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S t ra i g h t f o r w a r d E l e m e n t a r y

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Jim Scrivener & Tim Bowen

S t ra i g h t f o r w a r d E l e m e n t a r y
PORTFOLIO
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Contents
Welcome to your Straightforward
Elementary Portfolio

page
Before you start
Me 3
Language passport 4–5
My English 6
Needs analysis 7

During the course

Diary 8–57

At the end of the course

Can you remember? 58
My grammar now 59
Now I can . . . 60
The way forward 61
Goodbye! 62

My dossier 63
Answers 64
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Me
Describe yourself
Complete the text to make a true description of yourself. Stick your
photo here.
My name is and I’m years
ol d . When you meet me, you’ll see that I am
and . My friends or colleagues say that
I’m .

I live in . It’s a very place . The most interesting

thing in my town is .

There are people in my family . I have sisters

and brothers .

In the future I want to because I .

Things I like:

Things I don’t like:

My choices
Circle the correct words and phrases for you.
coffe e or tea ?

sleep late or get up early ?

wor k or stud y ?
er gam e ?
do som e spo rt or play a com put
pa sta or ric e ? bat h or sho wer ? co ff ee or tea ?
read a boo k or wat ch a mov ie ?

cho cola te or chip s ?

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Language passport
My school/college
I go/went to .

The teacher who helped me most was my teacher.

He/She .

School subjects
My most difficult subject is/was .

My most interesting subject is/was .

I would like to know more about .

Examinations I passed:

Qualifications I have:

Is that question too No, the question

difficult for you? is fine, but the
answer...

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My languages
My mother tongue is .

What languages can you speak? Complete the table. (1 = just a little, 5 = fluently)

Language:
Speaking 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Writing 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Listening 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Reading 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5
Number of
years studied

These languages would be useful for me to learn in the future:

Circle the best phrase to complete the sentences for you.

I find it very easy / quite easy / quite difficult / very difficult to

learn a language.

I think that the most important thing in learning a language is to

be able to speak / listen / read / write in the new language.

The most difficult thing for me is speaking / listening /

reading / writing.

I would like to improve my pronunciation / spelling /

vocabulary / grammar / fluency.

‘ Learn a new language. There will be millions

more people who could be your friend.
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My English
I can do these things easily in English:

for me:
These things are still very difficult

This grammar is studied at Common European Framework levels A1 & A2.

How confident are you? (1 = I have problems with this. 2 = This is OK. 3 = I know this.)

Grammar item For example 1 2 3

A/an a cat, an exercise
Regular & irregular plurals windows, women
Verb to be I am a student. You aren’t Spanish.
Is he 18?
Possessive adjectives my, his, her
Possessive ’s Jim’s car, the child’s book
Prepositions of place on, next to, under
Present simple affirmative She works at home.
Present simple negative She doesn’t work at home.
Present simple questions Does she work at home?
& short answers Yes, she does.
Wh- questions Where does she work?
Frequency adverbs always, often, sometimes, never
There is / there are There are three boxes.
Past simple was/were They were late. She was angry.
Past simple regular verbs walked, wanted, watched
Past simple irregular verbs ate, went, saw
Past simple questions What did you do last night?
Prepositions of time at 10 o’clock, in May, on Thursday
Can/can’t She can swim. He can’t.
Present continuous She’s working, We’re cooking.
Going to future I’m going to buy a DVD.

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Needs analysis
English is important for me because
.
I will need English in the future to
.

Tick the boxes to show how important these things are for you.

quite

very
not
important
Describe people and things
Tell a story
Express opinions and discuss topics
Participate in meetings
Make presentations
Socialize in English
Reserve hotels or book tickets
Order food in restaurants
Receive visitors
Read newspaper and magazine articles
Make telephone calls
Read business or technical texts
Read for enjoyment
Understand information on the internet
Understand presentations
Understand movies and TV programmes
Write and read notes and memos
Write and read emails
Write and read personal letters
Write and read business letters
Pass an exam

Which two or three are your priorities? Mark them with a .

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Diary
You will find diary sections throughout this Portfolio. These are for you to write your
thoughts while you study the course. You can choose how you use it. You can answer
the question or use the diary space to write down:
• your answer to other questions on the page.
• interesting things that happen during lessons or study time.
• important or useful things you learn during the course.
• thoughts about what you are learning and how you
are studying.
• things that are easy or difficult for you.
• things that you enjoy or don’t enjoy.
• conversations you have with teachers or other students.

Look at the example diary entry from page 15 of this

Portfolio. It gives you an idea of the things you can write.
Who are your good friends? Are any of your friends studying English with you?
What do you like about your friends?

Francesca and Eduardo are my best friends. We went to the same

university in Bologna. Eduardo is studying English with me now. We want
to learn English for our holidays. We are going to go to America
together in July. I like my friends because they like fashion and
sports, the same as me. Francesca plays tennis and goes to
restaurants every week. We often go out for a drink together and go
to a disco. Eduardo is interested in football and politics. We all talk
about travel and sometimes we speak English!

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‘ I want to live my life, not record it.
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Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
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Basics 1 & 2
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can introduce myself.
I can spell my name.
I can understand classroom instructions.
I can understand the names of common objects, colours and days of the week.

International words
These words are international words in different languages. Write them with their correct
English spelling.

caffee
aeroport futbol
taksi stazione ospitale

Which of the words can you pronounce easily in English? Which are difficult to pronounce?

Colours
What colours are these things normally?
1 grass 4 snow 7 wine
2 the sky 5 chocolate 8 tomatoes
3 the sea 6 the sun

Boys or girls?
Are these boys’ or girls’ names in English? Mark them M (male) or F (female).

1 3 5 7
Andrea Nicola Charlotte Gill
Peter
2
4
Jack Lucy 8
Bill
6

Days of the week

Which days are missing from the list? Put them in the correct order.

Wednesday Monday Saturday Tuesday Friday

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1a The new person

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can say hello and goodbye, introduce myself and understand greetings.
I can use the verb to be in affirmative and negative statements.
I can understand the names of objects in an office.
I can use possessive adjectives.

Meeting new people

Do you like to meet new people? Do you usually
talk a lot or a little when you meet new people?

Diary
You are starting Straightforward Elementary. What
do you think will be good about studying this course?

Possessive adjectives
Match the words and phrases to the correct
possessive adjectives.

1
2
3
4
Eric
the students
me
Margaret
their
her
our
his
‘
Sometimes you forget people you
meet. Sometimes you meet
people who forget you. But
sometimes you meet people you

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5 me and my sister my can never forget.
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1b Personal profile
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can ask and answer questions about my nationality.
I can answer questions about my age.
I know the names of countries and nationalities in English.
I can make negatives and questions with the verb to be.

Identity card
Complete your Straightforward student card.
STUDENT CARD

Name:
Sex:
Straightforward

Nationality:
Teacher’s name:
Date of birth:
First language:
Email address:
Signature:

‘I like your personal profile

but I don’t like you.’
My profile
Write four sentences about yourself (name, age, nationality and one other piece of information).

Countries & nationalities

How many countries can you write in English? Make a list and add the nationalities. Add to your
list when you meet new ones later in the Student’s Book.

Today’s lesson
Write three things that you remember from lesson 1b.
1

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1c Personal possessions
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can name common personal possessions.
I can ask what an object is.
I can ask about who owns objects.
I can use this, that, these and those to talk about things that are here or there.

My possessions
Find ten objects from lesson 1c in the word snake. How many do you have with you today?
Which do you never carry with you? Would you like to buy a new one of any of the objects?

u mb re l la n
e p ho n e ew
bi l sp eys al a rmc l e ra
mo ap rk o ck m
erb at e pe n s a s s e sca
o ok b ot t leo fw gl
Complete these sentences.

I always take with me when I go out.

I don’t usually take when I go out.

Diary
How do you feel about your level of English? Is the work you are doing in the Student’s Book
easy or difficult for you? Which areas give you the most problems?

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‘ You can’t have everything.
Where would you put it?
Steven Wright (American comedian)
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1d In person
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand an email invitation.
I can understand basic conversations.
I can identify different drinks in English.
I can respond to an offer.

Drinks
What drinks do you have ...
coffee juice cola
at breakfast? tea beer
reak? milk water wine
your morning b
during

lunch?
with your

in the evening?

Your day
How was your day today? Circle the best word.

easy difficult good bad fantastic

Now write a sentence to describe your day.

Remember!
Write three things you would like to remember from Unit 1
and say why they are important for you.
1

‘ Water is the only drink for a wise man.

’
Henry Thoreau (American author and poet, 1817–1862)
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2a The expat files

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand common verbs in a description.
I can understand information about someone’s life.
I can understand a short article.
I can use the affirmative and negative forms of verbs in the present simple.

I’m an expat!
Imagine you are an expat. Where do you live?
How is your life different from your life in
your home country? What things are the same?

‘I thought I’d enjoy being an expat ...’

Things I do
Write true sentences about yourself.

I speak .

I drink .

I read .

I don’t speak .

I don’t have .

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2b Typical friends
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can listen to and understand a short interview.
I can use common verbs to talk about my favourite activities.
I can ask questions in the present simple and give short answers.
I can identify word stress in short words.

Men & women

Which things do you think men like more than women? Which things
do women like more than men? Complete these sentences.

Men like more than women.

Women like more than men.

Diary
Who are your friends? Are any of your friends studying English
with you? What do you like about your friends?

Things I do
Which of the things do you often do? Which things do you never do? (0 = never do,
3 = sometimes do, 5 = often do)

play football speak English outside lessons

eat at a restaurant go shopping
watch TV talk about personal things

‘ The only way to have a friend is to be one.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (American writer, 1803–1882)
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2c He lives with his parents

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand opinions in an article. Your father and I
I can ask questions using the present simple. have decided _ you’re
I can make questions using where, what, who and why. leaving home.
I can understand and use words related to the family.

My family
Write about life in your family.

Living at home
Which of these statements is true in your country?

Young people usually leave home at the age of eighteen.

Most young people live with their parents until they get married.

Pronunciation
What words can you remember from lesson 2c that end in the sound /Iz/ in the plural?

The family in your country

Look at the Did you know? on page 27 of your Student’s Book again. Write two or three
sentences about the family in your country.
FACT SHEET

The family in

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‘ My parents only had one argument in
forty-five years. It lasted forty-three years.
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Cathy Ladman (American comedian)
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2d Tour group
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand a description of a person.
I can understand adjectives used to describe people.
I can describe a person.
I can ask and answer questions about people.

Diary
Look back through Unit 2. What did you enjoy the most?

Describe yourself
Answer these questions about yourself. Then write a short description of yourself.
1 Are you middle-aged?
2 Are you medium height?
3 Are you thin?
4 Are you fair?

People
Write the name of ...

• a very tall person.

• a pretty film star.
• a thin pop singer.
• someone who is 4O years old.
• someone who has blue eyes.
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3a Houseswap
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can read and understand descriptions of homes on a web page.
I can use adjectives to describe homes.
I can talk about where I live and give information about my house.
I can use prepositions of place to describe the position of things.

My home
Describe your home. Is it a nice place to live?

Swap
Imagine you are going to swap holiday homes with someone in
another country. Which country would you like to go to? Why?

Prepositions
Answer these questions.
1 What is opposite your home? ‘When I said yes to
2 What is next to your office/school? the houseswap, I didn’t
3 Do you live close to a market? check the address.’
4 How far do you live from the sea?

Diary
Do you like to read advertisements on the internet? Do you find the language easy or difficult?

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3b 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand questions and answers in a radio interview.
I can talk about what I do at home.
I can use there is and there are to describe a building.
I can ask questions with how many?

a
Famous buildings
Can you match the presidential residences to
these countries?
1 Russia
2 France
3 Italy
4 Poland
b
My country
Where does the president or prime minister of
your country live? Write about a famous building in
your country.

My house
Correct these sentences about different rooms in
your house.

I sleep in the kitchen. c

I eat in the bedroom.
I watch TV in the bathroom.
I study in the hall.
I wash in the living room.

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3c My first flat
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand the names of furniture in a room.
I can listen for specific information in a conversation.
I can use there isn’t and there aren’t.
I can use a, an, some and any to describe a room.

My room
Circle the things you have in your bedroom.

a chair a television a fridge

a cupboard a wardrobe a desk

Circle the things you have in your kitchen. Bathroom

a sofa a fridge a cooker

pictures curtains

Circle the things you have in your living room.

a clock plants a stereo

Window

a chair a bed CDs

Design your flat

Make your perfect one-bedroom flat. Draw
some things from ‘My room’ on the floor plan.
3m

Did you know?

Window

6m

In summer 2005, the

London newspaper
Evening Standard wrote
about the smallest flat
in London.
It measures less than six square metres
and was originally a storage cupboard.
The owner says it is worth about
£100,000. Would you want to live
there?

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3d Tate Modern
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can ask for and give directions.
I can understand and follow directions.
I can understand a description of a tourist attraction.
I can understand and use ordinal numbers.

Art galleries
Have you ever been to an art gallery? Are they
interesting places? Do you like looking at paintings
and sculptures?

What floor?
Do you live in an apartment? What floor is it on? Is it
better to live on the ground floor, the first floor or
the tenth floor? Why?

Diary
How many hours a week do you study English? Is this enough?

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4a MetroNaps
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can ask for the time and understand the answer.
I can understand a sequence of events in an article.
I can talk about daily routines and habits.
I can make collocations using have, go and get.

What time?
• get up?
What time do you ...
ool?
t work/sch
• have breakfast? • star
• have lunch?

Write two sentences about your daily routines and habits.

One of my friends
Describe the daily routine of one of your friends.

Diary
What are your favourite and least favourite times of the day for studying English? Why?

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’
Teddy Keizer, who ran across 48 mountain peaks in three days, 17 hours and 21 minutes
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4b A day off
Happy Nothing Day!
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand months and dates.
I can talk about important dates in my life.
I can check facts in a short article.
I can use in, on and at to talk about time.

Nothing Day
Imagine today is Nothing Day. What will you do today?

Months
What things can you remember about last ...

July? September?
December?

Holidays
What are some important holiday days in your country? Choose one and complete the sentences
about what you do on this day.

Name of holiday: .
ually
In the morning I us .
At midday I .
In the afternoon I pm.
at
I usually go to bed

What new holiday would you make in your country?

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4c Do the housework!
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand information in a radio discussion.
I can use frequency adverbs to talk about how often I do things.
I can make questions using How often?
I can make collocations with do, make and take.

Jobs at home
Complete these sentences about jobs you do at home.
I always .

I often .

I sometimes .

I hardly ever .

I never .

What are you doing?

I’m making the bed.

Things I sometimes do
Change the frequency phrases to make these sentences true for you.

I go to the cinema every day.

I drink coffee once a year.
I go on holiday in November.
I watch English - language films three times a week.

Your day
What was your day like today? Circle the best word.

interesting boring easy difficult funny good

Now write a sentence to describe your day.

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4d I’m on the phone

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand simple phone conversations.
I can ask for phone numbers and give my phone number.
I can begin and end a phone conversation.
I can give a message to someone on the phone.

Phone phrases
Write four phone phrases using these words.

just a number
I call back you
can like to leave
a would you have
the wrong message
minute you

Key phone numbers Woma

Joke
n answ
What phone numbers do you call the most often? Why? Woma ers the
n: ‘No,
you do you do phone.
n’t say n
… you ’t say …
Woma don’t s
n han ay.’
Diary Woma
n’s hus gs up.
‘Who w ba nd ask
Who do you make the most phone calls to? Do you ever s
Woma as it, darling :
speak in English or other foreign languages on the phone? n: ‘He ?’
didn’t
say.’

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5a Languages made easy!

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand a description of an electronic product.
I can explain my problem or interrupt speakers when I don’t understand.
I can use can and can’t to talk about my abilities.
I can hear the different pronunciation of can and can’t in fluent speech.

Clever machines
Do you (or your friends) have a clever machine? What can it do?

Diary
Did anyone ever tell you a good idea to help you learn English? What are the best ideas you
know for learning a language?

[place this pronunciation activity on the fence

photo. Perhaps the photo could extend into lesson
1D to break out of the grid. Might need to ghost
background of artwork where text goes for clarity.
For each section, students have to add six more
words of their own so please leave enough space.
The three sections can be set in columns or rows,
whichever fits better on the page]

Can & can’t Did your father No! He did

help you with all of it.
Complete the sentences so your homework?
that they are true for you.

I can .

I can’t .

My friend can .

My teacher can .

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5b Cross Canada trip

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand expressions about the weather.
I can talk about travel and tourism in my country.
I can use was and were to talk about the past.
I can find information in a text.

Canada Seasons
Would you like to go to Canada? What would you like Number the seasons in the order
to see? you like the best.

Weather
What was the weather like today? Circle the winter spring
best words.

sunny warm windy cool

cold rainy cloudy snowy

Now write a sentence to describe today’s weather.

summer autumn

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5c Travel essentials
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand a conversation about a practical problem.
I can agree and disagree with a suggestion.
I can use past simple regular verbs to describe a situation.
Joke
If yo
I can ask questions in the past simple. passpo u look like y
rt pho our
defini to
tely ne graph – yo
ed a h u
oliday
Last-minute holiday !
What things do you always take with you when you travel? Which things do you often forget to
take? What things do you do before you leave home to go on a trip?

Past verbs Travel quotations

How many past verbs can you find Which quotation do you like the best? Why?
(across and down)?

6 = good
8 = fantastic
10 = absolutely brilliant
12 = Are you a genius?
‘ To travel hopefully
is better than to arrive.
’
Robert Louis Stevenson

D W A T C H E D O
‘ Travellers never think that
they are the foreigners.
’
Mason Cooley

P A C K E D E A R
A N D O P E N E D
S T A R T E D R E
S E C O O K E D R
S E L I K E D N A
D V I S I T E D A

Man on phone: ‘Hello? Montreal Airport?

Can you tell me how long it takes to
go to London?’
Voice on phone: ‘Just a minute . . . ’
Man on phone: ‘Oh great! Thanks!’

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5d Bed & breakfast

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand an advertisement for a hotel.
I can ask for permission and respond to a request.
I can find information in a text.
I can ask and answer questions at a hotel reception.

Questions at a hotel reception

Write three questions you often ask at a hotel reception.

My dream hotel
Complete the table about your dream hotel.

Where?
When?
Why?
Who with?

What hotels really mean Puzzle

Sometimes hotels don’t tell the whole truth in their advertisements. Rearrange the letters
to make words related
to guest houses and
What they say What they mean hotels.
countryside location 15 kilometres from town TURRASETAN
old-fashioned no bathroom
WOSHRE
tropical weather rainy
ENOUGL
lots of extras free soap
DRAGEN
lively loud disco next door until 4 am
FARBESKAT

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6a Celebrations
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand a blog (a web log diary).
I can use irregular past simple verbs to tell a story.
I can make questions using the past simple.
I can ask and answer questions about celebrations and other events.

The last party or celebration

I went to
Write about the last party or celebration you
went to. Was it a good party? Why was it good? Party time!
What did you do? What do you need to make a good party?
Number the things from 1 (the most important)
to 5.

a lot of friends
good music
food and drink
a good place for the party
a good DJ (disc jockey)

Make a blog
Write a short blog entry about this week. Use the past simple of these verbs.

be eat drink see wake up go

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‘ Never give a party if you
will be the most interesting person there.
’
Mickey Friedman (American writer and filmmaker)
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6b Actor! Author!
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand a television quiz show.
I can use past time expressions to talk about myself.
I can use irregular past simple verbs.
I can distinguish between similar sounding words in fluent speech.

Horror or comedy?
Which kind of film do you enjoy the most? Why?
comedy horror romance science fiction
cartoon western thriller

What will you write?

They say that every person can write one book
or film script. What will yours be about?

riter
A short story about a w
Irregular past verbs On ce up on a tim e a
yo ung ma n
om e a wr ite r.
Write three true sentences about yourself. Use sai d he wa nte d to bec
ngs tha t ma ke
the past simple of some of the verbs in the box. ‘I wa nt to wr ite thi
elin gs – to
pe op le hav e str ong fe
wake have ang ry. ’
cry , sho ut, lau gh, get
– his dre am ca me tru e!
go buy Lu ck y ma n
a co mp ute r
eat read He now wo rk s fo r
me ssa ges .
co mp any wr itin g err or

Diary
Which books do you most like reading? Which books are popular in your country at the moment?
Do you ever read anything in English?

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6c They cry easily

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand the main ideas in a short article.
I can talk about feelings.
I can use adverbs of manner to describe how I do things.
I can use adjectives to describe feelings.

Feelings
When do you feel like this?

How I do things
Write sentences about yourself using these adverbs, e.g. I can speak English well.

carefully well badly fast uietly easily

How many irregular adverbs can you remember from this unit?

Crying
Complete these sentences so that they are true for you.
The last time I cried was

.
I often cry when

.
I never cry

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‘ I love children, especially when they cry,
because that’s when someone takes them away.
’
Nancy Mitford (English writer, 1904–1973)
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6d I’m not crazy about it

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand opinions in a conversation.
I can ask other people about their opinions.
I can give my opinion with examples.
I can report back to the class about shared opinions.

Going to London
What will you do if you go to London? What places do you really want to see?

Likes & dislikes

Complete the sentences so that they are true for you.

I’m not cra y about .

I don’t mind .
I hate .
I really like .

Positive & negative

Think of an example for each thing.
an excellent film you saw recently
a great place for tourists to visit in your town
a terrible day in the last year
a bad meal you had

Diary
You are now halfway through Straightforward Elementary. Which lessons did you like the most?
What was the most important thing you learnt?

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7a Miracle diets?
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can identify information in a radio programme.
I can ask someone about their likes and dislikes.
I can give instructions about how to follow a diet.
I can use countable and uncountable nouns to talk about my diet.

Diary
Which ‘skill’ is the easiest for you: listening, reading, ‘Inside
Joke
me liv
speaking or writing? Which is the most difficult? crying es
to get a thin perso
Which is the most important for you? Why? out. B n
usuall ut I ca
her w y s i l e n
ith cho nce
colate
.’

Mixed up foods
The beginnings and endings of the food in the
menu are mixed up. Can you find the real words?

MENU
ficken >< chish
bananuce >< lettas
bake >< cread
lemges >< oranons Example: chicken – fish
miggs >< elk

Diets
Have you ever been on a diet? Do you think diets are useful or not?

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7b Rice
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can find the facts I need in an article.
I can ask questions about quantities.
I can talk about food.
I can use How much and How many.

Food & drink alphabet

Can you continue this list?

pple, read, offee . . .

Which letters are the most difficult (or impossible)?
Is there a letter you can find three or more foods for?

Pronunciation
Find foods in lessons 7a & 7b containing these sounds.

/e/ /i…/ /u…/

egg cheese fruit

Different foods
These foods are all matched to the wrong countries. Can you match them to the correct ones?

pasta – Spain paella – Mexico curry – England

tacos – India frankfurters – Italy roast beef – Germany

‘Health food makes me sick.

’
Calvin Trillin (American writer)

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7c Fussy eaters
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand opinions about food in a conversation.
I can talk about eating out.
I can talk about food I like and dislike.
I can criticize something or someone with too.

Fussy eaters
Do you know any fussy eaters? Are you one?
What foods do you/they not eat?

My taste in food
Describe your taste in food using these words.

spicy raw cooked salty hot sweet

Menu
Restaurant menu Spicy Special
a wonderful plate full of hot specialities
Look at the menu from an unusual restaurant.
Sweet Tooth Special
What would you order? Why?
a delicious selection of sweet foods
Health Special
a fantastic mix of cold, raw vegetables
Diary Diet Special
Is your pronunciation improving? What sounds a small meal of carrot soup and fresh fruit
are easy or difficult for you to pronounce?

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7d Eat out
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can order food and drink in a restaurant.
I can ask for a table in a restaurant.
I can understand key information in a conversation.
I can understand items on a menu.

Eating out Restaurant words

Which of these statements are true for you? Put the words in the correct order
for a restaurant meal.
I eat out when . . .
main course
ng .
bra te s om et hi
I w a nt to ce le bill
starter
we have an important family occasion. coffee
I w a nt to s ee dessert
m y fr ie nd s.

I do n’t wa nt to co ok .
Waiter,
Restaurant questions there’s a dead fly
in my soup! Yes, sir.
Rearrange the words to make two important They aren’t very
restaurant questions. good swimmers.
the please I Can bill have

menu Can have I the please

Puzzle
What are these food words from Lesson 7d?

r _ s o _ _ o
l _ _ a g _ e
m _ _ h r _ _ m
p _ p p _ r
c _ e e _ e

What two Italian food words could this be?

p _ _ _ a
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8a I hate flying
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand the main ideas in a magazine article.
I can talk about my travel habits.
I can give reasons for likes and dislikes.
I can use verbs like like, mind and hate + -ing.

Things I love, like, don’t mind, don’t like and hate

Complete these sentences about your likes and dislikes.
I love .

I like .

I don’t mind .

I don’t like .

I hate .

Diary
Which English-speaking countries do you want to visit? Why?

Fears
Some people are afraid of flying. Are you afraid of any of these things?

dogs ghosts the dark crowds silence being alone

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‘
There are only two emotions in a plane:
boredom and terror.

’
Orson Welles
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8b Traffic jam
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand a traffic report.
I can give my opinion about ideas in a text.
I can talk about events and actions happening now.
I can use the present continuous to describe actions in pictures and photos.

Traffic jams
Do you have bad traffic jams in your town? Which part of town is worst? How long was the
longest traffic jam you were ever in?

Transport
Number the forms of transport from 1 (I like the best) to 8 (I hate it).

car plane train

bus taxi bicycle
boat on foot

Action verbs
Which of these did you do in the last 24 hours? Write about them.

sing drive kiss sleep walk run smoke

Things to do while driving

How many different things can you do while driving?

listen to music
count the bridges

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8c Follow that car!

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand the sequence of events in a story.
I can make noun + verb collocations related to transport.
I can decide when to use the present simple or present continuous.
I can ask questions using the present continuous.

Detective He’s leaving his

Imagine that a private detective is following you on house now.
your journey to school. How does she describe your journey?

Diary
What is the most important thing you learnt in English class
in the last two weeks? Why do you think this is important?

[Photo 40.1 Photo of a few cars on a motorway (as if taken from an

overhead bridge) - not too much detail as to be ghosted back to 15%
and used as the backdrop to the diary section]

What are they doing now?

Think about five important people in your life and say what they are doing now, e.g. My mum is
walking home from work. My best friend is cooking dinner for his girlfriend.

Transport collocations
How many transport words can you remember that go with these verbs?

take ride drive

Which countries do these cars come from?

Audi Jaguar Ferrari Peugeot Volvo SEAT

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8d Let’s take the bus

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can describe a journey.
I can use intonation to sound friendly.
I can make and respond to suggestions.
I can use the verb take in different ways.

Travelling around town

How do you usually travel round town? How many different kinds of transport do you have in
your town? What kind of transport not in your town would be good to have?

A long journey
Imagine you are going to travel from your home to Cairo,
the capital of Egypt – but you won’t use any planes!
Write down the transport you use on your journey.

Take & go
Complete the questions with take or go. Then answer the questions.
1 Do you always an umbrella with you when you go out?
2 Do you ever on foot to the shops?
3 How long does it you to get to school?
4 Do you often photographs?
5 Do you ever by coach to visit relatives?

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Joke Joke
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p l e a s e v e a re t u r n this bu
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back t
o h e re ? ’ ‘ We
ll, nly wh the
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urse!’ ill.’
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9a A good impression
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand facts on a web page.
I can talk about my clothes.
I can use should and shouldn’t to give advice.
I can pronounce different words ending in -e.

My clothes
What are you wearing right now? What different clothes will you
wear tomorrow?

Diary
Do you always try to make a good impression on people in your
class? When did you make a bad impression on someone?

What’s important for you? Spelling & pronunciation

Are these things important or not when you Match the words to the sounds.
meet new people? (0 = not important,
3 = quite important, 5 = very important) aI time
late
smiling wine
eye contact home alone
eI
kissing
take smoke
clothes
body language game ´U hide
Why do you think the important things are

‘ ’
important?
The soul of a man is in his clothes.
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9b Body moving
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can follow instructions.
I can understand the main ideas in an article.
I can use imperatives to give instructions.
I can use vocabulary related to the body.

Being healthy
Which of these things did you do last week?

go jogging go swimming walk upstairs

go to the gym eat salad ride a bicycle
take a long walk stretch

Lifestyle
Answer the questions.

How many hours a day do you ...

games?
watch TV? play computer

sit in a classroom? spend eating and drin

king?

Parts of the body

Find at least eight parts of the
body (across and down). Can you
find twelve?

F O O T B Q F E S
O N T P A H I S H
L E G R C A N O O
[Photo 43.1 Ballet dancer dancing]
C C O U K N G N U
T K E A W D E D L
R A W R I O R N D
E A R M E I P E E
[
Y S U H E A D O R

‘ ’
E L B O W E N A P
The body says what words cannot.
Martha Graham (American dancer, 1893–1991)

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9c Never forget a face

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand the main ideas in a television interview.
I can use possessive pronouns to answer whose questions.
I can name parts of the face.
I can pronounce the sound /h/ at the beginning of words.

My memory
Do you have a good memory? Complete these
sentences so that they are true for you.
1 I always remember
.
2 I can never remember
.
3 I never forget
.
4 I can remember
.

Who’s & whose

Are you sure about the different meaning of
who’s and whose? Test yourself.

1 Are they pronounced the same

or differently?
2 Which one means the same as
‘who is’?
3 Which one is a question about
who owns things?
4 Complete the sentences with Memory test
who’s or whose. Look at this list of ten words for two minutes.
Close your book. How many can you
a I don’t know book remember? (Do you remember what they
this is. mean?)
b I don’t know traffic phobia pasta exam
coming into the room. celebration blog swap expat
baggage law

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9d Not feeling well

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand a conversation about health problems.
I can talk to someone about their health.
I can describe health problems.
I can use a set of words related to health.

Health problems You’re in good shape

When was the last time you were ill? What symptoms for a man of 65!
did you have? How did you feel?

Pronunciation
Write these as words related to health.
Æ Æ
/k´Uld/ / œsprIn/ / taI´d/ /sIk/

Diary
You have now finished 75% of Straightforward Elementary. But I’m only 45.
Do you think your English is improving? What are you enjoying
or not enjoying? What is difficult?

‘ A good laugh and a long sleep are

the best cures in the doctor’s book.

’
Irish proverb 45
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10a It’s illegal

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand details in an article.
I can discuss anti-smoking laws in my country.
I can use must, mustn’t and needn’t to talk about obligation.
I can use a set of words related to places in a city.

No photography!
There are some places in most countries where you mustn’t
take photographs. What about your country? Think of three places.

Things you must or mustn’t do

Write three sentences about things you must or mustn’t do in
your town or city.
In Texas, in the USA, it
is illegal for children to
have unusual haircuts.
Diary
How do you remember words? Do you keep random word lists or do you organize them in some
way? Is learning vocabulary easy for you?

[add wring lines here providing the page doesn’t look

too much like a workbook]

Pronunciation
Find eight /ø/ sounds in these sentences.

You mustn’t dump rubbish in the street.

‘ All the things I really like to
do are either illegal,

’
You mustn’t chew gum in class. immoral or fattening.
You mustn’t run down the up escalator! Alexander Woolcott (theatre critic, 1887–1943)

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10b Life in the capital

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand general comments in a conversation.
I can talk about my city.
I can use comparatives to compare different places.
I can count syllables in a word and decide where the stress is.

Capital cities
How many capital cities have you been to? Which is the best? Why? Which capitals would you
most like to see? Is it better to live in a capital or in the rest of the country?

Capitals quiz Syllable counting

Can you match these capital cities to their Which of these words have exactly two
countries? syllables?

1 Kenya Cardiff window ugly

2 Thailand Tbilisi station capital
3 Austria Montevideo mountain walked
4 Georgia Bangkok friendly
5 Uruguay Vienna

‘ ’
6 Wales Nairobi
Rome was not built in a day.
Jean de la Fontaine (French writer, 1621–1695)

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10c Best of the best

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand the main idea of each paragraph in an article.
I can use superlatives to compare more than two people or things.
I can use go + -ing.
I can understand details in a text.

How often? Puzzle

Complete the sentences with time expressions Rearrange the letters to make holiday
to make them true for you. activities. (They all end in -ing.)

1 I go dancing . GIESGHSTIEN
MIWSNGIM
2 I go shopping .
VIGNID
3 I go skiing . GAWKLIN
4 I go swimming . SIPPGHON

The most famous

Write a sentence using the most famous about three of these people and things in your country.

singer actor building landmark TV personality sportsman/woman

Cape Town
How much do you remember about Cape Town from lesson 10c?
Complete these famous landmarks.

1 Mountain
2 Robben
3 Victoria and Waterfront
4 Green Point

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10d City souvenirs Darling, I’ve got you

a little souvenir of my
trip to Spain.
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand and make requests in a gift shop.
I can describe the size and colour of things.
I can ask for things in a shop.
I can use word linking to speak more quickly and smoothly.

Souvenirs
What is your favourite souvenir? Where and when did you get it?
Was it cheap or expensive? Why do you like it?

Describing things
Read these definitions. Can you guess what each thing is? Check your ideas on page 64.

1 It’s a round, green or red fruit.

2 It’s very tall and green and grows outside.
3 It’s a fruit. It has yellow skin, but inside it’s white.

Diary
You are coming to the end of Straightforward Elementary. What is your best memory from your
English classes?

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11a Behind the scenes

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand a television documentary.
I can ask someone questions about their job.
I can discuss health care in my country.
I can make questions with auxiliary verbs.

Jobs
What are these jobs?

1 I write down people’s orders then I carry food to people. Later I take their money.
2 I work with a small number of other people. We travel a long distance together.
We can see Earth from our windows.
3 I meet a lot of people. They tell me their problems. I write down medicines that
can help them.

Tongue twisters
Can you say each of these tongue twisters five times quickly?
e was a waiter wor
Willi king in Vienna.
B arbie’s a vet but V icky ’s a bu il de r.

Now make your own tongue twister sentence using /w/, /v/ and /b/ sounds.

Diary
What jobs have you done in your life? Did you use English? What is your ideal job?

50 ‘ Buses stop at bus stations. Trains stop at

train stations. My desk has a workstation.
Anonymous
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11b The future of work

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand the main ideas in an article.
I can talk about jobs and work in my country.
I can use will to make predictions.
I can use a set of words related to work.

My future working life

Write three sentences about your future work.
Where will you be in ten years’ time? Will you travel?
Will you use English in your job?

What’s most important in a job?

How important are these things for you in a job?
(1 = the most important, 6 = the least important)

a friendly boss
pleasant colleagues
good pay
a comfortable workplace
the opportunity to travel
interesting work

Word stress
Mark the main stressed syllables in these adjectives.

unemployed badly - paid part - time temporary dangerous

Jobs
In your country do women (W), men (M) or both (B) usually do these jobs?

doctor English teacher lorry driver nurse lawyer pilot

‘ I like work: it fascinates me.

I can sit and look at it for hours.

’
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11c 16 before 60
Can do (tick ✓ )
I can compare facts in a talk with facts in an article.
I can guess the meaning of words in an article.
I can use be + going to + infinitive to talk about plans in the future.
I can understand the weak pronunciation of to in fluent speech.

Improving your life

Look at five of the ideas from lesson 11c.
Which one would make your life better? Why?

Before I’m 60
Write your own list of things you want to do before
you are 60.

‘ Three things happen when you

get old. First your memory goes.
Then ... oh, I’ve forgotten the other two.

’
Adapted from a quotation by Denis Healey (English politician)

Make & do
Rearrange the words to make two questions.
Then answer the questions.

many you English make Do mistakes in

your When homework do do you

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11d Love and work

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand opinions on an internet discussion board.
I can use phrasal verbs to talk about relationships.
I can make invitations.
I can respond to invitations positively and negatively.

Invitations
Rearrange the lines in this conversation.

a How about tomorrow, then?

b Would you like to go out for a drink tonight?
c I'm busy tomorrow too.
d Possibly, I'll check my diary . . .
e No, I'm sorry. I'm busy tonight.
f Well, what about the next night?

Diary
How many people did you speak to in class today? What did you talk about? Do you always work
with the same or different people in class?

Phrasal verbs
How many phrasal verbs can you remember
from lesson 11d?

get take break

‘ ’Love hurts.
Emmylou Harris (American singer)

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12a Lifetime achievements

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand biographical details in an article.
I can give reasons for my opinions.
I can use the present perfect simple to talk about general events or
experiences in the past.
I can use words related to music.

Diary
Do you like listening to songs in English? Do they help you learn new vocabulary?

Music & countries Puzzle

Match the styles of music to the countries.
Rearrange the letters to make
1 salsa Jamaica musical instruments.
2 reggae Argentina
3 blues Cuba / Puerto Rico
4 tango India / Pakistan
5 bhangra USA raigut
inlovi
Musical quiz
Correct the statements about musicians. Check your
answers in Lesson 12a.

1 The Rolling Stones are from the USA. nopia murds

2 Joni Mitchell was born in 1942.
3 Aretha Franklin is a jazz singer.
4 Bob Dylan has written more than 6OO songs.
boutneamri

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12b A public life

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand different answers to the same question.
I can ask questions about experiences and events in someone’s past.
I can form present perfect simple questions and negatives.
I can pronounce irregular past participles

Public and private life

Would you like to be famous? What would be
good and bad about it?

On television
Imagine that you are going to be on TV tomorrow.
What will you do? Sing a song? Star in a detective
show? Read the news? Or ...?

Have you ever ...?

Complete the questions with the words in the box.
Then write short answers.

given Have copied told Has flown

1 Have you ever in a plane?

2 Has a friend ever you flowers?

3 your teacher ever you your English is good?

4 other students ever your homework?

‘ All television is children’s television.

’
Richard P. Adler (American writer)

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12c English in your life

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand opinions in a brochure.
I can talk about learning English.
I can give a one-minute presentation about a topic that interests me.
I can use different verb forms to ask someone questions about their life.

Learning English
What’s the best way to learn English? Number these things from 1 (the best) to 5.

at school with a teacher

at home using a book
watching movies and DVDs
on the internet
talking to people in English

Words in English from other languages

English has many words from other languages. Can you match these words to the languages
they came from?

1 tea C ech
2 pi a Chinese
3 algebra Greek
4 robot Arabic
5 ketchup Malay
6 phone Italian

The Japanese eat only a little fat and they live

longer than the British or Americans.
The French eat a lot of fat and they live longer
than the British or Americans.
The Japanese drink only a little red wine and they
live longer than the British or Americans.
The Italians drink a lot of red wine and they live
longer than the British or Americans.
The Germans drink a lot of beer and eat a lot of
sausages and other fatty foods and they live
longer than the British or Americans.
CONCLUSION: Eat and drink what you like.
Speaking English is apparently what kills you.

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12d The end

Can do (tick ✓ )
I can understand social conversations on different topics.
I can thank someone and respond to thanks.
I can understand instructions for a board game.
I can discuss my feelings about life events.

Diary
How do you feel now that the course is ending? What did you enjoy the most? Did you learn as
much as you hoped?

Saying goodbye
Think of some times you have said goodbye to people in
the past – happy goodbyes and sad goodbyes. Write about
one of these times.

Social phrases
Write four social phrases using these words.

at you’re lot thanks all

don’t mention not it
a welcome

Friends
What would you like to remember about
friends from your course?

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Can you remember?

Now that you have finished the course ... how much can you remember about the
characters and topics from Straightforward Elementary?
Don’t look back at your Student’s Book – see what you can remember!

1 Where did the British expats 6 What does Tracy Dick ride?
live in Unit 2? a a horse
a Spain b a bicycle
b Italy c a motorbike
c France

2 How old is the man who still lives

7 It’s illegal to take a to
with his parents in Unit 2? school in Cathedral City, California.
a 27 a snake
b 37 b dog
c 47 c cat

3 What’s the address of the

8 What is the capital of Canada?
White House? a Ottawa
a 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue b Toronto
b 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue c Montreal
c 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

4 What’s the name of Britain’s new

9 Who was a prisoner on Robben
museum of modern art? Island?
a National Modern a Napoleon
b Tate Modern b Homer Simpson
c Modern Ar t UK c Nelson Mandela

5 What is the top holiday destination

10 Which of these three hasn’t been
for Canadian tourists? Time magazine’s Person of the Year?
a Mexico a Queen Elizabeth II
b the United States b Michael Schumacher
c Spain c Adolf Hitler

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My grammar now
You studied these grammar items in Straightforward Elementary. How confident do
you feel about your own understanding and use of each one? (1 = I don’t know this
very well. 2 = I know this fairly well. 3 = I have few problems with this.)

Grammar Item For example 1 2 3

Indefinite article (a/an) a book, an apple
Plural nouns wallets, buses, hotels
Verb to be She’s Spanish. Is she a student?
Possessive adjectives my computer, her earrings
This, that, these, those this book, those books
Present simple affirmative & negative He plays the guitar. He doesn’t live in a flat.
Present simple questions & short answers Does he play the guitar? Yes, he does.
Wh- questions Where are you from?
Possessive ’s Andy’s brother
Adjectives They’re very friendly.
Prepositions of place in front of, opposite, next to
There is / there are There’s a small cinema.
Some & any There are some chairs. There aren’t any tables.
Prepositions of time: in, at, on In April, on Tuesday, at four o’clock
Frequency adverbs & phrases I often do the housework.
Time expressions once a month, twice a day
Can/can’t She can speak Italian.
Past simple was/were It was cold. We were tired.
Past simple regular verbs They visited Washington.
Past simple irregular verbs We went to Richard’s party.
Past time expressions yesterday, last week
Adverbs of manner easily, well, badly
Countable & uncountable nouns eggs, fruit, sugar, apples
How much? / How many? How many eggs are there? How much water
do you drink a day?
A lot, not much, not many There isn’t much milk.
too It’s too hot.
Verb + -ing I don’t like flying.
Present continuous She’s playing tennis.
Present simple vs Present continuous He usually walks to work but today he’s
taking the train.
Should/shouldn’t for advice You shouldn’t smoke.
Imperatives Drink water. Don’t smoke.
Possessive pronouns It’s hers.
Must, mustn’t & needn’t You must drive slowly.
Comparatives It’s more expensive than Madrid.
Superlatives It’s the best club in town.
Will for predictions She’ll have a good job.
Going to for future plans I’m going to stop smoking.
Phrasal verbs go out, break up, get along
Present perfect simple He’s won a lot of awards.
Present perfect questions with ever Have you ever been on TV?

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Now I can …
Listening Speaking
I can understand numbers. I can introduce myself.
I can understand classroom instructions. I can ask and answer questions about
I can understand greetings. nationality and age.
I can understand social conversations on I can talk about my favourite activities.
different topics. I can describe someone.
I can understand a short interview. I can ask for and give directions.
I can understand a description of a person. I can give a message to someone on
I can understand simple phone the phone.
conversations. I can talk about my abilities.
I can understand general and specific I can agree and disagree with a
information in phone conversations. suggestion.
I can understand opinions in a I can talk about feelings.
conversation. I can give my opinion with examples.
I can understand a conversation about a I can order food and drink in a restaurant.
practical problem. I can ask for things in a shop.
I can identify information in a radio I can make invitations and respond to
programme. invitations.
I can understand the sequence of events I can give reasons for my opinions.
in a story.
I can understand the main ideas in an Writing
interview. I can complete a form.
I can understand people talking about I can give personal information about
experiences and events in the past. myself in an email.
I can write a phone message.
Reading I can write a card for a special occasion.
I can understand a short article. I can write an invitation.
I can understand the sequence of events in I can give someone advice in a letter.
an article. I can write about my town or city.
I can understand the main ideas in a short I can write about my future work plans.
article. I can write a thank you note.
I can find the information I need in an
article.
I can understand details in an article.
I can guess the meaning of words in an
article.
I can give my opinion about ideas in a text.
I can understand the main idea of each
paragraph in an article.

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The way forward

Hopefully you will now be ready to move on to Straightforward Pre-intermediate. What
else can you do to help improve your English?

Reading
• Try to read something in English every day (internet web pages, news items on
news websites, magazine articles).
• Watch movies in your own language with English subtitles.
I often read . . .

Listening
• Watch English movies and DVDs with English subtitles.
• Listen to radio news items on internet radio
I often listen to . . .

Writing
• Write emails and text messages to your friends in English.
• Write messages on internet forums.
I have written these things in English . . .

Vocabulary
• Keep a vocabulary notebook. Write down interesting and useful new words that
you meet when you read or listen to English.
I practise vocabulary by . . .

Grammar
• Look back over the grammar in your Student’s Book and test yourself.
• Practise trying to use more difficult structures when you speak English.
I practise grammar by . . .

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Goodbye!
To help you finish this Portfolio with a smile – here are a few puzzles.
Odd one out
One word is different from the others in each group. Can you find it?

1 apple orange banana lettuce lemon

2 football tennis swimming golf basketball
3 Russia Poland Italy Greece Mexico
4 red blonde blue green orange
5 bus stop train plane tram ship

How many words?

How many English words of three letters or more can you make from the letters of this word?
Example: see

SECRETARY Target: 5 words (OK), 10 words (good),

15 words (excellent!)

What’s the topic?

These groups of words are connected with topics from the Student’s Book. What are the topics?

1 dress, jumper, skirt

2 security guard, accountant, secretary

3 shopping, dishes, rubbish

4 waiter, bill, menu

5 classical, rock, band

Number puzzles
What is the next number in each sequence?

1 one three six ten

2 three six twelve twenty-four
3 two three ten twelve

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My dossier
Your dossier is a collection of the work that you have done by yourself, either in class
or at home. It is a record of your level and also of the progress that you make.
on
Remember to put a date
all your work.

Include dated ‘can do’

er to
checklists in your dossi
ss you are
record the progre
making.
in a
Put your work
or a file to
folder
keep it sa fe.
Elementary

Take photos of your

Divide your work
school, classroom,
into categories:
classmates and teacher
to decorate your • writing
dossier.
• speaking
• reading
• listening
• vocabulary
• grammar
Keep one dossier for
each level of • pronunciation
Straightforward. • tests
Include recordings of
you speaking. Use
them to hear how your
pronunciation, accuracy
and fluency improve.

You could keep two dossiers:

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Macmillan Education
Answers Between Towns Road, Oxford OX4 3PP
Basics 1 & 2 Words: taxi, airport, station, coffee, football, hospital
A division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
Colours: 1 green, 2 & 3 blue, 4 white, 5 brown, 6 yellow, Companies and representatives throughout
7 white or red, 8 red the world
Boys or girls: 1F, 2M, 3F, 4M, 5F, 6F, 7F, 8M
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, ISBN-10: 1-4050-9580-6
Saturday, Sunday ISBN-13: 978-1-4050-9580-8
1a 1 his, 2 their, 3 my, 4 her, 5 our ISBN-10 (stapled cover): 0-230-02064-x
1c mobile phone, umbrella, newspaper, book, bottle of ISBN-13 (stapled cover): 978-0-230-02064-1
water, keys, alarm clock, pens, glasses, camera
3b 1d, 2b, 3a, 4c
Text © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006
4d Just a minute. You have the wrong number. Would you
like to leave a message? Can I call you back? Design and illustration © Macmillan Publishers
5c Across: watched, packed, opened, started, cooked, Limited 2006
liked, visited; Down: passed, wanted, ended, ordered Text written by Jim Scrivener and Tim Bowen
5d restaurant, shower, lounge, garden, breakfast
7a bananas – lettuce, bread – cake, lemons – oranges, First published 2006
milk – eggs
7b Pronunciation: /e/ bread, lettuce, lemon, pepper; All rights reserved; no part of this publication
/i…/ ice cream, meat, beer, sweets; /u…/ soup
may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval
pasta – Italy, paella – Spain,
curry – India, tacos – Mexico, frankfurters – Germany, system, transmitted in any form, or by any
roast beef – England means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
7d Questions: Can I have the bill, please? Can I have the recording, or otherwise, without the prior
menu, please? written permission of the publishers
Restaurant words: starter, main course, dessert,
coffee, bill
Puzzle: risotto, lasagne, mushroom, pepper, cheese,
pizza/pasta Designed by right on the line
8c 1 Germany, 2 UK, 3 Italy, 4 France, 5 Sweden, 6 Spain, Illustrated by Sarah Nayler, nb Illustration
8d 1 take, 2 go, 3 take, 4 take, 5 go Cover design by Macmillan Publishers Limited
9a /aI/ time, hide; /eI/ late, game; /´U/ home, alone
9b Across: foot, leg, ear, head, elbow; Down: eye, neck, The publishers would like to thank
arm, back, hand, finger, shoulder Shona Rodger for her creative contribution
9c 1 the same, 2 who’s, 3 whose, 4 a) whose, b) who’s to this portfolio.
9d cold, aspirin, tired, sick
10a mustn’t (x3), dump, rubbish, gum, run, up The authors and publishers would like to thank
10b Capitals: 1 Nairobi, 2 Bangkok, 3 Vienna, 4 Tbilisi,
5 Montevideo, 6 Cardiff the following for permission to reproduce their
Syllables: all except capital and walked photographic material:
10c sightseeing, swimming, diving, walking, shopping Alamy pp19 (b, c), 21, 28, 33, 36, 42, 51;
Cape Town: 1 Table, 2 Island, 3 Albert, 4 Market BananaStock pp44 (all); Corbis pp13, 14, 17,
10d 1 an apple, 2 a tree, 3 a banana 22(t, b), 57; Corbis (rf ) pp12, 52; Masterfile
11a 1 waiter, 2 astronaut, 3 doctor pp29, 43, 47, 48, 55; [Link] pp27,
11b badly-paid, part-time, temporary, dangerous 32, 38, 39; Superstock pp19 (a, d)
11c Do you make many mistakes in English? When do you
do your homework?
11d 1b, 2e, 3a, 4c, 5f, 6d
12a Music & countries: 1 Cuba / Puerto Rico, 2 Jamaica,
3 USA, 4 Argentina, 5 India / Pakistan
Puzzle: guitar, violin, piano, drums, tambourine
12b 1 flown, 2 given, 3 Has, told, 4 Have, copied
12c 1 Chinese, 2 Italian, 3 Arabic, 4 Czech, 5 Malay, 6 Greek
12d Don’t mention it. Not at all. You’re welcome. Thanks a lot.
Can you
remember? 1a, 2b, 3c, 4b, 5b, 6c, 7b, 8a, 9c, 10b
Goodbye! Odd one out: 1 lettuce (It’s a vegetable, not a fruit.)
2 swimming (The others are ball games.) 3 Mexico (The
others are in Europe.) 4 blonde (It's only a hair colour.
The others can describe anything.) 5 bus stop (The
others are kinds of transport.)
How many words? Answers include: are, art, ate, car,
care, cat, cry, easy, eat, race, rate, rate, sat, say, see,
set, tea, tear, tree, try, year, yes, yet Printed and bound in the UK by Martins the
What’s the topic? 1 Clothes (9a), 2 Jobs (11a), Printers
3 Housework (4c), 4 Eating out (7d), 5 Music (12a)
Number puzzles: 1 fifteen (There is one number 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
between one and three, two numbers between three 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
and six, three numbers between six and ten.)
2. forty-eight (Each number is double the one before.)
3 thirteen (All the numbers that begin with ‘t’.)

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