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The tense system
+ have/have got * Compound nouns
+ Phrasal verbs - literal and idomatic » Sounds and spelling
The tense system
1 Identifying tenses
1. Write the correct verb form, active or passive, using the
verb in the box.
wale
1 A How did you get here?
B We waked . It didn't take long.
2 ‘Hello Mary? It's me. Listen, I__ just. up
your road ~ I'll be with you in five minutes!”
3 Ineed to sit down. We for hours,
4 twas a hard match, At half-time, one of the
footballers ‘0 hospital
5 This shirt fits me perfectly. I it
6 My dog looked guilty. He some food
from the kitchen table.
/ have
7 We need a new car. We this one for
ages.
8 We a lovely picnic until my wife was
stung by a bee.
9 Dont phone at 8.00. We. dinner then,
make
10 Our sandwiches ____ freshly _daily.
11 Have you heard about Lenny? He
redundant,
12 By the time I'm 40, 1 enough money to
retire.
13 A. Where are my jeans?
B They
at the moment.
4 Unit + Home and away!
14. My favourite white T-shirt went pink. It
with my daughter's red jumper.
15 Simon was all wet because he thecar
Ose
16 My sister her home-made cakes at the
market on Saturdays,
17 Ifno one offers to buy the house, it. by
auction next month.
18 T wish Td bought that antique chair I save P'm sure it
willhave been sold by now.
| teach
19 At the end of this term, I for six years.
20 ‘The children how to make cakes when
one boy dropped his bow! on the teacher's foot.
Complete the chart with the verb forms from exercise 1.
tive Simple
Present
Past walked
Future
Present perfect
ast Perfect
Future Perfect
Passive | Simple
Present
Past
Continuous
Continuous
Future
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
Future Perfect | will have
been sold2 Check it
Correct the sentences.
'm working
1 Ework {hard at the moment because I have exams
next week
2 Its really cold lately, so I've bought a new winter
cout.
3. Manchester United play really well at the moment.
‘Their new player has real talent.
4 Te heard you are passing all your exams.
Congratulations!
5 Iwas doing my homework when my friend was
calling.
3 Using the correct tense
Read the Skype conversation between Nicola in Australia and
her parents in Britain, Put the verbs into the correct tense.
SKYPING THE FOLKS
N Hello! Dad, I‘ (look) at the top of your
head at the moment! Reposition the camera so I can
see your face
D Sorry, Ijust? (not understand) this,
technology. [7 only just learn) how to
text! Oh my! I can’t believe it. [can see you on my
computer screen Nicola! I* (call) your
mum, Jackie, come here quick!
N Dad, you're so funny. 1° (do) this for
ages with my friends. It's so good to see your face.
M Sorry,"
6 When I wasa little girl, 've always spent my pocket
‘money on sweets
7 Twent out with Paulo for two years now, and we're
still crazy about each other.
8 Tcantt decide what to buy my brother for his
birthday. Pethaps I'm going to get him a new shirt.
9 A one-day strike has called by French air trafic
control for this Friday.
10 The teacher said that Megan had been working hard
and was deserved to pass all her exams.
in Brighton to
get some sea air.
We
(save) hard at the
moment to come and
see you at Christmas. I (not realize)
how expensive flights are, At last! Here's your mum.
Jackie, what” you___ (do)?
(not hear) you. Oh my! It’s
our Nicola on the computer, as clear as can be. Hi,
darling! I wish I could give you a big hug,
D How are the children? They look so grown up in those N Me too, Mum. Not long now before you and Dad
I®__ (nt see) you for so long!
photos you (email) us.
N They're fine. Ollie* (study) for his Year
12 Certificate. He hopes he? (accept)
at the University of Melbourne next year. Becky
"__hoose) to play for her university
netball team ~ she’s so pleased. Anyway, how are you
and Mum? Where is she? I want to speak to her.
D She" (get) abit deaf. 1
(shout) louder. Jackie, come here! It's Nicola.
Anyway, where was I? We're both fine. We
»______ go) on holiday last month but we just
“___ (stay) at a cheap bed and breakfast
@ Listen and check.
M Lovely, we
(be) here. At least now we
can see each other.
Now you know
what to do, we
can Skype every
weekend.
(look forward to)
that. Anyway, tell
us how you are,
darling.
Unit] + Home and away! 5Passives
4 Active or passive?
1 These active sentences can sound unnatural. Rewrite
them using the passive.
1 They built our house in the 17th century,
2 Someone's decorating my fat at the moment
3. Has someone fixed the coffee machine yet?
2
4. We ate in restaurants while they were building the
new kitchen.
While the new kitchen
5 When we went up to our hotel room, we found that
someone hadnt cleaned it.
6 They won't recognize her in those dark glasses.
She
2 Pat the verbs in brackets into the correct tense and
form, active or passive.
1 The burglars (catch) as they
_______ (leave) the office,
2. The postbox__
always __ (empty) at 12 noon.
3. Her neighbours
build a huge extension,
(grant) permission to
4 We (drive) down a quiet country lane
when suddenly we ___(overtake) by a
police car,
5 When I woke up this morning, the world looked
magical. It (snow) all night.
6 When you_ (arrive) in New York, you
(pick up) by one of our drivers and
taken to the conference centre.
6 Unit + Home and away!
5 Tense review
1 Put the verbs into the correct tense,
‘or passive, positive or negative.
Te Elect Te)
ry name is Matt Perry and I'm
14 years old. My family
+___ (move) to japan
from Denver, Colorado three years
‘ago, and we*_____ live)
in Tokyo for the past two years. At
Ast it was areal culture shock and
(think) 14.never fin,
‘ut now Tokyo feels just like home,
and 14 “(miss) it when
‘we go back to Denver next year.
DEERE
My dad's an officer in he US Air Force and he *
(be/relocate) to work in other countries several times. Inthe
past, Mum and stayed in Denver, but we
(ot wand) to be apart from my dad again, so ths time
we all moved, We?
(he) here for four years
by the time we return home. That's the longest my dad
(live) anywhere since he was my age.
2. Here are the answers to some questions about Matt.
Complete the questions.
1 How ?
For three years,
DaWhereiee ee de ee
Denver, Colorado.
BE Why Rieter rae 47
His father was relocated there.
4 What
He joined a football club.
5 What
Japanese.
6 Why.
Because the characters are confusing.
7 What.
‘TV and comics.
Wier nee Ty
Next year.
for three years?v always (think) that
Japanese people were quite reserved,
but they're really sociable. When we frst
arrived, 1° (join) a football
club and 1! (make) lots of
American, English, and Japanese friends,
i (earn) the language for
three years now and my Japanese friends
say I'm pretty good. But 1°
(not like) writing Japanese because {always
“ (geo confused by the
characters.
Sol
| miss the TV and my comics, though i
. (get) better all the time, Soon
ve (be able to) buy my favourite
‘American comic here | also miss basketball,
which was my favourite sport before we came
to Japan. My mum” (miss)
her garden because we ™ (not
live) in a house, but a fourth-floor apartment.
Anyway, we” (be) back in
Denver next year and Fm sure we ®_ all
(triss) so many things about Japan.
know I'm only 14, but 've learned an awful
lot about myself from living abroad. I'm going
to feel very grown up compared to the other
kids wher 1 get home.
Auxiliary verbs
6 have, be, or do?
‘Complete the sentences with the correct form of have, be, or do. Write
A for an auxiliary verb and F for a full verb. Sometimes the auxiliary is
negative.
1 [A] They had_ finished supper when we arrived.
2 [F] We didn't have _pizza for supper last night.
30k been a lovely day. Thank you.
4 D1 Talways a shower after work,
5 [1] 1___always had a passion for Indian food.
6 [Maria overslept, so she
7 (What have you. to your hair? You look awful!
8 C] What ___ your new boyfriend look like?
9 (1) This graffiti done by British artist Banksy.
10 [1] My boiler___ being repaired at the moment.
11 [1] Thate_____ the washing-up. Td like a dishwasher,
12 []1___my homework very quickly last night.
catch her train.
have or have got?
7 Forms of have and have got
Complete the conversations with a form of have or have got. Sometimes
both forms are possible.
1 A Rebecca, you
Yes,1 difficulty sleeping at the moment.
Oh dear. Why is that?
Oh, the usual money worries
a headache?
you____an aspirin?
you____any pets?
No, we fi
Oh yes. 1___pets all my life. At the moment,
two cats, and two mice,
you?
Pepe
adog,
Td love __a dog, but I'm not so sure about mice!
Come on! We ____ to hurry. We'e late!
Butl my passport, I can't find it anywhere!
You it yesterday.
1
Tm looking forward to_a few days’ holiday. I
much work for the past couple of months. I
B_ You're lucky! I any holiday left!
a look in your bag.
itl You were right.
> ep we
50
break for ages.
Unit! + Home and away! 7Vocabulary
8 Compound nouns 9. house and home idioms
Tick (/) the correct definition for each idiom. Use your
dictionary.
1 They get on like a house on fire.
a LJ ‘hey have a very good relationship.
[) They are always arguing.
Come in and make yourself at home.
a DO) Tidy the house.
‘b [_] Please behave in my house as if it were yours.
‘Write one word to make three compound nouns. Check 3. Lloyd Webber's new musical brought the house down.
the use of hyphens, one word, or two words in your a L] The musical was a success,
dictionary. b [1] The musical wasnita success.
4 The news report really brought home to me the
horrors of famine.
a (J The report talked about the horrors of famine.
b [1 The report made me realize fully the horrors
ofthe famine.
5 These drinks are on the house.
a [1] ‘these drinks are very pricey.
b LJ ‘hese drinks are free of charge.
6 This shaky old bridge is actually (as) safe as houses.
a LJ Dorit worry The bridge is very safe.
b CL) Be careful. The bridge isn’t safe at all.
z
EG
=
‘Complete the conversations with the idioms from
exercise 1 in the correct form.
1A. was so sorry to hear that your cat died.
B Thank you. When I saw her empty bowl. it really
the fact
that Pd never see her again.
2A How did the meeting with Andy's parents go?
B It was great. We all
3. A. Hello! Sorry were so late. The traffic was terrible,
B Dont worry. Just sit down and.
Tl put the kettle on.
4. A. Did you read those excellent reviews in the local
paper about the school play?
B Yes, I did. Apparently it
1
5A Tm not going up there. It looks a bit dangerous!
B Ob, come on! Its <
and the view from the top is fantastic!
6 A How was that new restaurant you went to?
B_ Well, the food was overpriced, but the manager
gave us champagne
8 Unit] + Home and away! because it was my birthday!Phrasal verbs
10 Literal and idiomatic meanings
Phrasal verbs sometimes have a literal meaning, and sometimes an idiomatic meaning:
Look Mum! My tooth fallen out (iterl)
Literal
1 Complete the sentences with a particle
from the box. Some are used more than
once.
Jenny and Joe have fallen out again. iiomatic)
Literal or idiomatic?
2 Complete the pairs of sentences with the same phrasal verb from the
box in the correct form. Write L for a literal meaning and I for an
idiomatic one.
[away on off back out down in
take off pickup sort out _putup stand up _holdon
1 The dentist said my tooth was bad. He
had to pull it
2 Don't run.
Twant to talk to you.
3. Myaunt fell
broke her leg,
4 Tfell my horse!
5 When the sun went__, it
‘was really cold.
6 A button has come
my shirt. Could you sew it back
!'Come here!
for me?
7 don't feel like cooking tonight. Shall
we eat instead?
8 I'm going to the library to take
the books I’ve finished.
9. Tve just hung the washing out, and it’s
starting to rain. Can you help me to
bring it 2
10 Dont throw the box Tm
sure I can use it for something.
the stairs and
1 [1] Pm coming to London for an interview next week ~ can you
me for the night?
oO ‘your hand if you know the answer.
2 ()1_____all my clothes drawers today, so now I know
where everything is.
(Co We've got a problem here, but if we try hard, I'm sure we can
peer eee ees
3 CL] When Iwas at school, we had to
teacher came in the room.
(F1 You shouldn't let your sister tell you what to do all the time.
You should for yourself more, and say what you
think,
4 [It's too warm to be wearing a jumper. Why don’t you
ecaeetgee
D1 After a slow start, my business finally started to
5 (1) Iwas never taught how to cook. I just. it
from my mother.
1D cae es
just dropped!
6 LIA Can I speak to Kate, please?
B___I'ljust get her.
C1 When you're riding on the back ofa motorbike, you have to
tight.
when the
the chocolate wrapper you have
Unit + Home and away!
9Listening
Tl Missing home
1 @ Listen to Nancy and Amy, two first-year university
students, talking about living away from home.
Tick (V) the things they miss.
1 boyfriend
2 C1 dads chicken cury
3. C1 fiends from home
4 C1 tivingina house
5 1 eve bake after by parents
6 C1 family pet
2 @ Listen again. Mark the sentences true (/) or
false (X).
(Nancy's mum bought her a cake.
(1 Nancy likes the chips in the canteen,
CO) Nancy and Amy do lots of cooking.
2 Everyone else seems to be having a good time.
7 Nancy likes going out all the time.
(The communal kitchen is very clean.
7 ] Amy likes being more independent.
3. Look at the tapescript on p83. Find examples of missing
words in the conversation,
10 Unit + Home and away!
Pronunciation
12. Vowel sounds and spelling
1 @ Each of these words in phonetics has a different
English vowel sound. Listen and write the words.
> Phonetic symbols p10
1 firendi 7 fend
2 Mahi 8 fooks/
3 iki = 9 oth
4 mane 10 I eae
ta a eegae
6 Injul 12, Pinta?
2. Complete the chart with the words from the box. There
are three words for each vowel sound.
‘eter buy water ‘woman
freak dead drew suspicious
decide alarm business drop.
barrier birth adopt culprit
sweeper earth thal abroad
begge far capharage shelter
zoom father couple autobiography
family Sr accident shock
rough should goodness suitable
del i fil inl |
|
leer freak
ol Jul Teel Tel
Text Tail Tail ial
® Listen and check.Present Perfect * Simple and continuous
+ have something done * Travel and transport
+ Prepositions of movement + Word stress
Been there, got the T-shirt!
Simple or continuous verb forms?
1 Present Perfect Simple or Continuous?
Match the lines to make sentences,
1a Heswritten
‘three magazine articles so fa
b Hes been writing | a travel blog since he lft home.
b They've been
2a Theyvemissed you lots, so come home soon,
missing | the bus again.
3. a Paulas been leaving | work early torun some errands
b lveswum
b Ive found
0 @ Ivebeen finding | my cheque book at ast.
b Poul left work eary all this week
4 4 Melon weight recenly
b_Ive been lasing my carkeys
5 a Shes been talking —_/ onthe phone for ages.
b Shes taked about this subject before
6 a Thecat’sbeen going. | next door to have its dinner.
b Thecat’s gone Upstairs
7 a Heshad aheart attack
b He's been having | second thoughts about the job,
8 a Ivebeensavingup | to buy a brand new 52-inch TY.
b Ivesaved up about £500,
9 a Ivebeen swimming, | 20 engths today
whichis why my hairs wet
Ithard to concentrate recently
Tortcise created
outof decarced
nyinder
2. Turning mountains of rubbish into gold.
Read the article and| he correct verb form.
BATT |
mountains of FUDbISH
‘Mount Everest she highest mountain in the world, but unfortunately
itis one ofthe messes, to. Neary 4,000 peone fave climbed / have
been climbing the 29 035 eet Mount Eretest since the New Zealander Sir
Edmund Hilary and Sherpe Tenzing fist *scaled / were scans heights
in 1953. But unlike Hilary and Tenzing these adventure tourists “have
dumpedt/ Fane been domping ones of wsed equipment on Everests
slope. Burke under snow inthe winte, this junkis revealed in summer
when the snow! mets/ 1s meting.
However, now 15 Nepalese atts *tum / are runingthe junk nto art.
They “have worked / have been working ora month to transform
cleht tonnes of Everest rubbish into 75 sculptures, which
7 are now shown are now being shown.at a hotel in the
he aie ea
ss fat 8 believes that
The sculptures "range / are rangingin pice
515 o $2,300. A percentage of the money wat
golngto the ast and the res
Mount Everest rubbish x
turedinto anartexhbition |
Unit 2 + Been there, got the T 13. Present Perfect and Past Simple
Look at the Wallenda family’ history. Complete the
questions and answers,
The Flying Wallendas
17005 The Wallenda family began their
‘cereer as circus performers.
Late The Wallendas were known
1800s throughout Europe as the mastors of
the fying trapeze.
1920 Karl Wallende first walked the
tightrope without anet.
1928 Allthe Wallendas performed at
Madison Square Garden where they
walked the tightrope without a net
afterit was lost in shipping.
1944 The whole family fell off the tightrope in Ohio and survived, Thereafter,
they became known as The Flying Wallendas.
1962 Two family members ded when a seven-person pyramid went tragically
wrong.
1963 Karts sisterinaw, Ritts, fell to her death aged 43,
1978 Karl died after fling froma tightrope strung between two hotels in
Puerto Rico. He was 73,
1979 Nik Wallenda was bom in Sarasota, Flori.
1985 Nik decided he would walk a tightrope aver the Niagara Falls one day ~
he was only six years old!
2001 The Flying Wallendac cot a Guinnece World Record with the first ever
eight-person pyramid.
2012 Nik Wellenda fulfilled his childhood dream by walking a tightrope across
the Niagara Fals
2013 Nik Wallenda completed a quarter-mile-long tightrope walk, 1,500 feet
‘ver the Grand Canyon,
1 How long have the Wallenda family been performing?
Since 5
2. What ___the Wallendas_as inthe late 1800s?
“The masters ofthe flying trapeze.
3 Why ____ the Wallendas
without a net?
Because they lost it in shipping.
4 What to the whole family in Ohio?
‘They.
5 Howlong____ they ‘The Flying Wallendas?
6 toher death?
Nik
12 Unit2 + Been there, got the TShirt!
Simple or continuous review
4 Niagara daredevil
| 1 Read the news article and|
correct verb form,
Friday June 15
NIAGARA
DAREDEVIL
‘Tomorrow will be a historic day if Nik
Wallenda ' becomes / is becoming the first
person in more than a century to cross
the Niagara Falls from the US to Canada
on a tightrope.
For nearly 30 years, Wallenda* has
tried! has been trying to persuade the
‘Niagara Parks Commission in Canada to
Jet him walk across the Falls. At last, he
has granted / has been granted permission
for the stunt to take place.
Daredevil Nik is a member of The Flying
‘Wallendas, a family of circus performers
spanning seven generations, who
already * holds / is holding six Guinness
World Records. He § started / was starting
tightrope walking at the age of two and
now has over 30 years’ experience.
ay‘To prepare for the event, a team of firefighters ® were
‘praying / have been spraying gallons of water at
high pressure to replicate the power of spray from
the Falls. Also, he” has blasted / has been blasted by a
wind machine with gusts of up to 44 miles per hour.
As Nik says, * ‘We play / We're playing with Mother
Nature and Mother Nature has a mind of her own.”
Nik * traverses / willbe traversing a 1,500-foot
tightrope, which " will be suspending / will be
suspended 200 feet above the roaring Falls. He says
he loves the sensation of peace and calm that he
2 ols / is feeling in the plumes of mist from the
surging water.
Unbelievably, Nik didn’t want / wasn't wanting
to wear a safety harness, but ABCTV, who
™ broadcast / are broadcasting the event, would not
risk the possibility of a man falling to his death.
% showing / being shown on live TV.
2 Complete the sentences. Use each verb twice, once
ina simple and once in a continuous tense, active or
passive.
1 rain
It wasraining_quite heavily when Nik Wallenda
crossed the Niagara Falls on his tightrope.
It ralned_for days and our road was flooded.
2 perform
Cirque du Soleil
Hall since November,
David ‘so well in his school play that he
got a standing ovation,
3 have
1____ dinner with friends tonight.
‘They. three children, two boys and a girl,
4 think
You look worried. What __ about?
I it's time you had a haircut.
at the Royal Albert
5 bang
couldn't sleep because the garden gate
in the wind all night!
Ouch! just my head on
the cupboard daar
6 read
1____ this book since the summer and I still
havent finished it!
Iwas thrilled when I
wonderful news!
7 fight
T___long and hard for my pay rise.
Where did you get that black eye from?
with your brother again?
8 expect
Could you get off the phone? I acall.
1____you are studying hard for your exams
at the moment.
9 decorate
Helen's house
staying with a friend.
Their house
‘your email. What
at the moment so she’
ina minimalist style.
10 Tose
I think T must ‘my mind, [can't even
remember what we did last weekend.
Kate is going on her honeymoon next week and she
her passport!
Unit2 + Been there, got the TShirt! 3Passive
5. Present Perfect passive
1 Rewrite the sentences using the passive and omitting
the subject.
1 ‘The bin men have already collected the rubbish.
‘The rubbish as already been collected.
2. Have the workmen repaired the street lights yet?
?
3. ‘The government has just passed some new anti-drug
laws.
Some new anti-drug laws.
4. The local council hasr't built any new homes for
20 years,
No.
5. Nobody has watered the plants.
‘The plants
2. Rewrite the headlines using the Present Perfect passive.
1 Rat Alert at Buckingham Palace
Rats have been found at Buckingham Palace.
2 Banker Bonuses Sleshed)
3 Dramatic Rescue of Fishermen in Pacific
4 Monsoon Kills over 400 in Pakistan
5 Theft of Dali Painting in New York
6 Andante Pyramids Discovarad fa Suda
lissing Teena,
8 Council Shock - 464 Jobs Axed!
14 Unit2 + Been there, got the T-Shirt!
6 have something done
1 Lookat the ference in meaning between these sentences:
Ive repaired my bicycle. = |repaed it mys
My bicycle has been repaired = Someone repaired it
{The action isimportant, not wo ci it)
‘ve had my bicycle repaired =| arenged/pad for someone
‘0 epairit forme, (have + object + past participle)
2. Have something done is used to talk about services that you
ask someone else to do.
‘im going to have my hair cut
1 Rewrite the sentences using have something done.
1 Joris kitchen is being decorated.
e's having his kitchen decorated.
2. My sister wants someone to pierce her ears
She wants to__
3. My eyes are going to be tested,
Tm going to
4 Mrand Mrs Turner's car has been serviced.
‘They,
5 Our television hassit been repaired yet.
We havesit
2. Its Melanie and Ker's wedding day. Look at the notes
and write sentences about what they have had / are
having done.
‘They've had the invitations printed.
She
Recently _ ~ the invitations printed
= wedding dress made
= the cake. decorated
— champagne delivered
~ hair cut
= hair styled
Yesterday
| Today
| = flowers. delivered
| ect week = photas developed
| wedding dress and
| suit dey-cleaned
seuListening Vocabulary
4 The words below are all used in the
7 Off the beaten track listening, What collocations can you make
1 @ Listen to the radio programme. What do the three people do? by combining an adjective in A with a
Where did they visit? noun in B.
A B
suring fre
2 friendly terrace
romantic | welcome
7 erchanting | tourist
> adventurous | views
Kay Monts Viky Smith Gary Braithwaite ey ion
cacking | destination
interesting | paces
arene ae enthusiastic hotel
6 —____ 4 —___ £ —____ five-star atmosphere
2 @ Listen again, Write KM, VS or GB. Who talks about ... ?
1 an uninteresting hotel
love of old western films
2
3. catching food to cat
4 the warm response they received from the local people
5
a sheltered childhood
a room with a beautiful view
3 Are the following statements true (/) or fase (X)?
1 C) Offthe Beaten Track is a radio programme that looks at
Aifferent places to visit on holiday.
2 C] Kay has 13 years’ experience in the travel business.
3 1 Vicky would prefer to stay in a hotel when she goes
travelling from now on,
4 C The Austrian hospice was much cheaper than the hotel.
5 [1] When Gary first landed in America, he found it didn't
live up to his childhood expectations.
6 [1 The Navajo Nation feels like its part of the USA.
Unit 2 + Been there, got the T-Shirt! 15,Vocabulary
8 Travel and transport words
1 Tick the verbs which go with each form of transport.
[ plane | ship/
ferry
car | bus | bike | train
getintojout oF
seton/off
Prepositions
9 Prepositions of movement
Complete the text with prepositions from the box.
Use each preposition at least once.
against on onto
along in off, into
up outof over through
past to towards at
take off
land
ride
drive
catch
miss
board
park
2. Complete the table below with the nouns in the box.
Some can go into more than one column.
# across towns
runway platform seat belt
mode ieee caret Joe planelanded on tme___ Heathrow alrport. He had
euch et ~ stole) tyres exacly onehour toget®____the airport and*_ the
track horn port centreof London to catch histrain*_ Manchester. He
conewaystreet checkindesk ——_trfejam huried> __customs and passport contro, and then
baggage rack timetable hhand luggage raced © ‘the taxi sign at the exit
oo eee ae aa Unfortunately, at that moment, the strap on his rucksack
calycek. ‘etnwes cunted bie broke anditfell’__his back and*__ the ground,
Dirty socks, shirts, and underpants spied al?__the
Ey a bike airport floor. Joe was so embarrassed! He stuffed everything
back his rucksack and, pushing his way ""__
the crowds of people, finally madeit the taxi rank.
Hejumped* ___ theneores tax, shouting ‘Euston
‘Station, quickly please!” The tax! set off at such speed that
‘Joe was thrown forward, hitting his face the glass aa
partion, The tax sped on and finally arrived the
‘ity centre, and inevitably, the middle ofa trafficjam! it would A
- — be quicker to walk Joe paid the driver, lept'®_thetaxi
‘al plana ny ee the} ea EB mat the brightly-it a
shop windows. Atlasthe could ee the tation opposie, but
itwas difficult to get ®. the road because of all the
‘waffi. He reached the station just as his train was leaving, He
jumped”. the barrier, raced" the platform,
andleapt®* ____ thetrain with seconds to spare, He sighed
«with relief he would be home in time for Christmas,
16 Unit 2 + Been there, got the T-Shirt!Pronunciation
10 Word stress
1. Here are pairs of words in phonetic script. Look at the stress marks.
‘Transcribe them.
D> Phonetic symbols p10
1 /tk'sploira/—_/ekspla'retfn/
2 Mpolotiks/ —/,pola'tufn/
3 fovtagra:f/ /fa'tografa/
4 Makfari! ——_Asg'suarios/
5
6
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Ipro'dju:s/—/pro'dakfnv
Jaga'pen!’ —_[dgtepa'nitel
@ Listen and practise saying them.
2 What is the stress pattern of the words in exercise 1? Write them in
the chart.
‘exploration
3. Write the words in the box in the chart above,
Instructor destination egal
adrenaline community reject)
success backpacker Bangladesh
paradise infinite packaging
scientists Philipines charity
disappointment European pallute
spectaclar aftemoon ‘complain
memorial Cambodia ‘emergency
authentic
@ Listen and practise saying them.
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