Vocabulary: Essential 1

Life choices and events

1 Complete the phrases with the verbs in the box.

share ​
leave ​
do ​
get ​
take ​
go

leave school 1 a job

2 final exams 3 to university / college

4 a house / 5 an internship /
an apartment apprenticeship

2 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the phrases.

do / get a course (in …)
1 earn / have children
2 move / start house / to a different country
3 do / get married / divorced
4 apply / have for college / a job
5 earn / start a business

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Grammar: Essential 1
may, might, will: Degrees of certainty
1 Look at the chart. Complete the sentences with the correct form of may,
might, or will, and the words in parentheses.

won’t 0%
probably won’t 25%
may / may not; might / might not 50%
probably will 75%
will 100%

Doug and Joe have an exam on Monday, so they

may not / might not be (be) at Fran’s party tonight. (50%)
1 Tina doesn’t enjoy traveling, so she (visit) her
friends in Peru next summer. (0%)
2 You love helping people, so you (go)
to university and become a doctor. (100%)
3 I have some money, so I (buy) that hat. (50%)
4 Mike and I (get) engaged this year. (25%)
5 Grant (leave) home after he graduates. (75%)

2 Look at the information in the chart. Write sentences about Miguel and Julia
using the correct form of may, might, or will.

Miguel Julia

get a driver’s license 0%

1 get engaged 75%

2 do volunteer work 25%

3 go traveling 50%

4 earn lots of money 100% 25%

Miguel won’t get a driver’s license.

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2
3
4

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Grammar: Essential 1
Defining relative clauses
3 Choose the correct alternatives.
Millie got married to a boy that / which lived in the house next to hers.
1 That’s the café who / where my brother works.
2 Orange is a color whose / which I love.
3 She’s the woman who / where cleans our house.
4 That’s the boy which / whose mother is my teacher.
5 The movie that / who we saw was very good.

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 Vocabulary: Extension 1
Life choices and events
1 09 Complete the phrases with the missing vowels (a, e, i, o, u). Then listen and repeat.
1 b n mpl y d
2 b c m a gr ndp r nt
3 b y a h s
4 d
5 h v a j b nt rv w
6 g t a pr m t n
7 gr d t
8 g n a h n ym n
9 t ke a g p y r
10 r nt an p rtm nt
11 r t r
12 s t rt a f m ly
13 s t p a c mp ny
14 s t dy br d
15 v t

2 Match the pictures (a–o) with the phrases in exercise 1.

a b c d e

f g h i j

k l m n o

3 SPEAKING Make predictions about your life. Ask and answer about the life choices and events
using the question When do you think you will …?
A When do you think you will retire?
B I think I will retire when I’m sixty-four or sixty-five.

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 Grammar: Extension
3
1
may, might, will : Degrees of Match the sentence halves. Then complete
the sentences with the correct form of may,
certainty might, or will.
1 Choose the correct answers. Doug and Joe worked very hard today. b
We haven’t been to Cancún before, but you 1 Doug and Joe hate traveling.
like it. 2 Doug and Joe love helping people.
a may b won’t c will 3 Doug and Joe like shopping and they have some
1 I don’t want to marry Steve, so I get money.
engaged to him. 4 Doug and Joe only met their girlfriends a few
a might not b won’t c may weeks ago.
2 Lia plans to do an apprenticeship, so she 5 Doug and Joe want to share an apartment.
go to university. a They go to
a will definitely b will university and become doctors. It’s definite.
c probably won’t b They may not / might not be at Fran’s
party tonight. I don’t know.
3 Do you think you earn lots of
money? c They probably
get engaged this year.
a will b may not c might not
d They probably
4 We love children, so we definitely
leave home after they graduate.
have a big family–three boys and three girls!
e They buy
a probably will b may c will
new clothes. They’re thinking about it.
5 They studied very hard for the exam, so they
f They definitely
probably get a good mark.
visit their friends in Peru next summer.
a may not b might c will
6 Dad has lots of work to do, so he be 4 Complete the sentences so they are true
home in time for dinner. for you.

a will definitely b might not c may This summer …

1 I won’t
2 Complete the sentences with may or will.
Eat your breakfast. If you don’t, you will
2 I probably won’t
be very hungry later.
1 Kevin go to college in the U.S., but he’s
not sure. 3 I may
2 I was rude to the teacher. I never do
it again, Dad–I promise! 4 I might not
3 I have an important test on Monday. I
study all weekend. I’m certain. 5 I probably will
4 Grandma visit us this summer, but
it’s not definite. 6 I will definitely
5 I think the neighbors probably
move next year.
6 My brothers do volunteer work in
Africa. I don’t know.
7 I’m sure she drive us to school
today.

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 Grammar: Extension 1
Defining relative clauses 5 We were talking to a woman. The woman is our
favorite teacher.
5 Match the sentence halves. Then add the The woman
correct relative pronoun.
This is the university b
6 That’s a Chinese restaurant. We ate there last
1 Shigetaka Kurita is the man week.
2 The nurse That’s the Chinese restaurant
3 That’s the woman
4 We met a boy
5 Is that the café
7 Complete the sentences so they are true for
you. Use relative pronouns.
6 The slang expression
1 The singer
7 Is she the person

a name is Christopher. 2 The town

b where my dad studied to become an
engineer. 3 My mother
c you asked your girlfriend to
marry you?
4 The animal
d I learned today is ‘on fleek’!
e looked after my daughter was very
5 The movie
helpful and kind.
f son is my best friend. She drives us
to school every day. 6 The place

g you started your business with?

h invented emojis . He’s very smart! 7 The job

6 Rewrite the two sentences as a single

8 The school subject
sentence. Use the correct relative pronoun.
Tia shares an apartment with a girl. The girl is
her cousin.
The girl who / that Tia shares an apartment
with is her cousin.
1 Bill works for a man. The man earns lots of
money.
The man

2 We bought a house. The house is on Maple

Avenue.
The house

3 That’s the woman. I met her husband yesterday.

That’s the woman

4 Petros has gone to a graduation party. The party

is at his friend’s apartment.
The graduation party

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 Pairwork 1
Student A 2 Find out about Student B’s plans for the
future. Ask and answer about each of the life
1 Look at the list of life choices and events. Use choices and events.
may, might, or will to add notes about what
you think your future will be like.
3 Discuss the questions.
• Which of the things in the list do you think that
Do volunteer work? everybody should do in their lives? Why?
• How much time do you spend thinking about
Do an the future? Does it worry you? Why? / Why not?
apprenticeship? • What advice do your parents or other older
people give you about the future? Do you find it
Get your driver’s useful? Why? / Why not?
license?
Real English
Share an apartment Do you think you will …? I might (not) …
with a friend?
I won’t … I probably will …
I probably won’t … I will …
Apply for college?

Go traveling?

Get engaged?

Earn lots of money?

Student B 2 Find out about Student A’s plans for the

future. Ask and answer about each of the life
1 Look at the list of life choices and events. Use choices and events.
may, might, or will to add notes about what
you think your future will be like.
3 Discuss the questions.
• Which of the things in the list do you think that
Do volunteer work? everybody should do in their lives? Why?
• How much time do you spend thinking about
Do an the future? Does it worry you? Why? / Why not?
apprenticeship? • What advice do your parents or other older
people give you about the future? Do you find it
Get your driver’s useful? Why? / Why not?
license?
Real English
Share an apartment Do you think you will …? I might (not) …
with a friend?
I won’t … I probably will …
I probably won’t … I will …
Apply for college?

Go traveling?

Get engaged?

Earn lots of money?

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