1.07 Complete with the following the verbs in the correct form.

live send forget come tease

go love express have take

1 He expresses his feelings by buying his mother flowers on her birthday every
year.
2 I send my pen-friend a letter every week.
3 I always go to the shops on a Saturday.
4 Don’t you think that Alan takes after his father?
5 I have had a very nice time, but unfortunately, now I have to leave.
6 Do you know what I love about you the most?
7 When I teased my sister, she got really upset.
8 I wanted to come to your party last night but something came up at the last
minute.
9 I’m really sorry about your birthday – I completely forgot.
10 By the time he was 28, Gerald had lived in three different countries.

1.08 Complete with the verbs in the correct form.

1 Have you sent (you / send) your grandmother a thank-you letter yet?
2 When I went to Italy, it was the first time I had eaten (eat) Italian food.
3 It’s after eight o’clock, and John still hasn’t turned up (not turn up).
4 Oh no! I think I have/’ve made (make) a mistake. Can you help me?
5 I went (go) to Spain on holiday last year.
6 Before I visited the coast, I had/’d never seen (never see) the sea.
7 I think this is the worst meal I have/’ve ever had (ever have)! I’m not coming
here again.
8 I fancied (fancy) something sweet, so I went to the cake shop.
9 This is my friend Sol. I have/’ve known (know) him since my schooldays.
10 A good friend is someone who never lets (let) you down.
1.10 Complete with the verbs in the correct present simple or past simple
form.

1 She lived (live) in a beautiful little house near the city centre for many years.
2 I see (see) what you mean but I don’t agree.
3 The tall boy at the back is my cousin but I don’t know (not know) the boy at the
front.
4 What time did you meet (you / meet) your friends last night?
5 I listened carefully but his words didn’t make (not make) any sense.
6 I can’t understand what he’s saying – do you speak (you / speak) his language?
7 If I need help with my French homework I ask Martin, because he speaks
(speak) French really well.
8 I can never call my friends because my sister chats (chat) to her boyfriend on the
phone for hours.
9 We had (have) a party on Saturday. Why didn’t you come?
10 Do you go (you / go) to the cinema every week?
1.14 Complete each sentence with one or two words from the text.

1 The interaction between mother and baby helps the child to develop his or her
personality.
2 Babies slowly learn that the world is separate from them.
3 The mother-baby relationship is the first in a sequence of relationships.
4 After developing the mother-baby relationship, a child begins to connect with his
or her (immediate) relatives.
5 At school children learn to function within a wider community/world.
6 Children are obliged to mix with a large group of people at school.
7 At school and university we increase the range and depth of our relationships
with others.
8 We have established the patterns of our relationships when we leave university.
9 At the beginning of our working life we are able to improve the choices we make
as regards our relationships.
10 We might accept some people as friends but we might reject others.

1.15 Read the sentences and write ‘T’ for True or ‘F’ for False according to
the text.

1 Our most important relationships are made after school. F

2 We relate to our parents as soon as we are born. F
3 We understand we are individuals at a very early age. T
4 We make fewer and fewer friends as we grow older. F
5 We learn to be part of a group at school. T
6 Pressure from school mates is not important in learning about
relationships. F
7 Our relationships grow more complex as we grow older. T
8 At school the quality of our relationships is more important than how many of
them we have. F
9 After starting work we choose our relationships more carefully. T
10 We may decide against certain relationships as we grow older. T

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

1.20 Listen and match the sentences (A–E) with the speakers (1–5).

Speaker 1 D
Speaker 2 B
Speaker 3 A
Speaker 4 E
Speaker 5 C

A This speaker has a relationship with someone who has had similar negative
experiences.
B This speaker has a close relationship with a person who they have never met.
C This speaker has learnt things from a person who isn’t a relative or a friend.
D This speaker wants to be like the person they are talking about.
E This speaker has been helped in an academic way by this relationship.

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

1.21 Listen and complete the notes with a word or phrase.

1 Speaker 1’s grandfather makes her hope she can do similar things in her life.
2 Speaker 1 looks up to her grandfather very much.
3 Speaker 2 doesn’t know his friend in the usual sense.
4 Speaker 2 and his penfriend have formed a very good friendship.
5 Speaker 3 failed the same exam as her friend.
6 Speaker 3 talks to her friend about everything.
7 Speaker 4 says the lessons are fun now.
8 Speaker 4 needs help to improve his results.
9 Speaker 5 works every Saturday.
10 Speaker 5 says that parents and friends can help you as well.

2.07 Complete with the following the verbs in the correct past simple, past
continuous, past perfect simple or past perfect continuous form.

make talk not reach begin break down go

need work not have look forward
Last year, I (1) was looking forward to going on holiday. We (2) hadn’t had a
holiday for three years, and we (3) had been working really hard all year, so we
really (4) needed a break. But luck was against us. Our car was quite old and it (5)
had broken down a few times before, but we noticed it (6) was making a strange
noise and then we saw smoke coming out of the engine. It was very clear that we
(7) weren’t going anywhere. While my husband (8) was talking to the mechanic
on the telephone, it (9) began to rain. We (10) hadn’t reached the end of the road
and our holiday was already over!

2.09 Complete with the verbs in the correct continuous form.

1 My hands are dirty because I have been helping my dad in the garden.
2 The kitchen smells of smoke because I burnt the chips when I was cooking the
dinner.
3 I am looking for my geography book. Have you seen it?
4 She’s rather tired because she has been studying really hard recently for her
exams.
5 After Sue had been working for three years without a break, she felt she
needed a holiday.
6 The bus finally arrived after I had been waiting in the rain for twenty minutes.
7 I cleaned my house because my friends were coming to visit the next day.
8 He has been trying to do that puzzle for two hours now. It’s very difficult.
9 We had to stop playing tennis because it was raining too hard.
10 I couldn’t sleep last night because my neighbours were making a lot of noise
until very late.

2.11 Complete each gap with one word.

My friend and I went on (1) such a lovely journey last year. We saved up
(2) enough money to afford our dream holiday – a train trip across Europe. There
are (3) so many places to see that it’s difficult to choose where to go. Some places
are (4) too hot for me to visit, and some places are (5) not hot enough for my
friend, so we have to choose carefully. We both like architecture, but too (6) much
of one thing isn’t a good idea, so we planned to go to the countryside as well. But
the train takes you through places which are (7) so beautiful anyway, and we saw
(8) such a lot of countryside from the window that we needn’t have made (9) such
careful plans! We saw everything we wanted, and the journey was (10) so good
that we want to do the same thing again next year!

2.14 Complete each sentence with one or two words from the text.

1 Audrey isn’t really very keen on travelling.

2 Peter likes to combine two things when he’s travelling.
3 Colin doesn’t think it’s boring to drive all day.
4 It doesn’t matter to Donald where he’s going.
5 Audrey doesn’t begin enjoying herself until she arrives.
6 Alice enjoys all kinds of sports on and in the snow.
7 Peter completed the journey under his own steam.
8 Alice will be in a cross-country skiing race.
9 Colin had about a week to make the trip across the USA.
10 Donald even enjoys trains if he’s going to work and not on holiday.
2.15 Read the sentences and write ‘T’ for True or ‘F’ for False according to
the text.

1 Donald enjoys the journey more than Audrey. T

2 Peter uses only one form of transport. F
3 Skiing is a very safe sport. F
4 Colin prefers the countryside to the city. T
5 Audrey likes destinations more than journeys. T
6 Alice learnt to ski at a ski-school. F
7 Colin took a journey because it was a job. T
8 Trains are the fastest way to travel. F
9 Audrey visits the same place every year. F
10 Peter is in good physical condition. T
 Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10

2.20 Listen and match the sentences (A–E) with the speakers (1–5).

Speaker 1 C
Speaker 2 E
Speaker 3 A
Speaker 4 D
Speaker 5 B

A This person travels by ferry.

B This person has a bicycle.
C This person commutes on the train.
D This person uses the car.
E This person travels by air.

Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10

2.21 Listen and complete the notes with a word or phrase.

1 Speaker 1 can’t get a seat because the train is (so) crowded sometimes.
2 Speaker 1 waits for the train with the other people on the platform.
3 Speaker 2 waits in the departure lounge before the flight is announced.
4 Speaker 2 likes to carry just a small case.
5 Speaker 3 goes by boat despite the fact that it is slower than the plane.
6 Speaker 3 doesn’t get sick on (board) the boat.
7 Speaker 4 gets ill in the car if he isn’t driving.
8 Speaker 4 thinks driving is just a way of getting from A to B.
9 Speaker 5 thinks an ideal holiday is one without a schedule.
10 Speaker 5 likes the process of moving.
3.07 Complete with the verbs in the correct future perfect simple, future
perfect continuous, present simple or present continuous form.

1 By the year 3000, we will have been using (use) computers for hundreds of
years.
2 In two days’ time, we will have completed (complete) our plans for the new
house.
3 The train leaves/is leaving (leave) at six o’clock so we’d better hurry!
4 I am going (go) on holiday to Spain next month. I got a very cheap ticket.
5 Before the end of the century, cars will have stopped (stop) using petrol.
6 The news is (be) on at twelve o’clock.
7 On December 12th, we will have been working (work) on this project for a
month!
8 I am telling (tell) you this for your own good.
9 By this time next week, I will have returned (return) from my holiday.
10 The Earth goes (go) round the Sun once every twenty-four hours.

3.08 Complete with the following the verbs in the correct future form.

visit have never / forget finish

go discuss study might
I / help you / do
1 We are going/going to go to the cinema together next Tuesday.
2 Shall I help you with that heavy suitcase?
3 I’ll buy a better mobile telephone when I have enough money.
4 Do you know if the film will have finished before midnight?
5 What will you be doing at this time tomorrow?
6 By six o’clock, I will have discussed the idea with everyone in the team.
7 It’s not certain, but we might be going away this weekend.
8 On her thirteenth birthday, she will have been studying English for three years.
9 I promise I will never forget you!
10 Every year, Mary and George visit the same hotel where they met all those
years ago.

3.09 Complete each sentence with one word.

1 Have you seen the photo of the woman who won the lottery last week?
2 By the time I finally leave, I will have been at school for sixteen years!
3 Do you know what time she is going to arrive tonight?
4 By September, I won’t have had a single day off in three months!
5 I’ll telephone you as soon as I hear any news.
6 By the time the game finishes, the last bus home will have left.
7 Do you know if they will be showing the film next week as well?
8 I don’t know why, but I think my phone is going to ring in a minute!
9 I’m going to the post office. Do you need any stamps?
10 Nobody knows for sure, but the future might be worse than the present!

3.14 Complete each sentence with one or two words from the text.

1 If you have a mobile phone, people know you are always available.
2 You can listen to music anywhere these days if you have a portable (music)
player.
3 Some jobs that people used to do are now done by machines.
4 Reading and writing form an important part of any culture/civilisation.
5 Old-fashioned kitchens were not the same as the kitchens of today.
6 In the past, they only had basic electrical appliances in the home.
7 In the future, the library will be replaced by a computer app with millions of
books.
8 Doing housework was more difficult in the past in the ordinary home.
9 In the past it was (very) common for people to play an instrument.
10 People who work in the technology industry are generally well-paid.

3.15 Read the sentences and write ‘T’ for True or ‘F’ for False, according to
the text.

1 There might not be any books in the future. T

2 Many people played musical instruments in the past. T
3 Mobile phones have some disadvantages. T
4 Televisions have always been the same. F
5 If you have a job in technology, you probably earn a lot of money. T
6 Our reading habits are affected by progress. T
7 Communication has changed completely in the last 150 years. F
8 Nobody had a telephone in the past. F
9 It is easy to find a song nowadays. T
10 People are slower and more expensive than computers in some jobs. T

Track 11

3.20 Listen and match the sentences (A–E) with the headings (1–5).

1 Leisure B
2 Learning D
3 Medicine C
4 The home E
5 Work A

A People will monitor machines’ performance.

B People will be able to interact with machines.
C Machines will monitor people’s state of health.
D Machines will give people marks for their performance.
E Machines will communicate with other machines.

Track 11

3.21 Listen and complete the notes with a word or phrase.

1 In the future, it is possible that machines could replace teachers.

2 Students could be taught languages by voice-recognition software.
3 Machines will perform surgery on patients in the future.
4 Our health will be monitored by health scanners when we are at home.
5 People will act as monitors to make sure machines are functioning correctly.
6 Today we can access/connect to the internet in any place.
7 People will be able to take part in their favourite films.
8 An (intelligent) fridge will be able to order food from the supermarket.
9 Food will be delivered by somebody in an automatic car.
10 David thinks some of the ideas resemble science fiction.