Материал: Empower B1 pre_intermediate workbook

2 LISTENING

a 6.5 Listen to three friends talking about studying. Tick ( ) the people that match the statements.

2I study in the library.

3I haven’t got a good memory.

4I listen to a recording of myself to help me remember.

5I can help someone with their revision.

b 6.5 Listen to the three friends talking about studying again. Tick ( ) the correct answers.

1What is Georgia’s problem?

a   Her brother is disturbing her.

b   She hasn’t got a laptop to use for studying. c   She doesn’t want to go to the library to study.

2What does Max suggest Georgia do?

a   She should go to the library to study. b   She must tell someone to stop.

c   She should ask her parents to help her with the problem.

3What is Georgia going to do?

a   Talk to someone about the problem.

b   Go somewhere else to avoid the problem. c   Talk to someone and go somewhere else.

4Who has a problem with History?

a   Georgia. b   Max.

c   Marsha.

5What is Georgia embarrassed about?

a   Her poor memory.

b   Making a song to help her revise. c   Her marks in the Physics exam.

6What is Marsha’s problem?

a   She is confused by a subject.

b   She doesn’t want to study a subject.

c   She has to take a subject again next year.

cWrite to somebody giving advice about how he or she can get better exam results.

Review and extension

1 GRAMMAR

Correct the sentences.

1You shouldn’t to drink coffee before you go to bed.

You shouldn’t drink coffee before you go to bed.

2I think he should doing some exercise every day.

3You should read a book for to help you relax.

4She asked me drive her to the station.

5My father taught me how play the guitar.

6What I should do if I can’t sleep very well?

2 VOCABULARY

Correct the sentences.

1The football match was really excited. It finished 3 – 3.

The football match was really exciting. It finished 3 – 3.

2I was thinking in that TV programme I saw last night.

3My uncle paid the tickets and he bought popcorn for us as well.

4I can’t afford to spend a lot of money in a holiday this year.

5My little sister isn’t very interesting in fashion.

6I didn’t hear the phone because I was listening some music.

7I didn’t think that horror film was frightened. What about you?

8I didn’t have any money, so I had to borrow £20 to my brother.

3 WORDPOWER  verb + to

Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

read  sold  paid  wrote  lent  described  explained  brought

REVIEW YOUR PROGRESS

Look again at Review your progress on p.66 of the Student’s Book. How well can you do these things now?

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

I CAN …

give advice on common problems

describe extreme experiences

ask for and give advice

write an email giving advice.

1 GRAMMAR

Comparatives and superlatives

aRead the information in the table about London, New York and Rome. Complete sentences 1–8 with the correct forms of the adjectives in brackets.

8Hotels in New York are __________ than hotels in Rome. (expensive)

bPut the words in the correct order to make sentences.

1job / as / isn’t / new / my old one / interesting / my / as .

My new job isn’t as interesting as my old one.

2film / it’s / the / seen / exciting / ever / I’ve / most / I think .

3happier / is / ever / she’s / than / my sister / been .

4to understand her / more / she speaks / quickly / because / you / it’s hard / than .

5one of / best / he / the USA / universities / to / in / went / the .

6was / much warmer / the weather’s / yesterday / it / than .

7her sister / than / she / got / and / worked / in her exam / 95% / harder .

8a year ago / English / speaks / than / much better / now / he .

2 VOCABULARY get collocations

aUnderline the correct words to complete the sentences.

1I get together / get to know / get on well with both of my sisters – we’re very close.

2I’m going to Australia on business next week, so I’ll get married / get in touch with / get to know my friend Chris who lives in Sydney.

3In 2003, he married a Japanese girl and decided to stay in Japan because he got a place at / got a job / got an offer as a language teacher in Tokyo.

4When she went to live in Manchester, she got to know / got better / got engaged her neighbours very quickly because everyone was so friendly.

5Annie and Tom got married / got divorced / got together after they met at a friend’s birthday two years ago. It was love at fi rst sight.

6If you don’t drink bottled water, you might get ill / get better / get old because the water isn’t very clean in this area.

7In my company, we normally get rich / get paid / get an offer on the last day of each month.

8My parents got married / got divorced / got engaged last year, but they are still good friends.

bComplete the sentences with the correct forms of the expressions in the box.

1 VOCABULARY Health collocations

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

1c She gave up

2 I’ve lost a lot of

3 I’m sure he’s put on

4 My plan is to get

5 A lot of teenagers today are

6 She keeps in

7 It’s important to have a healthy

8 I was a regular

ashape by exercising regularly and eating carefully.

bfi t by going to the gym twice a week from January.

csmoking three years ago and now feels much healthier.

doverweight because they don’t get enough exercise.

esmoker for 10 years but now I’ve stopped.

fweight since I started eating a healthy diet.

gweight because he doesn’t look as slim as he did last year.

hdiet with plenty of vegetables and fruit.

b Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

lose get gave up keeps gone put on allergies smoker overweight healthy

5My uncle sleeps better because he drinking coffee last month.

suddenly decided to stop last year.

2 GRAMMAR used to

aRewrite the highlighted phrases. Use the correct forms of used to.

Twenty years ago, when I was a student, I use to live

1 I used to live in a large house with fi ve of my friends. We

to our house in the evenings. One of my friends, Sandro, was

guitar and teach us beautiful Spanish folk songs. Fortunately,

group of friends when you were at university, or you used to live 10 with your family?

bComplete the sentences with the correct forms of used to and the verbs in brackets.

1 USEFUL LANGUAGE

Doctors’ questions

aMatch the doctor’s sentences 1–8 with the patient’s responses a–h.

1d So, what’s the problem?

2 When did this start?

3 Where does it hurt? Can you show me?

4 Can I have a look? So, does it hurt here?

5 Are you taking anything for the pain?

6 Well, I don’t think it’s anything to worry about.

7 I think it’s just indigestion.

8 I’ll give you a prescription for some tablets. Take two every four hours.

aJust indigestion? What a relief!

bFine, thanks very much. Goodbye.

cPhew! That’s good to hear.

dI’ve got a stomach ache. It’s very painful.

eYes, it does. It hurts all the time. I can’t get to sleep.

fYes, I’ve taken some aspirin.

gAbout two days ago.

hHere, in this area.

b 7.1 Listen and check.

cComplete the sentences with the words in the box.

d 7.2 Listen and check.

e Put the conversation in the correct order.

Yes! Very much. Is it broken?

OK, Doctor. Thank you.

Can you show me where it hurts? 1 So what brings you here today?

Does it hurt if I touch it here?

Right here, next to my wrist.

I’ve hurt my arm. I fell off my bike.

No, I don’t think so. I’ll put a bandage on it.

1 READING

aRead Nicola’s blog on the right and tick ( ) the correct answer.

a Nicola could speak Spanish very well two years ago. b Nicola lives and works in Barcelona.

c Nicola wanted to get a new job as a manager. d Nicola studied Spanish at university.

bRead the blog again. Are the sentences true or false?

1Two years ago, Nicola didn’t get on well with her colleagues at the bank.

2Managers in Nicola’s bank need to have a very good level of Spanish.

3Nicola used to buy a Spanish newspaper every day.

4Nicola studied Spanish at a language school in Barcelona.

5Nicola is going to work for her bank in their Barcelona offi ce.

2 WRITING SKILLS

Linking: ordering events

a Complete the blog below with the words in the box.

HOME ABOUT BLOG

NICOLA123

About two years ago, my job was getting really boring. I liked the bank and enjoyed working with my colleagues, but I needed a change. I wanted to become a manager because I thought the work would be more interesting and that I would have the chance to travel to different countries.

However, I knew that it was very important for managers in my bank to write and speak excellent Spanish. I studied Spanish at school, but I stopped when I was 16, so I couldn’t remember much. I decided to try and improve my Spanish quickly so that I could apply for a job as a manager.

To begin with, I studied my old Spanish textbook from school and did lots of exercises. After that, I started reading Spanish newspapers online for 30 minutes every day and looked up the meaning of any new words in my dictionary. Soon I could understand nearly everything I read. After a while, I found a website where I could practise listening and speaking. Then I

joined a Spanish class at a language school in my town and went to classes twice a week. In the end, after about 18 months, I could understand and speak Spanish quite well.

I decided to start applying for management jobs at the bank and last month I got an offer of a job in Barcelona. My new job starts in September, so I’ve got a few weeks to nd a at. I’m really excited about going to live in Spain.

then the end after soon a while first

How I became

a top chef

3 WRITING

aRead the notes and write Kirsty’s blog about how she changed her journey to work.

Notes for Kirsty’s blog

Three years ago, I was a terrible cook. I could cook an English breakfast for my family, but I couldn’t cook anything

more exciting than that. Two years later, I got a job in a top London restaurant as a chef. Shall I tell you how I did it? At 1 fi rst , my wife helped me. She showed me how to make some simple dishes, such as roast chicken and potatoes and spaghetti bolognese.

cookery classes at a college in London, where I learned how to cook lots of

cooked some of the meals I learned at the college. After 4 , my friends told me I was a brilliant cook and that I should become a chef.

cookery competition on television and,

as one of their chefs, so I gave up my office job and I’ve never regretted it for one moment.

2 years ago: go to work by bus = lots of tra c, 1 hour + buy a bicycle? but not very fi t

bought old bicycle from friend …

1)frightened of cycling on road – so many cars & lorries

2)went to a park – cycled slowly, 5–10 mins.

3)house to local shops – 2 km

4)house to city centre – 5 km

5)everywhere on my bike

now: 8 km to work – feel fi t & healthy only 30 mins to work – save 1 hour a day