Starter A

VOCABULARY The environment VOCABULARY Computers (1)

1 Unscramble the letters and complete the sentences. 4 Complete the nouns in each sentence with the missing 7
letters.
1 A lot of rain in a short period of time can cause a
. dolof 1 You don’t need to make a h _ rd c _ _ y. I’ve already
2 Some houses use , but it can be printed one.
expensive to install. loras greeny 2 How much m _ m _ _ y does your laptop have?
3 A can occur when there is no rain for 3 What’s different in this new s _ f _ w _ r _ ?
a long time. hourtdg 4 I’ll send you that f _ l _ later today.
4 The world’s biggest is in the UK, and 5 What kind of pr _ gr _ m do you need to draw 3-D
it will power 820,000 homes by 2016! diwn ramf pictures?
6 I think I’ve got a v _ r _ s on my computer. It’s doing
2 Complete the sentences with a word from the box. some very strange things.
climate conservation ecosystem 5 Complete the questions and answers with the correct
endangered rainforests wildlife verb from the box.
8
1 Some people forget that their gardens are full of
click insert drag and drop print upload
like birds, bees and butterflies.
2 There are twelve different types of
on Earth. I like the mild Mediterranean one best! Q: Help! How do I 1 photos onto my blog?
3 are the world’s oldest living A: Just 2 on the photo you want and
, but they only cover 6% of the follow the instructions.
Earth’s surface. Q: How do I 3 out a document from my
4 The Iberian lynx is a(n) species, but tablet?
thanks to a _______________ project there are now A: Just plug your tablet into your printer and follow the
more than 300 lynxes in Spain. instructions.
Q: How do I get documents from my memory stick onto
DO
YOU REMEMBER ? Climates and landscapes my laptop?
A: Easy! First, you have to 4 the memory
3 Complete the text with the words from the box. Then stick into your laptop. Then just 5 the
guess the country. files and transfer the documents onto your laptop .

beaches coastline mountain ranges

oceans plains river sea volcanoes DO
YOU REMEMBER ? Computers (2)
6 Look at the photos. Complete the words with the vowels.
This country has 3,028 kilometres of 1
along the Caribbean 2 , and the D
Y
Pacific and the Atlantic 3 .
Its Caribbean 4 are beautiful, peaceful 9
and relaxing, with palm trees and warm blue water. 1 m__ _ _ 4 k__ _ _ _ _ _
The country is dominated by the Andes, which is divided
into three smaller 5 : the Cordillera
Occidental, the Cordillera Oriental and the Cordillera
Central. There are a lot of 6 , and
2 l__ _ _ _ 5 i__ _
the most active ones are in the highlands region. The
Magdalena 7 is 1,600 kilometres long,
and runs from the Caribbean down through the centre
of the country.
The south and east have incredible tropical rainforests,
and lots of indigenous tribes live on the inland tropical
8 . It is also where Shakira is
originally from! Which country is it? 3 p__ d _ _ _ _ 6 p__ _ _ _ _

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 GRAMMAR Modal verbs 10 Complete the dialogue with the correct auxiliary verbs.
Sara: Hi Mark! How’s it going?
7 Choose the correct modal in each dialogue. Mark: Hi Sara. Good, thanks.
1 A: I can’t read the board in class. Sara: Where 1 you at the weekend?
B: You should / ought go to an optician. I2 see you at all.
2 A: Oh no! I forgot. It’s Fred’s birthday today. Mark: I 3 visiting my brother at university.
B: We ought to / can buy him a present, or else he might Sara: Cool! Where 4 he studying?
be sad. Mark: In Newcastle.
3 A: Do I really need a cycle helmet? Sara: What 5 you do there?
B: You have to / should wear one. It’s the law. Mark: We went to a football match. It was great. We went
4 A: Must / Can we upload those photos now? to a party too, but it was a bit boring.
B: Sure! Let’s use my laptop. Sara: That’s a shame! 6 he live in a flat there?
5 A: You mustn’t / shouldn’t take your mobile into the Mark: Yes, he 7 got a flat with three other
exam. It’s not allowed. boys. It’s such a mess.
B: Oh okay. I’ll leave it in the box outside. Sara: I bet! 8 you think you’ll go and see
him again this term?
8 Complete the sentences with a modal verb from the Mark: Maybe, but only if he tidies his room! What
first box and a verb from the second box. Sometimes 9 you been up to?
more than one answer is possible. Sara: You 10 heard my news, have you?
Mark: No.
don’t have to have to must mustn’t ought to should Sara: Well, …

arrive be start text wash wear

CHECK
1 We a recycling project
at school. We don’t do any recycling here. 11 Complete the text with the words in the box.
2 I’m so lucky! I a
uniform at my school. beaches conservation group did don’t have to
3 After handling the animals, you ecosystem endangered species log in must
your hands.
4 We late for the exam 1 you know
or we won’t be allowed to do it. that leatherback turtles
5 You a member to use have existed for more than
this gym. 100 million years? They
6 I Sam and check he’s live in the Atlantic and
okay. He wasn’t feeling well earlier. Pacific Oceans, but they are
s.
now an 2 . They are also part of an
DO
YOU REMEMBER ? Auxiliary verbs important marine 3
are destroying it.
, but we humans

9 Complete the sentences with the correct auxiliary verb. There are lots of problems for leatherback turtles,
including climate change and pollution. Leatherback
1 What had / did you do last night?
turtles eat mainly jellyfish, but often plastic bags in
2 My brother doesn’t / hasn’t like fish.
the oceans look like jellyfish and the turtles try to
3 Do / Have you seen the new Avengers film?
eat them and die. They also need 4
4 We did / were chatting to our friends yesterday at lunch.
to make their nests and lay their eggs, but people are
5 Don’t / Weren’t you like hanging out with friends at the
destroying this habitat.
weekend?
We 5 act now to save this creature
6 I don’t / haven’t like revising at home.
from becoming extinct! You 6 be
an expert; just care about the future of our planet.
7 to our website and find out about
a 8 near you.

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 Starter C
B
VOCABULARY Parts of the body VOCABULARY Health (1)

1 Complete the parts of the body with the missing 5 Uscramble the words and complete the dialogues. 8
vowels.
1 A: I’ve got a terrible . ceehadha
1 w _ _ st 5 ch _ _ k B: Stop listening to that awful music!
2 sh _ _ ld _ rs 6 _ lb _ w 2 She avoided serious in the car crash
3 _ nkl _ 7 kn _ _ thanks to the airbag system. rnjyui
4 f_r_h__d 8 _ y _ br _ w 3 She got some at her first karate class,
but they were gone within days. suberis
2 Read the sentences and decide which part of the body 4 I’ve got . I need to go to the dentist …
from exercise 1 they are describing. now! ocathehot
1 You wear a belt here. 5 Oh no! My ankle – I think I’ve it! andripse
2 It is below your hair but above your eyes.
3 It connects your leg and your foot.
6 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. 9
4 You have two of these above your eyes. cough earache flu pull throat temperature
5 You use this to bend your leg.
6 You can’t bend your arm without this. 1 Mandy has a very sore and can’t give
her talk in English today.
DO
YOU REMEMBER ? The senses 2 I think I’ve got
I’ve got a bad headache.
. I’m hot and cold, and

3 Look at the photos below. Label them with the correct 3 Your is 38.5. That’s quite high. You need
senses from the box. to drink lots of fluids.
4 That sounds terrible. I think you need
hearing sight smell taste touch some medicine.
5 I’ve got . I can’t hear anything in my left
ear and it hurts.
6 You have to warm up properly before doing exercise
because you can a muscle if you don’t. 10

DO
YOU REMEMBER ? Health (2)

1 2 3 7 Label the pictures with the words in the box.

bandage jab plaster prescription stitches tablets

1 4
4 5
4 Look at the verbs in the box. Write them under the
correct sense in the table.

chew feel listen overhear see

smell sniff stare stroke swallow 2 5

1 3 5 7 9

2 4 6 8 10
3 6

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 Indefinite & reflexive Personal and possessive
GRAMMAR pronouns
DO
YOU REMEMBER ? pronouns
8 Circle the correct reflexive pronouns. 11 Complete the table with the missing pronouns.
1 This exercise is so hard. I can’t do it by myself / yourself. Subject Object Possessive
I need some help. I 1 mine
2 Let’s organize Jack’s 16th birthday party ourselves / 2 you 3
themselves. No parents allowed!
he 4 his
3 Did you paint this picture yourself / herself? It’s incredible.
4 Lidia cut herself / myself with a sharp knife and she’s 5 her 6

got stitches in her hand. we 7 8

5 They can get into town themselves / yourselves. They 9 them 10

e don’t need a lift.
12 Choose the correct pronoun.
9 Complete the sentences with an indefinite pronoun
1 Can you tell we / us / ours the way to the bus station,
from the box.
please?
anyone anything everywhere nothing someone 2 Are they going to give you / yours / they extra time to do
the test because you were ill?
1 I’ve looked for my mobile. I don’t know 3 I don’t know what’s wrong. Sharon isn’t talking to I / me /
where it is. Can you help? mine.
2 Is there in the class who speaks 4 A: Have you seen those cute little dogs?
d Russian? B: Yes, I was just looking at they / them / theirs.
3 once told me dancing is the best form 5 A: Hey! They / Them / Theirs are my trainers.
of exercise, but I don’t really believe it. B: I’m sorry. They look just like me / mine / I.
4 Is there you can recommend for a sore
t throat?
5 There’s to do here. It’s so boring! CHECK
10 Complete the posts with an indefinite pronoun or a 13 Complete the text with the words in the box.
reflexive pronoun.
anywhere arms back elbows everyone
I’ve asked 1 e I can think of, and feel knee shoulders swallow
2 n knows the answer. Is Callum going
out with Jenny or not? Get fit … the fast, cheap and easy way!
Posted by Kate, Tuesday, 9.20pm
You can do this sort of exercise 1 : on
Jenny told me 3 h that she wasn’t
the way to school, at home … 2 can do
going out with him.
it, old or young!
Nick, 9.23pm
First, forget the lift and take the stairs! But if you take it,
That’s so not true! They go 4 e and do use the time to stretch. Raise your 3 above
5 e together at school these days. your head, and then put them down and stretch them
Pati, 9.27pm out behind you. This will help your 4
and the upper area of your 5 . Bend
What’s your problem, Kate? Just go and ask him
your arms at the 6 a few times, too.
6 y . There isn’t 7 a else
Once you are sitting down between class periods or on
to say on the subject.
the bus, contract your abdomen. Then lift your right
Mark, 9.30pm 7 a little bit. Put it down and lift the left
Kate, there’s 8 s you’re forgetting. one. You will 8 the muscles working!
9 A can read this – including Callum Lastly, roll your neck slowly and open and close your
and Jenny 10 t ! mouth. 9 a few times. And that’s your
David, 9.35pm daily exercise! Easy, isn’t it?

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 1 Life changes
7

READING 2 Read the text. Write the names of the people and
characters.

1 Read the text quickly. What is it about? Who …

1 is a young author?
A How to publish your own book
2 moves to Pennsylvania?
B A young author and her first book
3 has a secret?
8
C The reason behind the increase in e-book sales
4 is chatty and friendly?

3 Read the text again and answer the questions.

Publish it
1 According to the text, why are more people publishing
yourself their own books?

With easier access to 2 When does Mac Bowers write?

technology, more and
more people are publishing
their own books and ‘self- 3 Where did Morgan Casey use to live?
publishing’ is becoming
popular with people of all 4 When does Morgan meet Charlie?
ages, including teenagers.
5 How does Morgan feel when she tells Charlie her secret?
Mac Bowers lives in
Pennsylvania with her father,
her brother and sister and 4 Answer the questions with your own opinions.
her two dogs. Like any other teenager, she goes to
school during the day but at nights and in her spare time 1 What do you think Morgan’s secret is?
she writes books. Her dad suggested that Mac publish 9
her book. He gave her some money to help her and he’s 2 Would you like to read this book? Why / Why not?
very proud of her achievements.

Published in 2012, Mac’s first book is called Running

Scared and critics of all ages have praised it. It tells the Verbs to say things are good
story of a sixteen-year-old American girl called Morgan WORD
Casey. Morgan moves from a big city in California to ZONE 5 Search the text for three more words
live in a very small community in Pennsylvania. Morgan
EXTRA

related with recommendations.

knows she needs to make new friends but she is worried
about something. Morgan has a secret that she doesn’t 1 recommend
want to share with anyone. 2 s
3 p
On her first day at her new high school Morgan meets 4 v f
Charlie. Charlie is a lively, talkative and friendly boy and
they soon become good friends. Charlie talks to Morgan
a lot and eventually she tells Charlie her secret in the 6 Write recommendations for these things. Use a verb
hope that he can help her escape her past. However, from exercise 5.
she regrets it immediately. It’s a tense story that keeps
you guessing to the very end. 1 a book

Are you feeling inspired? Do you think you can write 2 a website
a good story? If so, we recommend that you try self-
publishing, we can vouch for it! But remember … you’ll 3 a gadget
probably need some money!
4 a DVD

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WANT TO KNOW MOR E?
VOCABULARY Book review Words connected to books
7 Complete the types of novel. 10 Look at the picture. Label the picture with the correct
words from the box. Use a dictionary to help you if
1 c__m_
necessary.
2 cl _ _ _ _ _ 3 gr _ _ _ _ _
NOVELS author back cover blurb ebook front cover
hardback paperback publisher spine

4 f_____y 5 h _ st _ _ _ _ _ _
Running Scared
8 Match the book genres in the box to the correct definition. Available in the following formats:

adventure story autobiography biography horror story

1 ________ 2 _________ 3 _____
non-fiction book romance science fiction story €15 €8 €5
5

1 a book a person writes about himself or herself 7

4

2 a story that is set in the future, sometimes in space or on

another planet
3 a book about places or events that are real 6

4 a story about love

5 a scary or frightening story that can be true or invented
? Product details
6 a book about a person’s life that another person writes
Number of pages: 112
8 : [Link] (February 6, 2012)
7 a story that has dangerous, exciting, unusual and 9 : Mac Bowers
interesting events
ISBN: 978-1462083824
9 Choose two book genres from exercises 7 and 8 and
write sentences about those genres. Use the words 11 Circle the correct words.
below or your own ideas. 1 The design of that front cover / spine doesn’t make me
● I enjoy / like / love / don’t like / hate … want to read the book.
● My favourite … book is … 2 I always read the blurb / publisher on the back of a book
● I like / don’t like … because … before I buy a book.
● I would / wouldn’t recommend … to a friend because … 3 I prefer reading back cover / paperback books.
4 My grandmother’s got an ebook / an author. Her eyesight
isn’t very good, so she can read more easily with it.
5 My favourite author / blurb is J.K. Rowling. I think she’s
amazing.
6 KidPub Press is a publisher / an author that publishes
books by children and young writers.
7 Front cover / Hardback versions of books are usually
published before any other version and cost more.
8 This is a new book. Who is the ebook / publisher?
9 The spine / blurb of a book usually has the title, the
author and the publisher.

12 Write sentences using three of the words in exercise 10.

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GRAMMAR Present tense review
1 Complete the dialogue with the present simple or 3 Look at the pictures. Write sentences with the verbs in
present continuous form of the verbs. the box in the present simple and the present continuous.

cycle play read work

USUALLY TODAY
1 Mr Stevens usually works in an office, but today
Jody: Hi Leon. It’s Jody. How are you? 1
Leon: Hi Jody! Good, thanks.
Jody: What 1 you
(do) just now?
Leon: I 2 (talk) to you!
Jody: Ha, ha, very funny! 3 you USUALLY TODAY
(study)?
2 Jim and Sal
Leon: No. I 4 (do) exercise, believe it or
not!
Jody: Leon exercising, no way!
Leon: Yes, it’s true, honest! Anyway, what
5 you (want)?
Jody: I’m so bored! I 6 (sit) in my
room. I 7 (not revise), but my USUALLY TODAY
parents think I am. 8 you
3 Kyle
(fancy) coming into town?
Leon: Yeah, sure.
Jody: Great! Let’s meet at Café Spuntini in about an hour!
Leon: Cool.
Jody: See you there!
2
2 Complete the sentences with the present simple or USUALLY TODAY
present continuous form of the verbs in the box.
4 Diana
do / chat get up / leave listen / try
not buy / borrow not like / love not study / watch 4 Complete the blog with the present simple or present
continuous form of the verb in brackets.
1 I at 7am every morning, and I always
for school at 7.45am. What 1 you
2 My sister to some very loud music at (do) at the moment? 2 you
the moment. And I to revise! (watch) TV, surfing the internet,
3 I horror stories, but I chatting to your friends on Facebook? I 3
adventure books. (not do) any of those things. I 4 (write)
4 They for the exam – they a graphic novel. It 5 (take) place in an
a DVD. American school, and it 6 (tell) the
5 What you just story of a group of friends. I 7
now? you to (not reveal) any more details about the characters or the
your friends? plot now. I 8 (draw) all the illustrations
6 My best friend books. He always myself, and I 9 (publish) it myself too!
them from the library.
Watch this space

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LISTENING
3 2 Listen again and match the five speakers to
s. statements A–F. There is one extra statement you do
not need to use.
1 Gregor
2 Matt
3 Scarlett
4 Sean
5 Erin

A It’s a really good read.

B It was written by an Irish author called John Boyne in 2006.
C I didn’t really enjoy it.
1 Match the words with their definitions. Use the
D I meet other young people from all over Scotland.
dictionary if you need to.
E The film didn’t disappoint.
1 housing estate F I suspect that’s a long way off though!
2 being obsessed with
3 creativity TEST YOUR MEMORY!
4 protagonist
5 copies 4 Answer the questions.
6 publication date 1 What kind of books does Ian McLaren write?
7 course
8 a long way off
2 Where are Ian McLaren’s books set?
A when a book comes out
B the main character in a book or film 3 What does Matt learn about Robin van Persie’s parents?
C far in the future
D a group of houses built in the same place at the same time
4 Who is the main character in Scarlett’s favourite book?
E the art of being innovative and original
F thinking about something all the time
G the number of books printed 5 What is Sean doing outside school to help him with his
H lessons you take regularly future career?

2 2 Listen to five speakers. Answer the questions.

6 How does Erin describe the book and film she mentions?
1 What does Gregor do every summer?

2 What is Matt passionate about? 5 Write these sentences in your language.

1 According to my friends, I’m just a bit obsessed with
3 What genre is Scarlett’s favourite novel? football!

4 What is Sean’s ideal job? 2 I haven’t seen you for ages!

5 What does Erin find difficult? 3 The funny thing is, I don’t think I’m a very good writer.

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 1
READING
1 Look at the photo and read the title. What do you think 2 Read the text quickly and check your answer to exercise 1. 3
the text is about?

Micro libraries
A few years ago in the small village quick though because the good
of Westbury-sub-Mendip in the titles have usually gone within
south of England the mobile minutes!
library stopped coming. For the
local people, borrowing books There is a very fast turnover of 4
became difficult since the nearest books and the stock is constantly
library was about six and a half changing. The library has a
kilometres away. At the same time, wide range of genres suitable
the traditional red public phone for everyone: biographies, crime
box in the village was about to be novels, reference books. A local
sold. However, one of the villagers couple cleans the library and
came up with an unusual way someone checks the stock on a
to solve both problems: a village regular basis. If books have stayed
committee bought the phone box on the shelves for more than a few
for £1, adapted it and turned it into weeks, then they usually go to a
a library. local charity shop.

The library has four shelves and The UK is not the only place where
local residents donate their own micro libraries are popular. In the
books. The principle is simple: USA, Todd Bol set up the The Little
bring a book to the library that Free Library after his mother died.
you’ve read, leave it for someone She was a teacher and she loved
else to read and borrow a book books and was always keen to
you haven’t read. There’s even a encourage other people to read more.
children’s section: a small red plastic box on the phone In honour of his mother, Todd built a small waterproof
box floor! It’s open all year round, 24 hours a day. box at the end of his drive and put books in it for people to
borrow and to leave a book of their own. His simple idea
The library has become a popular place with everyone has now grown into an international community-based
in the village but it’s been particularly good for the older book project and it has developed in 36 different countries.
residents because some of them have found it difficult There are now about 5 or 6,000 Little Free Libraries around
to make the journey to the nearest library. When they’ve the world which means that people have borrowed about
finished the book they’re reading, they just walk down 1,650,000 books since the scheme began in 2010.
the road and have a look. There’s always something new
and interesting that someone’s just left. They have to be Have a look around, maybe there’s a micro library near you!

GLOSSARY
committee a group of people responsible for making
decisions
5
adapt change something to use in a different way
donate give things you don’t need to a person or an
organization
popular that a lot of people like
stock the number of things available to borrow,
sell or buy

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VOCABULARY Things we read
1. 3 Read the text again quickly. Match the numbers to the 6 Complete the puzzle with the correct words. Find the
facts. hidden word.

1 6.5 2 24 3 36 4 5–6,000 5 1,650,000 1

2
A hours a day the phone box library is open _
B Little Free Libraries around the world _ 3
C books people have borrowed from Little Free Libraries _
D distance in kilometres that the nearest traditional library is 4

from Westbury-sub-Mendip _ 5
E countries with Little Free Libraries _
6
4 Choose the correct answers.
7
1 The villagers in Westbury-sub-Mendip have …
A had to ask for special permission to change a phone 8
box into a library.
B converted an old phone box into their village library. 9

C worked with their local library to adapt it to suit their

needs.
1 A booklet that gives us information about events,
2 The principle behind the micro library in Westbury-sub-
holiday packages etc.
Mendip is that …
2 A drawing or scheme to explain the way something
A local people buy and sell their unwanted books.
works.
B the library only opens during the day.
3 A short written message, usually with information for
C people leave books they don’t want and borrow books
someone absent.
other people leave.
4 A piece of paper with information in it.
3 The library is helping older residents because …
5 The information on the back cover of a book.
A it was hard for some of them to get to the nearest
6 A website where people write about personal things.
library.
7 Piece of paper or booklet with information about an event.
B it only takes them a few minutes to find the books
8 The paper or card in a restaurant that tells you about the
they need.
food and drink there.
C none of them were able to travel to the nearest library.
9 A piece of paper usually with an advertisement on it.
4 Local people run the library by …
A cleaning it and putting up new shelves as necessary. 7 Look back at Verb Zone in your Student’s Book and write
B keeping it clean, checking the books and removing down the five multi-part verbs from Unit 1.
less popular titles on a regular basis.
C checking stock levels and buying new books from
charity shops if they need to.
5 Todd Bol started The Little Free Library …
A with his mother before she died.
8 Rewrite the sentences with multi-part verbs from
exercise 7.
B in order to encourage more people to read books.
C to do something in memory of his mother. 1 Her new novel is so good I can’t stop reading it.
6 The Little Free Library is …
A just beginning to expand outside the USA.
2 My little brother wants to be a writer when he is an adult.
B relatively successful in other parts of the world.
C now a huge success in different parts of the world.
3 I looked at that new music magazine very quickly
5 Answer the questions. yesterday. It looks great!
1 What do you think of the idea of a micro library?
4 His mother looked after him and his brother alone.
2 Would a micro library be a good idea in your
neighbourhood? Why / Why not? 5 That book gets better if you keep reading.

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 1
GRAMMAR Present perfect simple review
1 Write questions with How long and the present perfect. 4 Write two sentences for each picture. Use the prompts
and just, yet and already.
1 you / have / a mobile phone
?
2 your parents / be / married
?
3 you / have / the same English teacher
?
4 Isabel / work / in the newsagent’s
?
5 they / live / in New York
?
1 A (Jim / come back / holiday)
2 Answer the questions in exercise 1. Use the information
in brackets and for or since. B (unpack / rucksack)
1 (my birthday)

2 (25 years)

3 (last year)

4 (six months)

5 (2010)
2 A (Sophie / read / 100 pages today)
3 Complete the blog with the present perfect form of the
verbs and the other words in the box. B (finish / book)

already tell be do for just

not see read since upload yet

Hi Lexie,
Well, I 1 on holiday now
2 three days and I’m still bored!
What 3 I
so far? Well, I 4 five books
5 Monday, when we got here. I can
3 A (Mark and Sara / cook / meal)
only recommend three of them – two were really bad!
I6 any other teenagers
B (Their friends / eat the meal)
7 ! Very depressing
I8 9

10 some photos of this place onto my 5 Complete the sentences so they are true for you.
blog, if you want to take a look. I 11
12 13 my parents 1 I’ve just .
I’m not coming back here next year – no way! 2 I’ve already today, but
Got to go – my mum is calling me (again!). I haven’t yet.
See you next week, 3 I’ve
Sasha for .
4 I’ve never .

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EXTRA
Imagine you are going to interview your favourite author. Think of six questions to ask him / her. Use the words from the first
box and the ideas from the second one or your own ideas. Invent the answers. Use your imagination!

ideas from
ever just already yet at the moment usually
work on a new idea have writer’s block
write in the morning favourite book / reason
Interview with...
think of the plot or the characters first

Questions Answers
1
2
3
4
5
6
Now write up your interview for your school website or magazine.

WEBQUEST
Go online and find the answers to the questions.
1 Who wrote the novel Crime and Punishment? 4 Which is the world’s largest library?

2 What is Harper Lee’s first name? 5 Where were Roald Dahl’s parents from?

3 What is the other name J. K. Rowling has used as an 6 Which Sherlock Holmes story does the title of The Curious
author? Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time come from?

MARCIE’S MISUNDERSTANDINGS
Read the cartoon. Why do you think Marcie brings her tools?

Yes he is. Come I’m really worried Really? Why? He told me he’s got his head
Hi Mrs Smith. in, Marcie about Brad. stuck in a book so I’ve come
Is Brad in? round to help. Oh Marcie! Let
me explain …

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INTERACTION Recommending a book
1 Answer the questions. Can you remember how to 3 Read the dialogue and circle T (true) or F (false)? Correct W
express yourself? the false sentences. S
Alice: So, Matty. What are you reading at the moment?
What do you say ... Matty: Well, I’ve just read a book called Angela’s Ashes. 1
Alice: Who wrote it?
1 to ask someone if they have read a book by a particular
Matty: It’s by Frank McCourt.
author?
Alice: Where’s it set?
Matty: It’s set in Brooklyn in New York and Ireland.
2 to ask someone about the content of a book they’ve Alice: And what’s it about?
read? Matty: Well, it’s an autobiography really. The author’s parents
were Irish and they moved to Brooklyn before he was
3 to ask someone where a novel is set? born. The book tells the story of the family’s struggle
to survive there and how his mother, Angela, worked
hard to keep her family together. The family goes
4 to recommend a book to someone? back to Ireland, but at the age of 19, Frank returns to
America and sets up his own life there.
Alice: Do you think I’d like it? 2
Matty: Yes, I think so. It’s sad, funny and moving.
2 3 Complete the exchanges with the words in the box. Alice: So, would you recommend it?
Listen and check. Matty: Definitely.

brilliant think read love 1 Angela’s Ashes is based on a true story. T/F
2 The whole book is set in America. T/F
Mark: Have you 1 the new Suzanne 3 Frank McCourt was born in Ireland. T/F
Collins book? 4 His parents moved to Brooklyn from Ireland. T/F
Lucy: Yes, I have. It’s 2 . 5 The title of the book refers to Frank’s mother. T/F
Mark: Do you 3 I’d like it?
Lucy: You’d 4 it!

anything down like try 4 Complete the dialogue.

Paul: Have you ever read 5 by Robert Joe: Have you read a book called Invisible City?
Muchamore? You: (Say that you haven’t and ask who wrote it.)
Will: No, I haven’t. Do you think I’d 6 his 1
books? Joe: It’s by a British writer called M. G. Harris.
Paul: Well, I couldn’t put his last novel 7 . You: (Ask for more information about the setting.)
Will: Okay. I’ll give it a 8 ! 2
Joe: Well, it’s set in the UK and Mexico.
classic moment recommend wrote You: (Ask about the content.)
3
Bella: What are you reading at the 9 ,
Joe: Well, the main character is called Josh. His dad dies in
Rachel?
an aeroplane crash, so Josh goes to Mexico to try and
Rachel: I’m reading a 10 : Treasure Island.
find out what happened.
Bella: Who 11 it?
You: (Ask if you would like it.)
Rachel: Robert Louis Stevenson.
4
Bella: Would you 12 it?
Rachel: No! Joe: Like it? You’ll love it!

YOUR TURN TO SPEAK

5 4 Revise the Express yourself box on page 16 of the

Student’s Book. Then listen to the people and respond.

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WRITING A book review
ct WRITING 3 Read the text and answer the questions.
SKILL Giving reasons and results
1 Where is Island of The Blue Dolphins set?

1 Join the halves of the sentences.

2 What is the name of the main character?
1 But there is a problem with the canoe,
2 As a result of the time they spend together,
3 Why does the main character end up on the island alone?
3 Karana had to stay behind because
4 She builds a fence around her home
5 The island is not an easy place to live, so 4 What does the main character do on the island?
ts
A Karana has to deal with a lot of difficult situations.
5 How does she try to leave the island?
B the boat couldn’t wait for her.
C and consequently she is forced to return to the island.
D because of the wild dogs that are all over the island. 6 Who does the main character make friends with on the
E Karana realizes how lonely she has been. island?

2 Complete the text with the sentences in exercise 1.

4 Look at the Writing Reference on page 113. Then write
a book review about your favourite book or a book you
are reading at the moment. Write about:

F
Island of the - the author and the
F Blue Dolphins publication date Reminder
F - where it is set
By Owen Hart • Check your expressions for
F
- who the main giving reasons and results.
F Island of the Blue Dolphins was written by Scott O’Dell and was character is • Use the historical present to
published in 1960. - what happens talk about what happens in
the book.
Set on an island off the coast of southern California in the - if you would
1800s, it tells the story of a young Native American girl called recommend it
Karana, whose tribe have all been taken to the mainland.
1

As well as looking for food and making clothes, she has to build
herself a new home. 3

At one point, she makes a canoe and tries to leave the island.
4

A group of blue dolphins surround her canoe and guide her

back safely. She then gets used to life on the island and learns
to live in harmony with the animals.

Then, one day, some people come to the island, and she develops
a close friendship with one of them. 5

It’s a great adventure story and it’s also about survival. I would
recommend this book to older teenagers.

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