A global language Language Summary 1, Student’s Book p127 Language ability (IXOUEEe EI Read wnat Cart, Heid and Maria say about speaking languages Fill in the gaps with the phrases in the boxes. bacet can't speak a word know a few words Tobe honest, 'm quite? bad at languages. e of French that I learned at school, but 1? of anything else can also get by 'mreasonably good picked up My fist language is Swiss German, but I ive near the border, 014 atttaten, 8 in French. We went to Lyon last summer and |® the language very quickly also fluent in can have a conversation ‘m biingual W's a bit rusty ‘My mother is Spanish and my father is French so v Ime English, which | need for work. 1° in German, but * Maria EZ Rewrite these sentences using the words/phrases in brackets. 1. don't know any Japanese. (word) J can't speak a word of Japanese. 2. | speak enough German for holidays. (get by) ! ‘on holiday. 3 My sister can speak Chinese very well. fluent) My 4 | haven't spoken Portuguese fora long time. (it rusty) My 5 | eared a few words of talian on holiday. (picked) ' 6 I can speak both Turkish and Spanish perfectly. (biingual The English verb system Ed 2 Match sentence beginnings 1-9 to endings ai 1. Inthe year 1000, English 2. The English language was 3. Ahundred years ago, many people were 4 Cambridge University Prass has 5. By the 21st century, Engish had 8 Immigration, new technotogies, popular couture and even war have 7. Atpresent, over a billion people are 8 English is ‘9. However, more people speak 1a now leaming English worldwide. 'b had approximately 40,000 words. all contributed to the growth of English. using French as an international language. @ grown to over 500,000 words. 1 been pubisshing English-language teaching books since 1975. 9 Mandarin Chinese than any other language, taken to North America by settlers in the ‘7th century, | used as a frst language in a least 75 countries, b Match sentences 1-9 in Sa to these verb forms. Present Simple 9 Present Continuous Present Simple passive Present Perfect Simple Present Perfect Continuous Past Simple Past Continuous Past Simple passive Past Perfect SimpleEd 2 Read the frst part ofan artele about asic Read the second part ofthe article below and English’ and choose the correct verb forms. lin the gape with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. The idea of inventing an international icopuaca lrnoce noe ores Ov Gat fat The language! attracted attract the attention of 4 180 years, ingusts Cave on/ educators al over he wer, butts development ‘rated over en cifferen anguages that 2 interrupt} by the Second World War “are based/be based on German, Spanish, |} | After the war, both the British prime ministar and the Erglthendeen materi Oot | pion ofthe Unved Staas? (lock) | the mast infuentil of these = shad boxes Basic Enh for ideas that might promote werld peace. They both By 1923, the Fist World War | (cive) speeches that supported the é hwegjtad boar tier tr tie $508; Bt use of Basic English, In the past 80 years, the language } from its effects, Charles Kay Ogden, af of East Asia, teachers ® (still; use) linguist and writer, was running several hops in Cambridge, He had just written/ust written published a book \which described how we use language. The success of his book (Ogden's word lists. However, n the main, the language has cisappeared. as insprednsped Ogden to design a niversal language — oe that was Now that we (knoe) that hee are lr than English, but doesn dra native Engish many more non-native than sative speakers of English some study diferent language. In 1880, Ogden’ book asic linguists covets whather we English: A General introduction with Rules and Grammar Swas/were should revisit Ogden’s ideas. There is even a version of the Lane ar Wikipedia website which * (write) in, Itis estimated that, on average, it "takes /tok about seven years to become fuen in English. Ogden "belioved/was believing that ‘Basic English’ could be leaned in seven weeks. There “had beerviere only 850 cs, and the grammar was simpifled with very few exceptions to each rule Basic English’ for nonnative learners ofthe language Google it naw! _» Open learning Education Sxnnime El Complete the crossword with words connected with education, 1 money given by an organisation to pay for someone's stuaies (11) a tak on an academic subject, especially at university (7) a long piece of writing on a particular subject, especially one that is done as part of a course at college or university (12) 4 money that students must pay to universities for their courses (4) 5. an agreement by which a student at a college or university borrows ‘money from a bank to pay for their education and then pays the money back after they finish studying and start a job (7, 4) a.class, especially at university, with a few students (8) an advanced degree, usually lasting for one year (7) someone who is studying for their first degree at university (13) a student who has already got one degree and is studying at a University for 2 more advanced qualification (12) 10a senior person who teaches at a British university)Auxiliaries in verb forms Other uses of auxiliaries [=ITIIINEP Ed 2 Ave sentences 1-8 correct? Change the incorrect sentences. 1. Everyone here a*e doing @ Master's degree. 2. Did you went to the seminar yesterday? 3. I:do work very hard, but | tif find the course difficult 4 Some universities does give scholarships, but we don't '5_ I'm the only person here who went to a state school, aren't I? 6 If! were you, I don't eatin the college canteen. 7. You like doing exams or prefer continuous assessment? 8 IVebe invited to apply for a PhD, but the fees are too high, b Match the correct and corrected sentences in 2a to replies a-h. a 4 Dontyou? 2 Theyare, aren't they? Wel, mot 1 Areyou? © [don't enjoy either! 8 Sodol @ Wouldn't you? Wry nof? kN Id EI Read the conversation and choose the corect auxiliary verb PHIL Hi, It’s Sara, ! isn't it? We met last week, ? we? SARA Yes, we? ‘You're Phil. PHIL Well remembered! You * warn me when we met that you often forget names. SARA TS + unfortunately. But 1 making a special effort chis week. Anyway, how 7 ie going? PHIL OK.18 SARA ? already had a tutorial with my PhD tutor you? Who's that? PHIL His name’s Professor Shavick. Everyone else was very impressed by him, bur 1" ait saka 1? PHIL Oh, sorry, hold on ~ that’s my phone ringing expect you know him. actually, You see, I'm tats © int © doesn't 2 adit b havent aren't 3a dd b do © have 4 awe b do © did Ss aim b do © have 6 aim be et 7 a has b does cis 8 a do bd eve 8 a Dd b Have © Haven't 10 a wasnt —b didn't © haven't Ma mrot —b dont © do 12 a am b have © do Eid Read the second part of te conversation Fillin the gaps withthe Correct posite or negative auxiliaries, Use contractions (ve, 's, etc.) if possible. ea PHIL. Sorry, where were we? Yes, Professor Shavick. He's a bit strange, ' isn't he? P nterviewed by him, so wwe hadn't met before, SARA Neither started here. And I must admit ~ he Iwhen * appear rather unusual when you first meet him. PHIL Unusual? IF [met him in the street, B probably run away screaming, All that hair! He’s been spending far too much time with his computer. He should get out more often, ‘ he? SARA Well, perhaps. PHIL Anyway. 17 think Teven sked you what you're doing your PRD in, SARA Well, I® not doing a PAD actually. I, er, teach here. Putt. You don’s,” you? SARA Er... yes. Computer science, as a matter of fact. Sorry, 1 0 going to say something earlier, but PHIL. How embarrassing, So, Professor Shavick is a colleague of yours? SARA Erm ... well, I suppose he’s my boss Bur! worry =I 2 tell him anything? And not all tutors are like him, I promise!VOCABULARY 1C AND SKILLS Reading HiIl Read the article quickly and choose the best definition of ‘lateral thinking’ ‘Lateral thinking’ is a anew way of thinking about id problems, ba fun may of solving puzzles, © analtemative way of thinking about problems. Verb patterns (1) Read the artcle again. Flin the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets, El Read the article again. Which paragraph or paragraphs in the article: 1. encourage you not to give Up thinking about the puzzle? 8, 2. tells you what you need to do it you want to use lateral thinking? 3 explains why some people are better at lateral thinking? 4 gives an example of solving a problem by lateral thirking? 5 presents a lateral-thinking problem for the reader to solve? 8 explains the way we traditionally deal with probleme? 77 tels you where you can find the solution tothe puzzle? Getting results Teaching thinking ee een fopieirebee aeons Situraaieey Seuestee enn ft nent cei ciee eae ply cake Wot honor ie oremran aya tata Sot antag Eon an Sarees © Inthe 1960s, Edward de Bono, a Maltese doctor and writer, invented the phrase ‘atoral thinking’. He believes that we understand the world by building up patterns based on experience. These patterns teach us? (recognise) familiar problems and situations and allow us * (make) simple decisions quickly, However, de Bono argues these patterns can also stop us from seeing the solution to a problem, Edward de Bono thinks that for every problem, you need > (check) your assumptions. What did you assume when you read the puzzle above? To think laterally means you must avoid ® (make) assumptions about a problem and make yourself?” (thine) ‘outside the box’ al Hows it going? Does he? b Match conversations 1-4 in 1a to the next lines a-d. a 4 Yes, he needs it for work. Bad memories from school, realy. e We're not sure. Maybe carpentry 4 Really well ove it. Complete conversations 1-5 with the corect question word and preposition Whe What Howlong Who Where wih from for about to 1 SAM. Clare is starting her own busines. DAN Really? Who with ? SAM Tes just her at the moment. 2 PAUL Alex has written a screenplay. KATE No way! ? PAUL It's a thriller, [think, Bue I don’t know the story or anything. Evening classes 3 ROB We've got to give in our application forms soon, amy ? Do you know? ROB I think you can just leave them with the secretary. 4 TIM Igor this camera for less than half price. CHRIS Did you? ? TIM. On a website my brother told me about. 5 SARA Our teacher's going away next week, Luis SARA Almost a fortnight, I think. Fill in the gaps in the conversation. Use between one and three words. JIM Clare! Hit CLARE. Jim! What a coincidence. | was thinking about you recently. gm! Were you? Why ? that? CLARE I was wondering if you're still doing that jewellery class. JIM _ No, I gave that up a few months ago. cLaRE $ com JIM Well, we moved house in March, so it’s a bit far. CLARE Really? 4 to? JIM Near here, actually. On Shelford Street. Anyway, x soing? Are you still teaching? CLARE Yes, but not for much longer, thankfully. sim What § mean? CLARE Wel, 'm starting my own training business. yim 7 of training? CLARE Presentations, mainly. JIM. You've always been good at that kind of ching, . ? I guess teaching helps. CLARE Absolutely. Anyway, enough about me. What’s Shelford Street” 2 JIM Great. Irs a much bigger place than our old one. OF course, life isa little different these days. CLARE. Different? In" ? JIM. Well, since we had the baby. CLARE A baby? Congratulations! I had no ideat Reading and Writing Portfolio 1 p64 5 |Expressing frequency [ee ‘@ Read the nutritional advice in the ‘Healthy eating’ leaflet. ‘Choose the correct phrases in these sentences. 1 You can et egw 508 ‘most of the time. Pee vt ee 4 fesaetne masken paces once fe wheat at. 4 Of eatalioeveyheses eats fen hen 5 Esthg ed mest mast ey heroy tt good you b Read these comments. Are the people following the advice in the leaflet? Write ¥ (Yes) or N (No). 1 LY] More often than not ri choose fish or chicken rather than a burger. 2] Ihave chips for dinner most days. 3 [_] seldom remember to eat an apole or an orange. 4 | have a biscuit with my coffee every now and again, 5 Every so often, when I'm fon the computer, I'l have a packet of crisps, 6 [_] ‘oniyeat vegetabies at weekends. 7 My favourite food is cheese sandwiches on white bread | eat them for lunch ones ina while, It’s bad for you! Language Summary 2, Student's Book p130 | Kealthy cating J Go AHEAD: (EvERY AY) X BE CAREFUL! (ONCE A WeEK) fri, nuts cusps ‘wholemeal bread wie bread ce, pasta white meat (e.g. chicken, turkey) red meat vegetables fred or rast potatoes white oly sh cakes, biscuits, chocolate Present and past habits, repeated actions and states [IIE 1 choose the correct verb form. Sometimes both are possible \When my ater "Gaeta 40, something stienge ®ve to ‘happen/happened to him. Before this, he “was always eating/always used to eat what he wanted, but now he's never eating/he won't eat any fried food and °he's always worrying/he worried about how much sugar and salt there is in everything. This is the same man who ®used fo eat/would eat chocolate all day long! These days "he gets up/he'd get up early to go to the gym every. morning before work. Before his 40" birthday, he *would even complain/was even complaining about having to wak othe carl Ell Are the words/phrases in bold correct? Change the incorrect words/ phrases and tick the correct phrases. | used to lve ina tiny vilage in southern Italy ‘many years ago before | 'wseet-te-ge to University, At that time there “was very tle tourism so there “didn't use to be many restaurants and there only ‘use to be one small hotel. Because the vilage was so small everyone “would know everyone else and so people would always say hello to you in the shops or while you were walking down the streets, We “spent a lot of time siting in cafés and bars, ‘chatting to everyone in our bad Htalian! it would be very cheap to eat out so \we ate delicious food all the time for next to nothing. We °used to make some fantastic fiends and we still go back there from time to time to visit them.Choose the correct endings. Rewrite the sentences using the word in brackets, 1. My aunt is always apologising for everything she 1 I drank up to five cups of strong coffee every moming Hoes 7 before | gave up. (would) © lira rmaly enneyna! | would drink up to five cups of strong coffee every b She's very poite! soak aidan 2. Fred used to lke playing football a bute prefers watching it these days. 2. My doctor frequently tells me fo take more exercise. (always) bb buthe coesn ike watoning it. 23. | went to Scotland fo my holidays last year 3. My wife ways checks the labels before she buys food. (wil) a It would ain every day Eerie ie 4 When | was a student, | was a vegetarian. (used to) 4. Mo out for along wal when I'm feoing stosse. 4 Ithelps me clear my heed. ted help me eel better 5 Mydad end | would watch Match ofthe Day oostharon eleven 6 When my children were small | never gave them fast food. used to be on at 10 pm. on Saturdays. | never wortied about my food until put on weight, (used to) (woula) b_|remember seeing it a couple of times. Life’s different here Feelings and opinions [ZTE Put sentences a-] in order 110. Bd choose ine correct prepositions a [7] tknew that Barcetona was famous Dear everyone, Luckily they were more than satisfied of art and architecture, and were shocked houses that Gauai designed by the fantastic buildings | saw. And none of Us would ever get sick {or its fantastic architecture so | was excited Unfortunately, however, the friends | went ‘with were not very fond ovina greet tine, Westar’ fonastic s foThe ke sem fascinated in/iyou warmth e's hough Hope you ae impressed of bythe picture onthe card, ‘esh hate it ofcourse! Loe, Ananda of all the wonderful restaurants we went to ‘evifed “oft seen shark! ‘The Gil Famly aia ies . cea dicuarahimrerates Teel et otto eat ot at winemeronainancaons wsivart aint htatempiiny Sy at all isappointed ran escent are fin any probes th the cea sty about the idea of visiting the cathedral and es ibe used to, get used to Ed Filin the gaps with the correct form of be used to or get used fo and the verb in brackets. 11 Julia kept drinking lots of water. She isn't used to eating such spicy food. (eat) 2 Im always losing my sunglasses. | haven't 3 Im finding it more difficut than | thought to them yet. (wear) fon the right. (drive) 4 My children are because we travelled abroad when they were babies. (ly) 5. It’s taken me ages, but I've finally tea with mi. (drink) 8 Aeyou in a country without seasons yet? live) 7. My@grandmather is now phone, (answer) ‘emails, but she stil can’t use a mobile Will has just started working from home. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of these verbs, weste enjoy organise focus wear haveto get 1. Before | worked from home, | used to waste at least three hours a day on the train, 2 Latil can't got used to not morning, 3. Imsiil not used to leave home at seven o'clock every my own working day. | get distracted easily. 4 Lused to chatting to people in the office so | sometimes feel a bit lonely ‘5 Im slowly getting used to happening st home. 6 Id find it dificult to get used to my jeans. 7 When | worked in an office, I never used to to the gym in the evenings. ‘on work, rather than what's suits and ties again instead of home in time to go Match sentence beginnings 1-6 to endings a-t 1 Theealways She can't get Shell never ‘Are you Did he He's never getting used to your new school? used to getting up s0 early now she has this new job, {got used to living in the country. He finds it strange. get used to the long winters in this country. use to be an actor at one time? Used to be a lot of traffic on this road, What's happened? Find one mistake in each sentence and correct it 1 2 working {im not used to werk so hard Ho's gotting used to have a baby in the house, He's use to driving long distances, s0 don't worry He used to the hot weather. He comes from Austral. I did't used to tke im, but Ido now. We used to playing together when we were children, Dig you two used to know each other? How long cid it take to get used to ‘wear contact lenses?