Family matters This document discusses the possibility of inventing an ideal teen community. It begins with a conversation between two teens, Fiona and Lily, where Fiona cannot go to a concert but offers for Lily to go alone. It then provides exercises matching questions and answers about plans and abilities. The document discusses imagining promises between two fictional teens, Barbara and Tim. It concludes by asking the reader to invent aspects of an ideal teen community for teens.

1. Family matters
10.1 Can you invent an ideal teen community?
Unit10
1 Complete the gaps in this conversation 4 Read the e-mail and circle the correct
with the affirmative or negative of will option.
or can. E-mail
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File Print Send Attach Reply Forward Cancel Address
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from: dufus@heartbreakhigh.com
to: princessabarbie21_@trimatrix.oz
LILY: So, (a) can you come out to the re: Remember our romantic summer promises?
concert tonight?
Dear Barbara, my love!
FIONA: No, I (b) . My dad let
Tim here! Meeting you this summer has been
me go out in the week.
incredible, but I am worried you (a) can / might forget
L: Well, I (c) go alone then!
me! If you do, I (b) can / will die! (c) Can / Will you
F: (d) you be careful?
promise me something? Every night, before you go
L: Don’t worry, of course I (e) !
to sleep, (d) can / would you call or text me?
F: (f) I borrow your new video
(e) Can / Will you come to stay with my family next
game tonight? You need it.
month? If (f) you can / can’t come, I will be really
L: Yes, of course you (g) ! See you
disappointed! I (g) will / can love you until the end of
tomorrow then.
time! Write back or call me now!
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Your true love, Tim hugs and kisses oooxxx
2 Match the questions with the answers.
a Can you meet me later?
b Will your mum let you stay at my house
tonight? 5 Imagine Barbara and Tim’s promises.
c Will you be careful? Complete the answers with will or
d Can you surf? won’t.
e Will you remember to call me?
f Can I see you tomorrow?
a I will always love you!
1 No, I can’t, I’m meeting Tom. a
2 Yes, you can. b I kiss anyone else but you!
3 Don’t worry! I’ll be OK.
4 Yes, I can.
5 Of course I will. c I speak to you every other day
6 No, she won’t. and text every day!
3 Complete the sentences with can/can’t d I tell my friends our secrets.
and will/won’t so they are true for you.
a I can’t smoke until I’m eighteen.
b I drink wine. e I wear trainers all the time.
c I get married.
d I visit Australia.
f I smoke or drink.
e If I go to university I’ll be unhappy.
f I drive.
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2. Family matters
10.2 Vocabulary
Unit10
1 Match the two columns. 4 Circle the different word and say why.
a be 3 1 media a promised left voted work
b worry 2 life The others are past tenses.
c part 3 careful b adult half fare skyscraper
d work 4 smell
e multi 5 time c sitcom comedy food characters
f awful 6 about
g everyday 7 hard d factory burn smell promise
e awkward sitcom inconvenient awful
2 Find the past tense of these verbs.
f moon factory boss earn
burn buy complain go leave
shop smell worry
L C E L N L S T G E 5 Correct the following sentences.
W O R R I E D D L N Use these words to help you.
S M E L T F T S E M
P P W R R T L O B D
L L O B O R G M U E
F A D O S N P G R H
O I R U R P W E N T
E N L G P D S E T T
R E S H O P P E D C
O D H T P T S G N O
3 Match the words with the pictures.
awful complicated fridge half half
humorous tall
a The cooker keeps things cold.
a c
b The fridge keeps things cold.
b If you work part-time, you work a full day.
c A skyscraper is a very short building.
d Children always pay adult fare on the bus.
d e f
chemicals factory fireworks e If something is awkward, it’s quite simple.
fridge medicine skyscraper
f A sitcom is about sad situations.
a factory d
b e g Rotten eggs smell wonderful.
c f
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3. Family matters
10.3 Can you talk about your future?
Unit10
1 Unscramble these questions. 4 Complete the dialogue with these
a work / do / to / what / you / time / have / words.
start / ?
What time do you have to start work?
b be / future / able / for / will / to / save /
you / money / your / ?
c before / you / to / have / to / hurry /
finish / will / 9:30 / ?
can’t think must will be able to
d you / be / able / aren’t / to / eat / will / will have to will we be able won’t have to
the / cakes / that / sold / ?
AMANDA: What do you think then? This
homework says we have to think
e finish / are / can / work / you / before / about when we are twenty-five.
9:30 / you / if / tired / ? What (a) will we be able to do?
LOU: Well, I (b) ! I’m only
seventeen, I haven’t got a clue!
A: We (c) go to school or
study any more. We (d)
2 Match these answers to the questions get up late every day, go to the beach and
in Activity 1. sunbathe, go shopping, go to the gym
a At eight o’clock in the morning. a and get fit if we want.
b No, we have to work until ten at night. L: But you (e) work really
hard to earn enough money for that!
c No, we aren’t allowed to eat anything from A: That’s why I (f) study hard
the supermarket. now!
d Yes, I must fill this fridge with these cakes
before then!
e Yes, I have to have money for university. 5 Expand these sentences about life
in the future.
a you / be able / do everything / from home.
3 Complete these sentences so they are
You will be able to do everything from home.
b fridge / be able / order / the shopping.
true for you.
a This week I have to study for my exams. c have to / look smart / when / speak on the
b Next week I don’t have to telephone.
c Last month I had to d you / be able / work / from home.
d When I was seven I had to e you / be able / get fit / sleep.
e Next year I’ll have to f you / not have to / go / cinema.
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4. Family matters
10.4 Reading and writing
Unit10
1 Read the biography and match the pictures to the year and the events.
a b d
e
c
1879 Nancy Langhorne is born in Danville, Virginia, USA on 19th May. Her father is a wealthy
businessman who has made a fortune in railway development. Nancy grows up in
Richmond, Virginia, to be a beautiful and intelligent woman.
1894 She marries R.G. Shaw who is very rich but not her equal. She later said: ‘I married beneath
myself. All women do.’
1904 She takes a boat to England after she gets divorced from her first husband.
1919 She wins an election to British Parliament and becomes the first woman in the United
Kingdom to be part of the Government.
1920-1944 During this period, she concentrates on issues affecting women and children. She campaigns
for women’s rights, especially the right to vote at the age of twenty-one and for equal
rights in the Civil Service. She once said, ‘We are not asking for superiority for we have
always had that; all we ask is equality.’ a
At the start of the war, she becomes critical of the British Prime Minister and votes against
the government, helping Winston Churchill to become the British leader.
In 1945 she retires from Parliament.
2 Now put the events in the right order. 3 Write the sentences based on the
a Nancy Langhorne is born on 19 May in
th prompts. Use the past tense.
1879. 1 a Nancy Langhorne / family / rich
b She marries R.G. Shaw. Nancy Langhorne’s family was very rich.
c She divorces her husband and leaves b first marriage / not successful
America.
d She retires. c Nancy / involved in politics
e She fights for equality between women and
men. d interested in / issues / women and children
f She wins an election.
4 Are there any women you think are very important, either now or in the past?
Write a short biography of the most important woman you know about.
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5. Family matters
10.5 Culture
Unit10
Sidewalk surfing
1 Read the definitions of these words and write them in the correct space in the text.
One of the words is used twice.
tricky difficult
skateboard four wheels fixed to a small piece of wood or plastic
manoeuvres special, difficult movements
worldwide internationally
skateboarding riding a skateboard
1 Invented in California in the 1950s, (a) skateboarding was
originally a way of enjoying the same experience as surfing
without getting wet. First known as Sidewalk surfing, the sport
became popular extremely quickly, and between 1960 and 1963
fifty million (b) were sold in the USA alone.
2 In the 1970s, design improved enormously and the models
produced were much lighter and safer. The kicktail, which allowed
boarders to ride on two wheels, was incorporated and specially
built Skateparks were built in many cities so that enthusiasts could perfect their (c) away
from town and city centres.
3 The sport had become an unstoppable global phenomenon;
and in the 1980s the first professionals appeared. Television
programmes dedicated to the best boarders were made, and
experts such as Tony Hawk became famous
(d) .
4 But that’s not the end of the
story; in the 1990s, the sport went
back onto the street. In most cities
today you can see somebody wearing the latest cool fashion, trying to
make the latest (e) manoeuvre look easy!
5 However, many people think this is dangerous and believe there should
be laws to stop people practising in the street. Others agree with Bart
Simpson that (f) is not a crime!’ After all, even Spiderman
rides a board! What's your opinion?
2 Can you match these paragraph titles to the correct paragraphs? Write the paragraph
number next to your choice. Tick ( ✔) the extra title.
a A dry alternative 1 d An expensive hobby
b Urban fun? e Better design
c A professional sport f Back on the street
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