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‘New English File Teacher's Book intermediate
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© Read about Maria José. Then look at the bold phrases. Tick () the sentences that are right and
correct the wrong ones,
My name's Maria José. I’m 26 and I’m from Brazil. v
Jam born in Sao Paulo and I live there all my life. ?_Lwas born.
Ym married. My husband name’s Pedro, He’s from Sao Paulo, too. _
‘We don’t have some children. We live with Pedro’s parents in
their flat, and I get on with them very well, but
we'd like having our own place. We are looking a flat for at
the moment. I work for a bank and Pedro is engineer. ‘iam
We both work very hardly, but we don't have do the housework
Pedro's parents are retired, so they look after the house
I don’t have many free time, but when I have the chance
Tenjoy listening to music. I used to play the piano,
but now I don’t have time enough. I'm learning English because
I need it for my job. My speaking is OK, but I want be
English
better at writing. Thave to write letters and email
and I make often mistakes. =
Next summer I’m going to go to the USA for do a finance course.
© Write a similar paragraph about yourself, where you live, your work and / or studies,
your hobbies, and why you are learning English
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- Grammar present simple and continuous
© Circle the correct form of the verbs.
NoeMt !What do you study are you studying)?
victor Political Science.
NoeMt *Ido/ I’m doing Social Anthropology. Where
2do you come / are you coming from?
victor I’m from Coimbra, in Portugal.
Noemi How many hours of classes ‘do you have / are you
having a day?
victor “It depends / It's depending on the day, but usually
four. (Do you go/ Are you going to the party tonight?
Noe! 7Do you mean / Are you meaning the one for new
students? I can’t, because *Ineed / I'm needing to get
organized tonight. *I move / 'm moving to a rented
flat tomorrow.
victor Where !do you live / are you living at the moment?
NOEMI "I stay I’m staying in a bed and breakfast.
victor What "do you do / are you doing on Sunday
afternoon? If you 'Swant / are wanting, we could meet
and look around the city.
NoeMt I meet / I’m meeting some friends in the afternoon.
What about Sunday morning?
victor Fine, Where shall we meet?
‘Complete the dialogues with the correct form of the verbs:
8
present simple or present continuous.
DRIVER So, What !_aze you doing (do) here in Chicago, mister?
Man 1? (visit) some clients.
Driver Where are you from? You * (not mind) me
asking, do you?
MAN Notaatall. From Inchon, in Korea.
DRIVER Good place to be! Me, I'm from Idaho. How long
+ (stay) here?
MAN Three days. 1° (go) home on Saturday.
DRIVER OK. Hey, _ (like) steak? ?__
(know) where the best steak in all of America
‘ (come) from? That's right Idaho!
POLICEMAN What? (do) here?
JosH Nothing. Why?
POLICEMAN. We ask the questions here.
Jost We '® (wait) for someone.
POLICEMAN Where}! (live)?
JosH 151 Churchill Road.
POLICEMAN. What are your names?
Jos I'm Josh and he’s my brother, We
: (not do) anything illegal, are we?
POLICEMAN. (carry) any form of identification?
30st Yes.1@____(have) my driving licence.
6 (want) to see it? Here!
POLICEMAN It! —
jos Does it? Oh yes,
ay) Dean Allen on this licence.
's my dad's,
2cy Grammar past tenses
© Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets: past
simple, past continuous, or past perfect.
My exam nightmare
stomach, I knew that I”
going to fail
When [eft home it?
and there was a lot of traffic. 14
6
___(ever / give) us.
°
10
paper and quickly passed it to me.
I!_woke up _ (wake up) on the morning of
the maths exam with a horrible feeling in my
study) enough the night before and that I was
(arrive) five minutes late and the exam
__(already / start). Isat down
quickly and looked at the questions, 1
_ (not can) answer any of them!
It was the most difficult exam the teacher
8 _(sit) next to one of my
friends called Sophie and I could see that she
____ (write) very quickly, She was
‘great at maths. Suddenly I had an idea. 1
(look) at the teacher, Mr Everitt.
He" ___ (stand) by the window and
he |? (not look) at us. I wrote a
message on a piece of paper and !3
(throw) it to Sophie. It said ‘I need help?
Sophie # (already / finish) the
exam. She copied the answers on a piece of
‘The following day Mr Everitt }5
(call) us both to his room. We saw that he
16 (hold) my exam paper, and
Sophie's, too. He told us that we !”
(both / fail) the exam, We
(write) exactly the same answers for every
question, including several wrong answers.
© Cover the text and try to remember the story.
143ME ranma future forms |
@ Circle the best answer. Sometimes two
144
answers are possible.
1A 2
B Tomorrow, My flight is in the morning,
@ When will you leave
© When are you leaving
© When are you going to leave
2A You must bring the money tomorrow.
B Don't worry,
a I'm not forgetting
b I'm not going to forget
¢ Iwon't forget
3 A Do you have any plans for tonight?
B Yes,
a I'll meet some friends
b I'm going to meet some friends
¢ I’m meeting some friends
4A The interviews for the new manager were
yesterday.
B Ithink
a Bob is getting the job
b Bob is going to get the job
© Bob will get the job
5 A This suitcase is too heavy for me.
Be —
a Pllearry it for you
b P'm carrying it for you
¢ I'm going to carry it for you
6 A What would you like to drink?
a Tl havea cappuccino, please
b I'm going to have a cappuccino, please
¢ I'mhaving a cappuccino, please
7 A Here’s my email address.
B Thanks. tomorrow.
a I'm going to send you the photos
b I'm sending you the photos
¢ Tlsend you the photos
8A this weekend?
B No, have to work on Saturday.
a Are you going to go away
b Will you go away
© Are you going away
9 A England are playing Brazil tomorrow.
BImsure___
a they'ILlose
b they're losing
€ they're going to lose
10 A My train arrives at 2.15.
BOK,___by the information
desk.
a Til meet you
b I’m going to meet you
¢ I'm meeting you
11 A What time does the film start?
B Idon't know. phone the
cinema and check?
a Will
b Am1 going to
© Shall [
12 A Do need to bring an umbrella?
B No, I don't think
a itrains
b itll rain
€ its going to rain
11-12 Excellent. You can use different
future forms very well.
7-10 Quite good, but check the rules in
the Grammar Bank (Student's Book
p-130) for any questions that you got
wrong
0-6 Thisis difficult for you, Read the
rules in the Grammar Bank
(Student's Book p.130). Then ask
your teacher for another photocopy
and do the exercise again at home.& Grammar present perfect and past simple
© Circle the correct verbs.
STEVE So, where shall we go for our honeymoon?
NaTaute I don't know. 'Have you ever(been)/ gone to
Thailand?
STEVE Yes, "I've been /I went there twice.
NATALIE I didn’t know that. When *have you been /
did you go there?
steve The year after I ‘have finished / finished
university.
NATALIE What about Vietnam?
steve I've already been / I already went there, too.
NATALIE. Yes? Who Shave you been / did you go with?
STEVE With an ex-girlfriend, But we only “have been /
went to Hanoi. Let’s go there.
NATALIE No, let’s go somewhere else.
© Complete the dialogues with the correct form of the
verbs in brackets: past simple or present perfect.
A | Have you taught (you / teach) English abroad
before, Mr Cooper?
B Yes, 1 (teach) from 2001 to 2003 in
Saudi Arabia, and 13 Gust / come back)
from a six-month job in Bahrain.
A How long‘ ___(you / be) a language teacher?
B For eight years, Before that 15 (be) a state
school teacher for two years.
A. Do you have any post-graduate qualifications?
BIS (start) a part-time MA at Aston
University two years ago, but [7__
(not finish) it yet
A How long® (you / be) married, Dave?
B Ten years. Anna and I” (have) our
anniversary last month
Where 1” (you / meet) Anna? At work?
No, we !! (go) to the same school. We
ma __ (know) each other since we were five
years old, What about you?
o>
A I'm divorced. 3 (get) divorced last year.
B How long (you / be) married?
A Only three years.
B So you're on your own now?
A Yes, but 15 (just / meet) someone new.
‘We're going out this weekend.
143oe Grammar present perfect continuous
© Complete the questions and answers with the
present perfect continuous or present perfect
simple and for or since.
1 A How long have they been playing together?
(they / play together)
B They ‘ve been playing together since
1985.
2A How long 2
(it/ rain)
Bit ——
yesterday morning
3A How long 2
(you / have that jacket)
B Let me think. 1 _
ten years.
How long 2
(he / work here)
B He
school.
How long 2
(they / be married)
6 A How long
(you / learn Russian)
BL
years.
three
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© Look at the pictures. What have they been doing?
Write present perfect continuous sentences.
been cooking
1 He's
2 Sorry I'm late
long time?
| a
3 You're filthy. What a
o>
4 I'm exhausted. all
morning
6 They
© Cover the sentences. Look at the pictures and
remember the sentences.OM corner future time clauses: if, when, etc. eee entama eres
@ Complete the emails with the verbs in the correct form: present simple,
imperative, or will+ infinitive,
S00
Time: 2305
Sender: Corinne
‘Subject: Final exams?
Hi Elena,
Hows it going? I'm studying hard, but | need a break. We could meet tomorrow night for dinner.1' ‘call
(call) you when I? ____ (finish) class tomorrow, OK?
Love, Corinne
aca saa asa ees T=
Time: 2507
‘Sender: Blena Q
Subject: RE: Firal eas!
Hi Corinne,
|'m studying too. My first exam is tomorrow afternoon. I'm really worried about it. OK for tomorrow night, but not too
early.1_____ (text) you when the exam * finish). |
Love, Elena |
jeee.
Time: 23.08
Sender: Corinne
‘Subject: RE: Final exams!
j
OK. (come) to my place as soon as you (can), We can phone for a takeaway pizza or |
something I
O68.
Time:7509
Sender: Elena
Subject REFnel exams
OK, but?_ (not phone) until? (get) there. might be lat. I've been thinking, i you |
s (be) free when all our exams (be) over in June, why don't we go away fora few days?
@68e Sa rf
Time: 2810 a
Sender: Corinne
Subject: RE: Final xamst
Great idea! But |" (not be able to) go away unless” _ (pass) all the exams! We can tak
aboutitwhen we” __ (meet) here tomorrow night.
e08..
Tine: 2531 0
Sender lena
Subject Fn xs
OK. Time to go back to work. If (not study) a bit more tonight, | © (not have) any
chance of passing biology tomorrow. See you tomorrow, and wish me luck!
151= Grammar_second conditional
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© Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in
brackets to make second conditional sentences.
1 1 wouldn't be (not be) so broke if]
spent (spend) abit less on going
out
211 (have) more money, I
— (can) travel next summer,
3 My parents (be) happier
iff (not go out) so much.
4 Maybe if | (share) a flat with
friends, I (get on) better with
my parents.
5 If (go) to bed earlier, 1
_____ (not be) s0 tired all the time.
6 Ifl (paint) my room white, then it
71 (feel) a lot better if1
81 (not argue) with my brother ifhe
all the time.
| 9 Ifmy girlfriend (not have to) work so hard, we
other more often,
Ifl_
things
10 (do) something with my life in
(improve).
© First or second conditional? Complete the sentences
(not look) so depressing
(go) to the gym more.
(not borrow) my things
(can) see each
stead of just thinking about it, maybe
with a verb from the list in the correct form,
canbe catch notdrive noteat_nothave look have _notreduce sce
1 Ifwe hurry, we'll catch the earlier train, It leaves in three minutes.
2 If it wasn’t so windy, we have lunch in the garden,
3 They'll never sell their house if they the price.
4 Ifyou James, tell him to phone me. I need to speak to him urgently.
3 If|______ you, I'd buy the black dress. It’s much more ‘you’
6 He won't pass his driving test if he a few more lessons.
7 If1____ more time, Pd do it myself.
8 1_____ to work if public transport was better in this town,
9 Gavin that soup if it has meat in it. He's a strict vegetarian
10 Your sister _ much better if she cut her hair a bit shorter.
152a Grammar usually and used to byes gem trmerarsinaert
ec
@ Look at the table and complete the sentences with a correct form of used fo or the present simple.
Occupation university students Nacho: journalist, Luciana: psychologist
Residence Buenos Aires, Argentina Barcelona, Spain:
Hopes and dreams g0 into politics that their son is happy and successful
Personality relaxed, quite lazy very worried about work: hard-working,
House shared a flat with other students | apartment, with 18-year-old son
Holidays hitchhiking | go to small apartment on the Costa Brava
Musical tastes pop and rock; Luciana: disco jazz, dassica, tango
Vehic bikes; Nacho: an old scooter ‘cars; son has motorbike
Clothes informal simile, but more expensive taste
Body type ‘slim: getting a bitioverweight
Food vegetarians omnivores:
Friends lots of fied just a few dse fiends
1 Nacho. works asa journalist. work
2 They in Argentina any more. not live
3 They of going into politics dream
4 They quite lazy. be
5 They _ about work not worry
6 They _ a flat with other students. share
7 They hitchhiking any more. not go
8 Luciana listening to jazz. not like
9 They bikes any more. not ride
10 Nacho an old scooter. ride
11 They more on clothes than before. spend
12 Luciana overweight. not be
13 They meat, but they do now. eat
14 They lots of friends. havea Grammar reported speech Sc ea ee
© Read the journalist's interview. Then complete her report with the bold verbs in the correct tense,
JOURNALIST Dr Makele, now you said recently in New York that big
changes are necessary if we want to avoid a global
catastrophe, What changes were you thinking off
DRMAKELE Well, firstly, we ‘cannot continue to use up the world’s
natural resources at the present rate. Secondly, the richer
countries ‘will have to allow developing countries to export
more. And thirdly, we ‘are going to have to devote more
resources to fighting diseases such as AIDS.
JOURNALIST And how ‘can this be done, Dr Makele?
DRMAKELE Well, ‘I've just come from a top-level meeting in Mexico
City and there we ‘agreed on a series of proposals to take to
next month’s G8 meeting in Berlin, I “hope the richer nations ‘will agree to help
eliminate poverty in the next 20 years. At the same time, we *must promote
responsible government in the developing world.
‘Dr Paul Makele of the United Nations told me that we ' could not continue to use up the world’s
natural resources. He said that rich countries 2 allow developing countries to export more.
He added that we 3 have to devote more resources to fighting AIDS.
When | asked him how *__ be done, he said that he > from a top-level meeting in
Mexico City where they ®_ on a series of proposals to take to next month's G8 summit in Berlin.
Dr Makele said that he? __the richer nations ® to help eliminate poverty in the next
20 years. He said that we? promote responsible government in the developing world.
© Write some other questions journ:
sts asked Dr Makele in reported speech.
roped 1 The BRC asked Dr Makele
7px gemprmrprgectg| 2 Fox News asked him
OD dgpeens "” | 3 RIVE asked him
Ral} 4 RAL asked him _ -
© Complete the reported imperatives / requests using asked or told.
‘Can you put your seatbelts on, please? 1 The pilot us
2 She her boyfriend ——t
Don't worry, Toni. Alex is only a friend. because Alex was only friend.
Can you slow down, please? 4 He his friend __
Please don't tell anybody. 5 My friend me _ anybody.a Grammar passive: be + past participle Deny neal Fie chars Benkc nestot ee:
_/Liammar_passive: be + past participle |
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© Complete the sentences by putting the verbs into the correct passive tense.
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Did you know.
© The country with the smallest film industry is leeland, where
only three films are made _ every yer. (make)
© More than 26,000 costumes inthe 1963 film
Cleopatra (use)
© inthe near future more fms
than atthe cinema. (see
@ hemos med characteris Sherlock Holmes. Unt now
‘more than 200 different films about him,
(make)
© Spielberg's film The Color Purple for 11 Oscars
in 1985, but didn’t win any. (nominate)
@ Macaulay Culkin $4.5 million dollars for his
role in Home Alone in 1990. (pay) This was a record for a
child at the time,
@ “he director Stanley Kubrick died while his film Artificial
Intelligence (make). Spielberg__to
finish the film. (ask)
© When the actress Marilyn Monroe died of a drugs overdose in
1962, many people believed tha she by the
CIA (murder)
© Over 300,000 extras for the crowd scenes in
the film Gandhi. (use)
© Atthis very moment, thousands of films all
lover the world. (make)
© Active or passive? Circle the correct form.
Films to collect on DVD
The Piano '(won)/ was won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes
Film Festival in 1993. It “directed / was directed by Jane
Campion, and it starred Holly Hunter and Harvey Keitel.
It set / is set in New Zealand in the 19th century, and is
about a Scottish woman, Ada, who ‘sends / is sent there by |
her parents to marry a local man. She only “takes /is taken H
two things with her: her daughter and her piano. Ada
| | never “speaks / is spoken, and has a very unhappy time
| | with her new husband, who is a violent man. Ada "falls /
is fallen in love with a neighbour and finally she *rescues /
is rescued by him from her husband, and in her new life
she “learns / is learned to speak again. The unforgettable
soundtrack ‘wrote / was written by Michael Nyman, and
millions of copies of the CD '"have sold / have been sold
|_| allover the world.
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