Unit Subject Grammar skill Grammar task

Theme: Sports

Join the sports club! Sports and LeisureGerunds and infi nitives

Describe pictures about sporting events.

p. 39

Hosting the Olympics

Sports and Leisure

Causative verbs

Answer questions about a city hosting the Olympics.

p. 43

Review 4 p. 47

Theme: History

Building the Pyramids

History and Culture

Used toDescribe pictures using different forms of used to .

p. 49

The Roman Builders History and CultureActive and passive

Write a paragraph about some old or ancient places in your country.

p. 53

Review 5 p. 57

Theme: Food

Eating Out Culture and People Tag questionsDescribe a restaurant scene using tag questions.

p. 59

The Best Restaurants

Social StudiesVerbs and prepositions

Write a paragraph about your own experience at a restaurant.

p. 63

Review 6 p. 67

Grammar Reference p. 69

Evaluation p. 8

Unit Subject Grammar skill Grammar task

Theme: Entertainment

The Magic Show Leisure and EntertainmentWhen / While / During

Talk about the events at a magic show.

p. 9

Magic Characters Leisure and Entertainment Past actionsWrite a paragraph about Goofy using different past verb forms.

p. 13

Review 1 p. 17

Theme: Space

Life as an Astronaut Science and TechnologyRefl exive pronouns

Talk about what astronauts are doing using refl exive pronouns.

p. 19

Space Habitats Technology / Social StudiesCompound and collective nouns

Design a space habitat and describe it.

p. 23

Review 2 p. 27

Theme: Tourism

On Vacation Geography / Social Studies DeterminersRecommend a place to have a vacation.

p. 29

A World of Travel Geography / Social Studies ConditionalsWrite a travel advertisement asking people to visit your country.

p. 33

Review 3 p. 37

Contents

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Listen and complete the dialogue.

Leigh: Hi Dong-sun. I

(1) you

went to the Marvelous Marvin

Magic Show on the weekend.

How (2) it?

Dong-sun: Um, it was good—I think.

Leigh: (3) you see the Flying Man act?

Dong-sun: Well, he started that act (4) I (5)

the show guide. I didn’t see much.

Leigh: Really? Well, what about the Vanishing Vampire act?

Dong-sun: Oh, I (6) my popcorn just before that act started. I was

picking it all up from the floor (7) it was happening.

Leigh: OK. Well you must’ve (8) the Exploding Elevator!

Dong-sun: Exploding Elevator? I don’t remember that one. Maybe I was sleeping

(9) that (10) of the show …

Leigh: You didn’t see much at all then, did you? You could have given me your ticket!

Answer the questions.

1 Which act was happening at the same time as “picking up popcorn”?

2 When was Dong-sun sleeping?9

When / While / During

The Magic Show

Circle the correct answer.

1 I missed the concert last night. I was still at school it started.

a while b when

c during d at

2 The show started tickets.

a when I buy

b while I was buying

c during I bought

d while I buy

3 Tom was eating all the food in the kitchen we were watching the movie.

a while b when

c during d then

4 The audience stared the lion taming act.

a when b as

c while d during

5 When the show was over, everyone .

a clapping and laughter

b was clapping loudly

c clapped loudly

d while clapping loudly

6 , everyone was on the edge of their seats.

a During he was performing

b During his performance

c When his performance

d While he performance

When / While / DuringWhen, while and during link actions together to show time.

When

To connect a longer action to a shorter action. He was doing the show when the lights went out.

To link two shorter actions immediately following each other. Everybody complained when the lights went out.

While

Used before a verb or verb phrase (longer action) to connect it to a shorter action. The lights went out while he was doing the show.

To connect two longer actions happening at the same time.

The lights were going out while he was doing the show.

During Used before a noun (longer action) to connect it to a shorter action. The lights went out during the show.

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The Disappearing Dad Trick

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The Cut-in-Half Act

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Work with a classmate. Talk about the actions and events in each picture using when, while or during.

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Read the magician’s diary entry and correct the nine mistakes. Then listen and check your answers.

The show tonight was really great. While the first part of the show, the audience

was so enthusiastic. They laughing loudly during I am doing my Crazy Banana Trick,

and they were clearly have a great time. I always get nervous when the Vanishing

Act, but today it is going perfectly—no problems at all. And somebody

volunteered quickly while I asked for someone

from the audience to help when the Flower

Gun routine. All in all, a wonderful night as

a magician!

As can be a more formal way to say when...

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The Money-Out-of-the-Hat Routine

Then listen and check your answers.3 Read the magician’s diary entry and correct the nine mistakes.

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Complete the passage using the correct form of the words given. Then listen and check your answers.

Work with a classmate. Talk about the differences between the opinions in Activities F and G.

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Listen and complete the passage.

Peggy’s Magic Spectacular was not spectacular at all. People

(1) shocked when the introduction music

(2) —it was so (3) !

Peggy herself (4) very disappointing.

The audience (5) when she

(6) on stage. (7)

all of this was happening, I (8) when

the excitement would start …

Peggy’s Magic Spectacular is a show you shouldn’t miss. The

magical entertainment (1)

(2) the introduction. (3)

the music (4) playing, the audience

(5) very excited. Then Peggy appeared.

Rainbow colors streamed across the stage (6)

she was walking out. It was so exciting!

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