Discuss the: sass the following, Workin pairs orin groups 2 your three most favourite subjects at school? Why? Look at the article and choose the correct answers. can you read a blog like this? 2 Read the article and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). o blog about her summer holiday. ThE language is Spanish. iB / doesnt thinkheis good atlearning grammar. T/P’ andca watches films while she doesher homework. T/F./ s friends in another country. TE 3 Match the ideas with the people who mentic jon them. Som match with more than one person. ster 1 ase an English dictionary a N (Nicole) to music in English. b Ad(Adem) another country ¢ A(Alessandra) dL (Lupita) 3 a blog in English =, = 6 readalotin English _,— ee 2) Homeworu:! : things on the internet Do the Reading exercise on 5 a page 4 of your Workbook. YA § o Hi, everyone! I'm Nicole, and Gy] | ive in Paris, France. Nest A week is the start of the nev! J year, and here's my nev log! G Im looking forward to telling Gf youall about my life at school, @ athome and with my friends! Thad a fantastic summer, but I | now it’s time to get back to g I I L <\ e work. This is a big year for me and want to do very well. Vm very fond of learning languages, and | speak French (of course!), German, @ alittle Spanish and English | need to practise my English and that's why I'm viriting this blog. My teacher says <@ that reading and writing as much as you can in English, isa great way to learn more. I try to read a book in Englist every week, and| use a dictionary to help me with any words | don't know. An read articles on the interne in English about my favour bands and film stars! What about you? Ilove reading your comments, so tell us about learning English and share your tips for learning! 00 99999999i Hi, Nicole! Great blog! Ym Adem from Ankara, the capital of Turkey! Like you, I'm studying English and | read as much as I can, especially blogs like yours! 'm good at learning vocabulary, but I need. to work on my grammar - sorry if make any mistakes! My tip for learning new words is to use them soon after learning them. When you a use them yourself, they stick in your mind! ‘Welcome to my blog, Adem, and thanks forthe tio, SW Don't worry about mistakes —we all make them z # ‘and learn from them! Hello from Rome! I'm Alessandra. Here in Italy, ‘we work very hard at school and have to doa ot of homework. Personally, Ithink the secret to learning a language is hard work! When J, you do your homework, make sure you're in ‘quiet room and you can concentrate. Don't try to listen to music or watch TV at the same time! In your free time, why not wateh films in English? Turn the subtitles on or off—both can help you learn! Hi, Alessandra, and welcome tomy blog! Great Wg ideas! | agree that watching fims is a good idea, 7 ‘turn the subtitles off, then turn them on when I'm fot able to understand a scene. And don't forget that songs in English also help! Lupita rom Mexico City hert love your eghrm beginning to think that should do wen thing team English ina private roe are acheol and our teachers organise a aes English-speaking county every yest a ea asti way to practise, an you make Toes ofnow finds Avter the ip, wo sty in | ecnetrough emai-another great chanesto A practise! Lupita! 'd love to go to.an (a Than English speaking country and 'm sure thelps alot. Bf 2 Buea: Complete each se ich senten from the artic! help you. ice using a le Use the wordsinblto Chrisis not very g ond _/ at being quiet in class, 2 Canyou hey With this exercise, please? 3 Tmnot really as Pees ial siomgicucrwinanagee™ + in English yet. 4 Andres'snotvery foo eet read books in English, 7 mene 5. Areyou looking teensy / learning lots of new: lots of new things this year? rane’ year —— —tothink that English isnt that difficult, afterall! GQ Have your say! ‘© Which ideas from the blog fore: Englshdoyoulike? © Doyouhave other ideas for learning and practising? "FQ nomevorx: Doexercises 1, 2and3 on page 5 of your Workbook.Py = Es ey Fy & 8 2 = Grammar 1 Present simple and present continuous © Look at Grammar database 1 pages 175-176 before you do the exercises. 1 choose the correct form of the verb. 1 Our English lessons usually Iast/ are usually lasting / about an hour, 2 This week we revse/ wee revising what we di las year.” 3 They work out / They're working out the school timetable / at the moment, 4 Good teachers never shout /arenever shouting. / at their students. 5 My dad always tells/ is always telling me to work harder _// at school“ It’s so annoying! 6 The end of term gets /is getting closer and closer! 7 Alison does work / work hard, actually. 2 Putthe verbs in brackets in the correct form, present simple or present continuous. Be careful with the position ofthe adverbs. 1 Diana A (sometimes forget) to do all het homework 2 a exercise at the nfoment 3. Thestudents_2°" wt stating _* (just start) to get to knoweach other.” / 4 Ourteacher_2iacst Soils (always tell) usa joke at the beginning ofthe lesson. 5 Our English tests 4 (get) harder and harder! 6 Learning new vocabulary hard work. uA __ (often take) alot of Listening ‘L Match the icons to the subjects. 4d science o8 4% e computerstudies h af PE (physical education) % a art \ history Le geography music maths ‘Qeeeeee 3 write questions using the notes. Look % at the blog on pages 8-9 agi find the answers to the questions. 1 what /Nicole read / every week 1Q e / ashe oo 2 what / Nicole / writ te / practise English wv a Q ADEs Seat 4 wrt Aach ulesey ot Qe at faker 1 7 eee lez J nomeworxt Doexercises 1,2,3,4and5on pages 5 and 6 of your Workbook. We sav nL enetnbn nanan: ooo anne2 © 1.02 Listen to part ofa radio show. 3 © 1.02 Listen again and complete each For each speaker, write the country they sentence with a word or short phrase. 1 e froman\ 001 5 3 ee 1 What does Ganika say about maths? Fy enjoy the most. y at 2 1 Ganika Ws Fi] From: 2 What does Eugen say about history? 8 Favourite subject: _e We Le 2 Eugen 3. What does Valeriya say about French? From: Bums Wevicy octet, / Favourite subject: — = 4. What does Dirk say about English? See Wseacy 7 3 Valeriya From Favourite subject; : "2 Homeworn: 4 Dirk / Dothe Listening exercise on page9 From: nd of your Workbook. Favourite subject: DICTIONARY CORNER 1 subject a series ofllessons in a subject 2 teson b aperiod ofrest between lessons at school 3° course, Ke the studying of something again, often before an exam, etc 4 break X\ Sa. something you lean at school, uch as mathe . 5 timetable\\e a document written bya teacher absiata students progress 6 report _/“f _ashort period of timé in which you study a subject 7 revision “ Sg aschedule/programme of lessoiis;courses, etc 2 Complete the advertisement with the correct form of the words from exercise 1, Study German in Germany at The Munich School of German © one- and two-week. Summer__coycses Sone: and two forall ELSI on classes for students about to me © fun, varied le a ‘morning, trips and sports every afte eu oi © ten-minwte Mateo tc ower ha every hour '_.. ue mornlag Progress given at end The Munich School of German bringing the : —Subrect of German to life! fi nomeworn: Do exercises 1 and 2 on page 7 of your Workbook. ' Ny ws o(Q Grammar 2 Stative verbs © Look at Grammar database 2 page 176 before you do the exercises. DOr | 1 Tick) the correct sentences, Put across (x) next to those that are incorrect. Tim having a headache at the moment. . Fiona is really liking her new German teacher, u 3. I want you to do exercise 3 on page 36 now. 1 Nina isnot being here today, - 5 Jim, you're being silly! : 6 Whatare you thinking about? 7 Itis seeming its the end of the lesson, 2 complete the school report. Put the verbs into the present simple or the present continuous. Name Darren williams 4 Year og Subject Geography a {_ (be) very pleased that Darren ioe (Gee) to be enjoying geograg mach move ths term and (3) usin tn thal, 6n the whole, he has worked hard in class. He says that be (4)_Litces " (ike) the book we (5) 2:5_dsto | (do) in lass at the moment This (6)__*s. (be) positive. However, 17) —ws20 | (emphatic: want) him io ‘pend a lot mare time on hi homework from now on He (8)_NasNieves ! believe) he (9)_ 2 (aot need) to spend very long working on his own at home and that is not true. Without serious study, 1(10)_Saw's™ " (doubpy het cdo very well in the exam at the end ofthe year, / 1(11)_Koous IF (know) he (12)s_thiove ton (think) about becoming a musician wben he's older, and © 1(13)—sass\s_|___ (wish) hie every success, but be hae to understand that, without any academic ulations, he may have serious problems in later if, {8 soundstation 1 G9 1.03 tisten.canyouhearthe difference between the words in each pait? pill /peel ship/sheep arin/ green lid lead filling / feeling chick /cheek 2 G 1.04 Listen to the sentences and circle the words you hear. Wheres the pill peel? Look at that ship / sheep! “That nice grin / green ‘Where did you put the lid /Tead? ‘What fantastic flling/ feeling! Lookat her chicks / cheeks. | said itwould be niceto go somewhere on a SHIP! ff Homeworu! Doexercises 1, 2,3,4and5 on pages 7and 8 of your Workbook. IARAAMAMOAMREREEEOHHHHAAD AM OMMFIFSIES® € 0.0000 9.99.9.9 099808> Speaking | ) ) 1681.05 Listentoaninterview with teenage gil and answer the questions 4 9 1 Docs shegiveone word answers? yesino / o @ 2 Docssheahanepeakin floes? jaime A © S_Doesshe use ‘Well'and ‘OW’ to start some ofher answers? yes/no ct : FY > 2 Answerthe questions about yoursel 3B sn pars. askand answer thequestionsin Make short notes. exercise2and make notes of your partner's ain What time do you getup on school days? answers.Then report back to the class. » > Howdo you usually ‘get to school? 23. Whats your favourite subject? Why? Phrase Bank! Q "$4 Whatdo you usually do at the weekends? 5 How often do you have English lessons? Well usually get up at 6 Are you reading any books at the moment? My favourite subject's probably 37 What do you want to do when you leave school? 5 you vo aad |p Use your English! > Read the article and choose the correct \4 answer A,B,CorD to completeit. Et 1A reports B lessons courses y 2 A watching B looking — C seeing 3A subject timetable C revision rf 4 Awith ——B for C to 5A for B of Con 4 6 Aon B to Cat 37 A eport —B timetable ¢revson Lg ® Abate B hating hates. FB 9 Rtodo—Btodoing do & 10 A report —B break revision 3 a your partner definitely. We have English lessons three times/ twice/etca week. "haven't really decided yet what i want to dowhen leave school, but maybe tl ‘© See Speaking database on page 174, How to Survive School! / You know the: feeling! You've, already had four (1) today and Tow itstwo otlock ona D breaks Wednesday afternoon, ancl You're really not D viewing (2) 16 forward to the next one. Its the (3) -2you ane / hate, Perhaps it’s ‘maths, which: ‘you've never ‘been a yerygnod() L... Or perhaps it’s French, and ‘you're re t fe (5) 2 2 wit its Rewara ters ae Wise D with life alittle easier! meni yor D subject © Dont sulferin silence! Tel, t Your teachers h D arehating you feel and they'l find waystohelpyou D doing (6) <1 any problems, Diesson® {okt your (7) Loto see which days ofthe ! ( feckmight make you fel depressed the roe Z24 (8) ison Wednesday plan up totl '¢ cinema on Wednesday evel Ses y evening to cheer © [yeu are beginning (9)_& badly ina subject! thinkabout doing some (10) <1 eos Stellbehard / yrork but you mightlike the subjectalitie ‘more ifyou can understand the| lessons! Good luck! eY writing Paragraphing 1. Look at the different parts ofthe letter. Put them in theright order. ‘Anyway, I better go now, ‘Maun wars ee to help wth 1 5 EH ey ‘° & s 3 = Aa dale 6 = 2 < anaes the housework before | do any a ao a homework. Take care, Ponna, 3S cand stay in touch! 9 Penny Lats of lov, o* Is strange having to wear a sche : schoo! Uniform it's the fist tie (ve ever o* orn one, We have to wear a blue Thanks for your letter. 1 was ‘skirt and a white blouse. If it's cold great to hear from you! fm really we also have a blue sweater. | quees glad your dog's much better now. (1 get used to it At least I don't have to decide what fo wear in the morning! © well, today was my first day mY @: new schoo. I's called Parkingbarn Comprehensive School and there Pane re over a thousand students here is very big! Actually, it seems 4 rice place. The Ris in my class re very friendly. "ve made one friend 2 Match each part of the letter with its purpose. to far~a gel called Alison, who Part Purpose {it net to an French. She's really ‘cool and she helped me find ry Te a tocontinue with your news and or, D tomention their last letter and something in it, " StEuee togive a reason for ending the letter Pypanee d to greet the person you're writing to Stoo © to express ove gyae f togive your main news 3 Match to make correct statements about paragraphs. 1 Each paragraph in aletter— a. tellsuswhatit’s about. 2 You should never write letter D_ gives us more details and examples. 3 Whenyoustartanewsubject, you ¢_ as one long paragraph. 4 The first sentence ofa paragraph often d__ should start a new paragraph. 5 The rest ofa paragraph often — should havea clear purpose. FQ nomeworx: Do exercises 1, 2and 3 on page 9 of your Workbook. ab eae AAHAAMHHMT89NEHH9BDHOO298 2989808228880 92592888 Be6648856686 3 Make a plan in Composition Planner 1 on page 152. FEDS S SSS SSS Informal letter F LL ead the letterand answerthe questions. bi rs 1 Who wrotetheletter? ery Adam, 5 2 Whois he writing to? Modo 4 How’ going? thanks. lot for your postcard A 3. Underline all the short forms (eg haven, does) ae like you hada grea ae Stara Well ES a in the letter. nt back to school today = f~ for the first de i <% 4 Underline one example ofan incomplete term Boring! tcan't Belov how ere the winter 2 sentence. bolidays wert Actual ws’ ten bc Tears 2. What will you mention about your penfriend’s letter Rin the first main paragraph? ® 3 Howwas your first day back at school? your first day back at s “® 4 Whatnews do you have about your first day? Buomewor 5 What other news do you have? detenaanerjaicten 6 Why do you have to stop writing? Write between 120 and 150 7 What expression(s) will you write above your name? ssid Whe jeu teach 8 What name will you write at the end? has commented on your letter, write the final version.Discuss the following, Work iy pairs or in groups © Devon believe in ghostar © How would you tel Lyon sayy a ghost beevetteaiete) slo Hyon save a shoal oy he oan we © Whatwoubly seri 7 Reading \: \ LD Road the articte quickly and natch each of the stories Ayith picture ad 2 Road the articleagain and choose the best heading for each ol the stories 1a, 1a Was it the Moors 1p) A visitor trom another planet © Aplane ora helicopter? 2 aA trighte bb Anenjayable experience inary experience nyegperience © Ano }) A plane full of ghosts b_ Unknown ghosts © Many withes 4 a Who decided to stay? b When did they return? (©) Where did they go? eee e arr ase Ils A STRANGI WORLD! in It’ a otxange world! oun Learievs roporber Fiona Tyler tnyoutigates cour caves of woird and unexplained true storkes ¢rom North Amersoa+ pet omen Ident of the USA Ihamy Carter Weird (Unkdent Lied Flying Object)? He Teall happened back 1n 1969, Governor of Goorgla. He wa © € € € € with ten ather people for an @ é € € e220: Min wook says te did vation Carter wa walting outside pvening weoting to begin bright object appeared Carter says At was glowing red tas ehrcular in shape, As the people Minding there amazed, 1t moved Lo then moved further away, came back again, and timenly disappeared. Carter officially reports @ UL sighting to the US government. Some eee ty, however) that alt he actual y@ fanet Venus. What do you think? when suddenly a very In the sky above them, and green and to ther aw was the pl king of seeing strange things An America, you don’t get much stranger than this! In Toga, seventeon-year-old Christopher Davis vias changing a tyre on his car on a road tn south carolina when he saw something very Tange running toxards him across a field. He | gp Jumped into his car and locked the door but oe =e | : Completeeach : i the article 2 S2Mtence using a word from HP Plot Bob Loft was fying Eastern Airhines (1 Thats odel Flight_4@i when it crashed in Florida in T'm sure my pen was here 1972. Loft, Flight Engineer Don Repo and 12 Wwasrealye en eo mina fitvety-nine others died in the crash. Not ust sbout fn. 1 was long after the accident, on more than 20 / 4 {pet$Poutto phone fil when she phone! a occasions, crew menbers and passengers on fobitacre ee ee other Eastern Airlines fights claimed to happened toall hosepaggrn Wonder what have sean the ghosts of Loft and Repo. On one / 4 TheUPO ewan nero Pe occasion, just before take-off, the captain and th anette tinates and two flight attendants saw and spoke t: 5 Thema nen vactsieo loft. They said he suddenly vanished before Magician justagersc ed ‘Geir eyes. The experience left them so : of nowhere. I don't oat kno) scared they cancelled the fight. On another“ 6 Iwouldnt beg. oc sno Meet he came from, occasion, Repo appeared on board a plane in J iflsay re = Pa front of three crew menbers, one of whom had / | SW @ghost Td be excited! | been a friend of Repos. Repo warned them was the most frightening to ‘Watch out for fre’. He then suddenly XG iene re disappeared. Later during the fight, afire / 8 Theincigyay /Veeverhad. did break out but luckily the crew managed ast three in occurred at half to land the plane safely. ein the morning \ And while we’re on the subject of people Suddenly disappearing, how about this odd 7 incident? In Novenber 1930,.a hunter from is Have your say! an Inuit village in northern Canada - the Inuit are also sometimes called Eskimos Do you think President Carter saw = said goodbye to his friends and family a UFO, the Moon, the planet Venus or y and went_off for two weeks’ hunting in something else? Why? + When he returned home, he Siscavered that the entire pope village, over 2,000 people, had c disappeared. Cooking pots were simmering gentiy on the stoves in the small huts they lived in, but there were no people left at Ithink President Carter (probably) saw... because... all. And there were no tracks or fore "3 Homewor 1 ‘leading aay ron the village. Aimesive search found no trace of the Eribe Do exercises 1,2and3 on page 11 fand no-one knows what happened to then. of your Workbook. Now isn’t that strange?!‘TheWeird andtheUnexplained INV Grammar 1 Past simple and past continuous base 3pages 177-178 before you do the exerci 3 put the verbsin brackets into the correct form, past ® Look at Grammar datal ‘L Look at the article on pages 16 and 17 and underline all the sentences which have both a verb in the past simple anda verb in the past continuous. Then find one example of the emphatic past simple. 2 Write the question and negative form 1 savea URO last week. 2° Bob Loft was flying the plane. 3. The people were standing there amazed. 4. Theghosts suddenly disappeared. 5. Itwas the planetVenus, 6 He was driving his car when he saw the creature. Puomeworn: Do exercises 1, 2,3 and 4 on pages 11 and 12 of your Workbook Listening ‘L Lookat the pictures. What are the different places? simple or past continuous, to complete the story. dmother (1) 2:9 (have) avery. Last year my a aweird experience, One evening, she (2) (ot / one at home in Glasgow watching TV. sudde nl she J ()_socacs)_ (hear) a strange noise outsi" she 7a) (go) to ee what it(5) 2222 — (be) When she (6) (open) the door, she (gee) a lovely large grey cat (have) (g) 2a wear) acollar that (©) —* i \tenameand a mobile phone number on it ‘Cassie ~ 67845473222 The cat (10) —© ‘2 (run) into the living room and (11) 22° 220(sit down). ‘The cat (12) 4 (look) hungry, so Grandma »(decide) to give it some foo (13) dee2ee ' (14) £28 (eat), Grandma (15) calle? (call) the number “pello’ she (16) 22+" — (say). Tve gota cathere ‘called Cassie. sit yours?” yes!’ a man’s voice (17) © 2 (reply). ‘Cassie (18) <2 22.8 (run away) three weeks a6 ‘Where are you?® My grandmother (19) +242 — (tell) where she lived. theman {don't believe it!’ said the man, ‘We lived in that house eight years ago. Cass 2 “Where do you live now?” ‘bout 600 kilometres away ~ in Plymouth!” asked my grandmother. fBuomeworx: Doexercises 1,2,3and40n pages 11 and 12 of your Workbook. 1d. While Cassie sie (20) 12122 (love) that house!2 © 1.07 Youare going totistento four friends talking about strange experiences they have had. As you listen, match each speaker with one of the pictures on page 18, There isone extra picture you will not need. Speaker 1 Speaker 2: Speaker 3 Speaker 4 3 © 1.07 Listen again. circe the correct answer to complete each sentence. 1 One explanation for Speaker 1's incident is that a hewentto the wrong place b time completely stopped © hewentbackin time 2 Speaker2’suncle when he described the fre. was out with his wife thought he was someone else © was finding out about history 3. InSpeaker 3 story, a Nick Rice secretly pushed the clock b no-one touched the clock € the clock broke because they looked atit 4 Speaker father was a lucky b careful © clever Deaton. A CORN 1 choose the correct words. 1 bewideasteep (awake) “2. be fast alee / awake 3 havea high fever] temperature takea shortway eut) °® inslow movement {motion 9 inadeep noise voice’ —10 bein big frouble/ problem 2 Complete the story using nine of the phrases above, Yourmay need to change the verb forms, ———and Thad a res SOD eres ere an wel yesterdayand,becauseT(1) ‘ Had to g0 tobed, ter about five ‘minutes, ally strange dream. In my dream, Iwas walking to school 1 i m as really at, so I decided 10(3)L00% through the woods. walked through the ‘woods (4) —— but the school still seemed to (5) Devon & in the distance. | decided to run but Trealised [couldn't run 1°27 auicky Teas ike [was running (6) SOY ike ina movie Thegan to panic. ‘Then Theard ‘my teacher, Mr Hickson, say an : ——, you don't gett s three minutes, you'll (@)2 Suddenly, saw my school up ahead, {tan as quickly as could - through the doorway, up the stairs and into Mr Hickson’ classroom. He was counting backwards from three ‘minutes. Five seconds... four... three ;~- two he said. Imadeit to my seat just intime.Ithadbeen (9) and all the other kids in the class clapped. I guess my dream means something, but I've got no idea what, Any ideas? J nomeworn! Do exercise 1 on page 13 of your Workbook. 100 in the next —" Twas | terrified, Pee ee areal rasa)SOC euc hua url Grammar 2 used to and would ® Look at Grammar database 4 page 178 before youdo the exercises, L tick(W) the correct sentences. Puta cross (x) nextto those that are incorrect. 1 Carl used topbelieve in ghosts but he doesn't any more. \ 2 Iwould love reading about mysteries when Iwas younger, 3. Did you use to thought there were monsters under your bed? 4 Would you go to sleep with the light ‘on when you were very young? / 5 Miranda never,used to buy books about UFOs, 2 complete each sentence using the word given so that it means the same as the sentence before it. Use no more than five words. 1 My grandma always said there was an explanation for everything. used ‘My grandma always there was an explanation for everything. 2. Inever believed in UFOs until I saw one. believe I in UFOs until saw one, : 3. Uncle Bob did great card tricks whenever he came to visit. would Uncle Bob SS __ great card tricks whenever he came to visit. 4. Kate’ sure she saw ghosts regularly when she wwas.a small child. to Kate's sure she. ghosts regularly when she was a small child, {2 soundstation L Lookbackat unit 1, Soundstation on page 12. toyou. ‘Can you remember the difference in pronunciation within each pair? bin/bean hill /heel will / wheel mill / meal 2 Play the Soundstation Game. Your teacher will explain the rules What an incredible J grin/ green ship/ sheep _chick/ cheek sill/ seal din/deanlid/lead filling/ feeling lip/leap _fist/ feast {} Speaking LG 1.08 Listen to two students describing yes a and b below. Tick the phrases they use, pict Phrase Bank! iP] ‘Student 1 ‘Student 2 Icansee... I'm not really sure Thisisa picture of. Idon't really understand Idon't think. Itmust be Ithinkitisnt Iteouldbe ies diffcuitto tell Itseemstobe Perhapsit'sa 2 Make notes about these pictures. eg ——Pielure .a UFO inthe sky 222e2024802828020202290232028080202080228284 3 bescribe the pictures using your notes and the phrases you ticked. 4 Turmtopage 168. n pairs, do the role-play activity unit2. @ See Speaking Database on page 174. ff Homework! Do exercises 1, 2,3, 4,5 and 60n pages 13and 14 of your Workbook. *ese2808388908280808888 lo asa§B Use your English! 7 Read the report and rearrange the letters to complete each gap. saguise 3 aee0d 67 THE PHILADELPHIA CT fo iad eee eat Incident report: to makea ship, the (2) taghnwic US naval scientists (1) dai USS. Eldridge invisible, While the sc ——an experiment lentists were jother ship, Seves Sd vvIBe2ee0% What was happening from an a minutes, they (5) ptdosep__ - the experiment, and the Eldridge reappeared, Unfortunately the men on the Eldridgeall(6) ett —ill, and didnt (7) nwko ___whathad happened to them, A few months later, they did the experiment again, but this time they only(8)aewdtn the ship to become invisible to radar ~ not to the human eye. The experiment 8, and the ship completely disappeared again, People hundreds of kilometres away in Virginia saw the infront of them fora few minutes. Itthen (10) aihdveen » and reappeared in Philadelphia, This time, the sailors ‘on the Eldridge were extremely ill, and some of them died. Denial: 8 —____wron, Atthe same time, Eldridge appear i ‘TheUS. Navy denies the experiment (11) otko______place, Conclusion: Did the Eldridge actualy (12) asdiprpea teleported to Virginia? We'll probably never know for sure ~ sand was it Weirdness rating: & ® BG SB B~S Sod Se Cae Cu mk© writing Descriptive language OCR en ences) 2 Choose the correct word or phrase. Be carefull More than | ‘one word may be correct in ‘1. We can use the words below to make a story descriptive. Write them in the correct box. amazing claim explain great: promise | stare tiny : ¢ answer disastrous fantastic _—horrible~ reply ,_ state wate ask dreadful gaze huge rubbish suggest. whisper e awful enormous glance marvellous scream terrible— wonder e brilliant excellent glimpse _netice shout terrific wonderful « e i ad 2 tooksee ae : COnPEnid ‘ — Lode Me NENG i. ASK ansvie® QE BRILLIANT z | west oust SANE 6REAY. e | ae SHEET wos puis oe BEXCELEN : | GONE BURNEY ages TANTARIC . 1 GLIMPSE ~ JER Rec e | ) | | fete 5 very big 6 very small e i Fe yori®™ pienn, es AY e i FB Sesime We aN 7 i NPRM OYS ; Hl REECE e al pol : | {GASTRON S i ia I ions __e ; Lem e "| e eh Lat a documentaty about ghosts on e i seach eee: TVlastnight twas SO genet N ‘ : ee aedsacramed, 2 Simon << Natthe newspaper and suddenly saw his du ee \ ‘own photograph on the front page e i] 2. Melissa stared (GazedY glanced > "heard a(n) > ——__ noise coming from inside 6 tai atthe strangeanimial. \) {heal factory. ae 6 | 3 Téawala) geea}/ enormons/ { What that? Do you thinkits UFO Tracy. @ Al Geonderfultimlst night!) -5-Thealien had ;—ayesend e Wi 4 That wasa(n)qwfulterrible/ ears. ‘ . fh horrible story. 6 ‘Help? _S __ liot“Please help me! ° (| 5 That building is huge/ 7 Thada(n) S\N‘? dream last night. e i enormous tiny - its got more we nt than 100 floors! i 4 ff Homework! e | | Doexercises 1,2, 3 and 4,on pages 14and 15 of yourWorkbook. 2999980 3 Writea word from exercise 1 inthe correctform ineachgapto complete the sentences. More than one word may fitin each gaPg. lo 2 @Get ready to write .« Short story os A. Read the story and answer the questions. 1 What isthe main tery used fo tell the 2. Underline verb in the past continue 3 Which verbs, apart from ‘said an thal someone spoke? EAP LAMNED 4 Which tense is used in the » to show that the accident dito, second paragraph i : ppencdl before Rob F e ik ee ee 5 Isthodirect speech farneh cr informalt “AV eOR MU : Sr wovetit tana hea WW Is the rest of the story formal or informal? a Et ie “ Hi Lisa’ he 7 How many main paragraphs are there? A, e 4 Beare \§ How many people use direct speech in the final a I paragraph? 2, a 9 Which word does Colin use to mean ‘very good’? Leas nas o {} | 10 Does Lisa direct speech inthe final paragraph a Robesplomnedthothe had ee ie been in a serious acekentin | | cS, cyqey_ 2 Renewing standmatentstanse hospital, He asked Lisa to tell their parents not to wor be all right he promised. Coney ‘Youhave decided to entera short story competition. The rules of the competition state that your story must end with the words *... and he always believed in is dreams from that day on! Write your story for the competition. 1 Who is‘he? On : Lisa was telling her parents about Robs bestfriend, Colin. im afraid ve got some terrible news; said ae been in an accident! 5 2 What happened in his dream? 3. Did he tell anyone about his dream? ‘Who? 4 How did his dream come true? 5 How did he react? 6 How must your story end? 3 Makea planin Composition Planner 20n page 153. PJ womeworn: You are now ready to write the first draft of < {08 yourstory. Write between 120and 150 words. When your teacher has commented on your story, write the final version. For six days they waited for news. Mrand Mrs Levington were so upset, but Lisa kept reminding them abouther dream. That evening, Colin called.’Great news! he said, Rob awake. The doctor says he's going to be fine: knew it shouted Lisa with joy, and she always believed in her dreams from that day on. (ONECTORSS ONE ytast, WHO WEEKS AGO 7Revision Units 1-2 229232299900 eo DAMN %% 1 Patterns Choose the correct word or phrase. T’im not very fond to do / of doing tests. Jessica’ really looking forward ta go / to going back to school. ‘My dad helped me with / for this composition, Pedro's not very good at / in learning new vocabulary. All the students are able of writing,/ to write letters to their penfriends ‘Are you beginning to understand / understanding the difference between pas simple and past continuous? 2 Phrases Match to make phrases. beast escape temperature ve bewide ahighgessaees anarrow motion voice asleep trouble 1 2 3 4 5 ashort 6 inslow 7 awake 8 cut 3 inadeep beinbig —__ ema eae Education vocabulary Write a word from the box in each gap to complete the sentences. break + course » lesson + report + revision + subject « timetable 2920089277 927999F99 1. Please remember to do your homework before the next 2. hope Mrs Lockwood says I'm working hard when she writes her end-of-term 3. What’ your favourite atschool? 4 We've got ahistory test next week, so I've got to do lots of this weekend, 5 Wehavea five-minute ______ between every lesson. 6 Lookat the tofind out when and where all your lessons are. 7 Tmthinking of doing a two-week English_____ in London next summer. Tee 6 e é 6 ° 8 4 6 6 6 6 © fo 7 2608646464433 past 4 Present simpleand Tick (W) the corrected sentences, Underline the mistake in the incorrect: ‘sentences and write the correct: word(s), | Present continuous My sist “Ws wanting me to help her with her homework. taking a test at the moment often forget to bring his books to class ——____ {getting better and beter at speaking English ee Sarah isnt really biking her geography teacher What do you think about at t Where lives Dana Banach? They're Tony | | Revision Units 1 1 3 4 5 6 7 the moment? 5 Past simple and Past continuous Put the verbs in bracketsinto the correct form, past simple or past continuous. 1 The Lizard man quickly Gump) onto the roofand —___ (try) to getiinto the car. My grandfather would taught me how to do card tricks, Did Alicia were use to believe in UFOs? 2 Lastyear, we ——— (write) a composition in English once a week 3 T(owateh) TV when 1 —— (fall) asteep. 4 (you/be) excited when you") (hear) thenews? 5 Sean —— (hot/drive) too fast when he = (have) the accident. 6 usedtoand would Find the extra word in each sentence and writeit on thelline. 1" Iwas used to believe that a monster lived under my bed! —— 2. Sindy would always to sleep withthe light on, ay 3. Harry did never used to enjoy mystery stories, DON 4 Were you being scared of spiders when you were very young? = A) 6 Put the verbsin brackets nto the correct form, present simple, Present continuous, past simple or past continuous, to complete the paragraph. = go overa hundred ————— oy in France whena UFO iddenly (4) children Playground at their schoo the sky above them. Their teachers (5) e@ Read the article again and rrect org I | aragraphsin the correct og \ pA dal: Use the words and phases: > i bold to help you. Discuss the following. Workin pairs orin groups. ol ' - crimes as you can. Paragraph 1 g © Why dosnt poe com rinest — oF Why do some people com a 7 © Iscrimea serious problem where you live ee € Parageaph 4 < § 7 Ing @ 1.09 Paragraph 5 oe Reading © 1.09 ice « 1. Read the paragraphs quickly and answer these questions. é 1 Ww sin Britain? When isit illegal to eat mince pie one > Where ‘are you not allowed toe you giraffe toa street : 3 What must dolls have in France? £ e e BB While we're onthe subjectof America, the Americans saem te v particularly keen on passing stra@ IT’S THE Law “= sangre tie a giraffe to a streetlight. In Wg ceninaton you're commiting og crime if you ‘ride an ugly horse’ of in Barber, North Carolina, it's aga: the law for cats and dogs to fight’@. (2)_<_ In Nevada, i illegal to ride a camel on the highway. So, : you're planning to go camel riding@ ISS in Nevada, do be careful. You don'@ want to end up in prison! ¢ © snot justin Britain thatthese kin ‘A We all know that murder, burglary “>, of laws exist. (3) InFrance, @ and shoplifting are illegal for instance, shops are not allowe’@ Ci) SEO" We probably al think feet dolshatdon'thave a hung that, faced with a particular ¥ face. (4) Sin Quebec, Canada, situation, we could make a there's a law that says margarine @ good guess whether its legal or must be a different colourta butter’@ ey Not. Butin factthere are some r 'n Salt Lake City, Utah, in the USA, ig illegal to carry a ukulele (a musical instrument) on the street unless it's. Wrapped up. In Alabama, USA, i's ¢ Grime to carry @comb in your packe'g b ¢ @ ¢ » extremely weird laws around. a S iding an ugly horse! é) ri1B ine sentences below have ntries have some equallly 1 Ididn't know I was € 7 yes ‘ when I tied my giraffe tothe Laws ike seaugelins ~ these were passed hundreds of years: Other words E 0 and the thing about laws is that they lew Sa apne remain laws until someone changes eA them. The British government’ got oe Soon S —— an ‘much more important things to do than Pree policeman/ change an old law about wearing socks. polies a} Did you know, for example, that in Britain it's illegal for a woman to eat 2 our Sal rance,! chocol 'S on public transport? And % Have you y lowe - sum atitsagainstthe law to eat mince pies Choose one ofthe strange laws from the article and sy hUM4, on Christmas Day? And that you" ose ‘anada) al jy? and thas youre nct ‘ou think they made that aw. 2na04 lowed to stand within 100 metres of : the king or Queen if you id butter have tobe a different colour in you're notwearing Perhaps margarine and butter “Socks? (6) They're all laws, Quebec because people got confused and bought the wrong one. fGnomeworr’ Doexercises 1,2 and 3 ‘on page 18 of your Workbook. e29298 Ey) ©& Grammar i 2 | Countable and uncountable nouns F e ® Look at Grammar database 5 pages 178-179 before you do the exercises. a . 1 Putthenouns into the correct boxes. e 4 @ = € FS advice + cake chicken + chocolate « crime » food.» furniture glass » hair » Information + job » knowledge « law » luggage e money » news » person » sheep + suitcase + time » work e ee ee e —— an e always countable Ags OB) e CR e e e @ e € © e ae rn e NN) e 2 choose the correct word to complete each sentence. 4 writeaword or phrase from ©) 1 Myadviceswas) were to see alawyer. ay ¢ the boxin each gap. €& 2 (B3/ Are there any news about that burglary? L little » piede » few & 3. Its difficult for ex-prisoners to find works (work) / \» © alittle » number + afew 4. The police don'thave many /@ucBinformation yet. ie anlpean O nonthie 5 ‘A larg€amount) number of money was stolen in the robber. é : (A larg€amon until can get out of prison. @e 6 Few) Little criminals are never brought to justice. 2 Whentgotherethed @ 3B Findthe mistakeineachsentenceandwritetheword =» ———_money.in my pad or phrase correctly. but nowit’s gone! 1 How many money was in your wallet? L \Uc 3 The police have —___ 6 2. They thought there was a bomb in my luggages! LJ" . information to help them sol, 3 Alots of mobile phones are stolen €ach year. ‘ thecrime, < 4 Let me give you gh advice. Some 4 Therearea__of reas : a ae. 3 for thinking that John did it. @ st iggling bat Ale rere, 5. Im sure that — people of chocolates. ae i enjoy being in prison. e 6 Crimearea serious problem in mostcities. +! 6 {hada ofauiaa gs my plate and someone’ eaten, : (Duomeworn: Do exercises 1, 2,3,4 and 5on pages 18and 19 ‘of your Workbook. ARAeaaags jean i2 2 3 @ listening DL whotarethe different placesin the pictures? Complete each sentence using the correct form 2 of the phrasal verbs. You will need to use one of 2 yi the phrasal verbs twice. getoff » goof » teroft . make off,» takeoff,» turnoff o 1 Wel) Ss the TV because we heard a strange noise outside. s \Bé 2 ‘The thieves ___with over al amillion pounds worth of diamonds. ? 3. Luckily no-one was injured when the bomb ? ; ? \e\ _ my dad = witha warning when 2 they caught him speeding. / 7 5. Theburglar stupidly his mask and everyone saw his face = 6 Theplane TOOK OLE late w because ofa security alert at the airport. @ 7 They arrested him for smuggling as soon as 2 he £0\ UTE _ the plane. : r @ u | e fQnomeworx! = Do exercises 1 and 2on page 20 a ‘of your Workbook. 2 @ — 2 B1.210 Youare going tolistento five people Soundstation @ oj, ‘alkingabouta crime. Asyoulisten,matcheach | Fen" speaker witha picture above = 1 1.17 tistenand circle the word in kold that, Ja”) Speaker 1: Speaker2: 3 Speaker 3:= each speaker stresses. ° Speaker 4:A_ Speaker: by 1 Itseems to me that prisons don't really work. Pocke J 2 As far as I’m concerned, everyone who breaks ® 3: i.10 Listenagain and decide whether the the law should be punished. - statements are true (T) or false (F). -___/ 3 Inmy opinion, no coustry should have the @Ps0!"1_ Speaker I says Jackson stolealotofmoney.¢ / death penalty 9 2 Speaker tamed knew Jackson was 4. Ifyouaskme, most people would never break Preasce aburglar / a the law. Gibit, 3. Speaker 3 says Jackson didnt admitohis crimes TY) > Breoples Speaker 4 thought Jackson mightbe innocent. —& J Now say the sentences. Make sure you stress the correct words. 5. Speaker 5 is probably a prison guard. “V on | Larne, Vl D {ening exercise on page 22 of your Workbook.& Grammar 2 Ari ® Look at Gramma les Jatabase 6 pages 179-180 o exercises, before you de th Complete the gaps with the articles a, anor the. Ifno articleis necessary, puta dash (-). CRAZY CRIMINALS! ‘es about how stupid criminals can be! Umeyie fare ; ne may just be myths, but there’s NO ae hire, Engtand,came up with fea to catch criminals. There are lots of stori They may be true, or t e int) SBE shop in 2) AE Baltimore, @ Police in Derbys unusual id DZ rover pulledouthisgunand (We eo Se pomes oe ~ pag overs head to disguise Ever te they went re Flee ic face. 5) A= man degagnded al of the en they Ho ad is face ar they decided to A - -one there, so they: (e) 2 money from (7) aU no-one here ne en -hman had had forgotten to and then reatised that he => bag! He was s00n put eyeholes in (8) = arrested by a security man police officers stopped 16) (10) letters said that eo free crate of beer! When the men turned up to collect (19) = — beer, dt Even after that, some Of @ When (9) ala (10) = _ man in’ Peekskill, New York, in his they got arrest! ey hate oa ba cor, (11) man knew he was in trouble. them wanted to = co ed for 12) = etercrime, FSS beer was! He pote officers asked ors FR nomeworst Do exercises 1, 2,3,4, Sand 6on pages 20 and 21 of your Workbook. ame, he thought quickly and gave them his brother's name, Unfortunately, his brother wae also wanted, so they arrested him! “@ Use your English! Complete each second sentence so that.it means the sameas the sentence beforeit. Use no more than three words. : 1 The thief escaped on a motorbike. “The thief made 2 2 Twontt punish you this time, naa ___this time. 3 Ididn't know it was illegal to ing out of tune! I didn't know it was gens to sing out of tune! 4. She broke the law when she lied in court. She committed_ === __ ‘when she lied in court. 5 Not many people know what ts really ike in prison. Nota. people know what it’ really like in prison, 6 The bomb exploded at 6.30 this morning. ‘The bomb went__ SEE at 6.30 this morning. 7 There weren't ggthe bank at the time of the robbery. ‘There were only. a people in the bank at the time of the robbery. ona motorbike. E £‘1D Speaking 1 No bullying yy No graffiti on school property yy No cheating in tests or exams detention (making them stay after school) © exclusion (making them stay away from school for a certain period of time, perhaps permanently) = = i 3 1 No hats BE > yy No earrings i | * | «sy No mobile phones a | sweets (Ss | uy No fizzy drinks and a ae uy No swearing a ~ corridors Su No running in the i cq | 8 No chewing gum in class : @n the rw No being late to class a wer rg No smoking a wy el F 4 ie Lookat the school rules above and discuss the questions. 4 Ps Phrase Bank! Q Use the words and phrases on the left to help you, a | . Expressing opinion 1 Which redo you think are ‘good’ and which are‘bad’? Why? @ raed = eee 2. What would be ‘good’ and ‘bad’ punishments for students “ fone ine et who break these rules? You can use the list of possible : a seems to me that punishments to help you. amy opinion, i ieee 3. Canyoutthink of any other rules the school ; paonaly should introduce? 2 ifyouaskme, (° Ireally feel that. Possible punishments or measures: 7 2 z © awarning the Introducing reasons not leting them in the classroom s | ... because... @ making them stand outside the classroom. | ® pet © giving them a black mark on a punishment board ° fee © giving them abad report @ giving them extra homework Introducing results ‘telling their parents @ 2.50 © confiscation (taking something from them for o Because of this, ... ashort time) 2 e 2 2 2 2 Turnto page 168. In pairs, do the role-play activity unit’3. ‘@ See Speaking database on page 174. 29 Z|“4 writing Essay: useful words and phrases 1. Match each group of words and phrases 1-9 that you would find in an essay with one of the purposes a= 1 ‘ 6 Na} Fist M Although ; Tobegin with, but However, r 2 fe) 67 A | Inaddtion, for example, \| Moreover, suchas | Second(ly), | 3 8 0 | ‘ | Finally, i I believe (that) Lastly, Inmy opinion, 4 (J. o9 ita} On the one hand, .. In conclusior Onthe otherhand,... Insummary,. 7 fd Asaresult, Because ofthis, 2 giving examples 'b expressing the result ofan action © introducing a conclusion d_ expressing an opinion © introducing a further point ina list of points f presenting two contrasting (different)views 9. introducing the final pointin alist of points 1 Introducing the first pointina it of points | i ‘h expressing contrast (a different view) | i i \d answer the questions, 2 Look at tis picture an SCeeEeeacae2e202 1 Do you see police officers in schools like this in your country? 2. Why do schools in some countries have police officers? 3 Do youthink its good idea? 3 Write one of the words and phrases from Exercise 1 in each gap to complete the essay. In some countries, schools have police officers “present all the time fo prevent crime. MwA SEN Hie is unecessary in mmy ‘country and would be a bad idea, (2) 1&5.) 2 af school is a bigger problem in other countries. In America, os EXNNFhere “are many problems vith drugs and knives and fhe > weapons eer hools AY SSMS Those Hings rare in schools here. (6) 8 BOOTS schools in other coun as theft, @ BESO Liprablon ame mre) scent te There may be some advantages to having the police in schools, but there ace many | deadvaniags. (us OSE sone shh aiees might feel alittle safer, but (f) 2S SSE~ the maja ~ of students would feel uncomfortable. Students in! 1 @ country are not used to seeing the police at school. 2 (10) KSB B53 school would not be a relaxing pla 3 gj to learn, : (WWS_CONCY Finould say that police officers art! @ necessary in our schools and would actually have. 4 effect. danaaacsannnnneeeeses —Anegatve effet ng gs 7 ff Homework! 5é Doexercises 1, 2and3 on page 22 of yourWorkb? = © athere 68 00 doubt thal prisons ke safe from dangerous eriminals such as murderers. However, prisons do not ay completely solve the problem of crime. sad the essay and answer the questions, eine all the essay words and phrases used On the one hand, prisons have many pose of the first paragraph? advantages. Firstly, they protect us from people who might harm us. Secondly, they punish people who have committed crimes. In addition, they teach people that ‘crime doesn) 2 Pay’. As a result, when crim = of prison, they usually do not break the law again. us Pee ACR OC) atisthe pur isthe purpose of the ond paragraph? vat scond paragtaph’ Chat isthe purpose ofthe third paragraph?» chat isthe purpose of the final paragraph? Does the writ language of the essay formal or informal? \° sow many advantages of prisons are mentioned?) How many disadvantages are mentioned? Wihich punishments are mentioned apart from imprisonment? ( 0» cer use any short forms (don't, hasnt, etc) ste On the other hand, some prisoners learn in people who commit crimes N and doctors can help them much A S _ necessary for criminals who are a danger to ociely, unless they need medical help. It may be be bate for soci fb dangerous criminals inishments, such a8 communtiy — canetoraie a "Read the writing task and make notes to answer the 3 Makea plan in Composition question below. Planner3 on page 154. Youhave been doing als projectoncrime. Your teacher has PQ uomewor«: asked you to write an essay about the following statement: z : : You are now ready to write ‘© Any student caught stealing at school should be immediately the first draft of your essay. and permanently excluded. Write between 120 and 150 You should state whether you agree or disagree with the statement. words. When your teacher has Write your essay. ‘commented on your essay, write the final version. ‘What does the statement mean? * Should we allow stealing at school? YW ‘Should a student be permanently excluded for repeatedly stealing money from other students? Why?/Why not? SES 4 Should a student be permanently excluded for stealing a pen from the school office? Why?/Why not? 5. So should the punishment depend on the circumstances? 6 Canyou think of any problems with permanent exclusion as a punishment? 7 What other punishments could be given instead? 8 Whyare they more suitable? Can you sum up your opinion in one sentence? 4 wee ht 88 Bs 28 OeLik Discs the folloysing. Woden pairs oF Groups @ Hiiuknt fan person and expan ya hefsbe Fanos for © Woh! you like te be ta © Who's yr Favonnsite celeb VI Why /fWhy nol? D Reading 61.» L. who are the people in the photos? Find thelr narnes inthe blog post and comments. 2 ead the blog post and comments again and decide ifthe statements are true (1), false (F) or dosnt say (05 aura has met a lot of farnous people, Mike's favourite picture shis photo of Ben Stiller, if Antonio got Angelina Jolie autograph, ner 1 2 5 Clare sent Lady! 4 Sophie belongs to fan club, 3 write the name of a person (Laura, Mike, Clare, Antonio or Sophie) to answer each question. Wh 1 sometimes sees famous actors outside a cinema? 2 wentto the USA op holiday as year? Bef ON 3. hasa parent who works in the media? 4 communicates with other fans ofa celebrity? J 5 isang ear fom a pop art 6 has seen a celebrity in real life? Puomeworn: Do the Reading exercise on page 23 ‘of your Workbook. TSN Madea eed Pea Ted 2iotMay Ce ae eto my blog! Have any of you aver met farnous person’? Have YOU ee written toa celebrity? Have YOU fn maybe got afm star's Or pop | star's autograph? Tell rne your celebrity stories! A 4 4% 3 i, Angela I've been reading Your blog fora yoar nce anc | always enjoy itTo answer your question, ! = never met a celebrity] but my dad hs o's been working axajournalict ior Seout iS years andhe'sinterwencs | lots of famous people including (4 Leonardo DiCaprio, Penélove Cruz and Seariett Johansson That's Conk, jontit 1 {want to workin the media too wh 1m older ~then | can mest sorne famous people too! ‘ Laura a A a ve been living in Los Angeles since ~ 5 Iwas 10 ('™m 14 now) s0 whenever 2 — new movie comes out stand outsid the premiere and try to take photos! 7 the celebrities! 've got some grect 6 photos ofMeganFox,BenStiller, IslaFisher and Johnny Depp.1< haven't ever asked a fm star for tht stogragh though - tm too sit