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GrammarSkil!
An in depih presentation
of thetargeted
unitskllls provided
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be rntroduced
to thegrammarskillin
a clearand LJnderstandable
way.
be abletousethegrammartable
and
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accompanying
noticing
tasks
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be introduced
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Grar'rmar

Fractice Book

A u d i oC E
TheCD at ihe back
of theStudent
Bookprovides
aLrd
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gramrnar
modes plus
theaudioforthe Integration
listening
tasks

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PracticeBook
provroesstuoenls
the opportunltyto
furtherpracice the r
gramrfarskilseither
n rnec assroom
or at
home.Therearefourpagesof practice
for eachStudentBookcoreunii, inkedby grammar
skil andtheme SpecificPracticeBookpagesfor
turtherpracticearesuggesiedin the SiudentBook
coteunits.

Integration

Practice

Thegrammar
skillis featured
in integrated
practice.

Thethree'stagegrammarpracticetakesstudentsfrom
controlled,testljke structurepracticeto freeproductive
practice.

Studentswill
o havediscussions,
dialogues
or writingtasks
basedon listening
or reading
inputs.
., develop
thelanguage
skillsneededforthe
nextgeneration
of integrated
testsof English.

Studentswill
' buildtheirgrammarskillsthroughmeaningful
exercises.
o be givenallthe toolsto communicateeffectively
usingthe granmarskill.

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Aftereverytwo coreunits
thereis a reviewwhich
consolidates
the grammar
skillsalreadystudied
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be ableto seetheir
progressIn using
grammarskills.

buildon previously
taught
skillsto comm0nicate
accurately
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Contents
Evaluation

andActivities
Nature
Theme:

Camping
Adventures
Loving Nature

Nature/
Leisure

Nature

Talkaboutthe
Pastcontinuous thingshappening p . 9
tr!p.
ona camprng

perfect
Present

Wrtea paragraph
p .1 3
abouta forest
ranger's
iob
p l7

Review 1
Theme:Celebrations

\{e're having a
party!

Culture
and
People

SpecialEvents

C! tureand
People

and
Countable
uncountable
n0!n5

Talkabouta
birthdayparty
usngn0uns

verbs
Linking

Writea paragraph
p.23
a specla
aD0ul
event

p.27

Review 2
Theme:TravelandPlaces

A Trip to EuroPe

/
Studies
Social
and
Adjectives
and
Culture
adverbs
Peopl-"

pictures
Describe
lroma tnp to
Europe.

North America

/
Geography
Article:the
SocialStudies

Wrltea paragraph
aboutyour
counily.

Review3

p.37

Theme:Movies

Moviesat Home

Artsand
rmperarve
Enterta
nment 5entenceS

Talkaboutwhat
to doto c eanup
a lvlngr00m.

Acting Life

l\4odals;
haveto /
Artsand
don'thaveto /
Entertainraent
beableto

Writea paragraph
aboutyour
p.4l
favontemovie
star.

Review4

p.47

ThemerSuperheroes

SuperWriter
Stronger,Smarter,
Faster!

C!ture

culture

Future
with
present
form

Comparative
andsuperlatrve
a0lecltves

Review 5

Talk
about
plans
forpubishing
a
0ooK,

Writeaboutand

y0urcta55mateS
p51

Theme:
TheInternet

Yiileo Chat Room

Technology
/
questions
Leisure

The Power of Blogs

Technology
/
Cutureand
People

Review6
GrammarReference

Askandanswer
questions
in a chat p. 59
r00m

p.61

Unit 1
Pastcontinuous
Unit 2
perfect
Present
Unit 3
nouns
anduncountable
Countable
Unit 4
Linking
verbs
Unit 5
andadverbs
Adjectives
Unit 6
Article:the
Unit 7
sentences
lmperative
Unit 8
Modals:
haveto / don'thaveto /
beableto
Unit 9
form
Futurewith present
Unit 1()
Comparative
andsuperlative
adjectives
Unit 11
Wh-/ Howquestions
Unit 12
in / at / on/ to / by/ with
Prepositions:

CampingAdventures

Listenand completethe dialogue.

Clqrq: Oh, nol I con't find my sondwiches.

Who (1)

them?

It wqsn't me. I wqs (2)

fin:

the fire.
Cloro: Wos it Tom?
Jin:

I don't think so. He {3)

for firewood. Look,

(4)

he's cutting it into pieces.

Clorq: Whot obout Annq qnd Ben?
Jin:

They (5)

the tentsup. And they'reloying out

(5)

the sleepingbogs now.

Clqro: Hey,look ot Yun-Hee!She'swoving somethingover there ... Oh, my sondwichesl
Jin:

Oh, yeqh. She(7)

(8)

for you this oftemoon.

Completethe table.
People
Iin

whot is he/she doing right now?

t,alkinqLo
Clara

Whqt wos he/she doing before now?

sl,arIitlq Lhefire

Tom
Anncl
Ben

P a s tc o n t i n u o u s
The past continuousis usedto talk aboutan actionthat [1]stantedat a specifictime beforenow
hungry.l,or 12)happened
at the sametime as anorhe.past actionU ryas
lAt 23O I wa6
ea ng whenshe ca//ed.).
Statements

Oue6tion6

looklng
feellng
makrng.
runnng

He/ She/ lti (Name)

he/ she/ it / (Name) doing?

you/we / they

Playing?
drinkng?

Negetives

I
H e / S h e/ l t / ( N a m e )

wasnol

playrng.
eating
sleepng
runnrng

. lf the verbendswithe, deletethe e beforeadding

-rng(make-> making).
. Sometimes
the lastconsonantin the verbmust
be doubled(running,putting).
. Someverbsare notusuallyusedin the
continuousform (see,/ike,knoLv).

Circlethe cortect answer.

1I

3j

o:

10

somesoup when my cell phone rung.

Whot

ot 10 otlock lost night?

a were prepqreing b om preporing

c prepqred
d wospreporing

a you ore doing

C ore you doing

Therewqson extro condy bor in my

bqckpock.Who
it therc?

I sow Clorq ;ust minutes ogo. She

o wolk neor the loke.

a put
c is putting

b was putting

a tqkes

b weretqking

d puts

c were tqkeing

d wos tqking

b you did
d wereyou doing

We
cold eorlv this mornino so we
mode o fire.

The wind blew stronglywhile Jin ond

a feel

b were feeling

c feeling

d were feel

a mokes
c wos mqking

T^h

rho.nmnfiro

b were moking
d were mqkeing

ReadAnna's blog and correctthe eight mistakes.Then listen and

checkyour answers,

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nad

We he+e somescory momentslqst nightl At

about 10 o'clock,I ploying cordswith Yun-Hee,
and Clorq tolk to her mom on the phone. Jin
reodso mogozine,ond Ben ond Tom plqying
on their PSPS.
Suddenlythere is o loud voice outsideosking, "Is onyone here?" It turn
out to be the pork ronget but his visit was so unexpectedit reolly moke us jump. The
next scorewos even worse.An hour lqter.there wqs q beqr...

Look at the picturesfrom the campingtrip. Work with a classmateand talk

about each picture using the past continuous.

YL'n- Ilee

Clara

Youcanstartbv askinoeachother
questionslikel4hdtwdsClara
daing?

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CompleteAnna's blog using the correctform of the verbs given.Then listen

and checkyour answers.
get

ScaryVisitors

cook

decide

peel

cut

90

butter

lune21

The next morning we hod somemore beqr qdventures.We

our breokfostrcqdy. Everyonewos

{1)

busy.Iom qnd Ben (2)

somesqusages,

qnd Jin (i)

(4)

somebreod. Yun-Hee
somehom. Clorq wosn't hungry

so she (s)

for q wolk insteod.I

(5)

somefruit. Thqt's when the beor

(7)

to come bock. But this time,

it brought d much bigger beor ...

Listento Anna'sstory and circlethe correctanswer,

Jin(1)( sow / wosseeing)thebqbybeqrwhilewe(2)( prepored,
were prcpodng ) breqkfqst.He yelled, "Beor!" ond dropped his breod
on the ground. Then Ben sqw qnother beor ond shouted,"Big beor!"
Bothbeqrs (3)( walked / werewolking ) right into our cqmpsite.lt
wos terrifying!All the boys (a)( run / rqn ) owqy.Yun-Heeqnd I
{5)( iumped / were jumping ) into our tent qnd (6)( do / did )up
the zipper.A few minutes lqter, I (7)( heord / wos heoring ) Clqrq
soying, Whot hoppened?Where is everybody?"

Workwith a classmate.
Thinkof an endingfor Anna'sstory,Thentell the class.
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Ioving Nature

Readthe passages.
Then
answerthe questions,
The forestrongersot GlorywoodNotionol
Pqrk hqve found somenew woys to protect
onimols from compen ond hikers.They
have mode speciolzonesfor cqmping thot
qre fqr qwqy fuom the oreoswhere most
onimols live. They hove olso put speciol
signson hiking trqils to worn peoplenot
i^ n^ ^ff thp

nnih(

Ch s hos been q forestronger for more thqn

15 yeors.As port of his job he hos hod mqny
interestingexperiences.He hos rescuedsick
onimols ond he hos helped hikers who were
lost in the forest.He hqs even helped firefighten
put out forestfires.

Whot two things hove the forestrqngersdone to protectthe onimqls?

Whot kinds of peoplehqs Chris helped?

rottowtne instructionand answerthe question.

In the possoges,underline the words hcveond hdJ.Then circle the verb thot goeswith
eqch word.
Which sentencetells us thot Chds is qn experiencedforestronger?

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Present perfect
Thepnesent
penfectis usedto talkaboutan actionth6t ['l]startedi. the pastandis stillcontinuing
have
a/rcady
walked10kilom
Il
, [2] happenedat someunknowntime in th e Dastllhavebeen
to Canadaonce),or 13]happenedin the past but still affectsthe presentl/haveeatena /ot).
Statements

Ouestions

stopped
..

have

He/ She/ lt/ (Name) n a s

found

have
Fegular verbs

rescue
nerp
stop

TlAVE

has

he/ she/ it/ (Name) started.. ?

flave

you/we/they

replied .?

made .?

lrregularverbs
rescued
helped
sioppeo

rescued
nerpe0
sroppeo

find

found

see
go
come

came

found
eaten
seen
gone
come

diary using the correctform of the

listen and checkyour answers.
stqy

put

stort

qdvise

Clrnve

July24

July25

we havecampedmanyhmesbe{ore,

The foresl ranger ls1

bul lhs I'meis reallysped,al.

We

us lo walch ouf for snakes.The wearner

(6)
hol, so lhere
are more of |hern around. we havelo be

(1)

nea. lhe 6.and

Canyonl
we lz)

al l:00p.m.

Now everylhng i5 ready.A4ymomand I

(3)
(4)

up lhe lenl and dad

a nice fire.

c'a.efull

Work with a classmateand say each sentence.Thensay it again using

the words given and by changingthe verb forms where n e e d e d .
1

The torestfonger hos olreody qrdved.

students / teocher / bus / compers

I hqve storteda fire.

moke/light/build

He hasn't seeno wild beqr before.

I/She/They/You

They hove been to crnotloncripcrrk.

H e ,f r o n , e / W p , l h e t r e a h / L o . o , . p r g o m ' /
She, the zoo

We hove come bock eorly.

You, oflive / He, Iinish / Amy, woke up /

They, set off

Pretendyou are a forest ranger.Writea paragraph

about how you havehelpedhikers.
useful
words

plan organrzegivea talk ookafter nlured

fieldtrips outdoorskrlls environment

Youcan usethe presentperfectwith

time wordssuchasdkeady,befareard once.

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Listenand completethe passage.

We'rc on o schoolcomping trip. We (1)

nqtionql pork. It s fqntosticl We (2)

setup cqmp,and the teqchers(3)

to shqretents.The forestrqnger (4)

ond (s)

in a
q place to

us into groups
to visit us

how to look ofter the fire. He olso

us not to mqke too much noise. We

(71

oll the rules so fqr!

Listento the forest ranger'sintroductionandtake notes.

|ll

Useyour notesfrom ActivityG to tell the classwhat rulesto follow in the park.
Thenadd one morerule of your own.

(!,

cir.t" the correctanswer.

At 2:00 yesterdoyqfternoon, Poul
his bike

you ploying chesswith Sqm

lost night?

a hos riding

b is dding

c rides

d wqs ding

a Are
c Hove

She
someoneyell while she
wqs moking dinner.

b Hqs
d were

We
this kind ofbug before.
It is common in the summertime.

a heored

b wos heoring

a hove sqw

b were seeing

c heqrd

d is heqring

c hove seen

d seeing

Sorry,but I
so fqr.

enough firewood

I didn't cotch the bqll becouseI

the thrower

a wos found

a hoven't wqtch

b hqven't found

b wqsn't wotching

c is finding

c wqtched

d hosn't finding

d wqtches

Circlethe correctpair of answers.

Whot
he
when the
qccidenthoppened?

Fredqnd his fomily

South Africo?

a is, do

a Hove,been

b wos, doing

b Hos,went

c hos, did

c Did, going

d were,done

d Are,90

Wereyou
when the teocher
the rules to us?

Ann
the loptop this morning,
but now she
on the phone.

a listened,exploining

a is using, is tolk

b listen, exploins

b drd use,tolked

c listening, exploined

c is using, tolking

d listen, has exploined

d wos using, is tolking

to

complete the passageusing the correctform of the verbs given.

Then listen and checkyour answers.

Bdon is on o schoolvisit to the nqtionql pork todoy. In the moming, he qnd his
clossmotes (1)
{2)

q tqlk on wildlife. They

o lot qbout plonts ond onimols.

But somethingfunny hoppenedthis ofternoon.At 3:00

they (3)
Brion (a)

q video qbout wild onimols.

somejuice during the

video. when one ofthe lions roored loudly, Brion wos so

scqredthqt he spilled his juice qll over his T-shirt. He

(s)
the other students(6)

reolly emborrossedbecouse
ot him.

alrl one of Brian'sclassmates

hastakenthesepictures.Describeeach
-- picture
usingthe pastcontinuous.

We'rehaving a partyl,
Countable
and uncountable
nouns

L i s t e na n d c o m p l e t et h e d i a l o g u e .

Hyun-Ki: Hi, iudy Whot'sup?

ludv:

rli Hvun-\i lm mu\ing

for Sorq's
brrthdoy porty. Could you help me?

Hyun-Ki: Sure.Whot do you hove so for?

ludy:

We1l,
fruit

-:-

I con moke

fresh fruit juice

OI

Hyun Ki: Oh, OK. Do we olso need

Iudy:

L.

:>'

Hyun-Ki: Fruit?Whot do you needthot for?

ludyl

ond somestreqmers?

Ycs,I hove those on the list. And we hove to get

wrqpping poper,

ond

Hyun Ki: Don't forget some CDsi We need

F i n dt h e n o u n sf r o m t h e d i al o g u ea n d w r i t e t h e m i n t h e t a b l e .
q + (noun)

some+ (noun)

some+(noun)+-,t

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Countable
a n d u n c o u n t a b lneo u n s
Countablenounsare thingsthat can be counted.Wecan usea/an with singulafcountablenouns.
Uncountable
nounsare the thingsthat cannotbe countedas separateobjects.
Uncountable
nouns

Countable nouns

a list
a candle
a balloon
a streamer
acD
a game
anapple
anorange
a cookE
a milkshake
a sandwich
a snack

[sts
cakes
can0tes
balloons
streamers
CDs
some games
aPPles
oranges
cooKtes
milkshakes
sandwiches
snacks

fruit
lurce
water
milk
Drea0
rice
su0ar
some - -,
rooo
music
money
paper
toothpaste
information

|1elea@someways
to makeuncountable
nounscountable:
'aglassofjuice
. a pieceof paper
' a tube of toothpaste

adMce

Circlethe correctanswer.
Soro'sdod hos given her
birthdqy.

qt the pqrty qnd it

Dovid popped
mqde everyoneiump.

a somemoney

b somemoneys

a somebolloon

c o money

d monies

c o bqlloons

He put in four

20

for her

to moke the fruit solod.

Could you pqssme

b bqlloon
d q bolloon
, pleose?

b somebreod
d breod

a bononq

b opple

a breqds

c bonqnos

d rice

c somebrcods

It's fun to plqy

ot o porty.

Mostpeopledronk juice,but I hod

a gome
G q gqmes

b somegomes

a o glossof milk
C somemilks

d somegome

b qn milk
d o glossof milks

A n s w e rt h e q u e s t i o n su s i n gc o u n t a b l eo r u n c o u n t a b l en o u n s .

Whot did Kin hqve for

lunch?

Whqt hos Alex prepored

for the porty?

Whot did Louro get lor

her birthdoy?

Look at the picture of Sara'sbirthday party. Work with a classmate.Talk about

w h a t y o u c a n s e eu s i n gc o u n t a b l eo r u n c o u n t a b l en o u n s .
Usetulwords

present potatochips posteT streamer

memberto used of d/]withsingular

countable
nounsandiomewith
uncountable
nounsandpluracoLt
ntao e noun5

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ReadElla'spassageand correctthe ten mistakes.

Thenlistenand check
your answers.

I've been invited to my friend [ulie's housefor o

slumber porty. All our friend ore coming-it's
9oin9 to be excitingl I'll toke somesleepingbog.
Also, I'll needto toke o food-moybe o opple ond
somesnqck.Moybe we'll plqy some gome, so I
should toke o pqck cqrds just in cqse.Oh, ond I'll
needto pock my poiomo! I'd better toke some CD
too-Julie's musicsis not so good.

Pretendyou are goingon a picnicfor your friend'sbirthday.Writefive things

you will takewith you,Thenaska classmate
and write his/herideas,
My things
I'11tqke ...
2

I'll need to toke ...

I should tqke ...

l'll needto pock...

I'd better tqke ...

Tellthe classyour ideasfrom ActivityG.

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My clqssmotet things

SpecialEvents
verbs
Linking

Readthe passage.
Thenanswerthe
questions.

Holloweenis o populor event in

mony countries.In oncient times,
peoplebelievedthot it wos the niqht
when evil spirits come out. These
doys it is q fun event for kids. They
dressup in costumesso lhey qppecu
scory They go trick or treotingknockingon doorsqnd oskingfor
snocksthot usuolly toste sweet.They
qlso cqrve pumpkins to moke them
look like lhe heods of scory monsters Kids
olso do other fun octivities hke bobbing for qpples.
Holloweenhqs been celebrotedfor monv centuries,ond it
remoins o populor event in North Americq ond WesternEurope

According to the possoge,which ports of the world like to celebroteHolloween?

why do kids corve pumpkins?

Match the three parts to complete the senrences.

Hqlloween

. remolns .

. the heqdsof scorymonsters

Holloween

. look like .

. scoryin Holloweencostumes.

Kids

. rosre

. the night when evil spirits come out.

Snocks usuolly

. wos

. sweet.

Pumpkins

. oppeqr

' o PoPulorevent.

L i n k i n gv e r b s
Linking
verbsaneverbsthat do not expressactionsWhattheydo is to connectthe subjectto its
relatedinfonmation.
Theverbsbe becomeand see,zrfunction
as linkingverbsonly Otherverbs
like appeatlfeel look,remain,sme/l sound taste and tum can functionas eithef linkno verbs or
act|0nverDs,
Linking verbs only
Haloween
is a funeveniforkids

Wa be o1a e.c rFdwhenlhe fireworks

start.

AlltheseNewYeartreatsseerndelcous.

Linking/action verbs
Linking NowHaloween
fees morehkea funevent
Action

He Feels
his hatto checkthatit is OK.

Linking

Kidsdressup so theyappearscafy.

Action

A rainbowsuddenlyappearsIn the sky

Linking

Theywantto get treatsthattastegood.

Action

It is thefirsttimetheytaslethesespecialtreats.

the correct answer.Then listen and checkyour answers.

Sqint Lucio'sDqy used to be celebrqtedqll over Europe,ond it (t)( rcmqins / feels )
populor in countriesIike Sweden,Norwqy qnd Denmork. To honor Sqint Lucio, o girl
weqls q white dressond hos condleson her heod. This (2)( looks / smells ) dongerous
but o speciolcloth protectsthe girl's heqd ond she doesnot (3)( feel / sound )thehot
wox. When oll the lights qre off, the girl
(4)( feels / becomes) the symbol ofsqint Lucio.
All the other girls sing o song thot (s)( sounds /
.mall.

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Write a sentencefor eachpictule using the words given.

Write a paragraphabout a specialevent or holiday in your country. Useeach

word givenat leastonceas a linkingverb.
feel

look

tqste

sound

lfthe eventhappens
oftenor
regularl,usethesimplepresent.

CompleteTim'spassageusingthe correctform of the verbs given.Then

listenand checkyour answers.
be

sound

toste

look

feel

Our clossporty this yeor (t)

reolly

fqntqsticlOur teocherbokedq huge( oke thqt

(2)

so greqt, qnd oll the studentsdecorqted

the clossroomso it (3)

completelydifferent.

We put on somehip-hop music thot (a)

very lively. Everyone(5)

hqppy qnd

reloxed. It wqs the bestpdrty ever!

Listento Gina'spassageand circlethe correct answet.

This yeor our clqsspqrtyfl)( look / wos ) notgood.
Nobody wqnted to mqke ony decorotions,so the
clqssroom(2)( looked / oppeored ) just like normql.
AIso nobody brought ony new music, so the teqcher
ployed some CDs thot (3)( become / sounded ) oldfqshioned.He olso brought o cqke that (4)( sounded /
tqsted ) o little stronge.We (s)( seemed / were ) so
borcd throughout the porty.
gi

dIi

Work with a classmate.CompareTim's and Gina,sclassparties.

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circlethe correctanswer.
1

This qpple pie

so deliciousl

a tostes

b is tqsteing

c is seeming

d sound

The weqther

b is feel
c feel

I drqnk somesodo ond ote

while I wqs ot the porty

a cookie
C

qn cool(re

d feels
bod, so I don't

fhis ftuit solod

wont to eot it.

b somecookies

b ore smell
d q smell

a smells

d o cookies

c smell
Shewos hoppy becouseshegot
for her birthdoy

very humid, don't

Don't forget to pock

toothposte

for your trip.

a somenew gome

ao
c o bowl of

b somenew gomes
c o new gomes

b roll of
d o tube of

d new gome

circlethe correctpair of answers.

Mom
boking
breod when
we got home from school.

Do you think these

a ls, o

a o sondwich,tosting

b wos, some

b sondwiches,toste

c con, the
d did, q glossof

c sondwich,look

I'm feeling sick-l've

, I think.
a qte, popcorn

Thow

^ lifrle

ore bod?

<tr^h^o

d somesondwiches,looking
too much

for his
We hqve bought him
qll soundtrocks
birthdoy. They
ftom recentmovies.

b eqt, somepopcorns

a CD, look

c eoting, popcorns

b some CD, seem

d eqten,popcorn

c some CDs,ore
d CDs,feel

27

Completethe passageusing the

correctform of the words given
Then listen and checkyour answers.
qppeor

look

be

toste

some

It was my friend Ken'sbirthdoy yesterdqy.We hod (1)

house.Ken'smom brought out (2)
(3)

reolly good. All ofus (4)

pqrty ot his

snocks.They qll
hoppy ond reloxed.

After o while, we gqtheredin front of the birthdoy coke ond were getting reody to sing
the birthdqy song. SuddenlyKen'sdog (s)

. It tG)

very hungry. It iumped onto the toble like o flqsh qnd stortedeoting the cqkel We t ed
to stop it but it wqs too lote-the coke wos ruined.

(!11 Describethe two parties usinq as many tinking/actionverbs as you can.

28

Trip to Europe

l:i1

Adjectivesand adverbs

Listenand complelethe dialogue.

Hey Jody you'rebockl How was your

It wos reolly (1)

I sow o lot of (2)
buildings like costlesond churches.The
weather in Englandwos not very
(l)

, though.It rqined

o lot.
Tqk:

Whot obout Frqnce?

IThe peoplewerereqlly (5)

Jody: It wos so (a)

We could communic{rteby speoking (5)

Tok:

in English

And ltoly?

Jody: Thot wos the best of oll. The weotherwos (7)

(8)

n:)

to me.

ond the food wos so

. B u rl d o n ' l l h i n L l h p p e o p l ed r - \ ev e r v{ e )

Writelvounor verb lor eachunderlinedword. Thencirclethe adiectiveor adverb

t h a t d e s c r i b ei st .

I sqwq lot ofrqncientlbuildings

We speqkslowlyin English

The peoplewere reolly frrendly to me.

I don't think the peopledrive very corefully.

29

Adiectivesand adverbs
Adjectivesare wordsthat describea nounor a pnonoun.
We useadverbsto describeverbs
Often,adverbsare formedby adding-t to adjectives.
But wordswith a -t endingsuchas /ove/1t
friendlyandlivelyarc odjectivesandcannotbe usedas adverbs.

am

nappy.

H e / S h e / l t / ( N a m ets
)

slow

He i She/ lt/ (Name) watKs

You/We/They

are

careful

Mary'ssongs

are

bad/ good

Thecar

ts

fast.

dance

happily.
stowty

drive

carefully.

Mary

9ngs

badly/ well

Thecar

goes

. We.canusean adverbbeforean adjectiveto modifyits meaning(My

bag is te btyheavy.I The foodis
rcally nice.)
. Goodand wel/havesimilarmeanings,
butwe usegoodas an adjectiveand l,yel/as an aoverD_
. Somewordscan be bothadjectives
and adverbs(fast,/ate,hard).

Citcle the cotlect answer.

Mony peoplethink London is o

The castlewos

domogedin 1860.

a intercstingly
C bodly

b greqt
d well

a poor
C bod

The tour guide

to the visitors.

exploinedthe rules

The Itolions ore very nice, but they

speok

a lovely

b politely
d busy

a so fqstly

c friendly

d|

city.

c fostly

b lovely
d bodly

b veryfost
d fostvery

Mr. Miller is not o very goodtour bus

ddver. He must drive

My dod is
right now.Hewontsto
geteverythingreqdyfor our t p to ltqly.

a very friendly
b morecorelessly
c morecqrefully d very busily

a hqppily
c busy

b busily
d crozily

ReadJody'semailand correctthe ten mistakes.Thenlistenand

checkyour answets.

Hi everyone!
How ore you guys doing? I'm in Switzerlond!I went skiing
yesterdoy.The ski resort is very highly up in the mountqins.
We hqd to tqke o cable cqr to get up there. It windy qnd
the cqblecqr stortedswinging scoryl As you know, I con,t
ski good, so I tried to slowly go ot first. But I improved quick qnd wos soon
turning ond stoppingeqsy.The weqtherhqs been so bequtifully here-cleqrly
blue sky with qll the snow oround white us!
More soon. Tokecore!
Iody

Lookat the picturestrom Jody,strip to Europe.

Describeeachpictureusingadjectivesor adverbs.

Morket in Londq

Tomakeyourdescriptions
soundmoreinteresting,
youcanoccasionally
usewordslikeio, reoltandyeryto emphasize
anadjective
or anadverb.

CompleteJody'semail using the correctform of the words given.Then

listen and checkyour answers.
excellent

)jr+X

chorming

eqsy

bright

huge

neot

=l

Hi olll
Now it's the NetherlondslWow, whqt d (t)
ploce! We sow mqny (2)

windmillsond

fieldswith tulips plonted (3)

weqther hqs been (4)
(s)

in rows The
, with the sun shining

every doy I tried on some clogs,but they

weren't (6)

to wqlk in ond I olmost fell over.

Tomorrowit's on to Amsterdom, the copitoll

Iody

Listenand completeJody,svoice message.

Hi Mory
(1)

this is Jody.I'm now in Amsterdom. fhis is such o

city qnd the peopleore (2)

We went to q very (3)

diomond museum todq,

ond wotchedon expert cut rqw diomonds. He did it very

. It wosso (5)

. Actuollt

I'm calling to osk your shoesize I wqnt to get you some clogs.
Well, leoveme o messogewhen you con. Byel
co

Work with a classmate.Taketurns askingand answeringfive questionsabout

Jody'strip to Europeusing adjectivesor adverbs.
32

North America
Article:the

Readthe passages.Then
answerthe questions.
!
Conqdois one ofthe biggest
countriesin the world. It stretches
fuom the PocificOceon in the west
to the Atlontic Oceqn in the eost It
hos ten provincesand three territories.
l h e ( o p i l o lc i r ) o l a o n o d oi . O L L o w ,
qnd the lorgestcity is Toronto.The leqder
of Conqdo ls colled the Prime Minister.

The United Stotesof Americo is onother country in North

Americo The lorgestriver in the United Stotesis colled the
Mississippl.It runs from Loke Itqscoin the north into the
Culf of Mexico rn the south. The United Stoteshqs fifty stotes,
including Howoii, o group of islondsin the PocificOceon.
Woshington,D.C is the cqpitql city, which rs where
the Presidentond the federolgovernmentcon be found.

Whot is the leqderof Conqdo colled?

Where is the federulgovernmentof the United Stoteslocoted?

Write an example from the passagesfor each item.

Country

River

2 Leoder

Oceon

3 Lqke

6 City
33

Article: the
Theerticle,he is usedbetorespecificnouns,including
namesof rivers,oceansandseas,
geographical
areas,titlesof leadersandsomecountrynamesSpecific
nounsthat do not needthe
articleincludenamesof cities.states.lakesandmountains
6s wellas mos namesof countries
Nouns with tte
Rivers

the l\,4ississippi,
lhe Nile,theAmazon

Ocans/ Seas

the PacificOcean,the IndianOcean,the DeadSea,the l\,4editerranean

Sea

Geographicalareas

the East,theWest,the MiddleEast

Territories

theYukonTeritory,the Northwest
Territories

Titlesof leaders

the President,
the PrimeMinister,
the Governor,
the Premier

Nouns without t e
Counhies

Italy,Aushalia,Korea,Japan Exceptions:
e 9.,the lJnitedStates,ihe Netherlands

LAKES

Lakeltasca,LakeErie

groupsof akes,e 9., theGrealLakes

Excephon:

Mountains

MountEverest,I\,4ount
Fuji

Exceptioni
mountarn
ranges,e 9., LheRockyMountains

Cities/ Towns

NewYork,Shanghai

Or: theCrtyof NewYork,theCityof Shanghal

Provincs/ States

Quebec,California

Or: the Provinceof Quebec,theStateof California

Titleswithnames

PrimeMinisterI/argaretThatcher,
President
JimmyCarter

necessary.
lf no articleis needed,write I.
answers.
(1)

Quebecis the lorgestprovince in (2)

Conodq by oreo, ond it is locotedin (3)

eqst. It is the

moin French-speqkingpqrt of the country, becouseit wqs once

owned by (4)

(D

Frqnce.Loter it wos tqken over by

(5)

Britqin.(6)

(7)

Montreol, though (8)

copitol is cqlled (9)

lorgestcity in Quebecis
provinciol

QuebecCity, locqtedon (10)

River.The leoderofthe province is cqlled (r1)

0-

34

Premier.

Sqint Lowrence

Workwith a classmateand sayeachsentence.Thensayit againusing

the
words givenand the articlethe where necessary.
I

NewYorkis a populorploceto visit.

United Stqtes / Colifornio / LosAngeles /

PqcificOceon coqst

Austroliohoso lot ofwildlife.

Amozon River / MississippiRiver /

B tish Columbio / StqteofAlosko

fhe President
is not very populorright now.

Premier/ Pdme Minister / Governor /

Mr. Thompson

Thepopulotionis smoll in Guqm.

Yukon Ierritory / Aloskq / Stote of New

Mexico / northern port ofthe country

TheGrondCqnyonis o populortourist
attroction.

QuebecCity / Loke Victorio /

New York / City of Miqmi

Write a paragraphabout your country.

Useful
words

tailestbuilding highestmountain famous

important business
center cultural
district

it

-a
J

ra
lra

ra
rf
i

ar
ra

"a
rl

i-

tt
4

.t
!t
Youcantalkaboutthingslikecities,
mountains/
thepopulation
andthegovernment.

Listenand completethe passage.

Cqliforniq hqs (1)

populqtion of oll the

stotesin (2)

United Stotes.(3)

city in Cqliforniq is Los Angeles, which is locqted on

(4)

Pocificcoqstin (5)

stqte.Hollywood, in (5)

of the

of LosAngeles,is the

world fqmous distfict for the movie industry. Colifomio hqs

oldesttreescolled bristleconeDines,

(7)

which con be found in (8)

Mountqins. (9)
(10)

part of the White

leoder of the stote is colled

Governor.

Listenand take notes.

geography.
Workwith a classmate,
Taketurns sayingthlee factsabout California's
36

Circlethe correctanswer.

Mory wroteo
storyobouton
old churchin Spoin.

The porceloin dolls we bought from

a beoutiful
c beoutifully

a extremely b extreme
c very extremed extremereqlly

b prettily
d very prettier

H,,h^^rv

^16

is one ofthe longest vers in

the world.

We will needto think

to solvethis problem.

a A Nile River b The Nile River

a fqstly

goodly

c Nile River

c lovely

fost

d Riverthe Nile

is the copitolcity of the United

Kingdom.

Flo do is q stotein
the UnitedStotes.

a A London
b London
c TheLondon d An London

a south
c q south

if we wont

port of

b the southern
d southern

Circlethe correctpair of answers.

2I

hos someploceswhere people

cqn get toudst

The buildings in Fronce

ond speciql.

a New York,informotion

a looks,historicqlly

b The New York,informotions

b orc oppeqring, history

c A New York,inform

c look, historic

d New York,informing

d felt o history

in

. It's so scenicthere.

a trqveling, RockyMountqins
b troveled, some Rocky Mountoins
c hos trqveled,o Rocky
Mountoins

d hqve trcveled, the Rocky

Mountqins

The storm yesterdoywos terdble I

home ond it begqn to rqin
a wos wolking, heovy
b wolked, o heovy
c wqs wqlking, heovily
d werc wqlking, heoviest

Completethe passageusing the

words given. Then listen and check
your answers,
the southeost / Nevqdo / fomous / sunny /
spectqcular / effectively / hove developed

Los Vegosis o (r)

city in the United Stotes.It is locqtedin

of the stote of (3)

(2)

for its (4)

cosinos.The city wos built on q port of the Mojove

Desert so the weother is very (s)

much wqter in LasVegos,peoplethere (G)
wqter (7)

ond dry. Becousethere isn't

mony woys to sove

, including some new irrigqtion techniques.

Write a paragraphabout British Columbia

using the facts given.
westernmostprovince in Cqnqdo
PocificOcean on its west
Voncouver-lorgest city,
southwesternport of the province
Victoriq-provinciol cqpitol,
southerntip of VqncouverIslond

38

. Lqs Vegosis known

Moviesat Home

Listenand completethe dialogue.

Honq: He, Gory. (1)

whot we're

doing this Fridqy?

Gory: (2)

tell me. Not qgoin,

pleosel
Honq: You guessedlt-the SummerTaIk2 DyD.
At my house,of cou$e. (3)
before 7:00.
Gory: Hono, I oheqdy told you. It's the most boring movie ever.
I'm not coming!
Hono: Oh, (4)

. (s)

it iust onemoretime. You'll like it

this time-l promise.

Gqry: I think Kylie will be interested.Did you osk her?
Hono: Kylie is qlreqdy coming. Shelovesthot movie. Why don't you come qlong?
Gqry: No, thqnks. (G)

me. I don't need to wotch it ogoin.

Writefour sentences
from the dialoguewherea speakeris telling peoplewhat
to do or what not to do.
1
2
3
4

Donttell ne.

lmoerative sentences
on oaa suggestion
lt
We usean imperative
sentence
to givean ordena command,
an instauct
usu6lly6tantswith bhebaseform of the ve.b.The subjectis "hidden"and refensto /ra

General
command

Politecommand

Negativecommand

Remember

yourmembership
number

Be

carefull

Bring

yourspodsgeartomofiow!

P easeput

the boxbackon the shelf

p ease
a minute,

Don'tmake

norseduringthemovie

Don'lbe

tu0el

Please
dont run

inside
thebuildings.
yournomewotK,
p ease

circtetne correctanswer,
q boring DVD or everyonewill fqll
qsleep.

somepopcomif you wont to hqve

q snqckduringthe movie.

a Not choose

b Not choosing

a Prepqring

b Prepqrcd

d Don't choosing

Prepore

d Prepqres

Don't choose

the DVD from the rcntql store on

your woy over here.
a Picksup

b Pleqsepick up

c Picking up

d Pickedup

the squqrebutton to odjust the

sound.
a Pressing
c Topress

with q soft cloth to removethe dirt.

c0

a Wipe you DVD

b The DVD wiping
c Wiping DVD
d Wipe the DVD

b Press
d Pressed

, pleqse.My brotheris sleeping.

a
b
c
d

Turningthe volumedown
Turn the volumedown
Down turn
To turn down

Answerthe questionsuslng imperativesentences.

2

SooS
==

Wherecon I find the DVD?

which buttonshouldI press? How cqn I turn down the

volume?

Look at the picture. Work with a classmateand take turns sayingan imperative
sentenceabout things to do to clean up the living room.
Usefulwords

plugIn turnon tidyup cleanup water fe-"d

Listenand completethe passage.

The DVD Movie Club

Here'swhot you needto do ifyou wqnt to becomeo member of our club. First,
(1)

the form with your personqldetoils. (z)

of movies you like wotching. Then (3)

{4)

the kinds

your top five fqvodte movies.

how mqny moviesyou wqtch eqch week. (5)

the kinds of snocksqnd ddnks you like to hqve during the movie. Lost,
(5)

your nome qnd (7)

the completedform with one

of your recentphotos.

(H

Writeyour answers.Thenaska classmate

and write his/heranswers.
My onswers
Whot kinds of movies
do you like wotching?
(Exqmples:comedy,horror)
Whqt qre your top five
fovorite movies?

How mqny movies do you

watch eoch week?
Whot kinds of snqcksond
drinks do you like to hqve
during the movie?
@

Tellthe classyour answersfrom ActivityG.

My clqssmqtet qnswers

Readthe passage.Then
answerthe questions.

Actorsolwoysoppporglomorousond
seemto hove eosy jobs.The fomous
onesqre oble to buy expensive
housesond cors,ond thPyolwoysgo
to excitingevenl\ond portie\.Mon)
peopleget the jmpression
thot octor\
don't hqve to work oll the time.
But octing isn't oll eosy.Actors hove
to memorizelines ond work very
Iong hours Sometimesthey hove to do the
sqme scenemony times. Being fomous olso
meons it is hqrd to hqve pnvocy. Somevery
fomous octorsoren't oble to go out qnd do
things like ordinory people.They hove to
be cqrcful and wqtch out for reportersond
photogrophersoll the time.

Whqt do mony peoplethink obout qn qctor'slife?

Accordingto the pqssoge)why isn't octing eosy?

'[)

Answer the questions.

Which phrqse ftom the possogehos the some meoning qs "must"?

Which phrose from the pqssogemeons the some os "don't needto"?

43

Modals: have Eo/ don'Ehave to / be able to

Modals
arespecial
vefbsthat"help"
themainverbsbyshowing
different
meanings
suchasability
=
=
lbe ableto can)anda dutyor needto do something(haveto must,dont haveto).
Have to

I / Yo{r/ We/ They

buy

a newcamera.

run

a longway

pay

thefullfee

finish

allthefood.

sit

inthefrontrow

He/ She/ lt / (Name) s ableto

follow

instructions-

You/ We/ They

see

thetrailer

haveto

H e / S h e / l t / ( N a m e )h a st o
Don't have to

l/You/We/They

dont haveto

H e / S h e /l t / ( N a m e )doesn'thaveto

. Don't haveto fieans don't

needfo lt is usedto say
thereis no obligation. Musfn'lis usedto tellpeople
notto do something.

86 able to

am ableto

are ableto

Circlethe correct answer.Then listenand checkyour answers.

Iqckie Chqn is q fqmous Hollywood octor. He is qlso o good exqmple of on octor who
(lX hqd to / mustn't ) work very hard to becomesuccessful.Jqckiestortedout being q
stunt double in moviesond qt thot time he olso (2)( hod to / doesn'thove to )eorn
someextro money by working on building sites.Theseexpedenceshelped Jqckieq lot.
Being fit qnd strong, Jqckie(3X hqd to / wos oble to ) do reolly good stunts qnd he
finolly becomeo fomous qction stqr. Things ore different now, of cou6e. Jockie
d)

(4)( con / hos to ) choosethe movies he wonts to do, ond he (s)( doesn'thqve to /
is qble to ) work on building sitesonymore.

Correctthe mistake in eachsentence.Then listen and check

your answers,
Mel Cibson wos ruised in Austmlio, so he could leorn how to
speokin on Amedcon dccentwhen he went to Hollywood.
Actors usuolly doesn'thove do dqngerousstunt scenes-they
con get stunt doublesto do them insteod.
Good octorsshould con estoblisho chorqcterin the
oudience'smind.

*r'a" a paragraphaboutyour favoritemoviestar.

the movlestar's
abilities
andhow he/she
hasworkedhardto be successfu

Listenand completethe passage.

Cloro Jenkinsis o very hqrd-working qctress.Shedoeso lot of

mqrtiol orts in her movies,so she (t)
troining. She(2)
(3)

do o lot of

do toekwondoand judo. She

do difficult oction scenesin movieslike

KarateQueenarad Ninja Lady, whic|'become reolly big hits.

she(4)
(s)

to use o stunt double,becquseshe

do qll the stunts herself.

Listento ClaraJenkinsin an interviewand take notes,

dl

Workwith a classmate.
Role-play
an interviewwith ClaraJenkinsusingthe
informationfrom ActivitiesF and G,

Circle the correct answer.

Studentswill
90 on the school
trip if they get good grqdes.

Pleose
the computer it's very
expensive.

a cqn
c could oble

b be oble to

a touching

b not touching

c don't touch

d not touch

hqd to

her emqil oddressso you don't

forget it.
a Wdtes down b Writing down
c W te down

i,
1

a Cive him

b Giving don't

c Gove

d Not give him

Written down

You
onsweroll ofthe questions
if you don't wont to.
a hos to
c qble to

q pencil qnd qn eroser,pleqse.

oren't oble to

don't hqve to

work till midnight to finish

Ioe
his project.
a oble to

b hove to

c should be

d hos to

Circle the correct pair of answers.

The weother
minh+

h^i

terrible,so we
^^ ^..r l^+-"

You

mix the shoepolish with

. It works bestby itsell

a seems,could

a con, a woter

b is, be oble to

b don't hove to, wqter

C seeming,must

c cqn't, somewoters

d becoming,con

d ore oble, woters

your ticketsdght now! You

get ony good seotsif you woit
too long.

your tickets.You
show it to
the usherwhen you enter the holl.

a Buy, ore oble

b Thrcwing owoy, don't

b Buying, hqve to

c Don't throwing owot qre oble to

d Throw owoy please,oren't oble

c Buy,won't be able to
d Con you, won't be oble

a Don't throw qwoy, hove to

Completethe passageusingthe wordsgiven.

Thenlistenand checkyour answers.
hove to / choose / will be oble to /
find / hord / don't hqve to / should be
lf you wont to be o world fomous octor,you should considersome qdvicegiven by
experiencedoctors.First,(1)

o good dgent-someone who

finds work for you, A skillful qgent (2)

the right people.Next, {3)

You(4)
troin (s)

in+r^/l!!-o

v^r!

to oct in good quqlity movies.

tqke the fi6t movie you get offered.Lost of oll,
ond procticeyour qcting skills every doy. You

(6)

qble to qct in qny kind of role, so you

t7)

be reodyl

For each picture, write an imperativesentenceabout what to do or

what not to do in movie theaters.

48

r^

SuperWriter
Futurewith presentform
-f

{fr-*

,.ll'i fr
!f)-.1a

Listenand completethe dialogue.

Sue:

Het Chin-Hwo. I heord you

(1)

o story

obout superheroesWhot's it c(llled

agoin?
Chin-Hwo: Hi, Sue Yeoh,the story'stitle
(2)

Cosmr'c

Kidz Somebodyfrom o publishing

compony(3)
here(a)

to tolk

obout publishing it.

Sue:

oh, wowl Soundscool.(s)

exclted?

Chin-Hwo: Yes,o little. As you know exom weekstorts (6)

, so I hove

to worry qbout thot first

Sue:

(7)

Chin-Hwo: I hopeso.I'm (8)

time to finish your story beforeyou meet the publisher?

ond finlsh the lost chopterover the

weekend.

f31 Follow the instructions and answer the question.

1

Underhnethe five sentencesin the diologue thot tolk obout future octlons.

Put on qsterisk(*) next to the future octions thot use "wi]l" or "going to.-

How do you know the other two qctions ore obout the future?
49

Futurewith presentform

Listenand completethe dialogue.

Chin Hwo.I heordyou

o story
obout superheroesWhot's it colled
ogoin?
Chin-Hwo: Hi, Sue.Yeoh,the story'stitle
Cosmic
(rdz. Somebodyfrom o pubiishing
compdny
here

to tolk

oboutpublishingit.
Sue:

excited?

Oh, wow Soundscool

Chin-Hwo: Yes,o little As you know exom weekstorts '

, so I hove

to worry .rbout thot first

Suel

Chin-Hwo: I hopeso.l'm

time lo finish your story beforeyou meet the publisher?

dnd finish the lost chopterover the

weekend.

question.
iJ, Follow the instructionsand answerthe
1

Underlinethe five sentencesln the diologue thot tolk obout future octions

Put crnosterisk(*) next to the future octionsthot use"will" or "goingto "

How do you know the other two octions crreobout the futufc?
49

Futurewith present fonm

Ustngwill andbe goingto are commonwaysto talk abouttutuneactions We can alsousethe
presentcontinuous
togetherwith
or simplepresentto talkaboutfixedplansandschedules,
future wofds like tomorrow next week,on Fridayor over the weekend.
Future with the present continuous

negular futur time

am goingto

try..

They

arecomrng

We

will

publish...

She

isfinish
ng..

[omorTow,
tonght.

Futuae with the present simple

atB30tonight
1oth
on [,4arch
on Friday.

Thetrain
They

. Usethe presentcontinuous
to talkaboutfixed
planswithwordsthatshowthe future
. Usethesimplepresentto talkaboutroutinesor
schedules
thatareregular

Circlethe correct answer,Then listenand checkyour answers.

Chin-Hwo:Thepublisherlikesmy storyl
to their mqin office next Mondoy.
a I went
c I'm going

b I'm 9oin9 to
d I will

Sue:Oh, solly-l con't go with you.

My grondmo
on Sundqynight so
I won't be ftee until Mondoy ofternoon.
a is coming over

b will coming over

c comeover

d comingover

chin-Hwq: OK,

by myselt

a I'm going to
c I'll just go

b I qm being

Sue:Thqt's fqntqstic! whot time

Mondoy?
a leqving
c will leove

b is leoving
d qre you leqving

d I iust 90 to

Chin-Hwo: I'm going by troin. It

qt 9:30 in the moming. Wont to come

Sue:Don't forqet to tell me more when

you
bockl

olong?

a got

a hqsleft
c leoves
50

b wos leoving
d leoving

c going get

b will getting
d get

Correctthe sevenmistakesin Chin-Hwa's

voicemessage,
listenand checkyour answers.
Hello Sue,this is Chin-Hwq. I've iust finish the meeting with the publisher.I hove
greot news-they wqnt to publish my bookl A group of ortists qre drqw somepictures
of the superherochorocterslqter this week,ond they will sendingthem to me lqter.
Another otist going to designq cool coverfor the book. Two edito6 is going to check
my writing. Hey,do you wont to join my fqmily for o
celebrqtiondinner tonight? You con meet me ot the
stqtion. My troin leaving here ot 6rOOond qrdving bqck
in town ot 6:45. Cqll me bqck when you cqn. Byel

Pretendyou are Chin.Hwa.Tell a classmatewhat you and the publisherhave

plannedfor your book.
AuqusI lL, Mondav

Reminders:

Meehrg wih lle publ;sle.al lhe maino{ft:e

Auaus*17,Tuesdav
Edio.s che+krry wrilng
Auqusl18,wed.esd^/
A4's1,drawsbookcover
AuqusI11,Thu.tdav
Arfisls draw piclures of characlers
ALawl 20, Fadav

EdilorssendcorAmen+s
+o
I makeco..eclions
Auaus+Zl, sa+!.dav
HUAvsf LL, iund4../

Ner<*tuesday-send my

co,,ecl'ons Io tle publ;:[e,

.

Nexl Thur#ay-*AepublsAer
sends
me lle piclu,es

Nexf Fnday pprcvepi.>+wesand

book cover

SeptenberZ1-pnr* tLe book

Endo{ oclober-book launch
in a bookslore

Sincethisisnot a regular
lile
schedule

a traintimetable,
usethepresent
continuous
withfuturewordsto talkaboutthefuture.

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Completethe email using the correctform of the verbs given. Then listen
and checkyour answers.
leove

x x+x

finish

stqrt

orrive

send

need

meet

=l

Hi Chin-Hwo,
Here is some informotion about the book lqunch in Bqnkstown. It
ot 10r30q,m. on Mondoyqnd (2)

(1)

11:30.You{3}

to cotch o troin to get there, ond we

qt

you the ticketsloter todoy. It (5)

t4)

qt

7:30frcm the stotion there.You (6)

Bqnkstown ot 9:50. Someone(7)

you ot the stotion qnd tqke you to the bookstore.Good luckl
YouIs,
Horry Gibbons

Listenand completethe voice messageChin-Hwagot later that day.

HelloChin-Hwq-this is Ioyceftom the publisher'soffice.Wehod to
mokesomechongesto your schedule.
Thebooklounch
ot 10:00,so you {2)
leove eorlier.Sorry qbout thot! Your new troin (3)
to Bonkstown ot 9:10.Of cou$e, therc
someonethere to meet you ot the stotion. Cqll
us ifyou hove ony questions.Bye!

Pretendyou arethe chairperson

of the book clubat school.Discuss
with a
classmate
and makea planfor Chin-Hwa's
visit to your school.

Stronger,Smarter,Fasterl,
adjectives
Comparative
and superlative

Readthe passage.Then
answerthe questions.

Meet the Teqm of Four.This is lron-Arm

Joe.He's reolly strong-stronger thon 30
elephonts.Actuoll, he'sthe strongestboy
in the world. Then there'sSuper-Brorn
Amy. She'sweokerthon foe,but she's
much more intelligent. Shecon think
fosterthqn the most odvoncedcomputer.
Next is Ropid Ruby.She'snot qs intelligent
os Amy but shecqn move fosterthon o
cheetoh.She'sthe fostestpe6on on
loul.
eorth Lostwe hove Powerbeom
He'snot os strong os |oe, ond he's
slowerthqn Rubt But he cqn use
omozing powerbeqms-the most
powerful electricroys in the universe.

Accordingto the possoge,

how fqstcon Rubymove?

qmqzing?
Why ore Poul'spowerbeqms
Follow the instruction and answerthe question.

wdte [+] or [ ] to showwho hos moreor lessof o quolity thon the otherperson.
a

strong

loe [+]

intelligent

Ruby [

Amv[- ]
A*v [ ]

fost

Ruby [

Pqul [

powedul

Ioe [

Poul [

Which sentencestotesthot Joeis strongerthon oll other boys?

53

Comparative and superlative adiectives

Comparative
adjectives
aTeusedto comparetwo peopleor thingsbyshowing
whlchofthetwo has
moreof a quality.
We usesuperlative
adjectrves
to showwhichpersonor thinghasthe mostof a
qualityamonga groUpofthreeor mofe
Coft parative ediectives

Ruby

ts

faster

Thekcostumes

a@

prettier

She

ts

T I O T CC A T E I U L

ts

as cleveras

man

ours,
herenemy

Superlative ediectives

tfre lastest

persononearth

the most ntellgent

grrlinthegroup.

. Use-erwithsho( words
to makecomparattve
adjectivesForsuperlative
adjectives,
usefhe + -esl.
. Deletey and use-leror -iesf
withtwo-syllable
adjectives
endingwithy.
. Usemoreand fhemostwith
adjectives
of threeor more
syllablesor adjectives
with
-ed/-ing/'ful endings
' Somecommonirregular
comParative
and superlative
adjectives
good-> better-> best
bad -> atorse-> worsl

Circlethe correct answer.Then listen and checkyour

anSwers.

Mony peoplethink Supermqnis (r)( the greqt / the greqtest ) superhero.

He con move (2)( fosterthan / the fqstest ) o speedingbullet ond is
(3)( more poweful / the most powedul ) thqn q roilwoy engine.Supermon
comesfrom the plqnet Krypton where people hqve the (4)( qdvoncedest/
most odvonced ) powersin the unive$e. Supermancqn seethrough
(s)( the most thick / the thickest ) wolls with his X-ruy vision ond he con
fteezethings with his breqth, which is (G)(more colder / colder ) thqn ice.

54

Workwith a classmate
and take turns makingsentences
usingthe
subjectsand the wordsgiven,Usethe correctform of the adiectives.
Spider-Mqn
... is strong/ otherpeople
2 Botmon...

mokesbig webs/
normql spiders

is populorsuperhero
/
ot our school

hqs q dqrk costume/

is fqst femqle superhero
is tough/ mostmen
/ in the universe

5 The Hulk ...

is kind / wolvedne

con mokefrightening
storms/ in the world

is_powerful
/ on ormy
ot rcbots

is ugly superhero
/ in
the world

X-Men heroes

Draw your own superheroand write about it. Thenwork

with two classmatesand compareyour superheroes.

usefulwords

effective creative dangerous

.r rtp

{^hr

c:vF

r^^l<

"ai
4
J
-

ra

a
tlr

.'

4
4
t
"fii

you
Whenyoucompare
5uperheroes,
canta k abouttheirlooks,
abilities,
weaknesses
andpersona
ty usjng
adjectives.
comparative
or superlative

Listenand completethe passage.

I think Bqtmqnis (1)

superhero.

He'snot (2)

other superheroes,

but he is (3)

thon mony of them.

He uses(4)

creqtivetools qnd he

hos (5)

costume.I think his

chorocteris (6)

other superheroes,

qnd I think he'solwoys (7)

peoplethot he fights qgoinst.

from ActivityF.Thenwrite
Writethe comparative
and superlativeadiectives
what eachadjectivedescribes.
Compqrotive odiective
'l noL ag glrong ao

Items described
olher superheroes

2
3

Superlotive odiective

Items described

1
2
3

Work with a classmate.Tell eachother your favorite superheroand comPare

him/her with Batman,

Circlethe correct answer.

This robot looks
over there.

thqn the one

a friendlier

b most friendly

a slolte

c friendly

d friendliest

c storting

Her grondporentsore
romorrow mornlng.

qt 8:30

ot 9:30tonight,

The progrom
so don't miss itl

b stort
d stqrts

Thot's the
cortoon chqrqcter
I've everseen

a to orriving

b orriving

a interesting

most intercsting

c ordves

d orrived

C interestinger d

more interesting

Bumpy Benny qppeors

a
q
clown but he is in foct very smqrt
chorqcter.

to the book fdir tomonow

morning or tomorrow ofternoon?
a Did we go

Hove we gone

a silliest

b more silly

c Are we go

Are we going

c sillier thon

d the most silly

Circlethe correctpair of answers.

Haveyou reolly
the outhor?
to get your books signed?
a meet, Could you

fosterlTry to go

the windl

a Ride,os the fostest

b met, Wereyou oble

b Riding, os more fost

c Ride,qs fast qs

c meeting, Able you

d Rode,os the fosteros

d met, Do you oble

Thqt wos
And I qte so

movie I've everseen.

Their flight is qrdving

, so we
might
for o few hours.
a lqter, must wqit

a the most exciting, much popcorn

b lotely,able to woit

b more excitinger,mony popcorns

c lote, hove to woit

c excitingest,much popcorn

d the most lotest,could woit

d most exciting, mony popcorn

Completethe passageusing the

words and phrases9iven.Then
listen and checkyour answers.
very ongrily / most interesting I meo,n I
kinder / hos fought / the brovest
Wolverine is one ofthe (1)
{2)

superheroes.He looks
ond tough, ond he tqlks (3)

sometimes-But octuolly, he is much (4)

thon he oppeors.He

(s)

mony evil monste$, qnd I think he is

(5)

hero qmong oll the X-Men chorcctefs.I just con't woit

seehis next movieI

Comparethe three superheroes.Thentell the classwhich one you like

.)2
best and explain why.

A ond B:

B qnd C:

A ond C:

I think

5tl

is the greqtestsuperherobecquse

Listenand completethe dialogue.

Lisq:

He, Mike. (1)

Mike:

11r30.Friday night. Is it still Fridoywherc you ore?

Liso:

No, it's Sqturdoy morning here. (2)

hove you (3)

Mike:

is it there now?

this week?

Lots.We hod q sports dqy ond sometough testsoll

in the sqme week.

Liso:

Thqt's too bod. (4)

wqs your sportsdoy?

Mike: Thot wqs on-uh-Wednesdoy. I got d gold medql in the 2oo-metersp nt!
Liso:

Congrotulqtionsl(s)

Mike: Twiceq week.(G)

Lisa:

did you troin for thot?

do you osk?Didn't I tell you before?

No, you didn't. I'm troining for the spdnt next month so I wont to get somehints!

Match each question with the information that it asksfor.

1

Whot time is it there now?

doy

Whot hove you been doino this week?

tlme

When wqs your sportsdoy?

reoson

How often did you tmin for thot?

frequency

Why do you qsk?

qctivities

Wh- / How questions

Wh-/ How questionsaskfor specfic kindsof informationThefirst word[s]ina Wh'/ How
questiontellsthe listenerexactlywhatthe speakeris askingfon

Thing/ ldea

Youcan usehowwith
adjectives/adverbs:
. Howbig is thecar?
. Howfastcanit go?

Whatareyou goingto puton yourblog?

Place/ Location Wherecanwe putthe photos?

Pople

Who s talkingto Jenny?

Time(clock)

When/ Whattimedoesthe classfinishtoday?

Reason

Whydidhe downloadso manyimages?

Method/ Way

Howcanyoutypeso fast?

Amounl/ Number
Frquency

Howmuchdidyou payto signup?

Howmanypeoplearecomingto the party?
Howofiendo yougo to the library?

Oneof two things Whichdo you likebetter-sportsor music?

Circlethe correctanswer.
using the computer now?

a Where is

b ls who

a How much

b How con

c Whqt is

d who is

c Which did

d Who

your blog obout?

you get this webcom?

a Where is
c Whqt qre

t downloqd this video?

d Why ore

like online chqtting so much?

a Whot you
c How ore you

a why is
c when time

b Where did

b When you
d Why do you

b Who
d whot is

do you wont to chot online?

a When time
c Who is

b Whot time
d Which

Write a question to match each answer.

Twice q week.

The block one.

Not fost. Only obout 70

words per minute.

er"t.nA you are in a chatroom.Writea questionfor eachpersonbelow.

t"r aa"* ar"*

I thingsikehometown,
daly/schoollife,hobbies,
habitsandfavorite
foods/movies/books

Workwith a classmate.
Taketurns askingand answeringyour questionsfrom
ActivityE.
61

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lttp,li*** bemyfriendsonline
com/rcg
html

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Wantto makefriendsfromothercounkies?Try
our brandnewvdeo chai roomnow!Readthe
nolesandthensignup!Emailusifyouhave )
anyquestionsWewll try our bestto helpyou

Postyourmessagestogether
withphotosand graphics
Shareyourfavoritevideo
clipswithotherpeople
Createa one-to-one
convelsation
Ioom
Setup yourown roomand
invitegueststo join in

lmportant notes:
. Makesureyouget compatible
software.
. Usea nickname
whenyouregister
. NevergNe personaldetailslikeyouf
fullname,address
or phonenumber
to
strangers
. The regiskation
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Write three questionsto FriendsOnrrneaskingfor more information about the

new chat room,

l
62

Work with a classmate.Taketurns askingyour questionsfrom Activity H.

The Power of Blogs

http://wwwchunshotravecom

CHUNG-Ho
Readthe passage.Then

answerthe questions.

HOME

PHOTOGALLERY /

ABOUTME

<<

unrredK nodom>> London

5un

"Blog" is o short nome for the

term web log. Blogshove become
populoroll overthe world.It,smore
convenlentto put your thoughts
on q blog thon writlng in pen in
o notebook.Considergolng on
vocation, for exqmple.you con
corry o loptop with you ond keep
in touch with peopie anywhere
you 90, even by the seoside Or you
con 9o lnto on Internel cofe when
you ordve in o city you con write
obout the plocesyou hove been to
or you cqn even uplood picturesto
your blog. Friendsond family at
home cctnshqrethe fun in o very
convenientway.

I ih nk trreBrtsh r4useLm
's rhe most mprcssve
o r a l o r . o u r s ei v e r y o n op v e s
l F u r s ' o r y l c o m m P d l2s j

Mon

iue

5
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DINECTOFY
llne
Vted

>>
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5 16 7ta
t 2 2 l )1 )5
29 l0

Uniled K nqdom >> London >> Tower Brtdqe

Tower Brdqe s one of my ravonre tandmarks n

the Uk It! mudr more srunnrng rhan
t F ur s r o r y t

c o n n e n1 s )3

Accordingto the possqge,why orc blogs populor?

Whqt con you put on the blog about your vqcotion?

:)

Write a phrasefrom the passagefor each word.

a

in

'.:'

to

ot

by

on

with

63

P r e p o s i t i o n s i:n / a t / o n / t o / b y / wiEh
Prepositions
pnonouns
aresmallwordsthatlinknouns,
andphrases
to otherwoTds
in a sentence.
ln

On

I drawn pencil.
He likesto writein ink
partyIn specialcostumes.
Wewentto the Halloween
Shedescribesher schoollife n an interesting
way.
TheyarrNe n Tokyoat 3:00.

Theywritecommenlson the blog.

Thereare manyusefulwebsiteson the Internet.
I wasonthephonethismornrng.
Somecommercials
o TV are reallycreative.
phone-in
programon the radio
Shehostsa

wirh

To

We all agreew th her

I preferto go withmyfriends.
Shareyourgoodnewsw th usl
Thegirlwiththeblondehairis myneighbor

He goesto bedafterhe hasfinishedhis homework.

I havebeento Turkey.
Howdo we get lo the sea?
He uploadsmanyphotosto his blog.

At

By

I wasai homeyesterday.
Theyare at a concertnow.
He startedplayrngtennisat the ageof four

Theclockis by the refrigerator

Pleasefinrshby Tuesday
He grabsthe b!cket by thehandle-

Completethe passageusing the words from the box. Then listen and check
your answers.
in

by

to

Blogscon be useful to people (1)

with

mony woys. My clqssmqteEvo uses

her blog to shqrestudytips (2)

usefulsites(3)

ot

other students.Sheprovideslinks to sohe

her blog so peoplecqn get (4)

Sheqlso jots down oll the fun things she experienced(s)

is creqting q trovel blog. It should be reody (G)

lo:

64

them eqsily.
school,Now Eyo
the stort of next month.

Correctthe two mistakesin eachsentence,Then listen and

checkyour answers.
Chris took q lot of photos while he wos on o concertond
uploqdedthem oll by his blog.
Yuki tmveled to Europein her fomily ond she updoted her
blog every doy shewos with holidoy.
Amy wonts to finish workrng on her blog on 11r00,becouse
then it's time for her to go ot bed.
Stevenstortedhis blog in the oge of sevenond he designedit
by o very creotivewqy.
5

Jockis being interviewedin the rodio, tolking obout the new

blog he hos creqtedto his clqssmotes.

(!|,
:

rretend you are going to go on a trip overseas'Write a plan for a

about your travel. Thentell the class.

My triD
PlqcesI will go tol

Thingsto bring:

MY trovel bloo
Topic:
Sections:
Designl
-1t-

WhenyoutalkaboLrt

When to updqtei

yourplan,tryto usetne

prepositions
in,dt,on,to,rvlf/')
andby asmuchasyoucan.
c

65

Completethe passageusing the correct prepositions.Then listen and check

your answers.
Kim went(r)

Cqnqdo to ottend an English

cqmp.While shewos thereshemode regulorentrie5

(2)

her blog. Shewrote obout leqrning to

speqkEnglish (3)

her new fdends ond posted

picturesof her host fqmily. Sheolso wrote her opinions obout

life (4)

schoolin Conqdo. Shelisted some

progroms (s)

Conqdiqn TV thot helped her

undeNtqnd the country better.Shedescribedher experiences

(5)

o thoughtful woy.

Listenand completethe descriptionof Kevin'sblog.

My blog is obout my fovorite sport-tennis. I write qbout leqrning

to plqy tennis better. Youknow, things like hitting o bqckhond
volley ond prqcticing regulorty (r)
post picturesof myself (2)

the coqch. I
the locql tennis club.

I olso wdte my opinions about sometennis websites

(3)

the Intemet. My fqvorite one is obout Roger

Federer.He stqrtedplaying tennis (4)

of six.

I list someof Federcr'sgreqtestwins on my blog qnd try to desc be

them (s)

qn interestingwoy.

a:
c0:

Work with a classmate.CompareKim's and Kevin,sblogs.

66

circlethe correctanswer.
to buy somepostcords?
a Whot con I go

b When con go I

c where cqn I go d I cqn go how

I om going to the Holloweenporty
q skeletoncostumel
aln

bbv

con

dqt

tolking to in the corridor

yesterdoy?

I like listening to the news

rqdio.
ato

bon

c with

d in

the

It is much more fun if you go to o

q friend.
concert

ato
cot

bon
d with

a Ben when wqs

b Who wqs Ben

you usuolly visit your

grondporents?

c Whot Ben wqs

d Ben why wos

a How often do b How do often

c When ore

d Why hove

Circle the correct pair of answers.

I

For our vocotion, we stqyedin qn

uru,ru

Lurryurr,

Mondoy
I must finish this book
on Tuesddy.
becousewe ore

a most omozing, on
b qmqzing, by the

a in, hod o test

b bt hoving q test

c more omozinglt in

c with, hqve o test

d omozingly, with the

d ot, will hove o test

You
use somenew softwqreto
blog.
creqteo

you mqke this speciolcolor?

brown?
Did you mix green

a must con, good

a Why qre, on

b should, best
c qre qble, better

b How mony, ot

d hove to, nice

d Whot did, by

c How did, with

Completethe passageusing the correctform of the words given.

Then listen and checkyour answers.
reqd

YesterdqyI (1)

on

with

to

welcomehim. But (s)

how

on qrticle (2)

soid my fovodte pop stqr {3)

thqt I will 90 (4)

whot

the Internet thot

to my city next week!I've decided

the qirport to
clothesshould

I weor?And (E)

will I be oble to

toke o photo (7)

him? I wqnt him to

know I'm his greqtestfon in the whole world!

Write five Wh-or How queslionsabout your favorite pop star. Then
practiceasking and answeringthe questionswith a classmate.

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he/she /ii/ (Name) doins?

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dinking?

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"
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