Innovations - elem.SB.1-8 PDF

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Unir I Conversation
Introducingyourself
Using Grammor
Possessive s ('s): My friend'snome is Borbora. 9
Whal's your and other people 8
Adverbs of frequencyz Peoplesometimescoll me Andy. 10
nerme? Reoding Be - om, ore, is: Ihis is my brother. 10
PeopleI know 11
Using Yocobulory
Names: My surname'sDellor. I
Countries: Brazil,Spoin,etc. 8
Useful expressions: How are you? 9
Common customs when you meet: shokehonds,hug eoch other,etc. 10
Unir 2 Conversotion
Talkingabout where
Using Grommar
Questions with be.'Whereore you from? 15
Where eire you're from 12
UsingYocobulary
you f r om ? 12 Reoding
Countries and cities: Milon'sin ltaly. 12
My home town 14
Ways of travellingz W bus,by troin, etc. 13
Prcnunciotion
Stressedsounds- countriesand nationalities 13
Sentencestress 15
Unir 3 Conversotion
Talkingabout
Using Grommar
Present simple: l'm o studenLI go to Hull University. 16
Whot do your job 17
Usefuf questionsz Whot do you do? 17
you do? 1 6 Reoding
Wont toz I wont to I I don't wont to work in o shop. 19
My job 18
UsingYocabulary
Common jobs: teocher,doctor,etc. 16
Reasons for (not) enjoying your iobz My bossis greatThehoursare long. 17
Usefuf collocations: eorn lotsof money,workfor a big compony,etc. 19
Prcnunciotion
The sound/e/ 17
, Stressedsounds 19
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Unir 4 Conversotion
Talkingabout
Using Grommar
The futurez l'm goingto go for o meol with some friends. 21
Wherl're your plans 21
you doing UsingYocobulory
Reoding
to night ? 20 Plocesto visit Free time activities: goingshopping,wotchingTV,
etc. 20
23
Future time expressions: ton,ght,ot the weekend,etc. 20
Prcnunciotion
Vowel sounds: litl and lw,l 21
Vowel sounds:lill,ltl,lul and lutl 22
Unit 5 Conversotion
Talkingabout what you
Using Grommor
Past simple: I wrote o lefter lost nl'ght
Did you hove did at the weekend 24
q nice Using Yocobulory
Reoding
w eek end? 24 My weekend Useful verb collocations: He took me to the airport I out for dinner. 26
27
Pronunciotion
Vowel sounds: litl,lel and le,l 2s
Vowel sounds:letl,latl,laul and laul 27
Unir 6 Conversotion
Talkingabout your
Using Grommor
Questionsz Have you goto rubber? 29
Whot qre you studies 28
studying? Using Yocabulory
28 Reoding
U n ive rsity su b jects: geogrophy, history, etc. 28
Schoolond university 30
Common classroom expressions: l'm sorryI'm late. 29
Pronunciotion
The weak form of ore 29
Regular-ed past form endings:/d/, ltl and lldl 31
Revlew: Units l-6 32
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Unit7 Conversotion
Using Grommor
Questionst How often do you do thot? | How long'veyou been doingthat? 37
Whor did did last night 36
Past simple forms: I went I I played... 37
you do lcrst
nighr? 36
Reoding Questions with lVho and tilhot: Who's your fovouritefootbollployer? 39
PenPol Friends
lnternationol- adverts Using Yocobulory
and e-mails 38 Free time activities: ploy golf,etc. 36
Pronunciotion
Consonantsounds:lfl and lvl 39
Unif S Conversotion
Using Grommor
Questions: Whot kindof ... do you ... ? Do you like... ? 40
Do you do in your free time 40
Agreeingr Me too.I Me neither. 41
fike ... ? 40 Reoding Comparatives: She'sstrongerthon him. 43
Uvingobroad 42
UsingYocobulory
Expressions for (not) liking somethingz I reallylike them.l quite
like them. 41
Describing things and people: He's veryfriendly.lt'snot goodfor you. 42
Pronunciotion
Weak forms - of,to,thon 43
Unir 9 Conversation
Talkingabout your
Using Grammor
Need to: I need to phonea friend. 45
Whnl erre immediateplans 44
I'd like toz lA fiketo buy a new cor. 46
you doing Reoding Using the present simple to describe someone: Shesoundsreollynice. 47
now? 4+ Ihings H like to do 47
UsingVocobulary
Shops and places: supermorket,internetcofE,etc. 44
Pronunciotion
Vowel sounds:li'^l,lu'^l,ltl and latl 45
Consonantsounds:lsl and lzl 47
Unit I O Conversotion
Talkingabout places
Using Grommar
Present perfec0 Hove you beento Africo? 49
Heive you you're going to
Should: You shouldgo to Rome. 50
been lo and placesyou've
... ? 4 8 been to 48 Usingvocobulary
Reoding Past time phrases: lost week,the doy beforeyesterday,etc. 48
Youshouldgo to ... 5 1 Describing places: lt's got great nightlife. 50
Pronunciation
Contractions 51
Unfrr I Conversotion
Askingfor and giving
Using Grommar
Making requests: Couldyou post this?
ls lhere one directions 52
Using Yocobulary
neqr here? 52 Reoding
Prepositions of place: oppositethe station,round the corner,etc. 52
I got lost 55
Useful expressions for giving directions: ltt the secondon the righL 52
Pronunciation
Consonantssounds:l0l and 16l 53
Unir|2 Conversotion
Meetingpeoplewhen
Using Grommor
Present continuousz l'm studyingFrench. 57
Whal ore you're abroad 56
UsingYocobulary
you doing Reoding
h er e? 5 6 Plocesto stoy Usefuf expressions for meeting people: Whot ore you doing here? 56
58
Not very + positive adjective: lt wosnt very cleon. 59
Pronunciotion
Consonantsounds:lbl and lpl 59
Rcvfew: Unlts f -l2 60
Unir 13 Conversotion
Arranging to meet 64
Using Grammor
Questionsz Whot time doesit frnish?When's
the concert? 65
Whot t im e Reoding Let's: Let'sgo to the cinema. 55
i s it ? 64 Do you rememberthe Questions with the past simple: When wos the first time you
first time? 67 kissed someone?
UsingYocobulory
Telling the time: lt's fve post nine.
Pronunciotion
Consonantsound:ff/ 67
Asking for and offering
Using Grommor
Can'tz I con't read withoutglosses. 68
Gcn you help 68
Adjectives and adverbs: He's o goodwriter.He writes well. 69
h e lp m e? 68 Reoding Ofrering with l'll: I'lltake you. 71
The kindnessof
strongers 70 Using Yocobulary
Expressions for helping people: Can you showme whereto go I
how to do it? 69
Pronunciotion
Consonantsounds:lkl and lgl 71
Talkingabout your plans
Using Grommar
Two futuresz l'll proboblygo shopping.l'm goingto study. 73
Whol're you for the weekend 72
Using Yocobulary
d o ing t his Reoding
weekend? 72 Weekend activities: ployingcomputergomes,ildyingup the flot, etc. 72
The meeting 74
Expressions for not being sure: lt dependshow I feel. 73
Saying sorry for being late: SorryI'm lote.l overslept 75
Pronunciotion
Consonantsound:/V 75
Unit 16 Conversotion
Talkingabout
Using Grammor
Difrerent question structures: Do you want o ... ? | Do you wontto ?l
Are you problems 77 Do you want me to ... ? 76
o K? 76 Reoding Whot was it like?t Whot wasyour hotel like?lt wos owful. 79
Fomilyholidoys- a letter
UsingYocobulary
and an e-mail 78
Arc you OK, Nq not really.l'vegot a heodoche. 76
Holiday activities: goingfishing,lying
on the beach,etc. 78
Talking about injuries: I hurt my orm ployingfootboll. 77
Pronunciotion
Intonation:soundingpositive 79
Una]17 Conversotion
Discussinga menu
UsingYocabulory
80 Food: meat,seofood,fruit, vegetobles,etc. 80
Are you Reoding Describing food: lt's a kind of seofood. 80
reody'to Food memories 8 3 Ordering in restaurants: l'll hove the chicken,pleose.
order? 80 81
Useful expressions when having dinner at a friend's house:
I'm full,thonkyou. 82
Pronunciation
Consonantsound:/w/ 83
Linkingwords naturally 83
Findingyour way
Using Grommor
Hove to: We have to do lots of homework
Do you round a shop 84
sell ... ? g4 UsingYocabulary
Reoding
Parts of a department store: toiletries,the shoe deportment,etc. 84
I work in a shop
Useful words in shops: the till,the top sheflfetc. 84
Things shop assistants say: Next,pleose! 85
fobs in shops: shop ossistont,etc. 86
Pronunciotion
Consonantsounds:ltfl and ld3l
Reviewc Units | 3-l8 88
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Unit f9 Conversotion
Apologisingfor missing
Using Grammor
Using couldn't and hod to to apologise:Sorry I couldn'tcome. 93
Sorry I ccrntl something 92
come 92 Using Yocabulory
Reoding
Usefuf expressions for missing things: Sorry,but I con't cometo closs. 93
Why can't I drive? 94
Pronunciation
Stressedsoundsin sentences 93
Consonantsound:/h/ 95
Unir20 Conversation
Invitingsomeoneto join
Using Grammor
Questions about the futurez Whot ore you goingto see? 97
Do you like you in your plansfor
sport? 96 later 96 UsingYocobulory
Sports, places and equipment: cycling,tennis court,footbollpitch,etc.
Reoding
Sporilngsuccess,sporting Useful expressions for talking about sporfi I playoll the time
foilure bock home. 97
Talking about teams: Arsenolore top of the Leogue.
Pronunciotion
Connectedspeech 99
Uniir2l Conversation
Findingout train
Using Grammor
Superlatives: Whot'sthe best woy to get to the oirport? 101
What doy informationand planning
Revision of comparatives: I've trovelledmore than my parents. 102
.|re you a trip 100
tr c v elling? t oo Using Hos got to talk about changes: Petrolhos got more expensive. 102
Reoding
It's a smallworld 103 Using Yocobulory
Useful expressions for travellingz You needto get o number34. 100
Pronunciation
Silent't' at the end of words 102
Una]22 Conversation
Describingpeople
Using Grommor
1 0 5 Whot's helshe like? Whatt her husbond like? 105
Whal's she Reoding Past continuous: I was stayingin o hotel and he wos stoyingthere too. 107
l i k e? 10 4 She's 106
fomous! UsingVocobulory
Describing people: She\ reollyfit 104
Pronunciotion
Sentencestress and weak forms 107
Unir23 Conversotion
Visitingsomeone'shome
Using Grammor
Using Could | ... ? to ask for something: CouldI hove someteo? 108
Whert er greeit for the first time 108
flerf! 108 Reoding UsingVocabulary
Paying compliments: Whot a nicehousellt's reollybig. 109
Movinghouse 111
Describing your house: lt's got two bedrooms. 110
Describing the area you live in: lt's verycentral. 111
Unit24 Conversotion Using Grammor

Getting good news 112 Present continuous for the future: l'm goingout with some
friends tonight 112
Are you Makingarrantements
Making suggestions: Why don't you weor o skirt?Hw about somepefume? 115
doing to meet 113
onything to UsingYocobulary
Reoding
relebrerle? 112 The bigday 115 Relationships: Ihey weremorriedfor thirty-ftveyeors. 114
Pronunciation
Sentencestress 113
Revfews Unilg 19-24 116
Topescript 120 Pronunciotion 143
Student AIB materiol 158
Grommor commentory 1 3 6 Expression Orgoniser 146
Usingvocabulary:
countries
Match the flags with the countries in the box.
Brazil Japan Poland Spain

O Look at the photo. Listen and practise the
Italy Mexico SouthAfrica Swieerland
conversation with a partnea
Hello,f'm
Don.Whot's
your nome?
fl Listen and check your answers.

Now have conversations with some other students. Practise the conversation below with a partner.
Use your own names. Use the names of the countries above.
A: Hello.I'm ....What'syour namel A: Where are you from?
B : . . . .H i . B: ....Whataboutyoul
A:
Do you know the names of any other countries in
English?
Read the sentences about one of the writers of this
book.Then make sentences about yourself.
. M)rfull name'sHugh Listening:Do you know my sister?
SebastianDellar.
. My surname's(or My fl Listen to three conyersations. Comptete the
hmily name's)Dellar. sentences with the names and countries you hean
. M)r first name'sHugh. Conversation I
. My middlename's . I'm Peter.I'm from
Sebastian. . I'm .I'm from Japan.
Ask and answer questions Conversation 2
with a partnen For example: . I'm Maria.I'm from
A: What's your surname? . I'm Franco.I'm from
B : Hill. Conversation 3
A: Do you havea middle namel . I'm Hiro.I'm from
B: No, I dont. . I' m . I l i vei n H ul l .
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1 W h a t ' sy o u r n a m e ?
Let me introduceyou.
Listen to Conversation 3 between Hiro, Brenda Make sure that you understand the words in red.
and Leanne again. Complete the conyersation with Complete the sentences with the names of people
the words in the box. you know.
1. Thi s i s my fri end....

how nic e think what
2. This is my brother ....
live sorry too works
3 . T h i s i s m y s i s t e r. . . .
my sister the weekend
4. This is my flatmate....
Hello! 5. Thi s i s my boyfri end/ gi rl fri end....
B: Hi, ( 1) a re y o u ? 6. Thi s i s my husband/ w i fe ....
F ine. A ndy oul 7. Thi s i s my cousi n....
B: OK. So (2) ...are you doing here? 8. Thi s i s my teacher....
I'm doingsome shopping. 9. Thi s i s .... H e / S hew orks w i th me.
B: Yes,we are (3) . Do you know 10. Thi s i s .... H e / S hestudi esE ngl i sh
w i th me.
(4) ....Leanne? Spend two minutes memorising the words in red.
No, I don't (5) .......
so.Hiya,I'm Hiro. Then close your book.Your partner will ask you
B: Hiro (6) with me. questions like these:
L: Oh really.Well,it's (7) to meet you. What's your friend'snamel

Where are you from, Hirol B: This isTeresa.Sheworks with me.
Japan.I'm (8) , how do you sayyour What's your brother's namel
nam e? B: I haven'tgot a brother.
L: Leanne.
Oh, OK. Leanne.Right.So Leanne,do you For more informationon usingpossessive
s ('s),see G1.
(9) ...here?
L: No, I'm just visitingBrendafor
( 10) . I l i v ei n H u ll .
.......
Useful expressions
Look at these expressions from the conversations.
Translate them into your language.
1 . How ar e y ou?
2. We are too.
3. Do you know my sisterl
4. No. I don't think so.
5 . T his ' ism y f r ie n d H i ro .
6. He works with me.
7. Nice to meer you.
8. Do you live here?
Practise reading Conversation 3 with a partner.
Reeil English: t'iy.

There are severalwaysof saying'hello'in English.
Peopleoften sayhi or hiya.
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1 W h a t sy o u rn a m e ?
j'-?a gJJfl !J
F r l J
Meeting people
Look at the photos. Do you do these things when you

Using gramm ari always never say hello? Who to? Tell a partner. Use always / usually /
sometimes, etc. For example:
Translate the words in red into your language.
. I usuallykissmy friendswhen I sayhello.
always usuallyoften sometimes hardlyever never . I hardlyever kissnew friends.I usuallyjust shakehands.
100% ..-.-"-0%
Read the sentences about one of the writers

of this book. Choose the words you think he
uses to complete the sentences.
1 . M y f ull nam eis A n d re w J o h n W a l k l e y .W h eI n

meet someonefor the first time, I never / usually
just saymy first name.
2. Peoplesometimes/ hardlyever call me Andy,but
my old friendsfrom school usually/ sometimes
call me Andrew.
3 . My doctor always/ often calls me by m;l
surname.He calls
me Mr Walkley.
F
4. ln English,
we ' j
sometimes/ always
us e M r or M r s
with a surname.
We never /
sometimessay
Mr Andrew or
Mrs Maria.
5 . Peopleoften /
hardly ever say my
middlename,but my mum sometimes/ hardly
ever callsme Andrew John.
6. My wife usually/ sometimescallsme Andrew,
but she usually/ sometimescallsme'my love'.
7. My childrenalways/ usuallycall me Dad or
grammar:
Daddy,but they sometimes/ often call me by ry
Be is a yery common verb. lt is also an irregular verb.
first name,Andrew.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of be:
O Listen and check your answers. am, are or is.
What do difrerent people call you? Tell some 1. My surname.........................
Higashi.
other students. 2. | .........................
English. | .........................
from a smalltown near
Liverpool.
For more information on usingwords like olwoys 3. How .. you?
and never,see G2. 4. How .. your parentsl .. they OKI
5. My brother's middle name .. Peter.
6. My mum'smiddlenames .. RachelandAntoinette.
Reol Englisht -r- / dad
7. This ........... my friendTony.
In normal spokenEnglish,most peoplesay 8. What .. your dad'snamel
mum and dad insteadof 'mother' and'father'.
Lots of peoplealso saygran and granddad
insteadof 'grandmother'and'grandfather'. For more information on usingthe verb be,see G3.
While
O Read the text on the opposite page. Match three of
the descriptions with the photos.
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I W h a t ' sy o u r n a r n e ?
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,r'f''
*{ry'
E T his is m e wi th m y fa m i l y . My n a me ' sC e rry

a n d I ' m f r o m S c o t l a n d .I l i v e i n E d i n b u r g h ,
w h i c h i s t h e c a p i t a l .I l i v e w i t h m y w i f e a n d
m y t wo k ids , L i l y a n d L a rry .L i l y ' sfo u r a n d
Lar r y ' ss ix m o n th s . We l i v e i n a s ma l l h o u s e
t hr ee k ilom e tre sfro m th e c i ty c e n tre .
E T his is m y wi fe J o d i e . Sh e s fro m So u th A fr i ca.
S he wor k s at Ed i n b u rg hU n i v e rs i ty .I w o rk
there too. That's how we met.
E T h i s i s m y y o u n g e r b r o t h e r J o n a t h a nH. e ' s2 3 . I
don' t s ee him v e ry o fte n b e c a u s eh e l i v e s i n
M e x i c o .H e ' sa t e a c h e r .I u s u a l l ye - m a i lh i m
e v e r y d a y a n d I s o m e t i m e sp h o n e h i m a s w e l l
- m a y b eo n c e a m o n t h . I w a n t t o g o a n d v i s i t
him nex t y ea r.
tr T h i s i s m y n e i g h b o u rP h i l .P h i ll i v e si n t h e
h o u s e n e x t t o u s . H e l i v e sw i t h h i s s o n a n d
t h e i r d o g T i g g e r .P h i l i s v e r y n i c e . H e a l w a y s
s m i l e sa n d s a y sh e l l ow h e n h e s e e su s . I
s om et im esgo to h i s h o u s e fo r a c o ffe e o r a
beer .
E T h i s i s m y g r a n . S h e s8 8 . S h e l i v e si n
E d i n b u r g ht o o . M y g r a n d d a dd i e d i n 1 9 9 8 , s o
s h e l i v e so n h e r o w n n o w . S h e a l w a y sd o e s
e v e r y t h i n gh e r s e l f .S h e w a l k s t o t h e s h o p s ,
a n d s h e d o e s t h e c o o k i n ga n d c l e a n i n gi n h e r
h o u s e .M y m u m t r i e s t o h e l p h e r s o m e t i m e s ,
b u t m y g r a n d o e s n ' tl i k e i t .
tr T h i s i s m y f r i e n d R u b e n .H e ' sS c o t t i s h .H e w a s
b o r n h e r e ,b u t h i s m u m i s f r o m S p a i na n d h i s
f a t h e r i s f r o m I n d i a .I k n o w h i m f r o m s c h o o l .I
Reol English: ria'
d o n ' t s e e h i m v e r y o f t e n b e c a u s eh e w o r k s i n In spokenEnglish,
we often sayl<idsinsteadof
L o n d o n .I s e e h i m m a y b e t w i c e a y e a r w h e n h e ' chi l dren' .
c o m e s b a c k t o E d i n b u r g ht o s e e h i s p a r e n t s .I
Haveyou got any kidsl
s o m e t i m e ss p e a kt o h i m o n t h e p h o n e .
B: Yes.We'vegot two - a boy and a girl.
-Lryg4gsr! S p e ak in g
The missing words in these sentences are all in the Discuss these questions with a partner. Use the
text. Complete the sentences without looking at words in red to help you.
the text. Where were you bornl
1 . E dinbur gh
is t he o f Sc o tl a n d. B : I w a sb o r n i n . . . .
2. My houseis five kilometres................... the city Haveyou got familyor friendsin differentcountriesor
centre. ci ti esl
3. | .................... my wife at the universityhere in B . Y e sm
, y . . .l i v e si n . . . .
E dinbur gh.
Do you know anyonewho liveson their own?
4 . G iv e m e y our ph o n en u mb e ra n d l ' l l
B: Y es,my ...l i veson hi s / her ow n.
you.
How old are the peoplein your familyl
5 . H e us uallys m ile sa n d ............. .....h e l l o .
B: M y . . .i s . . ..
6. Do you want to go a coffee?
7 . I liv eon m y . . . . . . ........
8 . I was i n B i rmi n g h a m .
Now look at the text and check your answers.
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CorJveria it e r)
countriesand cities
Usingvocabulary:
Match the countries with the cities.
1. England _J a. Paris
2. France _J b. Sdo Paulo
3. SouthAfrica _l c. Milan
4. Brazil -J d. Barcelona
5. Peru _J e. Birmingham
6. ltaly _J f. Hiroshima
7. Spain _J g. CapeTown
8. Japan _J h. Lima
Whereabouts?
Listening: Whereabouts?ls it far?
Complete these conversations with the names of
places in Activity l. Don't look - try to remember O Listen to three short conversations.Which
the places! countries are the people from?
1. A: Where are you from? Can you remember anything else about the
B: speakers? Compare what you remember with a
A: Oh really?Whereaboutsl partner.
B: Paris,the capital.
2. A: Where are you from?
B: ltaly. Listenagain
A: Oh really?Whereabouts?
B: - in the north. Listen to Conversation 3 again. June and Artur are
talking in London. Complete the conversation with
the words in the box.
B:
A: Oh really?Whereabouts?
by bus it's the capital :
B: Hiroshima- in the south.
from here really whereabouts i
B: England.
A: Oh reallylWhereabouts? So where are you from,Arturl
B: - the secondcity. Poland.
fI Listen and check your answers. Oh (1) ?Whereaboutsl
I'm from Warsaw (2) . .......... .....What about
Listen again.Then practise reading the
you?Where are you from?
conversations with a partnen
I'm from London,actually.
Have similar conversations with some other
Oh reallyl(3) .. ................................
?
students. Use other countries and cities in
Activity l. Bow.ln east London.
Oh wow! ls it far (4) . .. ..............................
I
No, not really.(5) ..... ... ....twenty minutesby
undergroundand maybehalf an hour (6)
A: Oh, that's great.
Practise reading the conversation with a partnen

2 Whereareyou from?
Usingvocabulary:ways of travelling it far from

Hatch the ways of travelling with the photos. Here are ten answers to the question aboye.
Complete the answers withYes or No, not really.
1. bybus _J 4. by car J The first one has been done for you.
2. bytrain _J 5. by underground
1. ..N.-o.'...$et..
r.qa!.ly... lt's ten minutesby train.
3. byplane J 6. on foot _l 2. . lt's about four hours by train.
3. .lt's twenty minutesby car.
4. .lt's two and a half hours by car.
5. . lt's five or six minutes on foot.
6. . lt's about three hours by plane.
7. . lt's about an hour and a quarter
by underground.
8. . lt's about a quarter of an hour by
underground.
9. . lt's about forty-five minutes by bus.
10. . lt's about ten minutesby bus.
Ask some other students ls your house far from

here? Use answers like those aboYe.
Pronunciation:
stressedsounds
All words have one stressed- strong - sound. Say
these countries.
b'aTlL MEXi co
ENGland PO land
Italy south AF ri ca
ja PAN SWI tzer land
fl Listen and check your pronunciation
A Listen to these nationalities.Where are the
stressed sounds?
Brazilian Mexican
English Polish
Italian SouthAfrican
Japanese Swiss
Ask and answer these questions with a partner.
Use the words aboYe.
1. Do you know any ...people?
2. What languagedo they speakin ... ?
3. D o you speak...?
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A Match the descriptions with the photos.
Which of the places sound nice to you? Compare

your ideas with a partner.
I'm from Austria - from the capital city
A Vienna. It's a very old city and it's a nice
place to live. It's on a river - the Danube.
It's a nice city to walk around. I love it
there.
I'm from Sweden - from Luled, a small town
in the north. lt's by the sea.It's very cold in
winter. lt's got a university,so there are lots
of studentsthere. There'sa lot to do there -
museLtm1shops, restaurants.It's great.
Iir fr";j"p""-j;osaka, the second
city. It's a great place to live. It's quite big -
there are five or six million people there.
I It's a very modern city - it has good public
transport, good restaurants,good nightlife.
7 I love it there.
l'm from Nepal- from Pokhara.lt's a small
\
town in the mountains.lt's a very beautiful
t
place, but there'snot a lot to do there.Most
people move to the capital Katmandu after
they leave school. lt takesa long time to get
there. lt's quite far from Pokhara.
) I'm from Egypt - from the capital city
Cairo. It's a big city and it's very polluted
and very crowded. There are maybe eleven
million people living there - and they
have maybe eleven million cars! It takes a
long time to travel around the city.
l'm from England- from Cowden, a little
village in the south. It's very old. Not many
people live there - maybe only four or five
hundred. It's very quiet. Thereare only two
shopsand one pub. lt's a nice place to live if
voLi'reold. like I am.
2 Whereareyou from?
Usinggrammar:questionswith ,s
and are
Complete the sentenceswith these words from
dre text. Complete the questionswith is or are.
nrce village I
1. Where ..youfroml
town crowded
a.(fia-ql,.- e
I
2. .. it a niceplaceto livel
1. There are maybeeight million people livinghere.lt's 3. .. it a bigplacel
very........... . I dont like it.
....... 4. What ..the populationl
L My home town is by the sea.lt's really 5. .. it far from the capital?
. I love it.
6. .. it hr from the sea?
3. My grandparentslive in a liale in the
7. ..the publictransportOK?
north. Only two hundred people live there.
8. Where ..your parentsfrom?
4. We havegood here - the busesare
good, the trains are good, the underground is good. Ask some other students the questions.Try to use
5. I live in a .................. in the east of the country. some of the languagein Activity 2 when you
Maybesixty or sevenq/thousand people live there. answer.
Nov complete these sentences with more words

frrom the text. For more informationon questionsusingis and ore,
seeG4.
I
city place north sea second b

=-Rzt6"tr
6. I come from a small town by the Pronunciation:

sentencestress
7. I live in the capital....................
ff When we say sentences,some sounds are
8. My brother and sister live in the south of the stronger than others. Listen and repeat these
country but I live in the sentences.
9. I live in the capital city, but my brother lives in the 1. WHEREareyou FROMI
city. lt's quite frr from here. 2. WhereaBOUTS?
10. I love it here. lt's a really nice ............ .......
to
3. ls it FARfrom HERE?
live.
4. I LIVEwith my FAmily.
5. I LIVEon my OWN.
6. lt'sthe SEcond Clty.
7. lt's BY the SEA.
8. lt's in the SOUTHof the COUNtry.
9. I LOVEit there.
10. lt'san HOur by BUS.
Translate the sentences into your language.Try to
learn them this week.
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1 | Usingvocabulary: do you do?
Which of these jobs can you see in the photos?
an accountant a doctor a student

a barman a lawyer a teacher
a businessman a shop assistant a waitress
a civil servant
- O Listen and repeat the jobs.
\ Do you know anyone who does these jobs? Tell a

partnea For example:
\ . My brother is a doctor.
F . My friend Janeis a waitress.
t
Cover the jobs in Activity l. Complete the
sentences with the jobs.
1. I'm a . I work in a clinicin my town.
2. I'm a .......... . I work in a pub in the centre
........
of town.
3. I'm a .......... .l work in a primary school
........
in Sio Paolo.
4. I'm a .......... . I work in a clothesshop in
........
town.
5. I'm a .......... . I work in a government
........
department.
6. l;in a .......... . I work in a restaurantin a
........
big hotel.
7. I'm a .......... . I go to Hull University.
........
8. I'm a .......... . I work for an import+xport
........
comPany.
9. I'm a .......... . I work for a big law firm.
........
10. I'm an . I work for a small
accountingfirm.
3 | Furtherpractice
With a partneri have conversations like this:
A: What do you do?
B: I'm a waitress.
A: Oh right.Where do you work?
B: In a big restaurantin the centre of town.
3 What do you do?
4', Usinggrammar:more questions

Complete these questions with is it, are you or do
Here are ten answers to the question above.
tlou. Complete the answers with Yes or No, not really.
1. What ..................
do?
1. .The hours are good.
L Where work?
2. .The money is awful.
3. the bossl
3. . My boss is great.
1. a good placeto work?
4. .lt's reallyboring.
5. like the peopleyou work withl
5. . lt's great.
6- far from your houseto where you
6. . lt's really interesting.
workl
7. . I work really long hours.
Work with a partnen
8. .The money is good.
Snrdent A: Choose a job. lmagine this is your job.
Student B: Ask your partner the questions above. 9. .lt's reallydifficult.
10. . My boss is awful.
For more information on using questions like these, Do any of the sentences describeYOUR job? Tell a
see G5. partner. For example:
. The hours are good, but my boss is awful.
Now have conyersations like Conversation 4 with

Listening: What do you do? your partner. Use the jobs in Activity l.Ask each
other:
A Listen to four conversations.Which jobs do the . So what do you do?
speakers talk about? Where do they work?
. Where do you workl
. Do you enjoy it?
agarn Use answers like those above to answer the last
question.
Listen to Conversation 4 again.Terry is talking to
Lesfey at a party. Complete the conversation with
dre words in the box.
Pronunciation:
boring doctor helping money the north fl Listen and repeat the sound /e/. Look at the
clinic enjoy long hours Prlmary/ working picture on page 144 for help if you need to.
n All these sentences have lal in them. lt is a weak
What do you do? sound. Listen and mark the stressed sounds in each
L I'ma (1) sentence.
Oh right.Where do you workl 1. I'm o lawyer.
L In a (2) in a smalltown in 2. I'm on accountont.
(3) . . . ...of the country. 3. Where ore you from?
Antl do you enjoy itl 4. Whereobouts?
L Yes.I work (4) . . .. . ...and it's quite difficult 5. lt's obout on hour by car.
sometimes,but I like (5) people.The
6. lt's the secondcity.
money is good too.What do you do?
T 7. lt's very quiet.
I'm a teacher.
8. You proboblydont know it.
L Oh right.Where do you do that?
T: In a (6) schoolin Bournemouth- in Listen again and repeat.
the south of England.
L And do you (7) it?
..................
T: lt's OK.The (8) .......... isn't very good and I
........
work reallylong hours.I like (9) .... ..
with children,but sometimesI do a lot of paperwork
too.That'sreally (10) .. .... .
Practise reading the conversation with a partner.
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3 What do you do?
i ' ? ad i n 9
A Read what the three people in the photos
Before actually say about their jobs. Did you guess
correctly?
Look at the photos.Which person do you think
said each of these sentences? Compare your ideas
with a partner. R,eal Englishs actor
lf you are an actor,you work in films or in plays.
I'm a barman. I'm a student. Somepeoplecalla man who does this an actor and
I'm a housewife. I was an accountant. a woman who does this an actress,but lots of
I'm an actor. I work in an office. women prefer to be calledactors.
I
I
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t
,l
a
I
5
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3 What do you do?
Speaking
Discuss these questions with a partner. Choose the expression in each sentence that is
1. Do you think it's good to work when you havekids? true for you. Cross out the expression that is NOT
true.
2. Do you think it's good to work part-time when you're
1. I wont to I don'twont to work for a reallybig
studyingl
comPany.
3. Do you think working in an office is a good job?
2. I wont to I don't wont to work for myself.
4. Do you think beingan actor is a good job?
3. I wont to I don'twont to work for the government.
5. Do you think housewiveswork hardl
4. I wont to I don'twont to work in a shop.
6. Who hasthe best life-TingTing,Jos6or Francesl
5. I wont to I don'twont to work in the city centre.
Whv?
6. I wont to I don't wont to work in lots of different
places.
7. I want to I don'twont to work with children.
8. I wont to I don't want to work with computers.
Hatch these verbs from the text with the words
9. I wontto I don'twonttoget married.
they go - collocate - with.
10. I wont to I don't wont to study at university.
1. tet _J a. for a big company
7. work b. my kids to school Tell a partner your choices.
_J
3. take _J c. married
4. do I d. the cleaning Pronunciation:
stressedsounds
Now match these verbs with the words they
collocate with. Mark the stressed sound in these words.The first
one has been done for you.
5. work _J e. the cooking
a
6. study _J f. lots of money awful centre
7. earn _-l g. medicine thousand SOVernment
8. do _l h. in an office accountant comPany
Cover the words above. Complete the sentences paperwork difficult
with some of the words. department university
1. I .................... f25,000 a year. fl Now listen and repeat the words.
2. In my house,I .................... all the cleaningand all
Find sentences from this unit that use these words.
the cooking.Myhusbanddoes the shoppingand the
Then work with a partner and test each other.
washing.
Student A: Say the words.
3. | .................... in a bank in the centre of town. Student B: Say the sentences. Can you remember
4. | .................... Englishand Spanishat Bristol all the sentences?
University.
5. EveryThursday my
evening,L........................................
daughterto her danceclass.
6. I'm an accountant.I work ..................
a big
comPutercomPany.
7. My boyfriendwants us to get .............. ...., but I
think we're too young.I'm 21 and he'sonly 20.
'-rrt
l=iizi-J)tt
Usingvocabulary:activities
Which of these activities can you see in the
photos?
go back to the hotel go for a walk read my book

go to bed go home study
go to the cinema go shopping watch TV
go for a meal play tennis write an e-mail
A Listen and repeat the activities.
Work with a partner.

Student A: Act or draw the activities.
DON'T use any words.
Student B: With your book closed, say
the activities. Can you
remember all the activities?
Match these verbs with the nouns they

I
collocate with.
1 . go t o a. swrmmrnS
2. go for b. some letters
\ 3. go c. a drink
4. write d. the supermarket
Now match these verbs with the nouns

they collocate with.
5. play e. a video
i-ciOrt
6. read f. my exam I
I 7. watch g. the newspaper f

I 8. study for h. basketball
fr
Usingvocabulary:time
expressions
We often use What are you doing + time
I expression?to ask about the future.
Underline the time expressions in

I these questions.
1. What are you doingtoday?
2. What are you doingafter the class?
3. What are you doing now?
4. What are you doing tonight?
5. What are you doingat the weekend?
Translate the questions into your

d
language.
D
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4 W h a t ' r ey o u d o i n gt o n i g h t ?
3 i Listening: What're you doing

tonight?
We often say who we are going to do something
O Listen to five conversations.Whichthings in with. Complete the sentences with the words in
Activity I do the speakerstalk about? the box.
dad friends girlfriend own work

4 i Listenagain
1. I'm going to go for a meal with some
Listen to Conversation 5 again. Keith and Nicola
are staying in a hostel. Complete the conversation 2. I'm goingto go on my
with the words in the box.
3. I'm going to go for a walk with my mum and
a meal money nothing walk
4. I'm going to playgolf with a friend from
Sorngto my own tonight want to
5. I'm goingto go shoppingwith my

What are you doing (1) I
. . ............................
I'm goingto go for (2) in the town. Write true answers to the five questions in
Activity 2.Then ask and answer the questions with
Are there any good restaurants?
some other students.
N : I don't know. I'm just goingto (3)
round the town and see what there is.What about
y oul
Oh, I don't know.(4) ...much.I think
I'm just (5) . . ....stay here and read my A Listen and repeat the sounds li'^l and /ur/. Look
book. at the pictures on page l44fior help if you need to.
N: Do you (6) . .. ...come with me?I'm going
A Listen and repeat these words.
on (7)
Thanks,but I don't havemuch (8) . ..
teach you leave university
I'm goingto eat here at the hostel.
do e-mail student Greece
meet two feel
Usinggrammar:going to Where are the /il/ and /ul/ sounds in this

conversation?
We often answer the questions in Activity 2 by Where are you from?
saying: B: Greece.
' I'm goingto + verb What do you do?
' We're going to + verb B: I'm a teacher.
Look at the tapescript for the five conyersations at . Do you enjoy itl
the back of the book and find all the I'm going to + B: Yes,it's great.What about youl What do you dol
verb expressions.Write them down.
A Listen and check your pronunciation.
Ask a partner the questions in Activity 2. Use the
Practise the conversation with a partnen Give your
expressions from the tapescript in your answers.
own answers and continue the conversation.
Reeil English3 t'- goingto go /

I'm going
Both I'm goingto go and I'm going are naturaland
correct.
I'm going(to go) runningloter.
I'm going(to go) swimmingwith o friend of mine
tomorrow.
I'm going(to go)to o concerttomorrow night
For more information on talking about the future,

see G6.
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4 What'reyou doingtonight?
Look at this example conversation.

A: tonight?
B: the Hard Rock caf6 / you?
fl lmagine you are on holiday in Britain. Read the A: stay at home / watch TV
text on the opposite page about six places to visit. B: soundsOK
Decide which places you want to go to and which
places you don't want to go to.Tell a partner about A: What are you doing tonightl
your choices. Use these expressions. B: I'm going to go to the Hard Rock caf6.What about
I 1. I dont want to go to .... lt soundsboring.
you?
I 2. I dont want to go to .... lt's too expensive.

A: I'm going to stay at home and watch TV.
B: Oh, that soundsOK.
T 3. I dont want to go to .... I dont really like that kind of

thing.
Work with a partner.Write conversations using
t
I
4. I want to go to .... lt soundsinteresting.
5. I want to go to .... lt soundsgood.
the ideas below.
1. A: tonightl
B: a walk / the park I youl
D 6. I want to go to .... I really like that kind of thing. A:
B:
go to the cinema/ some friends
soundsgood
Compare your choices with a partner. Have
conversations like this: 2. A: this afternoonl
B: go shopping/ Bluewater/ you?
A: Do you want to go to Legolandl
A: Tower of London
B: Yes,it soundsgood. B: soundsgood
A: I dont want to go to there. lt's too expensive. 3. A: this weekend?
B: nothing much / go to the park / Saturday/ study /
SundayI youl
Vocabulary A: York for the weekend
B: soundsOK
The missing words in these sentences are all in the
text. Complete the sentences without looking at Now read your conversations with your partner.
the text.
1. lt's a museumabout the ............. .....of Britain.
Pronunciation:
2. lt's in the ............. .....of London.
3. lt's two thousand years O Listen and repeat the sounds litl,ltl,/u/ and /ul/.
4. lt's three hours by................ .. from London. Look at the pictures on page 144 for help if you
need to.
5.
6. i **",;;;" 1:llll about
12 O Listen and repeat these sentences.
I
) r
D '
7. It takesabout two hours to ............
the museum.
8. It costs f20. Everythingis
......round
in the
1. lt'sgood.
2. lt's free.
3. lt's oro pounds.
/Its gud/
/tts fri:/
/rts tur paundzl
I
\
PrlFe.
Now look at the tCxt and check your answers.
4.
5.
Everythingis included.
ft's really interesting.
l'evrI0Ip lz ln'kluldld/
hts 'nah 'IntreestIl/
T 6. I need to write an e-mail. /al nild te ralt en
I irmerl/
)
7. lt's a good book. /Its e gud buk/
8. Are the tickets expensivet la'^6e 'tIkIts
Ik'spenslv/
9. Which video do you want? /wItJ vldleu de je
wont/
10. Youchoose. lju'.t[utzl
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4 What'reyou doingtonight?
The Museum Bluewater

of the Moving Bluewateris a
lmage hugeshopping
This is a museumabout centre near
filmsand the cinema,lt's London,lt'sone
reallyinteresting.
lt has of the biggestin
examolesof the first Europe.Thereare
camerasand information over a thousand
on old film starsand the snoPs, so you can
historyofTV find everything
you want,Take
Entronce:
lots of money
Adults {B Childrent4
with you!
Childrenunder5 free
The Tower
of London The Hard Rock Cat6
This is a beautifulold The world-famousHard RockCaf6 is in the centre
castlein the centre of of London,lt'sa very big bar which is decorated
London,nexl to the with thingsfrom famousrock stars.Entranceis
RiverThames,The free, but a bottle of beer costsabout {5 and a
castleis a thousand burgerwith Frenchfries costsabout {10,
yearsold and is full of
history.Youcan also
seethe Crown Jewels,
You can spendall day
lookingroundthe
castle.
Adults{12
::la.1f&:-q1
The old town
of York
York is a city in the
north of Englandlt's
three hours by trarn Legoland
from London.Thecity is Thistheme park
over two thousand is in Windsor-
yearsold, and you can nearone ofthe
stillwalk roundthe old Queen'scastles-
city wallsand the old and about
town.There is alsoa twenty minutes
beautifulcathedral by train from
calledYork Minsterand London,You can
severalinteresting walk round
museums, hundredsof
Troinsfrom Londoncost modelsof
between{.25 ond {.50. famousplaceswhich are made out of Lego.There
Entroncefeesto the museums ore between{5 ond are alsolots of fun rides.Entranceis f25 and all
{10 for odults. ridesare includedin the orice,
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R,eal Engllsh3 n"*rpaper / paper
We oftenjust saypaperinsteadof 'newspaper'.
For
Usinggrammar:pastsimpleforms example:
I'm goingto get the poper.
We form the past simple of most verbs by adding Didyou buythe popertoday?
-ed to the basic form of the Yerb. in the poper?
ls tlrere onythinginteresung
listen - listened stay- stayed
ll -
play played watch - watched
t lf a verb ends in a consonant t -yrwe remove the
n -y and add -ied.

study - studied try - tried Look at the sentences in Activity
of the things:
l. Did you do any
Lots of the most common verbs have irregular . last nightl

past simple forms.You just need to learn them.
. yesterday?
am / is - was give - gave read - read
. at the weekend?
are - were go - went see - saw
bqr - bought have - had take - took Tell a partnen For example:
do - did hear - heard write - wrote . I read a book last night.
- got
8et
. I playedfootball at the weekend.
Did you
Listening=
fl Listen and repeat the basic and past simple verb weekend?
forms.
fI Listen to four conversations.In which
Now work with a partner and test each othen
conversations do the speakers use these
StudentA: Say the basic verb forms.
expressions?
Student B: With your book closed,say the past
simple forms.
a. Yes,it wasgreat
Complete the sentenceswith past simple verb
forms. b. lt was OK.
1. | ................... to the cinemaon Friday.
2. .11.................. footballon Sundaymorning. c. No, not really.
a good programmeon TV last
3. | ................................:....... Which of these things did the speakers say in each
night. convercation? Listen again if you need to.
4. | ................... shopping andI
on Saturday
somenew clothes. Conversation I Conversation 2
5 l a letter to my dad last night. a. I just stayedat home. a. We went for a walk
6. 1 at home and I b. I watched TV. b. lt rained.

for my exams. c. lreadabook. c. I read the paper.
7. | .................... the newspaper in the morningand
in the afternoon| .................... somecleaning. Conversation 3 Conversation 4
8. 1 to bed early last nighc becauseI a. I saw a good film. a. I went on a trip.
b. I was really ill. b. We went shopping.
e; ,,
:Tllilll;weekend c. I stayedin bed all c. We went to the pub.
really good. weekend.
10. I morning.
to work on Saturday
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5 Didvou havea niceweekend?
4 i Listenagain
listen to Conversation 4 between fosh and Helen Work with a partneaWrite conversations like
tgain. Complete the conyersation with the words those in Activity 3. Use the ideas below.
h tfie box. 1. great / went to a party / Saturday/ relaxed / Sunday
2. OK / nothingmuch / went to a friend'shouse/
nice on saw sounds together walked with
:" Saturday/ did some housework/ Sunday
3. no, not really/ did the cleaningand shopping/
Did you havea (1) ...... . . ...weekendl
Saturday/ studied/ Sunday/ boring
H: Yes,it was great.
Now read your conversations with your partnen
Really?
What (2) . . .. .. ....you do?
H: Well, I went to the cinema(3) ............ ....Friday Have conversations like these with some other
with my friend Jules.Wesaw a great film.Then on students.Ask Did you have a nice weekend? Give
SaturdayI went on a trip to York (4) ...........
.. true answers.
some peoplefrom my class.lt was great.We
(5) . ...... ....all round the old town.We
(6) . . ...... ....the cathedral.lt was beautiful.
And then we went to the pub (7) ..................
in
the evening. O Listen and repeat the sounds li,.l,lel and lel.
Look at the pictures on page l44lor help if you
It (8) grear.
need to.
H: Yes,it was.We really enjoyedit.
O Listen and repeat these words.
read feel meal week e-mail
bed well went send get
bad tha.t had relax back

Student A: Say the words silently.
Student B: Can you guesswhich word your
partner is saying?
Now practise these conversationswith your
partner.
1. A: What did you do lastnight?
B: I went to seea film with a friendandwe hada
meal together.
2. A: What are you doing tonight?
B: I'm going to read my book.
3. What are you doing tonight?
I'm going to go to bed early.
4. What are you doing after the class?

I'm goingbackhome to sendsome e-mails.
O Listen and check your pronunciation.
Close your books and have the four conversations

again. Can you remember all four?
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5 D r d y o u h a v ea n i c ew e e k e n d ?
l J
i'_'a?lr-J){Jt)
O Now read the text on the opposite page. Did
vocabulary: the four people have a nice weekend? What did
I they do?
Complete the collocations with the verbs in the
It box.
t asked Save opened said
T
T
1. no / yes
Look at the words below. Use them to try and say
what happened to each person at the weekend.
2. the door / the window Emily dinner/ door / bunchof flowers/ car
) Paulo house/ weekends/ degrees/ October
3. me a question/ me to marry him
Junko restaurantI ring I no I angry
4. me a present/ a big bunchof Ron our son / airport / tickets / the night we
flowers to her
got married
Now complete these collocations with the verbs in
the box.
Speaking
hired paid took
Discuss these questions with a partner. Use the
words in red to help you.
5. sad/ cold
Are you married?
6. m e o u t fo r d i n n e r/ me to the
arrPort B: Yes./ No.
7. for everything/ f50 for the flight When did your parentsget marriedl
8. acar/bicycle B: ...yearsago.
Haveyour familygot two flats / houses?
All the verbs above are in the past simple. Can you
remember the present forms? B: N o. /Y es,w e haveanother...i n ....
Do you buy peopleexpensivepresentsl
B: No never./ Sometimes.
I once boughta ...for ....
5
J You are going to read a text about what four
t people did at the weekend. Look at all the photos.
t
a What do you think they did? Use some of the
{ expressions in Activity I to help you.
I
\
,)
5 Didyou havea niceweekend?
Role play
n - My weekgnd - -
With a partner, write a conversation with
one of the people in the text. Begin like this:
rtwas
-v ul,-tr,a"v
d-t-ftt:';;J;";J."metomy A: Hello.
house to take me out for dinner. I opened the door, B: Hi. How are you? Did you havea nice
and he had a big bunch of flowers and a Fenari! He weekend?
hired the car just to take me out. I was really surprised.
Now read your conversation to another pair.
Paulo
I went to our house in the country with my family. It's
a small house in a village in the mountains.We often Pronunciation:leil, lail, laul
go there at the weekendsand we usuallygo there for a
few weeks in the summer.It was really hot when we
and leul
went this weekend. It was 32 degrees.I was surprised
becauseit's October.It's usuallycold. Try saying these sounds.
Irl lul lel lel lnl
.lvlhg-
I had a really tenible weekend. My boyfriend took me O Now listen and check your pronunciation.
out to this really expensiverestaurant.In the middle of We can make new vowel sounds using these
our dinner, he gave me a beautiful ring and he asked
five sounds.They are:
me to marry him. I was reallysurprised.I said no. I
like him, but I knew I didn't want to mam/ him. He letl latl laul laul
was quite angry and sad. It was awful.
fl Listen and repeat the vowel sounds.
Ror Say the words in each line.They all have one
I had a great weekend.My wife and I got married 25 of the sounds above.Which sound does each
years ago. My wife and I were really surprisedwhen
line have?
our son came to our houseon Friday evening.He then
took us to the airport and gave us two tickets to go to 1. round,town, housework,flowers,out
Paris!He paid for everything:the flight, the hotel, 2. take, stay,paper,great, rain,gave,paid,came,late
everything.We had a lovely weekend.We remembered
3. open,don't,go, cold,October
the night we got married.It was wonderful.
4. write, nice,hired,bicycle,flight,night,surprised
A Listen and check your answers.
A Now listen and repeat these sentences.

a. lhiredabike.
b. Don't go in October. lt's cold.
c. My flight is at night.
d. We walked round town.
e. lt's a great game to play.
f. They came late.
agarn
C c nv ? l i a ' l j e t )
Listen to Conversation 4 again. Carole is talking to
1 | Usingvocabulary:subiectsat Mark.They don't know each other yery well.
; university Complete the conversation with the words in the
box.
O Listen and repeat the subjects.Where'sthe
stress in these words? at university goingto in travel
difficult good luck interesting want to
business geography literature
economics history mathematics r--. What do you do?
engineering languages tourism M: I'm a student(1) . ......
t- Oh right.What are you studying?
Which of these nine subjects do you think are: M: Tourism.
. interesting? (, ReallylWhatyear are you (2) ?
..................
. boring? M: My third.
. difficult? i- And do you like it?
A Now listen to this conversation. Underline the M: Yes,it's great.lt's quite (3) . ...., but it's
stressed sounds in each sentence. really(4) . .
A What do you do? C Well, that'sgood.What'reyou (5) . . ....do
B: I'm a student at university. after universityl
, What are you studying?
M: I'm goingto find a job, I hope.| (6) .. .
B: Geography. work for a big companyand I want to
Have conversations with a partner using the (7)..... ...more.
subjects above. Can you continue each C Well, (8) . . ..... I hope you get the iob
conversation? you want.

Z I Ustening:l'm a student
ff Listen to four conversations.Take notes and
complete the chart.
subject YC,ar like it? (/ or X)

1 final year at doe5x't 5ay
rchoof / start
univerrity in
-(epter^ber
2 $:rst
3 leof aphy
4
6 W h a ta r ey o u s t u d y i n g ?
Speaking
Work with a partner. Have
conyersations like Conversation 4
using the subjects in Activity l.
Ask each other:
. What do you dol
' What are you studying?
. What year are you inl
' And do you like it?
Usingvocabulary:
conversationsin class
Match the things with the photos.
1. a pen
2. a rubber
3. a dictionary
4. a tissue
5. a pieceof paper
6 . a penc il
Work with a partner. Have

conYersations like these:
Haveyou got ... I
B: Yes,here you are.
Thanks.
Haveyou got ...I

B: No, s or r y . A s k. ... I th i n k h e / s h e ' s
8Ot One.
Usingvocabulary:conversationst n Pronunciation:
class(2) form of are
Decide who says these sentences. ls it a teacher (T) or a A \ffe often pronounce ore as lel.
student (S)? Compare your ideas with a partner. Do you Listen and repeat these questions.
agree? 1. Where are you froml
1. Matchthe questionswith the answers. 2. What are you doing tonight?
2. Can I go to the toiletl 3. What are you studyingl
3. Compare your ideaswith a partner. 4. What year are you in?
4. How do you pronouncethis word? 5. What are you goingto study?
5. I'm sorry I'm late. 6. Are you OKI
6. For homework,do Exercise3 in the workbook. 7. Where are you going?
7. Underlinethe words that go together.
Ask and answer the questions with a
8. How do you say'bebek'in Englishl partner.
9. OK. Let'scheck the answers.
10. What does'awful'mean?
Now translate the sentences into your language.Test each

other.
Look quickly at the words in white at the top of page 96.

Find some words which you don't understand.
Ask some other students What does ... mean? lf no-one can
help you, ask your teacher.
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6 What areyou studying?
School and
T
Read the sentences.Which
sentences are about:
1. the pastl
2. the present?
_J
_J
-J
-J
university
Pardeep
I
I
3. the future? I I leftschooltenyearsago- whenI wasonly
a. I'm goingto do a Masters. sixteen.WhenI left,I didn'thavea job for
Ia b. I left school ten years ago. threeyears.lt wasavvful.Then,whenI was
nineteen, I openeda shop.Someof my
c. I work in a primary school.
familyin Indiamakeshoes.I buythemand
d. I did economicsat thensellthemin Englandfor moremoney.
university. Thebusinessis doingreallywellat the
e. I teach in a university. moment.I'mgoingto openanothershop
nextyear.
Compare your ideas with a
partnen How did you make
your decisions? Charlotte
Now look at the photos. I teachliterature
I teachin a university. to
Which person do you think first-and second-year students.I tellthem
said each of the sentences the booksI wantthemto read,Usually,
above? Compare your ideas theseare booksby womenwriters.Wethen
with a partnen talkaboutthem.I tellmy studentsaboutthe
writersand givethemthingsto writeabout.
I reallyenjoyit. I'mverylucky.
Clare
fl Read what the five
I'mgoingto do a Master's nextyear.I
people in the photos
finishedmy firstdegreetwo monthsago
actually say about their and now I wantto travelfor a few months.
education.Did you guess Thelastthreeyearswerereallydifficult,so I
correctly? needsometimeto relax.I did art at
Formy Master's,
university. I'mgoingto do
art history.Aftermy Master'sdegree,I want
to workin an art gallery.
{
Colln
I workin a primaryschool.I startedhere
I fifteenyearsago and I reallyenjoyit. I love

teachingchildren.I get verytired
sometimes, but it'sgreat.I reallylike
watchingthe kidsgrowup and learnhowto
do newthings.I havetwo kids- a sonand
a daughter- but theygo to a different
school.
lee
I did economicsat university. I really
enjoyedit. lt was a very interesting subject
to study.WhenI leftuniversity, I startedmy
own company.EverythingI learnedat
wasveryuseful.My companyis
university
doingverywellnow.I haveeighteenpeople
workingfor me.
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6 What areyou studying?
3 I word check Pronunciation:-ed endings

The missing words in these sentences are all in the Regular past simple forms end in -ed.When we say
text. Complete the sentences without looking at this, we usually say |dl. For example:
tlre text. played /plerd/
1. | .................... havea job for two years.I was
Some verbs are difficult to say with ldl at the end,
unemployed.
so we say ltl or /rd/. For example:
2. My familyhasa factory where they ...........
liked /lqrkt/
clothes.
wanted /wontrd/
3. Our teacherdoesn't us much
homework or anythingto wnte. Make the past simple forms of these verbs by
4. I'vegot a good job and a nice home.I'm very adding ldl.lf you can't,try ltl or /rd/.Which feels
right to you?
5. I'm goingto do a .................. in geneticsafter I
finish my degree. ask hate listen need phone visit
5. I'm reallytired.I needto ................ call hire live open rain wait
.. tonight
and do nothing! decide learn love pay stay walk
7. I started teachinghere fifteen years enJoy like move pla)r study want
8. Children really up fast these days.
9. | .................... my own companyfive yearsago. O Listen and repeat the past simple forms.
10. My companyis .......... ........
very badly. Use five of the verbs to talk about things you did
Now look at the text and check your answers. yesterday - or things that happened yesterday.
Do you know anyone who has their own company I

factory / shop? What do they do / make / sell?
lmagine you are one of the people in Activity 2.

How would you answer these questions?
' What do you do?
' Where do you work?
' Do you enloy rtl
Now have conversations with some other students.
Ask and answer the questions.
Grammar:past,presentand future Questionsand answers
Do these sentences talk about the present (PR), Put the words in order and make questions.
the past (PA) or the future (F)? The first one has 1. are / Where / from I you I
been done for you.
2. Whatlyouldoldo?
1. I don't havea job at the moment.(PR)
3. are /What / doing / tonight I you t
2. I didn't go to the class.
4 . w e e k e n Idy o u l n i c e / h a v eI a I D i d L
3. I'm not going to ask her again.
5. did / do I you / What I
4. I don't go to the cinemavery often.
6. studyingI are I you lWhat I
5. I'm not Japanese.
I'm Korean.
Match the questions with the answers.
6. I went to see a film, but I didn't like it very much.
7. Sorry,I didnt hear what you said. 1. _l 2. _J 3. _J 4. _J s. _l 6. _J
8. I don't remember. a. I'm a teacher.
9. I had Englishlessonsbefore,but I didn't learn much. b. Yes,it was great.
10. I'm not goingto do anything. c. I'm going to a friend'shousefor dinner.
d. I went to see a friend who livesin Sheffield.
e. Australia.
Grammar:negatives
f. Businessmanagement.
Complete the sentences with the negatives in the Ask a partner the questions and find out their
box. answers.
'm
not don't didn't wasn't
Adjectives
Presenc | .................... know.
Present I .................... sure. Complete the expressionson the right so that
they have the opposite meaning of those on the
Past | .................... enjoy it very much. left.
Pasu lt .................. very nice.
Future: | .................... goingto see him. bad cold empq/ interesting near
Complete the conversations with don't or didn't. cheap easy great late small
1. A: Where's the toiletl

B: | .................... know.Ask the waiter. 1. hot weather weather
F
2. a good film a .........................................
film
2. A: Por favor,1nepuede ayudar?
B: I'm
I'm sorry,| .................... speakSpanish. 3. a hard job an ............... ...iob
English. 4. far from here ..................
here
3. A: Did you havea nice weekendl 5. a boringsubject an ................ .. subject
B: It was OK. I do very much 6. an awfulweekend a.................. weekend
becauseof the rain. 7. a big company a .................. company
4. A: Are you goingto come for a drink laterl 8. an expensivehotel a.................. . hotel
B: | .................... think so.| ............ 9. go to bed early go to bed ............
really like goingto pubs.
10. a crowded train an ................ .. train
5. A: Did you tell Pabloabout the party?
Use some of the expressions above to tell a
B: No, | .......... see him.
........
partner things that are true for you. For example:
6. A: What did you do in classon Tuesdayl . My brother works for a small company.
B: I .................... go.
know. | .........................................
. I usuallygo to bed early.
. The last train I took was almost empq/.
Review:
Units1-6
Now complete these sentences with the words in

the box.
Complete the common pairs of verbs with the
words in the box. go live speak send stay takes
answer finish havedinner learn play 7. | .................... in a flat in the city centre.
8. My girlfriend never me out for
1. start and dinner.
2. ask and 9. I don't to the cinemavery often.
3. listenand ............. 1 0 . I always to my mum on the phone
4. stay and every day.
5. work and ............. 11. I usually five or six e-mailsevery
d"y.
Now complete these common pairs of verbs with
12. I usually at home at the weekend.
the words in the box.
Are any of the sentences true for you? Can you
feel hate see sell write change them so that they are true?
6. read and
7. buy and
8. love and Work with a partner and do one of these activities
9. go and again.
10. think and ............. a. Role play in Unit 4 on page22.
b. Role playin Unit 5 on page27.
Student A: Act or draw one of the verbs in each
pair. DON'T use any words.
Student B: With your book closed, say the pair of
8 | What canyou remember?
verbs. Can you remember all the pairs?
W:th a partner, write down as much as you can
remember about the people you read about in the
texts in Unit 3 and Unit 5.
Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
do earn studying takes work walk Unit 3: My job
TingTing
1. | .................... in an office.
2. I don't very much money. Jos6
3. I'm .............. ....businessmanagement
at
. € . Frances
unrverstty.
4. I usually ..................
to work.
5. lt .................. me 20 minutesto get here by
car.
6. I always the cleaningin my house.
{Fi-
Unit 5: My weekend
Emily
Paulo
Junko
Ron
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Units1-6
Review:
Vocabularybuilder: the livingroom

your house
Put the things in the boxes into
the rooms whereYOU usually
have them or do them.
bed mtrror
bookshelves sink
cupboard sofa
your bedroom
diningtable table
drawers
brushingyour teeth
chatting to a friend
checkingyour e-mail
cookingdinner
doing some gardening
the kitchen
doing some work
havinga bath
havinga shower
havinga sleep
havingdinner
listeningto music
makingsome tea
playing
the spare room
playingvideo games
reading
readingthe paper
shaving
sunbathing
talkingto someoneon the phone
washingup
watchingTV
w{ting some letters the bathroom
Compare your ideas with a

partner.
Now use your ideas to have

conversations like this:
A: Where'sAndrewl
B: I think he's in the bathroom,
brushinghis teeth.
the garden
i Reerl English: li'ing

room
In Britain,people often call the

livingroom differentthings.For
example,front room, sitting
room or lounge.
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Review:
Units1-6
10 Listening:l'm quite tired Pronunciation:the letter 'a'

a1 Listen to a conversation between Claudio and The letter'a' can be pronounced in lots of different
Hargrit.They are talking before their English class. ways. For example:
Cover the conversation below.Take notes on
everything you understand. lal another
lel any
Listen again and complete the conversation.Write
lnl relax
ONE word in each space.
lall far
Hello.How are youl
Y. H i. I ' m f ine. lc'^l talk
leil make
Can I sit herel
Y: Of course.So how are youl A Listen and repeat these sounds and words.
O h O K . I ' m quite (1 ) Look at the grid.Try to find a way from START to
Y: Did you go out last nightl FINISH which only uses the sound /er/.You can only
go +, e or l.
Yes,I went out with my brother.lt was his birthday.
Y: Really (?2) . . . . . ...o l d i s h e l A Now listen and check your answer.
Twenty-three.
START
Y: Right.Whatdoes he dol
made Past exams awful
He'sa student.
pai d PaPer fast another
Y: What's he (3) ..................
?
relax Monday take wanted
Law.
answer anything Same say
Y: That'sthe sameas you, isn't itl
ask all last wart
Yes,but he'sin his final year.
accountant comPany e-mail played
Y: OK. So what (4) . . ....are you in?
civil servant watch great August
My secondyear.
badly after late sofa
Y: Right.I thought you were older.
walk 480 April came
No, I'm only twenty.
Y: Right.So what time (5) FINISH
you to to
bedl
Four in the morning.
Y: I'm not (6)
Collocations
you're tired.
Actually,I'm going out againafter the class. Now find another way from START to FINISH by
Y: Really? choosing the correct words to complete the
Yes,I'm (7) . . expressions below.
....to see a film with a
friend. 1. | ...a mistake./ | ...the dinner./ | ...some pasta.
Y: What film? 2. | ...f500 for it. | | ...for my meal./ He ...for everything.
- fionster.Are you (8) anyrhinglaterl 3. Stayat home and .... / | just want to .... | ...for a few
Do you want to coniel mtnutes.
Y: I'm sorry. I can't.I've got a Frenchclass. 4. I don't know the .... / Can you ...the phone?/ That's
Oh well.Maybesome other time. the right ....
5. Can | ...a question?/ ...her./ ...the teacher.
Discuss these questions with a partner.
6. I do it ...the time. /We ...went together./ | stayedout
1. What did you do on your last birthday?
...night.
L What was the last film you saw?
7. ...week | ...year/ ...Sunday/ the ...time I went
8. ...here.| ...for me./ l'll ...for you outside.
9. | ...tennis./ | ...video games./ | ...the piano.
1 0 . l t ' st h e 1 s t o f . . . . / l t ' s . . . t h e1 0 t h . /I ' m o n h o l i d a yi n . . . .
11. lt was .... / The weather was .... / lt was a ...match.
12. Sorry I'm .... / | was ...for the class./ lt's very ....
13. lt'sthe 2nd of .... / lt's ...the 23rd./ | went there in ....
14. | ...here lastyear./ My friend ...with me./ | ...on
my own.
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Listening: So what did you do last
C u nv 3 r s ai i o r l night?
Using vocabulary:free time activities O Listen to three conversations.Take notes about
what the people did last night.
Make sure that you understand the words in red.
Look up any new words in your dictionary - or ask
your teacher. agarn
go to my aerobicsclass havea driving lesson Listen to Conversation 3 again. Dean is talking to
go to my yoga class havea piano lesson Jan at work. Complete the conversation.
go running play baseball D: Hi,Jan.How're youl
go skiing play golf J: Fine,thanks.Andyou?

D: Oh, (1) . So what did you
do last night?
A Listen and repeat the activities.
J: Well, after work, I met a friend and we playedgolf
Which of the activities can you see in the photos? together for a couple of hours.
Work with a partner. D : That soundsgood.(2) ....... . . . do
.
Student A: Act or draw the activities. DON'T use you do thatl
any words. a month,
J: Not very often.Once or (3)
Student B: With your book closed, say the but I'm better than my friend.I beat her last night.
activities. Can you remember all the Anyway,what about you?What did you do last nightl
activities?
D: I had a pianolesson.
You're(4) ..... .
J: Oh really? !
..........................
That'sgreat! (5) ....... ....haveyou
been doing thatl
D: (6) . .. . . .....Yesterdaywas only my
second lesson,actually.
Well, good luck with it!
J: Really?
7 What did you do lastnight?
1 Using gramm ar: How often / How Further practice

long ... ?
Try to complete the sentences below so that they
thch these questions from Conversation 3 with are true for you. Use the time expressions in the
tlc answers. box.
'l
How often do you do thatl _j _J _.1 _J
L How long'veyou been doing thatl last night a few daysago last week
_J _-j _l __j
yesterdaymorning last weekend
t Quite a long time - about nine or ten years.
b. Quite often - once or twice a week. '1. I went
to my ...class....
c- Not very often - only about once a month.
2. I had a ...lesson....
c Not very long - only about three weeks. 3. I pl ayed....
e lrlot very long - only about a month. 4. I w ent ...-i ng....
t Quke a long time - about six or sevenmonths.
Work in pairs.
t Not very often - only about rwo or three times a Student A: Tell your partner what you have
'Ear. written.
n Quite often - nearly every day. Student B: Ask the two questions in Activity 4.
Cqer the answers above. Now complete these Try to continue the conversation.
irrsurens. Use ONE word in each space.
l- Not ............ often - about three Usingvocabulary:
free time
bur times a year.
!. Not ............ often once or Here are five lists of activities. Match the words in
nuce a year. the box with the lists of activities.
s- Quite often - nearly ..........
d"y.
art films music religion travelling
6, Not ............ long - only ........... a week.
c Not ............ long - ..........
about a
1. 4.
month.
go to the cinema go to exhibitions
f. Quite a long about ..........
or laugha lot Parnr
ten years. crY draw
2. 5.
For more information on using How often and How long, go sightseeing go to church
rce G8. get a visa go to the temple
take photos Pray
3.
5 Practice go ro concerts
be a big fan
lYork with a partner. Have conversations tike download songsfrom the internet
(Co;'n'.tr"tion 3. Use the expressions in Activity l.
tcgin like.this: Work with a partner.
Student A: Act or draw the activities above.
- Hi. How're you?
DON'T use any words.
i Fine,thanks.Andyoul Student B: With your book closed, say the
:Oh, not too bad.So what did you do last night? activities. Can you remember all
& Oh, I went .../ had .../ played.... the activities?
lleke sure that you ask each other the two

f;Estions in Activity 4.
Real Englishr f"n
"
lf you are a fan of an actor or a singeror a football
club,you reallylike them. For example:
A Do you like Bob Marley?
B: Yes,I'm o big fon.
l'm o fon of Sevillofootballclub.
Are you a big fan of anyone?
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7 W h a td i dy o u d o l a s tn i g h t ?
i ' - ' : 5 Ji r Jt g
Speaking lnlcrnallonill
Do you ever do these things?
E Sara
. go to art exhibitions?
Language:Engtish Age:36
. go to concerts? E -mai t:bottsara@ mac.net
. go to the cinema? I'm an Engtishmumwith two kids.I lovereading,
dancing andmakingclothes.Writeto me.Any
. go travellingl country. If you'rea mothertoo and
Anyretigion.
. paint? sharemyinterests, tetl meat[aboutit.
. download songsfrom the internetl E Justine
Language:French Age: 16
Have conversations like this with a partner: j ustinf3@ yaboo.
E -mai [: com
Do you ever go to art exhibitions? I'm a big fan of RobbieWi[Uams.Writeto me if
B: Yes,quite a lot. I usuallygo to one every month.I went you'rea fan too. I had somebad experiences
with
to one last week,actually. boy pen pals- so girlsonty ptease.
or: Yes,sometimes.Maybeonce or twice a year. E Isaac

or: No, never. Language:Engl.ish Age: 23
E-mail:hayes@f[eece. gh.net
I'm lookjngfor a niceEnglishgirl.1,8-25.I Like
travettingand music.I woutdlike to visit the UK
i n the summerand w antsomeone w ho canwr it e
me an invitationletterfor my visa.
O You are going to read some adverts by people
looking for pen pals - people in different parts of A Baz
the world that you write to but usually don't meet. Language:EngLish Age: 15
E-mail:baz_za@ nerd.com
As you read, decide if you would answer any of I'm lookingfor girtsor computergamers- or
these adverts.Why / why not? both. E -maime.
l
Compare your answers with a partner. Use these E Antonio

ideas to explain how you feel. Language: S pani sh A ge:21
. I'd write to .... She/ He soundsnice. E -mai t:antoni ovargas@ shotmai t.es.
net
I'm a studentstudying[anguages. I'm Catho[ic.I
. I'd write to .... She/ He likesthe samethingsas me. loveart, classicalmusic,filmsand travet.I want
. I wouldn'twrite to .... She/ He soundsstrange. to chatto someone w ho [i kesthesethi ngsand
i mprovemy E ngLi sh.
. I wouldn' twri te to .... I d o n ' t re a l l yl i k e ....
. I wouldn'twrite to .... I don't think he / she only wants E Jurgen
to write! Language: German Age: 23
E -mai t:spacker@ spack.de
I'm a medicalstudent.I lovesport.I go skiinga
lot and I racecars.I'm tookingfor a friend.
7 What did you do lastnight?
3 While you read(2)

fEd drese e-mails.Which adverts are the peopte Dear... ,
eglying to?
I sawyouradverton the penpalFriends
ff Compare your answers with a partner.Then InternationalwebsiteandI woutdr.iketo writeto
k-n and check your answers. you.Mynameis SamandI,m 15.I LoveRobbie
too.
I've beento seehim in concertthreetimes!My
Do you think anyone will reply to lsaac, Baz or
favouritesongis Angets,.
Whafsyourfavourite
Irjen? Why / why not? song?
Sam
lcol English: thougrr \
btft often use though to mean'but' in spoken English.
The grammar is different.For example: D e a .r. . ,
I fui't reollylike clossicolmusic,but I likejozz.
Mynameis Gustav. I am an Austrianbusinessman
reollylike clossicolmusic.l likejozz,though.
] tt Living in London. I saw youradverton the PenPa[
Friends International websiteandI wouldliketo
writeto you. I lovebaltetandgo to the theatrea
1 Using gramm ar: who and what Lot.I atsogo to salsactasses oncea weekandI
sometimes go to Latindancectubs,but I don'tgo
h their e-mails, lzzy asksWho's your favourite veryoftenbecause I don'thavemanyfriendsin
ector? and Sam asksWhat's your favourite song? London. Ifs difficu[tto meetpeopleandI work
We use who to ask about people and what to ask longhours.It woutdbe niceto writeto you.You
soundnice.I don'thaveanychitdren - I'm not
$out things.
married - but my sisterhastwo children. I reatty
C,orrrpletethese questions with Who's orWhat's? lovethemandI usualty seethemoncea month
.....your favouritesinger? whenI go backto Austriaor whenmy sistervisits
your favouritesongl
me.
Gustav
your favouriteCDI
your favouritefilml
your favouriteactorl
D e a .r. . ,
your favouritewriter?
I sawyouradverton the penpatFriends
your favouritedirector? International websiteandI woutdtiketo writeto
your favouritebook? you.Mynameis Isabelta, but mostpeopte cattme
your favouritefootball player? Izzyfor short.I'm 19 andI,m studyinggraphic
designat a coltege in Norwich,which-iiality in
your favouriterestaurantl
the eastof Engtand. I reaLty
lovepaintinganj
Ask and answer the questions with some other drawing, andI go to exhibitions
quitea iot. I went
rtrdents. to an exhibitionof paintingsby Goyalastyear,
yli:h wasreattygood.I,ve-nevlrbeento Spain,but
Now write an e-mail to one of the pen pals in the I'd
rdverts og the opposite page. .toveto go onedayandvisit someof the great
galteries there.Whereabouts do you [ive?
I don'treatty[ikeclassical music.I preferindierock
music[ikeBadass andthe Beatpack. I Likegoingto
5 | Pronunciation=
lfl and lvl the cinema, though.Myfavouriteactoris SLanp.nn
andmyfavouritefil.mis Cartito,s Way.Whatkindof
ff Listen and repeat the sounds with tft and lvt.
fitmsdo you Like? Who,s yourfavouriteactor?
Look at the pictures on page 145 for help if you
need to.
Writeto mesoon.
Izzy
O Listen to ten sentences and write them down.
Compare what you wrote with the tapescript at
the back of the book.Then practise saying the
tentences.
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Listening:free time
Conversa'lietl
O Listen to three conversations about free time.
In which conversation do the speakers talk about
each of these things?
Match the general questions with the follow'up
questions. Abouto Boy dancing reading shopping
1. What kind of books do you read? -J action movies Harry Robins running tennis
2. What kind of musicdo you listento? -J cinema PauloCoelho salsa Wimbledon
3. What kind of musicdo you danceto? -l
4. What kind of films do you watchl Can you remember who or what was:
-l
. great?
5. What kind of food do you like? -J . not very good?
a. Do you likeThe Kills?They're my favouriteband. . a bit boring?
b. Do you like balletl . quite funnyl
. sad and funny?
c. Do you like spicythings?
. embarrassing?
d. Do you like JanetCain?She'smy favouritewriter.
e. Do you like Ben Stiller?| love his films. Listen again if you need to.
Cover the questionsin Activity l. Complete the Listen to Conversation 3 again.Pennyand Dennis
conversations. are talking at work. Complete the conversation
with the words in the box.
1. A: What of booksdo You
been dancing Sreat love too
:
B: ; ; ; ; ; ; " ; ; . ;,;" n o v e ,s
should very
class embarrassing kind
A: Me too. you like JanetCainl
She'smy writer.
P: What are you doing tonight?
B: Yes,she'sOK. I quite like her books. D: I'm goingto my salsa(1)
2. A: What kind of do You listen P: Really?How long haveyou (2) doing
?
..........''...... that?
F
B: I love rock music. D: Not very long.Thisis my third lesson.Do you like
A: Me too. Do you The Stands? (3) ... ...... ?
They're favourite P: No, not really.I'm not (4) ............ ....good at it.
I alwaysstep on other people'sfeet and | find it really
B: No, not really.I prefer things likeThe Heroes. (s) .....
.
Write three more conyersations using the other D: So what do you do in your free time?
questions in Activity l. Notice that we answer Do P: Well, | (6) . ........ shoppingand I go to the
.......
you like ... ? questions like this: cinemaa lot.
D: Me too.What (7) .........
.. ....of films do you
|| Yes,it's / she's/ they're great. like?
\r' | love it / her / them. P: Action moviesand comedies.
D: Me (8) .......... ..... Do you like Harry Robbins?
|| Yes,it's / he's / they're OK.
{'-} P: Yes.He's great. He's got a new film out.
| quite like it / him / them.
D: Yes.We(9) .......... ....go and see it together.
.!" No, not really. P: Yes.Thatdbe (10)
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B D o y o u l i k e. ?
Using gramm ar: me too / me neither Practice

We agree with another person by saying me too or Complete these sentences so that they are true
me neither. for you.
We use me too to agree with positive statements. 1. I l ove....
For example: 2. I qui te l i ke ....
I quite like swimming. 3. I don't reallylike ....
Yes,me too. (l quite like swimming.) 4. I hate ....
- | think football is really boring. 5. I never....
B: Yes,me too. (l think football is really boring.) 6 . 1 . . . al o t .
We use me neither to agree with negative Work with a partner.

statements. For example: Student A: Read your sentences.
' I don't reallylike shopping. Student B: Agree or disagree with your partner.
Try to continue the conversation.
B: No, me neither.(l don't reallylike shopping.) Use one or two of these questions:
- | never read the newspaper. . How long haveyou been doingthat?
B: No, me neither.(l never read the newspaper.) . How often do you do thatl
. What kind of ...do you like?
Look at these statements and responses. Both . Do you like ...?
rcplies are grammatically correct. Choose the . What's / who's your favourite...?
nesponse which is true for you.
1. I love dancing.
a. Yes,me too.
b. Really?| don't really like it.
2. I watch TV a lot.
a. Yes,me too.
b. Really?| don't watch it very often.
3. I quite like spicyfood.
a. Yes,me too.
b. Really?I don't reallylike it.
1. I hate Hollywood films.
a. Yes,me too.
b. Really?| love them.
5. I dont reallylike shopping.
a. No, me neither.
b. Really?I love it.
6. I never do any sport.
a. No, me neither.
b. Really?| do lots.
Hemorisb your answers.Then work with a partner.
Snrdent A: Read the statements.
Snrdent B: With your book closed,reply.
&
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8 D o y o u l i k e. . . ?
fi ead1n9
Usingvocabulary:describing
Here are five lists of expressions you can
use to describe the things and people in
the box. Match the words in the box with
the lists of expressions.
l
I food people prime minister TV weather i
1.
They'reveryfriendly.
They'renot very easyto talk to.
They'requiet.
2.
It rainsa lot.
E So Robert,what do you thttk of the
It's quite warm.
It's very hot.
here?
3. Robert Oh, I love it. It's nicer than in Britain. [t's really
He's very strong. healthy, really good for you. In Britain, we eat a lot more
She'sweak. fried food - chips, burgers, that kind of thing. Another
He's not very intelligent. good thing here is that each area still has its own special
4. food. The way they cook in the north of the country is
There'slots of choice. very different ftom the way they cook in the south. I love
There'snot much choice. that. I also love the wine!
It's awful sometimes.
E Thaft nice to know. And.what do you tlrtnk of the
5. here?
It's delicious.
It's good for you. Robert lt's grreat.It rains a lot more in England and it's
It's spicy. colder. The summershere are hotter and the winters are
warmer too. It's lovely.
Can you think of one more expression to
add to each group? Which expressions E nna what about the ............ .........
? What do
would you use to describe your country? you thittk of them?
Robert WeIl, to begin with, I thought they weren't very
easy to talk to, but now I realise that that was becauseI
always spoke English - I didn't speak the language very
Read this interview with Robert, a British well. Now I think thefre friendlier, but in Britain we're
man living abroad - in another country. friendly too. I Urink we're very easy to talk to.
As ysr read, complete each question by g Talkingof Britain,what do you tlrink of yow
adding one of the..words from the box in
?
Activity l.
Robert 0h, that's a really difficult guestion. I don't know
A Listen and check your answers.Which
how to answer that. I don't agrreewith some things he
country do you think Robert is living in?
does, but other things he does are good. He's strong, but
Whv?
sometimeshe needs to listen to other people more, I
think.
I
El And, tinally, what do you tlrink of the
here?
Robert That's an easy Erestion to answer. I hate it!
There's not much choice and a lot of the progrrammesare
really stupid! Lots of programmesin Britain are more
interesting and better. There's more choice as well. One
problem here is that one person owns lots of channels, so
he can decide what to show. I don't think that's very
good.
B D o y o u l i k e. . . ?
3 | Word check Usinggrammar:comparatives

The missing words in these sentences are all in the a
We don't say m€re€#, we say better.
fxL Complete the sentences without looking at l . We don't say merc*ad, we say worse.
dre text.
I
When we talk about two countries,we often say II
1- The food here is good for you, really
things in one country are better than or worse l
L The ............ ......they cook in the west is than in the other country. I
I
different from the they cook in the -J
easL
Translate better than and worse than into your
3- To begin , I thought the people language.
werent very friendly,but now I have lots of friends.
Complete the sentences with better or worse.
1. That's a really question!
1. She's.......... ........
than our own leader.She's
5. I dont know to answer that!
stronger.
6- He'svery rich.He sixTV channels!
2. The weather here is .................. than in the
l|olr look at the text and check your answers. north of the country.lt's warmer here.
Now ask a partnerWhat do you think of the food / 3. The TV here is than the TV in my
the people / the leader / the TV / the weather / in country.Thereare more interestingprogrammeshere.
our / your country? Do you agree with your 4. lt's ............... ...livingin the capitalciry than in
partner's ideas? my home town.The people are more unfriendly.
5. The food in Japanis ................. . for you than
most Englishfood. lt's healthier.
6. Thai food is ................. . than food from my
country.lt's nice and spicy.
7. The weather in Glasgowis .........................................
than
here.lt rains a lot more there.
\
8. ltl ............... ...livingin the south than the
north.The peoplein the south are nicer and easierto
talk to.
Did you notice how we make comparatives with

other adjectives? We add -er at the end of short
adjectives.We add more before longer adjectives:
strong - stronger interesting- more interesting
Underline all the comparatives in the sentences

above.
For more information on using comparatives,see G9.
Think of three places you know well - towns, areas

or countries. How are they different from the place
you're studying in?Tell a partneaThe sentences in
Activity 4 will help you.
O We often pronounce these words levl,ltel and

/6en/. Listen and repeat these expressions.
better than me kind of need to do it think of him
O Listen to ten sentences and write them down.
Compare what you wrote with the tapescript at
the back of the book.Then practise saying the
sentences.
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Unit24 Conversotion Using Grammor

Brazil Japan Poland Spain

fl Listen and check your answers.

1. Thi s i s my fri end....

Hello! 5. Thi s i s my boyfri end/ gi rl fri end....

B: Hi, ( 1) a re y o u ? 6. Thi s i s my husband/ w i fe ....

F ine. A ndy oul 7. Thi s i s my cousi n....

B: OK. So (2) ...are you doing here? 8. Thi s i s my teacher....

I'm doingsome shopping. 9. Thi s i s .... H e / S hew orks w i th me.

L: Oh really.Well,it's (7) to meet you. What's your friend'snamel

Reeil English: t'iy.

Look at the photos. Do you do these things when you

Read the sentences about one of the writers

1 . M y f ull nam eis A n d re w J o h n W a l k l e y .W h eI n

E T his is m e wi th m y fa m i l y . My n a me ' sC e rry

A: Oh, that's great.

Practise reading the conversation with a partnen

Usingvocabulary:ways of travelling it far from

Ask some other students ls your house far from

Which of the places sound nice to you? Compare

Nov complete these sentences with more words

city place north sea second b

6. I come from a small town by the Pronunciation:

Which of these jobs can you see in the photos?

an accountant a doctor a student

- O Listen and repeat the jobs.

\ Do you know anyone who does these jobs? Tell a

F . My friend Janeis a waitress.

4', Usinggrammar:more questions

Now have conyersations like Conversation 4 with

go back to the hotel go for a walk read my book

A Listen and repeat the activities.

Work with a partner.

Match these verbs with the nouns they

Now match these verbs with the nouns

I 7. watch g. the newspaper f

Underline the time expressions in

Translate the questions into your

3 i Listening: What're you doing

dad friends girlfriend own work

5. I'm goingto go shoppingwith my

Usinggrammar:going to Where are the /il/ and /ul/ sounds in this

Reeil English3 t'- goingto go /

For more information on talking about the future,

Look at this example conversation.

I 2. I dont want to go to .... lt's too expensive.

T 3. I dont want to go to .... I dont really like that kind of

The Museum Bluewater

t lf a verb ends in a consonant t -yrwe remove the

n -y and add -ied.

Lots of the most common verbs have irregular . last nightl

6. 1 at home and I b. I watched TV. b. lt rained.

Work with a partner.

4. What are you doing after the class?

Close your books and have the four conversations

t asked Save opened said

A Now listen and repeat these sentences.

Practise reading the conversation with a partner.

subject YC,ar like it? (/ or X)

Work with a partner. Have

Haveyou got ...I

Now translate the sentences into your language.Test each