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1A

Grammar be: I / you / we positive, negative and questions I

✂

You We

from the USA

from the UK

from Brazil

from Spain

from Mexico

from China

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1B

Grammar be: he / she / they positive, negative and questions

Student A Ask and answer questions to get the missing information. 1

2

3

4

5

6

Name

Anna

Carlo

Sue

Alex

Maria and Antonio

Cristina and Marco

Nationality

Russian

Chinese

Mexican

Town

Sochi

Beijing

Tijuana

✂

Student B Ask and answer questions to get the missing information.

Name

1

2

3

4

5

6

Anna

Carlo

Sue

Alex

Maria and Antonio

Cristina and Marco

Nationality

American

Brazilian

Spanish

Town

Miami

Rio de Janeiro

Segovia

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2A

Grammar be: it’s / it isn’t

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

a flat  a house  a hotel  big  small  old new  beautiful  in a town  in a village

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2B

Grammar Plural nouns; have

Ask questions with Do you have to guess your partner’s answers.

Me

My partner

book

watch

computer

phone

key

knife

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3A

Grammar Present simple: I / you / we / they

I drink cola. I like vegetables. I eat meat.

I like eggs. I eat bread. I drink

milk.

I eat rice.

I eat eggs.

I drink milk.

I drink coffee.

I like meat. I eat vegetables. I drink coffee.

I like meat.

I eat rice. I drink cola. I like fruit.

I drink water.

I eat fish.

I eat fruit.

I drink water.

I like meat.

I like bread.

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I like fruit.

I drink water. I eat fish. I like vegetables.

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I drink milk. I like eggs. I eat bread.

3B

Grammar Adverbs of frequency

Activity A Look at the graphs and make sentences about the students. Graph 1

Do you have coffee with milk? always

8

9

usually sometimes

3

4

never

Graph 2

Do you have a big dinner? 10 8 6 4 2 0

always

usually

sometimes

never

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4A

Grammar Present simple: Wh- questions

Student A Ask questions to complete the gaps.

I work in a 1

in Gdansk in Poland. I love Gdansk – it’s very nice. I don’t live in a house –

I live in a small flat near the factory. I go to work early at 2 3

so I have breakfast in

, usually 4

at eight o’clock.

My sister lives in Germany so I study 5

two days a week in a language

school. I sometimes meet my friends and play football in 6 7

. We like , but we aren’t very good!

✂ Student B Ask questions to complete the gaps.

I work in a factory in Gdansk in Poland. I love 1 I live in a small 2 4

– it’s very nice. I don’t live in a house –

near the factory. I go to 3

early at seven o’clock so I have

in the factory, usually tea and sandwiches at 5

Germany so I study German two days a week in a 6

.

I sometimes meet my friends and play 7

in the park. We like football, but

we aren’t very good!

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4B

Grammar Present simple: he / she / it positive

Student A 1

t

e

a

c

h

e

2

3

s p

4 5 8

6

w

e

a

t

a r

k

e

9

10

g o

7

e

Across

Down

1 Carlos English in a very big school.

2 Manuel Spanish at home and English at work.

6 My brother

s

s

factory.

s

in a

to

5 Lucy work at 9:00.

10 Tessa meat three times a week.

s

✂ Student B 1

2

3

h a

4 5 8

t u

7 9

p l

d

a

i

y

e

s

10

i

v

e

e

t

s

Down

4 Rita her friends at six o’clock in the café.

3 My sister two daughters.

9 Mark a small flat.

6

s

m

Across

e

s

in

7 Ronaldo football very well. 8 Tom French at a language school.

s

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5A

Grammar there is / there are: positive

Activity A Look at this picture for 30 seconds. Then write sentences with there is/there’s and there are.

Activity B 1 Draw a picture with the ten objects in the picture in Activity A, but change the number of objects.

2

Give your picture to your partner for 30 seconds. After 30 seconds, your partner says sentences with there is/there’s and there are.

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5B

Grammar there is / there are : negative and questions

Student A: Room 101

Free wi-fi

You are in Room 101 of The London Hotel. Your friend is in Room 102. Describe your room and ask questions about your partner’s room. Find six differences and write them here:

✂ Student B: Room 102

You are in Room 102 of The London Hotel. Your friend is in Room 101. Describe your room and ask questions about your partner’s room. Find six differences and write them here:

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6A

Grammar Present simple: he / she / it negative

2 1

3

5 4

Name:

Bart Johnson

Name:

Victor Polenski

Name:

Martina Lopez

Nationality:

American

Nationality:

Polish

Nationality:

Mexican

Job:

office worker

Job:

IT worker

Job:

student of English

Languages:

English

Languages:

English, Polish

Languages:

Spanish, English

Likes and dislikes:

cars

Likes and dislikes:

tennis

Likes and dislikes:

tennis

books

tea

football

swimming

swimming

computers

Name:

Brita Schmidt

Nationality:

German

Job:

receptionist

Languages:

German, English, Polish, Russian

Likes and dislikes:

football computer books swimming

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Name:

Diego Sanchez

Nationality:

Spanish

Job:

football player

Languages:

Spanish, English

Likes and dislikes:

cars tennis computers swimming

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Grammar Present simple: he / she / it questions

Take turns to choose different people and answer questions to guess the job.

Where Does What time When Is his/her job

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7A

Grammar this, that, these, those

this

these

this

these

this

these

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lamp

plate

chair

clock

computer

laptop

TV

radio

pillow

bed

blanket

table

lamps

plates

chairs

clocks

computers

laptops

TVs

radios

pillows

beds

blankets

tables

that

those

that

those

that

those

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7B

Grammar Possessive ’s

Look at the clothes. Are they Gary’s, Jackie’s, Jose’s or Dominique’s?

GARY

JOSE

JACKIE

DOMINIQUE

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Past simple: be

Student A

1 Complete the questions with was / were. 2

Ask your partner the questions. The correct answer has a *.

1 Who

B a tennis player from Spain C a basketball player from Brazil the 2008 Olympics?

A London

1 Complete the questions with was / were. 2

Ask your partner the questions. The correct answer has a *. Beatles?

A John, Paul, Ringo and George* B John, Paul, Simon and George C John, Paul, Ringo and Simon

2 What country

B Sochi

A Brazil

C Beijing*

B Spain Albert Einstein

from?

Brontë?

B Germany*

A singers

C France

B painters

4 Orville and Wilbur Wright are famous for flying the first plane.

they … ?

A brothers* B father and son C friends in Brazil?

Christopher

C Italy*

3 Who

A Russia

5 When

the four people in The

Columbus from?

3 What country

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Student B 1 Who

Eusebio?

A a football player from Portugal*

2 Where

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8A

Grammar

the last Football World Cup

Emily, Anne and Charlotte

C writers*

4 What

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s job?

A football player B tennis player C basketball player*

5 Where

A 2013

A Manchester

B 2014*

B London*

C 2015

C Paris

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8B

Grammar Past simple: positive

✂ Freda

a book. (read)

Herman

lunch for a friend. (cook)

At 11:00 Tom Sara

to town. (go) in a café with her friend. (be)

✂ Irene and Connor

to a friend’s party. (go)

Mario

at the cinema on Saturday. (be)

Freda

at home on Monday. (stay)

This morning Tom

shopping. (go)

✂ Mario

a film with a friend. (watch)

Irene and Connor

at a friend’s house on Friday. (be)

Gerald and Sylvia

tennis. (play)

Alice

to her friend’s house on Monday. (go)

✂ On Monday Herman Gerald and Sylvia

at home. (stay) in the park this afternoon. (be)

Alice

a nice meal at a friend’s house. (have)

Sara

a pizza yesterday. (have)

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9A

Grammar Past simple: negative

Student A 1

Work with another Student A and complete the text with the past simple negative forms of the verbs in the box. not eat  not have  not like  not meet  not speak  not swim  not use

We really 1

this holiday! The taxi driver 2

so we went by bus. We 3

us at the airport

the food at the hotel because it was horrible!

The people at the hotel 4

English very well. We 5

our room so we 6

the Internet. We 7

wi-fi in in the pool because the

water was very cold. It was a terrible holiday!

2

Work with two Student Bs. You were the guests in the hotel. Speak to your travel agents about your bad holiday!

✂ Student B 1

Work with another Student B and complete the text with the past simple negative forms of the verbs in the box. not eat  not go  not like  not listen  not use  not swim  not wait

These guests were really bad! The taxi driver was a few minutes late at the airport, but they 1

for him. So they 2

They 3

at the hotel, but they went to restaurants every evening.

They 4

when we spoke to them in English. There’s free wi-fi downstairs in the

hotel, but they 5 shopping every day. I really 7

2

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by taxi, they went by bus!

it. They 6

in the pool because they went these guests!

Work with two Student As. You are travel agents. Speak to your bad hotel guests!

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9B

Grammar Past simple: questions

✂ Where / go on holiday last summer?

you go to a restaurant last week?

Where / go to school when you were six?

How / you get here today?

What time / you wake up this morning?

What / you have for dinner yesterday?

have breakfast this morning?

you watch TV last night?

go shopping yesterday?

What / you do yesterday?

Where / you at 9:00 this morning?

What / you have for breakfast?

you go to the cinema last weekend?

you listen to the radio this morning?

What / the weather like yesterday?

When / you go to bed last night?

What / you do last night?

you drink coffee yesterday?

Where / you go on your last holiday?

What new words / you learn last week?

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10A

Grammar Present continuous: positive

Student A Talk about your picture. What can you see? Which three things are the same in all the pictures?

✂ Student B Talk about your picture. What can you see? Which three things are the same in all the pictures?

✂ Student C Talk about your picture. What can you see? Which three things are the same in all the pictures?

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10B

Grammar Present continuous: negative and questions

1 Write the names of the people in the box in the table. Tim  Karen  Sam and Mia  Carlo  Pablo and Sue  Julia 2

Ask questions with the present continuous to find the names in your partner’s table.

Me in the park in the garden on the train at work in a restaurant at home in a café on the beach eat a cake

read a newspaper

speak to a friend

drink cola

listen to music

study English

have coffee

play a computer game

eat a cake

read a newspaper

speak to a friend

drink cola

listen to music

study English

have coffee

play a computer game

My partner in the park in the garden on the train at work in a restaurant at home in a café on the beach

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11A

Grammar Object pronouns

1 Complete the sentences with your own ideas and the questions with the correct object pronoun. Write your own sentence and question for number 12. me 2

her

him

them

it

Ask and answer the questions with a partner.

1. My favourite film star is 2. My favourite food is 3. My favourite restaurant is 4. My favourite city is 5. I don’t know how to get to 6. My favourite animals are 7. My favourite sport is

. Do you know . Do you like

. Do you know

12. My favourite

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? ?

. Can you tell

?

. Do you like . Can you play

? ?

and

9. My favourite football player is

11. My favourite book is

?

. Do you know

8. My favourite free time activities are

10. My favourite singers are

?

. Do you do

. Do you know

?

and . Do you have

. Do you know

?

? .

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11B

Grammar can for ability

Marie wants to meet new friends in a new city. Read about Marie and different people. Choose one person for Marie to meet.

Name

Marie

Nationality

French

Age

24

Job

hotel receptionist

Abilities

✓ swims, speaks English, rides a

MAKE FRIENDS

horse, dances

✗ cooks, plays tennis Other information

likes good food and fast cars doesn’t like her job or computers

Name

Dasha

Name

Julie

Nationality

Russian

Nationality

German

Age

26

Age

30

Job

racing driver

Job

doctor

Abilities

✓ plays chess well, plays tennis, speaks French ✗ cooks, dances

Abilities

✓ paints well, rides a horse, speaks English ✗ cooks, dances

Name

Enzo

Name

Pablo

Nationality

Italian

Nationality

Spanish

Age

21

Age

24

Job

works in an expensive restaurant

Job

works with computers

Abilities

✓ rides a motorbike,

Abilities

✓ dances, sings well, cooks well, speaks French ✗ rides a horse, drives

swims quite well

✗ speaks English, plays tennis, sings

I think Enzo is a good friend for Marie because he can cook.

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12A

Grammar going to: positive and negative

Roll the dice three times. Make sentences with going to. When? 2

tomorrow

3

in winter

4

this Wednesday

5

in three weeks

6

at the weekend

7

on Monday

8

this evening

9

next week

10

in the summer

11

on Thursday morning

12

on my birthday

1

me

2

our teacher

3

my friend _____

4

we

5

you

6

_____ and ______ (your own ideas)

2

study Japanese

3

start a new job

4

buy a flat

5

not eat meat

6

buy a motorbike

7

not play computer games

8

swim 20 km

9

not drink coffee

10

go on holiday

11

not drive

12

run 10 km

Who?

What?

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12B

Grammar going to: questions

1 Complete the questions and answers with the correct form of going to and the verbs in brackets. 2 Choose the best answers for you. When you have finished, check what your answers mean. 1 What next Saturday?

2

(do)

5

(get)

A I to bed early.

(go)

A No, I up late, at 11:00 am.

(get)

B I a museum.

(visit)

B Yes, I 5 km.

(run)

C I my English homework.

(do)

C No, I in bed all morning.

(stay)

your flat/house tonight?

(clean)

6

any sport today?

(do)

A Yes, I it.

(clean)

A Yes, I to the kitchen!

(walk)

B No, I a party in my flat/house.

(have)

B Yes, I tennis.

(play)

C No, I a computer game.

(play)

C No, my friend (clean) it. 3 Where (go) on holiday this summer?

7

(stay) A I at home and sleep late every day.

4

up early tomorrow?

your friends this week? A I don’t have friends.

B I Australia.

(visit)

B Yes, I them to the cinema.

C I to my grandparents.

(go)

C Yes, they (do) my washing.

(relax)

this evening?

(invite)

8 What (get) your friend for his/her birthday?

A Yes, I work early, at 9 pm.

(finish)

A I him/her a picture of me.

B Yes, I yoga.

(do)

B We Paris.

C Yes, I shopping.

(go)

C I him/her a plant.

Mostly As = Not good! Read the advice on p.98 of the Student’s Book. Mostly Bs = Great! You’re going to have a very interesting life! Mostly Cs = Not good, not bad. Make a to-do list.

(meet)

(give) (visit)

?? ? ?

(buy)

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