First certificate avenues workbook with keys

FIRST CERTIFICATE

Avenues
Revised Edition
WORK BOOK

with A n s w e r s
David

Foil

&

Anne

CAMBRIDGE
U N I V E R S I T Y PRESS

Kelly


P U B L I S H E D B Y T H E P R E S S S Y N D I C A T E O F THE U N I V E R S I T Y O F C A M B R I D G E

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ISBN 0 521 49982 8 Workbook with Answers
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Contents
Introduction

to

the

teacher

5

Introduction

to

the

student

6

UNIT

Language

1

Lesson 2 In t h e c i t y

33

Grammar Conditional sentences; Writing What would it
be like?; Listening City life
L e s s o n 3 O n the l a n d

Lesson 1 L e a r n i n g E n g l i s h

7

Grammar Asking questions; Vocabulary Phrasal verbs;
Speaking Getting to know you
Lesson 2 E n g l i s h in t h e w o r l d

8

Reading Use your dictionary wisely; Dictionary skills;

UNIT

5

A

question

of

health

Lesson 1 H e a l t h a n d f i t n e s s

Listening Learning Chinese
Lesson 3 U n s p o k e n m e s s a g e s

35

Vocabulary The right word; Reading A hellishly noisy
place: Pronunciation Numbers and symbols: Vocabulary
Phrasal verbs

10

Reading The kiss is not a simple matter; Grammar
Pronouns; Vocabulary The right word; Writing
Confessions of an English student

38

Grammar The present: Writing A day in the life of ...;

Speaking Talking about photos
Lesson 2 W h a t ' s t h e c u r e ?

40

Grammar Advice; Vocabulary Phrasal verbs; Listening

The subject is smoking
UNIT

Eating

2

and

drinking

Lesson 1 N a t i o n a l f o o d

Lesson 3 P h y s i c a l l y d i f f e r e n t
15

Grammar Nouns; Vocabulary Containers and groups;
Reading Ice cream: What's in a lick; Speaking The

secrets of the fridge
Lesson 2 S o m e l i k e it h o t

Lesson 4 E x a m r e v i e w

45

18
6

A

place

called

Grammar Personal preference; Writing My taste in food;

UNIT

Grammar Adverbs

Lesson 1 N e i g h b o u r h o o d s

Lesson 3 F o o d f o r t h o u g h t

20

Vocabulary Phrasal verbs; Listening Food and drink;
Vocabulary The right word

UNIT

3

Grammar Present perfect; Writing Asking for
information; Vocabulary Phrasal verbs
48

Compounds and adjectives; Speaking Safety at home

Lesson 2 Q u i t e a c h a r a c t e r

22

25

Lesson 3 H e r o e s a n d H e r o i n e s

27

Grammar Comparatives and superlatives; Grammar

UNI

T

7

On

the

move

53

Vocabulary Prepositional phrases; Grammar Reported
statements; Speaking Expressing opinion; Grammar
Asking questions
Lesson 2 A i r m a i l

55

Reading Air anxiety seminars; Word formation Nouns;

Writing A letter to a friend; Vocabulary Phrasal verbs

country

Lesson 1 On t h e m a p

50

Lesson 1 O n t h e r o a d

Listening The London Dungeon; Grammar Making
deductions; Vocabulary The right word; Writing Linkers
of addition; Writing My hero
and

Lesson 3 I n t e r i o r s

Reading The luck of the house; Grammar The past:
Vocabulary The right word

Grammar Relative clauses; Vocabulary Character
questionnaire; Writing Punctuation practice; Speaking
Personal description

Town

46

Listening Converting my flat: Word formation

Reading A question of honour; Grammar Conditional
sentences; Pronunciation Emphasising words;
Vocabulary Phrasal verbs

4

home

Lesson 2 L i v i n g r o o m

People

Lesson 1 J u d g i n g by a p p e a r a n c e s

UNIT

42

Reading A feeling of pure joy; Pronunciation Vowel
sounds; Grammar Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed:
Vocabulary The right word

Lesson 3 E x o t i c h o l i d a y s

31

57

Grammar Modal verbs; Listening Early package tours
and women travellers; Vocabulary The right word

Passive; Speaking A nice place to live
C o n t e n t s

3


UNIT

8

What's

in

the

news?

Lesson 1 F r o m o u r o w n c o r r e s p o n d e n t

UNIT
61

Grammar The past; Vocabulary Phrasal verbs;
Pronunciation Weak forms; Speaking Reporter for a day
Lesson 2 N e w s i n t o h i s t o r y

63

64

9

Making

your

mind

Lesson 1 B r a i n P o w e r

94

Lesson 2 T h e h a p p i e s t d a y s of y o u r l i f e ?

97

Pronunciation Word linking; Grammar Comparatives
and superlatives (revision); Reading About a million
dollars' worth; Vocabulary The right word

way

Lesson 1 R i g h t f o o t f o r w a r d

69

UNIT

Science

13

and

technology

Lesson 1 C o m p u t e r s

Grammar Reported questions; Writing The job interview;

101

Word formation Practice exercise; Speaking Asking

Reading Mieroseopie machines; Grammar The infinitive;

politely

Vocabulary Phrasal verbs; Word formation Revision

Lesson 2 T h e p o u n d in y o u r p o c k e t

71

Lesson 3 W r o n g f o o t f o r w a r d

73

case?: Grammar Reason, result and purpose: Vocabulary
The right word

The right word; Writing A letter to a friend
UNIT

77

Grammar Modal verbs; Grammar Simple or progressive?;
Reading Love and marriage; Speaking What would
happen if ...?
Lesson 2 A l l in t h e f a m i l y

106

Listening Watch out!; Grammar Quantity; Vocabulary

Relationships

Lesson 1 F r i e n d s h i p

103

Grammar The future; Grammar Reported speech
(revision); Vocabulary Prepositional phrases; Speaking
Looking to the future
Lesson 3 M i n d o v e r m a t t e r

Listening Down and out in Harlem: Reading A hopeless

10

exercise
Lesson 2 In s p a c e

Speaking Shopping; Vocabulary Phrasal verbs;
Grammar Getting people to do things; Vocabulary
Prepositional phrases

UNIT

14

The

world

around

us

Lesson 1 T h e e n v i r o n m e n t

109

Grammar Passive (revision); Reading Back from
extinction; Writing Looking at both sides
Lesson 2 A n i m a l l i f e

80

112

Grammar The -ing form or the infinitive; Vocabulary

Listening A traditional family; Grammar The article;

Phrasal verbs (revision); Speaking Family animals; Word

Word formation Verbs; Vocabulary Prepositional phrases

formation Revision exercise

Lesson 3 B r i d g i n g t h e g e n e r a t i o n g a p

82

4

Exam

review

Lesson 3 C o n c r e t e j u n g l e

114

Grammar Impersonal 'it': Vocabulary The right word:
Listening An unusual story

Grammar Contrast: Writing Between childhood and adult
life; Vocabulary Phrasal verbs; Vocabulary The right
word
Lesson

85

UNIT

15

Culture

and

tradition

Lesson 1 T r a d i t i o n a l s t o r i e s
UNIT

11

Free

time

Lesson 1 A g o o d s p o r t

86

Lesson 2 H o b b i e s a n d p a s t i m e s

87

Lesson 3 C e l e b r a t i o n s

121

Speaking Family celebrations; Vocabulary The right
word; Grammar Revision exercise

I used to do; Word formation Prefixes; Speaking My

favourite things in life
Grammar The future; Vocabulary The right word;

Writing Putting something right

119

Listening The arts; Grammar Conditional sentences
(revision); Writing Making a complaint

Reading An interest in magic: Grammar be used to doing

Lesson 3 H a v i n g a g o o d t i m e

116

Reading Once upon a time; Grammar Revision of tenses;
Vocabulary Phrasal verbs (revision)
Lesson 2 A r t a n d c u l t u r e

Listening A sporting life; Vocabulary Phrasal verbs;
Vocabulary Prepositional phrases; Speaking Agreeing
and disagreeing

Lesson

4

Exam

review

124

90
Tapescripts
Answers
Acknowledgements

4

95

Listening Studying abroad; Grammar 'wish' I 'if only';
Vocabulary Prepositional phrases; Speaking Unwillingly
to school?
Lesson 3 G r e a t e x h i b i t i o n s

Reading Haunted waters; Grammar Time relationships;
Vocabulary Prepositional phrases; Vocabulary The right
word
UNIT

your

Grammar The -ing form of the verb: Writing Dreams in
everyday life; Vocabulary Phrasal verbs

Listening History in the making; Grammar Conditional
sentences: Writing / was there
Lesson 3 H o w c o u l d i t h a p p e n h e r e ?

Improving

12

126
137
i n s i d e b a c k cover

C o n t e n t s


Introduction to the teacher
This Workbook is designed to complement First
Certificate Avenues Revised Edition Coursebook. It gives
students further practice in the grammar, vocabulary
and skills work done in the Coursebook and provides
further experience of exam exercise types. The
Workbook is available in two versions: one with
tapescripts and answers, and one without.
The Workbook exercises are organised into three
lessons for each unit, which correspond to Lessons 1, 2
and 3 of each Coursebook unit. (There are only
Workbook exercises which correspond to Coursebook
Lesson 4s for Units 5, 10 and 15.)
You may wish to use some exercises in class, to set
others as homework, or to suggest that students treat
the Workbook as a resource for individual study. Where
class time is limited, or where individual students have
special needs or difficulties, you will find it helpful to
have this bank of appropriate exercises which students
can be encouraged to make use of in their own time.

If students are to use the Workbook on their own, it
would be a good idea to go through the Introduction to
the student with them first. Make sure they understand
how to make best use of the answers and tapescripts,
and that they follow the rationale for using a cassette
player when doing the speaking tasks and for practising
speaking where possible with a classmate.
The Workbook reading, writing, listening and speaking
exercises will give students practice in exam type tasks
as well as help develop language skills. The grammar
exercises will consolidate work done in the Coursebook
and help students acquire the accuracy and range of
structures needed for all five papers at First Certificate.
Similarly, the vocabulary exercises will build on
Coursebook work and extend students' active range in
frequently used topic areas. Completed exercises will be
useful for reference and revision.

I n t r o d u c t i o n

t o

t h e

t e a c h e r

5


Introduction to the student

You probably already realise that, if you want to make
progress in English, you have to study by yourself as
well as do work in class. This Workbook is to help you
make the best use of your home study time.
HOW TO USE THE W O R K B O O K
Your teacher may ask you to do certain Workbook
exercises for homework, or you may use the Workbook
entirely on your own. If you arc using the Workbook
without a teacher, you probably need to have the
edition which has answers (and the texts of the
recorded material) at the back. Then, when you have
completed an exercise, you can check your answers for
yourself. Of course, you should never look at the
answers, or the tapescript, until you have done the
exercise. Before you do any Workbook exercise, study
the instructions and the example carefully so that you
know what to do.
HOW THE W O R K B O O K IS O R G A N I S E D
The Workbook exercises give you further practice in the
work you have done on grammar, vocabulary and
reading, writing, listening and speaking skills in the
First Certificate Avenues Coursebook. There are
Workbook exercises for Lessons 1, 2 and 3 of every
Coursebook unit. You should do the Workbook
exercises after you have done the corresponding
Coursebook lesson in class.
The reading, writing, listening and speaking tasks
give you practice in the kinds of exercises you will have
to do in the Eirst Certificate exam.
There is a Workbook cassette which contains all the

recorded material for the listening, speaking and
pronunciation exercises.
GRAMMAR AND V O C A B U L A R Y
You will find the Workbook grammar exercises give you
more practice in grammar work done in the Coursebook.
The Workbook vocabulary exercises practise
vocabulary that has been taught in the Coursebook.
They also extend your vocabulary with other words
and phrases around the topic of the unit which are
useful at First Certificate level.
READING AND L I S T E N I N G
Doing the Workbook reading and listening tasks will
help you improve your reading and listening skills. You
6

should do the tasks in different ways. Sometimes you
can take as much time as you need, reading or
listening to the text as often as you like, and. if you
can't guess the meaning of an important word, using a
dictionary to help you. At other times you should do
the tasks as timed exam practice: only listening to each
listening text twice, and taking 1 5-20 minutes to do
each reading task, and not referring to a dictionary.
WRITING
Doing the Workbook writing tasks will develop your
writing skills. Remember to follow the instructions, to
make a paragraph plan before you write, and to check
what you have written carefully afterwards. It's useful if
a teacher can correct your written work for you, but
it's not essential. Just doing the writing is good practice.

If possible, ask a classmate to read what you have
written to see if you have communicated your ideas
clearly. There are model answers to some writing tasks
at the back of the edition with answers. Sometimes you
should try to do a writing task as timed exam practice.
If you want to do that, think about the task, plan,
write and check your work, all in 45 minutes.
SPEAKING
The Workbook speaking tasks are perhaps the most
difficult exercises to do on your own. But it is very
important that you practise your speaking as much as
the other skills. This is because Eirst Certificate Paper 5,
like the other papers, earns 2 0 % of the total marks in
the exam - and you can only improve by practising.
For most speaking tasks there is an example or
model on the cassette. Listen to this carefully. Practise
what you want to say, then record yourself speaking on
a blank cassette. Listen to what you have said, think
how you could improve your performance and record
yourself again. This will help you express your ideas
more fluently and make fewer mistakes. If possible, do
the speaking tasks with a classmate. Then you can help
each other, enjoy the task more, and get useful exam
practice. Remember, in the First Certificate exam you
will do Paper 5 with another candidate.
Doing the Workbook exercises in addition to the work
in First Certificate Avenues Coursebook will mean you
face the exam with added confidence in your ability to
do all five papers well.
I n t r o d u c t i o n

t o

the

s t u d e n t


U N S T

O N E

Language
1 Learning English
Grammar

Asking questions

Vocabulary

Claudia is in England and wants to do a summer
school in English. Complete her conversation with the
director of the Central Language College.
DIRECTOR:

Yes, please. I'd like some information. Could
you (1) ..tell..me..about your college ?

Replace the words in italics with a phrasal verb, in
the correct form, from the box. Use a different

phrasal verb each time.

Certainly. Do you want to study English

here?
CLAUDIA:

Yes, but I can't stay in England very long.

When (2)
DIRECTOR:

1 If you work hard, you'll make progress
?

Would Monday suit you? We have a few free

(

That would be fine. How long (3)
?

DIRECTOR:

Exactly four weeks. It ends on the second of
Could you tell me how many (4)

) the

chart on page 2 3 ; then say aloud (

)

) your

homework.
Three in the morning and two in the

5 Check (

) what you have written

carefully before you give (

CLALDIA:

Are (5)

DIRECTOR:

Well, the average number is twelve. Our

?

) your

composition to the teacher for correction.
6 You have missed a lot of classes, so you must do

teachers find that the best size.

some extra work to reach the same level as

CLAIJDIA:

I don't have to (6)

DIRECTOR:

I'm afraid you do. Your marks will tell us

?

(

) the other students.

7 You can remove (

which is the best class for you.

) a mistake

written in pencil, but you have to draw a line through

What about accommodation? Can you

(7)
DIRECTOR:

3 Make notes by completing (

excuse you from doing (

afternoon. You'll have to work hard!

CLAUDIA:

) the problem by finding
) the word in the dictionary.

4 I know it's a holiday tomorrow, but I'm not going to

?
DIRECTOR:

)

what you have written to your partner.

September.
CLAEDIA:

(..get.on

in English.
2 Solve (

places then.
CLAIDIA:

These phrasal verbs are frequently used in the
English language classroom:
catch up with cross out fill in get on
go through hand in let off look up read out
rub out stand in for work out

Good morning. Can I help you?

CLAUDIA:

DIRECTOR:

Phrasal verbs

(
?

We'll do our best. But most of our regular

) one written in ink.

8 Your normal teacher is ill, so I'm doing the job for
(

) her today.

families are fully booked at the moment.
CLAUDIA:

Well, I think I'll do the course. Shall I write

you a cheque now?

L E S S O N

1 L e a r n i n g

E n g l i s h

Use your dictionary to check the meanings of any of
these verbs that you are not sure of. Learn the ones
that are new for you.

7


Listen to ten 'getting to know you' questions on
the recording and answer them with
information about yourself. These questions are
typical of the sort of questions the examiner will ask

you in Part 1 of Paper J.
There is a pause on the recording between each
question: try to keep talking for the whole length of
the pause.

When you have answered all the questions, stop
the recording and think about your answers. In
what ways could you improve them? Did you make

any g r a m m a r mistakes which you can correct now?
C o u l d y o u h a v e u s e d m o r e p r e c i s e o r m o r e interesting

vocabulary? Can you think of a better way of
joining y o u r ideas together?
Rewind the recording a n d answer the questions
again. Were your answers better this time?
For further practice, if possible, ask and
answer the questions with a classmate.

Use your dictionary wisely
Read the following advice carefully. Three of the 'rules'
give unwise advice: which do you think they are? Why?

Look at the end of the book to see if you are right about the 'unwise rules'.
U N I T 1

L a n g u a g e


9 Although she had

the problem

with her doctor, she still felt worried.
PRONUNCIATION

Which word is the odd one out? Check your
answers in the dictionary.

10 I have

several times about the noise they make late at
night.

1 ship: The vowel sound in ship is /I/, not /i:/

EXAMPLE:

like the other words.

IDIOMS

1 tree

piece (ship)

key

2 bed

sand

said

3 laugh
4 full

head

much
wolf

5 born

does

could

ought

6 first warm

leaf
friend

once

foot

When you want to know the meaning of an
idiom, you can look up a key word in the dictionary.
Match each sentence (1-6) with an appropriate
response (a-f). Then check your answers by looking
at all the entries for the key word 'world' in the
dictionary.

young

fool

fault

board

serve

earth

cough
word

7 Underline the silent letters. Check your answers in
the dictionary.
EXAMPLE:

dumb
ghost
doubt

knife
sword
honest
cupboard
Wednesday
should whistle knee half walk
psychology receipt

MEANING A N D USE

All
in some
meaning
example,

the verbs in the box are to do with speaking
way. In the dictionary, check the particular
of each verb and how it is used. For
what preposition comes after 'refer'?

argued boasted chatted complained discussed
expressed insisted mentioned objected
referred
Complete each sentence with an appropriate verb
from the box. Think about meaning and grammar.
1 In his speech he

..referred

to the help he

had received from his friends.
2 In the lunch break we

about

our favourite television programmes.
3 She

her ideas simply so that

everyone could understand.
4 I

that I was going on holiday.

but I didn't give any details.
5 He

to my neighbours

on giving me a lift in his

1 Is the food good there?
2 She says she can be a good mother and have a
successful career.
3 Clare looks really happy.
4 Tom doesn't want to lose his secretary.
5 Paul never takes any notice of what's happening.
6 Luke doesn't have that huge car any more.
a
b
c
d
e
f

Yes, she wants the best of both worlds.
No, he's come down in the world.
Yes, it's out of this world.

No, he's in a world of his own.
Yes, she's on top of the world.
No, he thinks the world of her.

What other useful phrases or idioms does your
dictionary give for the word 'world'?

Learning

Chinese

Listen to Sue, an English teacher, talking about
her experience of learning Chinese. What aspect
of this is she describing?
A using her coursebook
B remembering new vocabulary
C taking part in conversations
Listen again and complete this summary of the
methods Sue used. It is written as seven points
of advice on remembering new vocabulary in any
foreign language. The first letter of each missing
word is given. One example ( 5 ) has been done for
you.

car. even though I wanted to walk.
6 She

with her father all day, but
about his rich and famous

parents and the expensive presents they gave him.
8 The students

2 One way to r
similar w

E n g l i s h

in

t h e

a word is to find a
in your language:

3 Learn your v
but a I

2

in

another way is to make a picture of it in your mind.

to the large

amount of homework the teacher gave them.

L E S S O N

the v

your textbook which you need in r

he still wouldn't let her go to the party.
7 He

1 U

w o r l d

not once a week
and o

9


4 Copy words and e
v

into a
b

small enough to k

6 Read your vocabulary book t

which is
in your

, for f.

times a d
minutes.

7 Look over the words you learned 1

P
5 Also c.opy.

week so that you don't f.

into this book words

which you hear people in conversations

them.

using

again and again.

Look at the following list. Who do you kiss?
Why? How do you kiss them? Who do you not
kiss?
parents
brothers and sisters
uncles and aunts
cousins
partner (boy/girlfriend; husband/wife)

friends neighbours
teachers strangers babies
pet animals

10

Kissing keeps you healthy.
If you kiss someone in public in India, you may
be arrested.
Animals kiss each other.
True or false? Read this magazine article to find out.

U N I T

1 L a n g u a g e


Choose from the list A-H the sentence which
best summarises each paragraph (1-7). There is
one extra sentence which uou do not need to use.
A There are different ways of greeting a friend
from country to country.
B Animals have different ways of showing they
care for each other.
C A kiss can mean many different things.
D Different cultures have different attitudes to
kissing in public.
E Not all kisses are given with love or affection.
F Mouth-to-mouth contact between animals has
different meanings.

G A kiss is a good way of showing how you feel
about someone.
H Kissing is nice - and can be good for you too.
L E S S O N

3

U n s p o k e n

m e s s a g e s

11


Grammar

Pronouns

Vocabulary

Complete this story using the words in the box. Some
words you will need to use more than once, some you
will not need to use at all.

The right word

Fill the gaps in a-d by using each word or phrase in
the box once only. Look at the example first.
1

I you he she they
him her us them
yours ours theirs
himself herself themselves
this that these those
each one ones
something anything everything nothing
somebody anybody everybody nobody

achieve

come off

improve

succeed

She's very ambitious - she'll do anything to
..achieve

her aim of becoming a top

politician.
Usually

only

a

few

students

.succeed

in

passing all the qualifying exams the first time.
If my plans to study in Russia .come off
I won't be here next term.

Silence

One way to

When Mr and Mrs Blair's son was born (1) ..they.
congratulated (2)

boasted to all

their friends, 'This son of (4)

is better-

behaved and quieter than (5)

!' But as

grew older (7)

began to worry about (8)
(9)
(10)
(12)

live in an English-speaking country.
1

waved

whispered

whistled

yawned

a When the hunter could no longer see his dog in
the forest, he

loudly.

b Her train started to move and she
because

never made a sound or said
to ( 1 1 )

at her friends standing on the platform.
c The tired student

and

several

times during the lecture.
d When she couldn't answer the teacher's question,

always played by ( 1 3 )

When (14)
(15)

your English is to

other because the

baby never cried. (3)

(6)

..improve.

was alone, Mrs Blair asked
what could be wrong with her

her friend

the answer behind

her hand.

son, and Mr Blair discussed the problem with
(16)
but ( 1 8 )

that ( 1 7 )

knew,

had any suggestions.

One day. when the boy was ten years old, his mother
gave ( 1 9 )
(20)
'(22)

some apple pie for lunch.
suddenly said to ( 2 1 )
isn't sweet enough!'

His parents looked at (2 3)

another

in surprise and Mr Blair asked ( 2 4 )
'Why have (2 5)

said ( 2 6 )

before now?'

'Well,' replied the boy, 'up until now ( 2 7 )
was just fine!'

12

"I hope we get to communicate with them - I'd just like to tell them
we have no interest in communicating with them."

U N I T 1

L a n g u a g e


3

coached

educated

taught

a She was

trained

7

at a convent school

gesture

c He

asking you

to call her back.
each of his children to

c The old lady made a welcoming

drive.

with her hand.
d He failed his driving test because he could not

d The reason she is good at tennis is that she is
professionally.
passing

studying for

read a traffic

taking

a Congratulations on

S
all your

indicator

at 25 metres.

notice

signature

a The

exams!

signpost

on the door said 'Out to

lunch. Back soon.'

b No one likes

an exam - I hope

b Your

she does better next time.
the FCE exam

c We're lost - look out for a

- in June or December?

that will tell us the way to the village.

d She's

a law degree at night

d A cheque isn't, valid until it has a

school, after a full day's work.
5 memorised

picked up

shows drivers in front

and behind when you intend to turn right or left.

c When are you

on it.

reminded

revised

9

a For two weeks before the exam they

intention

meaning

mind

a I have no

all that they had learned

opinion
of speaking to them

again.

during the year.

b I couldn't get what she told me out of my

b The teacher

her students to

take a rubber and pencil sharpener to the exam.
c When I was younger, 1

c The chairperson asked all those present to state

long

their

lists of vocabulary without difficulty.
d The foreign student

command

lots of

skill

of that animal's strange

talent

movements.
10

a Speaking a language is a

like

at first sight

by mistake

in pencil

phrases is to learn them
b

of

written German.

by heart

a The only thing to do with certain idiomatic

playing football - the more you practise, the better
you become.
b That student has a good

of the problem.

d A scientist would be able to explain the

slang expressions when working in the restaurant.
ability

to attack was a Hashing

b The librarian left a

hard for the Marathon.

6

signal

light.

b For the last nine months he has

failing

sign

a The

until the age of 12.

4

message

I did the second exercise, not
the first one.

c Fill in the answers for Paper 1

c People who live in the jungle have the

d

to understand animal calls.
d Her writing shows great

- I

the FCE papers look difficult,
but after some practice you get used to doing the
exercises.

think she'll be a famous poet when she grows up.

L E S S O N 5

U n s p o k e n

m e s s a g e s

13


Write two paragraphs about your first experiences of
learning English. The first paragraph should be
about what happened, and the second about how you
felt.

Exchange what you've written with some classmates
and see whether your experiences were similar.

Before you start writing, get some ideas by
completing this mind map. You can make any
changes and additions you want.

14

U N I T 1

L a n g u a g e


Eating and drinking
National food
Grammar

Nouns

Rewrite these sentences using the words on the right. Make as few changes
as possible.

L E S S O N

1

N a t i o n a l

food

15


Vocabulary

Containers and groups

What can you usually find in these containers?
Find the odd one out in each list, and say what

kind of container you usually find that thing in.

1 a bowl of

soup
fruit

Match each group word in Box A with the word
it usually goes with in Box B.
EXAMPLE:

A

sugar
cereal
biscuits
6 a packet of
cigarettes
spectacles

onions
milk
3 a carton of
cigarettes
juice

paint
toothpaste
beer

2 a jug of

4 a mug of

5 a jar of

16

ice cream
coffee
tea
soup

7 a tube of

Reading
lick

make-up

sand
8 a bucket of chocolates
water
disinfectant
rubbish
instant coffee
matches
potatoes
9 a sack of
honey

oil
olives
coal

B

birds
criminals
desks
grapes
papers
people
ships
tools

crowd
bunch
set
heap
row
gang
flock
fleet

packet

lemonade
water
flowers
cream

a crowd of people

Ice cream: What's in a

Do you know
-

what ice cream is made of?
how it is made?
where it was first made?

Quickly read this section of a magazine article to find
out. Don't worry if there are some words you don't
know: you should be able to get the general idea
without needing to use your dictionary.

U N I T

2

E a t i n g

a n d

d r i n k i n g


Using information in the text, write the correct
number (1, 2, 3 or 4) in the correct place on the

illustration of the ice cream churn.
Find as quickly as possible the answers to
questions 1-6 in the article. Choose the correct
answers from A-H in the box.
According to the article, who
1 first developed the practice of storing ice
underground?
2 helped to spread the use of iced desserts from
Arab courts to Renaissance Italy?
3 helped to spread the use of iced desserts to 16th
century France?
4 helped to spread the use of iced desserts to 17th
century England?
5 designed a machine that could make ice cream
in a few minutes?
6 helped to make ice cream widely available to the
2()th century public?

L E S S O N 1

N a t i o n a l

food

A
B
C
D
E
F

G
H

Catherine de Medici
Charles II
the Chinese
the Crusaders
Nancy Johnson
Italo Marchiony
Marco Polo
the Romans


The secrets of the
fridge

Listen to the example
answer to question 1
on the recording.

Go to your kitchen and look in your fridge or
food cupboard. Then prepare as full answers as
you can to questions 1-7. In each case, give reasons
with your answers.
Which food/drink
1
2
3
4
5

6
7

is there a lot of?
is there not much of?
should be eaten soon?
do you not like very much?
is for emergencies?
has probably been forgotten?
is unfortunately missing?

Now record your own answers on a blank cassette.
When you have finished, listen to them and think how
you could improve what you say. Then record
everything again and see if it sounds better the second
time.

Some like it hot
Grammar

Personal preference

Complete each sentence (1-10) by adding an
appropriate ending (a-j).
1
2
3
4
5
6

7
8
9
10
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
i

My taste in food
Look at this announcement in a popular
magazine.

Alice is interested
Kate is keen
Chris is fond
Phil doesn't
Ellen can't
Dan likes hot dishes
Grace would rather
Jack hates
Sally prefers
Sara enjoys

cooking herself large meals every evening.
on fresh food grown organically.
stand fast food and takeaways.
eat nothing than eat something unhealthy.
in trying out vegetarian recipes.
baking her own bread to buying it.
going without his breakfast.
mind doing the washing-up after a meal.
of eating in the open air.
better than salads.

U N I T

2

E a t i n g a n d

d r i n k i n g


Get ideas for your writing by thinking about
your answers to these questions.
a What do you like to eat to keep you cool in summer?
b Which do you prefer, eating alone or in the company
of good friends?
c Do you enjoy trying dishes you've never tasted
before?
d Does food taste better eaten outdoors?
e What kind of food helps you keep warm in winter?
f Do you think eating is one of life's pleasures?

g How do you feel about eating in bed?
h Do you ever show your affection for someone by
cooking them a meal?
i Is there any kind of food you find too disgusting to
eat?
j Would you rather eat in an expensive restaurant or
have a simple home-cooked meal?
k If you feel sad, can eating something delicious make
you feel better?
1 Does anyone ever force you to eat anything?
Tick the questions which suggest ideas you
want to write about.
Arrange the questions you have ticked in three
groups of ideas that seem to go together. For
example, you may think that a and d go together.
Decide what the most logical order for these ideas is.
Using this organisation, write three paragraphs
for the competition.

Complete each sentence with one of the words
given in brackets.
1 Be as ..quick

as possible in the shower.

(quick/quickly)
2 She made the sandwiches ..quickly
(quick/quickly)

Adverbs

Grammar

3 I can't hear. Please speak more
(loud/loudly)

Write sentences putting the words in brackets
in normal sentence order.

4 That music is too

(loud/loudly)

5 Are you all right? You look
(terrible/terribly)
6 I've spilt the soup. I'm

sorry!

(terrible/terribly)
7 I feel in a

mood after a large

meal. (good/well)
8 She cooks

, like her

grandmother, (good/well)

9 Is Janet ill? I haven't seen her
(late/lately)
10 Peter is

for breakfast again!

(late/lately)
1 1 If you try

enough, you'll

succeed. (hard/hardly)
12 Aren't you hungry? You've
eaten anything. (hard/hardly)

L E S S O N

2

Some

l i k e i t

hot

19


Food for thought
Phrasal verbs

Food and drink

Which nouns in Box II can combine with which
phrasal verbs in Box A to make sensible
sentences? For some of them more than one
combination is possible.
EXAMPLE: YOU can clear up the mess (after a party).
A

B

clear up
cut down on
cut off
go off
let out
pick out
put away
run out of
throw away
try out

a new recipe
the mess
the empty package
your belt
sugar
the electricity
fattening foods

the shopping
the ripe apples
milk

What was your favourite food and drink when
you were a child? Do you still like it? What
food (or drink) do you deliberately eat (or drink)
because you know it is good for your health?
Is there any food (or drink) that you know you
shouldn't eat (or drink), but which you find it hard
to give up?

What instructions might a mother give to a
child who was helping her in the kitchen in
these situations? Complete each instruction with a
phrasal verb with 'up'.
1 The child hasn't finished eating her breakfast.
Eat.

up..

your breakfast.'

2 She hasn't drunk all her juice. '
your juice.'
3 The mother wants to make chips. 'I've peeled the
potatoes, now you

them

'

4 She thinks the heat is too low under the saucepan.
'Please

the gas.'

5 The child has spilt juice on the table. '
the mess with a cloth.'
6 There are a lot of dirty dishes. 'Please
the dishes for me.'
Listen to five people talking about different
aspects of food and drink. For each speaker
( 1 - 5 ) , choose from the list A-F what he or she is
doing. Use each letter only once. There is one extra
letter which you do not need to use.
This speaker is
A saying that the smell of certain foods reminds
him/her of earlier times.
B talking about a drink she/he has daily.
C recommending people to take a certain drink
regularly.
D remembering a type of food he/she ate as a child.
E explaining the origins of a famous drink.
F describing the advantages to the health of eating
a certain food.
20

U N I T

2

E a t i n g

and

drinking


The right word

3

chief

cook

scent

smell

stink

a I think the

Write the correct word at the end of each
definition.
chef

flavour

of roses is sweeter

than that of all other flowers.
b I can't bear the

cooker

of old Fish.

c There's always a
1 This person's job is to cook food:

of roasting

coffee in this street.

2 This person is the head cook in a hotel or restaurant

d I don't like the taste of goat's cheese - I Find the

kitchen. She/he often wears a tall white hat:
3 This is the object on. or in, which food is cooked:

too strong.
4

dried

hot

powdered

spicy

a Careful! That chilli sauce is really
4 This person is the leader of a group of people:

.!

b She only eats plain food:
How do you eat something you've never had
before? Fill the gaps by using each word in the

dishes upset her stomach.
c Currants, raisins and sultanas are all kinds of

box once.

bite

grape.

chew

nibble

d I always keep some

swallow

1 First you

a little to see if you like

milk in

the cupboard, in case I run out of fresh milk.

it.

2 Then when you've decided you do like it, you
off a bigger piece.
3 Next you

it carefully.

4 Then you

it, and take another

bite.

Fill the gaps in a-d by using each word or
phrase in the box once only.
1

sliced

spread

stirred

stuffed

a First the cook

the peppers

with rice and minced meat.
b Then he

the sauce

continuously until it had thickened.
c After that he

the biscuits

thickly with soft cheese.
d Lastly he
2

dripping

the tomatoes thinly.
knocking over

pouring

spilling

a Would you mind

me a cup of

tea, please?
b She can carry a glass of water on her head
without

a drop.

c That young waiter is so clumsy - he's always
vases of flowers.
d The tap's still

- go and turn it

off properly.

L E S S O N

3

F o o d

f o r

t h o u g h t

21


U N I T

T H R E E

People
Judging by appearances
A question of honour
Read this article quickly to find the answers to
these questions:

22

- Where does the man in the photo come from?
- Why does he wear a turban?
- Do the young men still wear one today?

U

N

I

T

3

P e o p Ie

Read the article again carefully. For questions
1-5, choose the answer (A, B, C or D) which you
think fits best according to the article.
If you come across a word you don't understand,
decide if you really need to know what it means. If you
decide you do, use the technique suggested on page 19
of the Coursebook before looking the word up in your
dictionary.

Conditional

sentences

Match each half sentence (1-10) with an appropriate
second half (a-j). Put the verbs in brackets in their
correct form.

1 According to legend, why did Touareg men first put
on the veil?
A to deceive their enemies
B to look like their wives
C to follow religious tradition
D to protect their faces
2 A Touareg man can remove his turban when he is
A with other men.
B in the desert.
C in a friend's house.
D at home, in private.

3 What does the article say about young men and the
turban?
A They prefer it to Arab and Western clothes.
B They wear it to go out in public.
C They wear it for important events.
D They use it to hide trendy haircuts.
4 What does 'them' (paragraph 11) refer to?
A the Touareg
B most Berber desert tribesmen
C the mouth and nose
D clouds of choking sand
5 According to the article, the Touareg turban is a
symbol of
A the art of living in the desert.
B Touareg resistance to foreign rule.
C how the Touareg control their feelings.
D what it means to be a male Touareg.
Find the word in the article which
means:
1 held tightly on (paragraph 2 ) :
2 food for domestic animals (e.g. camels, goats)
(paragraph 3):
3 place in the desert where there is water and plants
(paragraph 3):
4 people who live by travelling from place to place,
rather than staying in one place (paragraph 5 ) :
5 dropped (paragraph 7):
6 broadcast (paragraph 7):

a

b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j

she (have) nothing to wear to her interview.
if I (go) to Switzerland?
unless you (mend) the iron.
he (be) very disappointed.
if I (feel) depressed.
it (suit) me?
(use) Sttirkiss shampoo.
if you (not be) invited.
unless you (like) looking scruffy.
I (buy) you a pair.

7 makes damp (paragraph 11):
8 pointed, double-edged knife (paragraph 14):

L E S S O N

1

J u d g i n g b y

a p p e a r a n c e s

23


Emphasising

Phrasal verbs

words
You will hear six statements on the recording,
each of which is a response to a question. In
each response a word is emphasised. Listen and
choose the correct question, A or B, for each response.
EXAMPLE:

A Is the wedding next week?
B Was the wedding last Saturday?
You hear 'It's next Saturday.' So the correct question
is A.
1 A Where's the service?
B Is the service at St Michael's church?
2 A Where's the party afterwards?
B What's happening at Sophie's house?
3 A Where have you been?
15 When are you going to the dressmaker's?
4 A Has Rachel bought a hat for the wedding?
B Has Rachel borrowed a suit for the wedding?
5 A Does the bridegroom have brown eyes?
15 Does the bridegroom have black hair?

Match each verb with an appropriate
object.
EXAMPLE:

I'd You can find out the time of a train.

You can ...
1 find out
2 pull out
3 send out
4 carry out
5 leave out
6 put out
7 make out

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h

8 think out
i
9 knock out

an untidy cupboard.

an exercise in the book.
a plan before you act.
the time of a train.
party invitations.
your opponent in a boxing
match,
a tooth.
an instruction from your
teacher.
a car number plate the other
side of the road,
a fire.

j
10 clear out
Find the most appropriate ending (a-h) for each
of these sentences (1-8). What do you think
'them' refers to in each sentence?

Here are three different questions which each
have the same response. But note how you need
to emphasise different words in the response,
depending on the question.
EXAMPLE:

A When's the fashion show?
It's on June 2nd.
B Is the fashion show on July 2nd?
It's on June 2nd.
C Is the fashion show on June 3rd?

It's on June 2 n d .
Now practise emphasising different words in the same
response, depending on the prompt. (The prompt may
be either a question or a statement.) Then listen to the
recording to check.
1 A Julia looks happy.
She's got a new coat.
B I think Julia needs a new coat.
She's got a new coat.
C Is Julia going to wear that awful old coat?
She's got a new coat.
2 A Don't forget to take them something.
I've got a bottle of champagne.
B We must buy them a bottle of champagne.
I've got a bottle of champagne.
C Have we got a bottle we can take them?
I've got a bottle of champagne.
3 A Where does he work now?
He works in Argentina.
B Does he work in Brazil?
He works in Argentina.
C Is he on holiday in Argentina?
He works in Argentina.
24

a
b
c
d
e

f

but they were too short for me.
so I'll wear that as well.
because I didn't need them in the shade.
because they're being cleaned.
because her hands were cold.
my mother in character and my father in
appearance,
g before they go on stage,
h but he won't buy a new pair.

U N I T 3

P e o p l e