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your life
Grammar

Phrases
Present simple and continuous
Questions and question words
Vocabulary Family and social life
Meeting and greeting
Getting to know people

Reading
1
&Listening
Complete the information about yourself.
2 In groups, compare information. Was anyone born
on the same date or in the same place as you?
Write ‘not sure’ for information you don’t know. I was born in the same month/place as Tomas.
• Your date of birth 1 May 1992 3 a Look at the photos and read the captions.
• The place you were born ______________ Can you guess what the title, ‘time twins’, means?
• The time you were born ______________ b Now read the text to check your answer.

twins
Time
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th e ir time twin d time twin is Josh,
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who were b ilarities between their later. His parents are Josh:
s im ie s!
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incredib le ona lit both teachers but they
a n d e v e n their pers born 27 September
interes ts en- are divorced now. Josh
, w e m e e t four sevente . 07.18 a.m.
ramme Mariam normally lives with his mother
In this prog teven, Josh, Amy and g in the and his older sister in Wales but at the moment his
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year-olds b o rn o n the same t if they really mother is working abroad and Josh is staying with his
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They were We find ou
n hospital! father for a few weeks. Josh is still at school. He is doing
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m e L o n d o
sa his A-levels and hopes to study Politics at university. So
are similar. what does Josh do in his free time? ‘I’m really lazy,’ he
says. ‘I hate sport and I don’t really have any hobbies. I
play computer games a lot and I listen to music. Oh, and
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I’m learning to play the drums but I’m not very good!’
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STEVEN The
first time twin,
Steven, is an only
child. He still lives
near the Royal
London Hospital with Amy:
his parents, Don, born 27 September
an electrician, and 08.37 a.m.
Steven: Juliana, a nurse. He
born 27 September is doing a Business
07.15 a.m. Studies course at
his local college
and he also works
in a mobile phone shop. Steven doesn’t want to go to
university. ‘It’s too expensive,’ he explains. And what
about his free time? ‘I’m a fitness freak*. I never smoke
and I don’t drink alcohol or coffee. And I go running
every morning before college. At the moment, I’m
Mariam:
training for the London Marathon.’ born 27 September
* A person who is crazy about sport 09.59 a.m.

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 4 Read the text again. Find two
Grammar 2 know
sentences below about Steven (S)
and three about Josh (J). Present simple
1 □S is crazy about fitness. Use the present simple:
2 □ isn’t very energetic. a to talk about regular activities in the present:
3 □ doesn’t go to school or college. I usually meet my friends in the evening.
4 □ plays a musical instrument. What does Josh do in his free time?
5 □ looks after children in a nursery. b to talk about things that are generally true:
Josh lives with his mother.
6 □ goes to a private school.
Steven doesn’t drink coffee.
7 □ doesn’t have any brothers or
Time expressions: sometimes, often, usually, never, every day,
sisters.
every week, every morning, a lot
8 □ has parents who are divorced.
9 □ sometimes helps his/her father. Present continuous
10 □ wants to become a pharmacist. Use the present continuous:
c to talk about actions at the moment of speaking:
5 What other information do you learn
Now I’m interviewing Mariam.
about Steven and Josh in the text?
d to talk about actions in the present period but not at the
6 1.2 Listen to the interviews. Mark moment of speaking:

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the sentences in exercise 4 about Mariam’s studying Maths and Science.
Amy (A) and Mariam (M). Amy isn’t studying at the moment.

7 Do you think these time twins are

similar? Why? Why not?
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Time expressions: at the moment, now, today, this week, this year
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I think Steven and Josh are very 10 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.
different because … Use the present simple or present continuous.
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1 Josh _plays_ (play) computer games nearly every day.

Grammar Focus 2 Mariam ______ (take) some important exams this week.
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Present simple and present 3 Steven’s parents ______ (not have) any other children.
continuous 4 Amy ______ (not look after) her little niece today.
5 Josh’s mother ______ (work) in the USA at the moment.
8
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Read the sentences 1–4. Which

verbs in bold are in the present 6 Steven ______ (go) to the gym three or four times a week.
simple and which are in the present 11 Use the prompts to tell other students about yourself.
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continuous? Give more information if you can. Use the present simple
1 □ I really love horror films. or present continuous.
2 □ Right now I’m talking to Amy. 1 like horror films
3 □ I’m working in a nursery at the I don’t like horror films, I like comedies.
moment, just part-time. 2 walk to school
4 □ I help my father in his shop 3 play a musical instrument
sometimes. 4 read a book at the moment
5 read the newspaper every day
9 a Read Grammar2know and match
the rules a–d with the sentences 1–4 6 study for exams this term
in exercise 8. 7 save to buy something special
b Read about Steven and Josh 12 WRITING Read about Steven and Josh again. Then write
again and underline more examples a description of yourself. Write about:
of the present simple and present
• where you live and who you live with
your life

continuous. Find four more

examples of rule d. • your school and other courses
• your interests, free time, friends, etc.
MINI WORKBOOK exercises 1–4 pages 100–101

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 1 your life

Vocabulary &Reading

AS
Social life 4 Read Active Study. Add more phrases to the list.
1 Read the title and introduction to the quiz. Are
ACT
you ‘chilled’ or ‘hyper’? Do the quiz to find out.
Notice collocations STU IVE
DY
2 Read the quiz key on page 124. Are the There are many phrases with verbs like
conclusions true or not? go, have, make and do. Notice and
remember the correct verb in each phrase:
3 1.4 Use the verbs in Words2know to complete
phrases 1–10 from the quiz. Then listen and check. have a party (NOT make a party)
make plans (NOT do plans)
Words 2 know go out with friends (NOT get out with friends)

go (x2) go to play do (x2)

stay meet make ✓ have 5 In pairs, talk about what you usually do:
• in the evening • at the weekend
1 make plans 6 ___ computer games
• in the holidays
2 ___ a party 7 ___ new people/your friends
I normally watch DVDs in the evening.
3 ___ out 8 ___ the cinema/beach How about you?
4 ___ in 9 ___ nothing I usually … but I never …

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5 ___ sport 10 ___ shopping/running
MINI WORKBOOK exercise 7 page 101

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H y p e r
U
1.7

d
Are you

Ch i l l e o r
iz to find out.
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r qu
o r d o yo u ta ke life easy? Do ou
ver stops
f person who ne
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o
Are you the kind

1 Itʼs Saturday morning. What

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do you think when you open

your eyes in the morning?
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a What arrangements have I got for today?

I must get up and get ready.
b Saturday, great! Iʼll relax, then
call my friends later.
c Good, I can go back to sleep.

2 Youʼre on holiday by the sea!

How do you spend your days? 4 Itʼs winter, the weatherʼs terrible and
you canʼt go out. How do you feel?
a Do sport, meet new people, go shopping and, of a You hate doing nothing. You phone all your friends
course, go out every evening! and complain.
b Go to the beach, meet some nice people and visit b Itʼs nice to stay in but after a while you get bored.
some interesting places. c You can watch DVDs and play computer games all
c Sleep until midday, then spend the day by the pool day – whatʼs the problem?
with music and a book.

3 Itʼs your birthday…

Happy birthday! What do you do?
5 How do you feel at bedtime? Is it easy
or difficult for you to sleep?
a Itʼs difficult to sleep because you canʼt stop
a You decide to have a big party but then you worry thinking about your day.
about what to wear, who to invite, etc.
b You read or listen to music and you usually go to
b You arrange to go out with a group of friends. sleep easily.
c You donʼt make too many plans – perhaps youʼll c You arenʼt tired – you often stay up and watch a
meet some friends or go to the cinema. film or go on the internet.
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 Grammar Focus
Questions and question words
6 Look at Zoe’s photo from MyWorld, a
website for meeting friends. Answer
the questions.
• Do you like the photo? Why?
Why not?

My
• Do you use websites like MyWorld?

7 Read Grammar2know. Then complete

the MyWorld questionnaire with these
question words.

World
Who (x2) Why What (x3)
Which How What kind (x2)
How many How much
When Where

Grammar 2 know 1 What ’s your favourite dessert?

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Question words 2 ________ hours do you sleep every night?
3 ________ Hollywood superstar do you most want to meet?
Use these words to form questions:
What, Where, When, Which, Who, Why,
How, What kind, How much, How many:
4
5
N
________ do you spend Sundays?
________ ’s your favourite CD ever?
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What’s your favourite CD? 6 ________ do you like your best friend?
What kind of music do you like? 7 ________ do you secretly admire?
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How much money have you got? 8 ________ ’s your favourite time of day?
9 ________ of music do you like?
Word order
PL

10 ________ do you listen to music?

What is your favourite dessert?
Who do you see at the weekend? 11 ________ money have you got in your pocket right now?
Why are you doing this questionnaire? 12 ________ of things do you read?
M

How much money have you got? 13 ________ do you see at the weekends?
14 ________ is your birthday?
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8 a Zoe’s friend is testing how

1.5
10 a 1.6Complete questions 1–7 with is/are, have or do.
many questions she can answer in Listen again and practise your intonation.
two minutes. Listen and check your do
answers for exercise 7. 1 Which city ^ you come from originally?
b Which of Zoe’s answers can
1.5 2 How many brothers and sisters you got?
you remember? Compare answers in 3 What kind of books you like?
pairs. Listen again and check. 4 What you reading at the moment?
9 1.6Close your book and listen to the 5 Which groups you like?
questions. Write brief answers. 6 Which your favourite day of the week? Why you like it?
1 Milan 7 Which TV programmes you like best?
b Choose five questions above to ask your teacher.
11 In pairs, do the MyWorld questionnaire. Take turns to
your life

ask and answer as many questions as you can in two

minutes.
MINI WORKBOOK exercises 5–6 page 101

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 1 your life
1.10

Reading
1 a
&Vocabulary
PREDICTING Answer the questions.
• What do you think the people in the photos are
talking about?
• How are they feeling?
The BBC is doing its biggest ever internet
b Read the introduction to the internet survey.
Who is organising the survey and why? survey* about young people in Britain
today to find out about their lives and
2 Read the survey and complete gaps 1–6 with the their worries. They want to help parents
questions a–f below. 5 and teenagers to talk and understand
a Who do you talk to when you have a problem? each other better. Thousands of people
b What do you most like about your parents? are logging on to take part – so far
c What do you worry about most? more than 30,000 teenagers and 12,000
d How could your parents make your life better? parents. This is what they say.
e What’s the worst thing about being a teenager?
f What’s the best thing about being a teenager? ✓ 10 What’s the best thing about being a teenager?
Most teenagers say, ‘Going out and having
3 Read the survey again. Tick (✓) true and cross (✗)
false. Give reasons for your answers. more freedom’. ‘Cool music and fashion’ and

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1 □ Most teenagers think their parents are kind ‘the internet’ are also popular answers.
and have a good sense of humour.
__________________________________________?
2 □ Teenagers and parents think that the media
is too negative about young people.
N
15 Young people most like the love and support
they get from their parents … and their sense
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3 □ Most teenagers think their parents are too
of humour, too. But 40% say that they like their
strict.
parents because they give them money!
4 □ Nearly 30% of teenagers don’t like their
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parents’ clothes. __________________________________________?

5 □ Many parents want their teenage children to 20 Many young people complain about how the
PL

do more housework. media shows teenagers and many parents

6 □ Most teenagers say they can talk to their agree: ‘All teenagers have bad publicity … and
parents about really important problems. they are not all bad!’ said one parent. Young
M

4 Complete the definitions with a word from the people also complain about exam pressures,
text. 25 changing moods and boyfriend/girlfriend
SA

relationships.
Words 2 know 1.8

1 s _ _ _ _ _ _ : the help you give someone with their

problems (paragraph 2)
2 s _ _ _ _ of h _ _ _ _ _ : the ability to laugh about
things (paragraph 2)
3 to c _ _ _ _ _ _ _ : to say you are unhappy/angry
about something (paragraph 3)
4 the m _ _ _ _ : TV, newspapers, etc. (paragraph 3)
5 exam p _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ : the worries you have about
exams (paragraph 3)
6 your a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ : how you look (paragraph 6)

5 Answer the questions in exercise 2 about you. Are

your answers the same as the English teenagers’?
When I have a problem, I talk to my friends or
sometimes my mother.
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 Vocabulary
Family and relationships
&Speaking
6 WORD RACE Work in pairs. In two minutes, write
down as many family words as you can.
father, brother …
7 Match the Words2know to definitions 1–10.
• Which words are for males and females?
__________________________________________? • What are the male forms of the other words?
About 20% of teenagers want their parents an older sister - an older brother
to give them more freedom. ‘Often parents
30 treat you like a child and don’t respect your Words 2 know 1.9
opinions,’ writes one. ‘Why can’t I go to
an only child a stepmother an ex-wife a cousin
places where my friends go, like nightclubs?’
a relative a great-grandmother an aunt a niece
says another. And 29% of young people really a daughter-in-law a younger/older sister ✓
hate their parents’ clothes! On the other hand,
35 parents want their teenage children to listen to
them more and to help more in the house. 1 a sister who is younger/older than you

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__________________________________________?
a younger/older sister
2 your grandmother’s mother
One parent said, ‘If our kids have a serious
problem, they can always talk to us about
it.’ But teenagers don’t always agree. Most
N
3 your mother or father’s sister
4 the woman married to a person’s son
U
40
feel that they can talk to their parents about 5 the woman a person divorced
everyday things but 60% say they can’t talk to 6 your sister or brother’s daughter
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their parents about serious personal problems 7 your father’s new wife – not your own mother
with relationships, drugs and alcohol. They find 8 your mother’s sister’s daughter
PL

45 it easier to talk to friends about these things. 9 a member of your family

10 a child with no brothers and sisters
_________________________________________?
The two big worries for young people are 8 Read the questions 1–7 and cross out the ones you
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can’t or don’t want to answer. Then swap books

exams and their appearance. In fact, 48% say
with a partner. Ask the questions that your partner
that their appearance is their biggest worry.
SA

did not cross out.

50 Parents worry most about their children’s 1 Are you an only child or have you got older or
schoolwork. younger brothers and sisters?
2 Do you get on well with your brothers and sisters?
3 How many aunts, uncles and cousins have you got?
4 Are your great-grandparents still alive? And your
grandparents? How old are they?
5 Do most of your relatives live near you? How often
do you see them?
6 Which relations do you like best? Are there any
people in your family who don’t get on?
All teenagers have 7 Is anyone in your family doing anything
bad publicity … interesting at the moment? What?
and they are 9 WRITING Write a paragraph about yourself.
your life

not all bad! Include answers to the questions in exercise 8.

I’ve got a younger sister and an older brother. I
get on well with my younger sister but …
MINI WORKBOOK exercise 8 page 101
* BBC online survey 2003
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 L T I M E
REA MEETING AND GREETI
NG

1 Look at the photo and read about Zack.

Answer the questions.
• Where is Zack from?
• Why is he coming to London?
• Who’s meeting him at the airport?

2 and cross
Listen to the conversation. Tick (✓) true
1.11
(✗) false.
1 □ Zack already knows Fran.
2 □ Zack already knows Rosie and Ted.
3 □ Fran is driving today.

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4 □ There were no problems with the flight.
5 □ Fran’s house is near the airport.

3 gapsRead
1.11 the dialogue and complete the
with the correct Phrases2know. Then N
U
listen again and check.

2 know
E
Phrases
ZACK is from California
Meeting and greeting and is coming to London to
PL

How do you do? study. He is staying with Fran,

Nice to meet you. ✓ a friend of his mother’s, and
Great to see you again! ✓ her daughters, Rosie and
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Thanks, it’s great to be here! ✓ Grace. Fran, Rosie and Fran’s

Let me introduce you. brother, Ted, are meeting
Welcome to London! Zack at Heathrow Airport. It’s
SA

This is my brother, Ted. Sunday morning.

F: Zack … hi!
How was your journey?
Z: Hi, Fran!
F: 1
Great to see you again! 2 ____________
Listen to Phrases2know and
Z: 3
Thanks, it’s great to be here, … finally!
4
1.12
practise the intonation. F: ____________ . This is my younger daughter, Rosie
4
. She’s twelve.
Z: Hi, Rosie.
5 Rosie introduces Zack to her older
sister, Grace. Work in groups: R: Hi.
a Write their conversation using F: And, 5 ____________. He’s driving us today
because my car’s at the
Phrases2know. garage.
Z: 6
Nice to meet you, sir.
Rosie: (calling) Hi, Grace. Are you in?
T: 7
____________ ? Welcome to England!
Grace: Yeah, I’m here.
F: So, how are you? 8 ____________ ?
Rosie: This is Zack, Mum’s friend
Rebecca’s son. Zack … Z: Well, the flight was forty-five minutes late but
after that, it was
fine. The in-flight movies were really cool but there
b Act out the dialogue. wasn’t much
food, so I’m kind of hungry!
F: Oh, you poor thing! Well, it’s a long drive hom
e so why don’t we
get some breakfast first? Look, there’s a place over
there …

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 FILLING IN A FORM

Zack is doing a summer course for

overseas students at a London university.
A receptionist asks him questions to
complete his enrolment form.

6 enrolment
Use Phrases2know to complete Zack’s
1.13
form. Then listen and check.

Phrases 2 know There is a party at Zack’s university for new

Forms students to get to know each other. Zack is
full name email address chatting to Monika, a Polish girl.
place of birth UK address
date of birth mobile number
home address postcode ✓
GETTING TO KNOW PEOPLE

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emergency contact details ✓ nationality ✓
passport number ✓
8• Where
Look at the photo and answer the questions.

University Enrolment
• N is Zack and who is he talking to?
Do you think he’s enjoying himself? Why? Why not?
U
Name of course European History
9 soundRead
1.14 Phrases2know. Which three questions
too formal for a party? Listen and check.
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Dates of course 2 July – 9 September

Phrases 2 know
PL

1 __________ Zachery James Garber

Getting to know people
2 __________ 21.10.92 What’s your nationality? ✓ Where are you
3 __________ Santa Barbara, CA, USA from?
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4 nationality American Which part of (Poland) are you from?

passport number ……………………… What’s your full name?
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5 __________ 2356 Washington Drive, Which course are you doing?

Santa Barbara, CA, USA How about you?
25 Manorgate Rd, London. Where are you staying?
6 __________
Are you enjoying London?
7 postcode NW10 2PQ
What’s your date of birth?
8 __________ 07654 8878960
Do you like London/this music?
9 __________ zackjg192@hotmail.com
10 emergency contact details:
NAME:
ADDRESS:
Mrs Frances Connor
25 Manorgate Rd,
10 Indialogue
pairs, take turns to act out the
below. Follow the prompts
CAN
DO YOU
ENG IT IN
and use the Phrases2know in this lesson. LISH
London NW10 2PQ ?
TELEPHONE: 0208 654 9768 • You are new students at the same party
as Zack and Monika. One of you is Zack.
• Introduce yourself. Then find out as much as you

7 Work in pairs. Look at the enrolment form on

page 124. •
can about each other.
You can invent information.
a Write questions for 1–11.
What’s the name of your course?
b Choose a course and the date. Then ask and
answer the questions. Complete the form with
your partner’s details.
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2 greats
the
icons

Audrey Hepburn
Grammar Past simple and past continuous
Vocabulary Life events

Phrases
Personal characteristics
Narrating past events

For many people, Audrey films followed, including

Hepburn was ‘the most the most famous, Breakfast
beautiful woman of all time’. at Tiffany’s in 1961 and My
She was born in Belgium in Fair Lady three years later.
1929 into a rich family. But Hepburn was popular with
she 1 ______ and life wasn’t other actors — they say she
easy for her. After the war, always thought of others
she moved to London and before herself. After 1967, she
2
______ and an actress. In didn’t act much; she 3 ______
1953, she made her first big for the United Nations. She
movie, Roman Holiday. Many died in 1993.

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Kurt Cobain
N
U
After his death in 1994,
Nirvana singer Kurt

&Vocabulary
Cobain quickly became
Reading
E
a legend … but did he
really kill himself or was it
1
PL

In pairs, discuss these questions. murder? Cobain was born

• Do you know any of the people in the photos? on 20 February 1967.
Which person is: He 4 _______ but his life
a famous sportsman? changed in 1975 when
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a famous actress? his parents divorced.

a famous musician? His teenage years were
SA

• Can you think of three famous people who miserable and he

are ‘icons’? Do you admire them, or not? 5
_______ . He got his
first guitar when he was
2 1.15 Check the words in blue. fourteen and played with
Guess which person in the photos: different teenage bands.
a worked as a model Audrey Hepburn
b came from a very poor family Then he formed Nirvana with Krist
c grew up in the Second World War Novoselic, and they
6
_______ with songs like Smells
d had a happy childhood
like Teen Spirit in 1991. But
e became world champion Cobain didn’t enjoy fame – he
f quickly became very successful once said, ‘famous is the last thing
g refused to fight in the Vietnam War I wanted to be’. He married singer
h was often depressed Courtney Love in 1992 and they
i worked with children in Africa and Asia had a daughter. But his depression
got worse. He had serious drug
j shot himself.
problems and he 7 _______ at the
3 1.16Read the texts and match phrases a–j in age of just 27.
exercise 2 with gaps 1–10 in the texts. Then
listen and check your answers.
MINI WORKBOOK exercise 7 page 103

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us

Grammar Focus 5 1.17 PRONUNCIATION Listen to the regular

past simple forms from the texts and put them in
Past simple
the correct column. Then listen again and repeat.
4 Read Grammar2know. Underline all the examples /t/ /d/ /ɪd/
of the past simple in the text about Kurt Cobain. worked moved started
Which verbs are regular and which are irregular?
6 a Use the past simple to complete the sentences
Grammar 2 know about yourself. Make two sentences false.
1 I (be) born on … 1 January 1995
Past simple 2 My family (move) to our present house when I …
Use the past simple to talk about actions and events 3 I (start) primary school … ago.
that started and finished in the past. 4 I (learn) to read when I …
Form 5 I (start) to learn English … ago.
+ He played with different teenage bands. (regular) 6 I (come) to this school in …
He became very successful. (irregular) b Read your sentences to a partner. Can he/she
_ He didn’t play with different bands. (regular) spot the false information?
He didn’t become very successful. (irregular)
7 a Find out why these people are ‘icons’. Write

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? Did he play with different bands? Yes, he did. the questions, 1–6, below.
(regular) No, he didn’t.
Did he become very successful?
(irregular)
Why did he become very successful? N
U
to be
+ Life was easy for him.
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His teenage years were happy.

_ Life wasn’t easy for him.
PL

His teenage years weren’t happy.

? Was life easy for him? Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t.
Were his teenage Yes, they were. Marilyn Monroe
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Che Guevara
years happy? No, they weren’t.
Time expressions: in 1967, yesterday, last week,
SA

last year, ten years ago, when he was fourteen 1 Why (he/she be) famous?
Why was she famous?
2 When and where (he/she be) born?
3 (he/she have) a happy childhood?
Muhammad Ali 4 What (he/she achieve)?
5 (he/she get) married?
To his fans, he was ‘The Greatest’ but his real name 6 When and where (he/she die)?
wasn’t Muhammad Ali. He was born Cassius Marcellus b Work in pairs. Student A, look at page
Clay in Kentucky in 1942. He 8 ______ and started 124. Student B, look at page 135.
boxing when he was just twelve years old. As a
c Take turns to ask and answer the
boxer, he was incredibly fast on his feet – he almost questions about the famous people.
‘danced’. He won the world championship for the
first time in 1964 but he lost his title a few years
Why was Marilyn Monroe famous?
later because he 9 _______ . After that, he became
She was famous because …
a Muslim and changed his name to Muhammad Ali.
When was she …?
the greats

In the 1970s, he 10 _______ again. Ali got Parkinson’s 8 Discuss these questions with the class.
disease in the 1980s and stopped fighting. He began • Which of the five people on pages
to raise money for poor people around the world. In 12–13 do/don’t you admire? Why?
2000, the United Nations named him a ‘Messenger of
• Do you feel sorry for any of them? Why?
Peace’.
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Vocabulary
Life events
&Writing 3 1.19 Listen and complete the first part of Joe’s
story with the Phrases2know. What else do you
1 Read about the life of ‘Joe Average’. In pairs, learn about Joe’s life?
put the events in each section in the best order
1–8. Compare answers with another pair. Joe was born 1 in 1985 and was very happy
as a small child. He started school when he was
five. 2 ________ , his family moved house and Joe
changed primary schools but he hated the new
□ He went to secondary school.
one. 3 ________ , he moved to secondary school.
□ Kate met someone else.
1
4
________ , he met Kate, his first girlfriend, and
□ Joe was born.
they started going out. Joe really liked Kate but
□ His family moved house and 5
________ , they had an argument and
Joe changed primary schools. 6
________ , Kate dumped him. 7 ________ Kate
□ They had an argument met someone else and Joe was really miserable
and Kate dumped him.
again …
□ They started going out
Phrases 2 know
together.
□ He started school.

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□ He met his first girlfriend, Narrating past events
Kate, at secondary school. after a few months When he was fourteen

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in 1985 ✓ after that
After a couple of years
Then A few years later
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□ He met his future wife,
Meg, at a party.
□ He got a job. 4 Use the Phrases2know to tell the second part
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□ They rented a flat together. of Joe’s life story. Add three more pieces of
1
□ He left school and went information to the story.
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to university. When he was eighteen, Joe left school and

[A2/2.7 2] □ He passed his final went to university …
exams and got a degree.
5 Write the life story of one of these people:
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□ They fell in love and

got engaged. • a typical ‘Joe Average’ from your town
□ They got married. • a relative or friend with an interesting life story
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□ They lived happily • yourself!

ever after …
Use the Words2know and the Phrases2know in
this lesson.
2 1.18 Match the words from A and B to make MINI WORKBOOK exercise 8 page 103
collocations without looking at exercise 1.
Then listen and check.
get married Grammar Focus
Past simple and past continuous
Words 2 know
6 Look at the photos and captions on page 15.
A What is the connection between the two people
get (x4) start leave have pass fall in each photo? What other famous pairs do you
rent move know?
B 7 1.20Listen and read text A on page 15. Find
school (x2) an argument married house five mistakes in the text and correct them.
engaged a job in love a flat a degree
your exams
8 Read Grammar2know. Then read text B about
how the other pair met and complete the gaps.

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 o u s Pa i r s
Fam
his wife,
Bill Clinton, ex-US president and
Clin ton, 200 8 pres iden tial candidate.
Hillary

artney, B
and Paul McC
John Lennon at le s.
ith The Be Hillary and Bill Clinton 1 ________ (meet) in 1969
songwriters w
church while they 2 ________ (study) law together at

J
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A ohn Lennon was playing with his band, The Quarrymen, at a school Yale University in New York. Hillary first
fair when Paul McCartney first heard him. Paul loved the music and
3
________(notice) Bill in the college library
went to speak to John. At that time, in May 1957, John was studying when she 4 ________ (write) an essay. She
at music college. Paul wasn’t in a band but he was writing songs. Soon
Paul joined the band and the two young men became close friends. They N 5

6
________ (introduce) herself because Bill
________(stare) at her!
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met after school every afternoon and wrote songs together. They wrote
some of their hit songs when they were only eighteen!
E
PL

Grammar 2 know 9 a Complete the questions in the

past continuous.
Past continuous What were you doing at eight
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Use the past continuous to describe actions in progress at a time o’clock last night?
in the past. The action started before that time and continued after 1 What (you do) at eight o’clock
that time: last night?
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At that time, in July 1957, John was studying at art college. 2 What (you wear) last Friday?
Past simple and past continuous 3 When (you come) to school this
We sometimes use the past simple and past continuous together: morning (the sun shine)?
John was playing with his band at a church fair (= action in progress) 4 (it rain) when (you get) home
when Paul first heard him. (= event) last night?
5 What (the other students do)
Paul heard him
John was playing when you (arrive) at this lesson?
6 What (everyone in your family
PAST now do) at four o’clock last Saturday
afternoon?
+ I/He/She was playing the guitar.
You/We/They were playing the guitar. 7 What (your teacher wear) last
English lesson?
– I/He/She wasn’t playing the guitar.
You/We/They weren’t playing the guitar. b In pairs, ask and answer the
questions. How good is your
? Was I/he/she playing the guitar? Yes, I/he/she was.
the greats

partner’s memory?
No, I/he/she wasn’t.
What were you doing at eight
Were you/we/they playing the guitar? Yes, you/we/they were.
o’clock last night?
No, you/we/they weren’t. I was watching TV. And you?
What was he doing?
MINI WORKBOOK exercises 5–6 pages
102–103
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Reading
1
&Listening
SCANNING Quickly read about the BBC poll on
Vocabulary
Personal characteristics
&Speaking
the Greatest Britons. Find the names of:
5 Look at the Words2know from the text that describe
• a military leader • a writer • a scientist people. Write them in the correct column in the table.
• an engineer • a political leader • royalty
Positive characteristics Negative characteristics
2 a Check the words in blue successful brutal
below. You have two minutes to read and
match the descriptions, 1–8, to the people in Words 2 know 1.23
the text. Who finished first?
1 Darwin developed the theory of Evolution. successful brutal talented violent intelligent
2 _________ led the British army against the king. determined brave cruel weak glamorous
popular friendly sympathetic brilliant
3 _________ died in a car crash.
4 _________ killed his/her cousin.
5 _________ designed important bridges. 6 WORD RACE How many adjectives can you add
6 _________ wrote plays and poetry. to the lists in exercise 5 in two minutes?
7 _________ discovered the law of gravity. 7 Choose three adjectives in exercises 5 and 6

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8 _________ wanted peace. to describe:
b 1.21 Listen and check your answers. • a famous person you like (e.g. a musician)

3 Read about the winner of the BBC poll. Do you

know who it is? Check your answer on page 124. N
• someone in your family
• yourself
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My mother is very friendly and sympathetic.
I’m talented, popular and modest!
8 a
E
Imagine there is a poll to find
??? (1874–1965)
1 the greatest men/women in your CAN
DO YOU
BRITISH PRIME MINISTER country’s history. In pairs, think of
PL

ENG IT IN
c family and
He came from a famous aristocrati four people from the list below. LISH
?
at the age of Explain why they were great, using
became a Member of Parliament
the Phrases2know.
twenty-six. He led Britain
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through the difficult years of actor sports person king/queen

the Second World War and scientist writer/artist musician composer
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president philosopher prime minister

inspired ordinary people
with his great speeches.
British people today Phrases 2 know 1.24
remember him for this –
and for his famous wit! Talking about famous people
a brilliant (artist)
the best (footballer) in the world
4 1.22Listen to more information about the wrote/composed …
winner. Tick (✓) true and cross (✗) false. the greatest (scientist) in our history
1 □ He was a very good pupil at school. was the first person to …
2 □ He stayed with the same political party all invented/discovered …
his life. won …
3 □ Not everyone was happy when he became led the country when …
Prime Minister.
4 □ He won a Nobel Prize for peace after the war. How about Bartok? He was a brilliant …
5 □ He didn’t have very healthy habits. I think Galileo was a great Italian because he …
6 □ He retired at the age of sixty-one.
b With the class, make a list of the ten best
7 □ His funeral was quiet and private. candidates. Vote for the winner.
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 1.25

The BBC recently did a poll to find the ‘Greatest Britons’.

There were TV programmes about the candidates and over
a million people voted. These were the top ten.

10 OLIVER CROMWELL
(1599–1658)
A successful but brutal military leader.
5 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
(1564–1616)
The greatest writer in the English
Cromwell led the British parliament language. He wrote about
and army against King Charles I and thirty-eight plays, including Hamlet and
executed the king in 1649. Britain was a Macbeth, and hundreds of poems. But
republic until 1659. some people say Shakespeare didn’t
write the plays himself.

9 HORATIO NELSON (1758–1805)

Defeated Napoleon in the battle
4 CHARLES DARWIN (1809–1882)

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of Trafalgar and died in the battle. Naturalist. He developed the theory
A famous statue of Nelson stands in of Evolution, and in 1859 he wrote his
Trafalgar Square in London. famous work, On the Origin of Species.

8 JOHN LENNON (1940–1980)

N In his lifetime, many people were
unhappy about his ideas and even now,
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Talented songwriter, peace some people do not believe them.
campaigner and member of The Beatles.
His music and ideas inspired millions of
3 DIANA, PRINCESS
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people. A violent fan, Mark Chapman, OF WALES
shot him in New York. (1961–1997)
PL

Glamorous mother of

7 ELIZABETH I
(1533–1603)
Queen of England
Princes William and
Harry. Diana was
very popular in her
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for forty-five years. lifetime because

She was extremely she was friendly
intelligent, and sympathetic
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determined and to ordinary people,

brave but she especially the sick and
was also cruel the poor. She died in a
(she executed her car crash aged just
cousin, Mary Queen thirty-six.
of Scots). In a famous
speech she said: ‘I may
have the body of a weak
and feeble woman but I have
2 ISAMBARD
KINGDOM
BRUNEL
the heart and mind of a king.’ (1806–1859)
Elizabeth never married. A brilliant engineer.
He designed

6 SIR ISAAC NEWTON

(1643–1727)
One of the greatest scientists
and built many
important railways,
ships and bridges.
and mathematicians in He was a surprising
history. People say he Number 2, as
discovered the law of gravity he was not very
when an apple fell on his head! famous before the
BBC programme!

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Vocabulary 5 Choose the correct verb form to complete the
magazine article about Johnny Depp.
ACTIVE STUDY Learn words in groups

1 Complete the categories with these words.

Write two more words for each category. HOLLYWOOD’S
aunt ✓ cruel engineer friendly
nephew receptionist niece talented
FAVOURITE SON?
scientist

Personality Family Jobs

J ohnny Depp is probably the
most popular and best-paid
actor in the world. He is appearing in
aunt several big films this year. Pirates of the
Caribbean 3 1 ________ in cinemas across the world right
ACTIVE STUDY Notice collocations now and he 2 ___________ a new film at the moment.
2 Match the words to make collocations. Johnny Depp 3 ___________ in Kentucky in 1963 and
A he 4 _________ in Florida. He dropped out of school

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1 do a school at sixteen because he 5 _________ to be a rock star.
2 fall b married His first movie role was a small part in the 1984 film
Nightmare on Elm Street.
3 go
4 leave
c nothing
d running
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He 6 __________ his current partner, French pop
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5 get e in love singer Vanessa Paradis, while he 7 __________ a film
in France in 1998. Apparently, he 8 _________ her when
B she was coming out of a Paris hotel and he immediately
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1 get a your friends 9

__________ in love with her! The couple have two
2 make b house
PL

children and 10 _______in a small village in France.

3 meet c plans
4 move d a flat
5 rent e engaged
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1 a shows b is showing c showed

2 a make b makes c is making
ACTIVE STUDY Notice word stress
SA

3 a is born b was born c born

3 PRONUNCIATION 1.26 Listen and underline the
4 a grew up b grow up c was growing up
stressed syllable. Then listen again and repeat.
5 a was wanting b wanted c wants
1 popular 4 relationship 7 discover
6 a met b meet c meets
2 address 5 exam 8 develop
3 journey 6 emergency 9 talented 7 a made b was making c makes
8 a see b was seeing c saw
9 a fell b fall c was falling
Grammar 10 a live b lives c is living
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form
of the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple, 6 Put these jumbled questions in order. Then read
present continuous, past simple or past continuous. the text about Johnny Depp again and write the
1 Stephanie usually __________ (wear) black but answers.
today she __________ (wear) a white dress. 1 Johnny Depp/where/born/was
2 I (not go) __________ to the cinema on Where was Johnny Depp born?
weekdays. In Kentucky.
3 What (you/do) ___________ when I (phone) 2 did/why/he/out of school/drop
__________ you at 7 o’clock last night? 3 the name/his first film/was/of/what
4 Which sport (Tom/like) __________best? 4 partner/is/who/Johnny Depp’s
5 meet/did/when/her/he
6 do/children/they/how many/have
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 Reading Skills b Read the webpage again. Tick (✓) true and
cross (✗) false.
ACTIVE STUDY Read for specific information 1 □ UCL offers courses in many subjects.
7 a Scan the UCL webpage and find: 2 □ Half the students at UCL are not from the UK.
• the number of international students at UCL 3 □ The International Office is open on Sundays.
• the name of the office that helps foreign 4 □ The International Office does not close for
students the summer holidays.
• the name of the online newsletter for foreign 5 □ It costs £10 to join the UCL Students’ Union.
students. 6 □ The ULC Students’ Union is a sports club.

University College London welcomes you! 1.28

• University College London (UCL) is in the heart of London, close

to the British Museum and the British Library. We are a large

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university – 20,200 students. We offer a variety of courses each
year so you can study any subject you wish.
•

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University College London is truly an international university. We
now have 6600 foreign students from more than 140 countries –
that’s almost one-third of the total number of our students.
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• If you have any questions, please contact us at The International
Office. We’re here to help. The office is open from 10 a.m. to
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4 p.m., Monday to Friday (closed weekends and public holidays).

We are open all summer. The International Office can help you with
PL

visa and immigration problems. There is also an online newsletter,

International Student News.
• All students can join the UCL Students’ Union. Membership is free.
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The Union represents students’ interests, organises sports events

and concerts.
SA

Listening Skills Speaking Skills

ACTIVE STUDY Listen for general understanding 9 What do you say in these situations?
• You want to introduce your friend Thomas to
8 1.27Listen to three conversations in the your teacher.
International Office. Match students 1, 2 and 3 to
• Someone just came to your town and you
the statements a–g. There is one extra statement.
want to greet them.
a □ He/She can’t find Room 101.
• You meet someone at the airport and want to
b □ He/She lost something. ask about their journey.
c □ He/She has a question about accommodation. • You meet a friend at a party. The last time you
d □ He/She wants to pay for a course. saw him/her was three years ago.
e □ He/She found a mobile phone.
10 Write down four events from your life. Tell
f □ He/She was at the office this morning. another student when they happened using
g □ He/She says he/she’ll come back tomorrow. the Phrases2know on page 14.
I learned to play football when I was five.
A few years/months/weeks later, I …
SKILLS STRATEGIES back cover

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