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PRE-INTERMEDIATE CAROL NUTTAL
EL E AROL NUTTALL
WORKBOOK DAVID EVANS01
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JOBS
SHOPS
GETTING THERE
EAT
RELAX
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
YOUR PLACE
EDUCATION
MIND AND BODY
PLACES TO STAY
SCIENCE AND NATURE
ON THE PHONE
CULTURE
STUFF
MONEY
EVENTS
AUuDIOScRIPT
ANswer KEY
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cares for peop! with health proslers They
doa traning cours fist and lar how to
‘ive meclcstion to patents and hp to make
aparient comfartablesn hospital Thay often
vwork ey long hours including wenn
at night
2a ‘wor alone ora team They
srudy very herd, do esearch and Pxceriment
VOCABULARY
king about jabs
‘1 Match the job with the photograph. ‘e
and sometimes do several Fightsin a day.
BA emnesnns609s research and writes
news stories They gota diferent evenis ask
people quesions, dalle information, anc
may weak for television, ria an newspeper
cComparies This a ety competitive creer,
1 journalist
2 pilot
3 nurse
4 engineer
5 sales manager
6 soldier
7 scientist
8 police officer
2. Who does what? Complete the descriptions with a job from exercise 1.
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS Questions about jobs
3. Match the questions (1-6) with the answers (af).
1 How long have you worked there? a. ‘I'm a travel agent
2. Where do you work? b Three years now,
3 S0,do you get on with the people ct Four Points Travel, in Alsace Street
apd so they must ue al social network
sles to keep up-to-date withthe latest
news in wide vary of areas.
Ammann Sa Saks tam, 86d
to oet on with afer perccniies
“They otgeise taining courses matvate
the team todo well end work wth the
markeing departmentznd ty togive
customers wnat they wert
bothinalebowtary andauidoos inorierio YA... deesateugh rang
‘solve problerns in Yes, they/re realy nice! And * (you get) that lovely
amp there, too?
S: Oh nal {buy) that from Heavenly Home:
D-Hiowe it!* (Go) they have any others ket?
not exactly the same, but there was one that vas similar
(find it hard to choose between them
(you not buy) both of ther? We reallyVOCABULARY Shopping online
1 Choose the correct word in italics to complete the
sentence. ‘
1 bought these jeans. They were only £15, reduced’ /
‘returned from 40.
2 lke ordering things from the shop's website, as they've
gota really elable delivery fee / service
3 The smartphone | wanted was very popular,and when |
finally got to the shop it was out of stock / sale
4 When they took / delivered my order, the jacket was the
wrong size. It was too small
5. I bought it on eftay.| won / bid £35 for it, and the guy let
ie have it.
© You look great! That dress really fits /suits youl
2 Complete the blog with the words and phrases in the box.
bargain reliable dropped wide Go down the road past the town hall
© Come out af the railway station and turn lef.
Go past the church
© You'll find the police station cn the next corner on the l
f Turn left
fg Take the first turning on the right
h At theend af the road you'l see a monument
STENING
7 %3.2 Listen to the directions and follow the route
on the map starting at the railway station. Where
does the route finish?
8 © 3.2Which of these things were mentioned in
the directions? Tick (7) the ones you hear. Then
listen again to check,
1 crossroads
2 playground
3 sports ground
5 tiaffic lights
6 bridge
7 church
8 railway station
9 monument
10 roundabout
11 iver
12. police station
9 3,3 Listen toa man giving a woman directions.
‘They are in the park. Follow the route on the map
and answer these questions.
1. Where does the wornan want to go?
2. What mistake does the man make?
3. Where do the man's directions take the woman?1 Read this magazine article quickly and choose the
best description.
a Adescrigtion of a journey that the writer has made
Advice for peosle who are planning a holiday
oliday inthe USA
cvellers
Anadvertisement for a
Advice for business
‘ny paople dream of traveling éoress the USA. It's
one of the world's great journeys and it's
‘surprisingly sagy to mak that dream come true, a=
‘ur travel expert expla,
‘You can vavel actoss the USA by bus, tran oF plane, but for
‘the real experience, you have to drive. There's no need to buy a
car, because renting 2 car is easy. There are car hire offices at
‘ll major aitports and mest compares wil offer one-way ‘ental,
‘which meen that you don’t hie to vetum the car to the sania
ofes
‘When you're drhing, remember thal the distances between
lies car be very long, 50 choose 2 comfertable car wilh sir
Consilicning anid meise sire you take lots of your favourte music
wath you
lossary
3. Match the sentence halves.
1 Iwas able ta check in
26 only when | joined the que
fe got to the airport in plenty of time but it took ag
The trains weren't running, so called
The plane was rather late
When | checked the departures
We got stuck in heavy trafficon
8 I quickly ran to the boarding,
Read the article again, What are the writer's opinions? Decide
whether the statements are true (T) or false (¥).
1 te very difficult to make the trip across the LISA,
2. tes. good idea to drive
3. It'sa good idea to buy acar
4 tt'sa long way between
You should spend a lot
New Yerk and Los Angeles
The north east is the most in
American hotels cost alot of money.
It's.a good idea to book hatels in advance
eresting area
‘Youll prebabiy stat your journey in New York on the east coast
‘rio Los Angeles on the west coast. Thay ara both fascinating
‘ies bui don't spend too long there get out on the reac
Trat's where you'll experence the real USA
Most people saree that the south west of the USA isthe most
interesting part ofthe county, That's where you'l find the
‘mourns of Utah and ihe deserts of Arizona with world famous
sights such as the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley.
‘As for aocommodetion, there are bts of motels everywhere anc
‘you don't normally need to book in acvance, so you don't have
to plen your jeumey in too much data. Yeu also find pity of
ira serving goed American food ks hamourgers, not cogs
and pizza. Bul be careful Amencans are big eaters, 90 you can
x00! to retumt home a fw Klos header han you arved
Ti oe
USA
off but still managed to land on time
way te the airport and missed the flight
ad, it sald delayee! next to my fight
gate, and was the last person to board the plane
€ online, so | had more time to spend in the duty free
£ataxito take meto the airport
gg to board that | realised | was at the wrong gate
togothrough [Link] we nearly miss
dourflight.GRAMMAR Past simple and past continuous
Complete the sentences with the correct past form of the verb
in brackets, ¥
1 Wher | arrived in the Departure hall,a huge queue of people
(walt) to check in,
2 heard the last cal fr my fight as (go) through security
3. | was buying some duty free when someone (steal) my
4 Wen {sit)in the plane when the light attendant
{tell us the plane couldn't take off for another hour
5 We (travel) to Hong Kong and we
change flights in Zurich,
The plane (take off} when suddenly one of the engines
(go) dead
(have to)
Circle the correct form of the verbs in italics,
1 While | trovelled / was travelling to Sydney | lost / wes fosing all my
luggage in Bangkok
2. The train wasn't running / didn’t run so \ was taking / took a bus to
the alrport:
3. | cropped / was dropping my passpart while! was running / ran
towards the boarding gate
4 Iwas talking / talked on the phone when | was hearing / heart
someone call my name.
5. I knocked / was keacking over a woman's coffee as eft / was leaving
the cafeteria,
Complete the story with the correct past simple or past continuous
form of the verb in brackets.
‘was really excited sbout my Holiday in Hawai. So? (go)
shopping and? (buy) some new clothes, When the day
s (come) to leave, it (rain) soi
taxito take me to the airport.1° [ast) the driver to stop ata
Chemist's so that I could buy some tablets for my allergy. As I?
3 (get) out of the taxi,a ous ® (go) past and
splashed water all over me! So, when I?
I quickly went to the bathroom to change my clathes. after that, it
Ms (take) ages to go through checkin, Then, as 1!
(go) through security, they = (stop) ene ta search my hand
luggage. By this time it
boarding gate. (get) there as they (close) the
satel Fortunately, the woman from the airline let me onto the flight.
(cola
(arrive) at the airport,
(get) late, anc'so had to run te the
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
Apologising for being late
7 Complete the dialogues with the phrases in the box.
|don'twory atleast. missed got stuck in
haven't been here was chatting to
1A: Sorry fmlate,! my
neighbour and completely forgot the tre.
B: Oh well. Never mind, youre
here now.
2A Sorry im late. heavy taffe
B What was the problem?
3A: Sony nt late. ‘the bus
BS OKI ong,
LISTENING
8 3.4 Listen to the first part of a conversation
between Greg and his friend Anna about Greg's
road trip on Route 66, Tick (7) the correct answer.
1 Greg had a
a great time
2 Route 56 is,
2 4248 miles long & 2,448 miles long
3 Each day Greg travelled
b terrible time.
2 116 miles b 150 miles
4 Route 66's
a anormal road —b amodem siclane
motorway.
9 Match these words in the box to the photos. There
are two words for each photo.
valley Cadillac arch
fiver monument National Park
10 % 3.5 Listen to the second part of the
conversation. Number the photos 1-3 in the order
you hear them.VOCABULARY Tran
1 Complete the conversations with the words in the boxes.
motorway servicestation hugeload + train
coach truck passengers long line of cars
AAS carrying a" w= Crashed at junction 12,
{and was biocking two lanes, So we were stuck on the
3 for ages. You should have ceen the *
stretching for riles in front of us. The river
decided to stop in this * «to give all the.
a break So. don't expect me any time saon,
8: You see! |told you totake the
ride test ‘motorbike licence
5: Jiml ve got my Ihe? was easy!
4 Congratulations, Sally! When are you taking me for a
- then?
5: Ah, youll have to wait a while, as lerashed my on
the way home from the test centre
[tip travelcard underground taxi tines charge
D: Shall We tak€ a? senor?
G: Noway! They? fortune to take you a couple of.
miles, nd then they expect a * The! s
much cheaper. We can get a one-day® that lets you
goonall the® in the city centre
D: But we won't see much that way
van bikes drive onstrike ye lanes}
railservice park cancelled _hirea vehicle
K: The! to Fdinburgh was’... because the
rail workers were? sowe decided ta...
and there
: Wow, Kevint it’s a long way! What kind of car did you get?
Ki We had a lot of stuffso we hired a The journey
was actually fine, but when we arrived, we couldn't find
anywhere to” - becouse of the Festival
E: So,what did you do?
k: Went to Colin's, and borrowed some ®
there's a great system of?
centre,
Fortunately,
from his place into the
2 Underline the word or phrase that does not complete
the sentence.
1 We got off the
2 ur flight was... delayed / crashed / cancelled
3 Thecoach stopped service station / underground / troffc
atthe fights
4 Webireda vehicle / von / licence
5 Wegaveatiptothe.. waiter/ policeman / taxi driver
6 Thediversion caused... terrible delays / a website /a trafic jam
bus / train /car
20 outcomes
GRAMMAR Quantifiers with countable
and uncountable nouns
3. Which of these sentences talk about the most cars
and which talks about the fewest? Rank them
from 1103.
There aren't many cars on the toad,
b There are a lot of cars on the road.
© There aren't any cars an the road
4 Revitite the sentences from exercise A but use
‘traffic’ instead of ‘cars’
Uncountable nouns have no plural form and are not
used with a /[Link] the exercise above, remember that
‘cars’ are countable but ‘traffic is uncountable.
ther common uncountable nouns include
transport, money, information, homework and food.
5 Rewrite these sentences, replacing the underlined
‘word with the word in brackets.
1. Thereisn't much parking in this part of town Car parks)
2 There's a strike today, so there are no buses or tains
(public transport)
3 It very polluted here because there area lot of
factories in this area. (industry)
4 leant lend you anything because 've only got a few
‘coins on me. (money)
5 She's in a terrible hury because she only has alittle
time before her bus arrives. (minutes)
6 Choose the correct words inthis conversation.
‘A: How many / much imeshaveyou ben to lopan
By Ive only been there one
‘Ac How many much time did you spend there?
B: I was there fora week
A Didyou enloyit thet
Bt hadageat time but dont speakany/nolapaneze
So had sew / tle problems communicating
‘Did you eat much fy Japanese fod?
8: Oh yes tate tof / much ishDEVELOPING WRITING
An email -
ving directic
¥_—
7 Read the email and answer these questions,
What has Peter invited Raj to?
2 What's the best way of getting to Peter's home?
3 Whats the route from Scatt's Park tube station
Peter's home? Draw it on the map.
4 What should Raj do if he has a problem?
Vocabulary Builder Quiz 3
Download the Vocabulary Bullder for Unit 3 and try the quiz below.
‘Write your answers in your notebook. Then check them and record
your score,
1 Complete the sentences with words from the box.
jeo0
{im pleased 0 hear thar you can came iounafor cero)
Satur, Weare ony ve minutes waaay am Sars
| Park station so probably beso come by tube. Wher you
{ Oh,cor't bother! It's too crowded and polluted!
© No,1've never heard of it, to be honest. I it good?
d. Why don't you try some? Its delicioust
© Yes, found some realy great recipes in there!
Yes, but m afraid it wasr’t spicy enough for Kevin!
Put the words in brackets into the correct form of the
‘present perfect simple,
1 -(you ever eat) snails?
2 (You be} to that italian restaurant on the corner
ye? 1S great. | (be) there three times!
3 (you ever try) falafel? They'e a kind of
vegetarian meatball, made with chick-peas,
4 This isthe first time | make) Thai food | hope
youlite i
5 Bob (never eat cury before He doesn't eat
much spicy food. ei
6 (you read) that ecokbook gave you yet?
Language note
When we talk about travel experiences, we use’be" eg,
Have you ever been te Niogars Falls? 've been to
Alaska twice. "ve never been abrod,
Complete the mini-dialogues with the correct form of the
present perfect simple or the past simple.
1 kate: (you be} to Edinburgh before?
Gunter: Yes, | wo years ago. How about you?
Kate: | [never be) here before it's really cold!
Gunter you vist) the caste yet?
Kate: No! | must go. How about you?
Gunter: | (Go) yesterday it was amazing!
2 Yur: (you be} to any good restaurants yet?
Xavier: Well! (go) to The Apple last night
Yuri: Oh, that famous chet’ place? the be)
‘there?
DEVELOPING CONVERSATIONS
Suggestions
ee
Unscramble the suggestions.
1A: that Thai / the corner / how / round / place / about?
8: To be honest, | con't realy fe! like spicy food today.
‘A: could /we'/ instead / well / that vegetarian / ithe
square / go / restaurant / to
2 G sushi bar / how / new / about / an Samson Strest
ther?
1D: To he honest, don't really feel ike Japanese foc
C: wes that Greek’ well /instead / restaurant / could /
to/ go down the road
3. E: seafood / in / about / restaurant / howe / that /
the centre /?
F: Tobe honest, I don't really feel lke fish today.
E: instead / go / could / The Cooking Pot / well / to /
we / on James Street
Complete the conversation with the zesponses (a-f),
4 Great idea! | love their curries
© Yes, but they haven't got enough vegetarian dishes on
the menu. don't want to eat spaghetti with tomato,
sauce againl
© [tll be toa noisy to talkin there, then! | Fancy going
somewhere quiet so we can chat.
1 Tim nat sure. Have you been to La Vita Bella yet?
© Ye5,Ndo,
¥ Well have to book though
A: Where do you want to gotonight?
‘8: Oh,| went there last week We waited an hour to get a
table! That's too long to wait in a restaurant that doesn't
take bookings. 'm not going there again! How about
Nell’ Kitchen? There have been good reviews ofthat.
(Oh, yes! forgot you don't eat meat! De you lke seafood?
pPee
‘Well there's a nice litte fish restaurant in the centre,
* cll gets busy
‘A: Well, then we could go to the Indian down the coad
instead. That doesn't get busy until the pube close
BeREADING
1 Read the blog about sandwiches around the world. Match
each blog entry with the correct country below.
vietnam Ireland + austria France
A © D
2 In which deseription(s) does the writer mention that:
1. the sandwiches are nat expensive?
2- the bread is made in the shop?
3 the place gets very busy?
4. the restaurants very eld?
5 the ingredients used are local?
err
eect]
3 Match the words from the blog (1-10) with the
definitions (aj).
recipe (ine 2) a fashionable and modern
2 falafel(ine 8} Bone food item which s used with
others to make a dish
3 thepremises
(line 19) what is placed inside a sandwich
4 variely (ine 20) d_ not very expensive
5 Ingredient (ine 20) € the restaurant/shop building
6 discount (line 32) {instructions foF making a dish
7 reasonable prices) @ Special design which a shop or
(line 34) business uses
8 trendy (ine 42) chickpea balls
9 filling (ine 43) 1 special low price
10 logo {line 48) j anumber of different things
4 Underline the words that can go with these phrases.
1 freshly made caffe / orange juice / newspaper /
‘icecream
football team / restaurant }
person f Mexicon
food f ingredients / dishes / colours
fruit {fish ¢ water ¢ table /
vegetables bread
2. extremely popular
3 avarely of
5 food fast | spicy f heatth fru junk /
frozen
6 price reasonable f discount / full half
24 outcomes
Pete's Eats Blog
| travel alo in my search for new and exciting recipes, and |
suddenly realised that the one thing I haven't talked about is
‘one ofthe mast common lunchtime foods in the wate Ys, you
‘guessed it the sandwich)
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buy to take avy ox choose to stn the
sna pice avelebofor ders
+ Q Banhmibistro
3 © Ho Chi Minh City aes
3h mi sandhiches, pronounced un mee, re Vetharnese
ina Fench baguette. One ofthe est places that
serves them she BarPymioiszo in Ho Chi Ninh Cy.
The breadisfreshy baked on the premises and you
fn choose trem
radishes ana hot
pepe’ tol your bent
Fevourte isthe Bsro Special which
comnansadeticious vary of meats such
as barbecue por ham and pat
OBriens Sandwich
Bar — Dublin ‘ab sandwich
These people have rastered the art ofsenniche making Thay Use
vrondleruly hiss of Hes be
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The good newsis hey offer escoun
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Several diferent counties, | hope
doesnt mean that cele ality wl sue
Turkey andbesenosie,
Vienna
This actually famous frnly- owned resaurany,
since 1618. Many Viennese eat lieve regula. The resturant
Is expensive, but the trendy delicatessen sels dei
sanvches t reasonable prices, Popul filings inclu minced
blood sausage herting salad, mushroom
salad and ham andJenals.
Tourists can pay a bit exra and buy
a packed I scuvenib
decorated with the restaurant’ logo ofa |
ack camel wearing a head
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. ening sla sandwich
hasVOCABULARY Describing food
5 Match the types of fod (186) with the descriptions
(af)
1 potato 4 mange
2 courgette 5 garlic
3 squid 6 mushroom
@ It’s kind of fruit. t's large and yellow, almost orange
in colour. It's got a sweet taste. You usually eat it raw.
b tts.a small, brownish grey fungus. tt graws in the
round. it's quite soft. You usually eat it fried or
grilled. tis often used in salads or on pizzas.
€ It akindof seafood. it has a long, soft body, and ten
small arms, called tentacles. it has a mild taste, and
you usually eat it fried or grilled, You sometimes cook
itima sauce,
@ Itsa kind of vegetable. It's hard, and white on the
inside with a thin, brown skin. It hasa mild taste, and
you can eatit fried, boiled or -oasted. It accompanies
‘most meat and fish dishes.
its smal, white and hard. It has a very strong taste.
You usually add it to cooked food to give it more
flavour, but some people eat it rawin salads, or on a
piece of bread and butter
kind of vegetable. i's long, with a green skin, It's
‘not very hard, and has a mild taste You usually eat
it fried or boiled. You can add itto most vegetable
dishes and salads,
PRONUNCIATION
6 4.1 Listen to the words on the left. Then choose the
‘words in the line with the same sound,
[count could book
1 would fay
2 shall fe/_| champagne chant pancake
3 enough /a/ rough cough hungry
[4 Juice fay root boil fruit
7 4.2 Listen to all the words and check your answers
8 Practise saying the words.
GRAMMAR Offers, requests, suggestions
© Match the following questions with thelr function.
a offer —b request asking permission d_ suggestion
Could | have the day off please, ir Brown?
Shall take your coat, madam?
Could | nave my steak well done, please?
Shall we order drinks first?
Shall bring you some water, sir?
Shall we ordera dessert?
Could | borrow your phone to call the babysitter?
Could you bring us the bill please?
Language note |
We usually make a request when we want somebedy to da
sornething for [Link] you make me a coffee pleose?
We ask permission when we want to do something but are not
Sure if its acceptable. g, Could lofen the window, please?
10 Use the prompts to complete the mini-dialogues.
1 Waiter
Guests
Would you like me to bring you some wing, sr?
(don't drink alcohol / bottle of sparkling wat
please?)
2. Manager: Right, Juan. Could you clear those tables, and set
for tomorrow, please?
Juan: Er. Mrs Kent (leave early, please?)
‘My mother has asked me tocollect my brother from his,
judo lesson,
3 Man: Shall we go fora Chinese meal, then?
‘Woman: (dont feel ike / pizza, instead?)
4 Man
Waiter:
ht | can't find my car keys,
They fell on the floor, (help you / look / them, sir?)GRAMMAR too and not enough
1 Complete the sentences with too or not .. enough and the
adjectives in the box.
hard cooked
cexpenshe a fig spied
1 Ican't eat this soup it's
cold water, please!
2 This bread isn't very fresh. i's to eat!
3. This fish isnot, Ws stil raw!
4 This wine isn't Could you bring us,
another bottle?
5 Thisis
© Waiter! This table is
{you give us another, please?
! Bring me some
You've overcharged us!
for six people, Could
2 Complete the following dialogue with a suitable phrase from.
the box.
wasn'thot enough haven't been has had
tooslow _lveneverheard “have youtried
‘A: Where shal we go then?
8: How about Joe's Place? We there for
ages!
A. | knovy but the service was ® the last
time we went, remember, Lets go somewhere new.
3 vases that Mexican restaurant on Keene Street?
B: Nos of I. What's it lke?
A; Well the chili = for me, but you'll ke it
And they do really nice tacos,
8: Mm, you know | don't ike spicy food) The new fish restaurant
inHooton © ‘some good reviews. We
could go there
A: OK, then, Let's go there,
3 Say what is wrong with this kitchen, Write sentences using
the words below,
[arty untidy staff work
Not. enough + noun: When the phrase is followed by.
‘noun, ‘nat’ comes before the verb. eg. We don't have.
enough food to eat. You haven't made enough paella
We don't say'We have not enough food” |
25 ourcomes
LisTENING
4 4.3 Listen to two people having a meal ina
restaurant. What kind of restaurant are they in?
5 % 4.3 isten again. What do the couple order to eat
and drink? Underline the correct answe
roussaka ‘zatziki "water
‘wine spetsofal_—_souvatd
5 ©4.4listen to the rest of the conversation, and.
answer the questions.
1. Why doesn’t Claire want to eat the spetsofait
2 Does Claire like the tzatziki2 Why (not)?
3 Dothey ordera dessert?
7 How do Socrates and Claire feel about the food?
Tick (V) the best answer.
8 Match the descriptions (a~d) in the menu below with.
‘the correct dish (1-4),
1 Greckslad 2 yoghurt and cacunber sled,
FPwoured sit arc
2 teateiki
Tee b spicy ausage wich green peppers
“ © temates uctomber poppers and
4 pelos oles, ith goat cease
sal pose of riled pork
screed on a sick
DEVELOPING WRITING
A review — a restaurant
9 Holly writes a food and eating blog for her local
newspaper's website. Read Holly's reviews of two
restaurants below.
1 Which restaurant did she think was good?
2. Which restaurant did she think was poor?