Vocabulary and listening
2.1 Look at the plan of a flat and label the rooms. 2.2 Listen and repeat.
Look at the rooms in 2.1. What’s in them? Complete the lists.
2.3 Louise and Harry are American tourists in England. They want to rent a house for the summer. Cover the dialogue and listen. Which three rooms in the house do they go into? Listen again and complete the dialogue.
Grammar 3.1 Complete the sentences about the house from 2.3 with is,isn’t,are and aren’t.
3.2 Listen to Rory describing his room. Make sentences about
his room, use the words from the box. Listen again and check. e.g. There is a sofa in his room. Make six sentences about your room. Use there is/isn’t, there are/aren’t. 3.3 Look at the photo of a dormitory/hall of residence room and answer the questions.
a.How many girls are there in the room? b.Is there a television? c.Are there any flowers in the room? Student A: Ask three more questions about the room. Student B: Cover the picture and answer the questions. Swap the roles. 3.4 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about your room/flat. 3.5 Match the prepositions and pictures. Use between, next to/beside, on, under, above/over, in, opposite, behind, in front of, near.
3.6Complete the sentences about the picture. a. The lamp is on the table. b.The flowers are ___ the vase. c.The cat is ___ the armchair. d.The ball is ___ the table. e.The clock is ___ the table. f.The chair is ___ the table. g.The carpet is ___ the table. h.The lamp is ___ the vase and the book. i.The cushions are ___ the armchair. 3.7Listen to Jerry and his mum. What is she looking for? a.TV remote control b.lamp c.cat Where is it? a.on the sofa b.behind the sofa c.under the sofa 3.8 Describe Rory’s room. Use the prepositions of place.
Listening 4.1 Look at the pictures of rooms. What is different?
4.2 Listen to a description of one of the rooms. Which room is it? Reading 5.1 Read this advert from a site where students can find rooms for rent. Check the meaning of the underlined words with a dictionary.
5.2 Mark the statements true or false. a.There’s no furniture in the room for rent. b.The room for rent is on the third floor. c.There are no other people living in the house. d.There are mostly student houses near the house. e.There’s a metro station in the neighbourhood. f.There are some shops near the house. 5.3 Cover the advert and try to remember the details about: a.the room for rent b.the house c.the neighbourhood Conversation patterns Read the phrases and place them in the table.
Speaking 7.1 Read more adverts from Studentrooms.co.uk. Which one do you like best?
7.2Work in pairs. You are going to rent a flat for two. Discuss the adverts from 6.1 and agree to rent one of them. Act out this conversation. Use the conversation patterns from 6.
Writing 8.1 Read the advert from a website. Arrange the parts of the advert in the correct order.
8.2Write out the adjectives describing the flat and neighbourhood. Check the meanings with a dictionary. Think of more adjectives to describe a place. e.g. cosy, perfectly situated 8.3Write an advert of your flat (real or imaginary) for the website. Plan what you are going to write. Try to answer the following questions. a.What kind of flat is it? Where is it? b.Describe the flat, its rooms, furniture. c.Describe the neighbourhood. Are there places of interest, entertainment, shops, public transport? d.Say who the flat is suitable for? Are there any restrictions? OVER TO YOU: 1. Can you describe your flat/a flat you know? 2. Can you say what there is in your room? 3. Can you describe your neighbourhood? 4. Can you describe a dormitory/hall of residence room in your university? Module 3 TIME FOR MYSELF
Look at the pictures and match them with the activities.
Which shows your ideal day-off? Why? Say what you like doing on your day-off. e.g. I like playing basketball with my friends. Pronunciation Listen to the verbs and place them in three columns. Practise saying them.
Grammar 2.1 Listen to the conversations and choose the verb you hear.
Put the verbs from the conversations in the right place of the table.
2.2 Study the rule and fill the gaps with the correct forms. Then listen and repeat after the speaker.
a.Kate Smith … in London (live). b.She … magazines (read). c.She … sport (watch). d.She … tennis (play). e.She … French (study). f.She … black coffee (drink).
a.My friend (live) … b.He/she (study) … c.He/she (play) … d.He/she (speak) … e.He/she (watch)… on TV. f.He/she (drink) … in the mornings. g.He/she (like) … on a day-off. h.He/she (have) … 2.3 Listen to John’s mother about her son’s life. Write positive and negative sentences with the words below. go out a.play football b.go to the cinema c.listen to pop music d.play computer games e.watch TV f.sit in his room g.read books 2.4 Complete the text with the correct forms.
2.5 Make the sentences positive üor negative û. a.We / play football at university ü b.I / speak German well û c.They / have a lot of money û d.My sister / study economics ü e.You / like dogs û f.It / work well û g.He / play the guitar in a band ü h.My dad and I / go fishing together ü i.My brother / have a car û j.You / play volleyball professionally ü k.He / have an old car ü 2.6 Complete the sentences with negative forms. a.They are married, but they … children. b.I speak English, but I … French. c.She has a brother, but she … a sister. d.We … in London, we live in Glasgow. e.He has a TV, but he … it very often. f.You are not a vegetarian, but you … meat? g.The green light is on, but the coffee machine … 2.7 Some of these sentences are wrong. Can you correct them? a.In Canada they speak English and German. b.The river Amazon flows into the Atlantic Ocean. c.In Britain people have dinner at 2 p.m. d.Some students study Spanish at the University. e.You don’t know who Barack Obama is. f.Your English teacher comes from the USA. g.We don’t wear a uniform in the university. 2.8Write about you. e.g. I eat meat. or I don’t eat meat. ü play basketball/volleyball/hockey/… well ü go fishing/shopping/swimming/…at weekends ü speak German/French/Japanese/… ü have a car/laptop/pet/… ü study languages/physics/technology/… 2.9 Listen to the questions and short answers to them. Give your answers to these questions. - Listen to 12 more questions and give short answers. - Practise asking and answering these questions with a partner. 2.10 Read Brittany’s story about her typical day at college and complete her answers to the questions below. Hi! I’m Brittany, and I’m a freshman at Pitt (that’s short for the University of Pittsburgh). That means I’m in my first year here, and I just LOVE college life! My days usually start around 8 or 9 a.m., when I wake up. I get dressed and go to class. After my morning class, I come back to my room and do the homework that I have for my afternoon classes, watch my favorite TV series, or take a nap. Naps are so, so wonderful. :) After a few hours of these activities, I go to my afternoon classes. They are over at about 4:30 or 5 p.m. After that, I go back to my room and relax for a while until some of my friends take me down to the cafeteria to eat dinner. After that, there’s hanging out with them and playing the guitar (I’m not very good at it yet) and watching TV shows. Around 10 or 11 p.m. we all go back to our rooms and begin working on our homework for the night. I take a shower and then I sleep. College time really flies by. The first semester is almost over! I really can’t believe it. Do you guys have any more questions about day-to-day college life? Ask me please!
a.Brittany, do you live in the USA? – Yes, I do. b.Do you like your new life? – c.Do you stay in the class all day? – d.Do you sometimes sleep after classes? – e.Do you watch TV in the middle of the day? – f.Do you have classes after lunch? – g.Do you usually have dinner in your room? – h.Do you see your friends in the evenings? – i.Do you play the guitar well? – j.Do you do your homework in the evenings? – k.Do you take a shower in the morning? – Now write about Brittany’s life in college. e.g. Brittany is a freshman at the University of Pittsburgh. She loves her college life. She usually wakes up at … Vocabulary 3.1 Which questions from 2.9 can you answer? Practise asking and answering them with a partner. 3.2 Use some words and phrases from Brittany’s story to complete the sentences. a.I’m in my … … at university. b.I usually … up at 7.30. c.I … dressed and have a cup of coffee and a sandwich. d.My … start at 8.30. e.Classes are … around 3 or 4 p.m. f.After classes I sometimes take a … g.I always watch my favourite TV … in the evening. h.My friends … me down to a cafe. i.I love hanging … with friends. j.I begin … on homework late in the evening.
e.g. We sometimes go out for a meal.
Listening and grammar 4.1 Listen to Steve from Vancouver, Canada. Tick ü the things he talks about. his brother
- Listen again and answer the questions. a.Does Steve live in a big apartment? b.Where does he work? c.Do many people from different countries live in Vancouver? d.What do Steve and his girlfriend do in Chinatown? e.What does Steve hate about Vancouver’s weather? f.Is Vancouver good for sports? g.What sports does Steve do in winter? h.Does he go swimming in summer? i.What do Steve and his girlfriend do on Fridays? j.Does Steve like living in Vancouver? 4.2 Anna is 26, and she works in an office in the centre of London. Listen to the interview with her. Is she an early riser? - Complete Anna’s answers to the questions. Then listen again and check. a.What time do you get up? b.Do you have a shower? c.What do you have for breakfast? d.What time do you go to work? e.Do you like mornings? 4.3 Listen to the questions and give true answers about you. Listen again and repeat the questions. Copy the rhythm. 4.4 Look at the table and make more questions. Practise asking and answering them with your partner.
4.5 Write quiz questions. Can you answer them? e.g. sushi / where / come from – Where does sushi come from? – Japan. a.kangaroos / live / where b.what / eat / penguins c.Eric Clapton / what / play d.what sport / Wayne Rooney / play e.come from / Fiat cars / where f.live / the US President / live g.how many states / the USA / consist of h. where / the Nile / flow to Speaking Tiago Hoisel is a very talented illustrator from Sao Paulo, Brasil. He is famous for his funny and clever caricatures. Here are his answers from an interview. Think of the questions the journalist asks Tiago. a.At 5.30. I’m an early bird! b.I don’t really have a schedule. It depends on the project. c.I don’t have a TV. I get news from the net. d.Every day. I usually work on several projects at a time. e.First, I check my emails, and then I start drawing. f.No, I don’t. Sometimes I go to meet my clients. g.Mexican food. It’s delicious! h.Usually late. I always have a lot to do in the studio. i.No, I don’t. I’ve seen one episode of House, M.D. and one episode of Lost. That’s all. j.Yes, very much. It’s a fantastic city, full of life. k.I’d like to work for Pixar or DreamWorks one day. - Work in pairs. Student 1 is Tiago, Student 2 is the journalist. Act out the interview; discuss Tiago’s way of life and his ordinary day. Reading 6.1 Read the story written by an American mother and choose the best summary: a.She thinks her family is different from other families. b.She thinks her children don’t love her. c.She thinks that now families don’t have a normal life.
6.2 True or false? a.Pat doesn’t work. b.Pat doesn’t have much free time in the mornings. c.The family don’t eat together. d.Pat usually cooks every day. e.The family spend weekends together. f.Pat doesn’t like her children’s styles of clothes. g.Pat thinks she spends too little time with her children. h.Pat thinks that many other families don’t live a normal life. 6.3 What do you think? a.Do families in Russia have the same problems? b.What is an ideal family? Conversation patterns
7.1Study the phrases in the box. Use them to answer the questions in the questionnaire. If necessary, change them.
7.2 Make your own questionnaire. Interview your partner with it. You can use the topics Are you adventurous? Are you a good friend? or any other topic you like. Writing 8.1 Read this post from an Internet blog. Fill in the gaps with appropriate words. What do the highlighted words mean?
8.2 Choose a topic and write a post for an Internet blog (150-200 words) - What is your favourite day of the week? - What is your favourite time of the day? - What is your favourite day of the year?
OVER TO YOU: 1. Can you describe one of your typical workdays? 2. Can you describe your day-off? 3. Can you describe a typical day in your family? Module 4 A LIFE OF LEARNING These are five of the oldest higher schools of the world. Match the names of the universities and the countries of their location.
Pronunciation Listen and repeat the subjects. What do you call a person who is a specialist in them? Listen and complete the list. Mark the stress and pronounce the words.
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