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Camping Adventures

Past continuous

T h e p a s t c o n t i n u o u s i s u s e d to t a l k a b o u t a c t i o n s t h a t w e r e i n p r o g r e s s a t a s p e c i f i c t i m e i n t h e p a s tllwas eatlng at 6:3Ol or when anothen action of shont duration happened fl was eating when sheca//ed.l

The past continuous is fonmed by using the ver b be in the past tense [was, werel with a main venbwith -ing Wasis used with singular subjects l/, he, she, rb] except you Were is used with plunal

subjects lwe, theyl as well as you, whether it is singular on plural:

y'He/She/t/Jeff was eating at 634

You/We/They/Jeff and Jim were eating at 6:3O

Negative statements are made in the past continuous by rnsenting not between the be verb and themain verb with -ing

/ was not eating at 6:3O They were not eating when he ca//ed

Y e s / n o q u e s t i o n s i n t h e p a s t c o n t i n u o u s a r e f o r m e d b y p l a c i n g t h e v e r b b e a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h esentence, followed by the subject, then the main verb with -ing

Was she eatrng at 6:3O? Were you eating when he ca//ed?

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F a s t c o n t i n u o u s

The past continuous is used to talk about an action that [1]started at a specific time befone now lAt 2:3O / was feeling hungry.l, or [2] happened at the same time as another past action [/ was eating when she ca//ed.).

H e / S h e / l t / ( N a m e )

Y o u / W e / T h e y Negatives

What was

\Vhat were

he / she / it / (Name) doing?

playing? you / we / they drinking?

playing.

eatinE.

sleeping.

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I some soup when my cell phone rong

a were preporeing b om preporing

c prepored @ *or preporing

4 Whot ot 10 o'clock lost night?

a you ore doing b you did

c ore you doing @ *"r" you doingThere wos ctn extro condy bor in my

bockpock Who it there?

sow Cloro just minutes ogo She

o wolk neor the loke

a feel

c feeling

b wos putting

d putsthis morning so we

a

C

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d were feel

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Read Anna"s blog and correct the eight mistalses Then listen and

check your answers

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We hovesome scory moments lost night! A1

wa5obout 10 o'clock, I^nlavinc cords with Yun-F' / +

wast-alking

ond Clorotalk to her mom on the phone fi

+eeds o -mogozine, ond Ben ond Tomnployir

on their PSPs Suddenly there *s o Ioud voice outside osking, "Is onyone here?" It tu#+ ll

out to be the pork ronger, but his visit wos so unexpected it reolly+eeJ<e us iump The i*

next score wcrs even worse An hour loter, there wos o beor

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We hovesome scory moments lost night! A1

wa5obout 10 o'clock, Iploying cords with Yun-F

ond Clorotalk to-her mom on the phone Ti

was reading 2 feaatnq werewere

+eeds o -mogozine, ond Ben ond Tom^ployir

wast-alking

orodk to her mom on the phone fi

You can start bv askino each other questlons like What was Clara doing?

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Complete Anna's blog using the correct form of the verbs given Then listenand check your answers.

so she {S} went for o wolk insteod I

some fruit Thot's when the beor '

{?} decided to come bock But this time,

it brought o much bigger beor

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Jin (r)(@ / wos seeing ) the boby beor while we {2)( prepored,

-were preporl ) breokfost He yelled, "Beor!" ond dropped his breqd

on the ground Then Ben sow onotherbeor ond shouted, "Big beorl"

B o t h b e o r s { 3 } ( w o l k e d / @ ) r i g h t i n t o o u r c o m p s i t e I twos terrifyingl AII the boys {a}( run / @ ) owoy Yun-Hee ond I{s}((i"mpeD / were jumping ) into our tent ond {6}( do / @; upthe zipper A few minutes loter, I rol( @ / wos heoring ) Clorasoying, Whot hoppened? Where is everybody?"

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1 Jin ond Cloro o horror movie

suddenly, the phone rong

a wos wotching

@ were wotching

< wotched

d wotch

2 Therc were mony children on the

beoch Some sondcostles

@ wos toking

b took

d t o k i n g Whot when I colled?

a did you doing

@ were you doing

1 Tim: where were you going when I sow you yesterdoy?

Mqx: We were goinq (go) to the museum

2 Poul: whot wos Wendy doing when she cut her finger?

cino: She wae culting (cut) poper with o shory knife

3 J d k e : I t w a s r a i n t n g ( r o l n ) h e o v l l y w h e n l w o k e u p o t m l d n i g h t Kim: Are you sure? How come the roods ore dry this morning?

4 Nino: My friend's boby sister ls wolking now Liso: Reolly? She wa5 crawnnq (crowl) lost time I sow her

5 Pete: He did not study ot oll lost night Jeffr I know He ond I werePtaytng (ploy) on online gome oll night

ffi correct the mistake in each sentence.

5 My sister did notgeh4to school lost w€ek becouse she wos sick

5 Simonj6hoving o greot time in Howoii when he colled me

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7 My boby brother wos slep+ii the crodle while I wos doing my homework

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p a r a g r a p h comparing their activities Use the past continuous.

Solly ond John got up ot 6:30 ond hod brcokfost ot 7:3o After thot, Solly wos picking up trosh olong the streom while John wa5 meetinq with his

t e a m m a t e s John went rock clinbinq after lhe neeting At IO:OO Sally went

r a l t i n g A t l z o o , b o t h 5 a l l y a n ^ John we@ havinglunch the last activity

g e t up hove brcokfost pjck up trosh olong the streom

get up hove breokfost meet wrth teommotes

90 rock climbing hove lunch vlslt o shelter for iniured wlld

6 - 3 0

8 i 0 0

9 0 0

1 2 0 0 2:OO

ffiC i r c l e the correct answer.

Som iri( wos going /@) to comp lost summer ond hod o grcot time

He especlolly liked seerng wild onimols ot the comp One time he sow thot o few

.oUUitr t:t{@i fropFliD/ ore hopping ) orcund the compsite He tried to cotch on€

but the rdbbits i3)(@/ ore running ) owoy when they sow him Then he noticed

thot o deer {a)( climbea l6ii ai-uii-g)) t}r" fence to get inside the comp

u" rtt{6o1?oiig)/ r"nt ) over to see the deer when his teocher colled him

C o r r e ( t t h e s e v e n m i s t a k e r i n t h e p a s r a g e

Johnffihiking in the mountoins with his closs He wos excited becouse it wds his

l o o K lirst time to 90 hikrng It wos hord work, but he did notl@khg tired ot oll In foct,

g f r i l i n g e a c n e a

he wos6mileos he wolked lour hours lotet he ond his clossmotes+e€+e€hi*g.

the top The view wos beoutifull

were

While his clossmotes#ill ddmidng the view John wos wondering oround toking

pictures Suddenly, he rcolized thot he wos olone ond stofred to wolk bock But he

could not find his woy bock he wos lostl He ponicked ond stofred shouting for

heip But no one come John wos siting on o rock ond*thinking obout whot to

w a 9 c o f r t n g

do when he sow thot somebodyetoword him It wos his teocherl

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loving Nature

Present perfect

T h e p n e s e n t p e r f e c t is used in sevenal w a y s F i r s t , it i s u s e d to t a l k a b o u t a n a c t i o n t h a t b e g a n i n t h epast and is continuing up to the present ll have known her since last summer Second, it can be used

t o d e s c n i b e s o m e t h i n g t h a t h a p p e n e d o n e o r m o r e t i m e s i n th e p a s t a t u n s p e c i f i e d t i m e s [He has seenthe doctor severaltlmes.] Thir d, it can be used to describe something that happened in the past, butcontinues to affect the present lThe exam has started a/readyl

T h e p n e s e n t p e r f e c t s t a t e m e n t s a n e fo n m e d b y u s i n g h a s a n d th e p a s t p a r t i c i p l e f o r m o f t h e m a i n v e n b[has he/ped] with singulan subjects fhe, she, /4 With the plunal subjects lwe, theyl as well as /and you,however, the panticiple for"m is pneceded by have Yes/no questions are fonmed by moving has or have

He/She/lt/Andy has helped you a /ot

Has he/she/it/Andy helped you a lot?

Present Past Past panticiple

Loving Nature

Whot two things hove the forest rongers done to protect the onimols? They have made

_ specipl zones for camping and they have put sVecial eigne on hiking trails

Whot kinds of people hhs Chris helfed?

Hikers who were lost in the foreet and firefight ers

F o l l o w r t h e i m s t n u e t i o n a m d a n s w e r t h e q u e s t i o m

In the pcrssclges, underline the words have and has Then circle the verb thot goes with

eqch word

Which sentence tells us thot Chris is on experienced forest ronger?

"Chris has been a forest ranger for more than 15 years."

answer the questioms

The forest rongers ot Glorywood Notionol

lark hove@some new woys to protect

onimols from compers ond hikers They

hove@speciol zones for comping thot

ore for owoy from the oreos where most

qnimols live They hove olso(puDspeciol

signs on hiking troils to worn people not

to go off the poths

Chris hosGEil)q forest rcrnger for more thon

15 yeors As port of his job he hos@mony

interestingexperiences.HehqsGscFil)sict< lW

onimols ond he bg!@hikers who were

Iost in the forest He hos even(helped)firefighters

-put out forest fires

Present perfect

The present perfect is used to talk about an action that [1] stanted in the past and is still continuing

ll have already walked '/O kilometers.l, [2) happened at some unknown time in the past [/ have been

to Canada once], or [3J happened in the past but still affects the pnesent (/ have eaten a /ot.l.

stopped

ealen found .

l-lave I replied .? Has he / she / it / (Name) started ? f'{ave you / we / they made ? lrregular verbs

rescuehelpstop

rescueo helped stopped

rescueo helped stopped

find eaI see go come

found ate

SAW

went came

found eaten seen gone come

i stoy out stort odvise be ctrnve I

{x} have put{4} has started

near lhe Grand

a t l : 0 0 p m

My mom and I

up lhe lenl and dad

a nic,e fre

The {oresl ranger {5} has advised

us lo watch oul {o, snakes The wealher{6} , haslggn hol, so lhereare more of lhe^ around we have lo bec,arefal!

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" the words given and by changing the verb forms where needed.

1 The foresf rnnger hos alreody orrived

2 I hove storted o fire

3 He hosn't seen o wild beor before

4 They hove been to el.:n*ti&&$r:.'p*rrk

5 Wr hove comc buck eorly

students / tencher / bus / cnmpers

Fretend you are a forest ranger Write a paragrapl'l

about how you have helped hikers

llkg;.y19 wh9 g9;!,lost 9_r iyjuyg-d in Nhe foregt , I o_nce saued a ten-year-9td loy who was

alm o st dr owned in the rapids W e h ave b ecome go od f riends eince t hent I h av e also

oyg31ized mgre than 50 different field t rips for hikers eo f ar I have given :',alks on

w?Ve t9_?19!ect w'lldlife and advised people about how t o help preserve naiure

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You can use the present perfect withtime words such as alreadv, before and once

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We're on q school comping trip We {1}

notionol pork It's fontostic! We {2} 11 o ploce toset up comp, ond the teochers {}}

how to look ofter the fire He olsonot to moke too much noise We

etdflO'o'@ Listen amd compNete the passage.

to shore tents The forest ronger {4} , , 91me

Ond {s} explained

(6, warned{73 hauefo-llqye-! oll the rules so forl

- ip cha;rqe o,f na;!1ional payk

- biS notice al entrance-rules t o follow

- don'i starl campfire outsidethe epecial

c a m o t n a z o n e S don't, make too much noise-disturb wildlife put all lr ash in t r ash b ags

us into groups

to visit us

Practice Book Answer Key

ffi circle the correct answer.

1 you met Jennifer before?

a Did

b Were

@ uo"e

d D o

2 I do not know how to use inine

skotes I them beforc

O hov€ never tried

b d o n o t w o n t t o t r y

c wos not trred

d leorned

3 her homework yet?

a Hove not she finished

@ Hos she fimshed

C Hos she finrsh

d She hos finrshed

4 Annie ond I in Conodo two

yeo$ ogo

a hove hved

@ tivea

( wos living

d did not lived

The weother cool since it storted roining

b d i d

@ hos ueen

d hove been Hove you ever to Europe?

4 9 0

@ u""n

( vlslted

d went Solly Tony for two yeors

O did not hke

d hove not liked

1 Deon: How long haveyoubeen (you / been / hove) in Conodo?

Gina: For olmost three yeors

2 T o n y : H o w m o n y t i m e s h a v e y o u a p p l i e a ( o p p l i e d / y o u / h o v e ) t o this comp?

Liso: Three times

3 Mike: There were not mony trees in this town lost yeot but look nowl

N i n o : y e o h , t t h a s c h a n g e a ( h o s / i t / c h o n g e d ) o l o t

4 J o k e : A r e y o u s o y i n g h e h a s n o l s e e n ( s e e n / h e / h o s n o t ) T i m f o r three yeors?

K i m : I k n o w I t i s u n b e l i e v o b l e l

5 Tinor Haveyouheara (you / hove / heod) thot our comp hos been conceled?

Poul: No, I hove not

Correct the mistake in each sentence.

have The students hsfollowed the comp sofety rules, so no one hos been hurt so for

I be ogree find join look surf l

Lduro ond Koren 11) naveveen best friends for yeors They 90 to the

som€ comp every summer This yeot they wont to 9o to o comp thot ptomotes

p r o t e c u n g n o t u r e T h e y f ) n a v e l o o K e a l n m o g o z i n e s o n d n e w s p o p e r s

but l:) havefound nothing so for

One doy, Louro sees on odvertisement obout o noture comp while she

t a j i s s u r t i n q t h e l n t e r n e t l t i s o c o m p w h e r e p e o p l e c o n

enjoy sports, such os hiking ond rofting, ond porticipote in o noture-protection

compoign ol the some time Louro reods the comments from peopie who

6) haveioined before Most ofthe comments ore positive Louro quickly

colls Koren ond tells her obout the comp They both (6) ?qree to 90

Karen: Check your bockpock

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&ff Read Lisa's email and write a reply Use the present pedect.

Hey therel I hove been herc for o week ond so for everything hos been grcot

I did not write to you eorlier becouse I hove been very busy I hove leorned so mony things herc obout wildlife This week, we leorned how to roft os well ds toke core ol boby onlmols thot hove lost their mothef, Con you beheve it?

How is it going ot your comp?

See you soonl Liso

Cinele the correct answer.

his bike

hos ridingrides

We this kind of bug before

It is common in the summertime

a hove sow b were seeinq

I didn't cotch the boll becouse I the thrower.

a hoven't wotch (!,) wosn't wotching

Whot he when the

lfe're having a partyl

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Countable and uncountable nouns

S o m e E n g l i s h n o u n s a n e c o u n t a b l e w h i l e o t h e n s a r e u n c o u n t a b l e , C o u n t a b l e n o u n s c a n b e e i t h e n

s i n g u l a n o n p l u n a l W e u s u a l l y u s e a o n a n b e f o r e s i n g l e c o u n t a b l e n o u n s , a n d a d d q u a l i f i e r s l i k e s o m e ,

s e v e r a l o ? m a n y b e f o n e p l u r a l c o u n t a b l e n o u n s T h e p l u n a l f o r m o f m o s t c o u n t a b l e n o u n s is f o n m e d b yadding -s, -es or -ies to the end Howeven, all uncountable nouns have only one fonm and most of them

a r e s i n g u l a n w i t h n o p l u r a l s W e d o n o t n o r m a l l y u s e a / a n w i t h u n c o u n t a b l e n o u n s , b u t u s e s o m e i f a

o u a l i f i e r i s n e e d e d

While many uncountable nouns nefer to types of food or bevenages frice, cheese, meat, tea, milkl, some

c o m m o n n o u n s a r e a l s o u n c o u n t a b l e :

advice history information mai/

A l t h o u g h m o s t u n c o u n t a b l e n o u n s a r e s i n g u l a n a n d c a n n o t b e m a d e in t o p l u r a l , t h e n e a n e s o m e

u n c o u n t a b l e n o u n s w h i c h a n e a l w a y s i n p l u r a l f o n m s a n d h a v e n o s i n g u l a r f o r m s w i t h t h e s a m e m e a n i n glclothes, pajamas, jeans, trousers, groceries, scissors, spectaclesl

a block of licel

a can oflsoda)

P o r t i o n [ u n c o u n t a b l e jsome cake/ a piece of cakesome przza/ a s/ice of ptzzasome sa/ad ,/ a bow/ of sa/adsome chicken/ a piece of chicken

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C D s son'le games apples oranges cookies milkshakes sandwiches snacKS

Uncou,ntable noun6

fruit JUrCe water

m i l k bread flce sugar some

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m u s l c money paper toothpaste information advice

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c o bolloonsCould you poss me

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Soro's dod hos given her

ot o porty Most people dronk juice, but I hod

Dovid popped _, ,, ot the porty ond itmode everyone jump

a some bolloon b bolloon

@ o balloon , Pleose?

b on milk

d o gloss of milks

d some gome c some milks

ffi' Answer the questions usimg eeumtable 6r um€ountable mauns.

Whot did Kin hove for

lJsefu! words present potato chips poster streamer

R e m e m b e r t o u s e d o r a n w i t h s i n g u l a r c o u n t a b l e n o u n s a n d s o m e w i t h

u n c o u n t a b l e n o u n s a n d p l u r a l c o u n t a b l e n o u n s

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Read Ella"s passage and correet the ten naistakes Them listem and eheekvour ansvuers.

I've been invited to my friend |ulie's house for o

friendsslumber porty All our friffid ore coming'-it'sgoing to be exciting! I'll tokes#se sleeping bog

Also, I'll need to toke+ food-maybe+ opple ond

s n a c k g a a m e ssome snsek Moybe we'll ploy someleme, so I

ofshould toke o pocklcordsiust in cose Oh, ond I'll

need to pock my pdjemal I'd better toke some €E,

m u s i ctoo-|ulie's m+sies is not so good

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5 I'd better toke a n u m b r e l l a some jelly beans

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Practice Book Answer Key

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I Woq look ot those I

a present

@ Presents

c one present

q some presents

2 Therc ore some on the toble

Whose orc they?

4 My teocher gove me odvice on

how to study better

M a i c h t h e t w o p a r t s o f t h e s e n t e n c e

Therc ore o couple of

He hos some Therc is o

shoes for my birthdoy.

postcord to my frrend pionos in the music room fruit in his bockpock big pie on the toble

4 Mom bought me o poir of

5 I s e n t o

1 There esome informotion obout the porty on the cord

2 We do not hoves time to prepore dinner

beef

3 I need some beplfor the soup I om moking

v e q e t a b l e s

4 You should eot some*g€*le to keep you heolthy.

5 I like leomingffi Engljsh

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5 I wont o piece^coke for dessert

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7 €€+dsis expensive ond so ore diomonds

8 Swimming is^good woy to keep fit

13 Would you like to listen to someffi?

ffi circte tt e orrect aniwer.

Yesterdoy wos my birthdoy My dod, mom ond I went to $(@/ on ) populor

restouront for dlnner We ordered o shdEp solod, three sewings of ir( steos /

@!1, thee 1:11 gtosr /@) or rrott l.nch ond o big ta(66-oiJiti)/ chocotdtes )

coke We woited for olmost t:t( some /@) hour to get our food! Until our order

orived, oll we hod to eot were d few pieces of t.t( u."od /6rlli) \ry'e were so

onnoyedl

o bog of / o borof / o birthdoy I o lot of I o prcsent / some sugor / some ftuit

Jeon: Het Kotie! Why oie you so quiet? Whot ore you thinking obout?

( o t e : I o m t h i n k i n g o f l l ) a P r e o e n l f o r m y m o m H e r b i r t h d o y i s c o m i n g

J e o n : H o w o b o u t m o k i n g ( : ) a b i f i h d a y c o k e ?

Koter Well, I om not good otboking

Jeanr It is not thot difficult I con help you jfyou wont

Jeon: Oh Well, we con moke chocolote cookies insteod We need

(;! sone sugar , buttei flour ond lil abar ol chocolote

Kote: O(, we will moke my mom chocolote cookres, then Thonksl

Pre'heot the6o to 350'F Put the bu , !!9g!ond

@in o@ ona *ir them thoroughly Add thefl(M dnd mix well to moke dough Blend in melted ct'ocotote o.d6ili)

Put the g9g9! jnto o squ""r"6f,[id P."po." o

u u r i n s 6 D o n a o u r r o i l o n r h F G A s q u e e / p " v , h F d o u s h onto the foil Boke theGilili)in th"6"iio rs6il"G\

or until golden brown

Remove the bokedGilili)from the6ili serve them on

Y a c u p b u t t e

f

Y a c t p s l i c e d a l n o n a s I

? r e - h e a t t h e oven to 35O'F.geat the egge in a

l a r y e m i x i n g b o w l A a a s r e a r ana mix well 9tir

c o c o a ?owaer anaflour into Ithe egg nixlture Then ada \eftea buaaer

Spread the mi\tu.e in a cake pan tsake lor 3O ninuLeo Let Lhe cake cool lor 5 frinuleo before

p u t t i n g a l m o n d e o n l o p

Sptcial Events

Linking verbs

L i n k i n g v e n b s a n e v e r b s th a t d o n o t e x p r e s s a c t i o n s , b u t n a t h e r c o n n e c t a n o u n to i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t it

O f t e n , a l i n k i n g v e r b is f o l l o w e d b y a n a d j e c t i v e t h a t d e s c n i b e s t h e s u b j e c t p r e c e d i n g t h e v e n b

She is angry The sky became dark ' They seem frlend/y

S o m e v e n b s a n e o n l y u s e d a s l i n k i n g v e r b s [be seem, becomefwhile o t h e r s s o m e t i m e s s e r v e a s l i n k i n g

v e n b s a n d s o m e t i m e s a s a c t i o n v e r b s T h e la t t e r i s e s p e c i a l l y t r u e f o r v e r b s th a t n e l a t e t o s e n s e s [ / a o (feel taste, smell soundl

A c t i o n v e r b s L i n k i n g v e r b s

She looks at the dress The dress looks beautiful

He felt the cup The cup felt hot

They taste the pizza The pizza tastes dellcious

We smell the flowers The f/owers smell nice

They appeared onstage They appeared scary/

He remained in the room He remained ouiet

Some verbs can senve as linking venbs when they mean become

The sky got/ turned/ grew dark = The sky became dark

S t u d e n t s m a y c o n f u s e a n a c t i o n v e r b fo l l o w e d b y a n a d v e n b w i t h a l i n k i n g v e n b f o l l o w e d b y a n a d j e c t i v e :

A c t i o n v e r b s L i n k i n g v e r b s

She looked angrily at her sister She looked angry

His old dog can't smell well Hls old dog doesn't smell good

The racehorses appeared guickllt The racehorses appeared quick

He remained in hrs seat quietly He remained quiet in hts seat

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Special Events

Linking verbs

Read the passage

questions

Holloween is o populor event in

mony countries In oncient times,

people believed thot it wos the night

when evil spirits come out These

doys it is o fun event for kids They

dress up in costumes so they oppeor

scory They go trick or

treoting-knocking on doors ond osking for

snocks thot usuolly toste sweet They

olso corve pumpkins to moke them

look like the heods of scory monsters Kids

olso do other fun octivities like bobbing for opples.

Holloween hos been celebroted for mony centuries, ond it

remoins o populor event in North Americo qnd Western Europe.

According to the possoge, which ports of the world like to celebrote Holloween?

North America and W esiern Europe

Why do kids corve pumpkins?

T o m ake th em I o ok like th e h e a de of e c ary m o n eL e r e

ftllateh the three parts to complete the sentenees

the heods of scory monsters.

scory in Hqlloween costumes.

the night when evil spirits come out.

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Linking verbs

Linking verbs are venbs that do not express actions What they do is to connect the subject to its related information The venbs be, become and seem function as linking venbs only Othen venbs like appea7 feel look, remarn, smel sound taste and turn can function as eithen linking verbs or action venbs.

Linking verbs only h*llowesn is a {un eveni for kids.

Wc become cxcited wheh the fireworks start.

All these New Year treats seem eJelicious.

Linkingla,ction ve'rbs Linking Now llalloween feels more like a fun evenl Action He feels his hat to check that it is OK Linking Kids dress up so they appear $cary.

Action A rainbow suddenly appears in the sky Linking They want to get treais that taste gnod.

Action lt is the first time they taste these special treats.

Then listen and check your answers

Soint Lucio's Doy used to be celebroted oll over Europe, ond it fil( @ / feels )populor in countries like Sweden, Norwoy ond Denmork To honor Soint Lucio, o girlweors o white dress ond hos condles on her heod This rz)( @ / smells ) dongerousbut a speciol cloth protects the girl's heod ond she does not {c}(@ / sound ) the hotwox When oll the lights ore off, the girl

/-\

t+)( feels /@Sqq9) the symbol of Soint Lucio

AII the other girls sing o song thot {u}(@/

smells ) very peoceful

/A

be sound toste look feel :

Our closs porty this yeor {i} wae- reollyfontostic! Our teacher boked o huge coke thot{e} !a9;ted so greot, ond oll the students decorotedthe clossroom so it {3} looked completely different.

We put on some hip-hop music thot ii$) sounded

very lively Everyone {5} fel!, hoppy ondreloxed It wos the best norty ever!

A

e{u$ft}o@ Listen to 6ina's passage amd circ[e t*re correct amswee'.

This yeor our closs porty {n}( look /@l not good

Nobody wonted to moke ony decorotions, so theclossroom {?}(6;Gb/ oppeored ) just like normol

Also nobody brought ony new music, so the teocherployed some CDs thot {s}( become l@) ora-foshioned He olso brought o coke thot {4}( sounded /

@l o little stronge we {s}( seemed l@D) sobored throughout the porty

-Practice Book Answer Key

ffil cir.t" tt " corre(t answer

1 I wos up lote lost night studying

moth, so I very tired todoy

@ ore tosting

b tostes

c ore tosted

d tosted You your fother when he wos

f Oo yo, r,{ ie"r l@) to moke your binhdoy porty unforuerobte? Then hove o

i mogi poftyl We ot Mogic House provide greot mogic shows onytime, onFvhere.

t

ll Get reody for our omozing tncks-o white robbit disoppeors ond then reoppeoff,

-o t-orn-up cl-oth Pr(6eei)/ t-ostes ) suddenly wh-ole -og-oin -ond the m-ogici-on

re(66;1)/ di.opp"ors ) to wolk through o wolll Do rhese rricks 1i)(6;;;)/

oppeor ) impossible to you? Coll 555-8899 for o free demonstrotion!

The school ouditorium wos crcwded with ieochets ond students Everyone wos

whispeinq< lot of students looked confused os to why they hod been colled to

the ouditorium on houi belbre closses werc to end After d few minutes Mr Bonne4

the pdncipol, oppeored onstoge Everyone wos looking up ot him, woiting for his

onnouncement Mr Bonner looked uncomfortoble Then he told us thot the costume

donce scheduled for next week hod been conceled

Everyone turned quiet They could not believe whot they hod just heord

Arronqem€nts for the school donce hod been mode, ond most ofthe students hod

bought their costumes Then everyone storted tolking Mony of them felt ongry.

Others gpplglgltoo disoppointed to soy onlthing

q!ll underline the linking verb in ea(h sentence

1 There seems to be o secret between them

2 I know this sounds stronge, but I think there is o giont in the bockyordr

3 All the opples in the bosket ffi rotten

4 Most ofthe students qppeql willing to help wiih the project

5 The singer seems neryous she is usuolly better thon this

6 You look worried ond scored

7 His stories sound very lmoginotive

8 I &gl cold despite the hot weother

f f i R e a r r a n g e t h e w o r d s g i v e n t o m a k e a senten(e,

1 Hove you seen the new Horry Potter movie? A lot ol Peo?le seem Io like iL

(people / jt / seem / Iike / d lot of / to)

2 S h e h o s h o d h e r h o i r c u i t h e l o o k s t o t a l l y aitfurenL (different / looks / she / totolly)

3 1 d o n o t t h i n k s t u d e n t s w i l l l i k e this soup l l L a g t r e o of onion

( o n i o n / i t / t o s t e s / o f )

4 Whot is thot in your hond?

( l e m o n / smells / jt / fresh / like)

I t ' m e l l 5 l i k e l r e s h l e n o n

5 T h e p l a y e s do notlook excitea (the ployen / do / look / not / excited) Whot is wrong with them?

C o r r e c t t h e s i x m i s t a k e s i n t h e d i a r y e n t r y

l u n e 1 , s a t

I went to on oir show wiih my fomily It wos held to celebrote Chlldren's Doy The orr

w a ' l o o k e d field we+senedpocked with tens of thousonds of people All of the peoplel€ek*

excited The emcee bdefly tolked obout the hrghhghts of the oir show Shofrly ofterword, two

l o o k e d jetswoppeored in the oii rooring like thunder They^like tuo eogles The best pofr of the oir show wos when the jets emifted colored smoke The sky looked

U k e

€bNo huge sheet of blue poper ond the Mo jeis oppeored to be decoroting it

It wosk6&d fontosticl

W r i t e about a past event that you enjoyed U'e ditferent linking verbs.

I went to a circus wilh my +amily dwing oummer vacation lL was funl All the p"op,u u*a auo*t;onslookea innovative The backqround fruilic waslively enough Io creale a festive froo^ there werc many kinds ol snacko +or gale Oaa bought us sofre colton candy lt lagtea very sweeI ana iL rcally looked like a big pile ol cotLon on a stickl

f h e audience becafr e exarefrely exciled when the pefi o.ne.a ap?eared

o n o t a q e t h e i r c o s l u m e s l o o k e a fa b u l o u s T h e acrobalic feato seemea

i n c r e a i b l e

,dffi

{bi_:k Circle the correct pair of answers

w

Mom boking breod when

we got home from school

a i s , or\

\91 wos, some

c con, the

d did, o gloss ofI'm feeling sick-I've too much , I think

d some sondwiches, looking

We hove bought him " for hisbirthdoy They , ,,,, oll soundtrocksfrom recent movies

ffi c:role the ceirrect answer.

This opple pie

The weotheryou think?

Connplete the passage using the

correct form of the words given

Then listen and check your answers"

oppeor look be toste

It wos my friend Ken's birthdoy yesterdoy We hod (l) a porty ot his

house Ken's mom brought out {3} o_ome snacks They oll

{3} taeted reolly good AII of us {s} were hoppy ond reloxed.

After o while, we gothered in front of the birthdoy coke ond were getting reody to sing

the birthdoy song Suddenly Ken's dog {s} appeared It {6} looked

very hungry It jumped onto the toble like o flosh ond storted eoting the coke! We tried

to stop it but it wos too lote-the coke wos ruined

a n d t h e f o o d t a s t e s r e a l l y g o o d l u p s e t a n d a n n o y e d

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SUBJECT Social Studies / Culture and People

Adiectives and adverbs

Adjectives and advenbs ane words that describe or" modify other words Adjectives descnibe nouns n b p o n o r n s , w h i l e a d v e r b s d e s c r i b e v e r b s o r a d j e c t i v e s A n a d j e c t i v e i s u s u a l l y u s l d t1l before thenoun or pronoun tt modifies llt is a fast carl'or [2] aften the ver"b be in a sentence lThe car ls fast'l'[ S e e G r a m m a r ' 1 , U n i t 5 J

M a n y a d v e r b s a r e f o r - m e d b y a d d i n g l y t o a n a d j e c t i v e w i t h a s i m i l a r m e a n i n g S o m e a d v e r b s c a n b e

u s e d e i t h e r d i r - e c t l y b e f o r - e t ' h e v e r b tf r e y m o d i f y o r d i r e c t l y a f t e r i t , w h i l e o t h e n s c a n o n l y b e u s e d a f t e n

t h e m o d i f i e d v e r b :

A d v e r b s c a n a l s o b e u s e d to m o d i f y a n a d j e c t i v e , b u t w h e n th i s is d o n e , t h e a d v e r b a l w a y s c o m e sbefore the adiective:

/ My bag is terriblY heavY X My bag ls heavY terriblY'

Students may be confused by the fact that some adjectives ane also adverbs lt is important to

i d e n t i f y w h e t h e r " t h e n o u n o n a v e r b is b e i n g m o d i f i e d

/ /danced happillt

/ She walked slowlY

/ Mary sings welL

,/ The car goes fast

Adiectives (modify nounsJ

The car ts fast

This ls a hard tesit

/ She ls a good skien

/ She skies well

State of mind

/ am bored

I am interested ln PhotograPhY

We are surprised to hear from him

Students also tend to confuse the adjective good wiEh the adverb we//

/ lhappily danced

/ She slowly walked

X Mary wellsings

X The car fast goes

Advenbs [modify verbsJThe car gpEE fast

The students studled hard

A Trip to Europe

Listen and complete the dialogue

Tok: Hey |ody-you're bock! How was your

trip to Europe?

fody: It wos reolly {T} fun

I sow o lot of {e} ancient'

buildings Iike costles ond churches The

weother in Englond wos not very

{3} qood , though It roined

o lot

Tok: Whot obout Fronce?

fody: It wos so {q} nice ! The people were reolly {s} friendly

We could communicote by speoking i6,i elowty in English

to me

Tok: And ltoly?

fody: Thot wos the best of oll The weother wos {?} fantaetic ond the food wos so

tE) delicious ! But I don't think the people drive very is,! carefully

Write Noun or Verh for each underlined word Then circle the adjective or adverb

that describes it.

I sow o lot of6t!ig&-u*u1l-4-ingl.

N o u nVerb

I don't think the people dr,ive very6refuD

Adjectives and adverbs

Adjectives are words that describe a noun or a pronoun We use advenbs to describe verbs.

Often, adverbs are formed by adding -/y to adjectives But wonds with a -/y ending such as lovel1tr friendly and lively are adjectives and cannot be used as adverbs.

I

H e / S h e / l t / ( N a m e )

Y o u / W e / T h e y Mary

The car

oance walks drive

s r n g s goes

A

1 Mony people think London is o

Mr Miller is not a very good tour bus

driver He must drive

a very friendly b more corelessly

(c ) more corefully d very busily

Good and well have similar meanings, but we use good as an adjective and well as an adverb.

Some words can be both adjectives and adverbs (fast, late, hard).

The costle wos

a poor

c bad

@ uusy

Read Jody's email and correct the ten mistakes Then listen and

check your answers

Look at the pictures from Jody's trip to Europe"

Hi everyone!

How ore you guys doing? I'm in Switzerlond! I went skiing

h i g hyesterdoy The ski resort is very highly up in the mountoins

We hod to take o coble cor to get up there ?,ftiinay ona

scarily the coble cor storted swinging s€€rl As you know, I con't

skigeed, so I tried tof,slowly ge ot first But I improved lgieliond wos soo

turning ond stopping eesyl The weother hos been so beeu**fi*lJy here-elea+Its

w h i t eblue sky with oll thepnow oround ++hi*e us !

More soon Toke core!

Complete Jody's email using the correct form of the words given Thenlisten and check your answers.

.rrr*t9*tt6&ri*'&tr

i excellent chorming eosy bright huge) n l eClt:ot i

(ffi* Listen and complete Jody's voice message.

H i o l l !

Now it's the Netherlandsl Wow, whot o {l} charming

ploce! We sow mony i?),,, !:!Uge windmills ond

fields with tulips plonted (l) leavly in rows The

weother hos been {qi excellent , with the sun shining

ts), , ,b,1ight!y every doy I tried on some clogs, but they

weren't {6} easy to wolk in ond I olmost fell over

Tomorrow it's on to Amsterdom, the conitol!

Iody

Hi Mory-this is |ody I'm now in Amsterdom This is such o

city and the people ore {2} friendly

We went to o very W big- diomond museum todoy,ond wotched on expert cut row diomonds He did it very

{e) carefully ,, It wos so {5} amazing Actuolly,I'm colling to osk your shoe size-I want to get you some clogs.Well, leove me o messoge when you con Bye!

liji$ Circle the correct aniwer.

1 I hod studied , so I got o perfect

score on my moth test

Solly is o student She never

honds in her homework lote

a h i g h

b lively

@ h i g h " t

d Xve There wos snowstorm lost

n i g h t

a o terribly

b d bodly ( o heovily

@ o terrible

lun-Hong ond his fomily went to o beoch reson for summer vocotion They were

stoyrng ot o t( beoutifrtly /6";nil)1 otdge by the seo when they orived ot

the resot, it wos o trti6riJh/ brightly ) sunny doy They thought the beoch looked

I:tt p".r".tty /6irrGb rn"y t*r16.ti)/ q'i.k ) put their bogs in the coftog€,

chonged into their swrmsuits ond went for o swim They hod not been swimming

long when the sky grew dork oll of o sudden there -os o 6)(6.iig) stongly )

wrnd ond soon it wos roining {r)( hdrdly /@) lun Hong ond his fomily got oul

ofthe woter ond ron bock to the coftog€ They woited for the roin to stop, but it did

not stop untll the next doy.

ffi! correct the seven mistakes in the pasla9e.

o l a

I invited my friends to my grondpo's form When we ofrved, we went to the€lds

bom where the horses *"." t"pt Iffi{howed my friends the horse thot Crondpa

gove me for my bifrhdoy this yeor At n6t, she would not.o-"ffi,o ur, o I

s l o w l y took out some corots dnd opples When she sow the food sbe sl# come over to

N A P P Y

us She looked +'eppi+ os we fed hen My friends ond I then went for o wolk oround

r e a l l y the form It hod been mining in the morning so the grcund wos+€+wet Jim ond

Ann both slipped mony times ond they ended up covered in mud from heod to toel

f u n n y

It wos very€*ni+

Practice Book Answer Key

f f i C i r < l e t h e w o r d w h i c h t h e u n d e r l i n e d a d l e c t i v e o r a d v e r b d e s c r i b e r

I The6;i)wos so interesting thot we did not wont the closs to end

2 My brother mokes our porents ongry be.urr" n"6-"1oGJpg1qy.

I tGiila-)tm toaoy, so I hod to help cleon the clossrcom ofter school

a He felt Eq!]y@becouse he did not get into the soccer teom

s tl"6ia-ii).""-ed sotisfied with ihe trip

6 rhe spectoculor6eii)left them speechless

7 The(lii)wos drsoppolnted when the trip wos postponed becouse ofthe bdd weother

I rhis book wos6rfGiwell, olthough some topics ore difficult to understond

ffi circle the correct answer.

I Joke: How ore you?

Kimr I om (@/ good ) Thonks for osking

2 Tony: Are you interested in clossicol music?

Liso: No, not reolly I think it is ( bored /6-or;d)

3 cino: she did not know the onswer so she mode o ( corefully /@l n""*

Deon: I knowl She wos lucky it wos the right onswer

4 Nino: Don got the oword ogorn Mike: He deserves it H" -o.ts 16.1"aiD/ incredible ) hord

5 Poul: These pictures ore quite {@/ bodly ) Tino: Thot is becouse they ore more thon 100 yeors old

Write a paragraph about a tourist attraction in your country Use different

f h e G r a n d C a n y o n is a n i m ? o r t a n l n a t i o n a l a a a z c l i o n i n t h e U n i t e d 5 t a t e q

It i6 nol lhe aeepesl canyon in lhe world but it io amazingly huqe lt is 446 kilomel,ers long ana 24 kilomelers wiae Also, it colorful bnascape i5 exarenely beaulilul, crcating brealhlaking gcenery ln the O?ana Canyon area, tourislo can easily Aiocover a wide range ol wilalfte ana the hiking trailg

a ? e a l l v e r y s c e n i c A i k e r o c a n c o n v e n i e n t l y s e t u p c a m p o n t h e w e l l - p l a n n e a "

c a m p g r o u n d s

I\orth Ameriea

Geographical areas: the East, the West, the Middle East, the Nor"thenn Hemisphene

Territonies: the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Ternitot ies, the Nonthenn Tennitot'yDeserts: the Gobi, the Sahara, the Kalahar i Desert, the Mojave Desert

North Anreriea

Conado is one of the biggest

countries in the world It stretches

from the Pocific Oceon in the west

to the Atlontic Oceon in the eost It

hos ten provinces ond three territories.

The copitol city of Conodo is Ottowo,

ond the lorgest city is Toronto The leoder

of Conodo is colled the Prime Minister.

The United Stotes of Americo is onother country in North

Americo The lorgest river in the United Stotes is colled the

Mississippi It runs from Loke Itoscq in the north into the

Gulf of Mexico in the south The United Stotes hos fifty stotes,

including Howoii, o group of islonds in the Pocific Oceon.

Woshington, D.C is the copitol city, which is where

the President ond the federol qovernment con be found.

Whot is the leoder of Conodo colled? The Prime Minigter

Where is the federol government of the United Stotes locoted? Washington,D.C,

Write an example fronn the passaEes for eae$r item

W a s h i n g L o n , D , C

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A r t i c l e : th e

The article the is used before specific nouns, including names of rivens, oceans and seas,

geographical areas, titles of leader"s and some country names Specific nouns that do not need the article include names of cities states lakes and mountains as well as most names of countnies Nouns with the

Titles with names

New York, Shanghai Quebec, California

the Mississippi, the Nile, the Amazon the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Dead Sea, the Mediterranean Sea the East the West the Middle East

the Yukon Territory, the Northwest Territories the President, the Prime Minister, the Governor, the Premier

Italy, Australia, Korea, Japan Exceptions: e.9., the United States, the Netherlands Lake ltasca, Lake Erie Exception: groups of lakes, e.9., the Great Lakes Mount Everest, Mount Fuji Exception: mountain ranges, e.9., the Rocky Mountains

Or: the City of New York, the City of Shanghai Or: the Province of Quebec the State of California Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, President Jimmy Carter

{{} X Quebec is the lorgest province in 4e3 I

Conodo by oreo, ond it is locoted in {3} -., -ttr"- - eost It is the

moin French-speoking port of the country, becouse it wos once

owned by {a} X , Fronce Loter it was token over by

ts} X Britoin {6} ,L!P, ,,,.lorgest city in Quebec is

{?} _ X - Montreol, though {W t,hg provinciol

copitol is colled {s} X Quebec City, locoted on {1s} the

River The leoder of the province is colled {rr} t!9 Premier

nswers

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