Information questions EE Adjectives and adverbs » Vocabulary ~ antonyms Pronunciation - word stress * Phrasal verbs in context (1) What matters to me Question forms SUB eee 1 Matching questions and answers 1 Read the questionnaire. Write que a-l in the correct place. a How many tes have you moved inthe past five yeas? JF Who do you lve with? © What car do you die? 4 Which book has influenced you mast? € How long does it take you to get ready in i the morning? Bcc MN i f How often do you travel abroad? We talk to the writer Simon Trelawney about his life and care & Whose genes have you inherited, your mother$ or you fathers? 1? My wife and two daughters. We share a two-bedroom hi How much time do you spend on your own? flat but only one bathroom, unfortunately i What objects do you always carry with you? 2 ——____Just once. We've been here for three years, but we |, What music ison your iPod? need to move What are you afraid of? 3 — Credit cards, organ donor card, and photos of the What are you ike inthe morning? three girls in my life 4 —___ Like my own company, so as much as I ean without being rude. 2. Finda question in ex 1 with: 5 The Complete Work of Shakespeare, How did he do it? 1 how + adverb —_ BB King; the Rolling Stones. (what + noun 7 ——_ Four or five times a year for business and pleasure (] which + noun Once or twice on holiday — it really depends on = what work I'm doin whose + noun . _ 8 ____| Igecupar6 am. I'matmy busiest and most how much productive before anyone else gets up. C how many 9 —___ Two minutes. One minute to shave, one minute to a preposition at the end throw on jeans and a shirt 10 Look like my mother, and I have my father’s bad temper. Ir’s an unfortunate combination, 11 —___Anancient second-hand Mercedes. 12 _____ That anything bad might happen to my wife or kids. 38 Unit 6 + What matters to meQuestions 2 Questions with what / which / whose Write a question with what/which/whose + noun. 1 Do you want to get up at 6,002 7.002 8.002 What time do you want to get up? 2 Are you looking for a small shirt? Medium? Large? 3 Is this Janes coat? Annie's? Henry's? 4 Is your wife Hungarian? Spanish? Lebanese? 5 Doyou read The Times? The Mirror? The Telegraph? 6 Do you like classical music? Rock 'n' roll? Jazz? 7 Did you go to Oxford University? The Sorbonne? Harvard? 8 Is your phone an Ericsson? A Samsung? A Nokia? 9 Isit the 39 bus that goes to the station? ‘The 18? Or the 1032 10 Is this my dictionary or your dictionary? 11 Isyour house number 3? Number 33? 12 Do you want this one or that one? Questions with how Write a question with how + adjective/adverb, 1 ‘How wide is the English Channel?” ‘About twenty-five miles from Dover to Calais? 2° is it from your house to school?” ‘About five kilometres? oo does it take you to get to school?” ‘Forty-five minutes ifthe traffic is OK? 4 can your car go?” “The top speed is 240 kph? 5° ‘time do you spend watching TV?” ‘T guess about four hours a day? 6 times have you been in a plane?’ “Three! 7 do you go to the dentist?” “Three or four times a year! 8 have you known your girlfriend?” “We were at school together, so all my life? 9 are you” ‘Tm 1 metre 75? 10 * did your baby weigh when she was born?” 3.2 kilos? 4. More questions ‘Match a question in A with an answer in B. [b] what does this button do? [A What is this remote control for? (L] What are your parents like? (D How are your parents? ( What are tennis rackets made of these days? [You shouted at him? What did you do that for? How many of you are there? (5) what have you done to your leg? Graphite and titanium, IF Ie sets the timer. | Ifyou count the kids, there are ten of us. They/e fine, thanks. | twisted my ankle playing football. Because he was really annoying mel It controls the stereo system, Theyire great fun. Not too embarrassing. Unit 6 + What matters tome 395 Questions with a preposition Complete the questions with a preposition at the end. 1 > 1 think Jamie’ in love Who ishe in love with ? Beth, Of course. He’ crazy about her: Dad can I have the car tonight? What ’'m going out with a couple of friends. Is that OK? want it > pee po ‘There's someone's phone on the table. Who: belong __? It mine. Thanks. Jacks granddad died last week. ‘Oh dear! What _____ die. ? Aheart attack, Jam REALLY angry. What so angry __? My bank has charged me £20 for being 50p overdrawn. per pop ow Pierre's the director of a European company. Really? Who __ Allgemeine Union. work. 2 ‘We canit go yet! Not everyone’ here. Who Anna. She’ getting ready. waiting 2 Do you like my new dress? Where. get it. Beebo’ on the High Street. ‘Mary got married last weekend. Really! Who. get married _? A guy she met in Czech Republi 10 A Thad a great chat with Bertie the other day. Oh, yes? What talk___? His relationship with his boss. Very interesting. Per Por Pwr Pwr p> 40. Unit 6 + What matters to me 6 Questions in context Look at Kathy's profile on her website. Write the questions. 10 u 12 2B 14 15 1 HOMETOWN London \ 2 occurarion student Economics Bristol Unversity 18 October 1986 single 3 trend blond ive High treat chic slamorous passionate, fundoving ‘nema, clubs, gong outwit ends a’, hip hop 4 wnere RELATIONSHIP eves inteRests Where does she te ? What does she do 2 2 Which ate 2 going out with anyone? 2 2 How | ‘What sort ———__________? look like? like asa person? like doing? WhatkindTenses and questions 7 Aplace of my own 1 Read about Sean's shed. Put the verb forms from the box in the correct place in the text. made were bought estimates hasbuitt spend issituated wasgiven ‘re learing were stolen Sean’s secret hide-away Ever since he was four, Sean Matthews (1) has been making things. He’s now 14, and this is the third shed that he @. He even helps his friends with their sheds. ‘ve always had tools’ he says.‘ (3) my first tool set when I was five. When I was eight, 1). bookcases and a desk for my bedroom.’ Naturally at schoo! his favourite subject is Design and. Technology. ‘We (5) how bridges are constructed. It’s fascinating,‘says Sean. His hut (6) in a secluded spot in a field behind his parents’ farmhouse. Sean designed and built everything himself: He had no help at all. He laid the stones, nailed the wooden boards, and painted the windows and door bine Most of the materials were’borrowed’ (which means they (7) !) from the renovation of the family home. The shed is made of wood, with a tiled roof. The furnishings (8) from charity shops for next to nothing. Sean (9) that the shed has cost a couple of hundred pounds, and took three months to build 2. Complete the questions 1 How long has he been making things a] 2. How many —__ 3 z Co 5 3 om _ 2 7 ____time 2 8 like inside? 110) or five hours a day. It great to be able to get away from nagging parents, always telling me what to do. [like to be by myselé Inside, the hut is cosy and well-equipped. It has running ‘water, a small kitchen, and bunk beds, During the summer allot of time here,’he says. Four months Sean has friends over to stay. They sit outside around a camp fire and look at the stars.‘Tt fills me with a peace that you can’t imagine,’says Sean. Since he was four. Three. Blue. Wood. £200, Three months. Four or five hours a day. Its cosy and well-equipped. Unit 6 + What matterstome 41Adjectives 8 -ed/-ing adjectives 1 Complete the story about Contented Cate. Use the words in brackets. Add -ed or -ing. Sometimes the spelling changes. Contented Cate Contented Cate thinks her ob is (v) exiting (excite) because i's very \aried,Irisrit easy and she has to work hard, but she likes it, so it’s Q) (ceward) as well, If her cients ae (3) (satisfy withthe service they get from her, Cate is happy. When she meets her targets, and her boss tells her she's wonderful, she's (4) (delight), obviously. x Cate has a flat with (5) {stun} views over the city Her boyfriend, Freddy, who has a (6), (challenge) job in the City i (7). (overwhelm) by her beauty and totally inlove with her. She is (8) tells such funny stories. (amuse) by him because he 2 Complete the story about Depressed Dave. Use the words from the box below. Add -ed or -ing. Sometimes the spelling changes. Adverbs 9 Position of adverbs Adverbs sound better in a certain position. 1 often get headaches. like modern art very much. Put the adverbs in the correct place in the sentence. 1 You'll succeed if you don't work hard. (never) 2 I’ve finished my homework, but not quite. (almost) 3 She's coming to the party. (definitely) 4 You behaved yesterday. I'm ashamed of you. (very badly) 5 They love each other. (passionately) 6 Idont like her. (really) 7 He earns £10,000 a year. (only) confuse terify worry annoy disappoint exhaust impress Depressed Dave Depressed Dave is () disappointed because he dint get a pay rise. HeS in alot of debt, so hes very Q. about money at the moment. On top of all that heist sleeping well, so he always arrives at work feeling [|< (3)___. As he’s new at the job, there’ a lot he doesnt understand. People tell him different information, he doesnt know what to do, which i very 4) for him And to make matters worse, his boss is abt ofa bully, so poor Dave is (5) ‘of her. She doesrit like Dave, the way he tlks, and she isnt (6)__ bythe way he dresses, ether. Infact, she i pretty (7) by everything about him. 42 Unit + What matters to me 8 He always wears a jumper, in summer. (even) 9 The water i (enough) it warm to go swimming, 10 Its cold for me. (too/much) 11 Tanta cup of ea. Gust) 12 He wasnt injured. (fortunately /seriously) 13 I forgot her birthday. (completely) 14 Idor't like skiing, (at all/ very much) 15 When did you see Peter? (last)Vocabulary 10 Antonyms 1 Match an adjective in A with its opposite in B. A 8 1 hard-working a parttime | 2 C7 old-fashioned b stressful 3 () casual lay 4 [) good-looking smart 5 Li full-time e nude 6 LI polite f modern 7 (J telaxing 8 unattractive [a Ja a stupid 2 b cruel 3 © calm 4 second-hand d fussy 5 _] clever © modest | 6 kind £ wel off | 7 © bighheaded |g brandnew 2 Complete the sentences with a word from the boxes in Exercise 1. 10 wp wp oe A B ‘He isn't very polite, is he?” “No. In fact, he’s incredibly rude * “They need to modernize the way they work’ “True. Some of their business practices are very ‘Camping is not a relaxing holiday, is it? “Thats true. Its very way of spending aholiday’ ‘Jane's such a lazy person’ ‘Strange. Her brother is very “You can't wear jeans to an interview! You've got to Io yok ! My girlfriend gets angry about everything. She’ so Ge jeorge’s kids are such eaters. They dontt eat bread, or cheese, or anything green. They only eat pasta. A B ‘Yeah, that wasnt very ‘Tm so stupid. Iran out of petrol on the motorway? Pete's always talking about how much money he’s got, He the fabulous holidays he has, and how intelligent he is. ies so. I know Pete has money, but really he isn’t that He ie owes the banka lot. Pronunciation Tl Word stress 1. The unstressed syllables in words are often pronounced as the weak sound /a/. This is the most common vowel sound in spoken English. fol fol tala al global policeman _performance Listen and repeat. 2 Listen to these words. ‘Write in the /o/ sounds. fal laf conversation politeness banana attention sociable preparation apartment international customer personal intelligent surprising Listen again and repeat. 3 Complete the sentences with another form of the ‘word in bold. Mark the /a/ sound in both words. fal 1 Llove his photographs. He definitely my fal fal{al favourite photographer 2 Dave studied pol s at university, but he never wanted to become a 3. Technology advances so quickly these days. Its impossible to imagine what ‘changes there will be in the next 20 years. 4 Bill doesn't seem to like vegetables. I can't understand why hes a 5 The role of employment agencies is to help find suitable workers. 6 Iknow anything's possible in football, but do you think England winning the World Cup again is a real z Listen and check. Repeat the sentences, paying attention to the /a/ sounds in both words. Unit 6 + What matterstome 43Phrasal verbs 12 Phrasal verbs in context (1) Complete the conversations with a phrasal verb from the box in the correct form. ‘The definitions in brackets will help you. Journeys Relationships setoff pickup _hangon _get in putup with splitup get over __go out with (someone) Youire atving in London next Monday, right? Yes, that’ right ri) you if you lke, (collect) That would be lovely, What time does your train (2)_______ (ative)? (3) —____ (Wait), Il just check onthe ticket. Er..1745 (OK. The traffic bad at that time, but if (4) (leave the house) at about 5.00 pm, Il be there in plenty of time > ererer Moving house Did you hear that Sarn and Dee have (9) (end a relationship, separate? Really? Theyve been (10) gitriend) for years! What went wrong? Sam said all they did was argue, and he couldnt (N) (tolerate) it anymore. Dee apparentiy is very upset. Tim sure she i, but shel (12) (begin to feel better) it. He wasn't that great. {be boyfriend and Hurry up! getdownto —_bringup workout settle in holdup _goonabout _calmdown _comeon ‘A [hear you've just moved house. How (5). you to your new surroundings)? B_ Not bad it's alla bit chaotic soit’ hard to (6) (finally start doing) any work. ‘A And the kids? B_ Well, we moved to the country because we did't want to 0 them (educate and care for) in town. Theyre finding it tough at the moment. They've left their fiends behind a bit ‘A. imsure it wil al (8). (adapt (get better) Give it time. (8) {hurry up} Were late! Alright! Theres no need to panic. (4) less agitated) Get a move on! How long does it take you to get ready? There’ no need to (15) (talk endlessly in an annoying wa) it. 'm moving as fast as Ica. But we might get (1), (make late) inthe trafic. Then weld be really late ! {become Listening 1B My favourite room 1 Listen to Dan and Laura talking about their favourite room in their homes. Complete the chart. Dan Laura Room attic room Size quite big | Flooring | wooden, floorboards Wall colour ‘warm shade of blue | coffe table, sofa, 7 ni lamp Windows [ huge bay window 44. Unit 6 + What matters to me Choose the correct answer. 1 It feels so good/ well to have more space. 2. ... especially when the kids are being noisy/ noisily. 3 That sounds wonderful/ wonderfully old-fashioned! 4... when I want to read, or even to just sit (quiet / quietly on my own for a while. 5... blues can be quite cold if you don't choose careful carefully. 6... if you can't find anything you like in the shops, you have to get creative/ creatively, dontt you? 7... even in winter, especially in the morning when. the sun shines straight straightly into it. 8 like to wake up slow/ slowly as I watch the first people setting off for work. Listen again and check