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CONTENTS UNIT Reading Vocabulary Grammar 1 multiple choice • words related to family members • simple present and adverbs of • choosing the option that is and other people frequency My Life closest to the answer in the text • word formation, prepositions, • present continuous and stative collocations and expressions verbs pages 4-13 multiple choice (right, wrong) • words related to homes • simple past and used to 2 • reading enough of the text • phrasal verbs, collocations and • relative pronouns to decide whether or not the expressions, prepositions My Place statements say the same thing as • past continuous the text • words related to sports • countable and uncountable pages 14-23 • word formation, phrasal verbs, nouns; articles pages 24-25 collocations and expressions Progress Review 1 missing sentences 3 • identifying the answer choice that is the best reply to each Sports question pages 26-35 related texts • words related to entertainment • present perfect; have been and • eliminating answers that are • word formation, phrasal verbs, have gone 4 definitely wrong prepositions • time expressions with the present perfect Free Time pages 46-47 pages 36-45 multiple choice • words related to studying • future with will, be going to, and Progress Review 2 present continuous as future • being careful with extreme words • phrasal verbs, prepositions, • quantifiers 5 collocations and expressions Time to Learn pages 48-57 Progress Review 3 pages 58-59 Workbook Unit 1 page 62 Workbook Unit 2 page 67 Workbook Progress Review 1 pages 72-73 Workbook Unit 3 page 74 Workbook Unit 4 page 80 Workbook Progress Review 2 pages 86-87 Workbook Unit 5 page 88 Workbook Progress Review 3 pages 94-95 Grammar Reference page 96 Irregular Verbs page 102 Writing Bank page 104 Speaking Bank page 107 Speaking Information page 108 2

Listening Speaking Writing multiple choice speaking cards information sheet • listening to complete sentences • talking about brothers and sisters and • filling out forms before choosing the answer free-time activities • using the simple present and adverbs of frequency • asking questions to talk about habits multiple matching choosing the best option note • realizing that the speakers will • talking about your room • using correct punctuation and spelling mention the same things more than • comparing the options and talking about • using prepositions of place once the option you didn’t use note taking comparing photos email • knowing numbers and writing them • talking about sports • beginnings and endings correctly • describing objects and actions • using the correct verbs to talk about sports and writing times correctly multiple choice (pictures) discussion and decision making • making sure you choose the picture • talking about different kinds of note that answers the question correctly entertainment • saying thank you for a gift • giving your opinion and agreeing or • saying why you liked the gift disagreeing with your partner’s opinion • using the present perfect to give some news note taking choosing the best option letter • spelling words correctly • talking about exams and stressful • organizing your writing situations • using the simple present after temporals to talk • giving advice about the future 3

My Life What makes  · W ho do you like to spend time with? How much by Brenda Miller time do you spend with them? Fashionable clothes, new cell phones, and vacations: do they make you happy? · What do you do when you are together? What are the most important things in life? · Do you prefer to be outside or inside when you Researchers in the United States asked 5,000 teenagers, aged 13-15, this question. have free time? Why? The answer is “the simple things” are most important. Reading Friends, a good home life, and sports make young teens happy. They say these things 1 What are the “simple things” in life? are more important than money. I’m very Check (✓) the list. pleased that a lot of teens understand what is good for them and what is bad for them. 1 ride a bike What about the Internet? Do Facebook 2 have a pet and YouTube make teens happy? Do happy 3 have money teens spend lots of time online? The 4 go shopping researchers asked about this, and they 5 eat fast food learned something very interesting. Teens 6 go swimming who use the Internet for only one hour a day 7 spend time with family 8 spend time with friends 9 have fashionable clothes 10 have the best cell phone 2 W hich things from the list in 1 are the most important to you? 3 W hat do happy children eat every day? Read the article quickly and find the answer. 4

you happy? Upgrade are happy, but teens who spend lots of time When you answer multiple-choice questions, read the online aren’t very happy. This is because they question and look for the answer in the text. Then read don’t have time for other activities that can the different answer choices and choose the one that is make them happy. For example, they don’t closest to the answer you found in the text. play sports, ride their bikes, or meet their friends at the mall. 4 Read the article again and answer the questions. But it isn’t only activities with friends that make teens happy. Teens who have their own 1 According to the article, which of these is important bedroom are happier. Maybe when they share for teens? a bedroom with a brother or sister, there are lots of fights! Food is important, too. Those A money who don’t eat fruit and vegetables every day B vacations or those who eat a lot of fast food are usually C family life less happy. Are you eating something bad for you now? Stop! It’s bad for your health and 2 What point does the writer make about happy teens your happiness. and the Internet? So, who is happier – girls or boys? Girls aged 13 are the happiest, but girls aged 14-15 are A They spend all their free time online. the least happy. The researchers say the older B They never use websites like Facebook and girls are unhappier for two reasons. First, their parents are concerned about their friends and YouTube. they don’t want them to go out a lot. Second, C They spend only a little of their free time online. the older girls start to worry about how they look. Boys don’t usually have this pressure. 3 Why are some teens unhappy? What about children in your country? Do you A They don’t eat fast food every day. think they agree with the American children in B They don’t want to share a bedroom. the study? C They don’t know some food is not healthy. 4 What is true about some older girls? A They don’t like how they look. B They have problems with their friends. C They worry about their parents. 5 M atch the two parts of the sentences. The words in bold will help you. 1 I like to spend 2 Let’s have 3 My sisters share 4 On Saturdays, I usually meet 5 Every morning, I ride 6 Helen doesn’t play a my friends at the mall. b time with my brothers and sisters. c a bedroom, but I have my own. d sports because she doesn’t like to run. e fast food for lunch: burgers or pizza? f my bike to school with my friends. 6 Be the detective! Tanya and Tina are sisters. They share a bedroom. But today there is a problem. Read the conversation. Do you know how Tina knows Tanya is lying? Tina: Tanya! That’s my money. It was on my bed. Tanya: No, it isn’t, Tina. This is my money. I found it in my book. It was between pages 13 and 14 of The Hunger Games. Tina: You’re lying! I know it. 5

VOCABULARY 1 U se the words below to complete Sam’s blog entry about his family tree. aunt brother cousins father grandmother married mother parents sister uncle Joe Vera Fred Mavis John Mary David Susan Tim This is me, Sam Kate Bob Gina Sam! Hi. I’m Sam Jones, and this is my family tree. Joe is my grandfather and Vera is my 1 . They have two children, John and Mary. John is my 2 . He isn’t 3 and he doesn’t have any children. Mary is my 4 and David is my 5 . I have one 6 and her name is Kate. We don’t fight and she says I’m a good 7 . My dad’s 8 are Fred and Mavis. Susan is my 9 – she’s my dad’s . sister. Aunt Susan and Uncle Tim have two children, Bob and Gina. They are my 10 Well, that’s my family. Tell me about yours! 2 Look at Sam’s blog entry and family tree in 1 and 3 Complete the conversations with the words. circle the correct words. group guest guy neighbor 1 Sam is Fred’s child / grandchild. pen pal teenager 2 Bob is Tim and Susan’s daughter / son. 3 Sam’s first name / last name is Jones. 4 David is Mary’s husband / wife. 5 Mavis is Sam and Kate’s grandma / grandpa. 1 A: Do you know that at the 6 Gina and Kate are Fred’s granddaughters / bus stop? grandsons. B: Yes, he’s my . He lives in 7 Sam’s father is Mr. / Mrs. David Jones. the house next door. 8 Joe, Vera, Fred, and Mavis are Sam’s cousins / 2 A: Do you have a lot of friends, Sarah? grandparents. B: Of course, Grandpa! I’m a ! 6 I have a big of friends. 3 A: Can you come to the movies on Friday? B:  Sorry, I have a at home. My from Sweden is staying with us this week.

unit 1 Word Formation 4 Complete the chart. Fill in the missing words (1-8). Verb Noun Adjective - friend 1 - 2 happy interest interest interesting / 3 - activity 4 - health 5 - neighbor / 6 - marry marriage 7 live 8 - 5 Complete the conversations with some of the words Collocations and Expressions from 4. 7 Cross out the word or phrase that cannot be used 1 A: Do you eat food, like with the verb in bold. fruit? , Jane? 1 make surprised B: Yes, I do. I’m also very somebody angry happy sad smile and I play a lot of sports. 2 make 2 A: Where do you somebody cry laugh joke B: Next to the park in Clayton. It’s a very nice 3 make fun of a friend a laugh your bed . I like it a lot. 4 have a fun a talk a fight a laugh 5 have lunch fun party time 3 A: Is Mr. Granger ? B: No, he doesn’t have a wife. No one likes him. He isn’t very and he never 8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of some of the collocations in 7. says hello! 4 A: Here’s a(n) question: What’s the most important thing in life? 1 Idon’t like John because he’s mean and he other people. B:  Well, is very important. It makes you smile and feel good. 2 Let’s . I want to tell you about my new friend. Prepositions 3 Broken Heart is a very sad film. It always 6 Choose the correct answers. . 4 Ican’t go to the movies with you. I’m studying and I 1 Our neighbor has a big snake, and I’m afraid it. don’t . a by b from c of 5 Johnny, please don’t use my laptop! You know it 2 Vegetables are good you. They make you healthy. . a for b on c with 6 Idon’t want to 3 I’m worried my friend. She’s very sad. with you, so please clean your room! a about b in c to 4 Sandra is a nice person. She’s friendly everyone. a at b for c with 5 Are you interested football and basketball? a by b in c to 6 I’m ready the dinner party. Let’s go! a at b for c with 7

GRAMMAR 3 Complete the sentences. Use the simple present. Simple Present and Adverbs of Frequency 1 Anew cell phone (your cousin / (not make) children happy. (you / play) any 1 R ead about the uses of the simple present and (not share) a adverbs of frequency. 2  live) in San Diego, California? (start) Simple Present (not wear) • for habits and things that happen regularly 3  (it / rain) a lot I listen to music every evening. sports on weekends? Tim washes his car on Saturday morning. • for things and situations that are always or usually 4 I bedroom with my brother. true You have three children. 5 My friends and I Dylan eats a lot of fast food. (not meet) at the mall every day. • for facts and general truths Flowers grow in the spring. 6 Lessons The earth goes around the sun. at nine o’clock in the morning. Adverbs of Frequency 7 Kate Adverbs of frequency are words like always, sometimes, very fashionable clothes. usually, and never. We use them to show how often 8  something happens. We often use them with the simple in May? present. They come before the main verb, but after the verb to be. 4 W rite sentences in your notebook. Use the simple Susie never watches TV the night before a big test. present and put the adverbs of frequency in the We sometimes ride our bikes to school. correct place. Tom’s cat often chases mice. My friend is always happy to see me. 1 the Internet café / open / at nine o’clock (usually) 2 my aunt / get / sad or angry (hardly ever) We can also use other time expressions with the simple 3 my grandparents / play / video games (never) present. For example: every day/week/month/year, in the 4 dad / talk / to his sister on his cell phone (often) morning/afternoon/evening, at night, on weekends, on 5 it / be / cold in Canada in the winter (always) Tuesday, on Fridays, in (the) winter/summer, in July, and 6 they / ride / their bikes in the park / ? (sometimes) once/twice/three times a week/month/year. 2 Look at the simple present examples in 1 again. When do we add an -s or -es to the main verb? Read 1.1 and 1.2 of the Grammar Reference before you do the tasks. 8

unit 1 Present Continuous and Stative Verbs 7 R ead these sentences. Do they express something that is happening now (HN) or do they express a 5 Read about the uses of the present continuous and temporary situation (TS)? stative verbs. 1 Look! Those children are playing with a ball. Present Continuous 2 These movie tickets cost $12 each! • for something that is happening now, at this 3 We understand your problem. 4 I’m living in Los Angeles for now. moment 5 Ryan is having a talk with his teacher at My sisters are playing basketball in the gym now. • for temporary situations the moment. Joseph is taking the bus to work this week. 6 Your parents are watching television. 7 Alice is working at her uncle’s restaurant Time expressions: now, right now, at the moment, today/ tonight, these days, this week, at present, nowadays, and this summer. for now. 8 They dislike sports like boxing. Stative Verbs 8 C omplete the sentences with the correct form of Stative verbs describe states and not actions. We do not the verb. Use the simple present or the present continuous. usually use them in continuous forms, even when we want to talk about something that is happening now. 1  (you / read) Here are some common stative verbs: a book now? • sense verbs: feel, hear, see, smell, taste • thinking verbs: know, notice, realize, remember, think, 2 She (not believe) your story. understand • v erbs that express emotions: dislike, hate, like, love, 3 My Uncle Ken (stay) at our house for now. not mind, prefer • o ther verbs: appear (= seem), be, believe, belong, cost, 4 I (not forget, have (= own), hope, look (= seem), mean, need, remember) the name of the movie right now. own, seem, sound, want Jill knows the answer to the teacher’s question. 5  (the students I don’t own a house or a car. / learn) about Africa at the moment? 6 Read these sentences. Do they both talk about something that is happening now? Which verb forms 6 Kim and Fran do they use? Why? (not talk) to each other these days. 1 I realize that you are angry with me. 7  (Frank / work) 2 Mom and Dad are getting ready for work. in Boston this week? Read 1.3-1.4 of the Grammar Reference before you do 8  (this ball / the tasks. belong) to your brother? 9

LISTENING 1 Match these words with the descriptions. 10 1 selfish 2 popular 3 horrible 4 bossy a “She says bad things about people.” b “She tells me what to do all the time.” c “She only thinks about herself!” d “Everybody likes her.” 2  Listen to a short extract from the recording. Does Clare feel sad or angry? 3  Now listen to a longer extract from the recording and answer question 1 below. Did you change your mind? Upgrade In this task, you need to listen carefully to a conversation and then answer some questions. It’s important to listen to whole sentences and paragraphs before choosing the answer you think is correct. 4  Listen to Clare talking to her friend Dan about her sister. For each question, choose the right answer, A or B. 1 How does Clare feel about her sister? A angry B sad 2 Dan is A older than his sister. B younger than his sister. 3 The oldest child in a family wants A to be bossy. B to be first. 4 Dan’s sister is A lazy but fun. B selfish but popular. 5 Dan thinks that Clare’s sister A understands how she feels. B doesn’t understand how she feels.

SPEAKING unit 1 1 Discuss these questions with your partner. Upgrade • D o you have any brothers or sisters? Are they older For this task, it is very important to form questions or younger than you? correctly. Practice asking and answering questions with • Is your brother or sister bossy? a friend. Make sure you know how to form both Wh- • Choose two other adjectives to describe your questions and Yes / No questions, especially with the simple present. brother or sister. Explain your choices. 3 F ollow the instructions and complete the task with 2 L ook at the questions. Which questions can you your partner. One of you will be Student A, and the answer with Yes or No? Match the questions to the other will be Student B. Use the words and phrases answers. in Express Yourself! to help you. 1 What is your favorite sport? Student A: Look at Card 1A on page 108. It gives some 2 Do you take tennis lessons? information about free-time activities and 3 When is your lesson? clubs. Student B doesn’t know anything 4 How much do your lessons cost? about these. He or she will ask you some 5 What is the name of your coach? questions about them. Use the information 6 Do you have to buy any special equipment? to answer the questions. a It’s at five o’clock. Student B: Student A has some information about b Each lesson costs twenty dollars. free-time activities and clubs. You don’t c Tennis. I love it. know anything about these, so ask Student d Yes, you do. You need a racket, white shorts, A some questions about them. Use the questions on Card 1C on page 110. and a T-shirt. e Yes, I do. On Saturday afternoons. 4 Now change roles. f Her name is Mary Porter. Student B: Look at Card 1D on page 110. It gives you Express yourself! some information about cooking classes. Student A doesn’t know anything about WWWWWWWHhhohhhhhw-eaaaeortttqnemcdtiusiiaiasmeusntyscth.eth..hi.e.is?.eco?dn.an..on..as.?m?eIse.i.t.o?.f...?..? these classes. He or she will ask you some Why is ... ? questions about them. Use the information YDDIseoostehy/seoNrhueoeh.d.qa.?ouveAe..s..rt?.e.i?othnesre ...? to answer the questions. Can I ...? Student A: Student B has some information about cooking classes. You don’t know anything about these classes, so ask Student B some questions about them. Use the questions on Card 1B on page 108. 5 Work in pairs to discuss these questions. • How do you spend your free time? • Do you prefer energetic activities (like sports) or quieter activities (like drawing or making things)? • Do you take part in any after-school activities? What are they? 11

WRITING 3 N ow look at the questions below and match them with the information in a-j in 1 that answers them. Information Sheet: Filling Out Forms Filling out forms is something we often do. Someone asks 1 Where do you live? us to fill out a form when they need information about 2 When were you born? us. You usually know the information you need to write 3 What nationality are you? because it’s personal information about you. But it’s 4 What is today’s date? important to understand what information you need to 5 Are you married or single, male or female? write and how to write it. 6 What is your name? 7 What’s your phone number? 4 Read this writing task. Then answer the questions below it. You are joining a gym and you need to fill out a form. Complete the form with all the necessary information. CAPITAL GYMS – The best gyms in Washington, D.C.! Date: PART 1: PERSONAL DETAILS Title Name Address Number/Street City, State ZIP/Post Code Telephone number Date of birth PART 2: FURTHER INFORMATION When do you want to come to the gym? (Please mention days and times.) 1 L ook at the different kinds of information (1-10) that What do you like doing at the gym? you often give when you fill out a form. Then match Why do you want to join a gym? it with the correct information (a-j). 1 Date 6 Title 1 Look back at the kinds of information in 1. What 2 Name 7 Telephone Number information do you NOT need to write in Part 1 3 Address 8 City, State on this form? 4 ZIP/Post Code 9 Country 5 Date of Birth 10 Nationality a United States f March 20, 2017 2 Check (✓) the words that you could include in your b 43601 g 897-445-3260 answer to the questions in Part 2 of the form. c 11/22/01 h Katherine Jones d American i Toledo, Ohio 8 pm mornings e Miss j 5 Park Street classes Rome evenings Saturday keep fit weights 2 Which words in a-j in 1 have capital letters? Why? machines 12

unit 1 5 Read this form that Mario Luca filled out in answer 7 T o show how often he does something, Mario to the question in 4. Now look back at the words you uses adverbs of freqency. Find the two adverbs of checked. Were you right? frequency he used in the form in 5 and circle them. CAPITAL GYMS – The best gyms in Washington, D.C.! 8 R ead this writing task and copy the form into your notebook. Then use the Plan and Express Yourself! to Date: August 30, 2017 help you fill out your form. When you have finished, check your work carefully. PART 1: PERSONAL DETAILS You are at a summer camp in Boston and you need to Title Mr. Name Mario Luca fill out a form. Complete the form with all the necessary information. Address Number/Street 3100 Presidents Avenue City, State Silver Spring, Maryland ZIP/Post Code 20902 CAMBRIDGE SUMMER CAMP Telephone number 202-999-1980 PART 1: PERSONAL DETAILS Date of birth August 8, 1996 Title Name PART 2: FURTHER INFORMATION Date of Nationality birth When do you want to come to the gym? Address Number/ (Please mention days and times.) Street Monday and Wednesday evenings (after 8 pm) City, State and Saturday mornings (8-10 am) What do you like doing at the gym? ZIP/Post Code I usually use the machines and weights. I never Country take classes. Why do you want to join a gym? Telephone number I want to keep fit and meet people. I moved to the USA from Rome six months ago and I want to PART 2: FURTHER INFORMATION make some new friends! Do you play any sports? (Please give details.) 6 In Part 2 of the form, Mario uses the simple present What other activities do you like doing in your free to talk about his habits and things that he does time? regularly. Find and underline five examples of the What do you want to do at summer camp? simple present in the model. Express yourself! Plan Part 1: Give all the information you need to give. Aaldwvaeyrsb, susoufaflrley,qoufetnenc,ysometimes, rarely, never Part 2: Answer the questions. Use the simple present Fgglprssioroepuslaeatersteyedfnohn-vtdotbthiitphodmoaepeoelmIeikoomnnstautgg/aecosmalrtiflmcin/avttegiehimttsaei/zeesmispnoooenrsvltiisense watch TV and adverbs of frequency where necessary. Senujmoymfererec-atimmpesactivities hllmeeaaaavrrkennefhsu(oonnmwewett)ohfsirnpiegenandkeswbetter English Upgrade munedeet rpsetaonpdleEnglish (more easily) Check that you understand what information you need to write, and don’t forget to use capital letters where necessary. Remember to use the simple present to talk about your habits and the things you do regularly, and adverbs of frequency to say how often you do them. 13

gradeUpAMERICAN 2A STUDENT’S BOOK with WORKBOOK American Upgrade is an exciting new multi-level course. American Upgrade 2A is suitable for students working to achieve an A1 level of competence within the Common European Framework. Key features: • five theme-related units, each containing carefully developed tasks designed to develop students’ reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills as well as build on their knowledge of vocabulary and grammar • three Progress Reviews, one after every two units and a final one, to consolidate vocabulary and grammar • a Grammar Reference to support the grammar theory presented in each unit • a Writing Bank and a Speaking Bank to support students’ productive skills American Upgrade 2A Student’s Book with Workbook American Upgrade 2A Student’s e-book American Upgrade 2A Teacher’s Book American Upgrade 2A Class Audio American Upgrade 2A Interactive Whiteboard Software CEFR level American Upgrade 4B B1 American Upgrade 4A A2 American Upgrade 3B A1 American Upgrade 3A American Upgrade 2B Pre-A1 American Upgrade 2A American Upgrade 1B American Upgrade 1A American Upgrade Starter