Language Grammar Vocabulary

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1 Language Grammar Vocabulary Page 4, exercise a): Page 4, exercise b): present progressive to express negative emotion:. My parents are always telling me reading can be fun. 2. Why are you always asking me about literature? past progressive for a background situation or event already in progress:. I was planning to read a book last Sunday but then I spent all weekend doing my homework. 2. I was still reading at midnight when my mother told me to go to sleep. Page 4, exercise 2: adverbs of comment:. Honestly, I think sports are a lot more fun! 2. Obviously, I do most of my homework with a pen. 3. I know you can write with them but thankfully we also have smartphones.. is always taking 2. is always bullying 3. is always telling 4. are always listening 5. is always writing 6. am always doing 7. are you always telling Page 4, exercise 3: Helen and Omar are always fighting. It s embarrassing for everyone else. She s always telling him to be more romantic. It s something she says about five times a day. He s always saying she needs to make a bigger effort with her appearance. I don t think that s nice. But then they both get angry because people are always telling them they should split up. Maybe they just enjoy fighting! Page 5, exercise 4: while When While when when Page 5, exercise 5: while we were waiting for the bus When the bus arrived when she started talking while most of our class was at Karl s party when she said that Page 5, exercise 6a): Text A: Mrs Winter came back from doing the weekend shopping on Friday afternoon as usual because she always buys all the food for the weekend on Friday afternoons. She s been doing the same thing on Fridays for the last twenty years but this time the front door was open and of course she never leaves the front door open. So she was terrified as she walked in and when she saw what had happened in the kitchen, well, she screamed and screamed. The neighbours heard the screams and came running in to the kitchen to help. Page 5, exercise 6b): On Friday afternoon, Mrs Winter arrived home with her bags of weekend shopping, as she had done every Friday afternoon for the last twenty years. Today, something was different. Why was the front door open? Terrified, Mrs Winter entered the house. She saw what had happened in the kitchen and screamed so loud that the room was soon full of neighbours. Page 6, exercise 7a):. d) 2. a) 3. b) 4. c) 5. e) Page 6, exercise 7b): typically obviously unwisely thankfully honestly Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart

2 Page 6, exercise 8:. admitted 2. begged 3. argued 4. threatened 5. ordered 6. complained 7. boasted Page 6, exercise 9a): body image Page 6, exercise 9b): attractive good-looking slim thin ideal figure ugly unattractive fat overweight calories diet Core skill workshop Page 7, exercise :. The narrator is a girl called Kay who feels drawn to the city ( the lights made it look beautiful, l. 3). 2. She imagines that the oil refineries are castles with dragons in them (l. 3 4). When Bob suggests going out on Saturday night, she just says in l. 2 that she is going to do something else. 3. However, she calls Bob boring and stupid, (l. 6 7) and that makes her sound a bit arrogant. Page 7, exercise 2:. Bob feels excited to hear the truth from Kay (l. 3). I think he also feels that now he is in a superior position. He touches Kay s shoulder gently, (l. 5) and says, I could like you, Kay, I really could. (l. 5) This makes it seem that he feels he is the strong one now. 2. Kay feels sad and she is angry with herself for it. She says, to my horror, my eyes were filling with tears. (l. 6) She must cry for a long time because she tells us the colours of the dragon s flame were washed away. (l. 0 ) I think they were washed with bitter tears. Viewing Page 8, exercise :. B 2. C 3. A 4. A Page 8, exercise 2:. false 2. false 3. true 4. true 5. true Page 8, exercise 3:. The mother seems to love and care for Mark very much. In this scene, she is holding him in her arms like a little child although he is already a teenager. She seems to want to protect him more because of his disability. In this scene, Simon is sitting a little apart from them. 2. She seems to feel frustrated that Simon is sitting around at home in a bad mood and doesn t want to go out. She doesn t understand why because she told him she d watch Mark. She doesn t realize that Simon is frustrated and ashamed after what happened on the bus. She tries to make him go out by telling him that he has to go to the post office for her. 3. She means that Simon has to deal with the fact that he has a disabled brother. He is responsible for watching out for him and can t let his other social contacts get in the way of his duties. So she doesn t really care when he tells her that he wants to go out on his own. Page 8, exercise 4: Page 8, exercise 5: Gemma wants Simon to know that she is not shocked by Mark. Simon expects her to say something about his disability but she shows him that she can easily accept Mark the way he is. That makes it easier for him to accept his brother too. Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart

3 Listening Page 9, exercise :. c) 2. a) 3. b) Page 9, exercise 2a): non-stereotypical sporty academic Page 9, exercise 2b):. true 2. false 3. false 4. true 5. true 6. false 7. false Page 9, exercise 3a): Page 9, exercise 3b): Page 9, exercise 4: Shelby says you shouldn t try to be like everyone else. You will feel happier if you can just be yourself, and people will accept you more than if you are trying to be someone you are not. Page 9, exercise 5: unusual: I think Shelby is a bit unusual because most of the girls I know enjoy girly things like nice shoes. feminine: Perhaps she is not feminine in the way we normally expect but I think she just has an unusual way of being feminine. brave: Shelby is brave because she decided to be who she is even if it is not what people expect. silly: I think she has made good decisions and now she seems happy, so she is not silly at all. likeable: To me she seems likeable because she is intelligent and lively and she doesn t say bad things about the more typical girls. Speaking Page 0, exercise 3: Page 0, exercise 4: Introducing your opinion: I think/feel that It seems to me that In my opinion Agreeing: Yes, and another point is that Exactly! Yes, I agree with that. Disagreeing: It s true that, but I admit that, but I strongly disagree. Page 0, exercise 5: B A C Page 0, exercise 6 7: Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart

4 Mediation Page, exercise :. h) 2. c) Page, exercise 2: B E A C D 3. a) 4. b) 5. f) 6. g) 7. d) 8. e) Page, exercise 3: Hi Carl, Do you remember when we had that conversation about fitness and whether it s really good to focus so much on bodies? Well I ve just read a really good article about it. A magazine interviewed some secondary-school boys who are interested in building better bodies. They go to the fitness studio almost every day and eat only things that are good for body building. It all seems to have taken over their lives. Two sports experts were also interviewed. They were worried that young people might take anabolic drugs and that they don t get good advice on the best way to improve their bodies. They were also worried that too much working out affects people s social lives because they lose contact with people who don t share their interest in muscles and fitness. The article made me think that too much focus on fitness is a real problem. What do you think? See you soon! Lou Reading Page 2, exercise : Page 2, exercise 2: Page 3, exercise 3:. false 2. true 3. not given 4. true 5. not given 6. true 7. false 8. false Page 3, exercise 4:. C 2. B 3. C 4. D Page 3, exercise 5: A: didn t fancy making tea and coffee B: pull their socks up Writing Page 4, exercise 2a):. paragraph 3 2. paragraph 3. paragraph 2 Page 4, exercise 2b): The writer uses quotations in paragraph 2. This paragraph contains the writer s opinion about the short story. The direct quotations from the text have the function of proving and underlining the writer s statements. Page 4, exercise 2c): A A B B A B Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart

5 Page 4, exercise 3: Lamb to the Slaughter is a short story by the popular author Roald Dahl. It is set in the comfortable home of policeman Patrick Maloney and his pregnant wife Mary. One evening, Patrick tells Mary that he is planning to leave her, and she kills him by hitting him with a frozen leg of lamb. Mary Maloney knows she has to hide the murder weapon before she calls the police, so she starts cooking the lamb. The policemen who come to the house are her husband s colleagues and friends. They search the house for a weapon and when they get tired, Mary invites them to have a break and eat the lamb. They eat it all, and destroy the only evidence against Mary. I really enjoyed reading this story as it is clever and funny. The atmosphere starts out calm, with Mary sitting alone in a warm and clean home, waiting to serve her husband a drink (l. 4). It is hard to believe that she could do anything bad, and then suddenly she is a murderer. What is even more amazing is the cold-blooded way she covers up the crime, and it is funny when she invites the policemen to eat the lamb. It d be a favour to me if you eat it up, she says (l. 308), and that is true. Without knowing it, the policemen do her the biggest favour possible. I recommend this story for entertainment. I don t think it really has an important message but it is fun to read. It is very short. I find it a great example of how a good writer can create a whole world in a few short pages. Topic task Page 5, exercise : setting: New York City the future the 9th century today my town a school in a poor neighbourhood characters: extroverted shy three teenage boys a bully a confused policeman cool plot: a car crash nobody knows who the girl is a holiday romance a murder a father-son conflict they get married very young Page 5, exercise 2a): The writer catches the reader s attention by directly diving into the story without giving any details about the setting or characters. He also presents the reader with a question: We ask ourselves what has happened to break such a good friendship. These points make the reader curious: We want to read on to find out more. Page 5, exercise 2b): The narrator might be a girl because the friendship described seems to be a typical friendship between girls: They do everything together and share clothes, books and music. Page 5, exercise 2c): Wahrscheinliche Antwort: the characters university days Page 5, exercise 2d): Wahrscheinliche Antwort: Their friendship ends when they fall in love with the same boy at university. Page 5, exercise 3: love: beautiful sadly fall in love heartache feelings hurt passion kiss crime: murder murderer kill weapon police body scene of crime thief Page 5, exercise 4: I couldn t understand it. I went to Ronny s house on Friday afternoon as usual, happily planning what we could cook together, what film we could watch. I had a key and I let myself in and called Ronny s name. Nobody answered. And then Ronny s dad, who was never at home on Friday evenings, came in and looked at me sadly. I m so sorry, Sally, he said. We really like you, but Ronny says can you give me the key and go home, please? For a moment I was dizzy with shock but then I pulled myself together. I wasn t going to give up the love of my life without a fight. Ernst Klett Verlag GmbH, Stuttgart

Units 1 & 2 Pre-exam Practice

Units 1 & 2 Pre-exam Practice Units & Pre-exam Practice Match the descriptions of the people to the pictures. One description is not relevant. Name Read the text and circle the correct answer. Hi! I m Peter and this is Tom. He is my