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## Reading ### UNIT 1 SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD - Discuss the questions with a partner. - What do you like about your school? - What changes would you like to see in your school? - Read the article and match the paragraphs (A-D) to the pictures (1-5). One picture is extra. - a local pers...

## Reading ### UNIT 1 SCHOOLS AROUND THE WORLD - Discuss the questions with a partner. - What do you like about your school? - What changes would you like to see in your school? - Read the article and match the paragraphs (A-D) to the pictures (1-5). One picture is extra. - a local person - the government - to take a nap - flood ### A. Fen from China - I live in a small village called Miao in China. In the past, there were no school buildings in my village. So, in 1984, the local people started a school in a cave because they didn't have any money to build a school. There were only eight teachers and 186 students then. - The students spent about six hours daily to travel to and from the school. The government closed the school after 23 years because the villagers were not happy about it. ### B. Andrew from the USA - I study at the West Philadelphia School of the Future. In my school, we do not use any books. Instead, we use computers. There is a smartboard in each classroom. In 2006, my school welcomed its first students. - In the beginning, it wasn't easy for teachers and students because they didn't know how to use computers and smartboards. But now we don't have these problems anymore. Most of the students in our school study hard and get high grades in mathematics and reading. ### C. Nick from the USA - My school, my rules! Yes, Brooklyn Free School is just great! - There are no rules. There are no tests, homework, or grades. - We make the school rules ourselves. We can choose any class we want. We can play, walk around, or just take a nap during the lessons. ### D. Binita from Bangladesh - Millions of people in my country have no clean water or electricity because we often have floods in my country. Because of the floods, many students cannot attend schools. To solve this problem, people built boat schools. The boat schools have computers, internet access and a small library. These schools are open when there are floods in the country. The boat schools pick students up from riversides. When the class is over, the boats return the students their homes. ### (3) Read the text again. Match the sentences to the paragraphs in Task 2. One sentence is extra. 1. Most students at this school are good at two subjects. 2. Students at this school can do everything they want. 3. Students at this school take tests every week. 4. Students at these schools don't go to schools, but the schools come to them. 5. Students do not study at this school anymore. ### (4) Find the synonyms of these expressions in the text. 1. Organise a meeting (Paragraph C) 2. Go to school (Paragraph D) 3. Take students (Paragraph D) ### (5) Discuss the questions with a partner. - What problems do you think children in the schools you read about have? - Which school wouldn't you like to study at? Why? ## Vocabulary ### (1) Read, listen and repeat. 1. annoying 2. terrifying 3. freezing 4. enormous 5. fascinating 6. delighted 7. exhausted 8. incredible ### (2) Complete the sentences with the words from Task 1. Answers may vary. 0. You shouldn't talk when others are talking. It's annoying. 1. Using computers instead of books is really ★★★. 2. An idea of a classroom on a boat sounds ★★★. 3. Do you also feel ★★★ after a long day of school? 4. Our teacher was so ★★★ because we won the first place award in the race. 5. Remember to wear your warm jacket and hat. It's ★★★ outside. 6. The new school building was ★★★. It was hard to find the way to our classroom in the first week. 7. We could hear the wolves in the forest at night. That was really ★★★ and we couldn't sleep. ### (3) Listen to four people describing the place where they are. Match the people to the kind of place they are in. One is extra. - Speaker 1 - Speaker 2 - Speaker 3 - Speaker 4 ### (4) Talk to your partner about the schools below. Use the lesson vocabulary. - Would you like to study there? Why or why not? 1. The Brightest Elementary School, Sweden 2. Gari Chapidze's Playschool, Rustavi, Georgia 3. City Montessori School, Lucknow, India 4. The 'Koninklijk Atheneum' school in Zottegem, Belgium ### (5) Walk and talk to three classmates about the things that are… - fascinating - annoying - incredible - terrifying ## Grammar A ### (1) Read the conversation between Megan and Elan and answer the question. - What is the conversation mainly about? - a) Megan’s summer trip - b) Megan’s photos - c) Megan’s forest school ### (2) Complete the table with the correct forms of adjectives. You can find some of them in Task 1. - Verb - Adjectives ending in -ed - Adjectives ending in -ing ### (3) Listen to four people and choose the correct option. 1. This person feels bored/worried/surprised. 2. The situation is relaxing/frightening/annoying. 3. This person is excited/terrified/bored. 4. The film is frightening/relaxing/interesting. ### (4) Choose the correct adjectives. 0. I don't want to go to bed now. This film is so interested/interesting. 1. I don't understand this game. The rules are very confusing/confused. 2. I remember I was so tired/tiring after our first match. 3. This news is so excited/exciting! 4. I want to change this book. It's so bored/boring. 5. The baby heard the noise and got frightened/frightening. ### (5) Complete the sentences with the correct adjective form of the verbs in brackets. 0. All students were shocked when they heard the news. (shock) 1. Kate and Jane are so ★★★ to meet their new English teacher. (excite) 2. It rained all day long and we couldn’t go out. It was so ★★★. (bore) 3. Why are you so ★★★? Your project won because it was the best! (surprise) 4. Ben never holds the door for the person behind him. It is so ★★★. (annoy) 5. Mum is ★★★ about you. Why are you so late? (worry) ### (6) Choose five adjectives from the table in Task 2. Write five questions and interview your partner. ## Grammar B ### (1) Read the conversation between Nick and his grandfather and complete the sentence. Choose a, b or c. - They are mainly talking about - a) the problems of elderly people - b) Nick’s plans - c) grandpa's dream ### (2) Read the conversation in Task 1 again and find other examples with too and enough. ### (3) Complete the sentences with too or enough. 0. We cannot buy this car. It’s too expensive to buy. 1. We need to take a taxi to their house. It’s ★★★ far to walk. 2. Are you tall ★★★ to reach that shelf? 3. He isn't fast ★★★ to win the race. 4. Jim is ★★★ young to drive a car. 5. The music is ★★★ loud to relax. Please, turn the radio off. 6. Mark isn’t tall ★★★ to play basketball. ### (4) Use the words in brackets and too or enough to complete the sentences. ### (5) Complete the sentences with your own ideas using infinitives. ### (6) Look at the pictures of elderly and young people at university. Use too and enough and talk about the differences and similarities between studying at young and old ages. ## Grammar A ### (1) Read the text about Celine and choose the correct options that can complete the statement. ## Grammar B ### (1) Read the conversation between Sam and his grandfather and complete the sentence. Choose a, b or c. - Sam is interested in the history of - a) books - b) trains - c) airplanes ### (2) Read the sentence from the conversation in Task 1 and choose the correct option. - Sam's grandfather, “In my childhood, I used to read books about airplanes.” - a) He still reads books about airplanes. - b) He doesn’t read books about airplanes any more. - c) He never read books about airplanes in the past. ### (3) Listen to Sam's grandfather and complete the sentences. ### (4) Complete the sentences with used to or *didn’t use to* and a verb below. ### (5) Complete the sentences. Answers may vary. ### (6) Talk to your partner about what people used to do and *didn’t use to do* before these inventions. Then compare your answers with a different pair. ## Vocabulary ### (1) Read, listen and repeat. ### (2) Complete the gaps with the phrases from Task 1. ### (3) Read the conversation between Julia and her uncle. Complete the sentences with the phrases below. ### (4) Listen and match the speakers to the sentences. One sentence is extra. ### (5) Complete the sentences with your own words. ### (6) Talk to your partner. Speak about something you ## Review ### (1) Complete the sentences with the words in the box. - make it - give up - believe in - looking forward to - put off - working on - take up - find out ### (2) Choose the correct option. ### (3) Complete the sentences with the Past Simple or Past Continuous forms of the verbs. ### (4) Look at the photos and the key words. Write sentences using *when* and *while*. ### (5) Find the mistakes.