ru Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-61440-5 - Messages: Workbook 4 Meredith Levy, Noel Goodey and Diana Goodey Frontmatter More information My name is I am in Class The name of my school is My English teacher is My address is Date © Cambridge University Press www.ru Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-61440-5 - Messages: Workbook 4 Meredith Levy, Noel Goodey and Diana Goodey Excerpt More information 1 The present and the past 1, 2, 8a 1 STEP 1 Underline the verbs in the text and then write them in the correct list: Present or Past. Martin loves old films. He watches them on DVD. Yesterday he bought The Third Man, and he’s watching it at the moment.
The British film director Carol Reed made the film in 1949. The English writer Graham Greene wrote the story and Orson Welles, the great American actor, played the main role. A lot of people think it was the best British film of the 20th century. The action takes place in the Austrian capital, Vienna, in the 1940s.
The Third Man is very exciting, full of mystery and surprise. Martin is really enjoying it. Present Past loves What’s happening? 2 2 This picture is called Welcome! It shows a scene in a London café in the 1960s. Complete the description of the picture.
Use the verbs in the box in the present continuous. wear sit (x 2) eat laugh drink come wash look at carry play A woman 1 is coming into the café. She 2 a dark suit and a big hat. She 3 a dog under her arm.
Two men 4 at a table near the window. Two teenage girls 6 ice cream. A man 8 at a table near the counter. The café owner 10 cups and plates behind the counter.
They 11 all the woman with the dog. 2 Module 1 © Cambridge University Press www.ru Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-61440-5 - Messages: Workbook 4 Meredith Levy, Noel Goodey and Diana Goodey Excerpt More information Reading The fans are still crying 3 Read the text about Elvis Presley. Then read the sentences and write T (true) or F (false) or ? (the answer isn’t in the text). His style of music was new and exciting.
Suddenly, everyone wanted to listen to rock and roll and, thanks to Elvis Presley, it spread all over the world. Hundreds of fans are here this morning. Some of them are carrying photos of Elvis; some of them are listening to his music on their headphones; some of them are crying. Every year thousands of people visit Graceland to say their personal goodbye to the man they call ‘the King’.
When he left school, Elvis became a truck driver. Then in 1954 he started to make records. He was There’s a long queue of tall, dark and good-looking. Girls fell in love with people outside Graceland, a him.
Boys wanted to look like him – they copied his large house in Memphis, Tennessee. hairstyle and the way he moved. This was the home of Elvis Presley, a man who, in During the last years of his life Elvis’s health the 1950s, changed popular music for ever. In 1956 wasn’t good.
He died of a heart attack in 1977 when he recorded a song called Heartbreak Hotel, and he was only 42. But for many people he’s still ‘the when young people heard it they were amazed. King’, and the fans are still crying. 1 Elvis lived at Graceland in Memphis.
5 Elvis’s first job wasn’t as a singer. 2 Elvis created a different style of popular music. 6 He made hundreds of records. 3 There aren’t many people in the queue.
7 He ate very unhealthy food. 4 All the fans are carrying photos of Elvis. 8 He wasn’t very old when he died. A biography 4 Imagine you’re Gemma Finch.
Write sentences, using your fact file. 5 Extension Word game Add the first and the last FACT FILE letter to make complete NAME: Gemma Finch nouns. DATE OF BIRTH: 1976 PLACE OF BIRTH: London 1 UITA GUITAR PROFESSION: Writer 2 OSTCAR ● Worked for BBC Television (1998 – 2001) ● Most famous book: Alone in the City (2005) 3 ICKE ● Present project: a book about children in China 4 RIEN 5 CTO My name’s 1. 6 INGE I’m 3 years old.
7 AITE I5 BBC Television for 6 years. 8 OUNTE I7 my most famous book, Alone in the City, 8 2005. At the moment I 9 a book about children in China. Unit 1 3 © Cambridge University Press www.ru Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-61440-5 - Messages: Workbook 4 Meredith Levy, Noel Goodey and Diana Goodey Excerpt More information Key vocabulary Verbs + prepositions 26 1 STEP 2 Write the sentences in a different way.
Use the verbs in brackets + the correct preposition (about, at, for, from or to). 1 She often has a conversation with her neighbour. (talk ) She often talks to her neighbour. 2 When they talk about pop music, they never agree.
3 I’m trying to find my bag. 4 Shall I show you my holiday photos? (look ) Do you want to ? 5 Yasuko is from Japan. 6 Tom always turns on the radio at 7 o’clock. 7 I want an answer and I’m waiting.
8 I can’t forget you! (think ) I every day. Present continuous: affirmative and negative 2 2 Complete the sentences. Use the affirmative or the negative form of the present continuous. 1 Jack isn’t listening to the teacher because he ’s thinking (think ) about his new computer game.
2 I (enjoy ) this party very much. Shall we go home? 3 Kate’s friends (wait ) for her because she isn’t ready. 4 I’m looking for my mobile, but you (help) me! 5 Harry’s mum is trying to choose a jacket for him, but he (look) at the jackets. He (look) at the DVDs.
Present continuous: questions and short answers 2 3 Make questions in the present continuous and complete the short answers. 1 2 3 A: I/hurt/you? A: you/make/a cake? A: we/move? Am I hurting you? B: Yes, you are. 4 5 6 A: the rain/come in? A: your brother/win? A: they/play well? B: Yes,. 4 Module 1 © Cambridge University Press www.ru Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-61440-5 - Messages: Workbook 4 Meredith Levy, Noel Goodey and Diana Goodey Excerpt More information Verbs + prepositions: questions with What and Who 26 4 Ask these people questions.
Use What or Who + verb + preposition. Use verbs from Exercise 1. 1 2 3 What are you listening to? 4 5 6 Key expressions Contradictions 29 5 Complete the conversations. A contradicts B each time.
1 A: Ugh! This pizza’s terrible. 3 A: You’ve got my sunglasses. B: No, it isn’t! B: No, I haven’t! A: Yes, it is! It’s awful. A: ! They’re mine.
4 A: Sarah doesn’t play volleyball. B: No, you aren’t! B: Yes, she does! A: ! It was my birthday yesterday. A: ! She plays hockey. Listening What are they talking about? 6 Listen to the three conversations.
Then answer these questions. Conversation 1 Conversation 2 Conversation 3 1 What are they waiting for? 1 What are they looking at? 1 Where are they? 2 What time is it now? 2 Is the girl in Paris now? 2 What are they looking for? Extension A puzzle 7 Look at the picture and read the sentences. Can you find the boys’ names? Leo’s wearing glasses. Rob isn’t eating.
A Max and Rob aren’t wearing baseball E caps. Charlie isn’t talking on his B D mobile. Leo and Dave aren’t reading. A= B= C C= D= E= Unit 1 5 © Cambridge University Press www.ru Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-61440-5 - Messages: Workbook 4 Meredith Levy, Noel Goodey and Diana Goodey Excerpt More information ‘Postcards’: Vocabulary check 3 Translate these sentences into your STEP 3 language.
1 Look at the words in the box. Can you find four nouns? full moon it sounds halfway headphones nice and warm right now low 1 A: What are you looking for? B: My keys. I think I left them on the counter at the sports shop. sunset I wonder tour 2 Complete the sentences.
Use the words in the box in Exercise 1. 2 A: The tickets are on the table. B: No, they aren’t. Where are they? 3 A: Sorry I’m late.
B: Hurry up! We’re meeting Lisa outside the café at half past six. 1 New York was wonderful. We got a bus and did a of Manhattan. 2 It’s a beautiful night.
4 Martin’s living somewhere in Japan at the moment. 3 Dave has had an accident. I don’t know what happened but serious. 4 I can’t talk to you.
5 Paul’s on holiday. what he’s 5 A: Look at Nick! He’s wearing a suit and a tie. doing at the moment. B: You’re joking! I wonder where he’s going.
6 The lights in the club were and I couldn’t see very well. 7 There was a fabulous this evening. The sky was red and gold. 8 A: That’s a good coat for the winter.
6 You aren’t listening to me. You’re thinking about something. What are you thinking 9 The stereo’s too loud. Why don’t you listen to your music about? on your ? 10 The boat was in the middle of the Atlantic, between England and America.
6 Module 1 © Cambridge University Press www.ru Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-61440-5 - Messages: Workbook 4 Meredith Levy, Noel Goodey and Diana Goodey Excerpt More information Date Now I know how to: Easy Not bad Difficult ● use the present continuous to describe a picture. The picture shows a scene in a café. A man and a woman sitting at a table, but they talking to each other. A waiter working behind the counter.
● give a short biography of a famous person in the past. James Dean was an American actor. He born in 1931. He three films.
He only 24 when he in 1955. ● make questions with verbs + prepositions. I’m waiting for someone. Who are you waiting ? I talked to some interesting people.
Who did you talk ? ● contradict someone. You never listen to me. Yes, I do! You’re scared. No, ! You haven’t got my address.
Yes, ! ● write a postcard. KEY WORDS WORD WORK Verbs + prepositions some …, every … look at something = (in my language) some one look for something = some talk about something = some think about something = every wait for something = every argue about something = every where come from (place of birth) = Unit 1 7 © Cambridge University Press www.