11-Unit 9
11-Unit 9
11-Unit 9
A Some, but I don't know how much I should do. You're bored
B At least 30 minutes a day - more if I have time. a n d n e e d to find
C A s little a s possible. something to do.
What's your first
choice?
A G o for a ride on
your bike, or go out
for a walk.
B C h a t ó n the
computer with your
friends.
C Text your friends to
suggest meeting up in a café
A never
8 Which would you d e s c r i b e yourself a s ?
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0 Look at your score on page 211. Do you think you Vocabulary
should make any changes to the way you live? lllnesses and accidents
O Listen to this extract from Listening Part 4
and answer the questions.
Listening Part 4 'coughs and colds and sore throats: perhaps a headache
O í^h You are going to hear two young people ora stomach ache'
talking about health. Read the first part of their • How do you say the underlined words?
conversation, then listen and fill in the missing • What do they mean?
words which show agreement or disagreement.
© In pairs or groups, put these words under the
three headings.
Kelly: They keep saying on TV things like
'today's teenagers are unfit and aspirin bandage bruise cut disease earache
unhealthy', and I just don't believe it. flu fracture high temperature injection injury
Jason: (1) There's all this stuff medicine operation pill plaster plastercast
about us not getting enough exercise sprain tablet wound X-ray
because we're watching TV or playing
computer games all the time, when in
accidents illnesses treatments
fact, nowadays everyone is mad about
sports.
Kelly: Well, (2) , but certainly
a lot of young people are doing active
things. Perhaps more than older
generations did.
2
Kelly thinks that people's diets now
are less healthy than in the past.
Jason and Kelly share the same
• • headache; A nurse put a bandage on my arm).
• •
3 Kelly believes that cycling to school is expressions from Exercise 3 and the words in
becoming more popular. the table.
4 Kelly says that air pollution in the
.ctties jsjgetting worse.
n n
5 Jason says that Kelly is often i l l .
• •
6 In the end, Jason and Kelly agree
about young people's health. • •
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E-ules Vocabulary
Non-aefinine relative clauses Sports
We use non-definine re\at¡ve clauses to add e>tra
O Match comments 1-3 with pictures A - C , then
information about someone or something. answer the question below.
1 'Doing gymnastics can be hard work, but I want to
be the best.'
Q, In pairs, look at this example of a non-defining 2 ' I really enjoy playing basketball - it's so fast-
relative clause and answer questions 1-6. moving.'
3 'I always look forward to going paragliding in the
Cycling to school, which is very healthy, is more and summer.'
more common.
• Would you like to do, or watch, any of these
1 What is the relative pronoun? sports? Why (not)?
2 What is the relative clause?
3 What do the commas do to the relative clause?
4 Does the sentence make sense without the relative
clause?
5 Can we leave out the relative pronoun?
6 Can we use that to begin a non-defining relative
clause, do you think?
© Add these sports to the table. © With a partner, note down as many sports as you
can that are played in these places.
athletics baseball boxing climbing cycling
football golf ice hockey jogging running court gym pitch ring stadium track
skiing squash surfing swimming tennis volleyball
© Look at the words in the box and decide if they are clothes or equipment.
Then think about which sports they are used in and complete the mind map as for racket.
Vi "
0 Complete expressions 1-3 by matching the verbs from the box with the right nouns.
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Reading Part 5 © Read the text again and choose the correct word,
A, B, C or D, for each space.
A: Yes, that's a good (1) mm Let's do a l'm not sure about that.
that, (2) b more relaxing
B: Right, we're (3) That's c could be
(4) we'll do. d would be really tiring if it's hot
A: OK, we (5) like the idea. e I love playing team sports and you can
(6) shall we do that? make friends and have fun together [7]
B: Yes, that's the best (7) to do. l'm
f you have to r u n around a lot and jump, too
(8) we agree.
g you can stop and have a rest when you want
© ¿53} Listen to the recording to check your answers. h I can't swim very well so it's not relaxing
for me
© (z^ Listen again and underline the words which
are stressed. David: What I'd most like to do is play football
because (1)
Exam advice Claudia: (2) Football (3) I think we
should do something (4)
It is important in Speaking Part 2 that you talk fully David: OK then, perhaps we should try
about all the options, before reaching agreement with basketball.
your partner on what decisión to make. Claudia: Well, actually, l'm not really sure about
that because, w i t h basketball, (5)
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David: A l l right, why don't we go swimming? © Do this Speaking Part 2 task with a partner. Read
That could be the best way to relax. the instructions, then think about these things:
Claudia: l'm sorry. I don't agree at all because • which kind of sport would suit your personality
(6) Tennis (7) better • which you would enjoy most
because (8) • which would be best for your fitness and health
© Work in pairs. Take turns to agree and disagree Talk together for at least two minutes.
with statements 1-6. Remember to be polite.
1 Skiing would be the best thing to do this weekend. Your f r i e n d a n d you would like to start doing
2 We should have a picnic on Saturday! a sport, but you are not sure which to choose.
3 Let's study in the library.
Talk together about the different sports you
4 If it rains, we should go for a walk.
c o u l d do a n d decide w h i c h you are going to
5 We could walk up the stairs instead of taking
take up.
the lift.
6 Team sports are more fun than individual sports. Here is a picture with some ideas to help you.
1 11 11 1i i1 1
Pronunciation tip
In English, notice how the lettery can represent four
different sounds: /ai/ and When a word Writing Part 3
starts with y, the sound it represents is / j / [you).
O In Writing Part 3 you have to write a story or
The sound represented by the letter/ is always /á^/.
a letter. Look at these instructions and answer
— questions 1-4.
© Work in pairs. Complete the words with y or
Then write them in the table in Exercise 12. • Your English teacher has asked you to write a story.
1 c _ cling 4 ph _ sics 7 _ oung 10 bod _ • Your story must have the following title:
2 funn _ 5 esterday 8 _ ob 11 ear The most frightening experience of my Ufe
3 _ azz 6 injur _ 9 sk _ 12 fl _
é
© |23^ Now listen to check your answers. Practise 1 Do you have to write a letter, or a story?
saying the words correctly. 2 Do the instructions give you a title, or the first
Une?
3 Should you write in the first person [í] or the third
person (he/she/it)l
4 Which are the key words?
Q The story on this page has three paragraphs. Read © We often use the past perfect to form longer
it and decide which paragraph: sentences in stories. Join the sentences using the
describes the main events • words given and the past perfect.
sets the scene for the action • 1 I sprained my ankle. I didn't go for fitness training.
states the writer's feelings afterwards • I didn't go to fitness training because l'd spyainecl
•
introduces the story, saying who did what,
3 The match started. I arrived at the stadium.
where and when
By the time I ...
4 I left my trainers at home. I couldn't run in the
Past perfect race.
Q page 140 Grammar reference: Past perfect As I ...
5 1 decided to get fit. I took up squash.
© We use the past perfect when we are already After I ...
talking about the past and we want to say
something happened earlier. In pairs, look at this © With a partner, look at these instructions
example from the text. Then do questions 1-3. for Writing Part 3. Ask and answer the four
questions in Exercise 1.
/ was feeling neruous when we reached the top because
it had started to snow heavily. • Your English teacher has asked you to write a story.
1 Find five more examples of the past perfect in the • Your story must begin with this sentence:
text. / felt nervous when the game began.
2 What is the question form of the past perfect?
3 What is the short form of the past perfect?
Exam advice
Try to use a range of past tenses to tell your story,
including the past simple, the past perfect and the
past continuous.
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Unit 9 Vocabulary and grammar review
Grammar Vocabulary
O Match these beginnings (1-6) and endings (a-f), O Circle the correct option in italics in each of these
then add relative pronouns from the box to form sentences.
complete sentences.
1 Skiers have to wear good(güwes)/ boots / trainers
that when when where who whose to keep their hands warm.
2 Last week I was coughing and I had a really hurt /
Sotmday is ike day wken / relax ai kome. sore I injured throat.
3 In last night's football match, Brazil won / beat /
1 Sunday is the day a cut his hand. drew the United States 6-0.
2
3
All the races
Winter is the time
\ tennis is played.
I relax at home.
4 I'd cut my arm quite badly, so the medicine /
nurse / patient at the hospital put a bandage on it.
4 James is the boy d took place were exciting. 5 Nowadays, many people take / have / have got an
5 A court is a place e husband is very í 11. £ injection to stop them catching flu.
6 That's the woman f people catch flu. 6 I was practising hitting the ball w i t h a baseball
racket / bat / board.
© Put the words in the correct order, starting with 7 Lydia is good at jogging / gymnastics / athletics,
the word that has a capital letter. Add commas to particularly the long jump and 100 metres.
form non-defining relative clauses. 8 If I have a headache, I usually take a medicine /
pill I treatment with a glass of water.
1 a swimming champion / is / Zara / only 14 / 9 After I fell off my bike, I had a big black bruise /
is / who Zara, wko is only ¡4, is a swimming flu I disease on my leg.
ckampion. 10 The two boxers waiked into the ring / pitch /
2 we play tennis / the weather / good / In summer / court, both hoping to become World Champion.
when / is
3 won / the best player of all / was / whose / Stevie /
team
4 we Uve / a lot of pollution / is / where / In the city
centre / there
5 better now / who / My brother / an accident / is
feeling / had
6 a team sport / on a court / which / is / Volleyball /
is played
© Complete the text using the past simple or the past perfect of the verbs in brackets.
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