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Cutting The Edge Elementary Resource Bank

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Instructions 1A Nice to meet you You will need: one role card per student + Preteach the following countries: Thailand; Russia; Australia; Turkey; China; Colombia. + Give one role card to each student and deal with any pronunciation problems individual students may have. it you have more than sixteen students, distribute duplicate role cards or make your own. + Students move around the room and ask each other {questions to find out their classmates’ new names and Countries. itis not possible for your class to move around the room, they should talk to as many people as possible sitting near them. Students must try to remember the answers, but they are not allowed to write anything down, + Encourage students to include Nice to meet you. / You too. and How are you? /1'm fine, thanks. in their conversations, and to introduce students to each other using This is... He's / She's from... wherever possible. + Students work in pairs and ask each other the names / nationalities of the other people inthe class using What's his ! her name? and Where's he she from?. W necessary, students can make notes of their answers at this stage. + Students check thelr answers with another pair of students or with the whole class. : 1B The English class You will need: one copy of Worksheet A and one copy of Worksheet 8 per pair of students + Divide the class into two groups, A and B. Give a copy of Worksheet A to the students in group A, and a copy of Worksheet B to the students in group B. Students are not allowed to look at each other's worksheets. + Students take itn turns to ask their partner questions about the people in the picture in order to complete the information boxes on their worksheets. Far example, for the box about Frank, Student A needs to ask How old is Frank? and What's his job?, while Student B needs to ask Where's Frank from? and Is he married? Ifthe box relates to two people, students should ask questions with they where appropriate + Students continue asking questions until both students have al the information. fa pair of students finishes early they can check their answers by reading out the information on their worksheet to each other. 1C Short answer snap me ‘You will need: one set of Question cards and one set of Answer cards for each pair of students + Students work in pairs. Give a set of Question cards to ‘Student A and a set of Answer cards to Student B. Tell students to shufile the cards and put them face down in pile in front of them, Students will also need a pen and paper and to keep score. + Both students turn over a card from their pile at the same time and place them down next to each other. If the answer matches the question, the first student to say ‘Snap! gets a point. Students then pick up their own ‘cards only, shuffle their pack, and play again. Students do not pick their partner's cards. + Ifthe answer doesn’t match the question, the students continue turning over cards from their piles until someone says Snap! + Ifa student says Snap! when the answer doesn’t match the question, his her partner gets a point and the students continue with the activity. If there is disagreement about whether the cards match, the teacher adjudicates. The first student to get 10 points is the winner. + It would be advisable to demonstrate this activity with the whole class belore allowing the students to work in pairs. 2A What's this? You will need: one copy of Worksheet A and one copy of Worksheet 8 per pair of students + Pre-teach the following new items of vocabulary: 0 computer; cigarettes: a pencil + Divide the class into pairs. Give each pair a copy of Worksheet A and allow students two minutes to ‘memorize where everything is in the picture. Students are not allowed to write anything down. + Take away all the coples of Worksheet A and distribute a copy of Worksheet B to each pair. Students take itin turns to point at the outline of a missing item and ask: What's this / that? or What are these / those? The other student responds by saying: it's a ... (computer) or They're ... pencils). Encourage students to use this / these for items in the foreground of the picture and that those for items in the background. + ifstudents are having difficulty remembering what all the items are, redistribute Worksheet A and allow the students to look at it for fifteen seconds. + Students continue until they can both name all fifteen missing items in the picture. 2B Who's got a Rolls Royce? - You will need: one worksheet per student; one role card per student + Presteach the following items of vocabulary: a Rolls Royce; an elephant; famous; a swimming pool; an aeroplane, 4 + Give each student a role card in random order, and altow them time to read the information on the card. They are not allowed to look at one another's cards. if you have * instructions ‘more than ten students, the cards can be duplicated without affecting the outcome of the activity) + Revise the following ‘getting to know you’ language from Module 1 of the Students’ Book it necessary: Hello, what's your name? My name's... / Nice to meet you. You 00. / Where are you from? I'm from ../ What's your job? Vma.. + Give each student a copy of the worksheet. Tell the class that the fine at the beginning of each sentence corresponds to a person's name. + Students move around the room and have short ‘conversations with one another in order to find out who has the items listed on the worksheet. Encourage students to introduce themselves and use ‘getting to know you’ questions to start the conversation, rather than just the questions required to complete the ‘worksheet. When students find someone who has got a particular item, they write his s her name in the appropriate place on the worksheet. + Finally, students check their answers in pairs or with the whole class, 2€ The family You wil! need: One copy of the farnly tree per student; one copy of Worksheet A or Worksheet B per student + Give each student a copy of the family tree and check they understand how the people are related. + Divide the class into two groups, A and 8. Give a copy of Worksheet A to all the students in group A and give a copy of Worksheet 8 to all the students in group B. + Put students in pairs with someone who has the same ‘worksheet. Students look at the information and write the names of the family in the correct place on their {amily trees (see Key). When they have finished, alow ‘students to check their answers with another pair that have the same worksheet, + Rearrange the class so that one student who has ‘Worksheet Ais working with a student who has Worksheet B. f you have extra students, have some groups of three, + Students ask each other questions with Who is...?in order to complete the family tree. For example: Who is ‘Molly's sister? Who is Tom's grandfather? Who 's Mark * ‘and Laurars son?, etc. Students are not allowed to took at each other's family trees. When they have anew name, they should write t under the pictures in the space provided. + Students should check each new name by referting to other people on the family tree. For example: Have Jack ‘and Emma got three children? Mark's got two sisters, ‘Molly and Liz, 1s that right? etc. + Check the answers with the whole group, either by using ‘an overhead transparency or drawing the family tree on the board. + Asa follow-up activity, students can work in pairs and take it in turns to make up sentences about the family The other student has to decide if the sentence is true or false. 106 Learner-training worksheet A (Using the Mini-dictionary) You will need: one copy of the worksheet per student This worksheet gives students an overview of the type of information contained in the Mintdictionary (see Making the ‘most of the Mini-dictionary on page 12 for more details) Before starting the worksheet, check students understand that the Min-dictionary only contains words and meanings used in the Students’ Book. 1 Students do part a) on thele own, then discuss part b) in pairs, The aim is to show students that they don't always, have to understand the definition to grasp the meaning ~ sometimes the example can be more useful. 2. Students work individually before checking the answers with the whole class. 3. Check students understand how the parts of speech are ‘marked in the Min-dictionary before they do the ‘exercise on their own or in pairs, Check the answers with the whole class (see Key) 4 Check that students understand what word stress is and hhow itis marked in the Mini-dictionary (there is a stress ‘mark before the stressed syllable), Students do the ‘exercise individually or in pairs before checking the answers with the whole class (see Key. 5 Check students know where the pronunciation table isin their Minidictionary. Students work in pairs before ‘checking their pronunciation with the teacher. 3A Pick four cards You will nes 1 one set of cut-up cards per pair of students + Before the class cut up the cards and put them in a big envelope. + Pre-teach the following Items of vocabulary: a fot of; town; frutjuice; business; medicine. + Students take four cards from the bag. They must fillin the space in the speech bubble using one of the options provided, or their own ideas, Students may swap any cards they have duplicates of, or ones that they can’t answer. Seta time limit of three or four minutes, and remove any blank cards in the envelope, + Students put all their completed cards back in the envelope. Mix up the cards, then allow each student to ‘take four completed cards from the envelope, Students should swap any cards they filled in themselves. + Students move around the room and try to find the people who wrote the cards they are holding. in order to do this they must ask questions beginning with Do you...? based on the sentence in the speech bubble, +f Student A finds someone who says yes to his / her question, he / she shows Student B the card and asks: is this your cord? Wit is Stutent B's card, Student A writes his her name on it. Wit isn’t Student B's card, Student A must continue looking the person who wrote the card. +The activity continues until all the students have found the people who wrote the cards they are holding. . » Instructions 3B Who am |? You will need: one copy of the worksheet per student + Before class write a number in the box at the top for each student in the class. For example, if you have ten students, write the numbers 1 to 10 at the top of the worksheets, + Distribute the worksheets in random order. Students work individually and complete the sentences by choosing the correct italicized alternative or filing in the ‘2p with their own ideas. They must not write their name on the paper, and are not allowed to look at their classmates’ worksheets. + Asthe students are filing in their worksheets, move around the room and help with any vocabulary problems they may have. If you think students will be able to recognise each other's handwriting, you can ask them to complete the worksheet in capital letters. + Collect all the worksheets and shuffle them, then put ‘them up around the classroom. Students work individually or in pairs, They walk around the room reading the worksheets, and must decide which wrote each one. Students should make a note of the number on each worksheet and the name of the student they think wrote it, + Check the answers with the whole group. The students who have guessed the most correct answers are the winners. Alternative procedure: If itis not possible for your students to move around the room, the activity can be adapted as follows + Put the students into pairs and redistribute the worksheets in random order, giving two worksheets to ‘each pair. Students read the worksheets and try to guess ‘which members of the class has written them, + Students share their ideas with the class, giving reasons for their answers. 3C Pronoun stars You will need: one set of Sentence Cards and two sets of Pronoun Cards for each group of three students. + Check that students know the meaning of star. + Students work in groups of three. Give Student A a set of Sentence Cards, face down in pile. Give Students B and C a complete set of Pronoun Cards each, and tell them to spread them out in front of them, face up. Shuffle the cards beforehand. if you have extra students, have some groups of four, and give the extra student another set of Pronoun Cards. + Student A turns over the first Sentence Card and reads the sentence(s) in the speech bubbles only outloud. (nstead of using a pronoun, he / she should say star in the appropriate place. + Students 8 and C must find the correct Pronoun Card from their set as quickly as possible and give it to Student A, saying the pronoun at the same time, Stucent A should check the card against the answer on his / her Sentence Card. The student who finds the correct card first takes both cards as a ‘rick’. The student with the ‘most tricks at the end is the winner. + Itis advisable to demonstrate this activity to the whole class before getting students to work in their groups. + Students can repeat the activity with a different student ‘turning over the Sentence Cards. 3D Time pelmanism You wilf need: one set of cards per pair of students + Students work in pairs {or in groups of three}. Give each pair / group a set of cards (shuffled) and tell them to spread them out in front of them face down without looking at them first. +The students take it in turns to turn over any two cards. ta student finds two cards that match, he she keeps the cards as a ‘trick’ and has another turn. W the cards do ‘not match, he/ she must put them back in exactly the ‘same place. + The activity continues until all cards are matched up. The : student with the most tricks is the winner, | + Atthe end of the activity students can play again, or test | ‘each other on the times using the clock cards. | 4A Things you love and hate ‘You will need: one copy of the worksheet per student + Before distributing the worksheets, pre-teach the following vocabulary: to wash up; to get up early; juice; to buy; ice cream, + Students mingle and ask questions beginning with Do ‘you lke ..? for each of the activities or items on the ‘worksheet, They must find one student who likes / loves ‘the item or activity, and one student who doesn't ike / hates it ‘When they find someone, they write his her name in the correct space on the worksheet, Students should try and collect as many different names as possible. + Encourage students to use the following short answers during this stage of the activity: Yes, do. / Yes, Hove it. / No, I don’t. ’No, I hate it. /t's okay. I necessary, write them on the board before they begin, + Students continue asking questions until they have filled inas many spaces as possible. Alternatively, set a time timit of ten minutes. + Students work in pairs and tell each other what they have found out about the ather people in the class. For example: Erika joves classical music, but she doesn’t like | watching football. Finally, each student tells the whole. group some things he / she has found out about his / her classmates. te | | 4B Three people | know You will need: one copy of the worksheet per student + Give a copy of the worksheet to each student. Tell them to write the names of three people they know in the top | line of the table in Question 1. Students should write 101 ¥ instructions names of frends and family, not acquaintances, classmates or famous people. Students should not write anything else in the table at this stage + Students write five things about each person they have named in the boxes at the bottom of the page. Students should write short answers (such as France, ‘swimming, @ doctor or going to the cinema) not whole sentences. They must also write the answers in random order. + Students work in pairs and swap worksheets with their partners. They must ask yes /no questions about the people named, based on the information in the boxes at the bottom of their partner's worksheet. (Students are not alowed to ask questions with What, Where, etc.) For ‘example, if Student A has written the names Pedro, ‘Susannah and Michel in the table, and the word Paris appears in one of the boxes, Student B could ask: Does Pedro come from Paris? + ifthe answer is yes, then Student B writes Paris in the table under Pedro's name. ifthe answer is no, then Student 8 must continue asking questions until he she hhas found out which person Paris relates to, and in what way. + Encourage students to use the correct short answers (Yes, he/she does, No, he/she doesn’t.) when responding to their partner’s questions. + Students take turns asking yes /no questions until they have both completed the grid with five pieces of information about each person. + Atthe end of the activity students can find a new partner and tell each other about the people on the worksheet, Alternatively, students can write a paragraph about each person on the worksheet, based on the information in the table, + Note: itis useful to demonstrate this activity to the whole class before they begin, either by drawing the worksheet on the board or using an overhead transparency, - AC Always, sometimes, never: You will need: one copy of Worksheet A or Worksheet B per student + Preteach the following items of vocabulary: to go to sleep; to wake up; to go to the gym; the news. + Divide the class into pais. f possible, pair students with someone they don’t usually work with or don’t know very wel + Give one student in each pair a copy of Worksheet A and the other student a copy of Worksheet B. Each student should write their partner's name in the space at the top of the worksheet. Students are not allowed to look at their partner's worksheets. + Students work individually and choose the word or phrase in italics that they think is true for their partner. Students are not allowed to ask their partners any ‘questions at this stage of the activity, 102 + Students then take itin turns to tell their partner what they have written, beginning with think... For ‘example, Student A might say: think you sometimes. listen to classical music, is this true?, Student B tells Student A if this statement is true or not. H the statement is not true, Student 8 should explain why. For example: No, it's not true, | never listen to classical music. | hate itt For each statement students get right they puta tickin the second column on the worksheet, and for each one they get wrong they put a cross. The student who gets the most statements correct is the winner. Asa followup activity, students can find a new partner ‘and tell each other what they found out about their original partners. For example: Pablo usually watches TV in the evening, and he always goes to sleep after midnight. 4D Verb dominoes You will need: one set of dominoes per pair of students + Students work in pairs. Give one set of dominoes to each pair, and ask them to share them out equally. + One student places a domino in front of them, and the other student has to make a complete sentence by placing one of his her dominoes at either end of the frst domino. Students then take it in turns to put down their dominoes at either end of the domino chain, paying particular attention to the words in botd + Ifa student thinks his (her partner's sentence is not grammatically correct or doesn’t make sense, he she an challenge the other student. Ifthe students cannot agree, the teacher adjudicates. Ifthe sentence is incorrect, the student must take back the domino and miss a turn + Mfastudent cannot make a sentence, the turn passes to his her partner. +The game continues until one student has used all his / her dominoes, or until neither student can make a correct sentence. The student who finishes first, or has the fewest dominoes remaining, is the winner. + Students who finish early can test each other on the collocations in bold. One student says the noun, and his her partner must say which verb is used with it 5A The perfect holiday Shanes You will need: one set of four worksheets for each group of four students thay + Pre-teach the following items of vocabulary: @ swimming ‘Poot; @ club; to hire a car / bicycle; a museum: on the coast; a Jacuzzi. + Tell the class that they are going on a two-week holiday to Helena fsland, and must decide which of four hotels to stay in. All the hotels cost the samel + Divide the class into four groups and give copies of Worksheet A to all the students in the first group, copies of Worksheet 6 to al the students in the second group, etc. Allow stucents time to read the information and ask any questions. Instructions + Students work together in pairs or groups with students who have the same worksheet, and decide what you can {and can't} do on holiday in the hotel and in the city! town / village nearby. Students should use You can... and. You can’t... during their discussion. + For example, students with Worksheet A might say: At the Ayala Hotel you can go swimming, and you can eat Italian food. in Helena City you can go to the cinema or youcan visit a museum, Students can make notes at this stage, but they do not need to write down all the sentences. + Rearrange the class so that one student from each of the four groups is sitting together. If you have extra students make some groups of five. Students take it in turns to tell the group what you can and can’t do in the hotel, and the place nearby. The whole group must then decide which hotel they are going to stay in. At this stage encourage students to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each hotel, again using You car... and Youcan't.... + Each group tells the whole class which hotel they have chosen, giving reasons for their decision. 5B Transport crossword You will need: «a copy of Crossword A and Crossword B per pair of students ” + Divide the class into two groups, A and B. Give a copy of Crossword A to all students in group A, and a copy of Crossword B to al stucents in group B. Check that students understand how to refer to words in a crossword, Le. 3 across and 7 down. + Students work together in their separate groups to check ‘they know all the meanings of the words on their worksheet, All the vocabulary is taken from Module $ of the Student's Book. Students can refer to the Mini- dictionary if necessary, + Put students into pairs, so that one student with Crossword A and one student with Crossword B are ‘working together. They are not allowed to look at each other's crossword, + Students take it in turns to give chies (elther verbal or visual} for the words that appear on theit half of the crossword. The other student must guess the words and write them on his! her own crossword. They should tell their partner if the answer is one or two words, but they are not allowed to give letters as cues, + The activity continues until both students have a completed version of the crossword. 6A Food battleships You will need: one copy of the whole worksheet per student + Distribute copies of the worksheet to each student. Allow students time to check they know the English ‘words for all the food and drink items on the worksheet {all the words are taken from Module 6 of the Student's Book * Use the pictures to teach the following vocabulary items: a fridge, a freezer, a cooker, a cupboard. + Divide the class into pairs and assign Picture A to.one student and Picture B to his /her partner, Ifyou have an odd number of students, allow two students to work together on one of the pictures. + Students work alone and write the words for each of their eight items on their picture. They must write the words in the boxes provided, but they can put the items anywhere they lke. Students are not allowed to look at each other's pictures. + Students workin pairs. They take it in turns to ask their partner yes / no questions to find out where the items are hidden. Each student must begin each question with: 1s there a ..2/ 15 there any ..2/ Are there any ..? For ‘example, Student A might ask: Is there any cheese in the ‘ridge? or Are there any sausages on the table?. Encourage students to answer the questions with Yes, there is/ Yes, there are, and No, there isn’t,/No, there ‘oren't. where appropriate, + When a student guesses correctly, he/she writes the item in the correct place on his / her copy of the ‘worksheet, The first student to find all his ‘her partner's, items is the winner. + Atthe end of activity students can check their answers by telling each other what is in their partners kitchen, using There's @.../ There's some... There are some ‘where appropriate, 6B The recipe game You will need: one Food card and one matching Recipe card per student + Presteach the following items of vocabulary: recipe; ‘onion; green pepper; mushroom; carrot; rice; beans; potato; flour; strawberry; lemon; pineapple: ice cream. ‘Make sure students know which of these food words are countable and uncountable. + Give each student a Food card and explain that these are the items each student has in his ther kitchen, Allow them time to check they know all the words on their card before continuing. You will need a minimum of six students for this activity) tf you have more than six students you can use multiple copies of the cards ‘without affecting the outcome of the activity. Give each student a Recipe card. The letter on each student's Recipe card must be the same as the letter ‘on their Food card (ie. a student with Food card A should also be given Recipe card A, etc). + Tell the class they are planning to make the food shown ‘on their Recipe card. In order to do this, they must get the ingredients from the other students, + Students move around the room and ask each other if they have got the food items they need, using Have you gota/any...? and 've got a/ some .. in their conversations. Encourage students to try and swap, items, rather than merely giving them away. + When a student hands over an item of food, he she ‘must cross the item off their Food card, Each item on 103 * Instructions the Food card can only be given away once, When students receive a food item, they must cross it off their Recipe card. + Students are only allowed to obtain ane item at a time from each student. Once they have obtained an item, they must move to.talk to another student. If necessary, they can return to students they have already talked to later in the activity. +The first student to find all the food they need for their recipe is the winner. + Finally, students can work in pairs and tell their partners ‘what they have got and they haven’t got. 6C Sports stars You will need: one copy of Worksheet A or Worksheet B perstudent + Pre-teach the following items of vocabulary: a medal; the ‘marathon; a weightifter; a tennis court: a bank; to troin {for a sport. + Divide the class into two groups, A and B. Give a copy of Worksheet A to ll the students in group A-anda copy of ‘Worksheet B to all the students in group B. Allow students time to read their worksheets and ask any questions. + Students work In pairs or groups with people who have the same worksheet, and write down the questions they will need to ask in order to complete the spaces on the worksheet. Each question must begin with either How much or How many. For example, stucents with Worksheet A should write: How many Olympic gold medals has Sergei got? for the first gap, while students with Worksheet B should write: How many hours does he train every day? + Rearrange the class so that one student with Worksheet Ais sitting next to a student with Worksheet 8, Students are not allowed to look at each other's worksheets, ‘They take it in tums to ask their partner the questions they have prepared, then write the answers on their ‘worksheets, + Finally, students check the answers with the whole class. 7A The history quiz You will need: one copy of the worksheet per student + Pre-teach the foliowing items of vocabulary: a car crash; ‘on stage; a cartoon; a hit record: a journey. + Divide the class into teams of three or four, and give a copy of the worksheet to each student. Each team must decide on one correct answer for each question. Set a time limit of ten minutes. + Check the answers with the whole class (see Key}, and give one point for each correct answer. The team with the most points are the winners. 104 7B Past Simple board game You will need: one copy of the board for each group of three or four students; dice and counters + Preteach the following expressions: to get presents; the last time. + Students work in groups of three or four. Give each group a board, counters and dice. if one student in each group has a watch with a second hand, make him / her the timekeeper. + Students take it in turns to throw a number. When they land on a Past Simple square, they have to talk about the topic for fifteen seconds without stopping. With a less confident class you can altow students an extra fifteen seconds thinking time before they start talking. + Wa student can’t think of anything to say or stops talking before the fifteen seconds are up, then he / she has to move back to his her previous square. +The student who reaches the Finish square first is the winner Learner-tri g worksheet B ‘(Past Simple: regular and irregular verbs) You will need: one copy of the worksheet per student The aim of this worksheet is to encourage students to use the Minidictionary to find out if verbs are regular or regular, and to revise / teach some Past Simple forms. 1. Go through the dictionary entries with the whole ciass, and check that students understand how the Mint dictionary shows whether a verb is regular of irregular. Students work individually or in pairs before checking the answers with the whole class. : ‘Students work individually, Seta time limit of five minutes. Students check their answers in pairs or small groups oF with the whole class. Students should use the ‘Mini-adlictionary for this exercise, rather than look at the irregular verb table in the Students’ Book. All the verbs in this exercise appear in Module & of the Students’ Book. Students work in pairs, and take itn turns to say one of the verbs on the worksheet. The other student must respond with the past tense of the verb. 8A Past tense bingo : You will need: ot least one Bingo card per student + Give one Bingo card to each student, and allow them a few moments to check the past tenses on their cards. + Sitor stand in front of the class with a copy of the Master bingo card. Call out the infinitives on the card in any ‘order, and cross them off the card at the same time + Ifa student has the past tense of the infinitive on his /her card, he { she should puta line through it. For example, if the teacher calls out buy, all the students with bought on their Bingo Cards should cross it out, + The first student who crosses out all the past tenses on his/her card is the winner. The card can be checked against the Master Bingo Card if necessary. + To repeat the activity, distribute new cards to the students and play again. . Instructions 8B Looking back You will need: one copy of the worksheet per student + Pre-teach the following items of vocabulary: primary school; to give presents. + Givea copy of the worksheet to each student and check they understand the instructions. Make sure they write their answers in random order, and encourage them to answer as many questions as possible. They should write single words, names or short phrases, not complete sentences, + Put the students into pairs and tell ther to swap, worksheets with their partner. Students take Itin turns to ask yes / no questions beginning with Did you ...? to find ‘out why their partner has written the words in the bubbles at the bottom of the worksheet. For example, if Student A has written Pedro, Student B can ask: Did you ‘go on holiday with Pedro last month? / Did you talk to fhm on the phone last week? etc. Students can refer back to the prompts if necessary. + Encourage students to ask follow-up questions for each point if possible. For example, for‘a place in your country you went to last year’ students could ask: Did you enjoy it? What did you do there? Where did you stay? ete + Atthe end of the activity, students report back to the ‘lass on the most interesting things they found out about their partner. 8C John Wayne You will need: one copy of Worksheet A or Worksheet B per student + Askthe class what they know about John Wayne and write their ideas on the board, Pre-teach the following items of vocabulary: ugly; a film studio: a western; to ‘appear ina film; a director; @ role in. film; a success. + Divide the class into two groups, A and B, Givea copy of Worksheet A to each student in group A and a copy of Worksheet 8 to each student in group B. Allow students time to read their worksheets and ask any questions about the vocabulary. + Students work in pairs or groups with people who have the same worksheet and write down the questions (in the Past Simple) they will need to ask in order to complete their version of the text. For example, students with Worksheet A should write When was John Wayne / fhe born? and Where did his family move to when he was a child? for questions a and b. + Rearrange the class so that each student with Worksheet ‘Ais working with a student with Worksheet &. Students are not allowed to look at each other's worksheets. Students take it in turns to ask the questions they have prepared. They should write the answers in the spaces on their worksheet + When they have finished they can look at each other's worksheets and check thelr answers, + Asa follow-up activity, students can see how much their partner remembers about John Wayne by turning over the worksheets and asking their questions again. 8D Safe at last! ‘You will need: one copy of the newspaper article per student; one set of role cards per poir of students + Preteach the following items of vocabulary: to sail; @ sailor; an island; sond; to rescue somebody; a pilot; to interview somebody; a reporter. + Give each student a copy of the newspaper article to read, and check they have understood the main points, + Divide the class into pairs. You need an even number of pairs for this activity. there are extra students, have some groups of thtee. Give half the pairs groups Reporters’ role cards and the other half Sailor role cards. + Students prepare questions and answers in their pairs, following the instructions on the card, Allow about ten or fifteen minutes for this and help students with vocabulary as necessary. + Rearrange the class so that each pair of reporters’ can Interview a pair of ‘sailors’. (With a strong class, reporters can interview sailors individually) The reporters should make brief notes during the interview, in order to report back later. + Reporters tell the whole cass the most interesting things they have found out about their saitor. + Finally, each reporter can work with one of the sailors they interviewed and write the newspaper article together. 9A New Year's Eve You wil! need: one copy of each picture per student + Pre-teach the following items of vocabulary: sofa; a plant; curtains: a moustache; @ toy car; champagne + Give each student a copy of Picture A, and tell the class ‘that this is apicture of the Jones family on New Year's Eve 1995, Set a time limit of three minutes, and tell the students that they must remember as much as possible about the picture. + Collectin the copies of Picture A and distribute copies of Picture B. Check the class understand that Picture B the same family on New Year's Eve in the year 2000. + Students work in pairs and write down as many differences as possible between Picture B and Picture A. There are 16 differences in total isee Key), not including the fact that all the people are older. Students must use comparative adjectives in their answers, for example: in Picture B Mr Jones fs fatter. + ifstudents are finding it hard to remember the differences, collect in Picture B and redistribute Picture A. Allow the class one minute to look at Picture A again, then collect them back and redistribute Picture B. Alternatively, you can allow students to see both pictures at the same time. + The students who find all the differences first, or who find the most differences in a set time, are the winners. + Students check their answers with another pair or with the whole class. 105 * Instructions 9B A superlative survey You will need: one card per student + Pre-teach the following items of vocabulary: a relative; large; near. + Give one card to each student. Ifyou have more than twelve students in the class, use duplicate cards. Students must find out the answer to the question on the card by talking to all the other students in the class. + Allow students time to write down either one or two ‘questions with ‘you’ they will need to ask the other students. For example, a student with Card A will need to ask two questions: Have you got any brothers and sisters? and How old are they?, but a student with Card B «will only need to ask one question: What time did you go to bed last night? Go round the class and check that all the students have appropriate questions before continuing, + Students move around the room and ask the questions they have prepared. They must talk to every student in the class, and should make brief notes of the answers on the back of their cards or in a notebook. + Students work out the answers to the questions on the cards and report back to the class, For example, a student with Card A might say: Julia's got the oldest brother or sister. Her brother Antonio is 37. 9C Shopping crossword You will need: a copy of Crossword A and Crossword B per pair of students + Divide the class into two groups, A and B. Give a copy of Crossword A to all students in group A, and a copy of Crossword 8 to ail students in group B. Check that students understand how to refer to words ina crossword, i. 3 across and 7 down, + Students work together in their separate groups to check they know all the meanings of the words on their worksheet. All the vocabulary is taken from Module 9 of the Students’ Book. Students can refer to the Mini- dictionary if necessary. + Put students into pairs, so that one student with student A crossword and one student with Student B crossword are working together. They are not allowed to look at each other's crossword. + Students take it in turns to give clues for the words that appear on their half of the crossword. For example: You can buy bread there. / You buy this in a pharmacy. ete. The other student must guess the words and write them on his her own crossword. Students should tell their partner ifthe answer is more than one word, but they are not allowed to give letters as clues. + The activity continues until both students have & completed version of the crossword, s 106 10A What's Sam doing? You will need: one copy of the picture per student: one Activity card per student + Preteach the following items of vocabulary: to steal; a sandeastie; to play volleyball; to windsurf. + Give each student a copy of the picture and one of the Activity cards. Students ate not allowed to look at ‘each other's pictures or cards. Tel them to write the person's name in the correct box in the picture. They must also crass the person’s name off the list next to the picture. f you have less than sixteen people in your ass, give two cards to some of the students. If you have more than sixteen students, distribute duplicate cards. + Students move around the room and ask questions to find out what ail the people in the list are doing. For example: What's Joe doing? He's selling ice cream. /1 don’t know. When students find out what someone is doing, they write their names in the space on the picture and cross them off their list. Again, students are not allowed to look at each others pictures. +The aim of the activity is to find out what Sam is doing. (Sam is the girl eating an ice cream, and is the ‘only one without a card.) In order to find this out students need to have written the other sixteen names on their picture, so Sam is the only one left. + Students are only allowed to obtain one name at a time {rom each person they speak to, When they have written the name on their picture they must find a new partner, When a student discovers what Sam is doing, he/she sits down. + Students work in pairs and check they have all the names in the correct places. The answers should be checked with the whole group. + Asa followup activity students can test each other. Student A turns over the picture and Student B asks him! her what the people are doing, Students can then swap over, so that Student B turns over the picture and Student A asks the questions, 10B Identity parades ‘You will need: one copy of the worksheet per student + Distribute copies of the worksheet to each student, and allow them a few moments to study the pictures. + Put students into pairs. Stucents take itn turns to describe a person on the worksheet to their partner. ‘They should describe the person's appearance and clothes in as much detail as possible, using the vocabulary on pages 81 and 84 of the Students’ Book (and the word Fshirt), Students are not allowed to say the person's name, or where they are in the pictures. if necessary, demonstrate this beforehand by describing tone of the people to the whole class and asking them to guess who itis. + When Student A has finished his her description, Student B must guess who his / her partner is describing. Student B is unsure, he /she should ask questions Instructions: about the person. For example: is he wearing a jacket? Hos she got a ponytail? + Students take itn turns to describe a person until all the people have been discussed. + For further practice, allow students a further two minutes to look at the pictures and tell them to remember as much detail about the people as possible. + Student A turns over his / her worksheet, and Student B says the name of one of the people. Student A must try to describe that person in as much detail as possible. Alter describing four or five people, students swap over so that Student Ais saying the names of people and Student B is describing them from memory. + Finally, students can write descriptions of some of the people in class or for homework. 10€ A letter home . You will need: one copy of Letter A or Letter B per student + Pre-teach the following items of vocabulary: @ square (in a town); to play cards; dangerous; to carry something: a box: souvenirs. + Divide the class into two groups, A and B, Give a copy of Letter A to all the students in group A, and a copy of Letter B to the all the students in group B. Allow students time to read their version of the letter and ask any questions. <3 He + Sudents work in pars or groups with people who have the same worksheet and write down the questions they heed to ask to complete their version of the letter. The questions should be either in the Present Simple or Present Continuous. For example, stucents with Letter A should write: Where is she sitting (at the moment? for number 1, and What time do (their) classes start? for number 5. + Pair one student with Letter A with one student with Letter B, Students are not allowed to look at each other's letters. Students take it in turns to ask the questions they have prepared, and write the answers in the spaces on their worksheet. + When they have finished they can look at thelr partners letter and check their answers. 11A Can you or can’t you? You wil need: one copy of Worksheet A or Worksheet B per student + Pre-teach the following items of vocabulary: to add; to ‘multiply; chess; backgammon; to type; a keyboard: toski + Divide the class into pairs. f possible, put students with someone they don’t usually work with or don’t know very well + Give one student in each pair Worksheet A and the other student Worksheet B. Each student should write their partner's name in the space at the top of the worksheet. Students are not allowed to look at their partner's worksheets, Students work individually and try to guess if their partner can or car't do the activities listed on thelr ‘worksheet. Students are not allowed to ask thelr partners any questions at this stage of the activity. + Students then take it in turns to ask their partner if they can do the activities listed on their worksheet, For example, students with Worksheet A should ask: Can you swim 100 metres? /Can you say all the months in English?, etc. + For each statement students have guessed right they put a tick in the second column on the worksheet, and for each one they get wrong they put a cross. Students should ask for proof that their partner can do these things if possibtet +The student in the pair who gets the most answers correct is the winner. + Asa followup activity students can work with a new partner and tell him / her about the person they have just been talking to. For example: talked to Yoko. She can swim a hundred metres, but she can play o musical instrument. ° 05+ ti 11B The dinner party You will need: one copy of the worksheet per student; one role card per student + Preteach the following items of vocabulary: an inventor; to invent; a sailor; a diplomat; a marathon runner: a millionaire; a translator; a film director; to win the lottery; a painting. a + Tell the class that they are alf going to a dinner party, and give each student a copy of the worksheet. Also tell them that the gep at the beginning of each line corresponds to a person's name. + Students work in paits or small groups and write down the questions they will need to ask in order to complete the second gap for each person. Students must begin ‘each question with one of the question words in the box above the picture. For example students should write: What did you invent last month? for number 1 on the ‘worksheet. Note that all these questions should have “you' as the subject. Check these questions with the whole group before continuing (see Key). + Give each student a role card in random order and allow them time to read the information on the card. They are fot allowed to look at one another's cards. (i you have ‘more than ten students, the cards can be duplicated without affecting the outcome of the activity) ~.. . + Students move around the room and have short conversations with each other. Encourage students to begin by introducing themselves and using ‘getting to know you" questions (Where are you from? What de you aot, et), rather than just asking the questions required to complete the worksheet. . + When a student finds out who someone is, he/she writes the person's name in the first gap on the ‘worksheet. Then he/she must ask the question he/she hhas prepared and write the answer in the second gap. 107 * instructions The activity continues until the students have filed in all the gaps on their worksheet. + Students check their answers in pairs or with the whole dass. AIC The numbers game You will need: one copy of both sets of cards per three students + Before class cut out the two sets of cards, ensuring that you keep the cards for Game 1 and Game 2 separate. + Divide the class into groups of three and distribute the cards for Game 1, Give the first student Card A, the second student Card 8, and the third student Card C. 1 you have extra students, put two students together so that they are working with one card. + Students must isten to the numbers their partners say and find them in the HEAR column on their card. They must then say the corresponding number in the SAY column for the other students to recognise. Tell students that there are some years (e.g. 1690) on the cards as well as numbers. + The student with START on his /her card begins by saying the number indicated. The turn then passes from student to student until they reach the FINISH square, ‘Students can tick off the numbers on their cards ifthey wish, + necessary, demonstrate the activity before students ‘begin working in their groups. + When the students have finished, distribute the cards for ‘Game 2 and allow the groups to repeat the activity with the new cards, Alternatively, this second set of cards can be used for revision later in the course. : 12A Future walkabout You will need: one copy of the worksheet per student + Distribute one copy of the worksheet to each student. Tell the class that they must find one student who is going (to) / would like to / wants to do each activity on the worksheet. + Check that the students can make the correct questions \with ‘you' as the subject for each sentence. For example: ‘Are you going away for the weekend? Do you want to stay in this evening and watch TV2, etc, with a weak cass, tell them to write down the questions before continuing. + Students move around the room asking each other questions based on the prompts. When they get a positive answer, they write the student’s name in the second colurin on the worksheet. Students should then ask at least one follow-up question. For example: Where ‘are you going?‘ Who are you going with?, et for prompt umber 1. + When they have written someone's name down and asked a follow-up question, they should move on and talk to another stuclent. Students should collect as many different names as possible on their worksheet. 108 Students work in pairs or small groups and tell each other what they have found out about their classmates. Finally, students can share the most interesting things they have found out with the whole class. 12B Collocat You will need: one set of Snap cards per pair of students + Check Pre-teach the following collocations: to have a meat: to watch the news /a video; to stay at home; to do ‘on exam / an exercise / some studying. Ail the other collacations in the activity are taken from Module 12 in the Students’ Book (pages 98-100) + Write the following verbs on the board: Go T0; D0; WATCH; STAY; HAVE; GO. + Students work in pairs. Give one set of Snap! cards to each pai, Tell them to share the cards out equally and pput the cards face down in a pile in front of them. (If you havea group of three, two students should work together and take turns in playing the game with the third student) + Students turn over a card from the top of their pile at the ‘Same time and place them down in front of them. tf a student thinks both words or expressions on the cards My name i Joe, ond 8 am from Scotland, Answer: I ‘Answer we Peters our eadher, ond we ike very much, Answer: him Edo & tive no by ay? B No, we dont | Answer: you John and] ore at unwerak Br What do Fata Answer: you TLaok, that’s Madonna! Go ‘ond speokto Answer: her NY AS (Cy eres ees wae ut hate pop muse howe cafes, cn I drink every moming Answer: he Answer: they Answer: it My sisters 28 yoors old Tre got big house, ond Sue ond Niven Mera. ‘and 2 is mame. my parents live with 2 Come and stoy with #7 Answer: she Answer: me Answer: us "Happy Birthday, Jane! Thisis foe ‘My children like cats, but Tate & _/ “Answer it Answer: you Answer: them " Pronoun card: oe ee I WE HIM YOU YOU HER HE THEY WW SHE ME * You THEM 124 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 ((RMaeenyeTrs Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank “ED Time pelmanism “Ways of telling the time haif past o'clock five five past twenty-five nine to one ten past twenty to twelve eight a quarter a quarter past two to ten ‘twenty past i six twenty-five past eleven ‘© Pearson Education Limited 2001 425 * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank BED Things you love and hate Present Simple; like + -ing Someone who Someone who likes / loves doesn't like / this hates this 1 doing homework 2 classical music 3 washing up 4 Chinese food 5 getting up carly 6 watching football ov 7 apple juice 8 buying new shoes 9 chocolate ice cream ‘ 10 living in this town / city 126 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank "=D Three people | know : ‘ Present Simple yes/no questions; he and she 11 Write the names of three people you know ether ends or people in your far inthe boxes below. Do not write anything else in the table, fe Name: ‘Nam ‘Write five things about each person in the boxes below. Write short answers, not whole sentences. ‘Write your answers in any box you want, but not in the same order as the questions. Choose from the following © the country (or city) he / she comes from + the town or city he / she lives in now + something he / she likes doing + some food or drink he / she likes, + whete he / she works or studies + a foreign language he / she speaks + a sport he / she likes watching + something he / she hates dd © Pearson Education Limited 2001 127 * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Always, sometimes, never noe Present Simple; adverbs of frequency Worksheet A Underline the answer in itatics that you think is correct for your partner. You can only choose ene answer for each sentence. You cannot ask him / her any questions. Right or He / She often listens / sometimes listens / doesn’t often listen / never listens to classical music. He / She often goes / sometimes goes / doesn’t often go / never goes to the gym. He / She aiways / often / sometimes / never goes to the cinema at the weekend. He / She always drinks / usually drinks / doesn’t often drink / never drinks coffee in the morning. He / She always / usually / sometimes / never goes to sleep before ten o'clock, He J She often plays / sometimes plays / doesn’t often play / never plays tennis at the weekend. He / She always / usually / sometimes / never wakes up before seven o'clock. He / She always does / usually does / doesn't often do / never does his / her English homework! Worksheet B Underline the answer in italics that you think is correct for your partner. You can only choose one answer for each sentence. You cannot ask him / her any questions, Right or Partner’s name.-svssvesenreneseet sneenneesneenntnn wrong? He / She abways / usually / sometimes / never wakes up after nine o'clock at the weekend He / She offen goes / sometimes goes / doesn’t often go / never goes to expensive restaurants He / She abvays / usually / sometimes / never watches the news on TV tn the evening, He / She often goes / sometimes goes / doesn’t often go / never goes dancing at the weekend. He / She often / sometimes / never writes e-mails or letters in English. He / She always / usually / sometimes / never goes to sleep after midnight. He / She always has / sometimes has / doesn’t usually have / never has toast for breakfast. He / She abways / usually / sometimes / never studies English at the weekend! 128 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 BB verb dominoes Verbs and nouns that go together i .. in a big city in Scotland. We like it there very much, J often read... Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank +a newspaper when I have my breakfast. sos magazines when they travel by train, + tennis on Tuesday evenings with her friends. Alice's sister plays, _- Quitor in her friends rock band. Richard usually listens to. «+ the radio when he drives to work. ‘My daughter listens. fo... videos at ner boyfriend's house. Do you usually watch... «television at the His sister sometimes |i weekend? goes... i «+: shopping with her friends on Saturdays. My grandfather goes... All the chikiren want to go... i + Swvimnming in the sea, every day, and he's 73! se hoome. They don’ like =taw at oxford i My brother studles .. a this plece at alt University. He ves ar | Sustmand study... cw English, but we think | My friend Laura about 100 e-mallsa | Nick's grondmother ifs very dificult writes... cay! writes. i «. leters to all her | ((o sehool, He wants to i Srandchitaren every Jimmy hates going to ... ||| stay at home andl On Wednesday evening | |) month, usually go to .. : watch VI ‘our friends in They love itt don’t live ... we the cinema with my My husband and! q Neils gon usually i Geter | sit || Australia every visite ° i : ” LC onwistmas. ~ vn his grandiparents in | eld people often the summer holi .». coffee. She hates it! drink... i vv bea in the afterngon. Most Spanish people iin houses, they live in Bill and I are married, flats, © Pearson Education Limited 2001 * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank THRE the perfect holiday Can and can’t for possibility Worksheet A Read the information below and decide what you can (and can't) do if you stay at this hotel. Going on holiday? Then come to the beautiful Ayafa Hotel on Helena Island. + swim in three swimming pools © eat in two restaurants (we have the best Italian food on the island) # goto the Club Ayala every evening + hire cars and bicycles * waik to three quiet beaches 3 (only five minutes from the hotel) Fear aed # go by bus to the beautiful Helga mountains onl a Ps The Ayala Hotel i only twenty minutes from 2 il Helena City, where there are cinemas, museums, “z= clubs and lots of interesting shops. Helena Island - Ayala Hotel For the perfect holiday, come to The Ayala Hotel! Worksheet B Read the information below and decide what you can (and can’t) do if you stay at this hotel. The Bella Hotel on Helena Island — for the holiday of your dreams. # eatin four excellent restaurants = {including French and Chinese) + visit the beautiful beach next to the hotel + swim in two big swimming pools # play tennis or golf 4 hire cars and motorbikes * go by boat to Bird Island - the most beautiful place in the world! The Bella Hotel is only half an hour from Perilla, an old town on the coast. In Perilla there are interesting old buildings, restaurants, cafés, a cinema and lots of shops, Helena Island - Bella Hotel ‘The Bella Hotel - where the beautiful people go! 130 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Worksheet C Read the information below and decide what you can (and can’t) do if you stay at this hotel. + walk to four different beaches > (only 5 or 10 minutes from the hotel) «relax in our swimming pool and jacuzzi ‘eat in three wonderful restaurants {one is open 24 hours a day!) + hire boats, cars and bicycles # watch free films every night * go by bus to the beautifulHHelga mountains ~ aa. Ae eS The Romina Hotel is ten minutes walk from Sella, a aoe small fishing village. In Selia there are some restaurants, two excellent clubs and lots of cafés on the beach. lena Istand — Romina Hotel For the holiday of a lifetime, come to The Romina Hotel! Worksheet D Read the information below and decide what you can (and can’t) do if you stay at this hotel. Come to the wonderful Steta Hotel on Helena Island! +» a beautiful long beach next to the hotel + eat in four restaurants {including Japanese and Italian) + hire cars and scooters # dance all night at Club Stella ‘© swim in three swimming pools {one is open 24 hours a day!) # go by boat to Bird Island —the most beautiful place in the world The Stelia Hotel is 25 minutes from Vandana, an old town on the coast. In Vandana there are very good restaurants and shops, an art gallery, and lots of places to walk, = orem ei ee Tce ma ese Come and stay in The Stelia Hotel - and enjoy life! * Cuiting Edge Elementary Resource bank “2 Transport crossword 132 «Pearson Education Limited 2001 * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank "29 Food battleships There is / there are; food vocabulary; some and any © Pearson Education timited 2001 133 Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank SED the recipe game . Some and any; food vocabulary || Food card A i You've got ... ee ie Gq 1: J © Pearson Education Limited 2001 (ERS CePe TS Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Recipe card A. i | Recipe card B | lasagne Carry with Rice You need: You need: * pasta * flour LE] e rice * mushrooms * anonion + milk LE] ¢ tomatoes « meat * agreen pepper * butter LE] ¢ anonion . agreen pepper + tomatoes * cheese i]s carrots. alemon © meat LE] © beans Recipe card C . || Recipe card D " Hawaiian Pizza | |Fish and Potato Pie You need: pone eo You need: . ~ * flour ‘*aggreen pepper (|e fish * carrots * ham ‘* mushrooms * potatoes + cheese + sausages + meat + milk + butter + tomatoes + a pineapple + eggs + flour ~ i * cheese i = an onion : Recipe card Recipe card F Fruit Surprise Mixed Fruit Pie You need: ~ _| You need: * apples * sugar Eye sugar * bananas * bananas + alemon ||» flour + grapes + grapes + cream we LEP = eggs + cream ¢ strawberties * icecream © |i | © apples + ice cream + eggs | © strawberries © Pearson Education Limited 2001 135 ¥ Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Sports stars How much and How many with the Present Simple Worksheet A Serget Bugalov Sergel is a weightlifter, and he lives in Bulgaria. He's ot -... Olympic gold medals, and trains for sx hours every day. He usually 615 ree €Q8 and ten Kilos of meat a week, He also drinks milk a day! He tives in ‘a big fat in Sofia with his wife ‘and nine children. Christina Jones Christina is from the USA, and is a ‘marathon runnet: She runs two hundred Kilometres every week, and has got ssseses World Championship medals. She usually eats one kilo of fish and drinks water a day. Every year she goes to twenty different countries. She hasn't got a car, but she's got Harley Davidson motorbike Silvia Martinez Silvia isa tennis player from Spain. She lives near Madrid, and there are ‘swvimmning pools and six tennis courts in her garden. She trains for hours every day. She drinks three litres of fruit juice a day, and eats thas got $10 milion tn the bank! bananas a week. She's very rich, and Antonio Crespo Antonio is a footballer, and he lives in Ilaly. He plays about fifty matches every year and visits .. different countries. He usally eats five kilos of pasta a week, and drinks ‘wine on Sunday night. He's very rich, nd has got three houses and Ferraris Worksheet B Sergei Bugatoy Serget is a weightlifter, and he lives in Bulgaria, He's got three Olympic gold medals, and trains for. hours every day. He usually eats forty eggs and meat a week, He also drinks twelve litres of milk a day! He lives in a big flat in Sofia with his wite and children. Christina Jones Christina is from the USA, and is a marathon runner, SRE MINS as. soe Kilometres every week, and has got two World Championship medals, She usually eats + fish and drinks, eight litres of water a day. Every year she 9068 to... different countries. She hasn't got a car, but she's got three Hatley Davidson motorbikes! Silvia Martinez Silvia is a tennis player from Spain, She lives near Madrid, and there are two swimming pools and se tennis courts in her garden. She trains for four hours every day. She drinks... frutt juice a day, and eats fifty or sixty bananas a week, She’s very rich, and has got ‘Antonio Crespo Antonio is footballer, and he lives in Italy. He plays about . ‘matches every year, and visits about ten different countries. He usually eats pasta a week, and drinks one ‘oF two bottles of wine on Sunday night. He's very rich, and has got houses and seventeen Ferraris! 136 5 tn the bank! e © Pearson Education Limited 2001 (GAS Citegrttig Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank The history quiz : Present Simple and past time phrases. THE HISTORY QUIZ Choose the correct answer to the questions below. 1 George Lucas made the first Star Wars film in: 0) the sixties) the seventies _¢) the eighties Leonardo da Vinci was bom in: a) the eleventh century b) the thirteenth century) the fifteenth century Princess Diana died in a car crash in: a) 1994 b) 1997 ¢) 1999 Michael Jackson started singing on stage when he was: o)five b)ten fifteen The First World War was from: 0) 1910 to 1916 b) 1944 to 1918 ¢) 1916 to 1920 Walt Disney made the first Mickey Mouse cartoon about: 0) 100 years ago b) 75 years ago ¢) 50 years ago Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from: 0) 1971 to 1983 b) 1979 to 1990 ¢) 1985 to 1997 The nuclear accident at Chernobyl happened in: a) the sixties b) the seventies ¢) the eighties Elizabeth the First became Queen of England in: a) the sixteenth century) the eighteenth century _¢) the twentieth century The Berlin Wall came down in: 0) 1984 b) 1989) 1995 ‘Madonna hod her first hit record with Holiday when she was: a) fifteen b) nineteen ¢) twenty-five The first journey by train was about: a) 200 years ago b) 300 years ago ¢) 400 years ago © Pearson Education Limited 2001 137 Cerra * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank "EL Past Simple board game Past Simple and past time phrases the house /flat you lived in when you were twelve what you did last night what you did last weekend something interesting you did last week a town or city what you had you visited two for Junch two years ago days ago a place you went to last year where you went on holiday last year 12 what you had for breakfast this moming a town/city you lived in when you were a child 19 the last time you walked over Skm what you studied in your English class last week. 7 the lost time you went to the cinema GO BACK 3 SPACES , & the last time you were very tired 14 the last time you played a game or sport 21 the last person you wrote a letter or an email to 22 the presents you got for your last birthday someone you met for the first time last month 25 the place where you were born 26 the last time you spent over $100 in one day 27 ‘© Pearson Education Limited 2001 eos aKa what you did three days ago 33 how you came to school today 31 the presents you got last Christmas what you had for dinner last night 29 Stetrera ytd Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank earner-training worksheet B Past Simple: regular and irregular verbs You can find past tenses of regular and irregular verbs in your Mini-dictionary. Remember that regular Past tenses end in -ed. ae Sie Twsay Sita wang wai | [palslmany an note nln nol ve mle reat casmssecninneee || Leetinpremiminade onto tensermee mee rinrte || caso nit ny roo sneer nat eine 2D tere are some verbs from Module 7 of the Students’ Book, Put them in the correct box below and write the past tense. Use your Mint-dictionary to check the verbs you don’t know. Be careful of spelling! eave anake end travel meet die believe leave become ike change win sell take finish have help get start begin Cea Ty PRS oeU RTL ner Use your Minidictionary to find out if these verbs are regular or irregular, and write the past tense next. tothe verb, Careful of the spelling! look ds remember 9 play b watch © wear hh drink © take £ come Test your partner on the verbs in Exercises 2 and 3, like this: itiare © Pearson Education Limited 2001 139 Cutting Edge Efementary Resource bank Past tense bingo Irregular past tenses BINGO CARD A BINGO CARD B BOUGHT WROTE READ FELL ‘WENT GOT SPENT ATE WoN DROVE LEFT SLEPT SAW SOLD DRANK MET FOUND WAS / WERE ‘WORE WOKE UP. BINGO CARD C BINGO CARD D BOUGHT READ ATE WROTE SPENT won, ] SAW ‘DRANK WORE, SOLD KNEW HAD FEL cor WAS / WERE WENT DROVE suePT FOUND GAVE WOKE UP BINGO CARD E BINGO CARD F || BoucHT WROTE ATE READ SPENT saw / WON DRANK KNEW SOLD ‘WORE HAD |) FOUL went err cor DROVE FOUND, : ‘SLEPT MET GAVE WAS / WERE MADE WOKE UP BINGO CARD G BINGO CARD BOUGHT ‘WROTE READ * ATE WON SAW ‘SPENT DRANK KNEW SOLD FELL ‘WENT. WORE HAD Lert cor DROVE Mer ‘SLEPT WAS / WERE FOUND GAVE MADE MASTER BINGO CARD Buy DRINK FALL DRIVE FIND. eat OWE READ SEE SUEEP WAKE UP WEAR ']weIte “GO HAVE BE MAKE GET iL Leave SPEND SELL WIN MEET KNOW © Pearson Education Limited 2001 Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Looking back Past Simple yes / no questions Write short answers to the following points in the bubbles below. You can write your answers in any bubble you want, but not in the same order as the questions. a place in your country you went to last year someone you talked to on the phone last week something you liked (or hated) doing when you were a child something you bought last month the town or city you lived in ten years ago a place you went on holiday to when you were a child someone you were friends with at primary school a present you gave to someone in your family last year something you did last month that you enjoyed someone you went on holiday with last year (or the year before) oO ; Co ‘© Pearson Education Limited 2001 4141 * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank EG John wayne Past Simple and question words = Worksheet A . John Wayne - An All-American Hero John Wayne was bom on (a) so in the elassie western True Grit. He made his last film in lowe, USA, but his real ame was Marion Rober 49 (9 19... and died of cancer in 1979. He was Morrison. When he was a child his family moved to. married three times and had (j) children, (0) oeeenesne because is father was ill, and at that time Marion asually (©) .... to school. He ‘went to the University of Southern California, and in the summer he worked (d) Here Marion met John Ford, a famous fm director, and they became good friends. In 1930 the director ‘offered Marion a role in his new movie The Big Trai! because (e) ss ecsee« Maton decided to change his name to John Wayne when he made The Big Troi, and over the next eight years he appeared in (1) .e-scseeen films, Then in 1939 he made Stagecoach, which became an instant success. Stagecoach won (g) «+ Oscars, and suddenly John Wayne was a sta. In his career he appeared in nearly two hundred films, and he won o . 1970 for his role \Write questions for each of the gaps in the text above. . when he was .... GIVE ‘WRITE GO LEAVE 140 \ © Pearson Education Limited 2001 Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Worksheet B . John Wayne was bom on May 26th 190: (1) seeseecers but is real name was Marion Robert Morrison. When he was a child his family moved to California because (2) . and at that time Marion usually rode a horse to school. He went to the University of (3). and in the summer he worked at the Fox Film Studios, Here Marion met (4) vvcisssearsenaren & famous film director, and they became good friends. In) 19..... the director offered Marion a role in his new movie The Big Tra because he was ‘tll, strong and ugly’. Marion decided to (6) . before he made the Bg Trl, and over the next eight years he appeared in fifty-six films. Then in (7) 19...... he made Stagecoach, which became an instant success. Stagecoach won two ‘Oscars, and sudclenly John Wayne was a star. In his, career he appeared in (B) see films, and he won the Oscar for best actor in 1970 for his 5 When ... 10... John Wayne - An Al role in the classic western Tiue Grit. Me made his last film in 1976, and died of cancer in (9) 19. ‘was martied (10) -American Hero He Eritrean ts © Pearson Education Limited 2001 143 ¥ Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank BED Safe at last: Past Simple Safe at last! ‘hree years ago two friends, Alex Brown and Pu. Kelly, decided to sail to Australia in a boat they made themselves. Three weeks later, they disappeared in the middle of the Indian Ocean. Boats and planes spent three weeks looking for them, but nobody could find Alex and PJ. Then last week the pilot of an Indian Amny plane saw the word HELP! written in the sand on a sinall island. A rescue boat. ‘went to the island — and found Alex and PJ. alive and well! We sent our reporters to talk to the two sailors, and you can read their exclusive interview in next week's Daily Planet! Reporter role card Sailor role card You are PJ. or Alex. Some reporters from the Daily Planet are going to interview you. With your partner, make notes to help you in your interview. You are going to interview Alex or PJ. With your partner(3), write down the questions you are going to ask. Write at least ten questions. Here are some things the reporter will ask you about. i Make sure you include questions to find out the following informati what happened to the boat what you ate and drank where you lived and slept ~ i what you did every day i the problems you had on the island . ‘any people (or animals) you saw what you liked and didn’t like about living on the island how you tried to get off the island : + iF you want 10 go saiting again! + why they were on the island + what they ate and drank + where they lived and slept + shat they did every day the problems they had on the island ‘any people (or animals) they saw what they liked and didn’t like about livi the island + how they tried to get off the island + if they want to go sailing again! ‘Now think of three more things to tell the reporters. 144 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 Now add three more questions of your own. * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank cZ.we New Year’s Eve mparative adjectives * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank =? A superlative survey MED fa ese Superlative adjectives vauheiete Card B Which student went to bed the latest {| last night? Card D Which student takes || the tongest to come || to school? I{ cara F || winich student had :| the biggest breakfast this morning? Card HH |] Which student q usually wakes up the 77, earliest? A + cara x || Which student has ( || got the oldest relative? _ ey 146 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Shopping crossword ioe hoe al © Pearson Education Limited 2001 147 Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank What's Sam doing? Present Continuous tug Auual UL upsng APIA, pany aD wary 4IOW unio ssouD,, 20 Ablad pquoy dita uyof Apuaya, Ererrien its © Pearson Education Limited 2001 Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Card A Vicky is making a sandcastle. Card B Peter is coming out of the sea. Card C Card D Wendy is ! Karen is playing [| talking on her football with mobile phone. her brother. Card G || Card H Card E Card F / Joe is selling Claire is Vanessa is Fred is : ice cream. playing sleeping on || runningalong |} volleyball with the beach. || the beach. || her boyfriend. Card I Card J Card K || Card L rf : i Martin is Tania is Mark is i Philip is stealing listening to swimming {| —_writinga someone's bag. music on her in the sea. || postcard toa personal stereo. i friend. Card M || Card N CardO sj), Card P Timis Jenny is Susan is John is playing windsurfing. reading a H playing football with se book. volleyball his sister. t with his girlfriend. * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank SET) sdentity parades Vocabulary for describing people and clothes BILL ALICE MARK Lizzie CHRIS SUSAN WILF youre TOM ‘SALLY JANE | [mony [aauRa 150 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank yey ae YQ A letter home Present Simple and Continuous (question forms) ppnone pion woh 25 nou akapaob ho GuCeuvn gay pro eos ayy soeery baryon aga 2380 aM xan sob yg cower og gow ang Any doy has 2 poo] = Ci} 2 pw esas ay ser proneycn ve 0b Apenn ang speome prays ayg 1g meme (b) 49) Groyoay 24 gromiome ag ge pr 00g aay 7 bankalva #3. capad pepewfeaiquse 249.1 $209 on noone ennnnnnnenncnn ne, binky 24244 ny elim smc by ‘pn by Soe app op ob am japan ew doh Spon ns Gane pa bamok ps ses biad 00 Apres aa pleed ong sen po monte ingen apoezoye Biggs pry mmm (2) Binge ‘sabe pippnag v0. Ty mou pape es wal sbuagzesty sah zerg aoe Papen biog ¥.£ olgineeg womi9 me Kuttact ona fo 5307 nygon pean wal 05 non ahapooh hes 4 jog bg kon linda sayy ‘mb og stn ns 8) pan snk pon nn a) cag gvon ay 2any droge Lian es proa] ~ yo] ao geome yoo ps Basaran) Smo 249 EAE G8 OM 10 aes agen 4 omen pe ya ies orem i) sary cya {heoyps ag) prong] x) ovens ypim binkigs aga jasey Kee 9) ermenmen (9) A Apso 4p safes agp snaccbiey sy 2 yoga 1 40 wegen ong Bickopd 91 orb bur pre om arvana ony bags Spee) — Aoava geo omen yg 199 Gauge pus afer Barney apteod ng pep votre Gingg sg guomiow oy ay prspray Kasine meal sbingaeey suf gee 2 parwuose ¥,£ young twonla hat aag Vv 49181 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 Brrr * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Can you or can’t you? : Can and can't for ability My partner can /can’t swim a hundred metres. ( My partner can /can’t say all the months in English. My partner can /can‘t play a musical instrument. ‘My partner can / can’t cook well. My partner can /can’t add 134 and 87 without writing anything, (the answer is 221) My partner can /can’t name three English football teams. { My partner can /can’t play chess. My partner can / can't drive a car, My partner can /can’t ride a horse. : 10 My partner can / can't remember where the Olympics were in 1996. i (the answer is Atlanta, USA) { Worksheet B Partner's mame ..sjesscesssessnetene My partner can /can’t run a kilometre without stopping. My partner can / can’t say ‘Hello’ in five languages. ( My partner can / can’t play tennis well ~My partner can can’? type without looking atthe Keyboard. | My partner can / can’t multiply 9 by 12 without writing anything, (the answer is 108) My partner can / can’t name five states in the USA (in English, of course!). ‘My partner can / can’t play backgammon. P| My partner can / can’t ride a motorbike or scooter. My partner can / can’t ski. 10 My partner can / can't remember who was President of the United States in 1991. a (the answer is George Bush) 452 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 (ERTS RESET Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank i} The dinner party Question words and tenses is an inventor. He / She inventeda__________ last week. 2 is a millionaire. He / She won £ on the lottery three months ago. 3 is a politician. He / She became president of his / her country in 19. is a sailor. He / She lived on his / her boat for years. is a diplomat. He / She visited countries last year. ...iS a marathon runner. He / She runs kilometres every day. is an artist. He / She sells one of his / her paintings every is an Olympic swimmer. He / She can swim 100 metres in _ seconds. is a translator. He / She can speak , and «isa film director. He / She makes films. What ...? When ...? What kind of ...? which...” How tong ...? How often How much ...? How many ...? How far ..? How fast ..? * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Role card A You are an inventor, and you live in « Germany. Last week you invented a machine that does English homework! You think this machine will make you rich! Role card B You're from London, and three months ago you lived in a very small flat and worked in a bank. Then you won i] £4,000,000 on the lottery! Now you live ina big house in Hawaii. Role card C You are a famous politician from Argentina, and you became president of your country in 1999. Everybody thinks you're a wonderful president (well, that’s what they tell youl). 7 Role card D You are a famous sailor from Holland. You sailed around the world in the 1970s. After that you lived on your boat for 27 years! Now you live in Amsterdam. Role card E You are a diplomat for your country. You spend a lot of time travelling around the world visiting important people. Last year you visited 74 countries! Role card F You are a marathon runner from South Africa. You won the New York Marathon in |} 1998. You run 30 km every day, including |; Sundays. You're very tired! i Role card G You are an artist, and you live in Russia. |) You are very poor, because you only sell one painting every year. Maybe someone at the party wants to buy your paintings? Role card H You are from Australia, and you're a swimmer. You won two gold medals in the Sydney Olympics. You are the fastest swimmer in the world, and you can swim 100 metres in 54 seconds. Role card 1 You are a translator for the United Nations, and you live in the centre of New York. You can speak three languages - French, Russian and English (of course!). Role card J z You are a famous film director from Hollywood. You only make one kind of film - action films. You are good friends with Bruce Willis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. . a oe 154 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank The numbers game oe Different ways of saying numbers GAME 1 CARDA GAME 1 CARDB HEAR SAY HEAR SAY 14 1960 13,000 1947 17,000 400 40 9,000 3,000,000,000 13,000 | 1690 3,000,000 4,000,000 40 19 4,000,000,000 403, 40,000 70,000 95 700,000 $9 400 900,000 1749 90 30,000 70 START = 70,000 304 14 70 14 14 90,000 ‘900,000 1690 14,000 GAME1 CARDC crest en HEAR SAY. 5.9 17,000 90 3,000,000,000 1960 4,000,000 90,000 FINISH! 9,000 700,000 +4,000,000,000 1749 3,000,000 14,000 i 95 304 1947 30,000 40,000 19 Ewen i ; CARD C SAY 80 1860 18 6,000,000,000 22 88,000 18 FINISH! 1680 666 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 155 * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Future walkabout Future intentions: going to, would like to and want to Find someone who ... Name(s) 1... is going away for the weekend. 2... wants te stay in this evening and watch TV. going to have a big party for his/her next birthday. 4... would like to become a language teacher. 5. «4 16 going to a concert or a club in the next two weeks 6 4. Wants to go shopping this weekend. 7 .. iS going out with some friends on Saturday night. 8. would lke to lve in an English-speaking country. . 9.1. bs going to look after children at the weekend. 10 ... would like to marry a famous film star. 11 wu 6 going to fly somewhere in the next three months. 12... wants to study English at this school next year. 156 Pearson Education Limited 2001 Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank “FEB collocation snap Verb / Noun collocations Snap cards Bie, te ate Mustum THE GYM cIntMa A CLUB wn ae | HOMEWORK won" | aed THE = ae mt | othe | wa wwe | S| SO | A ‘| ABUSY CIGARETTE || WEEKEND BO) Rte HOLIDAY |, THE | WEEKEND SHOPPING DANCING © Pearson Educatior * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank WEES The school party : Me BES Suggestions and offers : a PartA pees ‘ naa You are going to organise a party for the whole school. Don’t worry about money ~ the school is going to pay for everything! With your partner, decide the following things: ‘when to have the party ‘where to have the party what kind of food you want what kind of drinks you want entertainment {eg a band, a DJ, games) things to buy / get / make (e.g. balloons, glasses, food) things to do before the party . : (e.g, put up decorations, invite people) “ ‘any other ideas for the party Part B oe Discuss your ideas with another pair / group, and plan your party together. Make notes about the party in the boxes below, and decide who is going to organise each part. Where . Food Entertainment Things to do ‘When Drink Things to buy / Other ideas get /make . 5 JS 158 Pearson Education Limited 2001 SARACEN Ts Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank arner-training worksheet C Recording new vocabulary . oy qo how countable and uncountable nouns are shown in the Mini-dictionary, sclentist /saronust/ noun Cseientists someone who studies or works in science 2 Match these words with the correct part of speech. Check your answers in the Mini-dictionary. ‘caoking /Kukiq/ noun U ‘making food ready to aot: Healy enjoy cooking a busy, 1 acountable noun: b wear 2 a preposition © believe 3 anirregular verb d girlfriend 4) aregular verb 4 = e meat S anuncountable noun f from 6 an adjective ‘When you write new vocabulary in your notebooks, It is useful to include extra information about the words. Look at these two lists of words and decide what extra information is included in List B. List A . List B ride = andar torride (irreg) (past: rode) = andar ugly = feo . | G9. te vide a bicycle / scooter) ee ae iso) te of ‘beautifl toothpaste = pasta de dientes lppesi at jeautiful) uniform = wniforme i a moustache (noun C) = bigote to wait (reg) . = esperar : : (eg. to wait fora bus) an othpaste (youn U) = pasta de dientes i : coe, ! a Gniforns (noun C) = uniforme i (eg. te wear a uniform) Look at these words from Module 12 of the Students’ Book. Write them in your notebook and include. more information about each word. Use your Mint-dictionary to help you, and write the translations in your own language. exhibition catch — boring shopping busy pack Look in your vocabulary notebook (or your notes from this course} and see how you wrote new vocabulary. What extra information can you add to help you use the vocabulary correctly? «+ -- Sree = © Pearson Education Limited 2001 159 x Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Life boxes / - Present Perfect (statements) Write short answers to the following points in the boxes below. You can write your answers in any box you want, but not in the same order as the questions. + atown or city you've been to that you liked a lot + the most expensive thing you've bought in your life + acafé or restaurant you've been to that you liked + afilm you've seen that was very bad + the best birthday present you've received in your life + aplace you've been to that you didn’t like + someone you've been on holiday with + arelative you've only met once or twice + aplace you haven't been to, but would like to visit + the most exciting thing you've done in your life + afilm you've seen more than once + someone you've met who lives in a foreign country 160 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 (GRRARBECTSTeTs I JED The Travellers’ club Present Perfect questions with ever Role card 1 You've climbed Mount Everest. You've been to the North Pole. You've lived in the Amazon jungle. You've met the President of Peru, Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Role card 2 You've climbed Mount Everest. You've swum in the Nile. || You've sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, || You've drunk water from the River Ganges. Role card 3 You've lived in the Amazon jungle. You've seen a whale. You've eaten sheep's eyes. You've travelled from Beijing to Moscow by train. || Role card 4 You've seen a whale You've sailed across the Atlantic Ocean, i) You've worked in a coffee shop in Amsterdam. || You've watched the suntise from the top of Mount 1 Fuji Role card 5 You've been to the North Pole. You've ridden an elephant. You've walked! across South America. You've watched the suntise ftom the top of Mount Fait. Role card 6 You've ridden an elephant. :| You've swum in the Nile. : You've eaten sheep's eves. You've driven across the Sahara Desert. Role card 7 : You've drunk water from the River Ganges. You've slept in an Indian temple. You've travelled from Beijing to Moscow by train, You've walked across South America, Role card 8 You've met the President of Peru. || You've slept in an Indian temple, || You've driven across the Sahara Desert. || You've worked in a coffee shop in Amsterdam, Role card 9 You've climbed Mount Everest. You've travelled from Beijing to Moscow by train. You've driven across the Sahara Desert You've watched the sunrise from the top of Mount Fu Role card 10 || You've met the President of Peru. ‘You've seen a whale. You've swum in the Nile, You've walked across South America, Role card 11 You've lived in the Amazon jungle. You've drunk water from the River Ganges. You've ridden an elephant. You've worked in a coffee shop in Aristerdam, Role card 12 You've been to the North Pole. || You've sailed across the Atlantic Ocean. You've eaten sheep's eyes. || You've slept in an indian temple. irda © Pearson Education Limited 2001 ¥ Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Ei On the phone Language for telephoning ‘Student A - Role card 1 Your name is Sam Cook. You are going to call a travel agency called Australia Travel. 1) You booked two plane tickets || to sydney three weeks ago, || and want to know when they |] will be ready. The person you spoke to last time was Alex Marsh, You are leaving on Monday next week, so you want the tickets as soon as possible. Student B - Role card 1 |] Your name is Alex Marsh, |] and you work for a travel agency called Australia Travel || Three weeks ago you sold two plane tickets to Sydney |] toa person called Sam Cook. |] The tickets will be ready on Friday of this week. i |] Customers can collect tickets if they want to. Your |} LL address ts 224, King Street. i Student A - Role card 2 Your name is Tom / Susan, and you are at home. You've got a sister called Vanessa, but she is out at the moment, and won't be back until $ of 6 pm, (it is now 3 pt). She has asked you to take any ‘messages for her, including the person's phone || number. Student B - Role card 2 You are going to call your friend Vanessa. You ate going toa concert tonight, and have an extra ticket. You want to ask Vanessa to come with you, The concert starts at 8 o'clock (ft is now 3 pm), You are calling from your mobile phone, and the number is 01764 242197. Student A - Role card 3 || You ate going to call a | | television repair company |) called Fixit Limited. Last week || someone from this company ‘came to your house and repaired your television, but |] now it doesn’t work again, You are quite angry, and |] you want to speak to the manager, Mr Jones. Your phone number is 020 81695 4398, ‘Student B - Role card 3 You ate the secretary of television repair company called Fixit Limited. Your ‘boss, Mr Jones, is out of the office all day, but will be back tomorrow. Ifany customers phone to speak to him, you must take a message and the customers’ phone number. ‘Student A - Role card 4 | rommoeatanernvase fe ar waiter / waitress in a French ea restaurant. You work every _ | evening except Tuesdays Land Sundays — on these days EEL |] you finish work at 6.30 pm. |] There ts a very good cottee shop next door to your |) restaurant where you often mect friends. ‘Student B - Role card 4 You are going to calla friend, who has just got a job as a waiter / waitress. ‘You want to ask him / her to go to the cinema with you ‘on Monday evening. (lf you can, think of a film that you want to see.) When ‘you speak to him / her, decide a time and a place to meet before the film, ‘© Pearson Education Limited 2001 ———$________________ Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Tae ete CLES bee ee Irregular verbs Notice how the past tenses and past participles of irregular verbs are shown in the Mini-dictionary. 1 send /scnd/ verb sends, sending, sent, have senié to crrange for something to go to cnather place: sent the letter vo days ago bot ie hosnt arrived. * Emil is 0 very quik woy to send infromation to Find the past tenses and past participles of these verbs in your Mint-dictionary and write them in the spaces provided. lose © choose __ . - b sleep a catch Irregular verb race! Complete the table as quickly as you can. You can use the Irregular verb table on page 150 of the Students’ Book to help you. {NOTE: You must spell all the words correctly to win.) INFINITIVE PAST TENSE PAST PARTICIPLE speak give steal ‘come read - think win hear bring Some irregular verbs have ilar sound patterns. Look at the verbs in the boxes below and check you catch choose read feel bring think steal wake speak up fight leave sleep can pronounce them. Group A Group B Group ¢ fd tel det any fof fa: any fa /— favf . mect met — met buy bought bought | break broke broken Put these verbs in the correct boxes above and write the past tenses and past participles. There are four verbs for each box. Use the Irregular verb table in the Students’ Book to help you if necessary. fiend © Pearson Education Limited 2001 . Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Springfield Hotel Have to, don’t have to, can, can’t FOR SALE: Springfield Hotel, close to station. 10 guestrooms {6 double and 4 single), excellent restaurant and beautiful garden. Cal 04653 211762 for detail oe f Useful language ‘Guests have (check out before 12).’ ‘Staff don’t have to... (wear a uniform).” ‘Guests can ... (smoke in their rooms)" ‘Staff can’t... smoke in the restaurant)” You and some friends have bought the hotel! With your partner(s), look at the following information and decide what the rules are going to be in your hotel. Write your rules in the second column. GUESTS. ‘Checking out + check out before 10/11/12 ..? + pay by cash / cheque / credit card ...? + Ifa guest checks out late? + if'a guest wants the room for an extra day? Meals ‘+ book a table for lunch / dinner? © wear smart clothes for dinner? ‘© smoke in the restaurant? ‘+ use mobile phones in the restaurant? In the rooms ¢ have visitors (when)? play music? eat in the room? leave keys when they go out? smoke cigarettes in the room? Working hours ‘+ work weekends thow often?) ‘+ work evenings (how often?) + ifthey are inl? . Clothes wear a uniform? wear a suit and tie (men)? ‘wear trousers / skirt (women)? clothes for kitchen staf? , ‘Other rules? © Pearson Education Limited 2001 Cutting Edge Elementary Resource hank TD Preposition pelmanism Prepositions of movement THROUGH A young girl is swimming = ariver, An old woman is walking 5 some steps. ‘Two people are running & abeach. A young man {s cycling % the station, i Aman ina suit is getting + his car. FROM ... TO “OO They're driving ¥ some shops. ‘Two people are walking # the road, (reteset © Pearson Education Limited 2001 * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank i@Tem It’s the first on the left tres epee tc Language for giving directions Wo rksheet A i | | THE SUN fhesTAURANT| Ask your partner for directions to: a. the museum Useful b the nearest bookshop seful language ¢ the sports stadium, ‘c the art gallery aye veon } for about 190 meres. the Happy Café ‘Go straight on “Go over the bridge / past the shops / across the park. "Walk! Go along this road until the end.’ When you come to the cinema, tum left right, a “Just before/after the bank, turn left/right.” ‘ ‘ “The theatre is on your left.” wth} ENT building on your left’ 166 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 cutting 2tge Elementary Resource bank Worksheet B Shorr CENTRE Jt Ope WE STATION Uy Tete TN RSS SS — 100m Ask your partner for directions to: the theatre the Sunday market the post office the shopping centre ‘Carry on the city museum ‘Go straight on “Go over the bridge / past the shops / across the park.’ ‘Walk /Go along this road until the end” wean } rst ones "When you come to the cinema, turn left fright.” ‘sust before / after the bank, turn left right. “The theatre is on your left” street on your right.” building on your left” © Pearson Education Limited 2001 167 ‘W's the fist / second / third } Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Education crossword r if Crossword A 168 © Pearson Education Limited 2001 Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank _iEB3 Looking into the future Modal verbs for possibility: might, will LIFE IN THE YEAR 2100 Look at the sentences below and put one of the following expressions in the gaps. will will probably = might = mightnot_=— probably won’t. = won't In the year 2100 Does the group agree? 1... every family in your country have a computer in their homes. 2... people... live on the moon. 3 ...there be robot policemen. 4... everyone .... __- watch more TV than they do now. 5... lions and elephants ... - be extinct. | | 6 there be more pollution than there is now. ) | | 7 children ..do all their school lessons on the Internet. ) | | & ..peopte _.. have mini-computers inside their heads. 9... people travel to other planets on holiday. ' 10... life be more enjoyable than it is now. © Pearson Education Limited 2001 169 * Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank HERE Revision board game All the language in the Students’ Book dpyrauandy 2 rs @ something you like doing, a ‘om at like to de io the future doin your spare time next weekend Fintch Fa 170 6 Pearson Education Limited 2001 Cutting Edge Elementary Resource bank Question cards 1 2 3 Which ts correct? How much oF how many? asthe or 8? | expo you tte res playing ©) peopleore tere m your || My-sster's_teoche, and she ves | | eens? as? In Boston, in United States, || a: teed tie, but my broter by money have you got? / UO ao aoesnt, 6 La onintes have you vised? | 3 ‘ | fa How do you say these sumbers? ||| ‘MY father’s names im, ondnehos |/| Whatis the past tense of these | ‘so brothers, Tim and Tom, Tims || verbs? you must get atleast 3 : 238 15,600,000 ‘married to Mandy, and they have correct) i tbo daughters, Mindy and Cindy. So. | | 706 1918 (yea) Mandyismy ——andcindy is ||| sleep fall leave wear i my___" 8 9 ‘What are the past tenses and Choose the correct answer: || What are the comparatives and partic these verbs? |] supertatives of these adjectives? | Pee at soe east 3 soneet) have to /don't have o get up-at 7.00 ||| SP eal conse to.gotoschool, but on Saturdays! ||| funny boring good ose break write meet fave to / can get up when | want. comfortable small 10 2 | Match the verb and the noun: u i || Put the words in the correct Put these in order: Play a film on TY || order to make a question. sometimes never 90 basketball L not...often always got swimming ‘ago on where years you holiday Sten watch the gym. E] go three did ? usually 3 as ou i The oF Ot | pe In order to || Think of sever types of transport Iworkin__ city centre, andi goto || make a sentence, || (9. by can in thirty seconds, — work by _ tra. 1] wit my pass teacher exam the ‘we probably thinks 16 ilar is Which question word? Name ten animals in thirty seconds. ||) which is correct? My sister and her husband live / lives in Poland. He speak speaks Polish, |, bout she doesert / dont. How ___ is itfrom Rome to Pisa? How __ can an elephant run? How __ do you play tennis? if 32 20 2 Present Simple or Present Ison has got? Countable or uncountable? || Continuous? || Taivey in London, but at the 1) fanct toll and thin, and she cheese banana moment | (stay) with afriendin ||| ___blue eyes. she_long hair ]}] cereal roll L] Holland. My friend (work) now and || and she __ in her thirties. batter jam | | Lite aikey his job very much. ag sausage Siena © Pearson Education Limited 2001 171 Test ONC veces @ Plurals |write the plural forms of the nouns. For example: computer computers sweet man child bottle family watch sportswoman Nooeene © Questions Look at the answers andl write the questions. For example: A: What's your fist nome? B: John. MacDonald. BORE css se ? I'm from Scotland. Ym an actor. rn No, I'm single. : Tive in London. B: 020 7854 6000 172 modules 1-5 @ Grammar and vocabulary Eircidjthe correct word in the following sentences. For example: Stefan speak /Gpeak3ywo languages. What are they're / their names? He's a /an engineer. Are those / that your keys? 1 don’t like spiders / spider. Your cat likes ine / my. 1 go to work / the work at 8 o'clock every day. My mother lives in Egypt. T speak to she / her every Sunday, 8 Do you travel by / with bus or train? Mane ene CIs) © Pronunciation ‘Where is the stress? Put the words in the correct colurn, ‘been teacher tourist married manager lesson —_Jangutages. excellent business holiday @o @00 teacher beautifid 4 @ Vocabulary Write the opposite word. ~ For example: married / ./49/., 1 start / 5 son/ 2 unde j. 6 depart fo. 3. husband / 7 parent / ... 4 dove fe © Pearson Education 2001 ERIE Test one @ Prepositions 8 Write the correct preposition from the box in the following sentences @ Pronunciation Look atthe undertined sounds. Three sounds ae the same aevd one sounds aiferent. irl) the diferent sound For exampl about on in at on i at For example: My school’s... Rome Ross and are students ..... university. IWS 11 o'clock ....... night here. Maria's in Australia My grandmother is 5. The students are .... holiday this week. My girlfriend phones me ... the evenings. 6] @ Vocabulary and Present Simple Complete the gaps with a verb (for example: listen, be, go} in the Present Simple. (On Saturday 1 (1) .../Af2... to the radio in the moming ‘and then (2) shopping. We (3)... lunch at 1 o'clock and then Peter (4) . - football on television in the afternoon and | usually (5) .. ‘4 book ora newspaper. In the evening we often © so- friends or we (7). .. to the cinema. 6 @ short answers Write the short answers for the questions. , For example: A; Isshe a doctor? B: Yes, SHES. 1A: Ate you Italian? B: No, we 2 A: Have they got a car? B: No, 3. A: Do you like classical music? B: Yes, 1. 4. A: Does Anna study law? B: Yes, 5 A: Can I take a bus? B: Yes, . ae frignd leter Gourney) cassette player 1 camera politician actor architect 2 photo doctor comb phone card 3. traffic baby walt favourite 4. lunch love comfortable catfee 5 four door law know 5 @ Vocabulary Write the missing letters in these means of transport. For example: . car 4 bocce S u_dlr_r_u_d tr___ 5 @ Grammar Correct the mistakes. For example: Do we can take a train? Gan we take a train 1 Do you like swim? 2. She no got a dog. 3 Washington is in United States. 4. Mr Jenson no drink cotfee. 5. What time close the bank? 6 My brother’ police officer. 7 Do you have got a brother? 8 What means ‘traffic fam’? * Test one @ Vocabulary ‘Match the verbs and the nouns. 1 live open ail night > 2 study public transport 3. start cina flat 4 90 school at 9 $ stay € to the cinema 6 use F economics 1h 2a Ba 4 5 @ Real life . Underline the correct answer. For example: ‘What's Mark's e-mail address? a) Yes, he has.) No, he isn't.) Ldon't know, 1A single to Cambridge, please. a) Single or return? _b) How much is it? 6 That's £25 please, 2. How do you say this word? 4) Musician.’ 8) musicka.n It’s a person who plays a musical instrument, for example, the guitar, 3. How can I get to the station? @) You can fly. b) Goin a train. ©) You can walk. 4 Have you got the time? . 4a) Yes its 12 o'clock, b) I'm sorry T'm not. ©) Yes, Ihave. 5. What do you think of your English lessons? 4) I don’t think, b) These are very good. 9) They're okay. @ Numbers and times ‘Write the numbers and times in words. For example: 62...Siti-twe..... $10 fre past len... 48 6.35 100 9.30... 14s 73 anew @ Vocabulary a Gircld) the word that doesn’t match the others. For example: re goon (Gig) white 1 parent — friend grandfather mother 2 tourist musician actress police officer 3. brilliant excellent perfect crowded 4 platform — taxi station train $ smack meal dinner diary © Questions Complete the questions using What, Who, How, How old, How much, Where, What time. For example: ‘hat .. the name of your school? are you? B: I'm fine thanks is your father? B: He's 48. is that man? B: Oh, that’s my cousin. do your parents live? B: In Sydney. is the Moscow train? B: At 5.30, | think. is this computer? B: $800. do you like doing at the weekends? 1 2 3 4 8 6 7 © Grammar Put the word in brackets in the correct place. For example: We visit our grandmother, (often) 1 often visit our grandmother 1 My dog watches TV with me. (always) 2 Our teacher plays his guitar in class. (sometimes) 3 Lwmite letters but 1 write a lot of emails. (never) 4 Do you play computer games? (often) 5. Parents don’t read books to their children. (often) 5 TOTAL 100 © Pearson Education 2001 (0titerarerty Test two.. JS MINUTES modules 6-10 @ Countable and uncountable nouns the correct word. For example: Vd like Gomé) / any tea please Tm sorry, Sir, but we haven't got any / no fish. Natalya ate some toasts / toast but I didn't have any. There's / There are some cheese on the table. | didn’t give Fiona an / any apple. We had some / any hot chocolate last night before we went to bed. They didn’t see some /any bread in the market. ‘Oh dear ~ there's no / any milk, 8 Thaven’t got some / any money for new clothes. 8] © Question words Complete the sentences with a question word from the box, who What Where How || How much Howmany How often When are you from? children has Eleanor got? ‘was your holiday? B: It was brilliant! did you do last night? ‘coffee do you drink in one day? did you and your husband first meet? isin the film? 8: Harrison Ford, I think. abe ee 6 @ Numbers and dates Write the numbers and dates in words, For example: Seth ffy-sixth 14and 42st . 21969... . S3th 33rd. 6 2005 EireaEcre® © Pearson Education 2001 ® Vocabulary Write the missing letters. For example: The opposite of good is b a d Everybody knows Elvis Presley. He's really f__ The opposite of started is f_ You can buy meat at a b_ You can buy jeans in.a.c_ [fell asleep at 11 o'clock and w morning at 7, 6. The opposite of beautiful is u My fo. colour is red. 8 Tin Berners Lee i__._____ the World Wide Web. C8 wmewe @ Past Simple Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple, William Shakespeare (1) ...#@... be} bom at Stratford- Upon-Avon in 1564 and (2) . (study) at the town, school, He married Anne Hathaway and they @).. (have) three children but he (4)... (not stay) in Stratford. In 1587 he (S) . (decide) to go to London and he (6) .-- (eave) Anne and Stratford and (7) .a.nmnw (travel) to the capital city. In London he @) .. (become) an actor. Shakespeare (9) vsesnese (rite) many poems, and thirty-five plays. His plays (10) - (be) very popular. He ap (die) in 1616 back in Stratford. lng] @ Pronunciation Put the words in the correct column. bananas difficult hamburgers popular sausages oranges attractive tomatoes important interesting successful o@o @o00 Hamburgers * Test two © Questions Write the questions for each answer For example: A: What / last night? Evhat did you do last wight? B: I watched television and went to bed early. 1 A:You / nice weekend? Bs Yes, I went to Paris! 2 A: Oh! Who / go with? 8: With my brother, Jim. 3 A:Be/ good? B: Yes, it was fantastic! 4 A:What / do? B: On Saturday we walked around the city centre ‘and we had a wonderful meal at a little restaurant. Now complete the answers with the verb in the Past Simple, 5. A:And what about Sunday? B: We the Eiffel Tower and the Louvre, (see) 6 A:Did you buy anything in Paris? BL didn't, but fim .. some wine and cigarettes. (buy) Oo @® Comparative adjectives \Write the comparative form of the adjective in brackets. For example: My brother's bedroom is. than mine. (small 1 The new James Bond film is than the last one. (good) 2 Ws . to eat fruit than to eat sweets, (healthy) 3. Tokyo's ees than Sydney. (big) 4 My English is . .. now than it was a year ago! (bad) 5. like these blue sunglasses, but they're... than the green ones. (expensive) 6 My name's Xiang Hu, but please call me John, because it's... .. to pronounce. (easy) 176 @ Pronunciation ~ Look at the underlined sounds. Three sounds are the same and One sound is diferent. Grci)the word with different sound. For example: friend letter, = ourme)_ cassette player 1 biscuits difficult knife 2 grapes stamps —_ pasta 3 fist learn ear-ting 4 toothpaste soup fruit 5 four sauce slaw 6 near wear beard 6) @ Reallife Underline the correct answer. For example: What's Mark's e-mail address? 4) Yes, he has. b} No, he isn’t.) Ldon’t know. 1 Do you like coffee? 4) Yes, I'd like. b) Yes, Hove it, ¢) No, thank you, 2 Would you like some orange juice? 1) Yes, Vd like.) Yes, I love it, ©) No, thank you. 3 Do you selt shampoo? 4) Yes, do you like some? ©) I'm sorry, we don’t 4 Have you got this tee-shirt in blue? 1) Yes, we have got, b) Yes, we do, 6} Let me look, 5 Can I have two of those cakes please? ‘@) These ones? b) That one? ¢) Yes, you have. 6 Is this seat free? a) F'm sorry, it isn't. © Yes, please. 7 Is it OK to smoke here? ) You can, b) No, its ano smoking area. 0 Would you like a cigarette? by No, we aren't ) Yes thank you. © Pearson Education 2001 Test two @ Superlative adjectives Write the superlative form of the adjective in brackets. For example: What's the ..£2S%4.... car in the world? (fast) 1 Who's the .. teacher in the school? (nice) 2. Where's the ... . post office? (near) 3. What's the .. ... way to get to the airport? (ood 4 How much is the . vow ticket to Oslo? (cheap) 5 What's the ‘word to spell in English ? (dificult) 6 Who's got the ... ‘car? (big) 6) @ Vocabulary Cross out the word which does not go with the word in the circle, 1 watch visit play football drive use make live ‘abroad 4 watch sell Gi newspaper, take VUUEE © Pearson Education 2001 © Be or have got and vocabulary Putis / ore / has got / have got in the gaps. For example: My cat nS onn Very comfortable, 1 Sandra... tall and slirn. 2 Paul's children . .». Black hair. 3° Mrs. Jackson sosane BP 4 Jordan een eyes. 5 Mark amd Rita vecsnnnoe hn their fifties, @ Present Simple and Continuous Inderlin the correct verb For example: don’ ike /17m not tiking fish 1 Oh no! It rains / It's raining! 2. Do you often wear / Are you often wearing jeans to work? 3. My uncle loves / is loving black and white films. 4 I'm sorry, Tania can’t come to the phone. She has / She's having a bath 5. Look at that man! He dances / He's dancing in the street. 6 On Friday nights we watch / we're waiching a video. 7 1don’t usually go / 11m not usualiy going to school by train, 8 A: What do you read / are you reading? B; It’s a letter from Sonia, Do you want to read it? 8 @ Spelling Write the ing form of these verbs. For example: ~ at eating 1 hove s 2 6 3 7 4 8 TOTAL 77 Test three wo: modules 11-15 © Questions Complete the questions below with the question words in the box, How much — How fast Which How long What kind of What How often How many Hewold How far For example: A . is your cat? B: She's three. TA: nnn dd you stay in Uruguay? 8: One week. 2 ensues f5 Budapest from Vienna? do the United States have a new President? B: Every four years, 4 TY did British people watch last year? 5 «id you do last weekend? . 4s the Eurostar train between France ‘and Britain? '& Vim not sure, about 100k an hour? 7 sv--om do you like best, Thaikand oF Indonesia? 8A ‘countries have you visited? B: Let me see ... About twelve, I think, 9k. food do they have in Poland? B: They eat a lot of meat. © Grammar Three of the sentences below are correct. Tick (¥) the correct ones and correct the others, For example: Don can to swim. X Dow can swim. Can you sing? No, I don’t can. ‘What you are going to do after the tesson? Sofie don't want to study tonight. V'm studying Spanish for find a better job. ‘What do you like to do tomorrow? I don’t often go to concerts, | might to see Vanessa next Friday. Do you want watch TV tonight? Where you go on holiday next year? 10 It won't rain tomorrow. eeVonewne {10} 178 @ Numbers Write the numbers in words For example: 80 km / hr ilometres 101 2,000 30,000 25 4,000,000 1966 (year) aoewene © Reallife > Make full sentences in these dialogues. Dialogue 1 A: 1/ hungry ina rae B: Me too, Shall / order a pizza? Good idea, Have /a menu? B: Yes, we have. What kind / pizza / like? A; Four seasons. B Okay, I/ order it. Dialogue 2 A; Helio / speak / Pete please. B: Sony / out ‘Oh, can / leave / message? Sure. Can you ask him / phone / me? B: Yes. What / number? 9 ‘© Pearson Education 2001 (RARER EV ETS Test three @ Prepositions 1 Put a preposition from the box in the correct place in the sentences, att on of in for For example: of I got{the train at Munich. Did you go the aym? Vd like to watch the golf television, 1 feel bad. I'm going to stay bed. We had a party our mother’s $0th birthday. What did you do the weekend? ed @ Articles ‘Complete the story with a/ an / the or @ (zero article). This is (1) .....4. true story about (2) ‘young doctor who lived in (3) @ © Chicago in United States about a hundred years ago. ‘young man fell in love with (6) on . attractive young wornan, (7) .. young woman's family were very rich and ©) vorrnmeonen doctor Was poor, but they really loved each other. One Saturday he decided to speak to her father. Her family’s house was in (9) city centre and he arrived at (10) 7 o'clock in an. evening, DUE (12) sven family ‘were having (13)... dinner, so he went home. (On Sunday he came back but everyone was out, so he waited in (14) big room. It was very quiet in (18) senses FOOM and he felt tired, so he sat down Of (16) -sesmsonon Small chai by the window. He was a big man and (17)... chair broke! He felt very bad about this and he sat down on as) different chatr, a big, comfortable one. Unfortunately there was (19) caton (20). . chair. Very unfortunately, he was 4 really big man and (21) . cat didn't live! (22) -nmmennne doctor decided te find another wife and he left immediately! he (| © Vocabulary Complete the gaps with the missing word. For example: He's a very f a.m ¢ as actor; everyone knows him, 1 Thoda r_ ~ evening. I had a bath and read, 2. Wsraining! My jacket is really w 3. You can see lots of paintings by artists in the AtG_____ 4 [didn’t tke om _ count! 5. Lhave bought a lot of CDs 0 _ __ _ .. You order on the computer and it’s much cheaper than in the shops. 6 I'msorry, [can't see you tomorrow. I'm b 7 Janine f_____all her exams because she didn’t do any work. 8 I'm doing a French ¢__ ~~ at school. [can’t on Monday evenings. 8| @® Present Perfect Put the verbs into the corrrect form of the Present Perfect in the following sentences. For example: Barcelona / ever / win / she compton? 1 Tdon't think we / meet. I'm Harry. 2 Pat / never / see / a James Bond film. 3 Luke / do / a lot of jobs in his life. 4 He / be / a sportsman, an actor and a politician, 5 T/never/ have / a dog before. 6 You / ever / broke f your arm? 179 Test three @ Pronunciation : * ‘Match the words in the box with the correct stress pattern. castle typewriter qualification exhibition interesting museum technology Noosene 000®e e @00 008 . MO reverence @00 scene e800 6] @ Prepositions 2 the correct preposition in the following sentences. For example: I walked along /@own>/ through the steps. The underground station? You go out of / out / across the front door and turn left. The President flew (o / from / past Cape Town to Johannesburg this morning. . . ‘Walk past / across / along Oxtord Street for about ten minutes and you'll see Selfridges. ‘There are more than twenty bridges through / over / up the River Thames. 4 @ Have to/Can Complete the gaps with the correct form of have to or can. For example: You tere 2 In this job we .. . Pay now. You can pay tomorrow. Is your computer broken? You use mine, . speak English because all the tourists ore from Britain and Australia. 3 You . wear a suit when You go to the cinema. 4 I'm sorry, but you .. .. speak to Mr Stevens, now. He's out of the office, 5. Karen . -~- come to the party, She can stay at home if she wants. 6 We get Portuguese TV here! I's fantastic! (16) 180 @ verbs Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense, You can use the Present Simple, the Present Continuous, the Past Simple or the Present Perfect, Rob: This (1) (be) Rob Taylor and you 2, (listen) to Music Radio Live, The time is 8 o'clock here in Edinburgh and opposite me in the studio today is the singer Mel Yates! Our first question (3) .-mmeueun (be) from Ana in Holland, “Anna: Yes, Mel, My question is : What (4) ‘weary today? Mek: (5) (wear) along black dress and sunglasses. Rob: And now a question from Paul in Belgium: POUL (6) semen (ave) a boyfriend? Mel: Yes, his name's Sam and we (7) 1» (nteet) a year ago. Rob: Here's Sonja from Sweden: Sonja: (8) (play) a musical instrament? Mel: Yes, 19) nemnnes (Play) the guitar, but not very well Now here are Jess and Vic from Ireland: Hi, Mol. My question is: (10)... (ever / be) in a fib? Mek No, but I'd like to make a film one day. Vic 1). _ (ever / had) a bad concert? Mel: Let me think Oh yes, In Benin in 1999. We a2).. {¢) in an outdoor stadium and i813) vanes (Ran) all evening. After an hour people (14) yen star) going home, Rob: Thanks Mel. This is Rob Taylor and 1 casy Git) here with Mel Yates... 14] @ Pronunciation Look at the underlined sounds. Three sounds are the same and one sound is different. Circa) the different sound. For examp! friend letter Game) cassette player 1 statue loudy shoes. through 2 snow won't clothes want 3 library windy picture building 4 taining stadium warm straight 5 city feed receive beach 6 signce mobile tig nil 6 TOTAL 100 © Pearson Education 2001 Resource bank key 2C The family 1 Mike 6 Pam 11 Bob 16 Sue 2 Victoria 7 Laura 12 Solly 17 Tom 3 Jack = 8 Mark 13Frank 18 Maria 4 Emma 9 Molly 14 Billy/Peter 5S Liz —10Steve 15 Billy/Peter Learner-training worksheet A 3a noun d noun b adjective verb ¢ verb f adjective 4 fantastic information professional e-mail 7A The history quiz 1b (Star Wars was made in 197) 2 ¢ the was born in 1452) 3a Ghe died on August 31st 1997) 4a sb 6 b (Steamboat Willie in 1928) 70 8 (it happened on April 26, 1986) 9a (she became Queen in 1558) 10D {it came down in November 1989) U1 ¢ (Madonna was bom on August 16th 19: Holiday was a hit in October 1983) 12.4 (The first public railway in the world opened in England in 1823.) 9A New Year's Eve In Picture B: Mr Jones has got a longer moustache Mr Jones is fatter Mrs Jones has got longer hair Mrs Jones is thinner Emily ts more beautiful ‘Emily has got shorter hair Tom is taller The toy car is bigger The toy car is more expensive 10 The dog 1s fatter 11 The boitle of champagne is bigger 12 The cake is smaller 13 The sofa is more comfortable 14 The curtains ate longer 15 The TV is bigger / more expensive 16 The plant is taller Grieg © Pearson Education 2001 eee anne 11B The dinner party 1. What did you invent last month? 2 How much (money) did you win on the lottery three months ago? 3. When did you become president of your country? 4 How long / How many years did you live on your boat (for)? How many countries did you visit last year? How far / How many kilometres do you run every day? 7 How often do you sell one of your paintings? & How fast can you swim 100 metres? 9. Which / What languages can you speak? 410 What kind of films do you make? ae 12C Collocation snap GO TO: a museum; the gym; a party the cinema; @ dub DO: an exercise; some studying; an exom; homework WATCH: sport on TV, a video: the news; televisi STAY: with friends; in tonight; at home; in bed HAVE: a meal; a party; a cigarette; a busy weekend GO: shopping; dancing; on holiday; away for the weekend Learner-training worksheet C 2a6 b3 c4 a1 eS £2 «5 Suggested answers: ‘an exhibition (noun ©) = (e.g, 19 go to an exhibition) to catch (irreg) (past: caught) = (e.g. to catch a bus) boring (adi) (opposite = interesting / good fun) shopping (noun U) = (e.g, to go shopping) biisy (adi) (e.g, a busy weekend) to pack (reg) (6. 10 pack for your holidays) 181 x Resource bank key Learner-training worksheet D meet _met met | buy bought bought read read read | catch caught caught eave left left | bring brought brought feel felt’ felt | think thought thought sleep slept slept | fight fought fought Group € any out foul break broke broken steal stole. stolen. : speak spoke spoken choose chose chosen wake up woke up woken up 15C€ Revision boardgame QUESTION CARDS 1 like; do; doesn’t, = "* : 2 a) How many b) How much o) How many 3. a; 9; the 4 twenty-three point eight; fifteen million; seven hundred and six; nineteen eighteen Mandy is my aunt and Cindy is my cousin, slept; fell; lft; wore Jost, lost; broke, broken; wrote, written; met, met 8 have to; can 9 funnier, funniest; more boring, most boring; better, best; more comfortable, most comfortable; smaller, smallest 10 play basketball; go swimming; go to the ‘gym; watch a film on TV 11 Where did you go on holiday three years ago? 12 always, usually, often, sometimes, not... often, never 13 the; 6; 6 14 My teacher thinks we will probably pass the exam. 15 train; bus; tax tram; aeroplane / plane; motorbike; scooter, bicycle / bike; underground (train); on foot 16 for, fast; often 17 various answers 18 live; speaks; doesn't 19 live; am staying; is working; likes 20 ts; has got; has got; is 21 banana, roll, egg and sausage are countable; cheese, cereal, butter and jam are uncountable Now 182 Test one (modules 1-5) A I sweets 2men 3children 4 bottles 5 families 6 watches 7 sportswomen 1 What's your surname? 2. Where are you from? 3 What's your job? 4 Are you married? 5 6 Where do you live? ‘What's your telephone number? c Itheir Zan 3those 4 spiders Sme 6 work Ther 8by D @o @00 tourist manager married languages Tesson excellent business holiday E I finish 2aunt 3wife 4hate 5 daughter 6arive 7 child F lat 2at 30n dabout Son 6in G 20 Shave Awatches Stead 6visit 7 g0 H Laren’t, 2they haven't, 31do. 4 she does. 5 Yes, you can. ' I politician 2doctor traffic 4 coffee § know J A motorbike 2aeroplane 3 scooter 4 bicycle S underground train © Pearson Education 2001 x Do you like swimming? She hasn't got a dog. Washington is in the United States, Mr Jenson doesn’t drink coftee. ‘What time does the bank close? My brother's a police officer. Have you got o brother? What does ‘traffic jam’ mean? rey oueene 2f ad 4e Sa 6b M e 1c 2a 30 4a 5¢ N L forty-eight 2 twenty-five to seven one hundred a hundred 4 half past nine 5 quarter past one oO Lfriend 2 tourist S diary P THow 2Howold 3Who 4 Where $ What time 6 How much 7 What Q Zcrowded 4 taxi My dog always watches TV with me. ‘Our teacher sometimes plays his guitar in class. I never write letters, but I write a lot of e-mails, Do you often play computer games? Parents don't often read books to thelr children. | Test two (modules 6-10) A | Lany 2toast 3 There's 4an Ssome 6 any 7no any 8B 1 How many 2How 3What 4 How much SWhen 6 Who Briere taLiee © Pearson Education 2001 Resource bank key c 1 forty-second 2 nineteen sixty-nine 3 third 4 twenty-first 5 fifth 6 two thousand and five DB J famous 2 finished 3 butcher's 4 dothes shop Swokeup ugly 7 favourite 8 invented E studied 3had 4didn'tstay decided 6 left Turavelled S became 9wrote 10 were 11 died F 080 @00 bananas popular attractive sausages tomatoes oranges, important aitficult successful interesting G . 1 Did you have a nice weekend? 2 Oh? Who did you go with? 3° Was it good? 4 What did you do? 5 saw 6 bought H Lbetter 2 healthier 3 bigger 4 worse S more expensive 6 easier | : I knife 2grapes earring 4 yoghurt $ slow 6 wear j lb 2c 3¢ 4¢ 5a 6a 7b K I nicest 2 nearest 3 best 4 cheapest S most difficult 6 biggest L lvisit 2ride 3make 4watch $do M lis Zhavegot 3is 4hasgot Sate N 1 ts raining 2Do you often wear 3 loves 4 She's having 5 He's dancing 6 we watch 7 don’t usually go. 8 are you reading 183 * Resource bank key Oo Lhaving 2waiting 3 running 4 studying Sswimming 6 playing 7 getting 8 taking Test three (modules 11-15) A 1 How long 2 How far 3 How often 4 How much 5 What 6 How fast 7 Which 8 How many 9 What kind of B No, lcan't correct Sofie doesn’t want to study tonight. I'm studying Spanish to find a better job. What would you like to do tomorrow? correct, I might see Vanessa next Friday. Do you want to watch TV tonight? ‘Where are you going (to go) on holiday next year? 10 correct Cc 1a /one hundred and one 2 two thousand 3tthirty thousand 4 two point five 5 four million 6 nineteen sixty-six D Dialogue 1 B: Me too, Shall I / we order a pizza? Good idea. Have we got a menu? : Yes, we have, What kind of pizza would you like? As Four seasons, : Okay, UD order it wer aneene Dialogue 2 : Hello, can I speak to Pete please. B: Sorry, he's out. A: Oh, can I leave a message? B: Sure. Can you ask him to phone me? Yes, What's your number? Did you go to the gym? Ya like to watch the golf on television. | feel bad. I'm going to stay in bed. We had a party for our mother’s SOth birthday. What did you do at the weekend? 184 F 2a 30 4the SThe 6an 7 The Sthe 9the 100 l1the 12the 130 14a 1Sthe 16a the 18a 19a 20the 21the 22The 23 the G Trelaxing 2wet 3Gallery 4 mathematics Sonline 6 busy 7 failed $ course H J don’t think we've (have) met, I'm (am) Harry, Pat's (has) never seen @ James Bond film. Luke's (has) done a lot of jobs in his life. He's (has) been a sportsman, an actor and a pol Tye (have) never had a dog before, Have you ever broken your arm? howe ician. 5 6 ! 1 qualification 3 typewriter / interesting 4 exhibition Smuseum 6 typewriter / interesting 7 technology J Loutof 2from along 4 over K 1can Zhave to 3don'thaveto 4 can't S doesn’t have to 6 can L 2'te/arelistening 3%s 4 are you wearing S1'm/am wearing 6 Have you got / Do you have 7 met 8Doyouplay 9 play 10 Have you ever been 11 Have you everhhad 12were 13 rained 14 started 15 'm / am sitting M 1coudy 2want 3library 4 warm Scity 6 hill © Pearson Education 2001 (CPE Teraee Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate, Harlow Essex (M20 IE, England ‘ond Associated Conipanies throughout the world ‘ww fongman-elt.com/cuttingedge ‘© Pearson Education Limited 2001 The right of Frances Eales, Chris Redston, Sarah Cunningham, ‘and Peter Moor to be identified as authors of this Work has bbeen asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. 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First published 2001 Second impression 2001 Set in 9/12pt ITC Stone Informat and 9/12pt Congress Sans, Printed in Spain by Mateu Cromo, S.A, Pinto (Madrid) Ison 0582 403928 ‘Acknowledgements Iutrations by Darren Diss, Bob Harvey, Chris Pavely, Graham Humphreys, Ed McLachlan and Katja Rosenberg ‘Author acknowledgements Frances Eales: | would lke to thank the following people: Sarah ‘Cunningham and Peter Moor for making this project possible; Bill Eales forall his support; all the team at Longman; Yvonne Harmer and Tanya Whating for their attention to deta. ‘Chris Redston: | would ike to thank: Peter Moor, Sarah Cunningham and Judith Walters forall their help and advice; Frances Woodward for running the Cutting Edge project with her usual style and efficiency; Tanya Whatling for her sympa- thetic editing, and all my colleagues for nat calling me before ‘midday. l would also like to thank: Mark Skipper for providing the inspiration behind some of these photocopiable activities; sy friends Laura, Sadler and Dylan for always lifting my spirits, and my mother Maeve Redston for a lifetime of unconditional love and support

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