Pulse Basics: Starter Unit Unit 1 Unit 6

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Contents
Starter unit Unit 6
Vocabulary and Grammar 1–4 Vocabulary 1: at home 35
Grammar 1: comparative adjectives,
Unit 1 prepositions of place 36
Vocabulary 1: describing people 5 Vocabulary 2: places to stay 37
Grammar 1: have got 6 Grammar 2: can and must 38
Vocabulary 2: the body 7 Reading and Writing 39
Grammar 2: question words 8 Study guide 40
Reading and Writing 9
Study guide 10 Unit 7
Vocabulary 1: computer games 41
Unit 2 Grammar 1: was / were, there was / there
Vocabulary 1: school subjects 11 were 42
Grammar 1: present simple (I) 12 Vocabulary 2: TV programmes 43
Vocabulary 2: everyday activities 13 Grammar 2: past simple (I) 44
Grammar 2: present simple (II) 14 Reading and Writing 45
Reading and Writing 15 Study guide 46
Study guide 16
Unit 8
Unit 3 Vocabulary 1: instruments and
Vocabulary 1: sports and activities 17 musicians 47
Grammar 1: adverbs of frequency, Grammar 1: past simple (II) 48
love, hate, like, don’t mind 18 Vocabulary 2: adjectives of opinion 49
Vocabulary 2: action verbs 19 Grammar 2: past simple (III) 50
Grammar 2: word order in question Reading and Writing 51
forms 20 Study guide 52
Study guide 22 Unit 9
Vocabulary 1: celebrations 53
Unit 4 Grammar 1: be going to, object
Vocabulary 1: clothes and shoes 23 pronouns 54
Grammar 1: present continuous (I) 24 Vocabulary 2: adverbs 55
Vocabulary 2: adjectives of character 25 Grammar 2: present continuous
Grammar 2: present continuous (II) 26 for future plans 56
Reading and Writing 27 Reading and Writing 57
Study guide 28 Study guide 58
Unit 5 Answer key 59–65
Vocabulary 1: places to go 29
Grammar 1: there is / are, some and any 30
Vocabulary 2: food and drink 31
Grammar 2: Is there ... ? / Are there ... ? 32
Study guide 34
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Vocabulary
Family
1 Complete the family tree with the words in the
box.
aunt brother cousin cousin dad
grandad grandma mum sister uncle
4 This / That is my phone!

5 These / Those are my rabbits and
these / those are my brother’s cats.
grandad 1 g
Subject pronouns and
possessive adjectives
subject pronouns
I you he she it you we they
possessive adjectives
2 d 3 m 4 a 5 u my your his her its your our their
3 Complete the sentences with the words in the

box.
He I It She you We
This is Katy. She is 15.

1 That is Mr James. is my teacher.
me! 6 s 7 b 8 c 9 c 2 I’m Mike and Jack is my best friend.
are 13.
Grammar 3 This is my school. is very big.
Demonstrative pronouns 4 Hello! My name is Josh. am 14.
2 Circle the correct words. 5 My name is Miss Smith and are in my
class.
4 Circle the correct possessive adjectives.
Hello! You / My name is Cameron.

1 This is my sister, Alisha. Its / Our parents are
Those / That are my parents. called Carol and John.
1 Those / These are my brothers.
2 Those are my brothers. Their / They names
are Tom and Henry.
3 This is my dog. It / Its name is Ben.
4 That is my cousin and her / she friend, Bella.
5 This is my / me uncle. Its / His name is Andy.
2 Those / That is my house.

3 This / That is my dog.
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Vocabulary Vocabulary
Days, months and dates Countries, nationalities and
languages
1 Order the days of the week.
a) Wednesday e) Monday 5 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
b) Tuesday f ) Saturday Australia British Canadian
c) Sunday 1 g) Friday Chinese English Japanese Poland
d) Thursday South African
2 Complete the months of the year.
J a n _u a _r y
1 Fe_ruar_ 7 A_g_st
2 _a_ch 8 Se_te_ber
3 A_ri_ 9 __tober
4 __y 10 N _ v e m _ e r
5 J__e 11 D e c e m _ e _
6 _uly I’m from South Africa. 1 I’m from P .
I’m South African . I speak Polish.
LOOK!
first 1st 21st
second 2nd 22nd
third 3rd 23rd
fourth 4th 24th
3 Circle the correct words.

My dad’s birthday is on 4nd / 4th June.
1 The day today is Tuesday / April. 2 I’m from Japan. I 3 I’m from China and
2 My birthday is on 16rd / 16th July.
speak J . I speak Mandarin.
3 My mum’s birthday is on 22nd / 22th
I’m C .
November.
4 Your birthday is on 31nd / 31st March.
Grammar
Possessive ’s
My sister’s
James’
4 She’s Australian. 5 He’s from the UK.
My friends’
She’s from A . He’s B .
4 Circle the possessive ’s. He’s from New Zealand. She’s from Canada.
My friend’s name is Blake. They speak E . She’s C .
1 Jordan’s birthday is on 31st March. They speak English.
2 Maria’s birthday is on 2nd April.
3 Our rabbit’s name is Hop.
4 My parents’ names are Helen and Allan.
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Grammar
be: affirmative, negative and questions short answers
interrogative Am I ...? Yes, I am.
Are you ...? Yes, you are.
affirmative short forms Is he / she / it ...? Yes, he / she / it is.
I am I’m Are we / you / they ...? Yes, we / you / they are.
You are You’re
He / She / It is He’s / She’s / It’s LOOK!
We / You / They are We’re / You’re / They’re
Short answers
1 Look at the grammar table and write the short Yes, I am. ✔ Yes, I’m. ✘
forms of be. Yes, you / we / Yes, you’re / we’re /
they are. ✔ they’re. ✘
full forms short forms Yes, she / he / it is. ✔ Yes, she’s / he’s / it’s. ✘
I am (1) I’m
You are (2) 4 Complete the questions with the words in the box.
He is (3) Am Are Are Is Is
She is (4)
It is (5) Are you Spanish?
We are (6)
1 your mum from the UK?
You are (7)
They are (8) 2 they your parents?
3 I a student?
2 Circle the correct forms.
4 she South African?
I ’m / ’s from the UK.
1 He ’m / ’s Canadian. 5 Read the questions and circle the correct short
2 You are / is from the UK. answers.
3 It ’m / ’s my dog. Are you French? ✔
4 We ’m / ’re brothers. Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
5 They ’s / ’re from Japan. Are your friends from China? ✘
6 You ’m / ’re my friend. Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.
1 Are they English? ✘
negative short forms
Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t.
I am not I’m not
2 Is he from South Africa? ✔
You are not You aren’t
Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t.
He / She / It is not He / She / It isn’t
3 Is this cat your pet? ✘
You / We / They are not You / We / They aren’t
Yes, it is. / No, it isn’t.
3 Write A (affirmative) or N (negative). 4 Are we in your class? ✔
Yes, you are. / No, you aren’t.
He’s from China. A
1 Her name is Sophie.
2 We aren’t English.
3 I’m from London.
4 You’re American.
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Vocabulary
In the classroom Meeting and greeting
1 Label the pictures with the words in the box. 3 Complete the sentences with the words in
dictionary pen pencil pencil case the box.
pencil sharpener rubber ruler schoolbag from Good meet My
name Welcome Where
Good to meet you.

1 are you from?
2 to the class.
3 Hello. What’s your ?
4 name’s Belén.
5 I’m Badajoz.
dictionary 1 r 2 p 6 to meet you, too.
4 Complete the dialogue so it is true for you.
Teacher Hello. What’s your (1) ?

You Hi! My name’s (2) .
Teacher Good to meet you, (3) .
3 p 4 s 5 r
You Good to meet you, too.
Teacher Where are you from?
You I’m from (4) .
Teacher Welcome to the class!
You Thanks!
6 p s 7 p c
2 Match questions 1–4 with answers a–d.

1 Can you repeat that, please? d
2 What page are we on?
3 How do you say azul in English?
4 What does ‘pen’ mean?
a) We’re on page 6.
b) It means bolígrafo.
c) You say ‘blue’.
d) Yes: ‘ruler’.
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Vocabulary 1
Describing people 3 Complete the descriptions with the words in
the box.
1 Find 14 words for describing people in the beard eyebrows wavy fair long
wordsquare. moustache short slim straight tall
average beard curly dark eyebrows
fair grey lips long moustache short Natalie Portman
slim tall wavy Natalie is (1) short
– 160 cm. Her hair is
M O A V E R A G E S
(2) l and
L O N G R W A V Y L
(3) s .
U T U K G R E Y E I
L I P S O L C D B S
Hugh Laurie
S H O R T T E A R H
Hugh is (4) t
L I R W F A I R O O
– about 190 cm.
I S K I N L C K W R His (5) b ,
M T C U R L Y H S L (6) e and
B E A R D C E R E Y (7) m are grey.
B E A R S O T U R S
Nicole Kidman
M O U L O T A L O P
Nicole is tall and
(8) s . Her skin is
2 Look at the picture. Then circle the correct
words. (9) f . Her hair is
(10) w .
Anna is (1) tall / short. Her hair is (2) dark / fair.
Lisa’s hair is (3) dark / fair. It’s (4) long / short
and (5) curly / wavy. Peter is (6) short / tall and
(7) slim / average.
4 Complete the profiles for you and your

best friend.
Peter Anna Lisa
1 You
Name: My name is
Height: I’m
Hair: My hair is
Eyes: My eyes are
Other features:
2 Your best friend
Name: His / Her name is
Height: He / She is
Hair: His / Her hair is
Eyes: His / Her eyes are
Other features:
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Grammar 1
have got: affirmative and have got: questions and short
negative answers
affirmative short forms questions short answers
I / You have got I’ve / You’ve got Have I / you got...? Yes, I / you have.
He / She has got He’s / She’s got No, I / you haven’t.
We / You / They have We’ve / You’ve / Has he / she got...? Yes, he / she has.
got They’ve got No, she / he hasn’t.
Have we / you / Yes, we / you / they have.
negative short forms they got...? No, I / you / they haven’t.
I / You have not got I / You haven’t got
3 Match questions 1–5 with answers a–e.
He / She has not got He / She hasn’t got
We / You / They have We / You / They 1 Have you got a sister? b
not got haven’t got 2 Has he got long hair?
3 Have you got a pet?
4 Has it got brown eyes?
I ’ve / ’s got two brothers. 5 Have your parents got a red car?
1 Tim haven’t / hasn’t got fair hair.
2 You ’ve / ’s got long hair. a) Yes, I have. I’ve got a cat.
3 I haven’t / hasn’t got any homework. b) No, I haven’t. I’ve got a brother.
4 We ’s / ’ve got green eyes. c) No, it hasn’t. It’s got green eyes.
5 You haven’t / hasn’t got a cat. d) No, they haven’t. They haven’t got a car!
e) No, he hasn’t. He’s got short hair.
2 Write A (affirmative) or N (negative).
4 Complete the questions for the answers.
Tom has got a snake. A
1 They’ve got black hair. Have you got a cat? No, I haven’t.
2 I haven’t got a dictionary. 1 Have a brother? Yes, I have.
3 My aunt has got a big house. 2 Have a rabbit? Yes, they have.
4 We haven’t got a ruler. 3 Has dark hair? Yes, he has.
5 My grandad has got grey hair. 4 Have a dog? No, we haven’t.
5 Have a pen? No, I haven’t.
5 Read the questions and circle the correct short

answers.
Have you got a sister?
Yes, they have. / Yes, I have.
1 Has your dad got a beard?
No, he hasn’t. / Yes, you have.
2 Have your grandparents got grey hair?
No, she hasn’t. / Yes, they have.
3 Have you got fair skin?
Yes, he has. / No, I haven’t.
4 Has your mum got dark hair?
No, he hasn’t. / Yes, she has.
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Vocabulary 2
The body
1 Label the picture with the words in the box.
5
4
arm foot hand head leg 3 Complete the sentences with the words in the
box.
1 leg . foot hands head horns tail wings
2 h .
3 f . I play football with my right foot .
4 h . 1 A cow has got on its head.
5 a .
2 Birds have got .
2 Circle the correct words. 3 That pig has got a short, curly .
My toes / fingers are on my foot. 4 I play basketball with my .
1 My head is on my tooth / neck. 5 My grandad hasn’t got any hair on his .
2 My fingers / toes are on my hand.
3 My feet are at the end of my legs / arms.
4 My baby sister has got a new tail / tooth.
5 People don’t have teeth / wings. 4 Tick (✔) the sentences that are true for you.
1 I’ve got long legs.
2 My pet has got a short tail.
3 My dad has got big hands.
4 My arms are short.
5 My fingers are long.
6 I’ve got big feet.
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Grammar 2
Question words
question words
4 Complete the dialogue with the words in the box.
Who What Where When Why
How many How old How many How old What
What When Where
Emma Hi! My name’s Emma. (1) What is
When / What is your name?
your name?
1 Who / What town do you come from?
2 Where / How old are your parents from? Josie I’m Josie. Are you from Nottingham?
3 Where / When is your birthday? Emma Yes, I am. (2) are you from?
4 How old / Why are you? Josie I’m from Nottingham, too. (3)
5 Who / What is Lionel Messi?
are you?
6 Why / How is Brad Pitt famous?
Emma I’m 13.
2 Match question beginnings 1–7 with endings a–g. Josie I’m 13, too!
1 Who e Emma (4) is your birthday?
2 What Josie 21st March.
3 Where Emma My birthday is in March, too! That’s
4 Why
incredible! (5) is your favourite
5 When
6 How many colour?
7 How old Josie Blue.
Emma My favourite colour is blue! Have you
a) Shrek films are there?
b) is Daniel Radcliffe’s birthday? got any brothers or sisters?
c) country is Penelope Cruz from? Josie I’ve got one brother. (6)
d) is Johnny Depp? brothers have you got?
e) is your favourite actor? Emma One. But I’ve got a sister, too!
f ) is the Dreamworks studio?
g) are comics popular?
3 Read the answers and complete the questions

with the words in the box.
How old How many What Where Who
What is your school’s name?

My school’s name is City High School.
1 is your school?
It’s in Park Street.
2 is your English teacher?
My English teacher is Mr Williams.
3 is your sister?
She’s 14.
4 DVDs have you got?
I’ve got 16.
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Reading Writing
1 Read the description. What powers has Storm 3 Look at the notes about Superman and
got? Spider-Man.
Superman
Rea l name: Cla rk Kent
Height and build: tall and strong
hair
Eyes and hair: blue eyes and short, brown
Spe cial powers: can fly
Spider-Man
Rea l name: Peter Parker
Height and build: tall and athletic
hair
Eyes and hair: blue eyes and short, brown
Spe cial powers: can climb tall building s
4 Now complete the text with the words in the box.

athletic blue brown
can’t climb fly strong
Wolverine and Storm are my favourite

characters from the X-Men comics.
Wolverine’s real name is James Howlett. He
isn’t very tall, but he’s strong and fast. His
eyes are brown and he’s got long, brown
hair. He’s got special powers.
Storm is tall and strong. She’s got white
hair, blue eyes and dark skin. Storm has
Superman and Spider-Man are
got special powers too. She can fly and
control the weather. my favourite comic characters. Superman’s
real name is Clark Kent. He is very tall
2 Read the description in exercise 1 again and and (1) strong . He’s got (2)
circle T (true) or F (false). eyes and he’s got short, brown hair. He’s
Wolverine’s real name is Mark Howlett. T F got special powers. He can (3) .
1 Wolverine’s very strong and fast. T F Spider-Man is tall and (4) .
2 Wolverine’s got special powers. T F His real name is Peter Parker. He’s got
3 Storm has got white hair. T F
short, (5) hair, and blue eyes.
4 Storm can’t fly. T F
5 Storm can control the weather. T F He (6) fly, but he can
(7) tall buildings.
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Study guide
Grammar
have got: affirmative Vocabulary
• we use have got to describe appearance and talk
Describing people
about possession average
I have got long hair. beard
• there are two forms: have got and has got curly
She has got two sisters and one brother. dark
• we usually use short forms (’ve got and ’s got) in eyebrows
conversation and informal writing fair
They’ve (They have) got two pets. grey
lips
have got: negative long
• we use not to form the negative
moustache
He hasn’t (has not) got a bike. short
slim
have got: questions and short
answers tall
wavy
• the word order is different in sentences and in
questions
The body
Katy has got short hair.
Has Katy got short hair? arms
• we don’t use got in short answers feet

fingers
Have you got a dog? Yes, I have.
hands
Question words head
What is his name? His name’s Daniel horns
Radcliffe. legs
Where is Tom Daley He’s from England. neck
from?
tail
When is your birthday? It’s in May.
Who is Brad Pitt? He’s an actor. teeth
Why is Taylor Swift Because she is a toes
famous? popular singer. wings
How old is your He’s 18.
brother?
How many cousins He’s got 10 cousins.
has he got?
• we use What for things and actions, Where for
places, When for time, Who for people, Why for
reasons
• we use How + adjective for quantity
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Vocabulary 1
School subjects 3 Write the school subjects in the box next to the
descriptions.
1 Find 15 school subjects in the wordsquare. drama history ICT maths PE technology
art citizenship dance drama English
French German history ICT maths I study and use modern inventions. technology
music PE science Spanish technology 1 I study the past.
2 I work with numbers.
C H M E N G L I S H P
3 I do sport.
A I C T S H T B C I N
4 I act on stage.
M A T H S U M T Y S I 5 I use computers.
O S C I E N C E P T M
4 Look at the timetable. Tick (✔) correct sentences
N P E K Z G D L Y O S and cross (✘) incorrect sentences.
Z A I F A E A R C R H
R N W R X R N A A Y P Wednesda y
G I J E U M C S C M R 9.0 0 maths
A S U N L A E A H C A 10.0 0 science
R H L C M N M U S I C 11.15 science
T E C H N O L O G Y P
12.15 lunch (+ art club)
2.0 0 history
2 Circle the correct words. 3.15 PE
We use computers in ICT / PE lessons.
4.30 school finishes
1 I like studying German / French. I go to France 4.45 drama club
on holiday.
2 In science / citizenship lessons we learn
I have maths at 4.30 in the afternoon. ✘
about how the world works.
3 I love painting. Technology / Art is my 1 I have science in the morning.
favourite subject. 2 I study history before lunch.
4 I really like doing experiments in music / 3 Drama club is on Wednesdays after school.
science. 4 I have PE in the afternoon at 12.15.
5 The extra activities are art club and drama
club.
5 Complete the answers so they are true for you.
1 What do you study on Mondays?

On Mondays I study
2 What is your favourite day of the week?
My favourite day is
3 Why do you like that day?
I like that day because
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Grammar 1
Present simple: affirmative 4 Circle the correct words.
Jo watch / watches TV in the evening.
affirmative
1 Lucy goes swimming / go swimming on
I / You eat
Saturday afternoons.
He / She / It eats
2 My parents don’t like / doesn’t like computer
We / You / They eat
games.
1 Write the verbs in the third person. 3 He don’t think / doesn’t think it’s a good idea.
4 You doesn’t play / don’t play basketball very
LOOK! well!
I / You / We / They play He / She / It plays 5 My cat have got / has got white feet.
I / You / We / They wash He / She / It washes
I / You / We / They study He / She / It studies 5 Complete the text with the verbs in the box.
finishes go don’t go
verbs third person
plays sing travel
sing (1) sings On Saturday mornings my brother Tom and
love (2)
I (1) go to a music club. It starts at
play (3)
teach (4) nine o’clock and it (2) at lunchtime.
study (5) Tom (3) the guitar and I (4) in
miss (6)
the choir. I have a really good friend called Maria
have (7)
in the choir, too. We (5) to the same
2 Circle the correct words. school so we don’t see each other during the
We play / plays football on Saturdays. week. In the afternoon Maria and I (6)
1 My brother teach / teaches art. by bus to town.
2 She doesn’t study / studies in the evening.
3 They has / have a lot of homework.
4 I don’t finish / finishes school at 3.30.
Present simple: negative

negative short forms
I / You do not have don’t have
He / She / It does not have doesn’t have
We / You / They do not have don’t have
3 Write A (affirmative) or N (negative).
I wear a school uniform. A

1 They like Mondays.
2 He doesn’t have a bike.
3 We go shopping at the weekend.
4 She doesn’t study in the evening.
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Vocabulary 2
Everyday activities 4 Complete the text with the phrases in the box.
get dressed get up
1 Label the pictures with the phrases in the box. have breakfast watch TV
do sport get up go to bed have a shower
have lunch meet friends During the week I (1) get up at
seven o’clock. I go to the kitchen and I
(2) with my dad. After that,
I have a shower and I (3) .
Then I go to school on the bus.
At school we have lessons until 12 o’clock and
then we have lunch. After school I go home
get up 1 h and I usually (4) , especially if
there’s a good programme on.
5 Match the questions with the answers.

1 What time do a) I do sport on
you get up on Mondays.
school days?
2 h 3 d 2 When do you do b) I get up at half
your homework? past seven.
3 When do you c) I have breakfast
do sport? with my family on
school days.
4 Where do you d) I do my homework
meet friends? before dinner.
5 Who do you have e) I meet my friends in
4 m 5 g
breakfast with on the park.
2 Match verbs 1–6 with words a–f. school days?
1 have a) dressed
2 get b) dinner
3 go c) your room
4 do d) breakfast
5 have e) your homework
6 tidy f ) to school

I usually do my homework / get up when I get
home from school.
1 I go to bed / go to school at ten o’clock, but I
often read until midnight.
2 I don’t have breakfast / don’t tidy my room
very often.
3 They have lunch / get up at seven o’clock on
school days.
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Grammar 2
Present simple: questions and 4 Read the questions and circle the correct short
short answers answers.
Does Luke watch films at the cinema?
questions short answers
Yes, he does. / No, they don’t.
Do I / you live here? Yes, I / you do. 1 Do you think Mia is a good singer?
Does he / she / it live Yes, he / she / it does.
Yes, I do. / No, she doesn’t.
here?
2 Do your lessons start at 8.00am?
Do we / you / they live Yes, we / you / they do.
No, he doesn’t. / No, they don’t.
here?
3 Do you get up early?
1 Circle the correct words. Yes, she does. / Yes, I do.
4 Does Sara listen to jazz?
Do / Does you watch TV often?
No, she doesn’t. / Yes, we do.
1 Do / Does he like Gemma?
5 Do you wear a school uniform?
2 Do / Does she do sport on Mondays?
No, they don’t. / Yes, I do.
3 Do / Does Tom go to art club?
4 Do / Does they study maths?
2 Match questions 1–5 with short answers a–e.

c 5 Complete the dialogue with the words in the box.
1 Do you study Spanish?
2 Does he read a lot? do Do do Do don’t don’t
3 Does she meet friends on Saturdays?
Lucy Listen to this. It’s Rizzle Kicks. (1) Do
4 Do they wear a uniform?
5 Do you live in this street? you like their music?
Tom Yes, I (2) . I think they’re amazing.
a) No, they don’t. Do you listen to their music a lot?
b) Yes, she does.
Lucy Yes, I do. I have their album Stereo Typical
c) Yes, I do.
d) No, we don’t. on my MP3 player.
e) Yes, he does. Tom Do you have a favourite song?
Lucy No, I (3) . I love them all!
3 Read the answers and complete the questions.
Tom (4) Rizzle Kicks write their own
Do you get up early every morning? songs?
Yes, I get up early every morning. Lucy Yes, they (5) .
1 Does she Tom Do they come from the USA?
Yes, she works in a café. Lucy No, they (6) . They’re British.
2 Do they
Yes, they live together.
3 Does the train
Yes, the train leaves at 9.30.
4 Do your parents
Yes, my parents go to bed early.
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Reading Writing
1 Read the questionnaire. Who does Cathy play 3 Look at the notes about Tilly.
tennis with?
Questionnaire: Your weekend Tilly Jones: 13

ademy
Scho ol: St Paul’s Tennis Ac
Name: Cathy Palmer to the Ac ademy
School: Bedford Secondary School, Oxford
Af ter scho ol at 4pm: goes
er y da y
What time do you get up at the weekend?
Practises: for two hour s ev
h Le ague
I get up at 9.00 on Saturdays and I get up late On Saturda ys: pla ys in Britis
o hour s, ha s a
on Sundays. Typica l da y: practises for tw
es home and
Do you play any sports at the weekend? shower, does homework, go
Yes, I do. I play tennis with my friend Emily. ha s dinner
When do you meet your friends?
I meet them on Saturday afternoons.
Please describe a typical Sunday. 4 Now complete this questionnaire with the
I get up at 10.00. After breakfast, I go for a walk phrases in the box.
with my dad. We have chicken, salad and chips 4pm a shower every day home
for lunch. In the afternoon, I do my homework. I on Saturdays our homework
go to bed at 10.30. Tennis Academy Tilly Jones
Questionnaire: Your weekend

2 Read the questionnaire in exercise 1 again and
circle T (true) or F (false). Tilly Jones
Name: (1)
Cathy gets up at 9.00 on Saturdays. T F School: St Paul’s (2)
1 She plays tennis and basketball at
What time do you go to the Academy?
the weekend. T F
I go to the Academy at (3) every day.
2 On Saturday afternoons she goes
to the park. T F Do you play tennis on Fridays?
3 She has chicken and rice for lunch Yes, I do. I play tennis (4) after school.
on Sundays. T F Do you play in the British League ever y day?
4 She does her homework on Sunday No, I don’t. We play in the British League
evenings. T F (5) .
Please describe a typical day.
We practise for two hours and then we have

(6) . Then we do (7) . Then we
go (8) at 7.00. I have dinner at home.
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Study guide
Grammar
Present simple: affirmative Vocabulary
• we use the present simple to talk about routines
School subjects
and habits art
I get up at eight o’clock every morning. citizenship
• we use the present simple to describe facts dance
My teacher lives near our school. drama
• we add an -s to the verb in the third person English
singular French
Present simple: negative German
• we add don’t or doesn’t before the verb history
They don’t wear a school uniform. ICT (Information and

Communications Technology)
• we usually use short forms (don’t and doesn’t)
in conversation and informal writing maths
She doesn’t like maths. music
PE (Physical Education)
Present simple: questions and science
short answers Spanish
• in questions we use do or does before the technology
subject. We don’t repeat the verb in short
answers Everyday activities
Do you like PE?
do sport
Yes, I do. / No, I don’t. ✔
Yes, I like. / No, I don’t like. ✘ do your homework
get up
Third person spelling rules get dressed
• for most verbs, add -s: go to school
sleep – sleeps
go to bed
• add -es to verbs that end in -s, -sh, -ch, -o
have a shower
and -x:
wash – washes have breakfast / lunch / dinner
watch – watches meet friends
go – goes
tidy your room
fix – fixes
watch TV
• for verbs that end in consonant +y, omit the -y
and add -ies:
study – studies
• irregular verbs:
be – is
have – has
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Vocabulary 1
Sports and activities 3 Complete the sentences with the words in
the box.
1 Label the pictures with the words in the box. athletics gymnastics
athletics gymnastics horse-riding judo roller-skating surfing
mountain-biking surfing swimming yoga
1 Kelly and James do on Saturdays.
Kelly runs and James throws the javelin.
2 I go in the park. I’ve got some
new skates.
3 My favourite Olympic® sport is .
The men and women are very strong.
gymnastics 4 Elliot goes . He lives near the sea

1 j
and has got two boards.
4 Complete the profiles with do or go.
I live on a farm in the Welsh

mountains. I love animals and
I (1) go horse-riding
every day. My brother and I
2 h 3 y
(2) mountain-biking
near our farm. I also
Jo
(3) swimming.
On Mondays I (4)
judo. At weekends my
friends and I (5)
4 m 5 s skateboarding at the skate
park near the city centre.
Tyler
I do exercise at the sports

centre. On Mondays I
(6) aerobics. On
6 a 7 s Fridays I (7) yoga.
Alisha
It’s very relaxing.
2 Circle the correct verbs.
I play / do judo on Wednesdays.
1 They do / play basketball a lot.
2 Caitlin goes / plays skateboarding with me.
3 We don’t play / do gymnastics at school. 5 Complete the sentences so they are true for you.
4 I don’t go / do aerobics.
1 I basketball at the weekend.
5 My dad plays / goes golf. 2 I mountain-biking with my friends.
3 I roller-skating on Saturdays.
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Grammar 1
Adverbs of frequency 3 Match questions 1–5 with answers a–e.
1 How often does your best friend go cycling? b
adverbs of frequency
2 How often do your parents play tennis?
never
3 How often do you do judo?
rarely ●
4 How often do your friends go
sometimes ●●
skateboarding?
often ●●●
usually ●●●● 5 How often do you do gymnastics?
always ●●●●●
a) I never do judo.
1 Complete the sentences with the correct adverbs b) She sometimes goes cycling.
of frequency. c) I do gymnastics twice a week.
Athletes usually train every day. ● ● ● ● d) My parents rarely play tennis.
e) My friends go skateboarding every weekend.
1 We play football on Fridays. ● ● ●
2 Sara does yoga. ● ● love, hate, (don’t) like,
3 She goes swimming. ● don’t mind + -ing
4 Dad goes roller-skating.
love, hate, (don’t) like,
5 Football is exciting. ● ● ● ● ● don’t mind + -ing
I love cycling J J
LOOK! I like cycling J
I don’t mind cycling K
verb be I am always happy.
other verbs I always play tennis on I don’t like cycling L
Saturdays. I hate cycling L L
4 Circle the correct verbs.

2 Circle the correct options for the adverbs of We like playing / play basketball.
frequency.
1 I hate do / doing aerobics.
I never am / am never late. 2 He doesn’t mind going / goes skateboarding.
1 My dad never does / does never judo. 3 We love watch / watching tennis on TV.
2 Clara rarely watches / watches rarely sport 4 They like get up / getting up late.
on TV. 5 You don’t like wearing / wear a uniform.
3 We sometimes are / are sometimes tired after
swimming.
4 They often play / play often football at
5 Circle the short answers that are true for you.
weekends.
5 We usually go / go usually cycling after school. 1 Do you like watching athletics?
6 They always are / are always happy when Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
they go roller-skating. 2 Does your mum like doing yoga?
Yes, she does. / No, she doesn’t.
3 Do you mind going swimming?
Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
4 Does your dad hate playing tennis?
Yes, he does. / No, he doesn’t.
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Vocabulary 2
Action verbs 4 Complete the texts with the words in the box.
catches dives jumps
1 Find and circle 12 action verbs in the wordsnake. lifts rides score ski
catch dive hit jump kick lift
ride run score skate ski throw Tom Daley – GB
Olympic diver
umpth
r idej ro ftsk
i d i ve s k
at Tom starts training
un w li
ca ick e
rek
r
tchh every day in the

itsco
gym. He (1) lifts
2 Circle the correct words. weights. After that
You can ski / skate down the mountain. he (2) on a
1 I often ride / lift my bike to school. trampoline. Finally he
2 You catch / throw the javelin a long way!
goes to the pool and he (3) – a lot!
3 You’re really good at football. You dive / score
goals every match!
4 Ben is a great athlete. He can ski / jump
1.5 m.
5 In tennis you hit / kick the ball with a racket.
3 Complete the sentences with the words in the

box.
dive kick lift run ride skate
Usain Bolt can run 100 m and 200 m. Jack Butland – England Under 21s
1 Can you l this? I can’t! It weighs goalkeeper
100 kg!
Like all goalkeepers, Jack doesn’t want the
2 I’m learning to d from the high board
into the swimming pool. other team to (4) goals!
3 You k the ball with your foot in In goalkeeper training, Jack’s coach kicks the
football.
ball and Jack (5) it.
4 In winter we can s on the ice.
Lindsey Vonn – US skiing champion

In winter Lindsey goes to the mountains so
she can (6) every day. Lindsey also
(7) a bike for three hours every day.
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Grammar 2
Question forms: word order
question word am / is / are subject other words
Is Spain in Europe?
question word have / has subject got other words
When has Jim got a match?
question word do / does subject verb other words
Where do you do PE?
1 Complete the questions with the words in the 3 Tick (✔) the correct sentences. Underline the
box. mistakes in the incorrect sentences.
Am Are Do Have When Where What sport you do like watching on TV?
Where do you live? ✔
Are you an athlete? 1 Do do you a lot of sport?
1 does Lionel Messi live? 2 Are your friends good at basketball?
2 I late for training? 3 When you have got PE at school?
3 you like swimming? 4 Where is your local sports centre?
5 When you do exercise?
4 you got a gold medal?
5 does the match start? 4 Circle the correct words in each question.
2 Match question beginnings 1–6 with endings a–f. Has he got / Has got he two brothers?
1 Where are the / the are tennis balls?
1 Is a) he got training today? 2 Are the players / The players are excited?
2 Has b) do you train? 3 When have we got / have got we training?
3 What c) the Olympic® Games on TV? 4 What does do he / he do after a match?
4 Does d) is your favourite sport?
5 Are e) Jessica Ennis do judo? 5 Complete the questions with the words in the
6 Where f ) Rafael Nadal the champion? box.
Do Do What When When Where Who
Who do you play tennis with?

I play tennis with my brother.
1 are the Olympic Games?
The Olympic Games are in the summer.
2 do you do judo?
I do judo at the sports centre.
3 you like cycling?
Yes, I do.
4 are your favourite sports?
Basketball and tennis are my favourite sports.
5 do you go skateboarding?
I go skateboarding on Saturdays.
6 you go horse-riding?
No, I don’t.
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Reading Writing
1 Read the class survey. Which sports team is 3 Look at the notes about John and his classmates.
Clare in?
er
Physica l activity in summ
Name: John Webber
yball
Activities: fo otba ll, volle ek
y da y, volleyball: once a we
How of ten: footba ll: ever
Where: pa rk , scho ol
Te am: fo otba ll
Class: 30 students
ek , 4 no exercise a week
How of ten: 18 twice a we
etba ll, fo otba ll, volleyball
Fa vourite activities: ba sk
and tennis
Physical activity in winter Te am: 14 in a te am
Name: Clare Wilson
1 Do you do physical activity in winter? Yes ✔ No
2 What activities do you like doing?
4 Now complete this class survey with the words in
the box.
Skiing, snowboarding and basketball
3 How often do you do physical activity in winter? football four fourteen John Webber
Basketball: twice a week. once a week volleyball
Skiing and snowboarding: once a month
4 Are you in a team? Yes ✔ No Name: (1) John Webber
5 Which team are you in? The basketball team
1 Do you do physical activity in summer?
Results Yes ✔ No
There are 30 students in my class. 22 students do 2 What activities do you like doing?
regular physical activity in winter. Football and volleyball
12 students usually do exercise more than twice a
3 How often do you do physical activity in summer?
week. They usually go skiing or snowboarding once a
month. In winter, my classmates’ favourite activities are Football: every day. Volleyball: (2)
basketball, football, snowboarding and skiing. 4 Are you in a team? Yes ✔ No
5 Which team are you in? (3) The team.
2 Read the class survey in exercise 1 again and Results

complete the sentences.
There are 30 students in my class. (4)
Clare likes playing basketball, skiing and students don’t do any physical activity every week.
snowboarding .
In summer, my classmates’ favourite activities are
1 She plays basketball twice a .
basketball, football, (5) and tennis.
2 students in her class do exercise
(6) students are in a team.
more than twice a week.
3 Her classmates’ favourite activities
include basketball, , snowboarding
and skiing.
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Study guide
Grammar
Adverbs of frequency Vocabulary
• we use adverbs of frequency to say how often
Sports and activities
we do things aerobics
• adverbs of frequency usually go before the main athletics
verb cycling
He always goes to the park on Sundays. gymnastics
• they go after the verb be horse-riding
I’m usually tired after swimming. judo
• we use How often or an adverb to ask questions mountain-biking
about frequency roller-skating
How often do you play football? skateboarding
• in questions the adverb goes after the subject surfing
Do you usually walk to school? swimming
yoga
love, hate, (don’t) like,
don’t mind + -ing Action verbs
• we use the -ing form of the verb after love, like, catch
don’t like / mind and hate
dive
I like listening to music.
hit
She hates watching skateboarding.
They don’t mind cycling. jump
kick
Question forms: word order lift
be ride
• the form is (question word) + be + subject + run
other words score
Is her name Sarah? skate
Where is your book?
ski
have got throw
• the form is (question word) + have / has +

subject + got + other words
Have you got a pen?
other verbs
• the form is (question word) + do / does +
subject + verb + other words
Do they play golf?
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Vocabulary 1
Clothes and shoes 2 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
boots dress jacket jumper
1 Look at the pictures and complete the puzzle. shirt socks tie trainers
boots cap coat dress jacket jeans
shirt shorts skirt socks shoes jumper He’s wearing trousers,
tie trainers trousers T-shirt shirt and a
a
tie .
1
T R A I N E R 2S
3 4
S H B
5
S 1 She’s wearing a
6
J K d , a cap,
7 8 9
S C S s , and shoes.
10
C A
11
D
12
T 2 She’s wearing a
13 skirt, a j and
J b .
Across
3 He’s wearing jeans,

t , a T-shirt
1 3 4 6
and a j .
7 10 12 13
Down
3 Complete the sentences so they are true for you.
a dress a jacket a jumper a skirt
a tie a T-shirt boots jeans shoes
a shirt shorts trainers trousers
1 2 5 6 1 Today I’m wearing

2 At parties I wear
3 My mum usually wears
4 My dad often wears
5 My favourite clothes are
8 9 11 12
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Grammar 1
Present continuous 3 Write A (affirmative) or N (negative).
affirmative He isn’t watching TV. N

I’m wearing 1 We’re driving to school.
You’re wearing 2 They aren’t studying English.
He’s / She’s / It’s wearing
3 I’m looking at some photos.
We’re / You’re / They’re wearing
4 She isn’t calling her boyfriend.
LOOK!
questions short answers
full forms short forms
I am wearing I’m wearing Am I wearing...? Yes, I am. / No, I’m not.
He / She / It is He’s / She’s / It’s Are you Yes, you are. / No, you aren’t.
wearing wearing wearing...?
You / We / They are You’re / We’re / Is he / she / it Yes, he / she / it is.
wearing They’re wearing wearing...? No, he / she / it isn’t.
Are we / you / Yes, we / you / they are.
they wearing...? No, we / you / they aren’t.
1 Complete the sentences with the short forms.
I ’m wearing a black coat. 4 Match questions 1–5 with short answers a–e.
1 She riding her bike. 1 Are you listening to music? c a) Yes, they are.
2 We having a party! 2 Am I speaking too fast? b) No, you aren’t.
3 Is it snowing? c) Yes, I am.
3 They winning the race!
4 Are they riding their bikes? d) No, he isn’t.
4 I going to the cinema. 5 Is he wearing a jacket? e) No, it isn’t.
negative
I’m not wearing
You aren’t wearing
He / She / It isn’t wearing 5 Complete the dialogue with the phrases in the box.
We / You / They aren’t wearing
are cleaning Are you calling
2 Look at the picture. Then circle the I’m sitting isn’t sharing
correct words.
Jess Hi Polly! (1) Are you calling me from your
The shop assistant is / isn’t listening to Ben.
new house?
1 Sophie is / isn’t talking on her mobile phone.
2 Sophie is / isn’t wearing trousers. Polly Yes, I am. (2) in my new
3 Ben and Sophie are / aren’t shopping. bedroom.
4 Ben is / isn’t buying a jumper. Jess What’s it like?
5 Sophie is / isn’t looking at some T-shirts. Polly It’s great! Lucy (3) a room
with me – she’s got her own bedroom now.
Jess Perfect! Where is she at the moment?
Polly She’s with mum. They (4)
the house.
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Vocabulary 2
Adjectives of character 3 Circle the correct words.
Mark loves travelling and doing exciting
1 Find 14 adjectives of character in the wordsquare
sports. He’s adventurous / jealous.
adventurous cheerful clever confident 1 I think James is really proud / nice. He’s
friendly funny jealous lazy nice
friendly and he helps everybody.
proud quiet selfish shy unfriendly
2 William doesn’t think about anybody except
himself. He’s very selfish / cheerful.
C U L S E L F I S H S 3 I work hard and I’m a good student. I’m proud
H A N I C E E L Y A H / confident when I have exams.
E Q U F R I E N D L Y 4 Olivia doesn’t speak to people. She isn’t kind.
She’s lazy / unfriendly.
E U L R R E Q U I E T 5 Katie doesn’t like meeting people because
R C O N F I D E N T F she’s shy / funny.
F U R Y C L E V E R N 6 Lucy talks to everybody and everybody thinks
she’s nice. She’s very friendly / clever.
U E A J U Y S N I C F
L O L Z P R O U D P U
U N F R I E N D L Y N
U C H I N R L E C L N Use some of the words in the box.
J E A L O U S L A Z Y adventurous cheerful clever confident
friendly funny jealous lazy nice
A D V E N T U R O U S
proud quiet selfish shy unfriendly
2 Label the pictures with the words in the box. 1 What are your good characteristics?
cheerful clever funny I’m , and
jealous lazy proud .
2 What are your bad characteristics?
I’m , and
.
3 What do you like about your best friend?
I like because he’s / she’s
.
cheerful 1 p
4 Who’s your favourite celebrity? What are
their characteristics?
My favourite celebrity is .
He’s / She’s
.
2 j 3 f
5 l 5 c
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Grammar 2
Present continuous and 3 Complete the sentences with the present
present simple continuous or present simple form of the verbs
in brackets.
present present simple
continuous I ’m reading this fashion magazine at the
I’m wearing I wear moment. (read)
You’re wearing You wear 1 Harry some jeans at the
He’s / She’s / It’s He / She / It wears
moment. (buy)
wearing
2 your friends every weekend?
We’re / You’re / We / You / They wear
They’re wearing (you/meet)
3 I now. (not shop)
LOOK! 4 You always great clothes.
I play (every day) (wear)
I’m playing (now, at the moment, today) 5 her homework on the
computer at the moment? (Pippa/do)
4 Tick (✔) the correct sentences. Underline the
I do / ’m doing my homework now. mistakes in the incorrect sentences.
1 He ’s wearing / wear a great T-shirt today. Does Mark play computer games now?
2 We usually ’re travelling / travel to school 1 The children are having fun at the park
by bus. today.
3 Are you watching / Do you watch TV every day? 2 Ella isn’t wearing jeans every day.
4 I ’m looking / look at some clothes on the 3 I buy some clothes now.
internet at the moment. 4 My mum doesn’t use the computer right
5 Where are they going / do they go now? now.
2 Write PC (present continuous) or PS (present 5 You’re never selfish.
simple).
I often watch fashion shows. PS

1 I’m not working at the moment.
2 Do you buy new clothes every week? 1 What is your friend doing at the moment?
3 My sister often makes her own clothes. My friend is
4 Are they going shopping now? .
5 Leo isn’t wearing a uniform today. 2 Where do you usually meet your friends?
I usually meet my friends
.
3 Where are you sitting now?
I’m sitting
.
4 What clothes do you usually wear at the
weekend?
I usually wear
.
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Reading Writing
1 Read the description. Who is Fernando Torres 3 Now complete this text with the phrases in
with in the first photo? the box.
cheerful dress gold medal Great Britain
1 serious tracksuit trousers water
2 1
3
3
Fernando Torres
Fernando Torres is from Spain and he’s my favourite
Jessica Ennis
footballer!
In the first photo, Fernando looks happy and proud. Jessica Ennis is from ( 1 ) Great Britain and
He’s wearing a football shirt. He’s with his teammate she’s my favourite athlete!
Juan Mata and they’re holding their medals. In the first photo, Jessica looks happy and proud.
In the second photo, Fernando is playing football. He She’s wearing a (2) . She’s holding her
looks serious. He’s wearing shorts and a football shirt.
Olympic (3) .
In the third photo, he’s wearing a jumper. He looks
cheerful and friendly. In the second photo, Jessica is drinking some
(4) . She looks (5) . She’s
wearing black (6) .
2 Read the description in exercise 1 again and
circle the correct words. In the third photo, she’s wearing a (7)
with a black belt. She looks happy and (8) .
In the first photo, Fernando Torres looks
happy / sad and proud.
1 In the first photo he’s wearing a jumper /
football shirt.
2 In the second photo, he looks cheerful /
serious.
3 In the third photo he’s wearing a grey / black
jumper.
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Study guide
Grammar
Present continuous: Vocabulary
affirmative Clothes and shoes
• we use the present continuous to describe boots
activities that are happening now, or temporary cap
situations
coat
I’m wearing a T-shirt.
dress
• the form is subject + be + verb + -ing
jacket
jeans
Present continuous: negative
jumper
• we use not to form the negative
shirt
We aren’t (are not) going to his birthday party.
shoes
Present continuous: questions shorts
and short answers skirt
• the word order is different in questions socks
Are you going to the concert? tie
• we don’t repeat the verb + -ing in short answers trainers
Are you listening to some music? Yes, I am. trousers

No, I’m not. T-shirt
Present continuous and Adjectives of character

present simple adventurous
• we use the present continuous to describe cheerful
activities which are happening now, or
clever
temporary situations. We use these time
expressions: at the moment, now, this month, confident
today, etc. friendly
She’s wearing a jumper today. funny
• we use the present simple to talk about jealous
habits or routines. We usually use adverbs of lazy
frequency (always, usually, etc.) or these time
expressions: always, every day, once a week, nice
never, etc. proud
We go to the swimming pool once a week. quiet
selfish
shy
unfriendly
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Vocabulary 1
Places to go 3 Write the places in the box next to the
definitions.
1 Label the pictures with the words in the box. bowling alley café cinema gym
bowling alley café cinema sports centre swimming pool
football stadium gym library park
restaurant shopping centre skate park We’re playing a great game. It’s my turn. Wow!
sports centre swimming pool The ball is heavy! bowling alley
1 I’m in the water. I’m doing exercise. s
p
2 I’m having a drink with my friends. c
3 I’m doing aerobics. Sometimes I do yoga here.
s c
sports 1 s 2 s 4 First I cycle on the exercise bike. Then I lift
centre c p
weights. g
5 I’m sitting in the dark. I’m watching something
funny. c
4 Complete the text with the words in the box.

cinema football stadium skate park
3 g 4 c 5 p sports centre swimming pool
It’s the holidays and we aren’t going to

school today. I’ve got a new skateboard
so I’m at the (1) skate park . My sister’s at the
(2) . She’s playing tennis.
There’s a (3) at the sports
6 b 7 s 8 f
a p s centre, too.
My brother Sam is very lazy. He doesn’t do sport,

but he loves watching it. He’s got tickets for a
match at the (4) at the
weekend! At the moment he’s probably watching
a film at the (5) .
9 c 10 r 11 l

I love using the weights at the gym / park.
1 I’m watching a match at the cinema /
football stadium.
2 I’m going to an Italian park / restaurant for
pizza.
3 I’m buying new shoes in the shopping centre /
bowling alley.
4 You can’t buy books in a gym / library.
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Grammar 1
There is / There are + a / an, 4 Complete the email with the words in the box.
some and any; countable and a a an any are isn’t isn’t some are
uncountable nouns
singular plural
To: lewis@pulse.com
There’s There are
There isn’t There aren’t Hi Lewis!
1 Write C (countable) or U (uncountable). How are you? I’m sitting in my new
gym C bedroom. I like it here in Portsmouth.
milk U My new school is called Westland High.
1 juice bar 6 water There (1) are some nice people
2 children 7 juice in my class. I’ve got (2) new
3 library 8 sports centre friend called William. He’s (3)
4 strawberry 9 food excellent basketball player. There’s
5 people 10 Scout group (4) sports centre here. It’s got a
gym and (5) tennis courts, but
LOOK!
there (6) a swimming pool.
a + consonant a dog / cinema
an + vowel an apple / egg / island Bad news! There aren’t (7)
some uncountable and plural countable good cinemas near here. There’s a park,
some water / some parks but there (8) a skate park.
any uncountable and plural countable
There isn’t any water. / Is there any water? Look at my school’s website – there
There aren’t any parks. / Are there any parks?
(9) some great photos of me
2 Circle the correct words. playing basketball!
There is / are two cinemas in my town. Hope you can visit soon!
1 There are a / some children playing in
Matt
the park.
2 There isn’t / aren’t a swimming pool here.
3 There’s a / some café. Are you hungry?
4 Are you eating a / an apple?
5 I haven’t got some / any fruit.
6 There is / are three people in the gym.
3 Underline the mistakes in each sentence.

There are any great cafés in Bristol.
1 There are some fruit for you.
2 There aren’t some places for us to skate. 5 Tick (✔) the sentences that are true for you.
3 There is some park here.
1 There’s a park in my town.
4 There isn’t any people in the pool.
2 There’s a skate park near my home.
3 There’s a bowling alley next to my school.
4 There are some apples in my bag.
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Vocabulary 2
Food and drink 3 Complete the sentences with words in
the box.
1 Find 16 food and drink words in the wordsquare. cake crisps fish ham milk
biscuit cake cheese chicken crisps peas rice salad yoghurt
fish ham juice milk nuts orange
peas potatoes rice salad yoghurt I’m making a cake for the birthday party.
1 R doesn’t grow in Britain. It’s a
P O T A T O E S E S carbohydrate.
E R F I S H C A K E 2 British people like eating f and chips.
A I U B S J H A M O 3 I often have a cold lunch, like sandwiches
S C H I C K E N H R or a s .
S E C S J M I L K A 4 We make c with potatoes.

5 I don’t like many green vegetables, but I like
A N E C R I S P S N
p .
L U J U I C E O N G
6 I like fruit and y for breakfast.
A T O I H E T Y A E
D S N T C H E E S E
Y O G H U R T P O A

Crisps / Peas have got a lot of salt in them.
1 Chicken / Salad is a type of meat.
2 My favourite type of ham / cheese is Brie.
3 Oranges / Biscuits are full of vitamin C.
4 My grandma makes delicious chocolate
chickens / biscuits.
5 Potatoes / Nuts are a healthy snack.

1 What do you usually have for lunch? d
2 What do you and your family like to eat?
3 What is your favourite treat?
4 What food don’t you like?
5 What food can you cook?
a) My favourite treat is chocolate cake.

b) I can cook chicken and potatoes.
c) We like to eat fish and rice.
d) I usually have a sandwich for lunch.
e) I don’t like ham.
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Grammar 2
Is there ... ? Are there ... ?
questions short answers 3 Circle the short answers so they are true for you.
Is there ... ? Yes, there is. 1 Is there any water in the classroom?
No, there isn’t.
Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
Are there ... ? Yes, there are. 2 Are there any sandwiches in your bag?
No, there aren’t.
Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.
3 Is there a bowling alley near your school?
Is / Are there any fruit on the table? 4 Is there any juice in the school cafeteria?
1 Is / Are there any restaurants near here? Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t.
2 Is / Are there any water? I’m thirsty. 5 Are there any cafés in your town?
3 Is / Are there any protein in this food? Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.
4 Is / Are there any hot food on the menu?
5 Is / Are there any children in the park today? How much ... ? How many ... ?
6 Is / Are there a library in your town?
Questions and short answers
How much ... is there?
There’s a lot. / There isn’t much.
SANFORD How many ... are there?
There are a lot. / There aren’t many.

How much / many people are there in the
cinema?
1 How much / many shops are there?
2 How much / many fat is in this chocolate bar?
3 How much / many vegetables are there?
4 How much / many pasta do you want?
5 Complete the questions with How much or

How many.
2 Complete the questions about Sanford.
Write Is there or Are there. How many schools are there in the town?
Is there There are three schools in the town.
a cinema?
No, there isn’t. 1 calories are there in this
1 a library? yoghurt?
Yes, there is. There are 100 calories in this yoghurt.
2 any cafés? 2 juice is in the bottle?
Yes, there are. There’s a lot of juice in the bottle.
3 a park? 3 gyms are there in the sports
Yes, there is. centre?
4 any schools? There’s one gym in the sports centre.
Yes, there are.
4 people are there in the café?
5 a shopping centre?
There aren’t many people in the café.
No, there isn’t.
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Reading Writing
1 Read the recipe. What can you drink with your 3 Look at the recipe notes.
English breakfast?
es, eg gs
English breakfast Ingredients: ve getabl
es and cut into piec
es
Firs t: wa sh ve getabl
Ingredients Then: he at oil in pan
y ve getables
one or two sausages Next: add spinach, fr
d co ok omelette
some bacon Fina lly: mix eg gs an
some mushrooms
one or two eggs
a tin of baked beans 4 Now complete this recipe with the words in
one tomato the box.
some butter or oil
add cook cut heat mix wash
some toast
Delicious vegetable
omelette
Ingredients
Method an onion
First, wash the tomato and mushrooms. Cut some mushrooms
them into pieces. a tomato
Then, open the tin of baked beans. spinach
Next, put the butter or oil in a frying pan some butter or oil
and heat the pan. two eggs
Put the sausages and bacon in the pan first
and fry them.
Finally, fry the tomato and mushrooms, and
heat the baked beans. Drink a big glass of
orange juice with your breakfast! Method
First, (1) wash the vegetables.
(2) C the onion and mushrooms
2 Read the recipe in exercise 1 again. Match
sentence beginnings 1–5 with endings a–e.
into pieces.
1 First, wash b Then, put some oil in a frying pan and

2 Then, open (3) h the pan.
3 Next, put the butter or oil Next, put the onions and mushrooms in
4 Put the sausages
the pan and fry them. (4) A some
5 Finally, fry the tomato
spinach after two minutes.
a) and bacon in the pan first and fry them.
b) the tomato and mushrooms. Finally, (5) m two eggs in a bowl.
c) and mushrooms, and cook the baked beans. Pour the eggs into the frying pan with the
d) in a frying pan and heat the pan. vegetables and (6) c for a minute.
e) the tin of baked beans.
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Study guide
Grammar
There is / There are Vocabulary
• we use there is with singular nouns and there
Places to go
are with plural nouns bowling alley
There is a cinema next to the school. café
There are three shopping centres in our town. cinema
• we use not to form the negative football stadium
There isn’t (is not) a skate park. gym
There aren’t (are not) any bowling alleys.
library
Countable and uncountable park

nouns restaurant
• countable nouns have got singular and plural shopping centre
forms skate park
cake – cakes, sausage – sausages, sports centre
strawberry – strawberries swimming pool
• uncountable nouns haven’t got a plural form
because it isn’t possible to count them Food and drink
water ✔ waters ✘ food ✔ foods ✘ biscuits
cake
a / an, some, any cheese
• we use a / an with singular countable nouns chicken
• we use a before a consonant sound crisps
a village, a university, a sports centre fish
• we use an before a vowel sound ham
an apple, an ice cream, an hour juice
• we use some and any with uncountable nouns milk
and with plural countable nouns nuts
• we use some in affirmative sentences and we orange
use any in questions and negative sentences
peas
How much ... ? How many ... ? potatoes
rice
• we use How much ... ? with uncountable nouns
salad
How much fat is there in cheese?
yoghurt
There’s a lot. / There isn’t much.
• we use How many ... ? with countable nouns
How many bananas are there in the kitchen?
There are a lot. / There aren’t many.
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Vocabulary 1
At home
1 Label the pictures with the words in the box.
4 b
sofa armchair table shelves bed 6 d
desk chair wardrobe lamp toilet sink 3 f
5 c
mirror bath cooker fridge cupboard 2 w
1 l
sofa
7 c
8 c
10 s
12 t 13 s 14 b 15 t
9 a 11 m
2 Complete the sentences with the words in 3 Look at the furniture words in the box. Write the
the box. words next to the definitions.
desk shelves sink armchair bed cooker cupboards mirror
sofa table wardrobe
It’s comfortable. You sleep in it. bed
I’ve got a desk in my bedroom. It’s got my 1 You look in it when you want to see what you
computer on it. look like. m
1 All my clothes are in my w . 2 You put things in them. There are a lot of these
2 My aunt has got lots of books. There are in the kitchen. c
s in every room in her house! 3 You cook food on this. It’s in the kitchen.
3 Let’s sit on the s together and watch c
TV. 4 It’s comfortable. It’s in the living room. One
4 Your hands are dirty. Go and wash them in the person sits on it. a
s .
5 We’ve got a new t and chairs in the
dining room. 4 Complete the sentences so they are true for you.
armchair bath bed chairs
cupboards desk toilet
1 There’s a in my bedroom.
2 There’s a in my living room.
3 There’s a in my bathroom.
4 There are some in my kitchen.
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Grammar 1
Comparative adjectives Prepositions of place
short adjectives and adjectives 4 Look at the picture. Complete the sentences with
ending in -y the words in the box.
big – bigger tidy – tidier
between in in front of in front of
long adjectives
next to on opposite under
comfortable – more comfortable
irregular adjectives The cupboard is in front of the table.
good – better bad – worse
1 The box is the table.
1 Match adjectives 1–7 with comparatives a–g. 2 The books are the cupboard.
1 old a) more expensive 3 The lamp is the table.
2 big b) worse 4 The armchair is the table and
3 cheap c) better the shelves.
4 difficult d) cheaper
5 The mirror is the shelves.
5 expensive e) older
6 good f ) bigger 6 The sofa is the shelves.
7 bad g) more difficult 7 The table is the armchair.

I am taller / more tall than my sister.
1 I think maths is easier / more easy than
science.
2 You are more fast / faster than me on a bike.
3 The sofa is more comfortable / comfortabler
than the armchair.
4 Jack is popularer / more popular than Luke.
5 My new bed is more long / longer than my
old one.
3 Complete the sentences with the comparative

form of the adjectives in brackets.
price age
lamp £80 1930s
mirror £15 1960s
shelves £50 1980s
armchair £30 1990s
table £20 2010
The shelves are newer than the mirror.

(new)
1 The mirror is than the lamp. (cheap)
2 The table is than the mirror.
(expensive)
3 The shelves are than the armchair.
(old)
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Vocabulary 2
Places to stay 2 Circle the correct words.
We’re staying in a hotel / youth hostel
1 Look at the pictures and complete the puzzle.
because it’s cheap.
apartment barge caravan castle 1 We’ve got our tent / barge in the car and we’re
farm hotel lighthouse log cabin
driving to the campsite.
mobile home tent villa youth hostel
2 We’re renting a barge / mobile home on a
campsite.
M1
3 Grandad is driving around Europe with his
C
2 3
L 4
YO 5
H caravan / lighthouse.
6
F B 4 This tent / villa has got five bedrooms and
R 7
L I three bathrooms!
L 5 My grandparents live on a castle / farm.
E They’ve got lots of animals.
8
V H
3 Complete the sentences with the words in
9
T O the box.
10
B M
barge castle hotel tent youth hostel
E
11
A It’s raining and I’m staying in a tent . It’s
12
really wet in here!
H 1 This h has got 100 bedrooms, a
Across swimming pool and a gym.
2 4 (plus 5 down) 7 2 There are six beds in every bedroom in the
y h . School groups often stay
here.
3 I’m travelling on a b on the River
11 12 Danube. I love being on the water.
4 The c is 700 years old. Lots of tourists
visit it every year.
Down
1 2 3
4 Circle the answers that are true for you.
1 Do you like staying in a tent?
Yes, I do. / No, I don’t.
5 (plus 4 across) 6 8 2 How often do you stay in hotels?
Sometimes. / Often. / Never.
3 Is there a castle near your home?
4 Where do you stay when you go on holiday
9 10 with your family?
At the beach. / In a hotel. / On a campsite.
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Grammar 2
can and must 3 Complete the sentences with the phrases in
the box.
can / can’t: possibility and (lack of) can do can watch can’t phone
permission
must show mustn’t use
I / You / He / She / It / We / They can
I / You / He / She / It / We / They can’t We can watch TV in the living room or the
kitchen because we’ve got two TVs.
must / mustn’t: obligation and
prohibition 1 You my mum. She’s not at
I / You / He / She / It / We / They must home.
I / You / He / She / It / We / They mustn’t
2 You me your holiday photos. I
1 Circle the correct words. really want to see them.
You can / must go to school when you are 3 You your phone at the cinema.
a child. 4 If you want, we our homework
1 I can’t / mustn’t do my homework because my at my house.
books are at school.
2 We can’t / mustn’t use our mobile phones in 4 Look at the pictures. Match sentence beginnings
lessons. 1–4 with endings a–d.
3 Can / Must I use your computer, please?
4 I can’t / mustn’t go swimming today because
the sports centre is closed.
er
ctob tober
2 Complete the rules with can, can’t, must l e M ay-O yb-O erc
ab Mctao
avail vleaiM l aabyle-O ctober
or mustn’t. avail
aba
ay-O
ab le M
avail
Totland Youth Hostel
1 You can rent this villa a) in front of

2 You can’t go your tent.
shopping here b) in class.
3 You mustn’t listen c) on Sundays.
to music d) between May
• You (1) can stay here from March to October. 4 You can make a fire and October.
• You (2) park your car here because
there isn’t a car park.
• You (3) bring dogs, but no other animals. 5 Circle the words so the sentences are true for you.
• The Youth Hostel is closed after 9.30pm. You 1 I must / can go to bed at 9.30pm on
(4) go out after this time. school days.
• Adults (5) smoke in the rooms. 2 I can / can’t meet my friends at weekends.
3 I must / mustn’t tidy my bedroom every
evening.
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Reading Writing
1 Read the opinion essay. What does Xavi think 3 Look at the notes about beach holidays and
are more dangerous: mountain sports or mountain holidays.
water sports?
more interesting
Beach holidays:
fortable
Hotel: more com
: sw im m in g, ki te surfing, dancing,
Activities
s
going to ba rbecue e
n ho lid ay s: ar en ’t as exci ting, mor
Mountai
boring
mfortable
C amping : not co
4 Now complete this opinion essay with the

phrases in the box.
are more boring than
as exciting as beach activities go swimming
in the disco it’s more comfortable
more interesting
In your opinion, is it better to go on holiday to the
mountains or to the beach?
In my opinion, it’s better to go on holiday to the
mountains. It’s more interesting than going to the
beach. There are more fun activities to do.
I like camping in the mountains because you can
stay in different places.
Some people prefer the beach, but not me! I don’t
like doing water sports because I think they’re
more dangerous than mountain sports.
2 Read the opinion essay in exercise 1 again and

complete the sentences.
In my opinion, it’s better to go on holiday
Xavi thinks it’s better to go on holiday to
to the beach than to the mountains. It’s
the mountains .
(1) more interesting than going to the mountains
1 Xavi goes on holiday to the mountains
because you can (2) and kite
because .
surfing. I like staying in a hotel because
2 He likes camping in the mountains because
(3) than camping. I like dancing
you can stay .
(4) or going to barbecues. I don’t
3 He doesn’t like doing .
like doing mountain sports because they aren’t
4 He thinks are better.
(5) . I think mountain holidays
(6) beach holidays.
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Study guide
must
Grammar • we use must for rules, regulations and
Comparative adjectives obligations
• we use the comparative form of adjectives to You must wear a uniform at this school.
compare one thing with another
• we use mustn’t for prohibition
My sister’s bedroom is tidier than mine.
You mustn’t run in the classroom.
• Adjectives have different comparative forms:
• we use the same form for all subject pronouns
Short adjectives • after must / mustn’t we use the verb without to

• they have one syllable and we add -er to make
the comparative form of the adjective
Vocabulary
David is taller than Mike.
At home
Long adjectives armchair
• they have more than one syllable and we add bath
more + the adjective
bed
A hotel is more expensive than a youth hostel. chair
Irregular adjectives cooker
• good and bad are irregular adjectives and they cupboard
have a different comparative form desk
good – better bad – worse fridge
Spelling rules lamp

mirror
• one-syllable adjectives with a short vowel
followed by a consonant -t, -d, -g, -m and -n, shelf
double the consonant to make the comparative sink
form
sofa
hot – hotter sad – sadder big – bigger
table
Prepositions of place toilet

wardrobe
• we use prepositions of place to describe where
things are
Places to stay
My bed is opposite the door.
The library is next to the café. apartment log cabin
barge mobile
can caravan home
• we use can to talk about possibility and (lack of ) castle tent
permission villa
farm
You can stay for three weeks. hotel youth
We can’t visit the shop on Sunday. It’s closed. hostel
lighthouse
• we use the same form for all subject pronouns
• the negative form of can is can’t (cannot)
• after can we use the verb without to
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Vocabulary 1
Computer games 3 Complete the text with the words in the box.
fitness quiz racing simulation strategy
1 Find 12 types of computer game in the
wordsquare.
action adventure dancing fitness
puzzle quiz racing reference
role play simulation strategy trivia
S T R A T E G Y I D R
A I S O Q T N P V A E
D A M F L U Q U A N F
V G A U I E I Z U C E
E D C O L T P Z S I R
N C T G T A N L Z N E
T R I V I A T E A G N
U R O D N T R I S Y C
I like playing computer games with my family.
R A N C Z Z T N O S E We love ( 1 ) racing games, especially
E N N I D R A C I N G games with fast cars.
I like to do exercise with my sister and my mum.
2 Write the computer game words in the box next
We often play (2) f games together.
to the definitions.
My dad likes (3) q games - he likes
adventure dancing puzzle
racing role-play trivia answering all the questions.
I don’t really like solitary games. I don’t like
You move to music. dancing (4) s games for example - I don’t want to
1 You go through labyrinths and solve problems. be a war general! Sometimes I play (5) s
p
games, like SimCity .
2 You answer questions about lots of different
subjects. t
3 You are in a competition to see who is the
fastest. r
4 You pretend to be a different character.
r 1 How often do you play computer games?
5 There’s a story. You have to collect things or I play computer games .
solve puzzles. It’s like a journey. a 2 What type of computer games do you like?
I like .
3 Do you usually play with friends or alone?
I usually play .
4 What computer games does your best friend
enjoy?
My best friend enjoys playing .
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Grammar 1
was / were there was / there were
affirmative negative affirmative negative
I was I wasn’t there was there wasn’t
You were You weren’t there were there weren’t
He / She / It was He / She / It wasn’t
We / You / They were We / You / They weren’t 4 Read the text and circle the correct words.
1 Circle the correct words. Last Saturday (1) there was / there wasn’t a new
I was / were at my friend’s house yesterday. games console in the shops. (2) There was /
1 We was / were tired after school. There wasn’t a lot of space because about 100
2 Emma was / were at the cinema with Tim. other people were outside the shop, too!
3 They was / were proud of their work. (3) There were / There weren’t lots of notices on
4 You was / were on your bike on Saturday. the shop windows: New Console available today!
(4) There was / There wasn’t something wrong.
2 Complete the sentences with wasn’t or weren’t. (5) There were / There weren’t any consoles!
The game is not popular.

The game wasn’t popular. questions short answers
1 We aren’t interested in computer games. Was there ...? Yes, there was.
No, there wasn’t.
We interested in computer games
Were there ...? Yes, there were.
2 They aren’t excited by action games. No, there weren’t.
They excited by action games .
3 I’m not bored with games. 5 Complete the questions with Was there or Were
there. Then look at the picture of life in 1972 and
I bored with games. circle the correct answers.
4 Mum isn’t pleased with me.
Were there any books?
Mum pleased with me.
Yes, there were. / No, there weren’t.
questions short answers 1 a computer?
Was I ... ? Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t. Yes, there was. / No, there wasn’t.
Were you ... ? Yes, you were.
No, you weren’t. 2 any mobile phones?
Was he / she / it ... ? Yes, he / she / it was. Yes, there were. / No, there weren’t.
No, he / she / it wasn’t. 3 a radio?
Were we / they ... ? Yes, we / they were. Yes, there was. / No, there wasn’t.
No, we / they weren’t.
4 a games console?
Yes, there was. / No, there wasn’t.
3 Circle the short answers that are true for you.

1 Were you interested in games last year?
Yes, I was. / No, I wasn’t.
1972
2 Was your English lesson easy last week?
Yes, it was. / No, it wasn’t.
3 Were you busy last weekend?
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Vocabulary 2
TV programmes 3 Complete the text with the words in the box.
chat show comedy documentary
1 Label the pictures with the words in the box. drama soap opera
adverts cartoon chat show sports programme
game show music programme the news
sports programme weather forecast
This week’s highlights
For art history lovers, there’s a great
(1) documentary about art in the 1900s.
Art Nouveau is on Wednesday night.
cartoon 1 c s There’s live coverage of the UEFA semi-
finals on Channel 2’s (2)
Match. For anyone who doesn’t like sport,
there’s a (3) . This week
f s Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie speak to host,
2 w 3 g
Jules Collins.
As usual, on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, it’s the popular (4) ,
Albert Street. Does Kim love Andy, or not?
4 t n 5 s p
There’s a more serious (5)
on Thursday. It’s a story about a family
who lived during the Second World War.
p If you need a laugh, then watch Channel

6 a 7 m
3’s new (6) My life!
2 Write the TV programme words in the box next It’s very funny.
to the definitions.
comedy documentary reality show
soap opera the news
It tells us what’s happening in the world. 4 Complete the answers so they are true for you.
the news
1 What is your favourite type of TV programme?
1 At first the people on the programme aren’t My favourite type of TV programme is
famous. Every week one person leaves the .
programme. r s
2 How often do you watch documentaries?
2 It’s a long story about everyday life. It is I watch documentaries .
usually on TV every day. s o
3 Which is the best music programme on TV?
3 It’s funny. c is the best music programme
4 It tells us about interesting things. It can on TV.
be about history, nature or famous people. 4 Which soap operas do you watch?
d
I watch .
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Grammar 2
Past simple affirmative: 4 Complete the text with the words in the box.
regular verbs discovered finished helped
lived phoned worked
regular verbs
watch watched like liked
finish finished create created
play played study studied
1 Complete the table with the past simple form of

the verbs.
present simple past simple

create (1) created
watch (2)
study (3)
play (4)
finish (5)
like (6)
Last year, four friends – Scott, Amy, Jo
2 Complete the sentences with the past simple
form of the verbs in the box. and Tom – were bored. There was nothing
cook finish listen to do. One evening, they (1) discovered an
live play stay old building in Medina Park. Nobody (2)
in it. Amy (3) the town
My dad played the saxophone when he was
council and asked, ‘Can we repair it? If we
a teenager.
can, can we use it?’ The council agreed.
1 The documentary at ten o’clock last
night. The friends (4) very hard.
2 When she was a student, our teacher The council (5) them. They
in London for a year. (6) the work at the end of the
3 My grandparents to the radio a lot summer.
when they were younger. The building is now a great new youth
4 We in a villa last summer. centre.
5 Jo a delicious dinner last night.
3 Tick (✔) the correct sentences. Underline the 5 Match questions 1–4 with answers a–d.
mistakes in the incorrect sentences. 1 What did you do yesterday? c
2 When did you finish your English
I help my grandmother yesterday.
homework?
1 We tidyed the house last weekend. 3 Where did you and your family live
2 They starting school at 8 o’clock. in 2005?
3 Liam and Mark studied a lot last year. 4 What did you watch on TV last
4 He watcheds football on TV last night. night?
5 You loved cartoons when you were little.
a I finished my English homework at six o’clock.
b I watched an American comedy.
c I played football with my friends yesterday.
d We lived in our house.
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Reading Writing
1 Read Kim’s TV review. What two programmes did 3 Look at the notes about Glee.
she watch last night?
lee
T V programme: G
Opinion: great
usic club
About: scho ol, m
ter: Will
Fa vourite charac tition
gh t’s stor y: ab ou t a music compe
L as t ni
tic music
T here was: fantas
game show
Also watched: a
4 Now complete this TV review with the words and

phrases in the box.
game show Glee good story
great songs musical original
Last night I watched...

Last night I watched an episode of Gossip Girl. It’s
an American teen drama programme. It was on at
9pm. I enjoyed this programme because there was
a lot of drama. Gossip Girl was great last night.
There was a good story about two characters
called Chuck and Nate. They went to visit
Serena. My favourite character is Chuck. On the
programme there is also some fantastic music and
the characters wear great clothes! Last night I
also watched the so ap opera Beverly Hills 90210.
Last night I watched...

2 Read Kim’s TV review in exercise 1 again and Last night I watched (1) Glee . It’s an
circle T (true) or F (false).
American (2) comedy programme. It
Gossip Girl is a quiz show. T F was on at 6pm. I enjoyed this programme because
1 It was on at 8pm. T F
it was very (3) and funny. It was also
2 Kim liked the programme because it was
interesting because the characters sang
funny. T F
3 Her favourite character is Chuck. T F (4) and danced very well!
4 Last night, Chuck and Nate had a party. T F Last night, there was a (5)
5 She also watched Beverly Hills 90210. T F about Will, the teacher! I also watched a
(6) .
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Study guide
Grammar
was / were Vocabulary
• we use was / were to describe situations in the
Computer games
past action
The Pokémon game was Japanese. adventure
They were in the French class at 9.30am. dancing
• we use was with I / he / she / it, and were with fitness
you / we / they
puzzle
was / were: questions and quiz
short answers racing
• the word order is different in questions role-play
You were tired yesterday. simulation
Were you tired yesterday? strategy
trivia
Past simple affirmative: TV programmes

regular verbs
advert
• we use the past simple to describe finished
cartoon
actions or situations in the past
chat show
I listened to the radio.
We watched a documentary last night. comedy
• the form is the same for all subject pronouns documentary
• we add -(e)d to make the past simple of regular drama

verbs film
game show
Past simple affirmative music programme
spelling rules
reality show
• for most verbs, add -ed:
soap opera
help – helped
sports programme
• for verbs that end in -e, add -d:
love – loved the news
• for verbs that end in consonant + -y, change to weather forecast
consonant + -i and add -ed:
tidy – tidied
• for verbs that end in vowel + consonant, add
-ed:
visit – visited
• for verbs that end in stressed vowel + consonant
(except -w, -x or -y), double the final consonant
and add -ed:
stop – stopped permit - permitted
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Vocabulary 1
Instruments and musicians 3 Complete the sentences with the words in the
box.
1 Read the clues and complete the puzzle. bass choir drums
bass player choir conductor guitarist piano singer
drummer guitarist orchestra
pianist singer I listened to a Spanish classical guitarist on
the radio. He was fantastic.
S 1
1 My p has got 88 black and white keys.
I O
2
C
3
2 My brother plays the d . He likes hitting
N them!
G C
4
D
3 He doesn’t play classical guitar. He plays
E b guitar in a rock band.
5
DR
4 I’m a s in a band. I don’t play any
P
6 instruments.
5 Jen and I sing in a c with 30 other
B
7
people.

8
G 1 Are you in a choir? c
2 Can you play a musical instrument?
3 What is your favourite type of music?
4 Who are your favourite singers?
Down
5 Do you like classical music?
1 This person sings.
2 This group of people play classical music
a) My favourite type of music is rock.
together.
b) Yes, I do.
3 This group of people sing together.
c) No, I’m not.
6 This person plays the piano.
d) Yes, I can.
e) My favourite singers are Adele and Tinie
Across
Tempah.
4 This person controls a large group of
musicians.
5 This person plays the drums.
7 This person plays the bass guitar.
8 This person plays the guitar.
2 Match types of music 1–4 with a–d.

1 country b
2 rock
3 classical
4 pop
a) guitar and keyboards
b) guitar
c) conductor
d) guitar, bass, keyboards and drums
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Grammar 1
Past simple: affirmative and 3 Write A (affirmative) or N (negative).
negative The band didn’t start the concert before
affirmative 11pm. N
I / You / He / She / It / performed / 1 I didn’t study music last term.
You / We / They played / finished 2 Mum went to work last week.
I / You / He / She / It / went / became /
3 Cassie and Jen didn’t watch the film yesterday
You / We / They had
negative evening.
I / You / He / She / It / didn’t perform / 4 We didn’t buy any CDs at the weekend.
You / We / They didn’t play / 5 Maria wore a uniform when she went to
didn’t finish
school.
I / You / He / She / It / didn’t go /
You / We / They didn’t become / 4 Match sentence beginnings 1–7 with endings
didn’t have a–g.
1 Usher started singing d
2 He didn’t go to university
The orchestra performd / performed last 3 He joined an R&B group called
Saturday. 4 He competed in a TV talent
1 Grandad goed / went to school in 1950. 5 He became famous in 1997 with
2 I became / becomed interested in rap six 6 He won his first GRAMMY award in
months ago. 7 He recorded the Raymond v. Raymond
3 Lucy haved / had piano lessons a year ago. album
4 The vocalist wore / did wear unusual clothes.
5 We played / playd our CDs last night. a) his album My Way.
b) NuBeginnings in 1987.
2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in
c) in 2010.
the box.
d) in a church choir at the age of nine.
began bought had e) 2001.
listened performed went
f ) when he left school.
g) show in 1991.
The concert began at 8pm.
1 We the tickets online.
2 Harry and Olivia to a music festival
yesterday.
3 The pianist at the concert.
4 Tina a lot of homework last week.
5 I to some music last night.
5 Tick (✔) the sentences that are true for you.
1 I didn’t have pasta for lunch yesterday.
2 I went swimming last weekend.
3 I didn’t buy anything yesterday.
4 I became interested in surfing last year.
5 I didn’t go to this school when I was ten.
6 I began playing the guitar a few years ago.
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Vocabulary 2
Adjectives of opinion 3 Complete the sentences with the adjectives in
the box.
1 Find 13 adjectives of opinion in the wordsquare. annoying fantastic lively
amazing annoying boring fantastic loud original quiet rubbish
great lively loud original quiet
rubbish surprising terrible unusual Jessie J is a great performer. She’s really
lively on stage. She’s always moving.
S P O W L I V E L Y 1 Björk is fantastic. Her music is very o .
L U N U S U A L G N Nobody sounds like her.
T E R R I B L E R L 2 My parents think my music is very l .
L T E P I Q U I E T Mum says it hurts her ears!
O Q B O R I N G A V 3 Livvy’s got a really q voice when she

talks. I can’t hear her.
U A M A Z I N G T A
4 I don’t like this new album. In fact, it’s
D F A N T A S T I C
r !
G A N R U B B I S H
5 I don’t want to practise the piano every day.
O R I G I N A L N Z
It’s a . I prefer meeting my friends.
S B A N N O Y I N G 6 The Beatles were a f band. I love their
songs.
I don’t like his voice. His songs are terrible /
amazing.
1 This music is really lively / rubbish. I want to
dance all night!
2 My brother is really unusual / annoying. He
always uses the computer when I want to use
it.
3 I think rap music is fantastic / boring. I hate it,
so I never listen to it.
4 My uncle remembered my birthday. It was
surprising / rubbish because he usually
forgets.
5 We listen to loud / quiet music in my yoga
class. It helps us to relax.
6 She’s got a very amazing / unusual voice. 4 Complete the sentences with your own ideas.
Nobody sings like her. Use some of the words in the box.
amazing annoying boring fantastic
great lively loud original quiet
rubbish surprising terrible unusual
1 I think jazz music is

2 My best friend is
3 Small children are
4 The internet is
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Grammar 2
Past simple: questions and 4 Tick (✔) the correct sentences. Underline the
short answers mistakes in the incorrect sentences.
Did you visit Cambridge last month? Yes, we
questions and short answers
visited.
Did I / you / he / she / it / we / they watch? 1 They did buy some music in town yesterday?
Yes, I / you / he / she / it / we / they did.
Yes, they did.
No, I / you / he / she / it / we / they didn’t.
2 Did I send you an email? Yes, you did.
1 Circle the correct words. 3 Wanted you to talk to me? Yes, I did.
4 Did Rob like the CD? No, he don’t.
Did you go / went to the cinema yesterday?
5 Did you go to France in 2010? Yes, I did.
1 Did Poppy listened / listen to music in class
6 Did you to watch a film last night?
yesterday?
No, I didn’t.
2 Did George know / knew Sally a year ago?
3 Did they had / have a good weekend?
4 Did you buy / bought the new album?
5 Did we gave / give Mum this CD last year? 5 Complete the dialogue with the words in the
box.
2 Complete the short answers with did or didn’t.
buy come like listen
Did you go to the cinema last week?
No, I didn’t. Josh What music are you listening to, Dad? It’s
1 Did you do your homework before dinner. amazing!
Yes, we . Dad Nirvana. They were my favourite band
2 Did Sarah meet her friends this morning? when I was at university.
Josh Did you (1) listen to them a lot?
No, she .
3 Did you listen to any music yesterday? Dad Yes, I did.
Yes, I . Josh Where did they (2) from?
4 Did Callum learn a musical instrument at Dad Seattle, in the USA.
school? Josh When did you (3) this album?
No, he . Dad In 1991.
5 Did they have lunch in a restaurant? Josh What about Mum? Did she (4)
Yes, they . them, too?

Dad Yes, she did. She was a real fan.
1 What instrument did you play? e
2 Where did you and your friends go?
3 When did you go to the park?
4 Where did Jack live?
5 When did Marley buy that dress?
a) She bought it last weekend.

b) He lived in Glasgow.
c) We went to the sports centre.
d) We went to the park yesterday.
e) I played the guitar.
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Reading Writing
1 Read the profile. How old was Shakira when she 3 Look at the notes about Lady Gaga.
won a GRAMMY award?
ger, entertainer
Name: Lady Gaga – sin
Nationa lit y: American
20 08
Firs t album: The Fame,
Fame Ba ll Tour
Firs t Tour: 2010 – The
4 Now complete this profile with the phrases in

the box.
singer and entertainer
in 2008 New York City in 1986
went on her first solo tour
won a GRAMMY award
Shakira: singer and dancer

Shakira is a famous Colombian singer and dancer.
I think her songs are great and she is a fantastic
dancer.
Shakira was born in Colombia in 1977. When she
was 24, she made her first English album.
In 2007, Shakira recorded two albums and she
went on tour. Three years later one of her songs
became the theme song for the 2010 FIFA World
Cup TM. She won a GRAMMY award for ‘Best
Latin rock / alternative album’ when she was 28
years old. She is an ambassador for UNICEF.
Marta, age 13
2 Read the profile in exercise 1 again and circle Lady Gaga: singer and entertainer
the correct words. Lady Gaga is a famous American (1) singer and
Marta thinks Shakira’ s music is great / entertainer . I think her songs are great.
terrible. Lady Gaga was born in (2) .
1 She was born in Colombia / Miami. She had her first hit album The Fame
2 She recorded her first English album when she
(3) .
was 23 / 24.
3 One of her songs became the theme song for In 2010 she (4) called
the FIFA World CupTM / Olympics. The Fame Ball Tour. In that same year The Fame
4 She won a MTV / GRAMMY award. (5) for ‘Best Electronic /
5 She’s an ambassador for UNICEF / Oxfam. Dance album’.
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UNIT
Study guide
Grammar
Past simple: affirmative Vocabulary
• we use the same past tense form for all subject
Instruments and musicians
pronouns bass
• the regular past ending is -ed bass player
• many verbs are irregular choir
conductor
Past simple: negative drummer
• we use didn’t (did not) + infinitive without to for drums
all subject pronouns
guitar
We didn’t have MP3 players.
guitarist
Past simple: questions and keyboard player
short answers keyboards
• the word order is different in questions orchestra
They bought CDs. pianist
Did they buy old records? piano
• we don’t repeat the verb in short answers singer
Did you go to the concert? vocals
Yes, I did. / No, I didn’t.
Adjectives of opinion
amazing
annoying
boring
catchy
great
lively
loud
original
quiet
rubbish
surprising
terrible
traditional
unusual
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UNIT
Vocabulary 1
Celebrations 3 Complete the text with the words in the box.
cards presents songs
1 Match verbs 1–10 with nouns a–j. special food house
1 have a) songs
2 decorate b) relatives Christmas is great!
3 eat c) to church
At the beginning of December, we decorate
4 watch d) fun
5 go e) special food the (1) house . It looks fantastic! I send
6 have f) street parades (2) c to my friends and family.
7 sing g) a party
On Christmas morning, we give (3) p
8 visit h) the house
9 give i) fireworks to each other. Last year my parents bought
10 watch j) presents me a bike!
2 Label the pictures with the phrases in the box. For lunch we eat (4) s f , like
decorate the house eat special food roast turkey and Christmas pudding. In the
give presents go to church have fun afternoon we often play games or watch TV,
have a party send cards sing songs but we also sing (5) s called carols.
visit relatives watch fireworks
watch street parades wear a costume
1 When does your family eat special food? e
2 When do your parents give you presents?
3 Do you like watching street parades?
4 When do you watch fireworks?
5 Who do you send birthday cards to?
have fun 1 s 2 g
a) We usually watch fireworks on New Year’s Eve.
b) They give me presents on my birthday and at
Christmas.
c) I send birthday cards to my friends.
d) Yes, I do. I love watching street parades.
e) We eat special food on birthdays and at
3 d 4 w 5 h Christmas.
6 e 7 s 8 g
9 v 10 w 11 w
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Grammar 1
be going to questions short answers
Am I going to ...? Yes, I am.
affirmative No, I’m not.
I ’m going to ... Are you going to ...? Yes, I am.
You ’re going to ... No, I’m not.
He / She / It ’s going to ... Is he / she / it Yes, he / she / it is.
We / You / They ’re going to ...
going to ...? No, he / she / it isn’t.
Are we / you / they Yes, we / you / they are.
negative
going to ...? No, we / you / they aren’t.
I ’m not going to ...
You aren’t going to ... 3 Match questions 1–4 with short answers a–d.
He / She / It isn’t going to ...
1 Is Tom going to phone the DJ?
We / You / They aren’t going to ...
2 Am I going to buy the fireworks?
1 Circle the correct forms of be. 3 Is Holly going to go shopping for food?
4 Are we going to tidy the hall on Sunday?
They ’s / ’re going to have a party.
1 I ’m / ’s going to send cards this year. a) No, you aren’t
2 Mum ’s / ’re going to decorate the house for b) No, she isn’t.
Christmas. c) No, he isn’t.
3 You ’s / ’re going to have fun! d) Yes, we are.
4 It ’s / ’m going to be a nice day.
Object pronouns
2 Read the list below. Then complete the
sentences with the words in the box. 4 Circle the correct words.
is isn’t isn’t ’m ’re My grandparents live in Scotland. We visit
they / them every summer.
1 My cousin is five. I play games with her / them.
2 My parents are taking I / me to the cinema.
tickets (Elliot) 3 I like dancing. I really enjoy me / it.
Monda y: sell e ), cho o se some
music
n e D J (m 4 You’re great. I like you / her a lot.
Tuesda y: pho
m)
(me, Holly, To Knight) 5 Complete the text with the words in the box.
n e sd a y: b u y fireworks (Mrs nk
Wed fo r fo od and dri her him it us
sh o p p in g
T hursda y: go n)
r C la rk w it h Miss Ma r ti ody!)
(M
te th e sc h o ol ha ll (everyb It’s Halloween on Saturday and we’re going
Frida y: de cora to have a party to celebrate (1) it . It’s
ty!
Saturda y: pa r also my sister Lucy’s birthday, so the party is
e ha ll!
Sunda y: tidy th
for (2) , too. Dad’s at the shop at the
moment and Lucy is helping (3) .
Tom isn’t going to sell tickets. Lucy and I like cooking and Mum wants
1 Elliot going to sell tickets. (4) to help prepare the food.
2 I going to phone the DJ.
3 Mr Clark going to buy fireworks.
4 We going to decorate the school hall
on Friday.
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Vocabulary 2
Adverbs
1 Complete the table with the adverbs.
adjectives adverbs
nice (1) nicely
proud (2)
dangerous (3) 6 He’s driving 7 They’re dancing
easy (4) dangerously / well. easily / happily.
good (5)
quick (6)
healthy (7)
loud (8)
bad (9)
hard (10)
regular (11)
happy (12) 8 She’s painting 9 They’re working
nicely / quickly. loudly / hard.
3 Complete the sentences with the words in the box.

badly proudly quickly regularly well
I cycled quickly to school because I was late.

1 My parents do exercise r because they
are healthy.
She’s smiling 1 We eat
regularly / proudly. healthily / quickly. 2 The singer sang b . It was a terrible
concert.
3 The dancers in the street parade were great.
They performed really w .
4 My grandma has a large family photo on her
wall. She looks at it p every day.
2 They won the match 3 She fell

dangerously / easily. nicely / badly.
1 When do you sing loudly?

I sing loudly .
2 What do you do well?
I well.
3 When do you work hard?
4 He cycled 5 They’re running I work hard .
well / regularly. badly / quickly.
4 What homework can you do easily?
I can do easily.
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Grammar 2
Present continuous for future 3 Tick (✔) the correct sentences. Underline the
plans mistakes in the incorrect sentences.
Is we performing in Newport next Saturday?
affirmative and negative
1 Grandma is coming to my house on
I am / am not working. Tuesday.
You are / aren’t working.
2 Ethan having a party on Saturday.
He / She / It is / isn’t working.
3 Are we leave the theatre at 10.00?
We / You / They are / aren’t working.
4 The train is arrive at 9.30.
1 Complete the sentences with the phrases in 5 Are you collecting us after the show?
the box.
are playing is wearing isn’t travelling
’m not watching ’re decorating
4 Complete the dialogue with the words in
the box.
I ‘m not watching the street parade later.
1 Claire her favourite dress to are you doing ’m doing
’s cleaning ’m going to
the party tomorrow.
2 We tennis with Kieran and Dan Hi Tim! Do you want to play basketball
Luke this afternoon. after school today?
3 Dad to Paris by train next week. Tim I can’t. I’ve got art club.
4 You your house on Saturday. Dan OK. What (1) are you doing after school
tomorrow?
questions and short answers
Am I working? Yes, I am. / No, I’m not. Tim I’m helping my sister. She
Are you working? Yes, you are. / No, you aren’t. (2) her car. I
Is he / she / Yes, he / she / it is. (3) help her!
it working? No, he / she / it isn’t.
Dan I forgot. I’m also busy tomorrow. I
Are we / you / Yes, we / you / they are.
they working? No, we / you / they aren’t. (4) my science project.
Tim Is Sunday OK with you?
2 Match questions 1–4 with answers a–d. Dan Yes, great!
1 What are you doing on Saturday afternoon? b
2 What are Polly and Jen doing on Friday?
3 Are you visiting your grandad at the
weekend?
4 How are you travelling to Manchester?
a) I’m travelling by train.

b) We’re going to a football match.
c) They’re going to the cinema.
d) Yes, I am. We’re seeing him on Sunday.
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Reading Writing
1 Read the invitation. What are James and Polly 3 Look at the notes about the party.
celebrating on Saturday?
r ty
Chris tma s pa
cember
Date: 21s t De
lock
Time: eight o’c ing s
d re ss : F la t 2 a, Tower Build
Ad
Clothes: red l
s from scho o
Gues ts: friend music
n g : so m e th in g to drink and
Bri
4 Now complete this invitation with the phrases in

the box.
a Christmas party eight o’clock in the evening
dance red Saturday 21st December
something to drink and some music
Hi there,
Hi there,
It’s Mum’s birthday on 6th August and We’re having (1) a Christmas party – we
we’re having a party to celebrate – we hope you can come!
hope you can come!
The party is at our house (12 Apple The party is at our house (Flat 2a,
Close) in Bristol, on Saturday. It starts Tower Buildings) in London, on
at seven o’clock in the evening. We’re
going to have a barbecue. After that, (2) . It starts at
we’re going to light a bonfire. All our (3) . We’re going to have
cousins from Cornwall are coming, too.
It’s going to be a lot of fun! some great party food. We’re going to
Write back soon, (4) to great music!

James and Polly Please wear something (5) !
P.S. It’s a surprise so please don’t tell And please bring (6) !
Mum!
Write back soon,
Sasha and Ned

2 Read the invitation in exercise 1 again and circle
T (true) or F (false).
They’re having a barbecue on 6th August. T F
1 It’s their dad’s birthday. T F
2 It’s going to be in Bristol. T F
3 The party starts at seven o’clock. T F
4 They aren’t going to light a bonfire. T F
5 Their cousins are going to come. T F
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UNIT
Study guide
Grammar
be going to: affirmative Vocabulary
• we use be going to to talk about plans or
Celebrations
intentions in the future decorate the house
I’m going to watch a film. eat special food
You’re going to eat special food. give presents
She’s going to have fun.
go to church
• the form is subject + be + going to + verb
have a party
be going to: negative have fun
• we use not to form the negative send cards
I’m not (am not) going to send a card. sing songs

He isn’t (is not) going to decorate the house. visit relatives
They aren’t (are not) going to visit us. watch fireworks
watch street parades
be going to: questions and
short answers wear a costume
• the word order is different in questions Adverbs

You are going to give a present. badly
Are you going to give a present?
dangerously
Object pronouns easily
happily
subject pronouns
hard
I you he she it we you they
object pronouns healthily
me you him her it us you them loudly
• we always use a subject or object pronoun nicely
• the words he / him are for a man quickly
• the words she / her are for a woman regularly
• the words they / them are for men, women, well
animals and objects
My brother is called John. I see him every day.
Jenny eats apples every day. She loves them!
Present continuous for future

plans
• we use the present continuous to talk about
specific plans in the near future
• we usually use a future time expression
When are they leaving? They are leaving tonight.
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answer key
Starter unit Vocabulary Unit 1
Vocabulary 5 1 Poland Vocabulary 1
2 Japanese
1 1 grandma 3 Chinese 1 M O A V E R A G E S
2 dad 4 Australia English L O N G R W A V Y L
3 mum 5 British Canadian U T U K G R E Y E I
4 aunt
5 uncle Grammar L I P S O L C D B S
6 sister 1 1 I’m S H O R T T E A R H
7 brother 2 You’re L I R W F A I R O O
8 cousin 3 He’s
9 cousin I S K I N L C K W R
4 She’s
M T C U R L Y H S L
Grammar 5 It’s
6 We’re B E A R D C E R E Y
2 1 These 7 You’re B E A R S O T U R S
2 That 8 They’re M O U L O T A L O P
3 This
2 1 ’s
4 That
2 are 2 1 short
5 These those 2 dark
3 ’s
3 1 He 4 ’re 3 fair
2 We 5 ’re 4 short
3 It 6 ’re 5 curly
4 I 6 tall
5 you 3 1 A 2 N 3 A 4 A 7 slim
4 1 Our 4 1 Is 3 1 short
2 Their 2 Are 2 long
3 Its 3 Am 3 straight
4 her 4 Is 4 tall
5 my His 5 1 No, they aren’t. 5 beard
2 Yes, he is. 6 eyebrows
Vocabulary 3 No, it isn’t. 7 moustache
8 slim
1 a 4 b 3 c 1 d 5 e 2 f 7 g 6 4 Yes, you are.
9 fair
2 1 February Vocabulary 10 wavy
2 March
3 April 1 1 ruler 4 Students’ own answers.
4 May 2 pencil
3 pen Grammar 1
5 June
6 July 4 schoolbag 1 1 hasn’t
7 August 5 rubber 2 ’ve
8 September 6 pencil sharpener 3 haven’t
9 October 7 pencil case 4 ’ve
10 November 2 1 d 2 a 3 c 4 b 5 haven’t
11 December
3 1 Where 2 1 A 2 N 3 A 4 N 5 A
3 1 Tuesday 2 Welcome 3 1 b 2 e 3 a 4 c 5 d
2 16th 3 name
3 22nd 4 My 4 1 you got
4 31st 5 from 2 they got
6 Good 3 he got
Grammar 4 you got
4 1 Jordan’s
4 Students’ own answers. 5 you got
2 Maria’s 5 1 No, he hasn’t.
3 rabbit’s 2 Yes, they have.
4 parents’ 3 No, I haven’t.
4 Yes, she has.
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answer key
Vocabulary 2 Unit 2 Vocabulary 2
1 1 leg Vocabulary 1 1 1 have a shower
2 head 2 have lunch
3 foot 1 C H M E N G L I S H P 3 do sport
4 hand A I C T S H T B C I N 4 meet friends
5 arm 5 go to bed
M A T H S U M P Y S I
2 1 neck O S C I E N C E P T M 2 1 d 2 a 3 f 4 e 5 b 6 c
2 fingers
3 legs
N P E K Z G D L Y O S 3 2 go to bed
Z A I F A E A R C R H 3 don’t tidy my room
4 tooth
R N W R X R N A A Y P 4 get up
5 wings
3 1 horns
G I J E U M C S C M R 4 1 get up
A S U N L A E A H C A 2 have breakfast
2 wings
R H L C M N M U S I C 3 get dressed
3 tail
T E C H N O L O G Y P
4 watch TV
4 hands
5 head 5 1 b 2 d 3 a 4 e 5 c
4 Students’ own answers.
2 1 French
2 citizenship Grammar 2
Grammar 2 3 Art 1 1 Does
4 science 2 Does
1 1 What
2 Where 3 1 history 3 Does
2 maths 4 Do
3 When
4 How old 3 PE 2 1 c 2 e 3 b 4 a 5 d
5 Who 4 drama
6 Why 5 ICT 3 1 work in a café?
2 live together?
2 1 e 2 c 3 f 4 g 5 b 6 a 7 d 4 1 ✔ 2✘ 3✔ 4✘ 5✔ 3 leave at 9.30?
3 1 Where 5 Students’ own answers. 4 go to bed early?
2 Who
Grammar 1 4 1 Yes, I do.
3 How old 2 No, they don’t.
4 How many 1 1 sings 3 Yes, I do.
2 loves 4 No, she doesn’t.
4 1 What
3 plays 5 Yes, I do.
2 Where
4 teaches
3 How old
5 studies
5 1 Do
4 When 2 do
6 misses
5 What 3 don’t
7 has
6 How many 4 Do
2 1 teaches 5 do
Reading 2 study 6 don’t
1 She can fly and control the weather. 3 have
Reading
4 finish
2 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 T
1
3 1 A 2 N 3 A 4 N Emily
Writing 2
4 1 goes swimming 1 F 2 F 3 F 4 F
4 1 strong 2 don’t like
Writing
2 blue 3 doesn’t think
3 fly 4 don’t play 4 1 Tilly Jones
4 athletic 5 has got 2 Tennis Academy
5 brown 3 4pm
6 can’t 4 every day
7 climb
5 1 go
5 on Saturdays
2 finishes
6 a shower
3 plays
7 our homework
4 sing
8 home
5 don’t go
6 travel
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answer key
Unit 3 Vocabulary 2 Unit 4
Vocabulary 1 1 run ride jump throw catch hit score Vocabulary 1
kick lift ski dive skate
1 1 judo 1 1 2
2 horse-riding 2 1 ride
T R
S
A I N E R S
H
3 yoga 2 throw 3 4
S H I R T B O O T S
4 mountain biking 3 score 5
I S R
5 surfing 4 jump 6
R J A C K E T
6 athletics 5 hit 7 8 9
T U I S O C K S
7 swimming 3 1 lift M R O H
2 1 play 2 dive 10
C A P T A O
2 goes 3 kick E
11
D T E
3 do 4 skate 12
T R O U S E R S S
4 do 4 1 lifts I
13
E
5 plays E J E A N S
2 jumps
S
3 1 athletics 3 dives
2 roller-skating 4 score 2 1 dress socks
5 catches 2 jumper boots
3 gymnastics
6 ski 3 trainers jacket
4 surfing
7 rides 3 Students’ own answers.
4 1 go
2 go Grammar 2 Grammar 1
3 go 1 1 Where
4 do 1 1 ’s
2 Am 2 ’re
5 go 3 Do
6 do 3 ’re
4 Have 4 ’m
7 do 5 When
5 Students’ own answers. 2 1 is
2 1 f 2 a 3 d 4 e 5 c 6 b 2 isn’t
Grammar 1 3 1 Do do you a lot of sport? 3 are
2 ✔ 4 is
1 1 often
5 is
2 sometimes 3 When you have got PE at school?
3 rarely 4 ✔ 3 1 A 2 N 3 A 4 N
4 never 5 When you do exercise?
4 1 c 2 b 3 e 4 a 5 d
5 always 4 1 are the
2 1 never does 2 Are the players 5 1 Are you calling
3 have we got 2 I’m sitting
2 rarely watches
4 he do 3 isn’t sharing
3 are sometimes
4 are cleaning
4 often play 5 1 When
5 usually go 2 Where Vocabulary 2
6 are always 3 Do
4 What
1 C U L S E L F I S H S
3 1 b 2 d 3 a 4 e 5 c
5 When H A N I C E E L Y A H
4 1 doing 6 Do E Q U F R I E N D L Y
2 going
Reading E U L R R E Q U I E T
3 watching
4 getting up R C O N F I D E N T F
1 basketball
F U R Y C L E V E R N
5 wearing
2 1 week U E A J U Y S N I C F
5 Students’ own answers. 2 Twelve L O L Z P R O U D P U
3 football
U N F R I E N D L Y N
Writing U C H I N R L E C L N
4 1 John Webber J E A L O U S L A Z Y
2 once a week A D V E N T U R O U S
3 football
4 Four
5 volleyball
6 Fourteen
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answer key
2 1 proud Unit 5 Vocabulary 2
2 jealous 1
3 funny Vocabulary 1 P O T A T O E S E S
4 lazy 1 1 shopping centre E R F I S H C A K E
5 clever 2 swimming pool A I U B S J H A M O
3 1 nice 3 gym S C H I C K E N H R
2 selfish 4 café
5 park S E C S J M I L K A
3 confident
4 unfriendly 6 bowling alley A N E C R I S P S N
5 shy 7 skate park L U J U I C E O N G
6 friendly 8 football stadium
A T O I H E T Y A E
9 cinema
4 Students’ own answers. 10 restaurant D S N T C H E E S E
11 library Y O G H U R T P O A
Grammar 2
1 1 ’s wearing
2 1 football stadium 2 1 Chicken
2 restaurant 2 cheese
2 travel
3 shopping centre 3 Oranges
3 Do you watch
4 library 4 biscuits
4 ’m looking
5 are they going 3 1 swimming pool 5 Nuts
2 1 PC 2 PS 3 PS 4 PC 5 PC
2 café 3 1 Rice
3 sports centre 2 fish
3 1 is buying 4 gym 3 salad
2 Do you meet 5 cinema 4 crisps
3 ’m not shopping 5 peas
4 wear
4 1 skate park
2 sports centre 6 yoghurt
5 Is Pippa doing
3 swimming pool 4 1 d 2 c 3 a 4 e 5 b
4 1 ✔ 4 football stadium
2 Ellis isn’t wearing jeans every day. 5 cinema Grammar 2
3 I buy some clothes now.
Grammar 1 1 1 Are
4 My mum doesn’t use the computer 2 Is
right now. 1 1 C 2 C 3 C 4 C 5 C 6 U 3 Is
5 ✔ 7 U 8 C 9 U 10 C 4 Is
5 Students’ own answers. 2 1 some 5 Are
2 isn’t 6 Is
Reading 3 a 2 1 Is there
1 1 his teammate Juan Mata 4 an 2 Are there
5 any 3 Is there
2 1 football shirt
6 are 4 Are there
2 serious
3 1 There are some fruit for you. 5 Is there
3 grey
2 There aren’t some places for us to 3 Students’ own answers.
Writing skate.
4 1 many
4 1 Great Britain 3 There is some park here.
2 much
2 tracksuit 4 There isn’t any people in the pool.
3 many
3 gold medal 4 1 are 4 much
4 water 2 a
5 serious 3 an 5 1 How many
6 trousers 4 a 2 How much
7 dress 5 some 3 How many
8 cheerful 6 isn’t 4 How many
7 any
8 isn’t
9 are
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answer key
Reading 4 1 under Reading
1 orange juice 2 in 1 water sports
3 on
2 1 b 2 e 3 d 4a 5 c 4 between 2 1 it’s more interesting than the beach
5 in front of 2 in different places
Writing 6 opposite 3 water sports
4 1 wash 7 next to 4 the mountains
2 Cut
Vocabulary 2 Writing
3 heat
4 Add 1 1
M 4 1 more interesting
5 mix 2
C A S T
3
L E
4
Y O U T 5
H 2 go swimming
6 cook A I
6
F B O 3 it’s more comfortable
R
7
L O G C A B I N S 4 in the disco
Unit 6 A H R L T 5 as exciting as beach activities
V T M E E 6 are more boring than
Vocabulary 1 8
V A H H L
9
1 1 lamp
I
L
N
10
B
O
U E
T O
M
Unit 7
2 wardrobe L A S N E Vocabulary 1
3 fridge 11
A P A R T M E N T
4 bed G 1 S T R A T E G Y I D R
5 chair 12
H O T E L
A I S O Q T N P V A E
6 desk
7 cupboard 2 1 tent D A M F L U Q U A N F
8 cooker 2 mobile home V G A U I E I Z U C E
9 armchair 3 caravan E D C O L T P Z S I R
10 shelves 4 villa
N C T G T A N L Z N E
11 mirror 5 farm
T R I V I A T E A G N
12 toilet 3 1 hotel U R O D N T R I S Y C
13 sink 2 youth hostel
14 bath 3 barge R A N C Z Z T N O S E
15 table 4 castle E N N I D R A C I N G
2 1 wardrobe 4 Students’ own answers. 2 1 puzzle
2 shelves 2 trivia
3 sofa Grammar 2 3 racing
4 sink 4 role play
5 table
1 1 can’t
5 adventure
2 mustn’t
3 1 mirror 3 Can 3 1 racing
2 cupboards 4 can’t 2 fitness
3 cooker 3 quiz
4 armchair
2 1 can
4 strategy
2 can’t
5 simulation
4 Students’ own answers. 3 can
4 can’t / mustn’t
Grammar 1 5 mustn’t 4 Students’ own answers.
1 1 e 2 f 3 d 4 g 5 a 6 c 7 b 3 1 can’t phone Grammar 1
2 1 easier 2 must show
1 1 were
2 faster 3 mustn’t use
4 can do 2 was
3 more comfortable
3 were
4 more popular 4 1 d 2 c 3 b 4 a 4 were
5 longer
5 Students’ own answers. 2 1 weren’t
3 1 cheaper
2 weren’t
2 more expensive
3 wasn’t
3 older
4 wasn’t
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4 1 there was 4 1 discovered 3 1 N 2 A 3 N 4 N 5 A
2 There wasn’t 2 lived
3 There were 3 phoned
4 1 d 2 f 3 b 4 g 5 a 6 e 7 c
4 There was 4 worked 5 Students’ own answers.
5 There weren’t 5 helped
6 finished
5 1 Was there, No, there wasn’t. Vocabulary 2
2 Were there, No, there weren’t. 5 1 c 2 a 3 d 4 b
3 Was there, Yes, there was. 1 S P O W L I V E L Y
4 Was there, No, there wasn’t. Reading
L U N U S U A L G N
Vocabulary 2 1 Gossip Girl and Beverly Hills 90210.
T E R R I B L E R L
1 1 chat show
2 1 F 2 F 3 T 4 F 5 T L T E P I Q U I E T
2 weather forecast Writing O Q B O R I N G A V
3 game show U A M A Z I N G T A
4 the news 4 1 Glee
5 sports programme 2 musical D F A N T A S T I C
6 adverts 3 original G A N R U B B I S H
7 music programme 4 great songs
O R I G I N A L N Z
5 good story
2 1 reality show 6 game show S B A N N O Y I N G
2 soap opera
3 comedy
Unit 8 2 1 lively
4 documentary 2 annoying
3 1 documentary Vocabulary 1 3 boring
4 surprising
2 sports programme 1 1
S
5 quiet
3 chat show I 2
O 3
C
6 unusual
4 soap opera N R H
5 drama G 4
C O N D U C T O R 3 1 original
6 comedy E H I 2 loud
5
D R U M M E R R 3 quiet
4 Students’ own answers S 4 rubbish
6
T P
Grammar 2 R I
5 annoying
6 fantastic
1 1 created
7
B A S S P L A Y E R
2 watched N 4 Students’ own answers.
I
3 studied
4 played
8
G U I T A R I S T Grammar 2
5 finished
T
1 1 listen
6 liked 2 know
2 1 b 2 d 3 c 4 a
3 have
2 1 finished
3 1 piano 4 buy
2 lived
2 drums 5 give
3 listened
3 bass
4 stayed
4 singer 2 1 did
5 cooked 2 didn’t
5 choir
3 did
3 1 tidyed
4 1 c 2 d 3 a 4 e 5 b 4 didn’t
2 starting
5 did
3 ✔ Grammar 1
4 watcheds 3 1 e 2 c 3 d 4 b 5 a
5 ✔ 1 1 went
2 became 4 1 They did
3 had 2 ✔
4 wore 3 Wanted you
5 played 4 No, he don’t.
5 ✔
2 1 bought 6 to watch
2 went
3 performed
4 had
5 listened
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5 1 listen 2 1 is 2 1 b 2 c 3 d 4 a
2 come 2 ’m
3 buy 3 isn’t
3 1 ✔
2 having
4 like 4 ’re
3 Are we leave
Reading 3 1 c 2 a 3 b 4 d 4 is arrive
5 ✔
1 28 years old 4 1 her
2 me 4 1 are you doing
2 1 Colombia 3 it 2 ’s cleaning
2 24 4 you 3 ’m going to
3 FIFA World CupTM 4 ’m doing
4 GRAMMY 5 1 it
5 UNICEF 2 her Reading
3 him
Writing 4 us 1 their mum’s birthday
4 1 singer and entertainer Vocabulary 2 2 1 F 2 T 3 T 4 F 5 T

2 New York City in 1986
3 in 2008 1 1 nicely Writing
4 went on her first solo tour 2 proudly 4 1 a Christmas party
5 won a GRAMMY award 3 dangerously 2 Saturday 21st December
4 easily 3 eight o’clock in the evening
Unit 9 5 well 4 dance
6 quickly 5 red
Vocabulary 1 7 healthily 6 something to drink and some
8 loudly music
1 1 g 2 h 3 e 4 f/i 5 c 6 d 9 badly
7 a 8 b 9 j 10 f / i 10 hard
2 1 send cards 11 regularly
2 go to church 12 happily
3 decorate the house 2 1 healthily
4 watch fireworks 2 easily
5 have a party 3 badly
6 eat special food 4 well
7 sing songs 5 quickly
8 give presents 6 dangerously
9 visit relatives 7 happily
10 wear costumes 8 nicely
11 watch street parades 9 hard
3 1 house 3 1 regularly
2 cards 2 badly
3 presents 3 well
4 special food 4 proudly
5 songs
4 1 e 2 b 3 d 4 a 5 c
Grammar 2
Grammar 1
1 1 is wearing
1 1 ’m 2 are playing
2 ’s 3 isn’t travelling
3 ’re 4 ’re decorating
4 ’s
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4 This / That is my phone!

3 Complete the sentences with the words in the

This is Katy. She is 15.

4 Circle the correct possessive adjectives.

Hello! You / My name is Cameron.

2 Those / That is my house.

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2 Complete the months of the year.

3 Circle the correct words.

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Good to meet you.

4 Complete the dialogue so it is true for you.

Teacher Hello. What’s your (1) ?

2 Match questions 1–4 with answers a–d.

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4 Complete the profiles for you and your

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5 Read the questions and circle the correct short

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3 Read the answers and complete the questions

What is your school’s name?

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4 Now complete the text with the words in the box.

Wolverine and Storm are my favourite

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• we don’t use got in short answers feet

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5 Complete the answers so they are true for you.

1 What do you study on Mondays?

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Present simple: negative

3 Write A (affirmative) or N (negative).

I wear a school uniform. A

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5 Match the questions with the answers.

3 Circle the correct words.

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2 Match questions 1–5 with short answers a–e.

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Questionnaire: Your weekend Tilly Jones: 13

Questionnaire: Your weekend

We practise for two hours and then we have

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They don’t wear a school uniform. ICT (Information and

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gymnastics 4 Elliot goes . He lives near the sea

4 Complete the profiles with do or go.

I live on a farm in the Welsh

I do exercise at the sports

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4 Circle the correct verbs.

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tchh every day in the

3 Complete the sentences with the words in the

Lindsey Vonn – US skiing champion

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Who do you play tennis with?

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