UNIT

1 You and me
LANGUAGE the verb be  ■  countries and nationalities  ■  numbers 1–1,000

1A  Meeting and greeting

1 What country are you from? Name three more countries near your country.

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2 A Match the countries in the box with maps 1–6.

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Italy Germany Turkey the USA Brazil Japan

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B 1.1 Listen. Write the letter of each speaker next to the correct map.
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1.1 Listen again. Write the nationality of each country in exercise 2.

the USA – American
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Go to Vocabulary practice: countries and nationalities, page 136

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A In pairs, look at the pictures. Where do you think the people are from?
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B Read the conversations in exercise 5 and match them with pictures a–c.
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5 1.3 Listen and complete the conversations.

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Emilia  Hello. My name’s Sam  Oscar, this is Meiko. Jo Hi, Ali. How are you?
Emilia and this is Sara. 4 she is from Japan. Ali Very well, thanks. And you?
Sabine  Hi, 1 i am Sabine. And Meiko, this is Oscar. Jo I’m fine. Where are Jean and
Nice to meet you. 5 he is from Brazil. Paola?
Emilia   You, too. Where Oscar Nice to meet you, Meiko. Ali They aren’t here. 7 they are
2 are u from? Meiko You, too, Oscar. in the conference centre.
Sabine   I’m from Germany. Oscar How do you spell your Jo What about Andreas?
And you? name? Ali 8 he isn't here. His train’s

Emilia 3 we are from Italy, Meiko  6 it's M-E-I-K-O. late.

from Milan.
Sara   I’m not! I’m from Rome.

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 the verb be  ■  countries and nationalities  ■  numbers 1–1,000 LANGUAGE 1A
6 Choose the correct forms of be. Use the conversations in exercise 5 to help you.
Then read the Grammar box.

’m not ’s isn’t ’m ’re aren’t

1 I am = 4 I am not =
2 you / we / they are = 5 you / we / they are not =
3 he / she is = 6 he / she is not =

Grammar
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I’m from Italy. She’s Japanese. We’re German.

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I’m not from Spain. He isn’t here. They aren’t American.

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Questions and short answers:
Are you from Spain? Yes, I am. No, I’m not. Is Andreas here? Yes, he is. No, he isn’t.

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Go to Grammar practice: the verb
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1.5 Pronunciation: contractions of be Listen and repeat the contractions.
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I’m you’re he’s she’s it’s we’re they’re

B 1.6 Say the sentences. Listen, check and repeat.

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1 I’m American and they’re Brazilian. 3 You’re Swedish and we’re Turkish.
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2 He’s Irish. 4 She’s from Russia.

8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of be. Use contractions if possible.
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1 Pedro Brazilian. He from Recife.

2 My parents from Poland.
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3 Dublin in the UK. It in the Republic of Ireland.

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4 ‘ your name Carlos?’ ‘No, it Carlo.’

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5 ‘ you from Mexico?’ ‘No, I .I from Peru.’

9 In pairs, look at the pictures. What countries are the people from? What nationality are they?
A  This is …  He’s American.  B  No, he isn’t. He’s Canadian!

a b c d e

Go to Communication practice: Student A page 158, Student B page 167

10 Write the words or numbers.
1 25 twenty-five 6 634 six hundred and thirty four
2 36 thirty six 7 208 two hundred and eight
3 143 a hundred and forty-three 8 908 nine hundred abd eight
4 364 three hundred and sixty four 9 1000 a thousand
5 77 seventy-seven 10 894 eight hundred and ninety four

Go to Vocabulary practice: numbers 1–1,000, page 136

11 In pairs, introduce yourselves to each other. Say your age if you want to.
Hello. My name’s … You, too. I’m … I’m … years old.
Nice to meet you. Where are you from? How old are you?

Personal Best Imagine that you meet a famous person. Write the conversation. Introduce yourself and ask him/her about himself/herself. 5

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 1 SKILLS READING approaching a text  ■  simple statements with be

1B  My summer blog

1 Do you like sport? What’s your national sport? What sports do people usually do in the summer?
Skill approaching a text

Before you read a text, predict as much information as you can.

• Read the title of the text. Can you guess what it means?

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• Are there any pictures? What people, places and things can you see?

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• Are there any headings for the different sections? What are the sections about?

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Read the Skill box. In pairs, look at the title, headings and pictures in the text. Answer the questions.

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1 What type of text is it? 3 Where is she at the moment?

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2 Who is the text about? 4 What is she doing there?

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3 Read the text. Choose a title for each post.

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1 Week 1
2 Week 2
3 Week 3
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Time to go home
Learning English
My British family
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4 Week 4 d  Enjoying the tournament

4 Read the text again and answer the questions.

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1 What is María's nationality? 5 Where is María’s English teacher from?

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2 Where are Helen and Alex from? 6 Where are the teams in the tournament from?
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3 What are María’s favourite places in London? 7 When are the matches?
4 Who is Hitoshi?

5 Find words in the text to match the pictures.

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Text builder simple statements with be

Simple statements with be have this pattern: subject + verb + complement :

This is my blog.
The teams are from Spain, Brazil, Portugal, Poland, Russia, England, Scotland and Japan.

6 Read the Text builder and look at the Week 1 post in the text again. Draw a box around the subjects,
circle the forms of be and underline the complements.

7 In pairs, think of a sport you love. Tell your partner about it.
I love …  It’s really …

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 approaching a text  ■  simple statements with be READING SKILLS 1D
1B

María Gómez
My month in London

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Hello! I’m María Gómez. I’m 21 years old and I’m from Cádiz in

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Spain. I’m a student and I love football! At the moment, I’m in the

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blog about my month in London.

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Week 1
This is my host family. They’re very nice. Helen's English
and Alex is Scottish, and their children are called Jenny
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and Jacob. Jenny's fourteen and Jacob's twelve.
Sometimes I play football in the park with Jenny and
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Jacob, and sometimes we all go for a walk in the centre

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of London. It’s a really interesting city. My favourite places

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are Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.

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Week 2
This is my language school. There are lots of students from
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different countries and we all speak English together. My

classmates are really friendly. I always sit with Hitoshi. He’s
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Japanese. Our English lessons are fun! Our teacher’s name is

Kerry and she’s from Australia.

Week 3
I’m at the football tournament now. The teams are from
Spain, Brazil, Portugal, Poland, Russia, England, Scotland
and Japan. We train every morning. I think we’re a good team
because we’re very fast. The matches are in the evening.
They’re really exciting!

Week 4
We're the champions! I’m happy, but I’m
also sad because it’s the end of my month
here. Goodbye, London! Until next time!

Personal Best
Challenge! How many examples of the verb be can you find in the text? 7

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 1 LANGUAGE possessive adjectives  ■  ’s for possession  ■  personal objects

1C  Is that a man bag?

1 In pairs, look at the pictures in the text below. Can you name the objects?
2 A Read the text. Do you think the objects in the list are from a handbag, a ‘man bag’ or both?
B 1.8   Listen to a radio programme. Tick ( ) the objects that you hear.

His bag or her bag? Where do you put your things when you

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go out? If you’re a woman, your things are

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probably in your handbag, but what about

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men? Today, 50% of men also have a bag

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– a ‘man bag’. Is a man bag the same as a

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HANDBAG MAN BAG

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Go to Vocabulary practice: personal objects, page 137

3 1.11   Listen to the start of the radio programme again and choose the correct options.

Presenter Zoe’s here with 1 she / her handbag and Harry’s here with 2 he / his ‘man bag’.
What’s in 3 their / they bags? Zoe, you first. What’s in 4 you / your handbag?
Zoe Let’s have a look. Here are 5 I / my keys and 6 my / me hairbrush.

4 A Look at exercise 3 again. Then read the Grammar box. Which possessive adjective is for
things that belong to:
1 a man? 2 a woman? 3 more than one person?
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Are possessive adjectives the same or different with singular and plural nouns?

Grammar possessive adjectives

I my my bag/bags
you your your umbrella/umbrellas
he his his pen/pens
she her her glove/gloves
it its its photo/photos
we our our key/keys
they their their tablet/tablets

Go to Grammar practice: possessive adjectives, page 113

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 possessive adjectives  ■  ’s for possession  ■  personal objects LANGUAGE 1C
5 A 1.13   Pronunciation: sentence stress Listen and repeat the sentences. Underline the
stressed words in each sentence.
1 What’s in your handbag? 3 His sunglasses are on the table.
2 Here are my keys. 4 What’s their phone number?

B 1.14   Practise saying the sentences. Listen, check and repeat.

1 Your tablet's new. 3 Here are our photos.
2 Where’s my umbrella? 4 Her gloves are blue.

6 Complete the sentences with a subject pronoun or a possessive adjective.

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1 My friends are Scottish. ’re from 4 name’s Ahmed. He’s 32 years old.

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Aberdeen. 5 They’re from Italy. names are

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B On your head! 6 This is Harry. ’s from London.

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identity card. are bags here?

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7 Look at the sentences. Complete the rules about possession. Then read the Grammar box.

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1 It’s Carl’s bag. After a singular name (e.g. Mary), we add .
2 It’s my sister’s phone. After a singular noun (e.g. girl), we add .
3 They’re my friends’ umbrellas. After a regular plural noun (e.g. boys), we add .
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For a singular noun or name: For a plural noun: Irregular plural nouns:
Mary’s glasses are in her bag. My parents’ car is red. The children’s toys are everywhere!
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Go to Grammar practice: ’s for possession, page 113

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1.15   Look at the picture and listen to John and Mary.

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Match the possessions with the people in the box.

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John Mary John’s friends Mary’s sister Carl

9 Choose the correct options to complete the

sentences.
1 It’s Lucy’s bag / Lucy bag.
2 They’re Harry’s / Harrys’ glasses.
3 I’m an English teacher. Here are all my student’s /
students’ books. 2
4 It’s my friends’ / friend’s phone. Look, this is his photo.
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5 Here are the mens’ / men’s umbrellas.
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Student A page 158, Student B page 167
10 A In groups of three to five, follow the instructions.
Student A: Close your eyes.
Other students: Put one of your possessions on the table.
Student A: Open your eyes. Guess whose things are on the table.
Is it Manuel’s watch?    Are they Maria’s glasses?

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Repeat the activity. Take it in turns to be Student A.

Personal Best Think of a person that you know well. Imagine what he/she has in his/her man bag or handbag. Say the objects. 9

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 1 SKILLS
SKILLS SPEAKING asking for and giving personal information  ■  asking for clarification

1D  Where’s my wallet?

Learning
Curve 1 Answer the questions below.
1 Look at the picture of a lost
property office. What can
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2 What other things can you
find in a lost property office?

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3 What things do you

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often lose?

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a lost property office?

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2 A 1.16   Watch or listen to the first part of a webshow called Learning Curve. What object is missing?
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B 1.16   Watch or listen again. Tick ( ) the things that are in Kate’s backpack.
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keys sunglasses biscuits

wallet mirror tissues
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stamps tablet chewing gum

3 1.17   Watch or listen to the second part of the show. Are the
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sentences true (T) or false (F)?

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1 The assistant in the lost property office is called Harry.

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2 Kate’s personal information is already in the computer.

3 Kate loves James Bond.
4 Kate’s phone is in the assistant’s box.
Simon Kate
5 Simon’s phone is different from Kate’s.

4 A In pairs, complete the questions in the conversation with the words in the box.
address mobile number email address postcode number first name spell

Assistant Here’s the lost property form. Time Kate It’s 02079 46007.
to fill it out. I’m ready. What’s your Simon Isn’t that your home phone number?
1 ? Kate Yes, he can call me at home!
Kate It’s Kate. Assistant Could you say that again, please?
Assistant K-A-T-E. What’s your surname? Kate Yes, it’s 02079 46007.
Kate Oh … it’s McRea. Assistant And what’s your 5 , please?
Assistant How do you 2 that, please? Kate 222 Baker Street, Marylebone, London.
Kate M-C-R-E-A.
Assistant Thanks. And what’s your 3 ? Assistant OK. What’s your 6 ?
Kate It’s missing. Kate NW1 5RT.
Assistant Could you say that again, please? Assistant Do you have an 7 ?
Kate My cell phone is lost. Kate Yes, it’s [email protected].
Assistant OK. Lost mobile. What’s your
4 , please?

B 1.17   Watch or listen again to check.

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 asking for and giving personal information  ■  asking for clarification SPEAKING SKILLS
SKILLS 2D
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Conversation builder asking for and giving personal information

Asking for information: Saying your phone number: Saying your email address:
What’s your first name/surname/ 02079 46007 – oh two oh seven [email protected] – k dot
address/mobile number/(home nine four six double oh seven mcrea underscore double oh
phone) number? seven at g mail dot com
Do you have an email address?
How do you spell that, please?

5 Read the Conversation builder. Answer the questions in pairs.

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1 How do you say ‘0’ and ‘44’ in a phone number?

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2 How do you say ‘@’, ‘_’ and ‘.com’ in an email address?

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6 1.17   Read the sentences. Then watch or listen again. Choose the correct

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1 The assistant asks Kate to spell her first name / surname / address.

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2 He asks her to say her postcode / email address / home phone number again.

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Skill asking for clarification

When you don’t understand something, ask the speaker for help:
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• Ask him/her to say the sentence again or to spell the word.
• Use Sorry, could you … and please to be polite:
Sorry, could you say that again, please?  How do you spell that, please?
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• Use polite intonation: Sorry, could you say that again, please?
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7 1.18   Read the Skill box. Listen and repeat the questions when you
hear the beeps. Copy the intonation.
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1.19   Listen to three conversations in a school lost property office.

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Conversation 1 address / postcode / email address

Conversation 2 home phone number / mobile number / postcode
Conversation 3 first name / surname / first name and surname

Go to Communication practice: Student A page 158, Student B page 167

9 A PREPARE   You lose an important personal object. Look at the Conversation builder again.
Think about your answers to the questions.

B PRACTISE   You are at the lost property office. In pairs, take turns to ask and answer questions
and complete the form for your partner. Ask for clarification to check the information is correct.

First name Email address

Surname Mobile number

Address Home phone number

Postcode

C PERSONAL BEST   Swap your form with your partner. Read his/her work and correct any mistakes.
How could you improve it?

Personal Best
Challenge! Write the email addresses and phone numbers of five people you know. Practise saying them in English. 11

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