Focus Now

Pages 72 and 73

Exercise 11

1. Where does she working these days?
   She’s working in a radio station these days.
2. Where does she work?
   She works in the city centre.
3. How much does he earn with his new job?
   He earns a lot of money with his new job.
4. What is he doing?
   He is having lunch in the canteen.
5. Why are you going by car?
   We are going by car because there is a public transport strike.
6. How are they going to school at the moment?
   They’re going to school on foot at the moment.
7. What is she having at the moment?
   She’s eating a sandwich right now.
8. What kind of music do they like?
   They like rap music a lot.
9. How much does it take to fill in the form?
   It only takes a couple of minutes to fill in the form.
10. Who is studying abroad this year?
    My sister is studying abroad this year.
11. When do you have swimming lessons?
    I have swimming lessons on Monday and Friday.

Exercise 12

1. Which is heavier? A leaf or a rock?
2. Everyone thinks Monday is the worst day of the week.
3. Are you sure bikes are safer than motorbikes?
4. Which hobbies are the cheapest and the most expensive?
5. We don’t think golf is more boring than tennis.
6. In fairy tales the princess is always the most beautiful lady in the story.
7. Alice is the youngest girl in her family.
8. The new printer is much noisier than the old one.

Exercise 13

1. In our country young men don't have to do military service when they are 18. It’s no longer obligatory.
2. When do we have to pay the rent?
3. If you are attending school in the UK, you have to wear a uniform but if you are in Italy, you don't have to.
4. A firefighter has to to train a lot.
5. Does Paula have to work long hours?
6. It’s the weekend. I don't have to get up early. I can stay in bed.
7. Nobody has to cook because my mother always does the cooking for everyone.
8. Henry doesn't have to eat fish if he doesn't like it.

Exercise 14

1. A     tallest
2. A     is happening
3. D     the
4. C     in
5. A     -
6. B      a
7. D     likes
8. B      usually does
9. C     much
10. C     is getting

Exericise 15

Q: What do you do for a living?

A: I’m a fireighter.

Q: What does being a fireighter mean?

A:We work 24 hours on, 48 of so that’s ten 24-hour shifts a month. Once our shift starts we can do everything from public education, teaching fire safety in the schools, to doing pre-ire plans with the businesses in town.
Every week we do some kind of training. When we are not answering calls during the week we’re probably training. We usually finish by five o’clock or six o’clock in the afternoon, and then we have free time; we watch TV, have dinner, and then go to bed. Then we get up again in the morning and go home at eight o’clock. We respond to emergency calls all in between that time. Anytime there is a medical call or a ire, we take immediate action.

Q: What do you like about what you do?

A: I like helping in the community. And I like working with these guys. We work 24 hours a day together. There are weeks when we spend more time with these guys than we do with our families, we build friendships. I also like the work schedule, the ten 24- hour shifts a month, gives me a lot

of time to do things with my kids and wife.

Q: What education, school, or skills are necessary to be a fireighter?

A: To apply for this job you have to have at least a high school diploma. You have to be younger than 33. Not many people get in. The city tests twice a year and they rank you from that test. You have to be in the top three to get the job.

Q: What is most challenging about what you do?

A: Being able to keep control over your emotions. When things are very stressful you tend to get excited, you do things too fast, without thinking about what you are doing, and that can get you hurt. You have to step back and take a look at everything before taking decisions sometimes; and I think that’s one of the hardest things for people to learn.

Exercise 16

I see my father every day: we live together. He is sweet, comfortable, calm and he rarely scream. I really like him for that.

Page 76 – exercise 3

1. Children leaves school at the age of eleven because the government doesn’t have the money for building an secondary school.
2. Between July and October, many kids miss school because it rains very very hard.
3. No, they don’t. They go to school six day a week.
4. Children are very proud of the floating schoo