CONTENTS Starter Take it from me Unit 1 Good company Unit 2 On the move Unit 3 Rolling in money Unit 4 The natural world Unit 5 Surfing, scrolling and swiping Unit 6 Structures and landmarks Unit 7 Broadening horizons Unit 8 On demand Unit 9 Cultural contribution Unit 10 Living life to the full Unit 11 A steady job Unit 12. Mind over matter Unit 13 Lifestyle choices Unit 14 Looking after yourself Se,‘ § take rrrromme I Read the article and answer the questions. ‘Who decided to implement a new study skil® ‘Who learnt English to mest new acquaintances? ‘Who was grealy influenced by an unanticipated encounter? Who was encouraged fo learn for commercial reasons? Who was initially reluctant o learn English? ‘Who felt upset about their lock of communication skis? ouaan~ www.learningenglishblog.com Saced LLfirst hed arrived here with my parents when I was eight. | was really worried about living in @ new country, especially as | wasn't knowing the language at all. Not a word! | soon discovered that it had been impossible to make friends without being able to chat to them in any way, so | had been forcing myself to do it, even though I couldn't get my ideas. ‘across at all. But | made some amazing friends. Looking back, the best thing about it was how much they helped me ~1 had never regretted pushing myself out of my comfort zone. Jules By the time | left school, | was studying English for about six years, on and off, but not with any real interest. To tell you the truth, I looked forward to never saying another word in, English. That summer, | went on holiday with my parents, and we had stayed in the same hotel as this Scottish family. ‘The son, Nigel, was about my age. ! never met anyone like him before, he was so open to adventure and had such a {ree spirit. | spent so much time talking to him about life, ‘and what we both had hoped to get from it, | decided there ‘and then to move to Scotland. Johan My parents were really wanting me to get better at English 80 | could become involved their business. | registered for {an online course and immediately was getting to work on my rnew language skills. Soon, my parents took me to a meeting, with an Australian businessman who has been working with ‘our company for several years. | couldn't understand a word, but knew immediately that I have been finding it so dificult to get what he was saying because I had never written anything down during my course, not a single word of vocabulary. had improved since then, obviously! Find and correct five past verb form mistakes in ‘each section of the article. The first one has been done for you. first arrived here 3) Rearrange the words in bold to form correct sentences. 1 There is litle doubt that the city busier / become / will / increasingly over the next five years. 2 lover / heading / to / hopefully / am imy sister's this evening. 3 What time should we mee'?| think starts / film / at / the / eight thirty. 4m ofroid there are no places lf, but you / sure / stay / will / make / on / we the waiting list. 5 The rain hos been terrible cll day, but far / to / is / going / it / worse / get / suspect before i gets better 6 For your party next week, everyone / inviting / be / you / will rom work? ) Correct the mistakes in the sentences, then ‘match them to the descriptions (A-E).. 1 Idlove to come to your porty, but im not sure if can. Im lating you know tomorrow. 2 Markus says that hell be here a ive, unless the traffic is going tobe dreodful Have you heard about that omazing new restaurant in town? We go atthe weekend. Suki will hve her eriving test at 11,00 tomorrow. That explains why she's so nervous. {im sure I make friends when | start collage, but stil dont want tego. Expressing a future intention, desire, or promise. ‘Making a prediction about the fture. Using the present simple to describe a scheduled event ata known time in the future. Using the present simple in Fst conchtional clauses after he condition ome word. Using the present continuous to talk about a fixed plan or arrangementAa 1) Complete the dialogue with the correct options. PTET) Correct the spelling or word choice mistakes in Eee) a ence enenare ‘A. tmseally enjoying our English lessons athe moment. The new corre teacher f realy pushing us to improve wih some ofthe activities 1 Although we are so different, my best friend we do, isnt she? and I complement each other very wel B (1) Why tho / Like who? 2 Ben wos siting among hs parents when his ‘A. Well, geting us 1o use more idiomatic language in our speaking, university ecceptonce leer orived for one thing, | eel like my conversations are starting to sound 3 I'd love to get some work experience at the much more natural