Материал: Empower B1 pre_intermediate workbook

2 LISTENING

a 1.6 Listen to the conversation. Match 1–3 with a–c to make true sentences.

b 1.6 Listen to the conversation again and tick ( ) the best endings for the sentences.

1The radio programme is about …

a starting university.

b moving to a new city.

c how people make friends.

2Richard doesn’t …

a usually go to bars.

b like making friends with new people.

c fi nd it diffi cult to meet people at university.

3Richard likes …

a going to parties with his friends.

b people who like similar things to him. c the countryside near where he lives.

4Sophia is interested in …

a making friends with people studying Drama. b joining a club.

c meeting lots of different people.

5Peter doesn’t …

a use the Internet to meet people. b like the people he lives with.

c usually go out in the evenings.

6Which of the sentences is true about the students?

a The university is helping all the students to make friends.

b The students are making friends in different ways.

cWrite questions and answers about what you do in your free time and who you spend it with.

Think about these questions:

•Where do you spend your free time?

•What do you do and how often?

•Who do you spend your free time with?

Review and extension

1 GRAMMAR

Correct the sentences.

1Where you went on holiday last year?

Where did you go on holiday last year?

2At the moment, she works in the café by the station.

3Why you missed the bus?

4I can’t talk to you now because I do my homework.

5What kind of music you usually listen to?

6They waiting for the bus to London.

2 VOCABULARY

Correct the sentences.

1The new Iron Man fi lm is amaizing!

The new Iron Man fi lm is amazing!

2We very enjoyed the fi lm last night.

3We had a lovly time at the party last night.

4I think our History lessons are so borring.

5I think that man’s a bit extrange. Look, he’s talking to himself.

6New York’s allright, but I prefer living in London, actually.

3 WORDPOWER like

Match 1–8 with a–h to make sentences.

1e We can go for a walk in the park

2 What was the party

3 What gorgeous weather! It looks

4 The boy in the white T-shirt looks

5 He loves fi lms with superheroes, you know,

6 I absolutely love this singer. She sounds

7 I want to buy a computer

8 Thanks for your email. It sounds

alike the perfect day for the beach.

blike this one. How much is it?

clike Philip. They’ve got the same smile.

dlike you’re having a great holiday.

eif you like.

flike Katy Perry.

glike Batman or Spider-Man.

hlike last night?

REVIEW YOUR PROGRESS

Look again at Review your progress on p.1600 of the Student’s Book. How well can you do these things now?

3 = very well 2 = well 1 = not so well

I CAN …

astalk andboutanswwherepersonalI’m fromquestions

talk about howpeopleI communicateI know

greetask forpeopleand giveandinformationend conversations

write anpersonalonline profileemail..

1 GRAMMAR Past simple

aTick ( ) the correct sentences. Correct the wrong sentences.

1 The train not arrived until 22:30, so we got home around midnight.

The train didn’t arrive until 22:30, so we got home

around midnight.

2 I slept very badly on the plane, so I feeled very tired the next day.

3 Did you took the train from New York to Washington?

4 We fl ew from London to Manchester because it was really cheap.

5 They spended two nights in a hotel and then they stayed at a friend’s house for three days.

6 I didn’t enjoyed my trip to Scotland because the weather wasn’t very good.

7 When I got back to my hotel, I found a message from my sister.

8 We unpacked our suitcases and ate dinner in the hotel restaurant. It cost 100 euros!

bComplete the exchanges with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. Use contractions where possible.

2 VOCABULARY Tourism

a Match 1–8 with a–h to make sentences.

1d We decided to go to China on holiday, so we had to get

2 I’m really bored. Why don’t we do

3 James decided to go away

4 Going to the Olympics is great, but you need to book

5 It’s a good idea to buy

6 Come on! Let’s unpack

7 My daughter didn’t have much money so she stayed

8 On the day you leave, you need to check out of

ato Scotland for the weekend.

bour bags and go out for lunch.

cin hostels when she went travelling for a year.

da visa from the embassy.

esome sightseeing this afternoon?

fyour accommodation before you go.

gyour hotel by 11 o’clock.

hsouvenirs here – they’re very expensive at the airport.

b Write the names of the holiday items under the pictures.

3 PRONUNCIATION -ed endings

aTick ( ) the verbs that have an extra syllable when we add -ed.

1 VOCABULARY Travel collocations

aComplete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in the box.

When I was a student, my best friend and I 1 travelled around Europe for a month. We didn’t want to travel by train, so we

2 . Once, a lorry driver 3 us a lift from Paris to Cannes – over 900 kilometres!

b Underline the correct words to complete the sentences.

1A Why was there a big strike / traffi c jam / lift on the motorway this morning?

B Because there was a crash / strike / queue between two cars at 7:30.

2A Why did you lose / miss / delay your train?

B Well, my friend was driving us to the station, but her GPS wasn’t working, so we set off / broke down / got lost. In the end, we bought a map!

3A Why were there traffi c jams / long delays / long queues to all the fl ights from Heathrow Airport today?

BBecause there was a pilots’ strike / turbulence / delay yesterday, so lots of planes are at the wrong airport today.

4There was a turbulence / something wrong / a strike with our coach, so we waited for two hours at the service station.

5It took me over an hour to get my ticket because there was a long delay / queue / crash at the ticket offi ce. Then the train got lost / took off / broke down just outside Paris, so that’s why I’m so late.

6A It sounds like you had a bad fl ight between Washington and London.

BYes, there was a lot of turbulence / queues / strikes over the Atlantic because of the bad weather.

2 GRAMMAR Past continuous

aComplete the sentences with the past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

bComplete the text with the past simple or past continuous forms of the verbs in brackets.

3 PRONUNCIATION

Sentence stress: vowel sounds

a 2.2 Listen to the sentences. Do the letters in bold sound like / / as in computer, / / as in dog or / / as in her? Tick ( ) the correct box for each sentence.

a Put the words in the correct order to make questions.

1anything else / help you / with / I / there / is / can ?

Is there anything else I can help you with?

2is / tell / where / information desk / you / me / the / could ?

3Edinburgh / to / much / is / a return ticket / how ?

4for the airport / leave / do / often / buses / how / the ?

5Barcelona / time / the next coach / what / to / is ?

6my ticket / pay / euros / can / for / in / I ?

7can / a sandwich / the journey / for / where / buy / I ?

8a taxi / to the airport / much / it / does / cost / to get / how ?

b 2.3 Listen and check.

cComplete the conversation with the words in the box.

can near here have over there could you excuse anything else actually from what time

d 2.4 Listen and check.

eMatch the traveller’s sentences 1–8 with the ticket seller’s responses a–h.

1c Hello.

2 Could you tell me what time the next bus to Folkestone leaves, please?

3 Great, thanks! And where does it leave from?

4 I will be. Can I have a ticket, please?

5 Here you are. Also, is there somewhere I can buy a newspaper?

6 That’s OK. I can run fast.

7 Yes, I think that’s it. Thank you for your help!

8 Thanks! Bye!

aGoodbye!

bYes, of course. It leaves in fi ve minutes.

cGood afternoon. How can I help you?

dCertainly. That’ll be £9.50.

eNo problem, sir. Now hurry, or you’ll miss your bus!

fFrom stop number 4, but you’ll need to be quick!

gYou’ll need to! Is that all, sir?

hYes, at the newsagent over there, but I’m not sure you’ll have time.

2 PRONUNCIATION Joining words

a 2.5 Listen to the questions. Tick ( ) the two words that are joined together.

Ana and I had our first experience of British food last night. We went to a little café near the hostel. We decided to try fish and chips. It’s a typical British dish and it was delicious with a hot cup of tea (with milk!). Today we visited the British Museum and Covent Garden. The British Museum is amazing – there are lots of interesting things to see. We spent two hours there and only saw a few of the rooms. We bought some sandwiches for lunch and then we went to Covent Garden market. There were lots of musicians and magicians in the street. We had a lovely afternoon and Ana took lots of photos. You can see them on Facebook.

2 WRITING SKILLS Linking words

aUnderline the correct words to complete the sentences.

1There was a long queue for the museum, and / so / but we decided to go to the market instead.

2We didn’t visit the Tower of London because / so / but the tickets were very expensive.

3The hotel looked really nice, because / and / but they didn’t have any free rooms that night.

4Yesterday I visited Ellis Island so / and / because the Statue of Liberty.

5There weren’t any fl ights today but / so / because there was a snow storm.

6Because / When / So we got to our hotel, I phoned my wife to wish her ‘Happy Birthday’.

7It started raining hard, but / because / so we didn’t go to the mountains.

8We wanted to go to the concert, but / so / because we couldn’t get any tickets.

3 WRITING

aRead the notes. Write Maite’s blog post about her holiday in New York.

Maite’s blog: New York post (notes)

Monday, 25th January

Madrid: left 12:20

New York: arrived 14:30

Very tired – (why?)

Weather: very cold – minus 6 degrees!

People = (?)

Hotel = (?)

Dinner = (?)