UNIT 1

MY OWN TREASURE

LESSON 1 A
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

VOCABULARY: COUNTRIES AND

NATIONALITES
1. Match the flag with the country (Associe le drapeau au pays):
1. Match the flag with the country.

France China Greece The United States of America Italy

Great Britain Australia Germany Turkey Spain

GREAT BRITAIN FRANCE THE UNITED SPAIN ITALY

STATES OF AMERICA

GERMANY CHINA GREECE AUSTRALIA TURKEY

2. Writ1e. th
Match the character with the nationality (Associe le personnage a la nationalité):
e nationality of each picture.

American French Australian Greek Turkish

German Italian Japanese British Chinese

ITALIAN AMERICAN GREEK GERMAN FRENCH

AUSTRALIAN BRITISH JAPANESE TURKISH CHINESE

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 3. Listen and choose the correct picture. (Track 1 U1A)

ITALY FRANCE

CHINA USA

SPAIN JAPAN

UNITED KINGDOM CANADA

BRAZIL AUSTRALIA

http://www.123listening.com/freeaudio/countries1-1.mp3

A. GRAMMAR: THE VERB BE

The principal use of the simple present is to refer to an action or event that takes place habitually, but with the
verb "to be" the simple present tense also refers to a present or general state, whether temporary, permanent
or habitual.

I am happy.
She is helpful.

The verb to be in the simple present can be also used to refer to something that is true at the present moment.

She is 20 years old.

He is a student.

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 Forming the verb to be in Present Simple Tense.

Affirmative and negative sentence Interrogative sentence

am / ‘m
I
am not Am I
at home.
He is / ‘s (Where) at home?
(Who) he in hospital?
in hospital.
She is not (What) she on holiday?
on holiday.
It isn’t Is
(Why) it in London?
in London.
You are / ‘re … you …
…
We are not we

They aren’t Are

they

B. GRAMMAR PRACTICE

1. Complete the sentences with 2. Rewrite the sentence into a negative sentence.
the correct form of “to be”. Look at the example below. Don’t use
abbreviation.
a. We ARE in Poland.
I am at home. I am not at home.
b. She IS in the cinema.
1) He is my brother.
c. It IS her birthday today. HE IS NOT MY BROTHER
2) I am a woman.
d. The family ARE on the train. I AM NOT A WOMAN
e. These ARE oranges. 3) It is an exercise-book.
IT IS NOT AN EXERCISE BOOK___________
4) That is a boat
f. You ARE in a clothes shop. THAT IS NOT A BOAT
5) These are your books.

g. It IS a kite. THESE ARE NOT YOUR BOOKS

6) They are happy people.
h. I AM a good girl.
THEY ARE NOT HAPPY PEOPLE
7) This is a kitchen.
i. What IS that?
THIS IS NOT A KITCHEN

j. I AM on a Maths lesson.

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3. Change the following sentences into interrogative then give short answers according to the
sign. Look at the examples.

Mr Smith is at home.

Is Mr Smith at home? Yes, he is.

Tim and Peter are in the library. Are Tim and Peter in the library? No, they aren’t.

1) I am in the garden every afternoon. (+)

AM I IN THE GARDEN EVERY AFTERNOON? YES, YOU ARE

2) Mum is ill this week. (-)

IS MUM ILL THIS WEEK? NO, SHE ISN’T

3) They are on holiday in May. (+)

ARE THEY ON HOLIDAY IN MAY? YES, THEY ARE

4) You are tired today. (-)

ARE YOU TIRED TODAY? NO, I AM NOT

5) We are in the park now. (+)

ARE WE IN THE PARK NOW? YES, YOU ARE

C. AVOCABULARY: NUMBERS

1. Write the numbers in letters

a. 22 TWENTY TWO
b. 34 THIRTY THREE
c. 41 FOURTY ONE
d. 56 FIFTY SIX
e. 63 SIXTY THREE
f. 75 SEVENTY FIVE
g. 88 EIGTHY EIGHT
h. 99 NINETY NINE

2. Answer the questions, use numbers

a. How old are you? 35
b. How many children are there in your family? 2
c. How many students are there in your class? 20
d. How many people live in your house? 2
e. What number is your house? 022316640

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LESSON 1 B
MEDICINAL FOOD

A. READING: FOR DETAILS

1. Before you read, discuss these questions.

Where are these people?
What are they doing?

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 Please Pass the Bird Brains
O you have a headache? Take �r aspirin-
D or eat bird bra:ns Do vou wan beau 1lul
sk n? Use sk1n cream-or eat pearb. Is your
ha'r lu niny grav? Co o vou· ha1r-or eat b ack are good med,c nes fhey wan to buy he1r med
rice
"Eat bird brains pear s. and blac rice?" sorne
people ask "How strange'" But lor many Chincse
�eo�le, bird brains pearls. and blac� 11ce are not
s1range nings to eat. they are gnod lh ngs to eai
They are good medre nes too
Many Cninese be1eve that food can be medie ne
They believe thnt eaung bird brains. for examp e,
s cps heaaaches soup wrlh g o�nd pearls IS good
or t e skin, and blac rice stops bair lrcm turning 1�one dinner at the resta 1rar,· i s d nner has meat
gray
Food rhai peop e use 'or medicine s callea
n edic na food ihe Chinese have eaten n ed1cinal
'ood and spices !01 ce 1turies. Ginger, lar example,
is a cornrnon sp1ce in Chinese coo�ng Ginger g ves
·aod a n1ce llavor The Ch nt:�e began lo use ginger
many vears ago Thev used grnge not because 11
asted good TI ev used ginger because 1t was
11ed1cma . Ginga·. they hought, was good [or lhe
d1ges1ion lt also l·e1ped people who had c-0lds
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Pepper and gar ic too, we·e probably ml3dicines
a long t;me ago
Sorne peop e do 't believe that roed and spices
crne in orugstcres not 1nsupermar�els Otner pecp e
wan o try meoicinal food T ney s�y.
"Maybe rned cinal íood can help me But 1¡ can't
hu·: me, e11her
Peop e car trv rned1c1nal lood al a Ch,nese
reslauran 1� San Francisco, Calilornia. he
,estau·ar t serves medicinal ood. The me� is a: U1e
restaumn have a ISl 01 dirrers Ne� o each d noer
t11ere is informa· on aooUi tte food The in ·a matior
helps peo�e arder ''OJeen's Secret." ore arrp e,
• om ch c�ens w,t black fearhers I s lo· wome
w o want to ook yo ing
A �¡ore 1s ne·· t o the reslauran The store . e Is
1·1edic;na1 íood Pecp'e who wa 1l lo coa meoic,�al
f ocd a hon 8 can shop at ne s ore A an Lau is the
owner of be h the restaurant ano ·he s·cre In lhe pre
ure e is wor cing al rhe s ore e is
we'gh ng someihrng ora �Js.or 1er. Is 1t a sp ceJ
Is t medicine' Or s 1t bot 1
2. Think about the story and answer the questions.

Soup with ground pearls is good for the skin. Does the soup have very big pieces of pearls or very
small pieces of pearls? YES, SOUP HAS SMALL PIECES OF PEARLS.

Chinese people have eaten medicinal food for centuries. Have the Chinese eaten medicinal food for
hundreds of years or for only a few years? FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

Ginger is a common spice in Chinese cooking. Do the Chinese use ginger often or not very often? VERY
OFTEN

Ginger is good for the digestion. Does ginger help the heart or the stomach? TO THE STOMACH

3. Circle the letter of the best answer.

a. “Please Pass the Bird Brains” is about

a. eating bird brains.
b. Chinese medicinal
food.
c. A Chinese restaurant.

b. People who like medicinal food say,

“Food and spices can be good medicine”
“I buy medicine only in drugstores.”
“Eating bird brains is strange,”

4. Read the sentences. One word in each sentence is not correct. Find the word and cross it out. Write the
correct word.

a. Many Chinese people believe that furniture can be medicine. food

b. Eating bird brains stops backaches. HEADACHES
c. Soup with ground beef is good for the skin. PEARLS
d. Black rice stops hair from turning red. GRAY
e. Food that is medicine is called delicious food. MEDICINAL
f. The Chinese have eaten medicinal food for months. CENTURIES
g. Ginger, pepper, and garlic were medicines a short time ago. LONG
h. People can try medicinal food at a bakery in San Francisco. RESTAURANT

5. Look at the pronouns. What do they mean? Write the letter of your answer on the line.

1. D They have used medicinal food for a. ginger

centuries.

2. A It is a common spice in Chinese cooking. b. a restaurant in California

3. B It serves medicinal food. c. meat from chickens with
black feather
4. C It is for women who want to look d. the Chinese
young.

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6. Discussion

People everywhere use medicinal food. They also use home remedies. For example, when
someone has an earache, people in Italy put a Little warm olive oil in the ear. Putting olive oil
in the ear is a home remedy for an earache. Do your classmates use medicinal food and home
remedies?

Ask a classmate the

question below.

What does your family do when

someone has:

an earache? PUT ON BREAST MILK DROPS.

a cold? HAVE A HOT CHOCOLATE.
a sore throat? SUCK ON A MINT CANDY.
a headache? SLEEP WITHOUT NOISE OR LIGHT.
a stomachache? DRINK WATER FROM ONION ROOT.
a burn? GETTING ON SAVILA.
Hiccups? BLOW A PAPER COVER
a fever? BATHING IN COLD WATER
LESSON 1 C
MY FAVOURITE THINGS

A. LISTENING

1. Listen and write the word to fill the gaps. (Track 2 U1C)
https://bd748f642cf8b253d59c-
5c160b94f727c0d27cbeccc854542bc6.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/B1_favourite_%20things.mp3

a. My favourite thing has to be my new Tablet, it’s really light and quite
a) small , so I take it with me everywhere. I’m always writing b) messages
to Friends and it’s big enough to do college work on it too. It takes really
good c) photos , and I play games and listen to d) music on it as well, of
course. I often download e) films onto it, and watch them in f) bed .
My mum says I’m g) adicted , becuase I’m always on it. I even read
things on it at breakfast time. I’m not allowed to at h) dinner time,
though. I have to be i) polite and talk to people then. “Welcome back
to real life,” my mum says.

b. My favourite thing? Does my a) cat count as a thing? She’s not really a

thing, but anyway. She's a really b) beautiful little cat. I’ve had her since
she was c) five months old. You know how some cats are really d)
independent
and hardly talk to you? I know cats don’t really talk, but you know what I
mean. Well, she’s not like that at all.
She's really e) affectionated and comes up to me as soon as I get
home, purring away like mad. She makes a lot of f) noise for a tiny
thing.
She loves being stroked and curls up next to me when I'm on the g) sofa
.
She's great.

c. My new scooter! It’s quite small but a) fun , and just what I needed for
getting around the b) city . I used to have quite a long walk to the c)
metro , then a longish walk at the other end to get to d) college . But
now I can just whizz there on my e) scooter and there's no problem
parking, there's always f) space for it. You have to be g) careful
with the cars and h) lorries - they don't always see you - and when it
rains the surface of the road is i) terrible , it gets really slippery. But in
general, it's perfect for me, and I can fit a j) friend on the back too.
I've got an extra k) help
for a friend. It’s great. Riding along makes me feel so free.
 B. GRAMMAR: POSSESSIVE
ADJECTIVES

Possessive adjectives are used to show possession or ownership of something. While we use them when
we refer to people, it is more in the sense of relationship than ownership.

Subject Pronouns Possessive Adjectives

I My
He His
She Her 1. Underline the correct pronoun
It Its a. Her/She has got a sister.
We Our b. Look at my/me. I can ride a bike!
You Your c. That’s my father. Him/His name is
Dave
They Their
d. My parents are cool! I love they/them.
e. Can you tell my/me your phone
number?
f. His/him brother is a musician.
g. Our/Us teacher is kind and friendly.
2. Fill in the gaps with possessive adjectives h. Where is your dad? He/him is at
a. This is Jack. His mother is so kind. work.
b. This is Ann. Her dad is really funny. i. He has got a dog. His/him name is
c. Donald and Mike are teachers. Spike
Their students are smart. j. Can you give you/your pen?
d. I like my family. They are so cool. k. These apples are for our/us.
e. I have got two sisters. Their names are
Julie and Mary.

3. Replace the underlined words with the correct possessive adjectives: his / her / its /
their.
a. This is J ane’s bag. ...THIS IS HER BAG.........................................................................................

b. It’s J ohn and Mar y ’s house. .......IT’S THEIR HOUSE..........................................................

c. They’re T ony’ s football boots......THEY ARE HIS FOOTBALL BOOTS..................

d. T he d og ’s name is Pluto......ITS NAME IS PLUTO.........................................................

e. It’s eter ’s rubber.....IT IS HER RUBBER......................................................................................

f. What’s y our mother ’s name? ......WHAT IS HER NAME ....................................................

g. These are T om and Mand y ’s cats.........THESE ARE THEIR CATS....................................

 B. GRAMMAR: POSSESSION

We use apostrophe s (’s), also called possessive ’s, as a determiner to show that something belongs to
someone or something:

Is that Olivia’s bag?

Britain’s coastline is very beautiful.

We can also use it in complex noun phrases (underlined):

Greg is her youngest daughter’s husband.

We can use two possessive ’s constructions in the same noun phrase:

We went to Jake’s father’s funeral.

We also use possessive ’s to talk about time and duration:

Is that yesterday’s paper?
I’ve only had one week’s holiday so far this year.

Rules for using possessive ‘ s:

 C. GRAMMAR PRACTICE: POSSESSION
1. Rewrite the sentences. Use 's or of to express possession. 2. Complete the sentences with the words in the
Look at the example. brackets. Use 's or of or a possessive adjective.
e.g.: Peter's got an apple. This is Peter's apple. This is his a) Can you climb on (mountain, top)?
apple.

CAN YOU CLIMB ON MOUNTAIN TOP

e.g.: The table has got four legs. These are the four legs of the
table. These are its four legs.
a – Anne has got a flat. b) Why are (your house, rooms) dark?

THIS IS ANNE’S FLAT WHY ARE YOUR ROOMS’ HOUSE DARK?

THIS IS THE FLAT OF ANNE

b – My cousin has got a raincoat. c) We decorated (we, Christmas tree) yesterday.

THIS IS HIS RAINCOAT WE DECORATED OUR CHRISTMAS TREE YESTERDAY

THE RAINCOAT IS OF MY COUSIN
c – The women have got beautiful eyes.
d) (school, bus) isn't new.
THE WOMEN’S BEAUTIFUL EYES
THE SCHOOL’S BUS ISN’T NEW
d – The village has got long streets.
e) (Bob, behaviour) made the teacher angry.

THE VILLAGE’S LONG STREETS

BOB’S BEHAVIOUR MADE THE TEACHER ANGRY
e – Hank has got a headphone.

THIS IS HANK’S HEADPHONE

THE HEADPHONE IS OF HANK

 A. VOCABULARY: PERSONAL
OBJECTS

LESSON 1 D: PERSONAL OBJECTS

1. Label the pictures with the different personal items from the box.

SCHOOLBAG UMBRELLA BIKE CAMERA

BAG EARRINGS IPOD COMB

GLASSES RING WATCH WALLET

2. Find and circle the words in the word search puzzle and number the pictures.

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11

13
1

12

15

16

10

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 B. SPEAKING

ASKING FOR AND GIVING PERSONAL INFORMATION.

Personal information questions are the basis for any conversation
in English and so are important for when you meet somebody for
the first time.

Some common questions and a correct form for the answer are as follows:

Notice that we are giving our answers in complete sentences to practice using them though normally we only give
short answers.

Names
What is your name?
My name is EDISON
What is your surname / last name?
My surname / last name is
HERNANDEZ
Do you have a nickname?
Yes, my nickname is edihersss or No, I don't.

Work & Occupation

What do you do?
I am a DOCTOR
_.
Where do you work?
I work at SANTO
DOMINGO _.
Do you like your job?
Yes, I do.
Why do you like your job?
I like my job because I SAVE PEOPLE’S LIVES .

Family
Do you have any children?
No, I don't
What are their names?
Their names are _.
How many brothers and sister do you have?
I have ONE brothers and ONE sisters.

Age
How old are you?
I am 35 years old.
When is your birthday?
My birthday is on the 21 of FEBRUARY .
Where were you born?
I was born In
MACHACHI.

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 C. VOCABULARY: PHRASAL VERBS

Phrasal verbs are quite difficult to master since they are similar to each other and sometimes difficult to
differentiate. Below you can find the phrasal verbs with BREAK and FALL.

1. Fill in the correct phrasal verb.

BREAK UP
BROKE DOWN

BREAK AWAY

BREAK INTO

BREAK UP

BREAK DOWN

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2. Fill in the blank with the proper phrasal verbs using the proper verb forms:

FALLING APART

FALLS DOWN

FALL IN

FALL BEHIND

FALL AWAY