English in Mind Module 4

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1 Grammar
A Complete the text. Use only one word in each space.

When you go to the dentist and you’re 0 sitting in the waiting room flicking through the
magazines (you know the 1 with all the impossibly beautiful, skinny models), you
probably find 2 feeling slightly envious. Well, to be honest, it annoys me that we have
to be subjected to these pictures of perfection, especially when we’re 3 to experience
a certain amount of pain in the dentist’s chair!
I sit there 4 I was thinner, taller and richer. And yet, the rational part of me knows that
it’s just a fantasy. We’re 5 to be influenced by what we read in the fashion and gossip
magazines, but I wish we 6 . It’s 7 time we said we’d had enough.
Why 8 show us real men and women who lead real lives? People we can relate to,
not 9 who live in another world. But things are starting to change, at least I hope
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B Complete the sentences. Circle the correct answers, a, b or c.
0 It’s rain later. It always does when I’ve planned a picnic!
a off to b about to c bound to
1 I like all kinds of sweets, especially that are strawberry flavoured.
a that b the ones c one
2 By the end of the week, I this book.
a ’ll be finished b ’ll have finished c ’ll be finishing
3 Chris is start his new job. I hope he enjoys it.
a about to b bound to c thinking of
4 Robert finishing the milk.
a claimed b apologised c denied
5 A: I really hope the interview goes well.
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a So I do. b So do I. c I hope it too.
6 What this time next week?
a will you do b will you be doing c will you have done
7 I wish you stop talking. You’re driving me crazy.
a would b stopped c had stopped
8 It’s about time you how to look after yourself.
a learned b learn c will learn
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9 Is that the time already? I’m be meeting David in ten minutes.

a due b bound to c supposed to
10 I asked Nicola to help me and she willingly .
a did it b did do c did so
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C Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets.

0 I don’t like it when you smoke! (I wish)
I wish you wouldn’t smoke!
1 We should leave now. (It’s time)

2 You’re always talking in class. (If only)

3 I’d prefer you not to come over this evening. (I’d rather)

4 It would be so nice to have a lot of money. (I wish)

5 This is a library so please don’t talk in here. (I’d sooner)

6 I’d really like to be able to have a good holiday this year. (If only)

7 You should be able to cook by now. (It’s high time)

8 I’d like you to do your homework now. (I’d rather)

9 When will it stop raining? (I wish)

10 I’m afraid I don’t know the answer. (If only)

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D Read the text. Some of the lines have an extra, unnecessary word. Write the word at the end of
the line. If the line is correct, put a tick (✓).
Whenever I look at my grandmother I see an old lady who has 0 ✓
not lived through a century of many changes. By the time of the 00 not
first moon landing, she had already had four children and she 1
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had been appointed deputy mayor of the town where she lived. 2
Now, however, she’s in her eighties and quite small and frail, 3
although she’s still a remarkably strong for her age. She 4
says she won’t be happy until she’s visited her grandchildren 5
in Australia. And in fact she’s off the next week. She’s supposed to 6
be taking it too easy these days, but somehow I don’t think she will. 7
She’s due to go to London for a few days before flying 8
off. Imagine, this time next week, she’ll be sitting with her family 9
on a beach in Sydney. How I would wish I could go with her. 10
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It’s a dream of mine to go to Australia, so I guess it’s the high 11

time I made some of my dreams to come true! 12
I wonder what she would change if she had had her time again. I 13
think she has done pretty much whatever she has wanted to do and I 14
doubt whether she has any regrets. I hope it not. 15
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A Complete the sentences. Circle the correct answers, a, b or c.

0 If Mum finds out what you’ve done, you’re going to be so .
a busted b dorky c whatever
1 A: I think it’s time you and I had a little chat, don’t you?
B: Yeah, .
a slacker b totally c whatever
2 How long will it take you to your student loan? You borrowed so much.
a pay off b drop out of c take out
3 I just love that jacket!
a incredibly b totally c entirely
4 I can’t imagine ever wanting to settle .
a down b up c on
5 William is such a . I don’t know why his parents put up with his laziness.
a biter b dork c slacker
6 It would be a shame to drop college now after all your hard work.
a in b out of c down
7 Windows 95 is pretty much now as an operating system.
a old-fashioned b out-of-date c obsolete
8 Here’s the . I hope you’ve got everything you want now.
a 411 b 311 c 511
9 Mary is very . She’d never do anything stupid.
a sensuous b sensitive c sensible
10 If I have enough money, I’m going to early retirement and move to the coast.
a take out b take c start
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0 Don’t be silly! The sun r ises in the east, not the west.
1 I had to t out a student loan to pay for my degree course.
2 I’m not feeling too good. I think I’ll go and l down for a while.
3 My grandfather enjoys r old furniture, especially armchairs and sofas.
4 How old were you when you l school?
5 Peter wants to get married and s down to start a family.
6 Bob was p for non-payment of his speeding fines.
7 Josh really is da b – the king of cool!
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8 My tooth is really l – I’m sure it’ll fall out soon.

9 I fancy t a year off to travel around the world.
10 Could you please e that all the lights have been switched off before you lock up?
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C Circle the correct words.

0 I don’t really go in for novel / contemporary art.
1 You can’t wear those trousers! They’re so old-fashioned / obsolete.
2 I really must get round to renewing / restoring my National Geographic subscription.
3 Surely that cheese must be outdated / out-of-date by now. It’s been in the fridge for ages.
4 It’s very important to update / renew your anti-virus software regularly.
5 This house has a nice contemporary / novel look.
6 My dad’s busy renewing / renovating the bathroom.
7 Maria always has the most up-to-date / novel technology available.
8 Mum is so out-of-date / old-fashioned in her attitudes sometimes.
9 Some of your ideas are simply outdated / out-of-date.
10 Men doing all the housework? Now that’s a novel / contemporary concept!
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D Complete the sentences. Use the correct form of the words in the box. You do not need to use
all the words.
affect sensible advice ensure raise lose lay prosecute
lie loose persecute insure rise advise sensitive effect

0 Interest rates will probably rise again very shortly.

1 This painting is very valuable. I think I ought to get it for at least £100,000.
2 Do you have any idea how your behaviour everyone around you?
3 Jack, could you please come downstairs and the table for dinner?
4 Maria is so – she’ll cry at the slightest thing.
5 This skirt feels really . I must be thinner than I thought!
6 If you want my , I’d start revising now.
7 Throughout history, minority groups have been .
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9 That film had a profound on me. I just couldn’t get some of the images out
of my head.
10 Oh no, not again! I seem to have my car keys. How can I be so absent-minded?
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3 Reading
A Read this extract from The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde.
L ord Henry came over and examined the
picture. It was certainly a wonderful work
of art, and a wonderful likeness as well.
‘My dear fellow, I congratulate you most warmly,’
he said. ‘It is the finest portrait of modern times. Mr
Gray, come over and look at yourself.’
The lad started, as if awakened from some
dream. ‘Is it really finished?’ he murmured, stepping
down from the platform.
‘Quite finished,’ said the painter. ‘And you have
sat splendidly today. I am awfully obliged to you.’
‘That is entirely due to me,’ broke in Lord Henry.
‘Isn’t it, Mr Gray?’
Dorian made no answer, but passed listlessly in
front of his picture, and turned towards it. When he
saw it he drew back, and his cheeks flushed for a
moment with pleasure. A look of joy came into his
eyes, as if he had recognised himself for the first
time. He stood there motionless and in wonder,
dimly conscious that Hallward was speaking to
him, but not catching the meaning of his words.
The sense of his own beauty came on him like
a revelation. He had never felt it before. Basil
Hallward’s compliments had seemed to him to be
merely the charming exaggerations of friendship.
He had listened to them, laughed at them, forgotten
them. They had not influenced his nature. Then had
come Lord Henry Wotton with his strange panegyric
on youth, his terrible warning of its brevity. That had
stirred him at the time, and now, as he stood gazing
at the shadow of his own loveliness, the full reality
of the description flashed across him. Yes, there
would be a day when his face would be wrinkled
B Choose the correct answers, a, b or c.
1 The painting
a captures Dorian Gray very well.
b is very valuable.
c is the best picture ever painted of Dorian Gray.
2 Dorian’s first feeling when seeing the painting is
one of
a disbelief.
b amazement.
c happiness.
3 Henry Wotton has told Dorian that
a youth is everything.
b youth passes very quickly.
c youth is the best time of your life.
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and wizen, his eyes dim and colourless, the grace of
his figure broken and deformed. The scarlet would
pass away from his lips, and the gold steal from his
hair. The life that was to make his soul would mar
his body. He would become dreadful, hideous and
uncouth.
As he thought of it, a sharp pang of pain
struck through him like a knife, and made each
delicate fibre of his nature quiver. His eyes
deepened into amethyst, and across them came
a mist of tears. He felt as if a hand of ice had been
laid upon his heart.
‘Don’t you like it?’ cried Hallward at last, stung
a little by the lad’s silence, not understanding what
it meant.
‘Of course he likes it,’ said Lord Henry.
‘Who wouldn’t like it? It is one of the greatest things
in modern art. I will give you anything you like to ask
for it. I must have it.’
‘It is not my property, Harry.’
‘Whose property is it?’
‘Dorian’s, of course,’ answered the painter.
‘He is a very lucky fellow.’
‘How sad it is!’ murmured Dorian Gray, with his
eyes still fixed upon his own portrait. ‘How sad it is!
I shall grow old, and horrible, and dreadful. But this
picture will remain always young. It will never be
older than this particular day of June … If it were
only the other way! If it were I who was to be always
young, and the picture that was to grow old! For
that – for that – I would give everything! Yes, there
is nothing in the whole world I would not give! I
would give my soul for that!’
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4 Dorian Gray cries because
a he doesn’t want to grow ugly when
he’s old.
b he’s in pain.
c his eyes hurt him.
5 Dorian Gray is prepared
a to give anything to have the picture.
b to give anything to stay as young as
his portrait.
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c to give almost anything for the picture
to grow old.
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A You will hear five people (A–E) talking about how they would change their lives if they could.
As you listen, write the answers, A–E.
Which speaker
1 wants to live by the sea?
2 wants to be a published author?
3 wants to travel?
4 doesn’t want to change?
5 wants to be younger?

B Listen again and write the answers, A–E.

Which speaker
6 thinks society is obsessed with ageing?
7 thinks it’s useless to envy other people?
8 thinks the key to success is to have faith in yourself?
9 is sure she’ll achieve her goals?
10 doesn’t like a routine life?
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5 Writing
You have recently read an article in the local newspaper saying that the council has decided to close
down the only youth centre in your town, due to lack of money.
Write a letter to the Editor expressing your concern about this decision. Explain why you think the
youth centre should be kept open and suggest ways in which money could be raised.
Now write your letter. You should write 200–250 words.
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• opening and closing formulas
• opening phrases and reason for writing
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Don’t use contractions (short forms).
Use formal register.
Avoid using phrasal verbs.
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A Two students answer your questions

• Greet students A and B and ask them how they are.
• Introduce the topic by asking them how they think the old and the young are viewed in their country.
Are there ideas that a lot of people have about the young and the old? Are these opinions/views
justified or are they just stereotypes?

B Two students talk to each other

• Explain to the students that they are going to take it in turns to talk about a set of pictures.
Each student should speak for one minute and the other student should respond afterwards.
• Give student A a copy of prompt card A. Ask them to compare the pictures. Student B should
then comment.
• Give student B a copy of prompt card B. Ask them to compare the pictures. Student A should
then comment.

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C Decision making
• Link this to the pictures and ask the students whether they think there is any truth behind stereotypes.
• Explain to the students that they have been chosen to give a presentation to a group of foreign
visitors whose ages range from teenage to elderly. They will be choosing things that they think
best represent their country, and recommending which of these things would be more suitable for the
older visitors and which for the younger ones. Give them a copy of prompt card C to help them with
ideas. They can use their own ideas instead, if they prefer.

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• food • town or city
• dance/music • clothing
• cultural site (museum, gallery, ruins ... ) • magazine or newspaper

D General discussion
• Ask the students whether they think their appearance and behaviour is typical for their age. What are
their favourite activities? How do they think their preferences might change as they get older?
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