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Unit 1 Changing lives. Vocabulary

Revision Character adjectives

1  Circle the odd word out in each group. 4  Complete the sentences with the correct
word in brackets.
1 apple ​ picture ​bread ​meat
2 history ​maths ​teacher ​science Maria is very generous  . She always
3 car ​bus ​train ​bedroom buys people lovely birthday presents.
4 theatre ​the news ​ soap opera ​ (generous / selfish)
chat show 1 My brother is  .
5 cough ​leg ​headache ​sore throat He doesn’t like talking to new people.
6 flute ​drums ​hip-hop ​keyboards (shy / confident)
7 middle ​over ​under ​up 2 Josh is  . He does lots of
8 amazing ​terrifying ​red ​enormous sport and other activities.
9 washing up ​soundtrack ​plot ​screen (lazy / energetic)
3 Why is Olly always so  ?
2  Add a word to each group in exercise 1. He should smile and laugh a bit more.
(funny / serious)
1 cheese 6
4 I think Izzy is  . She never
2 7
tells lies and I trust her.
3 8
(honest / dishonest)
4 9
5 Dad is usually very  .
5
He likes reading the paper on his own.
(talkative / quiet)
Jobs
3  Circle the correct words. Classroom language
A journalist / lab technician works for 5  Complete the questions with the words in
a newspaper. the box.
1 A police officer / researcher helps borrow ​
mean ​
pronounce ​
say ​spell
people and helps catch criminals.
2 A firefighter / lawyer is someone who is Q: How do you say casa in English?
an expert in legal questions. A: House.
3 A postal worker / politician brings 1 Q: Can I your pen?
letters to people’s homes. A: Sorry, I’m using it.
4 Picasso was a doctor / an artist. He 2 Q: How do you cough?
painted many amazing pictures. A: I’m not sure but I think it’s /kɒf/.
5 An electrician / A mechanic installs or 3 Q: How do you it?
repairs electrical equipment. A: C-O-U-G-H.
4 Q: What does boiling  ?
A: Here’s a dictionary. Let’s look it up.

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Unit 1. Changing lives. Grammar

Present simple used to
1   Order the words to make questions.
3   Circle the correct words.
go / you / often / do / How / cycling ?
When we were young, we always (1) used to go /
How often do you go cycling?
go on holiday to my grandparents’ house at the
1 get / you / angry / ever / Do ?
beach, but now we (2) used to like / like to go

abroad. We always (3) used to go / go camping
2 often / cook / How / dinner / do / you ?
in France, to the same campsite every year. My

parents (4) used to hate / hate camping, but they
3 do / school / usually / What / finish / you /
love it now. When we visited my grandparents, we
time ?
always (5) used to travel / travel by train, but now

we always (6) used to drive / drive to the campsite.
4 before midnight / to sleep / you / go /
It isn’t quicker, but it’s easier because we always
usually / Do ? (7) 
used to have / have a lot of things.

5 your friends / sometimes / go / you / Do / 4   Complete the questions with used to and the
with / dancing ? words in brackets.
Did you use to get (you / get) into trouble
Past simple a lot when you were young?
1 (people / spend) more
2   Complete the sentences with the past
time cooking 20 years ago?
simple form of the verbs in brackets.
2 What kind of music (you /
I won (win) £20 in a writing listen to) when you were a teenager, Grandma?
competition at school. 3 (you / spend) a lot of
1 Yesterday, we (start) time on the phone when you were a teenager,
a new unit in our English lesson. Grandma?
2 Clare (arrive) late for 4 (your brother / annoy)
school yesterday. you when he was younger?
3 My mother (study)
science at university. 5   Complete the dialogue with used to and the
words in brackets.
4 Christopher Nolan (make)
his first film in 1999. Grandma I was born here 93 years ago. It
5 He (become) famous in
(1) 
used to be (be) much quieter
2008 with the film The Dark Knight. here in those days. It was a village and there
6 She (decide) to become weren’t many cars. Do you know, even the
a doctor after that. policeman (2)  (ride) a bike.
Ellie What (3) 
(you / do) in your
free time? (4) 

(you / watch) TV?

Grandma Oh no, dear. We didn’t have a television.
But we sometimes (5) 
(go) to the cinema in Brighton. They
(6) 
(show) lovely black and
white films. Nice and romantic!

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6   Complete the text with the correct form 8   Tick the correct answer a) or b) for each
of the verbs in brackets. Use the present question.
simple or used to + verb.
Who did Gina smile at?
a) Gina smiled at Ben. ✓
b) Ben smiled at Gina.
1 Who smiled at Gina?
a) Gina smiled at Ben.
b) Ben smiled at Gina.
2 Who phoned Anna?
a) Anna phoned Liam.
b) Liam phoned Anna.
3 Who did Anna phone?
a) Anna phoned Liam.
b) Liam phoned Anna.

SHE’S SO LUCKY!
Lily Thompson is a millionaire. She
(1) 
lives (live) in a big flat in the
centre of London. She (2) 

(go) on holiday in the Caribbean every year. She

(3) 
(not drive) because she’s
got a driver and she doesn’t need to work. But
Lily’s life (4)  (not be) like
this. What (5) 
(her life / be)
like? Very different! She (6) 

(work) in a café as a waitress. She 9   Write subject or object questions using

(7) 
(buy) cheap clothes and who or what for the underlined
information.
she (8) 
(not go) abroad for
her holidays. Her life changed forever when she Picasso painted Guernica.
won the lottery last year! Who painted Guernica?
Picasso painted Guernica.
Subject and object questions What did Picasso paint?
1 Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
7   Look at the questions. Write S if the
question is a subject question with the 2 Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.
verb in the affirmative form. Write O if the

question is an object question with the
verb in the interrogative form. 3 Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse.

Who ate the cake? S
4 Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse.
1 Who did you see in the park?

2 What did you buy at the shops?
5 Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google.
3 Who told you about the party?

4 What do you usually have for breakfast?
6 Larry Page and Sergey Brin started Google.
5 What makes you laugh?

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Unit 1. Changing lives. Revision

1  Correct the underlined errors. Rewrite the 3  Circle the correct words to complete the text.
sentences.
He didn’t went abroad during his gap year. Bethany Hamilton
He didn’t go abroad during his gap year.
Bethany Hamilton was born in Hawaii in 1990
1 Do sometimes you eat breakfast at school? and (1) grew up / was growing up near the ocean.
When she was a child, Bethany (2) used to spend /
spends all her time in the water and she learnt to
2 What used you to watch on TV, Grandma? surf before she could walk. By the time Bethany
was 13, she was the world’s number two
under-eighteen surfer and she (3) was planning /
3 Who you miss most after you changed school? is planning to become a professional.
Then at the age of 13, Bethany’s life (4) changed /
used to change forever. She (5) surfed / was
surfing off the Hawaiian island of Kauai with her
2  Read the text and circle the correct answers.
friend Alana Blanchard and Alana’s brother and
When he was a young child, Ben Adams (1) … father.
surfing and skateboarding. He was also very Bethany (6) was lying / is lying on her surfboard
interested in fashion and (2) … his own surfing with her arms hanging in the water when
and skating clothes. When he was 15, he (3) … a shark (7) attacked / was attacking her.
a prize for his T-shirt designs, and during the It (8) used to pull / pulled her left arm off just
summer, he (4) … for Fashion First in New York. under her shoulder. Her friends helped her get
At 16, he (5) … out of school and started his own back to the shore, but Bethany (9) lost / was
clothes company, Skate and Surf. He is now losing a lot of blood. She (10) was / is lucky to be
17 and a millionaire. We interviewed him at his alive today.
home in Malibu, California. But Bethany (11) didn’t stop / doesn’t stop
Q What (6) … when you dropped out of school? surfing. Just one year after the attack, she (12)
Ben My Mum was worried but my Dad wasn’t. was starting / started competing again. Today
Q What did your teachers think? Bethany still (13) surfed / surfs in world
Ben They (7) … about me. They wanted me to championships.
stay at school.
Q Did you (8) … to get into trouble at school?
Ben Yes, I didn’t (9) … to listen to the teachers
in any of my lessons, except PE.
  Facts
Shark attacks are very rare. In 1996, 43 000
Q What (10) … when you left school? Americans suffered toilet-related injuries
Ben I missed being with my friends at first but while sharks injured just 13.
now I’ve got new friends.
A B C
1 loves loved was loving
2 used to design design use to design Score your progress from 1 (needs improvement)
3 winned was winning won to 5 (excellent).
4 used to work was working worked I can use the present simple to talk
5 was dropping used to drop dropped about present facts, habits and routines.
I can use the past simple to talk about
6 did happen happening happened
events in the past.
7 used to worry worry worried I can use used to to talk about past
8 use used usually habits and states.
9 use used usually I can use subject and object questions
10
did you miss you missed used you to ask about who and what.
to miss

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Unit 2. Literature. Vocabulary

Literary genres 3 A woman travels to Mars and makes

friends with aliens.
1   Find eight literary genres in the historical fiction / science-fiction
wordsquare. 4 A man is running away from the police.
They say he is a criminal but we know he
Y P O E T R Y T B E A
is innocent. It’s really exciting.
C R I M E P D H I X D poetry / thriller
L D N N W E C R O M V 5 Prince Waldron fights the giants and tries
V V P O C A M I G Y E to get back the magic sword.
I F G P T Y E L R H N autobiography / fantasy
I A E L A K W L A X T
C N U A O B H E P B U 4   Complete the sentences with the
O T R Y L Y N R H M R words in the box.
M A Z T C C V K Y C E adventure ​ autobiography ​
I S H R Z J Z V O D D historical fiction ​non-fiction ​
C Y C Y I R L U P Q V romantic fiction ​short story

2   Order the letter to make words. It’s a short story about a man
whose life changes when he meets
n a f a t y s fantasy
someone at an airport. It’s only 25 pages
1 t r o s h  t r o s y
long.
2 o n n – i c f i n o t
1 He mostly reads  .
3 e c e s n i c – n i t i f o c
He especially likes books about art.
4 l i s a r i c h o t 
o n c i t i f 2 The last story
5 c a n t i m o r  v e l o n I read was about a man who is in a plane
6 b y a g a r p u t o i h o crash in the Brazilian jungle. He gets
bitten by a snake and nearly dies.
3   Read the descriptions and circle the 3 My favourite is by
correct words. a famous singer. She writes about her life
really well.
The pictures are really funny. I buy it
4 A lot of has the
every week.
same story. A woman meets a man and
comic / play
they fall in love.
1 I love the work of Pablo Neruda. He says
5 This novel is set in
everything in just 20 or 30 lines.
1492 and tells the story of a young boy
poetry / non-fiction
working on Columbus’ ship the Pinta.
2 The explorer travels to the North Pole –
all alone!
adventure / romantic fiction

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Compound nouns
5   Match 1–6 with a–f to make compound 8   Complete the sentences with the
nouns. compound nouns in the box.
1 book a) holiday
bookshop ​book deal ​popular press ​
2 computer b) letter
public library ​secondary school ​
3 love c) message
text message
4 secondary d)
program
5 school e) school In Britain, children start secondary school
6 text f) shop at the age of 11.
1 Please send me a
6   Match the words in the box with the when you arrive in Brazil.
words below to make compound nouns.
2 I don’t want to buy that book. I’m going to
book ​ card ​deal ​library ​ borrow it from the  .
life ​novel ​press ​seller 3 If you are interested in stories about
film stars and their love lives, read the
audio book  !
1 best- 4 I need to go to the
2 graphic to buy a dictionary for English this year.
3 popular 5 She wrote a thriller and immediately got
4 public a with the biggest
5 book publishers in New York.
6 social
7 post

7   Look at the pictures and circle the correct words.

graphic novel / text message 1 love letters / text message 2 school holiday / postcard

3 book deal / graphic novel 4 social life / popular press 5 audiobook / best-seller

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Unit 2. Literature. Grammar

Past simple and past continuous 4   Complete the questions for these
answers. Use the past simple or past
1   Match the rules 1–3 with example continuous form of the verbs.
sentences a–c.
I found an interesting book in the library.
1 We use the past simple to describe What did you find in the library?
a completed action or series of actions. 1 I started reading it yesterday afternoon.
2 We use the past continuous to describe When it?
an action in progress in the past, often 2 I was thinking about the film when Adam
interrupted by another action. arrived. What when
3 We use the past continuous to talk about Adam arrived?
finished past states that lasted some time. 3 Sam was talking to his friend Anita.
a) I saw Pedro while I was waiting for James. Who  ?
b) I phoned Maria yesterday. 4 I lived there for more than two years.
c) I was born in India. My parents were living How long there?
there.
5   Complete the text with the past simple
2   Complete the sentences with when or or past continuous form of the verbs in
while. brackets.

When you called, I was having

a bath.
1 she was listening to the
radio, the doorbell rang.
2 she arrived, he was writing
poetry.
3 J.K. Rowling had to look after her baby Last night Dave (1)  was watching
she was writing the first (watch) TV when he suddenly saw his friend
Harry Potter book. Jason on the screen. “Jason McDermot
3
(2) 
(stop) two thieves
  Circle the correct words.
today outside Alpha Bank in King Street,” the
Luke sat / was sitting in the bath when he presenter said. “How (3) 
heard a loud noise. (you / stop) them, Jason?”
1 While he got / was getting out of the bath, “I (4)  (ride) my bike on
all the lights went / were going out. the pavement outside the bank when two
2 While he put / was putting on his clothes, men ran out of it,” Jason answered. “They
something jumped / was jumping through
(5) 
(wear) masks, but
the bathroom window. I knew they were bank robbers. I tried to stop,
3 Luke screamed / was screaming and ran / but I (6)  (hit) them with my
was running out of the room. bike and we fell to the ground. When the police
4 He looked / was looking for a torch in arrived, they arrested the two men.”
“What (7)  (the police / say)
the kitchen when he felt / was feeling
to you, Jason?” the presenter asked.
something warm and soft near his feet.
“They were very angry with me because
5 Luke started / was starting to laugh because
I (8)  (cycle) on the
he realized / was realizing it was the
pavement. In fact, I had to pay a fine of £20.”
neighbour’s cat.

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Past perfect 8   Circle the correct words.

6   Read the sentences and number the actions Last week, I went to the cinema with my
a and b in the order they happened. friend Josh. I had arranged to meet Josh
at 8pm so we could buy our tickets and
some popcorn (1) before / already the
film. (2) After / By the time I left the house,
I checked my watch and it was 7.30. I walked
to the bus stop, but my bus didn’t come
for ages. (3) By the time / By then it arrived,
it was 8pm and I was late. At twenty past
eight, Josh texted me to say that he had
I had just started my homework when the (4) 
after / already gone in because he didn’t
phone rang.
want to miss the beginning of the film.
a) I started my homework. 1
I finally got there at 8.30, but (5) by then /
b) The phone rang. 2
before the film had started, and they
1 The film had already begun when we arrived
wouldn’t let me in. What a night!
at the cinema.
a) We arrived at the cinema.
9   Complete the dialogues with the past
b) The film began. simple or past perfect form of the
2 I hadn’t seen a Cervantes play until I went verbs in brackets.
to Spain.
A Why did you get the later flight?
a) I went to Spain.
B The plane had left (leave)
b) I saw a Cervantes play.
when we arrived (arrive) at
3 Jen had written two books before she left
the airport. We were late because of the
school.
traffic.
a) Jen wrote two books.
b) Jen left school. A (1)  (you / do)
4 When we went back everything had changed. a lot of work when your computer
a) We went back. (2) 
(crash)?
b) Everything changed. B Yes, I (3) 
(lose)
my homework when the electricity
7   Complete the sentences with the past (4) 
(go) off.
perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
When we got there, she had left (leave). A (5)  (you / see) that
1 When they got home, somebody film last night?
(break) their ground-floor window. B No, my parents (6) 
2 I (not read) the book before (already / start) to watch
I saw the film. another programme and they
3 He (not start) his book when the (7) 
(not let) me watch
phone rang. it. (8) 
(be) it good?
4 He (write) a graphic novel A It was OK, but after I
before he turned 15. (9) 
(watch) half of the
5 The publishers made a book deal with her before film, I (10) 
(realize)
she (finish) writing the book. I had seen it before on a plane.

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Unit 3. The world around us.

Vocabulary
Saving environmental resources 4   Complete the text with the phrases in
the box.
1   Find five environment phrases in the
word cloud. install solar panels ​
recycle packaging ​
share car journeys ​travel by public

​batteries transport ​use rechargeable batteries

​transport
​public ​w​packaging
​lights

​food
​panels
off

People should stop driving their

​recycle

indows
​share

cars everywhere and start to

install ​ y
b
(1) 
travel by public transport  . It will reduce
​insulate c​ ompost ​mend carbon emissions. And if they want to use
​solar
​waste
​travel

a car, they should (2) 

with people who work in the same place.
We should all (3)  in our
cameras and phones. And in houses which
get a lot of sun on the roof, it’s
a good idea to (4)   .
1 install solar panels
Finally, we shouldn’t throw away so much
2
paper, plastic and glass. We need to
3
(5) 
 .
4
5

2   Circle the correct words.

install / recycle solar panels
1 compost / mend old clothes
2 ride / recycle a bike
3 use / save water
4 install / share car journeys
5 turn off / insulate lights
6 use / turn off rechargeable batteries

3   Match the instructions with the sentences.

1 Turn off lights. a) Don’t throw them away.
2 Compost your food waste. b)
It’s good for your health and for the planet.
3 Mend your old clothes. c) It’s very good for the garden.
4 Insulate windows. d) We need to save electricity.
5 Turn off the tap. e) We need to save water.
6 Ride a bike. f) You’ll save on central heating.

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Prefixes 8   Complete the sentences using the words

in the box.
5   Find seven verbs with the prefixes mis-,
re-, under- and over- in the wordsquare. misplace ​ misunderstand ​ recycle ​
reorganize ​replace ​replay ​underpay
M I S P L A C E T R M
Z H G L X E M R K D L Don’t throw those bottles away.
S I E K J E W I T O G Recycle them.
I R E C Y C L E W V P 1 I explained very clearly. Why did they
B B Y O V M E E S E R me?
K F F K F O G F X R U 2 I broke my mother’s favourite vase. I need to
it with a new one.
U N D E R C O O K C J
3 Can you that part of the film
N Z W G X J C T N R D
again? I couldn’t hear what the people said.
U N D E R U S E A O Z
4 The money is bad at that company. They
O V E R E A T E A W K
always their workers.
R E P L A C E P G D B
5 I need to my wardrobe.
6 I can’t find anything.
  Circle the correct prefix to make words
with prefixes. Write the words. 6 I don’t often lose things, so I hate it when
I something.
mis / re + inform misinform
1 over / mis + populate
2 over / re + play
3 under / mis + estimate
4 re / under + organize
5 re / mis + understand
6 under / mis + pay

7   Match the definitions with the words in

the box.

misinform ​misplace ​overpopulate ​replace ​
underestimate ​underpay ​underuse

have too many people living

in a place overpopulate
1 pay someone too little for
the work they do
2 tell someone something that
isn’t true or correct
3 get rid of something and put
a new one in its place
4 not use something enough
5 not be able to find
something
6 think that something is less
important or smaller than it
actually is

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Unit 3. The world around us. Grammar

Present perfect Present perfect and past simple
1   Complete the table with the phrases in 4   Match 1–2 with a–b to make rules.
the box.
1 We use the past simple to talk about
2013 ​fifteen days ​four weeks ​I met you ​ 2 We use the present perfect to talk about
last summer ​ last weekend ​November ​ a) experiences or actions in the past when we
two years don’t mention the exact time.
b) completed actions at a definite time in
for since the past.
2013
5   Circle the correct words.
I’ve made / I made pancakes yesterday.
1 Have you found / Did you find your glasses yet?
2 When have you got / did you get here?
3 We’ve already bought / We already bought
2   Complete the sentences with the present food for the picnic.
perfect form of the verb in brackets. 4 Who have you danced / did you dance with
Circle for or since. at the party?
Michael has worked (work) here for / 5 Oh, no! Somebody has stolen / stole my
since 2010. mobile phone.
1 I (not see) a good film for /
6   Complete the dialogues using the present
since I saw The Karate Kid.
perfect or past simple form of the verbs
2 We (know) each other for /
in brackets.
since we were at primary school.
3 There (be) life on earth for / Martin Do you know Carmen’s sister?
since millions of years. Rob I (1)  have seen (see) her
4 The European Union (exist) at the gym a few times, but
for / since 1993. I (2)  (never /
5 Kate (have) a driving licence speak) to her. What about you?
for / since she was 17. (3) 

6 You (feel) ill with that cough (you / ever / speak) to her?
for / since two weeks. Martin Yes. I (4)  (meet)
3   Write questions with How long. her at a party two weeks ago. We
(5) 
(dance)
you / have / a compost bin?
together.
How long have you had a compost bin?
1 she / live / in this place? Emily (6) 

(you / ever / be) to Rome?

2 you / be / interested in environmental issues? Nick Yes, I (7)  (go) there
on holiday last year.
3 he / work / at the recycling centre? Emily (8) 
(you / have)
fun?
4 they / had / solar panels? Nick Yes, it (9)  (be)
a brilliant holiday.

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Time expressions with the present perfect

7   Look at the pictures and write sentences with just + present perfect.

she / win the race 1 I / finish this book 2 it / start to rain
She has just won the race.

3 she / see a ghost 4 there / be an accident 5 they / have their breakfast

8   Complete the rules with still, yet and 1 Peter / not find / his keys / yet.
already.
1 We use in affirmative 2 she / still / not write / to me.
sentences. It goes before the main verb.
2 We use in negative 3 you / make / the dinner / yet?
sentences and questions. It goes at the
end of the sentence. 4 he / already / sort / the rubbish.
3 We use in negative
sentences. It goes before the auxiliary verb.
11   You and a friend are planning a cycling
9 holiday. Write questions using yet and
  Circle the correct words.
answers using already, still and yet.
You’ve still / already told me that twice!
buy the maps
1 I haven’t done the exercise yet / still.
Q: Have you bought the maps yet?
2 She has already / still put the leaves in
A: (already) Yes, I’ve already bought them.
the compost bin.
1 plan the route
3 Have you recharged those batteries
Q: 
still / yet?
A: (still) 
4 You still / already haven’t given me the
2 choose the campsites
tickets.
Q: 
A: (yet) 
10   Write sentences using the present
perfect. 3 check the bicycle lights
Q: 
Tim / already / leave ? A: (already) 
Has Tim already left?

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Unit 3. The world around us. Revision

1  Correct the underlined errors. Rewrite the 3  Circle the correct words to complete the text.
sentences.
Since last year we reduced our rubbish by Plastic rubbish in the oceans
50 per cent.
The United Nations Environment Programme
Since last year we’ve reduced our rubbish by (1)
has calculated / calculated that there are
50 per cent.
13 000 pieces of plastic rubbish per square
1 Last summer, they’ve decided to use public
kilometre in the world’s oceans. Last year
transport.
rubbish (2) has killed / killed one million seabirds

and 100 000 sea mammals. (3) For / Since the

past ten years, scientists have found more and
2 How long did you have these light bulbs?
more cigarette lighters and toothbrushes inside

the stomachs of dead seabirds. Seabirds
(4)
had eaten / eat these things because they
3 She still didn’t buy a bike to get to work.
think they are food.
Charles Moore, an American oceanographer,
(5)
believes / is believing there are now 100
2  Read the text and circle the correct answers. million tonnes of plastic rubbish in the Pacific
Ocean. In 1997, while he (6) sailed / was sailing
Two years ago my family (1) … to do something
from Los Angeles to Hawaii in a yacht race, he
for the environment. First, we (2) … taking our
found himself in a huge area of rubbish.
own shopping bags to the supermarket so we
“I (7) was moving / have moved through
(3)
… to use the supermarket’s plastic bags.
rubbish for a week,” he said. (8) Since / For that
Then we (4) … a compost heap in the garden
moment, he has been an environmental activist.
for our food waste. My parents (5) … their bikes
The problem is that modern plastics aren’t
to work for years, but to be even greener, they
biodegradable. Plastic that got into the ocean
(6)
… their car. We (7) … put solar panels on our
50 years ago (9) still / yet hasn’t degraded. Please
roof, but we will soon. I haven’t bought any new
make sure you don’t throw rubbish away!
clothes (8) … a year, but last week I (9) … half my
clothes with a friend who’s the same size as me.
A B C   Facts
Although foot binding was officially
1 decided has decided were banned in China in 1911, it continued
deciding in many rural areas until about 1939.
2 start started have
started
3 aren’t haven’t didn’t
needing needed need Score your progress from 1 (needs improvement)
to 5 (excellent).
4 were building built have built
I can use the present perfect to talk about things
5 were riding have ridden rode |that happened at an unspecified
6 have just were just did just time in the past.
sold selling sell I can use for and since to talk about how
long things have been happening.
7 yet haven’t still haven’t just didn’t
I can use time expressions with the present perfect
8 since for yet to talk about how long ago things happened.
9 was swapping have swapped swapped

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Unit 4. Followers of fashion.

Vocabulary
Style adjectives 3   Circle the correct words.

1   Look at the pictures and complete She’s very interested in fashion. All her
the adjectives with vowels. clothes are very fashionable /
old-fashioned.
1 Those jeans are too loose / tight. She
needs a bigger size.
2 He’s very casual / formal. He even wears
a tie at weekends.
3 You can walk all day in these shoes. They
are really impractical / comfortable.
4 His shirt was covered in big blue, red,
green and yellow flowers. It was very
t i ght 1 s p rty colourful / sporty.
5 These shoes are one size too big. They
are too loose / tight for me.

4   Match the descriptions with the

words in the box.

casual ​conventional ​glamorous ​
impractical ​
sporty ​trendy

He works at a gym so he
2 l s 3 ld– often wears a T-shirt, shorts
f sh n d and trainers. sporty
1 She was wearing a long silk dress and
2   Match 1–9 with a–i to make diamond earrings. She looked like
adjectives. a film star.
1 cas a) ventional 2 My father always wears a suit with
2 col b) ractical a white shirt and a blue tie. He works
3 com c) dy in a bank.
4 con d) fortable 3 She was wearing a long skirt and high
5 fash e)
ual heels on her bike.
6 for f) orous 4 She’s always very fashionable. Today she’s
7 glam g)
ionable wearing denim shorts with suede ankle
8 imp h) ourful boots.
9 tren i)
mal 5 Adam is the guy in jeans and a pale
blue sweater.

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Phrasal verbs: clothes 3 These boots are so well made that it takes
years to wear them out / try them on.
5   Look at the pictures and order the letters 4 I’m not sure if the blue shoes go with /
to make phrasal verbs. look for your black jacket.
5 You can ask the shop assistant to
pick up / pick out a nice dress if you’re not
sure what suits you.

7   Match the responses a–f with the

sentences 1–6.
1 It’s cold. c
2 Do you think this jumper will fit me?
3 It’s hot in here.
t u p ​n o 1 e v i g ​y a w a 4 Do you like my jumper?
put on 5 This jumper has got holes in it.
6 I want a cashmere jumper.
a) Take your jumper off.
b) Throw it away.
c) Put your jumper on.
d) Try it on.
e) Try to pick one up in the sales.
f) Yes, it goes well with your jeans.

2 w o r t h ​y a a w 3 t e g ​t o n i 8   Complete the sentences with the phrasal

verbs in the box.

get into ​give away ​look for ​
pick out ​put away ​wear out

Let’s go shopping. I need to look for

a new jacket.
1 If you don’t like those clothes any more,
them  .
Charity shops always want clothes to sell.
2 Can I some earrings for
4 k a t e ​f o f 5 u p t ​w a y a you to wear with that dress?
3 Do you get rid of your clothes when you’re
bored with them or do you keep them until
6   Circle the correct words. you them  ?
4 I will have to buy some bigger clothes. I can’t
I need to go with / look for a new top to
this dress any more.
wear to Jodie’s party.
5 There are clothes all over the floor. Can you
1 Why don’t you try on / wear out these jeans?
them  ?
I think they would suit you.
2 My room is a mess! I need to look for /
pick up all these clothes on the floor.

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Unit 4. Followers of fashion. Grammar

Relative clauses 4   Complete the text using which, who,
where or when.
1   Circle the correct words.
A friend of mine (1)  who is
Mary Quant was a fashion designer which / studying fashion recently had to design
who became famous in the sixties. clothes from unusual materials. One material
1 The 1960s was the time where / when (2) 
she used was plastic rubbish
miniskirts first became fashionable. bags. There were other students on her course
2 The shop which / where I bought this jacket (3) 
made amazing clothes out
is in Oxford Street. of newspaper. My friend asked me to wear one
3 Why don’t you wear those shoes that / who of her dresses on the day (4) 
you bought last week? her teachers were coming to see her work.
4 Let’s go to that museum who / which has When I arrived, my friend took me to the back
antique clothes. (5) 
there was a changing room.
I put on the plastic dress (6)  she
2   Complete the sentences with who, which,
had made. I enjoyed the event, but the best
when or where.
bit was (7)  I took off the dress. It
My friend’s got a cat which loves looked great, but it was very hot under those
watching TV. bright lights!
1 That’s the girl smiled at you
in the park. some / any / no compounds
2 Do you remember that day
5   Complete the rules with the words in
we both wore the same clothes? the box.
3 Can I see the dress you wore
to the party? affirmative ​negative ​questions
4 Let’s go to that shop you got
your jacket. 1 We use compounds with some and no with
verbs.
3   Join the sentences using who, which, 2 We use compounds with any with
where or when.
verbs and in  .
I’ve got some fashion magazines. They’re
6   Circle the correct words.
from the sixties.
I’ve got some fashion magazines which are I’d like something / someone to eat. I’m
from the sixties. really hungry!
1 There’s a man outside. He wants to see you. 1 I think St Petersburg is a city somewhere /
someone in Russia.
2 There’s a shop in town. You can get trainers 2 My town is OK, but there’s nothing /
for £5. nowhere to go in the evenings.
3 My best friend is someone / something from
3 I can’t wait for the summer. We can wear my primary school.
sandals. 4 Do you like to stay something / somewhere
with a pool when you go on holiday?
4 I’ve got a dress of my grandmother’s. It looks 5 You should wear something / somewhere
great on me. warm in Moscow in winter.
6 There isn’t anyone / someone outside.

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7 Lydia Ben said he would drive me, but I’m not

  Complete the dialogue with the correct
some, no or any compounds. sure how (2) I’m getting / I’ll get back
home at the end of the day. (3) I’m getting /
Eva Is there (1)  anywhere to buy
I might get the bus.
a present for my parents?
Izzy I’m not (4) doing / going to do anything this
Kate What sort of thing do you want?
evening. (5) I’ll pick / I’m picking you up at
Eva (2)  nice for the house,
the station, if you like.
I think.
Lydia Thanks, Izzy! That would be great.
Kate You can’t get (3)  nice
Izzy So what time are you (6) going to arrive /
in this area, but there’s a nice shop
arriving?
for kitchen things on Fulham Road.
Lydia About 5.30pm.
I bought (4)  there last
Izzy OK. (7) I’m going to / I’ll be there. And don’t
week.
worry, (8) I won’t be / I’m not being late.
Eva Really? What was it?
Kate (5)  very exciting. It was 10   Complete the dialogue with the correct form
just something cheap and useful. of the verbs in brackets. Use the present
Eva What? continuous, be going to, will or might.
Kate It was (6)  to keep food are you doing
Alice Hi, Tom! What (1)  (do)
in, in the fridge. A plastic container.
this weekend?
Eva Oh. Have they got (7) 
Tom Hi, Alice. I (2)  (see) an
more interesting than plastic food
Italian film at Riverside Studios on Saturday.
containers in this shop?
It’s called The Leopard. Peter and Ellie
Kate Yes. They’ve got lovely plates and (3) 
(come), too.
bowls.
Alice Have you already bought the tickets?
Tom Yes. Why? Would you like to come, too?
The future Alice I’d love to!
Tom OK. I (4)  (buy) you
8   Match 1–4 with a–d to make rules.
a ticket, too.
1 We use the present continuous b Alice Great. What time does the film start?
2 We use be going to Tom Seven.
3 We use will Alice OK. I’ll meet you there. I
4 We use might (5) 
(be) about five
a) to make a future prediction. minutes late. It depends on the traffic.
b) to talk about a definite arrangement in the Tom No problem.
future. Alice (6)  (we all / go) straight
c) to talk about a future possibility. home after the film? I know a really nice
d) to make a future prediction based on pizza place near the cinema.
present evidence or to talk about Tom That’s a nice idea, but I’d better
a future intention. check with Peter and Ellie first. They
(7) 
(not want) to go
9  Circle the correct words. out for a pizza.
Alice OK. We can decide on Saturday. Anyway,
Lydia Bye, Izzy. I’m leaving now for my
I (8)  (see) you at the
interview in London.
cinema at seven o’clock. Bye, Tom.
Izzy How (1) might you get / are you getting
Tom Bye.
to the station?

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Unit 4. Followers of fashion. Revision

1  Correct the underlined errors. Rewrite the 3  Circle the correct words to complete the text.
sentences.
Who’s that girl which you smiled at you just Beauty practices
now? around the world
Who’s that girl who smiled at you just now? (1) 
Anyone / Someone who thinks our interest in
1 Can you remember that time where we tried fashion and beauty is new is mistaken. Beauty
on hats? treatments and make-up have been around
(2)
since / for thousands of years. The ancient
Egyptians (3) used / were using minerals to make
coloured eye shadows and powders. And Queen
2 I know anyone who spends lots of money on Cleopatra (4) was taking / used to take baths in
milk and honey.
clothes. (5)
Everywhere / Anywhere in the world people
decorate their bodies and faces in order to look
more beautiful. For example, in Kenya, Masai

women (6) think / are thinking long ears are
3 He’s got his shorts on because he will play beautiful, so they stretch their ears with heavy
tennis later. weights.
A lot of beauty practices are painful. In China, until
the middle of the 20th century, older women (7)
were putting / used to put tight cloth around the
feet of three-year-old girls and break the bones in
2  Read the text and circle the correct answers. their feet so that they would have small feet. It (8)
Lucy There’s someone at the door. hurt / was hurting a lot and the girls grew up with
deformed feet, unable to walk normally.
Dan Don’t answer it. It (1) … someone who And what painful things (9) do we do / we do in the
wants to sell us something. West in the name of beauty? Well, tatoo is one
Lucy OK, I (2) … out of the window. painful Beauty practice (10) when / that people are
Dan Don’t let them see you looking. happy to pay for in the West. (11) Will there be / Is
Lucy Don’t worry, I (3) … let them see me. there being a time when people don’t suff er to be
Dan Can you see (4) … ? beautiful? I don’t think so!
Lucy No. There’s (5) … there.

  Facts
Dan Perhaps they’re (6) … in the garden. Or
perhaps they’ve gone round the back of
the house and they (7) … at the back door. Although foot binding was officially
Lucy Listen! Yes. There’s (8) … at the back door. banned in China in 1911, it continued
It’s a tall girl in a white skirt (9) … too in many rural areas until about 1939.
short for her.
Dan Oh, that’s Marianne.
Lucy Why is she wearing a tiny white skirt in
the middle of winter? Score your progress from 1 (needs improvement)
Dan Because she’s going to play tennis to 5 (excellent).
probably! I can use relative pronouns to give information
A B C about people, things, time and places.
1 is might be is being I can use some / any / no compounds to talk
2 ’m looking look ’ll look about people, things and places.
3 ’m not won’t don’t I can use will to make a future prediction.
4 someone anyone no one I can use might to talk about a future possibility.
5 someone anyone no one I can use be going to to make a future prediction
6 anywhere somewhere nowhere based on present evidence or to talk about
7 knocked ’re going to ’re knocking a future intention.
knock I can use the present continuous to talk about
8 someone anyone no one a definite arrangement in the future.
9 when it’s it’s that’s

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Unit 5. Work and money.

Vocabulary
The world of work 4   Circle the correct words.

1   Complete the words with vowels. I have to fill in my qualifications and

experience on the job advertisement /
b o n u s
application form.
1 ppl c t n ​f rm
1 To be a plumber you have to do an
2 j b ​ d v rt s m nt
apprenticeship / application form.
3 p y ​r s
2 As a waiter, his pay rise / salary isn’t
4 xp ns s
great but he gets tips.
5 p r m t n
3 I’m really happy! My boss gave me
6 w r k ​ x p r nc
a pay rise / benefits of £3000 a year.
4 When my mother travels for her job, she
2   Order the letters to make work and
gets a daily apprenticeship / allowance
money words.
for food, transport and accommodation.
yaslar salary
1 p r e p a n p h i s e c i t 5   Complete the sentences with the
2 n o n d i s t i c o words in the box.
3 s n u b o
4 p i n s n o e benefits ​
bonus ​contract ​pension ​
5 e s n i f t e b promotion ​work experience
6 l a w n e c o a l
I’ve got a new job. They’ve sent me the
7 c a r o t t c n
contract so now I must sign it and
send it back.
3   Read the sentences about what
1 My grandfather has retired, but he’s got
happens when you get a job.
Circle the correct words. money for holidays because he gets
a good  .
First, you see a job advertisement /
2 She gets £1500 a month at the travel
a pay rise.
company, but she gets a
1 Then, you fill in an application form /
if she sells lots of holidays.
a pension.
3 My cousin got a last
2 You go to a bonus / an interview.
week. He’s going to be Senior Sales
3 If you get the job, they give you
Manager now.
a contract / work experience.
4 The salary isn’t very good, but the
4 If you do well at your job, you might get
are excellent. There are
conditions / a promotion.
long holidays and free flights all around
the world.
5 I want to be a journalist, so I’m doing
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Work verbs 9   Complete the sentences with the words
in the box.
6   Circle the correct verbs.
an interview ​
contract ​full-time ​
job ​
have / sign an interview
part-time ​pension ​salary ​unemployed
1 claim / earn a salary
2 be / lose unemployed He was only working 12 hours a week, but
3 lose / claim a job now he has a full-time job and works
4 be / have a full-time job a 40-hour week.
5 apply / sign for a job 1 You look really smart. Have you got
 ?
7   Complete the phrases with the words in 2 It’s difficult to find a job at the moment –
the box.
more than two million people are
claim ​
fill in ​
get ​
get ​sign ​work  .
3 When my aunt retires from the police force,
get a job she will get a good  .
1 part-time 4 I’m free on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons
2 expenses because I work now.
3 a pension 5 Here’s a pen. Can you sign the
4 an application form  , please?
5 a contract 6 She loves being a cook, but she doesn’t earn
a very good  .
8   Match the sentence beginnings 1–6 with 7 They are looking for a shop assistant at
the endings a–f. the bookshop. You should apply for the
1 You should get a haircut before you have b  .
2 She decided to work
3 It took me three hours to fill in
4 If you are late for work every day, you’ll
5 Make sure you understand everything
before
6 They are accountants so they both
a) earn a good salary.
b) an interview.
c) lose your job.
d) part-time after having her second baby.
e) this application form.
f) you sign the contract.

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Unit 5. Work and money. Grammar

The first and second conditional Gerunds and infinitives
1   Circle the correct words to complete 3   Circle the correct words.
these first conditional sentences. My sister really enjoys to learn / learning
If you apply / will apply for this job, I’m sure languages.
you will get it. 1 Have you finished to read / reading War and
1 I wear / will wear a suit if they give me an Peace yet?
interview. 2 They’ve decided to go / going camping
2 If I get an application form, do you help / together.
will you help me fill it in? 3 Would you like to see / seeing my
3 He’ll lose his job if he doesn’t stop / won’t application form?
stop being late for work. 4 What time did you finish to tidy / tidying
4 If they offer / will offer her a job, will she your bedroom?
take it? 4   Complete the sentences using the
5 You don’t regret / won’t regret it if you go infinitive or gerund form of the verbs in
and work for them. brackets.

2 I can’t afford to buy (buy)

  Complete the first conditional sentences
with the correct form of the verbs in new shoes.
brackets. 1 (surf ) the internet is fun,
but you can waste a lot of time.
2 She doesn’t want (move)
house.
3 (sleep) takes up about one-
third of our lives!
4 I’m applying (join) the
police force.

5   Complete the text using the infinitive or

gerund form of the verbs in brackets.
Dear Kiera,
I’m really looking forward to
If you work (work) hard, you
(1) 
seeing (see) you next week.
will pass (pass) your exams. Have you finished (2) 
(make)
1 If you (not pass) your exams, the costumes for your school play? I’d like
you (not get) a job.
(3) 
(help) with our school play,
2 If you (get) a job, you too. I really enjoy (4) 
(paint)
(earn) some money. and I’m also learning (5) 

3 If you (not earn) any money, (make) things out of wood, so maybe I can apply
you (not have) enough
(6) 
(help) with making the
money for a holiday. furniture and the stage set.
4 If you (not have) enough Do you want (7)  (come) and
money for a holiday, we stay with us in August? Mum says she’s happy
(not be able) to go away.
(8) 
(pick) you up.
Anna

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Unit 6. Crime doesn’t pay.

Vocabulary
Crime verbs 4   Complete the sentences with the
words in the box.
1   Circle the correct words to make crime
phrases. catch ​commit ​go to prison ​
commit / arrest a suspect pay a fine ​
investigate ​
1 catch / do a thief question ​solve ​suspect
2 commit / be a crime
She is the detective and it is her job to
3 arrest / go to prison
investigate this crime.
4 do / commit community service
1 If you park your car illegally, you
5 look for / pay clues
might have to  .
6 solve / suspect someone
2 Why did the thief
these crimes?
2   Order the letters to complete the crime
3 The bank robbers will
phrases.
for a long time.
investigate a crime meric 4 There were no clues, so the police
1 be oncenint couldn’t the
2 be uglity crime.
3 pay a inef 5 When the police
4 solve a emrci someone of
5 question a pusscet a crime, they take him to the police
6 go on litra station for questioning.
6 The thief drove away very fast and the
3   Read the definitions and circle the police couldn’t
correct words.
her.
place where criminals are locked up 7 The police want to
 prison / trial him about his
1 illegal action community service / crime activities on the night of 23rd April.
2 money paid by someone who breaks the law
 clues / fine
3 someone who steals thief / suspect
4 things that give the police information
about a criminal clues / trial
5 work that a criminal does as a punishment
 prison / community service
6 person that the police think is a criminal
 suspect / guilty

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Crimes and criminals 8   Read the sentences and circle the correct
words.
5   Complete the words with vowels.
The man stole a boy’s mp3 player from his
th e ft pocket.
1 m rd r pickpocketing / murder
2 p ckp ck t ng 1 They drove the boy away in a car and then
3 k dn pp ng asked his parents for money.
4 v nd l sm robbery / kidnapping
5 r bb ry 2 A group of men stole £50 000 from the bank
on High Street this morning.
6   Write the words for criminals. robbery / pickpocketing
3 Teachers are concerned about the amount of
Crime Criminal
graffiti at the school.
murder murderer
murder / vandalism
1 kidnapping
4 The woman stole a laptop computer from
2 robbery
the office.
3 pickpocketing theft / kidnapping
4 theft 5 Police think the man was killed by one of his
5 vandalism neighbours.
vandalism / murder

7   Match the definitions with the words.

9   Complete the sentences with the words
1 A person who steals something. e in the box.
2 A person who deliberately damages
kidnapping ​murder ​pickpocketing ​
property.
robbery ​theft ​vandalism
3 A person who kills another person.
4 A person who takes money or There was a bank robbery here last
property from another person. week. The robbers stole £5 million.
5 A person who steals from people’s 1 Keep your bag shut. It’s very crowded here
pockets or bags. and that’s when a lot of
6 A person who takes someone away happens.
and makes them a prisoner. 2 She got arrested for  . She
a) robber d) murderer stole some clothes from a department store.
b) kidnapper e) thief 3 There’s a lot of in this
c) pickpocket f) vandal town. Last week some boys burned trees in
the park.
4 He went to prison for last
year after taking a child from its parents.
5 They’ve found the body, but they still don’t
know who committed the  .

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Unit 6. Crime doesn’t pay. Grammar

Modals of deduction 4   Order the words to make sentences.
and possibility after / be / journey / must / tired / You / the .
1   Complete the rules with the words in You must be tired after the journey.
the box. 1 be / man / police officer / might / a / That .

can’t ​might / may / could ​must
2 problem / be / to / a solution / may / this /
1 We use when we are There .
certain something is true.
2 We use when we 3 be / work / must / today / at / Everybody .
believe something is possibly true.
3 We use when we are 4 here / might / Russian / They / speak .
certain something is not true.

2   Complete the sentences using must be or 5   Rewrite the second sentence in each pair
can’t be. using must, can’t or might.

He’s got an unusual accent. He This thing isn’t moving. I’m certain it’s dead.
must be foreign. It must be dead.
1 He’s had three car accidents this year, so he 1 It’s only got six legs. I’m certain it’s not
a good driver. a spider.
2 He’s just broken that car window. He
a thief. 2 It’s very small. It’s definitely an insect.
3 She always says horrible things about her
friends, so she a nice 3 It hasn’t got any wings. It’s definitely not an
person. insect.
4 Somebody stole his passport, so he
at the police station 4 Not all insects have wings. It’s possibly
now. an ant.
5 This dictionary has got my name in it, so it
yours. 6   Look at the picture and write sentences
with the words in the box. Use must be,
3   Circle the correct words. might be and can’t be.

The sitting room window is broken.

There can’t / might be a thief in there.
1 They found the money and jewellery in his
pockets. He can’t / must be the thief.
2 Her face is very red. She could / can’t be hot.
3 Don’t try to catch the thief because he
might / can’t have a knife. cold ​hot ​lost ​thirsty
4 Ask Andrew because he can’t / may know
It can’t be cold.
the answer.
1
5 The cat hasn’t eaten for days, so I think it
2
can’t / could be ill.
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The third conditional 9   Complete the third conditional sentences

in the text with the correct form of the
7   Circle the correct words. verbs in brackets.
If I would have / had seen the shoplifters, Sometimes crimes have happy endings.
I would have called the store detective. Here’s an example. If a pickpocket
1 You would have / had been frightened if you (1) 
hadn’t stolen (not steal) my purse
had seen the robbery. at the train station, I wouldn’t have gone
2 They wouldn’t have sent / didn’t send her to to the police station to report the crime.
prison if she had been innocent. If I (2)  (not go) to the
3 If the dog hadn’t smelt the drugs, they didn’t police station to report the crime,
catch / wouldn’t have caught the drug I (3)  (not forget) to set my
dealers. alarm clock. If I (4) 
(set) my
4 Nobody would have known / knew he alarm clock, I would have woken up on time.
had robbed the bank if he hadn’t suddenly If I (5)  (not wake up) very
bought a huge new house. late, I (6) 
(get) the eight
5 If we haven’t / hadn’t seen the smoke, those o’clock train. Instead, I got the nine o’clock train
vandals would have burned the whole and I met Adam. I (7)  (not
forest down. meet) Adam if I had taken the earlier train. And
now Adam and I are going out. We wouldn’t
have met each other if that pickpocket
(8) 
(not steal) my purse.
So you see, a crime can have a happy ending!

10   Read the sentences. Then complete the

third conditional sentences.
I saw the pickpocket. So he didn’t try to steal
from me.
8 If I hadn’t seen the pickpocket, he would have
  Complete the sentences with the past
perfect form of the verb in brackets. tried to steal from me.
1 We had our mobiles. So we found each other.
If he had been (be) guilty,
If we hadn’t
he would have gone to prison.

1 If I (recognize) him,
2 You didn’t shut the window. That’s how the
I would have told the police.
thieves got in.
2 If she (have) her bag
If you had
shut, the pickpocket wouldn’t have stolen

her purse.
3 They knew the car was unlocked. So they
3 If he (not have) a knife
stole it.
in his bag, they wouldn’t have arrested him.
If they hadn’t
4 If you (be) in the bank

at the time of the robbery, what would you
4 We didn’t know about the vandalism in the
have done?
area. So we went on holiday there.
5 If you (not leave)
If we had
your laptop in the car, they wouldn’t have

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Unit 6. Crime doesn’t pay. Revision

1  Correct the underlined errors. Rewrite the 3  Circle the correct words to complete the text.
sentences.
He could being innocent but I don’t think so.
He could be innocent but I don’t think so.
Tiger stops cricket game
Someone’s toy tiger (1) has started / started
1 She’s an honest person so she must be
a big police operation in Hampshire last week and
a thief.
stopped a game of cricket at a nearby cricket club.
The police (2) received / have received calls from
members of the public on Saturday about a white
2 If they’d suspected him, they will have tiger (3) who / which was “hiding in a field” near
arrested him. Hedge End. Armed police (4) were going / went to
the field and a helicopter prepared to take thermal
images of it from above. Animal experts from

nearby Marwell Zoo (5) were also waiting /
3 We wouldn’t solve the crime if you hadn’t had also waited to give help.
helped us. Golfers at a nearby golf club were told to stay
inside and cricket players at the Rose Bowl stopped
their game for 20 minutes while the police
(6) 
were investigating / have investigated the area.
2  Read the text and circle the correct answers. The police officers saw that the “wild animal” was
“Well, I’m certain about one thing,” Detective not moving and the helicopter didn’t (7) detected /
Tenby said, “the thief (1) … be a woman.” detect any body heat. Then the tiger
“How can you be so sure of that?” Morgan, his (8) 
was falling / fell onto its side as a rush of air from
assistant, asked. the helicopter knocked it over. At that stage, the
“Because he’s left a footprint outside the team realized the tiger was a life-sized toy.
window and it’s very big,” Tenby answered. Here are some comments from people who read
“The criminal (2) … be a woman with large feet,” about the incident.
his assistant suggested. “It was very realistic. If you (9) have / had seen it, you
“I suppose that’s possible,” Tenby agreed. would have been scared.”
“Anyway this man or woman with big feet “When I saw the tiger I said ‘it (10) must / can’t be
must (3) … red hair,” he said suddenly. real.’ I was certain it was a toy.”
“Really? What tells you that?” Morgan asked. “It (11) would / will have been funny if the police had
“Well, there’s a red hair here on the carpet,” closed the motorway for a toy tiger.”
said Tenby. “I’m never (12) forgetting / going to forget this story.”
“That (4) … be a human hair,” Morgan said. “The
“I haven’t laughed this much (13) for / since a very
criminal (5) … have a dog with red hair.”
“No. It’s definitely a human hair,” the detective long time.”
said, putting down his magnifying glass.
“Anyway,” he added, “if (6) … here a bit faster, we
(7) 
… this person with big feet and red hair.”
  Facts
“It’s not my fault the criminal got away,” Morgan Tigers are an endangered animal.
said angrily. “If you (8) … all that time looking for There are only around 3200 left living
your magnifying glass, we (9) … the criminal.” in the wild today.

A B C
1 isn’t can’t shouldn’t
2 can must could
3 have to have having Score your progress from 1 (needs improvement)
4 could not might not must not to 5 (excellent).
5 might must can’t I can use modals of deduction to speculate about
6 you’d drive you drove you had things I am certain about.
driven I can use modals of possibility to speculate about
7 caught would have were things that might be possible or probable.
caught catching
8 didn’t waste haven’t wasted hadn’t I can use the third conditional to talk about
wasted imaginary situations in the past and their imaginary
9 were catching would have had caught consequences.
caught

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Unit 7. Sporting greats.

Vocabulary
Sporting verbs
1   Order the letters to make sporting
verbs.
e t a k ​p u take up
1 i s v e l e t e
3 score
2 o h a c c
3 i w n
4 s e l o
5 w a r d

2   Look at the pictures and complete the

phrases with the words in the box.
4 break
an event ​a goal ​a medal ​
a record ​a team
a record ​

5 support

3   Circle the correct words.

set a record
Did he get a medal / hold an event in
the European Games?
1 My brother is a Real Madrid fan but
I win / support Barcelona.
2 I didn’t lose / draw the race but I came
12th out of 14.
1 hold 3 If you want to win / score the match,
you need to play well.
4 Chelsea drew / broke 3–3 with
Newcastle.
5 If you want to get fit, why don’t you
support / take up basketball?
6 I think she will score a goal / break
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4   Complete the sentences with the 6   Circle the correct words to complete the
words in the box. sentences.

coach ​ get a medal ​ hold ​score a goal ​

set a record ​televise

You get a medal if you come

first, second or third in the Olympics.
1 At the moment it’s 1–1 and there are only
three minutes left to play. We need to
very soon.
2 A lot of officials are going to watch him
swim the Channel because he is hoping to
for his age group.
3 They’re building a new stadium
in Rio because they are going to
the next Olympics If you want to be a great athlete, you have to
there. teach / train every day.
4 They are going to 1 I used to be an Olympic runner, so I can teach /
the match so you’ll be able to see it in train you for the marathon.
your house! 2 I asked my father to teach / train me to drive.
5 For a month, her instructor is going to 3 I think I need to play / practise a bit more –
her for two hours I crashed the car!
every day to prepare for the race. 4 Do you remember / remind the day we met?
5 I’m afraid not! Please remember / remind me.
Confusing verbs
7   Complete the sentences with the words in
5   Circle the correct words. the box.

I hope I beat / win the competition! beat ​play  ​practise ​remember ​

The prize looks incredible! remind ​teach ​win
1 My brother beat / won Joe in the race –
he was so fast. I’m not very good at cooking – I need to
2 I expect / hope to see you there at 7pm – practise more.
don’t be late! 1 Please try to the colour of the
3 My sister expects / hopes she’ll enjoy car the thieves were driving.
university, but she’s nervous about 2 I really wish I could the guitar.
moving to a new city. It looks like fun!
4 I learnt to play / practise the piano at 3 They are better than the other team, so I think
school. they will  .
5 My brother is in a band, so he’s always 4 Do you people if they forget
playing / practising the guitar at home – your birthday?
he needs to improve a lot! 5 They lost. We them.
6 Joanne spent / wasted £60 on her new 6 When we’re at the beach, I’ll you
dress – it’s beautiful. to stand on your head.
7 That pizza cost £10 and tasted horrible!
I really spent / wasted my money.

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Unit 8. Communicate.
Vocabulary
Developing products 4   Order the steps in a product’s
development from 1 to 7. 1 is the
1   Complete the verbs with vowels. first step.
d e v e l o p  a concept a) solve any problems
1 r s r c h  an idea b) manufacture the product
2 t s t  t  the product c) test out the product
3 nv n t  characters d) research the idea 1
4 m n f ct r   a product e) analyse the results
5 d v l p  the product f) improve the design
g) design a prototype
2   Match the verbs 1–6 with the nouns
a–f. 5   Match the sentences with the phrases
1 analyse a)
a demonstration in the box.
2 solve b) the design develop a concept ​develop the product ​
3 do c) the results improve the design ​invent characters ​
4 design d) any problems test out a product
5 improve e)
market research
6 give f) a prototype I’m thinking of ideas for a new game for
mobile phones.
3   Match the phrases in the box with the develop a concept
pictures. 1 I’m still thinking about the look and style
of the hero and the enemies.
analyse the results ​
do market research ​

give a demonstration ​test out the product
2 My boss says the company wants to
continue with work on my game.

3 Last week my colleague asked me to try
out a game which he is working on.

analyse the results 1 4 Some of the graphics were difficult to
see, but he has now made them a lot
better.

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Developing products

analyse the design develop develop do market give

results a prototype  a concept the product research a demonstration

improve invent characters manufacture research an idea solve any test out
the design a product problems the product

Reporting verbs
admit (verb) /ədˈmɪt/ to accept the truth offer (verb) /ˈɒfə(r)/ to say that you will do something for
someone
agree (verb) /əˈɡriː/ to have a similar opinion with someone else
promise (verb) /ˈprɒmɪs/ to tell someone that you will definitely
announce (verb) /əˈnaʊns/ to make a public statement about
do something
a plan or decision; to tell people something clearly or loudly
refuse (verb) /rɪˈfjuːz/ to say that you will not do something
complain (verb) /kəmˈpleɪn/ to say that you are not satisfied
with something suggest (verb) /səˈdʒest/ to offer an idea or a plan for someone
to consider
explain (verb) /ɪkˈspleɪn/ to tell someone something in a way
that helps them understand it better tell (verb) /tel/ to give information to someone
invite (verb) /ɪnˈvaɪt/ to ask someone to do something or go warn (verb) /wɔː(r)n/ to tell someone about a possible problem
somewhere or danger

1 Complete the sentences with the words in 2 Circle the correct words.
the box.
1 I promised / explained my parents to work
analysed ​
idea ​improved ​ harder at school.
manufactured ​prototype ​research 2 Kelly admitted / refused she had eaten the
cake.
1 To test the product, we designed 3 My mum agreed / suggested to pick me up
a . from the station.
2 It’s a good idea to do market 4 Mia invited / offered us all to her birthday
with potential users of a product. party on Saturday.
3 Many products are in China. 5 We told / complained that the food was
4 After testing, the results are undercooked.
carefully. 6 Our teacher announced / suggested the
5 If there’s a problem with the design, it can results of the competition.
be before the product is 7 George refused / warned to stop talking
manufactured. in class and was sent out.
6 The first step in developing any new product
is to research the .

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