UNIT 1

3 LISTENING
5 PRONUNCIATION
a Watch or listen to Part 3. Leo talks to Martina at the
1.31
Consonant groups
gym. Answer the questions.
1 Who is Martina? a 1.33 Listen to the time. Notice how the
2 What does she say about Dan? marked consonant groups are pronounced.
a He’s very busy. b He’s a bit lazy. eight o’clock
/t/ /kl/ /k/
b What is a good time to go to the gym?
• before work / school • at lunchtime b Listen to the words below.
1.34
• after work / school • never How many consonant sounds do the
marked letters have?
three six eighty
4 CONVERSATION SKILLS
Checking understanding c 1.35 Practise saying these times.
Listen and repeat.
a Complete the mini-conversations with the words in the box. 1 seven o’clock (7:00) 4 three forty (3:40)
2 six ten (6:10) 5 six thirty (6:30)
so that’s sorry 3 eight twenty (8:20) 6 twelve twenty (12:20)

SONIA It’s at twenty past seven.

1
LEO ?
SONIA 7:20.
6 SPEAKING
SONIA It’s in Studio 1. a Communication 1C Student A go to p.129.
2
LEO 7:20 in Studio 1. Student B go to p.132.

b Which expression in 4a means:

1 I’m not sure and I want to check.
2 I don’t understand. Can you say that again?

c 1.32Pronunciation Listen to what Leo says in 4a. Does

the tone go up or down on 1 and 2?

d Work in pairs. Use the dialogue map to practise Unit Progress Test
checking understanding. Take turns being A and B.
A B CHECK YOUR PROGRESS

You can now do the Unit Progress Test.

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1D Skills for Writing Learn to write an online profile
W Capital letters and punctuation
I’m Carla and I’m from Italy

Kate Marks
1 SPEAKING AND LISTENING Teacher, International
College
a Ask and answer the questions.
Age: –
1 Do you use a social networking site?
2 Do you have a profile? Lives in London, UK
3 Which of the following information is on it?
Friends: 132 view
• your name • where you live Photos view
• your age • your job
about Kate >
• your nationality • things you like

b Look at Kate and Carla’s profiles and complete the

table with yes (✓), no (✗) or don’t know (DK). Carla Dimambro
Student, University
She’s … 20 years from Italian a teacher a student
of Milan
old London
Kate DK Age: 20

Carla ✓ Lives in Milan

From Genoa, Italy

c 1.36The people in the picture are on an English course.
Friends: 29 view
Listen and answer the questions.
Photos view
1 Is this the first or the last day of the course?
about Carla >
2 What city are they in?

d 1.36 Listen again. Complete the table.

e Work in groups of five or six. It’s your
Name Country One other thing we know first day at International College.
Student A: You’re the teacher.
Kate and Mike UK They’re .
The others: You’re one of the students in
Carla Italy She’s a . the picture.
Masato English is for his work. Say who you are and say one more thing.
Carmen She’s a of IT.
Orhan His is in London. I’m Masato.
My home town
Marisa Her is in London. is Kyoto.

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 UNIT 1

2 READING
a Read Kate and Carla’s profiles for the new course.
Underline any new information.

I’m Kate Marks. I’m from I’m Carla Dimambro. I’m Italian.
Wigan. It’s a small town near I’m from Genoa, but I study
Manchester in England. I live marketing at the University
in London and I’m a teacher of Milan. It’s my first time in
at International College. I’m London and I’m very happy to
married and I have two small be here. Are other people new
children, a boy and a girl. to London?

I like languages, music and I like running, swimming

films. and yoga.
back > back >

3 WRITING SKILLS 4 WRITING

Capital letters and punctuation
a Write a profile about you. Use the profiles in 2a to help
a Look at the profiles in 2a. Tick (✓) the words that you. Give this information:
have capital letters. • your name
1 first names of people • your nationality
2 last names of people • your home town
3 names of companies, schools, universities • your job
4 names of countries and nationalities • what you like
5 names of sports
6 names of towns or cities
b Swap profiles with another student and check the
7 all nouns
capital letters and punctuation.
8 all words at the start of a sentence
9 the word I Update your profile >

b I’m = I am. What are the full forms of these words? I’m
1 it’s 4 isn’t
2 she’s 5 aren’t
3 you’re add photo

c Correct the words. Add an apostrophe (’) to each word.

1 Im 4 hes
2 arent 5 were upload file take a photo

3 isnt 6 theyre I like

d Look at the commas (,) and full stops (.) in the online
profiles. Which do we use:
a at the end of a sentence? save
b after words in a list?

e Correct the sentences. Add capital letters and

punctuation (. , ’ ?).
i live in paris its amazing ➔ I live in Paris. It’s amazing.
1 im from shanghai its a big city in china
2 i like basketball old cars and jazz
3 im a french teacher in australia
4 this isnt my first time in london
5 are the teachers all from britain

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UNIT 1 3 WORDPOWER from

Review and extension a Match sentences 1–4 with pictures a–d.

1 Is the flight from Hong Kong here?
2 I’m not American, I’m from Canada.
3 The shops are open from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.
1 VOCABULARY 4 My house’s about five kilometres from the centre of town.

a Complete the sentences with the correct nationality word. a b

1 Vera’s from Rio de Janeiro. She’s .
2 Pedro’s from Madrid. He’s .
3 Kurt and Erika are from Berlin. They’re .
4 Masha’s from Moscow. She’s .
5 Claude and Sabine are from Paris. They’re .
6 Takashi’s from Tokyo. He’s .
c d
b Complete the text about Vera with the correct adjective.
Vera’s family are all very 1n e. Her mother’s 2w m and
3 4
k d and her father is very p t. He’s a 5b t
doctor. Her sister Pia is 6q t, but she’s very 7f y.

2 GRAMMAR
b Match examples 1–4 in 3a with rules a–d.
a Complete the text with the correct form of the verb be. We use from to talk about:
Use contractions where possible. a times
Hi I 1 Paolo and I 2 from Melbourne in Australia. b a starting place
I3 a university student. I 4 really lucky because c our country or city
I live near my sister Barbara. She 5 an English teacher d how far away something is
and she 6 very popular with her students. She 7
very kind and friendly. We 8 Australian, but our parents c Match sentences 1–4 with rules a–d in 3b.
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from Italy. They 10 doctors. 1 Our lunch break is from 12:30 to 1:30.
2 Our hotel’s about five kilometres from the airport.
b Write questions for the answers. Use the word in italics 3 The train from Paris is now at platform two.
to start your question. 4 I’m from Argentina.
1 Are … ? No, I’m not. I’m Brazilian.
2 Is … ? Yes, she’s very kind. d Add from in the correct place in these sentences.
3 Are … ? No, they aren’t. They’re from Germany. 1 This postcard’s New Zealand.
4 What’s … ? My name’s Abdul Aziz. 2 Breakfast is seven o’clock every morning.
5 Where … ? I’m from Poland. 3 The bank’s only 200 metres here.

c Write questions and short answers. e Put the phrases in the correct order to make
1 you Russian? Yes sentences.
2 she your sister? No 1 from / Denmark / I’m
3 they friendly? Yes 2 open from / the supermarket’s / 7:30 am
4 you both from the USA? No 3 my place’s / from school / two kilometres
5 he well-known? No
f Are the sentences in 3e true for you? Change them
d Complete the conversation with one word in each gap. to make them true.
A contraction (I’m, you’re, he’s) is one word.
I’m not from Denmark, I’m from Australia.
A Hello. What’s 1 name?
B I’m Juan.
A 2
you from Spain? REVIEW YOUR PROGRESS
B No,3 from Mexico.
A And that woman over there. Is 4 your sister? How well did you do in this unit? Write 3, 2, or 1
B No, she 5 . She’s a student at my school. for each objective.
A OK. And 6 she from? 3 = very well 2 = well 1 = not so well
B She’s Italian. 7 from Venice.
I CAN …
e Practise the conversation in 2d with a partner and talk about where I’m from
use your own personal information.
talk about people I know
ask for and give information
write an online profile.
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