Grade 9

Frances Treloar WORKBOOK

www.hasanboy.uz
10 USEFUL WEBSITES

VOCABULARY People

1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of

the words in the box.

classmate  ​
contact  ​
guest  ​
member  ​
neighbour  ​
relative

1 Last week our new moved in

next door to us. They’re from Hungary.
2 Do you have to pay to be a of
the online film club you told me about?
3 The staying with us at the
moment are old friends of my mum’s.
4 How many do you have in your
phone?
5 I don’t have any living near me
in London because both my parents’ families live
in Russia.
6 I know Henry because he was a
at my old school, but he was never really a good
Verb patterns: gerunds
friend. GRAMMAR and infinitives
2 Choose the correct words to complete the
sentences.
1 Choose the correct verb forms to complete the
sentences.
1 We talk on the phone every day now so we’ve
become really friends. 1 I finished doing / to do my homework and I went
A old B close to the cinema.
2 His number is not in my list so I can’t 2 My sister enjoys playing / to play the piano.
phone him. 3 I need learning / to learn computer code because
A relatives B contacts I want to create my own website.
3 My moved to a new school last month. 4 My friend wanted buying / to buy a laptop, but
I really miss her. they were too expensive.
A best friend B penfriend 5 Jack doesn’t mind studying / study for exams,
4 Sara and Isabel are of my mum’s. They but Ronnie hates it.
met at work 15 years ago. 6 Sleeping / To sleep for 7–8 hours a night helps
A old friends B classmates you stay healthy.
5 My is teaching me Italian. I’m going to meet
him for the first time when he comes to stay with
me in Wales next month.
2 Match the sentence halves.
1 I tried
A neighbour B penfriend 2 My brother loves
3 I’m thinking of
4 My sister hopes
5 Jay’s worried about
a failing his maths exam. He says he needs to
study more.
b to play for the school basketball team next year.
c to make a pizza for my family, but it didn’t go
very well. It was horrible!
d meeting friends every weekend. They always
have a really good time.
e studying Russian next term. We can choose
between Russian and French.

40 UNIT 10
3 Complete the sentences with the gerund or the VOCABULARY Internet nouns and verbs
infinitive form of the verbs in brackets.
1 I’m planning
when I leave school.
(live) in New York
1 Choose the correct words to complete the
sentences.
2 Sara doesn’t mind (see) the
film for a second time. 1 Click on the menu / link to find out more about
3 You need (study) really hard if saving the planet.
you want to do well in your exams. 2 The web / blog was invented by Tim Berners-Lee
4 I’m really afraid of (lose) my in 1989.
phone. I use it for everything. 3 Amazon is a very popular message board / site.
5 My sister decided (go) to 4 My sister writes a really interesting blog / menu
university in Istanbul. about video games.
6 (listen) to music while I study 5 There are lots of pages on the site, so use the
menu / web to find the page you want.
6 My brother likes writing comments on links /
message boards.

2 Find six internet verbs.

x s u p l o a d r
p a z n t g k q e
o v q i w v m p c
s e s e a r c h o
t r a n w v m d r
helps me a lot.
r d o w n l o a d
4 Tick (✓) the correct sentences.
1 A I’m not very interested in seeing this 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
the verbs in Exercise 2.
film.
B I’m not very interested in see this film. 1 I forgot to the file and lost all
2 A 
The class starts on Monday. Don’t my homework.
forget to bring your things. 2 Chiara her songs to YouTube
B 
The class starts on Monday. Don’t last week and now she’s got a lot of fans of her
forget bring your things. music.
3 A 
I like reading and listening to music. 3 Yuri likes messages on message
Swim is also good. boards.
B I like reading and listening to music. 4 We a great new film onto my
Swimming is also good. computer last night. We’re going to watch it this
4 A 
Thank you very much for invite me to weekend.
your party. 5 Bartek his friend singing a song
B 
Thank you very much for inviting me and sent it to his other friends.
to your party. 6 I usually find the information I need when I
5 A 
At the music club we sing and learn for it online.
to play the guitar.
B 
At the music club we sing and learn
playing the guitar.

Useful websites 41
 READING

YouTube
1 Read the article quickly. What kind of videos are popular on YouTube?

1 YouTube is the name of one of the most popular

sites on the (1) . People watch and share
millions of videos on the site. A young American man
3 The most popular kind of videos on YouTube are music
videos. Every time you look on the site, the numbers
change, but in December 2017, the most popular music
(2) the first video onto YouTube in April 2005. video was of a song called Despacito by Luis Fonsi. More
It was a short film of his friend at the zoo. than 4 billion people watched it before the end of 2017!

2 Now, every month, visitors to the site watch about

6 billion (thousand million) hours of YouTube
videos. This is (3) because it has so many
4 Funny videos of children and pets are also very popular on
YouTube. One of the most popular is called Charlie Bit Me.
It has a young boy, Harry, and his baby brother, Charlie, in it. The
different sorts of videos. When you (4) for a baby hurts the boy a little, and then laughs. Howard Davies-Carr,
topic online, there is usually at least one (5) to a the father of the boys, made the video in 2007, and put it on
YouTube video on the list of sites to click on. After each YouTube for their grandfather to see. Millions of people loved
YouTube video, you can (6) a message, telling watching the video and thought it was funny. In 2017, Howard
other people what you think of it. made another video of his two sons saying the same words.

2 For each question, choose the correct answer.

1 A menu B blog C web
2 A uploaded B joined C contacted
3 A finally B probably C immediately
4 A record B download C search
5 A link B way C app
6 A chat B post C make

3 Read paragraphs 3 and 4 of the text again. Then complete the sentences with one word or number.
1 videos are more popular than any other kind of video on YouTube.
2 The video of Luis Fonsi was the most popular YouTube video in 2017.
3 In Charlie Bit Me, Charlie’s brother is called .
4 Charlie’s father wanted Charlie’s to see the video.
5 Howard made a second video of the boys in .

LISTENING

10 1 Listen to two friends, Cathy and Stuart, talking about a website.

Write C (Cathy) or S (Stuart).
0 S is listening to music when they meet.
1 gives information about a website.
2 wants to find out about the website.
3 thinks the cost after 30 days is expensive.
4 has the idea about their band uploading a song.
5 doesn’t want their band to upload a song at the moment.

10 2 Listen again. Are the sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)?

1 Stuart is listening to his favourite band.
2 The website only has very new music on it.
3 The music on the site is all Australian.
4 Stuart is not paying to download music from the site now.
5 Stuart thinks some of the music on the site is strange.
6 There are about 100,000 videos on the site.

42 UNIT 10
WRITING An email

1 Read the penfriends’ emails and the list of online activities below. Then number the things Hakan
does most 1–3 (1 = most, 3 = least).

Reply Forward
To: Hakan
From: Sam To: Sam Reply Forward
From: Hakan

I use my smartphone or my tablet to go on

the internet. I go on the internet for about I usually use my phone, and sometimes
six or seven hours every day. I spend most my TV, to go online. I spend a long time
time watching internet TV. I also listen to on the internet every day, probably about
music a lot and I sometimes go shopping six hours. I watch videos on video-sharing
online. Tell me about you and the internet. websites most. Also, I often search for
What do you use to go online? How much information for school work and sometimes
time do you spend on it each day? What I upload photos of my pet lizards.
three things do you do most online? Hakan
Sam

What do you do most on the internet? Sam Hakan You

• send and get emails
• read the news
• watch internet TV 1
• search for information
• watch videos on video-sharing websites
• play games online
• listen to music 2
• chat
• upload videos / photos, etc.
• shop 3

2 Number the three things you do most on the internet.

3 Read the email from your English friend, Sam.


From: Sam Reply Forward 

Tell me about you and the internet. What 
do you use to go online? How much time 
do you spend on the internet each day? 
What three things do you do most online? 



Write an email to Sam and answer his questions. 
Write 25 words or more. 



Useful websites 43
11 CITY LIVING

VOCABULARY Places in a city GRAMMAR Determiners

1 Look at the photo below. Answer the questions

with yes or no.
1 Choose the correct words to complete the
descriptions of cities.
1 Can you see a fountain in the photo? 1 This is one of a / the most beautiful cities in
2 Can you see a cathedral in the photo? Europe. It’s a / the capital of the Netherlands and
3 Can you see a statue in the photo? it’s famous for its bridges and museums. It’s a /
4 Can you see a mosque in the photo? the great place for riding a bike.
5 Can you see a stadium in the photo? 2 This is one of a / the biggest cities in the United
6 Can you see a skyscraper in the photo? States of America. Tourists come here to see a /
7 Can you see a temple in the photo? the Statue of Liberty and visit art galleries like
the Museum of Modern Art. The city is called
2 Match the sentences to the places. all / both ‘the city that never sleeps’ and ‘The
1 When you are travelling in another Big Apple’.
country, you can go here for help. 3 This city is in the United Kingdom. There are
2 People go here to see the work of many reasons to visit this city – the parks,
famous artists. museums and shops are all / both excellent.
3 This is a piece of art. It is usually made Another / Other reason visitors come here is to
of stone or metal and looks like a go to the theatre. The Olympic Games were
person or animal. here in 2012.
4 A king or queen’s family may live in this. 4 This city is Russia’s capital. It has the / a very
5 People go here to see a football match. famous square in its centre. It is called Red
6 People go here to find lots of different Square. There are some beautiful cathedrals
kinds of things to buy. here, as well as lots of other / another interesting
7 This is an area with the original houses buildings.
and buildings in a modern city.
a a palace
2 Read the descriptions in Exercise 1 again. What
are the cities?
b a stadium
1 3
c a shopping area
2 4
d an art gallery
e
f
a statue
an embassy
3 Correct the mistakes in three of the sentences.
Which two are correct?
g old town
1 I live on the Black Street at number 10.

2 Vancouver has both mountains and beaches.

3 All the students were waiting to go into the new
museum.

4 We had an sports competition today.

5 I want a penfriend in other country.


44 UNIT 11
4 Complete the article with the words in VOCABULARY Uncountable nouns
the box. You can use some words more
than once.
1 Replace the underlined parts of the sentences with
the words in the box.
a  ​
all  ​
both  ​
the
food  ​ furniture  ​
information  ​ jewellery  ​
luggage  ​ money  ​ staff  ​wildlife

CARDIFF Students:
do not eat your
sandwiches or anything Please leave your suitcases
else in the classroom. at the reception desk.
Cardiff is 1 capital city of Wales.
It’s not 2 large city, but it’s 3 0 food 1
biggest one in Wales. Cardiff is very
friendly. It’s 4 good city to visit
because there’s lots to do there. It’s
Broken glass
can hurt Go online
animals and for further details
by the sea and it has parks, shops and birds in this about concerts
restaurants. It also has 5 theatres park: please take your
at the stadium.
empty bottles home.
and stadiums. 6 the road signs
in Cardiff are in two languages: Welsh 2 3
and English. 7 these languages
are spoken in Cardiff, but 8 first You can use coins or Our shop assistants
language of most people there is English. bank cards in these are happy to help.
car park machines.

4 5

All the silver If you move the

necklaces and rings
desks and chairs in this
on this shelf are now
classroom, please put
HALF everything back at the
PRICE
end of the lesson.

6 7

2 Complete the sentences with the pairs of words.

(food, meal)  ​ (homework, projects)  ​

(news, articles)  ​ (traffic, car)  ​
(batteries, electricity)

1 I‘ve got to do two for my

this week.
2 When I go out to a restaurant for a ,
I usually have Italian .
3 We had to turn off the while Dad
repaired the cooker last night. The in
both my phone and my tablet were empty at the end of
the evening.
4 I never come to college by because the
in the city is so bad in the morning.
5 You should read the on this site today.
There are three really interesting about
city life for young adults.

City living 45
 READING

1 Read the notices and message and underline the

places in a city. 2 For each question, choose the correct answer.
1 What does this notice tell visitors they can do?
1 A go into all parts of the stadium
Staff in every area of the B ask a stadium worker when they want to
know something
stadium are happy to C enter some areas of the stadium only with
answer visitors’ questions a member of staff
2 A You have to pay to use the internet in the
café after ten o’clock.
B You get special offers on the café food
2 when you visit the palace.
AND BUY FRESH
C You can go online and have something to
SNACKS AT THE eat in the café until four o’clock.
USE FREE PALACE’S CAFÉ 3 What will happen each week?
INTERNET A An artist will go around the gallery with
OPEN visitors.
10–4 B There will be a different artist’s work at
the gallery.
C Visitors can watch an artist working.

3 4 A 
In cloudy weather it is free to go up the
skyscraper.
Art gallery tours B If you cannot see anything from the
with one of our artists skyscraper, you can visit again without

every Saturday!
paying.
C You can stay longer at the top of the
skyscraper when it’s cloudy.
5 Why is Jackie writing to Tim?
A She can’t contact one of their friends.
4 B Tim isn’t answering the telephone.
Visiting the skyscraper C She wants Tim to visit Sally.
6 A 
Pay for tickets online before collecting
them at the museum.
Too cloudy to see
B Find out when the tours will happen before
the view? you visit the museum.
Get free tickets for C Ask at the reception desk when you can
another day. buy tickets online.

5
Tim
I didn’t hear anything from Sally this
morning. Did she call you? I can go round
to her house later. Let me know.
Jackie

6
MUSEUM TOURS
Check the timetable on our
website, then buy your tickets
at the museum reception desk.

46 UNIT 11
 LISTENING WRITING Formal and informal messages

11 1 Listen to someone talking about a sports stadium

and tick (✓) the correct sentences.
1 Read the three messages and answer the questions.
1 Which message from Deniz is more formal: the
The speaker one to Maisie or to Mr Greg?
1 tells you what’s going to happen 2 Which words and / or phrases show you it is
in one month. more formal? Circle these in the text.
2 gives you information about when 3 Which words and / or phrases in the other
the stadium’s open. message show you it is more informal? Underline
3 is talking to stadium staff. these in the text.
4 wants you to go to the stadium.

11 2 Listen again and choose the correct answers. From: Deniz:

Hi Maisie, can you tell me the name of the

e
book we have to buy for our science class? I

Har l a k Stadium didn’t write it in my notebook. Thanks! Deniz

5 Ja nu ar y From: Maisie:
the city’s biggest party! Hi Deniz, sorry, I can’t help you. I wasn’t
New Year’s family party –
es for each person a at school last week, when Mr Greg told
Family of four: £50. Includ
and dancing. the class. Can you tell me when you know,
1
meal / snack, music, games
please? Maisie
11 Jan ua ry
Music concert with top band Money Talk
s
The band will perform songs from their To: Mr Greg Reply Forward

number one album 2 Money / Honey. Ticke From: Deniz Mehmetoglu

ts
cost 3 £43 / £45 online.
Dear Mr Greg,
14 Janua ry Please could you tell me the name of the science
book we need to buy? I’m afraid I did not write it
in my notebook.
Professor Clinton Richards is talking
about his new book Know Everything. Deniz Mehmetoglu
The first 4 five / thirty-five people to buy a
ticket will meet Professor Richards in the
stadium’s 5 restaurant / cinema.
2 Yesterday your teacher, Mrs Gibson, told your
class the dates of the school trip to Paris. You
were not at school.
18–2 1 Janu ary Write two emails asking for this information.
Tennis tournament – 18th and 19th • one to a friend
for players 6 under / over 16, and • one to Mrs Gibson
20th and 21st for 7 under 16s /
young adults. Tickets cost £10 every To: Reply Forward

day of the tournament.







To: Mrs Gibson Reply Forward







City living 47
12 FILMS

Relative pronouns who,

VOCABULARY Types of film GRAMMAR which, that

1 Complete the types of film with the missing

vowels.
1 Choose the correct relative pronoun.

1 ct n
2 n m t d
3 dv nt r
4 m s c l Hi Martha, do you want to come and see
5 sc nc f ct n The First Way with me? It’s that musical
film 1 which / who tells the true story of a
2 What kind of films are these? Put the letters in the
correct order.
woman 2 which / who was a doctor in the
1800s. It’s got Meryl Dole in it – the singer
1 La La Land (clumasi)
3
which / who looks like you, Martha!
2 Bilal: A New Breed of Hero (timneada imlf) Everyone 4 which / who sees the film
says it’s brilliant. It’s on at 2.30 or 7.30 on
Saturday at the cinema 5 which / who is
3 Transformers: The Last Knight (cicnese infocit)
behind the art gallery. If you want to come,
let me know the time 6 which / who is best
4 Baby Driver (lertihlr)
for you. Ella
5 Summer 1993 (radam)

3 Choose the correct answers. Sometimes more

than one answer is possible. 2 Put the words in the correct order to make
sentences. Which sentence matches the photo
1 When you watch this this kind of film, you will below?
probably be frightened.
A a horror film 1 has / which / The Arts Centre cinema / large
B a musical seats / really comfortable / are
C a thriller 
2 Songs are an important part of this kind of film. 
A a comedy 2 films / three hours / don’t like / I / that / longer
B an adventure film than / are
C a musical 
3 This kind of film is usually very exciting. 
A an adventure film 3 actors / the stars of / are usually / who / are /
B a comedy very fit / action films
C an action film 
4 This kind of film uses moving drawings. 
A a drama 4 the actor / in the Avengers films / that / is /
B a science fiction film Scarlett Johansson / plays Black Widow
C an animated film 
5 You hear real actors in this kind of film, but you 
don’t actually see them. 5 likes / my oldest brother / the only person in our
A a horror film family / is / horror films / who
B an animated film 
C a musical sentence
6 This kind of film is funny.
A a thriller
B an action film
C a comedy
7 This kind of film tells a story about people’s
feelings and problems.
A an animated film
B a horror film
C a drama

48 UNIT 12
3 Tick (✓) the correct sentences. VOCABULARY Conjunctions
1 A Y esterday I bought a black jacket and a
pair of jeans who are blue.
B Yesterday I bought a black jacket and a
1 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

pair of jeans which are blue. 1 Would you like to go to the cinema when / while I come
2 A When you come here we can go back from work, Lucas?
swimming in the lake who is near 2 There’s a cinema in my town if / where they give you a
my house. free piece of cake during the film.
B When you come here we can go 3 I don’t like watching films, so / that I never go to the cinema.
swimming in the lake that is near 4 I enjoy listening to music where / while I’m reading books
my house. for school.
3 A Last Saturday I bought a white skirt 5 While / If I finish my project soon, I’ll watch that thriller
which cost 40 dollars. with you.
B Last Saturday I bought a white skirt 6 Pablo says if / that the musical is on twice on Saturdays.
which it cost 40 dollars. 7 My brother doesn’t enjoy watching comedy films or / when
4 A My favourite birthday present is my musicals with me because I laugh and sing too loudly.
bike. It was Jim gave it to me.
B My favourite birthday present is my 2 Complete the sentences with the words in brackets.

bike. It was Jim who gave it to me. 0 I go to the cinema when it’s raining. I go to
5 A You need to bring three pencils and the the old cinema, where the snacks are cheap.
book that the teacher will give you. (where, when)
B You need to bring three pencils and the 1 I think musicals are terrible
book who the teacher will give you. the actors aren’t brilliant singers. (that, if)
2 I was really scared in the film the
boy suddenly fell off the horse. I closed my eyes
he was running through the forest.
(while, when)
3 It’s difficult to enjoy a film you’re sitting
behind someone who’s really tall. I always sit at the front
of the cinema, nobody can sit in front
of me. (where, when)
4 My grandma told me she went to the
cinema nearly every evening she was a
younger woman. (when, that)
5 We could go and see that police drama tonight
you want to, or we could go on Thursday,
that action film will be on. (if, when)
6 I’m not going out this evening I might
watch TV I might go to bed early. (or, so)

Films 49
 READING

1 Read the text quickly. How many days was the film festival? What people said
abo
Film Festival at the ut Plymouth
Arts Centre
William Milo Freddie
In June, I went to the Plymouth Film The Plymouth Film Festival is always a There were lots of good things about
Festival for the first time. I stayed with wonderful weekend. All the people who Plymouth Film Festival. The only problem
my aunt in Plymouth city centre, and work to make the festival happen are was that it was too short. For me, no
I was there for the whole weekend so friendly and really love the films they other film festival is as good as this one,
of the festival. I had a great time. show. This year it was difficult to choose and I’d like it to be for two weeks instead
Everything, from the films to the food which films to see because there were so of two days. One great thing was making
available in restaurants and cafés many different kinds, from horror films to new friends after every film – we all loved
near the Arts Centre, was exactly musicals. I wanted to see many more but I the films and talked for hours about
right. But I especially loved the short didn’t have time. The best thing that I saw them. I’d like to go back to Plymouth
animated films and the comedies. I was the winner of the student’s prize. It soon – what a great place. I really want
can’t wait to see more next June. was a short drama called Uncle. to learn more about its history.

2 For each question, choose the correct answer. Write W for William, M for Milo or F for Freddie.
1 Which person is interested in finding out more about the city where the festival happened?
2 Which person is planning to go to the film festival again?
3 Which person thinks the festival is better than any other film festival?
4 Which person enjoyed meeting other people at the festival?
5 Which person says there was a wide variety of films at the festival?
6 Which person says the festival was
perfect in every way?
7 Which person says which film was
his favourite at the festival?

LISTENING

1 For each question, choose the correct answer.

You will hear Marina telling her friend Lucas about a film she is going to make.
12
1 Who will Marina spend Friday evening with?
A her family B Lucas and Sarah C some classmates
2 The students who will take part in the competition are from
A just Marina’s school. B all parts of the country. C several countries.
3 The film that Marina is planning is a
A thriller. B comedy. C musical.
4 When will Marina know if her film is the competition winner?
A on 12th June B on 19th June C on 30th June
5 Where is the film festival?
A at the Arts Centre
B at the old cinema
C at the film school

50 UNIT 12
WRITING An invitation to a club 2 Read the film club poster and answer the
questions. Don’t forget the prepositions (in, at,
on) in some of the answers.
1 Read the book club poster and the invitation from
Anya. Then complete the answers to the questions. 1 Where is the film club?

1 Where is the book club? 2 What time does the film club start?
in 
2 What time does the book club start? 3 What’s the title of the film that club members
at will watch next month?
3 What’s the title of the book that club members 
are reading this month? 4 What day is the book club?

4 What day is the book club? 5 What kind of film will the club members watch
on next month?
5 What kind of book are the club members reading 
this month? 6 What time does the film club finish?
a 
6 What time does the book club finish?
at
7 What does Anya think of the book?
it’s College
Film Club
Teenagers’ ❯ When: first Friday of every month 2.30–4 pm

Book Club ❯ Place: Art Room 3

❯ Next month’s film: animated film Spirited Away

When: first Monday of

every month 4–5.30 pm 3 Write to a friend and invite them to the College
Film Club. Include the points below.
Place: the town library
• when it is
This month’s book: • what time it starts and finishes
Harriet Streep’s new • the title of next month’s film and what kind of
thriller Leave film it is
before midnight • what you think of the film (you watched it three
years ago)
• ask your friend to respond to the invitation




Hi Priti 
Would you like to come to the Teenagers’ 

Book Club with me? It’s on the first Monday

of every month in the town library. It starts at

four o’clock and finishes at 5.30. This month

we’re reading Leave before midnight, which is 
a thriller by Harriet Streep. I’m reading it really 
quickly because it’s so exciting. Let me know 
if you want to come! 
Anya 





Films 51
13 LIFE EXPERIENCES

VOCABULARY Outdoor activities

1 Choose the nouns which don’t go with the verbs

and phrases. Sometimes more than one answer
is possible. Present perfect with ever
0 climb …
GRAMMAR and never
A a mountain B the sea C a tree
1 kayak down …
A a river B a cave C a hill 1 Complete the sentences with the past participle
form of the verbs in the box.
2 pick …
A wild fruit B wild eggs C wild birds
camp  ​explore  ​listen  ​
3 camp …
play  ​
visit  ​watch
A in a forest B under the stars C in a hotel
4 play in the …
1 I’ve never to jazz.
A sea B snow C sky
2 My parents have never me play
5 explore …
in a tennis tournament.
A an animal B a forest C a cave
3 Richard has never me in my
6 look for … at the beach
new home.
A fossils B fruit C flowers
4 I have never with my family
7 track wild …
because we don’t have a tent.
A fruit B animals C fossils
5 Emily has never a musical
8 try … climbing
instrument.
A mountain B forest C rock
6 I came to this part of the city once before, but
9 record …
I’ve never really it.
A a tree B a cave C birdsong

2 Answer the questions. 2 Write questions in the present perfect.

0 talk / famous person
1 Which activities in Exercise 1 can you do near
Have you ever talked to a famous person?
where you live?
1 kayak / down a river

 ?

2 pick / an orange from a tree
2 Which activities are you planning to do this year?
 ?

3 play / the drums

 ?
3 Which activities do you think are dangerous?
4 watch / a really scary film

 ?

5 climb / a mountain
 ?
6 camp / next to a river or lake
 ?
7 try / horse riding
 ?

3 Answer the questions in Exercise 2 for you. Use

short answers. For your yes answers, write when
you did this.
0 Yes, I have. I talked to a famous writer two years ago.
1 
2 
3 
4 
5 
6 
7 
52 UNIT 13
4 Correct the mistakes in three of the sentences.
Which two are correct?
2 Complete the conversation with the questions A–E.
Rob: Hi, Anna.
1 I’ve never joined a climbing club. Anna: Hi, Rob. What are you reading?
 Rob: Oh, it’s a questionnaire on a website called
2 I have to tell you that this have never happened timetotry.com. 1
before. Anna: No, I haven’t. Can you ask me some of the
 questions?
 Rob: OK. The first question is: 2
3 Have you ever cooked a meal outside, under Anna: No, never, but my parents have lots in our
the stars? garden.
 Rob: Really? Here’s the next question. 3
 Anna: Yes, last week during a boring drama about a
4 Ayrton Senna was the best Formula 1 driver that man and his motorbike.
have ever lived. Rob: 4
 Anna: No, I haven’t, but I’d like to. What’s the next
 question?
5 I really like Call of Juarez. It’s the best video Rob: 5
game that I have never played. Anna: Yes! Once I wrote an email to a friend but put
 Mum’s address on it – Mum thought it was
 funny, but I didn’t!
Rob: Oh no!
A Have you ever ridden one?
VOCABULARY Past participles B Have you ever grown your own vegetables?
C Have you ever sent a message to the wrong
person?
1 Find the past participles of the verbs in the box.
D Have you ever been on that site?
E Have you ever slept during a film at the cinema?
be  ​break  ​eat  ​ fly  ​ grow  ​
have  ​
send  ​
make  ​
sleep  ​
meet  ​
swim
ride  ​
3 Write questions with Have you ever, the past
participles of the verbs in brackets and your
own ideas.
s e d g r o w n d 0 Have you ever been to a desert? (be)
1 (fly)
t a o l h a d b i 2 (eat)
3 (swim)
e a t e n b s e g 4 (ride)
5 (break)
p g r s t r w e r

m I n t k o s n I

e d x v m k e s d

t m a d e e n l d

b w c m u n t e e

l s w u m n c p n

f l o w n p f t t

Life experiences 53
 READING

1 Read the emails quickly. Who do you think is going to have the most exciting weekend, Julia or Marta?

2 For each question, write the correct answer.

Write one word for each gap. To: Marta Reply Forward

From: Julia

Hi Marta,
To: Julia Reply Forward
That’s OK, perhaps next time. I went
From: Marta
skiing when I (4) eight
but don’t remember much about it. We’re
Hi Julia,
both having such active weekends! Mum
Thanks for your invitation to go camping (5) I want to kayak
(0) with you at Green River down the river. I’ve (6)
this weekend. I’m afraid I can’t because kayaked before and I’m excited about
I (1) going skiing doing it for the first time.
this Saturday for the first time.
Send some photos of your skiing trip!
(2) you ever tried it?
I think it will (3) good fun. Julia
Marta

3 Read the adverts below for the places from the emails
in Exercise 2. Then write A, B or A and B for each sentence.
1 Marta is going there this weekend. 5 You can rent some clothes you will
2 Julia is going there this weekend. need for the activity.
3 Some classes for adults cost more 6 It is possible to book a place to stay
than for children. which is at the activity centre.
4 You can learn to do an activity that 7 You can learn an activity there
you haven’t done before. in December.

A Green River
B
Activity Centre
High Hill e
Camp next to Green River and try Winter Activity Centr
a sport you’ve never done before!
Skiing for the first time?
• Week-long sailing and fishing
❯ Weekend or week-long courses available
courses available April–September November–March, staying in one of the
• Kayaking courses for beginners every weekend many hotels in High Hill village
(only 1 km away from the centre) – why
all year, half-price for children under 14
not let us book the hotel for you?
• We have the kayaks; you bring the waterproof
❯ Special weekend offer for adult and
jackets and trousers child beginners: four lessons for the
Tents and wooden price of three
holiday homes for groups ❯ Rent everything you need to ski from us,
available on the campsite including jackets and boots
for rent April–September

54 UNIT 13
 LISTENING

13 1 Listen to a TV interview with a rock climber and tick (✓) the things they talk about.
A why Agnes enjoys being on TV D Agnes’s favourite rock
B Agnes’s family E how Agnes feels when climbing
C other work that Agnes has done

13 2 Listen again. Are the sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)?

1 She has been on two TV shows. 6 She has climbed 300 metres in one day.
2 She has been scared when climbing. 7 She has worked in a museum.
3 She has been excited when climbing.
4 She has climbed with her husband.
5 She has been on a climbing trip with her son.

WRITING A report about a questionnaire

1 Read the article from a teenagers’ magazine

and answer the questions.
2 Read the questionnaire in Exercise 1 again and
complete the report about questions 1–5 only.
1 What is the name of the magazine? School experiences questionnaire, questions 1–5
 In last month’s questionnaire about school
2 When did the magazine give readers the experiences, 1
questionnaire? students gave their answers to the questions.
 None of the students who gave their answers
3 Where did readers give their answers? have 2 and all of the
 students have 3 . Most
4 How many people gave their answers? of the students have swum in a sports class and
 4
. Some of the students
5 Which school experiences have you had? have 5 .
Tick (✓) the You column in the questionnaire.
 3 Write a report about questions 6–10 in the
questionnaire in Exercise 1.
School experiences questionnaire, questions 6–10
riences –
School expeyour


answers! 
YOLO! Magazine wanted to know all about your 
school life and gave you this questionnaire last 
month. 6,126 of you went on our website and gave 
these answers to the questions. 


Have you ever … Yes You (✓) 
1 grown plants at school? 80% 
flown somewhere for a 0% 
2 
school trip?

3 swum in a sports class? 95% 
eaten something in a 100% 
4
classroom? 
5 ridden a bike to school? 45% 

6 broken a bone at school? 15%

been excited about doing an 100% 
7
activity at school? 
8 had a great teacher at school? 83% 

made something useful at 94%
9 
school?

looked for fossils on a 0%
10
school trip?
Life experiences 55
14 SPENDING MONEY

VOCABULARY Shops

1 Match the words in the box to the pictures.

bookshop  ​café  ​ chemist  ​ clothes shop  ​ department store  ​

market  ​shoe shop  ​ supermarket  ​ sweet shop

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

2 Choose the things which you can’t usually buy in the shops.
0 bookshop a dictionary a notebook a drum a diary
1 bakery bread a cake biscuits a video game
2 clothes shop a jacket a map jeans a T-shirt
3 market bananas carrots cameras eggs
4 shoe shop shoes trainers boots trousers
5 supermarket a piano cereal a cucumber lemonade
6 sweet shop chocolate tomatoes lollipops sweets
7 newsagent’s jewellery newspapers magazines comics
8 butcher’s burgers meat chicken legs grapes

GRAMMAR Present perfect with just, yet and already

1 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1 Have you bought anything from the new clothes shop yet / just?
2 Sasha has already / just missed the train. It left only a minute ago.
3 The new supermarket has already / yet opened. I went there last week.
4 I’ve yet / just seen Jon. He was in his favourite place: the sweet shop.
5 I haven’t been to the market yet / already. Do you need anything?
6 I’ve just / already seen that film three times. I love it!

56 UNIT 14
2 Complete the conversation with yet and already. VOCABULARY Units of measurement
Nicola: You look busy, Alex.
Alex: I am. I haven’t finished my history project
1
.
1 Match the letters and symbols to the words.

Nicola: That’s OK. We don’t have to give it to 1 cm a cents

Mr Cameron until Monday. 2 kg b litres
Alex: Have you finished yours 2 ? 3 € c pence
Nicola: Yes, I’ve 3 done mine. 4 c d euros
Alex: That’s good. I’ve had three projects to do 5 ml e grams
this week. 6 m f millilitres
Nicola: Have you done your geography project 7 £ g kilometres
4
? 8 p h centimetres
Alex: Yes, I have. I did that this morning. 9 l i kilograms
Nicola: Good. Why don’t you come with me 10 g j dollars
for a coffee? I haven’t had a break 11 km k pounds
5
this morning. 12 $ l metres
Alex: I’ve 6 had a break.
Nicola: Have another one – you look tired. 2 Complete the sentences with a word, letters or
a symbol in Exercise 1.

3 What’s just happened? Write complete sentences. 1 There are 1,000 in a litre.
2 In the UK, a Big Mac burger costs about
0 I / eat / sandwich
I’ve just eaten a sandwich. 3.20.
1 She / play / tennis match 3 People use to buy things in
 Spain.
2 He / get home 4 There are 1,000 metres in a .
 5 In one dollar, there are 100 .
3 We / see / concert
 3 Complete the text with the words in the box.

4 They / leave / shoe shop

pair  ​
set  ​
slices  ​
variety


4 Correct the mistakes in three of the sentences.

Which two are correct? Today I went to the shopping centre
1 I’ve just had a birthday, and my friend Ava and spent seven months’ pocket money!
bought me a CD.
I bought a 1 of trainers,

 some pens in a 2
of
2 Yesterday, I left a book at your house and I need different colours and a 3

it because I don’t do my homework yet.

of Robert Pattinson DVDs. I also bought a

 chocolate cake, and when I got home, I ate
3 I’m just watched the football game with my two 4 of it while I watched
family. It was really fun.
my new DVDs.


4 I’m going to paint my bedroom next week, and
you’ve already said that you’re going to help me.


5 I’m in England. I haven’t seen much already
because it’s rained every day.



Spending money 57
 READING

1 Read the text and choose the correct answer.

What does this article do?
A It explains why people should not go shopping.
B It gives readers advice about how to stop spending money.
C It tells young people how to get more money to spend.

SP E N D I N G M O N E Y
with money when
Different people do different things
can buy something
they have it. Some keep it until they
all very quickly.
they really want, and some spend it

Do you spend too much money? Do you spend your money as soon as you
get it? Lots of teenagers love shopping, and 1 . But if you want to keep
your money for longer, read our tips.
• In a notebook, write down 2 . Look at your list at the end of the month and
decide if anything was not a good thing to buy.
• When you go shopping, take a list of all the things you want to buy and 3 .
• Buy things from a market. The prices are often better there 4 .
• When you are in a shop, ask yourself: why am I buying this – 5
or
do I only want it at this minute?
• Don’t buy something only because it’s cheaper than usual. You probably don’t
really need it.
• Use cash if possible – 6 it is too easy to forget how much you are
spending. You can’t spend more cash than you’ve got!
• Do things that are fun and free: talk to friends, go for a walk, ride your bike, play
board games or 7 .

2 There are seven phrases and sentences missing. Choose the correct place in the article for A–G.
A than in shops E when you use a bank card
B try not to buy anything else F borrow a book from the library
C it is a favourite free-time activity for lots of people G everything that you buy each month
D will I really want it or need to use it tomorrow

LISTENING

14 1 Listen to Marie and Harry talking about a shopping

trip. Tick (✓) the things you hear in the conversation.
14 2 Listen again and write one or two words or
a number for each answer.
A a plan for Saturday 1 Harry bought a pair of .
B directions to a sports shop 2 Harry bought them in a .
C information about things they 3 Harry spent euros.
have both bought 4 Harry’s money was from his .
D a price 5 Marie goes to football matches every
E an invitation .
F a phone number 6 Marie goes to football matches with her
G a shopping list .
7 Harry has watched a
football match with Marie.
58 UNIT 14
WRITING An email
4 You are going to meet your friend Kim at the
shopping centre on Saturday. Write an email
1 Rewrite the sentences with the correct
punctuation.
to Kim.
Say:
0 I’ve just seen nicola.
• what time your bus will arrive at the
I’ve just seen Nicola.
shopping centre
1 What time shall we meet
• where to meet

• what you want to do at the shopping centre.
2 Lets go home.
 Write 25 words or more.
3 I need to buy something from the market

4 I saw mr Smith yesterday.


2 Rewrite the emails with capital letters,

apostrophes, full stops, commas and question
marks. To: Reply Forward

From:

1 dear victor i cant wait to see Quiet Lake it 


sounds really good shall we meet at the

cinema at six see you soon ivan

 
 
 
 
 
 
 


2 hi paloma on friday my train will arrive in the
town centre at ten o’clock id like to meet
you at the café in market street i need to go
to the chemist first to get a new hairbrush
love stella









3 Read email 2 from Stella again and complete the

notes.
0 who the email is to: Paloma
1 what time her train will arrive in the town centre:

2 where to meet:
3 what she needs to do in town:

Spending money 59
15 FREE TIME

VOCABULARY Free-time activities

1 Match the activity to the phrase that describes it.

1 going shopping a having conversations
2 acting b using a camera
3 chatting c buying things
4 photography d being someone in a drama
5 cooking e making music with a guitar or violin, for example
6 playing an instrument f having a game of tennis, for example
7 collecting things g moving your body, usually to music
8 dancing h getting and keeping lots of one kind of object
9 playing sport i making things to eat

2 Read about the people’s hobbies and complete the texts with the words in the box.

acting  ​chatting  ​ collecting  ​ cooking  ​ going (x2)  ​listening  ​ making  ​

photography  ​ playing (x2)  ​ reading  ​ singing  ​ spending  ​ watching

I really like 1
time online and I love 8
2
to other computer games and
people on my phone
9
TV. I like
and laptop. I also love
10
books
3
to music too. I go to the library
online. I live on the internet! every week.

Galina Pilar

In my free time I enjoy

My favourite hobby is 11
musical
4
things from instruments. I’m quite good
plastic, wood and paper. I’m at the piano and the drums.
learning 5 too, I also like 12
so I usually take pictures of them instruments – I’ve got about 30
when I’ve finished them. different ones already!
Tanya Nala

6
is my I go to a theatre group every
favourite thing to do when Saturday morning and we
I’m not in school. I love do three things which I
7
shopping love: 13 in
for food that I haven’t used plays, 14
before, then making something songs and dancing. I like
amazing with it. 15
out with
my friends from the group
Guillermo too – they’re great fun.
Lev

60 UNIT 15
 Present perfect with for
GRAMMAR and since 4 Complete the blog with for, since, has or have.

1 Choose the correct words to complete the

sentences.
I collect postcards. I’ve collected them
1
a long time. I started when
1 I’ve had my phone for / since six months. I was six and I’m thirteen now, so I’ve had this
2 She’s had her computer for / since 2013. hobby 2 seven years. I started
3 They’ve lived there for / since last summer. when my uncle sent me a postcard from Madrid.
4 He’s only played the guitar for / since three He 3 visited a penfriend there
weeks.
every year 4 he was a teenager.
5 I haven’t seen my cousins for / since a long time.
All my friends and family 5
6 We have known each other for / since we were
ten years old. sent me postcards 6 then.
My favourite is a postcard
2 Tick (✓) the correct sentences. that 7 been
1 A I t’s so nice that you’ll come tomorrow. on my bedroom wall
I didn’t see you for three weeks. 8
I was
B It’s so nice that you’ll come tomorrow. ten. It’s a photo of
I haven’t seen you for three weeks. New Zealand.
2 A I didn’t eat chicken since a long time.
B I haven’t eaten chicken for a long time.
3 A Yesterday I bought two dresses.
I haven’t had one since I was six!
B Yesterday I bought two dresses.
I’ve never had one since I was six!
4 A I want to sell my radio. I’ve had it
Collocations about
for four years.
B I want to sell my radio. I’ve got it
VOCABULARY having fun
since four years.
5 A I know Adam 20 years.
B I’ve known Adam for 20 years.
1 Choose the correct words to complete the
sentences.

3 Rewrite the sentences using for or since. Imagine

it is now 7 pm on Monday 21st August.
1 When I go camping with my friends, I always
a brilliant time.
A enjoy B have C spend
0 We’ve lived here since 21st June. 2 My mum’s family are from Argentina and I love
We’ve lived here for two months. time with them when we go
1 I’ve had a headache for three hours. there for holidays.
 A being B feeling C spending
2 Josh has had that camera since April. 3 I collect old watches, and finding an unusual one
 gives me a fantastic .
3 Aysha and Faruk have been out with their friends A time B laugh C feeling
since 2 pm. 4 When you do a free-time activity, the most
 important thing is to yourself.
 A enjoy B laugh C play
4 Davina’s only played the violin for a month. 5 Everyone was really when
 Georgina won the photography prize – her
5 You haven’t phoned me since last Monday. photos were much more interesting than anyone
 else’s.
6 The rain hasn’t stopped for 24 hours. A great B fun C glad

2 Write sentences about you using the phrases in
the box.

a laugh  ​an exciting weekend  

enjoy ourselves  ​spending time

0 I always have a laugh with my eldest sister!

1 
2 
3 
4 

Free time 61
 READING
MAKING SHOES
1 Read the blog quickly. What is Sascha’s hobby?
Would you like to try this hobby? Why? / Why not?
FOR FUN
A blog by Sascha Marr, a
ged 14

My hobby is making shoes. It’s an unusual hobby, but I love the fantastic
feeling of wearing shoes that I’ve made myself.

I’ve always liked designing things. I remember drawing clothes and shoes when I was
eight, and I made my first skirt aged nine. Then three years ago, I began making shoes,
and I now spend my free time doing that.

I became interested in making shoes when my cousin told me about an online

shoe-making course that he was doing. I immediately wanted to do one too. Mum booked
me on a four-day course at the I Can Make Shoes school in London to see if I liked
it, and then I did a ten-day course there in the summer holidays.

I loved the courses. On the longer one, I made four pairs of shoes!
I couldn’t believe it. The teachers were excellent. That’s what was
best about the classes. They made us work really hard but they
wanted all their students to have fun, too.

I’ve made about 15 pairs of shoes now. At the moment I’m

making a pair of trainers using an old pair of jeans, but
I’ve used all kinds of different things before, from old
leather handbags to old cotton dresses!

Making shoes has changed my plans for the future.

I know now that I want to be a designer, but not a
shoe designer. I’ve decided I’ll do home design.
I’ve designed lots of shoes and also some clothes,
so I’d like to try something new.

2 For each question, choose the correct answer.

1 Making shoes has been Sascha’s hobby 4 The shoes that Sascha is working on now are
A for eight years. made from
B since she was nine. A old jeans.
C for three years. B old handbags.
2 The first course that Sascha did in shoe making was C old dresses.
A an online course. 5 In the future, Sascha would like to be
B four days long. A a shoe designer.
C ten days long. B a home designer.
3 What did Sascha like most about the courses? C a clothes designer.
A having fun with the other students
B getting lots of shoes
C having such good teachers

62 UNIT 15
 LISTENING WRITING A post on an online forum

1 Listen to Dilek and Burak and choose the 1 Read the post. Then match the parts of the text A–E to the
questions below.
15
best summary of what they talk about.
1 What do you do with these things now?
A choosing a free-time activity 2 How long have you collected them?
B free-time activities in my country 3 What do you like about these things?
C my favourite free-time activity 4 What do you collect?
5 Why did you start collecting them?
15 2 Listen again. Are the sentences right (✓)
or wrong (✗)?
1 Dilek has been a dancer for
ten years. (A) I collect comics. (B) I have
2 Dilek’s dance group usually collected them for nine years.
meets twice every week. (C) I started collecting them when
3 Dilek dances at weddings. I was six because I liked reading
4 Dilek dances to rock music. them. I bought them every week
5 Dilek always wears a special dress with my pocket money. (D) Now
when she dances. Patrick I still enjoy reading them every day,
6 The oud is easy to play. and I often look for special comics
7 Burak started playing the oud online. The oldest ones are very expensive. (E) I like
when he was six. comics because they have great stories, they’re funny
8 Burak’s dad was Burak’s teacher. and the pictures are amazing. You’re never too old to
9 Burak can also play the guitar. read a comic!
10 Burak would like to be a singer
when he is older.

2 Imagine you have responded to the questions with the

answers given. Write a post on an online forum using
the notes.
1 What do you collect? board games
2 How long have you collected five years
them?
3 Why did you start collecting loved playing them
them?
4 What do you do with these play them with best
things now? friend and brother
5 What do you like about all so different, have fun
these things? when I play them
I collect board games.










Free time 63
16 LANGUAGES OF THE WORLD

VOCABULARY Words to describe language learning

1 Match the questions to the answers.

1 What is the topic of Unit 16? a on a news website
2 Which words on this page are difficult to spell? b in a dictionary
3 What is the meaning of ‘mistake’? c learning languages
4 Can you translate ‘guess’ into Spanish, please? d something that is not correct
5 Where do you find lots of articles? e four
6 When do you make a list? f ‘exercise’ and ‘vocabulary’
7 Where do you look up words you don’t know? g adivinar
8 How many exercises are there on this page? h before going shopping

2 Read the web page about learning languages and complete the text with the words in the box.

articles  ​
exercises  ​
guess  ​
list  ​
look it up  ​
mistakes  ​
spell  ​
topics  ​
translate

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also a lot of fun. These are some things you can do to help improve your level in
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the languages you are studying.

• Read as many books and magazine or news 1 as possible.

• Listen as often as you can to the radio, to songs and to people talking about lots

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of different 2 , so your pronunciation and vocabulary improve.
• Don’t worry about making 3 .

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• Do grammar and vocabulary 4
online or in workbooks.
• Learn how to 5
words correctly.
• Make a 6
of new vocabulary and then play games with the
words to help you learn them.
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• When you read or hear a word you don’t know, try to 7 its
meaning. You can then in a dictionary. But remember
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8

that it is sometimes not possible to 9 a word from one

hello
language to another exactly.

GRAMMAR Present perfect and past simple

1 Choose the correct verbs to complete the sentences.

2 Answer the questions in Exercise 1 for you.
1 Did / Have you ever studied Arabic? 1 
2 Did / Have you do any tests in school last week? 2 
3 Did / Has anyone in your family learned to speak four 3 
languages? 4 
4 When did / have you first study English? 5 
5 How long did / have you been an English student?

64 UNIT 16
3 Write sentences in the present perfect or past VOCABULARY Large numbers
simple.
0 she / work / in New Zealand and South Africa
She’s worked in New Zealand and South Africa.
1 Match the numbers to the words.

1 I / never / meet / anyone / from the USA 1 two billion

 2 twenty thousand eight
2 we / go / to Cyprus / last year hundred and twenty
 3 two hundred million
3 he / study / Chinese and Arabic / two years ago 4 two hundred and twenty-five
 a 200,000,000
4 she / watch / a great cricket match / on Saturday b 225
 c 2,000,000,000
5 he / not win / any chess competitions / d 20,820
since 2009
 2 Read the text and answer the questions. Write
numbers for your answers.
6 we / not see / my grandparents / last month

7 I / never / eat / Mexican food


4 Underline seven mistakes with the present perfect

and past simple in the email. ONE WORLD,
MANY LANGUAGES
Hi David,
There are about seven billion people
It’s been ages since I haven’t heard from you! in the world today and there are about
I’m in London now. I’m studying at the Camden seven thousand, one hundred languages.
School of English! I met lots of people from all But about four billion people speak just
over the world here. The teacher is good and twenty-three of these languages as their
the textbook she gave us at the beginning of the first language. More than fifty million people
course is very interesting. I learn a lot of things speak each of these languages.
from it since then.
Every day, after class, we go into the centre of
London. I’ve already done lots of things! I’ve the 0 How many people live in the word today?
British Museum. It was great! I’ve went shopping about 7,000,000,000
in a market yesterday and bought some clothes. 1 How many languages are there in the
I’ve bought three T-shirts in the market because world today?
they were very cheap and they look really nice. about
They have only cost me £20. 2 How many people speak just 23 of the
world’s languages?
Right, I must go now. I’ve got to study
about
for an English test tomorrow – it’s on the 3 How many people speak each of the
present perfect. 23 languages?
Love, over
Danuta
3 Answer the questions with words. Go online to
find the answers.
0 How many people live in the UK?
Sixty-five million people live in the UK.
5 Correct the mistakes in Exercise 4. 1 How many people live in your country?
1  
2  2 How many people in the world speak your
3  first language?
4  
5  
6  3 How many languages are there in your country?
7  

Languages of the world 65

 READING

1 Read the article. Then choose the paragraph(s) where you find the information 1–4.
1 the number of people living in China and Japan Paragraph 1  ​
2  ​
3
2 the first languages of China and Japan Paragraph 1  ​
2  ​
3
3 the size of China and Japan Paragraph 1  ​
2  ​
3
4 the world’s four largest countries Paragraph 1  ​
2  ​
3

Some differences between

China and Japan
1 China is a very large country in East Asia, with grass lands,
deserts, mountains, lakes, rivers and more than 14,000
kilometres of coast. China covers an area of 9,388,211 square
kilometres. Only Russia, Canada and the USA are larger. China
has about 300 languages that people in different parts of the
country speak as a first language. About 848,000,000 Chinese
people speak Mandarin, more than any of the other Chinese
languages. This is also a lot more than the total number of
people who speak both English and Spanish as a first language.
More people speak Mandarin in China’s cities than in the
countryside.

2 Japan is also in East Asia. It is a group of 6,852 islands,

some very large and some very small. Tokyo, the capital, is
on the island of Honshu. The area that Japan covers is much
smaller than China. Sixty-two other countries in the world
are larger than Japan, including Norway, Mali and Mexico. It
has 364,555 square kilometres of land. Most people in Japan
speak Japanese as their first language. It has six or seven other
languages, but very few people speak these.

3 1,409,517,397 people live in China, and 127,484,450 people live

in Japan. This means that for every square kilometre of China,
there are 150 people. But in Japan, there are 350 people for
every square kilometre. There are only nine countries in the
world with more people than Japan, including China – China
has more people living in it than any other country.

2 Read the text again and match the sentence halves.

1 Fourteen thousand kilometres is the length of the a Mandarin.
2 China is smaller than b nearly all Japanese people.
3 Most Chinese speakers’ first language is c three other countries.
4 There are six thousand eight hundred and fifty-two d people for every square kilometre of Japan.
5 Japan is the sixty-third e largest country in the world.
6 There are three hundred and fifty f islands in Japan.
7 Japanese is the first language of g Chinese coast.

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LISTENING

1 For each question, choose the correct answer.

1 You will hear a girl called Lucy talking to her 4 You will hear a boy talking about his English
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mum. What are they discussing? lesson today. What does he say about it?
A when Lucy will eat this evening A He used his dictionary a lot.
B how Lucy will get to basketball practice B His teacher could not help him.
C if Lucy’s mum can work late C The work he had to do was hard.
2 You will hear a girl called Sam talking to her 5 You will hear a girl called Sophie talking to a
friend about playing musical instruments. Why friend about an article she read. What was the
does she prefer the piano to the guitar? topic of the article?
A She plays a variety of music on the piano. A how to learn lots of languages
B Too many other people play the guitar. B why it is good to learn languages
C The guitar is more difficult. C the best age to learn more languages
3 You will hear a girl talking about her Chinese
homework. What is she explaining?
A She needs the most time to do the listening
exercise.
B She enjoys doing the writing exercises.
C She has only done the reading exercise
today.

WRITING A text about languages and you

1 Read the text and correct it with capital letters.

2 Write notes about you. Don’t forget to use
capital letters.
Your name: 
Your country and its continent: 
C Languages of your country: 
My name is carys and I am from wales, which Language(s) you speak at home: 
Language(s) you learn at school / another place:
is a country in the uk (the united kingdom of 

3 Write a paragraph using your notes from

Exercise 2. Write 50–70 words.
great britain and northern ireland). the uk is

in europe. wales has two languages: welsh 


and english. most people in wales speak 


english, but many also speak welsh. At home 

I speak english because my parents are from 


scotland. I learn welsh at school. I also learn 

spanish and french at school. 




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