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Match the phrases (1–6) to the correct time words or phrases (a–h).
1 the year 2025 a the past
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2 the day before tomorrow b the future
3 the year 1250 c the present

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4 the time around now d yesterday

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5 the day before today e tomorrow

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6 the 30th century f today

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h a long time ago
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2 Track 6 Listen and tick (✔) the phrases that you hear.
a long time have a good time save time
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all the time in time spend time

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at the same time on time waste time

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3 Complete the sentences with the correct phrases from activity 2.

1 You’ve arrived just . We were about to leave without you!
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2 Josh will be late for the meeting as usual. He never arrives

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3 I like walking into town, but I’ll if I take the bus because it’s much quicker.
4 When cooking, you often have to do several things .
5 I with my friends every day, either at school or in the evenings.
6 I rarely go to the theatre, but my brother goes to watch plays .

4 Choose the correct noun or verb to match the definition.

challenge consequence development experience grow hope plan

1 A change or new direction:

2 Something that happens to you:
3 Something that you are going to do one day in the future:
4 To want a particular event or situation to happen:
5 To become bigger or more important:
6 The result of something:
7 Something difficult:

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 Building blocks
1 What is an “event”? Circle the correct letter(s).
a A planned public or social occasion. c An important private occasion.
b An appointment, such as going to the dentist.

2 EXTRA Look at the photos (A–F) and match them to the life events (1–6).
1 retirement party

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2 wedding

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3 birthday party

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4 graduation ceremony

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5 death/funeral
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6 birth / naming new baby
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D E F
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3 Track 7 Now listen to the audio and write which life event from activity 2 each extract
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refers to.
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1 3 5
2 4 6
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4 Read the three dialogues below. The underlined words are in the wrong sentence.
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Write the correct words.

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Rita How are you? Are you keeping yourself busy?

Tom Yes, thanks. I thought I’d be bored once I no longer had to go into work every day, but not at all!
Rita 1Graduation certainly seems to be working for you. Did you hear the sad news about Annie?
She was only 65 and led a very healthy life.
Tom Yes, I was really shocked. I wasn’t able to go to her 2birthday, unfortunately.

Lucy Congratulations on your 3party this year! Have you got a date for it yet?
Mia Thanks, Lucy. Yes, it's going to be in May, because it’s my favourite month.
Lucy May is a lovely month for an outdoor 4retirement.

Paul What are you wearing, mate? I didn't go to university, but I'm sure most people don't wear that to
their 5wedding!
Ryan I look good, don't I? Do you want to borrow it?
Paul Well, maybe for Seb's surprise fancy dress 6funeral next week!
Ryan Oh yes, I heard about that. What's the occasion?
Paul It's his 21st 7ceremony. It should be fun!

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 5 Complete the timeline below for Tim and Mary,
their daughter Emma, and grandson Tyler.
Use words from the previous activities.

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1 May 27 April 27 April 9 November 3 March 3 March 25 August 2 January 4 June

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1975 1978 1996 1999 2001 2003 2006 2010 2018

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Tim & Emma’s Emma’s Emma’s Emma Emma Tyler's Tim’s Tim’s
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Mary’s 2 18th 4 met Joe & Joe’s 6 7 8
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6 EXTRA Write sentences about Emma’s events shown in the timeline in activity 5. Use First,
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Then, After that, Next, and Finally, and the correct form of a verb from the box.
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be born celebrate get married graduate meet

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1 First, Emma was born in 1978

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7 EXTRA Now answer the questions about the timeline. Write full sentences.
1 How old was Emma when she graduated?

2 When did Tim and Mary have their 40th wedding anniversary?

3 How long did Emma and Joe know each other before they got married?

4 How old was Emma when Tyler was born?

5 How soon after Tim retired did he die?

6 How old was Tyler in 2018?

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 Explore
1 Look at the title only. What do you think it means? What do you think the article is going to
be about?

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2 Read through the text quickly. Which of the following do you think would be a good
alternative title? Circle the correct answer.
a How to get any job without really trying
b How to identify your skills and abilities
c How to improve your presentations

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 3 Track 8 Read the text again, then listen to the questions. Circle the correct option.
1 a afraid of. b proud of.
2 a challenges. b exam situations.
3 a if you got a certificate. b why it’s important to you.
4 a Action b Result
5 a supportive b impressive
6 a modest b nervous

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4 Choose one of the underlined words in the text for each situation.

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1 Rachel believes 100% that there is nothing she can’t achieve.

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2 In the meeting, Colin stood up in front of everyone and told his manager that she should be nicer to her

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employees.
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3 Nassim saw someone fall down the stairs, so he ran to check they were OK and took them to the nurse’s
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office.

5 Read the definitions of some of the bold words from the text and complete the crossword.
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Across 
2 Something that you want to achieve in the future. 
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4 A way of doing or making something. 

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6 A person or company that pays you to work for them. ⁴

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1 A good point or benefit. ⁵

3 A particular time, especially when something happened.
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4 A specific job or activity that someone asks another

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5 Beliefs that are important to you.

6 Now complete the sentences using the words from activity 5. You may need to use
a plural form.
1 Before yesterday’s party, I’d only met my Australian aunt and uncle on one other .
2 Some people don’t set important in life but live very happily without them.
3 It was a great day. The fact that the weather was lovely was just one of several .
4 If your always expects you to work while you’re on holiday, you should look for a new job.
5 My cousin found it hard to learn a foreign language when she was at school, but then she heard about a
completely new , and she speaks German really well now.
6 The way to deal with a difficult is to break it down into smaller parts.

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 Sync
1 Do you think you have a good memory? Do you think animals have memories? Why is
memory important, and why do people remember things differently?

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2 Track 9 Listen to the radio programme and number the ideas in the order they
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are mentioned.
A Debra talks about cultural memory
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B Debra makes a positive comment to Max.

C Debra talks about computer memory.
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D Debra corrects Max.

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E Max introduces Dr. Debra Kerslake.

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F Debra mentions our senses.

G Max makes a joke.
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H Debra tells Max something about herself.

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3 Track 9 Listen to the interview again and write T (true) or F (false).

1 It’s possible to make your memory better.
2 Computer memory is more complex than human memory.
3 A computer can remember the smell of a person’s perfume.
4 Remembering things can make us change how we behave in future.
5 There is no such thing as individual memory.
6 Our sense of identity is connected to our memories.

4 Track 9 Listen again and complete the sentences with a word you hear.
1 Dr. Debra Kerslake is from the Manning Institute.
2 The function of a computer’s memory is to information.
3 A computer’s memory is because it doesn’t forget.
4 The human brain can remember things through our .
5 Max comments that our memory works in dimensions.
6 When Debra talks about being part of a group, she gives the examples of celebrations, ceremonies,
and .

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 Toolbox
1 Complete the sentences with the correct past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Sam and I (visit) an old town and (look) at its ancient monuments.
2 Zina (study) hard for her exams and (pass) them all!
3 As soon as I (receive) the letter, I (open) it.
4 The car (stop) at the traffic lights, and I (recognize) the driver.

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5 My grandma (cry) when the newspaper (publish) the story about

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her parents.

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6 We (plan) to celebrate after the school term (end).

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2 Decide if the highlighted words in the text below are correct or incorrect. Correct any
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mistakes in your notebook.
I didn’t had a very good week last week. It was my best friend’s birthday, but I not go to her party because I
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didn’t feel well. So we didn’t played music together, we didn’t visit the Magic Museum, and I didn’t staying at
her house on Saturday night.
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3 Write past simple questions using the prompts.

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1 you / go / to see Jana / yesterday?

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2 everyone / enjoy / the party?

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3 they / visit / their grandparents / on Saturday?

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4 our team / play / well / last week?

4 Complete the dialogue with the verbs from the box. Some verbs may be used more
than once.
are danced did go out have is was went to

Esmé 1 you 2 last night?

Karina Yes, I 3 .I4 my grandma’s birthday party. She 5 80 now.
Esmé Really? That’s so nice. 6 she healthy?
Karina Oh, yeah. She 7 a lot at the party!
Esmé 8 you serious?
Karina Dead serious. She 9 fantastic.
Esmé 10
you 11
fun?
Karina Yes, we all 12
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 5 Using the sentences below in the correct order, write a paragraph telling the story shown in
pictures A–D. Use First, Then, After that, and Finally.

A B C D

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Everybody started dancing.

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Mrs. Grindell opened her present: it was a beautiful necklace.

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She thanked her granddaughter for the present and kissed her.

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She looked at it and smiled.
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6 Today is Monday, 25th April. Read the sentences and complete them with the correct
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time phrases.
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1 The concert was on Wednesday, 20th April. It was week.

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2 I had a dentist’s appointment on 24th April but missed it. It was .

3 We moved to this town on 1st May. We moved here nearly .
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4 Rob called this morning. He called .

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5 Her birthday is this Wednesday. It’s the day .

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6 She’s planning to visit sometime in May. That’s .

7 Complete the text with the past simple affirmative, negative, or question form of the verbs
from the box.

call continue do go listen revise see start talk want

What ¹ I yesterday? Well, I ² for my exams

all day at home. I ³ anywhere and I 4 anyone!
Well, I 5 to my friend Cara. She 6 me to find out if I
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to go to see a film with her, and we 8 talking about other
things. After our chat, I 9 studying. I 10 even
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 Studio
1 Read the biography about Tom’s great-grandfather and underline all the time phrases.
Which one refers to the future?

My great-grandfather, Ted Evans, was born in 1936 in east London.

He was the second-youngest of six children. When World War II
started in 1939, it was too dangerous to stay in London, so he
left there to stay on a farm in the countryside. He and two of his

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brothers lived with a farmer and his wife in a village called Chalford.

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At the age of four, he started at the local village school. At first, they

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found their new life very strange and didn’t understand the local

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accent. Then, he made friends and, soon after that, he started to speak like all the other
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children. He returned to London when he was six. His mother and father were there, and

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he was very happy to see them. However, he also missed his old life in the countryside.
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Twenty years later, he visited the farmer and his wife, who were now very old. There he
met a woman, Elsie, who he knew all those years ago when they were children. In 1964,
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they got married and moved to London, where my grandfather and his sister were born.
However, thirty-five years later, my great-grandparents decided to go back to live in
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Chalford. They still live there, and I am going to visit them with my parents later this year.
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Write a timeline for the life of Tom’s great-grandfather, Ted. You will need to work out the
correct years for some of the events described.
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1936

Ted was Ted & Elsie

born. moved to
Chalford.

3 Finally, write a biography of someone you know. Use the following phrases to help you:

Time expressions: … months/weeks later and

at the age of… , he/she… twenty years/days ago,… where
at first,… last year,… however,…
then,… unfortunately,…
after that,… Linking words:
finally,… when…
so…

My grandmother, Nuria, was born in … on …

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 Review
1 Complete the dialogue with the present or past simple form of the verbs from the box.

be change dream have need spend want not want

A 1 you any career hopes when you were younger?

B No, not really. I 2 of becoming a dancer for a while, but I 3 to go to the lessons.
I was too lazy!

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A Well, I think children 4 their minds all the time, and you 5 life experience to

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decide what you really want to do.

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B I know! I 6 to be an astronaut for a year or two, and then I 7 time on a farm,

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and suddenly I 8 interested in working with animals!
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2 Complete the sentences with words from the Spark and Building blocks sections. The first
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letter is given for you.
1 There were so many students at the g ceremony, we w time trying to find our
seats and didn’t see Laura walk across the stage to collect her diploma.
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2 We are going out to dinner to celebrate our 14th w anniversary, so we plan to s

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time by taking a taxi to the restaurant.

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3 Although the f was a sad occasion, everyone had a g time talking about
Grandad and saying goodbye to him.
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4 If your b is on 1st September in the UK, you don't start school at the s time as
a child that was born on 31st August.
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3 Complete the blog entry with the correct form of the verbs from the box. Use the negative
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form only twice.

ask be (x5) decide finish get help like

love offer play start want (x3)

A very special day

11th March 2012 1 a very special day for me. I 2
nine years old. I 3 breakfast quickly and 4 to get
ready for the audition. I 5 very nervous so I 6 my mother to
hold my hand all the way to the theatre, and that 7 me to calm down a little. I really
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to be an actress, and that 9 my chance.

I think they 10 my performance, although I 11 the role I 12 .

But then they 13
me an equally exciting role in a musical! After that, I
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several other roles, until I finally 15 that it 16 really what
I 17
. Anyway, I’m thankful for the experience. I really 18
it.

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