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 Contents
Unit Title Functions Grammar Vocabulary The Real World Video

Page 26 Describing What’s the first color? Ordinal numbers: Seasons Around

2
order It’s green. 1st–10th the World
And the second? Months of the year

Where Is
He From?
Page 32 Asking about What date is it? Ordinal numbers: What Do You See? Otters in

3
day and dates It’s September 16th. 11th–31st the House
When is your birthday? Special days/
Talking about
celebrations
possessions Regular plural nouns:
This Is My Pets
dogs, rabbits
House. Asking and Parts of the body
describing Demonstratives: Places around the
location of This, that, these, those house
people and
Possessive ’s:
things
What is the woman’s name?
Where’s Robert’s pet?

Workbook Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Language Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

  3
2
Where is he from?

first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth last

ORDINAL NUMBERS
A

17 Listen and repeat.
first 1st
B Work with a partner. Take turns to guess the color bar. second 2nd
third 3rd
Student A: Choose a color bar below. fourth 4th
Student B: Guess Student A’s color bar.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

What’s the first color?

And the second?
It’s green.

26  Unit 2
 C 
18 Listen. Complete the chart.

Name Country Colors Position

Daniel Campbell white, red, last

Trinidad and Tobago

James Cooper red, blue,

Australia

Gavin Jones red, white,

the United Kingdom

Andres Rodríguez yellow, blue,

Colombia

Lucas Santos blue, green, yellow 1st

Brazil


D Work with a partner. Talk about the people in the race.

This person is in red, black, and white. He’s last.

Where’s he from?

He’s from Trinidad and Tobago.

  Unit 2 27
 Months of the Year
A

19 Listen and repeat. 11th and 12th
11th: eleventh
B Talk with a partner.
12th: twelfth

What’s the fourth month?

It’s April.

2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

January February March April
M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S

1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 27 28 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
30 31

May June July August

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6
8 9 10 11 12 13 14 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
22 23 24 25 26 27 28 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 28 30 31
31

September October November December

M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S

1 2 3 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 27 28 29 30 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
30 31

C Work in a group. Ask people in your group about their birthday.

What month is your birthday?

My birthday is in January.

28  Unit 2
The Real World

Seasons
Iguazu Falls,
Argentina,
in spring

spring summer fall winter

A

20 Listen. Complete the chart with the seasons.

March to June to September to December to

Countries May August November February
South Korea spring winter

Argentina fall spring

B Work with a partner. Look at the chart. Talk about the seasons in the two countries.
Temperature (degrees Celsius)

35
30
Argentina
25
20
15
10
5
South Korea
0
May

Aug

Nov
Mar

Dec
Sep
Feb

Apr

Jun

Oct
Jan

Jul

In December, it’s winter in South Korea. It’s three degrees.

  Unit 2  29
 V I D E O

Around the World

About
the Video
Learn about
different countries
around the world.

Aurora borealis
over Lapland,
Sweden

30  Unit 2
B e f o r e yo u watc h
Talk with a partner. Look at the countries in the box.
What continents are they in?

France Japan Australia Canada

Brazil Egypt United Kingdom Argentina

France is in Europe.

W h i l e yo u watc h
A
Watch the video. Write the order in which you see
the countries in the video. 

first

Watch the video again. Complete the chart.

B

South the United

Country China Australia Sweden Brazil
Africa States

South
Continent Australia Africa
America

Number of 1.4 23 318

People billion million million million million million

Temperature  °C  °C 27°C  °C 0°C 30°C 

A f t e r yo u watc h BIG NUMBERS

Work with a partner. Put the countries in
1 thousand = 1,000
size order­—from big to small.
1 million = 1,000,000
1 billion = 1,000,000,000
First is China. There are 1.4 billion people in China.

  Unit 2  31
3

This is my
house.

Colorful houses in
Burano, Italy

32
Preview
Talk with a partner.
1. What colors do you see in the photo?
2. Do you want to live here?

33
 Ordinal Numbers 11th to 31st
A

21 Listen and complete.

fifteenth thirty-first twenty-sixth twentieth

nineteenth thirtieth twenty-third twelfth

11th eleventh 18th eighteenth 25th twenty-fifth

12th 19th 26th
13th thirteenth 20th 27th twenty-seventh
14th fourteenth 21st twenty-first 28th twenty-eighth
15th 22nd twenty-second 29th twenty-ninth
16th sixteenth 23rd 30th
17th seventeenth 24th twenty-fourth 31st

May 1st May 10th

May Day Mothers’ Day
in Mexico

May 5th
Children’s Day
in Japan

May 28th
Hamburger Day
in the United
States

34  Unit 3
 B Look at the calendar. Complete the sentences.
1. May Day is May 1st  .
2. Children’s Day in is May  .
3. Mothers’ Day in is  .
4. Hamburger Day in the United States is  .

C 
22 Listen. Circle the numbers you hear.

1. five fifth 5. twenty twentieth

2. eight eighth 6. twenty-four twenty-fourth
3. ten tenth 7. twenty-nine twenty-ninth
4. fifteen fifteenth 8. thirty thirtieth

D

23 Listen. Circle the correct answers.

1. What (day / date) is it? It’s September (6th / 16th).

2. When is the (first / last) day of the holiday? It’s March (20th / 23rd).

3. When is the last day of (spring / winter)? It’s (March / May) 30th.

4. When is (her / your) birthday? It’s (April / August) 16th.

E Talk with a partner. Ask and answer questions about special days.

When is May Day?

When is your birthday?
It’s May 1st.
It’s July 23rd.

Children’s Day
in Japan

  Unit 3  35
 My Pets

A blue
and yellow
macaw

A

24 Listen. Write the animals you hear.

cat dog rabbit fish bird mouse

1. bird 2.  3. 

4. 5.  6. 


B Write the missing words.

1.  a dog two dogs I R R E G U L A R P LU R A L S

2.  a bird four mouse mice fish fish
3.  a cat six
4.  a rabbit nine

36  Unit 3
 C Circle the correct word.
IDIOM
Sing u lar P lu ral
“She’s as quiet as .” 
This is a cat. These are cats. a. a cat
b. a mouse
That is a rabbit. Those are rabbits. c. a fish

1. (This / These) are dogs. 3.  (That / Those) are his pets.
2. (That / Those) is my desk. 4.  What’s (this / those)?

D
Complete the conversation. Look at the picture below.
Use the words in the box.

Pedro:  What’s the man’s name ?

Katy:  His name is Robert. dog
man’s name
Pedro:  What’s ?
black
Katy:  His pet is a  .
Robert’s pet
Pedro:  What is it? color
Katy:  It’s  .

E Work with a partner. Talk about the other people in the picture.

What’s the woman’s name?

Her name is Janice.

Janice
Robert
Jack
Marie

Sunny
Max
Bella
Daisy Bluebell
Scooby

  Unit 3  37
 Parts of the Body
A

25 Listen and repeat. Label the parts of the body on the photo.

ear leg hair foot mouth

eye arm hand head nose

1.

2.

3.
4. head

5. 6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

P lu ralS
one foot
two feet
B 
26 Listen. Follow the instructions.

C
Work in a group. Take turns to say instructions.

Touch your nose.

Touch your ear.

38  Unit 3
The Real World 1.

What Do You 2.

See?
Look at the body parts in the
3. foot

A building
rock and on the building. in Thailand

A

27 Listen. Label the photos.

ear mouth eye foot leg nose

B Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about the photos with this, that, these,
and those.

What’s that?

That’s the man’s eye.

4.

5.

6.

A face in a
rock in the
United States

  Unit 3  39
 Around the House
A

28 Look at the picture below. Listen and repeat.

B 
29 Listen. What part of the house is it?

1.  bedroom 2.  3. 

4.  5. 

C
Complete the questions and answers. Replace the missing words to talk about other
people in the house.

1. Where’s Robert ? He’s in the  .

2. What’s his pet? It’s a  .
3. What color is pet? It’s  .

Jenny

Bella

living room

Robert

yard kitchen

40  Unit 3
 D O YOU
Talk with a partner. Ask and answer questions
D
about the picture.

What’s her name?

KNOW?
Is the cat in the kitchen?
Her name is Bella. No, they aren’t.
Yes, it is.
Are the books in the living room?

No, they aren’t.

This is a room in  .
a. the Blue House, South Korea
E
Draw a floor plan of your house. Talk with a partner
b. t he White House, the United
about your house. States
c. B uckingham Palace, the
This is the kitchen. This is my bedroom. United Kingdom

bedroom

bedroom

bathroom
bedroom

  Unit 3  41
 V I D E O

Otters in
the House 2.

1. eye

3.

5.

4.

River otters in Alaska,

United States

42  Unit 3
A race in
Rieti, Italy

Grammar
A
Look at the chart. Circle T for True or F for False.

1. Iguider is first. T F
Position Name Country
2. España is last. T F
 1 Abdalaati IGUIDER Morocco
3. Orth is from the U.S. T F
2 Thomas Pkemei LONGOSIWA Kenya
4. There are four people T F
from Kenya. 3 Lawi LALANG Kenya

B Answer the questions. 4 Ryan HILL U.S.

1. Who’s second in the race? 5 Lopez LOMONG U.S.

a. Lalang is second. 6 Suguru OSAKO Japan

b. Longosiwa is second. 7 Imane MERGA Ethiopia

2. Where’s Merga from? 8 Cornelius Kipruto KANGOGO Kenya

a. He’s from Ethiopia. 9 Florian ORTH Germany

b. He’s from Kenya.
10 Jesús ESPAÑA Spain
3. What position is Orth in the race?
a. He’s seventh. b. He’s ninth.

4. Where’s Osako from?

a. He’s from Japan. b. He’s from Spain.

  Unit 2  51
 B e f o r e yo u watc h
About Label the photo. Use the words in the box.
the Video
Learn about two
unusual pets. arm eye mouth nose hair

W h il e yo u watc h
A
Look at the photos. Where are the otters?

1 2

3 4

a.  in the bathroom c.  in the kitchen

b.  in the bedroom d.  in the yard

B Watch the video. Circle the correct answers.

1.  The people are from (the U.S. / Australia).

2.  Their pets are (two / three) otters.
3.  The otters’ names are (Babyface and Little Paddles /
Glen and Jeannie).
4.  The otters are (brown / red).

A f t e r yo u watc h
Talk with a partner. Answer the questions.

1. Do you want a pet otter? 2. What pet do you want?

What pet do you want?

I want a rabbit.

  Unit 3 43
 2
Where’s he from?

Vocabulary
A
Complete the chart.

first 1st 6th

second 2nd seventh
third eighth
4th 9th
fifth tenth

B Rearrange the letters. Write the months of the year.

1. ueJn June 4. pSetbrmee

2. cbOreto 5. uJyl
3. evbmeorN 6. yMa

C Complete the puzzle to find the secret word. Use the clues below.

1 Clues:
s u m m e r
2 1. It’s hot in this season.
2. It’s the first month of the year.
3
3. It’s the third month of the year.
4
4. It’s the tenth month of the year.
5
5. It’s the ninth month of the year.
6
6. It’s the last month of the year.

The secret word is  !

50  Unit 2
 3
This is my
house.
Vocabulary
A
Label the photos.

rabbit    fish    dog    bird    cat

1.     2.     3.     4.     5.  

dog

B Complete the chart.

eleventh 11th twentieth thirty-first sixty-fifth

twelfth twenty-second 22nd fifty-sixth eighty-second
seventeenth twenty-eighth forty-third ninety-seventh

C Label the photo.

Use the words in the box. 1. 3.

boy woman
man girl

2.
4. boy

52  Unit 3
Grammar
Circle the items in the picture. Use the words in the box.
A

a desk Maya’s books one orange chair Stig’s dictionary

a cat Ming’s pen two yellow chairs Nadine’s computer

B Circle the correct answers. C Complete the conversation.

Grace: What’s (this / those)? Sara: What (date / month) is it today?

Tomas: It’s Stig’s dictionary. Danny: It’s July 9th.
Grace: What are (that / these)? Sara: (When / What) is your birthday?
Tomas: They’re Maya’s books. Danny: It’s July 10th.
Grace: What are those? Sara: That’s (yesterday / tomorrow)!
Tomas: They’re (chairs / chair). Danny: Yes, it is! When’s your birthday?
Sara: It’s April 1st.
Danny: Oh! That’s April Fools’ Day!

  Unit 3  53
 Vocabulary
A
Label the photo. 1.
Use the words in the box. 2.

hand leg
eye foot 3. eye
hair nose
arm
4.

5.

7. 6.

Walking on a rope in
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

B Look at the pictures. Where do you find these things? Name the parts

of the house.

1. yard 2. 3.

4. 5.

54  Unit 3
Grammar
A
Write questions using the words in parentheses. Then match the
questions to the answers.

1. (TV / living room)

Is the TV in the living room? a. No, they aren’t.
2. (where / desk)
Where’s the desk? b. Yes, it is.
3. (chairs / bedroom)
? c. They’re in the bedroom.
4. (bed / kitchen)
? d. It’s in the living room.
5. (where / books)
? e. No, it isn’t.

B Look at the photos. Answer the questions.

1. Is the woman in the yard? 4. Is the dog in the house?

No, she isn’t  .  .
2. Is the boy in the bedroom? 5. Is the computer in the kitchen?
 .  .
3. Where are the cats?
 .

  Unit 3  55
 REVIEW GAME
“
“
1 2
START

What’s this
Say the first five
girl’s name?
letters of the 3 Spell your 4
alphabet. name.
Say three
classroom
items.
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
0 #

5
Say your
Say the color 6 Say three telephone
7 of a classroom colors. number.
item.
8
What day is
after Friday?
l April April
Apri April

1 23 4
9 How many
days are in
a week? 10 11 12
What country has What is the name Name three
colorful umbrellas of the red panda continents.
for every day? in unit one?

56  Review Game

 Play with 2–4 classmates. Take turns. Each classmate has a game counter.
Toss a coin and move your counter.

HEAD
S Move two
squares
TAILS Move one
square ? Can’t answer?
Miss a turn!

23

FINISH
22 24
Name three Name three
Name two
pet parts of the
rooms in your
21 animals. body.
house.

What continent
is Sweden in?

20
What date is
May Day?
19 18
What month is What’s the last
your birthday? month of the year? 17
Name any
three months
of the year.

? 16
Write the missing
13 14 word. Second, third,
15
_______________       ,
What country Say three
is Stig from? numbers from Say how fifth.
old you are.
11 to 100.

Review Game  57
 Language Notes
UNIT 2 Where is he from?
Target Language
T h e V e r b to b e Wh- questions
( W h at a n d W h e r e ) — h e/s h e/i t
I’m from Brazil.

It’s in South Africa. What’s his name?

His name’s Tomas. Where’s she from?

He’s twenty-five. Where’s that?

My birthday is in November.

W h - q u e s t i o n s ( W h at a n d W h e r e ) — yo u HOW q u e s t i o n s
Where are you from? How old is he?

What month is your birthday? How old are you?

Target Vocabulary
Co nt i n e nts
Asia, Europe, Australia, North America, Africa, Antarctica, South America

Co u nt r i e s
Sweden, Brazil, South Africa, China, Macedonia, the United Kingdom, Romania, South Korea, France,
Portugal, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, Egypt, the United States, Argentina, Canada, India, Germany,
Australia, Colombia, Japan

N u m b e r s 11 to 100
eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, thirty,
forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety, a hundred

O r d i n a l N u m b e r s (1s t to 10t h )
first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth

M o nt h s o f t h e Ye a r
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

SEASO N S
spring, summer, fall, winter

L a rg e N u m b e r s
thousand, million, billion

60  Language Notes

UNIT 3 This is my house.
Target Language
d e m o N s t r at i v e s n o u n plu r a l s
This a dog. Singular (=1) Plural (>1)
is
That a fish. cat cats
rabbit rabbits
These mice. computer computers
are
Those birds.

YES/NO QUESTIONS—HE/SHE/IT/THEY P o s s e s s i v e ’s

in the Yes, it is. This is Tom’s bag.

Is the cat
kitchen? No, it isn’t. Tom’s bag is blue.

in the living Yes, they are.

Are the books
room? No, they aren’t.

WH- QUESTIONS (WHEN AND WHAT)—HE/SHE/IT

When is your birthday? My birthday is April 8th.

What’s Jack’s pet? It’s a dog.

Where is he? He’s in the kitchen.

What day is it? It’s Saturday.

  Language Notes  61
 Target Vocabulary
ORDI N A L N UMBERS 11T H TO 31S T
eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth,
twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth,
twenty-seventh, twenty-eighth, twenty-ninth, thirtieth, thirty-first

P e ts
cat, dog, rabbit, fish, bird, mouse

Pa r ts o f t h e B o dy
ear, leg, hair, foot, mouth, eye, arm, hand, head, nose

P l ac e s i n t h e H o u s e
bedroom, bathroom, living room, kitchen, yard

62  Language Notes