Exercise 2 (Track 03-LB5_ SK1_2)
Audio script
(B = Boy; G = Girl)
B: It’s my sister’s birthday on Friday.
Skills test 1 (Units 1-2) Let’s look for a birthday present.
Exercise 1 (Track 02-LB5_ SK1_1) G: What about these earrings?
They’re beautiful.
(M = Mike; W = Woman; E = Emily) B: Hmm…They aren’t very nice. And
M: Hello. I’m Mike Keighley and this is they’re very expensive.
my friend Emily Blakeway. G: They’re only £11.50. That’s not
W: Hello. Come in and register for a expensive.
club. How old are you? B: Oh yes, it is. What about these
M: We’re twelve. chocolates? They’re only £4.75.
E: No, I’m not. I’m thirteen now. G: No. The chocolates are boring.
M: Oh, sorry. Hm… How about this yellow bag
W: What club is it for you? with blue flowers?
M: The art club for me and the drama B: How much is it?
club for Emily. G: It’s £8.60.
W: Right, Mike. The art club for you B: That’s not very expensive.
and the music club for Emily. G: It’s really cool!
E: No, the drama club, please. B: Yeah, the bag’s a good idea.
W: Oh, sorry. Mike, how do you spell
your surname?
M: K.E.I.G.H.L.E.Y. Exercise 3 (Track 04-LB5_ SK1_3)
W: Thanks. And Emily, your surname?
(Mu = Mum; Ma = Mark)
E: B.L.A.K.E.W.A.Y.
Mu: Look at all those clothes on your
W: And what’s your address, Mike?
bed! Are those your new blue
M: 24 Oak Street. And Emily’s is 32
shorts, Mark?
Oak Street.
Ma: Yes, they are. And those red shorts
W: 24 and 32 Old Street.
are Daniel’s.
M: Oak Street. O.A.K.
Mu: Right. Is the red T-shirt also
W: Sorry. And your postcode?
Daniel’s?
M: W2F 7JQ.
Ma: No, it isn’t. His T-shirt is yellow.
W: W2F 7JQ.
The red T-shirt’s my T-shirt.
E: And my postcode is W2F 7JH.
Mu: OK. Are these your white trainers?
W: Right. W2F 7JH. Thanks, Emily.
Ma: I don’t know. Oh yes, they’re my
And your phone numbers?
old trainers. Daniel’s trainers are
M: My number is 07962 542381.
grey.
W: 07962 543281.
Mu: I think this is Daniel’s black jacket.
M: No, 2381.
Ma: Yes, it is. It isn’t my jacket. My
W: Thanks, Mike. And Emily?
jacket is brown.
E: 07985 738564.
Mu: Is that your phone, Mark?
W: 07985 738546.
Ma: No, the silver phone is Daniel’s. My
E: No, 8564.
phone is red.
W: Thanks.
Mu: What about these gloves?
Ma: The black-and-white gloves are
Daniel’s.
Mu: These are black and gold.
Ma: They’re my gloves, then. Thanks.
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Skills test 2 (Units 3-4) B: He’s got short curly black hair and
blue eyes.
Exercise 1 (Track 05-LB5_ SK2_1) G: What’s your father like?
Example B: My father’s got long black hair and
My name’s Jane. My friend Emma and I blue eyes.
are crazy about rock music. We’re in a G: Has your uncle got a moustache?
band, too. I’m the singer and she’s the B: Yes, he has. And a beard. Just like
musician with a guitar. Her favourite my father.
possession is her expensive guitar, but G: Has your father got a moustache
my favourite thing is my watch. It’s a and a beard?
present from my grandmother. B: Yes, he has. But he hasn’t got
glasses.
1 G: And has your uncle got glasses?
I’m Maria and this is my friend Sally. We B: Yes, he has.
live in the city centre. My flat has got a
big living room and a kitchen. There are 5
four bedrooms. Sally’s flat has only got (G = Girl; B = Boy)
three bedrooms but it’s got two G: Where’s my phone?
bathrooms. Unfortunately, in my flat B: It’s in your bag.
there’s only one bathroom. G: No, it isn’t.
B: What’s that on the chair? Is it your
2 phone?
(M = Mum; B = Boy) G: No, it isn’t. That’s my MP3 player.
B: I’m hungry. Is there any bread and B: Oh look. What’s that on the floor,
cheese? under the chair? Next to your bag?
M: The cheese is in the fridge. There’s G: Oh, my phone! Thanks!
some bread on the table and some
biscuits in the cupboard. Exercise 2 (Track 06-LB5_ SK2_2)
B: Great, thanks! (G = Girl; B = Boy)
G: What are Joanna and Maria like?
3 B: Well, Joanna’s fourteen and
(W = Woman; K = Kate) Maria’s fifteen years old.
W: Your living room is beautiful, Kate. G: Oh, like me.
Are all these things new? B: Yes. Well, Joanna isn’t very tall.
K: No, they aren’t. The chest of She’s quite short. She’s got long
drawers is from my parents’ house. black hair. Maria’s tall and she’s
W: It’s nice. got short blond hair.
K: Thanks. The red sofa is new. It isn’t G: Is Joanna’s hair straight or curly?
from the old house. B: It’s straight. But Maria’s is curly.
W: What about the carpet? Is that G: What colour are their eyes?
new? B: Well, Joanna’s got brown eyes and
K: No, it isn’t. It’s from our old house. Maria’s eyes are green.
G: Have they got glasses?
4 B: Only Maria. Joanna hasn’t got
(B = Boy; G = Girl) glasses.
B: My favourite uncle is Javier, my
father’s brother. Exercise 3 (Track 07-LB5_ SK2_3)
G: What’s he like? My name’s Josh and I’m from the UK. My
family hasn’t got a lot of money and
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we’ve got a small house in a town. I think M: Oh dear, that’s very expensive!
it’s a nice house, but my brother and I are Can I have ten of the red ones,
in the same bedroom. This isn’t very please?
good. My brother’s very bossy and noisy. S: Of course. Here you are.
He’s also very untidy and our bedroom is
a terrible mess. 2
My friends John and Sarah come from
He’s seventeen years old and is out until Wales. Their cousin Frank is with them
late at the weekends, but it’s different for this week. He’s from Brazil, but he’s in
me. It’s not fair! All my friends at school Wales on holiday. Frank’s got a new
are out until late, too and they’re only friend in Wales. Her name is Sheila. She
fifteen, like me. Some of our friends have comes from France and is at John and
got a lot of money and they’ve always got Sarah’s school in Wales for a year.
expensive things. My brother’s very
jealous, but I’m not. 3
(B = Boy; G = Girl)
B: What do you think of Robert
Skills test 3 (Units 5-6) Pattinson?
G: I like him. I think he’s a brilliant
Exercise 1 (Track 08-LB5_ SK3_1) actor.
Example B: I don’t like him. I think he’s awful. I
(B= Boy; G = Girl) like Johnny Depp.
B: Oh dear! My bedroom’s a mess! G: He’s old and I think he’s weird in
G: Um, yes … How often do you tidy some films.
it? B: Hm. But he’s a very good actor. In
B: Once a week. fact, I think he’s brilliant.
G: That’s not very good. I tidy my
room every day. 4
B: Wow! (G = Girl; B = Boy)
G: I also help my mum in the house at G: When does the city bus tour leave?
weekends and I babysit my little B: It leaves every thirty minutes. The
sister three times a week. first tour is at nine thirty in the
B: Really? Well done! morning. There’s also a walking
tour. That starts at ten o’clock in
1 the morning.
(S = Shop Assistant; M = Man) G: Walking? I don’t want to walk. Is
S: Good morning. Can I help you? there a boat tour?
M: Yes, please. How much are those B: Yes, the first boat tour leaves at
yellow flowers? quarter to ten in the morning.
S: They’re four pounds thirty. G: How long is it?
M: Oh, that’s expensive. What about B: Two hours.
the red flowers?
S: They’re two pounds thirty. 5
M: They’re lovely, but I also like the (G = Girl; B = Boy)
purple ones over there. G: I never go to the swimming pool in
S: They are thirteen pounds twenty. town.
They’re very special. B: I go every morning and swim two
kilometres.
G: Every morning? That’s amazing! I
ride my bike three times a week.
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B: That’s not very good. Skills test 4 (Units 7-8)
G: Ah, but I ride twenty kilometres
every time.
B: Oh. That is good. Exercise 1 (Track 11-LB5_ SK4_1)
(D = David; J = Jane)
D: Hi, Jane. What’s the weather like in
Exercise 2 (Track 09-LB5_ SK3_2)
England?
(M = Mark; L = Lizzie)
J: Well, it’s the same as always. It’s
M: Hi, Lizzie. How are you?
cold and raining at the moment.
L: Fine, thanks, Mark.
What about Spain? Is it hot and
M: I’ve got a job at the new shop in
sunny?
town at the weekends.
D: Well, no. It’s warm, but very cloudy.
L: The food shop? I’ve got a job there,
J: Oh. Where’s your sister? Is she still
too!
in bed?
M: No, the clothes shop.
D: No, she’s helping Mum with the
L: Oh. That’s a pity. We’re not in the
cooking. We’ve got a family party
same shop. What do you do there?
today. Our cousins from South
M: I’m a shop assistant. What do you
America are here on holiday.
do in the food shop?
J: Fantastic! I cooked all day
L: I work in the office.
yesterday, too. Adam had a party
M: That’s not very interesting. You
last night because he passed his
don’t meet the customers.
exams.
L: I think it’s interesting. I don’t meet
D: That’s great.
many people, but I like the office
J: You’ve got exams next week, huh?
work. Do you like your job?
D: No, I haven’t. They’re next month.
M: Yes, I do.
J: Well, good luck.
L: How much do they pay you?
D: Thanks. What’s Adam doing now?
M: I get £6.30 per hour.
Still sleeping?
L: That’s very good. I only get £6.00.
J: No, he’s playing in a football
M: Oh, that’s not bad.
tournament today. But he was very
tired this morning.
Exercise 3 (Track 10-LB5_ SK3_3) D: I’m sure he was. Did you do your
Mariko lives in Japan with her parents. play last week?
They don’t live in the city because her J: Yes, I did.
parents are farmers. They live in a small D: How was it?
town outside the city. She usually gets up J: Luckily I learnt all my lines and
at half past five and has breakfast with didn’t forget any. It was really good.
her family. Then she goes to school by Everyone loved it.
train. Her friends go to school by bus. D: Well done!
Mariko likes school very much and works
Exercise 2 (Track 12-LB5_ SK4_2)
hard. She often has extra classes after
Hi, I’m Danny! Welcome to my video blog
school and gets home late – at about
about our visit to Australia. We arrived
seven thirty in the evening. She’s got a
here last Monday from London after a
baby-sitting job. She does the job at
very long journey. We stopped in
weekends only because she’s very busy
Singapore and then flew into Sydney.
in the week. Now she wants a part-time
Our grandparents and Mum’s sister were
job in a café at the weekends. She needs
at the airport to meet us. We’re having a
the money because she wants a new
great time. The weather’s very different
phone.
from England. It’s very hot, but it rained
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all night. We’re not staying in a hotel, but I: Did you fly to Botswana?
with my grandparents in Sydney. This is M: Yes, from London, but the plane
their house. It’s very big, as you can see, arrived late at a different airport, a
and there’s a swimming pool and a tennis long way from my hotel, and there
court in the garden. My sister and I wasn’t any transport to my hotel.
played tennis yesterday. I’m not very I: What was the weather like?
good at tennis, but Gemma’s amazing, M: Great. It doesn’t rain very much
just like our mum. When Mum was from March to November and the
young, she played in lots of tournaments. early mornings and evenings are
At the moment, Gemma’s playing with cool.
our cousin, Maria. I: And during the day?
M: It can get very hot. A walking safari
Exercise 3 (Track 13-LB5_ SK4_3) is very difficult. You are in the sun
So, at the weekend we travelled to all day, so you need to wear a hat
Brisbane. We stayed the night in a hotel and drink lots of water. It’s more
on the beach and yesterday we got on a important than food.
boat because we wanted to see the I: Where did you stay?
Great Barrier Reef. Last night I was very M: I used my tent twice, but in town I
tired, but I didn’t sleep well because I stayed in a friend’s flat. Usually I
was so excited. OK, here I am swimming stayed in tourist camps. The tents
with all the fish – look at the colours! have bathrooms and comfortable
Now, here’s Dad. He’s trying to dive into beds!
the sea from the boat, but he isn’t very I: Where did you go?
good. We all laughed a lot when we M: The most important tourist areas.
watched him! Now we’re sailing on the First was Chobe National Park.
boat to the Whitsunday Islands. It’s a There are three camps there. I
very popular place for tourists. Everyone liked the Sanctuary best. It’s only
says they’re amazing, with beautiful white ten minutes from Chobe airport and
beaches and clear blue sea. Look at my it was fantastic.
sister. She’s taking photographs. Oh no, I: What was the food like?
her camera is in the sea! And Dad is M: Really good.
diving into the sea to try and get the I: Were there many animals?
camera. Oh, good, he’s got it! M: Yes. The camp is the best place to
see elephants. There are other
animals, too, such as lions and
buffalo. And you can watch the sun
Skills test 5 (Units 9-10) go down from your tent.
Exercise 1 (Track 14-LB5_ SK5_1) Exercise 2 (Track 15-LB5_ SK5_2)
(I = Interviewer; M = Mark) (L = Liz; H = Heather)
I: I’m talking to Mark Gates, the L: We need to pack for the school
American travel writer. camping holiday, Heather. What
M: I’m actually English, but I live in are you going to take?
France. H: My red dress and these black
I: Oh, sorry. So, what were your last shoes.
trips? L: You don’t need those. I went last
M: I went to Mongolia in February. year and took my best dress, but I
Then I spent March and April in didn’t use it. I wore shorts and a T-
France, and visited Botswana in shirt to the party. I’m going to take
May. three pairs of shorts, a pair of
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jeans, five T-shirts and some
trainers. They’re more useful than
party shoes. You need them to
walk to the river to get water and to
have a bath.
H: A bath in the river?
L: Yes.
H: No way! I can’t do that!
L: Yes, you can. We usually go
swimming, too, so bring your
swimming things.
H: I don’t think I want to go now.
L: Don’t be silly! Last year I learnt how
to make a fire and cook breakfast. I
also learnt to play the guitar a bit.
In the evenings we sat around the
fire singing or telling each other
stories.
H: Well, that’s not so bad. Can I go
horse-riding?
L: Yes. I did it last year. We rode
through the forest. And one day we
took a boat along the river.
H: Right, so no party dress. Am I
going to need a jacket?
L: Yes. It sometimes rains and when
it’s windy, it can be very cold,
especially in the evenings. You
also need a hat for the evenings.
H: OK. I think I’ve got everything now.
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