can/can't • was/were • could/couldn't • Verbs

• Noun + noun • Polite requests

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can/can't
1 Pronunciation
rt1 Listen. Underline what you hear.
1 Superman can I can't fly.
2 He can I can't play the piano.
3 I can I can't play the guitar.
4 My sister can I can't cook very well.
S Can I Can't you speak Spanish? I don't believe it!
6 Dogs can I can't swim, but cats can I can't.
7 Birds can I can't speak like humans.
8 Can I Can't you program a computer!

2 What can they do?

[ TOny]
Look at the information. Complete the sentences with canl can't + verb.

play the play the use a program a ride a drive

guitar piano computer computer motorbike a car

Ton y ./ ./ ./ X X X

Brian X ./ ./ X ./ ./

Alice X ./ ./ X X ./

Cath y ./ X ./ X X X

1 Tony ea" ~Iay the guitar, and he ea" ~Iay the piano.
2 Tony a motorbike, and he a car.
3 Tony a computer, but he a computer.
4 Alice and Brian the piano, but they the guitar.
S Cathy a motorbike. She a car, either.
6 Only Brian
7 Everybody
8 Nobody

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3 What can you do? was/were
1 Complete the conversations with can / can't and a verb
in the box. 4 Were you at the party?
I cook run ride do drive Complete the conversation with was, wasn't, were, or
weren't.
1 ' Call you speak French?'
'Yes, I call a little bit! Bonjour!'

2 ' Peter fast?'

'Yes, _ _ _ _ . He's a 100 metre champion!'

3 ' Alice Italian food?'

'Yes, _ _ _ _ . Really well! Her Spaghetti
Bolognese is famous!'

4 '_ _ you _ _ a motorbike?'

'No, 1 _ _ , but I _ _ _ _ a car: A (1) Were you at Charlotte's
party last Saturday?
5 ' _ _ you _ _ this homework?'
B Yes, I (2) was .
'Yes, of course I _ _ ! It isn't difficult! Just boring!'
A (3) it good?
2 Rewrite the sentences with expressions from the box. B Well, it (4) OK.

0% 1-30% 30-70% 70-80% 80%+ A (5) there many people?

I I I I I B Yes, there (6) . Hundreds!
not at all a little bit quite well very well really well
A (7) _ _ _ Sophie there?
B No, she (8) . Why (9) you there?
1 She can play chess. (80%)
A Well, I couldn't go to Charlotte's party because I
She call play chess really well.
(10) at Dave's party. It (11) great!
2 She can't cook. (0%)
B Oh! Lucky you!

3 She can speak English. (40%)

could/ couldn't
4 He can speak Arabic. (15%) 5 When I was young
Complete the sentences with could or couldn't.
5 Her baby's only one, but he can walk. (70%) 1 I could walk when I was one, but I couldll't talk
until I was three.
6 My sister's only five, but she can read. (50%) 2 How old were you when you get dressed?
3 My daughter feed herself until she was four.
7 My brother can program computers. (90%) 4 I sleep last night. My neighbour's TV was
so loud!

8 I can understand German (15%), but I can't speak 5 I find you yesterday. Where were you?
it. (0%) 6 'When I was five I speak English and Russian:
____ you read English and Russian as well?'

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 Listening
6 When I was a child
1 rt1 Listen to Pete and Olivia talking about
Pete Olivia
their childhood. Complete the chart. Where was he/she born?
Where were his/her
2 Answer the questions about Pete. parents born?
What were his/her
1 Where was his first school?
parents' jobs?
2 Why wasn't he happy at his
first school? What couldn't he/she do?
3 Where was his next school? Was it a happy childhood?
4 What does Pete do now?
5 Where do his parents live now?

3 Complete the questions and answers about Olivia.

1 'Where dots sht livt now?'
'J1L Exeter:
2 'How many _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ?'
_____ .Asonanda _ _ _ __
3 'Where ____ Olivia and her brothers born?'
'In East , in Tanzania:
4 ' her mother English?'
'No, she . She's _ _ __ _
5 'What _ _ ___ her parents' jobs?'
'They were both _ _ _ __
6 '____ her _ _ _ _ _ _ married in Tanzania?'
'Yes, they _ _ __
7 '____ her school in the town?'
'No, it . It in the bush:
8 'Why ____ the children ____ outside?
'Because it and there - - - - - -
rt1 Listen and check.

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Vocabulary
7 Verbs 8 Noun + noun
Look at the pictures and complete the crossword. All the answers are verbs. Answer the questions with a
noun + noun combination from
the Student's Book on page 44.
ACROSS [IJ
1 Where do trains stop?
railway nation
2 Where can you buy petrol?

3 What do you wear when it's a

sunny day?

4 Where can you drive fast between

one city and another?

5 Where does a woman carry her

purse, hairbrush, lipstick ... ?
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DOWN
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r----

5
f'
r----
'6 7

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8
f--
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9
r---- 10 r
r---- I r---- 11

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1 1,
6 Where do you wait for a bus?

7 Where can you park your car?

8 What are the lights in the street

that say 'Stop!' and 'Go!'?

9 Where can you buy a book?

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 Ii

Reading Galileo
9 Galileo Galilei - the father of modern science Galilei -
1 rtl Read about Galileo. Correct the sentences about him.
1 Galileo was born in Padua. the father
Galileo was born in Pisa.
of modern
2 His father was a scientist.
.
SCIence
3 He was a professor at the University of Pisa.

Galileo Galilei was an Italian physicist,

4 He was the father of six children.
mathematician, astronomer, and
philosopher. He was a brilliant scientist.
5 His theory was that the sun went around the earth.

~ HIS EARLY YEARS ~

6 He spent his last years in prison. Galileo was born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy. He was the first of
six children ofVincenzo Galilei and Giulia Ammannati.
7 He was completely deaf when he died. His father was a famous musician.
Galileo's early education was in a monastery. From
there, in 1581, he went to the University of Pis a, where
he was a student of medicine and mathematics. Then
2 Read the text again. Answer the questions.
from 1592 to 1610 he went to the University of Padua.
1 What nationality was Galileo? He wasn't a student at this university - he was a professor
2 He was a physicist and a scientist. What else was he? of mathematics and astronomy.
3 When was he born? Galileo was the father of three children - two daughters
4 Where was he a student? and a son - but he wasn't married to their mother.
5 What was his job at the University of Padua?
6 Was he married? ~ HIS SCIENTIFIC LIFE ~

7 What could he see with his telescope? Galileo made excellent telescopes. With them he could
8 Why were his ideas dangerous? see moons going round the planet Jupiter and the planet
9 Why was he not sent to prison? Venus going round the sun. At the time, there was the
belief that the earth was the centre of the universe and
the sun went round the earth. However, by 1610 Galileo's
theory was that the earth was not the centre of our
universe. Galileo said that the s~.m was the centre, and the
earth moved round it.

~ HIS LAST YEARS ~

Some religious organisations weren't happy with Galileo's

theories. His ideas were dangerous because they were
different from the ideas in the Bible. Finally, in 1634 there
was a trial. Galileo was 70 and not in good health so he
wasn't sent to prison, but he couldn't leave his house in
Florence. It was here that he died in 1642. He was 78 years
old and completely blind.

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Everyday English
10 Polite requests
rt1 Look at the pictures. Complete the conversations with the words and phrases in the box.

1 could you sure 2 of course could I

A Hi! Call' help you? A Excuse me. _____ ask you a question?
B A coffee, please. B _ _ _ _ _ _ . What is it?
A Espresso? Cappuccino? Latte ... ? A _ _ _ _ _ _ tell me what yellow means?
B An espresso, please. And _ _ _ _ _ _ give me B Yellow is a colour. The sun's yellow. Butter is yellow.
some hot water as well? A Ah, OK! Thanks.
A ____ . Take a seat.

3 the problem could you can I 4 could I can you can I have

A Jamie! ask you a favour? A Dad, borrow the car tonight?

B Uh huh. What is it? B Mm ... all right, but it needs petrol.
A help me with my computer? A OK. Er ... Dad, I don't have any money. _ _ _ __
B What's ? lend me some?
A I can't get online. B Is that lend or give?
B OK. Let's have a look. A I'll pay you back. I promise. Mum! _ _ _ _ __
five pounds?
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 Don't forget!
11 Vocabulary 13 Prepositions of place
Complete the chart. Write in, at, or on .

Country Nationality .£ Where are you? )

Spain Spanish
China Chinese 1 'n the kitchen. 6 the second floor.
2 the bus. 7 the town centre.
Italy
3 school. 8 home.
Russia
4 the shower. 9 _ _ the garden.
French
S work. 10 _ _ the bus stop.
Japan
German 14 Verb + noun
America
Match a verb in A with a noun in B.
Mexico
A B
Swedish
1 ride a D the guitar
2 paint b OJ a bike

12 and/but/so/because 3 cook c D a picture

4 play d D a meal

Look at these words that join sentences.

5 make e D a marathon
6 run f D amistake
I like Pete, and I like his wife.
I like Pete, but I don't like his wife. A B
John's ill, so he's in bed.
He's in bed because he doesn't feel very well.
7 wear g D Spanish
8 do h D glasses

Complete the sentences with and, but, so, or because.

9 speak i D acar
10 fly j D my homework
1 I usually love cats, but I really don't like your cat. 11 drive k D anoise
2 We have a holiday in summer, ____ we go 12 make I D aplane
skiing in winter.

and so
3 I work hard ____ I need the money.
4 I work hard, I don't earn a lot of money.
S Yesterday was a long day at work,
tired this morning.
I was
so but
6 I like Suzie ____ she's funny and she makes
me laugh. but •
7 Toby's clever and funny,
8 I can't drive,
he's good-looking.
I don't need a car.
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on
In at
at . on
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