Oxford's New English File Elementary Workbook

Contents
Nice to meet you 4 Who were they? 40
I'm not English, I'm Scottish! 6 Sydney, here we come! 42
His name, her name 8 Girls' night out 44
Turn off your mobiles! 10 Murder in a country house 46
On a plane PRACTICAL ENGLISH 12 In a gift shop PRACTICAL ENGLISH 48
Cappuccino and chips 13 A house with a history 49
When Natasha meets Darren. 15 A night in a haunted hotel 51
An artist and a musician 17 Neighbours from hell 53
Relatively famous 19 When a man is tired of London... 55
At a hotel PRACTICAL ENGLISH 21 In the street PRACTICAL ENGLISH 57
Pretty woman 22 What does your food say about you? 58
Wake up, get out of bed. 24 How much water do we really need? 60
The island with a secret 26 Changing holidays 62
On the last Wednesday in August 28 It's written in the cards 64
In a coffee shop PRACTICAL ENGLISH 30 At a restaurant PRACTICAL ENGLISH 66
I can't dance 31 The True False Show 67
Shopping - men love it! 33 The highest city in the world 69
Fatal attraction? 35 Would you like to drive a Ferrari? 71
Are you still mine? 37 They dress well but drive badly 73
In a clothes shop PRACTICAL ENGLISH 39 Going home PRACTICAL ENGLISH 75
Before we met 76
I've read the book, I've seen the film 78

My name's Bond. James Bond.
Ian Fleming, British writer
1 SAYING HELLO b Complete the sentences. Use a contraction.

Complete the dialogues.
1 A Hi, Karen. This is James.
B Hello, James. _ to you.
2 A Hi, I'm Paco. 's your ?

B Isabella.
A ?
B Isabella!
1 I'm 4. 2 __._ tourists.
3 A Hi, Kenji. are you?
B I'm fine, thanks. And ?
A Very well, thank you.
4 A evening. What's your name?

B . 's Walter Harris.
A You're m room 12.
2 GRAMMAR verb be [+], pronouns 3 in room 4. 4 _. Wednesday.
a Complete the first column with the words in

the box. Then write the contractions.
she are they is I are is are
Full form Contractions
/ am I'm
you
he 5 in a taxi. 6 a teacher.
is
it
von
are
7 in room 603. 8 Hello. in my class.
Student's B o o l p.122 Grammar Bank 1A

3 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds, word stress b Put the letters in order to make days of the week.
a Write the words in the chart. 1 ARSAYDUT Saturday
meet you fine two six man 2 NYAUDS

eight three nice in thank wait 3 HRDYTUSA __________
4 ODNYMA ,
5 DFARYI ______
6 DSYEEAWND
fish tree cat boot train bike
7 EUASDTY
six
More Words to Learn

Write translations and try to remember the words.
b Underline the stressed syllable in these words.
Word Pronunciation Translation
1 coffee 6 goodbye
2 afternoon 7 e-mail room noun /man/ or /rum/
3 eighteen 8 Internet word noun /W3ld/

morning noun /'momin/
4 thirteen 9 computer
afternoon noun /aifta'nuin/
5 evening 10 hotel
evening noun /'nvnnj/
c Practise saying the words in a and b.
good adjective /gud/
important adjective /im'poitant/
4 VOCABULARY numbers 1-20
help verb /help/
Continue the series.
try verb /trai/
1 five, six, seven, _eight ,. nine , ten
check verb /tjek/
2 six, eight, ten , , , ..
3 twenty, nineteen, , , _. ,
Study idea
4 five, seven, nine, , , . , __.
To remember new words, you need to test your
5 one, four, seven, , , memory.
1 Cover the Translation column and look at the words
Study Link Student's Book p.140 Vocabulary Bank in English. Say them in your language.
2 Cover the Word column and look at the translation.
5 SAYING GOODBYE Say the words in English.
a Complete the words with a, e, i, o, or u.
QUESTION TIME
Can you answer these questions?
What's your name?
How are you?
What day is it today?
Is it Monday today?
Are you a teacher?
To be or not to be, that is the question.
William Shakespeare, English dramatist
1 VOCABULARY countries and nationalities 4 Osaka and Kyoto are in China. (Japan)
Complete with a country or a nationality.
1 Alice is from the United States. She's American 5 We're in room 104. (room 105)
2 Whisky is Scottish. It's from Scotland
3 Jun is from China. He's 6 Champagne is from Italy. (France)
4 My friends are Polish. They're from
5 Sandra is from Argentina. She's 7 You're Russian. (Polish)
6 Toyota cars are Japanese. They're from •
7 Spaghetti is from Italy. It's 8 Cameron Diaz is Spanish. (American)
8 We're French. We're from
9 She's from Russia. She's b Order the words to make questions.
10 They're Spanish. They're from 1 your / 's / name / What
Student's Book p.141 Vocabulary Bank What's your name?

2 she / Where / 's / from
2 GRAMMAR verb be 0 and \T\ ?
a Correct the sentences. 3 United / from / they / States / the / Are

?
4 seven / room / we / in / Are

?
5 holiday / you / Are / on

?
6 from / he / Japan / Is
?
c Match these answers to the questions in exercise b.

a Yes, he is. •
b No, I'm not. •
1 Venice is in Greece. (Italy) c She's from Italy. •
Venice isn't in Greece. It's in Italy. d No, we aren't. •
2 Sean Connery is Irish. (Scottish) e Yes, they are. •
f Andrew. •
3 I'm American. (British)
3 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds 5 INSTRUCTIONS
a Write the words in the chart. a Match the words and pictures.
Argentina twenty airport coffee

hotel where are copy Britain
mobile Wednesday hundred
....
car clock computer egg phone chair
Argentina
a match d circle g tick

b underline e cross out h cross
1 Spanish 6 Brazil
c complete f number
2 Japan 7 Portuguese
3 Japanese 8 Italy b Cover the words. Look at the pictures and try to
remember the words.
4 Germany 9 Italian
5 Poland 10 American
More Words to Learn
c Practise saying the words in a and b. Write translations and try to remember the words.
4 VOCABULARY numbers 20-1,000 people noun /'pirpal/
a Write the numbers in words. things noun /Birjz/
1 27 twenty-seven quiz noun /kwiz/
2 33 difference noun /'difrsns/
3 40 holiday noun /'hDlidei/
4 56 business noun /'biznas/
5 77 music noun /'mju:zik/
6 85 city noun /'siti/
7 100 delicious adjective /di'lijas/
8 240 again adverb /a'gen/
9 677
10 1,000 . =
b Cover the words. Practise saying the numbers.

Student's Book p.140 Vocabulary Bank What nationality are you?

Where are you from?
What's the language in your country?
What's your phone number?
Are you on holiday?
Million
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
John F Kennedy, former US President
1 VOCABULARY personal information 3 GRAMMAR possessive adjectives

Complete the words with a, e, i, o, or u. Then write a Complete the chart.
them in the correct place in the form below. Subject pronoun Possessive adjective
1 postc o d e 4 _-m 1 __ddr_ss 7 _ddr_ss I
2 f_rstn_m_ 5 c_ty/c ntry 8 s_rn_m_ your
3 _g_ 6 ph_n_ n_mb_r 9 st_d_nt he
her
its
we
you
their
1 b Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective.

2 1 __.Jfe: name's Susana.
2 name's Michael.
3
3 We're students. . teacher's name's Richard.
4
4 I'm French. family are from Lyon.
5 5 It's an Italian restaurant. , name is Luigi's.
6 _ 6 A What's phone number?
B My mobile number?
7 postcode
7 They're Mexican. surname's Gomez.
8
c Order the words to make questions.
9
1 first / her / What's / name
What's her first name? Maria.
2 teacher / Where / from / your / 's
2 PRONUNCIATION the alphabet
. , ? England.
a Circle the letter with a different vowel sound.
3 he / student / Is / a
? No, he isn't.
4 you / old / How / are
train tree boot egg bike
. ? I'm 34.
H C Q F E
5 surname / spell / do / How / you / your
I P u A I
. ?L-O-W-R-Y.
S o M Y
b Practise saying the letters.

4 PRONUNCIATION si/and/ao/ More Words to Learn
a Circle the word with a different vowel sound. Write translations and try to remember the words.
bird thirty Tuesday German Thursday
Australia noun /os'treilia/
Canada noun /'kaenads/
owl thousand how you our
form noun /fo:m/
letter (A,B.C..) noun /'lets/
international adjective /ints'naejnal/
1 surname 4 mobile
different adjective /'difrsnt/
2 address 5 Canada
famous adjective /'feimas/
3 e-mail 6 Australia
think verb /Birjk/
c Practise saying the words in a and b. about adverb /a'baut/
every adjective /'evri/
5 READING
a Read the interview and write the questions in the
correct space.
Are you married? What's her name? Can you answer these questions?
What's your name? How old are you?
What's your first name?
Where are you from? Where's the language school?
What's your surname?
Are you a student?
b Look at the highlighted words. What do you think
they mean? Check with your dictionary. How old are you?
What's your address?
What's your name?

My name's Thomas, but people call me Tom.
I'm from Sheffield in the north of England, but now I

live in Lisbon, in Portugal. I'm an English teacher. I work
in a language school.
Yes, I am. My wife is Portuguese.
Her name's Juliana. We have two children . Laura is 5

and Victor is 2. They speak English and Portuguese.
I'm 35.
It's in the centre of Lisbon. It's a small school with

about 200 students.
Mr Watson, come here.
Alexander Graham Bell to his assistant (the first telephone conversation)
1 VOCABULARY common objects 2 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds

Complete the crossword. a Write the words in the chart.
Clues across good coins here Europe we're four

board country euro hundred book toilet
four
b Practise saying the words.
3 GRAMMAR a / an, plurals, this / that / these / those

a Write It's + a/an or They're.
1 Jt s an address book. 5 _ _ _ _ sunglasses.
2 They're tissues. 6 , . umbrella.
3 comb. 7 coins.
4 , . identity card. 8 purse.
b Write each word in its plural form in the correct

column.
coin match sandwich diary wallet
dictionary pen watch pencil country
city address
-s -es -ies
coins watches countries
c Complete the sentences with this, that, these, or those. b Order the words to make sentences.
1 don't / I/ know
I don't know.
1 That picture's 2 do / How / it / you / spell
nice! ?
3 don't / I/ understand
4 you / it / Can / please / repeat

2 , are my ?
friends, Mum. 5 in / English / How / you / say / do / vacaciones

?
6 r e m e m b e r / I/ c a n ' t
3 . man's my
More Words to Learn
English teacher!
classroom noun /'kla:sru:m/
eyes noun /aiz/
4 I think .
instructions noun /m'strAkJnz/
people are tourists.
pocket noun /'pokit/
happy adjective /'haepi/
worry verb /'wAri/
point verb /point/
5 What's . ? guess verb /ges/
It's a newspaper. see verb /si:/
please exclamation /pli:z/
4 CLASSROOM LANGUAGE Can you answer these questions?

a Complete the sentences. What's in your bag?
1 Close the door. How do you spell 'coffee'?
2 L to the teacher. Where's the stress in 'coffee'?
Is this your book?
3 OJ , your books.
How do you say 'door' in your language?
4 W in pairs.
5 Don't ws
6 T off your mobile phone.
7 L at the board.
8 Don't s _ Spanish.
1 VOCABULARY drinks 4 READING
Order the letters. What are the drinks? a Match the words and pictures.
1 KILM _ milk
phones baggage reclaim taxis toilets
2 FECOFE departures carpark bar arrivals trolleys
3 RETWA
4 AET
5 ANROEG CIJEU
6 TIED KOCE
2 ASKING FOR A DRINK

Complete the conversations. Write one word in
each space.
A Would you like a drink, sir?

B Yes, a mineral ' water , please.
A Ice and lemon?
2
B J lemon.
A Tea or coffee?
B Tea, 3p_
A Milk?
4
B Y , please.
A Sugar? b Read the dialogues. Where are they? Write the
5 n u m b e r from a.
B No t
1 A Two Cokes, please.
3 SOCIAL ENGLISH B Ice and lemon?
Complete the dialogue with these words. 2 A Good morning. Where to?
B To the city centre, please.
Can Let's Nice OK Welcome
A OK, let's go.
A Hello. Are you Jack Horton?
3 A Goodbye, Cath. Have a good trip!
B Yes. Are you Moira?
B Bye, Paul. See you soon.
A Yes, I am. i Nice to meet you.
4 A Look! Is that your bag?
B You too. 2 to the UK. 3 I help
B No, my bag's black. Ah, there it is!
you with your bags?
5 A Hi, it's me.
A No. It's 4 , thanks.
B Where are you?
B My car's in the car park. Would you like a coffee first?
A I'm at the airport.
A No, thanks. I'm fine.
c Underline five words or phrases you don't know.
B All right. 5 go.
Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and
pronunciation.
To eat well in England, have breakfast three times a day.
W Somerset Maugham, English writer
1 VOCABULARY verb phrases 3 GRAMMAR present simple and

Complete the verb phrases. a Circle the correct answer.
French dinner a cigarette in a flat 1 A lot of British people / goes to the cinema.
a car a magazine to the cinema glasses 2 They don't smoke / doesn't smoke in coffee bars.
1 cook dinner 3 We read / reads the newspaper on the train.
2 drive 4 They doesn't like / don't like children in restaurants.
3 speak 5 You lives / live in a house with a garden.
4 read 6 My father don't cook / doesn't cook.
5 smoke 7 In Britain, cars stop / stops at zebra crossings.
6 wear 8 The women do / does the housework in my family.
7 live 9 My mother watch / watches a lot of TV.
8 go 10 Your children eat / eats a lot of chips.
b Look at the chart and complete the You column.

Tom Susan You
2 VOCABULARY irregular plurals drink tea

a Complete the chart. eat curries
Singular Plural watch TV in the evening
man play the piano
children
Now complete the sentences.
person
1 Tom eats curries.
women
2 Tom tea.
b Complete the sentences with a word from the chart 3 Susan and Tom
in a. TV in the
1 Her mother is a very nice person evening.
2 I have two __.. My first . is six 4 I the piano.
years old. 5 Susan tea.
3 Many British __ drink beer - men and 6 I - television in the evening.
women. 7 Tom and Susan the piano.
4 Don't go into those toilets, David! They're for 8 I curries.
, not 9 I tea.
10 Susan curries.
c Complete the sentences. More Words to Learn
popular adjective /'popjsb/
incredible adjective /m'kredabl/
typical adjective /'tipikl/
fantastic adjective /fasn'tsestik/
terrible adjective /'terebl/
just (= only) adverb /d3Ast/
everywhere adverb /'evriwea/
really adverb /riiali/
too adverb /tu:/
1 I don't smoke (not / smoke).
a lot of quantifier IS 'lDt 3V/
2 My mother (study) English.
many quantifier /'meni/
3 They (not / go) to pubs.
4 She (have) two children. Study idea
5 The restaurant (close) at 11.00. 1 Use your dictionary to find the meaning, the
6 We (not / have) a garden. grammar, and the pronunciation of new words.
7 Her father (not / work).
4 PRONUNCIATION consonant sounds,-5

a Write the words in the chart.
2 Look at the Pronunciation column above.
smoke work have does typical stand Say the words two or three times.
has TV drive like cooks when
have
Do you smoke?
b Circle the word which ends in /iz/. Do live in a flat?
1 smokes works Do you like football?
2 drinks likes washes Do you read a newspaper every day?
Do you wear glasses?
3 drives finishes plays
4 watches cooks speaks
5 studies listens kisses
6 catches eats smokes

It's relaxing to go out with my ex-wife because she already knows I'm an idiot.
Warren Thomas, American writer
1 GRAMMAR present simple Q] c Jon and Rachel are new friends. They go for a drink.
a Complete the questions with Do or Does. Complete the questions.
1 Do you live in a flat?

2 your parents work in an office?
3 _ your sister have a dog?
4 you speak Japanese?
5 your mother drive a Mini?
6 James play the piano?
7 your father smoke?
8 they have lunch at home?
9 _ Ann do exercise at the weekend? R So, Jon, i where do you live ?
10 you go on holiday every year? J In South London. In a small house.
2
b Order the words to make questions. R with your parents?
J Yes, and my sister. What about you?
1 with / Do / live / your / you /mother
3
Do you live with your mother? any brothers and sisters?
R I have a brother. He's 19.
2 Where / have / does / lunch / Kate
4
J work?
R No, he's a student.
3 go / do / to / cinema / When / you / the
J What about you? 5 work?
R In a shop in the city centre.
4 listen / you / in / the / the / Do / to / radio / morning
6
? J your job?
5 they / Where / football / do / play? R Yes, I like it a lot.
6 she / Does / French / study

? 2 PRONUNCIATION consonant sounds
7 brother / the / work / his / Does / city / in / centre a Circle the word with a different sound.
?
country cook (^cigarette^) coffee
8 friends / When / do / play / your / tennis
?
get Germany garden go
9 have / do / When / lunch / you
?
she fish glasses Russia
10 work / in / office / Do / an / they
?
3 VOCABULARY common verb phrases
William is 42. He 7 . the newspaper and

Who's the watches TV at the weekend. He works in an office and
best partner 8
9
a BMW. He lives in a big house and
the piano.
for Aisha?
David is 30. He 10 the electric guitar.
Aisha is 29. She wants to find a boyfriend. He " fast food but he '2 beer.
13
She ' lives in Manchester and she He football all weekend in the park.
2
in a hospital. She
3
to Spain on holiday. She Dino is 26. He's Italian, but he " in England.
4 5 l5 l6
TV but she to He medicine. He four
6 17
classical music. She Italian languages. He to the cinema on
18
food in her kitchen at home. Saturdays. He going to restaurants.
a Complete the sentences with a verb in the correct form.

More Words to Learn
read go (x2) study drive work not watch Write translations and try to remember the words.
play(x3) not eat live (x2) listen speak
cook not like drink Word Pronunciation Translation
magazine noun /msega'zhn/
b Read the text again. Who is the best partner for Aisha - partner noun /'pcntna/
William, David, or Dino?
friends noun /frendz/
alcohol noun /'selkshol/
4 INSTRUCTIONS
glass (of wine) noun /glais/
a Match the words and pictures.
cook noun /kuk/
supermarket noun /'su:p3ma:ku7
north, south, /no:9/ /sao9/
east, west nouns /i:st/ /west/
late adjective /leit/
Let's meet... /lets mi:t/
Where do you live ?

What languages do you speak?
a ask d cover the text g think Do you have a car?
b answer e test a partner h copy What sports do you play?

What food do you like?
c say f roleplay
b Cover the words. Look at the pictures and try to

remember the words.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist when he grows up.
Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter
1 VOCABULARY jobs
a Complete the crossword
b Write er or or. d Complete the sentences with these words.

1 footballer 3 act__ 5 doct _
at at with in with of for
2 manag 4 wait 6 police offic in fee at
c Complete the sentences with these words. 1 My sister works for the European Union.
just lonely draw every day in a hurry 2 I work three other people.
stressful holiday 3 I'm 16 and I'm school.
1 Artists are people who draw and paint pictures. 4 They work a hospital.
2 I don't have breakfast when I'm 5 Maria works . an office.
3 David has 28 days of every year. 6 Her brother works a newspaper.
4 My father drinks four cups of coffee 7 Jack works home.
5 My boyfriend has a very job. 8 My boyfriend studies Economics university.
6 People who work at home are sometimes 9 Maria earns a lot money.
7 I have a sandwich for lunch. 10 Do you work a computer?

2 GRAMMAR a/an + jobs 3 PRONUNCIATION consonant sounds
a Circle the correct form. Then complete the answers a Write the words in the chart.
with a, an, or -. Then match the questions and answers.
China shop photo you chair Germany
1 What d o / he do?' job file England university drink person
2 What do / does they do?
3 Is / Does she a housewife?
4 What do / does you do?
5 Is / Are they politicians?
6 Where do / does she work? shop
7 Do / Does they study at university?
8 What does / do she do?
a She's a. hairdresser. 1 journalist 4 pilot 7 receptionist
b In a hospital - she's nurse. 2 politician 5 musician 8 housewife
c He's actor. 3 hairdresser 6 engineer 9 student
d No, they're ^ _ ^ _ doctors.
e I'm lawyer.
f No, she's journalist. More Words to Learn
g They're = engineers. Write translations and try to remember the words.
h Yes, they're students. Word Pronunciation Translation
b What's my job? Read the texts and complete the factory noun /'fasktri/
sentences. hands noun /hasndz/
other adjective /'A6a/
'I work inside and outside, and I work
during the day or at night. I drive a car or earn verb /s:n/
a motorbike and sometimes I walk along relax verb /n'laeks/
the street. 1 don't earn a lot of money. I normally adverb /'noimali/
wear a uniform.'
together adverb /ta'geSa/
He's
inside adverb /in 'said/
outside adverb /aut'said/
'I work in an office with a computer,
or outside with other people. 1 speak It depends /it di'pendz/
other languages and I sometimes travel to
different countries. I don't wear a uniform.
I work for a newspaper.'
She's Can you answer these questions?
What do you do?

'I wear a uniform and I work with Where do you work or study?
other people. I have special qualifications, What does your father do?
but I don't earn a lot of money. I work What does your mother do?
during the day or at night, but I don't In your country, what jobs are well paid?
work outside. I work in a hospital.'
She's
I want to be the white man's brother, not his brother-in-law.
Martin Luther King, American civil rights activist
1 G R A M M A R possessives c Look at the s in these sentences. Write a letter in the

box: A = possessive, B = is.
a Order the words to make sentences.
1 My father's flat is in the town centre.
1 house / Scotland / sister's / in / My / is
My sister's house is in Scotland. 2 His name's Robert.
2 works / her / in / Barbara / shop / brother's 3 Phillip's brother is an actor.

4 My son's wife likes animals.
3 Japanese / Her / car / boyfriend's / is 5 His brother's very nice.

6 Clare's children work in London.
4 father / you / Do / know / Jennifer's 7 Our mother's 50 today.
? 8 Their father's an engineer.
5 from / girlfriend / France / brother's / is / My
2 VOCABULARY the family

6 daughter's / bank / in / friend / Our / works / a
a Complete the chart.
7 job / stressful / Is / Tom's / very

?
8 money / mother / lot / earns / of / Susan's / a

grandmother grandfather
father
b Write the sentences with an apostrophe (').
aunt
1 Martha is my brothers girlfriend.
husband
Martha is my brother's girlfriend.
sister
2 This is my parents car.
son
This is my parents' car.
niece
3 Do you know Kathys brother ?
cousin
?
b Complete the sentences.

4 The womens toilets are over there.
1 My mother's sister is my aunt
2 My brother's son is my
5 I think this is that womans bag.
3 My father's brother is my
4 My mother's father is my
6 Our teachers wife is French.
5 My uncle's son is my
6 My sister's daughter is my
7 We have coffee in the Teachers Room at 10.00.
3 PRONUNCIATION consonant sounds More Words to Learn
Write the words in the chart. Practise saying them. Write translations and try to remember the words.
book housewife think brother nurse this Word Pronunciation Translation

matches three men builder nephew have relatives noun /'rebtivz/
boyfriend noun /'boifrend/
girlfriend noun /'g3:lfrend/
possessions noun /ps'zejnz/
shoes noun /Ju:z/
book
hat noun /haet/
cap noun /keep/
Which? pronoun /witjv
4 READING Who? pronoun /hu:/
How many? quantifier /hau 'meni/
The Rainforest Children
John Allen is 43 years old and he has four children: two
daughters and two sons. John is a plant scientist and he lives
with three of his children in the South American rainforest. Their
'house' is a group of tents near the River Orinoco in Venezuela. Can you answer these questions?
John's wife and one of his daughters prefer to live in London. How many brothers and sisters do you have?
John's children don't go to school because John is their Where do your grandparents live?
teacher. He teaches them everything he knows, including how to What's your mother's first name?
survive in South America. Do you have any cousins?
The children don't know how to use a PlayStation, but they Do you live in your parents' house?
can all drive, even his 9-year-old son, Simon. At night they drive
their car 50 metres from the kitchen tent to the bedroom tent
because there are a lot of wild animals in the area. They spend
their free time playing and reading books and in the evening
they listen to the news on the radio. They don't have a TV or
CD player. In the summer the children's friends come from
London to visit. When they go home they tell their parents Complete each space with one word.
incredible stories of their holidays in the Venezuelan rainforest. Hello, Gary. How your mother?
My girlfriend's from Paris. She's
Martin's English and wife's America
a Write T (True) or F (False).
Please off your mobile phone.
1 John is a biology teacher. _JL That man four different languages.
2 John's four children live in Venezuela. A you smoke?
3 They live in a house. B No, I don't.
4 John teaches the children in a school. Her father's engineer.

My sister's is my niece.
5 The children don't play computer games.
6 Simon doesn't drive.
7 They don't watch TV.
8 The children's friends visit with their parents.

they mean? Check with your dictionary.
1 VOCABULARY hotel words 4 READING
Complete the words. a Match the hotels and the guests - write the numbers
in the boxes.
1 A lawyer and his friend want to spend a weekend in
Oxford to walk, talk, and play golf.
2 A company director wants to have a two-day meeting
in Oxford with managers from other European offices.
3 A family with a dog want to travel to Scotland, but
they want to stay the night in Oxford because their
journey is too long for one day.
1 recegtion__ 4 the g f
2 the 1 5 ad room Hotels in Oxford
3 the b 6 as room
2 CHECKING IN
Complete the conversation with a phrase from the box.
Here you are. I have a reservation. It's OK.

Non-smoking, please. That's right. Where's the lift?
A Good evening, madam.

Hinksey Hill Top, Oxford 102 St Clements, Oxford
B Hello, i I have a reservation. My name's Melissa Grant. 0X1 5BG 0X4 1AR
A For two nights? 14 double rooms, 9 double rooms,

6 single rooms 1 single room
B Yes. 2
Car park Restaurant
A Can I see your passport, please?
Restaurant Car park
B Just a moment. 3 Bar Television
A Do you want a smoking or non-smoking room? Cable / satellite television Pets welcome
B 4 Near golf course Near motorway
A Here's your key. It's room 212 - on the second floor.

B Thank you. 5
Beaumont Street, Oxford 0X1 2LN
A It's over there. Do you need help with your bags?
7 suites, 63 doubles, 39 singles
B No, thanks. 6
Conference centre
24-hour room service
3 SOCIAL ENGLISH Cable / satellite TV
Complete the missing words. Car park
A • Would_ you like another drink? Restaurant

100 kms from airport
B No, 12 h to go now. It's late. Sorry.
A 3T OK. It's no problem. 4 S
b Underline five words or phrases you don't know.
you tomorrow.
B Yes,5 g Sleep well. pronunciation.
Football? lt's the beautiful gamę.
Pele, Brazilian footballer
1 VOCABULARY common adjectives 2 PRONUNCIATION vowe! sounds

a Complete the crossword. a Circle the word with a different vowel sound.
cheap study high comb red

niecę blue dry book pen
eat new live slow me
do wife smoke wet

1 beautiful 3 expensive 5 ugly
2 empty 4 difficult 6 dirty
3 GRAM MAR adjectives

Order the words to make sentences.
1 has / boyfriend / rich / Cathy / a
Cathy has a rich boyfriend.
2 expensive / drives / Jack / car / an
3 lipstick / wears / Helen / red
4 a / house / live / parents / in / very / My / big
5 Saturdays / a /1 / lunch / cook / On / big
b Write the colours. 6 don't / days / like /1 / wet
1 blue + yellow = green

2 black + white = 7 quite / 's / My / grandfather / old
3 red + yellow =
4 white + red - 8 children / hair / have / Paula's / fair
5 red + green =
4 VOCABULARY appearance, quite/ very
a Match the pictures and the sentences. Write the
letter in the box.
1 He's very tall and he has short, dark hair.
2 He's quite fat, with long dark hair.
3 She's very old and quite fat with short, fair hair.
4 She's quite young, quite tall, and she has dark hair.
5 He's quite young. He's tall and thin with short hair.
6 She's quite short and thin, and she has long hair.
b Complete with an expression from the box.
I'm cold. I'm hot. I'm sad. I'm angry.

I'm tired. I'm thirsty. I'm hungry. I'm happy.
1 My friend is very late. I'm angry.

2 It's2°C.
3 It's my birthday!
4 It's 45°C.
5 It's time for lunch. _
6 My boyfriend doesn't love me. More Words to Learn
7 I want a glass of water. Write translations and try to remember the words.
8 It's very late. Word Pronunciation Translation
president noun
airline noun
clothes noun
5 READING moon noun
hair noun
Who is the perfect Bond girl?
good-looking adjective
There are 20 Bond films in the 'Bond, James Bond' exhibition at
pretty adjective
the Science Museum in London. In these films James Bond has
41 girlfriends, but they are all different. Some have brown hair, feel verb
some have fair hair, some have dark hair, and some have red separate verb
hair. But experts now know exactly what type of girl James Bond
likes. They say Bond's typical girlfriend has brown hair and another determiner
brown eyes. She is quite tall (lm 70), quite thin and, of course,
very beautiful. And who is the
perfect Bond girl? They say it's
Diana Rigg in the film On Her
Majesty's Secret Service,
Is your flat big or small?
Are you tall or short?
Tick the correct boxes.
What colour hair do you have?
James Bond likes girls who... Are you hungry?
a are rich d are beautiful g are thin Are restaurants cheap or expensive in your country?
b are short e have blue eyes h are fat
c are tall f have brown eyes
3 o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do.
Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher
B
1 GRAMMAR telling the time 3 VOCABULARY daily routine
Write the times. a Complete the phrases with go, get, or have.
1 It's twenty to six. 2
3 4
5 6
1 get dressed 5 breakfast 9 to bed

2 to the gym 6 to work 10 up
7 8 3 shopping 7 a shower 11 to work
4 a coffee 8 home 12 dinner
b Circle the action which you usually do first.

2 PRONUNCIATION the Setter o 1 get dressed /
Circle the word with a different vowel sound. 2 get up / wake up
Practise saying the words.
3 make the dinner / have dinner
4 sleep / go to bed
5 go home / get home
office school no slow 6 start work / get to work
two son 7 have lunch / have breakfast
long food mother comb 8 have dinner / have a coffee
job hot worried brown
4 GRAMMAR the time, daily routine 5 What :
a Complete the spaces with have, go, or get. She has dinner and watches television.
6 What time
She goes to bed at 10.30.
A housewife's life is very 7
stressful - or is it? No, she doesn't. She goes to bed late.
Many people think that housewives have a very stressful life.

More Words to Learn
We ask two, Moira and Eve, about their typical day. Write translations and try to remember the words.
Eve Standish is from Bristol in
cup (of coffee) noun
South West England.
8 expert noun
'I up at 10 o'clock and
9 the same adjective
fruit and an orange juice
for breakfast. Then I 1O._______. a invite verb
bath and get dressed. At 11.30 I
cycle verb
meet my friends in the city centre.
pickup verb
First we 1]. a coffee, and
12 guide noun
then we shopping. We
usually 13 lunch at about more quantifier
First Moira Macallan, from one o'clock in a restaurant in town. all quantifier
Dundee in Scotland. In the afternoon we sometimes
14 because conjunction
1 * get up at 730 and i make to the gym. When I
15
the breakfast for my children. Then home, I 16 a
I 2 dressed and take the drink with my husband. In the Study idea
children to school. Then i3 evening we 17 to the theatre 1 Use a highlighter pen to h
shopping. I go to the supermarket or to a nightclub. I normally words that are difficult to
18 remember (in your Student's
and buy food and things for the to bed very late.'
Book and Workbook).
house. When I 4__ home I
make the beds and clean the 2 Cover the Word column (above) and test your
house. 15 ________ a shower before memory. Which words are difficult for you to
I pick up the children from school at remember? Highlight them.
four o'clock. In the evening we
6
dinner and watch
television. I 7 to bed at
10.30 because I'm very tired/
What time do you get up?
b Write questions about Moira or Eve. What do you have for breakfast?
1 What time does Moira get up ? Where do you have lunch?
She gets up at 7.30. How do you get to work or school?

What time do you go to bed?
2 Does Eve have breakfast ?
Yes, she does. She has fruit and orange juice.
3 in the morning?
No, she doesn't. She has a shower in the afternoon.
4 Where ?
She meets her friends in the city centre.
The man who works and is not bored is never old.
Pablo Casals, Spanish cellist
1 GRAMMAR adverbs of frequency b Write the adverb of frequency in the correct place in
a Complete the You column in the chart. Then the sentence.
complete the sentences with a verb and an adverb 1 Tom rides his motorbike to work, (sometimes)
of frequency. Tom sometimes rides his motorbike to work.
always
2 My boyfriend is late, (never)
usually
often
sometimes 3 The children walk to school, (usually)
hardly ever
never -
Steffi Robert You 4 I'm hungry, (always)
eat fruit and
vegetables 5 Teachers are stressed, (often)
do sport or
-
exercise
6 I see my uncle and aunt, (hardly ever)
be relaxed
drink alcohol
7 Professional footballers are rich, (usually)
be ill
1 Steffi sometimes eats fruit and vegetables. 8 Pilots sleep in hotels, (often)
2 She sport or exercise.
3 She relaxed.
4 She alcohol.
2 VOCABULARY 'Okinawa7 reading
5 She ill.
Complete the sentences.
6 Robert fruit and vegetables. stay at home popular meat unusual beach
7 He sport or exercise. sunset riee busy take my time
8 He relaxed. 1 Chinese people eat a lot of rice

9 He alcohol. 2 The secretary is very - she has a lot of work.
10 He ill. 3 That restaurant is because the food is good.
Ill fruit and vegetables. 4 The opposite of'usual' is
12 1 sport or exercise. 5 I like to ! I don't like to be in a hurry.
13 I relaxed. 6 In the summer I go to the every day.
14 I alcohol. 7 I love the , when the sky is orange and red.
15 I ill. 8 Vegetarians don't eat

9 I don't want to go out tonight. I want to
Who lives the Okinawa way?
3 VOCABULARY time words and expressions 4 PRONUNCIATION the letter/?
a Answer the questions. a Match the word to the pronunciation.
1 half a /his/
2 high b /'aua/
3 how c /hai/
4 hour d /'hAri/
5 hardly e /ha:f/
6 here f /'haepi/
7 hurry g /'haidli/
8 happy h /hao/
In which word is the h not pronounced?
More Words to Learn

1 How many minutes are in an hour? sixty Write translations and try to remember the words.
2 How many months are in a year?
island noun
3 How many days are in a week?
kilometre noun
4 How many seconds are in a minute?
vegetables noun
J S How many weeks are in a month? fruit noun
; 6 How many hours are in a day? (un)usual adjective
7 How many days are in June? traditional adjective
8 How many weeks are in a year? (un)healthy adjective
ill adjective
until conjunction
b Complete the sentences with one word.
a long time
1 Nurses sometimes work all week and at weekends.
Nurses sometimes work every___ day.
2 Jon usually has a holiday in March, May, and July.
Jon usually has a holiday times a year.
3 I have English classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
How often are you in a hurry?
I have English classes twice a How often do you do exercise?
4 Katia goes shopping on Friday. How often do you go to English class?
Katia goes shopping a week. How often do you eat meat?

How often do you go to the theatre?
5 Liz takes her dog for a walk at 7.00 a.m. and at 6.00 p.m.
Liz takes her dog for a walk a day.
6 I buy a new pair of sunglasses in the summer.
I buy a new pair of sunglasses once a
Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.
Hector Louis Berlioz, French composer
1 VOCABULARY the date b Underline the stressed syllable in these words.

a Continue the series. 1 January 5 May 9 September
1 January, February, March April 2 February 6 June 10 October
2 May, July, , 3 March 7 July 11 November
3 September, October, , 4 April 8 August 12 December
4 March, June, ,
5 spring, summer, ,
6 first, second, , 3 G R A M M A R prepositions of time
7 sixth, eighth, ,
a Write the words in the correct column.
8 fifth, tenth, ,
February 5th November 5:30 the weekend
b Complete the chart. Sunday the morning the autumn
Friday afternoon 22nd September night
1/1 44/2 4/7 31/10 25/12 Christmas 2010 your birthday Easter 1966
Day Date You say... in on at

Valentine's Day 14/2 the fourteenth of February February 5th November 5.30
Christmas Day
US Independence Day
Halloween
New Year's Day
48 Vocabulary Bank b Complete the spaces with a preposition of time.
2 P R O N U N C I A T I O N vowel sounds, word stress 'My name is Nunzia Manfredini and I work for
a publicity agency. I usually get up 1_jg£_
six o'clock2 Mondays, Wednesdays, and
first second autumn July April Fridays because I have my English class before
November ninth May August third
I start work. 3 __ Tuesdays and Thursdays
I get up later. I go to work by train, but 4
Fridays I drive my car, so I can visit my mother 5 the afternoon.
6
When the class finishes quarter to nine, I go to my office.
7
autumn I have lunch two o'clock and then I work until about seven
8
o'clock. the summer I work different hours because9
15th June we change to the summer timetable. It's very hot in Rome
10
August, so most people go on holiday!'
4 READING More Words to Learn
a Match the questions to the paragraphs. Write translations and try to remember the words.
Where do people stay? Where is it? Word Pronunciation Translation
How do people get there? When is it? birthday noun
What is the Kumbh Mela bathing festival?
the beginning noun
the middle noun
favourite adjective
continue verb
want verb
change verb
also adverb
during preposition
in front of preposition
When's your birthday?

When's your mother's birthday?
The Kumbh Mela bathing festival What's your favourite month?
What's your favourite season?
1 What is the Kumbh Mela bathing festival?
When do you usually relax?
The Kumbh Mela bathing festival is a ceremony for
Hindus where they celebrate their religion. They go to
the River Ganges to clean their bodies. Millions of
Indian people take part in the ceremony and it is
impossible to move in the streets near the river.
2 .
CAN YOU REMEMBER...?
The festival takes place in one of four cities in India. Complete each space with one word.
The cities are Ujjain, Haridwar, Nasik, and Allahabad.
James like dogs, but he likes cats.
3 ;
your boyfriend live near here?
The Kumbh Mela does not happen on a fixed date,
Nurses always a uniform.
but it takes place every three years, in April or May.
The exact dates depend on the stars. My husband is my uncle.
I want a drink. I'm .
4
We get up at half six.
There are special trains that take people to the
Kumbh Mela from all over India. During the festival A How do you go to English classes?
the trains are very full. B Twice a week.
5 They go to bed late the weekend.
People usually stay at camps where they eat and
sleep. The food is vegetarian because Hindus do not
eat meat or eggs.
b Hi; five words you don't know. What do you

think they mean? Check with your dictionary.
1 VOCABULARY coffee and snacks 4 READING
Complete the words. a Read the descriptions of the coffee bars.
1 cappuccino
2 f c Coffee bars
3 e
BATTERY PARK 615a Wilbraham Road, Chorlton
4 c c
Battery Park is more than a coffee bar - it also serves
c
a selection of fruit juices, snacks, and home-made
5 b cakes. Customers can sit inside on comfortable sofas
in the winter, or outside on the terrace in the summer.
2 BUYING A COFFEE
BAMBOO CAFE 583 Barlow Moore Road, Chorlton
a Complete the missing words in these phrases.
Apart from its excellent coffee, you can try a variety of
1 Do you have any cakes? eastern and western food here. The menu isn't
2 Here y are. Thanks. expensive and the desserts are delicious.
3 To t away. CAFE POP 54/56 Oldham Street, City Centre

4 How m is that? This stylish coffee bar serves all kinds of hot and cold
5 C I have an espresso, please? drinks and some fantastic snacks. However, its most
interesting feature is the decoration - the walls are
6 Regular, p
covered with pictures of British pop stars from the 90s.
7 A chocolate chip c , please.
KAFKA'S Waterstone's, 91 Deansgate, City Centre
b Put the sentences from exercise a in the dialog
below. Write a number in each box. Kafka's coffee bar is part of Waterstone's bookshop,
so you can take a book from the shelves and sit in a
A Next, please. B \j\
comfortable chair to look at it. The coffee is great,
A Regular or large? B Q and snacks are also served.
A Anything else? B •
LES DEUCES DE CHAMPAGNE
A Brownies or chocolate chip cookies. B EH
The Triangle, 37 Hanging Ditch, Manchester
A To have here or take away? B CH
This coffee bar is famous for its cakes and ice creams,
A Here you are. B LH
and they do a very special breakfast. However, it's very
A That's £3.40, please. B • expensive, so only come here if it's your birthday or if
a friend is paying!
3 SOCIAL ENGLISH
Complete the dialogue with these words.
b In which coffee bar can you...
sorry over free welcome worry 1 .. .read a book while you drink your coffee?
2 .. .enjoy your coffee in the sun?
A Thanks for the coffee, Alan.
3 .. .spend a lot of money on your coffee?
B You're i welcome .
4 .. .have food from different countries?
A Look, there's a 2 table 3 there.
5 .. .see pictures of famous British musicians?
B Oh no! The coffee. It's all over your shirt!
c Underline five words or phrases you don't know.
I'm really 4
A Don't 5 It's OK. pronunciation.
Can't act, slightly bald, also dances.
Said after Fred Astaire's first audition
1 GRAMMAR can / can't (ability) 3 VOCABULARY more verb phrases

a Write a sentence for each picture. a Complete the crossword.
1 He can't play the guitar. 2
3 4 5
b Write a question for each picture. Then write your answer:

Yes, I can. or No, I can't.
Your answer
1 Can you play the guitar ?
2 you ?
3 you ?
4 you ?
5 you ?
2 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress

a Underline the stressed words.
1 A Can you speak German ? 4 Where can I buy a newspaper?
B Yes, I can. 5 A Can your father cook?
2 I can't find the keys. B No, he can't.
3 She can sing. 6 My sister can't swim.
b Practise saying the sentences.

b Complete the sentences. More Words to Learn
turn off call help see Write translations and try to remember the words.
hear play bay run Word Pronunciation Translation
1 T buy a newspaper every day. advertisement noun
2 I a taxi when I'm in a hurry. (pop) star noun
3 He wants to a film this evening. map noun
4 Please the TV when you go to bed. channel noun
5 Please me. I don't understand this. programme noun 1 verb

creative adjective
6 I often chess with my nephew.
7 I want to in the London Marathon this year. physical adjective
8 My grandmother's 92. She can't very well. practical adjective

follow verb
need verb
4 GRAMMAR can / can't (other uses)

Study idea
a Match the sentences. 1 Look at the Pronunciation column in More
1 Can you turn on the light? Words to Learn. Remember that this mark ('
2 Can you speak more slowly? the stress is on the next syllable.
3 Can you look for my keys? 2 Underline the stressed syllables in the Word
4 Can you help me with this window? column. Practise saying the words.
5 Can you hurry, please? 3 Remember to underline the stress when you
6 Can you tell me your name again? write down new words.
a I can't open it. d I can't find them.

b I can't see. e I can't understand you.
c I can't remember it. f I can't wait.
b Write a sentence with can or can't for each picture. Can you play a musical instrument?
Can you drive?
Can you dance well?
What sports can you play?
Can you take good photos?
1 Can you open the door, 2 You

please?
3 Can the sugar? 4 1

People who say money can't buy you happiness
don't know where to go shopping.
Anonymous
Shopping - men love it!
1 GRAMMAR like (+ verb + -ing) 2 PRONUNCIATION

a Write the verb + -ingin the correct column. Practise saying these sentences with the /rj/ sound.
wait come take get dance find 1 I hate going to the bank.
buy run swim draw give stop 2 Thanks for buying me the pink dress.
verb + -ing 0 + -ing double consonant 3 My uncle loves going for long walks.
+ -ing 4 Do you think she sings good songs?
waiting
3 VOCABULARY free time activities
a Write the verb.
ride do take go talk play
b Look at the chart and complete the sentences. 1 take photos your umbrella the dog for a walk
= love = don't like 2 home to bed shopping

Women Men 3 chess computer games the guitar
= like = hate
4 exercise housework homework
watch football
5 to a friend on the phone fast
dance at parties
6 a horse a motorbike a bike
buy presents
have lunch with their mother b Complete the activities with a verb + - ing.
play chess doing listening watching playing reading
tell secrets to friends dancing shopping going meeting using
1 Women hate watching football.

Men love watching football.
Top 10 free-time activities
1 watching
2 Women at parties.
Men at parties.
2 friends
3 Women presents.
3 a computer
Men presents.
4 to the cinema
4 Women lunch with their mother.

5 a book or the
newspaper
Men lunch with their mother.
6 football (or
5 Women chess. another sport)
Men chess. 7 to music
6 Women secrets to friends. 8 at a nightclub
Men secrets to friends. 9 exercise
10 for clothes
4 READING
Center Pares is the perfect family holiday.

There are four of them in England and you
can do almost anything you want there.
If if s exercise you want, you can go walking or cycling

through the forest. There are also adventure sports
like windsurfing. If you're a team player, you can play
basketball, tennis, or five-a-side football. But if you
prefer a quieter life, you can do T'ai Chi or yoga in the
gym, or go swimming in the numerous swimming More Words to Learn
pools. And if you don't like doing exercise at all, you
can learn to paint in the art class or just sit in the cafe
and relax.
survey noun
Center Pares isn't only for adults; children enjoy it as
much as their parents. Mothers and fathers can relax shop noun
in the sauna or play golf, while babies and small hobby noun
children play with their friends in the Time Out clubs. toys noun
There is something for everyone at Center Pares. try on verb

If you want to find more information, you can look at decide verb
www.centerparcs.co.uk.
possibly adverb
today adverb
some quantifier
a Write T (True) or F (False). everything pronoun
1 There is only one Center Pare in England. JL
2 Center Pares isn't only for children. —
3 Center Pares is in the city.
4 Center Pares is only good if you like sport. Can you answer these questions?
Do you like shopping?

b Tick the activities people do at Center Pares.
How often do you buy clothes?
1 riding bikes 6 football Do you like going to the supermarket?
2 painting 7 shopping What do you hate doing during the week?
3 learning a language 8 yoga What do you like doing at the weekend?
4 doing housework 9 swimming
5 relaxing 10 windsurfing
A man falls in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears.
Woodrow Wyatt, American writer
Fatal attraction?
1 GRAMMAR object pronouns c Complete the text with these words.

a Complete the chart.
he him she she her they they them
Subject pronouns Object pronouns
I me David, Anna, Peter,
you and Vicky are all

he friends. ' They live
she together in a big flat in
it the city centre, but

we 2
have some
you problems. David loves
they Anna, but 3
doesn't love 4
b Complete the sentences with object
pronouns. Anna loves Peter, but 5 doesn't love 6
David and Peter don't
1 I love you. Do you love me ? like Vicky, and 7 doesn't like 8
2 I work with John. I have lunch with

every day.
3 Can you speak more slowly? I can't
2 VOCABULARY love stories'reading
understand
a Complete the text with these words.
4 She lives near me. I often see
leave fall in love go out together meet come back get married
on the bus.
5 She doesn't like my sisters. She never
speaks to
6 This music's terrible. I hate
7 A What do you think of these boots? About 75% of people ' fall in love
with a friend from school.
B I don't like very much.
15% of people 2 ^ a new
8 I want to talk to you about
partner when they go away on holiday.
something. Can you phone
30% of couples3 for a
tomorrow, please? year or more before they start living together.
9 We arrive at the airport at 8.00. Can Only about 10% 4 to
this person.
you meet ?
Sadly, 25% 5 their first
10 Excuse me, I have a problem. Can
husband or wife in the first two years.
you help ? About 5% 6
because they can't find another partner.
b Order the story. Use the pictures to help you.
Music... the food of love
a After the concert they go out to dinner together,

More Words to Learn
b Two students meet at music school in London.
c They live together in Australia.
d Five years later, he goes on holiday to Sydney. He goes Word Pronunciation Translation
to a concert at Sydney Opera House - and she is one story noun
of the singers.
life (pi. lives) noun
e She doesn't write to him.
interesting adjective
f They fall in love and go out together.
impossible adjective
g He asks her to marry him and she says, 'Yes'.
h When they finish at music school, she goes home die verb
to Australia. sell verb
forget verb
3 PRONUNCIATION / i / and / i : / stay verb
rich builder police spring key Easter without preposition
green politician thin niece city cheap
in the end
Write the words in the chart. Practise saying the words.

Do you like romantic films?
rich
What's your favourite film?
What do you think of horror films?
What do you think of Woody Allen?
What do you think of TV in your country?
I don't know anything about music.
Fl\/ic Procto\/ Am&rimn cinn&r
1 VOCABULARY music b Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective

Complete the words. (my, your, etc.) or pronoun (mine, yours, etc.).
1 I like listening to rock music in my car. 1 Boy Give it to me.

2 The Japanese love going to k bars. It's mine .
3 Record companies don't like people who d Girl It's not
music from the Internet. It's dog! Give it
4 Michael plays the piano in a j band. to me.
5 It's very expensive to go to some pop c
6 Why is Karl in that group? He can't s 2 It's not cat.
7 You need to learn to r music before you It's is
can write it. black.
8 Kim doesn't like going to nightclubs and she hates 1970s
d music.
3 Teacher Whose is this? Is it
9 When I listen to a song, I like to read the 1
, Jim?
10 My sister plays the violin in an o
Boy No, Miss. It's
11 Which i do you play? The cello.
Girl Of course it's not
It's
2 G R A M M A R possessive pronouns
a Complete the questions and answers in the chart.
4 A Are these coats?
B Yes, they're
Thanks very much.
Possessive Possessive 3 PRONUNCIATION rhyming words

Whose...?
adjective pronoun
a Match the words that rhyme.
Whose is that piano? It's my piano. It's mine.
aunt see wear wait near eat hot water
Whose are those keys? They're your keys. They're
? It's his wallet. 1 hate wait 5 daughter
? They're her books. 2 meet 6 key
? It's our car. 3 hair 7 what
? They're your coats. 4 beer 8 can't
? It's their house. b Practise saying the words.
a Match the questions to the paragraphs. Write translations and try to remember the words.
What language? When? Why? Who? Where? Word Pronunciation Translation
head noun
group noun
lyrics noun
concert noun
similar adjective
download verb
still adverb
tonight adverb
slowly adverb
What kind of...?
1 When?
The Eurovision Song Contest takes place in May
every year. Before the final competition, people in
each country choose the song they want to Can you answer these questions?
represent their country.
What kind of music do you like?
2 Can you play the guitar?
The idea of the contest is to promote pop music
Do you go to karaoke bars?
from all of the different countries and to give an
How often do you buy CDs?
opportunity to new singers and composers.
Where do you like listening to music?
3
Dnly members of the European Broadcasting Union
can take part in the competition. Singers don't
have to have the nationality of the countries they
represent. For example, in 1963 the singer Nana
Mouskouri represented Luxembourg, although she CAN YOU REMEMBER...?
is Greek. Since 1986, singers must be over 16,
after a 13-year-old from Belgium won the Complete each space with one word.
competition the year before.
The children cereal for breakfast.
4 He eats meat. He's a vegetarian.
In the first years of Eurovision only the United Is your birthday the summer?
Kingdom, Ireland, and Malta could sing in English.
Kim comes from a family. His father
Now there are no rules about languages, so groups
can sing in their own language, or in English if they has a Rolls-Royce.
want to. Today almost all countries sing in English. Jim's a good musician. He play six
5 ... instruments.
The competition is always in the country where the I hate up early in the morning.
last year's winner came from. The country with the Tim loves Rebecca but she doesn't love
most winners is Ireland, and many Eurovision
A Is this pen yours? B Yes, it's
singers have become very famous, for example Abba
and Julio Iglesias.
b Guess the meaning of the highlighted words.

Check with your dictionary.
1 VOCABULARY clothes
Write the words.
1 a shirt 4 a i
2
t 5 j
3
s 6 as
2 BUYING CLOTHES 4 READING

Order the words to make questions. a Read the text.
A Can I help you?
B Yes / size / this / is / what / sweater
1 Yes, what size is this sweater?
1 Oxford Street is the best area - there are over 300
A Let's see. It's a 'medium'.
shops there. You can find more exclusive designer
B a / have / you / 'small' / Do stores in Regent's Street and Bond Street. Knightsbridge
and Sloane Square are also good areas, and there are
2 _?
hundreds of little shops in Covent Garden market.
A Yes, this one is 'small'.
2 The most famous, of
B Thanks, on / can / it /I / Where / try course, is Harrods with
3 Thanks. ? its incredible food hall,
but it is not the only
A The changing rooms are over there.
one. Selfridges, in
B It's fine, it / How / is / much Oxford Street, sells a
4 It's fine. _____ ? wide range of
designer labels, and
A It's 59.99. Liberty mixes the
B Visa / take / Do / you traditional with the
modern.
5 _____ ?
A Yes, of course. 3 All shops open between 9.00 and 10.00 a.m. and they
close at 6.00 p.m. It's unusual for shops to close for
lunch, and at least one night a week they stay open
3 SOCIAL ENGLISH late, until 8.00 p.m. In Oxford Street, late night opening
is on Thursdays.
Complete the dialogue with one word in each space.
A It's my birthday today. 4 You can't leave London without going to one of its
many street markets. The best ones are in Covent
B Oh! Happy Birthday!
Garden, Portobello Road, Camden, and Petticoat Lane.
A 2 You don't have to buy anything here, because it's fun
W you like to have dinner with me tonight?
just to look at the variety of things for sale.
B I'm sorry, I can't... I'm 3 b tonight.
A Oh. What a pity. 4 H about Friday night?
B Yes, great. b Match the questions below to paragraphs 1-4.
A There's a new Vietnamese restaurant in the centre. A Where are the main shopping areas in London?
We can go there if you want. B Are there any street markets?
5
B That's a good i C When are London's shops open?
D Which are the most important department stores?
My life is a simple thing that would interest nobody. It is a
known fad that I was born, and that is all that is necessary.
Albert Einstein, German scientist
1 GRAMMAR was/ were 4 the Bee Gees / from the USA? X

?
a Complete the sentences with was, were, wasnt, or
werent.
5 John McEnroe / footballer?

?
6 Matisse / composer?
?
7 Picasso / born / Spain?

?
8 Greta Garbo / actress?

A Who's that?
?
B It's William Shakespeare.
A Why '__was__ he famous?
9 Tolstoy and Cervantes / painters?
B He 2 a writer. ?
A 3 he Scottish?
BNo.het He5 _ English. He
10 Nelson Mandela / born / Britain?
6 born in Stratford-upon-Avon.
?
7
A And he married?
8 9
B Yes, he His wife's name Annę.
10 c Complete with present or past forms of be.
A And they happy?
1 Today is Monday, so yesterday was Sunday.
B I don't know.
2 A Hi. your sister at home?
b Write ąuestions and answers.
B No, she . She here this morning,
1 Mozart / from / Germany?
but now she at work.
Was Mozart from Germany?
3 My books here on my desk this morning.
No, he wasnt.
Where they now?
2 Columbus and Magellan / explorers?
4 James born in England, but his parents
Were Columbus and Magellan explorers?
born in Singapore.
Yes, they were.
5 My boss angry today because I very
3 Virginia Woolf / writer?
late for work yesterday, and this morning too.
?
2 VOCABULARY word formation More Words to Learn
a Make nouns from these words. Write translations and try to remember the words.
1 invent an inventor Word Pronunciation Translation
2 write world noun
3 politics statue noun
4 compose soldier noun
5 music war noun
6 paint battle noun
7 lead village noun
8 act great (= important)
9 science adjective
10 sail already adverb
against preposition
b Underline the stressed syllables, e.g. an inventor.
(on the) left
c Practise saying the words in a. {opposite right)
d Complete the sentences with was I were and a noun

from a. Study idea
1 Galileo was a scientist Try to remember words with other words or phrases:
2 The Wright brothers were inventors 1 remember words with their opposites, e.g. left I right
3 Rembrandt 2 remember words in phrases, e.g. on the left
4 Gustav Mahler
5 Jimi Hendrix
6 The Bronte sisters
7 Gandhi
Where were you born?
8 Nelson
Where were your parents born?
9 Gregory Peck and Clark Gable Were you at home at 6 o'clock yesterday?
Who were you with?
How old were you on your last birthday?
I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day.
I never had time for tobacco after that.
Arturo Toscanini, Italian conductor
1 PRONUNCIATION -erfendings b Order the words to make questions.

a Underline the word where -ed is pronounced /id/.
1 booked checked wanted walked
2 painted arrived turned travelled
3 asked waited looked worked
4 called played landed listened
5 danced watched helped started
6 worked decided followed lived
1 after / Peter / match / tired / Was / the

2 G R A M M A R past simple regular verbs
A Was Peter tired after the match?
a Complete the sentences with a verb, first in the
positive and then in the negative. B Yes, he was.
2 you / night / Where / last / were
book show help walk play
paint study work A ?
B I was at home.
1 Yesterday Sam walked to work, but he
3 they / concert / late / the / Were / for
didn't walk home.
A ?
2 I French at school, but I
B No, they weren't.
German and Spanish.
4 did / land / the / Where / they / plane
3 The teacher me with the exercise, but
A ?
she my friend.
B At the airport.
4 Bill basketball when he was young, but
5 did / university / your / at / brother / What / study
he football.
A ?
5 The secretary a table for lunch, but she
B Modern Languages.
a taxi.
6 Was / tall / boyfriend / very / your / first
6 We the living room, but we
A ?
the bedroom.
B No, not very.
7 The shop assistant last Saturday, but she
7 didn't / the / you / wait / Why / for / bus
on Sunday.
A ?
8 I the photos to my sister, but I
B Because it was too cold.
them to my brother.
8 time / work / did / What / arrive / Sandra / yesterday / at
A ?
B At ten o'clock.
c Complete the questions and answers. 3 VOCABULARY past time expressions
Circle the correct answer.
1 She wasn't in / yesterday night.
2 My son was born ago two years / two years ago.
3 They travelled to the USA last month / the last month.
4 Did you phone me last morning / yesterday morning?
5 The plane landed two hours ago / two ago hours.
6 Marc arrived in England the last July / last July.
7 I stayed with him before two weeks / two weeks ago.
8 Isabella booked the tickets yesterday afternoon /
last afternoon.
More Words to Learn

1975 1985 1929 2001 1969 1925 1945 Write translations and try to remember the words.

1 when / Wall Street Crash / happen teenager noun
journey noun
It happened in flight noun
2 when / the Second World War / finish lucky adjective
? worried adjective
It finished in book (a ticket) verb
show verb
3 when / Neil Armstrong / land / on the moon
? arrive verb
He landed on the moon in land verb
so conjunction
4 when / mobile phones / first / appear
?
They first appeared in _
5 when / John Logie Baird / invent the television Can you answer these questions?
?
Did you study English yesterday?
He invented the television in Did you watch TV last night?
Did you travel by plane last year?
6 when / George Harrison / die
Did you cook dinner yesterday?
?
Did you start learning English a year ago?
He died in
7 when / Bill Gates / start Microsoft

. ?
He started Microsoft in
Girls just want to have fun.
Cyndi Lauper, American singer
1 VOCABULARY go, have, get 2 GRAMMAR past simple irregular verbs

a Cross out the wrong expression. a Write sentences in the past.
1 GO to the beach out swimming a bus 1 Robert wears a tie to work, (yesterday)
2 HAVE lunch a sandwich for a walk a drink Robert wore a tie to work yesterday.
3 GET dressed a good time up a letter 2 They do their homework together, (last night)
4 GO to bed a taxi away to church
5 HAVE breakfast a drink a shower 18 years 3 Helen doesn't go to the shops, (last week)
6 GET shopping home a newspaper a taxi
b Complete the spaces in the story with went, had, or got. 4 We meet in the bar. (last night)
5 We don't have dinner at home, (last night)
6 Jane gets up early, (yesterday morning)
7 He buys a newspaper at the station, (yesterday)
8 I leave home at 7.00. (yesterday)

Last month Jill, a journalist from London, ' went to
Brighton for the weekend. She booked a hotel on the 9 She sees her friends after work, (last night)
Internet, and on Friday she 2 the train to the
coast. It was quite late when she arrived, so she just 10 Bob can't come to dinner, (last week)
3
a ham and cheese sandwich and
4
to bed. The next morning she b Complete the questions in the dialogue.
5
up early and looked out of the window - it A Where * did you go last night?
6
was raining! She a shower and B I went to that new jazz club in town.
7 8
dressed, and then she out A 2
good?
9
to buy some postcards. Another hotel guest B Yes, it was great.
an umbrella and asked her if she needed it. They A Who 3 with?
10
to the shop together and after that they B I went with my boyfriend and some friends.
" breakfast in a cafe. From that moment, Jill A What 4 ?
n
didn't think about the rain - she a very B I wore my long denim skirt and a new top I bought
good time in Brighton! last week.
A What time 5 home?
B We got home at about 3.00 in the morning. 4 PRONUNCIATION past simple irregular verbs
6
A a taxi home? a Circle the word with a different vowel sound.
B No, my boyfriend has a car.
A Did 7 a good time?
B Yes, we had a really great time. You can come with us

next time, if you like. swam cost bought ate met
A It depends. 8 the jazz club expensive? wrote saw made left
B No, not very. sang got heard said fell

sat hot called paid knew
3 READING
a Read the story.
More Words to Learn
THE WRONG BUS Word Pronunciation Translation
make up noun
A Japanese businessman right bus until they stopped
had a big surprise last at a pub and everyone got cake noun
Sunday when he got the off. They asked Mr Kajiyama
wine noun
wrong bus to the airport and to join their party and so he
missed his flight. followed them into the pub. dress noun
Zenko Kajiyama, 32, When he looked at his watch fashions noun
went to Waverley station to he saw it was too late and
literature noun
catch the bus to Edinburgh that he had missed his
airport. He had a meeting plane. At first he was very great (= fantastic)
the next day in London and worried, but then he decided adjective
he wanted to catch the to stay in the pub. He had a
open / closed
evening flight. When he saw drink and danced to the
music with the other adjectives
a silver bus marked Club
Class he got on it. members of the party. In the pay for verb
Unfortunately the bus was end he went back to the
especially adverb
for people going to a house of one of his new
birthday party. friends and he slept on the
The people on the bus sofa. The next morning he
helped Mr Kajiyama with his took a taxi to the airport and
bags and found him a seat. flew to London, but he was
too late for his meeting. Can you answer these questions?
He thought he was on the
Did you go out last Saturday?
What did you do?
b Mark the sentences T (True) or F (False).
Did you have a good time?
1 Mr Kajiyama wanted to catch the bus to London. F What did you have for dinner last night?
2 He wanted to go to a party in London. What did you wear yesterday?
3 The Club Class bus didn't go to the airport.
4 Mr Kajiyama went to the pub.
5 He didn't catch his plane.
6 In the end he enjoyed the party.
7 He slept in the airport.
8 He didn't go to his meeting in London.

Elementary, my dear Watson.
Attributed to Sherlock Holmes (but he never said it)
Murder in a country house
1 PRONUNCIATION past simple verbs 8 The match was a disaster. Our team
a Match the verbs with the same vowel sound. 9 I she was Italian, but she was Spanish.
drove could made said learnt bought had lost 10 I looked everywhere but I find my glasses.
1 came made 5 saw

2 left 6 spoke
3 GRAMMAR past simple
3 got 7 took
a Read this police report. Complete the sentences with
4 ran 8 heard
the past simple form of the verbs in the box.
be (x2) arrive leave not want see can't
go not run look open find take
2 VOCABULARY irregular verbs
a Complete the infinitive and past forms of these
irregular verbs. Use a, e, i, o, or u.
Infinitive Past Infinitive Past
begin began P-t P-t
c_me C-me r_ng r_ng
dr^nk dr_nk s_t s_t
dr_ve dr_ve w_ke up w_ke up
e ve ve w_n w_n
! g-
kn_w kn_w wr__te wr_te
b Complete the sentences with the past simple form

of the verbs in the box.
buy find hear make get not take
can't go lose meet think
1 He got up in the middle of the night because

he heard a noise.
2 I Sally at a party last week.
3 They a new car two days ago.
4 We to bed very late last night.
5 Karen the dinner yesterday. It was pasta,
as usual.
6 She was ill, so she her dog for a walk this
morning.
7 When we arrived in Paris, we a cheap
hotel near the station.
b Complete the questions with the correct form of the More Words to Learn
verbs in brackets.
country house noun
millionaire noun
library noun
murder noun
asleep adjective
dead adjective
happen verb
POLICE OFFICER Where ' were you at everybody pronoun
about 9.30 yesterday evening? (be)
somebody pronoun
STEVEN POTTER I was at the cinema. The film
nobody pronoun
started at 9.00.
PO What film 2 ? (see)
SP I can't remember. It wasn't very good.
PO Hmm. Very interesting. And who
3
to the cinema with? (go) What time did you get up yesterday?
SP With my girlfriend. Where were you at 2 o'clock?
PO 4 the film? (like) Where did you go after lunch?
SP Yes, she thought it was very good. Did you go out in the evening?
What time did you go to bed?
PO What time 5 the film ?
(finish)
SP At about 10.30.
PO And what 6 after you left
the cinema? (do)
SP We went to a restaurant - La Dolce Vita, on the Complete each space with one word.
High Street. A your daughter swim?

B Yes, but not very well.
PO La Dolce Vita7. I know it. Very good spaghetti. What
Do you like to the gym?
time 7 the restaurant? (leave)
We help them and they help
SP At about 12.00. A Whose is this car?
8
PO That's very late. home B It's We bought it last week.
after that? (go) Where you born?
I go out last night. I was very tired.
SP No, we went to a nightclub - Flanagan's. Then we
Did you a good time at the party?
went home.
We to a really good restaurant last night.
PO How? ^ a taxi? (get)
SP No, we got a bus.
PO And what time 10 to bed? (go)
SP At about 4.00 a.m. Can I go home now? I'm tired.
PO No, I'd like to ask you some more questions...
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In a gift shop PRACTICAL ENGLISH
1 VOCABULARY shopping 4 READING

Write the words. a Complete the text with these words.
biscuits love cup shops find popular
Souvenirs
from
1 postcards 3 am 5 b
Britain
2 f 4 T- What do visitors
to Britain take
2 BUYING A PRESENT home as a
souvenir? We
Order the dialogue. visited twenty
A Next, please. souvenir' shops
B No thanks. Just the mug. in London, and
A It's £5. this is what we
found...
B How much is a large mug?
A These mugs are quite cheap. Tea and biscuits
The British love their tea, and tourists seem to love it
B How much are the T-shirts?
too. You can buy it in tins and boxes, and in many
B Red, please. different varieties. And why not buy a 2
A Red or blue? or a mug with a picture of the Houses of Parliament
B Oh! They're very expensive! at the same time? And to have with your tea - what
3
about some from Scotland, or some
A Here you are. Anything else?
traditional sweets and chocolate?
A They're £30.
Postcards and pictures
B OK. Can I have a mug, please?
Postcards and pictures of famous sights are very
4
souvenirs. Big Ben? The Tower of
3 SOCIAL ENGLISH London? Piccadilly Circus? You can 5 all
Complete the dialogue with these words. these, and a lot of other places too! Tourists also buy
paintings and photos of the beautiful British
believe Come look nice problem countryside, especially the Scottish Highlands.
Relax time Wow
The royal family
2
A Hi Sally. i_Wow_! You great. Nice dress! The royal family have their problems, but tourists still
6
B Here's a little present for you. them. Souvenir shops are full of
royal mugs, tea towels, postcards, teddy bears,
A That's very 3 of you. Oh no, it's broken.
T-shirts, and teapots.
B I don't 4 it! I'm sorry, Carl.
A No 5 What time did you book the restaurant for?
b Underline five words or phrases you don't know.
B For 8 o'clock. 6 on. It's 7 to go. It's late. Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and
A 8
Sally. We have time. We can get a taxi. pronunciation.
If you want breakfast in bed, sleep in the kitchen.
Allison Pearson, British writer
1 VOCABULARY flats and houses 2 GRAMMAR there is / there are

a Write the room.
a Complete with the correct form of there is I there are and, if
study hall dining room necessary, a, some, or any.
bedroom living room kitchen A Could you give me some more information about the house?
garage bathroom
B Of course. What do you want to know?
Where do you usually... A i Js there a garden?
1 ... take off your coat? In the hall . B Yes,2 large garden, with a swimming pool.
2 ... have a shower? In the A Oh, very nice! And how many bedrooms 3 ?
3 ... have dinner? In the B Three, I think...yes, 4
three bedrooms.
4 ... use a computer? In the A And 5
dining room?
5 ... park your car? In the B No, 6 But 7 big kitchen.
6 ... make lunch? In the A 8
shelves in the kitchen?
7 ... watch television? In the B No, 9
But 1 0 cupboards.
8 ...sleep? In the Do you have any more questions?
n
b Complete the crossword. A Yes. The furniture... armchairs in the
living room?
B No, I'm sorry. 12 armchairs, but
13 sofa.
b Write the sentences in the plural. b Underline the stressed syllable. Which two words are
1 There's a cigarette on the floor. not stressed on the first syllable?
There are some cigarettes on the floor. 1 carpet 4 fantastic 7 armchair
2 Is there a plant in your living room? 2 mirror 5 cooker 8 information
? 3 cupboard 6 sofa
3 There's a key in that door. c Practise saying the words in a and b.
4 Is there a toilet in this restaurant? More Words to Learn

? Write translations and try to remember the words.
5 There isn't a window in this room, price noun
paintings noun
c Circle the correct form. estate agent noun
plants noun
large adjective
quiet adjective
local (pub) adjective
original adjective
rent verb
draw verb
2
'(jfs)/ There's a very nice house. There's / It's a large
3
garden, and there are / they are some trees in the Study idea
garden. I think 4 there are / they are apple trees.
5 Irregular verbs
There's / It's a living room, with a big blue sofa. In the
kitchen,6 there aren't / they aren't any shelves, but 1 When you learn new verbs, check in the dictionary to
7
there are / they are some cupboards.8 There are /
see if they are regular or irregular in the past tense.
They are quite old, but the fridge and cooker are new. 2 If they are irregular, write IRR next to the verb in your
And the bathroom's fantastic - 9
there isn't / it isn't very vocabulary notebook, and write the past simple form
big, but'° there's / it's a shower and a bath! next to it too.
3 Look up rent and draw in your dictionary. Which one
is irregular? What's the past simple form?
3 PRONUNCIATION and , word stress

a Circle the word with a different sound. Can you answer these questions?
How many bedrooms are there in your house?
Is there a study?
Is there a computer in your living room?
brother thirsty here engineer Are there any plants in your kitchen?
(think) thing hair wear Is there a sofa in your bedroom?
then that where near
together thanks stairs beer
I'm not frightened of death. I just don't want to be there when it happens.
Woody Allen, American film director
1 VOCABULARY prepositions of place 2 GRAMMAR there was/ there were

Complete the sentences with these words. a Complete the text. Use was, were, wasn't, or weren't.
over in between on in front of
in behind next to under opposite
I went on holiday to Greece last month. I stayed in a really nice hotel
- there ' jvere_ two swimming pools in the garden! There 2
a small beach in front of the hotel. There 3 any cars on
the road, but there 4 some buses, and a lot of tourists.

5 6
There a restaurant in the hotel, but there
some very nice restaurants in the town. There 7 a waiter

8
called Manolis - he was very friendly. There a big
window, so I could see the sea. In the evening, when there

9
any people on the beach, it was very beautiful.
b Complete the dialogue.

A Did you have a nice holiday in Greece?
B Yes, it was great. The hotel was really nice.
A Was it? ' Was there a swimming pool?
2
1 There's a big table in the room. B Yes, two swimming pools.
2 There's a small table the door. A Two swimming pools! Wow! What about your room?
3 There's a black dog the table. B 3 a big bed, but 4 a
5
4 A cat is sitting the fireplace. television. a minibar, and a beautiful
5 There's a ghost sitting the woman. sofa next to the window.
6
6 Another ghost is standing the A any other British tourists?
woman. B No, 7 But 8 some
7 There are some glasses the Italians and some Germans.
9
cupboard. A a restaurant in the hotel?
8 There are some plates the table. B No, io But ii some

nice restaurants in the town, near the beach.
9 There's a picture the fireplace.
10 There's a sofa the two armchairs.
3 READING 4 PRONUNCIATION silent letters
a Read the advert. a Cross out the silent consonants.
1 gXost 6 could
2 autumn 7 write
Castle to rent 3 comb 8 half
4 listen 9 cupboard
5 white 10 hour
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This beautiful 17th-century castle in the Lot Valley ghost noun
in southern France has 25 hectares of land. century noun

The owners live in the east wing of the castle priest noun
and rent the rest of the building to tourists.
guest noun
nervous adjective
In front of the main entrance to the castle there's a
frightened adjective
rose garden and a pretty fountain , which is lit up at
night. In the back garden there's a heated swimming strange adjective
pool with a wonderful terrace for sunbathing.
believe verb
There's room in the castle for 20 people to sleep.
go back verb
There are 10 bedrooms on the first and second floors, all
spend (the night) verb
of which have a television, and there are six bathrooms.
There's a large formal dining room on the ground floor,
where eight people can eat, and there's a dining area
outside where all 20 guests can have dinner together.
For relaxing in the evening, there's a large living room
with sofas and armchairs. Downstairs there's also a study
and a very spacious kitchen with doors to the garden. Where's the TV in your house?
What building is opposite your school?
The house is cleaned twice a week and there is a
How many people were there in your last English class?
babysitting service.
Was there a good film on TV last night?
Was there a festival in your town last month?
b Read the advert again and answer the questions.
1 How old is the castle?
2 Who lives in the castle?
3 What two things can you do in the back garden?
4 How many bedrooms are there?
5 Where can 20 guests eat together?
6 How often do people come to clean the house?
c Guess the meaning of the highlighted words.

Hell is other people.
Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher
1 VOCABULARY verb phrases b Look at the picture of a park. What are the people
Complete the text with these verbs, in the correct form. doing?
argue move bark cry talk have watch play
My neighbours, Mr and Mrs Jackson, are terrible. They
'_ argue__ all the time and their dog 2 all day. They
have a three-month-old baby who 3 every night,

4
and Mr Jackson the violin early in the morning.
Then Mrs Jackson gets up, and they 5 loudly

6
about everything. In the evening, they often their
7
furniture around and they TV late at night. And
8
at the weekends, they often noisy parties!
2 GRAMMAR present continuous

a Complete the dialogue.
A What; are you doing (you / do), Granny?

2
B1 (look) at the neighbours.
1 The dogs barking.
A What 3 (they / do)?
2
4 (Mrs Jackson / watch) TV?
3
B No, she 5 (move) the furniture.
4
A And 6 (Mr Jackson / play)
5
the violin?
6
B Yes, he is. Oh, look! Some people
7 (arrive). I think they want to
8
have a party. Mr Jackson 8
(open) the door...
3 READING 4 PRONUNCIATION verb + -ing
a Read the text. a Circle the word with a different sound.
drinking swimming giving
meeting reading speaking hearing
talking walking working calling
playing having raining painting
knowing going doing closing
Do you have problems with your neighbours?

living buying rinding riding
Well, imagine the problems the people of Pilton
in Somerset, England, have. Every summer over
150,000 people travel to their village for the b Practise saying the words.
annual Glastonbury pop music festival.
Every year, for three days, the village is full of people of More Words to Learn
all ages who leave drinks cans and papers all over the
streets. The music plays until the early hours of the
morning and you can hear people talking and singing all Word Pronunciation Translation
night. The quiet country village becomes a nightmare to neighbour noun
live in and some residents are even thinking of moving
violin noun
to another village.
baby noun
The pop fans who go to Glastonbury usually sleep in
noisy adjective
tents in a field, but last year Mr James Findlay, a resident
of Pilton, found two people asleep in his garden in the friendlv adjective
morning. Mr Findlay said, 'I don't want to stop the choose verb
Glastonbury Festival. I just want the fans to enjoy the
argue verb
festival without disturbing normal village life.'
cry verb
bark verb
b Tick the problems the villagers of Pilton have
with their temporary neighbours. move verb
1 Their dogs bark.
2 They throw their rubbish in the streets.
3 They listen to loud music.
4 Their babies cry all night.
What are you doing now?
5 They make a lot of noise.
Are you listening to music?
6 They go into other people's gardens. What are your parents doing?
7 They watch TV late at night. Are you doing this exercise at home?
8 They break things in the village. Do you have noisy neighbours?

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.
Samuel Johnson, English writer
1 GRAMMAR present simple or present continuous? 2 VOCABULARY town and city

a Circle the correct form. a Complete the sentences with a
1 A What do you do / here?
word from each box.
B I'm waiting for a friend. police art department sports

shopping railway travel
2 Do you walk / Are you walking to work every day?
3 Barbara isn't here. She buys / 's buying a present for her daughter. centre station store agent's
4 I go / 'm going to work now. See you later. station centre gallery
5 It rains / 's raining a lot here in the winter.

6 A Where's Laura?
B She's on the phone. She's talking / talks to Paul.
7 Does your baby cry / Is your baby crying at night?
8 My husband watches / 's watching football three times a week.
b Complete the sentences. Use the present simple or present continuous.

1 What time does he start (he / start) work every day?
2 David's in the bathroom. He (have) a shower.
3 A Where's Sally? 1 Where can you see paintings?
B She (do) her homework. In an art gallery
4 Peter and Clare (not / like) their neighbours. 2 Where can you visit different shops?
5 My parents (look) for a new house at the At a
moment. 3 Where can you get a train from?
6 Lisa usually (cook) the dinner during the week. From a
7 I (watch) a programme on TV. Can you phone 4 Where can you book a holiday?
me later? At a
8 My husband (go) to bed very late - usually at 5 Where can you talk to a police
midnight. officer?
9 We (not / want) to drive to Scotland. It's At a
500 km! 6 Where can you buy clothes for all
10 A Where (you / go)? the family?
B To the bank - see you later. In a
7 Where can you play basketball?
At a
b Complete the puzzle. More Words to Learn

ship noun
flag noun
trip noun
passenger noun
building noun
view noun
underground noun
each determiner
through preposition
What a pity!

What kind of books do you read?
What are you reading now?
What do you usually wear?
What are you wearing now?
What's the main tourist attraction in your town?
Complete each space with one word.

My grandparents doctors. They died
before I was born.
they book their holiday on the Internet
last summer?
We pizza and Coke for lunch yesterday.
I see the end of the film because I fell asleep.
3 PRONUNCIATION There _ two bathrooms in my new house.
a Underline the sound. There many people at the beach yesterday -
1 centre 6 ago it was very cold.

Listen! The neighbours are _ a noise again.
2 shower 7 theatre
A you staying at a hotel, or with friends?
3 opposite 8 mirror
B We're in a little hotel in the town centre.
4 sofa 9 tomorrow
5 picture 10 parent

1 VOCABULARY directions 4 READING
Complete the words and phrases a Read the information about getting around London.
Getting around London

By underground
The London Underground, usually called 'the tube', is
enormous and can take you everywhere quickly.
However, it is hot and uncomfortable in the summer,
1 on the corner 6 turn r and can be confusing for tourists, who often get on
2 at the t 7 go s the wrong train. It can also be very crowded in the
'rush hour' (7.00-9.00 in the morning and 5.00-7.00
1 o
in the evening).
3 ar 8 go p the
By bus
4 o station
The buses give you a
5 turn 1 good view of the
sights, especially if
2 ASKING FOR DIRECTIONS you travel upstairs,
but if the traffic is bad,
Complete the dialogue with these words. your journey can take
exactly Excuse near say first a long time. Special
tell way Where's tickets, called travelcards, can be used on both buses
and the underground and are quite economical.
A ! Excuse me. 2 Barton street, please?
By taxi or car
B Sorry, I don't know. Taxis are excellent, but very expensive. Never take a
A Excuse me. Is Barton Street 3 here? car into central London - it's nearly impossible to
park, and you also have to pay a congestion charge
C Barton Street? I know the name, but I don't know
(currently £5) every time you drive into the centre.
4
where it is. Sorry.
A Excuse me. Can you 5 me the
6
to Barton Street? b Answer the questions.
D Yes. Turn right at the traffic lights. Then it's the 1 What's another name for the London Underground?
7
on the left. 2 When is the underground usually very busy?
A Sorry, could you 8 that again? 3 Where is a good place to sit to see the sights?
4 Where can you use travelcards?
3 SOCIAL ENGLISH 5 What's the problem with taking a taxi?
Match the phrases. 6 How much do you have to pay if you take your car
into the centre of London?
1 Let's ask that m a n . a I'm only joking.
2 You were right. b He probably knows the way. c Match the highlighted adjectives to their meanings.
3 Excuse me. We're lost. c It was the second on the left. very big enormous full of people
4 Don't be angry. d Could you help us? very good difficult to
quite cheap understand
If it tastes good, it's bad for you.
Isaac Asimov, science fiction writer
1 VOCABULARY food 2 GRAMMAR a / an, some / any

a Complete the crossword. a What did Mark and Jan buy
when they went shopping
yesterday? Write a, an, or
some in the spaces.
b Write the sentences in positive or negative form.

1 There's some rice in the cupboard.
There isn't any rice in the cupboard.
2 I
I didn't eat any fruit yesterday.

3 I
I didn't have an egg for breakfast.
4 There
There isn't any sugar in this coffee.
5 We have some vegetables in the garden.
We
b Write the words in the correct column. 6 There
apples cake crisps carrots pineapple There weren't any sandwiches in the fridge.
onions grapes chocolate mushrooms
peas bananas biscuits 7 There was some nice fish at the supermarket.
There
Vegetables Snacks I Fruit
8 I had a salad for lunch.
carrots
I _.
c Complete the dialogue with a, an, some, or any.

A I'm going to the supermarket. Would you like anything?
B Yes, can you get 1 some milk and 2 bottle of wine?
3
A But there's milk in the fridge.
B No, there isn't. I drank it this morning. And we need More Words to Learn
4
bread for sandwiches tomorrow. Oh, yes - do Write translations and try to remember the words.
5 6
we have cheese? I'd like to make Word Pronunciation Translation
pizza this evening. (shopping) basket noun
7
A Yes, I think there's _ cheese in the fridge. And spaghetti noun
8
there are tomatoes in the cupboard. dish noun
9
B And I'd like onion too, please. There aren't ingredients noun
10 u
in the cupboard. Oh, and we need luxury noun
eggs... missing adjective
countable adjective
uncountable adiective
3 PRONUNCIATION the letters ea

Study idea
Circle the word with a different sound. Practise
saying the words. 1 Try to connect new words with other words in English
or in your language, e.g. shopping basket - basketball.
meat breakfast tea 2 Look at the words in More Words to Learn. Can you
connect them to any other words?
bread healthy ice cream
eat great steak

What do you usually have for breakfast?

What do you drink with your dinner?
4 READING
What's your favourite food?
a Match each 'food fact' to the paragraph which
What vegetables don't you like?
explains why it's false.
What do you drink when you go out with your friends?
A Eating too much sugar can make you addicted.
B Beer is good for your hair.
C Eating fruit at the end of a meal is very healthy.
D Putting salt in water will make it boil quicker.
Food facts...or are they?

Many cooks Putting beer on When people eat a Fruit is quite
always put salt your hair is not lot of sweet difficult to digest.
into water a good idea. things, it isn't If you eat it at the
before putting in the pasta. The only result is a shower because their body really needs end of a meal, it can stay in
Many say that this helps the that smells like a pub, and sugar. It's because they like the your stomach for a long time.
water boil more quickly, but hair which looks terrible. It taste, and they often have a This means that you can feel
this isn't true. In fact salt is impossible for the beer to lot of sweet things like cakes very uncomfortable if you've
makes water boil at a higher make your hair more and biscuits in their cupboards. just eaten a very big meal.
temperature, so the water beautiful, believe me, so Sugar is not a drug and eating The best time to eat fruit is
boils more slowly. don't try it. it is just a bad habit. between meals.
(adapted from a website)

b Guess the meaning of the highlighted words.
Human beings are 70% water. With some people, the rest is collagen.
Martin Mull, American actor and writer
1 PRONUNCIATION /w/, /v/, and /b/

a William, Vera, and Brenda are thinking about the
presents they want for their birthdays. William
wants presents that begin with /w/, Vera wants those
that begin with /v/, and Brenda wants those that
begin with /b/. What presents do they each want?
2 He
3 She
William Vera Brenda

wine
4 He
2 GRAMMAR how much / how many?, quantifiers

a Complete the questions. Then complete the sentences. 5 She
How many
cigarettes do you
smoke?
1 He doesn't smoke many cigarettes. 6 She

b Read about these records in competitive eating. 4 VOCABULARY 'water'reading
Complete the sentences with these words.
temperature at least SWC3.1 contain
Alina Baden ate 46 hot dogs in experiments in fact myth
11 minutes.
1 When you're hot, you sweat to reduce your body heat.
George Willis ate 128 chicken wings 2 We don't always need to drink a lot of water.
in 28 minutes. sometimes one litre a day is OK.
Nikolai Cohen ate 10 hamburgers in 3 The in Madrid in August is very high.

11 minutes. 4 Scientists are doing to find a cure for the
common cold.
John Edwards ate 7 litres of ice-cream in
14 minutes. 5 Sweets and chocolate a lot of calories.
6 Some people say you need to drink two
Gustav Sajer drank 6 litres of milk in
litres of water a day.
3 minutes 29 seconds.
7 It's a that coffee and Coke make you
Barbara Beard ate 5 kilos of fruit (bananas
thirsty - it's just not true!
and apples) in 9 minutes 15 seconds.
More Words to Learn

Write questions.
1 How many hamburgers did Nikolai Cohen eat?
Ten. Word Pronunciation Translation
2 litres noun
Six litres. tap noun
3 : lose verb
Seven litres.
agree verb
4
probably adverb
A hundred and twenty-eight.
like preposition
5
Five kilos. a bottle of...
6 of course
Forty-six. more or less
for example
3 VOCABULARY drinks
Write the names of the drinks.
How much water do you usually drink?

How many cigarettes do you smoke?
How much television do you watch?
How much money do you spend on clothes?
How many very good friends do you have?
To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.
Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish writer
1 GRAMMAR be going to (plans) c Complete the dialogue. Use going to.

A So, where x are you
a Order the words to make sentences.
going to go (go) on
1 going / She / holiday / enjoy / 's / the / to
holiday?
She's going to enjoy the holiday.
B We 2
2 to / aren't / We / a / going / stay / in / hotel
. (travel)
round Europe by
3 going / They / to / go / 're / swimming
train.
A That sounds great.
4 'm /1 / go / camping / going / to
Which countries 3 (visit)?
B Italy first, and then Croatia, Greece, and Turkey.
5 you / to / Are / trip / for / going / pay / the
? A Where 4 (sleep)?
5
B Well, we (not / stay) in hotels! We
6 isn't / see / the / He / to / going / pyramids
don't have much money. We can sleep on the train. The only
problem is that it 6 (be) very hot.
b Complete the sentences. Use going to.
A And where 7 (go) after Italy?
1 What time are they going to leave (they /
B After Italy we 8 (get) the train to
leave) tomorrow?
Zagreb. Then Makiko 9 (come)
2 We (try) the local 10
home and I (go) to Greece. I
food. 11
want to visit Athens and then I
3 They (have) dinner
(spend) a week on a Greek island before I go to Turkey.
with their friends this weekend.
I 12 (not / get) home until the end
4 (you / stay) at an
of August.
expensive hotel?
5 They (not / get
married) until next year.
2 PRONUNCIATION word stress
6 (they / see) the
a Underline the stressed syllable in these words.
Statue of Liberty?
How many are not stressed on the first syllable?
7 He (meet) a lot of
1 holiday 4 weather 7 nightlife
people.
2 hotel 5 museum 8 programme
8 She (not / go) on
3 campsite 6 restaurant
holiday this year.
3 VOCABULARY holidays b Read the text again and match the tourists to a
Write the expressions in the correct column. holiday.
1 A millionaire looking for something to tell his friends.
on holiday the sights in a hotel shopping
to the beach at a campsite in a bed and breakfast 2 A rich couple who like animals and hot weather.
a show the Statue of Liberty 3 A strong young scientist who enjoys cold weather.
STAY 4 A group of friends who want to forget about their

GO SEE
stressful jobs.
in a hotel
c Read the text again and label the pictures.
4 READING
a Read the adverts.
See a penguin
This is a once-in-a-lifetime holiday in the snow and ice of the More Words to Learn
Antarctic. You visit the isolated places the great explorers
discovered and you can see animals and birds you only normally Write translations and try to remember the words.
see on TV or in zoos. The trip starts in South Africa and Word Pronunciation Translation
finishes in Western Australia. You travel on a Russian ship,
couple noun
Kapitan Khlebnikov, and the holiday lasts for just under a month.
moment noun
Go on safari
(see the) sights noun
This holiday is a safari with a difference. You travel by helicopter
over parts of Kenya, listening to classical music as you fly, and campsite noun
then you sleep under the African stars in a luxury bed. There's nightlife noun
another trip, this time in a hot-air balloon for two people, which
gives you a second chance to see wild animals in their natural
disaster noun
habitat. The best moment is the Elephant Watch in Samburu, boat noun
where your experienced guide can tell you all about these
ideal adjective
amazing animals.
plan verb
Fly high
go camping verb
This is probably the most expensive holiday in the world. You
can go on a flight into space and orbit the Earth in a spaceship
- if you have the money! The only problem with this holiday is
the six-day training course before you take the trip. You travel
BO miles above the Earth for between 30 and 90 minutes and
you get a beautiful view of our green and blue planet.
Where are you going to go on holiday this year?
Live like Robinson Crusoe What are you going to see there?
If you dream of life on a desert island, then this is the holiday
What are you going to do there?
for you. The island of Quilalea is off the coast of Mozambique
Who are you going to go with?
and the only inhabitants are turtles and a few tourists. You can
live like Robinson Crusoe: watch the turtles, go fishing, or sail How much is it going to cost you?
to another island to have a picnic.
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Love cannot save you from your own fate.
Jim Morrison, singer with The Doors
1 VOCABULARY verb phrases

Complete with verbs from the box. Sometimes more than one answer is possible,
be have get fall move meet
1 be famous 4 lucky 7 a lot of money 10 somebody new

2 a surprise 5 in love 8 house 11 a baby
3 married 6 to another country 9 a new job
2 GRAMMAR be going to (predictions)
a Look at the picture and write sentences using b Write a letter in the box: A = plan, B = prediction.
these verbs and be going to.
1 I'm going to buy some souvenirs in the gift shop.
buy eat take fall get have make see 2 You're going to be hot in that jacket.
1 She's going to eat 3 My cousin is going to get married in the spring.

her ice cream.
4 We're going to be late if we don't hurry.
2 off his bike.
5 There's going to be a beautiful sunset tonight.
a taxi.
6 I think that factory's going to close.
4 _ a cigarette,
S 7 They're going to buy a new car.
a film.
8 I'm going to book a holiday tomorrow.
6 _ a photo of the statue.
7 _ a newspaper,
8 a sandwich.
3 PRONUNCIATION and More Words to Learn
a Match the words to sounds 1, 2, and 3. Then Write translations and try to remember the words.
connect the words that have the same sound.
surprise noun
heart noun
ring noun
g o o d s t u d e n t
(fifty-pound) note noun
l o v e m o n e y
voice noun
music cook
card noun
hungry book (I'm) sure adjective
newspaper lunch put verb
looking true mavbe adverb

soon adverb
c Complete the dialogues by using the pairs of
matching words from exercise a.
What are you going to do this weekend?

Are you going to travel abroad this year?
Are you going to get married this year?
What are you going to have for dinner this evening?
Are you going to start a new job this year?

Complete each space with one word.
There any cupboards in the kitchen
1 Does your husband make the dinner? but there are some shelves.
Yes, he's a very _good. cook there many people at the football match
last night?
2 What are the most important things in life?
Oh no! The baby crying again.
and
She usually trousers, but today she's
3 What do you do? wearing a skirt.
I'm a There's milk in the fridge if you want it.
4 Can I help you? How sandwiches do you want?
We're to visit our cousins at the weekend.
Yes, I'm for a about Italy.
When you going to get married?
5 A lot of the things you read in the are
often not
6 I'm What's for ?
d Practise reading the dialogues.

1 VOCABULARY AND READING c Underline five words or phrases you don't know.
a Look at the menu and answer the questions. Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and
pronunciation.
1 Which is the best starter for somebody on a diet?
2 What main course can a vegetarian have?
2 ORDERING A MEAL
3 Can you have fruit for dessert?
Complete the dialogue with one word in each space.
4 How many types of coffee are there?
5 Do children pay the same as adults? A Good evening. Do you have a ' reservation ?
B Yes, a 2 for two. My name's John McGeever.
A Smoking or 3
Seaview ?
B Smoking, please.
StartecL
Soup of the day £3.50 Grilled low-fat goat's cheese (V) £3.95 A Come this way, please.
Smoked salmon £5.95
A Are you ready to 4 ?
Salads 5
B Yes, like the mushroom risotto.
Mixed salad (V) £5.50 Seafood salad £7.25
C Chicken salad 6 me, please.
Main courses
7
Fillet steak, served with chips and carrots £10.75 A What would you to drink?
Summer vegetable omelette (V) £6.95 B A glass of red wine and a mineral 8 , please.
Grilled tuna, served with a choice of fresh vegetables £9.95
Desserts 3 SOCIAL ENGLISH
Cheesecake £2.95 Selection of ice cream £2.50
Complete the dialogue with phrases a-e.
Cheese and biscuits £2.95
Beverages a Could we have the bill, please?
Glass of wine (red or white) £1.95 Beer £2.25 b It was delicious.
Bottle of wine (red or white) £9.95 Soft drinks £1.75 c The same for me, please.
Coffee (cappuccino or filter) £1.30 d Nothing for me, thanks,
Set menu e What is there?
£12.50 (see the board for today's choice) A Was the pasta good?
[
25% discount on children's portions Service charge is included B Yes, thanks. b
(V) vegetarian
WAITER Would you like a dessert?
B Yes, please. 2
b Match the words and the definitions. WAITER Ice cream with chocolate sauce, or fruit salad.
1 service charge a drinks
B The ice cream for me, please.
b reservations
2 set menu WAITER And you sir?
c reduced price
A 3
d non-alcoholic drinks, e.g.
3 bookings
Coke and lemonade WAITER Here you are. Would you like any coffee?
4 discount e a limited menu - you pay B Yes, a double espresso please.
a fixed price and A 4
5 beverages everything is included
WAITER Two double espressos. Anything else?
f extra money you pay for
6 soft drinks the waiters A No, thank you. 5
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein, German scientist
1 GRAMMAR comparative adjectives 6 Olive oil is better for you than butter.
a Write the comparative forms of these adjectives in Butter
the correct circle.
7 The sun is hotter than the moon.
beautiful dirty cold high wet cheap The moon
good dry hungry thin sad difficult
8 English is easier than Chinese.
bad comfortable far
Chinese
2 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds

worse slower drier easier
healthier dirtier taller better
colder cheaper higher shorter
easier
b Write sentences using the opposite adjective.
3 VOCABULARY personality adjectives

aggressive stylish generous quiet

careful serious friendly
1 A Fiat is slower than a Ferrari.
A Ferrari is faster than a Fiat. 1 Marc reads lots of books about politics. He's serious
2 The Pacific Ocean is bigger than the Atlantic Ocean. 2 Maria likes buying people presents. She's
The Atlantic Ocean 3 Caroline wears really nice clothes. She's
3 Germany is wetter than Tunisia. 4 Jeanine loves going to parties and talking to people.
Tunisia She's
4 The Suez Canal is longer than the Panama Canal. 5 Paolo argues a lot. He's
The Panama Canal 6 Lana plans things for a long time before she does them.
5 Gold is more expensive than silver. She's
Silver 7 Paul never says very much. He's

4 READING d Read the text again. Mark the sentences T (True) or
F (False).
a What do you think are the perfect colours to paint
your flat or house? Look at the chart and complete 1 A blue bedroom helps you to wake up earlier. F
column 1 (My opinion) with a colour from the box. 2 Green and white are dramatic colours.
blue red/orange green/white yellow 3 Red or orange in the dining room makes
people eat and talk.
Rooms 1 My opinion 2 The expert's opinion
4 A yellow study helps you to work better.
Bedroom
Living room
More Words to Learn
Dining room
Study Pronunciation Translation
Word
b Now read the text and complete column 2 mosquitoes noun

(The expert's opinion). Do you agree? sharks noun
tigers noun
adult noun
(make) jokes noun
personality noun
the Earth noun
Mars noun
The colour you paint the rooms in your house can make Study idea
you more comfortable. Follow the suggestions below to Start a vocabulary notebook for new words you
create the perfect atmosphere to eat, sleep, work, and want to learn.
relax in your own home. 1 Write a translation, and use your dictionary to check
the pronunciation.
The bedroom The dining room 2 Underline the stressed syllable.
The perfect colour for a Red and orange are two colours
bedroom is blue. It is a very which can make you feel
relaxing colour, and can make hungrier at mealtimes. They also
-you feel happier and more encourage more interesting
positive about life when you conversation. But be careful!
wake up in the morning. Only use these colours in small
areas - a lot of red or orange
The living room
can make you feel aggressive.
The perfect colour for an
elegant living room is green, The study
with some white. Don't use Yellow is a beautiful colour
dramatic colours like red, which makes you feel happier Can you answer these questions?
purple, and black because and helps you to think, so it is Is your country bigger or smaller than Britain?
they don't help you relax. a good colour for this room. It
Is it hotter or colder than Britain?
is also makes dark spaces a
Is it wetter or drier than Britain?
little brighter.
Is it safer or more dangerous than Britain?
Is it cheaper or more expensive than Britain?
c Look at the highlighted words. What do you think
they mean? Check the ones you don't know in your
dictionary.
The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.
Mark Twain, American writer
1 GRAMMAR superlative adjectives c Circle the correct answer to the questions in exercise b.
a Complete the chart. 1 a 5 a Chicago, USA
adjective comparative superlative b The Danube b La Paz, Bolivia
cold colder the coldest c The Amazon c Edinburgh, Scotland
high 2 a Andorra 6 a The Arctic Ocean
expensive b Monaco b The Atlantic Ocean
dry c The Vatican c The Pacific Ocean
dangerous 3 a India 7 a platinum
hot b Bangladesh b diamond
beautiful c China c graphite
crowded 4 a Mount Everest 8 a The Sahara Desert
good b Mont Blanc b The Atacama Desert, Chile
bad c Mount Kilimanjaro c The Arizona Desert, USA
b Write the questions. d Write superlative

sentences. Use
1 What / long river / world? the information
What's the longest river in the world? in the chart.
2 What / small country / world?

Hotel Size Popular Beautiful Price
Minerva, €165 per
3 What / crowded country / world? 24 rooms
Rome night
Seine Palace, €190 per
36 rooms
4 What / high mountain / world? Paris night
_
Victoria Inn, €210 per
18 rooms
5 What / windy city / world? London night
Rio Club, €130 per
60 rooms
Rio de Janeiro night
6 What / small ocean / world?
1 big The Rio Club is the biggest.
7 What / expensive mineral / world? 2 small
3 popular
8 What / dry place / world? 4 cheap
5 expensive
6 beautiful
2 VOCABULARY the weather 3 PRONUNCIATION consonant groups
Complete the sentences with a word from the box. a Underline the stressed syllables.
1 the most difficult 5 the coldest
sunny wet hei snowing dry cold
cloudy windy 2 the noisiest 6 the most crowded
3 the most expensive 7 the most beautiful
4 the fastest 8 the driest
b Practise saying the phrases.
More Words to Learn

oxygen noun
1 It's hot 2 It's beer noun
air conditioning noun
capital noun
geography noun
climate noun
crowded adjective
boring adjective
imagine verb
surprisingly adverb
3 It's 4 It's

Who's the oldest person in your family?
Who's the tallest person in your family?
Who's the most intelligent person in your family?
Who's the best-looking person in your family?
Who's the worst driver in your family?
5 It's 6 It's
7 It's 8 It's
I'd like to live like a poor man, but with a lot of money.
Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter
1 G R A M M A R would like to / like c Choose the correct question.

a Write the contractions. 1 A Do you like going for a walk? X
1 He would like to see the film again. Would you like to go for a walk?
He'd like to see the film again. B No, not now. I'm tired.
2 She would like to do a parachute jump. 2 A Would you like a biscuit?
Do you like a biscuit?
3 They would not like to go skiing. B Yes, please. I'm quite hungry.
3 A Do you like your neighbours?
4 I would like to learn Chinese. Would you like your neighbours?
B Yes, they're very friendly.
5 We would not like to work in a fast-food restaurant. 4 A What do you like doing tonight?
What would you like to do tonight?
6 He would like to be lucky one day. B Let's go to the cinema.
5 A Would you like to go to the beach?
7 You would not like to see that film. Do you like going to the beach?
B No, I don't. I don't like the sun.
b Write sentences or questions with would like. d Circle the correct answer.
Use contractions.
1 he / be a teacher (-)
He wouldn't like to be a teacher.
2 you / be a ballet dancer (?)
?
3 we / live in a big city (+)
4 1/ learn how to fly a plane (+)
5 she / work for that company (-) 1 I'd like / learning to dance salsa.
2 What does David like do / doing in his free time?
6 they / go to Chile on holiday (?)
3 Do you like cook / cooking?
?
4 Would you like to come / coming to dinner tonight?
5 I wouldn't like to go up / going up in a hot air balloon.
6 I don't like fly / flying.
2 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress More Words to Learn
a Underline the stressed words. Write translations and try to remember the words.
1 A Would you like to drive a sports car? Word Pronunciation Translation
B Yes, I'd love to. dreams noun
A Why? weight noun
B Because I love cars and I love driving. height noun
2 A Would you like to ride a horse? experience noun
B No, I wouldn't. adventure noun
A Why not? chef noun
B Because I don't like horses. jump verb
b Practise saying the dialogues. last verb

suddenly adverb
3 READING including preposition
a Read the text and write a letter in each space.

Which adventure experience...
1 ... can your family also enjoy? B
2 ... teaches you how to make your flat
Do you like doing dangerous sports?
more comfortable?
Would you like to do a parachute jump?
3 ... helps you when you go to a restaurant? What would you like for your birthday?
4 ... gives you a free meal? Where would you like to go on holiday this year?
5 ... is not for people who don't like alcohol? Which countries would you like to visit?
6 ... is not for people who can't swim?

they mean? Check with your dictionary.
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which wine to order in your own personal style into your designs.
a restaurant. Lunch is included in the course.
It is totally impossible to be well dressed in cheap shoes.
Hardy Amies, fashion designer
1 GRAMMAR adverbs b Make adverbs from the adjectives and complete the sentences.
a Complete the sentences with an adverb. good careful hard
loud stylish happy
generous beautiful
The ideal partner...

1 ... does housework happily ,
2 ...dances
3 ... cooks
4 ...dresses
5 ... drives
6 ...gives presents
7 ...works
8 .. .never speaks
c Circle the correct answer.

1 My brother's a very / carefully driver.
2 Frank cooks very good / well.
3 Elena wears very stylish / stylishly clothes.
4 He always speaks very aggressive / aggressively to me.
5 He's very quiet / quietly. He never says anything!
6 She's generous / generously. She gives nice presents.
1 The Germans are careful drivers.
7 My French is very bad / badly.
They drive carefully .
8 Can you speak more slow / slowly?
2 The French cook perfect meals.
They cook
3 The British are very polite.
They speak very
2 PRONUNCIATION adjectives and adverbs
a Underline the stressed syllables.
4 The Brazilians are good at football.
1 badly 4 politely 7 completely
They play football
2 dangerously 5 carefully 8 quietly
5 The Japanese are very hard workers.
3 beautifully 6 slowly 9 stylishly
They work very
6 The Canadians eat healthy food. b Practise saying the words.
They eat
7 The Swedish speak beautiful English.
They speak English
a Read the story, and put the pictures in the correct order. Write translations and try to remember the words.
social life noun
crime noun
shy adjective
polite adjective
elegant adjective
steal verb
dress verb
everywhere adverb
abroad adverb
almost adverb
Romance...without a ring!
A couple from Colorado USA had a big surprise last Saturday
when they lost a $4,000 ring at the top of a mountain.
Derek Monnig, 33, bought the diamond ring for his Do you speak English well or badly?
girlfriend, Debra Sweeney, 34, to celebrate their engagement. Do you eat healthily or unhealthily?
He wanted to ask her to marry him in a very romantic place, Do you drive fast or slowly?
so they walked slowly in the snow to the top of the Rocky
Do you speak quietly or loudly?
Mountains. They stopped and Derek said, 'I have something
Do you play any sport very well?
for you. Honey, I love you. Will you marry me?'
Suddenly, he took the ring out of his pocket and started to
put it on her finger. But the ring fell into the snow near
Debra's boot. They started to look for it, and other people
came quickly to help them, but they couldn't find it, so they
called the ski patrol. Seven more men came to help. They
spent two hours with them trying to find the ring. The next day
the couple went back to the mountain with a metal detector, Complete each space with one word.
but they never found it. Is there sugar in this coffee?
Debra wasn't too unhappy. 'It's much better to lose the ring
How money do you have with you?
than the guy,' she said. And luckily the ring was insured .
Who are you to go on holiday with?
I think going to rain.
b Write T (True) or F (False). His office is bigger mine.

Who's tallest person in your family?
1 Derek and Debra wanted to get married on top
of a mountain. I like to do a parachute jump. I
don't like flying.
2 Derek had the ring in his pocket.
My father drives very He never
3 The ring fell into Debra's boot.
goes at more than 80 kph.
4 Seven people helped them look for the ring.
5 They spent all day looking for the ring.
6 The couple went back again with a metal detector.

Then check with your dictionary.
1 VOCABULARY verb phrases 4 READING
Match the phrases. a Read the text about Glasgow airport.
1 I'd like to a a taxi?
2 Could I have b check out.
GLASGOW AIRPORT
3 Can I pay c help with your luggage? Glasgow Airport is the busiest of Scot1 :e
4 Please sign main international airports, and 7.5 m- "s
d by credit card?
pass through it every year. Below you can find five
5 Do you need any e your name here. different ways of getting to the airport:
6 Can you call me f the bill, please?
> BY CAR
If you're planning to drive to Glasgow Airport, you need to take the
2 CHECKING OUT
M8 motorway and turn off at junction 28. The airport is a
Order the dialogue. 20-minute drive from Glasgow city centre and two minutes from the
B Of course. nearest town, Paisley.
B Room 223. > B Y BIKE

The National Cycle Network Route will take you to the airport, where
A Yes. Which room is it?
there is a safe place you can keep your bike until you need it again
B No, but I had a beer from the minibar last night. LJ when you return. Take National Routes 75 and 7 to ride through
Paisley to Glasgow Airport.
A Thank you very much. Have a good trip.
A Good morning, madam. > B Y TRAIN

The train will take you from Glasgow Central to Paisley's Gilmour
B Morning. Can I have the bill, please?
Street Station, where you can take a taxi or a bus for the remaining
A Right, can you sign here, please? three kilometres to Glasgow Airport. From Monday to Saturday there
are eight trains an hour, and there are five every hour on a Sunday.
A Did you make any phone calls?
> B Y BUS OR COACH
B Thank you. Goodbye.
Citylink and Fairline buses operate a service to the airport from
Glasgow city centre. The buses run every 15 minutes and drop you
3 SOCIAL ENGLISH off in front of the terminal building. The price for a single ticket is
£3.30, and the journey takes about 95 minutes.
Complete the spaces with a phrase from the box.
> B Y TAXI
a good trip can we meet I'll call
Phone Cab Fly 24 hours a day on +44 (0)141 848 4588 for a taxi
I'll meet you I'll e-mail you I'm late
to take you to Glasgow Airport. The cost of a taxi from Glasgow city
centre to the airport is approximately £16.50, and the journey
A Oh no, I'm going to be late for my train. takes about 20 minutes.
B Don't worry.' I'll call a taxi.
2
A at the airport. b How did the following people get to the airport?
B OK. Where 3 ? 1 James went on the motorway. by car
A At the information desk, at 7 o'clock. 2 Sarah paid £3.30.
A Sorry 4 3 Robert made a phone call.
B No problem. We have time. 4 Steve did some exercise.
5 Carol went from Glasgow Central.

A Have 5 And please write.
6 c Underline five words or phrases you don't know. Use your
B next week, I promise.
dictionary to look up their meaning and pronunciation.
0 beware my lord of jealousy! It is the green-eyed monster...
William Shakespeare, English dramatist
1 VOCABULARY 'jealous'reading b Write sentences.
holiday brochure reply silence

fun pick up
1 I asked him a question, but he didn't

reply
2 A How did you find this hotel?
B I saw it in a
3 I like walking in the mountains - I love
the
4 Could you those sweet papers?
5 A Did you have a good time at the party
last night?
B Yes, it was
1 Brazil She's been to Brazil.
2 GRAMMAR present perfect 2 Australia They've been to Australia.
a Write the contractions. 3 Japan
1 I have not been to Thailand. 4 Thailand
I haven't been to Thailand. 5 Canada
2 Tim has not been to a Japanese restaurant. 6 China

7 Malaysia
3 We have been to this city before. 8 Argentina :
c Complete the dialogue.

4 I have been to this bar lots of times. A Have you l been to the USA?
B No, 12 , but my wife has.
5 They have not been to New York. A Where 3
she been to in the USA?
B Only New York.
6 My girlfriend has been to Paris twice. A Has she 4 to Canada?
B No, she 5 But we'd like to go there for a holiday.
7 He has been to Brazil. 6
A And you been to Australia?
B No, 17 Have you?
8 We have not been to Mexico. 8
A Yes, 1 I've been to Sydney and Canberra.
3 VOCABULARY town and city 4 PRONUNCIATION
Where have these people been? Complete the sentences. Circle the word with a different sound. Practise saying
the words.
opera want concert
Thursday really girlfriend person
jealous never break tell
1 She's been to the 2 He's been to the cinema continent karaoke pick up
market b
June Germany travel agent angry
have holiday hour hotel
More Words to Learn

3 They've been to the 4 He's been to the
sports event noun
t s
continent noun
spa noun
miles noun
jealous adjective
ring verb
exactly adverb
somewhere adverb
She's been to the 6 He's been to the Study idea

h s c Look back at the eight Study ideas in this workbook.
Which ones do you do?
Have you been to work today?

Have you been to the supermarket today?
Have you been to a restaurant today?
She's been to the 8 They've been to the Have you been to the cinema today?
c . Have you been to a friend's house today?

t a
Films should have a beginning, a middle, and an end - but not necessarily in that order.
Jean-Luc Codard, French film director
1 VOCABULARY past participles 3 G R A M M A R present perfect or past simple?

a Write the past participles of these irregular verbs. a Circle the correct form.
infinitive past simple past participle II / have never met anyone nice at the party.
break broke broken 2 Miko went / has been to the cinema last weekend.
Duy bought 3 Did you read / Have you read any books by John Irving?
drive drove 4 Lucy's a journalist. She met / has met a lot of
find found interesting people.
give gave 5 They started / have started to watch the film, but they
lose lost fell asleep before the end.
make made 6 We didn't see / haven't seen the film yesterday because
run ran the cinema was full.
write wrote 7 I didn't read / haven't read any Terry Pratchett books.
I don't like science fiction.
b Use past participles from the chart to complete
the sentences. 8 Did you go / Have you been to that new restaurant in
1 Debbie and Fernando have bought a new house. the city centre last Saturday?
2 I've never a marathon. b Complete the dialogues with the correct form of the
3 Daniel has his girlfriend some flowers. verbs in brackets.
4 John Grisham has many bestsellers. A i Have you read (read) any of the Harry Potter books?
5 Have you ever your leg? B Yes, I have. My brother 2 (give) them to
6 I'm going to be late. I've the car keys. me for my last birthday.
7 You've a lot of mistakes. A Which one 3 you (like) best?

4
8 She some money in the street. B The first one. I (read) it five times.
9 I've never a Ferrari.

5
A you (see) the new
2 PRONUNCIATION irregular participles Almodovar film?
Circle the word with a different vowel sound. B Yes, I have. I 6 (take) my boyfriend to
Practise saying the words. see it last night.
7
A (be) it good?
8
B No, 1 (not / enjoy) it.
given found left come taken known

written thought heard done made lost
caught said drunk read broken
driven worn sent got paid spoken
4 READING
7 When was her daughter born?
8 Where did she write the first Harry Potter novel?
9 When did she win a book award?

10 How many people have read her books and seen the films?
More Words to Learn

3ack row noun
The richest woman in the UK is now soundtrack noun

Joanne Kathleen Rowling, the author of the autograph noun
Harry Potter books. But life hasn't always bestseller noun
been easy for her.
version noun
She was born on 31st July 1965 and started writing at prefer verb
the early age of six. At school she was very quiet and
based on
didn't like sport much. Her favourite subjects were
English and Modern Languages. After school she studied
French at Exeter University and she later became a
bilingual secretary. She didn't enjoy her life as a secretary
and when she was 26 she left the UK to teach English
in Portugal. She met and married a journalist and their
daughter, Jessica, was bom in 1993. The marriage Have you ever cried in a film?
ended in divorce and Ms Rowling moved to Edinburgh, Have you ever spoken to an actor?
Scotland. It was during this period that she started her Have you ever slept in the cinema?
first Harry Potter novel, which she wrote in a cafe while Have you ever seen a film more than three times?
her daughter was asleep.
Have you ever left a film early?
She published Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

in 1997 and in the same year she won one of the most
important book awards in Britain. Since then millions of
people have read her books in many different
languages, and millions have seen the Harry Potter films. CAN YOU REMEMBER..,?
Everybody knows who she is and everybody has heard
of the famous character she has created. Harry Potter is Complete each space with one word.
possibly the most famous boy in the world. A lot of people like rock music - it's
popular than classical music.
you like to go up in a hot-air balloon?
Siberia is the place in the world.
Read the text and answer the questions.
Your English is good. You speak very
1 When was J K Rowling born?
I've never to the UK.
2 How old was she when she started writing? you ever driven a Ferrari?
3 What were her favourite subjects at school?
4 What two jobs did she do before she became a writer?
5 Why did she go to Portugal?
6 What does her ex-husband do?

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Nice to meet you 4 Who were they? 40

I'm not English, I'm Scottish! 6 Sydney, here we come! 42

His name, her name 8 Girls' night out 44

Turn off your mobiles! 10 Murder in a country house 46

On a plane PRACTICAL ENGLISH 12 In a gift shop PRACTICAL ENGLISH 48

Cappuccino and chips 13 A house with a history 49

When Natasha meets Darren. 15 A night in a haunted hotel 51

An artist and a musician 17 Neighbours from hell 53

Relatively famous 19 When a man is tired of London... 55

At a hotel PRACTICAL ENGLISH 21 In the street PRACTICAL ENGLISH 57

Pretty woman 22 What does your food say about you? 58

The island with a secret 26 Changing holidays 62

On the last Wednesday in August 28 It's written in the cards 64

In a coffee shop PRACTICAL ENGLISH 30 At a restaurant PRACTICAL ENGLISH 66

I can't dance 31 The True False Show 67

Shopping - men love it! 33 The highest city in the world 69

Fatal attraction? 35 Would you like to drive a Ferrari? 71

In a clothes shop PRACTICAL ENGLISH 39 Going home PRACTICAL ENGLISH 75

I've read the book, I've seen the film 78

1 SAYING HELLO b Complete the sentences. Use a contraction.

2 A Hi, I'm Paco. 's your ?

4 A evening. What's your name?

2 GRAMMAR verb be [+], pronouns 3 in room 4. 4 _. Wednesday.

a Complete the first column with the words in

she are they is I are is are

Full form Contractions

7 in room 603. 8 Hello. in my class.

Student's B o o l p.122 Grammar Bank 1A

meet you fine two six man 2 NYAUDS

More Words to Learn

3 eighteen 8 Internet word noun /W3ld/

Student's Book p.141 Vocabulary Bank What's your name?

a Correct the sentences. 3 United / from / they / States / the / Are

4 seven / room / we / in / Are

5 holiday / you / Are / on

c Match these answers to the questions in exercise b.

Argentina twenty airport coffee

car clock computer egg phone chair

a match d circle g tick

b Cover the words. Practise saying the numbers.

Student's Book p.140 Vocabulary Bank What nationality are you?

1 VOCABULARY personal information 3 GRAMMAR possessive adjectives

1 b Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective.

b Practise saying the letters.

What's your name?

I'm from Sheffield in the north of England, but now I

Yes, I am. My wife is Portuguese.

Her name's Juliana. We have two children . Laura is 5

It's in the centre of Lisbon. It's a small school with

1 VOCABULARY common objects 2 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds

Clues across good coins here Europe we're four

b Practise saying the words.

3 GRAMMAR a / an, plurals, this / that / these / those

b Write each word in its plural form in the correct

4 you / it / Can / please / repeat

friends, Mum. 5 in / English / How / you / say / do / vacaciones

4 CLASSROOM LANGUAGE Can you answer these questions?

2 ASKING FOR A DRINK