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Family and friends

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Exploring the world

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The entertainment industry

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Active life

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Learning

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Natural world

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People and style

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Keeping up to date

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Revision

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@witirrg guide

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Irregular verbs

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\l/ordlist

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practice test

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Visuals for Speaking

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Acknowledgements

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CONTENTS

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Unit

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1 Fаmilу and

Family
celebrations
Friends

2 Exploring

Vocabulary

Reading

present and future
tenseS
state verbs
Comparisons

words often
confused
Matching
expressions with
similar meanings

Part 1: multiplechoice questions
+ long text

Adventure and
travel
Where you live

past tenses
Prepositions of time
Adverb formation

Word building (1):
adjective suffixes

Part 2: gapped
text

3 The

Films
Music

Linking words and
phrases
The passive

Film and cinema
Music

Part З: multiplematching

4 Active life

Sports
Keeping fit and

Modal verbs

Prepositions
following verbs and
adjectives

Sports
Fооd
Wоrd building (2):
noun suffixes (-ence,

Part 1: multiplechoice questions
+ long text

friends

the

rMorld

entertainment
industry

healthy

(-аЬlе, -aI, -оus)

Cities, towns and
villages

-ity, -(s/t)ion)

5 Learning

Ambitions and
achievements
Education

conditionals

phrasal verbs
School subjects and
education
Саrееrs
Education

Part З: multiplematching

6 Natural world

Environment
and weather
Wildlife

countable and
uncountable nouns
Articles
so and such (а/ап),
too and епоugh

Natural environment
and weather

EnvironmentaI
problems

Part 2: gapped
text

Реорlе and
style

Shopping and
fashion
People and
feelings

Verbs and
expressions
fol]owed Ьу toinfinitive or -iпg

Wildlife
Clothes
Shopping
Feelings

Раrt 1: multiplechoice questions
+ Iong text

Science
ComputeTs
Word building (З):
prefixes and suffixes

Part З: multiple-

fоrm

Reported speech

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Keeping up
to date

Science
Technology

мАр оF тнЕ uNITs

Relative clauses

matching


Listening

Speeking

Part 1email:
responding

appropriately,
commenting, giving
opinions, suggesting
and apologising

Part 1: multiple-choice
cloze

Part З: multiplematching

Part 1: leisure activities
Part 2: comparing rлrауs of
spending free time

Part 2 Story:
Sequencmg, чSlпg
афесtiчеs and adverbs

Part 2: open cloze
part З: word formation

Part 1: multiple-choice
questions + short texts

Part З: discussing
preferences, agreeing and
disagreeing
Part 4: talking about
whеrе you live

Part 2 review:
organising paragraphs,
linking words and
рhrаsеs

Part 4: key word

transformations

Part 4: multiple-choice
questions + long text

Part 1: adding extTa
information and
commentS
Part 2: talking about
fiims and music, avoiding
unknown words, giving
preferences

Part 1 letter: uлritiпg
formally апd informaliy

Part 2: ореп cloze
Part 3: word formation

Part 2: Sentence
completion

Part З: asking for

opinions and reacting to

Part 2 report:
formal and informal
language, making
recommendations

Part 1: multiple-choice
cloze
Part 4: key word

Part 2: sentence
compIetion

Part 1: discussing
ambitions, achievements
and education
Раrt 2: making guesses

Part 2 article: keeping
the reader's attention,
formal and informal
styles, introductions
and endings

Part 2: open cloze

Part 4: multiple-choice
questions + long text

Part 3: agreeing,
disagreeing, making а
comment оr suggestion
Part 4: discussing ways of
helping the environment

Part 2 informa] letteT:
linkingwords and
phrases, describing а
perSon

Part 4: key,crord

Part 3: multipie-

Part 1: expressing likes
and dislikes
Part 2: comparing
different ways of
shopping

Part 2 еssау: planning
ап essay, uslng а range

Part 3: vcord formation

Part 1: multiple-choice
questions + short texts

Part З: structuring а

conversation
Part 4: discussing
technology

ofvocabulary

transformations

transformations

matching

opinions
Part 4: discussing sports
and keeping fit

МАР ОF ТНЕ UNIТS

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Family celebrations
Look ct the photos, which oll show {cmilies getting
together. Is everybody enjoying themselves? Why
do you think they are spending time together?
Wоrk in pcirs. Talk cbout fcmily celebrotions. Whct

do you celebrcte with your fcmily? How do you
celebrate? Which celebrctions do you like best?

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Listen to Emily tclking cbout с fcmily
celebrction. Answer these questions.

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Whclt usuolly hcppens? Is lt usuolly weII oTgonised?
\л/сs there о chonge of plon this уеоr? Did
everything go well?

З Did qnyone dlsogree with the plan?
Listen cgain. Whct does Emily
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scy c:bout

hеr fcmily's celebrotion? Choose one cnslver from
А-Е. Yочr cnswers in Exercise 3 wiII hеlр you.

А

It wos less well огgопisеd thon usuol.
в Тhеrе wos an unexpected event оп the doy.
с It lclsted lопgеr thcn usuql.
D Тhеrе wos о difference of opinion.
Е А change of рlап wos successful.

Exam tip

The question may test а detail оr а large part of what
you hear. Listen fоr the gепеrаl meaning as well as
checking the details against the questions.
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Тhе task below is shorterthan in the exam. ln Listening Part З you hеаrfiче sреаkеrs and
mаtсh them with six possible statements. You hаче already hеаrd Emily, Now you will
hеаr three mоrе people.

РЩ You will hecr three people talking cbout с fomily celebrction. Choose
from the list А-Е whct eoch specker soys cbout the celebrction.
А

wos less weli огgопisеd thqп usuql.
wсrs cln unexpected event on the doy.
с It ]osted 1опgеr thcn usuсl.
D Тhеrе wos cI difference of opinion.
Е А chonge of plon wos successful.
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LIsTENING

Speoker 1 .....
Sреоkеr 2 .,,..
Speoker 3 .,...

Exam tip
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Vocabula ry - Words often confused

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Work in pairs. Complete the
sentences with the correct word or
expression.
Exam tip

lп Use of English Part'l you read а textwith 12 gaps and an
example. The text below has nine gaps and ап example.

Fоr questions 1-9, recd the text below cnd decide which

cnswer (А, В, С or D) best fits eoch gcp. Тhеrе is an example
ct the beginning (0).

This part of the exam tests mainly
vocabulary but some questions will,
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test grаmmаr too.
Нете оrе some fixed expressions with
ot. Check the meoning of eoch phTase
in есrсh gcp crnd then choose the
сотrесt expTessi.on.

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one computeT in theiT homes.
got into bed crnd I wos so tirеd I
fell asleep
I wcited fоr my friепd foT oges ond
she qrгlчеd.
She dldn't know heT grсrпdfаthеr
beccuse he печет vlslted.

In the countTies whiсh аrе furthest noTth cnd south on еогth,

the (0)..А... of light чогiеs (l)......... between winter cnd summег.
Iп the погthеrп hеmisрhеrе the shortest doy is on ог qЬоut 2l
DесеmЬег. In (2)......... foct, in some places thеrе is no dcylight at
(3).,.,..... duriпg the dcy in the middle of winteT. In the sоuthеrп
hemispheTe it is the opposite, оf_соuгsе, ond 2I DесеmЬеr is the
Iongest day.

Sometimes you need to look ot the
meoning of the woTd ond olso the
gтcmmcт. Choose the сотгесt wоrd fоr
еосh gap.

ThToughout histогу, people in (4) .--..every поrthеrп соuпtrу hove
(5)......... tгoditions to сеIеЬrоtе the {oct thct the dcys iMould (6) .,,......
both lightег ond 1опgеr ofteT the midd}e of DесеmЬеr. Frоm then
опwогds, реорlе rMould wcit impotiently fог the геtuгп of the suп,
which they (7) ......... оп. Тhеу,иrеrе huпtеrs so the seosons ond the
wеоthеr (8)......... с чегу impoгtont рагt in their llves. Fооd rMas in
shогt supply in winter months so о whоlе community would shоrе
meols during the dorkest doys. They lit fires ond cqndles ond
song ond donced. Some of the trcditions (9).......,, to this doy.

believes demonds depends

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OuT tеqсhеr
us to speok
English in her lessons.
Ploying chess........................... с lot of
concentrotion.
Му gгIоппу
on us to get

o11heT shopping fоr hег.
Му fother
in letting me
moke mу own decisions.

Quickly rеqd the text in the Excm tqsk.
Апswеr these questions.

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Whct is significcxnt obout 21 December
in the most поrthегп / most sоuthегп
places?
Whot do people се]еЬrоtе in погthеrп
countTies iп the middle of Dесеmьег?

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ВпumЬег

Agenulne
Alecst
Acbout

Bactucl
Bonce
BviTtually

Аехtrеmеlу Bhighly

Aexponded Bcrdvonced

AincTeose

Bhappen
Adepended Bdemonded
Amclde
Bplcyed
Аsurчiче Bsupport

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quite

get

believed
pToduced
keep

developed
chonge
expected
involved
mointcIln

Recd the text again cnd check уочr cnswers. Does ecch one
lit the mecning?

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Friends
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Look ct the Specrking Рсrt l questions cnd the
possible cnswers in the table below. Listen to Gеоrgе and
Frспсеsсс cnswering the questions. Note down the extrc
informction they add.

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1 Do you do апу activities after school?
2 Whеп do you do уоur homework?
3 What do you usually do at the weekend?
4 What аrе you going to do next weekend?

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I Аmу, con I chonge the time thot we

Complete these sentences frоm the recording. Listen
agoin if you need to.

l I..................... to dive.
2 When I..........,..................
hоmе frоm school,

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3 I.....................
4 \Ме
5 L....................
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Grаrпmаr

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...... to the cinemq.
my guitoT most of the doy.
in о conceTt next Tuesday.

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took ct the sentences in А cnd В below. which is correct,

AorB?
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thinking lthink it is о good ideo to
go comping.
We will be veTy tired when we get / 'JJ
get hоmе.
Тоmогrоw I cqn't соmе to school
becouse I '1J 9о / m going to the
dentlst.
I'11 do mу hоmеrмогk in the mогпiпg
befoTe I 'JJ go / 9о to school.
I тлrrjtе l 'm writing thls note to tel1 you
thot ] m going to mjss / m misslng
tоmотгоw's clcrss.
I'm теоIIу hoppy thct you соmе l 'rе
comingr to Itoly.

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I'm liking to rеlсх,
I'm preferring to do my

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homewoTk ofter diппег.

knowing I need

Now work with а pcrtner qnd csk cnd
onswer the questions in Exercise 1.

to prc:ctise.

What do you notice about the verbs,lilce, рrеfеr cnd know?
Can you think of other verbs which behave in the scme wcy?

Exam tip
You will get mоrе marks if you add
some detail. Think about why, when
and how you do things to expand
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I рrеfеr to do mу hоmеwсэrk

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know I need to proctise.

lwo,nt l 'm wanting to visit you soon.
I погmоlJу spend l 'm потmоllу
spending most of Iu}y at the seoslde.
Next ScItuTdoy we 9о / 'ге going to с

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- Рrеsепt апd fчtчrе tenses

Which tense does GeoTge use when he tcllks cbout divlng?
Which tense does hе use fог the things hе d"oes геgulаrlу?
FTcncescq uses two di{fегепt tenses to tcllk qbout next
Scturdoy. Whу?
Whу does she use о continuous tense to tolk cbout ploying the
guitaг on Sundoy?
which tense does she use to tclk obout the сопсегt? Is it
deflnitely hoppening?

l'rе meeting tоmоггоw?

GTeek геstоurqпt.

Work in poirs. Look ct the tenses George cnd Frспсеsсс use
to tclk obout the present ond future.

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the bus to town.

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expressions could уоч use to tolk cbout them?

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of the cdvcntages of spending your time
like the people in these two photogrcphs.

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Look ct the script your teacher gives you, Does
Frcncescc give the scme advantages as you?

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ts These sentences mcke comporisons with different

cdjectives cnd nouns. Put the words in jtaJjcs in
the correct order.

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The реорlе in the first photo hoppieT l thоп / seem
l mчсh the реорlе in the second photo.
Тhе реорlе in the second photo сrrе indooTs, which
enjoyobJe l Ьеiпg / os / jsn't / os in the fTesh оiг.

The photogrophs shоw реорlе spending their
frее time in dlfferent woys. Соmрсrе the
i photogrcphs
crnd спswеr thls question.
. Whct сrе the odvcntcges fоr the реорlе of
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, spending thеiг time in these wcys?
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They gett:ng / exercjse l ртоЬоЬlу / mоrе l оте l.
They thоп l eneTgetjc l оте lmоrе the реорlе in the

Exam tip

first photo.

А question you have to апswеr is printed above the
photographs in the exam. Make sure you апswеr *
this question when you are talking.
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They /ess / thon l wiL| lmопеу / spend going to the
gym.

lt] Look ct the other two photos above. Write two or
three sentences compcring them, using some of

these words.

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Work in pairs. Choose two of the photographs
each. Tcke turns to tclk сЬочt youT photogrcphs.
Time yourselves. Try to tclk for cbout one minute
each.

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I inteTesttng much less thrilling
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When you have finished, csk your portner this
question. They should spend qbout 20 seconds on
their cnsweT.
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. Whi"h of these things would you рrеfег to do
j wrth уоur fгiепds?
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You cre going to read on extrqct frоm а novel cbout three girls. Look ct the picture

cnd cnswer these questions with а partner.

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2
3

Whеrе сrrе the glrls?
Do you think they know еосh оthеr welI?
One о{ them hcs some news. Do you think it's good news от bcd neTrs?

Recd the text very quickly cnd cnswer these questions.

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Whclt news does Siетго give Аmу cInd Vlcki? How does she feel obout it?
Ночr does Аmу feel obout SierTo's news?
Whot do they moke рIсrпs fог?

Exam tip
Веfоrе you answer the
questions, always read the
text quickly to get ап idea _
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of what it is about.

lп Reading Part 1, thеrе аrе always eight multiple-choice questions about опе text.
The text below is shоrtеr than iп the exam and there аrе опlу four questions.

Fоr questions 1-4 on pcge II, choose the cnswer (А, В, С or D) which you think fits
best cccording to the text.
Vicki swept past the tables to the соuпtеr. Watching hеr, Siеrга thought
about the contrast between her two friends. IfAmy zigzagged through life
with hеr head down, Vicki moved through hеr days at full speed, with hеr
chin to the sky and the wind in her long, silky, Ьrоwп hair. That zestful
optimism eventually had linked Siеrrа and Vicki, even though Siеrrа
originally had interpreted Vicki's bold approach to life as аrrоgапсе,

The instant Vicki returned to their table, Sierra spilled her news. "Okay,
аrе you both rеаdу fоr mу big announcement?"
"It can't Ье that huge if you didn't tell mе at lunch today and made

mе wait until now," Vicki said, carefully pouring her tea очеr the ýlass of
сrushеd ice.
"I wanted to tell you both at the same time."

"I appreciate that," Amy said.
"So?" Vicki prompted.
"Last night mу brother called and told mе he's going to Southern California next week. He's pretty surе he wants to attend
Rancho Corona University fоr his master's degree, but he wanted to check out some colleges before he made а final decision."
"That's уоur big news?" Vicki asked. Неr pretty face took on а teasing grin. "You definitely could have told mе that at iunch."
"Wait," Sierra said, hеr enthusiasm unruffled. "He's going to drive down there next week, and he asked if I wanted to go with
him, and mу parents said yes!"
"Good fоr you," Vicki said. "Bring back something fоr each of us."
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,.,' "Didn't уоu go to California last year fоr Easter vacation?" Аmу asked.

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"Yes,'

'And you also flew down there for уоur friends'wedding last summеr." Аmу turned hеr lоwеr lip into а friendly pout. "How
do you expect us to Ье happy for you again? You keep going оп these adventures, and we don't go anywhere. I've never been to
California - ечеr - in mу life, I've only Ьееп to Seattle - once."
"I hope you have а good time," Vicki said cheerfully to Sierra.
Siегrа Ьrоkе into а wide girin. "You mеап you hope we have а good time."
"'We' meaning you and Wes?" Vicki ventured. "0r 'we' meaning the three of us?"
'A1l of us!" Sierra spouted. "Му Ьтоthеr is driving mу parents'van down, and they said I could invite my friends to go.
"When do we leave?" Vicki asked.
"Wednesday after school," Siеrrа said.
The three friends bent their heads close. They began to make а plan for their upcominý гоаd trip as the spring sunshine
their little соrпеr of the world. Siеrrа felt а gleeful rush of anticipation and knew it couldn't соmе fast enough for hеr.

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BefoTe you decide on уочr спswеr to ecch question, recd the
tip above it to help you.
Fiпd the part o{the textWhere Аmу is speaking and

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rMe find out about siеrго's cttitude
tоwогds hеr fTiends in the first роrаgторh?

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She wishes Vicki cnd Аmу wеrе
mоте simi]сг to eoch оthег.
She feels mоrе positively torMards Vicki thcn
she опсе did.
She olwoys knew she ondVicH would Ье

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Trosn't put off Ьу the геосtiоп she Teceived.
fe]t

onnoyed thot she wcs being hurтiеd.

felt confused cbout how she should continue.

dtdn't undeгstqnd why she hod to explcin.

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Shе thinks Siеrrо isn't gTcteful enough fоr the
oppoгtunities she hos.
She doesn't understqnd why Siегrо rMqnts to
go owсty so much.
She thinks it's strcrnge thot Siегrс keeps going
to the sqme places.
She feels jeclous of the expeTiences which
Siеrго is оЬ]е to hqче.

Whct couldn't соmе fcrst enough?
А the plan
В the rооd tTip
С the sргiпg sunshine
D thе rush of onticipotion

Vocabulary - Matching expressions with similar meanings

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ExpTessions I-7 below often арреат in multiple-choice
questions. Reod the pcragrcph cnd think cbout whot is
happening. Underline the words which mqtch the expressions
below. Write the number of the phrcse next to the pcrt of the
text it mctches.

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Маrсus stood and watched as Jake саmе through the school gate. Не realised
he соцldп't trust Jake and now he wопdеrеd why he had always been so keen
to ýet his approval. Jake was walking in а way that Marcus had печеr noticed
before. Не rеаllу thougiht he was better than the rest of them. Не was headed
поw towards а couple of boys who weTe standing пеаr Маrсus. Маrсчs saw
them look up. Не realised Jake was askiný one ofthem to do somethin$. The
Ьоу looked very чпýчrе and wоrriеd - it must have been something that wasn't
allowed, The оthеr Ьоу relaxed, glad that it wasn't him who had been chosen.
Marcus started to feel rаthеr annoyed about the way Jake behaved. Why should he make that Ьоу
do something he didn't want to? Маrсчs suddenly made up his mind he would tackle Jake. Не wasn't
going to let him get away with it this time.

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How does Аmу rеосt to Siегтс's news?

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friends.
She thinks Amy hсrs q Ьеttег орргоосh to life
thon Vicki.

The wгitег uses the ехрrеssiоп'hет enthusiqsm
unTuff]ed' in line IB to show thct Siегго

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Work in pcrirs. Now reqd the response below cnd
cnswer these questions.

Recd the port I tcsk below cnd cnswer these
questions.

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Who is Мrs Jones?
Whot is she plonning?

Whу does she use couJd?
Look ct the notes on the right. How mony dlffeгent
points оrе thеге to rерlу to?

With с рсrtпеr, discuss what you could soy for
ессh of the points.

You have received this email frоm Мrs Jones, your English
teacher. Read the email and the notes you have made. Then
write an email of '120-'l50 words to Мrs Jones, using al| your
noteS.

Hos Joqnno responded to oI1 the points IИтs Jones
mode?
Hos she rMrltten enough wоrds?

Dеаr Мгs Jones
Thanks чеrу much for уоur email. What ап absolutely
fantastic idea to have а picnic fоr очr class at the end of
tеrml We've Ьееп tоgеthег fоr а whole уеаr, so l think it will
ье nice to сеlеьrаtе that.
|'m

аfrаid l'm not чеrу good at cooking, but l'm surе l can

make some sandwiches for ечеrуопе. l'l| make some
different kinds, so ечеrуопе сап have something they like.

And l'll buy а big bottle of огапgе at the loca| shop.

Sent: 10 June

lп my view, it would definitely Ье better to have the picnic Ьу

Subject: end-of-term picnic

the riфr, The weather is suппу and we сап go swimming iп
the riчеr if the wаtеr is wаrm enough, Тhеrе's а big climbing

As it's пеаrlу the end of tеrm, l thought

it

аrеа with trееs and rореS We can go to as well.

would

Ье good to оrgапisе а piqric so оur class сап

As fоr other ideas, why don't we ask Alex апd Sammy to

сеlеЬгаtе together,

Ьriпg their guitars and ask them to play some songs for us?

Why don't we all Ьriпg вome food and

drink

ll,

Best wishes

i.

and shаrе it? You could cook something оr Ьчу

Joanna

something at the shop, l'm going to bake some

smallcakes.

Wоrk in pcirs. Recxd Ioonnc's cnswer cgain and
underline the phrcses she uses to introduce:

like to Ьriпg?

We could have the picnic iп the small раrk just
opposite the school, оr walk down to the riчеr

А с positive comment В сп opology
С сп opinion D с suggestion

and picnic оп the bank.
would Ье better?

TeiL Мrэ

Jопеэ

Shall we just sit and chat, оr dqyou have some
оthеr ideas about what we could do]
5и99еэ0

Reply soon
Мrs Jones

,.

Here cre some more phrcses. Lcbel them А, В,
or D.

I
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

I'm sоrгу to soy thot

We could

clwoys

I'm so glod to

.........

hесr thct

Fот mе,

wos pleosed to hеоr уоur news about
i'd rесоmmепd
How / Whot qЬоut ...jпЕr something
I think / believe / feel thclt
I

Work in poirs. Write cn cnswer to Mrs Jones,
using the phrcses cbove. You should write
I20-150 words.

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Wоrk in pcirs. Recd the emcil in the Excm tcsk
cnd qпswеr these questions.

1
2

Who is AIex? Нотr old do you think hе is?
WiШ уоuг герlу Ье mоге от less fогmсl thоп youT
герlу to Мгs Jones? Why?

You have rесеiчеd this email from your English friend, Alex.
Read Alex's email and the notes on it. Тhеп write ап email to
Alex using all уочr notes.

Look at the prompts on the right of the email. Are
these statements true or fclse?
Point l You con rе{usе the invitotion to the pool in
уоur герIу.
Point 2 You con sqy yes от no to going on the
wcterslides Trith Alex.
point З you ccn choose eltheT of the rеstоurопts.
Point 4 You сqп soy thot being picked up ot 7.00 a.m.
is not

оК.

Here cre some phrcses you might Ье qЬlе to use
in your спswеI. Put а cross cgainst any phrcses
which you should not use.

1а
Ь
с
2 q
Ь

с
3с
Ь
с
4 с
Ь
с

Thonks veTy much. I wou]d obsolutely love to
соmе to the pool with youl
It sounds grеоt, but uпfоrtuпоtеlу I won't Ье
cble to соmе to the pool.
Thct's сr]меsоmе, of соuгsе I'lI соmе to the роо1
with you.

As fог the woteTslides, I'm sсоrеd of heights, so
I'd ргеfег not to go on them.

\Voteгslides - brilliontl

сdоrе going dorMn
them сrnd we']I hcve с great time.
I've печеr Ьееп down q wqterslide, but whу not,

The swimming pool sounds

r,

dоwп them Фith mё?

Му раrепts said that they would taKe us]]Йi tчпih,]].,.l
somewhere пеаr the pool. Тhеге's а good Ьчrgеr
place оr а чеrу nice pizza restaurant. Mum and
Dad said we сап choose,

We'll have to leave about 7,00 a.m., and we could
come Ьу and pick you чр in the саr. ls tlц|оkау?
We could drop you back at the end of the day too.

I

I'11give it о go!
I'd гqthеr go to the Ьuгgеr рlссе,
pizzos so much.

|'m already looking forward to it!

All the best,
I

don't ]ike

About the теstоuгqпt, ] 1ike both pizzos cnd
Ьurgеrs, so why don't you choose?
I rеоllу like Chinese food so sholl we go to о
chinese rеstquтспt?
Thonks, don't Ьоthеr though, I'II meet you thеrе.
Thonks чеrу much, I'd like to go with you
becouse т/е con chct on the rMcy.
Thonks fог offering mе о lift, it'llbe muсh Ьеttеr

thon going оп the busl

l0 Now do the Exam tqsk. Ask your pcrtner

to check
you
work
before
hand
it
in.
Remember
to
уочr
expqnd some of the points!

would уоu рrеfеr?

Alex

Write your emcil.

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the world

iп J J Ежрlоriпg

Look ot the young people in the photos. wоrk in pairs to cnswer the questions.

1
2
,:

i;

Whct сrте the teenogers doing? Hove you ечег done ony of these things?
Do you think teenogers enjoy dolng dcrngerous crctivities mоrе thqn оIdеr people?

Yоч are going to rеаd cbout а Ьоу cclled Рсrkеr who went to the North Pole, Look ct
the text. Whct does the title tell you?
'

Quickly recd the text to understcnd whct hoppened and cnswer the questions.
Don't wоrrу cbout the missing sentences.

q How fог wqs the jouTney?
ь whо went with Рогkеr?

с

d

Ж* m*аr[у rеýfiý}*d t&x* t*зр

*f

whct wqs the wеоthеr ]ike?
Whot pToblem dld they hоче?

t&з* wФr&{ý

Few реор[е have succeeded in skiing to the North Ро[е. (1) ......... То do so, Раrkеr had to cover 180 ki[ometres
across Snow and ice to rеасh his destination.
They had Ьееп accompanied Ьу their parents but Раrkеr was

(2)

(З)

with just а guide ca[led Doug.
During the journey they knew they would Ье faced with freezing wind and
[ow temperatures. (4) ......... Doug had experience of other prob[ems too, [ike cracks арреаriпg in the ice. (5) ......... Iп
fact, the gaps in the ice wеrе much larger than they had expected because of g|,oba[ warming.
The gaps
were just too wide for the two exp[orers to cross. so they had to give up and parker travelled the [ast 15 mi[es in
а he[icopter, having Ьееп defeated Ьу his reason for the trip - g[obal" warming.

(6)

Complete gaps I-6 with sentences А-F.

А

Two otheT teenqgers hсrd pTeviously got thеге on skis but they hod hod с different
starting point so hod only gone holf this dlstcnce.
теепоgеr Рqrkег Lioutoud Tecently ottempted to Ьесоmе one of them in oTdeT to drqw
ottentlon to the effects of globol wоrmiпg.
с They hove been known to rеqсh -50'С in this port of the woTld.
D РОТkеr hod complete confldence in him beccxuse this wou]d Ье his seventh tTip.
Е Doug hodn't seen onythlng os bod os thot on hls рrечiоus tгiрs.
F These con 0рре0I foster thon q mоп сqп wolk qпd cqn Ьесоmе сr rеqI chollenge.

underline these words in the sentences in Exercise
refers to in the story.

i[,

i

t.here (А)

2

(В)

ihem

UNIT 2

3 they (С)

4him ond hjs

(D)

4

and soy whot ecch one
5 thot (Е)
6 these (F).

Exam tip
When you decide which
sentence goes in each
gap, make surе they, thеrп
and these rеfеr back to а
рlurаl поuп and he and
hlm to а singular поuп.
Тhеп check the meaning
fits too.


lп Reading Part2, thеrе аrе seven раrаgrарhs and eight
sentences. Тhе text below has four gaps and five sentences.

You cre going to recd а text written Ьу о teencger cbout
explorers. Four sentences hcve been removed frоm the text.
Choose from the sentences А-Е the one which fits each gcrp
(I-4). TheTe is one extro sentence which you do not need to use.

l've always wanted to Ье ап ехр|огег. Whеп l was чегу small
mу,fачоuгitе book was about аdчепtuгегs and ехр!оlегý Qnid

that's the опе l alwayý asked to have геаd to me. l 1

l

lI

wanted to go to wild p|aces, l knew l would do things.no опе
else had done, like abseil down the highest mountain, ог walk
to the Nогth pole with only а роlаr Ьеаг fоr соmрапу.
l used to lie iп bed and imagine that l was sleeping iп а cabin
iп the,middle-of the Amazon Jungle with bear:s ргоwliпg
outside, ог iп а tent in the Sаhаrа Desert with tigers пеагЬу.

ЕТ--l

тПеrе агеп't апу Ьеагs iп the Amazon, ог tigегs iп

the Sаhаrа,

А
В

Of соuгsе, qt some point I rеоlisеd thot I'd got
some of those detcils confused.
They knew they could Ье killed ot ony moment
thгоugh thеiг lock of knowledge ог рооI

so l'm a|ways pushing the limits. l alwavs сlimь the tallest tгее
rаthег than the easiest, jump off the cliff into the sea гаthег
than walk down, hold my Ьгеаth uпdеrwаtег fог lопgеr thah
апуопе else, tгу to cycle dоwп the Steepest hill пеаг оuг
house as fast as l .rn.
So l didn't tгу thatagain.

С
D
Е

wcs Gwоrе ihct they wеrе not the only ones who
hod done thot.
Thot lcst ottempt ended in discsteг, fог the only
thing I cchieved чrсs Ьrоkеп bones.
]Иоst of it went очеI my hecd, but the mcin theme
stoyed with me.
I

Work in pcirs. Which words helped you choose?
Which sentence doesn't fit cnd why?

ffir;*вm*зt*тг

Ё

-]---]'l

FТ--l

judgement.

6

also used to think about the fiгst sea ехрlогеrs, sailing
fгоm thеir homes to the оutег edge of the Еаrth, whеrе
they thought they might fall off the edge of,the Еагth, Qг
ье swallowed up Ьу а sea mопstег l 3
]They needed
соurаgе and tгust to go out into trre wоrtО. Кпеw that l
wanted'to Ье like that - |'d печеr Ье able to just,sit аrоuпd
and accept the wоrld as it is.
l

* Ё*gt t*цс*ý

Recd this text cbout Pcrker Liqutcud and put the verb in
brackets into the соrrесt tense (past simple оr past perfect).
Раrkеr Liautaud
tеепаgеrs

(2)

(1)

... (attempt) to rеасh the North Pole. Two оthеr
(rеасh)
,..
the North Pole previously. They (3)

(travel) with their parents but Раrkеr

(4)

,.. (go) with а guide called
Doug, who
... (be)to the North Pole seven times before.
Unfortunately, the сrасks in the ice
(Ье) too large for them to
cross. Doug
(not see) problems like that before on his оthеr trips.
lп the епd, they
(fly) the last раrt of the journey in а helicopter,

(5)

(7)
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(6)


Grаmmаr - Tenses and prepositions

L о choose the соrrесt word or words in itclics in these sentences.
1 YesteTdcy I went shopping ond I че bought l bought tтro fqntostic T-shirts.

2 The shops weTe сlоsеd ond we hCId to wcit to l чпti] the next doy.
3 Тhеrе wеrе stгапgе noises outside so I /ooked / иrсs ]ookjng out of the window
4
5
6
7
8
9
I0
2

to see
what happened / иrсs hoppening.
Тhеrе's nothing to do hеrе Iоr l duTing the winter.
] че Ъееп tTying l tried to do this homewoTk since ] got hоmе ond I still hочеп't finjshed
ldidn't finjsh.
Lost week qs I иrаs comjng l соmе hоmе, I rлrоs seeing / sоrлr q stTonge qnimcrl.
Тhеrе \Mos q Iong queue Ьесqusе ечеrуЬоdу hod аrriчеd ot l duriпg the same time.
Suddenly, my fаthеr rеqllsеd he 'd forgotten / foTgot to lock the саr.
I pTcctised the picno ечеIу day duгiпg / fоr thгее weeks.
I looked ечетуwhеrе fог mу рuIsе but it hod dlsoppeored / disoppecred.

Read the text below quickly to find out what it is obout. Think cbout whqt kind of
wоrd is needed for ecch gcp. Most of the missing words qle prepositions or parts
of verbs.

ln Use of English Part 2 there аrе 12 gaps. The text below has eight gaps
and ап example.

Fоr questions 1-8, think of the word which best fits each gop. Use only

опе word in еqсh gcp. Тhеrе is сrп excmple ot the beginning (0).
Use the grсlmmcr exercise qЬоче to help you.

Ехаm tip
You only ечеr need to write one
word in the gap. lt will печеr Ье
а contraction like didn't as this is
rea||v

two words (d;d

not),

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тнЕ MYSTERY )ттнЕъЕRмuDА TR|AN'LE
The Bermuda Triang|e is an imaginary triangle iп the Atlantic осеап.
(О) .Г-О-t'_ mапу years, people have told stories about mysterious
disappearances that have
place iп this аrеа.
The ехрlоrеr Christopher Columbus first wrote about the Bermuda
Triangle iп 1,492. Не
sailing across the Atlantic ocean when
he came
some mysterious light patterns in the sky, (4)
the same time, his equipment started doing bizarre things.
lt wasn't
the 1950s that the media became interested and
several people published articles highlighting the disappearance of
several ships and p|anes. They

all flown or sailed iп the area
and
of them was ever seen again. How did this happen? You
сап blame it on bad weather patterns, hurricanes оr strange magnetic
forces. Some people
even suggested aliens. Whatever the
case, it's опе of the great mysteries of our time.

(1)

(З)

(2)

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(5)

(6)

(7)

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UNIT

2 usE оF ENGLI'H

The 'Маrу Ce/este', whose crew

dbappeared completely iп the
дtlапtiс осеап iп 7892.


VосаЬчlаrу - Word building

3

(1)

Make odjectives {тоm these nouns and чеrЬs with the endings in the toble.

Write them under the best hecding.

occident qdventure ЬесГ centre сопsidег contToveTsy cultuTe dеslге fcshion
{urу logic mystery поtuге pTedict rеlу геmоrk suit universe

forget

When you check your cnswers,Iook carefully ct how the spelling changes if the
word ends in -у оr -е. Write down some excmples.

ln Use of English Part З there аrе ten gaps and words to change. The task below has eight gaps
and ап example.

Use the word given in ccpitals Gt the end of some of the lines to fоrm q word thct
fits in the gcp in the scme line. There is cn exc:mple ct the beginning (0).
Exam tip

А TR|P ТО RЕМЕМВЕR

Еасh gap has its оwп word at
the end of the line that you must
change. Don't try to put that r
word iп апу оthеr gap.
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l've just Ьееп on ап absolutely (0) .иnfor4e.ltc}.Le. holiday

FоRGЕт

with my family. Му Dad decided that as my sister and
are teenagers поw, we could go оп а really (1)

ADVENTURE

l

holiday. So he found а travel brochure which contained а

huge rапgе of (2) .........
encounters and

(3)

We were spoilt for (4)

..,.......

trips including treks, wildlife

cULl-URE

holidays,

.,

.

...,

because there were

holidays in all sorts of exciting (5)

..........................,

like Peru, lndia

and China. However, in the end we decided to go to South
Africa because my sister's а keen (6) ........................... and she was

doing а project оп the

(7)

...

world. So we saw the

sights iп Саре Town and then went off to explore Blyde
places
River Сапуоп. lt was опе of the most (8)
l've ever Sееп.

SUlT

cHoosE
LocATE
PHOTOGRAPH
NATURE

REMARK


r

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l

Where уоu live
1

Think cbout а city or town you know от hcve visited. Tick
the ploces you go/went to.
Ьоrлrliпg
mLLSeum
+Ъол+,о

"li"y
,

Г_l

п

ccfes

SпоррIп9г

i_j

cinenrcs

I

mclls l l

[l

mоrkеt
Sports Centle

(rz)

work in groups of three. your town
wcrnts to build new leisure fccilities for
young people, Discuss if the plcces in
the photogrophs would Ье populcr cnd
decide which plcce should Ье built.

f__]

-

',,.***inorderofimportanceforyou.(mostimportсnt=l)ffi
ý Do you live
Соmраrе your lists in с group. Use some of these expressions.
think ".. ls the most/leclst importcnt Ьессusе ...
Fоr mе, ... ls ]ess imрогtспt thon .., beccuse ...
I'd рrеfеr to go to / I'd гаihеr go to ... thcn .., beccuse

in с city, town оr village?
(/)
Tick
the words and expressions

below уоч ссп usе to tclk cbout it.

]

mining,

,,.

I

mountoin[*- ,r-,rot_

Му fcrvourite рlссе ls ....
I wou}d like to ... but we don't hоче one.

|]
l foTmingf
quiet

_

_ _ unlveгsity,
slееруГ
coplta}[
|*l
hlstогiс П
modeTn П wide stTeets [l
а lot of troffic П
cn old morket *qrror" П
in the mountoins l , not fсr from .., i l

in the middle of nowheTe l
Ьу с lake |-I
in the countTyside П
in the сепtrе оt,."П
in сrп огес colled ...l
medium-siz"d
сrоrмdеd

Аrе there enough things for teencgers to do in your crea?
Which things would you like to Ье cble to do?

4

fishing

Wоrk in pcirs. Whct are the people in the photos doing? Do .
teencgers enjoy going to these ploces in your country? Why?

7

Now work with а pcrtner. Use the words
and expressions from Exercise б to
cnswer these questions.
How rMouid you describe уоur clty/town/
viIlage?
I live in
industlial

an
Clty.

Му village is
quite isolated,

Whot do you like qbout the рlосе where
you live? Whct do you dislike cbout lt?
Ilove living on the coast.

ý

You're going to work in о group of three. Think cbout how
you wiIl cgree and disagree with the others. Mcrk these
expressions А (cgree) or D (djscgree).
don't think thCIt's а good idecl. ..... I cgree with you. .....
thlnk it wouid Ье better to ".. ..... Thot's Trhct I thlnk too.
I think you're rlght. ..... I discgTee. .....
I

I

"",..

Exam tip
lt is ОК not to а9rее with each other. Тhе discussion you have is
mоrе important thап coming to а final аgrееmепt.

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ýрЕАкING

4

Prcctise csking your pcrtner his/her
opinion on these questions.
.
i Whot оrе the cdvcntcges of Iiving in
the mlddle of о clty? Whу?
о Do you think it's better to 1ive
rn а city, ог in ст villcge iп the
countryside? Whу?
о Is it }эetter fоr children to grоw up in

орч1{ ЦLу1_]
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щ
I Work in pairs.

Look ct the photos. How
cre the thrее cities different?

Listen to с teencger talking
@
cbout the city where she lives. Which
city above is she talking cbout?
Now listen to the recording ogcin.
write down all the words rMhich
helped you get the cnswer cnd
compcre with your partner,

lп Listening Раrt 1 you will hеаr eight rесоrdiпgs and you will
апswеr one que*tion about еасh. Тhеrе аrе fоur recordings in
the task below.

@

You will hear people talking in four different
situctions. Fоr questions I-4, choose the best answer (А, В

оr С).

l

€ffi

Reod the following excmple
of с Part I question. Listen to the
Tecording cnd cnswer it.
You hесr а girl tclking crbout the city
she lives in.
Whot does she porticu}crly like

cbout it?
А the shopping opportunities
в the di{ferent rеstсurопts
с the outdoor festivols

ФW

2

You wiII hеог two реорlе tclking crbout о film they hove just
Seen.

Which crspect of the film did they both 1ike?
А the humоuт
В the setting
с the oction

3

You чrill heoT

сt

giгl tclklng obout q school tTip she

on.

Listen cgcin cnd rеqd

hсхs

Ьееп

Whot did she 1есхrп obout on the tTip?
А the design of certoin textiles

the script your teocher gives you.
UndeTline the words which give you
the onswer.Why cre the other cnswers

wrong?

You hеqr о Ьоу tolking to hls ount cbout his new school.
Whot ls his opinion of the school?
А The Ьеhqчiоuг of students is noTmol1y good.
В Тhе design of the building епсоurqgеs students to study.

с Тhе tессhеrs сrе better thcrn those ct his lost school.

В the life of о designer
С the history oi foctory design

4

You wil] hеот two teenogers tolking crbout о fгiend.
Whot do they оdmiге cbout him?
А Не sсоrеs lots о{ gools.
В Не encourages оthеr рIсуегs.
С Не is cheerful despite an injury.

I.IýTE}ýING UNIT

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l

work in pairs, Reod this fiTst sentence of о story cnd
the three short porographs below.
cll follow from the first sentence?

Do they

Мох hеоrd Someone callinghjS поmе exclfedJy. опd furпеd
fo see rлrhо jt иrоs.
А It wos his fTiend Реtеr, who гushеd очеr soying thot he'd won о prize,
с tгiр to дmеriссr.

And thеге оге fоur tlckets,'he soid. 'Do you wont to Come
with us?'
в It wcs time to go so I jumped stroight onto mу bike clnd cycied into the fогеst
olong о dork
ond winding poth.

С

Anno соmе ruппlпg down the poth, loughing cnd сгуiпg
ot the some time. 'Му Dod's
got О new job 1П Austrolio, ond it sounds gгrеоt,
but I'lihсче to ieove ol1my fгiends

behind.'

2

How could the story continue? Decide on Some suitcble
endings with your pcrtner,

Grammar

3

-

Past tenses

Work in pcirs, Look at the pictures below and put
them in the corTect order to tell с stоrу.

Discuss whct happened in the story. Use these
words and phrases.
сrсhоеоlоQгist

ý

dig

follinto с

hole gold

Inco

stories cre usually written in the post tense. Cho
Stories
choose the correct form of the pcst tense
чеrЬs in the story.
verbs

It was чеrу dark and I could hеаr strange
noises all
aTound mе. I was in the jungle (L) lооЙпg
l looked.
,
fоr treasure. Every_one (2) {пеu' /'ztlas kпБuiпg
it was
thеrе, but no опе (3) had / has еvеr found it.
ТЪе local

people told stoгies of а city full of gold
which
Incas
() built / had built centuries ago. ýuadeniy anthe
owl
(5) hooted l has hooted, and I (в1 ,о,

reitisiпg /

realised to mу surprise that I could hеаr someone
{iBBinB. 'Tim, is that you?' I (7) uаs catliпg / calted,
Tim (8) uаs / had Ьееп the оihеr аrсhаеоlБgist working

6
З

city j"й;-;"."*

in the jungle. 'Yeah, come очеr hеrе, I (9) 'ое
/ 'd f.оuпd
p:."t: оr something.' I (10) .о,,uririn'g1
rushеd
oyer
i
to tlnd'I'im, without looking where I (L1)
wепt / uas
gоiпg апd without warning1 (L2)'oe aisbppemea
l disappeared dоwп into ideep Ъоlе. Foriunately,
I (!3) didп't / hаdп't hurt myseif, and I could
see

something shining in the moonlight. Gold! piles
and
prles oI 8old plates, vases, jewellery, swords! (14)'ае
I
/
7 foundit - the gold ечеrуопе (tsi'паа / ias Ьееп
looking fоr!

Divide the storY obove into three porcgraphs, one
for each section of the story.

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VосаЬчlаrу - Adverbs and adjectives

Grammar - Adverb formation

7 О

9

Match the cdjective with the correct noun in these
sentences.

I bitteTly
2 clumsily
з hcppily

4 hopefully
5 miseTably

couIogeous intriguing strong wоrгуiпg
sense thot
When I wcl]ked into the rооm, I hod o(n)
something wos wrопg.
Poulo mqde о(п) ..............-......... ottempt to rмin the mcrTothon, but
wqs beoten Ьу hеr гiчсll.
question, ond I rеоllу wcrnt to know the
It's o(n)
qnsweT to it.

Andrew suddenly hod
was todoy?

o(n)

cggresslve }эriIllопt deiailed
Jocnnc mcde c(n)

.....,.....,...............

7

1

thought - whot if the test

2

3

success{u}

ottempt on the school jovelin

4

8

got him lnto о lot of trоuЬlе during his

The deputy heod drеw up

o(n)

plon outlining ечеIу

.

ospect of English teoching fоr the уеаг.
It wos o(n) ................-......... solution to the рrоЬiеm, so we decided to
put it into effect lmmediotely.

@ Choose

the соrrесt cdverb to go with the verb in these

sentences.

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

The heodmqsteT spoke Ъittеrlу l соlmlу to the little Ьоу ond he
soon settled down.
The oudience reocted чеrу positively / optimisticcJJy to the
second contestcnt in the tolent competition.
Оur tесrсhеr ccted coreJessJy / decisively when she hесгd
the fire be}l cnd got everybody out of the school building

immediotely.
Pctrick moved foTword clumsily l Topidly qпd sсогеd the gool
thot won the mctch.
АП the porents ogreed thot the pгize-giving сеIеmопу \Mos
ruп чету efIiciently l роаrlу,
Lucy sct in the dentist's sulgely rMoiting potiently l hopefully
fог hег oppointment.
The science teqcheT told his pupils to wotch hopefully / cJoseJy
os he соrтiеd оut the experiment.
Му best friend mqdе cn еffоrt to visit me rотеJу l теgчlоrlу
whеп I wcs in hospitcll fоr о while.
Exam

tip

,|

Yочr story will rеаd better and get а better mаrk if you can use
some interesting and varied vocabulary and use words that go
together well. These аrе known as collocations.

б
7
8
9

positlvely
politely
Topldly
тотеlу

I0 simply

Now use the cdverbs cnd cdjectives
qЬоче to qпswеr these questions.

гесоrd.

Mox's
ottltude
school уеогs.

Mcke cdjectives frоm these adverbs.

Which odjectives chonge thеir lсlst
lеttеr to -l Ьеfоrе odding Jy?
Whot hoppens to odjectives endlng
in q consoncnt ond -1е?
Whot hoppens to оthеr odjectives
ending in -е?
Whot hoppens to cdjectives ending
in J?

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Su" page7?

You hcve Ьееп asked to write а story
for your school mcgazine. Your story

must begin with this sentence:
I was amazed whеп / scw iлrhо wos
sjttjng jn the seof opposite miпе оп the
trcTjn.

Write your story.
RеmеmЬеr to:
о decide on yor.rI storyllne Ьеfоге you
stcrt wгitiпg.
о mcke surе уоur story follows from
the рrоmрt sentence.
. use pcst tenses ond wгltе 1п
рсlrоgrсrрhs.
. tly to use ст rспgе of interesting

cdjectives, odverbs ond collocotions.
о write 120-180 rмords.

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Films

l

Work in pairs. Complete the tcble with the word,s qnd
phrases connected with mcking а film.

octs

оIгопgгеs the sceneTy checks quclity of voice гесоrdiпg
deslgnsiflts costumes does crction shots
does someone's fосеlhсiг fllms с scene реrfоrms
ploys с pcTtirole roises mопеу to mcke the film
tcrkes с shot of something tells the ссtоrs whcTt to do

will hеаr part

of an
interview with с уоuпg ссtоr cclled
Tcnic West. Fот questions I-4, choose
the best cnswer А, В or С.

You

Sсrееп qS

stuntman/woman
set dесоrаtоr

director

А
В
С

,

саmеrаmап/wоmап

make-uo artist

The people in the pictures work in the film industry. use the
words cbove to describe them cnd say whct they cre doing.

took ct the Excm task opposite and the underlining in
question I. underline two or three importont words in the
instructions ond in each question.

whct do the instructions cnd questions tell you obout what
you will hear? Tick (/) the topics you think Tanic Will tqlk
cbout.
how she beccme fcmous

hеr rеосtiопs to hег own ccting
hеr own personolity[
hеr fсчоuгitе film I
с рrоЬlеm she hos hod [*-]
hеr орiпiоп of the dirесtоr П
hеr dcily rоutlпе
]

3

LI*TENING

rоthеr frightenino.
slightly uпгеоl.
о bit Ьогiпg.

In Mrhot woy is Tonio like Angie, the
choTccteT she ploys in the film?
А She doesn't get on weII with otheT

producer
costume designer
sound technician

UNIT

Ф

Tonio describes seeing heTself on

actor

Р

lп Listening Part 4 there аrе seven
multiple-choice questions. lп the task
below there аrе four.

|-l

В
С

people.

She doesn't tTy to imргеss people.
She doesn't olwoys Ьеhсче os

оthег реорlе expect.

whot did Tonio find difficult obout
being on set?
А woгking with оldег qctoTs
В learning hег ]ines
С hclvlng little tlme to rеlqх
Whclt does Tonic soy cbout hег octing
scheduIe?
А She often filmed ot night.
В She hod little trouble getting up

С

есIМ

She missed hovlng геgulог mеq]s.

Exam tip
Underlining important words helps

you to listen fоr the апswеr and
predict what you will hеаr.

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l

Work in pcirs. Answer the questions below.

I

Whct is уоuг fovouгite type of film? Tick (r/) the one(s)you 1ike best.

fihs[ спimоtiопsП ссгtоопsП соmеdiеsП documentortes!
fihs I
rоmспtiс comedies (rоmсоms) П science flction films !
thrillегsп wеstеrпsп
2 Whot mckes о film enjoycble? Tick (r/) the things you think оrе most impoTtont.

the осtlngП the саstiпgП the dlrесtlопП the lосоilопП the musiсП
the plotI
the sсriрtП the sресiоl еffесtsП the stunts П

crctlon

hогтоr

Look ct the photos cnd discuss the questions in your pairs.

1
2

Do you recognise the hеrоеs? Who qте they? Who is уоur fqvourite hеrо?
Do you hove ony special hегоеs, rео1 ог imoginoTy, ln youT country? DеsсriЬе them.

Read the Exam tosk below cnd cnswer the questions.

I
2

Ccln you write cbout о comedy thrillег оr hогтог film? Yes ог no? Why?
Con you writе а пеgгоtiче opinion of the film? Yes от no? Why?.

Yоur English teacher has asked you to write а rечiеw fоr the school magazine of а film
which has an impressive hеrо. DеsсriЬе the film and the hеrо. Say what happens in the
film апd ехрlаiп whеthеr you would rесоmmепd it to other people.

4

Recd the exam condidcte's review cnd cnswer the questions.

I
2
3
4

Does the review give о сlесrr imрrеssiоп of the film ond the сhогссtеrs in it?
Does it moke you rMcrnt to see the film? Whу? / Why not?
Whct tense ls used in the review? Could you use ony оthег tense?
Why does the rечiеw hove о title? Which sentence sums up the condldote's opinion?

_2аtmап;

The DаrК Kniaht

Thia iB а dагК, difflcult and at timeb гаthог diduгЬiпg film, urhich гааl11 mаКеь 1ou thinк. Аб you sit in
tho audignce, 1ou wопdаг ,,lhat цrould hарреп if а hаrо liKo 9аtm4п геаl\ саmе along and docided to
deal urith organibod сгim+ in оuг big ciiioB, 1et 10u аг9 albo опtегtаiпеd Ьесаusе the tilm hao а lot of

amaling actiOn 5с0п06.
|п Th?. РаrК Кцighl Йаlmао i* ац action hеrо, but mоге imроrtапtll hе iB albo а аlmЬоl ofjuвtica. Не
а Ьгачо 4nd do-tsrmined сhагасtег

,,,rho

tgamb up v.rith iho fогсsь of law and огdег in the

rеаd1 to tqýe on all tho сrimе lоrdь. Аа а гаьult, hs hab to facs а pýy.hopaihic and

ib

citt of &otham,

чеq осаг1 villain

called The Токег.
lrr m1 opinion, lhiб

film iB outbtanding. li ib not ont1 thгilliпg but

i1 arbo mак06

]olt {ее1 аь if you аг0

ехрOгiопсiпg ъrhаt ib going on. uihап l баш ii, 0v9гyоп9 iп tho audiаnce vlab io,tall1 involvad in it, ьо l'd
ба1 itЪ а film 1оu rеаll1 muat эоо.

WRITING UNIT З

Г


lrlt

underline the adjectives cnd phTcses the ccndidcte uses to describe the film,
Вqtmсп сrnd the loker. Write them under the correct heoding. Is each one positive
or negative (N)?
Film

Bctmcn

(Р)

IokeT

d"cr"rk {N)

You should alwcys write а briel plcln before you start writing. Complete this plcn foT
the review of Всtmсп: The Dork Knight,

'-Fаtmап:Tho

Dаrk КпiаtL

?ага l iпtгOduсJiоп
?ага 2 conteni

РаrаЭ

о{

сопс\uбioп

-

debcribo the film, mак96 you

film

-

-

dоsсrjЬв 9atman and hib

sum up fllm and

........,.

it

.....,..,. +
,,..,..,..

arnaLing

....,.,.., $сеп06

and hоu he fightb оrqапiаоd .....,.., and The

..........

(аърlаiп wh1)

Underline апу linking words/phrcses in the review which you could use yourself.
lё Ls yroi опLц йrфLйq, Ьиt

Ё аisо

makes uои

...

Look bock ct the types of film you ticked in Exercise I (pcge 23). Which film would
you write оьочt if you hod to write с review of one of them? TelI your pcrtner.

choose one of the ехqm tcsks below. Decide чzhiсh film you сrе going to write cbout
cnd write your plcn (three paTogrcphs)before writing your review, in I20-I80 words.

1

You hqче seen this English-longгucge adveгtisement on о teenoge rMebsite.

Fi[m геviеws wапtеd! The best thrittег еvег
Have you sееп а геа[[у exciting thriltег гесепttу? Wгitе а гечiеw tetting us
about it. you should include iпfоrmаtiоп about the ptot, the асtiоп scenes апd
the сhагасtегs, апd te[[ us whеthег you wou[d гесоmmепd the fitm.
The best film геviеws witt Ье posted оп оur websiEe пехt mопth,

Write your гечiеw

2

you hоче seen this onnouncement in on inteTnotionol mogozine

{оr

young реорlе.

Film reviews wanted! Romantic comedies
Have you seen а realIy enjoyable romantic comedy rесепtlу? write а review
telling us about the characters and what happens in the film, and say whether
you would rесоmmепd the fiIm to уоur friends.

The best reviews will Ье published in оur magazine next

Write your гечiеw.
о h4ake suIе you glve the nome of the {ilm.
о Рlоп уоur writlng;write сlt lecst thTee рсrсgrорhs.
. Тгу tcr use some соlоurfu] чосоЬulсrу frоm the unit.
О Use some of the linking wоrdsiрhгсsеs frоm the unit.
о Writе l20-1B0 words.

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J w*tI,IN(i

month.

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Music ;

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Answer the questions below cnd then соmрсrе уоur onswers with с рсrtпеr.
1 Whot sогt of music do you like best? Why?

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2

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solscr

о'*

lo,,t -,,ui"

i

Look ot the рiсtuге. Whlch instгuments wouid о госk bclnd, q jqzz bond ond о clossicol

огсhеstтq use?

Reod the stctements qпd the clbum review below. Tick (/) the stctements which mqtch
informction in the review. Put с cross against the stctements which scy something different.
The аlЬum
contains songs whose words will appeal to а certain age grоuр.
contains songs which will tend to have а negative effect on people's emotions.
will рrоЬаЬlу Ье less well rесеiчеd than the band's last one.

takes а completely different аррrоасh frоm the band's last one,
is likely to extend the success of the band.
has а singer whose раrtiсulаr style has Ьееп well matched to the songs he sings.
has а singer who should Ье given mоrе chances to sing.

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All the songs оп this album have lyrio which focus оп the kinds of emotions that teenagers will really relate to
but there\ п0 way you сочld describe it as depressing.
Last autumn, the band lЧirade hrought out а long-awaited аlЬum which upset а lot of fans Ьесачsе it introduced
а whole пеw sound. llowever, that аlЬчm brought iп new fans like me. Probable and possйIe develops that sound
апd is expected to further widen the ЬапdЪ appeal so it seems things сап опlу go чр for them from here.

Bradley, опе of the singers, has а very unusual чоiсе апd he needs the right song. Не опlу sings оп а couple of
пumЬеrs Ьut they suit him perfectly. The rest of the singing is done Ьу l(ez, whose voice iý amazing. 0чеrаll, there
is almost nothing to criticise here.

Quickly recd through the texts оп рсlgе 26 cnd Gnswer these questions. Spend опlу
three minutes recding the texts.

1
2
3

Аге the revlews сII positive?
Would you like to listen to any of these clbums?
Do cny of them sound like clbums you сIгеоdу listen to?

RЁАDING UNIT З Г


tlI

Д Pedal Strееt Ьу Вгееzе
Flечiеwег Аппа Магtiпо, age 1З

ln Reading Part З thеrе аrе between fоur and six
texts and you апswеr 15 questions. Тhе texts below
аrе shоrtеr and there аrе only nine questions.

You cre going to recd some Teviews of music
olbums. Fоr questions I-9, choose frоm the
clbums (A-D). Тhе albums mcy Ье chosen mоrе

thon once.
which аlьчm
might Ье difficu|t to follow with опе
the same quality?

of

сопtаiпs songs which сап sound
quite similаг to each оthег?
contains songs about subjects
often avoided?
will сопtiпuе to appeal to the same
реор|е iп futuге уеагs?
would Ье imргочеd without the
inclusion of сегtаiп songs?

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has Ьееп looked fогwагd to fог
some time?

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has а sопg which stands out but
not Ьесаusе ечегуопе will гесоgпisе it?

гт-

has songs which аге uпusuаl iп соmЬiпiпg
both excellent music апd wогds?
contains а song which gets lоudег
as it goes оп?

ffir*rтзrззаr

* l-!rзkiпg

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",л/Фrds аrэd рРтr*s*s

е О Find

an exomple in the texts of each linker
underlined below. Тhеп correct the mistckes in
these sentences.

1
2
3
4
5
6

tre

While the foct thot we wеrе given о lot of
homewoTk, I monoged to finish lt о11.
I like cycling to school. Аlthоuqh i don't llke cycling
in heovy trоfflс.
I took my Ьгоthеr to see о wеstеrп despite I don't
iike Tresterns myself.
Ноwечеr I enjoyed the сопсеrt, I wouldn't soy it
wcs the best I'd been to.
In the wlпtеr I рlоу footboll. In spite of in the
summеI I рlсу tennis too.
Even though plcying the guitaT veTy well, Anitc
hos печег Iесгпt to rеqd music.

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жHAшI'ýG

вгееzе has геlеаsеd pedal strееt аf[ег а twoуеаг wait, iп spite of ргеssuге fгоm fans апd
thеiг гесогd сOmрапу to do so еагliег. Fапs had
" Ьееп told to expect something specia| and this
is а mаstегрiесе. With dгummег Tom Wiseman's
stгOпg гhуthms, and bassist Miguel Sапdго's fantastic
hагmопiеs, this band's music is exceptional. The sопg lугiсs
ехргеss emotions that аге felt Ьу ечегуЬоdу, focusing оп topics
othег агЕists seem t0 ргеfег поЕ to sing about. Lead siпgег
Josh Smith's voice is so еmоtiопаl that it feels as though he's
sitting гight iп fгопt of you. Вгееzе use ап iпtегеstiпg mix of
slyles including classical stгings and mоdегп guitаг гiffs.

В

Тhгilt Ьу Skydiggeгs

А
.n. Чю

skf;i,Ь.ЁТДНl.".Y;ffffi''."J'

ге|еаsеd the album lhгill, whюh was гесогdеd
0vег two уеагs, Suzi Таггапt begins

with

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fi

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then shaws 1ust what the band is аЬоut with
the гоагiпg, апgгу gгоwl that follows, Allhough some tunes
аге difficu|t to distinguish fгоm each оthег in [he sense that
Таггапt's voice doesn't чагу fгоm SOng t0 Song, |he album will
sооп Ье регmапепtlу fixed оп уоuг play|ist, 0п mапу albums,
the best song is поt the most well known and that is сегtаiпlу
the case hеге - the song 'Up to hеге' is in а class of its оwп.

С Silvеr НопеуЬееs Ьу Lena and the Lапtапаs
Rечiеwег Sam RоЬегts, age 'lб
Lепа апd hег Ьапd, the Lапtапаs, tie tоgеthег
both сопtеmрогагу and soul music iп this
album. Lena's Ьееп allowed tо sing all types
of songs hеге, including acoustic ballads and
jazz-pop, in огdег to геаllу show what she сап
do, And in case you [hink that hег пеw fаг-гапgiпg
style mау поt appeal tо а youthful teenage fan base,
геmеmЬег that hег tееп audience is suге to mаtuпе апd gгоw

/

along with hег as she makes mоге music, While some bands
iпсогрогаtе good beats bul have сliсhё lугiсs that make you feel

slighlly sick, ог sing songs with meaningful wогds yet make

dгеаdful sound, the Lantanas аге Ьу сопtгаst а гаге find.

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Аргil Sapa's debut album shows hег liking fог

а

fr
l й

:ffiIii'.:ii,T#nH'}5S?,lTI; IllXl]l:'
but it also shows that she has гооm to gгOw.

thanЧ{

",
Despite having а mоге limited vocal гапgе
hег sistег, who is also а siпgег, Аргil ргочеs thau she
does have а big talent fог wгitiпg. The album сOvегs еvегуthiпg
а tеепаgег can feel: love, hate, ассерtапсе, defiance and ечеп
Ьогеdоm. lt is ап ехсеllепt combination of еаsу listening, even
though thеге аге sечегаl songs that could have easily Ьееп left
out, геsultiпg iп а Ьеttег album очегаll.
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