41 GRAMMAR present perfect ‘a Look at the photos from two films and a TV series, Can you match them to the books? b @12.1 Listen to three conversations. Complete them with the phrases below. I've read the book | haven't seen it Have youseenit No, haven't Yes, have 1 Stella Paul Stella 2 Matt Tom Matt Tom 3) Ann Mike Ann’ Mike ¢ Listen to and read the conversations again. Complete the chart for read, and answer the questions with a partner. Present perfect: read Ive the book the book the book? x 1. What is the full form of I've read? 2 How do you think have and haven't change in the third person singular? 3. Seen, read, and heard are irregular past participles. What are the infinitives? 4 Watched and downloaded are regular past participles. What are the infinitives? When Tom says I've watched the first three seasons, do we know when he watched them? d- @p.146 Grammar Bank 12A 4 ¥ I've seen it ten times! Sieh CS The first Jurassic Park is on TV tonight. Haye you seen it? And The film's better than the book, | think Let's watch it then. | know it’s an old film, but | haven't seen it Have you read the Game of Thrones books? They're really long! Life's t00 short for 700-page bool Have you watched the TV series? Yes, I've watched the first three seasons, and I've downloaded the fourth Have you seen the film It? The recent one. Ist the film of the Stephen King book? Yes. Wve heard of it, but We read the book - it's fantastic@ Complete 1-10 of regular verbs. ith a past participle from the list fact ask believe book download kill open play travel work Wve never... 1 opened — a bank account. a flight online. ina play or film. a team sport, an insect. as a waiter in Father Christmas, somebody to marry me. to another continent. a film or music without paying, # With a partner, say which sentences are true for you. 2 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress a @/12.3 Listen and repeat the conversation. Copy the rhythm. A Have you seen The Martian? No, | haven't. Have you read the book? Yes, i have. I've read it twice. b Write down three more films or TV series from books. Have conversations with a partner as in a. 3 VOCABULARY irregular past participles from? Write the infinitive and the past simple. © @12.5 Cover a. Listen and say the past simple and past participle. 2) buy (bought, bought Complete the Verb column with a past partic froma. Verb 1 Have you ever a Japanese novel? Ben's fil in love with Sally. Have you [ll Mike about the party? We've lll the news - congratulations! X-Men, Tim's lll some tickets for the match Oh no! I've fll my bag on the train, 2 3 4 5. She's never 6 7 8 I've ll my old computer to my brother Cover the Verb column. Say the sentences. LISTENING & SPEAKING Complete the phrases with the past participle of the verb in brackets. 1 asleep in the cinema (al) the soundtrack of a fim (buy) the cinema before the end of a film (leave) a film more than three times (see) ina film (ry) 2 film in English with subtitles (see) somebody to be quiet in a cinema (tel 2 book more than once (read) watching a TV series after the first or Films, books, and TV Have you ever...? [past participle bought bought fallen given heard left read told b @124 Listen and check. How do you say read (infinitive) and read (past simple and past participle)? second season (stop) 10 to an audiobook (listen) " a book toa friend as a present (give) 2 three or more episodes of a TV series in cone evening (watch) © 12.6 Listen to six people, A-F. Which question (1-12) in a does each person answer? A B c D E F Listen again. Make notes about their answers. Choose six of the questions in a. Ask a different person each question. If they answer Yes, I ha ask What film / book / TV series was it? Write their name and answer. Tell the class your two most interesting answers.| Ve, 2 How about that Indian restaurant? 1 LISTENING a Look at the list of ten popular types of foreign restaurant in the UK. Answer the questions. Chinese French Greek Indian talian Japanese Mexican Spanish Thai Turkish 1. Which do you think are the top three? 2 Which of these kinds of food have you eaten? 3. What are the most popular types of foreign restaurant where you live? b @12,7 Listen to four people trying to decide where to go for dinner. Do they agree which restaurant to go to? ¢ Listen again. Tick (/) the restaurants Joe has been to, and write when. Write if he doesn’t say when. Has he been there? wets Curry Up The Great Wall Thai-Chi Mexican Wave The Acropolis d_ Do you know any annoying people like Joe? Have you been tothe He's been everywhere! ‘nee A OE CO He's so \, annoying! GRAMMAR present perfect or past simple? Look at part of the conversation in 1. Answer the questions. WAligon Have you been to Mexican Wave? Joe Yes, Ihave. Alison When did you go there? Joe Last month. | went for dinner with people from work 1. What tense is Alison’s first question? 2 What tense is Alison's second question? 3 Which of the two questions is about a specific time in the past? © p.146 Grammar Bank 128 Write down the names of two restaurants you've been to recently, two films you've seen recently, and two places you've visited recently. In pairs, ask and answer questions. (Yesithave, When did you go there? Did you like3 VOCABULARY learning irregular verbs a @12.10 Write the infinitives for the irregular verbs. Then listen and check. infin past simple / past participle got had lost met 5 won b @12.11 Now look at some verbs where the past participle is different from the past simple. Write the infinitive and the past simple. Then listen and check. infinitive past simple past participle 1 been 2 done 3 eaten 4 spoken 5 sung © p.165 Irregular verbs Underline the verbs that have the same form for the past simple and the past participle. 4 PRONUNCIATION irregular past participles a Put the irregular past participles in the correct column. bought done eaten fallen given got left lost met read seen spoken sung won b @12.12 Listen and check. Practise saying them. 5 SPEAKING a Look at ques 1 below. What words are missing in the present perfect question? What form do you need of the verb in bold? What words are missing in the past simple question? Recently... Present perfect, Past simple The to the cinema | What / see? recently? Hike it? In your life. / do any sport or exercise recently? Feat out with friends recently? 7 get up really late recently? 7 buy anything online recently? What / do? Who / do it with? Where / go? What / have? Why? J miss anything important? What / buy? Where / buy it from? AX PZ & Present perfect Past simple i ever sing something | What / sing? in public? How / feel? /ever lose your phone? J ever win a cup or medal? 7 ever speak toa famous person? 7 ever have very long (or short) hair? Where / lose it? Hind it? What / win it for? Who / speak to? What / say? When / have it? Hike it? Work in pairs. A ask B the questions. If B answers Yes, | have., ask the past simple questions. Then change roles. Have you been tothe cinema recently?) (Yes, Ihave. What did you see? )1 READING a Look at the photos of Sir lan McKellen. Do you know the names of any films he has been in? Have you seen any of them? b Sir lan McKellen was interviewed especially for English File. Read the interview and complete sections A-F with a heading from the list. Your abilities Your lifestyle Your work experiences Your places Your home Yourtastes € Look at sentences 1-10 about Sir lan MeKellen. Some are true and some are false. In which section of the interview do you expect to find the information? He became an actor when he was a student. He lives outside London. He gets up early every day. He's never been to India He spends along time on the internet every dy. He read The Lord ofthe Rings when he was young. His desk isn't very tidy He doesn't like animals. 9 He relaxes by playing games 10 He's not interested in learning new things. d_ Read the interview again and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false). Say why the F ones are false. Talk to a partner. What three things from the interview with Sir lan McKellen did you find the ‘most interesting? 2 GRAMMAR & SPEAKING revision: question formation In pairs, look at the groups of questions (1-6). Complete them with 's, are, can, do, did, or have. 1 Your lifestyle What do you usually do in the morning? How you relax? What you do last weekend? 2 Your home What your favourite room in your home? you tidy or untidy? you do a lot of housework last week? The English File interview as Gandalf An interview with Sir Ian McKellen Bi vour tastes ‘What kind of music do you like? | hardly ever listen to music at ‘home — | prefer going to concerts. | enjoy classical music and pop, but my toute kind of rs strata Amean jaz ‘What book are you reading at the moment? !'m reading The Hammersteins, a biography of the American theatre family written by Oscar Andrew Hammerstein. Who's your favourite historical character? Peraps Wim ‘Shakespeare. 3 Your abilities What languages you speak? you sing or play @ musical instrument? Why you learning English? 4 Your places What your favourite place to spend the weekend? Where you go for your last holiday? Where you going to go for your next holiday? 5 Your tastes, What your favourite time of year? ‘What book you reading at the moment? What kind of TV programmes you lke watching? 6 Your experiences What films you seen recently? What ____the most beautiful place you've ever been to? you ever been to Britain or the USA? b @12.13 Listen and check.a What time do you usually get up in the morning? Iam working, | getup one hour before Ihave to leave the house fam rot working, and | went fo bed late the night before, | getup at about 410.00 inthe moring How much time do you spend a day on the internet? | can very easly spend tree or four hours on the inte, answering emails, reading the news etc | think ofthe intemet as a wonderful encyclopaeiaof information How do you relax? | enjoy a late-night Sudoku, but especialy being wit friends, What's your favourite room in the house? Perhans the iving oom where | cook and eat, and from where I can see the River Thames in London, What do you always have on your desk? | always have too ‘many letters, papers, and books which are wating for me to ead. Do you have any pets? | love dogs, butIcan’thave one because 1m often away from home. What languages do you speak? | only speak English, but can Femembera litle ofthe French | leamed at schoo. Can you play a musical instrument? No. Is there something you would like to learn to do? Yes ~ many things, e.g. to sing well, to play the piano, and to speak foreign languages. What's your favourite place in London? | jove the Rver Thames ‘and the views from its many bridges. Where are you going to go for your next holiday? | am going to go to India forthe first time in February. What's the most beautiful city you've ever visited? | can't choose between Edinburgh, Prague, and Venice. What was your first job? The first money | earned asa professional actor was when | was a student at Cambridge University in 1959, {played small parts in audio recordings of Shakespeare's plays When did you first read The Lord of the Rings? | read it fist When | was preparing to play Gandalf in the movie trilogy. What was the best and worst thing about filming ‘The Lord of the Rings? The best thing about filming was iscovering the countryside and people of New Zealand. But ‘the worst thing was living away ‘from home fora year or more. Work with a partner. A interview B with group 1. Ask more questions where appropriate, and show interest in B's answers. B answer the questions, giving as much information as you can. Then B interview A with group 2, etc. A What doy B | get up at about 7.00. | have breakfast and then go to class at university. usually do in the mor ‘A What time do your classes start?) (Baten, eo VIDEO LISTENING Watch the documentary Judi Dench — a life in acting. Tick (V) the six films you hear. Have you seen any of them? Macbeth A Room with a View Tea with Mussolini GoldenEye Mrs Brown Skyfall b Watch again. Put the events in the correct order. She appeared in A Room with a View. She played Queen Elizabeth She worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company. She was born in York. She appeared in her first James Bond film ry Plays, a in the film Mrs Brown, She acted in the York Myst She played Queen Vieto She was in a production of Macbeth with lan McKellen. She won an Osca Are there any famous actors from your country who are the same generation as Judi Dench and lan McKellen? Do you like them?wy Ea v2 Revise and Check GRAMMAR Girclea, b, or c. 1 2 10 " 2 3 4 18 You speak. a verysiow b verysiowly ¢ very slower She plays tennis a quite well b quite good ¢ quite goodly My husband works __ a incredible hard b incredibly hard € incredibly hardly Vd ike a Ferr a drive b todrive driving What do weneed __ next? a todo bdo ¢ doing She wants to pass her exams, but she doesn't like a study b studing ¢ studying __usually drive faster than women. a Themen b Men ¢ Theman I's___best place to eat inthe city centre. athe ba c- Do you go to _ bed late at weekends? athe ba e- My grandfather never uses __ internet. athe ba c- 1've read the book, but |__ the film. a haven't see _b haven't saw € haven't seen A Have you anyone famous? B Yes, Ihave. A famous film actor. a evermet b evermeet_¢ met ever he been to New York? a Has b Did ¢ Have We ___ totaly ast year. a have gone b have been ¢ went She __ in a restaurant before. a has never work b have never worked € has never worked VOCABULARY a Write the opposite adjective or adverb. 1 quickly sate well noisy hot weakly b Complete the sentences with these verbs. need learn promise want 1 Id like to to dance the tango. 2 You don't to wash it. You've only worn it once, 3 Ncan't ‘to be on time. It depends on the traffic. 4 Do you to go to a restaurant or a pub for lunch? © Complete the sentences with these internet words. attachment download online website wisi 1 always shop these days 2 Ican. the song for you tonight. 3 You can find al the information on the hotel's 4 Don't open an if you don't know who it’ from. 5 can't Skype you~ our isn't working at the moment d_ Complete the sentences with for, in, up, or with. 1 Log with your username and password 2 Hooked Coldplay on Wikipedia the band started in 199%. 3 You can search _most information on the internet. 4 Have you ever seen a film subtitles? Write the past participle of these verbs. 1 see saw 4 give gave 2 go went 5 fall fell 3 know knew 6 take took PRONUNCIATION a @p.166-7 Sound Bank Revise vowel and consonant sounds. b_ What sound do the pink letters have in these words? Match them to the sound pictures. [bought MM spoken fl want fl wi-fi ll women ‘EF 2 &'®@ clock bike phone ¢ Underline the stressed syllable. 1 politely 3 delcide 5 weblsite 2 dangerously 4 alttachimentCAN YOU understand this text? a Read the reviews of Pizza West once. Which review is most positive and which is most negative? A ALAN peNB | 2 Mere quite often because it's very Meee near my flat. The pizza is OK, and it's A really good value. The atmosphere is ‘great, perfect for a Friday or Saturday night. It's vvery popular, but if you don't mind waiting you can usually get a table. Or book online! ‘STEVE AND JANE Very expensive. In most pizza places we usually pay about £10 for a pizza; here it's £15 for more or less the same thing! The food is fine, but we definitely aren't going to eat there again. c ‘SARAH We've been here a lot and we always enjoy it. The menu is very good, and they have great starters as well as pizzas. We went yesterday for an early dinner with our three-year-old daughter and they really made Us feel at home — and they produced a delicious birthday cake for her. Great food, friendly waiters, fantastic atmosphere BRIDGET We booked a table, but when we got there they asked us to sit with a lot of other people at a big table. We didn’t want to because there were only two of us. Then they asked us to wait until a different table was free, so we waited at the bar for 45 minutes! But recommend it because the food is excellent! E GEORGE The pizza here isn't the best I've tasted, but it's OK (and the salads are delicious). The service is a bit slow and the place is very busy — it can often be really noisy. However, the atmosphere is great and it’s ‘obviously popular. Not the place for a romantic dinner — it's more of a fun, exciting place. b_ Read the reviews again. Match them to the sentences. Who (A-E)...? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 says the staff are nice ___says the food is too expensive says they have had better pizzas ___lives near the restaurant didn't like the table when they arrived went fora special family meal thinks the prices are good doesn't recommend it for couples who want a quiet dinner © CAN YOU understand these people? (@ 12.14 Watch or listen and answer the questions. ‘Anna Bt we mS Madeleine Chris Talitha. Martin ‘When Anna came to the UK she was surprised by __. a the people and the buildings the weather and the food the parks and the attractions. Madeleine thinks that she drives from her area of the USA. @ betterthan b worse than Chris would like to soon. @ gotoAustralia visit her parents b goto Austria Talitha has seen the ___films more than theee times. @ Harry Potter b Lord ofthe Rings ¢ Jason Bourne Martin bought his phone years ago. a two b three four other people © the same as CAN YOU say this in English? Do the tasks with a partner. Tick (/) the box if you can do these things. Can you...? 1 2 3 say how people in your country drive and dress say three things you would like to do in the future say which of the following you prefer and why ‘= classical music or pop music «summer holidays or winter holidays ‘+ Chinese food or Japanese food say what things you use the internet for, and how often answer the questions below ‘© What city have you been to recently? ‘+ When did you go there? What did you do there? ‘+ What's the best / worst thing about your town?