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ere rid Cree cn AT Oya CE LL Noose neta eet raed porter Cocca s $ ae er ¥ not Reno U ear arc Vocabulary Animals and natural features 1a. Workin airs and look atthe photos. Which of the things in the dog mel mountain horse donkey desert llama beach ocean. elephant _v fish chimpanzee snake forest. rat. lake ley iphin . river whale Put the words in the box into the categories below. + animals + natural features ‘Add more words to each category. Work in pairs and discuss. : WORKING ANIMALS There are countless animals that help us in our everyday lives. From dogs to elephants, fish to llamas, we use animals in so many different ways People use animals to carry people or heavy loads - sometimes for long distances, across mountains and deserts ‘many countries, this is often the job of horses and donkeys. in South America, ie lamas; and in North Africa, camel carry up to 450 kg (that’ the weight of an average cow!) and walk up to South-East Asia, people use elephants not only to carry things bur also to pul inthe forests. Elephants are extremely strong and can pull up t6 1,500 kg (thats the <2 weight ofa medium-sized car) Dogs are very popullar as pets, but they also have a huge number of uses. + Dogs can help people with different disabilities, There are guide dogs to help people can look for people lost under snow or collapsed buildings. + Farmers use dogs to keep thelr sheep an help catch criminals. ws under control. The police use dogs to important job - using their sense of smell to help find drugs gs at airports People also use animals for more surprising things. + ‘Reading’ dogs listen to children read, giving those children more confid + You can relax with ish therapy’, as the fish eat dead skin off your feet. + Insome countries ain rats to help detect dangerous explosives on land, + People use dolphins in a similar way to detect dangerous explosives in the sea, Reading Work in pairs. Look again at the photos. What kind of work do you think these animals do? Read the article. Which animals from Vocabulary exercise 1a are mentioned? Read the article again and answer the questions. Which animal can: 1 help people cross a road? 2 improve the skin on your feet? 3 find illegal items like drugs? 4 carry heavy loads in South America? ‘Work in pairs and discuss. 5 look for missing people? + Which of the working animals in the article 6 help children learn to read? are you surprised about? 7 ook for dangerous items at sea? + Do you know about any other working animals? 8 transport trees in South-East Asia? What do they do? 2a Listening Work in pairs and discuss. ‘+ What experience of pets do you have? + What experience of wild animals do you have? ‘+ Which of the animals in the photos do you think is the most intelligent? In what way? (011.1 Listen to a radio programme about intelligent animals. Number the animals in the order you hear them. dogs parrots whales dolphins chimpanzees Listen again. Which things can each animal do? + speak to each other * speak like humans * paint pictures * use computers + remember names * remember numbers Work in pairs and answer the questions. 1 Which animal on the radio programme impressed you the most? Why? 2. How good are you at remembering + names of people you meet? + friends’ birthdays? + phone numbers? + PIN numbers (for bank cards, etc.)? Vocabulary Match the numbers in A with how you say them in & A 8 150 a five thousand 2 500 b five billion 3 505 ¢ five hundred 4 5,000 d five million 5 50,000 e five point five 6 500,000 five hundred thousand 7 5,000,000 g fifty thousand 8 5,000,000.000 hh fifty 955 i. five hundred and five e £111.2Listen and write down the nine numbers you hear. 1 Listen again to the numbers and notice the pronunciation. 2 Practise saying them. Look at sentences 1-9, Try to guess the number that belongs in each gap. 1 The approximate number of active volcanoes in the world is 2 The country with the largest number of active volcanoes is indonesia, with over 3 The approximate top speed of akiller whale is nearly kilometres per hour. 4 The average distance that killer whales swim every year is kilometres. 5 The height of some giant redwood trees in California is over metres 6 Camels can survive without water in temperatures of 50°C for approximately hours. 7 The average weight of a male African elephant is kilograms, 8 The approximate rat population of New York City, is 9 Damascus in Syria is perhaps the world's oldest city - it is years ol. b 62 11.Listen and check Grammar focus 1 ‘Question words 1. Choose the correct question words 11 Howmany / How much active volcanoes are there in the world? 2 Which / How many country has got the largest ‘number of active volcanoes? 3 How far / How tall are some of the giant redwood trees in California? 4 What / How fast can killer whales swim? 5 Howfar / Howold do killer whales swim every year on average? 6 How much / How long can camels survive without water in temperatures of 50°C? 7 How much / How many does a male African elephant weigh on average? 8 What / Which is the approximate rat population of New York City? How much / How old is the city of Damascus? ue Question words with two words (how + another word) 11 Match the question words in A with the answers in B A 8 1 How far (eg New Yorkto Los Angeles) a five 2 How fast (2g. topspeedofthiscar)b 65kg 3 Howlong eg tis TV programme) @0iph 4 How many (eg, my family members) d 165m 5 How much (eg your weight) © 25 yeas 6 How old (eg your brother) f 3900km 7 How tll (eg you) about an hour what and which 2 We use what when there are many possible answers. Whats the approximate rat population of New York ity? 3 We use which when there are a limited number of possible answers Which country has got the largest numberof active volcanoes? 2. Work in pairs and take turns. Ask and answer the questions in exercise 1 without looking at Vocabulary exercise 3a. How many answers can you remember? Ba Make questions using words/phrases from columns ‘and B. You can also use words/phrases from columns C and D, if necessary. = How old are you? How far do you walk every week? A B c D> How old areyou ike cevery day How tall doyou swim ——_every night How fast canyou study every week How far run How long walk How much water speak How many languages play What kind of food drink Which sports sleep b_ Work in pairs and take turns. Ask and answer ‘your questions. How far do you walk every week? = WD nest study aractce page ts8 stening South Africa ‘Work in pairs. Look at the photos and discuss. How much do you know about the Republic of ‘South Africa? Think about the topics below. + famous places + wildlife (animals and plants) + weather + natural features (mountains, volcanoes, etc) ‘Aletta works for the South African Tourist Board. Listen to her talking about places to visit. Tick the topics you hear in exercise 1 Listen again and choose the correct answers. 1 How many species of plant can you find on Table Mountain? a 150 b 1,000 2200 2 How high are the Tugela Falls? a.800.m b 850m 950m 3 How many species of animal can you find in the Kruger National Park? 50-100 b 100-150, © 150-200 4 How fast.can a cheetah run? 60 kph b 80 kph © 100 kph 5 How many years old is the Salpeterkop volcano? 266 :million — b60million 6 million Work in pairs and discuss. * Would you like to visit South Africa? Why / Why not? + What do you think is most interesting about South Africa? + What i similar to and different from your country? Grammar focus 2 Quantifiers: alot of, alittle, a few, not any, not much, not many 1. Complete the table with the underlined phrases in audio script 11.4 on page 173. You can use the Choose the correct answers. samme plana more than ace: 1 There isn’t / aren't many countries in the world where you can see all these amazing things. wi crenata wth sncertaie | 2 If you only has / have a little time, here are four rer ie nee (and singular places you really must visit! 7 a . 3 Table Mountain has / have alot of different awe aise — varieties of plants, quantity! 4 There isnt / aren't much chance of winning that race! Spal al | aN hy 5 There isnt / aren't any active volcanoes in quantity/ 4s South Africa number 6 Thereis / are a few volcanoes; for example, the ae Tate: Salpeterkop volcano. aay netany. number Look at audio script 11.4 on page 173 and check your answers. PRACTICE 1 Choose the correct answers. 2a_ Use the ideas below to make true sentences about mn alot of 0 (name of country) there are alittle rain afew deserts not any | lakes rot much dangerous wildlife rot many high mountains volcanoes In Brazil, there isn Work in pairs and compare your sentences. Dist ain pgs 1S Task Devise a general knowledge quiz curd gee ened ter Veer See ena oe Wier is the capital city ieee wees Viet Seis) re ea Err ee acy in the TV series The Simpsons? Preparation Reading and listening Work in pairs. Look at the photos and the five categories for a quiz. Discuss the questions + Which is your favourite category in a quiz? Why? + Which is your least favourite? Why? Look at the quiz'Who, What, Where, When?’ and divide the questions into the five categories, Work in pairs and look at the quiz. Match the uestions to the answers in the box below. Task Speaking Beyoncé India tennis 150 milion km Vladimir Putin 2010 Homer Etna ima rae You are going to write your own general knowledge quiz. Work in three teams (A, B and C). Write two. questions for each category. You can use your own. Listen to two people doing the first part of ideas or the information on page 133 for Team A, the quiz.Do they have the same answers as you? page 134 for Team B and page 136 for Team C. ‘sk your teacher for any words/phrases you need, Listen again and tick the phrases you hear in the > Useful language a Useful language box. Think of the correct answer and one incorrect answer for each question. Write all your answers inabox. Check your answers on page 136. How many questions did you get right? USEFUL LANGUAGE ‘Asking questions ‘Whee is (the River Ganges)? Who (became President .]? How many (klometres ae there)? How far (ist from... )? When (did Spain win.) ‘What (isthe capital of ..)? ‘Who (sang the hit song... }? Which (voleano destroyed ..)? b Answering questions | think it's (in indi). This one's easy {rm not sure, but | think t's (India), Ive got no idea! I can't remember | don't know (ether). | know this one. it's definitely (2010), Practise saying your questions clearly so the other teams can understand them, Para ot er Peery interesting things in your quizzes. Play your quiz game in teams. Ask questions and show your box of possible answers to the other ‘two teams. Film/Record yourself talking > Useful language b Beat riad Which team got the most correct answers? eaoeaer se aha Perc Work in pairs and discuss. What were the three most interesting things you learned? ANIMALS IN DANGER Find out first la. Work in pairs and discuss. * Do you have a pet? What is its name? + What is your favourite animal? Why? + Is your country famous for any animal(s)? Which one(s)? b Look at the animals in the box. Try to answer the questions for each animal, giraffe horse lion monkey zebra Where does it live (country/ continent)? What colour is it? What does it eat? Is it dangerous for humans? Why? Does it live naturally in your country? Go online to check your answers or ask your teacher Search: [name of animal] + image/ eat/dangerous | crocaditeiephant gaeie View 2a_ You are going watch a video about animals in danger. Before you watch, check you understand the meaning of the words/phrases in the glossary. GLOSSARY ‘hunting killing wild animals for sport or food ivory white material from elephant tusk savannah dry grassland © Watch the video and make a list of the animals you see. Are there any animals you don't know? Read the text from the video below. Then watch again and complete the gaps with the words in the box. crocodiles lions sixmetres animal male hot twenty man five percent of the world is savannah, or grassland. ‘The African savannah is home to many species which are now in danger because of hunting and changes in the environment. These include giraffes, the world’s tallest mammal which can be up to tall, zebras and the African elephant, the world’s largest living land Female elephants live in family groups, but *__ elephants usually live alone. Breeze is a baby elephant who is just a few days old. In the ober weather, he goes to the river every day to drink with the other elephants. There is danger from ® in the water and there are also in the area. But the biggest danger to elephants is from®_____. Seventy years ago, there were*__ milion elephants in Africa, Now there are ‘only 300,000. World view 4a Look at the statements below. Tick the ‘ones you agree with and cross the ones you disagree with. G 1 don't ike 2005... it's wrong to keep animals like that. G | woutd tke to go to the savannah to see elephants If you love animals, be a vegetarian! | would like to give money to help animals in danger 6 & G Hunting is always a bad thing 6 Humans are more important than animals... why do we worry about them? Work in pairs and compare your ideas Work in pairs. Look at the animals in the box below. ‘What do you know about them? Why do you think they are in danger? Siberian tiger Iberian imperial eagle mountain gorilla giant panda hammerhead shark Go online to find out more about each animal and answer the questions. 1 Where does it live? 2 How many live there? 3 Why's it in danger? Search: iname of animal] + habitat / population size / interesting facts / endangered Write up your research 6 Write about one of the animals you researched. Use the example below to help you. Siberian tigers are an endangered species. They live in the mountains of East Russia. Their bodies are about 1.50 metres long and they weigh about 175 kilograms. Siberian tigers are in danger because of environmental changes in the area and because of hunting. There are now anly about 250-400 Siberian tigers in the world. Hodori, the mascot of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea was a Siberian tiger! Ask and answer questions about a variety of facts. Ea eeu eee od prea es Talk about your country using quantifiers eae Research endangered animals online. a Question words We use what, which, where, when, why and how to ask one-word questions 1. One word ‘A: What's your name? B: Irena ‘A: Which do you prefer, london or Moscow? B: Moscow! ‘A: Where do you come from? B: Russia, ‘A: When did you come to England? B: Two weeks ago, ‘A: Why do you like it better? B: Because it'smy home city. ‘A:How did you come here? B: By plane. + We use what if there are many possible answers. ‘A: What's your favourite colour? B: Biv. + We use which if there ae only afew possible answers. ‘A: Which s easier Japanese, Chinese or English? B: English, I think! 2 Two words \We can make compound questions with how + another word, ‘A:How faris your home from here? B: About six kilometres, ‘A:How long are your lessons? B: One and a half hours. ‘A:How fasts your computer? B: Very fast! A:How much bread have we got? B: Not much, ‘A:How many pets have you got? B: Five ‘AtHow old is your daughter? B: She was seven last week, ‘A:How tall are you? B: 'm two metres REMEMBER! + We use how many for countable nouns. ‘A: How many people are there here? B: About 200. + We use how much for uncountable nouns. ‘A: How much time have we got? B: Only five minutes 3 Question words and verb forms We can use different verb forms with question words. A:How was your joumey?B: Very good, thanks ‘A: Which newspaper are you reading? B The Timer. A:How many names can you remember?B: Annie, Sally, Tom and. ‘AcHow far do you travel every day? B: About 100 km. [practice 1 1 Complete the questions with the correct question words in the box. ‘What How tall” When How much Which How long ‘are you? B: One metre 70 centimetres. does it weigh? B: Five kilograms. did you get home? 8: At 8 pm. was your holiday? 8: Three weeks team won? B: Real Madrid. Is her mother’s name? B: Agnes. Peer 2 Complete the questions. 1A ‘were you born? B: In Rome, 2 A: do you like best, coffee or tea? 8 Coffee 3A cousins have you got? B: Five. an do you usually drive in a town? B: At about 50 kph 5a isthe station from here? B: Two kilometres 6m does it take you to get to school? B: Half an hour. 7A ‘ace you going to go on holiday? B: In July. Ba sugar do you take in your coffee? B: One spoon, eye isthe station? B: About ten minutes’ walk from here 10 &: is your baby? B: She's six weeks ol STUDY 2 Quantifiers: a lot of, alittle, afew, not any, not much, not many 1 alotof We use alot of to talk about a large quantity or number of things ‘We can use a lot of with both countable and uncountable nouns. There area lot ofcakes on the table You've got alot of time, so don't rush There was alot of traffic on the road. 2 notany ‘We use not any to talk about a zero quantity, We can use not any with both countable and uncountable nouns. There aren'tany biscuits lft: Who ate them all? We haven't got any space for another table in here. There isn'tany chicken on the menu: 3 afew and not many We usea few and not many to talk about a small numberof things ‘We use afew andnot many with countable nouns (not uncountabe ‘ouns), We usually use afew n positive statements, not manyin negative statements and how many in questions There area few people ouside the cinema. ‘haven't got many books want to read There aren't many chocolates eftin the box How many children have you got? 4 alittle and not much We usea litle and not much to talk about a small quantity of something, We use alittle and not mach with uncountable nouns (not countable nouns) We usually usea litle in positive statements, not much in negative statements and how much in questions. There isalitele water lft in that bole There’snot much milk eft inthe fdge She hasn't got much money atthe moment. How much ee would you ike? [practice 2 1 Choose the correct answers. 1 There area lot of butter olives in the fridge. ‘There isn't any tickets / time left Ive got afew biscuits / bread in my bag. She hasn't got many coins / money. ‘How many time minutes have you got? He's gota litle food / grapes. ‘There aren't many cups / coffee in the cupboard. How much space chairs is there inthe classroom? 2 Change the word rice to potatoes and make changes where necessary. I've got a tle rice I've got a few potatoes. 1 There isn’t much rice in the cupboard 2 She hasnt got any rice on her plate. 3. There is.alot of rice left in the bowl, 3 Change the word potatoes to rice and make changes where necessary. 1 There aren't any potatoes on the shelf, 2 He's got a few potatoes in his bag. 3. haven't got many potatoes on my plate 4 There area lot of potatoes in the cupboard REMEMBER THESE WORDS z [practice 11 Read the clues and complete the gaps with the words in the box: ddogs camels horses donkeys llamas elephants fish chimpanzees snakes rats dolphins whales live in water have four legs have no legs are often pets people use to carry things live in jungles live in cities hhave furor hair HITT 2 Choose the two correct answers in each sentence. 1. We went swimming in the river / desert /lake near ‘ur house yesterday. 2 They spent four hours climbing up the mountain / voleano / beach 3. The trees in the valley / volcano / forest are realy beautiful, 4 These fish lve in the deep water of many oceans /seas / beaches. 5 Ive near part of along volcano / river /valley going, (on for several kilometres. 6 The beach /sea / desert has very red sand. camel fish

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