natural english pre intermediate students book

Prepare and complete a questionnaire, and write a paragraph about your a lot of, much, many, any saying sorry offering food or drink talking about a picture talk about what you eat

talk about a close friend

ask questions about what you

did yesterday

listening

stories about meeting famous

people: une in, listen carefully,

Is your family like mine?

Listen to four people talking

about their families Prepare and

complete a questionnaire, and

write a paragraph about your

a lot of, much, many, any saying sorry

offering food or drink talking about a picture

talk about what you eat and

drink

talk about dinner invitations role play a dinner party conversation

listening

friends having dinner together:

tune in, listen carefully, listening challenge

a conversation in a restaurant listening booklet listening and

Talk about your favourite café or

restaurant Invent, write, and role

play a restaurant conversation

Then listen to another conversation in a restaurant

test yourself! on unit two

two review p.25

pp.26-33

natural English the best / worst thing about

once, twice, etc

a five-minute walk asking where things are

a great / horrible place mar

present perfect and past simple

vocabulary

describing towns distance and time prepositional phrases

speaking

talk about travel experiences

talk about places in your town

listening

a visitor asking for directions:

tune in, listen carefully, listening challenge

someone describing where she lives

listening booklet listening and

this is where I live

Listen to someone talking about where they live Then talk and write about the area where you live

‘test yourself! on unit three three review p.s2

pp.34-41

natural English this /that (one), these /those (ones) can /can’t afford

wear /carry

talking about size

grammar will for spontaneous decisions

and offers

too / very, too much / many

vocabulary clothes phrasal verbs (1) shopping speaking talk about shopping and

a conversation in a shoe shop

listening booklet listening and

shoe shop scene

Do a shoe survey, then invent and

write a conversation in a shop

Role play your conversation, and listen to a similar conversation

test yourself! on unit four four review p.43

SC BS

pp.44-53

cartoon spelling

natural English

How do you spell .?

asking for permission

what / when you like

saying if things are true

giving instructions /advice

can/ can't, have to | don't have to

had to/ didn't have to! did you

have to .?

vocabulary

study centre

verb + noun collocation

school and university

speaking

talk about using a study centre

talk about what students and

teachers have to do

talk about how you study

talk about exams

listening

a teacher explains how to use

a study centre: tune in, listen

carefully, listening challenge

people talking about schools in

Britain

listening booklet listening and

pronunciation exercises

reading & writing

How to do well in exams

write a list of instructions

write a true / false survey

extended speaking

education

Listen to people talking about

schools, and then talk about

schools in your country Prepare a

schools survey, and interview

vague language: around, about,

or so

grammar superlative adjectives comparative adjectives will, be going to, might for prediction

vocabulary

parts of a country weather conditions climate and temperature

speaking compare places in your

country

make predictions about the future

listening

people comparing different

parts of their countries: tune

in, listen carefully, listening challenge

people making predictions about the future

a weather forecast

listening booklet listening and

pronunciation exercises

reading & writing

The tomorrow people

write a weather forecast

extended speaking

how to talk about the weather Talk about local weather and listen to a weather forecast Plan and write a weather forecast, and then present it to the class

test yourself! on unit six six review p.63

pp.64-71

natural English

anyway, so anyway link words and phrases

have a good/bad time uses of get

asking how to say things grammar

past simple and past continuous

vocabulary phrases with go

irregular verbs phrasal verbs (2)

speaking talk about free time activities talk about a perfect

honeymoon

listening

a romantic story: tune in, listen carefully, listening challenge someone telling a story listening booklet listening and

pronunciation exercises

reading & writing

A honeymoon to forget write about a great day out write about a picture story

extended speaking stop thief!

Tell a picture story, and invent an ending Listen to someone telling the same story, and then write

it’s popular / common

be going to + verb all day / night / week / the time invitations

making arrangements

be going to, might, would like to present continuous for future

vocabulary time phrases verb + noun collocation

speaking talk about weekend activities talk about plans for the weekend

listening

people making an arrangement

by phone: tune in, listen

carefully, listening challenge people talking about plans for

the weekend listening booklet listening and

pronunciation exercises

reading & writing Free time in Ecuador and Hong Kong

write an e-mail invitation

extended speaking

plan a night out

Talk about your last evening out Then plan a class night out, tell other students about your plans, and choose the best idea

test yourself! on unit eight

eight review p.s3

there's ./there are ., it's got

vague language: thing (s)

adjectives describing homes

speaking

talk about changes

talk about what people

should /shouldn’t do

describe your perfect house

listening

people talking about life

changes: tune in, listen

carefully, listening challenge

someone talking about places

she has lived

listening booklet listening and

pronunciation exercises

reading & writing

Meanwhile back in the fifties

write a list of rules for

husbands

punctuate a paragraph, and

vrite about your home

history

extended speaking

from home to home

Listen to somebody talking about

places she has lived Plan a ‘home

history’ questionnaire, interview a

partner, and discuss ideas about

home and family Punctuate a

paragraph and then write a

similar text about your home(s)

test yourself! on unit nine

nine review p.100

pairwork pp.140-149

pp.92-99

natural English really

What's the matter?

accepting and refusing suggestions fillers in conversation

vocabulary

sleep aches and pains

speaking talk about sleep

discuss a questionnaire

role play a conversation with a receptionist

listening people making appointments

by phone: tune in, listen

carefully, listening challenge

someone telling a story listening booklet listening and pronunciation exercises

reading & writing

Do you sleepwalk?

write a dream sequence write a story using link words / phrases

extended speaking

nightmare!

Practise telling a picture story

and invent an ending Listen to

somebody telling the same story, and then write your own version

test yourself! on unit ten ten review p.101

pp.102-111 cartoon concert natural English

leaving out words

I (don't) agree /it depends uses of work (n)

talk about office life

interview people about their

jobs

talk about consequences listening

people discussing a problem:

tune in, listen carefully, listening challenge

someone describing people in a

company listening booklet listening and

pronunciation exercises reading & writing

What can you do in your office?

write a postcard

extended speaking

24.com Listen to somebody describing

people in a company Discuss

problems in the company and decide what the people should do

test yourself! on unit eleven

eleven review p.120

pp.112-119

natural English

me too/me neither showing surprise

greeting old friends

asking about the past and present

grammar

used to + verb present perfect and past simple revision

vocabulary

activities life events professions

speaking

talk about how to make

friends talk about what you used to do

talk about old schoolfriends

listening people talking about how they made friends abroad: tune in,

listen carefully, listening challenge

listening booklet listening and pronunciation exercises

reading & writing

Friends reunited

write a character profile

extended speaking

school reunion Invent information about somebody's past and prepare

questions Role play a

conversation between old

schootfriends and then write a character profile for one of them

test yourself! on unit twelve

twelve review p.127

language reference with cover & check exercises pp.150-173

unit thirteen

pp.122-129

natural English

have (got) sth in common

quite /not very + adjective

asking about people

talk about speed dating

make plans for a speed dating

evening

describe somebody you know

listening

people describing somebody at

work: tune in, listen carefully,

find your perfect partner

Read two character profiles and

discuss if the people would make

a good couple Invent another

profile and find their perfect

partner Then describe your own

when / where was that?

another /some more

speaking

talk about places to stay

talk about flying

role play an airport check-in conversation

listening

at an airport check-in desk:

tune in, listen carefully, listening challenge

Read and discuss hotel notices

Plan a hotel role play, and then

act out the conversation with a

receptionist Listen to hotel

reading writing

interactive games and exercises, and selected web links

—an extra reading and

writing lesson for every unit of the student’s book

— material related to the student's book by topic

— develops ‘real life’ reading and writing skills useful for work or study

— advice on text types and skills

in back cover pocket

listening booklet

teaches you how to listen

— optional listening and

pronunciation activities

— all the tapescripts

1 Which TV programmes do you watch with your family?

Which programmes do you watch alone? Why?

grammar

_ question forms

— past simple

reading for fun

talking about you and your

Quiet! Be quiet!

Shh!

more polite Could you be quiet, please?

4 Which of the phrases are in the cartoon? Underline them

5 Work in small groups Practise the conversation together Then act it out for another group

darling used for talking to someone you love granny © grandmother Ps| kiss (n) the woman is giving the boy a kiss in mum /mam/ 6 mother (also mummy);

5 picture 3 *mummy` and 'daddy" are usually used by

| Top of the Pops the name of a pop music young children

Sal = TV programme boring (adj) not interesting dad /ded/ © father (also daddy) © this symbol means that the word / phrase is informal

big, big kiss Top of the Pops! /,

What are

Quiet, dad! | Has anyone seen I'm watching

my glasses? Top of the Pops!

(

lead-in

1

how to ask questions

grammar question forms

Think! Your best friend has a new boss

Write three questions to ask your friend

example How old is he/she?

Compare with a partner Do you have

a Abit small, but very cheap

b We had a great time

Really nice | think she’s in lovel

d_ She's excellent

4 Match the questions and answers

Tick V the correct answer

What's he like?

= a Tell me about him

b What does he like?

What's she like?

= a Whatis she like?

b What does she like?

Listen again and repeat Practise the

questions and answers in pairs

Use the phrases to ask your partner about

A complete the questions below

B complete the questions on p.140

1 When you first meet him / her?

2 — —’s he /she like?

3 > How often you see him / her?

4 old is he / she?

5 What he / she do?

6 do you get on well?

7 Where he / she live?

8 does he / she live with?

9 What you do together?

O Has he/she any children?

2 A-find a B student Read your questions aloud Are they the same?

3 Answer questions 1-6 in the table below with your partner

How often do you /d3u:/ see her? Why do we use ‘do’, not ‘does’? Who does she /daJi:/ live with? Why do we use ‘does’, not ‘do’?

Why do we use ‘did’, not ‘do’?

Why do we use ‘is’, not ‘do’?

Why do we use ‘has’, not ‘do’? Why do we use ‘does’, not ‘has’?

Where did you go yesterday ?

go to language reference and practice exercises p.150

4 Now ask your teacher the questions about their friend Ask other questions if you like

listen to this

tune in

1 Who are these people? Would you like to meet them?

2 Listen to two short extracts Which people in the photos

are they talking about?

listen carefully

3 Read the sentences, then listen to Michael and Roger Which

person are they talking about in each sentence?

She’s intelligent

She’s a great dancer

wne She wants to do really well

She likes to have a laugh

She works very hard

4 How long did the speakers spend with the two famous people?

Do they see them now?

phrases in the order you hear them,

7 Practise the phrases with a partner

8 Think! In your groups, tell each other three things about yourself They must respond with interest

speaking it’s your turn!

Ask two different people about a close friend (their job, family, interests, hobbies,

etc.), using questions from grammar exercise 1 and your own ideas Remember

Use these phrases from this lesson in the extended speaking on p.14

What's he like? Have you got any brothers and sisters? Who do you live with? Really? That's interesting!

unitone 9

wordbooster

1 Complete the table with a partner

cousin '!-‹z¡: with my sister own parent

2 Complete these sentences

My mother and father are my

My grandmother and grandfather are my

I get on well

My brother is twelve years Last year we had a big family

My aunt is a single

My uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, and

cousins are all my

3 Listen and answer the questions 10 Last summer, my cousin got

2 Tick V the sentences that are true for you and your family

Rewrite the other sentences to make them true

example _ fm-am-enly-ehild I've got one brother

That’s right

€ don’t forget!

Use the vocabulary in this wordbooster in the extended speaking on p.14

10 unitone

1 Look at the picture of Robert with five of the women in his life

Who is Mary, do you think? Tell a partner

Use % to describe relationships

5 Compare ideas with another pair

Robert’s boss NOT the-bess-of Robert

Kate’s daughter Paul’s girlfriend 6 Were you right? Listen and write the answers

Emma’s ex-boyfriend (= a boyfriend in the past but not now) Mary is Robert's

Kathy is

3 pronunciation Listen again and repeat Remember to Sally is

4 Look at the pictures again With a partner, decide which woman Anna is

is Robert's:

mum sister boss girlfriend —_ ex-girlfriend go to language reference and practice exercises p.151

unitone 11

read on

1 Why do people finish a romantic relationship? With a partner,

think of two more reasons

- they don’t like each other any more

- one of them moves to another place

2 Read the story Is it about the start or the end of Robert and

Harriet’s relationship?

DX special DELIVERY

When Harriet <icvttumn up for our first date, |

wasn't too upset It was an informal arrangement and friends told me that

she was very unreliable Actually, this was one of the things | found

attractive about her, because I'm the complete opposite - very organized

os and dependable

Anyway, she turned up for our second date (only 20 minutes late), and

after that we had a great summer together But as the months went by, she

just got later and later, and by the end of August things were becoming

impossible

:o The 50th was my birthday and | invited four friends to my flat

for a special dinner | spent a lot of time in the kitchen getting everything

ready, and the four friends all arrived on time at 730 — but not Harriet

Eight o'clock, still no Harriet By nine o'clock | was angry and very hungry,

so | rang her mobile | could hear loud music at the other end, so |

1s shouted, ‘Where are you?’

‘I'm at Sophie's.’

‘What!’

‘She's having a party.”

‘But it's my birthday! Don’t you remember?’

20 ‘Oh, I'm terribly sorry | completely forgot.’

‘Oh, you're impossible!’

Furious, | put the phone down, went into the kitchen, and put Harriet’s

dinner in a plastic bag The next morning | posted it to her, with a note

saying: ‘HERE'S YOUR DINNER!’

zs Aweek later | got a postcard back It said: Too much salt.’

| never saw Harriet again

turn up (v) arrive

date (n) meeting with sb who is (or will be) your

boyfriend / girlfriend

upset (adj) sp sc! sad or angry

unreliable (adj) nr) iob! sb who doesn’t

always do what they say they will do

spend (time) use your time to do sth

furious (adj) - » very angry

1 — was never on time

2 — _ was never late

Discuss with your partner

1 What do you think of Robert?

2 What do you think of Harriet?

Think! Read these statements Are they true for you?

1 Talways turn up on time when I’m

meeting people

2 I get upset when other people are late

3 I’m sometimes unreliable

4 Inever forget people’s birthdays

Compare your answers in small groups

Who’s the most reliable person in your

grammar past simple

3 Write the past simple forms

regular verbs work = — start regular verbs ending ine ative: ——— —_ receive regular verbs ending in y carry) — marry irregular verbs te „—_— see

spend — forget negative I went out last night, so I _ (not see)

1 Do you remember Robert's story? Are 4 natural English Listen and complete the sentences

these sentences true or false? Tell a

partner

1 Robert and Harriet had a great summer

together

It was his 30th birthday in September Maria and Carmen both

(= Maria comes from Spain, and Carmen comes from Spain too)

They're both

Both of them

3 Harriet didn’t go to the dinner because

4 She sent Robert an e-mail a week later

2 Answer these questions with a partner

1 Is the past simple used for things in the 5 Listen again and practise saying the sentences

past that are finished /not finished? Work with a partner Ask and answer questions to find six things

2 Which of these time expressions are you both did yesterday Which pair can finish first?

often used with the past simple? example A Did you come to school by bus?

No, I didn’t

OK Did you watch TV last night?

Yes Did you?

Yes

OK So, we both watched TV yesterday That's one

Use these phrases from this lesson in the extended speaking on p.14

We both live with our parents | spend a lot of time with my family My father was very strict My father’s cousin lived with us

yesterday last week

nowadays ten days ago

think about your

family and write

follow-up questions

have a conversation

talk about your

family with a partner

writing

write things that are

the same or different

about your families

but first

Look back at the

donft forget boxes ïn

this unit You can use

this language in the

1 (® Listen to David and Lynne

talking about their families

1 How many brothers and sisters has David got?

2 What do they do?

3 How many brothers and sisters has

Lynne got?

4 What do they do?

2 Listen to Seema and Roger

1 What was Seema’s last family celebration?

2 What was Roger's last family

ra _ H0w qbout you?

You don’t need to repeat questions in conversation You can use How about you? or And you?

A Have you got any brothers and sisters?

B One sister How about you? (And you?)

4 Practise the conversation with a partner

5 We use follow-up questions to continue conversations Look at these examples

———— Ïaveyou gọt any cousins?— — — How many have you got?

Do you see them a lot?

Where do they live?

Do you get on with them?

6 Read the ‘your family’ questionnaire on p.15 With a partner, write at least one follow-up question for each topic

7 Think! Think about your answers to the questionnaire

é have a conversation

8 Find a new partner Ask and answer the questionnaire Remember to use follow-up questions and show interest

T) Have you got any brothers and sisters?

When you were young, what were your parents like?

What's your family like? (example We're a close family.)

8) your own question ) ©)(e)

€ writing

9 Together, write down two things that are the same for both of

you, and two things that are different

example

Dagmar and Mavek (me)

same: We both live with our parents

Both of us have one brother

aibferent: Dagmay spends a lot of time with her Family

le got a lot of cousins

10 We can link the ideas like this:

We both live with our parents, and have one brother However,

Dagmar spends a lot of time with her family, but I don’t Also,

I've got a lot of cousins, but Dagmar hasn’t

11 Write a short paragraph using the link words and phrases

2 the past tense of these verbs:

find, spend, ring, forget, meet, see

3 three other ways of saying ‘Shh!’

score

gap-fill Fill the gaps with a suitable word

1 I'm an — child

2 I on very well with my family

3 A Are you going tonight?

B Yes How you?

4 Mark is nice and so is Ana - I like

of them

error correction Correct the errors

1 I went with the father of David

2 What it’s like?

3 Where you meet her yesterday?

4 She lives by her own

scor total score [ ]25]

Look back at the unit contents on p.6 Tick Y the language you can use confidently

L] offering food or drink 2

Ci talking about a picture lead-in

1 Think! Think about your answers to the questionnaire

family meals

grammar

(CJ countable / uncountable MEAI S iN vol IR FAMil V

the washing up?

vocabulary ¢ How often do you have breakfast /lunch/ dinner together?

[J food © Do you have meals together more oftenthan in the past?

(J restaurant language ® Do you have your meals in the dining room?

in the kitchen?

in the living room?

outside?

(FJ extreme adjectives

2 Compare your answers in small groups

3 natural English Listen Does the voice go up 7 or down * at the end of

What time do you have breakfast? What did you have for dinner last night?

in, Where did you have lunch yesterday? Shall we have a coffee?

4 pronunciation Listen again and repeat Copy the intonation

5 Work with a partner Practise asking and answering the questions

go to language reference and practice exercises p.153, articles (1)

€

vocabulary food

1 With a partner, match the words in the

box to the pictures in the glossary below

Use a dictionary if necessary

carrots rice spinach red pepper

bread Erapes courgette pasta

onion olives instant coffee

chick peas aubergine frozen peas

2 pronunciation With a partner, underline

the stress and say the words

example onion

3 Listen and check your answers

Practise saying the words

read on

1 Read the article and answer the

questions

1 Where do the families buy their food?

2 Which family eats more fresh food?

2 Complete sentences 1 to 8 with words

from the box You have three minutes

cola fish beef bananas

frozen food vegetables beer instant coffee

than the Celiks

5 eat ., but the Celiks don’t

6 drink more than the Celiks

Both families eat

8 Both families drink

Read your sentences to your partner

Are they the same?

3 Which family’s food do you prefer?

Why? Tell your partner

Melahat and her husband live with their three children and Melahat's mother All meals are freshly prepared by Melahat, and she buys their food at an open-air market in Istanbul's

Golden Horn district She gets fresh fish and beef there, and it’s a particularly good place to

buy the fruit and vegetables which are so important in their diet In a typical week, Melahat buys: a kilo of peppers and onions;

two kilos each of carrots, aubergines, chick

peas, olives, and courgettes; five kilos of spinach, ten kilos of potatoes, six kilos of oranges, and one of bananas They eat large quantities of rice and bread ~ 25 loaves a week They don't buy any frozen food, but they drink instant coffee and twelve cans of cola a week, plus orange juice, yoghurt drinks, and eight bottles of beer

THE CAVEN FAMILY CALIFORNIA, USA Regan and Craig Caven are a typical American

family - two incomes, two cars, and two

children, Andrea, 5, and Ryan, 3 As they both

work, they shop at weekends, usually in

supermarkets They often have salads and

there is always a lot of fresh fruit: two kilos

each of apples and bananas, and one kilo

each of oranges and grapes is typical in the weekly shop They eat fresh chicken and beef,

but only buy fish (tuna) in cans They spend a

lot on drinks: 340g of instant coffee, four litres

of milk, two litres each of apple and orange juice, five litres of bottled water, and 25 diet colas, but no alcohol During the week, frozen food is a large part of their diet - three

and a half kilos of frozen prepared meals, and

a family-sized frozen pizza It is only at weekends that the family make time for home-cooked meals; pasta is very popular with the children

grammar countable /uncountable nouns speaking it’s your turn!

1 Look back at the glossary pictures on p.17 With a 1 @ natural English Listen Do you hear the f

partner, write C (countable) or U (uncountable) next in don’t?

to each food

op J

‘Carrots’ are countable You can say ‘one carrot, two carrots a lot of, much, many, any

‘Bread’ is uncountable You can’t say ‘ene-breadtwe-breads

You'can’say ‘one laaf /two loavies.of bread In informal English, use a lot of in positive and

negative sentences and questions You can use much, many, and any in negative sentences and questions

We eat a lot of cheese NOT Weeat much cheese

We don’t drink much bottled water (= only a little)

2 Cover the examples in the table below Circle the Put a tick ¥ or a cross X Add your own ideas

correct coloured words in the rules Then look at the

C spinach potatoes C1 chick peas

your ideas:

Uncountable nouns have / bread NOT breads / ttieat and fish

íthi L with ‘s NOT

Uncountable nouns are /aren’t My toast is cold O tuna O salmon

used with a singular verb This spaghetti’s nice your ideas:

Uncountable nouns are usually We need some bread sweet things

used with some/a/an I've got some oil Ci chocolate [ ] cakes (1 biscuits

your ideas:

Much / many is usually used with Do you eat much pasta?

uncountable nouns in questions I don't drink much coffee drinks

and negative sentences CO beer 1 fruit juice D cola | Much / many is usually used How many eggs did you buy? L] mk (instant coffee

WBHift6ili ——=—============sr=e===e===—== | with countable nouns in questions T don’t eat many bananas

4 Insmall groups, talk about what your family eat Use the natural English phrases

go to language reference and practice exercises p.153

5 Tell the class four things which are similar or

3 Work in A/B pairs A go to p.148 B go to p.142 different in your group

8 don't forgetl

Remember these phrases from this lesson

What time do you have breakfast? Shall we have a coffee? We don’t drink much bottled water, We eat a lot of cheese

18 unit two

|

extreme adjective Use each adjective once

language reminder

Before extreme adjectives, don’t use very:

1 Put these words into the sentences below Use absolutely or really: absolutely wonderful

© eveything 7 ae âu

f Could I have the’ _, please?

g Enjoy your °

h_ TL have the lobster for my ?

2 Which sentences are spoken by a waiter, and which by a customer?

3 Put the sentences in order More than one answer is possible

example 1=b

oo

4 Read out your sentences to another pair Is their dialogue the same? 1 This studentis 2 The weather was

Practise the dialogue with a partner

extreme adjectives

1 Put these extreme (strong) adjectives into the correct column below

2 Answer these questions about the adjectives in exercise 1

1 Which positive adjective is normally only used to describe food?

2 Which positive adjective is used to describe a very attractive person _ we

or thing? 5 My holiday was 6 This is

3 Which positive adjective means ‘very clever’?

4 Which negative adjective describes a bad smell? 4 Read your sentences to a partner Are they

the same?

€ don’t forget!

Use the vocabulary from this wordbooster in

the extended speaking on p.22

unit two 19

Do you arrive at 8.00, or before, or after?

If you arrive at 8.15, do you need to say sorry?

Do you take a present? If so, what?

Do you usually go home immediately after eating? Or do you stay and talk? If so, for how long?

Do you usually phone, e-mail, or write to say thank you?

2 Compare your answers in small groups

3 natural English Listen and complete the responses

4 pronunciation Go to the listening booklet p.8 Listen again and

practise with a partner Stress the underlined words

5 Look at these reasons for being late and put the words in the

correct order Add your own reason

ate my again Find flat} had a!

was train couldn't your \ meeting problem work at

hadla

6 With a partner, practise the natural English dialogues again

This time use the reasons in exercise 5

listen to this

tune in

1 Œœ It's Mike's birthday

He is going to dinner

at his sister Clare’s flat, but

arrives 20 minutes late Listen

Why is Mike late?

Why does Clare say sorry?

2 Read the summary Listen and complete

Clare otters mixea drink, and he

has a glass 0Ê*———= 8he's cooked a

casserole, with red ° tomatoes, and ‘

from her friend, ° for some * and tastes’

, which she learnt Mike says it smells | He asks her

y : 4 Read your sentences to a partner Are an

listening challenge These? * *

During the meal, Clare’s husband,

Gerry, arrives home

from work Listen to the end of the conversation

5 The coloured words below are adverbs

Adverbs often end in -/y In these sentences, do the adverbs tell us more about the verb or the adjective?

1 Does he want to have a meal? Why/ Why not?

2 What does he have to drink? 7 What do Mike and Gerry talk about? › :

example Boil the potatoes slowly

1 Lalways eat my lunch quickly

| 4 natural English Listen to the beginning of 2.6 again Notice the 3: My husband cooks well

4 The soup was incredibly salty

5 The dessert was absolutely delicious

6 She prepared everything carefully

; Would you like something to eat? No thanks, | had a big lunch 6 Choose the correct answers in this letter

“ow about something to drink? Mm, that would be lovely

NOT Would you like to-eat/drink something? it was only a small village, but it had a ? great/

5 pronunciation Practise reading the dialogues with a partner „Mi Festairan, Everything on the menu was Think of two more responses and practise again incredible/ incredibly fresh, and the service was

very 3 good/well My Italian is 4 terrible /terribly,

1 Underline the adjectives in these sentences most of it (had some 7 wonderful/ wonderfully

pasta Their desserts looked ® delicious / deliciously, but | was on a diet If you ever go there, try this restaurant - it’s 9 absolute / absolutely fantastic

| We had a delicious meal

2 Where can you buy Australian wine?

4 They’re having a late lunch

5 This soup tastes disgusting go to language reference and practice exercises p.154

© That casserole smells lovely!

That fish looks wonderful

2 Circle the correct answer and fill the gaps Use the examples in 1 Work in groups of three You are friends

Adjectives go before/after nouns They also go before / after A gotop.141

3 Write one more adjective you could use in each sentence in C_ golop.l44

sample We had a deeiexs meal

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m sorry 'm late Don’t worry, it doesn’t matter This tastes disgusting, Would you like something to drink?

unit two 21

—=ễ=ễ=————————————_==Ề

Look back at the

don't forget boxes in

this unit You can use

this language in the

acfivity

é collect ideas

1 Think! Think about these questions

Which is your favourite restaurant / café? What's it like?

Where is it?

2 Compare ideas in groups

How often do you go there?

invent a conversation

3 With a partner, look at the pictures Say how the people look

+ The woman _looks angry _ because — _

= The man _— because

= The man (customer) because

The customer because

The waiter _ because

© The man and woman because

4 natural English Read the box

se

Ẻ? talking about a picture

When you are inventing a conversation, give your ideas like this:

| think he’s /she’s saying, ‘ll have | think he’s/ she’s asking, ‘Are you ?”

€ writing

5 Invent your conversation together and write it down Use the

language in the natural English box to give ideas

6 Haye you used contractions? e.g I’m, he’s Check your writing

7 Ask your teacher to check your conversation

€ act out the conversation

8 With another pair, look at one conversation Practise acting it

out, each taking a role Do the same for the other conversation

9 In your group, choose one conversation Act it out for the class

Which is the best conversation in your class?

€ listen

10 Listen to these people acting out the conversation

Write down three things that are different to your conversation

11 Put apostrophes (’) in their conversation (listening booklet

p.8)

3 underline the uncountable nouns in this list: pasta, banana, rice, grape, bread, olive, pea, coffee, toast

Contractions, e.g it’s, count as one word

1 A I'msorry _ late

B Don’t - it doesn’t matter

2 Thad chicken for my main

3 A Was it very nice?

B Yes, it was _._ delicious

4 A Would you like ——— — to drink?

B That would be lovely Coffee, please

score [ [5]

error correction Correct the errors

1 When do you usually have the lunch?

2 We eat much meat in our family

3 My teacher speaks perfectly English

4 We had spaghettis for dinner last night

score

total score [~ [25]

Look back at the unit contents on p.16

Tick V the language you can use confidently

one review

1 Work with a partner Each choose a circle Write the past simple forms relationships

horizontal (<+)or vertical (1)

read “© see ƒ li

break Spend sing, 60 sel 0 pay

make cost ;_ ,Spea

think ring lose

2 Say your past simple forms Your partner must find a rhyme from

their circle, e.g wore > and saw grammar question practice

1 Find a partner you don’t know very well Write down eight questions about their family, hobbies, job / studies, etc

examples Who do you live with?

Are you from a big family?

3 Find a past tense from either circle to complete these rhymes

I don’t know what she _said — —,

but her face was very red

The trousers that I

were really very short

was a teapot made of gold

1 How is he like?

2 We go both to the same school

3 I gave the money to the mother of Paul

4 A I work for a newspaper

5 Please be quite The students are working

I asked how much she

for the fizzy lemonade

I stopped work and — _

When the phone _———,

boxes in unit one

The last film I

was in 1984,

Listen Are the rhymes the same as yours?

5 Practise saying the rhymes

24 unit one review

two review

"3 natural English

1 With a partner, talk about these situations Then write your answers

1 You arrive for class five minutes after the start of the lesson

What do you say fo your teacher? What's his / her answer?

2 Someone is late for a meeting They say sorry and give a reason,

What do they say, and what's your answer?

2 Šomeone comes to your house, and you want to offer them a drink

What do you say? What's their answer?

4 You're in a restaurant, and you want to order your meal (tuna salad, and then

roast beef)

What does the waiter ask? What do you say?

5 — At the end of the meal, you want to pay

What do you say to the waiter?

2 Check your answers using the natural English boxes in unit two

3 Practise the dialogues with your partner

vocabulary food / uncountable nouns

1 Work with a partner Can you name all the things in the pictures? Are

they countable or uncountable?

2 With a partner, listen and cross out the things you hear

example ‘A vegetable that can be red or green’

once More than one answer is possible

What's the traffic like on Monday mornings?

What's your brother's girlfriend like?

What's the weather like in Siberia?

What's your university professor like?

What was the meal like?

What was the room like after the party?

What's New York like?

What's that book like?

tick Y when you know this

(LJ once, twice, etc

5 a five-minute walk

(J) asking where things are

a great / horrible place

en 1 Think! Would you like to live in the places in the pictures? Why / Why not?

(I present perfect and past

simple

3 natural English Listen and complete

[describing towns “” natural English

(_] prepositional phrases Use these phrases to give your opinion about something

1 The best thing about living ina city is The worst thing is :

2 The best thing about _ is The worst thing is

4 Listen again Underline the other stressed words

5 pronu on Practise saying the sentences Remember to stress the underlined words

living on a boat living on a farm living near an airport your own idea

grammar present perfect and

Where did Darren live?

Why was he there?

How long did he stay there?

When was that?

Did he like it?

2 Answer these questions

1 What tense are the questions in

Hlave you lived

Have you ever spent

abroad?

a night on a boat?

No, but I’ve spent a night ona train

1 Underline the examples of the present

Yes, I in Spain and France

meaning Use the present perfect to describe a general experience in the

past You don’t know exactly it happened

positive form | subject + has / have + past participle negative form

question form

subject + hasn't / haven't + past participle has / have + subject + past participle

He _ there about ten years ago

meaning Use the past simple to describe something that started and

finished in the past You often know ‘it happened

form see p.13 and p.152

go to language reference and practice exercises p 155-156

Which tense (present perfect or past simple) is usually used with these words / phrases?

ever xyesterday twoweeks ago in 2004 allmylife never With a partner, take turns to change the sentence below, using the words given Don’t write anything

T haven't slept in a tent

1 positive form Pye slept in a tent,

2 five-star hotel ve slept in a five-star hotel

Put the verbs into the correct form

1 We _ (take) the train to Venice two weeks ago

2 She (never see) the Taj Mahal

3 (you go) to the station last night?

4 (you ever live) on a farm?

5 J _ (want) to go to the Sahara all my life

6 | (not be) to Moscow, but I'd like to go there

Go to the questionnaire on p.141

read on

1 When people spend a long time at an airport, what

do they do? In groups, think of five things

2 Read the first paragraph Is the story about a man

who works or lives in an airport?

3 Read the story Write T (true) or F (false)

1 Nasseri had the correct documents when he arrived

in Paris

He hasn't got the documents now

He free to leave the airport

He’s going to leave soon

He’s popular with the airport workers

au He’s happy with his life at the airport

4 What are three good things and three bad things about

his life? Tell a partner

5 Answer these questions with a partner

1 Why is the past simple used in these sentences from

the article?

Nasseri landed at Charles de Gaulle airport in 1988

He last saw daylight in 1999

2 Why is the present perfect used here?

He has made friends with people from all over the world

The airport authorities have also made his life comfortable

6 What questions would you like to ask Nasseri?

example

'®

7 0nce, twice; etc 5

Does your family ever visit you?

natural English Listen Tick Y the phrases

you hear

Have you ever been to America?

No, never./ Yes, once wins Yes, twice twas

Yes, a couple '-.›' of tỉmes

Yeah, lots of times (= often)

Yes,afew | times

8 Goto the listening booklet p./1 Practise the

dialogues with a partner

9 Write three ‘Have you ever .?’ questions and ask

people in your class If the answer is ‘yes’, ask

follow-up questions

3 don't forge

Use these phrases from this lesson in the extended

speaking on p.32

The best / worst thing about my town is Yes, a couple of times

Have you ever been there? Yes, | went there last week

28 unit three

Mehran Karimi Nasseri tanded in

Charles de Gaulle airport, in Paris, in 1988 - he’s still there

0 Nasseri, from Iran, arrived at Terminal 1 without the correct refugee documents, but the French authorities said he could stay

if he didn't leave the airport When his papers finally arrived, seven years later, he was free to go But he is still there, and in all that time he has never left the airport Why? Nasseri is sure he will go to prison if he tries to leave Nobody knows why he thinks that ‘What can we do?’ says Dr Phillipe Bargain ‘He seems normal, and he is free to leave, but he doesn’t want to.”

0

Nasseri is certainly very pale He last saw daylight in 1999 when

he went outside to watch the eclipse of the sun ‘lam unhappy that | don’t have any privacy, and even at night airports can be very noisy,’ says Nasseri, quietly ‘And | would like to have a real bed How can | have a normal life like this?”

But, after so many years at Charles de Gaulle, it is the life he understands and knows best And Nasser is now a celebrity He has made friends with people from all over the world who stop

to ask for his autograph, and people often give him presents The airport authorities have also made his life comfortable He has his own special seat where he sleeps, and airport workers give him

20 Meal tickets so he can get food Nasseri sleeps with eye shades ~ the lights never go out - and for washing and shaving he uses the men’s toilets every morning before the first passengers arrive

refugee re!) si: person who leaves their country, often because |

of a war

pale (skin) pe! whiter than normal privacy privos| freedom to do things without others watching

celebrity so ebro)) famous person

shaving [e)\\\) cutting a beard or a moustache

2 Match the opposites

lively polluted yo Justod

- ‘Lively’?

3 Which adjectives describe the places in

exercise 1? Compare with a partner

example Car parks are often ugly, and are

sometimes dangerous at night

distance and time

1 Make four phrases to answer this question, using words from the box

(You can use the words more than once.) How far is it to the centre?

2 Put the phrases on the line

(or five minutes by car)

(or ten minutes by bus), (or twenty minutes on foot)

4 pronunciation Listen again and underline the stressed syllables

Practise saying the phrases

5 Discuss these questions with a partner Use the phrases in exercise 1 and the natural English box

From where you are now, how far is it to these places?

How long does it take to get there?

the centre of town

a public car park the nearest post office a petrol station a large supermarket

your own ideas

€ don’t forget!

Use the vocabulary from this wordbooster in the extended speaking

on p.32

unit three 29

how to get around town

vocabulary prepositional 4 Look at the map below You are staying at the Queen’s Hotel

Complete the sentences More than one answer may be possible

phrases example There’s _acar park — just behind the hotel

1 Put the phrases in the correct place on 1 There’s round the corner from the hotel

the diagram Practise saying the phrases 2 There’s _ at the end of the road

4 There’s _ on the corner, near the hotel

@ 5 5 Theres _—_—— — nextto the hotel

6 Theres down the road

7 There’s just outside the hotel

on the edge of town 5 Compare your answers with a partner

right in the centre

quite near the centre 6 natural English Write far, nearest, or near in the gaps

in the countryside | vntrisa =

c _ askinø where thỉngs are

2 comp eae Fee cae, Excuse me, is therea post office here? It’s over there

T work / study — —— where’s the pub? There’s one down the road

I go to English classes _———————— NOT where’s-the next-chemist?

I'd like to live because

I spend my free time ——— _ 7 Practise the dialogues with a partner In pairs, invent similar

because dialogues using the map Remember, you are at the Queen’s

Ido my shopping _ because Hotel

taxi rank

market cinema post office

30 unit three

listen to this

tune in

1 Dane Cristal is an American musician He’s going to work

in a studio in England Read the e-mail from the studio

manager, Andy Are Dane’s hotel and the studio marked

to the airport, please take a taxi

to the hotel; it's right in the

centre, The best thing would

be to come to Big Sound Studios

isto Big Sound Studios

i need to change some money too, I’ve

Is there a place I can

listen carefully

3 Look at the map Listen and label these places:

theEuroBank thesnackbar the studios Pizza House

listening challenge

4 Dane goes to the studios to see Andy With a partner,

think of three questions Andy will ask him

example Did you have any problems finding the hotel?

5 Listen and complete the gaps in Andy’s

questions

2 Now tell me about the flight — — _

6 Listen again Where are they going now?

listen again with the tapescript, listening booklet p.12

7 natural English What does place mean in

each of these examples?

gi

É q great / horrible place /ple1s,

Place is a general word you can use for a particular town, area, building, e

|t’s a horrible place to work

Rome is a great place to live

The Hilton is an expensive place to stay

It’s opposite the pizza place

8 With a partner, write the name of somewhere in your town that is:

anice place to relax

a cheap place to eat

a horrible place to live

a great place to have a drink

an interesting place to visit

9 Work in small groups Compare your

ideas and choose the best places

A Bar Italia’s a great place to have a drink

B I prefer Café Coco,

C Yes, me too Another good place is

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le’s a nice place to eat

Where’s the nearest bank? | live quite near the centre It’s not far from my house

unit three 31

“this 1s where I live

€ collect ideas

listen to someone 1 Read the texts Write a similar Ị live i Milan, on the edge of town

talking about their description of where you live U's a fifteen-minute drive to the centre |

your local area Hive im Brighton, on the north side of the town

M se is a ten-minute walk from th YẾ- | live in Cangas de Onis It’s about |

about where you live;

say what is good and 2 Your teacher will give you another student’s text

bad about your area Move around the class and ask questions to find

the person who wrote the text

write about your area Do you live on the north side of town?

Bút ñirst How far is your house from the centre?

an 3 (SÀN Look at the map of where Beth lives

donft forget boxes in

X NH2 Listen and label the places marked 1 to 6

this langua

activity

4 Listen again Write four more questions that Beth’s partner asks

example What's that?

5 Draw a map of your local area Put at least six crosses (X) to show important places:

your home, school, workplace, shops, etc Don’t write the names of the places

32 unit three

€ _ talk about your area

6 Work with a partner Ask them about all the places on their

map Remember to ask follow-up questions

How far is tt from What's that?)

your house?

Do you go there

7 Think! Complete the table about where you live

THE AREA WHERE I LIVE

the best thing

buses every ten minutes

the worst thing TRANSPORT very expensive trains

8 Work in threes Compare your ideas

9 Decide which area sounds best Tell the class what you

decided Do they agree?

€ writing

10 Look at the short paragraphs below

opinion on the topic

Parking in my area is very difficult

reason

There are too many cars, and parking is very expensive

extra information

The worst thing about it is there’s nowhere to park when

\ come home late

Entertainment in my area is fantastic We've got lots of nice bars

and restaurants, and they're open until very late The best thing

about it is the nightclubs

11 Choose at least two topics from exercise 7 Write about them,

using this model and the phrases in bold

Fi ‘rom this unit, write down: |

1 five more adjectives to describe a town:

clean, attractive

2 answers to the question, ‘How far is it?’

It's quite } it’s not It's quite a

| 3 answers to the question, ‘Where's the bank?’

It's to the post office

It’s at the of the road

It's on the of the street

gap-fill Put the words in brackets in the correct form

| 1 I — (work) in Paris all my life

2 How long (take) to get there?

3 _ (you ever have) long hair?

41 (meet) José twice last year

error correction Correct the errors

1 The cinema is only ten minutes by walk

2 Excuse me, where's the next post office?

3 They been to my house a couple of times

4 The library is opposite of the park

tick V when you know this

(Ci this /that (one), these /those

(ones)

(J can /can’t afford

L] wear/cary

(| talking about size

(J will for spontaneous decisions

2 @ Listen Which things in the picture are they talking about?

3 natural English Look at the box Listen again Which sentences do you hear?

Fa natural English

Use this /that (one) and these / those (ones) to show which things (NOT people) you're talking about

Ilike this one _| quite like these (ones)

| prefer that one | don’t like those (ones)

Which one / ones do you like / prefer?

(this/ these = near me) (that/ those = NOT near me)

4 pronunciation Go to the listening booklet p.14 Practise the conversation with

a partner Remember the pronunciation of this °1s and these 017

Look at the things in the shop When do you say: this one? that one? these? those? example For the blue scarf, you say ‘this one’

6 Tell your partner which things in the picture you like /prefer/don’t like Use the language in the natural English box

go to language reference and practice exercises p.156

— an electrical shop - a department store — a market

2 Read the article How many things does the woman buy?

3 Read the article again and complete the table

| shop original price | final price | discount

Drop that Price by Sarah Shannon

seven-month stay in the Far East, | suddenly started to enjoy haggling So now I've decided

=F | to spend a day getting some low, low prices My day

7 @ | starts in an electrical shop where | want a discount

Ề | | on a mobile phone priced at £119 | decide to tell

‘It's for my mother She really needs a phone, but |

4 Insmall groups, answer the questions about your country can't afford that much Can you bring the price down

Can you get a discount in the kinds of shops that Sarah visited? a bit?

What about other shops? And in other countries you’ve visited? He calls his manager He says £110 | say no

‘No? All right £100 And that's my final offer, love.’

‘OK, I'll take it,’ | say Not bad, a £19 discount

5 natural English Read the box Find phrases with afford in the text ‘What about taking £50 aff for me?” | say, a little later, holding a leather coat under the nose of a Marks

and Spencer shop assistant He's very shocked

‘Come on, | love it, but the price is just too high.’

‘Yes, it is a very beautiful coat, madam,’ he replies,

| can’t afford that car (= it’s too expensive for me) ‘but at Marks and Spencer, a price is a price, and the

| can’t afford to go on holiday this year Can you afford it? price is £225 | suggest you come back in the sales.’

| go to a street market ‘How much are these melons?’ ‘Two for £5,’ says the man

‘Hmm I'll give you £3.00.’ | can see that's too low

Have you ever got a discount? If so, where? What happened?

6 You have €25 What can/can’t you afford? Tell a partner

aplane ticket to Los Angeles go to the theatre ‘All right, £3.50," | say

Nike trainers a meal ina restaurant ‘OK, for you, £4.50.’ We finally agree on £4 | then

stay at the Hilton Hotel anew tie get £1 off a £5 bunch of flowers at the next stall

I'm feeling great My next stop is another electrical

discount ‘diskavni (n) lower price than usual | shop | want a washing machine It's £399 ‘That's

Fj haggle he! (v) try to agree a lower price too expensive Can you take a bit off?’ | ask ‘| can't

Hq tell a lie say sth that you know isn’t true afford it.’ ‘No.’ So, | look at the shop door, and say, E>) Off if there is 10% off sth, you get it 10% cheaper | “Qk {| leave it.’ Finally he says ‘OK’, and he gives me

stall (n) table where people sell things in a market ) Peop: | £40 off What a brilliant day's shopping i * h

grammar will for spontaneous decisions and offers

1 Match 1 to 3 with phrases a to c 5 Complete the dialogues Use 7 Ti

1 She decides to make an a I'll take it

offer, and says

2 She decides at that b I'll give you £3

moment not to buy

something, so she says

3 She decides at that € TH leave it

moment to buy

something, so she says

2 pronunciation Say phrases a to c Remember to say

TH (at

3 Read the a/b sentences Answer the questions

below

a Usually he walks to school

b_ It’s raining, so I'll take him to school by car

a_ Lanswer the phone all the time

b_ The phone ringing Fllanswer it

1 Which form is used in the a sentences? Why?

2 Which form is used in the b sentences? Why?

3 Circle the correct answer:

You can use will + verb/the present simple when you decide to do something, or offer to do something, at the moment of speaking

go to language reference and practice exercises p.156

speaking it’s your turn!

4 Complete the sentences with 7ï or nothing (-)

1 A [think you need to contact her 1 You’re going to sell three of your things (your book,

B Yes, you're right 1 ruall ñe£nơew your pen, etc.) Choose three things and decide a

B Yes t h a examples my jacket - €80 my pencil — 30 cents

‘es, | _ see her every day

3 A Does she reply to all the letters she receives? 2 Try to sell your things to a partner They should try

B Yes, but] _ type them to get a discount

4 A The boss is busy example A How much is your jacket?

B OK, | phone her later B It's €80

A €80! That's expensive I'll give you €50

B_ No, but you can have it for €70

A No thanks, I'll leave it / OK, I'll take it

3 Move around the class Try to buy things at a discount

4 Tell the class what you bought Who got the best price?

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Use these phrases from this lesson in the extended speaking on p.40

| like these OK, I'll take them Have you got these in my size? Thanks, I'll have a white wine

36 unit four

wordbooster

clothes

1 Label the pictures Use the words in the box

jeans dginz trainers top ring

suiL skirt /sks:t/ socks hts ‘taits/ jacket cap belt

tại umbrella /am'brela/ briefcase /'bri:fkers heels /hat ‘hi:lz

3 (@ Listen and check

4 Play a guessing game with a partner Use the vocabulary in the

1 Match the phrasal verbs to the sentences

FORMIEGFE TRYTHEMON PUTITD0WN TAKEITBAQK HANG IT UP TURN IT ON PUT IT ON PICK THEM UPTAKE IT OFF

example I don't like this CD turn it off

1 What's the first thing I need to do with this computer?

Oh! This box is incredibly heavy

Where shall I put my coat?

Tm so hot in this jacket!

Look at those shoes They're lovely!

I bought this mobile phone yesterday and it doesn’t work

7 I don't want to carry my jumper

8 There are clothes all over the floor

2 Where do the sounds link?

examples turn jt off put it down

3 pronunciation Listen and practise

linking the phrases

4 You can separate these phrasal verbs: you can put an object between the two parts of the verb

example Take off your jacket /

Take your jacket off / Take it off “ NOT Take-offit

With your partner, replace the pronouns (it /

them) with the objects in the sentences in

exercise 1 Don’t write anything

example turn it off

Turn the CD off./Turn off the CD

go to language reference and practice exercises p.157

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unit four 37

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how to buy clothes

lead-in

1 Think! Think about these questions

Which is your favourite shop in your

town? Why?

What do you buy there?

How often do you go there?

When did you last go there, and what did

you buy?

What are the shop assistants like?

Get up and ask three different people

vocabulary shopping

1 Match the questions and answers

What size are you?

Could I try these on?

Do they fit?

Have you got them in a bigger size?

What do you think of them?

Where do I pay?

No, they’re too tight

Over there, at the counter

I like them They look good on you

Yes, the changing room’s over there

I'ma 28

Yes, here you are

Listen and check your answers

Look at questions 1 to 6 in exercise 1

a Which does the shop assistant ask?

b Which does the customer ask?

c Why do they use they, not it?

pronunciation Go to the listening

booklet p.14 Practise the dialogues with

a partner Stress the underlined words

38 _ unit four

5 natural English Complete the verbs in the box

the wrong size,

listen to this tune in

Jim went shopping

1 (2 Listen to the beginning of the story Tick ⁄ the correct answers

Last week, Jim had to go to

7 a job interview — a wedding

1 First he tried on a beautiful blue suit, but

2 Then he tried on a grey suit, but —

3 The shop assistant was very and brought Jim

listen again with the tapescript, listening booklet p.14

Listen Is the end of the story about:

the suit? the manager? the shop assistant?

writing

1 Look at exercises 1 and 2 in listen to

this Circle the words which link

sentences

example Last week, Jim had to go to a job

interview, (0) he went

2 You have two minutes Close your books

and tell Jim’s story to your partner

3 Don’t open your books With a partner,

write the story, using the link words

Then compare your story with the

tapescript (listening booklet p.14)

Circle the correct answer

1 I'm not going to buy that shirt — it’s too / very small for me

2 The flat is too / very small, but it’s got a really nice view so I'm

going to rentit

It’s too /very cold, but at least it’s sunny — let’s go for a walk

We're staying in — it’s too / very cold to sit in the garden

John’s too / very young to drive — he’s only fifteen

This table is too / very old It was my great-grandfather’s

Read the speech bubbles What are the people talking about?

Compare with a partner

1 It’s too expensive and aca:

it uses too much petrol 4 There’s too much salt in it,

too much / many 2 These are no good —

they're too long

i) 5 They're nice, but they're too

“uncomfortable to wear all day

1 Put too or very in the speech bubbles

3 It’s too difficult and

1 too + adjective too expensive _ é

The This suitcase is ert › 2 too much + uncountable noun — ,

heavy 3 too many + countable noun

5 Work with a partner Think of possible problems with these things Use too, too much / many

example a dictionary — too many words, too heavy, too expensive

edictionary —a(night) club apizza asuitcase abigcity amobile phone a shirt a hotel a holiday

6 Tell another pair Who thought of the most problems?

go to language reference and practice exercises pp.157-158

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Could | try these on? What size do you take? They're too tight They look good on you

unit four 39

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