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Contents p. 4 p. 6 p. 8 1 World Friends p. 10 p. 11 Focus on Grammar Grammar and Vocabulary Practice p. 12 English in Context p. 14 Vocabulary Builder p. 16 Skills p. 18 p. 19 2 Favourite Things p. 20 p. 22 Focus on Grammar p. 24 Grammar and Vocabulary Practice p. 26 English in Context p. 27 Vocabulary Builder Skills p. 28 p. 30 p. 32 3 Families p. 34 p. 35 Focus on Grammar Grammar and Vocabulary Practice p. 36 English in Context p. 38 Vocabulary Builder p. 40 Skills p. 42 p. 43 4 Home Sweet Home p. 44 p. 46 Focus on Grammar p. 48 Grammar and Vocabulary Practice p. 50 English in Context p. 51 Vocabulary Builder Skills 5 Life and Work Focus on Grammar Grammar and Vocabulary Practice English in Context Vocabulary Builder Skills 6 Animal Planet Focus on Grammar Grammar and Vocabulary Practice English in Context Vocabulary Builder Skills 2

7 Free Time p. 52 p. 54 Focus on Grammar p. 56 Grammar and Vocabulary Practice p. 58 English in Context p. 59 Vocabulary Builder Skills p. 60 p. 62 p. 64 p. 66 8 A WorldVoof cSpaobrtulary Builder p. 67 Focus on Grammar p. 68 Grammar and Vocabulary Practice p. 70 English in Context p. 72 Vocabulary Builder p. 74 Skills p. 75 p. 76 9 School Days p. 78 p. 80 Focus on Grammar p. 82 G rammar and Vocabulary Practice p. 83 E nglish in Context Vocabulary Builder p. 84 Skills p. 86 p. 88 p. 89 1 0 Food Glorious Food p. 90 p. 91 Focus on Grammar G rammar and Vocabulary Practice 3 English in Context V ocabulary Builder S kills Functions File Self-assessment Grids – A1 UK and Ireland Map English-speaking Countries Map Phonetic Alphabet and English Punctuation Audioscripts

1 World Friends Focus on Grammar Negative form long Subject pronouns short I am not Singular Plural You are not I’m not I we He is not You aren’t you you She is not He isn’t he / she / it they It is not She isn’t We are not It isn’t • The subject pronoun I is with a capital letter. You are not We aren’t Jack and I are at school. They are not You aren’t They aren’t • The subject pronoun he is for males. He is Peter. • The subject pronoun she is for females. • The negative form of be, is: She is Elena. subject + am / is / are + not (or the contraction n’t) • The subject pronoun it is for animals, places and She is not American. = She isn’t American. objects. We are not 17. = We aren’t 17. It is a cat. BUT He/She is my cat. • We never use the n’t contraction with am. I am not a teacher. = I’m not a teacher. • We use subject pronouns in place of the subject name. NOT: I amn’t a teacher. Martina and Monika are Ukrainian.  They are Interrogative form Ukrainian. Am I? Are you? be – Affirmative, negative and Is he? interrogative forms Is she? Is it? Affirmative form Are we? Are you? long short Are they? I am I’m • The interrogative form of be is: You are You’re He is He’s Am / Is / Are + subject She is She’s It is It’s Are you at school? We are We’re Is it Japanese? You are You’re They are They’re • We use the Present simple of be to talk about facts. ‘Is David from England?’ • The affirmative form of be has got three forms: am, ‘No, David isn’t from England, he’s from Wales.’ is and are. • We use be to talk about age. I am a student. ‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m 16.’ It is a school. Leroy isn’t 19, he’s 18. They are Mexican. Is she 17? • We generally use short forms in informal situations. Hi, I’m Martin! He’s British. They’re 17 years old. 4

Focus on Vocabulary Numbers 1 Colours 1 one 16 sixteen 2 two 17 seventeen black grey red 3 three 18 eighteen blue orange violet 4 four 19 nineteen brown pink white 5 five 20 twenty green purple yellow 6 six 21 twenty-one 7 seven 22 twenty-two Countries and nationalities 8 eight 30 thirty 9 nine 40 forty Country Nationality 10 ten 50 fifty 11 eleven 60 sixty America American 12 twelve 70 seventy Australia Australian 13 thirteen 80 eighty Belgium Belgian 14 fourteen 90 ninety Brazil Brazilian 15 fifteen 100 one hundred Britain British Canada Canadian MY GLOSSARY _________________________ China Chinese _________________________ Colombia Colombian Cardinal directions _________________________ Denmark Danish _________________________ Egypt Egyptian north England English east _________________________ Estonia Estonian south _________________________ France French west _________________________ Germany German _________________________ Greece Greek Other... _________________________ India Indian _________________________ Indonesia Indonesian nouns _________________________ Iran Iranian bicycle _________________________ Ireland Irish bird _________________________ Italy Italian biscuit _________________________ Jamaica Jamaican cake _________________________ Japan Japanese circle _________________________ Mexico Mexican city _________________________ Peru Peruvian class _________________________ Poland Polish crest _________________________ Portugal Portuguese currency _________________________ Russia Russian flag _________________________ Scotland Scottish food _________________________ South Africa South African island _________________________ Spain Spanish language _________________________ Sri Lanka Sri Lankan money Switzerland Swiss moon _________________________ Taiwan Taiwanese star _________________________ Thailand Thai stripe _________________________ Turkey Turkish tart _________________________ Uganda Ugandan tip _________________________ Vietnam Vietnamese world _________________________ Wales Welsh adjectives _________________________ cheap _________________________ delicious _________________________ ecological _________________________ expensive favourite same expressions Cool! I’m not sure That’s right way to travel 5

1 Grammar and Vocabulary Practice Grammar be – Negative form Subject pronouns 4 Look at the photos and complete the 1 Look at the words in brackets and match the sentences with the negative form of be. subject pronouns with the phrases. 1 Liam ___is_n_’_t___ at 2 Naoko and Akiko school today. He’s at _________ 20, they home. are 18. 1 She a is the capital city of 3 It _________ the 4 You _________ in 2 They Turkey. (Ankara) Russian flag, it’s the room 7, you are in 3 He Estonian flag. room 9. 4 They b is from Algeria. (Fatima) 5 You c are best friends. (Penny 6 It 7 We and Leonard) d are in the same group. (José and I) e isn’t at the university today. (Omar) f are different. (the English, Scottish and Welsh flags) g aren’t on holiday here. (you and your friend) be – Affirmative form 5 The girls _________ 6 We _________ in a 2 Underline the correct alternative. from China, they are French restaurant, from Hawaii. we’re in a Thai 1 Raul is / are 89 years old. restaurant. 2 I are / am in class today. 3 We are / is from Uruguay. 7 I _________ from 8 It _________ British 4 Luc and Pedro are / am friends. Tijuana, I’m from money, it’s American 5 She are / is Taiwanese. Mexico City. money. 6 It am / is a red, white and blue flag. 7 You are / am Egyptian. 3 Rewrite the sentences using subject pronouns and the short form of be. 1 Carol and Lindsay are American. They’re American. 2 My sister and I are students. __________________________________________ 3 Sam is British. __________________________________________ 4 The students are in the classroom. __________________________________________ 5 The cake is delicious. __________________________________________ 6 Mr and Mrs Redford are from Dublin. __________________________________________ 6

1 be – Interrogative form Nationalities 5 Rewrite the sentences in the interrogative 8 What are the nationalities? Match the words form. in the box to the pictures. 1 Tokyo is a big city. Vietnamese Native American _I_s_T_o_k_y_o__a__b_ig__c_i_ty_?_________________________ English Italian Turkish Mexican 2 Kigali is in Rwanda. __________________________________________ 1 __N__a_ti_v_e__A_m__e_ri_c_a_n__ 2 __________________ 3 Kate and Peter are Australian. 3 __________________ 4 __________________ __________________________________________ 4 I am in class with you. 5 __________________ 6 __________________ __________________________________________ Numbers 1-20 5 You are Brazilian. 9 Look at the dartboard. On what numbers are __________________________________________ the darts? Write the numbers in letters. 6 Lionel is 19. HA B __________________________________________ G 7 The Chinese flag is red and yellow. __________________________________________ 8 Seven is a lucky number in Britain. __________________________________________ 6  2 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. Then listen and check your answers. 1 New York / Victoria / Are / from / Owen / and / ? __________________________________________ 2 friends / José / Manuel / not / and / are __________________________________________ 3 She / sister / is / my __________________________________________ 4 Are / books / the / green / ? __________________________________________ 5 a / not / student / Paul / is __________________________________________ Vocabulary Colours 7 W hat colour are these objects? 1 a snowman 2 an orange 3 a panther FC ED ____w__h_it_e____ ____________ ____________ 4 milk chocolate 5 a banana 6 an elephant A ____tw__e_n_t_y___ E ____________ B ____________ F ____________ ____________ ____________ ____________ C ____________ G ____________ D ____________ H ____________ 7

1 English in Context 3 3 Listen to the radio quiz and complete 1 Complete each gap in the dialogue with a subject pronoun or the affirmative form of be. the dialogue with the colours you hear. Benoit Hi, I (1) __a_m___ Benoit and (2) ______ am from Paris in France. Presenter Good morning and welcome Andrea! Alessio Hi Benoit! I’m Alessio and I’m Italian. Andrea Hello and good morning to you too! This is Juan. He (3) ______ from Córdoba Presenter Where are you from, Andrea? and (4) ______ is nineteen years old. Andrea Colorado. Juan Hi Benoit. (5) ______ you nineteen too? Presenter OK Andrea, question number 1: Benoit No, I’m seventeen. What colour is the Taj Mahal in Alessio Are (6) ______ in the same class? Benoit No, I’m with Mr Taylor and (7) ______ India? are with Miss Bright. Andrea Err... (1) ___________. Juan You’re with Evangelina. (8) ______’s Presenter Correct! Question 2: What colour is with Mr Taylor too. Benoit Cool! the Kaaba Stone at Mecca in Saudi Arabia? 2 B lack and White Flags! Match the flags to the Andrea Umm... (2) ___________. Presenter Correct! Question 3: What colour descriptions. is the famous central square in AB Moscow, Russia? Andrea (3) ___________. CD Presenter Very good Andrea. Question 4: What colour is a musa acuminata? Andrea A musa acuminata is a banana. So the answer is (4) ___________! Presenter Excellent Andrea! Now the final question. Number 5: What colour is the red-eyed tree frog? Andrea It’s (5) ___________. Presenter Very good Andrea! You are a winner today! 4 Look at the photos and write the nationalities. EF 1 _T_h_e_y__a_r_e_S__o_u_th_____ 2 __________________ _A_f_r_ic_a_n__p_a_s_s_p_o_r_t_s_. _ __________________ 1 F The Cornish flag is black with a white cross. 3 __________________ 4 __________________ __________________ __________________ 2 The Llokano flag is white with 5 black crests. 3 The Breton flag is black and white stripes with 11 crests. 4 The Creole flag is black and white with a grey cross. 5 The Pirate flag is black with a white skull and crossbones. 6 The Corsican flag is white with a black head. 8

5 Read the chat and put the messages in the 1 correct order. Sum Up! 7 Now answer the following questions about you. Write the numbers in full! 1 What is your name? _______________ a No, she isn’t! She is a terrible teacher. 2 How old are you? _______________ 3 Where are you from? _______________ b No, I’m not at home. I’m at school. 4 What nationality are you? _______________ 5 What colour is your hair? _______________ c Are you in class with Miss Powell? 6 What is your phone number? _______________ 1 d Hi Simon! Are you at home? 8  4 Jada and Mateo are new students at e Are you in the library? an international language school. Complete the dialogue with the words in the box. Then listen and check. f Yes, they are! They are from all is from Colombian student north over the world. you are ’m not name teacher g Is she a good teacher? Jada Hi I’m Jada. What is your (1) ___n_a_m__e__? Mateo I’m Mateo. Where (2) _________ you h No, I’m not with Miss Powell. I’m with Ms Dee. from Jada? Jada I’m from Jamaica. But I (3) _________ i Haha! A terrible teacher, but are the students OK? from Kingston, I’m from Montego Bay. Mateo Wow! Montego Bay (4) _________ very j No, I’m not in the library. I’m in class. beautiful. Are you a (5) _________ here? 6 Justin wants to get a tourist visa for Myanmar. Jada No, I’m not a teacher, I’m a (6) _________! Look at the information and complete the And where are you from Mateo? application form. Mateo I’m (7) _________ Antofagasta. Jada Where is Antofagasta? My name is Mark Owen Finnegan and I am from Mateo It is in the (8) _________ of Chile. Oh... New York. My birthday is the 14th of March, 1991. I am an English teacher and my passport number Hi Valentina! This is Jada. She is from is MF911403628. Jamaica... Valentina Hi Jada. Jada Hi Valentina. Are (9) _________ from Chile too? Valentina No, I’m from Bogotá, I’m (10) _________. Translate! 9 Translate the sentences into your language. 1 Natasha is thirty-six years old. __________________________________________ 2 Are they from Mexico? __________________________________________ 3 Ali is Iranian but José and Mia are Peruvian. __________________________________________ 4 I’m not at home, I’m at school. __________________________________________ 5 Where is she from? __________________________________________ 6 Are we in class 5C? __________________________________________ 7 You’re not from Italy, you’re French. __________________________________________ 9

1 Vocabulary Builder 2 Complete the sentences. Countries and nationalities 1 Tea from Sri Lanka is _S_r_i_L_a_n_k_a__n_t_e_a_. 2 Elephants in Africa are ______________. 1 What language is it? Complete the crossword 3 Chocolate from Belgium is ______________. 4 Breakfast in England is ______________. with the languages of the people. 5 Cheese from Switzerland is ______________. 1 6 The currency in Uganda is the ______________ 2 shilling. 4 7 A safari in Kenya is a ______________. 8 Music from Ireland is ______________. 3 5 Numbers 20-100 thirty thirty-one 7 twenty thirty-two 68 twenty-one forty twenty-two fifty 10 twenty-three sixty 9 twenty-four seventy twenty-five eighty 11 twenty-six ninety 12 twenty-seven one hundred twenty-eight 13 twenty-nine 14 3 5 Now listen and repeat the numbers. Across 4 What are the answers? Write the numbers in 3 I am from Denmark. I speak ... 6 I am from Indonesia. I speak ... letters. 8 They are from Turkey. They speak ... 9 I am from America. I speak ... 1 nine + five = __f_o_u_rt_e_e_n__ 2 sixteen – __________ = twelve 11 You are from Spain. You speak ... 3 __________ + eleven = nineteen 13 I am from Portugal. I speak ... 4 __________ x nine = eighteen 14 She is from Wales. She speaks ... 5 fifteen ÷ __________ = three 6 twenty-three + __________ = ninety-three Down 7 fifty – one = __________ 1 You are from Russia. You speak ... 8 __________ – one = ninety-nine 2 She is from Vietnam. She speaks ... 9 sixty ÷ five = __________ 4 They are from Poland. They speak ... 5 He is from France. He speaks ... 10 __________ x four = eighty-eight 7 She is from Germany. She speaks ... 5 6 Listen and repeat the numbers. 10 We are from China. We speak ... 12 I am from Greece. I speak ... 30 thirty 13 thirteen 50 fifty 15 fifteen 70 seventy 17 seventeen 10 6 7 Now listen and choose the correct alternative. 1 a sixteen b sixty 2 a twelve b twenty 3 a fourteen b forty 4 a nineteen b ninety 5 a thirteen b thirty

1Skills Reading 1 Read the text. Where is the desert island? King for a Day! Hello, my name is George and I am on a desert island in central Polynesia, in the Pacific Ocean. The island is in the Tonga Archipelago. It is an archipelago of 177 islands but 36 islands are deserted. My island is 35 km from the other islands and it is 3 km2. The beach is beautiful with white sand and the colour of the sea is emerald green. There is fresh water on the island and there are lots of different fruit trees. There is also a volcano. The total area of the Tonga Archipelago is 748 km2. The capital city is Nuku‘alofa. What is the language of the archipelago? Tongan of course! The flag is red and white with a red cross. What is the currency on the island? The name of the currency is Pa‘anga and the symbol for the currency is TOP. 2 Read the text again and choose the correct Writing option. 3 Use the text in exercise 1 as a model and 1 The Tonga Archipelago is in the _P_a_c_i_fi_c_O__c_e_a_n_. describe a real or imaginary island. Write: a Indian b Atlantic c Pacific • the name of the island • the location of the island Ocean Ocean Ocean • the language • the flag 2 In the Tonga Archipelago __________ islands • the currency are deserted. Bali is an Indonesian island. It is 3 km east of Java... a sixty-nine b ninety-five c thirty-six Listening 3 The colour of the sea is __________. 4  8 Listen to the text and underline the a green b blue c brown correct answer. 4 What is the language of the Tonga Archipelago? 1 Nii-jima is a Japanese / Chinese island. a Tongish b Tongitan c Tongan 2 It is north / south of Tokyo. 3 The language of Nii-jima is Niijimese / Japanese. 5 The flag is __________. 4 The flag is purple and white / black. 5 The currency is the dollar / yen. a white b blue c green and red and red and yellow 6 The symbol on the flag is __________. a a crest b a cross c a moon 7 The money on the archipelago is __________. a Pa‘anga b Nuku‘alofa c Pangai 8 The symbol for the currency is __________. a NDZ b WST c TOP 11

2 Favourite Things Focus on Grammar – With nouns that end in -f or -fe  we change the f to v and add -es. a/an one knife – two knives one wolf – four wolves • We use a when the first letter of the next word begins with a consonant. – With most nouns that end in -o  we add -es. one potato – five potatoes a cat, a house, a school one hero – two heroes • We use an when the first letter of the next word ! But there are some exceptions. begins with a vowel or has a vowel sound. – With nouns that are abbreviations and end in -o an apple, an ice cream, an Indian flag, an MP3  we add -s. player one photo – four photos (abbreviation of • There are some important exceptions. photograph) – We use a when the first letter of the noun is a vowel but has a consonant sound. one kilo – two kilos (abbreviation of kilogramme) a university in a European country (the first sound one radio – two radios (abbreviation of of the words university and European is /y/) a one-pound note (the first sound of the word one radiotelephony) is /w/) one disco – two discos (abbreviation of – We use an when the first letter of the noun is a discotheque) silent h. – With foreign nouns that end in -o  we add -s. an honest man, an hour, an honour (with these one soprano – two sopranos nouns, the consonant h isn’t pronounced) one Eskimo – two Eskimos one piano – two pianos – We use a or an before an unspecific singular noun. Irregular plural nouns There is an umbrella on a table. (one unspecific • Here are some common nouns with an irregular plural. umbrella on one unspecific table) Plural nouns one child two children one man four men • We generally add -s to the end of the singular noun one woman two women to form the plural. one person three people one foot two feet one cat – four cats one tooth five teeth one computer – three computers one mouse six mice one teacher – two teachers one fish three fish • There are some common exceptions.  ! Note the pronunciation of these irregular plural nouns. – With nouns that end in -s, -ss, -ch, -sh, -z and -x  we add -es. man /mœn/ men /men/ one box – two boxes one glass – two glasses woman /wUm´n/ women /wImIn/ – With nouns that end in vowel + -y  we add -s.  ! Compound nouns of irregular plural nouns are also one day – seven days irregular. one boy – three boys one policeman (police + man) – two policemen one businesswoman (business + woman) – three – With nouns that end in consonant + -y  we businesswomen change the y to i and add -es. • Some nouns have got the same form in the singular one party – two parties and the plural. one baby – three babies fish – fish sheep – sheep 12

2 be – yes/no questions and short Focus on Vocabulary answers Personal possessions Interrogative Short answers bag form comb affirmative negative jeans Am I… ? key Are you… ? Yes, I am. No, I’m not. Clothes and mirror Is he… ? Yes, you are. No, you aren’t. accessories purse Is she… ? Yes, he is. No, he isn’t. tissue Is it… ? Yes, she is. No, she isn’t. School trainers Are we… ? Yes, it is. No, it isn’t. equipment umbrella Are you… ? Yes, we are. No, we aren’t. wallet Are they… ? Yes, you are. No, you aren’t. Technology watch Yes, they are. No, they aren’t. Documents exercise book pen • With yes/no answers, we usually use short answers pencil case (we do not respond with only ‘yes’ or ‘no’). We form camera short answers with: headphones memory stick subject pronoun + auxiliary verb be mobile phone MP3 player ‘Is she Italian?’ ‘Yes, she is.’ ID card ‘Are they teachers?’ ‘No, they aren’t.’ • The affirmative short answer is never a contraction. Adjectives ‘Are you at home?’ ‘Yes, I am.’ NOT: ‘Yes, I’m.’ ‘Are we late?’ ‘Yes, you are.’ NOT: ‘Yes, you’re.’ big boring Wh- questions and long answers cheap small heavy interesting To ask information about a subject, we use one of new expensive these question words: right light old what / where / who / when / why / how / how old + wrong be + subject Wh- questions Long answers MY GLOSSARY What is it? It is a fruit. Other... _________ adjectives _________ Where is Suzie from? Suzie is from Scotland. _________ desert _________ Who is he? He is my friend. nouns _________ gold _________ When is Christmas? Christmas is in December. ancestor _________ important _________ Why are they here? They are here because... badge _________ strange _________ How are you? I’m fine, thank you. box _________ useful How old are you? I am 22 years old. car _________ door _________ verbs _________ fashion _________ to collect holiday _________ knife _________ expressions letter _________ rubbish _________ be for sale _________ shop song Let’s call… _________ travel way of life _________ What’s wrong? _________ Where’s my… ? _________ 13

2 Grammar and Vocabulary Practice Grammar be – yes/no questions and short a/an answers 1 Complete the sentences with the correct 3 Answer the questions with an affirmative (3) article a or an. or a negative (7) short answer. 1 It is __a__ heavy bag! 2 It is ____ Apple computer. 3 It isn’t ____ exercise book, it’s ____ dictionary. 4 It is ____ old wallet, not ____ new wallet. 5 Is ____ iPod also ____ MP3 player? 6 That isn’t ____ UFO, it’s ____ airplane! 7 It’s ____ photo of my dog. 8 Are you ____ new student here? 9 It is ____ lovely day. 10 It is ____ old university. Plural nouns 1 Are you a student? (3) 2 What is in the photo? Write the numbers in Yes, I am. 2 Are they here? (7) letters and the plural form of the words in the box. No, they aren’t. 3 Is she with the DJ? (7) baby flag dog mobile phone watch woman child key __________________________________________ 4 Is Jake at home today? (3) 1 ______t_w__o_d_o_g_s_______ 2 ____________________ __________________________________________ 5 Are we late? (7) __________________________________________ 6 Am I a good teacher? (3) __________________________________________ 7 Is it a new memory stick? (7) __________________________________________ 8 Are Lilly and Julia in class? (3) __________________________________________ 9 Are you Italians? (3) __________________________________________ 3 ____________________ 4 ____________________ Wh- questions and long answers 5 ____________________ 6 ____________________ 4 Match the questions to the answers. 7 ____________________ 8 ____________________ 1 What is your name? 2 When is your birthday? 3 Where is Craig? 4 How old are Lucy and Raul? 5 Why is your bag heavy? 6 What day is it today? 7 Who is she? a He’s at home. b 1 My name is Elisa. c It’s Saturday. d She is 19 and he is 22. e She is a new student. f It’s in October. g Because it is full of books! 14

2 Vocabulary Personal possessions The alphabet 7 Look at the pictures and write the missing 5  9 Listen to the letters and find the words in the English alphabet. words. _W__ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ A B C ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ D FH I ___ ___ ___ ___ ___! N KM P 6  10 Now look at the alphabet of nautical OS flags and check your answers to exercise 5. Then listen and repeat the alphabet. AB C D U E F GH TW I JKL MN O P A __a_p__p_le___ I _________ R red books! QR S T B _________ J jam S _________ C _________ K _________ T _________ U VW D _________ L lipstick U _________ XY Z E egg M _________ V violin F _________ N _________ W _________ G great O _________ X xylophone P _________ Y yellow card! exercise! Q queen Z zebra H _________ Adjectives 8 Complete the sentences with the opposite of the adjectives in bold. 1 A USB memory stick is small but with a ___b_ig___ memory. 2 It is a new MP3 player but with very _______ music! 3 1 kg is light but 99 kgs are _______. 4 Number 48 trainers are big but number 35 trainers are _______. 5 The photo is old but Jane’s identity card is _______. 6 Black is a heavy colour but white is a _______ colour. 15

2 English in Context 3 Read the interview with Rita and match the 1 Complete the phrases with the plural form of the words in brackets. questions to the answers. World Statistics 1 Who are you? 2 How old are you, Rita? • There are about 7 billion (1) ___p_e_o_p_l_e___ in the world 3 Where are you from? (person) 4 Where is Diego Garcia? 5 Now you are on Mauritius. Why are you here • There are almost 200 (2) ___________ in the world (country) and not on Diego Garcia? • There are almost 2 billion (3)___________ in the world a I’m from Diego Garcia. under 15 years old (child) b Why am I here? It is a long, long story... c I’m 85. • There are 19 million people with (4) ___________ on d 1 I am Rita Tallatte. the same day as you! (birthday) e It’s an island in the middle of the Indian • There are almost 7 billion (5) ___________ (mobile Ocean. It is part of the Chagos archipelago. phone) in the world 4 Complete the dialogue with the questions in 2 11 Listen and match the bag to the person. the box. A Where’s your new house? B What’s your name? What’s your phone number? C Where are you from? Is it new? Sally Hello! I’m Sally. You’re new here. (1) _________________________________ Bob Hi Sally, my name’s Bob. Sally (2) _________________________________. Bob I’m from Glasgow but my whole family is here now. Sally (3) _________________________________ Bob It’s in Station Road. (sound of telephone) Sally Cool! (4) ____________________________ Bob Yes, it’s my new mobile phone. Sally (5) _________________________________ Bob It’s 07616 9865900. 5 Luca is at the airport. Put the sentences in the correct order to make a dialogue. D Luca My clothes, my trainers, my camera, my new smartphone... Luca and my MP3 player with my new Luca headphones. My keys, a pen and my watch. Policeman It is heavy because it is full of my personal possessions. 10 Luca Your bag is OK. And what’s in Policeman your pocket? Policeman Thank you! Goodbye. OK, that’s fine! Goodbye! 1 Policeman What’s in the bag? Policeman Why is your bag so heavy? Luca Where is your ID card? It’s in my wallet. Here you are. Mark Lisa Sarah Paul 16

6 Philip is at work at the Lost Property Office. 2 Match the people in the mini dialogues to their Sum Up! mobile phones. There is one extra phone! 7 Jessica is at a camera shop. Complete the AB C D dialogue with the words in the box. a Where new it old Is big isn’t an Shop assistant Good morning! Jessica Hi. (1) ___I_s___ this the new Nikon camera? Shop assistant No, it (2) _______. That’s (3) _______ old camera. This is the new model. Jessica It is very (4) _______! My (5) _______ camera is 1 small. How much is it? Philip Good Morning! Mr Smith Hello. Is my phone here? Shop assistant $500. Philip What colour is your phone? Mr Smith It’s white with a big display. Jessica Wow. OK. It is my dream Philip Is it this one? Mr Smith Yes, it is! That’s great! camera! Philip Wait a minute... what is your phone Shop assistantt Yes, (6) _______ is a great number? Mr Smith 749 683 2119. camera! Philip 749 683 2119... (ring ring) Yes, it’s Jessica Is there (7) _______ memory your phone. Here you are. Mr Smith Thank you! card? Shop assistant Yes, of course. Jessica (8) _______ is the battery? Shop assistant It’s here. Jessica OK. Thank you. Here is my credit card. Shop assistant Thank you. And here is your 2 (9) _______ Nikon camera! Philip Good Afternoon! Ms Cowan Hi. Is my phone here? Translate! Philip What phone is it? Ms Cowan It’s small and light and black. 8 Translate the sentences into your language. Philip Is this your phone? Ms Cowan Yes, it is! 1 A What is it? Philip What’s your number? B It is a heavy bag! Ms Cowan 734 944 2845. __________________________________________ Philip 734 944 2845... (ring ring) Yes, this 2 The black trainers are new. is your phone. Here you are. __________________________________________ Ms Cowan Thank you! It is an old phone but 3 A Is Jeff American? I love it! B Yes, he is. 3 Good evening! __________________________________________ Philip Err... is my phone here? 4 Where is the phone? Simon What colour is it? __________________________________________ Philip It’s black. And new. And heavy. With 5 A Are they old books? Simon a very big display. Is this your phone? B No, they aren’t. Philip Err... yes, it is! __________________________________________ Simon What’s your number? 6 A What are they? Philip Umm... err... 461 329 8452? Simon 461 329 8452... (no ring) No sorry, B They are small keys. Philip this isn’t your phone! __________________________________________ 7 A Is the moon a big star? B No, it isn’t. __________________________________________ 8 The big dog is white and the small dog is brown. __________________________________________ 17

2 Vocabulary Builder Opposite adjectives 1 Find the following words in the wordsearch, 3 Match the adjectives to their opposites. then complete the secret sentence by the poet Allen Ginsberg. 1 tall a short 2 black b young trainers book apple keys identity card 3 long c short pen clothes headphones watch 4 heavy d white 5 old e slow gold comb bag moon phone wallet 6 fast f light star flag badges circle dog 4 Now use the adjectives in exercise 3 to C L O T H E S I H C A I V E P B N O M F O I T D complete the sentences. H K S H A E O L R R P E O S E T O G O A S C E N 1 The man is very 2 The rabbit is very B S S Y A N N G I L O T _o_l_d_ but the baby is ________ but the A N S O S R E F P E N I tortoise is ________. D V D T R A I N E R S T very ________. G B O O K A G O L D L Y E U G E B U A P P L E C 3 The mouse is AB S T M Y S W A L L E T A ________ but O H E A D P H O N E S R the elephant is 4 Snake A is ________ U C O M B L W A T C H D ________. and snake B is ________. __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 5 The panther is 6 Bob is ________ and __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __! ________ and Bill is ________. the polar bear is Compound nouns ________. 2 Complete the common compound nouns with the correct form of the words in the box. card phone key 1 _k_e_y_board 2 credit ______ Word families 5 Match the words to their ‘partners’. 1 comb 4 MP3 player 2 pen 5 headphones 3 wallet 6 key 3 head______ 4 identity ______ a MP3 file b paper c ear 5 car ______ 6 mobile ______ d 1 hair e money f lock 18

Reading 2Skills 1 Read the text about Rwanda. Where is Rwanda? Rwanda’s full name is the Republic of Rwanda. It is a small country in the centre of Africa. Its neighbours are Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is 26,000 km2. The population today is about 12 million people. The capital city is Kigali. Kigali is in the centre of the country and the population is about 1 million. There are 3 principal groups in Rwanda: Hutu, Tutsi and Twa. The Hutu people are generally short and are about 75% of the population. The Tutsi people are generally very tall and are about 24% of the population. The Twa are very short and are originally from the forests. They are about 1% of the population today. The principal language is Kinyarwanda; other languages are French and English. 2 Read the text again and answer the questions. Listening 1 What is the full name of Rwanda? 4  12 Listen and choose the correct answer. _T_h_e__R_e_p_u__b_li_c__o_f _R_w__a_n_d_a_.___________________ 2 Who are Rwanda’s neighbours? 1 What is the new flag of Rwanda? __________________________________________ 3 What is the population of Rwanda? A B __________________________________________ 2 Is Rwanda photo A or photo B? 4 What is the capital of Rwanda? __________________________________________ 5 What % of the population are Tutsi? __________________________________________ 6 Are the Twa people short? __________________________________________ 7 What are the three languages in Rwanda? __________________________________________ Writing A B 3 Use the text in exercise 1 as a model and write a description of your country. Answer the questions to help you. • name of your country? • the capital city? 3 _______ of people in Kigali are with a mobile • where is it? • the people? phone. • is it big or small? • the languages? A 80% B 18% • the population? 19