An extraordinary experience

1 Pairwork Check you understand these words and expressions before you listen.

advertise • caretaker • apply for a job • employ publicity campaign • tourist board • barrier reef be stung by something • Jet Ski

2 8 Listen to an interview with Alex about doing the best job in the world. What was it and where did he do it?

3 8 CERT Listen again and choose the correct option (A, B, C or D).

1 How did Alex get such an amazing job?

A He applied for it and was selected.

B He was in the right place at the right time.

C He won a competition.

D Nobody else wanted it.

2 Who employed him?

A The Australian government.

B The Australian Tourist Board.

C The British government.

D The Queensland Tourist Board.

3 How did he travel along the Great Barrier Reef?

A by boat

B by car

C by seaplane

D in all of these ways

4 What was he paid to do?

A To do nothing at all.

B To get tourists to visit the island.

C To record and publish everything he saw.

D To save the island’s ecosystem.

5 How many tweets did he post in six months?

A 47 B 60 C 1,500

D 2,000

6 Which of these things almost killed him?

A a bad injection

B a jellyfish sting

7 What happened in 2020?

Grammar: Subject and object questions

C a Jet Ski accident

D a shark bite

A He and his wife had a baby.

B He and his wife traveled overland from Singapore to London.

C He got the second-best job in the world.

D He ran 19 marathons in one year.

Subject question

Who employed you? Object question How did you get such an amazing job?

Subject questions ask who or what does something. Who or What are the subject of the sentence.

Object questions ask what someone did or who to. We use the auxiliary verb + subject + main verb.

4 Read these questions and write S (subject) or O (object).

1 Who just messaged you?

2 Which brother took the photo?

3 What did the message say?

4 What happened?

5 Who was there?

6 Who did you speak to?

5 Choose the correct questions.

1 A Where did you go on vacation?

B Where went you on vacation?

2 A Who else did apply for the job?

B Who else applied for the job?

3 A Which country did you visit?

B Which country visited you?

4 A Who do you look like in your family?

B Who look you like in your family?

5 A Which did come first: the chicken or the egg?

B Which came first: the chicken or the egg?

6 A What did wake you up?

B What woke you up?

6 Critical Thinking Discuss these questions with your partner.

● What are the advantages and disadvantages of being alone in a remote place?

● What would you miss/enjoy most about being so far away from home?

Past simple, Present perfect simple and continuous

1 Read the sentences and complete the rules with these words.

be • did • didn’t • -ed • has haven’t • -ing • past participle

My sister introduced us. We immediately hit it off. I didn’t really take to her. Did you?

For the Past simple affirmative we add

1 to the base form or we use the irregular past form. For the negative form we add 2 and for the interrogative form we add 3 .

I’ve known Ben since primary school. We haven’t seen each other for a couple of months. How long have you known him?

For the Present perfect simple we add

4 / have / hasn’t / 5 to the 6 of the verb.

We have/haven’t been studying hard. Chloe has/hasn’t been learning Mandarin. What have you been doing?

For the Present perfect continuous we add has / have, the past participle of the verb

7 and the 8 form to the base form of the verb.

2 Choose Present perfect simple or continuous to complete the questions.

1 Have you always

A liked sports? B been liking sports?

2 Have you … the drama Noughts and Crosses on TV over the past few weeks?

A watched B been watching

3 You look good! Have you … a lot?

A worked out B been working out at the gym at the gym

4 Something smells good! What have you … all morning?

A made B been making

5 How long have you … your best friend?

A known B been knowing

6 I’ve almost … this book. It’s great – you should read it!

A finished B been finishing forgot • got up • has been trying have you been doing • have you taken • haven’t haven’t emptied • let

7 Have you A waited long? B been waiting long?

3 Complete the conversation with these words.

Mom What 1 ?

George Not much! I only 2 an hour ago.

Mom So you 3 the dishwasher.

George No, I 4

Mom 5 the dog for a walk?

George I 6 it out into the yard Does that count?

Mom Not really as it 7 to get back in ever since!

George Oh no! I 8 all about it!

Subject and object questions

4 Match the questions with the answers. Which are subject and which are object questions?

1 What happened yesterday?

2 Who did you go with?

3 What did you do?

4 Who opened the fair?

Round up

a n My friends.

b n The head teacher.

c n There was a school fair.

d n We looked at all the stands.

5 Complete the online chat with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.

Jay Hi! Have you been 1 (do) anything interesting this evening?

You I’ve just 2 (watch) episode 1 of series 3 of Killing Eve

Jay No spoilers! I haven’t 3 (see) it yet!

You OK, but you do remember lots of people 4 (die) in the last series…

Jay Yes… but what 5 (happen) to Eve and Villanelle? I can’t remember now!

You So, do you remember who 6 (shoot) who in the last episode?

Jay Did Villanelle 7 (try) to kill Eve?

You You haven’t 8 (forget) everything after all!

Vocabulary & Listening

Relationship expressions

1 Match these expressions with the pictures. break up with somebody • pick somebody up cheat on somebody • date somebody fall for somebody • make up acquaintance • boyfriend • brother-in-law classmate • colleague • employee • employer • ex family friend • fiancé • fiancée • apartment mate • girlfriend half-sister • neighbor • relative • school friend stepfather • teammate • tutor • workmate

3 Put these words in the correct category.

4 Complete the sentences with words from exercise 3.

1 It’s embarrassing when I see my , John, when I’m out with my new , Joe.

2 Our next-door is a because we’ve known her since we were little.

3 My mom and her second husband, my , had a baby girl, who is my

4 A lot of my football are also my because we practice opposite the school.

5 Our is really cool, she always treats my and me as equals in the office.

6 I have so many that some of them are more like than family.

Listening

5 9 Listen to five people. What kind of relationships are they talking about?

A relationships with family members

B romantic relationships

C relationships with acquaintances

D relationships with people in authority

6 9 CERT Listen again. Choose from the list (A-H) what each speaker says. Use the letters only once. There are three extra letters.

A I didn’t want to move to another place.

Dear Marianne,

About a year ago I met and 1 a really lovely girl called Polly. I 2 her and we 3 for a while and everything was amazing. Then one day she 4 me – I was devastated when I found out so I 5 her.

But I can’t stop thinking about her. I really want to 6 and start again. What should I do? :( Thomas n Speaker 1 n Speaker 2 n Speaker 3 n Speaker 4 n Speaker 5

B I knew they would disagree with my choice.

C I was worried about the cultural differences.

D I went too far in shocking them this time.

E It was hard to start, but they got used to it.

F They wouldn’t let us hang out together.

G We decided to wait and see what happened.

H We didn’t have much in common.