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3 Put the words in order to write questions. 1 cut / often / you / do / get / How / hair / your / ? 2 yourself / fix / you / Can / computer / your / ? 3 often / How / delivered / your / house / to / do / pizzas / have / you / ? 4 When / your / you / eyes / time / was / last / the / had / tested / ? 5 Do / your / photo / you / taken / like / having / ? 6 for / Have / ever / had / made / clothes / you / you / ? 4 Rewrite these sentences using have something done in the correct tense. If we know who did the action, include them with by . 1 They’re painting my bedroom tomorrow. I’m 2 That shop replaced my phone screen last week. I 3 His mum and dad pay his phone bills. He 4 They’ve connected our laptops to the network. We’ve
7 Complete the text with the infinitive or gerund form of the verb given.
speaking Answer these questions. 1 What do you know about Artificial Intelligence (AI)? 2 Do you think machines can learn? Why/Why not?
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1a Look at the sentences. Who does the action – the subject at the start of the sentence or somebody/something else? 1 They had a fairy tale written using AI. 2 They’ve had a series of portraits painted by a computer program. 3 We’ll be able to get anything done by AI. 1b Look at the sentences again and answer the questions. 1 What comes after the verbs have or get – the subject or the object of the sentence? 2 Which part of the verb are written , painted or done in these sentences? 3 Can we use have or get in different tenses in this type of sentence? 4 What does by introduce in this type of sentence? have something done Check it page 80 2 Choose the correct alternative. The Restart Project Electronic devices are sometimes designed so that you cannot easily get (a) fixed them/them fixed . Once your toaster or electric guitar is broken, they want you to throw it away and buy another one. Or if it is possible to fix them, the devices are so complicated that you need to have them repaired (b) by/for an official specialist, which can be expensive. The Restart Project wants to stop this. Instead of getting (c) rebuilt your computer/ your computer rebuilt by a company that charges you a lot of money or (d) having your smartphone screen/your smartphone screen having replaced by an official shop, they organise meetings or parties where you can have all sorts of gadgets (e) examine/examined by volunteer technicians. These technicians then (f ) repair the gadgets/ have the gadgets repaired for you or they show you how to repair them yourself. That way you can save money, protect the environment and feel good that you learnt to do something useful for yourself! They even visit schools to teach students how to (g) do these things/have these things done themselves.
2 45 Listen to a podcast where two people talk about AI. What are the four main uses of AI that they mention in the podcast? You are going to do a multiple-choice listening activity. In this type of activity you have three or four options and you choose the best answer. When should you read the answers for the first time? Do you think the questions are usually in the order that you hear them? Exam tip 3 45 Listen again and choose the best answers. 1 Artificial Intelligence refers to a computer system that … a can do absolutely anything a human can do. b does something new or better than before. c does things that a human mind can do. 2 AlphaZero … a learnt chess by playing against the existing champion. b quickly became the best computer chess player in the world. c beat the existing champion by playing in a match that lasted for hours. 3 Humans used a computer program to write a fairy tale by … a giving it data and then leaving it to write the story completely alone. b giving it details from one or two stories by the Brothers Grimm. c designing it to use stories in order to create a new one. 4 A company called OpenAI has a problem because … a their work could be used for a negative purpose. b they don’t really understand the results of their work. c the stories they create are hard to believe. 5 The Portrait of Edmond de Belamy … a was the first picture painted by a robot. b was created thanks to thousands of modern works of art. c was a surprising commercial success. Critical thinkers 4
Lots of people enjoy (a) (have) a snack when they’re using their smartphone. But (b) (eat) crisps can be bad for your phone because it’s really easy (c) (get) the screen dirty and greasy when you’re swiping and tapping the screen. And, obviously, you can’t use a fork (d) (eat) crisps. But don’t worry! A Japanese company called Koike-ya has solved the problem by (e) (invent) One Hand Chips. You simply open the bag and more or less drink the crisps because they’ve already been broken into very small pieces. They’re one of the first companies (f ) (think) of this solution. Apart from (g) (keep) your phone clean, One Hand Chips also allow you to go (h) (walk) hand in hand with someone special, and use your other hand for your crisps!
speaking Ask your partner the questions in 3 and ask more questions to find out extra information using Who? , What? , Where? , When? , Why? , How often? Then tell the class three interesting things you found out about your partner.
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Gerunds and infinitives
6 Match the sentences (1–7) to the rules (a–g). Choose the correct alternative in each rule.
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1 They went walking in the Andes. 2 Are you interested in keeping up to date?
3 I used to love reading fairy tales. 4 Learning to do that is incredible. 5 Join us to hear all the latest news. 6 It’s impossible to know if a robot wrote it. 7 The stories are too strange to believe . a We use the infinitive/gerund after prepositions (except to ). b We use the infinitive/gerund immediately after adjectives. c We use the infinitive/gerund with go to talk about physical activities. d We use the infinitive/gerund after verbs of liking or disliking (except would like ). e We use the infinitive/gerund to explain why we do something. f We use the infinitive/gerund after too , enough , the first , the last . g We use the infinitive/gerund as the subject or object of the sentence.
8 Put the verb in the correct form (gerund or infinitive) in each sentence. 1 I think
(play) video games is a great
way to spend your free time.
2 I think it’s very difficult listening to music. 3 I want to go to university
(revise) while
(study)
science.
4 I go
(run) some evenings.
5 I’m interested in
(learn) a new
language one day.
6 I really like
(shop) at the weekend.
7 When I go to bed, I’m usually too tired (read). Use it … don’t lose it!
In your opinion, can computer-generated art or literature be ‘real’ art or literature? What makes you say that? Use ideas in the listening and/or other facts, opinions and experiences to justify your opinion. Then share your ideas with a partner.
Talk about the sentences in 8.
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Are they true for you or not?
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