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Unit9.1 Can you ask for a favour?

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3Match the questions with the answers. a away / shopping / you / can / put / the / ?

______________________________________b my / homework / with / me / you /

could / help / ? ______________________________________

c you / feed / dog / can / the / ? ______________________________________

d lend / dictionary / you / your / could / me/ ?______________________________________

e you / the / go / can / and / water / out /garden / ? ______________________________________

4Match these requests and responses.a Hey, Mike, can you help me with this

project? _____b Mum, could you give me twenty euros for

the school trip? _____ c Dad, can you come and look at this web-

site? _____ d Can you lend me ten euros? _____e Could you repeat that? _____

1 I’m sorry, I can’t. I’m really busy.2 Sorry, I’m busy. Why don’t you ask your

Mum? 3 Sure! I said that you have to be here at six. 4 OK. Here you are. 5 Well, it depends. Is your room tidy?

5Write requests with can you or couldyou. a Ask your friend to show you his/her

answers.______________________________________

b Ask your teacher to explain the homeworkagain.______________________________________

c Ask your parents to take you to thecinema.______________________________________

d Ask a shop assistant to tell you the time. ______________________________________

Unit91Write true (T) or false (F).

a Can is more formal than could. _____b We use could you to ask a big favour. _____c We use could you with people we don’t

know very well. _____d We use can you with people we know well.

_____

2 Circle the correct option.

You are talking to ...a your teacher. ‘Can / could you open the

window?’b a friend. ‘Can / could you lend me a pencil?’c a shop assistant. ‘Can / could you change this

fifty-euro note?’d your aunt. ‘Can / could you pass me the

milk?’e another friend. ‘Can / could you help me tidy

my bedroom?’f your cousin. ‘Can / could you lend me twenty

euros?’

Can you put the shopping away?F

1Could you open the window?

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9.2 Vocabulary

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1 Correct the following sentences with acomparative adjective.

colder faster noisier quieter stronger wetter worse worse

a Ducks are better hunters than foxes. ______b Tropical rainforests are drier than other

forests. ______c Deserts are hotter at night than during the

day. ______d Parrots are quieter than giraffes. ______e Lions are weaker than mice. ______f Scorpions are noisier than monkeys. ______g Cheetahs are slower than zebras. ______h Storks see better at night than foxes. ______

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3 Unscramble the names of the animals.a niol __________b aprol abre __________c rashk __________d agajru __________e zildar __________f thanpele __________g lirloag __________h breza __________

5 Put these adjectives into the correctcolumns.

big dirty fast fat funny hot noisy pretty sad short small

strong thin ugly weak

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4Make sentences about these teamsusing better and worse.

5Match these descriptions with thecorrect animal. a This animal lives in water and is bigger

than a house. ___b This small animal lives in hot places and can

be dangerous to people. ___c This small, fast animal lives in the

desert. ___d This large animal lives near the sea in very

cold places. ___e This quiet pet sleeps a lot. ___

1 A lizard2 A hamster 3 A polar bear 4 A scorpion5 A whale

6Write sentences to compare theseanimals. a fish / dog ______________________________b hamster / whale _______________________c elephant / cheetah _____________________d scorpion / dog _________________________

9.3 Can you compare animals?

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1 Complete the sentences with thesewords.

big fast noisy short small strong tall

a Parrots can be _________ pets. b Good swimmers are _________. c Basketball players are usually _________.d An elephant is _________, but a mouse is

_________.e On Fridays we finish school early; the day is

_________.f White sharks have very _________ teeth.

2 Complete these adjectives to makecomparatives.a clean_ _ e dirt_ _ _b tall_ _ f nois_ _ _ c heav_ _ _ g prett_ _ _ d long_ _ h big _ _ _

3 Unscramble these sentences.

a are / pets / dogs / cats / than / quieter / .________________________________________

b a / is / monkey / smaller / than / gorilla / a / .________________________________________

c than / whale / a / shark / a / bigger / is / .________________________________________

d slower / a / a / is / snake / than / cheetah / .________________________________________

e a / bigger / mouse / rat / than / a / is / .________________________________________

f an / heavier / than / is / a / elephant / polar bear / . ____________________________________________________________________

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Cats are quieter pets than dogs.

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a Albion / United _________________________________________

b Rovers / Albion_________________________________________

c Rovers / United_________________________________________

d Albion / Rovers_________________________________________

e United / Rovers_________________________________________

f United / Albion_________________________________________

Albion played better than United.

A fish is quieter than a dog.

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United 14

Rovers 13

Woof! Woof!

Dogs are so noisy!

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9.4 Reading and writing

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1Match these pictures to the different parts of the story.

Aesop was a storyteller in Greece in the seventh century BC. His stories — called fables — are all verysimple, but each one has a moral. Even today, two thousand years after he died, Aesop’s fables canteach us important lessons.

a _______ Once upon a time, there was a tortoise and a hare. As everyone knows, the tortoise is a very slow animal, one of the slowest. The hare, on the other hand, is one of the fastest.

b _______ But the hare was not only very fast. He was also very proud. He said to the tortoise,‘You’re so slow. You take much longer to do everything. I’m much quicker than you!’

c _______ ‘And my legs and ears are longer,’ continued the hare. ‘In fact, I’m much more handsomeand cleverer than you.’

d _______ In his very gentle, calm way, the tortoise said, ‘Well, it’s true your legs and ears are longer,but if we race, I can win.’

e _______ ‘You! Win?!’ The hare laughed. He was very rude. He thought he was the best animal in the whole animal kingdom.

f _______ The hare ran so quickly he was soon far ahead of the tortoise, who was walking slowlybehind. So the hare stopped for a rest under a tree ... where he fell asleep!

g _______ Well, while the hare was sleeping — and he slept much longer than he thought — the slowand steady tortoise just kept walking, slowly but surely.

h _______ When the hare woke up and realized what had happened, he ran as fast as he could.

But it was too late. The tortoise was already there at the finishing line, resting and calmly waiting for him.

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2 Tick (�) the moral you think is best for the fable. a Not all the stories you hear are true.b A small friend may be a very important friend. c Don’t trust someone who says he/she is perfect.d Sometimes it’s better to be slow and consistent.

3Which animal would you like to be? Why?

beautiful fast friendly intelligent interesting kind powerful strong tall wise

I would like to be a __________________ because a ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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9.5 Culture

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Pets in the UK

1Match the photographs to the animals.

The Top Ten pets in Britain are:budgerigar ____ guinea pig ____canary ____ hamster ____cat ____ any other bird ____dog ____ rabbit ____goldfish ____ tropical fish ____

2Number the animals in Activity 1 from 1 (most popular) to 10 (least popular) in your opinion.

1 __________ 6 __________2 __________ 7 __________3 __________ 8 __________4 __________ 9 __________5 __________ 10 __________

3 Check your answers. Unscramble the animals and write them in the chart.

Types of pets in the UK

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a gdo 23.4%b cta 21.4%c barbit 9.3%d fligdosh 3.9%e digburgera 3.6%f themars 3.2%g roteh dibr 2.6%h oralpict hifs 2.4%i unieag gip 1.6%j ynacar 0.8%

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4Are you surprised by any of the statistics in Activity 3? Do you think your country is similar?

5 Read this article from Catlovermagazine. Do you agree?

Six reasons why cats are good pets.1 Cats are friendly (when they want to be).2 Cats like to play (again, when they want to).3 They are very clean.4 They are very quiet.5 You don’t need to take them for walks.6 You can leave them on their own for long

periods of time.

6Write three reasons why dogs are good pets.

Doglover magazine says dogs are good petsbecause …a _______________________________________b _______________________________________c _______________________________________

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