Pedple's

hobbies

Daniel:

Olivia:

chess
camping
collecting
cooking
cycling
music
painting
photography

player
camper
collector
cook
cyclist
musician
painter
photographer

boord, pieces
tent, backpack
collection
cooker,oven
bike, helmet
instrument
brush,paint
camera

@ Suggestedanswers:
camping: sleepingbag, put up, fire, campsite
collecting:album, coins, stamps,objects,art,
valuable
cooking: recipe, saucepans,frying pan, boil, roast,
bake
cycling: wheels,seat,pedals,chain, lock, ride
music: practise,performance,solo, notes,keys,
melody
painting: portrait, Iandscape,frame, picture, oils
photography: flash, focus, digital, zoom, close-up

Speaking Fart 2
Q r fisning 2 canoeing, water-skiing, rock-climbing,
mountain-biking 3 mountain-biking
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Olivia:

Daniel:

Olivia:

Daniel:

Olivia:

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There'sneveranythingto do in thistown,is
there?Let'schoosea hobby,an outdoorone,
for theweekendsandholidaYs.
We could
0K then,howaboutgoingfishing?
go to the riverin thevalleyoverthere,or even
downto the lakes.
a bit
Well,I thinkI'd preferto do something
And anywayI'd feelsorryfor the
moreexcitin$.
we couldtry a watersport?
poorfish!Perhaps
or water-skiing,
likecanoeing,
Something
mavoe.
Yes"butwe can'taffordto hirea boat.I think
Or better
cheaper.
we shoulddo something
still,free!
All right,whydon'twe go rock-climbing?
too.
That'sfree,andit canbe exciting,

to'no'"te PET

Hmm.I thinkit'd be betterto do something

lessdangerous.
OK,letmesee... er,I know- whatabout
lt'soutdoor,quitesafe,fairly
mountain-biking?
...
cheaD

Daniel:

... Yes.we couldhirea coupleof bikesand

seeif we likeit. Soshallwe do that,then?

Olivia:

I thinkit wouldbe great.We couldridethrough

the hillsandintotheforest.So,yes,let'sgo for

thatone.
Q2prefer 3could 4should 5why 6better
7 shall 8 let's
stressis on:
@ rne strongest
1 fishing 3 watersport 5 rock-climbing 8 that
They givenew information.
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Daniel:

OKthen,howaboutgoingfishing?

Olivia:
Olivia:

we couldtry a water sport?

Perhaps
All right,why don'twe go rock-climbing?

Olivia:

Yes,let'sgo for that one.

@
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Olivia:

a bit
Well,I thinkI'd preferto do something
moreexciting.

Daniel:

cheaper.
I thinkwe shoulddo something
less
I thinkit'd be betterto do something
dangerous.

Daniel:

Writing Part I
Q t haveenoughmoneyfor 2/3 affordis followed
by the to infinitive, so it must be afford to btty
@ 2 turned into / to: shouldbe phrasalverb,is frozen
now 3 settingout: shouldbe -lng not infinitive
'suggest',
Let'sleavethe.bsuse 4 don't
after
we: auxiliaryand pronounshouldbe invertedin
questionform, It'd be a goodideato 5 forwardto
'looking
going:shouldbe -ing not infinitive after
forwardto', can'twait to go
@ Z stayingin bed 3 suggestsgoing.44art
playing 5 have... lessons 6 too6hort
@Z to get 3 aboutgoing 4 up 5 to learn to
6 on long

&. Our world

@t@ Answersand suggestionsto und"erline (important

words ln bold]:

Starting off

I B Not quite as big as its neighbour, the island of

New Guinea

O Z go snowboarding 3 sunbathe 4 take photos

5 go trekking 6 go sightseeing 7 go snorkelling

2 A Temperaturesare generally between 24o C and

30' C all year round

@l

snorkelling 2 snowboarding

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Toby:

Wheredidyougo on holiday,
Abi?

Abi:

Well,lastyearwewentto
Zanzibar.lt'san
islandbut it belongsto Tanzania,
in EastAfrica.

Toby:

Youalwaysdo excitingthings,don'tyou?
Whichactivities
didyoudo in Zanzibar?

Abi:

Um,we stayedin StoneTownfor a few days

andwentsightseeing.

Toby:

Ah! Whatdid youseethefe?

Abi:

Therewereoalaces
andmarkets
andwe
visitedthe museums.

Toby:
Abi:
Toby:
Abi:

Doyoulikevisitingmuseums?

Toby:
Abi:

Um...it's0K, but I prefergoingshopping.

Didyoubuyanything?
OhyeslYouknowI lovebuyingsouvenirs.
I boughtsomeclothesandjewellery.
Whichactivitydidyouenjoydoingmost?
Um.. . in the secondweekwe stayedon the
northcoastandI wentsnorkelling
for thefirst
time.lt wasfantastic.

Toby:

you'dstillliketo try?
Are thereanyactivities

Abi:

Um...wellI'veneverbeensnowboarding.
I'd
loveto try that.All myfriendssayit'sthe most
excitingwintersport.Haveyoutriedit?

3 A your comfortable accommodation in the heart

of this city
4 A on the shoresof the South China Sea where
you can go swimming or snorkelling in its clear
blue water
5 B the only way to continue our journey to Sukau
... is by bus
6 B young orang-utanswhose parents have died.
Some of these animals arrive in verv bad
condition
7 B this extraordinary opportunity to get close to
thesecreatures
8 B collect the plants that are part of their diet
9 B For a small fee, book our day trip to Mount
Kinabalu
10 A And when the tour is over, it's a short ride
to the modern shoppingcentres,local storesor
markets for some last-minute souvenirs

Vocabulary
jrsurneyand fflp
Travel,
@Z t ri p 3 t ra v el le d4t r i p 5j our n ey

Grammar
Comparative
anclsuperlative
adjectives;
[nofJas "..

Reading Xlart3
Q t false (New Guinea is bigger) 2 False (Kota
Kinabalu is the most important city) 3 True
trekking,snorkelling,sightseeing,
buyingsouvenirs
4 True

answers:
f) Suggested

wordsto anderline:
@ Suggested
3 first part, sleep,city centre
4 watersports,SouthChinaSea
5 airport, Sukau
6 animals,Sepilok,all sick or injured
7 impossible,getnear,orang-utan
8 Orang-utans,
only,meat
9 includes,free trip, Mount Kinabalu
10buy gifts,after,sightseeing
tour

@z+ 4J
@ t (ttre)noisiest 2 (the)biggest 3 (the)most

beautiful 4 (the) best 5 (the) worst 6 (the)

farthest or furthest 7 add -r or -st to adjectives
that finish in e 8 double the final consonant if the
adjective finishes in vowel-consonant 9 :usemore
or most with adjectiveswith two or more syllables

Answerkey

-+ quieter 3 worse -+ worst 4 nears+

@ Z more-glriet
-+ nearest 5 morebetter - better 6 hotes+--+
hottest
answers (other answers may be possibte):
@ Suggested.
3 the most dangerous 4 more intelligent
5 lighter 6 the noisiest 7 the slowest
8 the tallest 9 the biggest 10 the deepest
ll colder 12 larger

@
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Fergus: Andherearetheanswers
to thisweek's
general
knowledge
quiz.Didyouknowthat
Asiais biggerthanAfrica?
Alyssa:

Fergus:

Alyssa:

Yes,andmorepeoplelivein Asiathanany
othercontinent.
Well,Russia
isthe largest
countryin theworld.
And nowfortheanimal
facts.Themost
dangerous
animalon the planetis notthe lion
or thesharkbutthetinymosquito
because
it
carriesdiseases.
Inthe listof thetopten most
intelligent
animals
therearedolphins,
orangutans,sometypesof elephant
andwhales
- butdefinitely
no dogs.TheAfricanelephant
isthe largest
andheaviest
landanimal,
but
the bluewhaleisthe heaviest
livingcreature.
,l50
0n average,
it canweigharound tonnes
- that's150,000
kilos.I wouldn'tliketo share
myhomewitha howlermonkey.
Theyarethe
noisiest
animals
intheworld.Theslowestmovinq
fishistheseahorse.lt wouldtakethis
fishaboutan hourto movel5 metres.
The
tallestdogin theworldisthe GreatDaneand
thesmallest
istheChihuahua.
gotsome
You've
answers
aboutplaces,
you,Alyssa?
haven't
Yes,I have.DidyouknowthatNagoya
train
stationinJapanisthe biggestintheworldand
Shiniuku
stationinthesamecountryisthe
busiest?
lf youlikediving,
thenyoushouldgo
to Belgium.
Nemo33 isthe deeoestpoolin the
world.

Fergus: And the lasttwo answers.Antarcticais the

coldest,
driestandwindiestcontinent.
And
whilewe'retalkingaboutlargeplaces,
the
Amazonrainforest
is largerthananyother
forestin the world.

@ Z tvlountEverestis a bit / a little higherthan K2.

3 Arica is much / f.ar/ a lot drier (or dryer)than
DeathValley.

to,not"tePET

4 Atlanta International Airport is much / far / alol

busier than Heathrow Airport.
5 The sperm whale's brain is much / far / a lot
heavier than a human adult's brain.
@ t true 2 True 3 False (the male is normally
twice the size of the female)
@ f a s + a d j e c t i v e+ a s 2 n o t

3no

@ 2 large as 3 as straight as 4 as dangerousas /

more dangerousthan 5 as intelligent as

Vocabulary
Buildinga
s nd places
([) 2 departmentstore 3 youth club 4 market
5 port 6 fountain 7 bridge 8 town hall
@ Z wiae 3 low 4 old (alsoancientor oldfashioned) 5 clean 6ugly 7 dull/calm
8 boring 9 dangerous 10 cheap 1l quiet
12 shallow 13 near 14flat

Grammar
619andenCIrmaus
ancinon-gradable
[gradable
adjectivesl
O t, Z and3 (in anyorder)quite,very,really
4 and 5 (in any order) absolutely,really
(in any order) quite, very

6 and 7

Q Suggestedanswers:
2 small 3 hot 4 cold 5 bad 6 dirty
7 interesting 8 good
@2really

3absolutely 4quite 5very

@ Suggestedanswers:
I one hour from Stockholm,Sweden 2 not too
crowded, interesting sights, safe 3 more nightlife
' (youth
clubs / night-clubs)
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Selma:

script

cDrrrackte

Um ... I comefrpg Sweden.

I livein a
townaboutan hourawayfromthe capital.
Stockholm.
Thereareonlyabout4,000people
- it'sreallytiny.lt'sa veryniceplaceto livein
becauseit nevergetstoo crowded.Thereare

@,includingacastle.
Because
it'sa smalltown,it'sextremely
safe.
Somettmes,
I findlivingherequiteboring.
I'd liketo livesomewhere
witha morelively
nightlife.
Therearenoyouthclubsor nightclubsandwe oftenhaveto spendtheevening
outdoors,
evenwhenit'sabsolutely
freezing.

ListeningPart3

ThemostfamousVisitoruntilnow isthe
actorEwanMcGregor.
who visited
Hollywood
thisplace- in summerof course- onthe back
of a motorbike.

f) Suggestedanswers:
\

I Oymyakon is a village in East Russia (siberia).

2lowest temperature(-71.2" C); oldestman (109)
3 Ewan McGregor visited Oymyakon in 2004 on his
motorbike.
4Life for young people there is probably quiet.
Q Suggestedanswers:
I date 2 number
6 noun

3 noun

4 adiective 5 noun

@t@t@ | 1926 2 9/nine 3 television 4 oldest

5 mobile(s) [phone)(s) 6 motorbike
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Presenter: Oymyakon,
in EastRussia,
is extremely
cold
andpeoplelivethere!Thelowesttemperature.
'l926,
of minus71.2degrees.
wasrecorded
in
DaveGunhillreports.
beatingallrecords.
Dave:

Extremely
lowtemperatures
arefrequentin
goingbelow
Oymyakon,
with temperatures
minus45 degrees
Celsius
regularly.
Winters
arelongandcoldandoftenlastat leastnine
months.
Thesummers
aremuchwarmer
thanthe winters.Temperatures
canriseto 35
degrees
Celsius
butthenthereisthe problem
...
of mosquitoes
About2,300peoplelivein Oymyakon.
Lifeis
.l00
yearsago- apart
verymuchthesameas
fromtelevision.
Forexample,
thereareno
indoorbathrooms
andpeopleuseiceinstead
of waterfromthe tap.Thevalleyusedto be
famousbecause
someof the oldestpeople
in thecountrylivedthere.Fiodor
Arnosow.
Oymyakon's
oldest-ever
inhabitant.
diedin
Hewas 109.
19_02.
Thereareabout300children
in the local
school.Up untilrecently,
theredidn'tuseto
be anyheatingin theschool.
Thechildren
didtheirclasses
intheircoats.Theseyoung
peopledreamof havingnobilephones,
an
player
Internetcaf6anda disdowith a CD
that
worKs.
A localbusinessman--Alexander
Krylov,wants
to bringtouriststo thearea.Hehasalsobuilt
the town'sfirsthotelto attractthesetourists.
Eachof theten roomshashotandcoldwater.

Speaking Fart 3
Q 2 Marrakech, Morocco 3 Machu Picchu, Peru
4 The Great Wall, China 5 Hikkaduwa Beach,
Sri Lanka
@ Suggestedansli)ers:
1 buy souvenirs, visit museums 2 btty souvenits,
go sightseeing 3 go trekking, go camping
4 go trekking, take photos 5 sunbathe, go
snorkelling
@ Sfredescribesall eight things
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In thisphotoI canseea lot of boatson water.

It lookslikea trafficjam.Thewaterlooksreally
dirty.I thinkit'sa marketin the morning- it
in Asia.Thereseemsto
couldbe somewhere
on the boats.
be a lot of fruitandvegetables
Therearpsomegreenvegetables
but I don't
Oneachboat,I cansee
knowwhattheyare.
a person... no ... I canseemenandwomen.
Somepeoplearewearinghats.I thinkthey're
thingsbuttherearen'tanypeople
selling
there
buying... er ... on oneoftheboats,
wearinga colourful
appears
to be somebody
shirt.Nextto thisboat,there'sanotherman
but I can'tseehimverywell.I thinkit'sthe
Theweatheris hotandsunny.I don't
morninq.
thinkit willrain.Er...

@ 2 looks like 3 looks 4 think, could be 5 seems

to be 6 can see 7 appearsto be 8 don't think
, We use look like with a noun (it looks like a trafftc
iam) and look (withorl like) with an adjective (the
water looks really dirfl.

Writing Fant3
Q t a letter
2 about 100words
3 the name of a city in your country and more
information about this city
@ Ves (this is a model answer and would get full
marks in the PET exam)

Answerkey

@ Saggestedexpressionsto underline:
As you know, I've lived in ... so why don't you
write about ...?It's one of the ... citiesin ... In fact
over ... live there ... is famous for ... Peoplesay
t h a t . . . i s o n t h e e a s tc o a s to f . . . w h i c h a r e . . . t h e y
are ... for (verb + -ing). There are absolutely ...
and ... too. The weatheris ... because... I hooe
this is enough information

Vocabularyand grammar
review Unit 3
Vocabulary
QZ unfit 3 unfair 4 unpopular 5 unhealthy
6 informal 7 impatient 8 unsafe
9 unnecessaryl0 inactive
@2" 3a 4h 5b Gg zd sf

S Feelings
Starting off
Q Z h a p p i n e s s 3 s a d n e s s4 a n g e r 5 f e a r
Q z anger 3 fear 4 happiness 5 jealousy
@ Seethe key to the quiz on page 173

Listening Part 4
O t f don't think, I'm a bit surprised,it seemsto me,
for me
2 Suggestedanswers:in my opinion, I think, I
believe, I'm sure (that), I feel (that), as I see it, if
you ask me, I'd say, I'm afraid, my view is that; the
use of migltt/could/may for possibility.

Qt@tn

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Grammar

Erica:

So,Ben,howoftendoyouandLiamactually
gettogether
thesedays?

@ z to do 3 to get 4 going 5 to buy 6 to have

7 to look for 8 to see 9 spending l0 to buy
ll to do 12being

Ben:

Whenever
I can,Erica.Usually
aboutonce
evervtwo months.

Erica;

I don'tthinkthat'senough.
really.
to keepa
going.Couldn't
youvisithimeach
friendship
month,or askhimto comehere?

Ben:

Well,it'sa longwayto go.Morethan400

kilometres,
lthink.

Erica:

Howlongdoesit take?

Ben:

Oversixhours,eachi,vay.Soyouspendhalf
theweekendonthecoach,goingup anddown
the motorway.
lt'sso boring!

Erica:

Howabouttakingthetrain?Wouldn't
thatbe
quicker?

@zu 3c 4a 5c 6b zb

Vocabularyand grammar
review Unit 4
Vocabulary
Q) Suggestedanswers:
2 faflIasIic/wonderful/great 3 coldest
4 freezing 5 lively/busy 6 enormous/huge
7 boring/dull 8 empty
@Zthan
centres

3very

@ Z mere+etter + better 3 mere-safu* safer

+ than
4 tlat -+ than 5 as -+ than 66
@ 2 f.arther/further 3 mostpopular 4 betterthan
5 the hottest
co.pl"te PET

I don'tthinkI couldaffordit.Thefaresare
reallyhigh.

Erica:

Whydon'tyougeta studenttravelcard?Your
ticketswouldbe a lot cheaoer.

Ben:

Hmm.That'san idea.

Erica:

And Liamcouldgetone,too.Thenhe could

sometimes
comehereon Saturdavs
and
to seeyou.
Sundays

Ben:

I don'tthinkhe'skeenon doingthat.Helikes
hisnewtowna lot.Hewantsto stavthereat
weekends,
he says.

Erica:

I see.Soyougo andseehim,buthe never

comeshere.

4f.ar 5travel 6shopping

Grammar

' Ben:

Ben:

I'msurethat'sbecausethere'sso muchto do
there.lt'san exciting
town,andI knowhe's
madenewfriendsthere.Butwe geton really
wellandwe'renotsuddenly
goingto stop
beingfriends.

Erica:

@2.

3f

No,I'mnotsayingthatat all.Butmaybeyou
needto remindhimthatyou'vebeenfriends
sinceyouwerelittlekids.Andtellhimhow
important
a friendhe isto you.Hemightnot
realise
that,especially
withallthechanges
in
hisliferightnow.
4a

sb

6d

Grammar
Can, cau{d,rnight and /nay fabili{y and possibilityJ
O Stud.entsshouLd-und,erline: can, could, might (not)
might nof is negative; 'not' goes after the modal
verb (might); mightn't; can,t and couldn,t
@ Z may-seems * may seem - the main verb
following a modal is an infinitive without fo so it
does not add s in the 3rd person (he/she/it)
+ I can't - forms of be are not used
3lr*nofean
beforemodals; most modals form the negativeby
adding not or a short form of it at the end
4 we-eeuld - could we - the question form of
modals normally needsa changein word order of
modal and subjectand doesn'tuse the auxiliary
verb do
S ean-doi*g --+can do - modals are not followed by
the -lng form of the verb
0 yeu-wi+fmrghfsee - you might see _ the future
form of most modals is the same as the present
form
T lfseoul4be -+ It could be - forms of be are not
used beforemodals
8 eetidmet-- could meet - modals are followed
by the infinitive without fo, not a past form of the
verb
@ 1 canlcould

2may/might/could

@Zmigtrt 3couldn't 4can't 5can't 6can

7 Could 8 can't
@ Sufgested.onsu)ers:I can't see my school friends, I
can't stay out very late; I can go out with friends, I
can stay in bed late, I can play computergamesall
-morning, I might go to the cinema, play
tennis, go
dancing

ShouiCskau{dn't,
oughtta, ml,st,n.tustn,t,
havets
anrldon'fhaveto [obligation
andprohibition]
Ore 2A
@ Suggestedanswers:
A you ought to / should get a haircut, have a wash,
mend your trousers, get some new shoes;you
shouldn't go out like that, wear those clothes.
have your hair like that.
B You shouldn't go to school tomorrow, do any
work, get too close to people; you ought to /
should see the doctor, go to bed, lie down, have
hot drinks, take an aspirin.

@zn 3c 4E
@u: c2 d1
@ Z must 3 mustn't 4 don'thaveto 5 haveto
6 must

@e
@ Z don't have to 3 have to 4 doesn't have to
5 must 6 shouldn't Z mustn't
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Presenter: InternetsiteslikeMySpace,
Beboano
Facebookare
a greatwayfor youngpeopleto
keepin touchwithfriends,
buttherearethings
youshoulddo to staysafe.On somesites
youdon'thaveto useyourrealnameif you
don'twantto, so inventa namefor yourself.
On mostsitesit'sa rulethatyou'have
to give
an emailaddress,
butthisdoesn,t
haveto be
yournormatone_ youcanuseanyaddress.
Youcanwritelotsof interesting
thingson your
onlinepage,butsomething
youmustneverdo
is putyourhouseaddress
or phonenumber.
Infact,youshouldn't
giveanyinformation
'
thatcouldletstrangersknowyouridentity,
becauseon the Internetyouneverknowwho
is looking.
Remember,
too,thatyoumustn'tput
yourfriends'personal
detailson yourpage,or
'
youcouldputthemin danger.
Sothe message
is:havefun,buttakecare.
answers:2I mustn't eat at my desk.
@ Suggested.
3 I don't have to go out early. 4I must work
harder. 5 I shouldn't eat cream cakes but I
sometimesdo! 6 I ought to tidy my room but I
probablywon't.

Answerkey
E