Channel your english intermediate workbook

Lesson TwoBComplete the sentences using the words in the box and the correct ending-eaor-ing.. However, before 8 had time to call the police back to tell a Complete the blanks with the c

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Lesson One

BComplete the sentenceswiththecorrect formof the

phrasa l ver bsinthe box

call off run into turn up find out hang o

a Complete the dialogue with the phrases Inthe box.Nice one! I'm writing a poem a load of ru b bis h

Is there? Ilike poetry You're kidding!

1 I think we should wait for Jimmy He never

_ _ _ _ on time

week ! Fiona ! Remember her?

meetingbecause most people can't come

told you a lie?

minute?

Darren Lucy Darren Lucy Darre n Lucy

There's a competition at schoo l

That's because you never look at thenotice board

I know I think poetry's (3) _ _ _ _ _ _ anyway

sum mer course on electronics because she

(4) (need) it for her job

[ ]Complete the texts withthe PresentSimpleor the

Prese nt Progressiveof the verbs inbrac kets

Da rren Lucy Darre n

No, I'm not It's true.

Hey why don't we work together? Thatway we'll have a better chance of winning

friend Paul You see, he (12) _

(move) to the States next month and he

he'sgoing to be away for at least two years

you can do about it ?

Not much It's just that I (15) _

Italy but she (2) (stay) in London

grandmother's tomorrow.It's her birthday and she

family and friends.She usually (7) _

(cook) meat on Sundays but this time she

2 Channel your En glish

Lesson Two

a Read the text Underline the key words and phrases

in each paragraph and then decide which of the twoheadings aor b is more suitable for each of theparagraphs 1-3

II Michael was five years old when his father

realised he had natural talent He first showed hi s skills at a local leisure centre and many tho ught that

he was going to be one of the finest footballers ofhis

generation He had the chance to join many b ig clubs when he was fifteen, but he chose Liverpool and

he is happy with his decision

goal scorer He has

incredible speed and

he often scores some

spectacular goals

Michaelplayed his

first international

game against Chile when

he was eighteen, and he became the youngest player

in the 20th century to play for England,

THE

II a Score r of the century

II a.A difficult decision

II a Other tal ent s

2 Mark/ usually/ and/ don't/ Sheila / work/ on

Saturdays

1 Grandpa always wins / beats me at chess

2.Sally used to be a size / number8 be fore she

gained allthat weig ht

3.Let 's notwaste / spend any tim e.We've got a

lot ofwork to do

4.Nobody must know about this It's only

among / between you and me All right ?

5.It's not normal / physical to go outwearing

your pyjamas

6 Mozart was a big / great composer who

wrote mus icfrom the age of five

7.Where is the concert taking part / place ?

8 Suddenly, I understood / realised that somebody

was following me

1 hardlyeve r/ out/ she/ at night/ late/ goes

3 you/ have/ so much / work / do / always/ in

4 must/ the street/ trafficlig h ts/ when/ the/

you/ never / re d / are / cross

II However,football is not the onlything Michael isinterested in.In hisfree time he lovesto play golf He

has also made two successful TV shows and written a

book calledMichael OweninPerson.

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a medal

win d surfin g

2 You must be crazy to in th is weather!Justlook at those waves!

3 Last yearJulia in the Alps and bro ke her leg

I]Look at the definitions andcompletethecrossword

1 Peopl e play footballthere

2.You wear these when you play football

3.The place where you play water polo

4 You need these for boxing

5 The place whereyou play tennis

He'd seen the film before

We went out last nigh t

She fel t very tired

I enjoyed read ing the book

went tobed early

didn't like the ending

didn't min d watc h ing it again

the roads were very wet

o o o o o o o

ry

mRead the text belowand comp leteeachblankwithone wordonly

When my frien d Rit a first came to New York, shewas thinkin g (1) taking a course inmathematics.However, as she ha d always been good (2) pa inting, she changed her

min d (3) decided to study Anand Design She found (4) that there

were som e colleges th a t taught Anin Bosto n, ( 5) she moved there im m e d iately.After

sh e had finished her st u d ies, ( 6) de cided to take (7) in an

internat ional competition for young artists Rita (8) first prize an d (9) _

th e momen t she is wor king as anartist in Ne w Yor k

IJThereis one mistake in each of the sentences below Find and correct it

1.You're seeming very tiredtoday

2 I'm going to the cinemaonce a week

3 Jordan goes out hardly ever on Saturdays

4 Does he alway s beha ves so rude ly?

5 Don't touc h this! It 's belongingto me

6.Tim 's secre tary usuallyis la t e for work

7.This week Ke vin doesn'twork

8 Sally never canre m embe r where sh e has left herkeys

iiiComplete the second sentence so that it has a similarmeaning to the first sentence,usingthe wordgiven.Youmust use between two and five words, including the wordgiven

1 Do you have any plans for Su n dayaft e rn oon?

5 It 's unusualto see sn ow at thistime of the year

Lesson One

4.- - - - l

Hi Nick,didyou see Sam's ne w hai rcu t?

No, she won't She 's qu it e cool

Well, yourdad won't be too (5) _

And what about sch ool? Everyone willlaugh at you

laugh at Sam,do they?

Don't be so sure about that

Whenlenter lroom I

realiseI be I wro ng Iparty

a Complete the textwith the Past Simple or the PastProgressive of the ve rbs in brackets

I will never forget that night for as lon g as I live

(hear) the front door open and sh ut.I (5) :.(think) it was my mum, bu t Isoon (6 ) '(realise) how wrong Iwas The room suddenly

(see) a man sittingon the edge of the bed.He

to scream but I couldn't Suddenly, the man

(d isappea r) I!JCompletethe dialogue with the words/phrasesin thebo

Who cares? What are you talking abo ut? gladhorrible wicked go nuts Tell me abo ut it

angry

ner vou s

excitedawful

2 "We're putting on a play at school I'm playing

the leading role,but I know I'm going to forget

allmylin es Everyone will laugh at me."

He feels

-takeIpictureIwhen I

elephantIstealIcrisps

skiI whenI

crash intoI tree

3 "I've got the flu.My head is killing me and I

feel sick all the time."

4 "I can't believe it! I walked all the way to the

Post Office and it was closed!"

1 "I'm having a birthdaypa rty next week.All my

frie n ds are comi ng.It' s going to be great !"

B Writehoweach of the peoplefee ls using the

adjectivesIn thebox

I]Look at the pictures and promptsand write

se nte nces.Use the Pas tSimpleand the Pas t

Progressive

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Lesson Two

BComplete the sentences using the words in the box

and the correct ending-eaor-ing. Use each word

once only

1 Jude fell asleep during his Historylesson

droppe d her birth day cake

boy aske d her to dance at theschool party

5 Last year Fay got lost in a fore st It was the

most experience of he r life

tellyou what to do all the time

DComplete the text with prepositions

a tri p toKenya.We set (3) wit h a group

ofpeop le (4) July and we stayed there

(5 ) the be ginnin g ofAugust (6 ) _

the morningswe were out taking photos of wild

animals and (!) noon we always took a

rest be causeit was very hot (8 ) our stay

there we met some inte re sting people fromother

countrie s and we kept (9) touc h wit h

them even after we had come ba ck.We enjoye d

the experie n ce so muchthat a few days

(10) we decidedto go back But this time

we've decided to go there (11) the spring,

so we're leaving (12) 21 Ap ril I'mreally

loo kin g forward to it

a Complete the dialogues with the phrases in the box

se t off sp lit secon d keeping in touc h

take n a liking sho ot up on board

Bob: I thi nkthe sh ip is almost re ady to

David: We'dbette r get (2) then

Kate: Did yousee that rocket (3) _

into the air?

Paul: Yes, but it was only a (4) _

before it disappeared into the clou ds

I AR TIFICIAL

l . INTELLI G ENCE

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.-- - - - -, Artificial Intelligenceis set some

time in the future, a time when humans use robots to

help them with everything

The robots look and feel like humans but one thing is

missing emotions However David who i s the latest

design in robotic boys can feel love because it's been

installed into him.David becomes part of a loving family.but things quickly go wrong.David's parents throw him

out and he has nowhere to go So he begins a journey

to discover where he belongs.

The Matrix is about a hackerwho calls himself 'Neo' A

mysterious man called Morpheus visits him one day and introduces him to the

secret of the matrix:Technology controls the earth

Neo's life, like everybody else's is not real;

computers have created it and control it However

Morpheus is the leader of a group of humanswho have

managed to free themse lves from the matrix and need

Nee'shelpto control the earth again

Tomb Raiderbringscomputer gamesuperhero Lara Croft to the big

screen Lara is a rich archaeologist who travels around the world exploring ancient places One day

she finds a strange key in a wall of anoldbuilding.It's amagic keywhich can controltime However.the keyfallsinto the wrong hands and Lara has to get it back before

it's too late

In wh ich film

1.are humans no longer the leaders of theworld?

2 is the main character not a human?

3 is something stolen?

4.is the maincharacter livingin afal se world?

5 doesthe maincharacter discover something

u nu su al?

that girl I meton holiday

her , haven't you?

mRead the text and answer the following questions.Write M forThe Matrix,AforArtificial Intelligence

and T forTomb Raiderin the boxes

terrifybore

annoyworry

excite

e mbarrass

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Lesson Three

BComple te the secondsentence sothat ithas asimila r mea ning to thefirstsentence,using the words given You

must use between twoand five words, includingtheword given

1 Howlon g ago is it since you visited Paris?

2.They started theirjourney early in the morning

3.During lunch the bellrang

4.He is a very talented artist isn'the?

we were drivingto our friends' house we realisedthat we had left (3) lig ht s on at home,

strange noise s coming from upstairs We were reallysca re d because our house was burgled

that our dog was in the house However, before (8) had time to call the police back to tell

a Complete the blanks with the correct formof the words in capitals

decide they can't keep the pet any longer

8 Cha nnel you r E nglish

THRILLCAREATTRACTDANGERMAGICDISAPPOINT

UNIT 02

I Look at the following situations and write two sentences about each of them beginning withhowand what. Usethe adjectives in the box

I've won the lottery!

My dog brings

me myslippers

£ -

For my next trick

I will put my head inthe crocodile's mouth

Do you like mynew hat?

IIIRead the following paragraph and rewrite it to make it more interesting Use linking words(and ,but,so) and timelinkers(when, while, as) to join the underlined sentences, and a variety of adjectives to replacethe words in theboxes

Theother day alnot very nicelthing happened to me.I was alone in the house.I decided to have my very

own sin gin g competition.I was having aIvery niceltime.I put the stereo on full blast and started singing.I

know I'm rot a goodlsinger, but I was on my own so I didn't care.I was singing and dancing I heard a bang

o the door I thought itwas my friendKimso Ist arted singing louder.A few seconds later I opened the

door.I realised it wasn't Kim Itwas my next door neighbour I(didn 't expect Ito see him He toldme to get

OUt ofthe house immediately I got out.I saw smoke coming out of the flat upstairs It was on fire! MYneighb ou r was trying to tell me earlier.The music was so loud that I didn't hear him knocking

Ididn't know what to say.I

Chan nel your E nglish 9

What are ou like.

Lesson One

Hi Sue, what's up?

I'll do my best

I know, I haven't tidied them up yet

Nothing much.I've been trying to clean my

room.

Well, hurry up Put them in the wa rdro be orsomething, because there's a good film on TVGood idea It was a right mess

That's true But it's a lot better now

2 It started raining at 10:00 and it's still raining

3.They have known each other for three years

4 John bought this stereo on his birthday

Lucy; What's the matter with you? You

(wake) up this morning Is everything OK?James; Not really You see I (14) _

(lose) my notes for an important meeting

them all morning but without any luck

friends to help me out

mPut the sentences in order and form a dialogue.Write1-8in the boxes

I don't know about that There are stillclothes everywhere

a Rewrite these sentences starting with the words given.Make all the necessary changes

1 Ron went to his room an hour ago and he'sstill there

bossyshy

I've made my decision

That's it!

lazystubborn

Kate; Hello darling I (7) _

(not hear) you come in (8) _

(you / be) here long?

Peter; WelL the truth is I (9) _

(wait) for you for about half an hour.Where

upstairs to get some sleep

I'll do it

~~-You ask

for me

BLook at the pictures and statements and describe

the people using the adjectives in the box

[ ]Complete the texts with the Present Perfect

Simple, the Present Perfect Progressive or the Past

Simple of the verbs in brackets

I (1) (look) for a job since I

a number of seminars However every attempt I

10 C hannel you r E nglish

a Complete the sentences usingthe correct form of

the words In brackets and the wordsthan , as ,

of orin ,

it is decorated (small nicely)

2 I think her voice is the world

(good)

I bought, there's no differe nce (expensive)

_ _ _ _ _all the girls in the team (bad)

5.She'slu cky, her children are not _

_ _ _ _ min e (noisy )

_ _ last month (little)

a Read the textbelow and choosethe best word a,b

orcforeachblank

be like without friends? People would feel(2) as they would have nobody totalk (3) or trust Also they'd have

no one to (4) out with The timechildren spend with their friends helps them learnhow to (5) with people later on inlife Friends usually get (6) in a

nu mber of similar activities and share a lot ofexperiences It' s a really great feeling whenyou've(7 ) tostay frie n ds witha personfor a long time.After all, friends areas importa nt

as family membe rs , wou ldn't you agree?

I· [JComplete the sentences with the words in thebox

There are two extra wordsyou do notnee d to use

mu lt i-tale nted siblings com petitivecreative mature adults easy-goin g

le ad perfect pro v e

1 somet imes expect too much

from children

2.I remember fighting with my _

because we all shared the same room

3.Ans and Crafts he lp children become more

_ _ _ _ _and produce their own pieces ofart

alw ays wantedto do better than her sisters

1 a) thi n k b) believe c) imagine

2 a) only b) lon ely c) single

6 a) include d b) involved c) enclosed

7 a)succeeded b) achieved c) mana ge d

mRewritethese sentences startingwiththe wordsgiven Make allthe necessary changes

1 Stella is taller than Iam

Iam not

-v

can dance sing and draw as well

6 Kate is only nine years old, but she thin ks like a

sixteen-yearold I think she'svery

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ for her age

7.Don't worryabout not be in g good at Maths;

8.Eddie is everybo dy's favourite ; he's

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ an d people like to hang out

with him

2 We have never seen such a boring film before

It's the

- - - - -

3.She can 't run as fast as her brother

Her bro ther

Lesson Three

B The re is one extra word in each line of this text Read the textand cross outthe extra words

Page 1 of 1From: Jameskigs@yahoo.co.uk

Sent:Friday,13 september

To:Alicetmps@yahoo.Co.uk

Dear Alice,

1 SorryI haven't been written forso long butI was

2 busystudyingfortheexams.Theyhave sta rted on

3 12th May and theyhaven'talreadyfinished yet

4 However,it ismore easier for me to studywhenI

5 take breaks,soIdid decidedto send you thIs ?

6 e-mail.Have you being finished withyourexams

7 Was Maths as much difficult as last term?Itwas

8 the most hardesttest for us,anyway

Write back whenyou can

Lo ve,

James

DRead the textbelow and complete each blank with one word only

years ( 3) people us ed to sen d le tt ers or travel lon g distances to have con tact with

( 6) with tele p h ones, com p uters and mobil e phones People can (7)

le a st talktoeach othe r even when they live far away.Of course, it is (8) expensiveto

usethe phone than se n d a letter, (9) people find it more convenie nt, so (1 0) _

don't really mind

a Complete the blanks with the correct form of the words in capitals

Pam Sinclair is a well-kn own galler y owner.She owns an artgall e ryin the

cityce n t r e an d has been ve ry (1) in he r business so far

She's very popularwit h her customers as she is always (2) and

ready tohelp Pam is very ( 3) when she chooses works of art

for her gallery, but she is nev er (4) whe n she re fuses

to buy som e t h ing from an artist.She even ha s some (5) _

advice to give them so that they can improve the ir work "There are no

(6) tricks to make you good at your job," Pam says

"Allyou need is tolov e yourwork."

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SUCCEEDCHEERCARE

POLITEUSE

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UNI T 03

mComplete the second sentence so that it has a similar meani ng tothe first sentence, using the word given

You must use between two and five words includingthe wordgiven,

L The last time he wen t to the denti st was a month ago

5.Mary did the same number of exercises as Dora

5.We could n't find a better house in the area

as

the

[lLook at the pictures and the prompts and write the missing paragraph of the letter below,

• thre lectures / day / lot /

h m ework/ OK

• at th e moment / do / proj ect

" join / art class / greatfun

." everyTuesday/ I/ quite good /

painting

" find/ job/ fast food restaurant

" weekends/ earn/ good money

D ear Frank.

Sony I haven 't written fOr so long but it took me some time toget used to my new way oflift here

a t colle ge Now I've finally settled down and I'm writing to tell you my news

That's allfO r now Say hello to your jOmily and our friends back home, Write back soon.

Take care, Adrian

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Revision 1-3

aComplete the dialogue with the phrases in the box There are two extra phrases which you do not need to use

Tell me about it You're kidding!

a right mess

What's up? I did my best

g nuts too right

I'm a bitworried abo u t th is proj ect we ha ve todo

We hav e to hand it in on Friday, you know

Didn't you know? Mr Reed will( 4 ) if wedon't handi in o tim e

I know, butI forg ot that it was this Friday.And this proj ect must be good because my last one

Well, good luck on this project

Thanks , I'llneed it

1.Obtain a degree from a un ive rsity

2.Determin ed to be successfu l

3.Always telling people what to do

4.Pretty orat tra ct ive

5.Another word for fat

6 As you grow older, you become more

7.A round piece ofme t al given tosomeone who has won a

co mpetition

8.Move suddenly and roug h ly

9.Determined nottochange your mind

10.Someone wh o helps sw im m e rs in danger

1.She rarelyvisits her aunt and uncle

often

2.He is planning to go toEgypt for his holid ay

thinking

3.Diane met Julie ten years ago

known

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Learnin zone Lesson One

B Look at he pictu res andwritewhat each of

the peop le willbedoing at 8:00and what theywill

havedone by9:00 Use the prompts in the boxes

(never see) me aga in; noteve n for

n ext we ek 's t e st !

are you up for it Ican't stand Idon't feel like i

thanks a bunch it slipped my mind

by six o'clo ck ?Ken Ofcou rse not! At six they (8) _(fly) over the Alps

in Lon d on at about 7.30

(pick) them up and he has alreadyleft forthe airport

him o his mobile as soon as th is

programm e finis hes

Anne I knowyou! By the time you call him,

Stacey So, what do you think? Can we meet to

discuss the proj e ct tonight ?

Lucy Are you kiddin g? It 's the sch ool

performan ce ton ig ht I wouldn't miss it for

the world The proj ect can wait

I thought it was ne xt week

Lucy You know what? Sometimes (4) _

_ _ _ _y ur attitude You've taken part in

almostevery school play so far an dyou're

st ill comp lain ing You can stay at home

I'm going anyway

Stacey

MissWilson Ron, your marks are really

(talk) toyour mother abo ut them

for next we e k's test ; I promise

(forget) your promise b next week

your mother tonight anyway, so

IlCompletethe dialogueswith the correct formofthe

verbsin brackets

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L esson Tw o

aRe ad the text below and answerthe questions 1-4

Choosea,bor c

ignoretough

.on how to deal with the final test

2.She keeps telling me to st u dy, but I choose to_ _ _ _ _ _ her and do things my way

3.There are so manythings you ca n _

a They never have enough time to study

b.They don't like the way their parents te a ch

them

c They can't get awayfrom theirparents' atten ti on

4.Whywas this te xtwritten?

a To give information about home education

b.Tosh ow the advantages of home education

c To discuss problems that kids have at school

I]Compl et ethe sentenceswith the words/phrasesinthe box

1 The te acher has aske d the stu den t s tofinish

•

oHome edu ca t ion may be everychild'sdream, but it's already true for 150,000

children in the UK There are various

reasons why children leave school and study

at home.For example, some children feel they

can't stand t heir schoolmates! violent

behaviour.For others, going to school is not

practical because they come from families

who move about a lot.Whateverthe reason

may be, the law allows parents to take their

children out of school and educate them at

home

Learning at home has its advantages Forexample, children don't have a strict

timetab le and they can spend more time

doing subjects they really like.Many kids also

feel that they have more free time to learn

one more foreign language or have music

lessons more often than they would if th ey

attended school

However, learning at home is not always aseasy as you might think.Children find it

difficult to concentrate at home as there are

so many other things going on there They

miss talking and playing with their friends

Their parents are also around all the time

complaining that they don't study enough

In fact, as most home-educatedchildrenadmit, school is the best place to meet people

and make friends School plays an important

role in a child's development, that's why it

still remains the most popular choice for

children and parents

1 Why do som e children leave sch ool to be

ed uc a te d at home ?

a Be cause their parents caned ucatethem better

b.Be cau se their families travel a lot

c.Be cause theylive too faraway from sch oo l

2.Why is home education good for ch ildre n?

a It gives them lot s of free time for their hobbies

b Theycan do subjects which aren't taughtat

Lesson Three

~

DCircletheword/phrasethat bestcomp letes eac h sentence

1 In the summer I'm going to attend/ go to a computer programm ing course

2 Martha hasfailed / learned the physics exam

3 My father learned / attended Richmond High School

4 Students are taking/ giving the final exam on 15 June

5 Sharon attends / teaches hist ory at the local school

[JRead the text belowand complete each blan kwith one word only

How does (1) idea of learning from a

computer (2 ) a robot sound to you?

(3) you th ink it's possible?Well, the

good news is that it is After all, it's every student's dream to

stop going (4) school and to spend

(5) much time at home as possible

Comp uter experts say that in a few years' time childrenwill

not (6 ) to attend school anymore A

state organised computer system will (7) _

teaching them at home Students (8) _

be able to ask a computer anything they do not understand

before they carry (9) with their

homework The first computers of this kind are

(10) to be tested soon, as a lot of

students and parents are interested (11) _

this project

mRead the text below Some of the lines are correctand somehave a word which should not be there If a line iscorrect,put a tick( I)inthe space provided If aline hasaword which should not be there,write the wordin thespace provided

Dear Meg,

1 I was veryha p py to get yourletter and hear from that

2 you're coming to spend a few of days with us.As it is

3 your first visit to our town, I am goingto show you

4 as much as possible, so I have been made some plans

S We are going to visit the old town because I'm too sure that you

6 will love it there.There are lot s of things to see them and

7 places to go For example, if you like the ancient history or

8 archaeology, there are the Roman ruins But if not you find

9 them boring, there is also the flea market, where there are some

10 wonderful th ingsto buy If we will get hungry or thirsty, there are

11 a lot of cool fast food places where to have a snack or a drink

I'm sure that we'll have a great time.I can't wait to see you!

Love,

Emma

18 Channel yourEnglish

UNIT 04

mComp letetheblankswith the correct form of the words In capitals

1.I have some really news! Sally's getting married

2.You didn't pass the test again.You didn'tstudy at all

3 Shirley is a verywell-ed uc ated person , she used to

tea ch at university

4.Call me tonight so that we can ma ke the nec essary _

for the party

5.The young girl was to get the present sh e had alw ays wanted

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hear from TJou So, TJou want to studTJ in

London WhTJ? I would be interested in

knowing which universities TJou would like

to visit I hafle some friends at uni in

London but theTJ are usuallTJ flerTJ busTJ, soI

don't think theTJ will be able to help TJOU

Well, I could find somewhere for TJou to

sta1J, but tve got a better idea: whTJ don 't

TJou staTJ with me? In TJour letter TJou saTJ

that TJou'lI be coming some time in the

summer Please tell me when exactlTJ

because l've arranged to go on holidaTJ I'm

looking forward to seeing TJou after all these

TJears If TJou want anTJ more information,

send me a letter or even gifle me a ring.

I receifled 'lour letter this morning andI was happlJ to hear that 'Iou want to come to London this summer I'm realllJ looking forward to seeing 'Iou again.

Well, 'Iou salJ 'Iou want to studlJ in London I'm not sure which universities 'Iou want to flisit, but /'fie got friends at different universities in London I beliefle theTJ can gifle TJou anlJ information 'Iou need and let 'Iou know what it's like there.

As for accommodation, I'd be glad to help 'Iou out You can stalJ with me while 1J0u're here /'fie got

a spare room and I don't lifle far from London.

Howefler, it all depends on when TJou're coming I hope 'Iou plan to arriu« before 77th JullJ because I'm going on holidalJ to Spain with mlJ brother then and I'll be awalJ for four weeks.

I can't wait to see 'Iou Write back and tell me what 'Iou think You can also gifle me a ring I 'm

usualllJ at home after 7 pm

Phil

Channel your Engl iSh 19

Rachel Willyou be able to finish it by four o'clock?

Tom Well, I'm typing some letters for Brianat

I'll do my best Ofcou rse not

take a break take a long time

Certainly.take your time

Man Sorry,where are you from?

Woma nI'm from a cha rity organisation

Smith Family

Man Oh, I see And wheredoes the money go?

Woman We giveitto people (3) _

needhelp

Man OK, I'llbuy a box

Woman There you go Ifyou find thatyou like

them,you can buy more fromour office at

the old Post Office usedto be ?

Woman No, the building (5) _

you're talking about is Lin coln Hou se

Churc h ill House is opposit e it

Man OK, thank you

a Complete thesentences belowusingdefining relative

I'm not in a hurry.It wou ld be good ifyou

cou ld finish it today, though

Rac helGreat!

mComplete the dialogue belowusingw ho, which or

w here

Woman Excuseme.I'm from the Smith Fa m ily We

are sellin g chocolates to raise money

Lesson Two

DLook at the followingsituationsand write sentences

using 'strong' adjectives as in the example IlReadthe tablebelow and matchthe informati onin

the threecolumns Then, write sentences usingnon-definingrelative clauses, as in the example

was bo rn in A ustria

died in1962

was a Hollywoodactor anddirector

isthe biggestcity in

Australia

isthe biggest island

in the world

has a basketballteam calledthe Bulls

r eal n ame was

NormaJeanBaker

isinIllinois,USAwrote21operas

was d isco vered b y

Eric the Red

was born in B ritain

the 2000 Olympicswereheld

ceiling definitely divided entrance

impressive invo lved steps various

My uncle is an architect so it's not surprising thathis house is spe cial It used to be an old

farmhouse and the iron gate at the (1) _

is more than 200 years old.The (2) _that lead up to the front door are made of wood

is quite low,so my uncle decided to turn them

ch a n ges to the house, making it one of the most

1.Nv:Jza-f: INto wrote21q:era;,wa;;berninA£l:ria

IIIComplete the text with the words in the box

4.My sister has passed all

Lesson Three

BComplete the sentences with the adjectives In the box

2.In winter I like staying at my parents' house, where it's warm and _

4 The town centre was empty during the day, but at night it was quite _

5 At midday all the people were in the fields, so the village was _

I]Read the text below and complete each blank with one word only

I often find myselfinembarrassing situations (1) _

fortunately, I can laugh about afterwards A few days (2) _

I was in the city centre and.I saw an old lady (3) _

looked rather worried She was standing on the pavement across the street

cross over alone because of the heavy traffic So I went up to her and offered

to help She politely refused (5) I insisted At that

moment the light went green, so I took her by the arm (6) _

said:"You know, I (9) just waiting for a taxi

mRead the text below Some of the lines are correct, and some have a word which should not be there Ifa line Iscorrect, put a tick(.I) In the space provided If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word In thespace provided

1 I have always been enjoyed reading travel books

2 This may sound boring to the most people, but for me it is

3 a way not only to relax but also to learn about other people's

4 lives and cultures.I'm sure I will not have be able to

5 visit most of all the places which are described in the books, but

6 I can at least imagine that what they look like by reading about

7 them My favourite books are about exotic places like India,

8 China or Egypt, which also they have lots of ancient monuments

9 I really would love the colourful descriptions of their

10 natural beauty, as well as their towns and cities,and I

11 really hope to can visit one of them some day in the future

22 Cha nnel y our En glish

morning enjoy

lunch in a beautiful city

a nd see the fairy penguins all in one day.

Your tOUTbegins on the Great Ocean road This road runs along Victoria's southern coast This

Ivery interesting Icoastline has endless sandy

beaches, strange rock formations and steep cliffs

that take your breath away Also a visit to Phillip

No tour of Victoria would be complete without

a visit to Melbourne Melbourne is the capital of Victoria The city has lots of very old buildings ,

including the Old Melbourne Gaol Ned Kelly was hanged there Kelly is Australia's most ~

criminal If you happen to be in Melbourne in

March, don't miss the Moomba Festival Thefestival runs for a week and ends with a Inicej,parade And if going

around and havingfun makes youltiredl

you can enjoy arelaxing cruise onthe Yarra River bynight So what areyou waiting for? Book now!

What on earth ?

Lesson One

BComplete the dialoguewith the phrases in the box mLook at the situations and complete the sentences

with 1 st , 2 nd and zero conditionals.

if we come across I can't keep up with you

Let'sface it I'm just pulling your leg

,, \ ~ fl•• )', J.~ <:

, f ~ "1""",,;

~

2 I plants don't have en ough wat er,

3 If Bes sie took pa rt in the com pet it ion, _

Barry Sorry, it'sjustthatthe concert starts at

eight

difference if we 're a bit late

Barry It will They don't let you in after8:15

Sam Bu t they can't do that, su rely !

Sam That' s not funny,you kn ow

Barry Sorry, I just want to get there as soon as

pos sible

fast food place, can we stop?

Barry Totell you the truth, I'v e neverhad one

And I don'tthink I ever willeit her

[ ]Match the two halves to make six correct sentences

4 I Harry goe s fishing,

4 Wouldyou be able to run sofas t II

-6 The secre t a rywillinfo r m you 0

5 IfI had a car,

a ifyou didn't train so often?

b if there ' s a change of plan

c if you decide to com e to the pa rty

d life on earth wou ld disappear

e I'll ne ve r forg ive you

24 Channel your E nglish

Lesson Two

Children whospeak two languages fluentlyare called bilingual.Many people believe th a tbilingual children develop moreslowlybecause their brains have moreto do.Butthis is based on wrong idea that brain haslimited abilities.Actually, recent research

carrie d out in both UK and in USA has shownthat many bilingual ch ildre n have high IQ.However, being bilingual doesn't necessarily

meanthat you can speakboth languages

equally fluently One oflanguages becomes

st ron ge r and that is usuallylanguage

spoke n atsch ool It's true,though, that childshould start learning second language beforelearning to read , if that's possible

Martha has volunteered to help out at (7) _charity eve n t which will take place in (8) _

local con ce rt hall (9) charity which is

holding (10) even t is called HELPOUT

and (11) money they will raise will help

blind ch ild re n in (14) area

It's true that (15) musical instrument

you choose to play reflects your personality.Take

my friendJim,for example He plays (16) _drums, which involves beingenergetic.Well, Jim

is (17) boxer and spends (18) _hours train in g hard ev eryday.In his free time he

band called NEWTON'S LA W.

• ext yea r I'm thinking abou t going on (1) _

cru ise aro u n d (2) Mediterrane an.You

see m y cou sin Leo w orks on a crui se lin er and h e

l Themixture of gases that surroundsthe earth

2.Anarea with lots of treesin tropical partsof the

world

3.Smokeor gase sthatsmellstrong ly

.;.Animals andbirdsliving freeintheir nat ural

e nviro nm e n t.

5.This iscaused whenthe earth the wate r or theair

isdirty

6.Athick liquid that doesn'tmixwith water

7 powerisenergy from the sun

8.Tobecome liquid through heating

9.Theusualweather conditions ina certain area

[JComplete the paragraphs witha(n), the or -

a Look at the definitions and complete the crossword

es

Ch ann e l yo ur E ngliSh 25

Lesson Three

I had been working reall y hard, so Iwas loo kin g forward to an eveni ng of

farm in g and wildlife

a Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence,usingthe word given Youmust use between two and five words, including the word given

2.It would be a good idea to see a specialist abo ut it

26 C hannel you r E nglish

unless

you

I

:" ~ _-nl ess I have time , I won't be able to co me

I won't be able to come

have

aglnethatyou are one of the organisersof the Rock Weekend Festival You have receiveda tetter from a

teenager who has seen the advertisementbelow andwould like some extraInformation.Read part of his/her

ellerandthenot esyou havemade Then, write aleller to theteenager givingthe necessaryInformati on The

eoenlng and closingparagraphs are given

_ ( T ige" Ro ckrroopers, Th e Drui ds)

dWWo ld do g haua ia hJl10.a11Rnd 1ltR jRMiPal? Can lJD U a!MJ lIdmJ1knoto taha: band»

adoJlJl1LwnJutf nwdioJtd

~and MallA Can

lJDU p1RJLu sendmJ1 MJmJ1mans:

ank you for writing and showing you r interest in the Rock Weekend Fest ival I'd be

mo re t han happy to give you some additional information abou t the festival.

:' y ou need any more information about the Rock Weekend Festival , don't hesitate to

: tact me

Channe l you r E ng li sh 27

Revision 4-6

B Complete the dialogue with the phrases in the box,

can't s tand get a move on com e a cross take my time l et's f ac e i t fed up wit h this

Tom I can't decid e which shirt to buy

WelL buyboth ofthem, then

Idon't know

St op com pla ini ng

Tom No, Ionly want one So, I'm going to ( 5) and make the rig ht decisi on

IlThe sentences below each containa word which has been usedincorrectly Find the words and put them back inthe sentences where they belong as in the example

ava/7able

1.The manageris note 8 Ave~ieAtat the mom ent

2.I find that taking a taxiis the most fascinating wayto travel to work

3.The goa lkeeper was terrifie d wit h himse lf for letting in the goal

4.My grandmotherwas an availa ble lad y when she was younger

5.Isuggestyou read this book, it 's exhausted

6.I'd rathernot stand near the edge as I'm furious ofhei ght s

7.I don't mind cleaning the house but Ialways feel attractiveafterwards

IiComplete the blanks with the correct form of the words in capitals

Som elive in (2 ) houses wh ile others may not even

have a roofover their head.Homele ss peop le (3) _

do not cho oseto live the way they do For them (4) is

really hardand findingfood or clean water is very difficult

take place There ha s been alot of (6) about

have been made yet

28 C hannel yourEnglish

DIFFERLUXURYCERTAIN

LIVE

DEVELOPDISCUSSPRACTICE

mComplete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaningto the first sentence, usingtheword given You

.ision

:kin

".It was raining so we did not go out

Channel your English 2 9

That's s ook ! Lesson One

It!Look at the pictures and complete the sentences

with the PastPerfect Simpleorthe Past Perfect

Progressive of the verbs In the box

for the time being

from time to tim e

make outfigure it out

trip overhung up

4.Johnfinished cleaning the house _

Vicky Do you want me to answer that?

Amy No it's OK.I'll get it

Vicky Mindyou don't (1) that

stool

Amy Turn the lig ht on Ican't see anythi ng

Vicky Is thatbetter?

Amy Thanks Hello? Hello?

Vicky Who is it?

Amy They just ( 2) _Vicky That's strange !

Amy That's thethird time this week that's

Vicky Don't worry it happe ns to me

It's probably justa wrong nu m ber

Amy Maybe.Anyway I won't do anything about it

few more times I'll certain ly do somet hing

Vicky Like what? Call thepolice?

Amy I'm not sure bu t i 's getting o my nerves

mCompletethe dialoguewith the phrases in the box

Thereisone extra phrase which you do not need to use

D Completethe sentences with the prepositionalphrases

in the box.There are two extra phrases which you donot need to use

on time in time for the time being

from time to time in no time b the time

2 Itwasrainingso hardthat Igot

home Iwasallwet

the race

paintstop

_ _ _ _ _ _ _• Lisatook Cyril for a walk

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _on

_ _ _ _ _ _ thefence for half an hour

when he realised he was

rJIComplete the gaps belowwith a correctword.The

first letter of the word has been given

ente re d the house through the back door

"You check upstairs."(2) w Mr Stone

wal ked towards the st aircase.Suddenly there was

a lou d bang which mad e thembot h jump but then

theyrealised that it was just thewin d blowing the

then that Mr Stone not iced a figure lying outside

blew in th e ir faces as they walke d slowly outsid e

The man was obviously dead and his clothe s were

cut into pieces

"What sort of(7)w was used to do

this?"asked Mr Healey

I thin k this mess was creat ed by some sort of

8 ) c , a bigcat perhaps," said Mr Stone

abou t the situation but he was surethat Mr Stone

wou ld (9)"'-s the mys t e ry

Complete the boxes with the correct time linkers and

the blanks with the correct past tense (Past Simple,

Past Progressive, Past Perfect Simple and Past

Perfect Progressive) of theve rbs in brackets

occupa tion , in fact, everything Itwaslike he

say)thathe was a mind read er,but I didn't beli eve

sive ) him allth is informa tion an d I (20) _

start ) feeling a bit frightened

a Read the text and complete the blanks 1-4 with thesentencesa-d ,

a In the book,two airmenwho are lost in Tibet,

come across a perfect place

b She wrote about peop le who could liftthemsel ves off the grou nd an d move athigh speeds just by using their minds

c The myst eriousinhabit ant s of Sha n gri-La live alife ofluxury

d Altho ugh there is no truth in Hilton'sShangri- La, there are lots of places in the worldwhere it cou ld exist

PARA{)/~E ON EART/I

Imaginea place where everyone livestogetherin peace an d harmony, a place full offruit s an d flowe rs a place untouched b th eoutside world.This place is Shanqri- La,paradise on earth

The idea of Shangri-La first appeared inJames Hilton's novel Lost Hori zon It is acity high in the mountain s in a place that

tha t can't be produced in the city can bebought with theen dless amount of goldtheyhave Strange rs are not allowed in the city andcontact withthe outside world is rare

EI In the Fa r East, the re are manygre envalleys wh ic h are surrou n ded by mount ains

The mysterious in habitants ofSh a n g ri-La can

also be compared to the religiouspeople

of the FarEast who have always bee n

su r ro u n ded by mystery

The British traveller Alexa n dra David-Neel

spen t 14years in Tibet at the beg inning of

that Hilton wasinflue n ced by these marvelloustraveller's tales

As wit h all myths, even though we knowit's not true we st ill like tobeli eve that there is

C h n nel your En gl i sh 31

Lesson Three

DComplete the second se nte nce so thatit has a similarmean ingtothe firstsen tence, using the word given

You must use between two and fivewords, includingthe wordgiven

1 Ron had been a student in England for only a month whenhe met Wendy studying

Ron for onlya month when he met Wendy

2 Icooked lu n ch and then I left for work had

3 The guests left and then we cleaned up the house after

We didn' t clean up the house left

4.At the momentshe's doing a school project time

For she's doing a school project

5.Why don't you decide what to do first and then call her? make

Why don't you what to do first and then call her?

6 Doris was extre mely happy when she found out she had passed her university exams top

Doris felt when she found out she had passed her un ive rs ity exams

DRead the textbelow.Some of the lines are correct,and some haveawordwhich should not be there If a lineis

correct ,put a tick( f)in the space provided Ifa line has aword whichshould not bethere, write the word in the

space provided

1 Two weeks ago I hav e heard on a local radiostation that the Pumpkins

2 which my favouritegroup.were going togivea concert in our town the

3 following Saturday I was very excited as Ihad never been seen them

4 perform live So Iwentto buy a ticket on the same day Howe ve r I had

5 a rather unpleasant surprise.The concert was already being sold out and

6 there wasn'ta single ticket left I was really disappointed and I gave it up

7 hop e.Tha t Sa tu rd ay I was in a really too bad mood whenthe phone rang

S It was a friend who called to tell me that she had bought a ticket for

9 the Pumpkins' concert but she had falle n lit tl e ill and couldn't go

lD Sh e asked for me if I wanted to take the ticket and go instead.I couldn't

11 believe mylu ck !Imanaged to see my favourite band perform live and I

12 bought my friend their CD to thank her for the ticket who she had given me

aMatch the two halvesof the expressionsand idioms below Then,usethe m to complete the text on the next

page.Some of the gaps may have more than one answe r

he

: was reading in bed last night when , (l) , there wa s a knock on the window Iwas so

scared I almost (2) I thought it was my annoyingyounger brother

dowbut there was nobody the re."Why does he d that?"I thoughtto myself.He know s that

S th ere was a l oud no ise as my b edroom wi ndow s mashe d in to p iece s I l ooked

oro k e n glass It had just flown right through the win d ow I got (7) wh e n it moved

I Read the text below and complete each blank with one word only

- me years (l) a groupofscientists carriedou t an expe riment

- see how people's memories worke d (2) showe d tw o

::merent groups of people the sa me film of two ca rs cras h in g However,

-was on lya slight accid entand (3) was serious ly damaged

- ft er th e two gro u ps ( 4) seen the film, thescientistsasked

'"'" first group : "How fast we re the cars goin g ( 5) they hit

~h other?"The people in the secon d group were asked ( 6) _

- ' htlydifferentquestion: "How fast were the ca rs goin g when th ey

smash ed into each other?"A week later, the people in both groups were

ssked ifthey had seen anybroken glass.The people in the first group

' th a t (7) hadn't seenany,wh ich was correct.Bu t the

;oeople in the secon d group allsaid tha t they had, even tho ugh therewas

broken glass (8) the film.The reason why they

_ th is mistake was because the first questi on they were

, ked in clu de d the word 'smashed', (10) sou n ds more

io len t than 'hit'

Rewrite the text below joining the underlined sentences Use the appropriate time linkers and make all the

necessa ry changes

:, was a beaut iful wa rm night at theen d of the su m mer Rodney was walkin g back tohis car He realised

:5 car keys were missing.He went back to the re staurant whe re he had spent the eve n ing wit h friends.:;egot there ,But it had already closed So, he decid ed to walk home Rodney's home was a few

lL:ilom et res out of town He walked down the main road He came to a field He decided to cro ss the field

:-lehaddone this many times as a boy He was enjoyinghis walk He su dd e n ly heard a lion's roar in the

.;5tan ce Rodney froze The roaring sou n d disappe are d He thought it was safe Then, he turned back

~ !1d headed forthe road.When he got home his wife had tocalm him down He told her what had

happened.Obviously, Rodney had walke d through the field where the circus was sett in g up their tents

for the next day ' s performance

Ch annel your E ngl i sh 33

Lesson One

ratherand hadbetter

correct order

not thefirst child star

Sor ry I did n't mean foryou togetembarrassed

Perh a ps not but the re aren't manych ildre n

That 's OK I understand what you meanabo u tbeing a star, butI st illtry tobe a normal

• Yes, that could be a problem.So,Sophie, tell us

abou tyou r latestfilm

You're right but why haveallth at money if

you can't hang ou t wit h your friends beca use

you're being aske d for you r au tograp h all the

tim e ?

changes should be made as in the example

1.You~hou ldfix the cu rtair&

4.You'd

Lesson Two IiRespond to the situations below usingshould have

orshouldn't have.

:

=

from school Now, it takes me nearllJ half an hour The reason for this is simple, bullies! ThelJ hanfJ out in the park that I used to walk throufJh.

In the beginning theu just shouted stuff at me, but last week I shouted back and theu chased

me ThelJ pushed me over and mlJ trousers were ruined I lied to my mum and said that I had fallen oller What should I do? I hallen't told anYbody yet I'm afraid my friends will laugh at

me and that my teacher won't belielle me Most kids eniolJ fJoinfJ home after school, but for me it's the worst part of the dalJ I trlJ to put on a bralle face for mlJ mum but I think she realises samethinq is wronfJ Please help

sentences usingshould /shouldn 'tand

should /shouldn 't have.

Look at the picture and the definitions and completethe crossword

• Completethe sentenceswith the words/phrases in

box.

_ermission invention troubl emaker peers

adults in common

is such a thatthe

:>ead tea ch er had tothrow him out ofschool

never seemW agree onanyth ing; we have

- s e had to ask for her teacher's _

- •~ of the computer changed

;Elople's everyday lives a lot

The place sh own in the pictu re

: The op pos it e ofinn ocent

uas broke n the law or not

, Seepict ure

_ See picture

= s ys te m of rules used by a country.

- "illillegal act ivity

: See picture