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2

Itsachallengel

Ourchanging planet

CULTURE National parks
3

Onholiday

4

Myplace

LIFE SKILLS Critical thinking: Accepting other people’s opinions

REVIEW 1
5

School

6

Favourite things

CULTURE Secondary school in the UK
7

Adventure holidays

8

Life in the future

LIFE SKILLS

Communication: Havinga good conversation

REVIEW 2

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9

Sports, games and activities

10

Useful websites

CULTURE

The beautiful game

11 City living
12

Films

LIFE SKILLS Creativity and innovation: Brainstorming

REVIEW3
13

Life experiences

14 Spending money
CULTURE Shopping and money
15

Freetime

16

Languages of the world

LIFE SKILLS Learning to learn: Effective learning
REVIEW4
17

Staying healthy

18

From cover to cover

CULTURE English literature
19 Different ingredients
20

Life changes

LIFE SKILLS Study skills: Taking exams

REVIEW5
Prepare for the exam

Extra activities
Vocabulary list
Grammar reference and practice
Irregular verb list


a

oo

Adjectives of personality

1 IT’S A CHALLENGE!

page 10

Personal details

Geographical features
9th: /9/ and /ð/

Verbs we don’t usually
use in the continuous

The Earth: A changing planet
Learning about the giant
panda

Past simple

First holidays with friends
Teen travel tips: Moscow

The alphabet

2 OUR CHANGING
PLANET

Animals

page 14

Culture National Parks

a aT

Present simple and

present continuous

Register t
Edinburgh’s

page 18

3 ON HOLIDAY

Holidays: Ways of
travelling
9 Silent letters

page 20

@ Reading Part 2

@ Speaking Part 2
Holiday vocabulary

4 MY PLACE

Homes
9/i:/ and /1/
Adjectives to describe
homes

page 24

Past continuous and past

simple

QO writing Part 7

Life Skills Critical thinking: Accepting other people’s opinions

Anew home

Strange houses

page 28

Review 1 Units 1-4 page 30

5 SCHOOL

School subjects

page 32

page 36

Materials

Possession
Weak forms: a and of

Special memories

Present continuous for

Brecon Beacons adventure
weekend

Adjectives for describing
objects

Culture Secondary school in the UK

7 ADVENTURE
HOLIDAYS

@ Reading Part 3

page 40

Holiday activities
@ Speaking Part 2

page 42

New ways of learning
Clarissa’s blog

superlative adverbs

take

6 FAVOURITE THINGS

Comparative and

Word patterns

Conversation about an

adventure holiday

Things to take on an

future

Sentence stress: present
continuous

Adventure Holiday

8 LIFE IN THEFUTURE
page 46

rurniture and household

Future with will

Words with two meanings

might
will and won't

appliances

Life Skills Communication: Having a good conversation
Review 2 Units 5-8

9 SPORTS, GAMES

AND ACTIVITIES

What will you put in your
time capsule?

@ Reading Part 4

page 50

@ Reading Part 4

page 52

Sports and activities

Sports vocabulary

page 54

TO USEFUL WEBSITES —_ Relationships

page 58

Future with may and

9gh

Internet nouns and verbs

@ Reading Part4
Culture The beautiful game page

must, mustn’t, have to and
don’t have to
must and mustn’t
Verb patterns: gerunds
and infinitives

Cool Zone Climbing Centre
rules

What are eSports?

@ Reading Part 3
Teen troubles

Six great websites for
teenagers

62

ES a

ˆ

Aconversation about the Duke

of Edinburgh’s Award

Talking about yourself

@ Speaking Part 1

A conversation about animals

An article about an

@ Listening Part5

animal

® Glacier National Park
A conversation with a hotel
receptionist

Aconversation at a
tourist information

centre

Five short conversations

A description of a home

@ Listening Part 1

@ Listening Part1
An interview about

homeschooling

@ Speaking Part1

®

Homes

GO Writing Part7

Describing your perfect

® School subjects

school

Asking people about their

Adjective order

favourite things
A conversation about people’s
belongings

@ Listening Part 5

@ High School in the USA
Aconversation about an

adventure holiday
A talk about an adventure

Talking about an

® Adventures!

adventure holiday

holiday

@ Listening Part 2
An interview about homes of
the future
Five short conversations

too, also, as well

@ Listening Part4
@ Listening Part4

@ Speaking Part2

A conversation about eSports
and mind sports

Talking about eSports

Young app developers talk

about their work

ˆ
®

Games

An email

(Ø writing Part 6
® Football


UNIT

Y00ABULARY

eg

READING

11 CITY LIVING

Places ina city
Uncountable nouns

Determiners
Othe

12 FILMS

@ Reading Part 1

Types of film
Conjunctions

Relative pronouns who,

What makes a movie a hit?

page 64

page 68

which, that
9 Spelling and syllables

Life Skills Creativity and innovation: Brainstorming

Signs, notices and messages

Showing today at Star Cinema

@ Reading Part 2

page 72

Review 3 Units 9-12 page 74

@ Reading Part 1

13 LIFE EXPERIENCES

Outdoor activities

Present perfect with ever

and never

Past participles

page 76

9 Past participles

14 SPENDING MONEY
page 80

Shops

Present perfect with just,

Units of measurement
and money

Culture Shopping and money

yet and already
9 Intonation: questions

The great outdoors: 10
things to do before you’re 16
Life quiz

@ Reading Part 5
York Times

Pocket money

and statements

page 84

page 86

15 FREE TIME

Free-time activities
Collocations about having
fun

Present perfect with for
and since
Weak forms

16 LANGUAGES OF THE
WORLD

Words to describe
language learning

Present perfect and past
simple

@ Speaking Part 1

Reflexive pronouns

Accident!

Large numbers

page 90

My hobby - geocaching

@ Reading Part 3

Languages of the world

‘Word stress in numbers

Life Skills Learning to learn: Effective learning

page 94

Review 4 Units 13-16 page 96

17 STAYING HEALTHY

Body parts

page 98

Adjectives to express

18 FROM COVER TO
COVER

Books and reading
Words about books

emotion

page 102

First conditional
9 Sentence stress

Teen health
9/u:/ and /v/
Signs, notices and messages

@ Reading Part 1

Books to make you laugh
this summer

@ Reading Part 2
Culture English Literature

page 106

19 DIFFERENT

Words to describe cooking

INGREDIENTS
page 108

9 Ways to pronounce ea
Ingredients

20 LIFE CHANGES

change as a verb and noun
Life changes

Life Skills Study skills: Taking exams
Review 5 Units 17-20
Prepare forthe exam

Breakfast cereals
The taste test

@ Reading Part 5

do and make

page 112

Past simple passive

9 Sounds and spelling

Life changes

Kevin Pearce

page 116

page 118

@ Reading Part5

page 120

Extra activities

page 136

Vocabulary list

page 140

Grammar reference and practice
Key to symbols:
9 Pronunciation

Present simple passive

page 147

@ 22 Key for Schools exam task

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World cities quiz

Six short conversations

Making requests in

different situations

Aconversation about going to
the cinema

@®

Favourite cities

®

Life experiences

An invitation to the
cinema

@ Listening Part 3
@ Listening Part 3

An interview with an explorer

A conversation about a

birthday picnic

Three young people talk about _

free-time activities

A girl talking about her unusual

Doing your own Life quiz

Š

An email

O writing part 6

@® Famous markets
An interview about an

unusual hobby

hobby

Five short conversations

@ Listening Part 4

`

Information about your

English class

A talk about different
languages

@ Listening Part 5

@ Speaking Part 1

Fiver short conversations

Giving advice

@ Listening Part 1

@ Writing Parte
® Health

A talk abouta reading

Astory

competition

A talk about a cooking
competition

@ writing Part 7

â What teens read
Talking about a recipe

đ

@ Listening Part 2

‘A conversation about a

*

new school

@ Listening Part 3

@ Listening Part 2

@ Speaking Part 1

Abiography

Favourite foods


WEL00ME T0 PREPRRE
LERRN AB0UT THE FEATURES
IN YOUR NEW STUDENT'S BOOK!
2

PRONUNCIATION
seove
Pracandtiimpr

your pronunciation

OUR CHANGING PLANET

ABOUT YOU

At the start of the unit,

talk about you and
your life

PREPARE FOR
THE EXAM

Easy to find exam tasks
to get you ready for

the exam

PREPARE TO
WRITE

Prepare, plan and
check your writing

TALKING POINTS

Say what you think
about the topic in the
text

VIDEO

Watch interviews with

teenagers like you

ccc


LIFE SKILLS
Develop important

skills that you can use
in your daily life

VIDEO

Watch interesting

documentaries about

the culture topics

CULTURE

Learn about the culture of
English-speaking countries
and the wider world

PROJECT

PREPARE FOR THE EXAM

Work together to create

Read useful tips, learn exam
techniques, then try a practice
exam task

something fun and

expand your learning

REVIEW

Check
your progress

ae
[mer ese

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Watch teenagers doing
speaking tasks in an
exam situation.


ot

new friends
This is a great way to have fun, malte

gs. The award has four parts:

@ VOLUNTEERING - Give your time to make
a difference to people's lives.

@ FITNESS—Do some exercise and get fitter.
@ SKILLS — Learn something new - or get
better at something you like.

@ EXPEDITION - Go camping and hiking in
the countryside.

Ifyou complete everything, you get a
certificate.

Write an email to Mr Jones, The Duke of

Edinburgh's Award leader at our school.
Describe yourself and say why you want to

do the award.

Check the meaning of the
in the emails
on page 11. Then use them to complete the
sentences.

Do you have any awards or prizes?
If yes, what did you win them for?
lf no, do you know about any awards or prizes
for young people in your country?

1
2

My brother’s very
. He lies in bed until
midday and never does any work.
My grandpa’s 70, but he’s still really
He cycles everywhere and plays tennis.

3 Sonia is very
] A

ND

Adjectives of personality

I

I

4

'

6 When | speak to adults | try to be

7 Sara is very.

Then, in pairs, answer the questions with a partner.

8

1 What is The Duke of Edinburgh's Award?
2 What kind of activities do students do for
the award?

9

3 Can you do an award like this at your school?
If not, would you like to do one?

10

.

Read the students’ emails on page 11 and answer

the questions with Daniel or Grace.

1 Who plays two instruments?
2 Who is happy with a piece of work they’re doing?
3 Who is preparing a surprise for another person?

4 Who is teaching another person how to do
something?

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easy to talk to.

boy

. She always makes

us laugh.

Read the poster and look at the photos.

ễẻễ

in the school.

5 Our teacher is so

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4

. She always thinks of other

people and is good to them.
Everyone likes Toby. He’s the most

;

. She smiles a lot and she’s

Most people in my class talk a lot, but Fred is

and doesn’t say much.
| wasn’t sure how to do my project, but the
teacher was very
. She told me about

some great websites.

Suchitra is very

. She can paint and

draw, and she writes excellent stories.

Listen and check. Then repeat.
Write sentences about your partner using the
adjectives in Exercise 3. Give the sentences to
your teacher to read out for the class to try and

guess who they are about.


Prresent
esent continuous
simple —

SESS
1

Complete the table with examples of the present
simple and present continuous from the two emails.
Present simple
| often make people

oe

I'd love to do The Duke of
person and I’m popular at school. I'm funny —
| often make people laugh, but | work hard and
I'm polite to the teachers.

ima yoy active person ~ | play hockey and

[ee

the rules.

1 Weusethe present

totalkabout

oe crue now, around now and at
..
2 Wedsethe present =

Music is important to me. I’m good at the
guitar and I'm learning to play the keyboard.

go swimming every week. I’m also teaching
my brother to swim.

'm learning to play

Look at the examples in Exercise 1 and complete

2

Edinburgh's Award. I'm a friendly

Present continuous

things that are always true or happen

:

regularly.

>> GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE PAGE 147
3

Choose the correct form of the verb.
1. | watch / am watching Spartak Moscow play

football every week.

Myer

2. What do you usually eat/ are you usually eating

for dinner?
3 Sorry, | can’t talk now, I’m busy. I’m practising /

the Duke of Edinburgh's Award

| hope | can do this award.

practise the piano.

i

4 We learned about rivers last term, and now we
learn / are learning about forests.

I'm a quiet person - | don’t talk
much, but |’m very creative. Art is my

5 I'm quite lazy - | don’t always do/ 'm not always

favourite subject. At the moment, I’m doing a
big painting, and it’s going well.

| like to be busy - I’m not a lazy person. I'm

also helpful. My neighbour's quite old, and |
often go shopping with her. She always tells
me I'm kind. It’s her birthday soon. My mum
and | are planning a party for her, but she

doing my homework.

6

My dad is teaching / teaches me how to play

tennis at the moment.

4

Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

oO

1
2

anaw

doesn’t know about it!

Itrains a lot at the moment.
In my free time, I’m usually going to the cinema.

5

I sell my English book. Would you like to buy it?

Right now, | watch basketball.

!'m usually wearing a jacket, even when it’s hot.

We are swimming and sunbathing every day.

Work with a partner. Look at the photos on page 10.
‘Say what the people are doing. Then say how often /
when you do the activities in the photos.

G

Imagine you are writing an email like Grace’s and
Daniel’s. Make notes. Think of some:
*

adjectives to describe yourself

* sports and hobbies you usually do
+ things you are learning/ planning
/ doing now.
Now write your email.

IT’S ACHALLENGE! = 11


EAST PARK

HIGH SCHOOL

gy REGISTER TO DO THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH’S AWARD EY
HOME

NEWS

ACTIVITIES

MESSAGES

PHOTOS

Today, you are going to start using The Duke of

SEARCH:

PERSONAL DETAILS

Edinburgh’s Award part of our school website. This
has all your details on it, and it shows the activit
ies
you are doing. You can also get news and messages

Grace
Hopkins

from Mr Jones here.

14

What you need to do:
Fill in the online form with all your details.
Choose your activities. You have to discuss and agree
these with Mr Jones first.

English
CONTACT DETAILS


Here are some ideas, but there are lots more on the
DofE website:

44 Meadow Avenue,
London N24 6BG

~ helping older people, picking up rubbish
OF working with animals

020 7946 0945
0770 900 573

~ dance, sport or exercise classes

ACTIVITIES:

~ playing an instrument, studying a language,
learning chess or improving your drawing skills
You have to do each activity you choose for at least

an hour a week for three months. Take lots of photos,
and write about what you are doing. Put all this
information on the website. When you finish, you can
use it to print a book about your time doing the award.
This costs about £20.

Personal details
Read the web page quickly. Who is it for?

®

sentences right (V) or wrong (Xx)?

1
2

Mr Jones is going to put news and messages on

the website.

Mr Jones is going to fill in the students’ forms.

3 Students need to talk to Mr Jones before they
choose their activities.

4

If students don’t like the ideas, they can
choose others.
5 Students have to spend several hours

a week doing each activity.

6 Students can put information about their
7

activities on the website.

Every student gets a free book about their time

doing the award.

TALKING POINTS

Which parts of the award do you think are most

useful? Why?
Which look most fun? Why?
Why is it a good idea to do awards like this?

12

UNITI

Read Grace's details. Match questions 1-7 to the

and

xaux+uwMmk

Read the information on the website. Are the

on the form above.

What's your family name?

How old are you?

Where do you live?

What do you speak at home?

What numbers can we call you on?

What's your email address?
What’s your first name?

04 ) Listen and check. Then repeat.
05

Listen to Grace's contact details. Then repeat
them.
1
2
3
4


44 Meadow Avenue, London N24 6BG
020 7946 0945
0770 900 573


we

PRONUNCIATION | the atpnabet

3

Practise saying the letters of the alphabet.

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Listen to the conversation. What are Grace
and Daniel talking about? Who is Finn?

Listen again. Complete the table with the

a

Decide which letter has a different sound

activities the friends choose.
Grace

in each group.
PEA

JY

4K

2E.M.P
3.

LÊ Y
By

5

HÀ

5W
6C

Daniel

Finn

Skill

PV

XU
06

Fitness
>,

Listen and check.

Listen to the end of the conversation again.
Complete Finn’s contact details.

1 Address:

2 Phone number:
3 Email address:

In pairs, ask and answer questions using the

@facemail.com

contact details for Sam and Jo.
What's your em

addre:

¿

My email address is


How do you spell that?

PREPRRE F0R THE EXAM
1

FIRST NAME:

Sam

SURNAME:
AGE:
ADDRESS:
EMAIL ADDRESS:

289 Sandy Lane, Oxford 022 3PG
Tel 01865 995478
Mob 07968 133 254

Jo

72 Hale Street, Manchester M4 8QT
Mob 07473 964 443

In pairs, ask and answer questions to complete
the form for each other. Spell your surnames.

PHONE

==

a

2

NUMBER:

In pairs, ask and answer the questions.

School:
How much homework do you get?
What’s your favourite subject?

Tell me something about your school.
Free time:

What do you do in your free time?
Who do you spend your free time with?

Tell me something about what you did last
weekend,

>> PREPARE FOR THE EXAM PAGE 133

3


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THE EARTH
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ET

'What is the weather like in your country?
Is the weather the same every year?

AND
Geographical features
In pairs, discuss the questions. Then read the
article and check your ideas.

1 How old is the Earth?
2

What's happening to the Earth’s

weather at the moment?

Read the article again and choose the best
heading for each paragraph.

Scientists believe the Earth is 4.6 billion years old.
However, the

mountains,

deserts and forests

valleys,

hills,

rs,

million years old and the Amazon rainforest is only

10 million years old. The youngest sea in the world is

the Baltic Sea, about 15,000 years old.

The Earth is always changing because of
volce
i
earthquakes and, of course, wind and rain. Some of
these changes are very slow and others are quick.
Water and ice can make very big changes to the
planet. For example, glaciers (rivers of ice) can cut

through mountains and make

and deep

alleys. Eighty or more volcanoes are under the
oceans and sometimes they become new islands.
This is happening in the South Pacific, near Tonga.

©

©

It's normal for our planet to change, but at the

moment, scientists think it's changing faster than

usual. They don't understand everything „..
happening, but they know that some des
(places where it doesn’t rain much) are growing,
and many forests are getting smaller. The weather
is getting wetter in some places and drier in others,
and there are more big storms.
However, these changes are not bad for everyone.
Because the Arctic is getting warmer, some people in

Greenland now own businesses and sell vegetables
they grow on their land. That wasn't possible so far
north 50 years ago. Farmers in Greenland like the
warm weather and hope it will continue.

(14 UNIT2

A Good news in one part of the world
B Problems for the planet
C The age of the Earth

»

we see today are much younger

than that. For example, Mount Everest is about 60

©

dq

D How the planet changes

`

©

Match the words in blue

in the article to the

photos A-I. Listen and check. Then repeat.


=

4

Complete each sentence with the correct word

from Exercise 3.
1

Not many plants and animals can live in
because they are very dry. deserts / hills
2 Many
have snow on top of them all
year. mountains / valleys
3 Theresa
near my home, and | like

1

Find these verbs in the article on page 14 and
underline them. What tense are they in?
believe

going fishing there. river/ sea

aA

Write five sentences of your own using the words
from Exercise 3.

PRONUNCIATION
G

9 earth

other
there
— think

th: /9/ and /ð/

south
these
this

belong to

have
run

3

6 weather

1

Listen and check. Then repeat.

climb

mean

want

feel

need

work

hate

prefer

Can you turn the TV off? |
(hate) that
programme!

Mr Jones
(want) to talk to you. Are you
free now?

3 Why

Write sentences about the geography of your
country.

study!
That book

friend’s.

(you sing)? |

(need) to

(belong) to me. It’s not my

51
(love) this T-shirt. Can | buy it, Mum?
6 | can’t talk now, sorry. |
(run).

There are mountains in the north of my country.

In groups of four, listen to each others’ sentences.
Which geographical features from Exercise 3 does
each person talk about?

buy

Complete the sentences using the present simple
or present continuous of the verbs in brackets.

4
7

love
sing

>> GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE PAGE 148

2
EỈ)

like

Which of these words are also about thinking,
feeling and owning things?

Listen to the sounds @ and 6 and repeat
them. Then put the words in the box into
the correct column.
north
that
thing

think

The verbs above are about thinking, feeling and
owning things. We don’t usually use them in the
continuous form.

lake/ volcano

BB

know
understand

hope

own

4 There were so many trees in the
that it
was impossible to see the sky. forest / lake
5 My friend and | cycled to the
fora swim.

5

Verbs we don’t usually
use in the continuous

GRAMMAR

4

Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

oO

1 There are things in my bag that I’m needing

at the moment.
2 The weather's cold at the moment, but I’m
preferring it like that.

3
4

I’m thinking the party was great.
My brother is liking summer and I’m liking
winter.

5 Get into the pool with me! The water is feeling

great.

Use the prompts to write questions beginning
Do you ... or Are you ... Then walk around the
class and ask people your questions.

own / a bike?

learn to / play an instrument?
like / cabbage?

do / an art project at the moment?
think/ English is easy?
plan to / do something interestingthis weekend?
love / watching TV?
need / study for an exam?
In pairs, discuss what you found out.

OUR CHANGING PLANET

15


Animals
Look at the picture below. In Pairs, write down three
things you know about pandas. Read the article
once to

Match the words in the box to the photos

¿ ©

check your ideas.

A-J. Listen and check. Then repeat.

NOuUnWNEe

Are these sentences right (/) or wrong (x)?
The writer helped to look after giant pandas on

her trip
It’s possible to find wild pandas in several countries.

Pandas only eat bamboo.

Baby pandas are very light when they are born.

Pandas start eating bamboo at the age of 18 months.

Scientists know exactly how many wild pandas there
are,
It’s possible to see a panda in Mexico.

Learning about the

tp
When | planned my trip to China, one of things | really
wanted to do was to work at the Dujiangyan Panda Base
in
Chengdu. | spent seven days there, looking after the pandas,
giving them food and cleaning their enclosures,
While | was there, | learned a lot about pandas
. Wild pandas live

in bamboo forests, high in the mountains of central China.
In the
Past, they also lived in other parts of China and in Myanm
ar and
Vietnam, but they don’t any more. They spend about
12 hours

a day eating bamboo, but they sometimes eat other plants

or small animals. At Dujiangyan, we also gave them
fruit, like
apples, and special panda cakes made of tice,
eggs and flour

and other things.

Adult giant pandas weigh between 75 and 135 kilogr
ams,
Females usually only have one baby panda, or cub,
at a time.

dolphin
monkey

The cubs only weigh about 85 grams when they
are born! The

elephant
Parrot

snake
polar bear
whale
tiger

little cub drinks milk for about four months and then
begins to

eat bamboo. Young pandas stay with their mothers for
around

18 manths,

giraffe
penguin

Answer the questions about the animals

Scientists think there are now between 1,500 and 2,000
pandas
in the wild. This is a low number, but it’s double what
it was in
the 1970s. The reason the number is going up is becaus
e of
all the work scientists are doing at places like the Dujian
gyan
Panda base in Chengdu. There are also about 325 Pandas
in

in Exercise 3.

1 Where do the animals come from?

2 Where do they live (sea, mountains,
forest)?
3 Which are dangerous?

Zoos in a number of different countries, includi

ng the United

States, Mexico, Japan and Germany.

4 Look at each photo carefully. Are
the animals in a zoo or are they wild?
5

©

How many other animals can you name
in English?

TALKING POINTS

What are your five favourite animals?
Why do you like them?
How often do you go to zoos?
Do you like them?


PREPARE FOR THE EXAM

Listening Part 5
1
js

An article about an animal

0

1

Countries

lion D
monkey

2 snake
3 penguin

4 dolphin
5 elephant

a

2

GET READY Underline the prepositions
between, about, around and including
in the article about pandas on page 16.
Think about their meaning. Which two

You will hear Gina talking to her uncle about some
Photos of animals. Where did he take each photo? For
each question, choose the correct answer.

Photographs

is

@ PREPARE TO WRITE

Listen again and check.

have the same meaning in the article?

A Argentina
B England

Complete the sentences with between,
about, around or including.

€ India
D Kenya

1 This competition is for anyone
the ages of 10 and 14.

E Mexico
F New Zealand
G Scotland a

2 There are
left in the wild.
3 All my friends,

H South Africa

interested in animals.

5

and March.

I’ve got lots of
Ti
Mô SE

___ January

pets,

a rabbit

PLAN Plan your article about an animal.
Choose one of the animals in Vocabulary

Work in pairs. Look at the photos of the two animals

Exercise 3 or a different one. Write three

below. Use the prompts 1-9 to write questions about
these animals.

paragraphs. Make notes for what to
include in each paragraph.

1 What kind of animal / it?

Paragraph 1

2 Where
/ from?

3 Where/ live?

Paragraph 2

4 What
/ eat?

How much / weigh?

6 How many/ left in the wild?

Paragraph 3

7 What/ babies
/ called?
8 How many babies / female have?
9 How long/ baby stay with / mother?
>>

_ Tariq, are

4 The zoo is closed

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5

40,000 African lions

the kind of animal itis /

where it lives
/ what it eats

what it weighs/

information about its
babies

many are left in the wild /

in zoos
=
E
ẻ
WRITE Write your article. Try to include
the prepositions from Get Ready.
IMPROVE In pairs, compare your articles.

Student A, go to page 136. You have information

about the kakapo there.

Can you improve them?

>> Student B, go to page 138. You have information

about the sand cat there.

Sand cat

0UR GHANGING


National Parks

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Where is Yellowstone National

3

Match the texts 1-5 with the photos A-E.

3

places. These places can be mountains,

In Relies discuss the questions with your partner.

re eee le
: aon
3 Can you namea national parkin
4 What can you see there?

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Most countries have beautiful natural

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Park? What do you know about it?
Read the text and check your ideas.

valleys, deserts, beaches, etc. You can
see different animals and plants there.
People look after them so everyone can
nj

SE

in the world.
Yellowstone is one of the oldest national parks
and
na
It is in the USA in the states of Wyoming, Monta
l national park
Idaho. It is also a biosphere reserve - a specia

landscapes.
with interesting and unusual plants, animals and
rangers look
In Yellowstone, men and women called park
after the animals and plants.

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t supervolcano.
Yellowstone is on the site of a very big, ancien
cape is
lands
its
The volcano is 640,000 years old and
are over
trees
amazing. There are large forests and some
park its name,
200 years old. The Yellowstone River gives the

e River isina
but there are many other rivers. The Yellowston
stone.
deep valley called the Grand Canyon of Yellow

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and they
Over 3 million people visit the park every year

These are hot-water
come to see the hundreds of geysers.

rs also enjoy
fountains that come up out of the ground. Visito
go canoeing.
or
fish
the beautiful lakes, where they can swim,
including birds
There are 67 types of animals in the park, not
@

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and bears. You
or water creatures. There are sheep, bison

the forests and
don't often see bears because they stay in
in the park!
mountains, but bison often walk down the roads
are sometimes
Yellowstone is usually cold and dry, but there
you have a picnic
forest fires, so you have to be careful when
is warm during
it
r,
summe

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there. In winter, it is very cold.
e need
Peopl
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the day, but at night it can be below
park,
the
in
warm clothes when they are camping

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2


4

Are these sentences right () or wrong (x)?

5 _ Find words in the text that match the definitions.

1 Yellowstone is part of one state in the USA.
2 Park rangers protect the animals and plants
in Yellowstone.
3 Yellowstone has a famous glacier.
4 The park contains very old plants.

5 The geysers in the park are popular with tourists.
6 You can't go in the water in the park.
7 People regularly see bison in the park.

The temperature can be very different on summer
days and nights.

8

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7

6

Leave hotel at

Mount Washburn

3)

What can you see ona walk in Yellowstone Park?
Make a list. Then, listen and check your ideas.

Mystic Falls

| 10am

4

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different from others (paragraph 1)
keep safe (paragraph 1)
very old (paragraph 2)
fantastic (paragraph 2)
travel in a small type of boat (paragraph
animals in general (paragraph 4)
ameal outside (paragraph 5)

Listen and complete the information about two guided walks in Yellowstone Park.

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1
2.
3
4
5
6
7

bus

lunch -

sandwiches, *

and cold drinks

Things to take

a light jacket and a’camera

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hamburgers and chicken
a°

Landscape you see ‘the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and the
Teton Mountains

In Biscuit Basin there are geysers and hotwater pools anda®
__
in Mystic Falls.

Animals you see

| bison

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Arrive back at

I4 pm:

After trip activity

| a &

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and maybe foxes
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about geography

pm

la meeting to share photos

TALKING POINTS

Which walk would you prefer to go on? Explain why.

Description of
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Research a national park in your

country. Use the internet or books to

find out
+
«

where itis
what the landscape is like

*

why itis a national park

* what animals and plants there are
+ what the climate is like
Present your information to the class.
Use pictures and photos to make the
presentation more interesting.

HEMET}

NATIŨNALPARKS

19


FIRST H0LIDAYS WITH FRIENIS

ost of us can’t wait to go on holiday without our parents.
We can choose where to go, what to do and who to go

with. But are first holidays with friends always great? Read

about Sophie, Fred and Chris. Where did they go? Did they
have a good time?

Last summer, after we finished our exams, | invited my friend
Paula to go on holiday to Greece with me. We gota flight to
Athens and then we went by ship to the island of Milos. We were
really tired when we got there, but we both wanted a swim, so
we went to the beach. You can guess! We lay down and closed

‘our eyes and when we woke up TWO hours later, we were

really hot and thirsty — and red! Never again!

Sophie, 16

My first holiday was a weekend in London. Jim, Simon and
| travelled by tram from my house to the bus station. When
we arrived there, | put my hand in my pocket but my wallet

wasn't there! Where was it? | think | lost it on the tram. Jim and

Simon each lent me money for the coach. We stayed at Jim's aunt's

house in London and we hada fantastic weekend.

Fred, 13

My first holiday was with my friend Tom ata campsite in a forest

Near our town. We didn’t want my parents to drive us there, so

we went by bus and then on foot. It was a long walk to the forest
and it was raining} | put the tent up quickly because | knew how
to do it, but all our things were wet. Then the sun came out the
next day. We dried everything and hada great time!
Chris, 12

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ABOUT YOU

Read the article quickly and find out where

Sophie, Fred and Chris went on holiday. How did
each of them get there?

Where do you like going on holiday?
How often do you go on holiday?

Do you always go on holiday to the same place?

4

How do you usually get there?

Read.the que ‘again and answer the questions
+

What does the article mean

by ‘first holidays’? ?

2 What did Sophie and Paula do when theyarrived ®

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AND
oe

:

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bes

at the island? | /)-2
eny
3 What happened while ey werere sleeping?
4 What did Fred lose??

eeanel
:

Presi

5

were putting
up the tent?

Match the words in the box to photos A-K.

by bike

byboat

by helicopter
by scooter

by coach

by motorbike
by ship
by tram

a

z

on foot

20

Decide whether each type of transport from
Exercise 1 moves in the air, on land or in the water.

UNITS

'

i

are the silent letters?

climb
island

=® Listen and check. Then repeat.
2

Ầ

In pairs, read the words aloud. Which

by plane

by underground

a

ad

6 What was the weather like when Chris and Tom

Holidays: Ways of travelling

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How did he pay for the Goachiii A

t ht

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20

flight
knew

guess
two

Listen and check. Then repeat.

half
where

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6

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4

Read questions a and b and complete the

answers. Then answer questions 1-4.

a Who did Sophie invite to go on holiday with her?
Sheinvted
to go on holiday with her.
b Who lost his wallet?
losthiswallet.

1 Which past simple question uses did +

infinitive, a or b?
2 Whatis the verb form in the other question?

3. Is question a asking for information about the
subject or object?
4 \s question b asking for information about the
subject or object?
5

Choose a or b for each question.
1 Who did the boy see?

a His mother saw him.

bHe saw his mother.
2 Who saw the boy?

.

j]

a His mother saw him.
saw his mother. ˆ
—b-He

Hz) simple

GRAMMAR

Underline the past simple forms in the sentences.

1 Where did they go?

2 Where was it?

3 Did they have a good time?

4

Wecl losed our eyes.

6

My wallet wasn't there.

5_Jim, Simon and

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6

1 Whats

sussrsions

2 Who 4 od
D

7 My first holiday was with my friend Tom.
8 We didn’t want my parents to drive us, so we
went by bus and then on foot.

3 Where .
4
your dad?

9 We dried everything.
=—=

5 Who \\A
summer?

Now answer these questions.

2 Which past simple verbs are irregular?

3 Which verb never has ‘did’ in questions
and negatives?

2
3

7

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ded

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weather | /O.“(be) bad.

zi to visit the museum, but we

MB fake rể) time.

ithe Plane / arrive) ) on time?

(eat) when you were on holiday

take) you to the airpor 2

yolyou /gecamping) ist summer?

}ook) the flights, your mum or
You / go) on holiday with last

Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
3

`

2 Sorry we couldn’t meet yesterday. | go shopping
and then cycling with my mum.
3

It was a rainy day on Saturday, so | spended
the day at home.
4 | watch TV and played on the computer

Complete the sentences using the past simple of | *

because the

383

@© 1 | maked two new friends on my holiday.

yesterday evening.

5 It wasa pity you lefted the party early last Friday.

the verb in brackets

3 We

=

6 Who ___
(buy) you your new bike? Was it
your parents?

Underline all the examples of the past simple in i
the article.

as ©\©lyou Ae. on holiday with your family
Be year?
\
2 They didn'+
ean
boat to the island

the verbs in brackets.
di |

travelled by tram to the

1 Which past simple verbs are regular?

Complete the sentences using the past simple of

8

In pairs, ask and answer the questions.

1 Where did you go on your last holiday?
2 Who did you go with?

3 How did you get there?

4 What did you do there?
5 What was the best thing you did? Why?

5 The holiday ¿; È*— (notbe) great, but|
6

__

(enjoy) the afternoons on the beach.
(you / be) in the mountains for the

whole holiday?

ON HOLIDAY 1