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warm up B Work with a partner and match the objects with the A Look at the pictures and read the sentences. jobs in exercise A. a3 b c d e f Hi, my name is Stephen. Hello. I am Kim. h I’m from the UK. I’m from China. g 2 C Cover the words in exercise A. Point at the pictures and practice saying the jobs. e.g. Mary is a teacher. Good morning. I am Melanie. pronunciation I am from France. A 1.1 Listen to the short forms of the verb to be B Work in groups and take turns. Introduce yourself and repeat. to your partners. a I'm b You're vocabulary c He's d She's A Match the jobs with the pictures. e It's f We're 1 teacher 2 doctor 3 nurse 4 engineer g They're 5 lawyer 6 police officer 7 dentist 8 clerk Mary B Change the long form of the verb to be to the NICK Dave jenny short form. Then practice saying the sentences. a bcd 1 I am a dentist. Lily sandra CANDICE Laura I'm a dentist. 2 She is not American. 3 We are from Mexico. 4 You are very kind. 5 He is a lawyer. 6 They are not Chinese. 7 It is not very beautiful. C 1.2 Listen and check your answers in exercise B. e f gh

reading C Read the texts again and mark the sentences as true A Work in pairs. Match the texts with the pictures. (T) or false (F). b 1 Dennis is from Scotland. T a 2 Dennis is a good teacher. 3 Beijing is a boring city. c 4 Istanbul is an exciting city. 5 Jennie and Paul aren’t happy with their jobs. d speaking A 1.3 Work with a partner. Listen and practice the conversation below. Text 1 A: Hi, my name is James. 3 Dennis is a teacher. He is usually in the school. He is from B: Hi, I am Janet. the UK but he is not English. He is Scottish. Dennis is a great A: How are you? teacher. He is very happy with his students and the students B: I’m fine. How are you? are happy with Dennis. A: I’m good, thank you. B: Are you from Germany? Text 2 A: No, I’m not. I’m from England. Are you from Spain? Jill is a doctor from China and she is Chinese. She is usually B: Yes, I am. in Beijing Central Hospital. The hospital is very big. Jill’s job is A: Nice to meet you. difficult and stressful but she is not unhappy. ‘I am happy with B: You too. See you later. my job and I like Beijing. It is an exciting city!’ A: Bye. Have a nice day. B: You too. Text 3 Max is a clerk in a big clothes shop in Istanbul. He is not B Work with the same partner. Change the words in Turkish. He is Spanish. His job is difficult and tiring so he is not happy with his job. ‘My job is very difficult but I love blue and practice the conversation. Istanbul. It is a beautiful city.’ Text 4 Jennie and Paul are police officers. They are from the USA. They are American. Their job is difficult and dangerous but they are happy with their jobs. ‘We are police officers. We really like our job. It is a hard job but it is cool.’ B Match the people with the countries. 1 Dennis 2 Jill 3 Max 4 Jennie and Paul ab d c

grammar subject pronouns & verb to be A Complete the sentences with I, you, he, she, it, we, C Complete the sentences with the correct form of they. the verb to be. 1 You / He are a teacher. 1 I am not from Japan. I am from Thailand. 2 It / She is from the UK. 2 She _______________ an engineer. 3 He / They is Chinese. 3 A: _______________ Mike and Thomas from Turkey? 4 She / I am happy to live in Beijing. 5 It / We is an exciting city! B: Yes.They are Turkish. 6 We / He are from the USA. 4 We _______________ from Spain. 7 It / They are police officers. 5 You _______________ Australian. You are American. 6 It _______________ a beautiful house. B Work with a partner and complete the table. 7 _______________ you Scottish? 8 My sister _______________ a dentist. She is a doctor. Affirmative object Short form subject verb to be happy to live in boost grammar 112 am Beijing. I’m a teacher. You are from the UK. You’re Chinese. He’s He an exciting city. She’s police officers. It’s She from the USA. We’re They’re 4 It We They Negative I am not happy to live in I’m not Beijing. You are not a teacher. You’re not / You aren’t He from the UK. He’s not / He isn’t She Chinese. She’s not / She isn’t It an exciting city. It’s not / It isn’t We police officers. We’re not / We aren’t They from the USA. They’re not / They aren’t Questions happy to live in Beijing? I a teacher? you from the UK? he Chinese? she an exciting city? it police officers? we from the USA? they

warm up B Work in pairs and match the people with the photos. A Look at the picture and answer the questions. ab c 1 mother and father 2 brother and sister 3 grandmother and grandfather 1 This is a: Boost Box a family photo b photo of friends 2 People in the photo are: mother and father = parents a sad b happy brother and sister = siblings grandmother and grandfather = grandparents voc abulary family members speaking A Complete Tim's family tree with the family members. 5 sister father mother uncle A Look at the family tree in the Vocabulary part again. Draw your family tree and write the names of the aunt grandfather brother grandmother family members. 12 mother father sister brother grandmother aunt uncle grandfather grandmother our family 3 4 56 78 TIM B Work with a partner and take turns. Check your family trees and introduce your family to your partner. e.g. This is my mother. Her name is Sophie. She is a doctor.

reading C Complete the sentences with David, Jake or Mariam. A Match the items with the pictures. 1 laptop 2 glasses 3 scarf 4 guitar 1 _Jake_ likes the colour blue. 5 handbag 6 headphone 7 smartphone 8 notebook 2 ______ is usually at school. 3 ______ ‘s guitar is blue. c 4 ______ ‘s home office is clean and tidy. 5 ______ is happy with her students. b1 d 6 ______ is happy in his room. a grammar possessive adjectives h A Match the subject pronouns with the possessive adjectives. f g 1 I a your e 2 you b our 3 he c my B Match the paragraphs with the pictures. 4 she d his 5 it e their b 6 we f its 7 they g her a 6 Boost Box c Subject pronouns usually come before a verb: I sleep, you like, etc. My Place My Stuff Possessive adjectives come before a noun: My house, your sister, etc. 1 B Complete the sentences with the correct possessive Me and My Home-Office My name is David and I am an engineer. I love my office adjectives from exercise A. Underlined words might because my office is my home. It is a home office. This is my help you. desk. It is always tidy and clean. Here are my headphones, 1 We love our new house, it is very big. new laptop, smartphone, and calculator. They are all white 2 Jenny is always happy. ________ smile is beautiful. because white is my favourite colour. White is a good colour 3 That is my dog, Mike and this is ________ toy. for offices. 4 We love travelling. ________ favourite country is 2 Thailand. 5 My parents live in Australia. ________ house is big. Jake and His Blue Guitar 6 That is my brother Steve and that is ________ bedroom. My brother’s name is Jake. He is 12 years old. He is a primary school student. He is happy now because he is in his room C Read the dialogues below and choose the correct with his guitar. His blue guitar is always in his hands. His guitar is blue because his favourite colour is blue. His mum alternative in italics. and dad are musicians, too. They are piano players. Peter: Where are you / your from, Sharon? 3 Sharon: My / I am from Australia. And you? Peter: I / My am German, but I / my live in the US. Mariam and Her Bag Mariam is my girlfriend. She is a teacher so she is usually D 1.4 Listen and check your answers in exercise C. at school. She is a great teacher. Her students are very happy with her. Their classroom is always fun. These are her boost grammar 113 notebooks, handbag and her favourite scarf. Her favourite colours are green and brown. Her glasses and smartphone are also in her bag.

warm up A Work in pairs. Look at the pictures and discuss the C 1.5 Listen and check your answers in exercise B. question. 1 Where are they from? D Complete the sentences about you. 1 2 a) I am from ….. b) I am …. e.g. I am from the UK. I am British. boost vocabulary 132 3 pronunciation /w/ sounds 7 vocabulary countries / nationalities Boost Box In words starting with wr- and after the letters wh+o, we don’t say the sound w. It is called the silent w. A Match the countries with the pictures. 1 Turkey 2 the UK 3 Germany 4 Russia A 1.6 Listen to the following words with 'w' and repeat. 5 China 6 Brazil 7 France 8 Greece 1 when 2 who 3 two 4 whole 5 week 6 write 7 twenty 8 wrong d B Underline the words with a silent w. b c a e fg h speaking B Complete the table with the nationalities. A Work with a partner and match the questions with the answers. 1 Where are you from? a Yes, I do. Country Nationality 2 What do you do? 3 Are you Chinese? b I’m from Korea. Turkey Turkish 4 Do you speak English? c No, I’m not. I’m Korean. the UK d I’m a teacher. Germany B Ask and answer the questions in exercise A with Russia Russian your partner. China C Work in pairs. Student A: goouttoyopuagrei1n4f1o, student B: go card, student Brazil to page 136. Student A: read France B: guess the country. Take turns and repeat the activity. Greece Greek

listening Conversation 2 A 1.7 Listen to the conversations and fill in the Ally: Hi. My name’s Ally. What’s your name? Nadia: My name’s Nadia. Where are you gaps. ____________, Ally? a Ally: I’m from the UK. Where are you from? Nadia: I’m from Brazil. b Ally: Are you Brazilian? Nadia: Yes, I am. Ally: What do you do, Nadia? Nadia: I’m a student. What do you ____________? Ally: I’m a student, too. Nadia: ____________ to meet you, Ally. Ally: Nice to meet you too, Nadia. Nadia: Bye! Ally: Bye! Conversation 3 8c Matthew: Hi Samantha. How are you? Samantha: I’m great. How ____________ you, Matthew? Matthew: I’m very well, thank you. Samantha: Are you from Turkey? Matthew: No, I’m not. I’m from Germany. But I live in Turkey. ____________ are you from? Samantha: I’m from France. I’m French. Matthew: What do you do? Samantha: I’m a dentist. ____________ is your job, Matthew? Matthew: I’m a clerk. Samantha: Nice to meet you. Matthew: Nice to meet you too. Conversation 1 B Listen to the conversations again and match Mark: Hi, I’m Mark. What’s your name? Jimmy: Hi Mark. I’m Jimmy. them with the people. Mark: Nice to ____________ you, Jimmy. Jimmy: Nice to meet you too, Mark. C Work with a partner. Match the countries Mark: Where are you from? Jimmy: I’m from Greece. and the jobs with the people. Mark: ____________ you Greek? Jimmy: Yes, I am. Where are you from, Mark? Name Country Job Mark: I’m from Russia. I am Russian. Jimmy: What is your job? a Mark 1 Brazil a Student Mark: I’m a lawyer. What is your job? b Jimmy 2 The UK b Dentist Jimmy: I’m an engineer. c Ally 3 France c Engineer d Nadia 4 Greece d Lawyer Mark e Matthew 5 Russia Mark e Student f Samantha 6 Germany f Clerk

grammar wh- questions A Match the questions with the answers. questions a What is your telephone number? b When is your birthday? c Where are you from? d Why are you sad? e Who is that man? f Which one is your bike, red or black? answers 1 It is in June. 9 2 The red one is my bike. 3 He is my teacher. 4 It is 555-47-20. 5 I’m from Portugal. 6 Because I am ill. B Circle the correct words in italics. 1 When / What is the meeting? 2 Where / What is your name? 3 What / When is that? 4 Who / Why are you? 5 When / Where are you from? 6 When / Which is your favourite, tea or coffee? 7 Why / What are you sad? C 1.8 Listen and check your answers in exercise B. D Correct the mistakes in the questions. 1 Which your favourite is, cats or dogs? Which is your favourite, cats or dogs? 2 Why you are hungry? 3 We are where? 4 How are you old? 5 When the concert is? 6 What that is? 7 Who you are? boost grammar 113

warm up grammar introducing yourself (asking for and giving personal info) A Look at the famous people and discuss the following A 1.9 Listen and complete the conversation with the questions. correct questions below. 1 Do you know who they are? a) What’s your name? b) Are you married? 2 Can you describe them? c) How old are you, Jackie? d) What’s your address? e) What’s your job? f ) What’s your nickname? g) What’s your phone number? h) Where are you from? e.g. A: Hello. What’s your name? (1) This is Lady Gaga. B: Hi. My name’s Jacqueline. She is blonde. A: Hi, Jacqueline. _______________ (2) B: My nickname’s Jackie. vocabulary physical appearance adjectives A: _______________ (3) B: I’m from the USA. A Look at the pictures and choose the correct words A: Where do you live? B: I live in the UK. in italics. A: _______________ (4) B: It’s 27 Pine Lane, London. 10 a. John is short / fat. e. Katie is blonde / brunette. A: _______________ (5) B: 07 554 897 54 b. Daisy is a brunette / short. f. Sally is old / young. A: _______________ (6) B: I’m 28 years old. A: _______________ (7) B: I’m a primary school teacher. A: _______________ (8) B: No, I’m not. I’m single. B Match the questions with the answers. questions answers c. James is old / tall. g. Greta is old / fat. 1 What’s your name? a Yes, I am. My husband’s name is Alex. 2 What’s your nickname? b I’m from Mexico. 3 Where are you from? c It’s 3 Marshall Street, Sydney. 4 Where do you live? d I’m 25. d. Nathan is fat / slim. h. Karl is young / old. 5 What’s your address? e I’m a nurse. 6 What’s your phone number? f It’s Liz. 7 How old are you? g I live in Sydney. 8 What’s your job? h It’s 0435 699 203. 9 Are you married? i My name’s Elizabeth. B Look at the pictures. Use the adjectives in exercise C Ask and answer the questions in exercise B with A and write sentences about the people. your partner. e.g. e.g. He is tall. She is short. A: What’s your name? B: My name’s Kate. boost grammar 113

listening d A 1.10 Listen to the dialogues twice and match them with the pictures. Dialogue 1 Dialogue 2 Dialogue 3 Dialogue 4 a B Listen again and mark the dialogues as friends (F) or not friends (NF). Dialogue 1 Dialogue 2 Dialogue 3 Dialogue 4 C Read the phrases from the dialogues and mark them 11 as formal (f) or informal (i). formal (adj): official informal (adj): daily or casual b i Hey, Jake. - This is Thomas. c It’s a pleasure to finally meet you. - How’s it going? How are you? Nice to meet you. - And you too, Mr. Stevens. writing A Read the personal introduction for a social website. Underline the personal appearance adjectives. Hi. My name is Elke. I am German. I am from Munich. I live in Paris. Paris is a beautiful city; I love living there. I am 23 years old. I am a sales assistant and I work in a clothing shop in Paris. I am tall and I am slim. I am a brunette. My eyes are blue. B Write a list of personal appearance vocabulary that describe you. C Use your list in exercise B and write a short personal introduction for a social website. Use the introduction in exercise A as a guide.

BOOST UP A Find the jobs in the word snake.e engineerlawye F Complete the missing letters of the words below. rpoliceoffic 1 b_ _ _ _ e ctornurs 2 br_ _ _tte erdentistclerk 3 f_t teacherdo 4 _ _ll 5 sl_ _ 6 s_ _rt 7 _ld 8 yo_ _g B Read the sentences below and circle the correct words in italics. 1 I am / is a doctor. 2 Susan are / is a nurse. 3 David and John am / are teachers. 4 Matthew is / are a police officer. 5 Ally and James am / are lawyers. 6 We is / are from England. 7 Sue and I am / are students. 12 8 Fiona is /am 20 years old. C Unscramble the words below. 1 hemtro 2 haetrf 3 istser 4 ohbrter 5 uatn 6 ncule 7 randfahegtr 8 ndgrathorem D Read the sentences and replace the underlined subject pronouns with possessive adjectives. 1 I mother is a doctor. 2 He house is in London. 3 Jane is a lawyer and she office is in New York City. 4 David and John are French. They families are from France. 5 Ian is a student. He school is in the city centre. E Read the questions and answers below. Fill in the gaps with the words in the box. When How Who Why Where 1 ______do you live? – I live in Paris. 2 ______ is that boy? – He is my brother, John. 3 ______ do you go to school? - By bus. 4 ______do banks open? - At nine o’clock. 5 ______ are you sad? – I am ill!

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warm up Boost Box A Match the pictures with the nouns. For regular nouns you add -s, -es or -ies to the noun. Irregular nouns do not follow this rule. a flower b apple c box d woman e.g. e mouse f foot g bus h chair man – men child – children 1 2 3 4 C Underline the irregular plural nouns in exercise B. 56 7 8 pronunciation vocabulary A 2.1 Listen to the recording and underline the stressed syllable. A Match the words with the pictures. 1 twenty 2 eighteen 3 thirty 4 fifty 5 seventeen 6 thirteen 7 ninety 8 fourteen 14 a apple b apples c box d buses e woman B Go to page 133 and check your answers. f bus g chair h boxes i chairs j women C 2.2 Listen to the rules and circle the correct alternative in italics. 2 We stress the first / last syllable in numbers ending in -teen. 3 We stress the first / last syllable in numbers ending in -ty. 14 D 2.3 Work in pairs and read the words. Listen to 5 the recording twice and check your answers. 1 Fifteen 2 Fifty 3 Sixteen 10 speaking 9 A 2.4 Look at the photo and listen to the paragraph 6 twice. Underline the words that describe Julia’s sisters. 78 These are my sisters. Their names are Steph and Lilly. Steph B Match the singular noun with the plural noun. is 17 years old. She is very beautiful. She is slim. Her favourite colour is orange. This is Lilly. She is 11 years old. She is young Singular Noun Plural Noun and she is very cute. 1 flower a boxes B Work in pairs and describe your partner. 2 apple b chairs 3 box c mice 4 woman d flowers 5 mouse e feet 6 foot f women 7 bus g apples 8 chair h buses

listening B Match the words from the dialogues with the A 2.5 Listen to the dialogues and match them with the pictures. pictures. 1 backyard 2 desk 3 computer 4 balcony 5 sofa 6 plants ab c Dialogue 1: de f Faruk: Hi Chris! Welcome to my home. C Listen to the dialogues again and circle the correct Chris: I am happy to be here, Faruk. words in italics. Faruk: Let me show you around. There are 3 bedrooms in my 15 house. This / That is my room. grammar this / that / these / those Chris: It’s very nice. Faruk: This / That is my bed. That is my desk and that is A Complete the sentences from the listening part with my computer. This / That is my bathroom. And, this is my backyard. 'this, that, these or those'. Chris: Great. 1 Those are my books. Faruk: Yes, it is great. These / Those are my chairs and these 2 _______ is my room. / those are the trees. 3 _______ are my chairs. Chris: It is a very nice backyard. 4 _______ is my desk. Faruk: Yes, it is. Chris: Thank you for showing me around. B Look at the pictures and complete the sentences. Faruk: You’re welcome. Dialogue 2: Laura: Welcome to my home, Anne. This is a man. ___ is a man. Anne: Thank you, Laura. Laura: My apartment is very small. ___ are people. ___ are people. Anne: Yes, but it looks great. Laura: Thanks Anne. This is my bedroom. This / That is my C Complete the rules with singular or plural. bed and those are my books. Anne: Is that your desk? 1 We use this and that with _______ nouns. Laura: Yes, it is. And this is my living room. 2 We use these or those with _______ nouns. Anne: It is very nice. Laura: Thank you. This / That is my sofa and those are my boost grammar 114 plants. And this / that is my balcony. Anne: It is a great apartment. Laura: Thank you.

reading Mario’s House A Work in pairs. Answer the following question. Mario is from Rome, Italy. His house is very small. It is about 7m². Mario and Isabella love their little house. The house is 1 Is your house big or small? white and the door is blue. There is a small kitchen with an oven and a small fridge. They like cooking. The bedroom B Read the text. Which house does it describe? is upstairs. There is one bed with five cupboards for their clothes. In the living room, there is a TV, a stereo system and 1 a little desk with a lamp. The bathroom is very small, there is only a shower. The house is very small. Mario and Isabella like it a lot. They are happy in their small house. C Match the words in bold with the pictures. a oven b fridge c cupboards f shower d stereo system e lamp 16 2 12 34 3 56 D Read the text again and circle the correct alternative in italics. 1 Mario is in Italy / France. 2 Mario is alone / with Isabella. 3 Mario’s house is blue / white. 4 Mario loves cooking / reading. 5 There is a TV in the living room / bedroom. 6 There is a bath / shower in the bathroom.

warm up B Look at the picture and write the names of the A Work in pairs. Discuss the following question. rooms. a bedroom b kitchen c living room d bathroom 1 Which one is similar to your house? 2 1 2 1 3 3 4 C Complete the word webs with the words in exercise A. B 2.6 Listen to Ken twice and put a tick near the room 17 he talks about. bedroom kitchen 12 living room bathroom 3 vocabulary D Work in pairs. Go to page 133 and solve the puzzle. A Match the words with the pictures. speaking a oven b shower c sofa d wardrobe A Put the questions below in the correct order. e fridge f coffee table g bed h bathtub 1 have / got / in your house / what rooms / you? 46 What rooms have you got in your house? 35 2 there / in your bedroom / is / what? 3 got / in your living room / have / what furniture / you? 12 7 4 in your kitchen / have / what / got / you? 8 B 2.7 Listen and check your answers in exercise A. cCarWd.oArkskinthpeaiqrsu.eGsotiotonspaigne 1e3x4eracnisdereAaadntdheaninsfworemr tahtieomn using the information cards on page 142. e.g. A: What rooms have you got in your house?

listening DEB A 2.8 Listen to Deb describing her house and answer the following question. 1 Which picture is her house? 1 18 2 B Listen to Deb again. Put a tick near the things that 3 are in Deb’s house. 1 bedroom 2 garage 3 backyard 4 oven 5 microwave 6 shower 7 TV 8 bookshelf C 2.9 Put a tick () near the true statements and cross () near the false statements. Then, listen and check your answers. 1 Deb's house is very big. 2 She has got two bedrooms. 3 Deb has got lots of clothes. 4 Deb doesn't like cooking. 5 Deb's sofa is blue. 6 Deb has got a TV. 7 Deb eats dinner in the dining room. 8 Deb's dog likes running in the backyard.

reading C Read the text. Put a tick () near the true statements A Match the words with the pictures. and put a cross () near the false statements. a video games b sink c microwave 1 All American houses are the same.  d dishwasher e pots and pans f dining table 2 Americans like watching television together. 1 23 3 Many Americans have a television in their bedroom. 4 Americans like cooking. 5 Americans put things on their walls in the living room. 6 All Americans eat dinner in the dining room. grammar have got / has got A Complete the sentences from the listening with 'have / haven't got' or 'has / hasn't' got. 4 56 1 I have got lots of clothes. 19 2 My house ______________a dining room. American House Furniture 3 The bathroom ______________ a bathtub. 4 I ______________a television. In America, there are many people from many different countries. So, American houses are all different. But there B Correct the mistakes in the sentences. are some things that are the same. For example, in a typical American house there is a living room. In this room there are 1 I has have got a new house. televisions, a DVD player and video games. American families 2 They hasn't got a car. like watching television in the living room. 3 We has got a lot of friends. There is usually a television in the bedroom too. And there is 4 My sister had got brown hair. usually a big bed. 5 My house have got three bedrooms. Americans love cooking, so the kitchen is an important room. 6 I haven't get a sister. There is always an oven, sink and fridge. There is sometimes a microwave and a dishwasher. And they put pots and pans C Complete the sentences with 'have / haven't got' or on the wall. The dining room is also an important room in American 'has / hasn't got'. homes. There is usually a big dining table and chairs, so the family can eat dinner in the evenings. Some American families eat dinner in front of the television in the living room. B Read the text and write the rooms where you can 1 He has got an old bike. 2 I ___________ a nice bedroom. find this furniture. 3 She ___________ brown hair, she has got blonde hair. 4 My friends ___________lots of friends. dining room – living room – kitchen (x2) – bedroom 5 We have got a cat. We ___________ a dog. 6 My mum ___________ blue eyes. She has got brown Furniture Room eyes. 1 DVD player living room 2 bed boost grammar 114 3 fridge 4 dishwasher 5 chairs

warm up speaking A 2.10 Listen to the sounds twice and put a tick near A Look in your bag and write a list of the items you the ones you hear. have. You can use a dictionary for words you don't know. 1 wallet 2 dress 3 trousers 4 shirt 5 keys 6 socks 7 shoes 8 toothbrush B Look at the words in exercise A and double tick the ones you have now. vocabulary clothes and personal items A Match the words with the pictures. a socks b wallet c dress d trousers e shirt f keys g shoes h toothbrush 1 2 4 20 3 5 B Work in pairs. Discuss what you have got in your 67 8 bag. e.g. A: What have you got in your bag? B: I have got a notebook and some pens. I have also got my computer and my wallet. What have you got in your bag? A: I have got a scarf and my sunglasses in my bag. C Work with the same partner. Look at the picture and discuss what Joe has got in his bag. B Complete the word webs with the words in exercise A. personal clothes items

reading B Match the words in bold with the pictures. A Read the texts and match them with the pictures. a map b headphone c boots d camera e watch a f tent g sunglasses 2 134 5 7 b 6 C Read the text again and match the objects in the box with the people. map – headphones – boots – camera 21 watch – tent – sunglasses c I (narrator) Jess Don Dave sunglasses Text 1 Dave doesn’t like travelling in cities. He loves nature and D Read the texts again and answer the questions. camping.This is Dave's backpack.That is his tent.And that is his map. He always travels with a map. Dave's boots 1 Why doesn't Dave like travelling in cities? are good for walking. Dave loves hiking in the mountains. a He likes camping. b He likes travelling. Text 2 2 What does Dave like doing in the mountains? a hiking b skiing My best friend, Jess and I like travelling around Europe. We always take our passports. That is my friend's wallet and 3 What do Jess and her friend always take on holiday? that is his watch. These are my friend's headphones and a sunglasses b passports these are my sunglasses. We have got jeans, t-shirts and dresses too. We like visiting France and Italy. It is so fun! 4 What are Jess and her friend's favourite countries? a France and Italy b Thailand and Malaysia Text 3 5 Where does Don like travelling to? Don likes hot countries like Thailand and Malaysia. This a France and Italy b Thailand and Malaysia is his hat and these are his sunglasses. He also loves taking photographs. That is Don's camera. He is a great 6 What does Don like doing on holiday? photographer. These are Don's shoes and these are his a camping b taking photographs shirts.

grammar possessive case D Work in pairs. Look at the people below and Boost Box answer the following questions using possessive case. We use nouns in the possessive case by adding ('s) or (') to the end. Elizabeth e.g. Whose book is this? It is her / Alice’s / my friend’s books. Note: When the noun is in plural form and it ends in the letter (s), we just put (‘). e.g. They are my friends’ books. A Add an ('s) or (') in the correct place in the sentences. 1 This is Jack. He is my father's friend. 1 Whose motorbike is this? 2 That is Amy bag. It is Elizabeth’s motorbike. 3 This is my parents car. 4 He is Mike and Dave brother. 22 5 This is Sophie dress. 6 Those are Janine shoes. B Correct the mistakes in the sentences. George 1 He is my friend brother. 2 Is this Mike hat? 3 Where is my sister bag? 4 That is Joe' wallet. 5 My parent's new car is very nice. C Read the definition below and rewrite the following 2 Whose books are these? sentences if they are not correct. possessive case: We use 's for people and ‘of …’ for Diana things and places to express possession. 1 This is the bag of my mother. This is my mother’s bag. 2 She is a friend of Jamie. 3 Paris is France’s capital. 4 Look at the window of the house. 5 What is this city’s name? boost grammar 115 3 Whose smartphone is this?

warm up B Match the adjectives from Exercise A with their A Look at the pictures. Discuss the following question opposites. with your partner. 1 Where do you like going shopping? Why? 1 good a big 2 small b slow 3 expensive c bad 4 fast d ugly 5 beautiful e cheap C 2.11 Listen to the recording and complete the word webs with the words in the box. big beautiful fast expensive cheap ugly slow small bad good red house yellow car main 23 character B Work in pairs. Go to page 136 and do the quiz. Compare food song your answers with your partner. writing vocabulary common adjectives A Read the sentences and circle the correct words in italics. 1 The car is fast / small. 2 The mouse is small / expensive. A Read the text about Sandeep's favourite place. Underline words and phrases Sandeep uses to describe Central Park. My favourite place in New York is Central Park. Central Park is a big park in the middle of the city. It has got lots of trees and it is a great place to relax. There are many nice cafes in Central Park and the coffee is cheap. I love going there on the weekends. 3 The weather is good / fast. DBescGroibetoyopuagrefa1v4o3uraitnedplraecaed. the information card. C Write a short description of your favourite place. It can be a park, restaurant, market, cafe, etc. 4 The woman is beautiful / small. 5 The ring is expensive / fast.

listening Dialogue 3: A 2.12 Listen to the dialogues and match them with the Steph: Sophie, do you like shopping at markets? Sophie: Yes, I do. I love shopping at markets. shopping places. Steph: There are lots of cheap clothes. a Sophie: Yes, there are. And you can always find something 2.2 new. Steph: I like buying summer dresses at the market. b Sophie: Me too! c Dialogue 4: 24 Paul: Hi Alex! Alex: Hi Paul! Paul: Do you like shopping online? Alex: Yes, I do. Paul: Why do you like shopping online? Alex: I like shopping online because I can find anything I want. Paul: That's true. And you can always find the right size. Alex: Yes. I like buying shoes online. Paul: I like buying jumpers online. Alex: Me too. It's very easy! d B Match the words with the pictures. a leather jacket b trousers c suit d summer dress e jumper 5 1 Dialogue 1: 3 Esen: Hi Merve! How are you? 2 Merve: I am great. How are you, Esen? 4 Esen: I'm good. What is your favourite place to go shopping? Merve: I love shopping at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul. Esen: Me too! Merve: I like buying clothes at the Grand Bazaar. Esen: Yes, the clothes are cheap and very beautiful. Merve: Yes, they are. You can buy leather jackets and bags. Esen: And you can buy trousers and skirts. Merve: Yes. It is great! Dialogue 2: C Listen to the dialogues again and complete the Daniel: Hey Joel. following sentences with the words in the box. Joel: Hey Daniel. Daniel: Where do you like shopping? leather jackets summer dresses buying shoes Joel: I like shopping for clothes in department stores. suits trousers shirts Daniel: Is it expensive? Joel: Yes, it is. But you can buy lots of great clothes. I like 1 Merve likes … leather jackets buying suits and shirts for work. 2 Joel likes … 3 Steph likes … 4 Alex likes …

everyday english asking for and telling the time A Read the dialogues and underline the phrases for telling the time. 1. A: What's the time? B: It's five to twelve. 2. A: What time is it? B: It's six o'clock. 3. A: What's the time? B: It's ten past ten. 4. A: What's the time? B: It's quarter past six. 5. A: What time is it? B: It's half past nine. B Match the dialogues in exercise A with the clocks. 25 abc d e c C Write the times for the clocks. ab de f boost grammar 115

HOUSE T YPES A Watch the video and research the topic on the internet. Use the following questions as a guideline and write a report of 80-100 words about the topic. 1 What are some popular house types in today’s world? 2 What types of houses were there in the past? 3 Which house type is suitable for rainy environments? 4 Which house type is suitable for beaches? 5 What are the differences between mansions and villas? 6 What is the most famous house in the world? 7 In which part of the world can you see igloos? 26 8 What is a prefabricated house? B Work in pairs. Brainstorm, do research and prepare a list of questions for the interview about the topic. Visit two different types of houses with your partner in two weeks. Interview the owners of the houses. Record the interviews or take notes. Remember to take some pictures of the houses (but do ask for permission first!). C Prepare a presentation introducing the houses you visited with your friend. Use the report in exercise A and your notes from the interview in exercise B. Don’t forget to show the pictures you took about the house types during your presentation.

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BOOST UP A Write the plural form of the nouns below. 1 dog 2 house 3 woman 4 car 5 daisy 6 motorbike 7 child 8 tree B Find the nouns in the word snake. sherarmcha irbathbedlampb e showerdishwa diningtabl 28 ew ardro C Fill in the gaps with ‘have got’ or ‘has got’. 1 I ________ a nice room. 2 Sam ________ a dog. 3 Jack ________ a red car. 4 James and Glenn ________ green jackets. 5 Bill ________ a goldfish. 6 David ________ lots of friends. 7 We ________ a problem. 8 Harold and Janet ________ two sons. D Correct the mistakes in the following sentences. 1 My father name is Jacob. 2 This is my friend Jane car. 3 These are Mila clothes. 4 Kyle keys are lost. 5 My mother bag is red. 6 He is Lily husband. 7 Danny’s friend name is Kate. E Match the adjectives with their synonyms. 1 beautiful a lovely 2 big b large 3 expensive c inexpensive 4 fast d luxurious 5 cheap e quick