6A
What time does it start?
3
Daily life
Grammar
Present simple with fixed times
Preposition of time: at
Vocabulary Clock times
Dialogue
1
2
12
Listen and read. Complete the
dialogue with the correct phrases from
the box.
Polly:
Josh:
Polly:
Erin:
Polly:
What time does the tour start?
At half past eleven.
And what time is it now?
It’s twenty-five past.
Come on. 1 __ We’re late and the tour is
only thirty minutes.
In Wembley stadium
Guide:
Josh:
Guide:
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Vocabulary: Clock times
Sam:
Guide:
Sam:
Erin:
__ London’s Wembley Stadium – home
to the England football team.
When’s the next match?
It’s on Saturday. It starts at 3 o’clock.
It’s the English FA Cup Final, and
this is a copy of the FA Cup.
Can I hold it?
Sure.
Thank you. And Sam Blake, the famous
Chelsea captain, lifts the FA Cup! 3 __
Sam! 4 __
2
2
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Comprehension
2
Five to
(seven)
Choose the correct answer.
1 The friends are
a) at a football match. b) on a tour of the stadium.
2 Wembley Stadium is the home stadium of
a) England. b) Chelsea.
3 The next match is on
a) Saturday evening. b) Saturday afternoon.
4 The FA Cup Final is
a) an English Cup final. b) a World Cup final.
5 Sam’s favourite football team is probably
a) Chelsea. b) Manchester United.
Listen and repeat.
(Six)
o’clock
Ten to
(seven)
Five past
(six)
Questions
Twenty past
(six)
Twenty-five
to (seven)
Half past
(six)
Twenty-five
past (six)
Ask the clock times.
A: What time is it?
B: It’s quarter to seven. Hurry up, we’re late.
4 04.00
5 20.20
Fixed time verbs
• start • finish • open • close • leave • arrive
Note
a.m. = in the morning
p.m. = in the afternoon/in the evening
Practice
1 06.45
2 10.15
3 15.30
6 01.50
7 11.25
8 00.10
9 19.55
5 You win a weekend in London. Look at the
information. Ask and answer questions about
the times. Use the cues:
1 The plane to London (leave/arrive)
A: What time does the plane to London leave?
B: It leaves at seven o’clock in the morning.
2 Breakfast at the hotel (start/finish)
3 The British Museum (open/close)
4 The Kylie Minogue concert (start/finish)
5 The plane to Milan (leave/arrive)
A
Phrases
• Grow up! • Welcome to
• Hurry up! • Amazing!
Answers
What time does it start? It starts at 11.30 a.m.
What time does it finish? It finishes at 5 p.m.
Quarter past
(six)
Twenty to
(seven)
4
Present simple with fixed times
Preposition of time: at
Ten past
(six)
Quarter to
(seven)
6A
Grammar
B
Fly Away Travel
OUT: 12th July
From:
Depart
From
Milan
07.00
To
London
Arrive
08.30
RETURN: 13th July
From
Depart
London
16.45
To
Milan
Arrive
19.15
Breakfast
is from 07.30 – 09.45
D
Kylie
M I N O G U
E
in concert
C
Wembley Stad
ium
12th July
7.45 p.m. – 10.1
5
p.m.
Solve it!
6 Read the dialogue again. What time does the
Wembley Stadium tour finish?
Extra practice
For more practice, go to page 121.
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6B
I’m never late.
Vocabulary: Daily routines
Comprehension
Practice
1
4 Number the pictures in Exercise 1 in the correct order for
Anton’s day.
6 Ask and answer about Anton’s
day. Use an adverb of frequency if
possible.
2
14
Listen and repeat. Then match the
routines to the pictures A–O. Which routines are
not in the pictures?
Grammar Adverbs of frequency
Vocabulary Daily routines
brush my teeth – Picture D
• brush my teeth • do my homework
• get home • get up • go to bed • go to school
• go to sleep • have a shower • have breakfast
• have dinner • have lunch • leave school
• listen to music • phone a friend • read in bed
• play computer games • wake up • watch TV
Solve it!
A
B
C
2
What do pictures B, D, F, J and N have in
common?
Read
3
2
15
Read about a Russian teenager’s daily
routine and complete the gaps with the clock
times. Then listen and check.
D
E
H
G
J
K
F
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N
Grammar
Adverbs of frequency
always
usually
often
sometimes hardly ever
I
L
SHARING
CULTURES
What’s it like to be a teenager in modern Russia?
This week fifteen-year-old Anton Morozov from
Moscow tells us about his daily routine.
My morning is the same every day. I always get up
at 1 8 o’clock. Then I have a shower and brush my
teeth. I have breakfast with my parents at about
2
__ . We usually have cereal, eggs and bread but we
sometimes have pancakes with honey and sour
cream – that’s my favourite breakfast! Then my
grandmother arrives and my parents go to work.
In Moscow students go to school in the morning or
the afternoon. I don’t go to school in the morning.
I usually do my homework and then
I play computer games. I go to school in the
afternoon after lunch. On the way I often
phone my friends. School starts at 3 __ .
never
1 What time/get up?
A: What time does he get up?
B: He always gets up at eight
o’clock.
2 What/have for breakfast?
3 What/do in the morning?
4 What/do on his way to school?
5 How/feel after school?
6 What/do after dinner?
Position of the adverb
Listen
Before the main verb: I always get up at eight o’clock.
After the verb to be: I’m usually very hungry.
7
5
Cover the text with the red bookmark and remember the
missing words.
2
16
Listen to Josh and Polly.
What’s the difference between
Josh’s routine at bedtime and
Polly’s routine?
Josh goes to bed at … Then he …
Polly …
Speak
• 9.30 p.m. • 1 p.m. • 8.30 a.m. • 10.30 p.m.
• 6.30 p.m. • 8 o’clock • 7.00 p.m.
0
M
1 B
6B
8 Ask your partner about his/her
daily routine and take notes.
I’m never late. I like to be early. At the end of the day,
I leave school at 4 __ .
1
2
3
4
What time do you usually get up?
What do you have for breakfast?
What do you do after school?
Do you sometimes watch
television with your parents?
5 What time do you usually go to
bed during the week?
When I get home at 5 __ , I’m tired and I’m usually
very hungry. After dinner I listen to music and then
watch TV. My favourite programme is Big Brother. I go
to bed at 6 ___ and read in bed. I’m hardly ever
asleep before 7 ___ .
Write
9 Write about your partner’s
daily routine.
This is Rosanna’s daily routine. She
gets up at …
Extra practice
For more practice, go to page 121.
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6C
Twice a week
Grammar
Function
6C
Grammar
Adverbial phrases of frequency
Express surprise and comment
Use your English: Express surprise
Adverbial phrases of frequency
and comment
How often do you watch TV?
6
Listen and repeat. Then practise the
conversation in pairs.
I watch TV every day/twice a week.
b
Now ask your partner the questions. Use a
different colour pen and note his/her answers.
Read
1a
2
17
Do the Good and Bad Habits Quiz.
Note your answers.
A: How often do you get up early?
B: I get up early every day.
The Good and Bad Habits Quiz
Have you got good habits or bad habits? Do the quiz then check your score.
How often
do you …
1 get up early?
2 eat fast food?
3 see your grandparents?
4 watch TV?
5 eat some fruit?
6 go to bed very late?
7 read a book or a
magazine in English?
8 play computer games?
9 play a sport or exercise?
10 text a friend in class?
A
every day
B
twice or
three times
a week
C
once
a month
D
never
Check your score
Questions 1,3,5,7,9:
Score 3 points for A, 2 points for B,
1 point for C and 0 points for D.
Questions 2,4,6,8,10:
Score 0 points for A, 1 point for B,
2 points for C and 3 points for D.
What does your score mean?
20–30 points: You’ve got a lot of
good habits. But don’t forget to
enjoy yourself once or twice a week.
10–19 points: OK, you aren’t
perfect. You’ve got some good
habits and some bad habits but
you’re quite good.
0–9 points: Oh dear! Is it time to
change?
every
once
twice
three times
a
2
20
day
week
month
year
Position of the adverbial phrase
After the verb (and the object):
I play computer games every day.
Practice
2
Make sentences.
1 tennis I week play twice a
I play tennis twice a week.
2 gets early Josh day up every
3 often the radio? listen How to you do
4 times week They a exercise three
5 month to John the a goes club once.
3a
Look at the answers to Exercise 1b and
make sentences about your partner.
Joanne gets up early every day.
b
Talk about you. Tell the class about some of
your family’s habits.
My brother George eats fast food twice or three
times a week.
A: How often do you exercise?
B: Every day.
A: Every day? Wow! That’s great.
B: What about you? How often do you exercise?
A: About once a month.
B: Really? That’s not very good.
Express surprise
Comment positively
• Really?
• Wow!
• You’re joking!
• Every day?
(repeat the phrase)
• That’s great. Well done!
• That’s good.
• That’s interesting.
Pronunciation: /o/ often
4
2
18
Go to page 130.
Listen
5a
Comment negatively
• That’s not very good.
• That’s awful.
2
19
Listen to Simon and Hannah. How
many good habits has Simon got?
b
Listen again and complete the table with the
correct answers.
How often do they …
Simon
Hannah
7 Ask questions with How often …? and the
phrases below. Express surprise and comment.
Then add questions of your own.
A: How often do you get up very late?
B: ...
• get up very late
• tidy your bedroom
• go to bed early
• eat chocolate
• help your parents in
the house
• revise your new
English words
1 eat fast food?
2 eat fruit?
3 play a sport?
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Extra practice
For more practice, go to page 122.
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Across cultures
6D
The British school day
Comprehension
Speak
2 Match paragraphs 1–4 with the correct
photos A–D.
6 Your partner is from the UK. He/She wants
to know about your school day. Roleplay a
conversation.
Read
1B
1
3
2
21
Listen and read about Guy Proctor
and school life in the UK.
School life
Complete Guy’s timetable for Wednesday.
Timetable
9.00
A
Fourteen-year-old Guy Proctor goes to
a secondary school in Leeds.
This is his school day.
1
2
3
4
English
1
___
Maths
2
___
BREAK
11.20
French
Write
___
I.T.
Writing tip: Linkers and, but, because, so
Guy leaves home at 8.15 and walks to school. His
first lesson starts at 9 a.m. All his lessons are
one hour. After the second lesson, he has a short
twenty-minute break. Then there are two lessons
before lunch. His best subjects are Science and I.T.
4
___
LUNCH
Use linkers and, but, because and so to join two
parts of a sentence.
Lunch is at 1.20. He always has lunch in the school
canteen. Some students have a packed lunch
– usually sandwiches – but Guy likes a hot
meal. On Wednesday he has a quick lunch
B
because he’s got Computer Club.
15.15 – 16.45
14.10
Science
6
___
Guy leaves home at 8.15 and walks to school.
7
___
On Wednesday he has a quick lunch because he’s
got Computer Club.
C
1 British children start school when they are five.
2 You can leave school at the age of sixteen.
3 Students don’t usually wear a uniform at
secondary school.
4 A common school subject is Science.
Listen
D
5a
2
22
Listen to a radio programme about
Jack, a British boy at school in Brazil, and
complete the table.
Guy
School ages
1 leaves home at 8.15.
Uniform
4 finishes at 3.10.
Most students wear a uniform in secondary school.
5 plays football after school.
• English • Maths • Science (Biology, Chemistry,
Physics) • French • History • Geography
• Art • P.E. (Physical Education)
• I.T. (Information Technology)
He’s in the school team so he often plays a match
on Saturday.
Look at the UK Education factfile and
read these statements about British students.
Answer true (T) or false (F).
Primary school: age 5 to 11
Secondary school: age 11 to 16 or 18
Students can leave school at the age of 16.
Common school subjects
Some students have a packed lunch but Guy likes
a hot meal.
FINISH SCHOOL
4
There’s always one lesson in the
afternoon. It finishes at 3.10 p.m.
Twice a week, on Wednesday and Friday,
Guy plays football after school. He’s
in the school team so he often plays
a match on Saturday afternoon too.
4 Guy has an hour’s homework every day. He
usually does it in his bedroom after dinner but
he sometimes gets up early and does it
before breakfast!
___
5
UK Education Factfile
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• What time/start/school?
A: What time do you start school?
B: We start school at … .
• How many lessons/be there/in one day?
• What time/have/lunch?
• Where/have it?
• Be/there any school clubs or sports clubs?
• What/be/your favourite subjects?
3
13.30
Jack
2 eats in the canteen.
3 has a hot meal for lunch.
New words
• lesson • hour • break • subject • canteen
• packed lunch • secondary school • meal
• quick • because • so • primary school
• wear • uniform • common
6D
b What part of Guy’s and Jack’s school day is
the same?
Now do Exercises 7 and 8.
7
Join these sentences with and, but, because
or so.
1
2
3
4
Guy gets up at seven o’clock. He has a shower.
He’s usually late. He always runs to school.
He gets up late. He goes to bed late!
Guy takes his mobile phone to school. He
doesn’t take it into class.
5 I go to Computer Club after school. I don’t get
home before five o’clock.
8
Write about your school day. Use Guy’s text
as a model. Use and, but, so and because to link
your sentences if possible.
Introduction:
I go to … school in … . This is a typical school day
for me.
Paragraph 1: Your morning
Paragraph 2: Lunch
Paragraph 3: After lunch/after school
Paragraph 4: Homework
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R3
Revision: Units 5 & 6
4
Make questions.
leave arrive
bus
06.30 07.15
Grammar (40 marks)
train
11.30 12.45
1
shop
09.00 18.00
bank
09.30 16.00
Complete the sentences with the correct
form of a verb from the box.
• not live • speak • not speak • come
• go • not come • work • not work
• want • not go
0 My father and mother speak English.
00 I don’t come from Madrid but I live there.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
He’s a teacher. He __ in a school in Palermo.
We __ in the UK. We live in the USA.
Our teacher __ from the north of England.
I __ Italian. I only speak English.
My parents __ to live in France. They love it.
My best friend __ to school in London.
My mother __ on Friday. It’s her free day.
In the UK children __ to school on Saturday.
Marks …/8
2 Replace the underlined words with the
words in brackets, and write the correct form
of the verb.
0 The students come from Italy. (Maria)
Maria comes from Italy.
1 Where do your parents live? (Paul)
2 John doesn’t study Russian. (We)
3 Do they speak Italian? (Lucy)
4 What music do they like? (Jack)
5 Does he come from Rome? (They)
6 The girls go to school in London. (Anna)
Marks …/6
3
Complete the sentences with me, her, him,
it, us or them.
0 I like this school but Carol doesn’t like it .
1 Helena doesn’t like Justin but I like __ !
2 Those are my shoes. Can I have __ , please?
3 I like Carla and she likes __ ! We’re friends.
4 I think Beyoncé’s great! Do you like __ ?
5 My grandmother lives with __ in our house.
6 My sister likes coffee but I don’t like __ .
Marks …/6
start
finish
Use your English (20 marks)
7 Complete the missing vowels to make jobs.
Then match the jobs to their places of work.
11
0 farmer – g) farm
match
15.00 16.30
concert
19.15 21.00
0 At half past six in the morning.
What time does the bus leave?
1 At quarter past seven in the morning.
2 At half past eleven.
3 At three o’clock.
4 At quarter past seven in the evening.
5 At nine o’clock in the morning.
6 At four o’clock.
7 At nine o’clock in the evening.
8 At half past four.
Marks …/8
0 f_rm_r
1 sh_p _ss_st_nt
2 b_ _ld_r
3 w_ _t_r
4 n_rs_
5 t_ _ ch_r
6 s_cr_t_ry
7 h_ _s_w_f_
8
1
2
3 A: Where’s my mobile phone?
B: a) Really? b) Wow! c) Don’t look at me!
5 A: Wait for me. I’m just finishing my breakfast.
B: a) Hurry up! b) Grow up!
c) What about you?
3
Marks …/10
12
4 PRORTEER
4
0
6 MULPREB
6
Marks …/6
5
Circle ten more adjectives in the wordsearch.
E
R
X
D
C
I
S
S
B
A
Marks …/5
Roundup
Complete the text with the missing words.
0 A: Look I’ve got Brad Pitt’s phone number!
B: a) Hurry up! b) Very funny!
c) Don’t look at me!
2 A: Great!! A cartoon film!
B: a) Hurry up! b) Grow up! c) Get up!
2 STRIAT
9
Choose the correct response.
1 A: My mum’s a pop star.
B: a) Well done! b) You’re joking!
c) What do you think?
1 RACTO
5 CRODOT
R3
4 A: Look! I’ve got Grade A in my Maths test!
B: a) That’s awful! b) Well done!
c) Welcome to London!
0 HECF CHEF
0 They have coffee after lunch. (always)
They always have coffee after lunch.
1 I go to my bank. (twice a week)
2 She gets up before eight o’clock. (never)
3 I’m late for school. (often)
4 She goes swimming after school. (sometimes)
5 He plays video games. (hardly ever)
Hi Sandra!
My name is Ruth and I 0 come from London.
My parents 1 __ at the city hospital.
My brother Harry is eighteen. He 2 __ go to
school. He 3 __ to college.
What 4 __ you usually do after school? I do my
homework and then I 5 __ computer games!
6
__ you like rock music? I love The Kaiser
Chiefs. Do you like 7 __?
Write soon.
Best wishes
Ruth
school
building site
office
shop
hospital
restaurant
farm
home
Unjumble the words to make jobs.
3 LOMED
6
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
g)
h)
Marks …/14
Rewrite the sentences. Put the adverbs of
frequency in the correct position.
5
Marks …/7
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open close
Vocabulary (40 marks)
B
T
G
O
O
D
W
F
G
D
K
E
W
F
O
T
H
A
T
C
B
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L
L
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A
N
T
J
V
R
Z
P
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G
A
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F
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N
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A
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A
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C
P
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A
W
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T
L
Y
A
W
F
U
L
C
G
G
Look at the jumbled conversation below.
Number the lines in the correct order.
a) El Cantante? Who’s in it?
b) Me too. What do you think of Marc Anthony?
c) J-Lo? She’s OK but I don’t like her music.
What about you?
d) It’s called El Cantante.
e) Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony. What do you
think of J-Lo?
f) I think he’s cool. What do you think of him?
g) I don’t like her music either but I like her films.
h) I think he’s boring.
i) Yes, sure. What film is it?
j) Hi. Do you want to watch my new DVD? 1
k) You're joking! He's great.
Marks …/10
Marks …/10
SELF-CHECK
10
Match the verb with the correct phrase to
make daily routines.
0–e)
0 get
1 play
2 go to
3 watch
4 listen to
5 have
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
the radio; music
breakfast; lunch; a shower
TV, a DVD
school; bed
up; home; to school
computer games; football
Grammar
... /40
Vocabulary
... /40
Use your English
... /20
Total
... /100
Marks …/10
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