Upgrade Pre-A1 Student's Book

Upgrade YOUR ENGLISH Pre-A1Kate Newbury Steve Bowden STUDENT’S BOOK

CONTENTS Introduction Vocabulary • days of the week • the body • the alphabet • months of the year • in the classroom pages 4-9 • colours • seasons Grammar • numbers 1-20 Vocabulary • subject pronouns; to be UNIT • words related to family members and other • p resent simple; adverbs of Reading people frequency 1 multiple matching • expressions for meeting people • possessive adjectives; ’s • answering questions with a name • items of clothing & accessories • possessive pronouns; whose? This is me! • verbs • ordinal numbers & dates • let’s; imperative; object pages 10-19 • prepositions of time (at, in, on) pronouns • telling the time • can; must / have to 2 true or false • words related to periods of time • finding information in the text to • collocations with time, phrasal verbs It’s my time! decide if the statements say the same thing or a different thing to • words related to homes and things found pages 20-29 the text in them • p repositions, collocations, adjectives, Progress Review 1 pages 30-31 phrasal verbs 3 comprehension questions • underlining information in the text Happy Home to help you answer the question correctly pages 32-41 4 gapped sentences • w ords related to places and activities in • adverbs of manner • finding the right words in the text town • too; enough I live here! to complete sentences about it • prepositions, adjectives, word formation pages 42-51 Progress Review 2 pages 52-53 5 true or false • words related to school, jobs and work • comparative • n oticing words like never, always • collocations, phrasal verbs, word formation, • superlative It’s my life! and all that change the meaning of prepositions • present continuous a sentence • a djectives and other words related to • p resent simple & present pages 54-63 people continuous • prepositions, collocations, phrasal verbs, 6 comprehension questions word formation • countable and uncountable •realising you sometimes have to • countries, nationalities & languages nouns; some / any Other People use different words to the ones in • words related to food and drink • talking about quantities the text • cutlery & crockery • p ast simple: to be; there was / pages 64-73 • collocations there were • words related to travelling and transport • p ast simple affirmative: Progress Review 3 pages 74-75 • prepositions, collocations, phrasal verbs regular verbs • p ast simple affirmative: 7 multiple matching • words related to sports and hobbies irregular verbs • c hecking the other texts for the • collocations, phrasal verbs • p ast simple: negative and Fabulous Food information that answers the question question pages 76-85 8 gapped sentences • realising that the words you Let’s go! complete the sentences with are exactly the same as words in the pages 86-95 text Progress Review 4 pages 96-97 9 true or false • noticing negative words that Let’s play! change the meaning of a sentence pages 98-107 10 comprehension questions • words related to the world around us, • future simple • realising the questions are in the animals and the weather • be going to Wonderful World same order as the information in • prepositions the text pages 108-117 Progress Review 5 pages 118-119 Grammar Reference pages 120-128 Irregular Verbs page 129 Writing Bank pages 130-136 Speaking Bank page 137 Speaking Information page 138 2

Grammar • there is / there are • question words • a / an • have got • plurals • prepositions of place Writing • this / that / these / those Speaking personal profile Listening discussion (picture-based) • punctuation multiple choice (pictures) • talking about what you and your parents wear in • using and and but to join ideas together • u nderstanding the topic and different situations predicting vocabulary before • using like/don’t like with nouns and verbs + -ing paragraph (routines) listening to choose the correct • u sing the present simple and adverbs of answer discussion and decision making (photo-based) frequency to describe routines multiple matching • talking about your free time and how you • using prepositions of time • realising the speakers will mention manage your time more than one activity when • giving your opinion, agreeing and disagreeing talking about each person with your partner note taking describing photos note • writing dates, times and numbers • talking about furniture and the rooms in your • beginnings and endings multiple choice (independent items) home • using the imperative to give instructions and • choosing your answer the first time • saying something about the photo in general Can you ...? to make requests you listen, and then checking it the before you describe it in detail leaflet second time you listen discussion and decision making (photo based) • using headings, paragraphs and pictures • talking about activities in towns, villages and • using adjectives to make your writing cities interesting • making suggestions and giving reasons using so and because multiple choice choosing the best option email • u nderlining important words • talking about college, studying and work • organising your ideas into paragraphs before you listen • using comparative adjectives and adverbs to talk • u sing friendly sentences to begin and end your multiple matching about the options email • realising that you may not hear describing photos description (person) the words in the options on the • talking about what people are like • giving examples to support your opinion recording and understanding • using the present continuous to describe what • u sing adjectives to describe appearance and paraphrasing people in pictures are doing personality multiple choice (pictures) discussion (picture-based) recipe • understanding that the speakers • talking about food and drink • using the imperative to give instructions will talk about both pictures • using prefer with nouns and verbs with to • u sing sequencing words to show the order of instructions note taking choosing the best option email • realising you must only write one • talking about travelling • using the imperative to give directions word, number, date or time in each • talking about the advantages and disadvantages • u sing prepositions of place to make your gap of the options instructions clearer multiple choice describing photos story • continuing to listen even if you • talking about sports and hobbies • using the past simple to write about the past miss one answer • talking about lots of different things in the photos • u sing adverbs to make the story more interesting multiple choice (independent items) discussion and decision making (photo based) postcard • understanding paraphrasing • talking about animals the countryside and • using the correct tenses problems with our world • using interesting vocabulary • using phrases to start the conversation and to take turns 3

This is me!  · Who is in your family? How old are they? · What do you and your family do in your free time? · Where do you go with your family? Reading Learning English 1 Look at the pictures of different in London families. Which one is like your family? A D B Meet Mei, Amina and Elsa. They are E in London to learn English. Read about them and their families. C F Mei 2 Read the webpage about three students at the Hi! I’m Mei and I’m from Hong Kong. London Language School. Who has got the There are seven people in my family – biggest family? my parents, my brother, my sister, my grandparents and me. We live together. 10 My parents work in their shop every day. It’s next to our house. My grandparents aren’t very old. They look after us and they sometimes help us with our homework.

Amina Upgrade Hello. My name is Amina. I’m from In this kind of task, you must answer each question Morocco. I’m seventeen years old. I’m an with one of the names. Read the questions first and only child, but I’ve got lots of cousins. My underline the information you must look for. Then read aunt and uncle live next to us. They’ve the paragraphs quickly to find the information you got a big family – there are five children! need. Finally, read the information again carefully to I’m happy that I’ve got a lot of cousins. check it answers the question. My best friend lives in my street too. We always have fun together at the weekend! 3 R ead the webpage again and answer the questions. Write Mei, Amina or Elsa. Elsa 1 Who hasn’t got brothers or sisters? Hi, I’m Elsa and I’m from Germany. Amina My family is small – there’s just my mum, my brother Hans and me. Hans and I are 2 Who helps her mum or dad? twins. I’m blonde and his hair is dark, but we’ve both got blue eyes. My mum is a 3 Who lives with lots of people? teacher. Hans and I help her in the house. At the weekend, I go out with my family or 4 Who enjoys free time with her family? my friends. 5 Who lives next to a big family? 4 C omplete the sentences with these words from the webpage. aunt cousin grandparents parents only child twins uncles 1 My parents come from big families – my mum has got three sisters and my dad has got four brothers! 2 Elizabeth and her sister have got the same birthday – they’re . 3 My dad’s got a sister. She’s my . 4 ‘Are you a(n) ?’ ‘No, I’ve got a brother.’ 5 This is my Nick. His mum and my mum are sisters. 6 My mum’s got three brothers. They’re my . 7 In the summer, I stay with my because my mum and dad work every day. 5 Choose a picture. Imagine that the people in the picture are your family. Tell your partner about them. Give them names and ages, and say what they do together. 11

VOCABULARY 3 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with the words in bold. 1 R ead the text and complete the information about Luke with these words. 12 address age brother first name 3 parents sister surname 45 Me and my family Hi. I’m Luke Smith. I’m eighteen years old. 1 blonde dark blonde hair and he’s got I’ve got a brother and a sister – Nick She’s got hair. and Emma. He’s twelve and she’s fifteen. My mum andfidrsatdnaamree40. We live at 2 old young 10 Main Street. The man is and the boy is . 1 first name : Luke 3 short tall 2 : Smith 3 : 18 She’s and he’s 4 : Nick ! 5 : Emma 6 : Mr and Mrs Smith 4 long short 7 : 10 Main Street Chloe’s grandma has got hair. hair, but Chloe’s got 5 pretty ugly This is a(n) face and that’s a(n) face. 2 Match. 4 Match. 1 grandma a child 1 Hi. a I’m thirteen. 2 aunt b husband 2 How are you? b Goodbye. 3 son c uncle 3 Pleased to meet you. c I’m fine, thanks. 4 wife d grandpa 4 How old are you? d Me too. 5 parent e daughter 5 See you later. e Goodnight. 6 It’s time for bed. f Hello. 12

unit 1 5 Label the pictures with these words. bag boots coat dress glasses hat jacket jeans shirt shoes skirt sweater trousers T-shirt umbrella watch 1 umbrella 5 2 6 37 48 9 13 14 10 15 16 11 13 12 6 Which words from 1 do we use with a pair of? 7 Complete the dialogues with these words. go out look at look for put on take off try on 1 A: What do you do when you go home after school? B: I take off my school clothes and I jeans and a T-shirt. Then I go to the park. 2 A: B en, this jacket. Do you like it? B: Yes, I do. I want to it . 3 A: Come on, Harry. I want to . B: I know, but where are my shoes? Please help me them.

GRAMMAR 3 Complete the sentences. Use subject pronouns. Subject pronouns; to be 1 Suzy is our cat. She is white. 1 Read about subject pronouns and the verb to be. 2 These books aren’t blue. are green. Subject pronouns 3 Sally is my cousin. is twelve. Subject pronouns show who or what something is 4 Mum’s got a brother. is my uncle. or does. They replace the subject (person or thing) of a verb. 5 Her name is Olivia. is a pretty name. Grandma is happy. She is happy. The house is old. It is old. 6 I’ve got two children. am a father. That man is short. He is short. Those boys are brothers. They are brothers. 7 It’s your birthday Jack! are fifteen today! To be 8 John and I aren’t brothers. are cousins. We use the verb to be to describe people and things. I am a girl. 4 Complete the sentences with the correct form They aren’t white pencils. of to be. Is he tall? 1 Those school bags aren't brown. 2 L ook at the examples in 1 again. When do we use he, They’re black. she, and it? 2 Yes, that’s right. My address Read 1.1 and 1.2 of the Grammar Reference before you do 5 Park Street. the tasks. 3 Where my pencils? 4 The twins twelve today. 5 I’m tall. My parents tall too. 6 What your surname? 7 I haven’t got a brother or a sister. I an only child. 8 you a grandma? 9 she a teacher? 10 You a child, Grandpa! You an old man! 14

unit 1 Present simple; adverbs of frequency 7 Complete the sentences with the words in brackets. Use the present simple. 5 R ead about the uses of the present simple and adverbs of frequency. 1 My sister doesn't study (not study) every night. Present simple • things we often do 2 (you / know) my cousins? I meet my friends every day. • t hings and situations that are 3 Every morning, Grandpa (put on) his coat and (go out). always or usually true The boys go out at the weekend. 4 They (take off ) their shoes in • facts and general truths the house. It doesn’t rain in summer. 5 I (not like) that book. Adverbs of frequency Adverbs of frequency are words like always, usually, 6 (Sam / enjoy) school? often, sometimes, never, etc. We use them to show how 8 C omplete the sentences with the words in brackets. often something happens. We often use them with the Put the adjectives of frequency in the correct place. present simple. They come before the main verb, but after the verb to be. Use the present simple. We always do our homework. I am usually happy. 1 We never go (never go) to college Jim often plays football after college. You sometimes see your aunt at the weekend. at the weekend, but we They never walk to school. (usually be) at college on Monday mornings. Time expressions: every day/week/month/year, in the morning/afternoon/evening, at night, at the weekend, 2 I (usually on Monday, on Thursdays, in (the) spring/summer, in May, once/twice/three times a week/month/ year, etc meet) my best friend on Saturday and we Time expressions can go at the beginning or the end (always have) fun. of a sentence. 3 Tim (often study) in Lee helps her mum in the house every Saturday. Every Saturday, Lee helps her mum in the house. the evening and he 6 L ook at the examples in 1 again. When do we add -s (sometimes see) his friends, too. to the main verb? 4 Our aunt (usually not Read 1.3-1.4 of the Grammar Reference before you do take off ) her glasses. They the tasks. (often be) on her head! 5 It (often rain) and Uncle Mike (always take) an umbrella. 15

LISTENING 4  Listen to four short conversations. There is one question for each conversation. For each question, 1 Look at the task and answer the questions about it. choose the correct picture. Discuss your answers with a partner. 1 Which boy is Andrew’s cousin Mark? What does the teacher want the students to do? A B 1 Where do you think the people in the recording are? A B a at home b in a classroom 2 Where does Callum live? 2 What do you think the recording is about? a homework b family 15 London 5 London Street Street 3 C ircle the words you think you will hear in the recording. address book close notebook open surname A B 2  Listen to the recording and think about your 3 What does Gemma’s mum look like? answers in 1. Which words do you hear? Which picture answers the question? 3 Read the questions and look at the pictures in 4. A B With a partner, talk about which words you think you will hear in the recording for each question. 4 Which dress does the girl want to try on? Then write the words. A B 1 2 3 4 Upgrade In this kind of task, you listen to some short conversations. For each conversation, there is one question and the answer choices are pictures. Before you listen, read the questions and think about the topic of each conversation. Look at the pictures and think about the words which you might hear. This will help you to choose the correct pictures when you listen. 16

SPEAKING unit 1 1 Ask and answer these questions with your partner. Upgrade • What do you usually wear to school or college? For this task, you must say what you like and don’t like • What do you wear at the weekend? about different pictures on a topic. You can use like / • Have you got lots of clothes? don’t like with nouns and verbs + -ing. • What are your favourite clothes? 3  Work in pairs. Look at the pictures of people wearing 2 When we say we like something, we use like + noun different clothes. Do you like these different clothes? or like + verb + -ing. Complete the sentences with Tell your partner. Use the words and phrases in these words. Express Yourself! to help you. bag dresses going shirts trying on wearing 1 I like trousers, but I don’t like dresses . 2 Do you like new clothes in shops? 3 I often play football and I like sports clothes. 4 I don’t like to the shops with my mum. 5 Do you like or T-shirts? 6 I like this red . EXPRESS YOURSELF! TIIIIIHHHaauwhlletlieiesakkekus/v//aeeicaenrSSSh//lhghlh//oyddeeehdoaoo/buloallnn.iisvnsokk’’otteu’ueetmnllasstiiw’lkkte//lceeyetglddiaoowmw.oor.tt.eehee.e..sasa.es..nnrrsa/i’s’tttnn…lltgiiehkkv…eeeewrw...eweeaekraeirnn…gd…/ 4 Work in pairs to discuss these questions. • Do you like trying on new clothes? • Do you like sports clothes? • What clothes do your mum and dad like wearing? • Do your parents wear the same kind of clothes every day? 17

WRITING 1 Who is the email to? 2 Who is the email from? Personal profile: Using correct punctuation 3 Where does Katy work? When you write in English, you must use correct 4 What two things do the students have to do? punctuation. Use: • a capital letter at the beginning of each sentence. • a capital letter for the word I and also for names of people and places. • a full stop (.) at the end of each sentence. • a comma (,) to separate things in a list. 3 D o you remember Amina from the webpage on pages 10-11? You are going to read her personal profile. Tick (✔) the information you think she will give. 1 Do you remember Elsa from the webpage on pages 1 name 10-11? Read her paragraph and correct the twelve 2 age mistakes with capital letters, full stops and commas. 3 favourite food Mmy name is elsa i’m eighteen years old and I’m 4 her family tall I’ve got long blonde hair and blue eyes. 5 favourite colours i’ve got a twin brother called hans I usually 6 what she looks like and clothes wear T-shirts jeans and sweaters. my favourite 7 pet’s name colours are yellow white and orange 8 where she’s from 4 R ead Amina’s personal profile. Did she give the 2 Read this email and answer the questions. information which you ticked in 3? What other information did she give? To: London Language School Students Subject: Personal profile London Language School 18 Personal information Name Amina Alaoui Age 17 From Morocco All about you My name is Amina. I’m seventeen years old and I’m not very tall. I’ve got long brown hair and brown eyes. I’m an only child, but I’ve got a big family of aunts, uncles and cousins. I usually wear a T-shirt and a shirt with jeans or a skirt. My favourite colours are blue and white. I like talking to my friends and playing on my computer. I don’t like doing homework!

unit 1 5 R ead Amina’s paragraph again. Underline all the 7 Read this writing task and copy the personal profile examples of and and but. When do we use these into your notebook. Then use the plan and Express words? Yourself! to help you write your own personal profile. When you finish, check your work carefully. 6 Use the words to write sentences. Use and or but. You are a student at the London Language 1 I / like / wear / jeans / T-shirts School. Complete the personal profile. I like wearing jeans and T-shirts. 2 I / have got / a brother / I / have not got / a sister London Language School 3 I / usually / wear / a hat / glasses Personal information 4 I / like / listen / to music / I / not like / play it Name Age 5 my name / be / Susie / I / be / sixteen years old From All about you EXPRESS YOURSELF! Aboslpohlldrodnoejngtre≠tdtcy≠ety≠i≠os≠vthueaudonslglragltryk Plan Personal information: Complete the information Fpgawdbuaraariarmnofuneettgnihd≠≠lhtmeytr≠hueour≠ncts≠chhsbleiieaslsrdonte≠ndrgrandfather mum ≠ dad about yourself. All about you: Write about how old you Clothes jacket trousers bag jeans T-shirt are, what you look like, your boots shirt umbrella family, your favourite clothes coat shoes watch and colours, and the things dress skirt you like and don’t like doing. glasses sweater hat Upgrade Remember to check that you have used capitals letters, full stops and commas correctly. Don’t forget to use and to join similar ideas together, and but to write about different ideas. 19

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