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Workbook .
Christina Latham-Koenig
Clive Oxenden
Paul Seligson
OXFORD
Workbook
Christina Latham-Koenig
Clive Oxenden
Paul Seligson
OXFORD
PaulSeligson and Clive Oxenden are the original co-authors of
English File 1 and English File 2 UNIVERSITY PRESS
Contents
4 A Where are you from? 43 A Howto. ..
6 B CharloUe's choice 45 B Being happy
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8 Mr. and Mrs. Clark and Percy 47 Learn a language in a month!
10 49 PRACTICAl ENGlISH At the pharmacy
11 A Right place, wrong persan 50 A I don't know what to do!
13 B The story behind the photo 52 B If something can go wrong. ..
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15 One dark October evening 54 You must be mine
17 A Plans and dreams 56 A What would you do?
19 B Let's meet again 58 B ,'ve been afraid of it for years
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21 What's the word? 60 Born to sing
23 PRACTICAL ENGLlSH Restaurant problems 62 PRACTICAL ENGlISH Getting around
24 A Parents and teenagers 63 A The mothers of invention
26 B Fashion and shopping 65 B Could do better
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28 Lost weekend 67 Mr.lndecisive
30 A No time for anything 69 A Bad losers
32 B Supertative cities 71 B Are you a morning persan?
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34 How much is too much? 73 what a coincidence!
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37 A Are you a pessimist? 76 A Strange but truel
39 B 1'11 never forget you 78 B Gossip is good for you
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41 The meaning of dreaming 80 The American fnglish File quiz
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1 GRAMMAR word order in 2 VOCABULARY common verb phrases
questions
Match rhe verhs and nouns.
a Pue che words in che parenrheses inro rhe 1 be born ITl a MTV, a TV show
correcr place in rhe questions. 2 do D b in a hOllse, \Virh friends
D
Where you born? (\Vere) 3 listen to c (wo sisters, a pet
D
Where wereyoll bOrtl? 4 play d yoga, karate
D
2 Do have any brorhers or sisrers? (you) 5 read e an email, a magazine
D
6 speak f ro rhe movies, on vacar ion
D
3 What college you go ro? (do) 7 ¡ive g rhe guitar, basketball
D
8 watch h a foreign language, English
D
4 What Ianguages you speak? (can) 9 go dance music, R& B
D
\O have in Toronto, in Canada
5 Where you study English befare? (did)
3 PRONUNCIATION vowel sounds, the alphabet
6 What kind ofmusicdo you listen? (to)
a @theletterwirhadifferem vowelsound.
7 Ho\V do you exercise? (often) 1 2 3 cp 4 cp 5 6 7
",,- ",,- j j
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8 Where did you last weekend? (go)
train train tree tree egg egg boot
b Write questions in rhe simple present or pasto A H G M N X Q
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K P V B I
Where ----1ÍQ...)'QJl.Bº Lo colle[JL-? 0 j R D F K U
(you ¡ go te college)
2 What ? b ((!mm Listen and check. Then listen again and repear rhe letters.
(you ¡ do last night)
e Underline rhe srressed syIJables in rhese \Vords.
3 What ?
(TV shows I your family I watch) 1 iDjstrulment
4 When ? 2 baslketlball
(your birthday) 3 thirlteen
5 Where ? 4 thirlty
(you¡ from) 5 colllege
6 Where ? 6 weeklend
(your friends I go I vacation Jasr year) , 7 malgalzine
7 What kind ofbooks ________ 8 sislter
(you¡ read) 9 lanlguage
8 Why ? 10 alddress
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(you angry yesrerday) d '',(431)> Listen and check. Then listen again and repear rhe words.
4 SPELLlNG ANO NUMBERS
a Conrinue che series.
1 nine, ten, ______e "'l"e'"v'eaUL-__________- ---""w"e'l"y"'e ______
2 f¡freen, sixteen, ______________, ______________
3 sixry, seventy, ____________________________
4 ninety-eight, ninety-nine, ____________________________
5 six hundred, seven hundred, ____________________________
6 rhree hundred and fifry, four hundred, ____________________________
7 oue thollsand, three rhousand, ____________________________
8 ten rhousand, twenry rhollsand, ____________________________
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b Listen and write rhe words.
1 parents 6 _______
7 _______
2
3 8 _______
9 ______
4
5 10 _______
5 LlSTENING
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a Listen ro a conversarian between (\Vo people
ar a party. Why do es Ben lea ve?
b ~mm Listen again. Mark rhe sentences
T (true) or F (false),
1 Sandra is a nurse.
2 Sen is a doctor.
3 Sandra likes dance music.
4 Sandra dido'e go ro rhe Muse concert.
5 Sandra plays reunis.
6 Ben plays soceer.
USEFUL WOROS ANO PHRASES
Learn these words and phrases.
gel in touch \Virh IgEt 10 tAl! WIol
go to bed early /900 t;;, bed ':;¡rlil
have (sth) in common Ihxv m 'kom;)nl
!asr weekend /lxst 'wi kendl
spend time 011 (sth) IspEnd taIm onl
somewhere nice I'SAmWEr naIsl
How ofren do you ... ? Ihau 'ofn dJ yul
\Vhar kind of(music) ... ? Iwat 'kamd 'Jvl
Where were you born? l'wEr 'w;)r yu 'b:)rnl
A true friend is someone who is there for you when
he'd rather be anywhere else.
1 GRAMMAR simple present 2 VOCABULARY describing people
Appearance
a Wrire negarive sentences.
1 You get up early. You d01t'tgct up earry a Complete rhe sentences.
2 Tr rains a lor here. Does your sister have browlf eyes or blue eyes?
3 We live in a house. 2 Tanya's dad doesn't have any hair. He's
4 1 play rennis. b, ____
5 He has a beard. 3 My be sr friend's hair isn'r srr ______, Ir's
c _____
6 They go ro che gym.
7 She writes a blog. 4 A ndy doesn't shave. He has a b_ _____ and él
lll_ _____
b Complete che questions with do or does.
5 You aren't f_ _____ ar all. 1 rhink you're very
1 When do yOl! meet YOUt friends? sl_ ____
2 your laptop have a webcam? 6 When Jake \Vas young, he \Vas very th
3 What time \Ve need ro leave? but no\V he's a litrle ov
4 your mocher \York fram horne? 7 My luir isn't brown, it's r _____. AndJ'm
5 Which websites you use mast? not short, I'm m h
6 ______ your bese friend like action movies?
7 ______ your brocher spend a lor of time on Facebook? Persona lity
e Complete rhe textwirh che correct [orm of che verbs in che box. b Complete the opposites.
nor come earn get along study invite nor like 1 talkative Ijuiet
live prefer nor see share want -wefk 2 shy
3 generous
4 friendly
I am very different from my 5 hardworking
best friend, Tabitha. Tabitha
6 kind
wQrks as a nurse, and
7 senous
she a lat
2
8 stupid
of money.l'm a student, and
13 music in e Match the questions 1- 6 \Vith the answers a- f.
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college. I ' ______ 1 What did you look Iike \Vhen yOl! were a ehild?
to be a musíc teacher. D
2 What does your husband loo k like?
D
Tabitha 5 ______ in 3 What's your best friend like?
D
a small house in the cQuntry, and 16 _______ 'n 4 Whar does your sister look like?
D
apartment with sorne friends in the city. We often 5 What's George like?
D
: _______ friends for dinner, but Tabitha 6 \Vhat were you like when you were at sehool?
______" She's really shy, so she 9 ______
being with other pea pie. 1'm very extroverted, so
a She's taH and slim with long blond hair.
110 to be in a group.
b He's very kind and hardworking.
III Tabitha much because she's usually e 1 had ShOl t cad, hail, alld 1 was ovc. \Vcight.
busy. But when we're together, we always 12 _______ d He has short dark hair and a mustaehe.
realJy well. Sorne people say that opposites attract, and for e She's smart and really extroverted.
me and my best friend Tabitha, it'5 true.
f 1 was ver)' talkative and a Hrde lazy.
3 PRONUNCIATION final-s / -es bRead the artide again. Mark the sentences T (true)
lf.tmm or F (false).
a Listen and@theverbwirhadifferenrsound.
The people \Vho take part in "Singles' Day"
1 5 6 aren't married. L
/IZ/ /IZ/
2 Many people register for the event on
the lnternet.
snake snake zebra zebra
3 Al! ofthe dating evenrs are in the rown hall.
works lives knows runs leaves teaches
4 People \Vho don't register for the event can't
laughs thinks ralns starts dresses cooks
find a partner on "Singles' Day."
<§itc~ drinks likes goes washes misses
S Every year, there are more single adults
b ~!imm Listen again and repear rhe words. in Shanghai.
e Underline five words you don't know. Check their
e linderline rhe stressed syllabJe.
meaning and pronunciation with a dictionary.
1 tailkaltive 4 gelnelrous 7 curlly
2 exltrolverited 5 mu)stache 8 quilet
5 L1STENING
3 ,.umnlfrmiend lly 6 serlilous 9 olveriweight
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d Listen and check. Then listen again and repear a Listen to arad io prograrn about
rhe \Vords. online dating. How many people caH the
program? ______
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4 READING b Listen again and match the callers with
the sentences A- F.
a Read the anide. What happens on "Singles' Day" in Shanghai?
s::.
1 Alan
2 Kate
3 Paolo
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A He She doesn't have time for a sociallife.
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B He She made a misrake.
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1 le j Slle get ellgaged w itll tlle pa(tl lel lle jslle
Illet elllille.
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D He She married someone who \Vas married before.
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E He She doesn'r like meeting ne\V people.
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F He She is happily married now, but doesn't have
any children.
USEFUL WORDS AND PHRASES
November 11 is "Singles' Da( in Shanghai. and every year a dating
Learn these words and phrases.
event takes place where all the single men and women of the city
have the chanee to meet a partner. Last year, it was so popular that guy Igal/
the organizers had to clase online registrarian beca use there were partner I'partn~rl
no more places. single person /'sll)gl 'p~rsnl
Between 10,000 and 40,000 people attend the event every year. smile Ismarll
It's he Id in a district of Shanghai called Thames Town. At least 50 sociable l'soüJ~b1!
dating agencies take parto They set up stands in the town hall with
be into (5th) Ibi 'mt~1
billboards displaying cards with the height, birth date, education, and
feellike (doing somerhing) Ifil lalkl
annual income of thousands of clients. People who did not manage
get along well (with) IgEt ~'bl) wdl
to register for the event organize their own unofficial dating system
by writing their names and phone numbers on pieces of paper and go on a date Igou on d deltl
attaching them to the fence outside the town hall. sense ofhumor /sens dV 'hyum~rl
More pea pie take part in ~Singles' Day" every year beca use of the
growing number of single adults in Shanghai. In the city. more than
24 percent of people over the age of 15 are unmarried.
Aman paints with his brain
and not with his hands.
1 VOCABULARY
clothes
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a Complete rhe crossword.
Clues down'¡' [TI 'p Clues across-+
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A
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T
S
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prepositions of place
b Look ar the painring. Complete rhe
senrcnces \Viril [hese prepositions.
on the left iR between
in front of next to behind
1 There are many people rhe
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picture.
2 There are so me boats
_______ of rhe picture.
3 There are r\Vo small animals
_______ the woman
and man with an umbrelb.
4 A small girl in a white dress is
_______ rhe \Voman in
rhe middle ofrhe painting.
5 A black dog is _______
rhe man \Virh a beard.
6 There is a \Voman _______
rhe t\Vo men sitring clown.
2 GRAMMAR present continuous 3 PRONUNCIATION I~I and I~rl
a Look at (he painting again. Read (he museum guide's a Wrire [he words in rhe chart.
descriprion afic. Wrire (he verbs in rhe presenr conrinuous.
a-Et-Faffive third cardigan skirt sweater bracelet
prefeF jacket necklace problem T-shirt world
computer bird
attractive prefer
b ,ijÚ49m
Lisren and check. Then listen again
and repear the words.
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 4 LlSTENING
1884-86, Georges-Pierre Seurat
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a Listen ro an advertisement for an art
As you can see, the sun 1 is shinillB in this picture, and the exhibirion. What is special about rhe pictures?
pea pie 2 (relax) by the Seine River in Paris.
On the right of the picture, aman and a woman 3 _____ b ,ijimm Lisren again and answer the quesrions.
(walk) their pets. On the left, aman (lie)
4
1 Where is rhe David Hockney exhibir ion?
on the grass. He looks like he s (relax). In
the middle of the picture, twa girls 6 (Sit)
2 Whar was the first picture he drew 011 his
down. What 7 (they Ido)? Maybe they iPhone?
8 ______ (wait) for sorne friends? Or maybe
they 9_ _____ (watch) the other people? 3 Whar does he do with his flower pictures?
On the right, near the trees, there is another girl. She
w ______ (play) with someone, but we can't see 4 Whel1 is rhe Iast day of rhe exhibition?
who it ¡s.
5 Ho\V much does rhe exhibirion cost?
b Complete rhe senrences \Virh rhe simple present or present
continuous form of the verbs in the box.
drink drive like listen Uve rain sleep study wear work USEFUL WOROS ANO PHRASES
1 Sorry, 1 can't hear you.l'rn listeniuB to l11usic. Learn these words and phrases.
2 Charles ahvays _______ ro \Vork.
feec /fitl
3 "Shhhh! Be quier! Thechildren _______ "
knee Inil
4 We can't play rennis roday. Ir _______'
ponrait l'p;Jrtr;;¡t1
5 Fiona four CllpS of coffee every day.
poster I'poust;;¡rl
6 We rhis picture very mucho
pregnant l'prEgn<'lntl
7 My brother _______ in the l11usic indusrry.
relationship /n'lerSnSlpl
8 Kathyalways jeans at horneo
unusual IAn'yu3uJII
9 They can'r come ro rhe movies because rhey _______
close together Iklous t;;¡'gEo;;¡rl
for rhe exam romorro\V.
10 My parents _______ in a big hOllse.
