Listening:

1.Listen to five conversations. Choose A, B, or C.
1.1. You should say “Don’t worry” if _____ .

1.2. If you’re having dinner at someone’s house _____.

1.3. Helen says you don’t have to leave a tip _____.

1.4. Rick _____.

1.5. Liam hasn’t replied to _____.

Grammar:

2. Complete the sentences. Choose the correct words.

2.1. I ________ swim when I was five. My dad taught me.

2.2. We’re very sorry but we ________ attend the wedding. We’ll be on vacation.

2.3. I always ________ stand up on the train because there are no seats.

2.4. Where do you think we ________ stay in Vermont? In a hotel or a B&B?

2.5. My sister ________ ride a horse since she was four!

2.6. We ________ leave early in the morning if we want to get home before dark.

3. Complete the sentences. Choose the correct words.

3.1. Wanda ________ here at lunchtimes, so we might see her today.

3.2. I ________ about Hannah at 7:00 and then she ________ me!

3.3. As soon as Bob arrived, we ________ our food.

3.4. When we were children, we often ________ in the park near our house.

3.5. We ________ washing up when Robert offered to help.

4. Complete the email. Choose a/an/the/no article.

Hi Susan, We’re having a great time here in Florence. I think 1 ________ Italian cities are all beautiful, but I can’t believe what 2 ______ lovely city Florence is! We got here yesterday afternoon so we had time to find 3 ________ lovely hotel and relax after 4 _______ trip. 5 _______ hotel isn’t far from 6 _______ city center, but it’s very quiet. We got up early because 7 ________ sun was shining in through our window. We had 8 ______ very nice breakfast and looked around 9 ________ city. Later, Claire’s friend Marco is taking us to 10 ________ best pizzeria in Florence! He’s 11 ________ art student at a college here. We’ll get back home 12 ________ next Sunday.

See you soon! Love, Gillian

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Vocabulary:

5. Choose the correct answers.

5.1. I’m fed up ________ my job. I need a change.

5.2. This restaurant reminds me ________ the one we went to in Paris.

5.3. Jenna is arriving ________ San Francisco on Saturday evening.

5.4. I didn’t ________ . I dropped my cellphone and it broke.

5.5. You’ll like Tim when you ________ him.

5.6. The place where you ski on a mountain:

5.7. We managed to get a goal in the last minute, so we ________ 2–2.

5.8. A person that you are engaged to be married to:

5.9. I can’t believe Jake and Suzy have broken ________. They seemed so happy. 

5.10. Sorry, I think I’ve ________ the wrong number.

5.11. Exercise, usually at a gym:

 5.12. I find it ________ that most people don’t really care about climate change.

5.13. I was very ________ when the door suddenly opened on its own.

Reading:

6. Read the article. Mark the sentences T (True) or F (False).

                                                                           The end of the phone call?        

Is the phone call becoming a thing of the past? New research suggests we are now more likely to text or email friends or family than dial their number. The amount of time we spend talking on our cell phones has gone down by 5% and by twice that for landline calls, whereas the number of text messages we send has doubled in the last few years.

The reasons for this may, in part, be because so many more people have smartphones, which means we can communicate using social networking, instant messaging, and email instead. In fact, we prefer to use our phones to play games, watch movies, and look up information rather than make a phone call and speak to someone!

 Whatever the reason, there is no question that we have changed the ways we use the telephone. These days we often feel we shouldn’t call someone without making an arrangement to call first. Many people are frustrated if they are disturbed by an unexpected phone call. We want to be able to choose when we reply and we don’t want to have to chat when we are busy with something else. Written communication allows us to respond quickly and economically. It also means we can think about what we want to say before we get in touch. Phones can also be noisy in open offices, and many people won’t call back if you leave a message on their voicemail. They will email instead.

On the other hand, some psychologists say text and email are less rich and “colder” because you lose the tone and expression of conversation. Others would disagree and say you don’t have to hear someone’s voice to have an interesting and intimate conversation. It isn’t surprising that research has found that for the over-65s, calling friends and family on a landline is still the most popular way of getting in touch. Many of us hearing the phone ring know it is probably our mother! You probably won’t be amazed either to learn that the great majority (83%) of adults of all ages said they still prefer to communicate face to face.

6.1. We are sending twice as many texts.                                                  

6.2. People are happy to call someone without arranging it first.              

6.3. We like using our phones to watch movies more than to talk.              

6.4. We prefer to be surprised by phone calls.                                              

6.5. Written communication takes more time.                                             

6.6. Everyone agrees that speaking is better than writing.                            

Writing:

7. Write about a childhood friendship (140–180 words). Answer the following questions in your writing.
8. When did you meet? How?
9. How did you get along? What was special about the friendship?
10. Did you ever lose touch?
11. How often did you usually talk / meet?
12. What did you use to do together?
13. Are you still friends?