B Yes, 1 My brother take my best sweater to the beach and run tt TT Siudent’s Book p.132 Grammar Bank 4A More Words to Learn Write translations and try to rernember the words bus
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1 I've never been to Ireland
2 Have you flown before?
3 The children have been to Disneyworld
4 Have we met Simons wife? I can t remember
5 She has done this before
6 Have I told you about my first boyfriend?
7 Has your boss
8 It has
shouted at you?
snowed here before
c Complete the dialogues
1 A Have you ever worn (you / ever / wear) a big hat?
B Yes, 1
A When (you / wear) 1t?
B When! (go) to a wedding last summer
2A (you / ever / borrow) your
fatner’s clothes?
B Yes, 1
B Ate I (need) one for an interview
3A (you / ever / meet) a fashion
model?
B NọjI
4A (you / ever / buy) any
second hand clothes?
whute shirt for £1 50 m a market
5A (you / ever / have) an
argument about clothes?
B Yes, 1 My brother (take) my
best sweater to the beach and (run) tt
TT Siudent’s Book p.132 Grammar Bank 4A
More Words to Learn
Write translations and try to rernember the words
business noun / biznes/
store noun (sto.í washing machine /wpjm ma jLn/
noun fasnonable adjectwe | / fee{nabl/
(un)comfortable / kamftabl/
exactly the same fg zekth de sem/
have an argument /hev on a'gjoment/
the maim reason /ða mem r1zn/
Study idea
Po
1 You can use your dictionary to learn the grammar and pronunciation of new words, as well as the meaning
the pronunciation the stress 1s on the the grammar following syllable the translation business / biznas/ noun negocio
2 Look at the Pronunciation column above Say the words two or three times
busmess business Business
Can you answer these questions? oe
HE Have you ever read a book in English?
| Have you ever written art e-mail i English?
Es What are the most expensive clothes you've ever bought?
(4 Have you ever been abroad?
EE) Have you ever sung in public?
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1 VOCABULARY verb phrases
Complete the expressions with these verbs
change clean do make spend
take tidy use
1 — tidy _ your bedroom, your desk
2 the bed, a noise
3 the washing up, housework
4 the channel on the TV, your clothes
5 a computer, the Internet
6 out the rubbish, the dog for a walk
Remember that as a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you
Fran Lebowtz, American humorist
b Complete the sentences for each picture Use just
buy fi do miss win wake up
§ _ the house, the foor
2 GRAMMAR present perfect + just, yet, already
a Write sentences with already or yet in the correct
place
1 ['ve washed the floor already
ve already washed the floor
2 Have you seen this film? yet
3 Daniel has made his bed already
1 He _s just fallen_ off his bike
2 She the washing up
3 They _ the championship
47 _
5 ‘We a hew computer:
6 ‘Sorry You it?
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3 PRONUNCIATION // and /d3/
Write a word beginning with the sound in the pictures
4 My parents haven’t learnt to use the Internet yet
5 You've made a mistake already
6 We've been to New York already
— Acolour yellow _ The day before today
Twelve months
4
3
4 Aplace people study
5 The opposite of old
7 Has the film started? yet
đã 6 Three months which start with this sound
8 Edward has found a new job already
7 Akind of short coat
8 Like trousers
9 The opposite of mean
¬ Qo A sport in which two people fight each other
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men ge
Sunil |
Change your bed sheets once a week, keep
pans near the cooker, and never wash white
clothes with dark ones
a Read the text Mark the sentences T (True) or
F (False)
1 The new website 1s for men who have just
2 Most Portuguese men are good at housework, = _
3 Portuguese couples usually share the housework,
4 Portuguese men normally leave home after school
5 There are more and more divorces mn Portugal _—
6 Men and women’s magazines give the same
b Look at the highlighted words What do you think they mean? Check with your dictionary
More Words to Learn
Write translations and try to remember the words
+ t
often live at home until
they get mamed And
when they finally marry,
divided into those that are easy, for ‘normal days, and more difficult ones for most men leave housework | special days’
to ther wwes in addition to domestic
According to a recent study | tps, the site gives advice
married men in Portugal do | for men who are worried
less work around the house | about starting to date
than in any other European | again Other sections offer
Union country But with the | health and beauty tps as
number of divorces nsing | well a5 an entertainment
rapidly in Portugal - there | guide for the newly single
were 27,960 divorces last
year in a country of just
over 10 million people —
thousands of men are
man ‘These topics are not covered in traditional men's magazines, and women s magazines write
having to iron ther dothes | about them ina
and make dinner for the completely different way,
first ime in their lives said Oliveira
That is just some of the Many of these newly
advice you can find ona | divorced men have tumed judge noun Hgad3/
| popular new Intemét site fo the website, called mess noun /mes/
dworced Portuguese men | what for them were moody adjectrve_| 'mmurch/
do the housework which ‘women’s womes' On the complam verb | /kom'plem/
their wives always did for website they can find out insult verb An'salt/
them when they were which bathroom cleaner ——
marmed works best or how to clean throw out verb _ | /ra0 aut/
Men in Portugal usually Ive | 2 SH" from a white sur treat _verb Art
with their parents, where The most popular feature at the last mmute | /et Sa la:st ‘muut/
their mothers usually do iS a section offering reapes
most if not all of the for beginners in the covered (with) | /"kavad/
cooking and cleaning They | kitchen The reapes are go to court Igau ta kost/
ii, Have you made your bed yet today?
we Have you had your lunch yet?
E) Have you done your English homework yet?
“BES “Hiave you made plans for next weekend yet?
E Have you had dinner yet today?
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1 GRAMMAR comparatives, as as, Jess than
a Complete the sentences with the correct
comparative form of the adjective / adverb
1 The weather is_— worse today than it was
Time is the coin of your life Only you can decide how to spend it
Don't {et other people spend it for you Carl Sandburg, American poet
6 Tokyo is more expensive than London
7 Ivana dresses more elegantly than Bianca
Bianca yesterday (bad)
3 (hard) the test Pl work next time, GTI Student's Book p.132 Grammar Bank 4C
ar
5 That joke is than the last one you told a Underline the stressed syllable in these words
6 The climate in northern Europe is than 2 future 6 harder 10 today
8 Basketball is than baseball in the US
(popular) l mm b Now circle the /o/ sound
Be careful, three of them 2, have two // sounds
b Rewrite the sentences using as as
1 This vacuum cleaner is quieter than that one
That vacuum cleaner _ist’t as quiet asthis one
2 Carlos speaks more quickly than David
David
3 Russia is bigger than the USA
The USA
4 Portugal played better than Greece
Greece
5 Davina drives more carefully than Mark
Mark
¢ Practise saying the words in a
3 VOCABULARY expressions with time
Complete the sentences with these words
spend waste on take along don’t have enough save
1 Don’t waste _ time doing things you don’t enjoy
2 The flight to New Zealand is going to time
3 Tm sorry, I time to see you today
4 She needs to more time studying
5 Well time if we go on the motorway
There’s much less traffic
6 Ihope we arrive time My dad is meeting
me at the airport
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a Read the story and put the pictures mm the correct order
i b Mark the sentences T (True) or F (False)
An American banker was walking on a beautiful beach È 3 The American wanted him to work harder —
in a small Mexican village He saw a fisherman in his l§ 4 He told the Mexican to buy a smaller boat boat with a few fish on it
‘Great fish?’ he said ‘How long did tt take you to 5 The American said he would be rich m five years
‘Not very long,’ answered the fisherman
‘Why didn’t you stay at sea longer to catch some
| _“There-are just-enough-fish-here-to-feed_my family,—_# Write translations and try-te-remember-the words
‘I sleep late, | fish a little, I play with my kids, Thave = = newspaper article | /‘nyuzzpempe ‘aztikl/
siestas In the evening, | go to see my friends in the § noun
village We drink wine and play the guitar I’m busier d Ispnd/
The American interrupted him ‘I have an MBA from traffic noun /treefik/
Harvard University and | can help you You're not obsessed (with) /ab sest/
fishing as much as you can If you start fishing for = § adjective
selling the fish to buy a bigger boat Then with the Brevious adjective | /‘prirvies/
money you'll get from catching and selling more fish, relaxed adjective | /rrlekst/
you could buy a second boat and then a third one and
dj
so on Then instead of selling your fish to shops, you stressed adjectrve _| /strest/
could sell them directly to a fish factory, or even open stressful adjective _| /‘strestl/
your own factory Then you'll be able to leave your littie slow down verb /slso daun/
village for Mexico City and finally move to New York,
where you could direct the company”
‘How long will that take?” asked the Mexican
‘About 15 to 20 years,’ answered the banker :
Can you answer thes ?
smiling and talking more quickly “When the moment : A Are you busier now than you were a yearago?
comes, you can put your company on the stock market =F Do you work or study harder now thana year ago? and you will make millions ˆ 2 Would you like fo live somewhere quieter or more exciting?
Han But then whet mm th Is your town or cityas bigas London? ¬: ~~
en you can retire, five in a small village by the =| Do you speak English I as yo 2
sea, go te the beach, sleep late, play with your kids, You speak Engish as well as your friends?
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A great city 1s that which has the greatest men and women
Walt Whitman American poet
1 GRAMMAR superlatives (+ ever+ present perfect) b Circle the correct adjective
a Complete the sentences with the superlative of an Ea ea he
adjective from the box
cheap dangerous bormg polluted
far bad impatient easy
There are so many people and cars everywhere
2 The river is the dirtier / dirtiest I have ever seen
——The water ts black-and fall oftubbsy ————————
3 The restaurants are more expensive / the most expensive than the last trme I was here
4 It's the nower / nomsiest hotel I've ever stayed in
5 The buses are slower / the slowest than the Metro
¢ Write sentences with ever
1 He/ rude person / I / meet
He's the rudest person I’ve ever met
2 Thus / exciting book / 1 / read
1 People wear masks mn the street because if 1s the
most polluted city mm this country
2 She’s the _ person I know — she hates
waiting for anything 3 It/ beautiful building / we / see
3 30 kulometres is the I’ve ever walked in
4 Thus shop 1s really expensive The _ sunt
5 This exercise is the I did it m five
6 I never want to go to that restaurant agam I had the
dinner of my life
7 Ws the road mm the country There are
7 That / delicious meal / she / make hundreds of accidents every year 8 These / good poems / he / write
8 That was the _film ve ever seen I fell
asleep after half an hour! E21) 0 Student's Book p.132 Grammar Bank 4D
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2 VOCABULARY opposite adjectives
a Complete the sentences with the opposite of the
adjectives in brackets
1 Where’s the most interesting (boring) place you've
ever been to?
2 That man is soi (patient)!
3 New York is a very s (dangerous) city
these days
4 Tokyo is an extremely n (quiet) city
5 The shop assistant was very r (polite)
6 The subway in New York is very c
(empty)
7 Los Angeles is a very p (clean) city ~
there are so many cars
8 Some of the buildings in the centre are quite
m — (old)
More Words to Learn
Write translations and try to remember the words
Word Pronunciation | Translation accident noun /'eksidont/
change noun /emdz gardener noun #gq:dna/
gréengrocer noun /"grizngrause/
reputation noun | /repjo teljn/
fall over verb #hịi 'a0val find out verb /famd aot!
several determiner | /'sevral/
sure/of course Haul fof kas/
too much (money) | /tu: mat{/
b_ Write the correct prefix to make opposite adjectives
un- im-
1 unhealthy 5 polite
2 possible 6 _happy
3 comfortable 7 _tidy
4 friendly 8 patient
Student’s Book p.145 Vocabulary Bank
3 PRONUNCIATION /o/, /sy/, /au/, word stress
a Circle the word with a different sound
HẠ 3 @ HẠ
boring | T-shirt | cold more
bought | old | of course
four | worst | world | Rome
b Underline the stressed syllable in these adjectives
1 unfriendly 5 dishonest
2 beautiful 6 unhappy
3 exciting 7 unhealthy
4 dangerous 8 impossible
CAN Y0U REMEMBER ?
Complete each gap with one word
A Are you out tonight?
B Yes, to the cinema
fe | don’t think it snow this Christmas
| promise | tell anyone your secret
your sister smoke?
she ever met your parenis?
Don't come in | just cleaned the floor
Your computer isn’t fast as mine
That's the best film I've - seen
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1 ASKING FOR INFORMATION
Circle the correct word in each line
A Can you recommend 1@) the good restaurant?
B Well, YumYum ? has / is a great Thai restaurant
A How near / far is it from here?
B Oh, it’s quite ¢ near / far Just a couple of blocks
A 5Can/ Do I walk from here?
B Sure It'll only ¢ take / need you five minutes
A Can you show me? in / on the map?
B OK We're here, and Yum Yum is here, 8 in / on
the corner
A Thanks What time does it 9 close / closes?
B Not !0 after / until midnight You have plenty
2 SOCIAL ENGLISH
Complete the dialogue with one word in
each space
A Excuse me, dor’t 11 know — you?
B No, I don't? th $0
A Pm3 su
London last year, studying English?
IT know you Weren't you in
B Yes Wait a minute! Yes, nowl4re _
Youre David
A That’s 5 ri And you're Ana!
B Wow! What are you 6 do
here?
Á Pm7st again Still trying to improve my
English! And you?
B Fmon°ho Actually, I'm looking for
somewhere to buy some stamps
A I know wh the Post Office is Pll walk
with you if you like,
B Are you sure? Thats very 19k — of you
3 READING
a Read the article and answer these questions
1 How far is the airport from the city centre? — 14 mùa —
2 How much does the BART cost for two people one way?
3 If your taxi fare is $40, how much should you tip’
4 How much does the airport bus cost for two adult returns?
5 What time is the earliest bus to the airport?
6 Which forms of transport will take you straight to your hotel?
and
Getting into town from the airport
San Francisco
Airport
San Francisco International Airport is 14 miles south of the city Travef time to the centre during rush hour is about
40 minutes; at other times it's about 20 to 25 minutes
including the Grand BART (Bay Area TAXIS from the
Rapid Transit, the airport to the city Hyatt, San Francisco
San Francisco metro, | centre cost $30 to Hilton, and Palace
www.bart gov) $35, plus tip (this No reservations are began running from | should be around needed For the the airport to the 10% of the fare) retum trip, the buses city in June 2003 AIRPORT BUSES pick up at hotels as
avoids traffic and the bageage-claim Make a reservation costs about $6 each area sen 24 hours in advance way, depending on 30 minutes from if possible The cost
5.35 am to 9.05
Square-area hotels,
b Underline five words or phrases you don’t know Use your dictionary to look up their meaning and pronunciation
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1 GRAMMAR uses of the infinitive (with to)
a Complete the sentences with to and a verb
meet relax nothave not tell
not worry take close
It's wnportant to be _ there early this evenmg
2 careful / not drop
Be those plates!
3 dangerous / swim
l —— —————_m thư rwWer
4 difficult / sleep
Do you ever find it _at might?
5 interesting / talk to
She’s always very _ at parties
6 nice / see
Hello! How _ you again
7 easy / use
Digital cameras are
Never give a party if you will be the most interesting person there
Mickey Friedman, American author
c Complete the sentences with to and a verb
argue learn take have study make buy meet
1 He’s gomg to the library _to study _
1 Tve decided _not to have_ a birthday party this year 2 Igo to evening classes _ Spanish
We'll just go out for a meal 3 They're phoning the theatre _ tickets
2 Would you like my fiancé? 4 She went to the café something to eat
3 Please, try _ about me T'll be OK 5 Are you dong that me angry?
4 Ohno I think I forgot _ the kitchen 6 I bought some books _ with me on holiday
_5 He promised anybody about her _8 He goes to parties — new people —— —_—
problem ® Student's Book p.134 Grammar Bank 5A
6 She needs _ more — she looks really
7 My dad offered me to the party Fourteen examples of the word to are missing from this
b Write sentences using the adjective and the text Can you put them back?
correct form of the verb
1 important / be Vm Bill fm 16 and I've deaded/leave school Ứm going
leave next week I'm hoping get a job with computers because I'm planning make lots of money Wve tned work hard but I'm not a very good student All the other students understand and leam do things quickly but not me And | never remember
bring my books to class and always forget do my homework
I'd like leam fly because | want
be a pilot But first | need do a course My mother offered pay for the course but only if | promised finish school!
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vid
Matura practice People
G present simple, past simple
V adjectives
ee
_Reading matching headings to text
# % —
Š > Po zapoznanm sig z tematyka tekstu, zastanow si¢ WSKAZOWKI
przez chwile nad stownictwem, ktore mozesz
s napotkac Jest to dobre przygotowame przed
` age wiasciwym czytaniem 1 pomoze ci lepiey
aes zrozumuec tekst
Ệ
ee
zaczmesz odpowladac na pytania, zastanow si¢ nad
tematem 1 rola kazdego akapitu
+
1 Match the adjectives m the box with with their
opposites
generous exciting uncomfortable calm
iar
xe
2
- 2 comfortable
4 angry”
2 Lookat the lst of adjectives in exercise | Which are
positive and which are negative? Write (+) next to the
“positive words and.(—) next to thé negative words “
3 Read the text quickly Which paragraphs are positive
(+), negative (-), or not particularly positive or
negative (0) Ỳ
m¬5 ,
4 Readthetextagamand complete the questron below
Dopasuy pytama (A—GŒ) do akaprtôw, wpisu0ạc”^
odpowiedma hitere obok liczb (1-6) Jedno pytame
Pamietiy! Naypierw okreslgtowna mysl akapriu,
aby ulatwic sobie dopasowante do niego
` fe -
A What.do you enjoy doing most? ~
B What makes youangry*
C Who do you admire?
D Whatare you-bad at?
* E Who would you most like to be? +
E Whatscares you?
Ye =» G How do you feel about thefirture?
be
a F_ ` nh st ME titan
5 Check your answers carefully
>» Wykonuac zadame na dopasowywame, zamm a
- _H0W ÄñREYOU FEELING?-
Annie Rocroft, writer, tells us how she feels about the big
questions in life uy]
Queuing — standing in a line waiting it doesn’t matter where Ina shop,to buy a cinema ticket, ata self-service restaurant It’s annoying It’s a waste of time And it’s so boring
2L _]
Being at home on my own in the evening | switch off the
of coffee | stt.in my favourite.chair and | relax.| feel so
comfortable il]
Snakes | touched one in a zoo once when I was a child Yuk!
Fortunately you almost never see them in Britain But | could never be happy in a country where there were lots of poisonous ones They terrify me!
4]
I'm always optimistic | expect goad things to happen and they usually do If something bad happens, | always lock for something positive in it | fost my coat the other day — but it was very old so | was happy to buy a new one
is]
People who spend their lives helping others doctors, nurses, people like that I’m nota selfish person, but | need
to spend time alone so that | can write | hope my writing helps other people and maybe it does ~ but I'm sure doctors and nurses are more useful
[é] ]
I shouldn’t tell you this, it’s embarrassing | am ternble at remembering people’s names If| am introduced to someone, | forget their name immediately Then ten minutes later, when | need to know, | just have no idea.What did you
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