STUDENTS’ BOOK

sarah cunningham peter moorwith jane comyns carr

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CONTENTS

Consolidationmodules 1–5

pages 50–51

Module 1Leisure and

lifestyle

page 6

Module 2 Important firsts

page 16

Module 3At rest, at work

page 24

Module 4 Special

occasions

page 32

Module 5Appearances

page 42

Module 6Time off

page 52

Language focus

1 Revision of question formsPronunciation: Sentence stress inquestions

2 Present simple

Vocabulary

Leisure activities

Reading / Listening

Reading: Unusual ways ofkeeping fit

1 Past simplePronunciation: -ed endings

2 Time phrases often used inthe past: at, on, in, ago

Words to describe feelingsPronunciation: Word stress

Wordspot: feel

Reading: TV firsts

1 should, shouldn’tPronunciation: should, shouldn’t

2 can, can’t, have to, don’thave to

Pronunciation: can, can’t

Daily routines

Jobs

Reading: Early to bed, early torise

Listening: Training to be acircus performer

1 Present continuous andPresent simple

2 Present continuous forfuture arrangements

Dates and special occasionsPronunciation: DatesWordspot: day

Reading: Birthday traditionsaround the world

Listening: New Year in twodifferent cultures

A Present tenses, should, canB Vocabulary: RevisionC Comparative and superlative adjectives

1 Comparative andsuperlative adjectives

2 Describing peoplePronunciation: Comparatives andsuperlatives

Physical appearancePronunciation: Word stress

Wordspot: look

Reading: You’re gorgeous!Song: His latest flame

1 Intentions and wishes:going to, planning to,would like to, would rather

Pronunciation: Contractions andweak forms

2 Predictions: will and won’tPronunciation: will and would

Holidays Listening: The holiday fromhell

Module 8Countries and

cultures

page 70

1 Using articles

2 Quantifiers with countableand uncountable nouns

Geographical featuresPronunciation: \I\ and \aI\

Reading: Where in the world?

Module 7Ambitions and

dreams

page 62

1 Present perfect and Pastsimple with for

Pronunciation: for

2 Present perfect and pastsimple with other timewords

Ambitions and dreamsWordspot: for

Listening: Before they werefamousReading: An interview with EwanMcGregor

Module

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Task

Task: Compile a fact filePreparation: readingTask: speaking

Further skills

Real life: Questions you can’t livewithout

Optional writing: Write a fact file

Improve your writing:Punctuation

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Study Practice Remember

Study tip: Using the mini-dictionary (1):Checking word classPronunciation spot: The sounds \w\ and \v\

Task: Tell a first time storyPreparation: listeningTask: speaking

Writing: Linking ideas in narrative

Improve your writing:Linkers: but, so, because, then

WB

Study tip: using the mini-dictionary (2):Word stressPronunciation spot: Stress and the \´\ sound

Task: Choose the right jobPreparation: listeningTask: speaking

Real life: Making requests and askingfor permissionPronunciation: polite intonation in requests

Improve your writing: Writing aparagraph

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Study tip: Class rulesPronunciation spot: Silent letters

Task: Talk about a personal calendarPreparation: listeningTask: speaking

Real life: Phrases for special occasionsPronunciation: Polite intonation

Writing: Write an invitation

Improve your writing: A letter ofinvitation

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Study tip: Remembering verb + nouncombinationsPronunciation spot: The sounds \T\ and \D\

D Vocabulary: PairsE Listening and grammar: Present simple and Past simple

Task: Describe a suspect to the policePreparation: readingTask: speaking

Optional writing: Write a newspaperreport

Improve your writing: Writing adescription

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Task: Plan your dream holidayPreparation: listeningTask: speaking

Real life: Social chit-chatPronunciation: Intonation

Writing: Write a postcard

Improve your writing: Morepostcards

WB

Study tip: Increasing your vocabulary (1):Word familiesPronunciation spot: The sounds \N\ and \n\

Task: Complete a map of New ZealandPreparation: listeningTask: speaking

Real life: Asking for and givingdirectionsPronunciation: Polite intonation

Writing: Giving written directions

Improve your writing: Notesgiving directions

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Study tip: Using the mini-dictionary (3):Additional informationPronunciation spot: The sounds \eI\ and \aI\

Task: Talk about your dreams,ambitions and achievementsPreparation: listeningTask: speaking

Improve your writing: A mini-biography

WB Study tip: Learning irregular pasttenses and past principlesPronunciation spot: The sounds \œ\ and \ø\

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Language focus Vocabulary Reading / Listening

A Past perfect / Reported speechB Possibility, obligation and permissionC Listening: hypothetical forms

D make/do/say/tell/thinkE Speaking: agreeing and disagreeingF Vocabulary: word puzzle

Module

Communication activities pages 140–147 Language summary pages 148–156

Consolidationmodules 6 –10

pages 96–97

Module 9Old and new

page 80

Module 10Take care!

page 88

1 may, might, will, definitely,etc.

2 Present tense after if, when,before and other timewords

Modern and traditionalPronunciation: Stress incompound nounsWordspot: if

Reading: The 1900 house

A Past continuous, articlesB Vocabulary: Three thingsC Grammar and listening: Present perfect, future forms, used to

1 used toPronunciation: used to

2 Past continuousPronunciation: schwa /´/

Health and accidents Listening: Health helpline Reading: Hazardous history

Module 11The best things

in life

page 98

Module 12Got to have it!

page 106

1 Gerunds (-ing forms) afterverbs of liking anddisliking

2 like doing and would like todo

Pronunciation: Friendly intonation

Hobbies and interests

Wordspot: like

Reading: When an interestbecomes an obsessionPronunciation: -ing

1 Present simple passive

2 Past simple passivePronunciation: Regular pastparticiples

Everyday objects Reading: The world’s mostpopular brands

Consolidationmodules 11–15

pages 138–139

Module 13Choosing theright person

page 114

Module 14Money, money,

money

page 124

Module 15Imagine …

page 132

1 Present perfect continuoushow long, for and since

Pronunciation: Contracted forms: ’ve

2 Present perfect continuousand Present perfect simple

Personal characteristicsWordspot: how

Listening: Interview with themanager of Vacation Express

1 Past perfect

2 Past time words: already,just and never … before

MoneyWordspot: make

Reading: Money factsPronunciation: Large numbers

A Present perfect simple and Present perfect continuous Past simple and Past perfectB Vocabulary: ConnectionsC Speaking: Real life

1 Conditional sentences withwould

2 will and wouldPronunciation: ’ll and ’d

Reading: Imagine: the story of asong

Song: Imagine

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Task Further skills Study Practice Remember

Irregular verbs page 157 Mini-checks pages 158–161 Tapescripts pages 162–174

Task: Facelift!Preparation: readingTask: speaking

Improve your writing: Sayingthank you

WB Study tip: Guessing meaning fromcontextPronunciation spot: The sounds \´U\ and \Å\

D Vocabulary: RevisionE Speaking: Real life

Task: Choose the Hero of the YearPreparation: readingTask: speaking

Writing: Time words in narrative

Improve your writing: Timephrases

WB

Task: Survey about the most importantthings in lifePreparation: readingTask: speaking

Improve your writing: Replying toinvitations

WB Study tip: Increasing your vocabulary (2):Remembering new wordsPronunciation spot: The sounds /s/ and /ƒ/

Task: Decide what you need for ajungle tripPreparation: listeningTask: speaking

Real life: Making suggestionsPronunciation: Polite intonation

Study tip: English around youPronunciation spot: The plural ‘s’: /s/, /z/or /Iz/

Task: Choose a manager for a popgroupPreparation: readingTask: speaking

Writing: Completing an applicationform

Improve your writing: Errorcorrection (1)

WB

Study tip: Revising effectivelyPronunciation spot: The \h\ sound

Task: Tell a story from picturesPreparation: vocabularyTask: speaking

Real life: Dealing with moneyPronunciation: Polite intonation

Improve your writing: Payingonline

WB

Study tip: Test dos and don’tsPronunciation spot: Review

D PassivesE Speaking and listening

Task: Choose people to start a spacecolonyPreparation: readingTask: speaking

Optional writing: Write a letter back toEarth

Improve your writing: Errorcorrection (2)

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3 a Match the word(s) in A with the word(s) in Bto make phrases connected with special occasions.

A B1 cook a a cake2 dress cards to people3 eat flowers4 exchange late5 have a day out6 invite people presents7 make relatives8 send special meal9 stay up to your home

10 visit up11 buy off work

b Which of these things do you / your family / yourfriends do on the special days in exercise 2a? Think ofone other reason why people do these things.

Example:You send a card when people get engaged.

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Special occasions� Present continuous and Present simple� Present continuous for future arrangements� Vocabulary: Dates and special occasions� Pronunciation: Dates, Polite intonation� Reading: Birthday traditions around the world� Listening: New Year in two different cultures� Wordspot: day� Task: Talk about a personal calendar� Real life: Phrases for special occasions� Writing: Write an invitation

Vocabulary and speakingDates and special occasions

1 Which are your favourite months of the year? Why?

2 a Which of these days do people celebrate in your country? Which month are they in?

b Listen and make notes about when theyhappen in the UK/USA.

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Chinese New Year Father’s DaySt Valentine’s Day American Independence Day Mother’s Day HalloweenEaster Christmas DayMay Day New Year’s Eve

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Pronunciation

1 Listen and mark the stress on themonths, like this:•

January February April July August

September October November December

2 Listen and write down the dates. Lookat the tapescript on page 164 to check.

3 Listen again and practise saying the dates. Payattention to the pronunciation of ‘th’.

April the first July the fifth\D\ \T\

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2 Read the text above about birthday traditions around the world. Tick (✓) the traditions

which exist in your country, and put a cross (✗) next tothe traditions which are different.

3 Find a word or phrase in the text that means:

a as someone or something says according tob especially c completely new d a number of e a formal, public event f The Army, Navy or Air Force g the form of something h local government building

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1 a When is your birthday? Is this a good month to have a birthday? Why?

What do you usually do on your birthday? What aboutother members of your family? Which birthday do youremember best?

b Look at the picture opposite. Find the thingsin the box.

a party dress a bunch of flowers a keybirthday card candles

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Birthday Traditions around the World

The tradition of birthday parties starteda long time ago. People thought thatthere was a special danger from evilspirits, so friends and family cametogether to bring good thoughts andwishes and even presents. At one time,only kings had birthday parties but astime went by, children and then adults

began to have their own birthdaycelebrations. There are some traditions –such as sending birthday cards, blowingout the candles on a birthday cake andsinging the ‘Happy Birthday’ song, thatyou can find almost anywhere, any time.Others are more specific to certain ages… and certain countries.

1 In China, everyone celebrates theirbirthday on New Year’s Day: they becomeone year older on that day. On a child’ssecond birthday, family members put a

5 variety of objects on the floor around thechild. According to Chinese tradition, the firstobject that the child picks up tells you whatprofession the child will choose later in life.

3,5,7 For Japanese children, the third, fifth 10 and seventh birthdays are particularly

important. At this age, there is a specialcelebration called Shichi – Go – San (seven,five, three in Japanese) when children go tothe temple wearing a brand-new kimono. The

15 priest gives them special sweets, and theparents usually organise a party for theirfriends in their home.

15 In Argentina, Mexico and several otherLatin American countries, girls have a special

20 birthday celebration when they reach the ageof fifteen. After a religious ceremony, the girlsdance a waltz with their father and other boys.

18 Eighteen is the traditional ‘coming ofage’ – the age where you have the right to

25 vote, join the armed forces and (in manycountries), drink alcohol and (in the UK) buya house or become a member of parliament!

21 In many English-speaking countries, atwenty-first birthday cake often has a key on

30 top, or the cake itself is sometimes in theshape of a key. The key means that the youngperson is now old enough to leave and enterthe family home at any time they want to!

30 In the past in parts of Europe, men who 35 reached the age of thirty and were still single,

had to clean the stairs of the City Hall. Thisway every girl could see that the man didn’thave a girlfriend. – and how good he was atcleaning the house!

40 40,50 After the age of thirty, manypeople prefer to forget their birthdays ratherthan celebrate them … children often bringMum (or Dad) breakfast in bed, and it’straditional to give a bunch of flowers and

45 enjoy a special meal or party. It’s also a daywhen your friends and family have to pay ifyou go out for drinks or a meal!

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Language focus 1Present continuous and Present simple

module 4 Special occasions

Imogen is spending her day off with herhusband, Alex. Imogen and Alex usually goaway at the weekend, either to thecountryside or to the beach, or they meetfriends. But today they aren’t doing anythingspecial – they’re just sitting at home,relaxing. Imogen likes her job at Glitz, butshe doesn’t want to be a PA all her life: that’swhy she’s also doing a course in fashiondesign at night school. One day, she wantsto have her own design company. She’sfinding the course really useful.

1 The people in the picture work for a fashion magazine called Glitz. How do you think they spend a normal working day?

Who:

a chooses articles for the magazine?b makes the coffee?c earns the most money?d takes a lot of photographs?e does the photocopying?f has a lot of business lunches?g answers the phone?h has the most interesting job?

2 Today is a national holiday, so everybody at Glitz has the day off. Read about how Imogen is spending her day.

Grammar1 Underline the examples of the Present

continuous in exercise 2.

2 Choose the correct tense for each ruleand add an example from exercise 2.a We use the Present simple / Present

continuous for things that aregenerally or always true.

Example:

b We use the Present simple / Presentcontinuous for things happening atthis moment.

Example:

c We use the Present simple / Presentcontinuous for things happening inthe present period, but not at thismoment.

Example:

3 Look at the verbs underlined below.Tick (✓) the ones that are correct andput a cross (✗) by the ones that areincorrect.a I’m not knowing the answer to this

question.b Do you like dancing?c Are you understanding what it says?d I don’t want any more cake.

� Read Language summaries A and B onpage 150.

JulietEditor

ImogenPersonalassistant

CarlosPhotographer

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Practice

1 Complete the paragraph about Carlos with the Present simple or Present continuous.

3 a Choose the correct form tocomplete the sentences:

Present simple or Presentcontinuous.

1 I’m learning / learn to drive atthe moment.

2 I’m speaking / speak morethan two languages.

3 I’m not liking / don’t likefootball.

4 I’m never reading / never readfashion magazines.

5 At the moment, I’m reading /read a very interesting book.

6 I’m wearing / wear black shoestoday.

7 I’m going / go to the gymevery day.

8 I’m usually spending / usuallyspend weekends with myfamily.

9 I’m looking / look for a job atthe moment.

10 I’m trying / try to give upsmoking right now.

b Which sentences are true foryou? Which sentences are nottrue? Write some more sentencesabout yourself using the ideasbelow.

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Carlos (1) (spend) his day off with his family. His family(2) (live) quite far away, so he (3) (not see) themvery often. But today is a special day: his parents (4)(celebrate) their wedding anniversary. Carlos (5)(spend) most of his free time working on his motorbike. He(6) (not like) his job at Glitz very much, so he (7)(look) for another job. He (8) (want) to take photos ofmotorbikes instead of fashion models!

2 Write some sentences about Juliet, using the picture and the ideas below to help you.

a Juliet is spending her day offwith her mother.

b At the weekends, she usually …c Today, she’s …

At the moment I’m …

I never …

Today, I’m wearing …

d Her husband is …e He doesn’t …f Juliet doesn’t …g One day she wants to …

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ListeningNew Year in two different cultures

1 Is New Year an important celebration in your country? What do people usually do? Where do you usually spend New

Year? Who do you spend it with?

2 You will hear Johnny and Karen talking about New Year celebrations in China and Scotland. Check the meaning of the

words below in your mini-dictionary.

envelopes biscuit coal mushrooms oysters

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Language focus 2Present continuous forfuture arrangements

1 It’s just before New Year. Read three people’s plans. Which verbs below

complete each gap?

cook come go have meet rent

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3 Listen and complete the information in the table.T4.4

Johnny Wong’sfamily live in Hong Kong

Karen is fromPerth, in

West Scotland

Karen/Scotland Johnny/Hong Kong

When it happens December 31st

Special food/drink

Things people give to each other

Other customs

4 Which things are similar about the New Year’s celebrations inthe two countries? Which things are different?

GrammarTick (✓) the best explanation. We use the Present continuous to talkabout:a things we would like to do.b things we will probably do.c things we have arranged to do.

� Read Language summary C on page 150.

Giacomo from Italy‘This New Year my family(a) a housein the mountains. Somefriends of mine(b) to stay.It’ll be great!’

Nicola from England‘I (c) aparty on New Year’s Eve.I’ve invited hundreds ofpeople. I hope they allcome!’

Nestor from Brazil‘My mother(d) aspecial dinner for all thefamily. Then, at twelveo’clock, my friends and I(e) to thebeach. We(f) lots of other people for abig beach party.’

2 Listen and complete the gaps. Whose plans sound the most

interesting?

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Practice

1 Complete the questions below with verbs from the box.

a Are you out for ameal tonight? Who are yougoing with?

b Are you anythinginteresting this weekend? What?

c Are you anyoneafter this lesson? Who?

d Are you shoppinglater today? Where? Who with?

e Are you abirthday party soon? When?

f Are you dinnerthis evening? Who for? Whatare you ?

g Are you anyimportant exams in the nearfuture? When?

h Are you abroadsoon? Where? Why?

2 Either Choose three of the questions in exercise 1. Ask

them to as many people aspossible in the class. Make a noteof their answers, then tell the class.

Example:Susana isn’t going home afterthis lesson – she’s goingshopping with her friend.

Or Interview your partner, usingthe questions in exercise 1. Makea note of your partner’s answers.Tell the class what you are bothdoing and what neither of you isdoing.

cooking doing going (×3)having (×2) meeting taking

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We’re both going homeafter this lesson.

Neither of us is cookingdinner this evening.

Wordspotday

1 Complete the conversations with a word or phrase from the box to make a phrase with day.

a I saw Ahmed . He seemed to be very happy with his new job. b I’m so tired. What I need is work. c I’m sure they’ll get married .d It’s so boring. We do the same things . I need a change.e It’s my uncle’s birthday . I must remember to send him a card.f ‘Right. I’m going. I’ll see you tonight.’

‘All right then. ! Don’t work too hard!g It’s Thursday today, and we arrived here – on Tuesday. h All she wants to do on holiday is sit by the swimming pool

and relax.i You need to take this medicine – first thing in the morning

and before going to bed. j The information centre is open – it’s only closed on Sundays. k After so much time at home, we decided to , so we went to the

beach.l It was a today – I was late for work, had an argument with my

best friend and lost my handbag.

2 Listen and check your answers.

3 Put the phrases from exercise 1 into the correct section of thediagram below.

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the day before yesterday a day offHave a good day every day go out for the day bad day six days a week one daythe day after tomorrow all day the other day twice a day

the day before yesterday

a day off all day

the past

other

the future

one day

how often / how long

DAY

a

c

b

d

4 Look at the questions on page 140. Write your answers on a piece ofpaper. Then ask and answer the questions in pairs.

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Task: Talk about apersonal calendarPreparation: listening

1 a You will hear some people talking about dates

which are important for them.Listen and write in the dates in theDate column.

b Listen again and complete thenotes about why the date isimportant.

Task: speaking

1 Work individually. Draw a personal calendar like the one

opposite. In the calendar, includeas many of these days as you can.

• an important birthday oranniversary

• an important day in yourcountry (Independence Day, a national holiday, etc.)

• an important date from yourpast

• a day where you’ve arranged todo something

• a day when somethinginteresting happened to yourecently

2 You are going to tell the other students about your personal

calendar. Spend a few minutesplanning what you are going tosay.

� Useful language a

3 Work in pairs or small groups. Tell the other students about

your personal calendar. Yourpartners can ask questions. Whatwas the most interesting thing youfound out?

� Useful Language b

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Month Date Why it’s important

January

February 14th Valentine’s Day

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

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Real lifePhrases for special occasions

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1 Match the phrases below with the occasions in the pictures. (Some of them can be used with more than one picture.)

Happy New Year! Happy anniversary! Thanks for coming. It’s lovely, thank you very much. Happy birthday! Merry Christmas! Congratulations! Good health! I hope you’ll be very happy! I hope you feel better soon! Good luck! Many happy returns! Cheers! The best of luck for the future / your operation / the New Year.

Useful language

a Explaining yourcalendar

March 2nd is my mother’sbirthday.

For (July) I put the 19thbecause …

July 10th is the day when …

In (Mexico), … is a veryimportant date because …

In May we always go / we’regoing to / we went to …

b Questions What happens / happened / ishappening on …?

What do you usually do on …?

Why did you put …?

Why is … important for you?

Pronunciation

It is important to use friendly, positiveintonation with these phrases. Listen and repeat.

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2 Listen to the beginnings of some conversations. When you hear a beep, choose the best phrase from the box above.

3 Work in pairs. Practise the conversations using the tapescript on page 165 to help you. Think of similar conversations of your own.

Practise them with your partner.

T4.9

New Year Birthday Illness

Christmas Wedding Wedding anniversary

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module 4 Special occasions

WritingWrite an invitation

1 Read the e-mail below quickly. What is the invitation for?

2 Read the e-mail again and put the following things in the order that they appear.

Personal news Contact details When the event is happening Greeting 1Arrangements to meet Signing off Where it is and how to get there

3 Write an e-mail to a friend, inviting him or her to a special occasion, real or imaginary. Use the headings in exercise 2 to

help you.

Hi Sofie!How are you? It seems ages since I last saw you – the lasttime we met I remember you were very busy helping yourfriend get ready for her wedding – I hope it all went well andthe weather stayed fine for you. I’ve got a new job in themarketing department, so it’s more money but more workunfortunately!Actually, the reason I’m sending you this is to tell you aboutanother wedding. My brother Andy and Anushka (I’m sureyou met her one Christmas) have finally set a date for theirwedding – 20th August. We’ll send you a proper invitation in afew weeks but this is just to let you know in advance.Anyway, my parents want to celebrate the engagement sothey’re having a special lunch on Sunday 3rd May. We’reinviting relatives and close friends, so there’ll be about twentypeople there. We’d love to see you! It’s at Martin’s Restaurant– do you know it? It’s on the waterfront, so let’s hope theweather’s good! I know it’s quite a long way for you to come, but Robbie isdriving up from Manchester – so maybe you could arrange tocome up together? If not, I can meet you at the station – justlet me know when your train gets in. I’m going away for two weeks from tomorrow, but you canphone my parents to tell them you’re coming (their number is0131 445892), or send me an e-mail. I really hope you cancome!Love from Marianne

From: Person [nthom@rvu.uk]

To… Sofie Jackson

summer wedding

Cc…

Subject:

Remembering verb + noun combinationsWhen you learn a phrase with averb + noun, there are anumber of ways to write itdown to help you remember it.

• Make a spidergram (like in theWordspots) and keep it on theclassroom wall.

– Make a list of nouns that can befound with a particular verb.

a mistake

make a cake

money

– Keep adding to your list tillyou have ten/twelvecombinations. Then test yourself / each other.

• Write down the verb + nounphrase in a sentence and highlight the combination.

• Use the mini-dictionary.Common verb + noun combinations are shown likethis:

STUDY…STUDY…

My mother always makes a cake at Christmas.

make /meIk/ verb T 1 make

a mistake to do somethingthat is not correct or that yourealize later was not the rightthing to do: She made a bigmistake marrying Jim. 2

make a decision to decide:There are so many choices, it’shard to make a decision. 3 to

earn [INFORMAL]: This is anexpensive restaurant so I makegood tips as a waitress. ● Themovie Titanic made a lot ofmoney.

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4 day

Put the words in the correct order to make phrases with day.

a I sent the package yesterday / the / before / day, so it’sprobably there now.

b He won’t be here tomorrow, but he’ll be back after /day / the / tomorrow .

c Thursday is off / my / day , so I can meet you then.

d Thank you for coming! a / day / good / Have .

e We check the kitchens a / day / twice .

f I felt really fed up after such bad / a / day .

g The tourist office is all / open / day .

h I’m sure that your son will be an international sportsman day / one .

i The postman comes day / ten o’clock / every / at .

j Would you like to for / day / go / out / the / on Sunday?How about the beach?

k I saw Simon in the street other / the / day .

l The restaurant is open a / week / days / six . We’re onlyclosed on Mondays.

� Need to check? Wordspot, page 37.

5 Phrases for special occasions

Complete the phrases with words from the box.

best better for good (x2) happy (x5) merry

a anniversary!

b birthday!

c Christmas!

d health!

e New Year!

f Thanks coming!

g I hope you feel soon.

h Many returns!

i luck!

j The of luck for the future!

k I hope you’ll be very .

� Need to check? Real life, page 39.

1 Present continuous

Put the following sentences into the Present continuous. Be careful with the spelling of the verb.

a We travel first class.

b It begins to rain.

c My brother is the one who lies on the sofa!

d This train stops at every station.

e They make a lot of noise.

� Need to check? Language summary A, 150.

2 Present continuous and Present simple

Choose the correct verb.

a Who cooks / is cooking the dinner? It smells great!

b Do you know / Are you knowing what that signmeans?

c My parents are coming / come to stay with us everyChristmas.

d I don’t like / ’m not liking tea.

e Eva comes / is coming home to spend Easter with usthis year.

f We have / ’re having a birthday party on Saturday.Would you like to come?

g Do you want / Are you wanting any more bread?

h Normally, I take / ’m taking the train to work but thisweek I walk / ’m walking.

� Need to check? Language summaries A, B and C,page 150.

3 Dates and special occasions

Cross out the noun that does not go with the verb.

a buy a cake / a card / flowers / relatives

b celebrate a birthday / Christmas / a meal / ananniversary

c send a card / a ceremony / flowers / a present

d make a cake / a meal / a party / coffee

e have breakfast / a day out / a meal / cards to people

f visit friends / a meal / relatives / your family

� Need to check? Vocabulary, page 32.

PRACT SE…PRACT SE…

REMEMBER!REMEMBER!Look back at the areas you have practised.

Tick the ones you feel confident about. Now

try the MINI-CHECK on page 159 to check

what you know!

Pronunciation spotThe sounds \T\ and \D\

1 The letters ‘th’ can be pronounced as /T/or /D/. Listen to the examples.

a /T/ thing birthday seventhb /D/ there this weather

2 Look at the words below. Are the letters ‘th’ pronounced /T/ or /D/?month they thought third together father thirty whether health thanks

3 Listen and check. Practise saying the words, paying attention to the /T/

and /D/ sounds.

T4.11

T4.10

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