ACTIVITIES UNIT 8

1. Unit 8 Vocabulary
High-tech gadgets
1 Answer the questions with full sentences.
Photos are appearing and disappearing on a
screen. What is it?
It’s a digital photo frame.
1 You can play a lot of different things on this.
What is it?
_______________________________________
2 You won’t get lost with one of these. What is it?
_______________________________________
3 You can phone people with this while your hands
are free. What is it?
_______________________________________
4 This can take pictures of documents and store
them on your computer. What is it?
_______________________________________
5 You can make films with this. What is it?
_______________________________________
6 This small camera can be attached to a
computer. What is it?
_______________________________________
7 This is like a laptop but smaller. What is it?
_______________________________________
2 Write the names of the gadgets. The letters and
numbers in the box will help you.
C 3 S D B R A A T p C B V D
1 D A B radio
2 m___________ p_____________________
3 S___________ c_____________________
4 D___________ r_____________________
5 p___________ T_____________________
6 U___________ h_____________________
3 Match the words in exercise 2 to definitions a-h.
You can download music on to this. 2
a You can save programmes with this. ______
b You can connect devices to each other with this.
______
c You can listen to hundreds of different stations
on this. ______
d This connects your television to your recorder.
______
e This has got a flat screen and shows
programmes very clearly. ______
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2. Unit 8 Vocabulary
Phrasal verbs 1 Please give him another chance.
Please don’t ___________________ on him.
4 Complete the text with the correct words.
2 Those trainers smell terrible!
When it’s time for school I put on my coat,
Those trainers are _____________________ a
(1) _____________ up my bag and start my journey
terrible smell.
to school. I (2) ______________ on my MP3 player
3 Mum is trying to stop eating chocolate.
and listen to some music. After a few minutes my
Mum is trying to _____________________
friends run past me. I don’t feel like running, so I
soon (3) fall _____________ . I (4) _____________ chocolate.
up with them at the bus stop. I (5) ______________ 4 I never show what I’m thinking.
off my mp3 player and we chat about different I never ____________________ my feelings
things. When the bus arrives we all _____________________ .
(6) get ______________ and find seats upstairs. I 5 Luke is going to give his essay to the teacher.
(7) ______________ off my coat because it’s warm Luke is going to ________________________
on the bus. When it reaches our school we all his essay.
(8) get _____________ and walk to our classrooms. 6 Can you return my DVD to me?
I find my desk and (9) put ______________ my bag. Can you ____________________ me
Our teacher (10) gives ______________ some new _____________________ my DVD?
books. Then she asks for our homework and we 7 This exercise is too difficult. I can’t do it.
(11) give it _______________ . This exercise is too difficult. I
______________________________ !
5 Complete the sentence pairs below so that each 8 The students get new books from the teacher.
sentence has the same meaning. Use the verb The teacher __________________________
give and the correct preposition. new books to the students.
Have a balloon – they’re free!
I’m giving balloons away.
will 3 Complete the text with think / don’t think and the
will form of the verbs in the box.
1 Make phrases by matching words 1-5 with a-f.
need a the train
be do give happen have live
1 know b some money
2 be c the film The world is becoming very crowded but I don’t
3 miss d anything else to eat think we’ll live on the moon. But computers are now
4 win e sunny tomorrow so clever I (1) ________________ that soon robots
5 enjoy f the other pupils _____________________ our housework for us. I
(2) __________________________ that all cars
2 Complete the sentences with the phrases from _________________________ electric, too, and I
exercise 1 and will or won’t. (3) ________________________ that everyone
_____________________ sat nav. Why not? It’s so
It’s Jack’s first day at school tomorrow.
cheap! Parents want to know where their children
He won’t know the other pupils. are and soon I (4) ______________________
1 We’ve already eaten. that all parents ________________________
We __________________________________ . their children mobile phones. I like the idea of virtual
2 The weather forecast for tomorrow is good. windows and I’d love to have one in my bedroom,
It ____________________________________ . but I (5) _________________________ this
3 Tom and Ben are still asleep. ________________________ . My room is too
They _________________________________ ! small and too full already.
4 I forgot to do the lottery again.
I _____________________________________ .
5 You love going to the cinema.
You __________________________________ .
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3. Unit 8 Vocabulary
First conditional
4 Complete the sentences with the words in the
box. Use the first conditional.
buy download eat get look miss go
not get not have not rain save use
If you eat all the cake, the others won’t get any.
1 If I ___________________ an mp3 player for my
birthday, I ___________________ a lot of music.
2 If it _______________________ tomorrow, we
_______________________ out.
3 If you ____________________ a blu-ray player,
our DVDs _____________________ better.
4 If you _____________________ LED light bulbs,
you’ll ____________________ energy.
5 If they ________________________ up, they
______________________ their train.
5 Put the words in the correct order. Then write
the first conditional sentences.
rain / umbrella / I / my / it / take
If it rains, I’ll take my umbrella.
1 buy / a SCART hub / a DVD recorder / need /
you / you
_______________________________________
2 put / my keys / not forget / I / on the table / I /
them
_______________________________________
3 not buy / not work / the printer / we / a USB
cable
_______________________________________
4 go / to the station / I / you / drive / you / need
_______________________________________
5 we / a plasma TV / the lottery / I / get / win
_______________________________________
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