LANGUAGE IN USE

PRE-INTERMEDIATE

CLASSROOM
BOOK
Adrian Doff
Christopher Jones

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First published 1991
New edition 2000
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Contents
Guide to units

page 4

Unit 1

Things people do

Unit 2

Family and friends

11

Study pages A

14

Unit 3

Talking about places

16

Unit 4

On the move

19

Study pages B

22

Unit 5

Talking about now

24

Unit 6

Food and drink

27

Study pages C

30

Unit 7

The past

32

Unit 8

A place to live

35

Study pages D

38

Unit 9

Ive done it!

40

Unit 10

Clothes

43

Study pages E

46

Unit 11

Quantity

48

Unit 12

How do you feel?

51

Study pages F

54

Unit 13

What will happen?

56

Unit 14

About town

59

Study pages G

62

Unit 15

Comparing things

64

Unit 16

Free time

67

Study pages H

70

Unit 17

Rules and advice

72

Unit 18

A days work

75

Study pages I

78

Unit 19

Telling stories

80

Unit 20

People

83

Study pages J

86

Unit 21

Future plans

88

Unit 22

Around the world

91

Study pages K

94

Unit 23

Past and present

96

Unit 24

Arts and entertainment

99

Final review

102

Additional material

104

Tapescripts

110

Reference section

116

Guide to units
Classroom Book

Self-study Workbook

1
Things
people do

Saying what people do; saying how often you do things;

talking about facts
Grammar: Present simple tense; frequency expressions

Grammar exercises
Listening: The best time of the day

2
Family
and
friends

Talking about family and other relationships

Vocabulary: Family and friends; love and marriage

Vocabulary exercises
Listening: Relatives

Study
pages A

Focus on Personal data

Pronunciation: Unusual words (1)
Phrasebook: Introductions
Consolidation: Possessives: s and s; awake and wake up
Review

Check your progress

Phrasebook
Writing: Joining sentences

3
Talking
about
places

Describing places; saying what there is; asking about

facilities
Grammar: There is/are; have/has got

Grammar exercises
Listening: Rooms and flats

4
On the
move

Describing regular journeys; talking about public

transport; asking for travel information
Vocabulary: Arriving and leaving; ways of travelling;
adjectives; times and costs

Vocabulary exercises
Listening: Trip to Stonehenge

Study
pages B

Focus on Where things are

Pronunciation: Small words (1)
Phrasebook: Buying a ticket (1)
Consolidation: early, in time, on time, late; the time
of day

Check your progress

Phrasebook
Writing: Punctuation

5
Talking
about
now

Talking about things happening now and around now;

describing scenes
Grammar: Present continuous tense; There is/are + -ing

Grammar exercises
Listening: Were busy

6
Food and
drink

Describing dishes and ingredients; saying what you eat;

buying food
Vocabulary: Food and drink; containers

Vocabulary exercises
Listening: Polish dishes

Study
pages C

Focus on Likes and dislikes

Pronunciation: Clusters (1)
Phrasebook: In a caf
Consolidation: Simple and continuous; get
Review

Check your progress

Phrasebook
Writing: Reference

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7
The past

Talking about past events; saying when things happened

Grammar: Past simple tense; time expressions

Grammar exercises
Listening: A man and a penguin

8
A place
to live

Talking about houses

Vocabulary exercises
Listening: Favourite rooms

Study
pages D

Focus on Both and neither

Pronunciation: Small words (2)
Phrasebook: Finding a room
Consolidation: Past time expressions; very, quite
Review

Check your progress

Phrasebook
Writing: Joining ideas

9
Ive
done it!

Talking about things that have just happened; asking

about preparations
Grammar: Present perfect tense; past participles

Grammar exercises
Listening: What has happened?

10
Clothes

Talking about clothes; buying clothes; saying when you

wear things
Vocabulary: Clothes; colours, sizes and prices

Vocabulary exercises
Listening: Working clothes

Study
pages E

Focus on Mine, yours

Pronunciation: Unusual words (2)
Phrasebook: Paying for things
Consolidation: Present perfect and Past simple; s
Review

Check your progress

Phrasebook
Writing: Sequence (1)

11
Quantity

Talking about quantity; saying there is too much and not

enough
Grammar: a/some/any; quantity expressions; How
much/many ?; too much/many and not enough

Grammar exercises
Listening: A healthy diet

12
How do
you feel?

Talking about aches and pains; saying what you do when

youre ill; going to the doctor
Vocabulary: aches and pains; parts of the body; remedies;
doctors and medicine

Vocabulary exercises
Listening: Ouch!

Study
pages F

Focus on For and since

Pronunciation: Small words (3)
Phrasebook: Making an appointment
Consolidation: a little, a few, very little, very few; well
Review

Check your progress

Phrasebook
Writing: Lists

Vocabulary: Houses and flats; locations; rooms and

furniture; adjectives

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13
What will
happen?

Making predictions; giving advice

Grammar: will, wont and might; will probably and
probably wont

Grammar exercises
Listening: Giving blood

14
About
town

Where to go in towns; describing shops and restaurants;

giving directions
Vocabulary: Places to go in towns; shopping; direction
prepositions

Vocabulary exercises
Listening: Living in London

Study
pages G

Focus on If (first conditional) and when

Pronunciation: Unusual words (3)
Phrasebook: Buying a ticket (2)
Consolidation: Short answers; two-word verbs
Review

Check your progress

Phrasebook
Writing: Reason and contrast

15
Comparing
things

Making comparisons; expressing preferences; describing

outstanding features
Grammar: Comparative adjectives; than; superlative
adjectives

Grammar exercises
Listening: The most and the fewest

16
Free time

Talking about leisure activities; explaining how sports are

played
Vocabulary: Leisure activities; enjoyment and ability;
sports

Vocabulary exercises
Listening: Rock climbing

Study
pages H

Focus on Ability
Pronunciation: Clusters (2)
Phrasebook: Asking where
Consolidation: more, less and fewer; go and play
Review

Check your progress

Phrasebook
Writing: Sequence (2)

17
Rules and
advice

Giving rules; talking about obligation; giving advice

Grammar: have to and dont have to; can and cant; must
and mustnt; should and shouldnt

Grammar exercises
Listening: Radio phone-in

18
A days
work

Talking about jobs; saying why you would(nt) enjoy

different jobs; describing a career
Vocabulary: Names of jobs; features of jobs; stages of a
career

Vocabulary exercises
Listening: A security guard

Study
pages I

Focus on Someone, anyone

Pronunciation: Words with -ion
Phrasebook: Renting things
Consolidation: Verbs with prepositions; do
Review

Check your progress

Phrasebook
Writing: Letter writing

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19
Telling
stories

Talking about past events and their circumstances; telling

stories; describing a scene in the past
Grammar: Past continuous tense; Past simple tense; when
and while

Grammar exercises
Listening: The wedding video

20
People

Describing peoples physical appearance; saying roughly

how old people are; describing peoples character
Vocabulary: Physical characteristics; age; character
adjectives

Vocabulary exercises
Listening: Family picture

Study
pages J

Focus on Nationalities
Pronunciation: Unusual words (4)
Phrasebook: Personal questions
Consolidation: while and during; with
Review

Check your progress

Phrasebook
Writing: Relative clauses (1)

21
Future
plans

Talking about intentions and plans; talking about future

arrangements
Grammar: going to; will; Present continuous tense; future
time expressions

Grammar exercises
Listening: Plans for the evening

22
Around
the world

Saying where things are in the world; saying what places

are like; asking about tourist destinations
Vocabulary: Countries and continents; geographical
features and location; climate

Vocabulary exercises
Listening: Living in a hot climate

Study
pages K

Focus on Nothing, no one, nowhere

Pronunciation: Consonant links
Phrasebook: Arranging to meet
Consolidation: Using the Present continuous; Its ...
Review

Check your progress

Phrasebook
Writing: Relative clauses (2)

23
Past and
present

Talking about changes; talking about experiences

Grammar: Present perfect tense; still and yet; ever and
never

Grammar exercises
Listening: Have you ever ?

24
Arts and
entertainment

Talking about cultural events; talking about TV

programmes
Vocabulary: Art and culture; writers, artists and
performers; television programmes

Vocabulary exercises
Listening: TV survey

Final review

2 Cures

lie down
see a doctor
drink some water
get some fresh air
take some vitamin C
go to the dentist
take an aspirin
count to 100
go to bed

1 What do people do if
a they have a cold?
b they feel sick?
c they cant get to sleep?

d they have flu?

e they have toothache?
f they have hiccups?

Choose answers from the box.

2 You will hear three people talk about cures. How do you think
they use these things?And for which problem?

a broom

a bottle of
brandy

a cushion

a glass

a friends
fingers

a hat

Now listen and check.

3 Choose one of the problems. Whats your cure?

3 Going to the doctor

write a prescription
feel better
make an appointment
examine

1 These pictures tell a story. Can you put

them in the right order?
Say what happens in each picture.
Use the expressions in the box.
A

take the medicine

feel ill
go to the chemist
ask questions

A man tells a story about going to the doctor. Listen and answer the questions.

2
a
b
c
d

Where did he work? What did he do in his job?

How did he feel?
What did the doctor do?
What did the doctor say?

e What did the man have to do?

f Did he feel better after three days?
g What did he think about it?

3 Try to tell the story yourself. Use the expressions in the box to help you.

4 A long and healthy life

Reading and listening activity

1 Look at what these people say. Do you think they are right?What would you say to them?

I dont usually
very well,
Eso Isleep
often have a

My sister has just

decided to become
A
a vegetarian I dont

glass or two of
brandy before I
go to bed. That
makes me sleep
better.

think its a very good

idea, because you
need meat to give you
energy.

I usually go to
bed at midnight,
and wake up at six.
My husband is
worried about me
he says I should sleep
at least eight hours a
night, but I feel fine
I dont need a lot of
sleep.

Im trying to
lose weight. I
used to have lunch in
the office restaurant,
but now I just have a
cheese sandwich and
a packet of crisps.

My grandfather had
a heart attack a year
F
ago. Now he has half a
bottle of wine every
evening. We all think
its bad for him to drink
so much, but he says its
good for his heart.
Im trying to lose weight.
My brother says I should
G
do exercises or go running,
but I dont think that would
help. Exercise just makes
you feel hungry, and then
you eat more afterwards.

Im glad Im married.
I read that people
D
with partners usually live
longer than people who
live alone!

Three of my grandparents
lived to be over 90, and
H
both my parents are in their 70s
and still very healthy. So I think
Ive got a good chance of having
a long life, too.

A doctor comments on what the people say. Does she say they are right,
wrong, or partly right?Listen and complete the sentences.
a You can get energy from ...

e If you drink alcohol, ...

b You need to sleep at least ...

f A small amount of alcohol ...

c Bread, cheese and crisps ...

g If you do exercise, ...

d On average, people with partners ...

h If your parents and grandparents have long lives, ...

3 Look again at what the people say, and the doctors answers.
Do you think you will have a long and healthy life?