One of those days

Vocabulary and listening

1 Look at the photos. Do you think the people in the
photos are having a good or a bad day? Why/Why
not?
2 a Which adjectives in the box can you use to describe
the people in the photos? More than one answer may
be possible for each photo.

afraid angry bored excited happy nervous

relaxed stressed surprised worried

b Choose the correct alternatives.

1 Sadie is angrylnervousabout her big presentation -
there are 600 people in the room.
2 Hamza is quite re/axedlworried about his interview.
He's not nervous.
3 l'rn so boredlstressed here. There's nothing to do
except watch TV. 4 a Choose three of the adjectives in Exercise 2a. For
each one, write a sentence describing a situation
4 Pablo is so surprisedlexcitedabout his holiday- he
when you feel this way.
talks about it all the time.
When I fee/ /ike this I talk a Jot, I wa/k around the room
s She's very stressedlofraidat the rnoment. l think she's and I can't relax. (nervous)
having a very difficult time at work.
b Work in pairs and read your sentences to your
6 Matteo is nervouslafraid because he has an exam
partner. Guess which adjective your partner is
tomorrow.
describing.
3 a How would you feel in these situations? Think of as
many adjectives as possible for each one.
1 You find out that sorneone at work is saying bad things a 2.1 Listen to Lynn talking about her job
about you to your colleagues. interview. Tick (✓) how she felt that day.
2 You're lying on your sofa at the end of a long day,
watching a film. angry bored happy nervous relaxed
3 You have a job interview tomorrow morning. stressed surprised
4 You're lost in a big city at night.
b Listen again and decide if the sentences are true (T)
5 You're graduating frorn university. or false (F).
6 You're having a fun day with your friends. 1 Lynn woke up late because her alarrn didn't go off.
7 You receive a present in the post from someone you 2 She had a big breakfast.
don't know. 3 She went to her job interview by bus.
B You have to pay a bill but you don't have any rnoney.
4 She used her computer in the presentation.
b Work in pairs and compare your answers. 5 The interview went well.
Grammar Speaking
6 Read the grammar box and choose the correct
alternatives.
9 You're going to describe a memorable day. Choose a
Pastsimple day you want to describe and think about:
Use the past simple to talk about 1 finishedlunfinished
1 Was it a good or bad day?
actions or states in the past.
I took the bus to the interview. 2 What happened at the start of the day?
Iwasangry. 3 What were the main events?
Use waslwasn't and werelweren'tto make the past 4 How did you feel during the day?
simple of 2 belhave. 5 What happened in the end?
The interviewers weren't happy.
Regular past simple verbs end in Ledl-ing.
lt started badly.
Sorne verbs are irregular.
I woke up late.
Igot into my car.

7a 2.2 Listen to the pronunciation of the past

simple verbs in the box and complete the table.

arrived decided deleted ended played

looked showed stopped talked tried
wanted watched

Id/ /Jd/ /ti

showed decided Jooked

b Listen again and repeat. DEPARTURES

8 a Complete the text with the past simple form of the
verbs in brackets.

Severa! years ago, 1 1__ (go) to a dinner party at a

colleague's house. When 1 2 __ (arrive), he took my coat
and umbrella, and 3__ (show) me to my seat at the table.
Looking around, 1 realised that I was the only person from
work. Even worse, his friends all 4__ (know) each other
really well - 1 s__ (try) to join in the conversations, but
it 6__ (be) hard. However, 1 7__ (notice) a woman
at the other end of the table. 1 8__ (think) she was
beautiful, and I really 9__ (want) to talk to her, but she 10 Work in groups. Describe your day to your group. Use
was too far away. Anyway, 1 was bored after dinner so 1 the Useful phrases to help you. Are any of your days
10__ (decide) to leave early. l put on my coat, picked up similar?
my umbrella, and u__ (walk) to the bus stop. But when 1
opened the umbrella, 1 saw it wasn't mine. Just then, 1
12__ (hear) a voice behind me say, 'I think you've got my lt started well/badly.
umbrella.' 1 looked round, and it was the beautiful woman First of ali, (1 woke up late).
from the dinner party. That was ten years ago, and now we're Then, (1 missed my bus).
happily married! After that, (1 got lost).
Finally, (1 went home).
b Work in pairs. Talk about a time when you felt:
nervous bored
excited surprised
Grammar Speaking
4 Read the grammar box and choose the correct
alternatives.
a 2.4 You're going to talk about something special
Past simple negative and questions
you did in the past. First, listen to Dan and Megan.
Use 1 dídn'tl doesn't + infinitive to make past simple
What did Megan do?
negative sentences.
She didn't walk - she ran. b Write three questions Dan could ask Megan to find
Dr Denmark didn't retire until 2001. out more information.
Use 2 ísn't and aren'tlwasn't and weren'twith the e 2.s Listen to the rest of their conversation. Did
verb be. Dan ask any of your questions? What other things did
Schools weren't free. you learn about Megan?
Leamíng wasn't easy far hím.
Use 3doldíd + infinitive to make past simple questions.
What did they do?
Why did they do ít?
Use 4 dídlwas and were in past simple questions
w ith be.
Who were they?

5a 2.3 Listen to the conversations. Notice the

pronunciation of didldidn'tand waslwasn't.
1 A: Did you learn to sing at school?
B: Yes, 1 did.
2 A: Did she finish the marathon?
B: No, she didn't.
3 A: How old were you?
B: 1 wasn't very old,actually.
4 A: Was he from ltaly?
B: No, he wasn't?
b Work in pairs. Listen again and repeat.
8 Think of something special that you did in the past,
f a Use the prompts to make questions with did, was or for example: an event, learning something new
were. or doing something for the first time. Answer the
1 How / you/ learn to play the piano? questions below.
How did you learn to play the piano? What did you do?
2 it/ difficult to get into your university? When did you do it?
3 When/ you/ get your driving licence? Where did you do it?
4 you / happy with your exam results? Who did you do it with?
5 you / enjoy water skiing? Why did you do it?
6 he/ win the race?
b Complete each answer with didn't, wasn'tor weren't.
a When I was 35. I __ have lessons until I was in my a a Work in pairs. Tell each other about what you
30s. did. Ask each other questions to find out as much
b lt was really hard. Maths __ an easy exam. information as possible.
e I taught myself. I __ have a teacher. b Work in different pairs. Tell each other what you
d No,we __ _ learnt about your first partner.
e I loved it. lt __ scary at all.
f No,he __ . He carne second.
e Work in pairs. Take it in turns to ask a question in
Exercise Ga and answer with a response from Gb .
 Develop your writing
3 Read the Focus box. Then find two more adverbs which
) Goal: write a story describe actions in the story.
) Focus: using adverbs to
describe actions Using adverbs to describe actions
Use adverbs like angri/y, calmly, quick/y and
1 Work in pairs. Have any of the things below ever s/ow/yto describe how an action happens. They
happened to you? What happened? How did help the reader imagine the events in a story.
you feel? Adverbs are usually forrned by adding -/yto the
• you called someone by the wrong name end of adjectives.
• you took something that isn't yours by mistake She got up slowly.
• you missed a bus, train or plane They can come befare or after the verb.
• you sent a message to the wrong person She quickly found an empty seat.
She Jooked at him angrily.
2 Read the story Taking the biscuit and answer
Sorne adjectives have irregular adverbs.
the questions.
fast- fast
1 Which situation in Exercise 1 does it describe?
good- well
2 Whose were the biscuits on the table?
3 How did the woman and the man feel during the 4 a Complete the man's story with the adverbs in the box.
train journey? Sometimes more than one answer is possible.

TAKINGTHE
angrily calrnly carefully quickly quietly
slowly

11__ put my coffee and biscuits on the table in

the train. After a while, 1 opened the packet and took
one. The woman who sat down opposite me looked
at me 2__ . 1 didn't know why, so I looked back
down at my mobile phone and 3__ ate my biscuit.
It ali started when a businessperson bought a Then the woman 4__ took one of my biscuits
coffee, a packet of biscuits and a newspaper, and and ate it. 1 was really surprised! We each continued to
got on a busy train. She quickly found an empty take one biscuit at a time, and eat them s__ . We
seat and put her things on the table. She took off didn't say a word to each other. Just befare the next
her coat, put her handbag carefully on the Aoor, stop, she stood up and 6___ took the last one.
and sat clown. Then she opened her newspaper So strange!
and started to read.
The young man sitting opposite her was looking b Work in pairs and compare your answers. Do you
at his phone. After half an hour, he calmly and agree with each other's choice
quietly opened the packet of biscuits on the table of adverbs?
and took one. The woman couldn't believe it -
they were her biscuits! She looked at him angrily, Prepare
but he just looked back at his phone. So she 5a You're going to write a story about something that
picked up her coffee, and took a biscuit herself. happened to you. lt can be real or imagined. First,
The man looked up at her and then looked away. answer the questions below and make notes.
After a minute or two, he took another biscuit, • Where did the story happen?
and she did the same. This continued until there • When did it happen?
was only one biscuit left. • Who is in the story?
Just before the next station, the woman got up • Did something good/bad/funny happen?
slowly, and put her coat on. She took the final • What happened in the end?
biscuit, put it into her mouth, and srniled at the • How did you feel?
man. He watched her, but he didn't say anything. b Write down any verbs and adverbs you can use in
Then she picked up her handbag, turned around, your story.
and got off the train. On the platfonn, she opened
her bag to get out her train ticket. Inside was her Write
unopened packet of biscuits. 6a Write your story. Use your notes in Exercise 5 and the
story in Exercise 2 to help you.
b Work in pairs and read each other's stories. Which
adverbs did your partner use in their story?
 Unusual tastes

Listening & vocabulary

1 Write down as many types of food as possible for
the categories below_
meat and fish
fruit
vegeta bles
2 a Look at the photos and discuss the questions_
1 Do you know any of the dishes?
2 What ingredients do you think are in each dish?
3 Which country do you think each one is from?
4 Which would you like to try? Why?
b Read descriptions 1-5 and match them to photos
A-E- Do you think they sound nice?

Al,i P<>ke Hawaii

This popular fish salad from Hawaii is made
with tuna, onions, garlic, seeds, soy sauce and
oil. People usually eat it as a starter, or as a
side dish with their lunch_

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This is a traditional dessert but sometimes,
people just eat it as a snack_ lt's made from
milk, butter and chocolate_ People usually eat
brigadeiros at parties, and they're delicious!

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This is a fish pie made with the fish heads on
the outside, like they are looking (or 'gazing')
at the stars_ lts other main ingredients are
potatoes, eggs, butter and onions_

Po'eTahiti 3 2-6 Listen to three people talking about sorne of

This is a popular dessert in Tahiti, but people the dishes in Exercise 2- Which dish does each person
sometimes eat it as a side dish, too. lt is a try? Do they like it?
sweet dish made with bananas or mangoes,
sorne sugar and sorne coconut cream_ 4 a Listen to the conversations again_ In which
conversation (1, 2 or 3) do you hear the adjectives in
the box?
Nasi_ Lemak Malaysia________________________________
Sorne people describe this as the national dish delicious dr y creamy fresh hot light
of Malaysia_ People usually eat it for breakfast, plain sour sweet 1
but you can also eat it at any time during the
day. lt includes rice, egg and cucumber, and b Which adjectives do you think are positive, negative or
often comes with a hot sauce called samba/_ neutral?
e Work in pairs_ Think of two dishes or types of food for
each adjective_
 8 Complete the description with the words in the box.

a lot of any (x2) few little lots

Although there are 1___ different types of white pizza,

there aren't 2___ that are like the one from Pennsylvania,
USA. Although it's called a pizza, it's more like a pie. There
isn't 3___ meat on it, but there's 4___ of cheese. lt's
usually made using a s ___ different types of cheese, and
a 6___ olive oil is poured on top before baking. These
ingredients give it a great flavour.

9 a Complete the sentences so they are true for you.

1 1 eat a lot of ...
2 1 like sorne types of ...
3 There's a/sorne ... in my favourite dish.
Grammar 4 1 try to eat a little/a few ... every day.
S 2.7 Listen to the extracts and choose the 5 There isn't/aren't any ... in my fridge at home at the
correct alternatives. moment.
1 Actually, there isn't any/asugar in it. 6 1 don't like any kinds of ...
2 But there's a fewllot of chocolate and milk. b Work in pairs and compare your answers. Do you have
3 Have sorne/ ony sauce with it. anything in common?
4 lt's got afewllots of chilli in it.
5 lt's o/ansalad from my part of the world.
6 Yes, it has a fewllittle oil in it. Speaking
7 Yes, there are a fewllittle herbs and spices to give it
more flavour.
8 1 usually have no! a bit of bread with it, too.
10 You're going to describe a dish. First, choose one of
6 Read the grammar box and choose the correct
the ideas below and make notes. Use the adjectives
alternatives.
in Exercise 4a and the Useful phrases to help you.
Quantifiers • an unusual dish that you know
• a dish you really liked when you were a child
Use alan to introduce 1 singular countablel
a dish you know how to make
uncountable nouns.
• your favourite dish
There's a whole onion in this dish.
Use any; sorne, a lot of!lots of with both countable
and uncountable nouns.
lt's made frorn (eggs/chocolate/cheese).
There are sorne herbs and spices in the soup.
Put lots of pepper in the soup, but please don't lt's got sorne/a little/lots of/a few (sugar/
add any salt to it. chocolate/herbs) in it.
Use a few with 2 plural countableluncountable nouns. lt looks (dry).
This recipe needs a few eggs - not many; just lt tastes (delicious).
two or three. People usually eat it (on New Year's Eve).
Use a littlela bit of with 3 singular countablel
uncountable nouns.
There's justa little sugar in it - not too much.
Any; a few anda little describe a 4largelsmall amount.
a Work in groups. Describe your dish to your group.
A lot offlots of describes a 5 biglsmall amount.
Listen to other students describe their dishes and
Justa little milk for me, please - not toa much.
ask questions.
Wow! There's a Jot of chilli in this sauce!
A: This dish has lots of herbs and spices in it.
B: Is it hot?
b Which dish would you most like to try?
7a 2.e Listen to the sentences. What do you notice
about the letters in bold?
1 There's a lot of salt in this.
2 There are sorne eggs in the fridge.
3 There isn't any sugar in it.
4 There's a bit of soy sauce.
5 There are a few apples on the table.
b Listen again and repeat.
 Develop your listening
) Goal: understand a short talk 3 Read the Focus box. Which words are usually
)Focus: recognising weak forms pronounced in their weak forrn?

Recognising weak forms

Important words in a sentence are usually stressed. The
words that have less meaning (e.g. ar ticles, auxiliary
verbs and prepositions) aren't stressed and are usually
pronounced in their weak form.
Welcome to thís week's epísode of 'What a great ideal' -
the show that gíves you a lot to thínk about.
Recognising weak forms is irnportant so you can
understand natural speech.

4a 2.11 Underline the weak forms in the extracts.

Then listen and check.

1 1 love it gfil! 1 ate it all � time.
2 1 decided to make a change.
3 lt's good for us to eat less meat if we can.
4 We need to move the meat from place to place.
5 lt's a lot cheaper of course.
6 I always thought that vegetarian faod was borg.
b 2.12 Listen and complete the extracts with the
weak forms.

1 1 think it's a good idea __ everyone to eat insects.

2 People eat __ as a basic faod.
3 The reason is __ insects are actually very good
far us.
4 They're great __ add to our diets.
5 lnsects __ help us to feed everyone.
6 There are thousands __ different kinds of insects.

5 2.13 Listen to the discussion between the

presenter and Jenny and Sara. Answer the questions.
1 When does Jenny think a good time to eat meat is?
2 Does she think that we should never eat meat more
than two days a week?
1 Look at the photos. Which dishes would you most/
3 Why does Sara think sorne people don't like the idea of
least like to eat?
eating insects?
2a 2.9 Listen to the introduction to a radio show.
What's it called? What's the topic this week?
b 2.10 Listen to Jenny and Sara present their ideas.
6 Work in groups and discuss the questions.
Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). 1 Do you agree that it's a good idea to not eat meat far
five days a week? Why/Why not?
1 Jenny thinks meat doesn't taste nice.
2 Jenny thinks you should never eat meat. 2 Do you think that eating insects is a good idea?
Why/Why not?
3 Jenny thinks there are many problems with eating
meat.
4 Sara thinks farming insects is cheap.
5 Sara thinks eating insects can help the world.
6 Sara thinks insects don't taste nice.
 English in action

4 a Complete the conversations with an appropriate

response. Use the Useful phrases to help you. More
than one answer might be possible.
1 A: l'm going to run a marathon next month.
B: Really? That __ exciting! And difficult!
2 A: We were in Mexico this time last week.
B: __ ! __ you have a good time?
3 A:l've just got my dream job!
B: Really? That's --- !
4 A: l'm making your favourite pasta for dinner.
B: __ !
5 A:We went to that new ltalian restaurant last night.
B: Really? What __ you think of it?
A:lt was __ !

Creating interest
Guess what (happened to me)!?
Guess what I did/where I went?
Responding to information
Great!/Brilliant!/Fantastic!/Amazing!
lt's/They're (delicious/lovely).
That's (amazing/great).
How (exciting/amazing/fantastic)!
What a (good idea).
l Look at the photos. What are the people doing? How
That sounds (lovely/wonderful)!
are they feeling?
No way!
2a 2.14 Listen to tour conversations and answer the
Asking follow-up questions
questions.
What happened (next/after that)?
1 Why is Ali happy? How did that/it go?
2 How did Marco help Fran? Who did you go with?
3 What time is Ricky's party?
4 What did Simone win? b Work in pairs. Practise the conversations with the
appropriate intonation.
b Choose the correct alternatives to complete the
extracts from the conversations.
1 80 percent? That's!Whats brilliant!
Speaking
2 lt's!They're lovely. Thanks!
3 That loakslsoundsgreat!
.> a Work in pairs. You're going to share sorne exciting
4 1 love your curries. They're real/y! so good.
news. lt can be real or imagined. Student Ago to
5 No way! That's amozing!Igreot!
page 151 and Student B go to page 152.
e Listen to the conversations again and check your
answers.

a 2.1s Listen to the sentences. Ooes speaker 1

or speaker 2 show interest/excitement in each b Share your news with each other. Show interest
one? and excitement when appropriate. Use the Useful
phrases to help you.
Check and reflect
a Complete the sentences with the correct form of the S a Match the sentence halves.
verbs in the box. 1 1 didn't learn to swim until I was a year.
2 Cara was born on b 17th April 1999.
be getup go have meet play take
watch 3 We first met each other last c ten years old.
4 Liam started a new job a few weeks d I was at school.
1 1 __ a really good film last month.
5 1 moved to Rome in e ago.
2 My family and 1 __ on holiday last summer.
6 1 didn't study English when f 2017.
3 1 __ a great meal last night.
b Work in pairs. Tell each other sorne things you did in
4 My sister __ a train to Moscow two weeks ago.
the past using sorne past time expressions.
5 1 __ sorne video games last night.
l went to France last week.
6 My friend and 1 ___ at a coffee shop last week.
a Choose the correct alternatives.
7 l __ late yesterday, after lüa.m.
8 I __ bored yesterday. This is a meal that I cook for friends. lt's simple but delicious
and they love it!
b Work in pairs. Which sentences are true for you? Give
more information about them. 1 make pasta with a tomato sauce. 1 cook 1some/o few
spaghetti and then I fry half 2 on/someonion in 3 a little/o few
a Complete each sentence with an adjective of feeling.
oil. Then I add 4 o fewlony herbs and 5o fewlo little garlic but
The first and last letter of each word are given.
not too much. Finally, 1 mix the spaghetti and sauce together.
1 l've got so much work to do. l'm really s__d. 1 then put 60/o lot of parmesan cheese on top beca use I love it
2 Our holiday starts tomorrow. l'm so e__d! so much. There isn't 7 onylo little meat in this dish because l'm
3 l'm a__d of spiders. 1 hate them. vegetarían but you can put 8 onlsome in if you like.
4 Jon never gets stressed. He's always r__d.
5 When Sam dropped Abi's phone, she got really ª--Y b Work in pairs. Describe your favourite meal. What is
with him. it? What's in it?
6 l've got my driving test tomorrow and l'm really n__s. a Put the letters in italics in the correct order to make
7 Billy just won a competition. He's really h__y. adjectives.
8 Everyone was s__d when they heard the news. 1 This orange juice is really etswe.

b Work in pairs. Choose five of the adjectives and talk

2 This sandwich doesn't taste of anything. lt's very iolpn.
about when you last felt like that. 3 1 love this chocolate cake. lt's coleusidi.
l was angry last week when l lost my keys. 4 Let's eat something thigl like a salad.
5 Aargh! This lemon juice is really orus!
a Make each sentence negative.
6 Is this milk shref or old?
1 We went to the gym last night.
7 1 can't eat this cake. lt's too meoycr.
2 Sara was happy yesterday.
3 1went to bed late last night. b Work in pairs. Think of other food that you can
4 They were very busy last week. describe with each adjective in Exercise 7a.
5 We played cards yesterday. c Tell each other three foods you think are delicious
6 Jimmy lived in San Diego when he was a child. and three foods you think are plain. Do you agree?

b Work in pairs. Tell each other three things you wanted

to do yesterday but didn't do. Reflect
l wanted to go to the gym but l dídn't have time. How confident do you feel about the statements
below? Write 1-5 (1 = not very confident, 5 = very
a Put the words in the correct order to make questions.
confident).
1 last night/you/did/do/ what/? 1 can describe a memorable day.
2 you /who/chat to/yesterday/did/? 1 can ask about and describe past events.
3 were /last weekend/you/where/? 1 can describe a special dish.

4 did/go/what time/last night/to bed/you/? 1 can show interest and excitement.

5 have for dinner/what/yesterday/you /did/?

6 was/your /what colour/first car/?
7 TV/last/you /did/night/watch/?
8 this English course /decide/why/you/did/do/to/?
b Work in pairs. Take turns to ask and answer the
questions.

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Irregular verbs
Verb Pastsimple Past participle Verb Pastsimple Past participle

be was been lend lent lent

become became become let let let

begin began begun líe lay lain

bite bit bitten lose lost lost

blow blew blown make made made

break broke broken mean meant meant

bring brought brought meet met met

build built built pay paid paid

buy bought bought put put put

catch caught caught read read read

choose chose chosen ride rode ridden

come carne come ring rang rung

cost cost cost run ran run

cut cut cut say said said

do did done see saw seen

draw drew drawn sold sold

drink drank drunk send sent sent

drive drove driven shine shone shone

eat ate eaten show showed shown

fall fell fallen shut shut shut

feel felt felt sing sang sung

find found found sit sat sat

fly flew flown sleep slept slept

forget forgot forgotten smell smelled/smelt smelled/smelt

freeze froze frozen speak spoke spoken

get got got spend spent spent

give gave given spill spilled/spilt spilled/spilt

go went gone stand stood stood

grow grew grown swim swam swum

have had had take took taken

hear heard heard teach taught taught

hide hid hidden tell told told

hit hit hit think thought thought

hold held held throw threw thrown

hurt h u rt h urt u nderstand understood u nderstood

keep kept kept wake woke woken

know knew known wear wore worn

learn learned/learnt learned/learnt win won won

leave left left write wrote written