Timesaver

Intermediate

Listening

Edited by Judith Greet

Teacher's reference key

Time
A small clock on each page

tells you approximately

how long each activity should take.

Level
-rhe number of stars on each page tells you the level of each activity

Students with two years of English

Students with two-three years of English

Students with three-four years of English

Listening tracks
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Contents

* Students with 2 years of English

1 Making Films make vs do reordering pictures; a wordsearch 16

2 How are you Feeling? -ed adjectives matching pictures and conversations;
pronunciation: -ed 17

3 Love making suggestions choosing the correct word; matching pictures

and conversations; multiple matching 18-19

4 Losing Weight asking questions; filling in a form; listening to advice

giving advice 20-21

5 Video Games giving opinions choosing between sentences; reordering sentences 22

6 At the Airport must be / can't be; following instructions; saying where

descriptions something is 23

7 Helping a Friend with a Problem discussing problems reordering information 24

8 New York City planning and suggesting matching people and photos; true or false 25

9 Text and Phone Messages making excuses matching questions and answers;

completing a table; choosing correct words 26-27

10 Schools in Britain discussing education completing a table; completing a text;

pronunciation: syllables 28-29

11 Being a Detective must have been; crime choosing the correct pictures 30

12 Food ordering food in a completing a table; reordering pictures;

restaurant responding to questions 31

13 Black Rights in America dates and numbers completing a passage with numbers 32

14 Summer Camp giving advice ordering pictures; matching titles 33

** Students with 2-3 years of English

15 Anna's Story zero conditional true or false; multiple choice;
answering questions 34-35

16 Getting a Job as an Au Pair going for an interview answering questions 36-37

17 New Zealand direct and indirect speech choosing correct options; matching 38-39

18 Love isn't Easy describing people; matching

phrasal verbs 40

19 Stress word building completing sentences 41

20 Internet Nerds borrow vs lend finding true sentences 42

21 Australia likes and dislikes matching; multiple choice 43

22 Holiday Romance telling a story ordering pictures; dictation 44

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23 What would you do? second conditional matching 45

24 Addictions agreeing and disagreeing multiple choice; syllables 46-47

25 Parents present continuous ticking correct information

to show annoyance; wish 48-49

26 Teenage Crime present perfect simple vs completing a text; choosing correct sentences

present perfect continuous 50-51

27 Advertising -ing or -ed choosing the correct option 52-53

28 The Lost Boy American English matching; true or false 54-55

*** Students with 3·4 years of English

29 The Environment present perfect simple vs responding to statements

present perfect continuous 56

30 Growing up in the USA asking questions comprehension questions; completing questions 57

31 Humour giving opinions answering questions; playing a game (additional

words on page 72) 58-59

32 Americans Abroad idioms answering questions 60-61

33 Childhood telling a story; ordering pictures; multiple choice

letter of complaint 62

34 American Culture verb + preposition finding false statements 63

35 Poetry describing people multiple choice; a poem 64-65

36 Body Piercing giving opinions; comprehension questions; completing sentences

word building; prepositions 66-67

37 Clubbing free-time activities understanding advantages and disadvantages;

ticking a list 68

38 Hooliganism in Britain giving opinions; completing sentences; predicting

describing people 69

39 Careers adjectives + prepositions gap fill 70

40 The Internet writing a story matching; comprehension questions 71

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In the listening you heard these sentences:

Making a movie is very expensive.
Some directors make all the decisions themselves.
In some expressions we use make and in others
we use do. For example:
The actor did a dance and sang a song in the audition.
Write the words in the box in the correct column - do or make.

DO MAKE

-homework

Work in groups. Write down your all-time favourite film. Which is the most popular

film in your group? Which is the most popular film in your class?

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2 How are you Feeling?

Work in pairs. What are you interested in? What makes you depressed?

ffi Listen and match the pictures to the five conversations. Write the number of
the conversation next to the corresponding picture. .

ffi How do you pronounce these adjectives? Write them in the correct column, then
listen to check.

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depressed confused interested

Two of the adjectives are not used in the conversations. Draw a picture of one of
them and show it to your partner. Can they guess your adjective?

Add five more words to the table. Compare your answers with others.

Work in pairs. Describe what is happening in these photos. Talk about how you might
feel in these situations.

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