English Download [A2]: Workbook

Contents Unit 1 ___________________________________________________________ 4 Unit 2 __________________________________________________________ 11 Progress Review 1__________________________________________ 17 Unit 3 __________________________________________________________ 19 Unit 4 __________________________________________________________ 25 Progress Review 2__________________________________________ 31 Unit 5 __________________________________________________________ 33 Unit 6 __________________________________________________________ 39 Progress Review 3__________________________________________ 46 Unit 7 __________________________________________________________ 48 Unit 8 __________________________________________________________ 55 Progress Review 4__________________________________________ 61 Unit 9 __________________________________________________________ 63 Unit 10 ________________________________________________________ 69 Progress Review 5__________________________________________ 75

Unit 1 This is me! Reading 1 Read the article and the web page which are connected to being left-handed. A left-handed life You are right-handed and you invite your left-handed friend to your house for a chat and something to eat. You give him the tin-opener and ask him to open a tin of tomatoes. He can’t, or he finds it very difficult. To understand his difficulty, hold the tin-opener in your right hand and try to use it with your left hand. Left-handers have problems with everyday objects like this all the time. And not just in the kitchen, where there are also potato peelers and scissors to deal with. At school, too, left- handers find themselves in a right-handed world. Those desk-chairs, for example, are nearly always right-handed; and a left-handed student needs a different set of school supplies to make life easier – rulers and left-handed notebooks, for instance. Then you leave school and start working in an office or a shop, for example. There are always these little problems, but now that you are older and more experienced you know a bit more about where to go and what to do about them. There are shops that sell only left-handed products, but not many. (Do the doors of these shops open the other way, with the door handle on the right and opening in to the left?) And if there isn’t a shop anywhere near you, you can always go online. SOUTHPAW: the website for left-handers4

Unit 12 Read the article and the web page again, and answer the questions. Questions 1 and 2 are about the article. 1 Your friend can’t open the tin because A he has problems with everyday objects. B he doesn’t understand how difficult it is. C the opener is right-handed and he is left-handed. D he held the tin-opener in the wrong hand. 2 As left-handed people get older and more experienced, they A stop having problems. B know exactly where to shop. C still have some difficulties. D can solve all their problems. Questions 3 and 4 are about the web page. 3 The items for sale on the website are A cheaper than at a shopping centre. B difficult to find in the high street. C not for sale anywhere else. D expensive to buy anywhere else. 4 Which of the following statements is true? A All the items for sale are designed for left-handers. B The site doesn’t sell left-handed golf clubs. C The site has helpful suggestions for left-handers. D All the clothes they sell are luxury products. Question 5 is about the article and the web page. 5 Which items are mentioned in both the article and the web page? A tin-openers, scissors, buttons B potato peelers, notebooks, tin-openers C rulers, notebooks, scissors D notebooks, golf clubs, potato peelers 5

Unit 1 a-z Vocabulary 1 1 Where are these letters and postcards from? Write the nationalities. The first letter is given to help you. 1 2 3 . It’s B . It’s B . It’s C 4 5 6 It’s E . It’s G . It’s G . 7 89 It’s I . It’s J . It’s S . 2 Circle the correct words. 1 I’m reading a very interesting / soft book at the moment . 5 Our house is new and very modern / old. 2 Look! I think that woman is a famous / practical singer. 6 My aunt wears strange / slow hats in the winter. 3 My teacher always gives us fast / difficult homework. 7 Today isn’t a poor / normal day. It’s my birthday! 4 I don’t like this chair. It’s very boring / hard. 8 That man’s beautiful / rich. He’s got seven cars! Grammar 1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple or the present continuous. 1 He (play) basketball with his friends every weekend. (you / come) to the party tomorrow? 2 3 She (stay) in a hotel in London this week. 4 The students (not listen) to their teacher now. 5 I 6 We (write) an email to my cousin at the moment. 7 James (never be) late for school. (not watch) TV every day. 8 (it / always rain) in England in summer?6

Unit 1Use Your English 11 C omplete the five conversations. Choose A, B or C. A She’s lucky. B That’s easy. 1 My best friend has got a cat. C It’s wrong. A He plays football. B He’s watching TV. 2 Where is your brother? C He’s got a dog. A She’s amazing. B That’s right. 3 Do you like your new teacher? C It’s special. A On Saturday. B The film starts at 8 o’clock. 4 What time are we going to the cinema? C Don’t be late. A At the moment. B Usually. 5 When do you go swimming? C Every day. 2 Read the article about child prodigies. Choose the best word (A, B or C) for each gap. Child prodigies A prodigy 1 a child who is very good at something that 2 takes a long time to learn. They are even better at it than adults who know how to do the same thing well. Most prodigies 3 good at things like music, art or chess. Some people 4 that prodigies are born, but other people believe that anyone can learn how to be very good at something with a lot of practice. 5 you friends with a child who is very good at something? Maybe he or she is a prodigy! 1 A am B is C are 2 A now B never C usually 3 A are B be C being 4 A says B say C saying 5 A Are B Is C Do 7

Unit 1 a-z Vocabulary 2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words given. 1 Mrs White is very ; she writes children’s books. CREATION LOGIC 2 There must be a(n) answer to the problem. CARE ORGANISE 3 Please be when you eat your soup; it’s hot. FUN INTEREST 4 Lilian is very , so she always knows what we’ve got for homework. ART BOREDOM 5 The boys think the TV programme is . 6 Are you in science? 7 David comes from a very family. 8 My brother thinks that reading is , but I don’t. Grammar 2 1 Are the verbs in bold stative or non-stative? Write S (stative) or NS (non–stative). 1 Do you want apple juice or orange juice? 2 You look so happy in this photo. 3 We watch TV in the evening. 4 I’m reading a new book. I like it because it’s funny. 5 Jack lives in London with his family. 6 I don’t go shopping every day. 7 It is very cold at the moment. 8 My brother doesn’t realise I’ve got his phone. 2 Complete the sentences with these verbs. Use the present simple or the present continuous. appear believe mean not mind not understand see taste think 1 You to be enjoying yourselves! 2 the soup good? 3 We 4 The children about going to Mexico in the summer. 5 She 6 I in Santa Claus. 7 Sam 8 What where we go tonight. my friends this afternoon. his French homework. you you can’t help me?8

Unit 1 Use Your English 2 Not good at maths? A Extra lessons after school.1 Which notice (A-F) says this (1-5)? Ask Mr Swan. 1 Students are responsible for their things. 2 You like this lesson, so join this. B LOOK AFTER 3 Students who are bad at this can get help. YOUR BAGS AND 4 Go to this because you’re excited COME TO THE SCHOOL PLAY. CLOTHES! about something. C You’ll be surprised! 5 These people are not different to you. Interested in science? D Come to the Saturday Club. Room 3. Can’t wait for the MAKE FRIENDS school trip? WITH NEW STUDENTS. F YOU HAVE A LOT E Find out more IN COMMON. at the gym on Friday at lunchtime.2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word in bold. You must use between two and five words, including the word in bold. 1 I’m reading and writing things for school now. HOMEWORK now. I’m 2 Can you help me with something? FAVOUR ? Can you 3 Let’s write down what we need before we go to the shops. LIST of what we need before we go to the shops. Let’s 4 We all do things wrong; don’t worry. MISTAKES ; don’t worry. We all 5 I think Katerina is very funny. LAUGH a lot. Katerina 6 Our maths teacher gives us tests every week. TESTS every week. We 9

Unit 1 Listening You will hear five short conversations. There is one question for each conversation. For each question, choose the right answer (A, B or C). 1 Where is Rob? 4 Which one is James? AB C AB C 2 Which item does the man buy? 5 What does Dave do first? ABC ABC 3 What is Jill doing this afternoon? A B C Writing REMEMBER Read this writing task. Then use the plan and the Language Bank • U se suitable beginnings and on page 15 of your Student’s Book to help you write your email. endings for an email. When you have finished your email, check your work carefully. You have seen this announcement in your school newspaper: • U se adjectives to describe appearance and personality. Last week a school in England sent us a list of students who want a friend from a different country. Are you interested? Choose a • U se the present simple name from the list and write an email about yourself, your family with time expressions and and friends, and your hobbies and interests. adverbs of frequency. Write your email. (100-150 words)10

Music Unit 10 Reading1 Read the article about music and popularity. What makes a song popular?by Jack Hollis Music producers will tell you that it’s almost impossible to Someone who should know about predict which songs will become hits, and that sometimes popularity (and Eurovision) is Jed the most unlikely songs reach number one in the charts. Berk, whose latest single is a big hit And then they simply disappear! both here and in the UK and America. We used to measure popularity by how many records Jack: Well, Jed, what does it feel likewere sold, and the song that sold the most was number one in the pop charts to be a big star?that week. But most people don’t buy records, or even CDs, anymore. Theydownload or stream their music from one of the many sites available and that Jed: 1makes it harder to know what the public thinks. Jack: Is there a secret to yourOne very popular music event where the public’s voice is heard very loudly is popularity?the Eurovision Song Contest. Its popularity confuses the English, who think it’s Jed: 2a bad joke, but it’s taken very seriously in many other European countries. The Jack: I understand that before yousongs are written especially for the contest and probably wouldn’t be listened toanywhere else. However, apart from ABBA, very few of the contestants are ever became well known, you wereheard of again. They have their moment of fame – then disappear. asked to be the UK entry for the Eurovision Song Contest?EU1GoSsDcIaG0utfKeoleaeo.rprpeu:r5lneovymeonEmiee:vmfoptavncLritpuasiyenheiliallrltineaye:itkwoo:l:tiNe:ntrwinWioIht2unheianovnS.emtn4tieuato’ceoetrbrgrmhewnfepryehei6gsoneitrlwso0tmlspgritCsloohuddmowwnoualtrasutalaisnohwdlttnlssiptiaiopoaeenqptsanentdscuechnrortaoohdwioee:pnlfuewaiaawlbfe5ndtyrstnyohlc.deyi6tfnho1bhowd1hi1myernta0waoh%tgtIi.clhvelcta8f.lao,eieht1otUlnwchr.ynftmhKe,itie!nthwehsipaetldhltiol2it,.oy?ihpn.wne1uko.ahlmnairitcsl’tiyshil,oli1aaonis.nn7jntodu’tmktuntehbneil,eaidlnindongiennufaoinmotrro.luybateorf Jed: 3 Jack: Why not? Don’t you like that kind of competition? Jed: 4 Jack: Was that the only reason? Jed: 5 Jack: I see. Well, it’s been great talking to you. Jed: 6 Jack: Thank you, and the best of luck for the future.2 R ead the conversation in the article again. What does Jed say to Jack? For questions 1-6, choose the correct letter A-H. There are two extra letters you do not need to use. A Yes, that’s true, but I said I wouldn’t do it. B It would mean the end of my career. C Thanks. You asked some good questions. D No, I don’t think so. You never really know what the public will like. I’ve written lots of songs that didn’t make it. E It’s all happened so quickly that it hasn’t really hit me yet – but, well, I think it’s great! F No, I think that kind of contest is great. I didn’t want to do it because my girlfriend doesn’t like the Eurovision one. G Because the whole competition’s a big joke. H No, it wasn’t. It was mainly because I didn’t like what they wanted me to sing. 69

Unit 10 a-z Vocabulary 1 Circle the correct words. 1 Lots of people used to listen to their Walkman / phonograph on public transport and in the streets. 2 Have you ever thought about singing in a gang / group? 3 I hate it when a song gets stuck in my head / taste. 4 My dad used to record songs from the radio on a cassette / record player. 5 Mini music / disc players were popular because they were smaller than CD players. Grammar 1 1 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets. Use the present simple passive and the past simple passive. 1 Hundreds of songs (download) from this website every week. 2 The music (delete) by mistake yesterday. 3 Nowadays, pop music (listen) to by people of all ages. 4 Only 12 songs (store) on the first MP3 player! 5 More than 21 million songs (buy) on iTunes every day! 6 The song White Christmas is the best-selling song ever. It (write) by Irving Berlin. 2 Rewrite the sentences in the passive. Include the agent only where necessary. 1 Most people like music. 2 Emile Berliner invented the record. 3 The young musician recorded a new song last month. 4 The three best groups won the prizes. 5 Did they damage your laptop? 6 People don’t play cassettes anymore. 70

Unit 10 Use Your English 1 Ask for the A password to connect1 Which notice (A-H) says this (1-5)? to the Internet. 1 Keep your songs here. 2 You need this to go online. Don’t B delete other people’s music! 3 They make lots of music here. Thousands of songs 4 Lots of people find songs here. are downloaded 5 You must make arrangements C from this website to come here. every day. E Hundreds of albums are D DON’T FORGET produced here every year. TO UPLOAD YOUR Use our computer programme – SONG TO THE you’ll sound MUSIC SCHOOL WEBSITE. G amazing! Store all your music on YOU MUST BOOKF the main computer. A DAY AND A TIME TO H RECORD YOUR SONG IN OUR STUDIO.2 Complete the letter. Write one word in each gap.DTsIIavI5ihteIdcn27enlhcaaohdegrdoenrtyoiciusdnkIi6oCndlngsodssaee’aefntfcrrdonouo’vwmtrglostm,iroeyeuneipo.fts,smueuIaiblantrewluianlgtmletdidteoanhbvItnwtetienlce,ohbreetrTvie.ev,amehtnecIantoh’earev1onyfIe.euVrdt4miehsOftoagieiaiyrintoonncsldIlntgwsetytwi!!shanInmboHaesgsoeymnaoitadlnetniwMeeaegggeovyd.nPrevfaeIeo3tedtaswwhfrht3,etwtasehhadmsetamesaol8tlytoscu,oatoo–sha–somgietnctInioI,dvhpjclweuIadeeofdrsotamubIeigrstIlmewdieeowissn.aentteshmw,tedehnIokbaieesrwuyexlradotes,fd my life, in fact! Write soon with all your news, Tracy 71

Unit 10a-z Vocabulary 21 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words given. 1 Did you know that Fred is a trumpet ; he’s brilliant! PLAY MUSIC 2 don’t make a lot of money until they are famous. BEGIN ASSIST 3 I thought playing the violin was very difficult in the , but I love it now. JOURNAL PERFORM 4 The man at the entrance to the theatre asked us if we needed any . 5 The asked the pop group about their plans for the future. 6 The are very excited about the music festival. 2 Complete the sentences with these verbs. bring check give let pick plug sell turn 1 Do you want a piano? My grandma wants to hers away. 2 I love this song; please it up! 3 Of course your electric guitar isn’t working; you have to it in! 4 Do you think they will us in when we get to the new club? 5 We need to get tickets now; I’m sure they’ll out. 6 I hate it when I’m happy and people me down with their bad news. 7 I can help you out your clothes for your performance. 8 Why don’t we out the new music shop that’s just opened? Grammar 2Complete the passive sentences. 1 Our manager has uploaded our songs to YouTube. to YouTube by our manager. Our songs 2 Classical music can improve your memory. classical music. Your memory 3 The radio station is giving away free tickets to the music festival. the radio station. Free tickets to the music festival 4 Someone had stolen his most expensive violin. . His most expensive violin tomorrow. 5 A famous singer will visit the children’s hospital tomorrow. The children’s hospital 6 That band isn’t going to win the competition. The competition that band. in a safe place. 7 They should store the instruments in a safe place. The instruments 8 Was the journalist interviewing the musician at 8 o’clock? at 8 o’clock?72

Unit 10 Use Your English 21 Complete the five conversations. Choose A, B or C. 1 That’s music to my ears! A I knew you’d be angry. B I knew you’d be happy. C I knew you liked that song. 2 You’ve changed your tune! A Yes, I’ve changed my mind. B Yes, I’m going to be a musician. C Yes, I’ve got a new song. 3 He sounds like a broken record. A I know. He can’t sing at all. B I know. He’s always very loud. C I know. I’m tired of listening to him. 4 I got this guitar for a song. A Really? It looks expensive. B You’re a good singer. C Didn’t you pay anything? 5 The name of that place rings a bell. A It sounds great. B It’s very noisy. C We were there at New Year.2 Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word in bold. You must use between two and five words, including the word in bold. 1 You aren’t allowed to pick up his guitar. MUST up. His 2 His parents are going to give him drums. BE drums. He 3 They will sell all the concert tickets by tomorrow. SOLD by tomorrow. All the 4 They were downloading songs all night. BEING all night. Songs 5 That group has produced five albums. BY that group. Five albums 6 Someone had turned up the volume. BEEN up. The 73

Unit 10 Listening Listen to Lydia talking to Simone about making CDs for their classmates. For questions 1-6, write a letter A–H next to each name. THE GIRLS’ CLASSMATES TYPE OF MUSIC CD THEY WILL MAKE 1 Chas A jazz 2 Tamzin B rap 3 Jerry C classical 4 Alice D rock 5 Martin E heavy metal 6 Justine F pop G punk H reggae Writing Read this writing task. Then use the plan and the Language Bank REMEMBER on page 131 of your Student’s Book to help you write your story. When you have finished your story, check your work carefully. • A sk and answer questions about the opening sentence You have seen this announcement in a magazine for teenagers: to get your storyline. Stories Wanted • Introduce the main character Write a story for our magazine. Your story must begin with this sentence: and the situation in the It was Ella’s big night, but someone had stolen her guitar. opening paragraph. Write your story. (100-150 words) • U se time expressions to help the reader follow the story. • U se adjectives to show how your main character feels.74