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EnglishFile4e Upp-Int TG PCM Comm COMPLETE
EnglishFile4e Upp-Int TG PCM Comm COMPLETE
b Look at the signatures of some famous people. Match the names to the signatures. Do you know 1 Three parts of the body that we use with ‘ache’.
anything about these people’s personalities? earache, stomach ache, toothache
2 Something that can be high, often because of stress or bad diet.
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Leo Tolstoy 3 Barack Obama Paris Hilton Usain Bolt Charles Schultz
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Charles Dickens Elijah Wood Damien Hirst Paul McCartney Sean Connery
Make sure that Sts keep their worksheets and that they
3 Something you could get on the beach if you’re not careful.
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4 What you should take if you have a headache, e.g. aspirin or paracetamol.
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5 A phrasal verb that means to recover from an illness.
g o an illness
5 6 7
6 When you have a cold you
1 ‘What’s the wi-fi password?’ ‘Do you remember what the wi-fi password is?’ 17 Adjective to describe a part of your body that has got bigger
3 4
Legibility Angle because of an injury. (a) sw (finger)
2 ‘Is it going to rain this afternoon?’ ‘Do you think ?’
18 Two verbs that mean to be sick.
3 ‘Has Thomas arrived yet?’ ‘Do you know ?’ If the signature is easy to read, you have If the signature goes up, it means you v , thr u
4 ‘How much will it cost to repair the roof?’ ‘Can you tell me ?’ clear ideas and objectives, but if it’s difficult work hard to overcome problems. You are
to read, it may mean you’re disorganized or determined, optimistic, and ambitious. If the
5 ‘Do I have to pay to park here?’ ‘Could you tell me ?’ indecisive and maybe also quite secretive. signature goes down, it means that you get
6 ‘Why did you leave your last job?’ ‘Would you mind telling me ?’ The more illegible the signature is, the less depressed when you have problems, and
assertive you are. you aren’t very self-confident. A horizontal
ACTIVATION
7 ‘What time does the library close?’ ‘Do you know ?’
signature, one which goes straight, means
Student A Instructions
a Read the instructions and write your answers in the correct place in the chart.
In number 1, write your first name.
In number 2, write the name of a café or bar you often go to.
In number 3, write the name of the last film you really enjoyed.
In number 4, write the place you went to on your last holiday.
In number 5, write the name of an app you use a lot.
In number 6, write the number of years you’ve been living in this town / city.
In number 7, write your favourite day of the week.
In number 8, write a date that is important for you.
In number 9, write the name of the person in your family you get on with best.
In number 10, write two things you like doing in your free time.
b Swap charts with B. Ask B to explain his / her answers. Ask for more information.
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Student B Instructions
a Read the instructions and write your answers in the correct place in the chart.
In number 1, write your first name.
In number 2, write the number of years you’ve been learning English.
In number 3, write your favourite food or drink.
In number 4, write the name of a website you’ve used to improve your English.
In number 5, write the last gadget you bought.
In number 6, write the name of a TV series you’ve been watching recently.
In number 7, write the name of a game you play a lot, e.g. on your phone.
In number 8, write a number that is important to you in some way.
In number 9, write the name of a sport you like watching or doing.
In number 10, write the name of your oldest friend.
1 2
10
Why did
9
you write…?
8
5
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Your home
1 Where live?
2 How long lived there?
3 Who live ?
4 What like most about your home?
5 Is anything you like about your neighbourhood? Why not?
Getting around
1 How usually get work (or school / university)?
2 How long take?
3 drive? car ?
4 often you public transport?
5 the best way get your town / city?
Free time
1 What enjoy doing in your free time?
2 of music listen ?
3 How go out during the week?
4 sport(s) like doing?
5 time do you spend on social media every day?
Lifestyle
1 How tea or coffee drink day?
2 hours sleep at night?
3 What do relax?
4 What do do keep healthy?
5 What the last live event you went ?
Travel
1 What’s beautiful place you been to?
2 Where you going for your next holiday?
3 think it’s better travel alone with other people?
4 prefer having holidays your country or abroad?
5 Have been an English-speaking country?
Family
1 people there in your immediate family?
2 in your family most like talking ?
3 prefer spending time , family friends?
4 How much know your family tree?
5 When last time all family did something together?
Childhood and school
1 Where born?
2 Which secondary school go ?
3 What best / worst subject?
4 ever cheated in an exam? get caught?
5 When you were a child, what want be when you grew up?
A male or female relative (e.g. brother, nephew, aunt, grandmother)
1 name?
2 How old ?
3 do?
4 look ? (appearance)
5 like? (personality)
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b Look at the signatures of some famous people. Match the names to the signatures. Do you know
anything about these people’s personalities?
Leo Tolstoy 3 Barack Obama Paris Hilton Usain Bolt Charles Schultz
Charles Dickens Elijah Wood Damien Hirst Paul McCartney Sean Connery
1 2 3 4
5 6 7
8 9 10
c Read the information about interpreting someone’s personality from their signature. With your
partner, look at the signatures above again and interpret them.
1 2
How you write your name Size
Your first name represents your private self, The part of the signature (first name or
and your surname represents your public surname) that is bigger is the most important
self. If you use only initials for your first part of your personality. So, if it’s the first
name or surname, it means you are more name, for example, you care more about
secretive and protective about that part of your private self. If both are big, you are very
your personality. Is there a space between confident. Capital letters suggest that you
the first name and surname? The bigger the are arrogant or big-headed. If you have very
space, the more you want to keep those small writing, you may be insecure or have
two parts of your personality separate. low self-esteem.
3 4
Legibility Angle
If the signature is easy to read, you have If the signature goes up, it means you
clear ideas and objectives, but if it’s difficult work hard to overcome problems. You are
to read, it may mean you’re disorganized or determined, optimistic, and ambitious. If the
indecisive and maybe also quite secretive. signature goes down, it means that you get
The more illegible the signature is, the less depressed when you have problems, and
assertive you are. you aren’t very self-confident. A horizontal
signature, one which goes straight, means
that you are well-balanced, emotionally
stable, and generally satisfied with life.
d Now look at your partner’s signature and try to interpret it. Do you both agree with the
interpretation of your signatures?
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A Role-play 1 Role-play 2
You’re a family doctor. B is your patient. You’re a patient. B is your family doctor.
You’ve just finished medical school, and today is your You know your doctor very well because you make an
first day in this surgery. You feel very enthusiastic! At appointment to see him / her at least once a week.
medical school, they taught you to find out as much You’re a favourite patient! You think of him / her as
as you can about a patient when you first meet them. a friend and that’s why you call him / her by his / her
You’re a great believer in alternative medicine like first name (Chris) and not Dr Jones.
homeopathy and acupuncture. You really believe • Today, you’ve made an appointment with the
that some conditions can be better treated using doctor because you’ve got some very strange
alternative remedies, e.g. hypnotherapy for people symptoms (decide what they are), and you’re
with phobias or weight problems. convinced that you have a problem with your heart.
• Find out as much information as you can about the You want the doctor to take you seriously and
patient, e.g. age, job, family life, previous illnesses, agree with what you think is the problem.
operations, etc. • Explain all your symptoms to the doctor.
• Ask the reason for today’s visit. Find out how long • Ask the doctor to check your blood pressure and
he / she has had this problem. take your pulse.
• You don’t like the medicine the patient usually takes, • Tell him / her that you’d like to see a specialist. Be
Calmozone. You prefer a natural, homeopathic one prepared to argue with him / her if necessary.
called Tranquilium. You start the conversation.
B will start. Hi Chris. How are you?
B Role-play 1 Role-play 2
You’re a patient. A is your family doctor. You’re a family doctor. A is your patient.
You haven’t been to the doctor’s for about a year, You’re fed up and exhausted! The government
so you’re really surprised to see that you have a new spending cuts mean that today you’ve worked
family doctor. He / she’s very young! What experience for eight hours on your own in the surgery and
does he / she have? You’d known your previous doctor there’s still paperwork to do. You want to go home!
all your life. He knew all about your fear of flying and Unfortunately, you have one more patient to see and
was very sympathetic to the problem. You’re going on he / she is a nightmare! He / She comes to see you at
holiday next week – by plane. Your old doctor always least once a week, always with a different problem.
prescribed Calmozone, a tablet which relaxes you You think he / she is a hypochondriac.
when you fly. For some reason, this patient always calls you by your
If you take two before the plane takes off, you don’t first name. You hate that!
feel nervous. You know what you want – Calmozone! • Ask him / her not to call you by your first name.
If you don’t get it, you can’t go on holiday. You aren’t Ask him / her to call you Dr Jones.
very convinced by alternative remedies, especially • Ask him / her what his / her symptoms are (this
hypnotherapy and homeopathy! week!) and how long he / she has had them.
• Give your diagnosis (decide what you think) and
• Answer any questions the doctor asks you. Explain
decide what medication (if any) to prescribe. You
the reason for today’s visit.
don’t think he / she needs to see a specialist.
• Ask the doctor to prescribe Calmozone and explain
why you need it. A will start.
• Only accept an alternative remedy you feel
completely happy with.
You start the conversation.
Good morning doctor. You’re new, aren’t you?
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Disagree Agree
2 The cultural gap between young and old people has widened considerably, and consequently
they have much less in common nowadays than in the past.
Disagree Agree
3 Older people should be paid more than younger people, because they have more experience.
Disagree Agree
Disagree Agree
Disagree Agree
6 ‘Age and size are only numbers. It’s the attitude you bring to clothes that make the difference.’
(Donna Karan, fashion designer)
Disagree Agree
7 The older people are, the less adventurous they are about what they wear.
Disagree Agree
8 Fashion designers design for the young, but the young often can’t afford them.
Disagree Agree
9 Young people don’t care about being warm or comfortable, they only want to look good.
Disagree Agree
10 It is a fact that women can wear any clothes that are designed for men, but men can’t wear most
clothes that are designed for women.
Disagree Agree
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something you wanted that a time you went for an a time you had a really bad
you recently bought interview for a job or course restaurant meal
• What exactly did you buy? • What job / course was it for? • When / Where did you have it?
• Why had you wanted it for • Where had you found out about Who with?
so long? the job / course? • Why had you decided to go to
• Did you do any research before • How did you feel before the this particular restaurant?
you bought it? How? interview? • Why was the meal so bad?
• Where did you buy it? • Were there any questions you • Were you or any of the other
• Have you been using it much found hard to answer? What people ill afterwards?
since you bought it? were they? • Did you complain? If not, why
• Did you get the job / place on not?
the course?
a time when someone stole a time when you overslept a time when your parents
something from you (or and missed something were very angry with you
someone you know) important about something
• What was taken? • What important thing were you • How old were you?
• What had you been doing just going to do that day? • Why did they get angry? What
before it was stolen? • Had you gone to bed very late had you done / been doing?
• How did you feel after you the night before? Why? • How did your parents find out?
realized it had been stolen? • Had you set an alarm? • Did they punish you? How?
• Did you call the police? Were • How late did you wake up? • Have you parents forgotten
they helpful? What did you do? about it?
• Did you ever get it back? • What happened in the end?
a time you met or were very a time you won something a holiday you didn’t enjoy
close to a celebrity • What was it? • Where / When was it?
• When did it happen? • When? Where? How old were • Who went?
• Where were you? you? • Had you been there before?
• What were you doing? • Were you expecting to win? • What did you do there?
• Which celebrity did you see? • How did you feel when you • Why didn’t you enjoy it? Did you
• What was he / she doing there? realized you’d won? ever go there again?
• Did you speak to him / her? • Did you celebrate? What did you
What about? do?
• Did you take a photo of him /
her?
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T 6 eople will have stopped
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colony on Mars. the car as the main form of using social media sites like
private transport in towns Facebook and Twitter and
and cities. returned to face-to-face
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will have been replaced by films with computer-animated and the birth rate will have
robots. actors who will have replaced dropped even further.
human actors.
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You’re walking on a beach on You’re in a tall building. You’re walking in a forest when
your own. You walk on some Suddenly, you can smell smoke suddenly you feel a terrible pain
sand and you begin to sink very and everything feels quite hot. in your leg. You’ve been bitten
quickly. It’s quicksand! What The building’s on fire! What by a snake that you think is
would you do? would you do? poisonous. What would you do?
4 5 6
The answers
1 The good news is, you can’t sink all the way down 4 Lie still and quiet. An attack by a mother bear
because, like in water, your body floats. Take often ends when the person stops fighting. Don’t
off anything heavy, though, like a backpack or a run or climb a tree as a bear can run much faster
camera. You need to try and create space between than you, and is an expert at climbing trees. If you
your legs and the sand by moving them slowly but lie still and the bear still attacks you, try to scare it
continuously, and move slowly up until you can away by hitting it with anything you can find. Try to
get out. aim for the eyes or nose if possible.
2 Don’t try to put the fire out! Leave the building and 5 Get down on the ground and stay there. Lie flat
pull a fire alarm on your way out if you can. Touch on your stomach. If there are cars, lie down behind
every door before you open it. If it’s hot, it means one of the wheels. If there are no cars, lie in the
there’s fire on the other side and you should find a road right next to the pavement. Don’t run away
different way. If there’s too much smoke, get closer because that will only draw attention to you and
to the floor. Once you’re out of the building and in you could be shot by mistake.
a safe place, call the emergency services. 6 Your only hope if the shark attacks you is to try to
3 Wash the bite with soap and water as soon as hit the shark in the eyes, which is the area most
you can. Keep the area where the bite is lower sensitive to pain.
than your heart. Wrap a bandage tightly around
your leg above the bite to help slow the poison
until you can get medical help. Don’t suck out the
poison and don’t tie the bandage too tight.
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Student A Instructions
Circle 3: a name you wish your parents had called you (instead of the one they gave you)
Circle 4: something you wish the local government would do to improve your town / city
Circle 8: a language (other than English) you wish you could speak
Circle 9: something you wish you had learned to do when you were younger
b Give your sheet to B. He / She will ask you to explain what you have written.
1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8 9 10
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Student B Instructions
Circle 6: a group or singer you wish would come and play in your city
Circle 10: something you wish you hadn’t done when you were younger
b Give your sheet to A. He / She will ask you to explain what you have written.
1 2 3
4 5 6 7
8 9 10
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Student A
(read) everything on a tablet
a Complete the questions with an appropriate (study) in the evenings or at night
verb phrase from the box in the correct form.
You don’t need to use all the phrases. (share) a bedroom with
Do you usually ? a brother or sister
(eat) a lot of sweets wh
? en
you were a child
?
(cook) for yourself
Did you use to ?
(watch) cartoons on TV
? when you were young
?
line
(buy) books and music on
Do you think you
(live) in the UK or the US
could get used to ? A
Student B
(have) a favourite toy
a Complete the questions with an appropriate (cycle) to work or school
verb phrase from the box in the correct form.
You don’t need to use all the phrases. (get up) at 5.30 every morning
Do you usually ? (listen) to music in the car
?
(celebrate) your birthday
?
(live) on your own
Did you use to ?
(read) a lot when you
?
were a child
? (drive) on the left
Do you think you
(live) without having access
could get used to ? to the internet
? (watch) TV in the morning
?
nk
b Answer A’s questions.
(hate) a particular food or dri
when you were a child
c Ask A your questions. (go) to the hairdresser’s more
than twice a month
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Student A
a Complete the VERB column with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
VERB
1 Could you manage for a week without your phone? (live)
2 Do you ever get the chance to practise English outside class? (speak)
3 If you really hated your friend’s partner, would you pretend him / her? (like)
4 Is there any kind of housework you can’t stand ? (do)
5 Would you ever risk something which was past its sell-by date? (eat)
6 Is there anything that you think you ought to give up ? (do)
FOLD
7 What kind of things do you tend about? (worry)
8 Did your parents let you in the street when you were a child? (play)
9 Do you have a good memory, or do you sometimes forget things? (do)
10
Is there a city or country that you really fancy ? (visit)
11
Are there any apps you’d recommend ? (get)
12
Would you prefer a week on the beach or a week in the country? (spend)
Student B
a Complete the VERB column with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
VERB
1 Do you think it’s worth a medical check-up every year? (have)
2 Is there anything that really needs to your house or flat? (do)
3 Have you ever tried flat pack furniture? (assemble)
4 Can you imagine to another country? (emigrate)
5 Would you rather an e-book or a printed book? (read)
6 Are there any jobs in the house that you don’t mind ? (do)
FOLD
7 Do you remember your best friend for the first time? (meet)
8 Have you ever had to stop a type of food because you were allergic to it? (eat)
9 Did your parents ever make you something you really didn’t enjoy? (learn)
10
Do you think that you’ll carry on English next year? (study)
11
Is there a film you’re looking forward to at the cinema? (see)
12
Is there a TV programme you can’t help even though you don’t think it’s very
good? (watch)
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Student A
b Read sentence 1 to B, who has the completed sentence. If you say what B has, he / she will say
‘That’s right’, if not, he / she will say ‘Try again’. You can have another two tries. If none of your
endings are what B has, B will tell you his / her ending.
c Now listen to B invent an ending for sentence 2. If it is the same as what you have, say ‘That’s right’,
if not, say ‘Try again’. B can have another two tries. If none of B’s endings are what you have, tell B
your ending.
Student B
b Now listen to A invent an ending for sentence 1. If it is the same as what you have, say ‘That’s right’,
if not, say ‘Try again’. A can have another two tries. If none of A’s endings are what you have, tell A
your ending.
c Read sentence 2 to A, who has the completed sentence. If you say what A has, he / she will say
‘That’s right’, if not, he / she will say ‘Try again’. You can have another two tries. If none of your
endings are what A has, A will tell you his / her ending.
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Student B
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b For each section write one new law that you would like to see introduced in your country.
.
.
In the street
1 Iceland 2 Italy
Teenagers aged between 13 and In Genoa, people are not allowed to walk
16 are not allowed to be outdoors around with a bottle of wine or a can of beer
after 10.00 at night unless they in their hand.
are on their way home from a 3 New law
recognized event organized by
a school, sports organization, or
youth club. During the summer .
months, they can be outdoors for
two hours longer.
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Students A & B
You’re the leader and deputy leader of a local political party. Tonight, you’re going to appear ‘live’ on
TV in a face-to-face debate with the leader and deputy leader of the opposition party.
a Prepare some ideas to defend your party’s five policies before the interview. Think of reasons why
your policies are good ideas. Make notes. Add one new policy of your own.
b Now prepare some other ideas to attack your opponent’s policies. Think of reasons which explain
why the other party’s policies aren’t good ideas. Make notes.
c Sit opposite C & D and take turns to present and debate your policies.
Students C & D
You’re the leader and deputy leader of a local political party. Tonight, you’re going to appear ‘live’ on
TV in a face-to-face debate with the leader and deputy leader of the opposition party.
a Prepare some ideas to defend your party’s five policies before the interview. Think of reasons why
your policies are good ideas. Make notes. Add a new policy of your own.
b Now prepare some other ideas to attack your opponent’s policies. Think of reasons which explain
why the other party’s policies aren’t good ideas. Make notes.
c Sit opposite A & B and take turns to present and debate your policies.
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Student A
a Look at the circles. Try and write something in at least six of them.
1 3
a country something you
2 4
you’d like to visit never do although
in order to try something you you know it would an app or
the local food aren’t very good at be good for you YouTube channel you
in spite of trying hard use for practising
to get better at it your English
5 7
something you
something you 6 8
would like to buy
do to relax a technique even though you something (apart
at weekends you use don’t really need it from English) that
so as to remember you’d like to study
vocabulary in English so that you can get
a good job
b Ask B what he / she wrote in circle 1, and why. Continue with the other circles.
Student B
a Look at the circles. Try and write something in at least six of them.
1 3
a place where
a ‘white lie’
you had a great 2 4
you’ve told
holiday in spite of a job you
so as not to something you
having bad weather wouldn’t mind
offend a friend do to improve your
(or other problems) having even though
the pay isn’t understanding of
very good spoken English
5 7
a restaurant something you
6 8
you’d recommend used to do when you
for a great night something you were younger so that
out with friends wear from time to you would look older things you do to
time although it’s keep reasonably fit
not very comfortable and healthy
b Ask A what he / she wrote in circle 1, and why. Continue with the other circles.
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FINISH
FINISH
28 27 26 25 24
Modern furniture GO FORWARD All uniforms should GO FORWARD
is usually less FOUR SPACES be unisex, with ONE SPACE
comfortable than shorts or trousers
old-fashioned for both men
furniture. and women.
20 21 22 23 Hotel and
19
GO FORWARD restaurant staff
Parents should If you want to get
GO FORWARD TWO SPACES in my country are
teach their children information about
SIX SPACES usually friendly
good manners. an illness, the
It’s not the worst place to and efficient.
teacher’s job. look is online.
18 17 16 15 14
Most of the news The police should The most important GO FORWARD The best way of
on TV is not worth not be allowed to thing to consider if TWO SPACES testing students’
watching. carry arms. you are buying or progress is
renting a flat is the through exams.
amount of light
and space.
13
10 11 12
9 The most useful
Children nowadays You should never GO FORWARD The clothes people subjects to study
have too much travel abroad TWO SPACES wear can tell you a at university are
homework. without booking lot about them. economics and
accommodation business studies.
in advance.
8 7 6 5 4
Children’s The best place to The weather is a GO FORWARD
behaviour today is go for a holiday is major influence on a THREE SPACES Friends are better
much worse than somewhere with country’s economy at giving advice
it was in the past. beautiful scenery. and lifestyle. than family.
1 2 3
GO FORWARD
START
START
SEVEN SPACES
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Student A
a Read the sentences. Circle the correct quantifier, and read the answers so that you can re-tell them
from memory.
1 Most / Most of thunderstorms happen at night. 5 No / None of the footprints or tyre marks made on the
(False. Most happen late afternoon, as the ground and moon are still visible today.
air are warmest at that time of day. This heat fuels the (False. Footprints from the astronauts who landed on the
storms. But thunderstorms can happen any time of the moon in 1969 could be there forever as there is no wind to
day if the conditions are right.) blow them away.)
2 All the / All bones in our body continue to grow until we 6 Twelve per cent of every / all humans that have ever
are 16 and then they stop growing. been born are alive at this very moment.
(False. Our bones continue growing until we are (True. The total human population today is around 7
around 20.) billion. Scientist estimate that 57 billion people have
3 A snake can’t see anything / nothing if both its eyes existed since humans first evolved 200,000 years ago.)
are closed. 7 Whales don’t have any / no teeth.
(False. It can see through its eyelids.) (False. The whole family is divided into two types: toothed
4 A new-born shark doesn’t swim close to either / neither whales such as dolphins, and baleen whales which have a
of its parents. ‘filter feeder’ instead of teeth, e.g. blue whales.)
(True. As soon as it’s born it swims away so that the
mother doesn’t eat it.)
b Read your sentences to B, and ask if they are True or False. If B is wrong, tell him / her the answer,
and give the explanation.
c Listen to B’s sentences and say whether they are True or False. If you can, say why.
Student B
a Read the sentences. Circle the correct quantifier, and read the answers so that you can re-tell them
from memory.
1 If a child’s parents the both / both have blue eyes, it is 5 Both / Both of men and women who are left-handed live
impossible for the child to have brown eyes. longer than people who are right-handed.
(False. It is not common, but it is possible for the child to (False. Although some studies showed that right-
have brown eyes if both parents carry the brown-eye gene.) handed people live for longer, the figures were in fact
2 Almost no / none wild birds sing during the summer. misinterpreted. There is no connection between being
(True. Birds usually sing during spring and early summer right- or left-handed and life span.)
to establish a territory and attract a mate. By the middle 6 Children grow more quickly in the summer than in any /
of summer most birds have already mated, so there is no no other season.
need for them to sing.) (False. In most children, there will be weeks or months of
3 Every / All the time we sneeze, our heart stops for one slow growth. This will alternate with mini ‘growth spurts’
second. when they grow more quickly and suddenly. Children tend
(False. Although it feels as if our heart stops for a very to grow a bit faster in the spring than during other times
short period, it doesn’t, it’s just a change in pressure of the year.)
in our chests.) 7 Neither dogs or /nor cats should be given cow’s milk
4 Most / Most of fruit and vegetables (but not all) contain to drink.
vitamin C. (True. Neither of them have systems that can break down
(False. All fruit and vegetables contain some vitamin C. lactose, a chemical found in some types of milk. They
Among those containing the highest amounts are citrus should only be given water to drink.)
fruits, kiwi fruit, broccoli, and green and red peppers.)
b Listen to A’s sentences and say whether they are True or False. If you can, say why.
c Read your sentences to A, and ask if they are True or False. If A is wrong, tell him / her the answer
and give the explanation.
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10
Which animals were domesticated first: cats or
dogs?
11
Which planet in our solar system is furthest from
sun?
12
Who are more numerous in the world, men or
women?
13
How many countries are there in UK?
14
What type of fruit is Granny Smith?
15
How many players can be on court in
basketball team?
16
What is first sign of zodiac?
17
Which nation first gave women
right to vote?
18
What was name of first man to be
sent into space?
19
Which European country hasn’t fought in war
since 1815?
20
What is largest man-made structure on Earth?
21
What vegetable is vodka often made from?
22
Is spider insect?
23
What colour is ‘black box’ flight recorder on
plane?
24
What country does Volga river flow through?
25
Which travels faster: light or
sound?
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Personalities
1 2 Your style
Tell your partner about somebody you know who is… • Do you have a lot of clothes that you never wear?
• very bad-tempered. • Do you prefer wearing plain or patterned clothes?
• incredibly absent-minded. • Do you consider yourself to be quite trendy?
• extremely big-headed. • What’s your favourite item of clothing?
• rather tight-fisted. • Where do you tend to buy most of your clothes?
• a bit two-faced. • Do you ever buy clothes online?
Your town
3 4 Your health
• In which part of your town / city do you live? (in the Tell your partner about a time when you, or someone
centre, on the outskirts, etc.) you know, ...
• What do you like best / least about your
• needed stitches.
neighbourhood?
• fainted.
• Are there any famous landmarks or sights in your
• had food poisoning.
•
town?
• choked on something.
Are there any problems with...?
• had an allergic reaction to something.
a homelessness b pollution c crime
• If you had to choose one adjective to describe your
• twisted their ankle.
town, what would it be?
• Are you happy living in your town, or would you like to
move?
Music
5 6 The media
• When and where do you normally listen to music? • How up-to-date are you with what’s going on in the
• What kind of music do you listen to? world?
• Did your parents listen to a lot of music when you • Where do you usually get the news from?
were growing up? What kind? • Do you think news reporting in your country is
• Is your taste in music similar in any way to your objective or biased?
parents’? • What’s the biggest story in the news at the moment?
• Do you tend to have friends who share your musical • What kind of reviews do you usually read? Are you
tastes? influenced by them?
• If you could be a world-class musician, what
instrument would you choose to play?
Feelings
7 8 The weather
Tell your partner about a time you felt... Tell your partner about...
• really disappointed about something. • the kind of weather you enjoy.
• a bit homesick. • the kind of weather you hate.
• very grateful for something someone did for you. • the most extreme weather you have ever
• proud because of something a friend or family experienced.
member did. • a holiday, trip, or excursion that was a disaster
• scared stiff before you had to do something. because of the weather.
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