04 School life

4A GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY

Present Continuous 3 Read the questions and write short answers.
1 Match the verbs from the box with the spelling 1 Are you working?
rules. ✓ Yes, I am.

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do eat feel get have make put read run sit 2 Is your mum shopping?
stand stop swim take taste use wear write ✗
3 Is your dad sleeping?
1 Add -ing: do, , , ,
, ✓
2 Double the last letter and add -ing: , 4 Is your sister watching TV?

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,

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,

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,

3 Remove the last letter and add -ing:

2 Put the words in order to make sentences.

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1 in / students / the / are / classroom / the / sitting

The students are sitting in the classroom.
,
✓
5 Are you and your brother listening to music?
✗
6 Are your friends playing football?
✓

4 Complete the text with the correct Present

Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

2 to / talking / are / who / you / ?

Welcome to this live video feed from
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3 for / friends / waiting / my / I’m our school. It’s lunchtime. Here’s the library.
You can see some students. They 1are reading
4 are / the / book / at / reading / moment / you / what / ? (read). They 2 (not talk). You can’t
talk in the library. I can see a teacher.
5 the / teacher / staff room / in / resting / our / is
Oh, dear. She 3 (ask) me to leave
the library.
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6 are / year / you / subjects / this / studying / what / ?

Outside, it 4 (rain) but some
students 5
(run) in the playing fields.
They run every day. I don’t want to go and
film them because I don’t want my phone to
get wet. We can go to the canteen. Some
students 6 (have) lunch.
They 7 (make) a lot of noise!
Wait a minute. I can hear something. Some
students 8 (sing).
This is Mrs James. ‘Hello, Mrs James.
I8 (make) a film about our school.
Do you want to say something?’ No, she
doesn’t. She 10 (go) away. I think she
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(get) ready for this afternoon’s
lessons. And now the bell 12 (ring).
It’s time to finish. Thanks for watching.

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5 Use the prompts to complete the 8 Use the prompts to write sentences in the Present
mini-conversations in the Present Continuous. Continuous. Then match them with questions 1–6 from
Carol Helen is sleeping. Exercise 7.
Helen I / not / sleep. I / chat / with my friends a □ She / draw / a picture of the school
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I’m not sleeping. I’m chatting with my friends. She's drawing a picture of the school.
b □ No one. Our English teacher / have / a break
Jack Matt and Bianca are listening to music.

c □ I / write / an email
Matt We / not / listen to music. We / sing
2

Mr Glover All the students are wearing uniforms today. d □ They / play / football
Mrs Evans No / not. Patrick / wear / jeans
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e □ They / go / shopping

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f □ They / watch / a film
Suzie Mum’s reading a book.
Mum I / not / read a book. I / write / an email
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9 Write sentences about the picture using the

Paul Why are you using your phone? Present Continuous.
Me I / not / use my phone. I / wait / for a phone

Cathy
Me
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call
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Are your parents driving to work?

No / not. They / walk / today
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6 Complete the text with the correct Present

Continuous forms of the verbs from the box.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Mrs White is drinking coffee.
Clara
Tom and Lucy
Dominic
Imelda and Nick
Liam .
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do enjoy look up show sit talk use watch write

Tom and Lucy
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This is a photo of my class. We 1are sitting in our English
classroom. Our teacher 2 us a video. It’s
a film version of a book we’re reading at the moment.
A lot of people 3 the video, but when you
look closely, you might think that some people aren’t
interested, and 4 other things. 5 I
in my notebook – but they are notes about the film.
The boy next to me 6 his phone. He
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Mrs White
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a word from the video that he doesn’t Imelda and Nick
understand. Two girls 8 – about the video.
It’s a very interesting video and we 9 it.

7 Use the prompts to write questions in the Present

Continuous.
1 What / you / write? Liam Clara
What are you writing? Dominic
2 Where / Laura and Kira / go?

3 What / your parents / watch?

4 What / Mrs Underwood / draw?

5 What sport / the students / play?

6 Who / learn / English at the moment? 10 ON A HIGH NOTE Write a few sentences about what you
and your friends or members of your family are doing
at the moment.

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 4B VOCABULARY | School subjects and classroom objects
1 Complete the school subjects with one letter in each 3 Complete the questions with the words from the
gap. box. There are two extra words.
1 Bi o l o g y calculator dictionary folder headphones
2 P s l E c n highlighter keys ruler school backpack textbooks
3 H t y tissue
4 C i y 1 I need to clean my face. Have you got a tissue?
5 F g L g g 2 I can’t work out 24 x 56 in my head. Can I use
6 P s c your ?
7 C p r S n e 3 Your bag is full of important pieces of paper. Why
8 M s don’t you keep them tidy in a ?
9 A 4 I don’t know this word. Can I borrow your ?
10 M c 5 Don’t leave your books on the table. Why don’t you
put them in the ?
11 D a

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6 Those lines are not very straight. Why don’t you use
12 G g y
a ?
2 Complete the timetable with the school subjects 7 I want you to do Exercise 3 on page 75. Can you open
from Exercise 1. your , please?
8 I want to remember these words. Can I borrow your
MONDAY yellow ?

(painting)
PL
9.00 a.m. – 9.50 a.m. 1Art

9.50 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. 2

(how plants grow)
10.30 a.m. – 10.50 a.m. Break
10.50 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. 3
(football / tennis)
11.30 a.m. – 12.10 p.m. 4
4 Complete the dialogue with the words from the
box.
calculator dictionary Foreign headphones key
Maths notebook ruler

Miranda
Callum
Miranda
Oh, no!
What’s wrong?
I haven’t got the 1key for my locker.
(Romeo and Juliet; I’m Romeo!) Callum What’s inside it?
12.10 p.m. – 1.50 p.m. Lunch Miranda My Maths textbook. I need that. It’s got all the
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homework exercises in it.
1.50 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. 5
Callum You can look at Beth’s and write them in your
(atoms and electricity) 2
.
2.30 p.m. – 3.10 p.m. 6 Miranda That’s in the locker too.
(Beethoven’s 9th symphony on piano) Callum Oh.
Miranda And my English-French 3 . I need it
to translate these words for this afternoon.
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TUESDAY I’m terrible at 4 Languages. And my

highlighters.
9.00 a.m. – 9.50 a.m. 7

(French) Callum What do you need them for?

Miranda To highlight new words so I can learn them.
9.50 a.m. – 10.30 a.m. 8
My 5 is in there too.
(Queen Victoria1837–1901)
Callum Is that important?
10.30 a.m. – 10.50 a.m. Break
Miranda Yes. I like to draw lines under the name of the
10.50 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. 9 topic. And I haven’t got a 6 .
(10% of 124) Callum Use the one on your phone.
11.30 a.m. – 12.10 p.m. 10
Miranda We can’t use phones in 7 lessons.
(countries of South America) What a terrible day!
12.10 p.m. – 1.50 p.m. Lunch Callum Don’t worry! It isn’t important. Relax. Oh, by
the way. Can I have my 8 ? I want to
1.50 p.m. – 2.30 p.m. 11 listen to music on the bus home.
(writing a computer programme)
Miranda Sorry, Callum :(. They’re in the locker too.
2.30 p.m. – 3.10 p.m. 12
(H2O and other elements) 5 ON A HIGH NOTE Write about the most important things
you need to take to school. Explain why they are
important and for which lessons.

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4C GRAMMAR 04
Present Simple and Present Continuous 3 USE OF ENGLISH Choose the correct words a–c to
complete the text.
1 Complete the sentences with the correct forms in
bold.

1
GO / AM GOING
I usually go to school by car. Today, I am going by bus.
NON-UNIFORM DAY
PLAY FOOTBALL / ARE RUNNING
At our school, we usually wear a uniform but 1
a year, we have a non-uniform day. It’s the
2 In today’s PE lesson, we , but we usually
. non-uniform day today! Hooray!
READS / ISN’T READING Every year, someone forgets about the non-uniform
3 My sister a book at the moment. It isn’t day. This year, it’s Marta. She’s wearing her school
surprising. She never books. uniform. She isn’t very happy! Three girls 2
WATCH / ARE WATCHING all wearing the same clothes. At the 3 some
4 My parents hardly ever TV. They students from Year 8 are taking photos of them.

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TV today because there is some very important news. The teachers 4 usually wear a uniform but they
TALK / ARE TALKING wear nice clothes. Today they are wearing their
5 My friends and I about Cathy’s new haircut. normal clothes! Boring! They 5 join in with the
We usually about school work or our plans non-uniform day. I don’t know why not.
for the weekend, but Cathy’s hair is amazing!
One last thing. The non-uniform day is not
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1
2
PL
DOESN'T COME / ISN'T COMING
Our teacher

Our teacher
us instead.
usually

2 Match questions 1–8 with short answers a–h.

□ Are you wearing jeans today?
to lessons
late. Where is he? Oh, wait, here is another teacher.
today so she is here to teach

□ Is you sister eating breakfast at the moment?

a non-work day, but we don’t 6 do much work.
Now we are in our French class. The teacher 7 for
a video to show us – but she can’t find it. She isn’t
in the classroom so we 8 !

1
2
a one
a are
b once
b is
c every
c do
3 □ Does your brother listen to music? 3 a now b moment c time
4 □ Do your parents work at the weekend? 4 a aren’t b don’t c doesn’t
□ Is your brother listening to music now?
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5 5 a aren’t b isn’t c never
6 □ Do you wear a uniform to school? 6 a often b never c now
7 □ Are your parents working at the moment? 7 a looks b is looking c look
8 □ Does your sister always eat breakfast? 8 a are relaxing b relax c relaxes
a Yes, he does. 4 Read the answers and write questions in the
b Yes, they are. Present Simple or the Present Continuous.
c Yes, I am.
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1 Where does your teacher live?

d Yes, she does. My teacher lives in Dartford.
e No, I don’t. 2 ?
f No, they don’t. My dad is sleeping at the moment.
g No, she isn’t. 3 ?
h No, he isn’t. I usually go to bed at eleven o’clock.
4 ?
My mum is wearing jeans and a T-shirt.
5 ?
Today I am sitting next to Jason.
6 ?
I usually sit next to Mark but he isn’t here today.
7 ?
I play sports about three times a week.
8 ?
I’m reading a book called American Panda.

5 ON A HIGH NOTE Imagine you are doing something

unusual today. Write about your normal day and what
you are doing today which is different.

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 4D READING AND VOCABULARY
1 Read the text quickly and complete the notes. 4 Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the
words from Exercise 3.

T IO N S
1 I’m now friends on Facebook with all my schoolmates
M O D E L U N IT E D N A – even the ones I don’t like very much!
2 At the moment, in History we’re having a
about life in the 19th century.
Where: 1
Portsmouth
3 Some students are giving a about their
Age of students: 2
favourite kinds of music. It’s really interesting.
How long it lasts: 3
4 My parents are very interested in . They
First day topic: 4 always watch the news and vote in elections.
First team to speak: 5 5 Every year we choose two student to go to
meetings with the teachers.
6 The for the winners of the Spanish
competition is a free term at a local language school.

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7 When we do projects at school, we go to the
computer room to do about the topic first.

ACTIVE VOCABULARY | Negative prefix un-

We often use the prefix -un to make adjectives negative

2
PL
Read the text again and answer the questions.
(e.g. usual - unusual).

5 Complete the sentences with the negative forms of the

adjectives from the box.
able clear friendly happy lucky

1 The meaning of this word is still unclear to me.

Can you explain it again, please?
2 Our new neighbour is rather . He hardly
1 Where are the students at the Model United Nations ever says hello when we meet him.
event from?
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3 We are to do this test because it’s too
from all over Europe difficult for us.
2 What kind of subjects do they study? 4 Lisa is always . She often buys lottery tickets
but never wins anything.
3 How long do the teams have to do their research? 5 Why are you today? Is something wrong?

4 How many teams does the writer mention?

6 ON A HIGH NOTE What meetings or special events
happen at your school? Think of one and write a short
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‘live blog’ describing what people are doing

5 Is everybody in the writer’s team happy with their and how they are feeling.
presentation?

Vocabulary extension
3 Match the highlighted words from the text with the
definitions.
1 The study of governments and power. Politics [HN1_WB_PH4D.1: Photo needs to be more
2 People whom a group or country chooses to represent landscape to fit in the left page too and to
them. show the placards being held up (presumably
we need to see these?)
3 A talk to a group of people, often with pictures, films,
music or other forms of multimedia.
4 People who are at school with you.
5 The study of a topic in order to discover new facts.

6 Something you get for winning a competition or doing

good work.
7 A talk between two or more people who give their
ideas or opinions on a topic.

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United Na
tions
Hi, today I’m at a Model United Nations event here in Portsmouth. There are students from all
over Europe here. They’re discussing politics and solving problems. It’s a kind of role-play where
students play the part of delegates to the UN.

10.30 a.m. The students here are all between 16 and 18 years old. Some study Politics or Economics
at school, others do typical subjects such as Maths or Sciences. Some people say we’re only here because
we get three days off school, but that’s unfair. We’re reading, writing and sharing ideas. The days are
long. This isn’t an easy option.

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This is the first of three days and while my schoolmates are taking part in the activities, I’m here to explain
what is going on and why. First of all, each group plays the part of a country. My team is Norway. Today
we’re discussing global warming and what each country is doing to help the problem. We have three
hours to do research in the mornings and then, after lunch every day, each country gives a presentation.
Everyone is very nervous and working hard. Our desk is very untidy and full of pieces of paper.

14.00 p.m.

14.30 p.m.
17.00 p.m.
PL It’s the afternoon now. The Turkish team is the first to speak. They are talking about the
problem in their country and telling us about their plans for the future. Other students are busy taking
notes. It’s Canada next and then Norway! We are unlucky because the Canadian team is really good.
It’s our turn. James, one of our delegates, is very nervous. He looks unwell! I hope he’s OK.
The discussion is over. We’re taking a break now. The students in our team are discussing
their presentation. Some people are happy, but some aren’t. Some of their comments to other team
members are a bit unkind but it’s just because they want to do well. There are prizes for the best
delegates at the end of the three days. For some people, it isn’t important to win or lose but others care
a lot! They’re the ones who are unhappy.
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 4E LISTENING AND VOCABULARY

1 23 Listen to a conversation and decide if statements Pronunciation

1–3 are true or false.
1 □ Oliver goes to an international school in India. ACTIVE PRONUNCIATION | /iː/ sound
□ Oliver knows Bella from his old school in Britain.

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2 In English, /iː/ is a long vowel sound (e.g. tree).
3 □ Bella invites Oliver to visit his old school in the We can spell /iː/ in different ways:
evening.
• ee (e.g. see)
2 23 Listen to the conversation again and choose the • ea (e.g. leave)
correct answers. • ey (e.g. key)

PL
1 Oliver says that
a all his lessons are in English.
b all the international schools in Delhi are English
speaking schools.
c all his teachers come from Great Britain.
2 Which of these sentences about Oliver’s school is true?
a There are no Indian students there.
b The students are all either Indian or English.
5

6
25 Listen to the /iː/ sound on its own and in
different words and repeat.

1 see
2
3
26 Listen and write seven words which have the
/iː/ sound.

c There are more Indian students than English

students. 4
3 Oliver likes his classmates because 5
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a he has a lot of English friends. 6
b he can find out new information from them. 7
c they are all very similar. 7 Complete the table with the words from Exercise 6.
4 From what Bella and Oliver say, we know that
a Oliver doesn’t know any people going to the café. /iː/ sound spelled with ee /iː/ sound spelled with ea
b Oliver doesn’t need much money for the visit to the see
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café.
c Oliver is sure that he can go to the café.

Vocabulary extension
3 24 Complete the extracts from the recording in 8 27 All the words below have the /iː/ sound.
Exercise 1 with the words from the box. Listen and Complete the words with the letters ea or ee. Listen
check. and repeat.
1 meal 5 agr
believe imagine let miss seems
2 b f 6 cl n
1 I miss home sometimes but I love the people, 3 dr m 7 ch se
the food, the weather! 4 t nager 8 r d
2 ‘Sometimes it quite strange to be in an
English classroom with English teachers but, outside, 9 28 Complete the sentences with one word in each
it’s India.’ ‘I can !’ gap. Each word has the /iː/ sound. Listen and check.
3 You may not it but, there is only one other 1 I play football for the school team.
English person. 2 Put the ice in the freezer to keep it cold.
4 Can I you know later? 3 Do you prefer swimming in a pool or in
the ?
4 ON A HIGH NOTE Write about some good and bad things
4 How much sugar is in this coffee? It’s really .
about your school.
5 I’m really tired. I need to .

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4F SPEAKING 04
1 29 Listen and repeat the phrases. How do you say 4 Read the questions and write answers using the words
them in your language? in brackets.
Can I use your ruler?
SPEAKING | Asking for, giving and refusing permission 1 No, sorry. I don’t have one. ✗ (have)
2 ✓ (fine)
ASKING FOR PERMISSION
3 ✓ (problem)
Can I borrow your headphones, please?
Could I borrow your calculator? Can I borrow your pen?
Is it OK if I use your ruler? 4 ✓ (course)
5 ✗ (using)
SAYING ‘YES’
6 ✓ (here)
Yes, of course.
Yes, sure. Here you are. 5 30 Complete the dialogue with one word in each
Yes, that’s fine. gap. Listen and check.

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That’s no problem. Nina Hi. 1Can I sit here?
Jessica 2
, that’s fine. Are you a new student?
SAYING ‘NO’ (AND GIVING A REASON)
Nina Yes. My name’s Nina.
No, sorry. I don’t have one.
Jessica Hi, Nina. I’m Jessica.
I’m sorry but you can’t. I’m using it at the moment.
Nina Hi, Jessica. 3 it OK 4 I look at

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each gap.
Adam
Bill

Jane
Suzie
PL
Complete the mini-conversations with one word in

Can I borrow your dictionary, please?

Yes, 1sure.

Can I borrow 50p for the bus?

Yes, that’s no 2p .
Nina
your notebook?
Jessica Yes, that’s no 5 . Here you 6
Thanks. Wow. This French is really difficult.
Can I borrow your dictionary?
Jessica Sorry. This is my Spanish dictionary. I haven’t got

Nina
my French 7 with me.
Oh. Can you tell me what this word means?
Jessica Yes, of 8 . It means …
.

Ahmed Can I use your calculator, please?

Lucy No, 3s . I don’t have one.
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Mark Is it OK if I sit here?
Patrick Yes, of 4c .

Frank Could I borrow your pen, 5p ?

Sam I’m sorry, but you can’t. I’m using it at the
moment.
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Brendon Could I use your phone to call my mum?

James Yes, that’s 6f .

Emily Could I borrow your highlighter, please?

Kelly Yes, 7h you are.

3 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1 I’m sorry but / and you can’t at the moment.
2 Is it OK that / if I use your ruler?
3 Can I use your calculator? This one / ones doesn’t work.
4 I’m sorry. I use / I’m using my pen at the moment.
5 Use my dictionary. The one / ones on the shelf are
really old and some of the pages are missing.
6 I have a lot of papers on my desk. Could I / you borrow
this folder to sort them?

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 4G WRITING | An Internet forum post

We’re asking you about your ideal school day. Here are
some of your ideas.
My name’s Colleen Ramsey. I’m 15 and I’m in year ten of school.
Introduce yourself. My ideal school day starts at 9.30 (not like my normal school day which starts
at 9.00) so I get an extra half an hour in bed. The day starts with an Art lesson.
The teacher talks about a famous painter or style of art and then we paint
Describe when the day starts a picture in that style. The teacher is very kind, and she always tells us that
and what happens in the our paintings are great!
morning. After Art we have English but on my ideal day, we don’t learn grammar.
We read novels and talk about them in the class. Sometimes we write short
stories. I love writing. Then we have Spanish with a young teacher from Spain
Describe what happens at or South America. We speak a lot in the lessons and listen to Spanish songs.
lunchtime. They’re cool. And on my ideal school day I understand all the words I hear!

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Lunch on my ideal school day is pizza. We sit in the canteen and the local
pizza restaurant brings us our favourite pizza. Mine is Hawaiian pizza with
Describe the afternoon sweet corn and pineapple. After lunch we have PE. We go to the school pool.
and after-school activities. We have a two-hour swimming lesson there. School finishes at 3 p.m. and,
of course, we don’t have any homework!

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PL
1 Colleen is fifteen years old. I am
2 Colleen’s ideal day starts with
starts with .
Unfortunately, I never have an ideal school day!

Complete the sentences about Colleen and yourself.

.
. My ideal day
There are a lot of clubs in the afternoon at my school.
My friends and I go to a film club. We are really interested
in watching and making films.

3 On Colleen’s ideal day, she writes in

English. In my ideal English lesson, we .
4 Colleen learns as a foreign language.
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On my ideal school day, I study as a foreign
language.
5 On Colleen’s ideal school day, she eats for
lunch. On my ideal school day, I eat for 4 WRITING TASK Write about an after-school club you
lunch. enjoy.
6 In the afternoon, on Colleen’s ideal school day,
she has . On my ideal school day, in the
ACTIVE WRITING | An Internet forum post
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afternoon, I .
1 Plan your post.
2 Look at the underlined words in the text and write
• Think about the after-school clubs you go to. If you
what they refer to.
don’t go to any, use your imagination.
1 we students 4 them • Make notes about the day and time the club takes
2 she 5 they place and what you do there.
3 our 6 there • Think about what you like and dislike about the club.
2 Write the post.
3 Rewrite the text. Replace the underlined parts with
• Start with a sentence about yourself and the club you
pronouns or one/ones to avoid repeating nouns.
are going to write about.
There are a lot of clubs in the afternoon at my school. • Use three or four paragraphs to organise your post.
My friends and I go to a film club. My friends and I are • Use the Present Simple and adverbs of frequency to
really interested in watching and making films. talk about what you do at the club.
Our English teacher, Miss Logan, organises the film • Use the Present Continuous to talk about anything
club. Miss Logan always shows us about 20 minutes of you are doing at the moment at the club.
a famous film. Then we talk about the film. Sometimes
we give presentations about our favourite films. I’m • Use pronouns and the words one/ones to avoid
preparing a presentation at the moment. repeating nouns.
The presentation is about my favourite film: The Sun is 3 Check that ...
also a Star. I like the films my friends talk about, but the • you have included all the relevant information.
films Miss Logan chooses are more interesting because • there are no spelling or grammar mistakes.
I don’t know them.

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UNIT VOCABULARY PRACTICE 04
1 4A GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY Match the words from 3 4D READING AND VOCABULARY Choose the correct
the box with their definitions. words to complete the sentences.
canteen gym library playing fields science lab 1 At the moment, in History, we are a project.
staff room a taking b getting c doing
2 We need 50% or more to this exam.
1 This is where we eat our lunch. canteen
a pass b fail c get
2 We play football here.
3 I usually good grades – As or Bs.
3 We get books from here.
a get b pass c take
4 You can find the teachers here when they aren’t
teaching. 4 I like exams. I just don’t like getting my results.
5 We go here for Chemistry lessons and do experiments. a making b working c taking
5 In this school, we a lot of interesting subjects like
6 We have PE here when it’s raining. Art and Dance.
a work b do c make

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2 4B VOCABULARY Complete the words with one letter in 6 I really don’t want to this exam.
each gap.
a pass b manage c fail
7 Well done! The exam is over. Now you can a break.

MONDAY a make b take c get

8 It’s important to a lot of qualifications.

8.45: 2P
Magnetism

9.30: 3A
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8.00: 1Bi o l o g y
Plants and animals

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4
a pass b get

the words from the box.

c take

4E LISTENING AND VOCABULARY Complete the text with

crowded dangerous expensive freezing simple

tiny

Painting REAL HOLIDAY EXPERIENCE

10.15: 4G g h There’s a holiday advert on the television. Two people
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are getting on a plane. They’re happy and relaxed.
Countries and continents
When they get off, it’s a beautiful day and they get
into a car and drive to a small village near the sea.
11.00: Computer 5S e e The beach is quiet, the people are friendly and the
Writing computer code food is 1simple but delicious. After a day on the
beach, they drive to a town. All the cool people go
11.45: Maths there because the restaurants and cafés are great,
Don’t forget 6c c l r. and bands play concerts outside in the evening.
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The problem is that real life isn’t like that. When you
13.30: 7F r g Languages: go on holiday, the airport is 2 with people.
French in room 5, Spanish in room 8 When you get to your hotel, it’s old and your room is
Bring a bilingual 8d t n y.
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. There isn’t even anywhere to put your
bag. The room is also 4 because there
14.15: 9D a is no heating. You want to eat but the only food
you can buy is from a burger bar because the local
Acting in a short play
restaurants are really 5 and you haven’t
got much money! There’s a nice beach but it’s
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s l E c n difficult to get to it because there’s a busy road and
Today in the gym it’s 6 to cross it!

Don’t forget:
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t xtb s, notebooks and a 12f d r for 5 ON A HIGH NOTE Choose a school subject and say
what happens in a typical lesson. Write what you are
any pieces of paper the teachers give us. studying in that subject at the moment.

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04 Self-assessment

1 For each learning objective, write 1–5 to assess your ability.

1 = I don’t feel confident. 5 = I feel confident.
Learning objective Course material How confident I am (1–5)
4A I can use the Present Continuous to talk about things Student’s Book pp. 50–51
happening now or temporary situations. Workbook pp. 40–41
4B I can talk about school, school subjects and classroom Student’s Book p. 52
objects. Workbook p. 42
4C I can use the Present Simple and the Present Continuous to Student’s Book p. 53
talk about regular actions and activities happening now. Workbook p. 43
4D I can identify specific information in an article and talk Student’s Book pp. 54–55
about school life. Workbook pp. 44–45
4E I can identify key details in a podcast and talk about Student’s Book p. 56
commuting. Workbook p. 46

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4F I can ask for and give or refuse permission. Student’s Book p. 57
Workbook p. 47
4G I can describe a typical day at my school. Student’s Book p. 58
Workbook p. 48

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Which of the skills above would you like to improve in? How?
Skill I want to improve in How I can improve
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3 What can you remember from this unit?

New words I learned and most want Expressions and phrases I liked English I heard or read outside class
to remember

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GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY USE OF ENGLISH
1 Choose the correct words to complete the sentences. 5 Choose the correct words a–c to complete the texts.
1 Chemistry and Art are both . 1
a languages b subjects c objects Basketball practice today in the .
2 We study plants and animals in . 15.45–16.45. Everyone welcome.
a Physics b Biology c Chemistry
a canteen b gym c lab
3 You can carry your school books in a .
a folder b highlighter c school backpack 2
Year 12 students are an exam.
4 You need a to draw straight lines. Please be quiet.
a calculator b ruler c key
5 You can pass or fail . a making b getting c taking
a a grade b an exam c a qualification 3

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/5 If you lose the to your locker, please tell your
teacher immediately.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct words formed
from the words in bold. a key b desk c ruler
1 When the temperature goes below 0oC, we say that
it’s freezing. FREEZE 4

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2 Chemistry lessons can be
your teacher tells you. DANGER
3 What
QUALIFY
4 Can we use a
CALCULATE
5 PE is short for Physical
so listen to what

do you need to become a doctor?

in our Maths exam?

. EDUCATE
6 When it’s sunny, we do PE on the school
fields. PLAY
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All Year 10 students, please

a do b make
the new timetable –
there are some changes.

c check

Students can borrow two books for one week

a library
from the . Please do not lose them.

b staff room c hallway

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6 Complete the text with one word in each gap.
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Use the prompts to write questions in the Present
Simple or the Present Continuous.
1 a What / you / usually / do / in your free time?
What do you usually do in your free time? Dear Parents,
b What / you / do / at the moment? As you know, we organise several trips
for students each year, 1for example to
banks, transport companies and local
2 a Who / Lisa / usually / sit / next to in Maths? newspapers. 2 the moment,
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the Year 10 Computer Science students

b Who / she / sit / next to today?
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learning about computer code
and how to write 4 . To help
them, we’re organising a visit to a local
3 a What / your teacher / wear / today? computing company.
The company is only 2 km from the
b she / always / wear the same clothes? school, so I think the students and
teachers can go 5 foot. Mr
Paine, the Computer Science teacher
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is organising the visit. Please contact
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with any questions you have.
4 Complete the text with the correct Present Simple or
Present Continuous forms of the verbs in brackets. Thank you,
Some French students are at our school this week. Elaine Simpson
They 1are learning (learn) English in an English school.
It’s a great idea and it 2 (happen) every year. Headmistress
One of the students 3 (stay) at our house.
My parents 4 (not speak) French so she /5
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(speak) to them in English all the time.
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Her English 6 (get) better every day. It’s a great
way to learn a language. I hope I can spend a week in
France one day!
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