American Upgrade Starter sample

gradeUpAMERICAN Starter STUDENT’S BOOK with WORKBOOK

CONTENTS UNIT Grammar Vocabulary Reading/Listening/Speaking/Writing Skills ∙ s ubject pronouns; ∙ the alphabet ∙ spelling names correctly 1 possessive adjectives ∙ meeting people ∙ introductions; asking for personal information Nice to meet you! ∙ to be: simple present ∙ adjectives ∙ identifying numbers correctly (listening) ∙ articles ∙ question words ∙ a nswering multiple-choice questions and comprehension pages 4-11 ∙ plural nouns ∙ seasons questions (reading) ∙ c ountries, ∙ writing a personal profile 2 ∙ there is / there are nationalities, My World ∙ have continents ∙ c ompleting sentences about a webpage ∙ possessive ’s ∙ colors ∙ c ompleting a chart to show possession (listening) pages 12-19 ∙ t his / that / these / ∙ counting to 100 ∙ r eading about someone’s family and completing a family tree those ∙ classroom objects ∙ talking about your family and houses ∙ the imperative ∙ family members ∙ u sing conjunctions (and, but, because, and why) ∙ let’s ∙ a dverbs of ∙ writing about things on your desk frequency ∙ multiple-matching (listening) Progress Review 1 pages 20-21 ∙ rooms of the house ∙ making suggestions ∙ computer-related ∙ r eading about American celebrations and what people are 3 ∙ present continuous words doing What’s happening? ∙ can ∙ multiple-matching (reading) ∙ adjectives ∙ t imes of the day / ∙ d eciding if statements are true or false (listening) am / pm ∙ writing a blog about your day pages 22-31 ∙ celebration-related ∙ talking about birthdays words ∙ good manners: saying please and thank you ∙ days of the week ∙ m onths of the year ∙ ordinal numbers ∙ shoes sizes 4 ∙ simple present ∙ teen- and lifestyle- ∙ m ultiple-matching and answering comprehension questions Daily Life ∙ object pronouns related words (reading) ∙ question words ∙ food- and menu- ∙ p ronunciation of -es in third-person singular verbs pages 32-41 ∙ w ord order of related words ∙ t alking about your favorite pop stars and customs in your questions ∙ jobs country ∙ d eciding if statements are true or false (listening) Progress Review 2 pages 42-43 ∙t alking about your partner’s free-time activities ∙ writing about your free-time activities 5 ∙ simple present and ∙ telling time ∙ guessing what job your partner does Past & Present present continuous ∙ verb collocations ∙ r eading about what people usually do and what they are ∙ prepositions of time ∙ adjective opposites doing today pages 44-53 ∙ love, like, hate ∙ t alking about what you do at certain times on weekdays ∙ would like ∙ w riting about what people usually do and what they are ∙ c ountable and doing today uncountable nouns ∙ listening to complete a chart about what people like, love, ∙ some, any or hate doing ∙ to be: simple past ∙ a nswering multiple-choice questions and multiple-matching (reading) ∙ listening to complete a text about the past Progress Review 3 pages 54-55 page 58 Workbook Unit 1 page 64 Workbook Unit 2 pages 69-70 Workbook Progress Review 1 page 71 Workbook Unit 3 page 76 Workbook Unit 4 pages 82-83 Workbook Progress Review 2 page 84 Workbook Unit 5 pages 90-91 Workbook Progress Review 3

NICE TO MEET YOU! The Alphabet Introductions 1  Listen and read. 1  Listen and read. Hello! My name is Jane. What’s your name? Nice to meet you, too. What’s your last name? Upgrade There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. These are vowels: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y. The rest of the letters are consonants. 2  Listen and write the names. . 1 Hello, my name’s .” 2 “What’s your last name?” . “Oh, it’s . 3 Hi, I’m . 4 Her name is 5 My last name is 4

Express yourself! To ask people for information, we say: / phone What’s your name / nationality /address nHWuomhwebnoelrwd?eardeoyno’tuu?n/dWerhsetann’sdyosuormbeitrhthindga,yw? e can say: Sorry, I don’t understand. We can ask: Can you repeat that / spell that, please? Hi, I’m Bill. 2 Practice with a partner. Hi! I’m Nice to meet you. . Hello! My name It’s Smith. is . Nice to meet you. S - M - I - T - H. What’s your name? Nice to meet you, too. It’s . What’s your last name? (Spell your last name.) GRAMMAR BANK Subject Pronouns Possessive Adjectives I my you your he / she / it his / her / its we our they their They are friends. Their car is red. 3 Write the missing words. 1 This is Sophie’s brother. name is Tom. 2  am a student. name is Jane. 3 That’s Mary. What’s last name? 4 Hello! How are ? 5 Look at the girls! are happy. 5

Meet Mark GRAMMAR BANK To Be: Simple Present AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE I am (I’m) I am not (I’m not) You are (You’re) You are not (You aren’t) He is (He’s) He is not (He isn’t) She is (She’s) She is not (She isn’t) It is (It’s) It is not (It isn’t) We are (We’re) We are not (We aren’t) They are (They’re) They are not (They aren’t) QUESTIONS SHORT ANSWERS Am I ...? Yes, I am. / No, I’m not Are you ...? Yes, you are. / No, you aren’t. Is he ...? Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t. Is she ...? Yes, she is. / No, she isn’t. Is it ...? Yes, it is. / No, it isn’t. Are we ...? Yes, we are. / No, we aren’t. Are they ...? Yes, they are. / No they aren’t. 1 D iscuss the picture. What do you see? 4  Circle the answers. Then listen and check. Circle the words. 1 Carmen and Lisa is / are best friends. bicycle headphones laptop 2 I ’m / ’re not happy with my teacher. notebook sneakers sunglasses 3 Is / Are Mark and Lisa in the same class? 4 My books isn’t / aren’t heavy. 2  Listen and read. 5 They is / are very good students. Carmen and Lisa are high school students. They are best 5 Complete each sentence. Use am, is, or are. friends. Mark is a new student. It’s the first day of school, and they are very happy. 1 Carmen and Lisa in the same class. 2 “ you happy?” “Yes, I .” Carmen: Lisa, this is Mark. He’s a new student. 3 Mark in Mrs. Johnson’s class. Lisa: Hello, Mark. Are we in the same class? 4 “ Mrs. Johnson a bad teacher?” “No, she .” Mark: Hi, Lisa. No, we aren’t. Mrs. Johnson is my teacher. 5 “ Carmen and Lisa excited?” “Yes, they .” Lisa: You’re lucky! She’s a very nice person. Carmen: Hey, there’s a picnic in the park this afternoon. Lisa and I are excited! Mark: That’s great! Picnics are fun! 3 Make true sentences. Match 1-4 with a-d. 1 Carmen a is Mark’s teacher. 2 Mark b is Carmen’s classmate. 3 Mrs. Johnson c is a new student. 4 Lisa d is Lisa’s best friend. 6

unit 1 In the park Express yourself! 1  Listen and read. QWWuhheoesrtfeoiofronprWepoloparclede ss It’s later in the day. Carmen, Lisa, and Mark are in the park. WWhhaent ffoorrtthiminegs 4 Complete. Write question words. 1 is your favorite actor? 2 are you from? 3 is your favorite hobby? 4 is your birthday? Carmen: Mark, where are you from? 5 Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions. Mark: I’m from Toronto. It’s a city in Canada. • What are your hobbies? Lisa: That’s interesting! What’s your hobby? • Who is your favorite actor? • What is your favorite movie? Is it playing soccer? • When is your birthday? Mark: No, it isn’t. I like watching movies! • Where are you from? Lisa: Really? Who is your favorite actor? Mark: Jim Carrey. He’s really funny! He’s also 6 Look at each picture. Write the season. Canadian. fall spring summer winter Carmen: My favorite actress is Emma Stone. She’s very talented! 12 Lisa: Her movies are wonderful! Mark: Hey! Tomorrow is my birthday. How 34 about a movie night? GRAMMAR BANK Lisa: That’s a great idea! When is your Articles birthday, Carmen? Use a with singular nouns that begin with a consonant Carmen: It’s July 19th. sound. Mark: Oh, in the summer. I love the summer! a movie Use an with singular nouns that begin with a vowel sound. 2 Circle the correct answer. an actor Use the with specific nouns. 1 W here are Carmen, Lisa, and Mark? the park a in Canada b in the park 2 Where is Mark from? 7 Write a, an, or the. a Mexico b Canada 3 What is Mark’s hobby? 1 She is actress. a listening to music b watching movies 4 Who is Jim Carrey? 2 He is teacher. a Mark’s favorite actor b Lisa’s favorite actor 5 When is Mark’s birthday? 3 My birthday is in winter. a in the summer b tomorrow 3 F ind these words in 1. Write them in your own language. 1 interesting 2 favorite 3 funny 4 talented 5 wonderful 7

Countries and 2  Listen and write the country. Then look at the box nationalities and write the nationality. 1  Listen and read. American Austrian Dutch German Greek Korean Russian Scottish Spanish Swedish 14 1 Johann is from Austria . He’s Austrian . 2 Zoe is from . She’s . Hi! My name is Matt. Al is from the United 3 Sue-Jin is from . I am from Canada. States of America. She’s . I’m Canadian. He’s American. 4 Rosa and Carlos are from . 2 5 They’re . 5 Nils is from . . He’s . 6 Karl is from . He’s 7 Olga and Vlad are from . . They’re This is Laura. Chang and Fen 8 Emma is from . She is from England. are from China. She’s . They’re Chinese. 9 Nate is from She’s English. He’s . 6 10 Jill is from . 3 She’s . . The continents and colors 3 W ork in pairs. Look at the map. Match the continents (1-6) to the colors (a-f). Then take turns. Make sentences like North America is green. 1 North America a blue Hi, I’m Gloria. This is Tristan. 2 South America b green I am from Mexico. He is from France. 3 Africa c orange I’m Mexican. He’s French. 4 Europe d yellow 5 Asia e red 6 Australia f purple blue green orange purple red yellow 8

unit 1 Counting to 100 GRAMMAR BANK 1  Listen and repeat. Then write the missing Plural Nouns numbers. To make a singular noun plural, we usually add -s. boy – boys o ne two four five six seven If the noun ends in -s, -x, -z, -ch, or -sh, add -es. box – boxes nine ten eleven If the noun ends in consonant + -o, add -es. potato – potatoes thirteen fourteen sixteen If the noun ends in consonant+ -y, delete the -y and add -ies. seventeen eighteen nineteen baby – babies twenty-one twenty-two twenty-three Some nouns are irregular. child – children person – people twenty-four twenty-five man – men woman – women twenty-seven twenty-eight twenty-nine thirty 2 Go around the class. Count by tens. 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 4 How many are there? Look at each picture. Write a number and the plural of one of these nouns. 3  Listen. Circle the numbers you hear. car child bear tomato woman 30 / 13 19 / 90 17 / 70 15 / 50 1 2 80 / 18 16 /60 34 5 eight children . . 1 There are . 2 There are . 3 There are . 4 There are 5 There are 9

Internet friends bestwebbuddies.com 1  Listen and read about a website. This is bestwebbuddies.com. It’s a website to Write the missing numbers and words. make friends. There are 1 thousand people on our website. They are from 2  Listen again. Circle the answers. 70 2 around the world. 1 What is bestwebbuddies.com? This is a website for people who are 13 to a a website for friends 3 years old. Our members b a sports website have lots of hobbies, and they love games and c a music website competitions. They also love music, sports, movies, and books. 2 Where are the members from? a 70 cities around the world bestwebbuddies.com is free, and it’s very b 70 countries around the world 4 to use. It’s a great way to c 17 countries around the world make new friends! 3 Who is this website for? a only adults b all children c only teenagers Hi! I’m Paul, and I’m 15. I’m from Dallas, Texas, Hey! I’m Kumiko, and I’m from Tokyo, Japan. in the USA. I love sports, and I’m on a I love skateboarding, and most of my friends are skateboarders, too. My favorite place in Tokyo is basketball team. I’m a very good player. What’s my favorite team? The Houston Rockets! Planet Park. It’s a great place for skaters! 10

unit 1 Hello! My name is Julia, and I’m from Orlando, Florida, in the USA. I’m sixteen years old. I love dancing, and I’m a student at a dance school. My favorite pop star is Beyoncé. She’s very beautiful, and she’s an excellent dancer. Hi! I’m Dieter. I’m 18 years old, and I’m from Germany. I like reading books. I’m a big fan of the Harry Potter books. My favorite hobby is bowling. It’s a lot of fun! 3 L isten and read the profiles above. Then answer the 4 Write your own profile for bestwebbuddies.com. Finish questions. the sentences. 1 What is Paul’s favorite sport? Hi, my name is 1 . . I am from 2 2 Who is a skateboarder? I am 3 years old. 3 Who loves reading? My favorite place / singer / is . . 4 4 Where is Planet Park? My favorite hobby is 5 5 How old is Paul? 6 Where is Tokyo? 7 Who is Beyoncé? 11

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