forms; like as if, and as though f 1 Complete the conversation withthe correct fom, the verbs in parentheses. ithe sun. don't want to talk to anyone peard, I'm feeling more relaxed now. ou're happy. ‘ening, I quick decisio :with action or state verbs ent with action or state verbs to talk about things that are about regular routines. to music to relax. time with a good book. people 2 havi (hav rent Communication ate, want, prefer, need styles? ¥ r Ins: know, believe, remember, forget, understand, think, feel, B Maybe. Some peopl lect, agree, suppose, doubt, mean than others. And my mom sess), exist, seem, appear, belong, own, matter hands a lot. look, feel, hear, smell AMymom 5 he A ¥ she § \\K\- (like) talking uous with action verbs C Hey! We're in a library! | 7 tinuous to talk about things that are happening now and Concentrate! ry. A Sorry! We ® Ta\'\n4_(talk) about communi way. NOT eome!n-on- my way. CIt® Sounds (sound) interesting, but 20 ) Bout the week (hurry) to finish this essay! continuous with always to talk about things that happen 2 Complete the sentences with always and the simple lings that are annoying, present or present continuous form of the verbs in criticizing me! Why are you always interrupting her Parentheses. ink, have, and feel, can be both action and state verbs, with 1 Youre Kell) me what to do! Let me decide for ien they are action verbs, we use the present continuous, but Ube sy , 'bs, we use the simple present 2 My mother J (give) me g60d advice when! ing a course in communication skills. (the action of thinking = fave apmbien r 3 Why t _you (copy) my unique personal style. (an opinion = state verb) TrmeworK? Dontyou new thats cled chest 4 Myneighbor ¢vé ) my plants whe I'm th adjectives, nouns, and clauses ie i 5 be x rk on tir bs taste, sound, look, feel, and smell, we usually use lke ane a foras though before a clause he an f refrigerator without asking onderful! (adjective) n) 3 Choose the correct options to complete the is fo break up. (clause) PS lish, we sometimes use lke before a clause. We do not use 2 What a mess! Itooks as if looks a tornado has hit ech and writing. As though is a litle more formal than as if 2 Ikseems is seeming lke 2 good idea to include ly at you. (informal) Roberto on our team. cen is 3 This sweater feels /is feeling so soft. hoa ee 4 Dinner smells really good./ well. Whatis it? Peter oi cores verbs. 8 They think I're thinking about getting a dog 6 Please call an ambulance! I think this man has /is_ ‘having a heart attack! sei 7 Your vacation sounds as / like an adventure! 8 | live | ‘m living with my aunt and uncle this year. 4.Go back to page 41 s1 were aleady having unch 2° Hurt myse afew times before yesterday peothe party, Lori had already left jofbreakng up, but Amy decided 0 doit us up, but itfirs scontinuous to describe the background eve iontinuous to describe an action that wae en a atratve, We Was in progress when a were dancing atthe party. (background event) When Amy came up and said helto, acti simple past with state verbs, but we c. be both action and state verbs, Nn in progress) € Use the past continuous t but we were thinking of selling it when and while to connect past events, fwas waiting for my brother, ! gota phone call — nmay mean “in the moment when’ or “during the time when dinner when the bell rang, = in the moment when the bell an fas eating dinner, the bell rang. = during the time when | was : ‘perfect to describe an action or state that happened before another st. yup when | started to feel sick. ct past events with by the time or before where one verb is in the ito school, everyone had finished the exam. took off, we'd already t when the sequence of events is clear, we can often use the past ple past. ite to Bill, and soon after, | got an answer. (First, | wrote. Then | got en on the runway for two hours. t continuous fect continuous to describe the background events in a narrative. y heavily for several hours st perfect continuous to describe an action that was in progress jon happened. sleeping for only a few minutes when she heard a loud nois ated, I'd been studying English for six years. 4 Go back to page 45 Choose the correct ieee ‘options to complete the . the seed wes wating torus when we red at 2 We'd been dying | 0 died to see the new movie for ‘weeks by the time we finally had seen / saw it. 3 Henry had been feeling /felta litle depressed, so he decided | was deciding to take a vacation. 4 | was owning / owned a.great apartment in aly ight by the sea 8 Had your brother not realized | Had your brother not been realizing that it was an expensive restaurant? 6 While | had talked J was taking to some friends, someone tapped was tapping me on the shoulder. 7 By the time Anna joined / was joining us for dinner, we hhad eaten | ate most of the food. 8 When I met 7 was meeting Mike in person. it elt / was feeling asif| was knowing / had known him my whole life! Complete the conversation with past narrative tenses Use the verbs in parentheses. A You're not going to believe what *_ (happen) to me a few days ago! B What? Jo A __ (win) the lottery? ANo, but while] Wn te d (wait forthe bus, 1 wes tC! Reet) someone amazing, He 5 Jak Sng Hake) the sarne bus as me many times before, but] & dont 6 thot notice) him until then, B So... Don'tstop thera A Well |7W)as_SX*"andfat the bus stop, and | Sigs tht {eRink) about my day at work . Then when, 19was 10°") around, 14° LAS (see) this really good-looking guy. He ** “Yrx@aA _ (try) to make eye contact and kept looking in my direction He #2 s (seem) to want to talk to me. B And now you're engaged! ‘A Well, not exactly! But yesterday, while (walk) to the bus stop, he #4 (O0a? (come) up to ime, and 15 sAvSlé¢* (ask) me out. He #6_yj0.t rlv\4) (wait) for ten minutes for me to walk by! And this time, I think it’s going to be the real thing! (33 \ Jatch sentences 1 el Give me a hug enand check, oe jm the way to the rest i asked him restaurant, he f zi lst shrugged im shaking ulders. 'gged Sie res ny head because | don't know the answer. K mecneor me ures | ase my voice ( Shook hands because we don't know each other mawesow Nike Waving a Us, he winked & b crt E ae sit my mother, | always kiss her on the cheek. a Fete shoulder to get ny stem : Pans staring atm om across the room Hes ying ee ‘ention, ‘o make eye contact. ic heasked her f she wanted coffee she nodded a and Was gazing at the stars last night. They were beautiful in eas ight. They were beautiful Ww she was annoyed with me because she Was frowning, £ thebentences with the expressions jf the box. Use the correct verb tenses/and make any other necessary changes, ‘ap someone on the shoulder z Hl shakeyourhead wave’ give someone a hug ied Ann where her dad was, butshe ust Dh ya_youre ~~ itwas obvious specie tnen falitle boy, | always used to kiss my parents good ight and glue Someone “BBtore! Nent (Obed eo Keith if he agreed, he didn't say anything Hejast__.0 a his head up and down. business world, you can tell alot about someone's character simply by how the person Shake hand.Swith you Peyote od me the news, | said, “No way!” uf pea dtrom sideto side and Shake ou las sandng with his back tome, sol Tap —Sormtone On the Shovlder i. sther said. good-bye to Grandpe, Lucy’ my mo ‘ ig wale —_* cathe audience won't be abletoRearyouUIESSYOU alee _your Vare poiders 4Go back to page 40Compound adjectives 5.4 Put the words in the box in the correct categories. Listen jand check. aged far-reaching forward-thinking highly respected life-changing middle- ‘| open-minded record-breaking slow-moving time-consuming well-educated | *| old-fashioned middle-29°9) | world-famous good-looking... S35 e4 |W 2 Ot ~ Ni 6 The experiment was a failure because we failed to follow instructions. copies. But, to me, it wa a It worked. and >, b It didn’t work. rae 7 lexpected the food to be better, but had to lower my expectations a It was as good as I'd hoped. ’b It wasn't as good as I'd hoped. ee 8 The service met my cH ‘a Itwas what | expected. It wasn't what | expected. ‘9 The play was a success. a People liked it People didn't like it 40 The movie was such a disappointment to my mother. aa She expected it to be better. 'b She expected it to be worse. 3 Complete the review with the correct form of the words in the boi Commercially speaking, 4Go back to page 44GRAMMAR: Prese. Lil i as though nt forms; like, as if, and 1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box Use each only once. There is one you do not need. YR amiocoa i, HAS, tninking Day fepiS 's feeling bx are,baving 1 Felipa__KMOU)_ worried right now because her dad is sick. 2 Gabriet_ WAM that classical music is boring. 3 We Ort ‘nauiig some problems at work right now. 4 Itsa difficult question but! _ eels _ the answer. 5 Renata may,come to the movies with us. She__LWMkS about it Aieh 6 Its Y)akhgas though it's getting colder. 7 On the weekends, they PLY _ volleyball on the beach. 8 My grandparents (1) Know more than thirty grandchildren now. 2 Use the prompts to complete the sentences with the simple present or present continuous 1 Lucia says that Daniel isn’t speaking to Pablo. (sound / as if / he / be / angry about something) 2 Hi, Julieta, Good to see you! (where / you / work / right now) 3 Don't touch that laptop. It (belong to / Victoria) 4 My grandpa has a smartphone, but (he / not understand / how to use it) 5 What is that vegetable? It (look / alittle like cabbage) 6 My brother plays the piano really well. He (practice / for three hours / every day) lo — it's annoying because she never asks (Mia / always / use / my pens) because she has a new job in Chicago. (Rafaela / learn English) VOCABULARY: Body language and communication i 3 Match sentences 1-6 with a-f. x Alejandro had to raise his voice, Pablo frowned Matias gazed at the painting Diego winked at me. Juan Pablo stared at the photo. Emmanuel waved at me. pS ae aurons hy a [twas absolutely beautiful. b He knew | would find the situation funny, too. ¢ He wanted to get my attention d._Itwas very noisy in the room. fe He knew the woman in it. f The letter contained news he did not want to hear 4 Complete the missing words in the sentences, 4 When larrived at the party, he k OW) me on the cheek. 2 He introduced me to his friends, and we all SOMe hands. 3. When | asked her if she spoke English, she now 4 When | asked him if he had broken the window, he sone his head. 5. She looked very unhappy and refused to make eye c with me 6 The old man just SAU. his shoulders when she asked him if there was a hotel nearby. 7 As\was getting off the train, someone (QP ped me on the shoulder. 8 When he met his daughter at the airport, he gave hera big hav ina PRONUNCIATION: /a/ 5 ©p5i) Read the sentences aloud. Pay attention to the /a/ sound in as. Listen and repeat. 1 It looks as if we've missed the bus. 2. Tom sounds as though he's disappointed. 3. Do you feel as if we're being unfair? 4. | feel as though I'm in a dream. 5. Those animals look as if they're hungry. 6 Itsounds as if you need some help.the correct options to complete the ances, wanted to tell them my news, but |_l for the right moment. a wait b was waiting © had waited 2. | knew she was disappointed with her test results, and I could see that she_ ©. a cried bhadcried —_¢ had been crying 3 Luisa was surprised when |_'>_ her the letter. a showed —_b wasshowing _¢ had showed 4 He went online and CX a ticket for a trip to Paris. a booked _ b had booked —_¢ had been booking 5 [had no idea that Jack © _ to China before. a was going b had been c_had been going 6 We realized that she 6 _ for months to protect her friend alie b was lying ¢ had been lying 7 When | went to get my passport out, | realized that | it. a lost b had lost ¢ had been losing 8 |_Q\_abath when someone rang the doorbell. a took b was taking c had taken Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses Last Saturday,14_qQeeS (go) with a group of friends to our friend David's apartment, It was his birthday, and we ® Wankeb. (want) to plan a surprise party. He wasn't there because he> \ (play) soccer, as he always did ‘on Saturday evenings. However, his mom 4 Qi M a (give) us a key to his apartment, so We wentin and >__A\O. (get) everything ready Pesan There was so much food - we § Pre PQs _ (prepare) it all day! When David came home he was so shocked. He 7 clot have (not have) any idea about our plans before. There was lots of music and dancing, and we ®_ \nav@ (have) a great time when we suddenly noticed that David 9 LOM (fall) asleep. He © cun\ng (run) around so much at his soccer practice, he was exhausted! ae VOCABULARY: Expectations © 3 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box, 1 Unfortunately, the hotel didn't pate expectations. This restaurant is ust what the area needs. 'm sureix will a success. fe flowers are for my new boyfriend's mom. | want to a good first impression! «4 Apartments 4re really expensive here, You may have to_MtoX _ your expectations, 5 With a fantastic performance lke that, you can't Jow-ee _towin the competition! 6 Ifyou don't take this opportunity, you won't ROME a second chance. 3 Thes® A. complete the second sentence to mean the same as the first. Use a noun or a verb from the same family as the underlined word 4 My parents are very proud of me, so | don't want to disappoint them. | don't want to be ll to my parents because they're very proud of me 2. Imet my brother's new girlfriend, and she made a good impression on me. My brother's new girlfriend really me when we met. 3 Ifthe business succeeds, we'll all become rich. Welll all become rich if the business is _ 4. What expectations did you have when you took the job? What did you _ when you took the job? 5 He was very upset when he failed to get on the team He was very upset by ___ get on the team, 6 | wasn't at all impressed by the hotel. The hotel bad ____onme, PRONUNCIATION: Stress in narrative tenses 5 ©B54 Underline the stressed syllable in the verb in each sentence, and then read the sentence aloud. Listen and check. 1 They'd seen the man somewhere before. 2 The children were jumping up and down 3 The police had been searching for evidence. 4 She had given him all the relevant documents. 5 We'd been expecting her to call 6 My mother was planning to quit her job.WAITING: Making a narrative interest esting An uneraccton 1 About this time last yar exhausted, Alex. Why don't on for e : rie true that I had been working v aA eh looked in the mirror, 1 ariaeceet te I decided u astic However, when we eventually arrived atthe resort, we had a huge Tm sony.” th 18" the receptionis ‘our hotel said, “but the only snow is atthe top of th rn cha ti hie nthu! sf reriigeene idde tL could Fee 5 sure the vacation would bea disaster ing I orice a sign in the hotel advertising salsa classes. I danced before, but w the vas nervous because Td n [anxiously opened the co go skiing. As time went on, Utealzed I had found an activity 1 absolutely loved When I got home, I found a local elas, and I've been ryone fe made ut we hadn't gotten very far when th ner nd it started to get cold and foggy. nick that we could hardly see an at we became less and less ut the climb, There didn't seem to be much couldn't ything at the top, However, when the mountain, the fog pea a picture postear pea again t about an experience that didn't t s you nt narrative tenses and time linker. ons, pl ns, and direct speech to make your st tingPrat 3 BLOG PODCASTS ABOUT CONTACT Se Ee Pai nces LISTENING READING 1 @SB Listen to the podcast and number a-fin the 4 Read Daniel's blog on next page and choose the t best summary. order that you hear them (1-6). ‘a He would like to become a better person in general ‘a smiling when you shake someone's hand b He would like to make more friends and generally b anarticle Sam read on handshakes ¢ the two-handed handshake d_ Tom saying that Sam shook his hand e how hard you should squeeze the other be more sociable. ¢ He would like to be better at telling jokes. OAwe 2 are the sentences true (7), false (F), or doesn't say person's hand (08)? £ the peaceful origin of the handshake e 1 Daniel blogs regularly on a variety of 2 OBS Listen again and choose the correct subjects, a options. 2. Daniel shares a home with at least one ther person. 4 Samis thinking about handshakes because Sa ee Tc ‘a she has recently written an article about shaking 3 Daniel sometimes goes out with Charlie. ips hands. ae 4 Charlie is popular because he is good at b She has recently read an article about shaking listening to people. E hands. 5 Daniel's neighbor was pleased to see ¢ she has just shaken Tom's hand. him smiling more. 2 Originally, shaking someone's hand showed that 6 He tried telling people about his unusual. a you did not want to hurt the person. iene = b you knew the person. ae 7 He succ i ¢ you wanted to work with the person. He succeeded in listening more than age ent ciLOMvOe with the person talking at the party the previous night. E 3. Sam claims that 8 Using people's nam had a all handshakes are basically the same. wee Ce ee te b there are many different handshakes. amos ag ¢ there are two different handshakes. 9 He isn't looking forward to the pirate party. _F_ 4 The chief executive clearly thought 10 He hasn't prepared for the pirate party. a that people should shake hands more, 'b that the way someone shakes hands isn't important. ¢ that the way someone shakes hands is very important. 5 Sam says that when you shake someone's hand, you should a look at the person. b smile at the person, ¢ look at and smile at the person. 6 Tom says he never a shakes hands using both hands. b presses the other person's hand. shakes hands with anyone.