r tatk about different kinds of identity and give

a short presentation about yoursetf.

. listen to monologues, a radio programme, an
interview and a presentation.
. read extracts from an autobiography, a diary
and letters; use listening and reading
strategies.
o write a formal or informal letter.
. revise the main tenses in Engtish.

KEY W0RDS: Personality

ambitious, caretess, chatty, cheerfut, chitdish,
competitive, considerate, conventiona[. easy-
going, hard-working, idealistic, impatient,
individualistic, kind, [ikeable, moody, -outgoing,
popular, reckless, reliable, reserved, romantic,
selfish, sensible, sensitive, sentimenta[, shy,
sociab[, sympathetic
 I Autobiogrophy
Before yoa start
1 fninl about an important scene in your
that you remember very clearly. [ife
fett the-ctass.
Exampte A scene I remember
won a competition at pimary
very weLL is when I
school ...

Reoding

2 ReaU the Strategies.

Reading Strategies: Revision

Text
. Before reading, look at the
titte, pictures
1

and the first coupte of lines

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i.rt.'
what kind he weather,s been wonderful
of text it is and what it is about. since yesterday and I,ve
perked up quite a bit.
o Read the text to get the general
idea.
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ro get rhe stare air,"; ;i; """.u
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o Read the text again. Try to work out the
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mealing of important new words. Use
dictionary if you can,t.
a 'i
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where I was sitting"o
on my favourite
spot on the floor. T';t"t'o
. Read any comprehension questions r," .r, i",,J4l i, f :"# :x ::;fi ,rffiyil:i
and try
to think of possibte answers. Then ",
birds glinring
find wirh !iru",. u. in*i'*#o_o,.,nrough
answers to the questions in rhe air, and
the text.
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U;e the Strategies to answer
these- questions
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about the texts.
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1 Tlr, Why?
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Who do you think peter is? How I *ur.
the diary writer feets about him?
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3 How old do you think the
writer is? Give your \1
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the open ";
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situation?
about the
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sunshine and this clor
rdless sky, and as long
Text 2 how can I be sad?, as I can enjoy it,
1 How was the girl different from
other
cnildren?
? \\;ly rvas her teacher so important Unless you write vourself,
you can,t know how wonderful
3 rc,,,, did she learn new words? for her? I always used ro bemoan
trr" ru.i tr,uiirrorrt it is:
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ar least I .";;;;;d
tie neaning of the word ,water,?
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iVhat do you think happened
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nrers ot the texts? Check your
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answers on need ro have someth;ng forgotren.
:age 135. besides
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Text 2
THE MOST IMPORTANT DAY I remember in all
ny life is the one on which my teacher, Anne
Sullivan, came to me. It was three months before
I was seven years old.
On the afternoon of that day, I knew that
something was happening. I went outside and
waited on the steps of the house. I could feel the
sun on my face and I could touch the leaves of
the plants. Then I felt someone walking towards
me. I thought it was my mother and she picked t0
me up and held me close. This was my teacher
who had come to teach all things to me and,
above all, to love me.
The next morning, the teacher took me into her
room and gave me a doll. When I was playing
with it, Miss Sullivan slowly spelled the word
'd-o-I-I' into my hand. I was interested and I
imitated the movements with my fingers. I learned
a lot of words like this, but only after my teacher
had been with me for several weeks did I
understand that everything has a name.
One day, I didn't understand the difference
between'mug' and'water'. I became angry and
threw the doll on the floor. In my quiet, dark
world I didn't feel sorry for doing it. Then my
teacher took me out into the warm sunshine. We
walked down to the well where someone was
drawing water. IMy teacher put my hand under
the water and spelled the word'w-a-t-e-r'
at the same time in my other hand. Suddenly, I
felt an understanding. The mystery of language
was revealed to me. I knew then that'w-a-t-e-r'
was the wonderful cool something flowing over
my hand. That living word awakened my soul,
gave it light, hope, joy, set it free!
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Vocobulory: Wordbuilding (Revision,
Lexicon, page 15V.
5 3 Ur. the endings below to make adjectives from the
group of words (a-k). Some groups can have more than
one ending.
-y, -ed, -ing, -fut, -(i)ous, -ish, -(i/a)bLe, -[ess, -at, -(t)ic,
-istic, -(e/a)nt, -ive
a mood, stuff, happiness. ctoud g mystery, ambition,
b hope, care, hetp danger
c practice, nature, logic h romance, sympathy,
d ideat, rea[, individual science
e decision, create, imagination i l"ike, re[y, sense
lb f importance, toterate, difference j interest. tire, bore
k setf, chil.d
Make adverbs from the adjectives in a, b and c. Then try
to add more adjectives and adverbs to each group.
20 Check spe[[ings.
4 loot at the words in Exercise 3. In which of them is
there a change in word stress?
Example
25
idcal - idealistic, science - scienf,ific
Q tisten and check your answers.
30
5 put the undertined words in the correct form.
I have some very 1 please memorjes of my 2 chitd. We
lived in a 3 romance cottage in the country with 4 love
views of Lake Windermere. We had a 5 wonder garden with
lots of animals. However, I 6 memory one year 7 extreme
35 wett. I was eight and one of my 8 favour animats was a
goose catled Mabet. After coming back from schoot, I used
to 9 food Mabet. With me, she was 10 usua[ very quiet and
11 friend. With everybody else though, Mabel was very
nasty and 12 aggression. That winter was very cold and the
snow was nearly a metre 13 depth.0n Christmas Day, we
had a 14 tradition lunch - goose and Christmas pudding. I
was 15 cheer untiI I reatised that the goose was ... Mabetl
t',ty 16 happy immediatety disappeared and I spent the rest
of the meal in tears.
6 Choose a memory from your tife. Write notes about
these things:
your age, place and time, who you were with,
what happened, how you fe[t, what happened in the end
7 Work in pairs. Te[l your partner about your memory.
?uOTn .... uNguoTn
'To luv. on.s.lf is the be{innin{ of a lifelon{
rothance. Oscar Vild.
 LWho Are You?

Before you slort

1 took at the pictures. Which of the things

canteI us about ourselves? Write your
opinions on a piece of paper.
Exampte
I think that ostrology is interesting but I don't
believe in horoscopes.

Te[[ the ctass.

2 took at the three styles of handwriting

(1-3).Try to match them with the ffi
personality descriptions (a-c).
This person is individuaUstic - someone
who [ikes doing things in thejr own way.
He/She is also a perfectionist who atways
makes sure that everything is just right.
This person is ambitious and ideaListjc -
someone who has strong principles and T syq.nTT,aw 4u,1te, 6W p-erson O X p@,town '/

betiefs. He/She is atso very logica[. awd bani,rrton

4utz, a^ lrt. zS Tn at+o Ie*@ jun,
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someone who doesn't [ike to be different. ha,vpk't qr+ rnwc,ht'tvvz io"prao+i,x, a6
I e) Tve bwi've,ra
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observer of peopte.
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Love,
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:. l m,-a #,#''- 4 toot< at the underlined verbs in the three texts.
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What time (past/present/future) do they refer to?
jPtr@$i.sr=i:
I

5 Natctt the examptes underlined in the text (1-20)

3 Worl in pairs. Give your partner the piece of paper with these tenses and verb forms (a-i).
with your handwriting on it from Exercise 1. Use the
information on page 135 to 'analyse'your partner's
a PresentSimpte g Past Perfect

handwriting. Tetl your partner your analysis. Does your

b PresentContinuous h qoinq to !
c PresentPerfect i *itt- \ .\
partner agree with it? Let your partner te[] the class.
d Present Perfect Continuous &.4- l

Example e Past Simpte 1'l

Peter says I'm very ambitious. I don't think that's true! f Past Continuous I
 lMil

Exercise 5 with the uses (1-g).

1 activities going on at the time of speaking/persona[
]

arrangements for the future/temporary routines or habits

2activjtiesthatarerepeatedregu[ar[yfuturefacts
3 intentions for the future
4 actions that happened at a specific time in the past
5 activities that form a background to events in the ''. 'r'1:r.:j.i:Tr::i-'l{11t 1. r:':: : l.vl
past
10 comptete the text with the appropriate form of
6 events that happened before other past events
the verbs in brackets.
7 activities in the past where the time is not important/
states that started in the past and are sti[[ true I suppose that, in many ways, lt htusbez',l' (be) Lucky
8 activities that started in the past and continue up to since the day I was born. I was born two months
now premature and I was very i[[ but somehow I
9 predictions based on opinion, betief or knowledge/ 2 (survive). Then, when I was three, I
ffi decisions about the future taken at the moment of
speaking
3 (fal"l,) into a pond on a farm I 4
(stay) at. My mum 5 (go) into hospital for an
operation and some friends 6 (took after) me
-
at the time. Luckity, a man 7
(work) near the
E* Grammar Summary 1, poge 146. -
pond and he 8 (putt) me outl
-

h Proctire
7 Undertine the contractions in these sentences.
What auxiliary verbs do they stand for?
Now I'm
9
10
times and
in my last year at school

I
- and a[[ my friends
(think) I'm very lucky. For exampte, I
(win) money on the lottery four or five
-
usuatty tt (beat) everybody at
cards.
I can't
- I 12
a He's been studying a lot recentty. - say I'm very hard-working but
b We didn't do it on purpose. (do) wel.l" at exams - the- right questions always come up.
c I've had problems with my computer latety. I'm also Lucky in love and ] 13 (go out) with
d We're going out tonight. an amazing girl for the [ast six months. I hope my luck
74
e I'Lt teLt you. as soon as I find out. (continue) in the future.

J f
g
She's ptanning to study physics.
We'd seen the film before.
I 15 (take) my university entrance exams in
the summer and as soon as I 16
them,--I 77 -
- (finish)
(travet) for a couple of months.
Then, hopefuLty, I 18 (study) archjtecture at
O 8 pronunciation. Listen to the sentences and write
down the contractions you hear.
university. -
1.:'s
-
Example (has) 1 1 lool at the questions. In what situations coutd
they be asked? Who could be tatking?
9 m.tctt the sentences (1-7) with the situations Exampte 1 people.who meet for the first time
(a-g).
1 What do you do?
1 Have you been ptaying footbatl in the rain again? 2 What have you been doing recent[y?
2 I pLay football every day. 3 What are you doing tonight?
ri 3 I'm pl"aying a footbatl game on the computer. 4 What are you going to do when you finish school?
4 I'm ptaying in a football match at 10 o'ctock. 5 What were you doing on Sunday evening?
\ 5 I've already ptayed and won 20 games. 6 What have you done today?
t1 6 I was playing football when ] fel.l. badl"y.
il.
ifl
7 I had ptayed 40 games when I was injured for
the first time.
In pairs. ask and answer the questions.

ffl i
a professional footbatter taLking about his job 1 2 rale turns to say the sentences about your life
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a
b a patient talking to the doctor using the time expressions below.
ftt1; 1I c someone giving an excuse why they can't help Example
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Someone now Iusually play basketboll on Tuesday night.
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d someone saying how good they are
e someone exptaining why they can't go shopping the usua[[y, never, now, this weekend, last year, since,
=-_$: next day in the future, next year, in 1999, for three weeks,
-1- f a retired footballer [ooking back on his career at ten o'ctock, twice a week, when, while, recently,

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I
g a mother to a boy whose clothes are muddy for a year now
,

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LN_ulionql ldenfily
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Before you starl

L put the words below into the correct

categories in the Key Words box.
anima[ lovers, advanced, democratic,
emotiona[, friendl.y, [iberat, modern, noisy,
nature lovers. outgoing. powerfut, viotent

!EYIoRp" [istening
deve[oped, devetoping, historic,
innovative, multiculturat, wea[thy,
we[t-organised
3 ReaA the Strategies.
.

class-conscious, com municative,

conservative, excitabte, famity-oriented,
law-abiding, nationa[istic, potite, proud,
retigious, reserved, serious. traditionat,
toterant, suspicious of foreigners
2 took at the photos of Britain. Choose
eight adjectives or expressions from
Exercise 1 that reftect your view
and the British. Te[[ the ctass.
of Britain
Example
To me the British seem to be quite traditionol.
Listening Strategies: Revision
o Before listening, look at the task. Try to guess answers t the
questions.
. The first time you listen, answer as many questions as you can.
r The second tjme, answer the questions you missed.
o Do not worry if you don't understand every word.
o Listen to a radio phone-in programme. Use the Strategies to
decide if these statements are true (T) or fatse (F). Then tisten
again and check your answers.
1 tl Great Britain js made up of four djfferent nations: England,
Northern ]reland, Scotland and Wales.
2 :l In a potL, British people described themsetves as anima[
lovers and toterant but suspicious of foreigners and reserved.
3I Eighty-seven percent of British peopte thought that the
British were ctass-conscious.
4ll The first ca[l.er thinks Brjtain is an innovative ptace.
5T She describes herse[f as English rather than British.
6fl The second catler feels European.
7ll The third caller is of Indian origin.
8tr She thinks Britain is mutticutturaI but there is an intolerant
minority.
9T The last caller thinks Britain is a modern country.
10 [] He is a Scottish nationalist and doesn't feeI British.
 iL:r-"i

Speuking

7 make a list of good and bad things about living in

your country town or region.
fxample
Good things: rock climbing, sailing, skiing

Now in pairs, ask and answer the questions

below. Use the expressions from the Function Fite.
i/ 4 tirten to an interview with Claire. What does she
like and distike about Britain? Where would she [ike Exampte 1 I'm really into cLubbing.
to live for some time? 1 What kind of things do you like about
living in ...?
o these
$ Listen again
words:
and complete the Function Fite with 2 What sort of things do you dislike about
living in...?
'd rather, wouldn't mind, can't stand, 'd prefer. [ove, 3 Where etse woutd you like to [ive? Why?
hate, donlt think I'd-r,vant, really into, really [ike,
Te[l the ctass.
don't [ike, realty keen'on, just [ove, not keen on myself,
'd [ove, prefer
Vocobulory: MulTi"port Verbs

Preferen ces: Lexicon, poges X 70-1 7 6.

II CotloquiaI Expressions
z.
o I'm 1 cLubbing, you know. 8 Comptete the description with these verbs in the
I 2 doing that, too. correct form.
z I mean, I 3 the variety.
get at, ring up, get to, take off, get by, put up with,
J
I! I'm 4 listening to house and garage.
get on with, look forward to, check in
-
I5---rockclimbing.
I 6- att the traffic we've got. When I am abroad, I atways I ko/cforwaroLto getting back
I7 sitting in traffic jams! home. I start feeting homesick as soon as the plane
Another thing I'm 8 is footbatt.
2 When I 3 a new place, the
I9 -- atL the viotence around it. first thing I do after I have 4 at the hoteL, js
I 10- watching tennis mysetf. to 5 *- my famiLy and have a chat with them.
I11- living in Australia, for a while at Unfortunatety, I have to travel a lot on business and ]
Ieast. - -. go to the States. I 6-
often the Americans very
r72 -- to go out there. well - they are atways very friend[y. I speak good English
too, so I can 7 in the States without any
But I 13 to live there for ever.
probtems. I'm not very keen on American food but I can
r74 to go just for a few months. 8 it. The probtem is that I'm a stay-at-home.
And I 15 go in their summer.
My sister always 9 me - she says I'm boring
and unadventurous. But, as the saying goes. 'home sweet
home'.

What is the difference in meaning between 'I love ...'

and'I'd love to ...','I prefer ...' and 'I'd prefer to ...'?
Make a list of the expressions that are followed by the
'-in{ form.
tonpuing tntnwe
6 Write your answers to these questions. How would you describe your country or region
1 What into doing at weekends?
are you and the people from it?
2 What would you like to do this weekend?
3 What sports are you keen on watching?
4 What sports star wou[d you love to meet?
5 What are the things you can't stand doing? BUoTn.... UN?UoTn
6 What thing woutd you prefer not to do tomorrow? 'n Ln4lishntan is never happy rrnless he is
yniserle; a Scotsvnan is never at horne but *hen
Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions above. he is troad.' nonynous, l3th centur,-
 ,}
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4 Com m u niculion Wot{rshops

l've jnsf
ravsell- Mv rratrr're is Parl'ick |tuvlhv att
Writing i;J:,"r,rce o{ yorats!
+o^na oqt l'r^ at cotasih ^ ,...:1., 1l) <ahtecotuse
Eefore you start ki\ o+ iqteveslei * iU" histovy oP ot^' {atu"ily t ;plyec^usE
t\y
l've ot^h otl,f lha\t
l,r,,r
l,ve stawte oirrg sorae "eseat"ch' i\ the lij0s
1 Read the two letters and the ,, f,otm, c)^" ou"" to flraevicat
emait. Choose the correct linking t;;;d;t"^^g
avr'ihQa*he
i"'^rr' He wars the bvothev o vou*
words undertined in the letters.
qvo*\\ (Satr^'r)'
lalve'ssowre i\Qo atboqt rae'
llive i\ Des l"loi\es'
2 Wttictr of the texts (1-3) is formal? irl *ayU*-"*r, two lcif1, Oatt l 8 ath kit ^ l!'
The"e
Find formal and informal examptes of lowat, with uay wie fCi"'yU ^^a oQ sowre oQ
gicturre
these things: a$e -''lti"gt*Ut' hevel fleve's at vighl.
atbot^l*iPt^1 oP
ras at at tecent *"aaing'
f' tne ov\e oh.the Qarv yor^ o wte
greeting, requests, punctuation, ft^^ r^catll voh lhatl?)' cat,t
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o+ yot^t Qatr^"ily? ll'^be
grammat vocabutary, linking words, g"eatl iQ
yota tholo
ar larvo"? caor ^"ar arboqt yourt Qol\cs
(9 '# ser\ vu\eatrry irtQo you harve
ending the letter, signing off
dSSllpg
Check your answers in Writing Help 1,
vor,r courl
U^ak in fhe'ol cor"rrltY''
f'l
page 137. sooh'
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the school.
(l0lln additionlAntiwaU, I enclose a brochure with local tourist
A Letter information. (lll BemuselAlthough Dulverton is a small town, there
are plenty of things to do here. (12) DespitelAs well asbeing
Write a reply to one of the letters. Foltow the
situated in the national park of Exmoor, the town is near a
stages betow.
beautiful, wild part of the coast.

E Writing Fletp t, page 137. (13\lfNhenyou are stillinterested in the course,lwould be

grateful if you could write us a letter about yourself (14\ becauselso
Stage I thntwe can ludge your level of English.
Write notes about what information you need to I look forward to hearing from you.
inctude.
Yours sincerely,
Exampte Family - Mum, Dad, Anna and me
Anne Dutton

Stdge 2
Organise your letter and plan paragraphs.

Stuge 3
Use your plan to write the letter. Talkback
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fottowing categories:
a starting the tal"k b introducing topics
c adding information d ending the tatk

1 I'm also a keen basketbatl player.

2 So, to finish off, my ambitions and ptans for
the future.
3 0K, now something else about me.
4 I've been asked to te[[ you a[[ about myself.
5 Another thing I'm really interested in is
music.
6 We[t, that's it.
Thanks for listening to me.
7 First, something about my interests and
[ifestyte.

Before you slort

A Short Presenlotion
,l 1 Llsten to Richard's presentation and answer these
questions: Give a short presentation about yourself.
Fotlow the stages betow.
1 What are Richard's interests and hobbies?
2 Why does he remember the singing competition
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Make notes about these things:
3 What kind of job would he tike to do?
. family
Was the presentation formal or informat? . your lifestyte (interests. hobbies etc.)
. one of the most important experiences in your life
. your ambitions, p[ans for the future

ffi,,s &h*frwn Think of one or two false things to add.

Vague Language
Stage 2
O 2 litt"n again. Complete the sentences with Read the Strategies.
these words.
Speaking Strategies: Revision
some kind, fortyish or so, that sort of,
what's its name? something Like, sort of, about . When you don't know a word or expression, try
Sometimes I get up at 1 6.30. not to stop completely.
o Use 'vague language'to exptain more or less
Next Saturday, we're ptaying at a club ...
2 , at Echoes, that's it. what you want to say, e.g. it's a sort of ...
The competition was heLd in 3 of
. Describe things, e.g. if's a thing you use to ...
sports centre.
She was 4 and had a very kind face. Work in groups. Use your notes and the Strategies
It was made of 5 wood ... to give a short presentation about yourself.
I fett 6 relaxed but excited at the
same time.
I think I'd -tike to be 7 the manager Talkback
of a sports centre.
Try to guess the fatse information in the
presentation.
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I Read the first part of a Sherlock Holmes story. What do you think happens next?

When I ca11ed on Sherlock Holmes on tlrc scr:ortrl nr,,i';rirrg after Christmas, he was lying
on the sofa next to sonle newspapers. On a chair, there was a very dirry old hat and a
magni$'ing glass.
'I suppose,'I said,'that there is story about that hat which will help you solve r'.trrrlr,'r
t)t\i:tcrl(]Li\ r't-itllC.'
'There's no crime,' said Sherlock Holmes laughing. Just a strange little incident.
Peterson, the door attendant, found the hat. At about four o'clock in the morning,
he was coming back from a party when he saw a tall man carrying a goose.
Suddenly, two thugs appeared. One pushed the man and l'h,r othcl llrui; tried to
1r 10 take the goose. Peterson went to protect the man but seeing someone in uniform,
he dropped the goose and ran away. All the attackers disappeared so Peterson was left
with both the goose and the old hat.There ws a card with the goose saying'For Mrs Henry Baker'and the
initials'H.8.'inside the hat, but there are a lot of Henry Bakers in London. Peterson did not know what to do
with either the hat or the goose so he brought both to me on Christmas morning. I kept the hat and Peterson
15 had the goose for his Christmas dinner.'
'So can you find any clues abor-rt the man frorn this old hat?'
'What can you see,'Watson?'
'Well, it is an ordinary biack hat.The lrning is made of red silk and there is no elastic.There is sonle dust on it
and several spots. Someone has tried to cover al1 of the spots with ink. Br.rt I can't see any clues.'
20 'We11,'W'atson, the hat tells us a lot about the hat's owner. FIe r-rsed to be quite rich but something must have
happened to him, probably probler-ns with drink. His wife no longer loves hinr. He is rniddle-aged with grey
hair - which he has had cut recently. He doesn't do much exercise and he hasn't sot gas in his house.'
'You must be joking Hoin-res. How do you know all that information?'
'Elementary, rny dear'Watson...'

Find out what happens next in the story 4 Anrr"r these questions.
and check your guesses to Exercise 1 on
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page 134.
1 Why does the text say the sofa but o chair in the description
il of Holmes's room? (tine 2)
{I 2 Coutd we use a instead of the in this context? How would the
Ref erence ( | ): DeTerminers
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meaning change?
The text first mentions o mon and a goose (Line 8) and later
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f Grammsr Summary, page 149. the man (Line 9) andthe goose ([ine 10). Can you explain why?

2 Translate the expressions in red in the 5 Cross out the examples in the table which are incorrect.
text into your language. Use the examples in the text to hetp you.

3 N"tch the determiners (1-3) with the Slxeumn coUNTABLE UNcouNrnsLr Plunnl ruouHs

situations (a-c). NOUNS NOUNS

7 the second a there is a choice of a/ a" hat -efu+- ffi&|, .,

onty two peopte or totflp sotu.e h^at sotup du'st ,o^u

th i ngs
any hat or,/ doot any cluos
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2 onother it
doesn't matter how "ry
t4.n n"o h* n-o elastir. nO til&nl
many people or things
there are seuera.L seuera/' spat sanra/' d.u,st seuera.L spats

3 the other the things or people u4u"ch marh,spot uaar,lu oxerciso warbspots
are clearly ordered a,lot of a"l"ot ofspot a ht of oxer.ci,ro a" tot of spots
(tf) (rf) t/.t"o spot (rf) th^t (tf) t/,t"o spots
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