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Unir I
Whal's your nerme?
Conversation Introducingyourself and other people Reoding People know I Using Grammor 8 11 Possessive s ('s): My friend'snome is Borbora. Adverbs of frequencyz People sometimes me Andy. coll Be - om, ore, is: Ihis is my brother. Using Yocobulory Dellor. Names: My surname's Countries: Brazil,Spoin, etc. Useful expressions: How are you? Common customs when you meet: shokehonds, hug eoch other,etc. I 8 9 10

9 10 10

Unir 2
Where eire you f r om ?

Conversotion Talkingabout where you're from

Using Grommar 12 14 Questions with be.'Whereore you from? UsingYocobulary Countries and cities: Milon'sin ltaly. Ways of travellingz W bus,by troin, etc. Prcnunciotion Stressed sounds- countriesand nationalities Sentence stress

15 12 13 13 15 16 17 19
16

12 Reoding
My home town

Unir 3
Whot do you do?

Conversotion Talkingabout your job

Using Grommar

17 18

Present simple: l'm o studenL go to Hull University. I Usefuf questionsz Whot do you do? Wont toz I wont to I I don't wont to work in o shop. UsingYocabulary Common jobs: teocher,doctor,etc.

1 6 Reoding
My job

Reasons for (not) enjoying your iobz My bossis greatThehoursare long. 17 Usefuf collocations: eorn lotsof money,work a big compony, etc. 19 for Prcnunciotion The sound/e/

sounds Stressed

17 19 21 20 20 21 22

Unir 4
Wherl're you doing to night ?

Conversotion Talkingabout your plans

Using Grommar

21 23

The futurez l'm goingto go for o meol with some friends. UsingYocobulory Free time activities: goingshopping,wotchingTV, etc. Future time expressions: ton,ght, the weekend, ot etc. Prcnunciotion Vowel sounds: litl and lw,l Vowel sounds:lill,ltl,lul and lutl

20 Plocesto visit

Reoding

Unit 5

Did you hove q nice Reoding w eek end? 24 My weekend

Conversotion Talkingabout what you did at the weekend 24 27

Using Grommor Past simple: I wrote o lefter lost nl'ght Using Yocobulory Useful verb collocations: He took me to the airport I out for dinner. Pronunciotion Vowel sounds: litl,lel and le,l Vowel sounds: letl,latl,laul and laul

26

2s
27 29 28 29 29 31

Unir 6

Whot qre you studying? 28 Reoding

Conversotion Talkingabout your studies

Using Grommor 28 Questionsz Have you goto rubber? Using Yocabulory U n ive rsity su b jects: geogrop histo etc. hy, ry, Common classroom expressions: l'm sorryI'm late. Pronunciotion The weak form of ore Regular-ed past form endings: /d/, ltl and lldl

ond university 30 School

Revlew: Units l-6

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Unit7
Whor did you do lcrst nighr? 36

Conversotion Talkingabout what you 36 did last night Reoding PenPol Friends lnternationol adverts 38 and e-mails

Using Grommor you been doingthat? Questionst How often do you do thot? | How long've Past simple forms: I went I I played... Questions with lVho and tilhot: Who's your fovouritefootbollployer? Using Yocobulory Free time activities: Pronunciotion Consonantsounds:lfl and lvl ploy golf,etc. 37 37 39

36 39 40 41 43

Unif S
Do you fike ... ? 40

Conversotion Talkingabout what you do in your free time 40 Reoding Uvingobroad 42

Using Grommor Questions: Whot kindof ... do you ... ? Do you like... ? Agreeingr Me too.I Me neither. Comparatives: She's strongerthon him.

UsingYocobulory Expressions for (not) liking somethingz I reallylike them.l quite like them. not Describing things and people: He's veryfriendly.lt's goodfor you. Pronunciotion Weak forms - of,to,thon

41 42 43
45 46

Unir 9
Whnl erre you doing now? 4+

Conversation Talking about your immediateplans Reoding Ihings H like to do

44 47

Using Grammor Need to: I need to phonea friend. I'd like toz lA fiketo buy a new cor. UsingVocobulary internetcofE,etc. Shops and places: supermorket, Pronunciotion Vowel sounds:li'^l,lu'^l,ltl and latl Consonantsounds:lsl and lzl

Using the present simple to describe someone: Shesoundsreollynice. 47

44 45 47 49 50 48 50 51

Unit I O
Heive you been lo ... ?

Conversotion Talkingabout places you're going to and placesyou've 48 4 8 been to Reoding go Youshould to ...

Using Grommar Present perfec0 Hove you beento Africo? Should: You shouldgo to Rome. Usingvocobulary etc. Past time phrases: lost week,the doy beforeyesterday,

5 1 Describing places: lt's got great nightlife.

Pronunciation Contractions

Unfrr I
ls lhere one neqr here? 52

Conversotion Askingfor and giving 52 directions Reoding I got lost 55

Using Grommar Making requests: Couldyou post this? Using Yocobulary round the corner, etc. Prepositions of place: opposite station, the on Useful expressions for giving directions: ltt the second the righL Pronunciation l0l Consonantssounds: and 16l 52 52

53 57 56 59 59

Unir|2
Whal ore you doing h er e?

Conversotion Meetingpeoplewhen 56 you're abroad Reoding 58

Using Grommor French. Present continuousz l'm studying UsingYocobulary Usefuf expressions for meeting people: Whot ore you doing here? Not very + positive adjective: lt wosnt very cleon. Pronunciotion Consonantsounds:lbl and lpl

5 6 Plocesto stoy

Rcvfew: Unlts f -l2

60

Unir 13
Whot t im e i s it ? 64

Conversotion Arranging to meet Reoding Do you rememberthe first time?

Using Grammor 64 the Questionsz Whot time doesit frnish?When's concert? Let's: Let'sgo to the cinema. Questions with the past simple: When wos the first time you kissed someone? UsingYocobulory Telling the time: lt's fve post nine. Pronunciotion Consonantsound:ff/

65 55

67

67 68 69 71

Unir 14
Gcn you h e lp m e? 68

Conversotion Asking for and offering 68 help Reoding The kindness of strongers

Using Grommor Can'tz I con't read withoutglosses. Adjectives and adverbs: He's o goodwriter.He writes well. Ofrering with l'll: I'lltake you.

70

Using Yocobulary Expressions for helping people: Can you showme whereto go I how to do it? Pronunciotion Consonantsounds:lkl and lgl

69 71 73 72 73 75 75 ?l 76 79 76 78 77 79 80 80 81 82 83 83

Unir 15
Whol're you d o ing t his weekend? 72

Conversotion Talkingabout your plans 72 for the weekend Reoding The meeting 74

Using Grommar Two futuresz l'll proboblygo shopping.l'm goingto study. Using Yocobulary Weekend activities: ployingcomputergomes,ildyingup the flot, etc. how I feel. Expressions for not being sure: lt depends Saying sorry for being late: SorryI'm lote.l overslept Pronunciotion Consonantsound:/V

Unit 16
Are you o K? 76

Conversotion Talkingabout problems

Using Grammor 77 Difrerent question structures: Do you want o ... ? | Do you wontto Do you want me to ... ? Whot was it like?t Whot wasyour hotel like?lt wos owful. UsingYocobulary Arc you OK, Nq not really.l'vegot a heodoche. Holiday activities: goingfishing,lying the beach, etc. on Talking about injuries: I hurt my orm ployingfootboll. Pronunciotion Intonation: soundingpositive

Reoding Fomilyholidoys a letter 78 and an e-mail

Una]17
Are you reody'to order? 80

Conversotion Discussing menu a Reoding Food memories

UsingYocabulory

80 Food: meat,seofood, etc. fruit, vegetobles,

Describing food: lt's a kind of seofood.

8 3 Ordering in restaurants: l'll hove the chicken,pleose.

Useful expressions when having dinner at a friend's house: I'm full,thonkyou. Pronunciation Consonantsound:/w/ Linkingwords naturally

Unir 18
Do you sell ... ? g4

Conversotion Findingyour way round a shop Reoding I work in a shop

Using Grommor

84

Hove to: We have to do lots of homework UsingYocabulary Parts of a department store: toiletries,the shoe deportment,etc. Useful words in shops: the till,the top sheflf etc. Things shop assistants say: Next,pleose! fobs in shops: shop ossistont,etc. Pronunciotion ltfl and ld3l Consonantsounds:

84 84 85 86

Reviewc Units | 3-l8

88

Unit f9
Sorry I ccrntl come 92

Conversotion Apologising missing for 92 something Reoding Why can't I drive? 94

Using Grammor Using couldn't and hod to to apologise:Sorry I couldn'tcome. Using Yocabulory Usefuf expressions for missing things: Sorry, I con't cometo closs. but Pronunciation Stressed soundsin sentences Consonantsound:/h/ 93 93

93 95 97

Unir20
Do you like sport? 96

Conversation Invitingsomeoneto join you in your plansfor 96 later Reoding Sporilngsuccess, sporting

Using Grammor Questions about the futurez Whot ore you goingto see? UsingYocobulory pitch,etc. Sports, places and equipment: cycling, tennis court,footboll Useful expressions for talking about sporfi I playoll the time bock home. Talking about teams: Arsenolore top of the Leogue. Pronunciotion Connectedspeech

foilure

97

99
101 102 102

Uniir2l
What doy .|re you tr c v elling? t oo

Conversation Findingout train informationand planning 100 a trip Reoding It's a smallworld 103

Using Grammor Superlatives: Whot'sthe best woy to get to the oirport? Revision of comparatives: I've trovelledmore than my parents. Using Hos got to talk about changes: Petrolhos got more expensive. Using Yocobulory Useful expressions for travellingz You needto get o number34. Pronunciation Silent't' at the end of words 100

102 105 107 104 107 108 109 110 111

Una]22
Whal's l i k e? she

Conversation Describingpeople

Using Grommor

1 0 5 Whot's helshe like? Whatt her husbond like?

Past continuous: I was stayingin o hotel and he wos stoyingthere too.

Reoding 10 4 She's fomous!

106

UsingVocobulory Describing people: She\ reolly fit Pronunciotion Sentencestress and weak forms

Unir23

Whert er greeit flerf! 108 Reoding

Conversotion Visitingsomeone's home 108 for the first time Moving house 111

Using Grammor Using Could | ... ? to ask for something: CouldI hove someteo? UsingVocabulary Paying compliments: Whot a nicehousellt's reollybig. Describing your house: lt's got two bedrooms. Describing the area you live in: lt's verycentral.

Using Grammor Conversotion Getting good news 112 Present continuous for the future: l'm goingout with some friends tonight 112 Makingarrantements Are you Making suggestions: Why don't you weor o skirt?Hw about somepefume? 115 113 to meet doing UsingYocobulary onything to Reoding relebrerle? 112 The bigday yeors. 114 115 Relationships: Ihey weremorriedfor thirty-ftve Pronunciation stress Sentence

Unit24

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Revfews Unilg 19-24

116 Pronunciotion 143 Expression Orgoniser

146

Topescript 120 Grommor commentory 1 3 6

Student AIB materiol

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Usingvocabulary: countries
Match the flags with the countries in the box. Brazil O Look at the photo. Listen and practise the conversation with a partnea Italy Japan Mexico Poland SouthAfrica Spain Swieerland

Hello, f'm Don.Whot's your nome?

fl Listen and check your answers.

Now have conversations with some other students. Use your own names. A: Hello.I'm ....What'syour namel B : . . . .H i .

Practise the conversation below with a partner. Use the names of the countries above. A: Where are you from? B: ....What aboutyoul 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 Sebastian Dellar. . . . My surname's My (or hmily name's)Dellar. M)r first name'sHugh. My middlename's Sebastian.

Listening: you know my sister? Do

fl Listen to three conyersations. Comptete the sentences with the names and countries you hean Conversation I . I'm Peter.I'm from . I'm

.I'm from Japan.

Ask and answer questions with a partnen For example: A: What's your surname? B : Hill. A: Do you havea middle namel B: No, I dont.

Conversation 2 . I'm Maria. from I'm

. I'm Franco. from I'm

Conversation 3 . I'm Hiro.I'm from

. I' m . I l i vei n H ul l .

1 W h a t ' sy o u r n a m e ?

Let me introduceyou.
Listen to Conversation 3 between Hiro, Brenda and Leanne again. Complete the conyersation with the words in the box. how live my sister Hello! B: Hi, ( 1) F ine. A nd oul y B: OK. So (2) I'm doingsome shopping. B: Yes, are (3) we (4) No, I don't (5) B: Hiro (6) L: Oh really.Well, (7) it's Where are you from, Hirol I'm Japan. (8) nam e? L: Leanne. Oh, OK. Leanne. Right. Leanne, you do So (9) ...here? L: No, I'm just visitingBrenda for ( 10) ....... l i v ei n H u ll . .I
For more informationon usingpossessive ('s),see G1. s

Make sure that you understand the words in red. Complete the sentences with the names of people you know. 1. Thi s i s my fri end.... 2. This is my brother .... 3 . T h i si s m y s i s t e r . . . . 4. This is my flatmate.... 5. Thi s i s my boyfri end gi rl fri end / .... 6. Thi s i s my husband w i fe .... / 7. Thi s i s my cousi n.... 8. Thi s i s my teacher.... 9. Thi s i s .... H e / S hew orks w i th me. 10. Thi s i s .... H e / S hestudi es ngl i sh i th me. E w Spend two minutes memorising the words in red. Then close your book.Your partner will ask you questions like these: What's your friend'snamel B: This isTeresa. works with me. She What's your brother's namel B: I haven'tgot a brother.

nic e sorry the weekend

think too

what works

a re y o u ? ...are you doing here? . Do you know ....Leanne? ....... Hiya,I'm Hiro. so. with me. to meet you. , how do you sayyour

Usef expressions ul
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 several waysof saying'hello' English. in Peopleoften sayhi or hiya.

1 W h a t sy o u rn a m e ?

j'-?a gJ fl !J J
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Meeting people

Using gramm ari always

never

Look at the photos. Do you do these things when you say hello? Who to? Tell a partner. Use always / usually / sometimes, etc. For example: . I usually kissmy friendswhen I sayhello. just shakehands. I hardlyever kissnew friends. usually I

Translate the words in red into your language.

. always usuallyoften sometimes hardlyever never ..-.-"-0% 100% 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 e n I 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. calls He me Mr Walkley.

4. ln English, we
sometimes/ always us e M r or M r s with a surname. We never / sometimessay Mr Andrew or Mrs Maria.

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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 sometimes / callsme'my love'. 7. My childrenalways usually me Dad or / call Daddy,but they sometimes/ often call me by ry first name,Andrew. O Listen and check your answers. What do difrerent people call you? Tell some other students.
For more information on usingwords like olwoys and never, see G2.

grammar:
Be is a yery common verb. lt is also an irregular verb. Complete the sentences with the correct form of be: am, are or is. 1. My surname......................... Higashi. 2. | .........................| ......................... English. from a smalltown near Liverpool. 3. How 4. How .. you? .. your parentsl .. they OKI .. Peter. .. Rachel andAntoinette.

5. My brother's middle name

Reol Englisht -r-

/ dad

6. My mum'smiddlenames 7. This ........... 8. What my friendTony.

In normal spokenEnglish, most peoplesay mum and dad insteadof 'mother' and'father'. Lots of peoplealso saygran and granddad insteadof 'grandmother'and'grandfather'.

.. your dad'snamel

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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W h a t ' sy o u r n a r n e ?

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T his is m e wi th m y fa m i l y . My n a me ' sC e rry and I'm from Scotland. live in Edinburgh, I 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 . 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 . w o rk I there too. That's how we met. 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 . u s u a l l ye - m a i lh i m I 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. T h i s i s m y n e i g h b o u r h i l .P h i ll i v e si n t h e P 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 . 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 ho o . M y g r a n d d a d i e d i n 1 9 9 8 , s o t d 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 g n h e r i 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 . 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 . e w a s H 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 don't seehim very often because e works in h 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 c o m e s b a c k t o E d i n b u r g h o s e e h i s p a r e n t s .I t s o m e t i m e s p e a kt o h i m o n t h e p h o n e . s

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tr

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Reol English: ria'

In spokenEnglish, often sayl<ids we instead of ' chi l dren' . Haveyou got any kidsl B: Yes.We've two - a boy and a girl. got

-Lryg4gsr!
The missing words in these sentences are all in the text. Complete the sentences without looking at the text. 1 . E dinbur gh t he is o f Sc o tl a n d. the city 2. My houseis five kilometres................... centre. 3. | .................... E dinbur gh.

S p e a in g k
Discuss these questions with a partner. Use the words in red to help you. Where were you bornl B : I w a sb o r n i n . . . . Haveyou got familyor friendsin differentcountriesor ci ti esl B . Y e sm y . . .l i v e s n . . . . , i Do you know anyonewho liveson their own?

my wife at the university here in

4 . G iv e m e y our ph o n en u mb e ra n d l ' l l you. 5 . H e us ually m ile s n d ............. s a 6. Do you want to go 7 . I liv eon m y . . . . . . ........ 8 . I was i n B i rmi n g h a m . ..... e l l o . h a coffee?

B: Y es, ...l i veson hi s / her ow n. my

How old are the peoplein your familyl

B: M y . . .i s . . ..

Now look at the text and check your answers.

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and cities countries Usingvocabulary:
Match the countries with the cities. 1. England 2. France 3. SouthAfrica 4. Brazil 5. Peru 6. ltaly 7. Spain 8. Japan _J _J _l -J _J _J _J _J a. Paris b. Sdo Paulo c. Milan d. Barcelona e. Birmingham f. Hiroshima g. CapeTown h. Lima

Whereabouts?
Complete these conversations with the names of places in Activity l. Don't look - try to remember the places! 1. A: Where are you from? B: A: Oh really? Whereaboutsl B: Paris, the capital. 2. A: Where are you from? B: ltaly. A: Oh really? Whereabouts? - in the north. B: 3. A: Where are you from? B: A: Oh really? Whereabouts? B: Hiroshima- in the south. 4. A: Where are you from? B: England. A: Oh reallylWhereabouts? - the secondcity. B: fI Listen and check your answers. Listen again.Then practise reading the conversations with a partnen Have similar conversations with some other students. Use other countries and cities in Activity l.

Listening: Whereabouts?ls it far?

O Listen to three short conversations.Which countries are the people from? Can you remember anything else about the speakers? Compare what you remember with a partner.

Listenagain
Listen to Conversation 3 again. June and Artur are talking in London. Complete the conversation with the words in the box. by bus from here it's really the capital :

whereabouts i

So where are you from,Arturl Poland. Oh (1) ?Whereaboutsl .....What about I'm from Warsaw (2) . .......... you?Where are you from? I'm from London,actually. Oh reallyl(3) .. ................................ ? Bow.ln east London. Oh wow! ls it far (4) . .. .............................. I (5) No, not really. ..... ... .... 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

Hatch the ways of travelling with the photos. 1. bybus 4. by car _J 2. bytrain 5. by underground _J

it far from
Here are ten answers to the question aboye. Complete the answers withYes or No, not really. The first one has been done for you. 1. ..N.-o.'...$et.. r.qa!.ly.. lt's ten minutesby train. . 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. by underground. 8. underground. 9. 10. . lt's about forty-five minutes by bus. . lt's about ten minutesby bus. . lt's about a quarter of an hour by . lt's about four hours by train. .lt's twenty minutesby car. .lt's two and a half hours by car. . lt's five or six minutes on foot. . lt's about three hours by plane. . lt's about an hour and a quarter

J _l

3. byplane

6. on foot

Ask some other students ls your house far from here? Use answers like those aboYe.

Pronunciation: sounds stressed

All words have one stressed- strong - sound. Say these countries. b'aTlL MEXi co ENGland PO land
Italy ja PAN south AF ri ca SWI tzer land

fl Listen and check your pronunciation A Listen to these nationalities.Where are the stressed sounds? Brazilian Mexican English Polish
Italian Japanese SouthAfrican Swiss

Ask and answer these questions with a partner. Use the words aboYe. 1. Do you know any ...people? 2. What language they speakin ... ? do 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. A I'm from Austria - from the capital city 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 It's museLtm1shops, restaurants. great. the second Iir fr";j"p""-j;osaka, city. It's a great place to live. It's quite big there are five or six million people there. It's a very modern city - it has good public transport, good restaurants,good nightlife. I love it there. l'm from Nepal- from Pokhara.lt's a small town in the mountains.lt's a very beautiful 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.

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2 Whereareyou from?

questions with ,s Usinggrammar: and are

Complete the sentenceswith these words from dre text.
nrce town crowded village I
I a.(fia-ql,.e

Complete the questionswith is or are. 1. Where 2. 3. 4. What 5. 6. 7. 8. Where ..youfroml .. it a niceplace livel to .. it a bigplacel ..the populationl .. it far from the capital? .. it hr from the sea? ..the public transport OK? ..your parents from?

1. There are maybeeight million people livinghere.lt's very........... .......I dont like it. . L My home town is by the sea.lt's really . I love it.

3. My grandparents in the live in a liale north. Only two hundred people live there. 4. We havegood here - the busesare good, the trains are good, the underground is good. 5. I live in a .................. in the east of the country. Maybesixty or sevenq/thousand people live there. Nov complete these sentences with more words frrom the text.
I

Ask some other students the questions.Try to use some of the languagein Activity 2 when you answer.
For more informationon questions usingis and ore, seeG4.

city
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place

north

sea

second b

6. I come from a small town by the 7. I live in the capital.................... 8. My brother and sister live in the south of the country but I live in the 9. I live in the capital city, but my brother lives in the city. lt's quite frr from here. 10. I love it here. lt's a really nice ............ live. ....... to

Pronunciation: sentence stress

ff When we say sentences,some sounds are stronger than others. Listen and repeat these sentences. 1. WHERE you FROMI are 2. WhereaBOUTS? 3. ls it FARfrom HERE? 4. I LIVEwith my FAmily. 5. I LIVE my OWN. on lt'sthe SEcond Clty. lt's BY the SEA. lt's in the SOUTHof the COUNtry. I LOVEit there. 10. lt'san HOur by BUS. Translate the sentences into your language.Try to learn them this week. 6. 7. 8. 9.

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1 | Usingvocabulary:
do you do?
Which of these jobs can you see in the photos? an accountant a barman 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. . My friend Janeis a waitress. a doctor a lawyer a student a teacher

a businessman a shop assistant a waitress

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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.

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4', Usinggrammar:more questions

Complete these questions with is it, are you or do tlou. 1. What .................. do? L 3. 1. 5. 6workl Work with a partnen Snrdent A: Choose a job. lmagine this is your job. Student B: Ask your partner the questions above. Where work? the bossl a good placeto work? like the peopleyou work withl far from your houseto where you Here are ten answers to the question above. Complete the answers with Yes or No, not really. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
For more information on using questions like these, see G5.

.The hours are good. .The money is awful. . My boss is great. .lt's reallyboring. . lt's great. . lt's really interesting. . I work really long hours. .The money is good. .lt's reallydifficult. . My boss is awful.

Do any of the sentences describeYOUR job? Tell a partner. For example: . The hours are good, but my boss is awful. Now have conyersations like Conversation 4 with your partner. Use the jobs in Activity l.Ask each other: . So what do you do? . . Where do you workl Do you enjoy it?

Listening: What do you do?

A Listen to four conversations.Which jobs do the speakers talk about? Where do they work?

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Listen to Conversation 4 again.Terry is talking to Lesfey at a party. Complete the conversation with dre words in the box. boring doctor clinic enjoy helping money the north

Use answers like those above to answer the last question.

Pronunciation:
fl Listen and repeat the sound /e/. Look at the picture on page 144 for help if you need to. n All these sentences have lal in them. lt is a weak sound. Listen and mark the stressed sounds in each sentence. 1. I'm o lawyer. 2. I'm on accountont. 3. Where ore you from? 4. Whereobouts? 5. lt's obout on hour by car. 6. lt's the secondcity. 7. lt's very quiet. 8. You proboblydont know it. Listen again and repeat.

long hours Prlmary/ working

What do you do? L L I'ma (1) Oh right.Where do you workl In a (2) (3) . . . in a smalltown in ...of the country.

Antl do you enjoy itl L Yes.I work (4) . . .. . ...and it's quite difficult people.The sometimes, I like (5) but money is good too.What do you do? I'm a teacher. Oh right.Where do you do that? schoolin Bournemouth in it? ..................

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T: In a (6) the south of England. L And do you (7)

T: lt's OK.The (8) .......... ........ very good and I isn't 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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Look at the photos.Which person do you think said each of these sentences? Compare your ideas with a partner. I'm a barman. I'm a housewife. I'm an actor. I'm a student. I was an accountant. I work in an office. A Read what the three people in the photos actually say about their jobs. Did you guess correctly?

R,eal Englishs actor

lf you are an actor,you work in films or in plays. Somepeoplecalla man who does this an actor and a woman who does this an actress, but lots of women prefer to be calledactors.

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Discuss these questions with a partner. 1. Do you think it's good to work when you havekids? 2. Do you think it's good to work part-time when you're studyingl 3. Do you think working in an office is a good job? 4. Do you think beingan actor is a good job? 5. Do you think housewives work hardl 6. Who hasthe best life-TingTing,Jos6or Francesl Choose the expression in each sentence that is true for you. Cross out the expression that is NOT true. 1. I wont to I don'twont to work for a reallybig comPany. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Hatch these verbs from the text with the words they go - collocate - with. 9. I wont to I don't wont to work for myself. I wont to I don'twont to work for the government. I wont to I don'twont to work in a shop. I wont to I don'twont to work in the city centre. I wont to I don't wont to work in lots of different places. I want to I don'twont to work with children. I wont to I don't want to work with computers. I wontto I don'twonttoget married.

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10. I wont to I don't wont to study at university. Tell a partner your choices.

Pronunciation: stressed sounds

Mark the stressed sound in these words.The first one has been done for you. awful thousand accountant paperwork department
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collocate with. 5. work _J 6. study _J 7. earn _-l 8. do _l

e. the cooking f. lots of money g. medicine h. in an office

centre SOVernment

comPany difficult university

Cover the words above. Complete the sentences with some of the words. 1. I .................... f25,000 a year. 2. In my house, .................... all the cleaning I and all the cooking.Myhusband and the does the shopping washing. 3. | .................... 4. | .................... University. in a bank in the centre of town. English and Spanish Bristol at

fl Now listen and repeat the words. Find sentences from this unit that use these words. Then work with a partner and test each other. Student A: Say the words. Student B: Say the sentences. Can you remember all the sentences?

5. EveryThursday my evening, L........................................ daughterto her danceclass. 6. I'm an accountant. work I comPutercomPany. .................. a big

7. My boyfriendwants us to get .............. ...., but I think we're too young.I'm 21 and he'sonly 20.

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Which of these activities can you see in the photos?
go back to the hotel go to bed go to the cinema go for a meal go for a walk go home go shopping play tennis

read my book study watch TV 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?
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Match these verbs with the nouns they collocate with. 1 . go t o 2. go for a. swrmmrnS b. some letters c. a drink d. the supermarket

3. go 4. write

Now match these verbs with the nouns they collocate with. 5. play e. a video f. my exam g. the newspaper h. basketball 6. read 7. watch 8. study for

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We often use What are you doing + time expression?to ask about the future. Underline the time expressions in 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 language.

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3 i Listening: What're you doing tonight?

O Listen to five conversations.Whichthings in Activity I do the speakerstalk about?
We often say who we are going to do something with. Complete the sentences with the words in 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 with the words in the box. a meal to Sorng money my own nothing tonight walk want to 4. I'm going to playgolf with a friend from 5. I'm goingto go shoppingwith my Write true answers to the five questions in Activity 2.Then ask and answer the questions with some other students. 2. I'm goingto go on my 3. I'm going to go for a walk with my mum and

What are you doing (1) I'm goingto go for (2)

I . . ............................ in the town.

Are there any good restaurants? 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) I'm just (5) . . book. N: Do you (6) . .. on (7) ...much.I think ....stay here and read my ...come with me?I'm going

A Listen and repeat the sounds li'^l and /ur/. Look at the pictures on page l44fior help if you need to. A Listen and repeat these words. teach do meet you e-mail two leave student feel university Greece

Thanks, but I don't havemuch (8) . .. I'm goingto eat here at the hostel. Practise reading the conversation with a partner.

Usinggrammar:going to
We often answer the questions in Activity 2 by saying: ' ' I'm goingto + verb We're going to + verb

Where are the /il/ and /ul/ sounds in this conversation? Where are you from? B: Greece. What do you do? B: I'm a teacher. . Do you enjoy itl B: Yes, great.What about youl What do you dol it's A Listen and check your pronunciation. Practise the conversation with a partnen Give your own answers and continue the conversation.

Look at the tapescript for the five conyersations at the back of the book and find all the I'm going to + verb expressions.Write them down. Ask a partner the questions in Activity 2. Use the expressions from the tapescript in your answers.

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) swimming with 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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Look at this example conversation. A: B: A: B: tonight? the Hard Rock caf6 / you? stay at home / watch TV soundsOK

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fl lmagine you are on holiday in Britain. Read the text on the opposite page about six places to visit. Decide which places you want to go to and which places you don't want to go to.Tell a partner about your choices. Use these expressions. 1. I dont want to go to .... lt soundsboring. 2. I dont want to go to .... lt's too expensive. 3. I dont want to go to .... I dont really like that kind of thing. 4. I want to go to .... lt soundsinteresting. 5. I want to go to .... lt soundsgood. 6. I want to go to .... I really like that kind of thing. Compare your choices with a partner. Have conversations like this: A: Do you want to go to Legolandl B: Yes,it soundsgood. A: I dont want to go to there. lt's too expensive.

A: What are you doing tonightl B: I'm going to go to the Hard Rock caf6.What about you? A: I'm going to stay at home and watch TV. B: Oh, that soundsOK. Work with a partner.Write the ideas below. 1. A: B: A: B: 2. A: B: A: B: conversations using

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The missing words in these sentences are all in the text. Complete the sentences without looking at the text. 1. lt's a museumabout the ............. 2. lt's in the ............. 3. lt's two thousand years 4. lt's three hours by................ .. from London. ..... London. of ..... Britain. of

3. A: this weekend? B: nothing much / go to the park / Saturday/ study / SundayI youl A: York for the weekend B: soundsOK Now read your conversations with your partner.

Pronunciation:
O Listen and repeat the sounds litl,ltl,/u/ and /ul/. Look at the pictures on page 144 for help if you need to. O Listen and repeat these sentences. 1. lt'sgood. /Its gud/ /tts fri:/ 2. lt's free. 3. lt's oro pounds. /rts tur paundzl
4. 5. 6. 7. is Everything included. ft's really interesting. I need to write an e-mail. lt's a good book. l'evrI0Ip lz ln'kluldld/ hts 'nah 'IntreestIl/ /al nild te ralt en irmerl/

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The Museum of the Moving lmage

This is a museum about filmsand the cinema, lt's reallyinteresting. has lt examoles the first of cameras and information on old film starsand the historyofTV Entronce: Adults {B Childrent4 Childrenunder5 free

Bluewater
Bluewater a is hugeshopping centre near London, one lt's of the biggest in Europe.There are over a thousand snoPs, you can so find everything you want,Take lots of money with you!

The Tower of London

This is a beautiful old castlein the centre of London,nexl to the RiverThames,The castleis a thousand yearsold and is full of history.You also can seethe Crown Jewels, You can spendall day looking roundthe castle. Adults {12

The Hard Rock Cat6

The world-famous Hard RockCaf6 is in the centre of London,lt'sa very big bar which is decorated with thingsfrom famousrock stars. Entrance is free, but a bottle of beer costsabout {5 and a burgerwith French fries costsabout {10,

The old town of York

York is a city in the north of England lt's three hours by trarn from London.Thecity is over two thousand yearsold, and you can stillwalk roundthe old city wallsand the old town.There is alsoa beautifulcathedral called York Minsterand severalinteresting museums,

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Thistheme park is in Windsornearone ofthe Queen'scastles and about twenty minutes by train from London,You can walk round hundreds of modelsof famousplaces which are made out of Lego.There are alsolots of fun rides.Entrance f25 and all is ridesare included the orice, in

Troins from Londoncost between {.25 ond {.50. Entronce ms feesto the museu ore between{5 ond {10 for odults.

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n"*rpaper / paper

pastsimpleforms Usinggrammar:
We form the past simple of most verbs by adding -ed to the basic form of the Yerb. listen - listened stay- stayed - played play watch - watched lf a verb ends in a consonant t -yrwe remove the -y and add -ied. study - studied try - tried Lots of the most common verbs have irregular past simple forms.You just need to learn them. give - gave read - read am / is - was go - went see - saw are - were take - took bqr - bought have - had write - wrote do - did hear - heard - got 8et

We oftenjust saypaperinstead 'newspaper'. For of example: I'm going get the poper. to Didyou buythe popertoday? ls tlrere onything interesung the poper? in

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Tell a partnen For example: . I read a book last night. . I playedfootball at the weekend.

fl Listen and repeat the basic and past simple verb forms. Now work with a partner and test each othen StudentA: Say the basic verb forms. Student B: With your book closed,say the past simple forms. Complete the sentenceswith past simple verb forms. 1. | ................... to the cinema Friday. on morning. 2. .11.................. footballon Sunday on 3. | ................................:....... a good programme TV last night. and 4. | ................... shopping Saturday I on somenew clothes. 5 l a letter to my dad last night. 6. 1 at home and I for my exams. and 7. | .................... the newspaper the morning in in the afternoon .................... somecleaning. | 8. 1 to bed early last nighc becauseI

Listening= you Did weekend?

fI Listen to four conversations.In which conversations do the speakers use these expressions? a. b. c. Yes, wasgreat it lt was OK. No, not really.

Which of these things did the speakers say in each convercation? Listen again if you need to.
Conversation I a. I just stayedat home. b. I watched TV. c. lreadabook. Conversation 3 a. I saw a good film. b. I was really ill. c. I stayedin bed all weekend. Conversation 2 a. We went for a walk b. lt rained. c. I read the paper. Conversation 4 a. I went on a trip. b. We went shopping. c. We went to the pub.

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4 i Listen again
listen to Conversation 4 between fosh and Helen tgain. Complete the conyersation with the words h tfie box. nice on saw sounds together walked with :" Did you havea (1) ...... . . H: Yes,it was great. Really? What (2) . . .. .. you do? .... ...weekendl Work with a partneaWrite conversations like those in Activity 3. Use the ideas below. 1. great / went to a party / Saturday/ relaxed / Sunday 2. OK / nothingmuch / went to a friend'shouse/ Saturday did some housework/ Sunday / 3. no, not really/ did the cleaning and shopping / Saturday studied/ Sunday boring / / Now read your conversations with your partnen

Have conversations like these with some other H: Well, I went to the cinema(3) ............ ....Friday students.Ask Did you have a nice weekend? Give with my friend Jules.Wesaw a great film.Then on true answers. Saturday went on a trip to York (4) ........... I .. some peoplefrom my class. was great.We lt (5) . ...... .... round the old town.We all (6) . . ...... ....the cathedral. was beautiful. lt And then we went to the pub (7) .................. in O Listen and repeat the sounds li,.l,lel and lel. the evening. It (8) grear. H: Yes, was.We really enjoyedit. it Practise reading the conversation with a partner.

Look at the pictures on page l44lor help if you need to. O Listen and repeat these words. read bed bad feel well tha.t meal went had week send relax e-mail get back

Work with a partner. 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. 4.

What are you doing tonight? I'm going to go to bed early. 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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hired paid took sad/ cold m e o u t fo r d i n n e r/ me to the arrPort 7. 8. for everything/ f50 for the flight acar/bicycle Discuss these questions with a partner. Use the words in red to help you. Are you married?

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B: Yes. No. /
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B: ...yearsago.
Haveyour familygot two flats / houses?

All the verbs above are in the past simple. Can you remember the present forms?

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With a partner, write a conversation with one of the people in the text. Begin like this: A: Hello. B: Hi. How are you? Did you havea nice weekend? Now read your conversation to another pair.

house to take me out for dinner. I opened the door, and he had a big bunch of flowers and a Fenari! He hired the car just to take me out. I was really surprised.

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I went to our house in the country with my family. It's a small house in a village in the mountains.We often go there at the weekendsand we usuallygo there for a few weeks in the summer.It was really hot when we went this weekend. It was 32 degrees. was surprised I because October.It's usuallycold. it's

Pronunciation:leil, lail, laul and leul

Try saying these sounds. Irl lul lel lel lnl

.lvlhgI had a really tenible weekend. My boyfriend took me out to this really expensiverestaurant.In the middle of our dinner, he gave me a beautiful ring and he asked me to marry him. I was reallysurprised. said no. I I like him, but I knew I didn't want to mam/ him. He was quite angry and sad. It was awful.

O Now listen and check your pronunciation. We can make new vowel sounds using these five sounds.They are: letl latl laul laul

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I had a great weekend.My wife and I got married 25 years ago. My wife and I were really surprisedwhen our son came to our houseon Friday evening.He then took us to the airport and gave us two tickets to go to Paris!He paid for everything:the flight, the hotel, everything.We had a lovely weekend.We remembered the night we got married.It was wonderful.

fl Listen and repeat the vowel sounds. Say the words in each line.They all have one of the sounds above.Which sound does each line have? 1. round,town, housework, flowers,out 2. take, stay,paper, great, rain,gave,paid,came,late 3. open,don't,go, cold,October 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.

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O Listen and repeat the subjects.Where'sthe stress in these words?
business economics geography history literature mathematics tourism

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Listen to Conversation 4 again. Carole is talking to Mark.They don't know each other yery well. Complete the conversation with the words in the box. at university difficult goingto good luck in interesting travel want to

r--. What do you do? M: I'm a student(1) . ...... t- Oh right.What are you studying? M: Tourism. (, ReallylWhatyear are you (2) M: My third. i- And do you like it? M: Yes,it's great.lt's quite (3) . really(4) . . C Well, that'sgood.What'reyou (5) . . after universityl M: I'm goingto find a job, I hope.| (6) .. . work for a big companyand I want to (7)..... ...more. C Well, (8) . you want. . ..... I hope you get the iob ...., but it's ....do

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Which of these nine subjects do you think are: . interesting? . . boring? difficult?

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A Now listen to this conversation. Underline the stressed sounds in each sentence. A What do you do? B: I'm a student at university. , What are you studying? B: Geography. Have conversations with a partner using the subjects above. Can you continue each conversation?

Practise reading the conversation with a partner.

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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: conversations class in

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 . One. 8Ot

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Decide who says these sentences. ls it a teacher (T) or a student (S)? Compare your ideas with a partner. Do you agree? 1. Matchthe questions with the answers. 2. Can I go to the toiletl 3. Compare your ideaswith a partner. 4. How do you pronouncethis word? 5. I'm sorry I'm late. 6. For homework,do Exercise in the workbook. 3 7. Underlinethe words that go together. 8. How do you say'bebek' Englishl in 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.

Pronunciation: form of are

A \ffe often pronounce ore as lel. Listen and repeat these questions. 1. Where are you froml 2. What are you doing tonight? 3. What are you studyingl 4. What year are you in? 5. What are you goingto study? 6. Are you OKI 7. Where are you going? Ask and answer the questions with a partner.

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a. I'm goingto do a Masters. b. I left school ten years ago. c. I work in a primary school. d. I did economics at university. e. I teach in a university. Compare your ideas with a partnen How did you make your decisions? Now look at the photos. Which person do you think said each of the sentences above? Compare your ideas with a partnen

Pardeep I leftschool yearsago- whenI wasonly ten WhenI left,I didn'thavea job for sixteen. Then, whenI was threeyears.lt wasavvful. nineteen,opened shop.Someof my I a I family Indiamakeshoes. buythemand in for thensellthemin England moremoney. Thebusiness doingreally is wellat the shop moment. goingto openanother I'm nextyear. Charlotte I teachliterature to I teachin a university. I first-and second-year students.tellthem the booksI wantthemto read,Usually, writers. then We theseare booksby women aboutthe talkaboutthem.I tellmy students writers givethemthings writeabout. and to I really enjoyit. I'mverylucky. Clare next I'mgoingto do a Master's year.I my two ago finished firstdegree months and now I wantto travelfor a few months. Thelastthreeyearswerereally difficult, I so I needsometimeto relax. did art at For I'm university. my Master's, goingto do art history. Aftermy Master's degree,I want to workin an art gallery. Colln here I workin a primary school. started I yearsago and I reallyenjoyit. I love fifteen teaching I children. get verytired like sometimes, it'sgreat.I really but watching kidsgrowup and learnhowto the do newthings. havetwo kids- a sonand I a daughter but theygo to a different school. lee I I did economics university.really at it. subject enjoyed lt was a very interesting WhenI leftuniversity,startedmy I to study. I at own company. Everythinglearned is was My university veryuseful. company people doingverywellnow.I haveeighteen working me. for

fl Read what the five people in the photos actually say about their education.Did you guess correctly?

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3 I word check
The missing words in these sentences are all in the text. Complete the sentences without looking at tlre text. 1. | .................... unemployed. havea job for two years.I was

-ed Pronunciation: endings

Regular past simple forms end in -ed.When we say this, we usually say |dl. For example: played /plerd/ Some verbs are difficult to say with ldl at the end, so we say ltl or /rd/. For example: liked /lqrkt/ wanted /wontrd/ Make the past simple forms of these verbs by adding ldl.lf you can't,try ltl or /rd/.Which feels right to you? ask call decide enJoy hate hire learn like listen live love move need open pay pla)r phone rain stay study visit wait walk want

2. My familyhasa factory where they ........... clothes. 3. Our teacherdoesn't homework or anything wnte. to us much

4. I'vegot a good job and a nice home.I'm very 5. I'm goingto do a .................. finish my degree. in genetics after I .. tonight

5. I'm reallytired.I needto ................ and do nothing! 7. I started teachinghere fifteen years 8. Children really 9. | .................... 10. My companyis ..........

up fast these days. my own companyfive yearsago. ........ badly. very O Listen and repeat the past simple forms. Use five of the verbs to talk about things you did yesterday - or things that happened yesterday.

Now look at the text and check your answers. 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.

past,present Grammar: and future

Do these sentences talk about the present (PR), the past (PA) or the future (F)? The first one has been done for you. 1. I don't havea job at the moment.(PR) 2. I didn't go to the class. 3. I'm not going to ask her again. 4. I don't go to the cinemavery often. 5. I'm not Japanese. Korean. I'm 6. I went to see a film, but I didn't like it very much. 7. Sorry,I didnt hear what you said. 8. I don't remember. 9. I had English lessonsbefore,but I didn't learn much. 10. I'm not goingto do anything.

Questionsand answers
Put the words in order and make questions. 1. are / Where / from I you I 2. Whatlyouldoldo? 3. are /What / doing / tonight I you t 4 . w e e k e n I y o u l n i c e / h a v eI a I D i d L d 5. did / do I you / What I 6. studyingI are I you lWhat I Match the questions with the answers.

1. _l

2. _J 3. _J 4. _J s. _l

6. _J

a. I'm a teacher. b. Yes,it was great. c. I'm going to a friend'shousefor dinner. d. I went to see a friend who livesin Sheffield. e. Australia. f. Businessmanagement.

Grammar: negatives
Complete the sentences with the negatives in the box. 'm not don't didn't wasn't

Ask a partner the questions and find out their answers.

Adjectives
Presenc | .................... Present I .................... Past Pasu Future: | .................... lt .................. | .................... know. sure. enjoy it very much. very nice. goingto see him. bad cheap cold easy empq/ great interesting late near small weather film a ......................................... an ............... an ................ a.................. a .................. a.................. an ................ go to bed ............ .. train ...iob .. subject weekend company . hotel .................. here

Complete the expressionson the right so that they have the opposite meaning of those on the left.

Complete the conversations with don't or didn't. 1. A: B:

F

Where's the toiletl | .................... know.Ask the waiter. Por favor,1nepuede ayudar? I'm I'm sorry,| .................... speakSpanish. English. Did you havea nice weekendl It was OK. I do very much because the rain. of Are you goingto come for a drink laterl | .................... think so.| ............ really like goingto pubs. Did you tell Pabloabout the party? No, | .......... ........ him. see

1. hot weather 2. a good film 3. a hard job 4. far from here 5. a boringsubject 6. an awfulweekend 7. a big company 8. an expensive hotel 9. go to bed early 10. a crowded train

2. A: B:

3. A: B: 4. A: B: 5. A: B: 6. A: B:

Use some of the expressions above to tell a partner things that are true for you. For example: What did you do in classon Tuesdayl . My brother works for a small company. go. I .................... know. | ......................................... . I usually to bed early. go . The last train I took was almost empq/.

Review: 1-6 Units Now complete these sentences with the words in the box. Complete the common pairs of verbs with the words in the box. answer finish havedinner learn play 1. start and 2. ask and 3. listenand ............. 4. stay and 5. work and ............. Now complete these common pairs of verbs with the words in the box. feel hate see sell write

go live speak send stay takes 7. | .................... in a flat in the city centre. 8. My girlfriend never me out for
dinner. 9. I don't 1 0 . I always every day. 11. I usually d"y. 12. I usually to the cinemavery often. to my mum on the phone five or six e-mails every at home at the weekend.

Are any of the sentences true for you? Can you change them so that they are true?

6. read and 7. buy and 8. love and 9. go and 10. think and ............. Work with a partner. 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 verbs. Can you remember all the pairs? Work with a partner and do one of these activities again. a. Role play in Unit 4 on page22. b. Role playin Unit 5 on page27.

8 | What canyou remember?

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 in an office. very much money. .... business management at .................. to work. me 20 minutesto get here by the cleaning my house. in walk

Unit 3: My job TingTing

1. | .................... 2. I don't 3. I'm .............. . . unrverstty. 4. I usually 5. lt .................. car. 6. I always

Jos6 Frances

{FiUnit 5: My weekend Emily Paulo Junko Ron

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Vocabulary builder: your house

Put the things in the boxes into the rooms whereYOU usually have them or do them.
bed bookshelves cupboard diningtable drawers mtrror sink sofa table

the livingroom

your bedroom

brushingyour teeth chatting to a friend your e-mail checking cookingdinner doing some gardening doing some work havinga bath havinga shower a having sleep dinner having to listening music makingsome tea playing playing video games reading readingthe paper shaving sunbathing talkingto someoneon the phone washingup watchingTV w{ting some letters the bathroom the spare room the kitchen

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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10 Listening:l'm quite tired

a1 Listen to a conversation between Claudio and Hargrit.They are talking before their English class. Cover the conversation below.Take notes on everything you understand. Listen again and complete the conversation.Write ONE word in each space. Hello.How are youl Y. H i. I ' m f ine. Can I sit herel Y: Of course. how are youl So O h O K . I ' m quite (1 ) Y: Did you go out last nightl Yes,I went out with my brother.lt was his birthday. Y: Really ( 2) . . . . . ? Twenty-three. Y: Right.Whatdoes he dol He'sa student. Y: What's he (3) Law. Y: That'sthe sameas you, isn't itl Yes, but he'sin his final year. Y: OK. So what (4) . My secondyear. Y: Right.I thought you were older. No, I'm only twenty. Y: Right.So what time (5) bedl Four in the morning. Y: I'm not (6) Y: Really? Yes,I'm (7) friend. Y: What film? - fionster.Are you (8) Do you want to coniel Oh well.Maybesome other time. Discuss these questions with a partner. 1. What did you do on your last birthday? L What was the last film you saw? anyrhinglaterl . . .... see a film with a to you're tired. Actually, going out againafter the class. I'm you to to . .... you in? are .................. ? ...o l d i s h e l

Pronunciation: the letter 'a'

The letter'a' can be pronounced in lots of different ways. For example: lal lel lnl lall lc'^l leil another any relax far talk make

A Listen and repeat these sounds and words. Look at the grid.Try to find a way from START to FINISH which only uses the sound /er/.You can only go +, e or l. A Now listen and check your answer.

START
made

Past PaPer Monday anything all comPany

watch

exams

awful
another wanted

pai d relax answer ask

accountant civil servant

fast
take

Same last
e-mail great late

say wart played August sofa

came

badly walk

after
480

April

FINISH

Collocations
Now find another way from START to FINISH by choosing the correct words to complete the expressions below. 1. | ...a mistake. | ...the dinner. | ...some pasta. / / 2. | ...f500 for it. | | ...for my meal. He ...for everything. / 3. Stayat home and .... / | just want to .... | ...for a few mtnutes. 4. I don't know the .... / Can you ...the phone?/ That's the right .... 5. Can | ...a question? ...her./ ...the teacher. / 6. I do it ...the time. /We ...went together./ | stayedout ...night. 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 e 0 t h . /I ' m o n h o l i d a yn . . . . 1 i 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.

Y: I'm sorry. I can't.I've got a Frenchclass.

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Using vocabulary:free time activities
Make sure that you understand the words in red. Look up any new words in your dictionary - or ask your teacher.
go to my aerobicsclass go to my yoga class go running go skiing havea driving lesson havea piano lesson play baseball play golf

Listening: So what did you do last night?

O Listen to three conversations.Take notes about what the people did last night.

agarn
Listen to Conversation 3 again. Dean is talking to Jan at work. Complete the conversation. D: Hi,Jan. How're youl you? thanks.And J: Fine, D: Oh, (1) do last night? . So what did you

A Listen and repeat the activities. Which of the activities can you see in the photos? 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?

J: Well, after work, I met a friend and we playedgolf together for a couple of hours. D : That sounds good.(2) ....... you do thatl . . . do .

a month, J: Not very often.Once or (3) but I'm better than my friend.I beat her last night. Anyway,what about you?What did you do last nightl D: I had a pianolesson. You're(4) ..... . J: Oh really? That'sgreat! (5) ....... been doing thatl D: (6) . .. . . actually. second lesson, ! .......................... ....haveyou was only my .....Yesterday

Well, good luck with it! J: Really? Practise reading the conversation with a partner.

7 What did you do lastnight?

Using gramm ar: How often / How long ... ?

Further practice
Try to complete the sentences below so that they are true for you. Use the time expressions in the box. last night yesterday morning a few daysago last weekend last week

thch these questions from Conversation 3 with tlc answers. 'l How often do you do thatl _j _J _.1 _J L How long'veyou been doing thatl _J _-j _l __j t Quite a long time - about nine or ten years. b. Quite often - once or twice a week. c- Not very often - only about once a month. c e t t n Not very long - only about three weeks. lrlot very long - only about a month. Quke a long time - about six or sevenmonths. Not very often - only about rwo or three times a 'Ear. Quite often - nearly every day.

'1. I went to my ...class.... 2. I had a ...lesson.... 3. I pl ayed .... 4. I w ent ...-i ng .... Work in pairs. Student A: Tell your partner what you have written. Student B: Ask the two questions in Activity 4. Try to continue the conversation.

Cqer the answers above. Now complete these irrsurens. Use ONE word in each space. l- Not ............ often - about three bur times a year. !. Not ............ often once or nuce a year. s- Quite often - nearly .......... d"y. 6, Not ............ long - only ........... a week. c Not ............ long .......... about a month. f. Quite a long ten years. about .......... or

Usingvocabulary: time free

Here are five lists of activities. Match the words in the box with the lists of activities. art films music religion travelling

1.
go to the cinema laugha lot crY

4.
go to exhibitions Parnr draw

2.
For more information on using How often and How long, rce G8.

5.
go sightseeing get a visa take photos go to church go to the temple Pray

5 Practice
lYork with a partner. Have conversations tike (Co;'n'.tr"tion 3. Use the expressions in Activity l. tcgin like.this: - Hi. How're you? Oh, not too bad.So what did you do last night? & Oh, I went .../ had .../ played.... lleke sure that you ask each other the two f;Estions in Activity 4. i : Fine, thanks.And youl

3.
go ro concerts be a big fan download songsfrom the internet Work with a partner. Student A: Act or draw the activities above. DON'T use any words. Student B: With your book closed, say the activities. Can you remember all the activities?

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, o big fon. I'm l'm o fon of Sevillofootballclub. Are you a big fan of anyone?

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i ' - ' : 5 Ji r Jg t
Speaking
Do you ever do these things? . go to art exhibitions? . . . . . go to concerts? go to the cinema? go travellingl paint? download songsfrom the internetl

lnlcrnallonill
E Sara
Language: Engtish Age:36 E -mai t: bottsara@ mac.net I'm an Engtish mumwith two kids. lovereading, I dancing making and clothes. Write me.Any to country. retigion. you're mother and Any If a too share interests, meat[about my tetl it.

E Justine
Language: French Age: 16 j ustinf3@ yaboo. E -mai [: com I'm a big fan of Robbie Wi[Uams. Writeto me if you'rea fan too. I had somebad experiences with boy pen pals- so girlsonty ptease.

Have conversations like this with a partner: Do you ever go to art exhibitions? B: Yes, quite a lot. I usually to one every month.I went go to one last week,actually. or: Yes, sometimes. Maybeonce or twice a year. or: No, never.

E Isaac
Language: Engl.ish Age: 23 gh. E-mail:hayes@f[eece.net I'm lookjng a niceEnglish 1,8-25.I Like girl. for travetting music. woutdlike to visit the UK and I i n the summer w antsomeone ho canwr it e and w me an invitationletterfor my visa.

O You are going to read some adverts by people looking for pen pals - people in different parts of the world that you write to but usually don't meet. As you read, decide if you would answer any of these adverts.Why / why not? Compare your answers with a partner. Use these ideas to explain how you feel. . I'd write to .... She/ He soundsnice. . . . . I'd write to .... She/ He likesthe samethingsas me. I wouldn'twrite to .... She/ He soundsstrange. 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 to write!

A Baz
Language: EngLish Age: 15 E-mail: baz_za@ com nerd. I'm looking girtsor computer gamers or for both. E -maime. l

E Antonio
Language: pani sh A ge:21 S E -mai t: antoni ovargas@ shotmai t.es. net I'm a student studying [anguages. Catho[ic. I'm I loveart, classical music, filmsand travet.I want to chatto someone ho [i kes w these ngsand thi i mprove E ngLi sh. my

E Jurgen
Language: German Age: 23 E -mai t: spacker@ spack.de I'm a medical student. lovesport.I go skiinga I lot and I racecars.I'm tooking a friend. for

7 What did you do lastnight?

3 While you read(2)

fEd drese e-mails.Which adverts are the peopte eglying to? ff Compare your answers with a partner.Then k-n and check your answers. Do you think anyone will reply to lsaac, Baz or Irjen? Why / why not?

Dear , ... I sawyouradvert the penpalFriends on International website I woutdr.ike writeto and to you.Myname Sam is andI,m 15.I Love Robbie too. I've been seehim in concert to threetimes!My favourite songis Angets,. Whafsyourfavourite song? Sam

lcol

English: thougrr

btft often use though to mean'but' in spoken Engli sh. The grammar is different.For example: I fui't reollylike clossicolmusic,but I likejozz. reolly clossicol like music.l likejozz,though. ] tt

Using gramm ar: who and what

h their e-mails, lzzy asksWho's your favourite ector? and Sam asksWhat's your favourite song? We use who to ask about people and what to ask

$out things. C,orrrpletethese questions with Who's orWhat's?

..... your favouritesinger? your favouritesongl your favouriteCDI your favouritefilml your favouriteactorl your favouritewriter? your favouritedirector? your favouritebook? your favouritefootball player? your favouriterestaurantl Ask and answer the questions with some other rtrdents. Now write an e-mail to one of the pen pals in the rdverts og the opposite page.

D e a. . . , r businessman I is Myname Gustav. am an Austrian on I in London. sawyouradvert the PenPa[ Living and website I wouldliketo Friends International writeto you. I lovebaltetandgo to the theatrea andI once ctasses a week Lot.I atsogo to salsa but ctubs, I don'tgo go sometimes to Latindance in friends I veryoftenbecausedon'thavemany and to Ifs London. difficu[t meetpeople I work be It longhours. woutd niceto writeto you.You anychitdren I'm not nice.I don'thave sound I has married but my sister two children. reatty see lovethemandI usualty themoncea month visits or to whenI go back Austria whenmy sister me. Gustav

5 | Pronunciation= and lvl lfl

ff Listen and repeat the sounds with tft and lvt. Look at the pictures on page 145 for help if you need to. 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.

D e a. . . , r I sawyouradvert the penpatFriends on International website I woutd to writeto and tike you.Myname Isabelta, mostpeopte is but cattme Izzyfor short.I'm 19 andI,m studying graphic design a coltege Norwich, at in which-iiality in the eastof Engtand.reaLty painting I love anj drawing, I go to exhibitions and quitea iot. I went to an exhibition paintings Goya year, of by last good. yli:h wasreatty I,ve-nevlr been Spain, to but I'd to of .tove go onedayandvisit some the great galteries there. Whereabouts you [ive? do I don'treatty classical [ike music. prefer I indierock music Badass the Beatpack. [ike and I Like going to the cinema, though. favourite My p.nn actoris SLan andmyfavourite is Cartito,s Whatkindof fil.m Way. fitmsdo you Like? Who,s yourfavourite actor? Write mesoon. to Izzy

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Conversa'lietl
Match the general questions with the follow'up questions. 1. What kind of books do you read? 2. What kind of musicdo you listento? 3. What kind of musicdo you danceto? 4. What kind of films do you watchl 5. What kind of food do you like? -J -J -l -l -J

Listening:free time
O Listen to three conversations about free time. In which conversation do the speakers talk about each of these things? Abouto Boy cinema dancing reading shopping Wimbledon

action movies Harry Robins running tennis PauloCoelho salsa

They're my favouriteband. a. Do you likeThe Kills? b. Do you like balletl c. Do you like spicythings? d. Do you like JanetCain?She'smy favouritewriter. e. Do you like Ben Stiller?| love his films.

Can you remember who or what was: . great? . not very good? . a bit boring? . quite funnyl . sad and funny? . embarrassing? Listen again if you need to.

Cover the questionsin Activity l. Complete the conversations. of booksdo You 1. A: What B: ; ; ; ; ; ; " ; ; . ;,;" A: Me too.
She'smy n o v e ,s you like JanetCainl writer.

Listen to Conversation 3 again.Pennyand Dennis are talking at work. Complete the conversation with the words in the box.
been class Sreat : embarrassing kind dancing love should too very

P: What are you doing tonight? D: I'm goingto my salsa(1) P: Really? How long haveyou (2)
that? Do D: Not very long.Thisis my third lesson. you like doing

B: Yes,she'sOK. I quite like her books. 2. A: What kind of

F

do You listen

? ..........''...... The Stands? favourite

B: I love rock music. A: Me too. Do you

They're

(3)

...

...... ?

good at it. .... I'm P: No, not really. not (4) ............ | find it really I alwaysstep on other people'sfeet and

I B: No, not really. prefer things likeThe Heroes. Write three more conyersations using the other questions in Activity l. Notice that we answer Do you like ... ? questions like this: || \r' || {'-} .!" Yes,it's / she's/ they're great. | love it / her / them. Yes,it's / he's / they're OK. | quite like it / him / them. No, not really.

(s) ..... .

D: So what do you do in your free time? P: Well, | (6) . ........ cinemaa lot. .. D: Me too.What (7) ......... like? P: Action moviesand comedies. D: Me (8) .......... .... D: Yes.We(9) ...... P: Yes.Thatdbe (10) Practise reading the conversation with a partner. .... Do you like Harry Robbins? . go .... and see it together. P: Yes.He's great. He's got a new film out. ....... shoppingand I go to the ....of films do you

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B D o y o u l i k e. ?

Using gramm ar: me too / me neither

We agree with another person by saying me too or me neither. We use me too to agree with positive statements. For example: I quite like swimming. Yes,me too. (l quite like swimming.) | think football is really boring.

Practice
Complete these sentences so that they are true for you. 1. I l ove.... 2. I qui te l i ke .... 3. I don't reallylike .... 4. I hate .... 5. I never.... 6. 1...aot. l Work with a partner. Student A: Read your sentences. Student B: Agree or disagree with your partner. Try to continue the conversation. Use one or two of these questions: . How long haveyou been doingthat? . How often do you do thatl . What kind of ...do you like? . Do you like ...? . What's / who's your favourite...?

B: Yes,me too. (l think football is really boring.) We use me neither to agree with negative statements. For example: ' I don't reallylike shopping. B: No, me neither. don't reallylike shopping.) (l | never read the newspaper.

B: No, me neither.(l never read the newspaper.) Look at these statements and responses. Both rcplies are grammatically correct. Choose the 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? don't reallylike it. I 1. I hate Hollywood films. a. Yes,me too. b. Really? love them. | 5. I dont reallylike shopping. a. No, me neither. b. Really? love it. I 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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fi ead1n9
describing Usingvocabulary:
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. veryfriendly. They're They'renot very easy talk to. to quiet. They're 2.

It rainsa lot. It's quite warm. It's very hot.

So Robert,what do you thttk of the here?

3.
He's very strong. She'sweak. He's not very intelligent.

4.
There'slots of choice. There'snot much choice. It's awful sometimes.

Robert Oh, I love it. It's nicer than in Britain. [t's really healthy, really good for you. In Britain, we eat a lot more fried food - chips, burgers, that kind of thing. Another good thing here is that each area still has its own special food. The way they cook in the north of the country is very different ftom the way they cook in the south. I love that. I also love the wine! E Thaft nice to know. And.what do you tlrtnk of the here?

5.
It's delicious. It's good for you. It's spicy. Can you think of one more expression to add to each group? Which expressions would you use to describe your country?

Robert lt's grreat.It rains a lot more in England and it's colder. The summershere are hotter and the winters are warmer too. It's lovely. E nna what about the ............ you thittk of them? ......... What do ?

Read this interview with Robert, a British man living abroad - in another country. As ysr read, complete each question by adding one of the..words from the box in Activity l. A Listen and check your answers.Which country do you think Robert is living in?

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 well. Now I think thefre friendlier, but in Britain we're friendly too. I Urink we're very easy to talk to.

Talkingof Britain,what do you tlrink of yow

?

Whv?

Robert 0h, that's a really difficult guestion. I don't know how to answer that. I don't agrree with some things he does, but other things he does are good. He's strong, but sometimeshe needs to listen to other people more, I think. El And, tinally, what do you tlrink of the here?

Robert That's an easy Erestion to answer. I hate it! are There's not much choice and a lot of the progrrammes 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.

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3 | Word check
The missing words in these sentences are all in the fxL Complete the sentences without looking at dre text. 1- The food here is good for you, really L The ............ ...... they cook in the west is different from the they cook in the easL
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Usinggrammar: comparatives
We don't say mre#, we say better. l . We don't say merc*ad, we say worse. When we talk about two countries,we often say things in one country are better than or worse than in the other country.
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3- To begin , I thought the people werent very friendly,but now I have lots of friends. 1. That's a really 5. I dont know 6- He'svery rich.He question! to answer that! sixTV channels!

Translate better than and worse than into your language. Complete the sentences with better or worse. 1. She's .......... stronger. ........ our own leader. than She's

l|olr look at the text and check your answers. Now ask a partnerWhat do you think of the food / the people / the leader / the TV / the weather / in our / your country? Do you agree with your partner's ideas?

2. The weather here is .................. than in the north of the country.lt's warmer here. 3. The TV here is than the TV in my country.Thereare more interestingprogrammeshere. 4. lt's ............... ...livingin the capitalciry than in my home town.The people are more unfriendly. 5. The food in Japan ................. is most English food. lt's healthier. 6. Thai food is ................. country.lt's nice and spicy. . for you than

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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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