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b Work with a partner. Make questions and test your partner’s memory.
Was Edward VIII King for very long? No, he wasn’t.
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to cook great pasta! (want, learn)
2 Huan 10
you Brazil? (like)
Ben We 11
it! We 12
to come home. (love, not want)
Huan 13
you around the country? (travel)
Ben We 14 much because we were only there for two weeks.
(not travel)
Huan 15
you in hotels? (stay)
Ben No, we 16
. We stayed with Brazilian friends.
3 Dave 17
you the game? Arsenal and Real Madrid? (watch)
Carlos No, I 18 .
Dave Why not?
Carlos I 19 late last night. I 20 until 7:00.
(work, not finish)
Dave But the game 21 at 7:45. (start)
Carlos Yes, but I 22
my train. I 23 home until 9:30.
(miss, not arrive)
Dave That’s too bad! It was a great game.
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b Practice the dialogues on this page in pairs.
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his happened in my first summer when I was at Edinburgh University. I lived in a room in a big
house with three friends. That summer, some musicians rented two other rooms in our house. It
1
was (be) August, and the Edinburgh Music and Arts Festival was going on. The musicians
(be) from Poland, Italy, and the Netherlands. One afternoon, they 3
about a Latin music club. My friends and I 4
(tell) me
(say) that we wanted to go with them. We
5
(meet) them at the club that evening at 9:00 p.m. It 6 (have) a really friendly
atmosphere, and the music 7 (be) fantastic! Our new friends 8 (speak) English
very well and we 9 (spend) the evening dancing and talking. When we 10 (leave)
11 12 13
the club, we (find) that we (not have) the money for a taxi home. It
(be) a warm night, so we walked home through the streets. The musicians 14
(see) the historic buildings and monuments for the first time, and they 15 (think) that they
16
(be) really beautiful. We 17 (get) home at 4:00 a.m., but we 18
(not go) to bed. We 19 (make) some coffee and talked. Then our friends played their guitars
and we 20 (sing) songs that we all 21 (know). It 22 (be) a wonderful,
memorable evening and, ten years later, we are still friends.
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c Work with a partner. Cover the answers. Take turns answering the questions. Then cover the
questions and take turns making the questions from the answers.
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A new life
Detective Granger OK, Mr. Thomas. Please just relax
and tell me the problem.
Mr. Thomas It’s my wife. She 1went (go) out
yesterday evening. And she
2
(not come) back.
Detective Granger When 3
(you / see) your wife for the last time?
Mr. Thomas Yesterday evening, at about nine thirty.
Detective Granger Tell me what happened
yesterday. 4 (you / do)
anything unusual?
Mr. Thomas No, it 5 (be) just a
normal day. We 6
(wake up) at seven. I 7 (have) breakfast. Then I 8 (drive) to work. My
wife 9
(not have) breakfast. In the morning, I think she 10 (go)
shopping. She 11 (come) home at lunchtime. I don’t know what she 12
(do) in the afternoon. She probably 13 (make) dinner.
Detective Granger When 14 (you / come) home?
Mr. Thomas I 15 (arrive) home at about seven thirty. I 16 (sit) down and
17
(read) the newspaper, and 18 (check) my email. We 19
(have) dinner at about eight. After dinner, I 20 (watch) TV. I 21
(go to sleep) in my chair.
Detective Granger 22
(you / speak) to your wife at all? What
23
(she / say) to you?
Mr. Thomas We 24 (not talk) during
dinner. After dinner she 25
(say), “This isn’t a life. I need to go out.” She
26
(call) a taxi.
I 27 (hear) the taxi about fifteen
minutes later. She 28 (take) her
bag and her coat and
29
(close) the door. She
30
(not say) goodbye.
Detective Granger I see, sir. I think I know why
she 31 (leave).
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b Read the story again. Then cover it. Can you remember five things that Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
did yesterday?
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c Test your memory. Look at the picture again for 30 seconds. Then A (picture face up) ask B
(picture face down) five questions about the house. Then change roles.
Is there a in the ? Are there any in the ?
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A 1Was there a supermarket in your town when you were a child?
B No, 2 .3 a bakery and a
small store.
A 4
any Italian restaurants? I love pizza!
B No, 5
, but 6 a cafe.
And 7 two restaurants!
2
A W
e stayed in a great hotel in Spain. 8
a huge TV in our room!
B Wow! 9 a swimming pool?
A Yes, 10
two, and 11
a fantastic gym.
B 12
a good restaurant in the hotel?
A Yes, the food was delicious!
3
A 13
a very old castle in the town I lived in as
a child. People said 14
secret rooms in it.
B Really? 15 ghosts in the castle, too?
A Yes, 16
. My aunt saw one once. She said that
suddenly 17 a strange light and then she
saw a face looking in through the window – but she was on the
second floor!
4
A Did you get anything nice at the sale?
B Yes, I did. 18 some cool sweaters. I got two.
A Great! 19
any jeans?
B Yes, 20
, but 21 any in
my size.
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b Work with a partner. Say three things that there were on the street or in the area where you live
but are not there now.
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a Look at what’s in the refrigerator. Write the questions and short answers.
1 butter? Is there any butter? No, there isn’t.
2 sushi?
3 carrots?
4 cheese?
5 fish?
6 chicken?
7 eggs?
8 orange juice?
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c Test your memory. Work with a partner. A (picture face up) ask B (picture face down) five
questions about what’s in the fridge. Then change roles.
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Baby Belinda
7 How much / many milk does she drink?
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b Work with a partner. Answer questions 1–12 about yourself. Then ask your partner some
questions and discuss.
I don’t drink much orange juice. How much orange juice do you drink?
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3 4
Inventions 3 Size
Blu-ray technology 1998 Russia 6,592,800 sq mi
MP3 technology 1989
4 Canada 3,854,085 sq mi
new big
5 6
Price 5 People per sq mi
Cartier watch $5,170 Shanghai 9,400
Swatch watch $115 6 Istanbul 6,530
expensive crowded
7 8
Average summer 7 Risk
temperature deaths per year worldwide traveling
by car approx. 1.2 million
London 75.2°F 8 deaths per year worldwide traveling
New York City 83°F
by plane approx. 600
hot dangerous
9 10
Vitamin C 9 Height
Burj Khalifa tower (Dubai)
oranges: approx. 70 mg per orange 2,717 ft
apples: approx. 9 mg per apple 10 Empire State Building (New York)
1,454 ft
healthy tall
11 12
Annual rainfall 11
Weather
Paris (France) average hours
Buenos Aires 38.7 inches sunlight per day 4.9
Rome 23 inches Stockholm (Sweden) average hours
12
sunlight per day 5.4
dry sunny
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b Test your memory. Cover the sentences and look at the boxes. Compare the things.
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c Test your memory. Cover the questions and look at the answers. Make sentences about
each place.
Wellington in New Zealand is the windiest city in the world.
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2
A Juan and Pablo 3 here next year.
(not study)
B Why not?
A Because they 4 in Washington. (live)
3
A I 5 this evening. (not go out)
B Why not?
A I need to get up early tomorrow morning. I
6
at 10:00. (go to bed)
4
A 7
Lin at the party? (be)
B Yes, and she says that she 8
her
new boyfriend. (bring)
5
A What 9 you next weekend?
(do)
B We 10 with our friends in Chicago. (stay)
A 11
you the children? (take)
B Yes. We 12
the museum and then go
sightseeing. (visit)
6
A Where is your sister?
B She’s out shopping. She 13 a new laptop. (buy)
A What 14
she with the old
one? (do)
B I don’t know, but she 15 it to me! (not give)
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b Practice the dialogues on this page with your partner.
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6 7 8 9 10
10
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b
Cover the sentences and look at the pictures. Say the predictions.
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3 4
3 He’s writing .
4 She passed the exam .
5 6
5 They’re dancing .
6 She’s opening the door
.
7 8
7 She’s running .
8 He’s working .
9 10
9 She bought them .
10 He’s driving .
11 12
11 She’s singing .
12 They’re talking .
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c Cover the sentences and look at the pictures. Say the sentences with a modifier (very, really,
incredibly).
He’s driving very slowly.
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c Test your memory. Cover the sentences in a. Look at the pictures and say the sentences.
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b Cover the ARTICLES column. Practice the dialogues on this page with a partner.
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3 4
5 6
7 8
7 They all the cookies! (eat) 8 Don’t turn it off! The movie .
(not finish)
9 10
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1 A Where’s Suzie?
B She 1’s gone home. (go)
A When 2 she ? (leave)
B About half an hour ago.
2 A 3
you to the new Italian restaurant on Elm Street? (be)
B Yes, we have. We 4
last week. The food 5 great. (go, be)
3 A 6
Marianna ? (arrive)
B No, she couldn’t come. Her mother 7
an accident yesterday, and she’s
with her in the hospital. (have)
5 A 11
you ever karaoke? (sing)
B No, I 12
.I 13
to a
karaoke party with some friends a few months ago,
but I 14 anything. (go, not sing)
6 A 15
you to Paris? (be)
B Yes, I 16
.
A When 17
you there? (go)
B When I 18
in school, for an end-of-year trip. (be)
A 19
you a good time? (have)
B Yes. It 20 fantastic. (be)
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Practice the dialogues on this page with a partner.
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b Test your memory. Cover the questions and look at the answers. Remember the questions.
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