Homes and habits z With a partner, look at the two pictures and the photo of Julia. Which do you think is her room? ' Why? @ @ Listen to Julia, and check your answer. @ Look at the underlined words from the recording. Match 1-6 to the expressions a-f with similar meanings. 1 Y'm outquite alot then a the things I like most 7 2 itsnotapatticulady big / b somebody visits _ © Read these instructions. { room me + You will hear a conversation between a girl, Zoe, 3. I'vegot allmy favourite \ not in very much and a boy, Lucas, about daily habits in different things there countries. 4 but there just isn't any space d_ beginning to + Decide if each sentence 1-5 is correct or here improve incorrect. 5 I'mstarting to getbetter rather a small + Ifitis correct, put a tick (7) in the box under A 6 whenLhave someone round f it's completely for YES. I itis not correct, put a tick (/) in the full up box under B for NO. UnitExam advice = Before you listen, look at the sentences and ‘underline the key words, then: ‘think of words and phrases with the same or ‘opposite meanings = Ssten for these and similar expressions. ‘@ Beiore you listen, look at the underlined part of each sentence 1-5 and think of other expressions shat mean the same, or the opposite. ae a YES NO 1 Lucas says that everywhere. loses early in his town, 2 Lucas and Zoe agree that taxis ‘azz Loo expensive. 3 Zoe believes that Lucas’s town can _be dangerous at night. 4 Zoe says people in the north of Europe getup earlier than those in the south. Lucas thinks itis a.good idea to sleep for a short time after lunch. O ‘© Now listen to the conversation and tick (7) the boxes. Prepositions of time © 200 117 Grammar reference: Prepostions oftme OE Zoe says at six o'clock and in the evening. PET candidates often make mistakes with prepositions of time. Circle the correct option in italics in sentences The weather is cold in /G@)night. School starts at 8 o'clock on / in the morning. We got there at / on Friday evening Til see you on /at 4 o'clock. His birthday is on / in July. ‘© With a partner, put these expressions in the correct columns. Then think of more expressions to add to each column, theweekend ... the morning... summer April 24... 2010... the holidays half past wo... bedtime... Saturdays The weekend @ Discuss these questions about the recording with your partner. Use expressions from Exercise 4. 1 Why do you think different parts of the world often have different daily routines? 2 Which of the daily routines you heard about is more like yours? In what ways? 3. Which do you think is better? Why? Grammar Frequency adverbs; question forms © page 117 Grammar reference: Fe ey adverbs @ Look at these words and sentences from the recording and answer the questions below. . they often go out after that they don't usually have their main meal... there are always lots of people around colder people go to bed early most nights. the school day is normally about the same 1. Do frequency adverbs like often go before or after the main verb? What happens with the verb be? 3. Where do frequency expressions like most nights go? @ Put the words in brackets in the correct position in these sentences. 1 Listen to music on the radio, (occasionally) T cocasionalty listen to music on the radio I check my email. (every two hours) Tm late for school. (never) I write letters to friends. (sometimes) I don't have lunch at home. (always) I'm sleepy in the morning. (almost every day) 1 go out on Monday nights. (hardly ever) I stay in bed late. (most weekends) @ How true are sentences 1-8 for you? Rewrite those that are not true, using different frequency adverbs and expressions. Z rarely listen to music on the radio. X listen to music on the radio nearly all the Homes and habitsScant otaaonontil @ Ask a partner questions about the following, beginning Do you ever or How often do you .. Use expressions like every day, once a week and twice a month in your answers. © Work in groups. Ask about these activities and @ Now do the same with activities 1-3. answer using frequency adverbs plus the correct, preposition of time. arrive at school or work get home chat online Gooka meal go dancing read amagazine senditext messages tidy your room ‘Do you ever ekat online?” ‘Ys; £ chat online every evening ‘Yow offen do you send text messages?” "x send one every al how!” Reading Part 5 © Work in small groups and answer these questions. In what ways are the homes in the pictures different from ordinary homes? © What are the advantages and disadvantages of living in each? ‘© Which would you like to live in? Why? @ ouickly read the text at the top of page 11, without filling in the gaps, and answer these questions. What kind of text (e.g. story, article) is it? What is the text about? Which of the pictures on the right shows this building? Which parts of it are the sails and the balcony? Which five of the points below are in the text? a windmill and they now live in it 1 The family bui 2. The Wraysbury windmill is four centuries old. 3. The windmill has the same kind of rooms as a house. 4 Living in a windmill is different from living in a house. 5 There are sometimes fires in the windmill 6 The windmill has a fire exit 7. The windmill will make its own power. 8. They used material from abroad to build the windmill Unit 1Glynn & Debbie Larcombe ‘Teenager Charlie Larcombe lives in an amazing Jbome: a wooden windmill. His parents built ‘he windmill in the pretty English village of ‘Wraysbury, basing their design (1) 40-year-old mill in the same area. Inside. there are five levels. The (2) Soor is the largest, containing the living room, ining room and kitchen. Upstairs, the first and second floors have bedrooms, a tiny office and the bathroom. The Larcombes use the o floor for storing things, and the fourth, at the top of the mill, is the part that looks © ead the text more carefully, and fill in the gaps with these words. g job electricity few like in on third } summer. TT a We often believe that living in 2 cave is (0) ...©... from the stant past, the days of cavemen nd cavewomen, but nowadays (1) .......of people are -_ Pam almost (5) om a buying cave homes. The climate is changing and temperatures around the world are (2) inside a cave it remains cool, even (8) {lam sitting in a cave home in Cappadocia, one of the hottest. parts of Turkey, (4) O'clock on a July afternoon. Outside it reaches 35 degrees 4) ‘a boat and holds the sails. Living in a windmill brings a (5) changes to normal life. The family found the shape of their new home a little strange at first. All the rooms are round, so there are no (6) and the ceilings seem quite small compared to the floors. It has central heating and it’s very cosy, but fire is adanger (7) is made of wood. ‘There is a water system in each ceiling, so if there is a fire, the people inside can flood every level (8) cscsssssssuu Sends. Also, the balcony around the outside of the mill provides an escape route from the upper floors. ‘The Larcombes used local materials to build the windmill, including pieces from old cottages and farm buildings in the nearby area. The one last Oooo is to complete the 8-metre long sails, They hope to use wind energy to create all the (10) the mill needs — and perhaps also enough for ten other houses in the village. Read the text below, paying no attention to the gaps for the moment. Decide what kind of text it is, what it is about, and its three main points. Exam advice + Begin by reading the text to get a general idea of the type of text, its topic and the main points. here itis only 18. It never falls | much below that, even during the | coldest months. Modern cave homes like this often have a phone, satellite TV and an Internet (6) and they are very comfortable. . but | a the bedrooms are very | quiet, dark and cool, people love | sleeping in them. And, they say, | it’s easy to make more (8) | for yourselt. You just dig a bigger | room! three day, b owes and babs (O)© Read the text on page 11 about living in caves again and choose the correct word for each space, A, B, C or D. Use the questions in italics to help you. 0 Aanvthing — Beverything Gomething) D nothing 1 Allittle Bmany C few Diot Which word goes before ‘of ‘and a noun? 2 Arising Blifting Cadding ——_Drraising Which verb does not need an object? 3 Aabout Bin Con D round Which preposition goes with the seasons? 4 Aat B during C for Dby Which preposition usually goes with exact times? 5 Asome Bboth Cevery D another Which word completes the frequency expression? 6 Abridge Bconnection Crelation tie Which word usually goes with ‘Internet’? 7 ASo BSince C Until Deven Which linking word means “because’ at the beginning of a sentence? 8 Aarea B floor Cland Dspace Which word means ‘empty’, on and above the ground? @ Discuss these questions in pairs. ‘* Would you like to live in a cave home? Why (not)? © Which other unusual places to live do you know of? Grammar Present simple and present continuous; state verbs © page 17 Grammar reference: Present simple and presen continuous @ Match extracts 1-4 from the text with uses ad of the present simple and present continuous. 1 Lam sitting in a cave a. its always true 2 the climate is changing b it's happening now 3. it remains cool, even in summer ¢ ithappens regularly 4 ttreaches 35 degrees almost every day — d_ it's in progress © Complete the email with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple or the present continuous. Hi David, 1 (1). oaitin 2.0m, writing... (write) to you from our holiday home, right next to the sea. | (2) (sit) in my cosy bedroom, which 8 {be} atthe back ofthe building, and (4... (look) out across the waves toa ite island. 1(5) (love) this view, and inthe evening | sometimes (6) {stay) in towatch the sun godown. Every day!(?).... 20] fora long walk along the top of, the clfs. I's late June now, othe weather (8) oo... get) hotter, but always (9). (leave) the house early in the morning while that ool wind from out at $8 (10) on (blow). (44) {have} a really good time here, andl (12) -ov- Mot think) Iwantto go hom Byefornow, Pamela © age 118 Grammer reference: State vrs Verbs that describe states are not normally used in continuous forms: We often believe that living in a cave... not were efter beieving inside a cave it remains cool .. not e-tsremaining © Which of these are state verbs?_ @ Ask your partner questions using state verbs and sete down their answers. belong to a youth club? Do you ever Forget importoat Haings? , Now work with a different partner. Ask questions about their first partner. Dees she prefer weekdays or weekends? (Answer i potas weenie ‘Moke questions using the present simple or the present continuous, adding and changing words ‘ehere necessary. Then answer the questions in fall sentences. 1 what / ‘state verb’ / mean? what does'state verb! mean? State verbs aren't usually used in continuous forms you / prefer / to get up / early or late? anybody at your house / watch / TV / at the moment? what colour clothes / you / wear / today? which things / in your house / belong / to you? what / you / sometimes / forget / to do / in the morning? we (@Think of a close friend. Tell your partner these ‘things about them: * facts, e.g. She lives in .., she belongs to + things they often do, eg, He often plays + something they're doing over a period of time, eg, e's learning Spanish. + what you think they’re doing right now, e.g. He’s walking home. Vocabulary House and home; countable and uncountable ns ID pove 118 Grammar reference: Countable and uncounta @ Which of these does your home have? Balcony bathroom bedroom corridor ining room garoge garden hall ‘Kitchen Jevatory —wingroom stairs i © With a partner, decide in which room the items in the box would normally be. ‘mchair bath bell blankets chest of drawers ‘cooker cupboards cushions dishwasher Tidge microwave mirror plow sink sofa ‘taps toilet towels washbasin washing machine © © The words in the box are all countable nouns, but some words in the home are uncountable, e.g. heating, air-conditioning. PET candidates often make mistakes with these. Choose the correct option in italics in this sentence, then check your answer with the extract from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary. Tam looking for new furniture / furnitures for my bedroom, Tarnitre nom | ibjects such a8 ches, tables, nd beds that you put into a room oF | ling anne ort common Leame ror | furniture | | | want to buy some new future for my becroom. @ Look at the extract again and answer the questions. * Which symbol tells you the noun is uncountable? ‘* What do you think the symbol is for a countable Grammar A few, a little, many, much, a lot of and Jots of, prepositions of place (630100 crm eironce: cela Ks rari, 0 fot ls of @ study the text with the picture. Then complete the rules and examples on page 14 with a little, a few, muck, many, a lot, a tot of and tots of. In the garden we have a lot of flowers of many different colours. At this time of the year it rains a lot and there isn't much sunshine, but summer is different. From June to August we only have a little rain, and for a few months we have lots of sunshine almost every day! Homes and habits (B)with countable for small numbers we use ae plates on the fable. nouns. €@ There are Three, | thik for small amounts eset uncountable nouns, ©8 Ongar In mY coffe, please.| don't lik it very sweet only with countable nouns, €@ fre ‘blankets on your bed?” No.1 don't ihe blankets in summer “aWe use..-.-only wth uncountable nouns it nd negative sentences. €8 D2 you ester a ine a waren? No har free time a all” countable and ‘5 We can use... vincountable nouns in any Kind of sentence, 8 Weve got food and din in the fridge - ifs ful there i no noun, wejust use eg He sleeps aWeuse there fohave. bbbbbblbbbs have lola la bole bb b's Q Fill in the gaps with a little, a few, much, many, 4 lot or a lot of/lots of. (Sometimes more than one answer is possible.) 1 Tusually like to put ...a.fittle....... make-up on, but not ...a fat: ‘Too much looks terrible, think 2 Itdoesn't take those clothes, but it takes usually two or three, to dry them 3 I've got DVDs but I can’t buy any ‘more because they cost money. 4. Those new light bulbs are very popular. They don't use electricity, so people are buying them. shampoo, just drops. My hair always goes dry if time to wash hours, 5 Idon't use Luse 6 There isn't space in my bedroom so I don't keep things there. © page 118 Grammar reference: Prepositions of place © © PET candidates often make mistakes with prepositions of place like in, at and on. Circle the correct option in italics in each of these sentences. You can stay n (my house Were staying at Tn diferent rooms My bedroom is the best room of / in my house. itsa large room at on te second foo. Thave some photos in /on the wal Also I have a big window in / on the left of my bed. © Work in pairs. Talk about your apartment or house, describing each room and what is in it. As your partner listens, he or she draws a picture or plan of your home. When you finish, check your partner's diagram. Then change roles. Speaking Part 1 © Put the words in 1-5 in the correct order. Then match the questions with answers a-e. 1 surname / your / what / is? What is your surname? spell / you / it / how / do? live / where / you / do? do / what / do / you? English / do / studying / enjoy / you? a anwn a. In"Torre det Mar. I's town onthe coast near Malaga in Spain. @ Lopes Yes, a lot. I studied it at school and now I have lessons at work with the other people there. d It's L-O-P-E-Z. c Pasa wnnitany twee llivaluede Sagal © Complete the tables with prepositions from a~e above. [school latown the coas work || ... Ja country [a hill lhome a company Jan islance © Ask another student the questions in Exercise 1. Your partner should answer about himself or herself, being careful to use the correct, preposition: @ Read the dialogue based on Speaking Part 1 questions. Fill in the correct form of the verbs in brackets and prepositions of place and time.© G) Listen to the recording and check your answer: © Work with a different partner. Ask the questions in Exercise 4. Your partner gives true answers. Writing Part 1 @ Circle the correct option in italics. 1 We always have a party at my house in /(@n) at December 31st. 2 Inwinter, there's only a few / a little /a lor sunlight in this room. 3 It's ten o'lock at night and I wait / waiting / ‘m waiting for my friend to phone me. 4 occasionally do some of my homework at / on / in school. 5 Idon't rarely / often / sometimes watch television. ‘© What do the sentences in Exercise 1 test? Match sentences 1-5 with grammar points a-e below. a frequency adverbs [5 present tenses © prepositions of time @_quantifiers like a few, a litle, etc. prepositions of place’ © Study the second sentence in questions 1-6 opposite. Which ‘grammar point a-e does each of 1-6 test? (One grammar point is ‘not tested.) td © Now do the Writing Part 1 exam task in the yellow box. + Here are some sentences about family life. + For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first, using no more than three words. 1 There aren’t many days when all my family do the same thing. pre ereich ise eaten days when all my family do the same thing. 2. Right now, my mum and dad are out having a meal somewhere. My parents home right now because they're having a meal somewhere. 3. My elder sister Emily is at the swimming pool at the moment. ‘At the moment, my elder sister Emily a swim, 4 She nearly always goes ‘out somewhere during the evening. she hardly stays in during the evening. 5. My brother James doesn’t spend much time here in summer. In summer, my brother James only spends time here. 6 He usually prefers to be by the sea with his friends. He usually prefers to be seaside with his friends, © Write an email to an English- speaking friend about your own family life. Homes and habits @)Starting off © Work in pairs. Choose a phrase from the box for photos A-E. have lunch in the school canteen rings teacher takes register catch the school bus set off for school @ ©) You will listen to five different sounds. After each sound, talk to your partner and match it with photos A-E. 15 think an alarm clock is ringing, so it goes with Proto A © Use the phrases in Exercise 1 to ask and answer questions about your typical school day. Hove you got am alarm: olceK? Yes. Lt rings at 7.00 aim. Reading Part 3 Exam advice + You read a long factual text and decide if ten sentences are correct or incorrect. + The ten sentences follow the order of the text. © Work in pairs. Before you read the text on page 17, look at the title, pictures and clocks. What do you think the text is about? @ Wayne goes to secondary schoo! in Beijing, China. What do you think Wayne does on a typical school day? Use the phrases in Starting off. Z think Wayne's alarm clock rings very early © Read the text quickly to get a general idea of what it is, about and find out if you were right about Wayne. unit2© Read sentences 1-8 about Wayne’s day. Underline the most important words in each. A OB fast for his /| 1 Wayne makes br sister 2. Wayne gets. litt school by ear. [] ia] 3. Wayne is punished if he gets to school later than 07,20. 4 Wayne's school has some sports facilities g 5 At midday, none of the students {go home for lunch, Oo Wayne leaves school at 17.20. 7 Wayne does his homework until t's time for dinner. 8 Wayne never sleeps more than six hours a night. THE DAILY LIFE OF ‘A BEIJING TEENAGER Ga» The alarm clock rings. [have to get up. 1 {0 to the kitchen to fry myself an egg for breakfast. My sister buys something ftom the mater stalls on the way to school so she-can sleep longer. | read seething, Sometimes Inieed t0 lel famous poems oF texts in other languages eas N {set offfor school, I sometimes go to schoo! by bus, However. normally go to schoo! by bicycle. In China, drivers have to be older than 18 yeats old.As 'm 16, 1 can't drive to school like teenagers in other countries. 7:20 N We have to BG in school at least 20 minutes befare lessons begin. i's a school rule. f you don’t arrive on time, youcan expect punishment. lf yoularesiten late, the teacher will talk to ‘your parents seriously, @ Read the text again to decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect. If it is correct, tick (/) box A. If it is not correct, tick (/) box B. Underline where you find the information in the text. © in your groups, compare your typical school day with Wayne's. In which ways is your day similar and in which ways ferent? Would you like to study at Wayne's school? Why (not)? Classes begin. Today we have history. chemistry, geography, maths, English and sport of course. We have sport every day. Our schoo! didn't use to have'a football pitch, basketball courts or airunning track but now it does. BY All of us eat im the school eanteen, We have 30 minutes to eat our lunch and then we hate a break for 20 minutes. Sometimes Igo to the library.to study and sometimes | go outside to play table tennis. MBBS sesv000 dices Beg > finish school but we can’t goshome; we Reig an cram afer case Sch EE" home again. That means [ean have Supper early, takes me 30 minutes to eat and then I have fo do my homework: We have lots of homework every day. EE" never asleep before midnight. | always wake uplless than six hours later.Vocabulary Take, sit, pass, fail, lose, miss, learn, teach and study @ Read this extract from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary. ‘Common Learner Error Take/sit/pase/ fala exam To take an exam mean doar ofits Siti sigity mo han ‘take’ in is pase an sony use nthe UK We nave to take an exam atthe end ofthe course. oles tna eng eg \fyou pass an exam, youre suepassul because you gst a good mark I you fal an evan, you ae no sugoessul because you gat a ba mark. Lose o: miss? Usual you miss something whi appens, such as an aon, train teaving, oan opportu 1.0 not want to miss my ass. Lear, teach or study? Toleam so get new knowledge oss. | want to eam tow cv ‘nen you teach someone, you ge then new knowledge rs (My dad taught meow to ove. Mrdacoomt me hor tedrie: {nen you study, you got clases, ratbooks, eto ry o understand ew ieas and fac Hes stuoying biology at univers. @©© Work in pairs. PET candidates often make mistakes with verb + noun combinations. Circle the correct option in italics in sentences 1-7. ey nie (Gates wa wcciaet 2 Ihave to goto the university because I'm sting / passing my exam today. T'm in my classroom, writing / taking this exam. [began to run because | was afraid of lasing / missing the school bus. learn / study every weekend for my exams Near the hotel there isa golf course, so we've decided to go there to learn / study gol. I think our new teacher will learn / teach us a lot. 3 4 6 7 © Write five questions using some verb + noun combinations from Exercises 1 and 2. iow often do you take exams at your school? © Work in small groups, Ask and answer each other's questions. @ une Grammar Past simple © page 119 Grammar reference: Past simple © Work in small groups. Nadine is from Toronto, Canada. Last year she went to San Pedro de ‘Atacama a town in Chile - to be an exchange student. What differences do you think she found between her life in Canada and her life in Chile? @ |i Listen to Nadine talking about these differences and complete the table. clothes no school uniform | (1) ....4a! entertainment | disco none of these thi a) @) English Nadine dreams in @ fun expensive activities© Work in pairs. Nadine talks about an experience that happened Past simple and past continuous last year. Write the interviewer's questions 1-6 in the correet form (> page 119 Grammar reference” Past of the past simple, using the words given ste ald past ccc Where / go / last year! where. did you go fast yoar? a Last year I....fived.......in Chile. @ Look at the pictures. What happened to Nadine when she was walking to school? 2 Where / stay? bi in San Pedro de Atacama. How / feel / when / first / arrive? el scared. 4 Speak / Spanish / before / go? Yes, Idid. 1 Spanish at school, What subjects / study? I maths, chemistry, biology, 6 Be / a good experience? wees f Yes, it I'm really glad 1 there. @ ©) Listen to the recording to find out if you were right about what © G@ Listen to the interview again. Check your questions 1-6 and conceal jaiNgine ket cioge complete Nadine’s answers a-i. think happened next? © Work in pairs. Look again at Nadine’s answers a-f. Underline © isten to the rest of Nadine’s the regular past simple forms and circle the irregular past simple story. Were you right about what forms. happened next? | OOEPET candidates often make spelling mistakes with regular past tense forms. Correct one spelling mistake in sentences 1-7 and say why it is wrong. @ Look at extracts 1-3 from the recording. Underline the verbs in the past simple (e.g. did) © page 120 Grammar reference: Speling of regular past simple and circle the verbs in the past continuous (e.g. was doing). Then, enjoyed E 1 Wecaldedounetves alot '0' is wwe! before} otha! sure resae ee doesn't change. J 1. “Suddenly a woman appeared from 2+ We plaid football all day. nowhere and she started screaming 3 I planed two things for the holiday. The degk The doesn a Peete Ueaet ena * Dis be tee actions happen a 6 Urealy mst tell you what happend to me eg oieon Line looped 7 My dad studyed French at school. 2. ‘The sun was shining and 1 was = ~— @OPET candidates also make mistakes with irregular past simple feeling good. forms. Correct one mistake in sentences 1-6. ee oeer Koow when the sun en, ap started shining? Do we know i Oe ae iy manners the sun stopped shining? ate 1 We eated spaghetti at lunchtime GLARE OES EBL 2 She buyed us a lot of presents. saw a group of dogs. 3 [choosed a part-time course because I didn't have a lot of free time. * Did Nadine see the dogs before 4 4 Iwas riding my bike when I felt of it, she started walking to school? 5 He had short hair and he weared glasses. + 6 In your email you writed you had a lot of exams. student days© Look at extracts 1-3 again and complete these rules with past simple or past continuous. Past simple and past continuous rules 1 i fo Talk about actions 1 We use the past. simpl..0 Tl dr tuations in te past (en one action happened after the othe. 2 Weusethe(®) etalk about an sett that was already happering at momentin the gaat. We don't know ifs atv ished or no 3 We often use the @) (aid) and = ‘School, saw a group of dogs but we generally use whe” lola ly ts lets la lo elo bn bb os © Tommy is an exchange student from the USA. Read what he says about his first day at a Japanese school and put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or past continuous. ‘This morning | (1) woke. 4p... (wake up) early to visit Ryukoku High School. | (2) (look) ‘out of the window. It (3) (rain). 1@ (have) a quick breakfast and we ©) (got ready to go. We © ({rive) to school. At the school we a (change) our shoes for slippers. As 1@) (put) on my slippers, my Japanese friend (@) (Gtard looking at my feet. The slippers (10) (be) too small @ A\ Listen to Tommy and check your answers. © Work in small groups. Use the past simple and past continuous to tell each other about © an unusual journey to school ‘© your first day at high school. @ vnwa Listening Part 1 Exam advice ‘There are seven short recordings, each on a different topic. Listen to the recording and choose the correct picture. You listen to each recording twice. © Read the four Listening Part 1 questions and underline the important words in each. 1 What time does John have to leave school today? a0 a fe co doctor's appoinctmest 2 What are the students going to do today at 11 am? io a B 3. What does Nathan have to buy? 9° ° A B c 4 What will the weather be like tomorrow? o 4 ° ° $5 A B ci© Look at the pictures for questions 1-4. What can you see in each? © Listen to the recordings for questions 1-4 and make a note of the important words you hear next to the pictures. (Picture C in Question 1 has been done for you.) © Listen to the recording again and choose the correct picture. Remember to put a tick (/) in the box below it. Grammar Used to {© page 120 Grammar reference: Used to ‘@ Work in pairs. Teen magazine has interviewed Candy about her days at primary school. Read this extract and answer the question below. Teue school | used to have eer nacs eT eee Conic eae at) Pe econ ened eee eat c) to have lunch in the Renee uc ics Ciemeaere ater Ort) room to play games. At the end of the day my eee Ree eee ano sal © Which words does Candy use to talk about things that happened regularly in the past but don't happen now? ~ @ Look at the extract again and answer these questions about used to. 1 Does used to change when we change the subject pronoun (I/you/he/she, etc.)? 2. What happens to used to in a negative sentence? 3 What verb form generally follows used to? © Rewrite what Candy says so that it is true for you. In primary school 1 used to have the same Teacher for most of my subjects .. bbbbbus Work with a partner to interview other students about their lives during the last five years. Read the rules about questions, then write at least five ‘questions with used to, using the topics in the box. ales about questions Remember that inthe question form, we say Did you use to..P and not Dit you used t0-=F For example: Whar primary school did you use ta go fo? Did youuse fo ger homework? What sports dd you use tepley when you were younger? © Change pairs. Take turns to ask your questions from Exercise 4. Where possible, answer the questions using used to. Reading Part 1 /-Bxam advice + You read five short texts (e.g. notices, signs, labels, messages, etc.). + Each text has three explanations, A, B and C, and ‘you have to choose the correct one. + When you have made your choice, compare it with @ Look at the text in each question. What does it say? Circle the letter next to the correct explanation ~ A, B or C. Do you want to earn some extra cash in Othe school holidays? ‘A local petrol station needs an ear to wash cars and ahead ‘up with ‘Stefan ‘A. needs a job during the summer break. B_ would like to hear from people who are interested in the job. is looking for someone to wash his car. student dass @)Vocabulary Farn, have, make, spend and take © © per candidates often make mistakes with verb + noun combinations. Use the verbs from the box to complete questions 1-5 correctly. Mara has written the email to rn have make spend take A inwite Natasha to have dinner. From: Mara To: Natasha Hi, {you can borrow your brother's scooter, my dau's looking for students todeliver pizzas, Let us know what you think when you come for dinner tomorrow. In which job(s) mentioned in Bask Natasha if she can borrow her scooter. Reading Part I: © inform Natasha about a job. 1 can you... ave... fun? : 2 can you friends? FT, 3° must you your time ee om es to do things caretlly? Jan Harrie phoned. They want to celebrate their wedding 4 doyou most of your anniversary on Saturday but need someone to look after time helping people? ‘their son from to 11 pm. Canyou doit? Shelling you Scan you a good around 9 pm this evening. wage? @ Work in small groups. Ask ae and answer questions 1-5. Remember to explain why. Jan Haris ‘A wants Zoe to phone her back tonight. B has invited Zoe to go out on Saturday night. Speaking Part 4 © would like Zoe to take care of her child for the evening. O Work in small groups. Discuss is these questions. Do teenagers work in your country? Why (not)? Dani Have you got a part-time job? Do you think teenagers should We taken the job washing up in a Dave's Café. | might be late for works Why (00h the film tonight. ifm not there by 8 pm, Il meet you inside. Robi Dani should ‘A. meet Robi in Dave's Café. B go into the cinema if Robi is delayed, © wait inside the cinema until 8 pm. Marcelo @ (Listen to Linh from Vietnam and Mareelo from Colombia talking about teenagers and part-time work. Make notes on how they answer the questions in Exercise 1. Assistant Trainers Interviews for Assistant Trainers for the sports team start Friday at 4.30pm. Arrive at least 15 minutes before if you still need to fil in a form. ‘A. You will have an opportunity to hand in your application on Friday. B_ Everybody should get there 15 minutes before the interview starts. © You must complete an application form before Friday.© (1 Listen to the recording again. Linh and Marcelo take turns to speak by asking each other questions. They also show they are listening to each other. Complete the expressions in the table. (They are numbered in the order you will hear them.) e @) Do you (5) Have you got a (7) What do your teachers © Work in pairs. Try this Speaking Part 4 question. Remember to use some of the expressions from Exercise 3. Your photographs showed Vd like you to talk together members of your family do a1 work you'd like to do in the Writing Part 2 | @ Read these two Writing Part 2 questions. The important information has been underlined in the first question. Now underline the important information in the second question. 1 Your English-speaking friend has helped vou study for your English exam. Write an email to Isabel. In your email, you should + thank Isabel. * tell Isabel about the exam, + invite Isabel to your house. @ Work in pairs. Look at each Writing Part 2 question again and answer these questions. 1 What do you need to write? (A note, card, email, etc.) 2 Who are you writing to? Do you know their name? 3 Why are you writing? 4 What three points do you need to include? © Match these answers with the questions in Exercise 1. Hi lsabel, ‘Thanks ever so much for helping me with my English exam. The exam was quite easy and | think ve done well. Would you lke to come to my house to have pizza at the weekend? I'l pay. Love. Tom Dear Ar Trentony I'm sorry that. 1 won't be able to goto football ce his afternoon because I have logo to the tend. Why don't train with the other team at lunchtine? I promise I'll be at football practice on Tharsday. Best wishes; Sam | } | | Work in pairs. Read the answers again and underline the expressions which are used to thank, invite, suggest, explain and apologise. © Work in pairs. Use this Writing Part 2 question to answer the questions in Exercise 2 again. ‘You agreed to meet your English-speaking friend tomorrow, but now you can't go. Write an email to Jason. In your email, you should + apologise. + explain why you can't meet. + suggest meeting another day. Write 35-45 words. ‘You can't go to sports practice after school. Write a note to your coach. In your note, you should + apologise. + explain why. + suggest another time you could do this practice. © Write your answer to the task in Exercise 5. student days @)Unit 1) =~— Vocabulary and grammar review Grammar © Correct the errors. ccomp the ahideanaltjat hea ttnioniead aibGE 1. We don't eat always in the dining room. SEC oad We don’t always eat in the dining room. 2 Hello, I call to 4sk if you want to go ‘out somewhere tonight. ‘Why do you stand here in the rain at this time of Hi everybody, night? Seabees 4. Do yu sleep ever all morning! 5 I'm never believing anything my brother tells me Well, here |am (1) ia. New Zealand, 6 Tevery day make my own bed. staying with a very friendly family 2) 7 How do you often have a bath? the town of Westport. I's quite a big house and my 8 Iget normally home at about half past five. | bedroom is (3) the second floor. ike it because there are lots of cupboards to put my things 4 and the bed is much bigger thin | Vocabulary | the one (5) Coe © Complete the crossword with words from Unit 1. 6 ome! B 0 the evenings and @) weekends, the family sometimes c i & take me out, though often we just stay o ‘and watch TV. | usually go to bed 5 uite early (10) night, and get up a about 7:30 (12), lr the morning. ie I'm enjoying myself a lot here, but fm looking forward e to being home again (13) ‘August 15th, aw ir @ Circle the correct option in italics in sentences a 1-8. 1. Ihave a big family and there's always a lot ee icon ot Caen ouseworks to do. 1 where we keep food coot a 2. CanyouTend me a few / a little money until ‘ERE RES 1 level of a building Friday? 6 to orina higher part ofa 2 Stay the same 3. It’s very dark and cold here in winter so I don’t go” Nouce '3-where water comes out fot / a lot of 7 comfortable and warm HO ise 4 The living room is very big but there's only a little —_g where we wash the dishes 5 Put things in the right /.a few furniture in it. 9 thick warm cover fora bed, Place 5 These days, Max spends a lot of time / times in his 49 hole in the side of a 7 what we use to make room. mountain ae 6 Thaven't got much / many work to do so I'll go out 44 where people keep their Seat for two or more soon. bes people 7 Paula isn’t very well, but [think she can eat a few 13 room that leads to other it rings at the door La litle food now. ron 8 My parents sometimes invite a little / a few people to have dinner with us. @ vansUnit 2 Vocabulary © OCircle the correct option in italics to complete these sentences. 1 Many students get part-time jobs to take / (earn) some extra money. 2. When I'm older, ' like to study / learn economics at university. 3. Yesterday we went on a school trip and we got / had a lot of fun, 4 When Jack went to secondary school, he soon did / made a lot of new friends. 5 Tomorrow we're going to pass / take a maths test. Ym really nervous. I was late for school so I lost / missed the first lesson. Thave to go to school because I'm sitting / passing my exam today. ‘We've decided to learn / study golf on holiday. Grammar © Correct one mistake with a verb in each sentence 1-10. (Some have a spelling mistake and some have an incorrect irregular form.) © page 132 Grammar reference: regular verbs trovelled 1 Some years ago | traveled to England with a friend called Bruno. 2. Yesterday I woke up very early because I was planing to go to the beach. 3 Lonly payed 25 euros for these boots. 4 Last weekend, I founded a very good restaurant in my town. 5 I went to the shopping centre and there I baught some new clothes, 6 While my brother was playing football, he felt and injured his leg. 7 My friend Sara bringed her dog to school one day. 8 I met Holly a very long time ago. We were studing at the same school 9. In the first lesson our English teacher teached us some new words for sports. 10. We puted all our things in the car and we set off for the mountains. Vocabulary and grammar review @ Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form of the past simple or past continuous to complete the sentences. Be careful with your spelling! 1 Carolina Fell (fall) asleep when she ...wns. doing... (do) her homework. 2. Itwas a beautiful day. The sun (shine) and the birds (sing). 3. Yesterday, when I (have) my dinner, the phone (cing). 4 My parents (choose) this school because it (be) near our house Sel (see) an advertisement for a job in the supermarket while I (buy) some milk. 6 My rabbit (escape) as 1 (clean) its cage. (think) German (be) difficult but now I like it. 8 Inour history class, we (read) a short article and (write) a short text 9 Thanks a lot fo 7 Atfirst 1 witing me to your party. I really (enjoy) myself. (laugh) when the (appear). 10 The children clown © Complete these sentences with used to or didn't use to. 1 I don't play the piano now but when I was younger 1sed te pling it 2 Thave lunch at school now but at primary school | 3 live close to school now but when we lived in Tokyo we 5 4. My brother is now a really good student but when he was younger he : 5 Mr Puy doesn't give us much homework but when Mrs Garcia was our teacher she 6 Martin's never late for school but before he bought the alarm clock he