American
American
978-0-521-17109-0 PUCHTA & STRANKS MORE! 1 Student’s Book C M Y K
American
Herbert Puchta & Jeff Stranks
G. Gerngross C. Holzmann P. Lewis-Jones
Student’s Book
American MORE! is a four-level course for lower-
secondary students with a strong focus on
grammar, vocabulary and skills plus a wide range
of flexible components. Each level contains
twelve units, with thorough language coverage
in every unit. With dedicated reading, culture,
grammar, vocabulary, skills and cross-curricular
learning sections, you really do get MORE with
American MORE!
Each level of the course provides 80–90 hours
of classwork. Level 1 has an 18-page starter
section that offers students dual entry to suit
students who may not have done English at
primary level. American MORE! takes students
from beginner to intermediate level and is ideal
for mixed-ability classes.
American
MORE! 1
• Student’s Book with CD-ROM
for Windows® 2000, XP & Vista
• Workbook with Audio CD
• Teacher’s Book
• Class Audio CDs (2)
• Extra Practice Book
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Student’s Book
Herbert Puchta & Jeff Stranks
Gunther Gerngross Christian Holzmann Peter Lewis-Jones
The course that offers a rich bank of
Herbert Puchta & Jeff Stranks
complementary materials:
• American MORE! multimedia components – CD-ROM,
Testbuilder CD-ROM, DVDs and online materials
• American MORE! (CLIL) Cross-curricular learning in
subjects such as Math, Geography, Music, Science
and Information Technology with dedicated ‘Learn
MORE through English’ pages in the Student’s Book
• American MORE! reading with dedicated ‘Read MORE
for pleasure’ pages in the Student’s Book
• American MORE! writing with ‘Writing for your
Portfolio’ sections in every unit of the Student’s Book
• American MORE! speaking with extra communicative
activities in the Teacher’s Resource Pack
• American MORE! cross-cultural work, CLIL learning
and stories in the American MORE! Extra Practice Book
with Interact
• Teacher’s Resource Pack with
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Testbuilder CD-ROM/Audio CD
for Windows® 2000, XP & Vista
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• DVD
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Student’s Book
 Language Focus
S TA R T E R S E C T ION Grammar and Vocabulary Skills MORE!
• simple
subject pronouns • and
classroom objects
• international
listen to and understand Check your progress
• possessive
present of be language
• saying hello
words
• listen to and complete
Starter section
• plural nounsadjectives greetings
• numbers
talk about favorite foods
• dialogue to introduce yourself
• • asking about age
a

• international words • where

read about other people and
• colors they are from
• about other
• days of the week listen to and complete facts
people
• • talk about myself and others
spelling
Sounds right
the alphabet •A Song 4 U Alphabet stars
Hello!

• simple • feelings • say

Hello

present of be hello/introduce yourself Learn MORE through English

UNI T 1

• possessivewith
questions Who?
Sounds right • readhow
ask people feel
Information Technology
• (review) adjectives days of the week • the week and
and write about days of
feelings
A Song 4 U The weekend is for me

• imperatives • classroom objects • ask

In the classroom

and say where things are Check your progress

UNI T 2

• Where,
questions with Who,
Why, What,
Sounds right • imperatives
listen to and understand Units 1 and 2
/´/ Learn MORE about culture
What color?
• prepositions • write about your desk The East Coast of the U.S.

Read MORE for pleasure

A relaxing weekend?
boy? My bedroom

• There is/are • rooms

furniture • describe rooms and furniture
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UNI T 3

Learn
• adjectives ’s
possessive • in the house • a zoo
listen to information about
Sleep
• • read a story
• about your ideal room
write

• have/has • parts of the body • talk about nationality Check your progress
UNI T 4
Who’s that boy

• the indefinite article • nationalitiesand

countries • talk aboutpeople
describe Units 3 and 4
• listen to andpossessions Learn MORE about culture
Sounds right
/h/
• physical descriptions
understand
School in the U.S.
• read descriptions of people
Read MORE for pleasure
• yourselfa description
write
or a friend
of
The wide-mouthed frog
What’s for lunch?

• (affirmative)
simple present • food • make and reply to offers MORE through English
lunch
UNI T 5

Learn
and requests
Sounds right Food from around the world
• singular
spelling: third-person
question intonation • talk about what you eat

• adverbs of frequency • and foods

read about different diets

• listen and complete a dialogue

about food
• write about your eating habits
• (negatives, • daily activities • ask
Time for a change

simple present and tell the time Check your progress

UNI T 6
chang

questions,
• readabout
talk daily routines Units 5 and 6
and short answers)
• object pronouns • routines other people’s
about
Learn MORE about culture
• write about your day Multicultural America
A Song 4 U
The master of time
Read MORE for pleasure
The world’s best detective

2 MAP OF THE BOOK

 Language Focus
Grammar and Vocabulary Skills MORE!
Shopping!
Shopping
• adjectives
demonstrative • clothes • talk about prices Learn MORE through English
UNI T 7

and
Sounds right • listenabout
talk clothes
Math made easy

•
pronouns
count and noncount
/D/ • dialogue in a understand
to and a
grocery store

•
nouns
• read and understand a story

•
How much?/How many?
• write about clothes you like
describe someone in the class
some/any
• to wear
• may • family members • ask
family

for permission for permission Check your progress

My famil
UNI T 8

• like/love/hate
can for ability • talk about
talk your family Units 7 and 8
• doing • read a textabilities
about
Learn MORE about culture
• listen and understand
about a family
• activities people do what School Breakfast Program

• write a poem Read MORE for pleasure

A Song 4 U Teenage web designer
Heaven
doing?

• (affirmative,
present continuous • telephone numbers • talk on the phone
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at are you doing
UNI T 9

Learn
negative,
• months of the year
ordinal numbers • listenabout
talk birthdays
The Carnival of the Animals
questions, and short
answers) • • read about birthdays
to and identify sounds

• forming words with -ing • different cultures in

• write a postcard
A Song 4 U
What

Mr. Muddle is never right!

• simple • computers • talk

Right now

articles make invitations Check your progress

UNI T 10

• presentpresent vs. • free-time activities • listenabout your free time Units 9 and 10
continuous
Sounds right /w/ • read and understand
and talk about pets
Learn MORE about culture
the • article a short
Spend, spend, spend
A Song 4 U
Supersonic surfer Read MORE for pleasure
Poems
Where were you?

• besimple past of
• furniture • were
ask and say where people
UNI T 11

(affirmative,
Learn MORE through English
Sounds right Money
negative, questions,
was/were • say where things are
and short answers)
• understand
read, listen to, and
a mystery story
• expressions
past time
• yesterday day
write about your

• simple past (positive) • stores • say

over!

when you were somewhere Check your progress

Game over
UNI T 12

Sounds right • readabout

talk shopping Units 11 and 12
/t/ /d/ /Id/ • match themarticles
short and
to the correct Learn MORE about culture
information Free-time activities
• sentences
listen to a story and correct
Read MORE for pleasure
A Song 4 U Great Mysteries of the
Summer vacation World: Flight 19

Wordlist page 140

MAP OF THE BOOK 3

 STARTER SECTION
Vocabulary
V b l The classroom
1 Look at the picture. Write the number of the objects.

15

teacher board paper eraser

student chair ruler pencil case
desk book workbook computer
backpack pencil pen

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2 Listen to the sentences. How do you say them in your language?
CD
1

I don’t understand. Can you repeat that, What’s our homework?

please?

4 STARTER SECTION
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8
5

7
6

12

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11

13

Can you spell pen, please? Listen to the CD. Do exercise 3.

Look at the board. Copy the sentences.

STARTER SECTION 5
 Get talking Greetings
3
3 Match the greetings to the correct picture. Write the number.
Then listen and write the expressions under the pictures.
Good evening. Good night, Mom.
Good morning, Mrs. Jones. Good afternoon, Luke.
Goodbye, Mom. Goodbye, Luke.
Good morning, Luke. Hi, Luke.
Good afternoon, Mrs. Jones. Hello, Jenny.
Good night, Luke.

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3 4 5

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4:00 9:00 10:30

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