STARTER

TER Feelings

WELCOME! S.02
3 Write the words in the box next to the emojis
ojis in
eat.
the sentences. Then listen, check and repeat.

angry bored embarrassed

excited nervous upset

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VOCABULARY
Technology 1

S.01
1 Match the words with the photos (1–6). Then Help! He’s talking about his favourite computer
listen, check and repeat. game again! I’m so bore .
bored 2
emoji app 1 device

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Oops! Clothes disaster this m
morning.
screen video chat social media One red sock, one pink sock. I feel .
3

1 2 3 Andi’s with
h me.
me I forgot
o his
to reply to hi text.

4 5 6
C 5

Video chat isn’t

FFeeling

is working – again!
before my
presentation. Wish me luck!
4
E
ng
Feeling .
6

This birthday boy is feeling

Use it!
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. Party at my house tonight!

2 Circle the correct words

ds to complete the
questions. Then ask
sk partner.
k and answer with a partn LEARN TO LEARN
1 What’s your favourite
vourite screen
scre
reen
en / app on your
yo
phone? Recording vocabular y
Writing new words in example sentences can help you
2 Which emoj
emo
emojii / screen
en do you use the
t most in
to remember them.
M

messages
essages
sages to your friends?
3 Which devic
device
evicee / social media
me sites do you use? 4 Write the words from Exercise 3 in example
4 How o
often do
o you use video chat / device? sentences. Then read your sentences to your
partner.
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Explore it! I always feel excited when the weekend starts.

Guess the
he ccorrect answer.
What was the most popular emoji in 2017?
a b c
Find a
another interesting fact about
emojis. Then write a question for your partner
to answer.

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READING
A message on an app

1 Look at the photos and answer the questions.

1 What can you see?

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2 How do the people feel?
3 Which is more difficult? Skateboarding or making a robot?

S.03
2 Read the messages. What do Dylan and
Izzy do at their summer camps every day?
Izzy

Hey, Dylan! How’s tech camp?

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Are you having fun?
Dylan

It’s brilliant. I’m never bored here.

What do you do every day?

In the morning we usually study computer languages, and

in the afternoon we learn how to write apps. But we don’t
always do the same thing. Today we’re building robots!!

That sounds cool!

C
It is, but it isn’t as easy as it looks!
looks
3 Read th
the conversation again. Write
D (Dylan)
D  (Dy
(D
Who …
or I (Izzy).

1 thinks their camp is always

E
I bet. interesting? D

There’s a competitionn tomorrow. I’m excited but

2 has an important event soon?
also a bit worried. My robot isn’t working very 3 sometimes falls over?
well. Anyway, how’s skateboarding camp?
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4 needs help with a project?

I’m having the time of my life. I’m
m learning lots of 5 talks about a different way to
new tricks. I always feel nervous
ous before I do one, and communicate?
I sometimes feel embarrasseded when I fall over.

4 Write the words and phrases in bold in

I feel upset when my robot falls over! the conversation that mean …
Oh, don’t be upset!
et!
1 clever, fun acts. tricks
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Listen, have you got any photos of you on

2 a little.
your skateb
skateboard? I’m making an app for social 3 I believe that’s true.
media
media. I need some cool photos to put on it.
4 enjoying myself a lot.
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No. I hardly ever take photos

photos.
5 not late.
OK,
K, don’t
d worry. Anyway, got to go. The next class is starting
d ev
and everyone’s waiting for me. Voice it!

never on time! Listen, we always

You’re neve 5 Discuss the questions.
m
use this messaging app to talk. Next time 1 Which summer camp do you think is
let’s do a video chat.
more interesting?
Good idea! Bye!
2 Are summer camps popular in your
Bye! Good luck with your robot!
country?

S TA RTER U NIT 5
 LANGUAGE IN ACTION Watch video S.1
Where is he?
Present simple and present What does he
continuous with adverbs ng
usually do during
of frequency the day?

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Present simple Present continuous
I need some cool photos. The next class 1 is starting.
We 2 always do the same thing. My robot isn’t working very well.
ll.
3 4
What you do every day? you having fun??
– -------------------------------------------------------- Frequency --------------------------------------------------
---------------------------- +
never hardly ever sometimes often usually always

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1 Complete the examples in the table above. Use the Use it
it!
messages on page 5 to help you.
4 Write sen
sentence
sentences about your partner
Get it right!

I always get up early. I am never late.

2 Write the adverbs of frequency in the correct

ect places.
C
Adverbs of frequency go before the main verb, but after
ft be.
with the
he time
tim expressions.

t evening at the weekend

in the
when it’s sunny at the moment

You often go to the park at the weekend.

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1 I clean my computer screen. (hardly
dly ever)
I hardly ever clean my computer
err screen.
scr
2 Do you feel nervous when you speak English? (sometim
(sometimes)
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Present simple for future

3 A video chat is as good
ood as a face-to-face chat. (never)
5 Write sentences in the present
4 New skateboard
board
rd tricks aren’t eeasy to d
do. (always) simple. Do they refer to the present (P)
or the future (F)?

go leave start visit

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S.04
3 Complete
plete
e the message with the correct form of the verbs
in the box. Then listen and check.
c 1 the film / at 21.00

hav have learn

call (x2) do have
The film starts at 21.00. F
make not believe
b sing 2 the train / soon
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Hi Anna! How’s it going? 1 Are you having a good holiday? 3 we / on holiday next Monday
Guess where I 2 from! Summer camp! I
3
an amazing time here. During the day, we 4 I / my aunt / every weekend
4
sports and in the evening, we 5 songs
by
b y the fire. Oh, and guess what! We 6 our own food
every day, so I 7 how to cook! I’m sure you
8
me, but it’s true! Anyway, my friends 9
me. Speak soon! Bye!

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6
1

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VOCABULARY AND LISTENING
Music 7 8

S.05
1 Match the words with the photos (1–10). Then listen,
check and repeat.

bass DJ drums

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9
fans folk heavy metal
jazz keyboard 1 rap 10
reggae

S.06
2 Listen and write the words from Exercise 1.
1
2
3
bass 5
6
7
10
9 C A conversation
v
E
4 8 LEARN TO LEARN
Contextualising vocabular y
3 Complete the table with the words
ds fro
from Exercise 1.
Listening to words in context helps you to
PL

folk, understand and remember them.

Types of music

S.07
6 Listen to the conversation. Which
Instruments words from Exercise 1 do you hear?

People S.07
7 Listen again and circle the correct
answers.
M

Use it! 1 Most of the children like pop / rap

music.
4 Read the questions and m
ma
make notes.
2 A lot of the children feel excited /
1 How oft
ften do you listen
lilist to music? nervous about hearing themselves
2 What are your fa
favourite types of music?
fav
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on the radio.
3 Iss the music yyou listen to different from the music that 3 On the radio, the children talk about
your p paren
parents like? Why? their hobbies / families.
4 Sometimes doctors / bands give
5 Ask
sk a
and answer the questions in Exercise 4.
concerts in the hospital.
How often do you listen to music?
Voice it!
I listen to music every day when I get 8 Would you like to be a DJ in a
home from school. What about you? children’s hospital? Why / Why not?

S TA R T ER UNI T 7
 Watch video S.2
What did she
LANGUAGE IN ACTION listen to on her
way to school?
Past simple What ’s her
c?
favourite music?

Regular verbs Irregular verbs

+ I played lots of music. They gave a concert.

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- They didn’t want to be in hospital. They 1 speak to me.
2
? Where did you work last summer? What you do?

1 Complete the examples in the table 4 Rewrite the paragraph inn the past
above. simple. Then read your
ur paragraph
par
to a partner.

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2 Complete the sentences about your
summer. Use the correct form of the Matias gets up p at 7 o’clock to go to
verbs in the box. school. First,
t, he gets dressed and
st,
then he has breakfast. He ha cereal
has cerea
get up go have learn listen
play see work

1 I didn’t go to the beach.

2 I
3 I
football in the park.
how to play the drums.
C and toast.. He doesn’t have ju
coff
ffee. Then he cleans his tee
puts on his coat.
put
juice or
teeth and
doesn’t walk to
t. He doesn
school. He goes by bus. He meets his friends outside school
school
and listen to music before school starts.
d they liste
Matias got up aat 7 o’clock …
E
4 I at a swimming pool.
l.
5 I to music every day.
ay.
6 I late every day.
ay.
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7 I a party at my house
house.
8 I my friends
riends
ends every day.
day

3 Write questionss about

bout the activities
activit in Use it!
Exercise 2. Then
hen ask
sk and answer them
th
with a partner.
rtn
rtner. 5 Write questions in the past simple with you.
1 Where / go / on your last holiday?
M

Did you go to the beach last

la summer?
sum
Where did you go on your last holiday?
2 What / do / last weekend?
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3 Who / see yesterday?

4 / have breakfast yesterday morning?

6 Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 5.

Where did you go on
your last holiday? I went to Barcelona.

8 S TA RTER U NIT
 WRITING 3 Match a–d with paragraphs 1–4.
a Good things c Introduce the app
A review of an app b General opinion d Bad things
gss

1 Which apps do you use every day? Discuss with 4 Complete the phrases in the Useful language
ge box.
b
a partner.
Then check the review.

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Useful language
1
is a 2 app.
a
3
It’s great because .
In my 4 here are 5
, there with it.
Overall, I think it’s 6 .
I really 7 .

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Write your own review of an ap
app
PL AN

1
2 Read Sophia’s review. Does she recommend
this app?

PhotoFun is a photo-editing app. All my

friends have it and they use it every day. Lastt
C 5 Write notes about
ab

What is it?
an app you use.
E
week, I downloaded it on my phone. What’s good about it?

2 It’s great because it’s free and veryy easy

eas to
What isn’t good about it?
use. I can change my photos and make ake th
them
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n photography, so
look better. I’m interested in
it’s a great way to makee beautiful pictures and What’s your general opinion?
share them with my friends
riends on the Internet.
In I
upload new photos tos every week and my friends
really like them.
6 Decide what information to include in
3 In my opinion,
pinion, there are a couple of problems
p each paragraph. Use the information in
Exercise 3 to help you.
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with it.. My phone is a bit old and the app is

sometimes es slow. Also, people
peo sometimes post WRITE
negative comments about my photos. That’s
not cool and it makes me angry. 7 Write your review. Remember to include
four paragraphs, the present simple and
the present continuous, and adverbs of
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4 Overall, I think it’s a great app and I really

comm
recommend it. frequency.
CHECK
8 Do you …
• introduce the app in the first paragraph?
• write about good and bad things?
• give your general opinion?

S TA RTER U NIT 9
 LEARNING OUTCOMES

1
I can …
• understand texts about inspiring people
• interview someone
• write a competition entry

BE INSPIRED
• understand how to use different past tense forms
• describe people and use phrasal verbs
• identify opposites, take notes and identify cause
and effect.

Start it!
1 Wh
What
at can
n yo
ouu see
e in the photo?
2 Be
Befo
ffo
ore
re you
ou w
watch, what do
d you think an ent
ntre
repr
reprren
pren
eneu
eurr is
is??
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Whic
icch b
bu
busi
us nesses
esses are mentioned
en ed?? Wa
ed Watc
tch
tch an
and
d chec
e k.
k
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4 C
Can
Can you invent a new
w bus
usin
ines
inesss?
es s? Wha
hat is it?
t?

p13 p15 p16 p18

Language Language
in action 1.2 in action 1.3 Everyday English 1.4 Globetrotters 1.5
Watch video 1.1

10 B E I N S P I R E D | U N I T 1
VOCABULARY ve cheerf
Describing people sensiti ul, c
le, on
fid
sib

n
1 Match the adjectives in the colour wheel with the

en
se

t
1.01
definitions. Then listen, check and repeat.

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Someone who …

u l, s o c i a b l e
p a tie n t, c al m
1 is relaxed and doesn’t worry. calm
2 helps other people.
3 is happy.

help f
4 feels they can do something well.
5 makes good decisions.

am
6 understands how other people feel.

ed
O
iti t

b
ou en
7 wants to be successful. s, in al
s p iri n e, t
8 is naturally good at something. g a c ti v
9 likes being with other people.
10 does a lot of exercise.

12 makes you feel you want to do something.

g.
C
11 doesn’t get angry when things take a long time.
Use it!

6 Wr
6 Write
Writ
ite three adjectives to describe
you and say why. Then write three
adjectives to describe your partner.
sociable: I’m sociable because I love
E
2 Look at the adjectives for your favourite colour.
our
ur.
making friends and being with people.
Do they describe you? Why / Why not?

3 Listen and write an adjective from Exercise

Exe
x r 1 to describe
es rib
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1.02
each person.
1 3 5
2 4 6

LEARN TO LEARN
EARN 7 Tell your partner your answers from
Exercise 6. Do they agree? Did you
Opposites
AM

both choose the same adjectives?

When you learn a n
new
ew adjective,
adj
d ec
ecti
tiive
ve,, write the opposite.
Explore it!
4 Matc
Match
Ma
atc
t h th
the words
dss fr
from
rom
o Exercise 1 with their opposites.
Guess the correct answer.
1 an
anxious
a us ca
calm 7 silly
Some people in Japan
2 gr
grumpy
grum
ump
ump 8 unambitious
believe your … influences
3 impatient
mpa
pa
pat 9 unhelpful your personality.
4 in
insensitive
ens
n
ns 10 uninspiring a blood type b height c shoe size
5 la
lazy 11 unsociable Find another interesting fact about what
6 shy 12 untalented can influence your personality. Then
write a question for your partner to
5 Test a partner. Say a word. What’s the opposite? answer.

U N I T 1 | B E I N S P I R E D 11
 READING
An article

The man who W e sometimes say that a

taught
person who cannot see

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is ‘as blind as a bat’, but bats actuallyy
have an amazing ability to ‘see’ the e world.
wo ld
The inspiring Daniel Kish lost hisis sight
sig when n

himself to see he was a baby, but he learned to use sound to

become more iindependent.
b d dent.t

When he was growing up, his friends waves travel through the air until they e world giving talks and tea
the teaching
all rode bikes to school. Daniel hit something. The bats then listen e technique to other blind people.
the

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wanted to be active like his friends, so to the sound waves as they bounce Hee inspires them to u use echolocation
he decided to teach himself to cycle m with
off the object and return to them hey can enjoy activities
so they ac such as
by riding next to a wall. Soon he was ue,
information. Using this technique, ntain biking
mountain biking, climbing, camping
cycling to school. ow the
called echolocation, Daniel knows andd cooking,
coo just like he does.
One day, a clever friend was watching
Daniel on his bike when he realised
something incredible: Daniel was
using his ears to ‘see’ objects around
him. As Daniel cycled, he was making
clicking sounds with his tongue. Bats
C
so he can ‘see’ it in his head.
anyo can train
Daniel believes anyone
their brain to learn echolo

he planned
obje
size, position and shape of an object

echolocation.
While he was studying at university,
u
d an echolocation train
training
E
make similar sounds, and the sound programme. Now, he travels aro around
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1.03
1 Tick (✓) the things in the box you think 3 Com
Complete the table with words from the article.
the blind man in the article
ticle uses to
‘see’. Read and check.
ck.. Verb Noun Adjective
1
believe belief believable
brain hands
ds sticks
cks 2
inspiration inspiring
dogs nose
ose tongue 3
activate active
ears sounds
M

4
see sighted
5
independence
2 Answer the question
questions.
6
1 Why is the phrase ‘a
‘as blind as a bat’ amaze amazement
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strange?
st range?
4 Write sentences about Daniel with words from Exercise 3
in your notebook. Work in pairs. Compare your sentences.
2 What can
c Daniel find out using
sounds?
sound
so nd Voice it!

3 What does Daniel do now? 5 Discuss the questions.

1 Do you think Daniel Kish is inspiring? Why / Why not?
2 Do you know any inspiring people? Why are they
4 What does Daniel do in his free time?
inspiring?
Finished? p118 Ex 1

12 BE INSPIRED | UNIT 1
 LANGUAGE IN ACTION Watch video 1.2
Why did he start vlogging?
Past simple and past continuous How does he describe e
with when, while and as himself?

1
When he was growing up, his friends all rode bikes to school.

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2
Daniel cycled, he was making clicking sounds with his tongue.
3
he was studying at university, he planned an echolocation training programme.
Language reference p. XX

One day, a clever friend 4 Daniel on his bike when he 5 something

g incredible.
Pronunciation p141

1 Complete the examples in the 4 Complete the text with the correct
orrect
ct form of the verbs
ver in brackets.

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1.07
table above. Use the article Then listen and check.
on page 12 to help you.

2 Circle the correct words.

1 What did you do / were you
doing when I called / was
calling you?
2 As they were leaving / left
the phone was ringing /
C
Elvis Ingersoll, a 14-year-oldd from
California, 1 was working (work)
his family’s restaurant
suddenly,, it 2
rain. Elvis 3
estaau

of the window wh when

hen he
work) in
one day when
henn
(start) to
(look) out
the man
ma to cross the
street.
treet Elvis and the
old man
7

(not know) that people in

the restaurant 8 (take)
E
rang. 4
(see) an old mman videos of them while they
3 I didn’t see / wasn’t seeing walking across the
he street without
ss th w an 9
(cross) the street.
Tom while I played / was umbrella.
u Immediately,
iately Elvis Later, thousands of people
playing football. 5
(run) outside with an
(r 10
(share) videos of the
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mbrella and 6
umbrella (help) helpful teen and the old man online.
3 Write sentences with when
when,
as or while.
1 My brother / eat
at / I arrive
My brother er was eating Use it!
when I arrived.
ar
5 Complete the questions with the correct form of the verbs in
M

2 Myy friend
iend / listen to music /
brackets.
I sleep
1 What did you see (see) as you were going (go)
to school this morning?
2 it (snow) when you (wake up)?
SA

3 They / walk to sschool / bus

3 What you (talk) about when you (see)
rive past
drive
your friends last week?
4 What you (do) when you (get) home
from school yesterday?
4 M
My mum / read / my dad 5 What you (think) about while you (eat)
cook dinner breakfast this morning?

6 Ask and answer the questions in Exercise 5.

Finished? p118 Ex 2

UNIT 1 | BE INSPIRED 13
 VOCABULARY A radio programme

ANDԝLISTENING 3 Look at the photo.

What do you think
Phrasal verbs the man’s special
talent is?
1 Match the underlined phrasal verbs

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1.08
1–8 with the definitions a–h. Then
listen, check and repeat.
A
In the school holidays, most
LEARN TO LEARN
teenagers 1hang out h with their Taking notes
friends, but Ben volunteers at Writing keywords can help you
ou
u re
remember wha the
member what listening
he lis
liste was
a children’s summer camp. He about.

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2
takes care of the children.
3 1.09
4 Listen to the radio
adio
‘I get on with the other programmemee about
abo f the accident:
His life bef
before
volunteers,’ he says. ‘It’s great!’ raser
Henry Fraserer and

B
‘I really 4look up to my best
friend, Emma. Her mum is in a
wheelchair, so she 5depends on
C om
compare
par
partne
es. Then
take notes. The
th
with
partner. Whose
notes are
n
clearer?
arer? Why
Why?
ha
The accident:
Th
His life after the accident:
E
Emma for many things, like
1.09
5 Listen again aand circle the correct answers.
5 
having a shower. Emma is also o 1 Henry h
hit his head because …
busy with schoolwork. I don’t
on’t know
now a tthe water wasn’t deep.
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how she 6deals with everything, b he was running.

but she never 7givess upp . She’s
e’s 2 After the accident, Henry …
really positive. When I’m feeling a needed help with some things.
ways
sad, she always ys 8cheers me up .’ b needed help with everything.
3 Henry paints pictures of …
a look aft
fter f have a g
good a animals and people.
M

b make
ake me relationship
rel
elati
at
b animals, people and things.
feel happier
pier with
wi
4 Jeremy looks up to Henry because he …
c manage to g need
Emma’s a is positive about a difficult situation.
do
help b paints with his mouth.
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d admire
h spend time
e stop
top trying
t Voice it!
relaxing

Use it!
t!
6 Discuss the questions.
1 How do you think Henry felt after the accident?
2 Wr
Write true and false sentences about 2 Why do you think he didn’t give up?
your friends and family with the phrasal 3 Do you think Henry is inspiring? Why / Why not?
verbs from Exercise 1. Can your partner
guess which sentences are false?

14 BE INSPIRED | UNIT 1
 LANGUAGE IN ACTION
used to

3 Complete the conversation withh the

he correct

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Watch video 1. 3 1.10
form of used to or the past simple
imple and the verbs
What did James use
in brackets. Then listen and
nd check.
to be afraid of?
Is James still afraid? ALEX What do you want to be when you’re o older, Mia?
MIA I 1 used to want (want)
want) to be a tenn
tennis player, but
Henry Fraser didn’t use to be an artist. now I want to bee a scientist.
ALEX Why 2 (change)
change) your mind?
m
What did he use 1 be?
MIA I3 (see) a really int
interesting

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He used 2 be a rugby player. programme
amme about
bout science on T TV. I
4
(not pay) aattention
at in science,
1 Complete the examples in the table above. but about you?
ut now I love it. What abou
ALEX I want to be an English
Eng te
teacher, but when I was
2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
used to and the phrases in the box.

be very active live in the countryside

play with Lego™ hate vegetables
like coffee build things
C M
MIA
A
ALEX

MA
MIA
Really?
I 5

pho
day I 6
time. Onee da
different idea.
ounger I had a dif
younger differ
ally? What was tthat?
(change) my mind all the
(want) to be a
photographer, the next a singer, then a painter …
Well
Well, we have lots of time to decide!
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1 Now my grandparents live in the city, but they
ey
used to live in the countryside . Use it!
2 I , 4 Write sentences about what you used to do
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but now I drink it everyy day. when you were younger. Think about the things
3 These days, Caroline
nee doesn’t do m
much in the box.
exercise, but shee .
food and drink games and toys
4 I ,
holidays primary school
but now I have a salad for lunch every
e day.
5 A
When I was younger, I used to build things
M

when
henn you were little?
B Yes, I loved it. I
with LegoTM.
all the time.
Get it right!
SA

To make que
questions, we use did + use to + infinitive. 5 Compare your sentences with a partner.
3 
d you use tto walk to school? ✓
id
Did When I was younger, I used
NOT Did you used to walk to school? ✗
NO to build things with LegoTM.

Really? Me too! What did you use

to build? I used to build castles.

Finished? p118 Ex 3

UNIT 1 | BE INSPIRED 15
 SPEAKING 3 Match the uses (1–4) with the phrases in the
Everyday English box.
Interviewing someone We say this when we …
1 think someone did a good thing.
1.11
1 What is a hero? Listen to the conversation. Do you
agree with Sam? 2 tell someone it’s OK to start.
3 agree with someone.

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4 introduce a problem.

JARED

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SAM Watch video 11.4
Ever yday Eng
English

Go ahead. Good for (her)!

I’m with you ther
there. The thing is …
JARED Hey, Sam. 1 Can I ask you a few questions

SAM

SAM
for the school magazine?
Sure. Go ahead.
JARED 2 , who’s your hero and why?
My friend, Elena. Last month she saved a
little boy at the swimming pool.
y?
CPL AN
P
4 Read the interview again. Work in pairs.
Think of a hero you both have. Discuss the
T
E
JARED Really? 3 what happened? questions and make notes.
SAM He was playing with a ball when en hhe fell in
the water. The thing is, Elena isn’t
n’t a great
g 1 Why is this person a hero?
PL

swimmer, but she jumped ped in and pulled him

out.
JARED Good for her! 4 , in your 2 What is this person like?
opinion, what is a hero?
SAM I used to think all heroes were famous. Now
I think when someone
meone does something
som 5 Plan an interview. One of you is the
brave, hero.
e, they’re a hero interviewer and the other is the hero.
M

there. 5
JARED I’m with you there , Sam. Think of questions and answers for your
Thanks! interview.

2 Complete the convers

conversation with the phrases
conversa SPEAK
1.11
1
from
om the Useful language
lang
lan box. Then listen 6 Practise the interview. Remember to use
SA

andd check.
check past tenses, used to and phrases from
the Useful language and Everyday English
Useful lang
language
3 
3 boxes.
Can
nIa
ask you a few questions … ?
CHECK
Can yyou tell us … ?
FFirst of all …
7 Work with another pair. Listen to their
interview and answer the questions from
One more thing … Exercise 4.
That’s all …

16 BE INSPIRED | UNIT 1
 WRITING
A letter to a magazine

Dear Editor, most exciting project is win because she cares

1 I am writing about called ‘Make It Green about the environment.

PY
your ‘Inspiring person’ Again’. For this project, Thank you for reading
competition. Personally, Anoka made Sri Lanka’s this letter.
I think Anoka Primrose first environmental music Yours,
Abeyrathne should win video because she wanted Luke Black
the next ‘Inspiring person’ people to think about the
competition. environment.

2 In 2004, Anoka was 3 In my view, Anoka

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living in Sri Lanka when a is an inspiring person
tsunami destroyed lots of because she’s ambitious
the coast, so she decided to and helpful. I look up to her
start a project to plant new because she used to be a
trees. Now she works with normal schoolgirl and now
other young people to take
care of the environment
and help people around
the world. For me, her
C
she’s changing the world. In
my opinion, Anoka should

Write your o
PL AN
own letter to the editor about an inspiring person
E
1 Do you know any inspiring teens? 5 Read the notes. Use them to write your own notes
What inspiring things do they do?? about an inspiring person you know.
PL

Who?
ho? My friend Gina
2 Teen Magazine is having a competition
to find an ‘Inspiring person’.
rson’. Read Wh
What does she do? runs a lot, gets money for ill children
Luke’s letter. Who doeses he want to win?
oes w Why should she win? she never gives up, she’s cheerful,
she’s talented

3 Match a–c with paragraphs

agraphs 1–3. 6  Decide what information to include in each
a Whyy should this person win? paragraph. Use the questions in Exercise 3 to help.
M

b Who should
ould win the compet
competition?
com WRITE
c What inspiring things do
does this
person
p erson do?
7 Write your letter. Remember to include three
paragraphs, past tenses, used to and phrases from
the Useful language box.
SA

4 Complete
4  mplete the phr
phrases in the Useful
language
uag box. Then check in the letter. CHECK
Useful languag
language
8 Do you …
• introduce the person in the first paragraph?
1
me,
• say why the person should win?
In 2 ,
• use language for giving opinions?
3
view,
4
, I think …
Finished? p118 Ex 4

UNIT 1 | BE INSPIRED 17
 AROUND
THE WORLD
Globetrotters
READING Watch video 1.5
An article Local heroes

PY
• Who is your hero? Why?
1 Do you know where Freetown is? How do
you think life in Freetown is different from • Which heroes are mentioned?
d? What did they do?
where you live? • What type of personality do you need to be a
hero?
1.12
2 Read the article and check your answers
from Exercise 1.

3 Put the events in order.

O
a He built a radio station. d He found
nd objects
o ctts iin the street.
et.
b He made a battery. e Hee we
w
went
e to a summer mer ccamp.
amp.
amp
c He played music on the radio. f 1 The
he lights in his ccommunity
o didn’t always work.

C
etown
ight t
to

e
ught lig

Fr
The boy who ou
brro
E
PL

Can you imagine life

ife with no TV?
TV urs had
battery so that his family and neighbours
What about life computer,
fe without a co lights at night.
or music or even
ven lights? When Kelvin was at secondary school, he
Kelvin Doe is an inspiring
nspiring young man from participated in a summer innovation camp.amp.
wn, Sierra Leone. When he wa
Freetown, was growing Students had to think of a way to deal al with a
M

up, thee electricity in his neighbourhood

neighb didn’t mportant
problem in their community. Radio is important
always work,
ork, so the lights only used to come on in Sierra Leone and Kelvin knew that hisis
once a week. community would be proud of their own wn radio
As a boy, Kelvin was interested in how things station. So, while he was there, Kelvin built a
worked and he useused to get excited about radio station. He played music on the radio and
SA

making things. While he was hanging out with rviewed

when he wasn’t playing music, he interviewed
his frie
friends, Kelvin used to find materials in the people about life in Freetown. His radioo show
street aand make useful things from them. was very popular because Kelvin getss on well
with everybody and was good at talkingking to
His mum used to get tired of finding pieces of
ecause
people. People called him DJ Focus because
rubbish everywhere, but he made some amazing
ru
omething,
he believes that when you focus on something,
things. He used old electronic items to repair
you can do anything.
broken TVs and radios. At 13, he even made a

18 B E I N S P I R E D | U N I T 1
 LEARN TO LEARN 5 Circle the correct prepositions.
Cause and effect 1 interested on / in
Identifying why something happened (the cause) and 2 good in / at
what happened (the effect) can improve your reading. 3 tired for / of
4 proud of / in
4 Use the language in the box to complete the 5 excited for / about
causes with their effects.

build a radio station make a battery 6 Complete the questionss with the adjectives
ad
dje

P
not be happy people like his radio show from Exercise 5. Then ask and answ
answer them.
repair broken things 1 What are you excited about doing
doin next week?
2 What typess o
off websites
bs are yyou in?
1 The lights in Freetown worked only once

O
a week, so Kelvin made a battery . 3 Which subject
eecct
ct are you at?
2 Kelvin’s family didn’t have much money, 4 What
at d
doo yyou
u ge
gett o
of doing?
so he . 5 Wh
What are you most
W osst of?
3 Kelvin left rubbish everywhere, so his mum 
Voice
ce it!
it

4 Kelvin knew radio was important, so he

5 Kelvin was good at talking to people, so

C .

.
7 Discuss
usss the
the questions.
ques
qu

Kelvin? Why?
2 W
e t
1 Which adjectives would you use to describe

What could you do to help your community?

LE
Explore it!
Explo
Guess the correct answer.
The four main languages that
people speak in Sierra Leone
are: Mende, Temne, Krio and … .
a Spanish b French c English
Find another interesting fact about
Sierra Leone. Then write a question for your
partner to answer.

The Culture Project Teacher’s Resource Bank

U N I T 1 | B E I N S P I R E D 19
 1 REVIEW

VOCABULARY LANGUAGE IN ACTION

N
1 Circle the correct words. 3 Complete the text with the past simple
imple orr pa
past
1 When I have problems with my homework, I ask continuous form of the verbs in
n brackets.

PY
my brother. He’s very helpful / ambitious.
I1 (play) tennis yesyesterday
2 I’ve watched all her films. I want to be just like her 2
with Anna when a dog
one day – she’s so calm / inspiring.
rt. It 3
(run) onto the court.
3 Sophie is very patient / confident. She talks to
(chase) the ball and 4 (pick)
everyone and is never shy.
it up in its mouth. As Anna
4 My best friend is very sensible / sensitive. He always
5
plans things very carefully. (run) after
fter it, the dog

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6
5 He has the most amazing voice. He’s so talented / (drop) thehe ball
b and
7
sociable. (jump) on h her. As I
8
(go) to check
c she was OK,
2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box. I 9
(see) she was smiling. It
Then match the sentences 1–8 with sentences a–h.

cheer up deal with depend on get on

give up hang out look up to take caree of

1 This is so difficult!
C was her cousin’s

4 Writee sen
cous dog!

sentences about Leo’s student life with

used to or didn’t use to. Use the phrases in
the box.
th
E
2 Your uncle’s a firefighter? Wow! get up late every day not have any money
3 Do you take your cat on holiday
dayy with
wit you? not have a job share a flat with friends
4 How do you so much homework?
hom sometimes study in the afternoon
PL

5 Hey, do you want to after school?

aft
6 ! There’s
ere’s
’s no school tomorrow!
7 Do you with your sister?
8 Babies adults for every
everything.
eve
M

a Sure,
re, let’s watch a movie!
b Of course!
e! She’s like my best
be friend.
Self-assessment
c No, silly! Our neighbou
neighbours
neighbour it.
d They do. But they’r
they’re really cute! I can describe people in
English.
SA

e Yes, but I have homework

h to do.
f Don’t
on’t ! You can do it. I can use phrasal verbs
to talk about people and
g I make a list and do the most important things
what they do.
first.
fir
h H
He’s my hero. I really him. I can use the past simple
and past continuous with
when, while and as.
I can use used to to
describe past habits.

20 BE INSPIRED | UNIT 1
 LEARN TO LEARN

LEARN TO … SET AND ACHIEVE LEARNING GOALS

When you know what you want to achieve with English, you can take steps to get there.

1 What was Tae Min’s learning goal? 4 Circle the best answers to questions
4

PY
3 and 4 for Radost and
nd
d write
wr them in
the action plan.
Last year, five Australian students visited our Question 3
school. Our teacher told us a month before
their visit. I wanted to spend time with them, a Find the vocabulary
bulary I’m studying in
but my English wasn’t very good. I was getting a dictionary.
ctionary.
good marks, but conversations were difficult. So b Make vocabulary flash ca
cards and
my goal was to hang out with the Australian students. My teacher day.
use them every da

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helped me to make an action plan. My plan was to learn some easy
c Study all the vocab
vocabulary the day
phrases to use in conversations and practise them every day with
my sister – she speaks English really well. The plan worked! I spoke before
fore the exam.
a lot of English with the Australians and we became good friends. Question
tio 4
a I pass
ass the exam.
2 Complete Tae Min’s action plan.
Action plan

1 What do I want to do?

NAME: Tae Min
C b I fail tthe exam.
c Ip
pass with top marks.
E
2 How much time do I have?

3 How do I achieve it?

5 Think of a goal and complete
your own action plan.
PL

4 How do I know that I I have Austral friends.

ve some new Australian
achieved my goal? NAME:
1

3 Read about
out Radost’s goal. Write he
her
3
M

answerss to questions 1 and 2 o

of the
action plan.
n

4
In twoo months
mo t we NAME: Radost

have ann important

importan 1
SA

exam. It’s
exam abo the
It about
vocabulary
cabularyy we we’re 2 6 Tell your partner about your
class.
studying in class action plan. Do they think it is
I reallyy want
wa to do 3 realistic? Why / Why not?
well inn it.

UNIT 1 | BE INSPIRED 21
 LEARNING OUTCOMES

2
I can …
• understand texts about young artists and an audition
• describe a picture
• write a review of a performance

WHAT IS ART?
• understand how to use the present perfect with
already, just, still and yet
• talk about visual and performing arts
• recognise noun endings for people, infer meaning
• make a profile of an artist.

Start it!
1 Lo
Look
Loo
ok at tth
he ph
photo.
oto.. Do yyo
ot ou li
like
e it?? Whyy / Whyy not
ot?
2 Be
Befo
ore yo
ou
u wa
attch
atcch, wh
whic
whic
ich d
diiff
ffer
ffer
eren
ent ttyype
en p s of
of art can
an you
u think
k of?
3 W
Wh
hich
hich sttyylles
es of art d
do
o the
hey ta
talk
lk ab
boout
ut? W
Wa
atch
h an
nd ch
checck
k..
SA

4 W
Wh
hic
ich
h iss yo
ou
ur fa
ur favo
vou
urrit
ite
te ar
artt fo
form
rrm
m fro
om th
he vid
deo??

p25 p27 p28

Language in action 2.2 Language in action 2.3 Everyday English 2.4

Watch video 2 .1

22 W H AT I S A R T ? | U N I T 2
 2

1
VOCABULARY 3
Visual and performing arts

2.01
1 Match the words with the photos (1–9) and
definitions (10–12). Then listen, check and 4
repeat.

PY
architecture contemporary dance 1
exhibition fashion design 6
filmmaking gallery 5
illustration musical theatre
performance photography

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sculpture street art
7
10 a room or building where you can see art
11 acting, singing, dancing or playing music
12 an event where you can see paintings and
other art forms

2 Complete the table with the words from

Exercise 1.
C 8 9
E
Visual arts Performing arts
architecture
PL

Use it!

4 Put words 1–9 from Exercise 1 in order starting

with your favourite. Then compare with your
partner and say why.
M

LEARN
N TO LEAR
LEARN My favourite art form is street art
because it looks really cool. What’s yours?
Making g nouns for people
We often
nuuse
se tthe
he e
endings is -er and -or for people.
gss --ist,
Explore it!
3 Write
3 ite
ite the
eppeople
le who
w do these activities. Guess the correct answer.
1 fashion
ashio design fashion designer People won medals for architecture,
re,
2 fi
ffilmmaking
mma painting, sculpture and … at the Olympic
3 ilill
illustration
l Games between 1912 and 1948.
4 p
performance a music b filmmaking c fashion design
5 photography Find another interesting fact about an art form.
6 sculpture Then write a question for your partner to answer.

7 street art

U N I T 2 | W H AT I S A R T ? 23
 WHAT DO YOU SEE?
RUBBISH, PASTA OR ART?

Check out this talented street artist followers have shared photos phot
ph os of
otos
ot hiss
of hi
h

Y
from Lisbon, Portugal! artwork thousands of times, tim
ime es but fans
have also been to to exhibitions
exh bititition
ex onns of his
Bordalo II, creator of ‘Big Trash
illustrations inn his
his home
h country
oun and the
Animals’, has transformed the streets
USA. Kristián lovesvess dance,
ove d nc e ttheatre and
nce,
e,
of Lisbon into an art gallery. When
music. He
c.. H hasn’t
e ha
hasn
s b been
e n to
ee t art school but
you first look, you see an enormous
would
oul d llove to go
uld go.. SSo, ne
nextxtt ttime
i you look
bear or a giant duck, but look again
att some
so pasta, imagine
mag
ma g what wha h else it
and you’ll see a car wheel or an old

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could
oul be!
toilet. This is street art with a message.
Bordalo II hasn’t used normal paints, Have you ever looked at a normal,,
brushes or rollers for a reason. He’s everyday object and seen something ethinn
used rubbish and spray paint because else? Inspiring young illustrator Kris Kristián
he wants us to think about all the
things we throw away. His animals
are beautiful, but he has made them
from ugly things. Fans have seen his
creations at exhibitions and festivals in
the USA, Italy and Sweden, but Lisbon
uses his imagination
into exciting visual

and spaghetti
C
Mensa, from Prague in the Czech
Republic, takes ordinary objects and
tion to change them
sual art. For K
ch
nd

Kristián, an
orange isn’tt just a fruit, it’s a turtle’s body,
tti becomes guitar strings.
strin
We haven’t got time for more this
week, but check out next week’s young
is his favourite city. His biggest galleryery is
i social media
medi di and talented artists – Joshua Behrens and
Shania McDonagh.
PL

READING 4 Complete the table with words from the article.

A magazine article
rticle
ticle People
artist, creator, ,
,
1 Look at thee pictures.
es. Which types o
of a
art can you
, , ,
see? Art materials
M

2.02
2 Read
ad the magazine article an
and check your
, , ,
answers from Exercise 1.
, , ,
Other art words
, , ,
3 Doo the sentences refer
refe
ref to Bordalo II (B),
SA

Kristián (K)
(K) or both
stián (K bot (BK)?
1 Hee cre
creates a
art to share important ideas. B
Voice it!
2 He includes
inclu
inc everyday objects in his art.
3 A lot of his art is online. 5 Discuss the questions.
4 H
He’s a street artist. 1 Do you prefer Bordalo II’s art or Kristián’s art?
Why?
5 His hometown is his favourite place.
2 Which type of art do you like to create? Why?
6 He likes performance art.
Finished? p119 Ex 1

24 WHAT IS ART ? | UNIT 2

 Watch video 2 .2
How does she
LANGUAGE IN ACTION describe São Paulo?
What amazing
Present perfect with regular things has she se
seen?
and irregular verbs
I / You / We / They He / She / It

PY
Fans have 1 seen his creations at exhibitions. He’s 2 rubbish and spray paint.
nt.
4
We haven’t seen the exhibition. He hasn’t to art school.
l.
Have you ever 3 at a normal, everyday object
Where has he been?
and seen something else? Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t.

1 Complete the examples in the table above. Use 2.03

4 Complete the
he text with the correct fo
for
form of the
the article on page 24 to help you. verbs in the box. Then listen and
an check.
ch

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Get it right! amaze appear create not finish
fin see win

The verb go has two past participles: been and gone.

She has been to school. (She’s back from school now.)
She has gone to school. (She’s at school now.)

2 Put the words in the correct order.

1 had / has / exhibitions in the USA and Poland
oland /
C 1
Have you ever seen a photograph
realised
ph
d it was a drawin
looking att one of Shania

She 3
Sh
and then
drawing? Perhaps you were
Shani McDonagh’s illustrations.
Shania is a young Irish artist who 2
the world of art with her incredible pictures.
several drawings that look like
E
Bordalo II ograp
photographs, with nothing more than a pencil.
The talented schoolgirl 4
he tal first prize in
Bordalo II has had exhibitions in the
t USA
national art competitions and her pictures 5
nati
and Poland.
in exhibitions in Ireland. Shania 6 her
PL

2 Bordalo II / Has / had an

n exhibition in Ita
Italy / education, but in the future she wants to be an artist.
ever / ?
Use it!
3 Bordalo II / sculptures
ulptures
lptures of animals
anima / made / hasn’t
5 Write questions with the present perfect and
the phrases in the box or your own ideas.
4 Peoplee / Kristián’s work on social media /
go to an exhibition go to the theatre make a film
M

shared
ed / have
ared
play a musical instrument win a competition
5 Kristián / Has / been to art school / ? Have you ever been to the theatre?
SA

3 Correct
3 rect tthe false sentences and answer the
questions
question in Exercise 2.
6 Work in groups. Ask and answer your questions
1 False.
Fa Bordalo
B II hasn’t had exhibitions in Poland. to complete the sentences about your group.
2 All of us have been to a concert .
3 Some of us .
4 None of us .
5 Finished? p119 Ex 2

UNIT 2 | WHAT IS ART ? 25

 VOCABULARY AND
LISTENING
Music and theatre

1 Read the sentences and put the words in bold

PY
2.04
in the correct category. Then listen and check.
1 I’m playing the part of the sister, but I’m only
in the opening scene of the play.
2 The audience stood up when the orchestra
finished playing the last song.
3 I need to learn my lines for an audition I have
next week.

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4 I’m learning the lyrics to my favourite song.
5 We only had one rehearsal before the show.
6 She spent three months in the studio working
on her latest album.
LEARN
EARN TO LE
LEAR
LEARN

orchestra
Music
Both
Theatre
C
Inferring
Not

2.0
2.05
ng
Noticing the

4 Ros
4
e way people speak can help you to guess
their ffeelings.

Rosa and Daniel have had an audition. Listen

answer the questions.
and a
E
1 D
Did they get the parts they auditioned for?

2 How do Rosa and Daniel feel?

PL

Use it! 2.05

5 Listen again. Tick (✓) the advice Daniel gives Rosa.
1 practise every day
2 Write present
resent
esent perfect questions w
with words 2 say your lines out loud
M

from Exercise answer the

ercise 1. Then ask and a
3 think about the meaning of the lines
questions
uestions with a partner.
4 say your lines in front of a mirror
Have you ever seen a show? 5 record yourself with a camera
SA

6 think about your audience

A conversat
conversation 7 don’t make any mistakes

3 Which em
emo
emotions in the box can people feel Voice it!
before
efo oro after an audition? Why?
6 Discuss the questions.
calm cheerful confident 1 Which is the most important piece of advice?
sad sensitive stressed
2 What’s difficult about performing?

26 WHAT IS ART ? | UNIT 2

 LANGUAGE IN ACTION
Present perfect with already, just, still and yet

3 Complete the conversation with

th the
e present

PY
Watch video 2 . 3 2.08
perfect form of the verbs and already, just, still
nd already ill
When was the
audition? or yet. Then listen and check.
heck.
eck.
Has he got the DANIEL Hey! Guess what? I 1’ve just ust seen (se
(see) my
part? drama teacher and nd …
ROSA You got the part? art?
I’ve 1 just spoken to my drama teacher. DANIEL Shh! Yes, but They 2
ut it’s a secret. Th
I’ve 2 had it! (not tell)
ll) everyone
ery because they
be

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3
They 3 haven’t decided on the main parts. (not choose) all th
the parts.
I haven’t heard 4 . ROSA So why 4 they (tell) you?
DANIEL Because they’ve decided they really want me
Have you heard anything 5 ?
for the p
fo art. I sai
part. the audition I
said at th
Pronunciation p141

1 Read the information below. Then complete thee

examples in the table above.

Get it right!
C
R
ROSA

DAN
DANIEL
5

songs.
ongs.
And 6
parents
Not yet. I 7
No
message
m
me
(lea
(learn) all the lyrics to all the
(learn

you
?
(tell) your

(send) my mum a
to ring me, but she 8
E
We use still before hasn’t/haven’t. ((not call).
We use just and already between has/have
/
/have and the
Use it!
past participle.
PL

We use yet at the end of the sentence.

entence. 4 Write questions to help you find a person in your
class who …
2 Choose a word and
nd
d write it in the correct
c pla
place 1 has already finished some homework.
es.
in the sentences. Have you finished your biology homework yet?
1 Have you
u heard the news? (still / yyet
yet) 2 hasn’t seen (film name) yet.
Havee you heard the news yet
yet?
M

2 I haven’t
n’t finished my food. (already
((a / still) 3 has already tried (a sport you’ve never done).

3 She’s seen the new p

play at the theatre. 4 has helped someone today.
((already
already / yet)
SA

5 still hasn’t been to (a place in your town).

4 They’v
They’ve go
gone to see a film. (just / still)

5 Th
The haven’t learned their lines for the play.
They 5 Ask your questions from Exercise 4.
(already / yet)
Have you finished your biology homework yet?

No, not yet.

Finished? p119 Ex 3

UNIT 2 | WHAT IS ART ? 27

 SPEAKING 4 Match the words and phrases (1–5) with the
words in the Everyday English box.
Describing 1 I don’t know 4 a lot
a picture 2 no 5 enormous
ous
3 child
1 Look at the painting
nting and
answer the questions.

PY
1 What can you see?
2 Do you like it? Why / Why not?

2.09
2 Listen to Lucas and Sofia talking about the Watch
tch video 2 .4
painting. Who do you agree with? Ever yday English

SOFIA dunno ginormous kid

id
LUCAS Hey Sofia, have you donee

O
your art homework yet? nope to
tons
SOFIA To write about the
painting? No, I still
haven’t finished. There’s LUCAS

LUCAS
SOFIA
tons to say!
Really? What?
I’ve seen The Starry Night. It’s amazing!
1
It makes me feel calm and excited at thee
same time. What about you?
C PL AN
5 Look at the
painting of
the artist’s
E
LUCAS Dunno, 2 a kid’s painting.
g.
The clouds, stars and moon are ginormous bedroom. Makeake notes.
notes
compared to the houses. Have you seen this painting before?
3
strange.
nge.
PL

SOFIA Have you read about it yet? What can you see?
4
look real. The artist
Van Gogh wanted ed to show how tthe sky Do you like it? Why / Why not?
made him feel.el.
LUCAS Nope, sorry! I’ve
ve just looked at it again and How does it make you feel?
I don’tt understand why he used wavy lines
and shapes.
M

SOFIA He used
sed them to show how light moves.
LUCASS Oh, I see. And he combines
comb lots of bright 6 Work in pairs. Plan a conversation about
and d dark colours.
olours the painting.
SOFIA Right. 5 his mixed SPEAK
SA

emotions.
emotio
7 Practise the conversation. Remember to
use the present perfect and phrases from
2.09
09
3 Complete the
th conversation with the phrases from the Useful language and Everyday English
the Usefu
Useful language box. Then listen and check. boxes.
Useful lan
language CHECK
It isn’t supposed to … It probably shows … 8 Work with another pair. Listen to their
conversation. Do they answer the
It looks like … It seems a bit …
questions from Exercise 5?
It makes me feel …

28 WHAT IS ART ? | UNIT 2

 WRITING
A review School of Rock, the musical!
Great family entertainment!
1 Have you seen Dewey Finn fails as a rock star! But can
an he
STOMP yet? become a good teacher and turn his students

PY
You haven’t? nter Garden
into an amazing rock group? Winter Ga
Then what are you waiting for? STOMP is perfect for Theater, Broadway, New York.k.
adults and kids – it’s the best show I’ve ever seen.
2 STOMP isn’t a musical or a dance show. It’s a Write your own review of a performance
performance with a difference. The performers create
powerful rhythms with objects like brushes and PL AN
newspapers. There are no lines, singing or story, but the 5 Look at thee School of Rock poster or think
sounds and movements are amazing. of a performance
rmance you have been tto.

O
3 What I liked about it was that the performers were so Make notes.
es.
talented. I’ve never seen anything like it before. It was a bit
loud sometimes, but great fun really. Where
ere did you see it?
4 STOMP is on at a theatre near Broadway and tickets are
a really good price. I recommend it because it’s so creative Who
o was the perform
performance for?
and original.

1 Look at the photo and answer the questions.

1 What type of show is it?
2 Have you ever seen a similar performance?
mance?
e?
CWhat was it like?

What did you like / not like about it?

E
2 Read Camila’s review of the show.
w. 6 Decide what information to include in
6
Did she enjoy it? each paragraph. Use the information in
Exercise 3 to help you.
PL

WRITE
3 Match information a–d
–d
d with paragraphs 1–4.
a a description of the event
7 Write your review. Remember to include
four paragraphs, the present perfect and
b what she liked
ked / didn’t like abou
about it phrases from the Useful language box.
c where you can see it
CHECK
M

d who
o it is for
8 Do you …
4 Complete the phrases in the
th Useful language • describe the event?
box. Then check in th
the rreview. • say who it is for?
• say what you liked / didn’t like about it?
SA

Useful language

I1 it because …
sh I’ 2
It’s the best show seen. Finished? p119 Ex 4

ver 3
I’ve never anything like it before.
4
(STOMP) is at …
5
I liked / didn’t like about it was …

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 THE ART
PROJECT
A profile of an artist

1 Look at the photos and read the profile. Do you

like Ben Heine’s work? Why / Why not?

PY
2 Read the profile again and complete the notes.

Nationality:

Education:

O
Interests:
Types of art:

Exhibitions:

How to do online research

C
E
3 Why is it important to think about these
questions when you read information
matio online?
a Who wrote the information?
n?
PL

b Who is the information

ation for?

c How do I know
w it’s tru
true?
M

d Can you find the same infor

information on a
different
nt website?

e When did they wr

write it?
SA

f Can I copy and paste this information into

my own
ow work?

2.10
.10
4 Lis
Listen to the advice about doing online
research and check your ideas from
Exercise 3.

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 Artist’s name: Ben Heine
Art form: painting, illustration and photography

1 He is Belgian and he lives and works in Brussels.

He started drawing when he was 11. He’s an artist
and a music producer.

2 He studied at art college in the UK and he taught

himself photography. He has also taught himself
how to play the drums and the piano, and he has
learned how to speak French, English, Russian and
other languages.

3 In 2010, he invented a new art form which uses

illustration and photography. He adds drawings
to photos to make them come alive. This artwork

be creative.
C
hee
has been so popular that art teachers around the
ow to
world have used it to teach their students how t
Make
e a profile of an artist

PL AN
5 Work in pairs. Choose an artist you like.
• Find information about the artist. Use
E
4 He has created a range of paintingsgs which use the tips from Exercise 4.
paintings and real-life models. Ben paints a model • Make notes like the ones in Exercise 2.
nting. Then the model
the same colours as the painting. • Find pictures of their artwork.
PL

ainting so they look

stands in front of the painting loo
• Decide who will write the different
‘invisible’.
parts of the profile.
• Write your part then give it to your
5 Ben’s artworkk has appeared
pp in exhibitions and
partner to check.
ca,, Asia,
galleries in Africa, Asi , Europe
u p and
a the USA. You
• Work with your partner to put together
ee his workk all over the world
can see world.
the information and pictures.
M

• Write two questions for your

classmates to answer about your
profile.
PRESENT
SA

6 Present your profile to the class.

Remember to include interesting facts,
pictures and to use your own words.
CHECK
7 Look at your classmates’ profiles.
Do they include all the information
from Exercise 2? Which artist is your
favourite?

U N I T 2 | W H AT I S A R T ? 31
 2 REVIEW

VOCABULARY LANGUAGE IN ACTION

1 Complete the words with vowels. 4 Circle the correct words.
1 rch t ct r 1 Have you finished still / yet?

PY
2 xh b t n 2 I’ve already / still been to that galler
gallery twice.
3 f lmm k ng 3 Have you just / still learned
rned some new
ne lines?
4 sc lpt r 4 She already / still hasn’t
n’t heard how her
5 ll str t n audition went.
6 m s c l th tr 5 She’s just / stilll sung the lyrics to th so
the song.
7 p rf rm nc
5 Complete
te the
e text with the present
pre perfect form

O
8 ph t gr phy of the verbs in bra
brackets.

2 Match the parts of the words.

1 aud a nes
2 li
3 pa
4 sh
5 sce
6 rehear
b ow
c rt
d sal
e ience
f ne
C
E
3 Complete the text with words from
om E
Exercise 2.
Yesterday I went to the final 1 of
PL

my sister’s school 2 . It was the last

practice before the firstt performance tonight with
a real 3 watching.
atching. My sister plays ththe
4
main and forgot som
some of her
5
n thee final 6
in . I t
I think she Teenage artist, Autumn de Forest, sold her
needs a lott more practice!
actice! first painting when she was just six years
old. People 1 (compare)
M

2
her to Pablo Picasso. She
(teach) herself how to paint by studying
Self-assessment
elf-assessm famous artists. People from all over the
world 3 (buy) her paintings
SA

4
I can describe
escribe visual and
a and she (sell) some of
performing arts in English. them for thousands of dollars. Autumn
5
(give) interviews on
I can talk abo
about music and theatre.
TV and she 6 (speak) to
I can
an use the present perfect with university students about the importance
regular and irregular verbs.
regula of art at school.
I can use the present perfect with
already, just, still and yet.

32 WHAT IS ART ? | UNIT 2

 LEARN TO LEARN

LEARN TO … HELP YOUR PARTNER IMPROVE THEIR SPEAKING

KIN
When you work in pairs, it’s important to listen carefully so you can help each other improve.

1 Do you agree with these ideas? Why / Why not? 3 In pairs take turns to listen to each
ch other’s

PY
a Everyone in this class knows presentations. Tick the thingss they do in the
different things in English. checklist and make notes.
b Everyone in this class is good
at different things in English. • speak clearly
c Everyone in this class can
• speak for one minutee
help each other to improve.
• use the present perfect
rfect to introduce the topic

O
I agree with a. You already knew
the word ‘filmmaking’, but I didn’t. • use thee past simple to talk about:

Yes, but you often know words I don’t know! • whe

where it was

2 Read Lucy’s notes for a presentation. Think

about the best show, concert or exhibition
you’ve ever been to. Complete the notes and
prepare a one-minute presentation.
d
C • when you went
• whoo you went with
• what it was like
• why you liked it
• usee adjectives
adje to make your presentation interesting
E
The best show I’ve
ever been to
PL

What: The Moon Circus

Wh ere: Brisban e
Wh en: 27 January
Wh o with: Mum, Dad, old er sist
4 Use the checklist to tell your partner what
i er Maria they did well and how they can improve.
Oth er information: amazing
orch eestra
funny clowwn nss – audien ce loved tthem You spoke very clearly, but you didn’t use
M

not a traditio
ionnal
al circus – n
no animals
the present perfect to introduce the concert.

5 Use your partner’s comments from

Exercise 4 to help you improve. Then, give
The best I’ve ever been to
SA

your presentation to a different student.

W
What:
Where: 6 Next time you do a speaking activity,
listen to your partner carefully and then
When: tell them how they can improve.
Who
ho with:
wi
Other information:
Othe

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