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. . Make your mark! Vocabulary Grammar Time twins Present simple 1 Match 1-6 and a-f to form sentences. 3 CI) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct 1 Henry is studying form of the present simple. 2 My brother and I often look 1 Mark 10vC's (love) football but he (not play) every day. 3 I need to find 2 We (use) English when we ___ 4 My sister is a nurse, (write) emails. S I wonder 3 I (not have) any brothers or sisters, but 6 Paula works in a nursery my friend (have) two sisters. a because she loves children. 4 Sam (not go out) very often, but 1_ _ (go out) every weekend. b out when Picasso was born for my art project. S David usually __ (watch) sports on c she works in a hospital. Saturdays but I (watch) sports every day. d after our little sister. 6 Maria and Mark sometimes (arrive) at e for his exams. school late because they (live) far away. f what my friends are doing now. 4 CI) Use the verbs in brackets to complete the 2 Complete the text with the words below. sentences. There are some short answers. private doing do crazy divorced A: Where do you I,ve? (live) twins./ similar interests personalities B: I in Canada. 2 A: When _ Pat _ to school? (go) B: She at 8 a.m. ----------------------~' ~~~ 3 A: _ Greta and Tim _ coffee? (like) B: Yes, they _ . Hi, I'm Katy! I'm seventeen years old and I've got 4 A: _ Marek _ in a shop? (work) one brother - he's seventeen too. We're lfJ,v(0.5. B: No,he_. We're both tall with blond hair, so physically we're S A: What time _ Fay _ home? (get) . Our 3 are very different - I like B: She _ home at 11 p.m. ---- music and art and my brother, Alex, is 4 __- - Grammar Plus: Present simple: word order about sport! Our are very different too 5 with time expressions _ Alex is very sociable, but I'm quiet. We live with 5 our mother because our parents are (**) Put the words in the correct order to make 6 ___ sentences. This year I'm 7 __ my A-levels at school. We go to a 8 school and we work very hard. After goes out/Sheena/always/Saturdays/on school I want to a course at university. ShC'C'f/)t?> t?>lwt?>VJs 90C'S Ol/l~ Of/) St?>rv1Y'dt?>VJs, 9 2 don't/we/always/at home/have dinner 3 play the guitar/Francis/does/often -----------------? 4 I/have lunch/never/at school S go running/every day/they/do ------- - - - ---- --- ? 6 don't/usually/we/drink tea/in the morning 2 Present continuous Grammar reference 6 CD Look at the picture. Use the verbs in Present simple brackets to complete the sentences about what Form the teenagers are doing. I/We/YoulThey live + He/She/It lives in Glasgow. - I/We/YoulThey do not (don't) liye He/She/It does not (doesn't) live Do I/we/you/they,. ? in Glasgow? Does he/she/it Ive Yes, I/we/you/they do. Short No, //we/you/they do not (don't). answers Yes, he/she/it does. No, he/she/it does not (doesn't). Wh- questions Where do I/we/you/they live? When does he/she/it eat? Time expressions sometimes, often, usually, never, every day/week/morning, a lot, always Word order with time expressions Time expressions can go at the beginning or end of sentences. However, in present simple sentences the Tom and Frank V.re bl/lt;zt09 (buy) cinema time expression usually goes before the main verb in a tickets. sentence: 2 Lisa (look) at shoes. I usually gQ swimming on Sundays We don't usually have breakfast together. 3 Rachel (eat) a salad. Does she usually catch the bus home? 4 Louise and Jane (not/eat) salad. They (drink) coffee. Present continuous S Brian (wait) for a friend. Form 6 George (go) to the gym. I am ('m) waiting 7 (**) Complete the questions and then answer + He/She/It is ('s) waiting them, using the picture in exercise 6. We/YoulThey are ('re) waiting for Tom. 1 ~ Tom and Frank ev.Tt0f} 5v.iv.d? (eat salad) I am not ('m not) waiting No, Mev; re 00t - He/She/It is not ('s not) waiting 2 What _ Tom and Frank __? (do) We/YoulThey are not ('re not) waiting AmI waiting ? Is he/she/it 3 Rachel _____ ? (look at shoes) for Tom? Are we/you/they Yes, I am. / No, I am ('m) not. 4 Who _____ ? (look in a shop window) Short Yes, he/she/it is. / No, he/she/it is not (isn't). answers Yes, we/you/they are. / No, we/you/they are s Brian _____ ? (go to the cinema) not (aren't). 6 Where _ George __ ? (go) Time expressions at the moment; now, today, this week/summer/morning/ evening/afternoon 7 Louise and Jane _____ ? (eat pizza) 8 What Louise and Jane __ ? (do) 3 Vocabulary Grammar Social life Present simple and present continuous 1 Match a verb from column A with a noun from 3 CI) Match the sentences 1-4 with the correct column B to make collocations. description a-d. A B 1 Kate is studying a lot this week. 1 a shopping 2 Alex plays computer games every day. goto~ 2 go b the beach 3 Mark doesn't live in England. 3 play c a party 4 I'm doing this exercise now. 4 meet d new people a present simple for regular activities 5 make e computer games b present simple for things that are generally 6 have f sport true 7 do g plans c present continuous for actions now d present continuous for actions in the present 2 Complete the paragraph with the verbs below. period go x3 play go to x2 do x2 stay 4 (**) Underline the correct form of the verbs. meet.l make have John l2.i.illWis playing every Monday. He plays/is playing an important match at the moment. 2 Jackie looks/is looking after her little sister every day, but she doesn't look/isn't looking after her today because she's got exams. I have a very busy social life! I ,. meet my friends 3 Pete doesn't drink/isn't drinking coffee because nearly every day. We spend a lot of time to~ether! he doesn't like/isn't liking it. At the weekend, we usually 2 the cinema. 4 A: What do you read/are you reading? We all love films! After the film, we 3 • g B: Dracula. Usually I don't read/am not reading shopping and 4 plans for th.e evenln . 6 horror stories, but it's good! Sometimes, we 5 a party or Justa --- video games. I often sport or . . 5 They go/are going to the cinema every week. 7 running in the holidays. 19 the sWimming Right now they watch/are watching a comedy pool a lot. Of course, I someti• mes 10 --- film. nothing but I 11 out more than I 5 (***) Complete the text with the present 12 in! simple or the present continuous form of the verbs below. get up.l meet study go make have learn speak watch know work My life I usually It}r'f VIp at eight o'clock on Saturdays. I ~ to drive at the moment and I .~ my driving lesson on Saturday mornings. After that, I usually ~ to the gym. I ) for my exams this term, so on Saturday afternoon, I In the evening, I ; _____ 6 • my friends. At the moment, we K _ _ ___ plans for our next holiday- to Mexico~ I want to go because I Spanish and I Y a lot about Mexico. In fact, I It) a TV programme about II Mexico right now~ 4 Question words Grammar reference 6 ~ Complete the questions with the words Present simple and present continuous below. Use of the present simple what where when which who why how what kind .I how much how many Use the present simple to talk about: • regular activities/habits in the present. A: Whc.f k/l-'1d of music do you like? He plays football every Sunday morning. B: Ilike reggae. • things that are always/generally true. 2 A: __ are you doing now? My mother doesn't speak German. B: I'm doing my homework. 3 A: __ CDs have you got? Use of the present continuous B: About fifty CDs. Use the present continuous to talk about: 4 A: __ do you live? • actions at the moment of speaking. B: In Poland. The sun is shining. (= now, as I speak) 5 A: __ are you looking in the dictionary? It isn't raining. (= at the moment) B: I want to check the spelling of a word. • actions in the present period but not at the moment 6 A: __ money have you got? of speaking. B: About ten euros. I'm reading a fantastic book. (= in the present period, 7 A: does the class start? but not as I speak) B: At nine o'clock. S A: __ is speaking? I can't see. Questions and question words B: Jane. • Wh- questions ask for information. The answers to wh 9 A: __ old are you? questions provide information and cannot have Yes or No B: I'm fifteen. answers. lOA: __d o you prefer, cartoons or music • Meaning of wh- question words: programmes? Question word to ask about: B: I like them both! What things 7 Who people (***) Put the words in the correct order to When times make questions. Then answer the questions. Where places 1 you/do/Saturdays/get up/on/when How the way you do something Whel-'1 do V;Z0l/l §le-r l/Ip 01-'1 5c.rl/lrdc.V;5? Why reasons Which . things I §let l/Ip c.f ... How many (+ noun) a number 2 you/what/reading/at the moment/are How much (+ noun) quantity -------------------------------? How much (+ verb) the cost of something What time a precise time What kind/sort/type of the type 3 money/do/how much/usually/you/every week/spend • what and which: -------------------------------? We use both to ask about things, but we only use which if the number of answers is limited: What do you want to do tonight? (= unlimited number 4 is/who/your favourite/actor of answers) -------------------------------? Which film do you want to see - the Brad Pitt one, or the horror film? (= limited number of answers) 5 how many/you/sports/do/do • Word order in wh- questions: -------------------------------? After wh- question words, the auxiliary verb (or the verb to be) comes before the subject: 6 films/you/like/what kind/of Ido Question auxiliary subject rest of sentence word(s) or to be -------------------------------? Where do you come from? What time does your mother get home? What is his name? 5 Vocabulary 4 Answer the questions. Are you an only child? Talking teenagers 1 Complete the sentences with the words below. 2 How often do you see your relatives? complain sense of humour.l media exam pressure appearance support 3 How many cousins have you got? Simon always makes me laugh. He has a good 5Cf/\5C O(/r,VTMovrr. 4 Do you have any grandparents? 2 Many teenagers worry about their ____ They don't like the way they look. S Do you have any brothers or sisters? 3 I never about my parents. They give me enough freedom. 6 Do any of your friends have a step-father 4 My friends are great. They always ____ or step-mother? me when I have a problem. S There is a lot of at school. There are tests and exams every month. Reading 6 The don't usually show good things about teenagers. 5 Look at the photo on page 7 and the title of the text. Choose the correct answer. Family and relationships The two girls are 2 Complete the table with the words below. a in an office. b at school. brother.l grandfather son great-grandfather 2 They are great-grandmother step-father aunt a working. b having fun. husband uncle sister.l niece wife G Read the dictionary extracts and the text about daughter-in-law nephew mother teenagers on page 7. Match questions 1- 6 with Male Female the paragraph where you find the answer. Then answer the questions. brother hotline n special telephone line for information or help expert n someone who has a lot of knowledge about something EffierTed I I T advice n helpful information T Ina Ronald Aileen Tom ---------~~~~~ -l I I I I D Sandra Brian Lisa Simon~ Ob How old are the teenagers who answer the calls? _____________ D Ellen Daniel 2 Why do teenagers call the hotline? 3 Look at the family tree. Complete the sentences D 3 Does the hotline help with homework? with words from exercise 2. 1 Effie is Ellen's 9rct:» f-fjlY'(?,f/\dM othcr. 4 D What is the biggest problem for 2 Ronald is my ____________ teenagers? ___________ 3 Rob is my _____________ D S Adults sometimes call the hotline. Who are 4 Daniel is Simon's __________ they? ______________ S Ina is Effie ana Ted's _________ 6 D How many hotline helpers are there? 6 Ellen is Lisa's ____________ 7 Ted is Daniel's ____________ 8 Aileen is Tom's ___________ 6 Teens Talking to Teens O Tina and Jana, two high school students, are chatting when the phone rings. Jana answers, 'This is Teens Talking to Teens.' All this is happening in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, at the Young People's Support Centre. Young people in the city help at a telephone hotline for teenagers with problems. What's so special about this hotline? Well, the people who answer the phones are fourteen to eighteen-year-olds. They aren't experts but they try to help. Two teenagers work every day from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. They don't work at weekends or during holidays . Most teenagers who phone are high school students with problems. 'We have to have a sense of humour because teenagers sometimes think we'll do their homework for them; says Jana, 'But that's not what the hotline is for. People think teenagers'lives are fun bOut they often worry • about school, problems with parents or even trouble with the police. Teenagers today complain that their parents don't give them enough freedom. But the biggest problem is school. They worry about teachers, marks and exams, and there is a lot of exam pressure. Also, many kids are unhappy aebout the ir appearance. We listen and try to help: 'We're in the media, so everybody knows our phone number; says Tina,'even parents. Parents sometimes call us for support when they are having problems with their teenage daughter or son. They don't know what to do. Kids call us because they find it difficult to talk to their mum or dad. Some kids even want to leave home but we ask them to think about it for a day or two. Kids listen to us because we're kids too: O The fifty Siovenian teenagers love their Listening ~ work. 'It's really interesting to talk to other teenagers about their problems. I 8 OJ Karen Klass is talking to Alan Lost about think all the hotline helpers are good at British teenagers' problems. Which teenage listening, talking and giving advice and support to problems do you think you are going to hear people in trouble; says Jana. about? 9 IT) Listen to a recording about British teenagers' problems. Choose the correct answers. Where does Alan work? a At the radio station. b At a hotline. c At a school. 2 Alan is a a teacher. b not a student. c seventeen years old. 3 Alan is answering calls about problems with a parents and teachers. b friends and school. c school and teachers. 7 Read the text again. Tick (/) true or cross (X) false. 4 Some kids D 1 The hotline is in a Support Centre in the UK. a worry about their appearance all the time. 2 D Teenagers work at the hotline in the b feel they are not good at a subject. morning. c don't like any of their teachers. D 3 Hotline helpers don't work on Saturdays. S Alan thinks ... can support teenagers with D 4 Today's teenagers want more freedom. problems. D S Teenagers worry about their school exams. a other students b only teachers D 6 A lot of kids worry about the way they c other family members look. D 6 Denise has a problem with her ... teacher. 7 Only teenagers call the hotline. D a English b Maths c Chemistry 8 The hotline helpers are good at their job. 7 Writing KINGLEE SCHOOL OF ENGLISH Filling in a form APPLICATION FORM 1 Read Kasia's application form for the Kinglee Language School. Then match the notes in TYPE OF COURSE / ACCOMMODATION WANTED boxes A-F with the correct part of the form 1-6. Type of course 2-week course D 0 4-week course A Put the day of the month first, then the month, 3-month course D then the year.(12/06/97 OR 12/0611997) On some forms you see 'DaB'. DaB = Date of birth. Accommodation with family 0 hostel D B Mr = a married or unmarried man. hotel D Mrs = a married woman. Ms = a married or unmarried woman 1 DETAilS OF APPLICANT (pronounced /miz/). 2 Title Mr Mrs ~S) Forename(s) KAsIA Y1IAnA 3 C The applicant is the person filling in the form. Surname KowAlSKA Place of birth CfACOW, POlAtJD D Write your home address as usual, but give the English words for your town/city and country. 4 Date of birth 08/11/IQQ2 Don't translate the name of the street into English. Sex ftY1lAlt Nationality POLISH = E Forename(s) first name(s) Surname = last name or family name Passport number 00055555 Your forename(s) and surname make up your full name. UK ADDRESS 5 House number and street 23 Y1IA0CET STfEtT F When you write addresses in the UK, put the number Town or city lOtJDOtJ first, then the name, then the kind of street 24 Elm Road, 73 Mill Street, 6 Park Avenue. Finally, put the town or city Postcode Wlt2tJ8 and the postcode. Notice the punctuation when you HOME ADDRESS have to write an address In one line: 34 Broad Avenue, 6 Greenwood GR2 7 9TY. House number and street lX. KSIt:>CIA JAtJUSlA 14 Town or city wAfsAw 2 Read the application form again. Answer the Country POlAtJD questions. Postcode 01-452 What is Kasia's full name? CONTACT DETAILS Telephone number ( +48 )22 335 77 Db 2 How long is the course she wants to do? email address KAsrA@POP»1AIl.R 3 Where does she want to stay? 4 What is her date of birth? 4 Write the addresses in the correct order using capital letters where necessary and the correct 5 What is her phone number? punctuation. Use the notes in box F to help you. 1 fenland road/NW27 2KL /65/london 6 Has she got an email address? 67" !="eh!t?>0ta Rot?>a, LOhaoh NWzz zKL 2 606/new york/third avenue/NY 10016 3 Write the dates of birth for a form. Use the notes in box A to help you. 3 toronto/new/34ITY16 2PP /road 1 23rd January 1978 zVt/tqz8 or z:0/78 2 2nd April 2007 4 6b/edinburgh/ER3 5HL/princes/street 39th December 1996 4 21 st March 2008 5 19th August 2001 8 OF 5 KINGLEE SCHOOL ENGLISH Complete the strategies box with the words APPLICATION FORM below. gaps punctuation capital letters .I TYPE OF COURSE I ACCOMMOD'ATION WANTED Type of course 2-week course D Filling in a Iona 4-week course D D • Read the form carefully before you begin to fill 3-month course it in. Accommodation with family D • Use 1 Ctlopltc'/ (eHeY's where necessary. hostel D hotel D • Write the date correctly. • Check your spelling and 2 ______ DETAilS OF APPLICANT • Fill in all If you can't answer Title Mr Mrs Ms 3 • something, write n/a (= not applicable). Forename(s) • Only write necessary information. Surname Place of birth Date of birth 6 Use the information below and the strategies Sex in exercise 5 to complete Kristof's application Nationality form for Kinglee School of English. Passport number M,~tlo KY'fstof UK ADDRESS fv.tlo(c: boY'I"o ql/ldc.pes1; 8r-h Al/I9w:;r 1QQO House number and street Ml/II"o9tloY'ltlol"o l/I~ tloddY'C:ss - 2t; v'I"oe 5f-r('('1; Cc.fv.bY'ld9(', C 152 Town or city FRt.. Postcode ptloSSpoY'r I"ol/lfv.b('Y' 20787t;6641 6t; fbl/lsZ' l/I bl/ldc.P('s1; OOQ(57 HOME ADDRESS (+4t;) 20 7(57 t;664 House number and street ~Y'/srofblY'o(6VMofrv,c.1/1 2 rofv. rOl/lY'se 3 "'-"Ol"o-f-hs Town or city SftloVJ /Nfr-h c: i'C'-fv.'/lj Country Speaking Postcode CONTACT DETAilS . Meeting and greeting Telephone number 7 Complete the mini dialogues with the email address expressions below. Hello. Nice to meet you. Getting to know people Thanks, it's great to be here. Hi! .I It was fine, thanks. 8 Put the conversation between Kristof and Kasia How do you do? I'm fine, thanks. in the correct order. o A: Hello! Hi! I'm Kristof. D B: /-I{l Me? Oh, I'm from Budapest in Hungary. 2 A: How do you do? Where are you staying? D B: Hi, Kristof. Nice to meet you. I'm Kasia, from Poland. 3 A: This is my sister, Helen. D Yes, very much. It's a fantastic city. Which B: course are you doing? 4 A: Welcome to London! @] I'm from Katowice, in the south of Poland. B: And you? 5 A: How was your journey? D I'm doing the four-week English course. B: D Which part of Poland are you from? 6 A: How are you? D I'm staying with a really nice family. Are you B: enjoying London? 9 Vocabulary Grammar Life events Past simple 1 Match the sentence beginnings 1-6 with the 3 CI) Put the verbs below into the correct endings a-f. column. Then write their past simple forms. 1 Claudia worked ~ a himself. grow.l play become dance be 2 Ellen had a happy b to fight in the war. move get marry die begin think 3 He shot c as a model for two start come have years. 4 Kate and Lisa became Regular verbs Irregular verbs d in the USA. S They refused e childhood. 6 We grew up f world champions. 2 Complete the text with the words below. 4 (**) Put the verbs in brackets into the correct grew up famous bands refused form of the past simple. depressed was born.l childhood himself very successful came from II T..0: J' [email protected] Paul Hester 1 1/tJt/l5 boY'r. in Australia in 1959. He l From: [email protected] Subject: The weekend! in Melbourne. He an artistic family r-==-- _. -- - --- 3 _ _ and he had a happy He played with different 4 _ _ • Hi Jane! teenage as the drummer. In 1984 he formed 5 __ I 1wt/lr.rea (want) to write before but I a band called Crowded House with Neil Finn and 2 . ' (not have) tIme. On Friday, Clare and. 3 they quickly became Their most 6 __• 7 _ _ I (go) to see the newTom Cruise film. 4 songs include Weather with you and She goes on. The Amy (not go) with us - she S (be) busy. We (not like) the fil-m--- band travelled a lot. Hester wasn't happy when he 6 because it (be) boring! On Saturday was away from home and he was often 7 8 - - . I 8 - __ (meet) Colin and we ' 9 Finally, he 9 to travel again and he left the (decide) to go for a hamburger. Th-e- - band. Sadly, he killed in 2005. He was only hamburgers (be) great! 10 _ _ 10 forty-six years old when he died. How was your weekend? Bye! Emily Grammar Plus: Time phrases with in, on, at 5 (***) Underline the correct words to complete the sentences. What did you do at/in/on your birthday? 2 Jo's family had a good time at/in/on Christmas. 3 House music was popular at/in/on the 1990s. 4 Harry and Monica went to the cinema at/in/on the weekend. S Jay arrived home at/in/on 10 April. 6 When did Tim get to school at/in/on Tuesday? 10