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VOCABULARY C
1 This is my mom and dad. They UNIT 2 MY PLACE
are my parents. 2 This is my
grandmother and my grandfather. Lesson 1
They are my grandparents. 3 My
LISTENING A Picture 1: big, modern Picture 2:
father’s wife is my mother. 4 My
old, small
mom’s dad is my grandfather.
LISTENING B 1 picture 2 2 picture 1
5 Mr. and Mrs. Black are husband
LISTENING C Speaker 1: 1 big 2 small 3 modern
and wife.
Speaker 2: 1 modern 2 old
GRAMMAR A 1 Verb—pronoun—object 2 Yes/
3 beautiful
No—pronoun—verb
VOCABULARY A 1 beautiful 2 big 3 modern 4 noisy
GRAMMAR B 1 Are they your friends? 2 Is he
5 old 6 quiet 7 small 8 ugly
your co-worker? 3 Is she your
VOCABULARY B size: big, small age: old, modern
sister? 4 Are you his mom?
look: ugly, beautiful noise: quiet,
GRAMMAR C 1 Yes, I am. 2 Yes, he is. 3 No, they
noisy
aren’t. 4 No, she isn’t.
VOCABULARY C 1 quiet 2 old 3 small 4 ugly
GRAMMAR D 1 Are they your friends? a No, they
GRAMMAR A 1 Question word—to be—subject
aren’t. 2 Is he your co-worker?
2 a different 3 use
b Yes, he is. 3 Is she your sister?
GRAMMAR B 1 c What are their names? 2 e
c No, she isn’t. 4 Are you his mom?
Where is she from? 3 d Who is he?
d Yes, I am.
4 b How are you? 5 a How old are
GRAMMAR E Tammy: Are Henry and Elsa your
your grandparents?
grandparents? Lara: No, they
GRAMMAR C 1 are 2 is 3 is 4 are 5 are
aren’t. They’re my parents. Tammy:
GRAMMAR D 1 ’re/are, 5 2 ’s/is, 3 3 ’m/am, 1
Oh, OK. Is Stacey your sister? Lara:
4 ’re/are, 4 5 ’s/is, 2
Yes, she is. She’s my sister and my
GRAMMAR E 1 how 2 ’m 3 Who 4 How old 5 ’s
best friend. She’s great! Tammy:
6 Where 7 ’s 8 What 9 ’s
My sister is great, too. Is Phil your
brother? Lara: No, he isn’t. Phil is Lesson 2
my co-worker. Felix is my brother.
LISTENING A 1 family 2 school, home 3 bag
Tammy: Are Darlene and Emma
LISTENING B 1 laptop 1 2 notebooks 5 3 pens 3
your friends? Lara: Yes, they are.
4 phone 7 5 sandwiches 4
They’re my friends from college
6 transit card 8 7 umbrella 2
Language and Life 8 wallet 6
LISTENING C 1 True 2 False. The laptop is in
FUNCTIONAL
Nathan’s bag. 3 False. Three or
LANGUAGE A
1 name 2 major 3 nationality
four pens are in Nathan’s bag. Two
4 email 5 phone number
notebooks are in Nathan’s bag.
FUNCTIONAL
4 True 5 False. Nathan’s transit card
LANGUAGE B
Name: Mark Peterson Nationality:
isn’t in the bag.
American Major: English
VOCABULARY A
1 ID card 2 wallet 3 phone
Email: markp21@me.com
4 laptop 5 pen 6 watch 7 notebook
Phone: 315-716-4300
8 umbrella 9 brush 10 transit card
WRITING A 1 I’m Lexi. My last name is Sanders.
VOCABULARY B
One: phone, watch, brush, pen
2 I’m from the UK. I’m British. 3 My
Two: wallet, notebook, laptop
first language is Spanish. 4 I speak
Three: umbrella, transit card,
English and Chinese. 5 This is my
ID card
friend, Maliek.
VOCABULARY C
1 phone, laptop 2 brush 3 transit
WRITING B 1 I’m Janey. I’m a student. 2 My
card 4 watch, laptop, phone
first language is English. 3 His
5 wallet 6 pen
name is Juan. 4 They are from
GRAMMAR A 1 c for singular nouns. 2 d for
Mexico. They are Mexican. 5 We
singular nouns beginning with a
aren’t from the US.
vowel sound. 3 b + s for plural
nouns. 4 a + es for plural nouns
ending with ch and sh.
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GRAMMAR E Sara’s a student. She studies GRAMMAR B 0% never 10% rarely 30%
languages. She speaks English, sometimes 70% often 85% usually
French, and Spanish. She doesn’t 100% always
speak Chinese. She doesn’t have a GRAMMAR C 1 I always go to bed early. 2 The
job. She lives in Lima. She lives with coffee shop never opens on
her parents and her grandfather. Sundays. 3 Do you usually go to
Her brother doesn’t live in Lima. He bed early? 4 They rarely eat at
works in the UK. home. 5 There are sometimes
problems with the food. 6 We
Lesson 2
often go to college by bus.
VOCABULARY A at 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m., the GRAMMAR D 1 always 2 never 3 often
weekend; in the morning, the 4 sometimes 5 usually 6 rarely
evening, the afternoon; on GRAMMAR E 1 usually eats 2 rarely drinks
Monday, Thursday, the weekend 3 never goes 4 sometimes drives
VOCABULARY B 1 in 2 on 3 at 4 in 5 on 5 often works
LISTENING A photo 1
Language and Life
LISTENING B 1 friends 2 work 3 student
LISTENING C Linda is a student and a waitress. FUNCTIONAL
She works in the coffee shop on LANGUAGE A 1 good 2 Saturday 3 weekend
Thursday. She works at the store 4 Friday 5 afternoon. 6 2:00 p.m.
on Tuesday. Her last class finishes FUNCTIONAL
at 5:00 p.m. She goes to work by LANGUAGE B Let’s go to the park. Let’s go
bus. She finishes work at about on Friday.
10:00 p.m. WRITING A 1 c He works on Saturday, but he
GRAMMAR A 1 a 2 b doesn’t work on Sunday. 2 d I study
GRAMMAR B 1 Do you work on Friday? 2 Does law, and I work in a coffee shop.
the store open in the evening? 3 b She works in the afternoon but
3 Does he go to college on not in the evening. 4 a I usually get
Wednesday? 4 Does she start work up at 7:00 a.m. and eat breakfast.
at 8:00 a.m.? 5 Do they drive to WRITING B 1 Incorrect. They eat lunch at 12:30
the office? p.m., but they sometimes eat lunch
GRAMMAR C 1 a Do 2 b Does 3 b Does 4 a Do at 2:00 p.m. 2 Correct 3 Correct
5 b Does 4 Incorrect. They study in the
GRAMMAR D a Question 4 No, she doesn’t. evening and on the weekend.
b Question 3 No, he doesn’t. c
Question 1 Yes, I do. d Question UNIT 4 MY CITY
5 Yes, they do. e Question 2 Yes, it
does. Lesson 1
GRAMMAR E 1 Does 2 doesn’t 3 Do 4 do READING A advertisement
5 Does 6 does READING B 1 What do visitors do in the
Lesson 3 museum? 2 When does the museum
open? 3 Where does the museum
VOCABULARY A
1 breakfast 2 table 3 bed 4 a tour start? 4 How much do
shower 5 tea tickets cost?
VOCABULARY B
1 take 2 goes to 3 eat 4 drinks READING C 1 restaurant 2 store 3 6:00 p.m.
5 get up 4 Sunday 5 $20 6 students 7 free
READING A 1 job advertisement 2 email 8 $15
READING B 1 False. Jay’s is a very big VOCABULARY A
1 bookstore 2 hotel 3 ATM 4 park
restaurant. 2 True 3 False. Jay’s 5 museum 6 hospital 7 restaurant
usually closes at 11:30 p.m. 4 True 8 bus station 9 coffee shop
5 False. Number Ten is a small 10 university
coffee shop. 6 False. Suzie usually VOCABULARY B
1 get 8, 10, 6, 3 2 buy 1, 9 3 eat 7
eats lunch at work. 4 learn 5
GRAMMAR A 1 how often 2 after 3 before GRAMMAR A 1 always 2 always 3 question
word—do/does—subject—verb
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GRAMMAR B
1 How much 2 When 3 Where second right. The park is on the
4 What right. National Museum Turn right.
GRAMMAR C
1 d Where do you go in the Take the first left. The museum
evening? 2 e What do students is between the big store and the
learn at college? 3 b How much parking lot. Shopping mall Take the
does a course cost? 4 a When do #101 bus. The bus stop is across
you get to work? 5 c What does from the train station. The trip is
your family do on the weekend? about 10 minutes.
GRAMMAR D
1 do 2 does 3 does 4 do 5 do
Lesson 3
6 does
GRAMMAR E
1 Where do you 2 What do you LISTENING A bag, boots, dress, jeans, shirt,
3 When does the class 4 When do shoes, skirt, Not mentioned:
you start 5 How much does the class pants, suit
LISTENING B 1 cheap, 10 2 shoes 3 yellow
Lesson 2
4 beautiful 5 blue 6 expensive
LISTENING A train station VOCABULARY A boots, dress, jacket, jeans, pants,
LISTENING B 1 correct 2 incorrect: turn right shoes, skirt, suit
3 incorrect: second left VOCABULARY B 1 jeans, pants, skirt 2 jacket
LISTENING C There’s a big hotel on the right. 3 boots, shoes 4 dress, suit
The train station is next to VOCABULARY C 1 casual 2 cheap 3 tight 4 short
the hotel. GRAMMAR A 1 this, that 2 these, those 3 this,
VOCABULARY A
1 c It’s on Top Street. 2 g It’s on the these 4 that, those
right. 3 e The store is across from GRAMMAR B this/that: dress, jacket, skirt, suit,
the park. 4 f My place is between T-shirt these/those: boots, jeans,
the big store and the restaurant. pants, shoes
5 b The hotel’s on the corner of GRAMMAR C 1 that 2 these 3 that 4 Those 5 This
Fifth Avenue and Tenth Street. GRAMMAR D 1 these 2 that 3 Those 4 that
6 a The college is next to the bus 5 Those 6 this
station. 7 d The ATM is on the left. GRAMMAR E 1 these 2 this 3 this 4 these 5 these
VOCABULARY B
1 on, between 2 corner 3 on, the, 6 that 7 those 8 that
next 4 across
Language and Life
GRAMMAR A 1 c give directions and instructions.
2 a in sentences with directions. FUNCTIONAL
3 b the start of a sentence. LANGUAGE A
1 $30 2 $50 3 $2
GRAMMAR B 1 Go straight up this street. FUNCTIONAL
2 It’s between the store and the LANGUAGE B
1 Excuse 2 much 3 cheap 4 take
restaurant. 3 Excuse me, where is the 5 please 6 Here
bookstore? 4 Turn left and take the WRITING A 1 beautiful jewelry 2 old book
second right. 5 The coffee shop is on 3 modern apartment 4 interesting
the corner of Fourth and Main. 6 The book 5 small coffee shop
ATM is across from the college. 6 expensive clothes 7 busy store
GRAMMAR C 1 b 2 a 3 b 4 b 8 cheap shoes
GRAMMAR D 1 A: Excuse me, is there an ATM WRITING B 1 This is an interesting book.
near here? B: Yes, it’s on the corner 2 Those shoes are cheap! 3 It’s a
of Main and Tenth. 2 A: Where’s modern apartment. 4 This shop
the Grand Hotel? B: Go straight sells expensive clothes.
up this road. Turn left. It’s on the
right. 3 A: Excuse me, where’s the UNIT 5 FREE TIME
language school? B: Turn right.
Take the second left. It’s across Lesson 1
from the park. VOCABULARY A
1 drive a car 2 bake a cake 3 do
GRAMMAR E Welcome to the city! You are at karate 4 play an instrument
the train station. Where do you 5 dance salsa 6 swim 1,500m
want to go? City park Go straight 7 ride a horse 8 draw pictures
up the road. Turn left. Take the 9 ride a motorcycle
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VOCABULARY B
1 ride a horse 2 bake a cake 3 do GRAMMAR A 1 things we own or people we
karate 4 drive a car 5 dance salsa are connected to 2 name or noun
VOCABULARY C
3 swim 1,500 meters; 4 ride a 3 doesn’t mean
motorcycle; 6 play an instrument; GRAMMAR B My friend’s brother is a teacher.
7 draw pictures; 8 dance His name is Tommy and he teaches
LISTENING A 1 True 2 True 3 False music. I go to his music class on
LISTENING B 1 Abbie 2 Manuel 3 Manuel, Abbie the weekend. Tommy’s classes are
4 Abbie very popular. I play the piano and I
GRAMMAR A 1 things 2 questions 3 statements sometimes play my friend’s guitar.
4 short answers GRAMMAR C 1 Emily’s 2 father’s 3 teacher’s
GRAMMAR B 1 Can you drive a car? Yes, I 4 Amanda’s 5 college’s
can. 2 Can they play the guitar? GRAMMAR D 2 These are Jon’s books. 3 This
No, they can’t. 3 Can she ride a is my friend’s phone. 4 This is
motorcycle? Yes, she can. 4 Can Colin’s calculator. 5 These are the
your mom bake a cake? No, she teacher’s paint brushes.
can’t. 5 Can he do karate? Yes, GRAMMAR E 2 The college’s new library is
he can. open. 3 This is my sister’s bag.
GRAMMAR C 1 she can’t 2 I can 3 they can’t 4 he 4 Where are my brother’s pens?
can 5 they can 6 he can’t 5 The teacher’s safety glasses are
GRAMMAR D 1 f I can dance salsa, and I can on the table. 6 The city’s parks
sing. 2 a I can ride a horse, but I are beautiful.
can’t ride a motorbike. 3 e I can’t
Lesson 3
play the guitar, but I can play the
piano. 4 c I can draw pictures, and VOCABULARY A
1 sunny 2 snowy 3 rainy 4 cloudy
I can write stories. 5 b I can speak Extra word: windy
English, but I can’t understand 1 b /uː/ 2 a /ɑʊ/ 3 b /iː/ 4 a /ɒ/
VOCABULARY B
Chinese. 6 d I can bake a cake, and 5 a /eɪ/ 6 a /eʊ/ 7 a /ʌ/ 8 a /ɪ/
I can cook pasta. LISTENING A 1 Jason isn’t in the office.
GRAMMAR E A: What do you do? B: I’m a teacher. 2 Diana isn’t in the office.
I teach karate. A: Wow! I can’t do 3 Lulu is in the park.
karate. Can you do other sports? LISTENING B 1 b Jason’s having coffee because
B: Yes. I can swim and I can ride a the weather is freezing. 2 a Diana
horse. I love music, but I can’t dance isn’t working in the office because
salsa. Can you dance salsa? A: No, there’s a problem in the building.
I can’t. My brother is a dancer. 3 c Lulu’s walking because there
He studies at a dance school. He are no cabs.
can dance, and he can sing. He’s LISTENING C 1 False. Jason’s brother is talking
amazing! B: What do you do? Are to Angelica. 2 True 3 True 4 False.
you a student? A: No, I’m a chef. Diana is very busy today. 5 True
B: So you can’t dance, but you can 6 False. Kim is playing soccer in
cook delicious meals. A: Yes, I can! the park.
GRAMMAR A 1 d talk about activities that are
Lesson 2
happening now. 2 c before the
VOCABULARY A
1 art 2 math 3 music 4 paint brush main verb. 3 a the end of the main
5 safety glasses 6 calculator verb. 4 b for irregular verbs.
VOCABULARY B
2 art 3 science 4 Chinese GRAMMAR B 2 We aren’t eating dinner. 3 He
5 creative writing 6 guitar isn’t shopping at the mall. 4 You’re
7 dance class playing the guitar. 5 They’re
READING A online profile speaking Chinese. 6 She isn’t
READING B 1 Spanish 2 China 3 cartoons sleeping in her bed.
4 paint brushes 5 draw 6 car GRAMMAR C 2 They aren’t doing their
7 dictionary 8 shoes Extra: homework. 3 She isn’t watching
guitar, music a movie. 4 The girls are getting
READING C 1 Chinese 2 artist 3 college coffee. 5 It’s raining today. 6 I’m
4 dictionary, dance not having fun.
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GRAMMAR C
1 d simple present information for here or to go? 6 b Can I get
questions 2 f plural nouns 3 e you some food? 7 d That’s $4.50,
prepositions of time 4 b possessive ’s please. 8 f Here’s your change.
5 c present progressive 6 a yes/no FUNCTIONAL
questions with simple present LANGUAGE B
Drinks: tea—medium Where: to go
GRAMMAR D
1 We’re from Mexico. We live Food: egg sandwich Total: $9.50
in Mexico. 2 I usually start work Change: 50 cents
at 8:00 a.m. 3 We’re watching a WRITING A 1 capital letter 2 wrong word
movie because it’s cold and rainy. 3 punctuation 4 spelling
4 He can ride a horse, but he can’t 5 word order
ride a motorcycle. 5 Does your WRITING B 1 I like coffee. 2 The food is
sister go to college? delicious, but the waiters aren’t
GRAMMAR E
1 Good 2 I’m 3 my 4 and 5 a friendly. / The food is delicious,
6 goes 7 studies 8 can 9 weekend and the waiters are friendly. 3 Do
10 ’s you like tea? 4 One black coffee,
please. 5 This is a busy restaurant.
Language and Life
FUNCTIONAL
LANGUAGE A
1 e What can I get you? 2 h Can
I get a coffee, please? 3 g What
size: small, medium, or large? 4 a
Any other drinks? 5 c Is that coffee
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