Unit 1
Starting out!
GRAMMAR
AB page 6 / exercise 2
2 Choose the correct form of the verb.
Active learners(1) remember / remembers information when they (2) discuss/discusses it, (3) applies/ apply it or explain it to others. A reflective learner (4) prefer/prefers to think about it quietly first. When you are an active learner you (5) like/likes group work, unlike a reflective learner. However, taking notes (6) are/is hard for both, active and reflective learners, but it is harder for active learners.
The answer: 1. remember 2. discuss 3. apply 4. prefers 5. like 6. is
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AB page 6/ exercise 3
3 Read each statement. Then, tick which student is most likely to use each learning technique.
Jameela: “I want to be a TV presenter in the future.
” Ramzi: “I want to be a photographer in the future.
” Mazen: “I want to be a firefighter in the future.”
The answer: 1. Jameela 2. Ramzi 3. Jameela 4. Mazen 5. Mazen 6. Ramzi
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AB page 6 / exercise 4
4 Use these words to write complete questions and answer them. You should give two answers to each question: your own response and your partner’s response.
a. What / you / do / every afternoon?
What do you do every afternoon?
You: I do my homework and play football.
Your partner: He does his homework and reads books.
b. When / you / visit / your friends?
You: ____________________________________________________
Your partner: ____________________________________________
c. Where / you / go / at weekends?
You:___________________________________________________
Your partner: ____________________________________________
d. When / you / visit / your grandparents?
You: ____________________________________________________
Your partner: _________________________________________
e. How often / you / go to the theatre?
You:________________________________________
Your partner: ________________________________________
The answer: a. What do you do every afternoon?
b. When do you visit your friends?
c. Where do you go at weekends?
d. When do you visit your grandparents?
e. How often do you go to the theatre?
Students’ own answers
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AB page 6 / exercise 5
5 Use these notes to write a paragraph.
Noura / nine years old. She (have got) one sister, but no brothers. Her father / an engineer and her mother / a teacher. They (live) in a small flat, but Noura (not share) her bedroom with her sister. She (watch) scientific documentaries sometimes, but her sister (never do). Noura (want) / start her own business in the future and design furniture.
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The answer: Noura is nine years old. She has got one sister, but no brothers. Her father is an engineer and her mother is a teacher. They live in a small flat, but Noura does not share her bedroom with her sister. She watches scientific documentaries sometimes, but her sister never does. Noura wants to start her own business in the future and design furniture.
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AB page 8 / exercise 6
6 Some of the information in exercise 5 is wrong. Listen to Noura’s profile and write the five things that are incorrect.
a. Noura has got one brother.
b.__________________________________________
c.__________________________________________
d.__________________________________________
e. __________________________________________
The answer : a. Noura has got one brother.
b. Noura’s mother isn’t a teacher. She’s a nurse.
c. The family’s fl at isn’t small; it’s big.
d. Noura shares her bedroom with her sister.
e. Noura doesn’t want to design furniture; she wants to design traditional clothes.
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AB page 8 / exercise 7
7 Complete the text with the verbs in the box below.
We don’t know when people _____________ (1) making rugs. However, in 1949, archaeologists _______________(2) the Pazyryk carpet inside a royal tomb. This carpet survived because it was frozen. It seems people_____________ (3) it as a cover for a horse. Archaeologists said the rug dated from the 4th or 5th century BCE. Some suggested that some people in Central Asia____________ (4) carpets and produced small rugs. These people_______________ (5) their rugs to be beautiful, but also useful. They used them to cover their floor, as wall hangings and curtains.
The answer: 1. started 2. found 3. used 4. invented 5. wanted
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AB page 9 / exercise 10
10 Read this article about sand art bottles. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Some verb forms might stay the same
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(1) Do you like (you/like) traditional handicrafts? Here are some tips if you want to try to make sand art bottles at home: 1. Get some sand. You can collect sand from the beach if there (2)____________ (be) one nearby. 2. You have to colour the sand. ____________(3) (get) some coloured chalk and roll it across the sand. Or if you____________ (4) (live) somewhere near Petra, you can find it in different colours. 3. Put different layers of sand of different colours in a bottle. This ___________(5) (make) interesting designs. 4. Push down on the sand until it is filled to the top. Close the bottle with a cap, or if you (6)_________________ (not have) one, put some glue on top and leave it to dry. |
The answer: . 1. Do you like 2. is 3. get 4. live 5. makes 6. do not have (don’t have)
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