- •School years
- • Speaking
- •At School
- •Exercise 1
- • Listening
- •Part b
- • Speaking
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4
- • Writing
- • Speaking
- •Exercise 5
- • Speaking
- •Exercise 7
- •Exercise 8
- •Exercise 9
- •Exercise 10
- •Exercise 11
- •Part II Opinions on education Active vocabulary
- •The system in britain
- • Speaking
- • Speaking
- • Reading
- • Dialogue invention
- •Points of view
- • What do you think?
- • Speaking Choosing a university
- •Exercise 1
- • Predictions
- •Vocabulary and key concepts
- • Listening
- • Postlistening
- •Exercise 1
- •Exercise 2 Translate into English
- • Reading Six rules for coping with exam stress.
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4
- •Exercise 5
- •It is interesting to know
- •Exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4
- •Exercise 5
- •Part IV
- • Reading How Ruth made history at Oxford
- •Exercise 5 Fill in:
- •Exercise 6
- •Child's play Speaking
- • Listening
- • Listening
- •Exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- • Listening
- •Exercise 3
- •Learning to learn Active vocabulary
- • Speaking
- •Exercise 1
- • Reading
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4
- •Exercise 5
- • Speaking
- •2. The author of the text says that students should get into the habit of studying in the library. What other habits do you think students should get into?
- •Part VI a freshman’s experience Active vocabulary
- •Exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 7
- •Exercise 8
- • Speaking
- •Exercise 9
- •Exercise 10
- •Exercise 11
- •Exercise 12
- •Exercise 13
- •Exercise 14
- •Exercise 15
- •Exercise 16
- • Writing
- •Exercise 17
- •Exercise 18
- •University Life
- •Notetaking Preparation
- • Listening
- • Postlistening Activities
- • Speaking
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4
- • Reading and speaking
- •Exercise 5
Exercise 1
Michael Jackson - A Success at Five!
Use the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
From an early age Michael Jackson (show)_____ a talent for singing and dancing. By the time he was five, he (move)_____ into the lead position in his family singing group, the Jackson Five. Michael (work)_____ hard, and by the time he seven, he (begin)_____ to choreograph dance routines for the group. In 1971, when he was only thirteen, Michael (record)_____ his first solo album.
Exercise 2
Look at the information in the chart. Write a complete sentence about each record holder. Use by the time and already.
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Ginetta La Bianca |
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sang in the first opera |
Margo Feiden |
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produced her first play |
Marcus Hooper |
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swam the English Channel |
Cody A. Locke |
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flew a small plane |
Avi Ben-Abraham |
18 |
became a doctor |
Listening
Amazing People
Today on Amazing People, radio host Joe Barlow is talking about a famous child prodigy. Listen and take notes.
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4. Carlos is only two years old and he can already read. I'm sure that he's a ______.
6. Placido Domingo is my favourite opera singer. He's really _______.
PART V