Английский язык. Второй иностранный язык. 11 класс (базовый уровень)

Английский язык

Второй иностранный язык

класс

Учебник 

Москва
Express Publishing
«Просвещение»
2022

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Авторы: Е. Г. Маневич, А. А. Полякова, Д. Дули, В. Эванс
Authors: Virginia Evans, Jenny Dooley, Yekaterina Manevich, Anna Polyakova

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Photograph AcknowledgementsModule 1: Celebrations: Modular Page:Roswell UFO festival © Brian Cahn WpN/www.iml.gr and Bug Fest © Mark Peterson.redu/www.iml gr on p. 5; Reading 
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54; Module 6: Helping hands:Reading 6a: Katie Spotz © BERT WILKINSON TheNew York Times redux/www.iml.gr on p. 66; Module 7: Challenges:Reading 7a: crab fisher © age.fotostock/  
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Английский язык  
Второй иностранный язык
11 класс

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Contents

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Modules
Grammar
Vocabulary

Celebrations
pp. 5-15

Exam Practice p. 16

•  Present simple
•  Present continuous
•  Stative verbs
•  (to)-infinitive/-ing form
•  Phrasal verbs (keep)
•  forming nouns from verbs 
(-ion, -ance, -ment, -ition, -ation)

•  adjectives
•  festivals
•  celebrations
•  superstitions
•  special days

Strange but
true!
pp. 17-27

Exam Practice p. 28

•  Past simple
•  Used to/Would
•  Past continuous
•  Present perfect
•  Present perfect continuous
•  Phrasal verbs (turn)
•  -ing/-ed participles

•  feelings
•  mysterious creatures
•  dragons
•  coincidences

All things high
tech
pp. 29-39

Exam Practice p. 40

•  Will – Be going to
•  Present simple/present
continuous (future meaning)
•  Future continuous/Future perfect
•  Time clauses
•  Phrasal verbs (come)
•  forming abstract nouns from
adjectives (-ness, -ity, -ment, 
-ence, -y, -ength, -dom)

•  technology
•  gadgets
•  computers
•  robots

Survival
pp. 41-51

Exam Practice p. 52

•  Past perfect/Past perfect
continuous/Past simple
•  Conditionals (1-3)/Wishes
•  Phrasal verbs (run)
•  noun or verb

•  accidents/disasters
•  injuries
•  survival
•  dangerous animals

The Arts
pp. 53-63

Exam Practice p. 64

•  the Passive/Reflexive pronouns
•  the Causative
•  Phrasal verbs (break)
•  forming compound nouns

•  types of art
•  music
•  dances
•  films
•  education and culture

Helping hands
pp. 65-75

Exam Practice p. 76

•  Comparative – Superlative
•  Clauses of purpose & result
•  too – enough, very, quite
•  Phrasal verbs (look)
•  forming verbs from nouns

•  social problems
•  volunteer work & the
environment
•  emergency services
•  society

Challenges
pp. 77-87

Exam Practice p. 88

•  Modals/Modals of deduction
•  Adjectives/Order of Adjectives –
Adverbs
•  Phrasal verbs (bring)
•  prefixes to form verbs

•  jobs
•  dangerous jobs
•  careers
•  working life

Life & Living
pp. 89-101

Exam Practice p. 102

•  Reported speech
•  Some/Any/Every/No & compounds
•  Relatives/Concession
•  question tags/exclamations
•  Phrasal verbs (carry)
•  forming adjectives from nouns

•  advertising
•  money
•  spending money
•  university education
•  social media

All About Russia (pp. R1-R4)
Fun Time (pp. FT1-FT8)
Grammar Reference
(pp. GR1-GR16)
Self-Check (pp. SC1-SC8)
Practice Test (pp. PT1-PT9)

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Reading & Listening
Speaking &
Functions
Writing

Culture Corner/
Across the
Curriculum

•  Festivals blog (multiple
matching)
•  Chinese New Year (matching
headings to paragraphs)
•  Superstitions (T/F/NS Listening)

•  buy a gift
•  make suggestions/ agree –
disagree
•  stress rhythm

•  a postcard to a friend
describing a celebration
•  an email describing an annual
event

•  Arbor Day, Earth
Day

•  Remembrance Day
in Australia, Victory
Day in Russia (PSHE)

•  Mysterious creatures (multiple
matching)
•  Bizarre coincidences (text
completion)
•  Coincidences (multiple
matching Listening)

•  narrate events
•  describe a dream you had
•  express surprise/interest/
confusion
•  homophones

•  a blog entry about a
mysterious creature
•  a story (1st person)
•  a short text about a
coincidence
•  a story about a mysterious
creature

•  The World Loves
Dragons!

•  Extract from 
The Lost World
(literature)

•  The Age of Cybernetics
(multiple choice)
•  Square-eyed Teens
(comprehension questions)
•  Technology (multiple matching
Listening)

•  make predictions
•  express opinions
•  talk about the future
•  speculate
•  complain about a faulty
product
•  Intonation in questions

•  design your own cyborg
•  an opinion essay
•  a survey about teens and
their gadgets

•  Different cultures,
different robots

•  What’s in a
computer (D&T)

•  The Girl Who Fell Out of the
Sky (multiple choice)
•  Born Survivor (text completion)
•  Survival (T/F/NS Listening)

•  give a witness statement
•  pronunciation: \U\, \u…\

•  a story (3rd person)
•  an article about a survival
story
•  a traditional dance of your
country

•  Lethal bites

•  First Aid (PSHE)

•  A World of Wonderful Art
(comprehension questions)
•  Incredible schools (matching
headings to paragraphs)
•  Art (T/F/NS Listening)

•  ask about/state preferences
•  invite/accept/refuse
•  pronunciation: strong/
weak forms of auxiliary
verbs

•  a letter reviewing a film you
saw
•  an email describing a visit to
a museum
•  a short text about a traditional
dance of your country

•  Dancing around the
world

•  Painting styles
(Art & Design)

•  Going the extra mile to help
(text completion)
•  Man’s Best Friend (multiple
choice)
•  Dogs (multiple matching
Listening)

•  call emergency services
•  express feelings
•  pronunciation: \aI\, \OI\

•  a summary of a text
•  a short text about a place in
your country
•  an opinion essay

•  Voluntourism

•  UNESCO (History)

•  Danger is their Business! 
(text completion)
•  Working in the Big Blue (text
completion)
•  Interview (T/F/NS Listening)

•  give advice/careers guidance 
•  interview with a careers
guidance counsellor
•  ask for information
•  pronunciation: heteronyms

•  a short paragraph about a
dangerous job
•  a letter of application for a
part-time job

•  Traditional jobs

•  A woman of
courage (History)

•  False Advertising (multiple
choice/comprehension questions)
•  The i-touch Generation (text
completion)
•  Education (multiple matching
Listening)

•  report events
•  make decisions
•  bargain
•  express disapproval/doubt
•  intonation in echo questions 

•  a short summary of a text
•  a short text about how you
spend your money
•  an opinion essay

•  Coins

•  Penny Wise (PSHE)

Word List (pp. WL1-WL18)
Pronunciation (p. P1)

American English – British English Guide (p. AE-BEG1)

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MODULE 11
Celebrations

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MODULE 1

 ▶▶   What’s in this module?
        •    festivals
        •    celebrations
        •    superstitions
        •    present simple vs present
continuous
        •    stative verbs
        •    infinitive/-ing form
        •    likes/preferences
        •    forming nouns from verbs
        •    buying a gift
        •    phrasal verbs: keep
        •    writing an email describing an
annual event

Find the page numbers for

  •    a sand sculpture                          
  •    a lantern                                      
  •    a flag                                           

Vocabulary
•  Adjectives

1

    
Listen and repeat. What are these words

in your language? 

• colourful  • artistic  • serious  • disgusting
• unusual  • exciting  • weird

       Use the words to make sentences about the

festivals in the pictures.
La Tomatina seems to be a colourful and unusual
festival.

2

    
Listen and match the descriptions (A-F)

to the pictures (1-6). Then talk about the

festivals.

La Tomatina – Buñol, Spain

Chinese New Year – China
Sand Sculpting Festival – Australia

Omaha Pow Wow – the USA

Bug Fest – the USA

Roswell UFO Festival – the USA

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Roswell UFO Festival
My friends and I are having a fantastic time at this year’s Roswell UFO Festival in New Mexico, USA.
It’s a four-day event that takes place every year in early July. Some people believe that an alien
spaceship – a UFO – crashed in a field near Roswell in 1947 and the festival celebrates that event.
Not everyone believes this story, of course, but the festival is still a lot of fun. Everyone dresses up
as aliens for the Alien Costume Competition. The costumes are fabulous and even family pets take
part. There are dogs dyed blue and tortoises covered in aluminium foil! Today we’re watching the
parade down Main Street and tomorrow the firework display starts at 9 pm. They say it’s
really amazing. So are some of the aliens you meet.

>> Continue Reading

Posted by Roma on 2nd January in Travel.
Tags: Winter Festivals, Ice, Troika                                     14 Comments

Moscow’s Winter Festival
Here in Moscow, Russia, it’s -9 degrees and we are celebrating the Russian Winter Festival. It is a
massive event that takes place from mid-December to mid-January, when the whole city comes
alive. The festival celebrates all things about Russian culture and is a great way to enjoy Moscow
during the Christmas and New Year season. There are dozens of events in lots of locations, such as
Izmailovo Park. We usually have performances of traditional music including Russian folk dancing
as well as games, arts and crafts and food. Right now we are ice skating at Gorky Park, and my
brother is playing ice hockey. Tonight we’re going on a ride in a troika sleigh. Riding through the
snow with three horses pulling you along, is so much fun!

>> Continue Reading

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Posted by Bruce on 2nd July in All Around.
Tags: Festivals, UFOs, Aliens                                             20 Comments

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MODULE 1

• last • theme • creature • ton • sculptor • exhibition
• professional • alien • dress up • aluminium foil • come alive
• folk dancing • troika sleigh

Check 
Check these words
these words
Check 
Check these words
these words

Reading

1

     Look at the pictures in the text. Which shows:
white horses? dinosaurs? aliens? Read the headings

in the blog. What are these festivals about?

Listen and read to find out.

1a

Sand Sculpting Festival
I’m here with my family at the Sand Sculpting Festival on Frankston Beach, Melbourne, Australia.
We’re staying for the weekend. The festival lasts from the end of December to the end of April
and the theme of the sculptures changes every year. This year the sculptures show creatures and
scenes from the age of the dinosaurs. There are several dozen huge dinosaurs made of 3,500 tons
of sand. You might think you are in Jurassic Park! You can watch the sculptors at work, too. It’s
fascinating. I fancy having a go myself. The exhibition opens every day at 10 am, so tomorrow I’m
making my own dinosaur at the Sand Workshop – with a little professional help!

>> Continue Reading

Posted by Laura on 17th January in Travel Planet.
Tags: Festivals, Sand, Sculptures                                         6 Comments
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•  Celebrations

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Complete with: dress up,
sand, traditional, fantastic, come,
firework.

  1    ..... sculptures
  2    ..... as aliens
  3    ..... display

  4    ..... music
  5    ..... time
  6    ..... alive 

6

    
Choose the correct word.

  1    The festival takes place/part near
the lake.
  2    The events include/contain a
parade and a firework display.
  3    The festival keeps/lasts five days.
  4    The city comes alive/live.

The Woodskills Festival in New Zealand is a popular 1) annual/daily
event and 2) invites/attracts people from all over the country. Every
September, the town of Kawerau is busy 3) making/organising wood
carving competitions and displays. Wood sculptors use their skills to
4) carve/build wonderful statues from trees. Cash 5) awards/ prizes go
to the best statues. Anyone from New Zealand can take 6) place/part
in it.

2

    Which festival …

  1    offers the chance to see people and
animals in weird costumes?
  2    includes making something yourself?
  3    has lots of cultural events?
  4    includes a display of sculptures?
  5    has a competition?

3

    Answer the questions.

  1    Why do people enjoy attending Roswell
UFO festival?
  2    How do people celebrate the Winter
Festival in Moscow, Russia?

Vocabulary

4

    Find words/phrases in the text

which mean: to continue (Text A),

to give it a try (Text A), to

participate (Text B), huge (Text C),

lots of (Text C).

  1    They are sending ..... for the party. (invite)
  2    Dancing is my favourite type of ..... . (entertain)
  3    The theatre ..... starts at 9:00. (perform)
  4    Canadians celebrate ..... Day on 11th November.
(remember)

8

    
Choose the correct word.

Forming nouns from verbs 
To form abstract nouns from verbs we use: -ion (act – action),
-ance (annoy – annoyance), -ment (enjoy – enjoyment), 
-ition (compete – competition), -ation (imitate – imitation)

name
Sand Sculpting
Festival

place
Melbourne,
Australia

time
activities

1a

•  Word formation

7

    
Read the theory. Find examples in the

text. Then complete the sentences with the

correct noun.

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MODULE 1
Workbook: • 1a • Language Review 1a

       
Which festival would you like to

attend? Why? In three minutes write a few

sentences on the topic. Read them to the class.

10

 Choose a festival and compare it to a festival

in your country. Write a paragraph. Read it to

the class.

Speaking & Writing

9

    
Copy and complete the table with

information from the texts in Ex. 1. Use the

completed table to present the festivals to

the class.

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Put the verbs in brackets into the

present simple or the present continuous.

How do the sentences differ in meaning?

  1    a    John ..... (look) happy.
       b   John ..... (look) for his costume.

  2    a    She ..... (think) the party sounds great.
        b   She ..... (think) of going out.

  3    a    This soup ..... (taste) delicious.
        b   He ..... (taste) the soup to see if it has
enough salt.

  4    a    He ..... (have) three boxes of fireworks.
        b   He ..... (have) a party tomorrow.

  5    a    The sun ..... (feel) hot.
        b   He ..... (feel) the jumper to see if it’s soft.

5

    
Tell your partner one thing

that: is happening now, you often do, you
are doing tomorrow, is a fact, is happening
these days, annoys you.

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MODULE 1

We use the present simple:
•   for habits/routines. He wakes up early in the
morning.

•   for timetables. The bus leaves at 8:45 am.

We use the present continuous:
•   for actions happening now or around the time
of speaking. They are sleeping now.

•   for future fixed arrangements. We’re going to
Portugal this summer.

•   for annoying actions. She’s always coming in late.

Note: Some verbs do not have continuous forms
because they describe a state, not an action (like, love,
hate, believe, etc.). These are stative verbs. Some
stative verbs can have continuous forms but with a
difference in meaning. I think he’s tired. (= believe),
I’m thinking of going home now. (= considering)

4

    
Put the verbs in brackets into the

present simple or the present continuous.

  1    A:  Why ..... (you/wear) that costume?
        B:   I ..... (go) to Peter’s fancy dress party.

  2    A:  You look excited. Where ..... (you/go)?
        B:   I ..... (go) to the firework display in an
hour.

  3    A:  When ..... (the gondola races/start)?
        B:   They start at 9 pm, so we ..... (meet) at
8:30.

  4    A:  What ..... (she/do) to her cat?
        B:   Every year she ..... (dress) it up as a
witch’s cat. She ..... (love) Halloween.

  5    A:  I ..... (think) of going to the beach
today.
        B:   What time ..... (you/leave)?

2

    
Put the verbs in brackets into the

present simple or the present continuous.

1b

Grammar
•  Present simple vs Present
continuous – Stative verbs

1

    Study the table. Say the examples in

your language.

Dear Sandra,
Greetings from Venice, Italy! We 1) ..... (have) a great
time here. The weather 2) ..... (be) wonderful and we
3) ..... (enjoy) the Redentore Festival! Right now people
4) ..... (dance) in the streets and the bands 5) .....
(play) music. Jane 6) ..... (take) photos with her
camera. The gondola races 7) ..... (start) at 9 pm.
tonight before the fireworks display at midnight. I can’t
wait!
Archie 8) ..... (be) fine. He 9) ..... (say) hi! We 10) .....
(go) to Lido di Venezia beach tomorrow, but only if
Archie’s on time. He usually 11) ..... (sleep) all morning!
We 12) ..... (come) back on Monday. 
See you!
Holly

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•  (to)-infinitive/-ing form

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    Read the theory. Say the examples in

your language.

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MODULE 1

We use the -ing form:
•   as the subject of a sentence. Swimming is fun.
•   after like, love, enjoy, don’t mind, hate, dislike.

I like walking.

•   after certain verbs (avoid, consider, fancy, go, 
(+ activities), imagine, miss, suggest, etc.). 
Let’s go dancing.

•   after prepositions. He’s good at drawing.

We use to-infinitive:
•   to express purpose. He needs flour to make a cake.
•   after would like, would love, would prefer.

I’d like to go out.

•   after too/enough. It’s too late to go out.
•   after decide, want, expect, promise, etc. 

I want to become a doctor.

We use the infinitive without to:
•   after modal verbs (can, should, etc.). He can’t go.
•   after make, let. Let me go out, please.

Note: Some verbs take the to-infinitive or the -ing
form with a difference in meaning. He remembers
travelling abroad. (recalls) Remember to lock the
door. (Don’t forget)

7

    
Put the verbs in brackets into

their correct form.

  1    A:  Do you want ..... (buy) a present for
Jim’s birthday later?
        B:   No, I’m planning on ..... (buy) it
tomorrow.

  2    A:  Let’s ..... (go) to the party.
        B:   I’d love to, but I’m too tired ..... (come)
with you.

  3    A:  This
crossword is too difficult .....
(finish).
        B:   I suggest ..... (call) Richard. He’s good
at ..... (work) out clues.

  4    A:  I’d like ..... (go) to the music festival.
        B:   We’re always going to musical events. I’d
prefer ..... (visit) the new museum.

9

    Use the words in the boxes to make

true sentences about yourself.

hate
want 
like
don’t mind
love
don’t like
let
can’t
enjoy
can’t stand
look forward to

write letters
run of out money
talk to boring people at parties
play the piano
see the Pyramids in Egypt
go to the cinema 
be ill
listen to rock music
know the time
stay out late
take summer holidays every year

10

 
Complete the sentences so they

are true about your home life.

  1    I would love ...
  2    I can’t help ...
  3    I try ...
  4    I avoid ...
  5    I’d rather ...

  6    I can’t stand ...
  7    I hate ...
  8    It’s not worth …
  9    I miss ...
10    I don’t mind ...

Workbook: 1b & Grammar Bank 1

1b

8

    
Put the verbs in brackets into the

to-infinitive or the -ing form. How do

the sentences differ in meaning?

  1    a    Do you remember ..... (charge) the
battery for your camera?
        b   He always remembers ..... (charge) the
battery for his camera.
  2    a    Sue tried ..... (drink) her tea, but it was
too hot.
        b   Try ..... (drink) coffee if you can’t stay
awake.
  3    a    Jill has stopped ..... (eat); she’s full.
        b   Jill has stopped ..... (eat) now.
  4    a    Joey went on ..... (talk) about his holiday
for hours.
        b   After explaining cell biology, the lecturer
went on ..... (talk) about DNA.

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MODULE 1

A  The Chinese New Year starts with the first new moon, usually in late
January or early February. The celebrations last until the full moon –
15 days later! The Chinese celebrate New Year with family
gatherings, wonderful foods, firecrackers, lion dancers, street parades
and lanterns. There are also a lot of superstitions surrounding the
celebrations.

B  Chinese people believe that red keeps away bad spirits. So, to bring
good luck for the following year, people decorate their homes with
red banners and everyone wears red clothes. Family and friends also
give children little red envelopes with gifts of money in them. 

C  Children have a great time during the New Year celebrations. They
can eat lots of sweets, which the Chinese believe makes the following
year ‘sweet’. Best of all, parents don’t tell them off, even when they
are behaving badly, because nobody wants them to start crying. An
old superstition says that a child that cries on New Year’s day cries
every day of the coming year. 

D  There are other things people try to avoid during the New Year
celebrations. Before the New Year, the Chinese clean their houses to
clear out any bad luck from the previous year. People finish sweeping
and cleaning before New Year’s Day because they believe you brush
away your good luck if you sweep the house on that day.

E   Another thing the Chinese avoid doing during the celebrations is
using scissors or knives. It’s very unlucky to go to the hairdresser or
even to chop vegetables, and no one wants to risk their good fortune
for the coming year. 

F   On New Year’s Eve the Chinese visit relatives and have a large meal
together. Typically, they eat eight or nine dishes because these are
lucky numbers. They often eat long noodles that symbolise long life.

• calendar • gathering • firecrackers • lantern • bright • keep
away • bad spirit • tell off • fortune • symbolise

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Reading

1

    a)  
Listen to the music and look at the

pictures. What is happening? How do you

feel? Tell the class.

       b)  What do you know about Chinese New

Year? How are the pictures related to it? 

Listen and read to find out.

1

2

3

1c

Matching headings
In order to match the headings to the
paragraphs, read the text through once, then
read each paragraph again and look for words
that have the same meaning as some words in
the headings.

Study
Skills

This is the time when Chinese families celebrate the start of a New Year in
the Chinese calendar. It is the most important Chinese festival.

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MODULE 1

Vocabulary

3

    
Complete with: badly,
coming, chop, visit, bring, off,
street, long, family, keep away. Use

the phrases to make sentences

about Chinese New Year.

Phrasal verbs
To learn phrasal verbs, try to make sentences
using them. Alternatively, draw pictures of
them. This helps you remember them.

Study
Skills

Workbook: • 1c • Language Review 1c

1c

  1    A Tidy Tradition 
  2    Family First 
  3    Cutting your luck short
  4    Colourful customs 
  5    A special time for kids  
  6    An important date 
  7    Counting your fortunes 

  1    ..... gatherings
  2    ..... parades
  3    ..... bad spirits
  4    ..... good luck
  5    tell someone .....

  6    behave .....
  7    ..... year
  8    ..... vegetables
  9    ..... relatives
10    ..... noodles

Listening & Writing

6

    
Listen to two friends talking

about superstitions. Mark the sentences
T (True), F (False) or NS (Not Stated).

  A    Nathan doesn’t know what the date is. 
  B    There’s a full moon next Friday. 
  C    Daniel is too scared to go out. 
  D    Daniel likes to watch scary films.
  E    Nathan believes in lucky charms.
  F    Nathan broke a mirror once.
 G    Daniel doesn’t walk under ladders.

8

    Imagine you are in China and it’s Chinese

New Year. Send a postcard to your English

pen-friend describing the celebrations. Use

the information in the text.

7

    Do you believe in any superstitions? Why

(not)? In three minutes write a few sentences

on the topic. Read them to the class.

•   Phrasal verbs (keep)

4

    
Choose the correct particle.

Choose two and explain their

meanings.

  1    They covered the food to keep
off/down the flies.
  2    He kept on/out dancing although he
was tired.
  3    My parents believe it is very important
to keep on/up family traditions.

Compare and contrast Chinese New Year

celebrations and superstitions to the New Year
celebrations in your country.

Speaking

5

    Make notes under the headings: NAME, TIME,

REASON, SUPERSTITIONS. Use your notes to

present the Chinese New Year celebrations

to the class.

2

    
Read the texts and

match each text (A-F) with its

heading (1- 7). You can only use

each heading once. There is one

extra heading.

The sign says “Keep off the grass.”

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MODULE 1

Everyday English
•  Buying a gift

1

    
Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the

stress rhythm. 

       • Let’s buy her a CD instead.  
        • She’s not too keen on reading.  
• How about a book?  • Yes, that’s a good idea.
• She’d like that.  

 June:     Hi, Katie. What are you up to?
Katie:     Hi, June. I’m thinking about Judy’s ‘Sweet
Sixteen’ party on Friday night. 
 June:     Me too! I can hardly wait! But what shall we
get her? She’s very fussy.
Katie:     Oh, I know! How about a book?
 June:     I don’t think so. She’s not too keen on
reading.
Katie:     Oh, I see. Does she like listening to music?
 June:     Yes, she does.
Katie:     OK, let’s buy her a CD instead.
 June:     Yes, that sounds like a good idea.
Katie:     We could get her the new Beyoncé one. It’s
in the top ten. 
 June:     Great! She’d like that.

2

    The sentences above are from a dialogue

between two friends. What is the dialogue

about? 

Listen, read and check.

3

    Read the dialogue. What does Katie suggest

they buy? What do Katie and June finally

decide to buy?

5

    a)  Say the sentences in Ex. 1 in

your language. 

Listen to the dialogue again.

Take roles and read it aloud. 

       b)  Continue the dialogue at

Judy’s party.

Making suggestions

• Let’s ... .  • How about ...?
• We could ... .

Agreeing

• Yes, that sounds like a good idea.
• Great.

Disagreeing

• I don’t think so.

4

    Find sentences in the dialogue

which mean: 

  A    How’s it going?
  B    I’m really looking forward to it!
  C    She’s difficult to please.
  D    She doesn’t really like reading.
  E    Oh, I understand.

6

    
You and your

brother/sister are in a shop.

        Student A: You want to buy your

mother something special. You

have an idea for a gift. Tell your

brother/sister.

        Student B: Disagree with your

brother/sister and suggest

something else.

        Record yourselves.

• hardly • fussy • keen on • top ten
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