English File: Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation
English File: Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation
English File: Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation
CLASS
ENGLISH FILE
8 Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation A Pre-intermediate
Example: I don’t have any money. I need to get a job. Grammar, Vocabulary, and Pronunciation total 50
Vocabulary total 20
WRITING
Write an email to a friend who wants to visit you.
Answer your friend’s questions. (100–150 words)
• When should I come and visit you?
• What will the weather be like then?
• What clothes should I bring?
• How should I get there?
• Is there anything I should do before I come?
Writing total 10
LISTENING SPEAKING
1 Listen to the conversation. Tick (✓) A or B. 1 Ask your partner these questions.
1 It’ll make things better if Pete says nothing. 1 How do you normally get to work / school?
A True ■ B False ■ 2 What do you usually do when you get home from
2 If Pete sends his girlfriend an email, she’ll read it. work / school?
A True ■ B False ■ 3 Do you ever get angry? What about?
3 If Pete leaves the office early, he’ll see her at the bus 4 Have you ever got lost? What happened?
station. 5 How many texts do you get a day? Who are they
A True ■ B False ■ from?
4 If Pete tells her he loves her, she won’t change her Now answer your partner’s questions.
mind.
2 Read about Fran’s trip to London and answer your
A True ■ B False ■
partner’s questions.
5 If Pete persuades her to go out to dinner, everything
will be all right.
My trip to London
A True ■ B False ■
Day 1
5
missed flight to London / came by train
left suitcase on train
2 Listen to five people asking for advice. Choose the flood at hotel / slept on friend’s sofa
best advice for each speaker. Day 2
Speaker 1 ■ heavy rain / boat trip cancelled
Speaker 2 ■ started to feel ill / went to bed early
Speaker 3 ■
Speaker 4 ■ 3 Now make questions and ask your partner about
Speaker 5 ■ Steve’s trip to Edinburgh.
A You should phone your colleagues right now. • How / Steve / get to / Edinburgh?
B You should go to the birthday party. • What happened / his mobile phone?
C You should stop drinking coffee in the evening. • What / Steve / do first?
D You should find someone else. • What / Steve / do / next day?
E You should ask for the money back immediately. • What / do / that night?
5 Speaking total 15