( uf YOUR WORLD anguage focus 1 uestions and short answers Put the words in the correct order to make questions. 1 London / first / your / to / Is / visit / this ? fist visit to London? 2 your /is / going / How / job ? 3 here / When / you / did / get ? 4 all / family /is/ your / How ? 5 do/do/ you / How? 6 Journey / you / here /a / good / Did / have ? 7 things / you / How / are / with ? 8 staying / you / are / Where / while / here / you / are? Bina 2 Complete the questions in the conversation with the correct form of be, have or do. A: What '_'s _ your girlfriend's name? : Masako. Ay that a Japanese name? B: Yes, that's right. ‘A: Which part of Japan * B: Osaka, A: Uh-huh... so “_ you speak Japanese? B: No. Hello’ and ‘thank you’, but that's it ‘A: Oh, right. *____she doing that English course with you last month? B: No, her English is much better than mine. ‘A: Well, how *__ you meet her, then? B: At the bus stop — she lives near me ‘A:|see.7____ she got her own flat here? B: Well it's her parents’ flat. Oh. they living here, too? : Some of the time, yes. she come from? Ba Match questions 1-10 with short answers a-j below. 1 Do you like our new teacher? 2 Have you got the time? 3 sit cold outside today? 4 Did you have a good holiday? 5 Was there a lot of traffic on the roads, this moming? 6 Are your neighbours nice? 7 Were you at the football match on Saturday? 8 Has your brother got a girlfriend? 9 Does it take long to do this exercise? 10 Was the film good? 0000000 OOOe! a Yes, they are, No,he hasn't Yes,| did Yes, was. No, it wasn't F No, itisn’t. & Yestde: fh No, it doesn’t. i Yes, there was. J No, thaven't.b_ G}1.1 Listen to the questions and answers. Notice that the auxiliaries do/does, has/have, is/are and was/were are weak in the questions, but strong in the short answers ida! ‘A: Do you like our new teacher? 7 du: / B: Yes, Ido. ¢ Listen again and repeat the questions and answers, paying attention to the strong and weak sounds. 4 Look at the answers. Write the question for each one. 1 What's vour fullname? Mark Thomas Williams. 2 Yes, I do. | ive with my family. 3 They're looking at page 7. He lives in the centre of town, opposite the cinema, 5 My holiday was great, thanks. We had lovely weather and food. 6 | usually get up around 8 o'clock. a7eeCEPPE rere eee Pee ceee Pee eePEe EEE No, she doesn’t. My English teacher doesn't speak my language. 8 | went to university in New York, 5 Find and correct the mistakes in questions 1-9. 1 How to pronounce "b- ia 2 Can you writing ‘customer’ on the board, please? b (i)1.2 Listen and check. Practise saying the Vocabulary People around you 7 Add letters to complete the words. Pronunciation Sentence stres: questions Ga_ Underline the stressed words in the questions and short answers below. 1 Where exactly do you live? 2 How do you spell your name? 3 Have you got any brothers and sisters? 4 No, [haven't 5 Which one would you like? 6 Does your mother speak English? 7 Yes, actually she does. 8 How was your weekend? 9 What's your date of birth? 10 What time do you usually get up in the morning? ‘questions. 3 What's English word for this? ‘4 Which page we are on? 5 Have anybody got a spare pen? 6 Can you say again that, please? 7 What are tonight's homework? 9 What means ‘colleagu: Wn _——________ Language focus 2 Present simple and Present continuous 8a Read the three extracts A-C below. Which is from: 1 a detective story? 2 an encyclopaedia? 3 an email to a pen friend? b Complete the extracts with the Present simple form of the verbs in the boxes. A live do (x3) help look ~ 12 a furniture shop, and | * |_ them in the shop at weekends, Please write back and tell me about you and your family. own What you lke? (Can you send a photo?) What 5 your parents 7-And what about the weather | in England?@ it really all the time? B believe belong notknow own want know Jo who" the — them had a motive for killing aun {o, the Professor. Let's go back Sith?” Wel, Inspector, wo the scene of the erime — wet thatony 1” totryan three people inthe lage experiment, s agin, but you in we which of telepathy, Inspector Turner? c come get notdrink have nothave spend Koala ee ‘The koala is an Australian mammal, It, thick fur and round ears but it * a teddy bear, Kealas sleeping, They tall, lke ‘most of the day water, but they Tiquids from eating eucalyptus leaves. ‘The word koala from the Aborigine word ‘meaning ‘no drink 9 Complete the sentences with the Present continuous form of the verbs in the box. visit breathe clean die eat get (x2) have not get not set spend stay suffer talk use watch “This s Sandra Wise with the news headlines: the | president '_is visiting the UK this week. He and his wife? at London's famous Savoy Hotel. Today he® ‘a meeting with the British pprime minister, and later in the week ..." ‘.+ later on Ten News Tonight: why we asanation —_| fet. A nutrition expert says that our too much junk food and enough exercise, and as parents we a good example: we ‘more time than ever in the car or in front of the TV .. ‘2. and finally, ? your health because of indoor pollution? you in dangerous chemicals while you sit ‘at home watching this programme? According to a report by the Clean Air Society, this is a serious problem for millions of people. The president of | the society even claims that people " | because of the air they breathe in their own homes, chileren ® i, Robin, it's Kris. = you the news on TV? fo, actually | the kitchen! | ready for Sammy's party tomorrow. at you a cleaner with chemicals in it? B: Well, yes, | suppose. Kris, what ' ___ about? \ Oh, it’s just that there was an item about indoor pollution, and... you10 Complete the conversation with the Present simple Cr continuous form of the verbs in brackets. ‘A: How can | help you, Mr Daniels? B: Well | started having bad headaches a couple of ‘weeks ago and they '__‘re getting __ (get) worse. I can't sleep, I'm tired all the time, and the worst thing is my hair® (go) grey and I'm only 31! A: see. Let me ask you some questions. . (you smoke)? B: No, l gave up a month ago. ‘A: Right. | see you're a salesman. How many hours a week * (you work)? B: Well, I normally © (do) eight hours 2 day, but at the moment |® (work) at least ten hours and some Saturdays. 1 That is alot. How? (you relax}? B: Well | usually ® (sit) in front of the TV with a pizza and a few beers. AcHmm.®, {you do) any exercise at the moment? B: Not really, but I'm losing a lot of weight and | io (not know) why. A:I think you" (suffer) from stress. 1 (want) you to eat a more varied diet and to do some exercise. Come back and see me in four weeks and I'll check you again. Listen and read Ordinary heroes 11a491.3 A TWstation is doing some research for a programme about ordinary people who are considered heroes’ by people around them. Listen and read the emails and answer the questions. Whose hero is: 1 a stranger? 2 arelative? 3 accolleague? b Listen and read again and answer the questions. Who: 1 is very brave’ 2. nearly left her job? 3 nearly lost a lot of money? 4 was terrified of her boss? 5 is ina lot of pain? 6 told his boss what he thought of him? 7 is more generous than many adults? 8 wants to contact his/her hero? SDL ica GNOMES adn lad RAR, 7 Your world |o1 My ‘hero’ at the moment is Ricky. We work together. | was thinking of leaving the place where | work because of our horrible new boss. He's always in a bad mood and he never has a good word to say to anyone. He also picks on young female members of staf: there's a gil called Kimberley who's terrified of him, Or at least she was. When Ricky joined us, everything changed, First he covered for me when | was late back from lunch by telling the boss that | was downstairs in the photocopying room. ‘Then a couple of days later, the boss was standing at Kimberley’s desk, shouting at her, telling her she was lazy and would have to stay late to finish her work... Anyway, Ricky marched straight up to him and told him he was a ppathetic coward for talking to his staff ike that. Well, the boss was stunned to silence - he just walked off without saying another word and he’s left us alone since then. Charlotte, Bristol ¥'m writing to tell you about my niece, Mary. ‘She's only seven and she's in hospital at the moment. ‘She was in a bad car accident two weeks ago and she broke both her legs. She’s had one operation and now she's waiting for another, then she'll have to be in a wheelchair for quite a while. Anyway, | am constantly amazed by this litle gil’s courage: she never cries when ‘he has an injection, and very rarely complains about the considerable pain that she must be In Wher I go in to visit her, she always has a smile for me, and last time | went she was comforting another girl who ‘was upset because her parents couldn't come and visit her. 've also noticed that she shares all the chocolates and toys that people have given her with the other children in her ward. | don't know how many adults would be as generous as that! Dan, Newcastle 1'm hoping that by writing to you, | might be able to get in touch with my ‘hero’ again. | don’t know him - | don't even know his name ~ but what he did was unbelievably kind and honest. | went shopping ‘at my local supermarket last Friday, and I met an old friend at the checkout desk. We chatted for a while, then | loaded up the car and came home. Iwas only then that | realised I'd lost my purse: | thought maybe I'd dropped [tn the car park. | started to panic when | also remembered that | had quite a lot of money init, Then someone knocked at the door and it was a ‘complete stranger, holding out my purse! He sald he was in the queue behind me at the supermarket checkout and ‘that's where he found my purse. He got my address from iy driving licence. | was so grateful, but | didn't know what to say. ‘Anyway, he just walked off, and |.haven't been able to ‘thank him properly. ‘Annette, LeedsVocabulary Everyday activities 12 Match questions 1-10 with answers a-j. Then complete the sentences with the words/phrases in the box. getothegym looking after children playing video games texting going on social networking sites going shopping tidying up ‘commuting. doing paperwork doing nothing. 1 Have you lost weight? You look amazing! 2 Doyou enjoy being a teacher? o 3 I'm really nervous about the exam next week. [7] 4 We have a cleaner who comes in once a week, [_] 5 I haven't seen Luc and Sophie for weeks, have you? What do you like doing at the weekend? ‘Why was your computer so expensive? ‘Are you happy you moved to the countryside? Oh no, my phone bill is hugel ‘Are you looking forward to your holiday? oo00000 Searva | wish we had someone like that, | hate ! b Ohyes, it's much quieter here, but I do spend a lot of time __ to work. ¢ Thanks! | __go to the gym — three times a week, d tlove with my friends and buying new clothes. © Ohyes. Three weeks of lying on the beach and I can’t wait! £ Ifyou spend less time and more time studying, I'm sure you'l be fine. & You shouldn't do so much It’s cheaper and you can say more by calling, h It needs to be powerful because | like on it. 1 Welt, I love being in the classroom but | don't like all the administration — 1 hate J No, now that they're parents they spend most of their time Writing An informal email ‘13a Read Grace's reply to an email from Katarina. In which paragraph does she do the following? ‘a Write about her own news. Respond to Katarina’s news. Respond to Katarina’s request. Re: A message from Katarina Hi Katarina! What a lovely surprise to get your message! Of course | remember you - how could | forget? It was great to hear all your news. You look great in your photos, you haven't changed a bit. | loved looking at them and remembering all the times we had together. 'm pleased that you're happy in Bratislava, and Hens looks really nice, too. You must tell me all about him! Your job sounds really interesting, | always knew you would end up doing something exciting. ! miss our time at university, too, It was such fun! As for my news, well, 'm also very busy these days. ¥'m still in Manchester and I'm working as an English teacher in a private language school. The job's stressful, but | really love it as | meet people from all over the world. 'm married now to.a guy | met at work called Jack, We've gota litle girl called Charlotte (but everyone calls her Charlie), who is lovely but a bit naughty at times! I's funny that you asked about Tom. He finished his studies, then decided he didn’t want to be a lawyer and went travelling round the world! I think he’s in Thailand at the moment, but we don't hear from him very often. As for my parents, mum cetited a few years ago and dad retired last year, and now they spend a lat of time in the garden. They both seem very happy. “it was great to hear that you're coming to Manchester next week. It would be fantastic to see you again, and ‘can’t wait to meet Hendrik! I want you to meet Jack and Charlie too, and we can catch up on all our news. Let me know which days you are going to be here and we can plan something special, Great to hear from you. ‘Take care, and lots of love, Graceb Write the phrases from the email that Grace uses to do the following. 1 respond to getting Katarina’s message 2 say that she remembers Katarina 3 respond to hearing Katarina's news 4 comment on Katarina's photos 5 ask about Hendrik 6 introduce her own news 7 introduce her news about Tom 8 introduce her news about her parents 9 say how she feels about seeing Katarina again 10 say how she felt about receiving Katarina’s message ¢ Look at the information below. You have received a ‘message from an old friend, Dan. Write a reply using some of the phrases you have learnt from exercise 1b and tell him your news. Dan's news + He moved to New York after university *+ He got married to Maria, and has two children, Sam and Ben. + He's working as a journalist for a large national Newspaper as a business correspondent. + _He's very busy but loves his job. Dan's request “| + They're coming to your town for a week next month (alone). + Can they stay with you? Language live Keeping a conversation going ‘14a Choose the correct answers to complete the conversations. 1A: I'm working in advertising at the moment, B: Doyou? | don't get on very well with my brother. B: Don't you? / Do you? 3 A:I've never seen the sea B: Have you? / Haven’tyou? 4 A: We once shared a flat together. B: Didyou? / Were you? 5. AsI'm thinking of going to Spain this year. B: Were you? / Are you? 6 A: Our class was really interesting today. B: Wasit? / Was she? 7 A: Annika went skiing last month B: Did she? / Was she? 8 A: Dave and | both have the same sumame. B: Dothey? / Do you? b Match phrases a-h below to conversations 1-8 in exercise 14a, Why's that then? b That sounds interesting, © What a coincidence! ‘When was that? That sounds fun, That's amazing! What did you do? Where exactiy? xe tea ¢ (2 1.4Listen and check. Practise saying the questions using the same intonation. Your world | 01 OOOOoOoOoooooooooe