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St ra i g h t f o r ward Beginner
PORTFOLIO
page
Before you start
Me 3
Language passport 4–5
English words I know 6
My English 7
Needs analysis 8
My dossier 62
Answers 63
My country
My family
I like J …
the sun
Stick a photo
of your fam
ily here.
football
TV
food
My friends
music
films
My teachers
My teachers are
.
My school subjects
Examinations Qualifications
My other languages (1 = L, 2 = K, 3 = J
):
Language:
Speaking 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Writing 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Listening 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Reading 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
Canada
England
Scotland
Ireland
Wales
USA
Australia
New Zealand
International words
taxi
Everyday conversation
goodbye
Computer words
internet
Other words
football
Which are the most important for you? Mark them with a V.
My coursebook is nice. The pictures are good. The grammar is not very
difficult for me.
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Winnie the Pooh
1a Hello. Goodbye.
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand greetings.
I can say hello to other people.
I can introduce myself and ask for other people’s names.
I can pronounce some popular English names.
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ent Business studen
Language stud
Personal profile
d Beginner
CARD
My name is
Here is your Straightforward student
card. Complete the information. I am studying
ge is
STUDENT My first langua
Straightforwar
ess is
My email addr
Signature
Hello
Number the conversation 1 to 5.
Jessica. What’s your name?
Bye.
1 Hello.
I’m Joshua. Goodbye.
Hi. What’s your name?
Contractions
Add these contractions to the sentences. English names
Find the English names.
3 Hello. I Emily.
‘ ’
4 My name Jim.
Where is the good in goodbye?
10 Anonymous
My friends
Stick photos of your friends and complete the sentences.
Countries Puzzle
How many countries can you write in English? Make a sentence and a question with
these words.
Today’s lesson
Write six new words or phrases from today’s
lesson.
you where are from?
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Numbers
Circle the numbers 1 to 10. Two letters are wrong. Correct the mistakes.
fif etwofoursix
ev en
s
en e t
nine
eichtonet hre
Questions
Write five different questions in English.
(You can use the words many times.)
1 ?
2 ?
3 ?
4 ?
5 ?
‘What’s your number?’
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1d Review
Can do (tick 3)
I can read and understand simple biographical information.
I can greet people and say hello and goodbye. Nice to meet you.
I can write a short conversation in English. Where are you
I can use the present simple of the verb to be. from?
Famous people
Match the people to the countries.
Today
Spelling
Complete the sentence about your day.
Find four words from
lesson 1d.
bad difficult good fantastic OK easy
BERMUN
Today is a day, because EPOHN
ICTPERU
.
ACEHTRE
Diary
Write about your English lessons, your coursebook and your teacher.
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2a The hotel
Can do (tick 3)
I can introduce myself to a hotel receptionist.
I can pronounce the letters of the alphabet.
I can spell names.
I can count from one to twenty.
A
B
The hotel for me C
Which is the hotel for you? Why?
International hotels
Correct the spelling mistakes.
Alphabet puzzle
Which two letters are in the wrong group?
/eI/ A H J K
/i…/ B C D E G P S V
/e/ F L M N T X Z
Acronyms
Match the acronyms to their meanings.
1 UN Unidentified Flying Object
2 CIA World Health Organization
3 UFO United Nations
4 WHO Central Intelligence Agency
1
2b Hotel room
Can do (tick 3)
I can say the names of common objects.
I can use this/that/here/there to ask about an object.
I can ask what the English name is for things.
I can understand a hotel porter describing a hotel room.
What’s that?
Complete the sentences.
4 It’s a
It’s a
It’s a . 5 It’s a
It’s a . 6 It’s a .
Mistakes
Correct the mistake in each line.
1
2c The café
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand food and drink vocabulary on a menu.
I can order food and drink in a café.
I can talk about objects in the singular or plural.
I can use the indefinite article a/an.
Drinks
Number the drinks 1 to 5 (1 = J, 5 = L
).
a or an?
Three of these are incorrect. Correct them.
ilkpteaw
lsm et g b eerwz
pr r e zto
ow ate p
inelcoffe eyew
1
‘ If this is coffee, please bring me some tea,
but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.
’
Abraham Lincoln (US president, 1809–1865)
2d Review
Can do (tick 3) I’d like a lamp
and a key, please.
I can spell words.
I can count to twenty.
I can ask what words are in English.
I can ask for a drink or food in a café.
At reception
Complete the conversation.
Receptionist: Good morning.
Mr Smith: Hello. My 1 is Mr Smith.
Receptionist: Ah yes. Mr Smith. How 2 you?
Mr Smith: Fine, 3
. I’d like my key, please.
My 4 number 726.
is
Receptionist: Yes, 726. Here’s your 5 .
Mr Smith: Thank you. Oh. I’d 6 a coffee.
Receptionist: One coffee?
Mr Smith: Yes, 7 .
Diary
What can you do very well from Units 1 and 2? What is difficult for you?
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3a Emergency workers
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand the names of some jobs in English.
I can ask about someone’s job.
I can use to be (affirmative) to talk about my nationality and job.
I can pronounce/d Z/, /d/, /r/ and /tS/.
Questions
Write three questions with these words. Then answer the questions.
Contractions Pronunciation
Add these contractions to the sentences. Underline the/d Z/sounds and circle the/tS/
sounds.
’m ’s ’re A: What do you do?
B: I’m a driver in Germany and
1 They doctors. Jin’s a teacher from China.
A: Oh, look over there! Food.
2 We from Brazil.
B: Mmm. I’d like a cheese sandwich.
3 David a teacher.
4 You a student.
5 I a taxi driver. I’d like a coffee
Excuse me,
I’m a doctor. and a croissant,
6 The job in China. please.
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3b International train
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand a short conversation.
I can talk about the colours of an object.
I can use to be (negative) to correct simple statements.
I can use short forms of the verb to be (contractions).
My country’s flag
Complete the sentence with colours.
My country’s flag is . . .
Geography quiz
Correct these sentences.
1 China is in Africa.
2 Tokyo is the capital of China.
3 The Italian flag is red, white and blue.
4 São Paulo is a large city in Asia.
5 Sydney and Melbourne are in the USA.
Nationalities
Complete these nationalities.
P l s h r e c
I t i a n r m n
New words
How do you remember new words? The train is late again.
Tick (3) the things you do.
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‘ The only way to catch a train is to miss the train before.
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G.K. Chesterton (English writer, 1874–1936) 19
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3c International school
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand information about a school.
I can use to be to ask questions and give yes/no answers.
I can name the days of the week.
I can ask for information about a word and say I don’t understand.
My school
Complete the sentences for you.
On Monday .
On Friday .
On Saturday .
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On Sunday .
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‘ Life is my college.
Louisa May Alcott (American author, 1832–1888)
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Date:
3d Review
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand some information about a football
match in a television guide.
I can use short answers with the verb to be.
I can say my job.
I can say where I’m from.
Sports
Number the sports 1 to 5 (1 = J, 5 = L
).
My journey is because . . .
Jobs puzzle
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Circle six jobs. am
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driv
actors tu
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Diary
Is your English class good?
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Numbers quiz
Use these numbers to answer the questions.
Q
one hundred and one ninety-five sixty-three eighty-eight
4 I’m forty-th
ree.
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My wife is
fifty-two.
y
twenty-nine. M ber of Our total a
I’m ge is
1 sister is thir ty
-fo
is
ur.
2 Mar y is
fifty. 3
The num
players
in eight .
Our total age Jim is fift teams is
. y-one. football .
Their tota
l age is
.
fourteen sixty
fifteen
thirteen
forty eighty
Puzzle
Make two questions from lesson 4 A with these words.
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Everyone is the age of their heart.
Guatemalan proverb
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Date:
4b Family album
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand family words.
I can understand a family webpage.
I can use possessive ’s to talk about family connections.
I can pronounce /´/.
My family
Make a webpage about your family. Use the words at the bottom of the webpage.
This is my . My . I’m .
’s or not?
Add ’ where necessary.
1
’
This is Peter s house.
2 My parents are teachers.
4 Whats the answer?
5 I’m 26 years old.
3 Shes a taxi driver. 6 Katys computer is old. 23
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Where are these things? myp
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In my wallet
…
phone
umbrella photographs
money
glasses
keys
mobile
ID card
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br
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Housemates
Who are your housemates? Write about one or
two of their personal possessions.
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4d Review
Can do (tick 3)
I can count to 100.
I can talk about how old things are.
I can talk about my family.
I can say where things are.
Diary
What can you do very well from Units 3 and 4? What are your problems?
Grammar
Match the grammar words to the examples.
1 pronoun 2 main verb 3 possessive 4 preposition 5 negative
not it on be ’s
How many?
2
Q Q
Letter ‘a’ day
in the
Write the numbers. in one
word Can Hours
adian
4 5 Photos on
page
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38 of the
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People in a
1 football team
Student’s
Book
3 Q
Days in a week
2
5a World of work
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand basic biographical information in a text.
I can use the present simple to talk about work and life.
I can decide who is likely to say some sentences.
I can use the third person ‘s’ ending in the present simple.
Who am I?
Who are these people?
A B
tfy
I live in Washington DC.
I live in a large white house.
I live in a very large house in London.
I work in that building.
I’m a woman.
I go to my office on foot.
I meet thousands of people.
I’m very rich.
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Technology words
Circle three technology words.
mbyt zzprinterot
tfyuid i t e
igit b s
alc w e
am l p
era u b
hgrst
My technology
Which of these things do you have at home? Which is your favourite?
Sentence puzzle
Make three sentences from lesson 5B with these words.
1 email don’t an I address have
2 doesn’t home she at computer have a
3 computer the a teacher has
This is great...
but what does it do?
5c New job
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand people talking about their work.
I can ask someone questions about their job.
I can give short answers to do/does questions.
I can use adjectives to describe how I feel about different jobs.
Describe a job
Make sentences with these words.
5d Review
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand basic biographical information in a text.
I can understand symbols in emails.
I can find information in a text.
I can ask and answer questions about work and home.
Dogs
I hate dogs.
Which of these sentences are true for you? I prefer cats.
I have a dog. Dogs are man’s best friend. I’m afraid of dogs.
I like dogs.
Ideal job
What is your ideal job? What do you want to be? Why?
Diary
Write down five things you want to remember from Unit 5.
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Morning or night?
Are you a morning person or a night person? Why? Write three sentences.
My house
Correct these sentences.
At 7.30 am I never .
At 11.00 am I sometimes .
At 5.00 pm I hardly ever
At 5.00 pm .
At 11.00 pm I often .
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Night time is really the best time to work. All the ideas are
there to be yours because everyone else is asleep.
’
Catherine O’Hara (Canadian actress, 1954–)
6b Free time
Can do (tick ✓)
I can understand notices about free time activities.
I can ask present simple wh- questions to find out about someone’s life.
I can answer questions about free time activities.
I can tell the time.
Free time
What do you like to do in your free time?
Activities
What are these free time activities?
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A ball. Two go
1 22 players.
One referee.
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2 Two kings. Two
queens. Black and
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b a ll. Eig e white squares.
A .An
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3 holes ain.
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walk
4 Pages.
Q
A good story.
5 MPeuospicle. .
Q
Salsa.
Verbs
Match the verbs to the endings.
(More than one answer is possible.)
1 play a Russian
Times 2 watch b my parents
Answer these questions. 3 open c a story
When do you eat lunch?
4 read d tennis
When do you start work? 5 talk e how to dance
When do you get up? 6 don’t know f the door
When do you go to bed? 7 meet g to friends
When do you do exercise? 8 learn h a film
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6c Eating habits
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand questions in a survey.
I can ask questions and talk about eating habits.
I can use how often to ask about habits and routines.
I can pronounce the names of English words on food labels.
My favourite food
Write a lunch menu with your favourite food.
Food puzzle
Find ten food and drink words ( and ).
S R Y T O A S T F
O N T P P H I S R
U E G S A L A D U
P C R U S N G N I
M I L K T C E D T
R A W R A B T N D
E C H I C K E N E
W A T E R O A O O
E I C E C R E A M
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6d Review
Can do (tick 3)
I can ask the time.
I can tell the time.
I can say what I do on a typical morning.
I can talk about different foods.
Questions
Write three questions you would like to ask your teacher.
Food
Find five foods.
Diary
You are halfway through Straightforward Beginner. How is the course? Is your English getting better?
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‘ The stomach rules the mind.
Spanish Proverb
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Weekend break
Which of these cities would you like to visit for a
weekend break? Why?
Places
Which things are not in the correct place?
Example: Bedroom: bed car desk lamp chair
1 Train station: timetables passengers signs castles trains
2 Airport: passports receptionists shops planes taxis
3 Beach: sea children fish windows sun
4 Hotel: bedrooms bar restaurant lift bridge
Which town?
Can you remember which town these things are in?
Write P (for Prague), St (for St Petersburg) or B (for Barcelona).
Do you know?
Answer the questions. Write Prague, St Petersburg or Barcelona.
1 Which town is called Praha by the people who live there?
2 In which town is there a famous long street called La Rambla?
3 Which town’s old names are Leningrad and Petrograd?
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Milton Berle (American comedian & actor, 1908 – 2002)
7b A good neighbourhood
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand people talking about the location of a flat.
I can talk about a simple map.
I can use there is / there are in the negative.
I can make questions using Is there? / Are there?
Near my home
Tick (3) the things near your home.
hospital park supermarket cinema bank restaurant
school theatre railway station museum bus stop swimming pool
What people do
Correct the sentences.
1 People play football in a bank.
2 People buy food in a cinema.
3 People watch films in a supermarket.
4 People change money in a park.
b a t i f l
easy
happy e p n v
noisy g y
c h p
interesting quiet
f e n y
boring
lt
difficu
unhappy
3
1 understand I don’t
2 only English I little a speak
3 speak sorry I’m don’t I English
Two words
Match the two words that go together.
book
Example:
city
train station identity
book card
• York is the city with the most ghosts in Europe. For
example, a worker in an old
building saw a whole Roman army walk through the
room. The building was over
an old Roman road.
• The huge cathedral took over 25O years to build.
• Here is an exciting tourist attraction: Go on a
tour of historic toilets!
• In York, an old law says that you can shoot a
person from Scotland with an arrow after dark
(but we don’t recommend that you do it)!
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7d Review
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand short conversations about objects.
I can use there is / there are to talk about the existence of things.
I can use a set of adjectives to describe things.
I can ask questions about the location of places.
When I travel …
Which things are important to you when you travel to another country? Number these things 1 to
5 (1 = very important, 5 = not very important).
MOST INTEREST
ING
PLACES TO VISIT
Diary
Is your English good enough for a weekend break in an English-speaking country? Do you want
to travel to English-speaking countries? Which ones?
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8a Remakes
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand dates (years).
I can understand the main facts in a magazine article.
I can say when and where I was born.
I can use was/were to talk about past situations.
Films I like
How much do you like these kinds of film? Give each a mark out of 5 (1 = I don’t like this kind of
film at all, 5 = I like this type of film very much).
Birthdays
Write about your family and friends.
When were they born?
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‘ I like a film to have a beginning, a middle
and an end, but not necessarily in that order.
’
Jean-Luc Godard (French film director, 1930–)
8b Crime scene!
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand a dialogue from a TV programme.
I can talk about my favourite television programmes.
I can use was/were to ask and answer questions about
past situations.
I can talk about the past.
TV Characters
Can you match these characters to the TV programmes?
1 Jack Bauer a Friends
2 Mulder and Scully b Star Trek (The Next Generation)
3 Dr Gil Grissom c 24
4 Rachel Green and Chandler Bing d Lost
5 Dr Jack Shephard and John Locke e CSI
6 Jean-Luc Picard and Data f X Files
Last year
Answer these questions about your home town last year.
1 Were there many tourists in your town?
2 Was there snow?
3 Were there any big crimes in your town?
8c That’s my opinion
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand people’s opinions.
I can ask about likes and dislikes.
I can give my opinion on different topics.
I can understand adjectives of opinion in reviews.
swimming
jogging
doing homework
cleaning my room
0
8d Review
Can do (tick 3)
I can say when and where people were born.
I can ask about likes and dislikes.
I can talk about things I like and dislike.
I can understand and compare information in biographies.
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h e so n of a famou .
Clooney & Sutherland 1 He
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is th
t t a hospital
d i n a T V series abou
Can you remember which 2 He starre
in 1961.
of these facts are about 3 He was born
in America.
George Clooney and which 4 He was born
are about Kiefer Sutherland? n 24.
5 He starred i nald.
s called Do
6 His father i Robin.
ac te d i n B atman and
7 He n films.
ar te d a cting work i
Likes & dislikes 8 H e st
Answer these questions.
Who is your favourite actor?
Was your dinner good last night?
What is your favourite building?
What was your favourite film last year?
Do you like today’s weather?
Kiefer Sutherland
Beautiful words and his father
Diary
How often do you use English on your computer? Do you look at English language websites?
1
Number quiz
Q
Can you match the answers to the correct numbers?
India
Can you remember?
2 What is the
currency called? 4 What is Chai?
1 What was
the old name
3 What is the 5 Where is the
of Mumbai? capital? Taj Mahal?
Sentence matches
Find at least two possible endings for each sentence beginning.
2
Musical instruments
How many words for musical instruments
do you know in English? Make a list.
The Beatles
What are your favourite Beatles songs? Why?
My taste in music
Give these kinds of music a mark out of 5 (1 = I don’t like this kind of music at all, 5 = I like this
type of music very much).
blues
jazz country Rock
HEAVY METAL
/5 /5 /5 /5 /5
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‘ Children and animals understand my music best.
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Igor Stravinsky (Russian composer, 1882–1971) 3
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9c A national holiday
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand descriptions of national holidays.
I can ask questions about important dates.
I can say the date.
I can use prepositions to talk about dates and times.
Q 2
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India became
1 Man first
walked on independent
the Moon
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My important dates
Write five dates that are important in your life.
Say why they are important.
9d Review
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand numbers in a radio programme.
I can talk about dates in the year that are important to me.
I can understand and say large numbers.
I can use some irregular verbs in the past tense.
Important dates
Which of these dates are public holidays in your country? Add two more.
01MAY 01 25 07
DEC M
JAN AR
Diary
Do you still feel like a Beginner or are you nearly ready to move up to Elementary?
Weekends
Which of these weekend activities do you like? Which ones don’t you like?
washing the car doing the shopping staying in bed watching TV
going to a restaurant cooking a meal cutting the grass
Last weekend
Make sentences from lesson 10A with these words.
1 his the cleaned man car
2 away the her woman went family with
3 had the boring woman a weekend
4 didn’t the shopping man do the
Pronunciation
Can you find five /eI/ sounds and five /aI/ sounds in these sentences?
‘ Give a man a fish and he has food for a day;
teach him how to fish and you can get
rid of him for the entire weekend.
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Q
More quiz questions
Was or did?
Complete the questions with was or did. Can you answer the questions?
1 Who the star of Mission Impossible 1, 2 and 3?
2 Who Ann Darrow meet on Skull Island?
3 Who Lee Harvey Oswald shoot in Dallas, Texas?
4 What book JRR Tolkien write in 1954 and 1955?
5 Who Luke Skywalker’s father?
6 What Nelson Mandela become after he was free from prison?
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Shopping
Which of these shops do you visit? Write 1 to 5 in the boxes. (1 = I visit this type of shop
very often. 5 = I never visit this type of shop.)
In my city
Write three sentences about the best places to go
shopping in your city.
Puzzle
Find four shopping words.
hops tassinsat
Joke
redpattmen trose
Shopping tip
drecit crad – you can get
shoes for 85
cents at the
ghacning moro
bowling alley.
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We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls.
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Bill Bryson (American author in Neither Here Nor There, 1951 –)
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Date:
10d Review
Can do (tick 3)
I can say what I did last weekend.
I can use language to make guesses.
I can say prices.
I can ask about things in a shop and find out prices.
At the shops
Number the conversation 1 to 9.
There it is. On the second shelf.
Yes, of course. Thank you. Goodbye.
1 Excuse me? Do you have Lord of the Rings?
Thanks. Goodbye.
The book, please.
It’s £14.99.
Can I pay by credit card?
Do you want the book or the DVD?
Ah yes. Thanks. How much is it?
Diary
How do you remember words? Do you make lists of words? Do you organize words in some way?
Is learning vocabulary easy for you?
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I can …
Mark what you can do on this meter. (0 = I can’t do it. 1 = I can do it badly. 2 = I can do it quite
well. 3 = I can do it very well.)
Write ten more things you can do and ten things you can’t do.
I can CANDE OGNAT.
I can YALP HET RATGUI.
I can MISW OWT OMKISLETRE.
I can PETY RYVE STAF.
I can GNIS TABLEES GNOSS.
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11b Glastonbury
Can do (tick 3)
I can understand details in telephone conversations.
I can talk about organizations.
I can talk about festivals.
I can use the present continuous to talk about things happening now.
Music festival
Think about the perfect music festival. What kind of
music is it? What bands and other entertainers are there?
What about food and accommodation? Make notes.
My favourite painting
What is your favourite painting? What is in the picture? Who painted it? When did he/she paint
it? Where did you see it? Why do you like it?
Artists
Match the artists to their art.
1 Vincent Van Gogh a The Night Watch
2 Claude Monet b Mona Lisa (La Giaconda)
3 Leonardo da Vinci c David
4 Pablo Picasso d Girl with a Pearl Earring
5 Rembrandt e Water lilies
6 Johannes Vermeer f Guernica
7 Michelangelo g Starry night
Memory test
Close your Student’s Book. Can you remember the painting of Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy in
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My painting
Draw a picture or painting. Describe it to a friend. Can they draw it without looking at your picture?
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‘ Why do people think artists are special? It’s just another job.
Andy Warhol (American pop artist, 1928–1987)
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Date:
11d Review
Can do (tick 3)
I can ask someone questions about a picture or a painting.
I can describe a picture or a painting.
I can talk about ability.
I can talk about what I am doing at the moment.
Writing a CV
Imagine that you are looking for a job.
Write five things that you can do well.
Music festivals
What music festivals are there in your
country? Which ones do you go to?
Word puzzle
Complete these words from lesson 11D.
p n t n g
p c r e
n t e v w
p n t r
Diary
How many people did you speak to today? What did
you talk about? Write about who you spoke to and what you talked about.
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Mobile phones
When do you turn off your mobile phone? Tick (3) the boxes.
to talk to my friends.
to send text messages.
as an alarm clock.
to surf the internet.
to listen to music.
Puzzle
Write four telephone phrases.
to I speak can Mike? a can message? I take call you would like back? to there? is Sandra
Text messages
Can you read these text messages? Write them in normal English.
C U l8r How r u?
Airport words
Imagine that you are going to fly from London to New York.
Number these things in the order you do them.
Blog: my plans
The course is almost finished. What are you going to do after the course? Write a blog about your
plans using be going to.
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‘ I hate goodbyes. I know what I need. I need more hellos.
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Charles M. Schulz (Snoopy cartoonist, 1922–2000)
17/12/06 1:00:46 pm
Date:
12d Review
Can do (tick 3)
I can ask to speak to someone on the phone.
I can leave a message on the phone.
I can talk about future plans.
I can say that I’m not a beginner anymore!
Wrong words
Correct these sentences. Use a word from one of the other sentences.
1 My grandmother is sitting in a painting.
2 The Czech runner won the silver blog.
3 I can’t play the exam but I can play the piano.
4 Every evening I go to my computer and write my medal.
5 My favourite wheelchair is ‘Sunflowers’ by Van Gogh.
6 Good luck with your English guitar tomorrow!
Diary
It is the end of the course! Which lesson did you enjoy the most? Which language was the most
useful for you? Which grammar was the most difficult? How do you feel about your English now?
Are you ready to start Straightforward Elementary?
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1 Where is the United Nations 7 What kind of food can you get at the
International School (lesson 3C)? Golden Dragon Restaurant in lesson 8C?
a Paris a Chinese
b New York b Italian
c London c Thai
2 What were Milo and Bertie in 8 What is the most beautiful word in
lesson 5D? the English language according to the
a cats British Council survey (lesson 8D)?
b birds a passion
c dogs b love
c mother
6 What was the first James Bond film 12 Where is the music festival in lesson
(lesson 8A)? 11B?
a Goldfinger a Glastonbury
b From Russia with Love b Edinburgh
c Dr No c London
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Reading
• Try to read something in English every day (internet web pages, news items on
news websites, magazine articles).
• Watch movies in your own language with English subtitles.
I often read . . .
Listening
• Watch English movies and DVDs with English subtitles.
• Listen to radio news items on internet radio.
I often listen to . . .
Writing
• Write emails and text messages to your friends in English.
• Write messages on internet forums.
I write these things in English . . .
Vocabulary
• Keep a vocabulary notebook. Write down interesting and useful new words that
you meet when you read or listen to English.
I practise vocabulary by . . .
Grammar
• Look back over the grammar in your Student’s Book and test yourself.
• Practise trying to use more difficult structures when you speak English.
I practise grammar by . . .
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