3B Vocabulary
Money
A Work in pairs. Complete the maths quiz.
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BWork with a different partner. Underline all the words related to money in the text in A.
CComplete the adverts with words from the text in A.
Are you
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Come and visit us today – don’t delay!
Cambridge English Empower B1 Teacher’s Book © Cambridge University Press 2015 PHOTOCOPIABLE 233
4A Vocabulary
Clothes and appearance
A Look at the pictures of different types of clothes and complete the table with the clothes words.
Feet |
Body |
Jewellery |
Accessories |
bracelet
BWork in pairs. Take turns to read your answers.
CLook at your class and make a list of all the items in A that you can see. Do not include more than one example of each item.
e.g. Carla’s silver bracelet, Pavel’s blue and white scarf
DWork in small groups. Take turns to describe items of clothing that people in your class are wearing. You can’t say the name of the item. Other students have to say what it is. The first person to give the correct answer wins a point and it’s their turn to describe something.
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234 Cambridge English Empower B1 Teacher’s Book © Cambridge University Press 2015 PHOTOCOPIABLE
4B Vocabulary
Adjectives: places
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Cambridge English Empower B1 Teacher’s Book © Cambridge University Press 2015 PHOTOCOPIABLE 235
5A Vocabulary
Work
AFind twelve phrases related to jobs and work in the wordsquare, e.g. earn a good salary. The phrases are vertical ↓, horizontal →, or horizontal and vertical →↓.
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B Choose one of the jobs in the box below. Write four sentences to describe the job.
gardener hairdresser plumber scientist lawyer accountant electrician banker
e.g. 1 You need good qualifications. 2 You earn a good salary.
3 You work long hours.
4 You make important decisions about people’s health.
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236 Cambridge English Empower B1 Teacher’s Book © Cambridge University Press 2015 PHOTOCOPIABLE
5B Vocabulary
Jobs
AFind and underline the names of eight jobs hidden in sentences 1–8.
e.g. Is this a good river to catch fish in?
Can you tell me how far Mercedes walked today?
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They’re going to build Erin a new house. |
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Is that the car Erica and Johan bought? |
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I’ve taken Andrew’s watch back to the shop. |
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Is that the kind of music Ian plays? |
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The best journal is the one you’ve got: ‘Zoo Biology’. |
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This machine: how does it work, Eric? |
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Can you post Mandy’s birthday card, please? |
B Put the jobs in order from very to not very. very
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C Work in groups and compare your answers.
A postman’s work is quite dangerous – dogs sometimes attack and bite them.
Yes, but I think a builder’s job is more dangerous.
D Add one more job to the lines in B. Ask your group if they agree with you.
Cambridge English Empower B1 Teacher’s Book © Cambridge University Press 2015 PHOTOCOPIABLE 237