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YOUR 0

VOC BUL Y1

Chris Barker

P E N G U IN E N G L I S H


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Contents

Unit

Pages Unit

Pages

Introduction

4 5

5 - 8 Test yaurself 2

56-57

Test exercises 1 - 5

Meellng I Qple

6-11

Saying hello a nd

goodbye;

In

troducing

Free lime

58-63

yourself a nd other

peop

le; Personal details;

Activities; Talking about post octMties;

Tlfles; Friends; British American WOf d list

Music:; Muslcol instru ments

2

family

12 \7

10 ~ ~ ~ ~

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

_

....;;

,

appearance"nd

Basic food; Drinks ;

Fruit;

Vegetobtes; Meet;

Age; Hair Ho ir colour; Eye ccOOur;

Prepe ed

food

Shades of colour; Height; Measurement of

he ight; Measurement of

weight; Build

12 Cauntrles, nallanalltles and 76 - 8\

lanquQQes

4

House

and home

24-29

Somecountries and nation alities: Europe ;

Description; Rooms areas; My room ;

Euro pe Asio; Midd le East and Asia; North

Locat ion: prepositions

Americo; Central America;

South

America;

Africa ; Australosta; The

twelve most

wK I

e1y

spoken languages

I - 4 Test l1Qurself \

30-3\


9 -12 Test yourself 3

82-83


5

Time

32-37

Days;

Months; Y

ears

; Dates; Seasons;

Reference

84-87

Time prepositio ns; Time

ad

verbials; Times

The English a lpha bet; Height a nd weight ;

Numbers;

Some

basic spelling rule s; British

6 Ufeathome

38-43

and

Americ

an

English

Before sch

oo

l; After school; Adverbs a nd

phrases of frequency; J

ob

s ar ound

the

self assessment and proqress

check 88

house;

Pets;

Meals at school

and

at

home

7 _ = :=... _

Answer key

A-H

School _

....;;:;;

4 -49

(Centrol

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


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Meeting people

Translate the words

nd

phrases

Saying hello and goodbye

Informal

Formal

Hi.

Good morning.

Hello.

Good afternoon .

Good evening.

Goodnight.

Bye!

Goodbye.

Seeyou.

Seeyou lofer.

Seeyousoon.

eeyoutomorrow.

A: Howareyou?

B: Fine,thanks. /

I m OK, thanks.

And you?

A: Mm, nottoogood./

Mm, nofgreat

B: Oh, I'm sorrytohear that.

A: How are things?

B: Fine,thanks. /

Not bod, thanks.

ntroducing yourself and other people

Informal

Formal

Mynome's (John).

A: Letmeintroduce (Moria).

I m (John).

B: Pleased tomeetyou.

Thisis(Mario).

C: Pleasedtomeetyou, too.

A: Nicetomeetyou.

Welcome to {London).

B: Nice tomeetyou,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

British

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ale

Mr adult

men

Titles

Mr

Mrs

Miss

Ms

ou

can

can

me

Wayne onnolly

,/)

or Wayne ,/)

bat not MrWayne

Yoa

can call

my

Dad

Mr

onnolly

o

Personaldetails

First name(s} .

Surname .

Mole / Female .

Address .

Street .

Town / City ..

Postcode .

Dote of birth .

Phone number .

Mobile

phone number .

e-mail address .

riends

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?

oo can callme

Miss TracyBradshaw ,/)

r Miss Bradshaw

/

)

bat ot Miss

racy


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

nom

e?

e 's

Ben

5

6

7

1

8

9

10

They

re

very import ant Who

are

they?

,

1

G

E

T

2

3

I I

Conversation 2

A: Goo d m n i n g.

W

__

t s-your

s

B:

Ma r

r i o

t t. M y n

Ma r r i o t t .

A:

C 0

u

I

d you s p _ _ _ f hot

P 1_ _ s e?

B:

Yes. M A

double R I O

double

T.

A: t

0

m t

you

Ben.

1

2

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)

3

4

5

6

7

8

Clues

Conversation 1

A: H e I I o.

0

a re y

0

?

B:

No t

g r

__

t.

A:

I

m S 0 y h ea r

t ho t.

Complete

the

conversations.

3 Who is

speaking?

Write

the

letters in the correct pictures.

a) Good rnorninq. .everyone. 1-

b) Mmm not great.

c) Hello.

d) Pleased to meet you.

e) See you later.

f

Goodnight.


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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

eynes

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.

~ ~ : r . ~

. ~ ~ ~ ~ . .

2

3

4

5

Read

about

Tracy's best friend. Then

write about your

best

friend

.

. ~ ~ ~ ~ t ~ ~ f : ~ . · ~ . ~ C ~ ~ .

y a . , ~ ~ ~

? ~ ~ ~ ~

~ . f : ~ .

~ f : . ~ ~ ~ : ;

~ f 1 r . e 4 ~

ft: .

q ~ ~ q ~ ~ t . l ? J ~ ~ P.' . r : ~ f l l . Y . . ~ ~ / f .

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7 i Read about Alex Then

complete

your personal details and

introduce

yourse

Hi rm

Alex

Fraser You

can

contact me

at

14

Clifton Road Bath BA4

6LH

or on

010

587

9998

or on

9012 564901

at

alexf@gcnet co uk

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Unit

1

FIRST NAME(S)

SURNAME

ADDRESS

lex

Fraser

14 Clifton Road

~ ~ ~ ~ J :

PHONE NUMBER

010

5879998

MOBILE

PHONE 9012 564901

NUMBER

E-tMIL ADDRESS ~ ~ / ~ ~ ~ ~ t

FIRST NAME(S)

SURNAME

ADDRESS

PHONE NUMBER

MOBILE

PHONE

NUMBER

E-tMIL ADDRESS

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]


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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?

onversation

1

Sarah

~ f ? 9 . . ~ ~ : ~

Mark Hello

.

.

Sarah .

Let me introduce my neighbour, Laura Green.

Laura

Mark

Hello. Pleased to meet you.

onversation 2

Kate Hi.

Jack

Kate This is my friend

Rosa Hello

Jack Hi, I m Jock.

.

.

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

i

.

Classmate

You

Simon

C1cissmate

Write

ten words

and

five

expressions

you

are going to

memorize.

Words

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

..

..

..

..

2

Expressions

1

4

3

5

.

.

..

10 .

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Translate

the

words

and

phrases

I

Art

Departmen

parent

guard ian

relation / relative ..

COUSin

Male /

Female

grandparent

grandchild

..

plural : grandchildren)

plural : women)

girl

Female

grandmother .

granddaughter

.

woman

amily

grandfather

grandson

plural : men)

man

Family

members

Male

Male and female

boy

father

mother

Dad

. ............. Mum

stepfather

stepmother

brother

o sister

stepbrother

... ...

stepsister

holfbrother

.. .

halfsister

husband

.

wife

son daughter

uncle aunt

nephew niece

l i fe stages

baby

child

. ... . ...

teenager

adult


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and these af e

mygrandparents _

Hello ly

name s

Shamina

Tve got

a

siste»

and a

b by brotbe«

We

five with

00f parents in

London

Gar amilyis

qpite

large Tve got

roar

oonis

Faar ancles

and

seven

cousins:

. My parents are

divorced.

This

is

mymother _

Silvio is Tommaso s

grandmother

.

Tommaso is Anno s brother.

Roberto is Tommaso s fat ner.

Anna

Angelo = Silvio

I

oberto

=

Sabina

See page 86 for the British / American word list.

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Unit 2

I haven t

got

any

cants

~ ~

. : 2 : : _ : : : : : : : ~ s L E : . . : . . . t : : . : L z s ; = ~

or orcles

Oar ram

ily

s

apite

smal

l

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.


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Complete the twenty family words and circle them Look for the words

horizontally

( ) and

vertically

(

'Y ).

"h j-,

._ 1 R A

N

D

LQ

I .,

~

l' D

3"

U ,

!

c

.

E

4

B

C

0

5

-

N

6

I

I

I U

T

R

5 I 5

...

E

?

IR:

B

,," -

0

.,

9

·W

I

'D'

-

U

G

T

E

.

A

,.

II !

11

0

T ?

.

.

R

N F

I

I

1

12

F

E

.

A

D

?

I

[N I

A

P

....

R

E

.,

T

N

15

G

.

A

N

D

C

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r

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7

17

1

N

E

P

?

E

?

.,

0

'1

?

R

A

N

D

.,

A

T

H

E

.,

[fi

2 Put the words in exercise 1 into groups

Ma le

Female Male / Female

grandmother

gu rdi n

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3

4

Who are Wayne s

relations?

1

2

3

4

5

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.

X ~ ~ ~ 1 . ~ :

~ : ? ~ ~ ( ~ .

. ~ ~ ~

1

2

3

4

5

5 Write details

for

you in

the

chart.

Adam

Peter

R1cldtt

Mum:

i l l

Dad: Pet.er

Brothers: TI.m

Mark, Sam

(all older)

Actor and

singer

.

Kellendria Trinade

Roland

•

ve got a large

family: Mum

ad

:

and one brother; :

aunts , uncles

and

:

cousins. :

•

•

No,

not at the

•

•

moment.

•

•

•

Sin ger

•

•

6 Use

the

chart in exercise 5 to write

about Adam,

Kelle

and

yourself.

Adam

':'.i

. ~ 1 . ~ ~ c ; i . a . ~ .

~ ~ ~ : . . ~ i . t .

. , q ~ ~ . i . ~ . ~ ~ f

':'Y. r : . c : ~ : s . .

, } I ? ~ ~

is Peter : ( ~ . 9 . o .

Kelle

You

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r


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4 .

.

.

1 (sister s nome?)

2 (parents?)

3 (grandparents?)

4 (large or small family?)

5 (aunts

and

uncles?)

1 (brothers and sisters?) . ? ~ ~ ~ ~

c .

~ ~ t ~

~

a baby brother

2 (large or small fomily?) :

:::

: :

:::

: : : : : :: : : : .

3 (aunts? ..

) .

4 lunde5?) : ::: :: : : :.

5 cousins?) .

Sho

t1l

O

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.

1 ~ ~ ~ r

8 I

Write

the word

which

describes each

of

these

life stages.

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bl Now

look

at page 13 to check your answers.


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9a Read the clues

and identify

the

people

.

Write

their

names in the family tree.

....

@

-

..............

T

. ........ .. .. .. .

~

l

. . ... .. ......

T

... . . ... . . .....

....

..., ....

{ j

.....

cr

Clues

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.

. . . . . . . . . . .

..............

. . . . ...... .

el i

Are

you good

at

writing puzzles?

Write

some clues

for

a puzzle about

your

own

family. Ask a

friend

to

complete

it.

Write

ten

words and

five expressions you

are going

to memorize.

Words

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

.

.

..

.

..

..

..

..

..

..

Expressions

1

2

4

5

3

..

.

.

.

.



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Describing people: age and appearance

Translate the words nd phrases.

ge

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

Eye

colour

blue

brown

grey

green

hades 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.



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Measurement of height

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nit

3

See

p ge 86

or

the

ritish

/

American word

list.

stone

pound

Measurement of weight

kilo

See p ge 84 or

height nd 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

uild

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 .


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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.

1

~

~

I

B

~ I B

~

6 ....

3

A

I

~

D

A

R

K

7

W

I

I

D I

I

9

G

I

E

~

L

I

I

T I

3 Put the words from the puzzle in exercise 2 into the correct group.

Some words can go in both groups.

air

colour / shade

Eye colour /

shade

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5

4

How

good is

your

moths? Use the information

See

p ge

84 for

on page 19 to find the answers to the quiz.

height nd weighf

abbreviations

w ueh J ll weigh?

al in kilos?

.......... .......kg

b) in pounds?

.. .... ......... .. Ib

cl in stones and pounds? .... Ib

a) in metres and centimetres? .... .m... .cm

bl

in feet and inches?

isbeavier?

a) 10 kg

D

b] 20 Ib

o

ieh Is laller?

a] m D

bIB' D

Use the words and phrases in the box to describe the height and build

of

these

people

.

5

very

muscular big

tall

quite well-bui lt small short

not very

of

medium build

slim

of

medium height

1

, t ; : ~ .

~ l ~ t

~ 1 . q f { [ ~ t ; .

~ . i 9 :

4

2

5

3

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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

you

1 2

age

height

weight

build

hair

colour

hair

length

eye colour

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)

. f C ? f J ' . t f ? ~ f 1 .

p.' 4. ff 1. .1.

.

P.

. ~ q l r

(build and weight)

q C f t ~ . 9/9: J ~ i 1 1 J lf9 oyf ~ ~ - ~ ~ ' ( ~ ~ i C ? ~ :

(hair length and colour)

r y ~

9.' t.

~ o . ' 9 ,

. c q . r ~ ~

~ ~ / (

(eye colour) .: . ~ ) ~ . ~ r : C ? r - : f J . ~ Y

f : f ~ ~

: . ~ ~ .

( ; . ~ ~ . e : .

9 . ~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ .

. ? ~

. ~ ~

. ~ : ~

J : I . ~ ~ ~ 9 . ~ ~ . ::

.

. ~ ' ~

f J . ~ . ~ ::

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

fill

lind

. ~ ~ ' f ? 7 .

l li 9tlt 1 r : i 1 . ~ 9 7 P .

111

~ . ~ ~

gh t .I?rp.l¥ ...•.

H

Jn

Qqrk

~ r : q ~

.....

FuD

,

.

BUd/Spin .

Date bll lh ..

eight

r

his

·

f ~ X 9 . ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ p., ?

~ ~ ~


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·

·

.

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2 .

4 .

Expressions

1 .

3 .

5 .

Words

1 .

2 .

3 .

4 .

5 .

6 ..

7 .

8 .

9 .

10 .

~ · · · ·

('8

What s his I her date of birth?

Which sport does play? a) ?

: a)

?

b)

?

. .

: b) ? c) ?

.

c) I ? .••• •••••. .••••••••••••• ••• ••• • •

. ..

A

: :..... .....

...

.

.

..\

· w .

? •

: :

: a) ? :

·

.

b) ? •

·

.

-'.

c) ? .:

1 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • \ •

('A

hair. j

,: ('A .

eyes?)

:

v

f ;I

: 7 : : ? :

• I.

. • • •

· . .

: a) ? : : a) t ? :

: b) ? = : b] ? :

·

.

\

c) ?,.: c)

? ,.:

..•......... •• ..

• • •

Write ten words

and

five expressions you

are

going to

memorize

.

9 Write five

quiz

questions about your

favourite

pop star or sports star

to

ask

a

friend


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House and home

Translate the words

nd

phrases

Description

flat

block of flats)

house

Rooms / areas

.

1 attic .

2 bedroom .

3 spare room .

4 bathroom .

5

landing .

6

living room ..

7 dining room .

8

study .

9 kitchen .

10 hall .

11 toilet .

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Unit

4

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 .


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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

V

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

on

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 .

See page 86 for the

British / merican

word list

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1 Use the words in the circle to describe

where

you live.

. . ' . ~ u ~ ~ : X ~ ~ I : .. .

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?

~

th kitchen

~ ~ ~ ~

. ~ ~ . ~ ~ . ~

~

3

Which

other

rooms / areas has it got

n

~ ~ I ? ~

s

Which rooms / areas hasn t it

got?

a

~ . t .

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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 .

11

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0

2

D

12

........ .... ...

..

..... D

o 13

- ,

.........

.. D

4

D

14

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... .

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.....

...

. D

5

D

15

....... .......... ... .. D

6

D

16

7

D

17

8

D 18

9

D 19

10

D

20

5 Match

the prepositions

to the pictures.

0

1 near

2

behind

3 In

4 in the corner

5

above

6

between

7 under

8 on top

of

9

in front of

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8a

William's

next

letter

to

you IS

about his

room. Write

the

missingwords.

door

1

....................

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

81i

Now

draw the

room.

Dear ,

Itwasreallygood togetyour letter.Thanks.Here'sadescription

of myroom. Ididit onthe computer. Ihopeyoucanunderstand

it!

My

room'squitelarge.The

window

isopposite the

ill

.

Therearesome

there'sa

3

my ~ There'sa

a 7

between the

8

isnextto

the

~ o

the right. On theleftof thewindow,inthecorner

of

the room, there'san

9 .

Betweenthewindowandthe

there'sa

@

10 witha

fa

"

on it. Behindthe

I

there's

a

II

Z.

My

U ison top of

it.

That justleavesthebig

m4

where

Iput my

clothes!

Writesoon.

1 atthewindow.Underthewindow,

My 4 ison the

•andsois

6 infrontof theffll andthere's

andthe

el

The

Write a

description

of

your room

for

William.

Useprepositions

in, next

to, etc.)

to sayexactlywhere things are.

Write ten words

and

fiveexpressions

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 .

19 marks)

2 I Match the questions to the answers.

0)

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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-

. . . .

. . . . . . .. .

. .

. . ?

Sl9 4PG

7 marks)

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 . ~ ' ? I J ' ~

. P ~ . s . t ~ r : ~

f ) . t J 1 . Y . . ~ ~ P r : 9 ? f 1 )

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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Completethe

phrases in box A

using

thewords

in box B

box

A

box

B

0

the living

r

............ .......

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

(9 marks)

14

b

Use the phrases

from

exercise 4a

to

completethe

description.

My

grandfather is eighty-two, so he's

U ~ ~ ~ now. He's tall and slim.

My

grandmother is fifty-two, so she's

• 1. She's also quite slim.

She's of

z

They live in

3

on

4

...... ........... ...... ...... ....... .............

·

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

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

••

• • • 7

the bed there's

•

• • • •

• •••••••••••••••••••••• • • • 8

for my

clothes.

There's a desk with Q computer on it and

9

... .. ..... .. .......... .. ... .. .....

(9 marks)

5 Completethedialogue.

Sam Hi, Joe.

Joe Hi, Sam. This is Gino.

Sam

Hello. N < ; ~ tq r r ? : ~ t

.Y.C? .....

0

Gina

Nice to meet you, too .

Sam

So, how

I?

Joe Fine,. . . . .. .. . .. . . And

.

. . . . . . . . .

.... •...•.. ... ... ...... ?

Sam

Mm,

, 3.

Joe

Oh, I'm 4

What's the matter?

Sam I've got problems with my

gi rlfriend.

Joe

Your girlfriend?

Sam

Yes Rebecca Sharp. You don't

know her.

Joe

What does 5?

Sam

She's quite tall and

•

•••••

•••••••••• •• • • • • • 6 light

brown hair and green eyes.

She's in Mrs Price's class.

Joe Sam ...

Sam

You see, there's a girl in my

closs, MondyPalmer. She's v ry

nice. She's got long blonde

• • 7 and blue

eyes. We 8

really well.

Joe Sam ...

Gina

I

know Rebecca.

I

know her very

• • . . . • . •

•

. • • 9.

In

fad,she's my 1

friend.

Sam

Oh ...

Joe

•

•• • •

••

• • •

• •

• •

•••••

11 lofer,

Sam.

(ll

marks)

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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,

3

rd

4

1h

e.g. 1 . 2

nd

. Dotes can be

written and spoken in different ways.

wri en spoken

1sf May

the first of

May

May 1sl May

the first

Time prepositions

on April 4th

on

Monday

in

2002

in the morning

in the afternoon

in the evening , . . ,

in (the) summer

at

7.30

at night

at the weekend

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, .

.

, .

.

.

Months

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Seasons

spring

summer

autumn

winter

.

See page 84 for a listof

ordin l

numbers.

Time adverbials

tomorrow

yesterday

tomorrow

morning

yesterday

afternoon

lost night

next week

next year

last week

last year


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imes

one o'clock

two o'clock

f ive past two

a quarter p st two

twenty pas t two

half past two

twenty-five to thr

a qu rter 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'".

See

p ge

86 for the British /

American word list

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Complete the days

I :B

f

the

week.

n n

abc

;20

1

Complete the ordinal

12b

Write the words from

exercise

20

numbers

in

the

box. next to the numbers. Then

write the

abbreviations

as dotes.

umbers Words

ates

e l e v en t h

1 .

f if e n th

2 .

t wen t

-

s e

-

ond

3 .

f i

s

t

4 .

fo

-

r t e

-

n t h

5 .

t w e n t

-

fo

-

r t h

~ / ~ X E ; f t t .

l ~ t l 1

s n d

2

.

th rd

3 .

t h

r t e e n t

14 .

fo r t

15 .

twe l

th

2

.

t w e n t f s t

22 .

f i t -

23 .

t wen t

th

rd

24 .

Complete

the months

in

the

crossword.

Then

number them

from 1 to

1

2 to

show

their order.

N

o

V

E

M

B

E

R

u

L

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5 Between afternoon

nd

night

6 See you . . . Saturday.

7 It s in the middle of the week.

2 9 a .m. = nine in . . . morn ing

3 I can t see you this week, but I

c n

see you . . . we

4 7.00 =

seven

0 . . .

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. ~ ~ t 9 ~ o / : t r :

posr

~ ~ . v

. ~ t . . 9 ~

315

0910

1345

0130

1935

3

6

5

7

2

Monday th

irst

o anuary

4 Write these dates as

you

would say them

6

How

do

you

say these times?

1

2

3

4

5

51 Make

up

your own

clue

for the

mystery

word

5 Complete the clues

to find

the

mystery

word

mystery word

- _

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I

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z.j Write

the

answers as

,

ou would say them.

PITT BRAD. Actor.

.IJJ .

(b. Dec 18th, 1963)

~

i

A

'

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

.

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4

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...

..... .. ..... .

....

...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

...

.......... .

...

...... ?

At 7.30.

5

And ? At midnight.

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- ? ~ . c . e . ' 1 . ~ ~ .

. ~ * : . * : 9 ~ . ~ e . * ? ~ . ~ ~ , .

. ~ ~ ~ t ~ . e . . ~ ~ > r t Y : - . t . ~ r : ~ ~ :

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oitalio/I

~ ~

. ~

._

_

Come to my 18th birthday party!

Day

f ~

_

Dale .. p

_ ..

Time ~ J

...

Place

The Beach

Club

Bring a

friend

Love

Karen


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9a

Write the names of the seasons. Then write the

name

of one month in

each season.

Season

Month

wint r

91i Which s your favourite season?

Why?

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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Life at home

Translate the words and phrases.

Before scho ..

1get up at (7 o'clock) .

I have a shower / both.

I

have 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

og

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

of

ten usually always

every

oy

. o

lot

.

once/twice 0 week .. most evenings .

every week , . more than once a week .

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obsaround 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 1home

, have breakfast.

I have a snack.

I have lunch .

I have teo.

I have dinner.

I have supper.

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In the morning

1

1

Completethe sentencesusing the verbsinthe box.

I brush 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

.... .......... .

myteeth.

7

I

. ..

.....

.......

awash /

4

I ............... breakfast. I ..

....

a shower.

2 1

Writetheactivitiesinexercise 1 inthe order you usuallydo them. Say

whattime youdo them.

1

Sift ' P. ..

.

5

2 .

6

3 . 7

4 .

:30! Completesentences1to 8using the wordsin

the boxes. Addtimes where necessary.

'

-=

breakfast ashower

listen

to have

lw ys never

pock leave

1

2

3

4

S

6

7

B

getup

thebus

a

lift

get

dressed

usually

sometimes

thetrain

w tch

cycle walk

atabout a.m.

beforebreakfast

inthe kitchen

the radio inthe morning

TY

myschool bag after breakfast

home at o.m

to school

Howwelldoyou knowyourbest friend?

Writeeightsimilarsentencesabout yourbestfriend. Then askhim/ her to

check ifyouwere right.

.

~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ .

~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ / r . ? ~ ~ : ? ' '.tJ.1;

....•

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In the afternoon and evening

4

ick

the box which is correct for you.

lw ys usu lly

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. fter that,

I

watch V 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.

E

r-o.

G

a

L

D

F

I

5

H

T

U A

F

0

J

Z

L

A

R I

5

I

G K X

A

M

Y

N

P U

P

P

Y

B

5

I

E

D

G

H

L

C

E

T

a A

c

A

N

A

R

Y

E

L

P

A

R R

0

T

B

R

K

I T

T

E

N V

N

M

P

G

R

A

B

B I

T

L

It s black, wh ite

and

brown and it s

small.

f ~ ~ ~ ~ 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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c) never

c) never

c never

c) n01 very often

c) never

SURV Y

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

nalysis

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 oft n o y u

7 I Circle a, b, or c.

G

Write a profile

of yourself

using

your

answers to exercise 7.

Add more information or a comment to every answer.

.

~ ~ f . ? ~ ? ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .?: . ~ ' . ~ ~ ~ . ? . ~ : : ~ ~ .

t

~ : r ~

. ~ ~ : ~ ~ ~ ~ }

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~ P . r . T . ~ ~ . P . ~ ~ ? Y . - .

never ti y my r .

. .. .

.. ..... .... ...

....... .. ..... ....... ..... ..... ... ...... ... ......

~ ? : . ~ ? ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ ~ ~ t ~ ~ r i ~ ~ .

8b'

Now

find out what

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1

5

2

3

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Write ten words and five expressions you are going to memorize

Words Expressions

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c) never

c) not very often

c) never

c) never

c) never

SURV Y

b) once or twice a week

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

u

nfriendly

. Be more positive about yourself

: ~ ~ ~ . ~ .

~ ~ y

~ ? ~

.

ow

oft n o

y u ...

7

I

Circle a, b, or c. G

(Comment) I

h te

tidying my room

............... ....... .......... ........................... ........... ....... .............

.....

.....

Now

find

out what

sort

of

person you are


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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

1

2

3

4

5

Write ten words and five expressions you

are

going to memorize

Words Expressions

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School

Translate the words

and

phrases.

Main school subjects in

UK

schools

Art

Art and Design

Cit izenship

Design and

Technology (D T)

Drama

English Language

English Literature

Geography

History

Home

Economics

Information

Technology (IT)

Maths

Modern Languages

(e.g. French,

German Spanish)

Music

Personal, Social

and Health

Education PSH I

Physical Education P J

Rel

igious Studies RSJ

Science (Physics,

Biology, Chemistry)

People

teacher .

head teache r .

deputy head .

head of department ..

secretary .

caretaker .

cleaner .

pupil .

student .

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Vocabulary 1 Unit 7

xams

.

end-of-term exams .

. tests .

.

ma rks .

.

results .

..

.

Non-lesson time

..

registration

.

.

assembly

.

break

lunchtime

.

detention

.

.

.

After-school activities and

clubs

.

n add

ition

to subjects on the timetable

.

most secondary schools in

ritain

offer

.

variety

of

things

to

do after school.

.

.

arts and crafts

. basketball

..

chess

..

choir

.

dance

.

drama

.

film

football

homework

IT

jazz band

orchestra

photography

pottery

rugby

self-defence

swrrnrnrnq

tennis

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choolroomsandplaces

classroom

computer room

art room

music

room

laboratory

library

cafeteria

Lessons

are i ty

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

p ges 86 87 for

the

ritish

/

American word

list

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7


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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 whichdescribe the

following times :

0) when everybodyinthe school is

inthe school hall

~ ~ ~ I J ~ y .

b) whenthe teacher checksthot all

students

are

otschool

c) whenthe studentsstop work for

twenty minutes

d) when the studentshave0 meal

3 Which language does Jackstudy,in

add ition 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)

Butwe do other school

We

don't

have (registration,

assembly)

Butwe have


JACK MOSELY

---

_....-

_

.......

'.'_

.

-

.. .

-..---

Man

Tues

Wed

Thurs Fri

.

Assembly

8.20

am

Registration

8.40

~ , ( ,

"-

m

IU

IU

.45

(\

.qJ:l

m

~

0

,c)

'?

10.45

Break

am

,IU

1.05

t '

)

m

< v ~ 0 )v ~ 0 )

~ q J l

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12.10

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7

6

9

rar

bily

lolh

St Luke s School

Head teacher Mrs Diane

Deputy bead

Mr James Richardson

School secretary

Miss nn Bennett

Head of English

Ms Fiona Hartley

sicum

omor

fatsf

moro

frempuco moor

efrecetie

granyploud

8 st

Your Vocabulary

Unit

7

far orom

abrolaytor

ymg

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.

hall

2

4

3

5


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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 h ve to study c:=J

PRIMARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL

Key Stage 1

Ages 5 7

Key Stage 2

Ages 7-11

Key Stage 3

Ages 11

14

Key Stage 4

Ages 14 16

English

Mathematics

Science

Physical education

Design and

technology

Information

technology

A modern foreign

language

History

Geography

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

rts and cr fts

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 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.

.

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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Sport

Translate the words nd phrases

Sport/Activity

erson

Play

play football

football footballer

American footbal l

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

do gymnastics

gymnastics

gymnast

athletics athlete

aerobics

I do aerobics

yoga

1

do

yoga

weightlifting

weightlifter

Go

go c noeing

canoeing

canoeist

rock climbing

rock climber

motor

racing racing driver

Go

go riding r ride

riding

rider

cycling

cyclist

running

runner

sailing

sailor

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Sport/Activity

Go)

skiing

surfing

swrrnrrunq

windsurfing

ice skating

fishing

I ox

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 p ge 64 See p ge 87 for the British

/

American word list.

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Complete

the

words

n ~

n

w _n _su _ f i ng sq _a s _

fa

b

a

II

mer

i __ n _ o __ ba l l

c r i ke f

s

_ r _ l ng

s _ub _

d _v _ng sa _

l i ng

f

n

is

b s ba l l

r _ 9

b _

sw im

_ i ng bas t ba l l

to e t en

S

Put

the words

in exercise 1

into

groups

sports which

you play

with

a

ball

only

watersports

~ ~ . ~ ~

sports

which you

play with

a racket

sports

which you plar

and

a

ball

with

a

bat

and a bal

3 1Name the sports

and

say who does them

9

10

8

4

erson

port erson

Sport

1

thletics

thlete

6

2

7

3

8

4

9

5 1

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4 Answer

the

questions.

F:rO 1N' spor ty

are y O ?

Answer

these questions to find out

o Can you swim? e Can you name three

oW hich sports do you

think are really boring?eople who are well

known in three sports?

e

Can you dive?

o

W hich sports would

e 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 you

O

Can you ice skate? V in your family do?

watch on TV?

. .. ..... ........ .. .. ..

.....

.

.

.

· .

.

.

. .

.

. . .

.

.

..

.

.

. ... . .

· .

...............................................................

............... . ................... .....

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.

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(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)

•

19

17

13 You play it with a bot like th is

and a ba ll like this. (8)


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Dennis Bergkamp

The non-f lying 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.


Unit

8

4

xpressions

1 ....................................... .................... ...............•..........

3

5

2

Name

Nickname

Sport

Team

Did

you

know?

Recent

achievements

Words

1 .

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9 .

10 .

Write ten words and five expressions you are

going

to memorize.

7 Read this

profile of Dennis

Bergkamp. Then write a

profile of

a sports star.


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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 .

. Z n 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.

3

o

~ ~ ~ .

~ ~ : ~ : ? : ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .

4

i

i

2

I

:;::7 ;-....

5

i i

5 marks

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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 ' I Y . ~ r :

~ ~ f t ? 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:

~ ~ 9 r : ~ p h y .

.

2

school rooms or

areas:

~ ~ ~ r : ~ t ' . ' Y .

.

caretaker

3

people who work at school:

detention

non-lesson times:

.

5

after-school activities: p . c ? ' t t ~ ' Y . . . .. . ... . . .. . ... . . . .. . . . .

6

meals:

~ U . P . P . r :

.

7

pets:

. . q J ~ r Y . .

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 nd phrases

Activit

ie

s

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 l

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

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Music

classical music

dance music

folk

heavy metal

hip hop

[ozz

latin music

pop music

rap

reggae

R n

(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 wor list.

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1

What do you do in your free time? Write sentences using

the

words

nd

phrases below.

8

go

shopping

go to soapson1V

listento

concerts thenet

play go out

afootball match

read surf

watch

theguitar (piano,etc.) conce rts

dancing

afriend'shouse

1

1 s . ? 1 J l . ~ t 1 J l . ~

~ C ? ' ~ ~ r . ~ ~ '

.

parties for ameal

2

.

.

magazines music

3

with friends

4

5

6

7

8

9

10 .

Complete

the

sentences. Remember to use

like +-ing.

e

In y free time I really like ...

...

-

1

2

3

In

y

free time I quite like ...

\ iJ

2

1

3

@

In my free time I don t like ...

......

-

1

.......

2

3

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3 You have just received a letter from a new penfriend

Complete the

letter

with

Jess's free time activities.

H

.

I

ou

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.

t

ome

'

rmes

1

..

l

o the pool I

a

ft

er sc

h

00

I

.

If I haven't got a lot of homework. I .a;

' or

tr .

Some friends ond lo re in

a

bond. I I

real ly enjoy

,

If ·

Of course, if rm tired, I just R or

'

"( 0·' S ·d

1

n atur ays,

,:,:

I

really like

&

.

I

.

h f ds t h

Wit rren S i n t e

·

--:

morning and then in

the

afternoon we sometimes t ~ 11

Oh, and I almost forgot! I

Bye

for

now

4 Write a

reply

to Jess.

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breo.d

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cOffee, eggs,

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volleyball.

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7 Write

five

sentencesabout things

you did

last

week.

Saywhen you

did

them.

The verbs in exercise6 may

help you

.

.

:t

.. . ~ ~ ? : . ~ . ~ ~ ~ ~ . I ? ~ r : x : .

.

. ' ? ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ . ~ . ~ ~ ~ y :

P . ~ ~ ~ : C J l

Y .

8d Who are

your

top

three

composers/ musicians/

bands

of

all

time?

Compo

ser /

Musician

/

Band

Type of

music

1

2

3

8b What s your favourite single at the moment?

ay why

you like it.

My

favouritesingle at themomentis .

Ilike itbecause .

Read

about

Tamara.Thenwrite a similar profile of yourself.

On Saturdays. I get up at about ten o'clock,

There isn't much to do where rlive. because

I go shopping with my

mum

. I

see

my

fr

iends 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 on on . 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 th ings to do.

I love salsa. I sometimes go to

the

cinema or go

ice skating with my friends .

...0

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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Clothes and footwear

Fashion

leggings

leotard

sandals

~

~

.

o shirt

.

..

v ~ shoes

b'l .

swimming costum

trainers

scarf

Shades

light blue) .

dark

blue) .

purple

red

silver

white

yellow

fleece

<

swimming trunks

l ~ ~ ~ ~ \ . .

t ~ ~ ~ k ~ ~ .

iJ ; ~ ~ ; ~ ; ;

fi$J ~ ~ ~ t ~ . . . .. . . ..

V

T-shirt

\ vest

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hot

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lumper

knickers

.

sweatshirt

blouse

bra

.

.

dress

Translate the words and phrases

Colours

black

blue

brown

cream

gold

green

grey

orange

pink

baseball cap

boots

football shirt

football boots

cardigan

shorts

top

socks

skirt

tights

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arts clothes

sleeve

I[ 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 ...

See

page 87 for the British / American word list

button

collar

cropped

long-sleeved

short-sleeved

sleeveless

knee-length

ankle-length

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adjectives in

the

box to describe these articles of clothing.

baggy

knee-length sleeveless short

long long-sleeved shorf-sleeved

1

2

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4

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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

clothes worn on the

whole body

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