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Shapes of You 2 Vocabulary Plus: Prepositions ShapeS oF YoU 2 Vocabulary plus: prepositions • something you usually do at the weekend • something you like doing on your own 1 Make notes on these topics randomly in the shapes. • a good programme on TV in your country at • a person you met by chance the moment • what you usually do in the evening • the last time you were in a hurry – and why • the last time you went for a run • where you were on New Year’s Day this year • something you did on purpose and regretted • a place where you like going for a walk • the last person you spoke to on the phone • the name of a song by your favourite singer/band • something you have made by hand • the last time you travelled by boat • if you are usually on time or late • where you were in 2008 Fold photocopiable © pearson education limited 2011 131 2 Look at your partner’s notes and guess what they refer to. celebRitY FactS 2 ✃ Grammar: present perfect/past simple Worksheet A Read out your celebrity facts, choosing the correct verb form. Then listen to your partner’s facts and 1 At the age of ten, Justin Timberlake has won/won the 1991 pre-teen Mr America contest. (true) say if they are true or false. 2 Christina Aguilera has recorded/recorded an album in Spanish, but she doesn’t speak the language. (true) 3 When he was a child, Jim Carrey has worn/wore tap shoes to bed, in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night. (true) 4 Drew Barrymore has never directed/never directed a film. (false – she directed her first film Whip It in 2009) 5 Samuel L. Jackson has first appeared/first appeared in a film when he was two years old. (false – Samuel L. Jackson first appeared in the film Together for Days in 1972, when he was twenty-four) 6 Jack Black has been/was an actor since 1969. (false – he was born in 1969) 7 The film Titanic has never been/was never translated into any languages other than English. (false – it has been translated into many languages) 8 Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain have all died/all died when they were twenty-seven. (true) 9 James Bond is a real agent in the British secret service. He has worked/worked there for over twenty years. (false – James Bond is a fictional character) 10 Tom Cruise has studied/studied to be a priest. (true) Worksheet B 1 Quentin Tarantino has directed/directed but never acted in films. (false – he has appeared in Listen to your partner’s facts and say if they are true or false. Then read out your celebrity facts, many of his own films) choosing the correct verb form. 2 Jennifer Lopez has started/started singing and dancing lessons at the age of five. (true) 3 Cuba Gooding Jr’s first job was/has been as a break-dancer for Lionel Richie at the 1984 Olympics. (true) 4 George Clooney has had/had a pet lion when he was a boy. (false – but he did have a pet pig!) 5 Brad Pitt has never won/never won an Oscar. (true – but he has been nominated for two) 6 Ex-President Ronald Reagan has appeared/appeared in over fifty films from the 1930s to the 1960s. (true) 7 John Wayne has made/made more than 200 films before he died in 1979. (true) 8 Steven Spielberg has appeared/appeared in the 1984 film ET. (false – he directed it) 9 Harrison Ford has had/had a species of spider named after him. (true) 10 Jennifer Aniston has dated/dated all of the male actors in Friends in real life. (false – but she has dated Brad Pitt, who once appeared in Friends) 132 photocopiable © pearson education limited 2011 iN YoUR DReaMS 2 Grammar: narrative tenses ThingsThink of a dream you had recently and make notes in the word webs. Describe your dream you did/ate the day before Background of the dream to your group. Listen and ask questions to fi nd out more about other students’ dreams. saw an old friend raining Places in the dream Clothes you were wearing an old school a beautiful dress Main events of the dream The end/After the dream running away from somebody woke up feeling scared photocopiable © pearson education limited 2011 133 What happeNeD NeXt? 2 ✃ Functional language: telling a story Worksheet A Worksheet B Two ugly sisters lived in a flat in London. Joe and his mother were very poor. They lived together in a very small house, and didn’t have Suzerella was a university student who worked enough food to eat. part-time as a cleaner for the two ugly sisters. The two ugly sisters were very cruel and made One day, they went to a market, so they could her work very hard. sell their TV to buy some food. A new nightclub opened, and a very handsome While they were there, Joe’s mother went to see celebrity was going to open it. The ugly sisters the other things for sale and asked Joe to stay and Suzerella really wanted to go and meet him. and try and sell the TV. The ugly sisters bought their tickets, but A man came up and asked Joe to sell him the TV wouldn’t let Suzerella go. They made her stay at for some ‘magic’ beans. Joe thought this was an home and clean the floors. excellent idea, and sold it to him. On the opening night, Suzerella was at home, When Joe’s mother returned, she was very angry, cleaning and feeling very sad. Suddenly, an angel and couldn’t believe Joe had done that. When appeared … they got home, she threw the beans into the garden. The next morning, when Joe woke up, a huge, tree had grown in the garden. Joe decided to climb it … 134 photocopiable © pearson education limited 2011 2 YoU’Re the DiRectoR Vocabulary: types of story and the news Types of film 1 biopic Choose a type of fi lm and some events. docudrama disaster romantic comedy period drama fantasy/science fiction mystery/crime action/adventure psychological thriller Events a crash happens someone attacks the hero a lot of violence occurs a fugitive is caught an earthquake hits the city X and Y fall in love the queen dies X is destroyed workers go on strike hostages are taken/released X gets shot X causes an economic collapse Lord X falls ill X has an affair other (say which) 1 2 3 2 Complete the storyboard then present your ideas to the class. Background Main characters Problem 4 5 6 Solution Further problem Ending – happy or sad? 130 photocopiable © pearson education limited 2011.
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