Upper Intermediate Portfolio - Straightforward

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three things you might not know about Martha stewart 7d Trends Date: Can do (tick ✓) I can understand details in a radio programme. I can use a variety of phrases for giving examples. I can discuss influences on lifestyle. I can use a number of noun phrases containing nouns followed by prepositions. • In 2OO4 she was sent to prison for five months for insider trading (buying or selling shares with the benefit of inside knowledge). • Her husband filed for divorce on the same day her book Weddings was published. • She has her own 24-hour satellite radio network. Nouns & prepositions Complete these sentences. There is an increasing demand for . In future there might be a shortage of . I hope there will be real advances in . Diary What do you find difficult when listening to English Are speed, accent, topic and sound quality important factors What can you do to improve your listening ability 3
8a Cold comfort Date: Can do (tick ✓) I can find the information I need in an article. I can explain what is wrong with me to a pharmacist or doctor. I can talk about medical symptoms. I can use a set of words relating to health. How are you feeling I’m under the weather is another way of saying I’m not feeling very well. Rearrange these words to make three more expressions with the same meaning. off feeling a I’m colour bit with I’m down something coming right not I’m quite That was our last match. Doctor, Doctor jokes Read these Doctor, Doctor jokes. Do you know any others Can you make one up of your own Did you know The fact that colds are more common in winter is mainly due to the fact that people are inside more and in closer contact with each other than at other times of the year. More than 200 different viruses can cause the common cold and there is no known cure for it. Doctor, Doctor, I think I’m invisible. Next! Doctor, Doctor, I think I’m a bridge. What’s come over you So far, a taxi, two lorries and a bicycle. Doctor, Doctor, I swallowed a bone. Are you choking No, I really did! 3 ‘ ’ I have a perfect cure for a sore throat: cut it. Alfred Hitchcock (British film director, 1899–1980)
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Page 3 and 4: Contents Welcome to your Straightfo
Page 5 and 6: Language passport My school/college
Page 7 and 8: My English My evaluation of my curr
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Page 11 and 12: 1a Consuming passions Can do (tick
Page 13 and 14: 1c Autograph hunters Date: Can do (
Page 15 and 16: 2a Wildlife Date: Can do (tick ✓)
Page 17 and 18: 2c Companions Date: Can do (tick
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Page 21 and 22: 3c Mirror images Date: Can do (tick
Page 23 and 24: 4a Living in fear Date: Can do (tic
Page 25 and 26: 4c The land of the brave Date: Can
Page 27 and 28: 5a Performance art Date: Can do (ti
Page 29 and 30: 5c A good read Date: Can do (tick
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Page 43 and 44: 9a Celebrity heroes Date: Can do (t
Page 45 and 46: 9c Villains Date: Can do (tick ✓)
Page 47 and 48: 10a Good deeds Date: Can do (tick
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Page 61 and 62: Now I can … Listening I can under
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