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MAP OF OBJECTIVE KET STUDENT'S BOOK 3

( P) Short qu es tio s

( S ) Mistak es with v w e l s

(S) -ing form (P) T he la s t l ett e r s of the

a lphab e t: w , x, y, z

Medal ve rb s 1: mus , had to, F m s , music

may, can, ould

C loth e s Adj e tiv es to d esc rib e

cloth es

( S Comp a r a t ive and

s u e rlati e adj e ct i v es (P fa / camera

(P) L ist intonation (S) their, the e, t hey're

make, take and spend

Pap e r 1: Part 5 (Reading) Pap e r 2 Li s t e nin g : Part l

:P-aJD e r 1 Rea d ing and Wi;iting : Bart 7 (Wdti: n g

C omp a rativ e and

s up e rlativ e ad jec tiv es

C omp a rati ve adv e rbs

Pap er 3 Spe aking: Pa r t 2

Pap e r 2 L istening: P a r t 4 Pap er 1 : Part 3 (R e din g)

P a p e r 1: Part 9 (Wri in g) Fape r, 2 L is t e ning: Rarts 4 an d 5 Pap e r 1: Part 4 ( R ea din g S imple and continuou s

Li s te n ing for information t e n s e s

Paper 1: Part 3 (R e din g)

Pap e r 1 R e d in g antl! Writing: Part s 2 a n d 5 ( Reading)

List s with and

C o j u c tion s and, b ut, o r,

b eca u se

Paper L ist e i n g: Part 3

Pap e r 1: Part 5 (Rea d in g)

Past simpl e N ationalities

Pa s t simpl e : short an swe r s

Pa t s impl e + ago

Paper 1: Part 4 (R e ading) Paper 2 Listening: Part 5 Paper 1 R e a<ding and Wr:itin : P att 6 (W r iting)

( P ) T he a l p a b et

Food and drink

C e l e brations Dat es ( day and month )

Shop ing and sh op s

Adjectives de s cri b ing feeli n gs

P e r onal possessions

VOCABULARY

Present simple Adverbs of fr e quenc y

Telling the tim e

Paper 1: Part 6 (Writing) Paper 2 Li tening: Part 5

Paper 1 Part 4 (Reading) Paper 1 Part 9 ( Writing

Ra p er 1 R ead in g a nd W ri t in g: Part l ( R eadi n '

How much ? How many ? some a nd any

Pres en tsimple: be, h ave

Pap e r 2 Listening: Part 3

P aper 2 Listeni n : P art 1

4 MAP OF OBJECTIVE KET STUDENT'S BOOK

(P) W e ak and str o ng forms (S) i o r e?

Transport

Co ocations with transp o rt Dire c t i ons

Ju s t and ye t

Sc h o s ubj e cts, e duca t io n ( P ) S il ent con s onant s

(S ) Wor d th a t are often

P a p e r 2 List e nin g : Part 4 Pap e r 1 Par t 3 ( Re din g

Unit 11 Sport 6 8- 71 Paper 1: Pa t s 3 and 4

1 1.1 Liv i ng for sport P per 2 Liste n ing: Part 5

1 1 2 Kee pi ng fi Paper 1: Par t 6 (Writi n g)

Writing folder 3 7.:2 - 7: 3 Pap e r 1 R ea din g a nti W r it in g: Part 9 ( Writin g )

Possessive a d jecti v es and pronouns

Subject, o j e t and reflexive pronouns

Eve ry th i n g, s omet h ing, anything, eta

Word order in q es ti ons

Ve r bs in the -ingfQ rm

P aper 2 Listening: Pa r t 3 Paper 1: Part 4 (Reading:

Right, Wrong, Doesn't say)

Rap er I R:ea clin g a nd Writin g : Pa r t 4 {Re ading: R ig h t , W rong, D aesth s a :y)

F rn i ture, materials Opposites

Buil d in gs

The passive - presen an d

pas t sim pl e

PRONUNCIATION (P) AND SPELLING (S) ( P /h i

(S) Wo r ds ending in -y

Trav e l , s p a e

VOCABULARY

T he futu r e w i h g o i n g to and will

GRAMMAR

Paper 2 Li s t e n ing: Par t 2

P aper 1: P art 2 ( R ead in g) Paper 3 S r> ea l.Qn g: F a rt s 1 an d 2

Li s t e nin g for in fo rmation Pap e r 1: Part 3 (R e adin g)

Paper 1: Part 4 (Reading:

multiple choice) Paper 2 Listening: Pants 4 and 5

Paper 3 Speaking: Part 2

Lette s emails, etc

Countries, languages, nationalities

Pr positions of place

Pr posit ons of time

Pap.er 2 L~ s t e nin g : Pa l't 3 Paper 1: Part 6 (Writing) Paper 1: Parts 3 and 4 (Reading)

Paper 2 Listening: Part 5 Paper 1: Part 9 (Writing) Exam folder 10 1 i 4-U 5 Pap e.r 1 ~a cting a nd W r iti ng : Bart 4: fRe ad i n g: M u lt ip l e efoo>ic )

(P) Sentence stress

(SJ ck-a: k?

(P) Word stress (S) Spellings of the sound /i:

(P) Linking sounds (S) Words which don't double their last letter

(P) Co n tra c t i on s ( S) C orr ectin g mi sta kes

PRON U NC I AT I ON {P )

AND SPELLING {S)

C omput e s, t ech nolo gy

C ollo c ation s wi th get, make, watch, see

I n fi iti ve o f purpo se Infi n iti ve with a n d wit h o u t to

VOCABULARY

Paper 2 Listening: Part 2 Paper 1: Part 7 (Writing) Paper I: Part 5 (Reading)

They don't tell you lies

1 Here are some reasons why friends are important Look at them together

Which is the best reason? Write three more reasons together

Friends for ever

answering Well

So And

I What's your best friend called?

2 Can you spell that?

3 How old is he or she?

4 When do you meet?

5 Where do you go together?

6 What do y u do together?

7 Why is your friend special?

6 Now ask and answer questions 1-7 from exercise 5 in pairs Use some of this language from the r e cording

5 LJ Listen and write short answers to Maria's questions

4 Tom

Best friend is

Where do they go together?

3 Ke ll y-A nn e Best friend is V.i4.Y

Why is she special? How old is Kell -Anne?

2 E l e na

Best friend is

I Matt Best friend is ./t?.!'1!'1/1

How old is he? What do they do together?

· Pronunciation

3 LJ Listen and write down the letters you hear

What famous names do the letters spell?

4 LJ Listen to Maria asking four

teenagers about their best friends

Complete the information

I ty11_.i.J'.m i f.m r.tPk I 11.tf:-.V.~J .f'.v e.~ L.h ~Y.0 .' t

The verb he The verb have

2 Copy and comp l ete t h e verb boxes Some

words are in exercise 1

10 UNIT1 FRIENDS

I

2 Read the photo story with another student Why is Sam angry

at the beginning? Why isn't he angry at the end?

CDs DVDs money clo t hes make -u p

computer games books maga z mes

1 What things do you lend your friends? Do they always give them back? Use these words to help you

QuestionnaiP-es

• L o0 k at th e qu est ienn a i se o n pa g e 1 28

A sk q u e st i o ns to co mpl e te t h e questionnaire a bout y our pa rt n er Yo u c n

as k fo r diffi c ult words to b e spe ll e d !

• T e ll the c l ass a bout y ur p ar t n er, u s i n g th e

• two sug g estions

L ook ca r efully at the order of the words

Th e n compl e t e the gram m ar rules below

Yes/No questions in the present te n se

• In qu est i ons w i t h hav e got , th e v erb h ave

a l w ay s com e s a.J; t.h ~ b ~r.i?.r.ig of t h e

se nt e n ce a nd g o t co m es f!.:M th e s ubj e t

EXAMPLE : .H a.:? ~a.!:!f S.f?J; !f.0.1!:! 8.a.di!>h.~ ~PS ?

Grammar Asking questions

12 EXAM FOLDER 1

• Reme m be r t© list en ~a i: e fulli y, f011 the ten se

Ce ~ g p Tesemt si mp le , p re s en :tr peFfee t ) a nd [Pe s© n ( e.g h e , h e th ey ) u sed in tlh e que st i o n

• 'T ic k you r a ns w er in p eti<i: J.l en t he q u est io n pap e

$.eG<Jn'd lis t e n ittg

• C h eck y:©ll f cs:fu© i ee © f a ns see r i s e e r r eet an d f\1:1 1

b: m an y answers y~ m cl~ dn 't get the fi rs t ti rrne

• L iste n e u t fo r t h e un d erlined w©n ds o n ' w o itd s

th a t a r e l ike t h ese In th e ex; am p l e a b ove, th e

w011 d scho@ Z i s in th e qu estien, an d t'fu e w @ l'cl

l essan s i s e n th e ne@CJ :u din g

Exam advice

Mother: You're l a t e , D av id Did you work in the l i brary aft e r your l ess on s finish e d ?

David: Mum , it w as too s unn y to b e in s ide! I watch e d the footb l l team with some of my fr i ends

Th ey won th e m a t c h! I ca n go to the lbrary anoth e r a ft e rnoon

Mother: I s uppo se s o Well, why don ' t you go on th e PlayStation with your sis t er b e for e dinner ?

David: S h ' s bu sy w ith h e r homework

In P a r t 1 of th e Li s t e nin g p a p e , y ou w ill h e r s o me s hor t c onv e rs a tion s on

diffe e n t topic s Ther e a r e al ways t w o s p e k e rs ( u s u a lly a man and a w oman )

The e are five qu es t i o ns a nd a n exa mple qu e s ion You mu s t c hoo s e the c orrect

a n swe r from opti o s A, B or C T h ese option s ca n b e pi c tur es, w o r d s o r number s

N ote : W rite y our an swe r s on th e que s tion p a p er durin g the te s t You do not

transfer any answers to the answer s heet until the end of the test

H e e is a n exa mpl e o f th e an sw e r s hee t fo r P a r t 1 Y ou mu s t w rite y our an swe r s

i n p n cil

Here is an example question Read the question and the recording script Match

the parts in colour to pictures A, B or C Then look at th e other words in the

recording script and decide on the correct answer

Short conversations

Y ou will h ar fate short con ersations

You will hear each eonversatlon twice

There is one ques on for each conversation

FGr ques ons 1-5., put a tick(~) under the right answer

1 Wlilat is tine man buying for his lunch?

Part 1

14 UNIT2 SHOPPING

b ook s DVD s m a k e -u p shampo o clo thes t oothp as t e s ho es

4 As k a d a n swer qu estions u s in g Ho w m uch ?

o r H ow ma ny ? w ith t h ese noun s

2 What else can you buy in each place? Make lists

3 How much shopping do you do? Answer these

questions

1 H o w m u c h ch o c o la t e d o yo u b uy every wee k ?

2 Ho w m a n y m agaz i nes d o you g e t eac h

mo nt h?

3 How m uc h m oney d o y ou spe nd o n sweets?

4 How many C D s do you have?

5 H o w m any T-shi rt s d i d you bu y last s umm e r ?

1 Na me the things in the photos Where can you buy them?

Match ea h group of things to a place in the box

4 It c o s ts not hi ng to l e av e your ca r if y ou a r e s h opp in g h e e

5 D o n t put thi s in a mac h i n e

~ i ng i s fr e e fo r cu st o m ers

8 n Listen and repeat

Underline the letters that make the sounds ksi], Iei!

and /re/

far /

c ar

s upe r m a r ket art i s t

,, ,, / re / ,,

a p pl e

ma p carrot

a d v er t

9 Look at e x ercise 6 again and find more words for the three lists in e x e rcise 8 Say them first and then write them down

N D WAS H I N C OLD WA T R

6 Read the texts more carefully What letters are missing?

5 Look quickly at texts A - H Where can you see them?

EXAMP L : Yo u can see A o n a swea t er

Reading

give m e s om e pri ces?

Ke v in: Of cour s e P l e ase te ll m e th e p age

2 Read the conversation Don't worry about the

spaces at the moment What is the

conversation about?

Listening

1 What are these ways of shopping? Do you do any shopping

like this? Is it better than going into shops? Why? I Why not?

( ~ (- - ( ( ~

( )

~

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C rick.c t Lo ve it or h a t e rt ther e 's n o denying it tpp ea!: -~ ~ " ~

sunshine , r c~b<> O t c a bt- e k s It 's aD here in EA Sp comprthcn.rr ; ~ new SllllU! a ti on, Cricbt 1004 (pr etty E

MY'."1)1> Typ;c'1ly EA'• Ip< , ens ar e de · very song yo , Rcildtn or• fa c rimil es c fthcreal · lif p playcnandcventsthcyportra u ve ever owned

Top Sellers UodltedO olly

w l Jomes Qpnd 007 · Eyf:Nth!n O pr !hloo CPS2

a ~t ~:: }9 29 99 You S ove : £10 0 0 (2 5% ) ~

' Brow s e EJectronlc Arts Games l • H 1 -11t1 )

• G;une Boy • PlnvStatto n 2

• Ganv:Cub e • PS o ne

• PCGamcs • ~

S Cll rdl Ill l!lld tmilCNt t Gam" : r CI

BRO W SE ( RU Pla tr orm s I : 1 0

• Look a t the p i c t u r es W r i te t h e si n gula r a n d

5 Compl e t e th e s e nt e nces with some or any

1 I can ' t fin d @!:f s u g l a sses I li k e h ere

4 Look at th e se sentences from page 16

• Lee k at tihe e ig h t n o t ices fir s t to see w hat t he top i c s a r e

• R e ad the e x -a m ple a n d its not ice

• Cross o ut t he e ~ am p i e l e tte t , so t ha t yon don ' t ehoese it agai n b y acci d e nt

• R ead each sent enc e c are fu ll y an d und e li n e t h e k~ y w or ds

• L o ok for not ices th at h av e s im ilar language

• Dc; m 't j ust mat c h a w ord o r num b e r in the sente nc e a n d n ti c e - th i s ma y

4 prepo s itions w it tim es a n ays o t e w e e P!P

5 p r e po si tion s w ith pl a c s r.i&X ¢ t.r? l:h.~ r f:.? ~ r.a.ri.~

2 Decide what sort of language is tested in the exam task above

Underline examples of language areas 1-5 abov e in different colours

Part 1 o f t h e Readin g an d W rit i n g p a p e r is a mat c h i n g t ask Th er e a r e fiv e que s tio ns a nd an ex a mpl e qu e stion Y ou must c hoose t he cor rect a n swe r fr om

ei ght no t i c e s (A -H )

1 These language areas are often tested in Part 1 Add another e x ample to each one

Notices Reading Part 1

I Exam folder 2 I

H POOL OPEN IN G HOURS NOW l.:0NGER:

7 am - 10 p m (was 8 45 pm )

FREE SPORTS BAG

FIRST PRIZE £30!

I SALE ENDS NEXT TUESDAY -

15 % OFF EVERYTHING UNTIL THEN

5 If you are 15 or y unger, you

may win some money

4 You can pay for your journey

in a different way if necessary

3 All our prices are lower for a

s ort time

2 This is cheaper because it

is 't n w

FOR SALE Boy' s bike, only 2 month s old

B

1 It is possible to swim later in

when office is closed

A

0 Do not leave any suitcases on the floor

Questions 1 -5

Which notice (A-H) says this (1 - )?

For questi ns 1 - , mark the correct letter A-Hon your answer s eet

Example:

Part 1

3 ha s c hip s or pi zza for lun c h ?

4 think s s alad i s g ood for y ou ?

1 Look at the photos Tell your partner what you see,

then complete the puzzle below to find the word in the

yellow squares

Breakfast, lunch and dinner

Tell your p a r t ner about

10 LJ L isten to Rachel talking about

he r d ay Complete the note s

7 M atc h th e ti m e s with th e clocks

g Comple t e the table

I / y u /we/ th ey app le s?

h e/ s he / i t bu r ge r s?

que s tion

Exc u s e m e , ca n y ou te ll me the tim e , plea s e ?

W rit e: Sergi o l i k e s s teak b est and he d o es n ' t l ike fi s h

5 F ind out what four people in your class like and don't like

W r ite down thei r answers

4 p izza sa ndwi c h es burg ers s oup

5 ic e cr e am c a ke bi sc ui ts chocolat e

E XAMP L E:

I l ike app l es best I I pre f er app l e s

I quite l ike o ranges

• b efo r e m ost ver bs : H e a l ways g o es to t h e fes tival

• afte r the ve rb b e: I am a l ways lat e for dinner

• S om e tim es c n a l s o b e p l ace d a t t h e b eg i nn in g

o r e nd o f the s en t enc e: I a m somet i mes late for school Som e ti mes I am lat e for sc h ol

I a m lat e o r sc ho o l somet i mes

3 Comp l e te t h ese se nt ences w i t h always, ofte n , usually, somet i mes o r n ver

Are these sentences rig t or wrong? Underline the

part of the text with the answer in

I A n tonio c m e s fro m B u fio l

2 T h e f e~ t i v a i s at the b eg i n nin g of A u g u s t

3 Anto ni o ne v e r wea r s his b est clo th es t o t h e

f es ti v a l

4 Ev e r y n e bu ys t o m a o es from a l oca l s h op

5 The fi g ht u s u a ll y l a s s for mor e t h a n two h o ur s

Augu s t , w h n everyone come s int o t h e ma i n s q are to t h row

t om a toe s a t e ach oth e r

Before th e fun b e gi n , peop l e cove r the s h op w i ndows w ith

p l as t i c Anton i o a l way s w e ars h i s o l d es t c l othe s so he doesn ' t

get hi s be s t c lothe s d i rty H e a l so a l way s p t s hi s came r a in a

pl a stic b a g to keep it c l e n I n the m orn i ng t ru ck s a rr ive in th e

mai n s qu are , th e P l a a d e l P eblo , bringing mo r e t h n

100 , 000 kilos of tomato es Th e fig h t b e in s at 11 o ' c l ock and

a l w ay s l as t s for two hours At e a ct l y 1 o'c l ock everyone s tops

Th e y never throw tom a toe s after 1 o ' c l ock T h ey t h n usua ll y

spen d th e re s t of the day c l e n i ng th e m se l ve s and th e town!

In th e e v ning , Anto n io u s u ll y w a t c h s th e f i rework s , eat s the

loca l o od a nd s omet i me s jo i n s in the dan c ing

Reading

What can you see in the phot o?

~

• F r m grou p s of four to six students

• Then every o ne in the group must stand in the order of the date of their birthday

• The winners are the team who get in the right order first Everyone must be able to say the date of their birthday in Eng l sh

If you can't, your team is out

Say : when the festival is what you do at the festival what you eat

6 Write a note to a friend about a festival in your town

W h t h a pp e s w hen th e r e

is a fe s tiv a l in yo u r tow n

W e oft e n h ave firewo r ks

· 5 Tell your partner about your special days

Akiko Imai (1) fP.r.r! f;:? from Japan Many young

Japanese p e o le often (2 ) away w i h th e ir

fri end s at N e w Y e r but Akik o (3) usually

a w ay, she (4) a t home wi th

h e r fa mily I n J p a n , N e w Y ea r (5 ) on 3 1 t

De embe r O n t h a t d a y,Akiko (6) TV

a n d ( 7 ) a spe i a l kind o f p a s a c alled sob a

At m i dni g ht (12 o'clo c k ) , sh e (8 t o the

s o u nd of t h te m p le bell r inging It (9

10 8 times O n NewYe a 's Day, ls January,Aki ko

and he r fam i y (IO) sake, a kind o f r ice

w in e Af t e , t h e y a ll (11) p o ula r foo d

like rice c ak e and s o u It is a spe ial day fo r

ch il r en be au se t h ey (12) s om e m o ney

i n spe i a l en elop es from their r el ati es Be fore N ew

Y ear's D ay.J ap a n ese pe o ple usu a lly (13)

t he ir h uses, ( 1 4) a lot of foo d a nd

Japan Fill each

space with one of

the verbs from the box in the

correct form Two of the verbs are negative

Reading

EXAMP LE: meat

3 Wr ite a de s cription for thes e word s

I eat U1 this room

· ···· · · ··· · · · ··· ··· ··· ···· ··· · ·· · ·

2 KET students often find some words difficult to spe ll

Find the word which i s spelled wrongly in each group and correct the spelling

1 fa v ourite

~ di s appointed tr a ditiona l d.4-ferent

2 ac tor n rs e p a i n t e r pil a t

5 hu s band mot h e r d a u g ht e r unkl e

6 b ea t i fu l famou s ri c h s in g l e

7 t el ev i s ion t e l e fon e coo ke r c amer a

10 nic e fr i e n l y conforta b l e int e re s ting

d es cript i on of a word You mu s t

w rite the w ord , sp e ll ing i t

c orr ec tl y T h e fi r t l e tt e r of th e

w ord i s a l w a ys g i v en to y ou

Here are some wa y s to prac t is e

sp e lling

1 Match the first pa r t of the

w ord in A t o t h e se cond par t

i n B The w ord s a re a ll a bou t

fo od and d r ink

Writing Part 6

Spelling words

T h e fir s t le tt e r i s a lr eady there Th e r e i s on e spa c e for eac h o th e r l e tt e r in th e w or d

For qu e s ti o n s 3 6-40 , w rit e th e w ord s o n y our a n swe r s e e t

• Wr i t e yoiar a n swe r on your a n swe r s h ee t Oppo s i te i s an

ex-a mpl e of th e answe r sfueet fo r Par t 0

E xam ad vice

Right

E XAM P LES :

M ar co Polo l i v ed o ve r 8 5 0 y e ar s a o

Wrong He didn' t: live 850 year s ago )

he lived 750 years ago

M a rco tr av elled a ll o ve r the M e dit e rran e n

Does ' f; say

Marco c am e from V e nice

2 Read the information about Marco Polo

Are the sentences opposite right or wrong?

If there is no information, write ' Doesn't say'

2 Marco was on l y six years o l d wh n his 3

fath r and uncle went on their fir t

journey to C i n a I n C h ina, h ey me

the King of t h e Mongols, Kublai Khan

Reading

26 UNIT 4 THE PAST

Ma r co d id n 't see hl s fa th e r aga in for nine years He was 1 5 w h n h.i s fat h e r and u ncle returned fro m Ch i na.The next t i me his father an d u n cl e dec i de d

to go to C h i n a th ey took Ma r co wit h

t h m.This was in 1 2 1

T h ey we n by s h ip

to Tu r key and then used hor es

stories at fir t Later , hey

b li eve d hi m Marco died

5 He visited the largest c i ty in

C ina , c ll d Kinsai, ma n y

times I-le said that t h e p e op l e

in Kinsai wore bea ut ifu l

clothes a n d ate go d food

There were ten big mark e ts

in Kins i and t h ey so l d

eve r ything peop l e wa n ted

1 M a rco first wen t to C hi na w h e n h e was six

4 Marco spoke to Kubla i K h an

5 Marco liked Ku lai Kha n v e y much

6 Ki n sai had twe l ve ma k e ts

7 Marco took a l on g t i me to wr i t e h is book about C hin a

8 Mar o died a p or man

4 I n 1275 they arr i ved in Khanba l ik (modern Beiji n g) and saw Kub l a Khan He t a l ke d to them and asked them m any questions H

li k d Marco a n d so he gave him a job W h at did Marco do in C h i n a?

We ll , h e trave ll d a ll over the

co u ntry He saw t h at the C h i n ese

u sed pap r

mo ey and u sed

a mac h ine '

to print books

1 W h ere d i d t h e P l o fa mil y come from? T h ey were a rich family and t h ey lived in I ta l y ove r 750 years ago.T h ey travell d a ll over t h e Med l terranean.They

b ught an d so l d t h i n gs l ike go ld a n d s il ver Ma r co was bor n in 1254 i n Ven i ce

American

Br i tis h

Spanish Port u g ese

I ta li an Norweg i a n

I Mat c h the people below with their nationality

What are they famous for doing?

• n Listen to two students playing Who is it?

Who is the famous person?

• Now, you play, Player A thinks of a famous

pe son from the past Player Basks up to twelve questions to find out the name of the person

EXAMPLE: B : Were you a man?

n Listen to the recording to check y our answers

• I f the ve rb e nd s i n - e , e.g decide

.,, ad d - d They decided to go to China

• I f th e verb e nd s i n a co nson a nt + v owel +

co n so n nt , e.g trav l

.,, double t h e l ast l et e a nd a dd -ed

They t r av e ll d all o er th e M e dit e rran e an

• If t h e ve rb e nd s in a co n s on a t+ -y, e.g study

.,, - y b co m es -ied He studied the coun t ry

carefully

• I f th e ver b e nd s in v owe l + -y, e g stay

.,, a dd - ed H e s tayed th re for 17 year s

3 Look at paragraph 1 in the story about Marco

Polo Find the past simple form of these verbs

r g ula r v erbs

Grammar Pa s t si mple

28 UNIT 4 THE PAST

3 LJ Now listen to Melanie again and answer

with short answers

Listening

2 LJ Listen to a girl called Melanie talking

about a school trip to Paris

Circle the correct answer

No) they didn't

2 D i d Me l a ni e lik e th e coac h j o rney?

10 Did th e y a rri v e b ack in L o do n l ate?

1 Ask your partner questions about an interesting

place he or she visited last year

E XAM PLE: W h ere I g o ?

A : Where d i d you go?

B: I w en t to an a rt g a e ry I t o a mu se u m I

to London

A trip to remember

• Use five of t h e ver b s yo u fo u d in a s ho rt

p aragra ph abo u t a tri p you m a d e

10 S h ak e s p eare wr iting man y pla ys

"5 Here are some errors that candidates have made with the past simple in the KET exam Correct the sentences There is one correct sentence

la s t ni g ht/week /Sa turd a y / m o nth /yea r

this mornin g/ afte rn oon

y e s terd a y

in th e summer/winter /sp rin g/a utumn

a t br ea kfa st/ lun c / dinnertim e

a t the weekend

4 Ask and answer with a partner Answer us i ng

ago or one of the expressions i n the box be l ow

EXAMPLE: bru s h t e eth

A: Wh e n did you last b r u s h your hai r ?

B: I b rus he d my h air two w ee k s ago

Two years ago

A w e ek ago

3 int e r e s t in g bo r in g fri en d e x citin g

7 caf e dinin g ro om r esta ur an t h a ll

8 a rt g all e r y mu s eum e xhibition book s hop

2 C ircl e th e od d on e out

Vocabulary

EXAM PL E : My fri e nds l ik e th e s am e thin g s a s I do

No, not true My friends are all very different

My best friend likes listening to bands Some

of my other friends like skateboarding and

one prefers to play on his computer

1 I had a g r at party for m y birthday

2 I pr e e r to have a l ot of friend s, n ot j us t one

b est fri e nd

3 I s pend a lo t of mon ey on CD s and D V D s

4 I don' t c a e about fashion

5 I lo ve c hoco la te

6 I th i nk p e op le ea t t o o mu c h no wa d ays

7 M y b es t fri e nd n e ver m a k e s me a n gry

8 I l ik e goin g o n t r ip s w ith m y p rent s mo r e than

I do w i t h m y sc h ool

1 Read these sentences with a partner Say if each

s entence is true for you and give some extra

information

Speaking

7 Read this conversation and put the verbs into the correct tense

at fir s t th e y (1 4 ) (b e) bl u e a s w e ll, b t w h e n

I ( 15 ) ( a k e) th e m o ut s id e t he s h op I ( 1 6 ) ( s e ) t h a t th e y (1 7 ) (b e) g r e en

6 Write the past simple of

these ir r e g ular verbs

1 I sa w a ni ce a n d co l ou r f u l pa rr ot a t t he zoo

2 Ye st e r d y we w e t t o t h e zoo a n d

yester d ay we w e t t o t h e m u seu m

3 S u sa nn a w en t o u t yes t er da y and Su sa n na too k h e r do g for a wa lk

4 Ther e are ma ny cats, dogs, h orses at the

I lik e monkeys, e lephan t s a d bears

As k five p e opl e in the cl a s s w hi c h a nim als

th ey lik e a nd re p ort b ack to th e cl a s

EXAMPLE : Pietro likes bears, dolphins and dogs

2 What' s y ou r favo uri te a nim a l ? Have yo u g t a

p e t ? Wh a t' s i t s n a m e?

and

• Aft e r a verb we u s u a l y p u t an d be t w ee n

th e l ast t wo nou n s , a d je c i v s o v r b s i n a

li t, a nd co mm as(, ) betwe e n t he o t her thin gs

I l ik e h r ses , co w s, dogs and cat s

The b e r was large, hungry and dangero u s

W e s w a m, p l a y ed vo lleyball and ate ice cream

8 Circle the correct word in these sentences about Mark and Natali e

I Nat a li made 1 es om e t i m e l ook in g a t

th e p e n ui n s

2 Nata li e d id I made h er h o m e wor k wh e n s h e

g ot hom e from th e zoo

3 Mark did I took som e s h opping fo r hi s mum

t h e n e xt d ay

4 Nat a l e sa id, 'C a n y ou w a it a minute? I need

to m a e I do a p o n e ca l l.'

5 Mar k took I made hi s e x a m s l ast week

6 Na t a li e did I made a cake t h e n e x day

9 Ask and answer these questions

h omework time a p h o e ca ll

th e s ho pping an appo in tme n t a cake

n o t hi ng some m on e y a n exa m br ea k fas t

7 There are many words in English that go together For example : I've got to take some photographs of the animals

n Read through the questions and then listen

to the rest of the conversation and answer the

5 n Listen to Mark talking to Natalie about

visiting the zoo Tick the word when you hear it

The words are not in the order you hear them

6 LJ Look at the examp l e and then listen to the

first part of the conversation again

T e female beat us a ll y h as two

b b i es once every three years The bab i es, or oubs, are born i n Novembe r Somet im es the cubs d i e

in the i r first year ( 4 they nave an accide n t (S) t h y don't g t enoug h food to eat I f they

l ive, t h ey stay w i th thei r mother for

ne r ly two years ( 6) then they must l eave her to go and li ve alo n e on the ice

There are on l y about 25,000 polar bears a l ive to ay The area

w h re you find them has ma y problem w i th po llu tion (7) there are a l so prob l ems w i th t in ice Polar bears n ed yo u r help!

p l ar bears lve The temperature is

: very often as l ow as - 55°C

1 T e pola r b ar is the largest meat-

1 e t i ng anima l on land The ma l e

I we i g s from 350 ta 650 kg a n d he

I is two and a h l f to t h ree met es

~ long - almost as l o g as a ca r A

po l a b e r's s i n i s b l ack but its fu r

h s n o colour - i t looks wh i te whe n the su n sh i n s on the i ce I t has b i g feet so it can stand eas il y on the ice

Th e polar bear likes to l i ve alone

It walks l ong dista n es, sometimes

30 km a day, (I) i t needs to find food The b a r e ts fish (2 i t also e n joys sea l meat

It goes sw i mm i ng (3) les i n the su n when it is 't l ooking fo~

food! I t is a very g0od swimmer

The po t ar bea rs n ame i n L atin is tn s s maritimu s, me ni n g

'sea bear' I t got this name b c u se i t s e n ds most of i ts

t i m i n the A r ctie seas I t is a l so ca ll e d by other na m es, for

examp l e, white bear or i ce be r W h n a pola r bear gets out

of the sea, it s akes water fro m its fur li ke a dog QI it

removes the wate by railing on the i ce I t i s very co l d w h re

3 Look a t the und e rlined words

in paragraph s 1 and 2 in the r

article abou t the polar bear Then comple t e th e grammar explanation

• We u se .b ~.? ~ , , /

an d to jo i n t wo clauses-to make o ne l o ger se n te n c

1 We u se t o s a y ' w h y' thing s h a pp e n

Grammar C o nju n c tio ns

1 Do this quiz wi th a pa r tn e r before you read the a r ticle about

polar b ear s

An amazing animal

Memory game

• P l ay t hi s game The fir st pe r s on says : I went

te the zo@ and I saw a Lion

• Th e n ext p erso n c ontinu es: I w ent t@ t h s: z oo and I saw a lien and a tiger

• Conti nu e in th e sa m e way, ad din g anoth e r

a nim a l eac h tim e

Say:

where the zoo is who you wen t with what you did

7 Write a postcard to a friend abou t a v i sit to a zoo

Th e i r, th e r e and t h e y' r e a l l s ound th e sam e but

a re s pelled diff e r e ntl y

• Ther e a r e n o t many p olar b ears in th e Arctic

a ny more

• P ol ar b e ars sp e n d m o s t of th e ir li ves on th e i ce

• Wh en t hey' r e s m a ll, t h e polar bear cu bs s t a y with their m oth er

6 F ill the spaces with their , th e r e or th ey 're

I h ave t w o dog s c a l e d W o lfi e a nd Sa mm y

( 1) qui t e s m a ll do g s I tak e th e m fo r

a w a l k in th e pa r k eve r y da y They l ove it ( 2) bec a us e t h e y can pl a y w ith (3 ) b ll and run a round ha v ing fun

H e also h elp s wit h t h e m o keys s om et im es

2 P aul stu di e d in th e evenings H e n eeded to

l e rn a bout ani m al

3 H e ta k es t he el e p ha n ts fo r a wa lk every d ay

H e ne ve r ri des t h em

4 S om e tim es th e el ep hant s p lay w ith eac h

o t he r S o me tim es t hey li k e to li e i n the s u

5 Pau l tak es th e e l ep h a nt s t o the l a k e

~ Below are som ~ ., sentences about Paul, a

zookeeper (a person who looks after the

animals in a zoo) Join the sentences together

using and, or, but or because There is

sometimes more than one answer

6 They th e i r dad to take the m th e r e o n Sa tu r d ay

Read t h e se nt e n ces abo u t v i s itin g a far m

Choose the bes t wo r d {A , B o r C) for eac h space

For ques ti n s 6-10 , mark A, B or Con yo ur a n swer s h et

Exa m p l e:

0 Re b ecca a n d T om v i si t i n g th e ir unc l e's fa rm

P a rt 2

• Always read the instru c tions and t h e examp l e sentence This will te ll you wh a t the topic is

• Before ou answer the questions, read all the sentences quid<l y 'I oge the r they make a short st©ry

• Read ea h sentence carefully before you dec i de en y0ur answer

• When you choose y G> ur answer, think about the meaning of the sentence

• Read the sent e ce with the answer to check that the gr:ammar is c orr ec t

• R e me m ber t e transfer y_Qur answers to yo ur answer sheet There is an e~amp l e o f the answer sheet

for Part 2 above

Part 2 of the Reading a n d Wri t i n g pa p e r tes t s voca bu lary T h e e i s an examp l e

and five m u ltip l e - c h o i ce questio n s (6-10) The sentences are abo u t a top i c or

story You must c h oose the word w h ic h best fits in t h e space

Here ate some examples of t h e types of wo r d w h ic h are tested

a verb - e.g g o made an adje t ive - e.g happy , nic e

a noun - e g hous e , dog an adver b - e.g hard, slowly

a word whic h g es wit h ano t her word - e.g have b rea kfa s , do your homework

R ea d th e a rti c l e a bout a gir l a nd a do l phin

C hoo s e th e b es t w ord (A , B or C) for e ac h s p ace

F o r qu es tion s 2~5 , ma r k A , B or C on y our a n wer s e e t

Part 5

a few, s everal, man y

b wh e re, when, why

Pa r t 5 o f t h e Rea din g and Wr i t in g pa p er test s gramm ar T h ere i s a

t ext w i t h e i g ht multi p l e-c hoi ce q uest io n ( 28- 35) an d an exa mpl e

Her e a r e s om e exa m p l es of th e t yp e o f w o r d s w hi c h ar e tes t e d

Match the parts of speech (1 - 7) with the example words (a - g)

I Fantasma is older I newer than Alien Adventure

2 At Alien Adventure the opening hours are

3 Fantasma has a bigger I smaller hotel than Alien Adventure

4 Alien Adventure is more I less expensive than Fantasma

5 Alien Adventure has more I fewer visitors than Fantasma

6 I think Alien Adventure is a better I worse

theme park than Fantasma because it has more rides

4 Look at both Fanta s ma and Alien Ad ve nture

a nd circle th e corr e ct information

EXAM PL E : When I open?

Student A: When did Fa tasma first

open?

Student B: It first opened in 1972

I How many rides?

2 Which dates I open?

3 What I opening hours?

4 How many visitors?

5 How many hotel rooms?

6 How much I cost?

3 In Part 2 of the Speaking t e st in KET you will

need to a sk and an s wer questions Cov e r

e xe rcis e 2 and ask and answ e r questions about

F antasma and Alien Adventure Student A asks

Student B questions a bout Fa nt a sma Student

B asks Student A about Alien A d enture

I Look at the photos of rides at

different theme parks Which one

would you like to go on? Why?

Is there a theme park near where

you live? What is it called?

2 Read the information below about

two theme parks called Fantasma and

Alien Adventure

Decide which

one you'd

like to go to

adjective comparative bori n g

fast bea u t i fu l

da ncing and fi r e work s

Tokyo D i s neyla n d is t h e m o s t p p ula r th e me p ark i n th e

world Aroun d 17 millio n pe o ple vi s it it e e ry year

The biggest theme park i s Disney Wo r ld i n Florida, USA

The Dro p Z one i n Kings I sla d theme p a rk , Ohio , USA ,

drop s r i ders 80 metres f rom a 96 - metr e tower - th a t is th e

s a m e a s 9 buses on top of e a ch oth e r T he Drop Zon e c a n

ca rr y up to 40 rid rs at a time and its t o p s p ee d is

105 km per h our It's tall e r t h n any oth r rid e in

th e world

Fu ji kyu H ighla d a mu s em e t pa r k in Japan

h s a ro ll erco as ter that t r ave l s at 1 7 0 km

p r hour It i s fa s t e r t h a n a ny other roll e rcoa s t e r P opl e who w e nt on it

S uperlative adje c ti ves

Look at the words underlined in the text about theme parks These are superlative adjectives

5 Look at the examples of comparative

adjectives in exercise 4 and complete the

information below

Shop sells: 5 s we e t , n e w s p a per s,

E XAMP LE : I t hink the an s w e r t o que st ion 1 will

b e a t ime

n L i ste n a nd com p lete t he no te s

2 Y o u w ill h ear a girl a sking for info r m a tion

about A qu a P ar k, a t hem e par k w h e re y ou can

g o s w i m min g Befo r e y ou list e n, re ad through

the q u est i o ns ca refull y a nd , w it h a p ar t n e ,

ta lk a bo u t wh a t kind o f w ords y ou think th e

• A dverb s t h t l ook t h e sa m e a s th e i r a dj e ct i v es,

for ex a mp l e fast , early, ha r d, l ong, h i g h a nd a few o th e r s , fo r e xa mpl e l ate , soo n u s e -er a d -est

On Sat u rdays we close m uch l a ter , a t te n

Wh e n do you s e e you r fri e nds?

L oo k a t the pictur e s a n d talk about what

ot h er t hin g s y ou do i n you r fre e time

Free time