TOUCHSTONE – STUDENT’S BOOK

Unit 2

Vocabulary notebook

Be               was/ were             been

Do              did                       done

Go              went                     gone

See             saw                      seen

Drink          drank                    drunk

Sing            sang                     sung

Drive          drove                             driven

Write          wrote                    written

Eat              ate                        eaten

Give           gave                     given

Fall             fell                       fallen

Take           took                      taken

Break          broke                             broken

Choose        chose                             chosen

Speak          spoke                    spoken

Wake          woke                    woken

Get             got                        gotten

Forget         forgot                   forgotten

Find            found                   found

Have           had                       had

Haer            haerd                             haerd

Keep           kept                      kept

Leave          left                        left

Make          made                    made

Meet           met                       met

Read           read                      read

Say             said                      said

Sit               sat                        sat

Tell             told                      told

Win            won                      won

Bring          brought                brought

Buy            bought                  bought

Catch          caught                  caught

Teach                   taught                            taught

Think                   thought                 thought

Become       became                 become

Come          came                    come

Run            ran                       run

Cut             cut                        cut

Hurt            hurt                      hurt

Put              put                       put

TOUCHSTONE – STUDENT’S BOOK

UNIT1

VOCABULARY NOTEBOOK

A.      Rewrite the sentences so that they have an opposite meaning.

1.     My father drives really well.

My father drives car very badly. 

2.     My best friend can be very kind .

My best friend can be rude.

3.     My boss is an extremely polite person.

My boss is an extremely mean person.

4.     I was pretty unhappy in school.

She was in work.

B.   For each of the underline words, think of a word with an opposite meaning.

1.     I have a pretty loud voice.

She has a quiet voice.

2.     My mother is extremely demanding

3.     I’m usually late  for appointments.

4.     My brother eats very quickly.

My mother eats slowly

5.     I think English is difficult.

History is very easily subjects.

6.     My sister and I have similar tastes.

C.   Word builder. Use the prefixes –im, -un, and –dis- to create opposite meanings for these words.

1.     He’s patient.       - impatient

2.     She’s honest.      - dishonest

3.     He’s friendly.      -unfriendly

4.     He’s competent.          

5.     They’re organized.        - disorganized

6.     He looks healthy.                   - sick

7.     She’s reliable.               - unreliable

8.     She’ considerate.                    - inconsiderate

LESSON C 

1b)

1.      My favorite movie is Spirited Away.                         a. It’s a fruit, right? I’ve never tried it. 

Have you ever seen it?__d__                                    What does it taste like?

2.      Have you ever eaten a durian? __a__                       b. No, but I’ve walked by it.

What kind of food do day serve?

3.      Do you know that new band callet Sunset?              c. No, but I’ve heard good things about them. They’re really great.__c__                                          Do you have any of their CDs?

4.      One of my favorite restaurants is Silk Road.             d. I’ve heard of it. What’s it about. 

Have you ever eaten there?___b_     

2)

1. A: Have you ever gone up in a hot-air balloon?                                                                                       

B: No. I’m scared of heights.                                                                                                                        

A: Are you? Me too. And I get sick on airplanes, too

B: Do you? I’m the same way. I hate flying.

2. A: Have you ever performed in front of an audience?

B: Yes, I’ve. Actually, I do it all the time.

A: Do you? Wow.

B: Yeah. I’m a drummer in jazz band.

A: Are you? I’m impressed!

3. A: Have you been to any good restaurants lately?

B: Well, I tried that new Turkish restaurant last week.

A: Did you? I’ve been there a couple of times, too.

B: Have you? Did you like it?       

LESSON B

2a)

·         A: Did your family have a vacation last year?

B: Yes, we did. We went to Bangkok in May.

·         A: Have you ever seen the Pyramids.

B: No,I haven’t. I have always wanted to go to Egypt .

·         A: Did you ever go away last weekend.

B: No, we did. We stay home.

·         A:Have ever gone skiing.

B:Yes, I have. Actually, I gone many times. Last year, I ski in the Andes.

3a)

Good experiences

·         Have you ever won a contest or competition?

Yes, I’ve. I won a spelling in English grade.

·         Have you ever gotten s perfect grade on an exam?

Yes, I’ve 100 point an history.

·         Have you ever spoken to a famous person?

Yes, I’ve, I spoken singer Drake.

·         Have you ever taken an exciting trip?

Yes, I’ve

·         Have you ever found a lot of money?

Yes, I’ve, I found a 100$

Bad experiences

·         Have you ever broken something valuable?

Yes, I’ve. I broken my watches

·         Have you ever lost something important?

Yes, I’ve. I  lost my phone and wallet.

·         Have you ever had the flu?

No, I haven’t the flu.

·         Have you ever forgotten an important appointment?

No, I haven’t forgotten.

·         Have you ever fallen and hurt yourself?                                                                                                                   No. I haven’t. I have never fallen myself. 

UNIT 2

LESSON A

1b)

1.      Jill Richardson has always wanted to be an actor.

2.      Sonia and Carlos Silva haven’t saved money to buy a sailboat.

3.      Raquel Garza  has never tried surfing before.

4.      Hiro Tanaka’s parents            have never been to Europe.

2a)

1.      A: I’ve always wanted to try scuba diving.

B: Really? Not me. I’ve always been afraid of deep water.

2.      A: I haven’t done anyting fun lately.

B: Me neither. I haven’t any time.

3.      A: I haven’t see the new Spider-Man movie. I really want to see it.

B: We should go! All my friends have seen it, and they loved it.

4.      A: I have gone windsurfing three or four times this year. It’s fun.

B: Can I go with you sometime? I have never tried it before.

5.      A: I want to go Europe. I have never been to Paris.

B: Me neither. My cousin lives there. He has invited me several times, but I haven’t enough money to go.

STUDENT BOOK

UNIT 1

LESSON D

1d)

1.      Supportive__e__                    a. multitalented, having many skills

2.      Versatile__a___                     b. modest, not talking too much about your abilities

3.      Demanding __f__                  c. talented, skillful

4.      Humble __b___                     d. perfect

5.      Impeccable__d__                   e. helpful and encouraging

6.      Accomplished__c__              f. difficult to please or work with

STUDENT BOOK

UNIT 1

LESSON C

1b) 1. I’m pretty disorganized. I lose things. I’m always losing things.

      2. Everyone in my family loves music. We are always singing together.

      3. My brother is really generous with his time. He is always fixing my computer.

      4. My father is a workaholic. He is always coming home late. And he is always bringing work home with him, too.

      5. My college roommate was really funny. She is always mading us laugh. You know, she is always tolding jokes.

     6. A friend of mine always complaining she’s broke, but she is always buying herself expensive clothes.

     7. One of my friend is totally unreliable. He is always canceling plans at the last minute.

2) 1.     A: My girlfriend is always late for our dates, so she’s always apologizing to me. It drives me crazy.

B: Yeah, but at least she apologizes. My girlfriend never says she’s sorry when she’s late.

A: I know, and my girlfriend calls to say she’ll be late.

2.         A: my friend is always borrowing my CDs and then giving them back weeks later.

            B: well, he at least returns them to you.

            A: yeah, and he never damages any of them.

3.         A: my brother is always getting good grades. It’s impossible to keep up with him.

            B: yaeh, but at least you’re doing your best, right?

            A: that’s true. And I enjoy my classes.

STUDENT BOOK

UNIT 1

LESSON B

1b) Winning is very important to you. – competitive

You handle everyday problems well. – laid – back

You give a lot of time or money to people.  - generous

You tell the truth, and never cheat or steal.  - honest

People can always count on you. - reliable

You’re overly proud of yourself.  - selfish

You’re not well organized.  - disorganized

You’re relaxed about life.   – practical

2) 1. Totally honest – My mother is totelly honest. She always tells the truth.

2. Fairly laid-back – My grandfather is fairly laid-back. He never angry and hurry.

3. Not reliable at all – Barbara is not reliable at all. She always late in meet.

4. Extremely talented – My best friend is extremely talented. She always really fast reading.

5. Really competitive – My classmates is really competitive. They always doing their lesson.

6. Completely disorganized – Jonh is completely disorganized. He always find anything.

7. Very impatient – His father is very impatient. He always angry.

8. Incredibly generous – My younger sister is incredibly generous. She always loving all animal and plants.

9. Absolutely wonderful – My boyfriend is absolutely wonderful. He very generous and organized.

STUDENT BOOK

UNIT 1

LESSON A

1a) 1. I listen to people careful / carefully.

      2. I’m a quiet / quietly person.

      3. I get impatient / impatiently in long lines.                                                                                                         

      4. I take school and work very serious / seriously.

2a) 1. Young people don’t dress properly these days. They don’t wear appropriate clothes.

      2. Parents see things very differently from their children, so families argue a lot.

      3. Young people don’t know how to speak correctly. They use a lot of slang

      4. Nobody feels safe on the highways because people drive too fast and recklessly.

5. On buses, people seem very rude. They don’t automatically give their seats to older people.

      6. People are getting very impatient. They expect you to answer their e-mails immediate.

my winter holiday

My winter holiday

Before I was rest many times when I was studying ten year school 7 and 14 days so forth. And 3 months summer holiday isn’t forgotten, but now I became student after holiday changed little. Two holidays are winter and summer. The summer holiday is long time so this on time I can succeed to do timely a lot of thigs that do work, and journy with my friends and family. But the winter holiday is short period than summer holiday. Our isn’t many spare time as to as summer holiday.

We became to succeed to do timely not a little things this several times. For student will doing a lot of things. For example students: to study a lesson, to da work, local students to go to home and airing with friends so forth. For me like this I spent my winter holiday to be closed lesson I passed an exams. Then I started my winter holiday. I had funny very well because I’m greeting new year with my friends in UB after 3 days I went to be my birthplace “dundgobi” to home myself. I didn’t meet long time my family. So I was very glad to meet my family. After day begin I wanted to relax my mother let it be any day that to help home work. I helped my mum while I repeated English.

Also my same there was a lot of my secondary school friends who university holiday back come to home. Then with them meet me talked about school and to keep in mind a memorable events themselves. Also All were very cheerful and we talked How’s student lifeand about not a little things. Also different from each other place are a lot of with friends talked about how’s spend holiday? In facebook, yahoomessenger, and my mobile. Also I prepared next season lesson I think new school, class, and collective that what will doing next season? So I submited a plan. Like this my winter holiday to be spent this year.