Can't act, slightly bald, also dances. Soid after Fred Astaire’ fst auction A A 1 GRAMMAR can / can‘ (ability) 42 Write a sentence for each picture. D ) 3 VOCABULARY more verb phrases a Complete the crossword. inl a sd 47 Write a question for each picture. Then write your answer: Yes, Ian. ot No, I can't. Your answer 1 Can you plate guitar _ ee a ee you eee 4 you > Mg tre ES LTD Student Book p.128 Grammar Bank 4A 2 PRONUNCIATION sentence stress 2 Underline the stressed words. 1A Can you speak German? 4 Where can I buy a newspaper? B Yes, I can. 5 A Can your father cook? 2 Tcan’t find the keys. B No, he can't. 3 She can sing. 6 My sister can’t swim. } Practice saying the sentences.b Complete the sentences. turn off call help see hear play bey run 1 buy a newspaper every day. og a taxi when I'm in a hurry. 3 Hewants to _ a movie this evening. 4 Please the TV when you go to bed. 5 Please ‘me. I don't understand this. 6 Tofien chess with my nephew. 7 Twant to in the Boston Marathon this year. 8 My grandmother's 92, She can’t Student Book p.149 Vocabulary Bank very well 4 GRAMMAR can | can't (other uses) a Match the sentences. 1 Can you turn on the light? i] 2 Can you speak more slowly? 3 Can you look for my keys? 4 Can you help me with this window? 5 Can you hurry, please? 6 Can you tell me your name agai onooo a Tcantt open it. 4 cant find them. b can't see. € [can't understand you. ¢ Tcan't remember it. fT can’t wait. Write a sentence with can or can’t for each picture. HS 1 Can you open the door, please? 2 You 3 pass the sugar? 4 1 Student Book p.128 Grammar Bank 4A More Words to Learn Write translations and try to remember the words, Word Pronunciation | Translation fredvar'tarzmant (pop) star_noun ‘star eee map now imep! aa (IV) channel noun | /tfen | EEE piogram noun/ verb \/provgrem) | creative adjective Skri’ertiy/ athletic adjective Jee0'letks eet practical adjective Mprektky | follow verb /'falou! need verb id! sueaeeal | Study idea 1 Look at the Pronunciation column in More Words to Learn. Remember that this mark (’) = the stress is on the next syllable. 2. Underline the stressed syllables in the Word | column, Practice saying the words. 3. Remember to underline the stress when you write down new words. Can you answer these questions? 4 [DD Can you play a musical instrument? Ei Can you drive? EE Can you dance well? [Ey what sports can you play? Ei Can you take good photos? mutton vwww.oup.com/elt/americanenglishfile/11 GRAMMAR ike (+ verb + -ing) a Write the verb + -ing in the correct column. weit come take get dance find buy run swim draw give stop verb + ~ing danhle consonant + -ing et ing b Look at the chart with the results of a class survey. Complete the sentences, @@=love © = don't like | Women @=llike fs = watch soccer 2e | ee dance at parties hate buy presents have lunch with their mother pay chess 1 Women hate watching _ soccer. ‘Men —_love watching _ soccer. 2 Women Men at parties. at parties. 3 Women —___ _ presents Men _______ presents. 4 Women lunch with their mother. Men lunch with their mother, 5 Women _____ chess. Men iain chess ‘Student Book p.128 Grammar Bank 48 Shopping - men love it! People who say money can't buy you happiness don’t know where to go shopping. “Anonymous 2 PRONUNCIATION /y/ Practice saying these sentences with the /1y sound. 1 Thate going to the bank. 2 Thanks for buying me the pink dress. 3. My uncle loves going for long walks. 4 Do you think she sings good songs? 3 VOCABULARY free-time activities a Write the verb. Tide read fake go. talk play 1 take photos your umbrella the dog for a walk 2 home tobed shopping 3 chess computer games. the guitar 4 amap music a book 5 toafriend. onthe phone fast 6 ahorse amotorcycle a bike b Complete the activities with a verb + ~ing. exercising listening watching playing reading dancing shopping going meeting using watching friends computer to the movies ‘a book or the newspaper suvcer (ur another sport) to music ata nightolud {at the gym) for clothes4 READING Center Parcs is the perfect family holiday. There are four of them in England and you can do almost anything you want there. IFi’s exercise you want, you can go walking or cycling through the forest There are also adventure sports lke windsurfing. If youte @ team player, you can play basketball, tennis, or soccer. But if you prefer quieter activities, you can do tai chi or yoga in the gym, oF go swimrning in the numerous swimming pools. And if you don't like exercising at all, ou can Jeamn to paint in the art class or jus sit in the cafe and relax. Center Parcs isn't only for adults; children enjoy it as much as their parents, Mothers and fathers can relax in the sauna or play golf while babies and small children play with their friends in the Time Out clubs. There is something for everyone at Center Parcs. a Write T (true) or F (false). 1 There is only one Center Parc in England. Center Parcs isn't only for children. 3 Center Parcs is in the city. 7 4 Center Parcs is only good if you like sports. Check #1 the activities people do at Center Parcs. 1 riding bikes O ssc 0 2 painting 7 shopping 3 learning language [] 8 yoga Qo 4 doinghousework [] 9 swimming ] 5 relaxing (10 windsurfing More Words to Learn Write translations and try to remember the words. Word Pronunciation | Translation store noun bt shop verb/moun | /fap/ hobby now hoby | toys own [how if tryon verb /trat an/ | ses decide verb /dt’said! oe possibly adverb | /‘pasablif Hee today adverb ‘Asidev 7 some quantifier | om’ _ gverything pronoun | PST ms (> ‘Can you answer these questions? a [10 Do you like shopping? [By How often do you buy dothes? [Ey Do you lke going to the supermarket? [Ey What do you hate doing during the week? [What do you ike doing on the weekend? ‘MultiROM www.oup.com/elt/americanenglishfile/ta 1 GRAMMAR object pronouns a Complete the chart. Subject pronouns | Object pronouns you Mee Cae ae gal (8 ro [it we | you they b Complete the sentences with object pronouns. 1 Tove you. Do you love —me_? 2. work with John. I have lunch with every day. 3 Can you speak more slowly? I can’t understand ___. 4 She lives near me. I often see —__ on the bus. 5 She doesn't like my sisters. She never speaks to 6 This music’ terrible. I hate —__ 7 A What do you think of these boots? B I don’t like ____ very much. 8 Twant to talk to you about something. Can you call tomorrow, please? 9 We arrive at the airport at 8:00. Can you meet there? 10 Excuse me, I have a problem. Can you help Fatal attraction? ‘A man fall in love through his eyes, a woman through her ears. Woodrow Wyatt American unter ¢ Complete the text with these words. he him she she her they they them David, anna, Peter, ‘Anna and Vicky are all friends. 'They_ live together in a big apartment, but 2____ have some problems: David loves ‘Anna, but» doesn't love * David and Peter don't Anna loves Peter, but °_ doesn't love * lke Vicky, and” doesnt ike * Student Book p.128 Grammar Bank 4C 2 VOCABULARY “love stories” reading a Complete the text with these words. Teave fathindove go out together meet come back get married Do you love me? Y About 75% of people" fallin Jove __ with a frend from school , Y 15% of people?____anew partner when they go away on vacation, Y 30% of couples *______ fora year or more betore they start living together. Y Only about 104% * to this person. Sadly, 599° __ their frst husband or wife inthe first two years. Y About 505° because they can't find another partner,D_Match sentences a-h to the picture story. Music...the food of love a After the concert, they go out to dinner together. b c They live together in Australia. 4 Five years later, he goes on vacation to Sydney. He goes toa concert at the Sydney Opera House, and she is one of the singers. € She doesn’t write to him. £ They fall in love and go out together. ¢g He asks her to marry him and she says, “Yes” More Words to Learn Write translations and try to remember the words. Word Pronunciation Translation story noun stari/ lie (ph tives) mown | lat interesting adjective | /'untrostin/ impossible adjective _/im'pasabli h When they finish music school, she goes home SIERNEre ia eee to Australia. sell verb isel forget verb | for get! ae 3 PRONUNCIATION /i/ and /i/ stay verb 1 feteu vich builder police spring key leave without preposition /wr'daot EERE _Breen politician thin niece city cheap in the end in Set | Write the words in the chart, Practice saying the words. I ‘Can you answer these questions? {ED Do you tke romantic movies? Ed What's your favorite movie? What do you think of horror movies? [Dy What do you think of Tom Cruise? |B) hat do you think of TV shows in your country? LID muisizon ELD www.cup.com/elt/americanenglishtfile/1his Presley, Amercon singer VCMT MUTT eg 1 VOCABULARY music Complete the words. 1 Tlike listening to reck__ music in my car. 2 Do you like going tok bars? Rerard companies dan't like peaple who d music from the Internet, 4 Michael plays the piano in a j band. 5. It’s very expensive to go to some pop ¢ 6 Why is Karl in that group? He can’t s 7 You need to learn to r ___ music before you can write it. 8 Kim doesn’t like going to nightclubs, and she hates 1970s d____ masic. 9 When I listen to a song, I like to read the L 10. My sister plays the violin in an o 1 Which i do you play? The cello. 2. GRAMMAR possessive pronouns Complete the questions and answers in the chart. Possessive pronoun Possessive adjective Whose piano is that? | Its my piano. Its mine. Whose keys are those?| They're your keys. | They're 2) Its his wallet. __1) They're her books. 2) Its our car. 2) They're your coats. It’s their house. b Complete the sentences with a possessive adjective (my, your, ete.) or pronoun (mine, yours, etc). 1 Boy Give it to me. Its mine. Girl It’s not It’s ___ dog! Give it tome, cat, 3 Teacher Whose is this? Is it Jim? ry s Boy No, Sir. It’s —__ Girl OF course it’s not sia % 4A Are these __ coats? B Yes, theyre ‘Thanks very much (ELTIDD Student Book p.128 Grammar Bank 4D 3 PRONUNCIATION rhyming words a Match the words that rhyme. aunt see wear wait near eat hot water T hate wait 5 daughter. __ 2 mect 6 key Baie Fenn 4 here Bice ee b Practice saying the words.4 READING a. Match the questions to the paragraphs. What language? When? Why? Who? Where? ed ities ctl i SONG CONTEST zu 4 Whene ‘The Eurovision Song Contest takes place in May ‘every year. Before the final competition, people in each country choase the sang thay want to represent their country, | The idea of the contest is to promote pop music fram all of the different: countries and to give an ‘opportunity to new singers and composers. Only members of the European Broadcasting Union ‘can patticipats in the competition. Singers don't | have to have the nationality of the countries they | represent. For example, in 1969 the singer Nane Mouskouri representad Luxembourg, although she is Greek. Since 1986, singers must be aver 16, after a 13-year-old from Belgium won the ‘competition the year before Inthe first years of Eurovision, only the United Kingdon, Ireland, and Mata could sing in English, Now there are no rules about languages, so groups can sing in their [Own language on in English if they want. 1. Today almost all the contestants sing in English. Bt clea tet The competition is always in the country where the last year's winner came from. The country with the ‘most winners is Ineland, and many Eurovision singers have become very famous, for example Abba ‘and Julio Iglesias. b Guess the meaning of the highlighted words. Check your dictionary. a | J More Words to Learn Write translations and try to remember the words. Word Pronunciation _| Translation hhead noun __| /hed/ group oun grup! lyrics noun "hniks. concert noun —_| Pkansort similar adjective | 'simolor/ download verb | davnloud! F still_ adverb ‘sul i tonight adverb | to'nast/ [ slowly adverb | /'sloulif ‘What kind of...? | wat kamd av/ Ns r>\ Can you answer these questions? 60) What kind of music do you like? BD Can you play the guitar? Ey Do you go to karaoke bars? [Dl How often do you buy CDs? [E) Where do you ike listening to music? utzon CAN YOU REMEMBER. Complete each sentence with one word. El The children _ _— cereal for breakfast. Ey He __eats meat. He's a vegetarian. Ei Is your birthday the summer? [Ed Kim comes from a family His father has a Rolls Royce. (Ey dims a good musician, He instruments Gi thate — play six up eatly in the morning, [El Tim loves Rebecca, but she doesnt love _ [Dy A Bsttis pen yours? B Yes, its ENED wo oup.comet/americanenglshfie/t1 Write the words, 3 2 Order the words to make questions, A B A Lets sec. It’s a medium, VOCABULARY clothes shirt 4aj psec eee LeLeSU jeer s 6 as eae BUYING CLOTHES Can T help you? Yes f size / this / is / what / sweater 1 Yes, what size is this sweater? a/ have / you / small / Do A Yes, this one is small. ‘Thanks. on J can /it/1/ Where / try 3 Thaw == 2 A The fitting rooms are over there, A 3 Complete the dialogue with one word in pep we o> It fits it / How / is / much gt Ga 2 Its $59.99, credit cards / take / Do J you el ae Yes, of course. SOCIAL ENGLISH ls my birthday today. ‘Oh! !_Happy _ Birthday 2w. you like to have dinner with me tonight? Pim sorry, I can't... Pm 3b. ‘Oh. That’s too bad. 4 H. tonight. about Friday night? Yes, great. ‘There's a new Vietnamese restaurant downtown, We ean go there if you want ‘Thats a good 5 Tel Rh) 4 READING a. Read the text. 1 Tokyo is a great place to shop for clothing and for electronics. Ginza is the best area for exclusive designer clothing. Akihabara is a good area for computers, phones, and cameras. The Nakamise Shopping Arcade is a great place to buy traditional souvenirs. 2 There are usually big sales in July and December in Tokyo ‘The most popular sales are for designer clothes, but thats not all that's on sale. You can find toys, food, electronics, and even wedding kimonos ‘onsale! 43 Stores open between 10:00 and 11:00 am, and they ‘lose between 7:00 and 8:00 pam. Most of the stores are also open on weekends and he 4 You can't leave Tokyo without going to one of its many fiea markets. You don't have to buy anything because i's fun just to look at the variety of things for sale. You can also go to the 100 yen stores, You can find chopsticks, fans, kites, and paper for $1. b- Match the questions below to paragraphs 14 A Where can you buy cheap souvenirs? B When are Tokyo's stores open? (C When are the sales? o D Where are the main shopping areas in Tokyo?