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Unit 1

What do you do?

Third Section

Communication

Forming a team

AB page 10 / exercise 1:

1 You are organising a team of climbers to go up Mount Everest. Read these applications and then complete the grid with the good and bad points of each candidate

    

The answer: 

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AB page 10 / exercise 2:

2 Write three sentences with the good and bad points of each candidate. Example: Tareq’s good points are his age and … . His bad point is …

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 Example answers: Tareq’s good points are his age and his experience in rally driving and mountain biking. His bad point is that he doesn’t have any experience in mountain climbing. Samira’s good points are her age, the fact that she likes dangerous sports and the fact that she has medical knowledge. Her bad point is that she has only been mountain climbing once. Ibrahim’s good points are his experience in mountain and rock climbing as well as his experience in first aid. His bad point is that he is rather old for the expedition.

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AB page 10 / exercise 3:

3 Use your notes to discuss with a friend who the best candidate is.

The answer: Students discuss.

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AB page 10 / exercise 4:

4 Write a sentence saying your choice and giving your reasons.

 Example answer: I think the best candidate is probably Ibrahim because he is an experienced mountain climber and he also knows first aid, which is important on a dangerous expedition like this one.

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Fourth Section

Focus on writing

Capital letters

We use capital letters

• for the first person singular pronoun (I)

; • at the beginning of sentences;

• for the names of people, places or countries (Nawal, Beirut, Syria);

• for the days of the week and the months of the year (Sunday, October).

1 Rewrite this paragraph using capital letters where necessary.

in jordan, some people do dangerous activities to help poor or ill people. every year, alia fawzi and samira hafiz do rock climbing to raise money for poor children. they climb big rocks using ropes and other tools. samira says: “i am always terribly scared, but i think of the poor and i climb.”

The answer:

In Jordan, some people do dangerous activities to help poor or ill people. Every year, Alia Fawzi and Samira Hafi z do rock climbing to raise money for poor children. They climb big rocks using ropes and other tools. Samira says, “I am always terribly scared, but I think of the poor and I climb.”

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Punctuation: the full stop and the comma

Sentences start with a capital letter and end in a full stop.

He is a good teacher.

• Commas are used when we list three or more items.

She goes to work on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.

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AB page 11 / exercise 2:

2 Identify the sentences in this article. Rewrite them in your notebook using capital letters, full stops and commas.

mountain biking is riding bicycles over difficult terrain mountain bikes have similar characteristics: wide tyres a large frame tubing and dual suspension mountain biking has four categories: cross country downhill free-ride and street riding this sport requires a lot of skill and self-reliance you can do it in your backyard but generally mountain bikers ride on country back roads

The answer : 

Mountain biking is riding bicycles over diffi cult terrain. Mountain bikes have similar characteristics: wide tyres, a large frame tubing and dual suspension. Mountain biking has four categories: cross country, downhill, free-ride and street riding. This sport requires a lot of skill and self-reliance. You can do it in your backyard, but generally mountain bikers ride on country back roads.

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AB page 12

Spelling

All verbs take -s or -es to form the 3rd person singular.

♦ Verbs ending in -p, -b, -t, -d, -k, -g or in mute -e add -s: climbs, works, cuts, takes

♦ Verbs ending in -s, -z, -ch, -sh, -o add -es: matches, fishes, goes

♦ Verbs ending in a consonant + -y, change -y to -i and -es: studies, flies

♦ Verbs ending in vowel + -y, add -s: says, plays, buys

Now, go back to exercise 2 on page 7 and check your answers.

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AB page 12 

Linking words

Linking words and

We use and to join things that are the same:

Example: Fadi and Omar do rally driving every year.

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AB page 12 / exercise 3

3 Make sentences.

a. mountain biking / Mountain climbing / and / demand /. / experience

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b. Ibrahim is / mountain climber /. / an experienced / and / rock

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c. does / Tareq / caving / mountain biking /. / and

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d. a lot of / and / rock climbing / demand / experience /. / Crabbing

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The answer: 

a. Mountain climbing and mountain biking demand experience.

b. Ibrahim is an experienced mountain and rock climber.

c. Tareq does caving and mountain biking.

d. Crabbing and rock climbing demand a lot of experience.

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AB page 12 / exercise 4

4 Now, use the cues to write true sentences about yourself

. a. I like ________ and _________.

b. I don’t like _________ and _______.

c. My friend ________ likes _________ and ________.

d. My friends _______ and ____________ ________________________ every day.

e. My brother and my sister go ___________ and _____________ every week.

The answer: Students’ own answers

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AB page 12

but

We use but to join things that are different:

Example: Samira is an experienced mountain climber, but Tareq is not.

Nurses can talk to people in the hospital at night, but they don’t have time during the day.

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AB page 12 / exercise 5:

5 Match sentences a–d with sentences 1–4 using and or but.

The answer:

a. Some pilots only fly between 30 and 90 hours a month and they also work when they are on land.

b. A crabber needs a lot of experience, but a normal fi sherman does not need any experience.

c. Flying does not involve physical effort, but it is very stressful.

d. Stuntmen do dangerous activities out of necessity, but people who do dangerous sports do them because they like danger.

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What I have learnt

AB page 13 / exercise 1

Complete this text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. (2 marks each)

Nawal Jabari is a stuntwoman. She------------ (1) (do) the scenes famous actors --------------(2) (not / want) to do. She -------------(3) (love) her work. ‘It’s very exciting,’ she ------------(4) (say), ‘but sometimes I start work at two or three in the morning.’ She ---------------(5) (not / like) to work nights.

The answer: 1. does 2. don’t want 3. loves 4. says 5. doesn’t like

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AB page 13 / exercise 2

2 Make sentences. (2 marks each)

a. work /, / sometimes / but / I / don’t / like / it /. / I / nights

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b. the / Ali / film / Samira / at /. / and / work / studio

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c. enjoys / driver / danger /. / A / rally

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d. A / job / is /. / pilot’s / stressful

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e. enjoy / you / fishing / ? / Do / rock

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The answer: 

a. I sometimes work nights, but I don’t like it.

b. Ali and Samira work at the film studio.

c. A rally driver enjoys danger.

d. A pilot’s job is stressful.

e. Do you enjoy rock fishing?

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AB page 13 / exercise 3

3 Choose the correct answer. (2 marks each)

1. Where ______ you live?

a) does           b) do          c) are

2. Nawal doesn’t like to work nights ______ Salma likes to work nights.

a) and          b) when          c) but

3. A mountain climber ______ a stuntman do dangerous activities.

a) when        b) but            c) and

4. On Fridays, Kareem always ______ at Madrid airport at 9.50 p.m.

a) arrive         b) arrives            c) to arrive

5. ______ Samira like dangerous sports?

a) Is             b) Do             c) Does

The answer: 1.b 2.c 3.c 4. b 5.c

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