Listening, speaking and vocabulary: Superheroes

VLanguages

1Match the phrases to make sentences. 

In Portugal and Brazil, people speak

I work in Egypt now. I speak

I live in Beijing, so I speak

In Argentina, Chile and Mexico, people speak

In New Zealand, people speak

His mother is from the Netherlands, so he speaks

• Portuguese.
• Spanish.
• English.
• Dutch.
• Chinese.
• Arabic.

 Adverbs of manner

2Complete the text with adverbs of manner. Change the adjectives in the box into adverbs. 

MOVE
• bad
• easy
• good
• hard
• quick
• quiet

Leila Baxter is a journalist and she travels to different countries for her work. 'I learn languages 

¹,'

 

she explains. At the moment, she lives in Egypt. 'I can speak Arabic 

².

 

My mother is Moroccan and we speak Arabic together.'

'My job is exciting. I find out about people's lives and write reports. I write 

³.

 

A slow journalist isn't very useful! I have one problem, I spell 

⁴!

 

I can't live without my dictionary.'

'I work very 

⁵.

 

That's OK because I love my job, but sometimes I like to sit 

⁶

 

and read. Everybody needs to relax!'

Adverbs of manner

3Rewrite the sentences using the adverb form of the adjectives in brackets. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

• 1My brother sings. (bad)

• 2I speak. (quick)

• 3Do you play your violin? (quiet)

• 4I can't play the keyboards. (good)

• 5Athletes train every day. (hard)

• 6You run. (slow)

• 7Can you learn new dances? (easy)

Requests with can and could

4Play the recording, listen and match the dialogues to pictures A–D. 

• 

  A

• 

  B

• 

  C

• 

  D

Dialogue 1:

Dialogue 2:

Dialogue 3:

Dialogue 4:

5Choose the pictures in exercise 4 in which the responses to requests are 'yes'. 

Requests with can and could

6Put the words in the correct order to make requests. Match them to responses a–d. Then listen and check your answers. 

You need to use correct punctuation in this task.

• • you
  • me,
  • please
  • help
  • Could
  • ?

  1

   

• • kitchen
  • me
  • a
  • get
  • Can
  • from
  • drink
  • you
  • the
  • ?

  2

   

• • a
  • Can
  • get
  • pizza,
  • me
  • please
  • you
  • ?

  3

   

• • you
  • Could
  • the
  • please
  • window,
  • open
  • ?

  4

   

• aYes, of course. Here you are. 

• b No, sorry. I can't. It doesn't open. 

• c Yes, of course. Where's your car? 

• d No, sorry. I can't. I want to work. You can get a drink. 

• 
  

7  Choose two pictures and write a dialogue for each one. Use requests and responses. 

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VLanguages

1Match the phrases to make sentences. 

In Portugal and Brazil, people speak

I work in Egypt now. I speak

I live in Beijing, so I speak

In Argentina, Chile and Mexico, people speak

In New Zealand, people speak

His mother is from the Netherlands, so he speaks

• Portuguese.
• Arabic.
• Chinese.
• Spanish.
• English.
• Dutch.

Adverbs of manner

2Complete the text with adverbs of manner. Change the adjectives in the box into adverbs. 

• bad
• easy
• good
• hard
• quick
• quiet

Leila Baxter is a journalist and she travels to different countries for her work. 'I learn languages 

¹,'

 

she explains. At the moment, she lives in Egypt. 'I can speak Arabic 

²well.

 

My mother is Moroccan and we speak Arabic together.'

'My job is exciting. I find out about people's lives and write reports. I write 

³quickly.

 

A slow journalist isn't very useful! I have one problem, I spell 

⁴badly!

 

I can't live without my dictionary.'

'I work very 

⁵hard.

 

That's OK because I love my job, but sometimes I like to sit 

⁶quietly

 

and read. Everybody needs to relax!'

Adverbs of manner

3Rewrite the sentences using the adverb form of the adjectives in brackets. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

• 1My brother sings. (bad)

• 2I speak. (quick)

  I speak quickly.

• 3Do you play your violin? (quiet)

  Do you play your violin quietly?

• 4I can't play the keyboards. (good)

  I can't play the keyboards well.

• 5Athletes train every day. (hard)

  Athletes train hard every day.

• 6You run. (slow)

  You run slowly.

• 7Can you learn new dances? (easy)

  Can you learn new dances easily?

• 
  

Requests with can and could

4Play the recording, listen and match the dialogues to pictures A–D. 

• A

• 

  B

• 

  C

• 

  D

Dialogue 1:B

Dialogue 2:D

Dialogue 3:A

Dialogue 4:C

5Choose the pictures in exercise 4 in which the responses to requests are 'yes'. 

A    B

Requests with can and could

6Put the words in the correct order to make requests. Match them to responses a–d. Then listen and check your answers. 

You need to use correct punctuation in this task.

• • Could
  • you
  • help
  • me,
  • please
  • ?

  1Could you help me, please?

• • Can
  • you
  • get
  • me
  • a
  • drink
  • from
  • the
  • kitchen
  • ?

  2Can you get me a drink from the kitchen?

• • Can
  • you
  • get
  • me
  • a
  • pizza,
  • please
  • ?

  3Can you get me a pizza, please?

• • Could
  • you
  • open
  • the
  • window,
  • please
  • ?

  4Could you open the window, please?

• aYes, of course. Here you are. 3

• b No, sorry. I can't. It doesn't open. 4

• c Yes, of course. Where's your car? 1

• d No, sorry. I can't. I want to work. You can get a drink. 2

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