G verb be + , subject pronouns: I, you, etc.

V days of the week, numbers 0–20, greetings Hi, I’m Mike.

P vowel sounds, word stress What’s your name?

1A
Hannah. Nice to

My name’s Hannah, not Anna

meet you.

1 LISTENING & SPEAKING

a 12 Look at the pictures. Listen and number them 1–4.

A B

C D

b Listen again and complete the gaps. c Complete the gaps with a word from the list.
1 A Hi, I’m Mike. What’s your 1 ? Fine Hi I’m… Thanks Bye
B Hannah.
A 2 ?
Hello =
B Hannah! My name’s… =
Very well =
2 A What’s your phone 3 ? Thank you =
B It’s 7894 132 456. Goodbye =
A 4 . See you on Saturday. Bye.
B Goodbye. d 1 3 Listen and repeat some phrases from the dialogue.
Copy the rhythm.
3 A 5 , Mum. This is Hannah.
B 6 . Nice to meet you. e 1 4 In groups of three, practise the dialogues with the
C Nice to 7 you, Anna. sound effects. Change roles.
B 8 name’s Hannah.
f Introduce yourself to other students.
C Sorry, Hannah.
Hello, I’m Antonio.
4 A Hi, 9 . You’re early! What’s your name? Carla. Nice to meet you.
B Hello, Mrs Archer. How are 10 ?
C I’m very well, 11 you, Anna. And you?
B 12 , thanks.
A It’s Hannah, Mum.

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 2 GRAMMAR verb be + , subject pronouns 4 VOCABULARY
a Complete the sentences with are, is, or am. days of the week, numbers 0–20

I’m Mike. = I Mike.

My name’s Hannah. = My name Hannah.
You’re early. = You early.
It’s 7894 132 456. = It 7894 132 456.

b p.124 Grammar Bank 1A. Learn more about verb

be + and subject pronouns, and practise them.

c 16 Listen and repeat the pronouns and contractions.

d 17 Listen. Say the contraction. I am I’m

e In pairs, try to remember the names in your class.

Say He’s / She’s .

f Stand up and speak to other students.

Hi Carla. How are you? Fine thanks. And you?

3 PRONUNCIATION
vowel sounds, word stress
a 18 Listen and repeat the words and sounds. a Look at the picture. Can you remember what Mike and
Hannah say?

b p.148 Vocabulary Bank Days and numbers. Do

parts 1 and 2.
fish tree cat egg train bike
it he am very they I c 1 12 Listen and say the next day or number.
this we thanks well name Hi Monday, Tuesday Wednesday
meet Bye
d What’s your phone number? What day is it today?
b p.166 Sound Bank. Look at the example words and And tomorrow?
spellings for the sounds in a.

Word stress 5 LISTENING & SPEAKING

Multi-syllable words have one stressed syllable.
a 1 13 Listen. Where are they? Write 1–6 in the boxes.
so|rry good|bye Sa|tur|day
airport Gate number
c 19 Listen and underline the stressed syllable in
sandwich bar euros cents
these words.
hotel Room
air|port com|pu|ter e|mail ka|ra|te
museum Closed on
ho|tel mu|se|um sa|lad te|nnis
taxi Manchester Road
pas|ta in|ter|net bas|ket|ball sand|wich
school Classes on and
d Write the words from c in the chart.
b Listen again. Write a number or a day in each space.
food technology sports places
c 1 14 Listen and respond.
Hello. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.

e In pairs, write more words that you know in each

column. How do you pronounce them?

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 G verb be ? and –
V the world, numbers 21–100 Where are
P /ə/, /tʃ/, /ʃ/, /dʒ/; sentence stress you from?
I’m from

1B
Ireland.

All over the world

1 VOCABULARY the world

a Can you name three countries in English? 1 Where are these capital cities?
a Canberra
b Prague
b p.149 Vocabulary Bank The world.
c Warsaw
c 1 17 Listen. Say the nationality. d Ankara
e Edinburgh
Scotland Scottish

d In pairs, do the quiz. 2 What country is the money from?

a the dollar
b the yuan
Useful phrases
c the rouble
I think it’s in Italy.
d the pound
I think it’s Russian, but I’m not sure.
e the yen

R
THE WO3 LD QU IZ
What country is the food from?
2 PRONUNCIATION /ə/, /tʃ/, /ʃ/, /dʒ/ a tapas
b goulash
c pasta
The /ə/ sound
d tacos
The /ə/ sound is the most common vowel
sound in English. The /ə/ sound has many
different spellings, e.g. Hello, Saturday, Britain
4 What nationality are the flags?
a
a 1 20 Listen and repeat the words and
b
sounds.
c
American Argentinian
computer
Scotland Switzerland d

b 1 21 Listen and repeat the sound pictures

and sentences. Practise with a partner. 5 1 18 What national anthem
is it? Write the nationality.
a c
1 chess Charles is Czech, not b d
French.

2 shower She’s Polish or Russian.

6 1 19 What language is it?
Write a–d in the boxes.
Turkish Russian
I’m not sure.
Chinese Irish (Gaelic)
3 jazz We’re German and
they’re Japanese.
Languages
c p.166 Sound Bank. Look at the example The word for a language is usually the same as the
words and spellings for the sounds in a and b. nationality adjective, e.g. in Italy the language is Italian.

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 3 GRAMMAR verb be ? and – 4 PRONUNCIATION & SPEAKING
a 1 22 Cover the dialogues. Listen to three interviews sentence stress
in London. Which countries are the people from?
Sentence stress
b Read the dialogues. Complete with I’m, I’m not, are, In sentences we stress the important words.
aren’t, is, or isn’t. Where’s she from? She’s from China .

1 A Are you English? a 1 25 Listen and repeat. Copy the rhythm.

B No, English. 1 A Where are you from?
[AW photo of a vox pop Scottish. B I’m from Dublin.
interview]
A Where you from 2 A Are you American?
in Scotland? B No, I’m not. I’m Australian.
B from Glasgow.
b Practise the dialogues in 3 with a partner.

c Communication Where are they from?

A p.100 B p.106.

d Ask people in the class Where are you from?

2 A Where you
from? 5 VOCABULARY numbers 21–100
B from Australia,
from Darwin. a Look at the signs. Can you
say the numbers?
A Where’s Darwin?
it near Sydney?
B No, it . It’s in the
north.
A it nice?
B Yes, it . It’s
beautiful.

b p.148 Vocabulary Bank Days and

3 A Where you numbers. Do part 3.
from?
B We’re from Columbus, Ohio, c 1 27 Listen and write the numbers.
in the USA.
A you on holiday?
d Write ten numbers from 21–100.
Dictate them to a partner.
C No, we . We’re
students.

6 LISTENING
a 1 28 Listen and repeat the pairs
of numbers. What’s the difference?
c Listen and check.
1 a 13 b 30 5 a 17 b 70
d p.124 Grammar Bank 1B. Learn more about 2 a 14 b 40 6 a 18 b 80
verb be ? and – , and practise it. 3 a 15 b 50 7 a 19 b 90
e 1 24 Listen and respond with a short answer. 4 a 16 b 60

Is Sydney the capital of Australia? No, it isn’t. b 1 29 Which number do you hear?
Listen and circle a or b above.
f With a partner, write three questions beginning Is…?
or Are…? Ask them to another pair. c Play Bingo.

7 1 30 SONG All Over the World

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 G possessive adjectives: my, your, etc.
V classroom language How do you spell
P /əʊ/, /uː/, /ɑː/; the alphabet your surname?

1C
B-E-Z-E-R-R-A.

Open your books, please

1 VOCABULARY
classroom language
4
a Look at the picture of a classroom. 1 3
Match the words and pictures. 2

board /bɔːd/
chair /tʃeə/
computer /kəmˈpjuːtə/
desk /desk/
door /dɔː/ 5
picture /ˈpɪktʃə/ 7
8 table /ˈteɪbl/ 6
wall /wɔːl/
window /ˈwɪndəʊ/
9
b 1 31 Listen and check.

c p.150 Vocabulary Bank 8

Classroom language.

d 1 34 Listen and follow the instructions.

2 PRONUNCIATION c 1 37 Complete the alphabet chart with B, C, D, K, M, N, O, S,

T, U, V, W. Listen and check.
/əʊ/, /uː/, /ɑː/; the alphabet
a 1 35 Listen and repeat the words and
sounds.
train tree egg bike phone boot car
phone close mobile A F I Q R
H L Y
J
boot school do
E
G
car class answer P X
Z
b 1 36 Look at these common
abbreviations. Can you say any of them in
English? Listen and check. d 1 38 Listen and circle the letter you hear.
1 EAI 2 GJ 3 KQ 4 CS
OK BBC MTV 5 VPB 6 MN 7 VW 8 UY
e Practise saying the phrases below with abbreviations.
CNN USB DVD
a PC
a Personal Computer a Very Important Person

BMW ATM
the United Kingdom the United States of America
the European Union a Portable Document Format
8 a Disc Jockey the National Basketball Association

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 3 LISTENING & SPEAKING b 1 40 Listen. Complete the receptionist’s
questions.
a 1 39 A student goes to London to study English. Listen to the
interview and complete her form. 1 What’s your name?
2 your surname?
3 do you spell it?
4 Where are you ?
First name D 5 old are you?
6 your address?
Surname B rr 7 your postcode?
8 What’s your address?
Country 9 What’s your ?
c Listen again and repeat the questions. Copy
City the rhythm.

Age d Ask your partner the questions. Write down

their answers.
Address Avenida Princesa Isabel
Spelling: names and addresses
RR = double R @ = at . = dot
Postcode

Email dbezerra@mail.com 4 GRAMMAR possessive

adjectives: my, your, etc.
Phone number 55
a Complete the gaps with I, you, my, or your.
Mobile
Mobi
Mo bile
le phone
pho
hone
ne 1 Where are from?
’m from Rio.
2 What’s name?
name’s Darly.
b p.124 Grammar Bank 1C. Learn more
about possessive adjectives and practise
them.

c 1 42 Listen. Change the sentences.

I’m Richard. My name’s Richard.

5 SPEAKING
Communication What’s his / her real
name? A p.100 B p.106. Find out if some
actors’ and singers’ names are their real
names or not.

6 WRITING
p.111 Writing Completing a form.
Complete an application for a student visa
and write a paragraph about you.

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 Practical English Arriving in London
1 VOCABULARY in a hotel
a Match the words and symbols.
1 2 3
4 5 6
Reception /rɪˈsepʃn/
the lift /lɪft/
a single room /ˈsɪŋɡl rʊm/
a double room /ˈdʌbl rʊm/
the bar /bɑː/
the ground floor /(ɡraʊnd) flɔː/
(first, second, third, etc.)
b 1 43 Listen and check.
2 INTRODUCTION
a 1 44 Watch or listen to Jenny and Rob.
Mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).
1 Rob lives and works in London.
2 He’s a writer for a magazine.
3 The name of his magazine is London
20seven.
4 Jenny is British.
5 She’s an assistant editor.
6 It’s her second time in the UK.
b Watch or listen again. Say why the F
sentences are false.
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3 CHECKING IN
a 1 45 Watch or listen to Jenny checking into a hotel room.
Answer the questions.
1 Complete Jenny’s surname: ZI LI SK .
2 What’s her room number?
b Watch or listen again. Complete the You Hear phrases.
You Hear You Say
Good evening, madam. Hello. I have a reservation.
My name’s Jennifer Zielinski.
Can you that, please? Z-I-E-L-I-N-S-K-I.
For five nights? Yes, that’s right.
Can I have your passport, please? Just a second…Here you are.
Thank you. Can you sign
here, ? Thank you.
Here’s your .
It’s room 306, on the third floor.
The is over there. The lift? Oh, the elevator.
Yes. Enjoy your stay, Ms Zielinski. Thank you.
British and American English
lift = British English elevator = American English
z = /zed/ in British English, /ziː/ in American English
Greetings
Good morning = > 12.00 Good afternoon = 12.00 > 18.00
Good evening = 18.00 > Good night = Goodbye (when you go to bed)
Madam = a polite way to greet a woman
Sir = a polite way to greet a man
c 1 46 Watch or listen and repeat the You Say phrases. Copy the
rhythm.
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 EPISODE 1

4 JENNY TALKS TO ROB

a 1 48 Watch or listen and mark
the sentences T (true) or F (false).
1 Jenny has a coffee.
2 She is in London on business.
3 The waitress is German.
4 Jenny phones Rob Walker.
5 Jenny is tired.
6 Their meeting is at 10.00.

d Practise the dialogue with a partner.

e Work in pairs. Read your role and look at the

dialogue in 3b. What do you need to change?
A (book open) You are the receptionist. It’s
b Watch or listen again. Say why the F sentences are false.
11.00 a.m. B’s room is 207 on the second
floor. Begin with Good morning sir / madam. c 1 49 Read the information in the box. Listen and repeat the
B (book closed) You arrive at the hotel. Use Would you like…? phrases and the responses. Practise offering
your name and surname. drinks and responding.
f Roleplay the dialogue. Then swap roles.
Would you like…?
g 1 47 Look at the information in the box. Would you like a coffee? Yes, please.
Would you like another tea? No, thanks.
Listen and repeat the Can…? phrases.
We use Would you like…? to offer somebody something.
Can you…? = Please do it We respond Yes, please or No, thanks.
Can you sign here?
Can you spell that? d Look at the Social English phrases. Who says them: Jenny,
Can I have…? = Please give me (your passport, Rob, or the waitress?
etc.)
Can I have your passport, please? Social English phrases
Can I have my key, please? I’m here [on business]. This is [Rob. Rob Walker].
I’m from [New York]. What about you? That’s perfect.
h You are in a hotel. How do you ask the No problem. It’s time for bed.
Is that [Jennifer]?
receptionist to give you…?
r
ZPVS
LFZ
r
ZPVS
QBTTQPSU
e 1 50 Watch or listen and check. Do you know what they are in
r
B
NBQ
PG
-POEPO
r

B
QFO your language?

f Watch or listen again and repeat the phrases.

Can you…?
check into a hotel and spell your name
ask somebody to do something / to give you something
offer somebody a drink, and accept or refuse

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