CONTENTS

VOCABULARY GRAMMAR IN USE READING

to be

(1–1,000)

pp. 4-8 this/these that/those

a/an the

have got
FAMILY & FRIENDS
pp. 9-18 can

there is/there are

a/an some any
SCHOOL TIME they’re their there
pp. 19-28

-s
ROUND THE CLOCK
pp. 29-38 like love hate -ing

FAIR WEATHER
pp. 39-48

was/were

A LONG TIME AGO

pp. 49-58

had
could
ANIMAL HEROES
pp. 59-68

MOVING AROUND
pp. 69-78

a/an some any

YUMMY!
pp. 79-88 (how) many/much
a lot of/lots of a few/a little

must/mustn’t
have to/not have to
SPORTS should/shouldn’t
pp. 89-98 can/can’t

will
SEE THE WORLD! be going to
pp. 99-108 be going to

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 LISTENING SPEAKING WRITING
VALUES
Unit 1 Family p. 11
Unit 2 Education p. 21
Unit 3 Hobbies p. 38
Unit 4 Sustainable shopping p. 44
Unit 5 Home p. 54
Unit 6 Animals p. 64
Unit 7 Kindness p. 74
Unit 8 Healthy eating p. 84
Unit 9 Sports p. 91
yes/no wh- Unit 10 Work p. 104

CULTURE
Unit 1 British surnames p. 11
Unit 2 Extracurricular activities in
also and too but) the USA p. 21
Unit 3 School/Work times in the UK p. 31
th \T\ \D\ Unit 4 Weather in Scotland p. 41
Unit 5 Ranch homes in the USA p. 51
Unit 6 The ZSL London Zoo p. 61
Unit 7 West eld London p. 71
Unit 8 Ireland’s national dish p. 81
-es \s\ \z\ \Iz\ Unit 9 The Wimbledon
after before Championships p. 91
Unit 10 Orlando, Florida p. 101

MEDIATION
Unit 1 Recommend a lm to watch p. 10
Unit 2 Give information about a
-ing school p. 21
Unit 3 Explain what OCD is using
a picture p. 30
Unit 4 Give information about a
people p. 48
Unit 5 Present reasons and ways
to protect our heritage p. 58
-ed
Unit 6 Explain how an animal
inspired a book character p. 60
Unit 7 Create and present
a people-friendly town p. 78
Unit 8 Suggest a market p. 85
Unit 9 Select a picture for a
sporting event p. 90
Unit 10 Suggest holiday destinations p. 101

LIFE SKILLS
Unit 1 What is a good friend like? p. 18
a \a…\ \œ\ \eI\ Unit 3 How can we choose a hobby? p. 38
Unit 5 How can we look after our
heritage? p. 58
Unit 7 When is a town
\g\ \dZ\ people-friendly? p. 78
Unit 9 How can we encourage
teens to play sports? p. 98

PRESENTATION SKILLS
Unit 2 The education system in a
country p. 28
\s\ \S\ Unit 4 Present a people p. 48
Unit 6 Present an animal from the
past p. 68
will/won’t Unit 8 Present national dishes p. 88
Unit 10 Present a holiday destination p. 108

Symbols

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Watch the video. Make

notes, then prepare a
question to ask your
classmates.

Watch the video. Match the

dates to the events.
1 30th July
2 15th May

a International Day of Families

b International Day of
Friendship

How important are family

and friends to you?

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 a READING

1 Watch the video. Who is Lizzie’s brother: Pete or Juan?

Watch the video.

2 Read through the text quickly. How does Alice recommend the lm?

What is it about?
Which words are
related to family? HOME PHOTOS

Instant Family is on TV this weekend. I love

this �lm!
It’s about Lizzie, a beautiful 15-year-old
girl with short, straight, brown hair. She’s
got a 10-year-old brother, Juan, and a 6-year-
old sister, Lita. Lita is my favourite. She’s
cute and funny!
Pete and Ellie Wagner are married, but they
haven’t got any children. Soon, the �ve of
them are one big family – but life isn’t easy!
They’ve got a lot of problems. Instant Family
is about how love can �x them. Don’t miss it!

STUDY SKILLS cute, funny, life, easy, x

True/False statements
Read the text. Then read 3 Listen to and read the text. Decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).

the sentences and 1 Instant Family is on TV on Monday. _____

underline the key words.
Find the part in the text 2 Lizzie has got long, straight, brown hair. _____
that answers the 3 Lita is very young. _____
question. Remember, a
4 The Wagners have got two children. _____
sentence is true only if
all the information in it 5 Life is easy for Pete, Ellie and the children. _____
is true.

4 Which quotation best describes the moral of the lm?

“Together we are a great family.” “Families can be small or big.”

Can you think of another quotation?

5 Your friend wants to see a lm. Use the information in the text
to recommend this lm to him/her.

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 a
VOCABULARY
Family members
British surnames can
have their origins in
6 Look at Mark’s family tree. Use the words from the list to complete the sentences.

a person’s:
job (Baker), colour
(White), size (Little),
character (Strong), or
the place they live in
(London), etc. What
about surnames in
your country? Nick Sally

Jane
Max
Expressing Becky
possession Sam
To show possession,
we use singular
noun + ’s:
Nick’s daughter,
Kim and Kelly’s
brother
Ann Kim Mark Kelly

VALUES
Where there is
family, there is
love. 1 Nick is Sam’s ________________ . 6 Mark is Kim’s ________________ .
Discuss. 2 Jane is Max’s ________________ . 7 Kelly is Mark’s ________________ .
3 Ann is Marks’ ________________ . 8 Ann is Jane’s ________________ .
4 Sally is Kelly’s ________________ . 9 Jane is Ann’s ________________ .
5 Sam is Kelly’s ________________ . 10 Mark is Sam’s ________________ .

7 Look at the family tree in Ex. 5. Ask and answer, as in the example.

A: Who’s Mark? B: He’s Max and Jane’s son.

SPEAKING

8 Write the names of your family members. Swap papers.

Ask questions to create your partner’s family tree.

Kim Paul Neill Mary Helen Jake

A: Is Kim your mum? B: Yes, she is.

Mother and father penguins are great

parents. They have got different jobs. The
mother can nd food while the father can
keep the egg safe.

E
NATURES
L SONS Find information about other animal families. Tell the class.

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 b GRAMMAR IN USE

Be my Hi! I’m Mohammed.

I’m 16 and a student
I’m Lamai from Thailand.
This is my sister, Madee.
Hi! I’m Claudia. I’m 20
and I’m from Italy. I

-friend! from Morocco in

North Africa. I’ve got a
big family. I’ve got two
brothers and one
sister. I can play
football very well, but I
can’t speak English
very well. It isn’t easy,
but it’s interesting. Be
my e-friend.
We are the same age,
and our birthday is on the
same day because we
haven’t got any
brothers or sisters,
but I’ve got a cat,
are twins. We are both 14 Frankie. He is 3 years
and we are also best old and can run very
friends. We’ve got two fast. Animals are
cats. Madee’s cat is Black amazing. Have you
and my cat is White. We got a pet? Email me
can play the piano very so we can chat about
well. Can you? Be our our pets!
e-friend to chat!

1 Read the texts. What are they about?

3 Complete the gaps with have/haven’t or has/
hasn’t.

1 A: ___________ Lamai got a big family?

HAVE GOT
Af rmative
I/You have got/’ve got
family.
He/She/It has got/’s got
We/You/They have got/
’ve got
Interrogative
Have I/you got ... ?
Has he/she/it got ... ?
B: No, she ______________ .
Negative 2 A: ___________ Claudia got a pet?
I/You have not got/ B: Yes, she ______________ .
haven’t got 3 A: ___________ Mohammed got three cousins?
He/She/It has not got/
hasn’t got B: No, he ______________ .
We/You/They have not got/ 4 A: ___________ Lamai and Claudia got a brother?
haven’t got a small family. B: No, they ______________ .
Short answers 5 A: ___________ Mohammed and Lamai got a sister?
Yes, I/you have. / B: Yes, they ______________ .
No, I/you haven’t.
Yes, he/she/it has. /

Have we/you/they got ... ?

No, he/she/it hasn’t.
Yes, you/we/they have. / 4 Ask your classmates and complete the
table. Then, tell the class.
No, you/we/they haven’t.
A B X: Have you got a brother?
We use have got:
brother A: Yes, I have. I’ve got two
to express possession. I’ve got a smartwatch.
sister brothers./
to describe appearance. Mario’s got blue eyes.
No, I haven’t.
to talk about relationships. I have got two sisters. pet
blue eyes
NOTE: ’s is the short form of the third person singular of have
got and be (is). He’s got a son. (has got) He’s fteen. (is)
POSSESSIVE CASE
one person + ’s Mary’s cat (possession),
Lucy’s mother (relationship)
proper names ending in -s + ’s Lewis’s mobile phone
2 Complete the sentences with have/has got or
haven’t/hasn’t got.
irregular plural nouns + ’s the children’s toys
plural nouns ending in -s + ’ the boys’ pets
person + person ’s Becky and Anna’s cat BUT (Becky’s and
1 Lamai ______________ a sister.
Anna’s brothers)
2 Mohammed ______________ a small family. We use the possessive case for people. We use of to talk
3 Claudia ______________ a brother. about things. the colour of the book, the capital of Vietnam

4 Mohammed and Madee ______________ a sister. NOTE: We use whose to ask about possession. “Whose is
this cat?” “It’s John’s.” BUT Who’s = Who is
5 Claudia ______________ a cat.
6 Lamai and Claudia ______________ a brother.

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 b
5 Compete the gaps using the possessive form.
8 Look at the table. Complete the sentences with
can or can’t.
1 Jane’s sister (Jane/sister) is twelve years old.
Tony Sandy Paul & Max
2 My __________________________ (brother/name) is Alex.
3 The __________________________ (capital/Italy) is Rome. swim ✓ ✗ ✓
4 __________________________ (Mark and Sophie/mum)
is a teacher.
dance ✗ ✓ ✓
5 The __________________________ (children/books) are
green.
6 The __________________________ (colour/ruler) is blue. ride a bike ✗ ✗ ✓
7 _________________________ (James/pencil case) is red.
8 __________________________ (Bob and Sam/bags) are
purple. drive a car ✓ ✓ ✗

6 Ask and answer, as in the example. cook ✗ ✗ ✓

1 2 1 Tony _______________ swim.

2 Sandy _______________ ride a bike.

ball? boys 3 Tony and Sandy _______________ cook.

A: Whose is this ball? 4 Paul and Max _______________ swim.
B: It’s the boys’ ball. dog? Marta 5 Sandy and Max _______________ dance.
6 Tony and Sandy _______________ drive a car.
3 4

9 Use the table in Ex. 8 to ask and answer

questions, as in the example. What about you?

desk? Tom and Peter hats? men 1 Tony/swim? 3 Tony and Sandy/cook?
A: Can Tony swim? 4 Paul/dance?
5 6 B: Yes, he can. 5 Max/ride a bike?
2 Sandy/ride a bike? 6 Paul/drive a car?

cat? the girls towels? Bill

SUMMING UP
7 Fill in who or whose.
Choose the correct option.
1 “_____________ is that boy?” “John.”
1“Who/Whose is this book?” “It’s Mary’s.”
2 “_____________ sister is Ann?” “She’s Simon’s sister.”
2Her friend’s/friends’ name is Jenny.
3 “_____________ is your maths teacher?”
3“Can Mario swim?” “No, he can/can’t.”
“Mrs Stevens.”
4Alice have got/has got a brother.
4 “_____________ parents are they?“ “They’re Abigail’s.”
5“Have/Has Marie and Alan got a dog?”
5 “This isn’t my bag.” “_____________ is it, then?“ 6“Yes, they have/has.”
7The colour of my bag/My bag’s colour is
CAN blue.
8 She can ride a bike, but she can/can’t drive
Af rmative Negative
a car.
I/You/He etc can swim. I/You/He etc cannot/can’t swim. 9 Mark haven’t got/hasn’t got a laptop.
Interrogative Short answers 10 I can swim, but I can’t/can dance.
Can I/you/he etc swim? Yes, I/you/he etc can.
No, I/you/he etc can’t.
Tell the class what you learnt in this
We use can to express ability. I can play football.
lesson. Give examples.

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 c VOCABULARY

STUDY SKILLS 2 Choose a person from Ex. 1 and describe him/

her to your partner.
Learning new words Bob is young. He is tall and thin. He has got short dark
Pairing opposite words helps you learn new vocabulary. hair, a moustache and a beard.

APPEARANCE 3 Collect photos of lm characters.

Describe them to the class. The class guess

1 Complete the gaps. Use words from the list who each is.
below.

4 Find out what your partner’s family

members look like.

A: Is your mum tall?

Bob B: Yes, she is.
A: Has she got short hair?
Age young
B: No, she hasn’t. etc
Height 1) ____________

Shape thin CHARACTER

Hair short, dark

Special features moustache, beard

5 Label the pictures. Use: clever, friendly, funny,
kind.

Sheila
Age 2) ____________

Height short

Shape 3) ____________

Hair long, dark

Special features 1 ________________________ 2 ________________________

Steve
Age 4) ____________

Height tall

Shape 5) ____________

Hair 6) ____________, grey

Special features moustache, beard

3 ________________________ 4 ________________________

Jane
Age young We can use very to give emphasis to an adjective.
(He’s very funny.)
Height 7) ____________

Shape thin

Hair short, dark, curly 6 What are you/your friends like?

Special features glasses I’m friendly. My friend Paul is very clever.

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 LISTENING SKILLS d
1 Look at the picture. Describe the three men.
5 Read the rubric. Then read questions 1-4 and
look at the pictures. What can you see in each?

2
You are going to hear four short recordings. For
3 questions 1-4, choose the best answer A, B or C.
1

1 Which is Tony’s pet?

A B C

2 Listen to the dialogue. What is the

relationship between these three men in Ex. 1? A
2 How many brothers has Emma got?
B C

3 Listen again and write the name of each

person (1-3) in Ex. 1.
1 2 4
3 What can’t Alex do?
1 _______________ 2 _______________ 3 _______________
A B C

MULTIPLE CHOICE
(based on visual prompts)

Preparing for the task 4 Who’s Sam?

4 a) Read the question and look at the pictures.

What does each picture show? Can you
A B C

think of any related words?

Who is the girl’s aunt?

A B C

6 Do the listening task in Ex. 5. Compare

your answers with your partner.

INTONATION IN YES/NO &

b) Now read the script. Which is the correct WH- QUESTIONS
answer?
The intonation goes up when we ask
a yes/no question. Are you Bill?
A: Who’s that woman over there? The intonation goes down at the
B: Which one? The one with long curly end of wh- questions. What’s your name?
hair?
A: No. The one with long straight hair.
B: That’s my aunt Susie. She’s clever
and funny. Come and meet her.
7 Listen and repeat. Mind the intonation.

1 Where are you from?

2 Is she Kate?
STUDY SKILLS
3 Who is he?
Listen for speci c information 4 Has she got long hair?
Read the questions and look at the pictures. Think of as many 5 What is she like?
words as possible related to each picture. This will help you do
6 Is he friendly?
the task.

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