Wider World 1 Unit 7 Listening Reading Speaking Writing

1. Listening

Listen to the radio programme about the things that people didn’t like in the past and choose the correct answer.

1) Speaker 1 says the vegetables her Grandma cooked were               [almost black., too hard., very soft.]

2) Speaker 1’s parents                                          [didn’t really like Grandma’s cakes., didn’t like any of Grandma’s cooking., liked her Grandma’s meat and vegetables.]

3) What does Speaker 2’s dad think is boring?               [pop music, country music, techno music]

4) What type of TV programmes does Speaker 2 like?                 [comedy, science fiction, music]

5) Which of these things did Speaker 3 dislike most?                               [going to the dentist, taking the doctor’s medicine, seeing the doctor]

6) Speaker 3 says that the medicine they got at home                       [had a good taste., made him feel better., was horrible.]

2. Reading

Read the article about living like people 150 years ago and say if the sentences are True, False or Doesn’t say.

Life in a Nineteenth-Century House

As part of a recent TV programme, a twenty-first-century family spent one month living in the same way as people in the 1850s. Two weeks after filming in the specially-designed house finished, we talk to Albert, one of the children, about his experience.

Q: What was the best thing about the experience?

A: I think it was finding lots of new (or maybe that should be old!) and exciting things to do. I climbed a lot of trees and made lots of things. Normally, we play games together or I find things to do on the computer, but I really enjoyed doing different stuff and didn’t really think about using my laptop or smartphone.

Q: And what about the worst thing?

A: The education! We learnt everything at home with Mum and Dad. Not all children had to go to school until 1880 and even then it was only children aged 5–10. Most young people my age already had jobs. I felt very happy to have a good school! Mum tried her best, but she was too busy with other things. Women in those days had to do everything in the home, so I think Mum wasn’t too unhappy when we returned to the twenty-first century!

1) The family, that lived like people in the nineteenth century, stayed in the house for two weeks.             [True, False, Doesn’t say]

2) Albert loved playing the games they played as families in the past.             [True, False, Doesn’t say]

3) Albert really missed playing on the computer.             [True, False, Doesn’t say]

4) Albert likes learning at school more than learning at home.             [True, False, Doesn’t say]

5) Albert worked as well as learning during the filming.             [True, False, Doesn’t say]

6) Albert’s mum preferred life back then to life now.             [True, False, Doesn’t say]

3. English for Speaking

Choose the correct words from the box to complete the dialogue. There are four extra words.

Hoda: Hi Beth. Where are you going?

Beth: To the library. It’s the best place to find information for my project.

Hoda: Well ⁰ maybe, but I always use the internet on my smartphone.

Beth: Well I ¹       think a lot of the information on the internet is actually true!

Hoda: I’m ²       , but I don’t ³       ! I think the information is all fine.

Beth: Hmmm… I’m not ⁴      . Last week I found something that said that people invented computers in the Middle Ages!

Hoda: Well, I ⁵       with you – that sounds a bit strange, but most of the information is correct.

Beth: I really ⁶          with you and so does my teacher – she said that you have to get information from books, not just what you find on Google.

Hoda: Well ⁷         you’re right about that, but if you choose the website you use very carefully, it’s OK.

Beth: I ⁸       so too, but you have to be very, very careful.

Hoda: That’s ⁹       .Well, at least we agree on something!

Beth: Hmm, well I don’t ¹⁰      about that! I think…

Hoda: Oh Beth!