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3 Read the text again. Are these sentences true Speaking • Ask two students to read
(T) or false (F)? aloud the example dialogue.
1 T Bob Geldof is a musician.
6 You want to arrange a charity concert in your • Elicit suggestions for
school. Decide on a charity and make a list
2 F Live Aid was the world’s first charity concert.
of ideas. continuing the dialogue.
3 F Only the concert audience gives money.
Remind students to use
4 T You can watch some charity concerts in charity: children’s hospital
different parts of the world. Jon – sings the language of making
5 T Madonna and Jay-Z were the star
sell T-shirts suggestions from page 58.
performers in Hope for Haiti.
6 F Performers like charity concerts because school orchestra • Students work in pairs,
they get lots of money. our band discussing their ideas for a
choir school charity concert.
4 Look at the words. Find the words (1–5) in
the text and match them with the correct 7 Work in pairs. Discuss your ideas. • Each pair tells the class or
definitions (a–e).
A Shall we ask Jon to sing? another group what they
c) 1 charity a) when the ground suddenly B Good idea! And let’s make and sell hot dogs. decided.
moves and causes lots of A Cool. Why don’t we sell T-shirts?
damage B Great.
d) 2 disaster b) a person hurt or killed
e) 3 famine c) an organisation that gets
money/things and helps • Read through the stages of
people
Work in pairs. Make a poster for your charity the project so that students
a) 4 earthquake d) any sudden bad event that concert. understand what to do.
hurts people
Give them time in class or
b) 5 victim e) when lots of people are ill/die
because they don’t have food
Charity Concert at home to find visuals and
All money goes to design their posters.
Alice Hall Children’s Hospital • Check students’ draft texts
5 Complete the sentences with words from
Exercise 4. At 18.30 on Saturday 16th May before they prepare the final
in the school gym
1 A charity collected toys for the children’s version of their posters and
hospital. Tickets Starring add their pictures.
2 Did you hear the news about the disaster ?
A train came off the line.
Students: £3
Adults: £5
Jon Farmer • Students show their posters
The Elastic Band
3 The hospital looked after the victims of an Children under 10: £2 Morton High School to the class. If you have
earthquake. Choir and Orchestra space in your classroom,
4 Did you feel the earthquake last night? It woke
me up. T-shirts and posters for sale students can make a display
5 There was no rain for three years so there was of their posters.
a terrible famine .
1 Before you start, choose two topics each
from the list. Make notes.
• the charity
• the date, time and place
• the ticket price/s
• the performers
Exercise 4 Speaking
• Students work individually or in
pairs, finding the words in the Exercise 6
text and matching them with the • Read through the example list with
definitions. the class.
• Encourage students to suggest two
Answers ➞ student page or three more ideas for the list.
Exercise 5
• Check answers by asking individuals
to read aloud the sentences.
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Exercise 2 – Audioscript
One
d
A What does your sister look
like?
e f
B Well, she’s got long, curly,
brown hair. She’s got brown
eyes and she wears glasses.
She’s older than me – she’s
sixteen.
Looks
Two
A What does your boyfriend
look like?
B Er, well, I think he’s good-
looking. He’s got black hair
Get Ready and big, brown eyes. He’s got
a long nose and face. He’s
1 Picture Dictionary page 107. Look at the Key 3.03 2 Listen and match the descriptions (1–6) with eighteen, a year older than me.
Words. Find examples of them in the photos. the photos (a–f).
Three
The girl in photo e) has got blond hair. 3 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about
your friends and family.
A What does your girlfriend
3.02 Key Words: look like?
What does your best friend/brother/sister look like?
B Well, I haven’t got a regular
4 Game Work in pairs. Think of a famous girlfriend, but I sometimes go
person. Take turns to ask questions and guess
who it is.
out with Natalie. She’s slim
and she’s got long, straight
A Is it a man? B No, it isn’t. hair. She’s blond. She’s got
A Is she young? B Yes, she is.
A Has she got blond hair? B No, she hasn’t. blue eyes. She wears braces.
Four
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A What does your brother look
like?
B He’s fourteen. He’s got dark
hair and brown eyes. He’s a
Get Ready Answers
1 d) 2 c) 3 e) 4 f) 5 a) 6 b)
bit plump, I suppose. He’s got
a great smile!
3.2 Exercise 1 Five
• Students check the meaning of the A What does your best friend
Key Words in the Picture Dictionary. Exercise 3 look like?
• Students work in pairs or small • Point out the difference in meaning B He’s really tall for his age.
groups of three to four, finding between these two questions: He’s got short brown hair
examples of the Key Words in the 1 What does John look like? asking and brown eyes. He’s a great
photos. about appearance, e.g. He’s tall and basketball player.
slim. Six
3.3 Exercise 2 2 What is John like? asking about A What does your best friend
Audioscript ➞ end of notes character, e.g. He’s friendly and look like?
helpful. B She’s a year younger than
• Play the recording for students to
listen and match the descriptions me, that’s sixteen. She’s quite
with the photos. slim. She’s very pretty, I think.
She’s got long, red hair and
brown eyes. She always wears
earrings and often borrows
mine!
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Warm-up
no
n w
ow I have short hair
3.4 Exercise 1 and I pain t my nails red.
• Students check the meaning Reading and Listening
of the Key Words in the
Picture Dictionary. 3.05 2 Read and listen to the dialogue. Are these
sentences true (T) or false (F)?
• Play the recording for
1 T Ella has got red and blond highlights
students to listen and repeat in her hair.
the Key Words. 2 T Lilly has got a new hairstyle.
• Ask one of the students to 3 T Ella enjoyed the summer.
4 F The new computer room is ready.
read aloud the example 5 F Danny has got long hair.
sentence. It is the first day at school after the summer
• Elicit other adverbs of holidays. Two girls, Ella and Lilly, are talking at
morning break.
frequency e.g. always,
Lilly Hi, Ella. You’ve cut your hair, it looks great!
usually, sometimes, hardly
Ella Yes, I have. I’ve put a few red and blond
ever and never. highlights in it too. And, you’ve changed
your hairstyle!
Reading and Lilly Yeah, I did it last week. Do you like it?
Ella It’s fantastic.
Listening Lilly A new school year, a new look! Did you have Grammar: Present Perfect
a good summer?
3 Complete the table with have, has, haven’t
3.5 Exercise 2 Ella Yeah, it was great. or hasn’t.
Lilly Have you finished your project?
• Give students time to read Ella No, I haven’t. Have you done it? Affirmative Negative
through the sentences (1–5). Lilly I’ve nearly finished. I’ve got it on the I/You/We/They I/You/We/They
• Play the recording for memory stick with me. Maybe we can go to 1 have nearly 3 haven’t arrived.
students to listen and read the computer room at lunch time. Have they finished. He/She/It 4 hasn’t
finished the new computer room? He/She/It 2 has shaved it.
the dialogue and write true Ella No, they haven’t. The keyboards haven’t lost weight.
(T) or false (F). arrived. We’ll have to find an empty
classroom. Yes/No Questions Short Answers
Answers ➞ student page Lilly Hey, have you seen Danny Taylor? 5 Have I/you/we/ Yes, I/you/we/they
Ella No, why? they finished? have.
No, I/you/we/they
Lilly He looks really different. He’s lost weight, 6 haven’t .
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Practice
6 Complete the sentences with the verbs in
brackets in the Present Perfect. Exercise 8
1 She (lose) a lot of weight. She’s very • Ask two students to read
slim now. aloud the first question and
2 I (not dye) my hair! It goes fairer in
the sun. the example answers.
3 My dad (grow) a beard. He looks • Tell students to write at
older. least two answers to each
4 you (put) highlights in
now
question, first using the cue
I am thinner your hair?
5 She (not put) any make-up on today. and then using their own
and I have short hair. She looks younger. ideas.
6 he (put on) weight? He
looks fatter. • When checking answers, see
7 She (not paint) her nails today. She how many different ideas
hasn’t had the time. students have thought of.
8 The actor (shave) his head for a part
in a film. It looks cool.
Answers
7 Look at the two pictures of Ella and Danny 2 She has dyed her hair.
on pages 64 and 65. What are the differences
between then and now?
3 I haven’t finished my
project.
Ella has put red and blond highlights in her hair.
4 I haven’t tidied it up.
8 Explain these situations using the Present 5 I have washed it.
Perfect. Use the cues in brackets or your own
ideas.
6 He has broken his leg.
1 Why are you happy? (pass the exam)
I have passed the exam. / My team has won.
2 Why does she look different? (dye her hair) Your Turn
3 Why can’t you go out? (not finish my project)
4 Which verbs in the table in Exercise 3 are 4 Why is your bedroom a mess? (not tidy it up)
Exercise 9
regular and which are irregular? Find more 5 Why is the floor wet? (wash it)
examples in the dialogue. 6 Why can’t he play basketball? (break his leg) • Read through the adjectives
5 Find sentences in the text to explain these and verbs in the table with
situations. Then choose the correct alternative Your Turn the students.
in the rule below. • Ask two students to read
9 Work in pairs. Use the words in the table to
Situation now Because ask questions. aloud the example question
1 Ella’s hair looks She has put highlights A You look happy. Have you heard a good joke? and answer.
different. in it. B No, I haven’t. I’m in a good mood! • Elicit another exchange
2 The girls can’t go to They haven’t finished it. happy unhappy tired great cool
using one of the other
the computer room. adjectives or verbs.
hear a joke
3 The new computer The keyboards haven’t see a sad film • Students work in pairs,
room isn’t ready. arrived. buy some new clothes taking turns to ask and
4 Danny looks He’s lost weight and dye your hair answer questions. Tell
he’s cut his hair. work hard today
different. students they can invent
information about what
We use the Present Perfect to talk about they’ve done if they want to.
present / past events when we can see their • Each student tells the class
results in the present.
TIM E OUT! Page 101, Exercise 16 65 two things that their partner
has (or hasn’t) done.
TI M E OUT! Page 101,
Exercise 16
Practice Exercise 7
• Tell students to look at the photos Photocopiable activity 12,
Exercise 6 and read the texts to help them Teacher’s Resources MultiROM
• Refer students to the Irregular Verb with the differences. Students work
list (page 112). Check that students individually, writing their sentences.
understand that the third column Check students’ sentences.
(Past Participle) is the form used in
the Present Perfect. Suggested answers
• Check answers by asking individuals Ella has cut her hair. She has painted
to read the sentences aloud. her nails red.
Danny has cut his hair. He has lost
Answers weight.
1 has lost 2 haven’t dyed Ella and Danny have grown up.
3 has grown 4 Have you put
5 hasn’t put 6 Has he put on
7 hasn’t painted 8 has shaved
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Street Style
Nike is an American company
which manufactures both We’re in Manchester to
find out about different
sports clothes and equipment. a groups of young people.
The company takes its name
1
from the Greek goddess of Skaters love skateboarding. They wear baggy jeans,
T-shirts and trainers – but they don’t do up their
victory. shoelaces. They sometimes wear a woollen hat
Burberry is a British fashion or a baseball cap back to front. Max says, ‘All my
friends are Skaters. We listen to music when we do
house, famous for clothes and b skateboard tricks.’
accessories with characteristic
2
Townies like clothes by Nike and Burberry. They
tartan patterns. It was founded wear tracksuits, hoodies and gold jewellery. The
boys often wear baseball caps. They listen to
in 1856 by Thomas Burberry. rap and R&B. Tracy says, ‘My boyfriend gave the
Marilyn Manson and Sisters jewellery to me. I love it.’
3
Goths wear black clothes and put on lots of black
of Mercy are both heavily eye make-up. Both boys and girls have long, black
influenced by Goth subculture. hair and they usually have pale skin. Some Goths
have face piercings. They listen to bands like Marilyn
The former is from the United Manson and Sisters of Mercy. Jake says, ‘I wear black
States and the latter from but the music is more important than the clothes.’
the UK.
4
Techies love technology. They have the latest
mobile phone and laptop. The Internet is more
Cajun Dance Party released important to them than fashion. They find out
only one album in 2008 before everything they want to know from the Internet.
Kelly says, ‘I don’t go shopping and try on clothes
splitting up in 2009. They but I love my computer. I love YouTube. I download
music and photos. Yesterday I sent about fifty files
made numerous appearances to my friends.’
at festivals and are a reference
5
Indie kids love guitar bands and ‘live’ music. They
point for Indie subculture. don’t like designer clothes. They wear tight jeans,
American trainers and T-shirts with the name of
their favourite band. Holly says, ‘At the moment I like
Exercise 5
• Students say what their favourite
and least favourite styles are.
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Exercise 9
7 Look at the Sentence Builder. Rewrite the
sentences below without to or for. • Ask two students to read
aloud the example dialogue.
Sentence Builder • Students work in pairs,
exchanging opinions.
• The class can vote for the
d
‘coolest’ object and the
about fifty ‘least cool’ object.
files
TI M E OUT! Page 101,
e
1 Please give your email address to me. Exercise 17
2 I sent a text message to him.
3 My sister bought a CD for me.
4 I’ll make a sandwich for you. Photocopiable activity 13,
5 We showed the holiday photos to our friends. Teacher’s Resources MultiROM
6 Mum made a cake for us.
Speaking
8 Work in pairs. Use the ‘coolometer’ to talk
about the things in the box.
Exercise 6 Exercise 7
• Check answers by asking individuals • Read the sentences with the
to read aloud the sentences. students.
• Write one pair of sentences on the
Answers ➞ student page board. Draw students’ attention to
the change in word order and the
Extra use of to in one of the sentences.
STEP
diaries. More than one person and make notes.
7 buying a new phone
can contribute to them by 3 going to Covent Garden sports day: sunny day, no lessons, parents
uploading diary entries. More 3 visiting The Tower of London
came
than half of all ‘bloggers’ are 7 seeing Joe in the café
meeting her friends at the shopping centre
2
7
teenagers. Some schools in the Choose a day each and use the notes to write
STEP
the blog or diary.
UK have school blogs or diaries 2 Read Lydia’s blog and check your ideas.
on the Internet that pupils can
3 Put your days together. Use some linking
STEP
contribute to. Text Builder words from Exercise 3.
STEP
Writing: A diary or after before during later
and put it on the classroom wall.
view comments. I wanted to take some photos for the competition but I didn’t have
my phone. When I got home, I found it in Joe’s room. I was really
(Answers
angry with him.
older posts – previous blog view comments (7)
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view comments – the number of
people (3/10/7) who have written
a comment about this entry in
Lydia’s Blog) Text Builder Exercise 4
• Read through the steps with the
Exercise 3 class so students understand what
to do.
Answers ➞ student page • Remind students to use linking
words from Exercise 3. Check
Extra students’ draft blogs before they
write their final version.
In turn, each student reads aloud one • If you have space in your classroom,
or two sentences of Lydia’s Blog. Correct students can make a display of
any serious pronunciation errors. their blogs.
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