Where are these characters

from?
What do they do?

From the Matrix

films

Blofeld: from
the James

A skillful computer Bond films

hacker

Where are these characters

from?
What do they do?

From the Star Wars

Garfield: a
Films
newspaper
900 years old
cartoon
A wise master and

Cruella de Vil

Where is this character from?

What does she do?
What is she like?

Cruella de Vil: the villain in the

Disney film 101 Dalmatians
She caught Dalmatian dogs for fur.

Trinity
Yoda

kind or unkind?
funny or
serious?
lazy or hardworking
Blofeld
generous or
Cruella de Vil
Garfield
mean?

1.Trinity is serious and hardworking.

2.Blodfeld is unkind and mean.
3.Garfield is lazy and funny.
4.Yoda is kind and serious.
5.Cruella de Vil is unkind and
mean.

Match the personality adjectives in A with

B
A
their opposites
in B
quiet
kind
polite

shy

confident

pessimistic

optimistic

unkind

talkative

rude

funny

mean

lazy

unfriendly

friendly
patient

serious
impatient

kind
polite

unkind

rude

confident

shy

optimistic

pessimistic

talkative

quiet

funny

lazy

serious

hard-working

friendly

unfriendly

patient

impatient

generous

mean

Track 1

friendly

funny

hard-working

kind

lazy

rude

shy

talkative

talkati
ve

friendly

shy

lazy

rude

kind

hard-working

funny

Choose the correct adjectives

1. Hes kind / unkind. He never helps
people.
2. Hes optimistic / pessimistic. He
always thinks bad things are going to
happen.
3. Shes patient / impatient. She doesnt
mind waiting.
4. Hes funny / serious. She always tells

Rewrite the sentences in exercise 2 so that

they mean the opposite.
Example: Hes kind. He always helps
people.
1. Hes optimistic . He always thinks good
things are going to happen.
2. Shes impatient. She hates waiting.
3. Hes serious. He never tells jokes.
4. Shes mean. She never spends money

pessimis
tic
generou
s
impatien
t
shy

5. Make notes about three friends

or relatives. What personality
adjectives can you use to
describe them? Give reason.
EX. Tom: lazy doesnt help
around the house.

6. Tell the class about your

friends or relatives.
EX. My brother, Tom, is very lazy.
He never does any work around
the house. ..

What are the people

doing?

carry
smile

chat
stand

dance drink
eat
hold laugh listen

Read the text messages. What

does Ed think of the wedding?
Cath
Hi Ed. Are you having a good time?
Ed
No, Im not. I dont know many
people here. Im not talking to
anyone. And Im wearing a stupid

Cath
A tie? You never wear ties. Send
me a photo! I need a laugh. By the
way, Im going to my cousins
wedding next weekend.
Ed
Do you like weddings? Theyre
boring. My granddad always falls
asleep. Hes got the right idea!

Look at the text messages again. Underline

examples of the present simple and
present continuous.
PRESENT SIMPLE.
affirmative I need a laugh. Theyre
boring. My granddad always
falls asleep. Hes got the
right idea!
negative

I dont know many people

here. You never wear ties.

interrogati
Do you like weddings?
ve

Look at the text messages again. Underline

examples of the present simple and
present continuous.
PRESENT SIMPLE.
affirmative I need a laugh. Theyre
boring. My granddad always
falls asleep. Hes got the
right idea!
negative

I dont know many people

here. You never wear ties.

interrogati
Do you like weddings?
ve

PRESENT CONTINUOUS.
affirmative
Im wearing a stupid tie. Im
going to my cousins
wedding next weekend
negative
Im not talking to anyone.
interrogati
ve

Are you having a good

time?

Complete the rules.

1. We use the present
for
simple.
something that
always or regularly
happens. present
2. We use the continuous
for
present
something that
is happening now.
3. We use the simple.
for
a fact thatpresent
is always true.
4. We use thecontinuous
for
arrangement inpresent
the future.
continuous
5. We dont use the

I. Make the affirmative statements

negative. Make the negative statements
affirmative.
1. I wear a suit at school.
2. He doesnt like weddings.
3. She plays volleyball after school.
4. We live in London.
5. My uncle works in a factory.
6. I want a sandwich.

II. Complete the questions.

1. What ..at school? She
wears a tracksuits.
2. Where .swimming? He goes
swimming at the sport center.
3. Why computer games?
They play computer game because they
enjoy them.
4. When ..in the morning?
He gets up at 7.30.
5. How to work? He

III. Write sentences using the present

continuous.
1. She / chat / to her friends.
2. I / not have / a shower.
3. We / not win / the match.
4. He / dance / really badly.
5. You / not listen / to me.

IV. Ask and answer.

1. They / stand up?
2. He / smile?
3. They / eat / a pizza?
4. She / wear / jeans?
5. She / hold / a cell phone?

1. a. She always .(wear) a white top for work.

b. I (wear) new shoes. Do you like them?
2. a. We .(go) skiing next month.
b. They ..(go) skiing every winter.
3. a. I .(love) this music. What is it?
b. I .(enjoy) this music. What is it?
4. a. Light .(travel) faster than sound.
b. That car .(travel) very fast. Be careful!
5. a. My dad often ..(sing) in the shower.
b. My brother ...(sing). What a terrible noise!
6. a. I (not believe) him. It's a lie!
b. He .(not tell) the truth. It's a lie!

Naomi Hello. (you/enjoy)

the music?
EdNot really. I ..(prefer) hip hop. This band is
terrible.
Naomi
It's my dad's band.
Ed
Oh, right. Actually, they (not play)
badly
now. Lots of people ..(dance). Which one is
your dad?
Naomi
He (play) the guitar.
Ed He's great! Anyway, I .(not know) your
name.
Naomi
I'm Naomi.
Ed I'm Ed. Pleased to meet you.
Naomi Hey, I .(like) your suit. It's cool.
Ed Really?

1. Are you
enjoying

6. Dont know
7. Like

2. Prefer

8. Do you wear

3. Arent playing

9. Wear

4. Are dancing

10. Are you doing

5. Is playing

11. Am visiting

SPEAKING Work in pairs. Look at the table. Make

two true sentences for each verb, using the
present simple and present continuous, and the
Verbs
Nouns
Time
nouns
and time phrases.
phrases
go
my homework after school
speak

jeans

every day

wear

English

at the

do
play

computer
games
to town

moment
today
next week

to school
at weekends
I dont go to school
atexercise
weekends. Im
to
this
thisgoing
weekend
town after school.

FREE TIME
ACTIVITIES
Reading books

1C FREE TIME
Look at the photos. What are the teenagers
doing? Which of the activities do you do?

enage leisure in the UK.

Read the text quickly. What do the numbers refer

to?
85

1,152 million

75

85% of teenagers in the UK prefer playing

computer games on their own to playing games
outside with their friends.
1,152 million is the money spent on computer
games in 2003.
more than 75% of British teenagers played team
sports in the 1970s.

In the UK today, fewer and fewer teenagers are

playing games outside with their friends; 85%
prefer playing computer games on their own. In
fact, playing computer games is one of the most
popular leisure activities in the UK. In 2003,
British shoppers spent 1,152 million on
computer games! In general, boys are more
interested in computers than girls.
Teenagers also love watching TV. Watching TV
is more popular with boys and girls in the UK than
in most other European countries. In the UK, the
TV is often on all day, and teenagers watch it
before and after school. More than half of children

Sport and exercise

A lot of people are worried that today's British
teenagers don't get enough exercise. Today, less
than half of teenagers play team sports,
compared to more than 75% in the 1970s. More
than 80% of teenagers in the UK now prefer
watching sport on TV to actually playing it. More
than half of teenagers agree that young people
are getting 'fatter, lazier and more addicted to
computer games.' They want to play sports, they
say, but a lot of local parks and sports centers
are closing. New gyms areopening, but they're

Essential facts
Average time teenagers in the UK spend
playing sport:
15 -25 minutes per day for girls
40-55 minutes per day for boys
Average time teenagers in the UK spend
watching TV:
2.5 hours a day

Read the text again and answer the

questions.
1 In the UK, are boys or girls more interested in
computers?
2 Do teenagers in the UK watch more or less TV
than
teenagers in other European countries?
3 How many children in the UK have a video
recorder in their
bedroom?
4 How many teenagers in the UK today play

1 In the UK, boys are more interested in

computers than girls.
2 Teenagers in the UK watch more TV than
teenagers in other European countries.
3 A third of children in the UK have a video
recorder in their
bedroom.
4 Less than half of teenagers in the UK today
play team sports.
5 Because they are too expensive.
6 Teenagers in the UK spend on average 2.5
hours a day watching TV.

1.04 Listen to four conversations about free-time

activities. Match the teenagers with their hobbies.
1. Duncan

a riding a BMX bike

2. Shama

b computer games

3. Martin

c chess

4. Karen

d listening to music

1.D
2.C
3.B
4.A

Complete the sentences with the names of the

teenagers
from
exercise 4. Which sentences are also true for
Sham

aMarti
you?
n
1. ____________has
a lot of different hobbies and
Duncan
interests.
Karen
2. ____________
Dunkan doesn't get very much physical
exercise.
Sham

aKaren has a hobby that might become a

3. __________
profession.
Marti
4. ___________
is very keen on physical exercise.
n

1.05 PRONUNCIATION Listen and repeat the

questions
from the interviews. Copy the intonation.
1. What do you do in your free time?
2. How much time do you spend watching TV?
3. Have you got any other hobbies?
4. Do you play computer games on your own or
with friends?
5. What about sport and exercise?
6. What kind of music do you listen to?
7. What else do you like doing?

SPEAKING
Interview your partner about his or her free-time
activities. Use questions from exercise 7 and your
own ideas.

QUESTIONN
AIRE

1. Have you ever completed a

questionnaire in a magazine?
2. What are the questions about?
3. Can you learn something about yourself
from a questionnaire?

1 D VERB+ INFINITIVE OR ING

FORM

Are you FEARLESS or

PHOBIC?

SPEAKING Work in pairs. Ask and answer the

questions.
Make a note of your answers.
1. You want to have a shower but theres a a big
spider. Do you.
a. avoid having a shower?
b. have a shower anyway?
2. Youre at a party where there are a lot of
people you dont know. Do you ..
a decide to leave?
b spend time making new friends?
3. Travelling by plane is very safe, but what is
your opinion of flying?
a. I cant help feeling nervous.
b. I don't' mind flying at all.

4 Somebody offers to give you a free ticket to a

big rock concert. Do you
a say no because you cant stand being in a
very large
crowd of people?
b accept the ticket?
5. Youre in a lift when it gets stuck. Do you
a feel scared because you imagine being in
the lift for
hours?
b wait patiently and hope to be free soon?
6. A friend suggests doing a bungee jump. Do
you
a refuse to do it because youre afraid of

Look at your answers and count the as and

bs. Are you fearless (mostly bs) or phobic
(mostly as)?
Underline all the verbs in the questionnaire
that are followed by the infinitive or -ing
form of another verb.
Some verbs are followed by the infinitive of
another verb. (Verb+ infinitive)
I'm pretending to be ill.
Some verbs are followed by the -ing form
of another verb. (Verb+ -ing form)

Complete the table with the verbs that

you underlined in the questionnaire.
Verb+ infinitive
pretend
want

Verb+ -ing form

fancy
avoid
spend

decid

time

cant help

offer

dont

hope

mind

refuse

cant

agree

Match the two halves of the

sentences.
1.
When he was four, he began ..
2. His mother agreed
3. He imagined ....................
4. He hoped .........................
5. He didn't mind ..
1. D
2. A
3. E
4. C
5. B

a. to pay for his lessons.

b. practicing every day.
c. to study music at
university.
d. to learn the piano.

Complete the sentences with the

infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in
to
brackets.
be..(be) angry.
feeling
1. He's pretending
2. I can't help (feel)
nervous.
wearin
g
3. She doesn't enjoy
..(wear)
eating
to pass
formal clothes.
to watch
4. Have you finished
.(eat)?
going
5. I didn't expect
..(pass)
the exam. to have
6. Do you want
..(watch)
playing
to tell
television?

Complete the sentences with the

infinitive or -ing form of the verbs in
the
be box. chat
feel
pass
help

pay

study

wait

help
1 My dad is really kind. He alwaysto
offers
. people
to pass
2 I'm quite optimistic. I usually expect
. my exam.
3 My friend Sarah is really impatient. She
waiting
can't
stand

4to pay
Sammy isn't generous. He always
refuses

5. Jane is very hard-working. She doesn't

mind
. for hours.
studying
6. I'm very ambitious. I often imagine
being
.
rich and famous.

chatting

7. Mark is so talkative! He keeps

. even when
nobody is
feeing
listening!
8. My sister is so shy. She can't help
.. nervous when a boy talks to
her.

Complete the sentences with an

infinitive or -ing form and true
information about yourself.
1. I usually avoid ............................
2. I really can't stand ........................
3. I don't mind ..............................
4. I spend a lot of time
5. I really want ..................................
6. I sometimes pretend

SPEAKING
Tell the class your sentences. Does
anybody have the same answers?

Describe the people in

the photos. Do young
people
dress like this in your
country?

1 E. APPEARANCES
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
1. Build: thin, tall
2. Eyes: black
3. Hair: long
4. Appearance: old .
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

FASHIONABLE / UNFASHIONABLE
Things to do:
Places to meet:
Music band:
Clothes:
Colors:
Sports:

Do goodies wear hoodies?

There are lots of clothes shops in the Bluewater
Shopping Centre in the south of England, so it's
easy to find fashionable hooded tops for sale
there. However, you can't wear a hooded top
while you're looking, because they're banned .
The shopping centre believes that teenagers who
wear hooded tops often use them to hide their
faces while they're behaving badly. That's why
the new rule bans people wearing 'hoodies'
(hooded tops) from the shopping centre. Baseball
caps are also banned. And the managers of the
shopping centre say that their new rules are

The Bluewater Shopping Centre is not the only

place in the UK where certain clothes are banned.
Students at Maesteg Comprehensive School in
Wales are not allowed to wear hooded tops
because the head teacher believes that they
cause bad behaviour. If children wear hooded
tops to school, the teachers take them away, and
don't give them back until the end of term. Most
of the parents agree with this new rule.

However, many people, especially young

people, believe that these rules are silly and
unfair. They say that baseball caps and hooded
tops are an important part of teenage fashion,
and it's impossible to judge a person's personality
from the clothes they wear. The head teacher of
Coombeshead College in the south of England
agrees. In fact, hooded tops are now part of the
school uniform at Coombeshead College.
Many adults believe that young people's
behavior is getting worse. One politician, Lord
Ashley, said, 'Children are ten times worse than in

Choose the best answers.

1. At the Bluewater Shopping Centre
a there aren't any fashionable clothes.
b hooded tops and baseball caps are
banned.
c only hooded tops are banned.
d teenagers are banned.
2. The result of the ban is
a clothes shops are closing.
b teenagers are hiding their faces.
c there are more teenagers in the shops.

3. Students at Maesteg Comprehensive

School
a are not allowed to wear hooded tops.
b cannot shop at the Bluewater
Shopping Centre.
c all support the new rule.
d all behave very badly.
4. The head teacher of Coombeshead
College doesn't believe that
a young people behave well.
b hooded tops are fashionable.

Why did the writer of the article include

Lord Ashley's statement?
a To show that adults always think
children behave badly.
b To show that children always behave
badly.
c To show that children behaved well in
1823.
d To show that adults are the same as
children.

Match the highlighted words and

phrases in the text with the correct
definitions below. judg
agree
1. form an opinion of e
for
.
trouble-makers
sale
2. have the same opinion
3.
4.
5.
6.

..
behaving
in
a shop, ready for people to buy
banned

sillybadly
people who behave
.
generation
doing and saying
things ingap
a certain way
.
something you are not allowed to do

Who is in this photo?

Can you describe her?
What kind of person is
she?
What does she do?
What is she doing?
What does Sk8er Boi
mean?

1.06 Listen to Sk8er Boi by Avril Lavigne.

Complete the song with the words in the
box.
baggy earth
home

ends

girl

inside pretty punk

skater skater skater song

TV

guitar
show
tickets

He was a boy, she was a

(1)
girl
..
Can I makepunk
it any more obvious?
He was a (2) ., she did ballet
What more can I say?
He wanted her
She'd never tell secretly she wanted him as
well

baggy
But all of her friends stuck up their nose

He was a (4)boy
skater
She said see you later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
She had a (5)
face
pretty
But her head was up in space
She needed to come back down to earth
(6)

Five years from now she sits at

(7)
home

Feeding the baby

TV she's all alone
She turns on (8) guess
who she sees
Skater boy rockin' up MTV
She calls up her friends
tickets
They already know
And they've all got (9) to

He was a (10)
boy
skater
She said see you later boy
He wasn't good enough for her
Now he's a superstar
Slamming on his (11)
guitar
Does your pretty face see what he's
worth?

Sorry girl but you missed out

Well tough luck that boy's mine now
We are more than just good friends
This is how the story ends
(12)
Too bad that you couldn't see,
See the man that boy could be
There is more than meets the eye
I see the soul that is (13)
inside

He's just a boy and I'm just a girl

Can I make it any more obvious?
We are in love. Haven't you heard
How we rock each other's world?
I'm with the (14)boy
skater
I said see you later boy
I'll be backstage after theshow
(15)

I'll be at the studio

song
Singing the (16)we wrote
About a girl you used to know

Choose the best summary of the

lyrics.
a A boy liked you, but you didn't want him
because of his clothes. Now he's a star, but
you can't change your mind because I'm
with him now!
b You went to a concert with your friends.
You liked the guitarist, but he didn't talk to
you because he was a star.
c You saw a guitarist on MTV and fell in
love. Now you always go to his concerts

I think / I agree / I disagree

SPEAKING
Work in pairs. What do you think is
the message of the song?
a Don't fall in love with rock stars.
b Don't always do what your friends tell
you.
c Always tell your friends how you feel.
d Don't listen to pop music.
I think it's a because rock stars are
unfriendly and rude.

Things and
Things and
activities you like activities you
doing
dislike doing
dancing

Doing housework

Appearance
Personality
Age
Nationality
Likes
Dislikes

1 F GIVING AN OPINION
Alice: What do you like doing in your free time?
Jack: I enjoy going to the cinema.
Alice: Me too. But I'd rather watch TV.
Jack: Really? I often watch TV during the week,
but at the
weekend, I prefer going to the cinema.
Alice: What else do you like doing?
Jack: I love surfing the Internet.
Alice: Do you? I can't stand surfing the Internet.
Jack: And I quite like playing tennis, too.
Alice: So do I. Do you fancy playing tennis this
weekend?

Read and listen to the dialogue. Underline

phrases that mean:
1. I really like ...:
I enjoy, I
2. I really don'tlove
likeI ...:
cant
stand
3. I prefer ...:
Id rather
4. Would you like to Do
...? you fancy?

SPEAKING Work in pairs. Practice reading

the dialogue, changing the words in blue.
Use phrases from the box and your own
ideas.
Hobbies and interests
chatting online
drawing

dancing

going out with friends

listening to music reading

taking photos

doing sport
shopping

playing chess

playing computer games

1.08. Listen to four conversations.

Complete the table
with phrases ad.
a listening to music singers
b eating out kinds of food
c shopping shops
d watching sport sports
both like

1. Fred and
Chloe
2. Simon and
Tara

but prefer
different
watching sports
sports
shopping

shops

listening to music
eating out

singers

kinds of food

1.08. Listen again. Answer the questions.

1 What does Chloe prefer? tennis
.

clothes
shops
2 What does Simon hate?
Robbie Williams
.Italian food
3 Who does Lucy like?
..
4 What does John love?
.

1.09. PRONUNCIATION Study the speaking

tip. Listen
and repeat, copying the intonation of the
phrases.
In a conversation, react to what the other
person says
using phrases such as:
Do you? Really? Me too! So do I! That's
interesting!
Work in pairs. Take turns to say the sentences
and react to them.
I like going out with friends.
Me too!
1. I like going out with friends.
2. I quite like playing computer games.

SPEAKING Work in pairs. Prepare a

dialogue following the chart below. Make
notes.
A
B
1. Ask B what he/she

1. Answer the

likes doing.

question.

2. React to B's answer.

2. React to A.

Then say you prefer

Say you like that

another activity.

activity too.

3. Suggest doing the

3. Agree.

activity.

A personal profile
Name:
Hometown :
Age:
School:
Hobbies and interests:
Personality:

A personal profile
Name:
Hometown :
Age:
School:
Hobbies and interests:
Personality:

Read the writing task and the two

personal profiles. Have the writers:
1. included all the information?
2. written the correct number of words?
Writing task
Write a personal profile of 80 - 100
words for an Internet chat-room. Call
your profile 'The real me'. Include:
an introduction with your name,
hometown, age and brief information
about your school and family
information about hobbies, interests and
sports
a description of your personality

The real me by Martin

My name is Martin and I'm from London.
I'm 16 years old and I'm in year 11 at
Parkfield School. I've got lots of hobbies
and interests. I love playing chess and
computer games with my brother. I also do
a lot of sport I particularly enjoy
swimming and karate. I'm also interested in
photography. I'm quite an ambitious
person. I want to go to university and then
get a job in web design. I think I'm quite

The real me

Sarah

My name is Sarah. I'm 17 and I go to

Greenhill School. I'm in year 12. I live with
my parents and my brother Jake.
My hobbies are fashion and listening to
music. I'm not very keen on sport, but I
play volleyball at school.
I'm not at all a shy person. I'm quite
confident and I prefer talking to other

Answer the questions for each person.

1. How old are they?
Sarah is
Martin is
17
16

Year
Year
11
12
2. What year are they in at school?
3.
Which
sports
do
they
like?
swimming & karate
volleyball
Playing
computer
game,
4. What chess,
other hobbies
and
interests do
photography
Fashion,
listening to music.
they have?

5. What personality adjectives do they use

to describe themselves?
Martin: ambitious, hard-working, impatient,
intolerant
Sarah: confident, kind, loyal.

MODIFYING ADVERBS
a little
really

not at all
slightly

quite
very

We use modifying adverbs to make the

meaning of
adjectives stronger or weaker.
Underline all the modifying adverbs in the
personal profiles. Translate them.
Shes a little crazy
Slightly, a little/ a bit + adjectives with a
negative meaning

Underline the correct words in the

rules below.
1 Modifying adverbs usually go before /
after the adjective.
Im slightly impatient.
2 The modifying adverbs quite and not at
all go before / after a/an when there is a
noun.
Im not at all a shy person.

Rewrite the sentences to include the

modifying adverb in brackets.
1. I'm pessimistic. (slightly)
2. My best friend is confident. (really)
3. He's an impatient person. (not at all)
4. I'm a student at a big school. (quite)
5. I find English difficult. (quite)
6. I'm sometimes shy. (a bit)

1. I'm slightly pessimistic.

2. My best friend is really confident.
3. He's not at all an impatient person.
4. I'm a student at quite a big school.
5. I find English quite difficult.
6. I'm sometimes a bit shy.

Look again at the writing task in exercise 1.

Make notes about yourself. Organize your
ideas into three sections.
Name/ Hometown /Age / School/ Family
Hobbies and interests/ sports
Personality
Write your personal profile.