12 LB 6 TB - Extra Lessons
12 LB 6 TB - Extra Lessons
12 LB 6 TB - Extra Lessons
Monica
ACROSS BULGARIA
goes to school
in Varna
‘I always get up at
6.30 a.m. School
George
starts at 7.30 a.m.
and finishes at Her cousin,
12.30 p.m. Lunch
is at 12.45. We goes to a private school in Sofia
have an hour
‘I get up at 7.15 a.m. every morning. Lessons
for lunch and
start at 9 a.m. I’m hardly ever late for school.
then I go to different extra-curricular clubs
We have a break of two hours at lunchtime.
at school. I usually get home from school at
Afternoon lessons start at 2 p.m. and finish
about 4 p.m. and I have a snack. Then I do
at 4.30 p.m. I get home and I do two hours of
my homework and we have dinner at 6.30.
homework. Then I have dinner. My mother
I often watch television in the evening but I
sometimes gives me extra homework! I never
go to my cousin Polly ’s house once or twice
go out during the week. I’m usually in bed at
a week. I usually go to bed at about ten. I
9.30 p.m. I always study for about six hours
hardly ever study at the weekend.
at weekends.’
Weekends are for relaxing!’
Read 3 Read the website and note three reasons why English is
important for George.
1 Read the texts. Who
studies more, Monica www.worldenglish.net
or George?
Who are you?
Comprehension My name is George. I’m from Sofia in
Bulgaria. Sofia is a very big city. I speak
2 Answer the questions Bulgarian and English.
with Monica, George
Why is English important for you?
or both.
English is important for me for three reasons:
Who … 1 Reason number one is the Internet. My favourite websites
1 gets up first? on the Internet are in English. It’s also great for school
2 gets home first? projects and homework.
3 has a long lunch 2 Reason number two is films. A lot of films are in English.
break? 3 And reason number three is that English is very important for
4 does homework in the many jobs in Bulgaria.
evening?
5 goes to bed first? Write
6 studies a lot at
weekends? 4 Write an entry for the World English website. Give information
about you and why English is important for you. Use George’s
text to help you.
Who are you?
My name’s … I’m from … I speak …
Why is English important for you?
English is important for me for … reasons.
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Exercise 1 Exercise 3
George studies more. 1 the Internet
Exercise 2 2 films
1 Monica 3 future job
2 Monica
3 George
4 George
5 George
6 George
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2 My life
SKILLS FOCUS: LISTENING AND SPEAKING
Get started My free time
CHATROOM
1 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions to find 4 11
03 Listen or watch Linda, Mark and
out some information about your partner. Ask Kirsty’s vlogs. Copy and complete with
about his/her: the correct words.
• name • daily routine
• age • typical day at school • art • netball • cinema • watch
• nationality • favourite school subject • shopping • hokey • sometimes
• family • favourite free time activity • go • Tuesdays • play • listen
• always • chat • breakfast • violin
Listen or watch • music • riding • get dressed
• get up • surf • hang out
That’s me
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Listen or watch Harry’s vlog and say true or
01
false.
1 Harry is 14 years old.
2 He is from London.
3 His dad isn’t English.
4 His mum isn’t English.
5 He lives in London.
Linda
6 There are four bedrooms
in his house. I (1)
every day at half past seven.
7 There are two bathrooms in his house. I have a shower, then I (3) . At 8
(2)
8 There are 28 students in his class. o’clock, I have my (4) . I always have
9 There are 50 girls. toast. I (5)
have cereal too.
10 There are thirteen boys.
Mark
My daily routines
In my free time? What free time?
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02 Listen or watch Nina’s vlog. Copy and
I’m busy, busy, busy. I (6) to music,
complete the sentences with the correct words.
I (7) DVDs, I (8) the net, I (9) computer
1 Nina’s mum and dad
games, I (10) on the phone, I (11) with
is / am / are from India.
2 Her mum’s a dentist / my friends – we play (12) , we (13) to
musician / doctor. the internet café, we go to the (14) ,
3 Her dad’s a dentist / we go (15)
, we go to gigs…
musician / doctor.
4 Sahid is 11 / 13 / 15 years old. Kirsty
5 Rajiv is 11 / 13 / 15 years old. I play (16) every Monday. On (17) , I
6 She’s 11 / 13 / 15 years old. practise the (18) . On Wednesdays
7 Her birthday is in the August / autumn / October. I play (19) . On Thursdays I go to (20)
8 Sahid’s birthday is on the spring / 11th / 12th of May. club. On Fridays, I have (21) lessons.
9 Rajiv’s birthday is on the 8th of August / autumn /
summer.
10 School start / starts / is start at 9.15. Speak and write
11 She always gets up at 7.30 / 6.30 / 8.30. 5 Work in groups. Talk about yourself,
12 She’s never / usually / sometimes late for school. your daily routine and your free time.
13 She never / usually / sometimes walks to school in
the morning. 6 Choose one of the topics and write
14 Her brothers sometimes / always / often run! a blog post in your notebook about
yourself.
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Exercise 2 Exercise 4
1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 T 6 F 7 F 8 T 9 F 10 T 1 get up 2 always 3 get dressed 4 breakfast
Exercise 3 5 sometimes 6 listen 7 watch 8 surf 9 play 10 chat
1 are 2 doctor 3 musician 4 13 5 11 6 15 7 autumn 11 hang out 12 music 13 go 14 cinema 15 shopping
8 11th 9 August 10 starts 11 6.30 12 never 13 usually 16 netball 17 Tuesdays 18 violin 19 hockey 20 art
14 always 21 riding
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3 Modern landmarks in Bulgaria
SKILLS FOCUS: READING
Get started
Famous landmarks 1
ACROSS BULGARIA
Look at the photos. Do you know
these places? Where are they?
got 4,000 seats. There are also many foyers for exhibitions, events?
offices and smaller meeting halls. It hosts more than 300 events
every year, such as congresses, conferences, festivals, concerts,
exhibitions and many others. Speak
4a Think of a modern landmark in
Sports Arena Armeec your country. Copy and complete
Hi! I live in Sofia too. I love the Sports Arena the factfile in Exercise 3 about it.
Armeec. It’s the biggest sports arena on the
Balkans. My dad and I have got tickets for the b Now describe it to the class.
Night of the Jumps motor cross in December! Don’t tell them the name! They
I can’t wait to go! must guess it.
Nick, 14
Sports Arena Armeec is a
multipurpose indoor arena
located in the east of Sofia,
4 kilometres from the centre.
It was built in 2011. It’s got
about 12,500 seats, but for
concerts it can hold up to
17,000 people. There are
2 press centres for 120 journalists, 11 elevators, 16 buffets, 9
NEW WORDS
cloakrooms, 30 entrances and 202 toilet facilities. It hosts many
World and European tournaments, as well as many cultural events. • buffet • cloakroom • exhibition
• facility • foyer • host • journalist
• landmark • multifunctional
• multipurpose • underground
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Exercise 1 Exercise 3
The National Palace of National Palace of Culture Sports Arena Armeec
Culture and Sports Arena Where? Sofia, in the centre Sofia, in the east, 4 km from centre
Armeec, both in Sofia What is it? multifunctional centre multipurpose indoor arena
Year built? 1981 2011
Exercise 2
What halls, terraces, restaurants, arena, press centres, elevators,
a) 4000 b) 12,500 to 17000
facilities? foyers, offices, meeting halls buffets, cloakrooms, toilets
What congresses, conferences, (sports) tournaments, cultural
events? festivals, concerts, exhibitions, events, forums
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4 Draw your dream Extension
Put students in
SKILLS FOCUS: LISTENING AND SPEAKING groups of four
and tell them that
Listen or watch they are going to
CHATROOM
draw a dream like
3 11
04 Listen or watch the Sasha and Sasha did. Set a
Jamie’s vlog. Copy and complete the time limit. Then ask
sentences with the correct options. students to write
1 Sasha says it was weird that key words on their
a) it was dark. picture. The story
b) she was with her mum.
should not be too
c) her boyfriend wasn’t with her.
complicated and
Get started 2 The place that was haunted was
students should be
a) a bridge.
1 Label the photos with words from the box. b) a house. able to tell it in five
c) a field. or six sentences
• bridge • field • foggy • ghost as in the summary
in Exercise 2.
GLOSSARY
• weird: strange When students
1 2
• haunted: with a ghost living there have finished, they
swap pictures with
another group.
4 11
04 Listen or watch the vlog again and
answer the questions. Allow groups a few
minutes to discuss
1 A: Why does Sasha normally walk
through the field? their picture and
3 4 look up any of the
B: To get to her (1) house.
2 A: What’s the ghost’s name? key words they do
B: The (2) . not know. Each
3 A: Who did the bridge fall on? group then tells the
B: It fell on (3) and her (4) . story of the dream
they were given.
2 Complete the story with verbs in the past Speak and write Each student in the
simple. 5a Think of a dream and draw it. Write key group should say at
words for it on your picture. least one sentence.
GLOSSARY When they have
• catch fire: start to burn b Work in pairs. Swap pictures and finished, ask the
• trapped: in a bad situation which describe your friend’s dream. group who drew
you can’t escape from
• dark: when there is no light
the dream how
similar the story
was to their own
I (1) (be) in a field. It (2) (be) really dark. I (3) idea.
(be) with my mum. We (4) (get) to a bridge.
The bridge (5) (catch) fire and it (6) (start)
falling. My mum (7) (get) trapped. And then
… I (8) (wake up)!
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Exercise 1 Exercise 3
1 foggy 2 bridge 3 ghost 4 field 1b2a
Exercise 2 Exercise 4
1 was walking 2 was 3 was 4 got 5 caught 1 boyfriend’s 2 Grey Lady 3 her/Sasha, mum
6 started 7 got 8 woke up
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5 The story of 24th May
SKILLS FOCUS: READING
24th May is one of the best Bulgarian national holidays – the Day
ACROSS BULGARIA
of the Cyrillic alphabet. On this day we honor the two brothers
Cyril and Methodius who created it.
The first official celebration was in 1851 in Plovdiv.
On this day people put wreaths of flowers on their portraits and
monuments. This date is very special for all Bulgarian people –
wherever they are.
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Exercise 1
Brothers Cyril and Methodius
Exercise 2
1 the day of the Cyrillic alphabet 2 the Cyrillic
alphabet 3 in 1851
Exercise 3
1 in 810 2 in 824 3 in 855 4 in 2007
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6 Ordering a takeaway Extension
Put students in
SKILLS FOCUS: LISTENING AND SPEAKING groups of three
and set a time limit.
Students can look
CHATROOM
up different food in
their dictionaries if
they need to. Allow
them to practise
in their groups.
Then ask groups
to act out their
conversations in
front of the class.
Exercise 1 Exercise 3
Meat/Fish/Seafood: bacon, beef, ham, meatballs, 1 a) 2 b)
prawns Exercise 4
Fruit: apple, melon, pineapple 1 Hawaiian 2 chips 3 meaty 4 cookies
Side orders (Sides): chips, garlic bread, salad
Adjectives: disgusting, spicy, tasty Exercise 5
1 food 2 meatballs 3 fruit on 4 too much 5 Sasha
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7 Online friends
SKILLS FOCUS: READING
Get started
ACROSS BULGARIA
1 Have you got a computer at home? How
often do you use it? What do you use it for?
Read
2 Read about Michaela and Konstantin. How
often do they chat online?
Comprehension
3 Read the texts again and choose the correct
answer.
Michaela, 12, Vidin
1 Michaela and Konstantin are
‘When I’m doing a school project, I use my a) brother and sister.
computer to go online and search the Internet b) friends.
for information. Then I write the project on 2 They ... once or twice a week.
the computer. Right now I’m doing one on the a) meet
Bulgarian forests. I also include some good b) chat
photos. And, of course, I use my computer to 3 Michaela chats to Konstantin
stay in touch with friends like Konstantin. We a) online.
usually chat online once or twice a week.’ b) on her mobile phone.
4 When she does school projects, Michaela
usually
a) takes her own photos.
b) finds photos on the Internet.
5 Konstantin goes online
a) every morning.
b) every evening.
6 Michaela and Konstantin often chat about
a) football.
b) their school projects.
Speak
4 Do a computer survey in a group or class.
Konstantin, 12, Burgas Add two more questions. Then ask all the
questions to the other students.
‘I’m on my computer from eight until ten 1 Do you use your computer every day?
o’clock every evening. I use it to chat to 2 Do you use it for your homework?
Michaela, play games, check the latest football 3 Do you use it to download music?
news and chat about my favourite team. I hope 4 Do you use it to play games?
they’ll win the match this Saturday. I’ll be 5 Do you use it to chat to friends?
really happy. Unfortunately, Michaela supports 6 Have you got online friends? How many?
another team!’ 7 ...
8 ...
NEW WORDS
• link • because of • even if • include
• stay in touch • chat online • latest
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Exercise 2
once or twice a week
Exercise 3
1 b) 2 b) 3 a) 4 b) 5 b) 6 a)
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8 My school project Extension
Put students in
SKILLS FOCUS: LISTENING AND SPEAKING groups of four and
tell them that they
are going to make
CHATROOM
a poster which
represents the
problems of climate
change.
On the board,
draw a picture of
a bright sun and
a field of dead
crops. Elicit or
give the sentence:
If temperatures
Get started Listen or watch
get higher, food
1 Find the meanings (a-h) of the words (1-8). 3 11
06 Listen or watch Lucy and Michael’s doesn’t grow.
1 climate change vlog and answer Lucy or Michael. Students should
2 iceberg 1 He/She is working on a school project. do the same:
3 sea level 2 He/She thinks climate change is important. they should write
4 earthquake 3 He/She isn’t worried about climate change.
one or more
5 tsunami 4 He/She has some ideas about saving
6 natural disaster
zero conditional
energy.
7 melt sentences showing
8 rise
4 11
06 Listen or watch the vlog again. Copy what happens if
and complete the sentences. there is climate
a) big island of ice which floats in the sea 1 Michael thinks that his project is b(1) . change and then
b) get higher 2 Lucy thinks that climate change affects all create a poster
c) a shaking of the ground of u(2) .
which illustrates
d) the height of water in the oceans 3 Lucy thinks that climate is getting h(3) .
the problem in the
e) turn from a solid (e.g. ice) to a liquid (e.g. water) 4 Lucy thinks that people can save energy by
turning the lights o(4) .
sentence(s).
f) how the world’s weather is changing
5 Lucy thinks that Michael can save energy Students can
g) huge waves caused by earthquakes under the
sea by turning off his computer at n(5) . finish their posters
h) terrible thing which happens not caused by in class or for
humans
Speak and write homework and
5 Work in groups of four. Plan and make a display them in the
2 Work in pairs. Read the causes and the poster on the topic of climate change. classroom when
results. Then complete the chain. they are finished.
6 In your notebook, write a blog post for
1 The weather gets hot. Then icebergs melt. Michael and Lucy’s vlog to help Michael
2 Icebergs melt. Then sea levels rise. with his project.
3 Sea levels rise. Then there are floods.
4 There are floods. Then …
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Exercise 1 Exercise 3
1f2a3d4c5g6h7e8b 1 He 2 She 3 He 4 She
Exercise 2 Exercise 4
1 If icebergs melt, sea levels rise. 1 boring 2 us 3 hotter 4 off 5 night/nighttime
2 If sea levels rise, there are floods.
3 If there are floods ... .(Students’ own ideas)
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9 Music festivals in Bulgaria
SKILLS FOCUS: READING
ACROSS BULGARIA
The National Folk Festival of Rozhen takes place In 1999 creative teams and performers
every summer in July and lasts for three days. from Bulgaria and other countries
People from all over the country gather below the entered the First International
peak of Rozhen in the Rhodope mountains. Singers, Children’s Festival Sun – Joy – Beauty.
dancers and instrumentalists sing, dance and play It takes place every summer in the
on several scenes. beautiful ancient town of Nessebar by
It started more than a hundred years ago, in 1898, the Black Sea.
when people gathered there for family meetings The participants, aged 7 to 21, can
and sang folk songs to the accompaniment of show their talents in classical, folk
bagpipes. Later, it became a national singing and modern art. Groups and solo
competition for Bulgarian folk music. performers take part in many sections.
Valya Balkanska first sang the famous song Izlel e The festival includes all kinds of music,
Delyo Haydutin there. Later, the song went into space dancing, fine arts and other non-
on board the space station Voyager. standard forms of creativity like circus
Today the symbol of the festival is the bagpipers’ acrobatics, magicians, juggling and
orchestra called Sto Kaba Gaydi. pantomime.
NEW WORDS
Comprehension
• accompaniment • acrobatics 2 Read the texts again and take notes in your
• bagpipe • circus • creative/creativity notebooks, then talk about the festivals.
• fine art • gather • instrumentalist
• juggling • magician • on board 1 What kind of festival is it?
• pantomime • peak • space station 2 Where does it take place?
3 When does it take place?
4 When did it start?
5 What kind of performers take part?
Read Speak
1 Read about the two festivals and match the 3 Talk about your favourite music or art
artists to one of the festivals or both. festival. Use the ideas in Exercise 2 to
1 Pirin Folk Ensemble help you.
2 ‘Dancing Kids’ A: What’s your favourite festival?
3 National Folk Ensemble ‘Philip Koutev’ B: My favourite festival is ….
4 National School of Folk Arts “Shiroka Laka”
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Exercise 1 Exercise 2
1 Rozhen 1 National Folk festival / International Children’s Festival
2 Sun-Joy-Beauty 2 below the peak of Rozhen in the Rhodope mountains / in
3 Rozhen Nessebar by the Black Sea
4 both 3 in summer / in summer
4 in 1898 / in 1999
5 folk singers, dancers, instrumentalists / groups and solo
performers in classical, folk and modern art, and other non-
standard forms of creativity
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10 Who’s got talent? Extension
Put students in
SKILLS FOCUS: LISTENING AND SPEAKING groups of four and
tell them that they
are going to plan a
CHATROOM
talent show. They
should first think of
three more talents
and add them to
the table. They then
write their names
in the four columns
and take it in turns
to ask and answer
about things they
can do (Can you
Get started 4 11
07 Listen or watch the vlog again. Copy
…?) until the table
is complete.
1 Match the words to make collocations. and complete with the correct options.
Students then
1 win a) talented 1 A: Who won a medal?
B: Jamie / Sasha. choose one activity
2 sing b) competition
2 A: What was it like to win the competition? for each member
3 be c) a medal
4 last d) weekend B: It was amazing / frightening. of the group, but
5 tell e) a song 3 A: What were people doing? explain that each
6 a talent f) jokes B: They were shouting / laughing. member must do
4 A: What does Sasha think of Jamie? something different
2 Copy and complete the dialogue with words B: He’s quite clever / funny. (e.g. there can’t be
a–f from Exercise 1.
Speak and Write two singers).
Mia: Last (1) I won (2) in a show. It was a talent (3) I
When each student
sang (4) and danced. 5 Work in groups of four. Plan a talent show!
has been assigned
Ben: Wow! You’re really (5) ! I can’t sing or dance
• Think of three more talents and add them a talent, they think
but I can tell (6) .
to the table.
alone about what
Listen or watch • Write your names in the table and find out
exactly they will do.
what each member of the group can do.
3 11
07Listen or watch Sasha and Jamie’s vlog. • Decide who will do what in the talent show.
The group then
Who says these things – Sasha or Jamie? • Then ask and answer about the details. get together and
1 What was it like? Sing: … ask each other
2 It was so cool! Dance: … questions:
3 I’m not really a singer. Tell jokes: … ‘What will you do?’
4 Right, so, what can you do? ‘I’ll sing.’
5 You’re quite funny!
6 In your notebook, write a blog post for
Jamie and Sasha’s vlog and describe your ‘What will you
plan. sing?’
‘I’ll sing One Way
or Another.’
‘Will you dance or
just sing?’
‘I’ll just sing.’
‘What will you
wear?’
When the groups
have finished, you
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students to come
to the front of the
Exercise 1 Exercise 2 class and answer
1c2e3a4d5f6b 1 weekend 2 a medal 3 competition 4 a song questions from
5 talented 6 jokes everybody.
Extension Exercise 3
Elicit the answers and also why some combinations 1J2S3S4S5S
are not possible (e.g. 1b is wrong because there is no Exercise 4
article; 6d is grammatically correct but is not a very 1 Sasha 2 Amazing 3 Shouting 4 funny
likely collocation)
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