UNIT 1

GRAMMAR

UNIT 1

> Consolidation

1. Read the answers. Then write the questions.

1Whats your name?

My name is Matt.

2

I come from Edinburgh.

3

I live in London.

4

I am 13 years old.

5

I like rock and reggae music.

6

I speak two languages: French and Spanish.

7

Yes, I have one brother.

8

My brother is 4 years old.

2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1Do you speak (speak) German?

2Chiara ____________ (come) from Italy.

3What ____________ your mother____________ (do)?

4Fernando and Nadia ____________ (not live) in Manchester.

5____________ you ____________ (play) basketball?

6____________ Fernando ____________ (come) from Spain?

7What sport ____________ Nadia ____________ (like)?

8She ____________ (have got) a motorbike but she ____________ (not ride) it very often.

9They ____________ (sell) cameras in that shop.

3. Write sentences about the pictures.

1The sun is shining.

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3

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5

6

4. Write complete sentences.

1Darrel/not/like/swim

Darrel doesnt like swimming.

2Laura/prefer/play/tennis/to/play/chess

3Sam/love/paint

4Alison/enjoy/watch/videos

5Rick/not/mind/cook

6Hannah/hate/play/basketball

7Bethany/like/go/cinema

5. Write the requests in the correct order and write complete answers.

1go/can/toilet/I/to/the? no

Can I go to the toilet? No, you cant.

2window/open/can/the/we? yes

3Rob/dinner/stay/can/for? yes

4disco/to/can/go/I/the? no

5they/use/can/car/your? no

6. Write the sentences in the correct order using could or couldnt.

1could/when/three/not/walk/she/Sally/ was

Sally couldnt walk when she was three.

2I/not/the/prize/win/year/last/could

3He/young/sing/could/was/Tom/very well/when

4could/swim/I/was/a/baby/when

> Extension

7. Look at the pictures and write a question using the word given. Then write an answer.

1(play) Is the dog playing?

No, it isnt. Its sleeping.

2(sleep)

3(dance)

4(drink)

5(talk)

6(drive)

8. Write questions based on the pictures and then give your own answers.

1Do you like playing tennis? Yes, I love it.

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3

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8

UNIT 2

> Consolidation

1. What is the past simple of these verbs?

1am/is/are was/were

2work

3kiss

4talk

5phone

6ask

7think

8see

9go

10have

11take

2. Rewrite these sentences in the past.

Affirmative:

1She lives in Rome.

She lived in Rome.

2We go to the cinema.

3You talk a lot.

4They see their grandmother.

5You take the bus to school.

6He phones his friend.

Negative:

7I dont play tennis.

I didnt play tennis.

8She doesnt have a computer at home.

9We dont write many letters.

10He doesnt watch TV.

11You dont phone your uncle.

12They dont have lunch at school.

> Extension

3. Look at the sentences in exercise 2. Write questions in the past and short answers.

1 Did she live in Rome? Yes, she did.

2

3

4

5

6

7 Did I play tennis? No, I didnt.

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9

10

11

12

4. Look at the pictures and write sentences in the past. ( = affirmative, = negative,? = question).

1 Did the girl use the Internet?

2

3

4

5

6

5. Write subject or object questions based on the words and answers given.

1Who? Mr Lafarge teaches French.

Who teaches French?

2What? Ian eats toast for breakfast.

3Who? I support Alavs.

4Who? Tony lives in that house.

5What? Listening to music helps me study.

6Where? Heather lives in Cork.

7Where? Cork is in Ireland.

8Which team? Liverpool plays at Anfield.

9Who? Rob likes heavy metal.

6. Choose the correct object pronoun from the box.

himthemither

1I never write to (my grandparents)

2I really like (the film)

3Tom looks at (Jenny)

4We dont trust (Paul)

UNIT 3

> Consolidation

1. Complete the sentences with some or any.

1There arent any bananas in the fridge.

2Is there ______ orange juice in the bottle?

3There are ______ magazines on the table.

4There isnt ______ money in my purse.

5There are ______ beautiful toys in my brothers room.

6There isnt ______ milk in the fridge.

7Is there ______ chocolate in the shop?

8There are ______ envelopes on the table.

9There arent ______ pillows on Brendas bed.

10There arent ______ stamps on the envelope.

11There isnt ______ tea. We have to buy some.

2. Complete the sentences using too much, too many, enough or not enough.

1There are 6 chairs and 8 people. There are too many people.

2There are 6 chairs and 6 people. There are ____________ chairs.

3There is a traffic jam. There are ____________ cars.

4I must write a thousand words and Ive only got 20 minutes. There is ____________ time.

5There are 5 people and Ive cooked 15 kilos of rice. There is ___________ rice.

6There are 22 boys at the party, but only 3 girls. There are ____________ girls.

7There are 5 people and 5 books. There are ____________ books.

8Jamie never sits down, it makes me tired. Hes got ____________ energy.

3. Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective.

1Our school is near where we live.

2Can I have an aspirin? _____ head hurts.

3Sandra cant play tennis because of a problem with _____ leg.

4Is that _____ brother? My brother? No.

5_____ last girlfriend was really pretty, dont you think?

6Theyre lucky. _____ parents arent strict at all.

7Mikes got a new mobile a present from _____ mum.

8Were the best. _____ team always wins.

9Whats _____ name? Shes called Beatriz.

4. Rewrite the sentences using possessive pronouns.

1Its my ball.

The ball is mine.

2Its his bike.

3Theyre our chocolates.

4Theyre my cassettes.

5Its their car.

6Its her CD player.

7Theyre your friends, not my friends.

8Its our dog.

9Its your problem.

> Extension

5. Write sentences about the pictures using the words given.

1(chips) There arent enough chips.

2(goalkeepers)

3(water)

4(money)

5(homework)

6(people)

6. Complete the sentences with possessive pronouns.

1Can I look at your magazine? Ask Tanya. Its hers.

2Its your money and my money. Its ___

3That walkman is _____ but you can use it.

4Rob and Andrea have got a computer. Its _____

5Take it. I dont want it. Its _____ now.

6Do you see that boy there? Well the magazine is _____

7Dont touch it! Lisa doesnt like people touching things that are _____

8We have no homework so the day is _____ to enjoy.

9Is this your mobile? No, its _____, that girl there.

UNIT 4

> Consolidation

1. Past simple or past continuous? Circle the correct answer.

1The wind blew/was blowing.

2I found/was finding 100 euros in the street.

3The birds sang/were singing in the trees.

4She broke/was breaking her leg during the match.

5I slept/was sleeping at the time of the robbery.

6It rained/was raining so we couldnt go out.

7Suddenly I heard/was hearing a gunshot.

8The fox jumped/was jumping over the fence.

9She kissed/was kissing me three times.2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb.

1I (think) was thinking about you when you called.

2We (play) _______________ tennis when my racket broke.

3While she was swimming, somebody (steal) _______________ her towel.

4I (have) _______________ the idea while I was lying in bed.

5He discovered the formula while he (experiment) _______________ in the laboratory.

6When I was shopping I (meet) _______________ Nigel in the street.

7He found his wallet when he (look) _______________ for his keys.

8I did the washing-up while you (sleep) _______________

9When he was reading the newspaper he (see) _______________ the advert.

> Extension

3. Read the story and find eight things you can improve or correct.

Last week I walked 1 along the beach, enjoying the sun and the sea. Children played 2 in the sand and some people were swimming in the water.

Suddenly I was feeling 3 a pain in my foot. Ow! I said, and I was looking 4 at the blood which came 5 from my toe. I was pulling 6 the piece of glass out and I went back to my towel, where my friends sunbathed. 7 Theyre horrible friends. When they saw me they were laughing! 8

1was walking5______________

2______________6______________

3______________7______________

4______________8______________

4. Write complete sentences using the words given and the correct form of (not) have to.

1Lisa/no/get up/early

Lisa doesnt have to get up early.

2Janet/no/help/mum

3Stan/do/homework/5.00

4Tom and Sharon/wear/uniform/school

5. Write pieces of advice using the words given.

1have/shower/every/day

You must have a shower every day.

2clean/teeth/after/lunch

3eat/lot/chocolate

4footballers/train/every/day

UNIT 5

> Consolidation

1. Complete the chart with the past participle of the verbs.

VerbPast participle

readread

make

pass

ask

shut

hold

let

pay

know

learn

leave

lose

stand

fly

2. Write the sentences in the present perfect.

1I eat Chinese food.

Ive eaten Chinese food.

2I see Star Wars, Episode Two.

3Gary drinks papaya juice.

4Neil meets the president.

5They are on holiday.

6You open the box.

7We talk to Penlope Cruz.

8Denise lives in Paris.

9Carrie has breakfast.

3. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1been/Tom/to/never/China/has

Tom has never been to China.

2had/has/Pete/accident/never/an

3never/have/met/Pel/we

4drunk/never/coffee/they/have

5just/been/I/to/doctors/ve/the

6has/a/seen/just/Mara/ghost

> Extension

4. Write sentences using the present perfect.

1Mary/break/a window. She/break/a door. Mary hasnt broken a window. She has broken a door.

2They/start/lunch. They/start/dinner.

3I/read/a newspaper. I/read/a magazine.

4Sarah/lose/her car keys. Sarah/lose/her house keys.

5John/break/his leg. John/break/his arm.

6I/write/to my grandfather. I/write/to my uncle. 5. Complete the sentences using the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

1Have you seen (you/see) the new Star Wars film?

2She ______________ (win) four prizes this year.

3I ______________ (see) Peter yesterday.

4Wheres my car? John ______________ (take) it. He needed it.

5______________ (you/go) to the cinema yesterday?

6I ______________ (lose) my passport, I need a new one.

6. Tick the correct sentences. Then correct the mistakes in the other sentences.

1I have never played hockey.

2I have been to Rome last year.

I went to Rome last year.

I have been to Rome.

3It has been cold last week.

4Mary has lost her keys.

5Jennifer has broken her arm last Friday.

6What did you do last summer?

7. Write questions and answers with ever and never. Use the present perfect.

A: you/drive/a car? Have you ever driven a car?

B: car /motorbike Ive never driven a car but Ive driven a motorbike.

1 A:she/eat/Japanese food?

B:Japanese food /Chinese food

2 A:Theresa and John/play/hockey?

B:hockey /golf

3 A:you/lose/your passport?

B:passport /credit card

UNIT 6

> Consolidation

1. Look at the calendar and complete the sentences about Jamie.

Mondaytoday

Tuesdaygo to the cinema

Wednesdaymeet some friends

Thursdayplay rugby

Fridaygo to the park

Saturdayhave a party

Sundaygo to the mountains

1On Tuesday Jamie is going to go to the cinema.

2What is Jamie ____________ do on Wednesday?

3Hes

4On Thursday

5What on Friday?

6Hes

7On Saturday

8On Sunday

2. Write predictions.

1she finish university/get good job

When she finishes university shell get a good job.

2I grow up/live in Germany

3she get motorbike/travel a lot

4he go to beach/have fun

5holidays start/I happy

6he buy mobile/talk all day

7they have money/travel around the world

8winter come/it snow

3. Complete the sentences with must, may, might or cant.

1Score: 4-0. We cant lose now!

2Do you know where Sarah is? No idea. She ____________ be at home.

3Parachuting ____________ be exciting. Id love to have a go!

4You look stressed. Working twelve hours a day ____________ be good for your health.

5Man ____________ be the cause of the change in the worlds climate.

6Im not sure, but he ____________ win the race.

7Hes twenty metres in front. He ____________ be first at the line!

8Animals ____________ be at fault for the worlds pollution.

9Global warming ____________ cause other problems that we dont know about yet.

4. Match the parts of the sentences.

1If it snows,

2If it rains,

3If its sunny,

4If its cold,

5If I take the bus,

6If I do more exercise,

7If I eat too much chocolate,

8If I dont study enough,

9If I ask you nicely,

10If I give you the camera,

aIll take my umbrella.

bI wont pass the exam.

cwell go to the beach.

dwill you lend me your mobile?

eIll wear a coat.

ftheyll go skiing.

gIll get there quicker.

hmy dentist wont be happy.

iwill you take a photo?

jIll be fitter.

5. Complete the sentences with your own ideas.

1Ill tell you a secret if you promise not to tell anyone.

2If I buy a new mobile,

3If I go to the beach,

4If I fail an exam, my parents

5Ill have a birthday party if

6Ill buy you a present

7Ill be sad

> Extension

6. When there is evidence you can make predictions with going to. Complete the predictions based on the evidence in the pictures.

cryfailfallkissrainwin

1 Its going to rain.

2 Sams__________

3 Elsas__________

4 Theyre_________

5 The babys_______

6 Davids________

7. Are these predictions based on evidence or not? (Remember: will = no evidence, going to = evidence.)

1Spain is winning 3-1. Theyre going to win. (evidence)

2Its 0-0, but I think Spain will win. (no evidence)

3I feel terrible. I think Im going to be ill. ____________

4I think the weather will be good at the weekend. ____________

5Hell pass the exam easily. ____________

6Dont touch that. Youll break it. ____________

7Can you feel the wind? Theres going to be a storm. ____________8. Write the sentences again using must/ may/might/cant + have + past participle.

1Im fairly sure he didnt win.

He cant have won.

2She probably left early.

3They almost definitely bought the house.

4Its possible he was tired after working so much.

5Im fairly sure I didnt pass the exam.

9. Unless means if not. Normally it is used in the second part of a sentence.

Example: Well play tennis unless it rains. = Well play tennis if it doesnt rain.

Rearrange the words to make complete sentences.

1park/cold/unless/its/well/to/go/the

Well go to the park unless its cold.

2score/celebrate/unless/the/wont/they/ fans

3will/unless/die/water/you/them/plants/ the

4has/problem/hell/OK/a/be/unless/he

5home/Ill/music/go/improves/the/unless

6accident/unless/shell/careful/have/shes/ an

10. Rewrite these sentences using unless.

1Hell be sad if he doesnt win.

Hell be sad unless he wins.

2I wont go if you dont go.

3We wont go skiing if it doesnt snow.

4Shell lose if she doesnt play well.

5Tom will come if he doesnt have to work.

6Plants will grow if there isnt too much pollution.

UNIT 7

> Consolidation

1. Look at the verbs in the box below and decide which you should and shouldnt do and write sentences.

do your homeworkhelp at home

watch TV all daytidy your room

eat junk foodtalk to strangers

1You should do your homework.

2

3

4

5

6

2. Complete the sentences for yourself in two different ways using for and since.

1Ive lived in my house

for five years.

since I was ten.

2Ive had my favourite T-shirt

for

since

3Ive been at my school

4My best friend and I have known each other

5I havent been to the cinema

> Extension

3. Give advice in these situations using should or shouldnt and a word from the box.

aspirinchocolatedictionaryfootballplastertrain

1Ive cut my hand.

You should put a plaster on it.

2Im afraid of aeroplanes.

3I dont know what this word means.

4Ive got a bad leg.

5Sarahs got a headache.

6Henrys getting quite fat.4. Complete the sentences using for or since.

1How long have you been living in England?

I have been living in England since 1998.

2How long have you known Peter?

____________________________ we were at school together.

3How long has David had his car?

____________________________ 2002.

4How long has Paula been learning French?

____________________________ two years.

5How long have we been waiting for the train?

____________________________ an hour.

5. Write the questions for these answers.

1How long has it been since you went horse-riding?

I havent been horse-riding since I was twelve.

2

Ive lived in Cordoba for five years.

3

Martin and Sheila have been going out together since last June.

4

Ive been practising the piano for two hours.

UNIT 8

> Consolidation

1. Write the sentences in the passive.

1They make those cars in Japan.

Those cars are made in Japan.

2They sell newspapers in kiosks.

3People buy thousands of cars every day.

4Bees make honey.

5They grow bananas in the Canaries.

6They invented the hamburger in Germany.

7They sold Coca-cola as a medicine at first.

8They gave Father Christmas his red and white clothes in an advert.

9They built the first shopping centres in the United States.

2. Write sentences about each set of pictures using the adjectives given in the box.

oldpopularshyhappy

1Mara is older than Liz.

2

3

4

angrytallyoungwell-dressed

5Graham is the angriest.

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7

8

> Extension3. Write sentences about the people and objects using not as as and an adjective from the box.

bigheavyhotold

populartallwide

1Jane, 16 years old. Tim, 14 years old.Tim is not as old as Jane.

2Andy, 1m 78. Colin, 1m 83.

3Madrid, 38C. London 27C.

4River Thames, 96m. River Ebro, 71m.

5Neil, 68 kg. Mark, 83 kg.

6An elephant. A horse.

7John - 28 votes. Sandy - 37 votes.

4. Passive with or without by. Cross out the phrases which are not necessary.

1 The race was won in record time by an athlete.

2The race was won by a Spanish athlete.

3Rice is grown in Valencia by farmers.

4English coins are produced at the mint by workers.

5Danny was bitten by a big dog.

6The pictures were painted in 1896 by an artist.

7The robbery was committed at night by a robber.

8Two men were killed yesterday by someone.

9TV programmes are made in studios by directors.

10Big Brother is watched by millions.

5. Write complete sentences in the passive using by only if necessary.

1story/write/Internet/writer

The story was written on the Internet.

(by a writer not necessary)

Present:

2Friends/make/the US/producers

3videos/buy/fans of the show

4many/photos/the Friends stars/take/ photographersPast:

5the book/write/1998/the writer

6the story/read/millions

7the fans/impress/story

VOCABULARY

ADJECTIVE SUFIXES AND PREFIXES

1. Make adjectives from these nouns by adding the missing endings.

1creationcreat-ive

2impressionimpress-

3suspicionsuspic-

4doubtdoubt-

5romanceromant-

6fantasyfantast-

7successsuccessf-

8witwitt-

9famefam-

10wealthwealth-

11useuse-

12eleganceeleg-

2. Complete the sentences with the negative form of an adjective from the box.

comfortablecorrectformalhealthyinterestingpleasantpopularpossiblepracticalusual

1This maths problem is impossible!

2That answer is _______________

3Sam is quite _________________

4Janes shoes are very ______________

5Andys clothes were too _____________

6Paula slept in a very ___________ bed.

7Marys book is _______________

8Ann gave Bill a very _________ present.

9The smell coming out of the jar was very _______________

10Gregs lunch is very _______________ADJECTIVES OF PERSONALITY AND EMOTION

1. Order the letters to find adjectives to describe emotions.

1rodpuproud

2nrayg

3eken

4reowidr

5redti

6riesnttede

7dhietfgern

8citxede

2. Complete the sentences using the adjectives from exercise 1 with a preposition from the box below.

aboutaboutbyin

of

ofonwith

1Julie was very proud of her new car.

2The players were __________________ practising in the rain everyday.

3Im very ____________________ my friend. I think hes got a problem, but he doesnt want to speak about it.

4The girls at school are ______________ seeing David Beckham. They think hes wonderful!

5Claires only ____________________ shopping and fashion. She doesnt talk about anything else.

6The students were very ______________ the idea of going on a school trip to Granada.

7When she came home late her parents were very ____________________ her.

8The baby started crying because he was ____________________ a dog.

3. Match each adjective with its corresponding preposition.

1tiredin

2interestedof

3goodabout

4proudabout

5frightenedof

6afraidat

7angryabout

8worriedon

9awareat

10excitedwith

11badof

12keenby

13madof

4. Find 13 more adjectives for describing personality in the word search.

EKTFNQEHAPPYVAIDASOEUTLO

OPCEPTYFVIRR

DLMCUAOFAMEG

RELIABLEYEOA

IAESPLTCHSCN

ESIIPEATWSOI

HADVSOCIAOMS

ONAETERVRCME

NTNJRDAEFIID

ELFAOKOIBATD

SSPGNORFABTA

TIUEGHUMBLEU

PRELAXEDJEDS

HARDWORKINGI5. Write the positive adjectives from exercise 4 and the corresponding negative adjectives.

PositiveNegative

adjectivesadjectives

happy

depressed

ADJECTIVES OF SIZE AND MEASUREMENT

1. Find seven more adjectives of measurement in the word search and write them below.

WLONGDYI

YKESUBEW

AHGBIGMI

SIMKUETD

FGUDSKAE

AHKYKZLU

SKSZBMLY

TWEUAOUA

ADHEAVYM

YUBOSLOW

1heavy

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

2. Match the nouns and adjectives.

NounAdjective

1heightawide

2cheapnessbhigh

3slownessclong

4widthdcheap

5lengtheheavy

6weightfslow

3. Complete the questions with the adjectives in the box below.

bigheavyhighhigh

longlongtall

1How long is the River Nile? It is 6,690 kilometres.

2How ______ is your house? It has three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

3How ______ is Alisons sister? Shes 1m97.

4How ______ is the suitcase? It weighs 30 kg.

5How ______ is the London Eye? It is 140 metres.

6How ______ does it take from London to Stratford? About two hours.

7How ______ do you go on the London Eye? 135 metres above the London skyline.

CLOTHES

1. Match the pictures with the words.

beltbootsearringsshortsjackets

jeanssandalssweatshirtskirtsuit

dresssweatersunglassestietrainers

1sweater9___________

2___________10___________

3___________11___________

4___________12___________

5___________13___________

6___________14___________

7___________15___________

8___________

2. Find the opposite adjectives in the box.

baggycasualuncomfortableshort

smallniceunfashionable

1bigsmall

2fashionable/trendy

3formal

4comfortable

5long

6horrible

7tight

3. Find nine more items of clothing in the word search and write them below.

TROUSERSEWAT

RAEESDOHOWBJ

UJLOHRZIVIOI

YTRAINERSCOT

USSFIFHTNCTX

EBLKJAJJOXSA

AZPLIMOUHEWO

FUUYRRFEMHAN

MJACKETNAPLL

CUHBTEYSSREC

AOFOIJAHUSRR

SUALICUOTLXA

SWITXAYREZJQ

OHOAGXOTAWIT

CBISHOESLTAD

1trousers6___________

2___________7___________

3___________8___________

4___________9___________

5___________10___________

4. Match the words in the box below with the pictures.

bucklebuttoncollarcuffheel

lacespocketsleevestrapzip

1sleeve6___________

2___________7___________

3___________8___________

4___________9___________

5___________10___________

5. Write the words from exercise 3 and the parts of the clothes from the box below that each can have.

buttonscollarcuffshem

lacespocketssleevesturn ups

1trousers: turn ups, pockets, buttons, hem

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

COLOURS AND DESCRIPTIONS

1. Describe the objects using the words in the box below.

checkedplainspottedstriped

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1Its a plain vase.

2

3

4

2. Find nine more colours in the word search.

SBEIGEUOSB

WLHMABIXPR

EAFSBXASEO

XCILHTBGLW

AKPPURPLEN

OGUCBIWBHW

CPRMUXGPAS

ROELTFLIPI

EWDCORANGE

ATIFSIBKRT

MOXMWHEMEO

UYELLOWAYS

1beige6___________

2___________7___________

3___________8___________

4___________9___________

5___________10___________

3. Look at the pictures. Then write sentences to describe them using the adjectives in the correct order.

1(purse) leather, black

Its a black leather purse.

2(bag) plastic, red

3(hat) woollen, white

4(diary) blue, leather

5(rucksack) nylon, black and green

4. Describe the woman in the picture. Follow the example.

1

2

GET

1. Write sentences using the correct form of the verb get.

1dark/9 oclock/in summer

It gets dark at 9 oclock in summer.

2very hot/in August

3I/tired/after/a long day

4eat your food/before/it/cold

5without/an umbrella/you/wet

6I/bored/in maths class

7we/excited/when/Rafael Nadal/plays tennis

2. Rewrite the sentences using get or get to.

1I arrived at the station at 5.30.

I got to the station at 5.30.

2Denise received a letter this morning.

3Sam reached the airport eventually.

4My marks in the exam were bad.

5Kim arrived at school late.

6They gave him a great present.

GOOD/BAD AT, INTERESTED IN

1. Look at the chart and complete the sentences about Ian.

Ian

interested ingood/bad at

1play tennisnogood

2cookyesbad

3play footballyesgood

4dancenobad

5swimyesgood

1Ians not interested in playing tennis but hes good at it.

2Ians

but hes

3Ians

and hes

4Ians

and hes

5Ians

and hes

2. Write six sentences about yourself similar to those in exercise 1. Use activities from the box.

play chessswimrunpaintcook

play basketball/tennis/footballdance

play the piano/guitar/violinsing

1Im interested in playing chess but Im bad at it.

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MAKE AND DO

1. Match the phrasal verbs and expressions (1-10) with the definitions (a-j).

1make an effort

2make a fuss

3make up your mind

4make it

5make a mistake

6make money

7make do

8make a noise

9make up for

10make up

aarrive in time

bcomplain/show unnecessary excitement

cmake a loud sound

ddecide

edo something wrong

frepay, compensate for

gtry

hinvent

ido well financially

jmanage with something even though it may not be ideal

2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of a phrasal verb or expression with do from the box.

do away withdo updo with

do somethingdo someone a favour

1That car could do with a wash!

2The house is very old, but hes going to _____________ it _____________

3Dont forget to _____________ your coat.

4I wish my school would _____________ homework!

5Can you _________ me _____________ and find out if he likes me?

6Karen is _____________ in the garden.

PROBLEMS IN THE WORLD

1. Write the mirror words.

1tnemnorivne ehtthe environment

2raw

3emirc

4sdneirf

5ecnaraeppa

6tnemyolpmenu

7esaesid

8ymonoce eht

9msicar

10ytrevop

11ecnatpecca

12skram loohcs

2. Match the words from exercise 1 to the correct definition.

1People that you know well and enjoy spending time with. friends

2Illegal activities. __________

3The land, water and air that people, animals and plants live in. __________

4When someone is allowed to become part of a group. __________

5A long period of fighting between countries. __________

6The situation or experience of being poor. __________

7Violent or unfair treatment against people because they belong to a different race. __________

8The way that you look. __________

9Numbers or letters that a teacher gives you for your work. __________

10The organisation of a countrys money, business and products. __________

11The state of not having a job. __________

12An illness or serious medical condition. __________3. Complete the sentences with words or expressions from the list below.

against the lawdiscriminationglobal

lookson the dolepeace treaty

solar powervaccination

1Solar power is an example of clean energy.

2The two countries have signed the _____________ after ten years of fighting.

3Drunk driving is _______________

4Stop worrying about your ____________

5She had a typhoid _______________ before she went on holiday.

6He is finding it very difficult to find a job. Hes been _____________ for six months now.

7The ___________ economy is in a crisis.

8Immigrants are suffering serious _______________

4. Match the problems from exercise 1 to the sentences in exercise 3.

1the environment

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3

4

5

6

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READING AND WRITING

KEVINS FRIENDS

1. Read the text and circle the four adjectives which best describe Kevin.

funnygeneroushard-workinglazyquietsociabletalkativeunsociableKevin Crowther likes being with other people and he likes telling them about things. Hes very popular with his friends because he tells a lot of good jokes. Because he likes his friends company, he likes team sports, but that doesnt mean hes good at them. For example, hes interested in playing basketball because his friends play a lot, but hes not very tall and also hes very bad at it. He enjoys football too, but hes not exactly Figo. He doesnt mind playing tennis and hes quite good at it, but he prefers playing doubles because there are four people and not just two. Hes also very good at running but he doesnt like it very much because its a solitary sport. He loves cooking, but only when he does it for his friends. He hates cooking for himself because theres no one to talk to! He also hates working and he prefers watching videos to doing his homework, but obviously, if his friends are watching the video too, he loves it!

2. Read the text again and answer these questions.

1Why is he popular with his friends?

Because he tells a lot of good jokes.

2Why does he like playing team sports?

3Is he good at playing basketball?

4In tennis, does he prefer playing singles or doubles tennis?

5What sport is he very good at?

6When does he like cooking?

7Does he like working?

8Does he prefer watching videos with his friends?

> Write

3. Write a description of a friend or family member. Think about these things:

What is his/her personality?

What are his/her interests or hobbies?

Is he/she good at them?

WHERE AM I?

1. Read the texts and decide where each person is. Write the numbers next to the correct places.beachcinema1city centremountainpark

Text 1Im sitting next to some friends and were all looking at a big screen. Im drinking orange juice and my friends are eating popcorn. Some people behind us are talking very quietly. The man sitting in front of me is very tall, so I cant see very well. This always happens to me when I come here!

Text 2Im walking on the grass with my dog. Hes running between the trees and barking. He usually barks when we come here. Two old men are sitting on a bench. They are talking and laughing. A girl is running and shes wearing a walkman, but I dont know what music shes listening to.

Text 3Im standing at a bus stop, waiting for the bus to come. Lots of cars are driving past and people on the pavement are walking very fast. People always walk fast here, not like in the country. The shops are open and people are buying different things. I can see a man in the shop across the street. I think hes buying a watch.

2. Read the texts again and answer the questions.

Text 1

1Who is she sitting with?

Some friends.

2What is she drinking?

3What are her friends eating?

4What is the problem with the man sitting in front of her?

Text 2

5Where is the dog running?

6What does the dog usually do when they go there?

7Do we know what kind of music the girl is listening to?

Text 3

8What is she waiting for?

9How are the people walking?

10What does she think the man is buying?

> Write

3. Think about a place you go sometimes. Close your eyes and imagine you are there now. Describe it. Think about these things:

What are you doing?

Who are you with? What are they doing?

What usually happens when you are there?

What can you see?

WHICH PLACE?

1. Read the texts and match them with the titles.

aA Train JourneybA Library VisitcThe Supermarket

1My mum says I must go once a week because its important for my education and I dont mind it. The most important thing is that you should be quiet because people are studying or reading. If you want to take books home, you have to be a member and you have to show your card, but if you only want to look at something you dont have to.

2Well, obviously, you have to buy a ticket from the machine or the man in the ticket office. Then you have to find the right platform and wait for it to arrive. When you find a seat, you mustnt put your feet on the opposite seat because it makes it dirty. You shouldnt fall asleep if youre on your own or you might miss your stop!

3First of all, you should make a list of the things you want. When you get there you should get a trolley or a basket. If you need a lot of things, you should get a trolley and for this, in most places you have to have a coin.2. Read the text again and answer these questions.

Text 1

1How often must the girl go there?

Once a week.

2Why should you be quiet?

3What do you have to show to take a book home?

Text 2

4How many places can you buy your ticket from?

5Where do you have to wait?

6Why shouldnt you fall asleep?

Text 3

7Whats the first thing you should do?

8What should you get if you only want a few things?

9What do you need to get a trolley?

> Write

3. Choose one of these places and describe a visit, explaining the rules or obligations.

the cinema

a restaurant

the zoo

FAMOUS IN CHINA!

1. Read the text and decide which sentence best describes it.

aHuman Taxi are touring and having a holiday.

bRick is having a holiday after touring.

cRick is recording an album before touring.

My name is Rick Shaw and Im a singer but Im not famous in Europe. Ive got a band called Human Taxi, with a keyboard player, a bass player and a drummer. I play the guitar as well as sing. I dont know why, but our records are big hits in China and were always in the charts there. Thats why next month were touring China and Japan. Were starting in Shanghai and finishing in Tokyo. In total were touring for two months and were playing in 38 different places! After all that work Im having a holiday. Im visiting relatives in Australia and Im not singing or playing my guitar for three weeks. Im resting before I come back to Europe because when I get back to Britain were going into the studio to start recording a new album. Were calling it Pull. Im planning to study Chinese too because a couple of the songs on the new album are in Chinese and Japanese! Sayonara!2. Read the text again and answer the questions.

1Are Human Taxi famous in Europe?

No, theyre not.

2How many people are in the band?

3What does Rick play?

4Where are their songs in the charts?

5Where are they playing their first concert?

6How long are they touring for?

7Who is Rick visiting in Australia?

8Where are they recording the new album?

9What are they calling it?

10What is Rick planning to study?

> Write

3. Write about your plans for the next few months. (You can invent them.) Think about these things:

Are you doing anything special? What?

Are you going on holiday? Where are you going?

Are you visiting anyone? Who?

Next month Im visiting my cousins in France. Were going by car to Marseille MISTERY MESSAGE

1. Read Stevens story and circle the mode of communication described.

Internet lettermobile phonetelephone

One Saturday morning, when I was bored at home in my bedroom, I received a message. It said: C U at 2.00 next to the big tree in the park.

I thought it was strange because I didnt recognise the number. I also didnt know which tree, and when I thought about it I also didnt know which park, or which city! So I didnt answer. It was obviously a wrong number and I forgot about it. At about quarter past two I heard another beep and I saw that I had another text message. This time it said Im at the tree. Where R U? This time I sent a reply: Which park? A minute later the reply came: Finsbury!! Incredible! My local park! I made a decision. I went to the park and looked for a big tree. I thought, Who sent the message? A boy or a girl? Then I found a very big tree and next to it was a girl with a mobile in her hand. She was beautiful. But was it her? I phoned her number and watched. Her mobile rang! It was her!

2. Read the story again and answer the questions.

1Where was Steven when he received the first text message?

In his bedroom.

2What did he think about the message?

3Did he know who sent the message?

4What did he hear when the second message arrived?

5What did he do this time?

6What was the name of the park?

7Did he go to the park?

8Who sent him the messages, a girl or a boy?

> Write

3. What do you think happened next? Continue the story. Think about these things:

Did Steven talk to the girl?

If not, what did he do? If he did, what happened?

Did she know Steven?

Who did she want to send the messages to?

Where was this person?

Steven didnt know what to do, so he waited for five minutes. The girl started to walk away, so

A SUMMERS DAY

1. Read the story and put the paragraphs in order.

1c234

aThe sisters were wearing only T-shirts and shorts because it was summer and it wasnt cold. Then Beth felt a drop of rain on her arm. She looked up and she saw that the clouds were getting darker.

bHannah started to run. Come on! she shouted to Beth. The rain was falling very heavily now and the girls were getting wetter and wetter. When they arrived home they were completely wet. Their mum said, So you went swimming in the end!

cOn Saturday, Beth and Hannah decided to go to the park instead of the swimming pool. The weather was quite good. The sun was shining at times but there were also some clouds that were moving across the sky quickly because the wind was blowing.

dThen Hannah also felt a drop of rain on her leg, and then another. They decided that it was time to leave because they didnt want to get wet, so they started to walk towards the park gates. The rain was now falling much harder.

2. Read the story again and answer the questions.

1Where did the girls decide not to go?

The swimming pool.

2Was the sun shining?

3Why were the clouds moving quickly across the sky?

4What were the girls wearing?

5Who felt the rain first?

6What did she see when she looked up?

7Why did they decide to leave the park?

8What did Hannah shout?

9What did their mum think?

> Write

3. Write a story about a problem you had with the weather. Think about these things:

What were you doing?

Where were you?

What were you wearing?

What was the weather like?

I was playing football with my friends on the beach. The sun was shining and it was very hot

WHATS MY JOB

1. Read the text and decide what Liams profession is. Circle the correct answer.

doctorfootballergolfergymnast

The first thing is that I must eat well. I mustnt eat unhealthy things like chips or hamburgers. I must eat lots of salad, pasta and fish. This is a bit of a problem because Im happier eating fast food, but if I want to win I must follow a strict diet.

Obviously I must train every day but before I start I must make sure Im ready. I must stretch all my muscles; in my legs and arms, and also in my neck, my back and my stomach. I must be very flexible in my sport and stretching stops me from hurting myself.

Also, I must be very strong in all parts of my body, so I must spend a lot of time in the weight room, lifting weights. The stronger you are, the better you can be at my sport, if you maintain your flexibility.

Finally, I must practise as much as possible. Some of the events in my sport are quite technical and without practice you cant win.2. Read the text again and answer the questions.

1What mustnt Liam eat?

Chips and hamburgers.

2What kind of food is he happier eating?

3Does he train every day?

4What must he do before he starts training?

5What five places must he stretch?

6What must you be in this sport?

7Where must he spend a lot of time?

8How does he describe some of the events in his sport?

> Write

3. Imagine you can decide some of the rules of your school or at home. Write about what people must and mustnt do. Think about these things:

At school:

What must the pupils do?

What must the teachers do?

At home:

What must your parents do?

What must your brothers/sisters do?

At school the teachers must make the classes shorter and the breaks longer and we must watch more videos

SUPERNATURAL?

1. Read the texts and match them with the pictures.

Text 1 ...Karls parents have just received a postcard from their son. Karl says he has been taken to Jupiter by aliens. Karls mother said: Its not the first time that Karl has told us something like this. Hes got a lot of imagination and he has just bought a book about extra-terrestrials. I suppose thats where he got the idea from.

Text 2 ...Martha and Patricia have just come back from a weekend in the country.Weve been to look for UFOs, said Martha, and weve had a great time. Weve seen some strange lights in the sky and weve heard some mysterious noises.We want to go again, added Patricia.

Text 3 ...Chris has a special talent. Hes telepathic he can read your mind. Its incredible. For example, hes told me that Ive had pizza for lunch and that Ive just come home from school.But Neil, everybody knows we have pizza at school on Thursdays, and its five oclock. Of course youve just come home from school.Oh. I didnt think of that.2. Read the text again and answer the questions.

1Who has just received a postcard from Karl? His parents.

2Is Karls mother worried?

3What has Karl just bought?

4Where have Martha and Patricia been this weekend?

5Did they have a good time?

6What have they seen and heard?

7What is Chriss talent?

8What day is it?

9Is Chris really telepathic?

> Write

3. Have you ever experienced anything strange? Write about it (or invent it). Think about these things:

What did you see, hear or experience?

When did it happen?

Was it good or bad?

How do you feel about it now?

Ive seen a ghost, just once. Last year I was at my grandmothers house when I heard a strange noise

MUSIC FESTIVALS

1. Read the text and circle the best title.

aHow to Get Tickets to a Music Festival

bA Look at a British Music Festival

cDifferent Types of Music Festivals

Since the end of the 1960s, pop music festivals have become very popular all over the world. One of the largest in England is at Glastonbury in June. It has become very famous and attracts the best British bands.

This is what Carol says about the festival: Ive been to Glastonbury for the last four years and I love it! The musics brilliant and the atmosphere is really good.

The Glastonbury festival usually lasts three days, from Friday to Sunday, and you can buy your ticket at record shops or on the Internet. Many people buy a three-day ticket and stay in tents at the festival campsite.

One problem at the campsite is keeping clean. Another teenager at the festival, James, has told us why: There are thousands of people here and I havent had a shower since I arrived two days ago. Its impossible. You just have to accept that youre going to be dirty.2. Read the text again and answer the questions.

1How long have pop music festivals been popular?

Since the end of the 1960s.

2What is the name of a famous English festival?

3How many years has Carol been going to Glastonbury?

4How many days is the festival?

5Where can you buy the tickets?

6Where do many people stay at the festival?

7What is a problem at the campsite?

8What hasnt James done at Glastonbury?

> Write

3. Would you like to go to a music festival? Write your opinion. Include these things:

Why would/wouldnt you like to go?

What do you think are the good things and bad things about a music festival?

I wouldnt want to go to a music festival because I dont like big crowds SHOPPING

1. Read the text and circle the best title.

aA Day at the SalesbHelen Finds a BargaincHow much?!

Helen was given some money for her birthday, so last Saturday she went shopping with her boyfriend, Steve, in Oxford Street, where all the popular shops are in London. It wasnt January, when the big sales are on, but in some of the shops the prices were reduced. Helen was looking for a new top or jacket. Steve wasnt looking for anything in particular, but he was hoping Helen might buy him a present.

Helen found a blouse she really liked but when she was told the price, she said How much?! It was 100 pounds and that was too much for Helen.

They were getting tired but it wasnt long before they found a small shop with a big sign in the window saying Special Discount Prices. They went in and Helen immediately saw a jacket that she liked. Im sure its too expensive, she said to Steve, but when she looked at the price she couldnt believe it. Only eight pounds. She bought it and was very happy, and so was Steve, because he was given a CD as a present by Helen.

2. Read the text again and answer the questions.

1Why did Helen have money?

It was given to her for her birthday.

2Who did she go shopping with?

3Did they go to the January sales?

4What kind of clothes was Helen looking for?

5Did Steve want to buy anything?

6Was the blouse expensive?

7Why did they go in the small shop?

8How much did the jacket cost?

9Why was Steve happy?

> Write

3. Write about something you bought recently. Think about these things:

What did you buy?

Where did you buy it?

Why did you buy it?

How much did it cost?

Last weekend I went shopping with my friends at a big shopping centre. I wanted to buy some CDs

WHOSE PLANS?

1. Read the texts and decide which plans you like the most. Circle your answer.

1Sams2Jamies3Judiths4nobodysa) Sams plans

Im going to have a quiet night on Friday. Some friends are coming round to my house and were going to watch a video and eat pizza. I think therell probably be about six of us. On Saturday Im going to get up early because I have to study and I want to finish before lunch Ive got an exam on Monday.

b) Jamies plans

Some friends and I are going to the park. Were going to play chess. There are special tables and we play against the people who are there. I dont think Ill win but itll be fun. After that were going to a hamburger restaurant to have something to eat. I really hope Judith will be there.

c) Judiths plans

At first the plan was to go to the cinema but now were not going. I think were going to a disco.I imagine well have a good time but Im not going to bed late because I want to study with Sam in the morning. Not because I want to study. I want to be with Sam!2. Read the texts again and answer the questions.

1What is Sam going to do on Friday night?

2How many people will be there?

3Why is he going to get up early on Saturday?

4What is Jamie going to do in the park?

5Is he confident?

6Does he think hell be hungry afterwards?

7Who does he like?

8Is Judith going to the cinema?

9Is she going to bed early?

10Who does she like?

> Write

3. Write about some of your plans and your expectations. Think about these things:

What are you going to do? Who are you going to be with?

Where are you going to be? Will it be fun, interesting, boring, dangerous, etc.?

Tonight Im going to the cinema with my girlfriend to see a horror film. I think it will be good

PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT

1. Read the texts and decide which person is the most ecological and the least ecological.

aThe most ecological is ___________

bThe least ecological is ___________

Kim: In my house we do some things to help the environment. We recycle paper because if we dont, theyll cut down more trees, and we recycle plastic and glass because therell be more rubbish if we dont do it. I sometimes save energy by turning off the lights but I often forget.

Noel: I know the environment is important, but it wont make much difference if I do things or not.I sometimes recycle things, but the nearest recycling centre is a long way from my house, so I usually put everything in the rubbish. If I remember, I turn off the lights, but I dont save water. It rains a lot where I live and I dont think its necessary.

Nathalie: Im a member of Friends of the Planet, a local ecological organisation, and I do as much as I can to protect nature. I recycle paper, glass, plastic and batteries and Im very economical with electricity in my house. I also go on demonstrations to protest against companies that damage the environment. If we dont do this, our planet will suffer.2. Read the texts again and answer the questions.

1Who lives a long way from a recycling centre?

Noel.

2Who is a member of a green organisation?

3Who forgets to turn off the lights?

4Who lives in an area where it rains a lot?

5What does Nathalie recycle that Kim doesnt?

6Why does Kim recycle paper?

7Why does Nathalie go on demonstrations?

8Does Noel often recycle things?

> Write

3. Write about what you do in your house to protect the environment. Think about these things:

What do you recycle? Where do you take it?

Do you save water? How?

Do you save energy? How?

In my house we recycle paper. I take it to a container in the street. We dont recycle glass but

PENGUIN READERS FACTSHEET

THE BLACK CAT AND OTHER STORIES BY EDGAR ALLAN POETeachers Notes

> Summary

In their strange atmosphere and the fantastic events they describe, the four stories in this collection are typical of Edgar Allan Poes tales: part horror story, part romantic poetry. In The Black Cat, one of Poes most famous stories, the evil done by an originally good man comes back to him in the terrible revenge of his once-loved cat. In The Oval Portrait, a traveller comes across a remarkably life-like painting of a woman in a mountain castle. He also finds a book, which tells him the portraits horrible secret. Berenice is the weird story of a strange mans proposal of marriage to his cousin, and her terrible fate at his hands. In The Mask of the Red Death, another famous story, a prince tries to escape a horrible epidemic by locking the doors of his castle but of course fails.

> About Edgar Allan Poe

The American poet, fiction writer and critic, Edgar Allan Poe (1809-49), was responsible for some of the most unforgettable stories of terror ever written. They were the products of the mind of an unstable man, who lived a short and unhappy life.

Poe was born in January 1809 in Boston, USA. His life began tragically, as both of his parents had died by the time he was two. He went to live with a family, the Allans, who became his foster parents. He went to good schools and university, but had to leave university early because he fell out with his foster father, who never really understood him. Poe was deeply upset; his relationship with his foster father worsened, and Poe left home for ever.

Poe showed early literary promise, finding a publisher for his first collection of poetry, Tamerlane and Other Poems, before he was twenty years old. After a spell in the army he started on a career in journalism and began writing short stories. He married when he was twenty-six. Despite being a good, hard-working editor and also producing articles and short stories all the time, Poe never had much money, and much of what he did have was spent on alcohol.

When Poes wife died young in 1847, any stability in his life disappeared and he himself was dead two years later, found unconscious in the street after a session of heavy drinking.

> Background and themes

Horror stories are as popular today as they were when the genre was at its height of popularity some two hundred years ago. Now we can find horror not only in books and plays, but also in films and comics and on the Internet. But in nineteenth-century Europe it was, of course, through books that people enjoyed the excitement and thrills of the horror story.

In the early part of the nineteenth century, Mary Shelley published her novel Frankenstein (1818). From this time until the latter part of the century when Bram Stokers Dracula was published, there was no shortage of novels and short stories telling tales of terror, murder, mystery and suspense. Some of the great writers of the nineteenth century concentrated much of their efforts in this direction, among them Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

At the beginning of the nineteenth century on the other side of the Atlantic, the novel was struggling to make its mark on the United States. The USA was still a very young country at that time, having only become independent in 1776. Remarkably little in the way of American literature had been produced before Independence. The novel had always been regarded with suspicion by the leading thinkers of the country, most of whom were Puritans with strict moral values. They considered the novel to be a potentially dangerous thing, with the power to have a bad influence on young people. Moreover, there was a strong tendency to look down on authors writing in the English language who were not living and publishing their work in Great Britain. Irving Washington was the best-known writer writing in English and living outside Great Britain.

He freely admitted to borrowing heavily from European literature and based one of his most famous stories, Rip Van Winkle, on a folk tale from Germany.

Early American novelists tended to be cautious. Many of them aimed to please Puritans and publishers alike by putting morals before plot. One such writer was Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810), but the books he published at the turn of the century were different from his others in one respect he included an element of horror in them. A little later, Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) wrote novels and collections of short stories concerning themselves with evil and the darker side of the human soul.

Edgar Allan Poe was influenced by both Brockden Brown and Hawthorne, who was a contemporary of his. The most successful of Poes stories were in the tradition of Gothic fiction, and combine terror and guilt in a lyrical style that reminds us that he was a great poet, too. He also wrote some of the first science-fiction stories; and in his character C. Auguste Dupin, he virtually created the modern detective story. In addition, he was one of the most feared critics in America.

It is typical of Poes tragic life that he died just as people were starting to read him in ever-increasing numbers and he was becoming famous. After his death, his reputation continued to grow, especially in Europe, and for well over a century he has been one of the most widely-read authors in any language.

> Communicative activities

The following teacher-led activities cover the same sections of text as the exercises at the back of the reader, and supplement those exercises. For supplementary exercises covering shorter sections of the book, see the photocopiable Students Activities pages of this Factsheet. These are primarily for use with class readers but, with the exception of discussion and pair/groupwork questions, can also be used by students working alone in a self-access centre.

> Activities before reading the book

1Ask students if they like stories (in books or films) which frighten them. Why/Why not? Ask them what the most frightening story they know is. Can the class agree on one story?

2Ask students to look up mad and horror in their dictionaries. Then tell them that Edgar Allan Poe led a difficult life and believed that he was mad. Ask students to talk about the following:

Is it necessary for a writer to be mad to be able to write real horror stories?Do the readers of horror stories like the stories more if they too have a difficult life?

Can horror stories be dangerous for some people?

> Activities after reading a section

The Black Cat

1Put students into small groups. Ask them to discuss these questions.

Ask them to look up superstitious in their dictionaries.

aAre black cats evil in your culture?

bAre you superstitious? If so, what about? If not, why not?

2Put students into pairs. Ask them to discuss:

The Black Cat begins: You are not going to believe this story, but it is a true story . Do you think this is a good way to start a story which is impossible to believe? Does it make the story seem more or less easy to believe?

The Oval Portrait

1Put students into small groups.

They tell the story. Each student says one sentence, until the story is finished. They try to do it in three minutes.

2Put students into small groups.

Ask them to make up a story for one of the other pictures in the room. One person in the group tells their story to the class. The class decides which story is best.

Berenice

Put students into groups of four people. Ask them to roleplay a conversation between two policemen/women and two of Egaeuss servants. The policemen/women ask questions and the servants explain what happened.

The Mask of the Red Death

Put students into pairs. They role-play a conversation between a newspaper reporter and the stranger in the mask. Reporters ask questions like Why did you go to the Princes party?

> Activities after reading the bookPut students into small groups. Ask them to look up vampire and ghost in their dictionaries, and then to discuss these questions:

aWhat do you most like to find in horror stories murder, vampires, ghosts, etc.?

bDo you think Poes stories are better as books or as films? What can you do with a film that you cant do with a book? Think of five things, for example music, and make a list. Then compare lists as a class.It will be useful for students to know the following new words. They are practised in the Before You Read sections of exercises at the back of the book. (Definitions are based on those in the Longman Active Study Dictionary.)

The Black Cat

axe (n) this is like a big knife; people use it to cut down trees

bury (v) to put somebody who is dead under the ground

cellar (n) a room under the ground in a house

evil (adj) very, very bad and doing bad things

horrible (adj) very unpleasant

horror (n) great fear

mad (adj) ill in the mind

object (n) a thing that you can touch

plaster (n) this is put on walls to make them smooth

servant (n) somebody who works for a person in their house

The Oval Portrait

decorate (v) to put paint or paper on the walls of a house

oval (adj) with a shape like an egg

portrait (n) a painting of a person

The Mask of the Red Death

mask (n) this is worn over someones face to hide it

Students Activities> Activities before reading the book

1. Try to answer these questions, then look in the Introduction at the front of the book to find the answers.

aWhen did Edgar Allan Poe live?

i 1809-1849, ii 1919-1959, iii 1950-1990

bWhich country did he come from?

i England ii The United Statesiii Australia iv ScotlandThe Black Cat

> Activities before reading the story

1. Look at the picture on the front of the book. What words does a black cat make you think of? Write them down and then talk about them with another student.

At the middle of page 6

2. Which of the words below describe the people or animals in the story?

badbraveclevergood

happykindlovingsick

The story-teller

His wife

Pluto

The second cat

> Activities after reading the story

1. All of these sentences are in the story. Put them in the same order as they are in the story.

aBut the more I hated the cat, the more he seemed to love me.

b I pulled her hand away from my wrist, lifted the tool again, brought it down hard and buried it in the top of her head.

cIt was the shape of a large cat, hanging by its neck.

dIt was that evil enemy of Man called Drink who was changing me.

eI put my hand up, touched it, and found that it was a black cat a very large one, as large as Pluto.

fI knocked hard on the part of the wall where my wife was.

gI took my knife from my pocket, held the poor animal by his neck and cut out one of his eyes.

hAnd there was the cat, standing on her head, his red mouth wide open in a scream, and his one gold eye shining like fire.

iThere, on his front, was the shape of an object I am almost too afraid to name It was that terrible machine of pain and death yes, the GALLOWS!

jI caught the cat and hung him by his neck from a tree until he was dead.

2. Talk about this question with another student. Can you agree? Was the second cat Pluto?

The Oval Portrait

> Activities before reading the story

1. Look at the picture at the beginning of the story. Guess which of these words you will read in the story:

afraidbeautifulelectricity

paintphotographer

Talk about your answers with another student. Try to agree. When youve read the story, check back to see if you were right.

At page 14, line 8

1. Whats happening in the story?

aWhy do you think the story-teller closes his eyes?

bWho do you think the woman in the portrait is?

cTalk about your ideas with another student. Can you agree?

2. What do you think is going to happen next? Discuss your ideas with another student.

Page 14, line 8 to the end of the story

1. Answer these questions.

aWhat is strange about the portrait?

bWhy does the story-teller again pick up the book by his bed?

cWhy did the beautiful woman hate her husbands paintings?

dWhat happens to the woman when her husband is painting her?

eWhy does she die?

2. Continue to write the story, beginning like this:

I put the book down, and looked at the portrait again. Now something was happening to the portrait. I was even more afraid than before, because now

Berenice

> Activities before reading the story

1. Look at the picture on page 18, and the words below it. Write down five words that you think you will read in the story. Talk about them with another student. When you have read the story, check back to see if you were right.

At page 20, line 16

1. Write down the three best wordsto describe Egaeus and the three best to describe Berenice. Then write sentencesto describe Egaeus and Berenice. In what ways are they different?

At the top of page 24

1. Answer these questions.

aWhy does Berenice change so much?

bWhat is wrong with Egaeus?

cWhy does Egaeus ask Berenice to marry him?

2. Work with another student. Look at the beginnings of newspaper stories below. Which newspaper story, if any, do you think says what is going to happen in the story? Look up vampire in your dictionary.

ABerenice drinks blood

Beautiful woman is really vampire.

A man died in a strange old house yesterday

BMan kills girl because of her teeth

Police took a man away from his home yesterday after he killed his cousin because of her teeth. I am a murderer, he said. But I did it because her teeth were so bad. I saw them for the first time last night

CMan takes out girls teeth

A very strange thing happened at the big house on the hill last night. A man took out all his cousins teeth. I wanted them, he said > Activities after reading the story

1. Answer these questions.

aWhy does Egaeus want Berenices teeth?

bWhen does the servant girl tell Egaeus that Berenice is dead?

cWhen does Egaeus next wake up?

dHow many hours cant he remember?

eWhat is in the box on the table? Whose are they?

2. Were you right about question 2, the newspaper stories, above? Talk to other students. Were they right?

The Mask of the Red Death

> Activities before reading the story

1. Look at the picture on page 28. Guess when this story happens.

abefore 1600

b1700-1800

c1800-1900

2. Think about the title of the story. Why do you think the Prince is throwing the key into the lake? Make some guesses.

At the bottom of page 31

1. Answer these questions.

aWhat is the Red Death?

bWhy did the prince take 1,000 friends to his house in the forest?

cWhy did he throw the key into the lake?

dWhat did the Prince do five months later?

2. Mark true or false (.

The Princes house has:

aservants ___

ba high wall outside ____

conly seven rooms ____

Each of the seven rooms has:

ddifferent furniture ______

elamps ____

fa clock _____

gwindows the same colour as everything inside it _____

hWhen the clock makes a sound each hour, the dancers stop dancing and have strange thoughts. ________

3. Talk to another student. How are the seven rooms going to be important in the story? Try to guess.

Page 32 to the end of the story

1. Answer these questions.

aWhy was everybody dressed so strangely at the party?

bWhy did people look at the tall masked man with anger and horror?

cWho killed the Prince?

dWhy did everybody die?

2. Talk with another student. What do you think is the importance of the clock in this story?

> Activities after reading the bookWhich story frightened you most? Put them in order, from most frightening to least frightening.

The Black Cat, The Oval Portrait, Berenice, The Mask of the Red Death

MARTIN LUTHER KING BY COLEEN DENGAN-VENESS

Teachers Notes> Summary

This biography follows the dramatic life story of one of the worlds most famous campaigners for peace. The writer has divided the story into the events that first brought King to the civil rights movement and the many episodes on the road to a better life for blacks in America.

Born in 1929 into a comfortable home in the southern United States, King first learned about the importance of skin colour when he was 5 and could not go to the same school as his white friend. At 15 he was made to give up his seat to a white passenger on a two-hour bus journey. He enjoyed his college years in Philadelphia and Boston in the North of the US, where life for blacks was much better and more equal with whites. He was tempted to stay, but at 25, decided to move back to the segregationist South, to Montgomery, Alabama, where whites hated blacks and where people needed his help. Here the real campaign began.

The book describes the origins of slavery and how the North and South of America came to have extremely different attitudes to blacks. Kings very public life began in 1955 with the Montgomery bus boycott, which saw the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) firebombing Kings home. King started making speeches all over the country and fighting to stop segregation in schools. After reading Gandhi and Thoreau, whose ideas are described in the book, King taught non-violent resistance to his followers. Hate must be met with love.

The book follows the struggle in the South for equality. Terrible violence was committed against African-Americans. Politicians were divided. President Kennedy supported King and began to draw up a civil rights bill, and then came the famous march on Washington, with a crowd of 200,000 marchers including 50,000 whites.

Violence continued between blacks and whites in the South as blacks tried to challenge segregationist policies with direct action. Some gains were made, but many blacks lived in terrible poverty. As they became radicalised, they became more violent and they stopped listening to King. Their anger culminated in the Watts riots in Los Angeles in 1965.

In 1968 King made his last speech in front of an audience in Memphis. The next evening he was shot dead in a parking lot. Blacks have equal political and voting rights today, thanks to the work of Martin Luther King at the head of the civil rights campaign.

Kings story, which has helped shape modern America, is as powerful today as it was when he lived it. Readers will probably find this lively account both shocking and compelling.

> Background and themes

This biography shows that Martin Luther King, Jr. dedicated his life to his cause, and although he had a wife and four children, his time was not his own. The cause of civil rights for African-Americans was so big and his campaigns made it so active, that he could never rest. He lived a very public life in front of the worlds press. His heart, mind and actions were ruled by his religious and political beliefs; he was driven. Other protest leaders who have given up their lives to their cause include Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma, who has left her family and children in England to fight for democracy in her country.

The central theme of Kings campaign for civil rights was non-violence. It worked better for King in the US than it did for Gandhi in India, where independence was accompanied by terrible fighting between Muslims and Hindus. There are lots of examples in Kings campaign of non-violent protest working. His campaign brought huge publicity and because King taught blacks to meet the whites with love, not hate, it made the whites look silly and evil in the eyes of the world. For example, when students organised lunchtime protests (see page 18), the world saw white men arresting peaceful blacks because they sat in the wrong seats in a lunch bar in Woolworths. When children marched in Birmingham, Alabama (see page 24), the police used water cannons and dogs against them, arrested them and put them in jail.

Another important weapon in Kings fight against injustice was publicity. For many poor blacks, life was simply a struggle to feed their families and keep a place to live. King needed to reach all those people and show them that their lives could be better. He made speeches all over America. He held meetings. When he was arrested, news of his arrest was in newspapers around the world.African-Americans became radicalised and wanted to fight. Some went further than King wanted, and used violence, as in the Watts riots in 1965 in Los Angeles. But he taught them that they could change things. Publicity then included posters, newspapers, meetings, word of mouth, marches, demonstrations, radio, and early television.

The central wrong-doing of this story is racism. The belief held by one race that they are better than another or that they can rule another is behind most human conflict. The early slave traders treated black people as animals. It has taken centuries for most whites to stop believing they are superior to blacks. Many whites today still believe they are superior to blacks, in all parts of the world. Racism exists in more or less extreme forms in most cultures, and is one of the most pressing issues in world politics today.

This is a long story to tell in a short space. Encourage students to read more or search the Internet if they are interested. One useful site is thekingcenter.com. Students may also come across anti-King sites which try to show that King was not a good man.

There are plenty of people in the world today who wish the KKK had won the fight in the south of the US in the 1950s and 1960s.

> Communicative activities

The following teacher-led activities cover the same sections of text as the exercises at the back of the reader, and supplement those exercises. For supplementary exercises covering shorter sections of the book, see the photocopiable Students Activities pages of this Factsheet. These are primarily for use with class readers but, with the exception of discussion and pair/group work questions, can also be used by students working alone in a self-access centre.

> Activities before reading the book

1Ask students to look at the list of contents on page iii. What do these titles tell us about Martin Luther King, Jr? Expand the titles into predictions and ideas, and write notes on the board.

2King, like Mahatma Gandhi, is associated with non-violent protest. Do students think peaceful protest can change things in the world? Can they think of examples where it has worked in their country?

> Activities after reading a section

Pages 113

Get students to read about Rosa Parks on page 10 again. Put them into pairs. Tell them to imagine they are young reporters on Montgomery newspapers. Half of the pairs work for a white newspaper. The other half work for a black newspaper. They prepare their reports. Compare reports across the class, looking at ways students have used to express bias and give only one side of the story.

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Put students in pairs or small groups. Give each pair one of the following episodes in the story. Ask them to summarise it in two or three sentences and then read their summary to the class:

Kings trip to Ghana, p.15; Richs lunch bar p.18; the vote for US president, November 1960; the May 15 Freedom Ride p.20; the childrens march pages 2425; Little Rock High School, p.22; Bull Connor, pages 2526; the Washington march, p.27; the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, p.28.

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The story of Martin Luther King, Jr. is the story of the fight by African-Americans to change a racist society into a non-racist society. Ask students to think about why we have racism and where it comes from. Invite them to talk about racism in their own culture. Have they experienced racism themselves? What is the best way to respond to racism?

> Activities after reading the book

1Class discussion. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a hero to young black people in the 1950s and 1960s. Who are todays heroes? What battles do they need to fight in todays world?

2Put students in small groups. When someone is murdered for a political reason, like Gandhi in 1948 and King in 1968, they may become more important, not less. Students can discuss these questions: What happens to peoples ideas and actions when they are killed? Are people more interested or less interested in them? Are they remembered or forgotten?

> Glossary

arrest (v) when the police take someone away

bail (n) money paid to the court so someone can leave prison until their case comes to court

bomb (v) bombs are dropped from planes during wars; when you bomb someones house, you throw, for example, cans of gasoline through the window

boycott (v) to stay away from something or stop doing something for political reasons

campaign (n) a program of activities with a political purpose, usually to try and change something

civil rights (pl n) the rights that a person has by law, for example, to go to school and to vote

demonstrate (v) to show how you feel about something, often on the streets

equality (n) having the same rights as other people

freedom (n) the right to do what you like

jail (n) prison

leader (n) the person in an organisation or group who decides things

march (n) when people walk together from one place to another with a political message

peace (n) when there is no war

preacher (n) a person who makes speeches about religion

protest (n) when a group of people do something, often on the streets, to show their feelings about something

segregate (v) to keep black people away from white people; for example, to have different schools and different buses

slave (n) someone who is owned by another person; they must work for them without any pay

violence (n) when people try to hurt and kill other people

voting rights (pl n) the right in law to vote

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riot (v) when people run wild, usually in a city; they fight police, break store windows, burn cars

Students Activities> Activities before reading the book

Read the introduction on page iv and put these words in the right places.

countrydreamnational

peacefulsegregation

aMartin Luther King, Jr.s birthday is a __________ day in the US.

bKing loved his __________ but hated its laws against black men.

c__________ means that a black woman cannot sit next to a white woman on the bus.

dHe wanted all protests and marches to be __________.

eHis __________ was for a better world for everyone.

> Activities while reading the book

Pages 113

1. Look through this section of the book quickly. Find these dates and match them with the things that happened.

1807February 15, 1948

December 1955December 1, 1955

January 30, 1956August 28, 1963

aKing became a preacher.

bKing made his I have a dream speech.

cRosa Parks was arrested on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

dSlave ships became illegal in America.

eThe civil rights campaign began.

fThe KKK bombed Kings house.

2. Answer these questions.

aHow old was King when he first learned that life was hard for blacks?

bWhy did he leave his good life in the North for the segregated South?

cOn the train from Connecticut to Atlanta in 1945, what happened to him in the dining car?

dWhat did King think about Gandhis ideas of non-violent protest?

eBlack soldiers received a different welcome from white soldiers when they returned from the war in 1945. What happened?

fWhat job did Coretta Scott have before she married King?

gWhat job did she have after they were married?

3. Work with another student. Look at page 10. One of you is Rosa Parks. The other is the Montgomery bus driver. What do they say on the bus?

4. Which of these were for the Montgomery bus boycott? Which were against?

the bus companythe KKK

the black taxi companiesthe politicians

the MIAthe police

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1. Answer these questions.

aWhy did Henry Thoreau refuse to pay money on his earnings to the US government?

bWhat did Mahatma Gandhi help to win with his peaceful protests?

cWhat happened in Montgomery in the

weeks after the blacks won the boycott?

dWhy were Kings arrests good for his campaign?

eWhy were King and the students given steak for their first meal in prison in October 1960?

fWhy didnt King help John F. Kennedys campaign for president?

2. Find the right name.

a35th President of the United States

bA Birmingham preacher

cAtlanta city judge

dPolice chief, Birmingham, Alabama

eState leader, Alabama

fState leader, Arkansas

gTime Magaziness Man of the Year 1957

iBull Connor

iiFred Shuttlesworth

iiiGeorge Wallace

ivJohn F. Kennedy

vJudge Mitchell

viMartin Luther King, Jr.

viiOrval Faubus

3. Imagine you were on the Freedom Ride bus on 15 May near Anniston, Alabama. Write a few sentences to someone in your family about what happened. How did you feel? What did you do?

4. Imagine the South without Martin Luther King in the 1960s? What happens? What is it like? Talk to another student.

5. Answer these questions.

aWhy did President Eisenhower send soldiers to Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957?

bIn Kings letter from Birmingham Jail, what does Wait! mean for black people?

cWhat did people think when they saw US policemen and dogs attack black children on a protest march?

dWhy was John F. Kennedy worried about this civil rights bill?

eHow many whites joined the march on Washington?

fTwo terrible things followed Kings I have a dream speech in August 1963. What were they?

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1. Put these words in the right places.

defenddestroyintroduce

organiseprotectsolve

take

aWar is not the only way to __________ problems, King said.

bKing decided to __________ protest marches against segregation in Selma, Alabama.

cIn February 1965 President Johnson promised to __________ voting rights for everyone.

dAlabama state leader, George Wallace, refused to __________ the Selma to Montgomery march in March 1965.

eMalcolm X told blacks to __________ themselves with guns against the white enemy.

fStokely Carmichael told whites, You will have to __________ [freedom] from the whites!

gBecause King was against the war in Vietnam, President Johnson wanted to __________ him.

2. How was Stokely Carmichaels message different from Kings?

3. In what ways are blacks still not equal with whites in the US?

> Activities after reading the book

1.What do you think is the best moment in this story? What is the worst moment? Write some ideas. Look at another students ideas. Have you chosen the same things?

2.What social problems make you want to demonstrate in the streets? Write a list.

3.Describe Martin Luther King, Jr. in one sentence.

STRIKER BY PETER AND KAREN VINEY

Teachers Notes> Summary

A professional goalkeeper in top league football suffers a terrible injury. At a difficult moment in a match, in the penalty area, he fouls a striker. The striker kicks him between the eyes. He is blinded. Doctors later tell him he will never see again.

The play is set in a courtroom. The goalkeepers lawyer is trying to prove that the strikers action was dangerous. She wants to show that he was to blame for her clients injury. They want twenty million pounds in compensation.

The strikers lawyer argues that it was an accident nobody was to blame. He says that footballers earn very high salaries because it is a dangerous sport. Both sides call witnesses the referee, a police officer, a sports commentator, the managers of both clubs.

The play ends at the moment the jury leaves the courtroom to decide on the case. The readers or the actors can make up the ending for themselves, judging the evidence they have heard as if they were a real jury.

> Background and themes

The central question of the play is whether someone is to blame for an accidental injury. In many countries around the world there is an increasing tendency to find someone to blame for an event and take them to court. If someone slips over on the pavement, for example, they might try to sue the council in charge of pavement maintenance. If something goes wrong during a hospital operation, the patient may choose to sue the hospital for whatever extra suffering he or she has experienced. A few years ago this would not have happened. People would have said it was an accident or bad luck, and would not have expected money. There are legal firms that specialise in ambulance chasing. They look for clients who have suffered injury and encourage them to take the person who might be responsible to court.

The two footballers at the centre of this play earn very high salaries. They play for top league clubs (the names are invented). League football is big business today. Clubs have huge turnovers, which include fees from television rights for showing their games, sale of football shirts and other merchandise as well as the money the fans pay to come into the ground. But clubs have to compete for top players and pay very high wages, and these are often more than they can afford. Several UK football teams are in deep financial trouble. International European matches are very important not just for the glory and reputation of the club, but for income as well.

Top football earner in the UK in 2002 was David Beckham of Real Madrid and England, who collects millions of pounds for advertising as well as his wages. An average footballers wages are 500,000 a year, making them among the countrys highest earners. Players may have a relatively short career, but of course there are many jobs in football off the field that they can move into when they retire from playing as manager, coach, on sports governing bodies, in the media and marketing. In todays more flexible job market, many people have to re-train halfway through their working lives.

The courtroom has been a popular place for drama for centuries, going right back to Shakespeares Merchant of Venice. It provides a good opportunity to build up suspense and tension. There can be sudden twists provided by new evidence or surprise witnesses, as in this play. There are opportunities for close psychological and emotional studies of character. Witnesses can be tricked into saying the wrong thing by clever lawyers. The resolution of the story often comes