GOING FOR GOLD - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - UNIT 14

Rezolvarea exercitiilor de la Unit 14: JUST AN ACT din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa a IX-a intitulat GOING FOR GOLD - UPPER INTERMEDIATE - COURSEBOOK, Editura Longman, Autori Richard Acklam si Araminta Crace, Editia 2011

GOING FOR GOLD - Coursebook 
Unit 14: JUST AN ACT 

VOCABULARY 1

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 136

TV: a channel, a remote control, a soap
the theatre: the stage, a play, an interval, to clap

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 136

1. commercial
2. subtitles
3. reviews
4. audience
5. clapped
6. channels
7. intervals
8. soap
9. stage
10. remote control

REDING

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 137

The English dramatist and poet William Shakespeare was the author of 36 plays, 154 sonnets and two narrative poems. He was baptised in Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire on April 26 1564. He died on April 23 1616 and is buried in the same church. In 1582, he married Anne Hathaway of the neighbouring village of Shottery. He was 18 years old and she was 26. On May 26 1583, their daughter Susanna was baptised. Twins, named Hamnet and Judith were baptised on February 2 1585. Shakespeare was an actor (player) as well as a writer, and he was associated with a group of other actors known as the Chamberlain'n Men and (after 1603) as the King's Men. He was also part of a consortium that in 1599 built and owned its home theatre, the Globe Theatre in London. 

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 137

In 1599 a German visitor commented on how much Lomdoners loved the theatre. 'Daily at two in the afternoon, 'he reported,' London has two, sometimes three plays running in different places. They compete with each other, and the companies which perform best attract the most spectators.' And there were plenty of spectators to compete for. In 1605 about 21,000 Londoners went to the theatre every week - about one in ten of the city's population. 

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 4 / page 137

2. C
3. B
4. A
5. D  

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 5 / page 137

1. false
2. true
3. false
4. false
5.  false
6. true
7. false
8. false
9. true
10. true

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 6 / page 137

2. creative 
3. education
4. success
5. fail
6. funny
7. anger
8.retirement

GRAMMAR 1

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1/ page 138

1. faster
2. nearer
3. more beautifully
4. worse
5. earlier
6. more carefully
7. less
8.the most imaginatively

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 138

3. much
4. correct
5. more
6. the
7. of
8. correct
9. correct
10. most
11. correct

LISTENING

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 139

Conversation 1: The woman is annoyed because the man won't take the apple. The man is annoyed that the woman thinks he will be selfish and eat the last apple.

Conversation 2: The man is annoyed because he feels the woman is not sufficientle enthisiastic about the idea of going out. The woman is annoyed that the man makes such a fuss about the idea of going out.

VOCABULARY 2

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 140

1. How about it?
2. If you like./ If you want to.
3. I don't mind. / I'm easy.
4. For goodness sake
5. There's no point.
6. We may as well./ No reason why not.
7. I wouldn't dream of it./ Of course not. 

USE OF ENGLISH

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 140

1 and 4

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 140

1. 

1. c
2. b
3. a
4. d
5. e

2. 

2. who
3. of
4. with
5. be
6. if
7. doesn't
8. as
9. is
10. which
11. because
12. 1
13. your/ the

GRAMMAR 2

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 141

1. a. present perfect simple passive b. past simple passive c. past perfect simple passive
2. The passive is formed with the appropriate tense of be + a past participle.


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 141

1. My car was cleaned by some young boys while I went shopping.
2. The theatre had been completely repainted by the time the show began.
3. All the thieves have been arrested by the police.
4. She has been offered a place by the local university.
5.  I was given the address of the family I was staying with by the school.

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 141

2. laughed at
3. slept in
4. directed by
5. decided on
6. heard from

Watch Out
The meaning of make here is force.
When make is used in the passive with this meaning, it is followed by an infinitive structure.  



Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 4 / page 141

1. It had been blown down in a storm.
2. It was built at the beginning of the last century.
3. He was told to join the queue.
4. She has been chosen for the basketball team.
5. It had been completely redecorated.
6. He was made to sing a song to everyone.



Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 5 / page 141

2. went
3. got
4. checked
5. was taken
6. was introduced
7. was also shown
8. took
9. had
10. have already been told

SPEAKING

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 142

1. No
2. Yes, e.g. stylish black top, short-sleeved shirts, queuing for a film, fed up
3. Yes e.g. They look bored and fed up - probably because they don't like queuing. It might be because they're enjoying all the attention!
4. Yes, e.g. I love their clothes.

WRITING

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 1 / page 143

Your class has been discussing the advantages and disadvantages of watching films at the cinema and at home on video. Your teacher has now asked you to write a composition giving your opinion on the following statement:
It's much better to watch films at the cinema than at home on video.

Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 2 / page 143

Cinema:
+ see the latest fils
- can be noisy


On video:
+ can stop and start when you want
- only small screen



Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 3 / page 143

1. However; On the other hand
2. Although


Going for Gold - Coursebook :
ex 5 / page 143

Plan C is the best.