VOCABULARY
1 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
1 Do you plug in your phone to charge it overnight? 2 Some people think that the wheel is the greatest invention ever. 3 After the flood, we used a pump to get the water out of our house. 4 My calculator doesn’t need batteries – it gets its power from sunlight. 5 I can’t see the display on my phone when the sun is shining. 6 Cars that have a bigger fuel tank can travel further without stopping.
2 Rewrite the second sentence with enough, too or not … enough, adding any other words necessary.
1 The river was not warm enough to swim in. 2 There was too little information about the trip. 3 Brian has got too few qualifications to go deep-sea diving. 4 This online game is too difficult to learn in an afternoon.
3 Complete the sentences with compound nouns formed from one word in each box.
1 Our teacher wrote the answers on the blackboard. 2 If students are late for school more than once, they are sent to the headteacher. 3 In my school, we write in our notebooks and not in our textbooks. 4 On the first day of the school year, they give me my new timetable. 5 My best friend and I are in different classes, but we always meet up at breaktime.
4 Match the two parts of the phrases.
1 b (do badly in an exam) 2 e (set off on a journey) 3 d (be held up in traffic) 4 a (break up for the school holidays) 5 c (go abroad)
5 Read the definitions and write the words in the puzzle. What is the missing word going down?
1 crops 2 creature 3 population 4 rainforest 5 endangered 6 jungle 7 habitat 8 human 9 environment 10 landscape
The missing word going down is ORANGUTANS.
GRAMMAR
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs. Use the past simple and past perfect.
1 The strong wind the day before had blown all the leaves off the trees and they looked very ugly. 2 Although I had heard the news earlier, I still did not believe it. 3 My younger sister had never visited the mall before, so I took her there last Saturday. 4 I decided not to go on the evening river cruise, as I had not felt well all day.
2 Complete the sentences with the future continuous form of the verbs in the box.
1 This time next week we will be enjoying the sun in the south of Spain. 2 Next week, our class will be studying the fruit fly in biology. 3 Lots of free events will be happening when the music festival is on. 4 My dad will be waiting for us outside the stadium. 5 Looking at the timetable for our trip, we will be travelling mostly at night.
3 Rewrite the sentences to give advice. Use don’t have to, should or shouldn’t.
1 You should get plenty of sleep. 2 You don’t have to book a tour in advance. 3 You shouldn’t spend so much money on sweets. 4 You don’t have to bring anything to eat. 5 You shouldn’t walk home on your own at night.
4 Complete the conditional sentences with the correct form of the verbs.
1 If we caught the early bus, we’d get to school by 8.00. 2 If Sam has enough time, he’ll bring that video game round later. 3 If Tom doesn’t see anyone at the weekend, he always gets really bored. 4 I’d make a cake if I knew everyone was coming later. 5 We’ll meet at the zoo tomorrow, unless you suggest somewhere else.
5 Correct the mistake in each sentence.
1 I came home and saw my sister had made a cake, so I had a slice. 2 My parents made me tidy my room last weekend. 3 You don’t have to bring any drinks, but you must bring some snacks. 4 Yesterday evening, when the crime happened, I was at home having dinner with friends.
READING
1 For each question, choose the correct answer.
1 C (least) 2 A (researched) 3 D (invention) 4 B (plugged) 5 C (display) 6 D (makes)
2 For each question, write the correct answer. Write one word for each gap.
1 on 2 at 3 about 4 are 5 to 6 will
ABOUT YOU
10 Watch the video and then answer the questions.
- I usually take selfies when I hang out with my friends on weekends, or when I visit new and interesting places on holiday with my family.
- My favourite selfie is the one I took with my best friend at a summer festival last year, where we are both laughing and wearing funny sunglasses.
- I mainly use Instagram and Snapchat because they have fun tools and are easy to use.
- Yes, I have used #NoFilter once when I took a photo of a beautiful sunset at the beach. This hashtag means that the picture is completely natural and has not been edited or changed with digital filters.
VOCABULARY
1 Look at these ‘before and after’ pictures, where digital changes were made to the original photos. What changes do you notice in each one?
- In photo A1, the girl is sitting at home in front of a plain white wall. In the edited photo A2, the background has been changed to a glamorous red carpet event full of photographers and bright lights, making it look as if she is at a movie premiere.
- In photo B1, the boy is taking a normal selfie in his room. In the edited photo B2, a funny digital filter has been added over his face, giving him dog ears, a dog nose, and a colourful cartoon background.
2 Listen to a teenager. Which ‘after’ picture does she describe, A2 or B2?
She describes picture A2.
3 Listen again and complete the text with the words in the box.
So here I am on the red carpet with Hollywood actress Pippa Cox! Straight away, I 1 posted it on social media and 2 tagged Pippa, of course! Loads of my friends 3 liked it and they then started to 4 follow her. I think someone must have 5 shared it and then there were people who 6 commented on it, asking me to 7 take down it because it wasn’t real. Well, of course not … duh! I 8 block people like that. I mean, it was just a bit of fun!
4 Match the words you added in Exercise 3 to the meanings.
1 put something on a website or social media page — post (posted) 2 stop someone from seeing your social media page — block 3 wrote something, for example, your opinion — comment (commented) 4 remove something so that it can’t be seen any more — take down 5 choose to see everything that someone posts on social media — follow 6 included someone using @ or their name — tag (tagged) 7 showed that you had read, and that you approved of a message — like (liked) 8 put someone else’s message on your social media page, or a friend’s social media page — share (shared)
5 Discuss the questions.
1 I post on social media a couple of times a week. I usually share funny moments with my friends or pictures of places I visit because I want to keep good memories and stay connected with my classmates.
2 I might block someone if they leave rude comments, send spam messages, or behave unkindly online.
3 The most likes I have ever received is around 120. It was a photo from our school trip to the mountains where we all took a funny group selfie at the top of a hill.
4 Getting a lot of likes makes me feel happy and appreciated because it shows that people enjoyed my content and paid attention to my post.