Full Blast 8/ Module 7/ Vocabulary+Reading

Dad washed the car because it was _____ .

It took weeks for the detective to ______ the crime.

You look ____ in this hat. Take it off!

This problem needs a quick _____.

Excuse me, would you like to make a(n) ____ to our charity?

Could you ____ me on the best place to hold a fundrising event?

Police are investigating three                                      that happened in the last month.

A: Arrest that man!

B: _____, sir.

The ____ tried to escape, but the police caught him.

The project was _____ difficult and I didn't manage to finish it.

When we got home, our neighbour told us about the _____

How are you going to deal _____________ the problem

Could you turn the radio __________ ? It's very loud.

The ____ ot the hotel was a woman from Chesterfield.

Four men with guns tried to ___________ the bank yesterday afternoon

Dave ________ to have a headache because he didn't want to play basketball.

Read the email and answer the questions. Choose a or b.

From: Brenda

To: Kelly

Subject: Problems with sis

Hello Kelly,

How are you? I miss you so much. I haven't had anyone to talk to about my problems since you left. At the moment I've got a serious problem and need your help.

It's about with my sister Ellen. Last week I took her camera without asking and I lost it. I haven't told her yet, but she's going to find out soon. You see, she's going to Egypt next week and she's going to need it. What should I do? If I tell her, she'll get really angry. And you know how Ellen is when she's upset. She'll never let me borrow any of her things again. Unfortunately, there's more.

Next weekend, there's a great party and I don't want to miss it. The problem is I haven't got anything cool to wear. So, I was thinking of borrowing something from Ellen. But if she finds out about the camera, I can forget it. If I had the money, I would buy her a new camera. What would you do if you were me?

Write back as soon as possible.

Yours,

Brenda

1. Ellen...

Read the email and answer the questions. Choose a or b.

From: Brenda

To: Kelly

Subject: Problems with sis

Hello Kelly,

How are you? I miss you so much. I haven't had anyone to talk to about my problems since you left. At the moment I've got a serious problem and need your help.

It's about with my sister Ellen. Last week I took her camera without asking and I lost it. I haven't told her yet, but she's going to find out soon. You see, she's going to Egypt next week and she's going to need it. What should I do? If I tell her, she'll get really angry. And you know how Ellen is when she's upset. She'll never let me borrow any of her things again. Unfortunately, there's more.

Next weekend, there's a great party and I don't want to miss it. The problem is I haven't got anything cool to wear. So, I was thinking of borrowing something from Ellen. But if she finds out about the camera, I can forget it. If I had the money, I would buy her a new camera. What would you do if you were me?

Write back as soon as possible.

Yours,

Brenda

2. Next week, Ellen...

Read the email and answer the questions. Choose a or b.

From: Brenda

To: Kelly

Subject: Problems with sis

Hello Kelly,

How are you? I miss you so much. I haven't had anyone to talk to about my problems since you left. At the moment I've got a serious problem and need your help.

It's about with my sister Ellen. Last week I took her camera without asking and I lost it. I haven't told her yet, but she's going to find out soon. You see, she's going to Egypt next week and she's going to need it. What should I do? If I tell her, she'll get really angry. And you know how Ellen is when she's upset. She'll never let me borrow any of her things again. Unfortunately, there's more.

Next weekend, there's a great party and I don't want to miss it. The problem is I haven't got anything cool to wear. So, I was thinking of borrowing something from Ellen. But if she finds out about the camera, I can forget it. If I had the money, I would buy her a new camera. What would you do if you were me?

Write back as soon as possible.

Yours,

Brenda

3. If Ellen finds out what has happened,...

Read the email and answer the questions. Choose a or b.

From: Brenda

To: Kelly

Subject: Problems with sis

Hello Kelly,

How are you? I miss you so much. I haven't had anyone to talk to about my problems since you left. At the moment I've got a serious problem and need your help.

It's about with my sister Ellen. Last week I took her camera without asking and I lost it. I haven't told her yet, but she's going to find out soon. You see, she's going to Egypt next week and she's going to need it. What should I do? If I tell her, she'll get really angry. And you know how Ellen is when she's upset. She'll never let me borrow any of her things again. Unfortunately, there's more.

Next weekend, there's a great party and I don't want to miss it. The problem is I haven't got anything cool to wear. So, I was thinking of borrowing something from Ellen. But if she finds out about the camera, I can forget it. If I had the money, I would buy her a new camera. What would you do if you were me?

Write back as soon as possible.

Yours,

Brenda

4. Brenda is...

Read and choose True sentence.

ROBOT PETS

iCat

iCat is an intelligent robot which is fun for children and adults. It has a camera in its nose and two microphones in its feet so it can listen and understand voices. It can't walk or chase mice like a real cat but it can play simple board games by telling you where to move the pieces. Also, iCat can change its expression by moving its eyes and mouth. It can show you when it's happy, sad or bored, etc. This way it seems like it has a real personality. It's been shown that people prefer to play games with a robot with a personality than just a computer. It is also very polite and always asks if it's OK for it to go to sleep, for example.

Pleo

Pleo is a small robot dinosaur but it isn't dangerous. It is small, very cute and it behaves like a baby. However, it is very intelligent and it develops a personality the more you play with it. It has two cameras for eyes and it can also touch and hear. It listens to people's voices and makes noises and moves around to show that it understands. You can connect Pleo to your computer and download new actions or sounds. It runs on batteries and goes to sleep when it's tired.