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This workbook belongs to: ________________________________, Your Name I attend: ___________________________________________; Your School and I agree to apply myself to the best of my abilities, in the classroom, laboratory and at home to acquire my B2+ English Certificate. ______________________________________ Your Signature ___________________ Today’s Date Learning Points & Index English for Success - UNIT 17 Review ............................................................................... 1 Warm up: Series of Events School Life: Dialogue 1 and 2. Grammar Focus History 3: Ataturk, Genghis Khan, and Sun Yat-sen, Quiz Language Extension: Biological systems within the human body, the functions, processes and relationships between systems Speaking-Up: Question Practice with Speech Recognition Reading For Success UNIT 17 Margaret Thatcher ..................................................... 7 English for Success - UNIT 18 ........................................................................................... Warm-Up: Causal Sequence School Life: Dialogue 1 and 2. Grammar Focus History 4 – Politics: Political Units, Types of Governments and Roles of Government, Quiz 15 Language Extension: Christmas 1914 – A Story, history, human nature and the role of governments and national leaders. Speaking-Up: Question Practice with Speech Recognition Reading For Success UNIT 18 The United Nations................................................ 22 English for Success - UNIT 19 ........................................................................................... 29 Warm-Up: Emotions and the Future Language Extension: Job categories School Life: Dialogue 1 and 2. Grammar Focus Speaking-Up: Question Practice with Speech Recognition Economics: Goods and Services; Credit, and Supply and Demand, Quiz Reading For Success UNIT 19 Money............................................................................ 35 English by the Numbers UNIT 1 Numbers, Decimals and Fractions (Review) Large and small numbers, tens, hundreds, thousands ............................................ 43 Fractions Decimal fractions and percentages Difference between ‘-ty’ and ‘teen’ numbers UNIT 2 Numerical Operations and Relations (Review) Expressing and understanding arithmetic operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division ...................................... 44 Quantitative relationships: 25% more than, the two largest, ten percent of the largest there: existential (there isn’t enough) Exponents and Roots UNIT 3 Related Changes (Review) Connected and unconnected changes: as x increased, y increased; both x and y are increasing UNIT 4: Describing Line Graphs ................................................................................. 45 Vocabulary related to increases, decreases, change, and no change: decline, rise, get weaker, continues to climb, as a result, fewer... 46 ..................................................................................... Understanding and expressing changes Using the present perfect to express as expressed in line graphs: from 1998, information in a line graph: this shows sales increased steadily until they how the average family has been reached a high in 2000 getting smaller UNIT 5 Describing Bar Graphs ........................................................................................... 47 Understanding and expressing changes as expressed in bar graphs: Even though Sweden and the US spend the most on education, their test scores are the lowest. Comparisons: there is a higher ratio of spending for... than.... New Dynamic English Module 6 Life Experience (Review) ................................................................................................... Present Perfect/Past tenses contrasted Passive voice (was rejected, was arrested) Gerund/Infinitive (enjoys teaching, decided to study, likes living in England) Reason/Purpose (for a personal reason, a grant to study, arrested for stealing) Time Sequence (at the same time, a year later, before that, since then, he still lives) 48 Change (she became a model, he’s getting older, their relationship got better.) Matrix Vocabulary (Review) ............................................................................................... 53 Adverb clauses/phrases (when they are happy, when someone is rude to them) Gerunds/Infinitives (I prefer flying. The fastest way to travel is to go by airplane.) Obligation, have to (I only go when I have to. You have to put on your socks.) Countable/Uncountable Amounts (many people, some people, a lot of education, a pair of gloves, most people) Word relations/analogies (Driver is to bus as pilot is to airplane.) Comparisons .............................................................................................................................. 61 Adjective clauses/phrases (which was made in 1920, the second most expensive) Comparison (-er than, -est, as good as, better than, the most expensive one…) Approximation (approximately 5,400 miles; about 7,400 miles; just over…) Countable/Uncountable (how many more, how much more, how much taller…) Asking about price/product information (How much is the newest one? When was it made? Which one has the best…?) Physical Description, Temperature, Distance New Dynamic English Module 7 Life Choices .................................................................................................................................. 71 Conditionals: Contrary-to-fact, Present, and Future (if, unless, had) Logical Relations between events (because, even though, not unless, if, had to) Past Habitual (used to, could, would) Cause/Effect Sequences and Relations Modals (will, would, might, could) in conditionals Necessity, have to, in Conditionals Passives (hadn’t been injured) Wh- questions and making Conditionals. Space and Time Sequences................................................................................................. 81 Specification (neither of them, on either side, one of them) Past Perfect tense (still hadn’t arrived) Conditional Action (not unless, if, so that) and Problem Solving Time Sequence (by the time that, not until, when, while, as, adverb clauses, etc.) Qualifiers if, except for Epidemic ........................................................................................................................................ 85 Classification and Exemplification (such as, other kinds of, one type, another example) Logical Relations and Sentence Connecting (therefore, these, also, as a result, another) Present Perfect tense to express Result (have made it easier) Adjective clauses (which, that) Potentiality and Past Ability (can/could) (you can still live, an epidemic could...) Passives w/Perfect tenses, be used + infinitive Exercises 17 44 ▪ Unit 17 English for Success English for Success Exercise A 1. Listen to the sentences in Unit 17 Warm-Up. Circle or highlight the correct word. 1. Many statues have been built / have built to honor important people. 2. Abraham Lincoln was led / led the country through the Civil War. 3. Every year millions of people come / came to visit Lincoln's statue. 4. The tower gradually started / has started to lean during its construction. 5. The Appian Way is / has been the first and most famous Roman road ever built. 6. The Appian Way was built / has been built more than two thousand years ago. 7. The Appian Way has been / was the main highway from Rome to Greece. 8. The Eiffel Tower completed /was completed in 1889. 9. Until 1930, it has been / was one of the tallest structures in the world. 10. The Eiffel Tower visited / is visited by millions of people every year. 2. Fill in the correct letters for the missing words. ancient are around being built have highway Rome Romans was were will 1. The Appian Way ________ the main _________ from _________ to Greece and the East. 2. It was _________ more than two thousand years ago, __________ 300 B.C. 3. Over fifty thousand miles of roads __________ built by the __________ Romans. 4. Parts of the original road _________ been preserved and _________ now _________ used by cars. © DynEd International 1 English for Success ▪ Unit 17 Exercise B 1. Listen to the first part of Dialog in School Life. Then4 fill in the missing words. Tina: (a) ____________________ of Michael's speech? Tiara: I thought (b) ____________________! I really liked it (c) _____________how much he liked the food (d) _____________________! Tina: Yeah, that was funny. Do you think (e) _______________? Tiara: I think (f) ____________________________________. Hillary's speech wasn't (g) ________________________________. What do you think? Tina: Yeah, (h) ____________________.She didn't really say anything. (i) _____________it's just a popularity contest. Tiara: Right. 2. Listen to the second part of Unit 17 Dialog in School Life. How does each person respond to the other’s opinion? 1. Tiara: But I don't think it really matters who wins, do you? Nobody really cares. Tina: ___________________________________________________________. 2. Tina: We need someone to represent us to the administration. Tiara: Sure, but___________________________________________________? 3. Tiara: They can't change anything. They just plan dances! Tina: Well, they can_______________________________________________. 4. Tina: For example, they could recommend to change the class schedule. Tiara: __________________________________________________________. 5. Tiara: It would be nice to have fewer classes each day. Tina: (a) ____________________! Math and science (b)____________________! 2 © DynEd International English for Success ▪ Unit 17 Exercise C 1. Listen to Unit 17 Dialog. Tiara and Tina use modals to express their opinions. Underline the modals in each sentence. Example: Do you think he will win the election? Do you think he will win the election? 1. Tina: We need someone to represent us to the administration. 2. Tiara: Sure, but what can our representatives do? They can't change anything. They just plan dances! 3. Tina: Well, they can also express our views. For example, they could recommend to change the class schedule. 4. Tiara: Yeah, that would be great. It would be nice to have fewer classes each day. 5. Tina: Right! Math and science every other day! 2. Put the words into the correct order. Example: /is/ /Michael’s/ /about/ /project/ /what/? How was Hillary's speech? 1. /speech/ /what/ /Michael’s/ /did/ /Tiara/ /of/ /think/? __________________________________________________________________ 2. /think/ /does/ /the/ /will/ /election/ /win/ /who/ /Tiara/? __________________________________________________________________ 3. /about/ /Tiara/ /student/ /does/ /government/ /what/ /think/? __________________________________________________________________ 4. /would/ /kind/ /what/ /of/ /changes/ /Tina/ /like/? __________________________________________________________________ 5. /Tina/ /class schedule/ /the/ /would/ /change/ / to/ /like/ /how/? __________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 3 English for Success ▪ Unit 17 Exercise D 1. Listen to Ataturk in Unit 17 School Subjects. Then read each sentence in the exercise and indicate the letter of the sentence from the box that comes before it. a. During the First World War, he was a brave soldier and a brilliant military leader. b. Following these changes, Turkey became a secular country, which meant that Islam was no longer the state religion. c. He believed that the traditional Muslim way of organizing the country was old-fashioned. d. Ataturk was born in 1881 in Salonika, (now called Thessaloniki). e. In 1928, the written Turkish language was changed from Arabic script to Latin script. f. Mustafa opposed the Turkish government's decision to surrender and give up parts of the country to foreign control. g. On November 10th, 1938, after an illness, the Father of modern Turkey died. h. The War took three years, and by the end of 1922, the Turkish army had won and the country was free. 1. d His father died when he was a boy in 1888. 2. _____ By 1915, he was a national hero, and by the age of 35, he had become a general. 3. _____ As a result, in 1919 he started the Turkish Nationalist Republican party. 4. _____ After winning the War of Independence, Ataturk and his supporters abolished the monarchy and replaced it with a Republic. 5. _____ He wanted to make Turkey more modern. 6. _____ This change made it easier for more people to learn to read and write. 7. _____ There was a separation between religion and government. 8. _____ Millions of people across the country cried when they heard about his death. 2. Listen to the first part of Unit 17 Genghis Khan in School Subjects. Put these sentences into the correct order. _____ They gave him some poisoned food, and he died. _____ His father took him to the family of his future wife. _____ However, the tribe did not accept Temujin as their leader because they thought he was too young. _____ On the way home, Temujin's father met some enemies of the Mongols. 1 When he was only nine years old, his father arranged for him to get married. _____ When Temujin heard about his father's death, he returned home to take his father's place as leader of their tribe. 4 © DynEd International English for Success ▪ Unit 17 Exercise E 1. Listen to Unit 17 School Subjects - Sun Yat-sen. Choose the correct form of the verb. Then put the sentences into the correct order. _____ After graduate / graduating in 1892, he practiced medicine, and he soon became active in politics. _____ From Hawaii, Sun went to Hong Kong and to study / studied medicine. _____ He eventually left Japan and was in the US when he has heard / heard about the successful rebellion against the Chinese emperor. _____ He immediately returned / has returned to China to take part. _____ In 1894, Sun started the Revive China Society with the goal of to make / making China a better country. _____ The rebellion failed, and for the next sixteen years, Sun had lived / lived as an exile in the United States, Japan and Britain. 1 When Sun was thirteen, he moved to Hawaii to live with his older brother who has been working / was working there. _____ While exile / exiled in Japan, Sun joined a Chinese group and became their leader. 2. Write each word into the chart in the correct category. assembly battle chief commander congress democracy Army dynasty general leader military monarchy representatives Government © DynEd International republic ruler soldier war warrior Both 5 English for Success ▪ Unit 17 Exercise F 1. Put the words into the correct order Example: The central nervous system/ /the brain/ /consists/ /and/ /spinal cord/ /of/. The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord 1. /the heart/ /includes/ /the circulatory/ /vessels/ /and/ / blood/. ____________________________________________________________________ 2. /excess food that is digested/ /fat/ /stored/ /in your body/ /turned/ /is/ /into/ /and/. ____________________________________________________________________ 3. /the immune system is/ /defense/ /infections/ /the body’s/ /system/ /and diseases/ /against/. ____________________________________________________________________ 4. /control/ /impulses/ /your/ /and organs/ /nerve/ /muscles/. ____________________________________________________________________ 5. /the reproductive/ /humans/ /children/ /allows/ /system/ /to produce/. ____________________________________________________________________ 2. Connect the two parts of each sentence. 1. The heart pumps blood to and from the lungs ____ 6 2. One function of the digestive system ____ 3. The digestive system supplies the energy ____ 4. Food that can't be digested ____ 5. After food is chewed and swallowed ____ 6. One way the immune system works ____ 7. Sneezing, runny noses, and fever ____ 8. If an infection or disease invades the body ____ 9. One part of the nervous system __i__ 10.The respiratory system ____ © DynEd International a. it goes down to the stomach. b. is by excreting invasive threats from the body. c. is to break down and absorb food into the body. d. that the body requires for growth and repair. e. are examples of the immune system at work. f. brings air into the body and removes carbon dioxide. g. to eliminate waste carbon dioxide and to pick up oxygen. h. the immune system goes on the attack. i. is the central nervous system. j. is turned into waste and is eliminated from the body. Reading for Success ▪ Unit 17 Reading for Success 17: MARGARET THATCHER Getting Started Fill in the timeline below with these events from Margaret Thatcher's career: Margaret Thatcher’s Career a. became leader of the Conservative Party b. became Prime Minister c. born in England d. elected to Parliament e. first became a political candidate f. forced to resign g. re-elected after Falklands War C 1925 1949 1959 1975 © DynEd International 1979 1983 1990 7 Reading for Success ▪ Unit 17 Comprehension Check 1 True or False? Read each statement and decide if it is true or false. Circle or highlight your answer. Write a complete sentence to explain your answer. 1. Margaret Thatcher served as Prime Minister for over ten years. True False Mrs. Thatcher served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom for 11 years, from 1979 to 1990. 2. Margaret Thatcher came from a wealthy family. True False _______________________________________________________________ 3. Margaret Thatcher failed at chemistry so she decided to enter politics. True False _______________________________________________________________ 4. Most British people thought Margaret Thatcher was too shy to be a political candidate. True False _______________________________________________________________ 5. Margaret Thatcher was not interested in raising a family. True False _______________________________________________________________ 6. Mrs. Thatcher became Prime Minister soon after she was elected to Parliament. True False _______________________________________________________________ 7. Mrs. Thatcher was most concerned about poor people and workers. True False _______________________________________________________________ 8. Not everyone agreed with Mrs. Thatcher's policies during her first term in office. True False _______________________________________________________________ 8 © DynEd International Reading for Success ▪ Unit 17 Vocabulary Practice 1 1. Match the words to make common English expressions. 1. a political a. union ———————— 2. a member b. century ———————— 3. a grocery c. Party ———————— 4. health d. Minister ———————— 5. Conservative e. Kingdom 6. Oxford f. candidate ———————— a political candidate 7. Prime g. shop ———————— 8. twentieth h. of Parliament ———————— 9. a trade i. care ———————— 10. The United j. University ———————— 2. Then write three sentences about Margaret Thatcher. Each sentence must use at least one phrase from the chart. 1. __________________________________________________________________ 2. __________________________________________________________________ 3. __________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 9 Reading for Success ▪ Unit 17 Language Focus 1 Unscramble the words to make a sentence about Margaret Thatcher. 1. /1925 // born // in // Margaret // Thatcher // was / Margaret Thatcher was born in 1925. 2. / at // Chemistry // From 1943 // Oxford University // she // studied // to 1947, / _______________________________________________________________ 3. / a political // at the age // became // candidate // In 1949, // Margaret // of 24, / _______________________________________________________________ 4. / 1951, // a businessman // December // Denis Thatcher, // In // Margaret // married/ _______________________________________________________________ 5. / as // a Member // elected // in // 1959 // Mrs. // Thatcher // of Parliament // was / _______________________________________________________________ 6. / became // Conservative // In // 1975, // of the // political // party // she // the // leader/ _______________________________________________________________ 7. / of // British // She // the power //to // trade // unions // wanted // weaken / _______________________________________________________________ 8. / believed // Mrs. // Thatcher // on // people // rely // should // that // themselves / _______________________________________________________________ 10 © DynEd International Reading for Success ▪ Unit 17 Comprehension Check 2 Circle or highlight the correct answers. 1. Who attacked the Falkland Islands in 1982? a. Great Britain b. Argentina c. The European Community 2. When did Mrs. Thatcher begin her second term as Prime Minister? a. 1982 b. 1983 c. 1987 3. Which British trade union went on strike during Mrs. Thatcher's second term? a. the coal miners b. the British military c. the factory workers 4. Which of these policies did Mrs. Thatcher support during her third term as Prime Minister? a. The UK joining the European Community b. A special tax to pay for local government c. Recapturing the Falkland Islands 5. How long did Mrs. Thatcher serve as Prime Minister of the UK? a. 32 years b. 11 years c. from 1982 to 1987 6. When did Margaret Thatcher die? a. 2013 b. 2011 c. 2009 © DynEd International 11 Reading for Success ▪ Unit 17 Vocabulary Practice 2 Complete this crossword puzzle. ACROSS 1. a period of time that someone does a government job 7. to leave a job 8. to fight against a person or country 9. a plan of action by a government or other groups 10. an event in which people vote to choose someone for a position DOWN 1. money that you have to pay to the government 2. soldiers; the armed forces of a country 3. a political organization that seeks to get its members elected to government positions 4. not weak 5. a person who seeks to be chosen to a job or position 6. a country's system for producing and using money and goods 12 © DynEd International ▪ Unit 17 Reading for Success Language Focus 2 Fill in the blanks, using the words in italics. On April 2, 1982, Argentina attacked (attacked / was attacked) the Falkland Islands, which (1) (controlled/were controlled) by the British. Mrs. Thatcher (2) (directed / was directed) the military to recapture the islands. Argentina (3) on June 14. The British people (4) (surrendered / was surrendered) ______(excited / were excited) by Mrs. Thatcher’s strong leadership, and in 1983, she (5) (re-elected / was re-elected). In 1984, British coal miners (6) (decided / were decided) to go on strike and not work until the government (7) to them. Mrs. Thatcher (8) (listened / was listened) (refused / was refused) to talk to the miners, and there were violent protests in the streets. However, after one year, Mrs. Thatcher's policies (9) (forced / was forced) the miners back to work. © DynEd International 13 Reading for Success ▪ Unit 17 MY WRITING Choose one of the suggested topics or questions, or a similar one that you’d prefer, and write at least two paragraphs on the subject. 1. What qualities make a good leader? 2. What women leaders are there in your country, now and in the past? 3. Do you think men and women lead differently? If so, in what ways? 14 © DynEd International Exercises English for Success ▪ Unit 18 English for Success Exercise A 18 1 1. Look at the pictures in Unit 18 Warm-Up and listen to the sentences. Then complete the sentences with the correct phrases. 1. The girl _____________________________ (treat) for a serious illness. 2. People _____________________________ (cut down) trees for many years now. 3. In order to prevent injury, the boy _____________________ (wear) protection over his eyes. 4. This girl ________________________ (take) an advanced drawing class at her school. 5. A large part of this forest _____________________________ (cut down) for its wood. 2. Answer these questions in complete sentences. 1. The girl in the picture is in the hospital with a serious illness. What could happen if she doesn’t see a doctor soon? __________________________________________________________________ 2. The science teacher is showing the boy how to conduct an experiment. What might be the result if the boy doesn’t pour in the correct amount of liquid? __________________________________________________________________ 3. The girl is being shown the correct way to hold the chalk by her art instructor. What do you think will happen if the girl keeps practicing? __________________________________________________________________ 4. Many forests are being cut down all over the world today. What could happen if we continue to cut down so many trees? __________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 15 English for Success ▪ Unit 18 Exercise B 1. Listen to Unit 18 Dialog 1 in School Life and fill in the correct words. Tiara tells Tina that Michael has won the election but that he won’t be president. Tiara: His family (a) _______________________________. He just found out. Tina: Moving? Where to? Tiara: London! Can you believe it? Tina: What a shock! What (b) _____________________________________? Tiara: I don't know. I (c) ________________________________to talk to him. Tina: When (d) _________________________________________________? Tiara: I'm not sure, but probably at the end of this school year. Tina: That's only two months (e) ___________________________________! Tiara: Yeah... (f) I’m ____________________________miss him. He's really nice. Tina: (g) ________________________ the election? Will Hillary be president or (h) ________________________ another election? Tiara: This (i) _______________________________ before, so I don't know (j) ________________________________. 2. Listen to Unit 18 Dialog 2 in School Life and fill in the missing words. did today don’t want forgot wants going was have wasn’t supposed will be Nick: What's wrong, Alex? Alex: I (a) ___________ __________ to turn in my English paper (b) ___________, but I (c) __________ all about it. I thought it (d) __________ due until next week. Nick: What are you (e) _________ to do? Alex: I don't know but I (f) __________ __________my parents to find out. Nick: (g) _________ you talk to Mr. Huffman? Alex: Yeah... and he (h) __________ to talk to me after school. 16 © DynEd International English for Success ▪ Unit 18 Exercise C 1. Put the words into the correct order. Example: /happened/ /never/ /this/ /has/ /before/. This has never happened before. 1. /chance/ /to talk/ /him/ /I/ /haven’t/ /a/ /had/ /to/. ________________________________________________________________ 2. /turn/ /late/ /he/ /it/ /in/ /said//can/ /I/. ________________________________________________________________ 3. /interested/ /I’m/ /president/ /not/ /in/ /being/. ________________________________________________________________ 4. /due/ /thought/ /until/ /I/ / wasn’t/ /next/ /it/ /week/. ________________________________________________________________ 5. /better/ /it/ /right/ /you’d/ /away/ /finish/. ________________________________________________________________ 2. Listen to Unit 18 Dialogs in School Life. Answer these questions. 1. Why won’t Michael be class president? _________________________________________________________________ 2. Will Hillary become president? _________________________________________________________________ 3. Why didn’t Alex turn in his English paper? ________________________________________________________________ 4. Why does it matter how soon Alex turns in his paper? _________________________________________________________________ 5. What will happen if Alex’s parents find out about the late paper? _________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 17 English for Success ▪ Unit 18 Exercise D 1. Listen to Unit 18 Political Units in School Subjects. Then fill in the missing words. alliances population borders institution capital characteristics political government control systems countries territory There are four (1) __________ that all (2) ___________have in common. They include a group of people, known as the (3) ____________. They include a defined (4) ____________, which is land enclosed by (5) ____________. They have a (6) ___________, which is the (7) ___________ ruling the land and the people. They have sovereignty, which is to have exclusive (8) _________ over the (9) ____________, economic, and social (10) ____________within the territory. 2. Listen to Unit 18 Types of Government in School Subjects. Write the correct form of government: autocracy, oligarchy, democracy, or anarchy. 1. A small group of people controls the government. __________________ 2. In a single-party country, only members of the one official party can hold political power. __________________________ 3. Political power is supposed to be shared by everyone in the country. _______________ 4. The legendary King Arthur, for example, is a king who loved his people. _____________ 5. The name of this form of government means "rule of the people." ____________ 6. The simplest form of government is one which has only one ruler. ____________ 7. There is nobody to make political decisions or enforce laws. ________________ 8. This is the most common form of government in the world today. ____________ 9. This type of government includes both monarchies and dictatorships. ______________ 10. Without laws or law enforcement, economies cannot function efficiently, and the population suffers. _______________ 18 © DynEd International English for Success ▪ Unit 18 Exercise E 1. Listen to Unit 18 Government Services in School Subjects. Connect the two parts of each sentence. 1. In many countries, the government is run _g___ 2. The United States is _____ 3. Representative democracies _____ 4. The prime minister _____ 5. The president _____ 6. One role of government _____ 7. The executive branch of a government _____ 8. The judicial branch _____ 9. The constitution _____ 10. _____ If citizens refuse to pay taxes, a. they will be breaking the law. b. is to make laws and set policy for the country. c. an example of a representative democracy. d. is a document that defines how the government is set up. e. is elected directly by the people. f. is chosen by the elected representatives in the parliament. g. by elected representatives of the people h. can be organized in a variety of ways. i. carries out the laws and policies of the country. j. oversees the country's court system. 2. Write in the missing words that connect the two sentences. also then another these as a result instead but it for example this is true 1. Political maps show the boundaries that divide countries. They _________show the location of capitals. 2. Capitals are cities where the government is located. The capital of Vietnam, _________, is Hanoi. 3. In the 1950s and 1960s, European countries granted independence to their colonies. The colonies ___________ formed local governments. 4. Famous revolutionaries include George Washington, Vladimir Lenin, and Sun Yat-sen. __________ leaders wanted to improve conditions for their countries. 5. Without laws or law enforcement economies cannot function efficiently, and the population suffers. ___________, most anarchies don't last very long. 6. In some countries, the people have control over the land and means of production. ____________ for countries such as the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom. 7. In a parliamentary democracy, there is no president. ____________, there is a prime minister. 8. One role of government is to make laws and set policy for the country. ____________ role is to raise money through taxes. © DynEd International 19 English for Success ▪ Unit 18 Exercise F 1. Fill in the correct word or phrase. both won’t each other trenches had will has were neither truce singing the other 1. The war ________been fought for a few months but ________ side was winning. 2. The ________ had been dug deep into rocky ground, and the soldiers ________covered with mud. 3. Soon both sides were ________, sometimes their singing received by ________side with applause or calls for an encore. 4. Somebody proposed a ________for Christmas day: "We ________shoot if you don't." 5. At the agreed time, soldiers from ________sides climbed to the top of their trenches and saluted ________. 2. Listen to the story of Christmas 1914 in Unit 18 Language Extension. Mark each sentence True (T) or False (F) in the space at the end of each sentence. If a sentence is false, change the wording to make it true. 1. ____ The story takes place in France in December 1914. _____ ______________________________________________________________ 2. ____ The battlefield was cold and muddy. _____ _______________________________________________________________ 3. ____ Germany was winning the war. _____ _______________________________________________________________ 4. ____ On Christmas Eve, the German soldiers began singing traditional Christmas songs. _____ _______________________________________________________________ 5. ____ The first soldier to leave the trenches was British. _____ _______________________________________________________________ 6. ____ The soldier was carrying a gun. _____ _______________________________________________________________ 20 © DynEd International English for Success ▪ Unit 18 7. ____ The two sides agreed not to fight on Christmas Day. _____ _______________________________________________________________ 8. ____ The soldiers could not communicate with each other. _____ _______________________________________________________________ 9. ____ The soldiers exchanged gifts and drinks and played a game of soccer. _____ _______________________________________________________________ 10. ____ The soldiers agreed never to fight again._____ _______________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 21 Reading for Success ▪ Unit 18 Reading for Success 18: THE UNITED NATIONS Getting Started Complete the chart using the information from the readings. Insert the letter of the correct answer into the boxes in the chart. a. 193 members b. China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States c. elected by the UN General Assembly d. General Assembly e. non-permanent members f. permanent members g. Security Council h. United Nations B 22 © DynEd International Reading For Success ▪ Unit 18 Comprehension Check 1 Write one or more complete sentences to answer each question. 1. Why did world leaders create the United Nations? _________________________________________________________________ 2. Where is the UN Headquarters located? _________________________________________________________________ 3. By how much did the membership of the UN grow between 1945 and 2013? _________________________________________________________________ 4. What are some goals of the United Nations? _________________________________________________________________ 5. When does the UN provide emergency assistance? _________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 23 Reading for Success ▪ Unit 18 Vocabulary Practice 1 Complete this crossword puzzle, using words from Reading 1 and Reading 2. ACROSS 3. The United Nations the rights of individuals to be treated fairly. 5. The UN is known for its efforts during the aftermath of floods or earthquakes. 7. One of the goals of the UN is to provide assistance to victims of natural 8. The headquarters of the UN are located on land that is not the 9. The UN now has 193 . of any one nation. nations. 10. The UN considers that freedom to opinions is a basic human right. DOWN 1. The UN was 2. Many cities were to promote communication and cooperation among nations. during World War II. 4. The basic goals and operations of the UN are described in the UN 6. The UN Charter was 24 . in San Francisco in 1945 by the 51 original members of the UN. © DynEd International Reading For Success ▪ Unit 18 Language Focus 1 Fill in the missing phrases. for emergency assistance or poverty to express opinions floods or earthquakes with new democratic governments worldwide community promote peace food and medicine protects human rights free and fair The primary goal of the United Nations is to promote peace nations. In addition, the UN (1) enough to eat, (2) countries (3) and cooperation among , such as each person’s right to have , and to be treated fairly. The UN also helps . It oversees elections to make sure they are (4) _______________. Countries ask (5) from the United Nations when they have natural disasters, such as (6) . The UN helps move (7) people who are affected by disasters, wars, (8) are part of the UN's goal of building a (9) © DynEd International to . These relief efforts . 25 Reading for Success ▪ Unit 18 Comprehension Check 2 Choose the best answer. 1. The _____ is the UN main forum for debate and discussion. a. UN Security Council b. United Nations c. UN General Assembly 2. A UN recommendation on peace and security must be passed by _____. a. majority vote b. two-thirds vote c. seven or more votes 3. The UN Security Council can _____ during regional conflicts. a. send peacekeepers or approve military action b. send soldiers and weapons c. take control of member state governments 4. _____ can veto any Security Council resolution. a. Brazil b. France c. Japan 5. The ten non-permanent members of the UN Security Council are chosen from _____. a. the countries that won World War II b. different regions of the world c. the largest countries in the world 26 © DynEd International Reading For Success ▪ Unit 18 Vocabulary Practice 2 Fill in the blanks with the correct word form. a. approve b. issue c. region d. present e. recommend f. resolve 1. The United Nations General Assembly is the main UN organization for discussion of international issues. 2. The UN General Assembly makes on peace and security. 3. A statement passed by the UN General Assembly is called a “ .” 4. The UN Security Council can send peacekeepers to help prevent fighting during conflicts. 5. If necessary, the Security Council can give for military action. 6. Security Council members must always be at UN Headquarters. Language Focus 2 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb in parentheses. 1. When the Assembly votes (vote) on an important question, the statement (must approve) by a two-thirds vote. 2. A statement (pass) by the General Assembly (call) a resolution. 3. The ten non-permanent members of the UN Security Council from different regions of the world. 4. They (select) (elect) by the UN General Assembly for two-year terms. 5. If a permanent member vetoes a resolution by voting against it, it (reject), even if the other members © DynEd International (approve) it. 27 Reading for Success ▪ Unit 18 MY WRITING Choose one of the suggested topics or questions, or a similar one that you’d prefer, and write at least two paragraphs on the subject. 1. Do you think the United Nations is a force for good in the world? 2. When, if ever, is it justified to go to war? 3. Do you think it is wrong for the headquarters of the United Nations to be located in New York City? 28 © DynEd International Exercises English for Success ▪ Unit 19 English for Success Exercise A 19 33 1. Look at the pictures in Unit 19 Warm-Up and listen to the sentences. Then complete the sentences with the correct phrases. 1. _____________________________ can be both fun and little scary. 2. The girl ______________________ driving lessons for the first time. 3. She _________________________ a driving test in order to get a driver's license. 4. She _________________________ before, so she's very nervous. 5. She's ________________________ that she might get into an accident. 2. Fill in the correct words. will has fails pass needs to passing will have needs to pass might not to write 1. The boy ______ to finish reading his books in order ______ his paper. 2. In order to receive a ______ grade, he _______ work very late. 3. The two friends are happy that they ________ finished, but they _______ miss their friends. 4. The girl ______a good grade so that she can ________ the class. 5. If she ________ her class, she _______ get to graduate. © DynEd International 29 English for Success ▪ Unit 19 Exercise B 1. Listen to Unit 19 Dialog 1 in School Life then fill in the correct words. Tina has been waiting for Alex. Tina: Where _____________________________________________? Alex: Oh, sorry. How long __________________________________? Tina: I've been waiting ____________________________________! Alex: Did you call mom? Tina: Yeah, I told her __________________________. She'll meet us _______________________________. _________________________ that our music lessons are today! Alex: I said ______________________________________. Tina: Sometimes you're _____________________________. 2. Listen to Unit 19 Dialog 2 in School Life. Then fill in the missing words. already really are you will you are you leaving are you looking still there yet here I’d rather are you ready Tina: Hi Michael. When (1)______________________ for London? Michael: I'm not sure (2)____________________. My dad is (3)_________________ there. Tina: (4)_________________ forward to living (5)______________? Michael: No, not (6)_____________. I'm tired of moving around. (7)___________ stay (8)_________. Michael: (9)________________ for the history test tomorrow? Tina: No, not yet. I'm (10)________________ reviewing my notes. 30 © DynEd International English for Success ▪ Unit 19 Exercise C 1. Put the words into the correct order. Example: /meet/ /is/ /who/ /them/ /going/ /to/? Who is going to meet them? 1. /Alex/ /long/ /been/ /for/ /Tina/ /waiting/ /how/ /has/? _________________________________________________________________ 2. /mother/ /why/ /Tina/ /did/ /call/ /their/? _________________________________________________________________ 3. /father/ /in/ /what/ /now/ /is/ /London/ /doing/ /Michael’s/? _________________________________________________________________ 4. /London/ /does/ /feel/ /to/ /how/ /moving/ /about/ /Michael/? _________________________________________________________________ 5. /prepare/ /Tina/ /test/ /is/ /doing/ /the/ /for/ /to/ /what/? _________________________________________________________________ 2. Listen to Unit 19 Dialogs in School Life. Answer these questions. 1. Why is Tina upset? _________________________________________________________________ 2. Why was Alex late? _________________________________________________________________ 3. Will Alex and Tina be late for their music lessons? _________________________________________________________________ 4. When will Michael leave for London? _________________________________________________________________ 5. Is the history test going to be easy? _________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 31 English for Success ▪ Unit 19 Exercise D 1. Listen to Goods and Services in Unit 19 School Subjects. Then fill in the correct words. can be support consumers population distributed workforce economy resources government may have needs price 1. An important part of a country's _______ is how goods and services are _______. 2. A good ______ tries to supply its ________ with the most basic _______. 3. Even a good government _______ difficulty if the country doesn't have the _______ necessary to ________ its economy. 4. A skilled ______ can provide goods and services that ________ traded for food and other basic goods and services. 2. Listen to Credit in Unit 19 School Subjects. Fill in the blanks with the correct words or phrases from the previous sentence. Example: This service has a value. To pay for this __________, the bank or credit card company charges interest. Answer: This service has a value. To pay for this service, the bank or credit card company charges interest. 1. In an economy, the availability of credit is important. __________________ allows people to buy things even if they don't have money when they make the purchase. 2. Interest is payment to the credit provider for lending money to the borrower. The borrowed _________________________ allows the borrower to pay for something. 3. It's also important to make payments on time, or the interest rate may increase. If a borrower fails to ____________________, it will become more expensive to get credit in the future. 4. Credit card companies and banks monitor the credit histories of borrowers. _______________with good credit can get future credit at a lower interest rate than those who have a poor credit history. 5. When you are given a credit card, you are given a line of credit. A _______________ shows how much you can borrow. 32 © DynEd International English for Success ▪ Unit 19 Exercise E 1. Listen to Unit 19 Supply and Demand in School Subjects. Then fill in the missing words. decrease lower rise low fall more fewer prices higher demand increase supplies The laws of supply and demand help us to understand why the (1) __________ of goods and services (2) _________ or fall. The law of (3) __________ states that as the price of something rises, the demand for it will (4) _________. This is because (5) ___________ people can afford it. The law of supply states that (6) __________ of a product will increase at a (7) __________ price. This is because producers of the product will want to (8) __________ production. Selling (9) __________ at a higher price increases profits. If the price is too (10) _________, producers will not want to supply the product. 2. Circle or highlight the word or phrase in each sentence to complete the sentence with the correct meaning. 1. Needs / Wants include goods or services that are nice, but not necessary. 2. Imports / Exports are bought by one country from another country. 3. Saudi Arabia exports / imports oil to many other countries. 4. If you want to increase your price, you have to increase the cost/ value of your service. 5. The company providing credit is lending / borrowing money to the borrower. 6. As the demand for something increases, its price will tend to fall / rise. 7. One way for a company to increase the price of its products is to increase/ decrease demand for it. 8. As the demand drops, the price will have to rise / fall in order to sell it. 9. The price must be high / low enough to cover the costs of creating the product. 10. If the price of a product is too high / low, there won't be enough people who can afford it. © DynEd International 33 English for Success ▪ Unit 19 Exercise F 1. Fill in the correct word or phrase. belong to is required become include animals people educate practice educational provide jobs requires 1. __________ institutions __________ schools, universities and vocational colleges. 2. To be a successful artist usually _____________many years of ____________. 3. To ____________ others, one must first ____________ educated. 4. Veterinarians ____________health care to ____________. 5. In some countries, workers in these __________ often __________ a trade union. 2. Put each word into the correct job category. accountant banks beautician college criminal cruise ship dancer diplomat 34 election electrician engineer hospital hotel investment judge loan mayor nurse orchestra painter pharmacist plumber poet police politician prison guard scientist teacher tourist tutor university The Arts Education and Training Financial Government Health Law Enforcement Science and Technology Tourism Trades and Services © DynEd International Reading for Success 19: ▪ Unit 19 Reading for Success MONEY Getting Started Complete the chart. Solution Problem People used grain or cattle as form of money. People did not know how much a piece of gold was worth. a) Civilizations began to make coins with standard weights and sizes. b) Governments began to issue paper money. c) Large amounts of metal coins were heavy to carry. d) People did not know how much a piece of gold was worth. e) People used grain or cattle as form of money. f) Some people did not have the goods that other people wanted to barter for. © DynEd International 35 Reading for Success ▪ Unit 19 Comprehension Check 1 Write one or more sentences to answer each question. 1. What do people do when they barter? _________________________________________________________________ 2. What can make it difficult to use a barter system? _________________________________________________________________ 3. Would pieces of wood be useful as money? Why or why not? _________________________________________________________________ 4. What were some of the earliest forms of money? _________________________________________________________________ 5. Why did people accept gold and silver in exchange for goods and services? _________________________________________________________________ 6. How does money help a society to function? _________________________________________________________________ 36 © DynEd International Reading for Success ▪ Unit 19 Vocabulary Practice 1 Complete this crossword puzzle. ACROSS 3. cows or bulls that are kept for milk or meat 6. things that people make to trade or sell 8. not seen or found very often 9. nice to look at 10. an organized method for doing something DOWN 1. to give something and receive something else 2. very valuable 4. to exchange one thing for another 5. how much something is worth 7. a job someone does for others © DynEd International 37 Reading for Success ▪ Unit 19 Language Focus 1 Fill in the missing phrases. One phrase will not be used. a. as money b. as early as c. as a form d. as long as e. as valuable f. such as g. in exchange for h. exchanging i. could exchange j. to use k. were also used l. could be used to Money makes _exchanging_ goods and services easier. Money can be any object that people will accept (1) _______________ and worth exchanging. (2)________________ 9000 BCE, people used grain or cattle (3) _______________ of money. Small, attractive objects—such as shells or beads—(4) ____________ as money. When a society accepted particular things (5) ______________, people (6) ______________ goods more easily. Precious metals, (7) _______________ gold and silver, were among the earliest forms of money. Gold and silver were rare and (8) _______________ make beautiful jewelry. These metals were convenient (9) ______________ as money because they could be carried easily and they lasted a long time. For these reasons, people accepted gold and silver (10) ________________ goods and services. 38 © DynEd International Reading for Success ▪ Unit 19 Comprehension Check 2 Rewrite the false sentences as true sentences. 1. People did not use gold and silver as money before 2500 BCE. True False _________________________________________________________________ 2. The value of an ancient coin depended on its size, its weight, and the material it was made of. True False _________________________________________________________________ 3. All ancient coins were marked with the same symbols and words. True False _________________________________________________________________ 4. In general, coins are used for greater amounts of money than paper notes. True False _________________________________________________________________ 5. A Chinese trader first observed the use of paper money in Europe. True False _________________________________________________________________ 6. Today, you can exchange paper money for a fixed amount of gold or silver. True False _________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 39 Reading for Success ▪ Unit 19 Vocabulary Practice 2 Read each pair of sentences. Are the meanings the same or different? 1. A barter system provides one way for people to exchange goods and services. In a barter system, people exchange money for goods and services. 2. In a barter system, each person must have the goods or skills that another person requires. When two people barter, both traders must have the same goods or skills. 3. As early as 9000 BCE, people used grain or cattle as a form of money. In ancient times, people could buy grain or cattle with money. 4. Precious metals, such as gold and silver, were among the earliest form of money. The earliest forms of money included gold, silver, and other precious metals. 5. Gold and silver were rare and could be used to make beautiful jewelry. Beautiful jewelry could be made from gold and silver, which were plentiful and easy to obtain. 6. Gold, silver, and other precious metals were convenient to use as money because they could be carried easily and they lasted a long time. Precious metals, such as gold and silver, were useful as money because they were portable and durable. 7. Around 2500 years ago, societies began to shape gold, silver, and bronze into coins with standardized weights and sizes. Around 500 BCE, civilizations began to mold precious metals into coins with weights and sizes that determined their value. 8. Each city displayed its own distinct symbols on its coins. Symbols on the coins indicated which city produced the coins. 9. The value of early coins was dependent upon the amount of metal they contained, as measured by weight. People could tell the value of early coins by their size. 10. Over time, people began to recognize certain coins as having a specific value, regardless of their weight. After a while, the value of certain coins came to be recognized, without the need to weigh the coins. 11. Paper money was first used in China about 1000 years ago. The first people to use paper money were the Chinese. Paper money has been used in China since 1000 BCE. 12. Today, bank notes cannot be directly exchanged for gold or silver. You can take paper money to a bank today and you will be given gold and silver in exchange. 40 © DynEd International _different_ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ Reading for Success ▪ Unit 19 Language Focus 2 Fill in the missing words. Two words will not be used. amount symbols valuable coin marked societies bronze exchanged reduce specific weight prove Around 2500 years ago, _societies_ began to shape gold, silver, and (1) ______________ into coins with standard weights and sizes. This way, each (2) ______________ of the same weight and size would have the same value. Civilizations in India, China, and Greece all began to make coins out of (3) ______________ metals. The coins were (4) ______________ with symbols or words to(5) ______________ that they were made by the government. Each city or ruler used its own (6) ______________ for the money it created. The value of early coins depended on the (7) ______________ of metal in them, as measured by weight. Over time, people began to accept coins as having a (8) ______________ value, regardless of their weight. Because of this, governments could (9) ______________ the amount of precious metal in their coins. © DynEd International 41 Reading for Success ▪ Unit 19 MY WRITING Choose one of the suggested topics or questions, or a similar one that you’d prefer, and write at least two paragraphs on the subject. 1. Would you buy something on credit even when you don’t have any money in the bank? 2. Is it more important to save money for a rainy day, or to spend it before inflation reduces its value? 3. Why is money important to you? 42 © DynEd International Exercises English by the Numbers ▪ Unit 1 English by the Numbers 1 Unit 1: Numbers, Fractions and Decimals (Review) Write out the numerical expression for each of the following numbers, fractions, and decimals. Example: 63,412 Sixty-three thousand four hundred and twelve__ 1. 884,850 2. 1/5 3. .008 4. 695 5. 3 5/16 6. 12.06 7. .5 % 8. 7/8 9. 1,500,000 10. 158,780 © DynEd International 43 ▪ Unit 2 English by the Numbers English by the Numbers Exercises 2 Unit 2: Operations & Relationships (Review) Circle or highlight the correct answer. Example: Which number is equal to the difference between the largest and smallest numbers? 2 4 1 3 5 1. What number is the second largest? 25 301 50 98 10 2. Which number is one-half the largest even number? 25 9 8 12.5 18 3. Which expression represents ten times the difference between a and b? 10 (a + b) 10 a + b 10 (a - b) 4. Which number is 25% more than the smallest number? 12 32 8 16 10 5. Which number is the average of the other four numbers? 40 20 10 25 30 6. Which expression represents half the sum of a and b? 2 (a + b) a+b 2 2 (a - b) 7. Which number is five times the square root of sixteen? 40 4 24 20 12 8. What are the two largest of these six numbers? 2 4 6 8 10 8 10 12 9. What is fifty divided by five? 2 4 6 10. Which expression represents four times a plus three times b? (4a + 3)b (4+3) (a+b) 44 4a + 3b 4 (a + 3b) © DynEd International Exercises English by the Numbers ▪ Unit 5 English by the Numbers 3 Unit 3: Related Changes (Review) Match a line graph to each corresponding sentence. Write the letter of the graph on the blank after the sentence. A. 1. Both x and y are increasing. _____ B. 2. X improved, but y fell. _____ C. D. 3. Y dropped even though x rose. _____ 4. Y went up, but x stayed constant. _____ E. 5. Y made steady gains even though x remained the same. ____ F. 6. Both x and y increase, but x increases more than y. _____ © DynEd International 45 ▪ Unit 4 English by the Numbers Exercises English by the Numbers Unit 4: Line Graphs Circle or highlight the best answer to each of the following questions. Example: What was the unemployment rate at the beginning of 1973? 4% 6% 5% 9% 1. Did the unemployment rate rise or fall during 1974? rose sharply remained flat fell sharply rose, then fell 2. Was unemployment high or low in 1975? high low unchanged 3. What happened to unemployment in 1979? rose sharply remained flat fell sharply rose, then fell 4. What was the lowest unemployment rate between 1976 and 1982? 4% 6% 7% 9% 5. In what year was unemployment just below 8%? 1974 1984 1976 1973 6. During which period did unemployment peak? 1976 to 1977 46 1979 to 1980 1982 to 1983 © DynEd International 1984 to 1985 4 Exercises English by the Numbers ▪ Unit 5 English by the Numbers 5 Unit 5: Bar Graphs Answer the following questions. Example: Which region has the highest birthrate? Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest birthrate. 1. What is the birthrate for Asia? 2. Which region has a birthrate of just below 2.0? 3. Which region has the lowest birthrate? 4. Which region has a birthrate slightly higher than Japan’s but lower than Europe’s? 5. What region has the higher birthrate, Japan or the U.S.? 6. Which two regions have about the same birthrate? © DynEd International 47 Exercises New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 1 Life Experiences New Dynamic English Module Unit 1: Life Experience (Review) Exercise A Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb. Richard (be) is a teacher at a college in England. He (teach) _________________ science there for the past five years. Before that, for two years, he (be) _______________ a graduate student at Newton University. At the same time, he (work) ________________ part-time as a research assistant. Richard (come) __________________ to England eight years ago. After finishing his studies in Hong Kong, he (give) ___________________ a grant to study in the UK. Another reason he (decide) _____________________ to study in the UK was that he (want) __________________ to be with his girlfriend who (go) ____________________ to London to get a job as a model. After about two years, Richard and his girlfriend (get married) ____________________. Now they (have) _________________ a five-year-old son. Altogether, they (live) __________________ in England for eight years. Exercise B Rearrange the words to form the correct sentence. Example: Richard /but now/ /used to / /a graduate student/ /be/ /is/ a science teacher. Richard used to be a graduate student, but now he is a science teacher. 1. Richard /in Hong Kong/ /but now/ /live/ /used to/ /he lives/ in England. Richard ________________________________________________ in England. 2. His girlfriend /to get/ /to London/ /came/ /as/ /a job/ a model. His girlfriend ______________________________________________ a model. 3. Richard /in England/ /living/ /likes/ /enjoys/ /and he/ teaching. Richard ____________________________________________ teaching. 48 © DynEd International 6 New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 1 Life Experiences Exercise C Choose (circle or highlight)the correct answer. 1. I used to ____ a lot. read / reading 2. I didn't use to ____ it, but now I do. like / liking 3. Where did you use to ____ when you visited? stay / staying 4. I used to ____ hard when I was a student. work / working Exercise D Make a list of things you did in the past, but you no longer do. Write five sentences using used to. Example: I used to take the bus to work, but now I drive my car. 1. ______________________________________________________________ 2. ______________________________________________________________ 3. ______________________________________________________________ 4. ______________________________________________________________ 5. ______________________________________________________________ 6. ______________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 49 New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 1 Life Experiences Exercise E Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verb. John (be) is a well-known writer. He (write) ____________________ several books. Four of his books (be) ____________________ best-sellers. Now John (write) ____________________ a book about the life of Mikhail Gorbachev. John (like) ___________________ to travel. He (travel) ___________________ to many parts of the world. When he was eighteen years old, he (go) __________________ to the US and Canada. A year later he (go) _________________ to Japan and Korea. Since then, he (go) _________________ to a different country every year. Now that he (get) __________________ older, John thinks he should (get) ________________ married. Unfortunately, he still (meet, not) ______________________ the right woman for him. Exercise F Fill in the blanks with ago, for, since, or after. Example: John worked for a large company for six years. 1 When John was nineteen, he went to Japan and Korea. _______ then, he has been to a different country every year. 2 Richard has taught science ________ the past five years. 3 Richard and his girlfriend came to England eight years ________. ________ about two years, they got married. 4 They have lived in England ________ almost eight years. 5 Richard came to England eight years _______, ________ finishing his university studies in Hong Kong. 50 © DynEd International New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 1 Life Experiences Reminder Present Perfect We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important. Present Perfect + for Also, we use the present perfect simple to describe the duration ('How long...') of a condition which is still true now. For example: I've lived here for eight years. (I still live here now.) He has lived there for almost eight years. (He still lives there.) He has taught there for the past five years. (He still teaches there.) Exercise G 1. How long have you studied English? __________________________________________________________________ 2. How long has Mary lived there? __________________________________________________________________ 3. Has he been in jail for two years? __________________________________________________________________ 4. Have you lived here for eight years? __________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 51 New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 1 Life Experiences Exercise H Use the passive form of the verb to write a new sentence with the same meaning. Don’t worry about indicating who did the action. Example: They kicked Jack out of school. Jack was kicked out of school. 1. The police have arrested Jack three times. ____________________________________________________________________ 2. They caught Jack and put him in jail. ____________________________________________________________________ 3. The publishers rejected John's first book. ____________________________________________________________________ 4. The government gave Richard a grant to study in the UK. ____________________________________________________________________ 5. That was the first time they arrested him. ____________________________________________________________________ Exercise I Fill in the blanks with still, yet, already, or anymore 1. Richard got married six years ago. He is _________ married. 2. John ____________ hasn't met the right woman so … 3. He isn’t married __________. 4. Jack used to be married, but he isn't married _____________. 5. Richard's mother died last year but his father is ____________ alive. 6. Richard's family _____________ lives in Hong Kong. 7. John used to work for a large company but he doesn't ____________. 8. John has _________ been to Korea and Japan, but he’s never been to Malaysia. 52 © DynEd International New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 2 Matrix Vocabulary Unit 2 - Matrix Vocabulary (Review) Exercise A Complete each sentence with the correct words or phrases from the box below. 1. Construction workers build ______________ bridges, dams, and highways. 2. Dentists fix our teeth and often _____________ of money. 3. Dentists _____________ earn more than sales clerks. 4. Most department stores have sales clerks ______________ customers buy things. 5. Scientists often solve difficult problems and study _______________ work. 6. Many high paying jobs require ______________ education. 7. Sales clerks __________________ helpful and polite. 8. Someone who comes to work late and doesn’t work hard might ______________. 9. It’s often hard to _________________ without work experience. 10. If you speak a foreign language, it may help you to find _______________. (Words and phrases) almost always things like charge a lot a better job how things a lot of lose their job to help get a job should be © DynEd International 53 New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 2 Matrix Vocabulary Exercise B Make a list of occupations and jobs along with the advantages, disadvantages, and qualifications for each. Example: Occupation Construction worker Advantage You can learn to be a construction worker on the job. Disadvantage Constructions workers sometimes have dangerous jobs. Complete the chart: Occupation Advantage Doctor Cook Restaurant owner Nurse Lawyer Plumber Architect Software programmer Journalist 54 © DynEd International Disadvantage New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 2 Matrix Vocabulary Exercise C Complete each sentence with the correct words or phrases from the box below. 1. There are many _____________ of animals in a zoo. 2. Professional sports events are _________________ in a large stadium. 3. Tourists usually go to ___________________ places in a city. 4. In most big cities, ___________________ many office buildings. 5. One way to see a city is ____________________ a tour bus around the city. 6. If you don’t like cities, you can always ____________________ and see the countryside. 7. Some parts of a city are not safe, so you shouldn’t ________________. 8. It’s not fun when you ________________ a restroom when you really need one. 9. A museum is a good place to go if you want _________________ the history of a place. 10. A good map will help you ___________________ around a city or country. (Words and phrases) the most famous often held to learn about there are go alone different kinds to take find your way can’t find rent a car © DynEd International 55 New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 2 Matrix Vocabulary Unit 2: Matrix Vocabulary: Exercise D Oral practice: Places to go. Make a list of places and describe what goes on at each place. Example: Places to go What for? What else? Bank To get a loan To deposit money Complete the chart: Places to go What for? Shopping center Museums Residential area Recreational area Tourist attraction Business district Office buildings 56 © DynEd International What else? New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 2 Matrix Vocabulary Exercise E Complete each sentence with the correct words or phrases from the box below. You may use the same word or phrase more than once. 1. The fastest way ____________ a long distance is to go ______________. 2. Flying is usually more expensive than going _______________. 3. A bus is an inexpensive way ___________ from ____________ to another. 4. Traffic is usually heaviest _____________ rush hour. 5. Many people _____________ to and from work ___________. 6. Buses are an important form of ____________, especially where there are no planes or trains. 7. Trains travel from station to station and carry many _______________. 8. Taxis are an expensive way to travel, but they are _______________. 9. Some countries have an excellent ______________ system. 10. Subways are _____________ form of transportation. (Words and phrases) during one place another transportation convenient by airplane to travel by train commute passengers © DynEd International 57 New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 2 Matrix Vocabulary Exercise F Complete each sentence with the correct words or phrases from the box below. 1. Men usually wear a shirt and _______________ for business. 2. For a formal business meeting, men usually wear _______________. 3. A woman’s business suit usually consists of ____________, a blouse, and a jacket. 4. When you buy a shirt or trousers, you need to know your _______________. 5. When a man travels, he needs to take several pairs of ________ and underwear. 6. In some countries, students wear ________________ to school. 7. In order to know your size, you’ll need to _________________. 8. In a department store, you can try on clothes in a ________________ room. 9. If your shoes don’t __________, your feet will hurt. 10. At a hotel, there is usually a ____________________ service for cleaning your clothes. (Words and phrases) 58 fit be measured dressing tie socks a skirt size laundry a suit a uniform © DynEd International New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 2 Matrix Vocabulary Exercise G Complete each sentence with the correct words or phrases from the box below. 1. Please don’t ______________, but I’ve made a terrible mistake. 2. I am ______________ to hear that you can’t come with us. 3. Reckless drivers make me really _______________. 4. I’m sorry, but _______________ there are no seats left for tonight’s concert. 5. She has a beautiful _______________, doesn’t she? 6. His jokes were so ____________ I couldn’t stop _______________. 7. At the end of the game, the score was close, so it was really _______________. 8. The little child was all ___________ and ____________ when we found her. 9. We’ll be careful, so please __________________. 10. The roller coaster was so scary that everyone was __________________. (Words and phrases) crying funny sorry don’t worry laughing get angry exciting alone smile screaming I’m afraid nervous © DynEd International 59 New Dynamic English 6 1 ▪ Unit 2 Matrix Vocabulary 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 13 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ACROSS DOWN 1. the person you go to when you are sick 3. it’s in the restroom; we use it several times a day 6. black is to white as love is to _____ 10. a place where you can borrow books 11. the past tense of the verb, wear 12. to find your size; to _____ the length 14. you go to school to get a good _____ 16. what you feel when you are angry 17. what you buy to give your friends and family 20. what you feel when you are afraid 22. cars travel on a ____ 23. something you wear on your hands 25. put your ____ on before you put on your shoes 27. where people go if they are very sick 28. a person who flies an airplane 29. a person who sells things is a _______ 60 1. you go to a ____ when you have a toothache 2. the opposite of in is _____ 4. extreme fear; to scream in ____ 5. we use a ____ to find our way around 7. older people have lots of _____; if you work, you gain _____ 8. a person on a train or airplane is a ____ 9. a person who practices law 13. the name of our planet 15. where airplanes take off and land 16. if someone is rude to you, you get ____ 18. if your shoes don’t ___, your feet will hurt 19. what you wear on your feet 21. if someone you love goes away, you feel ___ 24. something you wear when you are cold 25. it won’t fit if it isn’t the right ____ 26. the opposite of under is _____ © DynEd International New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 3 Comparisons Unit 3 - Comparisons Exercise A 1990 1920 1880 $2,000 $5,000 $50,000 (a) (b) (c) Match the violins above with the descriptions below. Write a, b, or c. Example: a the one on the left 1. _____ the one which was made more than 100 years ago 2. _____ the most expensive violin 3. _____ the violin that costs $3,000 more than the one made in 1990 4. _____ the violin which was made in 1990 5. _____ the one made forty years after the oldest one was made 6. _____ the oldest one 7. _____ the one in the middle 8. _____ the one that costs $2,000 9. _____ the least expensive of the three 10. _____ the second oldest of the three violins 11. _____ the one that costs the least 12. _____ the violin which costs more than the one made in 1920 13. _____ the one that costs less than the violin made in 1920 14. _____ the one that costs less than $10,000 but more than $2,000 © DynEd International 61 New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 3 Comparisons Exercise B Write the comparative and superlative forms of these adjectives: tall short long old heavy beautiful expensive taller, tallest _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ young new small big light strong thin _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________ fast _______________ difficult _________________ Exercise C Complete the sentences using the comparative. Example: Barbara is 12. Susan is 7. Barbara is older than Susan. 1. Susan and Mary are both four feet, four inches tall. They are both _____________________________ Barbara. 2. Mary has ____________________ hair _________________ Susan. 3. Susan was born at 6:05. Mary was born at 6:15. Susan was born _______minutes______________________ Mary. 4. Barbara weighs 95 pounds. She is _______pounds ___________________ Mary. 5. Mary weighs ______________ Barbara and ______________ Susan. 62 © DynEd International New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 3 Comparisons Exercise D Describe and compare the ages, height and weight of your partners. Example: Name Pedro Marta Age 20 17 Height 6’ 2” 5’2” Weight 165 lbs 95 lbs Pedro is older and heavier than Marta. Marta is younger and shorter than Pedro. Complete the table below with the names of your friends. Keep in mind these questions: How much older is X than Y? Who is the heaviest? Who weighs the most? How much heavier is Y than Z? How much taller is X than Y? Is Z as old as X? Who is older than X but younger than Z? How old was Z when X was born? etc. Name Age Height Approximate Weight Write a complete sentence about each person based on the information in the table. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 63 New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 3 Comparisons Exercise E Complete the sentences with the superlative form. Example: Barbara is taller than Susan and Mary. She is the tallest. 1. The violin made in 1880 is older than the other violins. It is ____________________________________________. 2. Barbara is heavier than Susan and Mary. She is __________________________________________ of the three. 3. The violin made in 1880 has a nicer sound than the others. It has ____________________________________________. 4. Australia has a smaller population than either the U.S. or England. It has _______________________________________________ of the three countries. 5. The United States has a larger area than Australia and England. It has _______________________________________________________. Comparisons: Exercise F Circle or highlight the correct choice. Example: The violin on the left is the new / newest . 1. Barbara is tall / taller / the tallest than Susan. 2. Susan isn’t as tall / taller / the tallest as Barbara. 3. Barbara is old / older / the oldest of the three girls. 4. Barbara also weighs more than / the most the other two. 5. Susan doesn’t weigh as much as / as many as Barbara weighs. 6. England is much smaller / smallest than Australia. 7. The US is large / larger than either Australia or England. 8. England has a large / larger population than Australia. 64 © DynEd International New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 3 Comparisons Exercise G Country Data / Economy / Geographic 1. Find data about 3 countries or cities on such things as: population, geographic size, currency value relative to the dollar, average temperature, etc. Example: Country Population Area Climate Colombia 42,956,000 1,138,910 sq km tropical; cooler in highlands Area Climate 1. Complete these charts. Country Population 2. Write the information in the table above. 3. Write a paragraph that compares and contrasts the three countries or cities below. Remember to use connecting words to make the paragraph flow. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 65 New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 3 Comparisons Exercise H Complete the sentences. Distances Example: San Francisco to New York: San Francisco to London: San Francisco to Sydney: Sydney is 4,800 miles farther from San Francisco than 2,600 miles 5,400 miles 7,400 miles New York. In January, New York is four degrees colder than London. Average Temperatures in January San Francisco: 10° C New York: 0° C London: 4° C Sydney: 21° C 1. London is __________________________________ from San Francisco than New York. 2. Sydney is ________________________________ New York in January. 3. San Francisco is ____________________degrees _________________ New York in January. 4. London is 2,800 miles ____________________ to New York _________ to San Francisco. 5. Sydney is _________________________ San Francisco in January. 6. Barbara is five feet, two inches tall. Susan is four foot two. Barbara is _______________________________________ Susan. 7. Mary is seven years old. Barbara is twelve. Mary is __________________________________ Barbara. 8. Violin B costs $5,000. Violin A costs $2,000. Violin B ________________________________________ violin A. 9. Violin C was made in 1880. Violin A was made in 1990. Violin C is ____________________________________ violin A. 66 © DynEd International New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Unit 3 Comparisons Exercise I Complete the chart with 5 items that can be compared such as vehicles, dresses, musical instruments, toys, food, appliances, people, etc. Compare the items. Example: Item Characteristic 1 Characteristic 2 Characteristic 3 Car Fast expensive big Bicycle slow cheap small The car is bigger than the bicycle. The bicycle is cheaper than the car, but the car is faster. Item Characteristic 1 Characteristic 2 Characteristic 3 Write 5 sentences that compare one item to another or one item to all. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 67 New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Review Exercises REVIEW EXERCISES The following activities are designed to review some of the main language points that are covered and included in the Mastery Tests. Exercise 1 1. How many times has Jack been arrested? ___________________________________________________________________ 2. What happens each time he is arrested? Where did he have to go? ___________________________________________________________________ 3. How many times has he been in jail? How many months for each time? ___________________________________________________________________ 4. How many years has he been in jail? ___________________________________________________________________ Exercise 2 1. Has John done a lot of traveling? ___________________________________________________________________ 2. How old was he when he went abroad for the first time? ___________________________________________________________________ 3. Where did he go when he was nineteen? ___________________________________________________________________ 4. Since then, has he traveled abroad? ___________________________________________________________________ 68 © DynEd International New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Review Exercises Exercise 3 1. Can Jack find a job? ___________________________________________________________________ 2. Why he can’t find a job? What doesn’t he have? ___________________________________________________________________ 3. Why is that not surprising? ___________________________________________________________________ 4. What does he wish he could start over? ___________________________________________________________________ Exercise 4 1. What has John written? ___________________________________________________________________ 2. What is he writing about now? ___________________________________________________________________ 3. He almost gave up, but he didn't. What did he continue doing? ___________________________________________________________________ 4. How was his next book? ___________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 69 New Dynamic English 6 ▪ Review Exercises Exercise 5: Fill in the blanks This lesson reviews some of the main grammar points that have been introduced in Units 1-3, such as the passive and present perfect forms of the verb. Fill in the blank with the verb that makes sense. Make sure that it’s in the right tense as indicated by the context. 1. He has ______________ several books. 2. He was a top student in Hong Kong, and he ___________ given a grant to study in the UK. 3. The first book he wrote _________________ rejected. 4. Unfortunately, he __________________ met the right woman for him. 5. Altogether, he has ____________ arrested three times. 6. Each time he was arrested, he _____________________ to go to jail. 7. He is tired of getting into trouble, ________ he doesn't know what to do. 8. He wishes he _____________ start his life over. 9. Where did Richard live before ________________ to the UK? 10. Has he ____________ traveled abroad? 11. He _______________ to work for a large company, but he doesn't work there anymore. 12. Jack was arrested _______ the police. 13. Buses are sometimes crowded and uncomfortable, especially _____________ rush hour. 14. Sometimes you need a seat reservation in _____________ to get on a train. 15. Have you ever _______________ in first class on an international flight? 70 © DynEd International Exercises 7 ▪ Unit 1 Life Choices New Dynamic English Module New Dynamic English 7 Unit 1: Life Choices Exercise A Match the description with the picture of the appropriate person. Harry Joan Joe Sandra ____ a) She used to work at a travel agency. If she had taken the higher paying job, she wouldn't be as happy now. b) She owns a small printing company. If she sells her company, she will be forced to make changes. She might have to lay off some employees. c) He and a group of friends are thinking of starting their own translation company. Though he wishes he could walk, he is looking forward to the future. d) He had to close his cafe. If he invests in the stock market, he might make enough money to retire. Exercise B Complete the sentence with the appropriate word or phrase. Hint: Although both choices may be grammatical, only one is consistent with the stories in the Life Choices lesson. 1. Sandra would never know what she could have done on her own (if, unless) had sold her business to the larger company. 2. Joan accepted the job at Ace Health (because, even though) low. she the pay was 3. Another coffee shop opened up across the street. (As a result, Because) lost some of his customers. , Joe 4. (While, Even though) Joan was working at the travel agency, her agency was bought by another company. 5. Sandra won't receive 10% of the larger company (if, unless) sell her business. 6. Harry was able to get a job as a translator (because, unless) fluent in five languages. © DynEd International she agrees to he was 71 New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 1 Life Choices Exercise C Match the sentence from the top of the page with the best sentence ending from the bottom of the page. Write the number of the sentence next to its sentence ending. 1. 2. Had Harry spent his life feeling sorry for himself… ____ Joan wouldn't have been depressed…_____ A. . . . Joe might not have had to close his cafe. B. . . . he wouldn't have been a successful translator. 3. Sandra will have to work harder…____ 4. If a coffee shop hadn't opened up across the street…_____ D. . . . if they compete against her. 5. Joan took the job at Ace Health…_____ E. . . . he could lose everything. 6. If Joe's investments fail…_____ C. . . . because she wanted a challenge. F. . . . if she hadn't lost her job. Exercise D Rewrite the conditional without using if. Example: Original: If the car hadn't been going so fast, it wouldn't have gone out of control. Rewrite: Had the car not been going so fast, it wouldn't have gone out of control. 1. If Joan hadn't joined the company, it wouldn't have doubled in size. _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. If the other coffee shop hadn't opened up across the street, Joe might not have had to close his business. _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. If Harry had not studied foreign languages, he would not have been able to become a translator. _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Joan's job would not have been eliminated if another company hadn't bought her agency. _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Joan thinks things would not have turned out so well if she hadn't taken a chance. _______________________________________________________________________________ 72 © DynEd International New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 1 Life Choices Exercise E Rewrite the conditional using if. 1. Had Joan not liked the idea of working for a small company, she would not have taken the job at Ace Health. _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. Had the factory not had high levels of pollution, it would not have had to reduce its operations. _______________________________________________________________________________ 3. Had Joe's prices been lower, he might not have lost so much business. _______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Had Harry not been injured, he wouldn't have to use a wheelchair. _______________________________________________________________________________ 5. Had Joan not worked so hard, she might not have become a vice-president of the company. _______________________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 73 New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 1 Life Choices Conditional Conditional 1. This type of sentence structure is used for talking about possibilities in the present or in the future. A first conditional sentence consists of two clauses, an "if" clause and a main clause: Example: If you study hard, you will pass the test Conditional 2 This structure is used for talking about unreal situations in the present or in the future. Like a first conditional, a second conditional sentence consists of two clauses, an "if" clause and a main clause: Example: If I had a plane I would travel around the world Conditional 3. The third conditional is used for talking about unreal situations in the past. Like the other conditionals, a third conditional sentence consists of two clauses, an "if" clause and a main clause: Example: If she had studied harder 74 She would pass the exam © DynEd International New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 1 Life Choices Conditional Exercise F Fill in the blanks using the verbs in brackets in Conditional 1 mode (Use the will-future). Example: If we _______ (to go) to the cinema, we ________ (to watch) an interesting film. If we go to the cinema, we will watch an interesting film. 1. If I ___________ (to learn), I ____________(to pass) the exams. 2. We ___________(not/to swim) if the weather _________(to be) bad. 3. If he ________ (to have) a temperature, he ________________(to see) the doctor. 4. I ___________ (to be) very happy if my friends___________ (to come). 5. If I __________ (to earn) a lot of money, I _________________ (to fly) to New York. 6. If we _________________ (not/to come) home in time, we ____________(to miss) the film. 7. The teacher__________________________ (not/to be) happy if I ______________ (to forget) my homework again. 8. If our class ______________ (to go) to England, I _____________ (to visit) the Tower of London. © DynEd International 75 New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 1 Life Choices Exercise G Fill in the blanks using the verbs in brackets in Conditional 2 mode. Example: If we ____ (to go) to the cinema, we _________ (to watch) an interesting film. If we went to the cinema, we would watch an interesting film. 1. If they __________(to have) enough money, they __________ (to buy) a new car. 2. If he _______(to be) my friend, I _____________(to invite) him. 3. The Smiths ____________ (to go) on holiday if they __________ (to have) time. 4. If Susan _______(to learn) more, she ____________ (to be) better at school. 5. We __________(to call) the police if we _______________(to see) a burglar. 6. If the pupils ___________ (to have) no school, they ____________ (to play) football. 7. If I ______________ (to come) home early, my father _____________ (not/to be) angry. 8. If I __________(to be) you, I _______________________ (not/to go) to the party. 76 © DynEd International New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 1 Life Choices Exercise H Fill in the blanks using the verbs in brackets in Conditional 3 mode. Example: If we ________ (to go) to the cinema, we ______________ (to watch) an interesting film. If we had gone to the cinema, we would have watched an interesting film. 1. If the weather ____________ (to be) nice, we __________________ (to play) football. 2. The car _____________________________ (not/to break down) if you __________ (to check) it. 3. If we______________ (to go) to that restaurant we _________________ (to have) more to eat. 4. You ____________________________(to understand) the film if you ___________ (to read) the book. 5. The water in the pool ___________________________ (to be) warmer if it ____________________ (to be cloudy). 6. If John ____________________ (to learn) more words, he __________ (to write) a good report. © DynEd International 77 New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 1 Life Choices Exercise I Language Extension 1. Write about a series of past events in your life, where one event led to another. Example 1: Parents got a new job We moved to another city I changed schools and met new friends. Example 2: Watched the Olympics became interested in skiing started skiing won the national. _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ _______________ 2. In the above series of events, explain how the events were connected and how strongly they were connected. Example 3: Even if my parents hadn’t gotten a new job, we might still have moved to another city. Example 4: She might have become interested in skiing even without watching the Olympics. She couldn’t have won the national championship without knowing how to ski. __________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 78 © DynEd International New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 1 Life Choices Exercise J 1 2 5 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Across 3. It happened while Harry was running. 5. If he hadn't been injured, he________ walk. Down 1. If you were Sandra, what _______ you do? 2. If I ____ you I wouldn't do it. 6. If he hadn't _____running near a road, he wouldn't have been hit by a car. 3. Joan used to work in a travel________ 7. What Harry used to be. 7. What is Sandra going to do with their offer? 10. How would Sandra feel if her employees lost their jobs? 11. What did another company do with the agency where Joan was working? 4. What was Joan looking for? 8. If Sandra accepts their offer, the other company will pay her a high______ 9. How do Sandra’s clients feel about her work? 13. What does Harry have to use because of the accident? 12. If Harry wasn’t injured, he could ________ 15. How many years had Joe run his business? 14. What did Joe use to run? It's a kind of shop. 16. What does Sandra have? She's the owner. © DynEd International 79 New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 1 Life Choices My Writing Choose one topic below and then write a passage. 1. If you had three wishes, what would they be, and why? 80 2. Think of a decision you have to make about the future. Give reasons for and against deciding one way or the other. 3. Choose an important decision that was made by the leadership of your country and how it has affected your life. Explain why you agree or disagree with the decision. © DynEd International New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 2 Space and Time Unit 2: Space and Time Exercise A Use the following sentences to determine how these characters are arranged below. Only one arrangement fits all of the sentences. One of the blanks will remain empty. 1. None of the adults is in the middle. 2. One of the children is on the far right. 3. Jeff and Jimmy are as far away from each other as possible. 4. If Jeff is on the far left, Kathy is in the middle. 5. The space between Nicole and Kathy is empty. 6. David is next to Jimmy unless Jimmy is in the middle. 7. Except for Sharon, the people on the right are male. Nicole David Sharon Jeff Jimmy Kathy Write the name of the characters in the correct order. Write “blank” where no character is appropriate. © DynEd International 81 New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 2 Space and Time Exercise B Read the short paragraphs and specify the order of events. a) Sharon had just arrived when Jeff came in the door. By the time Nicole got to work, Jeff had already been working for two hours. (Specify the order of arrival of the three workers.) 1. 2. 3. b) Sharon couldn’t leave until after Nicole left. When Sharon left, Jeff was still working. (Specify the order of departure of the three workers.) 1. 2. 3. c) Her car had broken down, so she telephoned for a tow truck. Fortunately, it didn’t start to rain until after the tow truck arrived. (Order the events by giving each one a number.) She telephoned for the tow truck. It started to rain. Her car broke down. The tow truck arrived. d) As she was talking on the telephone she realized it was beginning to rain. By the time she got gas, the rain had already stopped. (Order the events by giving each one a number.) She got gas. She was talking on the telephone. It started to rain. It stopped raining. 82 © DynEd International New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 2 Space and Time Exercise C Fill in the blanks with the correct word from the list below each passage. 1. she was driving home, it started to rain. decided to stop for gas. she was low on gas, she stopping for gas, she noticed that the rain had stopped and it was beginning to snow. It was snowing when she finally got home. Fortunately, she had gotten home safely, so she was finally able to relax. while 2. during since after still already landing at the airport, we took a taxi into the city. we were traveling along the expressway, I suddenly felt ill. That was I realized that I had been infected by the virus. From what I had read about the epidemic, this virus could spread very quickly. If so, I had probably infected my friend, and the taxi driver as well. I wasn’t sure what to do next. Perhaps it was best not to wait while 3. after since we got to the hotel to tell them. when until already my trip I saw many interesting things and ate lots of good food. Unfortunately, just I got to Athens, my passport was stolen. I couldn’t leave without it, I had to change my schedule and go to the embassy. Two days later, I had a new passport, and I was on my way again. I had a wonderful time! while during since after until © DynEd International already 83 New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 2 Space and Time My Writing Please write an article to give clear, step by step, detailed instructions about how to do something, such as: how to send an email, how to build a fire without a match or how to install a computer program. 84 © DynEd International New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 3 Epidemic Unit 3: Epidemic Exercise A Fill in the blank with the expression that best fits the context provided. 1. Sometimes drugs can be used to fight an infection. (For example, As a result) antibiotics are used to fight common infections such as pneumonia. 2. (Because of, Therefore) the concern that a worldwide epidemic could break out, medical scientists and public health officials are developing plans to be prepared for such an event. 3. Like human beings, bacteria and viruses also have the ability to adapt. (Therefore, For example) , it is very difficult to control diseases. 4. Diseases don’t stop at the borders between nations. (Because, Therefore) we need to think and act on a global scale. 5. Some kinds of infection come from viruses. HIV, (as a result, for example) 6. (Unless, If) is a virus. we work together, we can build a better future. Exercise B Fill in the blanks with the form of the verb (present or present perfect) that best fits the context. Medical science (make) great progress. If your heart (wear out) , you can get a new one.Modern drugs (make) to treat a cold or get over the flu. Many diseases (be) it easier now under control or wiped out entirely. © DynEd International 85 New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 3 Epidemic Exercise C Fill in the blank with the words in the box. such as, both, for example, are used to, that, some kinds, a type of 1. Many diseases, __________ smallpox and pneumonia, are now under control. 2. Smallpox and pneumonia are ________ diseases. 3. Polio, ___________________ is a viral disease ________ attacks the nervous system. 4. Antibiotics ___________________ treat bacterial infections, __________ pneumonia. 5. Polio is a viral disease __________ has been brought under control. 6. ________________ of infections come from viruses. 7. HIV, ___________________ , is a virus. 8. Tuberculosis is a bacterial infection ________ has killed millions. 9. An antibiotic is ___ ___________ drug. 10. Drugs __________ used to be effective no longer work. Exercise D Complete with present perfect (have + V ; have + been + V) Example: Medical science has made (make) great progress. 1. Modern drugs __________________ (make) it easier to treat cold. 2. Better communications and transportation ___________________(gave) us a global economy. 3. Powerful antibiotics _________ also ____________________ (be/develop). 4. Modernization ______________________________ (increase) the threat of a global epidemic. 86 © DynEd International New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 3 Epidemic Exercise E The words on the right are examples of the terms on the left. Match the term with its corresponding example. 1. Virus polio 2. Viral disease E. coli 3. Bacteria antibiotics 4. Bacterial infection tuberculosis 5. Treatment (drug) HIV Exercise F Complete each sentence with the appropriate relative clause below. 1. Polio is a viral disease . 2. Scientists have developed many new drugs . 3. Some drugs, , are no longer effective. 4. Global policies need to be developed as soon as possible. 5. Infections are called viral infections. (Relative clauses) (a) . . which used to work (b) . . that attacks the nervous system (c) . . which are helping us control the spread of diseases (d) . . that can help reduce the danger of an epidemic (e) . . which come from viruses © DynEd International 87 New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 3 Epidemic Exercise G Fill in the blank with the choice that best completes the sentence. 1. For some diseases injected into the body, is made by using a weakened form of a virus. When causes the immune system to create antibodies. antibodies will prevent or fight off infection. (a) a vaccine (b) the vaccine (c) these (d) some 2. of infection come from viruses. HIV, , is a virus. of infection come from bacteria. (a) One kind (b) Some kinds (c) for example (d) Other kinds 3. that diseases were confined to a small area. A deadly epidemic in Europe quickly spread to South America. Now, , a serious disease could spread around the world within a few days. (a) It used to be (b) couldn’t (c) however (d) therefore 4. In the struggle against disease, national boundaries mean nothing. Diseases don’t stop at the borders between nations. , we need to think and act on a global scale. (a) however (b) therefore (c) in order to (d) besides 88 © DynEd International New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 3 Epidemic Present Perfect to express a result We use the present perfect to express a past action with a result in the present or a past action that is in some way still related to the present in that it continues to influence the present. Examples: 1. Medical science has made great progress. 2. Modern drugs have made it easier to treat a cold. Exercise H Rewrite the sentences putting the verbs in the correct form of the Present Perfect Simple. Example: The computer (break down). The computer has broken down. 1. The low cost of producing silicon chips (bring) electronic technology into our everyday life. ________________________________________________________________________ 2. The diffusion of Internet (make) information transfer even faster than ever before. ________________________________________________________________________ 3. The rapid development of computer technology (make) it difficult to stay updated. ________________________________________________________________________ 4. The lower cost of computers (offer) a greater number of people the possibility of buying one. ________________________________________________________________________ © DynEd International 89 New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 3 Epidemic Exercise I Language Extension – Writing Practice 1. Write about a global, national, or local issue of importance. The presentation should include the following: a. Statement of the problem or issue: e.g., Pollution, Population, Bullying, Crime and safety, Global warming, An asteroid hitting the Earth, Sources of energy, Racism, International relations, Cloning, Genetic engineering, etc. Example: Sooner or later, as our Earth travels around the sun, we are certain to be hit by an asteroid or comet. b. Illustration or example of the problem to show why it is important: Example: According to the scientists, if an asteroid a mile in diameter hit the Earth, it could wipe out all life on Earth. c. Consequence of not dealing with the problem and recommendations for what to do. Example: Though the probability of this happening soon is very small, there is a chance that it could happen within our lifetime. Now that we have the technical capability, we should begin to prepare for such an event, etc. 2. 90 Use sources such as the internet, newspaper, or other reference materials to support your arguments © DynEd International New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 3 Epidemic Use this space: © DynEd International 91 New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 3 Epidemic Exercise J Complete the sentences using can or could: 1. If your heart wears out, you ________ get a new one. 2. If a kidney fails, you _________ still live and maybe even receive a transplant. 3. Many epidemics in the past were caused by infection that _________ (not) be controlled. 4. Compared to how it used to be, an epidemic ____________spread more quickly now. 5. When travel was slow and difficult, a deadly epidemic _________ (not) spread quickly. 6. Now, however, a serious disease _____________ spread around the world within a few days. 7. An epidemic __________ be confined more easily in the past. 8. If better solutions aren’t found, there is a real concern that a worldwide epidemic _________break out. 9. Such an epidemic _______________ threaten our survival. 10. 92 I still ____________ (not) remember her name. © DynEd International New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 3 Epidemic Exercise K 1 2 3 5 4 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Across 5. It has made great progress (...science) 8. Bacterial infection that has killed millions. 9. They are living longer because of changes in technology. 11. Viral disease that attacks the nervous system. 12. It is adaptable. 13. AIDS 14. They don't stop at the borders between nations. 16. We have to do it, in preparing for our future (considering epidemics). 17. It is changing our lives. 18. It continues to grow. 19. A kind of disease. Now it is under control or wiped out entirely. Down 1. If it wears out, you can get a new one. 2. If it fails, you can still live, and maybe even receive a transplant. 3. If it cannot be controlled, it can cause an epidemic. 4. They will prevent or fight off infection. 6. They are used to treat bacterial infections, such as pneumonia. 7. Sometimes it can be used to fight infection. 10. They occurs when a disease spreads to many people. 15. For some diseases, it is made by using a weakened from a virus. Injected into the body, it causes the immune system to create antibodies. © DynEd International 93 New Dynamic English 7 ▪ Unit 3 Epidemic My Writing Choose one topic below and then write a passage. 1. Think about how technology has changed our lives in the past 150 years. Give reasons and examples why you think our lives have gotten better or worse. 2. Think about how technology may change our lives in the next 100 years. What kinds of changes would be good? What kinds of changes would be bad? 3. Explain what the body’s immune system is and how it works to fight off an infection. Use reference materials to find the facts necessary to support your writing. 94 © DynEd International