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BOOST YOUR 0 VOCABUL Y1

Chris Barker

PENGUIN ENGLISH

Contents Unit Pages Unit Pages Introduction 4-5 5 - 8 Test yaurself 2 56-57

Test exercises 1 - 5Meellng I!!!Qple 6-11 Saying hello a nd goodbye; Introducing Free lime 58-639 yourself a nd other people; Personal details;

Activities; Talking about post octMties; Tlfles; Friends; British I American WOf"d list Music:; Muslcol instru ments

2 family 12-\7 10 ~h~ ~-~ Male and female ; Fomity members; CO&OUrs; Shades; Clothes and footwear; Life stages; 's 1\:"" of clothes; Style

3 Describing people: age 18-23 11 Food and drink 70-75 _ ....;; ", appearancea"nd

Basic food; Drinks ; Fruit; Vegetobtes; Meet; Age ; Hair ~; Hoir colour; Eye ccOOur; Prepe-ed food Shades of colour; Height; Measurement of he ight; Measurement of weight; Build 12 Cauntrles, nallanalltles and 76 - 8\

lanquQQes4 House and home 24-29

Somecountries and nationalities: Europe; Description; Rooms I areas; My room ; Euro pe I Asio; Midd le East and Asia; North Locat ion: prepositions Americo; Central America; South America;

Africa ; Australosta; The twelve most wKIe1y spoken languagesI - 4 Test l1Qurself \ 30-3\

Test exercises 1 - 5 9 -12 Test yourself 3 82-83 Test exercises 1 - 55 Time 32-37

Days; Months; Years; Dates; Seasons; Reference 84-87Time prepositio ns; Time adverbials; Times

The English a lpha bet; Height a nd weight ; Numbers; Some basic spelling rules; British 6 Ufeathome 38-43 and American English

Before school; After school; Adverbs a nd phrases of frequency; Jobs ar ou nd the

self assessment and proqress check 88house; Pets; Meals at school and at home

7 _ = :=... _ Answer key A-HSchool _ ....;;:;;44 -49 (Centro l pcll-cct section) Main school subjects in UKschools; People;

Exams; Non-lesson time; Afte r-schoof act ivities and dubs; School rooms a nd places

8 5pprl 50 - 55 Sport / AdMty; Penon; Spom ....,ts; Winning a nd losing

Meeting people Translate the words and phrases.

Saying hello and goodbye Informal Formal Hi. Good morning. Hello. Good afternoon.

Good evening. Goodnight.

Bye! Goodbye. See you. See you lofer. See you soon. See you tomorrow.

A: How are you? B: Fine, thanks. /

I'm OK, thanks. And you?

A: Mm, not too good. / Mm, nof great

B: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that. A: How are things? B: Fine, thanks. /

Not bod, thanks.

Introducing yourself and other people Informal Formal My nome's (John). A: Let me introduce (Moria) .

I'm (John). B: Pleased to meet you.

This is (Mario) . C: Pleased to meet you, too .

A: Nice to meet you. Welcome to {London).

B: Nice to meet you, too .

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American last name zip code cellphone pen pol gel along

Female Mrs married women Miss unmarried (single)

women

Ms married or unmarried women

surname

postcode mobile phone penfriend gel on

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Male Mr adult men

Titles Mr Mrs Miss Ms

You can canme Wayne Connolly (,/) or Wayne (,/)

bat not Mr Wayne ~). Yoa can callmyDad Mr Connolly o:

Personaldetails First name(s} . Surname . Mole / Female . Address . Street . Town / City .. Postcode . Dote of bi rth . Phone number . Mobile phone number . e-mail address .

Friends She's my best friend. He's my penfriend. We're good friends. We're in the same class at school. We're classmates. We're neighbours. I know him / her welL I don't know him / her very well. I don't get on very well with him / her. We get on very / really well. We don't get on very well.

What's your surname? Could you spell that, please? Could you repeat that, please?

Yoo can callme Miss TracyBradshaw (,/) or Miss Bradshaw (,/ ) bat not Miss Tracy ~).

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abel 2 Complete the clues to answer the question in the crossword.

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Conversation 2 A: Goo d m n i n g.

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Mar rio t t. A: C 0 u I d you s p _ _ _ f hot,

P 1_ _ s e? B: Yes. M A double RIO double T. A: Net 0 m t you, Ben.

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We on really well. (3) A: How ore you? B: I'm , thanks. (2) ....... .... ......... How are you? (5) ...... ............ to meet you. (7) My name is Anna . (5) My is Smith. (7) We're the same class. (2) A: How are you? B: I'm , thanks . (4)

9 How are ? (6) 10 It's latel I must go ! (9) 11 you tomorrow. (3)

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Conversation 1 A: H e I I o. Ij 0 ~ are y 0 ~ ? B: Not g r __ t. A: I' m S 0 __ y h ear

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Complete the conversations.

3 Who is speaking? Write the letters in the correct pictures. a) Good rnorninq. .everyone. 11 1b) Mmm, not great. c) Hello. d) Pleased to meet you. e) See you later. f) Goodnight.

4 Draw lines to link the personal details. First name Bradshaw Surname [email protected] Date of birth 12, Rose Street Street 0029583795 Town / City 13 April 1989 Posfcode Milton Keynes Phone number Tracy e-mail address MK39DG

5 Put the words in the right order. Start with the word in the centre of each circle.

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Read about Tracy's best friend. Then write about your best friend .

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7 i Read about Alex. Then complete your personal details and introduce yourself.

Hi! rm Alex Fraser. You can contact me ... at 14 Clifton Road. Bath. BA4 6LH

or on 010 587 9998 or on 9012 564901

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PHONE NUMBER 010 5879998

MOBILE PHONE 9012 564901 NUMBER .

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Sa Put the missing phrases in Conversation 1 or 2.

Fine, thanks. Hello, Mark. I'm Rosa. Hi. Pleased to meet you, too. How are you?

Conversation 1 Sarah ~f?!!9.'.~~':'~ Mark Hello

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Sarah . Let me introduce my neighbour, Laura Green.

Laura Mark

Hello. Pleased to meet you.

Conversation 2 Kate Hi. Jack Kate This is my friend. Rosa Hello Jack Hi, I'm Jock.

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8b Which conversation is between teenagers: 1 or 21 ..

9 You are with Simon, your English penfriend. You meet one of your classmates in the street. Write the conversation.

You Hi . Classmate You Simon C1cissmate

Write ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize.

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Translate the words and phrases.

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parent guardian

relation / relative .. COUSin

Male / Female grandparent . grandchild ..

(plural : grandchildren)

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girl

Female grandmother . granddaughter .

woman

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grandfather grandson

(plural : men) man

Family members Male

Male and female

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father ...... .... ...... .. . mother

Dad . .. .. . ... . . .. . Mum

stepfather ....... .... .. . .. stepmother

brother . .. ... .... . .... o.. sister

stepbrother ........ ... ... stepsister holfbrother .......... .. .. . halfsister

husband . ............. wife

son . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . daughter

uncle .. .. .. ........ .. aunt

nephew ... . . . .. . .. . . . . niece

life stages

baby . ...... . .. ......

child ...... . ... . ...

teenager .. .. .... ....... adult ....... ... . . ...

... and these af'e mygrandparents _.

Hello. fly name'sShamina. Tve got a siste and a baby brotbe We five with 00f' parents in London. GarFamilyis qpite large. Tve got roaroonis. Faar ancles

and sevencousins:

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Silvio is Tommaso's grandmother.

Tommaso is Anno's brother.

Roberto is Tommaso's fatner.

Anna

Angelo = Silvio

I oberto = Sabina

See page 86 for the British / American word list.

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Have you got any brothers and sisters? I've got a brother and a sister. He's got on older sister and a younger brother. I'm an only child. My po rents ore separated. My parents are divorced. Our family's quite small. Our family's quite large.

Complete the twenty family words and circle them. Look for the words horizontally ( .. ) and vertically ( 'Y ).

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[fi 2 Put the words in exercise 1 into groups. Male Female Male / Female

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Who are Wayne's relations?

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His father's mother's husband is His father's brother is His mother's sister's daughter is His sister's daughter is His sister's son is

Choose five members of your family and write their names.

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5 Write details for you in the chart.

Adam Peter R1cldtt

Mum: Jill Dad: Pet.er Brothers: TI.m, Mark, Sam (all older)

Actor and singer

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Kellendria Trinade Roland

I've got a large family: Mum, Dad : and one brother; : aun ts , uncles and : cousins. :

No, not at the moment. Singer

6 Use the chart in exercise 5 to write about Adam, Kelle and yourself.

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How good is your memory? You have one minute to read about Shamina and Jonathon on page 13. Now write sentences about Shamina and Jonathon. Don't look at page 13.

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i7bl Now look at page 13 to check your answers.

9a Read the clues and identify the people. Write their names in the family tree.

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Luke's mum is David's daughter. luke is very young. luke's uncle is called Paul. Sally is Paul's sister. Emma's got a younger sister called Diana. David and Mary are husband and wife. Diana's father is ca lled Neil.

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eli Are you good at writing puzzles? Write some clues for a puzzle about your own family. Ask a friend to complete it .


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Describing people: age and appearance Translate the words and phrases.

Age young in her teens in his twenties Howald are you? I'm 14. / I'm 14 years old. He's in his twenties. She's in her thirties.

Hair length short medium length long

Hair colour brown black fair blonde red grey white

middle-aged old

Eyecolour blue brown grey green

Shades of colour dark light

He's not very old. not very quite very She's quite old. Her heir's very long.

What does he / she look like? What's her hair like? She's got dark brown hair. What colour hair has he got? He's got short, fair hair. What colour eyes has she got? She's got light blue eyes. They're a sort of greenish brown.


Measurement of height

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See page 86 (or the British / American word list.

stone pound

Measurement of weight kilo

See page 84 (or height and weight abbreviations.

metre centimetre foot (plural: feet) inch (plural : inches)

Height toll of medium height short

1 metre = 3.28 feet 1 centimetre = 0.39 inch 1 foot = 12 inches

Build

small big slim of medium build well-built muscular

How toll is he? He's (quite) tall. He's of medium height. He's (quite) short. He's about 1 metre 75.

How much do you weigh? I weigh about 50 kilos .

1 I Describe the age group of these people. 1 She's about 43 or 44. She's in her forties. 2 He's 52. 3 She's 16. 4 He's about 27 or 28 . 5 She's 3.

The words in the puzzle all describe the colour and shade of hair and eyes. Complete the words.

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3 Put the words from the puzzle in exercise 2 into the correct group. Some words can go in both groups.

Hair colour / shade Eye colour / shade

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4 How good is your moths? Use the information See page 84 for on page 19 to find the answers to the quiz. height and weighf

abbreviations.

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b) in pounds? .. .... ......... .. Ib cl in stones and pounds? .... st.... .Ib

a) in metres and centimetres? .....m... .cm bl in feet and inches?

is beavier? a) 10 kg D b] 20 Ib o

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Use the words and phrases in the box to describe the height and build of these people.

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very muscular big tall quite well-built small short not very of medium build slim of medium height

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6 I Write details about yourself in the chart. Then choose two members of your family or two friends end write in their details.

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7 Use the information from the chart in exercise 6 to write a description of yourself and of one of the other people. (age and height) r~ .fC?fJ!'.tf?~f1. p.'!4. ff!1. .1. ~ .!P. .~qlr (build and weight) r~ . qC!ft~. 9/9: J.~~i!11J .lf9.oyf.~!~-~~'(~ ~i!C?~: (hair length and colour) ry~ 9.'!t.~o.'!9, .c!q.r~ .~ r: C? r-:'.l . ~~/( (eye colour) .::.~')~ .~r:C?r-:fJ.~Y.~

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8 Look at the Star Profile of Rachel Stevens and read about her below. Who is your favourite pop star or sports star at the moment? Write a star profile in the chart. Then write a full description.

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9 Write five quiz questions about your favourite pop star or sports star to ask a friend.

House and home Translate the words and phrases.

Description flat block (of flats) house

Rooms / areas

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1 attic .

2 bed room .

3 spare room . 4 bathroom .

5 landing . 6 living room .. 7 dining room .

8 study . 9 kitchen . 10 hall .

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large small

12 garage

13 upstairs

14 downstairs

15 ground floor .

16 first floor .. 17 stairs .

18 balcony .

19 terrace .

20 paf io .

21 garden .

My room armchair bed blinds bookcase bookshelf (plural: bookshelves) corpet ceiling chair chest of drawers computer cupboard curta ins desk door duvet floor lamp mirror notice board photo picture poster radiator radio rug shelf sound system table telephone TV wall wardrobe washbasin wastepaper bin window

I live in George Street. My Aat is above a shop . My house is near a small pork. It's got three bedrooms. It hasn't got a garden. My room is at the front of the flat. What's your room like? It's quite big. . I share my room with my sister. There's a desk ' under the window. There are some posters on the walls . There are some blinds at the window.

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Location: prepositions

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next to near .

opposite . between . in front of . behind . above . on top of . under . in the corner of .. at the front of .. in the middle of . at the back of . on the right of . on the left of .



1 Use the words in the circle to describe where you live.

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2 Which parts of Wayne's house do these pictures show?

3 I Which of the rooms / areas in exercise 2 has your house or flat got?

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4 Write the word next to the picture. Then tick (.I) the things you've got in your room. If you've got other things in your room, add them to the list .

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5 Match the prepositions to the pictures.

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8a William's next letter to you IS about his room. Write the missing words.

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81i Now draw the room.

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It was really good to get your letter. Thanks. Here's a description

of my room. I did it on the computer. I hope you can understand

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My room's quite large. The window is opposite the ill'. There are some

there's a ~ 3. my ~s. There's a a ~ 7 between the ~ 8 is next to the ~,on the right. On the left of the window, in the corner of the room, there's an ~ 9 . Between the window and the ~ there's a @ 10 with a fa "on it. Behind the ..I... there's a II IZ. My ~ U is on top of it.

That just leaves the big m,4 where I put my clothes! Write soon.

~ 1 at the window. Under the window, My ~ 4 is on the ~ and so is

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Write a description of your room for William. Use prepositions (in, next to, etc.) to say exactly where things are.

Write ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize. Words Expressions 1 . 1 . 2 .. 3 . 2 . 4 . 5 . 3 . 6 . 7 . 4 . 8 . 9 .. 5 . 10 .

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Test yourself 1 (Units 1 to 4) How much can you remember? Mymarlc __

60 1 I Write the words in the corred groups.

bed cupboard muscular short block doughter nephew slim blue desk notice board tall choir green parent uncle cousin large red white

Family Height, weight Colours Furniture members and build

1 .. 6 .. 11 . 16 .p.e:'! . 2 7 .. 12 . 17 . 3 8 . 13 .. 18 .. 4 9 .. 14 . 19 .. 5 10 .. 15 . 20 .

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2 I Match the questions to the answers. 0) 00 44 765 45 36 37

1 How t.. are you? o How oN. are you?

b) [email protected] 2 How much do you w ? c) light blue 3 What colour are your e ? d) 10 st. 4 What colour is your h ? e) 5'11" 5 What's your ph . . .. .. .. .. . .. ? ~ black 6 What's your p ? h) 14 7 What's your e- .... . . . . . . .. . .. . . ? i) Sl9 4PG

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3 I Use the word in blue with one of the other words to make a sentence.

o posters block bedroom balcony ;r::y~.9.".t.~'?IJ'!~.P~.s.t~r:~ !f).tJ1.Y..~~Pr:9?f1) .. : short house hall hair

2 lamp sister shelf son

3 blinds window wardrobe wall

4 qu ite toll teenager table

5 small green garden grey (5 marks)

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l4a Complete the phrases in box A using the words in box B.

box A box B 0 the living room............ ....... drawers 1 a wastepaper ....... .......... room 2 quite .. ................ of 3 in front ................. aged 4 a chest of ......... . .. .. ... bin 5 the ground ....... ....... ..... old 6 a block of ...... ............ height 7 medium .......... .. ...... floor 8 a sound .... ... . .. . ... .. .. flats 9 middle ................. . system

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14b Use the phrases from exercise 4a to complete the description.

My grandfather is eighty-two, so he's

9.U.~~~ .~~~ now. He's tall and slim. 0 My grandmother is fifty-two, so she's 1. She's also quite slim.

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They live in 3 on 4

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~ is quite large. There's a TVand .. ... .............. e in there. There's a

kitchen, a bathroom and two bedrooms. The

small bedroom is where I sleep when I stay

with them. There's a bed, and

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8 for my clothes.

There's a desk with Q computer on it and 9

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5 Complete the dialogue. Sam Hi, Joe. Joe Hi, Sam. This is Gino. Sam Hello. N(

Time Translate the words and phrases.

Days Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Years 2002

1999

Dates

Two thousand and two

Nineteen ninety-nine

We use ordinal numbers for dotes, 3rd 41h e.g. 1". 2nd, , . Dotes can be

written and spoken in different ways. wri"en spoken 1sf May the first of May May 1sl May the first

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Months January February March April May June July August September October November December

Seasons spring summer

autumn winter

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Time adverbials tomorrow yesterday tomorrow morning

yesterday afternoon

lost night next week next year last week last year

Times

one o'clock

two o'clock

f ive past two

a quarter past two

twenty past two

half past two

twenty-five to three

a quarter to three

ten to three

three o'clock

midday / noon midnight a.m . in the morning p.m. in the afternoon / evening / at night

(Excuse me,) what time is it? It's half post two. What time does the film start? It storts at seven o'clock. What time do you get up? When were you born? When's your birthday? It's on August l S'".



Complete the days I:Bof the week. nan

abc ;201 Complete the ordinal 12b Write the words from exercise 20 numbers in the box. next to the numbers. Then write the

abbreviations, as dotes. Numbers Words Dates

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Complete the months in the crossword. Then number them from 1 to 12 to show their order.

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6 How do you say these times?

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50 Complete the clues to find the mystery word. mystery word ,

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When was Brad Pitt born?

2 When were you born? 3 At what time and in which part of

the day (morning, afternoon, evening, night) were you born?

4 What's tomorrow's date? 5 What was yesterday's date? 6 What is next year?

8 ; Complete the questions and answers.

1 Is Karen's party on Saturday? ..";J~:. ~~'~. ~~ F.~~~e:t: . 2 Is it on 1st September? 3 Is it a special birthday? Yes, . . .. . . . .. .. .. . . ... . . .. . . . .. . .. .. . . .. .. . 4 . ... ..... .. ..... . .... ... ............. ...... ............. . ... .......... . ... ...... ? At 7.30. 5 And ? At midnight.


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Bring a friend! Love Karen

9a Write the names of the seasons. Then write the name of one month in each season.

Season Month

winter

91i Which is your favourite season? .

Why?


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Life at home Translate the words and phrases.

Before scho!!!.. 1get up at (7 o'clock) . I have a shower / both. I have 0 wash . I brush my teeth. I get dressed. I lis1en to the radio. I pack my bog. I leave home at (8.30 a.m.). I wolk to school. I cycle to school. I get 0 lift to school. I get the bus to school .

After school I get home. I do my homework. I watch Tv.

take the dog for a walk. ploy football. ploy computer games. play the guitar. point. make things . read. phone my friends. check my e-mail. send e-mails. surf the net. go skateboarding. go out with friends.

I go to bed . I stay up lote,

Adverbsand phrasesof frequency never not very often sometimes often usually always

every doy . o lot . once/twice 0 week .. most evenings . every week , . more than once a week .


Jobs around the house tidy my room. clean the bathroom. do the vacuuming. do the washing-up. do the shopping. do odd jobs. make my bed. load the dishwasher. empty the dishwasher. put the pots away. put the rubbish out. loy the table . feed the cot. don't do anything.

Pets

cot kitten dog puppy parrot canary rabbit hamster

. .gumea pig goldfish

What time do you get up? What do you do to help around the house? How often do you listen to the radio? What do you like doing after school? I always have dinner at half post seven. I usually walk to school. I'm never late. I like taking the dog for a walk . I don't mind doing the washing-up. I hate tidying my room.

Meals at school and 01home , have breakfast. I have a snack. I have lunch. I have teo. I have dinner. I have supper.



In the morning ...

1 1 Complete the sentences using the verbs in the box.

Ibrush pack get have leave I 1 I !~9.v.~ ....... .. home. S I .4' . ...... ...... dressed . 2 I ... ... ...... ' " up. 6 I r' . . . . . . . . .. . . . . my bag for school. 3 I .... .......... . my teeth. 7 I . .. ..... ....... a wash / 4 I ............... breakfast. I ....... ...... .... a shower.

2 1Write the activities in exercise 1 in the order you usually do them. Say what time you do them. 1 .~ Sift. '!P. ~~ .~ ..~?: . 5 2 . 6 3 . 7 4 .

:30! Complete sentences 1 to 8 using the words in the boxes. Add times where necessary.

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breakfast a shower listen to have always never pock leave

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dressed usually sometimes the train watch cycle walk

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before breakfast. in the kitchen.

the radio in the morning . TY.

my school bag after breakfast. home at o.m ,

to school.

How well do you know your best friend? Write eight similar sentences about your best friend. Then ask him / her to check if you were right .

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In the afternoon and evening ... 4 Tick the box which is correct for you.

always usually often sometimes never 1 I watch TV 2 I listen to music. 3 I play computer games. 4 I send e-mails. 5 I go for a long walk. 6 I do my homework. 7 I make dinner.

Read about Zoe's afternoons and evenings. Then write about what you do after school.

When I get home from school , I always have a snack. I sometimes go out and play volleyball with my friends. I usually do my homework from about 6 o'clock to

8 o'clock. Then I have dinner. After that, I watch TV or play computer games . I often phone my friends. I never go to bed before 9.30. I always read in bed.

6 Find ten pets in the wordsearch. Then write them under the clues.

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It's black, wh ite and brown and it 's small.

fJ.~~~~. f?!!l . 2 It's small and yellow and it sings.

3 It's red, blue and yellow and it talks.

4 It's furry. It's got green eyes. The sound it makes is 'miaou'.

5 It's the same as 4, but it's very young.

6 It's light brown and it likes running in the wheel in its cage. It's about 10 cm long.

7 It's usually friendly. The sound it makes is 'woof woof'.

8 It's the same as 7, but it's very young.

9 It lives in water and it's gold and yellow.

10 It's got long ears, and it likes lettuce.



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b) two or three evenings a week

b) every day

b) not very often

b) once a week

b) once or twice a week

help around the house? a) most days

play a sport? 0) two or three times a week

stay up after midnight? 0) most nights

tidy your room? 0) more than once a week

go out with friends? a) a lot

paint, make something, play on instrument or do something creative? a) every doy b) sometimes c) never

Analysis Score 1 0)3 bJ 2 c) 0 16 to 18 You're too good to be true! Relax! 2 oj 3 b) 2 c) 0 6 to 15 You're just right. You aren't perfect, but who 3 0) 2 b) 3 c) 1 wants to be perfect? You enjoy yourself and 4 0)0 bJ 3 cJ2 you're good with other people. S a) 2 b) 3 c) 0 1 to 5 Come onl You can't be untidy, lazy and unfriendly. Be more positive about yourself! 6 0) 3 b) 2 c) 0

How often do you

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Write a profile of yourself using your answers to exercise 7. Add more information or a comment to every answer.

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b) two or three evenings 0 week

b) once a week

b) not very often

b) every day

tidy your room? 0) more than once a week

help around the house? 0) most days

go out with friends? 0) a lot

paint, make something, play an instrument or do something creative? 0) every day b) sometimes c) never

stay up after midnight? 0) most nights

play a sport? 0) two or three times a week

Write a profile of yourself using your answers to exercise 7. Add more information or a comment to every answer. I help around the house once or twice a week. ...... ............ ..... ...... .. .... ........ .. ..... . ....... ....... .. . . . .. . . ........ ... .. .... .... .. . ......... ...... . .. .. . .......

(Extra information) I empty the dishwasher and put the pots away. ....... .... ........ .. ..... ..... ... ...... ....... . .. ... ...... .. ....... . .. ... ...... .. ... ... ....... ... ......... ........

Analysis Score 1 0) 3 b) 2 c) 0 16 to 18 You're too good to be true! Relax! 2 0) 3 b) 2 c) 0 6 to 15 You're just right. You aren't perfect, but who 3 0)2 b) 3 c) 1 wants to be perfect? You enjoy yourself and 4 0) 0 b) 3 c) 2 you're good with other people. S 0) 2 b) 3 c) 0 1 to 5 Come on ! You can't be untidy, lazy and 6 0) 3 b) 2 c) 0 unfriendly. Be more positive about yourself!

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Main school subjects in UK schools Art Art and Design Cit izenship Design and Technology (D & T) Drama Eng lish Language English Literature Geography History Home Economics Information Technology (IT) Maths Modern Languages (e.g. French, German, Spanish) Music Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHEI Physical Education (PEJ Rel ig ious Studies (RSJ Science (Physics, Bio logy, Chemistry)

People teacher . head teache r . deputy head . head of department .. secretary . caretaker . cleaner . pupil . student .


Exams . end-of-term exams . . tests . . ma rks . . results . ..

. Non-lesson time ..

reg istra tion .

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break lunchtime

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After-school activities and clubs .

In addition to subjects on the timetable, .

most secondary schools in Britain offer a .

variety of things to do after school. .

. arts and crafts

. basketball .. chess .. cho ir . dance . drama . film

football homework IT jazz band orchestra photography pottery rugby self-defence swrrnrnrnq tennis volleyba ll

School roomsand places

classroom computer room art room

music room

laboratory library cafeteria

Lessons are fifty minutes long. My favourite subject is English . I'm good at History. I'm no good at Art. I'm interested in photography. We have double Art on Wednesdays. I'm in the football team. I do pottery after school on Thursdays. I go to orchestra practice on Mondays. I stay late on Fridays because I do drama.

canteen

hall

gym changing rooms football pitch playground staff room

See pages 86 - 87 for the British / American word list.


Look at Jack's timetable and answer the questions. 1 What do these abbreviations

stand for? Moths .~.C!!~~.'!l.~~i~ PE RS D & T PSHE

2 Find words which describe the following times : 0) when everybody in the school is

in the school hall ~~~IJ!~!y.

b) when the teacher checks thot all students are ot school

c) when the students stop work for twenty minutes

d) when the students have 0 meal

3 Which language does Jack study, in addition to English?

Write your school timetable in English.

!J What are the differences between your timetable and Jack's?

We don't do (school subjects)

But we do (other school ~ ubjects)

We don't have (registration, assembly)

But we have


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St Luke's School Head teacher Mrs Diane Mobl'rl.~o Deputy bead Mr James Richardson School secreta ry Miss Ann Bennett Head of English Ms Fiona Hartley

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Label the plan of Jack's school. The words you need are in the box, but the letters are jumbled.

Draw a plan of part of your school and label it. Add the names of the head teacher, the deputy head, the school secretary and the head of the English department.

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Read the information about schools in England. Then make a chart for the subjects you study between the ages of five and sixteen. Describe the tests you have to toke.

Subiects pupils have to study = c:=J PRIMARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL Key Stage 1 Ages 5-7

Key Stage 2 Ages 7-11



English

Mathematics

Science

Physical education

Design and technology

Information technology

A modern foreign language

History

Geog raphy

Music

Art

Citizenship .-

Schools organize their own timetables, and can decide what other subjects.to teach their pupils .

National tests and examinations pupils have to take There are national tests for 7-, 11- and 14-year-olds in English and Mathematics. Pupils aged 11 and 14 also have tests in Science. Most 16-year-olds take the GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education) exam in several subjects (usually between five and ten).


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Put these after-school activities and clubs into groups. Tick (w") the ones you do and double tick (.I w") the ones you'd like to do. arts and crafts sports and games music and dance basketball chess club basketball choir choir computer club football French film club jazz band orchestra CLUBS AND photography club practical and ACTIVITIES pottery creative skills salsa club Spanish club arts and crafts

languages French film club

swrrnrnmq tennis volleyball

Complete Joanne's account of her school.

I go to Chadworth School. It's a really interested in the cinema, so I go to s ~ oS.2~ ~..E..!'..1 1 school with 950 f 5 club every Thursday. students aged eleven to eighteen. It's a Tm from a large family and we live in a mixed school , but boys and girls have small flat . It's difficult to concentrate on separate 1 z. The teachers say your work there. so I sometimes go to we get better exam r 3 that h 6 club after school. rm not way. very sporty, but we've got a great pool at My favourite subjects are French and the school so I go to s 7 club

Spanish. I love I And rm on Saturdays.4 .

Write ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize. Words Expressions 1 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 2 . 4 . 5 . 3 . 6 . 7 .. 4 . 8 . 9 . 5 .. 10 .


Sport Translate the words and phrases.

Sport/Activity Person

Play I play football football footballer American football footballer badminton badminton player baseball baseball player basketball basketball player cricket cricketer golf . golfer field hockey .. hockey player ice hockey . hockey playe r rugby . rugby player squash . squash player table tennis (ping pong) . table tenn is player tennis . tennis player

Do I do gymnastics gymnastics gymnast athletics athlete aerobics 'I do aerobics' yoga '1do yoga' weightlifting weightlifter

Go I go canoeing canoeing canoeist rock climbing rock climber motor racing racing driver

Go I go riding or I ride riding rider cycling cyclist running runner sailing sailor


Sport/Activity (Go) skiing surfing swrrnrrunq windsurfing ice skating fishing

I box boxing diving scuba diving rowing

Sports events game match competition championship tournament the Olympics the World Cup the Cup Final

I'm quite a good swimmer.

I'm quite sporty.

I'm not very fit.

I'm not very good 01 diving.

I can swim but I can't dive.

I'm not very keen on sport.

I like watching motor racing.

Person

skier surfer swimmer windsurfer ice skater 'I fish'l'l go fishing'

boxer diver scuba diver rower

Winning and losing gold medal silver medal bronze medal cup to come first / last to be the winner /

loser to be the runner-up

I'd like to go skiing.

I'd like to try windsurfing.

Bring your swimming gear.

Which football team do you support?

I'm an Arsenal fan.

They lost the match by fwo goals to one.

She won a gold medal.

Forsports clothes, see Fashion, page 64. See page 87 for the British / American word list.

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Complete the words.

c gna~ ing w _n _su _f ing sq _a s _ fa b a II Amer i __ n _ o __ ball cr i kef s _r _lng s _ub _ d _v _ng sa _ ling f n is b s ba l l r _ 9 b _ swim _ ing bas tball to Ie ten IS

Put the words in exercise 1 into groups.

sports which you play with a ball only

watersports

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4 Answer the questions.

F:rO"1N' spor-ty are yO"?

Answer these questions to find out.

o Can you swim? e Can you name three oW hich sports do you think are really boring?people who are well

known in three sports?

e Can you dive? oW hich sports woulde W hich sports do you you like to try?e Can you run ten like doing?

kilometres?

e W hich sports do peopleA W hich sports do youO, Can you ice skate? V in your family do?watch on TV? . .. ..... ........ .. .. .. ..... .

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Sa Read the interviews. Then cover them and answer the questions. Journalist Hannah, you're quite sporty, aren't you? Hannah Yes, I suppose I am . I go swimming twice a week. And I do

a donee closs when I've got time. Journalist Do you ploy any boll games? Hannah Yes, I ploy football every Saturday. We won lost Saturday's game 3-0! Journalist Well donel Are there any sports you'd like to try? Hannah Yes, I'd like to try windsurfing. Journalist Are you sporty, David? David Well , not really. I quite enjoy swimming, but that 's about all. Journalist Do you like watching sport? David Yes, I like watch ing motor racing on TV. And I went to Monzo in Northern

Italy lost year. It was really exciting. Journalist Are there any sports you'd like to try? David I'd like to try scuba diving.

1 Are Hannah and David both good at sports? .. 2 What does David think of motor racing? .. 3 What did Hannah do last Saturday? .. 4 Which waters ports would Hannah and David like to try? ..

Now write an interview between the journalist and you.


(8) 15 You need one of

these for this sport.

8 You score baskets in this game. (1 0) 9 The top Olympic medal. (4) 10 Running, high jump, long jump, etc. (9)

16 Do you think rock climbing is difficult or . . .?(4)

18 I'm not very keen ... sport. (2) 21 Fishing is a quiet activity; motor racing

is ... (5) 22 You need a boat for this sport. (7) 24 It's white, and you need if for skiing. (4J 25 I can't go swimming. I haven't got my .. .

(= swimming costume, towel, goggles) (4) 28 To swim well, you need strong arms

and .. . (4) 29 Do you ... go cycling at weekends? (4) 31 We scored three goals and the other team

scored two. We won by . . . goal. (3)

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Dennis Bergkamp 'The non-flying Dutchman' Football Arsenal He speaks four languages. He won't fly anywhere. That's why his nickname is 'The non-flying Dutchman'. He played in the Dutch team in Euro 2000. They reached the semi-finals.

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Recent achievements

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7 Read this profile of Dennis Bergkamp. Then write a profile of a sports star.

Test yourself 2 (Units 5 to 8) How much can you remember? Mymark:__

60 1 I Complete the expressions with in, on or at.

in h .O ..... .. t e mornmg 4 Tuesday 1 night 5 2001 2 . . .. . . . the weekend 6 July 4th 3 .. .. . . . the summer

(6 marks)

2 1 In the correct order, write . 1 the paris of the day !T!~:~;!".2 . 2 the seasons ~p.".Zn!l . 3 the dates of the first four days of a month f!r:~t ..

(9 marks)

3 1Write sentences for these pictures describing Amy's day. 3o

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4 Complete these sentences about life at home. Think of phrases to do with:

what you do before school meals what you do after school jobs around the house

o I usually have ~. ~h'!IY.~r: . ~~ft?r:~. p.r:~!1~t; . 1 I hove . 2 I get . 3 I go . 4 I sometimes do . 5 I often make .

(10 marks: 2 marks for each sentence)

5 Write the names of three ...

school subjects: ~~9r:~phy. . 2 school rooms or areas: !~~~r:~t!'.'Y. .

caretaker3 people who work at school: detention ~4 non-lesson times: .

5 after-school activities: p.c?'t"t~!'Y. . . .. . ... . . .. . ... . . . .. . . . . 6 meals: ~U.P.P!!.r: .

7 pets: .c.q'J~rY. .

8 sports people play: 9.0/~ . 9 activities people do: Y'O.9f!.. ... ... .... ... ... ... . . ........ .............. ... .. ... .. . ..

10 people who do sports : 9.o.~~~r: . (30 marks)

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Free time Translate the words and phrases. Activities go shopping go rollerblading go skateboarding go clubbing go to a football match go to 0 friend's house go to a disco go to a concert go to a party go to the beach go 10 the cinemo go to the theatre go to the pork go to the (swimming) pool go to see a film go to see a bond go out with friends go out with a boyfriend / girlfriend go out for a meal go out dancing play on the computer play computer games ploy in the street play the piano have a party listen to music read magazines read a book coiled stomps / coins / phone cards relax stoy over at 0 friend's house surf the net wotch lV wotch 0 video

See Sport on pages 50 - 51 for more odivitjes.


Talking about post activities

Whot did you do last weekend?

I went to the cinema with my boyfriend.

We sow Stor Wors.

I played basketball with my friends.

I went to a football motch.

We hod a party. It was great.

I didn't do anything.

I stoyed ot home ond watched TV

Music classical music dance music folk heavy metal hip hop [ozz latin music pop music rap reggae R'n' B

(rhythm and blues) rock salsa techno

What kind of music do you like? It's got a good beat. It's good to dance to. It makes you feel good. It's very dramatic. It's relaxing. It's good to listen to when you're working. I don't know why I like their new single. I

just do! What do you do in your free time? I sometimes go to the cinema. I enjoy going to the cinema. I don't do much after school. I love the internet and e-mail. I go to drama school on Saturdays.

Musical instruments cello clarinet double bass drums flute guitar keyboards organ plano recorder saxophone tambourine trumpet violin

See page 38 for adverbs and phrases of frequency. See page 87 for the British / American word list.


1 What do you do in your free time? Write sentences using the words and phrases below.

8 go shopping go to soaps on 1V listen to

concerts the net play go out a football match read surf

watch the guitar (piano, etc.) conce rts dancing a friend's house

1 1. .s.'?1Jl.~t!1Jl.~ .9~. !~. ~C?'!~~r.~~'" . parties for a meal 2 . .

magazines music3 with friends 4

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3 You have just received a letter from a new penfriend. Complete the letter with Jess's free time activities.

HI.'I

You asked me what I do in my free time. Well, I thought I'd send you a puzzle,

to see if you con work it out! :B Durlng. th e wee.kItsome 'rmes 1 ..il...00 ............to the pool I after sch00I.

If I haven't got a lot of homework. I .Ja; ~ ' or tr . Some friends ond lore in a bond. I I really enjoy H: ,If

Of course, if rm tired, I just R or'

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Bye for now

4 Write a reply to Jess.

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Read about Tamara. Then write a similar profile of yourself.

On Saturdays. I get up at about ten o'clock, There isn't much to do where r live. because I go shopping with my mum. I see my friends in it' s very quiet . not in the city centre. Td like to the afternoon and in the evening I surf the net live in London. Td like to be r ight in the middle

or just relax . I listen to a lot of Latin music. of th ings, with lots of things to do. I love salsa . I sometimes go to the cinema or go

ice skating with my friends.

__ ~ ...10_ Write ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize.

Words Expressions 1 .. 1 . 2 . 3 .. 2 4 .. 5 .. 3 6 .. 7 .. 4 . 8 .. 9 . 5 .. 10 .

Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 9 f63l

Clothes and footwear

Fashion

leggings

leotard

sandals

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v-~ shoes !b'l . ~ swimming costume

~ trainers

scarf

Shades light (blue) . dark (blue) .

purple red silver white yellow

~ fleece

Parts ofclothes

~ sleeve I[J I pocket

zip

Style long short big small baggy tight

(Clothes) What size are you? (Shoesl What size do you take? Do you like this one? Do you like these? Can I try it on? Have you got it in another colour? How much is it? Does it suit me? If suits you . It looks good on you. You look nice. It's a pretty dress. It's too small. It doesn't fit. They're really fashionable at the moment. They're really in at the moment. I like that jacket. It's cool. What are you going to wear? I'm going to wear ... What did you wear? I wore ...


~ button ~ collar

cropped long-sleeved short-sleeved sleeveless knee-length ankle-length


Complete the colours. Then think of an object to associate them with.

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2 1There are eighteen items of clothing or footwear in the wordsearch. Some are more than one word. Circle them.

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3 I Use the adjectives in the box to describe these articles of clothing.

baggy knee-length sleeveless short long long-sleeved shorf-sleeved

1 2 3 4

5 6 7


Group all the words in the wordsearch on page 66 under the headings in the chart and tick (..r) the correct columns. Use each word once only.

men women underwear sports clothing

worn on the head

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Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 10 J67l

5 I Write the letters in the correct speech bubbles. a I'd like to try this dress on ... d How is it? 9 .. . it really suits you. b Do you like these boots? e And some purple boots. h They look fantastic . c How do I look, boys? f I'll take .. . What size are you?

By the way, whose party are yoo going foP ".~ _ -r

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4 Which colours are fashionable at the moment?

5 What would youwear to a party?


2 .

4 ..

Expressions 1 .

3 .

5 .

1 What are youwearing now? 2 What do you likewearing? 3 What looks cool at themomentfor

boys? / for girls?

Words 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .. 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 .. 10 .

]~5hiol1 Statclnel1t Write sentences to answer the fashion questionnaire.

6 Name two items of clothing 1 collar . ~J:! {r:t........... .. P'lp.~E;............ which have the following 2 sleeve ~ a ..... .... .... ..... . parts. Try to put something 3 pocket .... ..... .......... ................ .. . different each time. 4 Zip I I ...................

5 button .... .... .... ....... ................ ...

7 What are Tracy and Wayne going to wear tonight? You decide. Be as imaginative as you like!

~. Write ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize. "....~;> --

Food and drink Basic food bread butter cereal cheese eggs fish fruit marganne meat nuts oil pasta nee

salt and pepper sugar vegetables vinegar yoghurt

Drinks mineral water (still, sparkling)

fruit juice (orange juice, apple juice)

lemonade milk milkshake cola beer wine (white wine, red wine)

tea coffee hat chocolate

Boost Your Vocabulary I Unit I I

Fruit apple apricot banana cherry coconut grape grapefruit kiwi lemon melon orange peach pear pineapple plum raspberry strawberry

Vegetables auberg ine bean broccoli" cabbage carrot cauli flowe r celery" courgette cucumber garlic

Meat bacon beef chicken duck hom lomb pork sausage turkey

Prepared food biscuit coke chips crrsps curry hamburger hot dog ice cream lam I'm thirsty. I could do with a dr ink. Can I have an orange juice, please? I' ll have a lemonade. I'm hungry. I could do with someth ing to eat. What would you like? Do you fancy a sandwich? What 's your favourite dish? What are the ingredients? What's for pudding?

let1uce mushroom onion pea . pepper . (red pepper, green pepper) potato . (plural : potatoes) spinach" tomato . (plural: tomatoes)

Auberg ines, peppers and tomatoes are types of fruit, but we use them ;n vegetable dishes. These nouns do not have plurals.


kebab omelette pancake pizzo salad sandwich soup toast waffle

Boost Your Vocabulary' Unit I I 71

Solve the crossword. Across ~

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mea l. Also a drink. (3)

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2 . Tick (v) A or B in th is quiz.

Which do you prefer ... 1 with a meal? A cola z for pudding? A pancakes 3 with fish? A chips 4 for a snack? A a hot dog 5 before bed? A coffee 6 for breakfast? A bacon and eggs 7 for lunch? A sausages 8 after school? A a kebab 9 at the cinema? A crisps 10 to give you energy? A sugar

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Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Unit 11 fi1

Name of dish:

Ingredients:

5

4 What's your favourite dish called? What are the ingredients?

3 Label the ingredients for these dishes.

5 I Answer the questions from the Food Fads survey in T2 Magazine. Look at the top five breakfasts according to a survey in T2 Magazine. Which do you think was the most popular? Put them in order using numbers 1 to 5 (number 1 = the most popular).

Survey: the top five breakfasts

bacon and eggs cereal fruit toast / croissants waffles

2 T2 Magazine asked British 7- to 16-year-olds about their favourite food . Put these four kinds of food (taken from the ten favourites) in order using numbers 1 to 4 (number 1 = the most popular).

Survey: the top ten favourite kinds of food in Britain ?~7pasta

Chinese food curry ~ pizza

6 I If you asked 7- to 16-year-olds in your country for their top ten favourite dishes, what do you think the answers would be?

Top ten favourite dishes in

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Write your answers to the questionnaire.

Meals and meal times Nicholas

breakfast What time do you have breakfast? I usually have breakfast at 8 o'clock. What do you have for breakfast? I have cereal,a yoghurt and apple juice.

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lunch What time do you have lunch? 12.30 p.m. Where do you have lunch? I have lunch at school. What do you have for lunch? I have sandwiches, crisps, some fruit and a dr ink. f\

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What time do you have a snack? 4.30 p.m. What do you eat? When I get home from school, I have a biscuit, or some

bread. ..............................................................................._ .

dinner What time do you have dinner? [ We have dinner at about 6 o'clock. I sometimes have pasta What do you have for dinner? 1 with chicken or a pizza.

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favourites What are your favourite dishes? My favourite breakfast is scrambled ~9s on toast.

My favourite lunch is a cheese sandwich anda yoghurt. My favourite dinner is spaghetti bolognese.

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dislikes What food don't you like? I hate cabbage andspinach.


Words Expressions 1 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 2 4 . 5 . 3 6 . 7 . 4 8 .. 9 . 5 10 .

Boost Your Vocabulorv 1 Unit 11 f7S1

Countries, nationalities and languages Translate the words and phrases. This unit only includes a selection of countries.

Use on atlas and a dictionary to find some more countries and nationalities in each section,

Some countries and nationalities Europe Belgium / Belgian Denmark / Danish England / English " France / French Germany /

German Greece / Greek Holland / Dutch Hungary /

Hungarian Ireland / Irish

.. Italy / Italian . Norway /

Norwegian

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Poland / Polish Portugal /

Portuguese Scotland / Scottish Spain / Spanish Sweden / Swedish Switzerland / Swiss Wales / Welsh

The Netherlands The United Kingdom (The UK) Scandinavia

Europe / Asia Russia / Russian Turkey / Turkish Middle East and Asia China / Chinese Indio / Indian Indonesia /

Indones ian Iran / Iranian Iraq / Iraqi Israel/Israeli

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Malaysia / Malaysian

Pakistan / Pakistani

Saudi Arabia / Saudi Arabian

Thailand / Thai

Japan / Japanese

North America Central America Canada / Canadian The United States of America (The USA)

/ American

Mexico / Mexican Nicaragua /

Nicaraguan


South America Argentina /

Argentinian Peru / Peruvian Bolivia / Bolivian Uruguay /

UruguayanBrazil/Brazilian Venezuela / Chile / Chilean

Venezuelan Columbia /

Columbian

Africa Algeria / Algerian . Nigeria / Nigerian Egypt / Egyptian . South Africa /

South African Ethiopia / Ethiopian . Sudan / Sudanese Libya / Libyan .. Tunisia / Tunisian Morocco / Moroccan . Zimbabwe / Mozambique /

ZimbabweanMozambican

Australasia Australia / New Zealand /

Australian New Zealander

The twelve most widely spoken languages Chinese English Spanish Hindi Russian Arabic Portuguese Japanese German French Italian Korean

I'm American. I'm from Los Angeles . I speak English and Spanish. Which languages do you speak? I speak Spanish and a bit of French. She's fluent in Spanish and she

can get by in French. I'd like to go to Peru.

Boost Your Vocabulary I Unit 12 n

1 I Write the names of the countries and the nationalities.

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Nationality . 1 ffJ!1I!~h . . 2 . . 3 . . 4 . . 5 . . 6 . . 7 . . 8 . . 9 . . 10 .

Put the nationalities in exercise 1 into groups according to their spelling. -an / -ian -ish -ese Other

Italian Portuguese Welsh ......~~~~~~~ .

abc l2b Add the nationalities for these countries to exercise 2a.

Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Chino Denmark Holland Hungary Japan Mexico Poland Sudan Sweden Turkey Switzerland

3 Complete the languages. 1 J .a.P.Q!1~f;... . is spoken in Japan. 2 I. ...... . . . . . . . is spoken in Italy. 3 G is spoken in Germany. 4 P..... ........ is spoken in Poland. 5 S is spoken in Spain. 6 E... . . . ....... is spoken in New Zealand.

4 Where are these languages spoken: English, Portuguese, Spanish, French and Arabic? Choose from the countries in the box.

Australia Canada France South Africa Chile Portugal Spain Brazil Iraq Egypt Argentino Saudi Arabia

1 English is spoken in ~'!~.t.r.c!~il! , and .. 2 Portuguese is spoken in and . 3 Spanish is spoken in , and . 4 French is spoken 'in and . 5 Arabic is spoken in I . and .


Read Ben's answers to the questionnaire, then write your own answers.

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0 With which countries do you e Which nationalities do you associate these foods: associate with these airlines? a) pasta and pizza? ALITAUA ...... Greek

......b) fish and chips? BA ...... Russian......

c) tacos and nachos? AEROFLOT ...... Italian d) croissants? IBERIA Polish e) frankfurters?

OLYMPIC German 0 Which is the largest country in KLM SpanishSouth America: Brazil or Chile?

.. .... .... .... .... ... .......... ............ .. . LUFTHANSA Dutch LOT Britisho Which African country is closest

to Spain: Tunisia or Morocco? .......... ...... ... .. .... ....... ......... .... 0 What is the name of the French

speaking province in Eastern In which country is the Parthenon: Canada: Queensland or Quebec? 0 Greece or Egypt?

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................ .-... ..... ....... ............ 0 In which country do people speak 0 In which country is the Taj Mahal: German, French and Italian: India or Indonesia? Switzerland or Sweden?

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1 I Solve the crossword.

1 A musical instrument with strings, used by rock musicians. (6)

2 People in Saudi Arabia speak this language. (6)

3 A country in North Africa, where Cleopatra was queen. (5)

4 It's a long yellow fruit. (6) Across ~ 5 England, Spain, Germany 1 You make wine from them . (6) and France are all

countries in ... (6) 4 Have some .. . and butter. (5) 6 My grandmother never 7 Let's .. . out for a meal. (2) wore trousers. She always 8 If you want to eat good pasta and pizza, wore a skirt or a ... (5)

go to ... ! (5) 9 They're really fashionable 9 Can I have ... orange juice, please? (2) ... the moment. (2) 10 You make chips and crisps from them. (8) 11 It's good with curry. (4) 12 The USA: The United ... of America. (6) (14 marks)

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2 1Your penfriend is staying with you. List seven things you can do at the weekend.

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Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Test yourself 3

3 Write the names of three more...

Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Test yourself 3 83

food and drink clothes musical instruments carrot

celery

(10 marks)

coconut coat

cello cheese

(24 marks)

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sandals

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Venezuela

cauliflower cucumber

O his i k t suit 0 ?oes t IS lac e .. . me. Yes, it does. It 1 really good on you. It's a bit tight. Do you think it's too 2? No, it's just right. I don't think green suits me. Perhaps they've got it in another 3

Mum They've got it in blue. Why don't you the blue one on?

Fay No, blue's boring. Mum And there's a red one 5 you like that? Fay No, not red! Mum The green one's fine, Fay. How 6 is it? Fay 150. Mum Mmm. Perhaps green doesn't suit you after all.

(6 marks)

card igan coffee

musical instruments European languages countries in the Americas

carrot clarinet

Complete the conversation. Fay Mum Fay Mum Fay

1 things you wear on a hot day 2 things you wear on a cold day 3 things you wear on your feet 4 drinks 5 kinds of fruit 6 7 8

4 Put the words in the correct categories.

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Reference TheEnglish alphabet

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See Unit 3 Describing people: age and appearance for the use of height and weight abbreviations and symbols.

Height Abbreviation Symbol Example S metre m 1m S centimetre cm 60cm o foot ft 5ft / 5' 1m75 o inch in " 6in / 6" 1 metre = 3.2808 feet 1 centimetre = 0.3937 inch 1 foot = 12 inches

Weight ExampleAbbreviation S kilo kg 3kg o stone st last o pound Ib 81b 64kg lkg = 2.20461b 141b = 1st In Britain both the metric S a nd imperia l0 systems are used . In America the imperiol system is used.

Numbers See Unit 5 Time for the use of ordinal numbers in dates.

Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers lone 22 twenty-two 1st first 22nd twenty-second 2 two 23 twenty-three 2nd second 23rd twenty-third 3 three 24 twenty-four 3rd third 24th twenty-fourth 4 four 25 twenty-five 4th fourth 25th twenty-fifth 5 five 26 twenty-six 5th fifth 26th twenty-sixth 6 six 27 twenty-seven 6th sixth 27th twenty-seventh 7 seven 28 twenty-e ight 7th seventh 28th twenty-eighth 8 eight 29 twenty-nine 8th eighth 29th twenty-ninth 9 nine 30 thirty 9th ninth 30th thirtieth 10 ten 40 forty 10th tenth 11 eleven 50 fifty 11th eleventh 12 twelve 60 sixty 12th twelfth 13 thirteen 70 seventy 13th thirteenth 14 fourteen 80 eighty 14th fourteenth 15 fifteen 90 ninety 15th fifteenth 16 sixteen 100 a hundred 16th sixteenth 17 seventeen 101 a hundred and one 17th seventeenth 18 eighteen 200 two hundred 18th eighteenth 19 nineteen 1,000 a thousand 19th nineteenth 20 twenty 1,000,000 a million 20th twentieth 21 twenty-one 21 st twenty-first

Boosl Your Vocabulary 1 Reference

Some basic spelling rules Nouns

Nouns which end in os, -ss , -sh, -ch ond -x: add -es

bus buses address addresses brush brushes sandwich sandwiches box boxes

2 Nouns which end in a consonant + 0: usually, add -es

potato potatoes tomato tomatoes

But if they are abbreviations, just add -s kilo (kilogra m) kilos photo (photograph) photos piano (pia noforte) pianos video (videocassette) videos

3 Nouns which end in a vowel + 0: add-s

radio radios patio patios

4 Nouns which end in -y -r ==> -ies City cities country countries balcony balconies party parties

But -y does not change after a vowel (0, e, i, 0, u) -y ==> -ys boy boys day days journey journeys

5 Nouns which end in -fee) -fee) ==> -ves knife knives leaf leaves wife wives

6 Irregular plurals child children foot feet man men woman women person people

Verbs Verbs which end in -e: drop the -e before adding -ing

come coming dance dancing hope hoping smile smiling

-ie changes to -y before -ing -ie ==> -y die dying lie lying

2 Verbs which end in -ss, -sh, -ch and -x: add -es to make the third person singular of the present simple

pass posses push pushes watch watches relax relaxes

do and go also form the third person singular of the present tense with -es

do does go goes

3 The third person singular of the present tense of have is irregular

have has

4 Verbs which end in -y

-y does not change after a vowel (a, e, i, 0, u) -y ==> -ys ==> -yed enjoy enjoys enjoyed play plays played buy buys (irregular: bought)

5 Verbs of one syllable which end in a single consonant: double the consonant before adding -;ng or -ed

-;ng form past simple stop stopping stopped plan planning planned get getting (irregular: got)

When the vowel which comes before a final 6 consonant is stressed, double the consonant to

make the -ing form and the past tense prefer preferring preferred

When the vowel which comes before a final consonant is not stressed, do not double the consonant

visit visiting visited happen happening happened remember remembering remembered develop developing developed

third person, post simple present simple

-y -ies ==> -ied See British / American spellings, 2, oncorry carries carried try tries tried page 87. tidy tidies tidied

Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Reference f8Sl

British and American English

British American Unit 1 (See page 6.) Unit 2 (See page 12.) Mum Mom have got have

Unit 3 (See page 18.) fair (hair) light /blond (hair) stone (in weight) -well-built has a good build

Unit4 (See page 24.) flat apartment block (of flats) apartment building toilet bathroom / rest

room (in publ ic places)

ground floor first floor first floor (etc.) second floor (etc.) chest of drawers dresser / bureau cupboard closet duvet -notice board bulletin board wardrobe closet washbasin sink wastepaper bin wastebasket /

wastepaper basket opposite across from live in .. . Street live on .. . Street shop (noun) store come round come over

UnitS (See page 32.) May 1st = May May 1st = May first the first 1st May = the first -of May a quarter past two a quarter after two ten to three ten of three autumn fall at the weekend on / over the

weekend Monday to friday Monday through

friday

British Unit 6 (See page 38 .) have a shower / bath have a wash I cycle get a lift get the bus teo (as a meal) canteen

phone someone tidy your room do the washing-up

rubbish lay the table

Unlt7 (See page 44 .) citizenship Moths registration end-of-term exams term marks results football pitch stoff room head teacher deputy head caretaker cleaner pupil choir

lessons double Art in the ... leam orchestra practice timetable

school types mixed school state school public school nursery (up to 5)

primary school (5 -12)

lake a shower / both wash I ride my bike gel a ride toke the bus

lunch room / cafeteria call someone clean your room do / wash the dishes garbage / trash set the table

CIVICS

moth homeroom final exams / finals semester / quarter grades scores soccer field faculty room principal vice principal head custodian custodian / janitor student chorus / choir (for church) classes two periods of Art on the ... team orchestra (rehearsal) schedule

cooed school public school private school pre-school (up to 5) kindergarten (4 - 5) elementary school (5 -12)

Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Reference

British English and American English don't only have different words; they have different spellings, too.

British American

secondary school junior high school (11 - 16 / 18) (12 - 14 / 15) college high school (16 -18) (15/16 18) university (18+) college (18 - 22)

Unit 8 (See page 50.) football soccer American football football footballer soccer player ice hockey (ice) hockey athletics trock and field motor racing auto racing racing cor race cor match (football) game (but boxing

match) sporty athletic keen on interested in

Unit 9 (See page 58.) free time spare time go to the cinema go to the movies film movie go out for a meal go out to eat

travel travelli ng trave lled

In American English, I is not doubled. travel traveling traveling

Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Reference ra1l

British American Unit 10 (See page 64 .) trousers pants / slacks vest undershirt pants underwear cardigan sweater jumper sweater / pullover

sweater knickers panties swimming trunks bathing trunks /

swim trunks swimming costume bathing suit /

swimsuit trainers sneakers zip zipper What size are you? What size do you

wear? Does it suit me? Does it look good

on me?

Unit 11 (See page 70.) aubergine eggplant courgette zucchini chips french fries / fries crisps potato chips milkshake (no ice milkshake (has ice cream) cream) pudding dessert yoghurt yogurt Do you fancy .. .? Do you wont ... ?

2 In British English I is doubled even when the vowel before the consonant is not stressed.

American English or color favorite

=> -er meter center

-re metre centre

British English -our => colour favourite

Self assessment and progress check Selfassessment Fill in the chart when you have completed each unit.

Which How well did You wrote down Which vocabulary sections were the most useful? (e.g. Friendship)

you do in the exercises? very qu ite not

so well ~ I

some words and expressions to memorize. How many of them can you remember?

vocabulary sections do you need to go over again before you do the test?

1 2 3

4

Meeting people Family Describing people: age and appearance House and home

Tick the correct part of the line.

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Progress check How much of the vocabulary did you know before you worked through the units? How much do you feel you know after working through the units?

Less tha n 25% About 50% More than 60% Units 1 - 4 before

after Units 5 - 8 ....1! .~f.2.r e

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after Units 9 - 12 before .. 1-'"

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Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Self assessment and progress check

Exercise 3 1 c 4 d 2 e 5 f 3 a 6 b

Exercise 5 1 I get on very well with her. 2 Alice is my best friend. 3 I'm sorry to hear that. 4 We get on really well. 5 I don't know him very well. Exercise 80

Answer key 1 Meeting people Exercise 1 Conversation 1 A: Hello. How are you? B: Not great. A: I'm sorry to hear that. Conversation 2 A: Good morning. What's your surname? B: MarrioN. My name's Ben MarrioN. A: Could you spell that, please? B: Yes. M A double RIO double T. A: N ice to meet you, Ben. Exercise 2

They're very important! Who are they?,

Male / Female guardian cousin parent grandchild

4 his niece 5 his nephew

Female grandmother aunt sister mum wife daughter mother niece

Boost Your Vocabulary 1 Answer key A

Exercise 8b Conversation 2 Exercise 9 Possible answers You Hi. Classmate Hi. You This is Simon, my English penfriend. Simon Nice to meet you. Classmate Nice 10 meet you, too.

2 Family Exercise 1

Exercise 3 1 his grandfather 2 his uncle 3 his cousin Exercise 6 Adam (I've got) three older brothers, Tim, Mark and Sam. I haven't got a girlfriend at Ihe moment. I'm an actor and a singer. Kelle Hi! My full name is Kellendria Trinade Roland. I'Ye got a large family. There's Mum and Dod, and I've got one brother. I've also got aunts, uncles and cousins. I haven't got a boyfriend at the moment. I'm a singer.

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2 There's a lamp on the shelf. Exercise 6 I live in a large flot in Meadow Lone. 3 There are some blinds at the window. It's opposite the tennis courts. 4 I'm quite toll. At the front of the flat, there's my room and my 5 We've gar a small garden. sister's room. In the middle, there's Mum and Dad's room and Exercise 40 Exercise 4b the bathroom. o the living room o quite old At the back there's the kitchen, the dining room 1 a wastepaper bin 1 middle-aged and the living room. 2 quite old 2 medium height

3 in front of 3 a block of flats Exercise 8 4 a chest of drawers 4 the ground floor 1 door 8 bed 5 the ground floor 5 The living room 2 blinds 9 armchair 6 a block of flats 6 a sound system 3 desk 10 chest of drawers 7 medium height 7 in front of 4 computer 11 mirror 8 a sound system 8 a chest of drawers 5 lamp 12 bookcase 9 middle-aged 9 a wastepaper bin 6 choir 13 sound system 7 rug 14 cupboard Exercise 5