Personal best b1 workbook

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.. I Choose the correct options to complete the sentences.. VOCABULARY: Useful verbs 3 Choose the correct verbs to c

usually / eat / doesn't Ayesha breakfast

Complete the sentences with the correct

form of the verbs in brackets

1 Greta _ two brothers (have)

2 Paul his hair every day

(wash)

3 My friend Enrico ina factory

(work)

4 Marta and Luis in Buenos

Aires — they live in Brasilia (not live)

5 you

Portuguese? (speak)

6 Ben to America every

summer to visit his family (fly)

7 We swimming (not like)

they to the

same school as you? (go)

VOCABULARY: Personality adjectives

3 Match descriptions 1-8 with adjectives a—-h

1 Anna often says things that upset a serious other people — b hard-working

2 Ed's always buying presents for 6 shy

3 Pablo hardly ever laughs — e polite

4 Terri doesn't like meeting new people € unkind

5 The children always remember to g patient say please and thank you — h generous

6 George tells lies and tricks people

7 Dad goes to the office at weekends!

& My Maths teacher explains things

i

2 Lolaissose

carefully and never gets angry

Complete the adjectives

My brother is a really im queueing in shops

person — he hates

— she only thinks about herself

3 You can believe everything that Julia tells you — she’s a very

— | never stop laughing when I'm

7 Dan often helps me with jobs | need to do He's very k

8 Maria's sol — she stays in bed most of the day at weekends!

PRONUNCIATION: Final -s/-es sound

5 @®u Listen to the verb endings in these sentences Tick (W)

the correct column

si lal hzl

=h He wants to be a doctor

Silvia goes to college

Aisha likes chocolate

Ana watches TV in the evening

Paulo changes clothes twice a day

Adam knows my brother

Leila thinks football is boring

1 O12 Listen to Daniel and Laura’s conversation

Are the sentences about Daniel true (T) or false (F)?

1 He wants to stop using his mobile phone for a few weeks

2 He wants to use his free time differently

3 He wants to spend less time with other people

He goes to the cinema a lot

He wants to go out more

He doesn't want to spend any time

in the kitchen

contractions then listen again and check

1 So, Daniel, | hear you this month

using your phone

At least, when not at work

| realized that | these days

actually do anything

4 We never go out together these days | mean,

crazy

| live my life like this!

| watch films at home on my laptop instead It

good

7 Oh, and my moment

staying with me at the

3 really good at baking

3 Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box

There are two extra verbs

keep collect play goon shop bake do: go out spend meet up with

1 He wants to more time with his family

2 She goes running three times a week to

fit

3 Do you often your friends after work?

4 Some of the kids chess at lunchtime

5 In our spare time we like to cakes

6 Do your parents much exercise?

7 |jdont social media much

8 They don't go to the supermarket They prefer to

online

I Choose the correct options to

complete the sentences

1

10

Kati can't go out today her essay

a She's finishing b She finishes

This soup is very salty it

a I'm not liking b | don't like

a lot in your country?

a Is it snowing b Does it snow for our exams at the moment

a We're studying b We study

Is that Emir? nis brother

a I'm knowing b [know

Sophia is busy dinner

a She's cooking b She cooks

Luis works as a journalist articles

about sport

a He's writing b He writes

| can go with you anything at the moment

a |'m not doing b | don't do

his daughter to school every

morning

a Sam is taking b Sam takes

to the gym with you very often?

a Is Raul going b Does Raul go

2 Complete the sentences with the

present simple or present continuous

form of the verbs in the box

think not play walk do

1 Mr Silva past our house

every morning

2 Mum and Dad their

lunch at the moment

3 Laura ina café for three

months this summer

4 Luca football very often

5 Olga and Sergei

Maria that our new teacher is great

Jorge a jacket today

VOCABULARY: Useful verbs

3 Choose the correct verbs to complete the sentences

1 | often my keys — it’s so annoying! miss lose

2 Pablo usually —. our swimming races wins earns

3 Susie _ really happy, doesn’t she? looks like — looks

4 I'mcold! Let's _ home go back come back

5 Emma's _a blue coat today wearing carrying

6 Can you me to call Ali later? remember remind

7 I'm for Francesca to arrive hoping waiting

8 Are you your holiday? looking expecting

forward to

9 Emma often me about her friends says tells

10 | need to some documents to Mr take bring Smith's office

4 Complete the conversation with verbs from exercise 3 in the

correct tense

Ana Are you going to

Jorge and Sara’s wedding? I’m really

Laura Yes, am! But ) can

only buy them a small present, because I’m

not 2

very much money at the moment

Never mind! Do you have something to wear to the wedding?

No, but my sister 3 from holiday tomorrow and she has so: many amazing dresses

14 she has somethirig stiitable then!

Yes, definitely Every week she > home something new from the shops!

By the way, do you Š

friend?

Laura Yes, I do He’s the tall guy that 7 isn’t he? He’s great —I really ® wedding

Ana Of course he will Jorge ® that he’s like-a brother to him He works in France in the winter, and Jorge really 19 him: when he’s away

PRONUNCIATION: -ng sound

3 Practise saying the sentences Listen, check and repeat

I'm bringing Julio to the meeting

He's studying French at university

She's carrying a young child

Are they running in the park?

They're singing my favourite song

I'm taking a strong box for the heavy books

She's wearing a long dress

a personality

b relationship to Cri

¢ lifestyle

only six, 2

WRITING: Making notes

her life Number the information for each person in the

probably + _| don't

live with her all the time! I'm away at university, but she’s our relationship is a bit different from most sisters Bianca's really funny, and she makes me laugh a lot When we go out, people sometimes think I'm her mum | hope | have a daughter li

| job in the world! 4

engineering There are only three women on my course, but | love i

ke her one day - but not yet!

The second person who is

very important to me is my neighbour, Clara Fuentes She has quite an unusual job for a

an airline pilot Clara told me once that women can do any

I'm studying

t and I'm good at it

Person number three is my granddad, who is my dad's father My dad has five

brothers * our

family is so big! Granddad lives alone, but we all visit

him, © he's never

lonely! He is interested in all of us, and: always wants to know about our lives: He's very kind and generous and everyone loves him

2 Complete 1-6 in the blog with because, so or That's

why and decide if each one is a reason or result

you their life: job,

where they live,

their personality

why they are

important to you

relationship to you

° Use some or all of your notes from exercise 3

« Write as many ideas as you can about the main topics

* Choose the best ideas and organize them into paragraphs

° Include at least three sentences with because, so

or That's why

1.4 Listen to the podcast Tick (YW) the things

Paolo talks about

Adam's hobbies how he met Adam

where Paolo lives

S214 Listen again Choose the correct options to

complete the sentences

1 Paolo regularly sees Adam

a most evenings

b when they go running

e at work

2 Paolo says that Adam

a enjoys going out

b has a lot of friends

€ isn't very sociable

3 Adam spends some of his free time

a playing with his sons

b doing sport with his sons

e teaching his sons Spanish

Paolo and Adam

a often go to concerts with each other

b belong to the same gym

e like different types of music

5 Paolo says that Adam

a never talks about his friends

lb does the same job as Paolo

¢ helps Paolo with his problems

6 Adam

a is usually very serious

fb makes Paolo laugh

¢ can sometimes be selfish

CONTACT

READING

sentences

a Teresa and Livia are about the same age

b Teresa and Livia have different jobs

e Teresa and Livia both have children

d Teresa isn’t married

e Livia is Teresa’s only friend

enough information to decide (N)?

4 According to the writer, nobody can be friends with someone who is 25 years older

2 Teresa and Livia work in the same place

They often spend time together

4 Teresa thinks that Livia gets tired more often than her

Teresa has a lot of problems with her children

6 Teresa discusses all her problems with her

mother, too

Teresa and Livia always like the same books

Teresa learns more from Livia than Livia learns from Teresa

9 Livia always likes the clothes that Teresa suggests for her

10 Livia enjoys going out with Teresa

Are the sentences true (T)}, false (F) or is there not

BLOG PODCASTS ABOUT CONTACT

Livia and | work together in a large secondary school She works in the school office, and I’m a History teacher We usually have lunch together, and sometimes we go out in the evening, too Livia may be 25 years older than me, but she’s

so much fun, and sometimes | think she has more energy than me! That’s probably because I’m looking after three small children, and her children are grown up

| love having an older friend, because Livia is always patient

and she has a lot of life experience She’s interested in my life

and gives me lots of good advice, especially about the kids

She’s not afraid to be honest if she thinks I’m doing something wrong | often talk to her about things | can’t discuss with my mum because | don’t want to worry her But to me, Livia isn’t like another mother — she’s just Livia, my friend!

Livia

I think it’s a really good thing to have friends of all ages Talking to people with different lives and different experiences makes you think about things in a new way

Teresa and | often discuss books we're reading and it’s interesting how different our opinions can be!

Teresa says she learns from me, but | learn a Jot from her, too — about things like cooking and gardening She and her husband grow all their own vegetables! She loves fashion

too, and often suggests things for me that | wouldn’t choose

myself This pink jacket I’m wearing now, for example

And having a friend in her twenties means that | can go out and have fun She even takes me to clubs sometimes! Being with Teresa and her friends reminds me of being young, and anyway, there’s a lot more to life than housework and watching TV!

3 Last night Marta newt to a concert

4 Did you grinb any money with you?

5 We ederbmerem to send Tima

8 Idretsta my new job in January

9 We beldime to the top of the

mountain

10 Sara tens me an email with the

details

2 Complete Rafael’s postcard with the past simple

of the verbs in brackets

We (get) here Safely yesterday, The journey

(be) fine Daniel's dad 3 (meet)

uf at the atrport and 4 (drive) us to their house

_ Inthe evening we 5 :

(go) to a movie On the

(stop) ata café and?

way, We

(have) some ptzza, We 8 (come) home after

: midnight - I'm 50 tived today!

Love from Rafael

VOCABULARY: -ed/-ing adjectives

3 Complete 1-6 with an adjective from each pair in the box

amazed / amazing annoyed / annoying excited / exciting confused / confusing | interested / Interesting tired / tiring

1 I'm by these instructions They're not very clear

2 My neighbours are — they're so noisy

3 Esra’s brother is very in Cars

4 She's so looking forward to it

about her holiday She's really

5 Paolo felt after running ten kilometres

6 We went to a fantastic restaurant last night — the food was Ị

4 Complete the sentences with -ed or -ing adjectives

1 | often fall asleep in my Maths lessons They're so

4 Cristina’s really fr of snakes, but her sister's

not scared of them

5 Itssoem when you can't remember

someone's name!

6 We love spending the day at the beach — it’s very

re

PRONUNCIATION: -ed endings

5 Ou - Listen and circle the sound that you hear at the

end of the underlined verb Listen, check and repeat

1 We climbed to the top of the // ` hd /đJ

mountain

2 | decided to go to Murilo’s house Ith fadl fab

3 Eduardo looked at the photograph [tl hd) lal

4 The cook experimented with new It! Indl /dl dishes

5 | travelled to Rome by train Hi nd/ /d/

6 Inthe evening, we watched TV 1 hdl /df

7 We opened our presents together /t/ hải /d/

READING: Approaching an article

‘| Read the title and the first three lines of the

text What do you think it is about?

a Aman who doesn't say much

b Aman who isn’t as quiet as people think

¢ Aman who shouts a lot

RObyi JONES thought her grandfather was a quiet,

shy man Then she read her grandmother’s diary and learned about the one time he wasn’t

A Allin black and white

Granny's diary was for the year 1950 Every day she wrote about her life Before June, it was mostly about her job in

a jewellery shop and the lives of the other young women who worked there But after June, she started to mention a regular customer — a nice young man who came in to buy anecklace for his mother, and then came the next day, and the next, and the next

B Will he, wom’ he?

Each time, he asked Granny to help him, but he never bought anything else Eventually, one of the other assistants said to Granny, ‘Il know why he comes It’s to see you!’ They all expected Granddad to ask her out, but he never did

c Tie mouse becomes a lion

Then one day, everything changed Granddad was in the shop when a man ran in with a gun He pointed it at Granny and told her to give him a diamond ring In an instant, that shy young man changed ‘Drop the gun!’ he shouted, and pushed the man to the floor ‘Don’t you dare frighten that young woman! She's going to be my wife one day!’

SKILLS

2 Lookat the photograph Who do you think the people are?

3 Match topics 1-4 with paragraph headings A-D

1 Ashy person doing something brave

2 Acouple getting married

3 Something that is written down

4 People wondering what someone will do

4 Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?

1 Granny wrote about Granddad before June

2 Granddad bought lots of jewellery from the shop

3 The other assistants thought Granddad liked Granny

4 The robber tried to steal a necklace from the shop

§& Granddad was very angry with the robber

6 The police took the robber away

7 The people in the shop thought Granddad

1 Robyn Jones read her grandmother's

diary, she had a different idea about her grandfather

4 awhile, another shop assistant realized

that Granddad was coming to see Granny

5 Aman pointed a gun at Granny

tried to steal a ring

6 A few minutes

, he came into the shop

ne , the police arrived

10

GRAMMAR: Question forms

‘| Order the words to make questions

1 did / do / what / on holiday / they

2 Complete the questions to match the answers Write

one or two words in each space

1 are you ?

[m from Peru

2 is your English teacher?

Mrs Smith is my English teacher

3 you Max today?

No, | didn’t see Max today

4 you move to New York? a

5 his name?

His name is Luca

6 Maria a teacher?

Yes, she is

7 Larry very angry?

No, Larry wasn't very angry

8 you travel to Lima?

We travelled to Lima by plane

VOCABULARY: Life stages

3 Read about Kazuo's life Order the phrases Write 1-6

primary and secondary school, Tokyo

4 Complete the text about Kazuo’s life Write one word

in each space

i born in Kyoto, in Japan,

n 1930 His family moved when he was still

a baby and he grew ? in Tokyo, where he Ÿ

số second ry school After Kazuo *

‘school, he 5 study medicine At university, he met a girl

d Eriko They ® but they waited until after university before

= : two children Kazuo worked

successful career, he 9 and spent the next twenty years doing what he loved _

— painting Sadly, Kazuo 4° in

2015, aged 85

PRONUNCIATION: Question intonation

2.2 Listen to the questions Does the intonation

go up (U) or down (BD) at the end?

How do you spell your name?

Do you like cheese?

Is their house very big?

When is her birthday?

Where do you live?

Did you see Peter?

Was Anna very angry?