Listening 3 Recording 10 Listen and complete the notes.
1 Recording 9 Listen and match speakers A–C Sydney Bus Tours
with pictures 1–3. name of tour: 1 City Tour a.m. or p.m.: 2 Speakers: A B C starts at: 3
finishes at: 4 1 window price per person: 5 $ s leaves from: The Park 6 ss TV h armchair T e V l 5 f sofa Grammar 4 Write questions for the answers. wardrobe 1 When were you born ? bed I was born in 1985. 2 Where ? My parents were born in Canada. 3 How ? 2 window She’s got two brothers and one sister. 4 When ? plants I saw them last weekend. table 5 What time ? They start school at 8.45. sofa 6 What ? wardrobe We bought a new sofa. 5 bed TV 5 Complete the second sentence using the information in the first sentence. 3 window 1 There aren’t any plants in my house. I haven’t got any plants in my house . ss s sofa 2 We never go to bed early. h We always . e 3 We haven’t got any milk. l TV There . f 4 My husband works late every night. Last night . wardrobe 5 This town only has a few shops. bed shops here. 6 They always have breakfast in a café. Yesterday . 3 5 2 Recording 9 Listen again and decide which Speaker (A, B or C) the following statements 6 Complete the text with one word in each gap. are true for. I was 1 born in Highbury 2 1975. We lived 1 I live near the train station. Speaker A in a quiet street and I 3 lots of friends. There 2 I have a two-bedroomed flat. were few cars so 4 played in the street and 3 I am married. rode our bikes. 5 parents worked at the sports 4 I like watching TV in bed. 6 . They didn’t drive us 7 school or 5 I think my flat is great. meet us after 8 cinema. Now Highbury’s a 6 I have a job and study too. 9 different place. Children can’t play outside 7 I really enjoy listening to music. or ride 10 bikes because there 11 too 8 I don’t enjoy cooking. many cars.
Vocabulary Function 7 Cross out the wrong word in each group. 10 Match questions 1–6 with responses a)–f). 1 be from Thailand / Peru / India / Italian 1 Could I have the roast chicken, please? d 2 play tennis / football / exercise / computer games 2 How much does that red jacket cost? 3 have breakfast / lunch / dinner / bed 3 Do you accept credit cards? 4 go to bed / married / running / to the library 4 Are you free tonight? 5 be interesting / slowly / kind / intelligent 5 Where do you want to go tonight? 6 eat a strawberry / bread / banana / pear 6 Would you like something to drink? 7 on Tuesday / 10th February / September / Valentine’s Day a) No, but I am tomorrow. What would you like to 8 last afternoon / Saturday / week / year do? b) How about going to the theatre for a change? 7 c) Yes, please. Could we have two small glasses of red wine. d) Yes, of course. Would you like it with 8 Write the words in brackets. vegetables? 1 Have you got your passport (sopprsta) and e) Yes, we do. flight information? f) It’s £69.99. 2 Can I have a (eignls) ticket to Brussels, please? 5 3 We start school at (turqare) past seven in the morning. 11 Complete the conversation with the words in 4 The (summue) has a lots of interesting the box. old objects you can look at. 5 Jenny likes listening to music with her new got Have in know medium shame (sehendhapo). small suit that too you 6 Would you like to (rerod) something to drink? A: Look Michael. That’s a nice 1 suit . 7 In the USA, (denInecpeedn) Day is on B: But I’ve got a suit! July 4th. A: Yes, but it’s 2 small for you. You need 8 She went to (nuytiresiv) to study a new one for Cathy’s wedding. mathematics. 7 B: Yeah, you’re right. How much is 3 one? A: I don’t 4 . Ask the assistant. C: Can I help you, sir? 9 Add one word from the box to each group. B: Yes, how much is that grey suit, please? There are two extra words. C: It’s £129. B: Have you 5 it in medium? balcony children French funny C: Hold on. I’ll check . . . Yes, here 6 are. garlic jar pears purse table A: Sorry, it’s too 7 . B: Yes, it’s very small. 8 you got it 9 large? 1 Turkish Chinese Russian French C: Sorry, sir. We’ve only got it in small and 10 2 camera keys mobile . 3 parents sister husband A: Oh, that’s a 11 . 4 serious friendly kind B: It’s OK. We can look again next week. 5 shelves armchair mirror A: Michael! 6 potatoes broccoli peppers 7 carton can packet 10
Reading 3 In the 2008 Olympic Games, Great Britain won
12 Read the article and underline the correct medals. answer, a), b) or c). a) 47 b) 63 Team GB – Olympic heroes c) 28 The year 2012 was a very special one for British sportsmen and women. Firstly, the Olympic Games 4 The London Olympics was Chris Hoy’s were in London for the first time since 1948. Olympic Games. Secondly, Team GB (Great Britain) won a total of a) 1st 63 medals: 28 gold, 17 silver and 18 bronze. This b) 2nd performance was even better than for the 2008 c) 3rd Beijing Olympic Games, when the British team won 47 medals. 5 Chris began cycling because of . Two of the most popular heroes of the 2012 team a) a school were cyclist Chris Hoy and heptathlon ٭athlete b) a film Jessica Ennis. Chris won two gold medals in c) his dad London and Jessica won her first one. Chris was already a world champion cyclist with 6 Chris won his first Olympic gold medal in . four gold medals from the last two Olympics in a) Edinburgh 2008 and 2004. Born in Edinburgh in 1976, he b) Athens began cycling after he saw the Steven Spielberg film c) 2008 E.T. in 1982. He started winning races in 1999, and won his first Olympic gold medal at the Athens 7 Jessica won a pair of for her first athletics Olympics in 2004. competition. Jessica is a new name on the Olympic gold medallist a) shorts list. Born in Sheffield in 1986, she started doing b) boots athletics at school and won her first prize when she c) running shoes was ten: a pair of running shoes. In 2009, she came first in the World Championships and was also first 8 Jessica first became a world champion in . in the 2010 World Indoor Competition. She won the a) 1986 2012 Olympic Games gold medal with an amazing b) 2009 total of 6,955 points for her seven events and had c) 2010 306 more points than the silver medallist. When the London Olympics finished, there was a 9 After the Olympics, there was a to celebrate big parade in London to celebrate Team GB’s Team GB’s success. success. Team GB came 3rd in the Olympics and a) party the Paralympics. On this day, all the British b) event sportsmen and women went to Buckingham Palace c) parade to meet the Queen. Today, though, they’re all preparing for 2016 – the Rio Olympic Games in 10 All Team GB met the . Brazil. Will they repeat the successes of 2012? a) Queen b) Prime Minister ٭A heptathlon is an athletic competition for women and is a mix c) President of the Olympic Games of seven different track and field events. 11 A heptathlon is a special athletics competition for 1 Team GB was the Olympic team from . women. They compete in a total of a) England events. b) Beijing a) six c) Great Britain b) seven c) eight 2 Team GB won seventeen medals. a) gold 10 b) silver c) bronze
complete the notes. 14 Rewrite the text with the correct Dunn’s Bookshop punctuation. when i was fourteen i loved reading music and films Author Bryce Courtenay so there were lots of books cds and dvds on the talks about his new book shelves I really liked brad pitt and watched one of The Silver Moon. brads films fifty times When I was fourteen I loved reading, music and Friday 22nd November at films so . . . 7.00p.m.
Seats limited – please book
early. Price: $5
Helen, Bryce just called. He’s on the 5
train. Can you meet him at the
station at 6.20? Please bring 15 Write your biography. Use the prompts to him to the bookshop. There’s help you. Write 60–75 words. some tea and biscuits for him Where you were born / live, your family in the kitchen. See you later. Thanks, Tandia Dunn
Name of author: 1 Bryce Courtenay Education / work
