Unit 1 Welcome back!

Hi! I’m Joel. I’m from the

United States. This is
my cousin, Roberto.

Hi, I’m Fabio. I’m 12.

I’m from Italy.

Hello, I’m Naoko.

I’m from Japan.

3 Vocabulary: the alphabet

Hello. I’m Roberto. I’m from
Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. a Sort the letters into the columns according
to their sound.

J N E P T Y
1 Reading

a Read what the students say and write their A B F I O Q R

countries on the map.
H C L U
b Now write the name of your country and other D M W
countries you recognize. K
G S
X
2 Pronunciation: countries

a 1.4 Listen to the names of different countries V

and sort them into the correct columns. Z

China Australia Portugal Japan

Germany Egypt Colombia Taiwan 1.5
b Listen and check your answers.

c 1.6 Now listen and complete the countries.

1. B t n 3. N i
2. r 4. ai

d Write the names of five countries. Work in pairs.

Check the spelling with your partner.

b 1.4 Listen again and repeat. How do you spell China?

China. C-H-I-N-A. China.

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 Unit 1

4 Listening 5 Everyday English: saying hello and

good-bye
a Look at the pictures. Where are the students?
a Complete the conversation.

later I’m ine hey are

M : Hi, Kevin.
K : (1) , Maria. How (2)
you?
M : I’m (3) , and you?
K : (4) good.
M : See you (5) , then.
K : OK, bye.

b Work in pairs. Practice the conversation.

6 Vocabulary: numbers 1–30

a 1.8 Listen and say the numbers.

LOOK!
We say math problems like this:
7 + 3 = 10
Seven plus three equals ten.
8–4=4
Eight minus four equals four.
3x2=6
Three times two equals six.
9÷3=3
Nine divided by three equals three.

b Work in pairs. Say and solve the problems.

b 1.7 Listen and number the pictures 1–3. 1. 4 + 5 = 4. 28 ÷ 4 =
2. 23 – 8 = 5. 2 + 28 – 5 =
c 1.7 Listen again and match the students with
the adjectives. 3. 7 x 2 = 6. 6 x 3 =

1. Kevin happy c Write two more math problems and dictate

2. Sonia late them to your partner. Solve them and check
3. Max nervous the answers.

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 Lesson 1

Who’s this?
:
Ask for and give personal information
Max (1)
Introduce people : :
(2) Mexico

1 Listening

a 1.9 Listen. Which students

: :
are related? Joel Adams
Sonia (3)
: : :
b 1.9 Listen again and :
(4) (5) (6) United States
complete the ID cards.

2 Grammar: How old are you? 3 Pronunciation: contractions

a Complete the questions. a 1.11 Listen and circle the contractions.

Where Who How old What 1. I’m from the USA. 4. He’s 14.
2. Who’s this? 5. They’re 12.
1. ’s this? This is Sonia.
3. What’s her name? 6. Where’s she from?
2. are you? I’m 13.
3. ’s your name? Sonia Adams. b Work in pairs. Ask each other about students at
4. are you from? I’m from Brazil. San Francisco International School.
What s his name?
What’s
b 1.10 Listen and check your answers. Kevin Sullivan.

c Look at the affirmative form of the verb to be

and the questions. Is the word order the same
or different?
:
d Unscramble the questions Maria Garcia
and answer them. : :
14 Colombia
1. his / what’s / name
?
His name’s .
:
2. old / he / how / is
Kevin Sullivan
?
: :
He’s . 15 United States
3. they / are / where / from
?
. :
Naoko Tanaka
: :
13 Japan

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 Unit 1

4 Everyday English: introducing She’s gorgeous!

people Come with me!

a 1.12 Listen to the comic strip and number the

scenes 1–3.

Jacques, this is Christine. Hi! Nice to meet you!

b Now read the comic strip again. What’s the

Who’s that? That’s Christine.
difference between this and that?

c Complete the sentences.

1 2 I’m Layla. 3 Linda.

Antonio.

meet you!

d Make a table like the one at the bottom of the

page. Work in groups. Ask each person in your
group and write the answers.
What’s your name?
My name’s Judith.

e Introduce the members of your group to

another group.

This is Marco. He’s 13.

5 Speaking: ID cards
Name Age From
a Work in pairs. Ask questions to complete
the ID cards. Judith 13 years, San Luis Potosi
5 months
Student A: turn to page 114.
Student B: turn to page 121.

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 Lesson 2

He’s an actor.
Talk about professions
Talk about nationalities

1 Listening

a Look at the photos on

this page. Who are the
celebrities?

b 1.13 Listen to the show

and circle the celebrity they
are talking about.

c 1.13 Listen again. Write two

facts about him or her.

2 Vocabulary: professions
3 Grammar: She’s an architect.
a Match the pictures with the professions.
a Read the sentences. What’s the difference
between a and an?
She’s a designer. He’s a pilot.
He’s an actor. She’s an engineer.

LOOK!
We always use a or an before a profession.

b 1.14 Listen and complete the sentences with

a or an and a profession.

doctor actress pilot taxi driver

engineer

1. She’s .
2. She’s .
3. He’s .
4. He’s .
5. She’s .

c Work in groups. Mime professions and guess

1. a secretary 4. an actor what they are.
2. an architect 5. a tennis player You’re an actor!
3. a teacher

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 Unit 1
A
4 Reading

a Match the photos with the information about

the famous people. Who are they?

They’re an American cartoon

family. They live in Spring ield. B
He’s Japanese and an actor. One
of his famous movies is Godzilla.
She’s a singer and a musician.
She’s British. C
She’s a German model. She has
blond hair and green eyes.

LOOK!
Nationalities begin with a capital letter and
have no plural form when used as adjectives:
5 Vocabulary: nationalities
Australian soccer players Polish actors
a Complete the table with the countries and
nationalities. 6 Grammar: Are you Spanish?

Country Nationality a Match the questions with the answers.

1. Is Gareth Bale British? No, they aren’t.
1. British
2. Are Adele and
2. German
Taylor Swift actors? No, I’m not.
3. Japan
3. Are you American? Yes, he is.
4. Colombia
5. American b Write the questions and answers.
6. Spanish 1. Rafael Nadal / Brazilian
7. Brazilian ?
.
b Now write sentences about the famous people. 2. Beyoncé / actress
1. (Neymar) ?
. .
2. (Robert Pattinson and Emma Watson)
c Work in groups. One student thinks of a famous
. person. The others ask questions to guess who.
3. (Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes) Are you a man?
. Yes, I am.
Are you Japanese?

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 Lesson 3

This is Grandpa.
Talk about your family

1 Listening

a 1.15 Listen to Roberto and Joel and check (✓)

what they are talking about.

actors athletes pop singers

b 1.15 Listen again and complete the dialogue.

dad Shakira singer who’s

R : Well, my mom likes Justin Timberlake.

He’s her favorite singer, but my (1)
doesn’t like him. Lady Gaga is his favorite. 3 Vocabulary: family members

J : Laura and I like (2) . She’s our a Complete the family tree.
favorite (3) and my mom and dad
grandfather brother uncle
like Shakira, too. She’s their favorite. cousin father
R : Shakira! Yuck!

J : So (4) your favorite singer?

grandmother

2 Grammar: He’s my favorite athlete. mother aunt

a Now complete the table.

Subject pronouns Possessive adjectives

me
I my
you sister
he
she
it

we
they

b Work in groups. Ask and answer about your

favorite singers, actors, actresses and athletes.
b Work in pairs. Draw your family tree. Describe
Who’s your favorite actor?
the tree to your partner.

c Tell the class about members of your group. Who’s this?

This is my Aunt Ana. She’s a teacher.
Gael Garcia is our favorite actor.
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 Unit 1
2
4 Reading @CostumePartyAlbum
Aunt Silvia from Brazil with Mom
a Read Joel’s online photo album. Then solve his
—where’s Scooby Doo, Mom?
family puzzle.

@CostumePartyAlbum
Check out these photos from the
costume party!
This is Grandpa with Dad and Uncle
David—he’s a cool pirate!
4

@CostumePartyAlbum
Me with my sister Laura—she’s Storm
from X
X-Men.
Men.

@CostumePartyAlbum
Here are my superhero cousins.

Guess who I’m

talking about!
5 Grammar: He isn’t Portuguese. Her brother isn’t Roberto.
1
Her mom is my mom.
a Read the puzzle again and underline the
2 She isn’t my aunt.
negative sentences.
She’s my cousins’ aunt.

b Correct the sentences. 3 She isn’t American.

She’s Roberto’s mother.
1. Serena Williams is a soccer player.
4 He isn’t my dad. My dad
She isn’t a . is his brother.
She . They aren’t American.
5
They are brother and sister.
2. Neymar and Oscar are Portuguese.
.
.

6 Speaking: Awesome detectives

c Work in groups. Write true and false sentences
about your family. Guess which are false.
a Work in pairs. You are detectives. Correct the
My mother’s Colombian. incorrect information.
Your mother isn’t Colombian!
Student A: turn to page 114.
Student B: turn to page 121.

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 Your favorite stars… and you!
Tina is Magnetic Woman.
1 The Almost Awesomes

The Johnsons are a normal American

family. Howard’s a pilot. Tina’s a
teacher. Ben’s 13 and Annie’s 7.

The Johnsons are the Almost

Awesomes!
But when there’s a problem… Howard is Muscle Man.

2 My favorite star, by Carla 3 This month’s puzzle

1 2
vine—
ar is Adam Le
My favorite st 3 4
singer
! He’s a pop
he’s gorgeous
ars old. He’s
and he’s 34 ye is
favorite song
American. My 5
t.”
“One More Nigh

1 The Almost Awesomes 2 My favorite star, by Carla 3 This month’s puzzle

a 1.16 Listen and read. Answer the a Read about Carla’s favorite star. Then a 1.17 Listen and complete the
questions. number the headings 1–5. crossword.
1. Where are the Johnsons from? age profession b Check your answers with a partner.
2. What are Howard’s and name nationality
Want to find out about your
Tina’s professions? favorite song favorite star? Go to…
3. How old are Ben and Annie? b Now write about your favorite star. www.biography.com
4. What are the family’s
superhero names?

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 Unit 1

5 Key pal profile

Ben is Transformer …and Annie is
Boy… Electric Girl. New Message

To: [email protected]

AUSTRALIA
Last name Passport no.
ROSSI 502478305
First name(s)
ANNA
Nationality
AUSTRALIAN
Sex Date of birth
F 23 MAR 98
They’re awesome… well, almost! P < AU SRO SSI<< AN NA<<<< <<< <<<
<<< <<
502 478 305 AU S94 032 340 30 <<< <<<
<<< 06

4 Who’s this celebrity?

Name: Age:
From:
E-mail:

6 Nominate next month’s pal

Did you know that... ?

Name: Age:
The symbol @ means “at” in English.
From:
Forty percent of people in the world say blue is
E-mail:
their favorite color.

4 Who’s this celebrity? 5 Key pal profile 6 Nominate next month’s pal

a 1.18 Listen to the interview. Who’s a Who’s the key pal? Look at the clues a You’re going to complete the key pal
the mystery star? and complete the profile. form about a classmate. Write the
b 1.18 Listen again and write the questions you need to ask in your
Looking for a key pal? Go to...
questions you hear. Then answer the notebook.
www.penpalworld.com/index.asp
questions. b Work in pairs. Interview each other
c Work in pairs. Role-play the interview. and complete the form.

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 Learning English in the 21st Century
1 Cognates in technology

a Read the ads and underline the

words related to technology.

▲
▲
We now have 3D printers
in the store! Turn your Check out our latest desktop
▲ computer with a lat-screen LED
ideas into real objects,
from toys to jewelry. They monitor and wireless keyboard
Love to send messages and
come with Wi-Fi so no and mouse—great for online
check e-mails on the move?
cables needed! chats with your friends, Skype
This smartphone is a cell
and e-mail.
phone, camera, web browser
and MP3 player all in one.
Don’t miss our 16GB USB

▲
b Which of them do you know how to use? drive—on sale for only $10.
Make two lists like the ones in the table.

c Work in pairs. Compare your lists.

I know how to use messaging apps.
I know how I don’t know
to use... how to use...
Me too!
I know how to use a 3D printer.
I don’t!

2 To be in instant messaging

Instant Message to Lupita90 Instant Message to DFGuy

JalGirl: hi! r u 13? DFGuy: Hi! Where are you from?

Lupita90: no, im 12 FabFriend: Puebla. You? Where are you

from?
JalGirl: uh, ur 12
DFGuy: Oh, you’re from Puebla. I’m from
Lupita90: uh-huh. r u 13?
Mexico City.

Yes, im 13. Great.

a Read the messaging session between JalGirl Instant Messaging session

and Lupita90. Write the abbreviations of to be.
DFGuy:
1. = Are you? 2. = I’m
FabFriend:
3. = you’re

b Rewrite the other session using abbreviations. DFGuy:

c Work in pairs. Write a chat session using

FabFriend:
abbreviations.

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 Project Unit 1

Famous people
a Read the information about the famous person and complete the profile.

Name:

Age: Nationality:

Profession(s):

Famous for:

This is Ian Somerhalder. He was born in 1978

and he’s from Covington in Louisiana, USA. He’s
an actor and a model. He’s famous for the TV
shows Lost and The Vampire Diaries. His mother
is a massage therapist and his father is a building
contractor.

b Work in pairs. Complete the information

about the famous people.
Student A: turn to page 114.
Student B: turn to page 121.
Jennifer
c Do some research into a famous person
or choose one of the people from activity
Lawrence
b. Write a text about him / her on your
computer and print it out. Then ask a
classmate to check your work. Write the final This is Jennifer
Lawrence. She was born
version on your computer.
in 1990 in Louisville,
Kentucky. She’s an
d Find pictures online and make an interactive actress. She’s famous
poster with text, photos and audio about for The Hunger
your famous person. Use a website for Games and X-Men
creating interactive posters, like Glogster. movies. She won
an Oscar in 2012.
e Present your interactive poster to your I like Jennifer
classmates. Lawrence because
she’s a great
f Work in pairs. Write five questions about actress and her
the people in your interactive posters. Give clothes are really
cool, too!
your questions to another pair to answer.

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