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1A GRAMMAR verb be (singular): I and you

a Complete the conversation with I or you.

Miranda Hi, 1 I ’m Miranda. Are 2 Monica?


Sally No, 3 ’m not, 4 ’m Sally.
Miranda Nice to meet 5 !

b Complete the conversation with am, ’m, are, or ’re.

Student Excuse me, 1 am I in room 2?


Receptionist What’s your name?
Student I2 Caroline.
3
Receptionist you Caroline Herzog?
Student No, I 4 not. I 5 Caroline
Fuchs.
Receptionist You 6 in room 3.
Student Thank you.

c Complete the conversation.

Charlotte Are 1 you Paolo Galli?


Paolo Yes, I 2 .
Charlotte Hi, 3 ’m Charlotte from the Dover
School of English.
Paolo Oh, hello!
Charlotte Nice to meet 4 .

ACTIVATION
Work with a partner. Practise the conversations.
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1B GRAMMAR verb be (singular): he, she, it
Complete the conversations. Use contractions where possible.

1
A Where ’s Michael Fassbender from? 2 he
from the UK?
B No, he 3 .
4
A Is from Germany?
B Yes, he 5 .
A Where in Germany? Is 6 from Berlin?
B No, he 7 . He 8 from Heidelberg.

paella

9
A ’s paella from? 10 it from Spain?
11
B Yes, is.
12
A it from Barcelona?
B No, it 13 . 14 ’s from Valencia.
15
A guacamole from Spain, too?
B No, it 16 . It 17 from Mexico!

guacamole

A Where 18 Cate Blanchett 19 ?


20
Is from the United States?
B No, she 21 .
22
A she from Australia?
B Yes, she 23 .
A Where in Australia? 24 she from Sydney?
B No, she 25 . She 26 from Melbourne.

ACTIVATION
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2A GRAMMAR verb be (plural): we, you, they
a Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences with the correct form of be. Use contractions
where possible.

1 2 they Italian?

We ’re in Rio de Janeiro. No, they Spanish.

3 Are you Japanese? 4 they on holiday?

No, we . We American. No, they . They on business.

5 they Turkish? 6 we in room 10?

No, they Egyptian. No, you in room 10. You in room 9.

7 Sorry, we late? 8 they English?

No, you . You’re early. No, they . They Scottish.

b Look at the pictures. Write + or − short answers. If the answer is − , write the correct sentence.

1 Are they in Mexico? No, they aren’t. They’re in Brazil.


2 Are the cars Spanish? Yes, they are.
3 Are the women Japanese?
4 Are they on business?
5 Are they from Turkey?
6 Are they in room 9?
7 Are they late?
8 Are they from Scotland?

ACTIVATION
Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions in b about the pictures.
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2B GRAMMAR Wh- and How questions with be
Put the words in the correct order to make questions.

1
Gill Hi Anna!
Anna Hello Gill. 1 How are you?
(you / how / are)
Gill I’m fine, thanks. 2 ?
(he / who / is)
Anna He’s Sammy, my little boy.
Gill 3
?
(old / is / how / he)
Anna He’s one.
Gill He’s very nice.

2
4
Woman ?
(your / first / what’s / name)
Boy Henry.
Woman OK. 5 ?
(what’s / surname / your)
Boy Schultz.
Woman 6
?
(spell / do / how / it / you)
Boy S-C-H-U-L-T-Z.
Woman Oh, yes. 7 ?
(you / old / are / how)
Boy I’m 18.
Woman OK. That’s fine.

3
8
Woman 1 ?
(your / address / what’s)
Woman 2 It’s 72 London Road, Liverpool.
9
Woman 1 ?
(postcode / what’s / your)
Woman 2 It’s L2 7BC.
Woman 1 Thank you. 10 ?
(home / what’s / phone / your / number)
Woman 2 It’s 0151 496 0878.
Woman 1 OK. 11 ?
(mobile / your / number / what’s)
Woman 2 It’s 00700 900666

ACTIVATION
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3A GRAMMAR singular and plural nouns; a / an
a Look at the pictures. Complete the answers. Be careful with a / an.

1 2 3

What is it? It’s a coat. What are they? They’re keys. What are they? They’re .

4 5 6

What is it? It’s . What is it? It’s . What are they? They’re .

b Look at the pictures. Write questions and answers.

1 2 3 4

What are they? What is it?


They’re pens. It’s a piece of paper.

5 6 7 8

ACTIVATION
Work with a partner. Practise the questions and answers in a and b.
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3B GRAMMAR this / that / these / those
Complete the conversations. Use this, that, these, or those.

David Sally, is 1 this your laptop?

Sally No, it isn’t.

David Where’s your laptop?

Sally 2
’s my laptop – over there on
the table.

David And the keys? Are 3 your keys?

Sally Yes, they are. Thanks.

Paul Is 4 mug from Switzerland?

Jane No, it’s from France.

Paul And 5 chocolates? Are 6


from Switzerland?

Jane Yes, they are. And 7 picture is


from Switzerland, too.

3
Woman Excuse me. Is 8 the bus to
Glasgow?

Driver No, ma’am. 9 is the bus to


Liverpool.

Woman Oh, no! Where’s the bus to Glasgow?

Driver 10
’s the bus to Glasgow over
there – number 41. Are 11
your bags?

Woman Yes, they are.

Driver Here, let me help you.

ACTIVATION
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4A GRAMMAR possessive adjectives; possessive ’s
a Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences with my, your, his, her, its, our, or their.

1 Where’s my umbrella? 2 Is this bag?

3 That’s Josh and wife. 4 Where are coats?

5 Where are sunglasses? 6 Look, I think these are keys.

7 It’s a great book. Now 8 That’s Mr Green. He’s French teacher.


what’s name?

b Complete the sentences with the name and possessive ’s.

1 This is Amelia’s husband. His name’s Nick. (husband / Amelia)


2 Look! It’s ! Over there! (cat / Sarah)
3 Rosa is . She’s in my class. (sister / Pablo)
4 This is . He’s the German teacher. (room / Mr White)

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the sentences in a. Look at the pictures and say the sentences.
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4B GRAMMAR adjectives
a Complete the sentences for the pictures. Use the correct form of be and an adjective from the list.

big cheap long old short slow

1 He’s short. 2 It . 3 It .

4 Ana’s surname . 5 These . 6 They .

b Complete the sentences for the pictures. Use an adjective and a noun from the lists.

beautiful dirty expensive fast new small car coat laptop window table woman

0
£3000.0

£2500.00

1 She’s a beautiful woman. 2 They’re . 3 It’s .

4 It’s . 5 It’s . 6 They’re .

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the sentences in a and b. Look at the pictures and say the sentences.
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5A GRAMMAR present simple + and − : I, you, we, they
Write a + or a – sentence for each picture. Use the verbs in brackets.

1 I don’t have sugar in my 2 We have tea for breakfast. 3 I cats. (like)


coffee. (have) (have)

4 They fast 5 They to 6 I to English class on


food at the weekend. (have) school on Saturday. (go) Tuesday and Thursday. (go)

7 I lunch at 8 Can you help me? 9 My children


home. (have) I . (understand) vegetables. (eat)

10 I water or 11 We a lot of 12 I fish. (eat)


juice. (drink) rice. (eat)

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the sentences. Look at the pictures and say the sentences.
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5B GRAMMAR present simple ? : I, you, we, they
a Complete the conversation. Use the verbs in brackets.

1
A Do you live here in Oxford? (live)

B Yes, I 2 in Oxford, but


I3 in London. (live; work)
4
A you to work by
car? (go)
B No, I 5 a car, I 6 to work
by train. (not have; go)
7
A you a newspaper on
the train? (read)
B I8 a newspaper, but
9
I the news on my tablet every
morning. (not read; read)
A And what 10 you after
work? (do)
B In the evening, I 11 dinner and
12
I TV. (have; watch)

b Complete the conversation. Write the questions.

A Good morning, Mr Smith.


B Hello. Nice to meet you.
1
A Do you want a coffee?

B Yes, please. Black with no sugar.


2
A in London?
B No, I don’t. I live in Birmingham.
3
A
B Yes, two. A daughter and a son.
They’re 20 and 22.
4
A
B No, they don’t work. They’re students.
5
A
B No, not French, but I speak Spanish and
Italian.

ACTIVATION
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6A GRAMMAR present simple: he, she, it
Look at the pictures. Write about Andy and Liz. Use the verbs ( + or – ) in brackets.

Andy
1 2 3

Orange
Juice

4 5 6
Bonjour!
Sheffield University

ch
FrenII ch
ch FrenII
FrenII

Liz
7 8 9

10 11 12
17:35

Andy Liz
1 Andy lives in a house. (live) 7 Liz to music in the car. (listen)
2 He doesn’t have a cat. (have) 8 She in a hospital. (work)
3 He coffee in the morning. (drink) 9 She a sandwich for lunch. (have)
4 He to university. (go) 10 She home at 5.00. (go)
5 He French. (study) 11 She dogs. (like)
6 He fast food for dinner. (eat) 12 She TV in the evening. (watch)

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Work with a partner. Tell your partner to turn over his / her copy. Ask questions to
test your partner’s memory.
Does Liz work in a bank? No, she doesn’t.
Does Andy have a dog? Yes, he does.

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6B GRAMMAR adverbs of frequency
a Complete the sentences with an adverb of frequency (always, never, usually, or sometimes).

1 2
✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✗✗✗

always = ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
usually = ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✗
sometimes = ✓ ✓ ✗ ✗ ✗
never = ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗ ✗

He always gets up at 7.30. He has breakfast.

3 4 5
✗✗✗✗✗ ✓✓✓✓✗ ✓✓✓✓✓

He goes to He has a He does the


work by car. sandwich for lunch. housework on Sunday.

b Complete the sentences with an adverb of frequency and a verb.

6 7 8
✓✓✓✓✓ ✓✓✓✓✗ ✓✓✗✗✗

She always has a coffee at 10.00. She work She to the


late. supermarket after work.

9 10 11
✓✓✗✗✗ ✗✗✗✗✗ ✓✓✓✓✗

She TV with She to bed She dinner


her husband. before 12.00. with her friends on Friday night.

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the sentences in a and b. Look at the pictures and say the sentences.
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7A GRAMMAR word order in questions: be and present simple
Put the words in the correct order to make questions.

1 Waiter Good evening. 1 Do you have a reservation ?


(have / do / a / reservation / you)
Woman Yes, we do.
2
Waiter ?
(your / what’s / surname)
Woman It’s Leigh.
3
Waiter ?
(spell / how / it / you / do)
Woman L - E - I - G - H
Waiter Thank you. Your table is by the window.
Come with me.

2 Woman 4

the number 10 bus? (always / take / do / you)


Man Yes, I do.
Woman 5
?
(you / where / work / do)
Man I work at the university.
Woman 6
?
(teacher / you / are / a)
Man Yes, I am.
Woman 7
?
(like / your / do / job / you)
Man Yes, I do. I love it.
Woman 8
?
(work / you / what / time / do / finish)
Man I usually finish at five o’clock.

3 Boy 9
?
(do / do / weekend / what / the / you / at)

Girl I usually meet my friends.

Boy 10
?
(you / do / go / where)

Girl To a bar or a club.

Boy 11
?
(like / music / what / you / do)

Girl I like hip hop and R&B.

ACTIVATION
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7B GRAMMAR imperatives; object pronouns: me, him, etc.
a Complete the sentences with an object pronoun. Write it in the PRONOUN column.

PRONOUN

1 I love cats. Do you like ? them

2 This exercise is difficult. I can’t do .

3 I always phone my brother but he never phones .

4 Where are the car keys? I can’t find .

5 Paula is a very good friend. I see every weekend.

6 We have a meeting with the manager. He wants to speak to .

7 Jack goes to your school. Do you know ?

8 You love me, but I don’t love !

b Complete the sentences with a + or – imperative of a verb from the list. Write it in the
IMPERATIVE column.

close not drink open phone relax sit not speak not walk

IMPERATIVE

1 in the park at night! Don’t walk

2 It’s very cold in here. the window, please!

3 me when you arrive in Paris.

4 Come in and down.

5 ! You’re on holiday.

6 in Italian! This is an English class.

7 your books, please, and go to page 22.

8 coffee now! It’s 10.00 p.m.

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the PRONOUN and IMPERATIVE columns. Say the sentences with the
missing words.
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8A GRAMMAR can / can’t
a Complete the sentences with can or can’t.

1 It’s only 90 kilometres. We 2 I’m sorry. We 3 you open the


can drive there in an hour. come to dinner tonight. window, please?

4 You use your 5 We have lunch 6 I help you?


phone here. in the garden. It’s a
beautiful day.

b Complete the sentences with can or can’t and a verb from the list.

help park pay study swim watch

1 You can’t park here! 2 you me 3 Look! We


with my homework? French here in the evening.

4 I’m sorry, but you 5 we here 6 Finish your dinner and then
with American Express. We today? you TV.
only take Visa.

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the sentences in a and b. Look at the pictures and say the sentences.
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8B GRAMMAR like / love / hate + verb + -ing
Write sentences with the correct form of like , love , don’t like , or hate and a verb
from the list with -ing.

camp cook cycle do (x2) fly play read run swim travel wait

1 2 3

They like travelling. She . He .

4 5 6

She He They .
for the bus. exercise.

7 8 9

She . He . She
books in English.

10 11 12

They They . She


computer games. yoga.

ACTIVATION
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9A GRAMMAR present continuous
a Complete the sentences with am, are or is. Use contractions when possible.

1 Colin ’s driving to work. 5 I walking to the station.


2 We having lunch. 6 We going shopping now.
3 You working late today. 7 It raining a lot.
4 Pam wearing a hat. 8 Mark having a coffee.

b Look at the pictures. Write questions and answers with the present continuous.
1 2 3

(they / do?) (you / do?) (they / do?)


What are they doing?
(they / watch / football) (I / do / my homework) (they / have / a party)
They’re watching football.

4 5 6

Me llamo Jack,
tengo veinte años.

(he / do?) (you / do?) (she / do?)

(he / study / Spanish) (I / make / lunch) (She / listen / to music)

7 8 9

(she / do?) (you / do?) (you / do?)

(she / relax) (I / have / a shower) (I / shop)

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the sentences in b. Look at the pictures and say the questions and answers.
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9B GRAMMAR present continuous or present simple?
Write the verb in the present continuous or the present simple in the VERB column.
Use contractions where possible.

VERB

rain
1 It usually a lot in the UK. rains
2 Oh no! We can’t play tennis today, it . ’s raining
wear
3 Peter never trainers. He doesn’t like them.
4 you new glasses? They’re great!
watch
5 A What the children ?
B The Hobbit. It’s their favourite film!
6 We sometimes football matches on TV.
play
7 A Where’s Ben?
B He computer games in his room.
8 My sister tennis with my dad every Saturday.
walk
9 Hannah doesn’t have a car. She to work.
10 It’s a beautiful day today, so we home.
do
11 A What you ?
B My English homework.
12 A What you ?
B I’m a journalist.
leave
13 I never the house without an umbrella.
14 Hurry up! Our bus !
go
15 My friend Lucy and I always shopping together.
16 A Where Andy ?
B To school, I think. It’s 8.30!

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the VERB column. Say the sentences with the correct form.
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10A GRAMMAR there’s a… / there are some…

a Write + and – sentences about the hotel room. Use There’s a / There isn’t a or There are some… /
There aren’t any… .

1 TV There isn’t a TV.


2 chairs There are some chairs.
3 pillows .
4 shower .
5 lamps .
6 bath .
7 towels .
8 cupboard .

b Write questions with Is there a…? / Are there any…? Then write short answers.

1 restaurants? Are there any restaurants? Yes, there are.


2 car park? Is there a car park? No, there isn’t.
3 gym? ? .
4 gift shop? ? .
5 swimming pool? ? .
6 lifts? ? .
7 garden? ? .
8 good view? ? .
9 toilets? ? .

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the sentences. Look at the picture and say what there is and isn’t in the room
and the hotel.
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10B GRAMMAR past simple: be
Complete the conversations with was, wasn’t, were, or weren’t.

1
A Were you at a club last night?

B No, I 2 .
A Where 3 you?
B I4 at Tom’s house.

2
A I think Hugh Jackman 5 a waiter
before he was famous.
B No, he 6 .
A OK, what 7 he?
B He 8 an English and Drama teacher.

9
A your mother an actress, too?
10
B No, she . She 11 a nurse.
12
A she tall?
B Yes, she 13 very tall and beautiful.

A Why 14 you late last night?


B I 15 at the gym.
A No, you 16 . You 17 with
Annabelle! This is a message from her on
your mobile!

ACTIVATION
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11A GRAMMAR past simple: regular verbs
1 2 3

want a holiday travel to Costa Rica stay in a hotel in the jungle

4 5 6 7

arrive at the hotel in a carry their bags to not check their phones walk in the jungle with
small boat the hotel a guide

8 9 10

not watch TV relax on the beach enjoy their holiday very much

Look at the pictures about Adele and Tom’s holiday. Write sentences in the past simple.

1 Adele and Tom wanted a holiday.


2 They
3
4
5
6
7
8 in the evening.
9 every day.
10

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the sentences and look at the pictures. Tell the story with a partner.
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11B GRAMMAR past simple irregular verbs: do, get, go, have
Complete the conversations. Use the verbs in brackets in the past simple.

A Good morning, Jenny. 1 Did you have a good weekend? (have)


B Yes, I did. We 2 to a concert on Saturday night. (go)
What 3 you at the weekend? (do)
4
A On Sunday afternoon, we to a football match with Beth and Dan. (go)
Then we 5 dinner at their house. (have)
6
B What you for dinner? (have)
A We 7 Italian food. (have) It was great!
8
B you to bed late? (go)
A Yes, we did. We 9 the last bus home, and then I 10 at six
this morning. (get; get up)

A Hi darling. 11 you a good day? (have)


B No, I 12 a good day. (not have) It was terrible!
13
A Why? the boys late again? (get up)
B Yes, very late. And they 14 their homework last night. (not do)
15
A you to the office this morning? (go)
B Yes, but I was late, too. I 16 an email from my boss about it. (get) He was angry.
A Don’t worry. Tomorrow is Saturday and you can relax.

ACTIVATION
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12A GRAMMAR past simple: regular and irregular verbs
Complete the conversation. Use the past simple of the verbs in brackets.

A How 1 did you meet (meet) your wife?

B It’s a long story. Two years ago, I 2 (leave) my wallet on the train. It 3 (not have)
4
any money in it, but my credit cards (be) in it.

A Oh no! That’s terrible.

B Yes, but a woman on the train 5 (see) the wallet and 6 (open) it. The name of
7 8
the bank was on the credit cards. She (phone) the bank and (say) that she
had my wallet. Then the bank 9 (phone) me and 10 (tell) me her number.

A What 11 you (do) then?

B I 12 (talk) to the woman on the phone. She 13 (tell) me that she 14


(work) in an office in the city centre.

A How 15 you (get) the wallet from her?

B The next day I 16 (buy) some chocolates and flowers and I 17 (go) to her office.
18 19 20
She (be) really nice so we (go) for a coffee. We (have) a
good time.

A That’s great! Then what happened?

B The next day, I 21 (send) her an email and I 22 (invite) her out to dinner.

A Where 23 you (go)?

B We 24 (go) to a romantic restaurant on the beach and 25 (have) a great evening.

A And then?

B Well, she’s now my wife!

ACTIVATION
Work with a partner. Practise the conversation. Then cover the conversation and look at the pictures.
Tell the story.
Two years ago, the man left his wallet on the train…

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12B GRAMMAR past simple revision
Put the verbs in the past simple.

A I 1 didn’t like that restaurant. (not like)


B Yes, the food 2 was really bad. (be)

A My cousin 3 with us last weekend. (stay)


4
B That’s nice! What you ? (do)
A We 5 to a museum and we 6 lunch in the city centre. (go / have)

A Do you have Alan’s phone number?


B Yes, I 7 it on a piece of paper. Here it is! (write)

A 8 you the football match yesterday? (watch)


B Yes, I did. It was great!

A I9 a really interesting film last night. (see)


B 10 it the film with Scarlett Johansson? It was great! (be)

A I 11 in Russia when I was little. (live)


B Really? 12 you to speak Russian? (learn)
A No, I didn’t!

A There you are!


B Sorry! We 13 the house really late! (leave)

A Where 14 you last summer? (go)


B We 15 a lovely house in Spain. And you? (rent)

A How did you get to the airport?


B We 16 time, so we 17 a bus. (have / get)

A 18 you at home yesterday? I 19 you, but you 20 . (be / phone / not answer)
B No, I 21 .I 22
my phone with me! Sorry! (be / not have)

A Where’s Martin?
B Oh, he 23 me a text message. He can’t come. (send)

A What did you do last night?


B We 24 to go to the cinema, but there 25 any good films, so we 26 at
home. (want / not be / stay)

A Is that a new phone?


B Yes! I 27 it last week. (buy)

A I 28 you at the concert yesterday. (not see)


B I 29 . I 30 in hospital! (not go / be)

20–28 Really good! You can use the past simple very well.
10–19 Quite good, but check the Grammar Bank (Student’s Book p.92) and look at the
exercises again.
0–9 T
 his is difficult for you. Don’t worry! Read the rules in the Grammar Bank (Student’s
Book p.110, p112, and p.114). Ask your teacher for another photocopy and do the
exercise again at home.

ACTIVATION
Practise the conversations with a partner.
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1A COMMUNICATIVE Are you…?

You’re Katy Perry You’re Ed Sheeran


Find… Ed Sheeran Find… Denzel Washington
Tom Hanks Katy Perry

You’re Beyoncé You’re Cameron Diaz


Find… Kit Harington Find… Meryl Streep
Cameron Diaz Sergio Agüero

You’re Denzel Washington You’re Kit Harington


Find… Shakira Find… Tom Hanks
Emilia Clarke Penelope Cruz

You’re Meryl Streep You’re Jennifer Lopez


Find… Russell Crowe Find… Daniel Radcliffe
Beyoncé Nicole Kidman

You’re Penelope Cruz You’re Antonio Banderas


Find… Jennifer Lopez Find… Ben Affleck
Russell Crowe Shakira

You’re Daniel Radcliffe You’re Shakira


Find… Emilia Clarke Find… Margot Robbie
Margot Robbie Ed Sheeran

You’re Ben Affleck You’re Russell Crowe


Find… Nicole Kidman Find… Penelope Cruz
Selena Gomez Kit Harington

You’re Tom Hanks You’re Nicole Kidman


Find… Cameron Diaz Find… Katy Perry
Antonio Banderas Denzel Washington

You’re Margot Robbie You’re Selena Gomez


Find… Selena Gomez Find… Sergio Agüero
Daniel Radcliffe Jennifer Lopez

You’re Sergio Agüero You’re Emilia Clarke


Find… Beyoncé Find… Antonio Banderas
Meryl Streep Ben Affleck

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1B COMMUNICATIVE Where are they from?
1 2 3

Salma Hayek Mohamed Salah Ken Watanabe

4 5 6

Roger Federer Vanessa Paradis Dariusz Michalczewski

7 8 9

Pedro Almodóvar Anna Netrebko Donatella Versace

10 11 12

Emma Watson Orhan Pamuk Gisele Bündchen

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PE1 COMMUNICATIVE Who are you?

First name: Christophe First name: Katya


Last name: Moreau Last name: Scheider
From: Rennes, France From: Leipzig, Germany

First name: Vicenzo First name: Aleksandra


Last name: Giordano Last name: Kowalski
From: Perugia, Italy From: Poznan, Poland

First name: Natalia First name: Andrey


Last name: Carvalho Last name: Soloyov
From: Recife, Brazil From: Grozny, Russia

First name: Miguel First name: Anthony


Last name: Vazquez Last name: Clarke
From: Bilbao, Spain From: Croydon, England

First name: Mathilde


First name: Yusuf
Last name: Kessler
Last name: Sadik
From: Lucerne,
From: Antalya, Turkey
Switzerland

First name: Stephen First name: Nazir


Last name: Andersen Last name: Mostafa
From: Memphis, USA From: Luxor, Egypt

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2A COMMUNICATIVE Match the sentences

Student A

Answers to Student B

1 Excuse me. Are you James? a We’re from Berlin.

2 Where are Alice and


b No, it’s in Japan.
Umberto from?

3 Are you here on holiday? c I’m from Egypt.

4 Is Nike English? d Yes, she’s from Paris.

5 Are Pablo and Antonio Mexican? e No, you aren’t.

Student B

Answers to Student A

6 Are we late? f Yes, we are.

7 Where are you from? g No, it isn’t. It’s American.

8 Is Caroline French? h No, they aren’t. They’re Spanish.

9 Where are you from in Germany? i No, I’m not. I’m Jason.

10 Is Kyoto in China? j They’re Swiss.

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2B COMMUNICATIVE Remember the sentences

Fold here
1 a
g
Hi Lola. This is Paul. No, she’s single.

2 b
e
How old is Karin? My name’s Karl.

3
c
What’s your phone
It’s Thursday.
number?

4 d
Nice to meet you. On Monday and Friday.

5 e
Is she married? She’s 38.

6 f
How are you? Thanks.

7 g
See you tomorrow. Nice to meet you.

8 h
What’s your name? Hi!

9 i
Have a nice day! I’m from Italy.

10 j
Where are you from? Fine, thanks.

11
k
When’s your English
It’s 01632 960 057.
class?

12 l
Hello! Sorry.

13
m
My name is Maribel,
Bye!
not Maria.

14 n
What day is it today? Nice to meet you, too.

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3A COMMUNICATIVE The same or different?

Student A

Student B

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3B COMMUNICATIVE What’s this? What are these?

Student A

What are these? They’re notebooks.


  

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

Student B

What are these? They’re notebooks.


  

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

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PE2 COMMUNICATIVE Can I have an orange juice, please?

The Three Kings

Food
Sandwiches (cheese,
chicken, or tuna) £5.25
Burger £8.99
Cheeseburger £9.50
Salads (chicken or egg) £6.95

Drinks
Coke / Diet Coke £2.30
Orange juice £2.80
Mineral water £1.60
Coffee / Tea £2.75
Beer £3.45

A You are a bartender. B You are a customer.


Welcome the customer and show Look at the menu and choose
them the menu. something to eat and drink.
Useful phrases: Useful phrases:
Can I help you? Can I have…?
Anything else? How much is it?
Here you are. Here you are.

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4A COMMUNICATIVE Family tree

Student A

a Look at Joe’s family tree. Ask B about the people in the list. Complete Joe’s family tree.

Will Alfred Sally Kate Mike Anna

Who’s Will?
  
He’s Joe’s brother.
=
Mary

Joe’s
Family Tree =
John

=
Joe Will

b Look at Angela’s family tree. Answer B’s questions. Relate all the people to Angela.
Who’s Beth? She’s Angela’s sister.
  

=
Ben Lucy

Angela’s
Family Tree =
Ruth Adam

=
Dan Angela Tom Beth

Amy

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4A COMMUNICATIVE Family tree

Student B

a Look at Joe’s family tree. Answer A’s questions. Relate all the people to Joe.
Who’s Will? He’s Joe’s brother.
  

=
Alfred Mary

Joe’s
Family Tree =
John Sally

=
Kate Joe Will Anna

Mike

b Look at Angela’s family tree. Ask A about the people in the list. Complete Angela’s family tree.

Beth Lucy Adam Dan Amy Tom

Who’s Beth?
  
She’s Angela’s sister.
=
Ben

Angela’s
Family Tree =
Ruth

=
Angela Beth

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4B COMMUNICATIVE What is it?

1 2 3

4 5 6

7 8 9

10 11 12

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5A COMMUNICATIVE Talk about food
You Your friend

1 I have for breakfast. T/F

2 I don’t drink . T/F

3 I have a for lunch. T/F

4 I don’t like . T/F

5 My favourite food is . T/F

6 I don’t have in tea. T/F

7 I eat a lot of . T/F

8 I like . T/F

9 I don’t have on my bread. T/F

10 I have for breakfast at the weekend. T/F

11 I drink a lot of every day. T/F

12 I don’t eat in the evening. T/F

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5B COMMUNICATIVE Do you…?

FINISH

START
go to English
live in a
class on
small flat
Tuesdays
want a
like fish
new phone

need new drink tea in


clothes the evening

listen to
music in eat fruit
your car every day

read the
listen to
news on
rock music
your phone

Do
work speak
at the Portuguese
weekend
you…?
have a
live near the blue car
city centre

watch
like oranges
series on
Netflix

have
have a
breakfast
tablet
with your
family

drink coffee
in the want a new
morning house / flat

speak
three watch
languages TV in the
eat study on morning
Chinese Saturday
food afternoons

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PE3 COMMUNICATIVE Time bingo

11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5

11
12
1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5

11 12 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 6 5

11 12 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 6 5

11 12 1 11 12 1 11
12
1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2 10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3 9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4 8 4 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5 7 6 5 7 6 5

11 12 1
12
11 1
10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5

11 12 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 6 5

11 12 1 11 12 1
10 2 10 2
9 3 9 3
8 4 8 4
7 6 5 7 6 5

12
11 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 6 5

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6A COMMUNICATIVE What do they do? Where do they work?

Student A

What / do?
Kate George Jim Liz Julia Maria

Where / work?
Kate George Jim Liz Julia Maria

Student B

What / do?
Kate George Jim Liz Julia Maria

Where / work?
Kate George Jim Liz Julia Maria

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6B COMMUNICATIVE What do you usually do?

Student A

a Complete the sentences with always, usually, sometimes, or never + verb.


Make the sentences true for you.

1 I cereal for breakfast.

2 I TV in the evening.

3 I a bath in the evening.

4 I shopping on Saturday morning.

5 I my homework before class.

6 I to the radio in the car.

7 I lunch in a restaurant.

8 I coffee after dinner.

b Now tell your partner and then ask What about you?
I sometimes have cerial for breakfast. What about you?
I never have cerial.

Student B

a Complete the sentences with always, usually, sometimes, or never + verb.


Make the sentences true for you.

1 I up late at the weekend.

2 I to bed at about eleven o’clock.

3 I a shower in the morning.

4 I housework in the evening.

5 I to the gym after school / work.

6 I the newspaper on Sunday.

7 I a sandwich for lunch.

8 I breakfast in the morning.

b Now tell your partner and then ask What about you?
I always get up late at the weekend. What about you?
I usually get up late.

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7A COMMUNICATIVE Free time questionnaire

Student A

a Put the words in order to complete the questions.


1 do usually on holiday go you
Where do you usually go on holiday ?
2 shops favourite your are
What ?
3 play your phone games on do you
What ?
4 fast food at eat you weekend the
Do ?
5 do meet you usually the at weekend
Who ?
6 have breakfast a big weekend you at the
Do ?
7 programmes TV you do in the watch evening
What ?
8 usually you do Saturday do on morning
What ?

b Now ask B your questions. Then answer B’s questions.

Student B

a Put the words in order to complete the questions.


1 read weekend the at you
Do you read at the weekend ?
2 ’s restaurant favourite your
What ?
3 you do with weekend at friends the your
What ?
4 you usually are at home on night Sunday
Are ?
5 do usually holidays have you
When ?
6 do after dinner usually you do
What ?
7 you cinema go the you the weekend at
Do ?
8 in evening you relax do the
How ?

b Now answer A’s questions. Then ask A your questions.

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7B COMMUNICATIVE What do you think of…?
Work with a partner. Complete two sentences (or more) in each category.

Music
I like (male singer).
Do you like ?

I don’t like (female singer).


Do you like ?

I like (a group).
Do you like ?

I listen to (a type of music).


Do you like ?

Sport
I don’t like (a sport).
Do you like ?

I often watch (a sport)


on TV. Do you watch ?

I play (a sport).
Do you play ?

I really like (sportswoman).


Do you like ?

Food
I love s (fruit plural).
Do you like ?
I don’t like (food).
Do you like ?
I sometimes eat
(a nationality) food.
Do you like ?
My favourite drink is
(a drink). Do you drink ?

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PE4 COMMUNICATIVE Famous birthdays

Student A

Will Smith Jennifer Lawrence 15/08 Rihanna Jackie Chan 07/04

Eddie Redmayne Adele 05/05 Leonardo DiCaprio Taylor Swift 13/12

Kanye West Benedict Cumberbatch 19/07 Katy Perry Lupita Nyong’o 01/03

Student B

Will Smith 25/09 Jennifer Lawrence Rihanna 20/02 Jackie Chan

Eddie Redmayne 06/01 Adele Leonardo DiCaprio 11/11 Taylor Swift

Kanye West 08/06 Benedict Cumberbatch Katy Perry 25/10 Lupita Nyong’o

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8A COMMUNICATIVE Can you?

START

What does What can


the sign say? you do here?
Say 2 things
Say 2 sports Say 1 dish
you can
you can you can cook
buy at a
play inside. with eggs.
supermarket.

Say 3 places
where you
can pay with
a credit card.

In this place What does


you can’t… the sign say?
Say 2 things
Say 2 things Say 1 place you can
you can do where you have at your
at the beach. can’t park. favourite
restaurant.

Say 2 places
where you
can’t go in if
you’re late.

What does What can’t


the sign say? you do here?
Say 2 things
Say 3 things 2 places
you can’t do
you can do you can stay
in your
with your when you’re
country until
phone. on holiday.
you’re 18.

FINISH

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8B COMMUNICATIVE What do you like doing?

Student A I love / I like / I don’t like + -ing

1 2 3

I I I
I think you I think you I think you

4 5 6

I I I
I think you I think you I think you

Student B I love / I like / I don’t like + -ing

1 2 3

I football on TV. I I
I think you I think you I think you

4 5 6

I computer games. I think you clothes. I


I think you I think you I think you

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9A COMMUNICATIVE Guess what I’m doing!

making listening eating cooking an


coffee to music pasta omelette

swimming paying by painting a parking


in the sea credit card room a car

playing a taking a doing waiting for


video game photo housework a bus

walking
reading a watching
in the doing yoga
book football
mountains

buying packing a getting having a


a coat suitcase a taxi shower

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9B COMMUNICATIVE A board game

START
Why are
you studying What colour
English? When do you pen are you
usually do writing with? What time
your English do you start
homework? work / school?

Go back
one space.

What do you What do you


do in your usually have in
free time? your bag?
What’s the
Who’s sitting
teacher
on your right?
doing now?
Move
forward
one space.

Think of Do you know


one person anybody who is
in your family. at university?
What’s he / she What are they
doing now? What book are studying? When do you
you reading at
usually go
the moment?
on holiday?

Move Go back
forward one space.
one space.
How do
What What’s the you relax on
language are person on holiday?
you speaking your left
now? doing now? What do you
usually do after
work/school?
What language
do you usually
speak at home?
How do you
usually go
to class? What are you
wearing?
FINISH

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PE5 COMMUNICATIVE Would you like to…?

Student A Student B

a Ask B questions with Would you like to…? a Answer A’s questions.
Then ask Why or Why not?
Would you like to travel around the world? b Ask A questions with Would you like to…?
Then ask Why or Why not?
Why? (Why not?)
Would you like to be a journalist?
b Answer B’s questions. Why? (Why not?)

1 1

travel around the world be a journalist

2 2

play in a rock band meet a famous person

3 3

write a book learn Chinese

4 4

play football for


be in a film
Manchester United

5 5

work for a computer


work in a restaurant
company

6 6

have a big, fast car live in a different country

7 7

go to painting classes travel around the world

8 8

learn to play a
have cooking lessons
musical instrument

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10A COMMUNICATIVE My hotel

Student A

a Choose six things from the list below and write one in the table for each floor of your hotel.

bars gift shop gym reception restaurant spa swimming pool toilets

b Ask B about his / her hotel: Is there a…? Where is it? Are there any…? Where are they? Write the
answers in the chart.

c Answer B’s questions about your hotel. Yes, there is / are. It’s / They’re on the … floor.

Your hotel Your partner’s hotel

THE Queen HOTEL THE Palace HOTEL

5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1

G G

Student B

a Choose six things from the list below and write one on each floor of your hotel.

bars gift shop gym reception restaurant spa swimming pool toilets

b Answer A’s questions about your hotel. Yes, there is / are. It’s / They’re on the … floor.

c Ask A about his / her hotel: Is there a…? Where is it? Are there any…? Where are they? Write the
answers in the chart.

Your hotel Your partner’s hotel

THE Palace HOTEL THE Queen HOTEL

5 5

4 4

3 3

2 2

1 1

G G

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10B COMMUNICATIVE Where were you yesterday?

Student A

a Complete the questions with in, at, or on.

1 Were you the kitchen at eight o’clock yesterday morning?

2 Were you bed yesterday at nine o’clock in the evening?

3 Were you a bus at three o’clock yesterday afternoon?

4 Were you work or school / university yesterday morning?

5 Were you the street at ten o’clock last Friday evening?

6 Were you a friend’s house at the weekend?

7 Were you a café at ten o’clock yesterday morning?

b Now ask B the questions. Then answer B’s questions. If you say No, I wasn’t, say where you were.
If you say Yes, I was give more information if you can. Remember to ask What about you?

Student B

a Complete the questions with in, at, or on.

1 Were you class last week?

2 Were you your town or city at six o’clock yesterday evening?

3 Were you a train at eleven o’clock yesterday morning?

4 Were you a shopping centre last Saturday?

5 Were you home alone last night?

6 Were you bed at nine o’clock yesterday morning?

7 Were you a car at four o’clock yesterday afternoon?

b Answer A’s questions. If you say No, I wasn’t, say where you were. If you say Yes, I was give more
information if you can. Remember to ask And what about you? Then ask A your questions.

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11A COMMUNICATIVE Find someone who…

Find someone who... Student’s name

1 watched TV last night.

2 studied English last weekend.

3 played football yesterday.

4 cooked dinner yesterday.

5 walked to class today.

6 listened to the radio yesterday.

7 waited for a bus yesterday.

8 cleaned his / her room last weekend.

9 talked to their mother this morning.

10 travelled by plane on their last holiday.

11 last night.

12 yesterday.

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11B COMMUNICATIVE Life in a day

Student A

a Ask Student B the questions.


Me My partner
1 / get up at eight o’clock this morning?
2 / have a very long shower this morning?
3 / get a bus to English class today?
4 / do English homework ten minutes before the class?
5 / go to bed very early last night?
6 / get a train yesterday?
7 / have two coffees (or more) yesterday morning?
8 / have lunch at home yesterday?
9 / have breakfast in bed last weekend?
10 / go shopping with friends last weekend?

b How many things did the two of you (you and your partner) do?

Student B

a Ask Student A the questions.


Me My partner
1 / do exercise yesterday?
2 / have cereal for breakfast today?
3 / do your English homework with a friend?
4 / get a bus to work / school yesterday?
5 / have dinner with your family last night?
6 / have a coffee after dinner last night?
7 / get home very late yesterday?
8 / have lunch with a friend on Saturday?
9 / get up late last Sunday?
10 / go shopping for food last weekend?

b How many things did the two of you (you and your partner) do?

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PE6 COMMUNICATIVE Where are you?

1 You are outside the restaurant in Oxford Street. 5 You are outside the factory in Park Street. Turn
Turn left and then turn right into West Road. left then turn left again into West Road. Go
Go straight on. Then left into Park Street. It’s straight on. Turn right into King Street. Go
the building on the left, opposite the park. straight on. It’s on the corner of King Street
(the hospital) and East Road. (the phone shop)

2 You are outside the phone shop in East Road. 6 You are outside the museum in West Road.
Turn left and go straight on. Turn left into Park Turn left and then turn left again into Park
Street. It’s the building on the left next to the Street. Go straight on. Turn right into East
car park. (the supermarket) Road. It’s on the left. (the cinema)

3 You are outside the bookshop in Oxford 7 You are outside the cinema in East Road. Turn
Street. Turn right and go straight on. Turn right right and go straight on in East Road. Turn left
into West Road. Go straight on. Turn right into into King Street. Go straight on. It’s on the left
London Road. It’s on the right. (the hotel) after the gym. (the school)

4 You are outside the hotel. Turn left and go 8 You are at the supermarket. Turn right and go
straight on. Turn left into East Road. Go straight on in Park Street. Turn right into West
straight on and turn right into Oxford Street. Road, go straight on, and then turn left into
It’s on your left. (the train station) Oxford Street. It’s on the left opposite the
restaurant. (the bookshop)

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12A COMMUNICATIVE Past tense questions

START What time did you


Where did get up today?
you buy your Go back
one space.
phone?
Did you get a bus
or a train today?
Where to?

Where did
you have dinner
last night?

What did you


Move have for breakfast
What time did you forward this morning?
leave the house one space.
this morning?
Did you watch
TV last night?
What did you
watch?

Who did you sit


next to in the
last class? Go back Who did you
one space.
phone or send
Did you travel messages to
last month? yesterday?
Where did you go?

Where did you


go last night / at
the weekend?

Move
Did you use forward
a computer one space.
yesterday?
When did you What for?
Where did you do your English
go on holiday homework?
last summer?
FINISH

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12B COMMUNICATIVE A holiday in Venice
a Look at the picture story. Then number the sentences in the right order.

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

 My meeting finished late.


I was very nervous.  Sarah sent me a message.
‘Where are you?’
1  My girlfriend, Sarah, booked a romantic
weekend in Venice for us.

 She had a great time without


me. She bought a lot of new
 She told me on Friday morning. clothes – and a T-shirt for me.
She wanted to give me a surprise.

 I got a taxi. The taxi driver wanted to


go fast, but there was a lot of traffic.

 I arrived at the airport very late.  I had a meeting at work
The gate was closed. that afternoon. I told her:
‘Meet me at the airport’.
 Sarah went to Venice.
She sent me photos  I phoned Sarah. She was on the
of the lovely hotel. plane. I said, ‘Go without me’.

b In pairs, cover the sentences. Look at the pictures and tell the story.

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COMMUNICATIVE Revision questions

1 Personal information 2 Talk about a friend

What’s your surname? What’s his / her name?


How do you spell it? What does he / she do?
What’s your email address? Where does he / she live?
What’s your mobile number? How old is he /she?
What’s your address? Is he / she married?
What’s your postcode? Does he / she have children?

3 Food and drink 4 What do you do in your free time?

What’s your favourite food and drink? How do you relax?


Is there any food or drink you don’t like? What do you do when you aren’t at work /
Which do you prefer – breakfast, lunch, in class?
or dinner? Why? What do you like doing with your friends?
What do you usually have for breakfast? What sport or exercise do you do?
What do you drink when you go out at night? When do you have free time?
Do you cook? Do you like it? What do you usually do on a Saturday night?
What do you like doing in your summer holiday?

5 Your typical day (Monday to Friday) 6 What can / can’t you do?

What time do you usually get up? Say three things you can do in English.
How do you go to work or school? Say three things you can see in this class.
Where do you usually have lunch? Say three things you can do with a smartphone.
What time do you get home in the evening? Say two things you can’t do in English class.
What do you do after dinner? Say two things you can’t do on a plane.
What time do you go to bed?

7 Talking about the past 8 Times and dates

Were you at home last night? What time is it now?


Were you in bed at 8.00 this morning? What time does this class finish?
Did you go out last Saturday night? What days do you have English class?
Where did you have lunch yesterday? When’s your birthday?
Where were you at 4.00 yesterday afternoon? What’s your favourite day of the week?
When did you do your English homework? When does this course finish?
Where did you go on your last holiday?

9 Where do you live? 10 Talking about the future

Do you live near here? What are you doing after class today?
Do you live in a house or a flat? Are you meeting a friend after class today?
Is it big or small? Where are you having dinner tonight?
Do you like it? Why (not)? Are you going to bed early tonight?
How many bedrooms are there? What are you doing this weekend?
Describe your bedroom.

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1A VOCABULARY Numbers 0–10 and days
a Find the words for numbers 0–10 and the days of the week.

T H R E E S Y T S I X T

R H J L E A U U G F F W

F Y U E N T Y E D N R O

O N E R F U H S P N I S

U H T H U R S D A Y D T

R N V H B D P A T M A E

T E N X T A A Y C O Y I

S N I N E Y E Y H N U G

W E D N E S D A Y D F H

B E X Z E R O V V A I T

T I N A S E V E N Y V L

S U N D A Y J S P Q E F

b Write the words in the charts.

Numbers Days of the week


0 zero 6 Monday
1 7 T
2 8 W
3 9 T
4 10 F
5 S
S

ACTIVATION
Work with a partner. Student A say a number 0–10 or a day. Student B say the next number or day.
Then change roles.
2 3

Tuesday Wednesday

7 8

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1B VOCABULARY Countries
Look at the map. With a partner write the names of the countries on the map.

Egypt England France Germany Italy Poland Russia Spain Switzerland Turkey

2 4

1 3 5

6 8 10

7 9

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the names of the countries. Look at the map and say the names of the countries.
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PE1 VOCABULARY Classroom language
Look at the pictures. Complete the missing words in the sentences.

The teacher says:


1 2 O your books.

Please sit d o w n.

3 Go to p 5. 4 St up, please.

5 L at the board, please. 6 Cl your book.

The student says:


7 How do you sp ‘dictionary’? 8 Today is Friday and tomorrow…

Can you r that, please?

9 S I’m late. 10

E me. What’s ‘grazie ’ in English?

11 Rob is on holiday in Poland and… 12 What’s the capital of Switzerland?

Sorry. I don’t u . I don’t kn .

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2A VOCABULARY Nationalities and languages
a Complete the chart with the nationalities.
1 2

Country Nationality

Brazil Brazilian

China  
3 4

The USA

Egypt
5 6

Spain  

Turkey  

Switzerland   8
7 9

Russia  

Japan 1

11 12
Poland  
10

Italy  

Germany  

France   13

Mexico  

Match the pictures with the nationalities. Write the numbers in the boxes. 14
b

c Complete the sentences with the correct languages.

1 In Mexico they speak .


2 In Egypt they speak .
3 In the UK and the USA they speak .
4 In Switzerland they speak , , and .

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the chart. Look at the pictures and say the country and nationality.
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2B VOCABULARY Numbers dictation

Student A

Write the numbers in words in the Your numbers column.

Your numbers B’s numbers

15 fifteen 11

23
37
48
56
61
79
84
92

ACTIVATION
Dictate your numbers to B.
Listen to B. Write B’s numbers in the chart.

Student B

Write the numbers in words in the Your numbers column.

Your numbers A’s numbers

11 eleven 15

27
31
43
54
69
78
82
96

ACTIVATION
Listen to A. Write A’s numbers in the chart.
Dictate your numbers to A.
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3A VOCABULARY Things
a Look at the picture. Write the missing words.

1 window 5 umbrella 9 dictionary 13 phone 17 notebook


2 board 6 10 14 18
3 door 7 chair 11 piece of paper 15 ID card 19 watch
4 8 12 16 20

3 2
1
4

10

9 7
1

5
17

20
8 11
13

12 15 16 19
6
14 18

b Check your answers with B.

What’s number 2? It’s a board.


  

a Look at the picture. Write the missing words.

1 window 5 9 13 17
2 board 6 table 10 laptop 14 wallet 18 key
3 7 11 15 19
4 coat 8 bag 12 pen 16 credit card 20 glasses

3 2
1
4

10

9 7
1

5
17

20
8 11
13

12 15 16 19
6
14 18

b Check your answers with A.

What’s number 1? It’s a window.


  
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4A VOCABULARY People and family
a Complete the sentences. Use the words in the list.

boy children friends girl man men woman women

1 2 3 4

Fabio and Anna are Mrs DeSouza is a Kim is a . George and Michael
friends . . are .

5 6 7 8

Alex is a . Mr Husson is a Megan and Dan are Jessica and Helena are
. . .

b Complete the sentences. Use the words in the list.

boyfriend brother daughter father girlfriend grandfather


grandmother husband mother parents sister son wife

Bob
1 Rita is Bob’s wife. Rita
Susan Martin
2 Bob is Rita’s .
3 Rita is Ryan and Brenda’s .
4 Bob is Ryan and Brenda’s .
5 Brenda is Rita and Bob’s . Molly Josh
6 Ryan is Rita and Bob’s .
7 Brenda is Ryan’s .
8 Ryan is Brenda’s .
9 Molly is Ryan’s .
Ryan
10 Josh is Brenda’s .
11 Martin is Brenda and Ryan’s . Brenda
12 Susan is Brenda and Ryan’s .
13 Bob and Rita are Ryan and Brenda’s .
14 Susan and Martin are Brenda’s .

ACTIVATION
Test a partner.
Who is Rita? She’s Bob’s wife.
  
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4B VOCABULARY Colours and common adjectives
a Find the colour words.

low
w hi tehgreyseg
e oa ree
ntr

el
u ere
dw

oy
bl

bro
ex
m

wng g
upinksif oran
black

b Match the words in a to the pictures.

1 2 3 4 5

black

6 7 8 9 10

c Write the opposites of words 1–10.

1 difficult e a s y
2 long
3 expensive
4 beautiful
5 fast
6 old
7 big
8 good
9 slow
10 clean

ACTIVATION
Work with a partner. Student A say an adjective. Student B say the opposite. Then change roles.
easy difficult
  
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5A VOCABULARY Food and drink
Look at the pictures. Complete the words for food and drink.

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24

1 meat 9 c 17 m
2 f 10 s 18 w
3 e 11 p 19 j
4 b 12 v 20 c
5 ch 13 fr 21 y
6 p 14 s 22 s
7 r 15 ch 23 w
8 br 16 t 24 b

ACTIVATION
Work with a partner. Cover the words. Point to a picture and test your partner.
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5B VOCABULARY Common verb phrases 1
Look at the clues. Complete the crossword. 1
H

A
2
V
3
E
4 5 6 7

9 10

11

Across
2 I in a big house with my wife Katya and our children.
4 You don’t a jacket. It isn’t cold.
7 They in a restaurant in London. They’re waiters.
8 I to music on my phone.
10 Excuse me? Do you English?
11 They don’t meat or fish. They’re vegetarians.

Down
1 Do you brothers and sisters?
2 All my friends this song. It’s great!
3 We to English classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
5 I don’t coffee in the evening.
6 Do you TV in the mornings? The programmes are terrible!
7 I don’t a sandwich, thank you. I’m not hungry.
9 I usually books on my tablet or on my phone.
10 Do you English at university?

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the crossword and look at the clues. Say the sentences with the verbs.
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6A VOCABULARY Jobs and places of work
Look at the people in the photos and complete the sentences about their jobs.

1 6

Linda is a shop assistant .


Richard is a .
She works in a souvenir
He works in an Italian
shop . She speaks
. He usually
French and Spanish with
works at the weekend.
customers.

2 7
Amanda is a .
She works in the Paul is a in
of an London. He works in the
important newspaper. . He drives a
She writes articles about black cab.
education.

3 8

Daniel is a . Emma is a .
He works in a big She works in a children’s
secondary . . She works
He teaches history. with Sophie.

4 9

Diana is a . Gary is a   . He


She works in the works in a in
. She works Manchester. He meets a
with her dog, Rex. lot of people every day.

5 10
Sophie is a .
Roger is a .
She works in a children’s
He works in a cheese
. She usually
. He starts
works in the morning,
work at 6.30 every
but sometimes she
morning.
works at night.

ACTIVATION
Work with a partner. Cover the sentences. Talk about the people in the pictures.
Linda is a shop assistant. She works in a souvenir shop.

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6B VOCABULARY What’s the word?
Read the sentences and complete the missing words in the WORD column.

WORD

1 I usually go at five o’clock. h o m e


2 Do you go to by train? or
3 I always have a for lunch. s w
4 We sometimes go on Saturday. p g
5 Do you do the in your house? h w
6 Mike has a every morning. ow
7 The Wilson family has at six o’clock every evening. i r
8 When do you usually lunch? h
9 I’m tired. I want to have a nice hot . b h
10 We need exercise. Do you want to go to the ? y
11 They work at six o’clock every day. i s
12 We never up early on Sundays. e
13 We usually go to late on Saturday night. d
14 In the morning, I go to a café and have a and a croissant. o f
15 We sometimes have in bed on Saturday morning. b k
16 I never TV in the morning. t h
17 The children go to by bus. c o
18 Do you dinner every night for your family? m

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the WORD column. Look at the sentences. Can you remember the words?
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7A VOCABULARY Common verb phrases 2: free time
Complete the sentences with a verb from the list. Write your answers in the VERB column.

do go go out meet play (x3) relax stay swim travel walk

VERB

1 We usually in the mountains on Sundays. Our dog comes, too! walk

2 I usually my friends on Friday evening and we have a pizza.


3 Do you the piano? Yes, but I’m not very good.
4 We always on Saturday night.
5 A Does your son computer games?
B Yes, every evening.
6 I a lot of sport in my free time.
7 I sometimes to the cinema, but I usually watch films on my laptop at home.
8 A Does Marie tennis?
B Yes, she’s very good!
9 I in the sea in the summer. It’s very good exercise.
10 A How do you in the evenings?
B I read or listen to music.
11 I a lot in my job. I go to the USA and the UK for meetings.
12 Do you usually in a hotel when you go on holiday?

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. Cover the VERB column. Look at the sentences. Can you remember the verbs?
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8B VOCABULARY Activities
Look at the pictures. Complete the activities.

1 cooking 2 sw 3 r 4 d 5 fl
yoga

6 w TV 7 g 8 c 9 p 10 e
to the cinema out

11 sh 12 r 13 c 14 sl 15 b
clothes

16 tr 17 g for a walk

ACTIVATION
Look at the activities. With a partner, say:
• Three things you like doing alone.
• Three things you love doing with your friends.
• Three things you hate doing when it’s very cold.

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PE4 VOCABULARY Months and ordinal numbers
a Write the months of the year in the crossword. When the puzzle is complete, you can read the
secret message going down. There are some letters in the puzzle to help you.

1
M A Y
2
C B
3
N E
4
N Y
5
V M
6
P L
7
E U
8
P B
9
A C
10
C E
11
U S
12
U L

The Secret Message: When is ?

b Write the ordinal numbers.


Kate Tom Anne
Susan
Simon Peter
Ella
Simon Rob David
Kate Tom
Anne
Susan Matt
Peter Lucy
Rob

Maya David Matt


Ella Lucy
Cath Ed Margo
Emma Jim
John
John
Mike
Amy

Maya
Cath Ed
John Jim
Emma Margo Mike
Amy

1 – first 2– 3 – third 4–
5– 6 – sixth 7 – seventh 8–
9– 10 – tenth 11 – 12 –
13 – thirteenth 14 – 15 – 16 –
17 – seventeenth 18 – eighteenth 19 – 20 –

ACTIVATION
Cover the chart and look at the picture. Work with a partner. Say a name. Your partner makes a sentence.
Margo She’s seventh.
  
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9A VOCABULARY Common verb phrases 2: travelling
Look at the pictures. Complete the verb phrases.

1 2 3 4

Train Station

5 6 7

Train Station

8 9 10

TAXI Seaside Hotel


TAXI

11 12 13

1 book a hotel 8 g a taxi


2 p a bag 9 w sunglasses
3 l the house 10 st in a hotel
4 a at the train station 11 r a bike
5 c a bag 12 ph a friend
6 w for a train 13 b a T-shirt
7 tr on the train

ACTIVATION
Test your memory. With a partner, cover the verb phrases and look at the pictures. Say the verb phrases.
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9B VOCABULARY Clothes
Look at the photos and write the names of the clothes.

3 6

4
7

He’s wearing a 1 cap , a 2 T- , She’s wearing a 5sw ,


3
sh , and 4 tr . a 6sk , and 7s .

8
11

12
9

10

He’s wearing a 8 j , She’s wearing a 11dr


a 9sh , and 10 j . and a 12c .

13

15

14

He’s wearing a 13s and 14 sh .


She’s wearing 15 tr .

ACTIVATION
Cover the sentences and look at the photos. Say what the people are wearing.
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10A VOCABULARY Draw it!

a bed a pillow a table a lamp

a remote
a cupboard a restaurant a bathroom
control

a swimming
a bath a shower a towel
pool

a car park a bar a garden a lift

a gift shop reception a gym a light

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