Стр.83 Unit 9 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 8 класс
LISTENING AND WRITING
In pairs, look at the photo below and answer the questions. Then listen and check.
Where are the people?
Do they know each other well?
What do you think they are doing? Sharing secrets? Gossiping? Telling a joke?
Read the sentences. Listen again. Are the statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
- Sophie is the first to notice Liz.
- Liz is wearing a blue top.
- Liz has got straight hair now.
- Liz has just split up with Leo.
- Sophie doesn’t know the tall guy Liz is sitting next to.
- Sophie has seen Liz with a short guy called John.
- Liz is wearing a blue top.
- Liz has just split up with Leo.
- Liz has got straight hair now.
- Sophie has seen Liz with a tall guy called John.
- Sophie thinks Liz has fallen in love with the tall guy.
- Hugh has decided to study psychology.
Find these abbreviations in the text messages below and decide what they mean. Circle the correct answer.
- CU = see you
- @ = at
- w = with
- gr8 = great
- I’ve split up with Sophie. She never listens to me. CU @ 8.
- Liz has split up w John! I’ve just seen her new boyfriend. I wonder who he is.
- gr8 news! I passed my interview! I’m in the I w your brother. Love you.
Read the messages from Exercise 3 again and match them with the senders Sophie, Liz and Hugh.
What do the abbreviations in the messages below mean? Then match replies A–C with messages 1–3 in Exercise 3.
- U
- n
- mins
- H & К
- IMO
- 2
- В
- goss
under/you and/no minutes/months hot and cold/hugs and kisses in my opinion/I must object to/toe but/be gossip/goes
- U must В joking. Phone me @ 9 n tell me all the goss!
- Well done! I’ll be there in 15 mins у H&K
- Don’t panic mate! IMO u did the right thing 2 leave her. CU @ 8
In groups of four, write a text message to each person in your group. Reply to the messages you are given. Use the abbreviations above to help you.
Project idea
What do you think an ideal family is like? Do you think your family is ideal? Write about your family, add some photos and make a leaflet ‘We are an ideal family’ or ‘We are not ideal, but we are SO NICE!’. You may think of your own title.
1.
They are in a public place, probably on the street or in a café.
No, they don’t know each other well.
They are gossiping.
2.
- False. Liz is wearing a blue top, but she is sitting next to the tall guy.
- False. Liz and Leo split up ages ago.
- False. Liz’s hair is not straight now; it has changed.
- False. Sophie has seen Liz with a short guy called John.
- False. Sophie only wonders who the tall guy is.
- False. Hugh has decided to spend next weekend at Pete’s place in the country.
3.
1 — see you
2 — at
3 — with
4 — great
4.
1 — Hugh
2 — Liz
3 — Sophie
5.
1 — you
2 — and
3 — minutes
4 — hugs and kisses
5 — in my opinion
6 — to
7 — but
8 — gossip
A — 3
B — 1
C — 2
