Elementary

Student's Book

Hüadwav

English Course

Liz and John Soars

OXFORD

UNIVERSITY PRESS

Stop and check        Teacher's Book p138

5     Where do you live? p36

6     Can you speak English?

44

7     Then and now p52

There is/are

There's a book on the table. p36 How many ?

How many books are there? p36

Prepositions of place in front of the fire p36 some and any

There are some cups. There aren't any plates. p38 this, that, these, those This is the kitchen.

Whaps in these cupboards? p38

can/can't

I can ski really well.

She can't speak Japanese. p44 was/were

Where were you last night? p46 could

I could swim when I was five. p46 was born

He was born in London. p47

Past Simple (1)

Regular verbs

She started work when she was eight. p52

Irregular verbs

He left school in 1994. p54

Time expressions

Rooms living room, kitchen p36 Household goods armchair, lamp cupboard, washing machine p36 What's in your bag?

letter, bus ticket, mobile phone p39 Parts of a plane cockpit, steps p40 Places cinema, pub p43

Countries and languages

Italy, Italian p44 Verbs translate, check, laugh p45

Words that sound the same I, eye; no, know p50

Verbs earn, marry, die p53 verbs begin, leave, become p54

Spelling and silent letters bomb, listen p58

last night yesterday morning p55 Hello and goodbye Telephone numbers PI 1 How are you?

See you this evening! PI I

In a café

Prices p18

Can I have ?

How much is it? p19

                            It's quarter past five.                                                     possessive adjectives

Speaking                                                                      Social expressions                                                          An informal letter

A questionnaire — how do you live? p30

Reading and listening Three people talk about their favourite season p32

Speaking

What's your favourite season? p33

Leisure activities p34

Speaking and listening

What are the differences between the two pictures? p37

Reading and speaking

At home on a plane p40

Listening and speaking

Homes around the world p42

Speaking

Questionnaire - what can you do? p45

Reading and speaking Super Kids p48

Speaking

What did you do at the end of the 20th century? p54

When did it happen? p55

Reading and speaking famous firsts:

George Washington and Margaret Thatcher p56

I'm sorry.

Excuse me?

Pardon? p35

Directions I

Is there a post office near here?

Yes, it's over there. p43

On the phone Directory Enquiries p50 Can I speak to Jo, please?

I'll just get her. p51

Special occasions

Thanksgiving

Happy birthday! p58

A letter to a penfriend WB p25

Linking words and, so, but, because WB p31

Describing where you live WB p31

Formal letters I

A letter of application for a job WB p36

Writing a paragraph describing a holiday

WB p40

Unit

8 How long ago?

P60

Grammar

Past Simple (2)

Negatives and ago

People didn't watch TV a hundred years ago. p61

Time expressions in 1994, on Saturday, at seven o'clock p63

Vocabulary

Which word is different?

apple, chicken, banana p63

Phonetic symbols

/'resapi/ p63 Relationships fall in love, get engaged p64

12 Life's an adventure            going to   Verbs p90               I'm going to be a ballet dancer. p90      sneeze, jump, fall p92

                                                              Infinitive of purpose                                                          The weather

                                                                 I'm going to Holland to see the tulips. p92                        sunny, cloudy

                                                              Tapescripts PI 14                     Grammar Reference p124                     Word list p135

    Speaking                                                                    At the airport                                                                 A thank-you letter WB p80

          Things you have done p106                                           check in your luggage

    Reading and speaking                                                    go to gate 4 PI 13

How to live to be 100 PI 10

Listening

    Appendix 1 — irregular verbs p142                  Appendix 2 — verb patterns PI 42                     Phonetic symbols p143

Hello everybody!

am/is/are my/your/his/her Everyday objects • Numbers • Hello and goodbye

STARTER                    1 Say your names.

I'm Tomas.

2 Stand up in alphabetical order and say your names.

                                                                               I'm I'm I'm Tomas.                                                     I'm Zak.

INTRODUCTIONS am/is/are, my/your

Read and listen.

A   Hello. My name's Paula. What's your name?

B   Rosa.

A Where are you from, Rosa? B I'm from Chicago.

Listen and repeat.

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2 Write the conversation.

A Hello. MyRichard. What's name? B Kurt.

are you from, Kurt?

from Hamburg. Whereyou from?

London.

Listen and check.

6   Where are the people from? Write the countries from exercise 4.

This is Richard. This is Tomoko. This is Lena and Miguel. ue'g from England. She's from Japan.

                             Buongiorno!                                          Privyet!                                                   gziagztok!

   This is Anna.                                      This is Irina.                                       This is László and Ilona.

   This is María.                                     This is Kurt.                                        This is Pierre.

7   Ask and answer questions about the people. Use he/his and she/her.

             What's his name?                Richard.

Where's he from?

               What's her name?              Tomoko.

            Where's she from?              Japan.

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PRACTICE

Talking about you

1 Ask and answer questions with a partner about the students in your class.

What's his name?

mere's

2 Introduce your partner to the class.

This is

Hamburg

Listening and pronunciation

3Listen and tick (V) the sentence you hear.

She's from Spain.

He's from Spain.

What's her name? What's his name?

They're from Brazil. They're in Brazil.

Where's she from? Where's he from?

He's a teacher in Italy. [2 His teacher in Italy.

Check it

4 Complete the sentences with am, is, are, his, her, or your.

1    My name is Anna.

2    Where     you from?

3    1  from Japan.

4    'What's    name?' 'My name's

Tomoko.'

5    Max and Lisa from Chicago. 6 This my teacher. name's Richard.

7    Where      he from?

8    This is my sister.  name's Emma.

Reading and writing

5                             Listen and read about Rafael.

My name's Rafael Ramos and I'm a doctor. I'm 30. I'm

Married and I have two children. I live in a houge in Toluca in Mexico. I want to learn English for my Job.

6                             Complete the text about Yasmina.

My name's Yagpnina Kamal and I'M a student.

I'M not married.

I have one and two brothers.

in a flat in Cairo, Egypt.

to learn English because it's an international

Listen and check.

7                             Write about you. Then read it to the class.

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VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION Everyday objects

Listen to the alphabet song. Say the alphabet as a class.

2    Look at this extract from an English/Spanish dictionary.

3    Match the words and pictures.

Listen and repeat.

the word in English                                      the part of speech (n. = noun)

         the pronunciation                                           the word in Spanish

4    Ask and answer questions with a partner.

What's a?

It's a

How

D, I, C, T, ...

5    Look at the words. What are a, e, i, o, and u? When is it a? When is it an?

a bag an apple a ticket an orange a letter an English book

6    Look at the plural words.

     two stamps      two apples      two dictionaries

Say the plurals of the other words in exercise 3.

Grammar Reference 1.4 and 1.5 p124

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Hello and goodbye

I Say the numbers 1—20 round the class.

Read and listen to the telephone numbers.

    682 947                 six eight two       nine four seven

    8944 5033             eight nine double four      five 'oh' double three

    020 7399 7050     'oh' two 'oh'      seven three double nine     seven 'oh' five 'oh'

Listen and write the numbers you hear. Practise them.

4   Ask and answer the question with other students. Write a list.

What's It's (020) 7267

5   Write the conversations in the correct order.

Listen and check.

6   Practise the conversations with other students. Practise again, using your names and numbers.

3 Not bad, thanks. And you?

Very well. How are the children?

Hi, Flora! It's me, Leo. How are you?

Theyre fine.

Hello, 270899.

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STARTER                        1 Count from 1-20 round the class.

2 Count in IOS from 10-100 round the class.

ten, twenty, thirty. . . one hundred.

3 How old are you? Ask and answer in groups.

WHO IS SHE?

Questions and negatives

1     Read Keesha Anderson's identity card.

2    
Complete the questions.

I What's her surname? Anderson. 2her first name? Keesha.

3     she from?   London, England.

4     job? She's a journalist.

5     What's 42, Muswell Hill Road, London NIO 3JD.

6     phone           020 8863 5741. number?

7     How old? Twenty-eight. 8 Is she        No, she isn't.

Listen and check. Practise the questions and answers.

3 Keesha has a brother. Write questions about him.

PRACTICE

Negatives and short answers

4Read and listen. Then listen and repeat.

Ask and answer Yes/No questions about Keesha.

I a doctor? a teacher? a journalist?

2 eighteen? twenty-one? twenty-eight?

5 Ask and answer questions about Keesha's brother.

1   Peter? Daniel? Rudi?

2   a journalist? a student? a policeman? 3 sixteen? thirty? twenty-one?

Who is he?

1    Student A Look at the identity card from your teacher. Student B Look at this identity card.

Ask and answer questions to complete the information.

2    Ask and answer Yes/No questions about Patrick.

I Smith? Jones? Binchey?

2 from Italy? from England? from Ireland? 3 a policeman? a teacher? an accountant?

Talking about you

3     Ask your teacher some questions.

4     Look at the form from your teacher.

Stand up! Ask two students Yes/No questions to complete the form. Answer questions about you.

Unit 2 • Meeting people 13

PATRICK'S FAMILY

Possessive 's

1 Write these words in the correct place.

Read about Patrick Binchey and listen. Write the names of the people in the correct place.

This is a photo of Patrick, his wife, and his children. His wife's name is Brenda. She's a teacher. His daughter's name is Lara. She's twenty-one and she's a nurse. His son's name is Benny. He's nineteen and he's a student. Lara's boyfriend is a nurse, too. His name is Mick.

3 Ask and answer questions about Patrick's family.

                Who's                                She's

PRACTICE

You and your family

I Ask your teacher questions about the people in his/her family.

What's your

               mother's name?              What's your sister's name?

2   Write the names of people in your family. Ask and answer questions with a partner.

Juan Ji/riL /ffLríL fenand0

Ask a partner questions about his/her family.

She's my

3   Make true sentences with the verb to be.

       I I 'M not         at home.

2    we        in class.

3    It          Monday today.

4    My teacher's name        John.

5    My mother and father   at work. 6 1      married.

7    My grandmother          seventy-five years old.

8    Marcus and Carlos       my brothers.

Unit 2 • Meeting people 15

VOCABULARY

Opposites

I Match the adjectives with their opposites.

2 Write about the pictures, using the adjectives.

READING AND LISTENING

A letter from America

 Dorita is an English student at a school in Queens, New York City. Read and listen to her letter to Miguel, her brother in Argentina.

2                            Match each photograph with part of the letter.

3                            Correct the false (X) sentences.

1    Dorita is from Argentina. v/

2    She's in Miami. X No, she isn't. She's in New York.

3    Dorita's happy in New York.

4    She's on holiday.

5    It's a very big class.

7 Annie and Marnie are both students. 8 The subway is easy to use.

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4                            Write the questions about Dorita's letter.

1                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Where's Dorita from?

2                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Argentina.

2

Japan, Brazil, Switzerland, Poland, and Italy.

3

3                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Isabel.

4

They are sisters. They live with Dorita.

5

4

6

Yes, it is.

5                            Listen to three conversations. Where is

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6

7

8

How are you? I'm Gne. Here's a teeter in

Eng(i5h. It's good practice Foryau and me!

I have classes in English at La Guardia Community Coaege. I'm in a class with eight students. They're all Rom di#erent countries: Tapan, Brazil, SwitzerlandJ Poland, and Tta(y Our teacher's name is Isabel. She's very nice and a verg teacher.

I live in an apar£ment with two Amencan girls, Annie and Marnie Kass. They are sisters.

Annie's twenty years old and a dancer.

Marnie's eighteen and a student. They're very friendly, but it isn't easy to understand them. They speak very east!

New York is very big, very exciting but very expensive! The subway isn't Efficult to use and it's cheap. TVs very cold now but Central park is lovely in the snow. I'm very happy here.

Write to me sawn.

Love,

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

In a café

1 1     T 2.7 Read and listen to the prices.

      T 2.8 Write the prices you hear. Practise saying them. 2 Read the menu. Match the food and pictures.

Listen and repeat. Then ask and answer questions with a partner.

            How much                                                        Three pounds

How much is a Four pounds

Listen and complete the conversations.

A   Good morning.

B   Good    . Can I have          please?

            Here you are. Anything else?                                             A Hi. Can I help?

B No, thanks. B Yes. Can I have a salad, please? p, please.          A Anything to drink? B Thanks.  B Yeah. A , please. A Thank you.         A OK. Here you are.

is that? pounds , please. 5 Practise the conversations with your partner.

     Make more conversations.                                                         B Thanks.

Unit 2 • Meeting people

The world of work

STARTER                       What are the jobs of the people in your family? Tell the class.

                                                             My My mother                                              My brother

THREE JOBS

Present Simple he/she/it

T 3.1 Listen and read about Ali and Bob.

Bob is a doctor. He's English but now he lives in Australia in the small town of Alice Springs. He isn't an ordinary doctor, he's a flying doctor. Every day, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. he speaks to people on his radio, then he flies to help them. He works 16 hours a day non-stop but he loves his job. He isn't married. He has no free time.

Ali is a scientist. She comes from Cambridge in England but now she lives in Switzerland. She works three days a week at the Institute of Molecular Biology in Geneva. She speaks three languages: English, French, and German. She's married and has a daughter. She likes skiing in winter and going for walks in summer.

Unit 3 • The world of work

2 Complete the sentences about Ali and Bob. 1 She's a scientist. He 's a               doctor.

2    Alison comes from England. Bob

3    She lives in a big city, but he

4   

WHAT DOES SHE DO?

Questions and negatives

1Read and listen. Complete the answers. Practise the questions and answers.

          Where does Alison come from? Cambridge,                England.

       What does she do?                           She's            scientist.

       Does she speak French?                                she does.

    Does she speak Spanish?                          , she doesn't.

2    Complete the questions and answers.

1                                           Where             Bob        from?

England.

2                                           What                he He's a doctor.

3                                           he fly to help people?

Yes, he

4                                           he      French and German?

No, he

T 3.4 Listen and check.

3    Write similar questions about Philippe the barman. Ask and answer with a partner.

Where does

Paris.

Unit 3 • The world of work

PRACTICE

Asking about people

I Read the information about Keiko or Mark.

Keiko Wilson

                   Job                       an interpreter

              Country             Japan

              Town                  New York

Place of work at the Uñited Nations

2     Talk to a partner.

Keiko's an interpreter. She comes from Japan. She lives . . .

3,

3     Write questions about Keiko or Mark.

•   Where/come from?

Where does Keiko COMØ from?

•   Where/live?

•   What/do?

•   Where/work?

•   Does he/she speak French/Spanish .

•   What . . . in his/her free time? listen to music?

•   How many children . . a dog?

4     Don't look at the information. Ask and answer questions with your partner.

5     Now ask your partner the same questions about a friend or relative.

Listening and pronunciation

6Listen to the sentences about Philippe, Keiko, and Mark. Correct the wrong sentences.

Philippe Yes, that's

                                                                     Philippe lives in London.                     No, he doesn't.

7Tick (V) the sentence you hear.

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READING AND LISTENING

Seumas McSporran - the man with thirteen jobs!

1 Seumas McSporran / ' Jermos mak ^l sporan/ comes from Scotland. Look at the photographs of some of the things he does every day.

The man with thirteen jobs

OPEN

2 Match a sentence with a photograph.

1    He helps in the shop.

2    He makes breakfast for the hotel guests.

3    He serves petrol.

4    He delivers the beer to the pub.

5    He collects the post from the boat.

6    He drives the children to school.

7    He delivers the letters.

8    He has a glass ofwine„                3.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m.

9    He worksayan unde

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eumas McSporran3 is a very busy man. He is 60 years old and he has thirteen jobs. He is a postman, a policeman, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman,

it to all the houses on the island. He also delivers the beer to the island's only pub. Then he helps Margaret in the shop.

He says: 'Margaret likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we don't like watching television. In the evenings Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10.00 we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed. Perhaps our life isn't very exciting, but we like it.'

Read about Seumas. Answer the questions.

1    Where does Seumas live?

2    How old is he?

3    How many jobs does he have?

4    What's his wife's name?

5    What does she do?

6    How many people live on Gigha?

7    How many tourists visit Gigha in summer?

8    What does Seumas do in the morning?

9    What do he and Margaret do in the evening?

Listen to four conversations from Seumas's day. After each one answer these questions.

1 Is it morning, afternoon, or evening? 2 Who are the people? Where are they? 3 What is Seumas's job?

Complete the conversations.

1    A GOOd      . Can I  two ice-creams,

please?

B    Chocolate or vanilla?

A   One chocolate, one vanilla please.

B    That's . Anything A No, thank you.

2    A Only        letters for you this       Mrs Craig.

B    Thank you very much, Mr McSporran. And

's Mrs McSporran this

A Oh, she's very well, thank you. She's        in the shop.

3    A A glass ofbefore bed, my dear? B Oh, yes please.

you are.

B    Thank you, my dear. I'm very      this

4    A Hello, Mr McSporran!

B    Goodboys and girls. Hurry up, we're late.

A Can I sit here, Mr McSporran?

C    No, no, 1 to sit there.

B Be quietof you, and SIT DOWN!

Practise the conversations with your partner.

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VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION

Jobs

1    Use your dictionary and match a picture with a job in column A.

2    Match a job in A with a line in B.

3    Look at the phonetic spelling of some of the words. Practise saying them.

1 /n3:s/ 2 Tpoosmon/ 3 /a'kauntant/ 4 /'JDpki:pa/ 5 Ta:kltekt/ 6 /'ba:man/

4    Memorize the jobs. Close your books. Ask and answer questions with a partner.

                      What does a pilot                                   He/She

3 • The world of work

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

What time is it?

1     Look at the clocks. Write the times. Practise saying them.

                  Ifs five o'clock.                                                                              Its half past five.

                Ifs quarter past five.                                                                             It's quarter to six.

O Take it easy!

Present Simple 2 - l/you/we/they • Leisure activities • Social expressions

STARTER                        1 What year is it? What month is it? What day is it today?

2     Say the days of the week. Which days are the weekend?

WEEKDAYS AND WEEKENDS

Present Simple l/you/we/they

1 Read about Bobbi Brown's weekends. Complete the text with the verbs.

gets up lives is loves works doesn't work interviews starts

is

'What's free time?' says Bobbi Brown.

Bobbi Brown in New Jersey. She thirty-four and for SKY TV in New Bobbi's York City. But she on weekdays, she only works at weekends. She famous weekends people for an early morning news programme called The WOHd This Weekend. On

Saturdays and Sundays she at 3.00 in the morning because she work at 6.30! She her job because it is exciting.

4

Questions and negatives

2Now read and listen to what Bobbi says about her weekdays. 4Read and listen. Complete Bobbi's an wers. Practise the questions and answers.

                                                                                                                                     Where do you work?                                       New Yor

                                                                                                                                    Do you like your work?                       Yes, I

                                                                                                                                     Do you relax at weekends?                 No, I

                                                                                                                                    Why don't you relax at weekends?               I work.

5 Work in pairs. One of you is Bobbi Brown. Ask and answer questions about your life.

•    where .    . you live/work?

•    Are . . . married?

•    Do . . . have children?

•    What time . . . get up/Saturday morning/Monday morning?

•    Why . . . get up at . ? Because I .

like your work?

•    Why . . . like it? Because it like cooking?

. . . your husband like cooking?

•    Who , . . you visit on Tuesdays and Thursdays?

•    Where .   . your father live?

. go out on Friday evenings? Why not?

have a busy life?

school. On Mondays I always food for the week. J often dinner in the evenings,

3    Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in the box. Look up new words in your dictionary.

Listen again and check. Read the text aloud.

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PRACTICE

Talking about you

I Make the questions. Then match the questions and answers.

Listen and check.

2       Ask and answer the questions with a partner. Give true answers.

3       Tell the class about you and your partner.

4       T 4.4 Tick (U) the sentence you hear.

A questionnaire

5     Read the questionnaire on p31. Answer the questions about you. Put or X in column 1.

6     Ask your teacher the questions, then ask two students. Complete columns 2, 3, and 4.

7     Use the information in the questionnaire. Write about you and your teacher. I don't get up early on weekdays, but my teacher does. We don't play tennis . . .

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5    We're tired and want to go to bed.

6    Roberto likes watching football on TV, but he doesn't like playing it.

7    1 work at home because I have a computer.

8     Amelia isn't happy because she doesn't have a new car.

9     1 smoke, I drink, and I don't go to bed early.

10 He doesn't smoke, he doesn't drink, and he goes to bed early.

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READING AND LISTENING

My favourite season

1     1 What season is it now? What are the seasons?

2     What month is it now? Say the months of the year. 3 When are the different seasons in your country?

2 Look at the photographs. Which season is it? What colours do you see?

Read and listen to three people from different countries.

AL WHEELER from Canada

We have long, cold winters and short, hot summers. We have a holiday home near a lake, so in summer I go sailing a lot and I play baseball,

hockey and go ice-skating. My favourite season is autumn, or fall, as we say in North America. I love the colours of the trees — red,

MANUELA DA SILVA from Portugal

People think its always warm and sunny in Portugal, but January and February are often cold, wet, and grey. I don't like winter. I usually meet friends in restaurants and bars and we chat Sometimes we go to a Brazilian bar. I love Brazilian music. But then suddenly its summer and at weekends we drive to the beach, sunbathe, and go swimming. I love summer.

4

TOSHI SUZUKI from Japan

I work for Pentax cameras, in the export department I don't have a lot of free time, but I have one special hobby — taking photographs, ofcourse! I like taking photographs of flowers, especially in spring. Sometimes, after work, I relax in a bar near my office with friends. My friend, Shigeru, likes singing pop songs in the bar. This has a special name, 'karaoW. I don't sing — rm too shy!

4 Answer the questions.

1   Do they all play sports?

2   What do Al and Manuela do in winter?

3   Do Manuela and Toshi like going to bars? 4 There is Al's holiday home?

6     What do Manuela and her friends do in summer?

7     Do you know all their jobs?

8     Why does Al like autumn?

9     Why doesn't Toshi sing in the bar?

  5 When does Toshi like taking photographs of flowers?     10 Which colours are in the texts?

5 There are six mistakes about Al, Manuela, and Toshi. Correct them.

6Listen to the conversations. Is it Al, Manuela, or Toshi? Where are they? How do you know? Discuss with a partner. What do you think?

• What is your favourite season? Why? • What do you do in the different seasons?

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VOCABULARY AND SPEAKING

Leisure activities

1    Match the words and pictures. Tick (V) the things that you like doing.

CJ playing football

Cl dancing

Cl skiing

Cl watching TV

C] going to the gym taking photographs cooking

C] playing computer games C] sailing

Cl listening to music

C] swimming

[2 reading

C] eating in restaurants

C] going to the cinema jogging

C] sunbathing

2    Discuss in groups what you think your teacher likes doing. Choose five activities.

Ask your teacher questions to find out who is correct.

3    Tell the other students what you like doing and what you don't like doing from the list. Ask questions about the activities.

4    Tell the other students things you like doing which are not on the list.

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EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Social expressions

I Complete the conversations with the expressions.

The traffic is bad today.

Come and sit down. We're on page 25,

B Yes?

A     Do you have a dictionary?

I don't. It's at home.

It's very hot in here.

? I'm quite cold.

A    OK

B    Can I help you?

A     Can I have a film for my camera?

B     How many exposures?

B     How many exposures?

B How many pictures? 24? 36? 40?

     A Ah'                        ! 40, please.

T 4.7 Listen and check.

Don't worry.

I'm sorry I'm late.

I'm sorry,

Excuse me.

That's OK.

Really?

Can I open the window?

It doesn't matter.

Pardon?

Now I understand!

Excuse me!

What does 'exposures' mean?

2 Practise the conversations with a partner.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                4 •                   35

STARTER                             1 Write the words in the correct column.

an armchair a fridge a television a coffee table a shelf a plant a stereo a lamp a cooker a washing machine  a telephone a cupboard a cup a sofa

 2 What's in your living room? Tell a partner.

WHAT'S IN THE LIVING ROOM?

There is/are, prepositions

1    Helen has a new flat. Describe her living room on p37.         3 Ask and answer questions about these things.

2    Read and listen. Complete the answers. Practise the questions and answers.

Is there a television?

Is there a radio?

Are there any books?

How many books are there? Are there any photographs?

Yes, there No, there

Yes, there

There  a lot.

No, there

4 Look at the picture of Helen's living room. Complete the sentences with a preposition.

1                    The television is         the cupboard.

2                    The coffee table is        the sofa.           3 There are some magazinesthe table.

4     The television is  the stereo.

5     There are two pictures     the walls.

6     The cat is the rug  the fire.

Helen's living room

PRACTICE

What's in your picture?

I Work with a partner. Look at the pictures from your teacher. There's a picture of another living room and lots of things that go in it. Don't look at your partner's picture.

Look at the complete picture together. Listen to someone describing it. There are five mistakes in the description. Say

       'Stop!' when you hear a mistake.                                             Stop! There aren't

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WHAT'S IN THE KITCHEN?

some/any, this/that/these/those

1 This is the kitchen in Helen's new flat. Describe it.                                                           Helen's kitchen

Listen and complete the conversation between Helen and her friend, Bob.

Helen And this is the kitchen.

Bob Mmm, it's very nice.

Helen Well, it's not very big, but there of cupboards. And a new fridge, and a cooker. That's new, too.

Bob But what's in all these cupboards?

Helen Well, not a lot. There are some cups, but there aren't any plates. And I have knives and forks, but I don't have spoons!

       Bob Do you have              glasses?

Helen No. Sorry.

Bob Never mind. We can drink this champagne from those cups! Cheers!

3 What is there in your kitchen? How is your kitchen different from Helen's?

What's in Pierre's briefcase?

4Pierre is a Frenchman on business in Boston. Listen to him describe what's in his briefcase. Tick (V) the things in it.

a newspaper a dictionary

[2 a sandwich

C] pens a notebook keys a bus ticket a letter

[2 photos

[2 a mobile phone

(2 stamps

[2 an address book

5 Look in your bag. Ask and answer questions about your bags with a partner.

Is there a

PRACTICE

                                                                                                 Are there any stamps?            How many stamps

3    Are thereSpanish students in your class?        2             Do you have some good dictionary?

4    There aren'tChinese students.           Do you have a good dictionary?

5    We havedictionaries in the cupboard.             3             I have some photos of my dog.

6    There aren'tpens in my bag. I have any photos of my dog. 4I have lot of books.

2   What is there in your classroom? Describe it.

I have a lot of books.

3   Talk about things in your classroom, using 5How many students are there in this class?

6     (2 Next my house there's a park.

 Next to my house there's a park.

7     C] Look at this house over there!

C] Look at that house over there!

[2 Henry, that is my mother. Mum, that is Henry. Cl Henry, this is my mother. Mum, this is Henry.

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READING AND SPEAKING

At home on a plane

1    Write the words in the correct place on the picture. What other things are there on a plane?

2    Read about Joanne Ussery and answer the questions.

1   How old is she?    4 How many grandsons does she have?

2   Where does she live? 5 How many bedrooms are there? 3 How old is her home? 6 How many toilets are there?

3    Are the sentences true (V) or false (X)? 1 Joanne loves her home.

2     You need a ticket when you visit her.

3     The bathroom is next to the living room.

4     Joanne sometimes opens the emergency exit doors.

5     There is a photo of the plane in the living room.

6     It's very warm in summer because she doesn't have air conditioning. 7 Her friends love her parties because flight attendants serve the drinks. 8 She doesn't want to buy another plane.

4    Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about Joanne's home.

Is there Yes, there                                                                Are Yes, there bedrooms?  There

Ask about these things:

• a telephone • a dishwasher . toilets • flight attendants • an upstairs bedroom What do you think?

What do you like about Joanne's home? What don't you like?

he lady who i s on a Plane

Joanne Ussery, 54, from Mississippi is a big favourite with her two grandsons because she lives on a jet plane. Her home is a Boeing 727, so a visit to grandma is very special.

oanne's front door is at the top of the plane's steps, but you don't need a ticket or a passport when you visit. There are three bedrooms, a living room, a modern kitchen, and a luxury bathroom. The bathroom is in the cockpit, with the bath under the windows. Next to this is Joanne's bedroom in the first class section of the plane. Then there's the living room with four emergency exit doors, which she opens on summer evenings. On the wall there's a photo of the plane flying for Continental Airlines from Florida to the Caribbean. There are also four toilets, all with No Smoking signs.

'The plane is 27 years old and it's the best home in the world,' says Joanne. 'It has all the things you want in a home: a telephone, air conditioning, a cooker, a washing machine, even a dishwasher. It's always very warm, even in winter, and it's very big, 42 metres long. My grandchildren love running up and down. And my friends love parties here, but there aren't any flight attendants to serve them their drinks!'

The plane cost Joanne just $2,000. 'Next time,' she says, 'I want a Boeing 747, not a 727, because they have an upstairs and a downstairs, and I want to go upstairs to bed!'

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LISTENING AND SPEAKING

Homes around the world

I Match the places and the photos. What do you know about them?

Lisbon [2 Toronto Cl Malibu C] Samoa

T 5.5 Listen to some people from these places. Complete the chart.

Manola           Ray and Elsie from LISBON         from TORONTO

House or flat?

Old or modern?

Where?

How many bedrooms? Live(s) with?

Extra information

3 Talk about where you live.

Brad    Alise from MALIBU from SAMOA

                                     Do Where                                                         How many rooms are

Do you have a Who do you

4 Write a paragraph about where you live.

EVERYDAY ENGLISH

Directions 1

 Look at the street map. Where can you buy these things?

                               me! Isa chemisthere?                                                            partner. Ask and answer about these

I A Excuse places:

B Yes. It's over

                                                                                                                                                    • a bookshop

A  Thanks.   • a cinema

                   me! Is there a           near here?                                                        • a bank

B   Yes.      Church Street. Take the first     a phone box

• a public toilet right. It'sthe music shop.          • a music shop

           A Oh yes. Thanks.                                                                                                                           a supermarket

• a bus stop

    3 A Excuse me! Is there anear here?                                                       • a park

B There's a Chinese one in Park Lanethe bank, and  a swimming pool there's an Italian one in Church Street next to the • a post box

A  Is that one• a pub

B   No. Just two minutes, that's all. 4 Talk about where you are. Is there a chemist near here? Is it far?

4 A Is there a post office near here? What about a bank/a post office/ B Go straight ahead, and it'sleft,the pub. a supermarket? A Thanks a lot.

Practise the conversations with a partner.

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WHAT CAN YOU DO?

can/can't

    Match the sentences and pictures. Then listen and check.

1    

2     She can use a computer.

3     'Can dogs swim?' 'Yes, they can.' 4 'Can you speak Japanese?' 'No, I can't.' 5 I can't spell your name.

6 We can't understand the question.

                                                                                     ^My narnëf                             

2Listen and complete the sentences What can computers do? with can or can't + verb.

4 Talk about computers with a partner. What can they

   1 1                                           , but I                                                              do? What can't they do?

, but he

3                        you  ? 'Yes, I They can translate, but they can't speak English.

4                        They , but they

5                        we    and we    Yes,

COMPUTERS

PRACTICE

Can they Tina can't cook. Can you?

translate

1                       Listen to Tina write poetry speak English laugh play chess hear check spellings

• feel make music think þaveconversatiðns fall In lovy

2                       Complete the chart about you.

3                       Complete the chart about your partner. Ask and answer the questions.

Can No, I

            Can you                      Yes, I can. But not

Tell the class about you and your partner.

Louis can ski,

5    What can people do that computers can't do?

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WHERE WERE YOU YESTERDAY?

was/were, can/could

Read the questions. Complete the answers.

PRACTICE

Talking about you

I Ask and answer questions with a partner.

Where were you

•  at eight o'clock this morning

•  at half past six yesterday evening

•  at two o'clock this morning

•  at this time yesterday

•  at ten o'clock last night

•  last Saturday evening

2 Complete the conversation, using was, were, wasn't, weren't, or couldn't.

you at Charlotte's party last Saturday?

Max Yes, 1 it good?

Max Well, it OK. there many people?

Max Yes, there

Henry there?

Max No, he . And where you? Why you there?

Kim Oh . . . 1 go because I at Mark's party! It brilliant!

Listen and check. Listen for the pronunciation of was and were. Practise with a partner.

Four geniuses!

3 The people in the photos were all geniuses. Who are they? 4 Look at these sentences.

I was born in London in 1973. I could read when I was four. My sister couldn't read until she was seven.

Match lines in A, B, and C and make similar sentences about the four geniuses.

2

5   Ask and answer questions with a partner about the geniuses.

When was Mozart born?

Where was he born?

How old was he when he could . . . .

3

6   Work in groups. Ask and answer questions about you.

1   Where were you born?

2   When were you born?

3   How old were you when you could .

         • walk                     • talk

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READING AND SPEAKING

Super Kids

1    Look at the children in the photographs. How old are they? What can they do?

2    Workin two groups.

Group A Read about little Miss Picasso. Group B Read about the new Mozart.

3    Answer the questions about Alexandra or Lukas.

I How old is she/he?

2       Why is she/he special?

3       Where was she/he born?

4       Where does she/he live now?

5       Who does she/he live with?

6       Does she/he go to school?

7       What could she/he do when she/he was very young?

8       Does she/he have much free time? Why not?

9       Is she/he poor?

10    Where was she/he last year?

4    Find a partner from the other group. Tell your partner about your child, using your answers.

5    What is the same about Alexandra and Lukas? What is different? Discuss with your partner.

Roleplay

6 Work with a partner.

Student A is a journalist.

Student B is Alexandra or Lukas.

Ask and answer questions, using the questions in exercise 3 to help you.

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Little Miss Picasso

Alexandra Nechita is thirteen and she is called 'the new Picasso'. She paints large pictures in cubist style and sells them for between $10,000 and $80,000.

She was born in Romania but now she lives in Los Angeles with her family. She could paint very well when she was only four but her parents couldn't understand her pictures. Alexandra says: 'l paint how I feel, sometimes I'm happy and sometimes sad. I can't stop painting.' Every day after school she does her homework, plays with her little brother, then paints for two or three hours until bedtime.

Alexandra doesn't spend her money, she saves it: 'We were very poor when we were first in America. We couldn't buy many things, but now I can buy a big house for my family and we can travel the world. Last year we were in London, Paris, and Rome. It was fantastic!'

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VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION

Words that sound the sameOn

1    Look at the sentences. What do you notice about these  I words?      

I have a black eye.

No, he doesn't know the answer.

2    Find the words in B that have the same pronunciation as the words in A. write          wear hear         there eye        hour see           for by  too know         son sun four     our sea where

here

buy no right two their

3    Correct the two spelling mistakes in each sentence.

1    I can here you, but I can't sea you.

2    Their are three bedrooms in hour house.

3    I don't no wear Jill lives.

4    My sun lives near the see.

5    Don't where that hat, by a new one!

6    Know, eye can't come to your party.

7    You were write. Sally and Peter can't come four dinner.

8    There daughter could right when she was three. 9 I no my answers are write.

4    Look at the phonetic symbols. Write the two words with the same pronunciation.

1    /nao/           

2    /snn/

3    /tu:/

4    /ralt/

5    /h10/

6    /weo/

2

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3 Read the lines below. They are all from telephone conversations.

That do you think the lines before and/or after are? Discuss with a partner.

I This is Jo.

2    Can I take a message?

3    Great! See you on Sunday at ten, then. Bye!

4    Oh, never mind. Perhaps next time. Bye!

5    No, it isn't. I'll just get her.

6    1'll ring back later.

7    There's a party at my house on Saturday. Can you come? 8 Can I speak to the manager, please?

4 Complete the conversations with a line from exercise 3.

   1 A Hello.                                            2 A Hello.

B Hello. Can I speak to Jo, B Hello. Is that Liz? please?

     B Oh! Hi, Jo. This is Pat. Is                     C Hello,Liz here.

         Sunday still OK for tennis?                B Hi, Liz. It's Tom. Listen!

A Yes, that's fine.

C Oh sorry, Tom. I can't. It's my A Bye!    sister's wedding.

C Bye!

Listen and check. Practise the conversations.

Make similar conversations with your partner.

3 A Good morning. Barclays Bank, Watford. How can I help you?

B Good morning.

A   I'm afraid Mr Smith isn't in his office at the moment.

B    Don't worry.

A All right. Goodbye. B Goodbye.

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Then and now

Past Simple 1 - regular verbs • Irregular verbs • Silent letters • Special occasions

STARTER When were your grandparents and great-grandparents born? Where were they born? Do you know all their names? What were their jobs? If you know, tell the class.

Mattie was never at school. She lived with her mother and

think, and she created poems in her head.

T 7.1 Read and listen to Mattie Smith's life now. Complete text A with the verbs you hear.

Mattie Smith is 91 years old. She alone in Atlanta, Georgia. She u=èþer day at 7.30. First she a bath, next she the house, and then she outside on her verandah and about her past life. Then she poems about it.

GRAMMAR SPOT

1     Find examples of the past of is and can in text B.

2     Complete the sentence with live in the correct form.

                                                                                                                                              Now she                   alone, but when she was a

      T 7.2 Read and listen to text B about Mattie's life a long                       child she               with her mother and sisters.

time ago.                                                                                                                   3 Find the Past Simple of start, work, and create in text B. How do we form the Past Simple of regular verbs?

Grammar Reference 7.1 p129

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3                       What is the past form of these verbs? Listen and practise saying them.

4                       Read and listen to Mattie talking about her past life.

Complete the text, using the Past Simple form of the verbs in exercise 3.

from 6.00 in the morning until 10.00 At night. Sixteen hours in the cotton fields and I only $2 day. I sure thatjob but I the poems in my head. I really to learn to read and write. When I was sixteen I

Hubeft, and soon there were six children, five sons, then daughter, Lily. Hubert just before she was born. That was sixty-five years ago. So I after my family Alone. There was no time for learning, but my children, they All to read and write — that was impoftant to me. And when did I learn to read and write? I didn't learn until I was 86, and now I have three books of poems.

5                       Complete the questions about Mattie.

I When did she start work? When she was eight years old. 2 Where she In the cotton fields.

3                  Who    she       with?   Her mother and sisters.

4                  How many hours          she       Sixteen hours a day.

5                  How much      she       $2 a day. 6 Who         she       Hubert.

7    When         Hubert Sixty-five years ago.

8    When         she       to read? She didn't learn until she was 86.

Listen and check. Practise the questions and answers with a partner.

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PRACTICE

Talking about you

1    Complete the sentences with did, was, or were.

1   Where       you born? Where your mother born?

2   When you start school? 3 When you learn to read and write?

4 Who             your first teacher? 5 What           your favourite subject?

6     Where       you live when you a child?

7     you live in a house or a flat?

2    Stand up! Ask two or three students the questions in exercise 1.

3    Tell the class some of the information you learned.

4The -ed ending of regular verbs has three different pronunciations. Listen to the examples. Then put the verbs you hear in the correct column.

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THE END OF THE 20TH CENTURY

Irregular verbs

1 Look at the list of irregular verbs on p142. Write the Past Simple form of the verbs in the box. Which verb isn't irregular?

2Listen and repeat the Past Simple forms.

3How old were you in 2000? Simon was twenty-four. Listen to him and complete the sentences.

What did Simon do?

school in 1994. to university where he graphic design. Then, in 1997, he a job with

Saatchi and Saatchi, an advertising agency in London. He his girlfriend, Zoë, in 1998, and the next year they a flat together. What happened in the world?

years in the White House. Eleven countries in Europe (but not Britain)        to use the Euro in 1999.

Famous people

Princess Diana    in a car crash in Paris in 1997. Millions of people     to London for her funeral.

Listen again and check.

4    Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about Simon.

1    When/Simon/leave school?

2    What/study at university?

3    When/a job with Saatchi and Saatchi?

4    When/meet Zoë?

5    What/Zoë and Simon do in 1999?

5    What did you do in the last years of the 20th century?

What can you remember? Write about it. Tell the class.

PRACTICE

When did it happen?

1 Work in small groups. What important dates in the 20th century can you remember? What happened in the world? What happened in your country? Make a list of events. Then make questions to ask the other groups.

year

3 Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions with When did you last . Ask another question for more information.

                                                                           When did you last have a holiday?                 Last August.

                                                                                    Where did you go?                           To Spain.

•  give someone a kiss             get a present

•  take a photograph    • have dinner in a restaurant

Tell the class some things you learned about your partner.

Yukio had a holiday last August and she went to Italy.

Check it

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READING AND SPEAKING

Two famous firsts

1    Translate these words.

2    Look at the photographs and complete these sentences.

George Washington was the first

Margaret Thatcher was the first

What else do you know about these people?

3    Work in two groups.

Group A Read about George Washington. Group B Read about Margaret Thatcher.

4    Are the sentences true (V) or false (X) about your person? Correct the false sentences. I He/She came from a rich family.

2         He/She loved being a politician.

3         He/She worked hard.

4         He/She had a lot of other interests.

5         He/She had a good education.

6         He/She married, but didn't have any children.

7         He/She was in office for eight years.

8         Finally he/she was tired of politics and resigned.

5    Find a partner from the other group. Compare George Washington and Margaret Thatcher, using your answers.

6    Complete the questions about the other person.

Then ask and answer them with your partner.

About George Washington 1 How many jobs did he

2         When did he . . . President?

3         What did he . . . doing in his free time?

4         Did George and Martha have any .

5         What he build?

6         How long . . . he President?

About Margaret Thatcher

7         What .. . her father's job?

8         When did she . . . Denis?

9         How many children did they . 10 How much sleep . . . she need?

11 When did the terrorists . her hotel? 12 How long . she Prime Minister? What do you think?

Who were famous leaders in your country? What did they do?

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Firsts

George Washington (1732-1799)

He was the first President of the United States. He became President in 1789, eight years after the American War of Independence.

Margaret Thatcher (1925- )

She was the first woman prime minister in Europe. She became

Prime Minister of Britain in 1979.

Her early life

She was born above a shop in the small English town of Grantham. Her father, Alfred Roberts, was a grocer. He worked very hard for little money. Margaret also worked hard, and she went to Oxford University, where she studied chemistry. In 1951 she married Denis Thatcher, a rich businessman. They had twins, a girl and a boy. The love of her life was politics. She didn't have much time for other interests. She said she only needed four hours' sleep a night.

Her later life

She became a politician in 1959, leader of the Conservative Party in 1975, and Prime Minister of Britain four years after that. She had a strong personality. A lot of people were afraid of her, and she was called 'The Iron Lady'. In 1984 Irish terrorists bombed her hotel, but she survived. She was Prime Minister for eleven years. She finally resigned in 1990, but she didn't want to, and she was in tears when she left 10 Downing Street.

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I Look at the list of days. Which are special? 1 There are many silent letters in English Match the special days with the pictures. words. Here are some words from the Do you have the same customs in your country? reading texts on p57. Practise saying them.

bomb /bom/ widow / ^Iwldau/ hard /ha:d/ fought /fo:t/

Cross out the silent letters in these words.

Listen and check. Practise saying the words.

2    Look at the phonetic spelling of these words from exercise 1. Write the words.

1     /w3:k/      work

2     /fa:m/

3     /'llsan/

4     /blld/

5     /ralt/

6     /'do:to/

3    Write the words. They all have silent letters.

1     /bo:n/

2     /bo:t/

3     /w3:ld/

4     /'a:nso/

5     /narvz/

6     /rD1)/

7     /'kAbad/

8     Tkrrsmas/

T 7.10 Listen and practise saying the words.

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Mum

Kate X

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How long ago?

Past Simple 2 - negatives/ago • Which word is different? • What's the date?

STARTER                       What is the Past Simple of these verbs? Most of them are irregular.

eat drink drive fly listen to make ride take watch wear

FAMOUS INVENTIONS

Past Simple negatives/ago

1    Match the verbs from the Starter

with the photographs.

                                 Coca-Cola                                                           photographs                                         records

                                 planes                                                                                                                      jeans

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                                                                                                                                                                                              10                      bikes

2    Work in groups. What year was it one hundred years ago? Ask and answer questions about the things in the pictures. What did people do? What didn't they do?

hamburgers

Did people

Yes,

I'm not sure.

3    Tell the class the things you think people did and didn't do.

We think people but they didn't

television

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PRACTICE

Three inventors

They didn't make the first

1The dates in the texts are all incorrect. 1923. They made them in Read and listen, and correct the dates.

Glasgow. In 1940 he sent pictures to New York, and also produced the first colour TV pictures.

2 Make these sentences negative. Then give the correct answers. 1 Two Germans made the first jeans.

Two Germahs didn 't make the firstJeans. Two Americans made them.

2  Davis sold cloth in Levi's shop.

3  Women saw pictures of jeans in She magazine.

4  Baird sent pictures from London to Paris.

5  Felix Hofman gave the first aspirin to his mother.

6  A Spanish philosopher called the 19th century 'The Age of Aspirin'.

Listen and check. Practise the stress and intonation.

Did you know that?

3Read and listen to the conversations. Then listen and repeat.

A  Did you know that Marco PoloC Did you know that Napoleon brought spaghetti back from China?was afraid of cats?

B  Really? He didn't! That's incredible!D He wasn't! I don't believe it! A Well, it's true!C Well, it's true!

4 Work with a partner. Look at the lists of more incredible information from your teacher. Have similar conversations.

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VOCABULARY AND PRONUNCIATION

Time expressions

5    Make correct time expressions.

seven o'clock the morning        

Saturday in       Sunday evening      onnight atSeptember weekends summer 1994 the twentieth century

6    Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions with When . . . ? Use a time expression and ago in the answer.

When did .

•  you get up

•  you have breakfast

•  you arrive at school

•  you start learning English

•  you start at this school

•  this term start

•  you last use a computer

•  you learn to ride a bicycle

•  your parents get married

•  you last eat a hamburger

•  you last have a coffee break

7 Tell the class about your day so far. Begin like this.

I got up at seven o'clock, had breakfast, and left the house at . . .

Which word is different?

I Which word is different? Why?

1       orange apple eh4•eke+ banana

Chicken ig different because it isn't a fruit.

2       hamburger sandwich pizza recipe

3       television dishwasher vacuum cleaner washing machine

4       wrote kissed threw found

5       fax e-mail CD player mobile phone

6       brown green delicious blue

7       face eye mouth leg

8       talk speak chat laugh

9       century clock season month

10  funny shy nervous worried

11  fall in love get married get engaged go to a party

2     Look at the phonetic spelling of these words from exercise 1. Practise saying them.

Listen and check.

3     Complete the sentences with a word from exercise 1. 1 A Why didn't youat my joke?

B Because it wasn't very That's why! 2 A Hello. Hello. I can't hear you. Who is it?

B It's me, Jonathon . . . JONATHON! I'm on my

A Oh, Jonathon! Hi! Sorry, I can'tnow. I'm in a hurry.

3 A Good luck in your exams!

B Oh, thank you. I always get sobefore exams.

4     A Mmmmm! Did you make this chocolate cake?

B I did. Do you like it?

A Like it? I love it. It's . Can I have the

5     A Come on, Tommy. Say hello to Auntie Mavis. Don't be

B Hello, Auntie Mavis.

Listen and check. Practise the conversations.

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LISTENING AND SPEAKING How did you two meet?

I Put the sentences in the correct order. There is more than one answer!

2    Look at the four people and discuss the questions.

The people are:

Vincent Banks from America • Per Olafson from Norway • Debbie Grant from England • Rosa Randeiro from Spain I Who do you think is who? Why?

2 Who do you think are husband and wife? Why? 3 How do you think they met?

3    Read the introductions to the stories of how they met. What do you think happened next?

THE rNTERÑET

                                                     LOVE    A BOTTLE

love on the Internet

Millions try to Fisherman Vincent Banks from there every day. Cape Cod in America couldn't

              Per Olafson from Bergen in              find a wife, so hé wrote a letter,

Norway, and Debbie Grant from put it in a bottle and threw it Banbury in England, looked for into the sea. Ten years later and love that way five thousand miles away in Spain, Rosa Randeiro found the bottle on the beach .

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EVERYDAY ENGLISH

4   T 8.6 Now listen to them talking. Were your ideas correct?

5   Answer the questions about Per and

Debbie, and Vincent and Rosa.

I When did they meet?

2    Why does Debbie like to chat on the Internet?

3    ^NThere was Vincent's letter? What did it say?

4    Why couldn't Rosa read the letter?

5    Do both couples have children?

6    Who says these sentences? Write P, D, V, R in the boxes. a C] I'm really quite shy. I was very shy.

b             C] I find it difficult to talk to people face to face.

[2 1 flew to America and we met face to face.

c             [2 1 stood on something. 1 stood there with some flowers.

d             We chatted on the Internet for a year. We wrote every week for six months.

Speaking

6   Imagine you are one of the people. Tell the story of how you met your husband/wife.

7   Look at the questions. Tell a partner about you and your family.

I Are you married or do you have a girlfriend/boyfriend? How did you meet?

2 When did your parents or grandparents meet? Where? How?

What's the date?

1    Write the correct word next to the numbers.

Listen and practise saying the ordinals.

2    Ask and answer questions with a partner about the months of the year.

Which

3    Practise saying these dates:

1 April 2 March 17 September 19 November 23 June 29/2/76 19/12/83 3/10/99 31/5/2000 15/7/2004

Listen and check.

4Listen and write the dates you hear.

5 Ask and answer the questions with your partner.

1      What's the date today?

2      When did this school course start? When does it end?

3      When's Christmas Day?

4      When's Valentine's Day?

5      When's Mother's Day this year?

6      When's American Independence Day?

7      NThat century is it now?

8      What are the dates of public holidays in your country?

9      When were you born?

10 When's your birthday?

8    •

Food you like!

STARTER                         What's your favourite • fruit?        • vegetable?      • drink?

Write your answers. Compare them with a partner, then with the class.

9    •

2Listen to Daisy and Tom talking about what they like and don't like. Tick (V) the food and drink in the lists on p66 that they both like.

Who says these things? Write D or T.

beer.

delicious.

much.

3 Talk about the lists of food and drink with a partner. What do you like? What do you quite like? What don't you like?

I like . . . and rd like .

    1            Read and listen to the conversation.

A   Would you like some tea or coffee?

B   I'd like a cold drink, please, if that's OK.

A   Of course. Would you like some orange juice?

B   Yes, please. I'd love some.

A And would you like a biscuit? B No, thanks. Just orange juice is fine.

2 Practise the conversation in exercise 1 with a partner. Then have similar conversations about other food and drink.

Would

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PRACTICE

Questions and answers a or some?

I Write a, an, or some.

5                                milk          11        notebook

6                                meat         12        homework

2                                Write a, an, or some.

1     egg      

2     eggs

3                                 (cup of) coffee        

4                                 coffee

5                                cake  

6                                cake

3    Choose Would/Do you like . ? or 1/1'd like . . to complete the conversations.

1              Cl Would you like C] Do you like a cigarette?

No, thanks. I don't smoke.

2              12 Do you like

 Would you like your teacher? Yes. She's very nice.

3              Do you like    a drink?

[2 Would you like

Yes, please. Some Coke, please.

4    Can I help you?

Yes. 1 like a book of stamps, please. a Yes. I'd like

5    What sports do you do?

C] well, I'd like

                     I like           swimming very much.

Well,

6    Excuse me, are you ready to order?

 Yes. I like

Yes. I'd like    a steak, please. [2

Listen and check. Practise the conversations with a partner.

4Listen to the questions and choose the correct answers.

1     I like all sorts of fruit.

[2 Yes. I'd like some fruit, please.

2     I'd like a book by John Grisham. C] I like books by John Grisham.

3    C] I'd like a new bike.     

C] I like riding my bike.

4    C] I'd like a cat but not a dog.

 I like cats, but I don't like dogs.

5I like French wine, especially red wine. We'd like a bottle of French red wine.

6                                [2 No, thanks. I don't like ice-cream.  I'd like some ice-cream, please.

Listen and check. Practise the

conversations with your partner.

7                                ice-cream          

8                                ice-cream

9                                •

GOING SHOPPING some/any, much/many

I What is there in Miss Potts's shop?     Talk about the picture. Use some/any, and not much/not many.

There's some yoghurt.

There

There isn't much

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2 Ask and answer questions about what there is in the shop with a partner.       e

Are

Yes, there are some, but there aren't

Is there

3Look at Barry's shopping list.                                                                          COFFEE

Listen and tick (V) the things he buys. Why doesn't he buy the other things?

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1

PRACTICE

much or many?

I Complete the questions using much or many.

1     Howpeople are there in the room?

2     Howmoney do you have in your pocket?

3     Howcigarettes do you smoke? 4 Howpetrol is there in the car?

5     Howapples do you want?

6     Howwine is there in the fridge?

2 Choose an answer for each question in exercise 1.

a A kilo.

b There are two bottles. c Ten a day. d Just fifty pence.

e Threnty. Nine men and eleven women. f It's full.

Check it

3 Correct the sentences.

1     How           apples do you want?

How many apples do you want?

2     I don't like an ice-cream.

3     Can I have a bread, please?

4     I'm hungry. I like a sandwich.

5     I don't have many milk left.

6     I'd like some fruits, please.

7     How many money do you have?

8     We have lot of homework today.

Roleplay

4 Work with a partner. Make a shopping list each and roleplay conversations between Miss Potts and a customer.

READING AND SPEAKING

Food around the world

1    Which food and drink comes from your country? Which foreign food and drink is popular in your country?

2    Can you identify any places or nationalities in

the photographs? What else can you see?

3    Read the text. Write the correct question

heading for each paragraph.

WHERE DOES OUR FOOD COME FROM?

WHAT DO WE EAT? HOW DO WE EAT?

4    Answer the questions.

1    When did human history start? Was it about 10,000 years ago or was it about 1 million years ago?

2    Do they eat much rice in the south of China? 3 Why do the Scandinavians and the Portuguese eat a lot of fish?

4     Why don't the Germans eat much fish?

5     Which countries have many kinds of sausages?

6     How many courses are there in China?

7     How do people eat in the Middle East?

8     Why can we eat strawberries at any time of the year?

Speaking

3,

5 Work in small groups and discuss these questions about your country.

1    What is a typical breakfast?

2    What does your family have for breakfast?

3    Is lunch or dinner the main meal of the day? 4 What is a typical main meal?

Writing

6 Write a paragraph about meals in your country.

The kind of food we eat depends on which part of the world we live in, or which part of our country we live in. For example, in the south of China they eat rice, but in the north they eat noodles. In Scandinavia, they eat a lot of herrings, and the Portuguese love sardines. But in central Europe, away from the sea, people don't eat so much fish, they eat more meat and sausages. In Germany and Poland there are hundreds of different kinds of sausages.

In North America, Australia, and Europe there are two or more courses to every meal and people eat with knives and forks.

In China there is only one course, all the food is together on the table, and they eat with chopsticks.

In parts of India and the Middle East people use their fingers and bread to pick up the food.

Nowadays it is possible to transport food easily from one part of the world to the other. We can eat what we like, when we like, at any time of the year. Our bananas- come from the Caribbean or Africa; our rice comes from India or the USA; our strawberries come from Chile or Spain. Food is very big business. But people in poor countries are still hungry, and people in rich countries eat too much.

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LISTENING AND SPEAKING My favourite food

1 Look at the photographs of different food. Where is it from? Which do you like?

•    travels a lot   • prefers vegetables

•    likes sweet things      • likes food from his own country

•    had her favourite food on holiday

4 What's your favourite food? Is it from your country or from another country?                                                Sally

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EVERYDAY ENGLISH Polite requests

1   What can you see in the photograph?

2   Match the questions and responses.

We use Can/Could I . to ask for things.

Can I have a glass of water?

Could I have a glass of water?

We use Can/Could you . to ask other people to do things for us.

Listen and check. Practise the questions and responses with a partner. Can you give me the the salt?recipe? Could you pass 3 Complete these requests with Can/Could I . .. ? or Can/Could you .. . ?

1   have a cheese sandwich, please? 5 lend me some money, please?

2   tell me the time, please? 6          help me with my homework, please?

3   take me to school? 7 borrow your dictionary, please? 4 see the menu, please?

4   Practise the requests with a partner. Give an answer for each request.

Listen and compare your answers.

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Bigger and better!

Comparatives and superlatives • have got • Town and country • Directions 2

STARTER                       Work with a partner. Who is taller? Who is older? Tell the class.

I'm taller and older than Maria. She's smaller and younger than me.

GRAMMAR SPOT

1      Complete these comparatives. What are the rules?

                I'm                   (old) than you.

                Your class is                   (noisy) than my class.

                Your car was                  (expensive) than my car.

2      What are the comparatives of the adjectives in exercise 1?

3      The comparatives of good and bad are irregular. What are they? good     bad

Grammar Reference 10.1 p131

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PRACTICE

Much more than .

I Complete the conversations with the correct form of the adjectives.

I A Life in the country is glower than city life. (slow)

B Yes, the city's much faster . (fast)

    2 A New York is                                       London. (safe)

B No, it isn't. New York is much

. (dangerous)

    3 A Paris is                                        Madrid. (big)

       B No, it isn't! It's much                   . (small)

    4 A Madrid is                                                           Rome.

(expensive)

B No, it isn't. Madrid is much . (cheap) 5 A The buildings in Rome are the buildings in New York. (modern)

       B No, they aren't. Theyre much                    . (old)

6 A The Underground in London is the Metro in Paris. (good)

B No! The Underground is much . (bad) T 10.2 Listen and check. Practise with a partner.

2 Work with a partner. Compare two towns or cities that you both know. Which do you like better? Why?

COUNTRY LIFE have got

Mel moved to Seacombe, a small country town near the sea. Read and listen to Mel's conversation with her friend Tara. Complete it with the correct adjectives.

       T Why did you leave London? You had a                job.

                                 M Yes, but I've got a                job here.

T And you had a flat in London. M Well, I've got a flat here. T Really? How many bedrooms has it got?

M Three. And it's got a garden.

                                                           It's               than my flat in

London and it's

T But you haven't got any