I N S P I R AT I O N 2

Worksheet 1

should / shouldn’t
1 Match sentences 1–5 with sentences a–e.
1 What should I visit when I go to London? a We don’t want to get lost.
2 You shouldn’t go off on your own. b You should visit The London Eye.
3 We should take a map with us. c In front of the monument.
4 You shouldn’t forget to take an umbrella. d We should stay together.
5 Where should we meet you? e It often rains in London.

2 Complete the sentences with should or 3 Write sentences. Use: should / shouldn’t.
shouldn’t. We / stay together – We should stay together.
TOMEK I think we’re lost! We (1) ______________ 1 You / take a map.
have come this way. ______________________________________________________
GABI Oh no! What (2) ______________ we do? 2 You / forget to take an umbrella.
TOMEK Well, we (3) ______________ worry. ______________________________________________________
LAURA I think we (4) ______________ ask 3 I / be careful.
someone for directions.
______________________________________________________
GABI That’s a good idea. Who
4 They / ask for directions.
(5) ______________ we ask?
______________________________________________________
LAURA Tomek!
5 She / get angry.
TOMEK What?
______________________________________________________
LAURA You (6) ______________ go off on your
6 We / spend all our money.
own.
______________________________________________________
TOMEK Don’t worry.
LAURA We (7) ______________ stay together. 4 Write four sentences giving advice to tourists
in your town/city.
1 You should ________________________________________
______________________________________________________
2 You should ________________________________________
______________________________________________________
3 You shouldn’t _____________________________________
______________________________________________________
4 You shouldn’t _____________________________________
______________________________________________________

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 Grammar should
a Look at pictures 1–10. Use should / shouldn’t + a verb from the list to complete dialogues 1–10.

ask go (x2) get get up learn say sit tell think use

1 A What are you doing? 1

B I’m trying to open this package. 2

A You shouldn’t use a knife! You’ll cut yourself!

2 A I can’t do this exercise. It’s too difficult.

B You the teacher for some help.

3 A I’m really annoyed with Paula.

B Why?
3
A Because she’s always on the computer. She
never talks to me! 4
B You her how you feel. Maybe
she doesn’t know.
4 A Angela’s leaving work at the end of the month.
She’s going to have a baby.
B We her a present.
5 A You so close to the television.
5
B Why not?
6
A It’s not good for your eyes.

6 A I miss the bus for school nearly every day.

B You earlier.
7 A Good luck with the game!
B Thanks, but I’m sure I’m going to lose.
A You like that! Be positive! 7
B What do mean?
8
A You to yourself, “I’m going to win! I’m going to
win!”

8 A Come on. Get up. It’s 9:30.

B But I’m tired. to bed so late.
A You

9 A Can you make me an omelet, please?

9
10
B Make it yourself!
A I don’t know how to.
B You how to cook, then!

10A I’d love to travel around the world.

B Do you have enough money for the trip?
A Well, yes.
B Then I think you !
 Video zone: A Plastic Ocean – exercises
A Plastic Ocean is a new documentary that looks at the problems that are caused when plastic waste goes
into the sea.

Do the preparation task first. Then watch the trailer and find out more about how plastic can be dangerous
to sea animals and human health. Then do the exercise. Remember you can read the transcript at any
time.

Preparation
Match the vocabulary with the correct definition and write a–h next to the numbers 1–8.

1…….. a crisis a. an area where waste is buried under the ground

2…….. to degrade b. a small part of something

3…….. a landfill site c. a difficult or dangerous situation that needs urgent attention

4…….. to dump d. a diver who holds their breath under water

5…….. to endure e. in perfect condition

6…….. a free diver f. to get rid of something quickly without worrying about it

7…….. a fraction of something g. to suffer

8…….. pristine h. to break down into smaller substances

1. Check your understanding: multiple choice

Circle the best answer to these questions.

1. When did the first narrator start following blue whales?

a. When he was a teenager
b. When he was a child
c. When he was an adult
2. How many tons of plastic are dumped into the oceans every year?
a. 8 million
b. 5 million
c. 9 million
3. What does the narrator do for a living?
a. He’s a TV presenter.
b. He’s a diver.
c. He’s a journalist.
 Video zone: A Plastic Ocean – exercises
4. How does the free diver feel about her work helping to clean the oceans?
a. That more people should do it
b. That it’s her way to pay back the ocean for all the pleasure it has given her
c. That it’s an impossible job
5. Why is the plastic in the ocean never going to degrade?
a. Because it has nowhere to go
b. Because there is too much of it
c. Because more and more is being dumped daily
6. How many pieces of plastic were found in a ninety-day-old chick?
a. 256
b. 266
c. 276
7. What has been built on the landfill sites?
a. Beaches – including resorts for tourists
b. Factories – including plastic bottle factories
c. Communities – including their food production
8. What does the main narrator believe is possible?
a. He believes change is possible and it starts with us.
b. He believes change is possible if we stop buying plastic bottles.
c. He believes change is possible if we stop throwing bottles in the ocean.

Discussion

Do you use a lot of plastic?

What do you think we can do, as individuals, to help improve the problem of having too much plastic in
our oceans?

Vocabulary Box Write any new words you have learned in this lesson.