Rachael Roberts, Heather Buchanan

and Emma Pathare

series Adviser Catherine Walter

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coursebook
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 Rachael Roberts, Heather Buchanan
and Emma Pathare
series Adviser Catherine Walter

coursebook
with video and Oxford Online Skills

• Intermediate

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1 Trends page 6 1.1 Are you really my friend? p6 Present simple, continuous and
perfect p6
Talk about things that are changing
Talk about friendships 1. 2 Why spending's #trending ps State verbs p9
Talk about spending
Talk about states, thoughts and feelings 1.3 vocabulary and skills development p10
Listen for key words 1.4 Speaking and writing p12
Noun suffixes
Ask for and give opinions
Write for social media 1.5 0 Video Social media marketing p14 Review p1s

2 What a story! page 16 2.1 I'll never forget that day p16 Narrative forms p17
• Talk about past experiences
• Use narrative forms 2.2 Unbelievable? p1s Sequencing events p1s
• Sequence events
• Talk about communication 2.3 vocabulary and skills development p20
• Understand references in a text
• use comment adverbs 2.4 Speaking and writing p22
• Engage a listener and show interest
• Write a narrative
2. 5 0 Video Seven good stories p24 Review p25

3 Life skills page 26 3.1 Challenges p26 Ability p27

Talk about challenges and success 3.2 Faking it? p28 Obligation, permission and possibility p29
Talk about ability
Talk about work skills
3.3 vocabulary and skills development p30
Talk about obligation, permission and possibility
Recognize complex noun phrases (1)
use compound adjectives 3.4 Speaking and writing p32
Give practical instructions
Write a paragraph supporting an opinion
3.5 0 Video A woman's life: 1914 vs 2014 p34 Review p3s

4 Space page 36 4.1 Living on water p36 will/be going to for predictions and
decisions p37
• Talk about living on water
• Talk about predictions and decisions 4.2 Forest bathing p38 Probability p38
• Talk about the natural world
• Talk about probability 4.3 Vocabulary and skills development p40
• Understand consonant-vowel linking
• Understand idiomatic phrases about places
• Avoid repetition 4.4 Speaking and writing p42
• Make enquiries
4.5 0 Video songdo p44 Review p45

5 Entertainment page 46 5.1 Universally popular? p46 -ing form and infinitive with to p47
Talk about different genres of films 5.2 Mosquito smasher! p48 Present perfect simple and past
-ing form and infinitive with to simple p49
Describe a video game
use present perfect simple and past simple 5.3 Vocabulary and skills development pso
Understand linkers
use extreme adjectives 5.4 Speaking and writing ps2
Write a film review
Compare and recommend
5.5 0 Video Film studies p54 Review pss

6 In control? page 56 6.1 Man and machine p56 Defining and non-defining relative
clauses p57 •
• Talk about machines in our lives
• use defining and non-defining relative clauses 6.2 Controlling the weather? pss Present perfect simple and
• Talk about the climate and extreme weather continuous p59 •
• Talk about recent events and changes

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• Recognize linkers in conversation 6.3 vocabulary and skills development p60 .
• Understand and use adjective suffixes
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6.4 Speaking and writing p62
• Write a professional email
• Change arrangements
6.5 0 Video Mist catchers p64 Review p65

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 Trends
1.1 Are you really n1y friend?
GOALS a Talk about things that are changing a Talk about friendships

Grammar & Reading present simple,

continuous and perfect
1 Work in small groups. Read the statement and discuss
the questions.
Face-to-face with Facebook friends Like. Comment. Share V
'Among adult Facebook users, the average number of
friends is 338.' How many of your Facebook friends have you seen
lately? For Rob Jones, who 1 is currently meeting every
1 Does this statistic surprise you? Why/Why not? single friend on his Facebook page. the answer could
2 Is it possible to really be friends with so many people? soon be 700.
Why/Why not?
His aim to raise money for a children's charity means he
has already come face-to-face with 123 internet 'friends'
Photos Like . Comment . Share
in seven countries, some of whom he has never met
before.
2 He takes a photo for his Facebook page with everyone
he meets, and persuades them to give to his charity, and
he has already raised more than £3,000.
He hopes to have met all 700 within three years, travelling
thousands of miles to thirty countries including New
Zealand, on the other side of the world, in the process.
People often say that Facebook friends aren't real
friends. But Rob met his Polish girlfriend online and
3 they've now been together three years. He says
4 this proves that the internet is a powerful tool.

'I'm reuniting with friends, and in the process 5/'m

learning a lot about myself. I now have good friends in
people I have never met before this.'
'Everyone has been great so far; 6 / generally spend a day
with them and they choose what we do.'
His adventure has taken him across Europe, visiting England,
Scotland (top photo), Poland (photo in the centre),
Finland, Germany and Switzerland, and 7he's a/so just
visited a distant relative in the USA (bottom photo).

2 Read the article. Why is Rob Jones trying to meet all 700 of
his Facebook friends? Discuss your ideas with a partner.

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3 Read the information in the Grammar focus box and 6a Work with a partner. Look at the verbs/verb phrases and
write sentences 1-7 in the article next to the appropriate decide if they are positive (P) or negative (N).
grammar rule a-f. 1 get on (well) (with someone)
2 meet up (with someone)
GRAMMAR FOCUS present simple, present
continuous and present perfect simple 3 have a lot in common (with someone)
4 fall out (with someone)
• We use the present simple to talk about
5 help (someone) out
a things that are always or generally true.
6 trust (someone)
7 get/keep in touch (with someone)
b things that happen regularly/repeatedly. 8 make friends (with someone)
9 have an argument (with someone)
• we use the present continuous to talk about
c things that are happening at/around the time when we b 1.1 ))) Listen again to Sarah and Josh and check your answers.
speak . __________________
d things that are changing. ____________
• we use the present perfect simple to talk about i#•)mWBMit•)�i linking
e our experience (our lives until now).
When we speak at normal speed, we link phrases so they often
f things that have already/just happened. sound like one word.

7 a Look at the phrases in exercise 6a. Mark the way the words
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get:...,on well with someone
4a Choose the correct options to complete the questions.
1 What is Rob trying I does Rob try to do? b 1.2 ))) Listen, check and repeat.
2 How many friends does he meet I has he met so far?
3 Why does he take I is he taking a photo of everyone he meets? 8a Complete the statements using the correct form of the
4 Why does Rob believe that the internet has been I is a verbs/verb phrases in exercise 6a.
good way of making friends? 1 I often _____________ groups of
friends in the evening.
5 What is Rob learning I does Rob learn from the process?
2 You don't need to ______________
6 Who usually decides I is deciding what to do when Rob someone to be friends. It's fine to have different interests.
meets a Face book friend?
3 I _____________ most people I
7 Which countries does he visit I has he visited? know. There aren't many people I don't like.
4 A really good friend is someone you can call at midnight
b Discuss the answers to the questions with a partner. and ask them to ______________
5 The friends you __ at school are often friends for life.
vocabulary & Speaking friendship 6 I'm always pleased when someone I haven't heard from
in ages ______________
Sa 1.1 ))) Listen to two friends, Sarah and Josh, talking about 7 I'm quite easy-going. I rarely ___________
their friendships. Which diagram represents each person's my friends.
friendship groups? 8 I'm not speaking to my sister at the moment - we've
close friends friends from school facebook close friends _____________. It seems a bit childish.
9 I can ______________ my closest
friend with all my secrets.

b 1.3 ))) Listen and check your answers. How many of the
statements are true for you? Explain why to a partner.

9 im3 Draw a diagram of your friendship groups, like

evening class met on holiday work
the ones in exercise 5a. Talk to a partner about some of

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the people in it. Ask each other questions to get more
b Tell your partner which diagram is more like your information.
friendship groups. Explain why.
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1.2 Why spending's #trending &; :7;5())
GOALS • Talk about spending • Talk about states, thoughts and feelings

Vocabulary & Listening spending

1 Work with a partner. Look at the title of the lesson and
discuss the questions.
1 What is happening in the photos?
2 What does it mean if something is 'trending'?
3 Why might spending be trending?

2a 1.4 l)) Listen to a short radio news item about Black Friday
and compare what you hear with your ideas from exercise 1.

b Does anything you heard surprise you?

3a 1.4 l)) Read the statements. Then listen again and decide
if the statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the
false statements.
1 The expression Black Friday has been used
more than two billion times on Twitter recently.
2 Black Friday only happens in the USA.
3 Some people have queued overnight.
4 Shoppers around the world spent more than
11 billion dollars on Black Friday last year.
5 There have been five injuries in the last few
years on Black Friday.

b Compare your answers with a partner.

4a Put the words and phrases in the box into the correct groups.

customer consumer deals discounts half-price 5 Work with a partner or in small groups. Discuss the questions.
items purchaser purchases special offers 1 What have you bought recently that was a bargain?
two for the price of one 2 Do you look for special offers such as two for the price
of one in the supermarket? How important are they to
b Check your ideas with a partner. you in choosing your purchases?

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shoppers \ b�r:g�in.s 3 Have you ever bought something you didn't need
because it was a good deal? If so, give an example.
I buy at a 4 Would you be willing to queue for hours to get a good

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2.1 I'll never forget that day
GOALS • Talk about past experiences • Use narrative forms

vocabulary & Reading describing past

experiences
1 Look at the photo and the headline of the article and 2 Read the magazine article. Were your ideas close to what
discuss the questions. actually happened?
1 What do you consider to be a bad day at work?
3 Read the article again and choose the correct verbs.
2 How could a hippo be related to a bad day at work?

A bad day at work

I'll never forget I remind that day. It started out as just an ordinary
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day at work. I never 2 expected I wondered that within a few hours I

would be in great danger!

I was 27 and had been a river guide for us could hold his breath the longest.
several years, taking people down the
Suddenly the hippo released me. By
Zambezi River. The sun was setting
chance, a medical team was nearby,
and we were reaching the end of the
and they helped me to reach a
tour one evening, when something
hospital. Meanwhile, the hippo had
knocked into the boat.
quietly 6 appeared I disappeared.
Thinking it was Lhe other boat,
I 7 believe I expect, though. that
I turned round to push it
I met him one more time.
away, when suddenly
Two years later I was
everything went dark.
travelling down the
I was stuck inside
Zambezi again.
something. l managed
Being there obviously
to free one hand and 8 recognized I
felt around - my hand
reminded me of what
touched a hippo's
had happened.Then,
nose. It was only then
just as we were going
that I 3 believed I realized
past the same place in the
I was underwater, my upper
river, a huge hippo suddenly
body actually in the hippo's 9 appeared I realized.
mouth! I tried to move as much as I
could, and when he opened his mouth, I 16 screamed I whispered so loudly that
l managed to swim away. But seconds those with me said they'd never heard
later, he struck again, pulling me anything like it. He went back under
under the water. I 4 remember I remind the water and was never seen again.
looking up at the surface of the water, I'm sure 1 11 recognized I realized the
and 5 recognizing I wondering which of same hippo, still just as angry.

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4a Complete the questions with the verbs in the box. 7 a Complete the story with the correct form of the verbs
in brackets.
believe expect realize recognize remember
remind wonder
1 When did the writer _____ that his head was A lucky escape
inside a hippo? How do you think he felt?
That reminds me of another story I heard about a
2 Why do you think the writer _____ so clearly man who had a lucky escape. He 1 ____ (be)
what he was seeing and about while he was at a barbecue restaurant on top of a mountain, and
underwater? after the meal he 2___ _ (decide) not to take the
3 Do you _____ the writer really _____ the cable car down with his friends, but to walk down
same hippo two years later, or did it just _____ instead. While he 3 ____ (1ook) for the path, he
____ (fall) into a stream and s ____
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him of the hippo that attacked him?
4 Did you _____ the writer to return to being a river (break) his leg. Unable to move, he 6____ (try)
guide after what happened? Would you? to phone for help, but his mobile 7 ____ (work)
because he 8____ (drop) it in the stream.
b Discuss your answers with a partner. Knowing he was missing, teams of people 9____
(look) for him, but it was twenty-four days before they
10_ ___ (find) him. Luckily he 11 (bring)
Grammar & Speaking narrative forms a bottle of barbecue sauce with him to the barbecue,
and he 12 (survive) by drinking water mixed
5 Work with a partner. Match verbs 1-5 to descriptions a-c. with the barbecue sauce.
1 I was 27 and 1 had been a river guide for several years.
2 The sun 2 was setting and we 3 were reaching the end
of the tour one evening, when something knocked into
the boat.
3 ... something 4 knocked into the boat. Thinking it was
the other boat, I 5 turned round to push it away ...
a Setting the background to the story: ____
b The main events in a story: ____
c An event that happened before the main events in b 2.1 ))) Listen and check your answers.
the story: __
c Work with a partner. What could the man have said about
6a Read the Grammar focus box to check your ideas. his lucky escape a few years later?

b Add one more example of each form from the article to the box. i#•)m)W!Liit•)�i auxiliary verbs had + was/were
GRAMMAR FOCUS narrative forms 8a Look at these two sentences from the story. What is the
• In narratives, we use the past simple for the main events difference between the two underlined verbs? How will
in a story. their pronunciation be different?
something knocked into the boat. 1 That reminds me of another story I heard about a man
1
who had a lucky escape.
• we use the past continuous for background events,
or longer actions interrupted by a shorter event. 2 He'.d been at a barbecue restaurant.
The sun was setting ...
we were reaching the end of the tour one evening, when b How are was and were pronounced in these sentences? Why?
something knocked into the boat. 3 While he was looking for the path ...
2
4 Knowing he was missing, teams of people were ·looking
• we use the past perfect for events that happened before for him ...
the main past time we are talking about.
I was 27 and had been a river guide for several years. c 2.2 >» Listen, check and repeat.
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GOALS • sequence events • Talk about communication

Grammar & Reading sequencing events

1 a Work with a partner. Look at the photos and match them
to the three short articles 1-3.

Hoaxes ••MW@•
1 Recently a picture has been circulating on
the internet of a bright blue watermelon,
described as a Japanese moon melon. It
seems the fruit grows in Japan and eating
it will change the taste of anything you eat
afterwards, making sweet things taste sour,
and so on. Each watermelon is supposed
to cost about $200, but no one is actually
offering it for sale, because it doesn't exist.

...... 2 On October 15, 2009, the media reported

that a six-year-old boy was inside a large
silver balloon floating high in the sky. When
the balloon landed, the boy was nowhere to
be found, leading to fears that-he had fallen
out. However, it was later discovered that the
whole story had been made up by the boy's
parents, in an attempt to get a reality TV deal.

b What do all three stories have in common?

3 In the early twentieth century, scientists were
keen to find some evidence that would prove 2 Read the stories again. Which story ...?
the link between early man and apes. In 1912, I is the oldest
it seemed the evidence had been found in
Piltdown, England, when Charles Dawson
2 is going round online
dug up a human skull with an ape-like jaw. 3 did people believe for the longest time
For more than thirty years, everyone believed 4 was a result of someone wanting to be famous
that this skull, known as 'Piltdown Man', was
genuine; but in 1953 a team of researchers 3 Work with a partner and discuss these questions.
discovered that it was, in fact, a fake, made I Have you heard any of these stories before, or any
from an ancient human skull and a modern
similar ones?
ape jaw.
2 Why do you think people carry out hoaxes like these?

4a 2.3 i» Listen to a radio programme about hoaxes. Did they

• skull the bones in the head of a human or animal mention any of your reasons?
• jaw the two large bones in your skull that contain your teeth
b Work with a partner. List three of the reasons for carrying
out the hoaxes that are mentioned in the programme.

c 2.3 l)) Listen again and check your answers.

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Sa Complete the extracts about the first hoax mentioned in 7 a Read the story of the Piltdown Man and choose the best
the radio programme, using the correct linking word or time linker options.
phrase from the box. Use each word or phrase only once.
1During / While the early twentieth century, scientists
as soon as by the time (that) during meanwhile were keen to find some evidence that would prove the
until while link between early man and apes. In 1912 that evidence
1 A couple, Richard and Mayumi Heene, let a large gas seemed to have been found 2 meanwhile/ while
Dawson and Woodward were digging on a site in
balloon float off into the air and then, _____ it was
Piltdown, in the south of England. 3 As soon as/ Until
high in the sky, they claimed that their six-year-old son
they saw the jawbone and the skull, they decided that
was inside the balloon.
this must be the evidence science needed. Woodward
2 The police were informed and helicopters were sent up claimed that both bones belonged to a human being
to track the balloon _____ they could find a safe who had lived about half a million years ago, 4 by the
way of getting him down. time / during what is known as the Lower Pleistocene
3 _____ the balloon landed an hour or so later, about period. Most scientists accepted this opinion 5 until /
80 km away, the story was live on television. while nearly forty years later, when it was discovered
4 When the boy was not found inside, the media reported that the Piltdown Man was a fake. 6 By the time/
that he had fallen out _____ the flight, and a huge Meanwhile, Dawson, who most people consider
search started. _____ , the boy was actually safe responsible for making the fake, had died.
at home, hiding. The parents suddenly announced that The Piltdown Man hoax truly damaged science because
they had found him at home, asleep. 7 while/ by the time the hoax was discovered, scientists

5 We can't say for sure because the couple never admitted had wasted nearly forty years believing a lie.
it, but _____ reporters were interviewing the
family on TV, the boy accidentally mentioned that b 2.5 ))) Listen and check your answers.
they'd done it to be on TV. He was supposed to keep
quiet about that.
vocabulary & Speaking communication
b 2.4 )» Compare your answers with a partner. Listen and
check your answers. 8 a Work with a partner. Look back at the extracts from the
radio programme in exercise 5a and find the verbs which
6 Read the sentences in exercise 5a again. Choose the describe different ways of communicating or not.
correct option to complete the information in the
Grammar focus box. b Now complete the news items with the most appropriate
verbs from the box in the correct form.
GRAMMAR FOCUS time linkers
we use time linkers to describe how the timing of events in a announce claim interview mention tell
story relates to one another.
Police ,_____ yesterday that calls to the emergency
1 until I while describes when something happened but not
for how long 999 number had risen sharply in recent months. They
2 ____ the public to ignore a hoax story which
2 as soon as I by the time (that) describes an event that 3_____ that dialling 999 will charge your phone
happens immediately after an event
battery.
3 until I meanwhile describes a contrasting event that
happens while something else is happening
4 by the time (that) I during describes an action that admit inform invent keep quiet report
happened before the main events
5 during I as soon as describes an action that happens at a The newspaper which recently 4 that Beijing
point within this period of time was showing digital sunrises on huge screens because
6 during I until describes an action that continued up to a air pollution was too bad for people to see the real thing
point and then stops has now 5 that a journalist actually
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6 the story.

9· im:t Work with a partner or in small groups. Go to page 126.

Choose one of the stories about a hoax.

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2. 4 Exercise 6 6.2 Exercise 9
a Use the following notes to prepare to tell the story of a Read about Thongsa, a rice farmer from Thailand. Answer
another coincidence. the questions.
• TV reporter Irv Kupcinet/in London on a work trip I What problems did the weather cause her?
• In hotel room/find items belonging to his friend/Harry Hannin. 2 What was her solution?
• Meanwhile/Hannin in Paris.
• In his hotel room/find tie with Kupcinet's name on it.

b Tell your partner your story, using the phrases in the

Language for speaking box on page 22 to engage your
listener. When listening to your partner, use the phrases to
make sure you sound interested.

Student B
3.2 Exercise 8

Thongsa Juansang was a rice farmer. Growing rice needs

a lot of water, and when the rain didn't come, her crop
died. So she has introduced new crops, growing food
a Work with a partner. Read the paragraph about a Faking that needs less water. Instead of growing rice, she's
It episode. Use the notes and your own ideas to write a changed to growing fruit and vegetables, and she can
similar paragraph about a similar type of programme. now feed her family. She also has some food left over
which she can sell at markets in order to buy rice.

b Work with a partner who has read the other story. Take
it in turns to interview each other. Answer as Thonga.
Try to use present perfect simple and continuous in
your answers.
Newsagent to showbiz
• Wl1at has been happening to the weather· in your area?
reporter • What effect has this had on your crops?
• How has this affected your life and your family?
• What have you done to improve the situation 7
Twenty-nine-year-old working mum swaps bringing
up children and working in the family newsagent's
shop to become a TV showbusiness reporter.

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Mrd, Look efter j&1mi.Ly

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people to t&1Lk to yol{, Look 300d

b Tell your partner about the person you wrote about.

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7.1 Exercise 10 10.1 Exercise 10
a Read about the Kickstarter project called Good & Proper
Tea and answer the questions.
1 What was the service or product? What was special
about it?
2 What evidence was there that the business was worth
investing in?
3 What investment was needed? How many investors did
The Good & Proper Tea van get?

b Join two or three students who have read the same text.
Prepare a short presentation about your project, using the
questions in exercise 5 on page 97 to guide you.

c Present your project to the rest of the class. Try to get as

Prepare to talk for a minute about homeworking using used many people to back you as possible.
to and would. Look at the photo and think about how people
working from home can communicate with the office and Discover Start Search Sign up Log in
customers nowadays, and how attitudes have changed over the
past decades.

Student B
9.2 Exercise 10

If you buy a cup of coffee these days, you can

choose what style of coffee you want and even
find out how the beans were roasted. But tea
drinkers are rarely provided with the same kind of
choice and quality. Instead, said Emilie Holmes,
'we are presented with a cup of not-quite-hot­
enough water, with a teabag hidden somewhere
in the depths'. She explained her idea in a video
on Kickstarter, hoping to raise the £10,000 she
Work with a partner. needed to convert her van into a mobile tea stall.
The money was raised in just one week. In fact,
a Listen to the description and try to imagine what you she raised £14,682 from 372 backers. It was a
hear. Then look at the original picture. How close was the busy week. Every time some money was pledged,
description Student A gave? Emily received an email and she replied in person
to every single investor. Her business is now
b Describe your picture without showing it to your partner. well established, providing customers with an
Give as much detail as possible, using the vocabulary, and excellent cup of tea.
making some deductions and speculations.
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1 Trends page 4 4 Space _· · _ page 24

Grammar Grammar
present simple, continuous and perfect 4 will/be going to for predictions and decisions 25
state verbs 7 probability 27
Vocabulary Vocabulary
friendship 5 living on water 24
spending 6 the natural world 26
noun suffixes 8 idiomatic phrases about places 28
vocabulary review 8 vocabulary review 28
Speaking Speaking
asking for and giving opinions 9 enquiries 29
Writing Writing
social media 9 avoiding repetition 29
Listening for pleasure
2 What a story! page 10 an interview - architect Shigeru Ban 30
Grammar Review: Units 3 and 4 31
narrative forms 11
sequencing events 12
vocabulary
5 Entertainment page 32
describing past experiences 10 Grammar
communication 13 -ing form and infinitive with to 33
comment adverbs 14 present perfect simple and past simple 35
vocabulary review 14 vocabulary
Speaking going tQ the movies 32
showing interest 15 adjectives to describe a video game 34
Writing extreme adjectives 36
a narrative 15 vocabulary review 36
Reading for pleasure Speaking
fiction - Kidnapped 16 comparing and recommending 37
Writing
Review: Units 1 and 2 17
a film review 37

3 Life skills page 18 6 In control? : -· · page 38

Gra.mmar Grammar
· ability 19 defining and non-defining relative clauses 39
· obligation, permission and possibility 21 present perfect simple and continuous 41
vocabulary vocabulary
challenges and success 18 machines 38
work skills 20 climate and extreme weather 40
compound adjectives 22 adjective suffixes 42
vocabulary review 22 vocabulary review 42
Speaking Speaking
practical instructions 23 changing arrangements 43
Writing Writing
writing an opinion paragraph 23 a professional email 43
Reading for pleasure

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non-fiction - The Everest Story 44
Review: Units 5 and 6 45
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1.1 Are you really InY friend?
2 Cross out the incorrect word or phrase in each sentence.
Grammar present simple, continuous
1 I've already I yet Ijust met him. He seems like a nice
and perfect person.
2 I'm not looking at any of my emails this week I at the
1 Complete the article about social networking with the
moment I all the time. I'm on holiday.
correct form of the verbs in brackets: present simple,
present continuous or present perfect. 3 We already I always I usually have a good time when we
get together.
4 I haven't seen him online for a long time I lately I at the
moment.
5 I chat on Skype with my friends who are abroad every
week I now I all the time.
6 Because of my new job, I'm meeting a lot of new people
every time I these days I nowadays.

3 Read about a social networking site and choose the correct

options to complete the text.

O ver the last ten years, social networking

1 /yJs ..9row11- (grow) from just another internet.

trend to a global obsession. Over four billion people

regularly 2-------�- (access) social
1 Have you heard / Did you hear of Linkedln? It is
networking sites on mobile devices. Check out these a social networking site for professionals. It was
amazing facts that show how social networking launched in 2003 and is now used mainly for
3�-------- (still/change) the wa)'. we professional networking.
communicate day by day.
The number of Linkedln users 2 is increasing /
• 23% of Facebook users"-----�--­ increases very fast: two new members ioin the
(check) their accounts five times or more every day.
website every second. It now 3 is having / has over
• The number of Twitter users aged 55-,64 280 million users, and 40% of them 4 hove checked/
5 -----------'-- (increase) more than any
check their profile every day.
other age group at present.
Professionals nowadays 5 use / have used the site to
• Instagram users 6 ________-'- (already/
upload) more than sixte�n billion photos.
find iobs and business opportunities, and companies
search for potential candidates. Users can follow
• Google+ 7 _________ (currently/grow) different companies and also see who 6 already
;, at a rate of 33% per year. visited I has already visited their profile page.
• YouTube •---,--------,-- (have) over 09e
Other features 7 include / are including groups and
billion unique visitors per month.
online conversations. It is estimated that over 200
• In the last minute, more. than 2,000 people conversations 8 are taking place / have taken place
9________ (just/check) in on
Foursquare to let their friends know where they are.
right now.

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vocabulary friendship
4a Match questions 1-6 to answers a-f.
1 Do you get on well with your neighbours?
2 Do you have a lot in common with your partner?
3 When was the last time you had an argument with your best friend?
4 How often do you meet up with your friends?
5 Do you make new friends easily?
6 How many old classmates do you keep in touch with?
a Yesterday! But it was about something stupid, and we've already
forgotten about it.
b Maybe four or five, but just on Facebook.
c Not really. I don't even know their names!
d Usually once a week, on Fridays.
e Yes, I'm very sociable. People think I'm crazy because I talk to
everyone on the bus!
f Yeah, we like the same music, books and lots of other things.

b 1.1 l)) Listen and check.

PRONUNCIATION linking
5 Put the word in brackets in the correct place in each sentence.
OIA.t 7a 1.2 i» Listen and repeat.
1 I fell,(with my partner once because of f ootball. (out)
get,on I get on well with her.
2 My parents helped me when I didn't have enough money. (out)
met,up I met up with my mates
3 I get well with everybody from work. (on) yesterday.
4 I'm terrible at getting touch with distant relatives. (in)
5 I met up people from work to celebrate a birthday last week. (with) b Choose the correct options to complete
the rule.
6 Complete the opinions on social networking with verbs from the box.
These words are linked (pronounced as
have help � make trust one word) because the first word ends
with a 1 consonant I vowel sound and the
I Social networking is great to k.e,e,p in touch with people who live far second word starts with a 2 consonant I
away. vowel sound.
2 When I have a problem with my English homework, I can always find
someone online to _____ me out. c 1.3 i» Listen and link the words. The
3 I never _____ people I meet on social networking sites; it's too number of links is given in brackets next
dangerous. to the sentences.
4 I like joining online groups because you can meet people you 1 I make...,an...,effort to getjn touch with
_____ a lot in common with. distant relatives. (3)
5 Social networking is a great opportunity to _____ friends with 2 I have a lot in common with all my
people all over the planet. classmates. (3)
3 Could you help Adam out? (2)
t) STUDY TIP Record new words and phrases in your vocabulary notebook under 4 I keep in touch with old friends. (2)
topic headings like Friendship. Use them to write true sentences about your 5 I had an argument with an assistant. (4)
friendships.
b 6 It's a shame you fell out with Alice. (3)

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repeat after each sentence.

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1.2 Why spending's #trending

vocabulary 3 Read the text about shopping holidays and choose the best
spending options to complete the text.
1 Match special offers 1-4 to types of shops a-d. I a � b shopping c consumer
2 a shopping b offer c shopper
3 a special offer b deal c item
4 a purchases b customers c discounts
5 a half-price b purchases c special offers
6 a half-price b bargains c consumers
7 a Deals b Items c Shoppers
8 a half-price b bargain c offer
2 9 a offers b consumers c purchases

Two for the price of one

on all titles with yellow stickers Shopping Holidays
People usually travel for different reasons: to relax,
3 to visit historical places or to get a suntan. But more
Great meal deals and more people now travel the world looking for
a good 1_fLI Here are some top 2_ destinations
for families around the world:
Hong Kong It's considered the best place in East
See separate menu Asia to make a good 3_, but be careful with the
shop assistants, who can persuade even the most
experienced 4_ to buy something they don't really
want or need!
4

40 °/o discount Madrid You can find 5_ in more than 50,000 shops
around town, but don't miss El Rastro, an enormous
street market with lots of amazing 6_.
Mexico 7_ from around the
on men's and children's wear world come here to buy
very cheap, but high­
quality, hand-made
a Book shop_ c Supermarket_1_ goods.
b Clothes shop _ d Restaurant Bangkok The
secret of its huge
2 Match the words in bold in exercise 1 to the definitions. outdoor markets
I products items is to bargain
with the
2 a reduction in the price sellers. Never
3 you pay for one item and accept the first
receive two of the same price and you
can even get a
4 a person who buys product 8_!
products or services
5 you pay 50% of the
original price One last tip: Just
6 special negotiations in make sure you have
room for all your 9_
certain conditions in your luggage!

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7 Read this leaflet about compulsive buying. Find and

Grammar state verbs correct four more mistakes related to state verbs.
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs
in the box.
eeHeve own seem taste understand
1 I be.lie.ve. we buy far more than we really need.
2 My family has _________ this business for
over thirty years.
3 This pasta _________ fantastic! You must
give me the recipe. The number of shopaholics is increasing all over
4 I don't know him very well, but he the world. Psychologists now e�cfri"���fldiflg
_________ very friendly.
5 I really don't _________ why people need the reasons for this behaviour better, and have
to buy a new mobile phone when their old one works identified seven important signs:
fine.
5 • You're always buying items you aren't needing.
5 Choose the correct form of the verbs to complete the
sentences. • You don't unpack your purchases but keep
1 I €jjp! 'm wanting to buy a new laptop. them in their boxes with the price tag on.
2 I know I 'm knowing a lot about economics.
• You're wanting to go shopping every day and
3 I spend I 'm spending a lot of money eating in
restaurants at the moment because I haven't got time to feel anxious if you don't.
cook.
10 • You're hiding your shopping from family and
4 I have I 'm having a really hard time with this maths
exercise. Can you help me? friends.
5 I never buy I 'm never buying things on impulse. I
• You feel excited when you're shopping.
always make a shopping list and only buy what's on it.
6 I see I 'm seeing a lot of shops on my way to work. • You feel bad the next day because you're
6 Are these sentences always true (A) or are they only true knowing you shouldn't go shopping all the
I)ow(N)? 1s time.
1 a Freshly cut grass smells great! A
• An argument or disappointment makes you
b I smell smoke. Did you turn off the oven? _Jj_
2 a I don't understand much about chemistry. _ want to shop.
b I don't understand what you're saying. _
3 a I love this jacket! You should definitely buy it._
b I love autumn - it's wonderful.
4 a What do you mean by 'we have a problem'?_ If these sentences are seeming true for you,
b What does this word mean?
you might be a compulsive shopper. There
5 a I have a cousin who looks like Rafael Nadal.
20 are lots of things you can do to shop less:
b You look exhausted. Bad day at work? _
find a new activity, stop going to shopping
centres, and don't carry credit cards when
you go out - only a little cash. You can also
receive help from your local support group.

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Unit 1 Trends Page 8, Exercise 4b H I don't think that's true, actually. I'm
1.4 >)) sure there are good schools outside
Page 5, Exercise 4b
1 membership 5 employment Sydney, too.
1.1 i»
2 judgement 6 information S It's OK, as far as I'm concerned ... as
1 long as the internet connection is good.·
A Do you get on well with your 3 solution 7 friendship
neighbours? 4 celebrity Page 9, Exercise 4a
B Not really. I don't even know their Page 9, Exercises 1 a & b 1.7 )))
names! 1.5 >» I As far as I'm concerned ...
2 How do you feel about the internet? 2 Some people say that ...
A Do you have a lot in common with Would life be better or worse without it? 3 I really feel that ...
your partner? We asked people in the streets, and this is 4 If you ask me ...
B Yeah, we like the same music, books what they said: 5 How do you feel about ... ?
and lots of other things. 1 Well, some people say that the 6 Don't you think ...?
3 internet causes a lot of problems, but Page 9, Exercise 4b
A When was the last time you had an personally, I think that it's an essential 1.8 >))
argument with your best friend? part of our lives now. 1 As far as I'm concerned, I don't see
B Yesterday! But it was about something 2 It's a terrible thing, if you ask me. All why not.
stupid, and we've already forgotten these young people tapping away on 2 Some people say that it's bad for you,
about it. their mobiles all day long. Don't you but I'm not sure.
4 think they're just wasting their lives? 3 I really feel that you should stop
A How often do you meet up with your 3 I'm convinced that everybody's gone smoking.
friends? mad with this internet thing. Nobody 4 If you ask me, it's time to do
B Usually once a week, on Fridays. can answer a simple question without something about it.
5 checking it first online! 5 How do you feel about tests on animals?
A Do you make new friends easily? 4 I definitely think that life is much better 6 Don't you think it's time to go home?
B Yes, I'm very sociable. People think with the internet. It's hard to imagine
I'm crazy because I talk to everyone what kind of life we would have without unit 2 What a story!
on the bus! it!
6 Page 10, Exercise 2c
5 I'm not much of an internet user 2.1 >»
A How many old classmates do you keep myself, but as far as I'm concerned,
in touch with? I=Interviewer, S= Safari guide,
it's got a lot more advantages than
B Maybe four or five, but just on W=Window cleaner, F=Firefighter
disadvantages.
Facebook. I Do you think the animals recognize
Page 9, Exercise 3 you?
Page 5, Exercise 7a
1.6 ))) S Sometimes I do. Once a lion got really
1.2 i» M =Marion, H=Husband, D=Daughter, close to me and looked me in the eye.
get on I get__,on well with her. S=Son I believe he knew exactly who I was.
met up I met__,up with my mates M So, how do you feel about moving
yesterday. I Do you believe anybody who likes
from Sydney to a smaller city? cleaning could do your job?
Page 5, Exercises 7c & d H It's a great idea, if you ask me. This is
W No way! Most people can't even go
1.3 >))
the most expensive city in Australia, up a high ladder! But I wonder why
1 I make__,an__,effort to getjn touch with according to this article I've just read people are so afraid of heights. With
distant relatives. in the paper. Houses are the most the right equipment, it's perfectly safe.
2 I have__,a Jot in common with__,all my expensive in the country, and we hardly And the view's fantastic!
classmates. ever eat out because it costs so much.
D That's true, but I really don't think we I Have you ever realized that you were
3 Could you help__,Adam__,out? risking your life because you were too
4 I keepjn touch with__,old friends. should move. All my friends live round
here. close to the heat?
5 I had__,an__,argument with__,an__,assistant. F A lot of times. When I started, my
6 It's__,a shame you fell__,out with__,Alice. M You'll make new friends.
D Yes, but it isn't the same ... What about colleagues always reminded me to
school? Don't you think that schools stay at a safe distance.
in Sydney are better?
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choose chose chosen ride rode ridden
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cost cost cost rise rose risen
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drink drank drunk set set set
drive drove driven shake shook shaken
eat ate eaten shine shone shone
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feel felt felt shut shut shut
fight fought fought sing sang sung
find found found sit sat sat
fly flew flown sleep slept slept
forget forgot forgotten speak spoke spoken
forgive forgave forgiven spend spent spent
freeze froze frozen spoil spoilt/spoiled spoilt/spoiled
get got got stand stood stood
give gave given steal stole stolen
go went gone/been stick stuck stuck
grow grew grown swim swam swum
have had had take took taken
hear heard heard teach taught taught
hide hid hidden tear tore tom
hit hit hit tell told told
hold held held think thought thought
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