American Kids' Zone 6 Student's Book with Key Sample

Student’s Book Elizabeth Gordon Jennifer Heath Philip James

Contents UNIT Reading Vocabulary Grammar Listening Speaking Writing Welcome pages 4-9 - • family & friends • subject & object - - - Around • sports & hobbies pronouns Town • home • to be pages 10-27 • school • possessives Our Amazing • food & drink • question words World • nature • p repositions of pages 28-45 place How are you? • prepositions of pages 46-63 movement The Amazing Kids! & Song: The Amazing Kids • Favorite days • town- & city- • simple present • a nswering • finding the • writing a out in London related words • p resent • Subways around • transportation- continuous multiple-choice differences postcard about the world related words • stative verbs a trip to a city • Is Hamleys the • places in town • s imple present questions between two best toy store in • verbs & present the world? • phrasal verbs continuous • m atching pictures • checking your • Ted’s travelblog • articles speakers to •t alking about a punctuation things they buy picture • w riting words • u sing the correctly when imperative to give Values: Taking listening; double directions care of places in letters your town or city Pronunciation: the Review 1 & Song: City life schwa vowel /ɘ/ CLIL: Geography Culture: Unusual towns and cities around the world The Amazing Kids Episode 1: A summer vacation • Amazing • a nimals & • simple past • w riting words • d escribing • w riting an animals animal-related • past continuous and numbers in pictures to tell a essay about • Protecting the words • s imple past & blanks story protecting the environment • n umber-related past continuous •deciding if • a sking and environment • The fight against words • used to statements are answering • u sing linking plastic • verbs • relative clauses true or false questions to words • The Washed • adjectives • looking out guess animals Ashore exhibit for words that • u sing different change the phrases to give Values: correct answer your opinion Protecting the before listening environment to answer Pronunciation: multiple-choice /s/ and /ʃ/ questions Review 2 CLIL: Science Culture: National animals The Amazing Kids Episode 2: The coral reef • Y our amazing • h ealth-related • p resent perfect • d eciding if • a sking and • w riting an brain words • for, since, just, statements are answering email to a • A re your • parts of the already, never, true or false questions about friend giving gadgets bad for body ever, yet, how • writing numbers using gadgets advice you? • verbs long ...? and words in • asking and • using • An emergency • adjectives • h ave been & blanks answering pronouns and • Funny hospital have gone • identifying questions to find different words stories • simple past & whether names information or phrases present perfect are for boys • talking about to avoid Values: Knowing • talking about or girls before health problems repeating the what to do in an quantities listening to and giving advice same words emergency match names and phrases to people in a Pronunciation: -ch picture Review 3 & Song: Family health problems CLIL: Health education Culture: Staying fit around the world The Amazing Kids Episode 3: At the doctor’s 2

UNIT Reading Vocabulary Grammar Listening Speaking Writing • w riting a Going • V acations for • vacation- & • some / any / • c hecking things • identifying the story about away everyone travel-related every / no on a list odd one out a vacation • Theme parks words • -one / -thing / • d eciding which (pictures) adventure pages 64-81 • Air travel • theme-park- & -where speaker says • talking about • u sing the • Hang Son carnival-related • both ... and, different things what someone correct past What do Doong: the words either ... or, • listening for did last year tenses you do? largest cave in • adjectives neither ... nor, prepositions • u sing sequence the world • prepositions one / ones of place before words and • w riting an pages 82-99 • verbs • p ast perfect coloring and pictures to tell a article about Values: • phrasal verbs • past perfect & writing on a story a job Remembering simple past picture • u sing topic that different • future with will Pronunciation: -ee sentences people like & be going to and -i different things Review 4 CLIL: Math Culture: Money in different countries The Amazing Kids Episode 4: Where’s Grandpa? • Amazing jobs • jobs & job- • first conditional • m atching • a sking and • A very special related words • can / could / be speakers to the answering ambulance • p oints on a able to jobs they do questions to guess • Kidzania compass • must / have to • a nswering someone’s job • Children in • c ollocations • may / might / multiple-choice • asking and business with money & could questions answering time • should • n aming people, questions to find Values: Learning • verbs • s ubject & object things and information to look after your questions activities before • using phrases money listening to to describe choose the something or correct picture someone that you don’t know the word for Pronunciation: /z/ or /s/ Review 5 & Song: Jobs, jobs, jobs CLIL: Careers education Culture: Unusual jobs in different countries The Amazing Kids Episode 5: Lady Litterbug’s plan • Book of the • b ook- & • c omparative • writing numbers • finding the • writing a week entertainment- & superlative review of your • E scape from the related words and words in differences favorite book room! • materials • using • Minecraft • adjectives forms blanks between two adjectives to • H ow Internet • verbs make your smart are you? • not as ... as • listening to pictures writing more interesting • p assive (simple number places • a sking and present) on a map answering questions about Why • p assive (simple • realizing don't you ...? Values: Using the past) pictures are the Internet Internet safely • g erunds & not in order • g iving your pages 100-117 infinitives of appearance opinion and • tag questions before listening agreeing and to match disagreeing with activities to your partner places Pronunciation: /ʌ/ and /æ/ Review 6 CLIL: The Arts Culture: Dances in different countries The Amazing Kids Episode 6: Saving the coral reef Grammar Tenses: form pages pages 118-119 Irregular Verbs pages 120-121 Speaking material pages 122-127 CONTENTS 3

Welcome Lesson 1 VOCABULARY Hi, I’m Jack. These are my photos. Family and friends Complete the descriptions with these words. cousins curly brown famous grandpa grandparents grandsons mother short straight This is a photo of my 1 grandparents with baby Timmy and baby Bobby. My 2 grandpa is tall, but my grandma is 3 short . The babies are their 4 grandsons , but they aren’t my brothers. They’re my uncle and aunt’s children, so they are my 5 cousins . These are my best friends, Jemma and George. They hav e 6 brown hair, but Jemma’s hair is A long a nd 7 straight . George’s hair is very 8 curly . They are brother and sister. Their 9 mother is a teacher at our school. She’s nice. The ir fat he r is a 10 famous soccer player. B Sports and hobbies a a ball for two minutes. Match. b coins and stamps. c the race. 1 Dan collects d the violin. 2 I can score e that wall? 3 Sandra plays f on one leg? 4 Can you hop g a goal. 5 Let’s beat h that team. 6 Fred can win i of chess. 7 She can bounce j in the park. 8 Can you climb 9 Let’s jog 10 Let’s play a game 4

GRAMMAR Home Subject and object pronouns A Unscramble the words. Then label the pictures. Circle the correct words. 1 bnaetic cabinet 2 nabkelt blanket 1 A: Mom says she / it wants this book. 3 naf B: I can take it to him / her. 4 sidhweshar fan 2 A: This carpet is dirty. 5 garrefietorr dishwasher B: You / I can clean it / them. Where’s the vacuum 6 rhosew refrigerator 7 rucnatis cleaner? 8 fehls shower 3 A: Is your homework easy? curtains B: No, it / they isn’t. Can you help me / you shelf please? 4 A: Joe and Fred, come here, please. ae B: Why? Do you / she want to talk to them / us? 5 A: Where’s John? We / He isn’t on the balcony. shelf blanket B: Look for him / it in the basement. The TV is b f there. 6 A: Where are the boys? Grandma wants us / them to help in the yard. B: They / We are in the front hall. To be Complete the sentences with the correct present simple form of to be. cabinet shower 1 T hi s i s a great party. I am/’m happy. c g 2 K a ty isn’t at school. She’s at home. 3 Are your cats naughty? 4 “ Is M att thi rsty ?” “Yes, he is .” 5 I lo ve ra bbits. They are/’re cute. 6 H is so ns aren’t thirteen. They’re twelve. 7 “ Am I right ?” “No, you aren’t .” dishwasher refrigerator 8 “ Ar e y ou lazy?” “No, I am/’m not .” d h 9 Y ou h ave a p rize! You are/’re lucky! 10 “ Is Jo hn hu ngr y?” “No, he isn’t .” Possessives Circle the correct words. curtains fan B Circle the correct words. I’m Paul. 1 My / Mine / His favorite sport is soccer, and I’m captain of 1 I make / do my bed in the morning. the school soccer team. Soccer 2 I go / take downstairs for breakfast. is my 2 sisters / sister’s / sisters’ 3 Please don’t make / do a mess! favorite sport, too. 3 Her / Its / Hers 4 We clean / come home from school at 3 pm. name is Naomi. This soccer ball is 5 Can you go / wash the dishes, please? 4 our / your / ours. It’s a present 6 Let’s come / take the elevator. from 5 Naomi’s / Naomi / Naomis’ 7 I clean / make my room on Saturday. best friend. 8 Mom and Dad make / do the housework. 9 Can I go / do outside, please? 10 I help Mom take / clean the living room. WELCOME 5

Welcome Lesson 2 VOCABULARY Food and drink Circle the odd one out. School A Label the pictures with these words. 1 breakfast flour lunch art geography history math gym science 2 bean carrot sauce 3 mug bowl onion 14 4 salt piece slice 5 dinner vegetable meal 6 donut snack plant 7 soup sugar jelly 8 salad microwave sandwich history science Nature 2 5 A W hat’s the weather like? Circle the correct words. Then ask and answer in pairs. 12 math art It's dry / wet. It's sunny / cloudy. 3 6 3 4 It's icy / warm. It's snowy / windy. 5 geography gym B Circle the correct words. I’m Tracy and I’m thirteen. I’m It's hot / cold. in 1 8th grade / class at school in England. There are thirty Number 1. It’s wet. 2 students / high schools What’s the weather like? in my 3 schedule / class.  Science is my favorite 4 subject / break because we do lots of 5 dictionaries / experiments. 6

B Circle the correct words. Prepositions of place Label the pictures with these words. 1 We often get cold weather and low rainbows / temperatures in the winter. behind between in in front of next to on under 2 Pandas / Whales aren’t fish, but they live in the sea. 1 on 2 in 3 Ashark / seal can’t come out of the sea because 3 under it will die. 4 There are lots of people, animals and plants on Earth / weather. 5 You don’t need an umbrella / a turtle. It isn’t raining. 6 There is white wind / snow all over the yard. GRAMMAR 4 between 5 in front of Question words Complete the questions with these words. Then match the questions to the answers. what when where who whose 1 What is that boy’s name? c 6 behind 7 next to 2 Who is your best friend? e 3 When is your birthday? b 4 Where is your school? a 5 Whose birthday is it today? d a It’s on Lake Street. Prepositions of movement b It’s on June 20th. Circle the correct words. c It’s Mark. d It’s Maria’s. 1 Walk along / around the path to get to the lake. e It’s Penny. 2 Don’t fall down / along the stairs! 3 It takes hours to fly into / around the world. 4 Walking up / through the forest is nice. 5 Oh no! Our ball is going over / down the wall! 6 Who can climb up / through this tree? 7 Let’s go over / into the grocery store and get some cheese. WELCOME 7

The Amazing Kids! These are the Amazing Kids. They’re best friends. They have amazing superpowers. It’s summer and they’re going on vacation to an island. Hi there! I’m Rocky and I’m Hi. I’m Dash. I’m fourteen years thirteen. I love food and I’m old. My superpower is cool! always hungry! What’s my superpower? I’m really strong! I can run very fast. I love having races because I always win. 8

Song Hello. My name’s Cat, and The Amazing Kids I’m fourteen years old. I’m smart. My superpower is We are the Amazing Kids. amazing. I have X-ray eyes We have cool superpowers! and I can see in the dark. We’re always good. We’re never bad. Hello. My name is Feather. We have cool superpowers! I’m thirteen years old. My favorite color is pink. I love my Rocky, Dash, Cat and Feather! superpower. What is it? I can fly! We are the best friends ever! Rocky’s strong! Dash is fast! Feather flies! Cat has super-eyes! Amazing Kids! Amazing Kids! The Amazing Kids are in town! WELCOME 9

Around Town 10

In Unit 1, you will ... Read about places to go on a day out in London. Write a postcard about a trip to a city. Listen to people talking about buying things in London stores. Talk about the capital of your country. Learn about unusual towns and cities around the world. Find out what happens to Feather, Cat, Rocky and Dash in Episode 1 of The Amazing Kids! A Look at the pictures. What can you see? Use these words. See TB. buildings buses café cars city motorcycles park people roads square streets town B Now talk about your town or city. Use these words. See TB. beautiful big boring busy dangerous exciting noisy pretty quiet safe small ugly center movie theater library museum store stadium swimming pool UNIT 1 11

Lesson 1 READING A F ind and underline these words on the webpage. What do they See TB. mean? actor app front real tower treetop walkway underground We asked some young people from London, the capital of the UK, this question: What is your favorite place to go to on a day out in London? Paul: The Tower of London! At the tower, people from the past tell you about its exciting history. They’re only actors, but it feels like it’s real! There’s also an amazing app for phones. It helps me explore the tower. Jack: Grandpa and I often go to the London Transport Ruby: I love Kew Gardens – a really Museum. Grandpa likes the old buses and trains. big park in the city. There are amazing He remembers them! You can sit at the front of things to do there. The treetop an underground train and feel like you’re actually walkway is amazing. It’s a path driving it! We also love the museum store. It sells through the trees, but it’s 18 meters above the ground! You feel like you posters of old maps, toy trains and buses, mugs, are walking in the air! From there, and even cushions! The museum is free for young people under 18. you can see a long way! We always have a picnic when we go there on the weekend. Sometimes we invite our friends, too. B Read the webpage and answer the questions. Write P for Paul, J for Jack and R for Ruby. 1 Who talks about a place to buy things? J 2 Who thinks the past is exciting? P 3 Who takes something to eat with them? R 4 Who goes to a place with a grandparent? J 5 Who can find out about a place with his or her phone? P 6 Who talks about a view? R 12 Amazing fact! D id you know that London's famous Big Ben is not the name of the clock or the tower? It's actually the name of the bell inside the tower.

VOCABULARY 5 Y ou are never (never be) at home on Friday nights. A Circle the correct words. 6 “ Do planes travel (planes / travel) t hro ugh the air ?” “Yes, they do .” 1 Jack sometimes invites / plays his best friend to his house on weekends. 7 M om goes (go) to work on the bus – it’s her favorite kind of 2 We explore / look for the city on our bikes. t ransportation. 3 We always feel like / remember Mom’s birthday. 4 Hello, do you buy / sell maps in this store? 8 I don’t usually remember (usually not 5 The teacher travels / drives to work on a train. remember) my friends’ birthdays. B Complete the sentences with these words. LISTENING air capital ground trip A Label the pictures. map picnic transportation guard palace queen 1 We look a t a map to find a place. 2 People use diffe ren t kin ds of transportation to get to work. 3 A long trip is often very boring. 4 We hav e a picnic on the beach in the summer. 5 Planes trav el t hro ugh the air . 6 Don’t d rop you r p hon e on the ground ! 7 Paris is th e capital of France. 1 queen 2 guard 3 palace GRAMMAR B Listen and choose the correct answers. Simple Present 1 The people are going on a trip around . We use the simple present to talk about: a the UK b London • general truths. 2 The bus is . Does it rain a lot in Seattle? a red b gray • things we often do. 3 The guards at Buckingham Palace wear hats. We invite friends to our apartment on the weekend. a black b red • permanent situations. 4 The guards change places at every day. I don’t live in a big city. a 11:00 b 11:30 5 The London Eye is near . See the table for form and the spelling rules on page 118. a Buckingham Palace b the River Thames 6 At the end of the trip, the people can buy Time expressions every day / night / week / month / year something to . on the weekend(s) a eat b wear in the morning / afternoon / evening on Monday(s) SPEAKING Remember that we use frequency adverbs (always, Talk to your partner about usually, often, sometimes and never) with the simple the capital of your country. present to talk about how often we do something. What can people see there? Students’ own answers Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the simple present. London is the capital of the UK. People can see the River 1 “ Does David drive (David / drive) Thames, Buckingham Palace t o th e c ity e ver y day?” “No, he doesn’t .” and the London Eye. 2 W e sometimes use (sometimes u se) an app at the museum. 3 T his sto re s ells maps, but it doesn’t sell (not sell) posters. 4 “ Do you always sit (you / always sit) a t the fro nt of the train ?” “Yes, we do .” UNIT 1 LESSON 1 13

Lesson 2 READING A F ind and underline these See TB. words in the article. What do they mean? cheap network own pleased pusher subway Not all subways are the same! IIlTuNWo’S’IJESmpmIbnnaoheenpavudphkoexcesevuteaimutsiraccwirstnemlsyhwimiig,ainao.enotrnoSelsgicr3angon,esydoipe.zeuttkg1ptruiyechmnnp,soeot’oMmesdhIagoniepu’nssptsmiol–rKnsrutltuellaheosoetibblocinorwveilcwtoilwkrwnigoehoosepewaeasviamearplt,yryepakyi,tas,tpnetashirptasfwsaesghlaosiaataosretifherrLsechntrpnwmosihoesoescelpguueseemhnntel!bnwseboedtgrekiidawa\"asgseom.kssLnrguatncteIehsateeayas’.dsm.esetcktlTMitlhtTateoe?wiooehtnndnhesTóegeougsstettr.rvuehetrrhLloebtaTedbtedeoprvuoworthyNaneo\"hsnifaervlmifldyeeeieyyiottaoewnshe’adncarntnbgtieeoarrndsYet.Uoluoatchc,loTrf\"\"errbaaeinarosdnuwhltkhidlulhcdneseoemaeCneaed!rnyrttndeeTihrgingptt.itareye’acnthrusTiohsolmneessotufteshuhyxsahs.ennebesieceamtedt!oriw!rmttwsaefyuwi,asneostvayoattdhtrentrrhlhnerokddcteayohhPisistotnesfteahualtmaridmhettlniphliyesei.o,osesTuspnmtmownusistokeudso!iyhsnnbertotlrwMds,gbta.raeoyotcsiuaiocnnuondswtsehr(etaaIhriwdeleworoveanrely'adrt.ry.hTeIfaoat4v’dms6ea8nomyo,uoyimfssyobtahweanecnynmaduc)ads, eribruhtthyte.eriyne. B Read the article and write Right or Wrong. VALUES 1 The metro stations in Moscow are famous because they Right You read about different are beautiful. underground railways. Moscow’s subway is beautiful, but the London 2 The first subway in the world was in Paris. Wrong Underground is dirty. Why do you think this is? Why is it important 3 The London Underground is very quiet. Wrong to take care of the different places in your town or city? 4 The subway in New York has more stations than the Right subway in Seoul. 5 The Tokyo subway has more passengers than other subways. Right 6 Passengers push to get on trains on the Tokyo subway. Wrong 14 Amazing fact! D id you know that more than half of the London Underground is not actually underground?

VOCABULARY Time expressions now, right now A Complete these dialogues with words from the these days, this week / month / summer / year tomorrow, soon article. this weekend, at four o'clock on Thursday / my birthday 1 A: Is ther e an und erg round r _a _i _l _w _a _y in next week / month / year Copenhagen? Complete the sentences with the words in B: Y e s, a nd the s _u _b _w _a _y there is special parentheses. Use the present continuous. because there isn’t a driver, and the p _a _s _s _e _n _g _e _r _s can sit at the 1 “ Is that man pushing (that man / front! push) y o u ?” “Y es , h e is . He’s very rude!” 2 A: How can I leave the station? B: Th e e _x _i _t is upstairs. 2 M y pa re nts are using (use) 3 A: Does the train for London stop at this my grandpa’s car this week. s _t _a _t _i _o _n ? B: Yes, it does, but you are on the wrong 3 W e aren’t looking for (not look for) p _l _a _t _f _o _r _m ! the exit now. B Complete the paragraph with these words. 4 “ Is Nia visiting (Nia / visit) her aunt in Baltimore this weekend?” “No, s h e isn’t .” take get off get on miss pull push 5 “ Are the twins getting on (the twins / get o n) th e su bwa y no w?” “No, they aren’t .” M y frie n ds and I 1 take the bus to school 6 Yo u aren’t waiting (not wait) on every morning. It stops near our house. The doors the right platform right now. o pe n, an d we 2 get on . When the bus 7 I am traveling (travel) to st op s at school, we 3 get off slowly. We Japan on Friday and I’m very excited! n ev er 4 push ! Sometimes my friends 8 Lo ok ! A b ig ora nge cat is lying (lie) in our 5 miss the b us. They 6 pull their yard! backpacks behind them and they run to school. SPEAKING GRAMMAR Look at the pictures on page 122 and find the differences. Talk about them with your partner. See TB. Present Continuous We use the present continuous: In Picture A, there is a train at the In Picture B, the • for things that are happening now. platform. The train is orange. train is green. Are people pushing to get on the train now? • for things that are happening for a short time or are WRITING temporary. Write sentences in your notebook about the pictures I’m not taking the train to school this week. in Speaking. See TB. • to talk about future plans. They are closing the doors soon. See the table for form and the spelling rules on page 118. Be careful! Remember, there are two short forms for is not and are not. She is not waiting at the station. ➝ She isn’t waiting at the station. OR She’s not waiting at the station. We are not walking to school. ➝ We aren’t walking to school. OR We’re not walking to school. UNIT 1 LESSON 2 15

Lesson 3 READING A F ind and underline these words on the webpage. What do they mean? See TB. age character costume enter late-night feast prefer pajamas sleepover Is the best toy store in the world? We asked you this question! Here are your answers. Noel: IHtesdpihswniaoaleljaamwryotnbiygncleteeiro!snyestIsogsttaot’sutrabmipmsnnenhlydoaeasoLctsneoowe.fllnuTfadfc!doncoeuEodtnrssovnatyctreyo.!h,troSmbiyEIldyuovledortemsreaorsttnyeyhkoaotiorsilirneimsofkesuaeiedunlnsilkamfdfatnIehbmgtohreiheegweeesnwrlsb!ptsIo.e’tHmwIaorlradrid!tewm.rhI.eIoHol’sbmerfsakiytremitsrnuhne;gpldeafiataylai’lnyssyltl B Read the webpage and circle the correct words. James: MiHmfbanaina,yyvrtmdyohtocwrgldiheutoaaeyilmyesdcnrhepTetrsireVlniedghrsrheaeeatcrrnneehdtn.asaiOofm,nrfawethdeocr.eenotIetno.WlirontT!svegMh,we’eryoeaarHrecnladfhhdaum!iernldeWrlneetrhhyeeyenus’trboy.enwe'Wddrweaaarhenryaedtlacknstbhnhineyoodecgofomautstihuoniangesytlgoeiolsr! Billy: ItIsSfhoiitkrhasyhsnevtitenseo,artktw’ohnsareHdeygnlaoahoimtuteniehnrl-ecetgnfhayryiie’ngsetroehnwiitnsdgaovsofsrieitlpasndaelerges,ecftebrti!giapoueoBlotn.piuvndIiutetgs’ltsroIootvtnhdnnehoeoetairtnhtre!e’jtetuoIfitsotrul’histrkpriesaatoahjfatetwptohmaheybirseaetigsysksit.gdehaoMeenonrsaedpdyt.!. 1 Hamleys is a new / famous store. 2 Hamleys is a fun / boring place to work. I prefer my own bed! 3 Families / Actors love Hamleys. 4 James is visiting Hamleys tomorrow / today. 5 James’ children are having a party / buying presents at Hamleys. 6 Billy’s sister is going to stay in Hamleys all night / day on the weekend. 16 Amazing fact! D id you know that over five million people visit Hamleys on Regent Street in London every year?

VOCABULARY Circle the correct words. 1 Ialways am taking off / take off my dirty soccer A Match. e f uniform in the bathroom. 1 This person is in a movie. 2 She is knowing / knows it’s a great place for 2 This is the way into a place. c 3 This is a walk around a place to find out a people of all ages. d 3 Look! The baby is falling down / falls down. about it. b 4 This person buys something. Help him! 5 This is another word for a store. 4 Idon’t want / ’m not wanting to dress up in this 6 This person stays in a place a short time. silly costume! 5 Jack is thinking / thinks Hamleys is the best store a customer b visitor in the world. c tour 6 The store is open, so we ’re going in / go in now. d shop e actor LISTENING f entrance Listen to five people talking about buying things B Complete the sentences with these phrasal verbs. in different London stores. Match the speakers with dress up fall down go back the things. Be careful! There is one extra thing. go in put on take off Speaker 1 F Speaker 2 A 1 W e us ual ly take off our dirty shoes Speaker 3 E Speaker 4 D in the front hall. Speaker 5 C 2 The twins are one year old, and they often A a costume fall down because they can’t walk B a toy railway station C a red soccer ball very well. D pajamas E a toy train 3 The children mu s t dress up in F a storybook costumes for the party. SPEAKING 4 W e ca n’t go in because the door Talk to your partner about your favorite store. isn’t open. Students’ own answers 5 T h ey put on clean clothes every My favorite store is called Public. morning. It sells toys, books and games. 6 Oh no! Where’s my phone? Can we go back to the store and look for it? GRAMMAR Stative Verbs Some verbs don’t describe actions. They are called stative verbs. We don’t use them with the present continuous even when we are talking about something that is happening now. Some stative verbs describe emotions (hate, like, love, prefer, want) and others describe thinking (know, remember, think). We’re watching a scary movie. I hate it! “This is my sister, Jane.” “Yes, I remember her.” UNIT 1 LESSON 3 17

Lesson 4 READING A F ind and underline these words in the blog. What do they mean? See TB. cell difference post send waterproof Ted’s travelblog This week I’m in Boston, USA. I’m going on a tour on a swimming bus! 1 a Then it goes into the water ... and the bus is a boat! The best views are from the front! Does your town have a duck tour? What strange things do other towns have? COMMENTS Noratheexplorer I’m staying on Hideaway Island, Vanuatu. I want to send a postcard, and there is an unusual post office here. 2 b It has a flag above it. Visitors see the flag, and then they swim down under the water and post their special waterproof postcards. Like Worldvisitor I’m on the Isle of Unst in Scotland and I’m sitting at a bus stop with a difference! There’s an armchair, cushions and curtains. 3 e It’s possibly the most famous bus stop in the world! Like Roadtripper I’m visiting the fire station in Greenville, North Carolina, USA. There is a special fire truck here. It’s a fire truck, but it’s also an ambulance. 4 f Like Happytraveler I’m visiting an old building in Bristol, UK. A few years ago, it was a police station, but there aren’t any police officers here now, only teachers and students. 5 d The cells are now the library! Like B Read the blog and complete it with these sentences. Be careful! There is one extra sentence. a The bus goes along the road. d It’s an elementary school now. b It’s three meters under the sea! e It looks like a living room! c It’s very dangerous! f It can take one person to the hospital. 18 Amazing fact! D id you know that there are tours in Stockholm, Sweden where you climb up onto the roofs of buildings to see the city?

VOCABULARY Circle the correct words. A Find the stickers. See TB. 4 1 D o you stay / Are you staying on the island for a month? 1 2 Peter is talking / talks to the police officer now. 3 Mrs. Smith isn’t working / doesn’t work in an elementary school next year. 4 Do they swim / Are they swimming under water at the moment? 5 Doctors are helping / help people every day. 6 Inever am buying / buy postcards on my vacations. bus stop hospital JUST SAY it! 2 5 A  Listen to these words. What sound do the fire station elementary school pink letters have? They have an /uh/ sound. 3 6 about around brother does B  Now say these words. Circle the /uh/ sounds. Be careful! One of the words has two /uh/ sounds. Then listen and check your answers. some sofa famous pajamas SPEAKING post office police station Talk to your partner This is a hospital. There’s about the picture. See TB. an ambulance outside. B Circle the correct words. 1 The flag / sign on the door says, “No entrance.” 2 The visitor is writing a postcard / stamp to her friends. 3 My dad works at a hospital. He drives a(n) fire truck / ambulance. 4 Mom’s calling the police officer / doctor because Grandma feels sick. GRAMMAR WRITING Simple Present and Present Continuous W rite sentences in your notebook about the picture We use the simple present to talk about general in Speaking. See TB. truths, things we often do, and permanent situations. Post offices sell stamps. UNIT 1 LESSON 4 19 I don't send a present to my grandma every month. Is the police station behind the fire station? We use the present continuous for things that are happening now, for things that are happening for a short time or are temporary, and to talk about future plans. We are waiting at the bus stop at the moment. Are they staying at their grandparents’ house this summer? I’m not going on a tour of the palace tomorrow.

Skills Building GRAMMAR Complete the sentences with a, an, the or -. Articles 1 T h ere’s a bus stop in my village. We use a / an (indefinite article) with singular countable nouns The bus stop is in front of my house. when we talk about something or someone in general. She’s a girl from my town. 2 There’s a boy on the platform. He’s an actor. 3 T he pa lac e has an app for phones. We use the (definite article) with singular and plural countable 4 T h ere’s the museum! It’s my nouns, and with uncountable nouns, when we talk about something that we’ve already mentioned or something specific or unique. favorite. The girls are flying to Paris tonight. 5 I th ink - trips are fun and exciting. I want to travel around the world. 6 I feel like I’m wal king in the air! There’s a post office in my city. The post office is always busy. 7 E ve ry on e wears - pajamas at We don’t use an article with plural countable or uncountable nouns sleepovers. when we talk about something or someone in general. Cities are often noisy. You can't eat food on the subway. LISTENING it right! In some listening activities, you will hear A Listen and write the names. the spelling of a word. Listen to each letter carefully and write them down correctly. Be 1 _R _U _B _Y careful! When there are two letters the same, 2 _G _R _E _E _N _V _I _L _L _E for example pp, you will often hear double p. 3 _H _A _M _L _E _Y _S B C hoose three names of people or places from this C Listen and write. unit. Ask and answer about spelling with a partner. How do you spell “London”? L – O - N – D - O – N Field trip to Chester Zoo Bus is leaving: 1 nine/9 o’clock Lunch: a 2 picnic Tour of the zoo w it h: 3 Jennifer Explore the zoo with: the phone 4 app Important! paths . You must stay on the 5 20

SPEAKING it right! When you give directions (tell someone how to get to Look at the map. Ask for and give directions a place), use the imperative: Go straight ahead until with a partner. Use the phrases in the box. you get to the movie theater. Turn left after the park. Students’ own answers Giving directions Go up/down ... Go along .... Go straight ahead. Turn left/right. Go past the ... It's on your/the left/right. It's next to/behind/in front of the ... WRITING Excuse me. How do Go up George Street. Go past the park and I get to the bus stop? the bookstore and turn right. Then go along A C orrect the punctuation mistakes in these sentences. High Street. It's across from the stadium. What punctuation did they need? See TB. it right! 1 Visiting a fire station is really exciting? When you write in English, use capital 2 he is from london. letters, commas, apostrophes, 3 Is Hamleys the biggest toy store in the world. question marks, exclamation marks 4 They sell maps posters and mugs. and periods correctly. 5 She’s going on a sleepover She’s lucky 6 Its Jills birthday on Friday. B Read the postcard. Find six punctuation mistakes and correct them. C Write a postcard about a trip to a city. Use this plan See TB. Dear Sam, to help you. Don’t forget to check your punctuation Isb’iemscteainru.spIea’mritis’rswesaiotlhlyemxecnyijtpoinaygrinehgnetmrseya?snedlfmy when you finish! Students’ own answers Plan Dear / Hi / Hello ..., Paragraph 1: Write about Were staying in an amazing apartment the city you are in and the near the center of the city From our Sam Davis people you’re with. window we can see the River Seine! 4 North Road Kansas City, KS Paragraph 2: Write about TtrahoebedsotaEaayiutfwfrteaerlni’prTte.oaTwlvooiesnmrigtoiantrnhgrdeoawarnicvwaoereort’.lrmeFrugesoneicunhmg on where you are staying. USA 66101 Paragraph 3: Write about your activities today and tomorrow. Do you like this postcard. Love, / From, / Best wishes, … Love, Anna UNIT 1 SKILLS BUILDING 21

Review 1 VOCABULARY C Match. b A Read the words in the list. Are they people (P) or 1 There’s my favorite store! Let’s get c 2 The train to Atlanta is here. Let’s get i things (T)? 3 On my birthday, I always dress d 4 The street is icy. Be careful you don’t fall a 1 air T 7 customer P 5 The store doors are open. I want to go g 2 ground T 8 ambulance T 6 We have gym now. I have to put h 3 transportation T 9 doctor P 7 Hello. I’m looking f 4 passenger P 10 flag T 8 Oh, no, my umbrella! I have to go j 5 platform T 11 hospital T 9 Your socks are dirty. Take them e 6 actor P 12 visitor P 10 I know the movie isn’t real, but I feel B Complete the dialogues with the words in bold. a in and buy my friend a present. b off the bus! 1 entrance exit subway sign to the c on it. A: He llo . I s this the entrance d down! e like it is! subway ? f back to school to find it. g on my soccer uniform. B: N o , l oo k at the sign . It’s the h for the library. Can you help me? i up in a silly costume. exit . You can’t go in that door. j off and put them in the washing machine. 2 pull push railway station A: Pe op le always push me on the un d erg round railway . B: Yes , an d p eop le often pull D Complete the words in the paragraph. their big bags behind them at the train station and hit me with them! Hi! My name is Emily. I live in Ottawa. Ottawa is 3 bus stop take miss remember tour the 1 c _a _p _i _t _a _l of Canada. My mom is a po li ce 2 o _f _f _i _c _e _r . She works A: D o y ou remember what time the in a p ol ice 3 s _t _a _t _i _o _n . My dad is a fire fi gh te r. He works in a 4 f _i _r _e station ci ty tour starts? I don’t want to an d h e dr ives a big red fire 5 t _r _u _c _k . My au nt w or ks in a post 6 o _f _f _i _c _e . She miss the bus. 7 s _e _l _l _s th ings like 8 s _t _a _m _p _s an d 9 p _o _s _t _c _a _r _d _s . My uncle is a B: It starts at three-thirty. tea ch er . H e works in an 10 e _l _e _m _e _n _t _a _r _y school. He’s A: O h, n o. It ’s 3:2 0! Le t’s ru n to the bus stop my teacher! to take the bus now! 4 explore invite trip map picnic travel A: Is it a lo ng trip to London, Mom? B: Y es, it is , but we ’ll travel by train. It’s a lo t of fun . Dad has a map to help us when we get there. We want to explore Kew Gardens. I’m making a picnic for us to eat! Do you want to invite a friend? A: Oh, yes please! 22

Song GRAMMAR A Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses. Use the simple present or the present continuous. 1 Fire fi gh te rs often save (often save) people. 2 “ Do you go ele me ntar y sc ho ol?” “Yes, I (you / go) to this 3 “ Are they traveling do .” (they / travel) to Copenhagen at the moment?” “No, they aren’t .” 4 My ca t never looks for (never look for) mice in our yard. 5 “ Is Amy walking (Amy / walk) to sch ool th is we ek?” “Yes, s he is .” 6 I don’t go in (not go in) that entrance when I use the subway because there are lots of stairs. 7 Mr. Jo n es is getting on the bus now. (get on) 8 My au nt isn’t visiting (not visit) Detroit next week. B Choose the correct answers. City life 1 Maria big cities. This is the center of the city. a is loving b loves It is noisy and it’s busy. 2 I that’s the way to the underground railway. There are people on the bus. a don’t think b ’m not thinking They are on the subway. 3 I sometimes on the icy city streets. They are going to work. a am falling down b fall down They are visiting the stores. 4 Look! A famous actor the plane! a is getting off b gets off Everyone is busy here. 5 George to buy a poster for his sister. City life is lots of fun! a wants b is wanting 6 We the town at the moment. This is the park in the city. a ’re exploring b explore It is green and it’s pretty. There are trees and paths. C Circle the correct answers. There are fish in the river. We are sitting on the grass. 1 Everyone dresses up in - / the costumes on this day. We are having a picnic. 2 Here’s the / an map of the city. We need it for our tour. Everything is pretty here. 3 We think the / - sleepovers are silly and boring. 4 There’s a / the police station in my town. A / The City life is lots of fun! police station is on Elm Street. REVIEW 1 & SONG 23 5 There’s an / a palace in the / - country. 6 There’s - / an ambulance in front of the / an hospital. 7 We always put a blanket on the / - ground when we have a picnic. watch this! See TB Which countries are in the video? What are their capitals?

CLIL: Geography A Do you know the flags of these countries? Write the names of the countries under the correct flags. Australia Brazil Canada China Egypt Greece India Japan South Africa Spain UK USA 123 4 Egypt Brazil UK Greece 56 7 8 China USA South Africa Canada 9 10 11 12 India Japan Spain Australia B  What do we call people from the countries in A? Write the nationalities in the table. Then listen and check. -ian -n Nationalities -ish -k Egyptian -ese British Greek Brazilian South African Spanish Canadian American Chinese Indian Japanese Australian C Imagine you are from one of the countries in A. Tell your partner Project: WORLD FLAGS what color your country’s flag is. You partner will guess which Choose any country in the world and country you are from. Students’ own answers draw its flag. Label the flag with the name of the country and the My country’s flag is red and white. Are you from Japan? nationality of the people there. Put your flags in the correct places on a No, I’m not. I’m not Japanese. Are you from Canada? map of the world. Yes, I am. I’m Canadian. 24

Unusual towns and cities CULTURE around the world a b A Look at the photos. Which countries do you think c these towns and cities are in? Students’ own answers B Now read these paragraphs about unusual towns and cities around the world and match them to the photos in A. 1 c Coober Pedy C R ead the paragraphs again and circle T (true) or Coober Pedy is a small town in Australia. It is an opal mining town. Opals are beautiful stones. We F (false). find them underground. Coober Pedy is unusual because most of its buildings are underground, too. 1 All the buildings in Coober Pedy are T/F This is because this town is in a very hot desert. underground. The underground buildings stay cool all day. There 2 It is hot inside the buildings in Coober Pedy. T / F are houses, stores, a post office, a museum and a 3 You get around around Venice in your car. T / F hospital in the town. About 3,500 people live in 4 Lots of people visit Venice. T/F Coober Pedy. Visitors like to go there on vacation. 5 Thames Town doesn’t look like a Chinese town. T / F 6 Nobody lives in Thames Town. T/F 2 a Venice Venice is an old city in Italy. It is on lots of small D Ask and answer with a partner. Students’ own answers islands and you use boats on the canals to get around. There are water buses, water taxis and the • Is there anything unusual about your town or city? famous gondolas, too. Lots of visitors go to Venice • What buildings are there? every year to explore the city and see the beautiful • What do you like best about it? buildings and palaces. Venice is a beautiful city, but • How can people get around your town or city? there are problems when it rains because the streets and squares are full of water. take it home! 25 Tell your family about the unusual 3 b Thames Town towns and cities, which one is Thames Town is a very new town in China. It looks your favorite and why. like a British town, and its name comes from the River Thames in London. Its houses, streets and stores look like they are British, and it has red phone booths, too. Lots of people go there to take their wedding photos. Lots of the houses belong to rich people, but they don’t live there all the time, so Thames Town is very quiet.

The Amazing Kids 2 Hi Grandpa. These are my friends Episode 1: A summer vacation Feather, Dash and Rocky. 1 I see the island. Look! There it is. Hello everyone. Welcome to our island. Our vacation is starting! We’re here! Hooray! Is your grandpa meeting us? Yes. He’s coming in his van. I love your van, ... um ... Grandpa? 4 That afternoon 5 The sea looks amazing. Can we go swimming tomorrow? Good idea, Rocky! Maybe we can go scuba diving with Grandpa! This is an amazing place. Do you Yes, I do. come here every summer, Cat? I love it here. I love the ice cream here. It tastes good! Look at that boat! It’s moving very fast. 26

3 Yes, that’s fine. You can all call me Grandpa. Good idea. We can walk there. What do you want to do this afternoon? It’s small, but it’s very pretty. I want to see the town. Do you need some help, Rocky? No thanks. 6 Aah! What are they doing? 7 The boat is called Lady Litterbug. Who are those people? Ha ha ha! EPISODE 1 27

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