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This document contains a food vocabulary and reading exercise, focused on matching food items to descriptions and reading restaurant advertisements. It is likely used for a Grade 8 secondary school class.
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11 EATING OUT ABOUT YOU How often do you eat out?...
11 EATING OUT ABOUT YOU How often do you eat out? Which do you prefer – restaurant food VOCABULARY AND READING or home-cooked food? What is ‘fast food’? Do you ever eat it? Food 1 Look at the restaurant advertisements. Match the things in the photos A–M to the words in the box. EP burger chicken legs cola cream fresh vegetables grapes lemonade mineral water pasta with tomato sauce mushroom salad soft drinks strawberry Pizza EASY Fantastic party room We play all your favourite music – 30 people BURGERS videos while you eat! A PALACE Come and have your party here in our party room – space for 30 people! PARTY MENU PRICE £13.00 PER PERSON Party Menu Main course DESSERT P I Z Z AS Chicken legs Fruit salad Cheese and tomato, Mushroom and cream or PRICE G Fresh vegetables or salad Cheesecake PA S TA £10.00 per person Burger with tomato sauce Rice or chips I D E S S E RT H DRINKS C Ice cream, (vanilla, chocolate or strawberry) – eat as E Fruit juice much you want! K or lemonade M B D Mineral water SOFT DRINKS L Orangeade, J lemonade, cola Our parties are ORDER OUR Call us six months before your F very popular – CHEF’S AMAZING party to book – we are very popular! book six months BIRTHDAY CAKE. Birthday cake available. before your birthday. 2 Complete the phrases with one or two food words from the food in the menus in Exercise 1. 4 Read the advertisements again. Are the sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)? a bowl of a piece of 1 The party room at Pizza Palace is smaller a glass of a slice of than the one at Easy Burgers. a bottle of a plate of 2 You can watch something while you eat at Easy Burgers. 3 Look at the menus in Exercise 1 again. In pairs, say which foods you like and don’t like. Then say what you'd like to eat 3 The food at Easy Burgers looks healthier. 4 Pizza Palace is more expensive than Easy or drink right now! Burgers. 5 The menu at Easy Burgers is longer than I like salad. Me too. the one at Pizza Palace. 6 Easy Burgers and Pizza Palace are both I want to eat a bowl of fruit salad now. popular. 68 UNIT 11 GRAMMAR as … as 1 Read what Nicky thinks and complete the sentences with the same or different. Pizza Palace is as popular as Easy Burgers. 1 We use as … as to say that two things are. The birthday cake 2 We use not as … as to say that two things are. at Pizza Palace isn’t as good as the one at Easy Burgers. 2 Compare the pairs of things using as … as or not as … as. 0 oranges … lemons healthy / sweet Oranges are as healthy as lemons. / Lemons are not as sweet as oranges. 1 trains … buses comfortable / slow Pizza Palace 2 maths … English easy / interesting isn’t as 3 cats … dogs friendly / noisy expensive as 4 your country … the UK hot / big Easy Burgers. 5 Cristiano Ronaldo (born 1985) … young / famous Marcus Rashford (born 1997) Comparative adjectives 3 Read the rules. Write the comparative forms of the adjectives in the box and then complete the table. beautiful busy cold dirty exciting fat funny hard hot large late long new popular tall thin Short adjectives Long adjectives one syllable one syllable ending in e two syllables ending in y one syllable ending in vowel consonant add -er add -r change y to -ier double the last letter use more + adjective and add -er short – shorter nice – nicer healthy – healthier big – bigger expensive – more expensive GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE PAGE 148 5 Think of two different things for each category. 4 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. 1 2 sports football, tennis foods 1 The tickets for adults cost £25, but the tickets for 3 ways of travelling students are more cheaper. 4 jobs 2 The concert is very bigger and has lots of famous 5 things you wear singers. 6 restaurants you go to 3 This bag is not big as my last one. 4 It’s cold here so bring some warmer clothes. In pairs, write sentences to compare the two 5 I was more luckier than my friends. things. Use adjectives from Exercise 3 and any 6 My drink was not expensive as yours. other adjectives you know. Work in groups and check each other’s sentences. Football is more exciting than tennis. Tennis is harder to learn than football. Eating out 69 READING 1 Look at the title of the article and the photos. Where do you think the food in the photos comes from? Read the article quickly and compare your ideas with your partner’s. STR E E T F O O D 1 In lots of countries around the world street food is very popular. In India, you can get different kinds of curry made with meat FOOD AROUND or with vegetables and lots of chilli. On the streets of Thailand, you can get fish soup, omelettes, rice or THE WORLD noodles and grilled meat. For dessert, you can have fried bananas, fresh fruit pancakes or Thai sweets. Mexico is famous for its wonderful tacos served with salsa made of green onions, cucumber and tomatoes. In Germany and Denmark, you can have meat served with bread and fried onions, and in France they serve lovely pancakes called crêpes. At the seaside in many countries, people eat chips, ice cream or seafood. 2 In many ways, street food is better than restaurant food. It’s much cheaper, and you know it’s fresh because you watch the chef prepare and cook it in front of you. It’s also more fun to eat – you can use your hands and not worry about what the waiter thinks of you! People often buy and eat food outside at music festivals and at sports events like football matches. There are also street food festivals in many cities. People can try new food from around the world at these festivals. 2 Read the article again and answer the questions. 82 1 Which countries are famous for street food? What kind of street food do they have? 2 What three things does the writer like about street food? TALKING POINTS 3 At what sort of events do people eat street food? 07 Watch the video. Ask and 4 What happens at street food festivals? answer the questions with a partner. 3 Do you agree with the writer that street food is better than restaurant food? Why / Why not? Would you like to try any of the street food in the photos? Why / Why not? Which street foods do you have in your country? What’s your favourite street food? VOCABULARY Food 1 Match the photos A–J to the words in paragraph 1 in the article. EP A B C D E F G H I J 70 UNIT 11 PRONUNCIATION /ʌ/ and /ɒ/ 83 2 Listen to the words in the box and repeat them. Listen to the sound of the underlined letters. Then put the words in the correct columns – /ʌ/ or /ɒ/. coffee cup lovely horrible much mushroom SPEAKING omelette one onion want what 86 1 Listen to a girl talking to a food seller at the street food festival. What does she order? /ʌ/ /ɒ/ 2 Complete the conversation from Exercise 1. cup coffee Girl: Excuse me, what are you selling? Seller: It’s called paella. It’s from 1. It’s made with seafood, 2 , vegetables and 3. Listen and check. Then repeat. Girl: Oh. What’s it like? 84 Seller: It’s 4 ! Would you like to try some? Girl: Yes, please. How 5 is it? Seller: It’s £4.50 for a small plate or 6 £ for a large plate. Girl: I’ll have a small plate, please. LISTENING Seller: That’s £4.50, please. Girl: Here you 7. Seller: Thanks. I hope you 8 it! 85 1 Listen to a boy speaking to his friend Nadia. What does he want Nadia to do? 86 Listen again and check. Then in pairs, practise the conversation. 3 Work in pairs. Imagine you are at the street food festival. Student A, ask about and order the food in photos A–C. Student B, answer Student A’s questions. Then swap roles and ask and answer STREET FOOD about the food in photos D–F. Student A see page 126. Student B see page 125. FESTIVAL A B 1 Date: 28th and 29th. 2 WEBSITE: WWW..COM 3 Ticket prices: Adults: £10. Under 16s: £ Barbecue Aloo Tikki 4 Times: am to midnight C D 5 Address: Market Square on Avenue 6 How to get there: Bus number or Shish kebab Yakisoba 2 In pairs, practise saying these dates, prices, numbers and times. Write some more and test E F your partner. 3rd July 28th June £8.50 £2.50 74 89 2 o’clock 11.30 am Zapiekanka Ponchiki 85 3 Listen again and complete the notes. Eating out 71 12 THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY ABOUT YOU 08 Watch the video, then ask and answer the questions in pairs. What technology do you use? How many hours a day do you spend online? DID YOKUNOW...? How often do you chat to your friends online? The most popular games console of all time is the PlayStation 2. VOCABULARY AND READING Having problems falling asleep? Looking at the screen on your smartphone, laptop or tablet before bed is one of the worst things you can do. The blue light keeps you awake. Technology 1 Match the photos A–L to the words in the box. South Korea has the fastest internet in the world. That means EP it’s the best place to watch a movie on your smartphone! e-reader fitness tracker games console headphones keyboard laptop mouse printer screen smartphone speaker tablet IMDb is probably the oldest website on The world’s the internet. It began in 1990 and now has earliest mouse information on about 3.5 million movies. 87 Listen and check. Then repeat. was made of 2 In small groups, ask and answer these questions. wood and had two wheels. 1 How many things with screens are there in your home? You moved it Your keyboard is one of the dirtiest 2 What are they, and whose are they? with your hand. things in your home. Clean it often and 3 How many printers/speakers/games consoles are there? wash your hands before you start typing! Where are they in your house? 4 Have you got a smartphone? If so, what kind? 3 Read the facts about technology. Write K if you knew the information already, S if the information surprises you Today, almost all of us have a smartphone for calling people or sending texts, and even and W if it worries you. Then compare your answers with the smallest ones are more powerful than the a partner. computers used to send Apollo 11 to the moon. 4 In pairs, ask and answer the questions. 1 Which of the facts surprises you the most? The world’s largest and widest screen can show pictures 2 Which of the facts worries you the most? up to 12 metres high and 50 metres across! A B 88 C E D F G H J L I K 72 UNIT 12 GRAMMAR Superlative adjectives 1 Look at the examples of superlative adjectives. Read Did you know … ? on page 72 again and find all the superlatives. the fastest internet in the world the most popular games console Short adjectives Long adjectives one syllable one syllable ending two syllables ending one syllable ending in use the most in e in y vowel consonant add -est add -st change y to -iest double the last letter use the most + and add -est adjective quiet - quietest nice - nicest dirty - dirtiest big - biggest expensive – the most expensive GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE PAGE 149 PRONUNCIATION Stress in superlatives 2 Read the rules above and complete the table with 89 5 Listen and repeat the words. Then put them into the correct column of the table. comparatives and superlatives. Adjective Comparative Superlative the biggest the cleverest the friendliest the most exciting Regular the most expensive the nicest the quickest the worst big bigger the biggest famous more famous the most famous o0 o0o o0oo ooo0o early the thin biggest beautiful Listen again and check. young 89 Irregular 6 Look at the three mobile phones. In pairs, compare them. Use some of the adjectives in the box. good bad ig/small b cheap/expensive good/bad heavy/light thick/thin 3 Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives. A: The High Star’s battery is better than the Cloud 7’s 1 My dad has the (good) computer in our battery. house. B: The Bluebird’s battery is the worst. 2 My laptop is the (light) one you can buy. 3 The (popular) website among my friends is YouTube. 4 This smartphone has the (big) screen of all the ones in the shop. Do you like it? High Star Bluebird Cloud 7 5 The (bad) thing about my computer is £299 £355 £450 Price the mouse. It doesn’t work properly. 6 My mum’s phone is the (old) one in our Size 115 x 58 x 9 mm 116 x 61 x 12 mm 135 x 67 x 17 mm family. Weight 130 g 142 g 155 g 4 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. Easy to use ★★★★ ★★★ ★ 1 Football is the famous game in the world. Camera ★★ ★★★★ ★★★ 2 The better time to come to my house is 5.30. ★★ ★ ★★★ 3 The easier way to travel there is by bus. Battery 4 Wear the older clothes you’ve got to do this job. 5 My room is the bigger in the house. 7 Work with a partner. Go to page 124. 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Why / Why not? 101000011001010010000001110100011001010111100001110100 74 UNIT 12 011110110011000100000011110010110111101110101011100100 0011011 0010010 1100100 VOCABULARY Computers and the internet LISTENING 0011110 0110111 1 Look at the article again and find the words in the 1 Listen to and read the first part of the 91 1110110 box. Match them to the definitions. conversation and look at Question 0. Which is the EP correct answer: A, B or C? Why are the other two 1010000 digital download machine memory answers wrong? 0010101 save software virus Ella: Nice new laptop Andy! When did you get it? Andy: Yesterday. My old one broke a month ago, 00000111 This has moving parts and helps humans to and last week Dad agreed to buy me this. 0110110 do work. 0 When did Andy get his new computer? 2 This is a part of a computer – it holds 1001100 information. A yesterday B last week C a month ago 101101134 This is a dangerous computer program. You do this to make sure the computer keeps 91 2 Listen to the whole conversation. For each question, choose the correct answer. 0111010 your work. 1 Andy’s dad bought the computer from 11101015 This describes cameras, computers and clocks that record information as 0s or 1s. A a website. B a shop. C a friend. 10111106 This means to copy information from the 2 How much did it cost? A £150 B £250 C £2,000 00000017 internet onto your computer. This is all the programs that make a computer do 3 What does Andy want to buy for the computer? 0000011 different things. A a camera B a mouse C a printer 4 Andy doesn’t use his computer to 2 Match 1000010 the verbs to the nouns. Then make sentences. A do homework. B chat to friends. C play games. 0101101 EP 5 What does Andy like most about the computer? 0011000 buy friends A the keyboard B the screen C the speakers 0111010 chat clothes 91 In pairs, compare your answers. Then listen again download games and check your answers. 1110100 go the internet 1101000 play music surf online 0000101 visit videos WRITING 1011001 watch websites 0000111 PREPARE TO WRITE 0101110I often chat online with my cousins. An email 3 Read 0011011 the survey. Choose three or four questions and write two more of your own. Walk around the GET READY Read the email from your friend Morgan. Why did Morgan write the email? 0111010class asking your questions. 1110101 My laptop broke yesterday, and I need to 1100110 get a new one. Tell me about your new computer. When did you get it? How much 0000100 COMPUTER SURVEY did it cost? What’s the best thing about it? 0000011 Best wishes, What sort of things do you download from 0000111 the internet? Morgan 0101110 Do you know how to stop a virus from PLAN Think of an answer to each of Morgan’s getting onto your computer? 0001000 How much memory has your phone got? questions. 0110111 Is it enough? WRITE Write an email to Morgan with answers to all his questions. Begin your email with Hi Morgan, or 1101110 Do you ever forget to save your work? Dear Morgan, and end it with See you soon. or Best How often do you chat to friends online? wishes, and your name. Write 25 words or more. 1101010 0010101 IMPROVE In pairs, read your email and your partner’s. Check that all three questions have an 0101011Write some sentences about what you found out. 4 answer. Give your partner two ideas to make their email better. Use your partner’s advice and rewrite 0110010Everybody downloads music and half the class your email. 0001110downloads games from the internet. Four people sometimes forget to save their work. 0001000Most people chat to friends online every day. The latest technology 75 0010000 LIFE SKILLS CO ICTMM LI UN TE IC R YION AT AC WRITING A BLOG 5 Complete the sentences with the highlighted words from the text. There are some letters to help you. 1 I o o a blog about sports. LIFE SKILLS 2 Choose a topic you like and you find i e e i. Writing a blog 3 To start a blog, you need to choose a A blog can help you: p a o. improve your computer skills 4 It is a good idea to write a o once organise your ideas a week. share opinions and views with other people. 5 You need to decide on your topic and e i , and think about your readers. 1 Look at the sentences and answer the questions. 6 You need to be careful online. It is not safe to post p s a e i like your address or phone number. Great minds think alike. We can learn a lot sharing our ideas, opinions and views. TALKING POINTS Do you think it’s a good idea to start a blog? Why? / Why not? There’s a blog for everyone. Do you prefer reading a blog or reading a book? 1 What do you think the sentences mean? 2 Do you agree with the sentences? Why? / Why not? 3 Do you have a blog? Do you know any bloggers? 93 6 Listen to Katie and David talking about blogs. Choose the correct answers to complete the sentences. 2 Look at the topics for blogs. Choose two topics you think are interesting. Share your ideas with 1 They are at 2 Katie’s blog is on a partner. a Katie’s house. a dogs. b David’s house. b cats. c school. c music. activities animals fashion food life experiences music 93 7 Listen again. Are the sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)? special days and holidays sports travel 1 Katie’s mum is at home. 2 Katie is in the living room. 3 Read the text quickly. Complete the article with the headings in the box. Is it easy to start a blog? 3 Katie is studying for an exam. 4 Katie thinks starting a blog is difficult. 5 Katie likes music. A Stay safe! 6 Katie wants to write a post about David’s pets. B Think about your readers C Have one day for writing 8 Match the two halves of the sentences. USEFUL LANGUAGE 4 Answer the questions. 1 You’re good at … 1 What do you need to choose first? 2 It isn’t safe to … 2 Who do you need to think about? 3 Is your blog … 3 What do platforms give you? 4 Ask people … 4 Before you put a blog post online, who looks 5 Do you want a lot of people … at it? 5 Do you need to write posts every day? a about music? 6 What are some things we should not post online? b to follow your blog? c before you put photos of them online. d put personal information online. e using computers. 76 LIFE SKILLS DO YOU W ANT TO S TA RT A Do you read or follow any blogs? How about you? Have you BLOG? got a blog? Why not? Now What topics do you is a good time to start if like to read about? your parents agree! Follow these quick and easy steps to start your own blog. 92 1 Choose a topic for your blog 4 Write a blog post The first thing you need to do is choose a topic. What It can sometimes be difficult to write your first blog do you want to blog about? Your favourite sport, music post. It’s a good plan to share your ideas with close or video games? Choose a topic you feel happy to talk friends and family before you put your post online. about and find interesting. You’ve got a topic? Now Don’t worry if you don’t like what you put online – choose a title and a design for your blog. you can always change it later. Remember, make sure people let you use their photos or information. 2 Who’s going to read your blog? Is your blog for your 5 friends and family? Is it on a special topic you and your At the beginning, you can choose a day of the week friends like? What is interesting about it? to write your blog posts. It’s important to write a post every week. 3 Decide on a platform There are different free platforms to start your blog. 6 Most platforms give easy instructions on how to start. Blogs can be fun, but never put your personal details Some popular platforms are Blogger, Medium and online. Never write your address or telephone WordPress. Take a look and decide! PROJECT number. Remember, you need to stay safe online. XX PROJECT Feature Box Rubric Find out: Writing a blog Bullet Full Out Bullet Text In small groups, write and design a blog post: Choose a blog topic and think about the design for the blog. Write two short blog posts about the topic. Decide what to include with each of the posts (a photo and a link? a video?) Look at the design of some other blogs on a platform. Design how you think the posts would look on a platform. Share your ideas for posts and design Don’t forget, always check with your parents before with another group. starting a blog. Parents can help young people under the age of 13 to set up a blog. Writing a blog 77 REVIEW 3 UNITS 9–12 VOCABULARY GRAMMAR 1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. 1 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 1 I bought a new T-shirt because my / mine is old. bright digital discount 2 Do you have any / a present for me? download keyboard pocket 3 I love my room because it’s bigger / biggest tablet wallet wool than my old room. 4 You can find different bands and the better / 0 I really like that new digital camera. best music at the festival. 1 This computer was £500 last week. Now it’s Correct the mistakes in the sentences. £425. That’s a big. 2 My jumper’s made of. It’s really warm! 5 You can wear yours sports clothes. 3 My dad gave me a for my birthday. And 6 I bought a new jeans and a shirt. he put £20 in it! 7 I bought them because they were more cheap – 4 I want to buy a new coat. I like that one, but it’s they cost only £5 each! only got one. 8 It was the great holiday ever. 5 The trainers are all too. I prefer pale colours. 6 The on that new computer is very small. It’s difficult to see the letters. 7 Most people music from the internet these days. They don’t buy CDs or records. 8 At my new school, all the students have a or a laptop. They don’t have books. 2 Put the words in the correct column. boots cap cola cream e-reader gloves grapes laptop lemonade mineral water memory mouse mushroom noodles omelette scarf screen socks software speaker suit swimming costume tie virus Food and drink Clothes Technology 3 Use the pictures to write sentences with for. I played tennis with my friend for two hours yesterday. 78 Review 3 2 Complete the sentences with a bit of or a few. LISTENING 0 Would you like a bit of chocolate? 1 I wrote the number down on and now I can’t find it. paper 94 1 For each question, choose the correct answer. 2 We saw people on the train today. 1 Listen to two friends talking together in a shop. 3 There are advertisements in the Why does Ruby want to buy the sunglasses? newspaper. A She’s happy with the price. 4 That cake looks nice. Can I have it B She likes the bright colour. please? C They’re the right size. 5 companies have only online shopping. 2 Listen to a man and a girl talking about what 6 That pizza smells good. I want to try it. they want to eat. Where are they? Don’t you? A in a café 7 I’ve got time. I can help you with your B at a food festival project. C in a supermarket 8 He was sick and he stayed in bed for 3 Listen to a boy talking to a girl about his laptop. days. What does the girl offer to do? A lend him a laptop 3 Complete the sentences with the comparative or superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. B take his laptop to the repair shop C return a laptop she borrowed 0 Oranges are sweeter than lemons. (sweet) 4 Listen to a message in a shopping centre. What 00 All these books are old but this one is change do customers need to know about? the oldest. (old) A New discounts are available. 1 You are always me! (busy) B There is a later closing time. 2 All the students’ work is good today, but yours C New stores are opening soon. is. (good) 5 Listen to a girl talking about a party. What did 3 Football is sport in the UK. (popular) she like about it? 4 I liked your story. It was mine. (funny) A the food 5 Our cat is it was two years ago. (thin) B the music 6 That café has hot chocolate in town. C the party room (bad) 7 The chairs in this classroom are (comfortable) in the school. 8 The new smartphones are the old SPEAKING ones. (clever) 1 Put the words in order to make questions. READING 1 2 favourite / what / are / clothes / your / ? where / like / you / do / shopping / go / to / ? 3 food /do / eat / you / what / to / like / ? 1 Read the text and answer the question. 4 use / your / often / you / do / how / smartphone / ? Tom has got three sisters – Beth, Mia and In pairs, ask and answer the questions. Take turns to speak. Alice. Beth is three years younger than Tom and seven years younger than Mia. 2 In pairs, talk about some of your favourite things. Take turns to speak. Alice is the youngest. She’s six years old. She’s one year younger than Beth. Tell me about some of your favourite things. How old are Tom, Beth and Mia? I’ve got a favourite pair of jeans. I like them very much because … UNITS 9–12 79 13 HEALTHY BODIES A B ABOUT YOU 09 Watch the video. Then ask and answer the questions in pairs. D What was your last health problem? C When did it happen? What did you do? VOCABULARY AND LISTENING E F Illness 1 Match the sentences to the photos. EP 1 I’ve got a cold. 2 I hurt my leg. 3 I’ve got a broken arm. G H 4 My eye hurts. 5 I feel sick. 6 I’ve got a stomach ache. 7 I’ve got a temperature. 8 I’ve got toothache. 9 I’ve got a pain in my foot. 10 I’ve got a headache. 95 Listen and check. Then repeat. J I 96 2 Listen to three conversations. Match the health problems to the people in the pictures. A B 1 96 3 Listen again. Match the advice to the health problems in Exercise 2. Write 1, 2 or 3. 2 don’t do any sports eat fruit and vegetables don’t watch TV late go to hospital don’t walk rest go to sleep now 3 drink a lot 4 In pairs, discuss the questions. 1 Do you do anything that is bad for your health? 2 How do you want to change it? I play computer games for three hours a day. I’d like to play more sport. 80 UNIT 13 GRAMMAR should / shouldn’t 4 Correct the mistakes in the sentences. 1 I think you should to bring a scarf. 1 Look at these examples from the conversations. Then choose the correct words to complete 2 3 You shoud go to the doctor. I should to go to bed earlier. the rules. 4 You aren’t well. You stay at home today. 5 You don’t come to my house today – I am ill. You shouldn’t walk on that leg. 6 You no should watch TV all day. You should go to bed. 1 We use should and shouldn’t to give advice / PRONUNCIATION Silent consonants information. 2 We use should to say something is a good / 5 Some words in English have silent consonants. Find one silent consonant in bad idea. 3 We use shouldn’t to say something is a good / each word. bad idea. 4 The verb after should is always / never the castle climb half knife infinitive without ‘to’. listen should talk walk would wrong wrote 2 Look at these examples from the conversations you heard on page 80. Match the questions to the Listen and check. Then repeat. 98 answers. Notice how we make questions with should. I should … → Should I … ? 1 Should I stop doing sport? 6 Read the example conversation. Have similar conversations with your partner. Choose a 2 Should I take some medicine? different question from the box each time. 3 When should I drink it? Use health problems and advice from this lesson, a No, you shouldn’t. or use your own ideas. b Every evening before bed. c Yes, you should. What’s wrong? What’s the matter? 97 Listen and check. Then repeat. Are you OK? GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE PAGE 150 What’s the matter? 3 Read the problems 1–8 and choose the correct advice for each one a–h. Then complete the advice with should/shouldn’t. There may be more than one possible answer. 1 My hand hurts a bit today. I’ve got a 2 I’ve got a pain in my foot. temperature. 3 I’ve got a headache and a temperature. What should 4 I feel a bit sick. I do? 5 My eyes hurt. 6 I can’t move my leg at all. I think it’s broken. 7 I feel very tired. 8 I’ve got a bad cold. You should a You go to bed earlier. rest. You should b You take some medicine and go to bed. also drink lots c You play tennis. of water. You d You go to school. shouldn’t go e You wear more comfortable shoes. to school. f You go to hospital. g You eat anything. h You stop watching TV. Healthy bodies 81 READING 1 Read the magazine article. Match the photos A–D to the paragraphs 1–3. A 2 Choose the correct headings a–d for the paragraphs 1–3. There is one heading you don't need. a Different kinds of running races c All the ways running is good for you b Some problems with running d Reasons why running is popular What is so great about running? running? running? running? B 1 In the past, people didn’t need sports like running to stay healthy because they were very active. But these days, many of us spend most of the day sitting down. This means we need to get some exercise in our free time, and running is a cheap and easy way to do it. It’s more fun than doing boring exercises in a gym, and all you need is a good pair of trainers and some comfortable clothes. Also, it’s a sport that C people can do at any age – for example Fauja Singh finished a marathon at the age of 101! D 2 To make running interesting, you can enter a race. Fun runs are very popular. These are often 5 km long and are great for beginners. You can run with your friends and maybe dress up. For fitter people, there are half-marathons, marathons, or even ultra-marathons. These can be 70–400 km long. One of the most famous is the Marathon des Sables which takes six days and goes through the Sahara desert. 3 Running is fun and scientists say it is one of the best ways to keep fit. However, make sure you don’t do it every day – it’s important to have a rest between runs. Running improves the health of almost every part of your body, including your brain. It can make you feel TALKING POINTS happier and healthier, and live longer. It also Do you go running? If not, helps you sleep well, and that gives you the would you like to? energy to enjoy your life more. Perhaps it’s the Do you think running is perfect sport! the ‘perfect sport’? If not, what is? 99 82 UNIT 13 VOCABULARY Health 2 What advice did Holly give Jed? Complete Holly’s notes with the phrases in the box. 1 For each phrase in the box, two verbs are right and one is wrong. Cross out the wrong verb for 100 Listen again and check. EP each phrase. buy special running clothes watch TV and play computer games get / keep / do fit get good trainers enter / do / stay a race go running every day go / eat / sleep well go to bed early every night have / take / do a rest eat well and drink lots of water make / feel / stay healthy go swimming or cycling do / keep / try some exercises in a gym do leg exercises get / do / keep some exercise get an app have chocolate or cake 2 Complete the sentences with the correct tense of the verbs in Exercise 1. 1 After I broke my leg, I some exercises to Holly’s notes make it strong again. Advice for Jed 2 I think it’s really important to fit, so I a lot of exercise. He should He shouldn’t 8 3 In my family, we well. We have lots of 1 vegetables and no fast food. 2 9 4 My dad a 5 km race last week and 10 3 finished in 35 minutes. 5 When I do a lot of exercise and spend time 4 outdoors I fit and healthy. 5 6 After the race, my brother a long rest. 6 3 Write sentences about you and your family using the vocabulary in Exercise 1. In pairs, compare 7 your sentences. 3 Compare Holly’s advice with the advice in the article. What do you think of Holly’s advice to Jed? LISTENING Which advice is good and which is bad? 100 1 Read the sentences below and listen to the conversations between a boy called Jed and a SPEAKING girl called Holly. Are the sentences right (✓) or wrong (✗)? 1 Look at the questions on an internet chat page. The people are all asking for advice. 1 Jed wants to do a 5 km race. 2 Holly can do the race with Jed. Search 3 Jed wants to do the race with Holly. 4 Jed is worried about the price of sports clothes y family and I are going on a cycling M and trainers. holiday soon, but I’m not very fit. Can you 5 Jed is happy to get up early. give me some advice? 6 Jed can go cycling as well as running. I want to improve my English. It’s really bad 7 Jed is pleased to see Holly after the race. and I feel worried! What should I do? In pairs, think of three pieces of advice for each person. This person should/shouldn’t … Another idea is to … It’s important to … 2 Compare your ideas with another pair’s ideas. Who gave the best advice? Healthy bodies 83 14 GETTING AROUND TOWN VOCABULARY AND READING ABOUT YOU Do you live in a city, town or village? What is it like? Places in town Do you prefer cities, towns or villages? What’s the best thing about where you live? 1 Look at the map and find these things. EP bridges bus stops a playground a roundabout streets traffic lights ABOUT | GALLERY | CONTACT 2 Look at the map again and find a place where you can: This is my town. It’s small but very pretty. A EP river goes through the town centre and there 0 see a film cinema 8 buy petrol 1 send a letter 9 find a police officer are four bridges going across it. Between the 2 stay the night 10 get better road and the river, there’s a market. Next to 3 buy food 11 see a play the market is a really nice café. There are also 4 borrow a book 12 catch a bus some shops in the town. Opposite the shops, 5 study 13 learn about history there’s a bank, a museum and a restaurant. 6 eat a meal 14 buy things outdoors Behind the museum, there’s a children’s 7 get some money playground. The restaurant is near the train 3 Talk to your partner. Which of the places in Exercise 2 do you … station, and beside the train station there’s a post office. There’s also a sports centre on that street. In front of the supermarket, like going to? often go to? hate going to? never go to? there’s a car park. We have a zoo too, but that’s outside the town. 4 Read the description of the town and look at the map in Exercise 1. Find five mistakes in the 101 5 20 9 description. swimming pool sports centre bus station cinema museum 1 shops petrol station library theatre bank university hospital hotel café market 3 supermarket car park police station restaurant post office train station 2 84 UNIT 14 GRAMMAR Prepositions 4 Match the sentences to the pictures. 1 Go past the train station. 1 Read the description in Exercise 4 on page 84 again and match the prepositions to the diagrams. 2 Turn right at the traffic lights. 3 Go straight on. Don’t turn left or right at the traffic lights. 4 The bank is on your right. across beside/next to in front of 5 Drive along the road beside the river. near opposite outside through 6 Turn left at the roundabout. A B A B C D C D E F E F 103 Listen and check. Then repeat. 5 Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentences. G 1 To get to my house, go through / along Beat Street, turn right and it’s on your left. 2 My house is between / next to the Columbus Hotel. 3 To get to the station, walk across / near the bridge at the end of the High Street. 4 The bus stops before / outside my house. It brings me all the way home. 5 My house is in front of / opposite the post office. 2 Look at the map on page 84. Complete each sentence with a preposition. I can cross the road and send letters and parcels there. 1 The river goes the town. 2 Hotel guests need to go the river to go 6 Work with a partner. Student A, say which person you are on the map (1, 2 or 3). Then ask Student B to the museum. 3 The zoo is the town. for directions to somewhere on the map. Student 4 There’s a bus stop the hospital. B, give directions. Then change roles. 5 There’s a car park the supermarket. A: Excuse me. Is there a supermarket near here? 6 The bank is the museum. 7 There are some shops the museum. 7 Write some directions to places from your school. Give the directions to your teacher to read out. GRAMMAR REFERENCE AND PRACTICE PAGE 151 8 In pairs, listen to new directions from your partner. Say where they take you to. 102 3 Find the people on the map on page 84. Each person wants to go somewhere. Listen to the conversations. Where do the people want to go? Go out of the school and turn left. Take the first road on the right. Walk past Café Brava. Person 1 Person 3 Where are you? Person 2 Getting around town 85