1A

Vocabulary 4 Complete the sentences with the missing words.

1 I was annoyed when the waiter got our o rder
Eating out wrong and brought me fish instead of steak.
2 If you like spicy food, try the new Indian p on
1 Match the words in the box with definitions 1–8.
the high street.
allergic delicious packed service set menu 3 I don’t suppose you f pizza tonight, do you?
spicy terrace vegetarian 4 I thought the restaurant was excellent. We had great
service and t quality food!
1 someone who never eats meat or fish  vegetarian
5 The set menu was fifteen euros for three courses and
2 when someone brings your food or drinks in a café
the plates were huge. It was very good v .
or restaurant       
6 I really appreciate it when restaurants offer p
3 when something makes you ill if you eat it or touch it 
of choice for vegetarians.

4 an area next to a building where people can sit outside

to eat       
5 strongly flavoured with spices       
6 food that tastes very nice       
7 extremely crowded       
8 a short list of meals in a restaurant or café at a
fixed price       

2 Choose the correct alternatives.

                                        
I went to the new Spanish place with my friend last
night. It was so 1packed/delicious that we had to share
a table with some other people. The 2service/set menu
was good value, but every main course included meat or Grammar
fish. I’m 3vegetarian/decent, so that was no good for me.
Noun phrases 1
Instead, I chose baked cheese with honey, which was
4delicious/quality. My friend had a meat dish, which had
5 Match the sentence halves.
lots of spices in it. I thought it was too 5spicy/allergic, 1 I’m going to get a coffee  d      
but he enjoyed it. After our meal, we had coffee on the 2 The pasta that my friend ordered       
6service/terrace, which was very nice. The outdoor
3 The café across the road       
7heaters/menu were on, so we were lovely and warm.
4 Can I book a table       
The meal came to just under 25 euros for each of us,
which we both thought was good 8order/value. 5 That’s the café       
6 The Italian waiter 
3 Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets so a was too spicy.
that they mean the same.
b by the window?
1 I can’t eat cheese because it makes me ill.
c who served us spoke very good English.
I’m allergic to cheese . (allergic)
d to take away.
2 My sister doesn’t eat meat.
e sells amazing cakes.
My sister . (vegetarian)
f where I first met my boyfriend.
3 Shall I make a reservation for dinner on Saturday night?
Shall I ? (book in advance) 6 Complete the sentences with one word.
4 The waiter yesterday evening was fantastic. 1 This is the first dish my mother taught me
We . (service) how to cook.
5 We were there for an hour before we got a table. 2 This is my Grandma, is allergic to spicy food.
We waited . (ages) 3 Let’s try that new restaurant the old town.
6 Three courses with a drink costs £15. 4 I’m looking for a nice vegetarian restaurant
The . (set menu) take my sister to for dinner.
7 It cost a lot more than the previous time we were there. 5 Cheneys is the best place have breakfast.
They have definitely . (prices) 6 Shall we meet at the café to the cathedral?
8 The menu is excellent. I think you could take 7 That’s the restaurant Jon used to work.
anyone there. 8 Espresso is the best kind of coffee have
I think the place . (suit) after lunch.
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Vocabulary Grammar
Where I live Modifying comparisons
1 Choose the correct option a, b or c. 3 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
Last month I moved 1 of my parents’ house in a quiet 1 a lot / than / my village / more exciting / This city / is
village and moved 2 with one of my friends in the city. This city is a lot more exciting than my village.                           
I was sad to move 3 from the place where I grew up, but 2 slightly / This place / better / is / my last apartment / in /
I love living in the city. Our apartment is surrounded 4      condition / than
lively cafés and restaurants. It’s in quite an old building and
the landlord was talking about knocking it 5 last year.
Luckily, they decided not to do that in the end. The landlord 3 much / than / other neighbourhoods / Chelsea / is /
decorated the apartment and put 6 central heating, livelier
so now it’s very comfortable. We could do 7 a bit more
space in the bedrooms, but the location is great and it feels                     
like home. I just hope that the landlord doesn’t put 8 the
4 to live / a bit / than / I’d like / here / cheaper / somewhere
rent now because it already costs us a fortune.

1 a away b out c off 5 even / is / than / The bedroom / tinier / the living room
2 a in b on c into                     
3 a away b to c in 6 isn’t / This apartment / nearly / my brother’s /
expensive / as / as
4 a to b around  c by
5 a up b in c down
                    
6 a in b away c on
7 a on b up c with 4 Choose the correct alternatives.
8 a in b up c on 1 Marc is 160 cm tall and Tom is 162 cm tall. Tom is
much/slightly taller than Marc.
2 Lauren is 74 years old and Sarah is 18. Lauren is
a lot/bit older than Sarah.
3 Kim’s bedroom is huge and Sam’s bedroom is tiny.
Kim’s bedroom is much/slightly larger than Sam’s.
4 Tina pays $100 rent a week and Zak pays $105 rent a
week. Tina’s rent isn’t quite/nearly as expensive as Zak’s.
5 Hassan’s room is very tidy and Valerie’s is tidier than
Hassan’s. Valerie’s room is quite/even tidier than Hassan’s.
6 My old neighbourhood was boring, but this area isn’t
boring at all. This neighbourhood is nearly/far more
interesting than my old one.
2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
5 Find and correct five mistakes in sentences 1–8.
cost do freezing knock down landlord storage bigger
tidy tiny 1 My parents’ house is much big than mine.

1 My landlord is really kind. He doesn’t mind if we’re 2 This area isn’t nearly as expensive as some parts of the
late with our rent. capital.
2 The flat is never messy because we always keep it clean
and . 3 My neighbourhood is bit quieter than some areas.
3 You could this wall and make the kitchen bigger.
4 There’s isn’t much in Paula’s kitchen, so she’s 4 This apartment isn’t nearly larger enough for all of us.
going to get some new cupboards.
5 The village was a lot livelier than the town.
5 This bedroom is so that there’s not even
enough room for a bed! 6 Kerry’s apartment is much tidy than Martin’s.
6 It’s in here. Can I put the central heating on?
7 Let me pay for half the rent because it’s only fair that we 7 The bedroom at the back of the house isn’t quite as
share the  . bigger as the bedroom at the front.
8 I could with a spare bed so that my friends
can stay. 8 This neighbourhood is even rougher than where Jack
used to live!
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Vocabulary Grammar
Going out, staying in Non-defining relative clauses
1 Choose the correct alternatives. 3 Choose the correct option a, b or c.
A: Shall we stay 1in/on
and watch TV or go Last night I went to a party, 1 I met some really interesting people.
2in/out for dinner tonight? There were a lot of students there, 2 are here on exchange
B: It depends. I might not get home programmes from different countries. There was a girl called Mei from
3till/by after seven. I don’t want to Beijing, 3 is here for three months. She wants to work in China as an
stay 4in/up really late because I’ve English teacher, which is 4 she’s come here to improve her English.
got a meeting first thing in the morning. I also met a man called Richard, 5 son is an actor. He’s going to be in
A: Well, if you get home early enough, we a play 6 starts next month, called The End of Time. It sounds really
could go out for an early dinner. We can interesting. Richard is going to get me a ticket on Tuesday, 7 they
go to a restaurant where we don’t have go on sale. The play is at the National Theatre, 8 we watched that
to queue to get 5on/in and we don’t Shakespeare play last year.
have to go 6on/up to anywhere else
1 a who b where c which
afterwards. We can come straight
2 a when b most of whom   c why
home and then you won’t get 7up/to bed
3 a who b whose c which is why
too late.
4 a when b why c where
B: OK, sounds good. Oh no! I’m late for work.
Please could you tidy 8on/up these plates 5 a who b whose c most of whom
for me? 6 a which b when c where
A: Of course I can! See you later. 7 a which b where c when
8 a which is why   b where c which
2 Complete the sentences with the words
in the box. 4 Combine the sentences with a relative pronoun.
1 Last night I went to watch a ballet. It was brilliant.
celebrate episode fortune home
missed play queue talking        Last night I went to watch a ballet, which was brilliant.      
throwing worth 2 I threw a party for Rachel. Her birthday is next week.
       
 1 I got talking to my friend Peter and
3 Samira went to the opera in Paris. She saw Tosca.
forgot what time it was.

 2 We didn’t have to to get in
4 I queued behind a lot of people. Most of the people already had tickets.
to the restaurant because they found
us a table right away.
 3 We’re a surprise party next 5 I stayed up late last night. That’s why I was tired this morning.
week for my parents’ anniversary.      
 4 How are you going to your 6 John studied in Madrid. He met his girlfriend there.
birthday?
 5 I want to stay in tonight and watch the 7 We’re going to miss the last metro. This means we’ll have to get a taxi.
next of my favourite series.
 6 I’m so tired this morning, but it’s 8 Dan and I went to a cafe before the show. The show didn’t start until
it because I had a great time three o’clock .
yesterday evening!      
 7 We the last bus yesterday
evening, so we had to get a taxi home.
 8 I hope Sue likes her present because it
cost me a  .
 9 What time do you think you’ll get
from the party?
10 Tomorrow I’m going to watch my friend
who is in a at our local
theatre.

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1
Functional language Listening
Express preferences and give reasons 1 1.01 Listen to the first part of a radio
programme. Where is Onni from?
1 Complete conversations 1–4 with sentences a–h.
a Norway b France c Finland
1 A: Lisa, have a look at these two hotels I’ve found
online. 1 e  . 2 Listen to the first part again and choose the
B: Both of them look nice. You can choose, 2  . correct alternatives.
2 A: Hey, Marvin, where would you rather be – in the city 1 The radio programme is called Nights on Earth /
or in the countryside? Day and Night.      
B: 3  . Cities are stressful and there’s not much to do 2 There are two /three different kinds of night where
in the countryside. Onni lives.
A: So where would you prefer to be? 3 The nights in winter are called the dark /polar nights.
B: 4  . 3 1.02 Listen to the second part of the radio
3 A: Fran, we’d love you to come on holiday with us this programme. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)?
summer to Beach Bay caravan park. 1 People don’t sleep much in the winter.
B: Thanks, Mum, but to be honest, Beach Bay looks very 2 Most people just sleep through the polar nights.
quiet. 5       3 Nobody gets sad in the winter.
A: Really? I think you’d love it. It’s right by the sea. 6  . 4 Artificial lights can help to reduce the negative effects
4 A: Dan, if you don’t want to go to a Greek island where of the lack of daylight.      
do you want to go on holiday? 5 Onni recommends keeping busy in the winter.
B: 7  . 6 Onni believes that visitors are less affected by polar
A: Why would you like to go to a city? nights than the people who live there.
B: 8  . 7 In the summer, the sun doesn’t set for two months.
8 Nobody goes fishing in the middle of the night during
a Neither of them are my kind of place, to be honest. the white nights.      
b I don’t think it’s my kind of place.
c We’d have lots to see and do, whereas on an island 4a Complete the summary with words from the radio
we’d be stuck in one place. programme.
d I’d rather be by the beach. In the winter, the sun doesn’t 1 for 2
months. It gets dark in 3 and doesn’t get light
e Which one do you prefer?
again until 4 .
f I don’t have any strong feelings either way.
In the 5 , the opposite happens. The sun
g You could probably go diving there.
doesn’t 6 for 7 months. So there is
h If it was just up to me, I’d go to London.
no 8 time.
2 Match the sentence halves. b Listen again and check.
1 You’d be able to b      
2 It looks like the kind of town      
3 I’d prefer not      
4 If it was just up to me,      
5 Backpacking is my kind of      
6 If you had to choose,      
7 I’d rather      
8 I like      

a to go on holiday in August.
b practise your English.
c the idea of travelling by train rather than by plane.
d holiday.
e which car would you buy?
f we’d be happy to live in.
g I’d stay in a tent not a hotel.
h go to a place which has few tourists.

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Reading
1 Read the article and choose the
best title.
a Tips for moving house
b Original homes from around the world
c A skateboarder’s dream home

2 Read the article again. Match

comments 1–3 with houses in the
article, a–c.

1 The most important thing for me

is light and space.
M oving house can be very exciting, but it can also be difficult
if you can’t find the kind of home you are looking for. Some
people have clear ideas about their dream homes, so they hire
architects to design and build unusual, interesting and original
2 I like finding houses in unusual houses, especially for them.
places in cities. A house doesn’t
have to be big to be beautiful. Every keen skateboarder dreams about turning his or her home
into a skatepark, surrounded by smooth areas which are perfect
for skateboarding. Pierre André Snizergues, a former world
skateboarding champion, made his dream come true by building
3 I love sport, so I’d like a house
The Skateboard House in California, USA. The design of the house
where I can always do something
means that you can skate everywhere, inside and outside. The
active, both inside and outside!
house has got one floor with three separate areas – a living area, a
sleeping area and a skateboard practice area. In each part of the
house you can skate all the way up the walls to the ceiling. You can
a Keret House even skate over the furniture. In addition, the house is eco-friendly,
b The Skateboard House with all energy coming from the sun and the wind.
c House NA Another unusual home is House NA in Tokyo, Japan. It’s different
from other houses because it has got huge windows instead of walls.
3 Read the article again and complete
Because you can see through the house’s walls, it’s very bright,
the text.
with plenty of natural light. The architects, Sou Fujimoto Architects,
The Skateboard House is in
1 California, USA  . It was the idea of
got the idea for their design from an ancient Japanese belief that
trees are very important. The house has got three floors, with stairs
Pierre André Snizergues and it has got
and ladders connecting them. The floors are like the branches of a
2 different living areas.
tree, each at a different height, so you can be in one part of the
You can skate everywhere in the house –
house, but you can hear and see what’s going on in another part
over the 3 .
of the house.
House NA is in 4 .
It has got 5 floors. These One challenge of modern city living is finding new spaces to live
are all at a different 6 within crowded neighbourhoods. Architect and artist Jakub Szczęsny
from each other, like the branches of a tree. designed Keret House in Warsaw, Poland. He chose to build the
This idea comes from the house in a tiny space between two buildings from different periods of
7 Japanese belief that history. It’s certainly cosy – the narrowest point of Keret House is 92
trees are very important. cm and the widest point is 152 cm, making it the thinnest house in
Keret House is in 8 . the world. The house has got two floors, with a ladder leading from
The designer was Jakub Szczęsny, an one to the other, and there’s a bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom and a
architect and 9 . It is living area. Stylish glass walls also mean that there is plenty of light
10 wide at its narrowest in the house.
point and it has got 11
These houses may be more interesting than traditional homes, but
floors.
would they be good places to live in?

Would you choose to live in any of these three houses? Why not
share your ideas in the comments box.

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4 Read the article again and answer the questions. 7 Read the comment box again and choose
1 Why do some people design and build their own houses? the correct option, a, b or c.
Because they have clear ideas about their dream houses.                      1 Josh has just read an article about
2 Who is Pierre André Snizergues?  unusual .
a homes
                                     
3 Where can you skate in the house he designed?  b people
               c holidays
4 How does Snizergues’s house help to protect the environment? 2 Josh would like to stay in .
               a The Skateboard House
5 Why is House NA unusual? b The NA House
                    
c The Keret House
6 Where did the architects of House NA get the idea for their design?
3 He thinks that the House NA .
                    
a is a crazy idea
7 Why was Jakub Szczęsny’s house a challenge to build?
                 b must be full of light
8 How did he make his house as bright as possible? c could be a wonderful place to live
    4 He thinks that Keret House .
a is designed in a clever way
5 Match the words in bold in the article with definitions 1–8.
b is a place he’d like to live
1 something that has existed for a long time without changing
c seems a great space
traditional
2 comfortable and warm       5 He lives in .
3 good for the environment       a an unusual house
4 full of light, not dark       b an interesting house
5 attractive and fashionable       c a normal house
6 something that isn’t copied from something else 6 When he goes on holiday, he likes to
7 very, very old       stay in .
8 not rough       a hotels
b normal houses
6 Read the comment box. Which of the three houses in the article
c unusual houses
does Josh like best?
7 When he stayed in a treehouse, he .
a enjoyed being close to nature
b fell out of the tree
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
c couldn’t sleep at night
1 comment Josh · December 9 · 9.15 a.m.

I really enjoyed reading about these unusual houses. House NA is an

interesting idea and the house must be lovely and bright. However, I don’t
really like the idea of everyone being able to see what I’m doing. Keret
House is a clever design, but space is very important for me, so I don’t
think I could stay inside that house for very long. I like skateboarding, so
I’d like to stay in The Skateboard House. It sounds amazing!
My home isn’t very interesting. It’s just a normal house! But my girlfriend
and I like to stay in unusual houses when we go on holiday.
Last summer, we stayed in a treehouse for three nights. The rooms were
built around the trunk of a tree! It was amazing to be part of the natural
world, but you have to be careful you don’t fall out during the night!
Luckily that didn’t happen to us!
Josh, Toronto

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Writing
1 Read the email types and write formal or informal.
An email to:
1 your aunt to ask her advice about birthday presents.

2 your boss to ask if you can have next Tuesday off work.

3 a client to ask them to send you some information.

4 a restaurant to ask for a reservation.

5 a friend to invite them to a party.
6 your brother to ask him to pick your father up tomorrow.

7 a language school to ask them to send you registration

details.
8 a hotel to ask if they have any rooms free next weekend.

2 Read the emails and answer the questions.

1 Email 1: is the email formal or informal? Why did Tina
write it?

2 Email 2: is the email formal or informal? Why did Tina

write it?

1 Dear Sir/Madam, 2 Hi everyone,

Further to my conversation this morning with Mrs James, Hope you are all well.
I am writing to confirm my reservation for six double Not long now till my mum and dad’s 25th anniversary
bedrooms for the 17th and 18th August. weekend! Hope you’re all looking forward to it! We’re so glad
I have a few additional requests. Firstly, I was wondering if that you can join us.
we could have rooms with a view of the garden. Just a quick email to say I’ve booked the rooms in the hotel
Secondly, our group includes my grandmother, who is 88. for 17th and 18th August. The reservation is for six double
I would be most grateful if you could give us one room on bedrooms, so if any of you can no longer make it, then
the ground floor, so that my grandmother doesn’t have to please email me back asap. Also, if you think you might only
walk up any stairs. be able to stay one night, can you let me know so I can tell
the hotel?
Finally, as this is my parents’ anniversary party, we would
like to give them a special celebration cake with their names One more thing, I’m making a special album of photos from
(Mary and John) on it. Do you think you could possibly over the years. Does anyone have any photos we could use?
prepare this for us? If so, would you mind letting me know If you have, could you send them over to me this week so
how much this will cost? Would it be possible to let me I can get them printed in the album?
know about the cake by the end of the week? Remember that it’s a surprise weekend for my parents, so
I look forward to hearing from you soon. don’t say anything to them about any of this! I’ll email you
again nearer the time and let you know exactly what time
Best regards,
we’ll be arriving with Mum and Dad. Then you can all jump
Tina Manson out and surprise them when we get there! Can’t wait to see
their faces!
Cheers,
Tina

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3 Read the emails again. Are the statements below 6 Complete the missing words to make requests.
true (T) or false (F)? 1 I would be most g rateful if you could send me the
1 Tina’s parents are celebrating their 16th wedding vegetarian menu.
anniversary on 17th and 18th August. F 2 Would it be p to have a table outside?
2 Tina is organising the weekend for her parents. 3 I was w if you have a vegan menu?
3 She reserved six bedrooms. 4 Would you m preparing a special dish
4 She asks the hotel to give them rooms with a view without nuts?
of the sea. 5 Do you t you could let us stay until midnight?
5 She asks the hotel to make special arrangements for 6 C you please make sure we have a table away
her grandfather.       from the door?
6 Tina’s parents are called Mary and John.       7 Could y prepare a special set menu for us?
7 She asks the hotel restaurant to make a special 8 P send me confirmation asap.
cake.
8 She asks friends to send her photographs for a 7 Answer the questions about the two emails.
special video that she’s making. 1 Which greeting starts the email?
Formal Dear Sir/Madam
4 Match Tina’s requests with Email 1 or 2. Informal
1 She wants to receive photos of Mary and John. 2 Which phrase explains why the person is writing?
     
Formal
2 She wants rooms that look over the garden.

Informal
3 She wants a cake with Mary and John’s names
on it.      
3 Are contractions used (e.g. I’m, you’re, etc.)? If so, give
4 She wants guests to confirm that they are still coming. examples.
     
Formal
5 She wants to know if any guests can only stay one night.
Informal
     
4 Which phrase ends the email?
6 She wants a ground floor room for her grandmother.
Formal
           
Informal
5 Read the Focus box. Then underline phrases in the
emails which are used to make formal and informal Prepare
requests.
8 You’re organising a special holiday with a group of
friends. Plan two emails that make requests – one
Making requests in emails email to the hotel where you’re staying, and the
other email to invite your friends. Make notes that
When you ask for things – or ask people to do things for
you – in more formal emails, you tend to use longer answer these questions:
phrases. • What is the purpose of the holiday?
Would it be possible to stay an extra night? • Where are you going?
I would be (most) grateful if you could email me • What two requests would you like to make to the hotel?
the details.
• What two requests would you like to make to your
Do you think you could (possibly) send me written
friends?
confirmation of my booking?
I was wondering if we could have our own private room.
Would you mind moving us to a bigger table? Write
In more informal emails, you can just use could or can. 9 Write the two emails. Use your notes in Exercise 8 and
Could/Can you (please) let me know if you can make it? the Focus box to help you.
You can also use imperatives. Make imperatives sound
softer by adding please.
(Please) call me as soon as you hear anything.
After requests, you often explain why you were asking.
If you’ve got any special requests, could you send
them over to me this week so I can get a final list to
the restaurant ahead of time.

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