Vocabulary

Stories
TV, movies and games 4 Complete the comments with the types
of movie, show or game.
1Complete the types of movies, TV shows or
games with the missing vowels.
What you are watching
1 sp.orts show
right now?
2 m_s_c
3 trvsh_w There's a great 1 drama eries on
4ct n m_vie Channel 7.lf's all about a large school in Manhatan
5 d_cm_ntry where the students decide to change the rules. Megan
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6 Cm_dy shw
Cool! We watch a lot of 21 ecause
7 m_sC sh_W
excifing and you know whats going to
they re never

8 sp t s g m happen until the end. Jenna

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9Cnstr_ct_n 9m Tm watching Ihe Avengers right now. lIf s a series of

Write M (movie), S (TVshow) or G (game) 3s about a group of friends
(ron Man, the Hulk", Captain America" ) who save the
next to the words in exercise 1.
world. Paddy

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Nice one Paddy! I love scary movies, so when I'm free,
movie, show or game. Use the words in I watch4 h Jules
the box.
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cartoon cooking show My friends and I preter playing games. There's a new
w n e r e yOU need To Save
role-playing game femantiemovie
a city from disaster. Right now, we re playing a
science-fiction movie talent show
65 - together - w e h a v e to

catch some more snakes betore we can go to the next

level. Chris
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agree Chris! Games are exciting, but watching my

tavorite tootball team on a 7 s
- 5 cool tool Zoë
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romantic movie Do any ot you guys watch8 I

The tinal of Star of the Show is on
tonight and I'm sure that dance group are going to
win. Ellie

5 Complete the sentences for you.

1 My favorite TV show is .ts
n)
2 I think there are too many on
V.Iwould like more on V.

3 Ilike watching movies, but I

ion't like, movies.

4 I think playing video games is
because
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Simple present 4 Put the words in parentheses in the

correct place in each sentence.
1 Complete the text with the simple present
affirmative form of the verbs in parentheses.

Many teenagers say they spend too much

Hi, I'm Lou and I 1 l i k e (like) playing
time on their smartphones.
games. In my free time, 12. (try)
new games for an online store and they
Sually
(give) me free games. My brother 1 They check their phones for messages
(help) me with the role-playing when they wake up. (usually)
games because he5 (love) them. My
2 Many of them do their homework
brother also
nd use social media at the same
6 - (watch) time. (often)
a lot of movies and
3 A teenager's favorite activity is speaking on the
7_ -(write)
reviews on his blog.
phone. (hardly ever)
4 Girls write about their family on social media.
(three times a week)
5 And even some babies use tablets and
smartphones. (once a day)
2 Correct the information.
1 My sister uploads videos on YouTube".
(Instagram") 5 Write complete questions with the
Mysister doesn t upload videos on YouTube simple present.
Sheuploads videos on Instagram 1 How often/ you and your friends / go to the
2 My school has a movie-making club. (a game- movies?

making club) How oftendo you and yourfriends go to the

movies
3 We make documentaries in our English class. 2 your grandma/ use/a cell phone?
(cartoons)
3 How often/you/ watch TV?
4 You listen to music on the radio. (your phone)

4 you/ make your own videos?

Adverbs and expressions of

5 your friends / upload a lot of photos and videos
frequency on social media?

3 Complete the table with the words in the

box.
6 How often/ your best friend/ listen to music ?
always five times a week fe meseday
hardly ever ever often once a year
Sometimes three times a month
twice a day usually
6 h Answer the questions in exercise 5 for
you.
General
| Specific 1 Wehardly ever go to the movies. We watch_
Most frequent
movies online
fourtimes a day 2

Least frequent never

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Vocabulary
Phrases with prepositions: likes and 3 h Complete the sentences with one word.
dislikes
How much do you know
1 Write the phrases in the box in the correct
about your favorite stars?
group. Emma Watson is
a-ie fan-ef crazy about fond of really 1 f ond of
interested in not crazy about not really a tan of bananabread but hates
not really into not very fond of uncomfortable clothes.
not very good at not very interested in
quite good at really into Sabrina Carpenter cant eat apples or peaches,
but she's 2 c_ about Mexican food.

like: I'm a bia fan of Taylor Swift is really 3 i her cats.

She posts photos of them on Instagram.

Tennis player Novak

Idon'tlike: lI'm.
Djokovic's 4 i
in helping children. He
even has his own charity.
I can: l m
Natalie Portman is very 5 g at
I can't: I'm languages. She can speak English, French,
German, Spanish, Japanese and Hebrew.
2 Complete the sentences with the
prepositions in the box Millie Bobby Brown
(Eleven from Stranger
bett at in into of of
Things) is a big
61-
1 My sister's crazy- aboutcartoons. She
Drake.
watches them on TV all the time.
2 Tm not very interested watching
sports shows, but I love playing sports.
4 Writecomplete sentences.
3 My friends are quite good making 1 1/ not/ really / into / shop/ for clothes
videos. Ihey won a competition last year.

4 My family aren't really fans horror Lm not really intoshoppingfor clothes

movies, so we usually watch something else.
2 My brother / very good/ sing

5 You're fond rock music, but I prefer

something quieter 3 We/interested/start abook club at school
6 Ilove romantic movies, but my brother isn't
really - them, so we usually watch 4 My parents / crazy/ old cars and motorcycles
action movies.

5 You/not/ fond / travel / to other countries

6 1/ not really / fan / any football team

5 Rewrite three of the sentences in

exercise 4 so they are true for you.

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3

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Simple present and present 3 Wrte complete sentences in the simple

progressive present or present progressive.

Usually Today
1 Complete the table with the verbs in the
simple present and present progressive forms.

Simple present Present

Verb third person progressive
singular -ing form 1 She/ play video games / play soccer
1 play plays playing
Sheusually plays videogames, buttoday
2make she's plaving soccer
3 try Every Saturday Now

4study
win

6 go
7 write 2 We/go to the movie theater / watch a movie
on TV
8 listen

2 Circle the correct option.

Often Right now

People say that feenagers 1 often spend

are often spending more time watching
YoUTube than TV. What about you?
3 1/do homework at home / do it in the library

|2 love/'m loving watching YouTubers

-right nowI3 watch/'m watching9
Jacob Sartorius. His YouTube channel
Twice a week Now
4 has/is having millions of subscribers.

My friends and I 5 aren't/aren't being

into Youlube or using the internet much.
In our free time, we 6 usually go/are
usually going to the skate park.
4 My grandpa / buy newspaper/ read it online

17 hardly ever watch/'m hardly ever

Watching TV-YouTube is much better.
Right now|8 look/'m looking at
some ot Annie LeBlanc's videos. She 4 h t Answer the questions for you.
9 uploads/'s uploading new ones once
1 What do you usually do after school? What are
Look
a week. at this 10talks/
one! She you doing right now?
's talking to the star of Kim Possible

2 What does your best friend usually do after

school? What is he/she doing now?

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 Reading

A blog

Social Media
for Book Lovers
This week we're looking at two social media sites for those of you who are crazy about books.
Bookstagram
We all use Instagram to share cool photos of what we're doing now, right? Well, for people who
are into books, there's Bookstagram (you can find it on Instagram). Alexandra started her blog,
Twirling Pages, when she was just 16 and she uploads her photos to Instagram. Take a look at
her profile to see what she's reading right now and where she's reading it. And Faroukh Naseem
(theguywiththebook) creates content all about books including photos, book reviews and a blog.
To get started: use your phone to take pictures of your books. Then post your favorite to a
bookstagram competition and wait for the likes'!
BookTube
Among the millions of YouTube subscribers, there's a smaller group of book fans who use their
Own BookTube channels to share book reviews, recommendations and news. One of the most
popular tYpes of videos are 'haul' videos where the booktuber
shows the books they bought on a recent trip to the bookstore.
Booktuber Monica Kim has an 'unhauling' video on her channel
where she talks about how she threw away 90% of her books.
To get started: look for a booktuber who shares your interests. And
remembera Book Lion is someone who likes books, 'DNF" means
*did not finish', and a 'shelfie' is a selfie with your bookshel!

FUN FACTs
Someone who's into reading is called a 'bookworm'. If they're also
crazy about collecting books, they're a 'bibliophile'. And if you enjoy
smelling books, 'bibliosmia' describes the smell of a book!

Subskill: Making and checking 3 Answer the questions.

predictions 1 What can you learn about Alexandra on her
Before you read, look at any titles, headings or bookstagram?
photos and think about what you' re going to 2 What things does Faroukh Naseem create?
read about. Then read the complete text and
3 What sort of camera do you need to start your
check your ideas.
own bookstagram?
4 What types of videos can you find on
1 Look at the title, headings and photos.
BookTube?
What are you going to read aboue? Put a
5 What's the difference between a 'haul' and an
()or () next to the ideas.
'unhauling' video?
two social media sites
6 What is a 'shelfie'?
some famous people

people who are fans of books 4 Answer the questions for you.
how to make cool videos 1 How often do you use Instagram and YouTube?

2 t 41 Read and listen to the blog. Check

2 Are you interested in Bookstagram and
your answers in exercise 1.
BookTube? Why/Why not?

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 Listening and Speaking
A radio show Expressing preferences
1 You're going to listen to a radio show. Read 1 Order the words to make useful expressions.
the sentences in exercise 4 and underline the 1 do/want /What / you/ do / to ?
key words.
What do you wanttodo?
2 rather /ld/a/watch/movie/ science-fiction
Subskill: Answering true/false
questions game/ better / than / Playing/ documentary/al
Read each question carefully before you listen. a/watching/ sounds
Think about what you're going to hear and also
the information that you need to listen for.
4 going/ the /a / idea / Maybe / to / better / movies
is
2 Before you listen, which words do you think
will complete the sentences?
5 you/ like /What / to / would/ do?
1 Scott Marsham's interested in becoming
famous/making movies/writing stories
2 On the radio show he's talking about writing 6 rather l you / read/ book/ Would / a ?
competitions/his favorite stories/his friends'
stories.

3 He describes less than three/three/more than 2 h Complete the conversation with the words
three different types of writing competitions. in the box.

3 2 Listen to the radio show and check

better more prefer rather want would
your answers in exercise 2.

Do you 1 want to do
4 Listen again. Are the sentences areT
something this afternoon?
(true) or F (false)?
1 Scott Marsham's into writing horror stories. E Sure. What 2 you like to do?
He saysheisn't reallyinterestedin horror.
2 Scott enters writing competitions once a month. How about going to the skate park?

3 You have to write less than 30 words for the

We always go there. l'd 3
do something different.
Scottish Book Trust competition.

What about going biking?

4 Scott's local radio station often has really good
prizes for their competitions. I'm not really in the mood for going out.
It's cold. I'd 4 t o stay in.

5 A short story is often around 1,000 words.

You're right. Maybe watching a movie
on TV is a 5- idea.
6 There's a story competition where you have to
send a text message. I'm not sure. Playing a game
sounds 6 fun than
watching another movie.
7 YouWriteOn.com is a website where you can
buy short stories.

5 Listen again. Give reasons

for your
answers in exercise 4.
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A review
1 Circle the correct words to complete the Vocabulary review
review.
TV, movies and games
StrangerThings)sx YX 1 Complete the table with the words in the box.
I'm a huge fan of an American TV series called
Stranger Things. It's science fiction with some
aetien construction documentary
horror 1too/also. drama series horror music
It takes place in the fictional town of Hawkins, sports (x2) strategy thriller
Indiana in the 1980s. In the first season, Will
Byers disappears and everyone tries to find him, Show Movie Game
including a girl with special abilities. My favorite action action
character is Will's mom because she's strong and
she 2 also/as well never stops looking for her son.
I'm fond of thisseriesbecauseit's exciting and it's
easy to watch 3 as well/also. There's action and
2 Read the description and write the word
of course the music's cool 4 also/too.
or phrase.
1 This TV show is a competition. People dance.
2 Read the review in exercise 1 again. Sing or act._talent show
Match information a-e to paragraphs 1-3. 2 In these movies, the actors sing and often
a the name of the show1 dance.
b what the show is about_ 3 These movies are about people like Superman
c what type of show it is and Wonder Woman.
d why the writer likes the show 4 People who like going on vacation watch this
show..
e the writer's favorite characters
5 In this video game, each player needs to
3 h Write a review of your favorite TV pecome a diferent character.
show, movie or game. Use the review in 6 This movie is about stories which happen in the
exercise 1 to help you. future..
7 Children usually enjoy watching this show
ecause the pictures are funny.
8 This show is good for people who like
cooking. -
( SsuPEE
KILLs CREATIVITY 9 This show is funny.
10 People usually fall in love in this movie.
It can help to work together
when we want to think of new ideas.
Match 1-5 to a-e to make some useful Phrases with prepositions
expressions.
3 Complete the sentences with the correct
1 Let's each think of a putting the girl
preposition.
there?
1 Im not interested in social media.
OK, dont write one thing to
2 My friends are really- photography.
ye, include.
3 My dad's mad . _old cars
3 How can C thing to include?
4 My friends aren't very fond playing
What's the most d draw that? basketball, but they watch it on TV.
important 5 You're good math.
Wait a minute. e let's think first. 6 We aren't big fans going to the
What about movies because they never show good movies.

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Simple present Complete the text with the verbs in the correct
1 Complete the conversations with the simple simple present or present progressive form.
present form of the verbs.
1 Do you Spend (you/ spend) a lot of time on
your phone?
No, don't_IsSpend (1/ not / spend)
about two hours a day on it.
2 (you and your friends /
upload) a lot of photos onto social media sites?
Yes. . (we
upload) photos every day. Photos that tell stories
3 What type of music (your
friends/ be) into? 500 million people 1 u s e (use) Instagram
(they/ be) crazy about rock every day. American teenagers
music.
2 (prefer) it to Facebook or Snapchat.
Why 3 (be) so many people now into
uploading photos? Maybe because each photo
Adverbs and expressions of frequency (often/tell) its own story.

2 Rewrite the sentences with the words in the Look at the photo of these young people. What

box. they .
-
(do)?They
6 (not be) at school. Why not? Why
eays hardly ever often they. (wait) there? One
of the boys 8 coat.
once a day once a week (not/wear) a
Some of them 9 (talk) to each other.
1 My mom reads the news on her phone at What 10 they- (say)?
breakfast every morning 11 the girl in white jacket
(want) to say something?
Mymom always reads the news on her
phone at breakfast
2 My sister goes to her dance class on Mondays

3 Im late for school about once a year. 1 SELF-EVALUATIOON

Read the objectives for this
4 You go to the movie theater five times a month. unit. How well can you now
do each one? Put a check ().
5 My friends play strategy games every afternoon. 1 Ican describe TV shows, movies
and games. OOD
2 I can say what | like and dislike.
Simple present and present 3 Ican talk about the things
usually, sometimes or never do
progressive and the things I'm doing right now.

3 Correct one mistake in each of the sentences. 4 Ican ask and talk about

1 Shh! Be quiet! Your grandma sleepe. is sleeping preferences.

2 Jack can't go out. He studies right now.
5 Ican write a review.
OO0
3 We're writting stories in our English class now If you choose.ask your teacher for extra help.
4 I'm bored now. Im wanting to play a video game.

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