Flash on English_Beginner_Student's book

Welcome to Flash on English Flash on English is your new English language course. On these two pages you will find some information to help you learn to use your textbook. Flash on English contains 10 units, organised in this way: Double linguistic input Each unit opens with a first presentation text which can be in various formats (article, email, report). The second presentation text is in the form of a dialogue between international students who speak about their interests and daily life. Examples of grammatical structures and functions are presented in the Grammar and the Functions boxes, in a concise and clear form to allow the student full autonomy in carrying out the activities. The Flashpoint box highlights particular language structures that are commonly used. Flash Forward activities keep fast finishers busy. The Vocabulary Workshop page helps to expand and consolidate the lexis from each unit. The Pronunciation section familiarises students with common English sounds. The Flash on Grammar page is dedicated to presenting the grammar structures. WB p. 4 refers to the correspondent exercises in the Workbook

The Flash on Skills section helps the students to develop their four language skills. Placed at the end of each unit, it focuses on social and cultural aspects of the English-speaking world and on contemporary topics of interest to students. Effective study and learning techniques are presented in each unit. The main grammar items are presented schematically in the Grammar Reference at the end of the book, with information about grammar rules and extensive examples. The Flash on Culture section contains reading and listening passages with motivating, real-world content covering culture, history and social issues of the English-speaking world. Flash on Culture aims at developing students’ reading and vocabulary skills and practising reading and listening comprehension techniques. It can be used as extra reading material in the classroom or at home for self-study.

Contents Unit Grammar Vocabulary Functions 1 World Friends Subject pronouns Colours Greetings and introductions Possessive adjectives: my, your Countries and nationalities be – Affirmative, negative and Numbers 1-20 interrogative forms 2 Favourite p. 8 The alphabet Describing personal possessions Things Personal possessions Describing people a/an Adjectives Flashback 1-2 Plural nouns be – yes/no questions and short Appearance 3 Families answers The family Wh- questions and long answers p. 16 p. 24 have got Possessive ’s Possessive adjectives p. 26 4 Home Sweet there is/there are Rooms Talking about where things Home Prepositions of place Furniture are this, these, that, those p. 34 Flashback 3-4 p. 42 5 Life and Work Present simple Jobs Talking about daily routines Prepositions of time: on, at, in (1) Verbs of routine Days of the week p. 44 6 Animal Planet Imperatives Zoo animals and pets Talking about time Present simple – Wh- questions Parts of the body The time Flashback 5-6 p. 52 4 p. 60

Pronunciation Skills Study Skills Contractions – be Recording vocabulary (1) All about Britain Identifying the topic of a text Plural -s Reading A blog about the UK Listening Three British teenagers talking about Britain Recording vocabulary (2) Writing A blog for visitors to your country Identifying the speaker Speaking Tell the class about your country Useful things Reading A text about African Bushmen Listening A radio interview Writing A paragraph about a Samah girl Speaking Tell your partner about you /h/ Favourite stars Recording vocabulary (3) /T/ and /D/ Reading A text about three famous stars Matching specific information to Listening Two students describing their favourite actors photos Writing A description of an actor Speaking Ask and answer questions about favourite actors Recording vocabulary (4) Listening for specific American homes information – Numbers Reading A website about houses Listening Two teenagers talking about their houses Writing A paragraph about a home Speaking Ask and answer questions about your homes /ø/ An unusual job Recording vocabulary (5) /tS/ and /S/ Reading An article about astronauts Taking notes Listening An interview about an unusual job Writing A paragraph about a job Recording vocabulary (6) Speaking Ask and answer questions about a job Reading for specific information Peculiar pets Reading A blog about peculiar pets Listening A teenager talking about his pet Writing A paragraph about an animal Speaking Ask and answer questions about animals 5

Contents Unit Free Time Grammar Vocabulary Functions Free-time activities Talking about likes and 7 p. 62 Adverbs of frequency Months and seasons dislikes like/love + -ing form 8 A World of Prepositions of time: on, at, in (2) Sports Talking about ability Sport How often and expressions of Sports equipment frequency a/an vs the can/can’t for ability p. 70 Flashback 7-8 p. 78 9 School Days Present continuous School subjects Talking about things happening Present continuous – School equipment now Wh- questions p. 80 Present continuous – Food and drink Talking about food Time expressions Breakfast 10 Food Glorious Present simple vs Present Food continuous p. 88 Flashback 9-10 p. 96 Flash on Culture p. 98 Grammar Reference p. 110 Audioscripts p. 116 6

Pronunciation Skills Study Skills /n/ and /N/ can vs can’t Social media Recording vocabulary (7) Reading An article about popular social apps Asking for help Silent letters Listening A woman talking about an app /e/ and /‰…/ Writing A description of an app Speaking Ask and answer questions about an app you often use World champions Recording vocabulary (8) Using and in your writing Reading A biography about a famous sportsman Listening A man talking about his favourite sportsman Writing A short biography Speaking Ask and answer questions about your favourite sportsmen or women Education today Using because in your writing Reading A text about the Khan Academy Using correct word order in your Listening An interview about homeschooling writing Writing A paragraph about your experience as English learner Speaking Ask and answer questions about your experience as English learner Go slow… Reading A text about the Slow Movement Listening An interview about the Slow Movement Writing A questionnaire about routines and free time Speaking Report to the class about your classmates’ routines and free time 7

1 World Friends My flag, my country Vocabulary: Colours NORTH AMERICA 1 Read the names of the colours and match them to the pictures. A BC DE F GHI J Mexico NORTH CENTRAL AMERICA AF WEST EAST 1 E brown 5 white 8 red SOUTH SOUTH AMERICA 2 green 6 blue 9 grey 3 orange 7 pink 10 black World Flags 4 yellow 2 1.02 Now listen, check and repeat the colours. I Y flags! What’s your favourite flag? Vocabulary: Here are my top 10 favourites from around the world! Countries and nationalities 3 1.03 Listen and repeat the countries. 1 D Italy is in Europe. The Italian flag is green, white and red. Write them on the map. Country Nationality 2 Mexico is in Central America. The Mexican flag is green, white and red with a brown bird. Mexico ______M__e_x_i_c_a_n______ 3 Britain is in Europe. The British flag is red, white America ___________________ and blue. Brazil ___________________ 4 Turkey is in Europe and Asia. The Turkish flag is Italy ___________________ red with a moon and a star. The moon and the Spain ___________________ star are white. Britain ___________________ 5 China is in Asia. The Chinese flag is red with five Poland ___________________ yellow stars. Turkey ___________________ China ___________________ 6 1.05 Listen and read the text. Match the Vietnam ___________________ descriptions 1-10 to the flags A-J. 4 Now write the nationalities in the table in 7 Read the text again and write T (true) or exercise 3. F (false). Polish Chinese Mexican British American 1 Britain is in North America. _F__ Spanish Vietnamese Turkish Italian Brazilian 2 The Chinese flag is brown and yellow. ___ 5 1.04 Now listen, check your answers and 3 Spain and Poland are in Europe. ___ repeat the nationalities. 4 The Italian flag is green, white and orange. ___ FLASHPOINT 5 Brazil is in Central America. ___ 6 The Vietnamese flag is red with five yellow stars. ___ In English we write the names of countries and FLASH FORWARD nationalities with a capital letter. Correct the false statements in exercise 7. 8

8 Underline the correct alternative. 1 EUROPE ASIA 1 Britain is/are in Europe. AFRICA OCEANIA 2 China and Vietnam is/are in Asia. 3 Brazil is/are in South America. 6 Vietnam is in Asia. The Vietnamese flag is red 4 The star on the Turkish flag is/are white. with one yellow star. 5 The British and American flags is/are red, white and blue. 7 The United States (America) is in North America. 6 The Polish flag is/are red and white. The American flag is red, white and blue with stars and stripes. The stars are white. The 9 Complete the sentences with is or are. stripes are red and white. 1 Canada ___is___ in North America. 8 Spain is in Europe. The Spanish flag is red and 2 The Australian flag is blue with six stars. yellow with a crest. The stars ______ white. 3 Panama and Guatemala ______ in Central 9 Poland is in Europe. The Polish flag is white and America. red. 4 The Japanese flag ______ white with a red circle. 1 0 Brazil is in South America. The Brazilian flag is 5 Thailand ______ in Asia. green and yellow with a blue circle. 6 The Russian flag ______ red, white and blue. ABCD GRAMMAR EFG Possessive adjectives: my, your What’s your favourite flag? Here are my top 10 favourites. 10 Answer the questions. 1 What’s your favourite colour? My favourite colour is blue. 2 What’s your favourite name? 3 What’s your favourite number? 4 What’s your favourite country? 5 What’s your favourite flag? Write it! 11 Design a new flag for your country. Draw it here, then write a description of it. HI J GRAMMAR The new flag for my country is… with a… be – Affirmative form (1) Say it! The British flag is red, white and blue. 12 Describe a flag from the lesson. Can your The moon and the star are white. partner guess the country? Find more examples of is and are in the text. A It’s green and yellow with a blue circle. Underline the subject of the verb. B Brazil? A Yes! 9

1 Nice to meet you! 1 1.06 Listen and read. Where is Duc from? Alejandro Hi, Agata. I’m Alejandro. We’re in the same class! Agata Hi, Alejandro! Are you Spanish? Alejandro No, I’m not Spanish. I’m from Ecatepec. Agata Ecatapec? Oh, you’re Mexican! Alejandro Yes, that’s right. Are you Italian? Agata No, I’m not from Italy, I’m from Warsaw. Name Alejandro I’m Polish. Martínez Alejandro Cool. This is my friend, Duc. He’s from Age (1) _1_8_ Saigon. City Ecatepec Agata Hi, Duc. Nice to meet you. Is Saigon in Duc China? Nationality (2)____________ Hi, Agata. No, it isn’t in China, it’s in the south of Vietnam! Agata Oh, you’re Vietnamese! Are you in our class too, Duc? Duc I’m not sure… Alejandro How old are you? Duc I’m sixteen. Alejandro No, you aren’t in our class. We’re eighteen in class 2A. Agata You’re with Amalia and Osman. They aren’t in our class, they’re in class 1B. Duc Are they sixteen too? Agata Yes. Duc Oh OK, cool. Name Agata Cwalinski Alejandro See you in class, Agata! Age (3)____________ City (4)____________ Agata OK, bye, Alejandro! Bye Duc. Nationality Polish Duc See you. 2 Write the names of the students. 1 He’s from Mexico. _A_l_e_ja_n_d_r_o_ 2 They’re in the same class. _________ and _________ 3 She isn’t Italian. _________ 4 She’s Polish. _________ 5 He’s from Saigon. _________ 6 He isn’t eighteen. _________ 7 They are sixteen. _________ and _________ 8 They aren’t in class 2A. _________, _________ and _________ 3 Complete the student identity cards. FLASH FORWARD Name (5)____________ Pham Answer the questions about you. 1 How old are you? Age (6)____________ 2 Are you from China? 3 Are you in class 2A? City Saigon Nationality (7)____________ 10

1 Vocabulary: Numbers 1-20 GRAMMAR 4 Write the numbers in letters. be – Interrogative and negative forms three five six twelve sixteen nine two fourteen seven eleven eighteen Are you Spanish? twenty one four thirteen seventeen Is Saigon in China? Are they fourteen too? ten eight fifteen nineteen I’m not Spanish. 1 ___o_n_e___ 8 ________ 15 ________ It isn’t in China. 2 ________ 9 ________ 16 ________ You aren’t in our class. 3 ________ 10 ________ 17 ________ 4 ________ 11 ________ 18 ________ Find more examples of questions and negative 5 ________ 12 ________ 19 ________ answers in the dialogue. Underline them. 6 ________ 13 ________ 20 ________ 7 ________ 14 ________ 9 Complete the sentences with the correct form 5 1.07 Now listen, check and repeat the of be. numbers. 1 ___A__re____ you fifteen? 6 Count the objects and write the numbers. 2 No, I _________ Peter, I’m Rikki. 3 Katie and Harry _________ from New York, A ___f_o_u_rt_e_e_n___ B ____________ C ____________ they’re from Los Angeles. 4 _________ Brad in our class? D ____________ E ____________ F ____________ 5 _________ Jesus and Juan Brazilian? 6 You _________ from Istanbul, you’re from 7 1.08 Now listen, check and repeat. Ankara! 7 _________ Joe your friend? GRAMMAR 8 You and Kelly _________ in the same class, you’re in class 1B and Kelly is in class 1A. be – Affirmative form (2) FUNCTIONS I’m Alejandro. You’re Mexican. Greetings and introductions They’re in class 1B. Hi/Hello, I’m Alejandro. Find more examples of am, is and are in the This is my friend, Duc. dialogue. Underline them. Nice to meet you. See you./Bye. 8 Underline the correct alternative in the dialogue. Say it! Osman Hi, (1) I’m/you’re Osman. Amalia Are you Turkish? 1 0 In pairs, practise the conversation. Use the Osman Yes, (2) I’m/you’re from Istanbul. Amalia This is Adrian. (3) He’s/I’m Mexican. model. Change the words in red. Osman Hi, Adrian. Adrian Hi! (4) We’re/I’m in the same class! A Hi, Francisco. I’m Juan and this is my friend Amalia How old are you? Lisa. Adrian (5) He’s/I’m fifteen. Amalia Fifteen? You’re in class with Peter and B Hi, Juan! Hi, Lisa. Nice to meet you. A Nice to meet you too. Greta. (6) They’re/We’re fifteen too. B Are you Brazilian? A No, I’m not Brazilian. I’m from Madrid and she’s from Barcelona. B You’re Spanish! A Yes, that’s right. B How old are you? A I’m sixteen. B Me too! OK, see you Juan. A Bye! 11

1 Vocabulary Workshop STUDY SKILLS Recording vocabulary (1) Colours 1 Write the colours in the colour wheel. You can use pictures to help remember new words. green yellow red orange pink blue violet 3 ________ 4 ________ 2 ________ 5 ________ 1 __v_i_o_le_t__ Barack Obama, Ana Guevara, Mario Balotelli, 7 ________ Italian 6 ________ American Mexican 2 Write four more words for colours. 5 Find photos of people or places for the other 1 ________________ 3 ________________ seven words for nationalities from unit 1. 2 ________________ 4 ________________ Put them in your notebook. Write the words. Countries and nationalities Numbers 1-20 3 Match the countries to the photos. 6 Write the numbers on the bingo card in words. AB Sugar Loaf Mountain, Big Ben and the Houses Rio de Janiero of Parliament, London C D Hagia Sophia, Istanbul Great Wall of China, China nine, __________, __________, __________, E F __________, __________, __________ Chichen Itza, Yucatan Church of the Holy 7 1.09 Now write the numbers you hear on Family, Barcelona the bingo card. 1 D China _C_h_i_n_e_s_e 4 Britain _______ 2 Brazil _______ 5 Mexico _______ Pronunciation: Contractions – be 3 Turkey _______ 6 Spain _______ 8 1.10 Listen and repeat the words. 4 Now write the nationalities in exercise 3. I’m you’re he isn’t she’s it isn’t we’re they aren’t 9 1.11 Listen and write the phrases you hear. 1 _Y_o_u_’_r_e_B__ra_z_i_li_a_n_._ 4 ________________ 2 ________________ 5 ________________ 3 ________________ 6 ________________ 10 1.11 Now listen again, check your answers and repeat the phrases. 12

Flash on Grammar 1 Subject pronouns be – Negative form Singular Plural I am not / ’m not I we You are not / aren’t He / She / It is not / isn’t you you British. he / she / it they We / You / They are / aren’t WB p. 4 GR p. 110 WB p. 4 GR p. 110 1 Match the people to the pronouns. 4 Rewrite the sentences in exercise 3 in the 1 Alejandro a they negative form. 2 Agata b it 3 my friend and I c it 1 I’m not Brazilian. 4 you and your brother d he 5 my book e she be – Interrogative form 6 James and Sally f you 7 the Italian and Mexican flags g they Am I 8 Turkey h we Are you Is he / she / it British? 2 Complete the sentences with the correct Are we / you / they pronouns. WB p. 4 GR p. 110 1 How old are __y_o_u__? 5 Complete the dialogue with the correct form 2 Maria isn’t French, ______’s Spanish. 3 A Where are Kevin and Matt from? of be. B ______’re American. 4 A Where is pizza from? Yuki Hi, I’m Yuki. B ______’s from Italy. 5 I’m Paul and this is Rebecca. ______’re in your Carlos Hi, Yuki. I’m Carlos. (1) ___A_re___ you Chinese? class. 6 Lee is from Beijing. ______’s Chinese. Yuki Yes, I’m from Beijing. (2) _______ you in my 7 My cat Felix isn’t black. ______’s grey and white. class, Carlos? 8 Sue and I aren’t students. ______’re teachers. Carlos I (3) _______ not sure. How old are you, Yuki? Yuki I’m seventeen. (4) _______ you seventeen too? Carlos Yes, I am. (5) _______ Simone in your class? be – Affirmative form Yuki Yes, he is. Carlos And (6) _______ Marika in your class? I am / ’m Yuki Yes, she is. You are / ’re Carlos They (7) _______ in my class too, so yes, He / She / It is / ’s we (8) _______ in the same class, Yuki! British. 6 1.12 Now listen and check your answers. We / You / They are / ’re 7 Underline six errors in the text, then correct WB p. 4 GR p. 110 them. 3 Complete the sentences with am, is or are. Hi, I’m Bekir and I’m in class 2A at Summerhill Language School in London. 1 I __a_m___ Brazilian. In the class we is all sixteen, but you’re from 2 Alejandro ______ from Ecatepec in Mexico. different countries. Cristina is from Malaga 3 The Turkish and Chinese flags ______ red with and Caterina is from Barcelona – they is stars. Spanish. Marisol are from Mexico and Chang 4 You ______ in my class! is Chinese. Wei isn’t Chinese, she from Milan, 5 Amalia and I ______ fifteen. but her family is Chinese. Ricardo is Brazilian 6 You and Lorant ______ Polish. and I is Turkish. 7 My dog ______ black and white. 8 Mr Smith and Ms Smith ______ from Liverpool. 13

1 Flash on Skills All about Britain Before you read 1 Match the words to the photos A-D. 1 B cakes 3 money A 2 islands 4 bicycles STUDY SKILLS Identifying the topic of a text Look at the title. Look at the paragraph headings. Look at any photos or illustrations. Underline words you know about them in the text. 2 Look at the title of the text and the headings. C What is the blog about? Tick (3). 1 British flags 2 information about Britain 3 hotels in Britain Reading 3 Read the blog. Match the posts 1-4 to the photos A-D. A B 14

1Culture 4 Read the text again and write T (true) or F (false). 1 There are four countries in the United Kingdom. _T__ 2 Great Britain is an island. ___ 3 The Shetland Islands are in the southwest. ___ 4 Queen Elizabeth’s picture is on the euro. ___ 5 British cakes are not good. ___ 6 Buses and trains in London are not cheap. ___ Listening 5 1.13 Listen to three British teenagers. What are their favourite things about Britain? Tick (3). 1 films music cities 2 sport nature language 3 food television people 6 1.13 Listen again and complete the sentences. 1 Rebecca is _e_i_g_h_t_e_e_n_ years old. 2 Her favourite pop group is _________. 3 Nick is from _________. 4 His favourite football team is _________. 5 Sarah _________ British, she’s from the USA. 6 Her school is _________ because the students C are from different countries. Writing 7 Look at topics 1-6. Write some information about your country for each topic. Country _B_r_a_zi_l______________ 1 money _re_a_l________________ 2 capital city _S_ã_o_P_a_o_l_o___________ 3 food ___________________ 4 sport ___________________ 5 music ___________________ 6 famous people ___________________ 8 Choose one topic from exercise 7. Write a post about it for a blog for visitors to your country. In Brazil the currency is the real (BRL). The symbol for the real is R$. There are 100 centavos in a real. Speaking 9 What is your favourite thing in your country? Tell the class. D Hi, I’m Marek. I’m sixteen and I’m from Warsaw in Poland. I love Polish food. My favourite food is ‘pierogi’, a type of Polish ravioli. I love ‘paczki’, too. It’s a type of doughnut. Delicious! 15

2 Favourite Things What’s important for you? Vocabulary: The alphabet 1 Look at the English alphabet. Write the missing letters. Aa Bb ____ Dd ____ Ff ____ Jj Gg Hh Kk Ll Mm ____ Oo Pp ____ Rr Ss Tt ____ Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz 2 1.14 Now listen, check and repeat the letters. 3 1.15 Write the letters in groups with the same sound. Then listen and check. 1 B, C, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___ 2 F, L, ___, ___, ___, ___ 3 A, ___, ___, ___ 4 Q, ___, ___ 5 I, ___ 6 O 7 R 8 Z 4 1.16 Listen and read the text. Write the students’ favourite things. 1 Karl ___________ and ___________ 2 Isabella ___________, ___________ and ___________ 3 Lin and Xia ___________ 4 Marco ___________ 5 Match the sentences to the things they describe. a bag a collection of keys trainers an MP3 player 1 They’re black and gold and they’re really cool! _____________ FLASH FORWARD 2 It’s red, white and blue with Read the text again. What things are important in life for the speakers? American badges on it. _____________ Music is important for Karl. 3 They are for different things. _____________ 4 All my favourite songs are on it. _____________ 16

2 GRAMMAR Plural nouns And of course headphones are important too! Keys are usually metal. Underline six more examples of plural nouns in the text. Vocabulary: Personal possessions 9 Write the plurals of the words. 6 Match the photos to the words. 1 star ___s_t_a_r_s___ 5 moon __________ 2 comb __________ 6 book __________ AC D 3 bag __________ 7 key __________ B 4 wallet __________ 8 circle __________ 10 Complete the sentences with the singular or plural form of the words in exercise 9. 1 The Chinese flag is red with five yellow ____st_a_r_s___ on it. 2 My favourite thing is a black __________ with my money in it. 3 Please put all the __________ for my lessons in my school bag. 4 The __________ in my bag are for all the doors in my house. 5 The __________ is very big tonight. E G H Write it! F 11 What is important to you? What’s your favourite possession? Complete column 1 in the table. 1 E an ID card 5 a pen Me My partner 2 a wallet 6 headphones 3 a comb 7 an exercise book important in life sport 4 a watch 8 a memory stick possession football yellow 7 1.17 Now listen, check and repeat the description and green words. GRAMMAR 12 Write about your favourite thing. a/an Sport is really important in my life. My favourite things is a football. My favourite thing is an MP3 player. It’s yellow and green. It’s from the World Cup It’s a collection of keys. 2014 in Brazil. Find more examples of words with a and an in Say it! the text. Underline them. 13 In pairs, ask and answer questions about your 8 Write a or an. 5 ___ orange 6 ___ star possessions. Write your partner’s favourite 1 _a__ bird 7 ___ apple thing in column 2 in the table in exercise 11. 2 ___ umbrella 8 ___ sport 3 ___ flag A What’s your favourite thing? 4 ___ moon B It’s a mobile phone. It’s orange and black. All my music and photos are on it. 17

2 Where’s my mobile phone? 1 1.18 Listen and read. What is David’s problem? 2 Match the questions to the answers. Amalia What’s wrong, David? 1 Where’s my mobile phone? 2 What’s this? Is this it? David Oh no! Where’s my mobile phone? 3 Why is it in your pocket? 4 How old is it? Amalia Is it in your pocket? 5 What is it? David No, it isn’t. a The camera is OK and my photos are on it. Amalia What’s this? Is this it? b It’s 07404 3029506 c I’m not sure… about three years old. David No, it isn’t. That’s my old phone. It’s rubbish. d 1 Is it in your pocket? e No, it isn’t. That’s my old phone. Amalia Why is it in your pocket? FLASH FORWARD David Because the camera is OK and my photos Answer the questions about your mobile are on it. phone. Amalia It’s small and it’s light. It’s cool. How old 1 What colour is it? ________________________________________ is it? 2 Is it old or new? ________________________________________ David I’m not sure… about three years old. 3 Is it in your bag or in your pocket? ________________________________________ Amalia My phone is five years old! Listen, maybe 4 What’s your phone number? ________________________________________ it’s in your bag. Let’s call your number. What is it? David It’s 07404 3029506. Amalia Listen! David Is it in your bag? Amalia Yes, it is! David Why is it in your bag? Amalia Because it’s blue and black – just like your bag! David Oh, no! I put it in the wrong bag! Amalia Exactly. 18

2 Vocabulary: Adjectives GRAMMAR 3 Write the words under the pictures. yes/no questions and short answers big old heavy new small light ‘Is this it?’ ‘No, it isn’t.’ ‘Is it in your bag?’ ‘Yes, it is!’ 1 ________b_i_g__________ 2 ____________________ Find more examples of yes/no questions in the 3 ____________________ 4 ____________________ dialogue. Underline them. 5 ____________________ 6 ____________________ 6 Put the words in the correct order to make 4 Underline the correct alternative. yes/no questions. Then write short answers. 1 The United States is big/small but Britain is 1 you / from / Are / Spain? (7) big/small. ‘Are you from Spain?’ ‘No, I’m not.’ 2 I’m 90 kilos and my friend Peter is 70 kilos. 2 your / bag / it / Is / in / ? (7) He’s light/heavy but I’m light/heavy. 3 telephone / number / Is / your / it / ? (3) 3 My old/new school is in Beijing but now I’m in 4 Julie / sixteen / Is / old / years / ? (3) London and my old/new school is here. 5 class / Are / we / in / same / the / ? (7) 6 Are / trainers / your / they / ? (3) FUNCTIONS Describing personal possessions GRAMMAR It’s small and it’s light. It’s cool. Wh- questions My phone is five years old. It’s blue and black. Where’s my mobile phone? What is it? Say it! Find other examples of Wh- questions in the 5 Look at the possessions in your bag. Describe dialogue. Underline them. one to your partner. Can they guess what it is? 7 Complete the mini dialogues with the A It’s small. It’s brown. It’s for money. B Your wallet? Wh-question words in the box. A Yes! What where Why How 1 A Hello. I’m James. __W___h_a_t__’s your name? B Hi James. I’m Katie. 2 A Mum, _________ is my MP3 player? B I’m not sure. Maybe it’s in your bag. 3 A _________ are the books on the floor? B Because they’re for my homework project. 4 A It’s my birthday! B Really? _________ old are you? Say it! 8 In pairs, ask and answer questions about possessions. Student A, choose an object from the photos on page 17. Student B, ask three questions to guess which object it is. Then swap roles. B What colour is it? A It’s red. B Is it big? A No. It’s very small. B Is it a memory stick? A Yes! 19

2 Vocabulary Workshop Adjectives 7 Match the adjectives to their opposites. The alphabet 1 1.19 Circle the letter with a different 1 big a light 2 heavy b white sound, then listen and check. 3 new c small 4 black d old 1 J, A, G, K 2 P, T, B, C, I STUDY SKILLS 3 Y, I, A Recording vocabulary (2) 4 F, S, E, M, N 5 U, W, V, Q You can list adjectives in pairs with opposite meanings to help you remember them. 2 1.20 Listen to the spellings and write the interesting – boring letters. 8 Find the opposites of these adjectives in units 1 ______C_O__M__B______ 4 _________________ 2 _________________ 5 _________________ 1 and 2. 3 _________________ 6 _________________ 1 right _____________ 2 cheap _____________ 3 1.21 Now listen, check your answers and 3 same _____________ repeat the words. Pronunciation: Plural -s Personal possessions The pronunciation of the -s in plural nouns is 4 Write the words in the correct column. different depending on the last sound in the singular form of the word. a bag an MP3 player stars an ID card a wallet a comb a mobile phone /s/ after the sounds /p/, /f/, /T/, /t/, /k/ /Iz/ after the sounds /s/, /z/, /S/, /Z/, /tS/, /dZ/ flags a watch headphones a pen /z/ after all other sounds an exercise book keys a memory stick Singular Plural _a_b__a_g_, _____________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ 5 1.22 Match the photos to the words. 9 1.23 Listen and repeat the words. Then listen, check your answers and repeat. \\s\\ \\Iz\\ \\z\\ B wallets, watches, pens, flags, A books, buses, ___________, ___________ ___________, ___________, ___________, ___________, ___________ ___________, ___________, ___________ D 10 1.24 Listen and write the words in the C correct column in exercise 9. 1 tissues 3 a mirror 2 a purse 4 a pencil case bags headphones memory sticks friends sandwiches purses stars 6 Add the words in exercise 5 to the table in pencil cases tissues mobile phones exercise 4. 11 1.25 Now listen, check your answers and repeat the words. 20

a/an an + noun with vowels 2Flash on Grammar (a, e, i, o, u) a + noun with consonants an apple 4 Complete the sentences with a/an and the (b, c, d, f...) a book singular form or plural form of the nouns in brackets. WB p. 12 GR p. 110 1 Is this _a_n__e_x_e_r_c_is_e__b_o_o_k_ (exercise book) or 1 Read the sentences. Are they right (3) or a textbook? 2 Mr Derek is _______________ (new teacher) wrong (7)? Correct the wrong sentences. in my school. 3 Where are my _______________ (trainer), Mum? 1 Is there an phone in the hotel? 7 4 _______________ (fox) are a problem in my Is there a phone in the hotel? town. 2 It’s an apple. 5 Is that _______________ (woman) in that red car? 3 There’s a star on my bag. 6 Is it _______________ (apple) or 4 Is it a exercise book? _______________ (orange)? 5 It’s an photo. 6 There’s an orange and a banana. be – yes/no questions and short answers 2 Write a or an. 5 ____ dog yes/no questions Short answers 6 ____ hamburger Are you Chinese? Yes, I am. / No, I’m not. 1 _a__n_ egg 7 ____ orange Is he from Brazil? Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t. 2 ____ spoon 8 ____ umbrella Are they in your class? Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t. 3 ____ aeroplane 4 ____ nose WB p. 13 GR p. 111 Plural nouns 5 Match the questions to the answers. regular nouns + -s book  books, 1 Is yellow your favourite colour? friend  friends 2 Is your dog four years old? 3 Are you in our class? nouns ending in + -es watch  watches, 4 Is Mrs Wilson your teacher? -ch, -s, -sh, -x, bus  buses, 5 Are Susan and Simon from London? -z, -o box  boxes 6 Are we in the same class? nouns ending in + -ies country  countries, a Yes, I am. consonant +-y city  cities b No, we aren’t. c 1 No, it isn’t. nouns ending in -f + -ves wolf  wolves, d Yes, they are. and -fe wife  wives e Yes, he is. common irregular f Yes, she is. plurals man  men, woman  women, Wh- questions and long answers child  children, person  people Wh- questions Long answers WB p. 12 GR p. 110 3 Write the plural of the singular nouns and the What’s your name? My name’s Alan. Where are you from? I’m from Manchester. singular of the plural nouns. Why are you here? Because I’m at a language school. Who is your friend? Her name’s Brittany. 1 brother ______b_r_o_th_e_r_s______ When is your birthday? It’s on Monday. 2 name __________________ How old are you? I’m sixteen. 3 women __________________ 4 class __________________ WB p. 13 GR p. 111 5 foxes __________________ 6 star __________________ 6 Underline the correct alternative. 7 knives __________________ 8 boy __________________ 1 What/Where is your language school? 9 babies __________________ 2 How/What old are the boys? __________________ 3 Who/What is your Brazilian friend? 10 tomato __________________ 4 When/Where are the children? 11 match __________________ 5 Why/What is your phone in my bag? 12 people 6 What/Why are their names? 21

2 Flash on Skills Useful things Before you read 1 Look at the big photo and the map. Where are the people from? Tick (3). 1 the USA 3 China 2 Africa 4 Turkey 2 What do you know about the Bushmen? Tick their possessions (3). an MP3 player a comb a bag a wallet a smartphone a knife Reading 3 Now read the text and check your answers to exercise 2. a bow a bag for his bow and arrows and arrows (made from a knife an animal’s skin) sandals (made from a comb (made from a box (made from a rattle (for music) an animal’s skin) an animal’s shell) an animal’s shell) 22

Culture 2 4 Read the text again and answer the questions. 8 1.26 Listen again. Tick the possessions 1 How old is Sesana? the girl mentions (3). He’s sixteen years old. 2 Where is he from? knife bag 3 What’s the name of his tribe? 4 Are Sesana’s favourite things for sale in shops? bow and arrows MP3 player 5 Which two things are made from an animal’s shell? box comb 6 What is the rattle for? trainers headphones 5 Match the phrases from the text to make Writing complete sentences. 9 Look at the photos and complete the text 1 I’m sixteen and I’m from… 2 My culture is very, very old… about Seri with the words in the box. 3 My way of life is the same… 4 They aren’t for sale in shops… city collecting knife east people 5 They are things useful for… possessions from are a over seventy-five thousand years old. village of the Samah a fishing net b as my ancestors’ way of life. people in Malaysia c life in the desert. d 1 the Kalahari. a canoe shells e and they look a bit strange! STUDY SKILLS Identifying the speaker In listening exercises it is useful to identify the speaker. Is the speaker a man or a woman? How old is he/she? Where is he/she from? Listening My name is Seri. I’m (1) ____f_r_o_m_____ Borneo, in the (2) ____________ of Malaysia. My (3) ____________ are the 6 1.26 Listen to a radio interview. Answer Samah. I’m not from the (4) ____________ . My people (5) ____________ from the Sulawesi Sea. My important the questions in the Study Skills box about the (6) ____________ are my fishing net, my canoe and my speaker. (7) ____________ . I also love my bag because I love (8) ____________ shells. 7 1.26 Where is Ta’van from? Listen again and tick the correct photo (3). AB Speaking 1 0 In pairs, tell your partner about you. Use the words from unit 2 and the text in exercise 9 to C help you. Answer the questions: What’s your name? Where are you from? What’s the name of your people? What are your favourite things? 23

1 Flashback 4 Complete the dialogue with the correct verbs. 2 GRAMMAR Subject pronouns A Hi, Pablo. I’m Simon. 1 Complete the sentences with the correct B Hi, Simon! Nice to meet you. (0) __A_r_e__ you pronouns. British? 0 __I _’m a student at Summerhill Language A No, I (1) ______ British. I’m from Los Angeles. School. B Oh, you’re American! A Yes, that’s right. This is my friend, Diane. 1 A Where is Jason from? B (2) ______ she American too? B ______’s Australian. A No, she (3) ______ American, she’s Australian. 2 A Where are enchiladas from? B Oh. (4) ______ you from Sydney, Diane? B ______’re from Mexico. C No, I (5) ______ from Sydney, I’m from Perth. 3 ______’m Sally and this is Philip. We’re in your B Perth? (6) ______ it in the west of Australia? C Yes, that’s right. class. B How old (7) ______ you, Diane? 4 Teresa is from Warsaw. ______’s Polish. C Simon and I (8) ______ both seventeen. 5 A How old are ______? B Oh, me too! B ______’m seventeen. 6 Pietro and I aren’t Spanish, ______’re Italian. 8 7 Your English book is on the table – ______’s a/an blue. 5 Write the correct article for these words. 8 be – Affirmative, negative and 0 _a_n__ egg 4 ____ apple 1 ____ wallet 5 ____ banana interrogative forms 2 ____ book 6 ____ umbrella 3 ____ exercise book 2 Underline the correct alternative in the dialogue. Francisco Hi, (0) I’m/’re Francisco. 6 Paul (1) Are/Is you Spanish? Plural nouns 6 Write the plural form of these nouns. Francisco Yes, (2) I’m/’re from Bilbao. Paul Cool! This is Alice. (3) She’s/’m British. 0 bag ___b_a_g_s___ 6 church _________ 1 star _________ 7 person _________ Francisco Hi, Alice. 2 wife _________ 8 game _________ 3 boy _________ 9 man _________ Alice Hi! How old (4) are/am you, 4 lady _________ 10 glass _________ 5 potato _________ Francisco? Francisco (5) I’m/’s eighteen. Alice Oh, Paul and I (6) is/are eighteen too! 6 10 3 Complete the sentences with the negative or be – yes/no questions and short answers 7 Complete the interview with short answers. interrogative form of be. A Hi, are you Martin? 0 My friend __is_n_’_t_ British, she’s American. B Yes, (0) _I__a_m__. 1 ______ Pauline in our class? A OK, Martin. Is your second name Thomson? 2 ______ the boys both eighteen? B Yes, (1) ______. 3 I’m Turkish but I ______ from Istanbul, I’m A Are you sixteen? B Yes, (2) ______. from Ankara! A Are you in class 5B? 4 ______ you American, Mitzy? B No, (3) ______. I’m in class 4B. 5 We ______ in your class, we’re in class 3A. A OK. Are your friends Jack and Will? 6 Louise and Katie ______ from London, they’re B Yes, (4) ______. A Is your teacher Mr Smith? from Liverpool. B Yes, (5) ______. 7 ______ the English lesson in this classroom, or A Is your favourite colour orange? B No, (6) ______. My favourite colour is green. in classroom 5? 8 ______ the headphones blue or black? 6 8 24

Flashback 1 2 Wh- questions and long answers Personal possessions 8 Underline the correct option. 11 Complete the words for personal possessions 0 Why/What/When is our English test? 1 Who/What/Why is your new friend? with the missing letters. 2 When/Where/What are the students? 3 What/Where/When is your bag? 0 an _u_mb_r_ _e_ _l_la 5 a mem__r__ 4 How/What/Who old are the children? 5 Why/What/Where are your headphones in my 1 a wa__le__ st__c__ car? 2 a com__ 6 tis__u__s 6 What/Why/How are their names? 7 When/What/How is our English lesson? 3 hea__p__one__ 7 a pu__s__ 8 When/Why/Where is your dictionary? 4 an e__er__ise b__ __k 8 a m__r__or 8 8 VOCABULARY Adjectives Colours 12 Write two adjectives for each pair of pictures. 9 Complete the sentences with the names for 1 ________ / ________ 2 ________ / ________ colours. 1 The American flag is (0) __re_d__, (1) __________ 3 ________ / ________ 4 ________ / ________ and (2) __________. 4 2 The Brazilian flag is (3) __________, (4) __________ and blue. FUNCTIONS 3 The Mexican flag is green, (5) __________ and Greetings and introductions white with a (6) __________ bird. 13 Complete the dialogue. 4 The Spanish flag is (7) __________ and yellow A (0) ___H_i__, Francisco. I (1) ______ Juan and with a (8) __________ crest. (2) ______ is my friend Lisa. 4 B (3) ______, Juan! Hi, Lisa. Nice to (4) ______ you. Countries and nationalities A Nice to meet you too. 10 Complete the table with countries and B (5) ______ you Brazilian? A No, I’m (6) ______ Brazilian. I’m (7) ______ nationalities. Madrid. Country Nationality B You’re Spanish! (0) ____M__e_xi_c_o____ Mexican A Yes, that’s (8) ______. America (1) _____________ B How (9) ______ are you? (2) _____________ Brazilian A I’m sixteen. Italy (3) _____________ B Me (10) ______! (4) _____________ Spanish Britain (5) _____________ 10 Poland (6) _____________ (7) _____________ Turkish 14 Complete the questions and match them to China (8) _____________ Vietnam Vietnamese the answers. 1 Is ____ a memory stick? a No. It’s very small. 2 What ____ is it? b Yes! 3 Is it ____? c It’s blue and gold. 6 8 Total: 100 25