you help me, Agata? I’ve just retweeted
Lara’s blog about the drama competition, but I didn’t
give her credit. What am I going to do? It looks like I’m
pretending I wrote it. It’s a total disaster. She’ll be so angry
with me!
Agata OK. Don’t panic. Take a deep breath and stay calm.
It’ll be OK. Start by telling me when you posted it.
Dan OK. It was about ten minutes ago. I was reading
her post and I just clicked retweet without putting a
comment.
Agata The first thing you should do is look on your
profile.
Dan I’ve done that! I can see the tweet, but I can’t change
it.
Agata OK. After that, you should go to your settings.
Dan How do I do that?
Agata Look on the home page. It’ll be there. When you’ve
done that, click on the tweet to delete it.
Dan OK. I’ve done that. It’s worked. That’s fantastic.
Agata Good. Now the last thing you do is retweet it
again, but this time write something about Lara at the top
and tag her in it.
Dan OK … I’m doing that. OK, it’s uploading, but I think it
will take a few minutes.
Agata Finally, relax. Don’t panic. There’s always a solution,
Dan.
Dan Thanks, Agata!
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Unit 5 Agreeing and disagreeing
Exercise 1 
Luke Oh, not another article about teenagers and social
media.
Mum What does it say?
Luke The usual boring argument – that teenagers spend
too much time on their phone or using social media of
course.
Mum I completely agree. It’s hard to have a conversation
sometimes because everyone’s constantly checking their
phones.
Luke I wouldn’t say that.
Mum Oh, come on, Luke. That’s so true and you know it.
When I take you and your friends out for a pizza, everyone
spends the first few minutes posting photos on their
Instagram account and checking for likes.
Luke Well, you’re right about that, I guess … but that isn’t
so bad.
Mum I think most of you don’t go anywhere without your
phones.
Luke No, that’s not always true. We don’t take them into
class. And that’s OK.
Mum Absolutely! My thoughts exactly. So you should be
able to meet and go out without them, too.
Luke No way! That would feel really strange.
Mum I completely disagree. I think it would feel great to
have a conversation without someone checking facts or
tweeting in the middle of it.
Luke You’re a bit of a dinosaur, Mum.
Mum Hey!
Unit 6 Expressing preferences
Exercise 1 
Matt Hi, Vicky. What are you doing this summer?
Vicky I’m not sure. Mum and Dad are looking at package
holidays on the beach, but I think that sounds so dull! I’d
rather do something exciting.
Matt Like what?
Vicky I’d love to go camping in the desert. That would be
amazing! Or snowboarding in Alaska!
Matt Yeah, right. I think both of those sound a bit too
pricey. Anyway, I’m not very keen on the idea of camping
in the desert. It would be too hot.
Vicky But it would be exciting. I’d prefer not to spend all
my time on a boring beach. I’d rather not go on holiday at
all.
Matt Well, if you’d like to go camping, how about
camping in Croatia? The coastline is beautiful and it isn’t as
crowded as other places.
Vicky Yes, that sounds much better than a package
holiday. But what about my mum and dad? I’m not sure
they’d like a camping holiday!
Matt Well, you could rent an apartment and go exploring.
That would be more interesting than sitting on a beach all
day.
Vicky Yes, I think they’d prefer to do that. I’ll suggest it
and see what they say.
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Unit 7 Expressing opinions
Exercise 1 
Tom Hi, Molly. What do you think about this website
article? I want to use it as a source for my geography essay.
Molly Let me have a look. Hmm. I’m not sure. Have you
checked the facts against another website?
Tom Yes, I have. I’ve looked at these two websites, but
they say something different.
Molly Well, that isn’t good. It might look like a good
website, but that doesn’t mean anything. As far as I’m
concerned, you need to check the author. Who is he and
what are his qualifications?
Tom That’s a good point. OK … here it is. Doctor
Robinson is from one of the top American universities.
Molly That’s good, but what about his qualifications?
Tom Look! He’s got a lot of qualifications and ten years’
experience. In my opinion, that’s very important. I think he
knows his subject. So, what’s your opinion of him?
Molly He sounds very good. I think you can trust his
article.
Tom Thanks, Molly. That’s exactly what I think.
Molly It’s important to be sure. Anyone can post
information on the Internet.
Tom I see what you mean. It’s good that we checked.
And there’s also a short video clip that shows him in the
Arizona desert. Do you think it works with the subject of
my project?
Molly Yes, I do. It looks interesting. I think it’ll be great.
Tom Thanks, Molly.
Unit 8 Expressing advantages and
disadvantages
Exercise 1 
Liz Have you signed the online petition against the
council’s plan to turn the cinema into a shopping centre?
Rob Yes, I have. It’s a great way to get a lot of support
quickly! Whose idea was it?
Liz Maria’s. One advantage is that it’s free.
Rob Yes, that’s true. But a drawback of doing this is that
some people don’t use social media, and they won’t hear
about it.
Liz But that’s only a few people. The argument in favour
of an online petition is that most people use social media.
Rob OK, but I think we need a public meeting.
Liz Why do you think that?
Rob Well, a benefit of having a public meeting is that the
local press will come.
Liz Good point. The main problem is that we don’t have
anywhere for a meeting.
Rob Yes, we do. The town hall, of course. One advantage
is that it’s in the centre of town.
Liz But the council owns it. How about the Arts Centre?
Rob Great idea. That’s the perfect place. I think that would
work.
Liz I think you’re right. A public meeting will be useful for
explaining our argument to the press and getting more
support.
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Unit 9 Expressing belief and doubt
Exercise 1 
Zack New technology is exciting …, but I’m not really
sure that I want a robot nurse to look after me if I have to
go to hospital.
Mia What do you mean? It’s very unlikely that will ever
happen.
Zack You think so? In Japan and the USA, they’re already
using robot nurses in some hospitals. In some countries,
people use chatbots or health apps rather than real
doctors.
Mia I can’t believe that robots will ever be able to look
after somebody who is ill.
Zack Maybe not, but I’m sure that will happen soon. It’s
very likely they will soon be in all hospitals.
Mia I doubt that. People won’t want robots looking after
them.
Zack Well, we use robots in factories. I’m certain this will
happen in the UK soon.
Mia There’s no doubt that robots are very useful in
factories and other places, but not hospitals!
Zack I agree. It’s hard to believe that they will ever replace
real doctors and nurses.
Mia Yes. That’s very unlikely. Impossible, even!
Zack Mia, nothing is impossible! Today we have driverless
cars, and fridges that talk to us. Who knows what we’ll
have tomorrow!
Mia Well, I’m certain that I won’t ever let a robot nurse
look after me!

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