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A Character description

1 Put themiss ing vowelsin the words to make the names of the

occupat ions inth picture.The firstone is done for you

3 Look at the list of adjectives Tick the ones you know.Look up the

ones you don't know in your dictionary

• confident • enthusiastic • hospitable • loyal • s ens it i ve

• c on siderate • friendly • intelligent • pati ent • sin ce re

• d ec isive • happy • i nteres t ing • pleasant • sym pathetic

4 Which three of the qualities listed in Exercise3 would you expect

in each of the people in Exercise 1?

a A fv arool'u: shoLlld ht o.ssul1 :Je, ~wll.fdMr

UNIT 1: A 7

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Look at the entries for assertive and se nsitive , a nd a nswer t he f ollowing quest io ns

aSSb I <J

"' J-cla im t hat so methmg I Stru e

asse rtive / :/S3:tIV / a dj b eha v in g in a c onfident wa y in

which you are qui ck to exp ress yo ur opin ions a nd

f eelings :You need t o be mor e ssertive to succeed i n

busi-ness.- a s s e rt iv e ly edv, asse rtiveness no unlu l

_ _ _ _ ' _ ' _ _ ",/ • _-1- rT l

a Wh ich a re the defini t ions ?

asse rtive:

se nsitive:

b W hich are t h e exa mp l es?

; e ns itive I 'sensollvladj***

showmg thatyOUcare ab

an~ do not Want to ca use ffi out so meone o r S omething

tohich needs sensitive and ~ encs Th is is a diffic ult case

s hould be more se nsitivet~k :ff'eU=ling .•+ t oT helX?/ice

of loca l co mmUnities

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We g ive w o rds opposite meanings by a dding a prefix like un- , in- , im-, dis-,

For exa mple : n ecessary -+ u n necessary app ear -+ di sapp e a r

Give t he oppos ite mean ing for each word from E xercise 3 by choosing the correct pref ix.

un- LI(\£l.SSuf1J )

In- i(\(.o(\sidM:l.r~)

7 Using some of the words in

the bo x below or their op posites

(for e xample, indecisive ).

s-a Stev e ca n n ever make decisio ns He i s very illLkc.isiJ~

b You can believe what the y say The staff seem very

c You n ev er feel welcome in Lisa's house She's very

enth usiast ic d Y our so n i s v ery H e's a lway s t ellin g li es friendly

long for an y thing.

g I n fairy sto r i es stepmothers are often ver y

to th eir s t ep daughte rs , ho ugh no on e r eally kn ow s w hy

h D on't ex pect D erek to c ry w he n h e sees m o ving f ilm s H e's a

A rnna's a l way s keen on t hings - she a lways l ikes to ge t invo lv e d She's a v ery person

, It is easy to offend John because he's a ver y man

k Y umi wi ll always defend you wh en other peopl e a re attacking you S he's ve ry

UNIT 1: 8

Meeting people

, Before you listen to Track 1,read

the dialogue and complete it withthe fo llowing lines

Not much really

Oh, all right

Oh mean I only start ed last

week It'smy first job Whatabout you?

That soundsinteresting

Yeah.nice to meet you too

JANE: Come on, Pall y, there 'sso meoneI'd like you to meet

2 Ineach box,match the words in the two columns to make statements or

questions The first one is done for you

sound s int eresting.

a 1h.e.re ~ s S OOOW(\Q J )d Ii kQ j o!J t o mett

cdefgh

J

I

UNIT 1: 8 9

SUSAN: C ome w it h me , Ruth ( a)

3 Put the words and punct uation

in the correct order to make

sentences.Write them in the

correct placein the

conversation

RUTH: Oh , that s o unds inter e st in g SUSAN: Y es , w e ll(b)

."IARK: N ice to m eet yo u Ruth.

M ark , thi s is Ruth

RUTH: I don't rea lly k now I' ve o nly just got h ere M y co urse

h asn 't s tarted But what a bou t yo u? W hat d o yo u do ?.\IARK: (e)

4 Say these words:

small always organised four sort more

Wha t soun d do a ll th e word s sh are, l ad lik e c a t 1~:/ like c a ll, o r 1 1\1 lik e b us?

List which ofthe following words share the same sound as the words above

Now listen to Track 2 on the tape.Wereyou correct?

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10 UNIT 1: [

iassertive confident conscientious considerate decisive designer doctor emotional i

: enthusiastic firefighter footballer friendly happy honest hospitable impatient intelligent '

• : interest ing journalist kind loyal nurse occupation orchestral conductor organised

: patient persona lassistant(PAl pleasant primary teacher refuse collector romantic salary

'sensitive sincere soldier sympathetic

a Completethetable withthe three-and four-syllab le words from the

word list.Where isthe stress in each case?

11 Listen to Track 3 and check your answers

b How many different ways is the letter 'c ' pronounced in the

words inthe word list?

11 Listen to Trac k4and check your answer

UNIT 1: [ 11

4 Read thequestion s and listen to

, Track 5 Does the spe ake r' s

" voice goup ord ownat theend

ofthe question in eac h case?

Circ le the correc twor d

a What do youth ink of Lisa?

b What do you d in advertising?

c Have you two met before?

d How longhaveyon known Ruth ?

e Can I ask you a question?

f DoyOll enjoy study ingzoology?

g What t ime is y o ur t a xi c o ming ?

lip/ d wn

lip/ do wn

lip/ downlip/ down

) conducteda survey inGreatBrit ain

10

9

Questi on 2

52

1

6387

4

9

10

A: Angry? She was furious!

M atch th e following adjectives with the adjectives in the table The first one is done for you

big dirty fantastic fascinat ing freezing funny furious hot surprising terrible terrifying

bad

enormou s cold

f ilthy frighten ing

hil arious good

b oiling interesting

UNIT 2: A 1

3 Loo k at how we can use adverbs before adjectives, and then do the

exercise below

We can use adv erbs (e g airly, r eally )to make the meaning

of an a djective s tro nger or weaker:

rather

pretty

I t's fairly co ld

Put a cross [X l by the four

adverb + adjective combinations

that are not po ssible.

• we us ua lly o nly u se absolutely

or compl etely w it h st ronger

a dject ives; for example, we

d on 't say abs olutely n ic e, but

we do say absolute ly l o v ly

• we do n 't use very w ith

stro nger a d jectives b ecause

th ese adj ect i ves a lrea dy m ean

• pr etty i s mu ch m ore common

i n info rma l speech than in writing.

f very bo ilin g

g ra the r f u nny

h co mplete ly int erestin g

very enormo usquite fasci na ting

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4 Look at the follo wing dictionary entries forabsolute and

absolutely,and answer the questions that follow.

a Wh at part of s peec h ( a d j ec tive , a dv e r b, no un , p repo s iti u ,

c Wh en d o we u se a so lutely not , in s peech or in w r iting?

ad) l always before noun l

absolute I'rebsolu:t e r lco nt rol Thep arty

1 c omplete a bsoldu;:,:;,~:::: 2 d efiniteTh ere was

w as an a bsol ute ~

n a bsol ute p roofort ~i/ ~v1complete lyT he

bsolutely I rebso

l udtlicious • S he a bsol ut ely

( ; nothing atall) Wi · "Do you think U

with s omeone

s trongl y agree ' "':Absol utely."3 Absolutely

not used to strongly t ive' :Areyou sug

-to agree with somhoe th:j~e;~rethe p roblem?"ges tingtha tw e s u "

"No , ab solutely no t.

14 UNIT 2: A

Using the adjectives from

Exercise 1 and adverbs from

Exerc ise3,complete the

following exchanges One is

B : It was a bso lutel y t errifying.

C: ( Do) y o u rea ll y t hink s o ?

C: No, n ot r eall y It' s n ot m y k ind of fi lm I

th ou ght i t was r ather bor ing

2 What phrase do the speake rs

use t o :

b as k for opi nio ns?

Is th e f o llow ing l anguage used

to agree or dis agree with

(dis agree )in th e brackets

The first on e i s done fo r you.

BRI A N: Oh we ll, I ' d n ever see n it ( d)

l o k in g for ward to it.

DAVE: W h at d id yO ll ( c ) o f it ?

I\R IA N: It wa s a b so lut ely t err ifyin g.

DAVE: ( f) y o u r ea ll y t hin k so ?

wh en I saw it, I r ememb er I\RIA N : (i) ? You can't be serious

DAVE: O h w el l But I ( m) t he l ittl e b o y was goo d.

fi lm R e all y

BR I AN : Yes, I t hought so ( n) He wa s comp l etel y

b eli ev abl e.

fELICITY: Hi you (0) W h at a re y o u ta lkin g a bout?

BR I A N : T ha t ( p) , The Sixth Se nse It wa s on t h e

D AV E : I do n 't ( v ) at a ll I m ean y o u g uess a lmos t

Listen to Track8 to hear the

different pronunciations of the

letter'a' Put the bluewords into

the correct columns.Some will

go in two columns.One has

beendone for you

I lik e p la ying ga mes in m y he ad

Ha ve yo u see n an y film s re cen tl y ?

6 Can you add any more words to

the columns? Can you find any

other ways to pronounce the

letter 'a'?

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c Check out

UNIT 2: I: 17

1 Which wordsand phrases inthe

word list do you already know?

Circle any 'new'wordsand look

them up in a dictionary

absolutely amazing angry bad big boiling cold

dirty enormous fairly fantastic fascinating filthy

freezing frightening funny furious good hilar ious

hot int eresting pretty (adv.) quite rather really

surprising terrible terrifying very

2 Complete the following tasks

Listen to Track 9 and check the

pronunciation of the wordsin2c

a List the wordsfrom theword listthat you findeasyto prono unce

b Now li t words from the word li t that youfind themost

diff icult to pronounce.Look at a dictio nary to sechow they

should b said and practise saying them

c Findall the words in the word list with the lett er 'a' How manydifferent waysisit pron oun ced ?

Circle the stressed syllables

in the adjectivesand their

them stronger or weaker).Put a

line under the strongest syllable

The first one is done for you

a He's@th er@ eresting

b I wasprett y scared

c It was absol utelyamazing

d Itwas absolutely hilariou s

e Shewas rather angry

f They' re reallygood

g Your room's absolutely filthy!

Listen to Track 10 and repeat thesentences

• • A Shopping

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, Look atthe dictionary entry for shopp ing

andanswer the questions which follow

a I s s hop /li ng countab le or unco untab l e?

b H ow do y o u know?

c What d oes $ mean h ere?

shop'ping[g]5'ill1'[ opIO$[0 : - 1 [UJ '

1 the a ctivityof going to shopsand buyin gthmgs:

Late-ni ght sh oppin gisb ecoming v erypopul~r 1s~oP­

ping expedition/tripShe's gone ona shoppm g trtp t o

N ew York 1 I went on a shopping spre e (ewent

shopping and bought a lot of things)at th e w eekend

a nd spent far too much mone y.I I' ve, got to d oso~e

last.mi nute s hopp ing. I the busy C hnstmas s hopp mg

s eason~W INDOW S HOPP ING

., rtot he~hoppingt o Q' O " h O p p i ",- 40

" ~ n~nr1'"' " "

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2 Thewords in the boxcan be trolley the last- minut e malls

used together with shopp ing

Can you put them in the right centre expedition late-night serious

place in the table? The firstone complex go bag Sunday

is donefor you

window-a

sh opping + noun

(to crea te a new compound noun )

b

adject ive } noun + shoppin g

verb

W e cou ld s tay in town for th e w ho le d a y

c I don 't agree with

We s ho uld h a ve o ne d a y

w hen eve ryo ne can

re lax

c I p refer to d o a ll m y sho ppi ng at a

b ecause eve ry t hi ng yo u

n ee d i s t h e e, a n d t h ere ' s

usu a ll y so me w hereto

h a ve a c o ffee wh e n

y u 've fini s hed.

f Exc use me s ir, wh ere

did yO ll ge t t hi s

?

5HDPPINIi QUE5TIDNNAIRE

a D o yo u eve r go o n a m a jo r shoppittj v<.pWitiol\

which lasts th e w hole d a y?

a lways I u suall y I of ten I so me times I n ever

b Do yOll eve r fo rge t th ings a nd have to r ush always I u suall y I often I s o met im es I n ever

where you live or do a ll t he shops close ea rly?

a l wa ys I usually I of ten I som e time s I neve r

without a tu a lly buying anyth ing?

a lways I usua lly I of ten I so m e tim es I n eve r

a lways I u su a ll I of ten I so met imes I ne ver

a lways I u s ua ll y I often I so me times I n eve r

a lways I u s ua ll y I o fte n I so metimes I n ev er

20 UNIT 3: B

, Before you listen to Track 12 , put the following lines

(1-4) in the right places in the conversations below.

1 Do you know whe re I

could find some?

2 T hey might be ableto help

3 T hey ' re over th ere by t hose

shirts.

4 Let me kno w if [ can help

yo u with a nyt hing.

GAilY: I'm afra id we don 't

sell Tak ez.

AND Y: Oh, t ha t 's a pit y.

(b)

I'OLLY: Exc use me Do you

have any belts?

KYI.IE: No th anks I'm ju st GAilY: Well, yo u could tr y

G A R ' f : No probl em GARY: Y o u' re welcome.

Now liste n to Track 12 Were yo u correct?

2 Look at the following list of belt

clothes Tick th e words you know dress

gloves hat Jean s shi rt

Find out the meaning of th e words you didn 't tick by using a dictionary.

UNIT 3 : B 2

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vowe lsound on their stressed

"") Listen toTrack 13 to check your answers. welcome please

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4 Who'swearing what? Writea list for each person

The first one is done for you

a B arba ra : Q, dre.sS~ Q, sww're.r:, baarS Md Q, hQ,t

5 Put the following lines in thecorrect place in theconversation

1 U mm a ctu all y, p erh ap s y o u ca n h e l p m e I 'm

l oo king for a f leec e.

6 Thank s Goo d i de a [ '11 go th ere no w

7 T h at 's a pit y D o y u k now w he re [ co uld

22 UNIT3: [

belt cap fleece gloves hat jeans last - minuteshopping late-night shopping sandals

seriousshopping shirt shoppingbag shopping centre shoppingcomplex shopping list

shopping mall shoppingspree shoppingtrolley shorts skirt socks Sunday shopping

sweat er la pair of) tights to do the shopping to go shopping (a pair of) trousers T-shirt

window-shopp ing

1 Group the words in the word listinto differentmeaning groups (such

as 'clothing', 'places'etc) How many meaning groups are there?

UNIT3: [ 23

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• Pron unciation: same vowel sounds

2 a Write down pairs ofwords fromtheword list with thesamevowel sou nd (e.g.cap / hat)

Listen to Track 14 and check

b Which words in the lst have the same sound /J /asshopping?

Listento Track 15 and check

3 Listento the pairsof sentences on Track 16.Are

theythe Same or Differe nt? Write S or 0 inthe

• • A Holidays

1 Match the statem ents with the people in the pictures Put the number in the brackets

a ' I lik e g o ing to mu seums an d g alleries - a t

k now, p laces that a ren' t full of to ur ist s.'

e ' We l ike holi d a ys th a t o ur c hild ren e njoy

-/

2 Use a dictionary to check the

meaning of any words in the

bo x that you do not know , then put the words and expressions

in the appropriate rows Some words may go in more than one row.

backpack ing nightl ife

holida y

UNIT 4: A 25

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3 Look at the dictionary entriesfor holiday , holidaymaker and vacation.

Answ erthe questions that follow

hol·j ·day'~~/'hondi, -dei$'ha:lldell n

1 [C,UIarEalso holidays a time of resl from work,

schoolelc;ElvacationAm E: The school holidaysstart

tom orrow. IonholidayI'm awayon holidayuntil the Jst

o f June. I Won' t your business slifTer if you tak e a

va-ea -tlen1[gj~/v;)'kelf.;rn$vel- n

1 (C.U] e spec ially AmEa holiday, or lime spent not

cl Us ing yo ur o w n di cti onary, f ind at lea s t t wo more e xamp l es w here Am erican and Br itish

En glish h a ve diff er ent word s fo r t he s a me t hing

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g Wh en y o u go o n a h oli da y in w hi ch everyth ing

ha s been a rr anged f or you, thi s is c a lled a

a re a lways coo ler than t ho se t hat a rc n o t.

c If y o u wa nt to se e t hi ngs from m a ny years ago

yO ll ca n vis i a

d P eopl e w ho s pend too much tim e

of ten ge t burnt.

4 Com pl ete the sentences with one word for each gap

a A h liday on a l arge s hip is ca lled a e P eo ple wh o g o o n h oliday to see differ ent

b I th ink ac tivity h olida ys ar e reall y pl aces a re called

Th ey 'r e ce rta in ly not boring

26 UNIT4: A

5 Take the first letter of each

answer from Exercise4

Rearrange the letters to find

where Henry is staying

'Wealwa ys stay 0 11 a e.'

Put theletters in order to make holiday and tourism words

7 What is your favourite kind of holiday? What is your least

a M yfa vourite kind ofholida is

b My le st favourite kind ofhol iday is

8 Recommending holidays

1 Before you listen to Track 17,

put thetravel agent's questions

and recommendations, in the

box,into the correctgaps to

compl ete the conve rsati on

TRAVEl A GE~T: (a)

BE~ : We 'd l ike to book a holiday ,

D UN CA:"J: Y es , c an you r ecommend an yth ing?

) Ac tua lly, i t 's pro ba bly n ot

o A ll right th en, can I

s uggest Rio d e Jan eiro ?

o O K, w ha t a bo ut

say S irges n ear Bar celona?

DUNCA:\!: Ital y? That 's a great idea , but actua lly w e'd

p ref e s o m ew h ere a bit m o re, we ll , exoti c

BE~ : C an I have a l oo k a t t he brochure?

) Sure Take your time

28 UNIT 4 : B

2 Look at how we can ask for and give

recommendations

ASKING FOR AND GIVING RECOMMENDATIONS

1 Wecan ask for recommendations like this:

Ca n yo u s uggest a good place (or a holiday ?

H ave yo u go t a ny id eas a bout a good hotel ?

I SI t w ort h { vis iting \X /eIlington ?

seemg Auckland ?

{ a visi t?

2 We can makerecommendations likethis:

\Vh at a bo ut ( going t o) Alaska ?

Have you thought o( (going to) London ?

\Vhy don 't you try somewhere in Portugal ?

I( it w as m e, I'dgo somewhere cheaper ,

\Vh y d on 't y ou g ive it a try?

3 Wecan reply to recommendations like this:

That so unds like a great idea!

That's exactly w hat I was l ooking (or

at s n ot quit e w at I was tI ki [.

J!1l mg 0

That' s a g reat id ea, but I'd r athergo

I think we'd pr efer something a hit less

expensive

Make new questions and sentences by replacing

the blue words with words of your own.Hereare some examples:

Ca n yo u r ecommend so me where w ith re ally good

s ports ( a c i li ties?

I ( i wa s m e, I'dgo s ome w here more beautiful.

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3 Listen to people accepting recommendations on Track18

Are they enthusia sti c orunenthusiastic?

f That's a greatsuggestion

4 Saythe sentences using the same pitch and intonation as the speakers

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c

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Check out

adventure holiday backpacking boating camping campsite clubbing cruise culture

excellent facilitie s excursion gallery holiday holidaymaker hotel luxury museum

nightlife off the beaten track package holiday pony-trek king pool resort sightseeing

sunbathe surfi ng swimming tourist touristy trekking vacati on waterski

, Imagine you aregoing to be stranded on a desert island and you can only take fivewords

from the word listwith you.Which ones willyou take and Why? Here is an example:

J)IL:I'(1,rapo~",rl1kf <j~ bl1Ul.us~ J lira Jk

s oulld of i t::-:o.NiJenuldjerwuulldthe

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• Pronunciation

2 a How many words can you find in theword list that have the sound /"'/- like cat?

Listen to Track19 and check

b Find the one odd word in the following lists

Thi nk about sounds

t package, vacat ion, backpacking,camping, fantastic

2 clubbing, cru ise, public, sunbathe, fun

Think about syllables

3 backpacki ng,boaring, excursio n, holiday,

war erski

4 ca mp ing, c u l ture , h otel , mu seu m, s u n bat he

I i""'i Listen to Track20 and check

-3 Listen to Track 21.Circle the word you hear

Thi nk about stress

5 gallery, nightlife, sunbarhe, resort, swi mming

6 holiday,gallery, excursion,sighrseeing, luxury

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A Homes and houses

1 Look at these words and find pairs of words with opposite

words you know,listthe advantagesand

Make new words by addinghome to the following words.Use the new words

in the newspaper head lines below.Thefirst one is donefor you

cr isis i n o ur sc hoo ls

ce le bra tion ca nce lled w h en re tur n ing so n m isses t r ansa tl an tic fligh t

semi-detached house

4 Writethe words in the boxbeside

the right numbers below.The first

one has been donefor you

basement

UNIT 5: A 3

garage garden gate

Look at thedictionaryentry forgarden and

answerthefollowing questions

gar-den1OOJ~ I' ga : dn $'ga:r./n

1 rClBrEthe are a o f l a nd n e xt t o a ho use wh ere there

~re flow ers grass, a nd o the r p lants, a nd ofte n a place

or peo ple to s it; ay a rd Am E : H e's outside in the

garden I Grace broug ht us SO~ flowers from her

garden l Ou r house has a small Karden.ra g arden

s hedI backlfront garden (e th e bac k or th e front o f

th e h o se)

2 [ ClAm I:a part of t he are a n ext t o h ou se, w hic h h a s

plants an d flowe r 1 it : vegeta bl e/he rb /ro s e garden

The ho usehasabeaut iful herb gard en.

3 gardens [ p lura l ] a l arg e area of l and w here p lan ts an d

Dowers are g rown so that the publi c can go an d see

them: t he Botan ical Ga rdens at kw

4Gardens B rE used in the nam e o f treets: 2 /1Roland

Garde ns-+KfTCH EH GARDEN , MARKET GAIlOEN ; -t l ead s b u

the garden pa th a t LV.D ' (12) p

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a I s g arden an adj ecti ve, a d verb , no un,

pr epo s it ion or ve rb? H o w d y u k now?

32 UNIT 5: B

Listen to Track 23 and repeat the phrases

Listen to Track22.Were you correct?

1 Look at the picture What are they saying to each other?

2 Matchthe phrases in the two columns to completethe

3 Put the phrases from Exercise 2 inthe correct gaps

a ' Car .J j d' Y lI sCltY\ili,it\j :f' o dnM< ? ' 'Y es p leas e I'd lik e an o range ju ice.'

UNIT 5" B 33

4 Look at the phrases in Exercise3.Listen to Track24 and writea lineunder

,lA) theword or thepart of the word where the speakers place the main stress

I'd like an orange juice.

5 Rep eat the phrases afte r thespeakers on Track24

7 Match thesentences and questions from Exercise6with these

replies.The first one is done for you

a ' CM L jet: 30,.L SOroeihi~ f"D driI\ K?

'Yes , p l ease I ' d l o ve a n appl e j uice , i f y o u've

'Great to see y o u to o.'

'W h y? It 's not cold in h ere.'

' Well, at l eas t you 're h ere n ow.'

'N o, I'm afra id n ot But w e've g ot man go ju ice

o r app l e juice '

' It's j u st alo ng the corridor La st d oo r on the

r i ght.'

34 UNIT 5: [

accident accidental bare basement block of flats bungalow campsite camper van cluttered cold cottage cramped dark fence first floor flat garage garden gate ground floor homecoming homeless home-made homesick homework houseboat light mobile home semi-detached house spacious studio flat tent terraced house tidy untidy warm

1 Think about wh ich si x words in the word list will be most useful to you in the future Why?

2 Write some of the words from

the word list in the appropriate

bo x here.

Words with a positive feeling

UNIT 5"I: 35

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coldcope

bungalow

3 a What sound doall thesewords have in common?

Listen to Track 2 and check

Listen to Track 2 and check

c Whichwor dsin theword list start with thefollowing sounds:

/ bl/:

/kr/:

/gr/:

/sp/:

Listento Track 2 and check

d Whichsound do you find the most difficult to say?

e Listsome other words that start with these sounds:

/ bl/ :

/kr/:

/gr/:

/sp/:

4 Listen to the phrases on Track 28 and circle the two stressed syllables

in these sentences.Put a line under the syllable with the biggest stress

g Tha nk s for i n itin g u s.

Listen to Track 28 again and repeat the phrases

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• • A History and biography

1 Complete the sentences in each box using the words in the column o the left

y u to t en yea r s111

e T hey put him i n pr ison , b ut h e , w a s

Ten years later so meo ne

his son with a knife

The f ourt h was

She was by her uncle schoo l in America

o S he $35 mi lli o n p S he t hree t imes - a nd

3 UNIT 6: A

co m mo n w o rd s in s poke n E n glish , wh at d oes ' W3 '

c Wh at d oes '[CJ' m ean ? I s that th e sam e as ' usua lly

s ing u la r'?

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crown 1 @ ~ I kraun/n a ) a circle made of gold

1 HAT FORKINGfQ~EEN {C l b k ings and q ueen s

on theirheadsb)ac ircle,somet~~omeonewhO has

such as l eaves or fl owers , worn won 8 specia l nonour ) the positi on of

2 CoUNTRY'S RULER the crown~ madeHenr y V

beingking or queen: TJu treaty bcifthe~ernmento f 8

heir to thec::'wnB~{:t~~tis)officiallY l ed b y a k ingcountry suc as t'red from theser ctceof theoown

or queen:He has re 1 . f damaged tooth

3 TO OTH {C lan artlficlaltop or a rt of a hator

4 HEAD [ usually s ingular]bth :::;;rpaplled highont he

• hea d' [ +011a u r n

so meone s a d " I hat withah igh cro wn

crown of he r he a f 3 hlllorsomething

5 H ILL { usually si ngular] the ~0 tot necrown o! Zion

shaped like a hill : [+ of}They :"'ot the crown of the

hUlando nmtotown.1 Themaso C

a rch is paler thanon ~ithercurve. ntcnyou have if

6 S PORTS {usually sIngular]the:,::competition :Can

yo u have won an impo rtants~l He we nto towin the she reta in h er Wunbledon crown.

wo rld crownI n2001 t f mo ney in so me

7 MONEY (Cl s)~~ ~~~r:c~;~b) a o ldBritish

Euro pean eoun tnes : d

cctn.Fourcrowns made 3 pou~~ etc intheshape of a

8 PICTURE l C] a~allrk ~~~: ~nko r qualit y

crown used especi Y

•

B Paying compliments

1 Befor e you listento Track 29,putthese linesin

From that s ho p o ppos it e th e ba nk

It was a present from m y g ir lf riend.

HEI.EN:That ' s a re ally nice

JASO N: W ell, i loo ks goo d o n

earnngs

KAR EN: I'm glad y o u l ik e t h em

SUNITA: Whe re did y u ge t

Now listen to Trac k29.Were you correct?

2 Completethetablewith language from the conversations in Exercise 1

S a ying s o m e thin g i s goo d for t he p er son

w ho i s wea ring i :

B eing pl ea sed that so meone c o mp l iments y u :

,~

40 UNIT 6: B

3 Choose sixwords from the list to

match the things in the picture

4 Co mplete theco nversati ons a SUSAN: That 'sareally nicejacket

with the linesfrom the box

~I ARY: ( 1)

It wasa present from my husband SUSA:-I: Notat all ! Wheredidyouget it?

It was given to me by my aunt ~IARY: (2).

SUSAN: He chosewell It reall y suitsyou

NoIdon't think so t' s from Korea

Well it looks good with that suit TO.\ I: [ don'tkno w.Cott on, I expect.

What'sit made of?

c IIILL: That's a reall y nice watch

Where did you get it?

G RAH A~ I : From th t shop in Const itu tionSquare, you know, the

one o ppo s ite t he c i n e ma

IIILL: (2)

GRA HA.\ I: (3)

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5 Listen to the man's responses on Track 30 Write a line under the

" main stress in the following phrases.The first one is done for you

e You'rethinking ofgettingmarried?

f You livein Birmingham?

Saythe sentences like the speaker on Track 30.

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